Statue of Liberty the United States became a free nation "in reality": When the torch was illuminated on the evening of the statue's dedication, it produced only a faint gleam, barely visible from Manhattan. The "World" characterized it as "more like a glowworm than a beacon." Bartholdi suggested gilding the statue to increase its ability to reflect light, but this proved too expensive. The United States Lighthouse Board took over the Statue of Liberty in 1887 and pledged to install equipment to enhance the torch's effect; in spite of its efforts, the statue remained virtually invisible at night. When Bartholdi returned to the
Charlotte Payne-Townshend and was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, where her ashes were kept until Shaw's death in 1950. Their ashes were taken to Shaw's Corner, mixed and then scattered along footpaths and around the statue of Saint Joan in their garden. Charlotte Payne-Townshend was also a translator. Amongst other things she translated Eugène Brieux's play "Materrnité" for the London stage. It was put on by the Stage Society, at Daly's Theatre in 1910. Shaw Library, on the sixth floor of the Old Building, London School of Economics, was founded by and named after her. Charlotte Payne-Townshend Charlotte Frances Payne-Townshend (20 January