Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-31
ID. P. & s. EMPLOYEES
NURSE ACHING LIMBS
Ussd Muscles They Never Knew
They Had at Big Depart
ment Store Outing
GOBS AND CoBS OF FUN
Some Band, Some Eats. Some
Games, and O, Yes, SOME
Girls

Bringing back with them sundry
aches and pains as the result of over
exercising muscles long dormant, be-
tween four an five hundred employees
of Dives. Pomeroy s. Stewart depart
ment store went to work this morning
with the satisfaction of knowing that
they staged one of the most successful
picnics and outings held at Hershey
Park in long time Hundreds of
guests accompanied the picnickers.
Wholly oblivious to the hot sun and
warm air. sedate buyers. department
managers and old members of the firm
frolicked with the cashboys and sales
girls in a successful effort to keep
things moving. Everyone agreed after
ward that things did hum.
The start was made from this city
at Ito o'clock yesterday afternoon on
board a special train. The return trip
was made on the same special. so that
It can truthfully be said that there
was something doing every minute
from the time they left the store and
returned to their homes late last night.
Some Band, That
The Periwinkle band, grotesquely
attired-for hot weather-was easily
the feature of the occasion. With per-
spiration streaming from under their
wigs and false faces the musicians
produced classical and ragtime music
that could be distinguished from
boiler factory noise without a whole
lot of trouble. Last evening it played
a concert at s o'clock. This was the
program
Gosh; march of the Periwinkles," Gu
Lawasaw; Fudge in A Major" Huf-
perdinck; duet, "A Midwinter Night
mare" Pechnelkebluchen, double-bar-
relied hornpipe and four-cylinder bas-
soon; descriptive fantasia, Trials and
~
sis: The scene opens on cold sum-
mer might (No one knew it was
open.) The golden sun has sunk into
the sink Leroy, the Hero, has just
retired, when out from the dark d
voice is heard, exclaiming in accents
loud and dreary, "Oui Oui! Someone
has turned off the gas" The Owl and
Wunkus are heard in the distance.
Morning breaks, the little Gilly-lou
Birds are heard at their breakfast, the
hen chirps as she lays her cackle-
berry, the cows tune up their horns
and play cheerful ditty as they wend
their way over the distant hills, But
alas! somebody cut the grass and the
poor A. w. has nothing to do but
crawl home); grand finale, The
Crowding of the Jitney," by Ford.
Costumes, wigs and instruments not
made in Germany.
Boys Clean Up Their Elders
AS soon as the special pulled into
Hershey the cashboys and buyers piled
off, hurriedly crawled into baseball
and bathing suits and went after each
other in an exciting game of baseball.
The boys put it over their elders by
the score of s to 6 in a five-inning
game and were given watermelons as
prizes. For his speed in disposing of
his Earl Shambaugh won dozen
handkerchiefs. He was not timed, but
dislntereSted observers say he smashed
all past records and established one
that will stand for all time. Midget"
Eby and Joe Fean starred for the
boys William Bennethum was the
mainstay of the buyers team and
nearly played himself out covering up
the errors of Zugg Spangler and Mil
Ter. The cashboys' lineup included
such stars as Eby, Fean, Moser, Sham
baugh, Blosser. Charles, Rodgers,
Fornwald and Bird. The buyers were
English, Spangler. Bickel, Bennethum,
Harvey, Zugg, Cochran, Miller and
Bushey.
Prize Winners
Immediately after the game the
various sport events We're started.
Winners and prizes follow: 100-yard
dash for men, R. S. Michael, fountain
pen; George Blosser, pocketbook; run
ming hop, step and jump, John Kip
horn, umbrella; Grover Green, tie pin;
high jump for men, P. w. Gerdes,
Iedluer Dlll DOOR, y. hlpcOrn, neck tlei
wheelharrow race for women. Miss
Mary Skunk, umbrella; Miss Ruth
Bentz, pair silk hose; egg and spoon
race for women, Mrs. J. S. Baum, mesh
bag; Miss Helen Koons, jitney coin
purses throwing baseball for women,
Miss Minnie Meyer. box Hershey
chocolates; Miss Minnie Hoffman, box
writing paper; sack race for boys un-
der Is, Hershey Eby, bathing suit:
Elmer Fox. baseball glove; shoe race
for boys under IS, Hershey Eby,
watch; Joseph Fean, pocket knife;
throwing baseball for girls under Is,
Miss Kathryn Bird, jitney coin purse:
Miss Helen Kehr. box chocolates.
Hah! Eats!
Then after the various contestants
noundered and splashed around in the
big swimming pool supper was served
by the Hershey Park management.
The biggest eater, according to the
programA was given prize Of a great
headache. After Chester r. Kirk had
uvened things UP with some clever i'm
presentations g. huge tug-of-war was
started. Twenty men lined up on each
side and after digging up the earth
and starting the perspiration rolling
again the side under Oscar Bickel was
given a box of cigars. John Bushey's
side was defeated.
The first prize of a two-pound box
of chocolates in the 15-minute dancing
contest was won by Zuella Reed and
Earl Feindt; second, one pound of
chocolates. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Jones.
Players in the far-from-fame Peri