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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

~ you Americans-you do not
" know how to tip. You are gen.
erous-yes. But that is all. You
L. do not give as those who are to
the manor born
sitting in his London club year or more
ago-in those days when Englishmen had
time and thought for little elegancies.
In that ranting of Briton, in his role
of preacher, there is a measure of truth.
We do not tip either easily or gracefully
at least, those of us who have not had the
advantage of repeated round trips to
Europe. Even some of these are our
worst offenders.
We Do Our Tipping Cheerfully
VET we have an excuse. The tip is not
at heart an American institution. 1t
is an exotic-transplanted There are
some who call it by far harder names.
But these are not accepted. A good
sport, in the real Yankee sense, does not
scold at tipping. He accepts it-grin-
ningly if resignedly-just as he accepts a
tedious rain on the day of the big game
or a three-point drop of a temperamental
market in his favorite but thin-margined
stock. If we Americans do not tip as do
those to the purple born, we do it mag
nifcently and cheerfully-which is more
than the average Britisher does.
As an institution transplanted, the tip
has been carefully nurtured by those very
persons who expected to gather its most
luscious fruit. just recall the last time
you went into barber-shop and handed
the cashier girl the 1.-TWO bits for your
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

a personal satisfaction IN
service rendered, become
commercialized and stand
ardized. -.
1t is only fair to say,
however, that there are
many hotel-keepers who
do not stoop to this sort
of thing. But there are
the others. You your
self know them.
How Louis Hill Taught
His Porters a Lesson
THERE are porters in
the old shell of a union
station at st. Paul who
well recall MIR. Louis Hills
anger one day when an aged
woman, poorly dressed and
burdened with luggage,
came into the place from
an arriving train. The
porters did not see her.
They sometimes.do not see
her kind. But they saw
Hill-the old mans son
is a conspicuous figure in
the Twin Cities. And they
saw the president of the
Great Northern Railroad
go across the concourse,
pick up the woman's bag
gage, and carry it after
her until she had boarded
a Straat-car Altar ,.,bi.b
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

persons sleep every night in the sir thou.
ars. a quarter is the regulation tip. That
a night which the american people pay
e of asking, Porter, tUhere are tpe notu?"
their shoes polished with store blacking
had this last sort brought home to him in
vivid fashion. He was tired when he
boarded the night train, and was dis
appointed at finding all the lower berths
sold or engaged. He did not like upper
berths; few folks do. And he handed the
Pullman conductor crisp dollar bill, with
a whispered request to see if he could not
find lower before bedtime The con-
ductor accepted the dollar and said that
he would see what he could do in the mat
ter. And little later the travelling sales
man had his lower-Lower Four
Before he retired, the salesman had his
goodnight cigar in the smoking compart-
ment, and there fell into brisk conversa-
ton with one of his fellow travellers. The
other was a French Canadian, a parish
priest making his first trip in "the States"
"a delightful little old man to whom
travel was novelty and delight.
"But l do not understand one thing"
said the priest. IL thought that l had
purchased lower berth at Montreal and
just now the porter tells me that it was
mistake; | have an upper berth instead
The drummer looked at him quzzically.
what berth did you think you had
purchased, father" he asked.
Lower Four was the berth they told
me-"
The drummer spoke up quickly.
"There WaS a mistake, he said. "You
are going to have Lower Four, and am
going to take your upper. No, no;
would really rather have it"
The Tip Sinister
HIS tip was in the same class as the tip
OF the man who goes into n theater and
tries to engage seat higher in price than
the one for which he holds ticket by the
simple process of bribing an usher with a
quarter of a dollar. For the tip sinister
is almost invariably bribe-graft in its
most insidious form. And it almost in
variably hits some innocent third party.
That is the tip that men hate-and should
despise it. 1t is the thoroughly I'M
American tip-the absolutely inexcusable
one. 1t is the form of gratuity to which
the legislatures of Mississippi and Okla
homa and Wisconsin, or any of the other
States that are trying to bring the tip
under the ban of statute law, should de-
vote their energies. 1t is useless to try to
make an outcast of the honest tip given
as a reward for honest service rendered
That vine is too firmly transplanted now
for any complete uprooting. And, even
though transplanted, it has become one of
our solid institutions. As such, it can not
be torn away either quickly or easily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

tiers andheadwaiters SIXTY thousand
who have become sand Pullman c
small princes, not means $4,000
alohe Ihlough .he for the pririieg
of quarters and half
dollars, but quite
as much through whispered advice given
by kind friends on the "inside" of the
real estate or the stock market. Each
of the old fellows who used to tend the
elliptical food-counter in the lobby of the
Astor House in New York was reputed
Cresus. And one of the pet newspaper
yarns in that town is that of the head
waiter in a big uptown hotel (the name is
never given) who found former patron
and giver of tips-both cash and market
advice" broke" and put him on his
financial feet once again.
AS a rule, these stories are much exag-
gerated, as the man said when flip re-
porter brought him telegraphic report
of his death. The average tip-taker does
They are good livers, and they must
practise what they preach.
The head barber in big Chicago shop
turned to me the other day, when GUS
toner had just left his chair, and said:
"There's the most generous patron that
walks into this place. Every man is anx-
ious to get hold of him."
whats his tbusness?" l asked.
Hes head waiter at the - Hotel
over on Michigan Avenue
The head barber waited moment, then
laughed:
"He gets it back When l take the
missus there after the show, know enough
to slip him an iron man or two. It's tit
for tat, you know"
OF course it is tit for tat. And, while
there are few branches of service that
have the old-fashioned Yankee habit of
disdaining tips,-among- these bartenders,
shop clerks, trolley-men, railroad con-
ductors, telephone operators,-yet they
are growing fewer each year. And the tip
each year grows more nearly universal
If you are entertained in even the sim
plest of homes, tips to the servants are in
order-your hostess may be trembling in
fear that they may not be forthcoming
The man in the garage demands back
sheesh for taking even ordinary care of
your car; the manicure, the masseuse, the
bootblack, the baggagemen, the theater
usher-many, many Others share the
Pullman mans idea that tip is degrading
only to the one who gives it-when ii is
not large enough.
There is nothing degrading in the tip
that comes as the outspoken and spon-
taneous recognition of good service rem
dered. But, alas, not all tips come under
this classification.
For there are tips that are sinister, TIPS
that are not honest, tips that are, to use
plain word plainly, graft. A man riding
home on an Eastern railroad not long ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

gers from two to
three times that
amount. Yet the in
vestigation brought
forth no outcry-no
burst of popular in
dignation. The tip
is too firmly trans
planted to be up
rooted, even by a
Federal commission
with penitentiary
powers. And we
Yankees are pretty
SOOu Sports, aIIer I'LL
even if we have
to say it ourselves.
One often hears
stories of the for
tunes that have had
their beginnings in
the careful boarding
of tips, of hotel por-
tiers andhead walters
who have become
small princes, not
alone through the
steady putting away
of quarters and half
dollars, but quite
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

~ you Americans-you do not
" know how to tip. You are gen.
erous-yes. But that is all You
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Verify this is an age of "reform

Verify this is an age of "refor1n.'
n othing escapes the reformer, and
of late Well-meaning meddlers have
had their theories tried in various
penal institutions within the United
States. Former President Taft is of
the opinion that we are in danger of
being led by an unwise sentiment
into such treatment of convicted
criminals that will neither impart
proper lessons of punishment nor
deter others from crime. Mr.. Taft
says: The theory that by treating
criminals as if they had no criminal
tendencies you can eliminate them
is one that may work in some cases,
but the exceptions will be SO many
as to make the policy ultimately
ridiculous and worse than ridiculous
most harmful While it is most
commendable and proper to encour-
age convicted criminals to reform.
reason, not sentiment, should govern
dealings with then. :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

Writing in the Minnesota Magazine
under the caption, ''Why i Came
to College," numerous students OF
the state university, recently ex-
planned, why they were attending
that institutions One. coed admitted
that she was there for the purpose
of making hit as campus belle.
while one of the chappies excused
his presence lat the institution Of
learning on the ground that it was
3"the easiest thing to do. y. Only
one student admitted that he took
up higher education because of a
passion for study. No names were
signed to the communications and in
al probability; they were merely
feeble attempts at wit. 80:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Under adverse circumstances. a

Under adverse circumstances, and
battling almost single handed and
alone, Henry Rines made gallant
fight for the republican nomination
for state auditor two years ago, and
was defeated by only few hundred
votes. His friends feel that he is
deserving of recognition on the score
OF fitness and for the splendid services
lie has rendered the state as legis-
lator. and they are of the opinion
that he would make a model secre-
tary of state, and if conditions are
favorable they will make a hard
fight to land him in that position.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

d Many thousands of Irishmen are
fighting in the British army in the
present European war, and are fight
ing bravely, too. But there is class
of Irishmen who are irreconcilably
opposed to England and hate her
with an everlasting hatred, To the
latter class belong those Irishmen
who: we're. refused passage on a
Cunard liner to this country at Liv-
'erpool few elw days ago. They, were
afraid that if CONSUMPTION. act
were passed they might be- forced to
serve lin the British army. Then,
possibly few Of them were actuated
10y cowardly motives. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

It will require the official count to
determine whether a republican: or
a democrat was elected governor of
Kentucky at the recent election.
and even then there may be a con.
test in the courts. On the face of
the returns Stanley, the democratic
candidate, has majority of l76, but
the friends of Morrow, the. republi-
can candidate, refuse to- concede
that he has been defeated. The
closeness of the contest in such a
rock-ribbed' democratic state as Ken
lucky augurs we'll for the success Of
the republicans nationally a year
hence, provided they present a
united front TO the enemy. But
there may arise issues and compiled.
tions that will work in President
Wilson's favor il he should be can
didate for reelection. ::.,.s 4:
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

The La Toilette seamen's law
went into effect last Thursday. and
American owned Ships have been
practically driven from the seas as
a result. The Pacific Mail, an Amer
lean company, recently hauled down
the flag that had floated for so years
and sold it's ships. The Great
Northern company. which owned
the lone American ship engaged in
commerce to the Orient, abandoned
it's service shortly after the with
drawal of the Pacific Mail just
why American Statesmen should
pass laws favorable to foreign COM
mercial interests at the expense of
home business is rather perplexing
to understand.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

The Hennepin county grand jury
adjourned last Friday after working
for month on an investiga tion of
alleged illegal voting at the county
option election of October 4. In
their report to the judge they de-
clared they were satisfied the law
had been fagrantly violated but
that they had not sufficient evidence
on which to return indictments.
There is no doubt but what illegal
votes were cast, but it probably
wasn't the first time that such was
the case Indianapolis.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Actors In Retirement,

Many actors have lived long after re,
firing from the stage. Macready, retir-
ing in 1851 at the age Of fifty-eight,
passed an honored leisure till his death
at Cheltenham. England, in 1873. Aft
er Mrs. Siddons' farewell appearance
rs Lady Macbeth in 1912, being then in
her fifty seventh year, she spent her re-
manning score Of years in almost un-
broken retirement. The record in this
respect. however, is held by that IA
nous Master Betty whom in 1904 Lon
don acclaimed as the Infant Roscius.
His positively last appearance was
made on Aug. 8, 1924, at the age of
thirty-two. He died in August, 1874,
resting of half century.-London
Standard. -s~-
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Undesirables.

The federal government has given
out the list of people whom it helped
home from Europe during the out
break of the war, and asserts that
legal procedure will be resorted to
in an attempt to make these people
fulfill their promise and reimburse
the government for the outlay.
About 1900 persons are delinquent
and the amount involved comes to
several hundred thousand dollars.
A number of St. Paul and Minnea-
polls people are on the governments
published list, and the. sums adj
vanced run from sl.00 to 1870.
Some of these deadbeats Should have
been left in Europe and put to dig
ging trenches. Detroit Record.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Rushing Things.

Early to bed and early to rise
makes man healthy: wealthy and
wise. Thus runs the old saw, and
many Of us are willing to admit it.
Rushing things is all right if not
carried too far. But some people in
their mad desire to bag everything
in sight, overdo it: :: To this class
belongs the old lady who went to the
stairway and.syelled: upstairs to a
grown-up daughter: "Sally! Sally {!
Git up! Get up! Here it is four
o'clock Monday morning, tomorrow IS
Tuesday, next days Wednesday, half
the weeks gone and nothing, done
yet. Jordan independents. &c. y =;
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Il GALLANT VETEK4N GONE.

One by one the gallant veterans
of the old First Minnesota are Drop
ping out of the ranks to join the
great majority on the other side of
the silent shore. The latest to 90
was Major Christopher B. Hefel-
finger, who passed away at his home
in Minneapolis last Sunday after
noon. Major Heffel6nger was ma
tive of Pennsylvania of good old
Holland-German stock and was born
Jan. -, 1884. He came west and
located: in Minneapolis in 1857. At
the breaking out of the civil war
he enlisted in Company D. First
Minnesota Inf. and participated in
every battle in which that famous
regiment was engaged. He was
wounded in the gallant charge at
Gettysburg, where the First Min
nesota won impe1ishable renoWn.
When the regiment was musterd out
in 1864, he re-enlisted in the First
Minnesota Heavy Artillery and was
accorded the rank of major and SER
we'd until the close of the war. Then
he returned to Minneapolis and for
many years was one of the leading
business men of that city.
Major Hefeltinger was brave
soldier and good patriotic citizen.
He was greatly beloved by his old
comrades in arms, and one of his
particular friends was the late
Charles H. Rines of this place.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

There has been considerable, spec
ulation as to what effect the Buro-
pean war will have on immigration
to the United State. Some profess
to believe that the countries in
.volved in hostilities will Re in SO
great need of men at the conclu-
sion of the war. that the majority OF
citizens will remain in Informative
lands as a. matter Of patriotism. We
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

Some of the great daily news
papers express regret over the defeat
of the proposed constitutional
amendments in New York state.
There are those, however, who re-
joice over the rejection by the voters
of the product of the New York con-
stitutional convention, claiming
that it was reactionary and provided
for the Capitalization of power in
the hands of a few. Anyhow, the
voters of the Empire state repudi-
ated the new. constitution by an
overwhelming majority-over AGO., :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

The state supreme court in an
opinion handed down last week de.
cided: "'That an attempt to com.
nit crime, to be punishable as
such, is the commission of some spe.
citic Intentional overt act or acts
tending directly, in the natural
course of events, toward the commits
sion Of the crime. The mere act of
soliciting another to commit crime,
or preparation therefor, is not, in
the absence of some overt act look
ing to it's actual commission, stuff.
cient to Justify a conviction.'
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

The past week there has been
considerable peace talk in Europe,
but now official denials have come
from half a dozen European capitals
that peace plans are under way.
Washington diplomats take this
to mean that sounding out' pro-
cess is attaining momentum. 1t is
intimated that necessity for extreme
secrecy in promulgating peace dis
cussions called out the official
denials.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

Wadena Pioneer-Journal: Good
authorities declare that f July 80 per
cent of all the laws enacted by the
North Dakota legislature relate to
curbing the sale of liquor. That is to
say, that in a prohibition state they
are piling one law upon another
in vain attempt to enforce prohi-
bition. This shows plainly the fol-
]y of trying to legislate morals into
people. If the people of North Da-
kota were educated to real desire
for prohibition, there would be no
difficulty in enforcing the first law
placed on the statute books. w.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

Wheelock's Fergus Falls Weekly
rIdely perforaJes another Theory of
the peace-at-any-pr individuals.
1t says: ''Pacftists are fond of COM
pairing the nation that prepares
with the man who carries revolver.
The fallacy of the comparison is
the kind of community the man
lives in. A revolver in the middle
of head hunting Dyaks is comfort
ing thing, and the nations of the
earth are mostly Dyaks, if. their
t@ 90 I'M sEf 4 IL
deeds decide it, :T,.>:y..,.. :.E->l ",
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

In acknowledging a "plleasant
call'' from James A. Peterson. re-
publican candidate for governor, the
editor of the Chisago County Press
takes occasion to remark: "You
may take it from us, that Jim Pet
erson likes to make a speech and
travelling about the state agrees
with him. Peterson is not afraid to
enter lively political fight and he
is sure to make it very interesting
for his opponents. -
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
HE WILL DEFINE HIS POSITION.

Frank B. Kellogg shyly admits of
his probable candidacy for the
United States senate and his supper
tiers loseAno opportunity to emphasize
that he would make a capable and
ideal representative. But since his
principal support comes from a
rather exclusive class the voters can
hardly be blamed for wanting to get
bill Of particulars of what he
stands for. Other candidates for
that Office have defined their posi- :
tion and there is no good reason why
Mr.. Kellogg should not do likewise. 49,
St. Peter Free Press. ...-<..
Up to date the only avowed candi-
dates for senator are Moses E. Clapp.
the present incumbent, and ex-Gov-
ernor Eberhart. and neither of them,
that we are aware of, has defined
his position, save that Mr.. Clapp has
repeatedly asserted that he is pro-
Observation-Disclosures that may mean
and that the republican party is
dead beyond the hope of resurrec-
tion, or words to that effect. Surely
he does not wish to become the CAN
dldate of defunct party. Mr.. Eber-
hart is as mum as an oyster.
At present no one is authorized to
say that Mr.. Kellogg will be candi-
date for senator. In the near future,
however: his friends propose to
afford him an opportunity to express
his views on public questions, and
then he will doubtless state his in
tentions with reference to the sena-
torship.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Watching the Bridegroom. :.

1t was not only the matchmaking,
advertising parson who. made money
out of the bygone bridegroom There.
was the man who watched the bride
groom for twenty-four hours or so be-
fore the time fixed for the ceremony
lest he turned tail at the thought Of
the ordeal and it's after effects Here
is an entry in the register Of village
church in Huntingdo lon which illustrates
the custom: .December,l 1647 PAID for
wages spent upon the man that watch
ed John Pickle all night and the next
day till he was married" Such precau-
tions recall Stevenson's definition Of
marriage as friendship recognized
by the police. ''-London Chronicle.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

Former Secretary Bryan has re-
newed his assurances of friendship
to President Wilson. We presume
that Woodrow would appreciate a
friendly act or two somewhat more
than these repeated assurances. Still
it must be great comfort to him
to know that the peerless one is
friendly. y.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Editor May of the Albert L

Editor May of the Albert Lea
Times Enterprise evidently stepped
on a banana peel recently with dis
astrOus results to his editorial dig
nifty. In the last issue of that paper
he delivered himself of the following
mild rebuKe to the saphead guilty
of leaving this menace to the safety
of pedestrians: 1.-THE boob who
knows no more than to throw ba-
mana Feelings on the sidewalk should
have his nut adjusted by stepping
on the slippery slippers himself.''
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

Reports from Washington are TO
the effect that the administration
forces derived much comfort from
the results of the recent elections.
Well, that is about all they derived
therefrom, and no one would deny
them what comfort they can get out
Of the reverses sustained by the
democrats. =
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11

= Our government has served notice
on England that interference with
American ships bound for neutral
countries must cease. If England
persists in her course of seizing and
OBTAINING American vessels and for
feiting their cargoes, she may have
q big bill of damages to pay at the
close of the war.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-11-11
Lee-Pulline Editors Stand for 1t.

Candidates for state offices are ap-
pearing in large numbers from every
quarter of the state Does anyone
believe there would be SO many un-
der the old time convention system,
and is there anyone brazen enough
to declare that better qualified men
are nominated under the primary
system than under the former
method of nominating?-Blue Earth
Post.