1912 Hoffman House Bartender's Guide by Charley Mahoney

CONCERNING GLASSWARE The bartender or saloon man who neglects his glassware ought to go into some other business. It is a simple matter to keep glassware not only clean but polished, and no man's time could be spent more profitably. Customers like to drink from glasses which are free from even any suspicion of dust or finger marks. Wash all glasses as soon as possible after being used, leave them on the bench a few moments to drain and then polish them with a linen glass towel. A record should be made of all glassware that is broken for the purpose of keeping up the stock and it is just as well if there are more than two or three men at work, to keep a record of who does the breaking, and when the number of glasses broken becomes unusually large it ought to be investigated. Wear and tear on saloon goods means breakage of glasses, but over certain limits the profits begin to be affected, and the result is a leak which can only be discovered by reference to the expense account. Here again is where system figures. 73