The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1883-07-28
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.
His Fast Life, Present Plans, and What
He Has to Say Upon Subject
That Astonished Him.
(New Fork Tfmes.)

were unsuccessful, but his ability and the
value of his work soon won public conf
dence, and to-day there is not u 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 rumor.
DR.. Dio. Lewis is gentleman of sixty
years and two hundred pounds, with snow
white hair and beard, butprobably 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 question said:
=" 1t is true / have come to New 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-
BILE to progressive thoughts, and especially
so to movements on behalf OF physical
training.
az have reason to know the great and
abiding interest of the American people
Ill bulS SuDlcCUs lHeY HuN6 COI1C W TGdllZ0
that the future of our country pivots upon
our physical vitality, and especially upon
the vigor of our women. My new maya.
zine will bear the title Dio Lewis's
Monthly and be devoted to Sanitary and
Social Science. hope through its pages
to inaugurate new departure IN ny
giene."
Have you not written several books on
the subject?'
Yes, 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 I shall give
the world in the new magazine. Forty
years of skirmishing ought to conclude
with ten years of organized warfare"
"Doctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health ques ionsW
+" 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 peo-
pie give attention to their health"
Which of these organs Is most frequent-
ly the victim of our errorSp asked the Re.
porter.
Within the last few years diseases of
the kidneys have greatly multiplied. When
l was engaged in practice, thirty-fve and
forty years ago, serious disease of the kid
neys was rare; but now distressingly fire.
quent and fatal"
Z" To what do you attribute this great in
crease of kidney troublesW
" To the use of stimulating drin' }, adult
terated food and irregular habits OF life."
Doctor, have you any confidence in the
remedy of which we hear so much nova.
days, Warmers Safe Curep"
g believe in the ounce Of prevention,
rather than in ton of cure"
" But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials OF Warmers remedyW
81 have, and confess that they have puZ-
zled and astonished me. The commenda-
tions of proprietary medicines usually
come from unknown persons residing in
back counties. But see in our most repu-
table newspapers the warmest praise of
Warmers Safe Cure from College Profess
ors, respectable physicians, and other per-
sons of high intelligence and character.
To thrust such testimony aside may be
professional, but it is unmanly. No ply
stefan can forget that valuable additions to
our MdtcriG MedicG have sprung from just
such sources. l was SO impressed with
this cloud of witnesses that purchased
some bottles Of Warmers Safe Cure at a
neighboring drug store and analysed one
of them to see If it contained anything poi
sonous. Then / took three of the prescribed
doses at once, and found there was nothing
injurious in 1t. do not hesitate to say
that If l found my kidneys in serious
trouble, l should use this remedy, because
of the hopelessness of all ordinary treat
ment, and because when hundred intelli-
gent and reputable persons unite in the
statement that a certain remedy has cured
them of grave malady, choose to be-
Heve that they speak the truth.
:" But as you may know, my great inter
est in life 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' Sem
mary at Lexington, Mass. My aim was to
illustrate the possibilities in the physical
TRAINING Of cyirIc dI1rinor THAR. cphnOf life
This institution became, before left it, the
largest and most successful Seminary for
young women, owned ana managed by one
person, in our country. l sat down to din
ner every day with a family of two hum
dred persons. The remarkable results OF
this muscle training among girls were
given in my paper published in the North
american Revieto of December, 1882.
Besides, established the Normal Insti
tute for Physical Training i'll Boston, and
for ten years was its President and Man
ager. DR.. Walter Charming, DR.. Thomas
Hoskins, Prof. Leonard and others were
among its teachers, and more than fouI
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 l propose to devote to the
magazine which have come here to estab.
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 child's
talk. To this end all so. called learning will
be subordinated. The magazine will be
more or less illustrated, and will strive tc
reach high place in the confidence and
hearts of the people. In few weeks our
first number will appear, and we shall
fondly hope for it a 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 afflicted, and whose brain has ever
been active in planning for their relief, are
to be given to the public through the pages
of a magazine. And it is specially signifl
cant 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 re.
commended by man so able, so reputable
and of such national renown as DIR. Die
Lewis.
WHEN a rich old mar IS the gloom is
soon dispelled by the So aise.-Norris'
fOl6u Herald