Chapter XXI · Twentieth Century Inventions.
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The Wonderful Automatic Valet,—a faithful servant and silent friend. A Balloon-car Accident,—twelve thrown out and killed. Excursion to the Moon. Woman Worship in France. Ready Digested Dinners. Highly nutritious pellets for noon lunch. Ice cream pills become popular; also delicious fruit pellets.
If some wide-awake American genius in 1999 had invented an electrical breathing machine his invention would have been well patronized. By the use of electrical appliances, manual labor had been reduced to a minimum. The electric automobiles, ærodromes, ærocycles, electric bicycles and hundreds of mechanical appliances used as labor saving machinery, really invited laziness. If a breathing apparatus had been invented in 1999 its sales would have been phenomenal.
In support of this statement we reproduce, herewith, an article taken from the Scientific American, under date of May 28, 1999, as follows: