To Remember Playing Cards
Those who are interested in card playing will find in the following idea an excellent method of entertaining friends. It will also prove valuable in playing certain games, and above all, it is good practice for the development of your memory.
Remembering all the cards of a shuffled deck in proper order is an application of the Hitching Post idea and the Number Code. Have a word to represent each card in the deck, beginning with the first letter of the series and ending with the Code Letter for the number of the card. For example HEAD would represent 1 of Hearts, H for Heart, and D the Code Letter for 1.
In this way the 2 of Hearts would be represented by Honey; the word Hem would stand for the 3 of Hearts. The word Hero would stand for the 4 of Hearts.
In the same way a list of words may be made to represent the Spade cards, each word beginning with S to stand for the Spades, and ending in a letter of the number Code to represent the number of the card.
A similar list may be made for the Club cards, beginning with C for Clubs and for the Diamond cards beginning with D.
The following list of words has been prepared to cover the entire deck: