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I By ELMO SCOTT WATSON OR 50 years an sized heroic-sized figure of a woman has been standing standing standing stand stand- I F FOR ing high up on a pedestal on a tiny island at the entrance of one of the worlds world's greatest seaports In her upraised hand she holds a torch and with that torch for half a century she has been enlightening enlightening enlightening ening the world For she is Miss Liberty otherwise the Statue of Liberty on Island at the entrance to New York harbor It was on October 28 1886 that she took her stand there On that date occurred the formal dedication dedication dedica dedica- tion of this gift of the people of France to the people of a sister republic The principal address at the dedication was delivered by President Grover Cleveland and thousands of people crowded on to the little island or lined the New York shore nearby to witness the ceremonies On October 28 of this year that historic ceremony will be duplicated du du- duplicated by another and similar one Among the notables who are expected to take talc p part rt in in the 1933 r g a F j Sf r A t her ti al V AUGUSTS AUGUSTE BARTHOLDI re dedication on will be President Roosevelt and the ambassador from France M. M Andre de Laboulaye It is an interesting coincidence I that tha the the dedication address was made by a NewYork New York governor who had become President and that the dedication re-dedication address will be made by another New NewYork NewYork NewYork York governor who now occupies oc oc- occupies the White Mute House Equally Equal Equal- ly significant is the fact that E Edouard de Laboulaye grandfather grandfather grandfather grand grand- father of the present French ambassador made the original suggestion for the presentation of such a statue to the American Ameri Ameri- can people by the people of France The idea for the monument was first broached at a dinner given by M. M Edouard de Laboulaye Laboulaye La La- boulaye at his home near Ver Ver- sailles Among the guests at that dinner were a descendant of Lafayette Lafayette La La- fayette aye te and and F Frederic de ic Au Auguste uste Bartholdi an Alsatian sculptor of Italian descent who had fought under Garibaldi in Italy and was an ardent believer in human liberties liberties lib lib- in all countries His imagination imagination im im- was fired by M. M de Laboulaye's idea of a gift from the people of one republic who had achieved their liberties by fighting for them to the tIle people of another republic who had done the same Bartholdi's Inspiration But no further action was taken on the plan until after the Prussian Franco-Prussian war in which Bartholdi served valiantly for eight months Then he decided to visit the United States As the steamship Compagnie entered New York harbor har har- har harbor bor bar on June 21 1871 and his gaze sweeping the inspiring panorama before him alighted on Island he at once onee visualized upon it a great statue of at Liberty He quickly made a sketch of the proposed statue and during his stay in this country talked enthusiastically enthusiastically en en- of his plan He met President Grant Generals Meade and Sheridan and the poet Longfellow during his stay in this country and found them sympathetic toward the project Upon his return to France he showed his friends the sketch he had made on board ship ship ship-a a giant figure of a woman which he called Liberty Enlightening the World Soon the French were organizing committees to raise money to pay for such a magnificent magnificent magnificent gift to America and Bartholdi Bar Bal Bartholdi was commissioned to make mak the statue The beginning of the campaign to raise the money was celebrated on November 6 1875 by a huge banquet at the Hotel Louvre in Paris Prominent figures fig fig- figures ures in the world of arts letters and politics were present both from the United States and France Among the celebrities there also was Gounod com com- poser of the famous opera Faust who had written a special special cial hymn in honor of the goddess which he announced was to be sung at the operas opera's premiere In the course of the banquet Laboulaye a typical Frenchman climbed to the stage and cried See how much I lov by the Ameri Ameri- cans Even at my great age I mount the platform for them As the project developed an American com committee m i t tee was formed with William M. M Evarts secretary of state as chairman to raise for the foundations foundations foundations and pedestal This added to the being raised by popular popular pop pop- ular subscription in France brought the cost to In 1872 Congress had voted to accept accept ac ac- the gift and in 1877 Island previously used as the site of a fort was wa set aside forthe for forthe forthe the memorial Work on the memorial proceeded proceeded proceeded pro pro- steadily though far from as speedily as the ardent Bartholdi Bartholdi Bartholdi Bar Bar- wished His first small model stood nearly six sL feet high Its dimensions were multiplied by twenty for the final colossal figure Shown at Expositions By opening of the Centennial exposition in 1876 at Philadelphia the project had gained great h d n. n At 1 1 ld 4 t u ea way n ula a Ivor Vv u s I ai all was shown the right forearm of the image with the torch just justas as it was finally installed Many who saw it there wondered if anything so huge could be ever lifted to the height proposed After Alter Af Al- ter the exposition was over the arm was exhibited in Madison Square The head of the statue was exhibited exhibited ex ex- at the Paris exposition of 1878 The following year the subscription sub lists were filled and on July 7 1880 an official letter was addressed to the American committee committee committee com com- in charge of the project on this side of the Atlantic reporting reporting re re- porting on the progress of of the work and the probable date of its completion Steadily the work went on and by October 19 1881 the anniversary anniversary sary of the Battle of Yorktown nil all pieces of the figures figure's framework framework framework frame frame- work and the base were in place in the work rooms in France where it had been visited by more than people When the framework and base were put in place at the French capital capital capi capi- tal Levi P. P Morton American ambassador to France drove the first rivet in it Late in 1883 the work in France was practically completed but the pedestal on island was only partly finished So the figure was placed on exhibition in Paris where it towered over the housetops for months On June 11 1884 Ambassador Morton gave a great dinner to the committee of the French French- American Union under whose direction the work had been done and suggested that formal presentation pres pres- presentation be made on July 4 This was done and the presentation took place in Paris with Ambassador Ambassador Ambassador Am Am- Morton representing the United States and Ferdinand de Lesseps build builder r of the Suez Canal the French A month later the corner stone of the pedestal was laid on Bed Bed- loes loe's Island and in June of the next year it was completed The copper goddess sailed from Toulon Toulon Tou Tou- lon Ion aboard the French vessel her parts packed in According to the program drawn up by Major General Schofield commander of the eastern department of the United States army the formalities included included included in in- military naval and civil parades speeches and invocations invocations invocations patriotic songs and hymns artillery salutes and nations One can imagine Bartholdi's Bartholdi's Bartholdi's Bar- Bar pride when he drew the cords of the huge tricolor and unveiled the statue in the presence presence presence pres pres- ence of President Cleveland and andl l his s cabinet the French delegation delegation delegation tion members of both houses of congress the nations nation's political and military leaders massed troops and a avast vast throng of onlookers on on- lookers Eighth Wonder of World When Count Ferdinand de deLesseps deLesseps deLesseps Lesseps made the speech in Paris in 1884 presenting this statue to the American people he called it the eighth wonder of the world and it is is indeed that For Miss Liberty is two or three feet higher than the famous Colossus of Rhodes Her height from the heel to the top of the torch in the raised arm is feet From the base of the foundation foundation foundation foun foun- dation of the pedestal to the f N rd Yr 3 a ra r 4 t r I r JI- JI y tJ DEDICATION OF TIlE THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN 1886 From Frank Leslie's Weekly boxes The was convoyed across the Atlantic by a n squadron squadron squad squad- ron rOIl of American warships and in inJune inJune inJune June 1885 Miss L Lib Liberty i b e r t y landed on the shores of the New World The assembly of the statue began be be- began gan here in the spring of 1886 and when the statue was dedicated dedicated dedicated dedi dedi- on October 28 of that year the principal address ss was delivered delivered ered by President G r rover o ver Cleveland According to contemporary con can temporary accounts more than a million people witnessed the The little island could not accommodate many of them but the New York shore line was wasa a solid mass of humanity for miles Needless 10 ro say sa Bartholdi accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- companied by Mme Bartholdi and a French delegation headed by Ferdinand de Lesseps were on hand for the ceremony torch the memorial stands 5 feet above sea level This female figure s shown wn in j classic draperies is 35 feet in diameter at the waist The right arm wh which ch holds the beacon is 42 feet long and 12 feet ac across at its greatest thickness Inside S 6 its hollow met metal al shell is a a 1 ladder adder with f which two fifty rungs bv by visitors may climb into the circular gallery which makes the he upper rim of the torch Within the head forty can stand nd persons at once as th the head is 17 feet high from chin to the tip of the cranium wide The and h hands proportionately ands 16 feet ton long and are g the index 8 feet The tablet held fin fingers by left arm of the the e long and 13 feet gOddess goddes 7 inches s is 23 feet fet and 2 feet thick It it V- V has wide vide inscribed inscribe d on it July 4 1770 4 n tern ern Newspaper |