Most men are the quintessence of propriety in front of bar girls, as today the latter are taking the place of bartenders the world over, but among a certain number of men the theory exists that sitting dawn 1 bar leaves no other alternative but to firt with the girls behind it. The saddest phase of the bar girl's profession, however, is the ever present need to drink. Not all men are satis-fled if someone keeps them company, conversationally; they must also have someone to drink with them. Characteristically enough, a bar girl must often listen to solemn promises of nding them jobs in offices, uttered by men of the most impressive appearance. If she confesses that she knows nothing of typewriting, shorthand or book-keeping, the guest, in this exalted mood, is invariably fled with the brightest optimism and.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.