Show X I tc SOCIETY j J JJ J b P F tho Iho first day of or tho tio 5 year car sets the pace the I year of ot 1008 llOS In Salti Salt I i Lake aleo society will bo ho heI I decidedly edly s-a s gay Seldom I has a year ar started out outI J I dut dul more mure auspiciously I The rile day was a 0 perfect I In winters winter's day a an and fromI from j I y morning until night L social entertaining was wasS In jn or order cr Following Follo tho the example of S the chief executive o of the tho nation and p I family hospitable homes homeR were thrown open and hundreds of ot friends llen s took a adS ad advantage ad- ad S vantage of the fact to tu pay nay their re reS respects re- re S to Iho Jho ho hosts Josts and hostesses and to exchange NoW Nw ow Years Year's greetings s It ItIs S j Is 18 a pleasant cheerful h erful n way to usher ushr In tho the new year and In a n mca measure uro revives the old custom of rec receiving New ev tl Years Year's calls with the difference that in times gone gono y uy y tho the callers of the male malo persuasion who either singly sins or in groups called at tho the hospitable 5 houses In the community where tho the gracious hostesses assisted by their young ung girl friends mado made it perhaps too loo 1 pl pleasant for fOI the festive callers Tills THis I fact mo may have ha been the main maii 1 reason that the tha pleasant custom fell Into disk dis dis- use su S k S n An Another ther custom In 10 connection with Ilic in of at the new hew year was S. S observed for Ibe be first time In Salt Sult Lake g. g closely losely that which prevails pre S on the tho continent of or Europe particularly particular In that of or ly It the largo laro cities It was parties of or friends s gathering s on New Ye Years Year's rs r's eve 0 at the fashionable cafes and S hotels where tho tuo best of musical proS programs pro pro- I. I S grams ate arc given givon during the Iho dinner or ur t. t supper which lasts until time to j Join hlin t the crowds on the streets awaiting the he S ri 1 magic lc hour of midnight f. f 5 A A. traveled tra and cultured Salt Lake Ink t woman who spent a year In Berlin gave ave avei i a I. I v very r graphic description of a Now New P s 's vo O spent in that fascinating European capital When sho she an and a ar r p party rt df Of t friends tried to gain a admittance admit admit- I titmice tance to a fashionable cafe ato thc they found tile the pla place e dark lark an and apparently closed to the tho public and were ero told that only those tholo Wile who possessed i tickets could coul gain admission which after aCter trying several o others was found lo to be time the rule The id less desirable cafes are aro closed by tho thoS S at 1120 and all are arc forced to join the tho immense crowds on the street H Ifo S which have ha been assembling during luring the evening Tho Time silence a n few minutes beS be- be S foro fore tho the clock strikes twelve Is almost Oppressive but upon time the last stroke of ot oft to t the hour a n suppressed soun sound comes ft v from the Uw waiting mob which deepens iI Into a n. roar 1001 that is almost frightful in i r x S its intensity lasting a full ten min ruin utes Afterward the crowds disperse rsc 1 and lew ew Years Year's greetings are aro exchanged exchanged ex ex- ex changed chans- d on all sides Every cry one Is In tho the best of spirits Tho The only unpleasant ant feature is 18 that if It the greetings are f not returned pleasantly ono is apt to Lave have Jave his hat crushed down own over his eyes or other like attention bestowed upon him S 5 Together with tho fact that the tho year timos 1 OS Is a leap year ear it will be an altogether alto alto- 5 5 gether thor joyful announcement to the I boll belles s and buds o of the younger j oun el set that tile tho garrison garriton on at Fort Dou Douglas las numbers among Hmong its forces at least 14 1 eligible bachelor officers with more moro to come como In 10 the tho near future The Tha outcome will t 5 5 be Watched with Int Interest rost during the year Fort ort DoU Douglas las together Fort Kort L L. C haa boon called oth tn n l Y ot or llio Ue army arroy because S torn S I tm u bOGn S buo vc 00 r a 1 ax ut x w Historic post Ir r |