The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-01-19
has a counterpart in u beautiful young
singer in st.. patriok's cathedral. She Is

has u counterpart in Il beautiful young
singer in st.. patriok'a cathedral. She Is
Miss Anna Hewitt. The remembrance IL
very striking. Ne. aonld, who, you know.
y and expressed q desire to meet her dou-
BILE. Miss Hewitt, who comes from IN old
New Orleans family and Ia ono of the best
singers in the cathedral choir. Ia now a
frequent caller at George Gonld's home.
where she L. often mistaken by the ser
women nave lots OF fun over their queer
similarity OF appearance. When they
drive ont together they arc taken for twins
! never heard. however, that George found
any difficulty in telling one from tho other.
"Ihen there is Mira. William Waldorf As
tor, who was Miss Pane. Of Philadelphia.
She has 4 double in Miss Prescott. daughter
OF Mrs. James d. Prescott, a woll-known
leader Of the four hundred. Miss Prescott
IS 2 strikingly handsome girl-she must be-
to DO like Mrs. Aston. who is OH uucom-
monty beautiful woman. When she was
~ tome a few years ago-her husband was
United States minister. You remember-she
most beautiful woman i'll all Italy. Miss
PRESCOTT and Mrs. Astor arc acquainted.
Last yenr they we're dressed precisely alike
at tho first assembly, aud nothing else wns
talked about but their resemblance. OF
coufse, copying ths dresses OF a society
rVtAuA ~ u hfOilbS pan 1L Juo cultivated
doubles. Dressmakers, hairdressers and
millineis are besieged for points and even
Iribed to give them. ! suppose some women
think II pays for any amount of trouble to
be saluted in mistake for Mrs. Astor or
Mira. Vanderbilt on tho avenue.
"Mra. w. X. Vanderbilt, who was at one
time plain Miss smith, but a great beanty,
has more than ono double. Willie Wander
bllt met her at q ball given by Mrs. Eliot
b.. Shepard. She is now thirty years old,
but hardly looks Twenty-Five. She has a
simple figure of medium height. Her eyes
are soft hazel n her hair dark brown. Her
complexion is cream white. More than one
of her doubles has written to her inclosing
photographs. and ono who enjoyed the
name of Smith-so unusual, you know
actually claimed relationship. Miss Mario
kissman, one of Philadelphin's upper ten.
ii said to be her abandonment double. She
often comes to New Yofk, md she is on
cloak model, too. employed by a big Broad
way house on the strength of her resem-
blance to Mrs. Vanderbilt, and she is said
to be worth n hundred times her salary
annually to the firm. "
MRS. Chauncey M. DeDew tells the story
helself of meeting her own double in q
Fifth avenue store. The double was the
head Of a department, and apparently did
not know how nature had favored her, for
she and Mrs. Depew were equally aston
ished when they met face to face. Mrs.
Depew has Other doubles besides. One is
the wife Of Prof. Watts, of the scientific
school of Yale college. Mrs. Depew is 40
years old, of medium height, with a we'll
rounded figure. She has n fine carriage
which imparts dignity to her appearance.
Photographs do no justice to her, for the
charm of her face is largely in its sweet
ness ana expression. Her soft brown hair
is worn in curls high on her forehead and
head. Her eyebrows curve beautifully and
long lashes shade her brown eyes.
Mrs. James &. Blaine has had many
doubles, too. One of the closest is a school
friend. Mrs. thomas Finley, Of Chicago.
Mrs. Harrison, since she became Mrs. Pres
ident, has had them, too. A head type
iter'in the census bureau is said to be one
of them.
eyes, it's queer, isn't it? But it is not
peculiar to this country. When the prin-
cess of Wales became lame manv years ago,
tn ough n white swelling in her knee, many
women affected Il slight halt. The
Alexandra limp was all the style. Since
she became hard of hearing, | believe it is
more or less d fad among English women
to affect to be a little deaf. Fashion is n
queer thing, INT there is no length to
which women will not 90 in following the
of the mode"
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