The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-09
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| \ VOMLfAlIV have a request from a reader to l interpret dreams of marriage. It will ! be impossible for me to exhaust the subject in one chapter, but I shall gladly tell her and all my readers of the meaning Of some of the many ways in which this vision may invade your sleep.
 The workings of the subconscious mind are such that dreams in whicn the sleeper becomes the principal at a slumber-wedding usually come to unmarried women. while married women more often dream of the we'd dings of others. But I might say in passing that if a married woman dreams that she herself is the bride, particularly when the man with whom she stands at the altar is not her husband. she will soon be drawn into the affairs of family of friends where the question of the daughters
 weddings other than the sleepers and caused many tears. Today I shall speak only of dream weddings other than the sleeppers in most cases such visions are good omens, for
 Grave authors say. and witty poets
 sing
 That honest wedlock is a glorious
 thing,
 And dreams of weddings happy
 hours bring.
 and unless certain peculiar incidents mar the even run of the apparition, it will be followed by good luck, many festivities, much satisfaction and rich gifts. If you kiss bride, especially if she is gowned in her wedding dress, a secret will be im- parted to you which, if well guarded, may result in great gains. But should the bride refuse to kiss you. then a secret which you entrusted to some- one will be betrayed,
 The sound { f wedding bells or we'd ding music Is the omen of a journey at the end of which you will find happiness and peace. To see bride run towards you, a young woman relative is in deep trouble and will appeal 10 you for helf If you sit in church pew, and the wedding pro- cession passes by you and you see the brides face plainly and notice other things in considerable detail in more detail, in fact, than you could do in real life, you will soon discover that there are false friends around you and that you must look sharp lO escape tn6iG lHITlSueS.
 If you see an ugly bride, such a
 one as might make you say:
 There swims no goose so gray, but soon or late 4. . She finds some honest gander for her mate-'
 some one will make a clumsy at l tempt to injure you, but you will 1 have no trouble in coming out of the | iaf | feel great unhappiness at seeing a wedding, a young bride whom you | know well will die in childbirth. | If the persons whose wedding you are witnessing are either too young or too old to become husband and wife, or one of them is so far over l of under the others age that the ceremony becomes farce. crime will be committed in circles where
 you are well acquSinted and should | you recognize one of the parties as 1 a friend or relative, you will have thus received mysterious foreknowl- | edge of the identity of either the l victim or the perpetrator of the l crime.
 AZ wedding party, especially if you are among the merry participants.
 is forerunner of a strange exper- l fence, at home or in foreign lands. l Spedk to the minister dI Weu- l ding is the prelude to a christening
 and to eat at a wedding festivity
 means that before long, you will be l the guest in a hospitable house. l Sordid, unpleasant. almost humili- l ating business transactions are fore l shadowed by being present at a second marriage:
 The instances that second marriage | move,
 Are base respects of thrift, but none l of love.
 In fact, if you happen to know the | bride or groom whom you see in | such a dream, then you know, too, l with whom these unpleasant rela- | tions will bring you in contact, and | if it can in any way be done, avoid 1 all possibility of entering into the | deal.
 Jack o.-Dreams of linen mean l prosperity.
 Anonymous-to fall from a ladder | is a. sign that you have engaged in | dangerous adventure and. unless | you desist, you will come to grief. No, 1l-Am I to conclude from | your signature and the preceding sentence that you are in jail? If this | is the case you will have to be very explicit in describing your dream. for it will be necessary for me to weigh carefully how much of it was true vision and how much due to the nerve strain produced by your mis- fortune.
 Mrs. Joseph P.--To see somebody's g | swollen jaw is a sign of sudden wealth but. unless you tell me whose | jaw was swollen I will not be able 1 to say whether the good fortune will
 be yours or apother's. Anxious Dreamer-Under no cir cumstances may you send me fee. | accept no payments from my readers, nor have I dream books to | sell. In good time. every subject which may reasonably be expected to appear in dreams, will be explained | in this column.
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