The evening times., 1898-08-19

VISITORS DAY AT ST. PETERS HOS
| PITAL, NEW YORK CITY.
seek throughout the length and breadtl
OF the great. struggling. fighting daz
cling world-the thoughts and hopes o
| truest manhood forever turn back to th
place where wife and children are. Her
Is the goal of all endeavor and the cente
| of.existence.
| WHAT WIFE AND CHILDREN MEAN
TO EVERY MAN.
Men Of every class and condition II
| life look to their wives and children a.
the unfailing source of Inspiration and
cheerfulness. A wounded soldier. hons
| from the front. is hardly more depend
| ent upon this tender comfort and goot
cheer than Is the average man who work.
all day at his desk, or In the shop, oI
| field.
A husband expects his wife to be thu
brightener of his home; to tighten his
discouragements. smooth away his wrink-
les. and smile away his frowns, Just al
much as the wounded soldier returning
from the field expects to be greeted with
loving caresses- Whether right or wrons
10 expect so much attention and petting
the average husband does expect IL and
without 1t becomes disappointed man.
A wIFE's PROBLEM.
But how is woman who is burdened
with household work and care and with
the constant draft upon her strength that
comes with frequent motherhood. to full
MI her whole wifeiy duty7 How can the
ordinary woman struggling with the ordi.
| nary conditions of this work day world
be the ideal housekeeper. wife and mother
all at once?
This Is the great problem with which
| the women of America have to deal: and
when the question has to be worked out
| In the face of constant physical weak
ness and suffering, no wonder so many
thousand Of women feel that the demand
| Of life are greater than they can meet.
| and heavier than they can possibly en-
dure. No wonder they live for weeks and
months plunged in the depths of wretch
edness and despondency
A woman who suffers 'inwartlly from
some feminine weakness. or disease, Is in
a certain sense almost alone in her trou-
BILE: her husband cannot-half appreciate
her suffering. no mabter now kind-heart-
ed he may be. She hates to be complaining
all the time. Often she herself may not
| realize exactly what the trouble Is: and If
the local doctor is called, in, he will not
once in dozen times diagnose the trou-
BILE correctly.
DoDGTNG THE QUESTION.
20. your liver needs a little tonins
up" he win say: or. Your stomach is
out of kelter.'' Perhaps he will call il
heart trouble or nervousness and
give the usual stereotyped treatment tina
Is OF no more avail than SO much wa
ter; while all the time the real trouble.
the undermining weakness in the organ
Ism distinctly feminine. is draining and
fhn ,iA
checked.
After all the poor unhappy woman is
almost glad that the doctor. in his easy
going fashion, fails to suggest where
the actua; trouble lies: for well she
KNOWS that the next step would be the
detestable examinations and local appli-
cations which modest women hold in such
repugnance.
THE REAL ANSWER.
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that the knowledge of DIR. Pierce's Fa-
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says ArS- ~. D. AudmS, OIL fdTRO, CaSS
Co., N. Oak. 'T had female weakness
very badly; so 1 had to be in bed part
of the time. I could not do my house.
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siGe when / would lie down. I had pains
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had not taken two bottle when was able
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for me-" a
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