The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-12-26
The Criminal Type of Face.

III all auuIeSS 10 the EInuOlOSlcal 80
ciety Of England on the right method
of dealing with crime and criminals
Sir Robert Anderson, late chief of the
criminal investigation department at
Scotland Yard, referring to the so
called criminal type of face, said that
on one occasion when Max Nordau
visited him he put before him two
photographs which were so covered
that only the faces were visible. One
was that of DR.. Temple, then archbish.
op of Canterbury, and the other that
of Raymond. the prince of criminals of
his time. The archbishop's face, said
Sir Robert. when in repose had an ex-
preston which might almost be term
ed sinister. Raymond had remarka-
bly, kindly, intelligent face. Max Nor
dau, who was told that one of the two
photographs was that of prominent
English public man, would not express
any opinion as to the types
A Strange Hairpin.
"This," said the gay bachelor, lead
ing his visitors through the fat, sis
my famous collection of hairpins."
The hairpins, a hundred or more.
filed Louis Quinze cabinet Some
were of shell, some Of silver some
even of gold
This is the strangest." said the
bachelor; this hollow glass one. See,
there is fluid in it. perfume. And
here is tiny hole. so that when the
pin lies obliquely in the hair the per-
fume is emitted slowly in delicate
drops.
at is a Japanese hairpin," he con-
cluded. "A geisha in Yokohama tea
house gave it to me- can still see
her as she sat on her cushion playing
the samisen, while very slowly, in
drops resembling tears, the perfume
fell on her amber colored Cheek
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Deceptive Woman.
The opportunities young people have
of really getting to know one another
are so lamentably small. The incest
woman seeks to make herself attrac-
| tive. OF course she does, and rightly
so. And q man who sees her at two
or three dances week at Ascot and
at Henley does not see her as she real
ly is. Every woman before marriage
is as deceptive as company prospec-
tus. In the one case you go to a lot
terry, in the other to allotment. The
schoolboy who was asked the feminine
of "sir" and replied "siren" had in
him the elements of unconscious truth
4 man who is thinking of marrying
girl should see her in her own home
about IL in the morning when it has
been raining for week and she Is
ignorant that any eligible man is
watching her. 1t is the cheap flannels
that shrink in the wash. = London
Truth.
Planting to Music.
In Bataan, according to the Manila
Times, the labor of the rice planter is
rhythmic delight. The fields are not
plowed or pudded, nor is there any
transplanting, but the brush and un-
dergrowth are chopped down with bo-
los. then burned. The ground is hoed,
and corn is planted in spots about six
feet apart. When 1t Is foot high the
rice is planted, two or three kernels in
hole, about eighteen inches apart
One man has guitar and plays quick
time music, while close semicircle of
six or a dozen men with long, sharp
ened bamboos give rapid thrusts in the
ground, keeping time with the music
and doing fantastic series of leaps
backward with joyful shouts. Mean
while two or three women or girls are
able to drop the seeds In the holes
made by one man and cover them up,
keeping up jolly. laughing comment
all the time.
Aluminium Bronze.
Aluminium bronze was invented by
the French chemist Deville In 1859 and
was used experimentally for the man
ufacture of domestic utensils and ar
ticles of jewelry. 1t has the color OF
gold and retains its brilliancy, not be-
ing attacked by salt water or the at.
mosphere 1t consists of 10 per cent
of aluminium to 90 of copper. 1t has
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