Hammond Times, Volume 4, Number 280, Hammond, Lake County, 27 May 1910 — Page 9

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Many Cases Like That off President Tafft's Double From Different Parts of the World

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(BY CHARLES X. LTTRIE.) If you were one of the great of the earth yes, even one of the Lord's anointed and were proud of the high statlonC which hard work or Inheritance had jflyen to you, wouldn't It be a distinct and painful shock to you to Jeara that in your own country there was a man who looked so much like yourself that even your closest relatives found difficulty In telling you apart? It would, most decidedly. It would be still more disagreeable to find that your double was taking advantage of his likeness to you physically to dress Just as you did when you appeared In public and was calmly appropriating to himself some of the honors which the public was willing and anxious to give to you. And yet that Is Just the sort of experience which great men and, less frequently, great women pass through .very often. Almost every monarch of Europe has his double. In some cases In his own realm. In American practlrally every prosident has had his physical counterpart. Mr. Taft Is no exception. One of his doubles is Thomas J. Morley, the Pittsburg policeman, who recently declined a seat at the Pittsburg baseball game next to the nation's chief executive on the ground that, he did not wish to take away any. of the attention that rightfully belonged to 'the presld&nt. Very rnode?t man"tha.t! Most of us would

give part of an ear to be sitting next to the president of the United States when the umpire calls out "Play ball!" In such exalted present e.. Made Himself Up Like the Kaiser. Very few double of sreat men are as modest as quiet Tom Morley of the Pittsburg police, who resembles Mr. Taft In height, weight and features bo closely, that the president himself was amazed by Morley's photograph. Especially In Europe have the doubles of great men been only too willing to parade before the ' public and trade upon their likenesses to the men of high rank. The double of Kaiser William shown In the accompanying picture Is a chimney sweep in a little German town who carried his folly to the extent of having made for himself uniforms resembling those worn by his sovereign. It Vequired an official intimation to the effect that such conduct was displeasing to the emperor to make him desist. It is reported that a hint was given to the effect that a prosecution for lese majesty would be instituted against the too presuming wielder of the broom and brush unless he took steps to alter his startllngly close resemblance to the emperor. It Is not recorded whether the threat was effective; but, Judging from the strictness with which the laws against "majestaetsbeleldigung" are enforced

In the German empire, it Is pretty safe

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of a great man who plays part. The late King Edward was not spared the affliction of having some of his subjects imitate, consciously or not, his personal appearance so closely as to deceive the public. A case of that sort caused a considerable stir in England a short time before King Edward's accession to the throne, when he was still Prince of Wales. Alfred de Stern, a member of a prominent Ixndon family and brother. bf Lord Wandsworth, bore naturally a close resemblance to the heir apparent to the throne. Being somewhat Sreak-minded.'he took steps to heighten the resemblance, with great success. Before ll8 ! mania was suspected he attempted 'to force his way into Marlborough House, one of the

prince's palaces, declaring that it- was

ty say that there is now one less double his own home. The spectacle of a m.n

so closely resembling the prince struggling with policemen attracted a crowd the members of which were about to resent the supposed ill treatment of their future sovereign, when the matter was cleared up. De Stern is now under close restraint. ,i . Case of the Csar and the Prince A curious case of "docfbles" in the royal families of Europe is that of the cxar of Russia and his first cousin, the new king of England. They are related through their mothers, who are daughters of the late King Christian of Denmark. The two men wear their hair and beards very much alike, and it is difficult to tell them apart. They are,

of course, cognizant of the likeness, and when they meet they generally pose side by side for group photographs. The pictures are reproduced in the foreign illustrated papers and create much comment. There is not much difference in the ages of these two royalties, the czar being forty-two and the king forty-five. The face of the latter is slightly fuller and his beard is a trifle less pointed than that of his imperial cousin. It is rather; interesting to see on the thrones of two of 'the , world's mightiest empires men 'who resemble each other so clpsely.Tliere is: said to be considerable 'corespondence aleb in the metnal characteristics of the two

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men. William Jennings Bryan "double" in the person of C.

of Dalals, Tex., who is frequently taken for the democratic leader. Mr. Wolf is a member of the Elks and atetnds the conventions of the big fraternal Wganization. There his face and figure attract much attention. ;

Back on trie Job. Where are the undesirable habits of the yesteryear? Washington Herald.

The One Idea. Frequently the man of would get along better if adopt a new one every day.

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