Show I AS CRIME ORIME BUT STILL CONTINUES MOSCOW Dec Dee 12 AP Tipping AP-Tipping Tipping f t In soviet Russia Is a punishable of of- of t. t V tense fence r I The few Americans who have found their way to this revolutionary revolutionary revolution revolution- ary land have been astonished Ito to find that the bolsheviks look upon any kind of gratuity as a bribe One of the most frequent signs the Moscow restaurants restaurants' is a Dont degrade your fellow man byl offerIng offerIng offering offer- offer Ing him a tip tipping is a form torm of bribery Another is Is A bribe Is punishable as a criminal offense ottense therefore dont don't attempt to give tips i r Despite warnings however tourists tourists tour tour- soon find tind hotel waiters walters and public servants show sho a surprising readiness to accept tips particularly If no one Is looking As the bolsheviks regard tipping as' as a species of bribery so they regard the white whits apron laundered shirt and stiff collar conar usually worn by waiters walters as degrading Therefore Therefore Therefore There There- fore In order to give complete equality to this class of ot workers tn they Y have ordered them to wear natt natty blue blouses with army style i. i collar and no tie |