When A Girl is Nineteen.

Te Aroha News, Volume XIV, Issue 2104, 17 May 1898, Page 3

When A Girl is Nineteen.

WHAT SHE TALKS ABOUT.

maidenly confessions are always interesting, not only to her own sex, but likewise to . the other sex. Particularly interesting will prove the experience of Miss Petrea Peterson, of Peatherston, North Island, New Zi aland.

4 1 am nineteen years of* ago,’ said Miss Petrea Beterson, of Featherston. North Island, New Zealand, to a press represen'a ive who interviewed her 1-ist month, 4 and since I was 151 have bean suffering more or less, I t had acute'palpitation of the heart, which was brought about by anaemia or bloodlessness, to which I was long a martyr. Whenever I ran upstairs my heart ' would thump violently against my sides and I would be quite ■ speechless for. breath. Night after night I tossed, weary and worn out, on my Vo 1, trying vainly to .sleep. I had-fearful attacks of cramps in jfiy legs, and so great yvas the agpvy that fiequenly it caused me to t m in out in v ry disseration . I sF«b # ,va y s in a low state, and nev'erfeltfit for my work. My jegs would at times swell up to a considerable extent, and this naturally occasioned myself -and my mother great suspense. Thus as I grew older I>grew worse and worse, being subject also tp periods of giddiness which many a time caused me to almost fall down. I tried plenty of medicines, and I had several doctors, but they gave no relief. I also consulted three doctors regarding an affliction of t’ o'ye from which I suffered. Saving almost given, up my case as hopeless, I one day noticed an advertisement for. Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People in the evening post. Gathering hope from this, in June, 1897,1 a. mmensed taking them strictly according t> directions. After the third! do-e I found a change for the be ter. I continued with them until I bit by bit imiXoved so much that four months ago I left them off altogether, I have taken a total of nine boxes, and am now in every way in the most perfect he; Ib. Insomnia, weakness, giddiness, heart palpitation, cramps, and swellings in the legs have all disappeared, and the. Section in my eye has likewise ceased. As there has. been ho recurrence of these ailments at oil during the past fl u * months, it is evident that my cure is a permanent one. The pills have absolutely cured me, and I will always keep seme of them by me. I feel fit for my work and for anythirg My mother thinks the world of Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and she hs trVd several boxes herself. T aba awfully thankful to them, and I have recommended them to all my friends. Four of them speak exactlyr as I do of the pills, and cannot praise them too highly. ' T am well known here, and numbers, of people have been watching my case, with interest. You can Use this testimonial in any way you desire.’ These pills are a tonic, not a pugative They have cured paralysis, locomotor ataxy, rheumatism, and sciatica; also all 'diseases arising from impoverishment of the blood, scrofula, rickets, chronic erysipelas, consumption of the bowels and lungs, anaemia, pale and sallow complexiohj general muscular weakness, lsss of appetite, palpitations, pains id the back, nervoui headache, early decay, all forms of female weakness and hysteria. They are genuine only with the full name, Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, and are sold by chemists and storekeepers generally, or tho Dr Williams’ Medicine Co., Wellington, N.Z., will forward on I jreeeipt of stamps or post order, one I box for 3s, ©r half-dozen for 16s @d.