The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1906-05-10
WHO SHE WAS
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM
And True Story of How the Vegetable Compound
Had Its Birth and How the "Panic of 49, Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores

restore the family fortune The,
argued that the medicine which wa
so good for their woman fricad anS
neighbors was equally good .oT ;a
women of the whole world
The pinkhams had no money. AMI
little credit. Their frs. Laboratory
WIS the kitchen, where roots AID
herbs were STEPPED on the stove.
Then came the question Of s~il.ng
il. for always before they had given
il away freely. They hired sob
setting forth the merits Of the med.
cine, now called Lydia f. Pinkham.
Vegetable Compound. and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons IN
Boston, New York. and Brooklyn
The wonderful curative properties 81
the medicine were, 10 IA great extent,
self advertising, for whoever used &
recommended IL to others, and he de-
mand gradually increased.
IN 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money Ia com
me.ce newspaper advertising and from
that time the growth and success Of
the enterprise were assured. until to-
day Lydia Z Pinkham and her Vege-
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons of roots and herbs arc used annu-
ally in its manufacture.
Lydia E. Pirxham herself did not
live TO see the great success of this
work. She passed To her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work a.
effectively as she could have done IL
herself
During her long and eventful expe-
rience she was ever methodical in her
work and she was always careful 90 pre-
serve a record of every case that came 20
her attention. The case of every sick
woman who applied to her for advice
and there were misunderstanding
careful study. and the details, includ-
ing symptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
hundreds of thousands made since. are
available to sick women the world
over, and represent a vast coliabora-
ton of information regarding the
treatment of woman's Ills. which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
be equaled in any library in the
world.
With Lydia f. Pinkham worked her
daughter in law. the present Mira
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
in all her hard-won knowledge, and
for years she assisted her in her vast
correspondence.
To her hands naturally fell the
direction of the work when its origina-
tor passed away. For nearly twenty
five years she has continued IL. and
nothing in the work shows when the
first Lydia T.. Pinkhan dropped her
pen. and the present Mrs. Pfnkham.
now the mother of large family. took
it up. With woman assistants. some a.
capable as herself. the present Mrs.
Pinkham continues this great work and
probably from the Office Of no other
person have so many women been sd-
vised how TO regain health. Sick wo-
men. this advice is Yours for Health
freely given IL You only write TO AK
for it.
Such Is the history of Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound made
from simple roots and herbs the one
great medicine for womens ailments-
and the fitting monument 10 the noble
woman whose name IL bears.