THOUSANDS IN TIPS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 91, 24 April 1913, Page 7

THOUSANDS IN TIPS.

The astonishing statement is made by.Mr G. A. Lorenzen, traveller in cigars (says the Standard’s New York correspondent), that in 20 years he has had to spend 18,000dol (£3,(300) in tips. This is how Mr Lorenzen details the work of the tip collectors in a 24-hour trip from Chicago to Milwaukee and back: — Cents. To porter who handles trunk in Chicago ... ... ... .25 To porter handling bag at depot .10 To parlor car porter 25 Bell boy who takes guest to room .10 Porter who handles trunk ... .25 Head porter (on leaving) 25 Tips for three meals (average) .45 Barber ... ... ... ... .10 Boy who brushes coat in/ barbel’s shop ... ... ' ... .10 Boy who takes clothes to presser .10 ' Total ’ .1. ...' 1.90 1 The items scheduled here, aCctn'di'rtg to 1 Mr Lorenzen, are only those that are demanded of every traveller who carries a trunk with him. “Of course some travellers'; ‘pay i thesc.;tipp as a matter of course, and do not feel it because they are liberal expense accounts,” said Mr Lorenzen. “There are others who \vork on salary or commission and pay their owit expenses. To these a matter of £ls a month is a hardship, and -rgany men are driven from the 'road' because df the* exactions'df thesc ; t‘ip collectors. Tile'''money- gtoUV'in tips iy'just tile' difference between making a good 1 living wage aivd 1 making too Utile to r live on.” On the strength of ; ’Mr ■ Loreiize'n’ s -'.statement, ' Representative Trimareo is drafting a Bill for the 1 "consideration of the sitting General Assembly, making it a misdemeanor to give or accept tips in .Illinois, and providing a fine tor any proprietor who permits tips to > taken by bis workers. Such a law' already obtains in Texas.