New Britain herald., 1929-08-03
NANCY RECOVERING !. FROM WAR WOUNDS
French City to Resume Passion
 Play This Summer

Washington. Aug 3 - Nancy, France. which still bears scars ot he famous battle of Nancy of tlc World war is resuming La Passion a Nancy (The Nancy Passion PlaD this summer. says bulletin from the Washington. D. (. headquarters of the National Geographical so clety.
 Nancy, with more than 100000 in habitants, is an important junction point of railroads running from Paris eastward and from northern Europe to the Mediterranean. It liesdue cast of Paris about the same distance as New York city is from Washington, D. C.
 Nancy began it's long, eventfui history as the site Of the palace Of the dukes of Lorraine in the 12th century, but the traveller is not long in the French city before he l1 aware that Stanislas Lcczinski, for mer king of Poland and fatherin- law of Louis XIV, was the moving spirit in developing the city. The taxi cabs from the railroad swing into the Rue Stanislas, a wide thor cughfare which nearly bisects Nancy. Near the center of the city the thor Stanislas, an old arched gateway, ougnfare passes under the Porte and, several blocks beyond, termin- ates at Stani5ias square where a bronze statue of the duke reposcs.
 "Nancyites' and some travellers aver that the square is one of the most beautiful iii Eurore. In two corners monumental fountains pla / while here and there are gateways and balconies O. grill work by artists Of the 18th century. The square is surrounded by a theater buildins q military club, the Grand hotel, and | lAe Hotel de Vile. The latter now IS combination museum and art gal l lcry. Its railways are hung With paintings by leading European ar lists, and in some of it's rooms are | displayed tapestries, furniture. glass work and statuary that have figured in Nancy's history
 "Within a stones throw of thc square, the traveller passes througi the Nancy Arc de Triomphe and ilt- q maze of narrow winding streets which pass buildings that were ole when Jamestown. Virginia, was first settled. This portion of the city Was once surrounded by high wall, O. which only few gates remain. A one of these gates Charles the Bol, perished when he attempted to takt the city.
 Near inc site of the old northcas wall, the Place de la Carriere is on, of the old towns few open spaces The Place is entered through thu Arc de Triomphc. Just inside ol
 ,he right is the palace of justice. A
 the other end of the opening at
 ;he government palace and the duca
 palace the latter dating three year
 before the discovery of America.
 The Promenade de la Pepiniere, large parkway bordering the ol,
 town on the northeast, is anothe
 feature of the city that owes it's eX
 istence 10 Stanislas, and is but on
 ol many Sildutu SpolS NllfIt ll
 people of Nancy spend summer eve
 nings. The botanical gardens can b
 reached in few minutes walk iron
 the Promenade while the Cours Leo rold, a narrow parkway on tn southwest of the old city, runs tn length of the old wall site.
 Nancy owes much of It's develop
 nent to the railroad junction, bu throughout the city there are tc 0acco factories and textile an weaving mills. Each year the uni
 versity and numerous schools of tn
 city, as well as the Nancy Therma
 whose waters are sought by sufferer , from rheumatism gout and arthriti i, bring many visitors.
 . Wherever the traveller may fin [ himself in Nancy. he is seldom ou Of sight of church tower ( >teeple. The guide points out tn ! cdifice as the place where Mari , Antoinette once prayed at tho alta 1 end that edifcc as the place of bul
 ial of an important member of
 European royal family, In the san, , tone, he points out the st. Epvl ! church ir the old town as tho si' of church. in the tower Of whic
 100 Burgundian officers were hangc