The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-04
GHOSTS WELCOME
PEANS OF PRAISE
Even Salvationists Cannot
Lay the Adeline-Street
Wrath.
Fire Screens Dance and a
CHASTITY Face Visits Sleep
ing Lieutenant
The Halle With Folks Declare That
Such IT ifs Oaly Serve to
Amuse
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL
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YAK LAND OFFICE GAN L hANNlSCO AALG,f
90S Broadway, May 3.
Even The shoutings of haIlelujahs, the
jingling OF tambourines, the beating of
drums and the footing of comets and
double bass horns cannot lay a ghost.
This has been demonstrated at the new
training home of the Salvation Army, To-
Gated at Tenth and Adeline streets.
About two months ago the militant
Christians moved into their present quar-
ters and the rental was placed at q low
~ figure, because the house had a history
ne history was not altogether pleasant
and contained anecdotes of whistling
wraiths, midnight visitors and other IN
canny things. The house is haunted.
Such spirituelle things as ghosts have
no terrors for SalvationIsts and so the
soldiers boldly entered the haunted
cham bers, declaring that if any influence
on earth could drive out spooks and ap-
g. partitions il is the influence OF Salvation
lists. They started in with very lively
house-warming to which all the soldiers
and friends were invited. The stories OF
the ghost were told and laughed at and
the burly cadets made light of the tradi-
-. tons connected with the house. Now
they think differently.
a few weeks ago Lieu tenant Sawyer was
awakened in the middle of the night by
some mysterious presence, and as soon as
his eyes were properly opened he saw an
unknown face looking at him. There was
nobody, but simply features. He al once
arose and chased that face until it got to
the window, where it went out and disap-
peared, and the lieutenant has not seen
it since. He tried to explain matters by
saying that he had nightmare, but this
can hardly be credited, because abstemi-
Gus, punctual Salvation Army officers 10
none of those things which are invariably
r the cause OF nightmares.
Mrs. Staff Captain Merryweather said
last night that when they rented the
o. house they were very candidly told that
it was haunted. The fact was confded to
her that NOBODY would stay in the house
long on account OF the whlstling ghost
An examination OF the house was made,
and II was found that there were several
speaking-tubes from one portion of the
old building to another, and the Saliva
tionlsts at once declared that the whis-
thing ghost was simply stray breath OF
wind getting into the speaking tubes.
More recently other manifestations have
occurred 10 convince the noisy inmates
that there is something uncanny about
the place,
The lieutenant told me-" said Mrs.
MerTyWeather, THAT the screen from the
fireplace in one OF the rooms has a habit
of dancing around the room. 1 have not
seen it myself, but the lieutenant is thor
oughly reliable. Our house is a peculiar
one in some respects, but no matter what
ghosts may haunt 1t we are not alarmed
that any OF them will do US harm The
poor Lieutenant certainly got fright the
other evening when he chased that face
out of the window, but as nothing was
found on the court below next morning it
is evident that the ghost was nothing
very material. the house has a lively
reputation for ghosts and the longer we
are here the more we hear about them
but l do not think there are enough ghosts
in all Oakland to drive Us out of our snug
quarters"
a. there are about a dozen able young
men IN training at the home lonely
ghost would not stand much show if he
should happen to be caught.