The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-13
ROK'S CURSE.
Foster tEiIburn Il Go. Answer Editor
OF Ladies' Home Journal

Under full page heading, "The Pa
tent Medicine Curse" in the May issue
of the Ladies' Home Journal, Edward
Box has hurled a medley of feverish
ana false theories and deductions at
the entire Proprietary Medicine
World
Fortunate enough to have the col
Umns of a great magazine at his dis
posal in which to edit violent, aCrd
and misleading statements, this 'Wisa
Man Of the East" looking down upon
the masses from an eminence o. his
own creation, poses as the exponent of
great reform, and that the readers
are not sufficiently Intelligent to judge
for their own interests.
In his cagerness to make grol
Books Curse" he reflects on the wo-
men Of the United States by inferrng
that Proprietary Medicine taking is
worse than whisl<ey drinking in Great
ing drunkards. 1t is q Well known
fact that women are tho principal
users of standard preparations, but
there is no reason to suggest that
Woman's intemperance exceeds hat OF
man. II offers no excuse for the -
berry Box has taken in creating the
odiouS comparison whereby the hun
dreds of thousands of women Who -
fit TO Use the remedy that helps them
should he held W TO ridicuie, and
practically told they are taking medi-
cine three times q day because of its
Whiskey eifects-that they ARE three
times per day tipplers through The
medium of drug stores instead ri So
looms. and finally with DoWie-lika We
hemence insulting motherhood with
the charge that she brings into the
world children impregnated by her
own hands with the germs OF drank
enness. But there is no cause for
any woman to become Wo"rlc'l or
nervous over such ''BoK-rct " Box
fallacy," when you consider u.at al
the theory is evolved from false
basis.
Box talks about Proprietary MeGi-
cines. schooners of beer drinks OF
whiskey, without any qUant!tlve DIS
tinction, designedly leaving the M
preston that Proprietary Medicines
can be used, and are used, as bever-
age Now, mothers and sisters, I'D
one believes for a single moment that
YOU use a Box beer glass as d uedi-
cine measure when the dose - from
a teasDoOnful to q tablespoonful.
We know, for instance, in the case
of Burdock Blood Bitters, a prepare
ton we have manufactured &Cd Sold
for thirty years as a successful rene
DIV and which Mr.. Box has listed ;ul1
cursed in the Ladies' Home JOrrna',
chat it is never used in the eXceSsiv G
sense-cOuld not be, and so far a.
creating an alcoholic habit, We cen
refer to thousands of good women in
the land who will refute the GSSc"
ton, any one of whose opinion is
worth more than Bok's, because heI
doesn't know the difference, or Viii
not recognize the difference, in meas
are, between teaspoonful and a
schuper-a medicine and a beverage.
From Gus of the Sargossa Sea of
theory he seizes a handful of drift
that he mistakes for facts and with
out rendering interested parties the
courtesy of investigation, hurts whole
sale abuse at extensive and Worldwide
press and the public.
In orr own interests we append the
directions that appear ON every bottle
of Buf;dock BloodtEltters:
Directions for BurdOcii Blood bIt-
ters: for Dyspepsia, Sour stomach,
aCh etc. to be taken directly after
meals. For Blliousness, HeadacheS,
Liver and Kidney Complaints, General
Debility Impurc Blood, etc, to be
taken before meals andson going TO
he'd when not convenient to take it
at regular meal times, it can be taken |
morning and night IN Increased doSeS' |
For adults, from l 10 letopooi,t 'sio, |
childra,, ,nder 10 years from ID 10
80 drons, under Z years from ~ "
20 drops. Should the nealcllle NV
the bowels too freely reduce thG US,
if not enough, increase H. 10 n
taken 10 double he quanIity Nol "dIci'
Price 81 Foster Milburn & Co..
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