Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-29

ural fashiof. 1t Is right enough but
not more than that.
Well, 1t IL under such conditions as
these that the bar-maid lives-but hold
q bit. 1t is possible to aggrevate her
condition in the minds of people who
take the trouble to be interested In this
screed by repeating q talk which
overheard at the Grand Hotel bar the
other day. The bar-maid was an in
sipid young woman with q dishl face
and hands as large and of the color OF
leg Of uneooked lamb. He was a
round-faced, blue-eyed, strong toothed,
Observation-Disclosures, weii-dresSed youth,
with expresSionless features. He was
probably something in the city.
scene at the Bar.
Thus he spoke:
Good evening, Alice"
How" very lazily.
"Gimme 3 glass OF dry sherry, please.
Hevilish Thirsty. Dry now, you know.
You always give me that beastly sweet
stuff"
a pause, during which time the dish
faced bar-maid has haughtily caught q
glass from the rack and marched of to
chat with swollen faced blonde, with
bigger and redder hands, for whose
service a party of American gentlemen
are patiently waiting. After an inter-
val which would have given me time to
Ice real mad, she fetches the sherry and
puts it down before q man who is shout
ing earnestly for flour of Irish cold,
Miss, please"
Interval. Mistake lsnguidly cor
rected. Man impatient for whisky gets
ohio fNF half Ill
To party who are trying to pay for
two hrandies and split soda, one gin
and three of Scotch" and honOrably
declines it. Dish faced girl would like
TO know what he wants, anyway. He
gets red in the face and repeats his re-
quest and gets his order filled. Is sur
priscd to find the change for his half
crown to he twO.pence. Calls attention
TO ii, and il reSentfuliy given the proper
change. Meanwhile the youth with
the sherry finds the fumes working
well up into his brain, which is easily
affected, dare say, not wishing to be
too apprchenSive of his weakness, and
above the bar, we'll stretched over the
tOpOfit.
Leading IimOn
The har-maid stands like coyuess
waiting for an invitation to dance,
when follows this talk. started by him
and furnished with alternate remarks
10y Der.
. ,ContidentiaIlyJ II haven't had any
dinner to-day"
Uniuterestedly Its time"
Earnestly -'In know that"
Without looking WHY don't you
dine"
Haven't had anybody to go to din
uer with"
With at least animation why
don't you get somebody"l
With the air of cOuspirator'-"I
want to"
Pause, during which the young man
ga2eS Ianguishingly upon the bar-maid
and orders another sherry, dry,
please" and is served with alacrity.
lie sips it in a neglected. way. She
opens fire:
"You oughtn't to 90 hungry; it isn't
good, you know"
Been AT business in the city all day.
Wretched business it is, too. Wish
could have my solicitor manage it all
for me-"
Sympathetically) you ought to :;
You are 80 clever"
"Ya.as; beastly bore" lYawns.
Leading the conversation back -
you ought 10 dine orsup, you know
"Nes, 1 dare say; but would rather
30 hungry than dine alone. When do
you finish here??''
Very earnestly ain about an
hour"
In deepest tones Of allurement, -
suppose you 90. Oysters, joint and
fiz."
,Coyly'-"EralIy, OH, can't
ayes, you can"
you'll be too hungry before"
NO, | won't"
will you wait
''Ies. To bn sure"
.JuyfUllv- toe iOyfu,ly, just JOY
fully emo ugh IN go"
Enthusiastically GIVE me Il giass
of dry sherry baby, please"
Grown OId i'm the Service.
There is one bar. maid whose claim If
title belongs to the first part Of the ny
phenated word that does not describe
although il indicates her. She had
swept the sweets of youth into her van
ished past before | was adj" To put a
ClamOring stomach against bar ana
affect the air OF man in ordering u
drink. Time has put its mark upon
her in wrinkles and spectaclcs. y gra-
tuitOusly apparent wig tells how ma
ture declines a hair brush and bl-col-
ored gums suggest how she can wash
her teeth with the garden hose while
she stands in the window and sees 1t
done. The asperities Of her nature
have ripcued in the friction which
should have smoOthed the rough places
away. She is strictly for business -
shrewd. suspicious, with a retenttyc ear
FOR orders and an attentive eye for pay.
Her voice is Shrill and harsh, her man-
ner briskly repulsiye, but with one eX-
ceptfon she is the only woman behind
a bar i'm London who can make cock
tail.