The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-01-06
cREATFEATSOF MEMORY
PEOPLE WHO NEVER FORGET a
FACE OR FACT.

FACE OR FACT.
,ro,,s Ability to Carry All of His
o.,s,,ess in His Head-Johp Stetson
.no+ner Who Knows Every Detail
pon Ineersous Memory as strong as
His Tongue is Eloquent = Great
e+,d,es Among theatrical Folk.
Nnw yoRK. Jan. 5.--"I don't remem-
ber"
-..do hv ordinary persons than this one.
rho business Of calculating and training
,ba memory is now being carried on IN
Nv York by large number of persons
vvbo are positively coming money from
.hoir nrofe.s on. There are several profess
oars in New York who are overrun with
,rnt3 who wish toimprove defective mem
.,,iss and who are willing to pay the person
Tho will supply the method Etch of these
professors has system OF his own, and
ZACH of them savagely insist that his is the
only sure system.
pill Armour, the great Chicago pork
hacker is said to have remarked that a
,,ood memory is necessary TO one who
e,isbes TO succeed. This Is perhaps trifle
s+rong and vet there Is no lack of evidence
tn suSoort the statement. Armour himself
san example of what good memory can
do. .
Pa is as wonderful in his time as Cardinal
9Jezzofanti was IN his. lie Is said to carry
Tho smallest detail of his immense business
IN his head He can remem6er the date as
well as the nature OF the small
business transactions He knows tho
mares of pretty nearly all of his
army Of employees. After the bniliing
Of tie addition to his great establishment
IN Chicago ne aStonished circle of friends
by rafting of hand the number of bricks,
carload, OF sand, feet of timber, ETC., etc,
that were used IN the construction. Ar
mour's gift Is a natural one. lie has never
cultivated It, but the demands of his bust
ness hive unqnestl0nably kept his pO we S
Of memory Ia active training.
"Old Hutch, "as the imperturbable Chicago
wheat mauipulator is called, is another mac
gifted vita ar extrsordiuaI y memory. He
needs no books TO carry his tran actions ia,
although of course, he uses them. With
HIM. too retentivcnass is a aturai gift. lie
remembers every thing that he wants to
remember, but says frankly be doesn't
know how he does it. He also possesses the
gift Of not remembering things G does not
wish to remember But then that gift is
not rare.
In another line Of business is John Stet-
SON the famous theatrical manager. Many
fl ny stories are told at eexpeuse of the
bluff BJstoHiau, but tGat be is one OF the
most successful men in his line OF business
cannot disputed. He runs q newspaper
and always has a few theaters or theatric al
companies on his hanIs, and there is no one
who CAL quicker tell good thing When he
SETS it, or make better II 9 of it than john
Steso. It is said that if ne were to burn
bis books be could ca ry on his bust e.s
wi hon them. This is too much to believe.
sof ccur e, bat it certainly is true that pretty
neary every detail of his business is carried
in lis memory, and that he is able to SO
carry it is sometimes Of vast assistance to
hnr.
Most Of New York's success full men have
good memories. There are a good man.
men DO wish that of jay Gould was not
so good, Cyrus w. Field, Russell Sag,
Stephen D. White, Frank B. Thurber, the
big grocer; G. Z. Whit ev, great iron
man, Tho. G. Acton, exTreasurcr # e
United States and president of t New
Amsterdam Bank; J. NJ. Hill and Henry
R, Abbey, the theatrical managers, Com
missioner Of Accounts Shearman; ex- Mayor
VIM. T. Grace: Richard G. Crockor, the
boss Of Tammeuv Hall, which is now dOmi-
nant IN New York, who is said TO know the
boundaries Of all New YOrk's 500 or more
election districts, be ides host of editors
ami newspaper men, who don't count.
In the matter emembering names and
faces, Clerk Wall of the Hoffman house, i,
said to beat anyone in the country, not ez-
cepti James &. Blaine, Woo is an expert
II that line. Ex-MayOr Abrsm S. Hewitt
stands out in relief t. these as being one Of
the most prominent me in New York ana
as having the worst memory.
HE professional memory men say that
among public men and speakers for good
all around retentveness james g. Blaine
leads all the RESI-, for he cannot only re-
mem er dates figures and autho titles when
DEBATING, but in addition he hiss a faculty
ior remembering names and faces that is
alte short OF the marvellous, and many are
tnestories told Of his exploits 10 this line.
IN the domain Of figures Samuel J. Ran
GaH when we'll stood almost prominent.
hIS long service on those committees III
congress that controlled the inlnces of the
hh'ion gave him an immense knowledge OF
S.c1 matters, which he retained without all
snort, u was no uncommon thing for him
70 maze long 'peeches without using notes.
neJugsied i'Rures running at one time into
unions OF dollars and then into factions
u cent without tripping as most men,
We "olSs Nbuil nav QDtie. IL was Jle
@lle faculty that made Gladstone so sue
oeSslul Chancellor of the English Exche,
queT.
Aoscoe Conkllng was man Of ouderful
iLsHory Whether dealing in figures in
20 gument or quoting from the English
80, le called forth seemingly wituou'
- anu without previous thought the
"5r1 lnihg at tn" right time.
So"EfesSman Sam Cox has also a remark
op.s memory especially for things literary.
aNu t'l'' u stood him IN good stead in deba @
vi Iess Tor h.sopponents never know
ts Heh Inc genial jester 10 eboat to double
LII I'm Up With something from Shakes
peare' Tie Koran, Bobby Burns. the Btb'e
org ','ie o'u hymn book. IL 10 TO bis mem
,tI5, "o2e It Is due, and Of course his wise
Mn ua' ne Is aba to do tins ia a run
H. biius lnpromptl debate. 1t is charg d that
A. memo trips sometimes. In the fishery
verse: I'll III 'AiS q4esr
y monsters s,ers q the briny deep
| ~ l master s. uams up raise
I'm lle sands yc coldlinEs creep
""D "Ag your tail always.
,b oaIne one Interested In the verss looked
byn', UP ana found thom in an Oh L glish
w. ',i % H. but Insisted that the following
van 'Ae correct version:
y,'onslers Of the briny deep,
r. SuI t'iHr'e praises shout
tr,N 'hh hAnls We Coddilngs Green
ANu veg your tGils Gbuutl