How To Identifying Names Of Ten New Faces All At Once

In this chapter you will meet ten new people and about identifying names. The first six will be presented with hints on how to remember them when you see them again, but after you are introduced to Mr. Rippey, Number Six, we shall leave you. There will be no clues suggested for the last four photographs, for by the time you reach them you will be able to figure out your own.

Some of these people will be presented by their full names, to give you practice in remembering first names as well as last names. The principles are just the same: you simply need a little more concentration. Try to get the first name as part of the whole picture, for knowing a man’s first name or initials will often help you recall his last name—and vice versa.

Here, as in all the photographs in the book, the names are the actual names of the people presented. You might noticed that identifying names is not a difficult task Some of them may seem more simple to remember than others. That is because they have been picked to represent a fair cross section of the sort of names and faces you encounter every day. Pictures are more difficult to remember than people in flesh and blood, for you do not have a chance to notice voice, coloring, or varieties of expression. Picture practice is particularly valuable for this reason. If you can remember a group of people by applying our principles to their pictures alone, you will find it twice as easy to remember the men and women you meet in person from now on.

MR. VOEHRINGER

Here’s a difficult name to remember, probably the most difficult one in the hook. See if you can get it the first time. It is spelled V-o-e-h-r-i-n-g-e-r, and it is pronounced Ko-ring-er, with the accent on the first syllable. The name rhymes with adoring her. Say to yourself, “Mr. Voehringer is adoring her. He is never boring her.”

Now, before you go any further, look up at Mr. Voehringer’s face. Notice his glasses. Are his eyes light or dark? How does he comb his hair? Notice his mustache and the cleft in his chin. Fasten Mr. Voehringer’s face in your mind. Next, study each letter of the name until you can close your eyes and see how it looks. It rhymes with adoring her, but it doesn’t begin with an a. And it rhymes with boring her, but it doesn’t begin with a b. No, the name begins with a V. It is Voehringer. V-o-e-h-r-i-n-g-e-r.

MR. NEWSOM

You’ve seen Mr. Newsom before. Doesn’t it seem to you that you knew someone named Newsom a short while ago? Of course you have—Mr. Newsom’s photograph was the first one in this book, illustrating the chapter on Rule One: Get the Name Right. Notice Mr. Newsom’s steady gaze and firm jaw. He looks like a fellow who knew some people you knew. Good-by, Mr. Newsom.

O. Howard Wolfe

I’d like you to meet another friend of mine, O. Howard Wolfe, a prominent Philadelphia banker. Mr. Wolfe is a banker, but he is not the big bad Wolfe. He is 0. Howard Wolfe.

Pay particular attention to how he spells his name. Notice that it is spelled with an e on the end of it. The name Wolfe can he spelled in a number of ways, but 0. Howard Wolfe spells his name with just one o, one I, and one f. One of each, with a final e.

But 0-how-are you going to remember his first initial and first name? That’s right. 0-how-are you, Mr. Wolfe? 0. Howard Wolfe.

Mrs. Garter Glass, jr.

If you met Mrs. Carter Glass, Jr., at a party, you would of course think of Carter Glass, the veteran Senator from Virginia, and you might ask her if she were related to him. Yes, Mrs. Carter Glass, Jr., is the daughter-in-law of Senator Carter Glass. This special kind of association would make you remember Mrs. Carter Glass, Jr., in real life, and it will probably enable you to recognize Mrs. Carter Glass, Jr., when you meet her later in this book. As you ponder the association, take a long look at her wavy hair, high forehead, finely arched brows, and light gray eyes, so that you will remember her face as well as you remember her whole name.

Mr. Frank Gortright

This is Mr. Frank Cortright, a Philadelphia real-estate broker. Get his Name Right. If you say to yourself, “Frank Cortright knows his rights in court” remember to drop the U in court when you spell his name. It’s Frank Cortright. Making a note of his slightly upslanting brows, rather full mouth, and off-center hair parting will help you Fasten his Face in your Mind. He is very frank when he cortrights. Frank Cortright. Rap the Name in by Repetition. Frank Cortright.

MR. RIPPEY

Study Mr. Rippey’s face especially carefully, for more people forget this name than any other in the book. Can you beat the jinx? Pay attention to the spelling of the name Rippey. Believe it or not, it’s not Ripley, with an L. It’s Rippey, with two P’s. Say the name Rippey over and over again until it comes easily. Look at the center part in Mr. Rippey’s straight hair. Take notice of his straight nose and protruding lower lip.

We leave you here for identifying names at your own, as you are about to encounter Mrs. Bryan. Remember to scrutinize her face, noting any unusual characteristics of feature or expression, any resemblance to someone else you may know, and Rap the Name in by Repetition. Do the same with the faces on the pages following. The space beneath each photograph is left blank so that you may make any notes that you think will help you recognize it later.