The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-15

ton of other men around him, yet the
| barkeeper knows that there is a trace
OF decided insanity in the demeanor and
action Of the individual.
4 can tell, nine time out of ten,
said little Eddy, who presides over the
| Kerker bar. Third avenue and One
Hundred and Sixteenth street, 'just
! what man wants as he approaches me.
may never have seen him before, but
if / am not attending to an order, and
/ have time to look at him, : usually de-
eide on the instant just what he is go
/ Ing to ask for. Any barkeeper can tell
/ you that the men who habitually drink
whisky or other strong liquor can be
easily distinguished from the beer
| drinkers. Take the former class-and
| you can readily divide them into
| classes. Of course the majority want
1 whisky, because it is the commonest
/ drink, but there is a large class de-
l voted TO other liquors. Brandy men
| form small percentage, but an old
| barkeeper knows at a glance the
/ brandy men. SO il is with mixed
drinks. Some customers are decided.
consistent and regular in their tastes,
others display uncertainty and hesi-
tatiOn. and this test regarding human
character is the most peculiar and in
teresting in the career Of a barkeeper.
One man viii first ask for a Manhattan
| cocktail, and then, before the barkeeper
has filled a goblet with broken ice, viii
suddenly change his order to a whisky
cocktail That is a proof that his brain
is IN chaoti" condition. The man
Knows that he needs a bracer, and be-
gins on mild one The rattle of the
ice in the goblet makes him shudder.
\
something stronger than whisky and
vermouth.
The man who has been on a debauch
Is physically unstrung; he Detrays a
tendency to tremble. or shakes him
self as II cold, though it may be a July
morning, while the mentally upset Gus
toner shows physical weakness and
dependency.
The barkee9er who serves the man
seeking a hair of the dog that mas
bitten him overnight gives the Gus
toner stiff bone, which goes straight
70 the SPOT, and leads him to ask for
another Of the same sort. But to the
mentally depressed man a different
treatment is accorded by the expert
enced mixer Of drinks. He gives the
man soothing draught, just enough
whisky or gin to tone up his stomach.
Ditters than given the man recovering
from overindulgence. The habituaI
drinkeT revives under the strong dose
administered and the mentally de-
pressed imbiber finds his system invig-
GRATED and his brain refreshed.
. g. g
Barkeepers often settle domestic
quarrels and keep man and wife out Of
the divorce court and the police sta
ton. Any barkeper of experience can
tell you stories where Indignant wives
nave followed their husbands into LIQUOR
saloons and created a scene horn of
Jealousy or the fear that the family
breadwinneT viii spend his earnings
over the bar. When that happens the
Darkeeper becomes the peacemaker. He
sOoe0eS the indignant wife, assures her
that her jealousy is unfounded. or
promises that the husband shall 90
nome with her. Husbands are some
times compliments against wives. but
their percentage cuts no ice with US.
Women who give orders at the fam
lly entrance afford a closer insight into
human character than do the men. A
barkeDer can tell in a second whether
the female customer is a novice or a
veteran.
n DdFheeper can tell you what bust
ness mans in after serving MIN.
Lime on coat betTays a mason or a
mortar mixer. Clean hands and well
clipped beard is indicative of a. barber.
Ink on mans fingers shows thu
writer or bOOkkeeper. Stray threads ora
a mans sleeve reveals the tailor. while
the odor Of leather tells of the pres
ence OF the shoemaker. The nicotine
stained fingers of the cfgarmaker. the
blackened digits of the photographer.
the Iaclle hands and steely eyes of the
gambler, the rosin smeared and red
loaded overalls of the plumber the
metal-sDlashed trousers of the stereo-
typer, the inquisitive, watchfuI man
ners OF the newspaper reporter, all Law |
before the barkeeper like the leaves Of |
an open book The barkeeper is the |
best judge Of human nature in the world |
and don't you forget it."