The Hershey Press 1918-08-15

              If S. D. Clark, the energetic and pro-gressive
manager of the Hershey Depart-ment
Store, had had only cartridges in
his shotgun early Monday morning, two
husky housebreakers might have been
landed in the Hershey lock-up and Ralph
Fiore had the pleasure of escorting them
later to the Dauphin County jail. But
sad to relate, the cartridges were missing,
and the two fellows vamboosed.
On Monday morning about one o'clock
Mr. Clark heard noises about the house
that made him arise and determine what
was going on. Going downstairs he
heard someone endeavoring to get into
the house by the window, but they heard
his approach and made, their disappearance.
Upon further investigation he found fha f
the shutters and the window were open.
The members of the household naturally
were alarmed and it was sometime before
they again retired . Mr. Clark states
that he never for the moment thought
that the fellows would again make their
appearance, which they did about an
hour later when he and Fred were about
to. go upstairs, when sounds were again
heard.
Procuring his shotgun he awaited fur-ther
developments. He had not long to
wait for he saw two fellows lurking near
the 'same window that they had once
before tried to enter. The one fellow got
in full view and it was then that Mr.
Clark :umped from his hiding place and
with the &ur> to his shoulder commanded
"One move from you and I will blow
your head off."
No sooner had he made this statement
than it came to him tha t the gun was
not loaded . It certainly was some pre-dicament
to be in. There was only one
solution and that was, get the cartridges.
Mr. Clark, keeping the fellows covered all
the while, informed Fred, who was nearby
to go get the cartridges.
Mr. Clark thinks that the fellow must
heard him tell Fred to get the cartridges,
have for like a flash he, with his pal, was
off in the darkness.
The next morning Ralph Fiore was on
the scene and gathered all the evidence
obtainable and there is not doubt of it
that soonet or later these two fellows will
soon be walking down Chocolate avenue
handcuffed with Ralph walking jauntily
by their side
Two Robbers
Almost Ca ptured
WATCH FOR NEXT WEEK 'S HER-SHEY
PRESS
Next week the Press will contain an
extra sheet, the Big Surprise JDay sheet.
The first Surprise Day, held/last month,
was a big day, but bigger surprises are
promised for August.
The Surprises are now being prepared
and when "you get your Surprise sheet
next week you will be surprised.
Watch for the day and date.
WELL RAISED.
A negro mammy had a family of boys
so\we\\ behaved that one day her mistress
asked :
"Sally, how did you raise your boys so
well?"
^ "Ah'll tell you, missus," anseredw
Sally "Ah raise dem boys with a barrel
stave, and Ah raise 'em frequent."—
Everybody's.
Stellar Plays Presented
at Hershey Park
The Pickert Sisters Stock Company
continues to please at the Hershey Theatre
this week. For the last half of last week
they presented "In Walked Jimmy"
which play received praise from all sides.
Val. C. Cleary made'many friends in the
part of Jimmy. Grace Pickert won many
laughs as Delia Dunn, and Blanche Pick-ert
, although she only had a small part,
pleased. The rest of the cast was good.
In "Rich Man, Poor Man" the com-pany
presented one of the prettiest pla ys
ever seen here. The story is well known
to many because of its run in the Saturday
Evening Post. As Bab, Blanche Pickert
was at her best and had a part well suited
to her. Val C. Cleary and Ward Mc-
Donough , the two lovers, were at their
best. The settings, for this play were as
good as any ever seen on the local stage.
The specialties between acts have been
popular. The Pickert Sisters have been
seen in songs and dances and Ward Mc-
Donough in a nut specialty, won much
applause.
Erlau on the Xylophone made his ap-pearance
on Thursday, Friday and Sat-urday
and was long applauded.
Much interest has been aroused in the
new war play that will be presented the
last three days of this week. The play
is by Mr. B. A. Fox, who has already
served his time in the trenches and seen
enough war to be in a position to give an
excellent idea of what it is like. The
play is new and up-to-date and a title for
the play has not as yet been selected .
Therefore, the management has offe red
fiv( dollars in gold for the best tit!.' sent
in. A committee of three will be appoint-ed
who will go over the ti tles and select
the best one. You are requested after
seeing the play to write your title down
on a piece of paper with your name and
address and drop it in the suggestion
box that is outside of the office at the
park. Chester Woodard has worked
on the scenery for this play and promises
something out of the ordinary in the
scenery line. The play will have toTse
seen to be appreciated.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
"Little Peggy O'Moore" will be present-ed.
The story is one of the prettiest
little Irish stories ever told and it is a
play that will show the Pickert Sisters
Stock Co. at their best, As Little Peggy
O'Moore, Miss Blanche Pickert is at her
best and Mr. Cleary as Dan Murphyt has
a part well fitted to his line of work. Spec-ial
scenery will be used to properly pre-sent
this interesting play. The Wash-ington
Post said the following about the
play: "Peggy O'Moore" while it resembles
"Peg Of My Heart " in many ways fairly
abounds with quaint Irish wit that makes
the audience wish to bo in the land of
the shamrock.
Persistently tense, and gripping, filled
with romance coupled with many scenes
posirively thrilling "The Heart of Wet-ona
" which will be played the first half
of next week should prove one of the
genuine successes of the season. Orig-inally
presented by that master of stage-craft,
David Belasco, ably assisted by
the late Chas. Frohman, foremost pro-ducer
in America," "The Heart of Wetona"
scored such an emphatic hit in New York
that it remained at the mctroplis for sev-eral
months. The story is one that grips
the heart and concerns the misfortunes
that befell an innocent little Indian maid
who placed too much reliance upon the
empty promises of an unprincipled white
man. Of course, in the end, Wetona
learns the value of true love while the
villainy is rewarded with i*s just deserts.
"The Heart of Wetona," coming as it
does with the stamp of success written
all over it by critical New York will un-doubtedly
prove a big drawing card and
a dramatic sensation at the Hershey Park
theatre next week.
A SPECIAL PATRIOTIC CONCERT
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Although the community services have
been very successful, the management at
Hershey Park decided to discontinue them
for this season.
This Sunday a special Patriotic con-cert
by the Hershey Orchestra, under
the leadership of Prof. John Rhodes, will
be rendered, in conjunction with their
regular concert program.
The patriotic numbers are as follows:
"The Star Spangled Banner," "Sweet
and Low," "America, " "A Perfect Day,"
"Keep the Home Fires Burning," "Battle
Hymn of the Republic", "Your Old
Uncle Sam," "We're Tenting Tonight,"
"There 's a Long, Long, Trail," "Goodbye
I'm Going Over," "Over There," "When
the Flag Goes By," and others.
A special attraction will be selections
on the xylophone by Erlau Wilcox.
The concert begins at 2 o'clock, p. m.
Dr. J. L. Zimmerman, who has been
the physician of the various Hershey in-terests,
for several years, and who has
received a commission in the U. S. Army,
leaves for Camp Cody, New Mexico,
on Sunday, August 18th.
Dr. Zimmerman wishes to inform his
patrons that he expects at the close of
the war to return to Hershey and resume
his practice.
DR. J. L. ZIMMERMAN LEAVES FOR
ARMY ON SUNDAY
DID NOT BORROW TO BUY BONDS
The Federal Reserve Bulletin says that
one of the most encouraging and gratify-ing
features of the Third Liberty Loan is
that apparentl y there has been little use
of bank accommodations for the purchase
of the bonds. It estimates that probably
more than 80 per cent of the bonds are al-ready
fully paid for .
The financial statements of the various
Federal reserve banks indicate, according
to the Bulletin, that not much borrowing
from the banks was done by the sub-scribers
to the third loan. They either
paid cash or bought on the installment
plan.
This eases a great deal th'e burden of the
banks, upon whose shoulders rests the
financing of the business and industry of
the country. " —
NOTICE
All persons indebted to" me kindly
settle at once, as I am leaving for service
in the Army on Sunday, August 18th.
DR. J. L. ZIMMERMAN.
The Hershey Red Cross Branch have
been asked by the Government to make
every week 12 different yatterns, or 2400
articles in all.
Last week the local branch fell down on
their work considerably. There were
not enough workers present. It is very
essential that the members turn out in
larger numbers. The weather may be
hot, but the boys "over there" are going
through hotter, places that the conditions
in the Red Cross workroom.
There isn't any reason why every
woman can't do her bit "over here" and
come out to the Red Cross rooms every
Wednesday afternoon and all day on
Thursday.
Those present on August 7th and 8th.
were as follows:
Mrs. J. H. Mover, Mrs. P. Whittle,
Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mrs. W. R, Esben-shade,
Mrs. J. R. Kreider, Esther B.
Snavely, Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey. Clara
B. Walmer, Ella F. Kegerreis, Mrs. J.
E. Snyder, Mrs. S. P. Bacastow, Mrs. S.
F. Botts, Mrs. F. J. Walton, Mrs. J . B.
McKissick, Mrs. John Conrad, Mrs.
H. G. Mumma, Mrs. S. D. Clark, Paul-ine
Clark, Mrs. E. M. Hershey, Ruth
Esbenshade, Mrs. F. B. Snavely, Mrs. A.
Wirth, Mrs. W, F. Harvey, Mrs. R. W.
Glace, Mrs. T. L. McHeffey, Mrs. E. T.
Crawford, Mrs. M. H. Wenger, Mrs.
G. C. Garman, Mrs. C. M. Stuck'ey, Mrs.
H. Terry, Mrs. Magrini, Mrs. Jno. F.
Leese, Mildred Esbenshade, Mrs. J. K.
Zoll, Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Emma
Behney, Mrs. Wm. Hoy, Mrs. T. Rich-ards.
Hershey Red Cr oss
Needs Workers
HOLY PRINn ^ LUTHERAN SUN-DAY
SCHOOL PICNIC
The annual picnic of Holy Trinity will
be held in Hershey Park on Saturday
afternoon.
The chief feature of the outing will be
a joint supper. All are cordially invited
to attend this picnic and each family will
provide luncheon which will be combined
with other baskets and the entire picnic
will gather in the pavilion near the band
stand.
A good speaker will be present 'and a
program will follow the supper which
will be held at 5:30 sharp . Help make
this picnic a pleasant social affair and
the best one ever held.
Time, Saturday afternoon, at Hershey
Park, near Band Stand.
HERSHEY BOY SCOUTS RETURN
FROM CAMP
The Hershey Boy Scouts have returned
from a week's camping, having gone to
Valley Glen, where the boys had the time
of their lives.
Scout Master Walter W. Leibfried
looked after the wants of the boys, and
was assisted by Asst. Scout Master A.
Magrini. Mrs. W. Leibfried and Miss
Esther Black looked after the "eats" and
the boys say that they were the best
ever.
The Scouts camping were: Orville
Schaeffer, Joe Hills, Bradley Martin,
Chas. McHeffey, Chas. Black, Frank
Edris, S. Purcell, Wm. Leithiser, Theodore
Leib, Ed. Shea, J. Bonfanti, John Mc-
Kinnie, Melville Keiffer and A. Magrini.