TIPS 



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Hotel d'Angleterre, and had always a smile and a pleasant 

 word for" me whenever I saw him. On the morning I " took " 

 him outside St. Isaac's, the temperature was below 7 F., so 

 his horse wore the regulation short rug. This animal was of 

 the black funeral Orlof type, and had seen better days. 



Photo by} \M. //. // 



FIG. 21. Corner of St. Isaac's Square and the Bolshaya Morskaya Street. 



People who have been in Russia are wont to say that tips 

 play a larger part in that country than in any other portion 

 of the globe. Although this statement is open to doubt, 

 there is no question that the hankering after tips takes a 

 more offensive form in Russia than anywhere else. No 

 ordinary Englishman objects to give ten shillings to the 



