Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1904-06-15
Tom MeNeQ in Topeka Man.Breese.

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form in the world. From the time
he had graduated from the high
school and delivered his Grafton
on "Keep Your Eye Ever on the
Stars' he had been determined
that no would start a reform some
where. It finally occurred to him
that when he got a job as a travel
ing man at a salary Of $50 per
month that he would stop the
practice Of giving tips. He said
that 1t was an outrage and a
wrong on the great travelling pub
lie and that be proposed to wipe out
the custom. After he had made
up his mind to do this great and
meritorious work he sat down to
breakfast in the hotel and waited.
He had previously announced that
no waiter need expect a tip from
him, and the young men who
wore white vests were onto the
fact that a reform had been started
by the commercial man.
For some reason or other, when
those young men looked in his di-
rectiOn they we're smitten with
sudden blindness. They did not
observe that there was anything
sitting at the table where he was.
After he had pounded on the table
until he had dented the boards a
waiter came over and casual.
" asked il there was anything he
desired. This indifference of the
serving man made the refOrmer
warm, and he expressed himself
with great vigOr and then ordered
his breakfast. After he had wait
ed half an hour and pounded his
glass until he had cracked it
another waiter came around and
asked il he had ordered anything.
This made the refOTmer rage like
a Gagged lion and after expressing
his opinion of walters in general
and of the walters at that hotel in
particular, he gave another order
of fish, soft boiled eggs and coffee.
ThirtyfVe minutes later the wait
er brought him some cold fried
liver and a cup Of tea. This con-
duct enraged the reformer to such
a degree that he left the table and
made a roar to the clerk. The
clerk listened to the complaint
while he allowed the light of his
diamond stud to flash in the face
Of the refOrmer and then answered
with a suppressed yawn that he
would speak to- the proprietor.
Then the reiOrmer went away ex-
pecting that the walters would be
lacked up for their 1nattentiOn to a
patron of the hotel, for he was not
yet onto the fact that the prOprie.
tor had an understanding with the
walters that they should make the
most of their income by separating
the guests from their coin in the
way of tips.
The next meal the refOrmer wait.
ed an hour before he could get the
attention OF a waiter and finally gOt
nothing be had ordered. The
mind of the waiter was abstracted
when the order was given. Their
the reiormer made another roar tC
the clerk and settled up and
moved to another hotel saying
that he would not pstrOnize a hOte
where q man could not get decen.
attention. When he reached th'
other hotel and went into the din
ing room it occurred to him that b
had struct 3 cold storage plant
BE pounded the table and liite(
his voice, but the walters seemeC
to have been stricken with boil
deafness and blindness.
For three days the refOrmer KEEP
up his kick. BE tried four DIFF
ferent hotels and failed TO ge
enough for 3 light lunch at any on
time, and what he got was cole
and not ft to eat. At the end 0
the third day be vent back to til