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Show ffl SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR M M . THE SCHOOL GIRL m WHICH of the maids and men servants ser-vants to tip nmj Just how much to give to each one Js n devMed problem prob-lem for a girl on her first visit which she makes uimccoinpaoled (y any member of, the family. The dillituliy commence 'with ihe sia-lion sia-lion ::::in who checks l.cr baggage and does not abate until sho i safe nt hoinv again and has iriven her last dime to the expressman who carries her trunk up sfairs to her room. I The custom of promiscuous tipping was originally started, of course, through mo-j tivrs of generosity on the purl of certain individuals wealthier, plhnp8. than their fellows. Unfortunately the habit has now degenerated into an unwritten law, nnd iu this wIhu is looked upon hy donor and recipient alike. AM the ,ame, the only safe plan to work upon in the custom of tipping is the originol one, 'and a girl sluld never acknowledge lo herself or show in her manner that a tip is anything I else than a umrk of appreciation for ser-l vice tendered. I I If she works on thU principle It will be easier for her lo deride the amount lo give, for it will truly bo in comparison j with w hat U deserved. When visiting a friend's house il Js rotura!y the ruuid who receives the largest gilt, for unless one's f vn. ma id has been taken il is she jwhoso work the visitor has most interfered with. Oie dollar or even two. according lo the length of ihu vinit nnd. the nruount of attention given. Is the correct amount for the maid who has unpacked the trunks nnd locked after the gowns, w)le if there ;is another DisiJ to uke car of the bed-rooui bed-rooui she too inut bo remembered, j In a larife household with many ser-jvants ser-jvants it is, not considered noeesary. f,,r a girl to seek out each servant wheu leaving, leav-ing, nor need Bhe remember any of the sratT, except perhaps tho waitress, unless her vibit lias been of exceptionally long Idura'ion and many' spi-cinl attentions have I been accorded her. Perhaps the coachman coach-man or chauffeur has done more for hijr than nny of. the house servants, In which ease one dollar, or perhaps fifty ceuts, should be bonded, with a kind word, when Icavins. 1 The smaller the household and the more simply It is run the more iniportnut is it for a guest to show her appreciation to the servants who have helped to make her visit a comfortable one. When there are :nl two or perhaps three maids in nil a visitor has surely' occasioned them extra work, and it is far more important that they be remembered than all the servants iu a house where the many hands make light work for every one. Iu travelling n ten cent lip is suflicicul for the service of most porters, train-nun, train-nun, express and baggage men, &C. ; but Jf exception;'' work has been done or unusual willingni s-s and interest have been evinco'l a greater will perhaps he necessary. l,it"ty ents am. a dollar are demanded in some cass, and of course on a steamship, where Here has been constant alleudancc for a week, a steward or stewardess is given .SJ.r.0, which is a regular fee T 1 ordering at a restaurant the number of persons served and the amouut of the 91.n1 total of the bill must regulate to a certain cer-tain extent the "pourboire" for the wnitcr From ten to twenty-live centa a person h the accepted tip In this case. la America the whole system of tippipg II on a much more extravagant scale than In Europe, but "there are fewer recipient !here, which keep" the balance about equal. A tip of half or less than half the amount expected in this country will call down upon the donor's bead the blesings for :J1 this life aud the life of the world to come as. well. It is a great mistake and really a wrong principle to be over generous in tips. Thy wages ar.j, generally sufficiently high, uijd nothing else should be demanded, and only in those eases where there is sufficient intelligence in-telligence for the extra nmoiinl to be taken r.s a gift pure and simple, nnd not ns something' some-thing' expected, should over generous tips he given.- It raise the demands so far that the poorer persons who cannot possibly give over a stipulated amount receive only the poorest of service. In giving a tip '1 mu9l not be forgotten that even the most ignorant maid of r.ll vork is a Luman being after all. and the gift will mean (wlc. as much to her if civen iu au evident spirit of kindness and good will than if simply banded over with a manner of a duty being performed. Fifty cents with n kind word can be made to be worth a gold piece to the one who re-j eclves it. j In oil parts of Europe tips are expected and even .demanded .auch more generally than is tlpi case in America; but just be-J cause this is true a girl must not feel thatj when shf 'tips 'her ".r.rgcsse" must be oin the sotne plane ps t home-. What corresponds corre-sponds xo five conls or six iu this country oes far iu Fro.uce. while in Italy a penny-is penny-is often Mirticient to give. A uativc of a foreign eountry'will try hard to get what hb can from too American tourist, but when dealing wltn our generous country-pefiplm country-pefiplm he almost invariably receive more lhnn his. duo ; and ; more than he in his wildest dreams hoped f.r. In any part of Europe, howi-veri one must expect o "tip" for pvery 'iiosaiblc service, w hether or not that Ben'lce was asked. It Js part of the established customs of every country, coun-try, and tho American, with fewer such regulations nt home, must nevertheless fall in good uttturedly with this unalterable state 'of affairs.', "Noblesse oblige" Is n great factor in European life and the habit of tipping is an integral part of this theory, po matter whether the one "tipped" has more, innv stored away in the bank than tUc Other vrho so proudly gives the "lip." 1 I.:'. |
