Motion Picture Classic (Jan-Aug 1919)

How We Improved Our Memory In One Evening The Amazing Experience of Victor Jones and His Wife / “Of course I place you! Mr. Addison .^inis of .‘Seattle. ‘'If 1 remember ccjrrectly — and I do remember correctly Mr. Burroughs, the lumberman, introdticed me to you at the luncheon of the Seattle Rotary Club three years ago in May. This is a pleasure indeed. I haven’t laid eyes on you since that day. How is the grain business? And how did that amalgamation work out?” The assurance of this speaker -iri the crowded corridor of the Hotel McAlpin — compelled me to turn and look at him, though 1 must .say it is not my usual habit to “listen in” even in a hotel lobby. “He is David .\I. Roth, the most famous memory ex])ert in the United Sttilcs,” said my friend Kennedy, answering my (|uestion before 1 could get it out. “He will sIkjw you a lot more svoitdcrful things tiian tliat, before tlie evetiing is over.” And lie did. \s wo wont into llio liaii'niol room tlie loastniasler was introducing a long line of the guests (o Mr. Roth. I got iu line ami when it came my turn .Mr. Roth asked, “W Init are your initials. .Mr. Jones, and your htisiness connection and teleidiom numlier?” W’lis he asked tliis, I icarmd later, uhen he picked out from the crowd the men he had met two hours hifore ami called each hy name without a mistake. \\ hat is more he named each man''husincss and udeiihone nnmher, for good meas\u'('. f won't tell \on all the oiliet amazing tilings till' man did esceid to tell liow he called liack, without a minute’s hesitation, long lists of nuniher', hank clearings, jirices, lot munhers. [larcel po't rates and an\ thing cKe tlie guests gaci him in rapid order. \N hi-ii 1 5iKl Mr. Ur»t)i wliicli ymi iiia\ he suii' j I ilid tin: fn'st »*ham*r I ^'*1 lu ratlu-r ImiwIiiI kk* civcr j liv sayitiy*:. in his inodv'-l ^\a\; ' “'riu re jictliitiK niiraculnu.'i .ilamt niy t'■.•lnc•Inl)erin^^ 'Hiylliiiiji I want lo rcmfinifcr, whotInT it iic nani(<, larps, facts nr sninilhii.ji' 1 iiavc read in a niaj^a/iiie, ’“V'ln cijti tin this just as easil.v as 1 dt\. .\n>nno wiOi an awr.'i^'c iniinl can learn itnirl'l) to tin exactly tin•»anie thinj^s which scent so niiriu nl"ns ulien I do them.'* ’‘M\ M\\ n nK’inory,” c(nitinne<l Mr. Unlh, “w.is 'ni^inallv \er\ faulty, ^^‘s, it wa< a really ir.ttunn'v, * )n jiieetiuK a man I wotild li»se his niinic ill ihirty '(■comls, while n'»w there ata pi’oh.tldy lO.DttO jiicn atnl women in tiu I’nited States, many of whotn f have mol hut onec, ulntse names I can e;iM itistantlv on meetlne fhem.” “Thai is all riKht fur )<ni. Mr. Rnth.” I Milerrupttd, ”>ou haM mven years to it. lint Imw ahout nie^*' “Mr. Jones.” ho replied, “I can teach vnn the Mcr'.l ol a Kood mentnry iti one evening. I'his fs n>*t .a KUes.s, iu-caitse 1 have «!one it with thousands of pupils. In the hrst ot seven simple lessons wliii h I h:i\e prepared for home study I show you the basic principle of my whole system and you will find it — not hard work as you might fear— but just like playing a fascinating game. I will prove it to you.” He flidn’t have to prove it. His Course did; I got it the very next day from his publishers, the IiKlepcnd* cut Corporation. When I tackled the first lesson T was surjiriscd to find that I had learned — in ahout one hour — how to remember a list of one hundred woials so that T cotild call them off forward and hack without a single mistake. ’I'hat first lesson stuck. And so did the other six.^ Read this letter from C. Louis Allen, who at ?>2 years became Tiresidcnt of a million dollar corporation, the Pvrenc Alanufacturing Company of Xcw York, makers I'f the famotis fire extinguishers: ‘■N«>w tluit the lliith Memorj’ Uinjrsc Is finished, 1 warn !«► tril y()u how mueJi 1 liave enjoyed the study • ►f till's most faselmulng t*sually these emirs<>H involve a >4Teat deiil of dnnlgery, but tlii.s has I'.eeii pun* pleasure all the wa.v through. I have • Uriveil much t»eiu‘rtt fnmi taking the course of in and feel that 1 sliall eonlliuje to streiigtlieii niy ineruory. Tliat is th«‘ best part of it. I .shall Iw gla<l of an nppfirlunity to recommend your w<»rk to my frt(*nds. Mr. Allen didn’t put it a bit loo strong. The Kolb Course is priceless. 1 can absolutely conn! on tuy nu'uiory now. 1 can call the u.ame of most any m.Mu j have met before — and 1 am getting better all the time, 1 can remember any figures F wish to remember, rekphone numbers come to my miinl in.stantly, once J have filed them by Mr. Roth’s easy rnetltod. Street .i«l<lrcsses are just as easy. • Tlie fdd fear of forgetting (you know what that is) has vanished. I used to he “scareil stiff” on my feet — because I wasii't .vnrr. 1 couhln’t r'-memher what 1 wanted to .<ay. Xow I am sure of myself, and confident, and “easy .•IS an old shoe” when 1 get on m> feet at ihc club, or at a han<pu't. or in a business nu'cting, or in any soci',.1 g.ailiving. rerh.'ip'^ the most enjoyaldc pai't of it nil is that I have heemne a good conversalton.’iHsl — and J usc'i t j l*c as silent as ;i sidiinx when I yot into a crowfl of oeoplf w ho knew things. Now I ean rail up like a Hash of lightning most any fact I want right at the msiant 1 ne< d it nios', 1 used to iliink a “hair trigger” memory belonged onh to me pro/ligy and genius. Now 1 si’e that e\i-ry man of us ii;m that kind of a memory if he ''nl> knows how to make it w <uk right. I tell \on It is a wonderful thing, aftci groping aroniul in ?lie ti.’trk foi so tnany years, to l*e able to switch the big soarchlight on your mind ami sec instantly everything \on want to r( member. This Roth C nirse will do wonders in vour office. Since we took it up you never hear anyotic in ni-r idiiee sav “I guess” or “I think if w.as a!-out so much” or “I foVget that right now” or “1 can’t remember” or “F must look up his name.” Xow the\ are right tliere with the answer like a shot. Have you ever heard of ‘'Multigr:ii)h” Leal name H. (). .'’•'uiith, Division .M;inager of the Multigraph S.'iles ( oinpany. l.id., in Mimtrt.'d. Here is just a hit from a letter ‘»f his that I saw last week: •'llire U ilie I'hiile lliiiif; in a mit^hell. Mr. Itotli a inest n unu Meiiiory Ucuu'^e. 1' slMit>le, and easy a falliuK "If a l‘>« Vit witli one hour a da.v ot lu'ai'l U'«', anyone I ilon'r eari v»lio be is «‘an iiiii>ro\e )ii-i nieiiion inn per itiu in a u'<-{ k ;uid loon ju r t'l.nt in si,\ iiionihs.’' .\1 \ advice to .vni is don’t wait amdlier minute, .^end to Indepemlcnt ('orporation TiU' Mr. Roth’s amazing course and .'^ee wh;it a vvomlerful metnory yon have gnU N'oiir dividends in ii:ci\''iSi.'d luviiiiif/ /'otcer will he enormous. \'I( T( )R JONKS What the Course Did For Mrs. Jones Mr. .Iiiii.s tells us. tlic Kr.tli .\Uiiu;ry jusl .-IS 'wi.iulcrlul tluMi-.s for Mrs. .fonos. l-'roin ( onrse . . ^ . She Ix camo faseinjiU<l with ih" les-ous the first evening she could get them avvav frou' her husband, and be -X forced to admit that fioi only <iid she learn the maeie kev words more (jiiiekly tiiid easily than ho <lid-*-but 50 dill (iencvie\ i‘, their t w tdv e-year old dauglitcr. iUit the fun of learning w'a.s only the beginning. In a few days ^trs. Jones was amazed to sec hew her newly acquired power to remember the countless things she had to remember simplified her life. The infinite detailof housekeeping smoolhevl themselves out wonderfully. She was surprised how much more time she bad for recreation — because she rememhered easily and autoTnatically her many duties at the time they should be !« membered. And when evening came she missed much the old “tired feeling” and was fresher than she hadt been in years. At her clui> she became a leader because her fell nw members could count on her to conduct club matters with a clear head and in o 'tIv procedure. In her social life Mrs. Jonvs began to win a pO])nlarit> that she had never dreamed of attaining. The reason was easy to understand — because she never forgot a name or face once she was introduced — and this als-' made her a successful hostess — much to the wonder ot her friends. In short. Mrs. Jones, in developing her own perfectly good memory, discovered a secret of su>. cess not only in housekeeping, but in lier social life. Xow we understand the Roth Memory Idea 1*1 goi’u like wildfire among Mrs. Jones’ friends — for she has Iv*. them into her secret. Read the following letter from Mrs. Eleanor IMiillips, State Chairman of the Tennessee Woman'Liberty Loan Committee: ' 'KueliTM'il plca.so fliul check for ?•'» for Menjoo Uourse fi»rvva.r(l<'«l me. This eoui'se. to iiiy mind, 1^^ lip* most woudi-iful thing of Its kiiul I have ever hoard r.f. aiul eome.s to lumd at a llmv when 1 »uHMi it ifroatiy. “.Vs uhainniui for the Stato of Toiinos.seo t'jir \V( iiuiu's kilH-rly I.oaii ('oinmittoo. it is voi-y noe.e.ssary for mo lo romoinl)or the namos of thou.sands <»f womon, and with tho very little aonuaintiuioo 1 hav.Iia<l with your wondoiful eour>o 1 find mv monj(»r.v jjronlly stronglhonod. I fool .sure that after havin« o«aiiplotcti tin* oourso 1 will l>o able tu know ni.\ womoii Hinl tho oountlos thoy ai-o fre.m tho minnii* 1 Hoo thorn. *’ Send No Money •So confident is the Independent Corporation, tho publishers of the Roth Memory C ourse, that once you have an opportunity to see in your own home how eas> it is to improve your memory ])o\ver in n. few short hours, that they are willing to .<end the course on free examination. Don’t send any money. .Merelv mail the cnu)>on ‘ t* write a letter anil the complete course will be sent, all charges preiiald, at once. If you are not entirely sati> lied, send it back any time within five days after yon receive it and you will owe nothing. < In the other hand, if you are as ideased a.s are ti;*lliou'^aiuls of other men and women who have used th<course, sen<l only $5 in full iiayment. ^’ou take no ri^k an<l you have everything to gain, so mail the eoui'on now iK'fore this rcmarkahle offer is withdrawn. FREE EXAMINATION BLANK Independent Corporation DIVISION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION Dept. R-542 119 West 40tli St.. New York /’iil'iisliciw of Tin / }ii!, t'cniloiil t.nu! I lur ‘'rr's H'rohiy} "Ihc Most Siitisfiiclory li'iir iii .horricC I'K'iisc 'cii'l me llie Rotli Meniimj ( 'Uiv'e nt -rMu Iccsuns. I will liiher reinail the etnir.-r l.i '‘iii wit'"i. li\*e .lay? .-(fter its receipt or send ym Li.hcss .M I'. > lass