The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-09-14
NEW SYSTEMFOR
HEALTH OF CHILD
All Normal Children Could
Be Perfect Nature
Babies.
BY DUDLEY slppALL.

BY DUDLEY sioDALL.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-All nor.
nal children could be perfect ma
ture babies" II their parents were
willing 10 pay the price.
So says James Syracuse, father
OF New York's marvellous Tarzan
child, Jimmy Syracuse, Jr., who is
now rs months old.
The price is high. Not in money.
but in self.denlal, Belf.restraint,
study and never.ceaslng watchful.
ness.
Yet, after observing Jimmy at his
morning play among the fallen
trees and sharp-edged boulders OF
the precipitous heights plunging
down to the Harlem river, 1t Is evi,
dent that Jimmy's youthful father
and mother feel themselves ade.
quately rewarded.
Jlmmy's naked little body is
toned to a lite-guard brown; high.
lighted by a shock OF tow-colored
hair and brilliant black eyes. While
his flesh is firm. 1t has all the soft:
ness and silky suppleness of baby.
hood.
His feet are positively fasclnat.
ing. They're big feet, with long
toes which grip like sturdy. fingers
as the youngster swarms up rocky
cliffs or unconcernedly walks the
trunks of dead trees overhanglng
chasms where slip would mean
; Instant death.
Where conditions Of his travel
through the wild fastness make it
necessary he drops to I'LL tours and
continues on his way.
Jimmy has been compared to the
agile ape. But as | gaYel at his
amazing antics | could think only
OF roly-poly bear cub.
1.-THE boy Is being brought up
under the natural methods adYo.
waited by DR.. Elmer Lee, editor OF
Health Culture magazine said the
father.
Think OF the word nature" and
you'll Immediately perceive the
fundamentals OF Jlmmy's training.
Food? Mother milk until he was
20 months old. Then five meals
daily Of vegetables. figs. dates ana
bananas. No milk, no cooked foods
Of any kind.
Sleep? From 6 at night to s in
the morning, on hard bed, with
head lower than feet. No pillow.
Wide open windows.
Toys? Rocks and sticks.
Clothes? None, summer or win
ter, except where the rigors of I'M.
sympathetic city ordinances make
apparel necessary.
The father and mother are relig.
ious. Yet Jimmy will not go to
church until he Is 10.
He. must understand why he
goes to church," said the father.
No school for Jimmy until he Is
Then" said James Syracuse.
sr" he will learn to read in six
months. and be leading his classes
in two years"
Father and mother. were horn IN
Italy. The father is "a. His wife
is q. They have been in America
several years and were married in
New York. The father is an Amer.
lean citizen and served in the army
Intelligence service during the war.
James Syracuse operates a large
candy factory, but his family doesn' (
eat sweets. He has fine home.
but he and his wife and Jimmy live
on the top flor Of six.story walk
up" where rent Is $35 a month be-
cause this particular apartment az
tords more light and better air thou
the fine residence.
Mornings the father accompanies
the boy in his perilous journeys
among the cliffs. while the mother
devotes her afternoons to the lob.
Truly. being the parents OF a won.
der child has It's drawbacks. The
two seemingly live entirely for the
marvellous Jimmy.
my wife Is the most wonderfu,
woman in tho world" said sya,
cuse.
1.-THE baby has never been sfc,r
He never has had cold. He PLAYS
In poison Ivy and is immune" he
continued. Every baby could be
that way. But 1t means much sacrI,
lice OF the pleasant things provided
BY an oyer.ciyilized world"
Neither fame nor fortune can
tempt Mr.. and Mrs. Syracuse from
their unswerving determination to
make Jimmy q paragon.
I'VE laughed In the face of n
great movie magnates who wanted
our Jimmy to act" said Syracuse
I don't make much money, but wa
don't need much to live! as we do"
One thing more. II you're a mar.
ent and want to adopt the mature
life" for your child, don't write To
James Syracuse. He's friendly and
agreeable and all that-but he re.
ceived $4,000 requests for detailed
Information In the space of a week.
The letters, necessarily, all are nm.
answered.