Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-16

Pulitzer and my husband were the greatest
friends" she explained. And have moth
ing but the best of memories OF Mr.. Pulitzer.
II was when we were moving from the Rue
VaYin. Mr.. Pulitzer was In a hurry. and
Bartholdi. who never cared for money. said:
There's a clock that Is liable to be slowl'
No. II was the fault of time: but. really. Mr..
Pulitzer was In unusual hurry"
The clock" is gigantic group. now
standing In the clay model on the ground
floor OF the Bartholdi studio, and designed
to be ultimately cast in bronze.
Hold an Immense Globe.
Three figures hold an immense globe on
hight is the earth. Work Is a bearded
male adult with a hammer books and a
gwheel. Patriotism" is a youth draw
Ing sword and hourishing flag, and Jus
tice'' is the lady herself holding alift her
justly celebrated scales.
They are the supports of the world ac-
cordng to the ideas of Mr.. Pulitzer; be-
cause 1t was Mr.. Pulitzer himself who con-
celved the thing-Rnd gave the specific COM
mission 20 BarthoIdl for execution.
AS madame told me. the two men had been
great friends ever since Barthoidfs sojourn
in New York in 1856. previous to the In
auguration of the Liberty in New York har-
Dor On each of his frequent visits TO Paris
Mr.. Pulitzer never failed to visit his friend
of the Rue Navin. and it such 4
visit that he gave the order
1T must be a gigantic group In bronze
he specified. The world must be able to
turn. Inside the supporting figures and be-
low them there must be proper machinery,
run by an adequate motor you understand
The motor must turn the world very
slowly and with a precise rotation. equal to
the finest stesDle clookwork. II will be, in
deed. clock and on a notable steeple--
none less than the dome Of the World
building in New York;
That was Mr.. Puitzer's wish.
The revolving world Will have the twelve
hours Of the day painted around it's
equator. The spear point of 'Patriotism's'
flag will be the pointer. SO the humblest
New York citizen when he looks up at tho
dome of the World building will be able
to see by the worlds rotation Just what
hour ii ls!'
When the clock was finished Il was too
late for Mr.. Pulitzer who left II where IL
Is At one time the Temps newspaper OF
Paris would have set 1t up. clockwork and
all: but the engineering estimates proved
rather expensive and the plan was finally
dropped. Undoubtedly BartholdI was slow.
but certainly not so slow as the gifted
sculptor of the American school chiidren's
Lafayette monument whose plaster has
been washed by the rains of the Tuilleries
Garden ever since the summer Of 1900.
Bust of Lafayette.
Bartholdi also did some Lafayettes. One.
finished marble bust of him a young
man. the widow keeps. Bartholdrs life
sized Lafayette and Washington" IS in
the Place des Etats-Inis. Paris; but this
sculptor had the delightful habit OF copy
ing his greater works in miniature. the
studio has half dozen charming little
bronzes marbles and clay models. not only
of the Liberty and the Lion" OF Belfort
but also of all three Lafayettes.
The third is not only by far the greatest.
but II Is also the only one that has never
been set up anywhere, never been exhib-
tied never even heretofore photographed.
Some day either the French or the Amer
lean government will take the project up
and have 1t executed. Pending that time.
I am happy to be able to present II TO you
herewith.
Lafayette stands at the summit. in an at
titude of final triumph. In his uplifted
right hand he brandishes some captured
British or Hessian flags. Ut Is presumably
after Yorktown. He has uncovered his
head in token of personal humility: and
his left hand holds his cooked hat Doves
of peace ffutter at his feet. And American
historical figures in high relief decorate the
four sides of the pedestal. Finally four life
sized figures. an Indian, a trapper. a woman
spinning and a farmer. SIT at rest upon
low pylons between circling marble steps
that lead to the platform round the pedestal
So with my photographs in hand, took
my leave of Mime. Bartholdi. II you should
ask Frenchman 10 name Barthoidis
greatest work he would have fine moment
of hesitation.
Two Kinds of Pride
He would be torn between two kinds Of
pride. Liberty EnNghtening the Worid,
he feels. is really France enlightenlng the
world. Its rays. they shoot over New
York harbor, are rays of French generos-
ity and culture. On the other hand. Bar
tholdi did a purely French colossal work.
whose simple mention lights up every pa
triotic Frenchmans face.
It is the Lion of Belf0rt.
During 1913 days. in 1901. the French
fortified town of Beifort suffered sus-
tained attack from the Germans that. up
to the bombardnent of Port Arthur, held
the record for that sort Of thing. The
mbardment lasted seventy-three days ana
consumed $4,000 housesi And the Ger
mans came to call Belfort the todtenfab-
rik" SO deadly was the resistance
Belfort finally surrendered, on the spe-
cific order OF the French government OF ma
tional defense; but the garrison marcheo
out with the honors of war. That is why
Beifort was allowed to remain French
and why Barthoidi sculptured his giganto
Lon against the rock that falls straight
from the hieh-perched Belfort castle.