Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-18
politest folks I ever know.

politeBt fOlkB l ever knew. III
Frenchman had to kick person out Of
doors, he would wear q felt slipper,
and after he had kicked you he would
place his hal on his heart. and bow,
and look so sorry. and hurt. that you
would want to give him tip.
o, but this tipping business is what
is breaking dads heart. I think II
the servants would arrange n syndi-
cate to rob dad OF two or three dol
lars n day, by pocket picking. or sneak
thieving, he would overlook II, and
say that as long as II was one Of the
customs OF the country We should
have to submit to It, but when he
has paid his bill. with everything
charged extra. and the servants line
up and look appeallngly, or mad, as
the case may be. dad Is the hardest
man to loosen that ever was, but II
they seem 20 look the other way. and
not, apparently, care whether they get
cent or not, dad would 60 and hunt
them up. and divide his roll with
them. Dad Is not what you would
call a tight wad." II you let him
shed his money normally, when he
feels the loosening coming on, but you
try to WORK him by bowling and cring-
ing, and his American spirit gets the
better Of him. and he looks upon the
servant as pretty low down. ! have
told him that the tipping habit Is Just
as bad in America as In France, but
he says In America the servant acts
as though he never had such a thought
as getting tip, and when you give
him q quarter or other tip he looks
puzzled, as though he did not just
recall what he had done to merit such
treatment, but finally puts the money
in his pocket with an air as though
he would accept 1t in trust, to be
given to some deserving person at the
first opportunity, and then he smiles,
and gets away, and blows in the tip
for something wet and strong.
told daa II he would just ignore
the servants, as though he did not un-
derstand that they expected tip, that
he would be all right, SO when we got
ready to move from the hotel to pri-
vate rooms dad never gave any serv-
ant a tip. Well, l don't know what
the servants did to our baggage, but
they must have marked 1t with O
smallpox sign, or something, for no.
body would touch 1t for several hours.
but finally baggage man took 1t and
started for our apartments, and got
lost, and didn't show up for two days,
and when 1t was finally landed on the
sidewalk nobody would carry 1t up
stairs, and dad and l had to lug 1t up
two flights, and thought dad would
have apoplexy.
We found a guide who could talk
New Orleans English and he said 1t
would cost three dollars to square 1t
with the servants at the hotel, and
have the boycott removed from our
baggage. and dad paid 1t, and now he
coughs up tip every time he sees q
servant look at him. He pays when
he goes in a restaurant and when he
comes out, and says he is cured OF
trying to reform the customs Of any
body else's country.
We have engaged guide to stay
with us day and night. The guide
took us out for a bat last night, and
dad had the time Of his life. Dad has
drank q good deal Of spurious and
malt liquors in his time, but l don't
think he ever INDUCED much In cham
payne at three or four dollars a bot
tie at home. Maybe he has been saw
ing himself up till he got over here,
where champagne is cheap and 1t
takes several quarts to make you see
angels. The guide took us to one of
these bullyvards. where there are Ia