$225 A DAY | Period piece about Milton Hershey needs extras (2025)

High Point, the beautiful 22 room mansion shared by Milton and Kitty Hershey for seven years. They decorated it with furniture and paintings gathered from their travels around the world. Besides being the perfect helpmate, Mrs. Hershey designed the beautiful gardens surrounding the mansion and was also known as *** very gracious hostess. During the warm weather months, the Hershey's entertain guests here in the summer dining room. Despite chronic asthma, *** defective heart, and periodic fainting spells, Kitty Hershey loved the long vacation she and her husband spent in various parts of the world. It was his way of making up for not taking his young wife on *** formal honeymoon. At the time of their marriage in 1898, the caramel king of Lancaster was busy making his first million before selling and moving to Hershey. They were in Egypt. At least 3 or 4 times. France, uh, *** dozen times, Germany, *** half dozen, uh, all over Europe. Despite trips to the best medical men of the day, Milton Hershey could find no cure for his wife's recurring asthmatic and heart problems. Then in March of 1915, Mrs. Hershey suffered *** severe attack of bronchitis while visiting Atlantic City and died suddenly. According to the housekeeper, uh, he threw things around, uh, tore his hair, tore his clothes, uh. Uh, went down on his knees, uh, pounded on tables. He really run for sir. It said he locked himself up and prayed. Then came out his old self again. The perfect marriage had lasted only 17 years. In 1930, Mr. Hershey made the mansion he had built for Kitty available to the newly organized Hershey Country Club. He retained *** modest apartment on the second floor. While golfers still play on the grounds, High Point itself has become the corporate headquarters of Hershey Foods. Milton Hershey never again married, and it's said he often fondly recalled his impetuous Irish wife. On the occasions Christmas, Easter, what have you. Uh, the housekeepers would say the last thing he did before he turned out the light is walk her *** picture and kiss it. When you go to bed. Milton and Kitty Hershey, *** love story, now part of our heritage.