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and also require the services of an additional porter
or extra man, adding unnecessarily to the ordinary
expenses.
Naturally, brass or metal work, if allowed to become
tarnished, looks much worse than if there was none
in the place. Properly, in hne condition, it adds to
the appearance of bar and room. It is well for any
one in opening a place to take into consideration how
much metal work, proportionately, they will need,
and what amount of expense they are willing to allow
for the help to take charge of it. By taking good
ordinary care of ale and liquor measures, beer drips
and other metal articles, you will find that not half
the work, some people imagine, is necessary to keep
them bright and shining. All you have to do is to
attend to them daily, when they will be as much of
an ornament as the chandeliers.
41. KEEPING OP GLASSWARE.
The bartender's particular attention must be given
to keeping the glassware in a clean, bright condition.
The glasses he hands out to customers for the purpose
of allowing them to help themselves, as well as the
glasses he uses for mixing drinks, should be without
a speck on them. After the glasses are used, they
should bewashed as soon as possible, left on the bench
for a little while to thoroughly drain (those back of
the bar being placed at their proper station) and then
polished only with a clean linen glass-towel. In a
place where there is a hotel or restaurant attached
and a large amount of glassware is required, it is
proper to have a fine closet made to contain the dif
ferent kinds of glassware in the proper place, con
venient for the waiter and for those who have the
handling and are in charge of that department. The