New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-08

What are people Of moderate fortune 10 DO wher
many millionaires set pace OF reckless expenditure
which ends in deprlyng their modest neighbors
of comforts for which they paying cashs Here Is
a case I'm point narrated by an observer: In certain
swell hotel live millionaire and his wife, their
gorgeous rooms costing $50 a day, not including
board-he most expensive suite in the expensive hotel
When they arrived Mr.. went around buying NJ
every servant In the hotel with more than pnncev
tins lie found ont which was the best waiter In
the dinlng.room and by giving the head waiter 4o
secured the exclusive services of the aforesaid waiter.
having him an extra remuneration Of 80 week. by
giving each OF the twenty hall-boys - every Ht'le
while he turned them into personal attendants OF hlm'
self and wife no matter who else waited. by pay
Ing the chambermald ~ week her services at almost
any hour Of the day or night were secured while the
vor, Of other families was sighted. Then the cooks
v,er. most generously remembered with ranging
from $50 10 go the result being that the best and
choicest viands reserved for "Old Job"ts,' as
the servants irrrverently called their patron Last
Christmas Day Mr.. distributed about S4OO among
the servants OF the hotel
Now this story Of mine points its own moral TINS
expenditure IS not only foolish but unjust. Fol-
it brides servants TO neglect other guests
in the house. and makes ii impos sible FOR
people who cannot Or will not fee As literally 10 hVo
in hotels There hundreds Of men like " Old Joo-
loso in this city, whose ignorant and foolish hoerav
Is rapidly makltE III nlpoSSiDic iOi i"'"'AN0 "'N'
modest income 10 get what they are themselves paying
for not extravaganty but certainly justly and mlly
This ranks with the nOnsenical and really criminal
weakness of rich and ignorant housewives, VINO hy
rive halfcompetent servants wages absurdS aDo'o
the already generous market rates 1t Is cruelty 10
the less wealthy housekeeper, who must count hec
pennies. TO establish rates ridcuously above the
value Of the services received ana TO thus rank As
incompetent with the skilled WORKER
Queen Christina Of Spain is carrying out. To the m
tense disgust OF her household the reforms introduced
by the late Duke dAOsta BY which the viands coming
from the royal table retained instead OF becoming
the perquisites OF servants, as was formerly the case
Wine fruit bonbOns, pastry and any dishes left as
we'll as flowers and candles used for the SOW.
ereigns table never allowed TO appear again,
and the result m appalling amount OF waste Nv
the Austrian court the custom Of perquisites Is sun
in full force and IL is difficult for anybody WIZ mas
NOT seen this stem work to realize what II really
MEANS Some Of the servants are entitled 20 claim
all tbe hotties OF wine which have been uncorod bus
NOT emitted; Others, those which have been b0ughs
M from the cellar but left untouched whilst the wine
that remains the glasses, after the guests nave nsen
from dinner is bottled up carefully and sold by the
footmen The court servants make open tfaihc OF the
imperial Ieavings and the keepers OF small hotels ana
buy from them fowl fish and hesh NOS
m mention pastry bonbOns, fruit, etc. Many ladies'
belonging TO the secondclass society Of Vienna come
to the basement of the IIofburg to buy grand oil wines
at low price, and TO get the finest cigars for their
husbands at cost far below what they WOuu nave 70
paw for the cheapest liavala>.
Candles also are sold In great quantities by the ser
wants. The Empress, having positive horror of ms
and electric light. forbids the use of anything but
purest wax to light up the palace and ii is very anus
ing 10 see the servants TO whom the halfburnt candles
belong by right. make a rush TO blow them out TIA
the last guest has walked oui af The rooinA-