The Detroit times. [volume], February 26, 1917, AFTERNOON EDITION, Image 8

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NMMV, mffiMRV as, IStT
f Tbs Object Is Job* and An
ImmwHbw of State Money
When Economy Is Needed
Two prohibition bills art at this writ
ing under consideration by the joint
liquor committee of the state legislature.
One is the McArthur or “bone dry”
M.
The other is what is left of the Anti-
Saloon league “one drunk a month*'
messnre.
One of these bills will be adopted, m
whole or in pari as the basis of the state
laws regarding liquor in Michigan, after
May 1. 1918
In view of the fact that the dry
amendment voted by the people of Mich- (
igan last November prohibits the manu
facture and sale of liquor within the
state, while the Reed amendment to the
postal bill, just passed by congress, for
bids, under heavy penalty, the importa
tion of liquor into territory *here its
manufacture and sale is forbidden, there
appears to be no urgent necessity for ac
tftoo by the legislature on either of the
above measures.
Passage of the “bone-dry” bill, how
ever, could do no harm, and might serve
a useful purpose in placing local regula
tions in harmony with the federal
statute.
The other bill, however, is a pernicious
and extravagant measure, which on no
aeeount should be enacted into law.
Os course, the “one-drunk-a-month*
hstun—the provision providing for im
portation of liquor for personal use—
has been rendered innocuous by the ac-j
Men of congress.
Its advocates now assert as an excuse
for its consideration that it “provides
the machinery for the enforcement of
the law."
By this is meant the proposed state
“prohibition commission.” which would
male a new state department with high
aalaried officials, whose duties would con
sist of seeing that the anti-liquor laws
ware properly enforced.
Evan before the passage of the federal
liquor ban there was no excuse for this
prohibition commission. There was. and
-to, no more reason for a special set of
officers to enforce the law against illegal
salt of liquor than for a similar body
to enforce the law against homicide.
The regularly constituted police power
of the state is as competent to deal with
a bootlegger as with a pickpocket.
Therefore, there was considerable oppo
ftUoQ to this feature of the “one-drunk
-0 toonth“ bill, even before the legisla
tion ot Washington revolutionised the
liquor situation in Michigan.
There were unkind assertions that the
“prohibition commission was designed to
provide lucrative positions for that class
of dry workers who were in the prohi
bition movement for revenue only, and
who. with the saloon banished from the
state, found themselves out of employ
ment
Be that as it may. there now exists
no possible excuse for the creation of
auch a body.
The United States government does
not need the aid of local officials or of
the Anti-Saloon league to enforce its
statutes.
The sole object to be served, therefore
- by the passage of the abbreviated Anti-
Saloon league measure is the .creation of
some fat jobs.
With the state institutions crying out
for needed additions and improvements
and the governor urging economy, Mich
lean can scarcely afford to saddle itself
with a set of highly-salaned public offi
cials who would be about as useful as a
fifth wheel on a buggy.
No, We Don’t Care For
Any; Just As Much Obliged
In kindly leading us up to cheap foods
such as “poverty soup,” dog-fish saute,
alfalfa and such, Gilson Gardner, our
walk-known Washington correspondent,
particularly outlines for us the beauties
of the chayote, and here's where we have
to quarrel with Gilson.
The chayote is not anew kind of win
tor vegetable, cannot be produced cheap
ly and it has never yet been cooked to
successfully compare with ordinary boil
ed or fricasseed lawn grass, in our ex
perience
To be sure, as Brother Gardner nay*
It “can be creamed, pickled or made into
rolad.”
It aura can. So can C anadian thistle
f Or the good, old-fashioned nettle bush.
Tito chayote comes into America from
Bplaxtoo looking tike a squash.
I ; You put the whole squash in the
■flpouud and pretty soon a vine appears
t rip fix weeks this vine covers the »hoi«
place closer than a second mortgage.
It will climb over the garage and rip
up drainage pipes oql the other side.
It will sneak into your basement win
dow and lay little squashes in the fur
| nare.
It will creep into flower or vege
j table beds and wring the necks of every
thing therein.
It will climb trees and rob birds* nests.
It loves to cling along wooden fences
and rot them down in one season.
True, this vine bears a multitude of lit*
i tie chayote* and even the roots are eaten
:by starved greasers when they’ve con
sumed all the grass that’s available.
Cut these little squashes up fine add
red pepper, wads of garlic and something
to eat, stew for an hour, and you have
a dish to put on the table to make com
pany guess w hat you're at and resolve j
to eat elsewhere until you get thru.
Considering labor, fuel and blasphemy,
j anybody who goes after chayote as cheap
and palatable food is sure headed toward
anguish of soul.
i A Great and Beautiful
City Is Our Metropolis!
Great and Beautiful, But—
And now that great city of New York, of which
America ha* always been no proud—with its
perfect harbor. It* beautiful river and all »t# nat
ural charm; with It* tall building*. it* njagntfl
reot hotels, tta glittertna Hfbu. its solid wealth—
. is showing itself in tt* true colors
It is a prostitute selling It* soul the lire* of
Its bumble, laboring people—for gold, that tt may
still further enjoy the sensual delights of drink
ing snd feasting: of purple and line linen and all
i the other luxuries which nothing but money can
' bu; .
An>one who ha* been in that metropolis re
cently must bare felt beneath that gay exterior
an undertow of canon* silence
Anyone who watched the dogged faces in the
streets who noted the frayed clothing of the
wayfarers, the old. old women selling papers;
the pinched children; the anxious men and worn
en who surged hack and forth like the wares of
the rising and ebbing tide joust hare forgotten
Broadway and its bright light* Fifth arenue
and its elegant excluaiveoe** Wall-st. and tta
feren*b expectancy. and bare thought that New
York bad wantonly repudiated her own children;
had flaunted th* very creatures who had giTen
her existence: bad separated herself from her
real life blood and become a thing without a '
heart, counting all well lost if the could gather !
into her arm* the gold of this and ocher eoun |
trie* in ever increasing quantities.
Her outcast people, deserved. left to die or lire I
according to tbetr powers of endurance, hare J
discovered their betrayal and are demanding
justice
They hare been awakened thru the channel j
most vital In the human consctouaneaa— *he safe
ty of their voting »
It is the women who first become aroused thru
the drooping of their children
Tho working day and night and tho forcing
baby hands to help with tiresome tasks no babies
should know of. the family cupboard cannot be
filled, the rent paid and the fires kept burning.
The thmg ha* orer reached the last potnt of
safety and the explosion Is bound to follow.
1 From Another Point ot View
| By C. T. S.
President John Grier Hibben. of,
Princeton university, says the failure of!
the United States to have entered the war 1
on the side of the Allies, shows a lack of
“international conscience." President
John doesn’t convince us that he has one
that is local.
• s a
Stand hack, Prexy, and give the overt
act a chance.
a a a
REVERSE ENGLISH.
Rarden me far spattering you with mud I
notxad the puddle sod obaerved that unieas I
slacken** the pace of my car you would be com
1 piotsly covered, but it was too late and the in
evitable happened. I did the next best thing left
in my power to do—etopped at once and burned
back here to expreee my regrets and to beg your
pardon. I wish you would send your suit to s
cloaners and have the bill forwarded to me Here
>S my card.
• so
There are two things in this world that
are very hard to get; enough monev and
Villa.
e e o
One# life war worth living
Or singan*d as *urb
la this city of bandit* end *> us
But now if « bandit
rvjp’t kill you on sigh*
Some fool in a buzt wagon doe*
WWW
The Kaiser wants to liorrow $4,000.-
000,000. There is this much to lie said
for the Kaiser; When it comes to mak
ing a touch, he is no piker.
•• • a
Composite Personal Mention from the Country
Corroapondonco Columns of Our Wookly Ex
changes. Suggesting How the Old Polks
Art Pooling the High Cost of Pota
toes, Onion*. Est Cetera.
Mr. and Mrs Rnd*andgroom w**k ended.
Tuesdayed and. to not a few Instance*. tn:d
weeked and also Thurtdayed and FTidayed. wi»h
the bride's parents la this rillagr recently
see
Onions ought to be selling by the car
rot
see
Fi, fi on that German submarine block
ade to starve out the British, who have
just taken possession of Pvs.
• ah
Spnog is in the air.
see
Also li would seem, our one drunk i moa't
advocates.
DETROIT TIMES
How Much Longer Can He Delay the Inevitable? ' —By Webster
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THIS department is maintained for the purpose of dragging th* adver
tising faker in on “the carpet" end placing his assertions and
prom sea uudtr the g'asa of truth. It welcomes letter* relating
experiences with advert sera where>n the eagle on the do’lar fails to
fly home ~w th a dollar’s worth of gooda.’* It pays proper recognition to
honest advertisers. It does not spare and shonest advertiser* who may be
found in The Times It will print the letter* which appear most applicabi*
■ n preserving the integrity of advertising and protecting the advertising
reader. Only Signed letter*, giving the writer * name and address, will be
considered Th« name will be printed or withheld aa preferred. Address.
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Detroit. Mich .
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t«erQ «<>iight Soon .fu r The Tiok j
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A Compan) and »»'h»r Ir-ik
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be»n r*» f or<-d anil ie ir n* - '* rr>Tn
plying with tbe Bin Sky Uw
Tnirlnr the Mr l(.\rt>t i'dge
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on out»fandin? no*r« »wh a* thr
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b* ron«trii»-d »* n •ml rim' of thw
rommi • * ion • order * i«;*en<jit>a hi*
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■ obliged to go to ro’jrt if Mr liar
bndre did no* fe*-| oblig'd Cos *••» im
>our f.Vi
Whether or not \»,u shoolo fai
the note ;< a matter for you *o »!•
Cidr If you want the md
l**d that It 1* a goc 1 loveair »«tj' 1*
w**i!d I** adi :»able to pay th» n ,te
The Ad Mtrrrr woti.? ,«u rg* t
however, that >'*u 'a**- 'h»- matter
up with Mr Hat bndre, i*-f »r* plan
rung int o*her action
The Ad-Mlrrr.r ha re«eiv*U a
Dtimiv- of indutrie* «oti< ernlng |ue
I vioua request* so information < n
I certain m -rrp-a,. on
tffßtiSto ' flMllffll
ten careful at*eou'>i and if •
i are •*»* an»aer*d ir 'tjmiia.ieiy |i •
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t *aal p**rt *1 for InTrat.gation
£»*•* communication prop**, ’>
#nad ao«l aidrectou u *n-*. r»*d
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rn*-nt
1 * ■>rnounc*ni» n* ;* e
< .u*<* M'rata] pari*on* ha>a takfn
: th*> a" 'udn tha' th*y wara not rr
taking ts-r -ant** a"roi|on i« o'h<T
I read* « of ihr Ad-Minor
On* of '.>a mo»t frequnntly Abutt
ed math *1 «f 4f.'*pU?f admrtinn;
i* prj*. t.a, * t.v 11«•• publication rs
P "ur* * < f on »ai*». I
ing ar .eida to *ho» tha atilcli
m«- and lucarioo*. and *hrn
*»» ad r»iil#r ***as it t« :i rrallv ;>.p-
1 1 »arn in thn «tor». b*. j« ir jl»I • t.>
t.nd any a >n* -ai MinilArit\
tf ’hi* aort of *ii*. r ,*
n*
I Itimate \N «rld Justice
In *ar:f*r period*. military am
P»r* - ooif *ha’ ihaj rould Rat. mak
mg c >nqu*-r» without murn
Os af.p*a! to piln'.pla* Os .d*-«I /!*■
*iaa or ir • arr.a* ional right. A* tbU
morijan* «if na'ion* ara andaavnrtnir
Up 94' «(? »h'lr o»n conroian* •>« .md
*ha ?oi.a< ; »*. ji'dgmant of mankind
** ’o »n* mo'irn* and object* *h«*f
govern 'hair **ondurt m tfca dapper
**»• Tbara u rla*rly mvolvad
j n#ra>*ary inf• .i
• lllit.gne • on *ha part of a*, h n\
tb* r;i iri f.•<••#!va for »ham«aiva« onl>
*ha’ . and to arrord to othar*
*ha'a\ar m ght ha thair reasonable
fi'i r Th- < harr all.lnformad IT* *
dar. - tVi-nn, In to h l **
t. - v*n.*-n »rd ht« appeal. that th*--
farr.gr' I ** tha naad of a hit bar
authority n 'ha world for fh«* pro
■:’r» - -of Ju*ti* a and 'ha rnainte
Of p»-hr«• ‘ and they have all
•id .■ fhav would b» willing, af
; ar »' - ar l* alidad, to aooparata
•I'h « i ni»ad rtfata* in bringing
I iboti* h a ■ paara" league of na
'or.* Tbo«a who would minimize
'«il Ih * hava not. In our opinion
Pllldli and 'ha «ÜbJarf daaply auotlgh
I* i« 4 sr»a* *p\ln whan avaryhodv
.ldmi'r 'hat thara I* a aupramr aau*«
r j i t*a *b.-»r rnu‘t b» dominant in
ha wotfd Prom *Thr prcgra** o!
j *h* world ' In tha Antartaan Havlaw
of for pabruarj
Reciprocated
j ■. | ordarad to h» • aoi
i liOnta today a moat t»*au'iful hat
fr on l * JV* |f'a a parfa< f toy#
M? darling your l«»» *»ll r*
I »um»d ” —Pm k
Pointed Paragraphs
Self-love >* the uolr Wind tha*
n*ver get.# cold f**'
C*nl> a l<y of cold cuh ran rr k*
lilt inipre'*|on on v marble heart.
!jnve i« DMfr •a'lsflrd until It
r*t* both arm* full.
Conscience is th* watchdog which
bark.* at ».c
Kisses tha» ar* not m ten I rat uia
ar» the kind that dnve a man to
drink. ,
Ther* are no professional female
<iit er# Jt is impossible to U»lk uq
d»r **>r
A »"m*n <an mak* a fool of ai
m's’ any man ts nature
tfci start ;>f her
,» soft headed nati ard t bard
leaded man are- hard todii»e.
is ibe staff of l.f-. but .hat
doesn't Justify a nan tn niaktnx his
♦ jus'en'e a ron’inuoo* loaf
Ambition is responsible for men*
o i|ife > fail ”"*# Th* averaze n an
»o*i!d ratlin marble arernd in a Ms
place than fill a small on» »>!l
Firronesv and ob tinvycan neve;
hr utuHaken for ''srh otber \ou
bsse ftrraa’rs otnei people have ob-
Mln«r.
The Keep Well
Column
CANCER!
.
Cancer appears to be net’ber
hered • ar*. no- contagious
Statistics compiled from the rec.
oeds of mi of
® country show that
amnnt those In
trlo«» attendance
upon sufferers
Vm this d!*ea«e I* only normal
T K * same normal rate prevails
ar-.cne tboe f whose parents or
grandparents died of earner
P'.haps no aspect of the cancer
problem -au*e* such widespread
fear as ’h* possibility of Its being
inherited speaking such
'»ar* are probably groundless The
statistics showed that a man or
woman. on* or both of «hose par
ents died from cancer, wae no more
1 kely to die from that dlseaae than
’ V «e « hose family bistort was free
from blem.sh The Investigator*
• mmarired *heir report in tb«
aords "Men and women who are
in an* <-ty of mind on account of
*h* appearance of cancer in their
ancestry or immediate family, may
irtniss • ich anxieties. as there is
no tstistKal evidence at the pres
*n» time ’ha» the disease is trans
• mltte«j hy inheritance in mankind."
With regard to contagion, cancer
perts »re on even firmer ground.
»hd »h»- question may be rega'ded
it aet*led After countless opera
;ofis there i« no case on record In
I which a surgeon or nurae has ac*
| vilred cancer from the treatment
- attendance upon any patient «us
# erin* from thla disease The In*
• est|ga*.ors further found that there
, were only four cases out of 20.fid"
| application* for Insurance stam
ned in which both parenta died of
i anrsr
Cancer is estimated to hare
caused *O.OOO deaths In the t'nlted
rttate* in 191& and nearly threequar
>r* of a million deaths during the
set 10 years About one-half of
j ’he d*stns in 1915 were among per
I *ons und*r go vears of age. If it
.• assumed that each of tbeae In
dividual* «»* worth potentially J 2.-
'.oo the community was poorer by
I’OO/kHI.iKIO thru tbe|r deaths aside
from the c©«* of attending them In
heir sickness The economic loss
however ia * small matter com
-I*aied with the pain of those who
succumb and the aorrow of those
who must watch iheir relatives die
| from ram ax.
Prestige
■r h a dim rotor isi ci
Author of Ths niddl* of Psrsoa*
alUy.” •Psychology and
rsrsnthood." *te.
i Prestige is one of the least dis
cussed hut most potent facts «n hu
man evlstcuce There are no pro
| terba about It; tho quotation hooks
*dr not seeui to have heard of it.
K\en Wil.tacha ettenslve ‘ Diction
ary of Similes" contains no reference
| to It.
i Neverlh itss. it tr aomethin* of
im alcuUM* t alu»* to all *ho bos
ses* it.
With the ,»ld of prestige an Irfi
ner tnan ~an travel far in the **•. of
I j.itainiog aorldly jwrxess. Lacking
| irestlge. a superior man ts indubita
bly handicapped As Lewis Leopold
I ha* truh abaci ve;!.
The mint of prestige throws a
1 thousand obstacle* in the wav of
initiation, of the «ork of pioneering
i lid experimenting.
"A professor of moderate cap> »ty,
who has no practical su"»eo to
l-nast of a* vet. has Tar less difficulty
in finding a capitalist to flnam e his
intention than a clever, ingenious
Hio hint, m a blue orerall. with hi*
humble way of cutting hts case
“Most invalids mould much rather
trust their lives to a porupouv pro
cessor pra. -tiring In the capital tiisn
to the clevervst country practitioner
An artist without prestige has a
veritable Calvary to go thru before
he can realise his comt»o#tlton*. hi*
pictures, his earring#, or his skill
with the violin "*
1 bese citations InU cate clear'v not
c nly the imp« rtaoce. but also the na I
lure of pres ige. K’iefly it m.;> l»
defined a# weight or Influence de
r.vrd from superficial or aodiHfsl
flrvumstances rath‘- r than intnn*ic
worth.
h* wh’.espread |»tenc) of course,
(ratifies to a curious »*akne#* in
human nature Ye: there t* this to ,
lie added that if prestige is helpful J
to inferior io'a it 1* equally helpful
tr. superior cn**
Thus, a* -uggestd ty
r* marks. a certain pteatige attache*
:o the title of professor A man who
ian call himself professor la pretty
sure to g«t -vo at(*ntlve hearing,
otn when h-' voices opinions re«* a- I
mg master* of which he knewa
werse ’ban no'hing
On the op (toe i te. if he has opinions
v.orth expressing, 'he prestige of his
•tie Increases the likelihood it-at
ibese opinions will gain acceptance
Here prestige i* Uijnifcstly aUwn
t.igcous to Noviety as well >v to Its
|<iese»e.*c
Again. ;he accident of bir«h in an
'old familv" gives prestige to r.sov
an :gn<smm'is Ikr Also It helps, a
wise mart benefit his fellows ihn his
»isdom
Rerornicing this, we should, how
ever. set ourselves firmly against su<
cumb'.ng to the infineno of pre-Mige
For prestige always mum *'a de
cadent* of self guvernmen 4 —« de
crea.ee of the temperature of intel
| lect in fs or of sentim< nt "
Instead of kow towing io Ptof
Plank and accepting as ciracula r the
utterance-i <f pfuf Ul.it.k simply be
cause thev are utt« red by Prof
illank. our business should be to
;U'igc v hi. le says by It* real mi en-
I ing
| Al«avs we ne-d to be lntellee* ua |.
II independent. Alwsvs we nc*d 10
develop and suck to the habit of
! thinking .'or ourselves Always we
| need to quard against being hyunc
! tice-1 by the prestu* of name, title.
Lank account, or pomp.
Perhaps we never can hope wholh
1 o escape th» influence cf pre. tig*
Put the more we ran escape from it
the more we Insiat on measurin'*;
lien and things bv the measuilng
rod of rea-on the better off we shall
be
. .A ■ i ,i tm a ■ i ■
Anniversaries
177S Uorsrnor Oag* s*nt a <l*-
u> hm>nt r-f soldier* frem P-vstr-n to
to **)«# *om* rsnnr.ii ssld to
b# d*pr**ltr<l th*r*
IS*; —Commodore l,i-« Hopkins,
first e«jni'wafj'lsr-m-rMer cf the Am
»'ir»n nsw. died In Provldeers. R T
Born in Chapumiscook. ft- I . April
:« I*l*
lsi | t'ongres* approprtsted li l * •
dOd to establish ths first naval hos
p.tal in the t nited mates
it«l Msrrlsa# or /*fferson r*avls
snd vttsa Varln* Howstl, Uaughtsr «»f
tv-llurr Burr Howstl.
lUJ—Thoms* Moor# rslsbratsd
Irish no*t. di*d 80-ry to Dublin May
2* IT7*
laA 7 —f o**ph H Williams berams
f..»#rnor r.f Mains in *urr#s*lon to
Isnnihal Hamlin, who had been
•le-ted to ths United htates *»nst#
:s:t— Prslimnarlss or peare be.
tw*#n Franrs and Prussia signsd at
Ver*at|lss
I»7* First steam ferry boat
laun.*h#d on the Thames river. lon*
doo
)*»s—«"onrr#s* passed a law pro
hibiting th# importation of rontrart
laborer#
IS*S vtt# pt#'l s • •*•sinat.on »>r
K'ne <*#orfc of outside of
Athens „ . .
1 >oj T’sris began a fir# days r#|s.
hratl.-n of ths rsntenary of Alctor
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ago today.
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m Cincinnati. H years ag«. today.
BY e*rn«r tn Detroit. • recta a wwak; a law
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offles la Detroit aa second elaaa mall matter.
The Three Laws of Memory
I.—Attention.
BY DPI. FRANK CRANI
(Copyright, 101S. by Frank Crane)
Os memory there are throe laws; Ant,
tho original image is beat remembered
when it makes a lively impression upon
us, arouses our feelings and excitea some
passion, such as fear surprise, disgust or
amazement; second, anew idea or word
is the more easily remembered by con
necting it with some idea or word with
which we are familiar; and. third, things
repeated ofteneat are most clearly re
membered.
The three things to note, then. In cul
tivating the memory art; (1) attention,
(2) connection, and (3) repetition.
I*et us consider the first of these, at
tention.
As this is under control of Ihe will—
that is to say, l can attend a matter or
not. as I please— to memory itself is
shown to be capable of cultivation. I
should not sit down, therefore, hopeless
ly fold my hands, and exclaim, ‘‘Oh. I
have a poor memory!” For if l will set
myself to it I can develop a tenacious
and dependable memory, as surely as one
can develop his muscles by intelligent,
systematic exercise.
See that the object you wish not to
forget ia sharply imprinted, in the first
place, upon your mind.
Practice observation. For instance,
look about you now in this room, then
close your eyes and see how many of the
things it contains you can recall—chairs,
pictures, books, rugs, windows, where lo
cated. what colors and shapes, and other
details. At first you can recollect very
little, but you will be surprised how your
power in this direction will increase.
Pass hy a shop window and see how
much of its contents you can recall. KeF
lar. the magician, told me he had train
ed him elf to the point where he could
reproduce in his mind all of the things In
a show window to the smallest detail.
Professional detectives become very ex
pert in the quick gTasping of every littia
item in the appearance of a room, of a
person or of any object or situation.
Instead of looking long and fixedly at
anything, look once, then look away and
how much you remember; than
again, noting another detail, and bo 00,
a« the mind grasps but one thing clearly
at a time; ten glances at intervals of a
nunute are better than a gaze of ten min
utes. You are, in effect, going back over
; and over again, picking up the details one
i by one and adding them to your first lm
-1 and thus are really using all
three laws, attention, connection, and
repetition.
Use both eye and ear in making tha
first impression vivid. If it is a number,
a telephone number, say “Spring 7953."
-ay it aloud, “Spring seventy-nine eighty
three ” to get the sound of it marked up
on your brain and then write it down,
“Spring 7983,” and look at it, to get the
sight of it imprinted upon you.
Do not try to remember what doas
not particularly interest you and what
you do not deem it worth while to at
tend. Kfticiency in memory, as else
where, is attained by eliminating the so
perfluous.
Do not condemn or depreciate yourielf
because you cannot remember a wnole
page at one reading, or perform similar
freakish feats. Those who possess this
natural aptitude are not, for that reason,
necessarily of clear and strong mental
power. Often their creative and reason
ing faculties are very mediocre.
You do not want to cultivate your
memory so that you can perform tricks
with it. but that it may be useful toward
increasing your efficiency.
This, then, is the first rule of memory:
attention, getting the image distinctly
and accurately frxed at the start.
Another time we will discuss the sec
ond and third laws.
I Laugh With Us
As h* rurefully vArnt*h*<l hi* h*lr he r*-
he«ri»*<l hit »p**erh to “drtr ptpt ".
•H*r I h«ve railed to (ell you, quite frankly,
that your daughter Euphemla
and 1 lore one another and to .
aak for your ronaent to «>ux j o #
marriage 1 am not a rich man, • "
I own. but we are both yming | Tk
and atrong. and willing to /Mg
fight the battle of life to- Lfl iIL &£•
get her, and no on ' V*
It was not until he fated WljJ grf
papa alone that hla collar iwat*— *
grew suddenly light and hia eyesight failed. Ha
took a deep breath and plunged
“Hlr— I—er—1 —er— ahem I frankly come to—ar
um (ell, you quite frankly, that you lovw-that
wa that !• that I love your Uaughtar-«ham!
I- ah have frankly called to- er aak you ta
—er ar- be my wife -that la -er- ahe— wa
er I- no. we are young, and er- win flgbt
|--ab—hope, air. you understand *’
And father did Thai * «he wonderful pan af
WILLIE'S IDEA
"The baby rrtea a lot over at yogr hmiaa.
Willi# "
“Team I guaas he# hatching hia ta»th.”