The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-07-07
LAW BARS TIPS;
BUT Who CARES?
Tipping Goes on In the Same Old
Way at Hotel lowa-Bel Boys
Only Ones AZ
feeted.
CANNOT BE ENFORCED
Too Many Ways to Evade Law For
Il to Have Much Effect In
Hotels, Manager Here
Says.

Bell hops at the Hotel Iowa do not
like the new anti-ttpping law which
recently went into effect In this state.
The law has been depriving them of
from one-third to one-half their tips
and this means a large part of their
income.
ITS no good law" was the way one
of them sized it up this afternoon.
ut amt bothered me much" said
another one who had been wearing a
"unie" only few hours and had not
yet learned the gentle art of extract
ing dimes and quarters from the trav-
cling public.
Walters in the dining room, how
ever, have little complaint to make
against the law; for the main and
simple reason, as Penrod said, that the
law is not regarded when 1t comes to
tipping walters.
Tipping in the dining room goes on
as openly as it ever did, with very
few exceptions. The old scheme of
slipping the change under the plate
is worked little more frequently,
but outside Of this, little difference
can be noticed.
Few Guests Obey the Law.
II do not believe this law will have
any permanent effect" said Manager
w. V. Holmes today. $50 far there
have been only few who have taken
advantage OF the law to save them
selves the tip and lin almost every
case these are men who would not tip
anyway. The practice used by these
men now Is to remark to the waiter,
We'll, you know the law won't let me
slip you any change
The law went into effect Sunday.
On the same day method of evadins
it was practiced by one man who
stopped with his family at the Iowa
for breakfast when passing through
here on the way to the Hannibal ye.
gatta. When he paid his bill the
waiter brought him his change, which
amounted to forty cents. "I'll be back
for that at noon." he remarked to his
waiter as he left the table. He left
the city Immediately after finishing
his breakfast.
Manager Believes in Tipping.
Manager Holmes believes tipping a
legitimate practice.
IF man stopping at this hotel
sends bell boy across the street for
a package, has ice water brought to
his room, or asks the boy to do him
some other service, why shouldn't he
give the boy a dime Or quarter II
he wants to? The boy has done him
a personal service. What is the diff
ference whether he tips him a quar-
ter or pays him a quarter?
ut works out the same way in the
dining room. If man goes in the
dining room. gives the waiter quar-
ter and says, I want good table
and good service the waiter gives it
to him. The man is paying for some
thing extra that he gets and has a
right to do this if he wants to, &C.
cording to the way I look at it. For
the last twelve years, in the LaSalle,
in the ST. Regis, at this hotel, wher-
ever l have been, I have tipped my
waiter fifty cents every. evening. Why
should / not do this If l want to?
ST do not believe the law will be
enforced or that it can be enforced.
There are too many ways of evading
it. Who is going to know when man
tips his be1l-boy in his room? What
means can effectively prevent tipping
in the dining room? So far the law
has had very little effect here and I
think it soon will be forgotten"
In some hotels in Iowa, signs warn
ing guests against tipping have been
posted. No signs Of this kind, how
ever, have been placed in any Of the
hotels here. The law provides that
such signs shall be placed in the din
ing rooms of all hotels and restau-
rants. The signs should warn both
the guests against offering and the
walters against receiving tips in any
for