Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-27
a MEMORY SPUR THAT rsrus


One Man Transfers His RInx-Anosh.r ~
ponds ON Note Look
From the New Hork Tribune.
Il hope you won't forget that" sAid On.
friend to another. referring 10 . commiss,on
which the second was TO execute.
''oh, no, said the othor; don't have any
fear about IT,"
'well," remarked No. I. Il though, thev,
would be no harm in a gentle reminder"
"But menlorand um is better than . No
minder," answered No. 2. with smile
oh, that's all right" said No. 1. Il guess
that il good habit. Now, do you know that
have . method OF remembering things which
don't want TO forget but the trouble 10 that
Il doesn't always work"
What is that?' inquired No. q
po yos see thu, this 5 S,, O.n,nc, 70 Plsi.
hand.
well. YOU see. habitually wear Il on my
left hand, but when there is any special thing
that I wish 20 remember-as, for instance,
some errand that my wife has asked me 20 d
on my way down town-it Is my custom 70 take
Tue ring of and put II on the corresponding
hnger Of the other hand Now, doesnt thsS
strike You A. an exceedingly simple method q
erReing and terrifying ones memory unea
70 think 50. don't now as much ss did. for
otehumes now have o whole world OF troublo
IN trying to remember what it 10 that want 70
remember. IL isn't always that way. but 10 =
souheumes OF course the unaccustoned feel
~. .hs oi the ring on the wrong finger reminds -
st mere IL something on nv mind, and % %
s souie occasions the burden becomes positively
h.aiy L nave worn that ring on my right
! manu- ior t"o or three DAYS at q time nov and
,hen, Vexing my brain ali the time 10 find vhnA
I'm may perhaps term the missing link. It's ~
run, assure you"
Tour experience is very interessine ~ said
NO. = II have never Adopt.d any arch method
as you describe though often consiaer nys.N
S.essea-or the other tllng-with what Mr.
beecher used TO call good forgetterv' The
only SAFE rule with me 10 10 make a note of vhaA
US 70 heep IN minG and then frequsnsly
reier TO my note book usually manage a -
along without any bad blundsrs 1 ne,., NJ
much faith in the methods of imuroy,,n. A..
memory which various professors glys instruc.
lions IN though. not having actually tried tbsD..
may not do them full justice. The f.ct u
That my memory used 20 be a good deal h.,...
IMAM IL Is now. When l Was in college had an
Al memory 1t was the wonder of an mn.
classmates. took more prizes than snvbody
else mad ever done mp to that time largely
because could cram easily and remenb.,
ali that the books contained Then. when Z
went into the prize examinations Il was cav
work Tor me 90 write out the answers 10 Ii
the questions. But my business after leaving
college has been such that II has been pecessarV
Tor me each day TO deal with an entirely new
set oil facts and large number of them. Each
days accumulation was showed aside by the
following days and thus the mind, OF the MEM
DRY, II you please. lost its grip. ~ Is we're. An
tnis went on for years my memory became Der.
manently impaired and have no hope Of ewes
recovering IL. Ii 10 only important mattess
that can now keep in mind or else matters
that have special personal interest For de-
tails have no capacity of retention for more
than few days, and. as / said, when there u
any special thing that must attend TO outefds
OF the regular course OF business make use e
my memorandum book"