Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-25
TIPPING IN RICHMOND
IS A PRONOUNCED EVIL
So Declares u MuCh-Trayc.ed Tour
list Who Recently Spent Several
Days at II Leading Hotel.
STATES WITH MULTIPLYING LAW
Virginia Has No Such Statute, but
the Legislature Is Still in Session.
Traveller WHO Speaks Vigorously,
but Properly.

y tourist from SON where in Yves.
Virginia" was recently in Richmond,
and spent the better part Of week
here. 4 combination of business and
pleasure had called him To several Al
1antic coast cities, Richmond being the
last on his list. lie was accompanied
by 4 member OF his family, and they
hung out while here at one OF the
crack hotels. The man from the Noun
tain State took in all Of the sights Of
Richmond. from Justice Johns court
up. and made something OF Il study o.
Richmond and It's institutions.
Just before leaving tho city for his
home. this much Travelled tourist IN
bosomed himself TO a man OK news. lie
was favorabiy impressed with many
things he saw in Richmond. in fact.
the most CT them. Some things he
mildly criticized as having room FOR
some Improvement. and there was one
thing he condemned In language which.
while proper enough, was quite viGor-
Gus, and that was the tipping evil.
lie said. IL have encountered this
evil in all Of my travels for years pa i,
but think IL is 70 be me, with tn the
most intense and most persistent form
here in Iichmond than Ia a'e' place
have ever struck. And you strike 1t
nearly everywhere you go; but. Of
course, It's a little worse IN the hotels
and restaurants than elsewhere. You
have fine hotels In Richmond, but they
evidently do not pay their servants
enough for them 10 live on ana those
servants have TO !ooi, for. even de-
mand, tips to nj UP on. one day, the
weather being very bad, spent the
entire day in the hotel. much OF the
irr,n IN, ,,a. f.l.
ncnsc that day was quite as large ~
my hote! bin. and your hotels have not
failed TO regulate their Charge &C.
cordinS 70 the high cost Of !ivIu-
either. Every time / called upon a
servant for anything. however trivial.
the hand was passed out FOR :, ;lp
had "a half dozen or more tclrphonc
calls that day, and every time the ben
boy who beloved my name through
the lobby demanded his tip when
answered him. and ne had summoned
me 10 the phone. Never saw tina, :forc
anywhere but in Richmond Some
States have anritippiuE statutes. max
Ing IL rlsi"n"lnCr 20 give or re-
ccive tips Virginia needs such q law
wors. than amy State I have travelled
In, and ! have toured from ocean 10
ocean"
There are six states which now have
the Multiplying laws referred 20 by Tho
traveller. They are Illinois. Iowa.
South Carolina. Tennessee Mississippi!
ana Arkansas. When the through
train crosses the border o. one OF these
states, the Pullman conductor IS re-
CURED TO put up sign notifying the
passengers that II Is against the law
TO tender tin or TO receive one In
seven other states bills were intro
duced this winter IN til, legislatures
with tho object OF ending the practice
~ timing. but whether any Of these
hils became law. ;lis dcponcnt saye,h
not. These States are: New York.
West Virginia. Kentucky. Minnesota.
missouri Colorado and California. The
Virginia Legislature is now In session.