The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1885-05-02
Liberty Enlightening the World.

This new Wonder of the World, which is
now beng loaded on the French transport
Isere for shipment to this country, is the
largest statue in the world Some idea of its
magnitude may be obtained from the fact
that forty persons found standing room within
the head. A six-foot man standing ON the
level Of the lips only just reached the eye
brow. While workmen were employed on the
crown of her head they seemed to be making
huge sugar-caldron, and they jumped with
ease in and out of the tip of the nose. Fif-
teen people might sit round the fame of the
torch, which elevation can be reached by a
spiral staircase within the outstretched arm.
The London Daily News, in speaking of it,
says: SIT is out and away the largest statue
of modern times. The Colossus of Rhodes
was nothing to it. 1t could carry the Bra
varia' or the Hermann in its arms. It tow
ers to the skies from the yard of the Rue de
Chazells. where it has been eight years in
construction, and the view from its coronet
sweeps clear of the six-story houses and be-
yond the walls of Paris
The weight of this stupendous statue is 440,-
600 pounds, of which 176, 900 pounds are cop
per and the remainder wrought-iron. 1t is
expected to arrive in New FORK about the
25th of May, where it will be erected on Bed
loe's Island, this being the location selected
for it by Gen. w. 7. Sherman, who was APP
pointed by the President to make the selec-
ton. When placed in position it will loom
up 305 feet above tide-water, the height of the
statue being 1872 feet, that of the pedestal
81 feet, and foundation 81 10 feet.
This imposing statue, higher than the enor-
nous towers of the great Brooklyn Bridge or
the steeple of Trinity Church, which is the
loftiest in the city of New York, higher, in
fact, than any of the colossal statues of anti
quity,-by its rare artistic proportions, as
well as by its stupendous dimensions, will add
another to the Wonders of the World. A
word should be said of its artistic merit. The
pose, stride, and gesture, with its classic face,
are pronounced perfect; the drapery is both
massive and fine, and in some parts is as del
icate and silky in effect as if wrought with
fine chisel on the smallest scale.
The conception and execution of this great
work are due to the great French sculptor, Nj.
Bartholdi, who has devoted eight years of his
life and most of his fortune to this great work,
and whose generous impulses, which must be
on a scale commensurate with this noble work,
prompted him to make such a gift to the
United States. The committee in charge of
the construction of the base and pedestal for
the reception of this great work are in want
of funds for its completion, and have prepared
miniature statuette, an exact counterpart of
the original, six inches in height, the figure
being made of bronze, the pedestal of nickel
silver, which they are now delivering to sub
scribers throughout the United States for the
small sum of 81 each. Aside from its being
a lasting souvenir of this colossal statue, it
will ornament our homes and bear testimony
that we have contributed to the completion
Of one of the grandest works of modern times.
All remittances should be addressed to Rich
ard Butler, Secretary American Committee of
the Statue of Liberty, No. SO Mercer Street,
New York The committee are also prepared
to furnish model, in same metals, twelve
inches in height, at So each, delivered.
We feel assured our people will be only too
eager to testify their grateful sense of the
friendliness of this magnanimous offer on the
part of the French people, and to reciprocate
the kindly and liberal sentiments in which it
originated, by thus aiding in an active prose
eution of the labors that may be required to
give the statute an appropriate base and pc
destal Now is the time to do it. Whoever
wishes to have the honor and pleasure of
contributing to the erection of the grandest
staue of any age, to say nothing of the senti-
ment that should be welcomed and encour-
aged, must act promptly, for the money will
be raised as sure as the sun rises. Every
subscriber sending ST. will be supplied with
miniature counterpart of this great and i'm
perishable statue of 'Liberty Enlightening
the Worldn