The Hershey Press 1924-12-25

              Hershey Farm Show
Exceeded All]
Expectations
The fourth annual Lower Dauphin
County Corn, Potato and Poultry Show
held in the Hershey Implement building
was attended last week by farmers and
their families from the score or more ol
communities in the lower end of the
county.
Located in more commodious quarters
than previously, the Hershey show was
bigger this year than ever and the scores of
displays shown to greater advantage.
Every exhibit in every department showed
that pains had been taken to send the very
best things produced this year to the expo-sition
evidenced the increasing interest
which is being taken in the show every
year by lower Dauphin County people.
Women Have Displays
Women and girls showed the products
of farm homes this year for the first time
at the local show. The number of entries
were unusually large and the quality of
the exhibits compared favorably with
those of many older expositions in the
county.
One of the factors of the Home Eco-nomics
display here was the needlework
shown ir> the various classifications. Made-over
garments and plain sewing, as well
as quilts, rugs and fancy work, attracted
favorable attention. The exhibits of
canned goods and dried fruits and vege-tables
as well as a number of entries of
home-made soup also proved to be attrac-tions
in this department.
Another feature of the show this year
was a school exhibit prepared by pupils of
the Hershey High School under the direc-tion
of Miss Marion Kingsbury. Every
conceivable product ^as exhibited
in
this
display.
A large number of southern Dauphin
County women co-operated in preparing
the home economics exhibit this year,
among which were Mrs. C. H. Balsbaugh,
,Mrs. Roy Shenk and Mrs. Clayton Ging-rich,
who arranged the displays and se-cured
a large number of entries.
Almost 150 Articles
Nearly 150 entries were displayed in
the Home Economics Department Twen-ty-
one exhibits were displayed by girls
between the ages of 12 to 18 years.
The list on exhibitors who received
awards is:
Jams and jellies : Mrs. I. C. Gordon,
Mrs. Sponangle, Mrs. C. H. Balsbaugh,
*Mrs. Frank McFadden, Mrs. A. B. Shenk,
Mrs. Roy Shenk, Mrs. John Ulrich, Lizzie
Shaffer, Mrs. C. Gingrich, Mrs. S. M.
Moyer and Mrs. S. Warner.
Soap: Mrs. Gingrich, Mrs. Kramer and
Mrs. Harvey Hershey.
Syrup: Mrs. C. G. Sauffley.
Dried goods: Mrs. Clayton Gingrich,
Mrs. Samuel Moyer, Mrs. John Moyer
and Harvey Hershey.
English walnuts: Mrs. Ralph Hershey.
Needlework crochet: Mrs. C. Burk-holder,
Mrs. Roy Shenk , Mrs. Clayton
Gingrich, Mrs. A. B. Shenk, Mrs. John
Curry, Mrs. A. Henry, Mrs. John Hershey,
Mrs. Christ Balsbaugh, Mrs. Ed. Hershey,
Mrs. Violet Miller, Mary Casaccia and
Mrs. Cornelia Casaccia.
Needlework, embroidery: Mrs. C. O.
Gish, Erma Hocker, Mrs. C. Burkholder,
Miss M. Clark, Mrs. Roy Shenk, Mrs. C.
Gingrich, Mrs. John Curry, Mrs. C. Her-shey,
Mrs. A. B. Shenk, Mrs. Cora Koons,
Mrs. S. J. Blott, Myrtle Zimmerman, Mrs.
John Hershey , Mrs. C. Balsbaugh, Mrs.
Ed. Hershey and Mrs. Elias D. Tice.
Girls' class, 12 to 18 years: Caroline
Balsbaugh, Sara Dupler, Marion Dupler ,
Esther Ulrich , Mary Brandt, Anna Brandt ,
Beulah Brandt and Sara Ross.
Quilts, rugs: Mrs. Cora Koons, Mrs.
John Curry, Mrs. A. B. Shenk, Mrs.
George Dupler , Mrs. Frank McRadden,
Mrs. Harvey Bashore and Mrs. Anna
Reese.
Knitted goods: Mrs. A. B. Shenk, Mrs.
Roy Shenk and Mrs. C. Balsbaugh.
Needlework, tatting: Mrs. C. Gingrich,
Lizzie Shaffer, Mrs. H. Shepler , Mrs. A. B.
Shenk, Mrs. C. Gingrich and Mrva. B.
Heisey.
Needlework , embroidery and crochet :
Erma Hocker, Mrs, A. B. Shenk, Grace
Ulrich, Mrs. Ed. Hershey and Mrs. C.
Burkholder.
Following is the list of awards announced
by the jud ges on Wednesday night:
Ten Ear Samples
Honorary class, Cloud's Yellow Dent:
Roy Shenk, first; Ira Shenk, second ;
Clayton Gingrich, third ; Christ Balsbaugh,
fourth.
Class A, Yellow Dent: A. B. Shenk ,
first; C. G. Saufley, second; Harvey Her-shey,
Sr„ third; Harry Pcflley, fourth.
Class B, White Cap Yellow Dent: A. B.
Shenk, first ; Roy Shenk, second; Ira
Shenk, third ; George Koons, fourth.
Class C, Lancaster County Sure Crop:
Frank Snavely, first; Roy Shenk , second;
Samuel Deppen , third ; A. B. Shenk, fourth.
Thirty Ear Samples
Class A, Yellow Dent: Ira Shenk , first ;
Christ Balsbaugh , second; Harvey Her-shey,
third ; Clayton Gingrich, fourth.
Class B, I-nncaBter County Sure Crop:
Frank Snavely, first; Leland Fackler,
second; L. B, Harper, third; Ralph Heisey,
fourth.
Single Ear
Any variely: Jacob Klsenhour, first ;
George Dupler , second; Ira Shenk, third ;
Mary Balsbaugh , fourth.
Boys ana Girls Class, Ten Ear
Any variety: Russel Koons, first; Caro-line
Balsbaugh , second; Alva Suullcy.
third : Marlin Hershey, fourth; Daniel
HerBhey, fifth.
Potatoes
Early While Skin: Roy Shenk, first; Ira
Shenk, second ; Clayton Gingrich , third ;
H.E. Aldinger. fourth.
Russets: Riley Shepler. first ; A. B.
Shenk, wecond ; Clayton Gingrich, third;
Christ Bulslwuigh. fourth ,
Any other variety: A. B. Shenk , first:
D. M. Ranch , second; Roy Shenk, third ;
D. M. Ranch, fourth.
Boys and Girls Potatoes
Early White Skin: John Curry, Jr., first;
Sarah Koons, second ; Dorothy Gingrich ,
third ; Herbert Curry, fourth.
The second day closed on Thursday with
the awarding of the Duroc-Jersey pig to
the person guessing nearest its weight.
The exact weight of the pig was guessed
by four persons, one of them nn H-yeur old
l»y who proved a better judge than his
father by a half pound. The father esti-mated
the weight at 167 iwunds, the son
167#, the exact weight of the animal.
More than BOO entered the contest.
The names of the four who guessed the
weight correctly were placed In a hat.
The boy, John Moyer, Jr., I; K. Curry,
Harry I-urrlmore and Edward Hctrlclc. I.
K. Cutry'ft name was the llnul winner of
the pig.
Following the show two reels of moving
pictures on "The Advancement of Farm
Power in Agriculture " were shown. The
film was obtained through the Inter-
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Chocolate and Cocoa
Industry Makes
Remarkable Strides
While chocolate for drinking is an
ancient beverage which Europeans first
saw, and possibly heard, drunk by the
Aztecs over four centuries ago, chocolate
for eating is a comparatively modern
innovation.
The original Mexican beverage was a
coarse mixture, generally containing no
sugar and often flavored with hot spices,
and then it was served cool or as cool as the
tropical climate permitted. Such a drink
could never have found favor in Europe.
Served hot, with a generous helping of
sugar, everyone agreed that "jocolatte"
was "very good."
It was not until 1800 that it became
possible to produce an eating chocolate
sweet enough to be palatable.
Two important events in the history of
eating chocolate was that of producing
milk chocolate by M. D. Peter, of Switzer-land,
in 1876; the other the introduction of
the so-called "fondant" chocolates, or
coatings.
In the year ending June 30, 1924, there
was imported into this country for home
consumption over 368,000,000 pounds of
crude cocoa; more than eleven times the
amount of twenty-five years previous, and
very nearly three hundred times as much
as was imported in the year 1860.
As the knowledge of the food values of
cocoa and chocolate preparations grew so
did they grow in the favor of the people,
and it is no exaggeration to say that today
cocoa is the leading food beverage of the
country and chocolate the most popular
flavor for all desserts, sweetmeats, con-fectionery
and beverages. This is shown
by the great and still growing demand for
chocolate covered candy, for chocolate-flavored
drinks at the soda fountains, for
sweet chocolate cake, puddings, ices,
fudges and many chocolate-flavored dishes
with which the skillful housekeeper regales
her family.
Another curious phase of the develop-ment
of this great industry is shown in the
importations of prepared cocoa and choc-olate;
a little over two millions of pounds
in 1899; twenty-five years later these
imports have dropped to 1,455,000 pounds,
a decrease of 25 per cent.
No less remarkable than the increase
in per capita consumption. In 1860, the
first year when really reliable figures be-came
obtainable of cocoa was about,, three-fifths
of an ounce; in 1899 it was about
seven ounces; for the year ending June 30,
1924, about fifty-seven and six ounces.
The future of the business, would, on
this record, seem assured. The beverages,
cocoa and chocolate, once luxuries used
only occasionally, have become articles of
common and regular use. The same can
be said of the use of chocolate in cooking.
Sweet milk chocolate is every day growing
in the favor of the public as a delicious
and wholesome sweetmeat, a valuable
article of food, and chocolate as a coating,
and flavor for the first confectionery seems
to be the one outstanding favorite.
The world's consumption of cacao beans,
is as follows:
Consuming Country 1922
Tons
U.S 143,000
Germany 84,000
GreatBritain 51,000
France 39,000
Holland 36,000
Belgium 9,000
Canada 8,000
Spain 10,000
Switzerland 3,000
Italy 5,000
Austria 2,000
Norway > .' 3,000
Sweden 3,000
Denmark 2,000
Australia 8,000
Other Countries 5,000
—i—i—
Totals 411,000
John K. Zoll to Attend
State Convention
County Commissioner C. C. Cumbler
was elected president of the Dauphin
County Association of Township Super-visors
and Auditors at the convention of
the association held ih Harrisburg.
This is the first time a non-member of
the association has been elected to office by
the organization. Commissioner Cumbler 's
election followed the adoption of resolu-tions
admitting the county commissioners
to membership in the association. Com-missioner
Cumbler succeeds William D.
Keen, of Williams Township, as president.
Other officers elected are: Mrst vice-president
, S. J. Melslcy, Lower Swatara
Township; second vice-president , Absalom
Heisey, Derry Township; secretary, I. F.
Bogncr, Middle Paxton Township; trcas-uere,
Alvin T. Ganlz , Conewngo Town-ship;
delegates to State convention , I. F.
Bogncr , John K. Zoll, Derry Township,
and Aaron Alwine, Umdonderry Town-ship.
Resolutions were adopted recommending
the appointment of a county inspector
who will Instruct township supervisors in
State rond regulations and the township
auditors on State auditing regulations.
This office is recommended to promote
greater co-operation between the State
Highway Department and the townnhlp
supervisors.
The supervisors and auditors also
adopted resolutions urging the State Legis-lature
to provide as much money as
possible for township highway purines.
DIAKONIANS ELECT OFFICERS
The Dlakonla Bible class of I Ioly Trinity
Luth r nSunriay School, held their month-ly
business and social meeting at the home
of Mrs. Frank K. DeVerter , 120 Caracas
Avenue. This being election of officers ,
the following officers were elected : Teacher,
Prof. A. M. Hlnkle; assistant teacher, Mrs.
I) . S. Graelf; president , Mrs. F. I,. De-
Verter; vice president, Mrs, II. L. Sixilm;
secretary, Mrs. Ellin Hoffer; assistant
secretary, Mrs. Ed. Miller: treasurer , Mrs,
John Hummer. Mrs, William Hoy and
Mrs. John C. Hershey were elected (lower
committee for Hcrtmey, and Mrs. N. Z.
Stable and Mrs. Ellis Holler for Derry nnd
Spring Creek dlst riot. Refreshments were
served to the guests by the hostess, after
which the meeting adjourned .
JUNIOR BASSTKAENTDBIANLGL LEAGUE The standing of the IwBkellHvll teams In
the Junior League Including the games
playyd (*> dntc Is as follows:
Penn...V . , , ]-;, • , 1 0 1,000
Beavers 1 I 500
Yale 1 1 600
Panthers 0 0 000
Sought Botanical Specimens Instead
of the Holy Grail As He Journeyed
From Sharon To the Jordan
We have the pleasure of printing an
article by Mr. John Halgren, of Hershey,
of a trip made by him in the tropical lands.
Mr. Halgren was on a natural history
quest, so he tells us about the flowers,
plants and animals, as he found them as he
traveled from Sharon to Jordan.
The article is as follows:
"This little title sounds very alluring.
The names being so familiar from the
biblical history, connected with tradition
and Vntwined with history. Yet the trip
by far is less charming and more monotonous
than a tramp from Harrisburg to Frog-town.
They all look good when they are
far away and the only way to realize and
appreciate the beauty and the grand
scenery of our own surroundings is to
lear n by travel and then compare notes.
The country from Jaffa to Arimathia is
rather plain and desolate, except for the
plantations of orange trees, palms and
bananas which generally are surrounded
by a 7-9 feet high concrete wall, well
studded on top with broken glass and
scrapnel as a protection against robbers.
Along the dusty road among scattered
Aloes stand great specimens of Lappas and
Onopordons and the plantain leaves
(Plantago) are as common as in Europe. In
fact the flora and fauna of Palestine are
more similar to Southern Europe than
Asia. Around Arimathia, where the real
plain of Sharon is beginning, the nature
assumes a more fertile aspect. Here we
find some specimens of (Crocus Sativus)
Saffron (Arabic Zaferon) whose stigmas are
used for coloring food products and for
dyeing, also the famous lily of Sharon or
the Martagon lily (Lilium Chacedonicum)
with its pretty scarlet flowers, which was
introduced into Europe from Asia Minor
in 1596. The grazing herds of goats and
sheep have spoiled the prospects of an
eager botanist and the hillsides ate almost
barren, showing weak contours of terraces
from the old biblical days when they were
cultivated and overgrown with grapevines.
The general absence of shade trees give the
country a very naked appearance, here and
there dotted with scattered olive trees
which never attain a height over 25 feet
and are less attractive with their compact
growth and dark, thick, rough foliage.
But the olive is still as it has been the
most characteristic tree of Palestine, the
Mount of Olives being named from it and
Gethsemane, which translated means an
oil press.
"The olives are here as in Southern
Europe the substitute for butter, the
surplus of milk from goats and cattle being
converted into cheese, which is more
practical for all purposes in the absence of
ice and refrigeration. The pomegranate
(Punice granatum) is another small tree,
attaining sometimes 25 feet, but generally
growing as our hawthorns along the roads
and stony soil. It is a native from Persia,
where it yet forms large woods. Origninally
considered as a type of its own family, it
has been deferred to the loostripe family
(Lythraceae) of which we here have four
representing genera of herbs, the most
common of which are Ly thrum and Cu-phea.
Now and then we run up against
some pretty large fig trees (Ficus carica),
with thickish, leathery leaves as is general
in countries where the temperatures vary
from over 100 degrees Farenheit in day-time
to 35 or below at night. The fig
tree, which is now cultivated in our
Southern states as far north as Philadel-phia,
was first brought to England by
Cardinal Polo in 1525 and is especially
interesting for botanists by its process of
fertilization through caprification. The
winged insect enters the young fruit by the
pore at the apex and by its movements
loosens the pollen from the anthers, which
thus come in contact wi th t he stigma.
"A yellowish cloud is now appearing in
the southwest, a fairl y stormy warm wind
is blowing and in a short time we are
involved in dust from the desert. It is
with great relief we approach the valley of
Ajaron, where the hillsides protect us
from the sandstorm at a tiny shack with a
large sign "Hotel," which is a ludicrous
nickname for a native coffeehouse.
"We stop for a few minutes rest, while
closely scrutinized by some dusty Arabs,
who are enjoying their national drink,
black coffee. Having 5 guests at one time,
there was no cup to spare, so I and two
other tramps had to wait until our tum
came. The hillsides are here fairly over-grown
and among others I found some
specimens of Quercus vivus and Ceratonia
Siligua, which looks like a dimimutive
locust tree and has podfruit, which is
commercial and called St. John's bread.—
From the village of Emmaus the road is
slowly but steaduy ascending and we are
approaching the Holy City, whose long,
whitish walls appear on the eastern
heights, studded with numerous small
cupolas and here and there a tall minaret
standing high against the sky like a factory
chimney, confessing the nucleus of Christi-anity
as overwhelmingly mohammedon.
It is wonderful when one thinks of how
many hundreds of thousands of human
beings, who have trodden the same road
with fervor, faith and fanaticism to fight
for and pray at the Holy City, whose
surroundings and conditions would belie
the tale, it it was not corroborated by
history. In another article I will describe
the city with its religious history, relics
and its present day appearance. But as
this is a natural history chapter we will
continue to the garden of Gethsamane,
over the brook of Kedron, from which we
ascend the Mount of Olives, which is no
mountain, but a very gradually rising hill
with three summits, from the highest of
which we have one of the most remarkable
and i nteresting views in the world.
"Far in the west against the horizon we
see the Mediterranean, with the country
we just passed in between; slightly below
us to the south over the valleys of Kedron
and Gehenna, lies the old old city, with its
great Mosque of Omar, built upon the site
of the temple of Solomon; the church of the
Holy Sepulchre and the church built by the
former Kaiser Wilhelm, which decidedly
proves that it does not take a saint to build
one. Over to the east, far below the level
of the land appears the famous Dead Sea
and there is where we go from here.
"We follow a narrow road to the little
village of Bethany and then we walk cross
country over the Judean desert, which is,
for a beginning, rather difficult on account
of the widespread growth of a low shrub
plant, the Zizyphus Spinea Christi, with
long thomy stipules, belonging to the
family of Rhamnaceae and said to have
furnished the crown of thorns of the
Savior. Here we also encounter the
Solanum Sodomeum, belonging to the
nightshade family and by some called for
te sodom apple. It grows as a weed and a
general nuisance, having no useful purpose
whatever. A more interesting find was
the Jericho rose (Anastatica Hierochien-tina),
which is no rose at all, but belongs to
the mustard family. After fully developed
and exposed to dryness, its rigid branches
contract themselves, forming a ball ,
which the wind easily carries away, root
and all. It rolls around in any old way
until if finds water, when the root takes
hold in the .soil and the branches again
expand to their natural length.
"After a long dry tramp over sandy hills
and valleys, I arrived -at sunset at Nebi-
Mosa (well of Moses), a square white-walled
structure, built around a well with
sweet water, as a resting place for pilgrims
returning by foot from Mecca. After a
strenuous fight with a nest ofhomets, I got
a drink and retired ih solemn meditations
on the roof for the night. I was the sole
occupant of the premises, besides a million
mosquitoes, who all found me out , and
when I at last dreamed about Jacob's
ladder and other great things, I was awak-ened
in the middle of the starlit night by
the unearthly, not to say the hellish, howl
of a pack of jackals. The jackal (canis
aureus) is really a desert dog and lion of
small prey and carrion. He is called for
the lion's provider, which is truth reversed,
for the lion kills his own and the jack al
takes what he leaves.
"In the early morning when the sun rose
over the Moabitic mountains, I stood after
a short breakfast and stroll on the high
sand slopes beside the eternal momument
over Sodom and Gomorrha, the Dead Sea.
The vapors of sulphur and asphalt are very
pungunt and annoying for a beginning, but
you forget it after a little while, enraptured
for the moment of looking over a spot
where tradition and history have written
their runes of the origin and destiny of the
human race. The Dead Sea is about
1,300 feet below the level of the Mediter-ranean,
being the lowest sea level in the
world, about forty-six miles long and ten
miles wide. It was called by the Romans,
Lacus Asphaltites, and contains about 23
per cent, mineral salts, compared with the
ocean's 3 or 4 per cent. It has no outflow
and retains a normal depth in spite of the
steady inflow of the River Jordan. The
shore is white with a thin crust of salt and
stones and smaller objects are covered as
after a hard frost. A stone thrown into
the water makes no ripples and into its
mysterious depths one cannot sink. Some
shrubs were growing along its shore,
among them a dwarf sumac, and to my
great surprise I saw four little birds
common in nothern Europe, the white and
the gray wagtail (motacilla alba and flava).
They were the only living animals I hap-pened
to see in the Valley of Siddeon, if I
don't figure in a scorpion, who was crawling
around. The scorpion belongs to the
family of scorpiondae, attaining a length of
three to four inches and lives on insects,
spiders and any small animal he is able to
conquer. He is a fierce fighter and devours
his victim, even if it be one of his own race,
but his poison is not fatal to man, contrary
to traditions.
"In winding my way toward Jordan, I
was attracted by a tall weed with green
and reddish fruit and found it to be the
Dead Sea fruit , or Sodoms apple (Asclepias
procera), belonging to the milkweed
family, of which Thomas Moore in the
Fireworshippers says:
"Live Dead Sea fruit that tempts the
eye.
But turns to ashes in the lips."
And no wonder it turns to ashes on the
lips, as the milkweed seedpods contain
long silky hair for every little seed, which
is nature's way of sending them out in the
world from the homestead, and it would
have been a great blessing if nature had
provided some humans with long enough
hair to be blown away out in the wide
world to expand their narrow; egotistical-views."
'
'The Guilty One"
A Mixture Of
Love and Mystery
There are mystery-dramas and mystery-dramas,
but the Joseph Henabery Para-mount
production of "The Guilty One,"
in which Agnes Ayres is featured in the
principal role, is about the finest example
of this type of picture to date.
The picture will be shown at the Hershey
Central Theatre on Saturday evening,
Dec. 27th , at 7.45 o'clock, is by far the
best Miss Ayres has ever done. In it she
has a great story, a great cast and a role
tha t suits her to perfection. Here's a
E
icturc in which Agnes has to act and wear
eautiful gowns as well, and there 's not a
bit of doubt in anyone's mind but that she
can do both—and does.
"The Guilty One" is a gripping drama ,
adapted from the stage play by that name
in which Pauline Frederick scored such a
hit , and which was unanimously acclaimed
by critics as the big daddy of all mystery
stories. Agnes Ayres plays the role Miss
Frederick created—not only plays the
part but handles it admirably. Edward
Bums, leading man. is cast as the architect-husband
in the production.
If you 're looking for mystery, excite-ment
, thrills, with just enough comedy
mixed in to flavor it, "The Guilty One''
will more than entertain you.
Hershey Girls Organize
Basketball Team
With the organization of the HcrHhcy
Girls' Basket hall team, the town will again
be represented on the basketball map by a
first-class girls team. This team which
was started last year and during which
time made an enviable record for them-selves,
are spending much time on the
Men's Club floor limbering up and tunnot h-ing
off the rough edges and when the
whistle blows for the opening game are
confident of showing the local tans a team
that has the game down to a science. In-cluded
In this year's lineup will be such
stars' as. Bessie Selgw, "Posey" Flowers,
the Smith Bisters , Helen Selger and ex-captain
Dissinger, of last year's Palmyra
High School team. A number of requests
for games with the local team have already
been received by the manager, but to date
no definite schedule has been arranged,
The opening game will take place soon
after the first of the year with the cele-brated
"Blue Birds," of Lancaster , as the
attraction. Ij ist. season n scries of games
wan played between these two teams and
all the contents proved very close and
exciting.
CHRISTMAS GREETING .
I would like to use the Press as a medium
in wishing all my friends a Merry Christ-mas
and a Happy New Year.—Marvin
Keil7er1 U.S. S„\Veat Va.
Poor Soil Fails to
Stop Soy Bean On
Dauphin Co. Farm
The possibility of growing soy beans on
fields of poor quality was demonstrated
this year by the Dauphin County Agricul-tural
Extension Association at the farm of
Philip Habig, Middletown , R. D. 1, south
of Royalton.
In a four-acre field , to which humus had
not been applied for ten years, and one of
the poorest fields on the farm, six tons of
soy bean hay was produced on this field
this year, the first time soy beans had been
planted .
The land was plowed during the latter
part of April and worked into a good seed
bed. It was sown the first week in June
with a bushel and on6-quarter of well
innoculated soy bean seed, nnd 250 pounds
of sixteen per cent, acid phosphate per
acre was applied .
The Habig farm is one of 100 Dauphin
County farms which pnxluced an average
yield of one and one-half to two tons of soy
bean hay per acre this year , although the
season was considered poor for this crop.
Soy beans have proved to be the best
legume known for this section , according
to County Agent Burtner , and produce a
high-protein feed on land which would not
even grow clover . Unlike alfalfa , where
the lime requirement must be fulfilled
before a successfu l crop can be grown, soy
beans will grow on |x>or soil which Is sour,
Where the success of alfalfa is too costly
and uncertain , County Agent Bin t nor is
advising fanners to use soy beans in their
rotations. More than 600 acres of soy
beans were grown in Dauphin County last
year as the result of the soy liean campaign
being carried on in eight communities.
STANDING OF THE INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL LEAGUE
First Team
Scrap Irons 2 1 666
Princeton 2 1 666
Wildcats 1 2 :m
Tarlcrs 1 2 .'U'l
Second Team
Si-rap Irons 3 0 1,000
Ttti-turH i 2 :m
wild cats i 2 :»:i:s
Princeton 1 2 3X1
Third Team
Wildcats 1 0 1,000
Scrap Irons 1 0 1,000
Tai l ors 0 1 (XX)
Princeton 0 1 (XX)
BABY CLINIC ON WEDNESDAY,
DECEMBER , 31
The Itaby Clinic will be held on Wednes-day
afternoon , Dec. 31st, from 2 to 4
o'clock, in the Red Cross rooms. All
mothers are urged to bring their liablcs HO
that the doctor In attendance may give
them a thorough examination.
Lancaster County's unsold tobacco
crop la estimated at $6,000,000.
Greatest Cast In "The
Bedroom Window"
Tuesday Evening
The cast of the William deMille Para-mount
production , "The Bedroom Win-dow,"
an original screen story of Clara
Beranger, presents a line-up of leading
players that is all-star in every sense of the
word.
May McAvoy and Malcolm Mac Gregor
are featured in the principal roles of the
picture, a gripping mystery comedy-drama,
which will be shown at the Hershey Cen-tra
l Theatre on Tuesday evening, Dec.
30th , at 7.30 o'clock, Ricardo Cortez also
has an important part in the cast, as have
Robert Edcson , George Fawcelt and Ethel
Wales. All are featured. Then there is
Charles Ogle, who can always be relied
upon to give an excellent character por-trayal
, in a comic butler 's role, and Guy
Oliver plays a detective. Medea Rnu-zina
, the famous Russian beauty, is ex-cellently
cast as an altogether charming
young woman who claims that the murder
in the picture was committed over love for
her. Lillian 1.eight on and George Callign
also appear in sup|x>rt, Quite a line-up,
you'll agree!
Miss McAvoy, MacGregor and Cortez
have never appeared on the stage but won
their spurs after a rapid climb from the
"extra " class. The four men, Fa weed ,
Kdeson, Oliver and Ogle stepped from the
stage into pictures and are about to cele-brate
the 150th year of combined playing.
Ethel Wales, Miss Lcigliton and Medea
Radzina turned to screen work after a few
years' experience in legitimate plays, So,
you see, they 're all pretty well lilted for
the parts rhcy have to |x>rlray ill "The
Bedroom Window ." Naturally, all give
perfect performances.
It 'II be a long time before you see another
cast like this lit a picture. There, Imu \KK \\
many a cast called all-Hlar , but here in one
that ISall-Htar!
Croquet Tournament
Opens at Men's Club
A croquet tournament hatt been opened
at the Hershey Men 's Club and to date a
great deal of enthusiasm has been shown
in tho games played , Games are played
every other night and the Intermediate
and Juniors being formed into teams o>m-
IxiBcd of two players each, The following
teams are entered : Glenn and Lloyd
Stover; John McKlune and Edward
Hershey; Merle and Glenn Kieffcr ; Amim
and Amnion Curry; Rober t Kra ft and
Hugh Baker ; Hurry Krclner and Floyd
Deppen and Glenn and Charles I Iuinmer,
On Monday evening the results were as
follows: The Curry brothers defeated the
Hummer brothera; Kreiser and Deppen
nosed out the KlelTer brothers, and Kraft
and Baker swamped McKlnnc and Her-shey
by a large margin.
Mr. Zoll States That
Red Will Be
Dominant Color
In givrhg us a glimpse of what Dame
Fashion has to offer for next Summer John
R. Zoll, manager of the Hershey Depart-ment
Store, gives the high points as fol-lows:
White makes big gains both as a solid
and as a background for printings.
White furs are showing marked activity.
Reds are the big color note.
Royal blue comes back to favor as the
reigning novelty.
Jewel tones are adopted in fabrics.
Noveltly rings of white composition set
with black onyx will further stimulate
white and black combinations in dress.
Borders, from pastels to promaries, will
be big features in the printed silk field.
Colors Chiefly Featured
The following are being featured by
leading textile manufacturers: Beige,
white, yellows, blondes, reds, Persian rose,
greens, new browns, Pablo, a warm tan;
seaside, a grayish tan; Marmore, a new
green ; Castillian reds, crabapple, Hindu
tan, tiger eye, a yellowish brown; tour-maline
pink, sapphirine, a sapphire blue,
and jewel tones.
Coupled with the increase in the use of
white and beige, the latter not being so far
removed from white, is the featuring of the
white sapphire as a fashionable j ewel.
There is a vogue for cranberry reds,
which furnishes the start toward a wider
movement. This movement will be in the
nature of a lighting of color, tracing from
the brilliant reds through yellow-reds and
arriving at the pinkish variety allied to
shrimp.
Royal Blue Coming back
An old ruling favorite returning to favor
is said to be royal blue. Out of a period of
comparative obscurity, royal .blue is com-ing
back strong, and is predicted to have
success, especially in millinery, costumes
and dresses.
As to browns, they will, as usual, have
their place, it simply being a question of
selecting the right ones.
In the sports-wear field , it is agreed that
red, yellow and green will prevail, with, of
course, white holding an important place.
As to style recommendations he tells us:
Skirts as an average will be worn ten
inches from the ground and in extreme
cases fifteen inches.
Sprightliness of styles as well as of color
will emphasize the new Spring creations.
The slender silhouette effect will con-tinue
the foundation for the new season's
styles and many new variations in the cut
of garments will be introduced, including
the tunic theme and circular cuts. In
sport coats the mannish cut will be strongly
evidenced.
Industrial League In
Opening Game
The opening game of the 1924-25 basket-ball
season in the Hershey Industrial
League was played on Friday evening on
the Men's Club floor with quite a good
crowd of basketball enthusiasts in at-tendance.
The Wrapping Department
played rings around their old rivals, the
Hershey Department Store, and liad little
trouble in trimming them by the tune of
26 to 16. "Pasky " Purcell was the back-bone
of the "Wrappers" and with the
combination that be has gathered together
this year bids fair to make things hum
before the season is well under way. The
Store flashed new members before the
public in the opening game and with a
little more practice are sure to give a good
account of themselves. The second game
which was to have been played between
the Reese Candy Co., and the Men's Club
was called off due to the failure of the
former team to put in an appearance and
was awarded to the Men's Club by forfeit.
The score:
Wrapping Dept. Hershey Store
Hoerner F Wolfe
Edwards F R. Tinney
Anderson C Hess
Robertson G Neidig
Purcell G P. Zentmeyer
Field goals:Edwards, Robertson, 2;
Purcell , 5; Wolfe, Tinney, 3; Hess, Neidig,
P. Zentmeyer. Fouls: Wrapping, 10;
Store, 4. Substitutions: V. Tinney for R.
Tinney; Von Neida for Neidig; Hummer
(or Zentmeyer ; R. Zentmeyer for Hummer.
Hershey Loses Close
Game To York
In the opening game of the cage season
at York last Saturday Hershey High
School gave York a bad scare losing to the
York tea m by a 2tt to 22 score.
Hershey cume from behind with the
count of IK to nine against them at the
start of the second half and came within
one |X)int of tying the score. The local
boys played a splendid defensive game and
had it well working passing game to use
when in ixisscssion of the bail.
Strine who substituted for Purcell in the
first half after the latter was removed on
the personal foul ruling, was one of the
stars of the game and he with Captain
Aungst did the bulk of their scoring,
Hershey York
Tinney F Sowers
Purcell ,, . ,F Klinedint it
S|x>nagle ',, ,C Cock ley
Aungst G I lelfrlch
Warner G I.ochor
Field goals: Tinney, 1; Purcell , 1; Strine,
.'); Aungst , 2; Sowers, 4; Kllnedliist, 6;
Cocklcy, 1. Fouls: Ilcrshcy. 5 out of I.'t;
York , f) out of 10. Substitutions: Hoerner
for KllnedlnHl ; Strayer for 1 lelfrlch;
Strine for Purcell; Simmons for Warner .
Referee, Tureck.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL DEFEATS
LEBANON^ OLTS
In a game In which the Hershey Indus-trial
SCIHKI I showed grea t speed and ex|x-rt
shooting they experienced little trouble in
defeating the U'.banon Oils, on the Y. M.
C. A. (I(x>r by the score of 4.11 to 22, Anch-or
was I he out standing star of I he game and
scored eleven field goals. On Christmas
the Industrial School boys will play the
Palmyra All-Scholastics at Palmyra.
CHILDREN TO BE INOCULATED TO
PREVENT DIPHTHERIA
Parents who want to have their children
Inoculated to prevent diphtheria are
requenled to see Miss Elizabeth High, the
community nurse, In order to receive slips
tha t must be digued before serum is given.
All parents should take advantage of tills
opportunity.
900 Children Receive
Gifts at Community
Christmas Tree
The large cedar tree that was procured
by the local American Legion Post for a
Community Christmas Tree and which
was placed 09 the lawn in front of the
Hershey Central Theatre building, aglow
with its myrid of colored lights and its
large brilliant star,-was the magnet that
drew the attention of passersby. It was a
particularly pleasing sight to the kiddies
for it indicated better than words could
tell that Christmas was now but a few
days off , and that Santa would soon be on
his way with his bag full of toys and good
things to eat.
Aitho the weather on Wednesday was
not what might be called ideal, neverthe-less,
the Hershey Central Theatre was
packed to overflowing with the kiddies and
their parents.
Previous to Santa's arrival, a number of
songs were sung by the children, as were a
number of carols by the older folks, Mrs.
Daniel Graeff presiding at the piano.
When jolly old St. Nicholas made his
appearance he was met with a whoop that
almost took the roof off the building. It
was then that the pent-up Christmas
spirit of the children made itself evident,
and their joy knew no bounds.
Standing upon the stage the 900 children
filed past him, where each child was greeted
in a manner such as none other than Santa
knows how. But better than all this, he
presented each child with a large bag
which contained a toy, a large orange, a
bag of candy and a bag of popcorn-^a
most wonderful gift indeed.
Having received their gifts the children
in great excitement hurried to find out
what the bag contained, and as all the toys
were noise-producers, the fun began—and
continued, a fitting prelude of what was to
follow on Christmas Day.
The committee wishes to thank the
electricians for their work in arranging the
lights, and think that a special word of
praise is befitting to Mr. Edwin Wagner
for the beautiful star that he constructed
and which topped the tree.
The committee also wishes to thank
each and every one for their financial aid
and help that made the Community
Christmas Tree possible. Not forgetting
the Hershey Department Store, who sold
the toys, candy and popcorn at cost, and
Mr. John Hallgren, who sold the oranges at
cost. Also to H. R. Landvater, who lives
near Round Top, for the large cedar tree.
In addition to the names of contributors
published last week, we have the pleasure
of adding to it the following: Geo. Gerth,
Frank Lebo, Chas. Pass, Gabriel Trump,
A. W. Snavely, James Murray, Wm. C.
Hackman, Edith McCafferty, Mrs. Ster-ling
Light, Esther Light, P. & R. R. em-ployes,
Geo. Miller, Mrs. Jerome Hostetter,
Miss Boyer, Grace Bilotte, B. W. Williams,
Mr. Grace, John Hershey, Geo. Schroll,
Mr. Bouch, Miss Boyles, J. R. Zoll, Miss
Whitman, Mr. Brinser, I. R. Gingrich,
Mrs. C. M. Moyer, Mrs. Basehore, Mrs.
D. Fred Botts, Frank Edris, John Schlep-fer
, Reno Kiebler, Paul Edris, John Leese,
Roy Sternberger , Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hoy,
Mrs. W. E. Miller, Grace Hess, Rose
Fisher, Geo. H. Adams, Milton E. Slesser,
Grover Sheckart, B. F. Lingle, Miss Edna
Erb and E. W. Schwenk.
Old Derry
Had Splendid
Christmas Program
Thursday evening "Old Derry" was the
scene of a beautiful Christmas festival.
The church was arrayed with electrically
lit cedar trees, and wreaths hung about the
walls.
The kiddies, of course, had their part in
the program and it was greatly enjoyed by all and afforded the audience a good laugh
in several instances.
The musical part of the program was
supplied by three members of the Wednes-day
Club, of Harrisburg. Miss Hilda
Gingrich , played the celfo and George
Knaugle, the violin , while Miss Eugene
Webster presided at the piano. Their
selections were well rendered and one in
particular to be commended upon being
Gcscn Bambino", by Pietro-A-Yon,
which is used so extensively at Christmas
time.
Miss Gregg Darrow who so ably rave
the "Birds Christmas Carol," by Kate
Douglass Wiggins, is to be congratulated
u|x>n the way she portrayed that beautiful
story. In order to make the story more
effective, the girls of Miss McCreary's
class sang "Hark the Herald Angel'BSing, "
and "Silent Night ," and the carols were
very well rendered. Following this part of
the program Santa Clans made his ap-pearance
and gathered the white gifts
brought by those present to be given to the
"Ruggles of Hershey and vicinity and the
j elly and canned gcxxls to go to the Hershey
Hospital.
Cocoa Increases The
Power For
Mental Effort
German and Swiss scientists who hayo
been investigating the offect of coffee, tea
and cocoa on the huma n system have
reached the conclusion that coffee and
cocoa are stimulating chiefly because of
the chemical changes brought about by
roasting. ExiwrimcntH were made u|X)n
both men nnd dogs to discover the effects
of the three drinks which are commonly
used throughou t the civilized world. These
showed that tea was less exhilarating than
coffee and cocoa .
Coffee from which the caffeine luid been
extracted also was tested , and men who
had used this beverage without knowing
the change made in ll underwent the same
stimulation enjoyed by those drinking
ord inary coffee, They did not , however,
have the increase ic blood pressure which
came to those who drank coffee from which
the caffeine had not l>cen extracted,
It was the conclusion of the investiga-tors
that the roasting of coffee and cocoa
change them in such n manner tha t when
used in drinks they cause a secretion of
acidity in the stomach which lias a refreah-
Ing effec t and Increases the power for
mental effort.
SHENK IS NAMED AS APPRAISER
Albert B. Shenk, of this place, has been
reappointed by Auditor General Lewis at
mercantile appraiser for Dauphin County,
Mr, Shenk has held the post for the past
year.