Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-07-12
A TEACHER ~ MEMORY.
A Man who Cares Persons Of Forget
fulnesA.

HE GIVES A ''sTAR" REPORTER GLIMPSE OF
HIS sYsTEM-MNEA0Nicsl AND PHRENoLoGY-
PREACHERS. LAWYERS. CANDIDATES FOR Ex-
ALINATIONS AND gOTHERS WHO COME UP TO
GET THEIR DEFECTIVE MEMORIES MENDED, &C.
professor B., teacher OF Memory" was
the announcement Oh q modest little sign that
caught the eye of o STAR reporter as he walked
down one of the business streets the other day,
and in three minutes. standard time. he was
seated in little second-story front ofice, sur
rounded by charts and heads laid of in town
lots. all properly numbered according to the
most approved lines Of engineery. The heads OF
great men were spread out on charts in q way
to most effectively display their 'bumptuous-
ness, and other chronological signs were dis
played from the walls.
Nine, "Mnemonies and chronology are distinct
sciences, said the professor 81 profess both,
practice phrenology as well as teach the art of
memory. EndOwing men with memory is my
chief practice. In a few lessons enable one to
memorize the most difficult things almost with
out an effort"
How can that be done?" asked The STAR.
ION, It'll matter of association according to
system l have worked upon for twenty five
years 1t Is all based upon the alphabet and
numbers. l take person, and In a few hours
get them so that they can repeat or reproduce a
"
at most three times. They can repeat it back
wards or forwards, or give you any line you call
for by number. had boy about twelve years
old who, after learning the system, went to hear
Beecher and Cook lecture and afterwards re-
peated the lectures to an audience without
having taken note. He repeated Beechers
lecture at the Young Mems Christian associa-
tion rooms on New York avenue. OF course he
did not give every word the lecturer used, but
he covered every point in its regular order just
hn lori bad do,
to be able to give In half hour what it took an
hour to deliver originally"
do many come to you to have their faculties
cultivated" asked THE STAR
''1es, great many of all classes. Some stu
dents, repOrters-more particularly official re-
pOrters OF the Senate and House; lawyers and
preachers Preachers and lawyers particularly;
the former to acquire an aptness in memorizing
their sermons, and the latter to memorize au-
thOrlties and dates. Orators, Also who memoir
ize their speeches
Then there is another class-the department
clerks and persons preparing for civil service
examinations. Before going in for an examna-
ton many OF them come to me to learn to MEN,
0rize dates and events location of rivers, his
torical. statistical and practical facts, &c.
II had navy officer here not long ago, who
was preparing for an examination for promo
ton, and he perfected himself in the system so
that he could without difficulty remember any
thing he desired
There is an old lady between seventy and
eighty years old, who, with her daughter has
taken Instructions and she says that she finds
no difficulty in remembering and repeating all
that she reads. She says she can take two
poems she has read and repeat them alternately
a line from each"
While he talked the professor was observing
tne formation OF the reporters head very closely
nrst getting focus on one bump. then squInt-
ing one eye and cooking his head on one side to
get good view OF another. After taking few
SLY peeps at the top of the scribes head and
about his temples, and birds eve view of his
noble" forehead, he said abstractedly:
You are very inquisitive?"
ION, L mean" seeing that the scribe was
blusning, IL mean you have penetrating,
nquirng mind"
"Ah:"
You'd make good detective or a newspaper
man."
.'Ha-ump!"
you like to examine into things"
Then he continued to discuss some of the
reporters characteristics, which were Of per-
s0nal and private nature among other things
telling him he was not church member: was
not orthodox; didn't ''believe in creeds much ~
&c. Then he dwelt upon the development of
imagination and the like in manner which the
scrIbe's natural modesty restraints him from re-
peatng. .,
THAT man." he said, turning to a picture
OF Garfield "had a remarkable memory for
details. He has not (ponting to Arthur) His
memory extends merely to principles without
the detail of facts" That face shows signs of a
Keen perception, power to grasp situations l
should say he ought to be able to draw pretty
well" and he pointed to picture of Mast
''Can you tell mans disposition by examin-
ing his head?' asked the reporter
81 can. l can tell just what to expect from
one; just how far to trust him, and what he is
likely to do under certain circumstances"
Then you have faith in your art?"
"Perfect. Every one who has gone to the
trouble to investigate the matter believes in
phrenology."