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

SlOFleS llC OlHeI SlIlS lsll lSl hpoN men who she thought were model bus bands. During the first day or two sh
 makes no attempt to wait on customers but simply watches the other girls ant their manners toward patrons of tn house and learns to manage the Dee engines. These beer engines are a SC
 of lever handles, the pull being con
 nected with the barrel in the cellar The new girl is carefully instructed a
 to the different pulls; which is for bit ter" which for porter, etc, There 4 quite knack in knowing how long ant how hard to pull and also in judging
 how much froth q customer will stand.
 Having learned the engines, the mex
 thing is to learn how much to draw ac
 cording to what is asked for, and th'
 various mixtures and their proper pro
 portions If the customer asks for
 glass" that means two penn'orth ol
 bitter ale. If he asks for beer, he does
 not mean larger, but porter. If he aske
 for alf and 'alf, he wants half bitter
 and half stout If wines are asked fol
 they are poured out by the barmaid ir
 a glass which holds the exact quantity
 when filed to the brim. Silver meas
 ures are used for such drinks as Whis-
 key, the amount asked for, usually
 three penn orth, being poured from the
 measure into small tumbler instead of
 putting the bottle upon the bar and al-
 lowing the customer to help himself
 as in America. There is no euch thing
 as giving two fifteen cent drinks for a
 quarter, as here, and drinks are the
 same size in all bars.
 It takes a girl about week to learn the prices of the various drinks and the
 manner of working the beer engines, and it is always part of her duties to keep the bar clean and to see that the
 stock of liquors is full. The moment she finds the supply failing in one or the engines she calls to the cellarmah, George, bitter's off," and he 1mmedl- ately puts on a new barrel. Alter a girl has been about a week behind the bar she is usually ready to wait on cus- toners after a fashion, but 1t takes a smart girl at least six months to learn the business--that is, the tricks of the trade.
 While a girl is learning, and before she gets to waiting on customers, she will probably see enough to convince her that the mere selling of drinks Is not everything, and that the barmaids attitude toward the men who patronlze the place is a matter requiring caretul study. The other girls will probably inform her as to what she may expect of from men, and they will advise her to look pleasant and turn it off if anything un- pleasant is said. Girls who have not been properly warned of the difference between a man at home and in front of a bar have been known to bring their careers as barmaids to a sudden end by skipping some customers face, and then rushing off to the proprietor in tears Barmaids must be of sterner stuff than that The great secret of success is to judge her customers. and the principal thing is to study the regu- lar ones and to learn their funny lit tie ways. Almost all the regulars have some particular drink, such as gin and bitters, and the barmaid must know just how much they like and How to mix it. Having been ohce told, she should never require second lesson from the same customer Some men are offended if they are asked what it will be to-day while others like to be waited on as if they had never been there before. Some have certain glasses they fancy, and some like the barmaid to make a pretence of helping them and their friends out of a certain private bottle.
 It is quite an art to know how much to talk to various men that come in and what to say. Some men the bar sneak to her, no matter how long they nave known her or how familiar they were on their last visit Some must be .reated very differently under different conditions A man will come in by himself and be very jolly and familiar f he finds the barmaid alone in hotel oar, and will perhaps even try to ,huck her under the chin The same afternoon he will come in with friend md will act as if he had never seen Ter before and never spoke to such creature girl to talk to them as if they were Ter brothers, others as if they were weethearts, while few, fortunately very few, speak to barmaids as if hey were no better than they should be.
 An experienced girl can tell from a mans appearance about what he Will xpect or what he will stand in the way # familiarity. She takes no notice of lis dress, because that is no guide in England, where the small-salaried Jerk in the city dress as well as the big est "toffs." Most of the men are judged entirely by their conversation. When a man comes in for drink, es- If he is alone, he feels himself | bliged to make some remark to the | unless she has other custom rs on hand. The conversation usually l tarts by referring to some subject | roper to the occasion. If it is a race ay, for instance, he will ask her if she | acked the winner, or something of | hat kind. From this the conversation lmost invariably and rapidly drifts 1to fattering remarks personal to the armaid herself. When a man begins } carry this kind of thing too far or cts too personal, the girl must have act enough to manage him without of- ending him, perhaps by telling him he avs that so nicely he must have told
 to many girls before.
 It is great point with a good bar laid never to let her talk with one cus- omer keep her from giving immediate ttention to a newcomer and never to