The Hershey Press 1915-08-26

              There Are Improvements You Can
Start and There Are Things That
You Can Name For Correc-tion.
Your Help is Very
Cordially Invited
Hershey is the effort to make the
model town—to do things better.
You have an idea for improvement—
or it may be you have seen something-that
needs correction. Send in your
idea. Send in your' suggestion.
You will find the Suggestion Form
on page 2 of today's Hershey Press.
It is the copy of the Suggestion
Blanks with which all Hershey de-partments
have been supplied. You
can get copies of these blanks at any
time or you may use the form in this
issue of the Press. Jot down what
you think, or -what you have to sug-gest
and send it in. You may send
it to The Press if you want to, and
The Press will give it to the Hershey
Bureau. Your suggestion will be con-fidential
and not for publication under
any circumstances, unless you ex-pressly
say so. It. is to help Mr. M.
S. Hershey and his organizations in
improving and developing the town,
the factory, .the store and all the ac-tivities
into larger usefulness—into
larger service—to make them better.
Suggestions are invited from pa-trons
as well as employes and es-pecially
from the general public; If
there is anything wrong here Hershey
wants to know about it. If there is a
practical improvement explain what
it is. A town is made by the interest
and cooperation of its people and by
the intelligent criticism of its visitors.
You can help by usmg the Suggest
cion Blank.
Special boxes for inese suggestions
are placed in the Chocolate Factory
rest rooms, in the Hershey Store and
in the Hershey Bureau in the old
school building. But your suggestion
may be sent by mail if you so desire.
Any way will suit ' just so you take
the interest to write it out and send it
in.
Send In Your Suggestion Now
Give Your Ideas of Hershe y
Rev. Dr. Fry In Hershey
Will- Preach in Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church Sunday Morning
On Sunday morning, August 29th ,
at 10.30 a. m, the Rev. Dr. Charles
L. Fry of Philadelphia will preach in
the Holy Trinity Evangelical Luther-an
Church. Dr. and Mrs. Fry are
visiting Mr.' and Mrs. John E. Snyder.
Dr. Fry is the General Superintendent
of the Church Extension Society of
th e Lutheran Chu rch, including both
the United States and Canada, hav-ing
been called to that work in 1913.
Dr. Fry was pastor of "Old Trinity,"
Lancaster, from 1881-1901 ; St. Luke's
Philadelphia from 1901-1908. Then
he entered the churen extension field
as Eastern representative 1908 to
1913 and served as pastor of Trinity
Chur ch Cat asauqua in conjun ction
with this office. In 1913 he became
general superintendent of that work.
• There are mission churches in many
towns, holdin g loans with out interest
from the extension fund for periods
from three to five years. These towns
are sprinkled over the entire map
from coast to coast. Among them
are : Atlantic City ; Aurura, Austin ,
111.; Berlin; Canada; Boston; Brook-lyn;
the Dalles , Oregon; Detroit;
Duluth , Elmira ; Fargo ; Gait and
Guelph and Hamilton in Canada;
Harrisbur g; Hartf ord, Conn ; Her-shey,
Pa; Janosville and Kenosha and
La Crosse, Wis; Lafayette, In d ; Liv-ingston
, Mont; Milwaukee; Minn o-appolis;
Montreal ; Oshk osh ; Ottawa ;
Pacifi c Seminary; Palmerton; Port-land
, Ore; Seattle; Tucomn; Van-couv
er and Victoria , British Colum-bia
; Washington , D. C; Waterloo,
Canada; Winnipeg.
John E. Snyder and John Irwin
Meek wore former members of Dr.
Fry's parinhem and the relationship
wan ver y intimate.
Mr s. Fry is the Editor of the Luth-eran
Mission Work er, th e official Or-gan
of the Women 's Mi ssionary So-ciety
of the Lutheran Gononil Coun-cil,
She will hnvo charge of tho Con-vention
of Missionary Women to be
hold in conn ecti on with th o meetin g
of the General Council at Hock Is-land
, Ills,
Dr. Fry Is n preacher of groat forco
and eloquence and Ic Is expected that
a very largo congregation will greet
him in I'loi'Hhoy.
A Party For Mr. Espenshade
A number of friends of Hosh Eh-ponshado
gave him n parly last; Fri-day
evening in honor of liis birthday
anniversary , Tho party was held at
Gmntyillo where a chicken and waffle
sup per was served.
Weather Foim-NHt, For.tho Weolt Be-ginnin
g Today
(¦(morally fair weather will prevail
throu ghout, tho week, it, will bo cool-er
today, unri moderate temperatures
will provnll th ereafter.
Five Years Ago Hershey Store Began With 8 Employes
This Week 164 Attended Dinner Given By Its Founder
PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EMPLOYES OF THE HERSHEY STORE AND ITS ALLIED INTERESTS ON OCCASION OF
THE DINNER TENDERED BY M. S. HERSHEY, AUGUST 23,. 1915 .
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ONE OF THE HAPPIEST OCCASIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN WAS THE GET TOGETHER BANQUET
TENDERED TO THE EMPLOYES' OF THE STORE AND ITS ALLIED INTERESTS BY M. S. HERSHEY
STRAIGHT TALK FROM MR. HERSHEY. THE NEED AND THE VALUE OF COOPERA-TION.
SPEECHES WERE MADE BY A NUMBER OF THE EMPLOYES
• An impressive proof of the growth
of the Hershey Store was furnished
Monday evening when Mr. M. S. Her-shey
gave a dinner xo the employes.
It was a delightful occasion full of
enjoyment, but its purpose was deeply
serious.
Previous "td"1910 the. stores in Her-shey
had been nondescript and wholly
unsatisfactory. Mr. Hershey thought
he could build a proposition on lines
that would bring city facilities and
city supplies to a small town. It
was progressive merchandizing
through consolidation and coopera-1
tion. Everybody predicted failure.
One of the leading merchants of
Lebanon Valley said , "If you canj
make a thing like that pay you can
do anything1—but it is impossible."
No one believed it could be done. But
Mr. Hershey said he would try.
Just about five years ago—in Sep-tember,
1910 the first half of the
present store was opened. It had 8
employes. Monday night the em-ployes
assembled to attend Mr. Her-shey's
dinner numbered 164 and there
were a few who could not be present.
In the five years the main store has
been doubled , a score of other build-ings
have been added; there are now
32 departments furnishing "everything
from the cradle to the grave," as Mr.
Snyder expressed it, "everything," he
added , "except an undertaking depart-ment
which is not much needed in
Hershey."
And the impossible Has happened—
the store is profitable , Mr. Hershey's
dream hsis become a fact.
But the point has been reached—
the success has come so swiftly—that
Mr. Hershey felt the need of a closer
spirit among tho employes, The com-pletion
of the handsome new windows
and tho reaching of tho fifth anniver-sary
made the date most appropriate
and so there was keen interest in the
proceedings.
At (i.30 the guests assembled in
front of tho store for the photograph
which is reproduced on this page of
th e PresR. Then under the escort of
Mana ger S. D. ClaiTt they proceeded
to tho Hershey Cafe , wh ore each one
was greeted with a hearty handshake
by Mr, Il crshoy, Receiving with 111 in
was Gen oral Manager James B, Lclth-inor.
Th o regular dining room of the
enf o wan attractively decorated and
there wore many electrical lights
graceful ly arranged. Tho whole thing
sh owed tho artistic touch of Mr.
KraiiHO. And th e luonu matched the
embellishments. It began with a
tr opical uppot.i/.or of mingled fruits ;
th en soup, chi cken , many vegetables,
salad , watermelon , coffee and cigars,
It waH i* warm evening and Mr, Hor-shoy
rose and said as It was a family
gathering and comfort; was first con-sid
eration he snw no reason why the
men should not remove their coats and
make IImuiihoIvos at homo. There was
groat applause and the coats were
removed, Durin g Ilia dinner Victor
Gin grich won nppluuso by handling
Ja panese lanterns that: caught lire,
Mr, l loi'Hhoy presided and his pleas-ant
manner robbed tho program of all
conventionality and stillness, Ho ex-plained
at the start that It was a Kot-together
affair. The Htoro hud grown
so big in Hiich a short a time it was
doslrabWi that the employes should
know ononnolher better and gut more
of th« spirit of the enterprise.
J ust what this spir it was Mr, Hor-shoy
Htutod from the flrst and repeat-edly
emphasized. It, was that in a
cooperative undertaking if any em-ployees
did not believe in giving their
personal cooperation they did not be-long
and it would be better for them
not to be there. They owed that
much not only to themselves but to
their associates. What he desired was
to have all working together for the
good of all and for the service of the
public. It was true the store showed
a profit, but that profit was returned
to the community and from his per-sonal
standpoint he did not give his
time and attention to the store to
make money out , of It. His idea was
far beyond that. He had faith in a
consolidated and cooperated .store and
he had built it up with the hope that
it could he handed over to the' people
and they would run it and gain all
its advantages. .
But the store had now reached a
point when the idea must be proved
in the faith and actions of those who
conduct it. Therefore, he wanted to
know if anything was wrong and why.
He had been candid with the employes
and he asked them to give him their
confidence. It was necessary for the
success of , the idea. Personally it
would add to his comfort to retire
from all connection with it, but that
he did not want to do; he wanted to
have his ideas tested by further ex-perience
, but he must have the co-operation
of everybody or the full
success could not be won.
Msinager Clark's Address
Mr. Hershey called for speeches and
th e first was Mr. S, D. Clark , who has
been manager of tho store' since it oc-cupied
its present building. Mr. Her-shey
gave Mr. Clark a complimentary
introduction , and for a half hour Mr,
Clark told of th o store, its growth and
its policy. It was like a family talk
with th e people und er him and it was
a very complete presentation of tho
un derlying elements of the . store's
success. Ho echoed Mr, Hershey 's
sentiments of tho value of a get-to-gether
spirit that would animate and
stimulate tho whole organization,
"Wo must not bo units but a close
union of units" ho «tnld, Mr. Her-shey
's instructions to him wore to
carry th e best goods, to got a legiti-mate
profit and only a legitimate pro-fit,
The store was founded on princi-ples
of the fair , tho squar e and th o
ri ght. Me warnofl all against the
"bar gains " and f ake schemes of cer-tain
kinds of present-day merchandiz-in
g. If anybody hoIIh below cost
someone else must pay tho bills.
Th ere is only one way to do business
and that Is' to do it honestly. From
this th ere had never noon any devia-ti
on in th o Hershey Stor e, Tho Htoro
had proven that It is tibia to carry It-self
, but far more can bo done If tho
employes and tho departments will
stand cl oser together and work for
th e mutual good. Cooperation was
the bl|r thing—cooperation among do-purtmonlH
, cooperation among em-ployes,
cooperation In spirit and in
fact. One should hel p tho other. It
was a groat big family that should
work together and deal together.
Mu ch Intel been done, but tho f u t u r es
promised far greater things and ho
called on everyone t,o do his share to
measures up to the muKiiillccnt oppor-tunities
to make the Horsh oy Store
th e llnoHt success or Its kind In the
world, Mr; Clark was applauded.
HwkIh of Departments
Mr, Morshoy then called upon the
bonds of the departments, prefacing
each Introduction with complimentary
personal allusions. He presented Dr.
Edwards, of the Drug Department,
as one whom he had found diligent
and faithful. Dr.- Edwards approved
all Mr. Clark had said. He believed
all were devoted to the leadership and
ideals of Mr. Hershey. He said the
employes should pull together. If
they do that the success will be
wonderfully increased. People came
into the store from all parts of the
country. They admired what was be-ing
done here. That should be an in-centive
to better work. He promised
the hearty cooperation of his depart-ment.
Dr. Edwards was applauded.
Mr. Zimmerman, of the Lumber De-partment,
said he had many visitors
who praised Hershey and exclaimed
what a beautifu l place it was. All of
the men of his department felt proud
of their town and cooperation. It was
no place for the knocker. Give the
steadfastness in everyone in the or-ganization.
"
One of the best speeches of the eve-ning
. was made by Mr. H. '"H." Hoffer,
head of the milling department. He
was frequently applauded and he paid
several tributes to Mr. Hershey. He
spoke strongly for cooperation.
The concluding speech was made by
John E. Snyder, Esq. It was an able
review, with a very strong appeal for
loyalty. This •¦ was the test of the
whole matter of cooperation. Mr.
Snyder's address abounded in happy
reminiscence and humor and it-was
listened to with profound attention.
The . dinner was ended with a happy
message from Mr. Hershey who wish-ed
everybody health and happiness.
town and the store and the men a
boost, All deserved it and every-thing
would be better if all made it
their rule. He pledged his depart-ment
to do its' share. Mr. Zimmer-man
sat down amid applause.
Mr, Smith, head of the clothing and
shoe department, was applauded. He
made a special plea for the larger
popularity of his own department and
said many things about the quality
of his goods. There was no need to
go away from Hershey to buy what
he had to sell. He thought the suc-cess
of the store was aided when every
department had faith in its own
superiority and he mentioned all of
his staff by name and said they would
be glad to welcome everybody pres-ent
any time, Tho success of the
Hershey Store was great and it would
be made greater by the fidelity and
enthusiasm of its workers.
Cooperation In the Working
Mr, Hershey then told the employes
that his idea was to develop this
store int o n su ccess and th en to hand
it over to tho people as n cooperative
concern to bo run for tho benefi t of
tho people, He had never dealt in
gold bricks and ho wanted to present
a proposition that was alive and pro-fit
able. Ho had built up tho store to
its pr esent position, If ho had done
all that in fiv e years what could they
not do working together in real co-operation
? This Is more than a store.
It is an idon—a dream If you chose to
call it that. But it has come true.
It Ih her o. It is a wonderful oppor-tunity.
What are you going to do
with it? Do you boliovo in It '? If
th ere in anything weak or wrong1 say
so. Write it down and drop In tho
suggestion hox. The time has come
f or closer union , for nottor work , for
more cooperation, Are you willing?
Think what it moans, Tho" rich can
go and buy whore thoy chose, Tho
lar gest value of a store like this Ih to
th e poor man, It gives him quality
at the lowest price. It is his ' prot ec-tion
, To a community It means value,
Instea d of a lot of llttlo Htoros with
inf erior supplies lioro is a city propo-siti
on with everything a community
needs ns good as you can find In the
city, He asked those prurient to sou
th e scope of the plan and to work to-wards
a lar ger realization of Its pos-sibiliti
es.
Ho intr oduced L, R, Mooklns who
spoke on cooporalloii , umphasixlng tho
point that , the Herslioy Store Ih the
most remarkable instance of lln kind
In th o world and that tho strength of
cooperation Is always its woaikost
link , thus showin g the necessity of
Rev. Dr. James B. Ely and His Assist-ants
Greatly Pleased With Their
Visit to Hershey. All the •
Surrounding Towns Well ¦•
. Represented Here
More than; a thousand persons from
Hershey, Hummelstown, Palmyra,
Campbelltown, Union Deposit, and
surrounding towns assembled in the
Hershey Park Theater Sunday night
to hear Rev. Dr. James B. Ely and the
song festival. The storm of the night
before had cut off travel from many
points and the clouds of the day had
kept many at home, if the weather
had been fair the attendance would
have gone beyond , expectations and
would have exceeded 5,000. As it was
the crowd was a splendid proof of the
interest in the union movement and a
great gratification to all who were
managing it.
Rev. N. L. Linebaugh, pastor of the
First United Brethren Church, was in
charge of the meeting and with him
were the other local clergymen, active
in making the union services a suc-cess,
Rev. George Snavely Rentz, pas-tor
of the Derry Presbyterian. Church,
and John Irwin Meek, pastor in charge
of the Church of the Holy Trinity of
Hershey. Mr. Linebaugh by his
short, snappy, inspiring introductions
gave a fine swing to the program.. It
began with a music festival led by J.
Lincoln Hall and assisted by F. Nevin
Wiest, a cornet soloist of fine ability.
Mr. Hall had not only an unusual ten-or
voice but a compelling way of mak-ing
others sing and his influence was
magnetic. Such choruses he got and
such enthusiasm he awakened that the
whole audience was soon joining with
him and the effect was splendid, No
better leader has ever been seen in
Hershey.
Mr. Linebaugh called on the neigh-boring
towns for short addresses, and
in three minute rapid-fire talks Pal-myra,
Campbelltown and Hummels-town
were very ably represented. G.
H. Mover,.:Esq., . of Palmyra, warmly
commended the union idea and prais-ed
the facilities and broad policies of
Hershey. Mr. Wolf ersbergef , of
Campbelltown, gave a capital little
address, emphasizing the individual
note. Mr. Earnest, of Hummelstown,
put in few words an unusually force-ful
plea for the cultivation of the so-cial
spirit and paid a tribute to Her-shey.
Dr. Ely's Sermon
Rev. Dr. Ely's sermon was on "Oth-ers."
It was more a talk than a dis-course.
One by one the different de-nominations
were asked to show their
hands in the congregation and it de-veloped
that more than a dozen- de-nominations
were represented. "That's
splendid—perfectly splendid ," said
Dr. Ely and then he drove home the
point of union in the worship of God.
He told them they were all after the
same end , all going the same path, all
pursuing the same salvation—then
why not come together and be strong
in faith and purpose T Lebanon Val-ley
ought to have a great Bible Con-ference
and Hershey should be its
meeting place. He road the scripture
lesson an d th en had the congregation
sing, "Nearer My God To Theo,"
which ended in silent prayer during;
whi ch Mr. Wiest played the hymn
very softl y on the cornet.
Dr, Ely's sermon was a powerful
presentation of the need of help. He
preached the religion of brotherhood.
If a man did not warn to make a fol-low
man better ho was not a Chris-ti
an. The very essence of Chris-tianity
was in helping, in speaking to
th e other follow , in extending the
hand. If people would only believe
and have faith there would bo no trou-ble.
Ho landed from India—whore he
was a missionary—with only five dol-lars
l oft. Ho had faith in the inter-denominational
evangelistic move-ment
and for years it has spread until
it roaches thousands ovory day. In
Now York tho movement seemed on
the verge of failure. Tho treasury
was empty. | Ho had two hundred dol-lars
in bank. Ho said to a minister
who had i\ rich wife that if ho would
contribute two hundred dollars they
would bir o Carnoglo Hall , whoso
rental wns .$400, li was (lone; tho
story of the movement was told and
th e collection was $4000, Faith and
work an d helpful interest producotl
th eir miracl es. Ho drove homo tho
value of tho union Idea and deeply
im pressed tho con gregati on which
li stened intently to every word of his
address,
Before tho hoi'vIcbh closed Dr. El .v
and tho other s had to hurry away to
catch the train for Philadelphia , Thoy
wore taken to Ilnrrmburg by Mr, M.
S, Ifei'shoy, Mr. John 10, Snyder unci
Hov. N, L, Llnobnugh, Thoy were de-li
ghted with their visit to Horshoy
and th oy have promised to come
again.
The Song Festival
Th e conclusion of the service con-sisted
of n chorus by tho combined
choirs under Mr. Wmnyor, This was
very bountifully rendered, Rev. Mr,
Rent/, conducted thu closing sorvloos,
Over a Thousand Attended
Union Services On Sunday
With Muddy Water All Around it
There is no Halt to its' Good Work
and No Cessation in the Flow
of Clear Mountain Water
Saturday's Flood
Last Saturday furnished the su-preme
test for the filtration plant
through which flows the water supply
of Hershey. .
This plant is located in a little val-ley
beyond Sand Beach. . The water
comes from the mountains down
Manada Creek and is impounded by a
dam several hundred yards above the
filtration plant, into which it flows by
gravity. Heretofore there has been
no hitch in the arrangement
But on Saturday all previous con-ditions
and standards were smashed.
The water came down from the moun-tains
in torrents ' and Manada Creek
was a raging river. The dam. was
lost in the flood. All around the fil-tration
plant was yellow water.
And yet the plant kept on its good
work as though nothing had happen-ed.
The filtration beds worked to
perfection. The water filtered
through the deep sand beds came out
as pure as crystal and was pumped
to' the reservoirs on the summit of
Highland Park, from which it flowed
to Hershey. The perfect working of
the plant under such flood conditions
was a great satisfaction. The plant
cost $100,000.
The Hershe y Filtration Plant
Passes the Severest Test
In the bill at the Hershey Park
Theater this week there are several
excellent numbers, Leon Sprague
and Nellie McNeece give a most un-usual
roller skating act. Norton and
Ayres have " class in their comedy.
Luciana Lucca is a wonder with two
distinct voices and he won a half doz-en
encores. William Raymore and
Company have a good playlet and
Dave and Leona Steiniger sing and
dance. In addition are moving pic-tur
es. The same bill ¦ will be given
the rest of the week. It is a good
summer show and worth seeing.
Fine Vaudeville Next Week
Next week's bill will open with
George Martin who comes here direct
from Woodside Park, Philadelphia.
He is billed as the Commander-in-chief
of the Nut Army and will spring
some surprises, Lexey & O'Connor,
th e Fashion Plates of Vaudeville,
will intro duce songs and dances. Mr.
& Mrs. Edwin Felix will do a comedy
skit introducing bits of ruralism , this
is an interesting bit of acting and is
written by Junie McCrce, the well-kn
own New York playwright. Car-son
& Willard , German comedians,
come here direct from tho Keith for-ces
with a comedy act entitled
"Around tho Bulletin Boards," Now-port
& Stirk will positively appear.
Thoy wore to appear hero lust week
but through u misunderstanding their
booking route was changed. Thoy
present a comedy novelty acrobatic
act entitled , "Fun in a Barber Shop."
A Thief Driven From Town
A young man living at tho Men 's
Club was robbed of ipiJH.50 in cash and
a ch eck. Ralph Flore took up tho
case. Ho found that tho man 's room-mate
was spending more money than
h o wan earning and tho further ho in-v
oHtijrntod the worse were tho disclos-ures.
Finally Hie thief was cornered.
On pressure he confessed. Ho paid
back the $2!},fit) und was then given
th o option of leaving Horshoy never
to return or of going to jail. Ho loft
at onc e, Tho reason ho was not sent
to Jail was because ho was In frail
h ealth y and Im prisonment would prob-ably
have kill ed him,
The Kinder garte n
Th e Horshoy Kindergarten , will
open for the season on Tuesday morn-ing
September 7, In th o Kindergarten
Room of the Public School Building.
It Is ho ped tho mothers will note this
date, and that th e kindergarten may
have a largo attendance. MIhh Lang-worthy,
who so capably conducted the
school last year will again bo in
charge, '
Vaudeville at the Park