The Coming Man.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7746, 23 February 1905, Page 4

The Coming Man.

I What the coining luce is likely to be, what manner of man may be evolved in the generations to come a few 'hundred years hence, is a sub'Ject upon which some scientists like to speculate. A good many learned ftriticlvs have appeared l'rom time to time. Professor J. W. M'Gce's leI marks on the subject are interesting, "in the first place, every man win be whitq," ho says. " ii,is average 'height and weignt will be decidedlj jg. eater. His head will be larger, absolutely and relatively. His hands and brains will be better co-ordinat-ed, and therefore he will be a betIter mechanism. His vision will l>e stronger, his sense of smell more acute, and his hearing and sense, oi ;taste more delicate. On the whole,

.the man of the future will be strong'er in relation to stature and weight. Fish will be relatively more imporjtant as food. Oceans and lakes will lie the main source of food supply. Lands wiH be almost entirely occupied for dwelling, and for horticulture and intensive agricu/lture which is more intense in a given space. Need of clothing! will diminish. Control of temperature will |>e met b.\ other tihan our present letail methods'. There will be no serious, exposure |to cold. Jn winter men will travel in well-heated vehicles, enrrvin • them from one warm building * to another. Ozone will be sold at drug stores, and will be applied to kill bacilli as soon as they appear. The earth will be an endless succession Oi suburbs. Cities will. meanwhile grow less and| less dense. Tram poi-ta-tion will -be chiefly electric, and wffil 'be much more rapid as the result of the straightepi'ng and multiplication of tracks. Aerial navigation will be vaulalblc only to sports and amusement. It will not be a factor in warfare. Submarine navigation will be valuable only as a

means of esuape from storms. VesIscls lie equipped with the means of diving and remaining below the surface until storms blow over Perfect.on of telegraphy wi« decrea-e jinail business. Money will remain a mfedium of exchange, but financial transactions will be made mostly In negotiable paper, for which individuals will be more responsible than governments. Religion wlil be more of an individual sentiment. Thoie will be an elimination of creeds. -Vs the progress of science grows more complete man will rely less and less jupon the occult. Punishment wiill be Obsolete. AI children will receive .tfe foundations of their education in public schools. Universities and private institutions will give only special twining. Children will have to 5 ~r J ■!f SS ' W,U lcarn spontaneously nd will be encouraged to do what their minds naturally lead ihem to piefer. Sex of children will be predeterminable." Thus does the man of science boldly pee p into the future, and give us a more or less accurate deicription of what he finds there.