Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-16
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per cent. il he has earned it; but II he IS
merely hotel servant that has never APP
peared until the dav YOU leave. or has made
himself noticeable BY his negligence and
yelled insolence, have the courage to pass
him By when YOU walk out. Don't mind his
scornful look and shrug, because he IS of the
kind that would look hurt and sighted If YOU
gave him more money than his years wages
amounted to. 1t is a good idea where every
thing has been satisfactory to do your tip
ping in lump sum at Your departure. In
Italy and France give this lump sum to the
concierge and ask him to divide it. In ali
other places pay only those individuals
who have served you and earned their
gratuitv.
Bear this in mind, that in any European
country a Duke Prince. a Count, or a
mere Chevalier or Sir Knight. the latter two
nearly as important locally as one of our
country justices OF peace, can kick one OF
these same menials and earn more gratitude
than YOU can gain by spending Your last
dollar lust be fair. The fellow Subssts on
his tips, as rule, and YOU should pay him
for just what he has done. That he tries to
get more from you, 4 foreigner, than he does
from his countrvmen, is because the Amer
leans have spoiled him. 1t is an erroneous
impression that YOU can help to correct.
which will save you money without loss of
attention or service.
The tipping system in Europe has its mer-
its, in spite of all that we Americans say
against it. That It is not applicable to our
country IS because we pretend that all men
are equal-which is not true, save at the
polls, where the man who cannot read, write,
or think is the equal of the President OF the
United States. Get that out Of Your head
on this trip of yours. In Europe there are
many prosperous persons who aim to be
good servants, as opposed to those in Amer
lea who are convinced that they know
more than the boss, and think they could
prv him loose from his job if they could read
and write, but don't want to take the trouble
to learn how. uSt resolve that YOU will re-
fuse to tip more than the man who lives II
the country that YOU visit, and that few OF
those residents ever exceed ten per cent,
and that the servant does not greve if this
amount is cut. Make it rule never to pay
more than ten per cent, except IN rare,
special cases. and II the servant hasn't
earned it don't pay that much.
In Germany tip the streetcar conductor
a pfennig or two at most. 1t is his wages,
and he earns them, and it IS the custom.
Don't pay any attention to the man who
rushes up to open a cab door. or assist YOU
with something you don't want to be as
sisted with. He is merely CRATER, proving
upon you. Never argue with any servant.
Just walk away. He likes you for this, and
silence is golden when you are economizing
and travelling far on small means. Never
lose your temper, because there is chance
that the mistake is yours. Besides, YOU
don't go to Europe to fight you go there to
learn, and to improve
There are hundreds of thousands of men
and women of middle age in America who
think they cannot afford trip to Europe,
who can and should CO. 1t would bring a
great many of them home with vast in
crease of tolerance, a more we'll defined
viewpoint of our place as nation, clearer
insight into our civic needs, and with fund
of memories that would make them enjoy
the remainder of their lives far more, when
picking up their newspapers, than If these
places across the seas We're but dim and
misty irnaginatlons. There is no country in
the world from which the traveller cannot
learn something that IS going to increase hi
future value as a citizen of our marvellous
country.