Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-02
ENGLISH DOMESTICs.
How They EHtort Tips From Visitors at
Country Houses.
London LsstsJ 10 he Arg0Rd,a.

/ will take the case OF bachelor
young or old-it makes no difference. We
will suppose him arrived at the railway
nearest his friends house. This is very
commonly in England about four miles
distant; it is often FIVE or six. He must
find his way 70 the house. aud the usual
means is to hire "ay"-which, to the IN,
initiated let me state, is numbering four
wheeled conveyance, much too heavy for
the knee sprung horse, and is generally the
discarded family coach or landau OF some
gentlemen in the neighborhood, bought
cheap by the ay proprietor. II q trap is
sent for him-not 80 common q courtesy
in these days in England Ns people sup
pose-,he regulation tip to the groom or
coachman will be doublsWhst the fly would
have cost.
Another thicg If he expects q trap to
meet him, that would mean q tootmsn Leaf
ing aboat the station platform az the train
comes up, so he must travel first class. To
be seen by q servant of the house ne is go
ing to stay at getting out Of any other but
q Grst-class compartment would be social
ruin while he stayed there. Otherwise he
might travel comfortably enough 10 the
second or third. | have known thrifty
young men 90 by third class to the station
next to where they were going to stop, and
then get out and take q tirst-clsss ticket
for the remaining few miles, 80 as to be
seen emerging from the "gentleman-liks
compartment by the servant in waiting on
the platform.
People sometimes wonder why it is that
there Is so much senseless rule and re.
straint in English high life. 1t is all ow.
ing to the servants They it is who are
the social tyrants. But for them not one
in ten men who do so now would put on a
dress coat for dinner every day; women
would not be 80 stiff and prin, and there
would be more smoking all over the house.
There is, i believe, scale to guide q
guest in the amount oftips. A good deal,
of course, depends upon the size Of the
house. the number OF servants, the style
and grandeur snd all that. When you 60
away is when you tip. The butler you
must fee, If you have to walk to the sta
ton. Less than gold TO him you cannot
offer. At some houses q butler would
sheer at ANYTHING under IS note. If q
man shoots he can't possibly get of with
out feeling the gsme-keeper, and some
ganakeepers can't look at anything less
than paper The smallest paper money
ic England is e5 Bank Of EDgland note.
Then there is the footmsn who looks after
your things Of YOU don't br ng your own
valet with you) and brushes your
clothes, fills your bath IN the
morning aud unpscks your portman-
tesus when you arrive and packs them for
you when you 20 away. He must get-it
your visit extends for week-at the rate
Of three sbil'iugs day. If you stay one
night you had best give him half sover-
eiyu, for yoa'll not be sorry when you come
again. The housemsid, also, who does
your bedroom must not be forgotten, and
be sure she II give you plenty OF opportu-
nifty to find her alone in your room, dust
ing some ornaments on the dressing table
or chimney-piece, if you want to tip her
when no one Is looking.
The prettier she is the more you give
her, and the longer you are about It. You
can tip her every day if you like and the
chances are that you will like, for few men,
old or young, are proof against femsie
beauty. Some housemsids in the houses
of the upper classes in Englaad are, in
their saucy little caps and neat cotton
gowns, about IS pretty set Of young wo-
men as you'll End in Great Britain. Their
ranks have supplied more than one beau
T." TO the burlesque stage.
The story was told me By friend OF
mine, an old clergyman, BY the bye, so
there can be no doubt of It's absolute truth.
A gentleman was staying At Lord w.
and after O weeks visit went away without
tipping the butler. The next time he
came, when at dinner, the entrees were not
handed 10 him when they were passed
around. The butler and the footmsn
o6eyiug his oyders actually skipped him
Unable to get anything to cat and lacking
the moral courage to draw attention to
what would have told everybody was the
result of his own hberAlity upon his last
visit, be sat and starved