The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-18
NO NEED TO SHUTTER.
THF1r Is a SWIFT ANO EASY CURE,
WITH LASTING RESULTS.

th.. Mouth Wild" and "ttfaR. r.
st,unpr!ug and scattering are now 4
cured in New York by a !
si,ut, method. These Affections differ
Int slightly. In one case there IS mani Z
;tv tn pronounce certain words; i'll the i
other, certain sounds. Neither, accord
;ny to- New York professor, who IS a .
graduate of a German college for tho
vocal organs is q disease, but both arc
habits that viii disappear under proper 5
treatment,
The inability to talk plainly or to ar
ticulate except with great effort Wh'h
due to organic trouble or mathematician
does not come under the head OF STAN.
merinu and is not within tho scope OF
the Suffering specialist
1.-The whole thing is very sample
said the professor, 80 simple 'Aa' you
will smile when tell you that the SOLO
and only cause of suffering and STAN
meriuy is careless respiration. People
who suffer from tho impcdlmcnt nave
only to pause, take i'll Tong BREATH
and then, opening the mouth III the
manner laid down i'll the charts used oy
elocutionists. pronounce the word sharp
" Have Won never noticed the remark
able fact that people who are lnveterate
stommerers are often accomplished vo-
calists? That is because III the act OF
singing respiration is done i'll proper
way.
"A novel fact is that the troubles Oh
stammerers or Sufferers lie entirely
with the vowel sounds. Patients DO not
seem TO understand this. In describing
their cases they will tell mo that they
have difficulty in sounding p or a.
That is where they are wrong Ihey
sound the consonant all right, but stag"
GER ut the vowel. A patient comes to
me- and say to him, say papa tie
will commence p-pp-p-p, on, professor
Ic-c.c.c.c-c.an ant say p-p-p- p-papa'
+ 1T is at once apparent that his trou'
BILE lies with the vowel "a Then the
treatment commences. Standing before
q him I suggest that he take long
breath through the partially closed
mouth until the lungs are we'll filled,
and then, at the moment o. exhalatlon'
|. following my direction, he opens the
10 mouth in tho proper manner, as lhol'
, Gated by chart, and pronounces with
l. me in q high, mechanical voice, paw
n paw This is often repeated, the voweh
It being changed. .n
"From words we pass on to sentences
and so on to introduce in close connection
a. all the vowel sounds. The respiration
a before each vowel sound is necessary
The enttherefore consists in form
ing this habit. As the patient pupil pro
Mt crosses the length of this respiration
IN reduced, the pronunciation is made III
. lower pitch and in few weeks, rarel
over five, the most inveterate stuttere
n. can talk fluently and rapidly with n
he, sign of his former affection. But eterns
vigilance is necessary. '''
Should the apparently cured patiei
lis become careless and forget the necessit
is Of respiration as taught him, he may r.
LAPSE into his former state and then b
training must be done all over agail
A boy IS years Of age was once brougl
nd to me. His was q stubborn case, but
10 six weeks I had him talking all RICH
Time passed on for two years. | fr
an uuently saw the boy at his father hou
me and was delighted with the cure La
summer he came to my institute. !
was as bad off as when first met hi
1T seems that his father had sent hi
st. OH short business trip to Europe, aw
to from the restraining influence OF the
Their, whose ears were always alert
all any return Of his sons affection, Al
much disturbed, as he explained to II
be by the noise Of the vessels machlnel
H.. he became careless, and having once
NY lapsed he became worse every day. a
'm- was really forced to shorten his st
abroad and return to New York for ire
Mn, ment.
WIZ HE was bright lad, who read
es', applied himself to my rules, and II
,ual week he was all right again. AS m
ter of fact, he need not to have co
back to me, but could have applied
70 old lessons with success.
now "The German government has lt
sble recognized the Importance OF ratio
treatment Of vocal impediments, 9
school children afflicted in this man
en- are put through regular course
the graduates of the college at frankie
erlv where this specially is taught in
government employ. The German trt
ment is that of elementary training
are elocution.
NV The habit Of imperfect respiration
generally found in connection with sc
i"' diseases Of childhood like the meas
y. but most frequent cause is une
.hlo scious imitation. One suffering Ct
-, in a family will set all the other
nu struggling with the vowel sounds.
the adult in conversation with stutt
aveu finds it difficult to speak without st
mering. New York Herald.
alton In Trouble.