phies of captured guns
and machines of war, could only press forward by fits and starts. At
one time it seemed impossible that the veterans would ever get through
the pack of citizens, and word was given that the march had been
postponed. But by slow degrees the column forced a way to the Art
Gallery, and gave the Prince the salute amid enthusiasm that must
remain memorable even in Montreal's long history of splendid memories.

III

Montreal had set to excel itself as a host, and every moment of the
Prince's days was brilliantly filled. There were vivid receptions and
splendid dances at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the big and comfortable
Hotel Windsor. Montreal is the centre of most things in Canada; in it
are the head offices of the great railways and the great newspapers and
the leading financial and commercial concerns. The big men who control
these industries are hospitable with a large gesture. In the hands of
these men, not only the Prince, but the members of his entourage had a
royal time.

Personally, though I found Montreal a delightful city, a city of
vividness and vivacity, I was, in one sense, not sorry to leave it, for
I felt myself rapidly disintegrating under the kindnesses showered upon
us.

This kindness had its valuable experience: it brought us into contact
with many of the men who are helping to mould the future of Canada. We
met such capable minds as those who are responsible for the
organization of such great companies as the Canadian Pacific and the
Grand Trunk Railways. We met many of the great and brilliant newspaper
men, such as Senator White, of the _Montreal Gazette_, who with his
exceedingly able right-hand man, Major John Bassett, was our good
friend always and our host many times. All these men are undoubtedly
forces in the future of Canada. We were able to get from them a juster
estimate of Canada, her prospects and her potentialities, than we could
have obtained by our unaided observation. And, more, we got from
contact with such men as these an appreciation of the splendid
qualities that make the Canadian citizen so definite a force in the
present and future of the world.

IV

During his stay in Montreal the Prince was brought in contact with
every phase of civic life. On Wednesday, October 29th, he went by
train through the outlying townships on Montreal Island, calling at the
quaint and beautifully decorated villages of the habitants, that
usually bear the name