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~ ANGKOK DAILY MAIL.-Lon-
- don criminals are developing a
| scouting system to find promis-
IL ing young talent for their
| schemes.
The older and more notorious police
characters, knowing that they are con-
stantly watched, dare not take unnec-
esssary chances by actively participat-
ing in a hold-up or burglary. Conse-
/ quently they plan the raid and persuade
some clever but obscure first offender
to carry 1t out.
Thus it was dicovered that agents OF
well known criminals are constantly at
| tending court trials to spot likely look
ing Young thieves. Other agents sta
| ton themselves outside prison gates to
! receive first offenders, furnish them
| money, tutor them, and engage them
| for dangerous crimes.
Once the young criminal IS in the
hands of modern Fagip he has small
| chance of escape. A specially picked
squad from Scotland Yard. therefore,
| has been assigned to ferret out the
master criminals and their scouts, while
| the home ofice's department dealing
with juvenile crime is helping to put
first offenders back on the straight
path.
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Virtues Of Soap
! Ext0lled by Health Chief.
/ War Cry. London.-The virtues OF
soap were recently referred to by Dr.
Andrew Trimble. chief tuberculosis off,
Ger of Belfast, during a discussion on
Causes of the Decline in tuberculosis
Mortality" by the Society of Medical
Ofhcers of Health in London. Clean
| illness. he urged, was one Of the
causes which reduced the s-read of the
| infectious diseases, and the index OF
soap used by the public was interest
| ing. At the beginning Of the nine
| teenth century when the tax on soap
was practically equal to the cost Of the
soap itself) the amount used Der head
per annum was SIS pounds. When the
soap tax was repealed, in 1856, the flg-
! ure was ~ pounds. At present, when
the tuberculosis death rate, which had
been steadily falling. was at its lowest,
IT pounds per annum per head OF popu-
lation was being used.
Or Trinnble held that In this increase
in the use of soap there was a striking
indication of the growth of cleanliness
among the people and sign that they
had attained a standard OF personal
cleanliness they had not known before.
AS a reward there was reduction IN
the risk of infection with, and death
from. the activities Of the tubercle
bacillus. He stressed the need OF ade-
ouate washing accommodations for
children attending school, so they could
acquire the habit of personal cleanliness
and reach adult life convinced that un-
cleanliness was both unhealthy and un-
desirable.
French Writer Agrees.
With Ideals on Women.
Ie Matin. Paris.-Some students of
a college in Illinois recently voted to
define an ideal Of American young
womanhood. The decision was arrived
at by stipulating just what, in the
opinion of the masculine contingent, the
girl student should or should not do.
BY a ballot Of As to IA, it was decreed
that the feminine ideal does not drink
potent liquors: only four votes were cast
in favor Of the girl who smokes, while
SIS were adverse to her assumption OF
what has been regarded masculine
prerogative. Then, the students record
ed, by unanimous vote, tina. it was pre-
ferable that a young lady do not swear!
That which will particularly impress
the French public about this story are
the relative aversions to these various
habits Of drinking, smoking and swear
ing In this order they are arranged
in the sequence of their progressive de-
pravity, according to the American no
ton. Drinking among women is bad,
snnoking is worse. and swearing is the
diabolical Climax There is some con-
currence FROM us in these yerdicts. for
though perhaps worse evil Is spoken Of
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