Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1913 — Power of Smell. [ARTICLE]

Power of Smell.

If, when you went to school as ■ child, you carried a tin lunch box which often contained, let us say, some gingerbread and sandwiches and perhaps an apple. It is worth while to take a tariff at such a box again, now It is surprising how this simple experiment may recall the patter of long-forgotten feet and the memory of childish voices that startle over the long lapse of yean. These flashes of memory aided by smell are wonderful. Through smell we achieve a sense of the past; the secret members of the mind are aroused to life and memory. What a pity that we waste this talent!