The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-03
TIPPING lT sra.
Notes of Discomfort From Transatlantic
stewards aud Passengers,

LONDON, June % L have crossed tn"
Atlantic probably fifty times. sal an
. Englishman when the question OF tipping
on ocean liners was under discussion.
and in my opinion II - the American
travellers who are chiefly rcsTorsi To
for IN" soreness that ma y people hay.
over tipping
The average American dearly loves To
make an impression. aud To pay eNtrava-
giant tips Is one Of his methods Naturally
stewards who benefit 10y II look askauC"
At tIrs which NAV lie smaller. although
perfectly adequate.
The practice Of tipping is becoming
a very great nuisance On some liner wh"r"
YOU can rarely ak a question without
having To pay for the answer There are
the heiroum steward. the chief strwar J..
the dining room steward the har steward.
the deck steward the smoking room stew
ard ant all the rest.
The amount oI tipping done on liner
Is out OF all proportion 10 that in a ho'el
and il only some ~. tcrprisiug cumpa' v
woud announce that gratui,irs ou iLs
ships were expressly forli i"a the ropu-
laritY of that service woul he Imm--
late
II has Leen triei on a mall scale hut
the passengers could not get out of tu"
haiti Of PAVING for their CoI.t".tme4t
10y means Of "a tip.
The system has been Introduce on
som" lines Of poolIu- al tif'- and tINI.iug
them 50 that thus" stewards ger a >La:"
who ar" not brought directly a. oortaot
with the la ase..,"rS hat wurN ~ hart
IN ConluI elton WIN r." LARGE D. u'rl.v
in IT," number ot -t"ya...- ,r lry-e. Gay
boats has L. tu smaller % I.I...,l .sII
and has res .lt" O.. !'.DN"HIr.' ann. 8
IA" stewards th"H.".y". for a.r.I-HIGE
tips aut e-tai Fishing higher pay
Possibly ia" CoIEtIuAi!HL e -."NLr Is
who woull hk" To- he D.. ,''I 90. f'.4t ,i fiTI=
and Of Ja-S,'l gers who TIA. - that %. -
are eNturtipu may Ia time ring 90 .uI; a
chang-i condition Of a.aIr-
OsirLt.s uf the fr.Ius~It. Into line. 90
Liverpool rrCUgniI" that TO-" o. lang
system enCrndors irritation among tr.l,.-
ler- but their d"icnr" l. tInt = 20 ,!e~u
lIrer ~ - nuAtlng hotel. AMI stewards
ar" walters who DO many - .I'f e. -"-' ius'-
not strictly within IN" line, Il t..'lr D4'y
As to the charge that they up not Jay
their stewards d, fair wage they sly
As 20 the wages ot stewards We
b..iieya that "" paw them Ia accordance.
with the market vllu" II the voTN they
d. II u u~"f % hlt not -. ."i WORK,
and IN spite of all the grufup..Hg nu ~.
part - ~" travelling publ" Their" .,lH.r-
to b" little Ir -l"ct 81 "a" az. ....l % 20
the tip.
What do the st.wl r,is themselves .av
on the natter lrluE Pcarua. IN 't'irll
- tho National Union = SHIPS stewards
Cooks, Butchers ant BAK.rs. who sI"nt
many years 80 S"4. rI-lNg from -alJ =
boy - chief steward. ~.vs that no" rat" =
pay AZ which d steward j. ~"rl.Iu"rtt"t
when AZ sea works uIt ~ about a penny
an hour. and b" may confidently aEtIgi-
pate four months .-Lur'' every year owing
to- the sharply defined seasons which oh-
tain IN IN" Dl~s"ug"r service Pr such
nay and such conditions lrdeu"udaurr
Of character D. 700 much 80 cNf.srt
In. saloon stewards acc, riing % Nlr
PaarCp, who wait IN wealthy people
to yet tire. although these A." uut 80
colossal - ~" public Imagination hos
mad" them. hrI' for ~" .thnr stewards
the requisites amount tp 80 lit" that
they Ito not keep them IN tolar""