Middletown transcript., 1922-08-26
MET 20 GHOSTS;
NOW AN EXPERT
Washington Man Upsets Popular
Belief by Saying Hands
Not CIammy.
ONE GHOST BROUGHT APPLES
Liked. All His Spooky Visitors Except
one-Treat Them Kindly, Is His
Advice-one Ghost Wore
Patched Garments.

Observation-Disclosures and its
ethereal visitor, Which apparently has
gone on strike since the arrival of
backed into insigniiicance when com
pared to the bodyless visitors who
sometimes pick out Washington as a
ghostly rendezvous.
AT least so says William III. Bryson,
1902 NJ street, n. W., amateur ghost
chaser of the District, who allows that
since he first started studying the
habits and mannerisms of spooks, five
years ago, he has been visited by 20
assorted ghosts. all of whom turned
out with one exception to be first rate
chaps
Bryson, who until recently was en-
ployed In the government service in IL
semi-scientific capacity, had come ont
with the blanket statement that ghosts
do have bodily characteristics and,
contrary to popular belief, the hand
clasp of spook is warm and not cold
and clammy.
While the hunter after the habitat
of the dweller in the world beyond
has made no effort to photograph his
nocturnal visitors, he says he has held
protracted conversations with many of
his friends and relatives who have
passed on.
One Ghost Carried Apples.
1t might be said that Bryson goes
further in his research in the fact that
fhnr nf h.
paid him a visit about three months
ago wore silk gloves, or what, appeared
to be silk and felt like that material,
and was carrying a few red apples.
Asked If he had held any protracted
conversation with his ghostly friend
Bryson admitted he had and went so
far as to say he ate shady apple.
The fruit had no flavor, he said, but
Bryson declares that core was left
and can produce it If occasion de-
mands.
On one occasion, Bryson said. his
brother visited him and complained
bitterly about conditions on the
Florida seacoast where self-respect-
ing ghost of the past decade could
not enjoy himself Whether it was
the beach nymphs or the conditions
regarding the influx of foreign spirits
from Scotland the ghost did not say,
but he nevertheless said he would
seek some other cline during the win
ter of 1923.
The wandering ones also are sub
ject to down-and-out periods in
"shadowland," Bryson states. as one
friend who was rather opulent here
came wandering into his room with
ghostly garments that had been
patched in several places
Don't Like Cold Reception.
In this connection the saying that
"you can't take it with you" may he
erroneous, as the. spook gave every
evidence, according to the spectator,
of being in need of few shades of
greenbacks to buy a new set of gar
ments.
Some of the shades that return and
haunt the scenes of their life are not
inclined to be kindly disposed, espe-
cially if one turns the covers over the
head and keeps mum until the ghost
loses heart at the cold reception and
blows off to some more hospltable
place.
Another ghost that Bryson knew in
the ilssh according to the medium, ap-
peared to him on one occasion and bit
terly berated him for having lost a
few dollars of his while on earth in
a business deal. '.In the future you
will see me often,' the spook is said
to have announced in the language of
the beyond, and to prove it he came
For six nights running.
Asked if he ever became nervous at
the nocturnal visitations Bryson
fastened to remark that he did not in.
yite the bodyless ones to visit him, but
did not put up signs that no spook
traffic would be allowed
He qualified his last statement by
saying that a prohibitive sign would
only go to rile the departed ones and
he would no doubt have his home clut
tered up with a bevy of ghosts each
light who might berate him for his
unkindneSs.