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recipes for all of those drinks which are at present
popular with the drinking public, and hundreds of
others which are more or less useful and liable to be
called for at any time. The recipes which are not in
this book are hardly worth considering.
Not the least important feature is the scries of
chapters on the buying of a saloon, its equipment,
the employment of help, the duties of a bartender,
and a thousand and one hints and suggestions which
are bound to be of value to every man in the busi
ness, whether he be the man behind the bar, the
porter, or the owner.
It not only tells you how to run a place, but it tells
you how to run it right, as a business man ought to
conduct a business house, and, what is of great im
portance, it tells you how to find a business leak and
stop it. You may be doing well, but you might be.
doing better; read the opening chapters, act on some
of the suggestions offered and see if your business
doesn't increase.
No one man knows it all, and we can all learn, no
matter how old or experienced we are.
For the young man who is about to start in the
business, no better advice could be found than this
volume, which contains the result of years of experi
ence in catering, to the public.
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