New Britain herald., 1927-09-03
attempting to develop his or her

attempting to develop his or her memory
 The real solution of the poor knack of translating the auditory impressions into visual impressions Another thing, If we try to burden our minds by remembering every thing we come into contact with, we will soon reach a saturation point and begin to forget the important things.
 Everything with which we come into contact is associated with some- thing else with which we come into contact. Everything a man remem- bers is gauged by his ability to think associativeably.
 "The person you meet has every thing to do with visualizing names. In meeting person, some Charac- teristics of that person will give you clue to visuaIizing his or her name, For instance. things that we think Of at the same time will invariably recur together. It is as though they were fitted into the same pigeon hole in the mind. Take an automo- bile trip. You visit four or five places. Every time you think of that trip you think Of all those ploces. To think Of one. you often have to think of two or three others.
 Every idea is followed by a train Of thought. one idea bringing on an- other. and so on.'
 Mir. Smith was asked to Illustrate his system. At this point Harry G.. ! Hancock walked through the lobby, There Is Harry Hancock, of the 1 Hatch Realty Co.," he said How do you remember, MT. Hancock?" he was asked.
 Well when l was introduced to him, there flashed into my mind q picture of a friend of mine named | Harris, a picture of a hand car and an egg. These pictures came au- tomatically and l immediately asso- ciated them with MT. Hancock's face. 1 Thus l see a mental picture of liar i ris on a handcar, which is close enough for me to recall Harry Han cock. The egg was the clue to Hatch and recalled the Hatch Co. Very simple.'
 The reporter admitted that 1t was Every simple" but just how simple. he couldn't quite see.
 'I am using a train of facts with 1 which I am perfectly familiar and l each of these facts recalls another explained the. memory expert, show ! ing just how simple it was. Tn making visual pictures it is neces- sary for the man involved to be an actor in the scene" When l recall Mir Judd Civilian H. I see him inside of a bank. so l know MT. Judd is a banker.
 the name with someone you know. The clerk at this hotel is George l.. , Burke. How do I remember? l think of a British king and Billie | Burke the actress.
 "Why wouldn't you think of George Washington
 If l did, I might call him Wash 1 ington Burke and he wouldn't like
 it. King George more clearly indi- | cates the first name. l simply See a i man with crown and @ woman
 actress, that's all.
 'I remember the initial L., be- ! cause at the same time l pictured this British king and the woman actress throwing horseshoes. Horse ! shoes mean good luck. That gave
 me the name George, the actress.
 whose name must be the same Rs | the mans, thus Burke, and the
 Goodluck, brings back to my memo 1 ry the c. L. Thus l evolve George
 l.. Burke.
 How does that plan work with ! the common names?'
 Not so well. l have been called
 Jones, Brown and Johnson as often as Smith. People impress themselves
 niaccurately They think it's a very common name, thus they become overconfdent."
 Mir. Smith was given a severe test of his ability to remember at Ro { tary club meeting at Okmulgee, l Okla. He was introduced to 150
 Rotarians and their wives in the hotel lobby. Then, without his be- l ing advised of this ruling, each Ro- tartan was required to take some other mans wife 10 the dinner. MT. 1 Smith called upon at the dinner to | identify individuals. named each man and told him whose wife he was with.