The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-16
Bartenders Obliged to Watch STYLES
of Liquor POtations as Care
fully as Tailors Watch
Fashion Plates.

TO note amy change in the public taste
Good bautendeTs are scarce. The modern
bartender is apt to be white-coated
automatOn, who serves what is called for
with as little trouble to himself as &c
can, and who cares only little about
the taste of his customers.
These bartenders do net become great
men The bartenders who Go their hest
to learn the wishes and pecuIfarities of
the customers own racing stables and
! country homes in time and live on the
fat Of the land. Many men say that the
average bartender is not so good q man
now as he was fifty years ago. Tybes,
/ men also say that the whisky sold nova
days is not SO good as that which they
drank when they were younger Some
philosophers think the difference lies in
the Flyers of the drinkers. Good bartend
ers are all philosophers
The call for carbonated drinks Of all
kinds has fallen off, said enc of the
greatest bartenders in this town the other
day. "A year ago at this time we were
using three times as MANY lines as we
are now and double the quantity of self
zers and carbonated waters The decline
IN the popularity of the rickey has been
steady and sure. The reason for IT is
not hard to find. The doctors were
against it from the start
They said that the man who plr+ s11ch
as the rtckey drinker did would have all
kinds of trouble on account of il The
men Who drank the rickeys found ont
the truth of this prophesy in time and
there are lot of men who wish thar
they had never heard of the rickev Their
stomachs were eaten out by une lime
juice. and they are suffering from the
effects of their drinking now.
All of these men have STONED drink
ing rickeys and many of their friends
nave followed their example and advice
rms accounts for part of the falling off
IL the consumption of this particular
drink, and then, of course the rickev cot
to be an old story and the men wanted
something new. Lots of men used to
drink the rickey because they thought l.
was the proper drink. They quit because
some. one else did
DOCTORS DISCOURAGE HIGHBALL.s.
The doctors were against the high
pail, too. They said that it did a man
harm to swallow SO much gas and that
he would be better off if he would take
drinks that had no gas in them Lots
OF men have told me that they found
themselves uncomfortable after two or
three highballs, and they wondered why
1t was. They had too much gas in them
That was the whole trouble The father
" Viz 1i4GolADeII was Lie EnSIlSn WHISKY
ana soda, but the men in this country
made the mistake Of drinking too many
OF them and drinking them too fast
Inc Englishman will spend a lot OF
time in the consumption of one Scotch
and soda, and while he is at it the Amer
lean will drink a half dozen h:ghballs.
one on top of the other. The English
man knows how the drink should be
taken, and it does him no harm, The
American IN cot n ic I1-nl
1t out Of the way and he hurries
through it. He gets all the bad effects
and none of the finer effects, and so he
doesn't get so much enjoyment out of his
liquor as the BrIton.
1t is all right to drink the cocktail
that one takes before dinner at swal-
low, but the highball, if one is to drink
it at ALL should be s:pped A man
should take at least fifteen minutes to
drink a highball made in one of the or
binary bar glasses. But most men do
not know how to drink, anyway. A man
came in here the other day and asked
for mint julep. If there is anything
that man who knows what he wants
is particular to have made right, it is a
1ulep good julep is the triumph. of a
bartepder's career. Let him succeed in
the compromising Of a julep, there is no
further victory in store for him.
Il know men who hold that there are
only two bartenders in saloons Of hotels
in the city Of New York who know
how to make a julep as it should be
made. These two are very naughty, and
they are looked up to by the other men
in the profession. They will refuse to
make a julep for a%man who they do
not think is worthy of it, and they will
not make one unless they feel equal to
the task 1t requires the steadiest eye,
the clearest mind. the most delicate
touch, to make d julep, and plenty Of
time.
well, this man came in and asked
for julep I told him that the mint was
not all that it might be, but that l wo,J'd
do all that I could. I spent a lot of t-'e
on the drink, and although the
was not quite so fresh as I wished, =
was a good julep. Then that person
took the drink in his hand, threw the
mint on the floor and drank it as he
would a cocktail
at was awful! I could have assas-
sinated him, and 1 think that jury
would have acquitted me. But we have
to keep the place tidy and to have killed
him would have made a nuss, 50 I let
him go. I told him never TO ask me to
make a julep for him again. though, and
did say to him that he was not fit to
drink the worst julep that was ever
made. He seemed surprised but an old
up my side of the argument. and that
unappreciative one went away He has
not been back since, and hope that he
will not come in again
Il find that great many of nv Gus
toners are going back to plain drinks |
again. Many men who We're drinkers Of
rickeys and highballs are now drinking
whisky aud water, which is the best
thing that man can put into mis-
stomach. Lots of men have comprom-
lsed on the subject by making a long
drink out of a plain whisky and water.
They put the whisky in a tall glass and
then fill it up with water This makes |
a good drink, and 1t is becoming popu-
lar. 1t quenches the thirst, and it makes
a long drink
Some men don't like It because they
say that it tastes like nothing except
weak whisky. Others say that 1t is
good. There is one crank who comes In
here and loads himself up on a drink
that is made up of as much sugar as
the whisky will hold in solution, and as
much water as will fill a tall glass. I
don't think that the drink will ever be-
come popular. That man is a crank.
anyway. His wife is trying to get him
to stop drinking, and he says that he
mas stopped, but he comes in here and
puts any quantity of bitters In his sys-
tenn, under the plea that they are not
Intoxicating. He makes me think of a.
deacon l used to know when l lived in
the country. He was one of the leaders
In all the temperance movements, and |
he wouldn't sell the apuleS that wera IN |