The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . yi V\\^^7> IvARa^SS THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIPPING BY SERVITOR lUustialions by C. W. Jfffci</s He giveth twice who giveth belongs to the time-hon-?*• oured past; it is a custom with ahistory. Chaucer makes use of theword largess, which i^s nothing moreor less than the old English term, de-rived from the French, for a writes: Great donatives andlargesses upon the disbanding of thearmies were things able to inflameall mens courage. This custom isstill kept up in the British A
The canadian magazine of politics, science, art and literature, November 1910-April 1911 . yi V\\^^7> IvARa^SS THE PHILOSOPHY OF TIPPING BY SERVITOR lUustialions by C. W. Jfffci</s He giveth twice who giveth belongs to the time-hon-?*• oured past; it is a custom with ahistory. Chaucer makes use of theword largess, which i^s nothing moreor less than the old English term, de-rived from the French, for a writes: Great donatives andlargesses upon the disbanding of thearmies were things able to inflameall mens courage. This custom isstill kept up in the British Armyto the present day. When the sold-3—.w? iei-s returned from the War in SouthAfrica, each man received $25 (whichis called blood money), in additionto his pay. The practice does notnow prevail in the British Navy, but inNelsons time the prize money de-rived from the captured ships wasdivided amongst the victorious officersand the crew. Shakespeare frequentlymakes use of the tenn largess as alsodoes Sir Walter Scott. There may be different modes of tip-ping, but the principle is
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