When you are called upon, see the first word of your list and with it you will see a picture which will remind you of the first point you wish to make. The picture made with the next word of your list will suggest your next point, when you are ready for it. There is no limit; use as many words of the list as you have different points in your speech. When you have used this idea once you will never do without it; you will remember all the points of your talk and you will use them in the order you intended. Hundreds, who have never spoken in public without notes, are now doing so by the use of this method. Others, who have been able to speak without notes have been troubled by getting the points out of order or after sitting down have realized that they have omitted an important one. With this idea you can entirely overcome such a difficulty. Originality and Effort Help the child to cultivate the habit of originality and not to be afraid of trying new ideas. Do not always suggest a picture, let him work and create one for himself. =Effort is the price of increased mental power--the result will be secured in no other way.= Make lists of groceries, errands, etc., for the child to practice with. If he has no need of using the Hitching Posts now, deliberately make the need, so that he can form this valuable habit. The Mind's Eye and the Story An excellent time for the development of the child is "story time." Have him use his imagination and make mind's eye pictures while you are reading stories. The story book naturally becomes a picture book in the child's mind. When you are reading a story, stop occasionally and have him form his own picture of it. You will find that he can easily see little Red Riding Hood going down the road to her grandmother's house. Encourage this habit of mental picturing of all stories and rhymes read to the child. This is a natural mental operation but the lack of knowledge of its importance and consequently the failure to continue it after we have learned to read is one of the great causes of our forgetting what we read so easily. If you will see to it that your child visualizes what you read to him, and as he learns to read for himself stops occasionally to picture what he has read, he will develop a wonderful memory along this line. He will study easily, retain accurately and make more progress with less effort than any child who does not visualize and is forced to depend upon repetition. The Game of Story Telling