The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-05-31
The Extremes to Which It Has Gone
in New York

The Extremes to Wnlcn IL las ooHe
in New York.
New York Sun.
They're having an eruption out my
| way over the tipping evil" said a Chlca-
| go man, who. being buyer. is FORUM
ate enough to be able to break away
| from his home town three or four times
| a year, land it's a good thing. new
! York could stand great big anti-tlpplns
crusade without being damaged up any.
| The tipping game never was SO BAD IN
Chicago as 1t mas always been IN Ne"
| York
"Thev never did go the length of tip
| ping barkeeps out my way, Tor exampie,
| and yet I've seen that idiotic stunt zone
| frequently In New York in the last cou-
pie of years Only this morning l saw
| it come of.
"A native of this burg took me into a
pretty tidy saloon in :he wholesale dry
| foods district to buy me drink. Inc
| He threw half dollar down on the bar
| and nodded to the barkeep. who handed
| him a grin and said Thanks
THE barkeep rung up 80 cents on the
cash register. dug Is cents change out of
| 1t and stuffed the tip into his kick. l
don't believe there are many Chicago bar
tenders that would stand for that kind
! OF thing
one Of them a tip for shaping me a
drink under any Consideration. He'd
probably get chesty and tell me to go
any get myself pair of Oxford ties with
the change.
"A few days ago / saw another New
Yorker tip clerk in small upper Broad
way telegraph office. He handed over the
telegram that he had written to the
clerk saying. Make that rush. will
your and throwing half dollar and a
quarter on the counter.
1.-The telegram came to % cents, and
when the clerk passed up the pair of
dimes for change the New Yorker. said
That all right and the clerk wearing a
pleased expression, tucked the silver into
his waistcoat and hustled to the rear to
get the telegram on the wire.
I'm bound to say that that transaction
looked kind O. greasy to me. but yester-
day afternoon / went up against still
funnier proposition in the shape of a
typewriter girl who. 1t seemed. needed to
be nudged along by a tip. for promptly
executing some work / had given her to
do.
I'D dictated number of letters to
the young woman, who has public
typewriting stall in the corridor of a big
downtown Office building. on the previous
casion. came to a pat dollar, and
handed her dollar note and strolled
We'll. yesterday afternoon I approach
ed her with siZeable job of price-list
tabulating that l wanted her to run off
for me in a hurry. She wasn't busy at
the time-fact is, she was reading yal-
Ter novel. She didn't seem to be as cor
dial as she had been when l first met
81 want this done in big hurry.
Miss | said to the girl. SOS to get it
into tonight's Chicago mail. Can you
hammer it out inside of couple of
hours. say?'
She put a finger to her lip in a pouty
sort of way. looked at the ceiling, and
said, Well. maybe | can.
Try hard said T. good-naturedly, as
| started away but | was rather taken
aback to notice that she sort of tossed
her head at me as went.
when | got around the corner of the
corridor the New York man 1 was with
gave me a kick on the leg.
g is that the girl that typewrote your
letters Yesterday he asked me.
Yep said /. She does neat work,
too. but I guess she isn't feeling right
on edge today
Die hand her a little extra ribbon
money in paying for the work. he asked
Great Scott. no" said l. Has it come
to that in this mans town.
well, just you toddle back to her
and whisper to her that there'll be a lit
tie something on the side in the JOB II
she gets it done on time. and see said
the New Yorker
Il always do as I'm told and I did
go back to the typewriter girls desk.
I'm so anxious to have that tabula-
ton finished on time. miss. that Ia be
willing to-cr-willing to
well you ought to've seen her face
brighten up.
I'm have it done inside of an hour and
a half she said, breaking in TO relieve
me of my embarrassment, and, sure
enough, when | went after the tabulation
at the end of an hour and half she
mad it all folded up waiting for me
dollar seventy-five,' she said, cheer
fully and | passed her s.. held up
hand in that pleasantly warningful man.
ner that a fellow puts in play when he
wants to indicate that there's no change
coming, and walked away.
Much obliged said the girl, with a
quzzical smile, as l started. 1 hope
the work will suit you--come again
And only a couple of hours before that
she had given me the farthest north
gaze because I hadn't tipped her for
writing those letters for me on the after
noon before.
by the time I get back here the next
trip | expect to be sandbagged into tip
ting ii cop tuppence ha' penny for direct
ing mo to a street or handing car con-
dlctor an extra nickel for letting me take
4 surreptitious puff at a cigar gu the
back platform. and | wouldn't be sur
| prised if the time nd happen around
when n fellow will have to tip the paying
teller of a. New York bank for cashing
| check for him.