The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-03
JUST A GIRL
By JANE PHELPS
TIPs-AND PRESERVES.
CHAPTER So.

81 hate taking tips from peoplei'' T.
declared one day as Mary and were
counting the weeks return in that dis
|rection.
''Why?" kk8s4
II feel like a beggar."
II don't see why. You never ask Ter
them, you even act as if you left the
table purposely so they wouldn't give
IT H I would IKE to pd1tip
a sign, No tips received -.s.-
DO you know what that would
mean?"
why. just that we wouldn't take
ltips-wouldn' it?"
YesEand something else, too. A
whele lot of people would set US down
as cheap, and wouldn't come. Then
we would get a lot of tight-wads who
Wouldn't spend anything to speak of
and would fill our tables. Then. too
cred the tips. If other places would
not take tips we could cut them out,
too and I would be just as pleased as
Punch to add a little to the prices, and
let it go at that. But as long as others
do take tips, We better not spring any
surprise party on our customers"
Il guess perhaps you are tight,
Mary. But hatefit just the sarne.'
| And I did I felt small and mean
every time took tip. altho I nearly
always escaped from the table before
| it could be handed to me. I took good
care, too. not to pick it up until the
donor had left. had agreed with
Mary, but when we had become really
esta blished, I determined L would try
the -no-tip system and see il it would
MT work.
The preserves came. three dozen
small glasses. We gave Mrs Fagin
three of them, different fruits. and she
said she never had tasted anything so
good in all her life. They were per-
fectiy delicious. We charged Is cents
a portion for them, and made three
iportions out Of each glass.
We told Mr.. Pope and two or three
of our regular eusomers We had them.
and after they had ordered them once
we did not need to say any more about
them.
They'll blow the roof off talking
about them preserves!" Mary told Mrs.
Fagin. "I don't know what they will
do when we can't give them any more.
Mob the place, guess"
ut all shows that if you give people
| what they pay for they are only too
glad to patronfze you. But if you take
their money and don't give them what
they think they ought TO have, they
got sore and go TO some other place, .
Mrs. Fagin returned.
Say. Zena," Mary turned to me. a
light in her eyes, why can't we learn
TO make them preserves? Won't
your Aunt Susan give US her reeeipt?''
81 guess so, but
] S''New don't say we have too much
to do. We haven't. There's money in
them. You remember the letter she
wrote. and said she didn't expect to
get more'n rs cents a glass fer the
4 ones she sold? We get rs cents, I'll
bet they don't cost more'n 10 cents
after the first year. We have TO buy
the glasses, OF course, but we can use
them over and over. We've got them
Il thirty-six to start with"
= was going to propose selling
thcm''
mot on your life, You have learned
to make pancakes so you won't mind
IL take little time to see IL can't
put up preserves" Mary had first
learned to make the cakes. then had
| insisted that T. too must Know-one
of US might be i'll. or something hap
pen. Our pancakes were our lone
best bet, las Mary said.
Mrs. Fagin Joined with Mary.
1T is a coed idea" she said. "ane
Il don't think it will make you tee
J much work The ,preserving season
comes when business is4zgAts and lasti
only a few weeks. You can use my
! kitchen. That hole IN the wall at tbs
restaurant isn't big eneuTh to de any
thing more in"
. Il am the idea factory, but Yea arr
the real thing when IT comes ecrTpnt
!. ting them sVeri'' Mary deesared.
= "Tou are sure il won't make toe
:. much work for you2" I asked.
&c away with yeui I'm eHiy lend
: in the Kitchen
{ That night I wrote for the recipe.
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