TEACHING HOW TO DESCRIBE FACES. PARIS, November I." Alphonse Bertillon, of anthropometric fame, has undertaken to educate the Paris police in the art of describing faces. An interesting part of the instruction 'is that special value is attached to the ear. No two ears arc alike, Therefore, that organ is chosen as the base of the system employed. Close attention is also (riven to noses. Each policeman gets an album containing a thousand photographs full-face and profile of persons expe.lcd from Paris. To facilitate the research, these" photographs are grouped methodically according to height, ears, and noses. It is believed that- when, the police become familiar with Bertillon’s system, recognition of criminals will be greatly facilitated-
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 710, 5 January 1903, Page 3
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