More Midol: Midol ad, 1938
See Midol newspaper ads, 1911-1961
See its competitor from Kotex, Kurb.
See Midols ads from newspapers, 1911-1961.
See also Australian
douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca douche powder (U.S.A.)
(date ?) - Kotique douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.)
- Liasan (1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Liasan (2) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Lysol douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol ad, 1938
- Midol booklet (selections), 1959 (U.S.A.) -
Mum deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Myzone menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia) - Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) - Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Sterizol
douche liquid ad, 1926 (U.S.A.) - Vionell genital
spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany) - Zonite
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci
Capo Rome) - the odor page
More Midol: Midol booklet (selections), 1959,
and Midol ad, 1938
 
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It's Too Late to Call Your Congressman
About the Proposed Tampon Safety and Research Act!
Congress Had More Important ;-) Things To Do! Here's How
and Why for Next Time.
Happy New Year! And It'll
Be This Time Next Week Before I Properly Update
This Site
That's because friends living 10 kilometers upriver
from Heidelberg, Germany, invited me to spend the holidays with them, and
I just got back two days ago. I haven't even looked at my e-mail for the
past 10 days, as some mailers undoubtedly know.
In the 70s I lived seven years in that beautiful
area, and it was nice to root through familiar bookstores - I bought a collection
of essays by Stefan Zweig, my favorite biographer in German, and Bekenntnisse
des Hochstaplers Felix Krull, Thomas Mann's hilarious novel of a confidence
man - and drink decent coffee, the first I'd had in the 2.5 years since
I last visited these friends.
Why can't you get a good cup of coffee in the
States? I've been drinking tea for a couple of years now, to avoid coffee,
and for the health benefits.
And now, if you are not sitting down, please take your seat.
While in Germany, I left eight cats - count 'em,
I said eight -
in my house. Yes, of course they are my cats!
Wacko? Hey,
who started the Museum of Menstruation?
I wanted to put my aggressive cat, tomcat Minnie
Padd, into a kennel before I left, but the ear-splitting barking from the
caged dogs there changed my mind. The poor guy could not have kept his sanity
for five minutes, and anything that could happen at home would not approach
that for suffering.
A friend visited regularly to clean the litter
boxes, top up the food and water and tickle the tykes under the chin, and,
amazingly, the menagerie prospered, meowing as one while I opened the door
late New Year's night. OK, OK, they looked up from sleeping positions before
dozing off again. Which is OK.
But now it's time to introduce the MUSEUM STAFF MUMBERS, um, members - my cats. All have endowed chairs
except Minnie, who has the endowed corner of the living-room couch:
(Tomcat) Prof. Mack C. Padd.
Senior Cat and Chief Tomcat and The Distinguished
Service Institutional Wallace C. Meyer Memorial Pouncer at the Museum of
Menstruation. Read more, with
photo!
(Tomcat) Prof. Minnie Padd.
Deputy Senior Cat and The Distinguished
Service Institutional Albert Lasker Memorial Pouncer at the Museum of Menstruation.
Read more!
(Tomcat) Asst. Prof. Pam T. Padd. Assistant Deputy Senior Cat and The
Distinguished Service Institutional fax and Fibs Early Commercial Tampon
Memorial Part-Time Pouncer at the Museum of Menstruation. Some MUM site visitors will remember reading that Pam
disappeared about eight months ago. He reappeared at the museum doors this
fall, much bigger, pounding on the glass and loudly meowing. Although he
has never explained his absence, he is again a full-time MUM staffer and
beloved by our interns, especially Fibs, who's sweet on the big palooka
(below). Read more!
Interns: Last August
a black feral cat moved her five kittens to under a bush in my back yard.
Just weeks later I welcomed the tabby tots (plus a black one) aboard! They
are willing to learn the ropes of museum security in exchange for exotic
cat foods and a place to sleep - or so I assume.
It will instruct and surprise you - hmm, maybe
not - to learn that four of them bear names of extinct
American tampons that appeared in the 1930s:
(Tamcat) Meds Senior Kitten and Chief Tamcat [she died of cancer
in 2007]
(Tamcat) fax [she's missing in 2007]
(Tamcat) Fibs [rhinotracheaitis killed her in Decmber 2009.]
(Tomcat) Wix [my next-door neighbor poisoned him in 2008 after
cutting the throat of his cat buddy.]
(Tamcat) Zeenie-Weenie (Not, unfortunately, the name of a tampon.) Zeenie's
(or Zeena) real name is Maxine, after Senior Cat Max (Mack C., above);
both are black, as is Zeenie's mother. I type this News page with the index
finger of my left hand because Zeenie lies on my lap and I'm scratching
her with my right. I know no more affectionate
cat.
[In Dec. 2009, Zenna died three weeks after her sister Fibs, also
of rhinotracheaitis. She was the last survivor of the litter.]
Readers with an ax to grind will object to tomcats
occupying all the senior positions - hey, I'm a male, too! - and
that all but one of the interns are female. I assure you that, with increased
experience, the tams will advance according to their ability, which I know
is considerable.
And senior staff cannot, um, fool around - you know what I mean! - with
the young ladies because everyone in the joint (except me, that is) has
been neutered. That sounds awful, doesn't
it?
Next week I promise to have matters most menstrual for you.
Meow! - er, Ciao!
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© 1999 Harry Finley. It is illegal to reproduce or
distribute any of the work on this Web site in
any manner or medium without written permission of the
author. Please report suspected violations to hfinley@mum.org
See also Australian
douche ad (ca. 1900) - Fresca douche powder (U.S.A.)
(date ?) - Kotique douche liquid ad, 1974 (U.S.A.)
- Liasan (1) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Liasan (2) genital wash ad, 1980s (Germany)
- Lysol douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Lysol douche liquid ad, 1948 (U.S.A.) - Marvel
douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.) - Midol menstrual
pain pill ad, 1938 (U.S.A.) - Midol booklet (selections),
1959 (U.S.A.) - Mum deodorant cream ad, 1926 (U.S.A.)
- Myzone menstrual pain pills ad, 1952 (Australia)
- Pristeen genital spray ad, 1969 (U.S.A.) -
Spalt pain tablets, 1936 (Germany) - Vionell genital spray ad, 1970, with Cheryl Tiegs (Germany)
- Zonite douche liquid ad, 1928 (U.S.A.)
The Perils of Vaginal Douching (essay by Luci
Capo Rome) - the odor page
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