Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-05-23
ALL MAY Be FREAKS
Dire Conditions Predicted for
Mankind by Scientists
All the Males viii Be Bald Headed
and Al the Females Bearded-Hu-
manity to Be UgIier With
Only One Toe.

In spite of the skepticlsm Of the
age, the days of prophecy are by no
means over. and every now and then
some scientific or medical prophet
rises up to utter predictions concern
ing the future-most OF which predlc-
lions. il is devouuy to be hoped, VIII
never be fulfilled, says London An
swers
Curiously enough, most modern
prophets are unanimous in believing
that the men and women of the tu-
ture will be very ugly to look upon
and will lose many of the redeeming
features which now make them pass
ably handsome.
According to Professor kromeger,
German, for instance, 5000 years
hence all males of the human species
will be completely bald headed IL
is reassuring to know, however, that
women will retain their beautiful
tresseS.
According to DR.. Clement Lucas, we
are likely to become a one-toed race
In an address which he gave on one
occasion before the Royal College oil
Surgeons, he stated that our big toes
have undergone an extraordinary DE
yelopment, while our other toes, mol
being so much used in walking, are
tending to become smaller.
If the world goes on long enough,
said DR. Lucac, in perhaps hall
million years the useless outer toes
being less and less employed ma!
gradually disappear.
Happily, we shall none OF US D.
alive to see the change.
Another prophet, NJ. Brandt or Co
penhagen. has an even more horrl
vision Of the future. 1t is his oplr
ion that most of the women In year
to come will have flowing boards an
long mustaches.
Nj. Brandt has taken the trouble [
write a book on the subject, In whlc
be gives many arguments IN supper
of his idea He says that even
present quite ten per cent OF "ohe
have sprouting mustaches, only We
not notice this, as the ladies are vel
careful to pluck the hairs out d
says, also, that the change Will con
very slowly, and that race or bear
ed women need not be expected befo
a couple of centuries.
A wellknown doctor recently MAJ
the alarming statement that on
about 80 per cent of our present pc
rlation have normal eyesight, and
things go on as they are going no
he forecasts when practically I
whole British nation will be natl
of spectacles.
The doctor thinks that the best W
to avoid such a catastrophe would
to give the children only oral lesso
In the early days of their educate
When lessons are written they shot
be done by the teacher on lar
blackboard in very bold style.
=. The late Dr. Forbes Winslow.
. famous specialist in mental diseas
, held that the increase OF lunacy
so great that I'VE shall be a mad ~o
In 800 years time But he
thought that it was possible that
to a world full of geniuses-a st
of affairs which might be almost
bad as the mad era preceding 1t.
Amid so much that is gloomy II
Interesting to find that there Is
least one modern prophet who PROF
sizes that a good time is coming.
. Is Jean Fingot, the well-known VIII
and his prediction concerns the
has ture of women.
ers' The women of tomorrow" he 81
will wear no jewelry and will
per- bother their heads about the 4
ont ions. They will be more elegant
they are nowadays, but they will
nounce the arts and graces-wl
they owe to the men and the Ia
al of fate.
gia The woman of tomorrow" ADDS
uts, F1not will prefer to be a pei
ptie woman instead Of an incomplete IN