Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-06-30
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans, and What
He Has to Say Upon Subject
That Astonished Him.
(NelD York TincS.)

He Has to Say Upon a Subject
That Astonished Him.
(Nep York Tincs)
Nearly forty years ago young man, OF
unusual endowments, began to mold 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 village or
hamlet in the country that has not been in
fiuenced by DR.. Dio Lewis. When, there
fore, it was learned yesterday that he con-
templated the establishment of large
magazine in this city, the fact was deemed
SO important that representative OF this
paper was commissioned to see him and as
certain the truth of the runor.
DIR. Dio. Lewis is gentleman of sixty
years and two hundred pounds, with snow
viii te 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 re-
ceived the interviewer most -courteously,
and in reply to a question said:
" 1t is true l have come to New y York to
establish a monthly magazine. l have
come here for the same reason that l went
to Boston twenty-five years ago. Then
Boston was the best platform in the cOun-
try from which to speak OF education.
New York has now become most hospita-
e
so to movements on behalf of physical
training.
81 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
zine will bear the title 'Dio Lewis's
Monthly and be devoted to Sanitary and
Social Science. 1 hope through its pages
to inaMgurate a new departure in hy-
giene."
- Have you not written several books on
the sxbject:'
eyes, nine volumes, and some of them
like Our Girls,' published by the Har-
pers, 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 wears of organized warfare"
doctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health ques ions!"
{" 1t 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 pco-
pie give attention to their health"
:" Which of these organs is most frequent
Within the last few years diseases of
the kidneys have greatly multiplied. When
l was engaged in practice, thirty-fve and
forty wears ago, serious disease of the kid
neys was rare; but now distressingly fire.
quent and fatal"
To what do you attrl butte this great In
crease of kidney trOubles"
To the use of stimulating drinks, adul-
terated food and irregular habits of life"
Doctor, hrve you any confidence in the
remedy of which we hear so much now-a-
days, Warmers Safe Cure|"
- believe in the ounce of prevention,
rather than in a ton of cure"
But have yom noticed the remarkable
testimonials of Warmers remedyr'
81 have, and confess that they have puz-
zled and astonished me. The commenda-
tiOnS of proprietary medicines usually
come from unknown persons residing i'll
table newspapers the warmeSt praise of
Warmers Safe Cure from College Profess
ors, respect able phys;c ans, and other per-
sons of high intelligence and character.
To thrust such testimony aside may be
professional, but it is unnanly. No ply
sician can forget chat valuable additions to
such sources. was so impressed with
this cloud of witnesses that purchased
some bottles of Warmers Safe Cure at a
.neighboring drug store and analyzed one
of them to if it contained anything poi
sonous. Then took three of the prescribed
doses at once, and found there was nothing
injurious in it. do not hesitate to say
that if L found my kidneys In serious
trouble, 1 should use this remedy, because
of the hopelessness of all ordinary treat
ment and because when a hundred intellL-
statement that certain remedy has cured
them of grave malady, choose to be-
lieve that they speak the truth.
=" But as you may know, my great inter-
est in life lies in prevention. For torty
tho phases of my work in New England
was the esta bfishment of the Ladies SEM
mary at Lexngton, Mass: NY hn ann byaica was 10
training of girls during their schoo! llte.
This institution became, before left it, the
largest and most successful Seminary Tor
youn. women, owned and managed by one
person, in our country. L sat down TO DIM
ner every day with a family of two hun.
dred persons. The remarkabl results of
this muscle training among girls were
given In my paper published in the North
Imerican Rerie,o of December, 1882.
Resides, | established the Normal lnstl.
tute for Physical Training in Boston, ana
for ten years was its President and Man
agcr. DR.. Walter Claiming, DIR. Thomas
Hos4lins, Prof. Leonard and others were
among its teachers, and more than tour
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
lish. 1t 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 a child's
talk. To this end all So called learning will
be subordinated. The magazine will be
more OF less illustrated, and will strive to
reach a high place in the confidence and
hearts of the people. In a few weeks our
first number will appear, and We shall
fondly hope for it n 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
demonstrating the principles of hygiene;
whose heart has always been in sympathy
with the afTl ict ed, and whose brain has ever
been active in planning for their relief, are
to be given to the public through the pages
of magazine. And it is specially siSnih-
can't and proof positive of rare merit that
lot
high standing as Warmers Safe Cure is
known to have, should be indorsed and re-
commended by a man so able, so reputable
and of such national renown as DIR. Dlo
Lewis.
WHEN a rich old man dies the gloom Is
l,I hxrt hos r.liS