Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1894 — Crushed ail the Hats. [ARTICLE]

Crushed ail the Hats.

Chicago Herald. “Durin jj the strike,’’said a Chicago man, “my man on'the door jrot up and left me. I had a reception on hand and I had to get a man at once. I had no time to spare. The new man, Hibernian, by the way, told me he had had long experience. But I had no time to lose. I should have hired him for the occasion anyway. It so happened that the first two gueats wore crushed opera hats. I don’t know why, but they did. As they handed their hats to my net? man they pressed their crushes to their bosoms and handed over the hats with their coats. Later on other gentlemen came and handed their outer belongings to the new man. When the reception was over some of the guests last referred to came to me, good-naturedly, I must say, and showed me the condition ol their hats. They had worn silk hats, and my new man had crushed them as he had seen the first two gents crush theirs. It cost me a round sum to get new silk hats, but I never laughed as much over anything in my life as I did oyer the verdancy of my new man.” '