Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1891 — Subsidizing the Waiter. [ARTICLE]

Subsidizing the Waiter.

Two ladies paused in their shopping in New York' the other day and discussed the advisability of having luncheon in ta, restaurant. One ot the ladies was a resident of New York and the Other was a friend from out of town. The New York lady was acting the part of hostess, and she was anxious to provide for her friend a luncheon that-vtould be pleasing. After a little hesitation the ladies.entered an attractive up-towd restaurant and picked out a cozy seat near the window. They did not know exactly what the wanted, but they wanted something- that would taste good, and so informed the waiter. That important functionery was in dined to be a trifle indifferent but the keen-witted New York Lady quietly slipped fifty cents into his hand with the coaxing remark: “Now, won’t you get us up a nice little luncheon.?” The surprised waiter unbent at once, and after a few questions as to what the ladies liked, and did not like, he started kitchenward in a very amiable mood. The result was a very dainty and wellserved luncheon, and the ladies experienced a delightful sense of comfort. “Now, that was a woman’s way,” said an observing gentleman, who sat at a table not far distant, to a friend. “Almost every man will tip his waiter in a restaurant, but nine out of ten wiH wait until they have finished their meal before they bestow the tip. A woipan seldom tips a waiter, but when she does she generally does it beforehand in order to place her server under obligations to her from the outset.” Spe axing of tne man in the moor the general impression is that he ia *liui Hi it.”