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Tipping Tales From A Paris Hotel Night
A humorous reminiscence on tipping excess in Paris and New York, focusing on Hep Hardy’s extravagant generosity toward waiters and hotel staff. The narrator and companions witness a cascade of tips from cigars to meals, with antics from French waiters and a pirate waiter, ending with a debate on whether tipping is necessary or excessive.
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Callum
Hep Hardy
Laurajeans
Hep
Peaches
Saint Astorvill Hotel
Paris
Vaugirard
Batignolles
Cochy
Beausnarchais
St. Denis
Boulevard Des Italiens
Place de la Concorde
Champs Elysees
Bill
Effendi Bey
Effendi
Bey
Treasury
Flep
Murad Pasha
Giovanni
Angelo
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan
Captain Kidd
Rover
Sou
Sou'east
Prunes Palace
Mit Patterson
Mit
Ian
Posen
Hla
Mim
Mito
Bulgaria
Mitt