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Show STATESMEN WORRIED. A Great Question Which Is Agitating- the British House of Commons. The great question whether waiters ought to be tipped is just now agitating the hojse of commons -a jSod deal more than the fight with the lords over tfca employers' liability and parish councils bills, of which, truth to tell, everybody is getting a bit tired. But the tip question ques-tion affects the private pockets of the honorable members, and their interest ' in it is consequently keen. It has always al-ways been the rule in the commons that the waiteis in the dining rooms should not receive tins because livinff was-ea are paid to them, but. of late years tipping tip-ping has pretty generally prevailed, and the men learned to expect tips as much as though they were common cafe waiters. A goodly proportion of the members, however, refused to countenance counte-nance the system, with the result that they have of late found themselves neglected. neg-lected. Recently there have been so many complaints that the kitchen committee com-mittee solemnly appointed a subcommittee subcommit-tee to inquire, and the result was the issuing of an order prohibiting waiters from receiving tips and granting to each waiter an increase of a shilling a day. The waiters calmly pocket the shilling, but continue to take the tips whenever they get a chance, and it has become a question what shall be done with the honorable r.nd right honorable gentlemen who thus defy committees and subcommittees. New York Sun's London Letter. |