The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-28
CARNIVAL WEEK AT QUEBEC
THE QUAINT OLD cI7F TBRT car
AMID IRIS ICE AND sNOW.

A DISABLING Round OF wiutsr Sports ana
Thousands 20 Take Part in Them-Lnrd
sud Lady Aberdeen VIII Join the Mer-
rymshers-CbeaP Fnr~s 60 the cry.
QUEBEC. Jan. 27-The winter carnival at
| Quebec this week is going to bo the most for
| eien and brilliant festivlty 10 America this
winter. Everything is ready for It. The ST
Lawrence il glutted with the leo with which
| the hardyvoya9curs are to battle. and the snow
that waits for the toboRCaners and snow
shoers is deep that you can only see
the church steeples when you look at the city
from across the river. Visitors trunks are
carted round on sleds. tho men In the streets
are muilled up in furs so that they look like
animals in n menaRerie. the house cutters are
frinRed with iciccs and carry such bur
dens OF snow that they seem to be wear
ing night caps. and the women have
put on all the clothes they own. aud would not
know 1t II they were peppered with cannon
balls. They are not the prettiest women In
the world for one reason-that IT, that the
Montreal and Toronto girls are just as pretty.
But they are delicious all the same. They
have the roslest chocks imaginable. aud
skating and snowshoinR have developed their
forms until every girl In Quebec Ia worth s25
week as model In an artists studio. They
are all muscle from the waist down and all
beauty from tho belt upward.
Only one girl from New York has thus far
Wet with these polar beauties She is Miss
Florence Sewell. the prettiest OF Lester Wal.
lacks granddaughter. She camo hero with a
train loud OF New Workers who left the mo-
tropols on Friday evening aud reached here
enrly this afternoon.
They say that from Saratoga to Quebec the
snow covered the surface Of the earth so COM
pletely that all nature looked like the top Of
a wedding cake. The fences and houses
were tho only things in sight until Quebec
was reached. and there the city which has tho
most snow OF any place In America exhibited
little else than church steeples. ice palaces.
ice statues. evergreen arches. relocated SOL
diers. fur burdened sleighs. and rosy-cheeked
girls.
This is Qucbecs first attempt to hold a win
ter carnival. Montreal has had the monopoly
OF that business In Canada, but has given tup
and is contributing money and brains and men
to make this n greater carnival than lever the
Dominion has seen. It will be easy for Quebec
to beat :he best that Montreal has done be-
cause Quebec is the aunintest city on tho con-
tinent. is o walled city, and 10 ancient. pictur-
esaue. and foreign to a degree. The people
have wealth and are expanding 1t with enthu-
SLASH.
seagreen Ice palace. which shines In tho old
city wall like diamond tiara on the head OF
hy s
have spanned the leading streets with LliIel
towers OF FIR and evergreen arches which are
tuaues. blank ct cost.. blanket trousers. snTdy
scarrs. and moccasins They have opened n
Continent. and thus have. redeemed the once
failing reputation % the city in this respect.
morrow by the Mayor. In the absence q lord
Aberdeen. tho Goyernor-General who will
9os ia T the Citadel arATn t sG% tss
prosramme for. Monday includes a, curl:
lee fortress, tho unvcillng of the Ice statues. AN
afternoon. tea 2, ;h9 skating rink. widespread
great river, and tobogGanlng at night.
On Tuesday there Ia a. big programme. II
band music at the Rink. tandem four-in-
hand slciGhinE procosslon, skating races. and
Sva niE E1Ss tnasd%s TsaanG 9Tf
rulers Lord md LAZY Aberdeen. will attend |
nll these functions and spectacles themselves.
mTaSa 81 Tie eSsos
who arc too aristocratic and n4nsensIcal to ap-
On Wednesday all slides will 10 used. also /
skating, curling, and bowling. The ROYAL Ar |
sports on snow shoes. There will he nm after |
noon tea on skates and a tug oil war among |
Last Of ali will be- the grand ball by the cIti-
zens In honor oil lord aud Lady Aberdeen who |
titled Estate Statesmen Officials. and Celebrities Of
tho Dominion,
On Thursday the troops Of Canada will driu
In winter accoutreme nts and on Snowshoes on |
the historic Plains OF Abraham.
Afterward the hardy canoemen Of the 81.
Lawrence will battle with the floating ice in
the river in their canoes. There will DO n
grand street ma geent. manned by snowsh0ers.
athletes. soldiers, and genuine Indians OF tho
Huron and mountain tribes Skating. tobog-
gaming. SHOWS oeing. band concerts, = hockey
match. and fancy dress masquerade will MI
out tho day.
Friday and Saturday. the last two days Of the
carnival. repeat all I'll at has gone before. There
will be a special event In every two hours OF
each day. Friday will he distinguished by the
attempt Of 1900 men on snowshoes to capture
he great Ice fortress.
Great crowds are expectal. All tho Cana
dian. New England. and New York railroads
have reduced their rates OF fare by ono half
a md all Canada II holping its most ancient
capital to make the carnival o success.
Braham Not a NJ din:or.