£18,000 FROM TIPS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15056, 27 July 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)

£18,000 FROM TIPS.

Mr, "Mike" Duoan*, six feet high and tho handsomest policeman in the- New York force, has been married to Miss Rose Farrell, a "cloak-room girl," at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. There are few people in New York who, in the course- of the last 10 years, have failed to take their hats from Miss Farrell in exchange for a "tip." The financial result of these " tips," the Mail says, was disclosed to the astonished bridegroom after the ceremony, when, in the presence of the guestssome score of maids and clerks from tho hotel— tho bride presented her husband with deeds valued at £13,000 and a bank-book containing several thousands mora "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. Tho bride is 28, and has been taking care fj.;, of hats at the Waldorf Astoria ever since r ' the ago of 18. Her tray was always filled with '■ tips," so that after a few years of service she was able to invest £3000 in • ■ Long island land, the value of which ■ quickly trebled. Her fortune now amounts '" to £16.000. The bridegroom used .to be . stationed outside tho Waldorf Astoria ,'•";'•. Hotel. He .secured an introduction to her through one of the, clerks. He intends "'*■ to remain in the police force. .- ',V«4-- : :•■"••'• - • ".■''. ■', t