STORIES OF TWINS.

Mataura Ensign, 13 May 1914, Page 7

STORIES OF TWINS.

As a general rule the extraordinary likeness attributed to twins is a novelty tibat the public thoroughly enjoys.Fonming the theme of "Lays, novels, romances, anecdotes, it is usually presented in such interesting and l ■attractive forms that the true i>asis of the resemblance is quite obliterated. Twins •re, and always have 'been, a novelty, and until such knowledge as that which lies at the bottom of these unique likenesses is widely dispersed, instead of being retained among a few, the novelty which surrounds them will remain. As

a general rule, it is the twins them- j •elvee who "get the lauah" in. matters of masjudgment, and they can so eaty oessfußy impose upon people as to bring -to ridicule persons Who are eminently Sana. But occasionally the tables ore reversed, and the twins themselves fall irictiims to tlheir own misdoings, and one of tflie Tnufartunaite jokers gjetapuniah«d ißor something he hasn't done, or eke is forced to tftke horrible physio that was not meant for him at all, and so on. Such an occurrence happened eomne yeare ago in the North of England. TWO twins" were so alike in t>»tih fea-

tures and voices that their father, fear- j ing mSsohief, aenib them to separate schools. But the were only a dhort dwbance. apart, and it was a comtaion. tihing 'in the summer for one intother to v'sit tie other contrary to ithe rales, but one day when surh a riarti ihad been made and the brothers ■rare walking to the . , .... gates the porter, who to he a new man keen cm hie duty, rushed out and refused to let them Trnss. for although ithey stood side by side, he declared he twaa utterly bewildered as to which

toufljht to go by. and he kent them wildly expostulating for so long that

(the visitor was discovered returning to bis own school, and was severely pun- 1 ished. | In another case in the same district &he reeembianjoo was bo close that it sras totally impossible for a stranger to make any distinction. The brothers in question, who went by the names of fohn and) George, were one day walking •long a street wlhen they came 'across a jrery beautiful girl outside a milliner's •hop. She was about their own age, •nd they both simultaneously fell in lore with her there and then., but George, who was more skilful than hia brother, managed to get an introduction, and he escorted the home. Shortly afterwards, wlic:i she began to respond to hi 6 attentions, he arranged meetings with her, and John, who was .Very jealous, made it his business to intercept her on the way. This he did on two occasions quite taiknawn to her, but the second time he unfortunately stumbled across his brother as he. was diakmg her home. Of course, there Uras a fearful row, and the lady, thinking herself the victim of a joke; dismissed them both. As she walked away 4he turned round and saw them gesticulating fiercely, and borne along iby the nrind dhe could hear their voices, wihile #ach raved at the other for *n "idiot." Occult ReWew."