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WHAT'S WHAT AND WHO'S WHO Miss Edna Shennenberger and Miss Mary Belton spent the week-end at the latter's home in Duncannon. Miss Maude Klugh spent Saturday visiting her parents in Dillsburg. Mrs, Gertie Lehn and children, Violet and Elsie and Mrs. Clara Buser were excur-sionists to Willow Grove Park on Sunday. Miss Elinor, Swartz, of the Order and Billing Department, is spending a week's vacation at her home in Hummelstown and Stoverdale. Miss Ella Phillips returned to Hershey after spending a week's vacation visiting her parents in Ashland. ¦ Miss Elma Wiley spent Saturday and Sunday in Lancaster visiting relatives. Miss Mary Boylan spent the week-end in Baltimore visiting her sister, Miss Margaret Boylan, who is a trained nurse at the Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Wayne Habaker visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder in Lebanon, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Black and family motored to Laurel Dam, Sunday. Mervin Holland, of the Mechanical Cost Department, is spending a week's vacation in Lancaster. Miss Margaret Fishburn is spending several days visiting her parents in Ash-land. Miss Freda Hummer was among the Sunday excursionists to Willow Grove Park. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Liller and family motored to Lancaster Sunday where they will spend the week visiting relatives and friends. The trip was made in Mr. Liller's new Star touring car. Mr, and Mrs. Cleon Kieffer, Merle Kieffer, Mrs. John Shay and children Bobbie and Catherine and Mrs." Frant2 Zinner motored to Laurel Dam on Sunday. Miss Mildred Derby, who has been in the employ of the Hershey Chocolate Co. for a period of three years, has resigned her position in the Sales Department, to take up new duties in Detroit, Mich. As a token of the high esteem in which she was held by her fellow employees, a number of her friends gathered together at a farewell supper in her honor in Hershey Park, last Wednesday evening. A feature of the party was the reading of her last will and testament, which was drawn up by Attorney Rose Fisher and read by Pro-thonotary Clara Harclerode. Miss Derby was the recipient of a beautiful comb, which was presented to her by her many friends, who wish her unbounded success in her new line of endeavor. Those present at the party were: Misses Violet Wtttianjs, Mary Fleming, Katie Miller, Mary Smith Mildred White, Ruth Roebling, May Beachler, Grace Shearer, Maude Klugh, Carrie Smith, Esther Wheeler, Margaret Wheeler, Hazel Hess, Clara Harclerode, Lydia Weltmer, Catherine Weltmer, Ruth Shultz, Alma Houser, Helen Eshleman Minnie Whittle, Lena Frehn, Lillian Kline, Edna Miller, Hazel Stickle, Mary Speas, Ruth Imboden, Mary Imboden, Mary Gingrich, Rose Fisher, Grace Kessler, Luma Grassman, Grace Hess, Lillian Lebo, Florence Clark and Mildred Derby. A wedding of much interest was solem-nized last Saturday morning at 6 a. m., when Miss Mary Stauffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Stauffer, of Palmyra, be-came the bride of Hugh Imboden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Imboden, of Hershey. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. G. Leinbach, pastor of the Reformed Church, Palmyra, the young couple being attended by Mr. and Mrs. Nissley Im-boden. After a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and other points of interest in New York State and Canada the newly weds will be at home in Palmyra. The bride who has been employed in the Order and Billing Department at the Chocolate Co. Offices for several years, has a host of friends who wish her much happiness. The groom at present is engaged in farming with his father, and also enjoys a large circle of friends. Oliver Keck spent the week-end at his home in Landisburg, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Keck. Mr: and Mrs. L. D. Schlauch, of Buffalo, and Mrs. A. R. Schlauch , of Berwick are, spending a week's vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schlauch, of East Choc-olate Avenue. Miss Stella DeTurk, of the Order and Billing Department, is spending a week's vacation camping at Blue Rock. Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Hoffman and child-ren spent several days last week aa the guests of R. E. Reed at Speeceville, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Brinker and daughter Anna were excuisomsts to Atlantic City last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shcnk motored to Reading and Lancaster, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sternbcrger and family and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Llnglc and son Russell spent Sunday at l'axlnng Park. Rev. E. E. Bender and family and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kindt and daughter Dorothy, of Allentown. apnt Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lccse. Miss Helen Stclgcr spent the week-end at her home In Merccrsburg visiting her parents, Mr. and Mra, George W. Stciger. W. E. Miller spent the week-end with relatives In Duncannon . Miss Alice Hess, of Peach Bottom, Is visiting her sister, Miss Grace Hess. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Galcbaugh and family, accompanied by Miss Maude Bernhardt and Mlaa Carrie Wagner, of Ellzabethtown, motored to Boiling Springs Pork, Sunday. Miss Myrtle Kline and M-itijij Helen Eshleman are spending a week's vacation «t Wlldwood, N.J. t , ,„„ Miss Violet Williams, of Summit Hill , was the guest of Mlsa Mildred Derby sever-al days fast week, Alvlno McKlnne, ot Philadelphia, a upending the week In Hershey visiting hie parents, Mr. and Mrs, William McKinne. Edgar Harklna and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Badger and family motored to Mt. Gretna, Sunday. Mlaa Daley Mooro, of Fairfield , la spend-ing the week In Hershey, the gue«t of her coualn, Mlaa Ethel McCrcary, Miaa Nellie Hall, of the Credit Depart-ment) la eperfdlng a week's vacation vlalt-ln «f frienda In Glaasboro, -N. J. and Phila-delphia. Mr, and Mra. Chnrlea Kopp announce the arrival of a baby girl on Monday, July 30th. Mra. Ed. Coover, of Allentown. visited her brother, Morrla Wengcr and family several daya laat week. Benjamin Beidleman apent the week-end n Middletown visiting; hia parent*. If You Want a Good Laugh See 'It's a Boy "It's a Boy", which is from the pen of William Anthony McGuire, one of the younger and most promising of modern dramatists, which was originally presented at the Harris Theatre in New York by Sam H. Harris, will be presented at the Hershey. Park Theatre on Thursday, Fri-day and Saturday of this week ."It's a Boy" is the story of the aspira-t ions of a young couple to climb to the pinnacle of big business via the New York route. They sell out their interest in a small town and start doing the Park Ave-nue thing on a ten thousand dollar salary. Most people do that nowadays and most people, like this couple, hit the bumps and find themselves without income, in the hole and cut off from the friends who clung to them so long as they could furnish the whip that makes the mare of excitement go. But in "It's a Boy" the couple are young, in love with one another and have courage. So they decide to cast aside all the shams of the city, pocket their pride, go back to the little home town and begin all over again. Just at this point the boy's father arrives on the scene. He gives them the money they were to receive after his death and this is the first stone on which they plant their feet for the same upward climb. "It's a Boy" teaches a lesson without becoming a sermon and it puts it over with the most irresistibly funny comedy in the world. There are more laughs to the minute in "It's a Boy" than any play you've seen in ages. There are a few tears to balance off with. The cast of characters is as follows: Judson Blake Frederick Clayton Mary Grayson Helen Potter Jackson Chester Blake Clarence LeRoy William O'Toole Ralph Crabtree Phyllis Blake. .„ Miss Ella Kramer Marjorie Fletcher Genevieve Berkeley Rev. David Talbott Wesley Barney R. W. Pendleton. Gordon Ruffin Rita Pendleton Luola Blaisdell Kenneth Holmes Bruno Wick Maurice Hemmendinger Geo. Gilday Hershey Loses to Carlisle On a Heave On Thursday evening of last week Hershey lost to Carlisle in a closely con-tested game. There were some clever plays, and some weird plays, and it was a weird one that gave the game to Carlisle. The game was tied in the 7th inning by Menear's three-bagger, bringing in Miller, also bringing in $8.10 to Menear for the hit (a nice evening's work). Killinger was offered $5.00 for a hit, but he wasn't equal to the occasion. In the 8th inning Menear had disposed of two men. An infield pop was the result of the Carlisle batter and Klinger ran after it, and missed it by a mile. It should have been an easy out for Baldwin. Boyne got his base on balls, and Smith put an easy pick-up in Bybee's territory, which he got. Bybee had three ways of disposing of the third out—either by getting Boyne before reaching third, throwing to second, or throwing to"first. He took the most diffi-cult one of all—and he heaved it to first. Oh, boy, what a heave he made of it—and the game was puton ice for Carlisle. We believe the team would be just as strong with Bybee off of third—Alberts certainly can cover this position as well as any of those that we have seen trying to do it this season. He may not be such a swatter, but we haven't seen much swatt-ing done by any of the other third basers either—excepting in one game. Klinger must have had his glove greased with cocoa butter on Thursday evening-he certainly did pick up a heap of them out of the dust. It seems to us that Polly Henry, if given a fair chance, and a little encouragement, could hold down this position with credit to himself and the team. One of the prettiest hits ever made on the Hershey field was that of Yeager's. The ball went over the score board as clean aa a whistle. It was a sure home run but Heffelfinger procured the ball in an amaz-ing short time and cut it down to a three ba§Ser- , , it Hershey hopes to make a few three-bggers tonight (Thursday) when our old friends, Palmyra, are with us. Be sure you come out to ace the game, and hear the Palmyra rooters (they are such mild ones). You will aure get your money's worth. Come out and see the fun. Owing to the acorekecper's weird mark-ing we were unable to decipher the score, so will have to omit it. Fred. Pronio Will Play His March on Sunday The program for this Sunday 's concert by Fred Pronlo'a Orchestra la a splendid one, and we are aure a large number of music lovers will bo In attendance to enjoy thla excellent orchcatra . The program la aa follows: 1. March, "National Spirit" tlagyr 2. Overture, "American Festival" , , , , . He&ner 3. Waltz. "Sunny Italy",, Tobani 4. Selection, "The Fortune Teller " Herbert 5. Eleanor Defif ien 6. Cornet Solo .Selected Mr. Fred Pronio—Sololat 7. Forosctta Tarnntello Ariditi 8. Ballet Egyptlen Luigini Intermission 1. March. "Brush Right Oft "Fred Pronio 2. Selection. "Lo Villi" . Puccini 3. ' "After vespers" Mont 4. Dance of the Egyptian Mnldena Shelley 6. Eclioea from the Metropolitan Opera House Tobani Star Spangled Banner. The regular monthly business meeting of the Always Shining Bible Claaa will hold an out door meeting in the Pork on Thuya, day evening. August 2d, nt 6.45. J no election of offlccra will bo held and all member * ore urged to be present . CLASS TO HOLD MEETING Fred Pronio s Orchestra Enjoy Valley Glen The Hershey Park Orchestra held its third annual picnic at Valley Glen on Wednesday, July 25th. Those partici-pating in the festivities included the follow-ing : Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pronio and daught-ers Regina, Alma and Norma, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Carpenter and son Elmer and Paul, Mr. and Mra. Salvatore Colangelo. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Van Horn, Mr, and Mra. LeRoy Ward and daughter Gladys, Miss Lauru Flowers, Miss Mary N. Boy-lan, Mra. Charles Brcpalngcr, Charles Pietro, Wm, Kuchn, Dave Imemun, Noah Klaussnnd Harold bugle. The party motored to the glen where a thoroughly good time was enjoyed by all. Pitcher "Rube" Frleman gave a demon-stration of his curves, slants, corkscrews and gimlets, He sure has the stuff. It la a pity he la not on the Hershey baseball team for Manager Swartz could aure use him to advantage. Blalno Van Horn won thapugillatic con-teat, giving a clover exhibition of aliadow work. Ho Is, almost aa fast aa Benny Leonard. Von ill responsible . for the dulcet tones of tho razzfoerry. The quoit pitching contest wns won by Hal. Engle and Bill Kuchn. with "Bing* Carpenter and "Mickey " Klnues running them a close second. The bottle opening contest waa won by Fred Pronio unassisted. Hal, Engle won the awlmmlng contest, being the only one brave enough to plunge In the coal-colored Swatnrn. Dinner wna announced and after all the good things had disappeared the men proceeded to examine the bottles opened by Fred Pronio, after which oventa happened too quickly to mention. PIE AND CAKE SALE SATURDAY The Dinltonia Bible Class of Holy Trinity Lutheran Bible School will hold a Pie and enko aalo at the Hershey Market Iouao, Saturday, August 4th. Thla la a (rood opportunity to fill the family larder for ovw thi woolHKJd. ' Rutherford Yards a Busy Place One of the most complete railroad yards in the United States is the Rutherford Yards of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. The yards were started about twenty-three years ago and enlarged in 1918. Ninety tracks compose the mileage. There are no passenger trains handled in the yards which is laid out in an oval shape with one Inlet and one outlcs at the extreme ends of the yard. The westbound passen-ger trains are operated on tracks on the north aide and the east bound trains around the south aide. There is no connecting switch between main line tracks and the yarda except at the extreme ends. All freight trains or engines sent to the yarda for repairs or classification remain in the yarda until they are ready to proceed. There is one cast bound and one west bound hump operated In three, eight-hour tricks. The humps have a capacity of 150 to 175 cars per hour the classification running from 1.54 cars per cut cast bound to 1,64 per cut weat bound,, The cars are controlled from the top of the hump and Classified onto adjoining tracka by ineana of hnndbrakea,, Damage to cara on the humps la also very alight one cur In every 3,500 ahlftec! over the humps figuring in a wreck or damaged from all causes, Moat of the switches are of the electro-pneumatic typo and are controlled from a push button tower. Cara are classified, aa to their proper destination , there being fifty aep. nrato classifications. Considerable over 1,000,000 cara are handled In the yarda every year, There la a roundhouse, large car repair shops, two electric turntables, coal dock, The coal dock will bo replaced by a modem etruo. ture In the near future. Three hundred and fifty men are employed In the ahopa and several thousand in the yards, The Rutherford Yarda are larger than the Enola Yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad Syatem. To moke Creatoro'a engagement a euc-ce »a means that we must Mil of di boost from mw on. ' 'East Is West" Is a Big Production Beginning on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week the Ella Kramer Stock Company will present "East is West." "East is West" is a play that will interest you. It takes you out of the dull here, and the troublous now and leads you into the simple and delicious world of romance. That is the reason for the great success of "East is West" which kept it a reigning Broadway hit for 600 performances. It has a real story, all about a quaint little maid of China who is rescued by a young American from a "love boat" with its cargo of sing song girls and brought by him to America. Her adventures are full of romance, pathos, comedy and drama. The play is best described perhaps by one of the London critics as having "delicate charm, as well as a powerful punch." No greater proof of the popularity of "East is West" could be afforded than the number of imitators springing up with Chinese . stories. They have come and vanished, while "East is West" still goes on its way, one of the greatest successes in the history of the American theatre. The members of the Ella Kramer Stock Company are admiriably cast in "East is West" and a creditable performance is assured. You won't want to miss this play. We would advise you to secure your reserved seats well in advance. Juniors Are Having a Wet Time Of It The Men's Club Juniors are on a two week's camp at Laurel Lake in the South Mountains, returning on Monday, August 6th. The boys had hard luck this year, having had considerable rain, which had a ten-dency to cut down their enthusiasm. Their ranks were somewhat depleted by a num-ber of the boys becoming homesick and the fear of bears at night and the dread of the cold baths during the day. During the first week baseball games were played against the Schuylkill Haven Boy Scouts, who are tamping nearby. The first game resulted in a score of 3 to 2 in favor of the Hershey boys. In the second game the Schuylkill Haven boys revenged themselves by winning by a score of 13-6. There were a number of hikes, the first one was for a distance of ten miles; the second for a distance of four miles. The parents of the boys, as well as other visitors, are gladly welcomed at the camp at any time. Those who have visited the camp thus far are as follows: Mrs. John Shay, Louise Shay, Catherine Shay, Bobby Shay, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Conrad, Blanche Seltzer, Ivan Seltzer, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zimmerman, Peter Magri-ni, Edward Reese, Walter Leibfried, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cleon Kieffer, Mr. and Mrs. James Bobb, Mr. and Mrs. J. Early Look, Kathryn Look, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Black, James Black, Esta Black, F. G. Magrini, Esther Magrini, Tressa Magrini, Margheri-ta Magrini and Mary Magrini, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Spancake, and daughter Gladys, Samuel Strine and Verna Rogers. Hershey Girls Ron Down By Motorist (S'l Last Sunday morning about 9 o'clock, while .on their way to Sunday School, at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Miss Ellen Leithiser, Miss Olive Wirth and Iva Drescher were run down and painfully injured by a big Overland touring car at the corner of Chocolate and Park Avenues. The machine, which was driven by John Rosenberry, of York, was coming at a high rate of speed, east on Chocolate Avenue, when according to witnesses, without warning, it turned short into Park Avenue, hitting the young ladies, who were crossing the street at the time. Luckily, Miss Leithiser and Miss Drescher were hurled aside and escaped the full empact of the machine. Miss Wirth, however, was knocked down, two of the wheels passing over her legs. She was picked up and carried to the room of Dr. Bailey at the Hershey Inn, where first aid waa admin-istered, later being removed to the home of Thomas Blott, on Chocolate Avenue, where she is spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mra. John Wirth. Upon later inquiry, it was stated, that she Buff-ered a bad cut on her left ankle and the whole right side of her body is badly bruised. Miss Leithiser received an ugly cut on her forehead as well as other bruises of the body. Miss Drescher also received numerous bruises of the body, Hummelstown to Have 3-Day Chautau qua The Community Chautauqua , of New Haven, will present a three-day program In Hummelstown, beginning Thursday, Au-gust 23. • A large tent will bo erected on the baseball field in Athletic Park, where the sessions will bo held. The guarantors of the Chautauqua have effectea an organization by the election of the following officers and commlttcca: President, George Edwarda; vice-presi-dents, Grovcr C, Buaer, II. R. Laucks, Mlsa Larcne Hummel: secretary. Charles F. Gosa; treasurer. Ward Lnndlaj ticket committee, Miaa Mary Fox, chairman; George Edwards, Robert J. Walton, ChcuTea F, Gross; advertising and publicity committee, George H. Fromm, chairman; Grover C. Buser, George Hartwellj grounds committee, George Edwards, Charles F. Gross, II. R. Laucka; junior work, Miaa Emma Sutcliffe. TJio junior work will bo n feature of the Chautauqua, and the superintendent will bo assisted by Mlaa Emma Sutcliffe,, the Hummelatown playground director. The Chautauqua superintendent will be L. P. Young. Hove you bought your tickets for the CrMtorc'e Band concert*? A Visit to the Cloisters at Ephrata Worth While (By Marian Inglewood) Ephrata is a noted Summer and health resort. The first hotel for Summer visitors on the summit east of the town was built in 1848; previous to that the place was occupied by a water-cure or hygienic home for invalids. But the interest, in Ephrata for nearly every one centers about: those gray, time worn, barnlike buildings known as the cloisters. Relics of a bygone age they are, the age of the recluse and of monastidsm, an age we can scarcely conceive of as ever existing in America. Those cloisters weire once the home of a German religious society known as the Seventh Day Baptists. The society at Ephrata was founded by John Conrad Beissel, who came to this country from Germany, lived the life of a recluse for sev-eral years, and finally located on the banks of the Cocalico Creek in 1732, still living as a hermit, advocating the doctrine of celibacy, and preaching that the Seventh Day should be the day of rest. He was soon joined by other brothers and sisters who had become converts of his, and looked up to him as a kind of spiritual father. They named their settlement Lager which means encampment, but later they changed it to the Bible name of Ephrata. 4 The monastic system was inaugurated in 1735, Beissel became the head of the insti-tution and took the monastic name of "Father Friedsam." At first there was only one building in the monastery, .which contained one principal room for religious worship, the love feasts, and the ceremony of feet washing which the Seventh Day Baptists carefully observed; besides this, there were smaller rooms for the unmarried sisters and brothers. Later separate houses were built for the men and women. These building are covered with shingles, sides as well as roofs, and all are at least more than 150 years old. _ At one time when this spirit of monasti-dsm burned brightest, married men and women voluntarily renounced their mar-riage vows and declared their intention of living a life of celibacy. A larger building called the "Saron" was erected for the women and another for the men called the "Bethania". Each had a commodious assembly room or "Baal" for the religious services and love feasts. But the plan proved a failure; many of the self-divorced couples were reunited and returned to their own homes, and then only the un-married brothers and sisters occupied the "Saron" and "Bethania." These two buildings were large and high —three stories high—and dustered around them like little chicks about the old mother hen, were the smallest buildings of the bakery, the school house, the paper mill, the printing office, etc. None of the beauty of blue sky or green fields softened the architect's imagination in planning them. They were rudely constructed, designed to destroy any lingering desire for comfort which might still be lurking in the human heart. The ceilings were barely seven feet high; the passageways so narrow two persons could not pass each other in them; the low, narrow doors swung creakily on wooden hinges and were fastened by wooden latches; the rooms— they were really nothing more than cells, scarcely large enough to hold a cot; each cell had light and ventilation furnished by only one tiny window, 18 x 24 inches in size; the beds were wooden benches, and the pillows were narrow blocks of wood; an hour glass in each cell warned the in-mates that life was but a brief span, while the walls were covered by large and beau-tifully written passages of Scripture, done by the sisters, that pointed all to a better life to come. The dress of these Seventh Day Baptists brothers and sisters was almost like that of a Capuchin monk—a cowl and gown of white, linen in Summer and woolen in Winter. And so they lived and worked and worshipped. Both brothers and sisters walked barefoot, excepting when the cold was too severe. Their communion service and all the dishes for the table were made of wood, carved by the skillful hands of the brethren. Their food was of the plainest kind—bread and vegetables and cornmeal mush. No animal food ever was eaten. They rejected all butter, cheese and milk as being gross and unspintual, and from an earthly point of view, as being injurious to the voice. For music waa the one thing of beauty these Baptists monks and nuns permitted themselves to enjoy. Father Friedsam himself was a noted musician, and com-posed nearly all the music for the hymns that were sung there. The singing school was organized in 1742 and In time it be-came famous. A writer of those times haa left us a description of it: "The performcra sat with their heads bowed, their counte-nances solemn and dejected, their faces pale and emaciated from their manner of living, their clothing exceeding white and picturesque, and their music such as thrilled the very soul. I almost began to think myself In the world of spirits." Much of their aoul-thrilllng muaic can atill be found in one of their favorite hymn books In the State Library—"Das Gesang dcr Einsamen und Vcrlasscnen Turtel Taube," or "The Song of the Lonely and Forsaken Turtle Dove.'" The singing school waa closed years ago, the paper mill is ailent now, the famous printing press no longer admonishes the sinner to turn from hia evil ways, and the aifjters skilled in penmanship are no more seen at work in the writing rooms, for the timo haa passed when institutions like that founded by Conrad Boiasol enri flourish In America, But the long gray buildings are atill there and the brothers and sisters of long ago are sleeping quietly by their aide, keeping ailent watch over the homo thoy onco loved and cherished—the cloisters. Male Chorus Pleases The Lebanon Male Chorua on Sunday afternoon at Hcrahoy Park gave a most enjoyable concert to a largo and apprecia-t ¦ ive audience, The program rendered waa particularly pleaalng, and the membera of the chorus, which fa n well balanced chorus, gave an excellent account of themselves. Wo are pleased to announce that the Lebanon Male Chorua will give another concert at tho .Park later In the season, when wo are aure tho audience will be oven larger than on laet Sunday afternoon. The music lovers of Central Pennsyl-1 his players respond to as a unit. Music vania can again look forward with a great deal of pleasure upon the return of Crea-tore's Band to Hershey Park on Saturday and Sunday, August 25th and 26th, at which time concerts will be given in the afternoon at 3.00 o'clock and in the evening at 8.00 o'clock, the concerts being rendered in the Hershey Park Convention Hall. Everyone of the vast throngs who heard Creatore's Band during Hershey's 20th Anniversary Celebration in June will attest to the fact that this band is in a class by itself, filling an individual niche in America's musical world. It will be espec-ially gratifying to those who heard the band at that time to have the pleasure of hearing this wonderful band play under more advantageous conditions, and the four concerts in the Convention Hall should be rare pleasures indeed. The unanimous opinion of the musical critics in all of the cities visited by Crea-tore's Band concur that it is the only band before the public today which serves its patrons with music such as any of the large symphonic orchestras may well be proud of producing. The wood, reed and brass instruments are most effective, and the ensemble is perfect at all times. There is a unanimity of action and a precision of movement that makes it appear as if the band is a gigantic unit. Signor Guiseppe Creatore is a man of unusual personality, and this linked with musical ability , and a directorial genius, has won for him fame throughout Europe and America. He gets the highest results and the last atom of feeling and expression from his men and the varied instruments seems to raise him to an ecstasy of -ex-pression. He holds his musiriahs in those doquent hands of his, and he plays upon them as upon a mighty instrument. So he produces marvdlous effects, flashes of dazzling light, rich purple shadows, masses of tremendous harmony. A demonstration of popular enthusiasm followed the dose of Creatore's final con-cert during Hershey's 20th Anniversary Celebration. The final number of those four splendid programs was Bizet's Car-men aria. It was played with wonderful fire, and when the last crashing tones sub-sided there were a few seconds of silence and then the audience arose to its feet and applauded. The deafening applause lasted for several moments and then those present moved away, stirred as rarely before. It was a tribute to the splendid work of the band that Creatore heads. No audience was ever moved more deeply. The band upon its return to Hershey on Saturday and Sunday, August 25th and 26th, will be heard in four entirely different programs than that which they gave during the Anniversary. Aside from the 50 talented musicians, a noted opera soloist, will be on the program. To hear Creatore's Band is a wonderful opportunity, and the Hershey Convention Hall on those two days should be packed to its capacity at each and every concert. There will be a charge of 50 cents for re-served seats, the proceeds of which will be for the benefit of the Hershey Red Cross. The reserved seat chart is in charge of John Sollenberger, at the Hershey Trust Company. Tickets are also on sale at C. M. Sigler, Inc., 30 North Second Street, Harrisburg; Miller Music Store, Cumber-land Street, Lebanon; Kirk Johnson & Co., West King Street , Lancaster; Wittich Store, 116 South Sixth Street, Reading and Musical Shop, 625 Penn Street, Reading. composing his wonderful organization. The perfect control over his musicians, especially in the balancing of his instru-mentation is notable. As a conductor Creatore stands in the front rank; he has all the emotional feeling of his race. Every emotion of his face and gesture of his hands mean something that Creatore 's Band to Play In Hershey This Month
Object Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1923-08-02 |
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 | 1923-08-02 |
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 1923-08-02 |
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 | 19230802 |
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. |
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Full Text | WHAT'S WHAT AND WHO'S WHO Miss Edna Shennenberger and Miss Mary Belton spent the week-end at the latter's home in Duncannon. Miss Maude Klugh spent Saturday visiting her parents in Dillsburg. Mrs, Gertie Lehn and children, Violet and Elsie and Mrs. Clara Buser were excur-sionists to Willow Grove Park on Sunday. Miss Elinor, Swartz, of the Order and Billing Department, is spending a week's vacation at her home in Hummelstown and Stoverdale. Miss Ella Phillips returned to Hershey after spending a week's vacation visiting her parents in Ashland. ¦ Miss Elma Wiley spent Saturday and Sunday in Lancaster visiting relatives. Miss Mary Boylan spent the week-end in Baltimore visiting her sister, Miss Margaret Boylan, who is a trained nurse at the Mercy Hospital. Mrs. Wayne Habaker visited Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder in Lebanon, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Black and family motored to Laurel Dam, Sunday. Mervin Holland, of the Mechanical Cost Department, is spending a week's vacation in Lancaster. Miss Margaret Fishburn is spending several days visiting her parents in Ash-land. Miss Freda Hummer was among the Sunday excursionists to Willow Grove Park. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Liller and family motored to Lancaster Sunday where they will spend the week visiting relatives and friends. The trip was made in Mr. Liller's new Star touring car. Mr, and Mrs. Cleon Kieffer, Merle Kieffer, Mrs. John Shay and children Bobbie and Catherine and Mrs." Frant2 Zinner motored to Laurel Dam on Sunday. Miss Mildred Derby, who has been in the employ of the Hershey Chocolate Co. for a period of three years, has resigned her position in the Sales Department, to take up new duties in Detroit, Mich. As a token of the high esteem in which she was held by her fellow employees, a number of her friends gathered together at a farewell supper in her honor in Hershey Park, last Wednesday evening. A feature of the party was the reading of her last will and testament, which was drawn up by Attorney Rose Fisher and read by Pro-thonotary Clara Harclerode. Miss Derby was the recipient of a beautiful comb, which was presented to her by her many friends, who wish her unbounded success in her new line of endeavor. Those present at the party were: Misses Violet Wtttianjs, Mary Fleming, Katie Miller, Mary Smith Mildred White, Ruth Roebling, May Beachler, Grace Shearer, Maude Klugh, Carrie Smith, Esther Wheeler, Margaret Wheeler, Hazel Hess, Clara Harclerode, Lydia Weltmer, Catherine Weltmer, Ruth Shultz, Alma Houser, Helen Eshleman Minnie Whittle, Lena Frehn, Lillian Kline, Edna Miller, Hazel Stickle, Mary Speas, Ruth Imboden, Mary Imboden, Mary Gingrich, Rose Fisher, Grace Kessler, Luma Grassman, Grace Hess, Lillian Lebo, Florence Clark and Mildred Derby. A wedding of much interest was solem-nized last Saturday morning at 6 a. m., when Miss Mary Stauffer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Stauffer, of Palmyra, be-came the bride of Hugh Imboden, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Imboden, of Hershey. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. E. G. Leinbach, pastor of the Reformed Church, Palmyra, the young couple being attended by Mr. and Mrs. Nissley Im-boden. After a wedding trip to Niagara Falls and other points of interest in New York State and Canada the newly weds will be at home in Palmyra. The bride who has been employed in the Order and Billing Department at the Chocolate Co. Offices for several years, has a host of friends who wish her much happiness. The groom at present is engaged in farming with his father, and also enjoys a large circle of friends. Oliver Keck spent the week-end at his home in Landisburg, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Keck. Mr: and Mrs. L. D. Schlauch, of Buffalo, and Mrs. A. R. Schlauch , of Berwick are, spending a week's vacation at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Schlauch, of East Choc-olate Avenue. Miss Stella DeTurk, of the Order and Billing Department, is spending a week's vacation camping at Blue Rock. Mr. and Mrs. J, R. Hoffman and child-ren spent several days last week aa the guests of R. E. Reed at Speeceville, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Brinker and daughter Anna were excuisomsts to Atlantic City last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Shcnk motored to Reading and Lancaster, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Sternbcrger and family and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Llnglc and son Russell spent Sunday at l'axlnng Park. Rev. E. E. Bender and family and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kindt and daughter Dorothy, of Allentown. apnt Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. John F. Lccse. Miss Helen Stclgcr spent the week-end at her home In Merccrsburg visiting her parents, Mr. and Mra, George W. Stciger. W. E. Miller spent the week-end with relatives In Duncannon . Miss Alice Hess, of Peach Bottom, Is visiting her sister, Miss Grace Hess. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Galcbaugh and family, accompanied by Miss Maude Bernhardt and Mlaa Carrie Wagner, of Ellzabethtown, motored to Boiling Springs Pork, Sunday. Miss Myrtle Kline and M-itijij Helen Eshleman are spending a week's vacation «t Wlldwood, N.J. t , ,„„ Miss Violet Williams, of Summit Hill , was the guest of Mlsa Mildred Derby sever-al days fast week, Alvlno McKlnne, ot Philadelphia, a upending the week In Hershey visiting hie parents, Mr. and Mrs, William McKinne. Edgar Harklna and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Badger and family motored to Mt. Gretna, Sunday. Mlaa Daley Mooro, of Fairfield , la spend-ing the week In Hershey, the gue«t of her coualn, Mlaa Ethel McCrcary, Miaa Nellie Hall, of the Credit Depart-ment) la eperfdlng a week's vacation vlalt-ln «f frienda In Glaasboro, -N. J. and Phila-delphia. Mr, and Mra. Chnrlea Kopp announce the arrival of a baby girl on Monday, July 30th. Mra. Ed. Coover, of Allentown. visited her brother, Morrla Wengcr and family several daya laat week. Benjamin Beidleman apent the week-end n Middletown visiting; hia parent*. If You Want a Good Laugh See 'It's a Boy "It's a Boy", which is from the pen of William Anthony McGuire, one of the younger and most promising of modern dramatists, which was originally presented at the Harris Theatre in New York by Sam H. Harris, will be presented at the Hershey. Park Theatre on Thursday, Fri-day and Saturday of this week ."It's a Boy" is the story of the aspira-t ions of a young couple to climb to the pinnacle of big business via the New York route. They sell out their interest in a small town and start doing the Park Ave-nue thing on a ten thousand dollar salary. Most people do that nowadays and most people, like this couple, hit the bumps and find themselves without income, in the hole and cut off from the friends who clung to them so long as they could furnish the whip that makes the mare of excitement go. But in "It's a Boy" the couple are young, in love with one another and have courage. So they decide to cast aside all the shams of the city, pocket their pride, go back to the little home town and begin all over again. Just at this point the boy's father arrives on the scene. He gives them the money they were to receive after his death and this is the first stone on which they plant their feet for the same upward climb. "It's a Boy" teaches a lesson without becoming a sermon and it puts it over with the most irresistibly funny comedy in the world. There are more laughs to the minute in "It's a Boy" than any play you've seen in ages. There are a few tears to balance off with. The cast of characters is as follows: Judson Blake Frederick Clayton Mary Grayson Helen Potter Jackson Chester Blake Clarence LeRoy William O'Toole Ralph Crabtree Phyllis Blake. .„ Miss Ella Kramer Marjorie Fletcher Genevieve Berkeley Rev. David Talbott Wesley Barney R. W. Pendleton. Gordon Ruffin Rita Pendleton Luola Blaisdell Kenneth Holmes Bruno Wick Maurice Hemmendinger Geo. Gilday Hershey Loses to Carlisle On a Heave On Thursday evening of last week Hershey lost to Carlisle in a closely con-tested game. There were some clever plays, and some weird plays, and it was a weird one that gave the game to Carlisle. The game was tied in the 7th inning by Menear's three-bagger, bringing in Miller, also bringing in $8.10 to Menear for the hit (a nice evening's work). Killinger was offered $5.00 for a hit, but he wasn't equal to the occasion. In the 8th inning Menear had disposed of two men. An infield pop was the result of the Carlisle batter and Klinger ran after it, and missed it by a mile. It should have been an easy out for Baldwin. Boyne got his base on balls, and Smith put an easy pick-up in Bybee's territory, which he got. Bybee had three ways of disposing of the third out—either by getting Boyne before reaching third, throwing to second, or throwing to"first. He took the most diffi-cult one of all—and he heaved it to first. Oh, boy, what a heave he made of it—and the game was puton ice for Carlisle. We believe the team would be just as strong with Bybee off of third—Alberts certainly can cover this position as well as any of those that we have seen trying to do it this season. He may not be such a swatter, but we haven't seen much swatt-ing done by any of the other third basers either—excepting in one game. Klinger must have had his glove greased with cocoa butter on Thursday evening-he certainly did pick up a heap of them out of the dust. It seems to us that Polly Henry, if given a fair chance, and a little encouragement, could hold down this position with credit to himself and the team. One of the prettiest hits ever made on the Hershey field was that of Yeager's. The ball went over the score board as clean aa a whistle. It was a sure home run but Heffelfinger procured the ball in an amaz-ing short time and cut it down to a three ba§Ser- , , it Hershey hopes to make a few three-bggers tonight (Thursday) when our old friends, Palmyra, are with us. Be sure you come out to ace the game, and hear the Palmyra rooters (they are such mild ones). You will aure get your money's worth. Come out and see the fun. Owing to the acorekecper's weird mark-ing we were unable to decipher the score, so will have to omit it. Fred. Pronio Will Play His March on Sunday The program for this Sunday 's concert by Fred Pronlo'a Orchestra la a splendid one, and we are aure a large number of music lovers will bo In attendance to enjoy thla excellent orchcatra . The program la aa follows: 1. March, "National Spirit" tlagyr 2. Overture, "American Festival" , , , , . He&ner 3. Waltz. "Sunny Italy",, Tobani 4. Selection, "The Fortune Teller " Herbert 5. Eleanor Defif ien 6. Cornet Solo .Selected Mr. Fred Pronio—Sololat 7. Forosctta Tarnntello Ariditi 8. Ballet Egyptlen Luigini Intermission 1. March. "Brush Right Oft "Fred Pronio 2. Selection. "Lo Villi" . Puccini 3. ' "After vespers" Mont 4. Dance of the Egyptian Mnldena Shelley 6. Eclioea from the Metropolitan Opera House Tobani Star Spangled Banner. The regular monthly business meeting of the Always Shining Bible Claaa will hold an out door meeting in the Pork on Thuya, day evening. August 2d, nt 6.45. J no election of offlccra will bo held and all member * ore urged to be present . CLASS TO HOLD MEETING Fred Pronio s Orchestra Enjoy Valley Glen The Hershey Park Orchestra held its third annual picnic at Valley Glen on Wednesday, July 25th. Those partici-pating in the festivities included the follow-ing : Mr. and Mrs. Fred Pronio and daught-ers Regina, Alma and Norma, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Carpenter and son Elmer and Paul, Mr. and Mra. Salvatore Colangelo. Mr. and Mrs. Blaine Van Horn, Mr, and Mra. LeRoy Ward and daughter Gladys, Miss Lauru Flowers, Miss Mary N. Boy-lan, Mra. Charles Brcpalngcr, Charles Pietro, Wm, Kuchn, Dave Imemun, Noah Klaussnnd Harold bugle. The party motored to the glen where a thoroughly good time was enjoyed by all. Pitcher "Rube" Frleman gave a demon-stration of his curves, slants, corkscrews and gimlets, He sure has the stuff. It la a pity he la not on the Hershey baseball team for Manager Swartz could aure use him to advantage. Blalno Van Horn won thapugillatic con-teat, giving a clover exhibition of aliadow work. Ho Is, almost aa fast aa Benny Leonard. Von ill responsible . for the dulcet tones of tho razzfoerry. The quoit pitching contest wns won by Hal. Engle and Bill Kuchn. with "Bing* Carpenter and "Mickey " Klnues running them a close second. The bottle opening contest waa won by Fred Pronio unassisted. Hal, Engle won the awlmmlng contest, being the only one brave enough to plunge In the coal-colored Swatnrn. Dinner wna announced and after all the good things had disappeared the men proceeded to examine the bottles opened by Fred Pronio, after which oventa happened too quickly to mention. PIE AND CAKE SALE SATURDAY The Dinltonia Bible Class of Holy Trinity Lutheran Bible School will hold a Pie and enko aalo at the Hershey Market Iouao, Saturday, August 4th. Thla la a (rood opportunity to fill the family larder for ovw thi woolHKJd. ' Rutherford Yards a Busy Place One of the most complete railroad yards in the United States is the Rutherford Yards of the Philadelphia and Reading Railway. The yards were started about twenty-three years ago and enlarged in 1918. Ninety tracks compose the mileage. There are no passenger trains handled in the yards which is laid out in an oval shape with one Inlet and one outlcs at the extreme ends of the yard. The westbound passen-ger trains are operated on tracks on the north aide and the east bound trains around the south aide. There is no connecting switch between main line tracks and the yarda except at the extreme ends. All freight trains or engines sent to the yarda for repairs or classification remain in the yarda until they are ready to proceed. There is one cast bound and one west bound hump operated In three, eight-hour tricks. The humps have a capacity of 150 to 175 cars per hour the classification running from 1.54 cars per cut cast bound to 1,64 per cut weat bound,, The cars are controlled from the top of the hump and Classified onto adjoining tracka by ineana of hnndbrakea,, Damage to cara on the humps la also very alight one cur In every 3,500 ahlftec! over the humps figuring in a wreck or damaged from all causes, Moat of the switches are of the electro-pneumatic typo and are controlled from a push button tower. Cara are classified, aa to their proper destination , there being fifty aep. nrato classifications. Considerable over 1,000,000 cara are handled In the yarda every year, There la a roundhouse, large car repair shops, two electric turntables, coal dock, The coal dock will bo replaced by a modem etruo. ture In the near future. Three hundred and fifty men are employed In the ahopa and several thousand in the yards, The Rutherford Yarda are larger than the Enola Yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad Syatem. To moke Creatoro'a engagement a euc-ce »a means that we must Mil of di boost from mw on. ' 'East Is West" Is a Big Production Beginning on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week the Ella Kramer Stock Company will present "East is West." "East is West" is a play that will interest you. It takes you out of the dull here, and the troublous now and leads you into the simple and delicious world of romance. That is the reason for the great success of "East is West" which kept it a reigning Broadway hit for 600 performances. It has a real story, all about a quaint little maid of China who is rescued by a young American from a "love boat" with its cargo of sing song girls and brought by him to America. Her adventures are full of romance, pathos, comedy and drama. The play is best described perhaps by one of the London critics as having "delicate charm, as well as a powerful punch." No greater proof of the popularity of "East is West" could be afforded than the number of imitators springing up with Chinese . stories. They have come and vanished, while "East is West" still goes on its way, one of the greatest successes in the history of the American theatre. The members of the Ella Kramer Stock Company are admiriably cast in "East is West" and a creditable performance is assured. You won't want to miss this play. We would advise you to secure your reserved seats well in advance. Juniors Are Having a Wet Time Of It The Men's Club Juniors are on a two week's camp at Laurel Lake in the South Mountains, returning on Monday, August 6th. The boys had hard luck this year, having had considerable rain, which had a ten-dency to cut down their enthusiasm. Their ranks were somewhat depleted by a num-ber of the boys becoming homesick and the fear of bears at night and the dread of the cold baths during the day. During the first week baseball games were played against the Schuylkill Haven Boy Scouts, who are tamping nearby. The first game resulted in a score of 3 to 2 in favor of the Hershey boys. In the second game the Schuylkill Haven boys revenged themselves by winning by a score of 13-6. There were a number of hikes, the first one was for a distance of ten miles; the second for a distance of four miles. The parents of the boys, as well as other visitors, are gladly welcomed at the camp at any time. Those who have visited the camp thus far are as follows: Mrs. John Shay, Louise Shay, Catherine Shay, Bobby Shay, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Conrad, Blanche Seltzer, Ivan Seltzer, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zimmerman, Peter Magri-ni, Edward Reese, Walter Leibfried, Mr. and Mrs. H. Cleon Kieffer, Mr. and Mrs. James Bobb, Mr. and Mrs. J. Early Look, Kathryn Look, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Black, James Black, Esta Black, F. G. Magrini, Esther Magrini, Tressa Magrini, Margheri-ta Magrini and Mary Magrini, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Spancake, and daughter Gladys, Samuel Strine and Verna Rogers. Hershey Girls Ron Down By Motorist (S'l Last Sunday morning about 9 o'clock, while .on their way to Sunday School, at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Miss Ellen Leithiser, Miss Olive Wirth and Iva Drescher were run down and painfully injured by a big Overland touring car at the corner of Chocolate and Park Avenues. The machine, which was driven by John Rosenberry, of York, was coming at a high rate of speed, east on Chocolate Avenue, when according to witnesses, without warning, it turned short into Park Avenue, hitting the young ladies, who were crossing the street at the time. Luckily, Miss Leithiser and Miss Drescher were hurled aside and escaped the full empact of the machine. Miss Wirth, however, was knocked down, two of the wheels passing over her legs. She was picked up and carried to the room of Dr. Bailey at the Hershey Inn, where first aid waa admin-istered, later being removed to the home of Thomas Blott, on Chocolate Avenue, where she is spending the summer with her parents, Mr. and Mra. John Wirth. Upon later inquiry, it was stated, that she Buff-ered a bad cut on her left ankle and the whole right side of her body is badly bruised. Miss Leithiser received an ugly cut on her forehead as well as other bruises of the body. Miss Drescher also received numerous bruises of the body, Hummelstown to Have 3-Day Chautau qua The Community Chautauqua , of New Haven, will present a three-day program In Hummelstown, beginning Thursday, Au-gust 23. • A large tent will bo erected on the baseball field in Athletic Park, where the sessions will bo held. The guarantors of the Chautauqua have effectea an organization by the election of the following officers and commlttcca: President, George Edwarda; vice-presi-dents, Grovcr C, Buaer, II. R. Laucks, Mlsa Larcne Hummel: secretary. Charles F. Gosa; treasurer. Ward Lnndlaj ticket committee, Miaa Mary Fox, chairman; George Edwards, Robert J. Walton, ChcuTea F, Gross; advertising and publicity committee, George H. Fromm, chairman; Grover C. Buser, George Hartwellj grounds committee, George Edwards, Charles F. Gross, II. R. Laucka; junior work, Miaa Emma Sutcliffe. TJio junior work will bo n feature of the Chautauqua, and the superintendent will bo assisted by Mlaa Emma Sutcliffe,, the Hummelatown playground director. The Chautauqua superintendent will be L. P. Young. Hove you bought your tickets for the CrMtorc'e Band concert*? A Visit to the Cloisters at Ephrata Worth While (By Marian Inglewood) Ephrata is a noted Summer and health resort. The first hotel for Summer visitors on the summit east of the town was built in 1848; previous to that the place was occupied by a water-cure or hygienic home for invalids. But the interest, in Ephrata for nearly every one centers about: those gray, time worn, barnlike buildings known as the cloisters. Relics of a bygone age they are, the age of the recluse and of monastidsm, an age we can scarcely conceive of as ever existing in America. Those cloisters weire once the home of a German religious society known as the Seventh Day Baptists. The society at Ephrata was founded by John Conrad Beissel, who came to this country from Germany, lived the life of a recluse for sev-eral years, and finally located on the banks of the Cocalico Creek in 1732, still living as a hermit, advocating the doctrine of celibacy, and preaching that the Seventh Day should be the day of rest. He was soon joined by other brothers and sisters who had become converts of his, and looked up to him as a kind of spiritual father. They named their settlement Lager which means encampment, but later they changed it to the Bible name of Ephrata. 4 The monastic system was inaugurated in 1735, Beissel became the head of the insti-tution and took the monastic name of "Father Friedsam." At first there was only one building in the monastery, .which contained one principal room for religious worship, the love feasts, and the ceremony of feet washing which the Seventh Day Baptists carefully observed; besides this, there were smaller rooms for the unmarried sisters and brothers. Later separate houses were built for the men and women. These building are covered with shingles, sides as well as roofs, and all are at least more than 150 years old. _ At one time when this spirit of monasti-dsm burned brightest, married men and women voluntarily renounced their mar-riage vows and declared their intention of living a life of celibacy. A larger building called the "Saron" was erected for the women and another for the men called the "Bethania". Each had a commodious assembly room or "Baal" for the religious services and love feasts. But the plan proved a failure; many of the self-divorced couples were reunited and returned to their own homes, and then only the un-married brothers and sisters occupied the "Saron" and "Bethania." These two buildings were large and high —three stories high—and dustered around them like little chicks about the old mother hen, were the smallest buildings of the bakery, the school house, the paper mill, the printing office, etc. None of the beauty of blue sky or green fields softened the architect's imagination in planning them. They were rudely constructed, designed to destroy any lingering desire for comfort which might still be lurking in the human heart. The ceilings were barely seven feet high; the passageways so narrow two persons could not pass each other in them; the low, narrow doors swung creakily on wooden hinges and were fastened by wooden latches; the rooms— they were really nothing more than cells, scarcely large enough to hold a cot; each cell had light and ventilation furnished by only one tiny window, 18 x 24 inches in size; the beds were wooden benches, and the pillows were narrow blocks of wood; an hour glass in each cell warned the in-mates that life was but a brief span, while the walls were covered by large and beau-tifully written passages of Scripture, done by the sisters, that pointed all to a better life to come. The dress of these Seventh Day Baptists brothers and sisters was almost like that of a Capuchin monk—a cowl and gown of white, linen in Summer and woolen in Winter. And so they lived and worked and worshipped. Both brothers and sisters walked barefoot, excepting when the cold was too severe. Their communion service and all the dishes for the table were made of wood, carved by the skillful hands of the brethren. Their food was of the plainest kind—bread and vegetables and cornmeal mush. No animal food ever was eaten. They rejected all butter, cheese and milk as being gross and unspintual, and from an earthly point of view, as being injurious to the voice. For music waa the one thing of beauty these Baptists monks and nuns permitted themselves to enjoy. Father Friedsam himself was a noted musician, and com-posed nearly all the music for the hymns that were sung there. The singing school was organized in 1742 and In time it be-came famous. A writer of those times haa left us a description of it: "The performcra sat with their heads bowed, their counte-nances solemn and dejected, their faces pale and emaciated from their manner of living, their clothing exceeding white and picturesque, and their music such as thrilled the very soul. I almost began to think myself In the world of spirits." Much of their aoul-thrilllng muaic can atill be found in one of their favorite hymn books In the State Library—"Das Gesang dcr Einsamen und Vcrlasscnen Turtel Taube," or "The Song of the Lonely and Forsaken Turtle Dove.'" The singing school waa closed years ago, the paper mill is ailent now, the famous printing press no longer admonishes the sinner to turn from hia evil ways, and the aifjters skilled in penmanship are no more seen at work in the writing rooms, for the timo haa passed when institutions like that founded by Conrad Boiasol enri flourish In America, But the long gray buildings are atill there and the brothers and sisters of long ago are sleeping quietly by their aide, keeping ailent watch over the homo thoy onco loved and cherished—the cloisters. Male Chorus Pleases The Lebanon Male Chorua on Sunday afternoon at Hcrahoy Park gave a most enjoyable concert to a largo and apprecia-t ¦ ive audience, The program rendered waa particularly pleaalng, and the membera of the chorus, which fa n well balanced chorus, gave an excellent account of themselves. Wo are pleased to announce that the Lebanon Male Chorua will give another concert at tho .Park later In the season, when wo are aure tho audience will be oven larger than on laet Sunday afternoon. The music lovers of Central Pennsyl-1 his players respond to as a unit. Music vania can again look forward with a great deal of pleasure upon the return of Crea-tore's Band to Hershey Park on Saturday and Sunday, August 25th and 26th, at which time concerts will be given in the afternoon at 3.00 o'clock and in the evening at 8.00 o'clock, the concerts being rendered in the Hershey Park Convention Hall. Everyone of the vast throngs who heard Creatore's Band during Hershey's 20th Anniversary Celebration in June will attest to the fact that this band is in a class by itself, filling an individual niche in America's musical world. It will be espec-ially gratifying to those who heard the band at that time to have the pleasure of hearing this wonderful band play under more advantageous conditions, and the four concerts in the Convention Hall should be rare pleasures indeed. The unanimous opinion of the musical critics in all of the cities visited by Crea-tore's Band concur that it is the only band before the public today which serves its patrons with music such as any of the large symphonic orchestras may well be proud of producing. The wood, reed and brass instruments are most effective, and the ensemble is perfect at all times. There is a unanimity of action and a precision of movement that makes it appear as if the band is a gigantic unit. Signor Guiseppe Creatore is a man of unusual personality, and this linked with musical ability , and a directorial genius, has won for him fame throughout Europe and America. He gets the highest results and the last atom of feeling and expression from his men and the varied instruments seems to raise him to an ecstasy of -ex-pression. He holds his musiriahs in those doquent hands of his, and he plays upon them as upon a mighty instrument. So he produces marvdlous effects, flashes of dazzling light, rich purple shadows, masses of tremendous harmony. A demonstration of popular enthusiasm followed the dose of Creatore's final con-cert during Hershey's 20th Anniversary Celebration. The final number of those four splendid programs was Bizet's Car-men aria. It was played with wonderful fire, and when the last crashing tones sub-sided there were a few seconds of silence and then the audience arose to its feet and applauded. The deafening applause lasted for several moments and then those present moved away, stirred as rarely before. It was a tribute to the splendid work of the band that Creatore heads. No audience was ever moved more deeply. The band upon its return to Hershey on Saturday and Sunday, August 25th and 26th, will be heard in four entirely different programs than that which they gave during the Anniversary. Aside from the 50 talented musicians, a noted opera soloist, will be on the program. To hear Creatore's Band is a wonderful opportunity, and the Hershey Convention Hall on those two days should be packed to its capacity at each and every concert. There will be a charge of 50 cents for re-served seats, the proceeds of which will be for the benefit of the Hershey Red Cross. The reserved seat chart is in charge of John Sollenberger, at the Hershey Trust Company. Tickets are also on sale at C. M. Sigler, Inc., 30 North Second Street, Harrisburg; Miller Music Store, Cumber-land Street, Lebanon; Kirk Johnson & Co., West King Street , Lancaster; Wittich Store, 116 South Sixth Street, Reading and Musical Shop, 625 Penn Street, Reading. composing his wonderful organization. The perfect control over his musicians, especially in the balancing of his instru-mentation is notable. As a conductor Creatore stands in the front rank; he has all the emotional feeling of his race. Every emotion of his face and gesture of his hands mean something that Creatore 's Band to Play In Hershey This Month |