The Washington times., 1922-10-08

that has now sasgsltsd itself Is true con-
eerning the traditions and superstitions
that have been handed down to us from
prehistoric timesi Can we not read in
them some justihcation for The belief that
some former race Of men attained not
only 10 the knowledge we have 90 recently
won, but also TO the power through radium
which h not Jet oursf Science has re-
constructed the story Of the past as one
Of continuous ascent Of man TO the pres
ent-day level of his powers. In face of
the .eircumstantial evidence existing of
this steady upward progress Of the race,
the traditional view of the fall of man
from former higher state has come to
be more and more difficult to understand
From our new standpoint the two points
Of view sresby no means 20 irreeoncilable
as they appeared. - -
eff We can Judge from what our en-
gineers accomplish with their compare
lively restricted supplies Of energy, for
nner race which could transmute matter
would have little need to earn its bread
BY the sweat Of It's brow. ~"
"Sueh q. radium-conquering race could
Itransferm . desert into continent, thaw
the fresen poles and make, the whole
world one smiling Garden of Eden. Pos
sibly they could explore the outer realms
Of spsee, smigrsting to more favorable
worlds 20 the supcriiuous to-day emigrate
70 more favorsble continsnts. Such mas
terry Of power Would come from a knowl-
edge Of the full utility Of radium. The
legend Of the fall Of man, possibly, may
be eli that has survived Of such a, time
before, for some unknown reason, the
whole world was plunged back again un-
der the undisputed sway Of Nature, to
begin snce more It's toilscme journey
aTke discovery Of radium and increas-
ing discoveries Of its uses have opened up
an entirely new prospect for man of vast
possibilities. The field Of work has opened
out In number of directions previously.
unsaspected. The problem of transmuta-
tiOn and the Liberation of atomic energy
TO carry on the labor Of the world is no
longer surrounded with mystery and igno-
rance. but b daily being reduced to form
capable Of. exact qSantitative reasoning.
We are advancing along the only road
likely to bring success, and at a rate
which makes II probable that one day will
see IL achievement. As suddenly and un-
expeccedly assthe discovery Of radioactive
ity itself, at any moment some fortunate
one might find the clue and follow it up.
80 would be diverted into the channels of
human conscientiousness and purpose the
full primary fountain Of natural energy
at its source"
II Professor Soddy's ratlium-conquerin
super race existed millions Of years ago
and knew enough 70 trfnsmafe energy
frsm rsdium,. they. also knew enough to
make shoes for themselves as good at
least a. we have to-day. Perhaps SUPER
man, wearing q near.rnodern shoe, stepped
on the soft part Of Triassic rock in
Nevada and left the imprint which Mr..
Reid now exposes TO q critical scientific
audience.
The foot, II n was a foot, that was
within the shoe or moecasin was much
smaller than the average foot sof to-day.
And IL L was shoe and human being
wore i. then we can conjecture how It
dinosaurs. Il may be that the wearer,
travelling over the swampy land, was
suddenly pursued by some Of these gigan-
tic, grotesque Creatures. In his Sr her
fight the foot stuck in bed Of clinging
clay. In extracting u the thongs which
bound welt and sole TO the foot may have
been wrenched' loose, leaving The sole
behind.
: And there n lay until soon after it was
covered BY some convulsion Of Mature and
for thousands upon thousands on years
the ordinary leather or dinosaur hide was
slowly turned Into rock
And there hundreds or thousands of
years later another convuision Of Nature,
thfust N mn IN the tlvht auain IN be found
by Engineer Reid and 10 give science the
most pussling nut II has had TO crack for
many . generation