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Books: Vegetable Compound

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LYDIA E. PINKHAM—Robert Collyer Washburn—:Putnam ($3.50).*

"COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE."

"The feeling of utter listlessness, lack of energy, desire to be alone, or the 'don't care' feeling, are all shadows of coming events. No woman should permit these symptoms to gain ground, for, being forewarned, she should be forearmed. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound will disperse all those shadows. It goes to the very root of all female complaints, renews the waning vitality, and invigorates the entire system. . . . 'Reach for a vegetable instead of...

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GEORGE LITTLE, Pentagon press secretary, on the decision to ease the restrictions on women in combat roles; women currently make up nearly 14% of the U.S. armed forces
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