Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03


lection of several relics is the largest in
North America. They are kept in two
large vaults in the sacristy and include
skulls or bones OF more than 400 saints,
beside pieces Of the true cross and crown
| Of thorns. the cradle Of the Child Jesus.
piece OF the rope with which the Saw
| Tor was fogged and a fragment OF the veil
OF the holy mother. which shows a stain
| OF the blood Of her beloved Son. which
| fell upon 1t as she kneeed before the
cross.
No city in America has so many nun
| neries and monasteries, and most of
them are either
Religious schools or homes for
Tne4;+u+;or. the poor and aged.
Ane'i'utiohs. One of the benevolent
institutions is unique. 1t is kept by the
Sisters of Providence, who receive the
children Of widows and feed and teach
them for cents a day. 1t is day
nursery also where workingwomen can
leave their babies to be cared for by
| sweet-faced nuns while they are earning
their living.
The number of churches and the size of
them is surprising. Nearly all of the
Roman Catholic faith. A cathedral of
the Church of England occupies a con-
spicuous place in the center of the city.
and is interesting because number of
battle flags are hung in the chancel,
over the pulpit and the altar and in the
vestry is a beautiful communion service
presented by the late King Edward. The
sexton will tell you that it cost $4,000.
rne best is to tha
starts from the hotel every two hours
and makes a complete tour of the street
| railways, and some distance into the
suburbs. The man with the megaphone
t. of hi obj
! new to Americans. They have a strong
Canadian flavor. Some of the passengers
are amusing, too, and remind one of that
wise observation of the young woman
who said. What queer people you see
when you travel.
We were going through slowly along
one Of the principal streets and passed a
magnificent new church Of st. John the
Baptist. which has only recently been
completed. when a little old lady from
New England. who is hard Of hearing.
| and had been asking the megaphone man
to SAY it again. arose suddenly, rushed
down the aisle and inquired eagerly:
did you say that was a Baptist
mo. madam answered the guide,
politely. 81 said 1t was the Roman
Catholic Church of St. John the Bap-
| list"
"oh. I'm so sorry. You see I belong
| to that denomination. and was feeling
proud that they should have such a
grand church here in this country"
eff you go back. and sit down." said
| the guide, "Ill show you Baptist church
pretty soon, but it won't
| Miniature be as big as that one
cI Later he redeemed his prom
oAuASA. ise and pointed out what
he said was the smallest church In the
| world. a tiny brick edfice. like toy or
! a playhouse church, with frontage of
| only sixteen feet and a depth of fifty
two feet He said it will seat about
one hundred people and belongs to the
Baptist Society of Quebec.
| In the old part of the town the streets
are very narrow and crooked. but no
more so than those of Boston One street
| in the business section is only four feet
wide. Everything is up hill and down.
The ancient city. you know, Is situated
upon lofty promontory where the Saint
Charles river enters the ST. Lawrence.
and the bluffs rise nearly 400 feet above
| the water Around the base of the bluff,
| along the edge of the river, are docks
and warehouses. wholesale stores manu-
! facturies and the dwellings of the work
| ing class On the top Of the bluff are the
public buildings. monasteries. converts.
churches. hospitals and the Chateau
Frontenac which occupies the finest site
up and down the river and the valley
| Of the ST Lawrence for thirty miles.
In front of the hotel is a wide terrace
overlooking the river where the popula-
ton gathers In the evening to listen TO
the music of the military band.
Beyond the hotel along the bluff is the
citadel, an enormous fertilization of ma
sonry which was begun 80 years ago
and upon which from s1o.WNOOO to $780,
900 has been expended. 1t was re-
constructed in 1893 on plans approved by
the Duke Of Wellington at a cost of 500,
100000 and is very expensive luxury to
the Canadian government. because of the
cost of keeping it in repair.
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The old part of the city on the bluff
is Enclosed within a wall built at the
same time as the citadel
City and the best preserved of
w, any ancient city wall that
wall. / have ever seen. Senti-
ment here is expensive also. AS the SER
geant in the citadel said: 1T costs lot
of money to keep it up, but It's heap of
satisfaction
Beyond the walls is the provincial par
lament house. large and stately build
ing of the conventional French school, 1t
contains the legislative chamber. the Of
fees Of the governor and his cabinet. the
courtrooms,, the state library and is
surrounded by an attractive and well
kept garden.
Beyond the parliament house is the
best residence portion of the city, with
many comfortable mansions and sur
prising number of converts. schools and
nunneries. l was told that more than
1000 young women from Canada and the
United States are being educated in those
institutions.
The ancient gates of the wall have been
preserved, and where it has been neces-
sary new ones of monumental proper
tons have been erected by the munich
pality.
Within the walls. near the principal
hotel, is a plain. old-fashioned building
that was occupied for several years by
the Duke of Kent. father Of Queen Vic
toria, when he was in command of the
garrison here, and one of the new gates
cut through the walls was named after
him. His daughter. her majesty the
late queen. contributed literally toward
the cost of construction. and his grand
daughter, the Princess Louise, wife Of the
Marquis of Lorne. not only laid the