Daily globe., 1883-06-17
4 VETERAN BENBFACTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans, and What He
Has to Say Upon Subject That Aston
ished Him.

ished Him.
New York Times.
Nearly forty years ago young man, of
unusual endowments, began to mould pub
lie opinion upon subject of vital impor-
tance. Like all pioneers, his early efforts
were unsuccessful, but his ability and the
value of his work soon won public conf
dence, and to-day there Is not a village or
hamlet in the country that has not been
influenced by DR.. Dio Lewis. When,
therefore, was learned yesterday that he
contemplated the establishment of large
magazine in this city, theffact was deemed
so important that representative of this
paper was commissioned to see him and
ascertain the truth of the rumor.
DR.. Dio Lewis is gentleman of sixty
years and two hundred pounds, with snow
white hair and beard, but probably the
most perfect picture of health and vigor
in the metropolis. He is a living exponent
of his teachings, and notwithstanding the
amount of work he has already done,
promises sill greater activity for years to
come. He received the interview most
courteously, and in reply to question
said:
establish a monthly magazine. l have
come here for the same reason that went
to Boston twenty-five years ago. Then
Boston was the best platform in the cogn-
try from which to sAak of education.
New York has now become most hospitabIe
to progressive thoughts, and especially so
to movements on behalf of physical train
ing.
4 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 our women.
Ny new magazine will bear the title 'Dio
Lewis's Monthly and be devoted to semi
tary and social science. 1 hope through
its pages to inaugurate 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 shall give the world
in the 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 F"
''It has come through suffering, which
seems the only road to self knowledge.
The stomach, heart, kidneys or liver fall
into trouble, happiness is gone, and
then people give attention to their
health
which of these organs is most fre
quently the victim of our errors?" asked
the reporter.
''Within the last few years diseases of
the kidneys have greatly multiplied. When
l was engaged in practice, thirty-five and
forty years ago, serious diseases of the kid
neys were rare; but now distressingly frs-
quent and fatal.''
ITO what do you attribute this great in
crease Of kidney troubles?"
ITO 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 nova
days, warmers Safe Cure?'"
Il believe in the ounce of prevention.
rather than il ton of cure"
But have you noticed the remark
able testimonials of Warmers remedy"
Il have, aid confess that they have puz-
zled and astonished me. The commenda-
tions of proprietary medicines usually
come from unknown persons residing IN
back counties. But l see in onr most re-
putable newspapers the warmest praise Of
Warmers Safe Cure from College Profess
sors, respectable physicians,l and other
persons of high intelligence and character.
To thurst such testimony aside may be
professional, but It'll is unmanly. No
physician can forget that valuable addi
tions to our Materia Nedico have sprung
from just such sources. l was so impress
ed with this cloud of witnesses that pur-
chased some bottles of Warmers
Safe Cure at a neighbOring drug
store, and analyzed one of
them to see if 1t contained any
thing poisonous. Then l took three of the
pres scribed doses at once, and found there
was nothing injurious in it. do not hesi
tate to say that If I 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 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 inter
est IN life lies IN prevention. For forty
years L have lab0red in this field. One %
the phases of my work in New England
was the establishment of the Ladies' semi
nary at Lexington, Mass. My aim was to
illustrate the possibilities in the physical
training of girls during their school life.
| This institution became, before I left it,
! the largest and most successful seminary
| for young women owned and managed by
| one person in our country. l sat down to
dinner every day with family of two
| hundred persons. The remarkable results
of this muscle training among girls were
given in my paper published in the North
! american Reriel0 of December, 1892"
Besides. stablished the Normal insti-
tute tor physical training in Boston, and
for ten years was its president and mana
ger. DR.. Walter Charming, DR.. Thomas
Hoskins, Professor Leonard, and others
we're among its teachers, and more than
four hundred persons took its diploma and
went out into all parts of the land to teach
the new school of gymnastics. And now
| the years left to me propose to devote to
the magazine which 1 have come here to
establish. will be the largest periodical
ever devoted to this field of literature, and
will present the hundred and one questions
of hygiene with the simplicity of child's
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