| Show calling on new years morning III young matron was looking back over some old magazines shortly before the holidays when she ran across a picture showing an old fashioned new years day reception A great steaming bowl of hot fruit punch stood on one table and on an other a pot of hot coffee new year years s callers stood about with glasses and cups held high exchanging good wishes and toasts for the new year what a pretty friendly custom that wasi wasl she exclaimed to her sub urban husband and what a pity that it has died out I 1 watching the old year out Is a jolly ceremony but how nice to welcome the new year if i the happy day in on the afternoon of the day itself with all ones neighbors dropping in to share it with one well lets revive the custom sug rested her lord idly through his pipe let s send out a general alarm that well hold open house all afternoon I 1 id d like that all right agreed the young matron enthusiastically have a big bowl of that wonderful orange ice lee punch on tap and mary can make some of her amusing little swedish decorated cookies to go with it you know she makes snappy little wafers on which she puts lighted candles candies evergreen trees and crimson winter berries all done in colored icing you can have a table of cigars and cigarettes in one corner of the sun room for the men who want to smoke well we 11 invite the entire neighbor hood all by telephone of course and just have a regular old fashioned new years year a at home we can start the custom this year and then perhaps keep it up every year and possibly some of the others will follow suit I 1 th it is too bad to lose sight of those charming old time traditions we have revived the custom of baa ing our children dress up as waits wafts and sing christmas carols through the snowy streets on christmas eve and we all go out and cut down our own christmas trees now why not adl the pleasant old fashion of calling on new year s day Q an newspaper bervice service service i |
