The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-09
STORKS HOVER OVER
TWO ROYAL PALACES

1,ar wages instead of compelling them to
siabsist upon the generosity of their pa
irons.
Several walters state that they have to
n" from s1.5D to s. a. day merely for the
privilege OF working in the restaurants and
cafes that are pol.ular.
6,ie waiter vert to court with his case
and the court held that the custom was
Illegal: that the walters could recover al
money paid their employers, saving mat
vhich was properly deducted Tor preah-
age of glasses and dishes.
5@ This decision, the walters says, VIII en-
ar7c them to break the system OF paying
for their places Whether the waters
viii succeed in forcing the Substitution. or
! wage forsthe tip system is quesuolla l..
as long as American tourists are SO no-
oral uhrough ignorance usually with
tips.
Here in London there are many cafes.
where the walters receive no wages at all,
but must depend upon tips for their live.
lilloed and it is known tina. the English
arc less generous With tips than the
Americans
1he whole system of tipping is wrong,
but il is to be feared thatit never VIII pc
abolished certainly not in PARIS, ~hefe
mes. of the walters fleece strangers un-.
ployeis are received with shlug oil the
Shoulders and the suggestion that mon
s:eurs must look out for himself
a Popular American.
| The Impending departure for Rome Of
Henry White. The First Secretary OF the
American Ambassy. Will Hremove from
4 English socie.y the most popular A1nerl-
can in london.
j,4is. ,pfY Tod into and
,,ont1li4r in exclusive. circles of arlstocratic
society that William Waldorf Aston never
has entered The Secretary is a big man,
physically and a good sportsman.
lie plays golf like a Scotclnan shoots
aud rides TO hounds with the skill of n
Yorkshire county magnate- lie is chunls
w4ln the Prime Minister Of England and
can summon TO his country house TOR !: q
weekend party a longer and more Fit
terng array Of titles than any American
IN England
MIR. Whitc@ has served under all Aneri-
can Ambassadors since James Russell
Lowell. but despite his long residence IN
E1glar,d he never lost any Of his amefi-1
ca1isln. Mrs. White is lavish, IN her en-
tertain,nents. which often rival III splen-
dor those Of the Ambassador himself.
Very Characteristic.
Persia. and from which the first reports
have. Just arrived IN Ierlingi is a most char
actarictie@ example of the method and
foresight which marks most OF the uIf1.s----
taldnes of His Imperial Majesty, the
Kaiser. The party is under the personal
direction Of the head Of the ROYAL LIB
rary AZ Berlin. and has for its object the
study Of lie Language and habits of the
Kurdish Inhabitants of the country ltv-
~,
I2F.cs Iiae practical value Of the in-5
formation of whtch the eSpedition IS in
1eest Hes IL the ta4t5tlat when tire Ger
man FstlJht,atts 33lley Railway comes II
| no hliilt much Of tie labor Of IT'S actual
construction must be done by natives Wio.
arc natives 81 the country.
Beer Statistics.
The British Chamber OF Commerce has
/ just finished work of statistics on the
| pf.edlction ard consumption of beer,
vine and spirits IN Etrope and America
| This Wor4l shows that Belgium and
Cs6Sat Britain are the tvs. most .ilienslte--
rate countries and Norway. and Italy tho.
sollercst
The consumption ner8 head# is for beer.
eNe.s year: Bcfgium, 2i9; Great Britain
i Iii: Gt.ra2sill. IL: Denmark. los. Switzer-s
land .; Unitaa States co. Sweden 80:
| Austria, France, IS Norway. %: Italy,
| only nne-1ait.
Fo: SPIRITS: Denmark. ls: Belgium II
4 Sweden, - Austria. s: Holland, :; Swift
zerland. 81: Great Britain. 5; United
| States. I, = Fsance, i.6: Germany, Al;
Spain, = Norway. LIZ: Italy, j.
Cafnegie's Good Time.
/ London is deilided Of prominent lAmeri-
cans, last week Is ships having taken away
,he last OF. them. Andrew Carnegie. vii
liam c. Nifiine5s and Generals Corl3ia and
It9ng.
NIl; Carnegie has had the time 81. his
| life IN Soctiand during the past summer.
/ lie has had the King junder his roof, be-
| ms the second American--Mr. Choate was
| the tirst--lo entertain an English King in
a century.
Air. tt,negie has been made an IL D..
ny nearla, all the colleges north Of the
/ Tweed, and he proud of his titles, but
he is plfouGersof what he calls his best
tlle#of nobility. handhll Which he has
s:d fiamed and taken to- New York with
! him.,
Ht got il from an old woman Of Dun