1912 Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charley Mahoney

RULES FOR BARTENDERS The bartenders employed in a saloon should have regular hours of duty and a certain amount of work to perform outside of the usual business of waiting on customers. They must be polite, considerate and courteous, and attentive; never aggressive nor in solent, no matter what the provocation may be. In cases of emergency, however, they should act at once. But when the proprietor is present points of difference between themselves and customers must be referred to and settled by him. When the time arrives for a bartender to go off duty he should be given to understand that the bar bench must be left in perfect order, the bottles filled, ice in the ice-box—unless his tour of duty is the last of the day—glassware cleaned and polished, and everything ready for the man who relieves him to attend to customers as soon as he comes on. The relief man should go over the stock at his first leisure moment and make sure that everything is in good working order; that there is sufficient 45