Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-28

child's father was. utterly unknown to her.
dying at this moment In a distant place
since leaving home he had. also unknown
10 her. grown dark beard. though his hair
and mustache were blonde.
Few, II any. OF the phantoms now being
Ierreted out by the professional hunters OF
such uncanny game. appear To "squak and
siooer Ike those OF ancient Rome A
great majority Of those actually seen are
silent, so Tar as conversation Is Concerned
Many are INSCRIPTIONS as to the noise
which they make in moving about. some
make their presence known by a rusfl!nr
sound. The footballs OF Others are l1uS
and so heavy as to make houses tremble
An outdoors ghost announces his presence
10 persons wandering about in the country
oE producing an uncanny thud or thump IN
tho ground beside them A majority OF the
spooks with audible voices appear TO have
Invisible forms.
Phantom Locomotion
A conspicuous number OF phantoms SIM
ply glide. IN locomotion. Some move thus
over the ground or floor others through
space. Some have a peculiar tread unlike
that of human beings. One walks on a bare,
polished floor without making a sound.
Another sounds like a huge bird white II
flies through a haunted room The ghost
OF a Gordon Highlander al the hour Of his
death glided through the room 81 his friend.
about a foot from the floor. and hoated out
the window.
Fashion in dress appears to cut no figure
IN spookland. The majority Of late ar
rivals adhere to styles prevalent at their
TINE OF death. A grandmother's ghos. ap-
pears in her customary gown of black six
ana holds up It's skirts while going up and
down stars A phantom priest haunting
The English estate OF Lady Stafford appears
IN ecclesiastical robes and red sash A
shost which peers and occasionally enters
Inr2ush a window opening upon a church
yard wears rufiled shirt front and knee
brooches. Another dons battered clothing
from head to foot and looks like a scare
crow II haunts the room occupied hv a
SUICIDE who jumped from his window and
tore his clothes to shreds while meeting
death. The phantom visitor OF a chemist
ana MS brother. rOOming together hah;ru-
any parades in its nightsh!rt. one seen by
lauN dwelling in another place wore a
long. gray dressing gown with a long.
pointed collar which exposed a finely
formed throat A s;iff brocade skirt
rushing when she moves. is always worn
ny "el-khown ghost haunting an an
Client garrett. a shade in knee breechcs and
an otherwise old-fashioned costume vas
discovered in Charles Lambs Old cottage
r.ain"nton' by Mrs. Thompson, its present
occupant, Later. while studying a p1r-
triut of the great writer. she identiaed he
shade as his. \ vanishing ghost haunting
lonely lanes in daytime wears a long coat.
gaterS and knee breeches all black huf n
wac, white cravat. such as seen in old
fashioned pictures. An old lady haunting
farm house adhcres 20 her white can
white handkerchief and white apron
Shost IN a Grdb cutaWay coat f-eouerta6
this same house Some years afferWar,I N
was learned that a former owner Was AN
ancient Quaker who wore such appsrei
several officers Of British cavalry, seated
al table in the barracks at Aldershot
saw the ghost of a young woman In "a
soiIed bridal dress glide slowly pas. tho
window in front OF them. The window was
twenty feet from the ground The spook's
race was later identified by the phu,ogrnph
OF an unknown woman. found in the room
OF veterinary surgeon dying at the mo-
fnent Of the haunting. in another part o:
IN, me building One feminine ghost dresses
ike nun, but in gray. Another Is son
III pad shawl and gray-black bonnet
Some Queer Ghost Doinx..
The conduct of the average ghost would
appear from these records to he aught bur
sanity or dign!fed. One haunting a hotel
in Tyrol posters guests by Juggling al their
bed clothes and thrusting its hands beneath
their bodies. A university student. haunted
by an annoying specter says that II holds
out its hands as If begging for something
Later II was seen and heard to have a fight
with another of its kind. Dublin ghosts
Were discovered to visit a billiard room be-
longing 10 4 private house and To enjoy
game therein. frequently at night when
the room would suddenly appear lighted
Though heard through the only door OF the
apartment. the game suddenly ended and
bdi hhcHS ItthIIleu invariably Wnen this
door WAS opened. The same billiard balls
were frequently heard rolling and clicking
I'm daylight while this room on the upper
floor of the building was fastened up A
ghost with the power TO multiply and ap-
pear in the same place and at the same
time as three complete counterparts OF it's
form. as remembered in life Is indeed a
wonder. Yet a Liverpool man lately beheld
three such distinct spooks of his lame uncle
hobbling one behind another. He mentioned
the experience to a brother and sister ac-
campaigning him. When they arrived home
they learned that the same uncle had died
at the time Of the phantOm's appearance
Another specter haunting an American
lady and her daughter. annoys them by
rafting their toilet articles and pulling at
their dresses Another arouses its sleeping
victims by placing its icy hand upon their
faces The ghost Of one mans sister-in-
law pushes him around. lifts his legs
shakes his door and blows cold air on him.
The phantom of a friend visiting a young
lady the day Of his death appeared to hsr
first As a hand waving backward and for
ward. Later while she was taking down
her hair. ii appeared to assist her. After
she retired it lay down beside her kissed
her and said goodbye"