The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-01-16
BY ELMO set TT WATSON

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80 AAE look at the top tWo
pictures shown above and
Al answer the que stion,
Ae (which is Lindy?" Now
III check your answer with
al this: The famous aviator
III is shown In picture No. j.
Is The young man in picture
IL No. who so closely re-
sembles the Lone Eagle"
Is Diedrick Ramke, twenty-three years
old, who was graduated from LOUISE
ana State university last year. Not
only is he ''Lindy's" double in appear
ance but also in courage, for despite
the fact that he is stone blind it could
not hinder him from his determine
suit he ranked third in a class of 221
and was elected valedictOrian by his
fellow-seniors.
Now take look at the lower two
pictures shown above and answer the
question. (which is Buffalo Bill?"
Whether you answer mo. 8" or mo.
f." you will be wrong for neither is
= picture of the famous scout, Indian
fighter and Wild West Snowman, de-
spite the fact that both resemble Colo
nile Cody so strongly as to be able to
pass for him among most people. No.
8 is Col. G. l.. Alexander of Hastings,
Neb., an old-time stage-coach driver
and contemporary Of Cody's. Now
is James Beitel, Civil war veteran
who is spending his last days in the
State Soldiers and Sailors home at
Sandusky, Ohio. Several years ago
Bethel attracted considerable attention
by his claim that he was friend of
Cody's and that he often substituted
for Buffalo Bill in the arena during
Cody's Wild West show career.
Interesting as are the above cases
there's nothing especially remarkable
about them for scientists tell US that
every one of us has a Troublesome
where. The only reason why that fact
Is not more commonly known is that
our path, or the path of our friends
who are likely to notice the striking
resemblance, doesn't always happen
to cross the path of our double so we
don't know of his existence.
To account for such doubles, Doctor
van Bemmelen, a professor at the
University of Groningen. Holland, has
advanced the theory that they are
blood relations, though the family
connection is often remote. In many
instances of striking resemblance
Doctor van Bemmelen established
common ancestry. He calculates that,
going back eight generations, a man
has 256 ancestors, and in 80 genera
lions 100000! Hence, there would
not be enough forebears to "go
around" unless many of us have the
same ancestors in common.
But perhaps the most interesting
case of double in which Lindbergh
is concerned is the striking resem-
blance between him and another trans
atlantic flyer, almost as famous as
he. Only here it's case of man
and woman being doubles, for this
example of some one who looks like
Indy is Miss Amelia Earhart. some
times referred to as Lady Indy"
Following Lindbergh's rise to fame
and her own interest in aviation, Miss
Earhart's friends often commented on
her resemblance to the international
hero of the air, and this may have
acted as stimulus to follow his fight.
If there is some connection between
ambition to be like some one else and
. physical resemblance between those
two. then 1t may account for the un-
usual likeness that has been found to
exist between Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight champion, and Max
Schmelling, the Germany heavyweight.
But how can this be applied to &C.
count for the resemblance between
Senator Royal S. Copeland of New
York and Senator Hiram Johnson of
California. Did Mr.. Copeland have
an ambition to be like Mr.. johnson or
yice-versa? Or does the fact that they
are in the same calling, /. e. being
q United States senator, have some
thing to do with it?
Almost every famous man, it would
seem, has double, and some of them
have more than one. STR Charles e.
Madden, former commander of the
British fleet, is declared to be per
Meet double for King Georve V of
Rgland, as Is Sir Henry Whitehead.
tish textile manufacturer, who re-
ples the English monarch so
Nv that, arriving In New York
months ago. he had difficulty