The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-19
AvErERAn nRnEFAcroR..
His p % Life, Present Plans, and what
ne Rss TO Say Upon . subject That

. ARtonlAhea Him. SET
/. Eev York TIRet' sii
: Nearly forty years ago young man, Q
UNUSUAL endowments, began tomould pub
lie opinion upon q subject Of vital impor
lance. Like'all pioneers, his early effort
were unsuccessful, but his ability and th'
value OF his work soon won public conf
dence, and to-day there Is not a village O.
hamlet In the country that has mot beer
Influenced by DR.. Dio Lewis When there
fore, It was learned yesterday that he con
templated the establishment Of q larg'
magazine In this city, the fact was deemee
30 important that represeI tAdve Of Thu
paper was commissioned TO see him anC
ascertain the truth otthe rumor. r.1s
DR.. Dio Lewis ia q 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 bis teachings, and Notwithstanding the
amount OF work he has already done
promises still greater activity for years "a
come. He received the interviewer most
courteously, and in reply to question
said: sa.
at is true have come 10 New York
TO establish monthly magazine. !
have come here for the same reason
that I went to Boston % years ago.
Then Boston WAS the best platform ia
the country from which to sptaS Of
education. New York has now become
most hospitable to progressive thoughts,
and especially stl:o NOV mentsi n behalf Of
physical training" ...,..,.. "a.
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 piyots up IN
our physical vitality, and especially upon
the vigor OF our women. My new magazine
will bear the title .Dio Lewis's Monthly,
aud DO devoted TO Sanitary and Social
Science. l hope through its pages TO inap.
gurate a new departure in hygiene."I iis
Have you not written several books on
the suhject?' s.la.eud 40,s'. % |
"Yes, nine volumes, and some OF them
! like Our Girls, published by the lHarpers,
have had an enormous circulation, but the
best work OF my life Ishall give the world
in the new magazine. Fortyyears Of Skin.
mishing ought to concludewith ten years Of
organized warfare" 'g' '1' i5'
n"Doctor, what is the occasion ofthis new
interest In health Questions?"
at 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 errors |" asked the re-
porter v ~ '.i '' SaiHn.iei =.
"Within the last few years diseases Of
the kidneys havegreatly multiplied. When
l was engaged in practice, thir.y.tve and
forty years ago, serious disease OF the kid
peys was rar.i but nov, distressingly fire.
quent and FATAL" i...,.
@ro what do you attribute this great in.
crease OF kidney troubles? 2"
"To the use OF Stimulating drinks, adul-
terated food and irregular habits OF life."
'p"Doctor, have you any confidence in the
remedy Of which we hear no much nova.
days, warmers Safe Cure ~ " q saf
81 believe in the ounce Of prevention,
rather than In q ton OF cure" 'aiti 9If
"But have you noticed the remarkable
testimonials OF Warmers remedy?N 7ti
II have, and confess that they have puz'
zled and astoniBhed mo. The cummenda-
ton Of proprietary medicines usually come
from unknown persona residing in back
counties., But l sae iRionrmost reputable
newspapers the warmest praise OF Warmers
Safe Cure from College Professors, respect
able physicians, and other persons Of high
intelligence and character. To thrust such
testimony aside may be professional, but
1t is unmanly. No physicians can forget
that valuable additions to our Aiateria
Medica have sprang from Just such sourc, S.
I was 30 impressed with this cloud OF wit.
nesses that 1 purchased some bottles Of
Warmers Safe Cure at a neighboring drug
store, and analyz.d one Of them to see II i
contained anything poisonous. Then l.
| took, three OF the prescribed doses at once,
and found there was nothing injurious In
it. l do not hesitate to say that II Hound
my kidneys In serious trouble, / should
use this remedy, because Of the hopeless
ness OF all ordinary treatment, and be-
cause when hundred intelligent and re-.
putable persons unite in the statement
that q certain remedy has cured them Of a
grave malady, I chose 10 believe that they
speak the truth" .l ..l .,.,gts..l
"But as you may know, my great inter
est in life lies In prevention. For forty
years 1 have labored in this field. .one Of
the phases OF my work in New England
was the establishment OF the aides Semi
nary at Lexington, Mass. My aim was TO
| illustrate the possibilities in the physical
training OF girls during their school life.
frhis institution became before left It, the
largest and most successful Seminary for
young women owned and managed by one
tt.. M " In lin.
ner every day with family Of two hun.
drcd persons. The remarkable results Of
this muscle training among girls, were
given in nv paper published in the North
American Retie,o Of December, 1882. ~.
"Besides, established the Normal In.
stitute for Physical Training in Boston,
and for ten years was It's President and
Manager. DR.. Walter Claiming, DR..
Thomas Hoskins, Professor Leonard, and
Others, were am ong its teachers, and moe
than four hundred persons took It's diploma
and went out into all parts OF the land
to teach the new school OF gymnastiC. Az d
now the years left 10 me propose to devote
10 the magazine which have come here to
establish. Il will be the largest periodical
ever devoted TO this field oil literature, and
will pres emf the hundred md one questions
Of hygiene with the simplicity Of child's
talk. To this end all so-caIled learning
will be suboIdinated. The magazine will
be more or less illustrated, and will strive
To reach high place 10 the confidence aud
hearts OF the people. In few weeks our
fist number will appear, and we shall
iondly hope for 1t 8 hearty welcome" on
The facts above narrated are indeed most
important. It Is gratifying 10 know that
the life long experiences OF gentleman
who stands without peer in successfully
demonstrating the principles OF hygient;
whose heart has always been in sympathy
with the afflicted, and whose brain has
ever been active in planning for their re-
lief, are to be given to the public through
the pages OF q magazine. Anditis specially
significant aud proof positive Of rare merit
that proprietary medicine, even with such
high standing as Warmers Sale Cure is
known to have, should be endorsed and
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