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.
Finally we arrived at the airport just in time to see the big ship take off for Mars. The crew shook hands with us again and made us understand that they would be looking for us at some future day. Then off they went.
Before we could get from the spot where their ship had taken off, to our ship, which was about one thousand yards distant, they were out of sight. While we were standing around our ship, getting ready to take off, one of the men from the observatory came to us and asked us to go with him to the observatory.