for which loud and grateful thanks will be shouted out to the retiring party. In the regular inn, the _chadai_[41] amounts to several dollars, for a party remaining any time, and it is supposed to pay for all the extra services and attention bestowed on guests by the polite host and hostess and the servants in attendance. The _chadai_, done up neatly in paper, with the words _On chadai_ written on it, is given with as much formality as any present in Japan. The guest claps his hands to summon the maid. When it is heard, for the thin paper walls of a Japanese house let through every noise, voices from all sides will shout out _Hē´-hē´_, or _Hai_, which means that you have been heard, and understood. Presently a maid will softly open your door, and with head low down will ask what you wish. You tell her to summon the landlord. In a few moments he appears, and you push the _chadai_ to him, making some conventional self-depreciating speech, as, "You have done a great deal for our comfort, and we wish to give you this _chadai_, though it is only a trifle." The landlord, with every expression of surprise, will bow down to the ground with thanks, raising the small package to his head in token of acceptance and gratitude, and will murmur in low tones how little he has done for the comfort of his guests; and then, the self-depreciation and formal words of thanks on his side being ended, he will finally go down stairs to see how much he has gotten. But, whether more or less than he had expected, nothing but extreme gratitude and politeness appears on his face as he presents a fan, confectionery, or some trifle, as a return for the _chadai_, and speeds the parting guests with his lowest bow and kindliest smile, after having seen to every want that could be attended to. [41] _Chadai_ is, literally, "money for tea," and is equivalent to our tips to the waiters and porters at hotels. The _chadai_ varies with the wealth and rank of the guests, the duration of the stay, and the attention which has been bestowed. _On_ is the honorific placed before the word in writing.