The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1907-02-27

| checked In q hundred gallons OF
cream not more than twenty minutes
ago." With genuine embarrassment
the new recruit replied: "Oh.
didn't know you were the manager;
I'll bring 1t at once, SIR" The motive
was to please certain regular custom.
ers of the dining room, who madesa
practice OF tipping, by keeping lib.
eral quantity of cream In reserve for
them, giving ordinary patrons milk
with their coffee.
The BARRIERS In the large establish.
ments OF the cities are also well or
ganized for securing tips. Most OF
them work on percentage and have
all kinds of extra things they try to
! sell each customer. The man who
does not give ten cents above the
regular tariff Is an unwelcome Gus.
toner in most OF the big shops. The
up to date barber "educates" his
customers to the idea of tipping. He
| begins q friendly line of talk and
tells you conidentially that things
are going pretty bad with him. He
will likely say: "Do you have any
Idea what wages they pay In this
place? They pay so little that IL II
were not for the tips we get we could
not pay rent and provide for our fam.
lilies. or course, nearly everybody
that comes In here gives us some.
| thing, so we manage to worry along"
BY such means the barber makes his
customer understand that something
extra is expected. II good "edu.
Gator" opens up on you and you fail
to take the hint. you had better look
for another shop.
A dodge which is worked with uni.
versal success by many crafty ton.
sorial artists Is the soiled towel trick.
In order to induce his customers tc
buy shampoos he keeps a towel al
hand the corner of which Is very
| grimy. When you get In his chair
he passes this over your head, then
shows you the dirt, which did not
come from your hair at all, but of
the heel of his boot. AS he flashes
the soiled towel he will say: Lots
OF dirt In your hair. Better let me
wash 1t out" and in nine cases out OF
| ten the unsuspecting victim will say
"go ahead" when he probably doesn't
need shampoo at all.
Once when the writer was discuss.
| ing tips with foreigner he made the
following explanation of why 1t Is
done in Europe: 1T Is merely lit.
, tie cash concession made to men who
have to labor at tasks not quite
| worthy of human dignity. It is not
II you think of it, quite worthy OF
human dignity that a man should
spend his life In setting down baked
| meats on board for other men tc
eat. This is why we have invented
tips, to reconcile men to perform
mental Offices with an appearance OF
contentment."
Any self-respecting man who
works for his living ought to resent
such an attitude as this. Honest
labor Of any kind, even of persona,
character can be dlgnified II it IL
done in dignifled way.
The functions OF the waiter and
the barber are necessary parts of ouI
living. We are all more or less de.
pendent on one another, and the most
menial service Is respectable IL done
In respectable manner Here is
chance for organized labor to assert
itself. Receiving chance gratuities
In the place of salaries is neither dig
nified nor profitable, but 1t is demor.
alizing. The particular classes OF
labor that receive tips should stand
together and refuse to take them
They should demand wages in keep
ing with the service they render.
That taking chance tips instead oil
receiving an adequate salary is not
profitable is shown by the condition
Of affairs abroad. In those countries
where the tipping system has been in
vogue the longest labor is the most
debased. In Berlin one is even ex.
pected to tip the street car conductor
In Vienna one must fee the ianitor
who lets him In or out of his own
house at night. Practice has made
this so universal that it is almost as
binding as If it were law.-New York
Sun.