Little Falls transcript., 1885-08-28
yi.A,rEas' WAGES AND WAYS.
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on, tho Subject.

" hat N.w York Hosea szan Say:
on tho Subject.
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"Wha. d. you think OF TIE tip sys-
ten?''
II think it's q great mistake fer every
body concerned. One day the travelling
bubble Of this country will wake mp to
Inc fact that they have assumed 6
heavier tax than any the tariff imposes
on them, and meantime hotel-keepers
see the evil growing, for it is an evil
which extinguishes faithful, honest serv-
ice, and no matter how strictly we
watch the walters, they will proportion
their attention TO the fec thay anticipate
Their wages are from ,$25 to $50 .
month, ami they mora than double it
through tips, gentleman rarely giving
less than q quarter, and frequently so
cents~ or 81. In the fashionable res
ta.lrants Of New York a good waiter
makes from $50 to $50 month outside
of his wages"
II should think they would accumu-
late small fortunes"
''Never; as rule they gradually be-
come ruined by high living and drink
.ng. After they leave at night they go
on a spree, in which champagne figures
largely, and manage to sober up enough
to wait at breakfast. One day asked
the head cook where the middles Of the
shad went to; it struck me l saw 50
many heads and tails on the tables. ON,
sir, the walters save it for themselves,
ne replied. Well, these walters marry,
and they take their extravagant notions
home, and, by the way, the most
wetched eonjugal combination On earth
is said to be that Of waiter and a
chambermaid. They can't acoustom
themselves to the sphere of life to which
they belong. Both have acquired
taste for high living, and between the
needs Of a family and their own extrava-
gance they generally go to the dogs
pretty.fast" ...'
"What is the largest fee you have
known given to a waiter3"
"Fifty dollars. 1t was given to one Of
my walters, smart young Frenchman
BY wealthy New York furrier, and il
completely ruined him. From that mo
meE1 he imagined himself a genius; he
was instantly expecting similar fees
and would not look at anything less thar
ass bill. Finally his conceit and cham
pagne were too much for him, and ht
Ioined the large army Of red-nosed
shabby, out-at- elbows ex-waiters,"
Next to the walters which class o.
employees receive the most tips2"
1.-THE chairnber1naids. Their wages are
from $3 to 81 week, and that is more
than doubled BY fees, and then they gel
Christmas boxes as well, The maid or
the first floor Of my house was giver
. nearly $500 last Christmas. AS a rule
unless they have a passion for dress, tllet
save considerable money. This girl
have spoken Of has been sixteen year
with me, and has in the bank noarl,,
$1,000" /.
s'The watchman have a great dea
given them and are sober, industriou
men. One man saved up $4,000 0
e8, 600, went to New York, turne'
stock broker, and is now wort
&4O0, 900. Another quite d young man
saved and earned enough to start in busl
ness and is a. respectable merchant i
town. Then the bell boys, who ear
about $4 a week, pick up q good dea!
and 50. you can see a hotel emplo!ye
goes through life thinking less Of th
honestly earned wages than the silFe
that comes through caprice or favor
Naturally this tends to make ther
grasping; greedy, and only attentiv
when they are hribel to be-" @