The Hershey Press 1924-01-10

              VOL. XVII NO.14
Hershey Postoffice
Shows Big Incr ease
When Mr. M. S. Hershey laid out the
town of Henshey he saw the need of a post-office
and he made application for one.
The Federal authorities were not as opti-mistic
as Mr. Hershey, claiming that the
Deny Church postoffice would take care of
all the postal requirements for many years
to come.
Mr. Hersheypressed his claims, and as a
result a postoffice was opened in the old
Store»building, now the Hershey Men's
Club, and the room where the employment
applications are now being handed out is
where Ezra F. Hershey, our first post-master,
among his other multitudinous
duties, sold postage stamps and was a real
honest-to-goodness postmaster.
The Hershey postoffice grew by leaps
and bounds. Each year it had a phenomi-nal
growth and increase in business. In
fact, as the business of the Hershey post-office
increased, the Derry Church de-creased,
and as a result the Federal author-ities
closed its doors.
For the fiscal year 1923 the gross receipts
at the Hershey postoffice amounted to
$110,656.42. The postal funds were $23,-
625.99, and the money orders issued were
8861. The increase over 1922 waffapr
proximately $12,000.
This is a remarkable record, and we
believe will top the list of any postoffice in
Pennsylvania, figuring on a per capita
basis. -
The postoffice of Harrisburg, ranks third
in the State, the gross receipts amounting
to $1,100,000. Figuring Hershey's popu-lation
of 2500 with that of Harrisburg's
85,000 .we,, ran easily see why Hershey
should top the list.
This unprecedentedb usiness was hand-led
in a most efficient manner by
Postmaster John Balsbaugh and bis
assistants Miss Bessie Mover, Howard
Romig, Amos Lehman, Chester Swartx «nd
^
Mis8 Mary Painter. The rural route
carriers are TJlrich "Weltmer and Andrew
Houser. Ed. Hoffman does the heavy
work, lugging the mail bags to and from
the railroad station.
When one considers the amount of
business done at the Hcshey postoffice it
speaks well of the efficiency of this small
force of postal employees. It is indeed
remarkable the excellent results they have
accomplished.
The Harrisburg postmaster, claims that
their postoffice is too crowded and is asking
for more room. If this is the case with
Harrisburg, doing nine-tenths more busi-ness
than Hershey, with a population of
85,000 and occupying a building about 50
times as large as Hershey, then we are
entitled to larger quarters, for our post-office
is woefully cramped for space.
Who knows that but some day in the
near future Postmaster Balsbaugh and his
assistants will be occupying a large and
commodious building all by themselves.
This, Is as we see it, the logical sequence, if
the business continues to grow in the
future as it has in the past.
Hershey "Purchies '
Challenge Store Co
At a meeting held by the members of the
purchasing department of the Hershey
Chocolate Co., a basketball team was
organized. The team selected to represent
this department is as follows:
"Iran" Slesser—Forward (High School
flash.)
„ "Ike" Jeffries—Forward (Harrisburg
flash.)
"BilP Leithiser—Center (Olivets flash.
"Lefty" Stover—Guard (Olivets flash.)
"Buir Belser—Guard (Fordham flash.)
"LeRoy" Umberger was elected mana-ger;
"Frank" Garman, scorekeeper; "Lan-dis"
Garman, timekeeper and "Paul"
Seltzinger, utility player.
The "Purchies takes this means of
challenging any department team in
Hershey. They are anxiously awaiting a
challenge from the Store Co.
Palmyra Delphians
Dine At Tea House
The Hershey Tea House was the scene
Wednesday, January 2d, of a banquet
given by the ''Palmyra Delphian Society",
in celebration of the New Year.
During the course of the dinner, the
banqueters were delightfully entertained
with many pleasant features such as
"Tablegrams , "Special Licenses", etc.,
piano music was furnished by Misses
Esther and Hilda Gingrich, a vocal trio
consisting of Miss Emily Loose, Mrs. W. S.
Poorman and Mrs. D. U. Landls; with
Miss Esther Gingrich accompanying ;
especially enjoyed was the toast by the
President of the Society. Miss Edna Loose,
during which time she distributed a gift to
each member, expressing a wish In their
life.
The program for the evening was In
charge of Mrs. Anthony Warta, Mlsa S.
Mabel Foltz and Mrs. A. C. Ober.
Hersh ey Olivet Jrs.
Win From Ind. School
The Hershey Olivet lunlor five defeated
the Hershey Industrial School quintet
Thursday night on the Y. M, C. A. floor by
the score of 31 to 26. The featureuof the
game was the playing of Zimmerman for
the Olivets ana Aucker for the Industrial
School. The lineup:
Olivets Industrial
Miller F Whitman
Zimmerman F Aucker
Strine .C Dressier
Bobbs. G Tovey
Stover,.. G Light
Substitutions — Olivets, Hershey lor
Bobbs. Industrial School, Stump for
Tovey,
Field goals—Zimmerman, 4; Miller, 1;
Strine, 2; Bobbs, 1; Stover, 3; Whitman , 1.
Aucker, 4: Dressier, 3.
Fouls—Miller, 3 out of 6;, Strine, 1;
Stover, 6; Aucker, 2; Dressing 1; Light, 3.
Noah M. Klauss Weds
M/ss Mary Boylan
Miss Maiv N. Bovlan. of Cornwall, and
Noah M. Kauss, otHershey, were married
on Thursday, January 3, 1924.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Father Phelan at the Rectory of St.
Joan of Arc Church, at 8 o'clock, in the
morning. The bride was attired in a white
crepe de thine dress and a white satin hat,
carrying » beautiful bouquet of white rose
buds and white carnations. The brides-maid
wasMiss Margaret Boylan, a trained
nurse at the Mercy Hospital, Baltimore,
a sister of the bride Roy W. Deets, of
Hershey, was best man.
The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Owen- A. Boylan, of Cornwall, and a
graduate of Cornwall High School, having
taking post graduate course at Marywood
College, Scranton Before her marriage
the bride was employed in the Cost De-partment
of the Hershey Chocolate Com-pany.
The bridegroom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Noah Klaiss, of Hershey. He is an
accomplished riolinist, having graduated
from the Harrisburg Conservatory of
Music in 1919. Since then he has held the
position as instructor of both Harrisburg
Conservatory and Irving College. He is
also a number of the Orpheum Theatre
Orchestra, Harrisburg.
After the ceremony the happy couple
started on a trip to Baltimore and Wash-ington;
Upon their return they will reside
at 112 Boas street Harrisburg.
John Elders
Undertake Big Job
The John Elder Men's Bible Class held
its monthly business and social meeting
Monday evening, January 7th, with R. S.
Woomer, 350 East Derry Road.
The new arrangement of International
Sunday School lessons was discussed and
as this is the best way of studying the
Bible, both from a historical and religious
viewpoint that has yet been presented in
Sunday School, it was decided to district
the town and an effort be made to get
every available man in Sunday School
regularly; if not in Presbyterian, then in
another. The president of the class will
announce districts later.
The following were elected to class
membership: A. Bowman Snavely, Morris
H. Wenger and J. Randall McCarty.
Other items of business were disposed of.
Refreshments were served to Rev. R. H.
Taylor, Ivan L. Mease, Irvin H. Slesser,
D. L. Ensminger, A. Bowman Snavely,
Morris H. Wenger, Paul L. Everett, Geo.
H. Dressier and Robert S. Woomer.
Next meeting will be held Monday,
February 11, with Paul L. Everett, 329
Para Avenue.
Married Men Win
By One Point
The Hershey Men s Club gym was the
scene of a terrific struggle on Monday
evening, January 7th, when the married
men and the single men of the Hershey
Department Store engaged in their annual
conflict for the basketball supremacy of the
store. One of the largest crowds of the
season was on hand to urge the favorites on
to victory, but little urging was necessary
as the enthusiasm that had been stirred up
by the players prior to the game seemed to
come to a head when they two teams met.
That the oldtimers expected a hard-fight
was evident as they entered the arena all
togged out in shoulder-pads and head
gears, but they were discarded when the
two teams lined up for play. The game
started off with a rush, both teams battling
fiercely and with "Paps" Zentmeyer carry-ing
the brunt of the attack the married
men soon forged into the lead. The single
boys hung on like tigers however and by
using the passing game gradually overcame
the early lead of their rivals, the score at
half time being 10 to. 6, in favor of the
married men. With the reopening of
hostilities in the second half both teams
seemed to increase their speed with but
the one object In view—to win at any cost,
and the struggle that ensued will long be
remembered by the followers of the game.
That second period was a rlpsnorter with
the single men slowly crawling up on their
opponents. With but two minutes to play
and the score 13 to 12 against them they
lost their golden opportunity to win by
blowing three free shots from the foul line
Here the married men played the freezing
game and In a heartrendering finis the
whistle blew with the married men leading
by the scant margin of one point. For the
victors, "Paps" was the shining star, dis-playing
all his old time stuff. For the
losers, Eberaole and Edrla showed up to
the best advantage.
Community Nurse s
Report for December
Number Nursing Visits 41
Number Investigation Visits 17
Number Miscellaneous Visits 5
Visits to Schools '. 11
Total Visits 74
Tubercular Clinic 3
Number of Rooms visited 24
Number pupils classroom Inspection. 1000
Number Individual Inspection 405
Number pupils excluded for skin disease 6
Number pupils excluded for corn disease 4
Number parent consultation at school 5
Number sanitary inspection visits... 6
Handkerchief drills 6
Number class talks 8
Number children getting milk 1304
Respectfully Submitted
Elizabeth High, Com. Nurse,
LUCKY DOLL WINNERS
Four beautiful unbreakable talking dolls
were given uwny at the drug department of
the Hershey Department Store last Thurs-day,
and the luck y winners were Uriah C.
Hoerner, of Hershey: Evelyn Ebersolo, of
Union Deposit: Buela Kline, of Hershey,
and Grace Kreider, of Campbelltown.
Borah for Tax Cut
As Universal Bonus
Asserting that the question of tax
reduction ought to be made a crusade in
this country, Senator William E. Borah, of
Idaho, told the National Republican Club
of New York that the greatest contribution
the Nation could make to the welfare of the
ex-soldier would be to restore the economic
stability of the country by lower taxes.
- Vigorously opposing the soldier bonus,
which was chafhpioned by Edward E.
Spafford , New York State commander of
the American Legion, Senator Borah
declared tax reduction and the bonus
could not be reconciled.
"One has a right to be for the bonus, or
he has a right to be for tax reduction," said
the Senator. "But he cannot be for both.
You cannot take off a temporary
burden of $140,000,000 or $150,000,000 and
lay on a permanent obligation of $4,000,-
000,000 to $5,000,000,000 and call it tax
reduction. That would be too great a
strain on the credulity of the voter. It
would be a dangerous political experiment
and would defeat any party that would
undertake it."
Replying to the threat of the legion
commander that the ex-service men would
muster more than 18,000,000 votes to
defeat the Mellon tax reduction plan and
compel adoption of a bonus, Senator Borah
asserted there were at least twenty-nine
Senators who would oppose a bonus bill if
there were ten billion votes against them.
Senator Borah quoted figures indicating
the rate of increase of taxes in the last
eight or ten years, declaring they "repre-sented
the most searching tragedy of
American life." In Eastern industrial
centers the situation was serious enough,
he asserted, but in the agricultural regions
of the West, "they are losing faith in the
government" because of unbearable taxes
and "the mad saturnalia of spending," in
which the speaker declared the govern-ment
continued to indulge.
Farmer Crying- Out Under Burden
"Out in the great agricultural areas," he
said, "where, in the last analysis, must be
found the source of national wealth and
contentment—the place from which we
are fed—there is going on a patient, dogged
struggle for the preservation of homes and
farms such as no man can appreciate who
has not witnessed it. Men and women
who have tamed the desert, suffered and
sacrificed , denied themselves, and under
the most adverse circumstances opened up
farms, now with fifty years of struggle
behind them, stand in mortal dread of the
coming tax collector with his ever-increas-ing
call. They have seen their tax burden
mount three hundred and five hundred per
cent, in the brief space of a few years, and
while reflecting over what has happened,
they are even more anxious about what
may happen.
What do such tax burdens mean? They
mean imperilled and fortified homes, they
mean dissatisfied and discontended domes-tic
life, they mean less educational advan-tages
for the coming citizen, they mean
separated and demoralized families, they
mean energy thwarted and enterprise
steralized, and last of all, they mean
thriftlessness and improvidence and moral
breakdown of a great and proud citizen-ship."
Have we the courage to do our plain
duty?" Senator Borah asked. "I beg
the people to understand that it is not
alone a question of reducing taxes. It is
also this: Can we throw off this national
disease of extravagance and waste?'
The great obstacle to tax reduction, it
appears, is the proposal for a bonus for
ex-service men. If we consider the bonus
purely in the light of material or financial
aid, and if our real purpose is to assist the
soldier In that way, I can think of no
greater benefit for these men than that
which would be derived from a betterment
of the economic conditions throughout the
country.
"It Is five years since the war. These
young men are back in civil life. They
cannot succeed when business, industry
and agriculture are embarrassed or dis-couraged.
The pittance granted them
individually would mean nothing in the
sum total of their well-being, but anything
and everything which contributes to the
rehabilitation and revival of economic
and business conditions throughout the
country will be a permanent prosperity to
the soldier far beyond anything which
mere individual aid would mean.
"I do not believe it is possible to divorce
the soldier a welfare at this time from the
welfare of the country : in other words,
from the welfare of the farmer and the
business man generally."
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Devotion To Duty,
Is Farnum 's Theme
Few roles of the hundreds in which he
has appeared gave Dustin Farnum greater
opportunity to enact a romantic part and
at the same time present a vivid moral
than the Fox production of "The Grail,"
which will be shown at the Hershey Cen-tral
Theatre on Tuesday evening, Jan. 15.
As Chic Shelby, a hard-eyes Texas
Ranger, who has dedicated his life to duty,
Farnum is said to appear to exceptional
advantage. Peggy Shaw, formerly of the
Follies, has the opposite role, portraying
the clergyman's daughter with whom the
Ranger is in love. Drawn between love
and duty, Shelby chooses the latter.
Trickery, treachery and murder are
defeated by honesty, devotion to duty and
a square deal, backed with a quick trigger
finger and a sure aim. It's the kind of a
picture you would expect Dustin Famum
to appear In and the type which he per-sonally
prefers.
The story was written by George Scar-borough
and the scenario was handled by
Charles Kenyon. Colin Campbell di-rected
the cast, which included Leon Barry,
Carl Stockdale, Frances Raymond, James
Gordon, Jack Rollins, Alma Bennett,
Frances Hatton and others,
Pictured In Texas, with actual characters
from that storm country in the scenes,
"The Grail" promises one of the most
realistic screen offerings seen hero in some
time.
Ross Sbepler Weds
Miss Katie Huber
A very pretty wedding took place on
Wednesday, January 2d, when Miss Katie
Huber, of Union Deposit , and Ross Shep-ler,
of Hershey, were united In matrimony
by the Rev, Christian Kreider, of Annville,
Mrs. Shepler Is the daughter of Mrs,
Moses Whitmoyer , of Buffalo Springs, and
Is employed in the wrapping department of
the Herfihey Chocolate Co, Mr. Shepler
is the son of Mrs. Eliza Shepler , of Hershey.
and is an electric welder In the mechanical
department of the Hershey Chocolate Co.
They both have a large acquaintance and
have the best wishes of their many friend?
for a happy married life. A Redding
dinner was served on Sunday at the home
of Mrs. Eliza Shepler In honor of the young
couple.
Legion Card Party lues
The second of a series of monthly card
Parties, which Is being given by Hershey
ost, No. 386, American Legion will be
held on next Tuesday evening, January 15,
a{ 8.15, in the Winter Dance Hall. Due to
conflicting dates last month, the committee
In charge wns obliged to change the date of
the party after it had been announced In
these columns. This caused some con-fu
sion with the result that quite a number
of players were unaware of the correct
dale. The committee wishes It to be made
clear that this month the party will posi-tively
be held as above stated . "500'' and
pinochle will be played and a fine list of
prizes iu being secured to bo awarded to the
successful contestants. Refreshment!) will
alto be served.
To Hold Mid-Winter
Institute Jan. 27th
The Executive Committee of Sunday
School District No, 3, met In Lutheran
Parish House, Hummelstown, January 4th.
Final arrangements were made for the
Mid-Winter Institute to be held In Derry
Presbyterian Church, Sunday afternoon,
January 27th. Detailed program will
appear later,
It was decided to hold the Annual
District Convention, Sunday, April 6th,
afternoon and evening.
Those present were: Rev. C. G. Leather-man,
Rev. R. H. Taylor, Rev. C. M.
ElHjrsole, George H. Seller, Grover C.
Buser and Ivan L. Mease.
Hershey Pictures Seen
By Capacity Houses
The Fox Weekly, showing the Hershey
pictures, were shown on Tuesday evening
at the Hershey Central Theatre with
capacity houses.
The film was shown on Tuesday after-noon
for the special benefit of the Hershey
Industrial School boys, who enjoyed the
pictures of themselves to the utmost,
The pictures were excellent.
Mr. Ilerehey took well and seemed to
enj oy the novelty immensely. The only
criticism offered was that the reel was too
short, <
Tax Reduction Is
Favored By Sites
When interviewed while sitting before a
huge stack of letters received endorsing
the lowering of taxes Congressman Frank
C. Sites, of Harrisburg, made the state-ment,
without hesitation, that he was
unqualifiedly in favor of a reduction of
taxes all along the line wherever possible
and , practicable. He said, "I have
received forty-two letters in the 9 o'clock
mail and twenty-three additional in the 11
o'clock mail requesting that taxes be cut
down. It is becoming a task in itself to
answer tax letters."
Mr. Sites said that in his opinion taxa-tion
at present is so heavy as to be burden-some
to the public and is also retarding
seriously the normal expansion of business
enterprises. He expressed the hope that a
bill would be passed during the present
session substantially lowering taxes and
stated that he would vote and work for the
passage of such a measure.
While Mr. Sites has not yet come to
conclusions in regard to all of the recom-mendations
of the Secretary of the Treas-ury
in this respect there are several of the
secretary's recommendations with which
he is in hearty accord. The abolition of
taxes on telegrams and telephones; the
repeal of the admission taxes to amuse-ments,
theatres and motion pictures, and
the elimination of the various small
miscellaneous nuisance taxes (which in the
aggregate produce very little revenue to
the Government, which probably cost the
Government more to collect than is realized
from the taxes themselves and which are an
obsession with the public and business
generally throughout the country; all meet
with Mr. Sites" hearty approval.
Olivets Defeat St.
Mar y's of York
Coming from behind in the last three
minutes of play, the local quintet nosed
out the strong St. Mary's aggregation
from York, 39 to 27. Stover, who had not
made a field goal, made four sensational
shots from the middle of the floor, every
shot going true. The game was close and
fast during the whole forty minutes of play,
and at the end of the first half stood tie, 15
to 15.
The York squad started off the game
with a field goal and a foul goal, and were
out in front until the end of the game.
Leithiser, the lanky center of the Hershey
five, had the biggest individual score,
making four field goals and three foul
goals. His playing was of the sensational
variety. Eline, who substituted for Mann
of St. Mary's, played a fast game and was
successful in scoring nine points, leading
the York team in the number of points
scored. The lineup and summary:
Hershey St. Marv's
Strine F Eline
Elliott F Mann
Leithiser C Borgel
Stover ; G.; Noel
Zimmerman G F. Br'g'n
G Smith
F ,. .Payne
Field goals—Strine, 4; Elliott, 2; Leit-hiser,
4; Stover, 4; Zimmerman, 1; Eline, 2;
Mann, 1; Borgel, 1; Noel, 1. Foul goals—
Strine, 1; Leithiser, 3; Stover , 2; Zimmer-man,
3; Eline, 5; Mann, 3; Borgel, 5, Noel,
3. Referee—Dissinger. Time of halves
—20 minutes.
Class Celebra tes
13 th Anniversar y
The regular monthly business meeting
of the Always Shining Class of the First
United Brethren Church was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mays, West
Chocolate Avenue, on Thursday evening.
January 3rd.
This was the 13th anniversary of the
class. Special music was arranged, and a
very enjoyable evening was spent.
Those present were: Mrs. Harry Knoll,
Mrs. Blanche Seltzer, Mrs. Samuel
Habaker, Mrs. David Sattazahn, Mrs.
Paul Gehret, Mrs. Cyrus Garman, Mrs,
Elwood Robertson, Miss Bessie Moyer,
Miss Grace Shearer, Mrs. Claude Curry,
Miss Fay Frehn, Mrs. Frank Graeff , Miss
Lena Frehn, Mrs. Harry Habaker, Mlsa
Esther Nye, Miss Elizabeth Habaker, Mrs.
Clendening, Mrs. Lester Putt , Mrs.
Daniel Yost, Mrs. Monroe Stover, Miss
Dorothy Habaker, Miss Marie Bauder,
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Mays, Miss Marie
Mays and Master Earl Mays.
Hershey Trips Ephrata
" The green jerseyed athletes of the
Hershey Olivet Club handed the Ephrata
Big Five a defeat at Ephrata on Tuesday
evening by a count of 28 to 26. The game
was a nip and tuck battle throughout and
was extremely well played. A large crowd
was on hand.
Ephrata held the lead from the start
until the final four minutes of p|ay when
the Olivets cut loose with long shots and
went out In front. At half time Ephrata
held a six point advantage, with the score
standing, 16 to 10. They maintained this
lead until the middle of the half and then
Hershey tied the score. Long shots In the
final minutes gave them the victory.
Stover was the big ace for the Olivets,
with ten points, while Bill Doremua led
Ephrata In scoring.
Olivets Play St. Joe's
Next Wednesday
The Olivets will play St. Joe's, of Lan-caster,
next Wednesday evening, Jan. 16th.
St. Joe's have a better team this year
than ever, and the Olivets will have to
extend themselves to their utmost in order
to come off the floor the victor.
The Hershey Men's Club should be
crowded on .next Wednesday evening to
urge the boys on to victory.
Wolf Escapes From
The Hershey Zoo
On Friday one of the large wolves
escaped from its caged pen at the Hershey
Zoo, and created quite a bit of excitement,
as might be surmised.
The wolf broke the bar that kept the
door of its pen in position, and as a result it
was enabled to open- the door. Having
done so the wolf didn't stay to say good-bye
to Geo. Kreider, its keeper, but slunk
out of the cage without much ado, and soon
left the Zoo behind it making its way over
the Spring Creek bridge and passed on
until it came to the Park Dairy.
Here Brer Wolf saw a number of chick-ens
in the barnyard and being hungry, and
as one large rooster who was perched on the
stone wall looked.particularly appetizing,
he made for the rooster, which was at that
time in the midst of a lusty cock-doodlewlo.
What a scene there was in that barnyard
when the wolf got after that rooster! There
was a fluttering and cackling that could be
heard as far as the Round Barn, and
immediately attracted the attention of
John Jeffries, who has charge of this dairy,
who happened to be in the barn at that
time.
It is useless for us to say that Mr.
Jeffries was surprised when he saw the
wolf chasing the rooster! He not only was
surprised, but amazed.
Being quick of thought, and quick of
action he ran to the house as he never run
before, got his shotgun and returned to the
barnyard where Mr. Wolf had gotten his
dinner and was downing it with keen relish.
Mr. Jeffries took a hasty aim, pulled the
trigger, and his trusty shotgun did the
trick. Brer Wolf didn't need any dinner
after that one shot for a moment later he
breathed his last.
Mr. Jeffries then notified the Zoo of its
missing wolf. We believe the shooting of
wolves is out of season, but believe the
Hershey Police Dept. will overlook the
offense.
"The Pur ple Highway '
With Madge Kennedy
Greenwich Village, New York, studio
life as it is and not as some writers depict
it, is a scene of many interesting sequences
in the Paramount picture, "The Purple
Highway," featuring Madge Kennedy,
which will be shown at the Hershey Central
Theatre on Thursday (tonight).
The story tells of a young playwright
and musician, both of them failures as far
as their professions go, who, spurred on to
further efforts by April Blair, little slavey
in the Home for Artistic Failures, of which
they are inmates, come to live in New York
City in the vicinity of Washington
Square. Here Edgar Craig starts work on
his new play, and Joe Renard takes April
in hand—for she has hopes of some day
becoming a great stage star.
April's dream becomes a reality when
their little attic studio is visited by an
eminent theatrical manager, whom April
recognizes as Manny Bean—he, too, was
at one time a member of the old Home, but
is now a successful producer. Edgar's
play is accepted, and Joe is engaged to
arrange the musical score, and April is
chosen as the star. The identity of the
author of the play is, by order of Craig,
carefully concealed from her.
So it is a great revelation when, after a
trial run in Bridgeport and the play having
scored heavily in New York, April learns
that Edgar Craig is really Edgar Prentice,
author of the production, and that he is
anything but a failure.
Nita Nalda Seen As
Cleopatra On Saturd ay
Nita Naldl, screen siren extraordinary,
is a modern Cleopatra in "Lawful Larce-ny,"
a Paramount picture directed by
Allen Dwan which will be on view at the
Hershey Central Theatre on Saturday
evening, January 12th. Miss Naldi is a
modern with pure Egyptian flavor and she
wears gowns that will inevitably create a
sensation wherever the picture is shown.
"Miss Naldi is Cleopatra reincarnated,"
declared Mr. Dwan. "Many leading
artists have said that she is the nearest to
the famous Egyptian charmer to be found
in America, with her long slender arms
and limbs, piercing black eyes and raven
black hair, she is wonderful In Egyptian
clothes that are bizarre to the last degree,
and in a surrounding of ancient splendor.
"In 'Lawful Larceny' we give the public
the newest ideas of Egyptian fashions and
decorations. We have spared no expense
and time in research for this material Mies
Naldl is a charmer of men In the picture
and we have given her the latest weapons
with which to work her charms."
Not only will Miss Naldi be clad in
Egyptian gowns, but she will have a
complete Egyptian background for her
machinations againat men. Every photo-graph
of King Tut-ankh-Amen a tomb
printed in this country was studied for
ideas. No detail was overlooked in mak-ing
Miss Naldl's latest appearance on the
screen the most sensational of her career.
To Organize W.C.T.D.
In Hershey
Mrs. Maud Seymour, State Evangelist
and Organizer of the W. C. T. U. desires to
meet all ladles of Hershey who are In-terested
in ,law enforcement in the Red
Cross rooms, Monday, January 14, with a
view to organizing a \y. C. T. u. She
earnestly pleads, for the sake of the cause,
that every one who possibly can be there.
Food Sale Saturda y
The Always Shining Bible Class of the
First United Brethren Sunday School will
hold a food sale at the liershoy Market on
Saturday., January 12th.
Seciipj Number Lyceum
Course Thursda y
The second number of the Lyceum
Course given by the John Elder Men's
Bible Class of the Derry Presbyterian
Church will be held in the Hershey Central
Theatre on Thursday evening, January 17,
when the Maitland Entertainers will be the
attraction.
This season the Maitland Entertainers
are touring eastern territory for the first
trme. In recent years this trio has been
featured on entertainment courses beyond
the Mississippi.
In the company are three young men
who singandplay "to beat the band' .
Thomas Baldridge, first tenor and
violinist, is especially effective with his
singing of "your own favorite ballads."
J. W. Huffman , second tenor, is equally
at home with his piano solos and accom-paniments.
Raymond Shannon, baritone, plays
cornet, saxaphone and piano.
The trio seems to embody all of the
qualities of a popular male quartet. Each
member, while chosen for his individual
specialty, adapts himself to the harmony
and effectiveness of the various combina-tions
featured in the entertainment.
On Thursday, January 31st, a home-talent
comedy "Nothing But the Truth"
will conclude the third and last number of
the course.
Admission, 50c for each performance.
Reserved seat tickets will be sold only.for
"Nothing But the Truth."