Judge — November 7, 1925 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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“THEY USED TO CALL ME ‘WEARY WINIFRED’ ” The personal story of a woman who never was really sick, yet always ailing, always too tired to enjoy life—and how she made herself into a virile, vital being of super-health and strength. there lives a woman who has such amaz- ing vitality that she is the envy of all her friends. Yet not so long ago they used to call her “Weary Winifred.” Wini- fred has asked us to publish her story for the benefit of the thousands of other women who may be helped by it. It is printed here in her own words, an open letter to all women who are discouraged with the burdens that life has imposed upon them. “The strangest thing,” she says, “is that I never realized there was anything the matter with me. My life, I thought, was that of the ordinary wife and mother. I tried to be a good wife and mother, and at the same time to keep in touch with my social duties. “But somehow, I never seemed to catch up with myself. If I stayed up late one night, I could hardly drag myself out of bed the next morning. I had to cancel engage- ments frequently, not because I was ever really sick, but simply because I was too weary to make the effort. I looked tired, acted tired, and was tired. “My looks began to show the effect too. My neck began to look stringy and hollow. My_ cheek muscles sagged, my complexion was “pasty” and colorless. My figure began to look dumpy. My age— which was only thirty-five—began to feel like fifty. Life was becoming ‘just too much for me’—and I didn’t know why. “Of course I did things about this state of affairs. I took headache powders. I tried various creams and lotions for my complexion. I tried, in various ways, to gain strength, and yet reduce my weight, changing from one thing to another. I ‘fussed’ with everything. “Yet with all these little ailments ce SS I was not really sick. There was nothing organic the matter with me. And so it never occurred to me that I was not a normal woman. I just thought that I was the victim of ills that a great many unfortu- nate women were heir to. “But one day, something happened that made me ‘sit up and take notice.’ I read an article, telling the story of Annette Kellermann’s life—of how she, who is called the world’s most perfectly formed woman, was once a puny, ailing girl, always in ill health and, in fact, so deformed as to be practically ‘a cripple. The story of how she dragged herself out of her misery and actually made of herself the lovely creature of glorious health and beauty that she is today was a revelation to me. Indeed, I was so lost in admiration for that wonderful woman that I wrote her. In response, I received not only a charming personal letter from Miss Kellermann, but, far more important, a copy of her book called ‘The Body Beautiful’—a book which I can truthfully say led me to my present health and happiness. “That little book opened my eyes to the fact that it is totally unneces- sary for women to suffer as they do—totally unnecessary for them to be continually incapacitated by petty little ailments—totally unnecessary for them to look old and haggard and worn. “I learned that every woman— unless she has a_ serious organic derangement—can live: a_ life as vigorous and strong, and free from pain, as a man’s. Every woman can live the life of youth and beauty that comes from health and vitality. “I know that this is so because I have proved it. Today I am practically never tired. I am never nervous or irritable. I never have any of the petty ailments. from which so many women suffer. I look fifteen years younger than most other women of my age. My step is springy, my eyes are bright, my skin is firm and clear, and my body is slender and has the free, lithe grace of a young girl. “And because I know that there are thousands of women who are now living as I did, miserable imitations of real women, and because I know that every one of them can actually be a new woman, with health and beauty such as they never knew existed, I cannot too strongly recommend that they take this simple way out of their troubles. It is 50 easy!” FREE—The Body Beautiful Annette Kellermann, in this book— which she will send absolutely free, upon request to any woman—tells exactly how she transformed herself from a cripple and an invalid into a woman world-famous for her health and beauty. Any woman by devoting only fifteen minutes a day to her methods can obtain a perfect figure neither 100 stout nor too thin, mould each part of her body to graceful, youthful, lines; can acquire a clear, healthy complexion: and can overcome "weaknesses and _ physical troubles that so many women suffer from, If you would like to have a copy of Annette Kellermann's new book write. for it. There is no charge or obligation. Miss Kellerman is anxious to give every woman the benefit of her simple 15-minute-a-day system and invites you to write a letter or mail the coupon b Do it this minute— it may be the beginning of a new kind of health and happiness for you. ANNETTE KELLERMANN, Inc. 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