Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1895-11-21
MANY JEKyLLs AND HYpes.
Strange Double Life Led By Well. Known
People

MANY JEkYLlS AND HYDeA
Strange Double Life Led By Well. Known
People
There are numbers Of people who
lead double liveA While In some cases
the motives which influence such Per.
sons arc pretty evident In many othsfs
one seeks Z reason In vain.
A lady we'll known In fashionable
society, particularly In select ball.
room circles, and whose wealth and
personal attractions arc . matter Of
common repute, Is In the habit Of dom
ming the role Of . ballet do ncer Of :
celebrated west end theater. whore,
under IN assumed name. she finds
ready employment Her dual lie u
carefully kept . secret, save from one
or two Of her most intimate friends,
and neither her sristocratic connections
on the one hand nor her associates Of
the stage on the other have any con.
ception that Lady A. OF polite 90
cisty and Cissy NJ Of the - tho.
alter are ono and the Same person.
What the ladys motives can be for In.
dulging In this dual existence II 10 not
easy to see. but 1t Ia . fact that any
scheme for the social improvement Of
theatrical employees finds In her =
ready and muniAoent patron.
Another lady, also we'll known In
society, leada . curious double life.
During the London season ahs oeeu.
pies legitimate place 1t tho head Of
numerous aocial functions, but d..
rectly the curtain Is drawn over the
high.class carnival she shuts her big
house In Mayfair and retirea to the
country, where, under another name.
she superintends and carries on Z
profitable business In the cheese farm.
Ing line When tho season begins
again tho management OF the concern
10 placed In competent hands, and the
lady resumes her station In society.
Money-making Is evidently not the In.
huencing motive for this twofold Ok.
istencs, for the ladyi private wealth
Is large, and the profits Of the concern
mentioned arc said to 10 greatly dis.
counted In acts Of charity.
A dual life seems to possess great st-
fractions for people In high atationA
A certain peer, bearer Of q name that
has, In ita day, done doughty service In
political life, spends half his time In
his wontcd sphere as member Of the
aristoorscy, and the other moiety he
whites away by DOMINIC the blouse Of
. mechanic In IN engineering work.
shop.
In similar manner another member
Of the hereditary house Is in the habit
Of frequently dropping his identity q
one Of the upper ten" and seeks and
finds employment as engine driver on
one Of our prominent lines OF railway.
Yet another live lord Is credited with
leading the dual existence OF peer Of
the realm and driver Of a hanson cab
The motives that influence such cases
az these are different TO the reasons &C.
tuating o London clergyman, whose In
como from clerical duty Is 80 ANAL that
he finds II necessary to conceal his iden-
tity during four days Of the week In
order that he may supplement his
scanty stipend by doing the work Of q
wine merchants clerk.
BY far the larger proportion OF dual
lives are adopted for neiarIous pur-
poses Charles Peace, the notorious
burglar and murderer OF Mr., Dyson, Is
an example Of a criminal who, for long,
successfully adopted double role in
lie, At lambeth Greenwich and
peckham, where he SUCCESSFULLY resId
ed In hrst-class style, peace lei the
life OF gentleman Of Independent
means, enjoying the respect Of his
none Of whom had the re.
hottest idea Of assoclating him with
the daring burglarles perpetrated In
their midst during his residence among
them, and Of which he was In reality
tho author. II was the intimacy
which his assumed position gained for
him In getting admlttancc to the
houses Of the gentry around that en-.
abled him to commit some OF his most
notorious robberies.
Others Of his kind have played the
double role. The appearance Of a GER
tain italian Count" who had the run
Of fashionable society some years ago,
was marked by the disappearance Of
quantities Of jewels and vaIusblsl
rom the houses Of many Of those
whom he visited. The robberies b.
anne so frequent that special sndeav-
,rs were made by the police to cap
ture the perpetrators. After long and
ruthless searching the larcenies were
inally traced to the foreign noble
man," who, until arrested and sent to
Mediate over his performances In one
II her msjesty's jails had, II appears.
,een In the habit Of playing tho dou-
lie role Of count by day and burglar
~ night.
Dual existences such as these socie-
y can well do without. London Tit
Bits.