Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-09-08

That will help you to discriminate be-
tween a pleasing voice and grating
.manner!sms These methods have
been advocated all along. Whistling Is
the new addition to the list of sugges-
tions for sreech Improvement.
Learning TO whistle seems simple as
Dr. Swift teaches it. He opens the
class by testing each pupils founda-
ton for whist!ing. the record of the
speech defect, If there is any, has been
obtained before the class begins.
Can you whistle? Some? Good"
SAYS the doctor TO Il 16year-old boy.
Whsle something"
The boy strikes up Yankee Doc
die" and ge's through it creditaoly'
though not all the notes are correct
He IS then given q whistiing lesson;
10 practice Yankee Doodle t.Ee tunes
q day for five minutes at time.
\ bright and sni!ing ntt'6 chap OF
Q. with a faint lisp IN his speech, Is
next. He speaks in very deep, monot-
onous tones, the doctor points out. He
says that he can't whistle OF ALL
airy" urges the doctor. wet your
whistle, pucker your lips and let out
one note-like this"
The boy grins and Gets out a low'
faint note. He is told TO practice puck
ering un and whistling n steady note
five times a day.
Sure Cure for Stammering.
Then comes the smiling gray-haired
woman of the class. After few false
starts she gives a wavering version of
yankee Doodle" as a test of her abil-
fly. She stammers q little when ex-
cited, She explains, and she is inter-
ested to see whether whistlins will
help"
81 admire your courage" says the
doctor. eve can teach you to whis-
tie anyway"
The doctor says that he has found
only one person who could not learn
to whistle. Why this boy could not
learn remains q mystery. Either he
could rot grasp the idea of how to
force the sound out, or Re could not
control the muscles. While others In
the class advanced from steam engine
noises to scales and on to "My Old
Kentucky Home" this boy never sue
ceeded in producing a feeble pipe.
But ne is a rare exception, DR.. Swift
believes. With patience and practice
almost anyone can learn to give his
voice exercise by whistling.
Dr. Swift says that more attention
should be given to speech defects, es-
pecially in children. In every school
room there are about two speech de-
fectives, he finds. This seems like a
comparatively small number, but null
tiplied by the number of school rooms
in city it becomes more impressive.
Some of the detectives have organic
trouble. Many are the victims of in
difference, bad training and habit.
Mothers think that children will grow
out of lisping, stammering and baby
talk Too often, however, the way Of
speaking becomes more deeply rooted
through habit 1t is far harder to cor
rect defects in a child of II than in a
5-year- old. Public schools in a num-
Der of cities now have speech clinics,
and speech specialists attached to the
teaching force.
StammerinG, suffering and the rest
! of speech defects are often treated as
minor ailments because they do not
apparently impair the health. They
| do, however, have serious effects on
the individual. In society, in bust
ness, everywhere that he comes in
contact with other people, the speech
defective is handicapped. Schools and
clinics have made start in trying to
improve the voices of the rising gen.
Grafton. Perhaps whistling will, as
Dr.. Swift prophesies, play a part in
making the American voice beautiful
! Il Pays to Advertise.-Probably one
primary was the manner in which F
B. Jackson, of Wagner, Ggndldatl 10.
Lieutenant GoveruC swcpt the state
and went in on the frs. primary. SV-
eral people hav" asked 1Ur an eXp'ana-
ton. AS near az we can figure it out
it's because Mr.. Jackson made the
domination in biG car He had the blcI