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THE l\UXICOLOGIST.

PREPARATION FOR CUSTOMERS

The first thing to be done in the morning upon

opening a saloon is to look after ventilation. There

is generally a very odious smell about a place that

has been tightly closed during the night, and it is as

unwholesome as it is disag reeable.

It

should be

gotten rid of as soon as possible. See that you have

enough fine ice prepared to serve your morning cus–

tomers with drinks, and if the man on watch the

night before has failed to fill his bottles, you must

perform this duty at once, and place them on ice so

that your customers may not have to use warm

liquors. You must keep filling them up all day to

supply the drain on them, and to avoid serving warm

liquors. Polish up your glasses between drinks, and

always be ready for customers. See to it that the

place is neat and tidy; the window-panes, showcases

and nickel-plating clear as crystal, and bright as new

minted coins; the linen towels white as snow; the

lunch fresh and inviting. A progressive clerk, and

the proprieter too, for that matter, will visit other

places to see what laudable innovations are being

made, what new inducements are being offered.

Make your o,wn domains correspondingly or sur–

passingly attractive, and give the boys a right royal

welcome.