Evening star., 1923-06-24
Coue's Cure Of Stan,mering
Is Permanent for Philip Gore
Boy Helped at Continental
Hall NOM Speaks
Freely
Parent Gives Difficult Test
to Prove Success Of
Method.

Philip Larnkr Gore. the twelve
year-old Washington hoy who was
helped to overcome stammering by
DIR. Emile Coue. the French advocate
Of autosuggestion, to the astonish-
ment of 1000 people who packed
Continental Hall nearly six months
ago. has been permanently cured.
The young man has spoken clearly
and easily ever since that eventful
evening and Is perfectly normal In
every way. Day by day he swirns.
plays tennis and base ball and takes
part In all tho other sports that ap-
peal most strongly to boys of. his age.
Thousands OF Washington. residents
have often wondered II the almost
miraculous cure of that night in
January was genuine and VI the. boy
was permanently benefited by the
every day in every way / am getting
better and better" method.
Mother Backs Assertion.
No; don't stammer any more and
don't have any trouble at all with
my speech" said Phil when seen at
his home. 1916 street northwest. to
which he had just returned from a
swim at the Racquet Club. where his
father. Capt. Albert ]. Gore. is a
member. To this his mother assented.
the only qualification being that Phil
does not always speak quite as easily
when he is tired as he does at other
times. But the difference is so slight
that II does not mean that the boy is
not wholly cured. e.. :-..t
"Phil still practices the Coue meth
DDS and. in fact. was practicing them
before DR.. Coue ever reached Wash
ington." added Mrs. Gore. He was
,~-in 70 ny- q
were only too glad to arrange for
him be to present at the demOnstra-
tion at Continental Hall. The French
doctor seems to take especially to
young people and you recall how
successfully led the boy to help
himself to stop stammering.
Meets DiMcult Test.
From the days when Phil was
very small boy he always had the
most trouble with words having a
w In them. The next morning after
the Continental Hall lecture / tried
him on words having W. in them and
he could pronounce every one. That
was the great test and, of course, we
were all delighted.
Since that time we have been
flooded with letters from all over the
United States asking about the per-
manence of the cure. They are. from
people who do not know us. but all
state that they have not written out
OF curiosity but to learn il Dr.. coue's
methods are really of value. OF
course, we have had scores of tele-
phone calls and calls from our friends
in Washington who know that we
would tell them only the facts in the
case. Those who saw the cure wanted
to learn from the boys own relatives
regarding the actual results" said
Mrs. Gore, who stated that the pub
licity in connection with the case
had been greater than they had de-
sired.
During his lecture on autosuSges-
tion DR.. Coue showed the. lad how to
| cure himself. He called the boy to
the front Of the platform In order
! to test the power of Philips imagina :
| tion over his will
Couldn't 0pea Hands.
First DR.. Coue tried the hand
| clasping experiment. He got the boy
| to clasp his hands tightly and made
I him believe he could not open them
| The look on Philips face as he failed
to get them apart was one Of aston
! ishment
You cannot. you cannot. you can
not" said DR.. Coue. as the lad tried
| in vain.
The Frenchman turned away a mo.
| mcnt Finally Phil pulled his hands
l apart. The audience laughed, think
1 ing DR.. Coue had been fooled.
4 but see," he exclaimed, with q
| broad smile, He shows you it Is
| not what 1 think but what he thinks
! that counts. He has got the idea In
his head that he can open his hands