The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1904-10-08
.TIf".TAKlNo IN EUROPE
, - public Life, Excepting '"'
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80 ru returned from u,p
n" Enrope. where | h9tulu'.'
, .aaIs frequent comparisons pa ,. a"I
,no status of the foreign wo'no' says
'ne ~ his American brother 9aS
una. " commander, in the Amer
ican l'oderationist' o,,,o differ
C,re cG the most no'iceao'o " Tho
o,,aos Is The constant presence uhnn
n,on with his hand out tor up no.
ma" Lava the steamer fully teh p' w.
y0" N" "a be remembered VI
t pne fully half consider two uomn
~ lass an open insult, to DC lea' orJ
~ marked lnsolcnce OF mahhe'' ,tam
y! 6ve-dollar bill can move '''"'
to thanks oi,ht IN il dozen
un-hunters shadow the o'p n the
onost and he is expected TO ~ w
o Wnr Is This all. If you hire cur.
's"' Won are expected to UP wv
driver. II you ask the street 'a at,o r.
drctor question or request i ,., =
oon yorr street you must give MN -
s s'a when you take boat rue you
ie'' ,., yorr ticket and pay the man
r,ho takes it from YOU IL Sou A.,
.,,Ino your way OF Il passcr-by' you wi
,,anr hand in your pocket as W" Wv
so"' Won tin the clerk in the store
,ho man who delivers your sooos' w,
nostman, the policeman anu, ioi , a"1
,,ro,y IN the contrary, the ooe'o'
.,a LAWYER and the preacher
Ward il said that everyone IN IN,
, ne~ will fake a tip. except the
crowued heads, but I'm not az al p'N
,ored TO admit the exception
When you demonstrate asamS ,, ' ~,
, aon,inual fax you are met win 'h'
ora,,ment: The poor things se' w.
lille and they must live 70" az =
really paying them wages anu II
, unfair not to give it.
If YOU ask; why do they req r'
euch small pay?" the reply lS' -
employer knows they Will sel up .
= and counts on it," and again yo" a.
: assured that tips are ""se'' q"
should not be withheld
put few minutes consloerauo
shows that not only are tips NJ
wages, but they destroy wages ""ee
oro n definite sum agreed upon y
, ~nn,ovor and worker. To pay thei
t. !. an obljsation. to receive them Is
$ ricbt A tip is a favor, charity
II ran be given or withheld at Will -
e hostower swears with self-satlSIled Ut
} revo,ence It's receiver, a true lluut'
T. graduates his thanks to- ma'ch u
W omount of the gratuity. A tip Is ~
Is wages, for no man has rlshI W Wv
s. mond IL He can only cringe ana hoN
tow in the hope of not missing II.
ot Nor does the amount Salheu oi'
20 orv a,onemeut for the manhood Sa
lie ,ifced in the getting me stoaih
I'd stewards are more favored and mo
10 orropant than the man beyond u
s seas. In Germany you may slEe So
Sc street car conductor Il small Gu
I'd worth one and one-fourth cents
IT, France cent Will be accep''"' O.
the naughty Britisher only STANDS o
for a "tuppence. Of course the u
RIM from these tritles up, ana som
.e- times high up-and that's the WI
10 the money goes.
Us But ii was, after all, the small II
OF that shocked me most. TO thlhk u
N. men. full-grown, white, civilized, II
IN, nen-not children nor Filipinos n
he savages nor slaves--would take a OF
w cent charity and say; "Thank 70
Oh for it.
st. 1t made me heartsick and asham
If ia see it. | blushed to- think tt
be, they hadn't the seif-respect to D1u
q for themselves.