The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-07
NEMORr IN CLUB sERHINTS.
Their Aptitude In Recalling Faces, Names
and Foreign Phrases.

- races,
aud Foreign Phrases.
A member OF several New York clubs has
made curious II desultory study Of the phe-
nomena Of memory in part through noting the
mnemonio pecularities OF club servants
Such persons being usually men Of little edu-
cation. lack many Of those aids to memory
that come from association Of ideas. Unedu-
Gated men must depend for memory upon
natural qualities Of mind. Since many unedu-
Gated men are keen observers. it is not I'M
common to fiud club servant who in n few
weeks or months has come to know the face
OF every habitue. 1t is less common to find
ono that easily and accurately remembers
names The man Of good musical ear has in
this respect an advantage over men not so
gifted. The constant changes in the service OF
New York clubs make 1t difficult for servants
to learn both names and faces. There was
something like rebellion In one club not long
since because doorman who seemed to know
the face and name OF every man who entered
was dismissed for INSTRUMENTATION. He was
agad to acaus the thnt made mad MIN lin
at the club in question; his daylight hours be-
1t has been observed that Danish and Scan
dinayan servants learn the English names
Wants native to any otter Euroneayn 1e eaun St
save the British Isles. They also learn 1 With
f,emaIrkabs rapidity to sEeak English almost
Guilty In the English names Of club n einbers.
and German servants seldom learn to pro-
nounce such names with accuracy.
Nearly all servants seem to acquire with
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else to be owing to the fact that It is the busi:
cefving exclusive attention. 1t has been noted
that servants o. AZ nations acquire an odd
muncation wit the cook. Often the phrases
are Sny and tho speak
guest at, famous French hotel in this city
VASTLY ansed to hs1s FEN the nthe
with fine Irish brogue.
b, The so Gs waS ss asd these thns
found that the lad in charge Of tie coat room
given for hat. coat. umbrella. or bundle. This
faculty. is common with persons having a
natural torn for mathematics, such persons
culiar ease. probably because every natural
mathematician has an aversion to prime num-
bers. This aversion seems to arise from the
fact that prime number cannot lie separated
into factors, me rt ~ mathematician Is
aways hs S 90 s"s s1rt IN
Of tho analytical process Of separating tho
parts of such number He, never sees the
izing that it 10 four times nine. and three times
twelve. and six times six. He gets no such
satisfaction out OF seventeen. for example. or
thirty seven. or sxty-one.
. A very observant lad remembers the num-
bers on a check probably in mart through the
eye, lust as many persons remember the phys
zeal Appearance OF paper from which they
have been read ng. and can turn with ease
to any paragraph, bscanse thsy remember its
usually large enough to tx the attention Of
an observant person and nil the memory In
ha nj "A liar N,l,,, IA
special faculty for remembering names fire.
qu"ntlv remember with cRsn the initials from
a printed lst OF names. The initials, standing
out singly. catch the eye, and are photographed
upon the memory.