Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1892-02-08

dollar and quarter to sergeant, as
the London housemaids are said to
do!
Imagine the baggage smasher OF
back country railroad emitting to
smash the trunk Of tho traveller who
has crossed his palm!
Imagine Vanderbilt-who is the
closest American parallel to duke in
England admitting the public to his
picture gallery at quarter head
and pocketing the quarters!
Imagine a Pennsylvania railroad
conductor bowling humbly, hat in
hand, to the dude who has given him
dime and rudely bundling into her
car the poor woman who has no dime
to give! Imagine him reserving two
unpaid sections in sleeping car from
Philadelphia to Chicago for bride of
25 cents, as a German conductor did
for All economical friend OF mine!
Imagine the attendants in the Met.
ropoli,an museum chasing visitors
around with unasked suggestions in
the hope Of fee!
Imagine an American omnibus or
coach driver waylaying every pas
senger for "dlink money" at the end
Of drive!
Imagine the clerk in a cleft lug>
gage" office asking whatever you
please, sir, for taking caro- of a parcel
when the regular charge is posted out
side!
Imagine Mr.. Wanamaker's post
Office clerks trying to cheat the public.
or the ticket sellers in the Grand Cen
trail depot "making mistakes" in the
change to their own advantage!
Imagine q Kansas City carpenter
taking a present of the magnificent
sum of two cents and half for giving
u better dressed man "ligh,?"
| Imagine q bartender in St. Louis
! saloon expecting l or 2cents for him
self every time he pours out drink
for a customer!
Imagine Philadelphia city clerk
accepting a 3 cent fee for giving q
v stranger a permit to view the public
buildings!
Imagine the "man at the window
in an American newspaper Office add
= ing a few cents daily 10 his income b.
e taking coppers from people who have
: questions TO ask!
Imagine policeman who woul'
take cent for directing a Traveller t
8 the nearest letter box.
e If person is gifted with
IS sufficiently lively intellect t
d imagine all these things comirI
to pass IN America, not as ex
ceptional instances but as common
every day occurrences, he can thc'
!. form some faint conception Of what
Europeanizcd American would b
like. And it wouldn't suit him $
'. we'll as the present variety. Tn
American sovereign, as Profess
Summer says, cannot take tips.
he takes them he ceases to be a sovel
eign and becomes a turnkey.
;. Giving tips in Europe is an exac
6. science, the rudiments OF which, a
least. every traveller ought to acquire
Long experience has made the native
adept. 1t is only the Americans VIII
go about recklessly flinging ava
shillincs, francs and marks wher
Is only copper is required. In Queens
o town aud Liverpool, where most {
d the summer tourists land, all the hots
;. walters and porters are millionaire
They retire early to their countr
=" estates and enjoy their fortunes befo'
they have time to grow gray headed
a Nothing goes but shilings with tn
N lately landed. BY the time he hs
reached Switzerland or Italy, which
as far as he usually gets, his rapid
: shrinking purse teaches him to be
s. little more circumspect. In Italy an
Switzerland and Oh the Rhine tn
3 swallow tail. located jugglers of sou
plates get wealthy less rapidly.
Every one over here nnderstanc
this propensity Of American travele
x to give big fees upon first landing
2 Chester is the first city IN Englan
I. usually visited by the tourist, and II
fees !or seeing the rather second ra
cathedral there amount to somethin
es like 3 shilings. No other Englis
or cathedral costs anything iii
ne so much. The thrifty Chest
M people act on the ecceslastic
- doctrine Of charging what the trait
% will bear. and get big diocess
ne revenue from the swarms Of visito:
81 don't b. lieve there's a soul
raj England who won't take a shil!in
cL from the Queen down." said casn
acquaintance to me in Liverpool ono
81 wish | knew how much | ought
mt give these leeches. II have to 70
&c over shilling every time one OF the
to does ANYTHING for me I'll 60 hos
deal broke in a week. l've tIi,
giving 'em nothing and that dol
III work either; if they don't see vi
m they want they ask for it.