Word: sazerac
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...Absinthe is not as bad as it is painted," said Mr. Higgins last week. "In the old Sazerac Bar on Royal Street I have seen the same men come in every day between 4 p. m. and dinner time, for years. They ordered absinthe frappe, a long cold drink you can sip while you sit and read your afternoon paper or talk with friends. There were scores of men who always took that one drink a day before dinner, and who I never saw take two drinks of absinthe the same...
Under President Taft who was fond of Sazerac cocktails containing absinthe, as was President Harding, absinthe was outlawed throughout the U. S. by Decision No. 147 under the Pure Food & Drugs Decision of 1912, remains outlawed today despite Repeal...