The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-12-09
ANNIE ON THE TIPPING
QUESTION
Copyright. 1914. by the Newspaper
Enterprise Aasoeiatlon.1

copyright. 1914. BY the Ne~spaper
Enterprise Assoeiation.)
lust what per cent nv yer In.
come dc ye be thinkin'. Miss Mar.
earet should be spent In the doubt.
ful JOY OF putin on dog before the
waiter when yer husband takes y
out for plate OF chop suey7"
Annie had begun on the weekly
laundry work. and. as usual. I had
gone down 10 the basement for our
weekly visit while sorted the
clothes for her. Annie and are
friends OF about rs years standing.
More than that OF any other woman
friend. her optimistic Irish philoso-
ply interests and instructs me.
Besides. | know that | could call
upon her for nothing that was In her
power TO give me that would not be
mine for the asking. Just as she
knows that would give her advice
or moro material comfort at any
time she asked for II.
smiled at Annie's question, for
Dick and ] have had many an argu.
ment over the tipping question, but
a. ] did not answer. she continued
Tim took me. the other evenin'.
10 the pollcemens benefit. and,
shure. Miss Margaret. was that
proud av him that guess I swelled
him all up wild me compliments.
DO you know. Miss Margaret, ye
can have an awful good time wild
even yer own husband II you swatch
II wid little flattery av him on the
side" she added. slyly. the corners
ef her generous red mouth curling
up. showing her beautiful white
teeth.
I'D think II was flattery enough
to bestow my. company on any man.
even my own husband. n we're az
pretty as you are this minute. An.
ME"
"Oh. that don't count afther yer
married. Miss Margaret. Before
that he considers your prisince a
compliment: however. II We don't
look out after, he Ia apt 10 consider
II calamity. but II ye work ye're
cards right and say a few comfort.
In words to him on how fine he is
10 bother himself wild the likes OF
you. ye can make the whole evenin'
one ground round OF pleasure TO you
both. provided, ye both have n good
workin' idea what kind OF people ye
want TO impress.
We'll. as 7 was sayin'. the compli-
ments ! was handln' TO Tim came
asey. az he was the handsomest man
in the room. could see they went
to his head little. and afther the
show he said. How wud ye like
bowl OF chop suey. Annie7'
I'd like It. Tim. I'm powerful
hungry Then II was himself that
eschorted me over 10 the SWEETEST
Chinaman Joint in the town. and we
ordered our supper as formal and
grand as any one.
THE bill came to sivinty cints
and II was right here that our good
time ended. for. instead OF giving
the chlnk tin cints. as he should. he
Just said, lordly like, as though he
was bestowlng the iron cross for
bravery on the field of battle. 'Kape
the change
Then | forgot mesilf, Miss Mar
garet, and I tould him that IL 7
wanted to show off 1t I'D be before
me friends. and not before a waiter,
and a Chinaman ut that.
II pointed out to him that the
milk bill was not paid and that
thirty cints was one-fifth OF It, and
he said
1.-THE milk bin be d
I'VE didn't spake another word
that night. Afther all. though, !
am sure am right. wonder. in
me heart, II II was worth II to spoil
the whole avening for twinty cints."
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow