WHEN FACES ARE NOT FORTUNES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume XX, Issue 2066, 13 January 1925, Page 3

WHEN FACES ARE NOT FORTUNES.

THERE'S HUMOUR AND DANGER IN BEING A "DOUBLE." A London barrister lias laiioly been bemoaning the fact that owing to Ma remarkable facial resemblance to Mr Lloyd George, he is one of the most harassed men in the kingdom. This barrister may, however, find consolation in being reminded that he i.i by no means the only "double" of a famous man to run tltie gauntlet of unwanted publicity. Mr Lloyd George lias, in fact, at least- two other "doubles," both of whom aro frequently mistaken for him. One of them is a, Glasgow man. Public officials sailute him everywhere. On one occasion at Leeds he was found accommodation in a first-class waiting room by a railway porter, who was horrified at finding Mr Lloyd George, as ho tlhoughl, trying to find a seat in a crowded general waitingroom ! There is a young man in Yorkshire who is so like the Prince of Wales that he has been cheered in tho streets by joyful factory girls. And recently, an American cinema actor, who also bears a striking resemblance to rihe Prince was greeted by hugo crowds in Los Angeles, where it was believed that the Prince was visiting America incognito. In some Continental countries "doubles" are employed to represent nionarcks and blusy statemen. A report, eiruclatecl. not long ago, that the Gznr was still living, had its foundation in the fact that the late monarch's official "double" had been seen in Moscow. Tho Bulgarian Premier, M. Stambouloff, employed three -different "doubles" at various periods. Each was assassinated in mistake for the premier before he himself was killed.