The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-31


 Mo educational movement today IS or 1vider reach and significance than that ,vh;ch within a few years has made the craracter and aims of physical culture fanniifar through the length. and oreadtn cS rI,e land. To the citizens of Montgom- arv this movement is invested with per sor,al interest from the fact that the head of the biggest school of physical culture in. the world is a fellow townsman. Syl- yester J. simon. It is only ten years the Loeb Carriage Company of this city and those who rernemhar tho 'Hun1pty' of those days may well marvel at the splendid example of "the strenuous life! which he has given. MT. Simon as in deed grown in these ten years. physi- caaly, financially socially, and presents a striking illustration of the success which in this country may be harvested from comparatively meager opportunities through the exercise of pluck. ingenuity and enterprise.
 Greatest of Physical Culture Scho>ls
 The great institution which came into existence through MT. Simon's efforts is at present giving renewed signs of it's hourdshinkg character; the six story building at IA Quincy Street, Chicago the home of Simon's Natural Development System, is being inc ceased by the addi- ton of two more stories. The whole building is fitted up in the most sumptr- ous style and the baths Turkish, electric. needle, plunge, etc.) are the most luxu- rious and elegantly appointed in the world. The original expense of furni ing this palatial abode of phy acal culture Is said to have been in the neighborhood Of $l0o,0OO.
 I.. Strikes the Right Trail.
 : 1H lr. tu IorA due to the fact that he was the first to give prominence in his system of teaching to; the idea that an all-round physical development is best accomplished without the aid of gymnastic apparatus. and that the maximum degree of strength, grace, and agility can be co npassed simply through the exercise of the weights and levers with which the limbs of the body are, perfectly equipped Simons Natural Development Is the only thoroughly scientific system of physical culture, and Mir. Simon's ideas are receiving daily confirmation from various sources-frorl medical men as we'll as those who are professionally interested in the spreading of physical culture.
 s.~ A Model Athletic Build.
 When he first began the work of teach ing physical culture MS Simon had re- suits sto show for his 1theoriesfshe best kind of results-the example of what his system had effected in his own case There is possibly no more finely propor- toned set of muscles in the United States than that which MT. Simon succeeded in developing under somewhat discouraging circiITns tances. The belief that what he has accomplished for himself he could assist others in attaining lei him to offer his services to the public, and how well the public has responded to his efforts may be judged from the fact that he, c young man still in the Juveniles" Is worth $50.OOO and Is half partner in the most popular physical culture institution today. ,
 Rational Health Preserving.
 Even more important than what may be called the athletic point of view of the Simon System Is it's medical aspect. Desirable as Is the attainment of athletic proportions of muscles, 1t does not fill such an important role in the estfm ation of the public as the fact that physical culture such as MT. Simon teaches is oi,a most direct, simple and inexpensive method of preserving the general health and an absolute specific for the com morSest ailments to which flesh Is heir Rheumatism, Constipation. Dyspepsia, Obesity. Nervousness, Insomnia, etc. It is undoubtedly because the Simon's Natural Development System is a dis tifctly rational means of maintaining health that the system has won such tremendous vogue. The few minutes ex ercise taken according to Mir. Simon's simple rules produces in a month or two rsiIits that are nothing less than mar vicious and the medical profession is in hearty sympathy with the methods and aims of this kind of physical culture. The trade mark of the system is but the ex. precision of literal fact: "The minutes you give to my system today will be worth hours to you tomorrow" Thousands of business men and women have realized the absolute truth of this statement and are willing-among them the most promi nent citizens of Chicago and other cities to bear testimony to the fact that they have proved it true in their own case.
 A Cure for Sick Nerves.
 The most prevalent malady of this time and age is undoubtedly neurasthenia and | it is dawning on the minds of educators that the right time for teaching the i'm | portance of conserving nerYe-health is | before it has become impaired through | the tendency of these days of over -stren- | uousness. It is in the school and home | that the nerve health of the coming gen era ton must be safeguarded through in | teIligent instruction, and one of the most | promising signs of the time is the increas- ing importance attached to the study of practical hyglene In the puDuc ScnOolS | True it is that the principles are some | times taught where the practice of It's ! plainest rules are impossible in over ilf-ventilated classrooms-where the surroundings are too often a dis tinpt commentary on what should not | be done The study of such an entirely 1 practical and simple system of health | as that of MT. Simon's Is of | the greatest possible helpfulness in this | alf-important work of spreading the gos- pei of health. To mothers too, a knowl- edge of its rules would make their watch fulness over the health of the household as intelligent as it is loving and careful. Were this knowledge universal the saying that the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world" might be extended to include, "preserves the worlds health"
 Same Old "Humpty."
 Success has not spoiled Mir Simon, and one of the attributes which make him so successful in his profession is the com plete unaffectedness of his manner. There is nothing professional" in his method of instruction and so far as his affability Romery friends would find that time has not in the respect wrought any changes in 'Humpty."
 Success a Family Trait.
 The vigor and progressiveness which simon seems to be family trait His brother, Louis A. Simon, has distinguish ed himself on the stage as character comedian and another brother Herbert A. SlInon has also won laurels in the mu- gical line on the variety stage. They are all three inspiring examples, of what can be effected by the Southern youth who