"tipping" In Europe
The trouble over "tips" in American hotels and restaurants would be larg-ely obviated if the European system of pereentag-es prevailed here. No Frenehman pays extravagantly for the excellent meáis he gets in Paris, but as every Frenchman pays somethinfi. Ue u iiiier is satisfled. All over Europe it is the custom to g-ive the waiter a gratuity amounting to one-twentieth of the bill that he presents. 11e gets a five-cent tip for a one-dollar meal. Ilere a man is often expected to pay a twenly-five-uent tip for a seventy-íivecent meal, particularly 'vlien he gets in a summer hotel. In America the tips are large, the returns indifferent. In Europa a small but fixed gratuit; securas the best service. The European waiter is oot paid by the landlord. Ue often pays for his place.
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