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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7845, 10 September 1904, Page 7

WOMAN'S PRICELESS ATTRIBUTE, The Case of Mrs. L. BERRY. (by a special reporter.) New Zealanders are old-fashioned enough to feel that, in sickness or trouble, the quality of sympathetic tenderness is woman's peculiar and altogether priceless attribute, the one thing, indeed, that differentiated her from the " mere man " ; and readers of the following will observe that the highest form of self-abnegation was displayed by Mrs. Louisa Berry, of No. 61 Roxburghstreet, Wellington, when she remarked to our representative : — "It is by no means too much to ask that I should give any information that I possess, which will assuredly lead to benefiting other people, for I think the least we can do in life is to assist those who are unfortunate in bearing the same misfortunes that we have gone through." " That is a principle we should all display/" assented the reporter. "How long is it since you were released from your own afflictions ?"

''Just about twelve months, and when those adversities wore ended, it was like closing the most dismal volume that one could possibly wade through. For many years I was a sufferer from one of the most distressing complaints that we havo to contend with, and it was my experence, as I daresay it is with almost every sufferer, that it grew worse with each recurring attack. My greatest trouble was with pains in the head, and surely there cannot be anything more agonising than aillictions of that sort. Many a time I was in a dark room for a week at a stretch because the pains in my head were so excessive that I could not hear the light, and my eyes really felt 100 heavy to keep them open. Sometimes I had very restless nights, too, which always helped, of course, To wear out my strength, and you may naturally suppose that under such conditions as these 1 did not have much pleasure in life, for I was not able to take part in anything that was going on. Consequently, a feeling of intense depression settled upon me, and in that unhappy condition I remained until about a year ago, when I had the gratificacation of finding out what the value of Clements Tonic was."

" Was that your first acquaintance with medicine ?''

"Oh dear, no ! I could not; endure such torture as I had every day without making some effort to get relief, and I placed my case in the hands of several doctors, but they could do little or nothing for me. One medical man prescribed two kinds of medicine for me, which I had to take alternately every ten minutes, and I must admit getting a little relief from that; but it was only a little and lasted but a very short space of time. The pains in my head were getting more and more unbearable, and the terrific pains in my eyes assumed "a feeling as if a weight was at the back of them. The doctors were greatly perplexed, and could nob say what was wrong with me ; but one thing I knew myself, and that was that my internal organs were very much disordered. However, it was a happy release that I gained at last, and, in all sincerity, I can frankly state that my freedom from years of suffering was due to Clements Tonic, which started by effecting a decrease in my head pains, and so it continued until the}' were finally smoothed out of existence. When they were gone my life was once more full of delight, for I had really thought that, as the doctors could nob cure me, nothing could. I was really filled with wonderment at the influence of Clements Tonic upon me in comparison to the other medicines, as it acted so well in every particular. For a long while my appetite had been very poor, but it was icinstated very quickly by Clements Tonic; I.nd it was remarkable how my nerves wpre strengthened by that remedy. Nervousness had been one of my worst enemies, and my digestion had been very bad, too ; for 1 suffered dreadfully from flatulence, and pains between the shoulders and across the loins, and after taking a little food the oppressive feelings in my chest were very troublesome ; but Clements Tonic was quite equal to all those disorders, for it cast aside every one of them and-built up my strength splendidly." " I understand now why you are in favour of a public statement." "Yes; so that all poor suffering women may know what to do, and you can publish every word of this interview in any way you think beat."

STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Louisa Bbrrv, of No. 61 Roxburghstreet, Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, do" solemnly and sincerely declare that 1 have carefully read the annexed document, consisting of two folios, and consecutively numbered from one to two, and that it contains and is a true and faithful account of my illness and cure by Clemcnt9 Tonic ; and also contains my full permission to publish in any way niy statements — which I give voluntarily, without receiving any payment; and I make this solemn c!ec!aration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, intituled "The Justices of Peace Act, 1582." Declared ac Wellington, this eighteenth day of May, onp thousand nine hundred and three, before HY. FLOCKTON, J.P.