Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-10-06
M oNTREAL, P. O., Oct This city is
III rapidly acquiring popularity with

| AV - visitors from the states. More
Americans than usual are here and tney are
coming from greater distances. Their ap-
probation of Montreal is not so much due
to it's being picturesque old metropolis and
the fifth city Of North America of which
fact Montreal> is not little proud. 1t is
chiefly prohibition which Is sending the extra
visitors and which is bringing Montreal into
fame as the second most cheerful place in the
western hemisphere-Havana, of course, De-
| ing the first.
| Last wear Montreal was even more cheer
full than it now is. Then liquor was not re-
stricted to beer and Wines and Montreal en-
tertained one convention after another, until
it threatened to become the convention CEN
| fer of the continent. But even now, with the
province of Quebec limited as to variety OF
drinks, it Is an oasis In DESERT ONTARIO
next door, being quite dry.
| It is said that Montreal will take adVan-
tage of it's popularity to revive It's Sports
neglected since the war, when 3o,OOO OF lts
Young men departed to the front, and that 1t
will try to become a winter resort. me Nloh-
trea1ers insist that their section Of the coun-
| try is not land of chattering teeth in winter,
but an ideal, bracing climate. Five or ten
below zero, they claim, marks the depth or
the average cold winter day, and from this
level the thermometer rises some ten or III
teen degrees in the middle of the day. 1t is
a dry cold, with little humidity to make the
chill penetrating. Montreal is not the only
Canadian city that would like to make winter
sports the fashion and itself the Lucerne OF
America But with its special attractions for
Americans, Montreal is the most favorably
situated just now. If any Canadian city can
do it, Montreal should be able to start a fad
Of skiing, ice yachting and sleighing among
the first families of the United States.
Montreal, however, is not dependent on
either liquor or the air castle of winter
sport trade for its prosperity. It Is, among
various other things center of the fur trade,
and stronghold of the convent school bust
ness, where the best French accents come
from.
The fur houses are down near the wharves.
Tall warehouses make canyons of the mar
row, dingy streets. A big building here and
there displays q few furs a perfunctory
sign, but mostly there are only the names OF
the companies for advertising. The buyers
know their territory.
The Fur Section
To find the furs you have to go upstairs
in one Of these big wholesale houses, where
the buyers for the retail trade do business
A long room Is lined on one side with deep
racks Of expensive furs. protected, and d.
vided into cupboards, by red velvet curtains
On the other side the length of the room
Is divided into alcoves with partitions reach
ng nearly to the ceiling. Each alcove has its
gray wicker chair and table, where buyer
can sit unobserved by the others and note
the styles he wishes to purchase. Between
the buyers and the racks of dark furs, the
models parade, tWlrlng ana slOuchlng to
show off the silky richness of the costly mink.
sable and seal.
Furs from all over Canada pour into Mon
treal and from here are scattered abroad
Some pieces comparatively few in the bulk
Of the trade are carried to the United States
by feminine visitors to Canada. The rate Of
exchange is an attraction, and then. too, there
are said to be alluring bargains in furs here,
especially down in the wholesale district,
The products OF the convent schools are as
interesting to stranger as furs. Outside
of school hours little bands OF convent school
children can be seen walking sedately along
the Streets sometimes with black or brown
robed sister in charge. The girls wear a
black uniform with high neck and long sleeves
and generally with some sort of stiff white
collar and cuffs The unusual feature Of the
costume Is that II apparently imposes no re-
strictions on the sort Of hat that may be worn,
and the combination of row of somber black
lresses stopped by bobbing hats wreathed with
daisies, forget-me-nots or gay streamers OF
pink and blue ribbon is striking.
| There are great many Of the converts
Montreal is city of institutions. There are
innumerable great gray stone piles-hospitals
monasteries asylums schools-nearly all
under the direction of some churchly organi-
cation and nearly all French.
| When you consider that four-fifths of Mon