The Washington times., 1916-12-03
.fFssIdent Presses Button, H.
4 Eliminating Statue In New
y York Harbor.
ruth LAW FLASHES IN SKY
Thrilled Thousands Cheer New
Beauty Of Frances Gift
to America.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.--Ail rauihnt
. md siorif,ed, unutterably majestic
and spremeiy lovely, the Statue OF
. Liberty in New York harbor, Frances
Z great gift to the American republic,
? leaped last night from the darkness
{ OF thirty years.
A red rocket arching toward the as
: tonished Pieiades, q Hight fiare direct
: cd by the hand of President Wilson
( from the quarter deck of the yacht
! Mayfiower, summoned the Liberty
Lady from neglect and obscurity. She
. sprang from the black horizon like a
slivins thing, and millions of people In
/ Greater New York and near Jersey
knew what II was to cheer from
thrilled hearts.
! As the signal rocket fed toward
ths armament; st ,,. the pres'aens ss srsn..
sfofmed by electric wizardy. Her up.
held torch burned steadily, serenely,
.blazing in pure, white hre: shafts OF
fsyhite light @ @strsamins sott,y tS nsSsstsi "I%di
revealed the complete majesty OF her
! pose and figure.
Miss Law Above Statue.
: At that instant, too. just fve min
Hntes before o o'clock, Miss Ruth Law.
who had been lazily circling the har-
Dor with one bright light cleaning at
yths front ow her biplane and looking
for all the world as II a planet had
.swung from Its orbit moorings, touch
: ed a button with her free hand as she
swInged 1000 feet above the glowing
statue, the Presidents yacht and the
;csme ;.nsnt,' = daring nsf meteor. Tiny sise,Tic
Fstars tumbled In twin cascades In the
.wake OF her aeroplane, And just as
.she passed over the glorihed statue
snre, appeared upon the underside of
The President. Mrs. Wilson. the
kFrench ambassador, Jules J. Jusse.
,that had been contemplating the
lovely Liberty so magically revealed
tthe millions ashore, probably, who
had been gazing upon LIBERTY WIN
,swiftiy TO the. living girl In the air,
Hiss Law, whose courage and skill
had contributed now beauty to n won.
idsrful spectacle.
!. Rescued From Obscurity.
The rescue OF the Statue OF Liberty
from the night obscurity into when
public careiessness and governmental
parsimony had case her for thirty
kears was accomplished b ythe pa.
a ttrfotic zeal OF many Thousands OF
persons, who responded to the invita-
.tfon OF the New York World TO create
. fund which would be snnieisnt 70
which II nothing more nor less than
bathing the exterior with light from
powerful, concealed projectors.
The Presidencs Address.
President Wilson. speaking at the din
nsr given last night at the Waldorf for
the French ambassador, said:
81 would certainly be lacking In
feeling IL I did not express some OF
the things that have come into my
thought as ] have taken part In these
ceremonies. There are many moving
circumstances connected with this
day, connected with the things II re.
rails, connected with the things IL
Il was rejecting, as we saw the
light stream upon that beautiful
ptatue, that Its source was outside
the statue, that IL did not proceed
from Liberty. but proceeded from the
and IL occurred 20 me that after all
a. was a proper symbol of our life, be
cause we could take to ourselves the
dignity OF liberty only as We Illus.
liberty and the only light that we
can contribute 10 the illumination or
the world 10 the light that Will shine
out OF our life as a nation upon that
conception and upon that image.
Great Responsibility on u. 3.
.-There is n great responsibility In
haying adopted liberty as our ideal.
because we must illustrate Il In what
we do was struck by the closing
phrase OF Mr.. Pulitzer's admirable lit
lie speech. He said that there would
rome day when Twas y was pereeisisa sisa 'nSs sSs
GODDESS OF Peace, and throughout the
iast two years there has come more
and more Into my heart the conviction
that peace Is going TO come to the world
with all due and sincere respect for
those who represent other forms OF
governments than ours perhaps i may
Sems psr''ion so long 70 as T the destinies Of men
are determined by small groups who
make selfish choices Of their own.
> "It Is very true as more than one OF
said or intimated. that our long stand
ing and delightful friendship with the
people OF France has come from COM
munity OF ideals and Identity OF pur-
bose. One republic must love another
Tepubiic Just as one body OF human
beings must understand and sympa-
thiIe with another body OF human be-
Sings.
V Common Pulse In All.
sThere is a common pulse In US all;
there Is a common contact with life;
rthere Is a common body OF hope; there
As common stock OF resolution. All
fhe world over the life OF the individ-
aal means the same thing to him. II
means opportunity not only, but IL
also means this relationship to others,
and he comes to his full dignity only
when he stands upon the level with
Others, and, looking In his neighbor's
eye. knows that he belongs with him
10 a common, free community OF pur-
.pose and thought and action. The
peace OF the world is not going to be
assured by the compacts or nations
but by the sympathies OF men"
The President then told or a con-
ference on foreign missions attended
by him once, saying that II was for
The purpose OF wiping out the line be-
tween Christian churches In the work
An foreign helds. He added that he
could not help saying that while he
tsympathized with the purpose OF the
conference, he hoped that those who
twere converted In foreign fields would
not come land look at u.s."
L. symbol a True OneS
"When see the statue OF Liberty"
he continued, land think OF the thrill
that must come into some hopeful
heart as for the first time an immi-
grant sees that statue and thinks that