Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1911 — Tricks of the Memory. [ARTICLE]

Tricks of the Memory.

"Confound it all!” cried a broker, "I’ve forgotten my new telephone number. I didn't write it down because that’s an indication of mental weakness." "What about forgetting the number?" said the other man. "Isn’t that mental weakness, too? Is lt v the number of your home phone?” "Yes." “Then why not call up your wife and ask her what it is?” And without the slightest hesitation the forgetful man called up the forgotten number and asked his amazed wife what it was.