Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1910 — CAUTION TO HOTEL GUESTS. [ARTICLE]

CAUTION TO HOTEL GUESTS.

Berlin Boniface*’ Extortionate De- , mauds Precipitate a Crusade. The Berliner Fremdenzeitung, which, according to a resolution passed by the Society of the Berlin Hotel Proprietors, must be handed to all hotpl visitors, states that guests would do well to conform to the customary mode of “tipping” if they wish to avoid annoyBerlin dispatch says. The demand made is so outrageous that it Is worthy of serious attention. The visitor is told that he ought to give the Walter a tip of 10 per cent of the amount of his bill in the restaurant. In cases, where there Is a special “Zahl Kellner” (cash waiter), It is the custom to hand an extra douceur to the waiter who attends you. In hotels, for bills up to SB, percentage of 25 per cent Is claimed, and above SB, 20 per cent. Thus for a bill of sls, a levy ot $3 Is made, which Is divided between the booth, the chambermaid, the lift boy, the page, the porter and the waiter. The Taegliche Rundschu, In commenting on the impudent publication, says: "According to our experience Englishmen and Americans as' a rule either give no tips at all or very moderate ones. The German gfees excessive tips and Is mostly served worse than the American. Things have come to such a pass in Berlin that in elegant restaurants the waiter refuses, with a lordly wave of the band, to accept 10 per cent of the bill, even If the bill amounts to $25, and the manager declares on being spoken to that the man has a right to demand 20 per cent. Consequent on this publication Bteps are being taken to Initiate a* crusade against tipping which has assumed enormous proportions in the Prussian capital. „ •