The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-07
FACE At THE WINDOW
4 Curious Phenomenon Causes Much fx-
element on An Uptown Corner,
WHAT A PASSING PEDESTRIAN SAW
The Outlines Of 81 Human Face on n
window Pane C"nitin't be scrub.
bst' Out ~ Examination aEndc--
several Theories thvanccsI..F 'roba.
bly, u Case Of Nrrrnctiou.

| On the corner or Church and Charlotte
! streets. number .!0a on The former thu
| !on3hiare, is I four-story brick build
ny, .he ground floor being occupied by
| me grocery or Mr.. James l.. petrce. and
! the third story, composed OF apartment
| roGms. by Mrs. Mary T.. White This &c
| me same property which was owned nv
Nif. lanes Whitehurst an old man Of
| q winters, who formerly conducted the
grocery. lived on the third loor ana died
Two Years ago. on q Saturday afternoon
IN FEBRUARY, in q little house lust across
the way. : %
About l o'clock yesterday afternoon
d PEDESTRIAN passing by on Charlotte
street. happened to glance across 10 the
,iHu story window. opening from the
landing 1T the head Vi tho stairway
leading TO Mrs. Whites apartments. He
"ils seen TO stop stock still, rub his ewes
ana ;oo!l back again, apparently fasci-
| '.S.cu by something ne saw. 4 crowd
IuickiJ; gathered and in i Few minutes
S@!rral hundred people had their ewes
Glued on the window
a FACE IN THE WINDOW.
What they saw was the distinct OUT
me, III tact, almost a photograph OF a
iiut.fan lace on the center pane in tho
iilst tier in the lower sash OF this win
COW Now the face would grow dim
linen again it would come out in startl-
q
feature changed. II was the head Of
an oiu man, almost in profile, long hair
mustnchc, beard. Transferred to a can
vass it would have made good head
Tor Gather Time. 1t was Visible vi u
VARYING degrees Of distinctncss ,rtil
night fell, and was The object d: K.
curious gaze CT thousands Of eyes. rnI.
until darkness came the street ct..: -.
was crowded with people watchin. :c
phenomenon.
~ COULDN'T SCRUB 1T OUT.
It was not Ions; before Airs. White
became aH+ttfe-that hct- n-it47tuw was the
ohlect or SO much Interested scrutiny
anu she soon discovered the rea son. The
| lanlly proceeded 10 iivcSt:gatc InCl5-
! ms through the apparently hewitchrd
| pane from the inside Of the housi. M
| lace could be setn 1t was taken out.
| washed, scrubbed and sandpapered until
IL shone like mirror and there wasn't
- ,sleck on IT, Ihen 1t was put back
INTO It's place. The face Immediately re-
appeared. and though invisible to these
IN the house, could be seen from across
the street both when the sun was shin
ing and whom il was cloudy, even bet
| ter under the latter condition than I'M
| der the former. '"a
| THE GLASS EXAMINED.
The glass was then minutely exa,nin-
| eu. There, was not Il flaw in ii, m
deed, it was The most perfect pane in lbr
| SaSl: a gentleman, finding he could see
! nothing from the inside threw IN the
window and getting his BODY on the out
Slde made further examination. He
couia see nathin. when he looked
straight through the glass, but discoy-
cred hat by looking 1t it at an angle
OF about forty-iive degrees he could sec
! q peculiar green and yellow com bina ton
OF colorS. which appeared to exist in the
| composition or the glass and which,
| II: s,t,,
solved themselves into the general out
| INES OF head, similar to that seen
across the street but considerably less
| distinct. He could. however. trace the
profile with his finger and locate The
eye, nose ana ear. His imagination pro
| haniy completed the rest Of the picture
which examined at SUCH short range ca n
| only pc said TO have presented the very
| crude semi !ance Of a head. which eighty
| leet away came out much clearer ana
| fesenihleH nothing SO much as 4 mega
! tive Of 2 photograph, or Il crayon Dor
| trait Over whlch 4 wet rag had been
| rubbed
y CURIOUS PHENOMENON
| 1t IS certainly n very curious Dhenomo-
non ana 50 far has not been explained
| satisfactorily. There are many who as
Se!'t that II IS q case OF rcfracIion but
| not being scientific have not entered into
details y large contingent, including
| nearly al! the cnlored people believe
! tilat 1t Is 4 GhoStiy manifestations. and
| NGSiiiVeiE assert that the head ana face
! Is that Of the gentleman whose death -
| rS2crdea above. They insist that the
iMcntsS3is readily perceived. Thnys are
"a ItgW who declare that it is the head OF
la WpnlAn, feWor Sail who smile :Siirnifi
| caGtiy and declare they can see no head
| at an There are one or two who say
| nothing at al. but they are so hopclesslv
! IN the minority that they are not
| noticed There are q number also who
| suspect that there is 4 magic lantern or
| SomctMin2 Of the sort in the thing. \
| proper ana thorough examination. how
ever. has convinced every one who has
! made i mat suCh Il thing is not posi-
| bic from the nature OF the SURROUNDINGS