The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-10-14
| LAND OF BARMAIDS
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onenu a customer, but It sometimes re-
3qutres great self control to do It. Married
and elderly men are, as rule. well be-
5haved and are the barmaid's best friends.
They know how to treat a woman, and
even II their remarks are sometimes
little broad, and they occa sionally whisper
things which they would not care to have
their wives hear, it Is always done pleas
antly and the girl can turn It off as a
joke.
The terror Of the barmaid Is the dude
the young fellow who thinks every girl Is
in love with him. He has no respect for
sher, and says the most insulting things
without the slightest Encouragement He
will come in later with 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. 1t Is to these fellows that
barmafds a class owe the unsavory re-
putation that they have among those who
do not know them
II barma1d meets customer outside
She usually speaks to him, or at least
bows, If he is alone, but she must use her
Judgment In such matters. A man who
would be very much offended If bar
maid did not recognize him on the street
when he was alone might be ten times
more offended If she bowed to him when
he was with friend No barnaid would
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another woman, and the man who has
been cut under such circumstances usu-
ally takes an early opportunity to dror
into the bar and tell the girl that he saw
her and nov nice she was looking Q,
something of that sort just to show 49,
he appreciated her tact
Like chorus girls, ballet dancers and
others who have left their homes to make
their living In the glare of public life,
nar1naids nave very bad reputation
but careful observers agree that it is
largely unleserved. The girl behind the
iootilshts mas no one to account to for
Der time,anG is free to spend her morn
lngs and afternoons pretty much as she
pleases and to stay out for late suppers
AFTER the play. The barmaid must be en-
duty before o'clock every morning, and
must stay behind the bar until midnight.
sne IS Usually SO tired after being on her
!eet all, day that she does not need anv
nousekeeper's rules to send her directly:
to bed: The only leisure she has is one
evening week and one day a. month
Inc evening Is very short affair. for
she cannot go out until and must be
BACK III the house before II. The day
she mas to herself Is usually q Sundrv
and it Goes not begin until i 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 afternoons and
seldom sees the sun except through the
windows of the bar
IN spite Of all this the barmaid has nm
usual opportunities for making: acn1,aint.
ances and friends. These are usually of
Two very different classes-those who he
long to her own set, such as the trades
men who bring stuff to the hotel where
she Is employed, and those whom she
meets across the bar. Nothing Is more
naturai 1or man who has to hang round
MS hotel good deal than to strike Inn
an acquaintance with the barmaid, espe.
clally If she is good looking. If he finds
her agreeable he may perhaps venture ia,
ask her tOTspend her next evening out AZ
the Earls Court exhibition or her. COMING
Sunday afternoon in trip up the /
ihames, with a supper at Richmond, The
slrl mas to use her own Judgment in ac-
ceptlng such invitations, but if she goes
and the man has sense enough to behave
himsef and to remember that the only
difference between the girl he is with and
those that he may be accustomed to Is
that this one has to work for living
and that she is availing herself of one of |
the few opportunities she has for enjoy
ment, he may pass some of the pleasant
est hours of his life with her. There is
nothing about her of which he need be
ashamed. She is always neatly dressed.
quiet and we'll behaved. Barmaids have
no earmarks by which they may be picked
out IN 2 crowd like actresses. and their
w
makes them the most agreeable compan-
Ions, always jolly. but never loud or con-
spicuous.
What becomes of all the pretty bar.
maids? They get about So week and !
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 business |
before middle age. Quite a number marry |
small tradesmen, or men who keep bars OF |
their own, either in small public houses |
Or hotels. On account of their business !,
training 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 a Bit, and before long you will !
find them driving dog cart on Sunday |
afternoons and going to the theater 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 on the |
beer engines under the glare Of the lights |
in, a public house have found at last their |
true occupation IN pushing baby car
riage under the shade Of the chestnuts on; |
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