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Show SOLVING THE TIP PROBLEM At Least, One Man Thought He Had, But In Time There Came a Great Awakening. "To my own satisfaction I had solved solv-ed tbe tip problem," said tbe man. "Whon we took refuge In a hotel during dur-ing the renovation of our hown house 1 said: 'Hundreds for legitimate expenses, ex-penses, but not one cent for graft.' From the moment we struck tho hotel sldowalk I adhered valiantly to that policy. In vain did waiters, cabmen and porters extend an Itching palm and Importune with hungry glances. I resolutely kept my hand out of my pockot, with results astonishing even to myself. Instead of the neglect that had been prophesied as Inevitable, servants embarrassed us with lavish attentions. I grew vainglorious. 'See,' I crowed. "That Is the way to manage man-age those fellows. Just make thorn understand that you don't Intend to Up, and they will give you decent service without It It everybody would pursue that polloy the Up evil would soon be abolished.' "Yesterday we moved baok to our own house amid the salaams of the hotel crew. To the last I stuck to my guns, but I fancied that I noUced a suspicious movement of my wife's hand toward her purse. " 'Did you UpT' said I Indignantly. "'Certainly,' she said serenely. 'How do you suppose we could have endured living there these two weeks It I hadn't been tipping all the UmoT' " |