The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-22
srAMMERING AND sTU1vrERING

Special observation of {, ,0O0 school children % Una that hoys occurred n about apo per Is characteristic of the shy sensitive type of child rather than the child with aggressive I straits But the intelligence quotient as meas ured by the Stanford -Binet scale shows that the brightest children as likely to develop this speech difficulty as the dullest Twice as many children begin to stutter aft CT entering school as do before going to | school. | We can't draw any invidious conclusion from that, but 1 am of the opinion, based on many instances in which my advice has been sought, that naturally left-handed children who are compelled to train the right hand after they | enter school are more likely to stutter than | they are if permitted to use the left hand for | writing and other fine work No stammerer stutterer is troubled when he sings familiar songs whose melody and words he knows well.
 None is troubled when he whistles.
 Some sufferers or stammerers soliloquize | (talk to themselves or when alone) and some read aloud when alone without difficulty Any stutterer can easily learn to speak with out the usual impeachment by breaking his | speech into syllables and accompanying each sound he utters with a voluntary movement of any kind. such as tapping foot, beating time With hand' or breathing or even just working one ankle or the toes of one foot in 0 regular way
 Stutterers or stammerers can almost invar- ably be cured of their impeachment by a course of personally supervised instruction under a | competent music master, or by course of per- | sonaly supervised exercises under a teacher of
 
 | In most large cities the public school author ites provide special classes in day school or night school. for sufferers, and those who att tend these classes and faithfully follow the in- | structon are more certain of obtaining per- manent benefit than are the people who attend | institutions that purport to cure stuttering and other speech difficulties. | Even the daily practice of simple vocal and articulation exercises at home is sufficient to correct stuttering in mild eases. Such exercises | are best adapted to the individual case, by the | physician or the physical education teacher, but am glad to send an outline of some exer- cises of this kind to readers who tell me they stutter.
 Any one inclined to stutter should sing a great deal when alone or with only sympathetic relatives or friends. Sing only real songs with the right words. Another good practice is to read recite eff you can memorize) the best poems. striving to do 1t well, avoiding any sing song effect, inecting the voice to suit the spirit of the piece, putting all the expression you can into it.
 | Not only sufferers but everybody should en- deavor to moduiate the voice in all conversa- ton.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Aspirin Habit =. and I worry good deal about my son when don't hear from him and when take six or eight aspirins seem to get relief. (Mrs G. J.)
 deadening drugs to relieve anxiety, worry or other mental distress. Aspirin Is an injurious | substance. I believe the only Justification for taking a fvegrain dose of aspirin is severe pain which cannot be relieved in some harm less way.
 Oxidation Destroys Vitamin c Please explain why the vitamin In tomatoes | Is destroyed by home canning and not by fac- tory canning. GA. G.)
 Answer-Heating or cooking in any vessel which gives access to the air causes oxidation. and that quickly destroys Vitamin C. Factory | canning IS generally done by the vacuum pro- cess. Home canners equipped with special sealer may use what is practically a vacuum process and tomatoes or other fruit or vege- tables canned will retain their Vitamin c n Vitanin c is necessary in the diet particularly in infancy to prevent Ecurvy. That Is why we advise feeding fresh or factory-canned tomato juice to the baby daily from the age of month. Copyright John F. Dlie Col