Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-02-05

ute from this Woodworking Official, says
Tit-Bits. On trip across the Atlantic,
especially during the summer months,
when SO many Americans are visiting
Europe or returning home, a steward
will often make as much as ESQ for
the one voyage, so he may well afford
to pay the owners Il considerable sum
for the privilege of holding his posi-
ton The tips he receives are all
earned, for it is in his power greatly
to increase the pleasure a passenger
derives from the voyage.
When wealthy people become stage
struck they are quite willing to pay
for being allowed 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 q manager will
place you in a good part. This ex-
plains why we so often find q poor
actor playing the ornamental part Of
hero, while there are plenty Of clever
players with minor parts. The musical
by the paying amateur, for the fine
dress, music and glitter fascinate him.
Many hairdressers pay their assist
ants no salary at all, but allow them
to keep what tips they receive, and also
give them a certain commission on any
thing they may sell to a customer. This
Is in one way quite satisfactory, for
the necessity of earning a tip makes
the barber do his work carefully and
WELL 1t is in his endeavors to earn
a commission that he becomes a nui-
sance, and it Is then he presses hair
washes and pomades on the victim on
whom he may be operating.
A trick whereby q worker is made to
pay his employer has recently been laid
bare by the police. The schemer adj
vertises for a typist, clerk or shop as
sistant, as the case may be, and in
forms the applicants that he will give
them a weeks trial on payment of
shillings, and on the understanding
that for the first week they receive no
wages. After that, however, they will
get E5 per week. At the end of the pc
riod Of trial the sly employer finds
fault with and dismisses his dupe, after
pocketing shillfngs and getting seven
days of the workers best labor for
nothing. This trick Is only practicable
in large cities where the supply Of la
Dor is great.
In many Of the crack restaurants in
London and Paris the walters pay for
the privilege Of working. They reim-
burse themselves, Of course, by means
Of the tips they receive. These are
often large, for a swell would scorn to
tip with less than silver. Many a wait
er pays as much as so shillings per
week for being allowed to attend at
single table.
1t will be news to most Of our read
ers that domestic servants sometimes
pay to work. 1t Is in the houses of
the great, where interesting informa-
ton is to be picked up, that the serv-
ants 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 the so
ciety journals and newspapers with
news overheard while their master
talks to his guests over his wine glass
Many amateur poets pay advertise
ment rates to have their work inserted
In papers Of some standing in order
that they may show their work SAC
copied" by the So-and-So. That they
are minor poets, and remain so, scarce
ly needs saying.