Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-17
A VETERAN BENEFAeTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans, and what
He Has 10 Say Upon q sabI,ei
That AsfODfshsd HIM.
New YORK Times.

Nearly forty years sgo young man. Of
unusual endorments, began TO mould public
opinion upon a subject of vital importance.
Like all pioneers, his early efforts were m
successful, but his ability and the value of
his work soon won public confidence, and to-
day there Is not village or hamlet in the
country that has not been influenced BY DIR.
Dio Lewis. When, therefore, it was learned
yesterday that he contemplated the estab-
ment of a large magazine in this city, the
fact was deemed 30 important that q repre-
sentative OF this paper was commissioned 10
see him and ascertain the truth of the rumor.
DR.. Dio Lewis is a gentleman of sixty
years and 200 pounds, with suow-whiie hair
and beard, but probably the most perfect
picture Of health and vigor in the me,ropo-
lie. He ia living exponent of his teach
inga, and Notwithstanding the amount OF
work he has already done, promises still
greater activity for years TO come. he re-
ceived the interviewer moet courteously, and
in reply to question said:
ut is true have come to New York to
establish monthly magazine. i have come
here for the same reason that went 10 Bos-
ton twenty-five years ago. Then Boston was
the best platform 10 the country from which
tospeak OF education. New YORK has now be-
come most hospitable to progressive tn ought,
aud especially 30 TO movements on behalf OF
physical training.
81 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 counlry pivots upon our
physical vitality, and especially upon the
vigor OF our women. My new magazine will
bear the title Dio Levis's Monthly and be de-
voted to sanitary and social science. hope
through ITS pages to inaugurate a new de-
parture in hygiene"
"Haye you not written several books on
the subject?"
"Yes, nine volumes, and some of them like
Our Girls, published by the Hapers, have
had an enormous circulation, but the best
work oil my life shall give the world in the
new magazine. Forty years of skirmishing
ought to conclnde with ten years Of orgsniz d
warfare"
doctor, what is the occasion of this new
interest in health quesiions?"
ut has come through suffering, which
seems the only road TO sell. kno Wedge. The
stomach, heart, kidneys or liver fall into
trouble, happiness is gone, and then people
give attention to their healtb."
(which of these organs is most frequently
the victim of our errors?" asked the reporter.
within the last few years diseases of the
kidneys have greatly multiplied. When l
was engaged In practice, thiriy-6ve and forty
years age, serious disease of The kidneys vas
rare; but now distressingly frequent and
fatal"
ITO what do you attribute this great TO-
crease Of kidney troubles?"
TO the use OF stimulating drinks, adulter-
ated food and irregulsr habits of life"
Doctor, have you any confidence in the
remedy OF which we hear so much nova
days, Warmers Safe Cure?'"
II believe in the ounce of prevention,
rather than in ton of cure"
But have you noticed the remark able tes.
timonisls of Warner remedy"
Il have, and confess that they have puz-
z'ed and sstoBished me. The commenda-
lions OF proprietary medicines usually come
from unknown pers ms residing in back
counties. But see in our most reputable
newspapers the warmest praise of Warner g
Sale Cure from college professors, respects-
BILE hysiclans, and other persons of high iG-
tellIgence and character, To thrust such
evidence aside may be professional, but it is
unmanly. No physician can forget that
valuable additions to our Materia Medica
have sprung from Just such sources. i was
SO Impressed with this cloud OF witnesses III 81
L purchased some bottles of Warmers Safe
Cure at neighboring drug store, and anal
yzed one OF them to see if it contsined any
thing poisonous. Then L took three Of the
prescribed doses at once, and found there
was nothing injurious in it. do not hesi-
tale to say that if found my kidneys in
serious trouble should uae this remedy, be-
cause CT the hopelessuess Of all ordiaary
treatment, and because, when 100 intelligent
and reputable persons unite in the statement
that a certain remedy has cured them of a
grave msiady, choose TO believe that they
speak the truth"
But, g you may know, my great interest
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 estab-
lishment of the Ladies' Seminary at Lexiug-
ton, Mass. Ny aim was to illustrate the pos
sibilIties in the physical training of girls
during their school life. This institution
| became before left it the largest and most
successful seminary for young women owned
and managed by one person in our country
l sat down TO dinner every day with family
| of two hundred persons. The remarkable
| results Of this muscle training among girls
were given in my paper published in the
| North american RepieU of December, 1882.
| Decides, established the Normal Insti
tu'e for Physical Training in Boston, and fol-
ten wears was lis president and manager
DR.. Walter Claiming, DR.. Thomas Hoskins
| Prof. Leonard, and others were among i'll
teachers, and more than four hundred per
sors took its diploma and went out into al
| parts of the land 10 teach the new schoo
| of gymnastics. Aud now the years left t
me / propose 10 devote to the magszin'
which l have come here to establish. l
will be the largest periodical ever devoted
to this field of literature, and will pre-
sent the hundred and one questions o
hygiene with the simplicity of child's talk
To this end all so-called learning will be sub
ordinated. The magazine will be more O.
less illustrated, and will strive to reach
high plsce in the confidence and hearts o
the people. In few weeks, our first numbe
will appear, and we shall fondly hope for
hearty welcome"
The facts abJve narrated are indeed mes
important. 1t is gratifying to know that tn
lifelong experiences of gentleman VIII
stands without peer in successfully demon
stratiDg the principles OF hygiene; who's
heart has always been In sympathy with tn
sfa cted, and whose brain has ever bee
active in planning for their relief, are to
given 10 the public through the pages of
magazine. And it is especially signifcar
and proof positive of rare merit that pre-
prietsry medicine, even with such hig
standing as Warmers Safe Cure is known
have, should be iudorsed and recommends
by 3 man SO able, 70 reputable and Of cue
| renovn aa Dr Din a vis