The sun., 1891-01-11
WHY DO xEN DREAAt
A Dreasy Answer froa shs Mas With
Reference 20 tho DreaAers.

A Dreamy Answer from tho Ma. with
Reference 20 the Dresaers.
II have passed miserable night" said the
man. AS full OF dreams - the head Of Clar
ence. was in Labrador, In China In flight
with tho Kalmuck Tartars. led around In hell
by Virgil In the Hall OF Eblis with vathek with
my hand cu.ched hard at my burning heart.
buried deep under the great pyramid, making
love to all three OF the Weird Sisters at once,
riding across Sahara on lame dromcdary
that looked at mo with CLASSY and hldeous eyes
placed In the back OF his head. having knife
thrust into my breast and turned In the
wound and finally fetching up hero in New
York again, which was the worst OF all. for
l ought 10 be In Paris. or Bruces. or Provence,
or somewhere. 1t is hard that l can't dream
OF pleasant things once in WHILE
why do mon dream, anyway"
"0!" ssid the man. III you want me to hold
my dim little candle over that great mine. l am
willing enough TO do H. In thoughts from the
visions OF tho night when deep sleep falieth on
men, then fear came upon mo and great trem-
bling which caused all my bones to shake.
Then spirit passed before my face. Tho hair
OF my lesh stood up That Is the sort OF dream
that came upon good man Job shortly after
the winds OF hsaven had blowa upon the four
corners OF the house In which hls children were
making merry. and ieveled 1t with the ground
His old wife was probably slumb erin2 calmly
beside him at the time. AMI Eliphaz was snor-
ing away with nothing to bother him"
You don't seem to be answering my ques-
tion very clearly"
"Itold You he'd but dim candle to hold
oyer tho deep mine, said the man. What 10
the wide realm OF wild reality that Byron
vb hS hrsS Tssn
Sn5eaiisy %ton YOU xsow st thss. psrhsps psd % YOU
90 to the poets for Information OF anything
member heats aud his Nightingale.
"Alleu, adieu thy pla,u,ive anthem fades
s!si Ss s a.:S ::s.n
si ~: s.ss ss.s Z; ss sitss .sss .7..p
Might dreams, and:day dreams. phantoms
sndures:, and yet We know thai nothing on:
Wnss ess snPe0'S ss srs ssss ue but
We haye said somethine. aud have found out
as as sss snsS s are
S:shsS: ~ saIy sss1 %sn IS Il
ASK W vi they S1s S9 What they a. a
oose Snf and sa part S y man mil hmse V'f'
when want really to think ABOUT such mat
s Is ahss Te' e
why Beethoven Affects me as he does In tho
psyy.oosHss sssHs SVa and Of es:t g 5s Ss
physoosicai psyeSoloaisss Tor an ma answer W 'oe or
anything like an rnswer 10 such questions
Ssr what work he does In she Msohanlsa!
f5ssiSn IL h on 1oa the msS. s1s and
d. Maudsley Or Dr. bnehner Or Dr. liam.
Ia wan n V1tn
ally, prefer the poe.s their hints aud sur-
eestlons are Of more value to me when have
can find slsswhere. Tie heart is sI suspended US &
lnte, and M not aphysooeoa! force pump. And
as nss dHssasF Fs.. 5es
WTute; nut for there is really nothing to say there.
ihe delicate beauty, Of orchids. or explain, ths
ana dewy morning just after the sun is up;
to 81 things that ssHn a. an sns.s Hss
existeuce have not seen and shall not sesI
Sn Mhsn1 was boy as college e. was lSoxipe AZ a
came up and looked at 1t with me- He said:
1t 10 only one soul looking at another And
that that Is S about as near the thing as anybody Will
,''oh! cone. now! such remark doesn't ex-
as VIII say when you s aova IN ohar
tas 9ne sopI yns 10 aaaoas, Or when
other. and 60 ON from one end OF the universe
Doubtless" said the man. "1ylll not say
SS5s S Wonderfully sontoandsd WIN each s; o,hssl;
5 he man who hsra s%a
almost loses his own personality. Sometimes
he fS.s aStua.ly DO does lose It Love Is born down
who said that moonlight aud music and love
are one don'{{ suppose that means ANYTHING
now dio ES tho
Vol. II is rather balcony. oon:sss. When
Thing and he DOESN'T think. s L. only s1s srop.s ap,
Hs isn't quite so clepr as Herbert Spencer
last time was 0, or in Lon don Went TO see &c
the score Of keetRo1sns ssSenih ~ 'ssSn syphonS wS
before him He was playing it on q lewsharp.
emae eate1 face like rain lie told me. %h When he he
had become himself again. that Bsethoven
olwSys TSS affected him as the greatest
the subjective order Of thought. Then Ie
chipmunks. billiards. the great nebula in
Orion. cheese. evolution among the, Antilles.
Ron ssl tho so % ts the
Then he wandered Of to baRpipes as weapons
9t dessGce :; a. amonx nom! the Scottish Hlxhapders;
collies the great lee age and Its relation to
roller skates: ,ApcorG goats; the invention OF
and the Renaissance. Then he went back again
10 bis. jewsharp and played me the whole OF
Opus y. OF 1t till lhHre WAS hardly dry eye In
my face. 1t must DO a iine thing to be so great
and nany.slded a man as Herbert Spencer.
and settle 30 many controversies as he can"
You don't seem to be very near to un an.
swer to my question about why men dream"
lsuppose." said the man. that some time
you will be coming into my studio and asking
me why men ask questions 4 little while ago
You Iod mo that Shelley was balcony II you
will have the kindness to observe and ponder
upon my reply to that Objectionable statement
you Will see one 2t the great necessities OF life.