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Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

size, the lines grow with them and the
pattern remains true to Its drst form.
Evidently this method Of Identification
was suggested by the system Of keeping
finger print records, first introduced by
the late M. Bertillon, Of Paris. and now
used by every important detective force
in the civilized world.
It has been found, however, that It 10
much easier to take footprints than hand
or hnger prints ot>a baby. The foot is
larger and the baby curls it's hands up so
persistently that It Is impossible to OBJ
tain a satisfactory impression. It must
be remembered that the finger prints used
by the police are usually taken from per.
sons over twenty years old.
Upon the foot as well as upon the hand
there Is a complicated system Of small
lines, which sweep all over the inner sur.
face, and At certain points, generally on
the tips Of the fingers, form q kind Of
centre. These central formations are
known as whiripools, loops and compo.
sites. Many persons have the same gen.
eral type Of line formation. but no two
persons have exactly the same pattern,
and any one with little experience can
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

These ridges are reproduced by the
outer skin or epidermis. The epidermis
is constantly being worn away. but % n
Is renewed the lines are renewed with Il
The finger tips have furnished won
derfuily successful method OF trackina
professional criminals. There Il an oily
secretion In the skin. and whom the finger
tips touch brass doorknob, . pane 0f
glass or any smooth, hard substance, they
leave an impression. II this impression
comedies with one already recorded q
police headquarters, the police know jugt
who the man Is.
The cleverest criminals have resorted
to all sorts Of tricks to remove the evi.
dence. Of their finger prints Some have
gone so far as to slice of their finger tirs
with knife, but apart from the shock.
ing pain this must cause II has the dis,
advantage Of destroying the best part 81
their sense Of touch.
Others have committed their crimes IN
kid gloves, but here again the sense Of
touch is deadened. The cleverest trick
has been to cover the finger tips with
gold.beater's skin, which leaves sensation
largely unimpaired.
1t Is satisfactory to know that this hu.
man popularity can be made to serve
some nobler object than catchina
criminals.
II the system Of keeping baby foot.
prints had been adopted long ago, some
OF the most remarkable romances and
tragedies Of history would never have
happened, or, at least, would have lost
their dramatic features.
The famous Tichborne case In England.
for instance, could hardly have happened.
In that case rough man from Australia
turned up and declared that he was The
missing heir to the great, ancient Itch
borne estates and title. who had been
lost at sea- Strange to say, the missing
heirs own mother identified the claimant
as her son, Families we're split up BY
the controversy, many persons ruined
and finally the claimant was sent to jail
for perjury. II the foot prints Of the
missing man had been preserved the
claimant would have been laughed out
OF court
Similar arguments apply to the Charlie
Ross case In America. For over forty
years an estimable and wealthy family
was kept in torture by impostors who
claimed to be the lost boy or to be able
to produce him. There could have been
no doubt In any OF these cases II an in,
preston Of the real Charlie Rcas'a t.
prints had been taken at birth
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

Asparagus and all delicately favored vegetables
should be cooked in very little water, Just enough to
cover. but dandellon and strong favored vegetables
require generous quantity. All green's should be
cooked with the cover partly OF. This gives them
better color and more delicious flavor The average
housekeeper is careless as to the time Of cooking
vegetables. yet vegetable Is much injured by too
much or too little cooking as Is loaf Of bread cake
The water should be kept boiling constantly until
vegetables are DONE To let It stop mpairs the favor
In cooking green's ham bone or bacon drippings
which have been saved from time to time will be
found to supply flavor that cannot be obtained in
any other way. . ...
Onions used discreetly are tasty addition to any
green's used In salad form. When shredded and mixed
with mayonnaise they make palatable dressing and
are very wholesome
Lettuce, since 1t contains akaes. requires an acid
condment Dandelions form one Of the most whole
some greens, containing they do "taraxacum"
which acts the liver. Dandeon roots are cut into
Slices dried and used incidentally by many instead Of
procuring their supply from the pharmacist a most
city folk do
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

Spring onions ETC., the food value Of which seems
designed especially to take away that tired, droopy
feeling She prepares them tasty and the unsuspect
ing family takes the dose with a relish. .
Since not only the succuent cultivated vegetables
but many edible wild weeds unfamiliar to the ma.
jority Of housekeepers plentiful now they should
constitute large portion Of the daily menu In the
Spring category Of those particularly rich In mineral
properties and Of high medicinal value are dandelion
both wild and cultivated; rhubarb, poke shoots,
paragus lettuce water cress, scaons beet tops kale
spinach Swiss chard sour dock, sorrel, lambs quar-.
ters, pursane and horse radish.
Green vegetables such asparagus, spinach and
dandelions, lend themselves easily to the combina.
tions OF milk in the cream soups. These soups are
heterogeneous. easy of digestion and with whole wheat
bread and butter form admirable luncheon or sup
per dish for children.
Even tablespoonful Of green's left over will make
delicious cream soup.
ln washing and preparing green's for cooking It is
well to remember that II they thrown into salted
water after washing will thoroughly rid them Of any
insect life which might otherwise 60 unnotced.
ht 1915 By the Star Company Great nr4ta, Rishts n
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

THE new green vegetables, now 50 plentiful by
happy stroke Of nature are not only nutr
tious, but also contain medicinal properties SO
much needed at this time Of the year.
All Spring green's might well be called veritable
'hcusecleaners" Of the human system. The celulose
or waste in vegetable foods encourages the peristalc
motion of the stomach and lower intestnes; hence
vegetable eaters are very rarely troubled with con
stipation or torpid Hvers.
During May and June excellent array Of Spring
products Is to be had not only by city inhabitants who
patronise the markets but by those living In the rural
districts as WELL Most Of the latter depend entirely
upon their homeraised products and upon wild edt
Bile green's.
Fortunately, too. We are realizing more and more
every day the superior advantage Of getting med
cine from the markets rather than from the doctors;
for nature, after ALL dspenses the best tonic and
certainly that most pleasant to take
Nowadays the careful mother and housewife knows
ner detetics too well to have to administer the time
honored bitter dose to protesting family Instead
ahe buys spinach, asparagus, rhubarb, dandelion,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

Finally she cleans Of the ink with some
alcohol.
The baby may squeal . little, but the
proceeding does not do him the slightest
harm, and II he knew how It was safe'
guarding his rights he would be delighted.
Other precautions are taken to preserve
baby's identity. A piece Of tape Is tied
round Its wrist bearing number and a
similar number Is tied to the mother. The
baby's name is also written out on q piece
Of adhesive plaster and pasted on Its
back. Some very sad cases OF confused
identity have arisen In large maternity
hospitals Nurses have taken the babies
away for some purpose and have failed
to return them to the right mothers. No
such cruel mistakes can occur In this
great institution.
Miss Jessie Christie. superintendent Of
nurses In the hospital, and Miss Mabel
Carmon, chie1 nurse of the birthroom, re-
gard the footprints a. the most valuable
method Of Identification.
Every child is born with q complicated
system of lines on the soies Of It's feet
and the surface Of It's hands. These never
change. Though fingers and feet grow in
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25

A N immense amount Of unhappiness
~ and injustice has been caused in
r 4 the world by the failure to estab-
lish persons identity-to prove beyond
question that he was a certain mothers
child and could not possibly be any other.
Ali this trouble in future can be avoided
by the new system of taking baby's foot.
prints" established in Chicago hospital.
As long ago as King Solomon's time
the difficulty that might arise about a
childs disputed parentage was recog-
nized. Most people remember the story
about Solomon's judgment as related in
the first book Of Kings, Chapter H. and
II they don't, It should be recalled to
them.
There were two mothers In Jerusalem
in King Solomon's time, persons very low
In the social scale, as we might say. They
came running to King Solomon and told
him an extraordinary story. The first
said that they both lived in the same
house and that she became a mother
there and that the other woman had q
baby three days later. There was, no
other person in the house at the time.
The first complainant alleged that the
other woman suffocated her own baby In
the night and, while the complainant was
asleep. stole her living child and put the
dead baby at her breast In Its place. When
the poor mother woke up she was hold
ing q dead baby. The second woman de.
MED the story and declared that the other
woman had really iost her own child and
that she was trying to steal live one.
AL the wise men around King Solomon
thought that this was an insoluble prob.
lem, and the King appeared to think so
too.
Then King Solomon, acting very ab.
ruptly, said to fierce soldier, Bring a
sword, divide the living child in two and
give half to the one and half to the other"
The unfortunate baby, as many ancient
pictures show, was held up by one leg,
while the ruthless soldiers prepared to
chop It exactly in two, as II it were an
animals carcass. We must assume that
King Solomon gave them q secret signal
not to act hastily.
Immediately there was shrek. The
woman who had made the complaint said:
"oh, my lord, give her the living child,
and In no wise slay It.
But the other said, LET 1t be neither
mine nor thine, but divide It,"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25
The Famous
Painting Of "The
Judgment of solomon"
by Raphael.

III the footprint system
had only been known in
Solomon's day, the guorld
might haze been poorer
BY one proof OF his gpis::
dom-but the real mother
scould haze been spareda
most painful ordeal"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
News Of Fifty Years Ago
From the Richmond Dispatch. Dec. /, 1859

ny S nj, last
churches divine services were held ncv. Mr.
?o"Hs esSsf"s St S%%s ad %Hnrfn
syeamore hurs nsepei! op a%% b bre. j. e.
IN The Scnaasi Or me services ali .f the sre"sh
our State and country.
at OYER "" pso I %t.snH%a the rating match
Gsorse FINK Enwses! Dexter Won in three s,rah,
and the people had s great spo "S
- Major "; " neckwi,h late aid camp to
his las given ' up his his s s"@Se"
the resbv,eran Theoiosc a'% Sm nmn " n"% at
York studying for the ministry
iha' G%vernor rerroMt VIM recommend to ihe
T !nl,sd s aWsnd%s9 10
plspa,ch reporter. Governor rierpont Would
m watlG n mnr" or deny ,he report. but said
meets and reads his message e" ''e legislature
ssGs sY; ;f Ne Nor" G"T?ir ss
ns t Hnrh s! nrs1 se"stor lie dse
southern confeder"cy. and was an original
DT F"r res onsoe %s ua
mrs, onl"in permission from Washington
:, Ihc figures for The year submitted to the
s NoF 9Sars are q" i.I el'owT
S SSihIreT+ burtisms.-adult. 2tla infant, "a
Sanoath SCHOOLS. 1856: officers and icnchcrs
$780, 800 scholar, scholars. iS.7e volumes in sunday
Ss..ooi npiaf'cS, 3l'6i number OF eolorcd mem
reper nev'G1 "oo to sh% w.r Norfolk alone
ihe negroes have dissolved their 'cn;n,cr,, i,,
MIN me whites and joined the Afrcan Methn
d'St Episcopal Church. ~ ''''"'
nephew OF George Washinetou dind sui
neniiiy IN Wilmington, Clinton COUNTY DSin
mH'ie attending court there. The remains ,yiji
S ~ ero E to King William County. in THIS
~ Mr. Garfield. of ohio will on the nrs, day Of
M 'hoins OF Congress give notice OF Ms
purpose OF presenting ~ bill urovitliu, ror ~
assembling Of the Forticth t'onaress nn ~ ~, ~ ~
u i,S OF March next. the day following tho nd
I'"'hHcht OF the present Congress-
II is announced that Thad S;oycns in,a,,. .
present to the House soon as hc can 10,
.ic.i N, AFTER Congress meets "a new ,ounsr.
.; pil'' winch viii not he severe in it, do
last session '' P"9se" al the
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01

Ut is certainly Just that Richmond should
- consider the pleas OF the teaching force
of the city's schools. The pay of the ele-
mentary teacher ranges from about one-haif
to about two-thirds that " the ordinary
street sweeper or garbage collector. "A high
degree Of talent and conservation cannot he
demanded al this price, and if obtained II is
rather by accident and good luck than other
wise. There are abundant special reasons
for increasing teachers pay, but the reason
which ought to control with the city is that
frst-class service from hrst-cass instructors
is not obtainable at ifth-Cass rates.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
Landing of the Pilgrim t,,h.,.

u 4 n III
Ana m. won,,s ..i 'u.'" Coast
Thoir 49,, s",is' stormy sky,
"e' '0HSc"'
And III, haze
When " ""'cr" "'ci.
VI cA''ra rluorcd their
n On The wild >
e WI" .>'W England shore
M, ,s m, ~
E,, ,,i,,, "-"c"r'ed. came.
,,d ~ ,o.' % INC stirring drums.
'"' s'"as oi rame;
Eo, -. ,nn o,.;
.rhn, .l,on, !" rear,
ie "ep'hS oi the deserts
wan -;
~ '""S ot !oitE Chctr.
>,,id., .,
Ana ne nc! sung.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
l Unhappy Belgium

. RESIDENT WILSON, as the situation il,
y Belgium. due to continued and wholes,ln
heportatlons, grows more serious reveals
more insistent purpose 10 use every means =,
sthc disposal of this government TO DISCOURAGE
this outrage. 1t is admitted that effective
Opposition is difficult. because such iacts .
care availabl admit OF differing intcrpre,a
tons, but nothing The President properly can
edo will be omitted
si Meanwhile, every new development shows
8the bad faith OF the German contentious
Belgium has been, stripped OF its supplies of
raw materials OF manufacturing and az :.
large part Of its industrial machinery MANY
gof the factories in Belgium have been diycr,.d
IRON their normal function TO the produc,iou
,of munitions. in which, without German VIC
@iation OF international law and Belgian for
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01

HHHkcNPehrc Dhy by Day.
f"r the hattcrer: You were ever Good -,
S"'"en commehdations."-King Henry VIII. V. q.
For the honorcd guests:
Welcome ever smiles
And farewell goes out signing"
---Troilus and Cressda iii /.
For the good hater: "a will feed far ,h
ancient 2IuIge bear hm.'--The Merchant of
Venice. |. 3.
For the jovial comrade:
~ mcrrier man.
Within the limit of becoming mirtb
never spent An hours talk withul"
Loves LaborS Lost, ii. l.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
Ave. Carolina.

CAROLlNA'S fairly earned gridron victory
~ entities Captain Tandys team TO all the
congratulations il has received and will re-
ceive, but congratulations also are due Nir-
Sinia. Outclassed in every department of
the game forward passing Virginia
fought sturdy and gallant light. from the
first whistle to that which announced the end
of the struggle and the first Carolina triumph
in ten years. 1t the Virginia spirit, and
that alone. which kept tho score down.
With many LOCAL alumni OF the university,
Carolina victory will not he unpopular.
The contest. through long and unbroken
string OF trumphs for the Orange and Blue,
had grown to be onc-sided. and even Caro-
lima perennial optimism had not sutticed to
hold interest Something was needed to re-
store the balance. Folgcr supplied il.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
Queries and Answers
"wHArEvEn you WANT no Kyow

The rimes-Dfsputch Inns established I, r.,.,
Information Hureau Mt Washington. -. g. for
the specthc purpose OF furnishing my render
with nut horffntire Information On ,nr ..,,.
M amy tine from the unparalleled resources n,
the various Federal government Department.
and tho great llbrpry Congress, ,nm 49,. -.
Nlted TO make free use Of this scr, ice rb,r. =.
no charge or any sort except 2-cent .,,n,a -
return Postage. state clearly what you ,xan, a.
know, write your md address ,Int,
and always send your letter @ our Mn,binr,n
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rhe Congressional REGARD

w. ~ W.. ACCOMPLISHMENTS and Con-
GreSsmen have certain number OF Congress
sionai Hncords placed to their credit which they
are at liberty to mall tn their constituents Jr
YOU viii write to your Senator or C.ongrcss,,,n
ana nsk that your name be placed oil his mail.
ing list. IL he has any Records to his cre6it
which arc not subscribed for, he will be glnd
to see that YOU obtain copies. Another wuS 10
secure copies OF the Congressional Record 10
to to subscribe for T., from the Superintendent OF
inston y, c.; price, SIS per year for q lone
session or si6o per month Single copies arc
3 cents for twenty four pages or legs ana /
cent extra for each additional pnge
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
SEEN ON THE SIDE


Going Up.
Where's that old high cost OF living?
Going up.
Life just now is merely giving
Giving up;
For the price OF food is soaring,
In Il way were all ueploring.
Where's the cash which we were storing?
Going up.
EverEthinS we need is moving
Going up:
Though we show We aren't approving
Moving up:
Coal and shoes eggs. turkeys, collars,
Take whack at our few dollars:
It's II problem for the scholars
Going up.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Copyright ieis. National Newspaper Service
ONcrMnrt<inE the Nrtcries.
n.nngcNitv Scries.l

The United states census reports make very
pleasant reading for those OF MS who may stiH
have forty face. They snow. in II manner
quite Impossible to ignore, that men are not
living so loui; their fathers lived. bat faster
iihtfm taS,s Mai, he "roably substituted
by rany young men, Tor an evening spent in
pouring the poker table. now and then
1t would make thcm think. Thinking doesn't
add Il cubit to Il mans stature, but ii some
times adds years to his life.
While the death per 1000 population
has steadily declined lii the past twenty or
thirty years for all other ages. it has steadily
Increased for middle age. The young man OF
forty old his father At sixty.
Ills chance OF survival is considerable less than
his father had his age, in spite OF the fact
that the sanitary conditions are so much better
to-dav
cancer contributes something this alarm
inr outlook, perhaps. Cancer is apparently On
tho increase: we say apparently. because the
question OF diagnosis makes it doubtful. POS
sibiN cancer is no more common than ii was
generation ago, but is more generally rccog
ni1ed 10y the profession now than is only minor
@eC' i'"' NJ 'he worst chnrtr Is ON! MINOR
ia"tor in the psrils OF middle age. DcRencra-
tion u tlte big factor AutointONiC;.tio ion again.
hNcrcathE, alcohol. prcventahle infections.
lack of exercise, worry and mental strain.
baccc, abuse of drugs There YOU have the
common causes of premature old age. deScncra-
ton listed in the order Of their Importance
These things produce high blood pressure. The
arteries are Kept under a constan; strain and
upon the hereditary competency Of the duet
less gland system, the inevitable result is ac-
tual degeneration Of the muscle coat OF the
arteries the deposition OF lime salts in the
artery wall. the loss of elasticity. ANA the en-
eronchncn, of Stiffness or hardening Of the
arteries. The arteries are ovcrworkcd. not the
The man is just poisoned thanks TO his
own bad habits Tine lime deposits in MS ar
icrics rcNocabie. and wholly indepC nlent
OF the amount OF lime in his food lie has
artero sclcrosis because he has out his
arteries.
did, but riding street and in automo-
bilcs. Prosperity IL epidemic and very fatal.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01

10 lhe Editor OF ire Times Disna,cn.
Sir.-In the death Of Mr. Lewis Iiarvii I.,3
n,dhiiond mas lost not only an honoreti citinen
ian, an pc ana iorccful writer. but an arr col.
49, -oi VI uiistinction--a man who enrchnh Ills
ar ~ i,a kin IL the repository OF "A nun,ber
-, ~, VI siti"I WORKS OF urt His choice OF Main,
zig MAS marked by exceptional discrmnnt ion
80 ~. :. ION embracing Of the rare !. mi
f inn -; o. George nncs. probably the only pnnt
rirc,ns iI Sinih by that American master Art
Cicics VIII feel kcculy the loss OF this VI :
inian ratron OF the nrts " 'H rr'-
Richmond. November rs ~ -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01

gctfulness of every principle OF patriotism
and honor Beleians may not engage.
Naturally, there has been resulting pow
erty and unemployment. for which Germany
is responsible. To make one crime an ex-
cuse for committing another is so particu-
larry despicable that even the most sluggish
intclligCnce is stirred to resentment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
">""I. nc.urscn,." ny Marion uam,l.

t"u tart"r Charles SCribucr'a
sons. Now York city.
This is stor. OF repre- scntmtiN"
Eastern girl. Dora Fcrruseth. who At
ter ton years absence in . New Eng
land school and college. returns to hcl
home on tho plains. which she had ali
but forgotten. where. To her surprise,
Ali" finds that her father has made her
estate and OF the affairs OF her weak.
indulgeut mother hor ignorant. undig-
cipl,nHd brother. and her Ist,le sis;cr.
iicr struggle IN these circumstances 10
fulhll tho obligations imposed by her
fnthcr in his Will results ~ II story in
tCnsnly human.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01

the reception and THANKSGIVING So
ri"' witch the Enworth League Of 81.
Paul's Methodist Church had nI.nnoL
Tor Tonight VIII bc POSTPONED until
Monday night, December I. owing Ia
IN" iact their pastor Rev. V l.. Marsh
VIII not arrive until tomorrow after
noon MI members Of the church and
their friends are invited Ia I've At the
meeting.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-01
"Thr Ultimate Relief" ~. c,

brock u. T.. button & Cornpanv
New York 80" ny
"",""i STRESSES the fact that bo
rests ultimately OH heller IL u ''. :,
,,iht iof people /" be strong mil 81
n"s,'N' hnd efficient. they mI,., ho,o
uh'' reasonable aud cl.y,,iro
c.ou'"w"'k 81 real belief comma, -
-, one hring an r.n.iishmnu h,.
c,.hnro p""P'c /" grasp Il true and
"' philosophy IN order Ia ,,t.i,
IN ali Of the activities -, -, 'a u
nM'r maj comes from onicicuc, ,',,
",',,,a, an I" avoid that false nhiInsonj,,.
"ich now possesses tho mind ~ c'
' ,HmE ana to which she owos h"r f,',
ihn ~, i as being destructive -,