The bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-07-07
A VETERAN BENEFACTOR.
His Past Life, Present Plans, and What
He Has TO say Upon n subject
That Astopi sled Him.
(N,p Fork TTmes.)

Like all pioneers, his early efforts were un
successful, but his ability and the value OF
his work soon won public confidence, anC
to-day there is not village or hamlet in the
country that has rot been influenced by DR.
Dio Lewis. When, there fote, il was learned
yesterday That ne contemplated the establish
ment of a large magazine In this city, the
fact was deemed so important that repre-
sentative of this paper was commi stoned to
see him and ascertain the truth of the rumor.
DIR. Die Lewis is a gentleman of sixty years
and two hundred pounds. with snow-white
hair and beard, but probably the most per-
feet picture of health and vigor IN the me-
tropolis. 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-
celyed the interviewer most courteousIy, and
in reply to question said:
1t is true l have come to New York to
establish a monthly magazine. have come
here for the same reason that went to Boston
twenty five years ago. Then Boston was the
lest platform in the country from which to
speak of education. New York has now be-
come most hospitable tOprogre 5siTe thoughts
and especially so 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 country pivots upon our
physical vitality, and especially upon the
vigor of our women. My new magazine will
bear she title 'Dio Lewis Monthly and be-
devoted to Sanitary and Social Science. /
hope through its pages to inaugurate a new
departure in hygiene"
Have yoa not written several books on
the. spbiect?" =,
Our Girls, published by the Harpers, have
n m nnn DIV LOFT Int 4ha hoe
work of my life / 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 questions?'
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 people
give attention to their health"
(which of these organs is most frequently
the victim of our errors?' asked tbs reporter.
within the last few years diseases of the
kidneys have greatly multiplied. When l
was engaged in practice, thirty-ive and forty
years ago, serious disease of the kidneys was
rare; but now distressingly frequent and
fatal"
"To what do you attribute this great in
crease of kidney troubles"
terated 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 than in ton OF cure"
But have YOU noticed the remarkable
testimonials of Warmers remedy"
have, and confess that they have puZ-
zled and astonished me. The Communications
"a. arr
unknown persons residing in back counties.
But l see IN our most reputable newspapers
the warmest praise of Warmers Safe Cure
from College Professors, respectable rhysi-
clans, and other persons of high intelligence
and character. To thrust such testimony
aside may be professional, but il is unmaDly.
No physician can forget that valuable addi-
tions TO our Materia Medica have sprung from
Just such sources. | was so impressed with
this cloud of witnesses that purchased some
tottles of Warmers Safe Cure at a neighbor-
Ing drug store, and analysed one of them to
see if it contained anything poisonous Then
took three of the pres ribbed doses at once,
and found there was nothing injurious Ill it.
| do not hesitate to say that if | found my
kidneys i'll serious trouble, should use this
remedy, because of the hopeiessness of all
ordinary treatment, and because when
hundred intelligent reputable persons unite
in the statement that certain remedy has
cured them of grave malady, L choose 10
believe that they speak the truth.
But as you may know, my great interest
in life lies i'll prevention. For forty years
have labo:ed i'll this field. One of the phases
of my work in New England was the estab-
lishment OF the Ladies Seminary at licking
ton, Mass. My aim was TO illustrate the
10 siblGties i'll the ph steal training of girls
during their school life. This ms tuition
became, before ] LETT it, the largest and most
seminary for young women owned
and managed by one person Ill our country.
L sat down to dinner every day with family
of two hundred persons. The remarkable
results of this muscle train ng among girls
were given IN my paper published in the
North ImcTicGn Hccie'C of December. 1882.
Besides | established the Normal Institute
for Physical Training in Boston, and for ten
years was Its President and Manager. DR..
Walter Chai ming, Er. Thomas Ho<kins, Pro-
fessoT Leonard and others were amou, its
teachers, and more than four hundred per
sons took its diploma and went out into all
parts of the land TO teach the new school of
And now the years left to me
propose to devote to the magazine which [
have come here 10 establish. II will be the
largest periodical ever devote to this field of
literature, and will present the hundred and
0ne questions OF hy|Iene with the simplicity
Of chIld'S talk. 10 this end all sO-CaIIed
earning will be suhordinated. The maya
zine will be mere or tss illustrated, and will
strive t. reach Il high pl; &c in the confidence
md hearts of the people. In a few weeks
lnr hrst number W IL appear, and we shall
Ondly hope for it 4 hearty welcome"
The facts above nara ed are indeed most
important. 1t Is gratifying to know that the
lifelong exT erience5 of n gentleman who
tands without re r in successfully demon
trating the principles of hygiene; whose
leart has always been in sympathy with the
lfliictCd, and whose brain has ever been ac-
i've III planning for their relief, are TO be
!iven to the public through the pages of a
magazine. And it is specially significant
md proof positive of rare merit that n Dro-
'Iietary medicine, even with such high stand
ne as Warmers Safe Cure is known to have.
hould be Endorsed and recommended by n
nan so able, so reputable and of such
lational renown rs DIR. Dio Lewis.
What is the worst thing about riches?'
sked teacher. Their scarcity" replied
boy, and he was Immediately awarded
rIze.
Nervous debility, the curse of the American
eople Immediately yields to the action of
|rown's Iron Bitters.
The ''reen TO-" or fat peach of China is
evolutionIzInG peach culture in Florida. 1t |
flat like n biscuit.
KEoKUK. Iowa.-Dr. E. f. Fuller says: 81 |
ave used Browns Iron Bitters in my own |
amily with excellent results.
During one, of the recent hot days the
rooklyn bridge descended 10 within 13j |
'et 9mches of the water. UnloaCed in the |
eldest weather it would be two feet higher |
ELM GROVE, n. Cdr. q. N. Robertson |
avs: 81 prescribe Browns Iron Bitters and |
nd 1t all 1t Is recommended to be-"
An effort Is malinc- To hn;Id u .hraL E