The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-02-19
1 WOMAN S EXPEnIENlG!'E.
Margaret [. Briggs, a Well e
known NeWspape Woman.
zRecounts Her Experience Willis
Visiting a Noted Woman.
OF Interest to All Women.
fF'rom the Boston .Herald.)

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tFrom the Boston .Herald)
It was my privilege recently to call
a upon the world famous Mrs. P1nkhan at
Lynn, Mass. L must confess tnat{ among
ali newspaper women there has always
been a great feeling that Mrs. EPlnkham
was a myth; we are so familiar with ad-
aVertlsing methods we grow to be skeptl-s
cal and always take such statements as
are made in the Pinkham advertisements
as we'll as all other advertising vi tn. the
proverbial grain Of salt but, as before
stated being near the city OF Lynn; Mass 8
. order to satisfy my curiosity, andfl must
say 5Iwas surprised at what found
10 begin With had no idea that.ths
anything like the immense size that s1t
IS, and when the street car stopped. N ~
front of a great collection OF. bulldings
Lydia Fl. Pinkham Labra tory. 81 snoulu
have been sure he had made mistake
had 1t not been for small sig n sMii ll5
is on one Of the original buildings.
Upon entering the office Il was received
by a very courteous lady and was very
much impressed by the fact that all inc
occupants OF the room were women, anu
although my sOiourn in the buildings GOV
cred something moro than an nour .VlSlC-
ing the entire place and private oiflce,El
saw nothing but women, and was also
pleased to learn that no man ever. mao
access to these rooms. / was SATISFIED
that their claims that this is strictly q
Won1ans institution were altogether truth
full.
After stating the purpose of my visit I
was introduced, to Mrs. Pinkham, who
turned me over to a head assistant with
instructions that was to be shown every
thing in and about the labratory, and par
ticuiarly asked me to visit the private
letter department. which did: This is
the department in which is received hun
dreds of thousands of letters from alllng
women, and in which every letter is open
ed, carefully considered by competent
persons under Mrs. Pinkham's guidance
and carefully and accurately an nTNs s;, 9y
ham about having even a suspicion Or
these letters going through a business OF
fee where men are allowed to frequent
that she will not allow a typewriter to be
used, and every letter that goes out OF
this office is written by hand by women.
l was also shown positive evidence, which
clearly satisfied me on the point that no
letters are published unless the writer s
special permission is first obtained.
To say that all this was a revelation is
putting it mildly, and when l was shoMn
the great cabinet Of files that contain
thousands upon thousands of letters, then,
and only then, did L begin to realize the
magnitude of Mrs. Pinkham's work. just
think of it, every one of these letters had
been answered as carefully as the most
competent knowledge could dictate, and
not one cent has ever been charged toE
advice saw where more than one nj NIL |,
lion such letters were filed, and l began
to feel that this one woman was DONG
more good among the sick women OF
America than any comblnatlon OF men
and women that I ever heard of came
away from Mrs.5Pnlham's Labratory
feeling that it was my duty to all women
to use my facilities as newspaper writer
to assure them that what saw convinced
me that Mrs. Pinkham is more competent
to advise sick women than any other one
person in the United States. The volume OF
information which she has collaborated
during the last twenty years contains
record of every kind Of female illness
that a human being could. possibly de,
velop, ard that nowhere in the world
could a woman get more accurate ana
tsab h a1ff Y fesah fa to
Lynn, Mass. / have no Interest IN Mrs.
Pinklam or the -Pinkham Medicine Co.,
but | haze streak of humanity III my
makeup. and / cannot rest without IN
ter, and c.:ery. time / see the following
paragraph in a newspaper. L tcanShardly
keep from saying out loud While Il am
and every woman who is ill and does not
take advantage of Mrs. Pinllhams advice
is slowly committing suicide:'' The para
graph referred to is as follows:
women suffering from any form OF
female weakness are invited to- freely
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham attLYnn,
Mass. ALL letters are. received, opened,
read and answered by women only, thus
has been established the eternal confidence
between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of
America which has never been broken and
has induced more than 100, 900 sufferers to
write her for advice during the last four
months. Out of the vast volume OF OK
perience which she has to draw from, it
is more than possible that she has gained
the very knowledge that will help your
case. She asks nothing in return except
ed thousands. Surely any woman, rich
or poor, is very foolish if she does not
take advantage Of this generous offer of
assistance. Margaret L. Briggs.