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THE MIXICOLOGIST-
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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 disagreeable. 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 jmur 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 own domains correspondingly or sur
passingly attractive, and give the boys a right royal
welcome.