Show Taylor Hol Holmes f Once Stuttered Few Few of of the friends of or Taylor Tailor Holmes Inimitable c comedian of If N No Nanette now playing at atthe atthe attl tl the e Salt Lake Lake theatre theatre even eTen his In Intimate ones know that there was wasa a time when when this master of fluency fluency fluen fluen- cy stuttered badly badly- In his early days he used to stutter so badly when he be became excited that that no noone noone noone one could understand what whai he was saying On one occasion he was playing In Cincinnati and found It necessary necessary sary to call caIl the office of a New NewYork NewYork York Tort theatrical manager by telephone tele tele- phone Knowing that the tolls were very high he carefully ly rehearsed his speech and got It boiled down downto downto I to toa a dozen words Once In the booth he started off bravely I enough But Buton on the seventh word he got stuck Speak It he could not so after several efforts be he be went back to the beginning of of the speech and started started started start start- ed ed edall all over again Worse than ever But persistence won The message was wai finally delivered but the telephone charges were horrifying horrify horrify- ing He had bad spent pent 1 13 l' l minutes tryIng trying try try- Ing to speak 12 words One of the peculiarities of this impediment is la that so far as theatrical theatrical theat theat- theatrical people are concerned the per per- sons who stutter rarely if ever are are afflicted on the stage stage Whether it Is due to the fact that the mind Is so engrossed engrossed with the lines that the defect is overcOme overcome temporarily ily fly or whether it is Just a freak of nature nature no one has been able to tell tellIn In Mr Holmes' Holmes case casS he has nev never r been known to stumble or stutter over his bis lines Unes except except where the part demanded it In fact very verr few people realize that Mr Holmes ever stuttered because now he be has conquered the tendency cy and nd formerly It n never never ver used to bother him save when be h was ex I cited So those who wh hear bear Mr Holmes I as Jimmie Smith in No No Nanette Nan Nanette ette stutter and stumble through some of his lines causing great mirth thereby need not pity this favorite but should instead think of it as the result of his artistry |