The sun., 1916-11-19
THE o OF US.
From n Lecture Delivered In 501o
A. d. by Professor Lars Ching Nc.
Kaufman Mt the Great Paateck.
meal University OF Croker Land.

1t Is regrettable that OF oil the relics
of the so-called civilization Of the
twentieth century nothing remains to
tell us OF the personal appearance Of
the people except the few newspapers.
books and magazines now preserved
here. That period was n OF the last
before the eugenists proved the ease
with which evolution may be guided.
and you who sit before % with uni
form bodies, faces and S.nds scarce
can understand the loose conditions OF
the times when no two men looked
alike.
Even our greatest biologists. working
with established standards Of human
development. have been unable to
reconcile their theories with the pic
tured appearance of these ancients.
II Is not denied hat the people Of
forty centuries ago possessed some
skill in crude art. Paper, which long
since disappeared with the forests.
was the medium of communicating
the common impressions OF vision.
The projection of all pictures against
the N-screen Of the ether was then
undreamed of.
Let us study the faces In these
publications which We treasure. Most
interesting are h pictures In the I'D
vertisements, as they were called. At
| that time the State did not decide a
mans possessions and tastes and the
exchange Of material things was con-
Quoted In a sort of rivalry known as
bushes AZ. n of the varieties OF human
| ynn usiptN in u,ltrh mon Than tnHt1up1
Tho first illustration evidently rep
resents "A person at "A telephone. the
instrument Of the old method of COM
m~un.catinC at n distance. Sometimes
wires were used, for II was not then
deemed possible that ali the thoughts
OF all men could be communicated au-
tomatically and Simultaneously to one
another, as is now done. without de-
vices. TIL face of the man at the
telephone shows an agitation OF the
muscles indicating anxiety or per-
turbation, feelings which have ceased
to exist. 1t is the only known adver-
t!sement ia which the user OF "A tele-
phone appears unhappy. and 1t has
been decided 10y DIR. Patrick Won Jcn-
k.ns of Tibet College that the man Is
being pursued by n burglar. a social
menace which existed in the days
when h individual was permitted TO
have personal possessions. All other
telephone users are represented as
contentcd creatures. the males robust
and frequently FEARING an ornament
OF hair on the upper liz. Some are
depicted rs smiling or laughing. a type
of CONFUSION epidemic until the dis
p ..ts.- - sl. .f,.p. kgrttpn la HNNS
The young of thc species were much
afflicted ny this ma.ady, especially
when IN the presence Of certain break
FAST foods. breakfast being II Of three
meals to which the Gluttony of the
day LED these wretched people. This
same symptom Of pleasure, as II was
imagined to bc, is seen on the faces
Of men who are pictured in the com
mon vice Of eating smoke. much spac,
in the fields beng wasted in the Guilt
walton OF n poisonous plant called
tobacco. Mn Of evident importance
wsoie rank confessions OF their SLAYER!
10 the vice, bat each. peculiarly enough
NAMED favorthiy a certain form OF III,
narcotic. adding 81 now smoke n,
other or the like. To us, craving nc
stimulant except the cosmic papulum
the little ~!nduleences Of these pri,ni'
tivcs seem indeed ~infantlle.
Yet the people were not wanting II
an effort for what they believed to b'
culture. one Of the few sad faces Il
the advertisements IL worn by ;
youth who seemingly has failed to tax,
advantage OF educational opportunities
His c~ountcnanoc when his rival. wilt
has taken a course of study by mail
is promoted TO be general manage
Is a stUdy in sadness. II almost tell
III what sadness wa.
Rut happiness. as the ancicnts mis-
: understood that word, Is the maste
note Of near'y every picture. Noya
/, gers, Eoing ON the ridiculous, archai
thing called a boat. seem 10 haN'
g,ur.cd in a period of idleness. A per
= son spiil.4g hot soup on a table F!
k with the laughing disease am
: cries out that II WI. not hurt We've
p Narnish. Another shows Silly pleas
, urc as he gazes upon a watch. an in
, s%trunlent used in the centuries whel
1t was believed that Time cou.d b
measured
Possibly JOY or glee, the disease s.
hard to explain 10 you, IL best regis
tered on the faces OF those pictured ii
a sort OF conveyance known as an auto
mobile. Strange days. those. whei
men lacked the faculty of Transporting
the mind and believed that success Ia,
in the almost continual t~ransportatio
of h body. As If II could matte
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