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HINTS TO BARKEEPERS.

Keep the top of your counter dry.

Answer

all questions

if you can. lncivilit:,r

may make you lose a good patron.

The barkeeper

who gets the money is tl1(:

man who is neat, clean and obliging.

Never offer a half-rinsed

glass for either beer

- or liquors. See that lemon peel served on the side i '5 free from specks. a patron who calls for a glass of beer. He is entitle ,1 to the same courtesy as the man who orde : s . a fancy drink. Don't slight your attention toward

Politeness

has made many a customer, and is

always desirable.

Don't be abusive,

but In a polite wa)· per–

suade that order must prevail.

Be careful to place the change in front of the person paying for the drink.

If you are out of sorts, patron like the flavor of a

don't look at '\·our • lemon.

Serve your customers Some people butt in and want to be served before their turr1 In turn.

Don't talk politics or religion o,•er the bar. Your patron may be of a different turn of minu.

Don't try to palm off the one called for. Say if you never had it.

some other liquor for you are just out;. even

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