The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-12-31
GOOD TIME COMING
WORLD TO BE A PARADISE FOR
LElSURELY MAN.
Prediction Has Been Made That Think.
irs viii Take the Place OF
travelling Century From
Now-The Millennium.


Man who is afraid to tell who he
is insists that century from now
thinking will take the place Of travel
ing
There will be no theaters. or con-
cert halls, or circuses, or exhibitions
says he, according to the New York
Telegraph. IF you want to go to
Paris 100 years hence you will not
consult steamship lists or visit tour
ist agencies. There will be no hurry
and hustle of packing trunks, nor flus-
ter OF catching trains and steamers.
no putting up at uncomfortable hotels.
no accidents or delays. You will go
upstairs to your bedroom and shut the
door. Then you will lie down on your
bed, or settle yourself in an easy
chair, and-project your mind to
Paris.
Your servants will take care Of
your body If you wish to make long
stay. Or. II you prefer 1t, you Will
get yourself registered at state-regu,
lated institution, where your body will
be numbered-like a hat or cloak in
q cloakroom-and looked after by
skilled attendants
He said nothing OF psychopathic
wards
But hear him continue:
Pleasures will for the first time be
tasted in their intensity. Indulgence
even debauch-will be free to all.
There will be no payment. Every con-
ceivable physical and mental enjoy
ment will be accessible even to the
humblest individual.
Have you never seen those public
exhibitions OF mind force, where mes
merists make their subjects swallow
parafin oil in the belief 1t is whisky.
or torture them by the suggestion that
the chairs on which they are sitting
are red hot? These forces of the
mind will be developed scientifically
in the next generation, and will be-
come the dominant factor in our every
day life
If that's not enough read on. oh.
read on:
You now perceive what l am dri,
wing at. BY means of mental sug-
gestion people will get whatever form
OF entertainment they desire, without
the trouble. Inconvenience and ex.
-pense Of seeking 1t in the ordinary
modern way.
Don't you see what a grand diff
ference this will make In the happi-
ness of the world? The slave at the
Office desk will be able to go big game
hunting In the wilds Of Africa, the I'M
derfed laborer will enjoy seven
course dinner, champagne, port and
cigars; the dyspeptic plutocrat can
lead the simple life; the unloved spin
ster will be warmed with the kisses
Of the lover Of her choice. 1t will be
the millennium!
Existence in the next century will
be glorious, comprehensive and cheap.
The world will be at the feet of every
Individual. People talk hopelessly
nowadays Of riches and poverty, OF the
unjust distribution of wealth, Of in
equality of opportunity! In the year
1000 the liberated mind will so ad
Just itself to the concrete as to main
tain a constant level Of equality, such
as could not even be contemplated by
socialism and other materialistic rene
dies
THE body may become a bloated.
disfigured lump of inanimate sensa-
ton Or a pill of perfect pink health
may be invented. What does it matter
when the mind is consciously active
and the soul is expanding into in
finity7"