, 1874-02-11

Inc plV0t upon WHICH ta9 movements OF the
women in Ohio against whisky. turn is Dr.. Dio
Lowls, Of Boston, and the pivot works for tue
handsome stipend Of $50 per diem. In paHt
years DR.. Dio Lewis Inns devoted his attention to
the cultivation of the fomale muscle. He has
chosen the female muscle because oil his labors
have been In tho interests OF women. Ho ea-
tablshed girls school in Now England, in
which ho taught the young 1adles how to jump
and run, and lift row, wrostle, and spar. For q
timo he prospored, aud his calsthonic institution
developed squad Of young women who were
tho terror Of faint-haarted young gentlemen,
aud to whom no suitor would make advances
unlesB ho WIS well-armcd. Ihon, when thu
school waned and tho young women got
tired Of cultivating thoir muscle. and making
nying-leaps, and wallsing..matchcs against time,
ho set hinsolf to writing books and Publishing
magazines, still devoted to tho female muscle.
Wien tho women got tired OF these everlasting
appeals to muacle, he switched of to dlstary
theoriee, and, still keeping tho womon in view,
advised them to osehew good square meals Of
potatoes, beof, and ruddings. BY aint Of perso-
yeranco and unweariod exertlon, he nncceedcd
in inducing several wrotchel victims to forego
tho p1easureB Of appetite and contont thom-
solves with ctuBts, bran bread, and four
or five boans por diem, and thon, after spoil
Ing their appetitos, set them adrifr In an un~
feeling world without tho consolation, sympathy,
and encouragement Which lie hidden in beef
stoaks and plum-pudding. This could not last
lopg, however. Tho female mind rebellcd
agaihat crusts, even If they did tt,ud to develop
/ the female muscle, and, longing for tho good
things Of tho larder. they gradua lily broke away
from his lean theories aud men tai gruol md 1t
became necessary for Dio Lewis to switch off
upon another track. Ho haa II ow bro1on out III
Ohio, and for $50 per diem is enltsting women
for tho whisky crusade. uo dt 3cs nothing him.
self except to plan tho raids from ono country
the women ut $50 per dieul, and, as consc-
quonce stops usually but ont, day In place. II
ho stays two, tAen le N,liyers lecture to
tho women, for which ho gets 800
extra. His 7Nodus oper0n2; s very familiar to
our readerB Ho arrives in tho villago In the
A4t1IlItIH} 4IAul
thom they must got NOV. bio ark Of tho tabes-
lsacle, aud then lays out n n'programmo Of prayol
sud psalm with which to besiege the saloons
laeer-gardous, jrug-storoa, doctors Offices, and
ether places where lluil t:omfort Ia sold. Tht
arlt il to stay at each plac until 1t becomes cal
| OF Juggernaut and orushe, the victim under til
wheels, and will then mo 70 on to q now place
Time being precious antln omou plenty the Doc
tor doos not wait to 500 ho the thug works, bu
strikes out for tue ncxt vllaga to got Lis next
| $50.
Thus tho great cause Of temperance goes OF
swimmingly, oxcopt that, now and thon, til
arks .un against snags In the shnpo OF legal IL,
junosionB, for which tho Doctor makes no pre-
vision. lie gots bis $40 for laun phing tho arkf
not for getting them nR snaga., It IL puyin
the Doctor handsomely, but Ia ho earning hi
money? Ought not tho women whom lo enlist
In tho cauBo to asipulatc that ho hall do littl
at the praying and aiugins;. mud hel
maui tho ask7 II he won't conssu!t to help, NJ