Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans and What He RI as to
Say Upon Subject That Astonished t'm.

Say Upon Subject That Astonshed Fim.
New York Times.l
Nearly forty years ago young man, Cf I'M
! usual en1owments, began to mould pubhC
! OPP mon ujon q subject of vital impOrtaLc :.
! Like al II )necrs, his early efforts were III
| successful, but his ability and the value Of his
work SOON won public confidence, aud to-day
! there l. not village OF hamlet III the country
! tLat las not been influenced by Dr.. plo Lewis.
/ When, therefore, it was learned yesterday that
he contemplated the establishment Of large
magazine III this city, the fact was deemed so
important that representative of this paper
was commissioned to see him and ascertain the
| truth Of the run or.
DR.. bio Lewis Is gentleman Of sixty years
and two hundred pounds, with snow-Whlte hair
and beard, but probably the ost perfect PIC
| ture of health and vigor in the metropolis. He
! is a living exponent of his teachings, and not
| withstanding the amount Of work he has al
| ready done. promises still greater activity for
years, to come. He received the'interviewer most
courteously, and in reply to question said:
1t Is true | have come to New York to es-
tablish a monthly magazine. l have come
here for the same reaeon that went to Boston
20 years ago. Then Boston was the best plat
| form in the country from which to speak Of
education. New York has now become most
hospltable to progressive thoughts, and es-
peclaly so to movements on behalf of physical
training
. L have reason to know the great and abid-
ing interest of the American people IN this
subject. They have come to realize that the
future OF our country pivOts upon our phys
ical vitality, and especially upon the vlgor OF
our women. NV new magazine VIII bear the
title bio Lewis Monthly and be devoted to
Sanitary and Social Science. 1 hope through
its pages to inaugurate new departure III
hygiene"
Have you not written several books on the
subiect?"
Eyes. nine volumes. aud some of them Ike
Our Girls, published by the Harpers have
had an enormous circulation, but the best
work of my life 1 shall give the world in the
new magazine. Forty years of skirmlshipg
ought to conclude with ten yeart Of organized
warfare"
doctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health questionsY
ut has come through suffering, which seems
the only road to self knowledge. The stomach,
heart, kidneys or liver fall into trouble. happl-
ness is gone, and then people give attention TO
their health"
(Which of these organs is most frequently
the victim of our errors 2" asked the reporter.
Within the last few years diseases OF the
kidneys have greatly multiplied. When L was
engaged in practice, thirty five and forty years
ago, serious disease Of the kidneys was rare;
but now distressingly frequent and fatal"
''To what co you attribute this great in
crease of kidney troubles?
$50 the use of stimulating drinks, adulter-
ated food and irregular habits of life"
doctor, have you any confidence IN the
remedy Of which we hear so much nowadays,
| Warmers Safe Cure?"
Il believe in the ounce Of prevention, rather
| thanin ton of cure"
"But have you noticed the remarkable tesu-
| monials of Warmers remedyY
"Ihave, and confess that they have puzzled
| and astonished me. The commendaI ms OF
! proprietary medicines usually come from un-
| known persons residing in back counties. But
| l see in our most reputable newspapers the
w&rmest praise of Warmers Safe Cure from
! College Professors, respectable physicians, anC
| other persons of high intelligence and char
acter. To thrust such testimony aside may bl
! professional, but it is unmanly. No physician
can forget that valuable additions to Oul
Mdterjd NedicG have sprung from just such
sources. l was so impressed with this cIouC
| of witnesses that | purchased some bottles Of
Warmers Safe Cure at a neighboring drug
| store, and analysed one of them to see If Il
contained anything poisonous. Then L tool
| three of the prescribed doses at once, aLC
found there was nothing injurious IN 1t. dt
not hesitate to say that if found my kidney:
| in serious trouble, l should use this remedy, be
cause of the hopelessness of all ordinary treat
ment, and because when hundred ntellgen
| and reputable persons unite IN the statemen
that a certain remedy has cured them of {
grave malady choose 10 believe that they
| speak the truth.
but as you may know, my great interest il
life lies in prevention. For forty years have
labored in this field. One of the phases o.
my work in New England was the establish
ment of the Ladies seminary at Lexington
Mass. My aim was to illustrate the possibii
ties in the physical training of girls during
their scho Life. This institution became be
fore left it, the largest and most successful
Seminary for young women owned and man
| aged by one person, in our country. | sa
| down to dinner every day with family Of tWC
hundred persons. The remarkable results O.
this muscle training among girls, were give1
IN my paper published in the North American
Review of December, 1882.
Besides | established the Normal institute
for Physical Training in Boston, and for ter
years wes its President and Manager. DIR
| Walter Charming, DIR. Thomas Hosk1ns, Pro
fessor Leonard, and others were among 1T
teachers, and more than four hundred persons
took its diploma and went out into ali parts o.
| the land to teach the new school OF gymnas
tics. And now the years left to me propose
to devote to the magazine which l have come
here to establish. 1t will be the larges
periodical ever devoted to this field of litera
ture. and will present the hundred and ont
questions of hygiene with the simplicity of {
| chiu' 5 talk. To this end all SO-called learn1DE
Will be subordinated. The magazine will bt
more or less illustrated. and will strive Il
reach high place III the confidence and heart
of the people. In few weeks, our first mum
Der viii appear, and we shall tondIy hope fol
it hearty welcome"
The facts above narrated are indeed mos
important. 1t is gratifying to know that thu
life long experiences of a gentleman wiz
stands without peer in successfully demon
strating the principles of hygiene; whose hear
has always been in sympathy with the affiict
ed, aud whose brain has ever been active il
planning for their relief, are to be given II
the public through the pages of magazine
And it is specially significant and proof posi-
tive Of rare merit that proprietary medicine
even with such high standing as Warner
Safe Cure is known to have, should lie en-
dolsed and recommended ty man so able, 81
reputable and of such national ren0wn s Dr.
Di0 Lewis.