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BARTENDERS' MANUAL
a few moments to drain and then polish them with
a linen glass towel.
Nothing will help your place and reputation for
"class" more than a handsome bar and shining
glassware.
BUYING SUPPLIES AND FIXTURES.
The question of buying stock is always an im
portant one. A thorough business man will buy
from the man who can supply you with the goods
you want at the lowest possible price, for you are
in business to make money, and one of the best
ways to begin is to buy right. Buying cheaply is
not always buying right, unless you get the right
quality. You may have friends in the wholesale
business, but they may not be able to supply you
with the brand of goods your trade calls for. Bear
in mind that even though friendship is worth some
thing, your customer has to be taken into considera
tion. He knows what he wants, and if he cannot
get it from you he will probably go somewhere
else.
Go to a first-class place, buy standard goods and
pay the lowest market price. Pay cash when yovi
can, and take full advantage of any discount you
may be able to get, for it will make a big item
saved at the end of twelve months.
Whatever happens, don't fail to keep up the stand
ard of your stock and fixtures, unless you want
your business to run down and out.
Customers
will not come if you have poor stock or unattractive
fixtures.
Right here it is well for you to remember that
many saloon keepers lose business by having un
attractive fixtures. His place may contain the very
finest bar goods he can buy, but the probable patron
would never guess it.
The combination of High Class Fixtures and high
quality liciuors cannot be beaten. Remember that
you are offering good cheer to the nublic; the sur
roundings cannot he too attractive. The public"e.x-
pects and is entitled to the Best Bar Fixtures you
can buy. That's why yon should buy standard
goods from a standard firm.
The discriminat
ing public of today has been educated up to High
Standard Fixtures.
How many men have you seen look in a saloon
door, hesitate and walk on, only to enter another
saloon in the same block? Thousands, of course,
and you know the reason why. The man who
looked before he entered saw a Cheap Looking Bar
and immediately deducted that the goods for sale
were cheap. Do you blame him?
The pine topped counter and glazed back bar are
relics of the dim and musty past. To the attic for
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