The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05
Doubles and Their TroubesCounterparts of Public Men
Have Many Crosses-Nev One for Taft-King @Other Self
ny JOHN ELTnErtr WATKINS.

Should some sudden emergency of
state render It eXpedient to substitute
for tho President OF the United States
n proxy WHO might take his place upon
a public occasion without arotislnE the
suspicion or the populacc. as In the case
of "Tho Prisoner Of Zenda,' tho man
with the best physical equipment for
such q delicate task Is, many think.
one Thomas j. Morley, desk sergeant
at tho Central police Station. Pittsburg.
It has been part OF each modern
Presidents amusement to recclve pho
tographs OF his various doubles scat
tered about tho country, but that which
has impressed Mr.. TAFT the most is said
to BIO a picture of Sergeant Morley,
taken in the tall hat and frock coat
which he customarily wears upon social
occasions And what makes tho re-
semblance all the more interesting, tits
alleged, Is the fact that the President
and the sergeant weigh the same to the
pound and measure the same in stature
to tho fraction OF an inch.
That the public agrees with the Pres.
ident in regarding this resemblance as
striking has been twice demonstrated
to tho stately sergeant in recent
months. Some weeks ago, when at d
Plttsburg theatre he attended a box
party given by his friend, Represents.
tive Barchfeld. n god in the gallery
hailed his entrance with the lusty yell:
Who's all right?"
president Taft' replied chorus
from all parts OF the house. and free
quently the play was interrupted by
outbursts OF applause for the supposed
Chief Executive in the representatives
box.
THAT was not go bad. The giant SER
4 IN an
other time, during visit to Philadel-
rhia, when he had to call upon ninions
OF his own cloth to rescue him from
a curious mob, the honor OF being the
Presidents counterpart began to pail
on him.
ISnox's Double Quarreled with Himself
Should Secretary Knox wish to play
the part OF John Chilcote, hero OF The
AIasduerader." and use double to re-
levc him OF the cares Of state. he al
ready has his John Loder picked out
This double OF the Secretary OF state
IS Francis Bailey Lee. an attorney and
author OF Trenton. n. j., and the re-
gembiauce between the two men is
weirdly striking save that Mr. Lee Is
a taller man. Some time ago. upon
hearing that he had such d!stin'
gu!shed double. tho premier of the Cab
tne, wrote to Mr. Lee, transmitting a
large autographed portrait OF himself
and requesting that OF his counterpart
In return. So each displays the pho
tograph OF the other. and the exchange
led to a friendship between the two
men. Not long ago Mr.. Lee called upor
tho secretary. but happened to appear
on diplomatic day, when the repre- sent
at1yes OF Foreign powers had the right
of way. Nevertheless, the secretary:
double was promptly ushercd into ths
inner sanctnm-
yours being a foreign State, I have
had you admitted as the jersey arnoas'
sador," said Mr. Knox. greeting hi
counterpart. "Otherwise the rules O.
the department would not have per
,n,,.ed me to have this pleasure.
Mr.. Lee shares his eminent counter
parts keen wit as we'll as his phTsica
attributes. Some time ago Trenton be
came embroiled in a bitter cditoria
controversy between two rival da:lics
Tho populace wondered whether q per
sonal combat would follow. and tn
circulation OF each paper took ar up
ward squirt. The war became SO no
tina, friends OF the respective editor