Show ne lie r es S B E go I 1 mn alkay NOTE thim article printed in the boston globe gibo in UM LW predicted many things bich have become a reality in much less leas time than anticipated INS HIS new years eve while I 1 imingen with nothing else to do I 1 scanned each column of the globe and almost ere I 1 knew a growing dimness stole across the printed page I 1 drew it nearer and be bc hoedl twits yellowed ocr with age my hands bands I 1 found had wrinkled grown my locks were changed to gray my form was bent my vision dim my teeth had passed away and as I 1 gazed I 1 heard a voice good gond grandma grand rna dir I 1 wish you many many times a happy glad new year then tar tah men said they were my sons and daughters fair to see told me this ninety three but nineteen forty three said 1 I my memory has failed how goes the world today you shall go out this afternoon and see st e the town cried they at that the tears flowed down my cheeks checks 1 I the days are ended when these poor eyes could see the sights oil oh nol well have them mended A grownup grown up son then seized a knob and gave cave three pulls upon it the car will be here at once mother put on your bonnet and while lie he spoke the coups coupe came t wn s wonderful w r f t to 0 m me e liow f faster a s than een fabled horse was I 1 electricity my son just turned and touched touche a screw dou t think b f n k id d lo 10 lost s t my it m mind 1 n d it 1 I s should it tell how fast we flew f for or we left the wind behind we went to see the surgeon first the lenses crystalline have grown too list flat with aged see he said we must put new ones la in with nith that he hypnotized my mind in I some peculiar way such rare sweet visions floated by then quickly passed way away I 1 woke my eyes were strong and well and hastening to depart we paid the fee and entered next a gallery of art but ns as to pictures when nhen I 1 turned bovery so very strange they seemed I 1 thought the artist must have ake sketched the stories he had dreamed we never think of painting now my guide said with a laugh these are but landscapes in the n moon taken by photograph PIL what 3 afe are there people in the moons oh yes indeed sal said d he here Is a lunar telescope look through and you will sae see I 1 gazed and to my great surprise distinctly saw them walking I 1 listened at another tube and there I 1 heard them talking you see said he weve learned to catch such swift intense bibra vibrations alons in the thin ether that we hear their slightest intonations you look surprised my son went on ill show those eyes of yours a sight worth while our famous scheme that beats the paris sewers sewers these little gutters ramify through all the streets and streets and catch the rain and hail slad and melting snow these tiny gratings match conducting down to pipes beneath which take it miles below straight towards ards the center of the earth arth where the gre great at heat you know will turn it into steam of course and up it comes again by other pipes to spin and weave and cook and print for men it feeds the factories through tin th land with no nn expense for fuel it pull tor for artisans full many a precious jewel weve laid large pipes through all the streets to warm the winter weather so out of date and done with altogether now mother we will go and lunch in africa sunny clinic clime and drawing out his watch lie he said 1 I see theres ample time the sub atlantic tunnels elg done well take it over there the cars are sent through every hour by the force of compressed air he placed meon a cushioned seat within an egg shaped car suspended in an iron tube I 1 felt a sudden jar and then to my astonishment conscious of nothing more I 1 found that we were ere a standing funding upon the farther shore and soon we reached a city near the mountains of the moon they told me ethiopia would woula be admitted soon as one of the united states for china late inte had been we found a place to order lunch by three tall men brought in they gervea us well but spoke no word while gravely bowing low me 1 I thought that slavery lvery was waa done etli long ao 0 1 1 i 0 so o Us its said ld lie then who B aglai are those these three stalwart fela ew low ier they are not human mother diar dear only tame gorillas much as I 1 feared the tunnel then I 1 feared gorillas snore more and glad was I 1 to come again back to our beloved shore when home once more my son remarked want to t tee see the play at the olympian I 1 theater it Is their thear matinee 11 1 think id like to stay indoors I 1 said and rest R awhile ap oh well you need not leave the house he vv answered with a smile we do not go to theaters like the ca canaille nallie I 1 hope just darken close the drawing room open the bioscope dlo dio scope and you will se see e the actresses the cornices cornicks cor nices and frieze beside it stands the telephone and you can hear with ease what Is A a bioscope dlo dio scope I 1 cried A small objective lens so placed place d as to command the stage as all the world now kens connected by elec trie wire with yon white plate of glass f framed ra in p panel a on 0 our u r w wall n thia tove thild lia once a and d over r this wi will 1 p pass a s the scenery n e ry a and n d actors both until the play Is through by electricians it was tried in 1832 but that Is quite old fashioned so ill I 1 show you something new want t to 0 r ride id e in m my y b balloon allo 0 n d directly after af ter t tea ea 1 ill 11 ll take tak e y you 0 1 it f y youre ou not t too tired u up p 0 o t the he P polar ol 01 a r se sea a ll 11 tired his is kindness k ln d ne 0 overpowered ve r p w r e d me and I 1 began to weep when someone shouted in ray my ear you are crying in your sleep the globe had fallen on the floor the lamp was growing dim so what my son might yet have said bald is known to none but him A fact |