Waterbury Democrat., 1901-12-31
LONDON WATERS QUEER TIPS.

An establishment was frequented by weekly customer who. on paying his bill, was wont to run the waiter over with his eyes, and, having noted what article of attire was most in need of renewal, give an order for it on one of his tradesmen Sometimes it would be for a shine. sometimes for a pair of boots, while the waiter has even beer known to be the lucky recipient of a l brand new dress coat.
 1 The principal hotel of q South oi England cathedral town boasts of ! corpulent waiter who numbers among his clientele a gentleman even stoltei than himself. Their respective weight. are standing joke between them ] rather serious one for the waiter whose tip is appointed according tc the customers superior avoirdupois, | penny for every pound. As. however the gentleman is now some three stone the heavier, and bids fair to go still further ahead, the waiter is at present happy.
 An eccentric city man who lunched every Monday at the London restaur- ant that formerly stood at the corner of Chancery Lane. invariably when ll6
  CT. in lieu of the customary tip. q framed photo of himself. This was always accepted with polite thanks for though the portrait was valueles. the frame made ample amends, being generally handsome leather article while on one occasion at least it was fashioned out of silver.
 Another patron was also wont to tiI 41,te r. 4I man possessed a caustic humor and having by adroit questioning discov. cred what his attendant particularly disliked,. would give him that article as tip. Thus the waiter in point being q non-smoker, was presented with tobacco and a pipe, while to an. other, who was a teetotaler was given a bottle of whiskey. Needless to say, these ere all speedily sold or ex. changed.
 "A gentleman who always dimes at our place." said the waiter at a West End establishment lately to the writer, invariably brings with him newly purchased book, which he reads while he is at table. His meal over he calls for his bill and, gathering up all the change over and above the amount places the volume in it's stead This is considered the walters perauisite, and very good one it sometimes is, fetching as much as three or four shil. lings atsa second hand dealers. Occa. sionally, however, it is but a paper coy cred novel and is practically worthless
 Tt is now some years since one of our regular diners died. I always thought him a stingy gent in the ma ter of tips, for instead of springing his tips as others did he would hand over a dozen or more foreign postage stamps. Fortunately I had the sense to put them aside, for only last year I showed my collection, numbering a couple of thousand or more, to a friend who had some knowledge of their val ue with the result that made some thing over $25O.
 But the most singular customer I ever had was q gentleman who used to bring his own knife, fork and spoon He had great terror of germs. I sup pose. Anyway, he not only refused to use the articles provided by the res taurant, but would not eat with his own second time. When he had fin ished he would hand them over to me with the remark that it was against his principles to pay waiter for doing what was only his duty. but that if I cared to have his knife, fork and spoon--for his part he recommended their instant destruction--I as at fiber ty to have them. As the articles were always of good quality took them and they proved very handsome tiI 1 indeed.-Tit-B Bits.