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Show FOOTPRINT RECORDS TO IDENTIFY BABIES ' Special Cable to The Tribune., LONDON. Sept. 23. There -will be no j "lfc more ehanKellnps or tMiim'sby baby cases J if a new system nf recording a child s t f identity Is generally adopted. ( V The flntfer-prlnt system Is now em-JT em-JT ployed bv the police in all countries. A convict whoso thiiinb-prlnl lias once been taken can always he identified. There are obvious difficulties about taking a baby's linger-prints the bands are always curllnc and clutching but Its font present no such obstacle. What applies ap-plies Lo linqcr-prints applies to font-prints. font-prints. The impression of a baby's foot oni'o taken forms a life record. Con fusion frequently occurs In mater-, mater-, nlly hospitals, often with t ho most unhappy un-happy con sou ueiu-es. The foot-print system Is already cm-plnvod cm-plnvod in one ftreat foreign hospital with most satisfactory results. All that Is necessary is to cover the sole of the ihlld's font with printer's ink by means " of a roller, and then transfer the impression im-pression to a sheet fit" p;iper. The ink can be Weaned off the foot with alcohol. Cn re must be taken not to disturh t he impressions before they arc dry. There will then exist for all time a record of the babv'a ident It y which would carry Wflpht In any court of law In after years. No matter lmw nun h the feet grow the I lines will have grown with them and I their pattern will not be changed. |