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PLAY A DUAL ROLE.
MANY PERSONS IN NEW YORK WHO
DO THIS.

Society Woman Incognito-she Leaves Her
City Mansion to Make Preserves-A Ro-
mantle Girls Experience An Adven-
turous Chappie's Saucy Speech.
There are numbers of persons who lead
double lives. While in some cases the mo.
tives which influence such persons are
pretty evident, in many others one seeks
reason in vain.
A lady we'll known In fashionable soci.
ETY., particularly in select ballroom circles,
and whose wealth and personal attractions
are matter of common reputo is in the
habit of DOMINIC the role of a ballet
dancer at a celebrated New York theator,
where, under an assumed name, she finds
ready employment. Her dual life is care
fully kept a secret, save from one or two
of her most intimate friends, and neither
her aristOcratic connections, on the one
hand, nor her associates of the stage, on
the other, have any conception that Mrs.
A of polite society and Kitty NJ Of
the - thGater are one and the same per.
son. What the lady's motives can be for
indulging in this dualexistcnCe is not easy
to see, but it Is fact that any scheme for
the social improvement of theatrical ON
plOyees finds in her a ready and munifl.
cent patron.
Another woman we'll known in Now
York church and social circles leads Gu
riOus double life. During the winter she
occupies her Legitimate place as leader in
swell society functions, but as soon as the
curtain is rung down upon these at tho
close of the gay season she shuts up her
big house on Madison avenue and retires
inCOgnitO to her country place, where dur.
ing the summer and fall she supcrintends
and carries on avery profitable business in
the fruit canning and preserving line
Upon the shelves of certain swell pur-
vCyor Of high class dclicacics up town the
jellics, jams, :narmaladcs, sweet pickles,
etc, put up by this charming woman
may always be found, commanding fancy
prices by reason of their superior excel
lUncc.
When the season begins again, milady
resumes her place in society, and nobody
is any the wiser. Money making is evil
IDENTIFY not the influencing motive for this
twofold existence, for this lady's private
wealth is large and she is lavish giver
A romantic Brooklyn girl attempted the
dual role not long ago with rather disas-
trous consequences. Being gifted with
remarkably beautiful voice, she thought it
would be great fun to dress up as a wan
dering street singer and MARBLE in front OF
some of the fashionable clubs up town.
Taking her maid into her confidence and
accompanied by this young woman she
started out in the dusk of the evening
with her guitar gracefully swung over her
shoulder.
Selecting a certain very swagger club
not thousand miles from Madison square,
she struck a few preliminary chords and
began to sing Tosti's "Goodby, Summer"
in u way that would have done credit to
an artist from the Metropolitan Opera
House.
The chappies swarmed to the windows,
and when tho grimy looking maid passed
around the hat quarters, half dollars, even
gold coins fairly rained into it.
One chappic, however more adventurous
than the rest had more curiosity than was
good for him. Peering into Miss Brook
lyns pretty face he made a saucy speech,
and the startled girl started in the direc.
ton of the elevated station on dead run.
Chappie followed her, and right at the
foot Of the stairs both ran brcathless right
into the arms Of the fair singers great
big brother who happened, by the way, to
be a fellow Clubman of the other chap.
Needless to say that relations became i'm
mediately strained and that there is one
girl in Brooklyn who has no longer de-
sire to lead dual existence.-New York
Journal