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Show ROYALTIES' TIPS ARE LARGE Crowned Heads Expend Large Burnt for Gratuities to Those Who Have Served Them. When a iimn begins to grumble at tlio tipping habit In New York, says the Times, lii! should thank his stars ho docs not belong to the nobility. The mi 111 m paid out by royally In tipping tip-ping servants while, on a vlnlt would support several families for a year. For Instant f, thH Intfl KIiir Kdward's tipping bills ran Into tint thousnnd nrli nr. Il made It a point that when vlcltlng a friend. "vn for a fpw hours, never to cav without bf-atowInK bf-atowInK note anioni? th servants. It Is an Id that ben ho vlnlH'il for the weekend ho aiddoni left Ipsa than 11.000 to be (liHirllnili-d as tl(s. Whi'ti th king went to a shooting party each beater received $5 and the head keeper 125 or more, according to the duration of tlm vUlt. The kalner Is said to be (lie most liberal tipper among royalty of Europe. It Is said Hint every servant In a house which he visits Is sura to be remembered. remem-bered. The day before a visit comes to an end a secretary hands the rhlef steward an envelope rontalulnx the amount to be distributed and he makes sure each servant receives bis I allotted share. Even the employes 1 of the stable are remembered. |