The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-10

sitting at a desk below and trausactins
/ business
Prof Young. the principal Of a local
/ boys school, used to be continually mis-
taken for James G. Blaine Another
person of the same surname, Hamilton
/ Young. the dean of the newspaper teleg-
| raphers' corps, might have sat in the Ca
nadian-Americsn joint commission as ar
/ understudy for T. jefferson Coolidge or
! Massachusetts, Gen. Henry Y. Boynton,
| long a newspaper correspondent Of celeb
| rty. is continually pointed out to strans-
| ers, even by professional guides. al Gen.
Joe" Wheeler. Another correspondent
has had to pass a large fraction Of his
| time for the last fifteen years explaining
| in response 70 cOrdia. greetings in the
street and elsewhere, that he was not
Postmaster General Hstton, or Judge John
Davis of the Court Of Claims. or Assist
ant Secretary Alien Of The navy. Indeed,
when he walks through the navy depart
ment corridors to-day, half the door-keep-
ers and messengers rise ia their places and
salute; and even the Cerberus who stands
guard at the door of Secretary Longs Of
fee addresses him as Mr.. Allen" and
Degs that he win walk right in"
Representative Lacey OF Iowa Is consid-
cred TO look very much like Secretary Al
ger, although close ana. ytical student Of
physiognomy could hardly make the mis-
take. This resemblance gave rise 70 one
of the good things attributed to Speaker
Reed. He is said to have met Mr.. Lacey
suddenly coming around corner, and 90
have appeared somewhat confused when
addressed by him: Lacey" he is quoted
as saying, you startled me-you look so
much like the Secretary of War. Ali
you need to make you his twin is a coat
of whitewash."
In newspapers circles here they tell
ftrrtr4
eran correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger. He is said to have come down
late 10 his office one morning during the
lifetime OF the late George w. Childs
and inquired of his office boy if any one
had called. The boy said: Yes, sir-Mr.
Childs has been here"
What Mr.. Chids?'
Mr.. George w. Childs," answered the
boy, looking up at a portrait OF the pro-
prietor Of the Ledger which filled a con-
sptcuous place on the office wall
That's very strange" remarked the
major; MIR. Chids always notifies me
when he is coming over Did he leave
any message?'
No, sir; he just told me to say he'd
He didn't say at what hotel he was
staying?"
mo, sir"
The major made the round of the prin-
cipal hotels, but in vain; there was no
trace of Mr.. Childs' presence anywhere
When he came back to the office he found
his boy in a rather disturbed state of
mind Mr.. Carson" said he presently
Il have been thinking that over Does
Mr.. Childs ever swear?"
Never" answered the major. HE is
a strictly religious man. Why do YOU
ask?"
When the gentleman called this morn
ing, l thought l recognized him from the
portrait up there. The first thing he
asked me was where you were. | told
him you hadn't got down yet He asked
me what time you did get down l told
MIN sometimes at 10 O'Clock sometimes
at II, and sometimes not until the after
noon. Then he sort of surprised me by
saying: He gets down any time he
d-n pleases, | suppose? Wen, when he
comes, tell him Mr. Childs called. L
thought 1t was queer, but 1 looked at the
portrait again, and there didn't seem to
be any installing him"
half hour later the boy suddenly called
out: There goes Mr.. Childs now"
pointing to a man who had just passed
the door Maj. Carson dashed out. only
to discover that the mysterious stranger
was his Old friend Uriah II. Painter. one
of the noted correspondents of the civil
war era, who still makes his home in
Washington. No one had ever thought
before of Mr. Painters resemblance to
MIR. Childs, but this incident drew atten-
non to a rather remarkable similarity of
outline which might easily deceive a per
son who knew Mr.. Childs only through
his portraits. The, idea of the masque-
rade had probably flashed through MIR.
Painters mind for the first time as he
saw the boys eyes pass from his face to
the picture on the wall.