The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-27

At one Of the theatres ia Baltimore
last week q man IN . pFomlnrnt seat
fell asleep, Ia the dream theatre he
probably saw a performance a. inter-
estlng as the one going on around him.
lie moved bis arms and shook his head
and seemed to BE- wholly wrapped up
ia whatever was occupSing bis mind a.
ihe moment, The incident aroused some
curiosity IN the mind of one u the
spectators Of che double show, and yes.
teflay Professor james Mark Baldwin
Of the John Hopkins university, was
asked 10 toll something Of the nature
Of dreams and their cause.
while there are many questions con
nertcd with dreams which have not
been satisfactorily answered" said Dr,
baldwin, psychologists are pretty well
agreed ~ TO the general nature Of
dreams. They consist OF a series Of
images impressed on detached portions
81 The brain. and not, a. In our waking
moments, on larger areas, which would
enable us 10 view the thing We are
dreaming Of In ia relation 70 The facts
Of our past experience Consequently
the most absurd things do not appear
at All absurd IN our dreams
There are two diametricaliy opposed
theories "a account for this dream action
-onc that Il caused By rash Of blood
10 the brain and congestion there, the
other that Il l. caused BY the absence
from the brain during the rcpose Of
slecp Of the ordinary quantity of blood.
Both are true, probably, the one c4is.
inc one Kind 81 dream, the other an
other.
Motions Of various parts Of the body
a. Of the arms aud legs Is caused by
stimulations OF various areas Of the
brain. when We consider the ordinary
workings u the brain and 81 the ncr-
vous system the wonder Il that there
Is as much movement during sleep a.
there Is. but that there Is no more. You
might imagine that somnamhulism would
be a nightly Occurrences with almost
everyone,
afhc old theory by the way. that
somnambulisls never come 20 harm IN
their movements unless awakened has
been dlsapproved Fatal accidents have
occurred In many cases and one Of
ms own rclatiyes-a little girl--fcll
down the stairs while walking IN
her sleep and hurt herself rather ser
ionsly. Somnambulists do perform risky
feats, but that IL due 20 the absence OF
fear or reflection or doubt. Most men
can walk twenty feet on rail on the
ground, hut few could do Il h midair.
Almost everyone dreams, although
there are some persons who say that
they never do. That some Of this class
do dream. however, has been proved by
observing them during sleep, and there
i some ground for the theory that ev'
eryonc dreams. the images presented "a
the brain being stronger or fainter ~
the case may be- Some OF the animals
dream, especially those Of the higher
order. which 4 not surprising when We
consider the similarity Of their brain
formation TO that Of the human being
Il i a common occurrence for a dog, Tor
instance, to move AMI even bark in his
sleep.
Some writer's have attempted to "a.
ltahlish a teiepathic theory regarding
dreams 20 prove that they are due %
the influence Of one mind upon another
but nothing Of the sort Is accepted by
psychologists. Others have attempted
70 show that the range OF subjects con.
nected with dreams IS very limited, but
they haven't proved their case either
One man said once that no one ever
dreamed Of things in motion. That, "a
me. is absurd. Another said we never
dream of music. but that is not true.
I'VE usually dream Of things familiar
10 US. although they may appear in I'M
familiar relations. Prof. Jastrow Of the
university OF Wisconsin, formerly OF the
Johns Hopkins, made very interesting
inquiry into the dreams Of deaf mutes
and he established the fact that persons
born deaf and those who become deal
at an early age never dream Of hearing
/ think the age he gives is 7 years.
"There are several phases Of this cues,
ton which have not been investigated
thoroughly, and | do not know OF any
one who is working on them at TINS
time" Baltimore News.