The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-07

take. He was taken up and down the
page, acros it, and asked the position
of many of the lines in the different
paragraphs.
1t took me very short time" said
he to the writer, ito commit that page
to memory, and I could have easily
committed to memory the whole issue
explanation accounting for my phe-
nomenal gift, but from my childhood
remembering things-facts and tales
and so on-has been a speciality with
me.
II am a native of Taunton, and I
remember, as tiny tot of 3, being
lifted up into the pulpit of the local
Wesleyan chapel to repeat the Psalms
from memory. 1t is a singular attrib-
ute with me. and 1 am the only mem
Der of my family in whom the faculty
is predominant. 1 need only read
a sentence, paragraph, or page but
once, and l can repeat it again verba-
tim without making any mistake.
Il am prepared to commit to mem
ory any page of the Daily Mail or
any other daily journal. and then to
repeat 1t, say, week afterward, and
in the meantime I shall have commit
ted to memory later issues of the pa
per. Such is the strength of my
memory. 1 repeat 1 cannot explain
it. And the shape of my head is not
different from yours
1t is not. AS matter Of fact. I had
anticipated being introduced to a
dwarfish person. with bonnet shaped
head. hence my surprise on meeting
Mr.. Crawford was great, and at the
same time agreeable. He takes only
6h in hats.
No; I have not made my profess
S1OnaI how hIIf -
near thing little while ago. A pro-
fessional-M Maudi-is we'll known
and enjoys justifiable reputation as a
man with a remarkable memory, so I
challenged him; but the challenge did
not come to a head. 1t may later on.
when | am full-fledged professional.
as l must be one day on account of
the great pressure my friends put upon
me.
Until very recently I filed the posi-
ton of private secretary to a famous
millionaire baronet member of Parlia-
ment, to whom my long head proved
an accommodating and useful asset.
Yes: | have undergone some very
hard tests-that is, you might call
them hard; but I shouldn't, and don't
Know. | was once asked to commit to
memory the entire contents of the
Globe newspaper from title to imprint
and / repeated II after one reading
without a fault"
This astonishing feat, partaking
somewhat of the miraculous. was per-
formed at the Freemasons' Tavern. f.
C., before select gathering of some 30
persons, including Mr.. c. ]. Phipps.
who was in the chair. and was re-
peated afterward before another select
body of wiseacres. the Savage Club.
When the Times was in its infancy
and was only small four-page sheet.
someone of the day who boosted Of
a phenomenal memory undertook the
then supposed tremendous task Of
committing 10 memory the "newsv''
columns, and toured the country for
some months afterward giving IN each
place he stopped at a recital Of the
Identical performancefhe had been civ
ing all along. But IL Is obvious that the
oftcner the recital was repeated inc
less chance was there Of the perform
81 forgetting his part
But" says Mr. Crawford. 4 am
ready 10 face an audience every night
and submit myself 70 the test Of can,
ING - mind any paragraph or criticize
appearing On any page. say 0f me
bllly Mail u the latest issue
How DO ! DO re Like any ordinary
man, Nben ! want 70 read j 81 down
and charge MY pipe"
WHAT Sc you smoker