The Washington herald., 1915-10-17

self describes as being neat. but moi
goddy." Sometimes the pants are tight
under the arms.
| Once the colonel was travelling
across the continent with a very dis
tinguished and titled person. and oc-
cupied the upper berth in the same
stateroom. The D. and T. p began to
snore like a dustless cleaner. and the
/ colonel, when he could stand IL nc
longer. reached down and gave the
snorer slight pressure under the
chin. The snoring ceased. and a
grumpy voice asked:
! What time is it,
! Col Ham told him ii was 3 o'clock.
Half an hour later the snoring was
louder than before. The colonel
reached down again.
| Whats the natter" growled the
D. and T. p. Cant you lot me Sleep?
| My father used to tell me-" an
| swered the colonel. never to go to
sleep with a lie on my conscience"
Il don't give hang about your
conscience
| We'll. / told you just now it was 3
! o'clock As a matter of fact, it was
3:15."
| "Oh, 60 to -" retorted the D. and
T. P.
In addition to having the distinc-
\ tion OF beinE close to the Montreal
Club. the Bank of Montreal. which is
the third largest in the world. the
Bank Of England and the Bank Of
| France alone outranking it. is unique
! among banks by its cathedral-like in
terror and the huge black marble cor-
umns that make its main office SO i'm
pressive. These pillars are real mar
BILE. No fake about them. Directly
4 ~ ,v.N NIa Nof a1r ro1 At
Notre Dame the pillars are of plaster.
painted to look like marble: that is. a
i near-sighted person in the dim light
of the cathedrars interior might pos
sibly mistake them for marble. No
one else would. It's a rather odd
! commentary on social conditions that
a famous church can stoop to a bad
imitation while a famous bank boasts
the genuine article. The Roman
Catholic Church in Montreal is very
wealthy. too.
All through the province of Quebec
the church has a very strong hold on
the people. Probably in no other sec.
ton of nc world. barring Italy. is :ne
Roman church so firmly intrenched. In
Montreal the population is 10 per c"i.t
French, while in Quebec 30 per cent of
the population is French. These French
Canadians are very devout and sincere
in their religion. no people more so.
Several men in both Montreal and
Quebec who are prominent in affairs and
IN position to know what they are
talking about told me that it was tins
strong religious element in the east
which would make impossible any at
tempt to annex Canada to the United
States. They would be sure to feel that
such an eventuality would lessen the
prestige of their church, and that they
would never consent to- AS the great
bulk of population is in the east. 1t is
practically the church vote which cC!.-
trolls the destinies of the Dominion.
In the western provinces, however.
which Are increasing in population ten
times as rapidly as those in the east
and where there are many thousands IF
Americans. | found that annexation talk
was by no means unfavorably received.
\ few years of hard times and there
would be almost a popular demand f'r
it. In any event. such proposition
cannot be considered seriously for a
good many years to come.
In the last few years new residence
section of Montreal has sprung into eN-
istence and spread itself along the steep
slopes of Westmount. Here street afte-
street, like terraces. has been cut into
the sides of the mountain and handsome
and picturesque houses and villas have
been built along them. The view over
the city and the st. Lawrence is mag
nificent, but the section has its draw
backs. The streets are very steep and
it's no good place to wheel baby car
riages.
To my mind. the most interesting
building in Montreal is the old Chateau
de Ramezay. which is now used for
museum. 1t was built in 17oS. in the
DAYS Of the old aristocratic French
regime. and was the scene Of many his
toric assemblies till 1t passed, in 11io,
into the hands of the Compagnie des
Indies. and became the center of the fur
trade. In 17SS it again became the gov
ernor's residence. British by this time,
and remained so for a hundred years,
with the interval of 1775-6. when it was
the Headquarters of the Continental Con-
gress. Here Benjamin Franklin tried to
persuade the Canadians to forsake the
British flag. and the printing press he
the house.
From Montreal to Quebec is just five
hours by train. the track passing through
country which is almost entirely French.
with white houses and long strips OF
farms characteristic Of Canada. When
ever a French-Canadian cuts up field
he always does 1t so that the resultant
fields each have frontage on a road
or a river The rivers are used as high
ways In consequence the farms are all
shaped like bowling alleys. Some seem
TO be about a hundred feet wide and
mile long.
I suppose Quebec Is the most pictures
que city in North America I'll not at
tempt to describe it. There are plenty
of guide books containing full accounts.
I can only say that any one nowadays
who started to build city on such
rock would be put in an insane asylum.
Nv first thought concerning Quebec |
was that / should hate to be a horse |
there They have terribly hard time of
It, From your window in the Chateau
or from the broad plank-covered ter
race you get a superb view. Beneath |
you are clustered the sag-roofed houses |
of the lower town. a veritable bit of Nor |
with quaint dormer windows.