The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-02-19
A WOMAN'S EXPERIENCE
MARGARET L. BRIGGS, A WELL
KNOWN NEWSPAPER WOMAN.
Recounts Her Experience While Visit
ing Noted Woman-Of In
terest to All Women.
IRON the Boston Herald.

ttrom the Boston Herald
1t was my privilege recently to call upon
the world famous Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn Mass. I must confess that among
an newspaper women there has ALWAYS
peen a great feeling that Mrs Pinlxham
was myth; we are so familiar with adj
Vertisins methods we grow to be skeptical
ana always take such statements as are
/ made IN the Pinkham advertisements as
/ Wei as all other advertising with the nro-
! verbal grain of salt but. as before
dteu' nelhS near the city of Lynn. Mass
Ihodsht 1 would investigate a little in
order to satisfy my curiosity, ana | must
/ say was surprised at what | found.
10 peSln with l had no idea that the
+ LNdla +. Pinkham establishment was any
+ thlng Ike the immense size that it is. and
/ When the street car stopped in front of a
great collection of buildings and the con-
Guctor told NE that It was the lydia E.
Plnkham Labratory, l should have been
sure he had made a mistake had If not
Deen Tor a small sign which is on one of
the original buildings.
Cpon entering the Office I was received
oy very courteous lady and was very
much impressed by the fact that all the
| occupants Of the room were women. and
although my soj0urn In the buildings COW
( eleo something more than an hour visit
Ing the entire place and private Office.
"a" hotnng but women. and was also
pieased 10 learn that no man ever had ac-
cess 70 these rooms. was satisfied thar
their claims that this is strictly v-o-
ful '''ei L ''i'-
AFTER stating the purpose OF nv visit
was introduced to AIRS: Pinkham. who
turned me over TO g head assistant with
i1iSifucu IONS that ] was 10 be shown
everything IN and about the labretorv.
ana particularly asked NE to visit the
private letter department which I did
Aiis Is the department in which is re-
CelNe0 hundreds OF thousands of letters
from dliins women, and in which every
iet'er Is opened, carefully considered b1-
competent persons under Mrs. PjnIzhar,,-s
guidance and carefully and Accurately
answered by women only-so particular
- MS flNkhain about having even 4 s7,s-
t'ielon o. these letters going through =
BUSINESS Once where men are allowed 10
itequent that she VIII not allow a ty-ne-
winter 10 be used. and everv Iot-a,. rf.s4
goes ont OF this Office is written ~ -,
oy women. was also shown positive e,-i- (
oenee which clearly satisfied me on the
lloiit tnat TO letters are published unless /
re writer's special permission is Grst
obtained
To say that all this was revelation is
t"et1tls IL mildly. and when 7 was shown /
I ne great cabinet OF files that contain /
thousands upon thousands Of letters. /
taen- and only then, did 7 begin 10 real /
lie The magnitude of Mrs Pinkhan's /
work. JGst think ~ Sc. every one os /
THESE letters had been answered as care
i3i'y = the most competent knowledge
could dictate. and not one cent has ever
oeen cherseo fer advice / saw where
more than one million such letters wsr.
-iee- anu 1 hesan 10 Feel shat this one
woman VAS doing more good a-noa- the
s.cA women cf America thcn ans coniai-
Ration o- men and women that 7 ever
ae~td 81 e4sne away from Mrs Pink
pam iaof3tofy ieeling thar s. was nv
,.Ss 10 aii women 20 Use my facilities SIS
g fssNspaper writer 10 assure rheni that
vast ss-@ convinced Ile ihat 2Irs Sirlz-
a>ii IS mQre coiupaseut 10 advise sick
:. oiae1 tnan aits other oue person i rss.a
GATED states. lhc volume ut fnforrsa-
ION p iileii SHE i.sls cola norsle3 during the
.sst twenty yeers contains "a record ~
sets Aliie o- -sia5ite ltiittSs tair q human
being could possibly develop. AMI tha-
CIV mere ga the wefid could q woulau est
more accurate sn8 ifeipiH advice ia r.-
-ard Co beg Illness thsn sv writing A.
sIrs- ii1lShanl. at Lynn Mass. f.a.. MO
interest in Mrs pinkhagu or the I'fnkhaul
Medicine Co, bat / have streak Of hu-