Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 September 1920 — NEVER AGAIN WILL HERBY REMOVE HIS COAT [ARTICLE]

NEVER AGAIN WILL HERBY REMOVE HIS COAT

. Herbert Hammond, secretary of the Bona Manufacturing Company, removed his coat this Thursday morning, and thereby hangs a . tale. Herby didn’t divest himself of his bennie because he had suddenly become smitten with ambition — quite the contrary. The 92 degrees Fahrenheit was responsible for tihe shedding of the outer raimnent. At this juncture there entered the portals of the furniture factory, two African golf players, members of the “Hello Jazzbo” troupe which « laved at the new Ellis theatre Wednesday evening. Herby, ever bowing and smiling as the head waiter at the Ritz-Carlton, invited the dusky gentlemen for a tour through the factory, and the dusky gents, flattered by the attention of their host, readily accepted the invitation. The tour completed, the ebony-hued guests thanked Mr. Hammond for his hospitality in no uncertain tones and departed for their private car which stood on the Monon siding near the factory. * Unsuspecting Herbert was not aware as they departed that he had received his. first baptism from city slickers. . - * * But Herby discovered the awful truth when a few moments later he again donned his coat for a trip to the city proper. No self-respecting gentleman would appear on the streets improperly clad. - Ohce inside his raiment the private secretary of the Bona Manufacturing Company placed his hand in his inside coat pocket to see if ris pocketbook was safe? and then it was that he learned that it might be safe, but if so, it was safe in hands other than his I The dusky gents from darkest Africa had taken the pocketbook and the fifteen eagle-staknbed dollars which . reposed inside. Immediately Herby was all action and a few moments later was pouring forth his troubles to a minion of the law. However, by the time the said minion had disposed of his morning cakes the Jazzbo Duo had departed for greener fields. And now as Herby beats his typewriter the very keys seem to mock him, their click-click blending harmonious with the African golf balls which might have been seen catapaulting arouiM a green-clothed table on a “Hello Jazzbo” private coach as it drew steadily away from Rensselaer, in their mad endeavor to secure clear title to the fifteen dollars which once were the property of the private secretary of the Bona Manufacturing Company.