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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XI, 14 March 1896, Page 298

For Charity’s Sake. —In many of the smoking or coffee rooms of the English hotels, especially in large cities, there is on the mantel a box for contributions to some charity. On the top is a card on which is inscribed : ‘ Please give a penny, and it will thank you.’ Drop a penny in the slot, and up comes another card, ‘Thank you, sir,’ is printed. It pleases the halfbefuddled cheap swells immensely, for even automatic politeness has its effect.