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With weather conditions favorable, the management of the Hershey Department Store is anticipating handling the largest crowds in the history of the store at the annual Spring Exhibit which will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Everything in th e store is in readiness for the big affair and barring misfortunes, should prove to be one of the most pleasing affairs ever given in this section of the country. All through the store , it re-sembles in appearance, the approach of spring. A profusion of apple blossoms decoratively arranged , lends to the atmos-phere a fragrance delightful to the senses and which carries one right into the country in that most beautiful of all seasons. The display windows, counters and cases are filled with articles symbollic of spring. Neatly and artistically ar-ranged, they carry suggestions helpful and needful to the average person. The Style Exhibit proper will be held in the rear of the store where a large stage has been erected connected to a runway or promenade fift y feet in length upon which the various styles will be shown. This afternoon and evening will be de-voted particularly to display work. Persons well qualified to speak on the subjects will explain the process of manu-facturing the article in question and show the various grades and styles of material. Both ladies and gentlemen 's wear will be shown. Friday and Saturday, afternoon and evening, will be featured by the living models from New York City. These young ladies have j ust completed a series of similar exhibits in New York and Philadelphia and have been secured only after some hard work on the part of the local management. These exhibits will be held at 2:15 and 7:30 o'clock. As an added feature for the exhibit musical numbers will be given on all three days by a special orchestra. Another feature will be a number of selections by Mrs. Fleeda Kettering Leno, high soprano, who is well known in musical circles. CLASSES PLEDGE FUNDS Several weeks ago the different classes of the Sunday School of Holy Trinit y Lutheran Sunday School were asked to make pledges of the amount of money they were willing to raise toward paying off the debt of the church. The classes held meetings and then reported their decisions to the Sunday School. When the Secretary had totaled the pledges he found they had reached the grand sum of $1900. This was only the first step of a Cam-paign to raise $9000 to pay off all indebted-ness. The Church Council and a Com-mittee have been at work planning the deUiilH of the Campaign . On Sunday the Campaign proper will be started. Mr. C. II. Weller , a bu siness man of ability and an enthusiastic and devoted chur ch worker will be present, and address the congregation. He is a very pleasing and forceful speaker. Mr. Weller had charge of the recent Stewardship Campaign in the Mlnistcrium of Pennsy lvania and it was largely clue to his management that it was u success. At the present time lie has charge of th e Campa ign for a Half Milli on Dollar addition to the Endowment Fund of Muhlenburg College. These thin gs are an Indication of the Interest he is faking in the work of the church , as well as of the church' s appreciation of his abilit y, BERLIN CREDITED WITH 3,801.235 BY CENSUS The cit y of Berlin with adjacent dis-, trlcts now Includes 3,801,23(5 inhabitants, according to recent, issues of the Berlin press which published results of the census started October 8, HMi). The most re-markable feature of the census was the considerable decrease in the city proper , census reports hIiowIhk » Iohh more than elKhl. pur cent since lttKi, The effect of the war was seen in the fact that the num-ber of males in tlio suburbs of Berlin In-creased only 933, while females increased 15,057. Spring Styles to be Demonstrated in Hershey Store That Hershey will be the scene of a Chautauqua course this summer has been definitely assured by the action of a num-ber of the people of the community in agreeing to stand by the movement inas-much as is possible. According to this action the course will be given by the Community Chautauqua Company of New York, reputed to be one of the best in the country. The course will cover five days, beginning June 22. Included in the program will be some of the finest features touring the country this season. They are the famous Little Symphony Orchestra; Sheenan Concert Company; "Pike, " the Bird Man ; "Fine Feathers;" Allpress All-Star Company: Albert Edward Wiggam ; Denton C. Crowl; and the Light Opera Company. The program has been so arranged plenty of music and an appropriat e worth-so that each day will be a feature day with while lecture. Real artists and notable lecturers have been engaged, assuring a varied program. Music is Big Feature The management has made a special effort to secure for its musical numbers artists who will render the best there is in melody and song. One of the big feature numbers of the Chautauqua next summer will be the famous Little Symphony Orchestra with Leon Weltman, the master violinist, as conductor. This is said to be the greatest orchestra in the country, its members all being highly talented musicians. Another notable feature in music will be the Light Opera Revue, a company of six attractive young ladies whose work has established a very enviable record of successes upon the Chautauqua cir-cuits. They will give a unique program consisting of' selections from the most popular light operas. The Theresa Sheehan Concert Company is an accomplished trio of artists ¦ who present a program versatile to a high degree, filled with music, monologue and song. An event of as grea t interest as any is the big production of that well-known play "Fine Feathers. " Six talented players presenting a drama of modern life brimming over with smiles and thrills an d bringing to every one a great message of the home. It touches on the high cost of living—it teaches us to live within our income—it teaches us that fine feathers do not always make fine .birds, and that everything we possess we must at some time pay for . "Fine Feathers" is an ideal play, for it measures up to the high standard demanded by Chautauqua ' audiences. Last but not least among the musical numbers is the Allpress All-Star Company. Everybody likes a quartette of accomp-lished musicians, and the Allpress All- Stars are the best in the country. Fine Lectures As lecturers and entertainers one of the greatest groups of notables will be presented that has ever assembled for one Chautauqua. There will be Denton C. Crowl, most unique of platform men, will present one of the famous "Sam Jones Lectures" especially modernized in the light of present day conditions. Sam Jones had a message that gripped the hearts of folks and made them glad they were alive, and Mr. Crowl has the peculiar faculty of giving the message new life and virility. He is also one of the rising publicists of the newspaper world. Then there is Albert Edward Wiggam with an inspirational lecture entitled "Forty Kinds of Fools." Mr. Wiggam is one of the foremost platform men in the United States and the clear, easy-to-under-stand manner in which he handles his subjects will provide an unforgettable hou r of enjoyable instruction. One very strong feature among the lecture entertainers will be Capt. Oliver G. Pike. Capt. Pike is coming from England to tell us the secrets of Birdland with wonderful pictures and thrilling narratives. He holds a very high place among the naturalists of Europe and his entertainment is bound to be a distinct novelty to us. Junior Chautauqua Plans That popular juvenile branch of the Community Chautauqua will be bigger and better than ever before. A great Toyshop Pageant has been planned , a big parade, new stories and games—all ar-ranged for the boys and girls of our town. Not one of the five days will be lacking in good wholesome fun for each youngster. Special announcements will be made later settin g forth in detail the elaborate plans. All in all , a great treat is in store for everybody. It is planned to put the season tickets on sale at least three weeks in advance of the Chautau qua and it will greatly assist the local committee if every one will plan to get their tickets early. Community Chautauqua Company Will Present Five Day Course Here in June. Lectures and Musical Number s Tower City Offers Little Resistance to Olivets Attack received a serious check for when they had finall y weathered the storm they dis-covered that they had been drenched under a heavy deluge as the Olivets had rained basket after basket into the net from all angles. The score was 84-35 and but for the fact that the local players eased up considerably in the last ten minutes it is almost certain that the score could have run over the century mark. Sammy Strine was the high scorer in the game with a total of fifteen baskets from the field. He was closely followed by Elliott who managed to locate the net eleven times without trouble. Clark's average was boosted by nine baskets while Stiver upheld^his reputat ion by caging the ball five times. Miller was the bright ligh t on Tower City team with nine baskets chalked to his record . The five Basketball tossers from Tower City left that place last week to get out of the rain. They struck Hershey and here they encountered the worst storm they had ever experienced. After vainly striving to collar the lightning that seemed to sweep over the floor of the Men's Club, they were forced to fly the white fly in token of surrender to the elements. They left soon after for Tower City where the worst they feared was a little rain. All of which means that the Tower City representative basketball five came to Hershey Friday evening with the ex-pectation of annexing an easy game inas-much as they have been winning steadily from other teams. Their dope however Tower City was never in it for a minute and seemed to realize it after the first half was nearly over. The Hershey boys played clean fast ball at all period s of the game. The attraction tomorrow evening will be the Reading Transit team of Reading, the team which has been upsetting the dope in Berks County recently. They have captured the majority of their games and are reputed to be a fast combination. Indications point to a crowded house this evening when the Junior and Senior classes of the Hershey High School present the farce comedy, "The Private Secre-tary " at the Central Theatre. The cast has been rehearsing dail y for the affair and have reached a high stage of effic-iency. The play is one of the funniest ever writt en and is full of clever and snappy music. In order to accommodate all who have expressed their int ention of witnessing the production, it has been decided to hold a matinee especially f<|>r children although adults will be welcomed too. Admission for the matinee will be fifteen cents for the children and twenty-five cents for the adults. The show will begin promptly at 2:00 o'clock. The evening show will begin at 8:15 and the price of admission has been fixed at thirty-five cents. The cast is as follows: Cost© Mr. Marslancl , M. V. II. Leroy Oowhower Harr y Maryland (his nephew)C. Black Mr. Catt ermole William Belser Douglas Cattermole (his nephew) Paul Shearer Rev. Robert Spalding Paul Seltxinger Mr. Sydney Gibson (Tailor at Bond street) Edward Balsbaugh John (a servant) Daniel Coppenhaver Knox (n writ server) Daniel, Coppenhnver Edith Marslancl (daughter to Marsland) Olive Walton Eva Webster (her fri end and companion) Winifred Harvey Mrs. Stead (Douglart's landlady) ' Edna Miller Miss Ashforcl Kathryn Leithclsor Soonoa Act I "Found" Douglas Cutterm olo 's Apartm ents Act II , "Fuel Cry " Mr, Marsland's Country Seat Act 111 "Run to Earth" Mr. Mainland's Country Seat Music between the acts by the sixth and seventh grades and the I Huh School girls, //' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ School Students to Present Plav Having enjoyed an apparently safe lead throughout the first half , the Harri sbur g Independents received a severe jolt at th e hands of the .St. Elizabeth Five of Philadelphia in the second half of the contest staged last Saturday evening in the Chestnut Street au ditorium and before they could collect themselves their oppo-nents had overcome the lead and secured a safe margin in their own favor. This lead they managed to retain with ease winning finally by the score of 41-31. Harrisburg played fast ball the first half and seemed to have a shade on the Quaker City lads. At the start of the second half however the visitors suddenly came to life and thoroughly bewildered th e Independents with their fast and clever passing and shooting. Troutwein was th e individual star for the Philadelphia boys whil e Klin e and Norman Ford played well for the Independents. The Hancock Five, leader s of th e Philad elphia League, will appear on th e Harrisbur g door Saturday evening In the thir d of a series of games between the two teams. To date each team has won one game and as each leant is desirous of capturin g the series, the game is certain to be hard fou ghr: YOST TO PLAY AGAINST TECH The Perkiomen Seminary Basketball team will oppose (lie Harrisburg Tech-nical High School team in a contest on the Chestnut Street door this evening for the chnmnioiwhip of Cenlrul Pomwyl-vanla. Included in the Porklomon line-up will be Yost , who pitched for the llcrslioy baseball team last summer and wiio has a large number of friends In Hershey. St. Elizabeth Trims Inde pendent Five According to reports made by the various people handling tickets, the Lebanon Valley College Glee Club which will appear here Thursday evening, March 18, will be greeted by capacity house. The tickets have had a ready sale and it is likely that a number of seats will be applied for on the night of the concert. The affair is being held under the auspices of the Men's Bible Class of the First United Brethren Church. The Club has been winning many favor-able comments in every town in which it has appeared. At Hanover they were forced to turn some people away from the door. Other towns gave them similar receptions and as they are particularly interested in this section of the country, it is certain that they will redouble their efforts to please. The Club will render the operatta "Captain VanHum" or "The Rollicking Tars" in two acts. The operatta contains some catchy music including the following: 1-—Overture Instrumental. 2—"We are Landsmen Pure and Simple," Landsmen. 3—"Here We Are," Sailors. 4—"The Crew of the Captain's Gig," Dick Erne, Crew, Chorus. 5—-"A Sailorman that Once I Knew," Tom and Chorus. 6—"Who ever Caught Jackie Fast Asleep, " Sailors. 7—"A Song of the Pirate," Captain Van derHum. 8—"The Pink on the Hawthorn, " Jim and Crew of Gig. 9—"You Blarney Me," Dick Erne and "Mrs. Brown." 10—-"What 's the Matter," Sailors. 11—Finale—Act 1, Principals and Chorus. Act II 12—"We are Here to See the Fun," Landsmen. 13—"Stepping Slowly. Whispering Lowly," Sailors and Landsmen. 14—-"Sailor 's Hornpipe," Six Sailors. 15—"In Sunny Spain," Dick Erne and Chorus. 1G—"Situation Harrowing," Dick Erne and Chorus. 17—"The Pirate is a Noble Soul" Van derHum, Dick Erne, Chorus. 18—Finale—Act II , Principals and Chorus. College Glee Club Certain to Draw Capacity House GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS AN-SWER WET S ARGUMENTS Presentation of arguments in cases from Rhode Island and Massachusetts attack-ing the validity of the prohibition amend-ment to th e Con stituti on were concluded today in Supreme Court. The case from Kentucky will be disposed of tomorrow , after which the question will be left to the Nation 's highest trbunal for decision. Counsel for those attacking the amend-ment continued today to argue that it was revolutionary and an invasion o( stales' ri ghts. These contentions were denied by Solicitor General King and Assistant Attorney General Frierson , who argued the amendment was properly adopted by Congress and had been rat ified by thruc-fourths of the stales. The solicitor general also said the amendment did not int erfere with the functions of the states but gave the Federal Government power to act with the states in enforcing prohi-biti on and resulted from a general demand upon Congress to assist dry states in en-forcing prohibition daws. ' t HERSHEY GIRLS LOSE The Mlllersville Normal School Girls proved to strong for Die 1lershcy Ex-High School Girls Basketball team and as a result the local girls were forced to take the short end of 21-14 score, The Her-shey girls were held to one field goal while the Normal Glvltt ttueecedud in gnUwririK five. The Mersliey Girls have won the ma-jority of thoir contests and expect to compote for the county championship. MINERS PRESENT DEMANDS TO ANTHRACITE OPERATORS Demands which anthracite mine work-ers of Penn sylvania have asked operators to incorporate in the new wage agreement to be drafted to take effect April 1, were formall y presented to the mine owners today and a sub-committee of practical men was named to negotiate the new con-tract. This committee will meet at the Union League Club here Thursday morning to begin its work. The general committee of moners and operators, which met today to begin the negot iations, adjourned to meet at the call of the sub-committee. FREE SHOW AT CENTRAL THEATRE "Heads Wins ," a thr ee reel feature will be shown in the Hershey Centra l Theatre tomorrow evening under the auspices of th e Scranton International Correspond-ence school. There will he no admission charged to the show which will start promptly at 7:,'W o'clock. Everyone is invited. "Heads Wins " is 'th e story of a wife 's love that stirs the ambltiqns of her husband who overcomes many obstacles on the road to success. Included in the cast is Baby Ivy Ward , the screen 's most clever child. Flight Of Bullot Quicker Than Sound A bullet travels faster than sound, so tha i if a man is struck by a bullet and Instantly killed at a distance, say of 1,000 yard s, ho is dead before the report of the rifle that , fired the bullet could reach him.
Object Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1920-03-11 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1920-03-11 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
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Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
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Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1920-03-11 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 19200311 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | With weather conditions favorable, the management of the Hershey Department Store is anticipating handling the largest crowds in the history of the store at the annual Spring Exhibit which will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. Everything in th e store is in readiness for the big affair and barring misfortunes, should prove to be one of the most pleasing affairs ever given in this section of the country. All through the store , it re-sembles in appearance, the approach of spring. A profusion of apple blossoms decoratively arranged , lends to the atmos-phere a fragrance delightful to the senses and which carries one right into the country in that most beautiful of all seasons. The display windows, counters and cases are filled with articles symbollic of spring. Neatly and artistically ar-ranged, they carry suggestions helpful and needful to the average person. The Style Exhibit proper will be held in the rear of the store where a large stage has been erected connected to a runway or promenade fift y feet in length upon which the various styles will be shown. This afternoon and evening will be de-voted particularly to display work. Persons well qualified to speak on the subjects will explain the process of manu-facturing the article in question and show the various grades and styles of material. Both ladies and gentlemen 's wear will be shown. Friday and Saturday, afternoon and evening, will be featured by the living models from New York City. These young ladies have j ust completed a series of similar exhibits in New York and Philadelphia and have been secured only after some hard work on the part of the local management. These exhibits will be held at 2:15 and 7:30 o'clock. As an added feature for the exhibit musical numbers will be given on all three days by a special orchestra. Another feature will be a number of selections by Mrs. Fleeda Kettering Leno, high soprano, who is well known in musical circles. CLASSES PLEDGE FUNDS Several weeks ago the different classes of the Sunday School of Holy Trinit y Lutheran Sunday School were asked to make pledges of the amount of money they were willing to raise toward paying off the debt of the church. The classes held meetings and then reported their decisions to the Sunday School. When the Secretary had totaled the pledges he found they had reached the grand sum of $1900. This was only the first step of a Cam-paign to raise $9000 to pay off all indebted-ness. The Church Council and a Com-mittee have been at work planning the deUiilH of the Campaign . On Sunday the Campaign proper will be started. Mr. C. II. Weller , a bu siness man of ability and an enthusiastic and devoted chur ch worker will be present, and address the congregation. He is a very pleasing and forceful speaker. Mr. Weller had charge of the recent Stewardship Campaign in the Mlnistcrium of Pennsy lvania and it was largely clue to his management that it was u success. At the present time lie has charge of th e Campa ign for a Half Milli on Dollar addition to the Endowment Fund of Muhlenburg College. These thin gs are an Indication of the Interest he is faking in the work of the church , as well as of the church' s appreciation of his abilit y, BERLIN CREDITED WITH 3,801.235 BY CENSUS The cit y of Berlin with adjacent dis-, trlcts now Includes 3,801,23(5 inhabitants, according to recent, issues of the Berlin press which published results of the census started October 8, HMi). The most re-markable feature of the census was the considerable decrease in the city proper , census reports hIiowIhk » Iohh more than elKhl. pur cent since lttKi, The effect of the war was seen in the fact that the num-ber of males in tlio suburbs of Berlin In-creased only 933, while females increased 15,057. Spring Styles to be Demonstrated in Hershey Store That Hershey will be the scene of a Chautauqua course this summer has been definitely assured by the action of a num-ber of the people of the community in agreeing to stand by the movement inas-much as is possible. According to this action the course will be given by the Community Chautauqua Company of New York, reputed to be one of the best in the country. The course will cover five days, beginning June 22. Included in the program will be some of the finest features touring the country this season. They are the famous Little Symphony Orchestra; Sheenan Concert Company; "Pike, " the Bird Man ; "Fine Feathers;" Allpress All-Star Company: Albert Edward Wiggam ; Denton C. Crowl; and the Light Opera Company. The program has been so arranged plenty of music and an appropriat e worth-so that each day will be a feature day with while lecture. Real artists and notable lecturers have been engaged, assuring a varied program. Music is Big Feature The management has made a special effort to secure for its musical numbers artists who will render the best there is in melody and song. One of the big feature numbers of the Chautauqua next summer will be the famous Little Symphony Orchestra with Leon Weltman, the master violinist, as conductor. This is said to be the greatest orchestra in the country, its members all being highly talented musicians. Another notable feature in music will be the Light Opera Revue, a company of six attractive young ladies whose work has established a very enviable record of successes upon the Chautauqua cir-cuits. They will give a unique program consisting of' selections from the most popular light operas. The Theresa Sheehan Concert Company is an accomplished trio of artists ¦ who present a program versatile to a high degree, filled with music, monologue and song. An event of as grea t interest as any is the big production of that well-known play "Fine Feathers. " Six talented players presenting a drama of modern life brimming over with smiles and thrills an d bringing to every one a great message of the home. It touches on the high cost of living—it teaches us to live within our income—it teaches us that fine feathers do not always make fine .birds, and that everything we possess we must at some time pay for . "Fine Feathers" is an ideal play, for it measures up to the high standard demanded by Chautauqua ' audiences. Last but not least among the musical numbers is the Allpress All-Star Company. Everybody likes a quartette of accomp-lished musicians, and the Allpress All- Stars are the best in the country. Fine Lectures As lecturers and entertainers one of the greatest groups of notables will be presented that has ever assembled for one Chautauqua. There will be Denton C. Crowl, most unique of platform men, will present one of the famous "Sam Jones Lectures" especially modernized in the light of present day conditions. Sam Jones had a message that gripped the hearts of folks and made them glad they were alive, and Mr. Crowl has the peculiar faculty of giving the message new life and virility. He is also one of the rising publicists of the newspaper world. Then there is Albert Edward Wiggam with an inspirational lecture entitled "Forty Kinds of Fools." Mr. Wiggam is one of the foremost platform men in the United States and the clear, easy-to-under-stand manner in which he handles his subjects will provide an unforgettable hou r of enjoyable instruction. One very strong feature among the lecture entertainers will be Capt. Oliver G. Pike. Capt. Pike is coming from England to tell us the secrets of Birdland with wonderful pictures and thrilling narratives. He holds a very high place among the naturalists of Europe and his entertainment is bound to be a distinct novelty to us. Junior Chautauqua Plans That popular juvenile branch of the Community Chautauqua will be bigger and better than ever before. A great Toyshop Pageant has been planned , a big parade, new stories and games—all ar-ranged for the boys and girls of our town. Not one of the five days will be lacking in good wholesome fun for each youngster. Special announcements will be made later settin g forth in detail the elaborate plans. All in all , a great treat is in store for everybody. It is planned to put the season tickets on sale at least three weeks in advance of the Chautau qua and it will greatly assist the local committee if every one will plan to get their tickets early. Community Chautauqua Company Will Present Five Day Course Here in June. Lectures and Musical Number s Tower City Offers Little Resistance to Olivets Attack received a serious check for when they had finall y weathered the storm they dis-covered that they had been drenched under a heavy deluge as the Olivets had rained basket after basket into the net from all angles. The score was 84-35 and but for the fact that the local players eased up considerably in the last ten minutes it is almost certain that the score could have run over the century mark. Sammy Strine was the high scorer in the game with a total of fifteen baskets from the field. He was closely followed by Elliott who managed to locate the net eleven times without trouble. Clark's average was boosted by nine baskets while Stiver upheld^his reputat ion by caging the ball five times. Miller was the bright ligh t on Tower City team with nine baskets chalked to his record . The five Basketball tossers from Tower City left that place last week to get out of the rain. They struck Hershey and here they encountered the worst storm they had ever experienced. After vainly striving to collar the lightning that seemed to sweep over the floor of the Men's Club, they were forced to fly the white fly in token of surrender to the elements. They left soon after for Tower City where the worst they feared was a little rain. All of which means that the Tower City representative basketball five came to Hershey Friday evening with the ex-pectation of annexing an easy game inas-much as they have been winning steadily from other teams. Their dope however Tower City was never in it for a minute and seemed to realize it after the first half was nearly over. The Hershey boys played clean fast ball at all period s of the game. The attraction tomorrow evening will be the Reading Transit team of Reading, the team which has been upsetting the dope in Berks County recently. They have captured the majority of their games and are reputed to be a fast combination. Indications point to a crowded house this evening when the Junior and Senior classes of the Hershey High School present the farce comedy, "The Private Secre-tary " at the Central Theatre. The cast has been rehearsing dail y for the affair and have reached a high stage of effic-iency. The play is one of the funniest ever writt en and is full of clever and snappy music. In order to accommodate all who have expressed their int ention of witnessing the production, it has been decided to hold a matinee especially f<|>r children although adults will be welcomed too. Admission for the matinee will be fifteen cents for the children and twenty-five cents for the adults. The show will begin promptly at 2:00 o'clock. The evening show will begin at 8:15 and the price of admission has been fixed at thirty-five cents. The cast is as follows: Cost© Mr. Marslancl , M. V. II. Leroy Oowhower Harr y Maryland (his nephew)C. Black Mr. Catt ermole William Belser Douglas Cattermole (his nephew) Paul Shearer Rev. Robert Spalding Paul Seltxinger Mr. Sydney Gibson (Tailor at Bond street) Edward Balsbaugh John (a servant) Daniel Coppenhaver Knox (n writ server) Daniel, Coppenhnver Edith Marslancl (daughter to Marsland) Olive Walton Eva Webster (her fri end and companion) Winifred Harvey Mrs. Stead (Douglart's landlady) ' Edna Miller Miss Ashforcl Kathryn Leithclsor Soonoa Act I "Found" Douglas Cutterm olo 's Apartm ents Act II , "Fuel Cry " Mr, Marsland's Country Seat Act 111 "Run to Earth" Mr. Mainland's Country Seat Music between the acts by the sixth and seventh grades and the I Huh School girls, //' ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ School Students to Present Plav Having enjoyed an apparently safe lead throughout the first half , the Harri sbur g Independents received a severe jolt at th e hands of the .St. Elizabeth Five of Philadelphia in the second half of the contest staged last Saturday evening in the Chestnut Street au ditorium and before they could collect themselves their oppo-nents had overcome the lead and secured a safe margin in their own favor. This lead they managed to retain with ease winning finally by the score of 41-31. Harrisburg played fast ball the first half and seemed to have a shade on the Quaker City lads. At the start of the second half however the visitors suddenly came to life and thoroughly bewildered th e Independents with their fast and clever passing and shooting. Troutwein was th e individual star for the Philadelphia boys whil e Klin e and Norman Ford played well for the Independents. The Hancock Five, leader s of th e Philad elphia League, will appear on th e Harrisbur g door Saturday evening In the thir d of a series of games between the two teams. To date each team has won one game and as each leant is desirous of capturin g the series, the game is certain to be hard fou ghr: YOST TO PLAY AGAINST TECH The Perkiomen Seminary Basketball team will oppose (lie Harrisburg Tech-nical High School team in a contest on the Chestnut Street door this evening for the chnmnioiwhip of Cenlrul Pomwyl-vanla. Included in the Porklomon line-up will be Yost , who pitched for the llcrslioy baseball team last summer and wiio has a large number of friends In Hershey. St. Elizabeth Trims Inde pendent Five According to reports made by the various people handling tickets, the Lebanon Valley College Glee Club which will appear here Thursday evening, March 18, will be greeted by capacity house. The tickets have had a ready sale and it is likely that a number of seats will be applied for on the night of the concert. The affair is being held under the auspices of the Men's Bible Class of the First United Brethren Church. The Club has been winning many favor-able comments in every town in which it has appeared. At Hanover they were forced to turn some people away from the door. Other towns gave them similar receptions and as they are particularly interested in this section of the country, it is certain that they will redouble their efforts to please. The Club will render the operatta "Captain VanHum" or "The Rollicking Tars" in two acts. The operatta contains some catchy music including the following: 1-—Overture Instrumental. 2—"We are Landsmen Pure and Simple," Landsmen. 3—"Here We Are," Sailors. 4—"The Crew of the Captain's Gig," Dick Erne, Crew, Chorus. 5—-"A Sailorman that Once I Knew," Tom and Chorus. 6—"Who ever Caught Jackie Fast Asleep, " Sailors. 7—"A Song of the Pirate," Captain Van derHum. 8—"The Pink on the Hawthorn, " Jim and Crew of Gig. 9—"You Blarney Me," Dick Erne and "Mrs. Brown." 10—-"What 's the Matter," Sailors. 11—Finale—Act 1, Principals and Chorus. Act II 12—"We are Here to See the Fun," Landsmen. 13—"Stepping Slowly. Whispering Lowly," Sailors and Landsmen. 14—-"Sailor 's Hornpipe," Six Sailors. 15—"In Sunny Spain," Dick Erne and Chorus. 1G—"Situation Harrowing," Dick Erne and Chorus. 17—"The Pirate is a Noble Soul" Van derHum, Dick Erne, Chorus. 18—Finale—Act II , Principals and Chorus. College Glee Club Certain to Draw Capacity House GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS AN-SWER WET S ARGUMENTS Presentation of arguments in cases from Rhode Island and Massachusetts attack-ing the validity of the prohibition amend-ment to th e Con stituti on were concluded today in Supreme Court. The case from Kentucky will be disposed of tomorrow , after which the question will be left to the Nation 's highest trbunal for decision. Counsel for those attacking the amend-ment continued today to argue that it was revolutionary and an invasion o( stales' ri ghts. These contentions were denied by Solicitor General King and Assistant Attorney General Frierson , who argued the amendment was properly adopted by Congress and had been rat ified by thruc-fourths of the stales. The solicitor general also said the amendment did not int erfere with the functions of the states but gave the Federal Government power to act with the states in enforcing prohi-biti on and resulted from a general demand upon Congress to assist dry states in en-forcing prohibition daws. ' t HERSHEY GIRLS LOSE The Mlllersville Normal School Girls proved to strong for Die 1lershcy Ex-High School Girls Basketball team and as a result the local girls were forced to take the short end of 21-14 score, The Her-shey girls were held to one field goal while the Normal Glvltt ttueecedud in gnUwririK five. The Mersliey Girls have won the ma-jority of thoir contests and expect to compote for the county championship. MINERS PRESENT DEMANDS TO ANTHRACITE OPERATORS Demands which anthracite mine work-ers of Penn sylvania have asked operators to incorporate in the new wage agreement to be drafted to take effect April 1, were formall y presented to the mine owners today and a sub-committee of practical men was named to negotiate the new con-tract. This committee will meet at the Union League Club here Thursday morning to begin its work. The general committee of moners and operators, which met today to begin the negot iations, adjourned to meet at the call of the sub-committee. FREE SHOW AT CENTRAL THEATRE "Heads Wins ," a thr ee reel feature will be shown in the Hershey Centra l Theatre tomorrow evening under the auspices of th e Scranton International Correspond-ence school. There will he no admission charged to the show which will start promptly at 7:,'W o'clock. Everyone is invited. "Heads Wins " is 'th e story of a wife 's love that stirs the ambltiqns of her husband who overcomes many obstacles on the road to success. Included in the cast is Baby Ivy Ward , the screen 's most clever child. Flight Of Bullot Quicker Than Sound A bullet travels faster than sound, so tha i if a man is struck by a bullet and Instantly killed at a distance, say of 1,000 yard s, ho is dead before the report of the rifle that , fired the bullet could reach him. |