Hundreds of snow-shoers, in their rainbow-hued blanket suits,
advanced in line on the castle and fired thousands of Roman
candles at their objective, which returned the fire with rockets
innumerable, and an elaborate display of fireworks, burning
continually Bengal lights of various colours within its
translucent walls, and spouting gold and silver rain on its
assailants. It really was a gorgeous feast of colour for the eye,
a most entrancing spectacle, with all this polychrome glow seen
against the dead-white field of snow which covered Dominion
Square, in the crystal clearness of a Canadian winter night, with
the thermometer down anywhere.
Another annual feature of the Carnival was the great fancy-dress
skating fete in the covered rink. The Victoria Rink at Montreal is
a huge building, and was profusely decorated for the occasion with
the usual flags, wreaths of artificial foliage, and coloured
lamps. An American sculptor had modelled six colossal groups of
statuary out of wet snow, and these were ranged down either side
of the rink. As they froze, they took on the appearance and
texture of white marble, and were very effective.
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