Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-04

p'afuncth look AS lnouBn nut ltlle
progress had been made In cleaning
them.
Rags floating In the wind every
whore, women ana children moping
about on street In rags beggars at
every corner and thick before the
stores patronIzed by the better class
es--not In rags, but in tatters and
remnants OF rags. This Is so Inn
pressiYe that II becomes oppressive,
II counts for little. THAT whore er
we tread lis haunted holy ground"
no American can appreciate II. aside
from that one whose fathers lived in
wigw1ms. TO such an one Naples
should be paradise, for here he
could dwell in stone habitation
with flth, rags and poverty sur
rounding him to his hearts content
Many Of the people are very dark,
being mixture of Sicilan, Arab and
northern Caucasion. In the centre Of
the city they live in the primitive
fashion of their fore-fathers, that Is
chickens, domestic animals and iami-
ly occupying the same room. The
people roughly speaking. are divided
into three classes, government Off
cials church-men ana the common
people, all Of whom are ever ready to
seryilely accept anything of value
you may feel like giving. Begging
in some form is universal. Among
the better classes it Is styled tipping;
but nevertheless under this name, II
stll resembles begging as closely as
stealing does larceny. Policemen,
street car conductors, bankers and
everybody with whom you have any
business, however small expect to re-
ceive a tip. he nobility are not above
II, the plebeian lives by it. he writ
ers attention was called to ap rinco
Of the blood, who doffed his pumped
chapeau and bowed as low and ser
vilely as any other beggar after ac-
cepting a tip Of four cents from an
American, and all because he pointed
out to the latter the nearest way to
his hotel. This scion OF nobility Is
evidently leaving no stone unturned
in collecting sufficient fare for a
visit to America. where titled Italian
beggars find but little difficulty in
anneXlng themselves to heiresses with
more money than brains.
Now you are walking along a street
towards your hotel. carrying grip
some one lays his hand upon It,
when you tell him to release 1t and
get away. But he insists upon keep
ing hold Of It, until finally you
wrench 1t out Of his hands and
threaten to knock him down If he
moests you farther. Instantly he be-
gins to shatter and jabber about be-
ing entitled to something for inter
fering with your progress. He Is
| hardly disposed Of until you have
another deal with, with the result
that at last you must give your grir
to some one of these begging nuis-
ances or you can never hope to reach
your hotel for hours, although 1t is
but four blocks away. Enter q
church, and If you are not native
the door keepers. guards or whatever
they may be called. bow politely. say
something in Italian and If not ac-
quilted appropriately, follow you al
over the building saying the same
thing over and over at every turn
their hands extended towards you al
the while. To avoid the notoriety
their chatter and pantomine directs
upon you 1t is necessary to give each
of them tip.
This type of beggar is not to he dis
missed with nothing. for by long
practice he has learned how to pro
| ceed in wringing something out OF
you through shame. 1t Is the same
with hotel servants. refuse to til
them, even when they have donC
nothing for you and you Will fare
badly. | have in mind traveller who
| attempted to disregard this custom
until one day he discovered no porter
at the railroad station could be in
duced to handle his luggage. HI
could not take 1t through the statior
himself, as the regulations required
that all baggage must go throuh the
| depot in the hands Of uniformed
pOrters. As result he missed hi,
train and the riht to use his tickc
which was limited to one day. Mex
day he discovered his baggage Dor,
certain marks placed upon it by hote
servants whom he refused to tip
| consequently not porter in Maple!
would touch it. He at once had thesC
marks obliterated. gave the luggage
| to friend to check. as he had be
come too notorious to make the at
tempt himself, and after went on hi
way without further trouble, muci
wiser man, in so much as he haC
| learned that it was useless for on'
man to undertake a reform in tn,
servant tipping custom Of Italy.
Everybody must tip, native anC
foreigner alike. All business is bull
up and conducted on that basis. !
hotel porter takes your trunk to tn
train, instructed to check It for you
! You must have some one speaklni
Italian do this as the employees d,
not speak a word of English. Out
side the station the porter of you
/ hotel turns the trunk over to plat
form porter who takes 1t inside. TIL,
hotel man follows. gives the trunk
destination, gets a receipts, afte
which he pays the official giving tn
man two cents. Now he goes Will
you through the gate, paying tn
gate keeper another two cents. 1t /
contrary to the regulations for an.
l.. u. f.. r.