The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-10-18
ANTIPHOLI IN REAL LIFE.
Two Amiable Delaware County Twins Who
Look Exactly Alike

People who read Shakespeare's "Co medy
of Errors" are very apt to think that the
perfect resemblance of the Antipholus Of
Ephesus and the Antipholus of Syracuse is
exaggerated and could never have existed
in fact. Nine out of ten people who see the
play put on the stage are disposed to claim
that all the incidents of mistaken identity
of tile two DrOmios on which the action OF
the play turns are far fetched or absolutely
impossible.
The friends of Mes srs. Fred and Frank
Lyon, who live near Delhi, Delaware
County, n. Y, would see little in the play
that was not perfectly possible, for these
two young men resemble each other so per-
fectly in every particular that it would not
require a great stretch of imagination to I'M
agfne that their likeness to each other might
produce as many mistakes as happened to
Shakespeare'S two DrOmios.
The Lyons are twins. They live on a
farm near Delhi and their postoffice is
Hobart. Delaware County, n. Y. Their
great resemblance is the wonder of the sec
ton Of the State where they reside. They
are both about feet 10 inches in height,
have figures so nearly identical that the
clothes Of one fit the other like his own,
and weigh within two pounds of each other.
They are about % years Uf age, and have
brown eyes, brown hair, brown mustaches
and fresh-colOred compilations so nearly
the same that they are taken for one another
by persons who have known them all their
lives.
You and your brother must have HAD
some amusing experiences" said the writer
to Mr.. Fred Lyon
Yes" said he, call the funny Incidents
of our life through our resemblance would
fill large volume, and make entertaining
reading, too. They tell us that when we
were babies they used to tie different colored
ribbon on our arms to tell US apart-to tell
which had been fed, which Had had It's
medicine, etc. We were always just alike
as babies, as boys, as youths, and finally as
men. We cannot help but wonder if we
ever will grow any different. Our
great resemblance leads to many laughabe
incidents. remember that one day we
were at the Delevan Hotel in Albany. My
brother got to the hotel first and went
up to our room in the elevator one day. l
got to the elevator just as IL had started and
had to wait until 1t came down again. The
elevator boy took my brother up to the
fourth floor and then came down imnledi-
Ately, As had rung the elevator bell for him
to descend. When he opened the elevator
door and saw me standing there he nearly
tainted from establishment Holy smoker
he gasped, how did you get downstairs
before the elevator?' My brother and l
were dressed exactly alike that day, and the
boy could not tell us apart. he thought
was the same man whom he had taken up
to the fourth floor in the elevator, and could
him downstairs.
Il remember another amusing incident
caused by our resemblance In a small
town near our home an amateur company
was organized to produce the well-knOwn
cantata Queen Esther My brother Frank
has bass voice, while mine is a deep barry
tone. In fact, this slight difference between
our voices is the only respect in which we
differ. At one of the rehearsals my brother
was away and l was there alone. The idea
suddenly Popped into my head to see if I
| could impersonate my brother; so /
put on his costume and went on
! in the rehearsal to sing his part of the
| king. l succeeded perfectly for a time
as | knew the music pretty well, and sang
| it as much like my brother as | could. Not
a soul tumbed to the fact that it was l and
not he who was singing the part OF the king.
| Even the rest of the singers didn't get on to
| it. | am sure that / could have got through
|. the entire rehearsal without a soul bel ng
! the wiser had not come to bass aud
! prano duet which did not know very we'll.
| In this duet | fumbled some of the notes
and faltered in the words. 1t is about one
| third through the work. Then the stage
manager, who was rehearsiug us, smelt a
| mice and found me out. There was grand
laugh when l admitted that l was myself
| and not my brother."-N. Y. Sun.