Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-01-30
STEALING TABLEWARE.
nesta rrant D,pers Arrrep-isss HaTdwar'
CUTLERY aud Other Articles

nesta urant Divers ~ rrep-tsse baFdwars
CUTLERY aud oth<r Articles
II Ia said that some men viii s.ca'
anything frsn u hsirpin 70 q rcd boz
stove. That saying may bc an eyagg~r
alton as TO the red-hot stove. bot II II
certain that tome men viii steal articles
Of very triGing value. To illustrate;
A certain popular restaurant down
town keeps a liberal supply at batter
upon its tahles. and ia patrons are ale
lowed TO help themselves nj pleasure
Brit there arc no Individual butsss
plates
patron of the restaurant sr~restsd
TO the proprietor that 1t would be
good thing IL he would put O number OF
individual butter plates On es~A table,
50 that his patrons could use them u
they wanted TO do 20.
THAT would cost me too ranch
money" was the reply Of the proprietor.
Hundreds of men come here every
day who would steal the butter plstea.
Some OF the people who come Ian here
actually steal the bread plates. and they
frequently take away txmsle-s asd
other pieces Of tableware. and napkins
they steal by the score. knives, forks
and spoons, too, arc taken
and another trick Of these people,
continued the proprietor, us tn cat ten
or fifteen cents worth, get check and
slip out without paving, add then they
will eat forty er afty cents worth the
next time they Gems IN and try 10 get
out on paying tss small check. But va
generally know tie forty aud nfty oeDi
customers and VIXEN a afs~en-ceut crs
toner eats 70 the afty-cept tune va
loon size him rpt When we are sure q
our man VIC deusnS payment FOR teh
! checks
$40 we forbid t,s ecs,irr into The
place r-sin? Or. no. &c knows thsi
ne Is marked man and be seldov
shows hisl-elf In the restsnrsut agsia
What - we % whe- mar re,
out withoa. paying w. call tirs hs-t
I, possible Serne usn when calis
back viii maize great fass sne tsh
/ loud abcu. l. ts rf,ie ~e tlsinh ths
sncb a Eaan INTENDED 20 beat us "
icua protssssficrs give him swsv Nc
when a mas -bsr called back rez~sz
/ simple ard rnos.ertsfscrs sreier7
think thst his passing the cssAis-
! desk ives merely fo-0efuiness A.
rule such ner toll We that th-r are fl'
we called thru brit WesiS
uonrv sp~rs - Tos-iss.
A Swiss econo~isi paper makes a.
! following interr~ti-r stssem.ns "fh<
hotels and pcnsiens \ Switzerland cia
/ pose Of 81. se9 isexis, which are cr-rai. .
used by s.72z.ecs fourtsts. pn-ing - ths
/ prorTietors for fnch use ard otscs -
/ ouirennents the SIN q ffk frsncs ear,
on an average sies makes n. tsts'
sgrcss receipts y $4,000 francs. Tho
tourists ssrnS besides abort 10 frsncf
per diess for travel cuiAes. ssnuserpssts
medical attendance. etc. eensl ~ 10
tnl cf g.. Gao eea frnrcs-tbs two su1@-ns
making ss aggregate ~ iss. $500
francs II from this sum are oeeuctes
sooo. 600 francs for the t-tvelinf s>s
hotel expenses - the nss'~e pePulstsora.
Their. still remain iss 7st 90 francs ~
10. spro xnuesllv bruugtt by foreier
tourists into Switzerland
lever rn.sris. 81 ssew.
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