The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-06-22

DR.. Dio 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 teach
ings, and Notwithstanding the amount
of work he has already done, prom
Uses still greater activity for years TO
come. He received the interviewer
most courteously, and in reply to a
question said:
at is true nave come TO New
York to establish a monthly maya
zine. | have come here for the
same reason that l went to Boston
Is years ago. Then Boston was the
best platform III the country from
which to speak of education. New
York has now become most hospita-
bic to progressive thoughts, and es-
pecially so to movements on behalf
of physical training.
Il have reason 10 know the great
and abiding interest OF the American
people on this subject. They have
come to realize that the future Of
our country pivots upon our physical
vitality and especially upon the Wig
or of our women. My new magazine
will bear the title 'Dio Lewis's
Monthly. and be devoted TO Sanitary
and Social Science. l hope 10 in
augurate new departure in by.
giene."
"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 skirmish.
ing ought TO conclude with ten years
of organized warfare"
doctor, what is the occasion of
this new interest in health questions?"
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"
(Which of these organs is most
frequently the victim of our errors ?"
asked the reporter.
within the last few years dis
eases of the kidneys have greatly
multiplied. When ! was engaged in
practice, thir,y-five and forty years
ago, serious disease Of the kidneys
was rare but now distressingly fire.
quent and fatal"
"To what do you attribute this
great increase of kidney troubles ?"
TO 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 nowadays, "Warner's Safe
Cure ?"
81 believe in the ounce Of proven
ton, rather than in a ton Of cure"
"But have you noticed the remark
abe testimonials Of Warmers rene
dy p
81 have, and confess they have
puzzled and astonished me. The
Communications of proprietary medi-
cines usually come from unknown
persons residing in back counties.
But | see in our most reputable news.
papers the warmest praise Of War
ner's Safe Cure from college profess
sors, respectable physicians, and
other persons of high intelli sence
and character. TO thrust such testi-
mony aside may be professional, but
it is unmanly. No physician can
forget that valuable additions to our
Materia Meaita have sprung from
just such sources. was so impressed
with this cloud of witnesses that l
purchased some bottles Of Warmers
Safe Cure at neighboring drug store
and analysed one of them to see if
it contained anything poison. Then
l took three of the prescribed doses
at once, and found there was moth
ing injurious in it. l do not hesitate
to say that if l found my kidneys in
serious trouble, / should use this
remedy, because of the hopelessness
of all ordinary treatment, and be-
cause when hundred intelligent and
reputable persons unite in the state
ment 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 establish
ment Of the Ladies Seminary at Lex
ington, Mass. My aim was to illus.
trate the possibilities in the physical
training of girls during their school
life. This institution became before
l left it, the largest and most success