Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1911 — TO TOUR EUROPE ON CAFE TIPS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TO TOUR EUROPE ON CAFE TIPS

ETIQUETTE ON TIPPING. When dining alone 10 cents. When dining with a woman 25 cents. When entertaining a party, 50 cento or more. When in doubt 10 per cent, of bill. Add 5 per cent, when the music is inspiring. Deduct accordingly when the waiter refuses to smile. . ... Never offer a tip until after service is over. Be liberal, but don't overdo it. CHICAGO. —John Henry William Rehm, who, with Henry von Hannison, another Chicago waiter, will pass the summer in Europe, traveling on the proceeds of tips paid him, gave the foregoing precepts, and plans to follow them in giving his own money away. Rehm will take his wife and two daughters, Adeline and Elinor, on the trip. They will sail on the Lusitania, in the best quarters available, and for three months will “do" Europe in style. “A waiter should receive SSO a week in tips,” said Rehm in telling of his experience as a Chicago waiter. “Sometimes, when politics are on, a

waiter can get as much as $lO a day, but other times it runs nearer $5. But it isn’t so much getting the tips as saving them that counts.’’ Rehm did not disclose the amount of his savings, but he admitted he had three summer cottages in Michigan, another cottage in Edgewater besides the one in which he lives, and some city bonds. , "I am forty-six years old now,” he said, “and when I reach fifty I expect to be in a position to retire. I put my money in bonds because they pay better interest than a savings account. We can live on about SI,OOO a year because we own our own home. "I figure it will take about $1,500 for the European trip, but I won’t estimate it too closely; we will enjoy it whatever it costs. "I will tip on my trip across according to the way in which I believe tips should be given.