The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-12
DREAMS THAT CAME TRUE.
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE FULL OF
STRANGE sLUMBER FANCIEs.
Domestic Tragedies Were FeretoId.
The Angel of sleep at WOrk-Many
Actual Instances of Preseaffmeut

hold OF the emotions when a strange
dream has developed almost as the sleep
er fancied IL. There are some scoffers
who regard true dreams as q gentle
form Of lunacy. These scOffers are happy
people. Of matter-of-fact mental struc-
lures, healthy in mind and body and with
a nervous makeup away below par.
Sensitive, highly strung women OF the
emotional type seem TO have a monopoly
Of dreamland. Take woman of this kind.
and II you know her well enough and can
induce her to talk on the subject she will
probably tell Of a number of dreams in
which she was the chief actor and which
came true.
IN an effort to secure stories OF true
dreams from well-known people of IN
questioned veracity the writer saw a num-
Der Of women, prominent in various walks
Of metropolitan life, and while nearly ali
of them were willing to talk on the sub
Ject majority were reluctant to have
their names used, although they are all
constant figures in the newspapers of the
country. Many of them said that any
thing bordering upon the mystic is usu-
ally treated with smile of derision, and
none OF them wished to publicly pose as
the champion of such an eerie subject as
dreams to the extent of taking up cud.
gels in the defense Of their powers of pre-
monition. They were sure of the authen-
ITCHY Of their dreams, but were not pre-
pared 10 stand sponsor for other peo-
Pies
Mrs. John Hall. wife of the famous Pres
Dyterlan divine, was one of the first Wo-
men seen, and she threw cold water on the
subject In an emphatic way.
Dreams and Visions" she said, ARE
thlhgs OF the past and the world has out
grown anything occult or like divine rev
elation- The dreams of Jacob and Joseph
were sent by God to prepare them for the
needed instruction. But we have now the
Word OF God, written from beginning to
enc, and that is quite sufficient for u.s.
Mrs. Mary Il. bryan. the authoress and
edltfess, told of a dream she had had
some Ive years ago. While she slept she
thought she saw her eldest son, who
hVed IN the south, battling for his life in
a sea, seething among sharp-pointed rocks
Terrified, she sought to throw him a rope
as no BOAT could reach him in such
Whirlpool At this moment he was caught
on the jagged end of a stone larger than
the rest, and bruised to Inconsistencies
with a scream she sprang from rock to
rock till she caught him in her arms and
bore him to the shore, where he died
she aWoke. shaking with fear, and so
deeply did her scream impress her and
those to whom she told it that none was
surprised when she received telegram
the next day saying her Oldest son was
| lying dangerously i'll. He had been stabbed
negro The mother sought by every means
IN her power to save him, but he died
from the wounds week later.
Mrs. Katherine Alderman Fay whose
husband Is vestryman of st. Paul's
church, and who herself is one of the
founders of Sorosis, said:
Il have great faith in dreams Nv ex-
perience has been that whenever had an
Impressive dream II always came out lust
as dreamed It, For instance. l slept one
night and saw, in dream, myself on
steamer crossing the ocean. l met differ
ent people and formed plans, etc. / had
not the least idea of going to Europe, but
three weeks later l went abroad and every
particular of my dream was realized.
Il have never lost relative by death
th2t have not been warned in a dream
TWO days before my father and brother
died, SO vivid was my dream that / woke
UP crying and said TO my husband:
" DO you think my father viii dep
" Don't be foolish, he replied; we will
all die some time. You have had a bad
dream, that is ALL
"A morning or two after was told that
my father was dead, and a little later that
my brother was no more. | always look
for something to happen if dream impress
My daughter Irene when little girl
had favOrite canary. We did not keep
cat, of course. Irene however, dreamed
that a huge cat came in, killed her bird
and ate II up. The next night, while we
were at dinner this actually happened
Where the cat came from we We're never
able to ascertain. These are just outlines
Last summer at his residence in New
London, Conn.,, famous New York ply
stefan entertained several artistic friends
among the number Miss Edith Thomas
the poetess; Miss Mary Thompson, the
Delsartean delineator, and the late Archi-
paid ID. Gordon playwright and author
The doctors wife came down to the break
fast table one morning and said
I had the strangest dream last night
! thought | was travelling in a foreign
land. l had never seen anything like the
place. 1t was beautiful beyond descrip.
ton. The trees were bowed down with
blossoms; flowers unknown to me were
scattered everywhere. Vines gently
swayed to and fro in the aromatic breeze;
all was lovely. But as / wandered about
the enchanted place an intense lonliness
came over me. l felt far from nv friends
far from all had ever known. Suddenly
something touched my dress and LOOKING
down | saw little Fluff, my dog that had
n oegn te ao,. nve years. STOPPING down
Gaught her up in my arms. Presidently
was overjoyed to see Mr.. Gordon coming
toward me. Then we wandered about en-
Joylng the lovely spot together
one week later she arose from her din
ner table, saying she felt badly They
lald ner on sofa and in a short time
She was dead. In less than a month Mr..
jordon was stricken with paralysis, and
three months later he went to that un-
known land which perhaps had been
mirrored in her dream
very practical business woman who
was left widow early and was obliged
70 depend largely on her own exertions
OF a remarkable dream she had had Her
brother was to sell some stocks for her
and she had not the faintest idea of the
price they would bring. as that would
depend on the fluctuations of the market
In her sleep she dreamed her stocks
mad been sold and had brought 81, 300 d.
she told her dream at the breakfast table
the next day and her children laughed at
her. as the sum seemed to them prepos-
tercus. They thought the stocks would
bring about $500. They brought their moth
er little later.
All" she cried, there comes my 81. 800. !,
girls. 0
They tore open the letter. The mother
read: Thirteen hundred dollars" she he
gan, then dropped the paper The oldest
girl caught it up and read:
And q cents
theatrical man who now occupies a
conSpicuous place in the profession and
Is rich and prosperous, tells story of
strange dream. Stage people are not
usually modest in the matter of having
their names used, but on this dream
hinges a delicate question of poverty
which the man is not anxious to advertise
now, and prefers that his name be kept
secret
At the. time of the dream he was in very