The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-24
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AT present l am creating voice in
woman who has been paralyZed, and
could scarcely utter a sound when her
husband brought her here. Her case is
unusual. She is young and well edu-
Gated and her mind is entirely sound,
but she had no means of expression.
She can say several sentences now,
much encouraged. A case which inter-
ested me, which l did not take, was
that of man who wanted his voice
changed, seemingly for no reason save
a within.
Here is a testimonial from pa
tent of yours he said, stating that
you so strengthened and deepened his
voice that his friends could not recog-
nize him from hearing him speak. Now,
l want you to alter my voice so that
people won't know me by it. I've tried
all kinds of DISCUSSES in masquerades,
when 1 wished to be incognito, and my
voice always gave me away; people
knew me Immediately when l spoke.
What / want you to do is to give me
another sort of voice entirely. No mat
ter how disa greeable or harsh or coarse
sounding voice it may be, so it's diff
ferent from my natural voice it will
suit. You can name your own price
This patient was a young, lazy
looking fellow, we'll dressed and set up.
He didn't have any of the earmarks of
lunacy about him; neither did he look
like a rascal. He seemed too frank and
outspoken for that; but l sent him
away, and I've never settled it to my
own satisfaction whether he was try
ing to get a rise out of me as pastime
or what. He was perfectly grave and
serious in his manner of speech and
appeared anxious for treatment.
One day last week a young fellow
applied to me who was so badly ham,
pcred in speech that even l, with ten
years experience. couldn't help laugh
ing slyly at the interview. We got so
badly tangled and at cross purposes
that finally l offered him pencil and
paper and he wrote out his difficulties
and his hopes as to getting rid of them.
He is a dyer; his fathers recent death
has put him at the head of the bust
ness and success depends on his see
ing his customers in person and retain
ing their trade. When coats and
dresses are brought to be dyed, he has
to explain the provisos and contingent
cies, the colors that certain textures
would take well, whether the garment
need be ripped apart, whether the but
tons and ornaments need come off. and
50 on. 1t appears that it takes him so
long to talk that the customers get
discouraged and take their things
elsewhere and that his trade is falling
off. He wants to master the letter r.
as speedily as possible, so that the
word rip won't be such a stumbling
block, and also the letter b. SO that he
can say buttons promptly. He was
thin skinned. shy fellow, and grew so
disquieted over our interview that the
veins stood out on his forehead and he
was hopping face and neck as though
it was a July noon. l couldn't help
thinking what agonies he must have
gone through, with all the dresses and
coats he has tried to discuss in these
weeks since his fathers death made
him prominent"
Stammering, this specialist says, is
sometimes an inheritance, sometimes
the result of illness which affects the
throat, sometimes the result of aping
and mimicry ON the part of children.
He does not think that any larger pro-
portion of people Stammer now than in
days when communities were smaller
but that. owing to the promptness and
quickness that are main characters
tics of modern life, the stammerer is
more than ever hampered and more
than ever on the lookout for cures for
his aiiment. In the main central part
of New York City alone four voice
specialists are established and all
seem busy and fiourishing, each work
ing after his own methods. Some pro-
fessors attempt to cure hesitancy of
speech by making the patient mark
time. as in a music class. pausing def
initely and in Staccato fashion between
words. This method is neither graceful
nor satisfactory. One or two women
voice trainers are working in a quiet
way, visiting patients at their homes
and having much success with children.
who give better attention among their
quiet home surroundings than when
carried to a strange office. Incipient st.
Vitus' dance has been arrested in it's
progress by this home method, ana
twiching of the forehead and other
nervous affections which declare them
selves in the voice and show worse
when the child makes an effort to ex-
press itself verbally. There are not 50
many patients at the voice doctors
Headquarters as at the manicure's and
the face beautifer's. the hair dresser's
and the corn specialists, but from the
number of people who engage in voice
treatment there must be incessant de-
mand for 1T. The critics say it is a
sign of progress along right lines when
people not only desire physical perfec-
ton and educational advancement for
their children, but strive to obtain for
them that subtle charm of voice. rich
toned and cultivated. which carries
with it such individuality and power.