Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-07-28
A VETERAN RENEFACTnR.
His Past Life, Present Plans. and What He
Has to Say Upon Subject That
Astonished Him.
New York Times.

New York Times
Nearly forty years ago young man, OF un-
usual endowments, began to mould public
opinion upon a subject of vital Importance.
Like all pioneers, his early efforts were I'M
Successful, but his ability and the value of his
work soon won public confidence, and to-day
there is not village or hamlet in the country
that has not been influenced by DR.. bio
Lewis. When, therefore, it was learned yes
terday that he contemplated the establish
ment of large magazine in this city, the fact
was deemed SO important that representa-
tive of this paper was commissioned to see
him and ascertain the truth of the rumor.
DIR. bio Lewis is a 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 living exponent of his teachings, and
notwithstanding the amount of work he has
already done, promises still greater activity
for years to come He received the inter-
viewer most cautiously, and in reply to q
question said:
I" 1t is true | have come to New York to
establish monthly magazine. l have come
here for the same reason that | went to Bos-
ton % years ago. Then Boston was the best
platform in the country from which to speak
OF education. New York has now become
most hospitable to progressive thoughts, and
especially so to movements on behalf OF
physical training.
-" | have reason to know the great and abid-
ing interest of the American people in this
subject. They have como to realize that the
future Of our country pivots upon our physical
vitality, and especially upon the vigor of our
women. My new magazine will bear the title
'Dio Lewiss Monthly and be devoted to
Sanitary and Social Science. l hope through
its pages to inaugurate a new departure in
hygiene"
Have you not written several books on
the subject?"
Eyes, 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 diminishing
ought to conclude with ten years of organized
warfare"
doctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health questionsg'
at 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.
"W hich 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-ive and forty
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 use of stimulating drinks, adul-
tered food and irregular habits of life."
doctor, have you any confidence in the
remedy of which we hear so much nowadays,
Warmers Safe CureT'
IL believe in the ounce of prevention rather
than in ton of cure"
90 But have you noticed the remarkable tes-
timonials of Warmers remedy?
al have, and confess that they have puzzled
and astonshed me. The commentators OF
proprietary medicines usually come from un-
known persons residing in back counties. But
| see in our most reputable newspapers the
warmest praise of Warmers Safe Cure from
College Professors, respectable physicians, and
other persons of high intelligence and charac-
ter To thrust such testimony aside may be
professional, but it is unmanly. No physician
can forget that valuable additions to our
lMdterid Modica have sprung from Just such
sources. | was SO impressed with this cloud
of witnesses that / purchased some bottles OF
Warmers Safe Cure at n neighboriNg drug
store, and analysed one of them to see if II
contained anything poisonous. Then l took
three of the prescribed doses at once, and
found there was nothing injurious in it. L dc
not hesitate to say that, il found my kidneys
in serions trouble, l should use this remedy,
because of The hopelessness Of all ordinary
treatment, and because, when n hundred in.
telligent and reputable persons unite in the
statement that a 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
ment of the Ladies Seminary Mt Lexington
Mass. NV aim was to illustrate the possibili
ties in the physical training of girls during
their school life. This institution became be
fore | left it the largest and most successful
Seminary for young women owned and man
aged by one person i'll our country. | sal
down to dinner every day with q family Of
| two hundred persons. The remarkable re
suits of this muscle training among girls were
given in my paper published in the Norti
| american Rcrieic of Demember, 1882.
Besides, established the Normal lnsti
tute for Physical Training in Boston, and foi
| ten years was its President and Manager. DIR
Walter Charming, DIR. Thomas Hoskins, Pro
| fessor Leonard, and others were among it:
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 gym
| nastics. And now the years left to me | pro-
pose to devote to the magazine which have
come here to establish. 1t will he the largest
periodical ever devoted to this field OF ltera'
ture, and will present the hundred and one
questions of hygiene with the simplicity Of
a child's talk. To this end allso-called learn.
ing will be suborlinated. The magazine will
be more or less illustrated, and will strive to
reach high place in the confidence and hearts
of the people In a few weeks our first mum
Der will appear, and we shall fondly hope for
it q hearty welcome"
The facts above narrated are indeed most
important. 1t is gratifying to know that the
life long experiences of a gentleman who
stands without peer in successfully demon.
strating the principles of hygiene; whose
heart has always been in sympathy with the
afflicted, and whose brain has ever been active
in planning for their rcli f, are to be given to
the public through the pages of q magazine.
And it is specially significant and proof posi-
tive of rare merit that proprietary medicine,
even with such high standing as Warmers Safe
Cure is known to have, should be endorsed
and recommended by a man so able, so reputa-
BILE and Of such national renown as DIR. Die
Lewis.