£16,000 FROM TIPS.

Evening Star, Issue 14932, 19 July 1912, Page 6

£16,000 FROM TIPS.

Mr "Mike" Dugan, six feet tall and the handsomest policeman in the New York force, wae married to Miss Rose Farrell, a dainty cloak-room g'rl, on June 5, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. There are few people in New York who, in the course of the last 10 years, have fa'led to take their hats from Mi?s Fax ell in exchan o for a ''tip." The financ.'al resu.'t of these " tipc!" was disclosed to the astoiished bridegroom after the wedding ceremony, when, in the presence of the guests—some score of maids and clerks from the hotel —tho bride bh'shingly presented her husband with deeds valued at £13,000 and a bank-book containing feveral thousands more. " It's all for you, Mike,'' she whispered, and " Mike " gasped with surprise, for he had believed that he, was marrying a poor working, girl. The couple drove away amid a shower of congratulations and rice thrown by fellow employees of the bride. The bride is a charming blonde of 28, and lias been taking care of hats at the Waldorf Astoria ever since the age of 18. Her tray wis always filled with "tips," so that after a few years of service she was able to invest £3,000 in Long Island land, tho value of which quickly telle 1. Her fortune now amounts to £16,000. The bridegroom used to be stationed ont-fid-a the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and hi* filature enabled him to look over the tal' ferns in the window, behind which Mis? Farrell worked. He secured an int. eduction to her through one of the clerks, but -she kept him waiting four years. Mr and Mrs Dugan, after their honeymoon, will occupy their own house in Kew York. " Mike," however, intends to ramaiu in the police force.