The sun., 1916-12-03

ships circied slowly around little Bed
loe's Island. upon which the statue Of
Liberty stands. while Miss Law assembled
from Governors Island and let her fast
bipiane sing Its sawmill song. She
travelled widely. burning a single light.
swinging over Brooklyn. Manhattan.
Jersey and Staten Island. while uncount.
able thousands stared aioft and admired
her pluck. Then two rockets spran9 up
from the Mayiower. II was a signal
which quenched III decorative lights Of
the Texas and Of the New York. Two
rockets hot up from Bedloe's Island and
the Maynower and San Francisco came
TO anchor. At 6 :5s r. N. the President
exploded the rocket which the Bedioe's
Island engineers had been anticipating
and Liberty instantly was all aiisht and
glowing.
sirens Shrek signal.
II seemed then ar II all the Whistles
In the metropolitan district went Grassy.
One by OF the feet ~ %warsh'ps. the
Texas. New York. Wyoming. Connecti-
cut and Kentucky. crashed their salute
to the reclaimed goddess. and the little
boats Joined In, crash. bang! crash,
'''S u"sf tHV ul'Vn w ihoVfty y
honor tunned the ear. And while the
multitude thrilled TO the beauty Of the
statue. caught by such emotion as leaves
men silent. Miss Law poured streams
Of golden sparks from her biplane as a
signal to the people far up own that
the statue ~ Illuminated. II was in
teresting to see that practically every
person on III Mayfiower and on the
San Francisco turned his back mo-
mentariiy upon the glowing statue to
watch Miss Laws gorgeous flight. and
the night from her plane there was a
roar Of cheering that equalled the
chorus Of the saluting guns.
0utson Bofglum. tire sculptor. who has
had the recrudescence OF the Liberty
statue at. heart for many years. was
among those on the Maynower. After
Miss Law had descended anil the guests
on both ships had returned to their con-
temptation OF the statue Mr.. Borglum
said
This is tho most artistic. the most
beautiful thing in America. II makes
a mans throat tighten. 1t makes me
think OF George Washington lying in
his bed In Mount Vernon In 1898 when
the direction came to him 4 get ready
to hsht France--to fight Lafayette.
"'0reat Cod said Washington. DO
they want me to night my own son."
work Of Preparedness.
For half an hour. or until $3.50 +. NJ.
the Mayhower and San Francisco tarried
OF the statue SO that those aboard could
study and enjoy the Illumination Of the
statue. II was explained to the Presi-
dent. to Ambassador Jusserand and
~~- sLna 49, 49,.
Liberty statue on a scale commensurate
with its Importance as Americas most
facous monument may be regarded as
the climax Of thine years Of EFFORT in
the art of flood lighting Radical inn
provenents In high powered incandes-
cent lamps made the system possible.
The installation was the work Of II.
Herbert Magdsick. an engineer of h
General Electric Company. He began
BY remodelling the torch In Liberty's
hand. eliminating the rather crude steel
work and substituting sheet bronze In
redesiEning the torch. no that a bronze
lame Of the shape and size originally
intended by Bartholdi might be had.
When the restored torch iame was COM
pleted. all h bronze plates were cut
out. leaving as a skeleton work riveted
lines about nj inch In width. These
plates were then used to construct moulds
upon which pieces Of glass were bent
and fitted. These pieces Of glass made
a glass torch held together by the same
r!veted lines.
To make n watertight, complete gia ~
torch. 800 pieces Of glass a foot square
were used. Life. or CULVER was pu,
in the torch fame by the use OF sasn-
ers set to unsteady revolutions and pro-
ducing a constant flicker which initial ties
TIE blazing Of an actual torch. The
Mood light which battles the gigantic
figure comes from fifteen batteries II
projectors, eleven OF which are locate
upon the eleven salients OF old Fort
Wood. upon the base OF which the statue
was raised. Three batteries are ~lJcat.:
upon small buildings o the sland.
One Is upon the balcony OF Liberty'i
arm. jus, undo: the torch.