Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-01-14

Same Simple Experiments showing sur.
plising Ucscmbiances

plIsing u escmblanoes.
An infant was Growing loudly aud lus-
tiy somowhoro at the back OF tho house.
Tho sounds were inarlIcuinto TO out
gid,rs bat Dr. Robinson, the labya
father. " ho heard them. would Doubt
less be able to interpret thcm ns the la
torestIng romain' % che simIan tongue
For DR.. Louis Robinson, whenever dor.
iug the last two or three year Doc found
q leisure hour in lis bu y life. has studied
tho APE IN tte babe. iCwa8 On order 20
obtain some detailed Information on thif
subject from tho author o. "Darwiuiun
ia the NuuTy' that our representative
Ind called ON D.. Robinson at Lewis
ham.
"Tho article o. intensely interesting"
said To- tho doctor. "ult thcro ). not
enough Of H. We an want to know more
about your experiments with the young
apct What axe the actual dlscuycsl-
your experiments led tor
"simrly tlia, that every new born
child, unless So is Hgkly or Otherwise im-
perfectly developed, has most wonder.
iul power in the lexor muapleA oil tho
forearm, and will support tho whoI,
weight N its body. during the iirst fcw
hours after birth, FOR % period varying
from ten seconds 10 two minutes and "a
half Now, everybody knows TINT Ia
monkeys the power of grip is very fully
developed. qundrumaua can do any.
thing with their hands and arms, aud iu
cases Of danger this power is q chief
means Of self preservation. have now
experimental on 10 babies; some OF
them an hour M two. some few days
old-and IN two cases only have they
failed 10 hang 10y their hands, even tho
tinicst supporting the weight Of its body
for ten seconds, most Of them much
longer, and ia u few cases they have
chung 10 finger or stick for two min.
utcI and a half. Aud even IN tho two
eases failure was due 10 other causes than
the Infants lack Of muscular strength.
ought 10 say that mover attempted to
experiment on weak children, who
might bs injured by the exposure. a
blanket was placed below the child, 20
that when 1t dropped IL dropped On %
soft warm surface. Whenever II was
possible tho experiment was made and
tho photograph taken in the presence
the mother.
/ ION the fnco Of one. aged sixty min
utes. sat stole Indifference. two more
looked energetic, though placid. a. they
stuck with their round little iit,s 20 ~
branch nj the end ~ which appeared two
hands, looking very gigantic Ia com.
p,rison 10 the very youthful performer.
Some others were evidently expressing
their feelings in the SimAn tongue, COR
their moU,ls-trenend sized mouths
they seemed--weru wide opan. Tho
miniature legs, hurlly maI Ia pro.
portion 20 the nfiu1. were drawn up. tl'
babes looked indeed like tUillc.s infant
apes.
"Ohscrve tho big toe" Dr. Rohlnrou
won't on. 81 have noticed over and over
Hsam that IN the ease Of young infant.
itis Turned outward like % thumb. af va
the casa Of monkeys, Whose hind fcgt ur.
an additional rAr of haud. Ard when.
ever hlvs held O finger or n stick clp.a
10 tho infant feet whilo it was haur.nl
by its arms there h1s been mo attempt
az clulrhing the tiicl: with th, f.at Tl.
socms 90 me another instance of the aur
yiyul Of the apes instinct ia the human
child.
"Anoihor curious fact that strucl, M.
was that even when q child had lcrr
hanging by ia hands for over % minut,
this seems q short period, uut just n,
% hang 10 o horizontal bay, suppartiu.
the weight " Your body 10y yOur hauJ.
only, for amiru'o or two-it lc; gom0t.