New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-16
TRAVELLING NOTES.
AT NoTRE DAME-A PARIS TIPPING STORY.
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When famed I'm thousand Tinted nsbt
The rose of Notre Dame
While tarrying in Paris Of course ned NV RESPECTS
TO its most famous cathedral Whoever Zoos n church
at all in Iarisand believe 1t is not os dstinetively
church-going city Brooklyn-s found there sooner
or later My companion upon this partleular pill
grmage was one of fair countrywomen-four years
old last February AS she gayly trpped along ahead
Of me through aisle and nave and transert gazing
about her with evident awe and admiration at the
richly Illuminated windows, the carved puIpit the
great organ. the statues. thought to myself here is
interesting example Of extremes meeting Notre
Dame dates as far back as 11e3. Nv <alr country
woman dates as far forward as 1887. The cathedral
with its blsckened and crumbEng facade hooked very
old She with her tossing yellow curl. looked very
new. The light of the cathedral was dim The light
Of her dancing blue eyes was radiant When Won
come upon something In Paris while out sightseeing
which clearly is not quite satsfactory-s marble god
with his nose oil, commanding but empty niche a
picture partially defaced, a palace car IN minus a
palace. a cathedral, like Notre Dame with badly
damaged decoIaionsyour guide or your Partisan fHeni
quick to lay the blame for all such deficiencies either
upon the Revolution the Commune Just 50 il Is
with difference In England. II the foreigner making
the tour Of the tight little island shakes his head
raises his nose at anything coming under the head Of
the beautiful which is offered for his inspection, the
cathedral verger whoever it may be who Is showing
of the local elephant, assures MIN That things would
have been different but for Oliver Cromwell. Your
representative Engshmen. while admitting that Crom-
we'll accomplished great and good work for the
of popular government, arTaign him. in sorrow
than In anger, as one OF the most outrageous Of
iconoclasts. There two rows Of inches in the
choir screen Of the noble cathedral at RipOn which
have nothing in them. While was going through
the cathedral some years ago, pointing to these vacant
inches asked the verger why they unfinished.
al * All That ri,.aIit-
were splendid silver figures in those upper inches which
Oliver Cromwell made away with. Perhaps he did,
perhaps he did. But Henry VIII had the first
chance at them and think it not unlikely that he may
have taken them" This was the only verger met
in England who seemed inclined in similar crcum-
stances TO give the great Protector the benefit Of
doubt.
Did you ever hear Of porter, head waiter,
boots boots's private secretary and the other mein
bers of hotels stan being tippers instead OF tppees
tipping one OF the guests of the house instead OF being
tipped by him Probably not and l will repeat
little tale which I heard in Paris. The tip system
nourshes there as in all the other Continental cities
most vigorously. The green bay tree Is nothing TO IT,
Even the strctest Of the Prohbonists if he attempted
to travel about over here would rd it well nigh i'm
possible to get along with peace and comfort unless
he dispensed the frequent pOurbolre. OF course he
might have recourse to the expedeat of which Frank
stocBton's Pomona-Pomona Of Rudder Grange-availed
herself 1t will be remembered that that reSolue and
austere heroine informed all the cabdrvers and other
gentlemen upon whom she bestowed glatuides While
she was doing Europe. that her generosity was not
to be construed pour boire," but pour manger'
But to my story. There 10 Paris last year q
young man from the United States who was justly
recognized at home as fine example Of the genus
-hustler7 Sitting in a Paris club one evening with
some of his fellow countrymeE. he was shown copy
Of notice which is posted cOnspicUOuy in the loobes
and rooms Of the Schwezerkof, the leading hotel OF
Laoerne and one of the best, by common consent Of
experienced travellers all Europe. This is the way
the notice runs Ladies and gentlemen visiting the
hotel are earnestly requested not TO give any extra
fees 10 the servants In the suppcson that no more
fees are given the servants receive fixed and higher
wages Every attendance at the hotel as well as nghtS
are included in the price Of the rooms
The hustler slowly read the notice and then re
marked give got tired hearing people rail- against
tipping. Now Just for change Tve got something
TO propose III bet thousand Of the best cigars that
Havana can turn out that III put mp at any hotel
that may be named here, stay week or more
work all the servants with whom come IN contact
within an inch OF their lives. and when leave won't
give any Of them cent while 10 q man and woman
they'll tip Who wants TO take me y Wa, Of
course they ell wanted TO take him. so he booked i've
bets Of a thousand cigars. Then he called q cab and
drove to the swell hotel at which It agreed he
" come down. 10 Mahomet. Reaching his destination
he didn't offer to alght but with the that his
rheumatism was bad that day, made the porter and
two or three Others OF the gang that hailed his arrival
fairly carry him from his cab up long flight Of stairs
to his room. He stayed week, and from all &C
counts must indeed have led the help Of that hotel the
livelest sort Of life lie asked the porter many
and such complicated questions. and gave him 50
many difficult commissions to execute that before he
left that functionary must have prayed for death In
ell the many languages at his command. He never
took meal without summoning the head waiter 10 him
on one pretencc or another-to have window Shut TO
have a window opened. to have his scat changed 50
as 10 avoid that draught lie ratified every under
waiter who served him. The meat was too rare or
too well done. the wine was too warm or too cool,
and both had TO be sent back daily if the cheese that
came on was ROchefort he remarked in reproving
tones thai he had ordered Gruyere and vice versa.
On getting up in the morning and taking in his shoes
from the hall he Invariably rang for Boots. and when
he appeared handed him his shoes 10 be reUlackened
A little more polish the heels, please or ." II
seems 70 me that the left is not bright the
right one lie kept asking the cAombermaid for
harder pillows for softer pillows for higher holsters
for lower holsters and would she mind taking OF the
feather bed and could she favor him with for
flies until the poor girl was on the ragged edge OF
nervous prostraton He had the chef up TO his room
half dozen times to give him suggestions In regard
10 eravies and and salads suggestions which
nearly drove the chef 10 distraction, since they were
delivered In censOrOus tone, and seemed 10 imply
that he wasn't up III his own hnc art When the week
was up the hustler first paying his bill, sought all
the servants with whom he had come in contact, and
said 10 each in the kindliest tones, I going u
leave this morning. please come mp 20 room about
II O'Clock Naturally. this invitation brought great
10y u the porter the head waiter the under walters
tho chef boots, the chambermad and the rest. They
must have said 10 themselves, Monsieur has worked
rs numerically but then he is going 70 atone by tip
ping Us Iavshly7 They al hand in his room at
IL O'Clock their mouths watering with heir great ex
pectations Tie hustler shook hands with each he
came in in the cordial manner, and then taking
out his watch. delivered himself about as follows: Il
find shall be rather pressed for time and therefore my
remarks to you must be brief. ! am the Walking