Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-05-27 | Page 6 | Let's Explore Your Mind

Lets Let's Explore Your Mind By Albert Edward Wiggam D. D Sc Se JAEN C yio yi o lE I Ir r 6 v 1 2 4 S r S BURNING BAD Bo BOOKS DECREASE THEIR i sal Jh 1 S Y f I YOU WANT AP O IT BETTE TO IT IN 15 w OR A WHoLE Irr YOUR ON OD 3 Answer to Question No 1 They like women with a sense of humor but not the witty ones especially if the witty woman shoots her darts at them Wit practically always points out the theother theother theother other fellows fellow's defects and makes sport of his shortcomings The victim tries to be a good sport and join in the laugh but it hurts just the same and makes him dislike the woman I I know several several several sev sev- eral witty women who have wisecracked themselves out of ofa a perfectly good husband Humor often warms a friendship into marriage but wit often freezes a prospective husband husband or or nd-or or even one that has been cinched Answer to Question No 2 2 I have no exact figures on books but the the famous picture September Morn was sold to a lithographer who was about bankrupt because the copies had no sale sate A reporter induced Anthony Anthony An An- thony C Comstock the vice crusader crusader cru cru- sad r to organize a campaign against it and apparently reliable reports say the lithographer sold at a 1 1 apiece I think that is the usual result with banning banning banning ban ban- ning books it books it rouses the curiosity curiosity curiosity cu cu- cu- cu of people who find out just how bad they are Of course I thing librarians should exercise discretion in placing certain books in the hands of the general public but usually they have the wisdom to do this quietly If a book gets a bad reputation it is likely to cause a run on it Answer to Question No 3 Most experiments favor the whole method but Psychologist Knight Dunlap thinks it depends on whether the entire material is closely knit together on one theme theme- also on how long it Is If it is too long or does not stick to the same subject throughout he thinks the section section sec see tion method the best This sounds sensible and indicates i that if you have to memorize apolitical a n political speech you had better take It in sections since one paragraph usually contradicts the next Protected 1940 by John F. F Dille Co 1