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Show Two (icriitaii Words That Meun Much. (ientutn liurbeift in N(.'W York luvo a cnrioiw hystcm of tiina mill mysterious wo.iln liy wliidi the y iiitlicitto to eucli oilier tlio tefideiicy of customers to give larB tips, Kiiiiill tips or noun nt all. If a ia:w liitt'lier iu n lar.ic bIioji gets a rcii-iTouu rcii-iTouu customer in J.ia diair, a fellow workman who lias blmveil the generous customer liel'oi'o mutters in liis tar, "Uriitiz" tliiit is, "Kc tips." "Uruiiii" is a ilistiiH'tively licriiian ju-oiluct, timl till recently was never heard outside of continental barber shops. lis greatest merit is that it means nothing to persons per-sons who are not barbers, for it lias no indorsement from tlio Herman dictionaries, diction-aries, and dues not even enjoy thetpies-tioiiablo thetpies-tioiiablo authority of tdudont slang. (ronnan barbers in Now York designate desig-nate a man who gives no gratuities as a "miilT." Like "briinz," "mulf" is no word at all, and was invented by wily continental barbers for the needs of tint phop only. The amount of tho tip to be expected is repealed by tho old journeymen journey-men to the new ones by various contortions contor-tions of tho fingers and by low German monosyllables of no apparent relevancy, ilontreai Star. |