The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-07-15

oi I "a lln-l
q tutor asleep as a scholar was recit-
ing dreamed a little playlet and
a"ohe 10 near the end of the boy-s
sentence: elapsed time not more than
n1teen seconds. Touch, sight, and
aCns are prominent in dreams, but
taste and smell exceptionally rare.
Dreams can be made to order hv
outsiders, but not by the dreamer
Yell Fire. in the ear of a sound
sleeper or allow a sudden draft of
cold air to play on the back of his
neck and he will dream TO order. but
ne can't go to sleep with his mind
made up to dream Of any certain
thing and then actually dream of it.
In spite OF this fact, books are sold in
Europe which tell what one must do
IN order to dream the lucky number
in the lottery.
Furthermore, there aren o ethics in
dreamland. One sees or commits
himself the most atrocious crime with
no feeling Of pity or guilt.
Cases have peer known where q
whispered question to a man asleep
has been answered aloud by the
sleeper Conversations even have
been carried on in this way. Psychol-
ogistS studying the subject have car
ried on such conversations merely as
IAN experiment, but a more practical
use of this knowledge is the following
lcaSe-never brought before a scien-
tifc body, but we'll known q few years
ago in the town where it occurred:
A young fellow in TT. Wayne. Ind.
q few years ago was in the habit Of
losing his money at poker-a most
perniciOus habit. At this time he was
going to college, and during the va
cation time at home lived on an al
lowance given him by his father. The
father SOon discovered that this al
lOwance ran out from the young fell
lcu'S nnokofS with Uraot ron;6;{x, b,,t
! failed to discover the reason for it.
One night he heard the young fell
+ low talking in his sleep, mentioning a
r young woman named Kitty. He spoke
!, Of holding beautiful hands-presum-
r ably those of Miss kitty-but ended
r with the astonishing statement that he
I held three old maids from Kokomo.
Now. the physical impOSsibility of
holding on ones knee-the only logi-
l cal preSump tion-three maiden ladies
= at one time was apparent to the faith
? er. SO he questioned the sleeper.
v To the elder mans Amusement the
dreamer answered in a muffled tone,
: but as sensibly as if he were awake.
By slow questioning the father learn
: ed h whole story from the uncon-
scious boy. The poker game and al
4 lowance stopped simultaneously.
= In questioning a person who talks
a in his sleep it has ben found that a
harsh or commanding tone brings
more immediate results. If you wish
a to learn the amount Of you'll wife's
millinery bill speak sharply to her
g while she Is muttering in her SleeI
and she probably will answer.
A man who awake is most prosaic
whose mind is commonplace, who is
utterly unable to invent a story Of
write ad rama. will asleep have tn
l. most astonishing flights Of magma
r ton. He imagines a story. He PEG
Is pies it with players, men, women, ane
re animals, and each one of them-eveI
8, the animals at times-SpeakS his par
a as perfectly as if he actually wer,
he alive.
e. The mf1d not only invents the plo
n. of this drama. but also invents tn
a characters. Sometimes they act am
ne look as they do in real life: at other
they are changed in character an,
appearances, but are still recogniz
Id able. Sometimes thee haracters ar
OF w~ell-known men whom the dreame
has never seen, such as foreign kings
lie presidents, inventors, or scholars
a Many times they are unarmed stran
ID. gers that them ind OF the dreame
"a conjures up with no foundation p
of which to build. These characters ar
Ie- painted in a more lifelike way tina
OF the best artist that ever lived coul
paint them.
tn The mind of the dreamer then ere
at ates a background before which tn
;es actors play. He paints the scenes c
Die Ithed rama, in other words. Wonder
IRIS full palaces. tall fountains, fantaStl
vd cities. any sort of scene ma be de
ole picted. The players then proceed I
er- enact a drama, tragic, comic. mere
h ludicrous. as the case nay be, ar
throughout the action the player
speak their parts more naturally tina
nv Booth or Irving ever did.
lat FurtnerHloIe, no. 'ne =,
lp- such one-act pidsle,S II
Ids the sleeper ourlnS the course VI q 81
no gle night. During a comparative
mt few nights the most clodllke labor
90 may invent more stories than the mo
,ve interchangeable novelist that ever HVed
Not only does the mind PANT II
am scenery, invent 'ht actoi7. PC
fly proper "orus III Tue niou.a -
and cause them to act out the pic
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