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Show Not Tnklng Small Tip.. A K''ntl!"3!" 1" js not aver&e a tipping u waiter wheu lie liapiK'ns to have the rcquiriito Binull clianga h;ul a curious experience in a well patronized restaurant in Sixth avenue a few nights t-jfo. Ho took 1) in wife into the restaurant restau-rant after the theatre and enjoyed refreshments, re-freshments, the cost of which footed ujt Jl. !).". no had not a penny of changb, ni he handed his waiter a two dollar hill with which to pay his check. Without With-out wniting for the live cent change ha siarU il to leave the place. His wile and hinwlf had got as far an the door when the waiter overtook them and tendered the gentleman a nickel. "Ohl keep that," said tho man indilTcrently. "No, thank yon, sir," said tho waiter very politely, "1 bes your parjon, but I cannot can-not accept it." "Why not?-' paid the gentleman somewhat some-what Impatiently. "l$'canso, sir, I am not allowed to take iv tip of less than ten cents. The waiters here have a iool, and one of the rules is that no member of the pool shall take less than a dime 13' way of a tip." Th gentleman, somewhat embarrassed, eiplained that the nickel was the only hit of change that he 1 d, whereupon tho waiUr blandly remarued, "Oh. that is all right, sir: you can hand it to ma tho next time you ocme in." Now York Times. |