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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 historie córner 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
yon to enjoy all the good that exists, leaving the hardship
of daily hfe forgotten. The scenary is unsurpassed beauty.
rain is overlocked. Love is sweeter and tenderer. The
COCKTAIL IS SPIRITUALISTIC.
At the beginning of the dry era, noted magazines in
tne 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
invasión 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.
erected over the same oíd
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Cathedral where
onstante officiates, stands amid the traditional streets
aafhil® '^^''Sht of good drinkers and continúes to be the
^ place of men and women who can distinguish
cockf^n
with extasy the essence of a
ktail. Sweet symbol of a high an elabórat civilization.
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Florida" cafe -1819-1939—
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Cocktails, wines, re-
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ílirtations, happiness, negotia-
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°ver the same oíd stones, facing
bíue s^^ unchangeable scenary, under the same warm
L. Frau Marsal.