Healtfy of American Women
A Subject Much Discussed at Women's Clubs-
Ttie Future of a Country Depends on the
Health of Its Women.
\ - Airs TC. Wilfadsen MistMattie Henry
At the New York State Assembly of
Mothers , a prominent New York 'doctor
told the 500 women present thathealthy
American women were so rare as to be
almost extinct.
This seems to "be a sweepingstate
ment of the condition of American
women. Yet how many do you know
who are perfectly well and do not have
some trouble arisingfrom a derange
ment of the female organism which
manifests itself in headaches , back
aches , nervousness , that bearing-down
feeling , painful or irregular menstrua
tion , leueorrhooa , displacement of the
uterus , ovarian trouble , indigestion or
sleeplessness ? There is a tried and
true remedy for all these ailments.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has restored more American
women to health than all other reme
dies in the world. It regulates ,
strengthens and cures diseases of the
female organism as nothing else can.
For thirty years it lias been curing
the worst forms of female com
plaints.
Such' testimonj' as the following
should be convincing.
Mrs. T. C. Willadscn , of Manning ,
la. , writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkhum :
" 1 can truly suy thit you havesaved my life
and I eannol express my gratitude to you in
words. For two years 1 spent lots of money
in doctoringithour. any benefit for men
strual irregularities and t had given up all
hopes of ever being well again , but I was
persuaded to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound and three bottles have re
stored me to perfect health. Had it not been
for yon 1 would have been in my grave
tOHlliV. "
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Feminine Strategy.
Mr ? . Sa.vjtt Mrs. Browne has been
treating her husband rather cool for
some time.
Mrs. Askitt Yes. so I have observed.
I wonder what is the cause of it ?
Mrs. Sayiti Oh. it's merely n hint
that she expects a new sealskin sacqne
this winter.
I have used Piso's Care for Cousump-
tion with sood results. It is all right.
John W. Henry , Box G42 , Fostoria , Ohio ,
Oct. 4 , 1901.
Miss Koosovclt sent a cane of Porto
Kican wood to Bayonne. X. J. . to be dis
posed of at u fair for the benefit of the
Exempt Firemen's Association of that
place.
"I liad Inflammatory Rheumatism , but I am well
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His Classification.
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"Did you look up his rating' : " asked
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Miss Mattie TTenry , Vice-Presidentof
Danville Art Club , 429 Green St. , Dan
ville , Va. , writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkham : "Many years'suffer-
ingwith femalo weakness , inflammation and
a broken down system made me moi-e anx
ious to dvjthan to Hve.butLydiaE. Pinkham's
Vegetable Co'mponnd has restored my health
and I am so grateful for it that I want every
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When women are troubled with
irregular , suppressed or painful men
struation , weakness , leucorrhoea , dis
placement or ulceration of the womb ,
that bearing-down feeling , inflamma
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( or flatulency ) , general debility , indi
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" " and "want-to-
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A light heart , a cheerful countenance ,
| and all the charms of grace and beauty
are dependent upon proper action of the
bodily organs. - You cannot look well
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Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. Her advice and
medicine have restored thousands to
health. Address , Lynn , Mass.
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She ( at the depot ) It must be awfully
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to tliis country and find themselves
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lie Oh , They are used to it. having
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you know.
She Why , of course , I never thought
of that.
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THE CENTAUR COMPANY. HEW VCMK CITY.
A CONFESSION.
Do yon remember , little wife.
How years ago we two together
Saw naught but love illumine life
In sunuy days or winter weather ?
Do you remember how we two
Would stare in % > each other's eyes ,
Till all the earth grew heavenly blue ,
And speech was lost in happy sighs ?
Do you another thing recall ,
That used to happen often then ;
How , simply passing in the hall ,
We'd stop to smile and kiss again ?
Do you remember how I sat
And , reading , held your hand in mine ,
Caressing it with gentle pat
One pat for every blessed line ?
Do you recall while at the play
Through hours of agony we tarried ?
The lovers' griefs brought us dismay ;
Oh , we rejoiced when they were mar
ried.
Ah , me , 'twas years and years ago
When all this happened that I sing ,
And many a time the winter snow
Has slipped from olive slopes of
spring.
And now oh , nonsense ! let us tell ;
A fig for laugh of maids or men !
You'll hide your blushes ? I'll not. Well
We're ten times worse than we were
then.
Century.
'
: "A Little More Gold"
- - - -
' think much of Miss Gret-
SDOX'T man. "
"Nor do I , now. When did you
see her ? "
"Last night. It's a bail mess. You
h.'ive wasted a lot of time over il. "
"Yes. I can't imagine what 1 was
at. I ought to have done better. A
little more gold would improve mat
ters. "
"I'd break it , if I were you. and have
done Avith it. "
"I hardly like to do that. "
The two speakers went out again.
* * # 4 4 *
The moment they had departed a
girl came out from a curtained recess.
n
11 v
"WHY DID YOU GIVE TJP JACK ? "
She was a charming little ladyvith
fair hair and a pair of laughing blue
eyes. But now they were far from
laughing.
She stamped her dainty foot and
tossed her pretty head with an air of
lofty disdain.
"The idea ! So he's like all the rest
is he after gold. He ought to have
done better. Well , he shall have a
chance. If he doesn't like to break it ,
I do. "
After thus giving vent to her feel
ings she rushed frantically down the
stairs and rejoined her father.
* * * * * * *
The next morning Tack Rowlands
had a shock. Instead of the usual
"billet doux" from Edith came a rather
bulky parcel. Quickly opening it , he
found all the little love tokens he had
sent her. There was the volume of
Moore's poems she had treasured so
much , a diamond ring , and a good-
sized bundle of love letters.
On a gilt-edged correspondence card
he read these words :
"I don't wish to see you again.
"EDITH GRETTON. "
Tenderly taking up tlie parcel , he
locked it away in his desk.
"WJiat was the meaning of it all ? "
he asked himself repeatedly.
* * * 4t * * *
The next morning Edith and her
father were on their way for a long
planned vacation in Europe. In a few
words she told him she had "broken"
with Jack , but he could learn nothing
further. She was terribly upset and
unhappy.
"O , how much she loved him ! How
unworthy he was of any girl's love ! "
At first the beautiful Swiss moun
tains and the lovely scenery around
Berne helped to divert her thoughts ,
but at best the time dragged wearily.
Her father saw all this , and looked
eagerly forward to the time Avhen they
should go home. He hoped the little
rift was but a lover's quarrel.
But how was Jack faring all this
while ? He was going from bad to
worse. From the day he received
Edith's parcel there was a marked
falling off in the quantity and quality
of his stories. The editors called his
attention to it.
All the ladies were portrayed as ter
rible vixens , while heroism and trust
ing , faithful love were the sole prop
erty of the men. In fact , real interest
In his vork had gone.
He would shut himself up for weeks
and brook no interference not even
from his old chum , Ted.
Women were coquettes , heartless.
They sought a man's affection simply
to toy with. He hated the sight of
them. And yet , did he ?
Every evening he drew from Its
hiding place a little bundle ol love
letters. Over and over again he read
them ; and from his pocket he drew a
tinj * photograph and kissed it.
All ! how he treasured that precious
picture ! The heart hovers round these
sacred relics of the past. They may
be mere trifles , but , after all , is not tho
world made up of trifles ?
Again and again he racked his brain
in search of some reason for Edith's
strange conduct. Why had she cast
him aside with no word of explana
tion ?
Suddenly an inspiration seized him.
He would write a book and reveal
woman "in her true colors. " lie would
paint her loading on her lover to the
highest realms of joy and happiness
just for the pleasure of dashing him
down again. The book would be the
sensation of the year.
lie snatched up his pen while the
idea was hot. He was in the middle
of the first chapter when Ted bounced
in. .lack had forgotten to "sport his
oak. "
"Hurrah , Jack , " he shouted , "I've
got two months' vacation ; am off to
Europe Saturday. " Then noticing tho
pale , excited face of his friend , ho
said :
"Let me prescribe for you , Jack
Put all those beastly papers out of
sight , or. if you will , pack them up in
your bag and come with me. It will
make a new man of you. "
"Thanks , old man no. I've just
begun my life work my masterpiece.
This book will take the world by
storm. '
"It can bo written as well , nay , bet
ter , under the shadow of the Alps thai :
in tin ; stuffy rooms. "
Tho novelist thought of Berne. He
would be nearer Edith. But , no ho
dared not go. It would only be fan
ning the flame he was trying to kill.
Tod was iu Switzerland. If only
Jack wore there , too ! Why shouldn't
he look up .Miss Grotton ? Why had
she thrown over .lack in that mysteri
ous way ? Who knows ? Perhaps he
might bo a peacemaker. He called on
Edith and hor father. The old gen
tleman tried to sound him on the
"split , " but Ted know nothing.
Toil and Edith were sitting out one
evening watching tho sunset. It was
a glorious scone. By coincidence their
thought wandered back to the Gretton
home and a certain evening.
Ted would have liked to have won
this girl for himself. She looked so
handsome so winsome as she sat
there though perhaps a trifle sad. Ho
was sorely tempted. She had of her
own accord given up Jack. Then he
thought of the lonely man who loved
her still , and he thrust aside the mad
wish.
"Why did you give up Jack ? " he
suddenly blurted out. He felt he must
say something to break the spell or his
good intentions would melt like the
snow they saw before them.
"Can you ask ? " she replied coldly.
"You already know. "
"I I know ! " and a wild wish was
father to the thought.
It was one of those evenings that
invite confidences. The sun was go
ing down and leaving just a shimmer
ing twilight.
"Yes , " she said sadly ; "you were
really the means of bringing before me
the facts that made me wish to see Mr.
Rowlands no more. "
He drew his chair closer to her.
"Do , please , tell me all about it , " he
said. His heart beat wildly. Could
it be possible she had broken with
Jack for his sake ?
Then she described word for word
what she had overheard.
Vividly it all came back to him.
He was tempted for a moment , but
for a moment only.
"My dear Miss Gretton , " he said ,
"how glad I am I came on to Berne.
We were discussing not you , but a
snapshot photo Jack had stolen of
you with his pocket camera. It's a
terrible thing. I don't think you would
recognize yourself. He accidentally
broke the negative soon after , and his
only print is a poor little pyro-stained
tiling. lie "
"What ! " Edith jumped up , her face
all aglow. "I never knew he took pic
tures ! "
"That was his 'first , ' and , what's
more , " said Ted , "he carries that
wretched little photograph in a pocket
near his heart. "
* * * * * * *
Two weeks later Edith came home.
In the Gazette she read the announce
ment that the celebrated novelist , Mr.
Rowlands , was engaged on a new
book.
"It is calculated to take the world
by storm , " the paragraph went on ,
"and entirely upsets all the best the
ories about women. "
She put down the paper in dismay.
She realized at what a price the in
spiration had been acquired.
* * * * # *
"Give me a little photograph you
have in your pocket , " she demanded ,
as the surprised Jack rose from his
desk to meet her.
She tore it into shreds.
"Let me be next your heart instead ,
dear , " she whispered. .
He did.
* * * * * * *
The critics are still waiting for the
great novel which was calculated to
upset all our best theories about wom
en. Chicago Tribune.
During the courtship a man declares
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