Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-16
A WoMAWS EXPERIENCE.
A Well known Newspaper woman
RecOunts Her Experience while
Visiting n Noted woman.

(From the Boston HERALD
II was my privilege recently to call upon
the world famous Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. must confess that among all news
paper women there has always been a great
feeling that Mrs. Plnkham was a myth; we
are so familiar with advertising methods
we grow to be skeptical and always take
such statements as are made in the Pink
ham advertisements, as well as all other
advertising. with the proverbial grain of
salt" but, as before stated, being near the
city Of Lynn, Mass. l thought / would in
v~estigate a little in order to satisfy my
curiosity. and l must say | was surprised
at what | found.
To begin with | had no idea that the
Lydia e. Pinkham establishment was any
thing like the immense size that II Is, and
when the street car stopped in front of a
great collection Of buildings and the con-
ductor told me that It was the Lydia +.
Pinkham Labratcry. / should have been sure
he had made a mistake had 1t not been for
a small sign which is on one Of the original
buildings.
Upon entering the ONCE 1 was received
by a very courteous lady and was very
much impressed by the fact that all the
occupants Of the room were women and
although my s~ojourn in the buildings COW
cred something more than an hour visiting
the entire place and private Office, l saw
nothing but women, and was also pleased to
learn that no man ever had access to these
rooms. / was satisfied that their claims
that this is strictly a woman's Institution
were altogether truthful.
After stating the purpose OF my visit ]
was introduced to Mrs. Pinkham, who
turned me over to a head assistant with
instructions that 1 was to be shown every
thing in and about the labratory, and par
ticularly asked me to visit the private let
ter department" which l did. This is the
department In which is received hundreds
Of thousands Of letters from alling women
and in which every letter Is opened, care
fully considered by competent persons
under Mrs. Pinkham's guidance and care
fully and accurately answered by women
only,-so particular is Mrs. Pinkham abou,
having even a suspicion of these letters
going through a business office where mel
are allowed TO frequent that she will moi
allow a typewriter to be used and every
letter that goes out of this office is writer
by hand by women. l was also shown posi-.
tive evidence, which clearly satisfied me
on the point that no letters are published
unless the writer's special permission II
first obtained.
To say that all this was a revelation II
putting 1t mildly, and when l was showr
the great cabinet of nles that contain thou
sands upon thousands of letters, then, anC
only then, did l begin to realize the magni
tude of Mrs. Pinkham's work. Just thinl
of II, every one Of these letters had beer
answered as carefully as the most com
petent knowledge could dictate. and not on
cent has ever been charged for advice.
oaU uuhERo more thar M urg1IFa, .,,h IaN
tiers were filed, and l began to feel that thi
one woman was doing more good among tn
sick women OF America than any combina
tion Of men and women that l ever heard OF
l came away from Mrs. Pinkham's labra
tory feeling that It was my duty to al
women to use my facilities as a newspape
writer to assure them that what / saw con
WINGED me that Mrs. Pinkham is more com
petent to advise sick women than any othe
one person In the United States. The vol
ume Of information which she has collabo
rated during the last twenty years contain
n record OF every kind of female illness tina
a human being could possibly develop, an
that nowhere in the world could a woma
get more accurate and helpful advice in re
gard TO her illness than by writing to Mrs
Pinkham, at Lynn. Mass. have no in
terest in Mrs. Pinkham or the Plnkhar
Medicine Co.. but l have a streak Of hu
manity in my makeup. and l cannot res
without unburdening my mind In regard I
this matter, and every time I see the fol
lowing paragraph in a newspaper. I ca
hardly keep from saying out loud while
am reading it,-"every word Of that is tru,
and every woman who is i'll and does nc
take advantage Of Mrs. Pinkham's advic
IL slowly committing suicide. The para
graph referred to is as follows:
Women suffering from any form G
female weakness are invited to freely com
municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mas
All letters are received. opened, read an
answered by women only, thus has bee
established the eternal confidence betwee
Mrs. Pinkham and the women Of Americ
which has never been broke and has in
duced more than 100. 900 sufferers to writ
to her for advice during the last fou
months. Out of the vast volume of expert
ence which she has to draw from, 1t
more than possible that she has gained tn
very knowledge that will help your cas-,
She asks nothing In return except you
goodwill, and her advice has relieve
thousands. Surely any woman. rich or pool
is very foolish II she does not take ad
vantage Of this generous offer of assist
ance. '-MarRarat L. RrioQs