This week-and marks the celebration by all good French-Canadiane of, the feast of their patron saint, St. Jean Baptiste. The actual date is June 24, but as_ it falls on a Sunday this year, the 25th will be observed rather widely as a holiday in Quebec province. With the actual celebration will be linked up the facts that 1934 marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the St. Jean" Baptiste ty, the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city of Trois Rivieres, and the 400th anniversary of the Ianding of Jacques Cartier.
The largest public spectacle will be the parade in Montreal to-morrow afternoon, in addition to which almost every town and village will have own celebration. The parade has become an annual feature of Mon-_ treal life, and since it was cancelled last year for financial reasons it will [be of added interest to-morrow. Thousands will take pact in the procession, and there will be nearly 100 floats. The central theme will be the arrival, of Jacques Cartier. and the life end struggles of the early colonists.
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