Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-09-09


both men unhurt into the water. They
were picked up and hurried ashore.
The older man of the two wasn't even
shocked. He swan to the yacht trailer
that picked him up like a thorough
bred, and he had bad heart, he said,
at that!
"P. D. O." Goes SIS Miles an Hour
This "P. d. O." wizard of the
water here that flashes through Thou
sand Islands, is a veritable witch.
She is very slow, however, with a
speed of only fifty-fve miles an hour
Only one other boat has ever been
built faster than she is. When she
comes along one intuitively looks into
the sky thinking an aeroplane is ap-
preaching. An appreciation of the
tremendous speed-bursts of this
water-shark may be had by watching
a locomotive go fifty-five miles an
hour. On water it looks like much
greater speed on account of the
splash, the noise and the wake. 1t is
simply amazing to watch her.
There are 1856 Islands
OF the Thousand Islands, the name
is somewhat of a misnomer-not that
there are not one thousand islands,
but because the actual number is said
to be 1856. Down the river from the
big hotel, several miles away are
three small islands that Immediately
suggest three big battleships at
anchor in the distance. These three
islands are acres in extent, and COW
cred with tall trees and dense foliage.
All of the islands are mostly of
solid rock with light top soil. All of
the water edge is of rock, for the
most part, with only a little beach
of sand now and then. There is
ample swimming, however, especially
among the colonists who have sum-
mer homes on the islands.
These cottagers find Alexandria
Bay a convenient market for their
wants; and speaking of markets,
there is one of the finest here to be
found. The cottager who can afford
to have a summer home here is gen.
orally able to pay the price for the
best and he does not hesitate.
Ruins of a Castle Never Fisished
Across on a large island opposite
Alexandria Bay, owned by George c.
Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf
Astoria, is huge red-stone castle,
castles on the Rhine. 1t has high
walls and many towers, and was be-
gun years ago by Mrs. Boldt as a
fancy of her own. When $1,500,000
had been spent on it, she died, twelve
years ago, and it stands to-day exact
ly as the workmen left it. It would
require 100000 to finish it, but Col.
Boldt has never touched it since. The
boatmen point it out to visitors, and
stops are made to go through the
castle. If storms blow out window
panes, they are not replaced. Around
the island are several artistic towers
and arches of stone, and large
power house. Everything is of the
costliest material, and the architec-
ture more than picturesque, as well
as beautiful. There are, am told
eighty-five sleeping rooms in the
Boldt castle, and thirty-two baths, be-
sides lscores3. of large halls, MUSIC
rooms, courts, etc.
Largest and Smallest of the Islands
Volumes could be written of Thou
sand Islands. They have a never
ending history and a limitless inter
est. The largest of the islands, Wolf
Island, is twenty-eight miles long
two and one-haf miles wide, full OF
rich soil and foliage, with many farms
on it, while the smallest is "Tom
Thumb" twelve feet long and eight
feet wide, with trees on it. Many OF
the islands have fine productive farms
on them, while the shore lines OF
hundreds of them show some of the
most beautiful summer homes pos
sible to imagine. Nature and art have
contributed to the making of this
lavish distribution of physical beauty,
and Thousand Islands should be the
worlds mecca, for there is no other
spot in the wide world like it.
C. T. L.