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pany he keeps. There is a proper time and place for
drinking, and the place is always in the cafe or bar
room. But it makes a bad impression upon the patrons
of a cafe, where there are tables and chairs, to find the
"boss" often sitting down with a party to drink cham
pagne or any other wine. This action should beavoid
ed entirely, if possible, for one reason, that when the
proprietor is thus engaged, he must be neglecting, to
some extent, his business. Furthermore, the other
customers, who take only 10-cent or 15-cent drinks—
men of moderate means—will feel slighted, and their
feelings may possibly be hurt by seeing the proprietor
too often engaged with these swell wine-drinking par
ties, and thus may come to the conclusion that he does
not regard them or their patronage of any value.
There are very few proprietors '\vho can do a suf
ficient business with parties "opening wine," in order
to afford to neglect other customers. By so doing, he
may drive away his best regular patrons. The daily
10-cent customer, as well as the occasional $5.00 guest,
must be considered. The proper rule is, to avoid this
drinking openly, in his own place, as much as pos
sible. During the wine-drinking time, in addition to
the loss of the correct supervision of his business, the
proprietor hasn't the opportunity to give proper atten
tion to his other customers, and may, therefore, offend
some of them.
It will create the same bad feeling, in another in
stance, when a man, in a public business, goes out
for sport, having a horse and carriage at his front-door,
and the driver waiting, while the proprietor leaves his
establishment with an attempt at grand style. Some
of the customers, unable, at any time, to make such a
display, will very probably remark in a satirical way;