BAN ON TIPS
I3CIOEHT AT BAHBI'ET LORD BURNHAM’S DIRECTIONS. LONDON, July RJ. A foreign visitor, in a letter to the * Daily News’ draws attention to an unprecedented step taken at. a. recent banquet in London, which was attended by many foreigners. The waiters, before retiring, asked the guests, the usual question, "' Everything satisfactory, sir?” to which the unsuspecting foreigners replied in the affirmative. The waiters then made the hint broader to the embarrassment" of the foreigners, but Lord Burnham, who presided, said: “Ladies and gentlemen you arc requested not to lip the waiters.’’ The ‘Daily News.’ in a leading article, expresses the opinion that Lord Burnham by his ban on tips rendered a service to all overseas visitors, ■
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Evening Star, Issue 19616, 23 July 1927, Page 10
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118BAN ON TIPS Evening Star, Issue 19616, 23 July 1927, Page 10
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