Little Falls transcript., 1884-07-18
4 w ALTERS WAGES AND MAYS.


what a New Work Hotel Wan Says
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=@'sWhat do you think of the tip sys-
tern2n ## ID /. | .s..z Il Al 5515 II s*.$ ~ II
T = 'I think it's d great mistake for every-
body concerned. One day the. travelling
public Of this country viii wake uptto
the fact that they have assumed a
heavier tax than any the tariff imposes
ON them, and meantime hotel l-keepers
see the evil growing, for it issn evil
(which extingnishes faithful, honest sery-
ice, and no matter how strictly We.
watch the walters, they Will proportion
their attention to the fee they anticipate.
Their wages are from $25 to $50 a
month, and they more than double it
through tips, a gentleman rarely giving
less than a quarter, and frequently so
cents or 81. In the fashionable res,
tauralts Of New York a good waiter
makes from $50 to $50 a month outside
Of his wages ."r. .:T% ..5..~
IT Should think they would accumu-
late small fortunes ~. g.. 5gE2s#.. l.. s#.... =
"Neyer; as a rule they gradually be-
come ruined by high living and drink
ing. After they leave at night they 20
on q spree, in which champagne figures
largely, and manage to sober up enough
to wait at breakfast. One day Iasked
the head cook where the middles Of the
shad went to; it struck me l saw so
many heads and tails on the tables. oh,
sir, the walters save it for themselves
be replied. Well, these walters marry,
and they take their extravagant notions
home, and, by the way, the most
wretched conjugal combination on earth
is said to be that OF waiter and a
chalnbermald. They can't .accustoln
themselves to the sphere of life. to which
they belong Both have acquired a
taste for high living, and between the
needs Of a family and their own extrava-
ganceS they generally, go to the dogs:
pretty fast" :. ...s... 81. ii. - -:
. what is the largest fee you have
known given to a waiter2" a1%
fifty dollars. Tt was given to one of
my walters, a smart young tFrenehman,
by a wealthy New York furrier, and it
completely ruined him. From that mo-
ment he imagined himself a genius; he
was constantly expecting similar fees,
and would not look at anything less than
a IS bill Finally his conceit and cham
pagne were too much for him, and he
joined the large army of red-nosed,
shabby, ut-at-the~ elbows ex-Waiters.
S' fSext to- the walters which class of
employees receive the most tips?" :
THE chaimbermaids. Their wages are
from $3to s. a week, and that is more.
than doubled BY fees, and then. they get
christmas boxes as well. The maid OF,
the first floor OF. my house was given
nearly $500 last Christmas. As a rule,
unless they have a passion for dress, they
save considerable money. :: This girl I
have spoken Of has been sixteen years
with me, and has in the bank nearly
IS, 00D." III =.sl% r.%T ! i. !,
THE watchmal1 have q great deal
given them and are sober, industrious
men, n One man saved up $1,000 or
SO, 900, went to New York, turned
stock broker, and is now worth
100000 Another qlite.a Young man,
saved and earned enough to start il bust.
ness and is q respectable merchant in
town Then the bell boys, who earn
about 81 q week, pick up a. good deal,
and 50 you can see a hotel employee
goes through life thinking less Of the
honestly earned wages than the silver
that comes through caprice or favor,
Naturally this tends to make thero
grasping, greedy, and only attentive
when they are bribed to be. n, &. u n: 4.