Most of their yardage is sent in from Mars, yet a lot of their clothing
comes in made up ready to wear. Here again we must give credit to the
Martonians for the fine texture of cloth, exquisite designs and their
remarkable styling, for the clothes are not a burden to the people who
wear them. They are light but warm, cover well yet are not clumsy. Men
and women alike wear blouses or coats with collars that are not tight
around the neck, loose yet very decorative. Dresses for women are
styled to form, very artistically and fitted to each individuality. It
really makes the people be people, not flashy. They are sensible, yet
exquisite.
Everyone seems to know everyone else. There are no strangers. Even we
were not strangers.
In this section the Moon is very rich in gems, so everybody is well
supplied with beautiful gems, that on Earth would be priceless since
men commercialize everything there.
We also learned that the span of life on the Moon is from seventy-five
years to two hundred years. Age begins around one hundred fifty
years. On Mars the span of life is from five hundred to one thousand
years. Seven hundred fifty is the average aging period there but many
Martonians don't even age at that time.
After completing this trip around the city, we start back to the
airport. On the way we were taken to what on Earth would be called a
power plant. On the roof of this power plant there are some gadgets
that resemble parasols and others shaped like horseshoes. These are
very large in size. Some of the parasols are inverted and we are told
by one of the scientists of the Moon who is escorting us through the
plant that these gadgets act as condensers, drawing out of space what
we call static electricity. They call it energy. The power from this
plant is used for no other purpose than alloying metals and research
work, since they have plenty of power from the stones to supply all
the needs of the city, as we have mentioned before. In fact they were
experimenting at this very time with the idea of drawing more power out
of space.
We were told that this experimental power plant was brought to the Moon
from Mars. It is built in the wide open section on the light side. It
seems the light area of this city is used mostly for the airfield,
experimental stations, the big observatory and some of the large
factories, while the dark area in the foothills and up the sides of the
mountains is mostly the trade centers, residential section and outlying
agriculture district.
While in the other half of the city we had looked about to see if there
were any radio stations, but we saw nothing anywhere that looked like
one. So now we asked if they didn't have radio in the city and where
their stations were.
Our guide answered that they had no need for anything of that kind.
They have a better system than radio, which is the same as the
Martonian ship had, and each home was equipped with it.
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