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Finding “The Fountain of Youth”

_A Long-Sought Secret, Vital to Happiness, Has Been Discovered._

_By H. M. Stunz_

_Alas! that spring should vanish with the rose!_
_That youth’s sweet-scented manuscript should close!_
—OMAR KHAYYAM.

A secret vital to human happiness has been discovered. An ancient problem
which, sooner or later, affects the welfare of virtually every man and
woman, has been solved. As this problem undoubtedly will come to you
eventually, if it has not come already, I urge you to read this article
carefully. It may give you information of a value beyond all price.

This newly-revealed secret is not a new “philosophy” of financial
success. It is not a political panacea. It has to do with something of
far greater moment to the individual—success and happiness in love and
marriage—and there is nothing theoretical, imaginative or fantastic
about it, because it comes from the coldly exact realms of science and
its value has been proved. It “works.” And because it does work—surely,
speedily and most delightfully—it is one of the most important
discoveries made in many years. Thousands already bless it for having
rescued them from lives of disappointment and misery. Millions will
rejoice because of it in years to come.

The peculiar value of this discovery is that it removes physical
handicaps which, in the past, have been considered inevitable and
irremediable. I refer to the loss of youthful animation and a
waning of the vital forces. These difficulties have caused untold
unhappiness—failures, shattered romances, mysterious divorces. True
happiness does not depend on wealth, position or fame. Primarily, it is
a matter of health. Not the inefficient, “half-alive” condition which
ordinarily passes as “health,” but the abundant, vibrant, magnetic
vitality of superb manhood and womanhood.

Unfortunately, this kind of health is rare. Our civilization, with its
wear and tear, rapidly depletes the organism and, in a physical sense,
old age comes on when life should be at its prime.

But this is not a tragedy of our era alone. Ages ago a Persian poet,
in the world’s most melodious epic of pessimism, voiced humanity’s
immemorial complaint that “spring should vanish with the rose” and the
song of youth too soon come to an end. And for centuries before Omar
Khayyam wrote his immortal verses, science had searched—and in the
centuries that have passed since then has continued to search—without
halt, for the fabled “fountain of youth,” an infallible method of
renewing energy lost or depleted by disease, overwork, worry, excesses or
advancing age.

Now the long search has been rewarded. A “fountain of youth” has been
found! Science announces unconditionally that youthful vigor can be
restored quickly and safely. Lives clouded by weakness can be illumined
by the sunlight of health and joy. Old age, in a sense, can be kept at
bay and youth made more glorious than ever. And the discovery which makes
these amazing results possible is something any man or woman, young or
old, can easily use in the privacy of the home, unknown to relative,
friend or acquaintance.

The discovery had its origin in famous European laboratories. Brought to
America, it was developed into a product that has given most remarkable
results in thousands of cases, many of which had defied all other
treatments. In scientific circles the discovery has been known and used
for several years and has caused unbounded amazement by its quick,
harmless, gratifying action. Now in convenient tablet form, under the
name of Korex compound, it is available to the general public.

Any one who finds the youthful stamina ebbing, life losing its charm
and color or the feebleness of old age coming on too soon, can obtain
a double-strength treatment of this compound, sufficient for ordinary
cases, under a positive guarantee that it costs nothing if it fails and
only $2 if it produces prompt and gratifying results. In average cases,
the compound often brings about amazing benefits in from twenty-four to
forty-eight hours.

Simply write in confidence to the Melton Laboratories, 833 Massachusetts
Bldg., Kansas City, Mo., and this wonder restorative will be mailed to
you in a plain wrapper. You may enclose $2 or, if you prefer, just send
your name without money and pay the postman $2 and postage when the
parcel is delivered. In either case, if you report after a week that the
Korex compound has not given satisfactory results, your money will be
refunded immediately. The Melton Laboratories are nationally known and
thoroughly reliable. Moreover, their offer is fully guaranteed, so no
one need hesitate to accept it. If you need this remarkable scientific
rejuvenator, write for it today.

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