The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-02-20
GIRL TWINS IN A PLAY.
Trouble of Finding Them For a
New Play.
After Long Search Anna and Margaret
Came TO His Rescue.


young women. They had gone there in
the hope of being engaged for the new
play, "The Governor of Kentucky"
which Franklin fyles had just complet-
ed for William III. Crane Among these
young women there were various types
and styles. There were the blonde and
the brunette, and there were the slight
and the stout, Tire tall and the short
But anybody who tad noticed carefully
this group OF actresses must have obsery-
ed that their attitude toward one an
other was not just the one that would
have been noticed in an ordinary gath
ering OF the same nature. Every one OF
the women present seemed 10 take spec
lal interest in some ,ne among the oth-
ers. Ii was not merely tne observation
which women in crowd such as this one
are likely TO cevote to one another. ii
evidently concerned something deeper
than the hang of a skirt or the shape OF a
hat. Clearly, even the color of each ones
eyes and hair, her height and the outline
of her figure were studied most keenly by
all the rest.
The person who knew the purpose for
which these women had come together in
Mr.. Brooks office could understand read
lily the interest they took in one another.
In MIR. Cranes new play there are twin
sisters, and the requirements for these two
parts was close resem biance bstween
the women who played them The sue
cess OF that feature OF the play in which
they were concerned depended chiefly, Of
course, on this point; SO Mr.. Fyles was
anxious that the two women should be as
nearly identical in appearance as possible.
One OF the difficulties of the situation lay
In the fact that, although the two young
women were called upon to look alike,
their behavior was expected to be very
different One of them had 10 be moder-
ately dignitied and serious while the
other was expected TO he in at least one
scene somewhat hoydenish They were
both, IN the plays demand, fashionable
girls, who would wear good clothes well
and bring into the Kentucky scene of the
play the atmosphere of New York. 30
every one of the women in the ofiire knew
that her chances for an engagement de-
pended NOT so much ON her own appear
ance as on the looks Of some other person
VINO might resemble her close enough
to pass muster as her twin sister.
There was something in Mr.. Fyles'
idea beyond the hope of finding that
some two in the group would resemble
each other, although this part OF the
plan was not suspected by the majority
of the actresses in the gathering. But it
had been thought of many of them that
one looked Cough like the other to seem
one OF the twin sisters. These had all
been brought together to see how close
in their proximity to each other the re-
semblance would be. TIE result showed
how deceptive tny casual idea of physical
resemblance in women who in photo
graphs seemed to resemble each other
closely acre found to look little alike
The same was found true of women who
had been seen separately. When they
were brought together they "favoIel"
each other very tile. There were two
actresses in Mr.. Cranes company, and
his manager was anxious to utilize one of
these il he could, and the dramatic
agents were set to work to find an actress
tIat would match for the purposes of
twinship one of these women. But that
appeared impossible almost at the outset.
Any two that were capable and looked
alike were wanted. Thoss that gathered
In Mr.. BrooKs' Office were di'appointing.
Wcmen who had sent in their photo
graphs had proved unsatisfactory in the
flesh Often their faces looked enough
alike and their hair wou,d be OF the same
color, but then their figures would be
entirely dssimilar. One would be half as
large again around the bust as the other
twin, supposed 10 e her Couble. or the
others waist measure would be too large
or the higs Of one would not swell with
ANYTHING like the angle curves Of the
other. 1t looked very Ciscourag .ng for
the author. Available and mature tw ms
seemed scarce. But the demand was
little eyactinR, they had to be comely,
and capable and feminine. They had.
moreover, TO look as much like each O, her
as possible AMI act rather differently.
So it can he seen that Two such young
women were not to be picked up every
day.
One OF the lines in "The Governor OF
Kentucky is "Twins always are sur
prise, " and it's just possible tn Mr..
fyles wrote that 81 ech after something
that happened in Mr.. Brooks Office after
the congress of would-be twins had been
adjourned without the discovery of any
acceptable candidat,s S. Mr.. Fyles was
discouraged, and he was wondering
where the full-grown, ready-made, in
distinguishable tw ms ere to come from
MIR. brooks as contemplated. The sit
uation looked dark, and "The Governor
of Kentucky" was to be produced Within
a month.
Just before Mr.. Fyles and Mr.. Brooks
left the Office the office boy came III end
told Mr.. crooks that two young women
were outside and wanted to see him.
"AIore twins that don't look alike"
was MIR. Brooks disconsolste comment.
"Well, let them come; we can look them
over, anyhow was the answer of the
author VINO is a man Of hopeful tempera-
ment.
The boy disa ppeared and the rustic of
skirts was heard in the outside office.
I'll So tnCre came one sN lSn OF Blk 0EalnSt
the wooden partition that separates the
two rooms. Ihen a second later there
w0s anoi her.
"They sound alike anyhow" was Mr..
Fyl,s' observation.
''Yes, but they've got to he seen as well
as heard, " WAS the discouraged observa-
tion of Mr.. Brooks, who had made up his
mind that no twins would be found that
cay.
Just as he tad finished speaking a tall
slight girl with dark hair ana eyes made
her appearance at the door. She was
the best locking section OF n twin com
bination that had Yet applied. she was
young enough, good looking enough, and
MIR. BROOKS recognized her as Anna Rob
inson, which was guarantee of the fact
that she would fill the requirements OF
her part well.
~ thought, Mr.. Fyles," she began,
"that for the twins i might do. "
"For both OF them, Mr. Brooks asked.
son. no, only for one" Miss Robin
son answeied; "1ere is my sister. She
might do for the her.n
BY this time there was another girl at
the door Just as tall, as slight, as dark
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