Morris tribune., 1883-06-30
ANECDOTES OF TWINS.
LaughabIe Mistakes Made Through
Similarity 6? Feature anu Voice.

| LauShabie Mistakes Made Through
Similarity CO Feature and Voice.
Prof Cation, in his new book, "In.
quiries into Human Faculty" gives the
following collection Of anecdotes:
Two twins were fond of playing tricks,
and complaints were fir equently made
but the boys wontd never own which
was the guilty one, and the complain
ants were never certain which one
of the two he was. One head master
nsed to say that he would never fog
| the innocent for the guilty, and another
used 10 fog both.
| M less than nine anecdotes have
reached me ola twin seeing his or her own
reflection in Il lOOking-glass and address
| sing it in the belief that it was the 9TH
| er twin in person.
have many anecdotes of mistakes
when the twins were nearly grown up
| Thus:
Amusing scenes occurred at college
| when one twin came to visit the other.
| The porter on one occasion refusing to
| let the visitor out of the cole &c gates,
for though they stood side by ide, he
protested ignorance as to which he
ought to allow to depart.
Children are usually Quick in distin-
gushing between their parent and his
or her twin; but l have two cases to the
contrary. Thus the daughter of twin
says: Such was the marvellous SINH
larity of their voice, features, and man
ner, etc, that | remembered as q child
being very much puzzled, and, l think,
bad ray aunt lived much with US. /
should have ended by thinking | had
two mothers.
In the other case, father who was
twin, remarks Of himself and his
brother: 1--WE were extremely aEika,
and are so at this moment, 50 much SO,
that our children up to five or six years
old do not know us apart"
| have four or five instances of doubt
during an engagement Of marriage.
Thus:
A. married first, but both twins met
the lady together for the first time, and
A managed to see her home and gain
her affection, though B. went sometimes
counting in his place, and neither the
young lady nor her parents could tell
which was which.
| have also a German letter, written
in quaint terms, about twin brothers
who married sisters, but could not easily
be distinguished by them.
In the we'll knOy n novel by Wilkie
Collins Of ''Poor Miss Finch" the blind
girl stinguishes the twin she loves BY
the touch of his hand, which gives her
thrill tnat the touch Of the other
brother does not. Philosophers have
not, believe, as yet investigated the
conditions Of such thrills; but ave 9
case in which Miss Finch's test would
have failed. Two persons, both friends
of certain twin lady, told me that she
had frequently remarked to them that
kissing her twin sister was not like kiss
ing her other sisters, but like kissing
herself her own hand, for example.
1t would be an interesting experiment |
for twins who were closely alike to try |
how far dogs could distinguish between |
them by scent. have few anecdotes |
OF starge mistakes made between twins |
In adult life. Thus an officer writes:
ON one occasion when | returned |
from foreign service, my father turned |
to me and said, 81 thought you were in
London" thinking | was my brother
yet he had not seen me for nearly four
years-our resemblance was SO great.
The next and last anecdote | shall
give is perhaps the most remarkable of
those | have. 1t was sent me by the
bro her OF the twins, who were in the
middle of life at the time OF the occur
ance.
II was coming home from India on
leave. The ship did not arrive for some
Gays after it was due. The twin brother
3. had come up from his quarters to re-
ceive A., and their old mother was very
nervous. One morn ng A. rushed in
saying, ooh, mother, how are your
Her answer was, mo, B., it's bad joke.
I on know how anxions l am" 1t was
! little time before A. could persuade
her that he was the real man."