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la. GLASSWARE FOR STRAINED
DRINKS.
Attention must begiven to have your glasses of the
right size and style, sufficiently large to hold the mixed
drinks—but not too large—you intend to strain .into
them. Mixed drinks will show to better advantage
if served in a handsome style of glassware.
In every first-class, well regulated place it should
be the pride of the man in charge to have nothing
but the best selected glassware, a proper glass for
every different kind of wine as well as for the mixed
drinks. It is important in purchasing your glassware
to consider the style of your house and the nature
of your customers, because there are different grades
of patrons everywhere. It is naturally understood
that the finest glassware adds to the pleasant appear
ance of the surroundings of a cafe, restaurant or sa
loon, but a proper distinction must always be made.
A man who has not a first-class trade should never
purchase Bohemian or French glassware, which is ex
ceedingly costly. The domestic manufacture which
resembles the foreign goods can be obtained much
cheaper.
20. THE ICE-BOX IN YOUR BASE
MENT OR CELLAR.
It is very important for a man in our business to
select the proper place for the ice box. He must be
very careful and not have it placed where there is just
beneath, or in the immediate vicinity, a number of
pipes, such as steam, waste, water or sewer, for in case
of their getting out of order, with the consequent nec
essaryrepairs, he would be given a vast amount of an
noyance and trouble. The place where the box is to