Remembering telephone numbers is a practical application of the Number
Code which can be helpful to all. There is probably no combination of
figures you are more often called upon to remember than these. When you
need them you need them at once. Master the Number Code and you will
find that it has paid you many times in this application alone.
Translate the phone number into words and associate them with person,
office, place of business, or in any way that will make a good picture
which will be easily recalled. The illustrations which follow are
instances taken from actual practice.
Hotel--phone number 1740, THE CARS may be used to represent 1740. This
hotel, the Brown Palace, in Denver, is a triangular building with cars
running on every side, suggesting "THE CARS."
Fire Department--phone number 3084. MISS FIRE stands for 3084. An easy
association is that the fire men miss the fire.
Bank--phone number 9795. Here we substitute BIG BILL for 9795, a bank
which has many a BIG BILL.
Railroad--phone 1784. TAKE FARE association. The railroad always takes
your fare.
Laundry--phone 7540 COLLARS. Association. Collars are in the laundry.
Butcher--phone 531. ALL MEAT. The butcher sells ALL MEAT.