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To ... 3 LG7ealsd . to Woilisn .lfieeiaf'"'EBFG32aE'Tc)iiE Inter :" b Those Cities Which The Fayctteville Obcervcr Party Will Vi:it. THE GRAND OPKRA HOUSE, PARIS. i -, The Best Way , to See Europe Unquestionably the way to see Eu rope under the most- favorable cir cumstance! la a Cook tour. The fact that Cook tours are used by those of almost unlimited meant who travel for 'more than the mere social prestige tttat, forelgn; travel gives is indu blatable proof of this. And the wo man who will may have such a trip through Europesix weeks of unal loyed pleasure without the expendi ture of a penny, for a little work of a most congenial sort. Surely such a '.' i "" ". " ': ' -j-..' : prise U worth striving for worth s i your attention, worth your best ef forts; If your'e going In to win It won't be amiss to remark again that your chances of success will be Im measurably .helped by an early start. 8 I - . ! - Jm. J j'TX! NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL, PARIS . by a great dome. Passing through the gateway, up the broad flight of steps and Into the corridor, one faces the portrait of the foundress and real Izes the'sfctent of her work begun long ago In the wilderness.. - ... ,Tbe Church of Notre Dame de.Bon- secoura is perhaps the building most associated w.th this Drst founding of the city. While Joanne Mance, was tending to the bodily' bea.th of the colony,' Marguerite Bourgeois ..was belndlng all her energy loward train ing the minds of the children of the colonist and such Indiana R3 would receive her teachings. ' - -, . 1 While Ml e. Mance labored to found a hospital the sister de Bour geois conceived the Idea of building a church. The devout woman with absolutely no possessions . but her crucifix ' went to Maisonneuve and statedher wljih,'' As 'ground was the only , thing plentiful In the pinched 1 timet, be granted her a tract and the first 'stone crimen wa '.'erected In . ...... ' . , . Montreal.' It was destroyed by fire in 1754 but rebuilt Immediately,, and la now one of the principle meccas for tourists. ' c'ty ,' - - i .After the day Bret in Montreal . the party will go aboard the steamer Ionian, sailing at dai break for Que bec.; 1 " '.. , ". '., .,: -" - .- ,.'- . ' . ' Historic 6t Lawrence RMsr.- t . I . ' ' -The members of th5 party who are early, enough, riser, will have pointed out( Jo them n they steam, down.;tbcv river, on the south -bank of the' St . Lawrence, about twenty miles from. Montreal, a spot known of old as the Casiie Dangerous ot Canada, ; . ; this was an ancient fief granted to' M. De Vercheres at Savoy at ibe dis banding of bis regiment.' The trail ef the Iroquois led . directly through the settlement,, making the situation one of the most perilous in ail New Prance and the, moat liable to des perate attacks from the -savages. ' t, '' Madeline De ..Vercheres,- daughter or the house, made a name for 'her self 'in history, and set. an example tbrthe 'following '.generation .'of French majds, by holding this situa tion for a week under tlege of an In dian' band. i ' ' The father of the house had been summoned to -Quebec, -the mother to A j "'' ' -; -.-( -I v i i ! Ar ... j ' -..-'." ...-tt " , . i 'J : - - - " i ... -. I -: Ml . i M ' . ' -'!: f-'Mi i f- . 1 ..;: ;. J ' - ) ; ". ';- " THE IX)UVRE. PARIS, FRANCE . . ' scarcely to be surpassed In any part of 'the' world.", : ij ' After landing, Quebec wields . a crarm over ' the visitor and weaves a Jt JI,J.....'" "'" WINDSOR' CA3TLE, OFFICIAL PALACE OF ENG BAND'S KINGS. Canada Aniong the Lands Included in Foreign Itinerary Connection of the Quaint Dominion Towns with Old World Make&sFitting Introduction f or Tour of the Mother Countries. ," At a further glimpse Into the won derful awaiting to be revealed ... to them next July, ,wl'l be the candi dates go with us Into the spectacle of an' Old World embodied in a new, Into the two cities on the continent - where, modern progress and modern ideas have only succeeded In lending a new charm to the ways nd customs of past generations? j. y.-' Coming Into Montreal over the Ca nadian Pacific, the party will get Its first view of the broad St .Lawrence and the crowning heights of Mount Royal whence the ' city dories 1W name. Even more than the falls and the shore of the Niagara river Is the ground of this metropolis of Canada historic and threaded with the foot fn nt hproea and colonists dead and gone. i The troublous times of the early life of New France, tne struggles of the new settlers that make thosa-ot our own land see munlmportant, are closely woven around this early land ing place. . History ef Montreal. Montreal is crowded . . with the ghosts of the past four centuries. It Is this connection with . the ; Old. World which, the party will soon visit that makes thesn cities a fitting in troduction tto the . mother coun tries across the sea. The early hlHtory -and life of the ottlomeut ot Montreal were distinct. ly religious. The impulse of nations changes with the centuries. ' The col onisation of New France was the out- come of that religions ea 41181 en" veloped the members of the Roman Catholic 'faith ' during, the Seven teenth" centruy. In those dayt the proper amount of piety would Induce a vision, more or less wonderful, tell ing the penitent his mission in life and his surest road to salvation. At La Flecbe in Anjou, Jermore le Roy er de la Dauverslere was visited by a" spirit who commanded him to spread the faith. .. , Visions Visit French. ' The unknown, unexplored contin ent across the sea seemed to be the proper place to perform, these labors of faith, and Dauverslere set about with ail zeal to Interest- Influential people In his project." : At this time the enthusiastic de votee had a wife and bix aaugiui, and it Is hinted that these young-women Were far more interested ln-the usual amusements and vanities of the imes than in -the areama oi .won father. It Is one of the vagaries of fate that the honorable gentleman never reached the promised land, but stayed t home, probably enduring dally reproaches'of his family circle. ..Jean Jacques Oiler-was visited by a vision at the same time that Dau verslere heard the heavenly voices, and It Is recorded that the two men met fn Paris, embraced without pre vious introduction and the minds of each tecame known te the other. The seed of the settlement of Mon treal was sown, -... . 'Founding of Montreal. At the appointed time the patrons of the enterprise proviued a leader la the person of Maisonneuve, the first governor of the settlement; and easily the most majestic figure of the time. The crude Ilttie Joke about the nselessness of womentwas dlsproven In this early settlement of Montreal. Outdoing the men of the colony In heroism, ministering to them in time Of sickness and caring for the band in general was Jeanne Mance, one 6f the. few women who accompanied the first expedition.- . This French maid gave her Inheritance to her family j and embarked cn a tedious voyage to a wilderness that was In truth howling. , . in the Place D'Armes square, at the present day, la ue monument to Maisonneuve and near; the figure of the gallant soldier is thai of Jeanne Mance .tying up a child's hand. This statue j is a fitting remembrance ot the noble woman who helped to keep aglow (the feeble fires of hope, and who founded Dne of the greatest of Montreal's Institutions, the Hotel Dleu, or hospital. . f ' Today this Hotel Dleu Is a spacious pile ot some buildings surmounted Heart Rests In Chapel. j - Since the party is composed ot wo- J men, the shrines sacred to their kind ! must needs have the deepest Inter est. Among the mothers of Montreal Judith De Breso'.es can not be for gotten. She was one of the pupils and firm belloverB In the work of Jeanne Mance and carried out the wishes ofthat saint 'after her'death. ".. Judith De Bresoles developed ft re markable talent for making soups out of almost nothing, 'such as the hungry colonists had , never tasted. Dainty bits to satisfy the most ca pricious appetites were placed before wondering patients,- who ;:' considered their origin nothing less than divine.. "This comes from the infant, Jesus, does It not?" asked a bush ranger, tasting with delight a dish prepared bj Judith's fingers. -I - i . "From him, indeed," She Wplles "Let us thank him altogether.".' ; : , The. heart. Of this" faithful woman, encased -in silver, now rests In ; the chapel of a convent where hev4 long labored' and loved. ' V ,' i' ..',.. Chateau '-a. .Relic r"j ' In the period following the first set tlement the most interesting relic la the Chateau ' De Ramesay. ' This hieteric old pile was built by Claude De Mameiay, in 1705 (governor - of the city In 1703). It has been the headquartera of the besieging armies, of councils of peace and internUonal treaties.- ',.. .-ijx Benjamin Franklin set . up a, print ing press within Its walls and printed The Gazette, which still continues as a Montreal dally paper. 'r The exterior of the chateau some what belies Its ambitious name. It is a long, eevere building, dormer-windowed, with a stone tower at one ex tremity;, and essentlallypart: of the French, element of the cosmopolitan Montreal and the able-bodied men were working in the fields. Nobody was left within the fortifications but two -soldiers, a. few women -and the younger brothers of the girl ' Picturesque 8cenes Unfolded. The siege was raised by a detach ment Of troops from the neighboring towns, nut not until this 14-year-old girl had proven the mettle of the early settlers of New France. ' " In the f early .morning the ' tlrp down the St Lawrence wlU unfold a perfect feast of 'quiet, pastoral loveli ness. : Picturesque villages, each ,with Its , old-fashioned church steeple, quaint farmhouses with the spacious bams of prosperity, dot the banks all the way to Quebec ' The years of strife, of famine and struggle are not so' easily called to mind in the farm ing .districts where the successive seasons of growing things help to smooth over the traces of unhappl nesa and privation, -teaming down the river the' party wflret their first view ot Quebec in the towering mass of Cape Diamond and - perhaps they will be moved to exclaim, as . did eay voyagers: 'hat a peak!" These words in French (Quel bev) gave the town Its name. " 'The scenic beautify of Quebec has been the theme ot general eulogy. The majestic - appearance of Cape supolas and minarets, like those ot an Eastern city, blaring and spark ling in the sun, the loveliness -of, the panorama, the noble' basin like . a sheet of purest silver, In which might rfde with safety a hundred sail of the line, the graceful meandering of the river Sti Charles, the numerous village spires t on- either side of . the St Lawrence, the fertile fields dotted with cottages, the distant - falls of Montmorency, the Point Levis, the lofty range of purple mountains, is spell of the past centuries. It belongB to other times and has preserved that uniqueness which makes it the most interesting cfty on this side of the Atlantic. Impressions of Quebec. The first impression is ot Europe and mediaeval Europe at that. The small, box-like houses in rugged stone or stucco, each bedizened with the owner's favorite color, and those quaint caleshes peculiar to the city Stalls and booths attended by old, wrinkled French women with brown faces and short petticoats and those Immaculate white caps, are the last touch in the charming picture. Up on the main plateau, after leav ing lower town, the party will per- hnnn ha nt ihm mtnrl nf Hftnrv Ward I --r- --.-:.-,--,- ' Beecher, who described the city as a populated cliff, a mighty rock scraped and graded and made to hold houses and castles which by all natural law's ought to slifle off its back. But there they stick, like a bit of history perch ed upon a rock and dried for keeping In this northeast corner of America, a cuirosity that has not its equal in its kind on this side ot the ocean. The pride of modern Quebec is the Dufferin terrace, built at the instiga tion of the Earl of Dufferin and named for him. The terrace is 1,500 feet long, 200 feet above the level ot the river. It forms a part of the fortifications of the town and occupies part of the site ot the old chateau of St. Louis, built by Champlain In 1620. The promenade is enchanting. High above rears the citadel, below the ex panse of the river dotted with every sort of craft, from ocean liner to In dlan canoe; across the water is Levis, with its three immense forts; down the stream is the beautiful Isle d' Or- Montmorency Falls Seen. These falls, were it not for their proximity to Niagara, would attract 1 a great many more pilgrims than they do. They are 100 feet higher than the larger falls and of milky whiteness. A mile farther down are the Natural Steps, carved in the cliff and leading from the narrow shore to the p'alns above. These environs of Quebec have a beauty of their own and would .he visited if the time in the Canadian city allowed. Later, after, darkness has closed down over the river and the tired. party is recounting the sights and pleasures of a day in the city on a rock, the steamer will glide by that . desolate pile, known as the Isj of Demons. Perhaps they will be able to hear the bowling of the beasts that raged around the hut of Mar guerite De Roberval Jn the middle of the Sixteenth century. Left on Island to Die. This unhappy woman was one ot a colony brought to the new world by her uncle. Incensed by her miscon duct, he cast her ashore with an old nurse to perish in the fastnesses. Her lover escaped from the ship and reached the island, determined to die with her. Marguerite was the only ,,-"1 ' t r k'r'-1 ' -.V- '---MM- -f:n?0-;'.M,;- MIK, ;; H !' Siij , j . . el. v Uh I: U f V Vl If ' - All . ..... ...r.-r . , ; TALBOOT H AND CANNONGATE STREETS, EDINBURGH. are the first objects to attract atten tion. Then up the steep, crooked streets to the upper town, all the time get ting farther away from America and things American, or even Eng lish. The market place invariably af tracts the first steps of the tourist, and It Is a genuine hit of Europeanlsm. f I: i i ! ! . i , A ' v ( ; ! l ' r ! I 1 a THRONE ROOM,' FOUNTAJNBBLEAU, FRANCE. ! leans, and over all the calm Canadian sky. . As the Dufferin terrace is built upon an old site, so everything in the city brings to mind some feat of bravery, some important epoch in the history of the nation. Plains of Abraham. The plains of Abraham back of the city was the scene of the last contest between French and English for the possession of the rich colony of Can ada. : Standing on the plains and ooklng down the steep defile, where Wolfe, halt dead from fatigue and disease, led a handful of men to vic tory, this great conflict ' is easily Im agined. , ' ' A ta'l mar'blo shaft now marks the jpot whore Wclfft fell, bearing the in scription,' "Here died Wolfe victorl-ous.".- . ; . . At the toot of the defile is" Wolfe's covef 'the scene of the "landing, 150 years' ago, under cover of da-rkness and the noise of the river, of those few English regiments which were to win the battle on the following day. " The afternoon In old Quebe'9 , over, the party will again embark on the Ionian for Scotland.' In the. long sum mer day there will : be light enough lingering 'over-the water to" make out the Falls ot Montmorency, on the north bank. ' . one of the little colony to survive and after two years and five months on an uninhabited Island she was picked up by a fishing boat and re hired to France. Past the innumerable islands of the St. Lawrence, each with its history as astounding or pathetic as that of the Isle of Demons, the good ship will glide Into the Atlantic to begin the Journey across unfathomed . wat ers, and the party will enter upon that most restful of vacations, a week on the ocean. . . " ' . -. ,i
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