| Price. | |||
| Curaçao Fokyn, | unmixed, | 60 | |
| Maraschino, | " | 60 | |
| Kümmel, | " | 30 | |
| Kirschwasser, | " | 50 | |
| Chartreuse, | " (yellow or green,). | 60 or 80 | |
| Anisette, with seltzer, | 80 | ||
| Menthe, (Peppermint,) unmixed, or with seltzer, | 50 | ||
| Mazagran, or goblet of black coffee, with water, | 40 | ||
| Café noir, | or small cup of black coffee, | 35 | |
| " | with Cognac, | 50 | |
| Limonade gazeuse, | 40 | ||
| Bière, bock or ordinaire, | 30 | ||
Later in the evening, the ices come into play; returning from concert or promenade, one can choose from the following to recruit the wasted frame:
| Price. | ||
| Sorbet | au Kirsch, | 80 |
| " | " Rhum, | 80 |
| " | " Maraschino, | 80 |
| Bavaroise | au lait, | 60 |
| " | à la vanille, | 70 |
| " | au chocolat, | 70 |
| Glace vanille or other flavors, | 50 and 75 | |
| Café glacé, | 50 | |
| Grock or Punsch. | 60 | |
And last, the inevitable
| Eau sucrée, with orange-flower, | 35 |
The above sketchy division may perhaps add to the visitor's alien interest in Continental café-life, showing something of its system and rationale. These elaborate and varied concoctions, noxious and innoxious, are not, it must be understood, tossed off in the frenzied instantaneity of the American mode; before a tiny glassful of Curaçao or sugar and water, the Gallic "knight of the round table" will sit for hours in utter content, reading the papers, talking, smoking, or clicking the inoffensive domino. Intoxication is almost unknown in the better cafés; their patrons may sear their oesophagi with hot Chartreuse, derange the nerves with Absinthe, stimulate themselves hourly with their little cups of black coffee and brandy; but they never get drunk. Frenchmen are temperate, even in their intemperance. An English gin-mill and probably an American bar causes more besotment than a dozen French cafés.