Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-04

stopping. IL commands = splendid view Of
pier, promenade, bay and headlands As I
sit az my window writing my eye rests
upon the sea dotted with the white sails Of
numerous pleasure crafts, a vast number
Of rowing boats, and q picturesque tower
built In the center Of the bay on Conister
Rock called THE Tower Of Refuge" This
tower was erected as q refuge for ship
wrecked sailors by Sir William Hilang,
who formerly reasded at Fort Anne on the
south side Of the harbor. He was the or
iginator Of the life boat service. Today
from the start made In this little island,
life boat stations extend all around the
British coast. Splendid boats costing some
1900 or 5000 each, they have been the
means OF saving hundreds OF lives. No
sea is too rough, no storm too violent 70
prevent the brave volunteers who man
these boats. from risking their lives TO res
cue those who may be in danger from wind
and wave. Last week was Hospital day,
when visitors We'd with natives 70 collect
funds 10 sustain this noble institution and
help the brave fellows in carrying on their
heroic work. The boats are built ana the
work carried on entirely through the aid
Of voluntary contributions.
Hall Gaines Country.
Hall Caine more than anyone else de-
serves the credit OF placing the Mainland
on the map for people OF other lands. am
surprised that some enterprising outsider
has not made an effort to connect the
island with the mainland by under or over
ground means, for this would mean the
bringing OF millions TO its shores, who are
now kept away through dread Of storming
seas. To the aviator may belong this dis
tincuon, and we may yet see regular
fleet OF Rirships covering the twenty-five or
twenty-six miles between the point OF Ayr
and the nearest point of the mainland.
When that comes dear little Monas Isle
will be overrun with two-legged animals,
even as Australia is overrun with rabbits.
The American is rara avis on these
shores, why / do not know. He seems to
be everywhere and to have found out the
interesting places from Greenland's icy
mountains to midas coral strands, Why
this, one of the worlds beauty spots, should
be practically unknown TO him Is beyond
my ken. Easy Of access, with It's own form
OF government, which has been changed but
little during all the centuries from the days
Of It's own kings down to the present. with
an equitable climate such as 10 equaled no
where on the continent OF Europe, bathing
climbing, water pure and clear, air invigor-
ating and bracing, amusements galore, OPP
portunity for antiquarian and geologist,
scenes to tempt the proxy Of the poetic,
and scenery the like OF which has never
been transferred to canvas (although Mar
tin made q creditable attempt to do 1t jus
ties In his painting THE Plains Of
Heavenly Not strange that you hear thu
pleasure seeker sing, "oh, Flanagan, Flana,
gan, II You Love Your Mary Ami F1ans-
gan, Oh, Flanagan, Take Me to the Isle OF
Man Again." for neither pen nor brush car
do it justice 1t must be seen to be appre-
eiated. North Barule, Beinyphot, South
Barule, sllencohalln and Snatell, besides
numerous other hills furnish all the noun
tain climbing necessary for healthful exer-
oise, and what view from snafell, 2,02t
feet or thereabout above the level OF tbs
seas-in my boyhood days It was exactly
2,ON feet we were taught. The other day,
when on top (by the way, we did not walk,
but glided up comfortably by electric train)
the lecturer on the mountain summit told
US that It was 2,o2s feet high. do not dis.
pute the figures, for In these later days
things have propensity for growth. In
other words this is the age for big things
and little Mannin-an 10 doing Its best to