Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-06-12
EVIL or The TIPPING SYSTEM.
What We Pay Annually 70 Porsrs
Walters and Others.

Walters and Others.
The manner IN which the people q
the United ftates are borrowing the
tipping habit from Europe ls q mat
ter for grave concern, says the Pitts
burg Gazette-Times. Take the case
Of your smiling friend, the Pullman
porter. DO you know that the dimes
and quarters and half dollars given
him b. our travelling public every
year amount 10 more than 5000. 90
and that We present him with 5000
every morning before breakfast
Let's figure Il out There are about
5000 poaters IN the employ % the
Pullman company, says the New York
Sun. II the total amount received ~
each " them was a dollar q day, that
would be 5000. But ID order 70
make allowance for time Of and Tor
sfingy or frugal travellers Who give
little or nothing, suppose We k1ock
on a couple Of thousand dollars every
morning. That would make 5000 a
day, Or $3.50. 0o9 for the year.
This generosity on the part 81 the
travelling public would be all rigff y
the DOrterg got the benefit o. r. 80
they do not. Under present conditions
hhe tips are merely another source u
profit for the Pullman company. one
would suppose that All the time ~ .
grOWBnp man. IN most Instances Wlfh
family 70 support. would At least be
worth so q week, Or so a month. ~
a concern earning millions u alTi-
degde, But the porter gets only gZJ
month, and 81 lefi ~ get the re-
mainder from the public. Therefore
the Pullman company, on account ~
tips given ~ o. cmplOyes. make
saving u sI5 per month % each u
them, amounting 10 $4,000. Or ST.
10000 o year,
After The thousands " passengers
arriving At their Destinations 81 thls
country every morning turn over &C.
900 70 the Pullman porters. they give
away another thousand 10 station boys
who carry their bags out from fhe
trains Before they get comfortably
settled down 10 the breakfast table an
other donation of $1,000 Or 10 81 made
~ hack drivers. Then the waiter. pro-
ceed % "Ret theirs" After the sOF-
tiers no other class u servants de-
ponds ~ much upon tips o. the
walters.
~ many " The large establish
ments III the cities the attendants
have perfectly organized system foF
securing and sharing The proceeds
they get from the public. One way Of
working II thus: When you enter
the dining room for a first meal 81 q
table andl then wETAOINETAOINA
hotel the head waiter places yOn a. a
table and then watches carefully when
yOu leave 10 zee II you Zee the waiter
II you leave some change, the &
waiter claims part 81 H. n the
who attended you should refuse 10
divide, the next time yOa enter the
dining room sou VIII BE- pat a. some
other table, presided over b. square
man"
Sometimes the only way waiter
can get prompt service IN the kitchen
for favored guest Is 10 "see" the
server Thus, when yOu leave a quar-
ter under the edge 81 your plate it
does not always 20 into the pocket u
the man who attended you, 80 yOn
might suppose. but Is distributed
among number Of employees wlfh
within you % not come ln contact.
II sou fail 10 leave any change under
Jour plate and remain a. that hotel
for any length Of time. you wifi 10
likely 10 receive scanf consideration.
FOR the servants Will BE- busy booking
after those people who are not abb
sentmlnded when they G8lah their
meal.
One hotel proprietor tells this ex-
Derlence be had with a new waiter
Who came 10 bls place. Tie new man
came on az the breakfast hour. and
10 the course " time VA sent 70 wait
upon the manager without knowing
who be Was, instead u serving q
mail cup u cream for the coffee lie
brought milk with Il. The manager
aid 10 him. Here. take this milk
lack and bring ne some cream We
lave no cream said the newcomer.
rhe surprised manager looked ~ a.
bin quickly and said. Like thunder
you haven't I am the manager u
this place. and Just checked IL q
hundred gallons u cream not more
han 20 minutes ago" With genuine
Embarrassment the new recruit replied.
On. didn't know yOu were the man
ger: III bring Il ~ once. sir The
motive vas 70 please certain regular
customers u the dining room. who
made q practice u tipping. b. keeping
{ LIBERAL quantity 81 cream IN reserve
Tor them. giving ordinary patrons