The Detroit times., 1916-10-10
What's Bred In the Bone
BN Or. FRANK CRANE
(Copyricht. 1915. by Frank CraneD

"''NiNtN - the dNuii always take the
form of old racial pursuits"
For those who hike To know the why
and wherefore OF things. a most fascinat-
NIX book IS Tine Psychology OF Reaxa-
ton, 10y Professor Patrick of the Uni
vorsity Of Iowa.
Nhle thorough and accurate enough to
satisfy scientist, 1t is written in good
pam English that any intelligent layman
can understand. The author has an easy
style and the ability TO make his points
clear winch Is saying a good deal for a
college professor
The glst of the book is this-and very
interesting IT Is-that We find our best
relaxation IA those ferns of exercise and
'ot rest that date farthest back in the his
tory of evolution.
That is TO say, hunting and fishing are
such fun. and reJuycnate the tired BUSH
ness man So, because several thousand
years ago his ancestors hunted and tiShed
for a living
Baseball appeals to us because it con-
Sl>'S Of three things striking with
bat throwing ball, and running. Here
IN We revert 20 our fathers who lived be-
fore Adam. and dubbed beasts threw
Ntope, az their quarry, and ran from the
Civilization means development Of
'he hlgdG' nerve Centcrs those by which
We plan for the morrow restrain our IN
>tnc's and WORRY generally about things
and strings This eNerts n constant
strain upon us and We get our best re-
taxation hy letting va and falling back
upon oUr prehistoric occupations such as
golf. which consists I'm >Vatting some
'a'ng and then booking for il In he tall
Grass as the cave men used On do when
they shot ducks with arrows and re- REV.
ID Them i'm the swamp
The hfc Of modern folk j. a perpetual
restraint II i- hard work 10 be decent.
rrom our youth 3p We are pelted with
Don't Parent hold us IN. and teach
.rs hold as down. and preachers hold Us
back. The human colt is lassoci carly.
W. must RESTRAIN ourselves 10 mingle
y good society, 90 got along I'm business,
and % dodge the reporters
Any ~ Us who would Yield % his natu-
IN. impulses would he i'm jail before night.
~ manage with out fellow men at all we
must keep the bit always I'm our mouth
lni the harness ON our back
Hence the most satisfactory forms OF
play ar" those IN which, as they say out
vest. we "hu~' loose"
The best re ''ou from being gen
.cwan or "a Iat. Is u come as n'ar as
b0e 10 being wild animal
We SEQ ths IN children. who are mere
y c<Gheran' 'lb''c animals. They rerest
'r U- ITO an'NIiIdyIan an'Jc, of their
7relataerS. Little Teddy rides a stick,
.,nlt everything climhahle jumps
Forythlng Jumnah.e, manhanaIes III, sis
.r. loves in MIN m oHit pond, throws
toaa- ~ eats. window and pIaymates.
to'. deadly weapons, hunts IMAGINARY
ao7rs and fights all the boys In the
noigttnriaod simply because those
thing have bee0 bred into his bones for
many thousand wears before mamma, he
can teaching children 20 be nice and
.rd
Playing is never much fun when it IL
nice, because our ancestors were not nice;
they were fierce and tie hardest Littcrs
and fastest runners survived and bred
their kind
And little Janet May plays with dolls
and finds her chosen relaxation in moth
eriuq becau 80 her gsandmothers did that
sort OF thing i'm real life for many genera
'ions: otherwise Mis- Janet May would
never have been born.
Professor Patrick's theory eyllains