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2 MAIL TRIBUNE, Medford, Oregon, Monday, July 28, 1938
No Tipping in Japan
Is Delight of Tourists
(A well-known American fashion editor, Lenore Brundige
of the Pittsburgh Press, has just completed a tour of Japan
and the Far East. In the followinq dispatch for United Press
International, Miss Brundige gives some of her impressions
of Japan.)
BY LENORE BRUNDIGE
United Press International
Tokyo. (LTD It's one of
the most delightful tourist at
tractions imaginable. No tip
ping in Japan!
What a joy for the Amer-
an tourist, who has probably
paitf for his luggage twice over
in tipping bellhops from New
"bftrt to San Francisco. It
stri rfle the Japan Travel
direau would do well to play
uie this feature to the tip
f5y tourist skipping the
colorful posters of Mt. Fuji
Jwhich most don't get to see
nyway, since it is usually
shrouded in clouds), and just
say, "Come on over to see us;
no tips."
In addition to the no-tipping
custom, I'm all for the hot
towel custom of washing your
hands. Just squeeze out wash
cloths from hot water, twist
them so they looked like fat
sausages, pile in a wicker bas
ket and pass them around be
fore eating. This ought to do
away with the "Johnnv-rush-
$o-bathroom-and-wash- before-
dinner" routine I hear when
visiting friends back home
Think I'll adopt it at my
first dinner party back in
Pittsburgh. On second thought
maybe not. After two martinis
the guests might mistake them
for hors d'oeuvers.
Camp White Bridge
Club Schedules
faster Point Play
Te regular monthly ses
sion of master point play by
the Camp White Duplicate
Bridge clubj will be held Fri
day, August 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Berg Marten
ere top scorers with 57 V4
poiSts at the July 25 session
of Holl movement play.
Mrs. John Dougherty and
Thomas Randall were second
with 57 points; E. K. Ricker
and George Polski, third, 56Vi
points, and Mrs. Jack Mitch
ell and Mrs. Frank Baker,
fourth 54 points.
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Taking a bath, Japanese
style, is as bewildering to
a tourist as trying- to eat eel
with chopsticks. (I tried both.
Of the two, I'll take eel).
You soap; and scrub first,
before getting into a tub! Then
you sit in a tub the size of a
small swimming pool, in boil
ing water,' and soak presum
ably for hours. I zipped in and
out so fast my little Japanese
maid was completely baffled
and thought I was angry.
Anyway, she massaged me
afterwards within an inch of
my life for about 60 cents
American money.
It is no trick at all to get
lost in Tokyo. The streets all
go in circles (I think), and
when taxi drivers don't under
stand English you're in for
a hard time. The trick, I
learned, is to get someone at
the hotel to write out the
name of the place you want
to get back to. Then the going
is easy.
It is my observation that
people never stop working in
Japan. At the Imperial Hotel,
where a new second addition
is being built, the work went
on all night long. The sound
of building is different. In
Pittsburgh, it is noisy and the
boom-boom, bang-bang type.
Here, it is a tap-tap, but it
never stops.
Most of the young girls wear
western type clothes.
This, I think, is too bad. The
girls look so pretty in kimo
nos. They have the figure for
them. I've tried a kimono and
look like, a fugitive from the
hunchback of Notre- Dame
with bulges all in the wrong
places not feminine and
dainty as the Japanese girls
do.
Tourists are a demanding
lot and I marvel at the pa
tience, courtesy and gracious
ness of the pretty shop girls.
They show endless merchan
dise, wait patiently while
women make up their minds,
and don't show annoyance if
a shoppers walks away and
doesn't buy a thing.
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Trail Riders Hold
Two Day Outing
A two day outing was held
Saturday and Sunday by the
Medford Trail Riders at
H a m i c a Meadows. Thirty
members participated in the
event.
Saturday afternoon the
group rode for three hours
in the mountains, returning
to camps in the evening for a
potluck dinner and evening
of music.
An early Sunday morning
breakfast was held with the
day spent riding in the hills,
returning to the camp last
evening, for a watermelon
feed prior to returning to the
valley.
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Two Sessions Set
For League Event
Members and guests of the
Medford League of Women
Voters will attend the annual
summer party Tuesday at the
home of Mrs. John Day, Gold
Rey.
Swimming is planned for
the morning session from
10:30 ajn. to 12:30 p.m. with
bridge scheduled from 1:30
p.m. throughout the after
noon. A' tour of Mrs. Day's
new home, a short comedy
skit on league activities and
refreshments will be held dur
ing both morning and after
noon sessions.
A one dollar charge will be
made for the event.
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Picnic Held
A swim and picnic were
held Wednesday by Interna
tional Order of Job's Daugh
ters, Bethel 14, Medford, at
Twin Plunges and Lithia park
in Ashland. Approximately 40
persons attended.
Wednesday Meeting
Roxy Ann Home Economics
club will meet Wednesday.
July 30, at 8 p.m. at the
Grange hall. Hostesses for the
occasion will be Mrs. C. P.
Van Ortwick and Mrs. R. D.
Van Ortwick.
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wine as part of liquid. Stir
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cheese and spoon over hot
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Colors brighter when
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Roman Miscellany
By Margaret Schuler
Rome Italians have a cu
rious aptitude for mathemat
ics. I have never found one
making a mistake in my
favor; they have a propensity
for confusing their lire in
making change in their fa
vor; and seemingly, they have
a second sense in knowing
how inept I am in my arith
metic. It isn't that I be
grudge the little fellows a few
dishonest lire. It is that I hate
tc be taken so continuously
for a sucker.
In the U. S. if you can be
sure of anyone being honest,
it is our postal clerks, or our
railway ticket men. They will
not short change you, or sell
you a 100 lire ticket for 150
lire, depending on your not
knowing that the price is on
the ticket. But the one who
really hurts my feelings is
the madonna faced girl in the
little tobacco shop where I
buy my stamps. She will look
at me with velvet eyes, tell
me how pretty my chain or
dress is and short change me
every time. (I will say, though,
you never have to argue with
anyone. You just look at the
money and at them, and they
will produce the remainder).
I try to remember that in the
U. S. we sold gold bricks and
the Brooklyn bridge. At least
no one has tried to pawn off
the Colosseum on me yet.
Believe Americans Rich
No, here it is another mat
ter it is, I am certain, that
the average Italian firmly be
lieves that most tourists and
all Americans are rich. A
guide asked me (of all per
sons) if I had a Cadillac car.
(Of course, I told him "no"
but that I knew some one who
had a Ford). With that psy
chology in mind, that all
Americans are rolling in Cad
illacs, it is easy to understand
what happened (and I saw
this) when a big, cigar smok
ing American, said to a wait
er as he pulled out a wad of
money, as big as an average
worker's month salary.
"Here, take whatever it
costs. I can't make the d d
stuff out."
Well, the Italians aren't
stupid. They are only human,
and they can't miss bets like
that. That, and the cheerful
American, who adds to the 18
per cent he is always charged
for service, a tip, half as big
as his bill, encourages the Ital
ian and discourages the poor
fellow, whatever his nation
ality who follows him, and
can't afford to throw his lire
about in such abundance.
So, from one who has
learned the expensive way,
may I offer a few tips to you,
who are planning a first trip
to Europe this year. Naturally,
you expect to be gypped a lit
tle. It is part of the fun in
reminiscing, to remember
how you paid false customs
once, or bought a gadget for
eight cents at the thieves'
market as one innocent did,
guaranteed to cut glass. (I cer
tainly saw the man who sold
it to me cut through a big,
heavy glass). But that is
something again. But Rome
is expensive in any man's cur
rency, and there isn't any rea
son to drop more money than
is necessary.
Sliding Scale
One thing, but I doubt
whether it is worth mention
ing as it is a game requiring
patience and practice, is never
to pay the asking price for
anything (excepting at the
ten cent stores where prices
are fixed.) All of Rome is sort
of a sliding scale of values
with an eventual point of
agreement.
For- an example: You buy
perfume and say, "a friend
of mine, Senora so and so of
the Embassy, said, that you
would give me ten per cent off
if I mentioned her name." Or
you go to buy gloves. If you
buy two pairs you get a dis
count, if you buy six pairs you
get another reduction.
One big yardage shop is run
on the discount principle. Al
most everyone is eligible for
up to 20 per cent discount, if
he is aware of it. Often a ho
tel clerk tells guests to men
tion his name and so of course
he comes in for his cut, also.
Then, here is the same slid
ing scale, in another business.
You think it would be fun to
have a ride in a fiacre the
horse and carriage. "The
horse is darling, and the old
driver, so cute." But the dear
little old man may charge you
as much as a trip to Naples
on the train, if you don't bar
gain, in advance. This is . the
commonly accepted method.
"Quanta costa?" Then you
huff and puff, and walk off
scornfully when he gives you
the ridiculous price he cer
tainly will. Never fear he
will follow you with another
offer. You still gesticulate, It
alianwise, and keep going.
You don't give in yet, or you
lose his respect. But on his
third offer, which will be half
of his first (and plenty) you'd
be wise to turn around and
jump in. He has a certain base
price, beyond which he will
not budge.
So with the cameo selling
man. It would be madness to
pay his asking price. And,
just in case you don't care to
have a cameo, you will have
to be fiercely definite, or he
will follow you home al
most. Taxi Drivers
Taxis too. The Italian taxi
driver is different from the
Frenchman, who not only
cheats you, but is high and
mighty about it, or the New
Yorker who settles world
problems with you and ex
pects big tips. The Italian
driver is quiet and humble.
He has only two tricks, he
will quickly flip his meter to
zero or will not have change
for your 1000 lire note so that
you have the choice of going
off after the change or letting
him have the remainder,
which may be far too much.
It often seems less complicat
ed to let him have it. Of
course-he operates on that as
sumption. But not all drivers
of taxis are like that, and be
sides, taxis are reasonable in
Rome. It costs less to ride the
same distance here than in
Medford for instance.
"II conto," your bill. Of
the many things tending to
confound you in Europe, you
bill for, say, soup, wine and
spaghetti will come first.
When you have finished eat
ing you wait and continue
waiting even if it's hours, un
til you call the waiter. He will
never come and present a
bill. But after you have sig
nalled him, he comes, and
looks the situation over (but
he knows full well what you
have ordered.) Then he goes
after a pad and returns, and
starts writing and writing, un
til you are certain you will
have to give up the extra
trip you have planned. He
lays the torn paper on the
table, a page of mathematical
sigh, which will read some
thing like this when trans
lated. Pane (bread) whether you
have eaten it or not (in Aus
tria the waiter counts the
number of rolls and charges
accordingly). Then the cover
charge; then the wine, then
the soup and the spaghetti.
Following this, the 18 per cent
service charge. Total, prob
ably around 80 cents in our
money.
Taxes and Surtaxes
It is also the same with
your "camera your bed
room." You have charges and
surcharges, taxes and sur
taxes. You have from 40 to
80 cents for the "bagne" bath
(without soap) and if you have
been injurdicious enough to
order orange juice and an
egg with your continental
breakfast of rolls and coffe,
your bill grows into great
length and proportions. But
again, after all is said and
done, and translated from lire
"into dollars it will probably
about equal the comparatively
simple one in the States.
There is no question but
that their method of doing
things is different from ours,
but when you are in Rome
you may as well do as the
Romans do, without fussing.
After all, they didn't ask you
to come. I know I have decid
ea this much, lost face or not,
I won't try to haggle about
prices. If it's a matter of a
100 lire or two, and the cost
seems reasonable by our
standards I pay it. If you can't
haggle in Italian you can't
haggle, anyway.
But I don't buy anything
in Rome that I don't need or
have to have. You can save
money by going to Florence
for a couple of days if it is'
a matter of buying gifts
leather, linens or painting.
Many of the things sold here
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Superstitions Play
. By PAT HERMAN
United Press International
Paris (UPD Superstitions
help keep some of France's
top designers on pins and
needles.
They're naturally apprehen
sive right now about the suc
cess of their fall and winter
collections, which they start
ed showing today. But many
of them are plagued with ad
ditional "nerves" because they
feel their luck as couturiers
is tied in with numbers, with
showroom customs, even with
the hour of the day in which
their collections go "on".
Designer Castillo, the tem
peramental Spanish designer
for the house of Lanvin-Cas-tillo,
insists on wearing red
suspenders when he watches
the final parade of his men
nequins. He is equally insist
ent that none of them wear
even a touch of green a
color he abhors nor dare to
carry an umbrella that might
accidentally be opened inside
the house.
Needs Sheaf of Wheat
Castillo will not begin
work on a collection unless
he has a sheaf of wheat un
der glass on his desk. He
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claims that this sign of fertil
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"fruitful."
Another superstitious Span
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lenciaga. He combines talent
and temperament in a one
man show. This not only
means refusal to show his
gowns to the press, but he
will not allow his staff to help
him in selecting material and
cutting, sewing and pressing
his top designs.
Young Pierre Balmain is
said always to put his money
on the gown he numbers 44;
that is because it is the street
number of his fashion house.
Pooh-Pooh Superstitions
But his colleagues Guy
Laroche and Jacques Heim,
also members of the younger
generation of designers, pooh
pooh superstitions as "im
practical." So do the outstanding wom
en of the haute couture
Gres, Maggy Rouff and Made
leine de la Rauch.
M. Barbas of the House of
Jean Batou believes that if his
cigaret lighter works on the
first try when he lights up,
before the collection, that the
showing will be a success.
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Designer Bernard Sagardoy ;
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a fabrics shortage than use
green thread for basting his
creations. ; Nor will he ever,
start work on a dress on a
Friday.
Tuesday is taboo for talent
ed young Greek-born Jean
Desses. He recalled that it
was on a Tuesday that the
Greeks suffered a serious de
feat at the hands of the Turks.
Whether the influential
Chambre Syndicale de la Cou
ture Parisienne caters to his
whims is something for con
jecture. But it never has
scheduled the opening of his
collection for a Tuesday.
"M. Griffe counts on the
stars for choosing the time
of his' showing," said a mem
ber of the staff at Griffe's.
"Not only the day is import
ant, but the hour. There are
certain days when the hours
from two to ten are good, but
the hours from ten to two
bad . . ."
Superstition is so much a
part of the collection at the
House of Dior that customers
at the first show after his
death sighed with relief when
they saw his favorite flower
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appear on one of the dresses.
Dior considered the lily-of-the
valley almost sacred. It
appeared to be so regarded at
the first Paris collection by
his successor, young Ives St.
Laurent, too. '
"At least," said one old
hand at the fashion business,
"until St. Laurent can find a
superstition of his own."
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