New Britain herald., 1921-02-18
JOHN-A-DREAMS
VI. WHEN SLEEP INVADES THE
 REALM OF YOUR DREAM.

kkH DREAMED" writes reader of
 my stories, that I slept. This
 was the first time in my life that I had such a strange experience. would like you to interpret 1t for me"
 regret that this reader did not tell me under what conditions she rested in this dream sleep. There is no spe- cial meaning to the mere sensation or sleep and what it denotes depends en- tirely upon the surroundings or upon the persons who seem connected with the experience. For @ sleep which plunges both body and mind into abso- lute inactivity, one of which the poet has said:
 the sleep that knows no
 breaking,
 No morn of toiL nor night of waking.
 The only dream-sleep that I am able to interpret is that
 bel,
 senseless to feel, and with sealed eyes
 to see.
 If you dream. then that you are sleeping in your own bed, enjoying your pleasant rest, the vision refers to the past and not to the future. It tells you that matter that has caused you great concern is really no reason for worriment and that you may be contest and satisfied, and. as you wake, dismiss the matter from your mind. If on the other hand, your dream-sleep is restless, broken by noises pains or other unpleasant Sen- stations, it is evident that the problem that has been troubling you is far from being solved and will cause you much more anxiety than you at first anticipated.
 If you dream that you are sleeping in 8 strange house, circumstances will soon compel you to go to an expendi- ture far above your means and one which will upset and make impossible many of your fondest plans. IAke- wise, you may be called upon to make a similar sacrifice if you dream that you are sleeping on 8 very hard bed or couch or on the floor.
 To dream that you are unable to rouse yourself from your sleep, you are in a sore state of mental perplex- ity. Some little trouble, to which you have paid but little attention, will soon develop into overshadowing care, and you may we'll ask:
 What means this heaviness that hangs
 upon me,
 This lethargy that creeps through all my senses?
 Nature oppress'd and harass'd out
 with care,
 Sinks down to rest.
 In all likelihood, the solution to the problem will come to you by means of a letter. Someone will nu1lify a plan you have made, cancel an appointment 1,i I1 G1xy %<- and this act on the part of the writer will prove the first chapter in the story of your disappointment. If you heed the dreams warning and at the first sign. abandon all further ideas of maintaining relations with the person involved, so much the better ard you will spare yourself many bit- ter hours.
 To sleep with another person in the same bed means invariably that by travelling the same road With him her you will achieve success and taste the pleasant fruits of happiness, Your bedfellow happens to be a stranger, the dream signifies that a certain un- dertaking you have planned or a trip you contemplate. had better not be tried alone but that you should seek a companion whose help, as things will turn out, you will Sorely need.
 Dreams of sleep are rather rare. Mostly they come to elderly people They are not very varied, yet know that they have more ramifications than have been able to enumerate in this chapter. And so I will be glad to take the subject up once more should I re- ceive letters in which my readers re- late their dream-sleeps and what hap pened as thus they slumbered doubly.
 The next chapter will tell you of Wounds and Hurts.
 John-A-Dreams will be glad to in-