The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-01-04
SIZE DID NOT KNOW 1T.
But, Alas, Many of Those About Her
Did.
a Graphic Story Which Shows How
Seldom Women Realize Their
True Condition.

In a large silk mill where the looms
were drumming, and all was noise and
hustle a woman, skilled in manufactur-
ing and dyeing delicate silks was toll
ang. She looked tired and detected.
Her cheeks were sunken, and there
were dark lines beneath her eyes. You
could easily detect the peculiar salloW
look which comes upon the faces of all
women at certain periods. Occasional
" her face, which was usually bright
and attractive, would be clOuded by
pain just as the sunlight is sometimes
shut of by passing clouds. 1t was
easy to see she was not happy.
And yet she worked, struggling along
when she should have been at home,
and possibly in bed. Poor little wOm-
an! How brave she was in her suffer-
ing, and how faithful And yet, during
ali that time, she was uncOnsciOusly
bringing disaster to her employer. Eve
~ moment Of that day, while she was
so bravely struggling, the eXhalations
from her body were running the delicate
colors of the silk upon which she was
Alas, she did not know it! But when
the choice silks came upon the market
and it was found that the colOrings
were ruined, an investigation was made
and the poor little woman was dis
charged.
For what?
Simply because the sickness, which
comes to every woman at certain times,
had, unknown, imperceptibly, cOIored
the gossamer silks over which she was
toiling.
This is a sad story, but it is absolute
" true 1t happened in Newark, N. J.,
and furnishes a very valuable lesson. 1t
shows that women, however careful
they may be, are often, unknown to
themselves, exerting an influence not
only upon the persons, but also upon
the things about them which is by no
means agreea bic. It is unfortunate
that such should be the case, but it is
none the less true.
And yet, fortunately, it is a fact,
proven beyond the shadow of a doubt,
that women of the present day can, by
availing themselves of the latest and
best discoveries of science, almost Who'll
" overcome the iII-effects of the peri
odic sickness. t is true there has new
er been but one discovery for accOmp-
fishing this desirable end, but that one
has proven to be so pure, so scientific,
and so efficient, that it is being used
almost universally. Here is what Mrs.
Randolph Howell of Washington, says
upon this most important subject:
4 have often in the past found it
impossible to attend receptions and
other social functions, owing to a tenn
pOrary state of illness. but of late
years I have been enabled to entirely
Danish all painful effects to myself and
possible unpleasantness to others by
the use of a discovery which I believe,
to be boon to WOmankind-War ner'S
Safe Cure. have been so wonderfully
helped by the painless powers of this
remedy-which has seemed like a friend
in need-that have urged its use upon
nearly all of my lady acquaintances."
Women should not suffer- need not
suffer, need not be unpleasing to those
about them, if they will only use proper
care and the best inventions of science
for their help. There is every reason
why they should be both healthy and
happy; there is no reason why they
should be even temporarily indiSposed
Modern science and invention have
rendered all this needless. Thousands
of women have learned this, and can
cheerfully testify to the happy condi-
ton they have been in since they
learned what to do.