Rotes and Comments.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 615, 4 July 1908, Page 2

Rotes and Comments.

\\ ii.vt uiiJi iheir finger-print records and TotrainoihylthioniJH 1 l.lyclioclilonde, tho burglar and tho thief are iiawng bad limes prepared for them, liny must either wear gloves and be. <-.)!iie chemists or decide to turn honosi. ihe iinger-print system and Us uses aro already familiar to us, hir our Criminal Department runs a bureau of such records. Jin t the use ol' molhyieiie blue— which is the ■■.-lion ol the tetraetc. term already quoted— -as a detective is something quite new. The veil was lifted during the hearing ol a case in a London Police Court a lew weeks ago. 'Ihero had been a number of thefts from nin so* and others at tin- Lojklo.il iiuspilal, and the authorities resolved io set a trap. A piirso and several ccins were marked with an aniline d\-e (Leiriiotc.) which in tho dry stato i> invisible but which when wet gives a brilliant blue colour. Tho pursu which had boon treated wilh this dye uat> then placed in a cupboard in i he room occupied by Miss (jiortrudo .\ ixoiij another nurse. Two days later v was nus-sed. A htilo later a towel, a pair of gloves, and a handkerchief, all slaineu w.xii Ihe dye, wcho found in Miss Graves' room; but sho denied a charge of thoi't stoutly. bile could not account, however, tor the stains on the articles found in her room, which she admitted belonged to her. in court, however, sho pleaded guilty uj the theft of another purse and 3oa. '.Oik secret ih> out. The massive man can no longer hide bis adiposo tissue behind a veil of mystery. We know now whence comes that large and liiand appearance of liks woll-iitting vest. Again, as in the Garden ol i'Mon, the cry is: "The woman did sitter, and i did eat!" And the reMilt is that Professor Carl von JN'oorden, of Vienna, one of tho greatest medical exports in Europe, has utter, ed an emphatic protest against wives who overfeed their husbands. Addressing a number of prominent -cientisls on the subject of "Food and Nourishment," Professor von Noorden declared that tlie reason so many men begin to get i'at immediately after they have married is because 'their wives give them their favorite dishes on every possible occasion. in order to keep slim, oaid Professor von Noorden, poisons should avoid butter, cream, and sweets, and eat bread and potatoes in moderatikm only. Lean meat and large quantities of green vegetables, salads, and raw or cooked fruits should form the principal part of their diet. But couldn't the professor have given the preventive advice that is so obvious : Don't get married ! One of tho most encouraging signs of the times for the Maori race is the trend of its young men and women towards the. paths of hygiene, and health. We find its young men wini ning places in the medical profession. And on the latest list of nurses who have passed the examinations appear tho names of two young Maoris.. Ake» nehi Hoi, of Napier, and ileni AA'hangaperita, of Wellington. They have both passed the final State examination tinder the Nurses Registration Act of ]901.