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THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 22, 1937.
Perhaps you're dumb in everyday life--BUT
Are You A "Scream" When You Dream?
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GLOOMY little man of the really contain sly digs at himself. chenpecked type told me of this A very mild and harmless lady dream, with the excuse that he told me: could not get it out of his mind.
Dried Apricots Are Delicious
LIKE THIS!
choice.
"I dreamt a fortune teller warn- Apples are getting very tired, twenty-four hours, by which time In his dream he hád returned ed me I was in danger of losing and rhubarb is not everybody's the fruit has swollen to its original from a long and tiring-day's busi-something of value.
size``and shape. Tip the whole lot ness, and was standing in the door- "Thereupon I started for home, Dried apricots are a great stand-into a colander to let the soaking way of his suburban home when an but on the bus found my pocket had by, but some people complain that angel opened the garden gate. been picked. My purse, containing they have a "tang" or are gritty The angel was very good to look several £1 notes, was gone. I decid-Both these defects are remedied by at, with feathery white wings, ed to hurry back and get the for-care in preparation. burnished golden hair and a sweet tune-teller's advice. smile.
"Her parlour door was slightly ajar. I saw her with my purse în her hand.”
Put half a pound of dried apri- cots into a large bowl with plenty of cold water. Allow to stand for
water drain away. Rinse thorough- ly under a running tap, keeping a sharp eye open for any tiny black specks adhering to the inside of fruit.
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It wore a tight-fitting, orange-
Put into an enamelled saucepan coloured swimming suit, with across
with two heaped tablespoons of The dreamer had no idea that
Cook it, after the manner of American this was just another way of say-sleep-time analogue of that nation very gently, giving an occasional
sugar and a cup of water. beauty parades, a blue sash carrying: "You are a cheat and a fraud." al grumbling tendency without stir, until the syrup thickens and Where does this dream humour which the average Briton would be the fruit looks a rich dark gold. come from in 'people who are not a all at sea, and which he uses to dis-Delicious served with coffee cream, bit funny in waking life?
guise the fact that his affairs are which is much cheaper than Actually dream humour is the going on pretty averagely well. ordinary sort.
ing in silver letters the word Omee.
A clock striking downstairs then woke the dreamer up.
The part of the dream which im- pressed him most deeply was the word Omee.
His wife's first name turned out to be Amy.
Amy was devoid of white wings and golden hair.
But she possessed a sharp and en- ergetic tongue which she frequently used to explain to her husband where he was wrong.
When it was pointed out that the dream was nothing more than an obvious, not to say fiendish, pun, he nearly fell down with astonishment
if only Amy could be exchanged for Omee, 'ome would be more like 'ome.
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Let us take hope for ourselves. If we can't all think of jokes. when awake, at least we can be
humorists.
dream
Have you ever thought of watch- ing your dreams for jokes?
Here is another instance.
The location was a country fair which the dreamer was visiting with his wife who, as usual, had in her arms her pet dog. They entered a conjurer's booth.
The conjurer announced that for his next trick he would invite 2 member of the audience to be mir- aculously transported to any place named, and brought back again.
The dreamer's wife, still holding her pet dog, volunteered. The con- jurer asked the dreamer to the place
name
"Marlingford Priors he replied, without hesitation, inwardly won- dering where this might be.
He was surprised to see the con- jurer favour him with a particular- ly knowing look.
A moment later a swirl of air shook the tent and the lady had gone.
"All right," said the dreamer, so far satisfied "Now, you can bring her back again.”
The magician shook his head. "That isn't possible; he explain- ja ed. "There is no place called Mar- lingford Priors, so sending your wife there was really sending her to nowhere. You can't get anyone or anything back from nowhere??
This unconsciously witty sally was not at the expense of the dream- er's wife, but voiced a private opin- ion of the pet dog::
It might be rendered into words as: "If only to see the last of that dog I could almost say good-bye to its owner?!
The psychologist whose work-in- cludes dream interpretation is sometimes told of dreams which
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