It will be seen that the words given readily suggest the month, and by similarity, the date. In the use of these calendars, Monday is termed One-day; Tuesday, Two-day; Wednesday, Three-day; Thursday, Four-day; Friday, Five-day; and Saturday, Six-day. To find the day of the month upon which Christmas falls in 1888, let "Deceptions hue" suggest December 2, and then calculate by sevens—2, 9, 16, 23—the 25th is two days after, or Tuesday. The phrase "Apjohn's Nose" may be used to suggest April, June, November, and September, the four months with only 30 days, the rest, February excepted, having 31. Those who know Stokes's key, or that detailed in Chapter V., can use the following sentence as an almanac for 1887.[1] It contains 12 mnemonical consonants in their proper order:—
| No judge. | Jan. 2, Feb. 6, March 6 |
| May tell | April 3, May 1, June 5 |
| My cur's | July 3, August 7, Sept. 4 |
| Injury | Oct. 2, Nov. 6, Decr. 4 |
A similar sentence for 1888 is:—"Tailor—teach me—to line—a crown." By dividing the sentence into four parts, one for each quarter, as above, the date of the first Sunday in each month is readily obtained.
A Perpetual Calendar.
At first this mental calendar appears difficult, but after a little practice it is as eas easy to use as the others. Each month has a number as follows:—January 2, February 5,
- ↑ A method bearing some resemblance to this was published by McLaren in 1862, and by Haney (another American plagiarist) in 1866; but they merely used disjointed words, as "Buy Ma'am—Divan—Dear Ale—Pommel for 1867. I originated the idea of using a connected phrase, and gave in my 1885 edition, as an example, the sentence—"My coke range readily may glow" as a mental almanac for 1886. After the publication of my book Loisette, although condemning mnemonics, copies this idea, and, after changing the Sundays to Saturdays, gave as an almanac for 1886 the sentence—"No Judge may delay my garnisher!" Comment is needless.
