1895 Mixed Drinks by Herbert W Green

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MIXED DRINKS.

last, but not least, from men long experienced in the business, and from personal observation scattered through many years. Now it remains for us to consider the art of attending bar, the charm of personal deport ment, the building of character, the serving of cus tomers,the handling of wines and liquors for the retail trade,the saloon, the club,the road-house, the restau rant, the hotel, the family, etc., in short, the knowing of one's business. The author hopes he is a modest man. He does not pose with dignified mien before the great English- speaking people as an infallible model for everybody in the saloon business, clerks and all, to copy. He does * not claim to be "the one only man" who holds this esoteric art in his grasp, gifted with the power of expression,"the knack of imparting knowledge and infusing the force of enthusiasm into our body of caterers to human cheer and comfort. There are other men in the liquor business who,like himself, are masters of their profession, and"up to date" in every thing that may contribute to the success of their indi vidual enterprises. But as they have not seen fit to write up their experiences and ideas, collate their facts and lay them before the younger men who are growing up with us in the same occupation, the writer of this