The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-07-05
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.

| AvETERAN BENEFAcroR.
HIs Past Life. Present Plans ana
What He Has 20 Say Upon = Sub
ject That Astonished Him.
New York Times.
Nearly forty years ago young man, of
unusual endowments, began to mould
public opinion upon subject of vital
importance. Like all pioneers, his early
efforts were unsuccessful, but his ability
and the value of his work soon won pub.
lie confidence, AMI to-day there is not q
village or hamlet in the country that has
not been influenced by DR.. Dio Lewis.
When, therefore. it was learned yester.
day that he contemplated the establish
ment OF large magazine in this city, the
fact was deemed so important that rep.
resentatlve OF this paper was commits
stoned to see him and ascertain the
truth of the rumor.
DR.. Dio Lewis Is, q gentleman of sixty
years and two hundred pounds, With
anow-white hair and beard, but probably
the most perfect picture of health and
vlgor In the metropolis. He is living
exponent of his teachings, and notwith-
standing the amount of work he has al
ready done, promises still greater activ-
!ty for years to come. He received the
Interviewer most courteously, and in re.
ply to q question said:
1t Is true have come to New York
have come here for the same reason
that l went to Boston Is years ago.
Then Boston was the best platform in
the country from which to speak of ed
ucation. New York has now become
most hospitable TO progressive thoughts,
and especially SO to movements on be-
half of physical training.
~ have reason to know the great and
abiding interest of the American people
in this subject. They have come to re-
a!ize that the future of our country
plvots upon our physical vitality, and
| especially upon the vigor of our women.
! "Dio Lewis's Monthly" and be devoted
to Sanitary and Social Science: l hope
| through its pages to inangurate anew de-
part9re in hygiene
"Have you not written several books
on the sui ject?"
| Yes, nine volumes, and some ofthem
like "Our Girls" published by the Har-
pers, have had All enormous circulation,
but the best work of my life. l shall give
the world in the new magazine. Forty
| years of diminishing ought to con-
cludee, with ten years of organized war
fare"
| doctor, what is the occasion of this
new interest in health qtestions?"
1T has come through suffering, which
seems the only road to selfknowledge.
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 | was engaged in practice, thirty
hve and forty years ago, serious disease of
the Kidneys was rare; but now distress
| ingly frequentand fatal"
"ro what do.you attribute this great in
crease Of kidney troubles?"
10 the use Of Stimulating drinks, adul-
| terated food and irregular habits OF life."
Doctor. have you any confidence in
the remedy Of which we hear 80 much
w-adays. Warmers Safe Cure?'"
III believe in the ounce of prevention,
rather than in ton Of cure"
"But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials of Warners's remedy?'
have and confess that they have puz-
zled and astonished me. The commen-
dations of proprietary medicines usually
come from unknown persons residing in
back counties. But Isee in our most re-
putable newspapers the warmest praise
Of Warmers Safe Cure from College Pro-
tessors, respectable physicians, and 9TH
er persons OF high intelligence and char
acter: 10 thrust such testimony aside
| may be professional, but it is unmanlv.
No physician can forget that valuable ad-
ditions to our Materia Medica have
sprung from just such sources. / was so
impressed with this cloud Of witnesses
that | purchased some bottles Of Warm
er's Safe Cure at neighboring drug store,
and analysed one Of them to see If it con-
tanned anything poisonous. Then took
three OF the prescribed doses at once, and
found there was nothing injurious in it.
| 90 not hesitate to say that if found my
kidneys in serious trouble, shonld use
this remedy, because of the liopelessness
OF all ordinary treatment, and because
when a hundred intelligent and reputa-
BILE persons unite in the statement that
certain remedy has cured them of
great malady, | choose to believe that
they speak the truth.
"But as you may know, my great in
terest in live lies in prevention. For
forty years have labored IN this field.
One OF the phases Of my work in New
England was the establishment of the
Ladies' seminary ut Lexington, Mass.
My aim was to illustrate the possibilities
in the ply steal training of girls during
their school life. This institution became
before left it; the largest aud mo st sue
cesstu! Seminary for young women own
ed and managed by one person, in our
country. I sat down to dinner eyerY
day with family of two hundred per-
sons, The remarkable results Of this
muscle training among girls, were given
IN my. paper published in the North
American Review OF December, 1882.
Besides, I established the Normal Tn.
stitute for Physical Training in Boston.
and for ten years was its president and
manager. DR.. Walter Charming. DR..
Thomas Hoskins, Professor Leonard. and
others were among its teachers, aad
more than four hundred persons took
its diploma and went out into all parts
of the land to teach the new schools of
gymnastics. And now the years left to
me propose to devote to the
magazine which / have come here
to establish. 1t will be the largest
periodical ever devoted to this field lit
erature, and will present the hundred
and one questions of hygiene with the
simplicity ola child's talk. To this end all
so-called learning will be subordinated.
The magazine will be more or less illus
trated. and will strive to reach high
place in the confidence and hearts of the
people. Ina few weeks. our Fl rst number
will appear, and we shall Iondly hope for
it a hearty welcnmoO
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 princi-
pies OF hygiene; whose heart has
the afflicted, and whose brain has
ever been active in planning for their re-
lief, are to be given to the public through
the pages Of a magazine. And it is spec
tally significant and proof positive of
rare merit that a proprietary medicine,
even with such high standing as War