The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-01-31
TRICKS OF MEMORY.
Funny Scenes That Arc Hnttcted
DAILY on It's Account.

1t IL 81 common occurrence To near ~
speaker say rs u prelude 10 something
he Ia about to relate: ''lf my memory
does not play me false" for memory,
fulle jalo, does play false at tho most
lnopporLunc moment. ono OF the ON
barasSing occasions i3 when you are
about TO Introduce two strangers to each
other You know tncm both perfectly
VOL, and their name" are "a household
words on your lips. But You stand back,
look vacantly from one to tho other, aud
stammcr: "Alr. cr-v-r~r, allow no to IN"
troduco you to MIR. r-r-'>r~r or goodness
saltcsl Jack, What is your name? Oh,
certainly. Mr.. Thompson, MIR. Smith
Tho agony Is over and yonr troachrr-
GUS memory comes back smiling at tho
last nomont, only TO scrvo you the Same
trick again aud again
hnoI|.or trick Of memory makes you
forgot your own name. a Well-knoWn
minister, formerly Of iiotroit buL now
Ia England, used to tell this story Of
him"rlr: He had boon invited 10 fI5h-
ionAhlo gathering at tho homo OF n
friend, and aftcr dressing for the nvon~
INK, sah down to write his Sunday ser
mon. Whom reminded Of tho hour ho
took hasty departure for his friends
house, his mind still intent 81, nls work.
Arriv od there, tNH HorvnnL held out his
hand for card, but tho minister had
forgotten to bring amy.
"What nance? inquired tho servant.
''Namef manner" g.Spcd tho divine,
"why why"
At that moment friond passiny
through tho hall saw him, and under
nding tho situation asked jocosely:
''iiave you forgotten your nan'o. DR.
B---~?''
Tho mystery was cleared up, but not
hy any effort Of tho rccalC, tran t memory.
These Iapsea Of memory arc by no
means due To the approach OF age, nnd
aro therefore tho more inexcn&ahlc.
child was given IL button to hold while
Is mother proceeded to thread har
needle. When sho was ready for tho
button, she called the boy, who was play"
Ing about tho room, but he could not
fad tho button, though he persisted In
saying that he had put it carefully In
some safe place.
Was 1t In any place In tho roomT" urged
the mother
But no could only shake his head
solcmuly, and roiterato that he had put
1t away somewhere.
''What have you In your month?"
asked his mother, who was studying his
porpclexed face.
tits the BUTTON" spluttercd the littlo
fellow, ~ knew | put 1t somewhere
safe"
Occasionally man COOS down town to
his business with o string tied around his
littlo finger. IT Is thero to mako him
remember to order sweet potatoes for
dinner, or % ton Of coal or some isnpera-
tive household need When it Is nearly
time for him to return home, he spies
that string, and then begins II tussle
with memory.
'.How came that string on my finger?
What was | to got? Jane tied 1t on and
told me to getwhat was link?
Johnny's shoes2 Hanged II can re-
member what she wantedr'
He knits his brows md combines oil
his faculties In demand ON his absent
memory, which innocently returns just
a. he stands on his own doorstep too
late to ba Of any practical use 10 him.
Had he been railroad engineer and
forgotten one item OF his Instructions,
tho result would have been disastrous.
A memory trained we'll in one direo-
tion will often make lapses In another.
People who remember every face they
have ever seen will entiraly forget
names. Ono OF those was present at
gathering when he met az acqnatnt~
I anco whose nnno he could not recall
The other person had changed his ad-
lrpss and as the forretfnl man wrote