A very self-respecting and self-asserting bon vivant showed his
desire to cut down the fees of waiters to a minimum and at the
same time to ridicule the whole system. As the waiter held out
his itching palm for the gratuity the epicure dropt a cent into
it. “Oh, sir, you’ve made a mistake!” blurted out the waiter.
“No,” replied the donor, with an air of dignified benevolence;
“I never give less.”--TAVERNER, Boston _Post_.
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=Ridicule Rebuked=--See KINDNESS.
=Right and Wrong=--See ETHICAL PRINCIPLE.