New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1927, Page 3

FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1927. TARBES A BASOUE . —— SHRINE OF FRENCH (il -l JOHN A. ANDREWS & CO,, INC. Resort of Thousands at Foot of|{§ { 7\ S SR\ N ‘\\\\}\\“ \ Lotty Pyrences \ Washington, D. C! July 20— Tarbes, recently the center of a de- vastating storm that took heavy toll of property and crops, is the capital of Haute Pyrcnees (upper Pyrenees) province of southern France, and birthplace of Marshal Foch, says a | bulletin from the Washington, D. | C. headquarters of the National | Geographic Society. o “Tarbes is a city of scarcely mlore | than 2,500 inhabitants but bids fair to become a popular shrine. The modest home in which Marshal Foch was born is the object of nu- : k g X merous pllgrimages and few of th f . g \ thousands who annually visit th fl‘ Lourdes Grotto, a short distance { \ ™ / i the southwest, fail to stop in 1 \ ; ; 5 / // // i capital, INT . i Z i, i “Tarbes has often been likened fc ; Venice, Small channels that branch ) itk / off from the Adour river pas = through the town. Their never ceas. ¢ ing murmur as they flow through beautiful parks and gardens, makes the city a beauty spot. Every citizen scems to take pride in Tarbes' at- tractiveness. Everyone who has a |{ few feet of ground about his home plants it in fiuit trees or flowers, | “The Jardin Massey, a thirty-five | - - & : 2 ' 3 £ : . < —— e . - See This acre park in the northern part of | Tarbes was a gift of another ilins- | d.t l i : 2 : trious son, long before city planning C 5 i R # S 2 0 l‘l;ade pmksft a mznicip:\] necessity. redi S 3 o el 3 Su1te On Massey, after whom the park is | 3 S 3 named left Tarbes for Holland as an | Good Here— - e CLiE e 5 Di l l : : L L i h : isplay In humble gardener. He eventually be- | came manager of the Dutch royal | U lt' S e G 3 i : 1 gardens and was later called by the : S : s 2 : 148 ; @ | se It! : - Slama il ® b : : : Our Window The Venice of Southern France. : €€§@§ | French king to Versailles. After | making a fortune at his profession, | he returned to Tarbes and establish- | ed the park which bears his name. | Still another native son of Tarbes is recalled as one visits the museum | und cloister in the park where a bust of Theorhile Gautier is mount- | ed. “The climate of Tarbes is well | adapted for landscaping, and the | rarest of exotic trees grow to largo proportions there. Sesquioas and Himalaylan ccdars vie with one an- other. A Haven For Horse Lovers. “The plain about the Tarbes 1s tertile and verdant. Those fnhabi- | tans who are not employed in| the tanneries, mills, tile works and large government arsenal located | there farm, raisc cattle and tend their vineyards. The snow-clad peaks of the vrenees give the plains a spectacular background. | Pic du Midi de Bigorre, whose bara, | precipitous and rugged heights stand out boldly against the lesser peaks, is plainly visible. “Throughout the country, young colts prance about the field for Tarbes is a haven for horses and horse lovers. Here the TFrench propagate their cavalry —mounts which are kept in immaculate airy quarters and groomed with greatest care. The Haras, as the hreeding | establishment is called, was estab- lished by Napolean in 1806, when he, fearing his fighting horses were Qeteriorating in breed, introduced English and Arabian blood. The mares and celts are boarded on the | various farms, which accourts for the wide distribution of the young cquine ‘aristocrats.” “Tarbes® fairs are noted. Its mar ket days present a memorable pic- ture. Women from the countryside | set up their booths, shaded by gaudy unbrellas, in the Place Maubourget. | 3 A bustling swarm of humanity W h “ J 12 f h K S l L. . R S o Zurges back and forth, some buying, e have in ali—Just of these Karpen Sample Living Room Suites— some just looking. In the morning | e e the place is bare. Not even a let- | 5 tuce leaf can he found as a remind- F“'St come, fi-fst served__ er of the day befor ar-by, sheep y : mules and dorkeys vie for a price. Land of the Basques., “Many of Tarbes' inhabitants are & & Basques, a people whose orogin and S C f scholars. Nor are the Basques them- sely ble to help in the solution. | g 5 . : 3 5 Tomaor. Golnn Erants, 3oors 78 Inch Settee, Massive Club Chair, and Wing Chair—Entire Suite of time or another tried to subjs C(l 0 e —— them, but they remain unto them- | & < % s T Cienenaen maee. - (N Karpenesque Construction, Loose Reversible Cushions. though subjects of the various na- ! . * tions in which they live. Nobody has | bgen able to break their Frenchmen, to the French Pyrences are foreigners, )re Spaniards to those Basques who live on the Spanish side of the | range. “According to Dr. Edwin A.| Grosvenor's ‘The Races of ; Marshal Foch is a typical Basque el 1 i and Ignatius Loyola, founder of | It 1% I the Jesuit order, was a Basque. i | | i It e “Purba, which was near the pres- | i X { L B ent-day Tarbes, was the capital of a | 4 | I | | K - | ! \ (T ) X Roman state. Tarhes Is mentioned | ([ 68 It E { i i 3 ) as a bishopri arly as | }- ] : ) ¥ j century. ater 4 PIECES as a sufferer from the religious war: of the sixteenth century, and as the | ] it S5 % . VN o b o & 4R R . Rl M scene of a victory by Wellington || P ; S R SUI I E ¢ i J i = EXACTLY AS e e e aish I B T $ e i . e R . LR ILLUSTRATED Vance of Toronto Named I8 Pilot for Long Flight T - 5 ey 3 j : o Py London, Ont., July 29 (®—James | r $ Sl SE $ 1. 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