23 OCTOBER 1926, Page 14

SIGNOR MUSSOLINI AND TIPPING

[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

Sut,—Your correspondent is, I think, incorrect in ascribing the abolition of tipping to the Duce. In 1920 a strike of waiters achieved this on the demand of the strikers concerned,

—I am, Sir, &e., LEONARD F. BEURENS. West Didsbury, Manchester.