New-York tribune., 1911-04-16

"a comet; or II disappears into the
- infinite to dawn upon the
tronomer of after ages
,,o, on which will be created lie or perhaps
star rw bv the sun to its bosom to feed the eternal
Il i tbat give life to the universe Nhat greater
NJ what mighter memorial CouIu ma" ASK Shv!
go} Saved Brown my gentle Jones' their tate. Gladly
my c[rbange with them my humble fame the
No,'J ,.3n who reached Mars
,,,Ir GREAT auditorium was silent. The speaker
nen5cd. his face flushed, his eyes brilliant his body
ten,e; 5ys that followed were dreams. Mechanically
-. l ,Lc daily journals that short while ago were
/ MFtf three Mechanically ! made the daily tests
nat three had made The Scien'nc 'horousiess lhaI
t'l' .t,l fbe aborS of my colleagues, OF course,
h'' t ,,,a1t3in Only those details made necessary
Co" ;rtcnancc of life in this little onc-man world,
lO ~. " =; inronccivablc until one has tired II how
-. essential details there are when even atmosphere
"". fo r,4lufacturcd only these details were at
muI mi .o together with such of the supplementary
-; made necessary if the trip was to he more than
,,rn'y there and back
~N;ra.c,n months ont from Earth the hrSt Slgniil-
't.,,os I'm that mOnOtOnOuSlV metcOrC flight were
ca: 1rae first hotSam OF ScaWecd, the first
t;-f met by Columbus on his westward voyage.
40" ..+ more por,cntouS. The meter showed Sackcn-
;.,.et The Skylark seemed to sag like bird weancd
-. a;,r. This was alarming. y fall was not
% f f.,. 0r miles Il was a matter of time, of
nj I'm nineteen months must have travcrScd
;.,.,f .h. magnetic influence OF Earth. | seriously
....F that for several days, perhaps weeks, the
SI.,.-. t.f travelled merely on her previous momcn-
% .-i.t my propcllcrS. The ether too rare for
49,. rt.- .a grip. A> usual YOU see, in the face OF
-. o~. fr..-> the simple solution was overlooked.
r. f~.' answer 10 the most complicated question is
49, ;.-,'. .- that to one plus one There was but one
-, -. g.. and finally i, occurred TO me TO DO 1t. The
f,.,. .,ne,o~ I'm the stern had failed. So | threw
~ ~, .f, .tiyc nagnetoS in the bow.
-Tt, effect was magical | felt the thrill of renewed
l;,-. though the motion as lmpcrCepubc as be
- From then on | fcl, that might have lived, had
artificial atmosphere vanished, on the sheer triumph
~. my. ,i..encnt From without the influence of our
ta-e hal brought the ship into the influence OF an
,.ta- That other. | knew from our course, must be
Mar,
-A0o2i~, for the undetermined period OF my SwOonS,
rt.f been ~cnt from Earth for twenty-seven months
when frs. saw Mars. not as star, but as world.
Three months away was a shadow!
ala. -.- I'm such an hour should have been aflict
q With ...~a'i,vl Why, in such an epoch, should
have had t. attend % such abhowent commonneSS as
r,iog-t.-,ol sleeping, performing such distractng
5,.;., Us r.. necessary for eXiStcnce-When wanted
n, Tt. h,. .muipotcncc:
~Avor't a- growing before my eyes, world hither-
or9,en u ewes of man. My powerful glass disclosed
. Io,i,e~- aim. No mcteorC belt obstructed the
U..,. NJ l.o,r, ob,curcd the wondrous view. The
shadow became an outline the outline FORM the form
awort Then. the climax!
Above this world saw a speck. The Speck became
shape TIN. shape became an a1rshlp. ne theory Of
Ns-, Was t4ctl Mars was q world inhabited!
THEaa, zingupon the physical proof Of the life Of