The Washington times., 1916-04-17
Memory Is
Foundation
OF Dreams
BY DIR. L. K. HIRsHBERc.

l"O tne poet dreams are mere in-
terludes, which fancy makes a.
reason sleeps. But, nevertheless,
Inventions and discoveries are
often brought about in sleep And prob.
lens are solved, and decisions as well
as judgments are properly reached.
1t ls an error to conclude that the
dream world is made up Of illogical un-
realities. The stun that dreams are
made. Of are as, real as your everyday,
wakeful memories. II II happens that
your dreams are filled with Nights Of
fairies, golden apples. and other Inn
possible conjurings Of fancy. It Is be-
cause your wide awake hours are too
full OF such thoughts.
Instead OF q wakeful, daylight intel
lect which seeks facts and more facts.
II you fill your thoughts with spectres.
hobgoblins. witches, merTnajds, myths.
will partake equally OF the Olympic
nectar.
At break Of day. when dreams they
say; are true, the cold morning light OF
realities begins TO steal In upon your
senses. TlIen,perhaps. you begin TO
feel that you have passed q miserable
night. full OF ugly sights. of ghastiy
dreams.
Dreams and Reveries.
Dreams differ physioiogically and psy-
| lchologically only in a narrow way from
the true memories OF man. The from
tiers between dream. q reverie and q
memory can be illustrated in your en-
perience at this moment. A I write
! have lust been through an instance Of
this sort
my thoughts have strayed to yesterdsy.
thought i was on the outside OF this
building looking in at this very seat it
happened yesterday. and two young peo-
pie were here. In this memory lost
| absolute track of my own body and NV
| own personality, of time and place. and
was on the outside some score Of yards
| away.
It was a sharp mental jolt that intsr-
rupted my projected self or memory and
ent.
The same thing occurs in a dream. or
II reverie. There Is not the slightest
alnerence: except the improbability of
oeing oriented" or brought up sharply
as TO time. place and personality. In
dream you may thus look on at
scenes. fly through space. and travel
to distant climes.
All Depend on Memory.
In the memory you sometimes cling
more nearly to true experiences-but
not always. Indeed. the reason many
persons shut their eyes to facts and 10
knowledge accepted by the average per-
III DNSdubo lnelT memories are not
| precise. Such memories are no better
| ana no worse than dreams.
why you dream Is. therefore, inter-
woven with the explanation of why you
remember. As has been proved. all liv-
ing Things remember the Impressions
made upon them by other things. In a
| sense the saying which ends 'old
brooms know where the dirt lies'' is
! true. Inanimate things may thus be
said nguratively to have a memory,
a new key works stif1y in a lock, but
aiter has turned a few times IL
works easfiy-a type Of memory, too.
FINALLY. dreams come really because
you are alive. Sleep is never go deem
that the wells of memory cannot be
stirred or even muddied. As long as
the vital nuid flows the senses of touch,
{ contact. and vision. OF taste, smell. md
I temperature can be stirred Z, action bv
the tenderest zephyr. the slightest noise.
I Ihese each may be too weak to waken
you. but they are strong enough to sci
tne buzz saw Of memory at cross pur-
Copyright. 1915. Newspaper Feature serv.ee).