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fi 4 Page Teaching Old New York '2"-.5"~ ing and Instruetive Story by Marguerite Mooers Marshall on This Girl With a Camera Mind Acts All Parts in 30 Plays Yet Never Studied One All a Case of Good Memory Wot Only Can Gay McLaren Repeat Every Line but She Can Mimic Every Character After Seeing Play Few Times. By Fay Stevenson. Copyright, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co. (Tho New York Evening World.) AVE you a poor memory? Do you have trouble ig recalling the exact words of Mrs. Jones about Mrs. Smith at thefiast bridge party? Do you find that you have ifioujty in remembering what Mr, Jones taid to Mr. Smith at that last business conference? If you do, listen to the story of Gay MacLaren, “the girl with the wonderful memory.” Mias MacLaren can attend @ play four or five times and produce the whole show from fhe leading actor or actress right down to the bellboy or door keeper. She can take the part of forty different char- ecters in a play and repeat word for word with the same gestures and the same intona- @ions everything that was gat And, mind you, she never wees the book or manuscript of any play in her raproduc- ons. “Please don’t tell me that memory is only a matter of woncentration,” I said to Miss Maclaren as we talked over Der unusual ability to mem- orize at het New York resi- @ence, No. 39 Hast 57th Street. “That concentration theory has been rather over-played. ®urely you must have some ether method which perhaps may aid the tired business man or the fatigued society fady to recall many incidents word for word.” Mies MacLaren’s keen gray eyes enapped as she shook her head in disapproval of that horrible word c-0-n-c-e-n- t-r-a-t-l-o-n. “To tell a man or @ woman fo concentrate when they are trying to remember some- thing which seems apparent- ty host in the brain is just literally freezing the idea,” she replied. “Try- to think of the cold, bare thought Just word for word becomes impos- gible. If I were to try to think of ‘what John Barrymore or some act- ress whom I was imitating mid in Just 90 many words I simply couldn't jo it, My memory is not a matter of concentration at all, but a series of mental pictures. “I have to ettend a play at least four or five tives,” continued Miss MacLaren, “before I can reproduce it Just as it is, But not once do I try to make mywelf think, ‘How the lead- ing woman said this or the little bell- boy said that.’ Instead I take a men- tal picture. “If, for instance, I wanted to re- call what I am saying to you now, I wouldn't try to get the line of our thought first. I would think of where you sat, what you wore, how your bag ‘hung limply on your arm and perhaps the fact that you dropped your glove. ‘Then, with that mental Picture, our conversation would come te me. In a few minutes 1 would Dave the whole thing word for word.” “Phen if a business man would re- call his last conference, If he would Picture where the various members Bat, what they wore, whether Jones needed a haircut or Smith wore an excuptionally guy cravat, you think that in time the exact conversat.on would come before ‘his mind?” 1 esked. “{ am quite sure it would,” said Mise MacLaren. “You will find th: the peopie with the best Ways have that keen ab mental piciures. The 1 Just a maiter of words. All t that ong is listening to thoughts fdean the eyes wre taking in a vast Rumber of details, Concentration would naturally push all these de- tails away. But let the mind go time back over the associations and sit tions which all took place right the time, what you want to remem- ber happened, and it will all come to you like @ flash.” “Did you have an especially good memory when you were a child?" I asked Miss MacLaren. “L always had a good imagination @nd managed to tmitate all the peo- ple I met,” ehe laugh: lived in South Dakota and I used to love to imitate the Southern women calling g@heir children. I knew all these Neighbors’ special accents and meth- ods of getting their chiiren to din- ner, so I had great pleasure in fool- ing, them. “Then my mother used to read to me and I would repeat the story word for word, using all her intonatt @nd_ pausing wherever she h “Of course I can’t tell others how to acquire a good memory,” c@n- cluded this girl with a wonderful memory, “but I can only say that if J were to recall certain events at, @ny time of my life, a number or an important date, 1 would close my eyes and recall the mental picture whigh was portrayed to me at that time. The people who took part In this picture would first appear and Shen would folow what they sald.” SHE SIMPLY CAN'T FORGET! ~~ SHOPPING HINTS. HE shoe buckle ts in danger TP of being ostracized from society's evening footgear. There are the cutest little ostrich tips, only two or three inches long, that are now being offered as ornaments for the metallic, satin, brocade or fabric evening shoe. These tiny feathers should match the gown, and come in rose, jade, blue, pink, &e. Two of the feathers are fastened together n the centre and the curled edges gracefully fall toward the sides of he slipper. COURTSHIP <I IN IQ * MADDIAGE BY BETTY VINCENT ty the Press P Conpright, 1921, ukainbing Thi New’ York, Bening Word.) os ar MISS VINCENT: Please tell me how | can get prop- erly introduced to a young lady whom | have merely introduced myself to. Her mother thinks that we should be properly introduced be- fore our friendship gocs any fur ther. U, S. 8. OKLAHOMA." 4 ve you a uiutual friend whe do this for you? If not, get seme responsible person to write ¢ letter of in on recommending your character. “Dear Miss Vincent: | am a stenog- raphor, cightcen years o.d, and lov. @ young man two years my senior dearly. We are looking forward to a happy future, but owing to an asci- dent which caused my syitor a broken leg ho has had expenses which wili not permit me to exp.ct my ring. As it is he finds a way to come and see me, but when it comes 10 or 10.30 1y parents send in word it is time me to say ‘Good-night’ Now Miss Vincent, don't you think | should haves more liberties al REGGY these lines? Since you are but eigiteen | it would be wise for you to respec your parents’ wishes. It seems to me that 10 or 10.80 ought to be long gn for you to entertain your If ygu wish more time to- gother, why not have him call earlier? Vincent: Having been through death and a wish homey girl who is friendl this big city. Don't you could cheer some girl's life b: this step? LON I do not believe you will have to look far for a@ lonely little city girl, are many such gins in this big city who would be very glad to TECJARR TAMMIE BY ROY L.MscARDELL ‘6 HBRB do you get these eges?” asked Mr. Jarr, as he ceased operations on the one in his “egg cup. “Thia is the third bad one I have had thts week. I don't like to find fauit, but you should pay g little attention to what you are buying, really!” “I do pay a great deal ef attention to what I buy, and a great deal of money, too,” replied Mra. Jarre “And -f you don’t ke the way I run the house" —— “Iam not criticising anything but this egg,” said Mr. Jarr mildly, “It appears all right to me," Mrs. Jarr remarked, “It's your imagina- tion.” “Does my imagination taste musty?” asked Mr. Jarr. “Well, if it Isn't your imagination it is indigestio: “I know what you went over to that man Rangle’s house last night for. It was to taste some of those concoc- t:ons he makes he calle ‘home-brew.’ That man has poisoned you, and it serves you right!® . This was a delicate eubject and Mr. Jagr ignored it. “Am I a serf or a sldve that I should get three bad exgs ® week and not be allowed to gaya word?” he asked. “Those eggs are not bad,” replied Mrs. Jarr. “Muller, the grocer, tells me he gets them from the me farmer he has been getting them¥rom for, the Past three years.” “Then this is from th bought!” growled Mr. Jarre /°t fie “Anything to please you,” said ; Jarr. “There are some chops in the ice box. Shall I have Gertrude cook you one?” “Do you think I could eat anything now after encountering that gg, gosh blame it?” asked Mr. Jarr, At these words Mrs. Jarr remarked that she was glad the children were not present to hear him carrying on, and rose as though to leave the table. “Sit down,” said Mr. Jarr, “What are you upt about? You didn't get the antique egg.” “No,” remarked Mrs. Jarr, with the air of a martyr, “I didn’t get a bad egg, but I got a husband”"—. “Who turned out a bad egg?" Mr, Jarr interrupted to inquire. “Now sit down, old lady, and don't let us fuss so early in the new year, Gimme some coffee, and the least sald about the egg the better.” “The least said about a lot of things the better!” whimpered Mrs. , Jarr, “It's easy enough for you to spoil the day for me and then go downtown and leave me with a smile.” “Sure I'll leave you with a smile, that is I'l smile and you'll smile. This won't be Heartbreak House, like the Shaw play.” “And that reminds me, you promised to take to the theatre this week,” said Mrs. Jarr. “I don't sup- pose you'll do it now that you are sick and cross after drinking that man Rangle's vile home-made com- pounds, Some one should inform th authorities that he is running a dis- tillery.” “Then there would be two Heart- break Houses,” sald Mr. Jarr, “Gee. rather than that I'll eat the ancient es ‘And he would have done so if Mrs, Jarr hadn't laughed at him and taken it away, And thus, ever and anon, do the clouda roll up and roll by in the Jarr menage. Why Can 7 They Lift Him? ~_- ae roth ener To jonny SA AND LE BOULANGER, Here is Johnny Ceulon again—the wonderful athlete whose powers were recently explained on this page, He is illustrating his famous trick, in which, by touching a man with two being moved. desert their desks for a comfortable ig man Le tanger, Eu- home and a man with your ideals, vopean weight liftirig champion, 4 ’ sited ncn MERA | ea at ac iN m dati ew eN saa ” Mrs. Jarre remarked. < Can You Beat It! WONDERFUL HAIR | SEE THE ADORABLE, — el Co. ‘York Brening World), re ng Fewer Clothes, Who Should Know—On This SEE THE BEAUTIFUL. FACE ! PERSONALITY IN HANDWRITING | It Is Just as Full of Character as Your Walking or Tone of Voice. HOW me how you write and from such features ag the size of I will tell you what you are,” W" says Albert J. Smith, author f its slope, lines and the thickne: he spacing of words and line: of the stroke; ; the of “Applied Graphology.” which ex- capital jetters, punctyation marks, plains through handwriting. “Handwriting,” he declares, outward manifestation of one’s per- jing, 8 and it is fully as "is the charac- character flourishes, signatures; connected or disconnected lett af the down strokes the character the irregularity, evenness or wavy quality of the base His book is published by the Gregg teristic ag one’s manner of walking Publishing Company, and is 30 or handwriting are intérpretable. reflects some trait or quality.” Smith forms his Ambitious, NEW YORK NOTES treatment was given to 698,835 persons in New York pully maintained, This ts 100,00¢ re than the population of Rhode According to statistics compiled by the general passenger a the Long Island Railroad, 29 582 persons were handled by railroads, ferries and tubes which connect Manhattan with the trunk line railroads with New Jersey during the calendar year, He estimated the in and out movement of people during 1919 at 250,000,000, Queens is about the same size as Manhattan and Brooklyn together, but has only about one-ninth of their total population, according to in clearly written and illustrated that Each any one can learn from it how to analyze the handwriting of his judgments friends, Here are some examples and what they show, according to Mr. Smith: Shinplicity, lack of tact and unemo- ie ChtuneZ ? Ae rand tratl Neatness, precision, carefulness, good business instincts G fing prmstit hp ae Sumit, face Mr Gucdarer- 4) tenacity of purpose, dis- -—-- 3 de ATO wis ’ AeyeTlat — Otay Wor Signities koen Intellect with an acute perception. athe’, The Anmt Vrocrastinating; cannot be depended pon, ww add Ue AcaxY Whe ff vets? B Be Careful, cautious and unimaginati exact. accowplick Prudent, careful, reticent and dis- criainating. ——S—_— es Opera Stories At a Glance ovr 1001, by thy Pree Publishing Os, (The New Yor Evouing World.) No. 13—Massenet’s ‘Werther.’ Charlotte, the oldest of several children, has taken care of the fam- ily since the death of her mother several years before. At the wish of the mother, she became betrothed to Albert, who now has been away on & trip for six months. To-night she is going to a ball with her cousin, Werther, who greets her with a kiss when they meet. After they have fone Albert returns, wondering whether his betrothed still loves him after his long absence, Charlotte's young sister assures him of her fidel- ity, When Charlotte and Werther re- turn from the ball Werther passion- ately declares his love, and asks for her hand. At that moment the girl's father annougces Albert's re- turn, Charlotte tells Werther sadly that she must marry Alfred, but solely because of the promise made to her mother. “It you keep that promise 1 shall " eres the youth, Three months jater Charlotte and Albert are man and wife. She has kept her promise and married, even though she did not love her hus Albert knowa that Werther ik wife, but truets him implicitly, Char lutte asks Werther not to try to see er again until Christmas Day. The girl is at home alone, She thinks only of her lover and wonders how she could have sent him away from her, Suddenly Werther appears and a passionate love scene follows. After he has left her Alfred comes in and notices that his wife is greatly agitated. A servant brings a note to Alfred from Werther, who begs the loan of some pistols ay he is going on a long journey. Albert gives them to 4 servant. Charlotte has a territie presenti- ment and follows the servan' as soon ap she can get away. When she reaches her lover's apartment she finds him dying. She stretches out her arms to him, and as he clasps her wijdly she makes happy his last mo- ments by telling him that she has loved him from the moment when they Grst met. r ait ti FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1924 More Virtue—Sounds It, but This fs the Claim of One Odd, Dooen't tira vote te Yack breaine Wels ies 66] SEE by the papers,” sald Popy ] ple, the Shipping Clerk, “that Governor, has seven daughters.” 4... “{ thought it was nine,” replied Miss Primm, Private Secretaty to the Boss. “Feminine, you mean,” suggested Bobbie, the Office Boy, with @ grin. “Bobbie,” snapped Miss Primm, 4. she wirled around in her Ghajt. “aren't you beginning the new year badly? Why not give up olf jokes, © this year?” “Yes,” said Popple. “Cut Ike I do.” nt “Which funny papers do you out yours out of?” asked the boy. “Gwant Any jokes L spring 1 make up.” > “Miss Tillle makes up, too,” suge gested Bobbie, us Miss Tillle, the blonde stenographer,’ was furious. “That'll do for you,” kid!” she said. “I, may be commit, * but I ain't that bad.” . Ken “Not as bad ay you're paintéd,” ent 7 Miss Primm just had to chuckie, “My, my!” she eatd. “The boy surely is quick-witted.” wis “Yes, like the time he once asked you if it was true George Washites” ton held you on his knee!” 9 t she terrible?” snorted Mise Primm. “Ladies! Ladies!” came from Robs” bie. “Calm yourselves or you'll be. ulling off each other's false hair that ould—" " hs minute!” ‘Wait a "i grange Tile. “My hair “And neither is mine,” sald rime. Pirnen we'd better switeh the sub- ’ chuckled Bobble. a | sect going to get, that doy trade ferred to the soap department,” said. the Private Secretary. Otis. "At that point Mr, nooks, the Bob, eame in. “Oh, Mn Snooks,” aaid bg Pri “Don't you thick you ought to Bobbie a place in the soap rae ae eee Tonite suman Ie? * ou settee on but finally decided vou, boogie is8 him too much. ing to let him atay here and hin pay.’ ‘Boss continued on into his pri k ig) he door. haere vate office and closed t was thick fo ga for a moment. Thy " ‘thanke von Miss Primm!” he a. i Son't thank me,” she replied with. vigor born of anger. “I won't it. I'd take pleasure in, right here in this room.” | ob “I thought you didn't want e hanging e@round here,” said mf fm he made a hasty exit. ONE WAY o* 40™88. JOB » T3888 : Copyricht, 1921, by the Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) URING’ the last few days the employment departments throughout thé city have been crowded with people seeking posi- tions, I talked with several of these ‘workers, One young woman eaid to me, “I cannot understand why I lost my, last position. I had been there fo four years and it seems wrong that I should have been laid off when @ girl who has only been there a. year was permitted to keep her job. It is all very unjust and I think you ought to write something about it,” she urged me. i I went into the matter and I fouad the facts. They were these: mT is quite true the girl was @ fairly good worker and had gone along doing her daily work as she ‘was told, She was an average worker and filled her position well during ail the four years. The new girl, however, came into the office and not only did the work she was told to do wut studied the Job and started ways and means to change things a bit-—to better them. Hefore long she had a little sys- tem established in her office whereby she could find things at a moment's notice, and was in close touch with everything that had come under her cure Her employer, though a very busy man, could not help secing the differ- ence, and when the slow season came along and @ period of retrenchment in this industry was necessary, per- sons who meant most in the daily work of the organization were kept, and the others were discharged. Now this girl, who had seemingly done hor work, thought she was very much “alvused” when her services were no longer required, In a natural order of things one would say that when you have gone along in a smooth, easy way and you have had no criticism you had made yourself secure, and therefore you #hould not worry about your job, ‘This is all very well when there is po competition. You may get along without criticism, yet this does not mean that you always do your best or have given your best at all times, As @ wise soul has said, “It say nothing, be nothing.” This young woman discharged wil” “But 1 did all [ wae told to do and never failed on anythiriie; therefore what more could one ex~ ect of me . In other words, she will insist that she has been obedient and ee to through with the work it was allotted to her. The other girl, who was ki in the position, however, did more than this. + She was not satisfied with having « the job but she wanted to make {t+ better, She filled a want, but wanted . to fill it to the full. As Bacon has said, “A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.” So the young woman acted accordingly, She looked ahead. She wanted to make herself neoss- @ary to that office. “ad «She brought to it not only the api; of willingness to do everything ‘ was presented to her but she in- sisted on developing her oppoftunity. That ts to say, she so acted as to make herself in time to come almost indispeneable, which is the case with many such workers, ou They are hiring such people instegd of firing them. = is one reason why a worker of seeming experience is find ing himself or herself without am: ployment. ‘They have not made the beat of their opportunities, QUESTIONS, 1. What is the most northern point of Great Britain? 2. In what South American hai 4 is the great voloane Cotopaxi looa' 3. at American electrician foonded @ university at ithaca, * 4. What Greek astronomer ranged the signs of the Zodi 6. What ythological ferry the Whe region, at name is given to a f the earth \neloase between t parallels of latitude’ te ANSWERS, Cast Dunnet Head; Eouador; 8°

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