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Show zions :wmm- Pen Pictures of the Bartenders of the Modem City By the Great Salt Lake, TBEIS MODES 01 DOING BUSINESS, Two Classes, One Genial, Good Natured and Gay, the Others Surly and 111 Mannered, - -y OW ninny of the readers of I Tiik Times are in the I habit of going out occa-I occa-I nioiially and indulging in a "quiet smile?" There I are a few of you, now tiro I thero uot Well, did you 1 ever notice the habits, the X. nianners, the customs of the muiiff man who serves you with your X beverage? You haven't? Well, i ', vou arc not as much of a student if human nature as is the mixologist jrho waits upon you, for he has studiod '"it'is part of a bartender's business to itmly character, because if you Undone rho does not vou will notice that he is mm) tilted for a deck hand than ho is or presiding in a saloon. He must now how to please every one, must uo-miint uo-miint himself with all their little inns and foibles, and at all hum studv to please. Ho must K tho kind "of mau that when you visit is place tho first timo. that the treat-ni'Dt treat-ni'Dt you receive will iuduco you to rmo b'ack the second. The mixologists of bait Lake, as a ile arc a very pleasant lot of pooplo. ) course there are exemptions to every, iile. Even the twelve apostles had u mils. IJut the men of Zion who com-,iuii(l com-,iuii(l the soothing mint julep or the eiluctivo cocktail, or who set before mir thirsty gaze the foaming tankard ! beer, are a royal lot of men, with the invisiou aforesaid. Down on Main street Is a hicu where one has to walk own stairs to obtain what is desired, lie presiding genius is a jolly, fat. .oil natured specimen of tho genus urao, always ready to crack a joke, mi wander in aud call for something. , hili! he is preparing it he sizes you p. If you are a stranger it is dollars i doughnuts that before you leave he ill know where you came from and hcthcr you are going to remain or A. Then he will ask you lo "tako miethhig with him" and you will re-prosaic, re-prosaic, and when you get ready to j veil will feel that there is in this i Mi-Id one mau at least that yod w ill ' ill on again. Now, don't imagine that you are go- I gout intoxicated. Far from it. That ) mild be unprofessional, not only on mr pari, hut on the bartender's. He mild regret it just as much as you tmhl when you woke up next morn-' ir. He is not there to get pecple in-. Vicalcd. The affability which is represented the gentleman mentioned is but a uiple of that displayed by nearly cry one of the- profession in Salt ,ke. tv the movement of tho man him! the bar one can lell ibidi'iable about tho town ho is in, .iu evidence of this watch tlie next ii' vou notice a stranger going up for If little drink. lt"s tell to one tho lp urbwVjboiilc'Hi set otuV for: Jjisi use. vmi lJnow the reason why? It's bouse bo-use Salt Lake has a majority of gen men who possess Kentucky ideas, icy don't lake any sugar in theirs. . Vud while Zion is no worse Ihan any II ier town as regards drinking, who'n I i'-hli'iit here dues "wet his whistle." dampens it up with .something last-hit last-hit to ii tiiru to the bartenders. ot far from a large dry goods house Main steeet, at one of the leading I'ons. is a bartender whose hair has mged from ebon to silver. He is one he best in the city, and is. to quote a ( expression," a -dandy" in mixed i k. Do you want a cocktail? ie at him as lie puts .it up. There ft he the ea;t proportion of , rythiiig. The "jigger' of whis- mm not contain a drop too i -1; or a drop too little. If vou want i M,la l'urtion of absinthe, lio knows now much you want and can tell when the dose is too "stiff" for , If you want a gin fW.x ho can tell .Hist when to drink it in order to te proper effect, and whilo work- apparently slow, ho will do just as i Ii business in a day as will his dap-w dap-w v'Hiiig sale partner who is also one ii1 leaders in the business. It t on East First South is another p, ' who is worthy of mention. , H also particular. Do you ' beery Your glass is put k vou with the froth carefully -utk' oil with a paper knife, ifc 1 ls 'v,'111 .Von are likely to soill some 1 '.""'clothes if it is not. This man, a genial soul. lie always has a story to tell you and whilo vou " Ins place life is all right with wo are others de-nerving of men-llf men-llf ; f , ft?1" Neman who works at the "1 a leading hotel is one. His forto " ' Mhness. Not a speck of dirt is to uij wicro. me glasses are illtf JUil, the bottles free ' ''""t while the bar tow-; tow-; snowy white. His place J a good trade because ho too is If iimv r mlhor hotcl I'ai-tender, but ill w ihflerent. He also is in a lead-i lead-i a h(i doesn't care a conti-whether conti-whether he sells you anything or M 'Mki "wt'H lwvc?'? as fll ,vrfwere a servant of his in-uiv in-uiv oi the conditions being reversed. Jon gut it he looks at you as , ; f PPected yon to buy his vMoc'k before leaving, j He -?J,)l1.1' . '"ouey as if 'fearing )ure trying t0 work off a conn- i '''"''"e will die, ' i . , hol!se wiU pet a good man "J" ,n i T,pnetor wonder what beu tue sudden advance in busi- 3eT if?ti,S a?i)lher one who doesn't be-io be-io t ie lust class. He came from & I l' no "ne knows where. He i In :vou ask tor appolinaris on O" .;, ' st't.,l) P!aiu water, and if you ,L ,V1" "H you, -you will ,"7 nofl-ing." If you want U i 'lti.it wlien J'ou remonstrate ,;l";ii you, -if ve don't like me n,Cal!P,S01ue otlier Place." I U1,K ''Idie.oh, no; the sheriff fl i m,t y.seli the man he ia work- Ui -vhat tne latter wo'1- ' uul we deuce made times so j I ruT-t a few of the bartenders ire' ' Caa yu 8uess who ?A. -' ' |
