El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-05
FUTURE LIFE Of
PREDICTED

London. Eng March 5.-These are
some Of the conditions Of social life
in 500 years time predicted by Dr.
A. IL Low, q well known London
consulting engineer, who invented a
motor scooter and has produced an
apparatus for seeing simple objects
by wire
Delightful underground avenue.
Rooted in city parks.
Drawing rooms travelling 100 miles
an hour on roads as smooth as a bill
lard ball
The happy people in those days. g"
he said, will look back upon our
conditions today with just such feel
iuEs Of amused pity as we show for
the state Of the savages Of pre-
historic times.
Humanity, having continued TO
Develop the 'coddling process OF
civilization, which has so Ear had
the effect OF making it necessary TO
wear clothes, live in warm houses,
and 10 seek all sorts Of enervatinE
Injuries and comforts, viii have
reached so delicate physical c0ndi-
ton that people viii not be able TO
meuts Of nature. such as wind, cold.
rain snow, excessive heat
All, Boy: Better Roads.
They viii tend 20 live under
ground There will be underground
streets, through which all traffic viii
proceed Roads viii be absolutely
smooth and not rough hewn and
bumpy as they are today
When a man sets out for busi-
ness he VIII not proceed, as he does
now by tramWaV car or Esain- ne
viii pass along delightful avenues
underneath the surface Of the
earth
Motor cars and all motor vehicles
viii proceed by wireless power and
not by the crude method Of using
petrol
Motor cars win be fitted up like
1uxuriously appointed drawing
rooms, and viii be driven (by wire
isssl at rate OF 100 miles an hour.
Wireless telephones will be installed,
as well as every kind Of appoint
Many people VIII own these cars
Wives. Take Notice:
People viii live in "a condition OF
splendid physical isolation Tele-
visiou-that is, the ability TO see
your friend OF husband over a dis
lance Of many mlles-and wireless
telephony. which viii enable you 70
talk 70 him COR herr in comfort, viii
lead 70 this condition
There viii be less desire in those
days for close physical communion
That desire Is relic OF barbarlsn1-
'Savages viii not touch a tele-
phone. They. perfer TO travel to the
presence OF the one they wish TO
speak TO- Many people still are not
content 10 talk TO their friend over
the telephone merely because they
like 10 see and touch him
That relic Of the barbaric age will
probably disappear in the next 500
years
Somebody Must Do Work.
There VIII still be the wealthy
classes, and other classes less well
off financially That win mean
that there VIII stiu be servants in
the house TO DO the necessary house
work. But that viii not interfere
with the condition OF splendid
physical isolation because these ser
wants viii not be intimate associates
This vision is -Ot an eLrraVagaut
or wild set Of theories It is the di-
rectiou in which scientific discoveries
and experiment tend II is no more
and no less wild TO us than our
present social conditions would have
appeared TO our forbears generations
ago
Many scientific men have come
face TO face with discoveries and in
ventions which are onls separated I
from actual realization by a simple Z
little difficulty which viii certainly (
be overcome In time"