DO YOU STAMMER?

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 193, 21 July 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

DO YOU STAMMER?

Throw back the shoulders, expand ihe chest, kepo the mouth closed. ' i through the hold ?'.<• breath a few seconds, and sa\ tuple words slowly. The chief diffi.ity with stammering is to enuneiwords and syllables leglnning consonants, and .any violent effoit to talk only increases the difhi "illy. Speak slowly, therefore, and " ith an affected ease in a. style, ro-

•■■mhiiiig chanting. Let the words low rather than attempt to force or eric them out, and remember that

•aiiunering results most generally :' ■ >i;i a want of sufficient breath in t' e lungs. You should, therefore, before beginning to talk, always take

a full breath at the same time part.• 11 pronouncing the letters beginT;'ng each word or placing the mouth v. a position to do so. For instance, take the word "scissors." Close the tc th and make tho hissing sound ne-

••essarv to uttc-r it, then change into "seiss," the first syllable, and the other wiil easily follow. You will frequently, when alone, speak aloud ihe very words you experience Hie greatest difficulty v.-it It when in company. Head alo/d slowly, and at flic end of each pause take a full breath. You will wonder why you ever stammered. though when endeavouring to talk in company the same trouble will occur. This i however, only proves that you lack presence of mind. Follow these suggestions patiently and carefully, and you will effort a cure n a marvellously short time.