The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
THEY GET NO SALARY.
People Who Pay to Secure Their
Positions.

The position of steward on a large liner
Is such d lucrative one from the number
of tips received that most lines have now
stopped giving their towards any salary
at all. and many of the finest steamships
eXact a money tribute from this hard
working official, says London Tit-Bits. On
a trip across the Atlantic, especially dur
ing the summer months, when so many
Americans are visiting Europe or return
ing home, q steward will often make as
much as ESQ for Athe n voyage, so he
may well afford to pay the owners a con-
siderable sum for the privilege of holding
his position The tips he receives are well
earned. for 1t is in his power greatly to
increase the pleasure a passenger derives
from the voyage.
When wealthy people become stagestruck
they are quite willing to pay for being al
lowed to act instead of receiving payment.
The usual fee is ESQ. and the amateur must
bear all his own expenses, travelling and
otherwise. besides. For this sum a man
ager will place you In q good touring COM
pany dsgive you q leading part. This
explains why we so often find a poor actor
playing the ornamental part of hero, while
there are plenty of clever players with
minor parts. The musical comedy is the
play chosen. as a rule, by the paying ANA
teur. for the fine dresses, music and glitter
fasclnate himA
Many hairdressers pay their assistants
no salary at all, but allow them to keep
what tips they receive, and also give them
a certain commission on anything they
may sell 10 u ClASlOnlCls Ills IL III OIlt
way quite satisfactory, for the necessity
of earning a tip makes the barber do his
work carefully and well. 1t is in his en-
beavers to earn a commission that he
becomes a nuisance, and 1t Is then he
presses hair washes md pomades on the
victim on whom he may be operating.
A trick whereby a worker is made to
pay his employer has recently been laid
bare by the police. The schemer adver-
tises for a typist. clerk or shop assistant,
as the case may be, and informs the APP
plicants that he will give them a weeks
trial on payment of five shillings. and on
the understanding that for that first week
they receive no wages. After that, how
ever. they will get e5 per week. At the
end of the period of trial the sly employer
finds fault with and dismisses his dupe,
after pocketing five ~shillings and getting
seven days of the workers best b for
nothing. This trick Is only practicable
In large cities where the supply of labor
is great,
In many of the crack restaurants in
London and Paris the walters pay for the
privilege of working. They reimburse
themselves. of course, by means of the
tips they receive. These are often large,
than silver. Many a waiter pays as much
as so shillings per week for being allowed
to attend at a single table.
1t win be news to most or our readers
that domestic servants sometimes q to
work. 1t is in the houses of the great,
where interesting information Is to be
picked up, and the servants who pay are
lady journalists. These often pay the
agency that got them the position all the
wages they earn and something MORE, and
they get their money back by supplying
h society journals and newspapers with
news overheard while their master talks
TO his guests over his wine glass.
Many amateur poets. pay advertisement
rates to have their work inserted in papers
of some standing in order that they may
show their work accepted" by the So
and-so. That they are minor poets and
remain 50 scarcely needs saying.