See some WASHING hanging on a line. See ADAM looking wonderingly at the
washing. Then see Little JEFF, of "Mutt and Jeff", come up behind Adam.
Jeff turns away, and falls over a MAT. Under it see some MONEY. Pick
up the money and you find an AD. Take the ad and paste on a SHACK. See
a moving VAN back up to the shack, and when the driver jumps down from
his seat you recognize HARRY (a friend of yours by that name). Harry
takes off his TIE and hangs it on a POLE, the pole falls over and hits
the TAILOR who runs up on a FILL, from which he sees a PIER extending
into the water. On the pier is a BIG CANNON from behind which jumps a
LYNX and almost catches JOHN, who runs away, and climbs on a piece of
GRANITE. On the other side of the granite is a pile of HAY, and rolling
off the hay is a GARFISH. There stands an ARTIST with a CLEAVER in his
hand, which he throws at HARRIS (a friend by that name). Harris picks
some CLOVER, and pins it on his MACKINTOSH, and it turns into a large
red ROSE. In the rose he finds some TAFFY, which he throws into a
WILLOW.
From this story the capitalized words are reminders for the names of
the Presidents, as follows:
WASHING ADAM JEFF MAT MONEY
Washington Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe
AD SHACK VAN HARRY TIE
Adams Jackson Van Buren Harrison Tyler
POLE TAILOR FILL PIER BIG CANNON
Polk Taylor Fillmore Pierce Buchanan
LYNX JOHN GRANITE HAY GAR-FISH
Lincoln Johnson Grant Hayes Garfield
ARTIST CLEAVER HARRIS CLOVER MACKINTOSH
Arthur Cleveland Harrison Cleveland McKinley
ROSE TAFFY WILLOW
Roosevelt Taft Wilson
Do this for practice and see how easily you can learn the names of the
Presidents in their proper order and say them backwards and forwards.