The Washington herald., 1911-04-30

When Friday ended the submission of
strange dreams one of the most unique
and widely commented upon contests
have ever known closed.
Throughout the two weeks allotted the
queer visions they came pouring in from
all over the country, and were of such
an interesting and unusual nature as to
have made the three judges selected to
decide upon their merits have a hard
time Of it after the dreams were turned
over to them on Friday afternoon.
1t was a difficult matter to decide be-
tween some dozen or more recitals each
of which had their strange and wonder
full points. After a discussion of them
that LASTED an entire afternoon the prize
awards were determined upon.
1t was not so hard to decide upon the
dream that should win the first prize as
upon the second and third, because Mrs.
Hamptons experience, extending from
childhood to young womanhood, has a
psychic significance so wonderful as to
have left little doubt in the minds Of the
judges that her strange protracted dream
was a God-given boon to a very lonely.
needy child and a wonderful revelation
of the infinite love of the Father for His
little ones.
Mrs. Hampton's Dream.
My mother, who was a very heavenly.
beautiful creature, died when was lit
tie more than five years old. I went to
live with an aunt. Although she and the
little cousins were very fond of me, yet
I was often very lonely. Even in the
midst of play tears would come to my
eyes. The children laughed at me, but
would go away and cry my poor little
heart out all by myself.
Il slept alone in what was called in
those days a trundle bed One night
was awakened suddenly with the feeling
that some one in white was standing by
me. I felt frightened and covered up my
head. I must have fallen asleep imme-
diately.
II then dreamed that was standing
alone when I saw a large, beautiful star
and from 1t a long, beautiful ray Of light
coming toward me. Both star and light
were on a level with my eyes. As
reached out 1t drew away from me. and
followed, but always it drew away, as
If inviting me to follow. AS I walked
back it followed me. The star never
moved. only the ray Of light. There was
always this moving back and forth as I
moved, but ii never touched me. re-
member my disappointment that could
not get that beautiful ray.
Did Not Tell Experience.
when 1 awakened next morning I did
not tell my dream to any one. This
seems strange for a child. but suspect
the little people have a great many
things shut in their little hearts and
minds little suspected by grown-ups.
THE next night had exactly the same
dream, and for months that dream was
repeated-the same beautiful star, the
same beautiful ray of light that followed
or drew me, but that never touched me
or that I could touch.
Then one night I saw that the star
was not q star any longer. but a human
eye, and I at once had the feeling that
1t was my mothers.
And to make a long dream short,
that dream was repeated in exactly that
same way until I was seventeen years OF
age. 1t came to me once about that
time and disappeared have longed
arain and again for a sight OF that beau
tiful star. but alas!"
Second Prixe Award,
Mr.. Edward K Goldsborough, jr., win
ner of the second prize. submitted this
prophetic vision:
Twilight had faded and the wings OF
night had covered the world While sit
ting on my lawn In meditative mood I
must have dosed into troubled sleep.
as found myself In dark valley hsms
med in by giant hills.
What am I doing herer I cried In
dismay. and where am II
'' In the vale Of dIscoutent' replied .
voice from above.
And how cAn scale the high hiiis
weak and aloner
/" BY discardins the robe Of SELF the
same voice answered
Wears seemed TO pass. and I found
myseH stin NJ the Foot of the mountains,
even sick unto death.