“What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years”
| Title | “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years” |
| Year for Search | 1900 |
| Authors | Watkins, John Elfreth Jr.(b. 1875) |
| Secondary Title | The Ladies’ Home Journal |
| Volume / Edition | 18.1 |
| Pagination | 8 |
| Date Published | December 1900 |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | A list of twenty-eight “prophecies,” all presented as entirely positive. No pollution with electricity produced by water-power and hot and cold air provided to homes. No mosquitoes and flies and wild animals only in zoos. People will get more exercise from an early age, and everyone will be expected to walk ten miles a day. Education through university will be free to all. Poor students will be provided with food, clothing, and housing. Medical care is provided free through schools. |
| Author Note | (b. 1875) |
| Full Text | 1900 Watkins, John Elfreth, Jr. (b. 1875). “What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years.” The Ladies’ Home Journal 18.1 (December 1900): 8. A list of twenty-eight “prophecies,” all presented as entirely positive. No pollution with electricity produced by water-power and hot and cold air provided to homes. No mosquitoes and flies and wild animals only in zoos. People will get more exercise from an early age, and everyone will be expected to walk ten miles a day. Education through university will be free to all. Poor students will be provided with food, clothing, and housing. Medical care is provided free through schools. |
