The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-20
TIPS NOT WAGES
Street Car Conductors Pay in
Vienna, Austria.
Hotel Guests Locked i'm Room
After 10 p. M.
THAT CLUTCH TREAT.
Is Customary i'm Society OF
European Capital.
Topeka Visitor Describes Her
Foreign Experiences.

In Vienna, Austria, street car con-
ductors depend upon tips from pas
sengers for pay and receive no
wages from the company. When
people are invited to any affair
| each guest, instead of the host,
pays his way. Hotel patrons
are locked in their rooms after 10 D.
m and can not leave or re-enter with
out tipping the porter" Such are
the characteristics of the Austrian
capital as described by Mrs. John
Sturtevant of New York City, former
~ of Kansas City. She recently re-
visiting at the home of her sister. Mrs.
M. E. Wallace. at 924 North Harrison
street. Mrs. Sturtevant also spoke of
the absence of the noise nuisance in
Venice, Italy, where traffic is con-
Quoted by gondolas on the iagoons
instead of the loud rafting wagon
and car.
The Sturtevants also visited in
ENGLAND, France. Egypt, India China
and japan. They left New York in
, December. Mrs. Sturtevant returned
to America in September via Yoko-
hama and San Francisco. Her hus-
band remained in the Orient for a
while, but is on his way home. He is
descendant of Head Strong Peter
Stuyvesant, (Sturtevant "Dutchan-
ized"), the first governor of New Am
sterdam-old New York City.
London Fog Blindness.
s"One of my ever-to- be-rememb ered
experiences was with a fog at Lon
don," said Mrs. Sturtevant to visitor.
Il woke up one morning and couldn't
see across the room because it was
so dark-although 1 realized it must
be quite late. l thought 1 was blind
and after cropping around found a
match and lit the gas to see whether
my fears were justified or not. / then
saw the darkness was caused by the
fog outside.
Depend Upon Tips for Pay
eve spent about two months in
Vienna, Austria. The customs of that
city are strange. For instance, the
street car conductors receive no sal
aries from the company, but rely on
tips from the passengers. That tip
ping syStem-it is curse of foreign
travel At every hotel there are about
five servants who must be tipped when
you enter a hotel or leave. If you
ignore the ever out-stretched palm
you are given miserable service.
THE Cooks tourists try to do this
and as consequence sometimes miss
their boats because the servants will
not get their luggage down to the
landing in time. A person must also
tip the hotel porter about four cents
if he wishes to leave his room or re-
turn to the same after 10 o'clock p.
m. The law compels the porters to
lock the guests in their rooms after
that hour-probably to help preserve
law and order.
Origin of Dutch Treat"
'In social life the Dutch treat is
in vogue. That is, although a person
may invite his friends to go to supper
or to the theater with him, each of
the party pays his own way. I remem-
Der how surprised / was when my
husband received a bill for supper
after he had attended one of these
affairs upon invitation. After a per-
son becomes accustomed to this, it
seems very sensible No one is under
obligations to any one.
ct suppose this is where the name
Dutch treat originated. German is
the language of the country. although
the educated people speak English. A
great many Of them have Travelled in
America and have a pretty fair idea
of this country. The thing that seems
to impress most of them who have
visited American cities is the irregu-
1arity of size and style of the archi |
the size and style of business houses |
are nearly uniform.
Dog and Woman Hitched to Cart.
ct used to get very home-sick and |
kept saying 1 would like to return to |
America One day when I was speak |
ing thus my husband said: Cant you |
find something to interest you? Just |
look around and see.' I did so and |