Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-11
Strange acts
Gathered From
the Wide World

Siam is one of the few countries
which boast OF a corps of women po-
lice The members of this Amazon
guard are all old and ugly They wear
uniform, though they are not armed.
Their chief duty is to act as gate
keepers Of the Inner, or Womens pal
ace, at Bangkok. They follow any
stranger who enters the palace and re-
main with him until he takes his de-
parture They see that there is no mis-
chief done, and that no one makes love
to the royal wives and court ladies'. The
palace has some difficulty in recruiting
these guards, as the work is hard and
the pay poor.
The bona hde manned and lame beg
gars of Paris streets have formed an
association for the defense of their
privileges against the impostors who
encroach on their beats. The president
, has been received by N. Bourgeois, the
minister of public works, who promises
to consider their demand Of certlf-
cate after medical examination. This
will hinder. they maintain.s an honor
able profession from being digraced by
bogus cripples who are seldom brought
Ito justice
A unique colony is that of the sig
toed people in Maine on the line be
tween Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties
Starting some generations back. inter
marriage has apparently reproduced the
deformity. until there are few families
free of the freak foot Some of the at
ficted ones-for the extra toe inter
feres with wearing ordinary shoes
have resorted TO surgery to remove the
distinction which sets them apart as
abnormal folk.
A novel method has been adopted by
the Prague police authorities for de-
tecting the perpetrators Of crimes and
misdemeanprs. When person of dis
tinetion in the annals of crime. is being
sought. and the Prague police expe-
rience dif1cultv in laying hands on the
suspect in future they will send to
every cinematograph exhibition in Be-
hemis a photograph of the person
wanted During the entertainment
the picture will be shown with some
explanatory note.
Germany has added another 10 its
list of distinctions. II has produced the
perfect truant A boy If Dommund
was transferred from one school to an
other he found out that his name was
not entered on the register That was
four years ago. sSince then he has gone
from home every morning with his bag
Of school books. and each evening at
the appointed hour he has returned II
has now been discovered that the new
school has never seen him. and that he
has had four years Of vagabondage.
The London museum has just been
enriched by the receipt from Queen
Alexandra of many articles which be-
longed to King Edward The most in
~teresting Of these is watch chain
which his majesty used to wear made
of Queen Alexandlas own hair TO
the chain which is studded with dia
monds, is attached the following in
scription: Watch chain Of Her Mai
esty Queen Anexandras own hair and
given by her to King Edward VII in
1854"
Somebody has figured that an aver
age man of $50 pounds contains the
constituents found in 200 eggs. There
is enough gas in him to fill a gaso-
meter Of 3.649 cubic feet. He contains
enough iron to make four ten penny
nails. His fat would make - candles
and q good sized cake of soap. His
phosphate content would make S064
boxes OF matches There is enough
hydrogen in him il combination to fill
a balloon
Canada S government has appropri-
ated SSS 0o00o to carry out it's railway
and canal program for the coming year
This Includes the building of the first
section Of the Hudson Ray railroad and
the construction work on the eastern
division of the Grand Trunk Pacific
from Winnipeg to Moncton, the Quebec
bridge. surveys for the deepening of the
Weland canal. work on the Trent ca =
nal and the Intercolony railroad and
the Prince Edward Island railway
North Dakota has the worlds cham
pion long beard, assone of its citizens
can boast of no lesss,than eleven feet
anu STA lHCttS u hedulllul NdNN WINS
ker Mans \. Langseth, a native of
Norway. is the possessor of this re-
markable growth. which has been cul-
tivated with care and pride for 36
years and has been increasing in length
al the rate Of almost four inches per
annum.
The horse which the king rode at va
India gave such, satisfaction that it was
purchased and brought to England The
animal, which is a splendid specimen is !
now in the ROYAL news at Bucking
ham palace. To mark the royal visit |
the horse has been named Delhi