Pressing Business

• Watchlist

Plaid Jabbs is quite a fellow among the ladies. Arriving at the hotel at Pumpkinville he finds an invitation awaiting him from his friend, Billy Bean, to attend an afternoon tea given by Bean's sister. Jabbs is long on nerve but short on wardrobe, having only one suit of clothes to his name. It sadly needs pressing. He sends the suit to the tailor to get it pressed. Awful to relate, the tailor's shop burns down while his suit is there. Jabbs has just learned his awful predicament when Loos Pokes, a modern Raffles, enters the rear window of the hotel and makes his way to the very room occupied by the unfortunate Jabbs. Jabbs hides at the approach of the stranger but when he notices the intruder has on just the clothes that he needs and being about the same size as himself, Jabbs pounces upon him, holds him up, relieves him of the dress suit and dashes off for the afternoon tea, leaving Pokes in his room rather negligee. Pokes must get out, but how? He stealthily skulks along the hallway and after entering various rooms much to his discomfort and that of the guests, he makes his get-a-way down the fire escape with the whole crowd at his heels. The police also join the chase. Jabbs returning from the tea meets Pokes at a watering trough. A struggle for possession of the suit takes place. Pokes gets back his suit. The police arrive and Jabbs is compelled to take refuge in the water trough much to the amusement of all assembled.