The High Class Bartender is of a Different and Superior Metal
“On the night of the great Baltimore fire [1904] no fewer than fifty five downtown bartenders had to be dragged from their posts of duty by the firemen. Some wept piteously; others fought their way back to the ruins; one, I am told, committed suicide.”
“Of saloonkeepers I undertake no defense. But the high class bartender is of a different and superior metal.”
“You will go far among bartenders before you find a scoundrel or a fool.”
The Young Mencken: The Best of His Work, 1973.
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