The sun., 1912-07-25
THE COST Of TIPPING
GOING UP A BIT TOO
Middle Wcstcrncr Figures lp
Iii, Gifts for Day and
,ig.t in New York.
rIID $40 IN 81 HOURS
On Way Home Visitor Computes
Where Alt His Small
Change Went.

"1Vs are going up all tho time"
eroNi.d u middle Wcstcrner yesterday.
q travel great deal and my state
mont f, true, not only of New York but
~. 'N, whol" country. When you tipped
. waiter - quarter for "A meal that cost
auf''iu- up to s. you used To get
utrhrI. Nowadays you either d" not
~ any acknowledgment or the thanks
,r. 81 Iai"d in q fashion tina; Indicates
$50, tl" waiter has your measure for
ia. urNi t.m"
"fi =, getting more and moro cxpcn-
s,ve al IL" time to stop at Il hotel.
81 louG ago I was here for a night
and a day. and after | took the train
ft ho'h" happened To get to thinking
ou 'nc money I had paid out in that
tvrufv.f"ur hours Tor tips. and 1t APP
pt'lci me
81 Hai heavy bag with me. and when
Tho b,Ihov brought ii NJ to my room
fclr compelled To hand him Il quarter.
Then [ ordered ice water and another
blbov brought it. tn whom | gave the
customary dimc. The first thing in
III, morning u night letter was brought
to nv rn"m and | cnughcd up 10 cents
for i.
iuo rDr cent. over the price printed
or {, for my morning newspaper For
no tip az my breakfast | paid 81 cents
and when I came out ot tho dining
;o,m ! had to hand the cloak room
a'.,rdant a dime Tor my hat.
"Wh-n returned 10 my room there
v.s no stationery there and I had TO
order somc. / paid the bclboy 10 cent.
L., hr,, lunch I had
10 she'll .ut another quarter fur tip
=, tho waiter and another dime for my
hat. hid to send for tho valet ~
have q pair of trousers pressed. re-
side. The charge for this. which ap-
poarei later In my bin. ! tipped him
- ccn:s. lie expected II, as did the
others.
sI had 80 srnd on my laundry IN thu
morning, and ~ 'hr bov wh" attended
tni | gave n dime. When II cane back
~ the afternoon ! t1ld tue lov Wl''
hrpulft II another dime. DURING ~"
d,v | used the telephone ten times ard
mad 10 ovcrpay the rChtfnl Ciirgc II"
I"r cent each time.
While sitting ~ tho lobby late in tho
afternoon I WAS thr"" times pagad and
! had Ia CIV" tn" hoy 10 '"nt- caoh ii'n''
frr finding me. , gave In" rri1"r a
quarter for getting my railrrad ticket
for ms"
~At ,linncr in tn" evening | entertained
two friends auu hld to xiv" ia" waiter
a dollar to ho allowed to delsIrt with
nv ~alt-rcspcct. bn th" table was a novel
ornament III which "xrr sod int"rra..
T." cIp,a,n who was lowering near,
,luJ Il" would have IL thoroughly ".-
planned to me. and The first thing knew
an .l..rrician and his helper vor" a;
m, elbow tnkihg IN" thing ar.,rt ai,!
ru1ruc il upsid" dnwn, wh"n ! could
haze mad" al, IN" investigation needed
nv~slf
Il took them thirty rpiuri'"s TO explain
80 thing to their ','tisfIctinn Then
'h"v -;oui awkwardly about aud ! wa
ourh embarrassed didn'i hu""
whether the electrician vas II s! man
ora - ,.nt one. tinally ! dr"w - o"'t-
rrnu my poke, and banded il over
-o th" thrcr IN the deal could split II NJ
r'cny
"Ih.u when | went back to Ia" hot"
i, got ready to tai" IT." train Hft"r IN.
theatre. tor which. hy the way ! iiad lac
Jay =, per cent. iucr"i>" 1" ger ticket
'hai were worth having. | presented ..
cn'- tr III" Chudi"rrnaid who looked
fi'r NV room and Il quarter tn IN" porte
vi" brought down my grip. Ilcn
remembered ! had left an umbrella a
th" check room. aud II cost me 10 cent
80 g"t this Then tn" taSicab drive
'rIectcd - irp and I ii-hrd ON n quarter
md whom I reached ~" station thcr'
va~ a,.,th"r quarter to give 10 the porte
Who took my bag to III" tram,
lIl ~ tips 1loue my twenty yfoiI
D.. ...s IN Nrw Wort, cost ~" exactly s.. III
no' counting "vcrcharges for N"lephon
ng aud ~" premium ou th"atr" ti"k'Ss.
Won may -ay I did moi hay" 10 Civ
iuv iira. | CAV" non" that was no
",pccted and # hadn't tipped il woul'
A1'" h""u remembered against nne ol
NY uo,t visit"