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HYLAND a coeducational place of refreshment, for Jules Cheret, the famed poster designer, was commissioned to paint murals, inspired by the Sistine Chapel and the Opera Garnier. The present chairman of Laduree, David Holder, is dedicated to retaining the classic cocktails, pastries and macaroons—not to mention the artistic atmosphere—which gave the house its fame, also transplanting its pleasures to new places; hence, the SoHo locale, a perfect getaway for frenzied shoppers in one of New York's busiest haut commercial arrondissements. While basking in the Laduree garden, who could resist sampling a Marie Antoinette, a heady mixture of tea, grapefruit syrup, strawberry nectar and white grape juice? Then again, a day at the emporia of SoHo might require a stronger tonic: a Manhattan, perhaps, a bracing concoction of Rittenhouse dry whiskey, Cocchi Di Torino