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SING A "JOHN KETTLE , "
Six Fair New York Girls Inaulgo in an All-
Night Game of Pokor.
LANGTRY'S HANDSOME TOILET.
Mayor Hewitt'n CriiKailo Kdltor
Dunn's Dnrky A I'rlnoo Snitbliud
Amor'n I'UK Clura
Ilollo'M hotter.
NKW Yoitic , May 0. [ Correspondence
of the BKK.J This particular pug dog in
the Madison Square garden show was an
Astor. His name was Gun" Astor , and ho
belonged to Mrs. William Aslor. His
nose was pushed in so far that ho got
little of the outer free air to breathe , and
his tail was curled so light that his hind
feet barely touched the ground. There
were other pugs around with him , and as
ugly as he , but none wcro like him , an
independent capitalist. Yes , Gull is the
owner of $1,700 , all won by him as
pri/.cs in dog shows , and his mistress has
invested the money to his account , thu
jield of interest uoing to his support and
adornment. Probably ho is the only
funded dog in the world.
The dog show was nu intensely fash
ionable event. It was a pity that the ex
hibitors couldn't have been ticketed for
idcntilication , like the exhibits , for they
were the social celebrities of Now York ,
and they wentaronnd quite unrecogni/ed
by thn mass of visitors. Of course they
were known to those who kcep _ posted as
to the pretentious cliques , but it is a fact
that the men and women of the Astor.s ,
Vanderbiits , Helmonts. and so on
through the noted families , could walk
the Bowery without getting a second
glance , while even in Broadway , there
would be no general recognition. And
so it was that when the pretty wife of
the junior August Belmont hugged and
kissed her pet collie , in the midst of a
jam of ga/.ors , few know ivho she was.
Nor did Secretary of the Navy Whitney
get any popular recognition when ho put
his trained Newfoundland through
his accomplishments. New York
in a tremendously big town.
However , there were ladies who success
fully exhibited Uiemsolves and their dogs.
These were actresses. Helen Dauvray
posed along with her setter , Lillian Una-
Bell grouped herself with u French
poodle , Koso Coghlan attitndini/ed in
duo with a St. Bernard , the latest Mrs.
Boucicanlt led around an Irish setter and
Annie Kobe permitted herself to bo
dragged by a uiasUIF ; but the winner of
most attention was Mrs. Langtry , who
showed herself along witii Freddy lieb-
liardt and a fox terrier both on
strings. The women admire the Lang-
try intensely , and BO I suppose a descrip
tion of her toilet is desirable. As she
ptood near the orchestra platform , all
eyes were turned upon her. but she ap-
nppcarcd to be utterly unconscious of
anybody but her friends and the musici
ans. When they tinishcd playing a par
ticular air tint had been given at her re
quest , she not only smiled her thanksbut
applauded ns well as she could with
her arms lilted with n black-
ami-tan that had been pre-
gunted to her. Mrs. Langtry made a pic
turesque appearance in a costume of
olive green and red. Over a red silk
bkirt , made full and finished with points
nt the edge , there was a short , straight
drapery of olive velvet , striped in red ,
nnd the costume was completed by a
jacket of velvet set oil" by frills of lace in
front. She wore a largo hat of mouse
color rolled up at one side , and adorned ,
with green and red ostrich tips. On this
occasion , Mrs. Lmigtry revealed herself
as the possessor of the auburn locks
arranged in a novel stylo. The hair
crimped seemed to be loose1 ? confined
low at the back with pins , suggestive of a
cushion , ami altogether had too artificial
a look to bo becoming.
Mayor Hewitt's crusade against dirt is
solidifying his intluence with the women
of Now York , and if they had a political
iarty of their own they would nominate
'
} lim 'perpetual president of the universe
and parade him under the banner of the
dust cloth and broom. Before ho got the
idea that n mayor's ' business was looking
nf lor the inibio comfort and conveniences ,
rather that laying political subways to
renomlnation. the dirt was the boss of
Now York. People put barrels of ashes
on the curbstone , and men came along
in the middle of the day with
carts , lifted the barrels , poured
part of the contents mto the carts , and
distributed thu re.st in critty showers over
the people passing by. Italians generally
vrent ahead of the carts and stirred up
the contents of the barrels with their
rag hooks. When the city laborers
amused themselves by cleaning a street ,
railroad workmen followed thum ami
spilled moro-dirt on the pavement be
tween the tracks. Storekeepers swept
nil the refuse from their Doors across the
sidewalks , and never stopped a sweepIng -
Ing to let anybody pass. The wisk of a
broom would till the llouncus of a lady's
dross with the dust and cigar stumps
Irom a store. The mayor began order
ing garbage collectors to do
their work at night. Then he
told the police to prevent thu
Italians from making a mess on the side
walks. Finally , ho settled the ash barrel
nuisance by issuing orders that barrels
should not bo set upon the sidewalk at
nil. The sweeping of dirt from buildings
into the street was prohibited , the rail
road men wore told to quit spreading
liiiim and sand on the pavements , and
( New York began to put'on a clean fare
nnd fall to rccogni/.e itself. In the on >
forcemeut of these orders , some qiii'cr
things occurred. Charles A. Dana's nt-
pro servant went out to sweep back into
uic gutter the dust that had been blowa
from the street to the sidowalk. A zeal
ous policeman ordered him to take the
dust up in a pan and carry it into the
house , and arrested him for 'refusing to
do it. A police justice lined the man if 10 ,
and Mr. Dana paid ,
So long as the excise laws wore en
forced only against little irin mills and
the dives , there was no clamorous outcrv
against them , but the mayor has com
pelled the police to bo impartial , and all
Now York is astounded. The idea of a
policemaninvading Delmonico's and the
Brunswick has shocked every gentleman
drinker bevoud the power of articulate
speech. The city is full of howlmir
swells. They are clamorinir for a repeal
of the odious law that says a man s
month shall bo like a limekiln on Sun
day. The Germans are join
ing in the outcry , because
the law against makinir a combine
of music anil beer is being applied to
singing societies as well as to concert
halls and dives. The Germans stand up
lor their inalienable right to drink beer
anil sing between drinks. When the in
tervals are not too frequent , the Gorman
c'ti/.en ' sings well. Ho sings tolerably ,
even when the schooner has been filled
and drained a great many times. Ho
never sings badly. To tell a fellow-Ger
man citi/.on that ho shall not make
niiisio when he feels goodis an impertin
ence on the part of law-makers , who
know nothing of thu mellowing inllu-
cncos of beer. Ho resents it and joins
the swells in their howl.
There is no theatre joke moro univer
sally appreciated by audiences in this
town than a smile drawn trom the game
of poker. When a poker expression is
used the men roar and the women gig
gle and ono would think that everybody
played it. And as a matter of fact , it is
getting moro popular than ever , and the
girls are trying it in earnest Ono of i
them told mo about an expression that
shows how it is going. She was ono of a
party of six , all girls , that mot at the
house of the only ono of their number
who was married. Her husband
had taken n business trip to the
south. They began the night with a
box at the theatre , and when the per
formance was over they had a lunch at a
famous cafe , so that it was nearly 1 in
the morning before they sat down to
play. They were now to the game , I bo-
iieve , but their playing had been confined
to the modest ante-midnight hours , nnd
generally a live-cent limit , with gentle
men in. I wish 1 understood the game
that I might make clear how it was that
my friend came out of it earlier than she
had expected to. She had won five of
the first half do/.en kettles , I think she
said , and then began to hold such cards
that she lost all her pile in anteing the
hippies. At last she had three kings , an
co nnd a live spot dealt to her
n the course of a largo
* ohn Kettle , nnd she determined to
hinge. Somehow she raised the ante ,
lirow away'her live spot and drew anther -
) ther ace. The hostess stood pat , as the
aying is. My friend felt very sure of
vfnnlng the kettle , and accordingly bor-
owed a lot ot chips from her compan-
ons. But before the betting was over
ho had to pledge her watch nnd ear-
ings , and finally , getting -alarmed , she
nit her elegant new spring wrap on the
able and called. The hostess thereupon
lisplayed four two spots. My friend
aid she thought she didn't care to play
any longer , but the others wore inter
ested and continued the game , it was then
six o'clock and the hostess lent the dear
rirl live dollars to pay for a cab to get
omo in. She was allowed to take with
icr as well , her collateral on the under
standing that she get an advance of
locket money as soon as possible and
> ay up. She says she will feel pinched
'or a mouth , but instead of vowing
never to play the dreadful game again ,
she is determined to got oven , 'and is
anxously waiting the time when with
debts paid and a pocket full of pin money
she can buy chips once moro.
Wo have had a real prince among us ,
xnd have rather snubbed him. Ho was
Prince Estorha/y , of Austria. The
women of fashion who patroni/o public
charities by having their names printed
on the backs of admission tickets to en
tertainments gave a walm around at a
swell restaurant. The rilVair was adver
tised us a fete , and it was announced
that Prince Esterha/.y's orchestra had
been engaged to make the music. So
ciety would go to hear musicians belong
ing to a prince with a snee/.y name. The
prince's musicians are regularly em
ployed as part of the show in it wax
works museum , and the prince himself ,
had just arrived on a tour round thu
world. Everybody of social ac
count wont to the fete. At onu owl of
thu room was a little balcony stuck on
the wall close to the ceiling. A tall man
standing in it would bump nis head
against the plaster. The orchestra
perched away up in that little martin
nox were expected to do their fiddling
Somehow or other Prince Estorha's
chief violinist got it into his head that
society want to dear him and his com
rades play. Hucamo down from his lofiv
pen nnd found ono of the patronesse * .
who Deemed to bo running things , and
suggested that it wpuld bo much butter
to have the musicians on the llooi.
An interpreter stated the ca c. The pat-
rones.i put on her nioit gracious manners ,
and said she really didn't see how that
could be done , because all the corners of
the room were being used , either for
( lower stands nr Ilirtation nooks. Hi.
answered that the middle of the Hour
would be bolter. Was it too hot , or too
cold up in thu balcony. No : In. was not
thinking of that ; but tint ualcuny was so
close to the roiling and so luirli alieni- the
crowd that the miiiic could nut ln. > heard
to any advantage. In ( act , thu inuit : ir-
tKtlc effects would bo ntturly ruinni.
I'hi ) patroness looked relieved. NV : s
that nil ? She would like to make things
agix'itahlu to the musicians , but -lie did
not uo how they could play on the lloor'
"Toll him , " she said to the intorprutcrl
"that it would interfere with the. daiio
lug. These uirla would go mud if thcj
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couldn't dance. Ho listened to the inter
preter , and watched the patroness , who
was smiling the most effusive , mechani
cal , society smile. Then ho shrugged his
shoulders and went un into the balcony
to liddlo. Probably ho liddled well , but
nobody down stairs knew anything about
it. Wax tiddlers placarded , "Prince
Lstorha/y's band , " would have answered
the purpose just as well.
in theaters for a few seasons past you
arc regaled with an overpowering odor
of fresh cologne. This was a mystery
until I observed that the fashionable lady
accompanied by a Inure cut scent bottle
had a good bit of private business with it
between acts. From her pocket shu extracts -
tracts a lump of sugar , and in the pri
vacy of her programme carctullv drops
as much can do cologne from her llask as
the sugar will hold , takes it up gingerly
with her lace hand kerchief and convoy's
it to her mouth. In this way a mild state
of boo/.o may bo acquired. The escort
who goes out to sec a man has not
much advantage over the cologne-
eating woman. It. produces a sort of
da/.e , very similar to the ollects of chloral.
The odor is vastly superior to that of old
rye , it isn't wicked like cocktails , and it
is quite the gentle thing. I'd like to
know what my adventurous sex will try
next. Ilyponiermic needles , anodyne ,
chloral , bromide and colognol This world
must be an awful failure to some people ,
that they try so hard to stillo the real
and annihilate the present. I took
Maria to a matinee , and the play was so
dismal that , when a friend going up the
aisle asked if ho could do anything for
us , I said : "Yes , just do as well by us as
you will by yourself. " Ho did. On his-
return ho laid a pretty bunch of ( lowers
in my lap , and , when their extraordinary
weight aroused my attention , behold ,
cunningly fastened by a wire to the cen
ter was a half pint pumpkinseed -
seed bottle. Through tno cork into the
heart of a calla lily went a straw. With
what a wealth of admiration lor man's
invention diil wo hold that fracrant bou
quet to our pleased faces. The bartender
that has got up this novel way of intro
ducing a mild cocktail to a lady in au
orchestra chair deserves to prosper , and
no doubt ho will. Whenever yon see a
lady in a theatre inhailing the fragrance
of a huge bouquet , you may rightly sus
pect she has got light with hor.thatwhich
you will have to go out for. it is a com
fort to know that men are inventing
something to amuse ns.
The anothecary _ lias hitherto been the
man to lay himself out to catch us , but
now the bar room falls into line , and wo
women ought to be thankful. A man on
Broadway has gene _ to putting tip little
medicine chests filled with numerous
bottles. With this box yon get a book.
W herovcr you read , "For general lassi
tude , indisposition to do anything and a
desire for perfect repose , take No. 10 at
9 a. m. , follow up with 19and 40 between
3 p. in. and 0 p. m. , returning to No. 10
at bedtime. " "For reluctance to rise ,
and tendency to lie dowi' ' during the dav ,
take 50 in moderation until exhausted ,
nnd continue with 80 and 80. Bottles can
bo replenished at any ot our agencies. "
This is a noble work of art , but it isn't
as interesting as going to the drugstores.
What fun it is to listen to people in apothecary
thecary shops. I had occasion to have a
prescription for a favorite dog put up the
other day , and 1 sat and listened. A
largo woman with an aggravating set of
store teeth gnashed 'cm with confidence
at the clerk , and said : "Doctor ( they
address a ten-year-old boy in a drug shop
as 'doctor , ' ) "can you recommend this
tooth powder ? I imagine Peruvian bark
is injuring my teeth. They fool sensitive
to the touch. "
"Bo caniful how you handle 'em when
you take "cm out , " said a small voice in
the rear of an almanac.
Only that the directory was chained up ,
yon wouldn't know this.
Thou in came a largo woman with a
fierce look : "My husband ain't feeling
well , doctor ; ho wants to got something
to brace him up , so's ho can go to a tar
get excursion to-morrow. "
"Calysia bark and iron , " suggested the
clerk.
"Not much , " , was the reply , "give mo
a bottle of citrate magnesia , one dozen
compotind tincture rhubarb pills , three
ounces senna and a dash of croton oil.
Them fishing bairns and target excursions
is a good ways off for some folks. "
CLAIIA BELLE.
Charles Doubter , os Duwson , Ga. , has
n shepherd dog that drives his chickens
up at night. About sundown the dog
becins las rounds over the premises , and
never stops until every fowl is driven
up and is m the hen house. If a chicken
shows a disposition not to retire to its
roosting place the dog drives it in the
hen house and .stands guard at the door
until the chicken takes a perch on the
roost.
A New Jersey American , while traveling -
ing in Canada recently , called on the
American consul at Uuelnh , Ont. Inquir
ing for the Hag of his country , which ho
< ! \pi-ctid ; : to see proudly waving in the
wind , hn found it was doing duty in a
backroom as a window curtain. This is
not so bad .is the case of an American
COIIMI ! in San Domingo , who used his
"proud emblem of freedom" as a towel.
A wotnin of Spartansbnrg , S. C. while
canning an armload of wood , was re
cently attacked oy a rabid dog , but ,
Cropping a portion of her load , she
'itched mto thu dog and killed him with
adub >
A bint's nest found on a roof near thq
United States mint in Washington was
1 beautifully lined with gold. The parent
bird had carried oil' gold dust in Its
feathers and shaken them out in iU tiny
home.
Mousignor CancI is again spoken of at
[ Homo for a missionary bishopric. It la
aaid that the oirutic prelate has become
mi expert lisbcrinan. and that ho is preparing
paring tor a season with the trout of the
j Adirondack * .
RUOHINGS
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\Vo are showing a most complete line
of the latest novelties in Knchings.
Many very pretty stylus at . " > o per yard.
Now Ribbon Huohlngs , all colors.
New Lace Knchings.
Tourist's Kuclnng at 85o a box.
Lace and Linen Chemisettes at from
25o to $1.75 each. Ask to see them.
French I'urculu Sots collar and culls-
warranted fast colors , at 25e a set.
Dorsoy Collars and Choniisottes.
Ladies' Fancy Seta collars auit cuffs
with ribbon trimmings , verv pretty.
THOMPSON , BELDEN As CO.
DINING HALL MENDICANCY ,
Steady Increase of the Abominable Habit
of Tipping Menials.
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A DEFAULTER'S BIG UIFTS.
It'H HnKlisti , You Know Senator
Tluirmnii'a Avcrnlon to UccKl"K
Sorvniits llow to Homed
ed y the Evil ,
The practice of tipping , or giving
gratuities to hotel porters , restaurant
and hotel waiters , and other servants ,
writes James Q. Howard , of the Forum
for May , is of comparatively recent in
troduction into the United States. Some
eighteen or twenty years ago. when our
foppish young men about town began to
make trips abroad , it was observed , on
thtir return home , that they had adopted
foreign accentsinllections , affectations ,
and especially that they aped everything
English. Tipping was nt that time , as
now , an established custom m England ,
as well as throughout Eu rope and Asia ,
and acres of palms , itching fcr coin ,
wore outstretched by a mendicant host ,
ranging from the laccrt major-domos of
gorgeous palaces and the liveried
beadles in great cathedrals ,
down to the beggars of India
ind Egypt , and the lazzaroni of Naples.
So universal was the custom that it went
ar to justify the sarcasm of Senator
Thurman , who , when asked if ho had
net Prince Bismarck , replied ho was ox-
remoly sorry ho had not , because ho did
want to meet ono person in Europe who
vas not waiting for him to hand over a
hilling !
When tipping was first introduced at
) elmonico's , by some of the traveling
ops , the astonished waiters did not know
vlult to think of it. The moro manly
ittendants wcro inclined to resent the
seeming attempt to buy or bribe them ,
vhilo others wore disposed to pocket the
gratuity , with the reflection that the
donor must have a "little too much. "
tut the men of fashion , who are usually
ho men of fortune , soon made it known
hat to tip was "good form , " The prac-
ice rapidly spread from the fashionable
restaurants and hotels to the second ,
bird , and fourth-rate places. While the
abuse has not yet become so universal
as hero m older ocuntrics , it is spreading
apace. Guests arc not expected to pre
sent gratuities only to waiters and cooks ,
o porters , chambermaids , bell-boys and
jootblocks. to janitors.baggage-checkcrs ,
runk-haudlers at railway stations , and a
: ow other non-enumerated classes. Bar-
) crs receive extras , varying from a dime
o a dollar , from nebs and nabobs ; soon
.hoy will bo demanding like treatment
from all. Before inquiring where the
evil will end , let us ascertain precisely
what the evil is.
The practice of exacting tips is mde-
'ensible ' from every point of view. The
jill of faro at a restaurant sets forth a
scale of prices for the articles of food or
refreshment supplied , and , as a rule ,
: hose prices are high enough , heaven
mows , and are steadily increased from
year to year , in the face of the fact that
provisions of all kinds have been Ucclin-
ing for a long time. The profit on thirty
ditl'orcnt articles of food , chiefly vegeta
bles , served in a leading restaurant in
New York , is found upon investigation to
range from three hundred to nmo hun
dred per cent. The patron consents to
pay this profit on his lettuce , beans , or
corn , and ho finds that he is also ex
pected to pay twenty or twenty-five per
cent moro to the servant who brings him
the vegetables.
If ono wore expected to pay extra only
for extra civility or special intelligence ,
there might bo some excuse for the system.
But this is not nil the ground on which
the practice rests. You are expected
to reward alike civility and incivity. to
pay handsomely for both intelligence
and stupidity , and to bo equally liberal
to conrtsy and insolence. If your waiter
brings yon tainted meat or stale veget
ables , he looks for the same douceur as if
ho had brought you palatable or whole
some food. If tno tip is'notforthcoming ,
his insolence is shown as long as you re
main , and if you return ho will either re
fuse to wait on you , or serve yon worse
than before. Between cooks and waiters
there is always a perfect understanding
as to the treatment that favored or ob
noxious guests shall receive , for the rea
son that the tips are 'divided between
them. The spend thrift.however worth
less , who wastes the ( most money on
them , gets the best entertainment the
place can ail'ord , whilu the provident
patron , paying the same high rates , if
not lavish with his money , must put up
with the smallest and meanest portions
that can bo served. Ono of the most
distinguished members of the United
States senate has frequently , it
is said , been insulted aad reviled , be
cause of his habitual refusal to submit to
this iniquitous tax.
At hotoln on the American plan , whore
the charges are $4 or f.1 a day , or 50 per
cent higher than when provisions wore
50 per cent dearer , the guest is expected
to add a dollar or so a dav in the form of
gratuities , to the exorbitant published
rates. Now , the guests should either pay
the servants all their wages.or pay none.
Their employer , the landlord , ' should
properly compensate all his employes
for their services , or saddle their entire
support upon his patrons. There is no
logic and no sense in dividing their sup
port between their employer and the per
sons they serve. At some hotels porters
got $29 a month from the proprietors ,
and about > M a1 day or $121
a month , from the quests. In. the cafu ai
iiii'icaii ' and Arnold's '
Indigo Blue Prints tijc a yard
Them : arc the brut aooils nf their
ItlH'l in the market , and arc sold liii
other dealer * as a driveat 7r. } Ho
hare just received a cane of new p-tt-
tcrns that arc i'crideal ruble ,
Here is a Bargain.
Jtest Cochceo Lawns , worth lli\c \
llest 1'acljle Oruan-ltcs , worth IGc
A ehntca line of putter us will tic
pitt on mile Monduiniornlna at
83c per i/ard. Don't miss them ,
THOMPSON , BELDEN As CO.
Dolmonico's the waiters receive a salary
of $25 a month , and make as high as ! * ; >
a day , or .f 150 a month , in tips. Why
impose six-sevenths of the burden of the
servant's conipons.ition upon the public ,
and not seven-sevenths ? The .step i , ot
course , a short one to that Kuropoai system -
tem under which the servants pay fixed
annual premiums to nominal employes
for eligible positions from which they
can prey upon the public.
From what wo have said it follows that
obtaining money through an ostensibly
yoluntary.but really compulsory , process
is obtaining money under false pretenses ;
it is a species of black-mail , where in--o-
leiico and insult follow a refusal to "do-
liver ; ' it is tolerated swindling , be
cause it is taking your money with
out rendering any equivalent ; and it is
licensed robbery , less manly than the
footpad's because yon are forced to pay
a second time for what von have too ex
orbitantly paid for already. For it must
not bo forgotten that when you pay your
leiritnnate restaurant or hotel bill yon pay
for intelligent service and for proper
civility and proper attention , no less
than for your napkins , knives , and food.
Those miscellaneous gratuities are not
defensible on the score of charity , because -
cause chief waiters or superintendents ,
with whom the subordinates divide their
ill-gotten gains , arc frequently able to
ride in their own carriages in Central
park , and are in better financial condi
tion than many of those from whom they
receive gratuities. If it be said that these
servants cannot live on sjtfo or $10 a
mouth , hence are objects of charity , the
answer is , that thousands of deserving
men and women all around us arc re
ceiving less. If thcic able bodied table
servants cannot live on tticir legitimate
pay , they should seek other employment
and not be hourly asking alms.
That the practice wo are considering
is detrimental to the interests of employ
ers is demonstrable , m fact , is conceded
by managers of hotels and restaurants
themselves. In collusion with cooks ,
waiters will often servo extra portions ,
or extra largo portions in expectation of
.hereby establishing a claim on the lib
erality of the guest. Thus they rob their
employer by serving what is not paid for ,
n order to make profit for them
selves. At hotels conducted on the
American plan they increase enor
mously the waste of food , by bringing
rucsts more than they have ordered.
Much good food is wasted at a large
American hoteland this waste is doubled
through the tipping swindle. Hut the
> ropnctors of hotels say they are power-
ess to get rid of the evil , when it was
suggested to the manager of one of the
irmciiml hotels of New York that it
would' bo thousands of dollars in his
pocket if ho should declare war uuon the
growing abuses and put an end to the
robbery of his patrons , ho replied : "It
can't be done ; 1 should Jose two months'
jusiness if 1 attempted it. " In cxplana
tion he said that his help would all nu
mediately leave him ; that ho could no
Keep a boll-boy or chambermaid ; and tha
t would take two months to get together
servants that might stay upon being paid
nighcr wages than other hotels wcro
paying. Thus , then , this organi/ed evil
lias introduced a reign of terror ; its sys-
lomati/.od tyranny cannot bo resisted by
ihose whoso interest it is to escape from
its control. If this bo true , is it not high
time that this plundering servants' boy
cott should bo terminated ?
But the weightiest objections to this
system remain to be stated. The "tip-
pees , " or persons receiving these un
earned gratuities , are debased and de
moralized by the irrational usage. The
best way found , shine the world began ,
to get money , is to earn it. Hut if able-
bouicd men can get a half-dollar by
standing around opera houses , and
opening the doors of gentlemen's
carriages , they will not work a
half-day for the same sum. A lackey
will not toil an hour for a quarter of a
dollar , if he can get as much by handing
n fop a match or a tooth-pick. Hard
work is precisely what the professional
tip-hunters have an aversion to ; their re
pugnance to labor increases with the in
crease of their easily gotten gratuities.
Nor will they strive to plcaso , if n tip
must follow whether they please or not.
By placing themselves in the attitude of
mendicants they lese their self-respect.
A distaste for all work which brings in
gains slowly soon follows. The
real working classes are , hence ,
constantly depleted and the
class of light workers re-enforced by the
indolent and thoughtless , who are de
luded with visions of sudden riches and
rapid gains. In the old world tno de
moralisation of labor through this
agency is universal. So wide spread lias
the evil become that our accomplished
consul-general at 1'rankfort , Hon. Alfred
E. Leo , f9rwarded , in 1880 , an pllicial re
port to his government upon this subject.
The consul-general says :
"In estimating the tales of waces , the prevailing
vailing tut bit ot imvini , ' potty gratuities
known as trlnkkreld , drink-money , should betaken
taken Into account This vicious custom ,
which It In to be hoped may never take root
in our country , bears the remarks of the old
feudal system , \\hlch made the umnloyer a
master ana the employed a serf , and is onu
of the most demoralising InllwnciM which
nlTccts ( iurman labor. The practice of mak-
Ini ; Dart of the Inboiei's compuimtlnn a
favor , to be conferred at discretion , reduces
his Independence , degrades his manhood and
converts honoiable toll Into a sort ot lic
ensed begKnry. * * * When the work
man hat earned Ids wages he Is entitled to
receive their fall amount , Independently of
tlio discretion of his employer , and without
liability to that natuial contempt which is
felt for a well-dressed or able-bodied mendi
cant On the other hand , If ho receives
waues which ho does not earn , his employer
is Imposed upon , and the position of tha em
ploye is thHt of a person supported In Idle
ness or dependent upon charity. The elTer.t
of the drink-money hvstem on the morals of
labor may bo readily interred , for oven if the
margin Itetwceo licensed mendicancy and
dishonesty were wld" . the ono would bo a
standing temptation to the other. "
Mr. 1 'o'B report need not bo quoted
further to prove thai the question of fur-
Wo call the especial attention of ladles
wishing something new and choice in
Wash Dross Fabrics to our invoice , just
received , of
Fine Scotch Ginghams.
Thny arc the latest importation , con
sisting ot chenille stripes and tufts , with
combinations to match. The efl'ects are
very handsome , but must be seen to bo
appicclatcd. Prices lOo and 6Uc per
yard. Please call and see thi-m.
THOMPSON , BELDEN As CO.
vant-fecinir deserves serious and dig-
tnlicd discussion , and that it rises to the
height of an economic pioblem worthy
of our thoughtful attention. Since the
evil has not yet .spread far beyond the
large cities and summer resorts , it may
bo checked , if all who are opposed to the
imposition on principle will firmly refuse
to submit to it , and do what they
can to create , or rather strengthen , pub
lic sentiment against it. If not checked ,
whch it may be , wlioro will it endv It
will come to this , lh.it street-ear oondiio-
tors must bo tipped , else they will land
you in the mud. or not land you at all ; .
gatemon on the elevated roads must bo
"remembered , " or they will shut u" ' [ '
the cars or lock you out ; every clerk in
the stores , from whom yon buy a tin pan
or a vard of iringham , must bi > "treated
hamfsomely , " or you will liud
yourself contemptuously snubbed ; anil ,
as in London , every policeman
of whom you ask your way must
ha\o a com pressed to Ins palm , else he
will purposely lead you astray. Those
and other classes of persons have as
gooil a right to cspcct gratuities as have
those wo now reward for less valuable
services. Logically , there is no place
to stop between paving twice for all Cer
vices and paying twice for none. The
lofty and truly grand .stylo ot feeing ser
vants is that adopted by the
Boston defaulter of the other
day , who proudly handed $5 |
to the waiter who brought him a spoonful
of absinthe , or a tinger-bowl. Haviuir
stolen half a million , there seemed to
him no reason why ho should not bo
liberal with other people's ' money , and
squander it on harlots and menials.
We commend the Boston stvlo to all
spendthrifts , because it impresses waiters
profoundly , and this seems to be tno
chief object of the tip. The waiter's un
qualified admiration cannot bo had on
nnv lower terms , for all largesg dis
pensers should know that a supercilious
servant who has once received a live-
dollar gratuity must consider dollar and
mlf-dollar tips small nnd mean. He
mist draw the line somewhere. But had
lot practical Americans better draw the
me on a business basis , and pay only
or what thov got ?
JAMKS Q. Ilow.vni ) .
Oil HUGH NOTICES.
To-ilny'a Services at the Different
ClmrclicH Throughout the City.
I'llESIIVTEIilAN.
Southwest Presbyterian Church , corner
> avenworth nnd Twentieth streets Kev.
) avld It. Kerr , pastor. Preaching and com-
nunion service at 11 a. in. Evening sermon
at 8 p. in. Sabbath school at 3 p. m. Younu
> eoplu's association at 7:15 : p. m.
Presbyterian Church Corner Dodso and
Seventeenth streets. Services at 10:3Ua. : in.
nnd 8 p. m. Pleaching by the pastor , Itov.
\V. J. llarsha. Sundav school at noon.
YOUIIK people's meeting at 7:15 : p. m.
United Presbyterian , corner Park avenue
nnd Grant street Pleaching in the mornlne
at 11 and in the evening at 8. babbath school
at 12. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening
at 8. You are welcome.
The Presbyterians will worship In Trolel's
tall , near the corner of Leavenworlh and
Pail Sheridan streets at 10 :30 : n. in and at 8
i. m. .Sunday fachoo 1st noon. Services con-
luctcd by the Itov. .lolin Gordon , pastor of
ho t-nnu'rctrntlon. The green line cars pass
the door. All are cordially Invited.
IIAI'TIBT.
Beth-Eden Ilnntlst Church Services at
1:15 : p. m. at St. Mary's avenue Congrega
tional church. Preacbiuc by Itov. M. J. Sulli
van. Sunday school at 3 p. m. Prayer moot-
UK Thtusday evening at 7:30 : o'clock. All
welcome.
Calvaiv Baptist Church , Saundcrs street
llov. A. W. Clark , pastor. Services at 10:30 :
a. m. Preaching by the pastor nnd admlnls-
.ration of the Loid s supper. Sunday school
at 11:45. : Preaching at 7:45 : p. m. Praver
neotlnir Wednesday evening at 7:45. : All
are cordially Invited to the services.
Flist Baptist Church-Strangei's Sabbath
Home Corner fifteenth nnd Davenport
streets. Itov. A. W. Lamar , pastor. 1 'reach
ing at 10 : : > 0 a. in. and 8 p. m. Morning
lliemo , "Clnlst Koveallnn Himself to the
Disciples. " livening theme , "The Child
Spirit and Its Uehitlon to Ktcrnal Lite. "
Sabbath school at 1'J in. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening at 8. Altaic couliallv
Invited , boats tree.
oTUKit riiuiiciir.s.
German Lutheran Church 1003 S. Twen
tieth street. Services every Sunday at 10 a.
m. bunday school at 2 p.m. K.j. Irese ,
pastor.
Saint Barnabas Church Nineteenth and
California streets. Sunday services at 11 a.
m. , with celebiatlon. Kxensong nt 7:30. :
SundayschoolatUa.nl. Huv. Robert lor-
herty , S. T. 1) . , oniciatliiK.
( icrinau Kvniigollcal sin vice Sunday after
noon nt ! i o'clock , llov. Dr. Fr. Win. -
mann , Kmanuel church , corner ot Cass nnd
Nineteenth stieet. Subject , St John , chap
ter 10 , verses 5-15.
Unity Church Corner of Seventeenth and
Cass streets. Services at 11 a. m. Sunday
school nt 12:15. : Uov. W. K. Copeland , pas
tor. Subject of seimon thlsmornln ) ; , "A
Love Koawt. " No evening service.
Como to the Cynthia chanel. Walnut Hill ,
Omaha , next Lout's day. May 8 , nnd hear
the tollowlm ; subjects < nccussed : Mornlnc ,
"The Christian Church. . " Kvonlnir , "Tho
Church In tha Present Crisis. " The mornIng -
Ing discourse \\ill bn an argument for the
position of the Christian church , concerning
establishment. Will bu glad to see you. Huv ,
A. II. Sawyer , pastor.
Saints' Cbai-el Twenty-llrst nnd ClarK
streets. Preaching at 11 a. m. nnd 7 : p. m.
Sunday school ut I'JiTO. Everybody wel
come. _
Thrco car loads of bananas were re
ceived at Dayton , Ohio , In all stages of
growth , and in one bunch u young taran
tula was discovered , benunied with cold ,
Placed in a warm glass in the htm the
vunomus Imeni soon became lively and
ready to stinijhatovcr might come in
its way.
Mrs , KHynbcth Jlillard , of Iowa ; Mrs.
Margaret Arnold , of Ohio , and Mrs. Su
san Bailey , of D.iKota , are sisters. The
hi'dt is DUD hundred and twelve years old ,
tin ) sri-nnd line hundred and nine and the ,
third iiiiu-tv-sis. making a total of three
hundicd si'veiitecn ycars'for these three
rcuiiukablo NOIUCU , . . .
We make .ipreial tncntlin o.f fO $
la me and complete iiocAof
White Goods
Some etrfiant fubrlen In r etorlat
and Jtlfhop l.ttinn , I'lald ant
Stripe Cambric , I'luln. stripe am
J'luidJt'alnnook , India LiinnnSwivf
Muslin , dottcil/if/tired and plaid , 4
very n lee srlcclion for su m m t-r dresHjf
rs. A lurue. llitc of cmbroldcrct
robes in bo.ves.
THOMPSON , HELDEN iCO. .
Some time ago a valuable canary oi
Ithaca , N. Y. , lost its voice , and when
taken to a local bird dealer seemed to bq
choking to death. The dealer found tha $
thorn was a tumor as largo as a pea
growing at the root of the bird's tongno ,
and , putting the little fellow under thq
influence of chloform , ho cut it away.
'Hie bird soon recovered , and now singa
as Well MS ever , '
Mrs. George Hearst , wife of the
: senator from California.gavo a icccption ;
, at Washington last week which was , it is.
, said , a model of what a reception ought
I ' to bo , given by people of unlimited :
means. It alkmled a marked contrast to
the vulgar display of other rich people in
Washington , in that good taste anil nod
mere money was the general cllect of it.
Several years ago a few deer were lot
loose on the mountains cast of lit1 nning-
ton , and since that an effort has been
made to enforc the law forbidding any
ono to kill deer in Vermont. The result
is that already hero and there through
out the state deer are sconand as the la\y\ \
has Ihrro years yet to run it is quite likol
the ( Jreen mountains mayin timebe well
stocKcd. '
Inventor Edison is described in ft
Florida paper as a smooth-faced man ,
apparently forty years of age , with a ,
slightly sunburnt lace , and wearing darfc
clothes , white Manuel shirt and a jaunty
tie.
It is proposed to add a skatinc rink tq
the English college for the blind , MUCO
skating iurnishiis one ot the bes * . exer
cises for the blind.
THE RAILWArriME TABLES ,
OMAHA.
DUMMY TIIA1NS.
Ilunninp between Council BlntTs and South
Omaha , in addition to the stations men
tioned , trains stop at Twentieth nd Twenty
fourth streets , and nt Summit , In Omaha.
Womwnrcl.
Kaatwartt.
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