The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-20
FOR PEG RENT, S2OO,OOo.
ONI ~ THE LITTLE THINGS
Nv IORk Paxs HEGH FOR.

n NV = ~ 49, - wv Na0NMA 49, -
Pr,,Ilese ~ Tnassng t'HrN a. sunas ana
IaaI.-Tsse EmplSyeeu m~aH New
~ 'hs Tars TnsS oct FrsFn Gassss.
'1er the thsatrO you decide to take
81 wife, Orwholnever u may be you have
q r rou. TO supper. and your choice Of
.-,Alrant n apt Ia tall ON oas % the
1lacps tn the region oF the daEzllnR
noe Won are in the lobby n boy bslstlsa
and takes yOur hat and eSercoat
,r cOtnvaniOn gOes fatO the dressing
no aud a maid relieves her Of her
u. - You spend anywhere frOm tan
w~Rty dollars on your supper. Per-
YOU give the waiter a dollar: Ger
r..Y you 40 " Won eapect ever again Il
Tho saFne reEaRuTant.
GA 20 out into the lobby aGrin Your
.. rpaniou hasn't her pure with ker
70 No v vour wtfe sas damA nds quarter
.-.r Won for the maid IN the dreaaing
.p.-r N she iAI't you hltlShinxly sDip
no. =; least that sum. The boy brings
,,Hr hat ana cost, and 10 you have tsn
.-ri- IN change. or PERHAPS fifteen. you
-t to him. n you haven't any small
,Aange. yon swear under your hrsatk.
fF'l NaNNN MN = NNeA9hNNpa
N1d have paid thirty i've cents. ov
tory cents. or half dollar for the rent
~ tNn pen for an hour or So You may
lave thought you we're psying the hog
ani the maid for their trou,sar, . Attls
r,srpaying them. IL - true. hut on such
n cccAsicn you don't like to appsay
-'rgy. But in reality 10 you ere near the
80 crcssroads' ~ JOngacre' Square.
- are raging PEG rent And ~ the same
rte vou could rent q pretty good apart
went m q fashionable location. with steam
's.' and an the modern convenIsnces.
I'd you ever sop to think who really
GO, vour money! You feaI az the time
rsrhaDs a. u really you ought not to he
coupslled to sivs anybody anything.
you Nay run over in yosIS mind . hundred
onlectiuns tn the tipping habit. but. you
-sde~'. thar pOor devil ~ . yoangzleg
'ss 20 make q living somehoE. Hla
lagos are probabiy small. Yon are
.lesv compared with him. and besiIses.
what 10 ten cents OF a quarter anyway
- vou 60 on. rejecting thAa you have
r.rhsps done . good thing after all and
vru Nill do the same thing again and
sEaln
There are .ome who hold that your
'hrrty-fSe cents IL thrown away. They
maintain that a hotel OF restaurant sho,ald
l"rS after the hats and ov~rooats 81 ts
rs'ron- when they eat and they refuse to
~ay nu' nDney Tor peg. As q class. how
ever these heroic non -tipTeru arr fast
diminishing. and the man who can hold
~ against the custom In New York and
IN Get good service and keep an even
'"mp-r does not belong to the class &C
liners and -'Ippers out. TherV are ain
snrIgh New Workers and others left 60
rsv ou, more than t7O0.O0O a year for
rex rent.
u - entirely possible that tho boy
~ho gives you your hat and coat may get
YOUR whole TIC for hin'self and he may save
% 20 buy lots in The Bro0x Og build q
s-yscrsper for himself. That 10 to Say,
- may. Il the hotel or restaurant in which
hs works 10 Far enough from the lobster
district. This ancient custom ssiH OBJ
'.ins IN some hotels
Thinas ara on . more aaFlcsiy business
hasis I'm the region where the gay crowds
rhrong. There " the hoy ~ the maid
gets one-third OF the rip you give he or
he 70 fortunate. The rule Ia that the tip
must be handed over "a the concession
sirs who has the coat room privilege.
for which he has 20 pay the hotel or rsstau-
ant a large sum
The conceasionnaire in such a case v
usually q man % European birth and train
'g Who. beginning life in a small way
,n~rica. has learned the great Lesson
hat Americans will pay more or ieas
~h~.rfully for thinGB that are useless OF
~ east Unnecessary. Sometimes the
A.
.ootbIack or a bellboy or in some other
.~oHration where the money Focssved 10
~ - all proportion 10 the work done
- udg~d by other occupations. Ne see
he money IN renting hat pegs and he 10
-''iug 10 offer a biG sum for the privi-
eye ~ hiring them out.
Nov there are still restaurants IN sx-
s'"noe In New York in which you are
sloNNd 10 take your hat and coat into the
lining room and hang them on a hook
',erh~ad N you don't mind the Signs
hat ~arn you 20 watch them. The man
~ likes - ~at . meal without worrying
%" -o,n-body should exchange hats
-ih HIM must not only pay more for his
n~al hs must pay neg rent as we'll.
In mnst Of the older hotels and some %
- n"-~r the custom still Obtains Of
2 ing everybody Who works in the cloak
room chance at the tipe. Certain hotels
--~-A ne restaurant business - large
s"slEn different employees to duty in the
'0asrpom on different days. In others
80 -Im collsctsd 10 divided among EN-
rl"'"e- ~ the cloakroom. BAIT u In fact
''a' n ~ east four New York hotels and
r many Broadway restaurants the cloak
room privilege 10 farmed out either 70 an
49,, wee ~ the hotel. like the head porter.
H ..- had beIlnan. or to an outsider.
ald 20 some cases for a large sum.
Aurg broadway the courtroom conces-
.'nn''rs pays from % 500 TO 81 So year.
J. ne cs-- of one concession a - said
'o p paid For another - .soo uas paid
't" frs' wear. hut when the proprjetor
4" 'r" establishment realized how much
Money the cOnce~@ionnaire was taking in
p" ..adIally raised the prios until u n
- he opucessionnaire N now payinR
" 49, , year for hia privissgs.