The Washington herald., 1918-09-28

New York. Sep. 27.-Tipping is on
the wane. Biue-1owled foreigners
with nothing but ability to carry
tray. a slight knowledge Of French
and lat-fect, used TO wax opulent
as garcons in New York's most se-
lect food caravansaries In "a very
short while. Nearly everyone has
heard OF Rudolph, a stupid looking
and servile creature Of the Waldorf,
who went back TO the Fatherland
shortly before the war with s3Oo. 900
gathered in tips by twenty years of
service.
There were many Rudolphs. The
stories of the fabulous wealth of
walters were not an eXaggeration. A
feature writer on an afternoon paper
by careful delving several years ago
found walters at the Ritz, Astor. and
St Regis who thought nothing of
owning vast country estates in West.
chester County. Scores OF walters
own automobiles. and as for head
walters, all of them are immensely
wealthy even to those employed in
the smaller hotels.
But things are different now. Three
times within the past six months
walters have struck for higher wages,
pleading inability 10 live on their
salaries and pointing out the lack
Of gratuities. The young waster who
scattered golden notes along the trail
or the wastrel is on the other side
now-cating crisp Salvation Army
doughnuts.
me average young man OF wealth
had fixed price for proper service
when dining out. The headwaiter
got a so bill for doing the proper
salaaming at the roped entrance and
calling the guest by name. The
waiter got s. IL wine was served and
$50 if the meal was wineless. That
was an almost fixed custom and any
man who shied at the convention
would be withered with sneers and
poor service,
Not even the heralded 10 per cent
or the bill is given in tips now. The
waiter who gets a dollar tip almost
has TO be restrained from hugginE
the diner. The walters say the pub
licity campaign for war savings is
responsible. The public has become
educated to the belief that 1t is a
better investment to buy thrift
stamps and liberty bonds than 10 buy
iimousines for servants
Many capable walters in New York
IL there be any-are leaving the
larger hotels where tips were their
main source of revenue and going ia
work in the white tiled cheaper eat.
ing places where the salaries are ~
week and the five and ten cent
tips equal aboul the amount OF ,be;r
salaries.
No more laughing at 500 sisters
lhey are running n newspaper AT At
lantlc City and New York is to have A
woman city editor the first of the
month The sob sister has come into
her own. Her realm used TO be con-
iIhed 10 writing recipes, fashion hints.
! cheerful little blurbs on feminine
sIants or tear-Ierking squibs about
the beautiful murderess. That is Old
stuff-and the new is city editing. re-
/ porting and reading CODY.
Nellie Bly, was the first sob sister
She has had many followers who were
race to themselves. The public
mad them pictured as women who
, pTowled about at night writing nm
murders, if they were any, and insti-
eating them II there were none. They
were supposed 10 make friends with
the mill!onaire's butler and write up
( the fancy costume ball. In the movies
/ they always appeared in 500 suits
! with neat notebook and a gold
| tipped pencil
In reality the sob sister was a plain.
sensible woman who chose reporting
as means OF livelihood. and got
more thrills out of it than women
in any other profession Many of
, them have graduated from the sob
( squad to accomplished writer's Of best
sellers.
Long Island husband asked the
police at the Pennsylvania station the
other day TO help him find his wife.
He said he lost her from the train
3 He couldn't think what could have
become of her. as he was almost
/ positive he had her with him when
he started.