TO PREVENT COMPLAINT
Surveying the vast field of tipping one may wonder how any organization could offer protection to the numberless patrons who might complain. The answer is that the organization would be as widespread as the custom. Every town and city would have its local organization with an attorney to prosecute violations. But it is reasonable to presume that when public opinion is once thoroughly aroused and organized, and a few prosecutions have been successful, that employers and employees, who do not voluntarily reform their practices, will see the light.
As deep-rooted as the custom seems, it really rests on insecure foundations and will crumble before any real attack. The average American, be he barber, waiter or porter, has enough inherent understanding of democracy to know that the custom is wrong. He "will get his" as long as an easy-going public will stand for the exaction, but will not be a formidable opponent. The imported European waiter will present more obstinate fondness for the custom, having been nurtured in the aristocratic school, but his opposition can be handled.
The most difficult type will be the class of patrons who delight in playing the rôle of Lady Bountiful or Gentleman Generous. Their pride will be restrained from buying servility from other Americans. And wealthy proprietors, who cater to this class and the intermediate class which ape the "smart set," will cling to the custom because of their pecuniary interest therein. But the average American and his vigorous sense of democracy will be adequate to the task of controlling all elements adverse to the republic.
The campaign against tipping is much more than a purpose to save the money given in gratuities. Its idealism aims to reach the very pinnacle of republican society—the destiny toward which 1776 started us. The mountain peaks of pride will have to be pulled down and the valleys of false humility will have to be lifted up, while the impulses to greed and avarice will have to be rebuked until every American can say:
If I must build my pride upon another man's humility,
I will not be proud;
If I must build my strength upon another man's weakness,
I will not be strong;
If I must build my success upon another man's failure,
I will not succeed!
INDEX
Arguments for Tipping, [26], [28]
Baggagemen, [76]
Barbary Pirates, The, [15]
Barber, The, [29]
Barber-shop Porters, [79]
Bath Attendants, [86]
Bell-boys, [32], [69], [104]
Better Organization Needed, [160]
Bible, The, Against Tipping, [45]
Blackmail, [150]
Bootblacks, [66], [78]
Caste and Class, [47]
Chambermaids, [153]
Chauffeurs, [33]
Christmas Tips, [116], [119]
Cloakroom Tactics, [52]
Clubs, [119]
Commissions, Splitting, [43]
Courts, The, and tipping, [126]
Custom Above Law, [123]
Democracy and Tipping, [38], [48], [114], [166]
Door Men, [81]
Economics of Tipping, [26], [28]
Elevator Men, [61], [81]
Employee Viewpoint, The, [73]
Employer Viewpoint, The, [88]
Employers, can control, [102]
" conspiracy by, [90]
" retain tips, [86], [90], [152]
" three kinds of, [88]
" who profit by tips, [89], [105]
Equality and Uniformity, [115]
Etiquette Books foster tipping, [58]
European Tips, [146]
train conductors, [149]
Fear, as a reason for tipping, [55]
Flunkyism in America, [7]
Free and Equal, [113]
Garbage Collectors, [116], [118]
Generosity, as a reason for tipping, [51]
" misguided, [117]
Gentleman, what is a?, [37]
" would he accept tips?, [37]
Golden Rule, The, [119]
Gompers, Samuel, on tipping, [144]
Government Hotels, tipping in, [120]
" " the, and tipping, [113]
Governor Whitman against tips, [40]
Graft, "honest", [45]
" taught by tipping, [42]
Guest's Right, The, [104]
Guides, [81]
Harry Lauder against tipping, [41]
Hatboys, [82]
"Honest Graft", [45]
Hospitality, false, [101]
Hotel, The, [30]
" fees, [59]
" hospitality, [62], [101]
" theory and practice, [32]
" tipless, [97], [146]
House Servants, [64]
Hush Money, [42]
Ideal Law, The, [132]
Illinois Law, The, [91]
" Compromise, The, [138]
Iowa Law, The, [124]
Itching Palm, The, [8], [10], [19], [31], [70], [72]
Janitors, [83]
Lady, What is a?, [37]
" would she accept tips, [37]
Laws against Tipping, [122]
Legalized Robbery, [140]
Legislation, Promoting, [164]
Literature of Tipping, The, [58]
Mail Carriers, [116]
Manicurists, [84]
Massachusetts, In, [141]
Merchants against tips, [44]
Messengers, [85]
"Millions for Defense", [17]
Moral Pirates, [151]
"Movies," the, and tipping, [69]
Musicians, [66]
Nebraska Act, The, [134]
Not a War Against Persons, [161]
"No Tip" Policy, barber shops, [89]
" " " hotels, [89], [97], [147]
" " " restaurants, [89]
Ocean Voyages, tipping on, [65]
One Compensation, One Service, [35], [55]
Organization Needed, [160]
Personal Liberty, [10], [13]
Personnel and Distribution, [19]
Policemen, [116], [119]
Porters, [147], [153]
" Pullman, [108]
Price of Pride, The, [37]
Pride, as a reason for tipping, [54]
Private Houses, tipping in, [64]
Psychology of Tipping, The, [47]
Pullman Company, The, [105]
" " investigated, [106]
Public Opinion, [162]
Reasons for tipping, [51], [54], [55]
Recipients opposed to Tipping, [39], [144], [150]
Remedy for Tipping, [55], [94], [95], [103], [158]
Rich American Myth, The, [67]
Ship's Doctor, The, [67]
Sleeping-Car Phase, The, [105]
Solution, a Reasonable, [94]
South Carolina Law, The, [129]
Splitting Commissions, [43]
Stage, The, and Tipping, [68], [72]
Statistics of Tipping
money given in tips, [8]
number of tip-takers, [7]
tips in N. Y. City, [17], [22]
tips in other cities, [21]
tip-taking classes, [19], [20]
Statler Hotel, The, [97]
Stenographers, [86]
Stewards, Ship, [66]
Street Cleaners, [118]
Tennessee Law, The, [136]
Tipping and Americanism, [11], [87], [150]
" and democracy, [7], [38], [48], [113]
" and labor, [144], [145]
" and morals, [96], [158]
" and patriotism, [56]
" and personal liberty, [10], [13]
" and public opinion, [162]
" and slavery, [11], [50]
" and the Bible, [45]
" and the caste system, [47]
" and the courts, [126]
" and the wage system, [75], [107]
" arguments for, [26], [28]
" and a training school for graft, [42]
" in private houses, [64]
" in "the movies", [69]
" Laws Against, [123]
" Literature of, The, [58]
" Merchants opposed to, [44]
" on ocean voyages, [65]
" on the stage, [68]
" psychology of, the, [47]
" real reasons for, [51], [54], [55]
" recipients opposed to, [39], [144], [150]
" remedy for, [55], [94], [95], [103], [158]
"Tip Privileges" Sold, [90], [152]
Tip-Takers, Partial List of, [19]
" numbers by cities, [21]
"Tip Trust, The", [92]
"Tribute, Not One Cent for", [17]
Wages versus Tips, [75], [107]
Waiter, The, [27]
" can he be a gentleman?, [37]
Waiters, European, [150], [156]
Waitresses, [59]
Walsh Commission, The, [111]
Washington Law, The, [122]
Way Out, The, [158]
Wisconsin Bill, The, [125]
Y. M. C. A., The, [104]
Transcriber's Note:
Spelling and hyphenation have been retained as in the original publication. On page 74, "asumed" in "attitude asumed by servitors" has been changed to "[assumed]".