Evening star., 1901-07-20

ure future man viii be able 20 perceive
But Just as I'm the case OF temperature. he
Will know better how to protect himself
from extremes Of pain In such manner that
MS sum OF pleasures will constantly In
crease and his sum of pains constantly
diminish
Future man will have no new sense.
no. the greater delicacy and refinement OF
MS senses VIII not make him mora SEN
auai, IN the narrow meaning OF the word.
he VIII appreciate his senses better than
we do ours. will educate and enjoy them
The face OF future man will ba much
more expressive and more completely under
control than the face OF present man
While there Will be this great IDcrea a. In
me nioolllty or facial expression man Will
learn better how to regulate the focus of
nus countenance. according 10 the idea a..
wishes TO convey. The countenances ~
sdNases ialI to bespeak their emotions. Take
series Of our Indian portraits, which wa
are collecting IN this bureau to repressut
al or the American aboriginal tribes and
iiots what utter lack Of thought OF emo
Iion the great majority Of faces convey
Thus It has become common for romantic
writer's TO speak OF the Indian as a stole
whereas, as matter Of fact his face
Of his mind
NO, DO not foresee that man Will eyer
cultivate control Of facial expression 10
such degree to be abb. to talk ,,r,tir.-
~ win his cOuntenauce. The vocal organ
VIII always be superior and more ecouorn.
Tor rapid Interchange Of thought
As iar as complexion and eyes are con
cefhe1, believe that uitra-bionduess and
ultra hrunettencss will constantly diup.nisb
hut uniformity In color Of eyes and hair
VIII never be reached.
Ihe teeth and hair of future man will
be superior 10 ours. Compare the teeth ,f
lhe ciiiz'ns OF our great cities with those n
the Indians. The lives Of SaNages are short
ehed hy their early decay Of teeth Future
Wi
he VIII take more care Of them The Same
is true OF the hair. There was more bald
ness in the days Of nightcaps than there il
now
Body to Increase with Head
The pessimistic biologists prophesy that
future man will be a physical weaklIng.
whose head Will greatly oyerbalance his
body. Do they not?'
Yes: but they are wrong The head can
not lead the race because in the first place
the brain cannot develop without the hands
Keeping up with IL. 1t is the hand which
does. Edison cannot think machines into
existence; he must make them with his
hands. The chest Is increasing In size ia
about the same ratio as is the head. Fur
thermore, the lower extremities are COM
PEELED to keep up with the upper. Compare
the limbs of savage man with those OF his
enlightened brother and you Will find the
lower leg of the former to be much the
smaller. Most artists fall utterly in their
attempts to depict the anatomy OF primitive
man. They put on him legs based upon the
anatomy Of Greek art. But the legs Of the
average man OF today are better than those
OF average man In the days Of the great
Greek sculptors. Sandow and athletes who
advertise their muscular prOwess in the
magazines today have better development
than had the best Greek athlete models. In
the educational institutions OF the future
physical development will remain compul-
sorry until exercising the body uniformly
and making oneself a well-rounded specl-
OF humanity becomes an established
habit.
chimes will not tend to make man physical
weakling The same man who will drive
an automobile rather than walk and VIII
thus store up physical energy will go out To
row or play golf In the fresh air. and his
son will go to college and become a sprint
er. And the man whose bodily effort Is re-
lieved by labor-saving devices introduced
in the workshop Will have a surplus OF ply
sical energy to be expended in more whole
some exercise than that TO be found in
doors.
Taller and VIII Live Longer.
Future men will be taller than we are.
There Will be a constant but gradual In
crease I'm stature. Mans average height
today is much greater than It ever was be-
fore. Future man will also live longer.
Before many generations ripe old age will
not be reached before century Commun-
icable diseases will have been brought un-
der complete control. Insects which carry
disease will have been eXterminated. Man
will get rid of the house fly when he eK-
terminates the horse: the flea when he ex-
terminates the dog and cat; the plague
germ when the rat and mouse are seen no
more on earth. and so on, over endless
chain of determination.
The sex Of the future race will be pre-
determinable. For a time the pendulum
will swing backward and forward with q
preponderance of one sex. then Of the other.
The first generation will probably show a
preference for boys. Predominance OF tho
male and the resulting hunger and thirst
for more women will cause a reaction in
the second. But eventually the pendulum
will settle down and equilibrium will be
reached. The moral effect will be a great
Increase of confidence in human power"
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS Jr