BARMAIDS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1887, 13 January 1885, Page 2

BARMAIDS.

While English institutions are becoming Americanised,-", the "St James' Gazette" remarks, Americfin institutions appear to be gradually becoming Anglicised. The. British barmaid has lately been introduced into New York, and promises by all. accounts to be a decided success, Tho predit of tho notion is duo to the enterprising pfoprjetpr qf a liquor saloon in this city, who obtained four 'genuine English barmaids' from this Bide of the tho Atlantic with the view of adding to the attractions to his establishment. The system has only just como into operation; but the result,it js stated, is so satisfactory that the custom ia about tojbe generaley followed in the. Broadway saloons up town, Tho four imported barmaids are. tho objects uf much curiosity, mingled with admiration. They aro described as boing all- square-shouldered, erect and pleasant young women,' who smile upon tho customers with discrimination and comport themselves with tho dignity becoming.the position they occupy. The only drawback to the triumph they achieved on ,the first oveningofthe employment was their profound ignorance of American drinks, The saloon in question received tho patronago of the audiences of several theatres, and it is necessary for the customers to bo waited on rapidly. In their attempts to concoct the required mixtures tho barmaids made some painful mistakes It is howevey, confidently expeoteij that, with a little experience, they will soon overcqmo their difficulties in this respect; and so much interest is felt in the experiment, that even tho most nauseous compounds are swallowed by the frequenters of the saloon with imperturbgood humour,