Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1912-03-16

I There is reason. Those thousands
OF tourists spend lots of money, moi
solely because the goods purchased
are any cheaper or better in quality
than at home, but because they coms
from beneath foreign flag.
Shopping in Canada nowadays Il
not as productive of gain as 1t used tc
be before our customs laws became
SO strict. We now are allowed tc
bring back 800 worth of wearing ap
parel, and In some cases we pay more
and in others less. The ladies' most
ly stock up with laces. furs. gloves.
and handkerchiefs, while the men
take advantage OF the good quality OF
cloth to be secured. 1t is thus thai
one can get the best grades of wor.
steds and cheviots and Scotch plaids
the product of English and Scotch
mills, for price that would be asked
for the lowest grade of American
cloths. but the tailors In Quebec don't
seem to have yet acquired the grace
full cuts Lracticed by their American
cousins
Quebec Is a town that, like many OF
the ancient class, boasts OF two sec
tions, the old and the new. Id the
new section there Ia one of the great
est and finest hotels In Canada, that
sits directly on the bluff and gives It's
guests and visitors view up and
down the wide valley of the ST. Law
renee for distance Of thirty miles
1t is from this point that the rubber
neck" electric cars start every two
n t.~l,k
seers over complete circuit through
out the city and suburbs while the
guide, megaphones the points of In
terest.
The city, In fact Is divided into an
upper and lower town. Down at the
base of the bluff the cars run beside
the river passing the docks and ware
houses, big wholesale stores that
abound with groceries, hams. smoked
beef. and ships stores, the manufac.
turing plants. and finally through the
dwelling quarter of the working class
Up on the bluff they take in the pub
lie buildings, the citadel, the many re.
igious Institutions. and finally whirl
you out through the pretty little sub
urbs of st. John. st. Louis and st.
Roch's and then on to the Plains Of
Abraham.
That is the historic battlefield where
Wolfe and Montcalm fought for the
possession of Canada. and where a
granite column forty feet high now
stands to the memory OF the former.
Both generals are also memorialized
by sixty-five-foot shaft that rises
from the governors garden. overlook.
ing the st. Lawrence.
Everything in Quebec must have
been built upon the everlasting order
In the early days of the past century.
for the prominent historical marks are
In good state OF preservation
Upon the bluff the city is divided
In the new part OF the town is the
Hotel Chateau Frcntenac standing on
the edge of the bluff and looking out
upon athe great promenade and drive.
way called Dufferin Terrace, This is
a walk; 400 feet9iong and 200 feet
high above the st. Lawrence backed !
by beautiful green bank that slopes |
up to the city level This is Quebec's
social rendezvous on summer evenings |
where the residents and visitors gath |
er to,listen to the concert given by the
military band from the garrison.
Beyond the hotel stands the great
citadel which is often called the Glib
rt.ltar of America Certainly 1t looks I
impregnable. II is regarded as the
most important military post in Amer
lea. covering an area Of about forty |
acres.