Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-02
STANLEY S|MONSEN,
IMAM Who Crows
VISITS THE CAPITOL
Calls at the Journal Office and
Gives Interesting Exhibition


front of you and stretch his arm Is inches
beyond normal so that he touched your
| proboscis with his fingers. and then
stretched out the other arm five inches
more to tap your ear ever so gently, who
turned you about SO that each of his
arms were stretched 10 inches beyond
normal length, who could and did stretch
his neck so that it was six inches longer
all before your very eyes? The man who
can and did do that was Stanley l.. 81
monson of Brooklyn \. Y. But that is
not all he can do. He can do Al different
stunts which are all muscle controlled
and due to his own method of training
What school did you attend?" MY
own, the school of experience was Mr..
Simonson's reply after he had just given
a remarkable and almost unbelievable ex-
hbition of muscle development before a
number in the Journal office late Friday
afternoon
| A tall, slender chap, with dark curly
| hair and dark eyes, much tanned by out
door life. wearing a red jersey and khaki
pants. he came into the Journal office
and inquired for one of the staff. He had
with him letter of introduction from a
mutual friend and also many other let
tiers from the heads of institutions from
all over the country. But the letters
might have been blown to the wind for
all the weight they carried after he once
showed what he could do. 1t was proof
enough to see him act.
Born in Brooklyn, n. Y. of Norwegian
descent Stanley L. Simonson was not a
tall boy and at the age of IL was weak
and delicate. He decided then to make
himself we'll and strong. To bringing this
about he took up training which was
entirely original and which carried on
with perseverance brought about wonder
full results. After nine years by this
physical training he could control each
separate muscle by splicing and by isolat-
ing. At the age of q years he started
doing his real feats. Eight months later
he was able to do six feats. At the end
of one year he could do "a more. At the
present time he is doing At different
stunts" In giving his exhibition he has
appeared before audiences all over the
country. in all leading medical. dental
and veterinary colleges. before hospital
and clinical societies, Y. NJ. c. AS and
athletic clubs.
The Man Who Grows" is the title
which has been aptly applied to Mr..
Simonsen, and to SCI him perform one
could think of no better title for he
grows in every direction.
Now here are some of Mr.. Simon
sens feature exhibitions
| Stretching from normal height.
- inches: one arm Is inches; both
/
neck, inches: leg, IA inches.
Expansion: Neck, Il inches:
chest, II - inches; fore arms, > II
inches; biceps, inches.
Shortening: Arm. 10 inches: neck, 3
inches: leg, inches; waist II inches
Dislocation: Neck. shoulders, spine
hips, knees and ankles.
Deformities: Right and left scoliosis
(spinal curvature). spinal meningitis;
club feet: bow legs. knock knees;
loradosis; HYPNOSIS (hump back): one
deformty including shoulder disloca-
ton, spinal curvature, hip dislocation.
club feet and facial expression.
| Blood test: Removing all blood from
right arm to left side of body, and al
lowing the same to return.
Shortening left arm 4 1-2 inches AMI
expanding muscles Ct forearm IL
inches by shutting off radial pulse
Breaking trunk straps and chains on
his chest.
breaking leather belts around the
trunk, bringing the abdominal mus
cles into play.
Weighing 13S pounds and is able
to lift a man weighing 265 pounds
, with neck muscles alone, having no
purchase with the hands or arms
Showing Independent muscle con-
troll.
will
Control over muscles ligaments and
joints and blood circulation.
1solating or splicing muscles
Holding three men on stomach and
chest, using two chairs with his neck
resting on one and his ankles on the
other, with no support between.
And that is the list of the stunts
r&hich he could remember off hand ana
the most of which he exhibited I'm
fortunately we were unable to find a
man who filled the bill for 265-
FOUNDER so had to take his word for
that and the written words of others
who had witnessed /.
Mr.. Simonsen has the distinction Of
outrea ching Jess Willard, the worlds
champion. Just afte.. Jess Willard re-
turned from Cuba Mr.. Simonsen met
him at Kansas City Missouri AMI
outreached him, only one half inch 10
be sure, but it counted in the settle
ment. Mr.. WIZARDS reach was 81 IL
inches and MIR. Simonsens was 50
inches.
In the radial pulse feat the advant.
age of that it. in Mr.. Simonsens own
words: If l was in railroad wreck
and as a result my right arm was
broken and an artery cut in my left
arm I would bleed to death in verv
short time if medical attention was
not there quickly. BY being able to
shut off the radal pulse that shuts
off the blood / can thereby save my
own life. For the delay of the medical
attention will not be so dangerous
Mr.. Simonson has appeared before
audiences at Battle Creek Sanatorium,
| Michigan. before Mayo Brothers, the
we'll known surgeons at Rochester,
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