The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-13
A LOVELY LADY'S SECRET.
SHE TALKS TERY FRANKLY AND
EIRNEs1LF 10 THE WRITER.


On the afternoon Of ssnday Jan. :. the
writer gave interested attention TO the narra-
tion which follows. II IL here reproduced AL
most exactly in the words Of the lady from
whose lips Il iell-Mrs. s. II Cook % $50
Tompkins avenue. Brooklyn. ~ Y. Hsr hus-
band. Mr. & b. Cook. has for many years held
a responsible position in the Registered Letter
Department OF the New York Post ONCE.
We three sat at the front windows Of their
home overlooking the park. as Mrs. Cook gave
this leafet out OF her life. one OF her little
children nesting against her knee.
Should confirmation OF our report be de-
sired. Mr.. Cook will respond to any inquiries
that may be addressed to him.
To make my story plain" said the lady,
Il shall have to go back lust a year-to Janu-
AIRY. 1893 1t was then began to feel badly.
There was nothing like what IL commonly
called an attack OF any particular disease.
chan ges into autumn. The trees were green,
now they are brown; II was like that; no
sharp sym ptoms no sudden collapse. IL was
fading and sinking down. All women will I'M
derstand what that means
o rom 5sa v wsaS anu sSpsu' TSs s rd
strength seemed TO- be passing from me l
that on any exertion ! would almost faint
away. All my hopes Of gaining strength By
and food distressed me.
Perhspe really ought 20 date my illness
you the facts and people can Judge for them
My husband and have been married nine
years Before my, marriage / was troubled .
great deal with ind Eestion and dyspepsia and
Sometlmss i s .1 Woph be welItSo or three
on; That was the history OF several years
indeed. Of many years. Pour years ago had
badly and suffering all the symptoms that are
so much written about. | couldn't eat any
fisht of the stove stove That was my diet. and
got very tired Of it; but was afraid to touch
thing. and possibly it may make what am GO
ing to tell you easier to understand. or II may
Now. to get back to the year 1888, last year.
iSPs and sad one t i9F me; as the WaTn,
not. The opening buds On the trees out there
In the park found me "a weak. low. and miser-
sss hsi ssS2 IN os sursr ING
that my sleep was habitpally bad. During tn.
sat by the window and looked out. When one
can't sleep almost any diversion is better than
know that another hour has dragged by.
Well thore Is no need to dwell on this part
nothing that could be done here in Brooklyn
appeared likely to help me. My relatives live
went early in July. taking our three children
and leaving nv husband to attend TO his work
IN New York. and to take care oil our home
Ieskskil, lies on the hills. and. oh how
fresh Tres, tn. air Is 1t was In hope OF beP ,st
pointed. The country even with all tn.
better for me than the city. In the midst OF is
All l was the sane weak and weary woman.
tinued eiior mort made me faint About the Arst
OF August broke down altogether and took
thought it would be three long months before
should come out OF II. Yet that was my fate.
wh sDd ss es Of
attention could effect: Now and then they gos
me up to have the bed made. and to rest me.
Yes. / took nourishment. OF course-hroths.
soups. &C.. and kept alive on them; but lost
flesh just the same, and got weaker-that is. II
My friends saw was growing thinner; and
EXPRESSED the opinion to one another thati
-, The doc,9r ssHsS.sted tia, take cod hrer
the taste OF It, either in its natural state or as
an emulsion. He looked grave al this but said
and sans Ss t. ali thefs 70 SAY SI Of tie re-
suit OF my trip to the country"
Ey S tine time went nt TP to v!fis my Wife,
thinner and more feeble than before. although
she S,dp! IiSs to aST X. sdr
were physically possible must get home, aud
so, on the Sd Of Novsmb Der. they wrappsd me
p9gpds, 81 pounds les. than weighed In my
ing only wait for what might happen. ! had
tried doctors and drugs-often useful to others
"on the next day after my return my hus-
band brought me bottle OF something called
his h ap lSpS sored you'd tr9
IL tasted II and IL tasted good. nothing ike
s sSd liver oil fesan tssnG h Aes.sanG 10
But il dill have good effect. and that quickly.
ri could eat the old kinds OF food. and they
didn't distress me. Then began TO get some
Prise and delight. II found I Ma" had gained two
pounds II the end OF the second weeE. two
more. And SO on. gaining two pounds every
1T is eight weeks now, and weigh ia
came home can R0s sat aRything have w" no
Pain. no cough no headache, can run up stairs
a5 SS s an. and not s sRsTs more
~, and you think Paskola did all this for you.
Certainly: II 1t didn't, what did, Ihays
taken nothing else for over two months. and
am well, as you can see. ! never felt so well,
have Just got back from a visit 10 my Peek
skilL friends and they had no trouble to see the
Ii Isn't my wits's in crease il weight alone"
spirits She had none OF those things TIL PAS
kola gave them 20 her. II II can do as much
fS Ghs %SI 20 be-
What my husband says, | say" added Mrs.
Cook; anything less would DO inGrAutuds on
my part and cuipable indifference TO the suf-
Has this case any lesson for your Are you
thin Are you Vanishing for food which the
palate refuses and the stoIn ach cannot digest
Arc you pale from want OF red blood2 Are you
cold because yuu have not flesh to feed the
vital IRE? Are you weak because your food is
not Assimilatedt Are you slowly sinking like
q scuttled ship Millions are. Abandon the
use Of drugs and medicines and test the sue
csssful modern scientific treatment. PAskolA
is a food and enables the system TO use all
other food IL arrests smReiAtion. re-sstAb-
fishes nutrition. fills up the hollow cheeks. and
out OF weakness develops power.
A pamphlet giving full particulars respect
I'M PaskolA will be sent on application 10 the
Pre- DlRested food Co. It's Duane street n