| Show TELEGRAMS from New York announce that at last an effort is being made to raise a fund sufficient to complete the pedestal for the Bartoldi Statue of Liberty j Lib-erty Time manner in which New York I I has neglected the matter is a shame and I j a disgrace and shows a want of apprecia I i j ion of art and of generosity Whatever i I may be the merits of the statue i it was uncomplimentary to allow II I I I the citizens of France to have the statue begun and completed and j I ready for presentation and not be ready to receive it and to have it erected but to be wholly indifferent In fact it was more it was disgraceful and a late apology is always a bad amend The I very size of the thing would lend it a dignity dig-nity and majesty whatever might be its faults otherwise A tardy justice is better I bet-ter than no justice but it will be long i before another nation will be willing to show its friendliness for us in the manner France has |
