The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America
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Excerpt from The Itching Palm: A Study of the Habit of Tipping in America "Oliver Cromwell struck a mortal blow at the universal heart of Flunkyism," wrote Carlyle of the execution of Charles I. Yet, Flunkyism is not dead! In the United States alone more than 5,000,000 persons derive their incomes, in whole or in part, from "tips," or gratuities. They have the moral malady denominated The Itching Palm. Tipping is the modern form of Flunkyism. Flunkyism may be defined as a willingness to be servile for a consideration. It is democracy's deadly foe. The two ideas cannot live together except in a...
Chapters (281)
- The Itching Palm
- CONTENTS
- THE ITCHING PALM
- I FLUNKYISM IN AMERICA
- 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
- III BARBARY PIRATES
- TRIBUTE
- IV PERSONNEL AND DISTRIBUTION
- THE TIP-TAKING CLASSES
- IN NEW YORK ALONE
- V THE ECONOMICS OF TIPPING
- THE WAITER
- ECONOMIC WASTE
- THE BARBER
- THE HOTEL
- THE CHAUFFEUR
- 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
- 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
- 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
- IX TIPPING AND THE STAGE
- COMIC WOES
- TIPS IN THE MOVIES
- IMPRESSING THE YOUNG
- X THE EMPLOYEE VIEWPOINT
- THE SORE SPOT
- THE MARTYR
- BAGGAGEMEN
- BOOTBLACKS
- BARBER SHOP PORTERS
- DOOR MEN
- GUIDES
- HATBOYS
- JANITORS
- MANICURISTS
- MESSENGERS
- STENOGRAPHERS
- XI THE EMPLOYER VIEWPOINT
- THREE KINDS OF EMPLOYERS
- SELLING THE TIP PRIVILEGE
- ARE YOU A BENEFACTOR?
- A REASONABLE SOLUTION
- 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
- XIII THE SLEEPING-CAR PHASE
- WHAT THE PULLMAN MANAGER SAID
- WHAT THE PORTERS SAID
- SERVICE INCLUDED
- WHAT THE PRESS SAID
- XIV THE GOVERNMENT AND TIPPING
- FREE AND EQUAL
- EQUALITY AND UNIFORMITY
- MISGUIDED GENEROSITY
- THE GOLDEN RULE
- GOVERNMENT HOTELS
- 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
- 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!
- XVII THE WAY OUT
- BETTER ORGANIZATION NEEDED
- NOT A WAR AGAINST PERSONS
- PUBLIC OPINION
- PROMOTING LEGISLATION
- TO PREVENT COMPLAINT
- INDEX
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