The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-16

TO la4fe lA aA early AIatNs
Tipping is a subject that Is always
worth discussing a man does not
ike to give less than the usual Up.
and he ought not to give more. be-
cause IL makes it hard for the next
man, who may not be able to afford
much of an expenditure.
But when you visit private houses
you don't know what to do. Tips are
expected there-not by everybody, but
by maid and coachman, anyhow, and
you wonder what Is the right thing to
do.
To be sure you have caused trouble.
You have placed your boots outside
your door, just as you have latterly
learned to do at home, and It was a
maid who gave them that duh polish
that wears out IN a half hour Leave
polish behind when you leave Ameri-
ca-that seems, by the way, to be the
motto Of good many travelling Ameri-
cans, but I referred to the kind that
you can see your face in when Inn
parted by an Italian.
They tell a story Of John Kendrick
Bangs, that he viii pardon me for re-
peaing, as he doubtless never heard
It,
Once he was spending a week end
IN America, at house where the men
blaeked their own shoes, OF else had
them done on the ferryboat, and, with
out thinking, Mr.. Bangs put his shoes
outside his bedroom door.
Along came Mrs. Hostess and said
to herself, @Ohl there are Mr.. Bangs
boots. don't like % ask Mary to
black them I guess / can do it"
On her way TO bed her sister passed
Mr. Bangs door and saw his boots
outside.
"Oh, dear; Mary II never be able to
shine those. I guess I'LL do It,"
And she also impaired luster to
the footwear Of Mr.. Bangs.
Mr.. Hostess had stayed downstairs
to do some shutting up, and when he
passed the bedroom door there stood
the boots.
Hal Glad I saw those" said Mr..
Hostess. Mary d make a mess OF 1t.
III shine 'em myself. English custom,
that"
Mr.. Hostess thought they looked al
most shiny enough to have done until
Mr. Bangs reached New York, which
was a mild compliment to the united
efforts Of Mrs Hostess and her sister,
but he put in an amount Of energy
that caused them to reflect his sweat
besprinkled face, and when he put
them IN front OF the door they were
good for two days at least.
! would like to add that Mary passed
them on her way to bed, and shifted
at them with disdain, but this is true
story and I must not add frilIs.
That day Mrs. Hostess happened &
speak of the shoes, and then It trans
\ pired that all had perspired, each one
inspired by the same thought
And II Mr.. Bangs remembers a yer,
brilliant polish within the last ter
years he knows where this happened
had an experience when on M
way to visit Lady 49, in Count.
Monaghan IN the. central part Of Ire
land.
Just how much to tip a coachmai
Of Lady" | did not know. A shil
ling did not seem enough, and twl
shillings seemed a gcDd deal, and tn
fellow did not have the arroganc
of an English coachman. He wa
simple and kindly, and was willin
tC talk to me, although he never veT
tured word unless l spoke to hin
When ] had alighted at Ballybull
station ragged man had seized m
valise, and on ascertaining my de-
tination and carried It to a smar
iaunting car driven by a liveried dril
er | offered him a copper, ard h
looked at it and said, Sure, your
too rich a man to be contint wit
that.
So to contint meself / gave him 81
pence, just what / had paid for ha-
ing my trunk carried one hundre
and eighty miles, and climbed to th
car.
On the way to the estate Of Lad
Clancarty Ito give her a name also
l Inquired on what I'd better give 7
give too much would be as bad as /
slye too little. Still if it cost a 81
pence for my suit case to 60 a hut
dred yards three-mile drive shoul
be worth a half pound at least
AT last, Just as we were driving
at the lodge gates, I foresaw that
must make haste-as it would ney'
do to hand out my tip IN the presenC
Of my hostess-so / reached over Il
well" and handed two shillings to Il
driver. He seemed surprised an
I pulled a bit hard on the left lin
lhefe was sWeFFes loud snap az
the step Of the car was broken sho
OF against the gatel
I was conscience-stricken, but sa'
not a word for a minute Then Il
driver said. I've been driving 4
twinty.three years and niver had q
accident before
He had jumped out and thrown q
step into the well between us.