Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-07-14

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PICNIC TODAY
D. P. & S. and Bowman's En-
ployes Have Great Frolics
on DAY Off,
Two fine invitations
Came along my way
To attend two picnics
On the self same day
Couldn't turn down either,
Therefore, nothing loath&
Being fond of picnics-
I accepted both.
Planned at noon to motor
Out to Good Hope Mill
And at Bowman's picnic
My wee stomach fill.
Then in a few hours
Down to Hershey so,
And at Pomeroy's picnic
Get more grub, you know.
Had my plans all doped out
For two days or more
But they've all been busted
And I'm mighty sore.
Acute indigestion
Hit me hard last night
Doc said ''go to picnics
But don't eat bite"
BY Wing Dinger
Employees of two of the big down
town department stores held their an
| oil rNfa
neying to Good Hope Mill, the other
by special train to Hershey Park.
l. More than 1000 people, including
the hundreds of employees with their
families and friends went on the out
tngs which are features of the sum-
mer season.
The employees were the guests of
Bowman and Company and Dives,
Pomeroy & Stewart; the former going
to Good Hope Mill, the latter to
Hershey. To add to the crowds, the
| employees of the Imperial Department
crowd, and the employees from the
Reading store of Dives. Pomeroy &
Stewart came to Hershey.
Good things to eat, and plenty of
fun are the best words to describe just
what happened. It would take a few
Volumes to say It all and you couldn't
! begin to understand 1t then-unless
you were one of the tired and happy
bunch that laid aside the cares and
worries for the big frolic.
Um! Ha! Eats!
Motor trucks conveyed the Bowman
party to their picnic grounds early in
the morning Games, contests and
dancing were the big features, but
most important of all was that fam
lily dinner at noon. And the way
! those folks piled into things would
have made conlmissary men sick,
hadn't they looked for just such ap-
petites.
Although the skies were hazy, cool
breezes helped things along and the
picnickers could not complain about
! the weather. All day yesterday the
employees and decorators arranged for
the big event and erected rustic
bridges and steps. and built a tobog-
gan for the bathers.
In the afternoon the cake Judging
contest was the center of attraction
and the cakes were brought before
the judges one by one. According to
the judges, they all deserved prizes,
and last years contest wasn't in It
with the one of to-day.
Music was furnished by the Loys-
Vile Orphans Home Band, and the
young musicians were kept busy all
day long. This evening the big trucks
Will bring back the picnickers from
the day of merrymaking.
| Dives, Pomeroy & Stewart parade in
the city shortly after noon when the
| store closed and the hundreds of en- 4
ployes poured out and formed for the
/ march over the downtown streets. The
! band members were gaily attired in
| new uniforms and were followed by a
! battalion of employees carrying new
| silk American flags. 1t was the same
battalion which paraded in the fare
| Well march when the city guardsmen
left for Mt. Gretna.
Following these were the "suffra-
gists." The line of march was ar
ranged so that the big crowd could
serenade all of the city newspapers,
and 1t was some serenade-it made
| the folks who stayed at home Just a
! little lonesome as they saw the hun
dreds preparing to leave for hours
of fun.
More than 1900 left on special
trains at the Reading stations here
and at Reading.
Games contests, aquatic sports and
three band concerts, by the Hershey
Band, the Periwinkle Band and the
Ringgold Band of Reading, kept the
folks more than amused during the
afternoon and early evening. At
o'clock supper for the picnickers
awaited them in the Hershey Cafe,
after they had completed an inspec-
ton tour of the Hershey chocolate
factory.
Pretty Girls to Cheer-Whoopee!
John Bushey, of this city, captained
the Harrisburg nine, and William
! Brown, of Pretzeltown, the Reading
team, in baseball game in the after
noon, which was a battle for honors
between the two cities Fast PLAYS
and clean sport with hundreds of
pretty girls cheering them on made
things interesting at the baseball dia-
mond for more than an hour.
Tonight there will be fireworks and
| other amusements and at 10 o'clock
the special train will pull out of the
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