ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Tuesday, October 1, 1996               TAG: 9610010052
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-8  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: GREG EDWARDS 

THE JAR'S A LIVING; SO KEEP GIVING

"If there's a tip jar there, there's a reason for it," said Dawn Harper, who works at the Ole Monterey Golf Club on Hollins Road in Roanoke.

Harper, who has worked in some of Roanoke's finer restaurants, said she raised two children on the tips she made waiting tables. Waiters, whose minimum wage is only $2.13 an hour, depend on tips for their livelihood, she said.

Tip jars have been around for at least 20 years, mostly sitting on bars. A tip jar sits on the golf club's snack bar, which doesn't offer table service. The jar doesn't generate a lot of tips. "It's quarters and dimes," maybe $7 or $10 a day, Harper said.

Because she's in the business, she always gives generous tips, around 25 percent, Harper said. "If you do give fine service, I think everyone should tip," she said.

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