The herald., 1895-05-12
Some Weird
Dreams Which Have
Come True

rev people nave faile to tyrer!e,
that uncanny. we.id e,l.ng whicI takes
hold Of the emotions wnen q st'ange
dream has developed, almost as the
sleeper fencied it. Th,re are same scoi-
fcrs who regard true dreams as sectle
form OF lunacy. These scoff,rs are happy
people. of matter Of 'uct mental struc-
lures, healthy in mind and body. and
With nervous III ike-lp away below par
Sensitive, bighly-struny women of the
emotional type seem to have t. moropoiy
of dreamiand. Take woman OF this
kind. and il you know her well enough
and can induce her to talk on the sub
iect, she will probably tell of number OF
dreams in which she was the chief actor
and which came true
In an effort to securs stores of true
dreams, from well-kn ,wn people of I'M
questioned verac.tv, the writer saw 4
number OF women, prominent III various
walks IN metropolitan life. and while
nearly all OF them were wllling to talk on
the subject, majority w,re reluctant 10
have their names used. although they are
all constant figures in the newspapers
or the country. Many ot them said that
anything bordering upon the mysterious
is usually treated with u smile of der-
sion. ana none OF them wished to pub
licly pose as the champion of such an
airy SuDlcCl as uftuinS. III IDe eNJpEb OF
taking up cudyels in defense OF their
powers OF premonition. They were sure
Of the athcntcily of their own Dreams
but were not prepared t. stand sponsor
for other peol les.
= Mrs. DR.. John Hall. wife OF the famous
Presbyterian divine, was one of the first
women seen. and sac threw Geld water ON
the subject in an emphatic way.
Dreams and visions" she said, ARE
things 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 tine
future, when the world was young and
men needed instruction.. But we have
now the Word of God, written from be-
ginning to end, and that is sufficient for
u.s."
Mrs. Mary Il. Rryan. the authoress
and editress. told of a dream she had had
some five years ogo. While she slept she
thought she saw her eldest son; who lived
in the south, battling for his life in sea
seething among sharp pointed rocks.
Terrified. she sought to throw him a
rope. No boat could recah him in such
a whirlpool. At this moment he wa,
caught on the Jagged end of a stone larger
than the rest. and bruised to uncon-
sciousness. With scream she srrang
from rock to rock till she caught him in
her arms and bore him 20 the shore, where
he died.
She awoke shaking with fear. and so
deeply did her dream impress her and
those TO whom she tod It, that none
were surprised when she received tele-
was lying dangerously i'll. He had been
stabbed thee times through the back by
a brutal 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 a vestryman OF st. pauls
church, and who herself is one OF the
founders of Sorosis, SAID:
II have great faith in dreams. NV
experience has been that whenever | had
an impressive dream it always came out
just as | dream | it. For instance, |
slept one night and saw, in a dream.
myself on u steamer crossing the ocean.
/ met different people and formed plans,
etc. l had not the least idea of going to
Europe, but three weeks later | went
abroad, and every particular OF my dream
was realized.
II have never lost relative by death
that have not been warned in 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 will die?'
" 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 little
later that my brother was no more. al
ways look for something to happen if
dream Impressively.
my favorite daughterIrene, when "a lit
tie girl, had favorite canary. We did
not keep cat. of cours'. Irene. how
ever, dreamed that huge cat came IN,
killed her bird and ate it up. Tne next
night while we were at dinner this actu-
ally happened Where the cat came from
we we're never able to ascertain. These
are Just outlines of dreams have known
to come trde
Last summer at his residence in New
London. Conn, a famous New York ply
siciun entertained several artistic friends,
among the number Miss Edith Thomas.
the roetess Miss Mary Thompson. the
Delsartean delineator, and the late Arch
ibald ID. Gordon. playwright and author
The doctors wife came down to the break
fast table one morning and said:
II had the stransest dream last night
I thought was travelling in foreign
land. | have never seen anything lka
the place. 1t was beautiful beyond de-
scription. The trees were bowed down
with blossoms; flowers. unknown to me-
we're scattered everywhere. Vines gently
,wn"ed to and fro in the aromatic breeze;
ali was lovely; out as | wandered about