Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-26


eerie sensations.
"what was your most memorable Hal
loween?" was the question which was
asked. And the answers were various.
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
ieIs, who was for years a newspaper
editor. was the first approached.
what do you recall of Halloween" he
was asked
There are many experiences" he re-
Piled that might come under Halloween
headings But there Is one that recall
particularly, although I cannot tell at the
present time the exact year.
'.One night / was working in my Office.
and ii was late. The night was rather
gloomy. with a driving rain and wind
like most of the winds of autumn-Quick
and changeable.
As i worked / suddenly noticed a light
outside my window 1t would appear.
die out reappear and disappear i'm a
most unearthly manner. For a while I
paid no attention to it, then as the light
continued to appear and disappear. de-
cided to investigate. ] went to the win
dow.
The explanation was no more sim
pie. The light appeared. disappeared
and returned again. 1t seemed as IL the
witches might in reality be playing
some ghostly trick. Finally ! decided
to go outside and investigate I quietly
closed the door of my Office and stepped
out. determined to learn whether any
late practical joker was attempting
this hoax.
Crossing the street I found the ex-
PLANTATION. There was an excavation
and men who had been working there
d.
warn pedestrians. Between this light
and my room was tree branch And
with each swaying movement of the
branch In the wind II acted as q cur
tain before the light now screening n
from my window and now raising and
letting its glow to cross the street.
1t didn't take long to learn the ex-
pianati But during the few minutes
preceding my investigation L had ALI
of the sensations of a man who is fac
ing the utterly impossible-the super
natural"
Secretary OK War Lindley NJ Garrison
had single brief contribution to the
Halloween idea. and he explained that
1t didn't relate particularly to Hallow-
cen.
''On one occasion / was about to de-
eide case between man and his
wife," he said. land the day when the
trial was to come before me was Hal
loween. During the day 1 kept wish
ing that something might occur TO
DrlnS the couple together. The case
was peculiar one and / felt that ~
was partially caused at least by a mis-
understanding on the part of both liti
giants.
During the afternoon of the dav-
the day preceding the evening of the
wttches-the couple came to my office
The man walked in with the woman on
his arm.
I'VE have settled the case, he an
nounced.
Rather astonished that the wish
which had been making to myself
should have been so quickly realized. l
congratulated them
1T was simple to fix up said the
man. We began to realize a few hours
ago that this whole case was some
thing that we could settle between our
selves. and we didn't see why we should
let the lawyers keep on running things
for u.s.
The remarkable part Of this case ac-
cordinx to the Secretary Of War; was
that the wish. unexpressed. should have
in some way communicated itself to the
persons whom 1t affected
"Of course" said he reminiscently, lit
doesn't relate directly to Halloween. and
yet-well. il was certainly a mildly inter-
esting case in thought transmission or
the power of the eerie or whatever you
care to name it
One of the most narrowing experiences
IN Congress was that of Senator Atlee