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The

book

is

in

four

parts,

these

covering

all

departments.

It

shows

how

to

get

storeroom

"per

dollar"

costs;

how

to

handle

the

cigar

business

;

how

to

get

an

accurate

state-

ment

of

the

hotel's

business

from

month

to

month,

and

a

method

of

auditing

the

front

office.

A

"Profit

and

Loss"

statement

is

shown.

The

text

matter

emphasizes

the

impor-

tance

of

being

accurate,

of

a

check

on

every

transaction,

and

the

economy

of

doing

things

the

right

way,

thus

pre-

venting

vexatious

mistakes

that

take

valuable

time

in

mak-

ing

corrections,

and

giving

the

operator

the

satisfaction

that

comes

from

being

master

of

his

business*.

Hotels

now

having

workable

accounting

systems

can

find

in

the

Clar-

enbach

book

ideas

that

may

be

incorporated

by

them

to

advantage.

Also

they

will

find

the

Clarenbach

system

elastic,

and

its

results

can

be

put

on

a

comparable

basis

with

results

obtained

fiom

other

systems

of

hotel

account-

ing.

The

book

is

supplemented

with a

chapter

headed

"An

outline

of

the

front

office

methods

of

the

largest

hotel

in

the

world."

The

book

is

9x12

inches

and

contains

66

pages,

printed

on

ledger

paper,

attractively

bound

in

cloth

cover.

Price

$3.00

Front

Office

Psychology

(Heldenbrand).

This

is

the

only

book

that

outlines

rules

of

conduct

for

the

people

in

the

front

office

who

meet

the

public,

where

a

pleasing

person-

ality

and

correct

habit

of

deportment,

speech,

dress,

and

all-around

cleanliness

makes

for

ideal

salesmanship.

The

suggestions

are

classified

under

different

heads

as

Em-

ployee

relations,

Your

personality,

Receiving

and rooming

guests,

Handling

of

mail,

Information,

Checking

out,

Front

office

tactics.

The

book

is

written

from

the

prac-

tical

viewpoint

of

a

student

of

human

nature,

and

in

this

respect

is

a

classic.

It

inspires

to

an

improvement

in

service

and

can

be

read

with

profit

by

young

and

old

in

the

small

or

the

large

hotel,

or

institution,

or

business

house.

Pocket

size,

5x8

inches,

100^

pages. Attractively

bound

in

water-proof

cover.

(A

special

price

is

made

to

hotels

and

chains

of

hotels

buying

in

quantities

of

ten

or

more.)

Price

$1.00

The

Bel!-

Boy's

Guide

(Heldenbrand).

This

book

was

written

with

the

object

of

training

young

men

of

good

habits

in

the

duties

customarily

performed

by

bell-boys.

It

was

prepared

by

the

author

to

instruct

those

not

fa-

miliar

with

hotels

in

the

particular

bell-boy

work

required

for his

own

hotel

the

Hotel

Heldenbrand

of

Pontiac,

Michigan.

With

slight

variation

this

book

will

meet

the

needs

of

the

average

hotel

thruout

America.

It

is

pocket

size,

32

pages.

(A

package

of

four

books

for

1.00.)

Price

$1.00

Paul

Richards'

Pastry

Book

is

the

title

in

brief

of

"Paul

Richards*

Book

of

Breads,

Cakes,

Pastries,

Ices

and

Sweetmeats,

Especially

Adapted

for

Hotel

and

Catering

Purposes."

The

author

is

known

as

one

of

the

most

skillful

all

around

bakers,

pastry

cooks

and

confectioners

in

America,

and

has

demonstrated

the

quality

of

his

work

in

leading

hotels.

In

writing

this

book

he

took

particular

pains

to

have

the

recipes

reliable

and

worded

in

such

sim-

ple

fashion

that

all

who

read

them

may

readily

understand

and

work

from

them.

The

book

is

in

seven

parts.

Part

I

is

devoted

to

fruit

jellies

and

preserves;

jams,

jellies,

compotes

and

syrups

;

preserved

crushed

fruits

for

sher-

bets

and

ices;

preserving

pie

fruits;

sugar

boiling

degrees;

colors.

Part

II,

pastry

ana

pie

making,

pastes

and

fillings;

fastry

creams,

patty

cases,

tarts

and

tartlets;

icings.

Part

II,

cake

baking.

Part

IV,

puddings

and

sauces.

Part

V,

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