Show it Is high time we were finding better source of heat than fire by CALVERT TOWNLEY in american firo fire undoubtedly is the most valuable of all mans utilities it P probably was tile chief artificial factor actor in ill his transformation from beast to human and it is certainly tile tho basis of our present civilization we are dependent upon it every hour not only for our comfort but for our existence and if it were taken from us we would promptly revert to a condition close to that of the gorilla but fire remains today just what it was whon when it was first snatched from a volcano or nourished after a lightning stroke a crude intractable and terribly dangerous thing in spite of our progressiveness in many directions wo we still retain this relic of savagery in our homes and in our factories the scientists of A D will very likely class us with brutal frankness among the primitive users of piro fire it is high time wo we were finding a better source of heat fire will of course never be completely banished from mans life any more than bows and arrows candles candies or wagons ever will be but in civilized communities its extensive use is likely to be confined to great superpower steam plants which will wili be located in remote places 60 that even by the twenty first century children may have to visit museums in order to see that strange thing which helped to confer humanity upon their forefathers |