Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-04-09
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 70" Caused
1t to be Offered for Public Sale in Drug Stores.

restore the family fortune. They
argued that the medicine which was
50 good for their woman friends and
ncighbors was equally good for the
women Of the whole world.
The Pinkhams had no money. and
little credit. Their first laboratory
was the kitchen, where roots and
herbs were stepped on the stove,
gradually filling n gross OF bottles.
Then came the question OF selling
| IL. for always before they had given
IL away freely. They hired q job
printer To run of some pamphlets
setting forth the merits of the mcdi'
cine. now called Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and these were
distributed by the Pinkham sons In
Boston, New York, and Brooklyn.
The wonderful curative properties Of
the medicine were, 10 n great extent,
sclf.ndycrtising. for whoever used IL
recommended Il TO others, and the de-
mand gradually increased.
In 1877, by combined efforts the fam
lily had saved enough money 70 COM
mcncc newspaper advertising and from
| that time the growth and success OF
the enterprise were assured, until to-
day Lydia Il. pinkham and her Vcgc.
table Compound have become house
hold words everywhere, and many
tons Of roots and herbs are used anuu-
ally in It's manufacture.
Lydia Z. Pinkham herself did not
i've TO see the great success of this
work. She passed 10 her reward years
ago, but not till she had provided
means for continuing her work as
effectively rs she could have done IL
herself
During her long and eventual eNpe-
ricnce she was ever methOdicul In her
work and She was always careful topre-
i serve a record of every case that came 10
her attention. The case Of every sick
woman who applied TO her for advice.
and there were housands-reccivcd
careful study. and the details, includ-
lug symptoms. treatment and results
were recorded for future reference, and
to-day these records, together with
! hundreds of thousands made since, are
: available 20 sick women the world
over, aud represent a vnst collabOra.
tiun of information regarding the
: treatment of womnn's ills, which for
authenticity and accuracy can hardly
4 be equaled In any library In the
: world.
(, with Lydia Z. Pinlsham worked her
daughter in law. the present Mrs.
Pinkham. She was carefully instructed
: In all her hard.won knowledge, and
; for years she assisted her in hcr vast
correspondence.
!. To her hands naturally fell the
4 direction of the work when It's origina.
4 tor passed away. For nearly twenty.
o 1--WE years she has continued II, and
nothing In the work shows when the
first Lydia l.. Pinltham dropped her
: pen, aud the present Mrs. Pinkham,
" now the mother Of large family, took
IL up. With women assistants, some a'
K capable Us herself the present Mrs
~ pinlham continues this great work and
5 probably from the office Of no Other
y person have so many women been ad
n viscd how TO regain health. Sick wo
l. men, this advice is Yours for Health
p freely given If you only write to ASK
= for L..
Such Is the history OF Lydia L, Pink
8 hams Vegetable Compound mad'
n from simple roots and herbs; the on,
great medicine for womens ailments
r, and the fitting monument TO the nobl,
10 woman whose name 1t bears.