The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-04-12

far ~ the psrser ard bno'blacks ar,
Concerned. With the former the fee
are mere liberal aud generally pait
: than 10 any other clsss Of the attaches
a. t.aere i. some actual isbor per
, filmed. Tie owner If heavy trunk
viii, perhaps IN extra orc sIi two al
three packages. IL nl.n'.st sivays r. iiy
G. Zip" ihe msu who delivers tn,
burden. sa tine Snd IN safely. ~hethei
H. his room or a; the tram. and IN,
|, quarter or hall = dollar Is passed "ver
Bat that man is Not The Seneficiarv
lie receives generally. = SATISFY III 81:
Q montk. xnd is required ." turn ov~I
ev.ry cent taken ia 90 the cashier,
and il goes INTO the office si,i. Tue
generosity that would sPpi. s'lse'
s@ive to the back oftsDiimes we'll nigh
broken in 8 struggle With Saratoga,
is ssdiy misplaced. as The ls-na!tv IT.
keeping ever 20 smal; . psr,iou Is
summary dismissal.
Oae OF the bs.; known sud popular
hcteI manager. in Chicago was asked
On yesterday il. in his "!ini"n, the
system Of ex,or,ing fees from traveller,
was not growing rapidly in ,hi. coun.
try. He unhssitst,ngly replied tha,
such was undoubtedly the case, espe.
cialIy in the the E at AMI in the ex
,rrme West, hut he claimed that the
fault wac entirely that ct the hOt~l
psirons themselves. FOR one. en-
iiauei he, II wish the custom could
I be entirely abolished TODAY. Sd Tar
as liea in nv pow+r | discourage il
among NV employees. but il cannot be
stopped entirely. / Psy fair living
wages 80 every person rb"ut the house.
and there are twenty applicants in III
hour for every vacancy that occurs.
The whole thing 10 wrong on general
principles: bu. IL a man with more
money than he knows what 10 do
with thirks he can get better food or
{ better rooms, ar b. better served by
paying soms one extra. perhaps be
NAV No vel, get rid ri his cash in that
way as in any other. But while in
fact it makes little difference il the At.
tendance in Chicago iirst-clss. houses.
where every e6nrt il made To treat all
psiron. with eaaal consideration. il
certainly dies create the impression
among those who do not indulge in
extra fees 'hst they are net rs vel!
treated % th">e who are always toss
ing their half-dolisrs about mere and
there. There Is actually no aeed. in
TIN. ant.l and IN others ths' might h.
mer.i"n-d. Of any guest usying cent
beyo,.d the regular yer dim, ard anv
enplme collecting is discharged 1t
cbcs. il fannd out; but further than
this it il impossible to ge.'
Il recall ane instance in par,ic
nla.." continued the genial landlord.
'and though somewhat an extreme
csse it shows what impressions such
things ere liable to have az sny per
.un. ~ human nature j. ss;.; 10 be
very mach alike the world ov.T. Fc,
several wears a we'll kno~n profession
al man had fseen = b,srder ard lodper
a; the hotel I managed. and SO far -
! know he never gave any eniiny-
a cent. He MAS q m"dei inar.lef.
bowerer. in every respsc: /; though
never heard Of his saving good word
fog TIE house .r IL any way bringing
il mere than his personal custom. and
for that he got value received. Well.
about four wears ago, young whip /
~ho Nh. seated at The !
SAME liable ~ith this gentle man. CAV. !
his order fr dinner to the SAM !
waiter, at the same time handing him |
a dollar. wiIh q considerable flourish. !
His dinner vas s-rved about iwo min.
utes first. and nv old patron came {"
nv office little the nsddest man Of /
The season. Nothing ] could say or
DO would plscste him. and he moved
to another hotel immediately. MT
With this. he has taken par
licula. pains tn run down nv house.
,ni has succeeded in inducing two ~
his chums ~hu hsd helped to make n
,a'd party 10 leave also snd In him.
Oh: tel: you the whole idea is
wrong and mischievOu.. and 40 out
aye upon the public. II . motel
,eeper cannot ray his help decent
ssges he should raise the regular
'aie-, aud a patron wouid know that
when that was paid nothing moro Vas
xpected OF him. a. things are now. !;
am benefited a little along with the .
est. but | would gladly ace the whole :
vsiem stopped to-day. and 40 l BE-
Ieve would every hotel man who un- d.
-rstsEds his business"
A gentiem.n who has done" Eu- I
ope t~o or three iiaee, vas asked hi. +,
piuion OF the growing nuisance. and
r. expressed himself in the most en- !
hattie manner. while he. ton, vas
siu To admit that it was largely the /,
suit Of the public that is nov being a
lad- la pay the piper. =
I'm England. aud On the continent. h
~, Soist bVs u - eoC CSctSuStUuy "
ankse who has caused the trouble. b
here it j. . system Of tips from ih.. "a
ne you set foot on the Liverpool 1
,ck Ua,ii Won are fairly Oh board,
,meward b"und: but If you follow G
'e customs of the country. the to- =
! is not ~ large. But the American h
ont do that. Where an English
an will give 'suppeEcs. the Amer 81
an will never tnss down less than q G,
Epence. and in Paris. where il il the u,
most invsriable rule to give the "a
alter pour boire 1t the rate Of one Of
u for every franc spent for dnner. sa
have seen an American pay six IN
,ncs for his meal and Eve frsucs to %
g waiter. As . consequence, every q.
msri.an is expected to pay at least ie
rec times ~ much ~ any one eI.e.
4 the regular tender l. regsrtied On
Ih Q shrug and . smo,hered male 4,