Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-06-16
a yErERAN BENEFAUrOR.
Bis Past Life, Present Plans, and
What He Has so say upan a
subject that Ast0nished Him.
New York Tines.

Weary forty years ago q young man,
of unusual endowmeuts, began TO
mould public opinion upon a subject
of vital Importance Like all other
pioneers, his early efforts were unsuc.
cessfnl, but his ability and the value
of his work sooR won public conf
dence, and to dag there isnot village
or hamlet in the country that has not
been influenced By Dr.. Die Lewis.
When, therefore, il vas learned yes
terday that he contemplated the es
adjustment of a large magazine in this
city, the fact was deemed SO important
that representative Of this paper was
commissioned to see him and ascertain
the truth Of the rumor.
DR.. Dio Lewis is 4 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, promises
still greater activity for years to come.
He received the interviewer most
courteously, and in reply to a 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 % years ago.
Then Boston was the best platform in
the country from which to speak of
education. New York has now be-
come most hospitable to progressive
thoughts, and especially SO to move
ments on behalf of physical train,
ing.
II 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
tally, and especially upon the vigor of
our women. Ny new magazine will
bear the title 'Dio Lewis Monthly,
and be devoted to Sanitary and Social
Science. hope through its pages to
inaugurate a new departure 10 by
giene."
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
circulation, but the best work of my
life L 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, kids
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 fire..
quently the victim Of our errors?"
asked the reporter.
Within the last few years diseases
Of the kidneys have greatly multiplied.
When was engaged in practice, thir.
ty-tive and forty years ago, serious dis
ease 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 drinks.
adulterated food and irregular habits
Of life." lSf G1i,ls %
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 proven
ton. rather than in a ton of cure"
but have you noticed the remark
able testimonials Of Warmers reme>
dyH9
Il have, and confess that they have
puzzled and astonished me. The
concentrations Of proprietary medi-
cines usually come from unknown
persons residing in back counties. But
4 see in our most reputable newspapers
the warmest praise of Warmers Safe
euro from College Professors, respec>
table physicians, and other persons Of
high intelligence and character. To
thrust such testimony aside may be
professional, but it is unmanly. No
physician can forget that valuable
additions to Materia Medica have
sprung from just such sources. | was
50 impressed with this cloud Of wit
nesses that | purchased some bottles
OF Warmers Safe Cure at neighborlne
drug store, and analysed one of them
TO see If it contained anything poison,
Gus Then took three OF the prescrib
ed doses at once, and found there was
nothing injurious in it. | do not hes
itate to say that if | found my kidneys
10 serious trouble, | should use this
remedy, because Of the hopelessness
of ell ordinary treatment, and because
when hundred intelligent and repu
table persons unite in the statement
that certain remedy has cured them
Of a grave malady, | choose to believe
that they speak the truth"
l"Rpt % you may know, my great
interest in life lies In prevention.
Bor forty years have lah6red In this
field. One of the phases of my work
| in New England was the establish
ment Of the Ladies Seminary at Lex
| ington, Mass. Ny aim was to illus
trate the possibilities in the physical
training Of girls during their school
| life. This institution became
before 1 left it the largest and
most successful seminary for young
women owned and managed
by one person in our country. / sat
down To dinner eyety day vigh fam
lily Of two hundred persons. The re
markable results Of this muscle train
ing among girls,were given in my paper
published in the North American Re
view Of December, 1882
Besides, | established the Normal
Institute for Physical Training in
Boston, and fox ten years vas III
President aud Manager. DIR. Walter
i 80 II n r.