Scotland Yard: is congratulating itself on the success of the augmentation. of its Flying Squad, and the, authorities are considering the question of further additions to this witiged section of the detective force. The total number of arrests made by the Flying Squad this year is a record. Scores'of house-breakers, burglars, jewel thieves, and pickpockets have been caught in the }wireless net which has been set for them, many. of the captures being made.with amazing speed. With' such a: long and brilliant series of Successes to its. credit, it is clear that, in the near future, the preven-_ tion" and detection of cum will be relegated almost entirely to the Flying Squad, with ite.silenb and secret wireless control: More cars are to be provided next year, so that wirdest-equipped car can be oontantly on duty in every division of the metropolis, At the same time, it is reported that criminals are finding it easier and easier to got into England from abroad, This is because passports, as a means of keeping these people out of the country, are proving a failure. It is now possible to buy at any tourist agency in London a. week-end return ticket for France or Belgium and the holder of such:
ticket need not have a passport. Consequently, friends of the a minal, or other undesirable alien, buy one of these tickets in London and post it to him in Paris, or wherever he is. With such a' ticket he jean face the barriers at the Channel ports, unless he is definitely wanted Jand recognizable by the detectives, fon duty.
The Future Population A terrifying prospect of our future population is being. given by various people. Dr. Norman Lake, of Charing Cross Hospital, says that women's toes are vani ing after three century heeled shoes. "Legs themselves will Iprobably atrophy next," says another scientist. "The o Londoner hardly uses his legs at all. He walks! to the nearest bus stop or tube station, and that is all. And when' things are not used they decay." The scientist also prophesied the disappearance of hair in this age of hats. He said that there are already more bald men in London than ever before, But he says that heads, on the other hand,, will become large being the natural result of the greater pressure that is put upon brain-power in a vast modern city. He asserts: that it is not fantastic to forecast a day when people will have lange, bald heads. Thi scientist does not even leave the poor fature Londoner any teeth. He. blames the science of cookery. for rendering teeth less and less necessary.
Dr. Ronald. Campbell Macfie, a medical prophet, has already predicted that Londoners of the, fature will live far longer than present day Londoners, and may even' develop, tails. So, if all these prophecies come true—one might almost call them threats—Londoners of the future will be the most. repellent spectacles, with Inrge, hairless heads, toothless gums, lege like ten-taeles, and tails,
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