The Hershey Press 1918-02-22

              This Wonderful Film Will Be Shown
at Hershey Department Store
Next Week
That wonderful film, "The Romance of
Silk," will be shown at the Hershey De-partment
Store, on Friday, March 1st,
at 3.00 o'clock, p. m., and Saturday,
March 2nd, at 3.00 o'clock and .7.00
o'clock, p. m.
When you stand at the counter and
watch the salesman measure off a yard or
two of silk, does it ever occur to you that
the shimmering fabric before your eyes
has a romance all its own?
The story of that romance is soon to be
revealed to you in the most vivid and
realistic of all ways—the photo play.
You will have the opportunity, at ab-solutely
no expense to you, (although the
preparation of the film costs many thous-ands
of dollars) to see the facinating and
educational processes of this great in-dustry.
Silk Culture dates back to 1700 B. C.
when Si-Ling-Chi, the fourteen . year old
wife of a Chinese Emporer, discovered its
use. Ever since then she has been called
the "Goddess of Silk" because she first
"encouraged the cultivation of the mul-berry
tree, the rearing of silk worms and
reeling of silk."
The thirty-day growth of the silk worm,
the graceful spinning of the cocoon, the
skillful process of reeling the silk from the
fragile cocoons to the finished skeins, and
the many different methods of manu-facture
of silk thread and silk goods from
the raw silk of commerce, all this is pic-tured
attractively and realistically in the
film "The Romance of Silk."
The industry is one which combines the
native skill and deftness of the Oriental
with the modern inventive genius and
science of progressive America. Through
these pictures you are transported amid
most picturesque surroundings to see the
mysteries of Nature; you are shown what
skill the Oriental has inherited from his
ancestors and the great silk manufacturing
plants of a mighty nation.
This is an unequalled opportunity to
see a photo play of educational value, a
picture of distinct appeal to men and wo-men,
to boys and girls—everybody!
HIGH SCHOOL PLEASED
LARGE CROWD
The pupils of the Hershey High School
gave a very interesting play in the Her-she
Central Theatre, Thursday evening,
entitled "Tompkins' Hired Man." The
girls and boy played their part exceed-ingly
well.
The cast of characters were: Mr. Asa
Tompkins, prosperous farmer who can-not
tolerate deceit, Roy Shenk '18; Dixey,
the hired man, one of nature's noblemen,
Chester Ebersole '18; John Remington,
a fine young man in love with Louise,
Paul Hoffer '19; Jerry, an awkward coun-try
lad, Paul Hershey; Louise, the daugh-ter
whom Tompkins believes to be his
daughter, Lillian Shope '19; Julia, the
only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Tomp-kins,
Martha Keeney '18; Ruth, a niece
of Mr. Tompkins, boarding with him,
Verna Stuckey '18; Mrs, Sara Tompkins,
a woman with a secret that embitters
her, Hilda Christ '18.
See "The Romance
of Silk"
American People Asked to Have Two
Wheatless Days Every Week, Food
Situation is Alarming
To The People of Pennsylvania:
The ready and effective response by the
people of Pennsylvania to-'the appeals of
the Fcjod Administration for the conserva-tion
of our food supply has been highly
commendable and productive of gratify-ing
result.
But the food situation in Europe proves
to be far more alarming than when the
first survey of the food supply of the world
for this year was made. Harvests in
the countries of our Allies have turned
out less than contemplated and shortage
of shipping has made it impossible to
bring supplies from countries more dis-tant
than the United States.
The civilian consumption of our Allies
has been reduced to the minimum and
still there is not enough left to sustain
the men on the fighting fronts.
All of our surplus wheat from the 1917
crop has already gone to the Allies or—
to the bottom of the sea. And there was-n't
enough to feed them if it had all reach-ed
its destination. Our friends are in
dire distress. Italy is today in a state
of semi-starvation and France and Eng-land
are undergoing the severest pri-vations.
Italy's defeat as largely due
to lack of food and not lack of skill in
warfare or fighting spirit among its
people. The Russian collapse was chiefly
the result of desperate hunger. To fail
the needed bread to England, France and
Italy would be to invite more disaster,
and possibly complete defeat and ruin.
We need to save many things by self-denial
and substitution. Meats, fats,
and sugar, but the all important thing for
the next few months is wheat and more
wheat.
Our own boys are over there now. Our
own sons and brothers—to the number
of some hundreds of thousands, and more
are going every week. A collapse or
even a serious defeat on the Allied front ,
through failure to sustain the man-power
on the fighting line and behind it with
sufficient food, would involve our own
men in the general loss, as well as those
who fought our battles for us so long.
Suqh a misfortune must never be allow-ed
to befall us through the indulgence of
those of us who are safely comfortable here
at home. We CAN save enough to meet
the crisis. We MUST do it and we WILL.
To enable us to meet the grave situa-tion
which confronts us, every man, wo-man
and child in the American nation is
asked to have two wheatless days (Mon-day
and Wednesday) in every week, and
one wheatless meal (the evening meal in
every day).
To have one meatless day (Tuesday) in
every week and one meatless meal every
day.
To have one porkless day (Saturday).
To make every day a fat-saving day.
To make every day a sugar-saving day.
These things constitute an irreducible
minimum of personal sacrifice that is ex-pected
of every patriotic American.
Many of us can and will volunteer even
more.
The American people as individuals
must wake up to the situation as they
An Appeal by U. S.
Food Administration
have not waked up before. The solu-tion
of this food crisis is not up to the
nation, or to the state, or to any official.
It is not to be solved'by the few, or by our
neighbors. It is a question for each and
every one of us individually. It is asking
little when we think of our brave Ameri-can
boys who have gone forth to make the
supreme sacrifice that you may continue
to live in peace under free American
institutions.
May the response of Pennsylvania in
this hour of grave danger to pur cause be
immediate and generously worthy of our
great State.
HOWARD HEINZ
Federal Food Administrator for Penn-sylvania.
Food Administration Recommends
the Consumption, of Chocolate
and Cocoa as War Candy
Consumption, in war time, of candies
containing little or no sugar has been
approved by the Food Administration
as accomplishing two definite things—
the saving of sugar and the continuing of
the confectionery industry.
Four kinds of sugar are recommended.
The first includes chocolate and cocoa
candies with centres of nuts and fruits
and uncoated soft candy, such as nouga-tines.
The second includes stick candy,
lemon drops, peanut brittle and the like.
Marshmallows and similar " candy com-prise
the third group, and in the fourth
are gum drops and jellies.
MARGUERITE CLARK IN
"BAB'S MATINEE IDOL"
Delightful Marguerite Clark as Bab
Archibald in "Bab's Matinee Idol",
shown at the Hershey Central Theatre,
on Saturday evening, February 23, is a
somewhat hoydenish schoolgirl who great-ly
resents the privileges allowed, her only
slightly older sister,—just because she is
a mere twenty months older and a "debu-tante."
Resolving to marry Leila her sister off
at any cost, she proceeds to spoil any
chances Leila might have had in a strange
and extremely humorous manner. • She
is not often allowed to go to the theatre
and it is not strange that on going with
some of her schoolmates she should fancy
herself in love with the leading man.
Hearing that the play is failing, Bab
calls in the aid of her old friend and
standby, Carter Brooks. He is a pub-licity
man, and after thinking a few mo-ments
concocts the following plan. Ad-rian,
the leading man, shall apply to Bab's
father for a position in his factory, re-peating
one of the lines from the play,
"the world owes me a living and I must
have it." Her father will forcibly throw
him out and the actor and the play will be
brought into the newspapers as Brooks
will arrange to have plenty of reporters
present.
How the plan is carried out and would
have succeeded had not an English noble-man
come at the time appointed to ask
Bab's father's permission to marry Leila
and been forcibly thrown out, while the
actor was made to spend a whole day at
hard manual labor, makes a situation of
unusual fun and interest.
Chocolate and Cocoa
Receive Approval
Will Be Held at Hershey Implement
Department March 4th to 9th
Special Demonstrations
The United. States Government has
set aside March 4th to 9th as the Special
Repair Week for the farmer. Jn con-nection
with this week the Hershey Im-plement
Department of the Hershey
Industrial School, will hold a special
demonstration of all kinds of farming
machinery. Competent demonstrators
will be in attendance, all week, and will
endeavor to make this event as. interesting
as well as beneficial as they possibly can.
They would advise all farmers to look
over their machinery and bring their re-pair
orders with them. The repair stock
is large and complete and no dpubt all
lists can be filled immediately.
On one fld3| of the large implement
building will be found the very latest four-cylinder
International kerosene tractors
which must be seen to be appreciated.
Don't forget this important event.
Tell your, neighbor about it, and bring him
along with you.
HERSHEY WILL HAVE
WAR GARDENS
Every vacant lot in Hershey will be
listed for War Gardens. In other cities
the Boy Stouts are taking up this .project
enthusiastically- and the Hershey Scouts
are falling in line.
Mr. Hershey has offered the use of. all
of his land in Hershey, no farm land, for
this purpose, as last year. Mr. Heilman,
is working on the project, and is desirous
that the gopd work of last "year be ex-celled.
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A number, of boys have already handed
in their applications for War Gardens.
The time for 'application, however, has
not yet arrived, but will be announced
as soon as practicable.
Y. W. C. A. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
POSTPONED ANNUAL MEETING
The postponed annual meeting of the
Board of Directors of the Hershey Young
Women's Christian . Association will be
held on Thursday evening, February 28,
at eight o'clock.
A report of the year's work will be
given which will be followed by the elec-tion
of Directors for the ensuing term.
All members and friends of the Associ-ation
are cordially invited to be present.
RED CROSS WORKERS
TARE NOTICE
Inasmuch as the Heatless Mondays
are a thing .of the past, the meetings of
the Red Ojoss will go back to the old
schedule, beginning next week, as follows:
Monday, Thursday and Saturday after-noons,
from 2 to 5 o'clock. There is
much to do, so come out and give a help-ing
hand.
LUTHE RAN MEN'S BIBLE
"CLASS- ELECT OFFICERS
The Young Men's Bible Class of the
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church elected
the following officers on Sunday: Pres-ident,
Robert Bricker; secretary, Donald
Habaker; treasurer, Norman Stable; A.
O. Stine, teacher.
Demonstration Week
For Farmers