The Hershey Press 1918-08-08

              PI CKERT SISTERS STOCK CO. PRE-SENT
SPLENDID REPERTOIRE
The Pickert Sisters Stock Compan y,
tieaded by Grace and Blanche Pickert ,
Dpened their engagement at the Hershey
Park theatre on Monday evening to one
af the biggest Monday evening crowds of
the season. The weather was very, very
warm which made it rather difficult for
the performers to work , but nevertheless
they presented "Playthings" in a very
:reditable manner.
"Playthin gs" is a drama in three acts and
provided excellent opportunities for the
different members of this capable com-pany.
Miss Blanch Pickert as Marjorie Worth,
was at her best, and Val. C. Cleary, as
John Hayward, was excellent. James
Marr who played Gordon Trenwith did
credit to the part. Miss Jessie Lyons as
Claire Morgan, Erlau Wilcox as Jerry
Thompson , Ward B. McDonough as Dan
Carter, and Karl S. Magee as Inspector
Jones, all handled their parts in an able
manner .
Between acts vaudeville and pictures
were shown. Heinie, the funn y Dutch
man , pleased with his parodies and funny
songs.
The Pickert Sisters did an excellent navy
specialty, introducing singing, dancing
and instrumental numbers. They carry
a special dro p for this act , which adds
to the appearance and effectiveness of the
act.
Master Erlau also sang three songs- in
his pleasing manner.
For Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
this week the company will present the
comedy "In Walked Jimmv". This plav
gives the members excellent opportun-ities
for comedy work.
Monda y, Tuesday ajfld Wednesday, of
next week , "Rich Man", Poor Man" will be
presented. The author of this play is Geo.
Broadhurst , and the same stor y th at ran
as a serial in the Saturday Evening Post.
This play has also been shown in movies,
starring Miss Margaret Clark.
For Thursday,
^Friday and Saturday of
next week, the management has decided
to put on a new war play that is very sim-ilar
to "Under Fire". It is full of comedy
and shows an exact reproduction of the
trenches as they are on the Western battle
front. /
The author of this play is A. A. Fox
who is a member of the Pickert Stock
Co. Mr. Fox has served in the tren-ches
and has been discharged. It was
while he was in the tr enches that he wrote
the pla y, and he thus knows what he is
writing about. Mr. Fox has not as yet
determined on a name for his play, and
the management has offered $5.00 in gold
for the best name sent in after the public
has seen the play. . The names sent in
will be gone over by a committee to be se-lected
and the award will be made on Mon-day
evening following the presentation of
the play
New vaudeville will be presented at all
of the performances by the members of the
company.
People were here frqm Harrisburg and
Lebanon , and they were agreeably sur-prised.
Another Surprise is coming.
Hershey Dept. Store.
The Boy Scouts of Hershey are camp
ing at Valley Glen for ten days.
Tw© Herslbay Boys Write
Albonit Tlbeir Amnrw Life
We print several letters in this issue,
one from Sergt. Edwin Schwenk, of the
quartermaster's department, stationed at
Camp Lewis, Washington, who graphic-ally
gives his impression of a trip he made
to Ranier National Park. Owing to lack
of space we were unable to prin t th e letter
in full.
The other letters are from Frank B.
Saylor , better known as "Pink" who gives
a few lines while on board the transport on
his way over, and the other after he had
reached "Somewhere In France".
The letters are as follows;—
Dear Friends;—
In this letter I will tell you about my
trip to Mt. Ranier. This mountain—Ra-nier
, which , I have so often spoken about,
—I have now stood at it's very base. I
shall tr y to tell of some impression s and
perhaps you, can picure faintly what is
known as Ranier National Park and Mt.
Ranier.
Here I have seen, not woods, but the
forest, what might be tru ly styled the
"forest primeval". As implied by the
name it is a reserve which has been set a-side
by our National Government. Trees,
princely monarchs all of them, climb into
Heaven's blue, their shaggy heads reach-ing
higher and higher as the days are gar-nered
into the years. Noble fellows they
indeed are, attaining—some of them—a
height of several hundred feet, while a-round
the base, measuring thirty or more
feet. Many of the smaller fellows are en-shrouded,
heavily, in a long drooping
specie of moss, while the underbrush is
made dense by a profuse growth of mosses,
of lichen, of fern and a myriad of other
Creations of Nature .
The road, closely crowded on each side
this primitive densit y, leads on and up.
Making many turns and winding in de-vious
fashion it steadily climbs, it crosses
roaring currents which come down from
the melting snows and glaciers; it clings to
the side of hills, where from one may look
down the almost perpendicular slopes to
the valley far below. The machine rides,
it seems, on the very edge of the slope,
at places is as strong as seventy-five de-grees
and the valley lies several hundred
feet below. Thus a-climbing and a-climb-ing
until coming into "Paradise Valley"
and here at an altitude of 5557 feet the
road ends. Big patches of snow dot the
valley and lie in the ditches along the way .
Where the snow has entirely melted
mother Earth is carpeted with the richest
growth of green and beautiful flowers I
have ever seen.
And now, there stands Mt. Ranier.
It 's deeply wrinkled sides are filled with
solid glaciers of ice, covered over with four
or five feet of whitest snow. Its summit
reaches almost nine thousand f eet higher,
attaining in it 's rugged grandeur an alti-tude
of 14,250 feet.
There are numerour waterfalls, all of
them pictures of fascinating beayty.
They are various in height and form;—
here is one two hundred feet high and
narrow and here another not quite so high
but the water pours over in roaring vol-umes.
Can you imagine me throwing Snow-balls
or Sliding over the Snow at this sea-son
of the year? In party of about
twenty took hike, under proper guida aero.
ss the Snow-fields to the glaciers. We were
equipped in prescribed mountain fashion ,
—calked shoes, woolen socks, canvas
breeches, face paint , colored glasses and
"Alpine Stocks". It is an amusing sight
to see a crowd thus equipped, startin g on
a hike. Women are clothed same as men
and it is really difficult to distinguish even
those whom one knows.
With best wishes to everybody will
close.
Sincerely,
Ed. Schwenk.
"Somewhere at Sea"
This is the (depleted by censor) day of
our voyage "overseas " and thus far there
has not been one thing to mar the pleasure
of our tri p.
The boat on which we are traveling is
now the property of the United States and
is one of the biggest used for trans porting
men.
The weather has been delightful while
the sea has been unusually calm.
Amusements are furnished thruout the
entire day including Band Concerts, Box-ing
bouts. Moving pictures. Spiritual
services are conducted by Chaplains who
are with the Division.
. I ways in great demand and without . a
doubt the most popular brand on the marl
ket. The sad part about it is that there
is so little of it available. J
Would be very grateful for a Press every
now and then. News papers are a scarcfe
periodical here. The New York HeraldJ j
Public Ledger and The Stars and Stripes'
are publications issued in these parts, but
there always seems to be a limited amount!
and one must "go-over-the-top" to ge:
his hands on one. It is surprising how
hungry the fellows seem for reading
I shall try to give you a word from tint j
to time, keeping you informed of how [
am getting along.
Sincerel y,
Prt. Pink.
At all times the spirit of the men are
apparently bright and it looks like a crack
contingent that we are going over with to
trim the "Dutch. "
Work on the ship has been so divided
that every fellow has plenty of time to
himself.
Conditions on the boat are good ; the
men enjoying good health, including yours
truly.
Sincerely,
. Pink.
"Somewhere In France"
Our troops landed the other day after a
trip that seemed ages long. Land never
looked so good as it did when it first came
into sight. But, Oh my! We then got
more than we cared for of Terra Firma.
France from ones point of view is truly
wonderful in its beauty, but the roa ds on
which we traveled to reach our first camp,
were "Rotten". Most- of our route was
nothing but hills one upon another and
you may well imagine the condition of our
feet after a several miles hike over these
hills and cobble stones with, a full pack on
our backs. The men, however , are
a game lot and it was only a good night's
rest until they revived ready for whatever
might come.
Along the streets of the villages we
passed there stood many of the peasant
class. It was rema rkable the few young
men we saw, but there were many old
women and children. As we passed along
the little "tots" would form in groups,
singing that familiar army song: Hail,
Hail the Gan g's all here , etc. ' .
Few luxuries are obtainable. Along the
roads you find peasants selling oranges,
figs and nuts for which they ask an ex-orbitant
amount. At the Army canteens,
however, one can buy tobbacco much
cheaper than in America. For instance,
Camel cigarrettes selling for 15 cents a
pack in U. S. sell for 7 cents here. Some
Chocolate is also on sale. Hershey's is al-
COMMUNITY SERVICE CONTINUES
TO DRAW LARGE CROWDS I
The Community services held in Heij -
shey Park last Sunday •afternoon " were
largely attended. Hon. G. H. Mover,
delivered a very able address in his inimit-able
manner. The singing under the di-rectorship
of Prof. Whitmoyer, was ex-cellent.
I
Next Sunday afternoon all of the chil-dren
of Hershey are given a special invi-tation
to come up on the music pavilion
and sing. Prof. Whitmoyer, of Palmyra,
will direct the children 's chorus. It is to
be hoped that several hundred children
will be present next Sunday afternoon.
Rev. I. Calvin Fisher, pastor of the Re-formed
Church , of Lebanon , will deliver
the address. I ¦
A special duet by Mrs. William Fred-erick
and A. O. Stine, will be sung, also a
solo by Mrs. John Shay. |
These Community services are well
worthy your attending, and you will gk
much inspiration by being there. There
are plenty of song sheets, and plenty of
benches. Why not come out next Sunda y
afternoon. I
AN APPEAL FOR MAGAZINES FOR
SOLDIERS ' S
Miss Anna Z. Baker, the librarian of the
Hershey Free Library, received a liter
from Anna A. MacDonald, consulting li-brarian
of the Pennsylvania Free Librai y
Commission, in which an appeal for mag i-zines
for soldiers is made. . i
We herewith publish the letter, as it e i- ?
plains the matter fully, which is as follows :-
j
July 25, 1918. ,
Miss Anna Z. Baker, I
Hershey, Pa.
My dear Miss Baker: ., [
I have been, wondering if it would lie
possible for you at Hershey and Hummel s-town
to get some late magazines for tl ie
camp library at Gettysburg. This camp
is so scattered that there are four Y. M. C.
A. tents on the camp grounds to be supp-lied
with books and a Soldier's Club in tie
town. As it is a temporary camp, it is im-possible
for us to subscribe for magazines '
satisfactorily and also it seems impossibie ¦
to get some of the Burleson ones, that is,
those having the penny stamp on them
and dropped back in the post- office. So
we have been asking some of the nearly
towns if they could undertake to send each
week a package. They want, monthlies,
not over one month old and the weeklies
not more than two-weeks old, with the e x-ception
of Life, Punch, Judge, Natior al
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