Connecticut western news., 1883-07-04
A VETERAN RENEFACT0R.
His Past Life, Present. Plans, and What He Has to Say Upon Subject
 YhMt AAtOHlaLlGl Him.
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That Astonishcd Him.
 (Nt@ lork TiUeS.)
 Nearly forty years ago young man, of unusual endowments, began to mold public opinion upon subject of vital importance Like all pioneers, his curly efforts were un- successful but his ability and the value of his work soon won public confidence, and to-day thorc is not village or hamlet in the country that has not been influenced by Dr. bio Lewis. When, therefore it was learned yesterday that he contemplated the establish ment of q large magazine ln this city, the fact was deemed so important that a repre- sentative of this paper was comml sslOned to see him and ascertain the truth of the rumor. Dr. bio Lewis is q gentleman of sixty years and two hundred pounds, with snow-white hair and beard, but probably the most per feet picture of health and vigor in the me tropolis. He is a living exponent of his teachings, and notwithstanding the amount of work he has already done, promises still greater activity for years to come. He re- ceived the interviewer most courteously, and i'll reply to question said: HI= -@ tt5s
 Ut is true l have come to New York to establish monthly magazine. I have come here for the same reason that went to Boston twenty yeas ago. Then Boston was the best platform in the country from which to speak of education. New York has now be- come most hospitable to progressive thoughts and especially so to movements on behalf of physical training. f8 Hsssarss sza 5..-
 'I have reason to know the great and abiding interest of the American people in this subject. They have come to realize that the future of our country pivots upon our physical vitality, and especially upon the vigor of QUIT women. My new magazine will bear the title bio Lewis Monthly and be devoted to Sanitary and Social Science. I hope through its pages to inaugurate a new departure in hygiene"
 "Have you not written several books on the subject?'
 "Yes, nine volumes, and some of them like | Our Girls published by the Harpers, have had an enormous circulation, but the best work of my life I shall give the world ill the l new magazine. Forty years of skirmishing | ought to conclude with ten years of organized | warfare"
 Doctor, what is the occasion of this new | interest in health questions?"
 "It has come through suffering, which | seems the only road to self knowledge. The | stomach, heart kidneys or liver fall into l trouble, happiness is gone, and then people | give attention to their health.'
 | Which of these organs is most frequently the victim of our errors?" asked the reporter. within the last few years diseases of the kidneys have greatly multiplied. When { was engaged in practice, thirty five and forty l years ago, serious disease of the kidneys was rare; but now distressingly frequent and | fatal"
 "To what do you attribute this great in- crease of kidney troubles"
 To the u"e of stimulating drinks, adul- terated food and irregular habits of life." Doctor, have you any confidence ill the remedy of which we hear so much nowadays, | Warmers Safe Cure?'
 "I believe in the ounce of prevention, l rather than Ill a ton of cure."
 l |" But have you noticed the remarkable testimonials of Warmers remedy?"
 C have, and confess that they have pug | zled and astonished me. The commentators of proprietary medicines usually come from unknown persons residing in back counties. But see in our most reputable newspapers the warmest praise of Warmers Safe Cure from College Professors, respectable physi- cians, and other persons of high intelligence and character To thrust such testimony aside may be professional, but it is unmanly. ! No physician can forget that valuable addi- tions to our Materia Medica have sprung from just such sources. l was so impressed with this cloud of witnesses that purchased some | bottles of Warmers Safe Cure at a neighbor- | ing drug store, and analysed one of them to see lift contained anything poisonous. Then l took three of the prescribed doses at once and found there was nothing injurious Ill it. l do not hesitate to say that if found my kidneys in serious trouble, should use this remedy, because of the hopelessness of all ordinary treatment, and because when 8 hundred intelligent reputable persons unite in the statement that certain remedy has cured them of grave malady, choose to believe that they speak the truth.
 But as you may know, my great interest in life lies in prevention. For forty years have labored in this field One of the phases of my work in New England was the estab lishment of the Ladies' Seminary at Lexing ton, Mass. My aim was to illustrate thu possibilities in the phy sical training of girl during their school life. This institution became, before left it, the largest and mos succe sful seminary for young women owne( and managed by one person in our country I sat down to dinner every day with famil of two hundred persons. The remarkabl results of this muscle training among girl were given Ill my paper published in tn North American ReUie1o of December. 1882 Besides I established the Normal Institut for Physical Training i'll Boston, and for tel years was it's President and Manager. Dr Walter Charming, Dr. Thomas Hoskins, Pro lessor Leonard and others were among it teachers, and more than four hundred per sons took its diploma and went out into al parts of the land to teach the new school O gymnastics. And now the years left to me
 propose to devote to the magazine which have come here to establish. It will be tn, largest periodical ever devoted to this field O literature, and will present the hundred ant one questions of hygiene with the simplicit, of child's talk To this end all so-callet learning will be subordinated. The maga zine will be more or less illustrated, and vii ) strive t. reach high place ill the contidenc, and hearts of the people In few week our first number will appear, and we shal fondly hope for 1t a hearty welcome" The facts above nar ated are indeed mos important. It is gratifying to know that th lifelong exI eriences of d gentleman wh, stands without peer in successfully demon strating the principles of hygiene; who's heart has always been ill sympathy with th afflicted and whose brain has ever been ac tive in planning for their relief, are to b. given to the public through the pages of magazine. And it is specially significan and proof positive of rare merit that pro |, prietary medicine, even with such high stand ing as Warner Safe Cure is known to have should be indorsed and recommended by man so able, so reputable and of sucl national renown as Dr. bio Lewis.