The Hershey Press 1925-01-01

              Record Prosperity In
1925 Is Seen By
Business Leaders
High hopes for ; 1925, in some cases
mounting to conviction that it may prove
thegreatest year in the history of American
business, are held by leaders in basic
industrial and financial activities here.
- Forecasts for the new year by these
executives agree upon the seeming certain-ty
cjf a substantial prosperity. They
appear further to agree for the" most part
that the outcome of the last Presidential
election and the favorable working out of
the Dawes Plan should prove major
contributing factors. They also bank
heavily upon the fortunate coincidence of
great purchasing and great producing
power at home and upon the promise of a
wholesale recovery and expansion in
markets overseas.
" Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the board
of directors of the United States Steel
Corporation, expresses as follows his con-fidence
in the coming twelve months:
"If the policies of the present adminis-tration
shall continue in force and practice,
and the American Congress is reasonably
disposed to co-operate with,the President,
and the business interests of this country
will likewise be disposed to support the
administration in its efforts to assist the
business of the country, the year 1925
should show the highest and most satis-factory
prosperity in the whole history of
the United States.
"The New Year probably will commence
with all of the manufacturing plants
operating at full capacity; also selling
prices have advanced to a considerable
extent, and should afford reasonable
profits sufficient to continue the wage
rates at the present standard. These
were not reduced during the depression,
notwithstanding Jthey were not justified by
the results of business."
Railroad* Optimistic
American railroads enter upon the new
year with a hope that the Transportation
Act will be so administered as to ac-complish
what it was designed to do, i. e.,
by efficient management already attained
to earn the statutory income, which has
never yet been done.
"We are nearer the high road of return-ing
prosperity,"1 said Walter C. Teagle,
president of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, "if we frankly admit that
most of our troubles are of our own making;
that we are all in varying degree respons-ible,,
the larger companies, including the
one I represent, perhaps in greater pro-portionate
degree—that none of us is able
to say, 'I told you so,' and that of us all the
producer of crude is perhaps the least to
blame."
He expressed solicitude in the light of
1924 experience in what he said was a
distinct overproduction in the oil industry.
He called the disposition of 530,000,000
barrels of crude oil and its products now
in storage in the United States a -pressing
problem.
"The people of the United States have
seldom if ever been presented with a
greater promise of prosperity than today
if many of the current business analyses
and forecasts are to be taken seriously,"
said William E. Knox, president of the
American Bankers' Association.
"There are several main factors," Mr.
Knox pursued, "to which this favorable
outlook is attributed. One is the fact that
we have won political peace, with an ad-ministration
that guarantees economic
sanity so far as the national government
is concerned. Another is that our banking
and monetary situation was never in a
better position to serve expanding busi-ness.
Buying Power Large
"Industrially also the country has
ample plant capacity equipped with
modern and efficient machinery. Con-ditions
in employment and wages are such
as to insure large buying power from the
general public. In agriculture the posi-tion
of the farmer has been improved by
splendid crops and good prices. Financial
conditions in foreign countries, whose
purchases are required to take up the slack
of surplus production of this country,
promise better foreign markets.
"Granting that this optimism is based
soundly it may be pointed out that there
is one other factor as important as any of
the foregoing if we are to have an era of
prosperity that will continue for any
length of time. This factor is the mental
attitude of our people and the consequent
use they make of the opportunity of
prosperity that is presented.
"In the present situation, the more
cautious fear there is danger of an era of
inflation developing with business activity
because of our great supply of gold. But
the mere fact that the means arc at hand
does not necessarily imply that our busi-ness
men are going to rush headlong intc
an era of over-trading and our bankers
into a period of undue credit expansion.
If business men and bankers continue to
use good judgment, expanding their
operations only aa the demand of the
public calls for expansion, thus main-taining
equilibrium between production
and consumption, we need have no fear of
an era of inflation. The longer this atti-tude
is maintained, the longer should the
period of prosperity continue."
Copper Outlook "Encouraging"
The outlook for the copper Industry was
deemed "most encouraging" by It. L.
Agassiz, president of both the Calumet
and Hecla Consolidated Copper Company
and of the Copper and Brass Research
Association.
"The domestic consumption in 1923,"
Mr. Agassis said, "was the largest In the
history of the industry—nearly one and
one-half billion pounds. This year's con-sumption
has been going at even a higher
rate. Despite the fact that production
has Increased very materially, the total
stock of available copper has increased
considerably since January 1 last , owing
to the large refinery deliveries."
Public utilities, according (o Henry L.
Dohcrty, banker, share in a general busi-ness
outlook for 1925 the country over
which he regards as the most promising he
has seen In twenty years. The public
service industry, in his opinion faces the
new year with such advantages as the
development of group in preference to local
ownership; the improved calibre and per-sonnel
of regulatory commissions; and the
steady advance In nearly all brunches of
public utility practice.
• The automotive industry "should enter
1925 with the greatest confidence, " in the
belief of Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.. president of
the General Motors Corporation,
"Prosperity of the former and the wage
earner," he said, "add greatly to the
prosperity of the industry.
"Aa Is generally known, 192,'! wn« the
largest year in our history. This year
¦ales to consumers have l>ecn slightly less
than last year. 1 see no reason why 1925,
using the same measure should not lie
equal to 1923."
The silk Industry, according to I. R,
Mnllinson, president of H, R. Mnlllnson &
Co., Inc., ends 1924 with mills running nt
capacity and , In some instances, in day and
night shifts. The business accordingly Is
getting off , to a flying start for 1925, ¦v the with possibilities for profitable progress In
WLU\* year ahead as grtftt »» Its history has ^¦ytr worded.
T¦ wo Big Hen . :¦'
, Give Heiisfcey
The Once Over
Two well-known satellites in the amuse-ment
world were visitors in Hershey over
the week-end, stopping here enroute to
New York City.
One of these was Billy Vernon Erhardt,
the , celebrated producer of revues, with
studios in Youngstown, Pittsburgh and
New York City and who,- several years
ago, with his sister, Ruth Vernon Erhardt,
was one of the big headliners on the Keith
circuit.
The other was Clarence "Sandy" Seifert,
of Pittsburgh, who is the light-heavy-weight
pugilistic champion of Amert Sand
who in the eight bouts that he has had,
has by the knockout route, won eight
victories.
"Sandy" in action is a veritable human
cyclone, and Dempsey is the only fighter
who approaches him in sustained fury and
relentless attack. With all his battling in
the ring "Sandy" does not have a mark a
tin ear or a busted beak.
The robes of purple now worn with
impressive majesty by Dempsey and
Gibbons may yet be handed down to
"Sandy", who would wear it well, standing
as he does 6 feet 2 inches, and weighing
195 pounds ready for action.
Off stage, "Sandy" belies his pugilistic
proclivities, and might, especially when
carrying his cane, pass for a Valentino—
but ready for action, oh boy, he is a Mars!
One thing that impresses one about
"Sandy " is his lack of tooting his own
horn, but when he does speak he says it
like one that is Manor-born.
"Sandy" has an important conference
with his manager in New York City, with
the obj ect in view of signing a contract to
meet Gibbons in the near future.
As to Billy Vernon Erhardt his very
actions plainly prove that he gets a "kick"
out of life. His talk is as musical as a
rippling brook, and his feet, they seem to
be the last word in terpsichorean education.
As a producer of revues Mr. Erhardt
stands in the Middle West on a par with
Zeigfield. Altho he has not placed any-thing
on the stage so pretentious as the
"Follies" yet he hopes that Fortune might
yet smile on him enabling him to do so—
for he is ambitious and ever ready to hitch
his career to a star.
To give one an idea how persons look at
things from a different viewpoint, we
would cite the impressions made upon
these two men when the saw the Hershey
Convention Hall. "Sandy" looked upon
it as just the place in which to stage boxing
bouts, and said nothing would please him
better than to be one of the principals if
this ever came about. As to Mr. Erhardt,
he waxed most eloquent upon its many
advantages as a place wherein to stage
revues—what a gorgeous production he
could evolve if he only had the oppor-tunity!
There was one point, however, wherein
both agreed upon—and that was, that
Hershey's chocolate was the best in the
world. "Sandy" says he eats great quan-tities
of it, ^nding that it keeps him in
perfect condition and full of "let me up and
at him" spirit. Mr. Erhardt stated that
several years ago, when the endurance
dancing contests were the vogue, one of his
pupils outdistanced all contestants, eating
nothing but Hershey's chocolate while thus
engaged. Personally, Hershey's chocolate
keeps him on edge all the time, sweet of
disposition and with an endeavor to excell
in his profession.
Miss Ethlyn Storey, a niece of Mrs. F. W.
Pugh, and who teaches a large number of
young girls the art of dancing, is a graduate
of Mr. Erhardt's Youngstown Studio.
While in Hershey Mr. Erhardt and Mr.
Seifert were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. F.
W. Pugh.
Congress Ends
Holiday Recess
The Christmas week recess at an end ,
Congress went back to the grind on Mon-day
with House and Senate facing legis-lative
tasks that are expected to keep them
working at top speed until the close of
the present session, March 4.
The Muscle Shoals problem, vexing as
ever, still has right of way in the Senate,
which also faces a showdown early next
week on the question of sustaining the
presidential veto of the postal salaries bill
and is pledged before the windup of the
session to take action on the Isle of Pines
treaty.
On the House side, appropriation hills
will continue to have priority, with leaders
C
laiming also to dispose of the McFadden
ank bill and perhaps the rivers and har-bor
authorization measure during January.
The House already has sent three of the
dozen annua l supply bills to the Senate.
A fourth—the Treasury-Post Oflice carry-ing
more than $750,000,000 and incidental-ly
the largest peace time appropriation
bill in congressional history—will be dis-posed
of this week, clearing the way for the
Army supply bill which next will have
right of way.
Thus far , the Senate has failed to take
up any of the appropriation bills, although
their consideration in committee lias
begun. With less than ten weeks remain-ing
before Congress must adjourn sine die,
leaders recognize the necessity of speeding
action on these proixisnls and it is expected
that the next few weeks will see several of
them on their way to the President.
With the Senate scheduled to vote
Tuesday, Jan. fi, on the postal salaries
bill veto, the joint committee hearings on
the rate increases proposed by the Post
Office Department will continue this week,
while in the House the Shipping Hoard
will continue the aircra ft investigation .
When the clock refuses to tick and the
watch lays down on the job, take them to
Harvey 9. Llnewcavcr, at Campbclltown,
who will soon have them better than ever,
All work Is guaranteed. Harvey la a pa»t
master in his work, When in need of a
Good Watchmaker or Clock Repairer,
give him a trial ,
HE WILL MAKE IT TICK OR TOCK
BETTER THAN EVER
HOLY TRINITY LUTHERAN
SUNDAY SCHOOL ELECT OFFICERS
An election of officers of the Holy Trinity
Lutheran Sunday School was held on Sun-day,
which resulted us follows: Superin-tendent
, Prof. A, M. Hinkel ; assistant
superintendent , Dr. II. G. Mumma;
treasurer, D, S, GracfT ; recording secretary,
Win. Bclser ; nssistunt recording secretary,
Miss Goldle Hubnkcr; statistical secretary,
Norman Z. Stable; librarian , Ross Runkle;
assistant librarian , l'mil Hummer; pianist ,
Earle Stable; assistant pianist , Louise
Shay; superintendent beginners depart-ment
, Miss Kntherine Leltj iiHcr ; assistant ,
superintendent beginners department ,
Miss Minnie Whittle; sii|)crinteiidciit
cradle roll, Miss Edna Deckert; superin-tendent
of homo detriment , Mrs. Wilson
RhoadoH.
Dauphin County
Farmers to
Meet Thursda y
Farmers from all sections of Dauphin
County will gather in Harrisburg on
Thursday, Jan. 8, for the annual meeting
of the Dauphin County Agricultural Ex-tension
Association to be held in the court-house
and the Penn-Harris Hotel.
The meeting this year will be different
than those held previously in that the
sections will be devoted'Iargely to planning
work for next year. State College special-ists
will address the farmers on subjects in
which unusual interest has been Shown
and County Agent R. R. Burtner will
speak on the outlook for 1925. Installa-tion
and operation of septic tanks and
beautifteation of farm homes, together
with an address by Marshall H. Dean,
president of the Harrisburg Chamber of
Commerce, on the suppression of fake
stock schemes, will feature the afternoon
session. In the morning the address of
President A. B. Shenk, reports of other
officers , a business session and election of
officers will be held. At noon those at-tending
the meetings will lunch with mem-bers
of the Harrisburg Chamber of Com-merce,
at the Penn-Harris Hotel, when
Merle Thorpe, editor of "The Nation's
Business," will be the speaker.
The following men in southern Dauphin
County are selling tickets for the luncheon
and are boosting the annual meeting:
Hershey Community: A. B. Shenk, F.
B. Snavely, S. T. Witmer, C. E. Cassel,
Edward Swope, Christ Balsbaugh, N. J.
Basehore, J. K. Curry, John Stoudt,
Clayton Gingrich, R. J. Walton, A. H.
Eby, John K. Zoll, George Koppenhafer,
Samuel Moyer, C. G. Sauney, John Moyer,
Jr., Roy Shenk, Ira Shenk, Irvin Keller,
Christ Yerger, Herman Grubb, Harvey
Hershey, Harry Imboden, Andrew Henry,
Adam Shope and D. M. Roush.
Hanovers Community: Earl Look, John
Shenk, S. S. Wagner, Milton Gingrich,
William Lenker, Adam Hetrick, Simon
Bfinser, Herman Cassel, John I. Lingle,
Mark H. Hetrick, Wm. Snavely and E. C.
Heatwole.
Conewago Community: Aaron Coble,
Joe Aldinger, M. S. Brandt, John S. Baker,
Era Coble, William Eagle, Joe Brandt,
Ezra Foultz, A. H. Nissley, D. W. Gates,
John B. Aldinger, Cleveland Gantz, Harry
E. Aldinger, Harry Martin, Jacob L.
Landis, E. C. Whisler, R. S. Heisey and
NoahGipple.
Middletown Community: Harvey Wolf,
Isaac Coble, Abe Kaylor, Jr., S. R. Geyer,
Charles Stoops, Jacob Geyer, Max Lauffer ,
T. S. Manning, J. A. Good, Isaac Deimler,
Max Selcher, Ira D. Alleman, L. B. Harp,
er, Christ Erb, C. E. Brinzer and A. M.
Brinzer.
In the ten communities in which the
major part of the association's work was
conducted this year, 120 farmers were
responsible for completing the programs of
work outlined in the various parts of the
county, according to the annual report of
County Agent Burtner. Work on soil
improvement included introduction of
lime in various sections, testing of soils,
advise on fertilizers and demonstration
meetings. Corn standardization and se-lection,
as well as fertilization 'tests, formed
an important part of the "work with farm
crops. Wheat variety and fertilization
tests.the production of good seed oats, and
a large amount of work on potato improve-ment
projects, were another part of the
farm crops work, and campaigns were
conducted on soy beans and alfalfa.
Orchard management projects, pruning
demonstrations and insect and disease
control projects formed the major activi-ties
of horticultural work. The continued
operation of a swine breeding association
and a pig club and the introduction of
pure-bred stock into the county were
among the outstanding activities in the
interest of livestock, while tuberculin
testing of cattle was another important
project in this department. A poultry
demonstration farm, culling and caponiz-ing
demonstrations, housing and feeding
meetings and hatching and rearing demon-strations
comprised the work in poultry
during the year.
Grading of farm products, installation
of farm account books and assistance in
securing farm loans formed a part on the
work in rural economics. Installation of
septic tanks and improvement of water
supplies were two projects in rural engi-neering.
Among the general activities of
the association were the establishment of
an apiary demonstration farm, a swine
tour , a judging team, local fairs and farm
Croducts shows and assistance in settling
ankruptcy claims.
The engagement of Miss Mary L. Light,
daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George W,
Light , of Hummelstown, and Roy B.
Urightbill , son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Urightbill , also of Hummelstown, was
announced at a card party and luncheon
given Tuesday evening by her sisters at
their home.
Miss Light is a graduate of the Hum-melstown
High School, class of 1918, and
is employed in the accounting department
of the Bell Telephone Company, of Harris-burg.
Mr. Urightbill is a graduate of
Mercersberg Academy and the University
of Pennsylvania and is engaged in the
lumber business with his father.
No date has becn«ct for the wedding.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT OF MISS
MARY L. LIGHT
Jackie Coogan as
the Prince in
"Long Live The King"
HThe long heralded Metro production,
"Long Live the King," starring ' Jackie
Coogan, will come to the Hershey Central
Theatre on Saturday evening, Jan. 3d, at
7.45 o'clock. Particular interest is at-tached
to this latest film of the young star
as it is his first production under the $1,-
000,000 contract which was given him
recently in addition to a half million dollar
bonus by Metro Pictures Corporation.
"Long Live the King" was only recently
completed at Hollywood and its engage-ment
at the Hershey Central Theatre is
among the early dates allotted to a few
houses throughout the country. From
various sources the inf ormation was cur-rent
that a huge sum of money was being
spent in the making of this film and recent
reports definitely fix the sum as $600,000.
Of this huge amount nearly two-thirds was
spent on the construction of the atmos-phere
of "Long Live the King" and which
surround Jackie with regal splendor.
As is known to millions of readers, "Long
Live the King" was adapted for Jackie
from Mary Roberts Rinehart's novel of
the same name. The plot is set in the
mythical Balkan kingdom of Lavonia and
hinges around the escapades of the little
Crown Prince (played by Jackie), who is
beset by a band of terrorists who threaten
to seize the government. The book is
fascinatingly told, filled with romance and
excitement a-plenty. The producers of
the film version of "Long Live the King"
have retained these essential of a good
romance and Jackie is said to have the
greatest role of his career as the adventur-ous
Prince Otto.
"Long Live the King" was directed by
Victor Schertzinger from the adaptation
by C. Gardner Sullivan and Eve Unsell.
It was photographed by Frank Good and
Robert Martin, with art direction in
charge of J. J. Hughes and research in
charge of WiUian Van Bricken. It was
produced for Metro under the personal
supervision of Jack Coogan, Sr.
"Gerald Cranston s
Lady" is Stron g Drama
"Gerald Cranston s Lady," is the in-triguing
title of the William Fox production
which will be shown at the Hershey Cen-tral
Theatre on Thursday evening, New
Year's (tonight), at 7.30 o'clock. Even
more intriguing than the title perhaps is the
cast which shows two such distinguished
names as Alma Rubens and James Kirk-wood
at the top.
The picture is a society drama, based on
the novel from the pen of Gilbert Frankau,
and is directed by Emmett Flynn.
If is the kind of film in which Alma
Rubens is certain to wear the beautiful
clothes for which she is well known, and
the kind of role in which she may be aloof
and mysterious and beautiful. James
Kirkwood also is particularly well cast as
the self-made millionaire who believes that
position might be purchased and that love
was a "game for fools."
Around these two principal characters
revolves a coast of unusual merit including
Walter McGrail, Lucien Littlefield , Spot-tiswood
Aitken, Templar Saxe, Mar-guerite
De La Motte, Eric Mayne, Lydia
Knott and Richard Headrick.
The scenes are laid in England and Paris
with a few stray shots showing life in
Nigeria with its attendant thrills. There
is also a scene inside a big passenger air-plane
crossing the English Channel in a
terrific storm which is very well done.
Red Cross Needs
Workers To Sew Rags
The Hershey Red Cross again issues a
call for additional workers to sew carpet
rags for the blind of Dauphin County, in
order that these poor unfortunates may
have a sufficient supply to enable them to
weave rugs.
There is a large quantity of rags on hand ,
but not enough workers. All that is
necessary for the ladies to bring is scissors,
thimbles and needles.
The Red Cross will gather for this pur-pose
on Monday nfternoon.Jan. 5th, from
2 to 4 o'clock, in the Red Cross rooms, in
the Hershey Central Theatre, second floor.
Make a point to be present and give the
Red Cross the benefit of your help and
assistance.
The ladies of Hershey are urged to turn
out in greater numbers than heretof ore , as
there is much work to do.
FREAK, WEATHER LIKELY FOR
BALANCE OF WINTER
Weather experts who have predicted
unusual conditions this Winter due to
disturbed conditions of the earth from
fluctuations in the sun 's radiation see in the
recent cold wave which swept down over
the East, verification of their forecasts,
Expert weather students based their
belief that the country is in for unruly con-ditions
this Winter on the general freak
nature of the weather for the last year ro so.
County Objects To
Helping Pay
For New Bridge
Dauphm County will object to paying
any part of the cost of improving the
bridge over the Reading Company tracks
at the main entrance to Hershey Park, the
county commissioners stated last week
when notice was served on them that the
county had been named in a complaint
against the bridge filed with the Public
Service Commission.
County Solicitor Earnest was instructed
by the -commissioners to file a formal
answer to the complaint .disclaiming
responsibility for the bridge. It is con-tended
by the commissioners that the
county is responsible for only county
bridges and that the Hershey structure is a
township bridge.
The Public Service Commission com-plaint
was filed by John H. Moyer against
Dauphin County, the State Highway
Department, the Hershey Transit Com-pany,
the Reading Company and Derry
Township.
It has been proposed to widen and
lengthen the bridge to facilitate general
traffic and to widen the right-of-way of the
Reading Company under the bridge.
Hershe y High School
Teams Defeat Veterans
The Hershey High School varsity
basketball teams defeated the alumni and
alumnae teams on Monday evening, the
boys winning by the score of 23 to 16 and
the girls by a score of 16 to 8.
Purcell was the outstanding star of the
boys' game with a total of 19 points to his
credit, fourteen of, which were made by field
goals.
Friday evening, Jan. 2, the Hershey
High School teams will play the Camp
Hill School boys' and girls' teams at Camp
Hill. The lineup of the alumni game was:
Alumni Hershe y
Dissinger F Purcell
Leithiser F Tinney
Ferrucci C . Sponagle
Dowhower G (Capt.) Aungst
Balsbaugh G Warner
Field goals—Purcell, 7; Dissinger, 2;
Leithiser, 4. Fouls—Alumni, 4; Hershey
High School, 9. Feferee—Fasnacht, Yale.
In the girls game, the close guarding of
Hummer and Geiling was the outstanding
feature which also was responsible for the
low score
H. H. S. Girla Alumni Girl.
Bonner F Zimmerman
Pass F Drescher
Leithiser C Reese
Purcell S. C Hanshue
Hummer G Stover
Geiling G Yerger
Substitutions—Smith for Pass; Frehn
for Purcell. Field goals—Bonner, 2;
Pass, 1; Zimmerman, 2; Drescher, 2. Foul
goals—High School, 7; Alumni, 1. Referee,
Gerlach.
500" Card Part y
Januar y 12th
A 500 card party will be given on
Monday evening, January 12th, in the Old
Store building by the Ladies' Auxiliary
Unit, No. 386, of Hershey. The party
given by the Ladies' Auxiliary last month
proved to be a very sociable affair and a
success in every way. A long list of fine
prizes has been secured and it is hoped that
the card players of Hershey and vicinity
will turn out in goodly numbers. Should
the public show by their presence that
they are in favor of holding these parties, it
is planned to hold a card party every
month. Play will begin at 8 o'clock.
Admission 50 cents.
Theresa Thief In Town
A thief endeavored to pry his way into
several homes on Caracas Avenue on
Saturday evening. He was frightened
away in three instances. We would urge
that all householders keep a sharp lookout,
and bear in mind that Officer Lafferty 's
phone number is 40-M. George sleeps
with one eye open and his ears are attuned
to the jingle of the phone, and with his
Star in close proximity, will soon be on the
scene of the law-breakers activities. Don't
do any haphazard shooting upon hearing
unfamiliar sounds, you arc liable to shoot a
prowling cat. Let George do itl
A German agricultural paper gives
prominence to the following announce-ment
of a noval experiment:
"In Silesia the first trial has been made
at milking cows by electricity. A suction
apparatus is used. It is applied to the
cow's teats, and the milk is drawn out by
electric power. The milking takes less
time tlian by hand and is cleanlier. The
cows submit to the operation quietly and
without indications of pain. "
EUROPE JUST GETTING ROUND TO
MILKING BY ELECTRICITY
Church Choirs Sing
Carols on
Christmas Eve
The choirs of the Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church and the First United Brethren
Church showed the Yuletide spirit by
singing carols throughout the town on
Christmas Eve: The unpropitious weather
did not dampen the ardor of the singers,
and it was indeed most uplifting and in-spiring
to all those who had the pleasure of
hearing the old-time carols and hymns.
With each recurrence of this delightful
custom of carol singing becomes more
significant,'reminding us of the message of
the angels that "came upon the midnight
clear" above the stable in Bethlehem. The
story of the Nativity is itself immortal, and
the music in which it has been enshrined
confirms its hold on public favor as the old
songs are heard.
The most ancient carols we possess date
from the Middle Ages. Most of them
orriginated in Germany and the other
countries of Middle Europe, and then
spread to England where they received an
impulse from English folklore and balladry.
Books of carols were cried about the .streets
of Pansas early as the Thirteenth Century,
and were published by the first printers
who ever published any books.
In the time of Henry VII and down to
the early years of the reign of Charles I,
carols were general at the festive season,
but when the Puritans came into power,
an act of parliament was passed, "That
no observation shall be had of the 25th of
December, commonly called Christmas
Day" and carols fell into disuse. At the
Restoration they one more came into
public favor, but , owing to the fondness of
Charles II for worldly enjoyment, carols
that were composed and sung at this
period were more frequently the subject of
noisy mirth and festivity than religion.
"From that date to the present time,"
says a writer of about twenty years ago,
"the popularity of these joyous songs has
been on the wane. Fashions have changed
and tastes have altered; and in this age of
giddy excitement people appear to prefer
novelty and flippant amusement to the
innocent and delightful pastime of their
ancient fathers."
Old Dobbin's Tail
[We have the pleasure of publishing a
humorous poem by Dorman J. Grace, who
is employed in the offices at the Hershey
Department Store, which we consider
unusually clever, and we hope to again
have the pleasure of receiving additional
poems from Mr. Grace sometime in the
near future.]
Old Dobbin's tail was very long.
Oh much too long to quote.
He'd swing it high above his ears
And wind it round his throat.
This merry game he would enjoy
Through all the summer days,
The mules would laugh in mulish glee
And loud would bray his praise.
And when the summer time had passed,
And when had come the fall,
Old Dobbin by his handsome tail
Was tied fast in his stall.
He hated much this tying up
Of that which was his pride;
For he could not display his art,
However much he tried.
In Spring when he was left to graze
Deep in the pasture's shade,
It well was worth one's precious time
To see the sport he made.
The longer that old Dobbin lived,
The longer grew his tail.
Till even he admitted it
Had grown to be a whale.
They set him free one early spring,
The last he was to see;
He frolicked o'er the tender grass
With quite his usual glee.
He wrapped his tail around his neck,
Till it shut oil his breath ,—
Alas! he could not loosen it,
And he was choked to death.
—Dorman J. Grace
Swatara Keeps Fire
Company Busy
The Hershey Volunteer Fire Company
responded to another fire alarm in Swatara
on Monday noon. A shanty at the quar-ries
was ablaze when our worthy fire-fighters
arrived on the scene, and in a
jiffy 1200 feet of hose was laid , and the
shanty was deluged. Bet ween the f ire and
the water there wasn't much left of the
shanty, however, the adjoining shanty was
saved, and the quarries are still there.
THRILLING BASKETBALL GAMES
PROMISED FRIDAY NIGHT
On Friday night the Hershey Store will
play the construction gang, and the wrapp-ing
departmen t will pla y the State Police,
on the Hershey Men's Club floor. These
games will lie thrillers and a large crowd is
expected . There is no admission charged
to these games, only a hat is (Kissed, the
proceeds going to the League Fund for
equipment.
Indu strial League
w L Ave.
Wrapping Dept 1 0 1,000
Store 0 1 000
Men'sClub 0 0 000
Reese 0 0 000
State Police 0 0 000
Construction 0 0 000
HERSHEY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
BO YS GOING STRONG
On Friday night after the regular calisU
lenic drill and gym games, the first teams
will play. Scrap Iron Vs. Princeton; Wild
Cats vs. Tartars,
The league and gym work has stimu-lated
a lot of interest among the boys.
The Varsity Is playing very good ball
and so far has a record of 5 victories to
only one defea t, and this is partly to bo
credited to the strong traveling second
team w/io gives the Varsity one hot game
after another.
Standing of the Industrial School
league, (4 sides, each side 3 teams,)
Points
Scrap Irons 28 ,
Princeton 17
Tartars 13
Wild cats 12
On Tuesday night the Scrap Iron 3rd
team defeated the Wild Cats by the score
of 6-5. The Princeton 3rd defeated the
Tartars 8-3.
SHINING LIGHTS TO GLOW ON
MONDAY EVENING
The Always Shining Bible Class will
hold their monthly business meeting on
Monday evening, Dec. 5th, at the homo of
Miss Bessie Moyer,
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Business Leaders
Are Servants
Of the Public
Eleven of the twelve Americans who
have given away the largest amounts of
money have been business men, says
Forbes Magazine. The exception was
John W. Sterling, the lawyer. The colos-sal
gifts of John D. Rockefeller, Andrew
Carnegie, H. C. Frick, Milton S. Hershey.
George Eastman, James B. Duke, Russell
Sage Foundation, Henry Phipps, Benjamin
Altaian and John Stewart Kennedy, all
have come from business. Is it not be-coming
increasingly clear that these men,
through all their years of planning and
sweating and achievement, have been
acting as servants of the public? Their
expenditures on themselves have been
more modest than the expenditures of
many men of much more moderate wealth.
As a matter of fact, all practised the most
rigid frugality throughout the first half of
their lives, denying themselves, when
young men, most of the luxuries and
pleasures indulged in by the average
young man. It may be that not one of
these men had any idea that his efforts
were being exercised for the benefit of the
public. In all probability their dominat-ing
motive was the same as the motive of
most of the rest of us, namely, self-ag-grandizement.
But that they were acting
as servants of the public is now plain to
them and to us, for have not their fortunes
been dedicated to the service of the people?
Charles M. Schwab once told me that he
sometimes questioned whether he had been
wise in striving to seek and discharge so
many heavy responsibilities. He won-dered
whether he might not have got more
out of life had he lived less strenuously.
My reply was that it all depended on how
he handled his responsibilities and now he
utilized the financial fruits of his Labors.
The man who toils inordinately, sacrificing
a reasonable measure of social and domestic
pleasures and, as often happens, health
itself, for the sole purpose of swelling an
already swollen bank account, is not an
admirable character. Too many, perhaps
most, of our financial, industrial and busi-ness
leaders, find that one responsibility
leads to another, and they become con-vinced
that they owe it to their stock-holders
and bondholders and co-workers to
continue actively in harness. John Hertz,
creator of the-huge Yellow Taxi business,
quite recently remarked to me that, if he
consulted only his own comfort, he would
resign completely from his business activi-ties,
since he had no need to earn more
money for his own use, but that he felt a
heavy sense of responsibility to others and
did not feel that it would be right for him
to withdraw.
Are not large fortunes becoming less
dangerous, and are not more and more of
them being dedicated to the benefit of the
public? Rockefeller millions certainly are
being distributed with surpassing wisdom.
Carnegie's millions proved no menace to
society but a blessing to many. Henry
Ford, unlike Rockefeller and Carnegie,
does not believe in giving away millions,
but the use he is making of his money is
winning the plaudits of the multitude.
Ford unquestionably is the most popular
multi-millionaire of to-day.
Nothing would be more certain to wreck
the prosperity of the American people than
legislation designed to redistribute wealth,
as advocated by some of our more radical
shortsighted agitators and politicians.
Multi-millionaires cannot eat gold or
clothe themselves with gold or live in
golden mansions or ride m golden auto-mobiles.
More and more of them are
turning back their millions for the direct
benefit of their fellowmen. And, as
already noted, business men head and
almost monopolize the nation's list of con-spicuous
givers.
Hummelstown Will
Hold Mummer 's Parade
Preparations for the Mummers' parade,
to be held in Hummelstown on Thursday,
Jan. 1st (today), at 2.30 o'clock, are about
completed. The parade will start from
Main and Water streets and move over the
following route:
Main street to Walnut street, to High
street, to Main street; countermarch to
Railroad street, to High street, to Quarry
Road, to Main street, and then on Main
street to the Square, where the judge s will
review the parade.
Nearly $200 in cash and a large number
of articles will be awarded as prizes. A
proclamation has been issued by David C.
Burns, chief burgess, closing Main street to
vehicular traffic between the hours of 1
and 7 o'clock and prohibiting the parking
of automobiles and other vehicles on Main
street during these hours. Traffic officers
will be stationed at Duke street and Quarry
Road and a detour established on 2nd at.
Paradise Lost
Hershey High School's fast travelling
quintet had little difficulty In subduing
the Paradise High School basketball team
on the Men's Club floor on Saturday after-noon
by the score of 67 to 17. The game
was a very one-sided affair with the Choco-late
town boys scoring at will. The var-sity
team was used only in the first half of
the game and scored 57 points during that
time. In the second half the scrubs were
sent in and showed up well scoring 10
|K)lnta.
The second game of the afternoon was
played between the Hershey girls and the
Paradise girls. The Paradise girls proved
to he a real strong team but the local girls,
who have been showing some real basket-toll
so far this season, came out on the long
end of a 21 to 18 score. The fast work of
the Hershey forwards, Bohner and Pass,
was the outstanding feature of the game,
while the close guarding game played by
leithiser, Hummer and Gelling was. of
high calibre.
The lineup, boys:
Harahay Paradlaa
Holstein F Glrvin
Strlne ;. . . F Walsh
McKlnne C Denlinger
Balsbaugh G Hutchinson
V. Tinney G Grofl
Substitutions—R. Tinney for Holstein;
Purcell for Strinc; Sponagle for McKinne;
Aungst for Balsbaugh; Warner for V.
Tinney; Hummer for R. Tinney; Simmons
for Warner. Field goals—Holstein, 2;
Hummer, 1; R, Tinney, 2: Purcell, 12;
Sppnagle, 2; Aungst, 9; StrUie, 2; Walsh,
3; Glrvin, 2. Fouls—Hershey, 6; Paradise
7. Referee—Dissinger. Timekeeper, W.
Gerlach. Scorer. Fasnacht.
The lineup, girls
Harahay ParftduM
Bohner F DippeMr
Pass F Hers hey
Leithiser C .Glounec
Frehn S.C .Wengcr
Gelling G Good
Hummer G Miller
Field goals—Bohner. 4; Past, 8; Dib*
pener, 6; Weaver, 1. Fcaus—Hers hey3, ;
Paradise, 4. SubsUtutlons—Wetver for
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