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the
well-known
confectionery
establishment
of
Harry
Sckauni-
burg.
Here
the
gentlemen
of leisure
will
saunter
in
to
refresîi
themselves
with
a
"Kofignac
High
Bail,"
which
is
exhilarating
and
delicious
in
taste
and
flavor.
Its
inventor
was
once
the
Mayor
of
New
Orléans,
during
the
Ancien
régime,
and
tradition
tells
us
that
Monsieur
le
Maire
was
the
most
popular
officiai
the
Crescent
City
ever
had
;
for
on
afternoons
the
Mayor's
office
was
always
thronged
with
visitors
désirons
of
both
paying
their
respects
to
the
Knightly
Kofignac
and
also
enjoying
one
or
two
of
his
delicious
"Kofignac
s.''
The
day's
work
is
over
in
New
Orléans
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
vmconsciously
i'oilow
the
crowd.
Having
walk-
ed
some
three
blocks,
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T
ou
will
soon
notice
on
the
corner
of
Conti
and
Bourbon,
only
one
block
from
the
old
French
Opéra
House
(where
every
winter
for
years
dating
back
to
ante-bellum
days
the
old
walls
have
re-echoed
with
the
music
of
Grand
Opéra),
r
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
Avith
its
low
ceiling,
playiug
fountains,
and
antique
Spanish
furniture,
with
openings
on
an
old
Spanish
courtyard,
wliere
the
fiowers
fill
the
air
with
intoxicating
aromas.
This
is
the
great
rendezvous
for
both
sexes
who
have
corne
here
to
partake
of
that
refreshing
and
exhilarating
"Suissesse"
for
which
the
Old
Absinthe
House
lias
been
famous
for
over
a
hunclred
years.
This
establishment
has
been
in
the
hands
of
one
family
for
a
century.
The
présent
owner
and
proprietor
of
the
"Old
Absinth
House,"
Don
Félix
Ferrer,
is
the
grandson
of
the
Knightly
Spaniard
of
the
same
name
who
landed
in
the
Colonies,
having
corne
to
the
shores
of
the
New
World
to
escape
the
political
persécutions
of
the
Old.
After
indulging
in
one
or
two
of
thèse
delicious
"Suisses-
ses"
diffused
by
the
courteous
Senor
Félix
Ferrer,
your
appe-
tite
has
been
sharpened
like
a
two-edged
sword,
and
you
will
find
yourself
wiuding
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
eau."
"Vivimus
dum
Vivamus."