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Lutherans Picnic and Fight Mosquitoes at Valley Glen The Lutheran Sunday School held their picnic at Valley Glen on Saturday after-noon. Altho the place was muddy, and there was but few tables and benches, and but little open spaces in which to play, and but little or nothing to see or do, except swimming in the coal-laden waters of the Swatara and stubbing ones Joes on the pebbles under foot, everybody had a good time. That is, until Old Sol began to hide his head in the West, and then the fun began. From out of the green morasses along the roadway leading into the grounds billions of mosquitoes arose and smote the Lutherans, as well-as the Pal-myra firemen, with the same zeal as the locusts pestured the Egyptians. Altho the tables were laden with chicken and other good things galore, one can not eat when one is using both hands smiting the enemy. The mosquitoes swept all before them, and there was but one thing to do—beat it for home, which one and all did without much ado, leaving the place forever and anon. Before the Battle of Mosquitoes there were numerous contests, as follows: Running race, girls up to 8 years, won by Anna Rachael Snavely. Running race, boys up to 8 years, won by Robert Shay. Paper bag race, boys up to 12 years, won by Robert Shay. Bag race, boys up to 12 years, won by John Shay. Potato race, girls up to 12 years, won by Catherine Shay. Nail driving contest for women, won by Mrs. John Leese. Ball throwing contest for women, won by Dorothy Bonner. Running broad jump for men, won by Paul Belser. Peanut contest for women, won by Mrs. Paul Kinports. 100-yard dash for women, won by Louise Shay. 100-yard dash for men, won by Paul Belser. Tug-of-war for married and single men, won by married men. Baseball game, married men vs. single men, won by single men. Peanut scramble for all. . Of particular interest was the game of baseball. The game was played under a handicap, the farmer running the players into a field which was just about to be plowed. Even tho none knew where the bases were, and but few cared, for all that —excepting "Doc" Henny, who was the pitcher for the married men, and who claimed the pitcher 's box was nearer first than it was in the^middle of the diamond, which placed "Doc" in a peculiar and awkward condition. As it was, it might not have made much difference as far as the result was concerned, for the single men liked "Doc's" offerings and pounded the ball to all parts of the farmer 's field , and to add to "Doc's" embarrasment, there were no fielders to gobble 'em up. To be exact, the support , it was awful, excepting that of Doc Mumma, who dis-played old-time form and missed every-thing that came along. It only took two innings to prove that the married men were outclassed and as it was nearing lunch time, it was decided to call it a game. From the farmer 's field the men went to mosquito land, and from there it was home to the medicine chest and the mosquito lotion . Ton Litter Weighing Contest To Be Held Thursd ay A ton litter weighing contest of Duroc- Jersey hogs will be held at Christian Balsbaugh's farm on Friday, August 28th , at 4.00 p. in., and at Clayton Gingrich's farm about 5.30 p. m. These litters are beauties and it is a toss-up as to which will be adjudged the winner. The judges are F. B. Snavely, Harry Sponaglc and S. T. Witmcr. This contest is held under the auspices of the Dauphin County Agri-cultura l Extension. The public is cordial-ly invited to attend the weighing contest. Hershe y Plays Sinking Springs Saturd ay The baseball fans will be given an oppor-tunity of seeing a great game of ball on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22, at which time Sinking Springs, with a string of victories to their credit as long as one's arm will be the worthy opponents of the Choco-latiers. There will he but one other game of ball this season, which closes on Labor Day, and the curtain will be runij clown to the same old tune— "A Good Team But Poor Sup|x)rt By the Fans." Alberts, Smith and Ream have been playing with the Rubs Bros, team during the past week and by their bats upset the Allison Hill league contest, nosing out Harilshurg Division. Miller has been keeping his eye in gmxl trim by playing with Kichland , unitizing the Kiclilimcfites by his superb play ing. Don't forget the game on Saturday afternoon , at .'i.(X) . All Sinking Springs will lie there , and there will be fun galore— especially if you can understand Pennsyl-vania Dutch. 84-Year-01d Farmer Still Going Stron g Out.in Fishing Creek Valley, near Grant-villo , on h KiO-acro farm , lives Percival Nye. Ills farm is known far and wide as well-kept and a successful one, Mr, Nye has farmed for many yours, in fncl , ho but recently celebrated bin Mill birthday. Mr. Nye does not consider that he Is in the old man class, not by a jugful - he Is Just as spry and Just as keen hh he was forty years ago. lj iat week lie finished plowing a 25-HCie field , all by himself, too. This Slimmer he cut n 22-acro field of oats, which was of good yield. Mr. Nje says, unless something unfor-scen should lmp|>eii , thai he will live to a ripe old ago. ALWAYS SHINING CLASS TO ENJOY CORN ROAST Tho Always Shining Class of the First United Brethren Sunday School will enjoy a corn roast nt tho park on Thursday eve-ning, August 27th. nt six o'clock. The hostesses will be Miss Mary Hansluie and Mrs. Raymond lllnkel , all members expecting to attend llio com roast shall please notify either one of the hostesses and alao bring with them a knife , fork and glaia Big Fireworks Display at Camp-belltown Saturda y Campbelltown has organized a Volun-teer Fire Company, arid installed first-class equipment. As the work of a fire department is of benefit to the community, and the public at large, it was decided to hold a Firemen's Carnival, the proceeds of which will be used to help to pay for the equipment. This carnival is the biggest thing ever attempted in Campbelltown and no effort or expense has been spared to make it a success. It opened on Saturday, August 15th, and will be continued on Thursday; August 20th, closing on Saturday, August 22d, at which time a $1,000.00 display of fireworks will be the main feature. The Iroquois Band, of Palmyra, gives concerts every evening of the carnival and there are lots of booths displaying all the latest in carnival goods, such as Kewpie dolls, canes, silverware, blankets, etc. Another feature will be the giving away of a latest model Ford touring car to the lucky winner. A general invitation is extended to the public to attend the carnival. Remember there is something doing every minute and there is plenty of free entertainment for young and old. Don't forget the dates, August 20th and 22d. Alex Magrini Keeps In Touch With Advanced Physical Knowledge Alex Magrini, physical director of the Hershey Men's Club, is taking up a three weeks' course at the Y. M. C. A. Summer Training School at Silver Bay, on Lake George, New York. Orily those who are recommended by secretaries of the Y. M. C. A. are eligible to be registered at this school. Students come from all sections of the country, and the instructors are nationally known in their respective branches. Summer School certificates are issued to students who complete satisfactorily _ a prescribed summer school courseincfiiding examinations and book tests, and prepare an acceptable thesis of approximately 1500 words on some vital subject connected with Association work. The Physical Education Course covers four years. This is the third year that Mr. Magrini has attended this school. This year he is taking up a special course in hygiene under A. J. Stearns, an expert of inter-national fame. He is also receiving in-struction in indoor and outdoor track and field athletics, aquatics and life-saving, and intermediate and advanced gym-nastics. Home Products Part of Big Harrisbur g Exhibit Products of farm homes will form an important part of the Harrisburg-Dauphin County Fair, which opens Labor Day and continues to September 11 on the fair grounds beyond Paxtang along the Hum-melstown Road. While the men on hundreds of central Pennsylvania farms are selecting their best specimens of grain , fruit , vegetables and livestock for exhibition , farm women and their daughters are going through their pantries to pick their finest jellies, dried things and canned goods for dis-playing in the big home economics depart-ment of the fair here. Three cash prem-iums are being offered for prize displays in most of the home economics divisions. The first two sections of the department will be devoted to evergreens, potted plants and cut flowers raised in farm home gard-ens, in addition to flowers raised in green-houses. Jars of beets, plums, grapes, pickles, lima beans and corn will form another section, and all kinds of jellies will be assigned a division to themselves. Dried apples, pears, peaches, berries will comprise another section, and miscellan-eous home products will form another group convicting for cash premiums. Cakes, breads, candies and honey have been assigned to a separate division, and eleven sections will be set aside for knitt-ing, tatting, decorative stitches, yokes, applique work , crochet , embroidery, bed-spreads, quilts, antiques, hand-made paper work , baskets, wooden work and bird houses. A committee 6( six women are in charge of securing the exhibits for the home economics department. They are : Mrs. D. W. Poet , Dauphin; Mrs. I. W. Hasain-ger, Dauphin; Mrs. J. W. Poffensberger , Halifax; Miss Susan Myers, Dauphin; J. W. Clemson, Halifax , and Mrs. D. M. Shearer, of Hiimniclstown. Premium lists and entry blanks irmy be secured from the monitors of the commit-tee and from P. W. Fctteroff , 15 N. Market Square, Harrisburg. WEDDING RECEPTION On Sunday, August Kith , a number of local people gave a sunwise wedding re-ception at the Water Works, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard II. Pastorlus, of this place. The bride and groom arc well known anil they received many beautiful and useful gifts . The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. John Fox. and daughter Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith , Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gambler , Mr and Mrs. .lames F. Hannagin , Mr. and Mrs. William Henningcr and daughter Miriam , Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mumford , Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Difwingcr and daugh-ter Cecelia , Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mc- Nally, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gutwnll and son Charles, Mrs. Robert Payne and son Rotort , Jr., Miss Frances Bowers, Claude Heisoy and Harvey Reich , all of Ixbanon ; Lee Howard, of Palmyra : Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Cordon. Mr. ana Mrs. Russell Zentmeyer and son Richard , Misses Alma Drencher , Prances Breach , Goldle 11a-becker and Guru Zimmerman and Arthur Gordon , of Hershey, and James J. Jenn-ings, of Harrishiirg. 37th DIVISION MEN ATTENTIONI The Seventh Annual Reunion of the 37th Division Veterans AsHociatlnn will lie held nt Cincinnati , (>., on September 6, (i rmd 7. In view of the fact that there will be a largo attendance a special railroad rate of fare and one-hnlf has been authorized. Comrades of the Buckeye Division, dig out your uniform and bring it with you to Cincinnati, If you are interested In the reunion and would like further particulars , such as your lndentlficalion certificate , etc, see, Norman Z. Stable, 119 Trinidad Avenue, Hershey, Pa., local chairman of 37th Division of Veterans Association. With the Prop er Guidance the Average Workman Can Improve His Financial Status (By a Workman) In writing this article, I wish to call attention to the fact that in a great many cases with the proper guidance, coupled together with his own personal observation and study, the average working man could improve his financial status, and still maintain the average living standard. First, I want to say that I am a working man myself and I draw as a salary what I believe would be considered an average day's pay for the average working man. As I go about my day's work and rub shoulders with my fellow working man, the puzzle to me is the apparent indiffer-ence that he manifests in his future finan-cial welfare. He is well posted on the World's Base-ball Series; he can tell the merits of all the prize fighters. As a rule he can tell you nearly all of the popular makes of auto-mobiles and the mileage to expect. He can give you up-to-date information re-garding any bad stretch of road within a radius of 25 to 100 miles from his home town. He is fairly well posted on most of the leading topics of the day, and can carry on an intelligent conversation re-garding them. He can talk to you along his line of work. Yet, the average working man knows little or nothing of financial matters. If a man desires a trade, he is willing to serve an apprenticeship of four years to learn it, or he is willing to make a certain amount of preparation to fit himself for his life's work. With these and the years that he has spent to get a common school educa-tion, if he has gotten one, he feels that he is equipped to fight the battles of life, hold his own and make a living. Assuming that he does hold his own and make a living, these are not enough. He should use at least some of his spare time in preparing himself to cope with the financial problems that he will have to meet from day to day as he journeys through life. In my several years of experience as a working man, I have tried different methods with friends of mine to get them interested along this line. I have given them literature and talked with them along financial lines. In most cases that I have dealt with, I have had little success. The financial page to most of those I have come in contact is dry reading indeed. You can talk to the average business man along the line of investment and get his attention. Why should not we, the working class, post ourselves on this im-portant subject, for self protection, if nothing else? Occasionally, we do hear of some work-ing man who has pulled himself by his boot straps, so to speak, out of his class and has gone higher, but I am afraid that those cases are too few indeed. I think that we, as a class, should and could do better if we would study as do those who make a success financially. Some may and do argue that our time is taken up working and that we do not have the time to study. But I am of the opinion that with our present working day of only eight hours, we could find ample time to study more than we do. I am also of the opinion that we are responsible for our. own predicament financially in most cases, barring, of course, sickness and accident, over which we have no control, and which do come, irrespective of persons. We expect the young man who is starting out to learn a trade or profession, to listen to the advice given him by his elders and instructors, and to profit thereby. Then why shouldn't we, the working class, who have financial problems to meet (and we all have) listen to our banker or other person better informed than we, if we are not willing to study and work it out our-selves? In these days when we can secure expert advice simply for the asking, or at a very small cost, it seems to me that we could do better than we do relative to preparation for old age and the managing of our financial problems in general. I am aware that the working man is handicapped to some extent in handling financial matters on account of his lack of education. He is not qualified to combat the forces that predominate in the financial world. But one thing is certain. We will never get anywhere unless we put forth some effort in addition to our ordinary day's work. Furthermore, we will never get any-where criticizing our employers and our superiors, who have studied for years, and have sacrificed much to attain the positions they now hold. I am afraid the laboring class are .too much inclined to hold their handsand wait for a raise. This leads me to another thought, namely, our income. How many of us have outside income, aside from our regular pay check that we prize so highly? Why couldn't we manage to have an income on the side in the form of some good safe securities? Many of us do, I am sure, but more of us should. Many of us make the excuse that it takes all we make to live. True enough, living these"dpys does come high, but I am of the opinion that many of us could save a few dollars each month if we really tried. Are we, as a class, sensible in our every-day living? Could we not save more of our earnings than we do by a real effort on our part? Many working people of today live beyond their means. Why should we pay fifty dollars for a suit of clothes and ten to twelve dollars for a pair of shoes, when we could meet our requirements at better figures? Why should we buy an expensive automobile when, in some cases, we are unable to make the payments on it, much less buy gas and oil to run it, to say nothing of the repair bills that we are sure to have to face? Why not get a cheaper car and invest the difference in well pro-tected securities that would bring us in ready cash to pay our oils and gas bills? In many cases I am afraid we try to keep up with the other fellow who is able to afford that which we cannot afford our-selves, and in trying to keep up with him, we are working against our own best interests and that of our families. Quite true it is that we all like to have the best, but we should be consistent in our every-day expenditures as we go along and save a small sum for the rainy day that will surely come. I am afraid we are living too high for our pocket books, and in some cases, to the detriment of our own health. This brings me to the thought of the teaching of finances to the younger genera-tion. What about those who are looking to us for instruction as to the management of their financial affairs? Are we teaching them how to handle their savings to the best advantage when they are to take our places, or will they be like we were, unable to invest a dollar if they should save one? Those of us who are responsible to the young relative in financial matters are not doing our duty. "We teach them history, geography, arithmetic, spelling and various other things, but how about the question of investment? I dare say the amount of instruction given on finance is little among the working class, because we do not take time to even post ourselves on this question How can we then teach those who are look-ing to us for instruction? It seems to me we are leaving them at the mercy of those who are better informed. If we do not care to protect ourselves, we should at least try to protect them on this most important and vital question. I was raised a poor boy and not until I was of middle age did I know that there were people in the world who would help me with financial matters merely for the asking and not until I had lost nearly all of my life's savings did I ask for advice. The party who advised me was the one from whom I least expected help, namely, a banker. Let me say right here that if we would consult the banker more, we would save ourselves much trouble, for he has gone the way before and in most cases knows how to advise us concerning our problems. Too many of us do not make a friend of our banker as we should. I am afraid that many of us do not even give the banker the chance to advise us. If he is willing to help us, and in most cases he is, we should seek his counsel and appreciate his advice, instead of ignoring him as we usually do. I am of the opinion that the working man is slowly but surely waking up. He is forging ahead in financial matters and im-proving his standards of living, for which we should all be proud and I think we are. Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that there is still room for improvement and a whole lot of it. I think he should study and strive for knowledge a great deal more than he does. Yet I have noticed several instances where the working man is buying the securities of the corporation by whom he is employed. It seems to me that this alone will not only promote good fellowship between employer and employee, but will tend to encourage and spur the working man to move forward. These signs and many others lead me to believe that the working man is striving more than ever to better his condition financially. As time rolls on we should study to show ourselves approved as capable of handling our own personal financial problems first. Then and not until then will we be able, and called upon, to assume larger responsi-bilities. ii > n«> i, iiii, ,,n » i, ^ n .i —^^»^.«».^«r^^»^fc—# The Smokestack f Blf Dee J ap Gee The Smaihed-Up Motoriit. This is the motor car which, salesmen feign, Runs without undue drain Upon tho pocketbook, 'Tis the very same boat in which we took Our journey north past wood and babbling brook , Through pleasant mountain air , Driving for miles and miles against the headlights' glare. The bus in which I once took so much pride. In which I loved to ride, Smoking a ten-cent weed, Now is no three-letter word meaning speed That eats the longest, steepest hills with greed. Oh, why did I connect anything if not consistent, we are bound to continue using the same line and the same sinker whether anyone swallows it or not. And as for the 'fresh airs' of a lot of these flappahs, well, the less said, the better. Doc Drake's hired man used to say he had three perfectly good reasons for not voting for the late President Wilson , the second time he ran for office. These were his reasons: "Well, in the first place I don't like Wilson because he didn 't buy up the Cuban sugar crop. In the second place I don't like Wilson because he's an Irishman. In the third place I don 't like Wilson because he passed that law in Pennsylvania that a man ain't got no right to fish on a Sunday." The Three Scotchmen. As the saying goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat, which was amply proven by the three Scotchmen, who went to church , and discovered as the collection plate was started around that they only had a penny between them, Sandy, who was the quickest of wit , soon found a way out of difficulty. "I'll tell you what," said Sandy, I'll faint and you two fellows can carry me out." pleasure, of gainful accomplishment and even of life itself?" "Tater bugs," responded a shrill voice from the rear of the hall. "You all is so block-headed," said George Washington Johnson's wife to her spouse, "that you ain't got no dandruff in youah hair, exceptin's sawdust." "Why is it," asked the Man Who Holds up the Postoffice, "that a pretty girl usually picks out a good husband?" "I don't know," replied the Man with the Cedar Chest, "but I suppose it is because she is a good looker. Sure to Mias It "I hear that Pat is goin' a bear hunting. Is he a good shot?" "No, If he should fire at randon , he'd be sure to miss it." No Difference "What's the difference between a fool and a man who cashes a check for a stranger?" "No difference ." Why is a woman, driving a nail, like lightning? "She never strikes twice in the same place." A party of Americans were touring Scotland and lost their way. -Presently they found themselves in the outskirts of a large city. Stopping their car , they asked a boy the name of the town. "I'll tell ye if ye gie me saxpence," replied the youth. "Drive on," said an American , "I guess this is Aberdeen. Some day by popular, i. e., ours truly 'a request, Old Dobbin's Tail will switch in this column. Now we understand why the modern girl tlocs not come up to the moral standard of the old time Jane. The hat pin , O staunch defender of the weak, has fallen into disuse. Evidence In a high tribunal of the state Whether to hang or liberate The prisoner as yet was undecided . The defendent was a dark young man, Thirty iierhapa , his face would scan The |K)inting crowd with somewhat of calm courage. Now the witness wau a sturdy soul Who seldom lied and never stole, It seemed the dark young man must face the gallows. Though no one had seen the bloody deed, I Icre were the fuels. Then was there need Man ¦should" have viewed what was so evident? Hut there was a woman, comely fair , Tears were her eyes, her lips a prayer , A prayer for him so wrongly scorned, her husband, And the witness saw her bitter tears, Spurned the false truth; in spite of fears He lied and freed the dark iniin held un-justly. But the truth he'd sworn he had not kept , So In Ills humble way hit wept. (The dark young man would never come to thanH him.) As he walked, reflective , through the town, An automobile rim him down, He faces now tho one Supreme Tribunal. More than 250,000 farmers in tho United States now own radio nets, Pay Dirt Beats all how one story recalls another, doesn't it? Ever hear about the old timer who decided one day to take a bath? Do you remember what he found while wash-ing his back? You've forgotten, have you? Why, he found a penny with the date 1863 on it , One thing leads to another. A British soldier in India was ordered to wash up and clean up an Afghan he had captured. He was so long at his task that another soldier was finally sent in search of him. When the second soldier did not return , an officer went to see what was the matter. He found both soldiers, still steadily scrubbing the Afghan. "For the love of Great Scissor's Ghost don 't you have him clean yet?" yelled the officer. "No sir," said the first soldier," we thought we had him all finished a while ago, but then we came, to another suit of clothes. " The Man with the Wooden Ix'g says the girls Who have been vacationing, to his way of thinking, don't need to use as much pnint au they did before their outing. He claims they can use the coat of tan they acquired as the primer (first coat,) . True Friendship The colored maid of a lady in Atlanta , Georgia, allowed up one mornlncr late for work and explained that her tardiness was caused by having to stop at u hospital to see John , her husnand. "Why, Maggie", said the lady, "what 's the matter witli John?" "Well , ma'am," said Maggie, "It was like (lis. Last night two men took and jumped on John and beat him up some-thing awful. Den dey went and took his watch and chain and all of his money, and lust left him there till a (xiliccman found him din morning, and sent him to dc hospital." "Gracious," said her mistress, "that's awful. Did John know who thuy were?" "Yes, ma'am," wild Maggie, "ho knowed 'cm. I)ey was two of de tost friends he had. " The Skunks' Comers temperance lectur-er warmed to his subject. "What is this menace, this vicious plague that threatens the nation?" he cried. Can any of those within the hearing of my voice name the thing that la robbing the youth of our land of hours of innocent With that big ten-ton truck and get my flivver wrecked ? Year after year the wife and I had slaved, By self-denial saved The dough with which we paid The salesman for this bus that ran upgrade Faster than on the level and that made Us feel like millionaires. But now we and the bus are laid up for repairs. Although in this too sudden auto wreck, I almost broke my neck , For this much I am glad; My wife escaped (the only wife I had), And those that know say nothing is so bad , But that it might be worse,— Yes, even now we might be riding in a hearse. This accident puts me way in the hole, It makes the old bank roll Look awfu l wan and pale, Still If I have good luck 1 should not fail In live or ten years more to save the kale To buy an aeroplane. They kill a man outright , there Isn 't half the pain. Horror of horrors! I^ist week we wrote about the Widctor Jones and Deacon Grimes and plumb clean forgot to give our lingo a title . However, jxissibly some of the more intolerant readers of the Smoke-stack named it for us, using word of four letters meaning bologna, applesauce, etc. Mayto though , if we are allowed to live, we shall write a poem with two titles to atone for our grovious omission of last week. livery once in a while we get a little encouragement from some of our Kindly Kritlks. Aforesaid encouragement bright-ens the path for us and enables us to keep on living. No kidding, we do gut moods of deep clenpair every now and then , and anytime someone slaps us on the hack and says. "Courage, brotherl" it raises our market value twenty-eight per cent, I-ast week we complained about the INUicity of inspiration , whatever that is, and right away someone said. "Why don't you write uImhiI the 'Fresh Airs' tha t, are coming all the way to visit Hershey? Why don't you depart from your eternal harping about the High Cost of Living, your blight-ing remarks about the fair sex, your kind words nlxiut liquid refreshments of a spiritua l nature , etc, and sew on? Why don't you write a soui-stirrlng appeal in behalf of the 'Fresh Airs' that will set the town ablaze with enthusiasm for them and cause such a demand for the privilege of entertaining litem that the demand can't lie met?" Here indeed was brotherl y advice, freely given, However, feeling that no-one ii Yera Miller and Her "Hicks " Scored Big Hit Little Miss Vera Miller and her assistants, Mary Deppen, Ruth Frehn, Mary and Katherine Tobias and Marie Mays, pupils of Miss Ethelyn Storey's Dancing Class, in their "Down On the Farm" dance, was the big hit during the presentation of "Mary", a musical comedy, at Hershey Park Theatre. Vera has a style, and a mannerism that makes things hum when she is on the stage—^every little movement has a mean-ing of its own, and her vivacity carries all before her. The audiences could not get enough of her act, and she and her assistants had to work overtime encoring. Not a little credit of the success of "Down On the Farm" $> to the capable work of her assistants, who, with their dash and pep, step lively and prettily. "Down On the the Farm" would make a hit anywhere—it isn't of the usual amateur calibre, stiff , stilted and measured, but is a highly professional and finished act. Owing to an engagement at Washing-ton, D. C, on Tuesday evening. Vera and her "Hicks", where they scored another huge success, did not appear at the Park Theatre, much to the disappointment of the big audience. Miss Storey is to be congratulated upon the success of this singing and dancing act, for it was she who conceived and directed it. She is now working on another act, which will be ready for presentation some-time this Fall. "Why Men Leave Home" at Park Theatre This Week Why Men Leave Home" will be the attraction at Hershey Park Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. It was written by Avery Hopwood, known internationally as the author of "The Bat." There are laughs galore for the men and for the women. In "Why Men Leave Home" the author has contrived an unusual and novel enter-tainment by means of situations wherein three sets of husbands are placed. Theree child-hating wives return after months of flirtations abroad to find that their hus-bands have not been merely twiddling their thumbs during their absence. Two of the men have yielded to emotional hunger of some sort, while the third has become the Fairy Prince of Doris, the vamp. "Why Men Leave Home" was one of the brilliant successes of last season in New York City. It is one of the most important plays to be released for stock purposes this year and the local manage-ment is to be congratulated upon its enterprise in contracting for the play. The cast of characters is as follows: Butler Wesley Barney Grandma Kathryn Nisley Tom Ralph Crabtree Fifi Katherine M. Bauer Sybil Helen Mowery Billy Eddie Watrous Nina Nina Howell Betty Miss Sherwood Artie Jimmie Dempsey Sam Dick Foote ENROLLMENT OF BEGINNERS AT HERSHEY SCHOOLS Parents of all children who will enter school for the first time this fall , are re-quested either to bring their children or send them to the Principal's office in the Grade building for the purpose of properly enrolling them on Friday, August 28th, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. It is very important to comply with this regulation . All children must present certificates of successful vaccination as well as birth certificates, before they can be admitted to school. In such instances where birth certificates are not available, parents should provide a carefull y written copy of the name of the child , and the date of birth , month and year. DERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS COMPLETELY CONSOLIDATED With the opening of the 1925-1926 school term , the schools of Derry Town-ship will be completely consolidated. The four remaining rural schools: Waltonville, Stoverdale, Sunny Side and Gravel Hill , have been declared closed and the pupils will be trans|x>rted to the schools pro-vided at Hershey. Here ample room, excellent facilities and almost ideal condi-tions have been provided for the comfort and instruction of the pupils. NEW RESIDENTS AND NON RESIDENT PUPILS Pupils who moved into .the district since the last school term and all non-resident pupils , cither for grades or admission to High Schcxil, are requested to present themselves at the Principal's office in the afternoon of Friday, August 2Hth, between the hours of one and tour. Such pupils should bring with them last year 's report cards or certificates of admission to High School in order to facilitate classification, OPENING OF SCHOOL Monday, August 31 is reserved for the teachers. Faculty meetings and "getting ready" will be the order of the day. The pupils will arrive Tuesday, September 1st. RE-EXAM NATIONS As previously announced re-examinn-llons u> those High School pupils who are entitled to take them , will bo given Friday, August 2Hth , al H.30 a. in., in room No. 20 of the Grade School Building. LIONS PICNIC AT HERSHEY ON FRIDAY. AUGUST 28 The Lions Clubs will picnic al Hershey Park on Friday, August 28th, at Hershey. Ten clubs will take, part including: Harris- Inirg, Red Lions, 'Gettysburg, Chnmhcrs-hurg, Reading, IJtncaater , Coatesvillo, Allentown and York. , The Ixbnnon Lions club has been se-lected to bo one of the clubs to take part in (lie iMiselmll event which will to held in Hie afternoon. York will be the opponent. At six o'clock a big dinner will lie given at which time an elalxirate program oi entertainment will be a feature, Dancing will conclude the festivities. ERB REUNION The third annual reunion of the Erb famil y will be held on Sunday, August 30, In Erb'a Grove, at Kllnefelteravillo, Leba-non County. Two Concerts By Fred Proni o and His Orchestra Sunday On Sunday afternoon, August 22d, Fred Pronio and His Orchestra at Hershey Park, will give two concerts, from 2 to 4 o'clock and from 6 to 7.30 o'clock. The Sunday evening concerts have met with a quick response, and large crowds enjoy the musical treats. The programs are agree-ably diversified. Mrs. Alfred ~K. Mills, of Anhville, will be the soloist at the evening concert. Mrs. Mills is a contralto, and is well-known thru-out Lebanon Valley as an artist of ex-ceptional merit. Her selections will be "O Divine Redeemer" and "Supplica-tions." The program for the concert from 2 to 4 o'clock, is as follows: 1. March, "With Trumpet and Drum" Weldon 2. Overture, "Hungarian Lustpiel" .. Keler-Bela 3. "Waltz Militaire" Waldteufel 4. "Naila" Lange 5. "In a Monastery Garden * "Rubenesque" 6. "Around the Worl with Irvin Berlin" Lake INTERMISSION 1. Overture, "Light Cavalry" Suppe 2. Selection, "The Prima Donna".Herbert 3. "Scarf Dance" Lange 4. "Providence" ". Lange 5. "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2". .. .Liszt The program for the evening concert, from 6.30 to 7.30 o'clock, is as follows: 1. March, "King of the Air" Cavelli 2. Overture, "Egmont" Beethoven 3. Selection, "Rigoletto" Verdi 4. Egyptian Echoes" Black 5. "Gavotte Mignon".'; Thomas "Hearts and Flowers" Tobani 6. "Dance of the Hours"... Ponchielli 30 Fresh Air Children Coming to Hershe y August 28th Impelled by a fine sense of Christian spirit thirty families in Hershey and vicini-ty will be the hosts of thirty East Side New York tenement children for a two weeks visit, arriving in Hershey on August 28th, remaining until Sept. 11th. This vacation, for these youngsters will in most cases be their first real trip out in the country—it will be a change from con-jested tenements—it will be a revelation that the American home is not a few city blocks of crowded, ill-ventilated tenements. These little ones will be lifted from the miserable dark, and hot quarters, to the free out-of-doors where they may romp and play and into the home of some kind and considerate person. The number of children that will have the opportunity to enjoy all this depends on YOU. Will YOU entertain an un-fortunate child for two weeks? You have up to and including August 25th, in which to make your decision. If you decide to help some child to have its first real joy, communicate with the Hershey Employ-merit Bureau. There will be absolutely no obligation to you. They will be brought here and placed in your hands by the Committee Your part is to welcome them, give them daily food and a place to sleep. This is part of the work done by the New York Tribune Fresh Air Fund. It is no new venture and all those who are acquainted with the work are glad to co-operate. For years the children from the congested districts of the great metropolis have been given this opportunity and large numbers look to this Fund for their annual outing. Special Dance at Hershe y Park Monda y Evening The Georgia Peaches are coming to Hershey Park on Monday evening, Aug. 24th—eleven in number—a big basketful. These Peaches are better known as "Tom-my Christian Orchestra" and hail from Atlanta , Ga. The Park management has incurred considerable expense in booking these syncopators, but have continued in their policy of giving the dancing public the best in orchestras. In the Tommy Christian Orchestra they have secured one of the very best in America, and as a result , the dancing pavilion should be taxed to its utmost capacity on Monday evening, August 24th. The admission will be 75c, including tax. H. 0. A. Class Hold Supper The H. O. A. Young Ladles' Bible Class of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Sunday School, held a picnic-supper in Hersliey Park on Tuesday evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Snavely and sons, Bobby and Harry Barr , Mr. and Mrs. Ixster De Verier, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Kelffer , Mr. and Mrs. Grover Sheckart , Mr. and Mrs. Paul Groy and son Billy, Mrs. ltklwln Schwenk and child-ren , Ruth , Mary I^mise and Edwin Jr., Mr. ' and Mrs. Robert Atimen and son Rol)crt , Jr., Mrs. Joseph {birth and daughter Annie, Mrs. Sallie Wharfel , Mrs. George Shuey, Mrs, Mary Smith, Mary Reiser, Margaret. Domgardncr, Alma Drcscher and Goldle Habnckcr. MEN'S BIBLE CLASS TO MEET ON THURSDAY EVENING lhe regular monthly meeting of the Men 's Bible Class, of the First United Brethren Sunday School, will bo held on Thursday evening, August 20lh, at 8.00 o'clock, on the lawn of the church. All members are requested to Iks present, busi-ness of imixirtance will bo discussed. BIRTHDAY DINNER Mrs. Jacob K. Snyder entertained at a birthday dinner in the Park on Wednes-day, in honor of her daughter , Mae. she received many beautiful gifts, T hose present wore : Misses Isabelle Smith, Marion Hess, Helen Habakcr, Ruth Ha-baker, Dorothy Bohner, Iva Drencher, Rhoda Yeager, Mae Drencher, Mrs. John Kulp, Mrs, Harrison Hosteller and Mrs. Jacob K. Snyder. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. David SatUuahn an-nounce the birth of a son, David Lane, on Tuesday, August 18th,
Object Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1925-08-20 |
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 | 1925-08-20 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
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Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1925-08-20 |
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 | 19250820 |
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 | Lutherans Picnic and Fight Mosquitoes at Valley Glen The Lutheran Sunday School held their picnic at Valley Glen on Saturday after-noon. Altho the place was muddy, and there was but few tables and benches, and but little open spaces in which to play, and but little or nothing to see or do, except swimming in the coal-laden waters of the Swatara and stubbing ones Joes on the pebbles under foot, everybody had a good time. That is, until Old Sol began to hide his head in the West, and then the fun began. From out of the green morasses along the roadway leading into the grounds billions of mosquitoes arose and smote the Lutherans, as well-as the Pal-myra firemen, with the same zeal as the locusts pestured the Egyptians. Altho the tables were laden with chicken and other good things galore, one can not eat when one is using both hands smiting the enemy. The mosquitoes swept all before them, and there was but one thing to do—beat it for home, which one and all did without much ado, leaving the place forever and anon. Before the Battle of Mosquitoes there were numerous contests, as follows: Running race, girls up to 8 years, won by Anna Rachael Snavely. Running race, boys up to 8 years, won by Robert Shay. Paper bag race, boys up to 12 years, won by Robert Shay. Bag race, boys up to 12 years, won by John Shay. Potato race, girls up to 12 years, won by Catherine Shay. Nail driving contest for women, won by Mrs. John Leese. Ball throwing contest for women, won by Dorothy Bonner. Running broad jump for men, won by Paul Belser. Peanut contest for women, won by Mrs. Paul Kinports. 100-yard dash for women, won by Louise Shay. 100-yard dash for men, won by Paul Belser. Tug-of-war for married and single men, won by married men. Baseball game, married men vs. single men, won by single men. Peanut scramble for all. . Of particular interest was the game of baseball. The game was played under a handicap, the farmer running the players into a field which was just about to be plowed. Even tho none knew where the bases were, and but few cared, for all that —excepting "Doc" Henny, who was the pitcher for the married men, and who claimed the pitcher 's box was nearer first than it was in the^middle of the diamond, which placed "Doc" in a peculiar and awkward condition. As it was, it might not have made much difference as far as the result was concerned, for the single men liked "Doc's" offerings and pounded the ball to all parts of the farmer 's field , and to add to "Doc's" embarrasment, there were no fielders to gobble 'em up. To be exact, the support , it was awful, excepting that of Doc Mumma, who dis-played old-time form and missed every-thing that came along. It only took two innings to prove that the married men were outclassed and as it was nearing lunch time, it was decided to call it a game. From the farmer 's field the men went to mosquito land, and from there it was home to the medicine chest and the mosquito lotion . Ton Litter Weighing Contest To Be Held Thursd ay A ton litter weighing contest of Duroc- Jersey hogs will be held at Christian Balsbaugh's farm on Friday, August 28th , at 4.00 p. in., and at Clayton Gingrich's farm about 5.30 p. m. These litters are beauties and it is a toss-up as to which will be adjudged the winner. The judges are F. B. Snavely, Harry Sponaglc and S. T. Witmcr. This contest is held under the auspices of the Dauphin County Agri-cultura l Extension. The public is cordial-ly invited to attend the weighing contest. Hershe y Plays Sinking Springs Saturd ay The baseball fans will be given an oppor-tunity of seeing a great game of ball on Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22, at which time Sinking Springs, with a string of victories to their credit as long as one's arm will be the worthy opponents of the Choco-latiers. There will he but one other game of ball this season, which closes on Labor Day, and the curtain will be runij clown to the same old tune— "A Good Team But Poor Sup|x)rt By the Fans." Alberts, Smith and Ream have been playing with the Rubs Bros, team during the past week and by their bats upset the Allison Hill league contest, nosing out Harilshurg Division. Miller has been keeping his eye in gmxl trim by playing with Kichland , unitizing the Kiclilimcfites by his superb play ing. Don't forget the game on Saturday afternoon , at .'i.(X) . All Sinking Springs will lie there , and there will be fun galore— especially if you can understand Pennsyl-vania Dutch. 84-Year-01d Farmer Still Going Stron g Out.in Fishing Creek Valley, near Grant-villo , on h KiO-acro farm , lives Percival Nye. Ills farm is known far and wide as well-kept and a successful one, Mr, Nye has farmed for many yours, in fncl , ho but recently celebrated bin Mill birthday. Mr. Nye does not consider that he Is in the old man class, not by a jugful - he Is Just as spry and Just as keen hh he was forty years ago. lj iat week lie finished plowing a 25-HCie field , all by himself, too. This Slimmer he cut n 22-acro field of oats, which was of good yield. Mr. Nje says, unless something unfor-scen should lmp|>eii , thai he will live to a ripe old ago. ALWAYS SHINING CLASS TO ENJOY CORN ROAST Tho Always Shining Class of the First United Brethren Sunday School will enjoy a corn roast nt tho park on Thursday eve-ning, August 27th. nt six o'clock. The hostesses will be Miss Mary Hansluie and Mrs. Raymond lllnkel , all members expecting to attend llio com roast shall please notify either one of the hostesses and alao bring with them a knife , fork and glaia Big Fireworks Display at Camp-belltown Saturda y Campbelltown has organized a Volun-teer Fire Company, arid installed first-class equipment. As the work of a fire department is of benefit to the community, and the public at large, it was decided to hold a Firemen's Carnival, the proceeds of which will be used to help to pay for the equipment. This carnival is the biggest thing ever attempted in Campbelltown and no effort or expense has been spared to make it a success. It opened on Saturday, August 15th, and will be continued on Thursday; August 20th, closing on Saturday, August 22d, at which time a $1,000.00 display of fireworks will be the main feature. The Iroquois Band, of Palmyra, gives concerts every evening of the carnival and there are lots of booths displaying all the latest in carnival goods, such as Kewpie dolls, canes, silverware, blankets, etc. Another feature will be the giving away of a latest model Ford touring car to the lucky winner. A general invitation is extended to the public to attend the carnival. Remember there is something doing every minute and there is plenty of free entertainment for young and old. Don't forget the dates, August 20th and 22d. Alex Magrini Keeps In Touch With Advanced Physical Knowledge Alex Magrini, physical director of the Hershey Men's Club, is taking up a three weeks' course at the Y. M. C. A. Summer Training School at Silver Bay, on Lake George, New York. Orily those who are recommended by secretaries of the Y. M. C. A. are eligible to be registered at this school. Students come from all sections of the country, and the instructors are nationally known in their respective branches. Summer School certificates are issued to students who complete satisfactorily _ a prescribed summer school courseincfiiding examinations and book tests, and prepare an acceptable thesis of approximately 1500 words on some vital subject connected with Association work. The Physical Education Course covers four years. This is the third year that Mr. Magrini has attended this school. This year he is taking up a special course in hygiene under A. J. Stearns, an expert of inter-national fame. He is also receiving in-struction in indoor and outdoor track and field athletics, aquatics and life-saving, and intermediate and advanced gym-nastics. Home Products Part of Big Harrisbur g Exhibit Products of farm homes will form an important part of the Harrisburg-Dauphin County Fair, which opens Labor Day and continues to September 11 on the fair grounds beyond Paxtang along the Hum-melstown Road. While the men on hundreds of central Pennsylvania farms are selecting their best specimens of grain , fruit , vegetables and livestock for exhibition , farm women and their daughters are going through their pantries to pick their finest jellies, dried things and canned goods for dis-playing in the big home economics depart-ment of the fair here. Three cash prem-iums are being offered for prize displays in most of the home economics divisions. The first two sections of the department will be devoted to evergreens, potted plants and cut flowers raised in farm home gard-ens, in addition to flowers raised in green-houses. Jars of beets, plums, grapes, pickles, lima beans and corn will form another section, and all kinds of jellies will be assigned a division to themselves. Dried apples, pears, peaches, berries will comprise another section, and miscellan-eous home products will form another group convicting for cash premiums. Cakes, breads, candies and honey have been assigned to a separate division, and eleven sections will be set aside for knitt-ing, tatting, decorative stitches, yokes, applique work , crochet , embroidery, bed-spreads, quilts, antiques, hand-made paper work , baskets, wooden work and bird houses. A committee 6( six women are in charge of securing the exhibits for the home economics department. They are : Mrs. D. W. Poet , Dauphin; Mrs. I. W. Hasain-ger, Dauphin; Mrs. J. W. Poffensberger , Halifax; Miss Susan Myers, Dauphin; J. W. Clemson, Halifax , and Mrs. D. M. Shearer, of Hiimniclstown. Premium lists and entry blanks irmy be secured from the monitors of the commit-tee and from P. W. Fctteroff , 15 N. Market Square, Harrisburg. WEDDING RECEPTION On Sunday, August Kith , a number of local people gave a sunwise wedding re-ception at the Water Works, in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Richard II. Pastorlus, of this place. The bride and groom arc well known anil they received many beautiful and useful gifts . The following guests were present: Mr. and Mrs. John Fox. and daughter Nancy, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith , Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gambler , Mr and Mrs. .lames F. Hannagin , Mr. and Mrs. William Henningcr and daughter Miriam , Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mumford , Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Difwingcr and daugh-ter Cecelia , Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mc- Nally, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gutwnll and son Charles, Mrs. Robert Payne and son Rotort , Jr., Miss Frances Bowers, Claude Heisoy and Harvey Reich , all of Ixbanon ; Lee Howard, of Palmyra : Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Cordon. Mr. ana Mrs. Russell Zentmeyer and son Richard , Misses Alma Drencher , Prances Breach , Goldle 11a-becker and Guru Zimmerman and Arthur Gordon , of Hershey, and James J. Jenn-ings, of Harrishiirg. 37th DIVISION MEN ATTENTIONI The Seventh Annual Reunion of the 37th Division Veterans AsHociatlnn will lie held nt Cincinnati , (>., on September 6, (i rmd 7. In view of the fact that there will be a largo attendance a special railroad rate of fare and one-hnlf has been authorized. Comrades of the Buckeye Division, dig out your uniform and bring it with you to Cincinnati, If you are interested In the reunion and would like further particulars , such as your lndentlficalion certificate , etc, see, Norman Z. Stable, 119 Trinidad Avenue, Hershey, Pa., local chairman of 37th Division of Veterans Association. With the Prop er Guidance the Average Workman Can Improve His Financial Status (By a Workman) In writing this article, I wish to call attention to the fact that in a great many cases with the proper guidance, coupled together with his own personal observation and study, the average working man could improve his financial status, and still maintain the average living standard. First, I want to say that I am a working man myself and I draw as a salary what I believe would be considered an average day's pay for the average working man. As I go about my day's work and rub shoulders with my fellow working man, the puzzle to me is the apparent indiffer-ence that he manifests in his future finan-cial welfare. He is well posted on the World's Base-ball Series; he can tell the merits of all the prize fighters. As a rule he can tell you nearly all of the popular makes of auto-mobiles and the mileage to expect. He can give you up-to-date information re-garding any bad stretch of road within a radius of 25 to 100 miles from his home town. He is fairly well posted on most of the leading topics of the day, and can carry on an intelligent conversation re-garding them. He can talk to you along his line of work. Yet, the average working man knows little or nothing of financial matters. If a man desires a trade, he is willing to serve an apprenticeship of four years to learn it, or he is willing to make a certain amount of preparation to fit himself for his life's work. With these and the years that he has spent to get a common school educa-tion, if he has gotten one, he feels that he is equipped to fight the battles of life, hold his own and make a living. Assuming that he does hold his own and make a living, these are not enough. He should use at least some of his spare time in preparing himself to cope with the financial problems that he will have to meet from day to day as he journeys through life. In my several years of experience as a working man, I have tried different methods with friends of mine to get them interested along this line. I have given them literature and talked with them along financial lines. In most cases that I have dealt with, I have had little success. The financial page to most of those I have come in contact is dry reading indeed. You can talk to the average business man along the line of investment and get his attention. Why should not we, the working class, post ourselves on this im-portant subject, for self protection, if nothing else? Occasionally, we do hear of some work-ing man who has pulled himself by his boot straps, so to speak, out of his class and has gone higher, but I am afraid that those cases are too few indeed. I think that we, as a class, should and could do better if we would study as do those who make a success financially. Some may and do argue that our time is taken up working and that we do not have the time to study. But I am of the opinion that with our present working day of only eight hours, we could find ample time to study more than we do. I am also of the opinion that we are responsible for our. own predicament financially in most cases, barring, of course, sickness and accident, over which we have no control, and which do come, irrespective of persons. We expect the young man who is starting out to learn a trade or profession, to listen to the advice given him by his elders and instructors, and to profit thereby. Then why shouldn't we, the working class, who have financial problems to meet (and we all have) listen to our banker or other person better informed than we, if we are not willing to study and work it out our-selves? In these days when we can secure expert advice simply for the asking, or at a very small cost, it seems to me that we could do better than we do relative to preparation for old age and the managing of our financial problems in general. I am aware that the working man is handicapped to some extent in handling financial matters on account of his lack of education. He is not qualified to combat the forces that predominate in the financial world. But one thing is certain. We will never get anywhere unless we put forth some effort in addition to our ordinary day's work. Furthermore, we will never get any-where criticizing our employers and our superiors, who have studied for years, and have sacrificed much to attain the positions they now hold. I am afraid the laboring class are .too much inclined to hold their handsand wait for a raise. This leads me to another thought, namely, our income. How many of us have outside income, aside from our regular pay check that we prize so highly? Why couldn't we manage to have an income on the side in the form of some good safe securities? Many of us do, I am sure, but more of us should. Many of us make the excuse that it takes all we make to live. True enough, living these"dpys does come high, but I am of the opinion that many of us could save a few dollars each month if we really tried. Are we, as a class, sensible in our every-day living? Could we not save more of our earnings than we do by a real effort on our part? Many working people of today live beyond their means. Why should we pay fifty dollars for a suit of clothes and ten to twelve dollars for a pair of shoes, when we could meet our requirements at better figures? Why should we buy an expensive automobile when, in some cases, we are unable to make the payments on it, much less buy gas and oil to run it, to say nothing of the repair bills that we are sure to have to face? Why not get a cheaper car and invest the difference in well pro-tected securities that would bring us in ready cash to pay our oils and gas bills? In many cases I am afraid we try to keep up with the other fellow who is able to afford that which we cannot afford our-selves, and in trying to keep up with him, we are working against our own best interests and that of our families. Quite true it is that we all like to have the best, but we should be consistent in our every-day expenditures as we go along and save a small sum for the rainy day that will surely come. I am afraid we are living too high for our pocket books, and in some cases, to the detriment of our own health. This brings me to the thought of the teaching of finances to the younger genera-tion. What about those who are looking to us for instruction as to the management of their financial affairs? Are we teaching them how to handle their savings to the best advantage when they are to take our places, or will they be like we were, unable to invest a dollar if they should save one? Those of us who are responsible to the young relative in financial matters are not doing our duty. "We teach them history, geography, arithmetic, spelling and various other things, but how about the question of investment? I dare say the amount of instruction given on finance is little among the working class, because we do not take time to even post ourselves on this question How can we then teach those who are look-ing to us for instruction? It seems to me we are leaving them at the mercy of those who are better informed. If we do not care to protect ourselves, we should at least try to protect them on this most important and vital question. I was raised a poor boy and not until I was of middle age did I know that there were people in the world who would help me with financial matters merely for the asking and not until I had lost nearly all of my life's savings did I ask for advice. The party who advised me was the one from whom I least expected help, namely, a banker. Let me say right here that if we would consult the banker more, we would save ourselves much trouble, for he has gone the way before and in most cases knows how to advise us concerning our problems. Too many of us do not make a friend of our banker as we should. I am afraid that many of us do not even give the banker the chance to advise us. If he is willing to help us, and in most cases he is, we should seek his counsel and appreciate his advice, instead of ignoring him as we usually do. I am of the opinion that the working man is slowly but surely waking up. He is forging ahead in financial matters and im-proving his standards of living, for which we should all be proud and I think we are. Nevertheless, I am of the opinion that there is still room for improvement and a whole lot of it. I think he should study and strive for knowledge a great deal more than he does. Yet I have noticed several instances where the working man is buying the securities of the corporation by whom he is employed. It seems to me that this alone will not only promote good fellowship between employer and employee, but will tend to encourage and spur the working man to move forward. These signs and many others lead me to believe that the working man is striving more than ever to better his condition financially. As time rolls on we should study to show ourselves approved as capable of handling our own personal financial problems first. Then and not until then will we be able, and called upon, to assume larger responsi-bilities. ii > n«> i, iiii, ,,n » i, ^ n .i —^^»^.«».^«r^^»^fc—# The Smokestack f Blf Dee J ap Gee The Smaihed-Up Motoriit. This is the motor car which, salesmen feign, Runs without undue drain Upon tho pocketbook, 'Tis the very same boat in which we took Our journey north past wood and babbling brook , Through pleasant mountain air , Driving for miles and miles against the headlights' glare. The bus in which I once took so much pride. In which I loved to ride, Smoking a ten-cent weed, Now is no three-letter word meaning speed That eats the longest, steepest hills with greed. Oh, why did I connect anything if not consistent, we are bound to continue using the same line and the same sinker whether anyone swallows it or not. And as for the 'fresh airs' of a lot of these flappahs, well, the less said, the better. Doc Drake's hired man used to say he had three perfectly good reasons for not voting for the late President Wilson , the second time he ran for office. These were his reasons: "Well, in the first place I don't like Wilson because he didn 't buy up the Cuban sugar crop. In the second place I don't like Wilson because he's an Irishman. In the third place I don 't like Wilson because he passed that law in Pennsylvania that a man ain't got no right to fish on a Sunday." The Three Scotchmen. As the saying goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat, which was amply proven by the three Scotchmen, who went to church , and discovered as the collection plate was started around that they only had a penny between them, Sandy, who was the quickest of wit , soon found a way out of difficulty. "I'll tell you what," said Sandy, I'll faint and you two fellows can carry me out." pleasure, of gainful accomplishment and even of life itself?" "Tater bugs," responded a shrill voice from the rear of the hall. "You all is so block-headed," said George Washington Johnson's wife to her spouse, "that you ain't got no dandruff in youah hair, exceptin's sawdust." "Why is it," asked the Man Who Holds up the Postoffice, "that a pretty girl usually picks out a good husband?" "I don't know," replied the Man with the Cedar Chest, "but I suppose it is because she is a good looker. Sure to Mias It "I hear that Pat is goin' a bear hunting. Is he a good shot?" "No, If he should fire at randon , he'd be sure to miss it." No Difference "What's the difference between a fool and a man who cashes a check for a stranger?" "No difference ." Why is a woman, driving a nail, like lightning? "She never strikes twice in the same place." A party of Americans were touring Scotland and lost their way. -Presently they found themselves in the outskirts of a large city. Stopping their car , they asked a boy the name of the town. "I'll tell ye if ye gie me saxpence," replied the youth. "Drive on," said an American , "I guess this is Aberdeen. Some day by popular, i. e., ours truly 'a request, Old Dobbin's Tail will switch in this column. Now we understand why the modern girl tlocs not come up to the moral standard of the old time Jane. The hat pin , O staunch defender of the weak, has fallen into disuse. Evidence In a high tribunal of the state Whether to hang or liberate The prisoner as yet was undecided . The defendent was a dark young man, Thirty iierhapa , his face would scan The |K)inting crowd with somewhat of calm courage. Now the witness wau a sturdy soul Who seldom lied and never stole, It seemed the dark young man must face the gallows. Though no one had seen the bloody deed, I Icre were the fuels. Then was there need Man ¦should" have viewed what was so evident? Hut there was a woman, comely fair , Tears were her eyes, her lips a prayer , A prayer for him so wrongly scorned, her husband, And the witness saw her bitter tears, Spurned the false truth; in spite of fears He lied and freed the dark iniin held un-justly. But the truth he'd sworn he had not kept , So In Ills humble way hit wept. (The dark young man would never come to thanH him.) As he walked, reflective , through the town, An automobile rim him down, He faces now tho one Supreme Tribunal. More than 250,000 farmers in tho United States now own radio nets, Pay Dirt Beats all how one story recalls another, doesn't it? Ever hear about the old timer who decided one day to take a bath? Do you remember what he found while wash-ing his back? You've forgotten, have you? Why, he found a penny with the date 1863 on it , One thing leads to another. A British soldier in India was ordered to wash up and clean up an Afghan he had captured. He was so long at his task that another soldier was finally sent in search of him. When the second soldier did not return , an officer went to see what was the matter. He found both soldiers, still steadily scrubbing the Afghan. "For the love of Great Scissor's Ghost don 't you have him clean yet?" yelled the officer. "No sir," said the first soldier," we thought we had him all finished a while ago, but then we came, to another suit of clothes. " The Man with the Wooden Ix'g says the girls Who have been vacationing, to his way of thinking, don't need to use as much pnint au they did before their outing. He claims they can use the coat of tan they acquired as the primer (first coat,) . True Friendship The colored maid of a lady in Atlanta , Georgia, allowed up one mornlncr late for work and explained that her tardiness was caused by having to stop at u hospital to see John , her husnand. "Why, Maggie", said the lady, "what 's the matter witli John?" "Well , ma'am," said Maggie, "It was like (lis. Last night two men took and jumped on John and beat him up some-thing awful. Den dey went and took his watch and chain and all of his money, and lust left him there till a (xiliccman found him din morning, and sent him to dc hospital." "Gracious," said her mistress, "that's awful. Did John know who thuy were?" "Yes, ma'am," wild Maggie, "ho knowed 'cm. I)ey was two of de tost friends he had. " The Skunks' Comers temperance lectur-er warmed to his subject. "What is this menace, this vicious plague that threatens the nation?" he cried. Can any of those within the hearing of my voice name the thing that la robbing the youth of our land of hours of innocent With that big ten-ton truck and get my flivver wrecked ? Year after year the wife and I had slaved, By self-denial saved The dough with which we paid The salesman for this bus that ran upgrade Faster than on the level and that made Us feel like millionaires. But now we and the bus are laid up for repairs. Although in this too sudden auto wreck, I almost broke my neck , For this much I am glad; My wife escaped (the only wife I had), And those that know say nothing is so bad , But that it might be worse,— Yes, even now we might be riding in a hearse. This accident puts me way in the hole, It makes the old bank roll Look awfu l wan and pale, Still If I have good luck 1 should not fail In live or ten years more to save the kale To buy an aeroplane. They kill a man outright , there Isn 't half the pain. Horror of horrors! I^ist week we wrote about the Widctor Jones and Deacon Grimes and plumb clean forgot to give our lingo a title . However, jxissibly some of the more intolerant readers of the Smoke-stack named it for us, using word of four letters meaning bologna, applesauce, etc. Mayto though , if we are allowed to live, we shall write a poem with two titles to atone for our grovious omission of last week. livery once in a while we get a little encouragement from some of our Kindly Kritlks. Aforesaid encouragement bright-ens the path for us and enables us to keep on living. No kidding, we do gut moods of deep clenpair every now and then , and anytime someone slaps us on the hack and says. "Courage, brotherl" it raises our market value twenty-eight per cent, I-ast week we complained about the INUicity of inspiration , whatever that is, and right away someone said. "Why don't you write uImhiI the 'Fresh Airs' tha t, are coming all the way to visit Hershey? Why don't you depart from your eternal harping about the High Cost of Living, your blight-ing remarks about the fair sex, your kind words nlxiut liquid refreshments of a spiritua l nature , etc, and sew on? Why don't you write a soui-stirrlng appeal in behalf of the 'Fresh Airs' that will set the town ablaze with enthusiasm for them and cause such a demand for the privilege of entertaining litem that the demand can't lie met?" Here indeed was brotherl y advice, freely given, However, feeling that no-one ii Yera Miller and Her "Hicks " Scored Big Hit Little Miss Vera Miller and her assistants, Mary Deppen, Ruth Frehn, Mary and Katherine Tobias and Marie Mays, pupils of Miss Ethelyn Storey's Dancing Class, in their "Down On the Farm" dance, was the big hit during the presentation of "Mary", a musical comedy, at Hershey Park Theatre. Vera has a style, and a mannerism that makes things hum when she is on the stage—^every little movement has a mean-ing of its own, and her vivacity carries all before her. The audiences could not get enough of her act, and she and her assistants had to work overtime encoring. Not a little credit of the success of "Down On the Farm" $> to the capable work of her assistants, who, with their dash and pep, step lively and prettily. "Down On the the Farm" would make a hit anywhere—it isn't of the usual amateur calibre, stiff , stilted and measured, but is a highly professional and finished act. Owing to an engagement at Washing-ton, D. C, on Tuesday evening. Vera and her "Hicks", where they scored another huge success, did not appear at the Park Theatre, much to the disappointment of the big audience. Miss Storey is to be congratulated upon the success of this singing and dancing act, for it was she who conceived and directed it. She is now working on another act, which will be ready for presentation some-time this Fall. "Why Men Leave Home" at Park Theatre This Week Why Men Leave Home" will be the attraction at Hershey Park Theatre on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week. It was written by Avery Hopwood, known internationally as the author of "The Bat." There are laughs galore for the men and for the women. In "Why Men Leave Home" the author has contrived an unusual and novel enter-tainment by means of situations wherein three sets of husbands are placed. Theree child-hating wives return after months of flirtations abroad to find that their hus-bands have not been merely twiddling their thumbs during their absence. Two of the men have yielded to emotional hunger of some sort, while the third has become the Fairy Prince of Doris, the vamp. "Why Men Leave Home" was one of the brilliant successes of last season in New York City. It is one of the most important plays to be released for stock purposes this year and the local manage-ment is to be congratulated upon its enterprise in contracting for the play. The cast of characters is as follows: Butler Wesley Barney Grandma Kathryn Nisley Tom Ralph Crabtree Fifi Katherine M. Bauer Sybil Helen Mowery Billy Eddie Watrous Nina Nina Howell Betty Miss Sherwood Artie Jimmie Dempsey Sam Dick Foote ENROLLMENT OF BEGINNERS AT HERSHEY SCHOOLS Parents of all children who will enter school for the first time this fall , are re-quested either to bring their children or send them to the Principal's office in the Grade building for the purpose of properly enrolling them on Friday, August 28th, between the hours of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. It is very important to comply with this regulation . All children must present certificates of successful vaccination as well as birth certificates, before they can be admitted to school. In such instances where birth certificates are not available, parents should provide a carefull y written copy of the name of the child , and the date of birth , month and year. DERRY TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS COMPLETELY CONSOLIDATED With the opening of the 1925-1926 school term , the schools of Derry Town-ship will be completely consolidated. The four remaining rural schools: Waltonville, Stoverdale, Sunny Side and Gravel Hill , have been declared closed and the pupils will be trans|x>rted to the schools pro-vided at Hershey. Here ample room, excellent facilities and almost ideal condi-tions have been provided for the comfort and instruction of the pupils. NEW RESIDENTS AND NON RESIDENT PUPILS Pupils who moved into .the district since the last school term and all non-resident pupils , cither for grades or admission to High Schcxil, are requested to present themselves at the Principal's office in the afternoon of Friday, August 2Hth, between the hours of one and tour. Such pupils should bring with them last year 's report cards or certificates of admission to High School in order to facilitate classification, OPENING OF SCHOOL Monday, August 31 is reserved for the teachers. Faculty meetings and "getting ready" will be the order of the day. The pupils will arrive Tuesday, September 1st. RE-EXAM NATIONS As previously announced re-examinn-llons u> those High School pupils who are entitled to take them , will bo given Friday, August 2Hth , al H.30 a. in., in room No. 20 of the Grade School Building. LIONS PICNIC AT HERSHEY ON FRIDAY. AUGUST 28 The Lions Clubs will picnic al Hershey Park on Friday, August 28th, at Hershey. Ten clubs will take, part including: Harris- Inirg, Red Lions, 'Gettysburg, Chnmhcrs-hurg, Reading, IJtncaater , Coatesvillo, Allentown and York. , The Ixbnnon Lions club has been se-lected to bo one of the clubs to take part in (lie iMiselmll event which will to held in Hie afternoon. York will be the opponent. At six o'clock a big dinner will lie given at which time an elalxirate program oi entertainment will be a feature, Dancing will conclude the festivities. ERB REUNION The third annual reunion of the Erb famil y will be held on Sunday, August 30, In Erb'a Grove, at Kllnefelteravillo, Leba-non County. Two Concerts By Fred Proni o and His Orchestra Sunday On Sunday afternoon, August 22d, Fred Pronio and His Orchestra at Hershey Park, will give two concerts, from 2 to 4 o'clock and from 6 to 7.30 o'clock. The Sunday evening concerts have met with a quick response, and large crowds enjoy the musical treats. The programs are agree-ably diversified. Mrs. Alfred ~K. Mills, of Anhville, will be the soloist at the evening concert. Mrs. Mills is a contralto, and is well-known thru-out Lebanon Valley as an artist of ex-ceptional merit. Her selections will be "O Divine Redeemer" and "Supplica-tions." The program for the concert from 2 to 4 o'clock, is as follows: 1. March, "With Trumpet and Drum" Weldon 2. Overture, "Hungarian Lustpiel" .. Keler-Bela 3. "Waltz Militaire" Waldteufel 4. "Naila" Lange 5. "In a Monastery Garden * "Rubenesque" 6. "Around the Worl with Irvin Berlin" Lake INTERMISSION 1. Overture, "Light Cavalry" Suppe 2. Selection, "The Prima Donna".Herbert 3. "Scarf Dance" Lange 4. "Providence" ". Lange 5. "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2". .. .Liszt The program for the evening concert, from 6.30 to 7.30 o'clock, is as follows: 1. March, "King of the Air" Cavelli 2. Overture, "Egmont" Beethoven 3. Selection, "Rigoletto" Verdi 4. Egyptian Echoes" Black 5. "Gavotte Mignon".'; Thomas "Hearts and Flowers" Tobani 6. "Dance of the Hours"... Ponchielli 30 Fresh Air Children Coming to Hershe y August 28th Impelled by a fine sense of Christian spirit thirty families in Hershey and vicini-ty will be the hosts of thirty East Side New York tenement children for a two weeks visit, arriving in Hershey on August 28th, remaining until Sept. 11th. This vacation, for these youngsters will in most cases be their first real trip out in the country—it will be a change from con-jested tenements—it will be a revelation that the American home is not a few city blocks of crowded, ill-ventilated tenements. These little ones will be lifted from the miserable dark, and hot quarters, to the free out-of-doors where they may romp and play and into the home of some kind and considerate person. The number of children that will have the opportunity to enjoy all this depends on YOU. Will YOU entertain an un-fortunate child for two weeks? You have up to and including August 25th, in which to make your decision. If you decide to help some child to have its first real joy, communicate with the Hershey Employ-merit Bureau. There will be absolutely no obligation to you. They will be brought here and placed in your hands by the Committee Your part is to welcome them, give them daily food and a place to sleep. This is part of the work done by the New York Tribune Fresh Air Fund. It is no new venture and all those who are acquainted with the work are glad to co-operate. For years the children from the congested districts of the great metropolis have been given this opportunity and large numbers look to this Fund for their annual outing. Special Dance at Hershe y Park Monda y Evening The Georgia Peaches are coming to Hershey Park on Monday evening, Aug. 24th—eleven in number—a big basketful. These Peaches are better known as "Tom-my Christian Orchestra" and hail from Atlanta , Ga. The Park management has incurred considerable expense in booking these syncopators, but have continued in their policy of giving the dancing public the best in orchestras. In the Tommy Christian Orchestra they have secured one of the very best in America, and as a result , the dancing pavilion should be taxed to its utmost capacity on Monday evening, August 24th. The admission will be 75c, including tax. H. 0. A. Class Hold Supper The H. O. A. Young Ladles' Bible Class of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Sunday School, held a picnic-supper in Hersliey Park on Tuesday evening. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. John Snavely and sons, Bobby and Harry Barr , Mr. and Mrs. Ixster De Verier, Mr. and Mrs. Melville Kelffer , Mr. and Mrs. Grover Sheckart , Mr. and Mrs. Paul Groy and son Billy, Mrs. ltklwln Schwenk and child-ren , Ruth , Mary I^mise and Edwin Jr., Mr. ' and Mrs. Robert Atimen and son Rol)crt , Jr., Mrs. Joseph {birth and daughter Annie, Mrs. Sallie Wharfel , Mrs. George Shuey, Mrs, Mary Smith, Mary Reiser, Margaret. Domgardncr, Alma Drcscher and Goldle Habnckcr. MEN'S BIBLE CLASS TO MEET ON THURSDAY EVENING lhe regular monthly meeting of the Men 's Bible Class, of the First United Brethren Sunday School, will bo held on Thursday evening, August 20lh, at 8.00 o'clock, on the lawn of the church. All members are requested to Iks present, busi-ness of imixirtance will bo discussed. BIRTHDAY DINNER Mrs. Jacob K. Snyder entertained at a birthday dinner in the Park on Wednes-day, in honor of her daughter , Mae. she received many beautiful gifts, T hose present wore : Misses Isabelle Smith, Marion Hess, Helen Habakcr, Ruth Ha-baker, Dorothy Bohner, Iva Drencher, Rhoda Yeager, Mae Drencher, Mrs. John Kulp, Mrs, Harrison Hosteller and Mrs. Jacob K. Snyder. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. David SatUuahn an-nounce the birth of a son, David Lane, on Tuesday, August 18th, |