The Hershey Press 1925-02-05

              Fast Team After
Travelers Scalp
on Frida y Evening
On Friday evening the fast basketball
quintet representing the Scranton Lace
Company, of Scranton, will be the attrac-tion
at the Hershey-Men's Club, playing
the Hershey Travelers. The game will be
called at 8 o'clock. The admission will be
35 cents. The proceeds will be donated, to
the treasury of the 1925 Hershey baseball
team.
The Scranton basketball team have a
string of victories to their credit and will
make the Travelers step a leg to win the
victory.
The Scranton team is composed of
young men about 20 years old, and are
employed by the Scranton Lace Company.
In pursuance of that company's policy, as
a reward for splendid services rendered ,
annual outings are arranged , and this year
Hershey was chosen.
Let's pack the gymnasium on Friday
evening and give the boys from Scranton a
royal welcome. We'll see a good game,
and we'll help fatten the treasury of the
boys who hope to "hit them where they
ain't", when the blue birds warble in
Hershey Park this Summer.
See the Total Eclipse
at Hershe y Central
Theatre Tonight
As an added feature on Thursday (to-night)
at the Hershey Central Theatre Fox
News will show pictures taken during the
recent total eclipse of the sun.
These pictures vividly depict the total
eclipse. Scores of cameramen covered
the event of the centuries from all possible
angles. Leading scientists co-operated
with the new's cameramen to produce
complete, accurate and beautiful pictures
of this most rare of celestial phenomena.
Cameramen were sent above the clouds
in aeroplanes in order to make striking
photos.
The results attained were marvelous,
astounding and awe-inspiring.
Don't fail to see this picture—an oppor-tunity
of a life time.
See how the sun's corona looks from the
air! See the skyline of New York growing
darker and darker! See what the people
and animals did when the moon blotted
out the rays of the sun! See how famous
astronomers worked during the eclipse!
See how the eclipse was caused!
The most marvelous picture of the age—
don't fail to see it tonight . No extra
charges to see this added feature, at which
time the Paramount production "The
Side Show of Life", will be shown, starring
Ernest Torrence and Anna Nilsson.
Mrs . Joh n J. Gallagher
Entertains at Bridge
Mrs. John J. Gallagher entertained at
bridge at her home on Java Avenue on
Wednesday afternoon.
The guests were : Mrs. J. E. Snyder, Mrs.
Wm. F. R. Murrie, Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey,
Miss Marion Murrie, Mrs. F. W. Pugh,
Mrs. John F. Snavely, Miss Ethelyn
Story, Mrs. Ross Esbenshade, Miss Ruth
Esbenshade, Mrs. A. T. Heilman, Mrs.
Daniel Graeff , Mrs. George Gerth , Mrs.
Chas. Zeigler, Mrs. Chance Phillips, Mrs.
Paul Shultz, Mrs. J. Dersheimer, Mrs. J.
R. Snavely, Mrs. J. Landis Zimmerman,
Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mrs. J. R. Kreider, Mrs.
E. M. Hershey, Mrs. Ewing Cain, Mrs.
LeRoy Holler, Mrs. John Daniels, Mrs.
Geo. Copenhaver, Mrs. J. R. Hoffman and
Mrs. A. M. Hinkle.
Out-of-town guests were: Mrs. L. E.
Lentz, Mrs. Robert Forsythe , Mrs. C.
Newton, Mrs. T. P. McCubbin , Mrs. Ed.
Barnes and Mrs. Van Taggart , of Harris-burg;
Mrs. P. N. Hershey, of Lebanon ;
Mrs. Russell Stoner, Mrs. Richard Strick-ler,
Mrs. F. B. Snavely and Mrs. M. L.
Nissley, of Hummelstown, and Miss
Kathryn Steiger , of Baltimore, Md.
Prizes were won by Mrs. Ross Esben-shade,
Mrs. J. Landis Zimmerman, Mrs.
Ewing Cain, Mrs. A. T. Heilman, Mrs.
Wm. F. II. Murrie, Mrs. Paul Shultz and
Mrs. F. B. Snavel y.
Luncheon was served .
Mrs . Thos. L. McHeffey
Entertains at Brid ge
Mrs. Thos. L. McHeffey entertained at
bridge on Tuesday afternoon at her home
on Last Caracas Avenue.
The guests were Mrs. Wm. F. R. Murrie,
Mrs. V. W. Pugh , Mrs. Rosa Esbenshade,
Mrs. J. Landis Zimmerman, Mrs. John J.
Gallagher, Mrs. II. N. Herr , Mrs. Chance
Phillips and Mrs. IxRoy Holler , of thin
place ; Mrs. L, E. Ixn tz , Mrs. Robert
Forsythe, Mrs. C. li . Miller , Mrs. Van
Taggart , Mrs. Kd. Barnes, Mrs. T. P.
McCufliin and Mrs. C. Newton, of Harris-
Prizes were won by Mrs. C. H. Mil ler ,
Mrs. L. K. IxnUand Mrs. Chance Phillips.
Luncheon was served .
MISS MURRIE IMPROVING
RAPIDLY
Miss Marlon Murrie, who recently
underwent an operation at the John Hop-kins
Hospital, at Baltimore, Md., has
returned , to Hershey and is now on the
ra pid road to complete recovery. Her
many friends arc glad to learn of the im-provement
in her health.
HAVE YOUR CHAIRS RE-CANED
The Red Cross has obtained the services
of a re-caner of chairs, who is stationed at
the Hershey Men's Club this week,
All those who have chairs to re-cane,
may obtain the services of this skilled
workman, who will be located at the Her-shey
Red Cross rooms, from i) to 4 o'clock ,
every day, excepting Thursday afternoon ,
at which time the baby clinic is held.
BENEFIT MASQUERADE DANCE
On Saturday, Feb. 7th , the Jolly Five
will hold a masquerade dance at the M. S.
Hull , at Swataia Station, for the benefit
of an old friend who Is In need of help.
Prizes have been secured and will be
awarded to (lie one having the lines!
costume and the one with the funniest
costume Come and hel p to make It a
success. Everylxxly Is welcome. Ad-mission,
CO cents,
Dauphin county has a county tax ot d
mills, York county n county lax of 8 mills,
while Lancaster county gets along nicely
on« 2-mllltax.
Ernest Torrence
Featured in "The
Side Show of Life
Film fans will be more than interested
in the announcement that the Herbert
Brenon Paramount production of "The
Side Show of Life" will be shown at the
Hershey Central Theatre on Thursday
(tonight), Feb^Sth, at 7.30 o'clock.
The picture is an adaptation of William
J. Locke's justly- famous novel, "The
Mountebank," and Ernest Torrence, fea-tured
with Anna Q. Nilsson in the pro-duction,
has the principal role.
Having a reputation for truth we cannot
truthfully say that when William J. Locke
wrote his famous novel "The Mounte-bank,"
from which the screenplay was
adapted, he had Torrence in mind for the
title role, but it s dollars to doughnuts that
he could not have written a part more
suited to Torrence's talent and tempera-ment
if he had! The story of the clown
who joins the army as a private during the
war, rises to the rank of brigadier-general
and finds himself at demobilization in love
with a titled English woman, but after all,
just a clown—can you just picture Tor-rence
in such a role?
Every bit of the comedy and pathos
that has made so many thousands of people
laugh and cry over the book has been put
on the screen with all the mastery of
Herbert Brenon.
Better see this one!
Campaign For More
Clean Milk
Twenty Dauphin County farmers and
dairymen are pioneers in a campaign to
produce more clean milk in Dauphin
County. In co-operation with the Bureau
of Animal Husbandry of the State De-partment
of Agriculture, the Dauphin
County Agricultural Extension Association
is directing the campaign through securing
tuberculin testing of dairy herds.
The importance of the campaign is
shown by the fact that 25 per cent, of
tuberculosis in humans is contracted thru
milk from diseased cattle. Bovine tuber-culosis
is transferred to children under ten
years of age during the period when milk
consumption is greatest and the ability to
withstand the disease is least.
The following individuals have enlisted
in the campaign for cleaner milk: Isaac
Arms, Dauphin, R. D. 2; Bonnymead
Farms, Harrisburg; J. M. Boyer, Lykens,
R. D. 1; Aaron Erdman, Elizabethville,
R. D. 1; Charles Hartman, Gratz ; Hein-baugh
Brothers and Philip Miller, Millers-burg;
R. S. Heisey, Bachmansville; Frank
iCitchen, Halifax, R. D. 2; David W.
Lenker, Millersburg; Dr. Jesse Lenker,
Harrisburg; William D. Lenker, Harris-burg,
R. D. 4; E. B. Mitchell, Harrisburg,
R. D. 3; P. H. Wightman, Dauphin, R. D.;
L. A. Miller, Lykens; William E. Matter,
Royalton ; Daniel C. Romberger, Pasquoli
Burrelli , R. C. Burrelli and Harry D.
Swab, all of Elizabethville, R. D. 1. _
Myerstown Easy
For Hershe y
The highly touted Myerstown basketball
team that was expected to give Hershey a
scare on Saturday afternoon in their
annual game on the Men's Club floor,
failed completely to come up to the High
School standard and took a bad trouncing
at the locals hands by the score of 48 to 26.
With Purcell and Tinney rolling them in
from all corners of the floor the Myerstown
seemed dazed and never had a chance.
HERSHEY MYERSTOWN
Tinney F Basehore
Purcell F Shenk
Sponagle C Kaap
Balsbaugh G Shoner
Aungst G Youse
Substitutions: Hummer for Tinney,
Hershey for Purcell , Hicks for Kaap.
Field goals: Purcell , 10; Tinney, 5; Hum-mer;
Sponagle, 2; Aungst, 3; Basehore, 4;
Shenk, 4 ; Kaap; Shoner. Fouls '.Hershey,
6 out of 7; Myerstown, 6 out of 16.
Planin g Mill Defeats
Hershe y Store
On I' nday evening at the I Iershey Men s
Club the Planing Mill took the Store into
camp by the one-sided score of 23 to 8,
The Planing Mill lx>ys got working in the
first half and had little trouble in leading
the Store boys at the end of the half by a
11 to 3 score. The second half was a
repetition of the first , with the Store team
trailing along and giving very little oppo-sition
to the fast going mill team. The
league is going along strong and runnlnc
smoothly with the Wrappin g Room still
clinging on to the lead and the Planing
Mill strong contenders of championship
honors.
STORE PLANI NG MILL
V. Tinney F Gerlach
P. Zentmeyer F Strine
I less C Zimmerman
R. Zentmeyer G Simmons
Hummer G Holstlne
Substitutions: Books for Strlne , Hum-mer
for Hess; Edris for Hummer. Field
goals: Tinney; Hummer; Gerlach , 3;
Boggs; Strlne; Zimmerman. 2; Simmons;
Holstine. Fouls: Store, 4 out of 11;
Planing Mill , 5 out of 12.
Two Shows On .
Saturda y Evening
Beginning Saturday evening, I'ob. 7th ,
two shows will be given nl the Hershey
Centra l Theatre on Saturdays onl y -
the first show stintin g promptly at b.'M)
p. m., and the second snow at 8.30 p. in.
The management urge that nil children
attend th e fu st show. Your co-operation
In this matter will be appreciated .
Ah an added attraction on Saturda y
evening Lorette, the comedy juggler , has
been secured , at a considerable cost.
Lorette plays on the Keith circuit , and he
not only goes big with the older people, but
Isn "scream" with the kiddies,
Don't forget the two shows -first show-in
g at. 6.30. and the second nl 8,30,
There will be no raise In prices.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET
FRIDAY EVENING
The Executive Committee of Sunday
School District No. 5, will meet Friday
evening, Feb. 6th, with the District Presi-dent
, Irvin 11. Slcsser, 36 West Chocolate
Avenue, at 8.00 o'clock, livery District
officer and Sunday School Superintendent
or ¦utatltute. li requetted to be preient.
Mid-Winter Institute
Lar gely Attended
on Sunda y
The Mid-Winter Institute of District
No. 5, of the Dauphin County Sabbath
School Association was held in . the First
United Brethren Church, this place, on
Sunday, Feb. 1st, at 2.30 p. m., with Irvin
H. Slesser, District President, presiding.
There were several hundred delegates in
attendance.
The address, "The Bible in the Sunday
School", by ProL Ralph Schlosser, dean of
Elizabethtown College, was inspirational,
as was the address, "The Aims of Christian
Education", by Rev. Paul M. Kinports,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
of this place.
The choir of the First U. B. Church
rendered several anthems. Praise the
Lord, Ye Heavens" and "Ivory Palaces"
in a most pleasing manner.
No. 5 District is composed of the follow-ing
Sunday Schools: Holy Trinity Luth-eran,
Deny Presbyterian, First United
Brethren and Spring Creek Church of the
Brethren, Hershey; Lutheran and Re-frvmed
and United Brethren, Union
Deposit; Hanoverdale Church of the
Brethren ; Sand Beach Union; East Han-over
Church of the Brethren ; Bachmans-ville
Church of the Brethren ; Stauffer's
Mennonite; Shenk's Union ; Conewago
Church of the Brethren and Fishburn's
United Brethren.
Travelers Nosed Out
by Two Points
On Wednesday evening, Jan. 28th, the
Berks team, of Lebanon, defeated the
Hershey Travelers by the score of 29 to 31,
in the most sensational game played on the
Men's Club floor this season. It was a
nip and tuck affair throughout, first one
and then the other team being in the lead.
At no time during the entire game were
the teams separated by more than four
points. From the first tip off the fans
were on their feet cheering the sensational
shots of both teams, the excitement be-coming
more intense as the game pro-gressed.
With one minute to play the
Lebanonians were leading by one point.
A foul was called on the Travelers which
their opponents converted into a point.
The Travelers then tried long shots but
were unable to come across with the winn-ing
marker.
At half time, Benny Reigle and Sam
Curry indulged in a most interesting
scrap, which was stopped in the second
round, when one of the laces on Curry's
glove cut "Benny " on the bridge of the
nose. Benny was game and continued to
fight in spite of the flow of blood, but ref-eree
Douglass very wisely decided to stop
the bout so that Reigle could receive
medical attention.
HERSHEY LEBANON
Gerloch F Mentzer
Swartz F Shuey
Leib C Deck
Fasnacht G Dissinger
Fouche G Mease
Substitutions: J. Purcell for Swartz,
Kreitz for Shuey, James for Kreitz. Field
goals: Gerlach , 9; Fasnacht, 4; Purcell, 2;
Swartz ; Leib; Dissinger, 9; Deck, 4;
Mentzer, 3. Fouls: Travelers, 3 out of 6;
Berks, 7 out of 16. Referee, Aungst.
Nurse s Report
Miss Elizabeth High, the community
nurse's report , for the month Of January,
is as follows:
No. of nursing visits 32
No. instructive visits 8
No. investigation visits 28
No. social service visits 21
Visits to school ., . . . 10
Total number of visits 99
School Nursing
No. of school rooms visited 49
No. pu pils in classroom inspection.... 683
No. individuals inspected 962
No. pupils defective 716
No. pupils excluded for lice 2
No. pupils excluded with symptoms of
communicable diseases 2
Notes sent to parents 21
Sanitary inspection 6
First aid treatments 18
No. handkerchief drills 5
No. class talks 30
Hot lunches served daily in school.
Clinic
No. Baby Clinic days 4
No. new babies at tending clinic 4
No. of return visits 33
Total number of babies attending clinic 37
We invite all mothers to bring their
babies to the Well Baby Clinic, every
Thursday, from 2 to 4 p. m., in the Red
Cross rooms.
WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH THE
BUSY MEN
In the office of the Hershey Men 's Club
is displayed a large schedule showing the
hours for exercise devoted to the various
classes of the club. It is here noted that
the "Busy Men's Class" meets every
Tuesday and Friday evening from 5.30 to
7.30. So far this year this class has been
conspicuous by its absence. "What 's the
matt er with the Busy Mcii. " In past
years thi s class was the most active of any
in th e Club. Seems as though they need a
leader to get them started and out of the
rut of inactivity. "Let 's get out and get
the ball a rollin g as we did when "Able"
Cowan was with us. "
MIDGET CLASS MAKES RAPID
PROGRESS
The Midget Class at the Men's Club is
still growing but there are still a lot of
youngsters around town that don 't know
what they are missing by not taking ad-vantage
of the opixirlunitics offered at the
Club. The class consists of Ixiys' whose
ages range from H to 12 years. Almost all
of the members of the class are now able to
swim and in addition to this learn to play
various gym games, Includin g basketball,
etc. Parents, if you are lucky enough to
have a Ikiv you should be lnteiestcd . Send
him in to the Club.
BIBLE CLASS TO HOLD OYSTER
SUPPER
The Young Men 's Bible class of the
I Ioly Trinity Lutheran Sunday School, will
hold an oyster supper in the basement of
the church on Friday evening, Feb, 2011).
from 5,30 to8 o'clock. Everybody invited
SHINING LIGHTS CLASS TO MEET
TONIGHT
The Always Shining Bible class of the
First United Brethren Sunday School will
hold their monthly business on Thursday
(tonight), at the homo of their teacher, Is.
R. Mays, on West Chocolate Avenue, All
members are urged to be preterit.
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As this is our maiden appearance in the
capacity of a columnist, we think it best to
introduce ourselves to the readers of the
Hershey Press.
We are'/'The Smoke Stack."
Which one? The smokiest one, of
course. We were pretty cheeky to choose
such an elevated name. The smoke stack
is one of the most elevated subjects of the
town. We shall have to burn, we fear, a
great deal of midnight oil to live up to our
lofty appellation, but we hope that, in one
respect at least , this cloumn will prove to
be a real smoke stack. We hope it will
have HERSHEY written all over it. .
Now if you will imagine someone break-ing
a bottle of Cocoa Milk over "The
Smoke Stack," thereby christening it, we
shall consider it named and ready to take
up its functions (if it has any) in our town.
We will now be favored with a song and
dance by the Neapolitan Quartet entitled,
"I Saw Her First in Hershey."
I saw her first in Hershey Store,
She was a comely lass,
And all the girls I 'd seen before
Weren't even in her class.
She beat them all in ev'ry weigh,
Then, too, her thoughts had weight,
The scales revealed when she weighed in
Two hundred thirty-eight.
She looked at us so sauer kraut,
And tears were in her eyes,
I guess I'll diet me," she quoth,
' And take some exercise.
Alas! alass had made resolve
To diet and get thin,
Divide her waist by three and to
Erase her double chin.
She did her daily doesn't while
She ate her mayonnaise.
She kept the treatment up they say,
For six or seven days.
But she is eating onions now
And other solid food ,
For she declares her sacrifice
Did not a bit of good.
So far this year the girl in the galoshes
has not complained about not getting her
money's worth out of her zippers.
A chicken com soup dinner needs no
orchestra. The diners drinking soup
would drown it out anyway.
Jack Dempsey has been matched with
Estelle Taylor. They say this will be his
first enlistment in the war.
Benney Reigle, take warning! Don't
get matched for more than six rounds, and
let the marriage ring alone.
Mr. Consumer of Electric Light, you
say that your electric bills are running
higher than ever before.
Out in Chicago they assign a reason for
increased electnc bills. They say, blame
the radio and the cross-word puzzle, the
radio because it uses current when it is
recharged, the cross-word puzzle because
everyone goes by himself to work out a
solution and to beat the rest of the family.
This keeps more lights in use. Then too,
with so much entertainment in the home
more and more people are becoming stay-at-
homes and are keeping the home fires ,
and the home lights, burning.
Elmer Hadden, aged eight, of Battle
Creek, Mich., robbed a bank and was
caught by the police in an attempt to set
fire to a theatre.
"Whattle we do", the cops wanted to
know.
"Oh, give me a good talking to and let
me go," said Elmer.
Now, now Elmer, you mustn 't do that.
It 's naughty to rob banks and burn down
theatres unless you have a membership
card in the Burglar's Guild , and belong to
the Arson Trust. Run along home and
help mother.
The other day a drummer entered the
Department Store during the noon rush ,
and, while he was waiting to see his man,
he let fall a bit of talk which it seems bears
repeating.
"Do you know," he said "lots of fellows
are inclined to knock a town like 1 Iershey
and say it is a dead hole. They think
because the pool rooms and the burlesque
shows are not running overtime, and he-cause
the streets arc not full of loafers, that
life in such a place would be unlivable.
But , believe me, brother , this is just the
kind of a town I like. Ever yone here has
a job, there is little discontent and crime,
there is lots of money, and consequently,
from such a community, I am able to send
in big orders to my firm.
"They also serve who only stand and
wait. "
Thus wrote John Milton , the Puritan
poet. But most people, after waiting
about so long for something to turn up,
lose faith in this great truth and start
rustlin g for a job.
Last Friday morning, when the trolleys
were out of the running, the line of workers,
advancing In single file from the passenger
sta tion to the factory, resembled a movie
of the Klondike gold rush.
There are still a few unenlightened
souls, In this otherwise intellectual nation
of ours, who do not even secretly believe
tlmt the Ground I log is always right.
Strickland Glllilan , the humorist pout ,
and lecturer was .scheduled to give a
lecture in a small town.
"Say," he snid, to the master of cere-monies,
as the ceremonies were atx)ut to
beghi , ''will you see that some one puts out
a pitcher of water and a glass for me?"
"Wha chewnnt water for? To think?"
"No,"answered Strlclt , "I'm gonna talcc
n hi gh dive, In the second act."
I-ct's feed the birds and the holxxis.
This is an unusually hard winter for them.
Don't Read Thlsl It 's An Ad.
If I were a fur-clothed Eskimo
And lived in a snow igloo,
I'd wrap me in a bearskin ru g
And let the wind whoo-hoo,
I'd eat the blubber of the whale
And never say, "Ker-Choo. "
If 1 were a south-sea Islander ,
I wouldn 't have much to do,
I'd have mo slaves to wait on me,
I'd have a wife or two.
I'd dine me In the event line
On missionary stew.
If I were a Dauphin Countinn , .
Hud never seen southern sens,
Had never killed n polar l>enr ,
I'd bravo the coldest breeze
Or driving enow, I'd not catch cold ,
I'd wear ray B. V. D's.
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The Smokestack ;
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Mix Shoots Picture in
Badlands Lauded
by Teddy Roosevelt
It was Theodore Roosevelt who first
sang the praises of the beauty of the Bad-lands
of Dakota. In his various books of
his early life the beloved Colonel often
spoke of the Paradise of the West, where
he had trailed bear and bison in their
native haunts.
Tom Mix, who fought with Roosevelt's
troops in the Spanish-American war,
idolized the celebrated leader of the Rough
Riders and in later years was an ardent
reader of the Colonel s books of the West.
When William Fox decided to make a
motion picture from Clarence E. Mulford's
novel, "The Orphan," to be called "The
Deadwood Coach," he immediately noti-fied
Mix. The latter already had read
the story and realized that here was an
opportunity to stage a picture in the actual
locations so highly praised by Colonel
Roosevelt.
In the past all so-called "Western"
screen plays were made in California and
the public now recognizes most of the
"select" locations the moment they are
flashed on the silver sheet. This was
another reason Tom Mix desired to stage
"The Deadwood Coach" in the actual
locations described by the author.
As a result, the entire company, includ-ing
supporting players the director , techni-cal
directors, cameramen and studio
workers traveled to the Bad Lands to make
the exteriors. The result is a triumph of
picturesque photography. Everything
that the beloved T. R. ever said about the
beauty of the Dakota Bad Lands is vis-ualized.
All the action takes place in the midst of
the gorgeous scenery of the Bad Lands and
it is probable that never before has this
country been used as a location for a
motion picture.
Doris May is seen opposite Mix in "The
Deadwood Coach," which was directed by
Lynn Reynolds. " It will be given its
initial local presentation at the Hershey
Central Theatre on Tuesday evening, Feb.
10th, at 7.30 o'clock.
Miss Ruth Esbenshade
Molds Huge Sphinx
Miss Ruth Esbenshade took advantage
of the old-fashioned winter now prevailing,
and with a shovel, skillful hands and with
an inborn knowledge of sculpturing, she
fashioned a huge Sphinx upon the expan-sive
lawn (now piled with snow) in front of
her home on East Granada Avenue.
The Sphinx is not quite as massive as
that of the Egyptian Sphinx at Gizah, but
is of huge dimensions nevertheless, and its
contour and features are true in every
detail.
The reason that Miss Esbenshade choose
a Sphinx to show the mastery of her un-errin
g skill is due to the fact that it is an
emblem of her class at Mt. Holyoke Col-lege.
A Sphinx, in ancientGreek legend, was a
monster, which appeared in Boeotia, and
killed all the inhabitants who could not
solve a riddle which she propounded to
them. The riddle was "What animal is it
that has four feet, and two feet, and three
feet , and only one voice; yet its feet vary,
and when it has most it is weakest?"
Oedipus answered rightly, "Man; for he
crawls on all fours as an infant, and in old
age moves on his feet and a staff." Upon
this the Sphinx slew herself.
The idea of the Sphinx came to Greece,
no doubt, from Egypt. But in Egypt the
Sphinx is represented as a lion without
wings, with a human head; while the
Greek Sphinx is a winged lion with a
woman's head.
Hershe y Beats Annville
on Own Floor
Staging a strong comeback in the second
period , the Hershey High School basket-ball
tossers, showed their bitter rivals ,
Annville High how the game was played on
last Friday evening at Annville , defeating
them decisively by the score of 59 to IK.
The first half ended 14 to 11 favoring
Hershey anil the college town toys had
high hopes of sending the locals back to
llershcy defeated for the fifth consecutive
year, but Hershey boys were not to be
denied victory and after starling off in
whirlwind fashion began piling up points
almost at will. Purcell , who was held to
two field goals in the opening half , got
going and lxx>sted his total to seven. At
no time in the second period was the Her-shey
tea m in danger of being headed .
HERSHEY ANNVILLE
Tinney I'" Arn dt
Purcell F Shiayer
Sponagle C Arndt
Aungst G Fink
Unlsbaugh G Kreider
Substitutions: Hummer for Tinney,
I lower for Arndt , Arnd t for Kreider. Field
goals: Tinney, 2; Hummer , 2; Purcell , 7;
Sponagle, U; Aungst , 2; Shrayer, 3; Arndt ,
'.',; Fink , 1, Fouls: Hershey, G out of 12;
Annville , (i out of 17. Referee , Clarkin.
JUNIOR BASKETBALL GAMES
In the llershcy Men 's Club Juni or
Basketball League the Scouts broke their
losing strea k by defeating the Cedar
Ra pids five in an exciting game by the
score of 1!) to 13, Cedar Rapids led 7 to (i
at half time but the Scouts made a de-termined
showing In the second half ,
finall y nosing out their rivals.
The fast traveling Olivet Junior team
experienced little trouble in defeating the
Jutes in the second game by the score of
22 t o l(i. . The Olivets seem to have the
best all around team , but the y have been
playing together for several years and the
other teams are coming along at such a
cli p that they will have to step some to set
the pace in the league standing.
League Standing
W L Per.
Olivets Juni ors 4 0 1,000
Cedar Rapids 2 2 .MK)
Jutes 1 3 .250
Scouts 1 3 .250
HERSHEY GIRLS LOSE AT
ANNVILLE
The I Iershey girls lost a closely contested
KUinc of basket ball on Friday evening at
Annville after n Imidji ght by the score of
22 to 17. Both teams displayed splendid
form , the work of Miss Buhner, who scored
nil but one ]x>int for Hershey, featured,
Miss Feucll was AihivIIUVh hi gh scorer,
with seven field goals to her credit ,
HERSHEY ANNVILLE
1'nss , V Ketlerinu
Hohner F Fetii'll
I-ei lhlser C L Sliiimni*l
Frehn S.C Brandt
Ceiling G Hoist
Hummer (J, Clin g
Field goals: Bohner, 4; Ketterin g, 1;
Feucll. 7. Foula: Hershey, i) out of 23;
Annville, 6 out of 17.
Boy Scouts Pro pose
Campaign Against
Indecent Magazines
There is nothing prudish about the
proposed Boy Scout campaign against the
mcreasing output of magazines that reek
with indecent stories ana pictures. It is a
common-sense move to stem a corrupting
influence which oozes from many news-stands
and injects its filth largely into the
minds of boys and girls, young men and
women. From cheap, pocket-size publi-cations
which deal openly in dirt and can
be carried in school books, to pretentious
monthlies purveying guise of revealing
"real" life, such literature is flooding
youthful minds, not only with immoral
suggestiveness, but with such putridity as
should make its manufacturers and pur-veyors
easy to convict under existing
federal laws.
Compared to these foul periodicals, the
once-scorned Police Gazette might be
credited to the Purity League. There are
at least thirty of them, according to Frank-lin
K. Matthews, chief librarian of the Boy
Scouts of America, and one vile brood of six
or seven issues from a single source—a
faddist who caters to sex impulses under
pretense of protecting youth from the
pitfalls of life.
Of course, these panderers have been
emboldened to overstep all bounds of
decency by the lascivious trend of more
pretentious literature during the last
decade, and the state of the stage and
movies. But this does not justify the
poisoning of young minds thru mediums
cheap to secure and easy to secrete. Nor
does it lighten the blame on law officers
who wink at their existence. To permit
circulation of such perverted literature as
flows freely thru these channels is so
dangerous that no effort should be spared
to check the flood. The movement started
by the Scouts should be heartily joined by
every father and mother and every person
who appreciates the value of reasonably
clean minds in the youth of the land.
F. B. Snavely Placed
on the Honor Roll
The Hershey Volunteer Fire Company
held its regular monthly meeting on Tues-day
evening, with the following members
present: John C. Hershey, Geo. Schroll,
Joe Brewer, Geo. Feeser, Oliver Keck,
Paul Shoop, Sam'l Johnstin , Paul Seavers,
Herman Seavers, Ira Gibble, A. W. Flow-ers,
Wm. Freymeyer, Jerome Hostetter,
Oliver Hetrick, Dan Mowrer, Roy Stern-berger,
David Rittle, Paul Zentmeyer,
John H. Gordon, Irvin Uhler and Harry
Imboden.
The following new members were
elected: Clyde Ebersole, Calvin Reich,
Chester Swartz, Victor Smith, Chas.
Copenhaver and Berlin Ensweiler.
A communication was read from F. B.
Snavely, one of the organizers of the Fire
Company, to the effect that inasmuch as
he had moved "on the farm" and was quite
some distance from Hershey, altho he
could hear the siren and see the smoke-stacks,
he concluded to hand in his resig-nation,
letting the younger men carry on.
Mr. Snavely's resignation was accepted ,
and his name was placed upon the Honor
Roll.
It was decided that a new house com-mittee
be appointed, and President Paul
Shoop appointed the following members to
act in that capacity : J. R. Kreider, Geo.
Schroll, Samuel Johnstin, Wm. Brinker
and Geo. Feeser.
The amendment to the Constitution and
By-Laws, permitting any man over 18
years to join the organization , was carried.
Hershe yites Interview
Brer Groundho g
Out into the stubble fields, across the
icy wastes, Roy Lloyd , "Pabst " Zent-meyer,
Wm. Gelling and Bill Curtis fared
forth on Groundhog Day'that to obtain
inf ormation from Brer Groundhog himself.
The rain dripped down thru the bare
branches. The ground was soggy, when
it wasn 't mucky with rusty snow. The
rain dri ppeil down the necks of these stal-wart
Hersheyites. But , they won, altho
their quest was much delayed .
Tripping with a certain quaint manner
came a small , dark , furr y form. A
squeaky voice reached the ears of our
ra pt observers, v \
"How much wixjd would a woodchuck
chuck ;
"Oh, how much wixxl would a woodchuck
chuck ;
"Aye, how much wood would— "
"Fe, fi , fo, fum, I smell the blood of a
Dutchman ", said the groundhog, in ter-rupting
himself , "what do you want out
here on Joe Clark's farm , do you want to
scare bis rabbits?"
"Please, sir " - said they, we want to
in terview you tdxmt Groundhog day "
"Grea t squeaking /.alamdodongsl" said
the ground hog, "are you fellows tit it
again. "
'"Ihis Is F ebruary 2 ' , explained Wm.
Curtis, and -
"Yeah , I know Groundhog Day" and a
West Virginian like you out to know belter
than coining 'way out here to pester me
about such st uff. '
"Now look here", continu ed the Ground-hog,
getting all wrought up. "You fellows
have to quit putting me in the class with
goosclxmo weather prophets. I don 't
monkey with the weather , In fact , I
don 't know nitything about the weather.
Get that I
"You humans give me a terrible laugh.
Some of you would believe anything. I'll
bet thousands of folk will figure that
because today is cloudy and I can't see
my 'shadow ', an early spring is on the way.
Just as the y would believe we were in for a
long winter If I had 'come out ' today and
found the sun shillin g.
"I come out when I come out; that 's
when I come out. I just use my noodle.
I come out and get something to eat, And
I go back and take a good snooze, and mind
my own business and keep on I of trouble.
"But look at you hunians, You have
scientist s who can tell when thu moon is
going to be nl n certain place at u certain
time. You hav e automobiles, fast trains,
airplanes, electricity, chocolate and com-forts
and luxuries without number.
"And if the nun had been shining today
n lot of you would be saying, 'Whlrrii ,
whirra ,' or words to that effect , and order-in
g more coal, And you pay men to
fi gure out the weather for you.
"Gwnn buck to your chocolate factory
and continue to make gixxl chocolate and
t ell Ed. Lewis to put in the Hershey Press
that I said 'Wlint fools these, mortals be.'
I' ve been out iiiul I' m going buck, and I' ve
got n lot more sense than you have. It-emise
I know enough to get In out of this
wet ,"
The squeaky lit tie song died away In the
afternoon gloom of the dim , dark forest:
"If a woodchuck could chuck wood!"
Jackie Coogan in
"A Boy of Flanders "
Saturda y Evening
Jackie Coogan as a Iittie Belgian boy
with baggy trousers, funny little cap, great,
clumsy, clattering wooden shoes and
patched jacket with large buttons, of
assorted shapes and sizes—Jackie Coogan
as little NeUo, the immortal hero of Ouioa's
story, will be seen at the Hershey Central
Theatre on Saturday evening, Fee. 7th, at
6.30 o'clock and b.30 o'clock.
Another triumph is scored by this
mysteriously gated child in a story as
duterent Irom "Long Live the King" as
the latter is different irom "Oliver Twist."
Jackie's medium in this, his second
Metro picture, is "A Boy of Flanders,"
adapted Irom Ouida's story, "A Dog of
Flanders," and the adaptation has been
made with the greatest skill. The story is
reproduced on the screen with a fidelity
rarely to be observed and not a single
episode of significance, drama, comeay,
pathos or thrill is missing. While the
cumax, in the snow-storm that sweeps
over Flanders fields and buries the Cathe-dral
steps at Antwerp in a deep cover, is
one of the most poignant and appealing
that has ever been screened.
Never has Jackie appeared more effec-tively,
and it is safe to say that in "A Boy
of Flanders" he touches tragic heights
never before revealed in any JacKie Coogan
picture, while the comedy touches and
numor of which his art is capable, are
abundantly provided throughout the entire
story. His audience is moved through
strata of smiles and tears, laughter and
thrills,, merriment and suspense.
All the implications found in Ouida's too-short
story have been developed into the
flowering of a great drama, and only in an
adjustment of the closing episodes is there
the slightest departure from the original—
and who could bear to see "A Boy of
Flanders" if the hero should die out in the
cold and the snow with his dead compan-ion,
the noble-hearted dog Petrasche as his
only solace? Such an ending would be too
harrowing.
As it is, the hearts of all who see this
picture are sufficiently wrung and there is a
sigh of relief and then the joy of a great
delight when—but you must see "A Boy
of Flanders" for yourself. It is like fine
music—it cannot be described. It is
played with strokes that words cannot
define nor explain. It is Jackie at his best,
and it will add even to the fame that is
already his.
Victor Schertzinger's direction of the
picture brings out the genius of the gifted
boy while the supervision of details as
cared for by Jackie Coogan, Sr., discloses
him as one of the most effective producers
in the motion picture industry.
Free Toxin-Antit oxin
Treatments at Hershey
Not so many years ago diphtheria was
the black enemy of childhood. All over
the world it claimed a frightful toil. And
the tragedy was that three-quarters of its
victims were little tots under six—hardly
more than babies. Swiftly it struck with
a deadly result—without warning, and
there was no sure way to combat it.
Then came antitoxin. Children who
received this treatment at once enjoyed a
better chance in their struggle for life, and
as a result the diphtheria death rate was
lowered.
Antitoxin is effective only after diph-theria
develops. It checks the progress of
the disease, but it does not give lasting
protection.
Now comes a great triumph of medical
science—the prevention of diphtherial
Today, eminent specialists state posi-tively
and definitely that through modern
preventive treatment diphtheria can be
stamped out! Some children are able to
resist the germs of diphtheria. Others
are not.
This treatment consists of three in-jections
of toxin-antitoxin, one injection
each week for a period of three weeks.
Authorities agree that the toxin-anti-toxin
treatment makes the child immune.
Experience shows tha t the test and the
treatments are painless and harmless.
If you love your children, and you do, of
course—make them safe. Protect them
from this deadly scourge by means of the
toxin-antitoxin treatment.
Paren ts are urged to take advantage of
the free treatment given at the Red Cross
rooms. Parents must obtain slips from
Miss Elizabeth High, the community
nurse, for the free treatments will be given
only to those children whose parents have
given their written consent. I'ree treat-ment
will be given only to children from 6
months up to and including 6 years.
Children 7 years and over will be charged
30 cents for the three treatments.
Diphtheria is especially prevalent at this
time of Hie year. Don't neglect this
important matter, now is the time to see
Miss High.
Diphtheria is caused by a germ that
lodges in the throat, and later forma a
membrane. It is extremely contageous.
Thirty years ago, 115 out of every 100.-
000 persons died of diphtheria each year.
In recent years, the number has been
reduced to If) out of every 100,000 deaths.
But even at this low figure there are more
than 15,(M X) deaths from diphtheria an-nuall
y in the United States.
In Novemlxir , 1923, the first treatments
were given nl the Hershey Red Cross
rooms, at which time more than 100 child-ren
were immunized, and this number has
greatly increased since that time.
All parents Interested In these Innova-tions
should secure and sign slips indicating
their willingness to have their children so
tr eated on or before Monday , Feb. 16th.
The Innoculalions will Ixs administered
at the Red Cross Uixims.
RED CROSS SEWS FOR BLIND
On Monday uftcrmxiiis.ffrom 2 to 4, the
Hershey Chapter of the Red Cross hold
th eir weekly carjx;t-riig party in the Red
Cross nxims. '1 jiis sewing Is being done
for the benefit of the blind , who weave
them Into rugs.
This Is a worthy cause and it Is hoped
that a large number of ladies will be there
on Monday afternoons, with their needles
and thread. It Is only necessary to bring
your needle and thread , there la plenty o(
rags to keep all quite busy.
WEDDED AT PALM YRA
On Saturday forenoon at the home of
Mrs. Joh n Templin , Palmyra , a beautiful'
home wedding was solemnized. The
contractin g parties wore Mr. Howard II.
Hoerner, of Hummelstown, and Miss
Esther May Shertzer, of Palmyra. The
nuptial knot was tied by Rev. O. G.
Romlg, of this place, In the presence of a
few relatives. The ring ceremony was
used. The young couple have the belt
wishes of their many friends. The groom
Is 'iui employee of the Hershey ChocoJi^^M
Company, and the bride was em^BJ^^^H the Lunula Slioe factory,gLB^^^^^^^H