The Itching Palm

About this eBook

Author

Scott, William R. (William Rufus), 1886-

Title

The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America

Credits

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

HD: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production

Subject

Tipping

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33170

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33170

Release Date

July 15, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Itching Palm
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.THE ITCHING PALM
4. 4.I FLUNKYISM IN AMERICA
5. 5.II ON PERSONAL LIBERTY — TIPPING UN-AMERICAN — IF TIPPING IS UN-AMERICAN, SOME DAY, SOMEHOW, IT WILL BE UPROOTED LIKE AFRICAN SLAVERY — SHORT-LIVED LAWS — PERSONAL LIBERTY
6. 6.III BARBARY PIRATES — TRIBUTE
7. 7.IV PERSONNEL AND DISTRIBUTION — THE TIP-TAKING CLASSES — IN NEW YORK ALONE
8. 8.V THE ECONOMICS OF TIPPING — THE WAITER — ECONOMIC WASTE — THE BARBER — THE HOTEL — THE CHAUFFEUR
9. 9.VI THE ETHICS OF TIPPING — THE PRICE OF PRIDE — THE TEST OF DEMOCRACY — TIPS DISLIKED BY RECIPIENTS — CONSCIENCE IS STIRRING — HUSH MONEY — SPLITTING COMMISSIONS — THE BIBLE AGAINST TIPS
10. 10.VII THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIPPING — CASTE AND CLASS — NO SUPERIOR CLASS — TIPPING AND SLAVERY — FIRST INGREDIENT, GENEROSITY — CLOAKROOM TACTICS — SECOND INGREDIENT, PRIDE — THIRD INGREDIENT, FEAR — THE REMEDY
11. 11.VIII THE LITERATURE OF TIPPING — HOTEL FEES — TIP—OR BE INSULTED — HOW THE BOOKS HELP — IN PRIVATE HOUSES — ON OCEAN VOYAGES — THE "RICH AMERICAN" MYTH
12. 12.IX TIPPING AND THE STAGE — COMIC WOES — TIPS IN THE MOVIES — IMPRESSING THE YOUNG
13. 13.X THE EMPLOYEE VIEWPOINT — THE SORE SPOT — THE MARTYR — BAGGAGEMEN — BOOTBLACKS — BARBER SHOP PORTERS — DOOR MEN — GUIDES — HATBOYS — JANITORS — MANICURISTS — MESSENGERS — STENOGRAPHERS
14. 14.XI THE EMPLOYER VIEWPOINT — THREE KINDS OF EMPLOYERS — SELLING THE TIP PRIVILEGE — ARE YOU A BENEFACTOR? — A REASONABLE SOLUTION
15. 15.XII ONE STEP FORWARD — A SOUND CODE — FOR THE BENEFIT OF GUESTS — NOT HOSPITALITY — UP TO THE EMPLOYER — THE FIRST STEP — THE GUEST'S RIGHTS
16. 16.XIII THE SLEEPING-CAR PHASE — WHAT THE PULLMAN MANAGER SAID — WHAT THE PORTERS SAID — SERVICE INCLUDED — WHAT THE PRESS SAID
17. 17.XIV THE GOVERNMENT AND TIPPING — FREE AND EQUAL — EQUALITY AND UNIFORMITY — MISGUIDED GENEROSITY — THE GOLDEN RULE — GOVERNMENT HOTELS
18. 18.XV LAWS AGAINST TIPPING — CUSTOM ABOVE LAW — THE IOWA LAW — THE WISCONSIN BILL — THE COURTS AND TIPPING — THE SOUTH CAROLINA LAW — THE IDEAL LAW — THE NEBRASKA ACT — THE TENNESSEE LAW — THE ILLINOIS COMPROMISE — LEGALIZED ROBBERY — IN MASSACHUSETTS
19. 19.XVI SAMUEL GOMPERS ON TIPPING — WAITERS AGAINST THE TIP CUSTOM — A LABOR LEADER ON TIPS — EUROPEAN TIPS — NIP! NIP! — "BRIBE AND BE HAPPY" — BORDERS ON BLACKMAIL — MORAL PIRATES — TOO MANY SERVANTS — A SORRY BUSINESS — VANITY, ALL IS VANITY!
20. 20.XVII THE WAY OUT — BETTER ORGANIZATION NEEDED — NOT A WAR AGAINST PERSONS — PUBLIC OPINION — PROMOTING LEGISLATION — TO PREVENT COMPLAINT
21. 21.INDEX

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