CANDLES FOR TIPS.
An American Consul in Belgium tells of a New Yorker who was shoAvn to a room in a hotel in Brussels where he found tAventy candles stuck in a chandelier in the centre. As it was dark, says the Chicago 'Inter Ocean.' which recounts, the story, the attendant lighted them all; but the guest had been in European hotels before, and made him put them out immediately. It Avas of no avail, hoAvever. In his bill next day he found them charged. 'Twenty candles, 10 francs.' so he Avent back to the room and toolc them all out, wrapped them in a bit of paper ancl slipped them into his overcoat pocket.
When he was about to leave he found the servants drnwn up in lavo lines in the hall in the. Etn-opcan style —ten men servants on one side, ten maid servants on the other, all smiling and ready for the expected tip. Then he dreAV out his package and distributed the candles, one to each. 'Allow me, monsieur,' said he, with a boAV. 'Permit me, madame. They are very superior candles, I assure you. I paid ten cents apiece for them.' And he left them all staring at their candles like so many altar boys.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 148, 25 June 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)
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