The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-06

which ~ to take place on Linden neat
June are ssArching for a man who looks
enough like the Duke Of Wellington 10
portray hun in a certain scene. A yet
they have been unsuccessful. though in
WellmgtoO's time Il 10 well known there
was a c-rtAin Bond strcst wine seller
who prided himself GA his resemblance
To this Duke. He once encountered Wei
lngton and remarked that be was often
honored by being taken for the hero u
Waterloo. I'm damned IL ! arm ever
taken for you was the reply.
Modern nOtAhilities are less impatient
with their doubles. ILOyd-GeOrge. for
instance. ~ always greatly amused when
he discovers the presence 81 his prOto-
type. man who 10 50 like him that when
once, beIng new to London. he went
sightseeing and asked the constable on
duty outside the House % Lords how he
could enter that building. tina. sturdy
policeman shook with laughter. suppOsinR
u course II was loyd-Cieorge
The late Sir William Harcourt was much
amused by the eccentriCitIes ~ his double.
who happened to b- AN omnibus driver
who gained notoriety through his resem-
blance To the statesman and who tried
to delight his passengers.
Mr.. Balfour IL great friends with his
prototype and who H. a lawyer 81 like the
ex-Prine Minister that when they are
seen walking together a. often happens.
they can scarcely he told apart Arthur
Roberts was delighted when he found q
hanson driver who might have been his
twin brother. and oven George Alexander
docs not resent the fact that a yell known
journalist IL the image of himself
The land OF the Pharaohs has had is
first aviation meeting az the Hehopopls
Oasis. and lts Inauguration. as already
cabled To- THT SIS. has l~en an over
whelming sIIcce-, The spectators ~ the
privileged enclo-Irrs numbered tO.NT'
and without the desert was black With
excited fsllaheen How the ladies of the
X hedtvial harem Witnessed the flights
from n special C'irtained hos and how
every one became aviation mad has
already bSen told IN the cables
~ tn. impression IN the natives 81
seeing the s"roplane~ a correspondent
writes Their astoniShmeut knew no
bounds Some NOR. superstitious than
others ran liae hares every time the
seroplane- passed near them. They
we're terrified AZ the sight 10 what they
must hs ginns or afrsets
lspiritsy and vet they had Ia return Ca
heir seats great vas the fascination
Others. when Rougier SCARED almost out
n sight. made the native SigR % the end
Il = thing by drswing the palms ~ th''ir
hands across each other and c7~d out
khalas ~ - finished, He has gone to
ieAvou'
Some even saw nothing " ondeSful m
q Mrd- are able Ia ny they said One
,ld man. ever mindful - present cirC,Im-
stances. was heard 10 call out To his
in his eHcitement. 'Ouloh
vat 10Th min Allah yersk hassst tamen II
ghalia T@h him IA ash God Ia send
town the prcc Of wh~atD-
Ihs value of evidence given 10y children
\ ro'rrtN ~ lhW has often occupied psy.
biologists or those who reject such
" Cienc~ altogether - Pvivy Counsellor
Prof Baginsky oi Berlin In an address
i"livercd the other day on fhs subject
before 'he Society - Court Magistrates
Pruf Baginsky summed up his arguments
- follows: Children generally are very
'nd witnesses Whenever posslhle no
rhildren- evidence should be admitted
"a n court ~ Justice In sweden. for
Instance children under ~ Years Of Ggr
anr0t 10 placed IN the witness box
Testimony given by childr.n alone
'horld n",rr D." treated a. Crnclusiys
'vid''n"" ~ gvl' and should never to