New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-21
4 NEuORY-SPUP THAT OFTEN FAILS
ONE NAN TRANSFERS HIS RING-ANoThEK DE
PENDs on 4 NOTEBOOK.

ONE MAN TRANSFERS HIS RING-ANorhEK DE
PENDs on 4 NOTEBOOK.
II hope you won't forget that said one fne"o %
another, referring 10 commission WINCH inc s''o""
TO execute. H.,
"Oh no." said the other "ooht h"NV any ~
about IT, .,,
"wenH remarked No. /. II thought there womb
be no harm in gentle reminder
But n memorandum is better than reminder
answered No. .. with smile.
ooh. that's all right" said No l. 81 guess that IS
good habit Now, do you know that have ine'ho-
Of remembering things which don't want to forget
bu, the trouble is that 1t doesn't always work
What IS that ?" inquired No. ..
"Do you see this ring?' pointing - plain gold
band on the little finger of the left hand
A nod the answer.
Well yon see. habuallv wear il on my lett
hand but when there is any special thing that WISH
10 rencmber-as. for Instance. some GRAND that my
wife has asked to do on my way downtown-it Is
nv custom to take the ring of and put il on tho
corresponding finger OF the other hand. Now. Doesn't
that strike you MS an exceedingly simple method Of
hracing and terrifying ones memory? uscd 10 thnk
so. ! don't now as much rs did. For oilehume"
now have a whole world Of trouble IN trying 10
remember what it is that want TO remember. II
isn't always that way but 1t is sometimes. or course
the unaccustomcd feeling Of the ring on the wrong
finger reminds me that there IS something on my
mind and some occasions the burden become"
positively heavy. have that ring on my night
hand for or three days at Il time now aud then,
vexng my brain all the time to find what | may
perhaps term the missing link. It's fun. assure
yOu'
Your experience Is very interesting said No =.
u have adopted any such method yon de-
scribe, though often consider myself bcssed-or the
other thng-wth what Mr. Beechcr used % call good
forgettery The Only safe rule with l. 10 make not
Of what wish TO keep in mind. and then as ] frc
quently refer my notebook usually manage 20 get
along without any lad blrnders. ! never he'd much
faith in the methods Of improving the memory which
various professors give Instructions In, though. not
having actually tried them, ] may not do them iul!
justice The fact Is that my memory used 10 be a
good deal better than It Is When | was In col
lego had an Al memory. II Wa the wonder Of all
my classmates. ! took prizes than anybody
else had ever done up to that time. largely because
| could easily and remember all that the books
contained. Then, when went into the pltZc cAamna
tons Easy work for to write out the answers
10 all the questions. But my business after leaving
college has been such that il has been necessary Tor
each dny 10 deal with entr'iy new set of facts.
and large number of them. Each days accumul;'.
tion was showed aside by the following days. and
thus The mind the memory If Won pleas lost IT.
| grip. II As this went on for years nv
memory became permanently impaired, and haSc no
hope OF ever recovering It, IL Is only important mat
iers that / can row keep In mind. else matters
that have q special rsonal interest For details !
have capacity of retention for more than few day
And, said, when there is any special thing that
attend 10 outside OF the gular course OF bu-l
ness make Of my memorandum book