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Show NEW YEARNS PARTY Ideas Borrowed From Chinese and Japanese Festivals. FATHER TIME IN THE PICTURE At Midnight Play or Sing the National Hymn and Ralta the Amerloan Flag, Than Distribute Favors From tho Tree to Eaoh Quest. It will bo very easy to plan a unique and protty party on Now Year's eve. The Japanese and Oulneso make much of their New Year's festival, so you will strlUo a popular note by having all your decorations Chinese Use red lights, big chrysanthemums In vases, and to curry the protty effect still further fur-ther you yourself and your guests wear Ohlncso costume. For your dinner havo favors of tiny Chinese- lantorns filled with candles, tiny fans or umbrellas. In place of tho Christmas treo decorations trim the tree well with Ohlncso snrfpplng mot-toes mot-toes and tiny Chlncso favors. Have It woll lighted with candles and It will bo fully as pretty ns on Christmas ovc. Tho mottoes, etc., may be bought at a modornto cost at any shop making n specialty of favors for parties. Write a Now Year's greeting for oach guest on red paper with gilt letters, writing tho words vertically Instead of horizon tally. Tho snapping mottoes make a grand substitute for fireworks. If more nolso Is desired just buy some Gorman crickets for tho men and sleigh bell rattles for the women and hang ono for each guest on the tree. At midnight play or sing tho national hymn and ralso an American flag, then distribute tho favors from tho treo. It adds to tho pretty picture to have somo ono dressed as Time, with white hair and beard and hourglass and scythe, with a basket woven of cvor-greens cvor-greens and filled with tiny calendars and diaries, ono for each guest. Let tho little girls of different sizes, ns the sonsons, hand out those favors spring, with r wreath ot jonquils or other spring lloworj summer, with roses; nu-turn, nu-turn, with chrysanthemums, and winter, win-ter, wltn holly. For your dinner Bervo: Oyster Houp. Crackers. Celery. Tiny Sweet Pickles.. Deviled Crabs In Shells. Sliced Cucurnbors. Hoast Boef. Potatoes. Browned. Stewed Com. Hot Rolls. Iemon Sborbet. Empress Salad. Gheeso Straws. Olives. Ice Cream. Cake. Co (Toe. |