New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

sweep of the Jaw; and the high
forehead was a Stupcndous bit OF
human architecture. a magnl-
cent dome OF thought. II the Nartian brain may be
Judged by the head thought, the gentleman is real
Savant If the theory of evolution afflicted Mars, its
inhabitants could look monkey in the face without
shame
"The Marian extended his hand and spoke in a low,
musical voice do not know what he Said but it had
a courteous ring and gave him my hand. His grip was
that OF a real man. 1t was an eloquent clasp which said
all sorts Of nice things about my visit, and when he
pointed in the direction from which had come drew
an Astronomical map from my pocket and pointed to
the earth He studied it with eager understanding, and
then led me through consldcrate respectful throng
into Government building, where had the remarkable
experience OF teaching the English language to a group
Of a worlds leaders whose intellect seemed to me alb
normally developed so quickly did they understand me
and make themselves understood by system that
day shall try to demonstrate before this body.
THE spectacle profoundly significant and tragic
with the tragedy that inspires. Here was dying
people of a diving world learning OF the grandeur of
planet that had hardly vet maured and had yet
its real life to live. They learned OF splendid present
which recalled to them only traditions of a past. |
learned of present that for should be prophecy of
the future
"NIars is a diving world My eyes have looked upon
planet in It's scnty It's atmosphere is leaving, and
without atmosphere there can be no life. When our
world created Mars was old. Il shows its age
wherever one may turn. lis mountains gone, its
air. The density Of its atmosphere is scarcely equal to
that of Earths at the height OF five miles, and
obliged TO live constantly in my helmet. The only
animal life on Mars is man.
"Ther struggle for existence is superb. With the
evolution OF the planet they have themselves evolution
izcd Every physical change i'll the planet forced It's
corresponding change in the people Oxygen for instance
through its strange mixture with mysterious gas, has
considerably less volume than oxygen We know it,
"Bv means Of this combination the sun rays given
radiation that makes Mars inhabitabc; otherwise, with
the thin atmosphere there would be much radia
tion there is our highest mountains and without
radiation there would be, OF course no heat, and with
out heat no life. But this element gives to the suns
rays peculiarly dazzling light which would quickly de-
stroy the optic nerve The AlartianS knowing this,
promptly ncutralizcd its effects by dycng me green,
and then made me SpcctaClcS OF green. Nature
had provided for them by making their complexion and
their cyebals green, although there is legend that
once MartianS a white skinned race.
THERE need be mentioned but more physical
characteristic that has a vital bearing upon the lives
of this people 1t is the gravity Of the planet BY actual
test which shall make clear with other scientific data
in my forthcoming volumes found that the gravity of
Mars was about onc-hrd less than to be exact,
1868 per Consider the tremendous significance
of this.
"Thrce times the amount OF work can be done
Mars with the same expenditure OF effort that can be
done on Earth. This may explain in part why those
supcndous canals, the longest OF which is },541 miles,
although the average is only 26S are possible Add to
the decreased labor their mechanical devices, which
make our modcrnmachncry seem
as primitive as the tools Of the
Stone Age. Perhaps the most
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~ 8H1 common evidence of the gravity
- -35hxA Of Mars is seen in walking. Here,
AHN an average man walks a mile in
"A - fifteen minutes; there, he does it
syAA/1 in FIVE. At athletic event |
w. l witnessed runner covered a hum
l drcd wards in three and third
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