Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-03-22

oANTy CiNERS WHO GET COSTLY
MAILS FOR NOTHING.

M, some Bis Accounts That Are
x... yAid are Run Up ut the Fash
.t,e F.cstaaranis Tint Flourish
Ip seu tork city.
r.aI Proceedings recently taken to
r.,...a. fuA4 a well known citizen who
ho.. 40 t4y fashionable" class the
on...g, nj a tauor's bill revealed the
Co.. .gs, Tie man was poor, had no
,n,a.v ana no means Of support and
o....s.A bis Besides tailors shoe
,n,,.,.s uuu matters, he owed money to
aorsts jewellers. livery stable keepers,
dsulars m tueater tickets, shirtmakers,
sraIpugr, ana reStaurateurs. one of
tb,. largest oils against the man was
contracted 10 the course of several
vears al a prominent up town restau
rant
You must have been hung up for
ore9t spread" said a patron OF the
Mace TO the manager, pointing TO Tie
item
mot al all. he answered. That bill
represents hundreds Of charges and has
crown slowly 10 its present magniti
cent proportions"
"RuI bow is It done-how do people
run big bills in restaurant
well IN the first place, because we
Look mon men who come here as gen.
tlemen and treat them accordingly /
don't remember just how the account
in question was opened. but usually it
is done IN this way: Some day after
MIN receives his check, he scrawls his
name across its face and tells the wait
or m pay this tomorrow: it's all
right and then If the person in charge
At HE desk marks 1t %. * the check is
.bung up. and an account is opened
With thp man
"In most Instances the man comes
back. rs Ee said he would. tho next
day and settles his little bill and
thanks us for accommodating him If.
however. the man intends to work the
house. he does not come back the next
day and settle. but waits three or four
DAYS Then he drops in and orders a
modest luncheon or a not elaborate
dinner ana sclibbes his name across
the check. gives the waiter a tip. and
the new account receives its first ad
dit0u
"ur'lp l.y little the account grows. |
but never by any really large charge, |
AMI When at last the man has n little |
dmnrr parry vita big appetite the
chnrE is liable to be %. KID because |
the account is already so large that it !
would Ue poor policy to turn ii down.
"Nupu the account has grown so
lar~r that we think ii should have at |
tcu,1n we give the head waiter a |
tip, and without telling the man IN SO
many words he is given to understand |
thai cash would be preferred to an
autograph Sometimes the man takes |
the ~. aud makes a payment or asks |
for more time and tells us that he win |
pay as he goes, and he remains Gus
toner without increasing his account |
but generally he leaves us and goes |
TO some other place and complains |
about poor service here and in other |
ways tries to injure our business be-
cause be can't have what he wants to
ear and drink for nothing. His account |
remains open, and when ii becomes
ou''awed we put it on the list which |
bears many good names, but we never |
dun the man
TO show how anxious some people |
are to have it known that they are |
well acquainted in the fashionable !
restaurants the following story was
told
'SuLe months ago a man came here |
carly u the day and said that he would |
have little party of friends to supper |
WITH bim after the theatcr ttat even /
lng and ordered what he wanted His |
order showed that he was unaccustom- |
cd 10 lae paw, hut ii is our business to |
hll orders, and we said that his supper |
wonli be served all right. Then he
la' Gown SUN Of money, more than |
enough TO pay the bill. and said. This I
viii save ne the trouble this evening" |
ana went away. The supper passed |
OF nicely, the mans friends from the /
country or the country part of the city |
seemed to enjoy their spree, and finally |
The host asked for his check. looked ut !
ii and then said grandly and loud |
enough for al to hear, Charge it. The /
supper was a 'e-and' affair in the eyes
OF 'ho guests. but the climax-the order !
TO charge t-overwhelmed them, and |
! daro say the man accomplished his
object which was evidently to make
h,msIr solid with his guests."-New
York Tribune.