The Atlanta constitution., 1896-06-22

hand across his brow in regretful reminis-
cence.
"You see" ne went on. that Is one
of the sad things in inventors life.
So many ideas 20 chasing through ms
brain that he can only seize a few or them
as they fly. and Of these he can only find
tho time and strength TO bring a fe" 10
perfection And it happens many times
that another inventor who has conceived
the same ideas anticipates hir in carry
ing out one of them All. tell you. that
tions make a man forget food, sleep sick
ness friends. love. everything
what a gentle, tender light there was
In tbis mans eyes as he spoke thus. and
vet there was something of sternness, too,
oIp,ost tierceness: as If he had flung away
with scotn all the worlds cherished prizes
from devotion to these creatures OF MS
brain Here was man who rejoiced in
The loneliness of his laboratory who had
strayed so high up into untraveled realms
of knowledge, that there were few, per
hams none. 10 share with him in fun the
delight OF his discoveries. So far had he
e,raved from the beaten ways of men that
he seemed almost to belong to another
race.
"Do YOU believe IN marriage Mr.. Tesla.
for persons of artistic temperament /
asked.
.For an artist, yes for musician. yes
for n writer, yes hut for an inventor. no.
The first three must gain inspiration from
n woman's influence and he led by their
roye to finer achievement, but an inventor
has so intense a nature with so much IN ~
of wild passionate quality that in giving
himself to n woman he might loNe' ne
would give everything and so take every
, thing from his chosen field. do not think
Won can name many great inventions that
have been made by married men. lie
paused a moment and then added, with a
| shade of pathos in his tone: Its pity,
| too. for sometimes we feel so lonely.
The amount Of work Mr.. Tesla does in
| dav. does every day is simply prodigious.
! II is literally true that hts life is passed in
continuous labor in the laboratory with oc-
casionaI intervals for food and sleep. and
| after working all day long from o'clock
In the morning till o'clock at night ne
! often has his dinner brought to the lah"rt-
| tory and continues to work until IL or i
o'clock Twice in the last two years he
| has been TO a theater. On very. very ralo
occa sions, when ne couid not avoid Ii,
| he has needed some social call ana en-
! loved it, too, as he admits. although the
| thought of going TO a reception or evening
gathering hlls him with dismay in advance.
one of his few relaXations is the hair hour
! he spends every evening at the cafe where
| we met exchanging a pleasant word with
friends he finds there.
what do You think about sleep! l
asked as it wise for man to deny HIM
| self and get along with a few hours sleep
| a day so as to do mere work!
Tesla shook his head. THAT Is great
mistake. l am convinced. A man IS given
| lust SO many hours "a be awake ana the
fewer. of these he uses up each diy, the
more DAYS il will take to use them up-that
is the longer he VIII live. | believe tnat
| nnu might live 200 wears II he would sleep
most of the time. That is why negroes OF
ten live 10 advanced old age-becauSe they
! sleep so much. DO YOU know that Glad
| stone sleeps seventeen hours every DAY!
| That is why his faculties are still unim-
haired IN spite of his great age. Ths prop
| or way to cconomZe life is to sleep every
moment that It is not necessary or deSira-
bile that you should be awake. DO l do
this myself? No. but here. as In many
other things. l am far from being a
model"
AS a yoIng man in his native land OF
Montenegro Tesla was famous for un-
usual bodily strength. overcoming all his
comrades with little effort in wrestling
bouts and feats OF prowess. Even now,
despite the neglect of his muscles, he is
man of remarkable stature and physical
force.
AS the waiter was bringing some things