1900 Harry Johnsons Bartenders Manual (Mixellany)

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behaved himself , and can maintain a club or association that will compare favorably with any other. By doing all this, and having the mutual support of one another, it will be easier for those bartenders, who are in need of a situation, or are suffering from an accident or illness, to get along without fear of the future. It does not re- quire a great amount of capital to start a beneficial in- stitution. A place of meeting, one or more rooms, at a moderate rent, and no salaried officer, except the sec- retary, with some little expenditure for light and heat, will comprise the list of ordinary expenses. There will always be many members who will gladly serve in the various offices, satisfied with the honor, and without thought of any compensation. Besides the regular members, there are many other people, such as restaurant, hotel and cafe proprietors, who will sym- pathize with a body of this class, and will willingly give it their aid, in advice, hints, and suggestions, gratis. Individually, I would only be too glad to offer to such an association my services with all the advice and in- formation I am capable of giving, at any time, what- ever. In considering the way some people in our line of business have been abused by heartless employers, who, by dumb luck, or, more often, entirely from the ef- forts and ability of their bartenders, have achieved a fortune, I can not be too severe. One of this type of men takes a notion to go out for his own amusement, and fashionably attired, with a big diamond in his shirt front and a large roll of bills in his pockets, pos- sibly a horse and carriage at his disposal, he starts out on a day of sport, with no consideration for the welfare or feelings of his bartender, caring little, whether his employee works 8, 10, 12, or 18 hours that day, or whether he gets his proper meals, so long as he has a "good time;" the bartender, in many such cases, work- ing for a small salary, and constantly being imposed