The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-04-18


mistakei In supposng that thanks wer
| a sufficient return for congratulation
on New Years day. All these peopl
expected to be paid for their kin
wishes, and because you failed In this
you have hencefofJlt no right
4 which they, are bound TO respect
hYelir, expressions of establishment q
this disclosure. are more forcible thai
elegant, but II you, who are a stranger
| feel 50 deeply this small taxllaid upol
I you by clistom. think how much create
the burden, yes, we may say the impo
bBition, upon those who reside contin
! ually In the city. You care nothing TO
the estimation in which you are hell
by chambermaids 4 and WATERS bu
those whose home are here are more o.
less ut the mercy OF the serving clas'
and cannot afford to be regardless o
their opinions. At all seasons of ths
year the custom of giving fees, .'trink
I geldp or s'divide money as it Is called
\ is carried TO an extreme, but 1t culmi
mates New Years day. AT any time
OF the year when You pay ut q restaur.
to add a donation of from two to twenty
| hASutNcis kVhC W NWChby CVhtSJ w lrie
pay waiter who very, often receives
his whole wagesin in this way from the
guest@i gh Ssts9Hinf 1dpiml gsy. g4,
I An account of all food sent from the
kitchen is kept by the proprietor, and
atnight the, pay walters divide among
themselves the among left after pay
ing this account. T One restaurant
Keeper who always settled with his
pay walters In the morning instead OF
in the evening, was suspected, last
winter, of adding to the account, as
/ the poor pay walters, who knew they
received quite q sum of f'trink geld y
yet found but very small surplus re-
manning to them after the daily settle-
ment. In order to prove II their sus-
picions were correct they surrepti-
tiously placed o blue lead pencil In the
place Of the black one used by the res
.taurant keeper (Hfter he had appar-
emily depaftedfor the night).'p huH &,
The daylight revealed aonumber
of extra dishes added Hiwith the
blue pencil. The charge was made to
the police, the proof considered suffi-
cient and the proprietor obliged toipay
a compromise fund to the walters, as
well as a large fine, covering the de-
mands not only of the pay walters, but
Of many VINO had previously been In
his employ. lr 'zsuNHs ai4bJtbsI
D So the system works injuriously for
all, but who can change it? i,, is..s..
Another peculiarity of Vienna, life Is
the fact tnat at 10 p. M. all house doors
are closed, and any one desiring to
enter after this hour must ring for the
l. apfn hot 10 to t,no xry1sf, hoo
the house In charge, and the person
entering is expected to, pay this indi-
'yidnal five cents for the privilege. The
law says three cents, but custom has
made 1t five. You must always
bear In mind that house is a
collection of dwellings accommodating
many familiess No matter how poor
the person, the neediest washerwo-
man, the starving seaplstress, if be-
lated, must pay five cents for the privi-
lege OF entering her own dwelling. TO
be sure this has the effect of burrying
people home early, but the tax IL a
heavy one and so felt by all, except the
happy house master. who often exacts
this money, evenif he has but just
closed the door. . Ia Trisel ri e 5WfW
.agSo from every side scores Of bands
are stretched out toward ones purse
and the amount of money paid out by
business men and 2housekeepers In
isstrink geld" during the year Is enor-
NOUS. For every bit Of extra work
the servant girl wants extra pay, and
If q person " ho boards or lodges with
u family sends the girl out on an errand
he Is expected to give her fee.
!, On New Y ears day the genteel world
do not pay visits Of congratnlation to
their fiiends;; they send their cards.
No one makes personal visits except
those who expect d, gift therefor. ~
3 One young doctor, assistant in the
hospital, assures us that he will not be
able to get through the day short of
eight dollars at the very least he can
do. There ii the man who cleans the
halls, the man who sweeps the yards,
the man who lights the lamps, each
one Of the nurses In his wards, the let
tercafrier, the porters, the errand boys
and SO on .trd intlnittin. Thank for
tune, 1t does have an end. All of the
hospital employees call upon each one
of the physicians and professors and
most Of these latter give seven or
eight dollars piece to the georgecus
!livered "porteis Who stands at the
main entrance, and takes off his hat to
them as they pass.
Business men find the day a costly
one. An intelligent young lady, daugh-
ter of one of the principal glove manu-
facturers, detailed TO us IN q lively reel
tai the woes, of. the day. Said she,
"First comes the cook with her good
wishes-fve guIdens Ia gulden is about
fifty cents). The house master-five
guldens for each dwelling. We have
three; that makes fifteen guldens.
Six letter carriers, a gulden each.
Each one of our apprentices, at least q
gulden. The lamp lighter fifty kreut-
zers Ia kreutzer Is half cent?. The
street sweeper, the same, and the same
to the sewer cleaner, the man who re-
moves the refuse from the kitchen, and
to the chimney sweep. The seamstress,
q gulden; the washerwoman, O gulden.
Then my italian teacher calls. /
must make her a nice present.
NV French teacher calls. ! have not
taken lessons of her for two years, but
It is expected that i will make her q
present, and poor one will not do. 1t
must be something fine. Why, on
Christmas day, gave our cook fur
collar and muff that cost eighteen gull
deps, and q gold locket that cost four
guIdens, and and she quite stuck up her
nose at the cheapness of the articles.
To a former cook once gave an alpaca
dress nicely made, and she left at once,
because she was not satisfied. She
wanted merino dress.
II we get through tomorrow with
fifty gulders we shall do well.S ] sail
to her, '.you say you must pay the
house master fifty guldens. Is this
regular tax ?' "No," said she, "but
custom has made 1t so. much, and If we
should give him less, he would make
Il very unpleasant for us, and,
perhaps, give us notice to leave"
New Years day is but an exaggerated
type Of the whole year. The whole
country is afflicted with genteel beg
gary, which upon this day takes an
acute form, and then passes into a.
chronic phase during the rest OF the
year.
! Ifyou make friend visit, when
YOU leave you are expected to give the
servants money, II friend invites