The Washington herald., 1908-01-19

/ Yet after asking everybody I kHew.
can't find a living soul who ever mst
with q case OF identical resemblance iu
real life Plenty OF people are the living
| images" or. as they say IN Virginia 'the
very spit" OF somebody else, but even
I casual acquaintances haven't any din
Guilty in telling which is which by day
night Of course. in dim light it's dill
ferent. ! )nce knew girl who vas en-
gagged to half Of a pair Of twins joe
the halfs name was, and she broke on
the engagement because on the Tr0ut
steps OF a summer evening she couldn't
see Joe's gold tooth glitter. II was The
only thing she had 10 go by TO tell that
he wasn't the other half, whose name
was Hugh. Q always thought she was
hasty. because after people are married
they don't sit on the front steps enough
to matter) Barring twins, ] defy any
body to show me two persons who are
doubles Even twins haven't voices alike.
Still. it's not for me 70 upset a literary
institution. plot that has stood 50
many centuries Of wear and tear is en-
tireIy too venerable 10 De sneered at.
Had Browns characteristics.
Detectives say that in Identifying a
man his features are of far less impor-
tance than hts manneriSms, speaking still
Of resem0Iances. A man may get new
teeth and dye his hair but he'll still go on
holG.ss his cigar at the accustomed an
gle. ! recall ~ instance in which a very
slight mannerism resulted in a mans ar
rest. One OF the counties IN Illinois built
a courthouse once upon d time. and the
inhabitants. instead OF being grateful for
one Of the most beautiful buildings in
America. asked awkward questions about
where all the money went, and asked so
often that one gentleman, who was sup
posed TO know the answer. removed him
self Unexpectedly from that part Of tEe
country. We may as well call him Brown.
Search was made for Brown. and after a
great many people had taken an interest
in the matter, a man in oregon was de-
cided to bear a resemblance To the miss
ing gentleman. An officer Of the law.
who said he could pick Brown OUi in any
crowd. went after him and brought him
back TO Illinois. Everybody was al the
station to see Brown and his captor as
they stepped from the train, and almost
everybody snickered. The man was fun
and had three times as much real hair.
The officer Of the law resented the jeers
of the p0pUlaCe. For "a time he found
nothing 20 say. Then he faced the situa-
tiou boldly.
Well be said. maybe ne amt Brown,
but he certainly do spit Ike Brown"
Why She Didn't Count I'm,
-sr.
said the woman who collects bits of folk
lore. Il have a new cook from Georgia
You know ! was brought up to be
methodiCal I ike 10 know just how far
rly provisions 90. 4 week ago I showed
my cook how 10 make cookies. After
ward. I asked her how many cookies the
batter made. She said she hadn't counted
them. a day after that I asked her how
many chops the butcher had sent. She
hadn't counted them, either. I told her
wanted things counted. I impressed
il on her mind. but yesterday when
went into the kitchen and asked her how
many sandwiches she'd made for my
Afternoon at home, she said she didn't
know
Count them and find out I said
81 can't, she answered.
Cant count" ] asked.
she shufied her feet uneasiy.
20, ! can count, she said but ! cer-
tainly can't count yictuals, If theys for
you all TO eat If 1 counts en-. they's
certainly goin' TO give you All bad luck.
Don't ask ne TO risk countiu' anything
that's for the family TO eat It's cer-
tainIy bad luck
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