The Washington times., 1923-09-27
BY PROF. al. M. LOW.

seems to represent such n long
period Of time. And yet, OF course,
from the scientific point or view, q
century is a mere flash in the pan
IA matter OF q few seconds IN the
life Of the world.
What developments are likely to-
take place in 'the few seconds
that separate US today from the
year 20237 Speculations on the
subject are fascinating.
Is It too much to suppose that
saying time is money will not
be content to spend more than
half his life eating, travelling, play
ing and sleeping? The business
man who economies in these re-
spects will be more successful, ac-
cording to his dictuTn, and there
fore this type must develop.
Travel Speeded Up.
Travel, OF course, will be speed
ed up enormously within the next
century, and there is nothing
against reducing our sleep ration,
while as to food the changes TAX
ing place are obvious. The .'thres
bottle man has gone long ago.
and the business man who until
only & few years ago had to eat hig
dinners with his fNiends cheerfuIly
relies now on sandwiches. NO
doubt in a hundred years time FOOD
tablets at the office win be re-
garded as ample for his needs.
The business man who says time
is money certainly wastes Q lot OF
1t under present conditions. Even
when using the telephone he mere
" makes appointments. H0 feels
that he cannot get his personality
over the wire.
See Over Phone.
In q hundred years time he will
be able to chat in comfort over e
| telephone that can be used in his
car. his house, or his train. He
will not hear a squeaky voice say
| ing s.What?" every few minutes.
Probably it will be possible for
him to see the person to whom be
is talking, and If he desires to
make notes they will be read Inn
mediately in a book situated miles
away.
| garded, not as game Of EOlf dur
| ing business hours, but as an intel
ligent interest in the work OF
In 100 years time the raising Of
huge sums OF money to Fend people
| to throw javelins in sO-called inter-
national games will be looked Upon
las pitiable. Bodily strength over
the limits necessary to support our
| brains will most certainly be at
discount: we shall leave muscle
to monkeys!
Our streets win gradually become
altered. London traffic will be con-
| trolled on special roads. We shall
need underground garages, and in
stead Of dragging ourselves along
pavements we shall expect at least
moving stairway to our favorite
shops.
A really large main thoroughfare
will most likely be covered in.
win Be Weaker.
In the years to come we shall not
be able to stand severe exposure to
i the elements, and doubtless even
naval officers will be wearing
glasses. An air service will land
people from all parts of the world
not at some point six miles away
from the city, but straight on to
| the top Of a hotel in q rooted ar
cade street.
The street will be pleasant, well
| lit and clean. The waste caused
by fog will be overcome; throwing
| down of dirt will be forbidden, and,
SO. too, will all kinds of noise.
| Houses viii have ceased to be
| cold and miserable for mankind
with each succeeding year demands
more comfort, even If 1t is only q
| wind-screen on q notorious.
/ We shall have electrical power
| for all kinds of purposes distrib-
/ uted from large central stations.
| Our clothes will take less than
! half an hour to put on, and they
| may be electrically warmed. Pub
lie clocks and probably our watches
| will be kept in time by wireless,
and by the same agency we shall
be reused at whatever hour we de-
sire to get up.
ALI Closed Cars.
Motor cars will all be enclosed
and by a motor device may pick up
their power from Government sta.
tions. The speed of tube trains
| VIII be increased, while airplanes
will be so much quicker that our
efforts of today will seem like
those of the old stage coach
In a hundred years we shall cer-
tainly have the channel tunnel, for
an island cannot live easily in the
race Of progress. And at that time
too, ideas will be transported even
more quickly than our bodies.
When I speak of government
power do so because of the doubt
whether in the future liberty of the
| subject will exist to any appre-
ciable extent. I certainly do not be.
lieve that children will be left to
other than a department committee
| to make or mar.
But do not let us speak of "the
good old times" In a hundred
years the age in which we now
live will be the subject Of laughter
and jeers.
| learned nothing else they will lie
dressed like men. Capital punish
ment may go, and, like the United
states, we may be dry, but one
| thing is sure: If we go to war we
shall poison, kill by electricity and
indulge in frightfulness against our
brothers with skill and science
that will make the last great war
compare with those battles of the
Picts and Scots that irritated us SO
much at school.