Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-07-26
A VETERAN BENFFACTOR.
lIi~ Past Life. Present Plans, aud
what He Has 10 Say Upon
subject That Astonished
Him.
New York Timss.

~ efforts were unsuccessful, but his
ability and the value of his work soon
won public confidence, and to-day there
Is not a village or hamlet in the country
that has not been influenced by Or. DiO
Lewis. When therefore, il was learned
Yesterday that he contemplated the eS-
adjustment of large magazine in this
city, the fact was deemed so important
that representative of this paper was
commissioned to see him and ascertain
the truth OF the rumor.
DIR. bio Lewis IS a gentleman of sixty
wears and two hundred pounds, With
snow-white hair and beard. but proba-
bly, the most perfect picture of health
and SiEor in the metropolis. He Is
living exponent of his teachings. and
Notwithstanding the amount of work he
has already done, promises still greatel
activity Cor years to come. He received
the interviewer most courteously, and
in reply TO a question said;
III is true l have come TO New York
to establish a monthly magazine. ! have
come here for the same reason that
went to Boston % years ago Then Bos
ton was the best platform in the country
which to speak of education. New
ok has now become most hospitahlc
Ia progressive thoughts and especially
50 10 movements on behalf of phyS;c u
training.
II have reason to know the great ana
abiding interests Of the American peo-
ole in this subject. They have come to
realize that the future of our country
piyots upon our physical vitality, and
especially upon the vigor of our women.
Nv neV magazine will bear the title
'Dio Lewis'S Monthly and be devoted to
Sanitary and Social Science | hope
through its pages to inaugurate new
/ oe )arture in hygiene.
Have you not written several books
ON the SUBJECT
Yes, nine volumes. and some of them
/ Ike Cur Girls, published by the Har
/ pprs, have had an enormous circulation.
! but the best work of my life | shall
I give the world in the new magazine.
\ rortv wears of diminishing ought to con.
4 Glade with ten Years of organized war
rare.
Doctor, what is the occasion Of this
new interest in health questions|
\ "it has come through suffering, which
scenes the only road to self knowledge
\ Tie stomach. heart. kidneys OF liver fall
] iHto trouble. happiness is gone, and then
I pcen'n give attention to their health,
(Which of these organs is most fire.
gu mtlv the victim OF our errors!
asked the Reporter.
Within the last few wears diseases Of
/ the kidneys have greatly multiplied.
When | was engaged in practice, thirty
i've and forty years ago, serious disease
of the kidneys was rare but now dis
trt ssin2ly fIeuqentand fatal
TO what do YOU attribute this great
increase of kidney troubles
80 the use of stimulating drinks.
adulterated food and irregular habits Of!
life"
Doctor have You any confidence IN
the remedy of which we hear So much
now-a- avs, Warmers Safe Cure|
Il believe in the ounce of prevention
rather than in a ton of cure"
But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials Of Warmers remedy
II have, and confess that they have
puzzled and astonished me. The com
nendations Of proprietary medicines
usually come from unknown persons re
siding in back counties. But | see in
our most reputable newspapers the
warmest praise Of Warmers Safe Cure
from College Professors, repectable
physicians. and other persons of high
tHitlltHtuttt anu tlldidNttl ~ IN U.s.
such testimony aside may be profession
al, but it is unmanly. No physician can
forget that valuable additions to our
uuteriq Medico have sprung from just
such sources | was so impressed with
this cloud OF witnesses that purchased
some bottle, OF Warmers safe Cure al q
neighboring drug store, and Analysed
one Of them 10 see If it contained amy.
thing poisonous Then took three Of
the prescribed doses at once. and found
there was nothing injurious in 1t. / 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 a hundred intelligent and reputa
Die persons unite in the statement that
certain remedy has cured them of a
crave MALAY, | choose to believe that
they speak the truth.
"But as you may know. my great in
terest in life lies in prevention For for
" years | have labored in this field,
One of the phases Of my work IN New
England was the establishment OF the
Ladies seminary at Lexington. Mas
Nv aim was TO illustrate the possibilities
IN TIE pHNSitdl bFhuiilS VI SlllS uuA MS
their school life This institution be-
came before l left it. the largest and
most successful Seminary for young wo-
men owned and managed by one person
in our country. ] sat down to dinner
every day with a family Of two hundred
persons The remarkable results Of this
muscle training among girls, were given
in my paper published il the North
IWeric0H Roricr Of December 1882.
Besides. | established the Normal IN
stitute for Physical Training In Boston
ana for ten years was its President and
Manager. Dr. Walter Charming. Or
fnnmas Ho,kins, Professor Leonard
and others were among its teachers and
more than four hundred persons took its
diploma and went out into all parts Of
the land 70 teach the new school Of gym
nastits And now the years left to me
propose to devote 70 the magazine which
have come here TO establish. II viii BE-
She largest periodical ever devoted to
this field of literature and will present
The hundred and one questions Of hy
giene with the simplicity Of q childs
salk. r. this end all so-ealled learning
+t.fIy 10 attb0.1fra+qI Jfba ulapH y5o4.