The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-16
IA WOMAN'S
 EXPERIENCE M2garetL. Briggs, We'll known Newspaper
 Woman Rseounts Her Experience While Wis iting . Noted Woman.
or INTEREST TO ALL WOMEN.
From The BostS

4. From The Boston Herald.1
 1t was my privilege recently to call upon the world famous Mrs. Pnkham at Lynn, Mass. I must confess that among all newspaper women there has always been great feeling that Mrs. Pinkham was myth; we are so familiar with advertis- ing methods we grow to be skeptical ana always take such statements as are made in the Pinkham advertisements, as we'll as all other advertising. with the prover- bial grain of salt" but, as before stated, being near the city of Lynn, Mass, l thought I. would investigate little In order to satisfy my curiosity. and l must say I was surprised at what found.
 To begin with I had no idea that the Lydia E. Pinkham establishment was anything like the immense size that it is, and when the street car stopped in front of a great collection of buildings and the conductor told me that it was the Lydia E. Pinkham Laboratory. 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 office was received by very courteous lady and was very much impressed by the fact that all the occupants of the room were women and although my sojourn in the buildings coveHed som thing more than an hour vis- iting the entire place and private ofice saw nothing but women. and was also ple ased to learn that no man ever had access to these rooms. I was satisfied that their claims that this is strictly a woman's institution were altogether truthful.
 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 ev- erything in and about the labratory, and particularly asked me to visit the ''pri- vate letter department" which I did This Is the department in which Is re- ceived hundreds of thousands of letters from ailing women, and in which every letter is opened, carefully considered by competent persons under Mrs. Pinkham's guidance and carefully and accurately answered by women only-so particular is Mrs. Pinkham about having even a suspicion of these letters going through business office 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. I was also shown posi- tive evidence. which clearly satisfied me on the point that no letters are published unless the writer's special permission is first obtained.
 IO say tnat HI tntS was a reVelatt0n Is putting 1t mildly. and when was shown the great cabinet of files that contain thousands upon thousands of letters. then, and only then. did begin to realize the magnitude of Mrs. Pinkham's work Just think of dt. every one of these let- ters had been answered as carefully as the most competent knowedge could die- tate. and not one cent has ever been charged for advice. I saw where more than one million such letters were filed, and began to feel that this one woman was doing more good among the sick wo- men of America than any combination of men and women that ever heard of. I came away from Mrs. Pinkham's Labra- tory feeling that 1t was my duty to all women to use my facilities as a newspa- per writer to assure them that what I 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 a record of every kind of female illness than a human be- ing could possibly develop, and that mo- where in the world could a woman get more accurate and helpful advice in re- gard to her illness than by writing to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. have no interest in Mrs Pinkham or the Pinkham Medicine Co.,. but have a streak of hu- manity in my makeup, and cannot rest without unburdening my mind in regard to this matter. and every time I see the following paragraph in newspaper. I can hardly keep from saying out loud while I am reading it-"every word of that is true. and every woman who is i'll and does not take advantage of Mrs. Pinkham's advice Is slowly committing Slipide This naraQranh referred n ia q follows:
 "Women suffering from any form of fe- male weakness are invited to freely com municate with Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only thus has been established the eternal confi- dence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken and has induced more than 100- 600 sufferers to write her for advice dur ing the last four months. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it Is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that vic help your case. She asks nothing m .return except your goodwill, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor. is yery foolish If she does not take advantage of this generous offer, or assistance. Margaret L. Briggs. adv.
 Reflections of Bachelor.