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THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1961
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE
Little Things
Mean a Lot
In West Germany
Frankfurt, Germany -UPD-It's
the little things that count
- particularly when you're
tipping a porter, waiter, bar
ber or garbage collector.
West Germany, which prid
es itself on being largely a
"no tipping" country - most
restaurants and hotels add a
10 per cent service charge to
bills with the idea of avoiding
tipping - is finding out that a
tip is something you just can't
abolish.
Everyone seems to have his
hand out - even if the prac
tice is not so blatant as in
some other countries.
Walters, as in almost all
other countries, are experts at
searching their pockets vain
ly for change until the em
barrassed diner mumbles,
"Keep it." Barbers, too, nev
er seem to have change for
any bill or coin under one
mark (25 cents).
But there is no end to the
list: Taxidrlvers, expressmail
men, porters, hat check girls,
mailmen bringing money or
ders, chambermaids, tourist
guides, theater ushers, parking
lot guards, shoeshine boys and
cigarette vendors in hotels
in fact almost everybody ex
cept yourself is an aspirant for
a tip, or to translate the Ger
man word literally, "Drink
ing money."
Annual Tip
. .
Besides those expecting a
daily tip, there are professions
that are entitled at least to an
annual tip: Garbage collectors,
cleaning women, the newspa
per boy, the mailman, and -
most important of all - the
chimney sweep. They all stop
by to congratulate you the
first of January - with an
open hand of course. .
The tip, drinking money,
obviously is not for what its
name might indicate. Other
wise there would be no sober
waiter, taxidrlver, hairdress
er or mailman, ,
The dictionary says it is a
token of money in small coins,
but it by far more than the
definition says - it is a bar
gain price for the sympathy of
those performing personal
services for you.
Just try to save your mon
ey and cut the tip out. The
friendly "good morning, sir"
of the mailman will turn into
a hoarse clearing of the throat,
and the charming hat check
girl will overlook you In the
queue, and finally bury your
spotless hat under the heavy
load of your neighbors fur
coat.
Easter Music Is
Featured at Lunch
Easter music and the offi
cial visit of the Division ISA
lieutenant governor featured
.the program of Medford Ki
wanis club at Its Wednesday
luncheon meeting at Rogue
Valley Country club. .
St. Mary's Hign school Mar
ian choir, directed by Sister
Mariam Joseph, sang six se
lections. Jack Stong provid
ed pre-luncheon music on the
organ.
Lt. Gov. Peter Cudd, Grants
Pass, stressed the Kiwanis
International theme for the
year, "Build Responsible Cit
izenship," and said the themes
are means by which the serv
ice . organization can expand
its Work and activities. He
said that of the Kiwanis ac
tivities projected for the
year, the CQ (citizenship quo
tient) program offers the
greatest challenge.
Cudd announced that the
division's spring conference
will be held Sunday, May 18,
at Klamath Falls.
It was reported that the
Grants Pass Kiwanis club,
with Cudd largely responsi
ble, is starting a dental clinic
similar to the one sponsored
on a countywlde basis here.
1.5 Billion Pencils
Sold in U. 5. Yearly
New York - (UPD - The man
who discovered graphite In
Cumberland. England, nearly
400 years ago had no way of
knowing that lt would lead to
the annual sale of over a bil
lion and a half pencils in
America.
This averages out to rough
ly nine pencils a year for
every person in the nation, ac
cording to trade sources.
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