The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-03

be quite useless at the reverse process.
That is to say, if you showed me any
cut that had appeared in any one of
the long row of volumes of the Illus
/ trated London News, l could tell you
in which volume It was, and approx
mately on which page; but if you took
( down a volume and asked me 10 describe
the cuts it contained / couldn't even
start"
4 Many wonderful stories have been re-
( lated of persons recollecting small incl
dents after the lapse of ten or twenty
I years An anecdote WAS told some
time ago of the late John Gilbert, the
comedian, which illustra IS his tena-
cious memory. Mr. Gilbert had coat
in which he intended to act a certain
part that was a suitable one for the
purpose, with the exception, as a friend
suggested, of the buttons, which were
OF cloth of the same color. His friend
thought a button OF a brighter hue
should be used and of a different matt
rial To this the comedian assented,
and upon a moments reelection recol-
lected that some twenty years before
he had seen button of this descript on
in the shop OF Mr.. Quincy Tufts, of
Boston, quaint, old-faShioned dealer.
who was never known TO be ''out" Of
any article that had ever been in his
stock. So Mr. Gilbert went to Mr.
Tufts Washington street shop, and in
stead of asking his friend, the propri-
etor. for what ne wanted, trusted TO his
memory 70 locate it Putting his hand
on an upper shelf he took from under a
pile of cloth package which actually
contained the very buttons he was in
want of
A still more curious instance of
long" memory was recently told of
lady who formerly lived in Missouri.
but is now resident OF Ohio. As she
was one day riding on an East Eighth
street cable car in Kansas CITY she
casually glanced at the houses as she
passed In one of the yards she saw a
silk patchwork quilt hanging on line.
Instantly she stopped the car and going
TO the house rang the door bell and
asked If Mrs. b lived there. The
reply being in the affirmative she en-
NNANNtf nuNA ~ 4hOA-ANAL ldLGI Two OAtt
friends were chatting over former
times She said she had recognized the
quilt as one she had seen her friend
make in Central Missouri eighteen years
before.
Perhaps these instances of remark |
able memory are no more surprising |
than many that almost every thought /
full person can recall in his own ex- /
perience. Such cases of retentive mem /
DRY as that quoted from the London /
Star above, are entirely different from /
these instances of recalling certain in !
stances long past, just noted Belong
ing to the former kind may be classed /
those who are noted for their ability 10
retain the names and addresses of al
most every one they have ever met.
Politicians generally have very strong
for faces and names William
Cotter, Jr., of Hartford, Conn, register
Of voters, claims to be able To tell from
the residence and politics of
every one of the II. 600 voters on his
books, and also in cases where a person
has been absent in Europe or staying
n some other part of the country, to
tell where. and when he went away.
Joseph Jefferson, the actor told
literary friend some years ago that he
,ould remember almost every play he
lad ever acted in, and could repeat his
part in it line for line and word for
word Some time after he tried the
with a part be had not
'layed for twenty years, and found
himself letter-perfect in it Oddly !
nough, Mr.. Jefferson has no memory
or names Kate Fields Washingtnn-