Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-29
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in THE MINDS ATTIC.

Memory is queer thing II is very
useful when II works right. but II
often seems to be out Of repair. Ere
quently 1t works like CARPET
sweeper picking up things no one has
any mortal use for and passing over
Things OF great value The memory
can be trained. and a trained mind Is
OF more value than a trained nurse or
a trained seal Perhaps the reason
We have so much trouble with un-
trained minds Is that the average man
abuses HE memory just as mos, OF us
abuse our stomachs We overload the
organ with ind!gestible material and
then wonder why 1t does no, perform
Ne duties properly. Some people. too.
make 81 their minds a sort OF sarbaxe
hAep and pile things Unfortunately
without regard 20 their future useful
nsss and accessibility. The conscien.
uous bookkeeper long ago recognized
the value OF having card-indexes to
help him put his hands readily upon
desired document instead OF the old
method of searching over a pile o,
Junk 10 discover the wanted article.
a few men have rd-indcxel minds,
but they are rare. Most Of US when
we take a look into memory- strong
hold find u very much like the old
fashioned attic that was the reoepta-
Gle for everything tina; got In the way
! downstnirs or was no; wanted n. the
time. When we search for anything
We wish TO remember We are obliged
70 DO little mental housecleaning
before IL can DO found. And with the
alleged deprey!ty Of inanimatc things.
the very article We want Is likely to
be on Tire bottom Of the pile.
But there IL queer thing about
memory. Wo oficn speaI; OF fo-get-
ting things. Nothing Is farther from
/ tho truth The memory never fpiiS
10 record every word. act or view that
we como In contact with. and that
record Is mover closed until death
winds up It's chronicles But tho NOM
ory may become 10 clogsed UP with
! piles OF rubbish. like n mental attic.
that The memory wo sock TO recall Is
buried 30 deep II II hard work 10 find
u. J, Is not gone. not destroyed. not
forgotten Jus, buried out OF sight. II,
II stiN there. and some day whom we
arc searching for AN entirely differ
ant thing, u viii come 20 light and
surprise us. Sometimes We may be
pleased at the recovery and some
times We may 10 distinctly embar.
rnssed. How many times We have ro
mefnbered things at tho wrong time.
perhaps something We had desired to
forget, something we were really
sstai med 10 remember but IL ls still
there and cannot be destroyed.
How important then that We should
strive to iii our minds with dssira bio
things How huniiiatng Il Is. when
we are mentally upilftsd and enjoying
period of fahelsd hish mipdsdBsss.
81 ub~ittirsiy recall something ab.
sHfd Or disersdltapIs, ana tho poetry
~ ali gone eut OF ths occasion, we
cannot have our ehoias always as 20
what klHd bf memories come 80 US.
Tpsy ate ali there. good. bad snd In
diffetsht, rot always teedy 60 ansY 81
our eaii but otteH coming unNIden.
Y f'haf Is tHs worst Of aBS mistakes aBd
bsetsiidihss. no matter how thGroiy
We ahh0f them sRd WISH Ia forset sii
about tbem, memsTs siii ROT permit.
And II fbers can DC eRa feature of
bsti mere pdiBtbuy punitive thaH Az
p,psf u is tbs prospect ihst We viii
distinctly sHd plainly remember nru-
4 out all eierHitg all tis bad things We
have d9Bs. ali the msaB things We
have tb6t eHd all tha coed oBpsFtpHis
ties We hafs fejseted. 30 man souid
Rsk for q verse Reii tnsR that,
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