Evening star., 1897-05-29

Written Exclusively for Tie Evening s'ar
The subject Of Dreams. remarked
we,l-known investigator to a Star reporter.
"has never been given the sciedtific con-
sidera,ion and study it deserved until dur
ing the Fast five years. and even now some
of the most interested Investigators pur-
sue their study under cover, as 1t were,
for the reason that the medical profession
has persistently evaded the subject ard
visits heavy penalty on sucn Of its MEM
hers as are known to devote ulicn time TO
the matter 1t has not been considered
regular exactly to pursue mental phe-
nomena, though this to a great extent Is
passing away through the valuable w0rk
done by the societies organized for psychl-
cal research. which originated in England
There some of the best minds OF the land
are openly committed to the study. ard
they are making II easier for others 10
engage in il. Like all pioneers, however,
in ary branch of science. or. Indeed, IN
anything else. those who first engaged IN
II had to suffer severe criticism AS q
matter of fact. the literature On the sub)ect
OF psychical phenomena has been very par
rem until late years. and the most OF these
which are written are .otally unreliable as
il was the work of these who were not
fitted by scientific requirements TO make
their iabors of value. Dreams are now in
vestigated and stUdied by systematic
course. and ii is wonderful hCT much IN
formation and strarge and interesting re-
suits are obtained. Dreams are different
from the so-called prssentimcnts. which
are common with many unusually sensitive
persons. though there Is a connection be-
tween them. as both involve phases. men,
tally well as psychicaily. In one case
the mind Of tie dreamer is alone used.
while In presentiments the best accepted
theories to the effect that the mind
of the person who is fully awake is in
fiI.enced by others 1 believe 1t is now
f,.lNr Irn,
which hang on person often through a
whole night. can be broken off and per-
feet mental recreation secured. for after
all that is what sleep is. If they all rouse
themselves sufficiently to do some positive
thing. For Instance. If a person gets up
and touches door knob or the gas fixture
or. indeed. anything else. with the idea
that they are determined 20 break off a
disagreeabie and persistent dream. they
can do so. If only this much gained 1t
would mean considerable. as persons who
are annoyed BY continuous dreams will
APPRECIATE.
Flowers are advanced very considerably
In bloom m con parison to what they were
TWO or three years ago a this date" OBJ
served florist to Star reporter land
those Interested in the securing of flowers
for Decoration day are assured that they
Will have 4 greater profusion than they
Lad last Decoration day or the year be-
fore Last year / had orders for several
cart loads and mad the greatest difficulty
In supplying the order. The year before it
was even worse. At this time last
year the dog wood and the laurel. both of
which abound ill the nearby woods of
Maryland and Virginia, were hardly in
Iul! bloom. while this year they were iD
Iuli bloom two and even three weeks ago
IL Is the same way with many varieties
OF garden roses. They have been in full
pioom FOR nearly ten days. and are very
plenty There will be plenty of flowers for
MONDAY next. though in late wears owing
70 the use of flags at the cemeteries the
demand for them has been growing less"
nave some reasons for believing" OBJ
served an assistant secretary OF one of the
departments TO a Star reporter, THAI
there Is likelihood of a revival of the
CLOCK Saturday order for the summe,
months The matter has not progressed
lar enough to be the subject of considera
tioh OF the cabinet. though two of the Sec
retaries have mentioned 1t in an informa
manner. and there was a concurrence n
views on the subject. Secretary Sberma,
when Secretary of the Treasury resusci
tsted the 3 O'Clock closing on Saturday,
Mheh ne was in President Hayes cabinet
II hdd been the custom during the Gran
administrations. except during Cen Grant
last summer He found that there was a
much work done on Saturdays with the
ciock order In operation as when the hou
Tor closing was at o'clock which ha
prevailed during the Cleveland and Harri
son administrations. Secretary Sherman
has indicated that he will renew his propo
sition He has not fixed upon a time, bu
II Is also understood that unless some othe
member of the cabinet moves for a longe
period he Will ask that the q o'clock Satur
day order be tried for the Saturdays Il
July and August"
The manufacturers of gloves" ex
planned one OF the representatives of
leading glove firm TO a Star reporter, "ar
determined, If they can. to make an efYor
through the pending tariff bill to suppl
this country with the finer gloves. tn
ladies' kid glove. AT present by a genera
consent arrangement. American GLOW
manufacturers have given up the light an
tine glove trade entirely to foreigners. Gu
manufacturers can make the finer goods G
gloves as well the heavy. but someho,
they never competed for the trade. Their
was a time when nine-tenths Of all grade
of skin. leather and other gloves sold i
ms country were made abroad. In tn
past twenty years We have so far advance
ia glove manufacture that we now contrt
the trade in all the heavier or mems glove
Used IN this country. We make bette
gloves and can and do turn them out equs
in every respect to the foreign-made glove.
Our skin and leather gloves are far ahea
of any foreign-made gloves. We thinl
with The protection afforded in the tari
bill reported in the Senate, we can MOI
than hold our own In all varieties {
gloves. and especially want to get a chano
To manufacture the ladies' light grades an
the various kinds of kid gloves. Person
not In the trade have but a crude idea {
the enormous quantities of kid gloves in
ported by this country. The duties pal
run into millions of dollars each yea
there being annually 81 l.WO.OD0 duty paid {
French Aid gloves alone The two citi,
Of Gloversvilie and Johnstown in New YoI
state are devoted entirely to the mani
facture of gloves. They are connected ar
are almost one city. They turn out eve,
possible kind of glove. There are over 2
glove manufacturing concerns in this cou
try. and IL Is the ambition Of every one
them to make ladies' kid gloves. The M
Kinisy bill gave the glove trade a booI
but II was cooled down shortly afterwa
by the Wilson bill ard the stringency
the times. The glove trade has felt d
hard times more severely than almost al
other, for not more than one person
every hundred who buy gloves need the
except that they want to be in the sty
AS money got scarce those who former
bought dozen more pairs a year
duced their purchases to one-third I
usual number"
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