Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1912 — Tipping Nuisance Becoming Serious Matter [ARTICLE]

Tipping Nuisance Becoming Serious Matter

By JOHN KAY KING

This matter of “tipping” is becoming so serious and so universal that very many people inclined to leave home are afraid to venture because of the prevailing custom. Hotel accommodations are contracted for by the traveling public with no extras expected. The same is true of the restaurant, whose printed menu makes an order thoroughly understood. The present “system” among and with all sorts of waiters is to exact or at least expect a fee, which if not complied -with means trouble. Can thi! custom mean anything * less than an insult aud a well-

planned hold-up? There should be an end to it, and all would-be patrons of public hostelries of whatsoever kind should have the positive assurance. Some of the leading hotels in Chicago publish their rates, which are not questioned, but say nothing about the abominable custom of “feeing” among their waiters, which is sure to be experienced. It is gratifying to know the press of the country is becoming interested along these lines. The wholesalers are confounded and realize the importance of action, for are not the hotels and restaurants largely dependent upon the patronage of the tens of thousands of traveling salesmen they employ ? u