The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-14
TODAy'S BIRTHDAY PARTY
Hall Oaine, Manx Novelist, Was Born 61 Years Ago Today.


 Hall cains. the Manx novelist who uroduced a best seller in both Eng fand America. with. ssThe Woman Tfosi cavest Me- was born sizty-o years ago today and started ire Wltr the nzfnes of Thomas Henry Hail r<afsae He was educated in the srf,ools of the Isle of Man, and later studied architecture at Liyerpooli- E-orr, his youth he was afflicted With ~ gen itch At first he was cohlshe x-stt writing articles for the Bunoins ,,xr-~s and the Builder, but he soon .s-,~sT,es5 all thought of career as an architect and became 2 i~Aoer writer on the staff of the Llverpooh Mercury. He spent six years ID LnN- erpool in the meantime contr1putins stories and articles to a 1e" ms lass azfnez. and in 1881 he was inv1ten 4o London, by Dante Gabriel Rosetfi. T.he young Manx Journalist lived Witns the poef-painter until his deatns anu in 1882 published his "RecoHecfions of Rosetti-s
 thirty years ago and bore the title o7 <srhe Shadow of a Crime. Ills ,,sa1 z,.ccess came with saThe Deem- ster." published in 1887. and was sus- tained by -The Bondman' ..,e rne Eternal .Qnestion.s' and other novels
 TyFne Mqnx novelist has been Inter- <xted frt many public spirited moye- meufs He was sent to Canada as the delegate of the Authors League to negotiate Canadian eopyTlen1' ylelnu ana received the thanks Of the Dom fnion zovernment- He also visited Poland and the frontier towns of Rus sis to aid in stopping. the persecu- lions of the Jews
 The 1Caine home is in lovefy olo csreeba Castle, one of the most pac-s trresu,ae edffices in the Isle of M an. The novelist is not without honor in his own country. for the Manxm sn are his enthusiastic admirers. ana IT 1so1 MT Cafne was returned py an ovsrsvhelming majority to the House of Teevs. the- Commons of the Manx Parliament
 T1e Isle of Man is becoming far xorfte resort for both Summer and Wfnxer. and the novelist and Mrs caine keep open house af CT s.ss sepas castre the greater part of the year. The island is in the Irish Channel about eoui-distant from Engl ana, scot1znd and Ireland, and is famed for tzs loveIx scenery, it's excellent cii- mate and the quaint Oin Worio llst- vor of it's places and people. Home rule which Ireland has long been lighting for has been enjoyed by the Manxmen for many years. Airhpughh H ha there are less than 60,00o Man1xnen, they have their own parliament ana courts The House of Keys and the House of Lords hold annual sessions irs I3ouxlaS.t the capitol. and the laws thew pass are read aloud every year from Tynwaid EilI The statutes are proclaimed in the Manx tongue 7anssaaee as distinct from English as Italian or German MT Caine speaks Marx fIuentfy, but the younger gem eratsbn of R1anxmen. as rule, speak only English
 Tas Isle of Man was long bone of contention between the kings of Northumberland, Scotland, Nolway and England The government as it is in operation today in Hall Gaines island was established by Orry, q Scandinanvian adventurer who made himself king of the island He di- viden his Kingdom into six sheadings, and this division with four munici- pel districts. still serves in the elec- fior< of members of the House Of Keys The -bishopric or the Isle of Man is declared to have been found- ed by St Patrick, who stopped off and established the see while on his way to Ireland
 The scandinavian monarch was not the only royal ruler of the Isle of Man Tn the fourteenth century, af- ter the island had been held in turn by Northunaberland Norway, Scott land. England, and again by the Scots. it was taken from the latter by 1fontacute. afterwards Earl of Salisbury. to whom Edward III sslv~ the title of King of Man.