The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-31
THE MERRY DAYS IN QUEBEC
4 BLIZzIRD INrRUDES ITSELF IN THB
CARNIV4L PROGRAMME.

| RIch Americans FIrht the Storr, in Furs
| aud BiauEet suits Snowsboers Fuii
| Aberdecn's Family Through the streets
In sleigh merry Dances on skates.
QUEBEC. Jan 3O.--The midwlntcr carnival
| has been enlivened by n furious blizzard that
| has lasted twcnty-!our hours. The snow
| which was hung at the city is now falling
straight down in tho od-fashioned way.
| Strangers are wiling to let that it will cover
| tho houses out ol sight before morning. but
the Inhabitants assert that It will pack down
| on top OK tho oGHr snow which already covers
| the whole Dominion.
The blizzard has proved as lively as any au-
thorized feature Of tho carnival The rich
Americans who are hero have bought furs and
blanket suits and have been out lighting the
storm and getting fun out OF H. though il has
been so severe as to keep most OF the inhabi-
tants indoors. Even tho public sleigh drivers
have been driven of the streets.
Lord and Lady Aberdeen and their titled
children come in tho worst Of the storm and
we're pulled through tho streets in a sleigh by
the snowshoers. The crowds who looked on
we're dressed in all the colors OF tho rainbow.
but the whole multitude turned white before
the strange procession was housed in the
Chateau Frontonac.
Skating went on as usual in the covered rink
and there was plenty OF tobogganing. but the
great show Of tho day was tho fancy dress carr
nlval on skates. Hundreds Of Canadian girls
were out In character costumes, and scores OF
sleigh londs Of pretty women from New York.
Boston. and l'hiladolphls looked on or took
part in picturesque blanket suits. Regular
Iualriles and round DANCES were managed
on skates iay more PRETTY than any dancing
that was over done in slippers.
The reason that FL Canada is working with
one will IT, make the quebec carnival n suc-
cess is worry peculiar. Montreal had been
called tho Carnival city because 40 many midi
winter srrecs had been held there. but Mon-
tIOal has reformed. Tier leading men have de-
clarcd that carntNais do not Jibe with dgnt-
deed they 20 further and say that it Is not
good thing ior city to advertise winter frolics
that depend on snow and ice. They say that
| such course brings n lew pleasure seekers in
winter and keeps away thousands OF persons
who light tottle in this city. The Montresl
methods. and instead Of letting the snow ac-
cumulate in the streets thoy now shovel 10
away as fast as u falls, and actually run cleo
trio cars. when they used to boast that visitors
could stand Oh tho sn@w aud lo9SS
city Of QucGoc has locked and listened
while this has gone on in Montreal. and has
merchants got together last fall and said to
each other: Well. II TOUR or Ave carnivals can
to throw away million dollars in the middle
OF winter W will 20 into tho carnival bust
trcal left OIL. and made up lat purse and
planned a carnival ten times as line as Nom
No think that our Western folks who give
away land for factory sites and who promise
That now settlers ShHll not pay any taxes Tor n
number Of years are very smart. We call them
hus'lers Tut "a person 10 king over tho whole
continent. ike a bird on the wing can see that
two cities in America have combined the art OF
making money with the science Of having fun.
These two cities are New Orleans and Quebec.
the winter capitals Of the continent.
1t ia worth while to tell OF some OF the queer
things that Quebec has done this year. She
tistic devices in Ice and snow. The laughing
carriers. who carry people around under loads
OF Luxurious furs in tho public sleighs. cannot
drive five blocks without coming upon some
fort. or arch. or statue, or pyramid, or palace
built OF ice. snow, or evsrgreens. These in
genious frenchmen have a way OF cutting
blocks OF snow and then playing water upon
them in freezing weather. SO that each block
becomes sllyer-plated with ice. Then they
build the most beautiful things out OF these
Thoy do the same thing with ice. The great
St Lawrence. as mighty as Long Island sound
IN nnpe,arahre; rs a river Oh Grysta! wafer and
block glittsrs with a Greenish hue like an
emerald. They Ind it easy enough to sprinkle
John and he has sodered the blocks Of ice
material into the most beautiful statues.
Three OF them stand infront Of the BasiIica.
tho golden cathedralOt the French Canadians
,s ae Of aya a tRo
OF Champlain, tho founder of Quebec. Num-
Der is Missionary 10 Brcbouef, a scholarly
and treated most sacIlegiousy. They
said to him. You teach baptism; ell We also
baptlIc,' ana they poured Scaluing water un-
dor his shirt You like circumcision. oh p
and thSy cut out rs smfr1 ais ,i, h3u liz
eo Hth Of wo5d under his loot. ''
John has carved these people to the lifs-
and in the middle OF the Jacque- Cartier ward
Of the city he has put solid emerald statue OF
Jacques cartier on top OF a structure Of ever
green, which looks like tho base OF the Eirel
Eut the reader must como to Quebec before
no Fan begin to APPRECIATE what the city has
done. Every leading stOrekeeper has some
peculiar show behind his plate.Glass windows.
Private citizens have stuck rows Of eVergIeens
when you go to tho liquor stores. that are
called clubs in order to boat the excise
law and Lecome club member by ordering
cocktail and signing your name. you have to
pass beneath an arch OF translucent ice OF YER
ma green and OF patriotic red displayed in
real clubs, presided over by Dr. stewart and
CoL MUutizaIn bert arc the most m Oldest placos
in Quebec. They look modest from the out-
side. but each one %! thom Is in fever OF dis
cUs-ion a. to how to entertain Lord and Lady
Aberdeen and tho party which Mrs. John Jacob
Aston Is chapeTonlnS.
go through an initiation, They reach here IN
PullmAntcar-gaS hot as Africa. lThey land in:
side the hiatori, walls and md the streets tull
OF gaudy artIilaTYmen. and women who are
equally rosy, tut IN their checks instead Of in
their costumes The thing that puzzles all the
moniu. while IN" soldiers and women seem
perfectly at easH. They IND out the secret
clothes they own, ana then 20 and buy FUR
cap To cover their cars. and atcttts tor their
OtheT fEb~. i ne Ell.s III 'guNleC wear 81 many
clothes that they actually stand knee deop in
the snow in the crisp but traTiully cold air.
aud are as warm as IL they We're by their
own ilr"sldos. IuT riIS a.o easy 10 get but
the average New Yorker has lcet 50 much
larger than "a French tluadlan's that every
one OF them has To- go shopping Tor his arctics.
When he gets a pair " lit him the storekeeDor
says: ar,
Shall rlyet or, some creepers' They eoss
you two shilling
II il imuos ,tCIe TO walk around Quebec with
out rTDrpcrs. These creeBers look ike the
hinge OF a door with ono end turned up into
many points. one is riYeted under the hollow
Of each foot. They are 90 generally worn that
the wooden fuors OF the churches are all
chewed up hy tho iron teeth that every man
o. woman carries under his or her feet