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boaiGN JsUinDAI r v.Maine Ghost Proves to Be Just a 1922 FlapperMSmMRS. PEARLIE CHAPLIN AND HER DAUGHTER. EMILY Mrs. Chaplin is owner of the abandoned house on a mountain top in Naples, Me., '»'hiHHsjai{H«^be haunted. Flapper boarders at Mrs. Chaplin’s house provided the “ghosts” for the entertainment of visitors.THE HAUNT OF THE “GHOST” IN NAPLES, ME. Some New Jersey tourists were scared out of their wits when thought thew saw a “ghost”, in this ancient house. It has now been that the “ghosts” were of the “flapper” variety.| Continued From l*ns«* 1tion late today drove the “ghost”! headlong from its haunts.they;oundGHOST A FLAPPERsubstance, attired in ! the fiappeu mysterious, squirm ish ound lovely figure nattily latest short knickers of od exposed, unfrocked of jWINS THREE RIBBONS INlute linen hed sheet, i Miss Agnes X” of Portland, a stenographer now enjoying a vacation at this resort readily confessed to the part.Likewise did Mrs. Peariie Chaplin, ownef of the “haunted house and also owner of a summer boarding place here.J just did this for fun and it just great.'* said Miss X, pleading that he.- name be kept from print. Everybody thinks there are ghosts up here ! on this mountain and we try not to | disappoint them. Do we. Mrs. Chaplin?” IThen and not until then was it revealed that the report of the New ,Jersey hank clerks was correct. In a sense. They wmikl have seen other i ghosts had time permitted. Miss X j was merely the ghost today. OtherKlrl. at Mr.. Chaplin', boarding hou.. j Wrst Newbury Riding'and Drivinghat ; Miss Sarah McDonald, Queen of Outdoor Field DayWEST NEWBURY, July 29.—Thethe ghost other daysPlaying ghost to frighten the hoys is just pastime for the flappers from Portland and hereabouts.Said Mrs. Chaplin today: Those boys heard so much about the house on Ghost Mountain being haunted that th^. really wouldn’t have enjoyed their vacation if some kind of a-ghost wasn’t furnished for them. They had heard the story of the man who occupied the house moving from It because he felt the spirit of his first wife haunted him. He had married a widow with two children after his first wife’s death.This story of the ghost was a real i topic here five years ago when he Va-! cated the house swearing that *he | floors crunched and the walls squeaked and his furniture danced about.“Anyway, the Usher boys. Mr.Lsughlin and some of their girl friends I arranged a visit to the haunted house, three miles Jfom here. Then we got bus£ and ‘provided the ghost.’ Fred Henniger dressed up and became the ghost on lhat occasion,When the party arrived at the house Henniger was in the garret. Ifr had some orchestra instruments with him, prepared to make any kind of a weird [ honor. .or musical noise, and he didn't mind i nine inches,jumping right out and doing a little i Kimball Clement ;.nd Mise Catherine dance, with a bed sheet over his head, j Benson, both of Haverhill wero the“The girls here are full of fun and finest riding pair in the show The c-1-eaiiy the girls grc the best ghosts to | ond were Dr. Wallace Orcutt and hisbo found in Maine, r think.” I W|f0 Qf West Newbury.Word that a Post ghost-hunting ex- There were manv contestants of all pedltlon had arrived here early thiH | types from the hunter class to poniesing. following the country-wide re-j Th^ judges had an extremely hard timein picking winners the competition wasClub held its first annual “gymkhana at the Whittier Field today in the presence of more than 2000 spectators, showing some excellent specimens of hunters and saddle horses of other classes, together with riders who had poise, skill and daring in their handling of the sporty mounts they rode.RIBBONS FOR WINNERS’. lie only trophies of the meet wer blue, red and yellow ribbons. No cash’•'linggrayMiss Sarah ;‘.lcDlt; mare was the stushe flashed awuy from the field and cantered m a winner. Sin» rode superbly and was queen over all the contestant. Kimball Clement Haverhill riding Doctor C. W. Benson's hunter Blighty elaer the b seven feet. Recently the same mount and rider in the Metropolitan meet at Speedway in Boston captured first ' arlng the bar at seven rentport of the New Jersey party of its rience. was the signal for any number of volunteers from the beauty colony at Mrs. Chaplin’s to play the role.The joke Is all over now. We ll have to think up something new for excitement around here,” said Mrs. Chaplin.Several Greater Boston persons have visited the haunted house in time past, according to signatures whittled and and ceilings. Among the scribhlluEs are the name* of Ada Lecain of ! Arbor street. Lynn: Trone Esther Dad. Richard Carl Nelson and Willard Davis of Boston, Dorothy Rogers of Gloucester. Doris Maud Bool© of Lynn and Mabel Felton of Leominster.keen.The show opened with a grand review of all exhibitors of the chow. Morethan 100 blooded horses were In the parade. Around tho quadrangle weregrouped tho spectators. The first offwere the pontes with hard riding youngsters. followed closely by hunters, polo ponies and all the other types down to the ordinary running horses.The winners of the events were aafollows:Lew Jumps--~MiM Baggert, first: MinsThurlow, second; John B«rtl©tt, third.Biding In pair* Iloldijm baud*. Mias AltaTarletoii and Mr. JWy Tftrb-lon, a. at; Mr*.Vr*ra Tnrleton and Mr. John Bartlett, itecond.ITigh Jump* Klmbnll Clement; Benson's lllighty’', first, height.
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Boston Post Sunday Magazine
Boston, Massachusetts, US
Sun, Jul 30, 1922
Page 60
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Lenox L.
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