Show GIFT OF AMERICAN WOMEN BRONZE STATUE OF WASHINGTON WASHING-TON UNVEILED IN PaRIS ConsulGeneral Gowdy Made Presentation Presen-tation and French Minister of Foreign For-eign Affairs Accepted it for Franco Paris July 3The ceremonies connected con-nected with the unveIling oC the equestrian eques-trian statue of Washington the gift of association of American women for the presentation of a statue of Washington to France passed oil today to-day according to programme and under un-der favorable circumstances Sousas band was In attendance The United States Embassador Gen Horace Porter Por-ter presided and delivered an address i ConsulGeneral Gowdy made the presentation and the French Minister of Foreign Affairs M Delcassc accepted ac-cepted In behalf of France M Dcl cas G said S The thought of offering Franco a statue of the hero who was the incarnation incar-nation of the virtue of his race could not but go to the heart of his country But It touched It more parllculaiy when coming from the American women wo-men who unite for perfect valor with grace I beg the women of the United States to accept with my respectful homage the piofound thanks of the French nation He whose noble Immobile Im-mobile image hasJust been unveiled may perhaps bo cited as an example for the world but especially to the citizens citi-zens of a democracy I doubt if another an-other could bo found in history who could unite hi the same degree the qualities demanded for the guidance of a free people Tine equestrian statue of Washing ton is in bronze and la about fifteen I feet In height to the top of the head of Washington and from twentytwo to twentythree to the point of the uplifted sword Washington Is I represented repre-sented In full military costume talcing command of the American army at Cambridge July 3 1776 and dedicat ing his sword to the services of his country The pedestal is of molford granite and Knoxvllle marble and Is bout fourteen feet In height and classic In treatment The statue was cast In bronze In New York and the pedestal was executed In the United States The architect la an American and the two sculptors Mr Daniel C French Who modeled line figure of Washington and Mr Edward C Potter who made the horse are both Americans The whole monument therefore Is essen tially American |