The Hershey Press 1910-02-11

              Grand Opening of the Hershey
Park Conserva tory
It Will be Held on Sunday Afternoon , and
a Treat is in Store for Those Attendin g
After innumerable delays Mr.. Harry
Haverstick^_states that he will have
everything in readiness for the grand
opening of the Hershey Park Conserva-tory
on Sunday afternoon. It will be
worth going miles to see how Harry has
arranged all the various plants in thir
magnificent building.
As we enter the Conservatory we find
two sago plants on either side of the
doorway. In the center of the .building
is a huge pyramid. This pyramid con-tains
a . large number of foliage plants
of different variety., Topping this pyra-mid
is a glorious specimen of a cala-dium,
or sommonly known as elephant
ears.
The northern end of the building is
the evergreen department. This con-sists
of a fine grove of bay trees, whi< h
are second to none in the entire countr r.
Here are also a number of azaleas,
about twenty-five. These_ will be in
bloom by Easter. In the evergreen
department you will also find eight
magnificent specimen of boxwood trees.
The southern end of the building is
given over to the tropical plants. Here
are a large collection of palms, rubber
plants, etc.
On the concrete tables, which' sur-round
the entire building, are over 2,000
geraniums in. pots. These ' are all of
one color—red. Also masses of blue
ageratum and double petunias..
; One large section will be devoted ex^
clusively to Easter flowers—tulips, hya-cinth
s and narcissus. -.=
Arranged along the pavement that
encircles, the [building are 30 Japanese
cherry trees. -These are heavily ladened
with cherries, i
Last, but not least, is the fish aqua-rium,
which is situated at the extreme
southern end of the building. This
aquarium is of a very novel construc-tion,
being composed almost entirely of
old weathered rocks. This will be filled
With gold fish , together with a number
of water plants.
After seeing the Hershey Park Con-servatory
it will be worth your while to
visit the private conservatory of Mr.
M. S. Hershey, which will also be open
for visitors.
Hershey Briefs
A Little About You, About Your Neighbor
and Things in General
M. Hinkle, better known as '•Hink,"
our star slabman, left a cake of choco-late
coating fall on him- on Monday
morning, which sprained his right arm.
Mr. Lapplin desires that we make a
correction. He says that his name is
not Walter. •¦ He also asks the: question :
"Who! ever heard of an Irishman with
a name of Walter?" We were quite
unable to explain. . Mr. Lapplin state's
that his right name is Wm. Patrick
Lapplin: . We will admit that we have
heard ofǤthe name before, but. we al-ways
thought.. Patrick was a French
name. ; K
Mrs. Maugans is on the sick list, suf-fering
with a slight attack of pneu-monia.
The many friends of Mr. Albert
Schultze will be pleased to learn that
he is rapidly recovering from a lengthy
siege.of typhoid feyer. So far, he has
been confined to bed for a period of
thirteen weeks.
Mr. Kasson, manager of the sales
department at the Hershey' Chocolate
Co., was in. Philadelphia on Friday and
Saturday of last week. Mr: Kasson's
mission was to get the Hershey Choco-late
Co.'s booth at.the -candy show in
apple-pie. order, and judging from the
ft vorable comments he must have more
than made-good. .'." ¦ ,
Miss Carrie Maugans, of Harrisburg,
is visiting her brother, Mr. C. Maugans.
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The Hershey Band Will Play and You Will
Dance, Because When YoirHear Them
Your Feet Won 't Just Behave
What are you going to do on Saturday
eveningT^Why not come to the Hershey
Park Pavilion and enjoy yourself. You
will if you. come. The band will play
for the dance, and if ; you don 't dance
you can 'enjoy the music.- And you will
enjoy it. You can't help from doing it.
You will be surprised at the manner in
which the band . improved during the
past few months... They have practised
hard and are deserving of much encour-agement.
. ' . They have been knocked
enough, and they are now in a. position
to give the laugh; to some of the Adam
Knockers that live in this vicinity. On
Thursday evening when they played for
the opening of the ¦ Y. M. C. A. they
had 17 members, and they "played in
such a style that made every one sit up
and take notice.
There will be some class to the dance,
too. You will almost imagine that you
have.wings. For when the band plays
you certainly will glide as you . never
glided before, and you will two-step as
you never two-stepped before. There
will be barn dances,' waltzes and schot-tisches.
You will be glad you came, so
let's see you there. We are going to
look for you.
The package party will create lots of
fun during the intermission.. A little
bit of fun now and then is relished by
the bes,t of men—so Brother Romig
tells us.
The admission is only ten cents. The
proceeds are for the benefit of the band.
The date is on this Saturday evening,
at 8:00 o'clock, at the Hershey Park
Pavilion .
Big Doings at the Hershey Park
Pavilion on Saturday Evening
When a fellow is in a hole don't rub
it in by looking down on. him.
Those who signed the Y. M. C. A.
preamble as printed the in Press had the
pleasure of receiving souvenir post
cards from Mr. M. S. Hershey, who,
with his wife, is at present in 'Europe.
The cards were sent from Nice, France.
On the post cards Mr. Hershey had writ-ten:
"Best wishes to the Y. M. 'C. A."
Mr. M. S. Hershey Sends Sou-venir
Post cards
Misery; loves company, but that is no
reason why a man should be. a recluse.