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POLISHED PRINCESSES.
BY J. B. TURPIN, D. P
A SERMON PREACHED AT THE COM
MENCEMENTOF THE SOUTHERN FE
MALE COLLEGE AT LAGRANGE.
“That our daughten* may Im* aw corner
atones, polished after the similitude of
a palace.” Psalms 144 12.
Spurgeon, with perhaps more
o* elegance than we usually ex
pect from his style, says upon
this passage;
“We desire a blessing for our
whole families, daughters as well
at sons. For the girls to be left
out of the circle of blessing
would be unhappy indeed.
Daughters must unite families as
cornerstones join walls, and at
the same time, they adorn them
as polished stones garnish the
structure into which they are
builded. Home becomes a palace
where the daughters are maids
of honor and the sons are nobles
in spirit; there the father is a
king and the mother a queen,
and rojal residences are more
than outdone. A city built of
such dwellings is a city of palaces
and a state composed of such
cities is a republic of princes.”
Among the nations that have
not known God, the female chil
dren of the family have been
considered rather a curse than a
blessing. A placard at a certain
turn of a road by the side of a
river in China warns the public:
“Destroy no girl children here,”
very much as a farmer would
post his land: “Shoot no birds
here.”
That noble institution, the Mil
ler Manual Labor School, in
Albemarle county, Virginia, was
founded by the will of its bene
factor for the education of
needy “children” in that county
The school was conducted a num
ber of years for boys only, and
it was only after considerable de
lay and much effort on the part
of the friends of female educa
tion, that the courts decided that
under the terms of the will, a
girl was a “child” and entitled
to the benefits of the ample en
dowment.
The text should teach us that
God “meant the nations of the
earth to understand how much
of their happiness, their strength
and their security is dependent
on the female children of a fam
ily. It cannot be too well im
pressed on the mind of this gen
eration, that the elevation of
woman to her proper sphere is
one of the great and gracious
results of Christianity. The
beautiful figure of the Psalmist
readily suggests some thoughts
regarding the development of
young women for their life work
I use the word woman “ for this
must ever be a woman’s highest
name, and honors more than lady
if I know aught."
What then does the similitude
of a palace suggest to us? Not
indeed the thought of “nobl<
halls deserted.” But on ap
proaching the palatial premises
. the grounds would evince the utmost
care. This would be evident from
the graded lawn, the sloping ter
race, not a weed in sight. The
flowers in beautiful beds enliven
the landscape and render fra
g ant the atmosphere. There is
the building before us. It is
clean and pure from turret to
foundation stone. Nothing that
might defile the touch or offend
the taste is to be seen on any
hand. Loyal and faithful attend
ants have made clean and sweet
and attractive every hall and door
and window and nook and corner.
Every floor is paved with mosaic;
every hall adorned with statuary,
while the painter's brush has
spread the trophies of his art be
fore the eye, in every direction,
until the whole has become “a
thing of beauty and a joy for
ever ” In all the splendid prem
ises there is “no dearth of care,”
and wherever you turn “every
prospect pleases.” No young
woman was ever truly polished
after the similitude of a palace
on the principle of “I don't care.”
Let me beg you to avoid this as
a social heresy of the worst sort.
See that you are never undena’e
its influence in matters of dress,
in speech, in all that may affect
your reputation and your useful
ness. When Paul says “be care
ful for nothing,” he is far from
encouraging carelessness. He
even urges us: “ Think on what
soever things are lovely and of
good report.”
Martha gets a good deal of
abuse. She doubtless erred in
assuming much that was griev
ous to be borne. Yet Jesus loved
her, as we are particularly told.
And the housekeeper who is not
in some proper sense “careful
about many things,” will be pret
tysure to give much caie to
others. Have a care, then, about
your person. Ben Hur, while a
galley slave—chained to the bar
—distinguished himself in the
eyes of the heartless officers of
the ship because he was “more
cleanly than the rest.” Care
about your attainments. Never
“give up your music.” Ole Bull
said if he neglected to practice
one day he noticed it;if he failed
to practice two days his friends
noticed it, and if he went without
practice three days the public
n< t ced it. * .
Above all, have a care to your
self. your true, your inner self.
The gifts and callings of God in
clude a right regard for the small
duties of life, and a rich reward
for their faithful performance.
Anthony, in his hermit's ceil,
heard a voice telling him that he
had not yet attained to the good
ness of a csrtain currier who
lived in Alexandria. The saint
ly Macamis was .told that he,
with all his ceaseless vigils, was
inferior to two women in Alexan
dria, who were the quiet, unpre
tending wives of obscure men.
The great German Heine de
dared, after all his studies and
tiavels, that the best person he
had ever known was a simple ser
vant girl who, we may suppose,
was unceasing in her assiduity in
polishing up “the handle of the
little front door.”
“Within the Htualleet Hower I often find
A richer and more delicate perfume
That in the largest, most pretentious
bloom
That waves its petals in the summer
wind.”
The careful woman wilt know how
to maintain a perfect reserve. The
palace grounds are so beautifpl
because no beast is allowed to
trample them. The walls are so
well preserved because no van
dal sight seer is allowed to de
face them. It is easy to be mis
taken about the proper reserve.
A long and circuitous procession,
overcarefully guarded entrances,
leads to the guarded preseme of
the Czirof Russia. Our house,
too, is our castle, but we need
not, like the unhappy autocrat,
fear a bomb at every turning
point. And yet is there not
reason to think that we may
have swung too far around to the
other side of the circle? A senti
nel is always before the palace
dcor. No one may enter there
u iless duly authorized at the
proper time and in the regularly
appointed way. Os all the dan
gers that beset a castle besieged,
the worst in all ages has been a
traitor within the castlegates.
Euripides of old said: “Silence
and chaste reserve is woman’s
genuine praise.” And a higher
authority, in point of taste as
well as religion, the Apostle
Paul, urges the training of the
young women that they may be
“sober minded, chaste, workers
at home, kind, and that the word
of God be not blasphemed.”
Jezebel lived in a palace. But
hers was an awful end. When
Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel
neard of it and she painted her
eyes and tired her head ind
looked out at a window. Her
life was wicked and her fate was
tragic. “So they threw her
down, and when Jehu the king
came in, he said, See now this
cursed woman; bury her, for she
ii a king's daughter.”
I recall the published mourn
ful history of an American wo
man who at one time occupied
he highest social position in
Washington, and was said to
have wielded a powerful influ
ence in political circles. She
was the daughter of one of Mr.
Lincoln s cabinet officers, who
afterwards became chief justice.
Tne young woman was herself
influential with President Lin
coln. She became the wife of a
millionaire governor, and there,
a as, the centre of a very brilliant
c rcle of friends and admirers, by
means of which she was lured to
her ruin. Not only “death,” but
sin “ loves a shining mark.” If
her feet had been planted on the
Rojk of Ages she would have
withstood the evil hour. But
these are the ungodly who per
ish in the way. “Their foot
shall slide in due time.”
But if our royal favorites nee I
to “have a care” and to main
tain a wise reserve, these will
greatly tend to the attainment of a
true culture. The cultivation of
the beautiful is closely allied to
the growth of the true and the
good. “ The Greeks made use
of pilasters called caxyatides,
carved after the figure of a wo
man dressed in long robes ” and
used to support the entablatives
of their buildings. The He
brews have been considered as
lacking in culture and deficient
in taste. But the noblest of
them were cultivated in the
noblest way; they were “rich to
ward God.”
Julius Hare said: “If a gentle
man is to grow up, he must be
like a tree; there must be noth
ing between him and heaven.”
The Psalmist shows no sympa
thy with that tierce intolerance
that would rob us of the true es
thetics. The realm of beauty
should never be interdicted by
Christian teachers. George
Eliot truly said: “What furni
ture can give such finish to a
room, as a tender woman's face ?
and is there any harmony of
traits that has such stirrings of
delight as the sweet modulations
of her voice ?”
How many earnest Christians
there are even among our women
to day where attractiveness
and usefulness would be largely
increased by transmitting this
sentiment into thought and ac
tion, a graceful carriage, a re
fined manner, a benignant ex
pression, are like a “ voice ever
soft, an excellent thing in wo
man.” We would have all of our
1 young women so full of grace
| and truth as -that each one
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1896.
should merit the encomium be
stowed by rare Ben Jonson:
‘ Where she went the flowers took
deepest root,
Ah she nad ho wed them with her
odorous feet."
Far be it from me, however, to
inculcate the hollow mockery of
an outward polish which does
not represent the true culture of
the “ hidden man of the heart.”
Mere outward adornment with
out inner grace makes of her
whose teal glory is her depth of
soul—only “sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal.” A palace
must be of great and strong
foundations. And strength of
character is inculcated in the text.
“One might perhaps, at the
first glince have expected that
the aaughters of a household
would be as the graceful orna
ments of the clustering foliage,
or the fruit bearing tree, and the
sons as the cornerstones, uphold
ing the weight and burden of the
building,and yet it is the reverse
here.” In Europe, one is sur
prised at the great number of
I a’aces. They seem to have
been built ages ago. But how
well preserved they are. With
their spacious apartments and
splendid decorations they look
as if destined to be the admira
tion of generations to come. It
is because of their deep founda
tions and massive structure
When building is done in Italy,
a tall fence is erected around the
lot and the noise of the work
men is heard, as if remote in
earth beneath. They are laying
the foundations far below the
street. There must be strength
to support the enduring super
structure. A crystal palace
may be a thing of beauty for
special exhibitions, but it is not
adapted for the home of the
rulers of the kingdom. Your
culture like jour character must
be rooted strong and deep, so
that when the rains descend and
the floods come, and the winds
blow’ and beat upon it, it falls
not. But I must not omit to
mention the most obvious sug
gestion that a palace makes to
us, which is that of royalty
And this implies a certain
wealth of goodness. What is
your conception c f the “lady ? ”
Is it that of a gracious woman
who stands upon the palace steps
and breaks bread to satisfy the
wants of the destitute, who flock
for assistance to her regal pres
ence and her powerful a d? May
God preserve in your hearts that
womanly kindliness that we wish
to have as the presidii g genius
of our American homes. In the
busy mart, in the exci ed ex
change, in the clamor of the fo
rum, wrong n a/ often triumph
and the right may seem to be
trampled under foot. Here in
the perpetuation of a high and
noble life is the justification for
the existence of woman’s tradi
tional right to be “ the power
behind the throne and mightier
than the throne.” And to the
throne—there is always the
right appeal. Never descend
from your high “ table land” of
duty to be warped or blinded by
passion, pride or power.
“Howe'er it be.
It seems to me
Tie only noble to be good,
Kind hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood.”
However democratic is the
trend of current thought there
is yet associated with the royal
palace—something of heroism.
Thomas Jefferson after his resi
dence abroad entertained an
opinion about the crowned heads
of Europe ivery much like that
w’hich Carlyle expressed about
the inhabitants of England,
namely, that they w r ere mostly
fools. Yet history affords many
striking exemplifications of the
fact that often where unlooked
for, those who wore the purple
displayed a heroism -worthy of
all praise. Louis the XV, the
“ well beloved Louis,” when
begged by Marshal Saxe to
leave the field of Fontenoy, gal
lantly refused to do so. The ef
fect was to inspirit the French
troops and to win the battle.
There may’ come to you a dark
day when you can redeem all by
displaying something of that he
roism which Washington Irving
so graphically portrays in his
beautiful sketch of “ The
Wife,” whose steadfast faith and
hope and economy’ redeemed her
husband’s fallen fortunes. Be
ready to seize the moment when
you can be “ a hero in the
strife.” The heroines of the
noblest type are allied by closer
and more ennobling ties tharr
those of flesh or blood to
the “Prince of the House of
David.”
The Scriptures in order to
give some true conception of the
high dignity of believers in
Christ, spoke of them as “kings
and priests unto God.” We are
even now. the “sons of God and
it doth yet appear what we shall
be.” The cornerstones of which
the Psalmist spoke were not
sunk beneath the surface of the
earth but “placed at an angle of
the structure where two walls
met on the top, and being richly
ornamented and polished, they
attracted attention.”
David prays that the daugh
ters of his day might make an
open and lovely profession of re
ligion; that both sons and daugh
ters might not only have piety
but show it. The so called “ di
vine right to rule,” which earthly
kings and conquerors have
claimed, is in the light of our
times more and more clearly seen
to be “ void as the baseless fab
ric of a vision.” But the true
dignity of a child of Gcd is more
clearly seen as light and
immortality are brought to light
through the gospel.
Ten years ago ten Christian
women organized the first circle
of the “King’s Daughters,” with
the basal ideas of doing whatso
ever their hands found to do, and
of doing allj “in his name.’
Their good works of a single de
cade would fill many volumes
of “ golden de:ds.’ Lgt me
commend to you the thought
which their name implies. It is
after many centuries a happy
commentary on the text with
which I may make a fitting close.
They are as the Psalmist would
have had them, “the Kings
Daughters. " May each one of
you also be able to say;
‘ I'm the child of a King,
The child of a King;
With Jesus. my Savior,
I'm the child of a King ”
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The fesult is such a compreheasive study
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Mr Ingle comes to hit work with
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Apprenticed to prominent instructors
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a long list of memoirs covering the pe
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Napoleonic era. Will the future wit
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The gathered scraps of fact, allusion
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The chapter on “Trade and Commerce '
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from the North, Virginia is compared
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Ohio The comparison is to the advan
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system of public schools and where the
colleges have been favorably affected by
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South in an even greater degree.
The climax is reached in the seventh
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in the seventh chapter, on “Plans for
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The book has two important hmita
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hausted. The second was intentional
and wise; politics has been eliminated
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mended. The impression left on the
reader is that the beat political, histo
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lines correctly Here we have certain
sidelights, supplementary evidence col
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Enemiesof Home: Our Heavenly Home;
Jesus as I Know Him. etc., etc. The
book is now in press.
The American Baptist Publication
Society will issue June 15th, a Life of
Diaz, by Rev. K*r: Boyce Tupper, D.D.,
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industrial schools, is acknowledged as
the ideal one by Mias Burdette, Secre
tary of Woiran's Baptist Home Mission
Society, headquarters st Chicago. Its
results have been g od, • nl only giod.
wherever tried.and the plan only awsit<
universal adoption to solve the problem
that has threatened us God sent the
Africans to ns in the prpvidence of
events ami calls on us as on no others,
to be their “neighbor ” Shall we hear
Christ's voice in this and "go "at his
bidding ?
Boxes to Frontier Missionaries.
—A doxology to God would lie appro
priate in this connection 358 boxes
airaiust 224 for last year, valued at s2l •
475. carried necessaries, comforts, hap
piness and hope into hearts and homes
that would have known none of this
cheer without them. The increase
shows a deepening and broadening sense
of the needs and worth of our frontier
missionaries. Let no less be done in
this direction: it is none too much But
with this growing knowledge of Home
mission work, let moneyed contribu
tions which have alreadv been stimu
lated by nearer acquaintance with the
missionaries’ life, increase year by year,
according to our increasing abilities and
members
Wanted. —ln 100,000 house
holds in America, a willing, sun
shiny daughter, who will not fret
when asked to wipe the dishes,
or sigh when requested to take
care of the baby; a daughter
whose chief delight is to smooth
away mother’s wrinkles, and who
is quite as willing to lighten her
father’s cares as his pockets: a
girl who thinks her own brother
as nice as some other Lgirl’s
brother. Constant love, high
esteem and a most honored place
in the home guaranteed.— New
York Christian Advocate.
76 YEARS OLD
AND VIGOROUS
A Veteran of the Late War Adds One More Name
to the List of Striking Cures by Pink
Pills in Michigan.
ill OLD-FASHIONED, LARGE FAMILY OF THIRTEEN CHILDREU.
from the Courier-Herald. Saginaw, Sfich.
A years ago a wave of La Grippe
swept over the land anil brought thousands
of its victims to the grave. Others who es
caped the fate lived on in sorrow and suffer
ing, broken in health and spirit.
Terrible as was the disease, its after effects
were yet more appalling, as it soughtout the
weaknesses of the constitution and left thou
sands shattered wrecks of their former selves.
A few days ago a Courier-Herald represen
tative, while at the thriving little town of
Akron, Mich., met John L. Smith, a veteran
of the industrial army, on whose aged head
the disease had fallen, and he heard him tell
how he had suffered and what had given
him relief.
We can do no better than quote his own
words, which are as follows: “About
seven years ago I was taken down with the
‘Grip,’ and it fastened on me very hard.
For about half the winter 1 was so bad that I
could not leave the house. I was chilly all
the time, and could not get warm. I felt as
if I was frozen solid, and could only breathe
with great difficulty.
“This condition alternated with sweating
spells of great violence. There was an al
most continuous pain, and it would shoot
from one part of my body to another, with
great suddenness, and cause me intense suf
fering. Sometimes it was in my hips, then,
in my legs, and again it would go to my
head and pain me in the eyes. It was so in
tense that it even affected my sight.
“I called in medical assistance, btft this
was fruitless, as I received no benefit from
physicians. From then on I tried various
{reparations that were recommended to me,
mt they did me no good, and my condition
was as bad and painful as.it was before 1
tried them.
“ Finally, I saw an advertisement of Dr.
Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and I
read with much interest o.f the wonderful i
cures that they had effected in so many 1
cases. I had tried so many proprietary prep- i
arations that I had no faith in it, but tried
it, as I had so many other things, to see if
they were of any use.
“ One day when I was feeling as bad as
usual, I got a box of Pink Pills, and shortly
before going to bed I took one pill. I cannot
tell you what a surprised man I was next
morning. Then I put on my shoes with ease,
a thing that I had not done for forty years.
A little while after this 1 was so well that I |
drove to Bay City, Michigan, a distance of
twenty-three miles, and was not at all tired
when I got there.
“ I am now seventy-six years of age and ;
unusually active for a man of tny years. 1 1
work on my forty-acre farm and experience I
no trouble from the work. I want to say a I
good word for Pink Pills, as they helped me I
where all else did no good whatever. Since
my illness and cure a number of my neigh
bors have used them, and say that they have
been greatly benefited.”
Mrs. Smith, the veteran’s wife, who sat
near by, confirmed the words that her hus
band had spoken and added her testimony
to the good that the pills had been to *the
family. The worthy couple are old and re
spected residents of Tuscola County, where
they have lived for thirty years. Mr. Smith
is a sturdy pioneer, aud cleared up a 200-
acre farm near Akron. He yet lives there,
surrounded by twelve of his thirteen chil
dren. Thanks to Pink Pills, he has a pros
pect of many years of usefulness.
Another sufferer with the same malady was
Neil Raymond, a prosperous and leading
farmer, residing near Columbiaville, Lapeer
Co.. Michigan. Speaking to a representative
of The Courier-Herald. Mr. Raymond said :
“ Three years ago last June, one night I suf
fered an attack of paralysis, brought on, I
think, by overwork and as an after effect of
la grippe. After a week my condition was
so t»d that I summoned a physician and
doctored for about six months, with bnt little
relief. For some time I had seen in the
Smouldering fires
of old disease
lurk in the blood of many a
man, who fancies himself in
good health. Let a slight
sickness seize hiui, and the
old enemy breaks out anew.
The fault is the taking of
medicines that suppress, in
stead of curing disease. You
can eradicate disease and
purify your blood, if you use
the standard remedy of the
world,
Ayer’s •>
Sarsaparilla.
And it came to pass as a cer
tain man journeyed from the
cradle tothegrave. he fell among
s ,j loon-keepers, who robbed him
i f his money, ruined his good
name, dr stroyed his reason, and
then kicked him out worse than
dead. A moderate drinker came
that way, and when he saw him
he said: “He is but a dog; they
served him right. Let him die;
he is a curse to his family.” And
also a license-voter came that
way. and when he saw him, he
said: “The brute! Put a bill and
chain on his leg and work him
on the street.” And a fanatic
teetotaler came that way, and
when he saw him he had com
pass’on on him, and raised him
up assisted him to his home,
and ministered to his wants and
to the wants of family; got
him to sign the pledge, and
started him on his journey in
comfort and happiness. Whom,
think you, was the greater friend
to humanity—the saloon-keepers,
the moderate drinker, the license
voter, or the fanatic teetotler?
Dr. Eloise Church says: “After
the age of fifty, women should
save their physical strength; be
tween fifty and sixty the ap
proach toward old age has in
many instances commenced.
Therefore much rest is needed.
Bit, without question, the brain
at that period is more capable
for literary work or for business
which requires executive ability,
than at any other time.”
[ papers reported cures of cases similar to
mine effected by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills
and thought I would try them. 1 bought a
box and continued theit; use with good re
sults. I soon liegan to gain in strength and
health and felt the good effect of the Pills.
I “ They were the first things that had been
able to give me relief. They have been of
i great benefit to me and I can strongly recom
l mend them to anyone suffering from
■ paralysis.”
The case of another veteran has come to
the attention of th is paper and it is here given:
When, in 1861, the fate of our Union hung
trembling in the balance, and President
Lincoln issued his famous call for volun
teers to go to the front and fight for its pres
ervation, an immediate response swept over
tiie North like a tidal wave, and regiment
after regiment of brave boys in blue quickly
sprang up from every quarter. Unmindful
of the privations of a soldier’s life, and the
horrors of war, they shouldered their
muskets and marched to the front to battle
for their country.
i Among the first to answer the call was E.
G. Matthews, who enlisted as a member of
Company D, 103 d Ohio Infantry, and who
fought bravely until the close of the great
Mr. Matthews now lives with his
wife and family of six children and grand
j children on his farm near Akron, Tuscola
I County, Michigan. While in the ranks he
contracted inflammatory rheumatism and
this developed into a trouble that remained
with him for over thirty years. Ht finally
became cured of it and’ to a representative
of the Courier-Herald he spoke of his case
as follows:
“During the late war I was a member ot
Company I>. 103 d Ohio Infantry, and per
, formed all the duties incident to a soldier’s
I life from 1862 to 1865. While at the front
; owing to the privations of our soldier life, I
I contracted inflammatory rheumatism, and
this finally developed into a permanent form
of rheumatism, that has always troubled me
i since that time. When I was' mustered out
in 1865 I went back to Ohio to the place
where I enlisted and was laid up there in
bed for 12 weeks. I then got out for a short
time and was again laid up for a long spell.
Since then I have been a victim of these at
tacks and they have laid me up for much of
! the time.
j “My case was also complicated by severe
! kidney troubles and other diseases that baf
| fled the best medieal skill. I have tried
j many physicians and also proprietary arti
cles of all kinds that were said to be good for
| such troubles as mine. In my search for
I health I spent hundreds of dollars, but it
seemed to be all in vain, and nothing seemed
, to reach my trouble and give me relief.
About a year ago a friend advised me to try
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills, and although I
had no faith in them, I bought a box and be
gan to take them. After 1 had begun on the
third box a great change in my condition be
gan to appear, and my trouble'for over thirty
years’ standing began to be cured. I took
four boxes more and then felt so well that I
discontinued their use.
“ I am now able to work on my farm and
have no fear of the old trouble coming back
as long as I can get a box of Pink Pills. My
case was a particularly deep seated one, of
long standing, and so I want to let others
who are afflicted ns I was, know the benefit
that these Pink Pills for Pale People have
been to me.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing all
forms of weakness arising from a watery
condition of the blood or shattered nerves.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a
box or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never
sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing
Dr. Williams' Med. Co., Schenectady, N.Y.