1895 The Mixicologist (First Edition) by C F Lawlor

THE MIX1C0L0GIST.

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PREPARATION FOR CUSTOMERS

The first thing to be done in the morning upon opening a saloon is to look after ventilation. There is generally a very odious smell about a place that lias been tightly closed during the night, and it is as unwholesome as it is disagreeable. It should be gotten rid of as soon as possible. See that you hâve enough fine ice prepared to serve your morning cus- tomers with drinks, and if the raan on watch the night before has failed to fill his bottles, you raust perform this duty at once, and place them on ice so that your customers may not hâve to use warm liquors. You must keep filling them up ail day to supply the drain on them, and to avoid serving warm liquors. Polish up your glasses between drinks, and always be ready for customers. See to it that the place is neat and tidy ; the window-panes, showcases and nickel-plating clear as crystal, and bright as new minted coins; the linen towels white as snow; the lunch fresli and inviting. A progressive clerk, and the proprieter too, for that matter, will visit other places to see what laudable innovations are being made, what new inducements are being offered. Make your own domains correspondingly or sur- passingly attractive, and give the boys a right royal welcome.