Daily Republican., 1881-08-31
TIPPING.
Nuisance. to be Met In England.

NuiseMces to be Met In EnxsHnd.
Petroleum v. Nasty thus writes from
England in regard to tipping 1t CON.
mSnCes the moment you leave tha dock
at New York. You have paid a very
large sum tor your passage, enough to1
antitle you 10 every comfort that money
can buy. But there sets upon you i'm
mediately horde of fblood-sncAers, who
never let go till, ,gorgod, they drop off at
Liverpool. There Is a sovereign 10 the
man who makes your bed, there IL the
cbambermaid, ,therei he table-steward,
the smoking room steward; there are
COLLECTIONS for asylims in Liverpool;
there are collectionsfor the man who az
tends to the HurSers room, where So
lect few are treated to a little refresh
lnent at 8 in tho afternoon; there are
fees for showing the machinery of the
vessel; there are tips for Lord knows
what.
Then there is the English hotel. You
contract for your room for 81 much n
day,-and the sum is always round
ono,-and It is explained to you tina.
you may order your meals from II bill
Of fare, tho price Of each dish being set
down opposite it's name. Very good,
you say 10 yourseif,-.! know now what
am to pay; and you fall to wogk.
When you are through you rise and
prepare to get out. The waiter stop,
you with an obseQnioN. smile IN which
there is much determination, and re-
marks, "rhe waiter" You are made
10 understand that he expects shiil-
ing.
You give 1t him. Getting 20 your
room you want u pitcher "f water. A
servant brings il, ,ard waits till yoa give
him a cd. You take "a drink--if you do
drink know this from seeing o'her
vic,ims--yor pay for the drink. and he
servant who brings it to you expects
and manages to get threerencc. The
boy who cleans your boots wants six
Eence, the chambermaid who sweeps
your room wants a shilling, Tho boy H' ho
goes down to SEQ If you have any letters
wants sixpence; and after paying for
all this you get your bAl. Understand
y,u have already poid eXoroitan.
prices for each and every bit Of service
you nave received, but, nevertheless,
there in your bill is all ilcin, 'attenda5 20
four DAYS, eight Sbii!ingn.' fou pay
IL WltNUut u iuultioa tAbci Many, hhN
hope You are done with IL. Not So
An you leave the hotel, there stands
the entire whole retinue Of servants
the bootbiark, the chambernaid, ,he
bar NAL, the bell-boy with their
hands extended, and ali expecting y
parting shower OF small coins. You
pay it. There is no other way to do
You get in your cab and drive TO the
station. Tho lega, fare is one and six
pence. The cabby expects slxpencc in
addition for himself: the porter who
shows sou the cur TO get into, with the
uniform Of tie company upon his hack,
expects iourpence Tor that the other
porter who takes your v;a!i.e to the car
door must be t;oed and so on, forever aud
forever.
tried conclusions with hotel clerk
in city of E,gland but ! shall never
do it again. Went 70 bed at night
with two candles On my mantc!. l..
was l,gh,, and rs l had read my
regular chapter in The Revised Testa-
n.unt in the Cttice had 10 occasion Tor
light. simply wanted to get into bed;
there furo | didn't light the candle vt
all.
The next morning found In my
bill a charge for two candies two Shi.-
ings. protested.
II used no can dies" X said.
"But they wore .here, was the %ooi
reply.
'Perhaps you used matches,--it isall
the same"
"But ! didu't uso matches, and 1t /
did | had my own
"We 90 everything for the comfort
of the guests Of tho house. There ero
candles and matches for you.'
He never blusnod but took the two
shilliues as coolly as possible, recoipted
the bill and said "Ihank .you,' and
hoped if ever visited the place again,
1 ould call upon them.
Ii reminded me Ct a man who built o
tavern in Indiana. A traveller stop
ped with him one night, and the next
morning aske ed for his bill.
"Twelye hundred and fifty do liars
said the landlord, promptly.
Twelve hundred aud fifty dollars for
one day! 1t is outrageous
"lt il a little high, said the landlord,
"but I'll tell you how 1t is l opened
this house exactly 81 year ago yesterday.
l expected to makeSl eco the first year,
anu you ;:re the first customer | had.
ought to charge you IA little more to Gov
or insurance, bus 1 like you and don't
want to be hard on You. 81: l:25O will
iO."
Ihave grated much against the Amer.
lean hotel clerk and his diamond pin
and cool iusolence, but shall never do
it again. He is babe in arms as COM
pared with his English brother.
In fact, you cannot 20 anywhere ~
London without the everlasting ana
eternal tip, except the British Museum
Even Westn mister Abbey, the most
sacred spot in England, has its regular
system of tips.
In the restaurants there is n charge
en- the bill for attendance, but never
theless you are expected to tip the man
who waits upon you. By the way,
these walters get no pay for their ser
vices; they pay the proprietors d bonus
for their places
The hackney coach driver gets about
two shi.llngs a day from the proprietor
OF his vehicle, and makes his money
from his customers. TIE man who
drove us down to the Derby expected
and did not expect in vain, for he de-
mauded 1t directly-two shillings each
Tor his twelve passengers, not with
standing the fact that We had paid w.
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