Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-23

bar. now, however. barkeepers even i'm
the most fashionable liquor en-
porlums have grown so accustomed to
being told to keep the change or even
to have a coin somewhat apologeticalIy
thrust before them on the bar. that far
from exhibiting any haughtiness over
II, they wear certain expression of
chagrin disappointment VIXEN their
liberal spending patrons fail to notice
them in this way. 1t is quite the thing
nowadays to tip, and tip literally too
the young woman stenographer and
typewriter who writes the letters for
woman seem to be in the least affronted
when she is given a half dollar or Il
dollar more than the dickered-for cost of
the work she has done The manicure
a tip.
A few years ago men hesitated to tip
mattresses; now it is the common thing
and should be. for the matter of that as
long the tipping system prevails at
all; for why should the trig young woman
who waits upon your table with intelli-
gence and solictude be less worthy of
tip than the eager, predatory, gouge-
full male waiter who virtually holds you
up for tip. and when he doesn't get it
subjects you to furtive or open insult?
The chauffeur of the taXicab is a skillfuI
sort of an individual in his way and
might naturally be supposed to be
above" the taking of tips, but he GER
tan1y is not, In great department stores
of some of the major cities it now is
becoming custom for women DESTROYS
of immediate attention to til the sales
women: ror are there any visible indi-
cations that the SaleswOmen resent these
tenders of tips. The list of persons now
taking tips, who a few years ago would
certainly have rebuffed persons venturing
to offer them such little side money. is
too long to he gone over. CneEegins to
wonder if the time is at hand when the
bluff American copper" will calmly ac-
cept quarter for guiding one through
a maze of cluttered vehicles. as the Lon
don bobby" accepts a shilling yea even
a sXpence, for a similar service
For many years it has been the indurate
habit OF the they sayers'' who profess
to know all about everything to main
tain that there isn't the slightest posi-
blity of doing away with any part or
parcel of the tipping evil 1t can't be
done-you've got to tip or get no service"
pronounce the they savers" out of
hand: and that is supposed to settle the
matter But does it?
There is a barber shop on Broadway.
New York, started three years ago, where
the BARRIERS are not permitted to take
tips. 1t is called the NO Tip Barbe.
Shop" Placards are prominently dis
played, informing all hands patronizirg
the shop that the operators with shears
and razor positively are not pc: mitted i'll
any circumstances to accept any sort OF
a tip whatever. or any sort of extra re-
for their services, even cigars.
The placards add that the barber caught
accepting a tip from a patron will be
discharged out of hand: and it is set
forth on the same placaros that patrons
who feel that they must offer tips to
BARRIERS will confer a favor upon the
by patronizing some other
tensorial establishment
How does the anti-tipping system work
out at this barber shop? Perfectly. 1t is
one of the most prosperous barber shops
on Manhattan Island despite the enor-
nous rent which the proprietor has to
pay. All of the chairs, more than dozen