Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-07-18 | Page 4 | Ancient Wise Monk Guessed About Future-but All Wrong

Ancient Wise Was Monk Guessed I About Abou Future But But All Wr W r ii By MARY KNIGHT United Tress Press Staff Correspondent PARIS July 18 One 18 One thousand years ago an Italian monk Theodose wrote on parchment his predictions of ot what the world would be In a thousand years This document recently published here after being uncovered by R. R P. P librarian of the Franciscans Franciscans Franciscans Francis Francis- cans at Ravenna showed that economically ceo ceo- the old monk failed in his guesses and was all wrong when he predicted about women Many good Christians believe that the year 1000 will see sec the end of ot the world he wrote But Butt t is probably probably probably proba proba- bly an error he added There Is Isone Isone isone one thing certain however I believe that within a thousand years the religIon religion re religion re- re ligion of ot Mohamet will have perished from the earth and the Koran will vill be destroyed The armies of will perish from the earth like dustin dust dustin in th the wind and leave only the servants servants ser ser- of God TORN BT BY WAR WARI I do not deny that the world has been torn by war The pagans from the north have brought their ravages into Britain into France and Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many but each day they are arc lessened and one of ot their chiefs Rollon already has become a Christian The earth in ina a thousand years ears will assuredly be bemore bemore bemore more densely populated but we never shall shan pass the boundaries of the habitable habitable habitable hab hab- sections beyond the snows of the north and the desert areas of the south south in in which prediction the monk erred considerably But along alone the Mediterranean the fertile country will be cultivated and the Christians will wilI build bund beautiful churches n. n Order u will be established shed everywhere thanks to the power of kings and there will be kingdoms in e in in France In Lombardy and a great empire In Ger many the kings of ot which will be re responsible responsible responsible re- re to the pope pope BETTER MORALS Morals Moras due to the church will become become be be- come conie purer I am convinced that conditions In this respect will be Improved Improved improved Im Im- im- im proved upon present day manners in dress Iress for I have actually seen women in n the streets streets- of Milan and even in Rome dressed In garments which scarcely covered them Instead of guarding their purity with greater so- so The powders invented for women of today in all colors to excite the desires of ot men I hope w will be destroyed de de- Proving that a species of gangster gangster gangster gang ster existed Theodose says Thanks to the police organization Uon gaining in strength the future will willbe fr free e 1 the evils of ot moles tors along the roads One will be able able- in all aU se e OPt lity ity to travel everywhere ln Eu Europ from to Rome In tn three fo da land and Rome to Lyon in three w which will be splendid