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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-07

German howitzers = the one We have
nick-named eros jean
Its muzzle towers over the roofs OF
the houses.
Appalled,. the soldiers on the roofs
sit and look at one another. Fascinated
and seemingly paralyzed by fear, we fire
wildly at the spectral forms of men
which swarm over the structure of the
phantom gun
Ihe great nozzle of the gun is tilted
skyward. Slowly 1t is brought down.
With every inch of it's descent the fir.
ing decreases on the house-tops.
We hear the rumbling Of an ammuni.
ton wagon-a rumble like thunder.
All the white shadow of the immense
gun is suddenly turned to blazing red.
1t has been fired at us point blank at
200 yards
The walls cave beneath us. We ara
falling into bottomless pit We fall
interminably, 1t seems. A whole regi.
ment is falling at one time Some of us
awaken in dug out in the village of
II. The man beside me had pre-.
cisely the same dream"
was greatly interested in the fact
that German prisoner who had this
dream reported the same night terrors
among the enemy. Apparently they have
me same dreams, for he had heard of
Lei
lis examine one OF the superficial, but
no less haunting, dreams that are
rounded OH the facts Of the fighting
mans daily peril They are old to my
OLD soldier, but they have assumed. in
the exaggerated strain OF this colossal
contest. meaning Of menace to future
generations.
No. S-The Live Shell Dream. Sum.
per or cases In one week, 30. British.
10: French, ii. Officers, TO- Private
BRITISH:
Nearly every officer in my regiment
mas had this dream. T am told that il
Is also as common among the men in
the ranks.
Il lie peacefully In comfortable bed
quite different from any that have seen
IN the last six months There Ia fight.
Ing outside. | can hear the distan,
sound or the firing and now and then a
smell bursts near the building in which
rest
Without the least warning the build.
ing Is shaken as by a quake. struggle
half out of bed. rub my eyes. Tho
furniture OF my room lies in dust and
ashes around me. The windows are
broken. Upon the bed is live she'll
nave reached the edge OF the bed
have gained my feet. But desperately
as | may try. l cannot stir from The
presence OF that seeming certain death
| watch 1t, fascinated Before it bursts
am awake, yelling probably with fear"
nave given three detailed examples
out or a list OF twenty-five tabulatcd
"ar-dreams each OF which found to
De common to scores OF men.
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French, s. Turco, 1. Officers 7. Pri-
vate soldiers, IA. Description by Pri-
yate NJ. (British), as follows:
81 have had the dream at intervals
for month. Once it came six nights in
succession. That was when they started
me for the rear as insane, but you
stopped me at the field hospital. doctor.
Thanks.
sleep in the trenches claps itself on
you like a shock. You are so worn out
that the moment you sink into a sitting
position you are asleep. But there is no
rest. You dream. You are lost in a
tangled doubling line of trenches. You
are all alone--except that you walk
among the bodies Of the dead.
"Thc dream trenches. some hewn
seemingly from solid rock, others dug
Copyright, 1915. by the Star Con
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l asked him what the dream was. He
In front OF his trench.
81 could see the country in front OF
me exactly as you see 1t now" he said.
"About fifty yards from there is
dead German lying on his back with his
right arm stretched stiffly up toward the
sky, and around him are twenty or thirty
bodies
You mean you saw them in your
dream?" / asked.
Il saw them in my dream, yes" he
said, "but they are there. They are part
OF charge from the German trenches
this morning. If you will look through
the observing glass you will see them"
| looked through the glass and sure
enough there they were, a number Of
bodies, with one corpse near their centre
This dead mans right arm was rigidly
stretched upward in one OF those I'M
canny, terrible attitudes in which the
violent death Of the battlefield fixes some
OF its victims.
You saw ito" asked the soldier
eagerly.
Yes" I said He went on with his
dream.
"As stood there in my dream" he
said, something seemed TO run its hands
over me from my head to my feet. In.
stantly lost all power to move. knew
something unthinkably horrible was going
to happen but what it was ! could not
tell. | wanted to get back into the trench
with my comrades, but | could not.
AS stood there. in my dream, l saw
the dead German with the outstretchcd
arm begin slowly to rise. He stood, dead
with his arm still stretched upward as
you see it. And slowly all the dead men
around him began to get up. Then they
began to advance upon me, led by this
man with the rigid arm. Some of them
had their faces shot off. Some of them
had no arms; their bodies were mangled
Still could not move. They came closer
and closer and, at last, they were al.
rectly in front Of me.
All the time was trying, in my dream,
IN every way to get back to the trench.
They came so close that I could touch
them And then the spell Of my dream
seemed to break and seemed to strike
them. Screaming with horror. awoke to
find YOU beside me- l will not sleep
again."
In another trench this same night saw
at one time three frenzied victims of
nightmare. They had turned their por-
ton Of the trench into a bedlam.
Somnambuism is also phase of the
soldiers recurrent Nightmares. IT is no
uncommon sight 10 see sleeping men
wandering behind the lines with arms
outstretched and terror depicted on their
faces, seeking their regiments that. in
their dreams, they had lost. The dread
Of isolation from their comrades is one Of
the obsessions of soldiers whose nerves
have weakened after months in the
trenches. And it is perhaps this fact
that makes the primitive dream of the
endless maze, of wandering in winding
labyrinth. the most agonizng of all the
war dreams to the minds Of the dreamers.
But let us have the picture at first
hand. quote from my note book:
NO 1.-The Maze Dream. Number Of
cases noted in one night along one mile
of the first fighting line, 81 British, IL.
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By DR.. Henri Bourget
Surgeon with the French Troops Near
Rheims.

Rheims.
ITO the physical sufferings OF the
soldiers In the European war has
been added a torment OF dreams.
AS a surgeon in charge OF a field hos
pital at the battle front, noticed about
three months ago that the wounded in
many cases were suffering more from
narrowing Nightmares than from their
wounds.
learned from those who had patiently
endured sickness. mutilation, privation
and endless strain that, by all odds, the
worst terrors OF the trenches were the
risitations OF sleep. ] determined to go
into the trenches and observe at first
hand this phase OF modern warfare,
which, il the conflict continues into years,
Will Individually have a marked neurotic
effect upon the peoples Of Europe.
I shall never forget the sight in one
Of the advance trenches in which the
men had been fighting continuously for
more than a week without relief This
trench was at the very front of the
battlefield. The German trenches were
not more than two hundred yards away
passed into it during a ull in the fight
ing about o'clock in the morning, just
after an attack. Some of the men had
sunk down into slumber while only the
necessary guard remained awake. ready
to grip their rifles when the officer at
the field periscope gave the alarm.
AS l entered this trench from an in
tersectlng cut, one Of the soldiers,
Frenchman. began to groan horribly.
walked quickly to him. His eyes were
half open, the pupils turned upwards End
the whites beneath showing. Despite
the cold, the sweat was running down
from his forehead, making little globules
stained with dirt and powder. His mouth
,f~N fnIn Il IT.
issued from his throat. His body was
twitchng as though under some superla-
tive nerve effort to break away from fet-
tiers. AS l watched, he tossed to one
side and began to beat with his fists
another soldier lying exhausted in sleep
beside him, and screams began to issue
from his lips. The second sleeping
soldier, only half awake, grappled with
the nightmare victim and the two rolled
fighting into the middle of the trench
| reached down and pressing my
thumbs upon the supra-orbital nerves OF
the dreaming soldier, eXerted enough
pressure to awaken him entirely. BY
this time the second soldier was fully
awake and so were half dozen others
VINO mad been in close proximity to the
struggle.
These men looked at me angrily.
All tho time 1t is like this" murmured
one. They will not let us sleep!"
Almost on the words, however, he sunk
back asleep again. and so did the others,
even the man whom the victim of night.
mare had attacked. He simply rolled
over in the bottom Of the trench and in
second was in the slumber Of utter
exhaustion. But the nightmare victim
vas not asleep. He crouched against tho
side OF the trench. trembling and with
eyes wild and staring.
II am SO tired" he said, "but will not
sleep again. Such dream!"
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out Of the turf. are the exact duplicate
Of the trench in which you are sleep
ing. except for their winding course and
except for the fact that tho men, who
lie in them as close as they lie in the
trenches OF the living, do not answer
when you speak to them. They have
been killed; you can see the cold
wounds, and the wounds are dreadful
beyond description.
"The dream trenches are about six
feet deep at the deepest, with a firing
level foot and half higher on the
side toward the enemy. Terror masters
you.
Terror of what? OF nothing but be-
ing alone-alone with the dead.
"You grope on end on. Sometimes the
bodies choke the trench; you climb over
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THE REAL TiIING-An Actual Photograph Taken Trench
Lul The
Themselves Anywhere the Wei, Cold Earth
Minutes Of Sleep Their Sleep Tortured by Nightmares I'm
like Possible the Poetic Fancy DetaIle
Is Misleading as All Other Ideas of Wars Romance
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THE IDEAL-"The Dream'-the Well Known Painting by
Detaie Which Is Supposed to Show Army on the
Eve Of Bottle Neatly and Comfortably Asleep and
Waving Flags of the Conquering Dream
Hosts Are Pictured in the Clouds
Above the Slumbering Men.
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ITO the physical sufferings OF the
soldiers In the European war has
q been added a torment OF dreams.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
FIFTEENTH EPISODE.

Then very softly he returned to the
deck, half closed the hatch, and. thrust
ing his head through the opening that
remained. he called loudly. Wake up.
therer' =
The shores ceased and were followed by
a kind of sleepy groaning
'Gunsdorf,' called Barclay. in a sharp,
incisive voice. can you hear me?''
II hear you"
What are you doing on this boat"
No answer.
well. you'll not be able to do any mis-
chief, You seem to like it down there. /
am going to close this hatch so that you
can't open it. You will not get out until
the boat Is back at it's starting point.
The CAPTAIN is a safe man. You will not
find out from him where / have been set
ashore. So good night to you"
Gunsdorfs answer was TO fire two wild
shots from his automatic. Barclay
slammed the hatch to and succeeded in
fastening it so that it could not be opened
from below.
Then he went once more to the captain
and talked to him for some time in an
undertone. After that he walked to Stur-
tevant and Semmes to tell them what
had happened.
Hes been insane for some Tina" said
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26

Sturtevant. He wouldn't stop at any
thing. hope to God he hasn't got \
stick Of dynamite with him. He'd think
nothing OF blowing himself to pieces, II
we went too
Gunsdorf had no stick of dynamite He
had only an automatic with few car
tridges In the magazine, and an insane.
murderous rage and hatred in his breast.
SO they'd land somewhere, would they
He'd be carried back TO the starting
point would he? Not IL he knew IT, His
ride on the back of the automobile was
all in vain. was it? He'd show EN-
damn EN-
And his hands. their strength refreshed
by hatred, insanity and suicidal daring,
sought and found the big augur and
began to bore a hole through the bottom
of the schooner. lie would drown, but
so would they.
After time the edge OF the hole he
was boring became damp. water began
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26

talk with Mrs. Blank. as they were dis
cussing an important business matter
Richard Is a lawyer and she n one OF his
wealthiest clients,
As her town house IL closed for the
summer, Richard could not meet her
there, and he did not like to ask her to
come to his stuffy office. SO they met
and had "A cup OF tea together at the tea
room.
But you wouldn't have told me Of
meeting her n hadn't seen you, would
your" l charged
Certainly not" he replied. ut was a
matter that did not concern you. Bust
ness and professional men have no right
to tell such things"
Then woman ought not 10 be ex-
pected to tell her husband the private
affairs OF herself and her friends" (
yentured.
That's entirely different" declared
Richard
Being a man. he was satisfied with this
verdict ] am not. and never will be.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
Why NOtT

Dear Miss Fairfax: I am IS. and my
people signify their disapproval OF my
having a grl until l am older. DO you
think that should follow their advice?
BOY.
Is there one reason why you should
not? They are the best friends you have,
and upon their shoulders would fall
the burden of the support of a wife II you
take one at your immature age.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26

about fortnight ago." replied.
My husband flushed angrily, "A fort
night ago." no exclaimed. why didn't
you tell me about ito
| recalled TO his memory the fact that
that he had been annoyed by my telling
him some OF my experiences, or course.
he was displeased and said that was
inconsistent and had wilfully miscon-
strued his meaning. let him talk on
until he added
Moreover, you deceived me have
right to know when you lunch with
other men-even with a cousin, Married
people should not keep such things from
each other. IL Is not proper"
IL is not worth while to relate In de-
tail our argument on this subject. lie
won out. OF course, and 1 almost let him
persuade me into the belief that he was
right.
But had cause before long to alter my
reluctant opinion. Happening one day
into a certain fashionable tea room near
Fifth avenue. whom should I see sitting
in the rear of the dainty little place but
my husband and woman whom know
by sight. but whom I had not nett She
did not know me, and my husbands back
was turned TO mo. Yet I would have
recognized that back anywhere.
l did not remain for any tea. / had
made up my mind would talk the matter
out with Richard that night. felt now
that I was fully justified In keeping my
counsel about my affairs.
That evening when l told my husband
had seen him. he said nonchalantly that
he was glad / had not interrupted his
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
By GouVerneur Morris
and
Charles w. Goddard
Ospy-ssAt. lsiS. star oU~p.ps.



Jonn AmesDUry is killed in a railroad
acOiuent, anu ms WlIo, One OK America 5
mOst beaulifat women. dies from uie
shock, ieavIns a S-yet,. -Oiu daugutei, wno
interests. Tar mo the Adj onaacl>s. where
she ~ cared IN Ine ssciusiOn OF a cavern
Fifteen yesii eater Tommy Barclay, VINO
mas just quRrreleu WIlh uls auopted
tathOr, wRhueis into the woOds ana dls-
covers the gIrl, now known as Celestia,
in company with Prof. Stilliter. Tommy
takes the glrl to New York, " here sac
falls into the clutches OF a noted pro
curess, but Is able 10 win, over tne
woman BY her peculiar hypnouc power
Here she ATTRACTS Freddie the erlet,
who becomes attached to her. AT big
clothing factory. whore she goes TO work,
che exercises her power over the girls
ana is saved from being burned TO death
by Tommy. About this time StiliIter,
Barclay and others who are working to-
gether, decide It Is time to make use OF
Celestia, who has been trained to think
of herself ms divine and como from.
heaven. Tho first place they send her Is
20 Htumen, mining town, where the
coal miners are ON a strike. Tommy has
gone there, too, ana Mrs. Gunsdorf, wife
the miners leader. falls in love with him
and denounces him to the men when he
Epurns her. Celestia saves Tommy from
being lynChed, and also settles the strike
by winning over kchr, the agent of the
bosses, and Barclay Sr. Mary Black
tells him the story OF Celestia, which she
has discovered through her jealousy.
Kehr Is named as candidate for president
on a ticket that has Stlllters support,
and Tommy Barclay is named on the
miners ticket. Stillitcr processes him
self in love with Celestia and wants tC
get her for himself. Tommy urges her
20 marry him. Mary Blackstone brihes
ME Gunsdorf to try to murder Celestia
while the latter is on her campaign tour
travelling on a snow white train. Mrs
Gunsdorf is again hypnotized by Celestial
and the murder Rverted.
Stilliter hyrotizes Celestia and lures her
into a deserted woods, where he forces
her to undergo a mock marriage, per-
formed by himself He notifies the I'll
Umvirate that Celestia is not coming
back. Freely the Ferret has followed
him closely, and Tommy IS not far away,
havirg been exploring the cave, hoping
10 find Celestial there.
Stilllter fires at Tommy in the cave
and thinks he has killed him. He then
tries to force &c estia into n mock mar
riRge but Freddie interferes and in the
fight that follows Freddie gets Stilliter 3
glasses and leaves him blind. Freddie
takes Celestia to find Tommy, and still
liter builds a fire to attract assistance.
The fire spreads and he flees before II,
falls into lake and browns. Tommy and
CFles'ia return to New York, where they
find Sturdevant telling big meeting that
Celestia has returned to heaven.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
Gunsdorf in Insane Fury Bores

to trickle from the bit, then to spit and
hiss, then the bit went clean through,
and when he had withdrawn 1t water
spouted upward as IL from a garden hose.
Gunsdorf laughed aloud and at once
began to bore a second hole. When he
had nearly finished the third the bit
broke short off, and Gunsdorf cursed.
But the Mary Nye was taking in a good
deal of water. and the failure of the bit
only seemed TO have postponed the time
when the sea should close over It,
But in the book of fate the Mary Dean
was not destined to perish by water
alone. Among her heterogeneous coast
wise cargo which had not been unloaded
from the small hold back OF the main
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26

hold, were two sacks of unslaked lime.
After a time a trickle of water found its
way to these, and they began 20 smoke.
The first person TO be aware of the
smoke was Gunsdorf. 1t filtered into the
main hold before it found its way TO
the deck. Gunsdorf at the moment, with
a kind of diaholical eagerness, was trying
to calculate the rapidity with which the
water was rising. This was a difficult
matter owing to the motion OF the yes
sci.
When he smelled the smoke his heart
almost stopped beating. he was 80
frightened. Water and dynamite had no
terror for him, but death by fire had
always been his nightmare. He was like
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
Don,t Try II.

Dear Miss Fairfax: ] am Is and deeply
in love with a young lady six years nv
senior, am not IN position to marry her
for at least four years. both In age and
capital Will you kindly let mo know
how | can tell her this, aud n abe is too
old for me. b. +. G..
Four years engagement is too long
and very unfair to the girl. Moreover.
YOU are so young you will change your
Nlind at least ten times before you are
old enough 10 marry
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
Advice to Lovelorn

by BEATRrcE FATRFAx:

Dear Miss Fairfax: Would / be doing
right or wrong to marry a woman the
same age as mine. she being divorced
woman, having daughter about II
years of age.
She is a business woman. and ]. being
In business also, am greatly Infatuated
with H.. ana she with me. / have
known her for a good many years. She IL
good and OF excellent character and the
cause of her divorce IL not to her dis
credit. LOVER.
She has n right to have a second
chance at happiness and l hope you will
see she gets il.
But be sure of yourself. Have you the
qualifications to make you a good step
father? You must remember such a mar
riage entails dual relations and dual re.
probabilities.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26

z man waking after great drunkenness,
during which, let us say, he has COM
mitted some crime which to his frenzied
brain at the time of its commission had
seemed reasonable and even a meritori-
Gus thing to do, but the memory of which
makes the same brain. the fumes of al
cohol gone. a prey to the most awful ter
ror and remorse.
In short, the man had recovered from
his murderous and suicidal madness. He
was sane-a rational creature, who
realized what he had done and that the
deed was in vain. and that he alone would
be destroyed by It.
Cro BE Continued Tomorrow
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
Do You Know That

Jules verne's real name was oIchewitz
Boots wear out faster in summer than
In winter
There are over 1000 islands in the Brit
ish Empire.
Presidents OF Switzerland ara elected
for one year only.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-26
Let Her Have Her Way,

Dear Miss Fairfax: l am "a and was
keeping company with young lady of
Il, whom j love dearly. Now, having
gone out with her about two weeks, she
tod me that unless / take my father
up to her house to talk things over our
acquaintance mus cease. She has only
her mother and ] have only my father,
" no Is wealthy. She Is poor. This Is an
s. Il.
1t is a good custom to win the parents
approval before an attraction like this
proves too serious, and you should love
her all the more for respecting the Gus
toms of her country. You say you love
her. Let her have her way.