The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-03-27
MRS. CaAS. PfDEN,
nOF HUNTSVILLE,
| GAINS q POUNDS
Twice Examined and Each Time Was
Told Operation Would be Only Hope

twenty-seven pounds" was the truly
remarkable statement made by Mrs
Charles Peden, residing at $50 Mill
street, Huntsville, Ala. Mrs. Peden
is one of the best-known and highly
respected women Of that thriving lit
tie city, where she has made her
home for a number of years.
When l commenced taking medi-
cine" she continued. Il only weigh
ed ninety-eight (9S) pounds; now
weigh 125 pounds. and never felt
better in my life. For years l have
suffered with a bad form of stomach
trouble, constipation and pains in
my side and back. At times the pains
took the form of torture and l was
twice examined and each time l was
told that l had appendicitis and that
an operation would be my only hope.
I had fallen off until I only weighed
ninety-eight pounds and was so
weak l could hardly get around.
II had no appetite at all scarcely
and what little l did eat would cause
gas to form in my stomach, which
gave me palpitation of the heart, sick
headaches and dizzy feeling about
the head. When these spells came
on me / would get awfully nervous
worried about myself until | could
rest and sleep but little.
Il had fallen off until | was al
most skin and bones and my
strength and energy were slowly
leaving me. | had dread of the flu
ture and could see nothing but the
operating table and knife. had a
perfect horror of an operation, but
had made up my mind that it was
either life or death, and prepared to
submit to it. | had made all prep
arations for the operation and called
on my sister to tell her good bye, as
| did not know whether would live
to see her again or not My sister
begged and plead with me not to al
low them to cut on me and told me
to wait and try good tonic for a
while The next day as | returned
from the consultation room | thought
of what she said, and as | had heard
so much about Tanlac | decided to
try 1t as a last resort and stopped
at Gilbert's Drug Store and got a
bottle. OF course. | had lost heart
, and had no faith in the medicine, but
to please my sister, made up my
mind to tax it. and, oh, what happy
day that was for me,
~ never returned for the opera
ton, but just kept taking the Tan
lac. Right from the start | began
to feel better. The medicine seemed
to take hold right at once. 1t had
soothing effect, and in few days
! felt no pain at all. | was so happy
over the wonderful improvement in
my condition that | sent for my
| neighbors to tell them how much bet
ter felt sent and got another bot
tie of Tanlac, and have just finished
| taking my third bottle and feel like
| have been made all over again into
a new woman
AS | have said before, I now
| weigh 1875 pounds, and my improve
ment has been so rapid that none of
my clothes are big enough for me- Z
| will have to make them all over
| again. now have ravenous APP
| petite. and my husband says | am
simply eating him out of house and
home. | have even gone back to my
! coffee, which | was told not to touch.
| Those terrible pains in my back and
head have all disappeared and sleep
like a child | am no longer ner-
vous. and when 4 get up mornings
| ! feel refreshed. cheerful and bright.
| am now able to attend to my house
hold duties, and | feel as if | had
started life all over again My hus-
band is highly delighted, and my
recovery is the talk of the neighbor-
hood. ] do nothing but rejoice all
day long over the recovery of my
health and praise Tanlac to every
body
81 feel so grateful for my escape
from the operating table and the
| knife that you may publish what
have said you may. If you wish, tell
other women suffering as | was, to
come and see me and | will be glad
to tell them all about my case
Tanlac is sold exclusively in Lake
land by Henley & Henley; in Fort
Mead by Warns Pharmacy; in Lake
Wales by NJ. r. Anderson, and in
Winter Haven by the Anderson Drug
! Co.
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