Evening journal., 1913-08-05
DOUBLES OF
OFFICIALS TO
FRONT NOW
President Wilson is Informed
That 20 OrdinarieS
Resemble Him
BRYAN OCCASIONALLY
MISTAKEN FOR CABBY
Rv The rnited Press.

lcnnldl crop oi uohniNH VI MY
ed and newly apapointed statesmen ana
heads of the government has set IN with
a vengeance. As is always the case
when new President takes othce' ,
"doubles" OF that official are discovered
in all parts of the country. And 1t Is
the same with the cabinet members and
higher government officials. 1t goes
with their Jobs to be doubled and have
the doubles" write ito them enclosing
photographs to prove their claim to
fame. Some of the doubles even came
in person to prove that they "look ike
statesman
OF course. the President always has
the most doubles. and President Wilson
is no exception to this rule. Since he
was inaugurated. President Wilson has
been informed by letter anad in person
with pictures as exhibits that he has as
many doubles" as he has fingers and
toes
Next to President Wilson, Secretary
of State Bryan is the most doubled"
man in the present administration. But
he had a start on the Others because OF
the great length of time he has been be-
fore the public so prominently. secrer
tary Bryan doesn't at all mind being
doubled" In fact. he gets quite
bit Of laugh out of the situations that
arise through having "doubles.' He
saws priests. walters, cabmen conduc-
tors and policemen have been mistaken
for him and that he has seen many who
laid claim to fame by virtue OF their
resemblance to him, who really bear
startling likeness to him. He and Col
one Roosevelt probably have more
doubles in this country than any other
six men in the public eye Speaking Of
his doubles" the other day. Secretary
Bryan said:
Charles B. Hanford. the actor. is. as
would be said in the vernacular, a dead
ringer for me. Hanford recently passed
himself off at Grdiron banquet as w.
j. Bryan. and he didn't have to use any
makeup. either. A very good Democrat
named Wolf OF Texas. who is now dead.
impersonated me with great success at a
national gathering OF Elks. and w
Hawley of Oregon looks So much like
me he might fool my banker if his voice
was more like m inc
"The most humorous case of double.
however. was when a waiter at Buf-
fslo club mpersonated me by speaking
TO a number of law school graduates
who were present and asked him TO "a
vor them with short address The
graduates didn't know the speaker was
not me until they read the papers the
next day. I afterwards got q copy OF
the walters speech and it was a pretty
good one g -i .'-e
Another amusing incident occurred
when Father Nugent of Iowa introduced
him to an audience at Creston. Iowa. in
1926. JUST as Bryan began speaking.
two men entered the hall
Father Nugent stood Just behind
Bryan as the Secretary made short
speech. After few moments one of the
late comers nudged his friend and said
why doesn't that fool stop spouting
and let Bryan talk 3"
Secretary of War Garrison saws he
has dozens of doubles. Judging from the
way he has been mistaken for other peo.
pie Frequently men and women have
approached him on the street. grasped
his hand. asked how Alice or Bertha or
John or sam were, and remarked he was
looking fine or poorly, as the case might
he. Secretary Garrison follows an in
variable rule in such cases He always
replies that so-and-so is doing we'll and
asks to he remembered. in order to save
explanations and apologies
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has
had similar experiences and has in his
desk photographs of a half dozen per
sons who have sent them TO him to
prove that they look like him. He saws
the greatest compliment he ever receiv-
cd was when some one mstook him for
Henry Grady.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
says he believes it impossible for any
one TO claim TO be his double" McAdoo
IS modern incarnation. physically. of
President Lincoln. He is long and
rsngy. with the prominent chin and
deep-sunken eyes OF the Civil War Pres
ident
Postmaster General Burleson is an.
other cabinet member who claims to be
immune from doubles. But his friends
IN turn declare his j. Henry CLAW vis-
age, with Daniel Websterian touches
here and there. All members of the new
administration take their doubling
good -naturedly. They humbly bow to
the duties assumed by American states
men. prominent among which in this
land of the free is having innumerable
doubles. During the last administration
doubles cropped out frequently About
every tat man in twenty who visited
Washington talked of his resemblance"
TO President Taft. President Cleveland.
another portly President had a similar
experience, while President Roosevelt
mas doubles all over the country During
tne hrst national progressive convention
a. Ohicago. Massachusetts delegate
startled even Rooseveltls friends bv his
resemblance TO Roosevelt The delegate
dresses the part. even to the Roosevelt.
ian sombrero and eyeglasses He also
has Rooseveltian teeth and ON his ire.
quent trips to Boston alvavs blocks
traffic along Washington street