Judge, 1915-02-06 · page 2 of 24
Judge — February 6, 1915 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily an advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes the "Swoboda System of Conscious Evolution," a self-improvement program offered by Alois P. Swoboda (whose photograph appears on the right). The ad promises physical and mental enhancement—increased vitality, improved memory, and superior health—without drugs, dieting, or special study. Swoboda claims "more than one hundred thousand people" have benefited from his system. The small illustrated figures (a woman in various poses) appear to demonstrate physical exercises or postures associated with the program. This reflects early 20th-century pseudoscientific self-help marketing, when unregulated "self-improvement" systems proliferated in American magazines. The hyperbolic claims and testimonials are characteristic of the era's dubious wellness promotions.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
THE INTENSE LIFE—THE BETTER LIFE How Conscious Energy Makes it Possible for All of Us Become Superior to Other Men. The Swoboda System can make a better human being of you, physically, mentally and in every way. It creates a greater activity of the forces of life which in you are partially dormant, thus compelling them to become more alive and positive, enabling you to grow and evolutionize to a higher state of perfection. The Swoboda System can do more for you than you can imagine. It can so vitalize every organ, tissue and cell of your body as to make the mere act of living a joy. It can give you an intense, thrilling and pulsating nature. It can increase your very life. I not only promise it, | guarantee it. WHY BECOME PREMATURELY OLD IN WHOLE OR IN PART? Why Take Less Than Your Full Share of Life and Pleasure? Are you living a full and successful life? Why not always be at your best?—thoroughly well, verile, energetic. Why not invest in yourself and make the most of your every op- portunity? It is easy when you know how. The Swoboda System points the way. It requires no drugs, no appliances, no dieting, no study, no loss of time, no special bathing; there is nothing to worry you. It gives ideal mental and physical conditions without inconvenience or trouble. The Swoboda System of Conscious Evolution is no experiment. I am giving it successfully to pupils all over the world. I have among my pupils hundreds of doc- tors, judges, senators, members of cabinet, ambassadors, governors, thousands of busi- ness and professional men, farmers, mechanics and laborers, and almost an equal num- ber of women—more than two hundred thousand people have profited through this system, Your Earning Power, your success depend entirely upon your energy, health, vitality, memory and will power. Without these, all knowledge becomes of small value, for it cannot be put into active use. The Swoboda System can make you tire- less, improve your memory, intensify your will power, and make you physically just as you ought to be. I promise it. we Originator of WHAT OTHERS HAVE TO SAY: 5 .< i daacbs tha wibledon tik” . et expan the new fle It imgara bth to Conscious Evolution “ b ‘Worth more than a thousand dollars to me in increased mental and creased my chest expan- physical capacity." he st 6 jnches."* “I have been enabled by your system to do work of mental charac- highly. and without & tet previously impossible for me," vf great benefit to the bea ty akeptical, now am pleased with results; have gaint“ makes me feet that nothing i “The very frst tewons beran ke magic. In my gratitude Lam telling my croaking and complaining friends, "Try Swobeta.* ** F aystem developed me most wooslerfally."* marvel at th MY NEW _COPYRIGHTED BOOK IS FREE. It explains THE SWOBODA SYSTEM OF CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION and the human body as it has never been ex- plained before. It explains MY NEW THEORY OF THE MIND AND BODY. It will startle, educate and enlighten you. My book is not a dry treatise on anatomy and physiology. It tells in a highly interesting and simple manner just what you have always wanted to know about yourself. You will cherish this book for having given you the first real understanding of your body and mind. It shows how you may be able to obtain a superior life; it explains how you may make use of natural laws for your own advantage. : My book will give you a better understanding of yourself than you could obtain from a Nei bivorgger| py college course. The information which it imparts cannot be obtained elsewhere at any price. well to profit through | /t shows the unlimited possibilities for you through conscious evolution of your cells ; it ex- the Swoboda personal plains my discoveries and what they are doing for men and women. ‘housands have mail instructions. advanced themselves in every way through a better realization and conscious use of the principles which I have discovered and which I disclose in my book. It tells what CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION means and what it may do for you. It also explains the DANGERS OF EXERCISE and of EXCESSIVE DEEP BREATHING. I offer my System ona basis which makes it impossible for you to lose a single penny. My guarantee is startling, specific, positive and fraud-proof. Write for my FREE BOOK and full particulars to-day before it slips your mind. Make up your mind to at least learn the facts concerning SWOBODA SYSTEM OF CONSCIOUS EVOLUTION for men and women. ALOIS P. SWOBODA 1245 Aeolian Hall New York City, N.Y.