1939 Floridita Cock-tails

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 subtie 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 scenery is unsurpassed beauty. Pain is overlooked. Love sweeter and tenderer. The cocktail is spiritualistic, At the beginning of the dry era noted magazines 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 invasión of the barbarious, safely revered in its most sacred temples, viz: The American Bar in Paris, facing the Gran Opera (at the rear of the cafe de la Paix) and the Bar Restaurant La Florida in Havana, Cuba. Today as a century ago, erected over the same oíd stones of the Silver Pine the cocktail Cathedral where Constante otticiates, stands amid the traditional streets for the delight cf good drinkers and continúes to be the gathering place o men and women who can distinguish the good wines and drink with ecstasy the essence of a cocktail. Sweet symbol ot a high an elabórate civilization. "The Silver Pine", "La Florida" cafe 1819-1939 one century of fine standing. Cocktails, wines, refreshments, i^ces, smiles, flirtations, happiness, negotiations, love, all of this over the sarne oíd stones, facing the same unchangeable scenery, under the same warm, blue sky.

L. Frau.Maksal.

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