The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America
The Itching Palm A STUDY OF THE HABIT OF TIPPING IN AMERICA By William R. Scott Author of The Americans in Panama, Scientific Circulation Management, Etc.
THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY PHILADELPHIA 1916
COPYRIGHT 1916 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY
The Itching Palm
THE AUTHOR WILL BE PLEASED TO CORRESPOND WITH ANY READER WHO APPROVES OF, OR HAS COMMENTS TO MAKE UPON, THE ATTITUDE TAKEN IN THIS BOOK TOWARD THE TIPPING CUSTOM.
WILLIAM R. SCOTT.
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.
Oliver Cromwell struck a mortal blow at the universal heart of Flunkyism, wrote Carlyle of the execution of Charles I.
Yet, Flunkyism is not dead!
In the United States alone more than 5,000,000 persons derive their incomes, in whole or in part, from tips, or gratuities. They have the moral malady denominated The Itching Palm.
Tipping is the modern form of Flunkyism. Flunkyism may be defined as a willingness to be servile for a consideration. It is democracy's deadly foe. The two ideas cannot live together except in a false peace. The tendency always is for one to sap the vitality of the other.
The full significance of the foregoing figures is realized in the further knowledge that these 5,000,000 persons with itching palms are fully 10 per cent of our entire industrial population; for the number of persons engaged in gainful occupations in this country is less than 50,000,000.
William R. Scott
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TIPPING UN-AMERICAN
IF TIPPING IS UN-AMERICAN, SOME DAY, SOMEHOW, IT WILL BE UPROOTED LIKE AFRICAN SLAVERY
SHORT-LIVED LAWS
PERSONAL LIBERTY
TRIBUTE
THE TIP-TAKING CLASSES
IN NEW YORK ALONE
THE WAITER
ECONOMIC WASTE
THE BARBER
THE HOTEL
THE CHAUFFEUR
THE PRICE OF PRIDE
THE TEST OF DEMOCRACY
TIPS DISLIKED BY RECIPIENTS
CONSCIENCE IS STIRRING
HUSH MONEY
SPLITTING COMMISSIONS
THE BIBLE AGAINST TIPS
CASTE AND CLASS
NO SUPERIOR CLASS
TIPPING AND SLAVERY
FIRST INGREDIENT, GENEROSITY
CLOAKROOM TACTICS
SECOND INGREDIENT, PRIDE
THE REMEDY
TIP—OR BE INSULTED
HOW THE BOOKS HELP
IN PRIVATE HOUSES
ON OCEAN VOYAGES
THE "RICH AMERICAN" MYTH
COMIC WOES
TIPS IN THE MOVIES
IMPRESSING THE YOUNG
THE SORE SPOT
THE MARTYR
BAGGAGEMEN
BARBER SHOP PORTERS
GUIDES
HATBOYS
JANITORS
MANICURISTS
MESSENGERS
STENOGRAPHERS
THREE KINDS OF EMPLOYERS
SELLING THE TIP PRIVILEGE
ARE YOU A BENEFACTOR?
A REASONABLE SOLUTION
A SOUND CODE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF GUESTS
NOT HOSPITALITY
UP TO THE EMPLOYER
THE FIRST STEP
THE GUEST'S RIGHTS
WHAT THE PULLMAN MANAGER SAID
WHAT THE PORTERS SAID
SERVICE INCLUDED
WHAT THE PRESS SAID
FREE AND EQUAL
EQUALITY AND UNIFORMITY
MISGUIDED GENEROSITY
GOVERNMENT HOTELS
CUSTOM ABOVE LAW
THE IOWA LAW
THE WISCONSIN BILL
THE COURTS AND TIPPING
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW
THE IDEAL LAW
THE NEBRASKA ACT
THE TENNESSEE LAW
THE ILLINOIS COMPROMISE
LEGALIZED ROBBERY
IN MASSACHUSETTS
WAITERS AGAINST THE TIP CUSTOM
A LABOR LEADER ON TIPS
EUROPEAN TIPS
VANITY, ALL IS VANITY!
BETTER ORGANIZATION NEEDED
NOT A WAR AGAINST PERSONS
PUBLIC OPINION
PROMOTING LEGISLATION
TO PREVENT COMPLAINT