in    three    seats.
 

CHAPTER HI
 

Sad Effects of Cash Registers on Bar Keeps -
The Cat's Meat Man - The Wooden Cigar Store
Indian - "Regular Dinner 25c" - Ticket Scalpers -
Wine Openers - Anthony Comstock
 

ALONG with other Vanishing Americans is our friend
-^^ the old time barkeeper with the immaculate white
apron and the friendly smile as he asked "What's yours,
gents ?" Although it is the general impression that the
downfall of that once imposing figure in local commerce,
dates from the passage of the 18th Amendment, this im¬
pression is not altogether accurate. As long ago as the
middle Eighties the decline and fall of this wholly
native and admirable artist was foreca.st by the auguries

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