Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-20
THIS AND THAT

Nothing pleases us more than 4
find q patent medicine almanac stuck
under our front door.
We get more pleasure out OF read,
ing the testimonials than many an.
other man does from novel.
Here is the booklet issued by the
Blah. Blah Medicine Company, which
sold two million bottles last year,
and has q healthy desire 10 vend
three million this.
There has been q great hue and
cry against patent medicines, but
they seem to be an established fixture
In this free and enlightened country
against which one Is more or leea
wasting his time to inveigh.
IL you have the medicine taking
complex, you will be intrigued by the
booklet telling about the virtues Of
Blah- Blah. After all, Blah-Blah may
be very commendabie mixture. We
have never tried 1t!
There is more human interest to
the square inch in this almanac than
In almost any other tract which finds
it's way to your doorsill, for here you
get back to the source OF all good and
evil. the human blood.
Blah. Blah is good for the blood.
The book says so. II you feel "all
run down." or can't eat three square
meals a day, or suffer from that "ail
gone" feeling, Blah.Blah Tonic will
make you sing, with Pippa, Gods In
His heaven, ais right with the
world
That is the way this grand tonic
makes you feel, ladies and gentlemen,
and If you don't believe It, turn to
the back OF the book and read the
spontaneous combustion tributes from
our loving friends in all parts Of the
country.
Mrs. Homer Hicks, writing from
Criss Cross. Wis, says:
'Blah.Blah Medicine Co.
Gentlemen: I want you to know
what / think OF Blah-B lah Tonic, and
II you want to use this letter 1t would
tickle me a great deal, as have never
seen my name In print. and think y
would look rather fetching.
Before started taking your Blah-
Blah Tonic / was all run down and
all my friends tried to conceal their
anxiety from me by saying, Why,
Mrs. Hicks, are you iii, or something? 2
Finally 1t got SO bad that thought
I would have to shoot a couple OF
them, until one day some one adj
vised me to get q bottle OF your tonic,
II started in taking 1t per direc-
tons on the bottle, and before had
finished the first gross was trying
very hard to convince myself that
was feeling better. I am now on my
second carload, and there is little
doubt in my mind that / am getting
well.
IT was sure of It today, when Mrs.
Posie Doolittle dropped in TO see me
and said, why. Mrs. Hicks. you don't
seem to be improvin' very much, do
YEP She is just jealous. that il all
that is the matter with her.
please put me down for the next
months output from the factory, and
believe me,
yours gratefully. MRS. HICKS"
Here is picture of Ed Springer,
who saws logs back In the back coun-
try. Ed is real human sort OF crit
ter. IL we may Judge from the cut Of
his countenance adjoining the reprint
Of his lister.
Ed has long, dropping, wairus-like
mustaches, which make up more OF
less for the lack of hair on his head
Evidently Ed is not q grammarian, fol
he writes:
..Blah- Blah Medicine Co,
Dear Mr.: This Is to inform YOU
that / amt seen a well day since
stopped taking your Blah-Blah Tonic
1t cured me from . seyen-year itch