Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-21
venus BIDS US LOOK;
PLANET NOW A SIGHT
Scientific Student Says II May Soon
Be Possible to Com
municatc.
INTEREST THAT THRILLS BEING
Garrett Scrviss Asserts Earth Beings
Sit on First Seat OF Celestial
Coliseum. Compromising Very
Little OF Great Dramas.
BY GARRETT i. sERyIss.

%, Six days ago Venus was nearest e
:, The Garth. dis,an, only some $4,000, ooC
: times the distance OF the moon.
Between the FIRST and the last a.
& than 100000 mics. her approach be
= ing made at an average rate OF over
: the speed of proJectilc from a power
full cannon. Ru; this planetary projcc-
= tile being under control OF the sun ;
:. nearer tho Garth. 50 that instead Of
striking our planet a knockout blew
sun. and races with the Garth, gaining
uron II al the rate OF ahou, three ard
0nfe Fem pe nfs r Sno Sse0n mo fascinating
interest of these planetary motions.
! although !, requires hui i very slight
JOY the panoramic spectacle tina, they
present dwarfinS the naishtics shows
Of the Garth into utter. inStsnificancc
whole being You match The htehi OF
your golf bali white Speck asains,
felt any thriil At the sigh, o. Venus.
emerging from. the. sunshine against
, the evening rcd and !eliow. and S!h-
Have YOU thought OF the Golfer Of
tho frmamcnt whose iron hand SCI
that world-ha'i n motion and guides
noint or fails % make perfect round
I an .iSnora1t Of The te.chntc-s! terms
s s9q IL to esrn tncm L You viii learn
'as far as Is possible 20 man) the
rules OF the great game that tho gods
play with planets OF the universal
ii, in Front seats.
We Sit on the front seats or the
celestial coliseum and study only the
insects or Inc stone faSs at cur rect
sssns and famnTshs r 1ars o 29'nnF
arena Really. TINS is not living up 20
ou- opportunities; II = , naSi nhs, INC
-ctu7n Tic foxes. the cattle and the
bees nay only for dom:ci!o and aliment
cbh IS Al hey SnS Sa Tema hut blind Tf 'q IS
NOV NOV V what i is and now fast il goes:
and how and why il turns-all this is
only TO take il.
As their world SWINGS in between
Venus, more Intelligent than We per.
haps. arc daabtless watching the Garth
in their m,snicht sky. brighter now
rears TO ~ Look q Venus an hour
after tunfoun tonight and sec how
astonisninSlE brilliant sne Is, then o.
or five times and YOU Will set an idea
IF tic splendor OF tho earth as IL now
loens to the ,nhahi,ants OF Venus :,
The supper table in order TO catch
sight OF US before we dip behind the
tho starry tides of the zodiac like a
golden ralleon bound across the ccles-
tial ocean. laden with treasures un-
guessed or but guessed
Now Is the time for Professor Todd
to try his experiment of sending oul
space signals from tho height of tn,
lofticSt flight of the airplanc. II
they get them on Venus surely the.
will be in doubt about the plac,
OF origin, for they know we'll that The
magnificent planet blazing in their mid
heaven is the nearest object in space
to them and the very twin of their
globe. Imagine the eIcitcmcnt:
Great News. The Earth Signals Us
The Professor OF Pharology al the Uni
rersity OF Venus Undertakes the Task
of necipherme nj y Reply TO &c Sent
at Once"
Professor Todd i. nearer tho truth
than his critics are. This is no mere
!. dream II may not be accomplished
in our day. and. then again. ii may
Electric waves don't have TO breathe or
cat or drink while on their WV lhnv