New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-11
Members Of French Mission
Are Acclaimed in Brook
Ign by 100000
Alsatian Girl Wins
Marshal's Kiss
Hero of Marine Statutes as
10000 Voices Are Raised
in the "Marseillaise"

Two great soldiers Of France
young one and an old one: a man Of
bronze and man of iron-weTe
brought face TO face on wind-swept
and cheer-swept plaza IN Brooklyn yes
;erday.
For moment the old soldier stood
rigidly at attention, while the gusts
tore a, his blue cape From a pedestal
above him the bronze soldier. backed
by a bronze horse with bronze negro
boy clutching its unnecessary bride
looked down out Of sightless eyes
Back in the crowd Of ten thousand
which packed the plaza triumphant
chorus swelled in the "Marseillsise.
In TO the gold-crusted visor OF the
nsrshal's red cap went the right mana
Of the Man OF the Marine. in salute 10
the Bow Of the Brandywine-thus 90
semi JACQUES Cesajre Jofre paid trio-
ute 10 Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves ILL
bert Motier. Marquis de Lafayette:
When the hand OF the greatest hgnt-
mo man OF the age dropped back al
last 10 his side the last line OF the
greatest fighting song OF the ages had
been sung and the walls OF the bulid-
inqs backing the plaza were finging
hack the echoes of "Marchon. Mar
cbonl ou'un sang impur abreuve nos
sillons,'
100000 Honor Commission
Brooklyn had spread forth to Mar
sbal JofFre and his party when 'he!
crossed the East River TO unNeI tne
LAFAYETTE PLAGUE. memorial OF 'he I"e.
Henry Harteau. as q marveIousIy srvae
CITY within A city. To nonor the
French Commission crowd OIL ihoIe
than a quarter million had turned Oul'
md the welcome they gave was no lesS
vociferous. no less heartfelt tnan ina
which greeted the visitors IN Mamma
tan on Wednesday.
FIFTY thousand school children were
in the crowd high school BOYS ~
Lbaki. little girls in white ana IioerI!
cans. who waved the tricolor OF rance
sc the automobile procession made us
wav from the Brooklyn end Of 'he
Manhattan Bridge 70 the plaza
Al the Ninth Street entrance 10 ros-
,act PARK. where the Lafayette PLAGUE
stands. thousands Of high scnooi oauess
we're drawn up. The motor paIaoe
nassed. as il neared the end OF us ZIP
two hundred girls from Adelph1 40.
lege in cap and gown. fasSIng upiIo
School No. Z, in Berkeley race tne
marshal exchanged a hug for oou-
onot tossed into his machine by
schoolgirl.
Marshal Unveils PLAGUE
7. was 1915 when the party rolled
into Brooklyn. Ten minutes later Mar
sbal JofTre had jerked the string "hlch
unveiled the PLAGUE. and the inter
tuinod French and American flags. with
tbeir emilax borders. which had hidden
u we're whipped away by the wind, ~
was the signal for the FIVE hundred
french Society members 10 thunder
forth their national anthem.
Af.er that came the spschmakng-
briof because Of the demand OF the
DAYS crowded programme that the
commission be al the Hotel Astor by
O'clock for the Merchants Association
luncheon. ,.l:.
address Of welcome. little girl IN Al
satan peasant costume worked her
wav through tho police guards beh'no
the memorial. Her credentials, as Good
uben once she was past the lines as
renorters' police card or the offcia
badre issued az City Hall, were bunch
Of flowers. She was Lusienne Heiser,
BROOKLYN schoolgirl. and she was bonn
i'm lost Alsace ten years ago. Marsha
JoFre's quick eye caught her as sne
stole around the corner Of the monu-
ment with her offering, and nc gan
cred her into his arms, while who,e
battery Of camera shutters simul-
taneously clicked.
Then a magnificent sword was pre-
sented 70 Marshal Joffre, travel,lng
case and nautical clock TO Admiral
10 VI. Vivian, loving cup
and an offering OF thousand francs
for the war orphans Of France.
Marshal JofTre's reply was IN FRENCH
delivered slowly and Solemnly.
1T is my belief and my hope ne
that the American sword
will bring 10 US and 10 the world de-
cisive victory and liberty"
In All the return journey through /
and uptown through Manhat- /
tan policemen were thick and vigilsnt,
but not enough TO keep one Of the
school children Virginia Steel, who
lives at 229 Stratford Road from car
rying out secret pet project. Dodg-
ing through the blue lines and gaining
the vantage Of the park wall. she tossed 4
into Marshal Jofre's machine BIG
bunch Of flowers.
II wasn't far throw, for the Jofre /
car. as its chief passenger demonstrat- /.
ed Immediately, was running within An /
arms length OF the wall. The marshal /
called a sharp command to his chaUi-
feur. The brakes caught. The car