The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-08-24
lIORHAnocrwAIrnEs.
a Momber of the Fraternity uicusscs
Tipping,

a MtmbtE OF inc paternity niCuhaei
Tipping.
An article which recently appeared
in the Times under tho caption
"Waitors On and on Duty" has
caused some comment among the
members OF tho fraternity, who tako
exception TO the assertion thal it ia no
possible 70 got properly served in any
fashionable Cato without tCUiug tho
walters,
Henry Arnold, VINO has been for
some years tho hOld waiter st the
Union square motel Hnd liOtel Dla,
said that while thoro wore un-
dpubtldly mon in che Trade who would
sugAt customer who did not fec
tuom, ard who would "gut the chrcNu
IN order ID eulArgG tho daucJr4, II
was unjust 20 condemn the entire fra
torniy Tor thor sluH. "Baiore the
wal snit Argo.d, "Juure were about
900 waters ga ,hl5 city. The D8st IN
hptcl8 aud rJattIrfut5 w'rl Germans
or Fr9nchueu, and tAg BEST ia private
houses were Edguah, IUarO ara Ho
NDlU. lJtW walters Ina tao city, OF
whom about one.third are well truued
good ue', while tho OtHs sra arc moro
or loss intiuNDu, or unframed. IL is
NOT sIrgrisius thas I'm "a body OF men
90 thst g.Es tuyrU should no a proper
tlOl Of GVaticlluA or dishonest ul .OWa.
\ hrst.ClasS waliOr "a paid on an
average, outside OF CluO.huuses, SIS
per month besides hia board, lie
must shave Og least every soolud DAY.
He must appear IN a clean shirt every
day, g clean collar tWiCa day, and p
clean jacket n'd Gpgon a. often Us
necessary. The Oiir Oi tobacco or
liquor must never cling TO h m, and IN
Lace he mast hc fgue from vi os. Some
Gun plOyers traat thor waters well
ana some do not | know OF q seaside
house wnore tho walters arc
mont that 10 Hooded with
wator a loot aud half or two feet
deep. | IL not surprising tnat a waiter
In such place should mako what ho
can ont of mia position.
"But this matter of tipping eau
never DO doue away with ~ long as
the word II tho world tOat 1t is. lgi-
against hum IA nature. \ proprietor
eau not stop IL Ho eau not prevent
customer rom doing what he ploases
with his own mDnov, Neither can
the heud waiter prevent the nau VINO
serves you irIm taking a dino or n
quarter II you cnobse to give II 20 him.
InB pubu0 ~ largely to blame for the
auusO of the Gu ,tOm. Blu | would dts
charge man in five minutes II
caught hlm nHglacttug q mau
WAC did not tlp him, aud
No would the head waiter of auy first
class establishments in this city. was
A. DslmOnicO's for n years, and know
tlat "A mau would certinly lose MIA
position there IL no was not Just rs
civil and attentive TO q customer who
never gave "A feo ~ to one wno tipped
right and lott, Ia many cases the
themselves, who, after educating the
man who serves thon to expect
douceur, complain ut the very OK.
pectatlon they have rAisod.'
IL can say tnis for your boys,
Arnold,' saiu the customer WHO paid
hia check at that moment. ~ have
lived IA this house Tor several months
ut n TIM aud never Tipped waiter
and have uniformly hsen " nv ID olOet-
fuzzy aud q iikiy / Iam sta motel Tor
q d y or tWO / Rm IS ready an any
boby tn up the hoy WOO serves ns i'll
am pleased " 1 h NV uinuef, va when
Nv ing IA ono n1tei for soNrli Wspksur
tuntHs a. ume cAn not Afford to|
dc so e every meal, aud ~ -giyn a lin
O1ga .,puaiiy w1uid ba * uff.r q
prem um on irreSulatl,y OF service.
SO ] uun't tip stali. Another tIing,
have Htv,ru tim.s thoughtlessly let
artlcl = la the al iuinE room-a hook,
a IL or, or "A cane; hut they have III WAYS
boon ruiuraed TO mo AT tho next meal,
and ,mstimes before have missed
them.p-lNew York Times.