The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-12-29
sTRENGrHHNINe THE MEMORY
various Good Exercises That Have
Been Adopted to Correct n
Faulty Re~eolieetion.

Many people complain Of having 4
poor memory, and yet that faculty can
be developed as easily as can the BIZ
leps muscle. MOI Is II necessary TO 60
to any professor Of memory or TO .
ter any elementary system in order
to accomplish this result. One does
not have to go TO a gymnasium to
strengthen ones arm or back. Saving
wood or rowing a boat will do IL. Sim
tlarly memory may be cultivated BY
one's own efforts and amid ones or
binary pursuits, says the St. Louis
Globe Democrat,
One man made the Sunday service Of
his church serve as a memory exercise.
After the service he would endeavor 70
recall the numbers OF all hymns sung,
the chapter and verse Of the Scripture
lesson, words of anthems, tsKts and
points OF sermon. This required the
paying OF close attention aud a con,
soious effort TO impress these things
upon his mind. By this and other
equally simple means he developed a
memory that was absolutely at his com
mand.
Famous speakers who hay. memoir
lied their speeches have adopted va
rlous simple devices to aid them. The
late Hon. John Bright Axsd in mind
the different points in his speeches by
hrst drawing little figures or pictorial
representations. II part Of his speech
had to do with q bridge, he would make
a little sketch OF such a structure, or
II with ireland or Scotland he would
sketch q small map Of the country or
the district. He could remember these
figures or pictures. When he rose TO
his feet he could see them in imag-
nation and select them one by one as
he proceeded from point TO point in
the addreas-not having any note or
manuscript by him at all. That was
the method best suited him.
Another way Of memorlEing the
points Of an address TO be delivered,
one which the writer has frequently
used, ia by means of ansgrams. 1t Il
very simple. Suppose M were called
upon to deliver a Fourth OF July ora
ton, and wished TO speak mainly on
these three points: ~ historic origin
of the day, (2) the success OF the sx
pertinent In government then inaugu
a rated, and (3) the destiny OF the repub
lie. A very suitable anagram to re
, call these points to mind would be thu
letters u. s.. A. He could set his topic
down in this way:
Union proclaimed by Declaration o
Independence.
: Success of experiment In govern
= ment.
He does not need to take any note
" with him on the platform. He ca
easily remember these letters. Re
: membering them, they recall his topici
Y And remembering the general topi'
" II will itself suggest any subdivision
= pertaining to 1t.
81 Certain people possess what may B
e called the bump OF location. II the
y remember a passage in a book. they ca
'e tell you which aide OF the page II
o on and what part Of the page. TheI
l. are students with that kind Of a men
ie DRY who prepare their Rotations b
u taking a large sheet Of paper and wri
20 ing different parts Of the lesson
u different places on the paper. The
then rely on their ems Of location
q call to mind whatever they may wis
10 TO remember.
.. Again, there are people who have
H. keen y for color. They will NAL
~ their memoranda on slips Of paper
different colors. Then simply callii
10 mind a particular color will enab
them to remember the memoranda
a associated with that color. OF cours
n. all this is based on what is know
as the faculty Of association Of idea
Some people who csn rememb
words and phrases. find difficulty in I
IA. membering figures or numbers.
a such eases a curious e%xpedient h
n. sometimes been resorted to. A phra
will be devised, the initial letters
which suggest the figures sought
IA Ne remembered EOl tAuhhpAeI ~
"a pose some ones street number to
a. 1852. The suggestive phrase might b
If seek him." The letter | will gu
gest the figure 1; the letter S Somewh
resembles an s, and the two ~perpendiC
lar strokes OF the II suggest the Rom
" mineral II. A roundabout method Il
may be. but IT has served TO fasten
ures in the memory Of people who b
previously found them troublesome
But perhaps the most wholesome "
in the ,ong run is simply by repetiti
i" and effort to fix the thing In the me
o y DRY directly without tricks Of memo
-, or artificial methods. BY memorizi
one sentence or verse a day from
DO best literature, the mind will soon hs
q fine treasure Of beautiful though
and an enriched vocabulary. DIR. v
lam Punshion, a great English pres'
lie er, did this, and his fine prose may hi
,k. been largely due to his familiar
b quaintance with the best literature,
IN For quotation purposes II Is nee
les sary to remember verbatim, and thou
this is the hardest task OF memory
30. well repays the effort. Once train
ng the memory will be able to recall
wo exact words Of conversation, serm'
nd and passages In books without hayI
RS. made any conscious effort to com