1930 ABC of Mixing Cocktails (ninth impression)

appearance for which t oo many places a re n ot ed . Also clean the glasses a nd p ut them back where they belong, so as to ha ve them ready for the next time used. During you r d a il y work don 't overlook the bar bench, but keep it nea t a nd in good wor ki ng order. Too mu ch a ttention ca nnot be paid to this p art of the bar, a nd a good bar-tender can a lways be t old by the way his bench loo ks. 'A' hen you are behind the ba r do n 't smoke. Don't, under any circumsta nces, drink with cus– tomers while on duty. \.Vhen your work for the day is finished don't ha n g a ro und; ge t out at once . Don't sh ake dice or play games of chance with customers. Familiarity breeds contempt. Don't ge t too chummy with people on short no tice. Loo k out for the hangers-on . They are a lways knoc kers . Let all customers have a ll the a rguments among themselves; a good lis tener is a wise man . There – fore do your work conscientio usly , holding the minor det ails o f each clay's business well in bane.I, a nd do not in ve nt new drinks (which a rc often purely revamped old ones) unless yo u reall y have d iscovered some thing of intrinsic merit . In this age of great progress and many kinds o f drinks it seems t o have become the mission of a lmost eve ry dilettan te to provide a new drink for ever y o ther dilettante, and the result is tha t we a rc litera ll y entangled in m eshes o f inextricable compli ca t ions. The experienced bar-tender is heart-sick, the n ovice is dismayed . It is safe to sta te t ha t no t one drinker out of 100,000 could, for a lotter y grand prize, enumerat e fifty modern drinks o utside of the straight drinks , but do not be dismayed nor d is– couraged. This little volume contains a ll t he drinks that you will ever have occasion to use ; b ut they are here if n eeded, and easy to refer to at a rS