Show iii ii i UNCO UNCOMMON SENSE I By JOHN BLAKE The Right Kind of a Memory A good memory emory like Jike a a. good name Is bettel better than great riches S B By great riches we mean the kind that can be stored away in banks and safe deposit boxes The other sort of riches inches that can be stowed away ih the brain are ale burglar proof and fireproof and can be made to last a lifetime with care But to have the right right kind of memory one must take good care of it as he would of his investments or his home or 01 hIs hs health Only phenomena who usually I ar are deficient in general intelligence can retain in their I memories everything they have seen or read reid And to do such a a. thing is is not still desirable for only a small per cent of that one reads and sees Is worth remembering at allBut all But there are many things that ought not only to be remembered but to be remembered in Ir detail And the average person can only accomplish this result result by bj constant mental practice It is not necessary to commit to memory the Itne best plays of Shakespeare 5 I S S j But one be richer in wisdom more alert minded but better fitted to cope with the world if it ithe he remembers a great de deal l of what thi this marvel of observation and intelligence stored away between cov covers ers S STo To do that i it is necessary not only to read the themore themore themore more important plays plays' once but to give them a second reading immediately after fter the first and thereafter to read them over once or twice a year This is not so difficult as it sounds A Shakespeare play may be read In in th three ee hours B By reading one every two or three weeks the wisdom of the greatest writer of all time will soon soon be transferred transferred trans trans- ferr d to the memory an and retained there The same is tru of many great books a few of which which but but only a few few are are works of fiction The man who is s well wen read who is familiar with with- the works of the great men of all ages is sure to have a superior mind I And even if if it is not the kind of an art acquisitive mind which can qan an pile up a fortune it can at least store away awa the material upon which happiness feeds and happiness is the most valuable of all riches He He- who reads and rereads books till tm he knows and understands the author and can and can close his eyes and repeat the finer passages will never fail of satisfaction and contentment no matt matter r where he hema ma may be placed fAnd t f tAnd And he who in his business makes makes makes-a point of I carryIng earning in his mind all that he cannot find readily in reference works is far better equipped than the owner pf Pt a mind from which everything leaks as water leaks leak from a defective tank It is useless to store the memory with general information of a kind kin that can be found without trouble But to dwell well on great experiences to remember I something of the world you vou have seen to be able be-able able to lo the beautiful roads you hav hay taken that taken that Is s wealth I H However wever even the the most alert mind quickly I forgets unless the things worth remembering are called up often orten from the depths of the mind and dwelt on again an and again I This ma may call for 01 effort but th the effort will win be richly rewarded I I Copyright 1924 by the B Bell Syndicate Inc me Inc I |