New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-12
Now Test Your CredyNe York Walters Say Tipping Must Stop
They Feel That They Should
Get Com mission on
Food Sold-"Drummers"
Fight Gratuities.

Dove. He says patrons tip the help be.
cause they are pleased with the service.
At the last Joint dinner OF the Newspaper
Publishers and The Associated Press was
at a table OF eight AS we were near the
finish | noticed a small plate at my left
hand containing A quarter. Supposng my
neighbor had started a pot for the waiter
I dropped in a quarter and the plate went
the rounds Two dollars net resulted. for
later my attention was called 10 the fact
that the waiter had placed the first Zo-cent
piece upon the plate TO start things. Inc
waiter pocketed the coins without thank
YOU and the gentlemen who were so easily
worked were not pleased.
"a few DAYS later I was a guest at tho
dinner Of the Interborough Association OK
Women Teachers. Ice water was very nm
i,ed and guests at the table wnere sat-
which was presided over by the treasurer
=, the association, made complaint inc
reluctance OF the walter TO supply INC
water caused the associations treasurer
r,uch embarrassment. The dinner COM
r,,,,tea had arranged for no tips. so much
,or Oscar and his beautifully ORGANIZED
force" A.
In regard 10 the tipping evil abroad, M
Dove said:
81 hoard a few days ago OF an Amer
loan travelling in England who acapted
himself 10 the custom OF feeling hotel neip.
II was tip here, tip there, tip everybody
hut the limit was reached when he found
, that a sign had been recently hung IN tho
washroom: Tip the basin after using.
Hotel proprietors say that II is human
. Affn
walters 10 force employers TO increase their
salaries will prevent the public from pay
ing well for special service.
There are thousands Of ways Tor
waiter TO make a customer feel uncom-
Portable" said the proprietor OF gaudy
/ eating place in Broadway. Suppose, for
! the sake OF argument, the walters should
| make us pay them $50 instead or So a
month Tipping will go on Just the same.
| Prices Of food will go up. because the no.
tel men will make the dear, old consumer
/ pay for the extra salaries.
And what will be the result? Custom
| ers who refuse 10 tip. because the waiter IS
/ getting $40 a week. will get a leg OF fowl
without any dressing. Dressing should al
ways accompany A leg OF fowl He speaks
/ TO the waiter about IT, and the walter goes
to the kitchen II takes him a good while
~ return The delay is planned The GUS
| toner is angry, and Justly so.
The proprietor is almost at the mercy
/ OF his walters The man who tips Will
have half dozen sauces-WawWaw. c.
g. 3. II. p. Escofier, Robert--all for notb-
ing; but the proprietor has 10 pay the bill
The no-tip customer will yearn for put
ter: his liberal tipping opponent at the
next table will have somebody pyramiding
butter on his plate without asking for
any. His wishes are anticipated in the
/ matter of sugar.
You order oysters, with a no-tp stare.
and the waiter forgets 10 bring the catsup-
| IF nor. then the lemon is missing. You
! call for catsup and at the same time or
der fish. He makes you wait for the cat
! sup, which is on an adjacent table, until he
goes TO the kitchen and gets the fish. IL
is done 10 teach you a lesson. or he
brings your oysters and forgets the fork.
I'm other words TO sum IL all up. the
omnibus serves your horseradish cold in
| stead Of hot And yet you will have paid
/ Just as much for poor service as il now
costs you for good treatment by tipping.
| L have known sensitive men 70 be put
| in a bad humor for a whole day by meet
| ing an ugly waiter at breakfast. No tell
| ing how much money has been lost in
/ business deals on that account alone 4
25-cent tip. pleasant waiter. good-natUred
customer, and big profits that come when
a man feels ft There are two ways OF
| looking at this question.
But what's the use OF talking2" The
/ proprietor asked. They will never make
us pay them $50 a month This movement
is no movement at all. II is only a little
rumble and IL will soon be heard no more. \"