The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-10
COLLEGE FOR THE EDUCATION
OF BARKEEPERS is PRO-
JECTED IN ST. PAUL
BARTENDERs OF MORE
VALUE THAN DOCTORS
Scheme for the Organization of Col
Ieee for the IncuIcation of knowledge
of the Science of Mixing Drinks Is
Being Considered-Mixer Says There
Are Many Outsiders Get in.

Suffering humanity is about to be
emancipated from the thralldom Of the
bad bartender's influence. No more
will the innocent citizen, fortified with
sen.sen and cloves be obliged to place
his future domestic happiness in the
balance when he orders a drink CAL
culated by all the rules of common
usage to eXhilarate but not twist up
the pate.
Abas the pretender! To the woods
with the smartly- barbered gent"
whose excuse for being behind bar
is his ability to spin coins and juggle
doubtful mixtures! EXperts-scientlsts
are to be the palate sprinlzlers OF the
new st. Paul. A bartenders' college is
projected. 1t is in process of forma-
ton. Articles of incorporation will in
few days be filed with the secretary
of state, if present plans do not mis-
carry.
Charles E. Paige is spoken of for
president of the board of directors.
Others of the faculty will in all prob
ability be George Hart, Henry Witt,
Richard Moiren and James Hefferon.
More Important Than Doctors.
Drink mixing is a science" said one
of the promoters yesterday. "One of
the best things that could happen to
the community would be the licensing
VI jill Udl 14OOh CT lllC way my
hold the doctors down and make them
pass examinations I'll bet an ordinary
bartender shoots more dope into an
ordinary citizen in a year than any
medic does in ten. People are particu-
lar whether they have a hOmeopath or
allopath or an osteopath or bicycle
path tend to their internal machinery
when they get out Of Sorts but when
they want a drink they just moSey into
anytold place that's got sign hanging
out and take chances on getting glad
ness or poison.
81 got out on a little shopping tour
the other night and meandered into
dump that had all kinds of mahogany
and glass and piped the guy in white
for a swisesse. He ducked down be-
hind the counter and I could see him in
the glass dig out one of those dinky
Police Gazette bartender's guides. and
say-what he did to me was plenty.
If he'd only been human being and
confessed he was not next to the mix
I'd have taken something straight. But
I ought to sue him now for the price
of seventeen scotch highballs to get the
taste out of nay mouth.
Science Is Deep One.
"Then there are these Lizzie boys
who wear butter on their hair and a
sacTet bag next their clavicles. If the
science of Mythology consisted OF spin
ming a quarter on the bar, juggling
bar towel and glass and cracking a
piece of ice all at one and the same
time 1 guess some of them would have
to wear asbestos underwear to keep
their medals from melting. They're
warm business in their way, but when
they're getting weighed you'll gener-
ally find someone with his foot on the
scales.
"They all know about the dope sheet
at Saratog-Wa and know who COPIED
the prize waltz medal up at Walhalla
hall Saturday before last, but what
they don't know about gauging gastric
eXciters would fill state fair catalogue
and slop over.
81 don't want to knock the profess
sion, but I'll tell you one thing, there's
a lot of pretenders in this business.
Then again there's a lot of good fellows
who have never had the opportunity of
learning the game right, but who are
perfectly willing to belong. They're the
people we want to get and l guess the
others will be converted too ina short
time"
And This the Curriculum.
From advance reports the curriculum
of the proposed institution will be made
UP something as follows:
Beer-Jerkery = How to keep pipes
clean; the suppression and the elevation
of froth collars and how to put them
on; ratio of weiners allowable to one
schooner; boosting the brewer.
Conceiving cocktails jiggers and jags-