New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-14
ONLY DREAM 1T AND ITS DONE.
A THEORY THAT AN IMAGINARY FALL. IF Pen.
SISTED IN. WILL CAUSE DEATH. BUT
IT'S HARD TO PROVE

THEORY THAT AN IMAGINARY FALL. IF PEI.
SISTED IN. WILL CAUSE DEATH. BUT
IT'S HARD TO PROVE.
Many queer argument Is to be heard In the
cafes Of uptown hotels in the evening. In a con-
genial party recently the conversation drifted to
dreams. One OF the party said
II think that the most awful sensation one can
imagine is to dream that you are falling. had
a dream like that the other night and woke up
with start. ! was bathed In a cold perspiration
and almost scared to DEATH"
1T is lucky for you, said the quiet member OF the
party that you didn't dream that you landed"
"Why?" asked the first speaker.
Because" said the other III you had you
wouldn't be here now"
what do you mean?" the first speaker asked
II mean that had you dreamed that you fell.
and continued to dream until you struck 1t would
have killed you just surely al you had actually
fallen"
There was a dead silence for few moments. The
quiet man silently pulled at his cigar. while the
one he addressed stared hard at him as II trying to
grasp the details OF the new idea Finally ne said
What makes you think that"
WELL" replied the other ut Is only pet theory
of NINE and Is not authenticated by any tangible
evidence. When one dreams the mind runs riot, ana
the impression left the ply steal body II strong
While the actual dream Is taking place the I'M
preston upon the physical body is as strong as II
one were awake and the occurrences dreamed or
were an actually. While one dreams the mind Ii
dcminant. The body Is simply factor and responds
to each impulse of the mind What causes SOM
nambulst to get up and walk while asleep? II 10
the mind. You say that you woke up In a cold per-
epiration. Your body had simply responded to the
condition OF the mind. The body becomes q machine
and the mind the power that operates II. Now sup
nose YOU dreamed that you fell long distance ana
struck The impression Of the collision between the
body and substance which you struck would be con-
yeyed TO the heart II IL had really happened
The shock would cause the heart to stop, or to Do
come so deranged that 1t could not perform III
function, and death would be the result Some-
times you read Of people dying while asleep Inc
physicians say Is heart disease My theory that
II is not heart disease. but In reality some dream OK
violence has deranged the heart People 90 not ole
of heart disease while quietly resting. and sleep 10
complete rest"
This argument dazed his listeners for few mo-
ments. and then the first speaker said:
II don't believe It, 1t is pretty theory, but how
are you going to prove IT.?
II cannot prove 1t, but know am right"
was the reply NJ.
A few days later the same men met asan' i"o
"po You remember saying few days ago that 4
a man dreamed that he fell and struck II wouio
The other replied that he did
dreamed that / fell and strickland hit hard.
too-yet am all right . A.. $500
How are you going 10 prove 10 me tndt ~"
dreamed that you struck and'-
So another argument was preciptated, and the
question has not been settled yet