The Washington times., 1907-07-07
By FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON

~ SCAR HAHN sat next TO me
little way from the executive
table in the convention hall
lie looked sad ike a poet
His arms hung suaight down at his
sides. His pointed Dundreary whisk-
ers stood at angles Of IS degrees to
the southeast and southwest OF his
chin. He put his feet on the round
OF the char because his legs are
short. His face took on a look of
extreme pain.
'Ach!" CALCULATED he II is so not
Have l come all the way from Ores
den TO deny me this? The papers said
the tip We woIld abolish already. They
have US thereby great injustice done.
The tip must go-what2"
There was a rasping sound under
his breath. II sounded like:
Dundervetter."
Then aloud he chortled:
''Ha, ha! he must go yet-yes. no?
Ha! We nothings say in the conven-
ton. l say nein,-dree tousand times
nein."
lie spoke impressively. earnestly and
forced upon one the truth of his con-
Nicuons Here was this enthusiastic
little German who had Travelled many
miles across the sea. from the Father
land TO New York, 10 uplift the wait
CT. and here. almost on his first dav
nc vas accredited with having come 10
this country for the sole purpose Of
abolishing the tipping system in
America Preposterous, II would be
Ike ripping the preamble out of the
De- IT, d - FffaHn
knocking the stellar spots out of the
Star-Spangled Banner.
As the general representative for the
WorIu OF walters OF the international
Geneva Association-which. until a few
days ago. was known as the Intorna-
uunai Society OF Hotel and Restaurant
mp'oyes-Herr Hahn occupies "A pusi-
ton OF Importance and this position he
fully realizes. lie is here to demon
.a ;he ethics OF the gentle art of
servins-with or without tips. but pref
eraoiy with tips-and II is in this art
that he is Joined by the ! 400 walters
who are members of the associatfon
Ana nov the newspapers from the At
lanuc Ia the Pacifc-through some
journalistic error-are gIoatinp in
double-leaded leaders that the tin is
To- - Icy order Of Herr Hahn,
1T Is 50. like this said the Herr
Waiter. raising his hands from his
sides and describing in the air dis-
gram Of cafe table while he gureIed
softly ike "A Manhattan cocktsil-..u
Is SO. like this. the foolishness-es 81
some reporter. u is SO not. In Ger
many We have the tip-yes. In France
W. have the tip-also YES. In England
We nave the tip-also. too
lie ciapped his hands together and
exclaimed iovfullv:
Yes. already, The tip-he is uni
versSl- You have him in America
vcs sure
Thon. fearful that officially he had
been indiscreet he added. quickly:
But the convention-he do nothings
-nein. The tip-yes. the tip-nein.
The convention do nothings. But
the waiter-welI-yes. must good
day say Tor there the convention is
yet
He took his feet from the round Of
the chair. lie kicked out his short
legs. He shook his head thereby
waving his Dundredries like lilac bios
SONS in an early summer breeze. and.
as he smiled his adieus. he murmured =
"The tip ne must Eo-whatg'
He was gone with his gentleness
and his impressiveness Following
him came Julius Klos the financial
secretary OF the New York section
Of the International Geneva Associa-
ton &lOs Is an Austrian. always
argumentative and sometimes logical
He is fat and white. has steady
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coffee cups with finger bowl bal
July 7, 1907