The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-07-24

A petty but endless trouble 4 4
traveller in Europe for the first e.
the matter of gratuities. fou r.
trifle all the time to every one who
you the least service. Even for ii
parently friendly word of inforu6
on the street you are expected TO q
this way. In England it is - ~
France, the pour boire; in Italy. ~
manu-, the good hand; in Germany. q
trinkgeld, drink money. 1t Is M l
money in any one instance, but lou( I
pretty well after an active days u
The practical trouble, however
know what to give. The inhabl
and the servants themselves moT &
actly what they are entitled to. ~
matter of right. just ~ much =
other charge, although the nqe
never fixed or published in any u
form for the information of s(x1
They must learn it by experieuoe
We, as a rule, to whom the ErQ
measures are new. give too much.
glishmen of rank and wealth 90
that Americans raise the cost q
wherever they go.
For the gratuity OF cab drives.
ers at restaurants, ETC., the roooG
European usage is in England one I
for every shilling spent in fare ~ q
table, and in France and Italy tn y
for every franc spent. This ruIe
poses of . large portion of the -
For porters, twopence in -
and two sous on the Contine.5
every piece of luggage handled.
only to carry it across pavemO9
umbrella or shawl is q piece g &
as trunk. The driver of an om1I
cab or fiacre, as a point of etiquet1
out of professional consideration -
porters, will refuse to touch pto11|
luggage himself, even to lift y
three feet away into his vehicle
Visiting at private houses d ~
per classes in England the servanlo e
pect their tips in gold coin Il yos
Is over day or two. The smalle1S X
glish gold coin is u ten-shilling p
$3.50. You see the footman, ~
tends your bedroom; the maid,
have ladies. who serves their chaz
the butler, who has charge Of TIE
room and force of walters; the q
if you hunt; the groom you use. &
ride, or the head of the stables q
are several, and generally any 9.
that you specially use. You w
learn how to grade these fees
ing to the rank of the servant ~
length of your visit. ~
On first-class ocean steamen
gratuities are much analogous g
in gentleman's house. The -!
who waits on you at the table -
one who attends your stateroo.
each expect a fee in gold-ten e.
($2.50) at ast-from single
ger; a pound if you have baths
into your room every morning, ~
ticular about having your wines ~
or iced, or, in short, use the sezv
up to their full capacity. NJ
passage is $50 to $75 or less, IT,
are less-about one-hah Of the
above. The +" boots also looHz
remembered, about one-halffhe
given the steward. e
The expense of this gratuity
in ordinary travel is in geneFel
exaggerated. The sums given .: ~
small and you get great dea e
"a willing, perfect, kindly
which you do not get in our cou
all. To the traveller the cusso ::
annoyance rather than burden. 8
The usage degrades and den'o "
and humans him who takes tne v-<'
gift. or tip, or bounty, or wha1e
please to call it; yet very 81
ton of the people Of Great bFI ~.
Europe do receive their wagSs
way, look for it and feel no bun
/ in the transaction. You can D.
suit anybody across the water
ing them anything. no matter y
pears to be his or their ofiiciel
have given a shilling IN b
uniformed policemen and :
Paris to Notwithstanding ~.
ayers. A Philadelphia acqua,
London had several hundred
brought to him from his banking
one OF the largest there, BY
the establishment. and the
dressed young gentleman $50
shilling for his services. I'm
consequences of offering ten 2
conductor of the Pennsyivan's r.
who had shown you toyour 8
car and given you informseo1
when to get out; yet this 2
over England every day, anG
| formed and respectable iook
hangs around stickily till ne
sixpence. Philadelphia Press