The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-03-03
HE EXPLAINS.
A Member Of the Firm of The
Hall & Lyon CO. Tells
What He Knows.
4 Boston Paper Investigates the
Merits Of vinoL
A Subject That is Agitating the
Whole Country.
[From the Boston Herald

There has reached Us ruIrors OF new
discovery. Something that will revolu-
tionize the practice of medicine A reme-
dy that has given sufferers from wasting
diseases hopes OF renewed health and pro-
loDgsd life
OF enough Importance have these stories
nppsared that special interview with
tine Hall AZ Lyon Co. Of Providence, who
are interesed in tins new preparation
which Is called: Vinol, was thought ad-
visible
Our reporter had no difficulty In finding
their place of business. The FIRST man ne
met aid: oh yss, The Hall & Lyon
Co., the firra who has the wonderful new
remedy that will cure everything that
people always thought ccd liver oil
would htlp," and he was speedily
directed 20 their enterprisin
and busy sstat ishment Tie
nrm Is business from the word 60. BIT
rather objected To the fame of this Irepa-
ration being spread abroad as a dis -overy.
Why, said q men bsr of this firm,
This Is no moro a new discovery than
was the moon when it was nrst viewed
through telescope. The discovery ex-
listed simply in the fact OF finding out
means of RttJing at the truth We were
aftsr. PsrhaI the method might be CON
sidered discovery, but what we have
found has been known for years. and IL
Is rothin: more nor less than the val uable
medicinal properties that have always *
listed 10 the coz 3 liver. and for " hiuh cod
liver OIL has been Pr SERTED by SD many
physicians You see IL IL Just tn + way.
God liver oil (IerhaTs you have taken IL
yours if) Is something tat Is very valu-
abl; In oil oits Of wasting iisessss. aad
in its.lf IL extreme ly disaRreeatle. Why
Grmly telieys that great many cases
OF consumption. tvsn. could be cured If
IL were ossit 10 fer the atisnt TO take
enough coi liver oil to lat its virtues te-
come manifest. For th 80 who have a
tendency To sore throat bronchitis, coughs,
colds, for every yone of an anemic disposi-
tion, 10 has al ways bet n cor sider.d ~ SIM
lily invaluable and yet 10 mas more Cftsn
been necessary TO abandon its use than
IL has bsen pcssio ole TO devise a way of
administering ii.
Two eminent French chemists started
in and got interested in the matter and
after years of study, they have sucoeeded
In extracting from ths liver of the COD
Just what Is necessary, and have left be-
hind that obnoxious, greasy, vile-tasting
fatty matter. the thought OF which oven
has turned the stomacks OF thousands.
thing at last. We have found a way of
gsttinR tie kermit q tf the nut.
This Vinol that Is 50 much talked about
IL Just exactly thut. Ii Is the concsn-
trntsd essence Of medicine found In the
cOu's liver that does the good. Ihe grease
is like the shell of the nut. absolutely use
less, only iu is oiffeIsn from tae smell of
the nut becauss besides bsing useless IL 10
extremely obnoxious ana disaRreeable TO
sight, taste ana smell.
We have now taken this extract
and put sufficient quantity
uf it in a delcious-tssting table
wine. We have also added small
amount of organic iron. 1his hsiuhteus
the tonic effect of the wine The extract
of the Gods liver comes in just the right
proportion to do the greatest amount Of
good Here, drink this, " he said, as no
reached for bottls and poured forth " hat
appeared to be- and which smelled like q
delicious, rich wine.
The reporter hesitated. The thought of
cod livefs, or ANYTHING to do with them
brought back memories of the last. "a h. N
he himself had made heroic struggles to
take that awful medicine. go ahead
and drink IL. T" the druggist said. The re-
porter did so. and looked up. ''Yes,
know. but that is ell right. thought
you were going TO give me soius Of that
Vinol you were talking about, and did
not know that 1t was your custom TO treat
man interviewing you, to drink like
that" He'll & Lyons representative
laughed. "well. that Is Vinol that you
have tasen. Now you know that part of
what 1 have told you is true. It aid not
tasts bad, did it?' And 10 surely did not.
Now" he said, "let me tell you sumo
thing else. You have just taken. con-
denspd, of the curative principles of the
ood's liver what you would find In fifty
Per cent. of is volume CT cod liver oil You
can therefore imagine tnat If it is neces-
sary to take this remedy, how much or sier
it will be to derive benefit from iU than it
used Tn be- when cod liver oil was admin
istertd Do you realize that formerly you
only obtained small proportion of these
same curative properties In u whole pint
OF that horribls oil. Doesn't that tell the
story to your
''You will have to excuse me now, for
rs you see, ] am mere than driven. OF
course l aIn getting the advantage OF the
discovery by having the goods iirst on my
shelf, and also by being directly con-
nected with the New York house,
The reporter thanked the gentleman for
his Kindness, and left him. wondering
tn himself whether after all a man had TO
be horn on purpose TO be famous or
whether notoriety and good fortune did
not sometimes cUme as matter of luck.