The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-03-03

away from Washington firm in the con.
viction that they have spent an evening
with senator. They also note in thei1
conversations afterward that it is char
acteristic of senator in Washington
that he allows some one else to order all
the drinks.
DR.. Depew's Double.
Chauncey Depew said the last time
he was here that he was always getting
letters from men who thought they
looked like him. Mr.. Depew is likely
to have doubles in almost every com
munity because of the peculiar cut of
his whiskers. Mr.. Depew has a set of
'sideboards" which would attract at
tention anywhere, and as that style of
adornment is not popular it is not sur
prising that men who have no other of
his characteristics but these whiskers
and a Roman nose are saluted in various
parts of the world as ''Mr. Depew''
These doubles often send Mr.. Depew
their photographs and ask for his in re-
turn.
The most complete double of Mr. De-
pew was the late circus manager, Adam
Forepaugh. Mr.. Forepaugh did really
look like Mr.. Depew, and he made use
of the fact for advertising purposes.
Sometimes he would even get out post
ers announcing that Mr.. Depew was to
address the audience at one of the per-
formances of his circus, and Mr.. Depew
would be deluged with inquiries from
all parts of the country and with pro-
tests against such a degradation of
great name Mr.. Depew is one of those
calm, philosophic persons who do not
protest against anything trivial, and as
Mr.. Forepaugh never committed
crime III his name he allowed the decep-
ton to be practiced without protest,
thinking it a good joke on the public.
There are thousands of people in the
United States who boast of having heard
Chauncey Depew speak who never saw
him.
There was perfect epidemic of dou-
bles of Mrs. Cleveland just after her
marriage. 'tDo you think I look like
Mrs. Cleveland?' was a stock inquiry
in society in not one but dozens of cities
Young women all over the country had
their pictures taken in the poses made
famous by the photographs of Mrs.
Cleveland, which were scattered every
where, and these they sent to the White
House with letters asking Mrs. Cleve-
land if she noticed the resemblance.
matter and returned pleasant answers.
In some cases she sent her PHOTOGRAPH
too.
Cause of Confusion.
When Samuel ]. Tilden was a public
man, he was annoyed constantly by men
who tried to pass themselves off as the
Sage of Gramercy Park. They did not
find it very hard to personate Mr.. Til
den, for the reason that smooth faces
I are not common, and the fact that Mr.
Tilden's face was smooth was the par
ticular characteristic which the public
seized as identifying him. You know,
many people think Levi P Morton looks
like Mr.. Tilden. They did not think so
when Mr.. Morton wore the 1uxuriant
fdundrearies'' which distinguished him
when he was a banker and a private
citizen. The public is not to be blamed
for confusion about the identity of pub
lie men. There is much to confuse the
public mind in the newspaper portraits
which are printed in these days of illus
trated journalism. No two printed pic
lures of public character are alike. So
the public seizes on the fact that a man
has prominent nose or a bald face or
big figure, and every Individual i'm
agination fills in the other details OF
the portrait Mr.. Tilden was much an
noyed at the people who usurped his
identity.
Men who Look Like Bryan.
There was an outbreak of Bryan re-
semblances in the last campaign. Wher-
ever Mr.. Bryan spoke there was at least
one person in the audience who bore
some resemblance to him who was pain
fully conscious of the fact. A lady who
attended the meeting in St. Louis told
me she saw stranger in an adjoining
seat who seemed to be writing under
/ public attention, and when she asked
the lady with him for the loan of her
opera glasses the stranger broke out
with, Don't you think my son looks
like Mr.. Bryant Strange to say, one
! of the men who look like Bryan is a
member of the next house, and he ran
on the Republican ticket in Duluth and
beat the Bryan candidate for congress.
He is Judge Page Morris, and when he
was here the other day the resemblance
was noted by many of Bryan's friends.
Another of the new members looks
like DR.. Frank Howe of The Evening