The Hershey Press 1912-09-12

              New Railway
Equipment
The H. & C. Railway Co. have purchased one of
the most modern snow sweeper cars to be had.
The sweeper was. purchased last week by super-intendent
J. R. Kreider from the J. G. Brill Co. of
Philadelphia. .This car is equipt with both plow and
brooms, and will throw the snow 4 ,feet away from
each 'side of the tracks. . - .•'¦- " '
During the coming winter the patrons of the H. &
C. can be assured of "very good service as this plow,
which is used during the winter months in all the
largeycities, keeps the tracks clear and prevents the
vexatious blockades inevitable without its use.
Two new passengers cars recently purchased from
the J. G. Brill Co.,;
Philadelphia, by the . H. & C.
Railway Co., are expected to arrive here about
September 18th. »
These cars are similiar to the .pay-as-yourenter
cars, and will be put into service at once on the H.
& C. line. .
Hershe y Store Has
a Milliner y
The equipment for the millmery department in
the Hershey Store Co. arrived on Friday, and car-penters
were put to work at once erecting the tables
and counters which will cover 50 square ft. of floor
space.
Like all the rest of the -show cases and mission
furniture that give to the store a beauty at once
novel and striking, these also were purchased from
the Middletown Cabinet Works.
This will be one of the most up-to-date millinery
establishments in the county, and will at all times
be artistically decorated.
Large glass show cases surround the entrance
that leads to the cellar, while the pillars in this de-partment
are squared with French plate mirrors
giving this section of the store a fine appearance.
High School
literar y Society
Under the direction of, Superintendent Keboch, the
pupils of the Hershey High School have organized
a High School Literary Society with the following
officers : -President, Paul Wagner; vice president,
Irvin Slesser; secretary, Ruth M. Hershey; assistant
secretary Edna Hocker; treasurer, 0. P. Butter-wick;
Executive - committee, Martha Klein, Lee
Hocker, and Arthur Wagner. The Society will
meet every Friday afternoon.
This is a good move, "As iron sharpeneth iron, so
does a man the face of his neighbor," says the Bible.
Not to mention the general literary usefulness of
the-new Society, no part of the High School cur-riculum
will,'if well used, yield the students a bigger
profit than this v off-hand rubbing together .of each
others wits in debate. It-'teaches both physical -and
mefttal self-possession and poise, and gives readiness
of thot and speech to speak quickly and well on one's
feet before others.' , \ \
HERSHEY'S hopes the new organization may
thrive, and be much used by all the students. On
some future field day of debate our literary editor
hopes to be permitted to have a peep at the verbal
tilting.' ¦
A Peep Int o
the Future
Many visitors from the Firemen's Convention now
being held in Lebanon, may be observed in Hershey,
viewing the town, sauntering thru the Park, looking
at the animals, enjoying the artistic floral displays,
inspecting the various buildings therein, etc.
Just wait a bit, tho, some of these not far- off days
there will be new wonders in Hershey that will
draw many train loads of men* women and children,
for. Hershey means to become the convention Mecca
of societies, orders, clubs, nominating conventions,
religious assemblages, political meetings, scientific
meets—in short,, the one highly attractive spot
where big crowds can find auditorium room, and
hotel comforts with lots to see and enjoy besides.
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That Kudzu Vine
If some of our corpulent fellows would like a reef
taken in their ambitious "bay windows;" we advise
'em go see the Kudzu Japanese vine that grows so
fast you have to sprint to keep up with it! Maybe
Mr: ; Harry Haverstick will hold the thing long
enough for short winded chaps to: catch up with it.
He's very obliging, and wants everybody to see this
vine that's just got the Hershey "git thar Eli" move
on it to perfection.
Our botanical sharps are undecided whether thfe
double-quick gait is a native quality, or whether the
Kudzu Jap , learned the trick after coming to Her-shey—
we i think, of .course, the latter is the true
explanation.
Seriously tho this wonderful plant that one can
see near the mansion of Mr. M. S. Hershey, actu-ally
grows 24 inches in 12 hours! Did Jonah's
gourd beat that much? • .
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A Serious Stabbin g
During the morning recess on Friday, at the
Main street public school in Palmyra) a lad named
Henry Groy 14 years of age, was stabbed by Amos
Ansbach, another lad ,16 years old, both living on
Cherry street, Palmyra. . Together with others,
these two boys had been playing in .the school
grounds and a number of the boys had been teasing
Ansbach, whereupon he became very angry, .and
leaving the yard went to his home. He returned,
however, before the end of the recess, and upon en-tering
the grounds ran after young Groy, and with-out
any warning, stabbed him in the left side with a
small penknife, the blade passing thru his clothing,
and entering to its full depth. The Groy lad was
not aware that he had been stabbed until he noticed
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by his little brother Paul, he was', led to the
office of Dr. Fisher, of Palmyra, but the doctor be-ing
out, his wife gave first , aid to the wounded lad
until the return shortly; thereafter of the doctor
himself, who gave all further treatment needed.
The wound was fortunately at & 'place just where
the least damage could be done by so. severe,a blow,
viz., low'^nough down tb missi aH the vital Organs,
and far enough back to fail (to perforate the viscera'.
Hence it is believed no fatal consequences will
follow. v
Ansbach is said to have a bad reputation for
fighting and quarreling. HERSHEY'S is glad both
for the sake of the injured lad, arid his playmate
who inflicted the wound, that it will probably riot
prove fatal. ! ' ¦:¦ '¦¦'! ¦:;' ¦., •"..•¦. . '¦¦::¦ \:-'¥ r. '.\y^' : \
The Chautau qua
HERSHEY'S would be glad to report that the
Chautauqua entertainment that has cost the people
of Hershey and its liberal patron Mr. Mi S. Hershey
$1200.00, was worth the money, but it cannot honest-ly
do so. To be frank about it, quite a few of the
competent judges of such affairs, share HERSHEY'S
disappointment at a number of its features; :
To begin with, the Gettysburg Battle pictures arid
lecture, about which much expectation had been
raised, the battle being of especial, local interesty
was a flat'flu'ke. Such an enormous mass of detail
that no one, tho possessed of the combined mem-ories
of a Macaulay and a Malebranche, could have
carried away, even one poor five per cent of it. Then,
too,'like some, sleepy cicerone droning his oft-re-peated
tale in the galleries of the Vatican or the
Escurial, the lecturer, facing the screen instead "of
his audience, most of the time, rattled off in a low
voice inaudible to many, a very minute account of
the great battle.
We venture to say that no one not a-previous
student of the events of those fateful July days, got
any .clear or accurate notion of the battle. Had it
been boiled down, pictures and talk, to a plain,,brief
statement of the great features of each day's battle,
with the general position of each army, its plan., of
action, the important struggles in the wheat-field,
the orchard and Pickett's desperate charge, with
addition,, now and then, of the famous episodes such
as the Devil's Deri, etc.—then it would have been
both instructive and interesting, and the: hearers
could have remembered the story.
As for the instrumental music, while the ensemble
playing of Ciricillq's Band was superb, good musical
scritics did not enjoy its Italian, fortissimo style, nor
its rather rapid tempo.
The band shows a marvelous technique, arid its
work is. highly artistic, but its performances in tile
open, as in Ciricillo's native Italy, would be moire
enjoyable.. We prefer, however, much less brass
and more reeds with little string. And for our part,
too, we enjoy our Hershey Band more—not quite so
brilliant—nor so brassy.
We could also have wished there had been , less
colofture singing in the sample of opera presented,
less bravura, which tho calculated to astonish the
natives, by no means represents' the best aspects of
the Opera, its Melody, and its dramatic action. We
would have liked it better had they sung more of the
great Melodious solos from the Opera, like the
"Casket Song," "The Last Rose of Summer" from
Martha (which was given), "Then You'll Remem-ber
Me," from Bohemian Girl, and others. '
The Chautauqua Opera showed the defects and
absurdities of Opera rather more than its beauties
arid excellencies.. We would have much preferred
."Coming Thru the Rye," "Home Sweet Home,"
"Killarney;" etc., than all this fantastic bravura
business.
. The singing of America, led by Prof. Keboch, per-formers
and audience too, all standing, was fine—an
appropriate finale to £he evening.
' The Reed-Doer and the Ernest Gamble Recital
Companies pleased their audiences, while the Apollo
Concert Company and Bell Ringers won 5 successive
encores, a circumstance which speaks for itself.
Mr. Frank Dixon delivered, w'e hear, a fine, lec-ture,
and the 'debate between the JHon. W. H. Berry
and Prof. W. H. Kirkpatrick, was an enjoyable one,
spiced at times with no little good humor and wit: •
Some important numbers, such as Mrs. Duryea's
and Mrs. Pickett's lectures, were not presented.'
"HERSHEY'S is sorry that justice tf its own°Herr
shey folks, compels it to speak with some plainness
about Mr. Downey's eternal , chattering to them on
how they should behave themselves in public. One
would have thot his two dozen or more male Caudle
lectures were addressed to a lot of school boys" and
school girls in the back-woods, totally ignorant of
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