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tlie
most
fashionable
block
of
this
shopping
boulevard
is
located
the
well-known
confectionery
establishment
of
Harry
Schaum-
burg.
Here
the
gentlemen
of
leisure
will
saunter
in
to
refresh
themselves
with
a
"Rofignac
High
Ball,"
which
is
exhilarating
and
delicious
in
taste
and
flavor.
Its
inventor
was
once
the
Mayor
of
New
Orleans,
during
the
Ancien
regime,
and
tradition
lells
us
that
Monsieur
le
Maire
was
the
most
popular
official
the
Crescent
City
ever
had;
for
on
afternoons
the
Mayor's
office
was
always
thronged
with
visitors
desirous
of
both
paying
their
respects
to
the
Knightly
Roflgnac
and
also
enjoying
one
or
two
of
his
delicious
"Rofignacs."
The
day's
work
is
over
in
New
Orleans
for the
average
business
man
by
five
o'clock
in
the
evening,
and
if
you
will
cross
Canal
Street
and
enter
by
way
of
Bourbon
Street
the
Old
Latin
Quarter
you
will
unconsciously
follow the
crowd.
Having
walked
some
three
blocks,
you
will
soon
notice
on
the
corner
of
Conti
and
Bourbon,
only
one
block
from
the
old
French
Opera
House
(where
every
winter
for
years
dating
back
to
ante-bellum
days
the
old
walls
have
re-echoed
with
the
music
of
(irand
Opera),
an
old
rusty-looking
building
of
Spanish
architecture.
Most
of
the
crowd
seems
to
stop
here
—
in
fact
they
do,
and,
entering
an
old
Spanish
Courtyard,
soon
reach
the
large
room
with
its
low
ceiling,
playing
fountains,
and
antique
Spanish
furniture,
with openings
on
an
old
Spanish
courtyard,
where
the
flowers
fill
the
air
with
intoxicating
aromas.
This
is
the
great
rendezvous
for
both
sexes
who
have
come
here
to
partake
of
that
refreshing
and
exhilarating
"Suis-sesse"
for
which
the
Old
Absinthe
House
has
been
famous
for
over
a
hundred
years.
This
establishment
has
been
in
the
hands
of
one
family
for
a
century.
The
present
owner
and
proprietor
of the
"Old
Ab-
sinth
House,"
Don
Felix
Ferrer,
is
the
grandson
of
the
Knightly
Spaniard
of
the
same
name
who
landed
in
the
Colonies,
having
come
to
the
shores
of
the
New
World
to
e.scape
the
political
persecutions
of
the
Old.
After
indulging
in
one
or
two
of
these
delicious
"Suissesses"
ditt'used
by
the
courteous
Senor
Felix
Ferrer,
your
appetite
has
been
sharpened
like
a
two-edged
sword,
and
you
will find
your-
self
winding
your
way
to
the
restaurant
of
"Madame
Antoine"
to
enjoy
a
"Pompano
au
Gratin."
Whilst
waiting
for
the
waiter
to
serve
it
you
will
call
for
a
"Peychaud
Cocktail,"
another
of
the
delicious
drinks
of
that
Capital
of
Epicures
whose
motto
is
"Life
is
what
we make
it.
Let
us
live
whilst
we
can."
"Vivimus
dum
Vivamus."