The Washington times., 1905-01-29

The above are the winners of The
Times dream contest, which has excited
such general interest among Times
readers
The lire of men you see bowed be-
meath the weight of enormous baskets
filled to overlooking with half-torn
manuscripts is the special brigade de-
tailed to clear away the rejected
dreams.
The two-horse wagon at the. door is
sent to gather up the mail sacks con-
tanning the contributions marked:
Postage inclosed for return of
Dream, II rejected
"Odd, amusing, pathetic and mys-
terfous.p but in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Such have been the characteristics of
the dreams told by nearly every in
habitant of Washington. Dreams OF adj
venture, of moving accidents, by flood
and feld;'' dreams of the supernatural;
premonitions of impending death; adj
ventures in heaven, and of far beneath;
of wanderings in strange countries and
frightful falls through space-any-
thing-everythingi
Black Arrow Dreams.
But this one above all. How I
found the Black Arrow-and woke,'' If
thousand. In lucid interval. the
Dream Editor swore to a statment
which set forth that 10000 Black Arrow
dreams were received. But this may
be exaggerated
The attention of the British Society
for Psychical Research should be di-
rected to the fruits of the Dream Con-
test Surely, never before has there
been such a remarkable collection made
In any country or in any age Delight
full little drea.n-StOries, in childish hand
writing, came IN every mail In some
points they were more interesting than
the prize-winners.
Some very good dreams were lost in
the telling. Several were told with YER
bosity that put them out of considera-
ton. A few of the contributions would
have occupied half a page, II printed
and one dream would have required
more than a page
Every dream was carefully read and
considered. Spelling. punctuation, and
grammar did not have a place IN the lis
of good points. II the dream possessed
published.
Contest Closed Tuesday.
The contest closed at u O'Clock, noon
on Tuesday. All the dreams had received
consideration Immediately after receipt
and those published were possible prize
winners. From the five pages (which
included that which appears today tn,
four best dreams were selected afte
careful consideration.
The awards were made by q comnnitte
Of three members of The Times staff
and their decision was unanimous. A
II happens, none of the winners ar
known to any member of the commit
tee, and gWo winners do not reside Il
Washington.
Winner of First Prize.
Kenneth c. Mcintosh, whose story o
a ride on a handcar to the ruins of
deserted city won The first prize. Is abou
nineteen years Of age and lives at 1872
Sixteenth Street northwest.
Most notable of all the things con
nected with Mr.. McIntosh's carrying OF
the first prize is the short time he tool
TO write his dream When informe,
that he had won the prize, he said:
81 wrote that in about twenty min
utes.
This Is believed to be the record 70
rapid composition, as the dream. Gov
cred nearly a column.
The scene portrayed in the dream too
place on the coast Of Peru near and i
the city of Truxillo.
Z never saw the old city," said Nj
Mcintosh, In speaking of his story
s'but I had been down on the coast O
Peru further south than this point
was there last summer for about eigh