The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1914-05-21

they say is losing money.
II seems to me the people OF Am
erica have gone crazy on big hotels
They are building bigger and fner
ones every year and IL seems they
mostly lose money. ] think every
nne hotel | have stopped at in touriss
towns in recent years. except the Al
bany. is losing money.
! do not know the reason, unless
It is that under modern conyeniences
and present day extrayagences the
walters, the porters and the bell
boys get most of the money that
ought TO go to the hotels. AT an,
rate II man keeps up to modern GUS
toms, his tipping expense is more
than his hotel bills used to amount to.
This tipping business is interest
ing end amusing II you can afford to
laugh at ii. It is supposed to be en-
tirely voluntary on the part OF the
guest. But IL is abou; as voluntary
as were those voluntary contribu
tions made to the gentleman in tAs
black mask and big gun who stopped
the coach to ask the time Of day
in the early days of stage coach ira
vel About the only difference is the
distribution is more general among
a larger band and you are permitted
to get away with your watch. IL you
conceal IL carefully.
This system is not confined to
Texas. II is the same In Houston as
In New York. Chicago, Denver an.
San Francisco,
The hotel probably pays the clerk
and the cook. the guest seems to pay
all the rest Of the help. Here Is the
system. You arrive at a first class
hotel As you open the door. II you
carry grip. bell boy in army uni
form. makes a run for you. The far
ther he runs. the more you should
pay He takes your grip up stairs
and you pay him z5 cents. Dimes
may be used in many cases. but a
dime today buys about as much. as a
penny did a few years ago.
You want some ice water-its n
dime or a quarter-as another boy al
ways brings the ice water. You go
to dinner. The waiter gets Is cents
TO 25 cents per person in your party
IL you stay long. or want a choice
seat. or want to be escorted TO your
its a dollar or more for the hea,
waiter. Il costa ycu dime TO get
your hat at the dining room door
You wan; some writing material. n
letter mailed. suit sent upstairs to
the presser. your laundry sent down
stairs. a string to tie up a package.
your baggage checked. a taxi called.
n friend looked up. or any one OF a
hundred little favors OF the young
prince in uniform and its q dime or
a quarter IN each and every case
You 20 TO the barber shop In the
basement and the proud union barber
palavers around expecting a ti3. IN
addition TO a high price for mis- ser
vices. You get a shine: you used
20 pay for the shine direct But now
that Is in the bill which you must
pay at the cash register and the
dusky shine boy brushes and brushes
until he shakes an additional oime
from your pocket. You go to the
wash room TO wash your hands. and
an enerEetie chap grabs your hat and
hands you a towel. about the size Of
4 pink tea dolly. He lives entirely
on the dimes-which yousvoluntarily
besiow
You can 20 througk suppose.
without tipping. II you are a brave
man. but the bravery of the old days
OF Davie Crockett and Sam Houston.
has long since passed into immortal
history and we all bow before the
modern system of extortion and the
modern servitude. imitators OF tha
old time local celebrity. and note
coin collector. Jean Lafitte.
This reflection reminds me OF lit
tie thing Ebert Hubbard wrote years
ago. on the subject-ss applied -
the Pullman car He said:
AS you near your destination ts'
dusky porter taps you gently on the
shoulder with his little whisk broom
TO remind you that the great Pullman
Palace Car company pays no salar-
ies-