Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-12
MANY JEKYLLs AND HYDEs,
Strange Double" Lives Led by Vel
Known People.

Strange Double Lives Led by Well.
Known People.
From Tid-Bits.
There are numbers of people who lead
double lives. While in some cases tho mo-
tives which influence such persons are
pretty evident, in many others one seeks
a reason in vain.
A lady well known in fashionable society,"
particularly in select ball room circles, and
whose wealth ard personal attractions are
matter Of common repute, is in the habit
of DOMINIC the role of ballet dancer at a
celebrated West End theater, where, under
an assumed name, she finds ready employ
ment. Her dual life is carefully kept a Sc
cret, save from one or two of her most inti-
n ate friends, and neither her aristocratic
connections on the one-hand nor her asso-
Gates of the stage on the other have any
conception that Lady A. of polite socie-
one and the same person. What the lady
| motives can be for fnduiging in this dual
existence it Is not easy to see, but it is
fact that any scheme for the social i'm
provement of theatrical employees finds in
her a ready and munficent patron.
Another lady, also well known in society,
leads a curious double life. During the
London season she occupies a legitimate
place at the head of numerous social func-
lions. but directly the curtain is drawn
over the high-class carnival she shuts her
country, where. under another name, she
superintends and carries ON a profitable
business in the cheese farming line. When
the season begins again the management
of the concern is placed in competent
hands. and the lady resumes her station in
society. Money making is evidently not the
influencing motive for this two-fold ex-
istence, for the ladys private wealth is
large, and the ru1tts of the concern men,
tened are said to be greatly discounted in
acts of charity. .rT
. A dual life seems to possess great at
fractions for people in high stations. A
certain peer, bearer of name that has. in
its day. done doughty service in political
life, spends half his time In his wonted
sphere as member of the aristocracy, and
the other moiety he whiies away by don
ming the blouse of mechanic In an en-
cheering Workshop
In similar manner another member Of the
hereditary house. is in the habit of fire.
quently dropping his identity as one of the
upper ten," and seeks and finds employ
ment as engine driver on one of our promi-
nent lines of railway; Yet another live
istenee Of q peer ct the realm and driver
Of hanson cab.
The motives that influence such cases as
these are different to the reasons actuatins
a London clergyman. whose income from
clerical duty Is SO small that he finds 1t
necessary to conceal his identity during
four days of the week in order that he may
supplement his Scanty stipend by doing
the work of wine merchants clerk.
By far the larger proportion of dual lives
are adopted for nefarious purposes. Charles
Peace, the notorious burglar. and murderer
of Mr.. Dyson, is an example of a criminal
wi o, for long, successfully adopted a dou-
BILE role in life. At Lambeth, Greenwich
and Peckham. where he successfully re-
sided in first-class style, Peace led the life
of gentleman of independent means. en-
joying the respect of his neighbors, none of
whom had the remotest idea of associat!ng
him with TIE. daring burglaries perpetrated
in their midst during his residence among
them, and of which he was, in reality. the
author. 1t was the intimacy which his as
sumed position gained for him In getting
admittance to the houses of the gentry
around that enabled him to commit some
of his most notorious robberies.
Others of his kind have played the dou-
BILE role The appearance Of certain
Italian count" who had the run Of fash
ionable society some years ago. was mark
ed by the disappearance of quantities of
jewels and valuabies from the houses OF
many of those whom he visited. The rob-
berries became SO frequent that special en-
beavers were made by the police to cap
ture the perpetrators. After long and
fruitless searching the larcenies were final
ly traced to the foreign nobleman," who.
until arrested and sent to mediate over
his performances in one of her majesty's
gaols had it appears, been in the habit of
playing the double role Of count by day
and burglar by night.
Dual existences such as these society
can well do without