WHAT CHILDREN DREAM.

Taihape Daily Times, 28 August 1919, Page 2

WHAT CHILDREN DREAM.

. The knowledge of a child’s dream gives ‘a splendid insight into its character, said Dr. T. W. Tinunins, L.'C.C., Chief Inspector of Schools, at a leeture in J..oml_on. Poor children, he said, frequently dreamt of fowl or other things they wanted but could not get, and it was usually possible to tell from these dreanis the class of 1291219 in_whieh tlle child lived. On one oeeasion -9 child told her schoollni:st:'e:~:.\: ltlxnt she had dreamt. that a l_nn'glul* c;1::~.e into tthe house and went". into the kitchen and ‘oroke some cups. '.l‘l1:'1l‘ was bee:lu>‘.‘- .<'ne \\'r;:s Cll'eanlillg the fullilment of‘-a. wish It \\'z:;~: fCl1ll(l that the Cllllxl land herself broken a cup without ttéllirig her niother. aml. if 51. l)11rgla1' had broken more all would have been well. Experience had shown that clii‘.dren were not able to “fake” dreams. A reinarlmbly 'large number of children dreamt of llL‘il\'oll, and nli.\'e<l heaven and earth together in .21 delight fnl‘ way. A child, after giving :1 detailed aleseription of the interior of heaven, said, “This‘llotioll was given to me by a very kind gentlenian who I presume was a cherub. In appearance he was very much like our school caret-aker. ”