The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-21
A VETERAN BENEPAcTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans, and
What He Has to Say Upon Snb-
ject That AstOnishes Him.
New York Times.

SUN MOA publlC COliilutuce, anu To-Day
there is not village or hamlet in the
country that has not been influenced
by DR.. Dio Lewis. When, therefore.
1t was learned yesterday that he con-
templated the establishment of large
magazine in this city, the fact was
deemed so important that represen-
tative of this paper was commissioned
to see him and ascertain the truth of
the rumor.
DR.. Dio Lewis is 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
ises still greater activity for years
to come. He received the interviewer
most courteously, and in a reply to
question said
ut is true l have come to New
York to establish a monthly maya
zine. | have come here for the same
reason | went to Boston % years ago.
Then Boston was the best platform
in the country from which to speak
of education. New York has now
become most hospitable to progress
i've thoughts, and especially so to
movements on behalf of physical
training.
Il 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 Vi
tality, and especially upon the
vigor of our women. My new mage
zine will bear the title, 'Dio Lewis'S
Monthly and be devoted to sanitary
and social science. / hope through
its pages TO inaugurate new depart
ure in hygiene"
Have you not written several
books on the subject ?"
YeS; nine volumes, and some of
them like Our Girls, published by the
Harpers, have had an enormous cir
culation; 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 the health ques-
ton :"
ut has come through suffering,
which seems the only road to self
knowledge. The stomach. heart, k d.
neys or liver fall into trouble, happi-
ness is gone, and then people give at
tention to their health"
(which of these organs is most FREE
quently the victim of our errors 2"
asked the reporter.
within the last few years diseases
of III
piled. When | was engaged in prac-
tice, thirty-fve and forty years ago,
serious disease of the kidneys was
rare; but now distressingly frequent
and fatal"
ITO what do you attribute this
great increase of kidney troubles /"
"To the use of stimulating drin
adulterated food and irregular habits
of life"
Doctor. have you any confidence in
the remedy of which we hear so much
nowadays, warmers Safe Cure2"
81 believe in the ounce of proven
ton. rather than in ton of cure"
But have you noticed the remark
able testimonials of Warmers RENE
dy?"
# have. and confess that they have
puzzled and astoniShed me. The COM
mendations of proprietary medicines
usually come from unknown persons
residing in back counties. But | see
in our most reputable newspapers the
warmest praise of Warmers Safe Cure
from college professors, respectable
physicians; and other persons of high
intelligence and character. To thrust
such testimony aside may be profess
sional, but it is humanity. No physi--
clan can forget that valuable addi-
tiOns to our materia medica have
sprung from just such sources. i was
so impressed with this cloud of wit
nesses that L purchased some
bottles of Warmers Safe Cure
at a neighboring drug store, and
analysed one of them to see if it con-
tanned anything poisonous. Then l
took three of the prescribed dOsts at
once. and found there was nothing ln=
furious in it. | do not hesitate to say
that if I found my kidneys in serious
trouble, l should use this remedy. be-
cause of the hopelessness of all ordi-
nary treatment, and because when a
hundred intelligent and reputable
persons unite in the statement that a
certain remedy has cured them of a
grave malady. | choose to believe
that they speak the truth"
but as you may know, my great in
terest in life lies in prevention. For
forty years | havelabored 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 possible
tiles in the physical training of girls
during their school life. ThiSinstitu-
ton became, before l left it, the
largest and most successful seminar.
for young women owned and man
aged by one person, in our country. \
sat down to dinner every day with a
| family of two hundred persons
| The remarkable results of this mus
Gle training among girls, were given
in my paper published in the North
American Review of December, 1882,
Besides, established the Normal
Institute for physical training in Bos-
ton, and for ten years was its presi-
dent and manager. DIR. Walter Cham
ming, DR.. Thomas HOskins, Professor
Leonard, and others were among its
teachers, and more than four 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 magazine which have
come here to establish. 1t will be
the largest periodical ever devoted to
this field of literature, and will pre-
sent the hundred and one questions OF
hygiene with the simplicity of child
talk. To this end all so-called learn
ing will be subordinated. The maya
zine will be more or less illustrated
and will strive to reach high place
in the confidence and hearts of the
people. In a few weeks our first
number will appear, and we snail
fondly hope for it a hearty WELCOMED
The facts above narrated are in
deed the most important. 1t is graft
flying to know that the life long ex-
perience of gentleman who stands
without peer in successfully dem
onstrating the principles Of hygiene
whose heart has already been in sym
pathy with the afflicted, and whose
brain has ever been active in plan
ming for their relief are to be given
to the public through the pages of a
magazine. And it is specially sig
nifcant and proof positive of rare
merit that a proprietary medIcine
even with such high standing as
Warmers Safe Cure is known to have
should be endorsed and recommended
by man so able, so reputable and Ol
such national renown as DIR. Die
Lewis.