Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1895-09-19
40 NEED TO SHUTTER.
T-ESf IS q SWIFT AND EASY CURE,
VITA LASTING RESULTS.
q Leading Specialists ssys ths ssassey Cen
csrs BiD.sslf-Tbs wsy IL % Take .
L>vns Bssssh Before Kaeh Vowel. opss
the nssth wide and spssh.


cs,s BiDsssif-Ths wsy IL % Take .
f>,ss Breath Before Eseh vSvsi. Ops
the Nssth wide and SPEAK.
Stamuering and suffering are nov
psrMana1tly cured IN New York by Q
simple method Thess Affections differ
bat slightly. IN one case there IL inabil-
iiy ~ ponOuDce certain words In the
U,ber, certain syunds- Neither, acc1r,i-
ing u New York professor. who IL .
graduate u German college flx the
vocal organs, IL disease. hut 10Th are
habits that will disappear under proper
treatment.
The inability ~ talk plainly or TO ar
tieula,s exoept with great effort, when
due " organic trouble or maiformation,
do<ss not oaIne under the head "a STAN
mering and il not within the scope II
the suffering specialist.
The whole thing IL very simple"
said the professor. 80 simple that you
viii smile when tell ycu that the sole
and only cause 81 suffering and STAN
meriny Is careless respiration. People
who suffer from the iupediment have
only ~ pause. take in a long breath,
and then, opening the mouth In the
manner laid down in the charts used by
elfcutionists, pronounce the word sharp
ly. Have you never noticed the remark
able fact that Isople who are invetesate
stammerers are often accomplished vo-
calistsi That Is because ia the oct of
singing respiration In done in . prots1
way.
"a novel fact IL that the troubles Of
stammerers or sufferers lie entirely
with the vowel sounds. Patients do not
seen ~ understand this In describing
their cases they will tell me that they
have difficulty in rounding p or d
That IL where they are wrong. They
DyuDd the consonant all right, but stag
ger at the vowel A patient comes 20
me, and say To him, ray papa He
viii commence p-p-p-p-p, oh. professor.
Ic-cc-c-c-c-an't say p-p-p-p- papa
1T IL at once apparent that his trou.
BILE lies with the vowel "a Then the
treatment commences Standing before
him, suggest that he take long
breath through the partially closed
mouth until the lungs are well filled,
and then, at the moment u exhalation,
following my direction, he opens the
mouth in the proper manner, a. indi-
Gated bya chart, and prnOunces with
mo in high. mechanical voice, paw
paw. This IL often repeated. the vowels
being changed
From words VIC pass On N sentences
tf.t .tr
all the vowel sounds The respiration
before each vowel sound Ia necessary.
The treatment therefore consists in form
ing this habit Az the patient pupil pro-
crosses the length u this respiration In
reduced, the pronunciation IL made in q
lower pitch and In few weeks, rarely
over five, the most inveterate sufferer
can talk fuentIy and rapidly with no
sign Of his former afiiictiOn. But eternal
vigilance ia necessary.
'ShOuld the apparently cured patient
become careless and forget the necessity
Of respiration al taught him, he may re-
lapse into his former state. and then his
training must bc done all over again.
A boy 10 years " ago was plce brought
tO me. His was q stubborn case, but in
six weeks / had him talking all right.
Time passed On for two years. fire..
qucntly saw the boy at his father house
and was delighted with the cure. Last
summer he came To my institute Lie
was Az bad of an when first met him.
"It seems that his father had sent him
On short business trip 10 Europe, away
from the restraining influence NJ the IA
ther, whose cars were always alert for
any return NJ his sons affection, and
much disturbed. AZ no explained To me.
by the noise u tho vessel's machinery.
he became careless. and having once re-
lapsed no became worse every day, and
was really forced 70 shorten his stay
abroad and return to New York for treat.
ment.
''He was bright Lad, who readily
applied himself N my rules. and In q
week no was all right again. Az d mat
TOR u fact, no need not To have como
back To me, but could have applied his
old lessons with success
1.-THE German government has long
recognized tho Importance u rational
treatment Of vocal impediments. and
school children afflicted in this manner
arc put through regular course by
graduates Of tho college ut Frankfort,
where this specially IL taught in tho
government employ. Tho German treat
mcnt is that Of elementary training in
elocutiOn.
Tho habit Of imperfect respiration IL
generally found in connection with Some
diseases Of childhood like tho measles.
but most frequent cause IL uncon-
scious imitation. Ono suffering child
In q family will yet all tho others 10
struggling with the vowel sounds. An
adult In conversation with a stuttcrer
finds 1t difficult to speak without STAN
mering. New York Herald.
In Trouble.
"You nee, said tho lean man with
tho yellow vest, ut was dark when ]
got home. and tho girl met mo in the
hall. and ! saIuted her quite affection
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