The Brookhaven leader., 1885-05-28
Bartholdl's "Lioerty."


uent ut modern ant is intended to
rise 22J iCct above the waters OF
New York HarhUr- that is. cousid
cradle higher than the majority of
church stcCpIcs-thC plan including
Il pedestal 100 feet in height. This
OHgIt to- have been completed long
ago, and it was only quite recently
that the contact was given out.
Perhaps it would not have been
given out even so soon, had not
France hcgun to lose patience
Various influential French papers
have been proposing to retain the
statue in Pals, n grand national
hummelshine, the Americans
manifest such lordly indifference to
the magnificent gift. The Parisians
are qGilc enamOred of the statue.
and Il subscription would certainly
be raised with the greatest case in
that city for the purpose of erecting
the PEDESTAL.
The statue Is certainly ono of the
wonders of the modern world "A
bronze TiLaHess more than 100 feet
in stature, holding in one hand q
pharo>, as did The colossus Of
RhodrS,-aUd dladcmcd with stars
ct electric light Once she is piac-
ID upon her pedestal. people will
cr">o tie oceans and continents to
behold her
More beautiful works Of art in.
deed, there must have Eeen-likc
that chryscIrphanline statue AT
Olympus Of Ieus, which made the
Roman PauluS I4milius trcmblc
when he looked upon it; and many
IF thc Greek Colo,Si were no doubt
moe cNquisitely wrought, and cost
no less. The famous nude figure Of
the sun god at Rhodrs-whjch We
now Know did net bc.traddic the
harhor-was l0J feet in height,
wrought also of hrouz"; and. having
been cXccn'cd by Il papil of the
great LyeippuS, must have been
formed according to those wonderful
Iaw>:of ~sthctlCsrrop"rtion which NJ"
modern sculptor has ever thornugh-
- Ia,rnel rTho ctotnrn nfpo1Io.
Athena upon the Acropoli, was only
tf fec, hiyl, i'm, tl,. i.out,.nr ,ho
Gppr. .nrnbab lv txreelcd on,,Lino
winch modern art can rI"ducc; for
it wa. wrorpht in the Golden Ace
Of C,reek scn7nrn,c
In size tbn st,lpn liza. haan ov
rnn,lod Tho A.iai,s b,vo o,.or an,
riy,IlrJ tho O..ciJ,.ni,I r,oo.- if,ot
in o,.,u.l n,,,piiujo to,.;s,,. GOV,
r.n,inn certainly in the ,a.,liv,finn.
If oin,ntic f,nrirs AT Hammond
there is an idol 40 feet in lrn,rI,.
III. circumference nr its hr,zan hn,d
aInna j. ~ foot Ilnt. ,,flnr tb,,,
,bc Rhedian colossus lnioht aIo, 81
no ta,,rn1 cou,rn, In ,Lo pr;,.,,
\ Siora.r ;anoI ,wn hundrnI foo,
in b.i rht la. h,en a,.rrihnd h,
moderp ,r,r.l.r. Rn, tho 2,mon,
even ros,n,sel some st,tuca or mar
hlr nr,r,v a. l,r.r os R,r,l,la,'s
.tatnn If I,r,,zo--v.;,ncss ,Ln
colossal Egurc Of Nero, Nv Xrn-
olorus, 20 feet high. which gave
!hc name Coliseum to the 9rea,
amphithcarrr which i, o,orlookcd
Twcnly-four elephants were employ
ed IN af,er days hy lIadrian to re
move it. The Egyptian colossi, be
ing seated figures mostly. do not
rise to such attitudes; but they were
often 80 or go feet nigh. and the
weight of each OF the colosei known
to Us us the "7tatues of Memnon,'
called by The Arabs Chama. and
lama, has been estimptcl at 2Gll.-
993 pounds The original height OF
Tie Sphinx was only about 30 feet;
but The body Of the monster was III
feet long. OntY an earthquake
could have DESTROYED the statue Of
Ozymaudias. (uow broken off at the
waist, the hirrooIvUhi,s engraved
upon the limb, are So enormous
that ,ran may walk about within
the characters as in dry water
course.
Neither in olistic beauty nor in
actn,l s.zn A,cs HarthnlIi's .tatrr
nxn.ed all o,hnr rolnesol f,1pros--al-
tbonoh if oyertous Nehurho1nazzqr'a
wondprr,,l .tot,,n or oolI which
was 90 frrt !, h.ioht PM the
,ta1ue itself must onlv hn REGARDED
=, n. MINOR ror,i,, If ana nrodi.
y,nue si,rcturo ppdcstal and