Judge — December 1934 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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“Of course I place you! Mr. Ad- dison Sims of Seattle. f I remember correctly—and I do remember correctly—Mr. Burroughs, the lumberman, introduced 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? How did that merger work out?” The assurance of this speaker—in the crowded corridor of the Hotel St. Regis—compelled me to look at him, though it is not my habit to “listen in” even in a hotel lobby. “He is David M. Roth, the most fa- mous memory expert in the United States,” said my friend Kennedy, an- swering my question before I could get it out. “He will show you a lot more wonderful things than that, be- fore the evening is over. And he did. As we went into the banquet room the toastmaster was introducing a long line of the guests to Mr. Roth. I got in line and when it came my turn, Mr. Roth asked, "What are your initials, Mr. Jones, and your business connection and” telephone number?" Why he asked this, I learned later, when he picked out from the crowd the 60 men he had met two hours before and called each by name without a mi: take. What is more, he named each man’s business and telephone number. I won't tell you all the other amazing things this man did except to tell how he called back, without a minute's hesitation, long lists of numbers, bank clearings, prices, parcel post rates ‘and anything else the guests gave him in rapid order. seeee FREE EXAMINATION COUPON WALTER J. BLACK, Inc., Dept. 1212, 2 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. Please send me, in a plain container, the Roth Memory Course of seven lessons. 1 will either remail the course (0 you within five days after its receipt of send you $3.50 in full payment. Name Addre How I Improved My Memory In One Evening The Amazing Experience of Victor Jones When I met Mr. Roth—which you may be sure I did the first chance I” got—he rather bowled me over by saying, in his quiet, modest way: “There is nothing miraculous about my remembering anything I want to remem- ber, whether it be names, faces, figures, facts, or something I have read. "You can do this as easily as 1 do. Any- one with an average mind can learn quickly to do exactly the same things which seem so miraculous when I do them. “My own memory,” continued Mr. Roth, “was originally very faulty. Yes it was—a really poor memory. On meeting a man I would lose his name in thirty seconds, while now there are probably 10,000 men and women in the United States, many of whom I have met but once, whose names I can call instantly on meeting them.” “That is all right for you, Mr. Roth,” I interrupted, “you have given years to it. But how about me?” “Mr. Jones," he replied, “I can_ teach you the ‘secret of a good memory in one evening. This is not a guess, because I have done it with thousands of pupils. In the first of seven simple lessons which I have 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 fasci- nating game. I will prove it to you.” He didn’t have to. His Course did; I got it the next day from his publishers. When I tackled the first lesson, I sup- pose I was the most surprised man in forty- cight States to find that I had learned— about one hour—how to remember a list ‘of one hundred words so that I could call them off forward and back without a sin- gle mistake. That lesson stuck. So did the other six. Read this letter from one of the most famous trial lawyers in New York: “May I take occasion to state that I te gard your service in giving this system to. the world a3 3 public benctaction, ‘The won derful simplicity of the method, and the ease wb which its principles may be acquired, Especially appeal to me. I may add that I already had occasion to test the effectiveness Of the first (wo lessons in the preparation for trial of ap important action in which 1 am about to engage.” This man didn’t put it a bit too strong. The Roth Course is priceless! I can count on my memory now. I can call the name of any man I have met before—and I keep getting better. I can remember any figures I wish to remember. Telephone numbers come to mind instantly, once I have filed them by Mr. Roth’s easy method. The old fear of forgetting has vanished. I used to be “scared stiff” on my feet— because I wasn't sure. I couldn't remem- ber what I wanted to say. 30 Now I am sure of myself, confident, and “easy as an old shoe” when I get on my feet at the club, at a banquet, in a business meeting, of in any social gathering. The most enjoyable part of it all is that Tam now a good conversationalist—and 1 used to be as silent as a sphinx when I got into a crowd of people who knew things. Now I can call up like a flash of light ning most any fact I want right at the instant I need it most. I used to think a “hair trigger” memory belonged only to the prodigy and genius. Now I see that every man of us has that kind of a memory if he knows how to make it work. I tell you it is a wonderful thing, after groping around in the dark for so’ many years to be able to switch the big search- light on your mind and see instantly every- thing you want to remember. This Roth Course will do wonders in your office. Since we took it up you never hear any- one in our office say “I guess” or “I think it was about so much” or “I forget that right now” or “I can't remember" or “l must look up his name.” Now’ they are right there with the answer—like a shot. Here is just a bit from a letter of a well-known sales manager up in Montreal: “Here is the whole thing in a outsell: Mr. Roth has a most remarkable Memory Course. It is simple, and easy as falling off a log. Anyone—I don't care who he is—can improve his Memory 100% in a week and 1,000% in six months,”* My advice to you is don't wait another minute. Send for Mr. Roth's amazing course and see what a wonderful memory you have got. Your dividends in increased power will be enormous. VICTOR JONES. Send No Money So confident are the publishers of the Roth Memory Course that you will be amazed to see how easy it is to double, yes, triple your memory power in a few short hours, that they are willing to send the course on free examination. Don't send any money. Merely mail the coupon and the complete course will be sent, all charges prepaid, at once. If you are not entirely satisfied send it back any time within five days after you receive it and you will owe nothing. On the other hand, if you are as pleased as are the thousands of other men and women who have used the course send only $3.50 in full payment. You take no ris! and you have everything to gain, so mail the coupon now before this remarkable offer is withdrawn. WALTER J. BLACK, Inc., Dept. 1212, 2 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. comicbooks.com