The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-03-15
'INTI.YP PLAN IN PRACTICE
IT Works WELL IN THE VEST
WHY NOT IN NEW York;

AnA MNN NNNN ANN@H@a 'HH
a TIP and Everybody IL Satisfied.
.ftvlieve that everywhere In this country
vi,hin the next Eve years or 90 the shds
viii be put under the tipping nuisance
aid a New Yorker who travels for fun.
'The no tipping scheme has had a thorough
trial and II has been found 10 work,
I've been watching the workings Of the
no tipping system In the West lately, and
Il impressed me. l wish New York had the
SKUNK and the initiative Of the West In some
Of these matters that directly affect all
hands,
you can't give a tip to a barber In any
barber shop in Denver that l visited, and l
wss shaved at most OF the leading shops
there. One boss barber started that scheme
IN Denver only q couple Of years ago.
He started a no tip shop. paying his
BARRIERS half again as much as the other
shops paid, on their written agreement
that they'd neither expect nor receive
any tips. He began to get the cream OF
the trade, and then all Of the leading Denver
BARRIERS had TO fall in line and begin the
10 zip system at their shops.
4 heard an argument between this boss
barber and a somewhat pompous chap
q New Yorker, I'll have to sdmit-who In
sisted upon tipping the barber who had
served him.
The pompous one paid his is cent check
a. the desk, the boss receiving the money,
and then he stepped over to the barber
who had shaved him and held out is cents,
waiting for the barber to stretch out his
paw for the silver. But the barber only
smiled and shook his head,
All, tommyrotl said the Upper. Take
this stuff and let me get out Of here
Cant do It, Judge said the barber.
Against the rules. I'd lose my job
All dem nonsense snapped the POM
pous one. You're more than 7 years old,
amt you? Well then why do you allow
yourself to be treated like a kid2'
Because those are the terms under
which he's working here, sir, said the boss
barber, stepping into the situation from
hs place behind the desk at that junoture
You see these signs. don't your pointing
10 the placards scattered all over the shop
setting forth the rule that tips were not to be
offered nor received,
well, l guess I'm not blind snorted
the customer, who seemed to like the tipping
business. But what right have you got to
tell me what ! shall or shall not do with my
money!
mo right at all, sir. gravely replied
the boss barber, but l have got the right
to run my own business according to my
own methods. II the rule we're to be re-
laxed in your case it could fairly be relaxed
in other cases, and IL that we're to happen
my scheme would 60 to smash. AS q bust
ness man you ought TO know that
We'll, I'm not a business man. growled
the customer, and he snorted and left.
He belonged to that queer breed Of men
who give tips Unfortunately out Of a pure
love Of os~tentation, and these are the fell
lows who perpetuate the tipping graft and
make it 80 hard to down.
"In the shoe department Of a big Chicago
department store some thirty shoe polish
log chairs are going all the time. Folks
who get their shoes at this place have their
shoes polished for nothing as long as the
shoes hold together. Five Of the chairs,
by the way, are for women only, and girls
are the shoeblacks.
well, an overseer is in charge Of the big
force Of bootblacks, and the no tip rule is
enforced there for fair. l saw a man try
70 drive a piece Of silver through this rule.
He offered the young Greek who had
polished his shoes a dime, The Greek
shook his head and shrugged his shoulders.
The Upper tossed the dime at the bOotblack
aud it rolled on the floor. The overseer
walked over TO the Upper.
''Nill you kindly let me sec your card,
sirs' he said to him meaning the ticket
which people who are entitled to the free
shines carry about with them.
The Upper produced the ticket. The
oyersper took it, calmly tore IL in two and
strolled away. The Upper stormcd.
Go see the superintendent, said tho
oyerseer The Upper didn't, however, but
strobe out, muttering.
i asked the overseer II those we're in
strlctions, and il the firm wasn't afraid OF
losing trade that way,
" They're instructions, and the firm
doesn't care whether it loses that sort OF
trade or not replied the overseer. The
man who is at the head Of these whole works
started the system. He's a millionaire.
He won't stand for 80 much as a penny tip
anywhere In the place, and employees
caught taking tips are fred
But the greatest no tipping institution
n all America is DavenpOTt's restaurant in
t.pokane, His restaurant is one Of the
lNeest in the country. Between 1900 and
1000 people take their meals there every
day. The food is good and the prices are
Just about one-half what they are in New
York.
We'll, you could no more give a Daven-
rort waiter a tip than you could give Gov.
Hughes a tip on the races. They never
think about tips. They're too busily en-
gagged in thinking how best to make you
comfortable.
These walters are OF all nationalities-
Germans. Frenchmen, Russians, Spanls.ds,
but mostly Americans. They're letter per-
:a.t a. walters. Davenport oonductsa walt
rrs' school on the side. and his men know
how 10 give you the same sort oil service
that YOU get at the best hotels or restau-
rants Of New York-if you tip for 1t IN
Ncg York, that is.
Every one OF these walters gets S26 a
week. Now. that's good money. They
know IT'S good money, and they're glad
T., get it and to let the tipping business
SHE.
There isn't a sign in the restaurant
r.nfring folks not 20 tip the walters, When