The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-08-24
1--WE. HUNDRED YEARS HENCE
Philosopher Says Mighty Power of Sea Waves viii Be Used

There will he no railways in England
800 years hence. There will be no tele-
graph lines, no motor omnibuses, no
draught horses. There will be no things
feather adornments. No coal will be en-
ployed or coal miners, coal scuttles or coal
gas. There will be no gallows for hanging
men, no policemen, no prisons. Since meat
or fish never will be eaten. there will be
no butchers or fishmOngers. Brutal in
stincts will have been eliminated with
the consequence that there will be no fox
hunting. fishing or shooting; no blood
sports, in a word; and no one Will dream
of taking conscious animal life for food or
clothing"
What then. shall we eat and what
wear?''
Very little food will suffice us in those
days. We shall have fruits all the year
round, peaches will be plentiful in jan
uary as are blackberries now in Septem-
Der. and we shall live chiefly on fruit and
milk. Lobster salad, pate-de-foie gras,
ortolan on toast. lark pie-they viii be re-
garded we now regard the ancient
emperors dish of nightingales tongues
At the same time it is quite likely that we
shall go back to Rome or Athens for some
ideas-such as clothing. There viii be no
fashions; but the simplest garments, al
lowing free access OF sun and air, viii be
WOrn-no petticoats, no trousers.
And this reminds me-when an Eng
lishman meets Greek five hundred years
hence, he viii be able TO speak TO him as
lnOuSn ne were Il DfOlLtl All the P'oPiC
who count in the world will be able TO
speak "A common language. Writing, by
the way, will be in form of phonetic
shorthand.
''Of course. there will be no wars or
rumors OF wars.
THE ion will lie III VA with the lamb?
i hnzarded.
..Naiure's great law al preying." said
the T;.iks.y pher, will remain unaltered.
Five fCnartd years hennc, as now. there
viii 20 masters and serT IA ), leaders ana
led, superiors and interiors alike among
nations and among individuals. Ihere
will be rich men and poor. wise men and
foolish, strong men and weak. So much
for equality.
las To liberty. do you suppose that five
hundred Years hence a man will be free
to smoke or drink whisky or bet on the
Derby2"
IF not said I. how shall We amuse
OurSelYes?''
I'm the old old ways" said the philos-
opner Not by going to musical come
dies or acting Nke peacocks IN Hyde park.
We shall prefer to inc contentment
by digging in our gardens or walk
ing on the hills, or, above all, in-philos-
we shall be "A leisurely people five
hundred wears hence, but not lazy. We
shall not allow the best hours of the day
TO go by while We lie in bed. In sum-
mer we shall be up and about ny ilNe
o clock as a matter of course. and we snail
90 20 bed like the day birds, when the
p.
with shorter days and a longer period OF
sleep There will be no waste of daylight.
and so there will be less need to employ
artificial light.
Il say il will be the era of simplicity.
The result of our simple ways and our
simple days will be that we shall live TO
great ages 20 live $50 years will be moth
ing unusual. Accidents will be few and
far between; and doctors will have little
to do. since nearly every one will be
healthy.
Looking down from height on our
life of today. how foolish it appears We
work furiously. play furiously-for what
noble objects? Climb to a mountain top.
and eh0ld silk hat Take a rational
view of a game which occupies twenty
two men for three days, and then is left
unfinished. Think Of what a man suffers
every morning who would keep himself
clean shaver. Ponder on the labor of let
ter writing with pen and ink. Reflect on
the barbarity of earrings. Then look back
on our life of today from five hundred
years hence. and tell me what you think
of it."
But my thoughts were with the gulls..
| swoOping over the blue waves.