The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-20
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans, and
What He Has to Say Upon
a Subject That Aston
iShed Him.
Nesu York Times.

public opinion upon subject of vital i'm
portance. Like all pioneers, his early
efforts were unsuccessful, but his ability
and the value OF his work soon Won pub
lie confidence, and to day the g is not a
village or hamlet in the country that has
not been influenced by DR.. Dio Lewis.
When, therefore, it Was learned yester-
day that g contemplated the establish
ment Of large magazine in this city the
fact was deemed so important that q rep
resentstiye of this paper was commits
stoned to see him aud ascertain the truth
Of the rumor
DR.. Die Lewis is q gentleman of so
years and 200 pounds, with snoR-White
hair and besrd, 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 interviewer
most courteously; and 10 reply to 8
question said:
''It is true I have come 70 New York
to establish monthly magazine. | have
come here for the ga me reason that
went TO Boston twenty-five years sgo.
Then Boston was the best platform in
the county from which to speak OF
education. New York has now become
most hospitable to progressive thoughts,
and especially 30 to movements on behalf
Of physical training.
II have reason 10 know the great and
abiding interest of the American people
in this subject. They have come TO real
ize that the future Of our country pivots
upon our physical vitality, and espec-
tally upon the vigor of our women. My
new magazine will bear the title, Dio
Lewis's Monthly" and be devoted to
Sanitary and Social Science. hope.
through its pages to inaugurste new
departure in hygiene"
"dave you not written several books
on the subject
eyes, nine volumes. and some Of them
like Our Girls, published by the Har-
pers, have hid an enormous circulation.
but the best work fmy life l shah give the
world in the new magazine. forty years
of skirmishing out 10 conclude with
ten years Of organized warfare"
doctor, what is the occasion of this
new interest in health questions.
| cit 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 fire.
quently the victim of our errors?" asked
the reporter.
''Within the last few years diseases OF
the kidneys have greatly multiplied.
When I was engaged in practice, thirty
five and forty years sgo, serious disease
Of the kidneys was rare; but now distress
siDgly frequent ard fatal"
''To what do you attribute this great
increase Of kidney troubles?"
ITO the use of stimulating drinks.
adulterats3 food and irregular habits of
life"
doctor, have you shy confidence in
the remedy Of which we hear so much
nowadays, Warmers Safe Cure?'"
81 believe in the ounce of prevention,
rather than in @ ton of cure"
"But have you noticed the remarka-
BILE Testimonials Of Warmers remedy?"
81 have and confess that they have
puzzled and sstonished me. The COM
mendations Of proprietary medicines usu-
ally come from unknownspersonsr residing
ia back counties. But see in our most
reputable newspaper the warmest praise
of Warmers Safe Cure from College Pro-
feSsOrr, respectable physicians, and other
persons of high intelligence and chsrac-
ter. To thrust such testimony aside may
be professional; but it is unmanly. Nc
physician can forget that valuable addi-
lions to our MdteTGG MedicG have sprung
from just such sources. was so i'm
pressed with this cloud of witnesses that
1 purchased some bottles Of Warmers
Safe Cure at a neighbering drug store,
and analyzedI lone of them to see If it con-
tanned anything poisonous. Then l took
three of the prescribed doses o.
once, :, and found thera was
nothing Injurious in it. do not hesitate
to say that if / found my kidneys in
serious trouble, should use this remedy,
because of the hopelessness of all or
binary treatment, and because when 9
hundred intelligent and reputable per-
sons unite in the statement that certain
remedy has cured them Of a grave
malsdy, / choose to believe that they
speak the truth"
"But as you may know, my great
interest in life lies in prevention. Fol-
forty years I have labored in this field.
One Of the phases Of my work in New
England was the establishment OF the
Ladies seminary at Lexington, Mass
Ny aim was to illustrate the possibilities
in the physical training of girls during
their school life. This institution became
before I left it, tie largest and most sue
cessful seminary for young women
owned and managed by one person, il
our country. sat down to dinner every
day with a family of two hundred per
sons. The remarkable results Of thil
muscle training among girls, we're giver
f in my paper published in the NoTtl
: american ReUieaD of December 1852.
g Besides, l established the Norma
, Institute for Physical Training in Bos
! ton, and for ten years was its presiden
, and manager. DR.. Walter Claiming,
! DR.. Thomas Hoskins, Professor Leonard
and otheTs were among Its teachers, anC
more than 400 persons took its diploma
and went into all parts of the land Il
teach the new school of gymnastics. AnC
! now the years left to me propose to de
vote to the magazine which have com
here to establish. It will be the larges
periodical ever DEVOTED TO this field o
literature, and will present the hundret
and one questions of hygiene with th
simplicity of child's talk. To this en-;
,, all so-cslled learning will be subordin
sted. The magazine Will be more or les
:, illustrated, and will strive to reach
: high place IN the confidsnca and hearts c
thu people. In few week. our fir
number will appear, and we shall fondl,