The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-12-11

such constant expectation OF tips that
the love OF money becomes the ruling
passion. In southern California robber-
les are continually .being perpetrated
upon the wealthy guests who HE 70 this
sanitarium every year and dwell IN the
palatial hotels Of the district, because Of
the desire for tips engendered in the
hearts OF these hotel bell boys. In Jan
uary one wealthy lady staying at a Pas
adcna hotel was robbed by the bell boys
OF diamonds and ieweiry amounting in
value to $4,000. The chief Of police OF
that little mountain town received
thousand dollar bin for discovering the
culprits. Hardly a week passes with
OIL some account appearing In the local
press Of the robbery OF some weaithy
guest by these young gentry. Arriving
at hotel the traveller feos the boy that
conveys his valise 70 his room. the boy
that brings ice water, the boy that ruaa
an errand. the waiter at the table. this
porter with the trunk-in fact, for every
Hole requirement or service supposed 70
be included in the seven -dollar-a day
charge Of the hotel, he has to pay the
various servitors. those people that
crook me pregnant hinges Of the knee,
The effect on the minds Of the young
ben boys in this pernicious practice has
aIsady been referred to; it is as inj,,r'-
Gus to The tippee as to the Upper. Call
ing 70 Ret the required honorarium, the
waiter Incomes insolent and makes such
remarks as. Here's q FROST or "savy
the cheap guy ia the presence OF the
guest. who ia entitled, as patron OF
the place from the proprietor and from
an his agents 10 courteous treatment.
The man Of limited means thus becomes
discrirainated against by the ignorant,
and Is made to feel the Inconvenience OF
poverty, while the idle son OF the blooded
coupon cutter, who acquired his wealth
only BY his parents sagacity Of invest
ment Is endowed with the scrvile ado
ration OF the subordinates he comforts so
literally with inherited money So de-
grading must this be in effect TO the
character OF these subordinates this
practice SO akin 10 extortion and TO
beggary. that the phrase OF the speaker
ironical as Il may seem, must pass into
history as founded on fact; Ladies,
gentlemen and walters An eminen. ju-
rise OF the Missouri bar characterized
walters as the ioWesr OF the CONNER
cial money-m making species and remarked
that many Of the prisoners are recruited
from this fraternity. This tso the philo-
sophie mind arises from the continual
habit OF mind produced by this eternal
vigilance for tips
The remedy imperfect as X may be,
is suggested by the practice Of many
French restaurants SO FAR as walters
are concerned Near the cashieFs desk
of tho restaurant Is n0N marked FOR
the walters" aud All diners place their
small change therein whSi they can
AFFORD IL. this in the evening is divided
among the aggregation OF help. share
ana share alike. Endowed with this
remedy or not. 1t behooves tho public
to take a strong stand ia the direction
Of slnipresslng this evil as much for
their own benefit and relief as for the
ultimate effect upon this grand army OF
subservient seryitors, who are employed
TO do their duty in the interest pf III
! proprietor OF the institution where they
are employed. and ought not 10 be ed
ucated 20 regafd each patron OF tbs
place as legitimate prey for revenue
only.