The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-24

thinse without the slightest encourage
 ment. He will come in later with a
 friend, to whom he has probably been
 boasting in the meantime, and he will
 lean over the bar and say things that
 make the barmaid turn scarlet. It is
 to these fellows that barmaids as a
 class owe the unsavory reputation that
 they have among those who do not
 know them.
 If a barmaid meets a customer out
 side she usually speaks to him, or at
 least bows, if he is alone but she must
 use her judgement in such matters.
 A man who would be very much offen-
 ded if barmad did not recognize him on the street when he was alone might
 be ten times more offended if she bowed
 to him if he was with friend No bar
 maid would recognize her best friend if
 he was with another woman, and the
 man who has been cut under such cir
 cumstances usually takes an early op-
 portunity to drop into the bar and tell
 the girl that he saw her and how nice
 she was looking, or something of that
 sort, just to show that he appreciated
 her tact.
 Like chorus girls, ballet dancers and
 others who have left their homes to
 make their living in the glare of pub | lie life, barmaids have very bad repu- tation, but careful observers agree that | it is largely undes served. The girl be- hind the foot lights has no one to &C., count to for her time and is free to spend her mornings and afternoons pretty much as she pleases and to stay OI1t lot ne The barmaid must be on duty before every morning, and must stay behind the bar until midnight. She is usually so tired after being on her feet all day that she does not need any housekeep- CTS rules to send her directly to bed. The only leisure she has is one evening week and one day month. The eve- ming Is very short affair, for she can- not go out until and must be back in the house before 12 The day she has for herself is usually Sunday and it does not begin until l o'clock and she must be back at 10. She has no chance to go to any of the exhibitions that take place in the forenoons and seldom sees the sun except through the window of the bar
 In spite of all this the barmaid has unusual opportunities for making ac- quaintances and friends. These are usually of two very different classes those who belong to her own set, such as the tradesmen that bring stuff to tha hotel where she is employed and those whom she meets across the bar Nothlng IS more natural for a man who has to hang round his hotel q good deal than to strike up an acquaintance with the barmaid, especially if she is good looklng. If he finds her agreeable he may perhaps venture to ask her tn spend her next evening out at the Earps Court Exhibition, or her coming Sunday afternoon in trip up the Thames with q supper at Richmond. The girl has to use her own judgment in accepting sucb invitations, but If she goes and tba man has sense enough to behave him. self and to remember that the only diff ference between the girl he is with and those he IS accustomed to is that this | one has to work for living and that she Is availing herself of one of the few op- portunltles she has for enjoyment he | may pass some of the pleasantest hours of hislife with her. There is nothing about her of which he need be ashamed. She is always neatly dressed quiet and well behaved. Barmaids have no earmarks | by which they can be picked out in a crowd like actresses. and their knowl- edge of the world and it's ways makes | them the most agreeable companions. | always jolly but never loud and conspic- | uous.
 What becomes of all the pretty bar mai6S7 Thew oct n their board and lodging in the house. about twice as much as house servants. | They cannot save a competence out of | this, and most of them leave the busi- ness before middle age A surprising number become installed in some of those modest little cottages at Shep- ards Bush or Blackheath, what Eng lishmen call 'second establishments" usually the outcome of some of the pleasant excursions already referred to. It is matter of public knowledge that one of the best known men in England had such an esta blishment presided over for thirty years by barmaid that he met in Wales, and whose companion ship he said he enjoyed more than that of all the great people he had ever met.
 Quite number marry small trades men, or men who keep bars of their own either in small public houses or hotels On account of their business traning and their tact in managing and keeping customers they make excellent wives for small tradesmen who need help in the shop. They usually get along and save bit," and before long you will find them driving a dog cart on Sunday I afternoons and going to the theatre oc- casionally, After while you will hear that they are living In a neat little cot tage in the suburbs, instead of over the shop, and if you happen to pass that way some afternoon you will see that the hands that began life by pulling 0n the beer engines under the glare of the lights in a public house have found 1t last their true occupation in pushing l baby carriage under the shade of the ,hestnuts on Hampstead Heath.-New York Sun.
 SENATOR ELK1N'S GREAT
 SCHEME