Part 8

Naturally, great care and good judgment would be needed to prevent an injustice to proprietors and employees. Often patrons exact more service than they are entitled to, and in such a situation the organization would be ranged on the side of the employee. Those who desire a condition where they may run rough-shod over servitors have a mistaken idea of the anti-tipping ideal. The employer is required to have employees who will give cheerful, adequate service, but within the limits of reason, and the selfish, domineering, patron is an evil which must be restrained as effectually as the waiter who surreptitiously insults patrons who do not tip.

TO PREVENT COMPLAINT

Surveying the vast field of tipping one may wonder how any organization could offer protection to the numberless patrons who might complain. The answer is that the organization would be as widespread as the custom. Every town and city would have its local organization with an attorney to prosecute violations. But it is reasonable to presume that when public opinion is once thoroughly aroused and organized, and a few prosecutions have been successful, that employers and employees, who do not voluntarily reform their practices, will see the light.

As deep-rooted as the custom seems, it really rests on insecure foundations and will crumble before any real attack. The average American, be he barber, waiter or porter, has enough inherent understanding of democracy to know that the custom is wrong. He "will get his" as long as an easy-going public will stand for the exaction, but will not be a formidable opponent. The imported European waiter will present more obstinate fondness for the custom, having been nurtured in the aristocratic school, but his opposition can be handled.

The most difficult type will be the class of patrons who delight in playing the role of Lady Bountiful or Gentleman Generous. Their pride will be restrained from buying servility from other Americans. And wealthy proprietors, who cater to this class and the intermediate class which ape the "smart set," will cling to the custom because of their pecuniary interest therein. But the average American and his vigorous sense of democracy will be adequate to the task of controlling all elements adverse to the republic.

The campaign against tipping is much more than a purpose to save the money given in gratuities. Its idealism aims to reach the very pinnacle of republican society--the destiny toward which 1776 started us. The mountain peaks of pride will have to be pulled down and the valleys of false humility will have to be lifted up, while the impulses to greed and avarice will have to be rebuked until every American can say:

If I must build my pride upon another man's humility, I will not be proud; If I must build my strength upon another man's weakness, I will not be strong; If I must build my success upon another man's failure, I will not succeed!

INDEX

ARGUMENTS FOR TIPPING, 26, 28

BAGGAGEMEN, 76

BARBARY PIRATES, THE, 15

BARBER, THE, 29

BARBER-SHOP PORTERS, 79

BATH ATTENDANTS, 86

BELL-BOYS, 32, 69, 104

BETTER ORGANIZATION NEEDED, 160

BIBLE, THE, AGAINST TIPPING, 45

BLACKMAIL, 150

BOOTBLACKS, 66, 78

CASTE AND CLASS, 47

CHAMBERMAIDS, 153

CHAUFFEURS, 33

CHRISTMAS TIPS, 116, 119

CLOAKROOM TACTICS, 52

CLUBS, 119

COMMISSIONS, SPLITTING, 43

COURTS, THE, AND TIPPING, 126

CUSTOM ABOVE LAW, 123

DEMOCRACY AND TIPPING, 38, 48, 114, 166

DOOR MEN, 81

ECONOMICS OF TIPPING, 26, 28

ELEVATOR MEN, 61, 81

EMPLOYEE VIEWPOINT, THE, 73

EMPLOYER VIEWPOINT, THE, 88

EMPLOYERS, can control, 102 " conspiracy by, 90 " retain tips, 86, 90, 152 " three kinds of, 88 " who profit by tips, 89, 105

EQUALITY AND UNIFORMITY, 115

ETIQUETTE BOOKS foster tipping, 58

EUROPEAN TIPS, 146 train conductors, 149

FEAR, as a reason for tipping, 55

FLUNKYISM IN AMERICA, 7

FREE AND EQUAL, 113

GARBAGE COLLECTORS, 116, 118

GENEROSITY, as a reason for tipping, 51 " misguided, 117

GENTLEMAN, what is a?, 37 " would he accept tips?, 37

GOLDEN RULE, THE, 119

GOMPERS, SAMUEL, on tipping, 144

GOVERNMENT HOTELS, tipping in, 120 " " the, and tipping, 113

GOVERNOR WHITMAN against tips, 40

GRAFT, "honest", 45 " taught by tipping, 42

GUEST'S RIGHT, THE, 104

GUIDES, 81

HARRY LAUDER against tipping, 41

HATBOYS, 82

"HONEST GRAFT", 45

HOSPITALITY, false, 101

HOTEL, The, 30 " fees, 59 " hospitality, 62, 101 " theory and practice, 32 " tipless, 97, 146

HOUSE SERVANTS, 64

HUSH MONEY, 42

IDEAL LAW, The, 132

ILLINOIS LAW, The, 91 " Compromise, The, 138

IOWA LAW, The, 124

ITCHING PALM, The, 8, 10, 19, 31, 70, 72

JANITORS, 83

LADY, What is a?, 37 " would she accept tips, 37

LAWS against Tipping, 122

LEGALIZED ROBBERY, 140

LEGISLATION, Promoting, 164

LITERATURE of Tipping, The, 58

MAIL CARRIERS, 116

MANICURISTS, 84

MASSACHUSETTS, In, 141

MERCHANTS against tips, 44

MESSENGERS, 85

"MILLIONS FOR DEFENSE", 17

MORAL PIRATES, 151

"MOVIES," the, and tipping, 69

MUSICIANS, 66

NEBRASKA ACT, The, 134

NOT A WAR Against Persons, 161

"NO TIP" POLICY, barber shops, 89 " " " hotels, 89, 97, 147 " " " restaurants, 89

OCEAN VOYAGES, tipping on, 65

ONE COMPENSATION, One Service, 35, 55

ORGANIZATION NEEDED, 160

PERSONAL LIBERTY, 10, 13

PERSONNEL AND DISTRIBUTION, 19

POLICEMEN, 116, 119

PORTERS, 147, 153 " Pullman, 108

PRICE OF PRIDE, The, 37

PRIDE, as a reason for tipping, 54

PRIVATE HOUSES, tipping in, 64

PSYCHOLOGY OF TIPPING, The, 47

PULLMAN COMPANY, The, 105 " " investigated, 106

PUBLIC OPINION, 162

REASONS for tipping, 51, 54, 55

RECIPIENTS opposed to Tipping, 39, 144, 150

REMEDY for Tipping, 55, 94, 95, 103, 158

RICH AMERICAN MYTH, The, 67

SHIP'S DOCTOR, The, 67

SLEEPING-CAR PHASE, The, 105

SOLUTION, a Reasonable, 94

SOUTH CAROLINA LAW, The, 129

SPLITTING COMMISSIONS, 43

STAGE, The, and Tipping, 68, 72

STATISTICS of Tipping money given in tips, 8 number of tip-takers, 7 tips in N. Y. City, 17, 22 tips in other cities, 21 tip-taking classes, 19, 20

STATLER HOTEL, The, 97

STENOGRAPHERS, 86

STEWARDS, Ship, 66

STREET CLEANERS, 118

TENNESSEE LAW, The, 136

TIPPING and Americanism, 11, 87, 150 " and democracy, 7, 38, 48, 113 " and labor, 144, 145 " and morals, 96, 158 " and patriotism, 56 " and personal liberty, 10, 13 " and public opinion, 162 " and slavery, 11, 50 " and the Bible, 45 " and the caste system, 47 " and the courts, 126 " and the wage system, 75, 107 " arguments for, 26, 28 " and a training school for graft, 42 " in private houses, 64 " in "the movies", 69 " Laws Against, 123 " Literature of, The, 58 " Merchants opposed to, 44 " on ocean voyages, 65 " on the stage, 68 " psychology of, the, 47 " real reasons for, 51, 54, 55 " recipients opposed to, 39, 144, 150 " remedy for, 55, 94, 95, 103, 158

"TIP PRIVILEGES" Sold, 90, 152

TIP-TAKERS, Partial List of, 19 " numbers by cities, 21

"TIP TRUST, The", 92

"TRIBUTE, Not One Cent for", 17

WAGES VERSUS TIPS, 75, 107

WAITER, The, 27 " can he be a gentleman?, 37

WAITERS, European, 150, 156

WAITRESSES, 59

WALSH COMMISSION, The, 111

WASHINGTON LAW, The, 122

WAY OUT, The, 158

WISCONSIN BILL, The, 125

Y. M. C. A., The, 104

Transcriber's Note:

Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as in the original publication. On page 74, "asumed" in "attitude asumed by servitors" has been changed to "assumed".