Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-05

salary, but many runs were so lucrative
that by order of the company porters
We're shifted constantly, giving each
man his turn at the rich field and the
poor one. With the passing of the now
city of the Pullman car and it's use by
the general travelling public, less i'm
pressive became its elegant equipment
and more common became the presence
of liveried porter. Tips began to fall
off in amount and in number, until the
autocrat of the travelling palace has
actually been compelled to ask the Pull
man Car Company to pay him wages.
The custom of tipping is condemned
by the majority, being practised only
under protest, as wrong in principle.
Yet the custom exists and travellers
yield to it in return for the increased
service it brings. In European coun-
tries, where the servants are a distinct
class organized into secret societies and
unions, the tip is demanded and even
extorted If not otherwise Forthcoming,
for it is the firm belief of servants of
all kinds that the tip is due them Of
right. 1t is the custom of their country.
their wages are adjusted according toit,
and the man Who attempts to break
down the custom because of his objec-
ton to the principle of the thing is
doomed to sorry time of his travelling,
indeed. A clever writer in the Septem-
Der McClure's has presented the other
side of the pourboire custom very forci-
bly, in story of the American traveller
Who undertook to stand out on princi-
pie. After incessant annoyance he burst
out in rage and denounced the serv-
ants of Swiss hotel as only an indie
pendent American could He was ar
rested for SANDER and in the trial the
pretty chambermaid with timber
tongue made this defense of the tippin.
custom from the standpoint of the serv-
ant:
7 am thirty-fve years of age" said
Antoinette Delmot, and i have been
employed as chambermaid in various
hotels since l was seventeen"
What wages are you paid?"
Fifteen francs a month and my
board
Have you any one to support except
yourself?"
Yes Monsieur lie president. have
my mother and my blind sister"
DO you do this on a wage of fifteen
francs a month";" asked the procurer-
general.
Helas. Monsieur must know that do
not, answered the witness. 1T is only
thru the aid of the pourboires that one
manages to make the ends meet One
tries to be amiable and quick in the SER
vice, and when one has served the guest
We'll one hopes for the pourboire. 1t
seems to me that this is but natural.
Monsieur claims that he paid the hotel,
and consequently he must not reward
the poor domestic who none the less
smiles when she is unhappy, and comes
quickly when she is tired. And Mon
Dieu! monsieur does not consider that
one must buy ones clothes. and that
when one serves the chic monde in
great hotel enc cannot dress in the
garb of a peasant. Monsieur thinks he
has paid all when he pays the propri-
etor. Ma fol- it is not for the proprietor
that one smiles. One works for the pro-
prietor: one smiles for the visitor who
appreciates his hot water and his clean
towels, and who at the depart says in
CHEEKY voice, VOLTA. my good Antoin-
cite, and slips franc or mayhap an ecu
into one hand; or if he be not so rich,
and gives but ten sous and kind word.
one is pleased aand says, C'est un
brave homme quand-meme.'
And monsieur the accused gave moth
ing?" interpolated the Encouragement
MATS non! Monster even left calling
us all thieyes-we who are as honest as
he"
But were you amiable for monsieur?
Did you serve graclously and prompt
ly?" asked the attorney for the prison
er.
Ma fol-" answered Antoinette, with
q slight shrug, who shall say?"
1T was told to US that monsieur
looked with contempt upon the domes-
tics and scorned to give them the slight
est recognition. Monsieur will not deny
that he found clean sheets upon his bed
and cold water for the cuvette, and
clean towels-once day-on the lava
DO. This is the work which the propri-
etor pays one to do. Shall ] say came
with enthusiasm when monsieur rang
his bell? Mails non; haste was the extra
service which / knew monsieur would
not appreciate. Shall say that smiled
sweetly upon monsieur when he ordered
me to bring hot water? Helas. mon
| sieur had the air so fache that one also
| felt triste merely at seeing him. Ma fol,
! let US be honest. No-I did not smile.
l did not rush with the hot water / did
rot look for dust on monseur's clothes.
| I did not scold Jean, the porter. because
he failed to polish monsieur's boots.
That, you, see is the delicate attention,
the bonne volonte, which only the pour
boire inspires. Monsieur gives no pour
boire. Ben. Antoinette develops no
/ bonnie volonte in the serving. Que YOU
leZ-vous? Monsieur may be right in the
principle. He pays the hotel proprietor
\ for everything. service compris. Mais.
mon Dieu! monsieur forgets that one is
human: One does just so much work
for the proprietor When one adds the
| frills. one turns to the guest for the re-
ward Oh, yes. / admit that one expects