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modernized the simple drinks of our ancestor and the
valuable efforts added to the bright talent of Constante,
have converted the glorious and historic corner into a
refuge of Art and Poetry.
As the modern cocktail is said to be the poetry of
liquor, its essence and fragrance is as that of a subtle
flower. The delicate crystal of the cocktail glasses enables
you to enjoy all the good that exists, leaving the hardship
of daily life forgotten. The scenary is unsurpassed beauty.
Pain is overlooked. Love is sweeter and tenderer. The
COCKTAIL IS SPIRITUALISTIC.
At the beginning of the dry era, noted magazine in
the United States and England wrote, that fortunately for
the present and future generations, the art of the cocktail
would remain, as did ancient culture in Europe during the
invasion of the barbarions, safely revered in its most
sacred temples, viz: The American Bar in Paris, facing
the Grand Opera (at the rear of the cafe de la Paix) and
the Bar Restaurant "La'Florida" in Havana, Cuba.
Today as a eentury ago, erected over the same old
stones of the "Silver Pine" the cocktail Cathedral where
Constante officiates, stands amid the traditional streets
for the delight of good drinkers and continues to be the
gathering place of men and women who can distinguish
the good wines and drink with extasy the essence of a
cocktail. Sweet symbol of a high an elaborate civilization.
"The Silver Pine", "La Florida" cafe —1819-1939—
through the ages always the same. Cocktails, wines, re
freshments, ices, smiles, flirtations, happiness, negotia
tions, love, all of this over the same old stones, facing
the same unchangeable scenary, under the same warm
blue sky.
L. Frau Marsal.
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