The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-14
THE HUNT FOR THE PITH[(ANTHROpUS.
Some Observations on the Vanderbilt
Expedition to Java. .....
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Z ecanthropf in the jungies OF Javag Can
| the issue of such hunt have any bearing
| whatever on the eternal order OF na'ura'
| law?
| Aluston Is made 10 the monera as or
| santsus without organs" 1t was during
| IN. Paleozolc age that the simple none
| ron. or single celled creature respohueu
/ to the conditions that wrought us crea-
! ton. but 10 designate this humble single
! cell that made the genesis In the evoiu-
| ton OF life az IAN organism without an
| organ. is simply a contradictory con-
| fusson ~ the use of language. No one
| anticipates an elaborate Grafton when the
| newborn infant utters 1t first voca
| sound and there may be a wide difference
| between that first cry and an oratorlcai
| effort on the floor Of congress. but tnere
| Is still a relationship in the mater ..
| yocality. The moneron was not pereit oi
| an, organ. else It would not have oeen al
We are told that Mr.. vanderbiits agent
| Is looking for the ape-like man, not .ne
nnap-lfke ape But In this matter the
American millionaire seems TO nave oee"
preceded by an explorer in AFRICA
In the August number OF the Geograpn-
teal Journal Mr.. Ewart s. Grosah :.
courses OF a new type OK nuplain ~
found In the country 70 tne sou." sascr,n-
Albert Edward. The following uesoi'p
,tor would seem to pretty fairly RESPOND
- the demand for a living ape-nke ~
narttton OF the genus homo. says MT
Grogan: -,
.unan axploring with a small num ,.,s
NJ followers I observed some aPPehind
creatures leering al me .,aarahie dif-
9,'t.a. ~ Rtianda guide induced one OF
them TO come and be Inspected. ne mas
a tall man, with long - arms me ape. pro-
ppo,,ncedly microcephalous and psd
thous At FIRST he was terripiy a,a han I
INT soon gained confidence. anu 80
s.L.d him about elephant and otner gam
- 90 ,,a me the most realistic representa-
ttons Of them and how they snouiu oe 49,
lacked I failed to exactiy 1917 IN
social status; a pe' held sld'' BY the warnanda
tbeir local caste must be very low. ~, nc
starnp OF the brute was so strong OF w" .ba
that I should place mem ,hsr natives
have seen in Africa. Their type Is 'o ,,,as,
distincf from the other peoples, auu, , .aS !,
ing from the twenty 20 thirty s spee'lhh ,dy
20 l;rha are covered with wiry mar
ana the hang OF the long. powerful hrn w.
the slight stoop of the trunA M anu facn
hunted. vacant expression Q, .hs .ae
.nn. IN a tout ensemble that was a
terrible pictorial proof OF parwinisi'
II viii be seen from the foregoing that
Africa would furnish quite as hkeiy
region to furnish the Pithecanthropus az
aces the island OF lava, and the creature
described by this explorer might withou'
anv scientific strain, be designated ri'ne-
canthropus erectus -,.,,a,
as set forth In Mr.. Chambers article, IS
the claim that the Java search, II sue
cessful must put the mint mark or tne
brand OF base metal upon Darwinism TOT
ever. 49, 49,
n will be interesting TO hear from the
anthropoloxists OF Paris ana heth"
should this matter come 70 their aoen-
ton. / apprehend that the heads 70 .ne
genealogical department OF the smitn-
.or,.r institution at washington. D. c.'
ri,i Indulge In a broad smile at this cai-
,o,, ana summary method OF disposins OF
The most profound modern discovery IN
sriaree And this. too, by the freshest
kind of novices who seem TO De utterly
obl,vious that there remains no longer y
problem as TO the gradual evolution %
man. that the claim admits or absolute
"a undeniahie demonstration. and In
tru,v scientific minds Is settled as nrmiy
az a demonstration In mathematics
There need now be no mystery as 70
what life il. We now know what IL II
thar makes thought Definitely ana con-
cisely can we analyzc all animation ano
determine. SO far as man Is concerned.
his past his present and MS tutufe
But the most remarkable feature Oh the
remarkable article under consideration,
assuming. of course. that the said article
was meant TO be seriously scientific, Was
the Recommending Illustrations. Presum-
ably this ia the mental picture that Mr.
Walters carries in his mind Ms he hunts
for It's prutype in those PARKWAY jungies.
IL II evidently intended 20 delneate ar
boreal creatures. but the conception OF 4
beautiful mermaid one-haif feminine hu-
- 49, III T..
one whit more gfOtesgue from scien-
tiae viewpoint than are these tree
dwellers In the Chambers illustrations.
Here are represented beings with we'll
shaped human legs. feet, arms and hands.
we'll and symmctricaily developed calves.
good Caucasian hands and feet and yet.
accompanying these, stupid and inane
faces
Have these people no idea whatever Of
the order of unfolding uatureq They en-
dow their ptthesanthropl with the most
highly evolved human contour. with feet
and hands the very farthcst from the
ahureai. and the heads even, with q facial
angle indicating good cerebral develop
ment, far tn advance 81 the typical AZ
rican. and YET present this creature as
.souiless, vniceless, fiyc.hngercd, taiiiess. -
etc.
The finding OF verltnhie ccniaur would
he no less likely than an Rpe.man
trimmed on with fno Caucasian limbs
and agched feet that cannot 40 With Iox
physical and mental development.
IL viii be worth while 90 keep this quest
IN mlad. whore the eil-impertanf matter
seems to he to apply money Ia solutions
/ In the fields Of science. a. one does In
I speeulations on the stock board
| This idea Of millionaire sending q
young student into an Eastern jungle &c