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...midst of the Irish Sea about 60,000 persons live on an island. The island is called Man, the people Manxmen, and their cats, which are without tails, Manx Cats. The history of the Isle of Man is obscure and old. At present it is a British crown dominion, and many of its inhabitants emigrate to the U. S. or elsewhere. Of these emigrés there was a gathering last week in Cleveland, Ohio. Cleveland Manxmen to the number of 600 attended, World Manxmen to the number of 400, and Manxmen direct from Man to the number...
...House of Keys, reputed to be the oldest governing body in the world. He bore messages from distinguished Manxmen of whom one was famed Manxman Author Sir Hall Caine. Sir Hall Caine's message contained this eloquent description of his birthplace...
...Manxmen had some purposes other than curiosity for journeying so far from home. Manxman Crookall and his lieutenant, Manxman Richard Cain, wished to induce the government of the U. S. to make a special proviso in its immigration quota for incoming Manxmen. Said A. B. Crookall: "Our young men are anxious to come to this country. We want a quota like the Irish Free State and Scotland...
...homeland there is little ... to do except farm and fish," said Manxman Cain. U. S. Manxmen, headed by Manxman Daniel Teare, did not favor this proposal. Said Manxman Teare: "I am an American as well as a Manxman and if we started making a separate quota for every little community the size of the Isle of Man, where would we be?" At the final session, however, the North American Manx Association was organized, with constitution and officers; its president was A. B. Crookall...