The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-10-04
cIrRyES FOR SPOOKS.
CALIFORNIA WOMAN TOOK ALL
ooNees OUT OF HER HOUSE.

Architectural Curiosity Produced I'm
AZ -. promptings of the spirits-The
''' ,,s. Ia Now the Home of the
occidental Club
,s one house In San Francisco the
,.,aror of which has no corner rms is
nv occidental club building on Stockton
'De .h,cb recently became the property
sur" Ruekley. Where there commonly
@D IN apartments of residences, In
a '. house are only gentle, well rounded
'n' The vertical walls fail to describe
cur. nolo 10 the ceiling. The base of
rsns walls melts by curve into tho
inc W.. Ia where ordinarily are corners OF
room are other curves.
TUT VDnhitecturai!y in this respect the inte-
A'. tho clubhouse is unique. When the
loI ,, ~ fact first dawned on the APP
'rcn nnnsion of Buckley's followers, they
loonloted awhile over the proposition and
s"ollv cave it up as TO why rooms should
~ bnilt on this plan.
- ~ .ho basement is n large apartment,
..Lieb is supplied with numerous rows OF
W. - and "there," as one of the mem
Vi"'s ,ho Climb expressed il, SIS where dc
o,o do de rough work. 1t is large
~ for a meeting room. It's ceiling is
, lOr ahove the floor. 1t is far enough re-
eroJ fron tho main apartment on tho
NV. eoor above and shut off with suf-
noiart thickness of flooring and tight 1T
4sn, doors 50 that the enthusiasm which
accpmulates there on occasion never dis
trbs the more tranquil politicians assem-
Md above. In this room originated the
,Icos INTELLECTUALLY expressed throughout
Tho rronartv wGs formerly owned by
urs John NJ Peck, who was spiritualist
and listened to the promptings of medi-
ums
Nrs Peck was woman of very detor
mined mind. positive and possibly aggress-
20 and when she began an enterprise
sbo carried it out There was nothing re-
markablc about the property until her in
uenuity and energy began to change the
Interior 1t is Il sufficiently imposing
structure on the exterior, with turrets and
various projections, bat its location is such
that whatever external beauties it has are
liable to escape attention.
The spirits said one day to Mrs. John
IN. Peck that they objected to corners.
Al least that is the story, and those who
knew Mrs. Peck will suggest that this Is
very reasonable superstition considering
the origin of this houseful of curves.
Surely no attenuated ghost, walking
through the library or smoking room, or
any Of the other apartments, which now,
as club, are devoted to different uses
from those for which they were originally
Resigned, could ever violently come in
uOntact-if such a thing can be imagined
as Violence in that connoction-with a
right asg:s.
This ls not to say that there are spirits
in the house, excepting such rs have been
mOyed in there in large quantities in jugs,
bottles, casks and other receptacles for
fluids Ii Is said on very good authority
that Mrs. Peek, modelling and remodeling,
building up and tearing down only TO re-
build and tear down again and once more
reconstruct at the suggestion of spirit
voices, spent between $50, 600 and $50, 900
b making the interior Of her building
what Il is
The large room in tho basement prcyi-
usy alluded TO was devised particularly
bra seanco roDm and it was fitted up
Sith benches, some of which may havo
been occupied, according TO her fancy, by
Intangible beings, while the others accom-
nodatcd people in tho lesh.
There is q staircase which, in its present
FnPe is the product Of three attempts to
make something satisfactory. 1t was
vice pulled down and a third time allowed
stand. Al the foot of this staircase
asnllcent bird with delicate and finely
aOo@Ied plumago carved out of single
i0ck Of hard wood, stands as warder to
Us beauties.
Ihefe are only 10 rooms in the entire
unuihe ana yet within very short
GUu between $4,000 and $1,000 was
au 10 painters for painting and repaint-
W different tints and colors. A small
ONuhe, IN TACT, went into these adorn-
lsn'S ana changes, all of which had some
nug OF the eorie about them, because
uS feck supposed that her Judgment
"%s e'ner guided or approved by ghostly
Uucuiar cupboards, one being especially
N'sed Tor silver safe, carry out the gen.
~' uea Oh eyading right angles, and they
'.,o well the lines of beauty. There is
~ WINDOW In which Mrs. Peck INDUCED
~ iroilc mood. Displayed on this i'm
a a0,, attitudes and pursuing their
UrNe pursuits in mountain Businesses.
!ungles and tangled copses. are lions.
Nam, eers anu hyenas-a general assort-
In ot - I"c'' Oh oarniyora on dress parade.
nnda ossrVlhg the general theory of ro-
@o. v mrs Peck's mind, or the sugges-
sL niaue TO Mrs. Peck S mind. did not
m,. 'ailo'y' Taking counsel of many
sra s ei.ner from within or without. q
de,s =. uhish was devised which, con-
r H. 'ncre are only 10 rooms and that
ops r,o uu'I ana acceptance of suggos-
M aoo "li'ioS'eu themselves mainly on the
rilitu 's' certainly displays great mental
mn nv" mrs Peck, listening to what she
spOseu We're voices from another world
et m ans fluctuations of the stock mar
ana auu uown, sometimes making mon
(ayjn. , oolpetimes losing 1t, but always
me ,i "i'iin her the calm assurance that
lne no she would possess a large for.
lnon, matter OF common knowledge
ee wbo Ll aged people now residing
ploitS 20 Snew hor. But her architectural
Sk no,m IL such they may be termed. are
adyion IL Is said that she discarded
@dcd , MOI ., architects and very likely ex.
syobaru"uh more money than was neces-
barr f0o' accomplished the same results.
Ne hons u, the impulse which actuated.
dino,,%,nOulu attract attention only by