The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-05-08

comforting the wounded or dying-is a
very small part of what woman does
to promote this country's fighting ca
pacity. She does more than roll band
ages, scrape lint and send out dainty
boxes Of provisions for husbands.
brothers and sweethearts in the field.
The wives and mothers. and the sis
tiers and sweethearts that will become
wives and mothers-contribute some
thing more in addition to this cheering
comfort and inspiration.
Every male fighter however brawny
and heroic, was born of woman; was
once a feeble infant drawing-along
with his very breath of life from his
mothers own physical resources-the
hardihood, mental stamina and high
courage that become a nations final
and impregnable defense in the last
dread arbitrament of war
Shall we say that women contribute
the bandages and provisions? No;
they contribute the fightersl
What sort of men will the women
of this present day contribute to the
nation and the world? What sort of
help and encoura cement and inspira
ton can a woman be who is enfeebled
and broken down by the diseases and
weaknesses peculiar to her sex? Can
such a woman maintain the position
that belongs to her on the battlefield
of ery-day exertion and struggle?
Can she hope to be a capable mother
or efficient wife?
The dreadful sufferings which women
endure solely because of the delicate,
special organization which makes them
wives and mothers leads thoughtful
person to consider whether 1T is most
woefully deplorable on their own sad
account or for the sake of the other
lives that are sooner or later dependent
on their own.
It is certain that the great work
which has been done toward restoring
the physical capacity of women in the
last twenty years, by DR.. r. V. Pierce
of Buffalo, N. Y, has had a phenomenal
share in building up the courage and
power of the present generation. But
there are fifty thousand more women
who ought to know what DR.. Pierce's
extraordinary medical insight and ex-
perience and his marvellous 'Favorite
Prescription have done for their
hopeless, discouraged sisters through
out the world.
Every woman knows that the average
doctor cannot understand her case. He
is too busy; he has too many other
cases of an entirely different nature;
he lacks the special experience and
thorough understanding which are ne
cessary to a complete appreciation of
her troubles. A lifetime of experience
and constant study has made DR..
Pierce the acknowledged expert au-
thority in this particular field of prac-
tice.
So many women are in almost the
same state of mind as Mrs. Elizabeth
J. Billiard of Winnie, Bladen Co.. n. c.
1T was afflicted for seventeen months"
she writes 81 was confined to the
house and yard all the time. l could
not be on my feet but very little:
could not lift the weight of cup of
coffee, and did not have the strength to
speak more than q. few words at a
time We tried three doctors and a
lot of patent medicine, which cost over
one hundred and twenty-five dollars,
and found no relief. / had lost all
hopes of ever getting any better when
my friends advised me to take DR..
Pierces medicines. My husband said
he would try them next. He got me
five bottles of Favorite Prescription
and three of Golden Medical Discov-
cry l commenced taking these med
icines and soon found relief When
had taken one bottle OF each l walk
ed half mile to church I commenced
taking them the first of January. 1897:
the first of the following June 1 took
my cooking in hand and have cooked
for eleven in family all through the
summer 1t was DR.. Pierce's medi
cines that gave me all the relief I have
received I recommend them to all
suffering females, for it is his medi-
cines and the help of God that has re-
stored me. May the Lord bless him
and his medicines for the good they
have done me-"
Another lady, Mrs. W. G. Day of
Trussville, Jefferson Co., Ala, writes:
II cannot find words sufficient to ex-
press my praise for DR.. Pierces medi- |
cine. For two years I had suffered |
with weakness, headache, pain in my
back and side which would become |
so sore that / could hardly bear |
the weight of my hand upon it: had !