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Show Not a Subject for Legislation. A hill mnklng It a misdemeanor to 3 any wnltcr, servant or porter con- -tod with any hotel, restaurant, -ichroom or public scrvtco corpora-'?n corpora-'?n Is to bo introduced In tho Mary-and Mary-and legislature. The mcasuro Is not 0 bo a one-sided Btatutc, however tit will provide punishment allko for ilm who proffers tho tip. It can safe-ly safe-ly bo predicted that should such a oollsh law be enacted it will remnln 1 dead letter nnd soon bo utterly for--otttn. Howcvor dlsagrcoablo tho ipplng practice may bo to some pco-pic pco-pic and there is no doubt that It has come to lie something of a nuisance It Is certainly not n crlmo, and tho criminal courts can employ their time much ' more profitably disposing of murderers and highwaymen, of which there Is a superabundance, thnn by wasting t on "tipping" cases. Now Orleans Picayune. n iiiH |