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Re  Photographs  for  "Era  Album" 

Illustrated  Section 

Each  subscriber  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  If  the  firm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
partners  and  clerks  may  have  their  portraits  included  for  $1..50 
each.  To  secure  all  of  the  Album  sections  one  must  be  a  sub- 
scriber to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

In  sending  photographs  be  sure  that  each  one  is  distinctly 
labeled  with  the  name,  address,  business,  profession  or  occupa- 
tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good    specimen  : 


FOR  ERA  ALBUM. 

Fred  S.  Rogers,  Middletowu,  N.  Y 

McMonagle  &  Rogers, 

Ex-Pres.  N.  Y.  State  Phar.  Assn. 


Conditions  in  the  drug  trade  remind  us  of  that 
f-ritieal  moment  in  a  ball  game  when  both  teams 
gather  around  the  home  plate  to  wrangle  over 
.some  close  decision,  and  just  as  everybody  expects 
to  see  a  free  fight  the  foghorn  voice  of  the  umpire 
rings  out  those  welcome  words — play  ball  ! — and 
the  players  hustle  back  to  their  places  and  the  game 
proceeds. 

Hard  times  are  productive  of  discontent.  Poor 
business,  slow  collections  and  small  profits  are  irri- 
tating, and  the  cause  for  much  dissatisfaction.  It  is 
the  oil  of  prosperity  that  makes  the  wheels  of  con- 
tentment rim  smoothly.  With  the  outlook  for  good 
business  growing  brighter  and  brighter  it  is  about 
time  that  the  drug  trade  should  stop  talking,  forget 
its  troubles  and  "get  busy."  or  in  the  ball  players' 
vernacular  it  is  time  to  "play  ball." 

In  offering  this  advice  we  want  to  say  that  the 
Era  proposes  to  take  it  unto  itself.  If  the  other 
fellows  want  to  continue  their  wranglings  and  hot 
air  discussions  over  the  N.A.R.D.'s  theories,  the 
A.D.S.'s  cut  prices,  the  Manufacturers'  di.scounts, 
the  Jobbers'  duplicity  and  the  Retailers'  ingratitude 
— they  are  welcome  to  th  ■  field. 

As  "for  ourselves,  we  have  our  hands  full  to  carry 
out  our  plans  for  giving  the  drug  trade  a  live,  up-to- 
date  weekly  publication,  and  to  help  evers'body— 
but  particularly  the  retail  druggists— to  take  ad- 
vantage of  the  tide  of  prosperity  which  is  surely 
coming  in.  These  are  our  resolutions  for  the  New 
Year  and  we  hope  that  our  motives  will  not  be  mis- 
understood, for  in  our  feeble  way  we  are  anxious  to 
do  what  we  can  to  promote  peace  and  prosperity, 
and  to  assist  every  reputable  business  house  in  the 
drug  trade  to  cross  the  "home  plate." 


When  additional  photographs  of  partners  and  clerks  are 
sent,  each  one  should  have  written  on  it  the  name  of  the  sub- 
scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  ■•Cabinet" 
size,  with  "the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

In  forwarding  photographs  for  the  Album,  see  that  they  are 
distinctly  addressed  as  follows: 

The  PHARMACEUTIC-4.L  Era, 
For  Era  Album  90  WiLLIAM  St.,  New  YoRK. 


PLACES  OPTOMETKY  ON  A  HIGHER  PLANE. 

There  can  be  no  doubt  of  the  earnestness  of  the 
opticians  of  New  York  State  in  their  efforts  to 
elevate  the  standard  of  their  profession  if  the  new 
rules  and  regulations,  which  became  effective  Jan- 
uary 1.  can  be  taken  as  a  criterion.  In  the  educa- 
tional requirements  the  qualifj'ing  requisites  com- 
pare favorably  with  those  governing  preparation  for 
the  practice  of  medicine  or  pharmacy,  being  m  one 
respect,  at  least,  more  stringent  than  the  latter,  for 
thirtv  regents'  coimts  are  necessarj^  in  order  to 
enter  a  school  of  optometry-,  while  only  fifteen  are 
needed  to  gain  admission  to  a  school  of  pharmacy  in 
New  York  State. 

The  new  law  exempts  from  operation  physicians 
and  persons  who  sell  optometrical  goods,  so  that  it 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  7,  1909 


■will  not  interfere  with  the  sale  of  these  goods  by 
pharmacists  who  carry  them  as  a  side  line,  except 
that  they  cannot  examiae  the  eyes  or  pi-escribe 
glasses  without  qualifying  as  optometrists.  Drug- 
gists doing  a  certificated  business  in  optical  goods 
will  find  their  trade  increased  and  the  public  wiU 
have  more  confidence  in  the  opticians  who  are  per- 
mitted to  hold  certificates,  for  it  is  notorious  that 
many  charlatans  have  at  times  masqueraded  as  opti- 
cians to  the  detriment  and  suffering  of  their  victims. 
The  law  will  surely  send  the  quacks  to  other  pas- 
tures where  they  can  probably  do  less  harm  than 
they  have  accomplished  in  tinkering  with  the  human 
sight. 

THE    SODA   FOUNTAIN'S   JANUARY    ^SSUE. 


The  January  issue  of  The  Soda  Fountain,  now  in 
press,  contains  over  sixty  pages  of  advertising,  by 
far  the  largest  number  of  trade  announcements  ex- 
clusively for  the  soda  fountain  trade,  ever  carried 
by  a  trade  publication. 

In  addition  to  the  large  number  of  these  pages 
the  quality  of  the  advertisements  is  woi'thy  of  spe- 
cial mention.  The  cover  of  the  journal  is  printed 
in  four  colors  from  process  plates,  with  a  grade  of 
workmanship  and  material  equal  to  that  of  any  of 
the  popular  magazines.  Inside  of  the  covers  the 
most  conspicuous  advertisement  is  the  sixteen  page 
section  of  the  Liquid  Carbonic  Company  printed  in 
two  colors  on  India  tint,  coated  paper,  making  one 
of  the  most  attractive  advertisements  ever  seen  in  a 
trade  publication. 

Following  this  in  quantity  is  the  eight  pages  of 
the  L.  A.  Becker  Company ;  then  comes  the  J.  Hun- 
gerford  Smith  Company  with  three  pages,  including 
the  back  cover.  There  also  are  innumerable  an- 
nouncements in  pages,  half  pages  and  smaller 
spaces,  altogether  offering  the  buyers  of  the  soda 
fountain  trade  the  gi-eatest  collection  of  wares  to 
select  from  that  has  ever  been  brought  together  in 
a  single  issue. 

There  are  three  points  in  connection  with  this 
edition  that  should  interest  all  manufacturers  who 
supply  goods  to  the  drug  trade. 

For  the  past  year  the  soda  fountain  houses  have 
been  timid  about  advertising.  The  larger  houses 
have  their  representatives  in  all  parts  of  the  coim- 
try  and  they  are  in  a  position  to  forecast  business 
conditions.  By  coming  forward  at  this  time  so  lib- 
erally with  their  announcements  they  show',  in  a 
most  practical  and  emphatic  form,  their  confidence 
in  the  return  of  prosperity.  This  should  be  encour- 
aging to  all  firms  who  sell  their  goods  through  the 
drug  trade. 

,  Secondly,  it  is  a  significant  fact  that  most  of  the 
soda  fountain  manufacturers  spend  the  volume  of 
their  advertising  appropriation  on  the  dealers.  A 
few  of  them  advertise  to  the  general  public,  but 
most  of  these  houses  advertise  only  to  reach  the 
dealers.  In  other  words,  they  depend  upon  trade 
advertising  for  their  success  and  some  of  them  are 
successful  to  a  remarkable  degree.  This  shows  most 
conclusively  that  trade  advertising  pays,  and  that 
it  pays  to  adverti.se  to  the  drug  trade.    If  the  soda 


fountain  supply  houses  can  get  such  results  througli 
the  trade  journals  by  advertising,  does  it  not  stand 
to  reason  that  the  manufacturers  of  drugs  and  chem- 
icals, pharmaceuticals  and  sundries  and  aU  other 
lines  handled  by  druggists  can  accomplish  the  same 
results,  if  they  but  laiow  how  to  go  about  it? 

The  third  point  to  which  we  desire  to  direct  at- 
tention, is  the  quality  and  the  quantity  of  trade  ad- 
vertising which  these  soda  fountain  fu-ms  are  doing. 
It  is  admitted  that  the  manufacturers  of  the  soda 
fovmtain  trade  are  the  most  liberal,  most  progessive 
and  most  successful  of  all  the  business  houses  who 
seek  the  trade  of  druggists.  Some  of  them  have 
been  at  it  for  a  great  many  years  and  new  ones  are 
following  their  example  every  day.  These  soda 
fountain  houses  have  proven  beyond  all  question  of 
a  doubt  that  it  pays  to  advertise  to  the  drug  trade, 
and  if  the  manufacturers  in  other  lines  would  follow 
their  example,  by  using  liberal  space  and  spend  their 
money  for  good  copy  and  attractive  designs,  they 
would  secure  equally  large  returns. 

There  never  was  a  period  in  the  history  of  the 
drug  trade  when  it  was  more  timely  for  manufac- 
turers to  cultivate  the  dealers,  and  there  is  no  way 
in  which  these  manufacturers  can  keep  in  friendly 
touch  with  the  druggists  except  by  advertising  in 
the  drug  journals.  The  wonder  is  that  more  manu- 
factiu-ers  who  have  large  appropriations  for  adver- 
tising, and  who  fully  appreciate  the  value  of  adver- 
tising, have  not  recognized  the  importance  of  spend- 
ing more  of  their  appropriations  for  cultivating  the 
good-will  of  the  dealers  who  handle  their  goods,  in- 
stead of  trying  to  force  these  dealers  into  line  by 
advertising  to  the  general  public.  This  latter  re- 
minds us  of  the  old  saying,  "that  you  can  lead  a 
horse  to  water,  but  it  is  quite  another  task  to  make 
him  drink. ' ' 


FIRST  CASH  AWARD  IN  ERA  COMPETITION. 


Interest  in  the  Era's  Cash  Prize  Competition 
sliould  take  on  fresh  impetus  in  view  of  the  fact 
that  examination  of  the  articles  submitted  by  the 
competitors  has  already  begim.  with  a  result  that 
the  first  award  is  made  in  this  issue  to  O.  R.  Norris, 
of  South  Whitley,  Ind.,  as  will  be  seen  by  reference 
to  page  6.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  this 
Cash  Prize  Competition  is  open  to  everybody,  with- 
out restriction  except  as  stated  on  advertising  page 
6  of  this  issue  of  the  -Er.v.  This  is  a  splendid  oppor- 
tunity for  druggists  and  others  with  ideas  to  benefit 
the  various  branches  of  the  trade  and  at  the  same 
time  participate  in  the  cash  prize  distribution. 

In  the  desire  to  obtain  the  most  useful  suggestions 
]iossible  the  Era  has  made  the  Competition  free  to 
all,  not  even  limiting  participation  to  our  own 
friends,  the  feeling  being  that  they  would  benefit  by 
any  acceptable  contributions  which  might  emanate 
from  outsiders. 


If  anyone  says  that  the  souvenir  post  card  fad  is  dying 
away,  either  gradually  or  otherwise,  it  is  only  necessary  to 
point  to  the  enormous  numbers  carried  in  the  holiday  mails, 
some  of  the  post  offices  having  been  fairly  and  literally  over- 
whelmed with  them.  In  the  Brooklyn  (N.  Y.)  Post  Office  the 
glut  of  post  cards  amounted  to  more  than  two  millions  and 


January  7,  1909] 


THE     PirAR.MACEUTICAL     ERA 


the  service  was  seriously  hampered.  One  of  tlie  cliief  causes 
for  the  reports  of  a  decline  in  the  popularity  of  the  souvenir 
cards  was  the  overproduction  in  Germany  and  the  failure  of 
the  demand  to  increase  with  the  more  than  phenomenal  growth 
in  the  fad  that  over-sanguine  manufacturers  had  expected. 
Souvenir  post  cards  have  come  to  stay  and  druggists  who  are 
handling  this  line  need  have  no  fear  of  its  future. 


Some  of  us  who  think  we   are  dissatisfied   with   the   drug 
business  are  in  fact  merely  dissatified  with  ourselves. 


For  adulterated  drugs  and  fake  goods  go  to  the  store  of 
the  man  who  is  everlastingly  blowing  about  honesty  being 
the  best  policy. 


Don't  wait  for  opportunity  to  knock.     Leave  tlie  door  open 
and  have  dinner  ready. 


Occasionally   a   druggist   who   has   a   reputation    for   being 
"very  deep"  and  "highly  educated"  is  merely  dull. 


William  J.  Mooney.  of  the  Mooney-Miller  Drug  Company, 
of  Indianapolis,  born  in  Indiana,  but  as  his  name  would  indi- 
cate, of  Irish  parentage,  took  a  trip  last  summer  to  the  land 
of  his  ancestors.  Before  starting,  an  Irish  porter  in  his 
employ  asked  him  if  it  were  possible  to 
visit  his  old  mother  and  let  her  know  how 
her  lad  across  the  sea  was  getting  on. 
Mr.  Mooney  gave  his  word  to  do  so.  and 
drove  across  country  several  miles  to  the 
cabin  of  the  old  dame,  a  typical  Irish 
woman,  in  a  typical  Irish  cabin. 

"The  heartiness  of  my  welcome,"  said 
Mr.  Mooney.  "is  not  to  be  described. 
When  I  told  her  of  her  boy  she  over- 
whelmed me  with  endearing  epithets.  I 
was  the  dear  man,  her  boy's  boss,  and 
she  began  looking  about  her  scantily  fur- 
nished place,  the  poor  woman,  to  make 
me  a  present.  My  son  was  with  me.  a 
dignified  young  collegian,  and  the  present, 
she  said,  should  be  for  him  to  take  with 
him  to  America.  The  place  was  so  bare 
that  I  was  pretty  sure  that  I  should  not 
be  burdened  with  a  gift,  when  just  at 
that  moment  a  sow  with  nearly  a  dozen 
pigs  came  round  the  house  into  the  front 
.vard. 

" '  "Tis  a  piggie  ye'll  have,'  said  the 
old  woman,  to  take  to  America ;  a  rale 
Irish  pig.  Sure  there's  not  the  likes  of 
it  in  your  country.' 

"She  started  out  to  catch  a  pig.  Mean- 
while my  young  man  was  a  picture.  He 
was  fancying,  doubtless,  how  he  would 
look  walking  up  Meridian  street,  Indian- 
apolis,  with  an   Irish  pig  under  his  arm. 

Three  or  four  lads  joined  the  old  woman  in  trying  to  capture 
the  prize.  Round  and  round  the  cabin  they  went.  The  pros- 
pect of  capture  seemed  quite  remote.  Finally  I  told  her  I  had 
to  drive  down  the  road  a  few  miles  and  that  when  I  returned 
I  should  stop  for  the  pig.  I  did  not  return,  and  I  do  not  know 
whether  that  pig  was  ever  carptured  of  not.  It  was  a  fine 
white  pig.  The  old  woman,  in  the  greatness  of  her  heart, 
with  true  Irish  generosity,  was  willing  to  give  me  a  very 
large  part  of  her  possessions." 


Field  mice  destroy  crops  on  hundreds  of  acres  of  land  e.very 
year,  and  in  the  centers  of  population  the  ravages  of  rats 
entail  a  direct  loss  of  $20,000,000  annually.  In  addition,  the 
rat  excites  grave  apprehension  because  of  its  agency  in  dis- 
tributing the  dreaded  plague  and  other  diseases.  Investigations 
conducted  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  the  Marine 
Hospital  Sen-ice  have  prompted  the  authorities  to  send  out  a 
warning  against  field  mice  and  house  rats. 

Although  losses  by  field  mice  have  proved  a  steady  drain  on 
the  resources  of  the  American  farmers  and  nurserymen,  yet 
only  occasionally  and  over  limited  areas  has  the  damage  been 
80  great  as  to  attract  special  attention.  The  extent  of  the 
destruction  of  crops  by  mice  in  the  United  States  has  never 
even    approached    that    in    Europe,    where   they    have    overrun 


whole  provinces,  leaving  ruin  in  their  wake.  During  the  past 
year,  however,  a  native  species  infested  the  alfalfa  fields  in 
Humbolt  Valley,  Nevada,  in  such  multitudes  as  to  destroy 
nearly  the  whole  crop.  Out  of  the  twenty  thousand  acres  of 
alfalfa  in  the  valley  fifteen  thousand  acres  were  a  total  loss, 
so  that  the  fields  had  to  be  replowed  and  reseeded.  During 
I  he  past  year  the  Biological  Survey  sent  two  assistants  to 
Nevada  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  experiments  and  demon- 
strating to  the  ranchmen  the  best  methods  of  destroying  the 
rodents. 

As  the  result  of  trials  with  various  poisons  it  was  found 
that  sulphate  of  strychnine  on  chopped  green  alfalfa,  or  when 
that  is  not  procurable,  on  alfalfa  hay,  is  most  effective  poison. 
Even  on  ranches  where  the  number  of  field  mice  reaches  the 
astonishing  total  of  twelve  thousand  to  the  acre,  relief  was 
obtainable  by  careful  and  systematic  poisoning  at  the  cost  of 
only  TO  cents  per  acre.  By  means  of  the  combined  efforts  of 
the  farmers  of  the  valley,  using  methods  devised  by  the  survey, 
the  number  of  mice  was  finally  so  greatly  reduced  that  the 
hawks  and  owls,  gulls,  herons,  ravens,  skunks,  badgers,  wea- 
sels, foxes  and  coyotes  which  had  assembled  early  in  the  out- 
break and  killed  at  least  forty-five  thousand  mice  a  day.  were 
able  to  take  care  of  the  remainder  and  prevent  them  from 
doing  serious  damage,  thus  furnishing  an  important  object 
lesson  as  to  the  usefulness  of  these  destroyers  of  rodents  when 
permitted  to  do  the  work  they  are.  fitted 
liy  nature  to  perform. 

The  rat  continues  to  caiise  great  losses 
iliroughout  the  United  States.  During 
tlie  last  year  an  attempt  was  made  to  as- 
certain the  approximate  damage  done  to 
property  b.v  this  rodent  in  the  cities  of 
Washington  and  Baltimore.  Many  busi- 
ness men  were  interviewed,  including 
dealers  in  various  kinds  of  merchandise, 
feeders  of  horses,  managers  of  hotels  and 
restaurants,  and  manufacturers.  The  in- 
ijuiries  included  all  sections  of  the  two 
cities  and  both  the  small  and  large  deal- 
ers. Data  were  obtained  from  some  six 
hundred  firms  and  individuals,  from 
which  it  was  estimated  that  the  annual 
loss  from  rats  in  Washington  is  about 
.>?4no.000 ;  in  Baltimore,  upward  of  .$700,- 
(KM'I.  Assuming,  as  is  probable,  that  simi- 
lar conditions  obtain  in  all  our  cities  of 
more  than  one  hundred  thousand  inhabi- 
tants, the  damage  hy  rats  in  these  centers 
of  population  entails  a  direct  loss  of  $20,- 
OlXt.OOO  annually.  This  enormous  sum 
gives  an  idea  of  the  still  greater  total  loss 
inflicted  by  this  rodent  throughout  the 
length  and  breadth  of  the  land. 

Boards  of  health  and  the  Marine  Hos- 
pital Service  in  several  maritime  cities 
have  been  making  active  war  on  the  ro- 
dents, and  large  sums  have  been  expend- 
ed in  efforts  to  effect  their  extirpation.  No  one  method  has 
proved  adeijuate.  and  only  b.T  concerted,  systematic  and  per- 
sistent efforts  is  it  possible  to  reduce  and  keep  down  their 
numbers.  The  rat-proof  construction  of  buildings,  the  con- 
stant use  of  traps  and  the  use  of  poison  wherever  possible 
will  go  far  toward  assuring  public  safety. 

Several  bacterial  cultures  for  the  extermination  of  rats 
and  mice  are  on  the  market,  and  many  experiments  have  been 
imdertaken  with  a  view  to  fully  testing  the  claims  made  for 
them,  especially  the  degree  of  communicability.  W^hen  the 
culture  is  fresh  and  the  vitalit.y  of  the  organism  is  unimpaired 
a  large  percentage  of  the  rats  eating  the  infected  bait  sicken 
ajid  die.  Thus  far,  however,  experiments  have  not  proved 
that  the  disease  produced  by  the  cultures  is  contagious.  On 
the  contrary,  it  appears  to  be  limited  solely  to  the  individual 
rodent  eating  the  bait.  Hence  the  cultures  appear  to  possess 
little  or  no  advantage  over  mineral  or  other  poisons  whose 
cost  is  much  less  and  whose  certainty  of  operation  is  much 
greater. 


J.  MOONEY 

anapolis. 


Dr.  Wiley,  in  his  recent  lecture  before  the  New  England 
Society  at  Orange,  N.  J.,  treating  pure  food  matters  in  a 
humorous  vein,  declared  that  hard  cider  had  a  great  deal  to 
do  with  the  spiritual  uplift  of  the  Pilgrims.     Although  they 


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had  no  still  iu  thf  backyard  like  the  Kentuckians  and  Tciines- 
seeans,  tliej'  learned  that  when  the  cider  was  exposed  to  air 
ice  was  formed,  and  then  developed  "the  blessed  applejack." 
The  inhospitality  of  a  Puritan  winter  Dr.  Wiley  ascribi-d  as 
the  cause  of  death  of  John  Harvard. 

"Thought  doesn't  control  digestion,"  continued  the  speaker, 
"but  digestion  controls  thought ;  but  if  we  keep  ourselves  right 
we  won't  have  dyspepsia  or  indigestion.  There  is  such  a  thing 
as  eating  too  much.  I  thought  of  that  when  I  looked  at  your 
menu.  A  great  many  die  of  starvation,  but  a  great  many  more 
die  of  overeating.  If  I  had  my  .choice  I'd  die  of  overeating, 
I  always  have  had  a  prejudice  against  starving  to  death. 
There  is  no  such  thing  as  brain  food.  Some  one  asked  a  man 
if  tisli  was  a  good  brain  food  and  was  told  yes  and  advised  to 
eat  a  couple  of  quail ! 

"The  New  England  men  had  their  place,  although  so  far  as 
I  know  my  ancestors  never  came  over  in  anything.  But  when 
we  Westerners  wanted  to  go  to  school  we  went  to  New  Eng- 
land, and  it  was  that  element  of  education  which  led  the 
Westerners  to  go  back  and  found  schools  and  universities." 


A  good  one  has  just  come  to  light  on  Gov.  Joseph  W.  Folk,  of 
Missouri.  In  the  windup  of  the  Senatorial  primary  campaign, 
when  the  Governor  was  making  three  or  four  speeches  a  day 
in  a  closely  contested  county  north  of  the  river,  and  a  county, 
by  the  way,  which  is  supposed  to  be  as  dry  as  the  painted 
desert  of  Arizona,  his  throat  became  slightly  irritated  and 
sore.  Arriving  at  a  small  town  on  his  route  he  sought  a  drug 
store. 

"I  want  a  bottle  of  witch  hazel,"  he  told  the  proprietor. 
"It  is  the  best  remedy  I  know  for  a  sore  throat." 

The  bottle  was  wrapped  up  and  handed  over  to  the  Gov- 
ernor. Driving  on  the  next  appointment  he  forgot  all  about 
the  medicine  until  that  night.  As  he  was  about  to  retire  he 
thought  of  it  and  concluded  to  gargle  his  throat.  A  mouthful 
out  of  the  supposed  bottle  of  witch  hazel  was  like  so  much 
liquid  fire.  The  contents  of  the  bottle  were  just  plain 
whisky  of  the  variety  sold  by  drug  stores  in  local  option 
counties. 

And  the  Governor,  in  telling  the  story,  protests  that  he 
never  even  winked  at  the  drug  store  man  wlien  he  ordered 
the  witch  hazel. 


Prof.  George  Hempl.  head  of  the  German  Philology  Depart- 
ment at  Stanford  University,  announces  that  his  study  of 
Etruscan  inscriptions  proves  that  the  Ror"«ns  and  Etruscans 
spring  from  the  same  Trojan  races.  From  his  study  of  old 
German  ruins  he  has  been  able  to  decipher  the  Sabellic  in- 
scriptions of  the  Etruscans.  Professor  Hempl's  discovery  that 
the  Etruscan  language  is  closely  related  to  Latin  proves  the 
old  tradition  that  after  the  fall  of  Troy  the  Trojans  migrated 
to  Italy.  It  demonstrates  that  "Virgil's  ^Euid"  is  a  historical 
document.  It  is  said  that  this  new  knowledge  will  cause  a 
rewriting  of  most  of  the  books  on  Latin  and  general  Indo- 
European  philology. 


Dr.  Don  Hughes,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  head  physician  of  the 
Modern  Woodmen,  reports  that  while  in  Columbus  recently 
he  had  an  X-ray  photograph  taken  of  the  chest  and  abdomen 
of  Ira  J.  Salvage,  a  United  States  soldier,  who  has  two 
hearts  and  who  made  an  application  for  admission  into  the 
Modern  Woodmen.  Salvage  is  young  and,  so  far  as  outward 
appearances  go.  is  in  perfect  physical  condition.  He  has  two 
hearts,  only  one  being  in  active  use.  Both  are  perfectly 
formed.  His  appendix  is  located  on  the  left  side,  and  there  is 
a  similar  transposition  of  all  other  organs. 


That  there  are  fortunes  in  patent  foods  is  shown  by  the 
fact  that  Standen  Paine,  late  managing  director  of  Benger's 
Food,  Ltd.,  who  died  recently  in  England,  left  an  estate  of 
the  gross  value  of  nearly  two  million  dollars.  Another  partner 
in  the  business,  F.  Benger.  who  died  early  this  year,  left  an 
estate  of  almost  equal  value. 


Of  Chinese  incense  the  average  price  per  catty  (one  and 
one-third  pounds)  is  about  as  follows,  according  to  the  Coti- 
sular  Reports:  The  Shi  Shang  (musk),  first  qualit.v,  9  cents; 
second  quality,  7  cents.  The  Mong  Shang  (putchuck),  first 
quality,  10  cents ;  second  quality,  9  cents.  The  incense  is 
made  into  sticks  about  six  inches  in  length,  the  Shi  Shang 
being  black  and  the  Mong  Shang  yellow.     It  is  of  universal 


use  and  is  manufactured  in  almost  every  city  and  village 
throughout  the  empire.  The  ingredients  forming  the  composi- 
tion of  the  incense,  which  are  principally  from  the  south  of 
China,  are  as  follows  :  Elm  bark,  cloves,  olibanum,  putchuck, 
sandalwood  dust,  garoo,  laka,  aniseed,  musk,  orange  peel,  ga- 
lango,  dried  ginger,  sapanwood,  rhubarb,  myrrh,  cassia  and 
camphor. 


Dr,  Doyen,  the  famous  French  surgeon,  while  insisting  that 
old  age  is  not  always  desirable,  points  out  a  way  to  increase 
one's  years  on  this  earth.  In  the  course  of  an  interesting 
essay,  he  says : 

"There  is  little  satisfaction  in  adding  ten  or  twenty  years 
to  one's  life  when  one  is  old.  Man's  aim  ought  to  be  to  add 
as  many  years  to  his  youth  as  he  possibly  can  by  hygienic 
and  other  methods.  Vitality  once  lost  cannot  be  regained,  not 
to  its  full  extent,  at  least. 

"On  the  other  hand,  we  should  try  our  utmost  to  preserve 
our  strength  and  to  remain  j'oung.  Now  that  medical  science 
has  under  control  infectious  diseases,  the  physician  will  enter 
upon  his  true  mission,  that  is  to  prevent  disease  by  fore- 
stalling the  deterioration  of  man,  physically  and  menially." 


Many  of  the  "fly"  drug  clerks  who  find  it  impossible  to  hold 
a  job  for  any  length  of  time  may  soon  find  a  fitting  occupation 
as  aeroplane  aviators — and  if  they  come  down  with  a  dull 
thud,  they  never  will  be  missed. 


Here  is  an  experience  reported  from  Missouri  :  "Last  Mon- 
day a  man  of  the  county  went  into  a  drug  store  in  Liberty  and 
took  a  bottle  of  hog  medicine,  thinking  it  was  a  pint  of  whisky 
he  had  ordered  on  a  doctor's  prescription  a  little  while  before. 
He  was  taking  five  other  men  to  dinner  and  each  took  a  drink 
of  the  bottle  and  all  became  seriously  sick,  and  it  was  all  the 
doctors  could  do  to  bring  some  of  them  through.  The  ex- 
perience is  sad  for  the  men,  but  extremely  sad  for  their  fam- 
ilies." 


"Harry  told  me  he  was  going  to  propose  to  a  girl  I  knew 
last  night." 

"Yes,  and  he'll  never  do  it  again." 

"Wh.v,  who  was  the  girl'r" 

"I,  and  I  accepted  him." — Trenton   Times. 

Europe  now  has  12.5  universities,  with  a  total  student  body 
of  228,721.  Next  to  Paris  and  Berlin  come  in  point  of  at- 
tendance Budapest  (6551).  Vienna  (6205),  Moscow  (5860), 
Madrid  (5196),  Naples  (4918),  St.  Petersburg  (4652).  The 
cost  of  maintaining  the  nine  universities  of  Prussia  has  in- 
creased from  1860  to  1006  from  $9,850,000  to  $40,080,000,  or 
an  increase  of  313  per  cent  for  running  expenses,  says 
the  Independent.  In  addition  new  buildings  and  the  like  have 
cost  a  further  $24,020,000,  Berlin  alone  requiring  nearly 
$7,500,000. 

Berlin  is  fast  becoming  for  Germany  what  Paris  is  for 
B'rance,  the  overwhelming  centre  of  university  life.  In  addi- 
tion to  its  8220  matriculated  students,  about  seven  thousand 
others  are  permitted  to  attend  lectures,  making  a  total  of  only 
a  thousand  le.ss  than  the  reports  claim  for  Paris.  In  general 
the  universities  in  the  large  centres  of  population  increasingly 
attract  the  greatest  number  of  students  in  Germany.  Munich 
has  now  5943  full  students,  Leipsic  4.341,  Bonn  3209,  while 
the  smaller  universit.v  towns  report  no  corresponding  growth. 

Even  greater  is  the  growth  of  the  technological  institutes. 
There  are  ten  of  these  in  Germany  with  a  total  enrolment 
of  15,790  matriculated  students.  Through  the  influence  of 
the  Kaiser  these  schools  have  now  been  placed  on  an  equality 
with    the    universities. 

The  woman  contingent  is  now  2824  in  the  universities,  of 
whom  320  are  matriculated.  In  1900  the  number  was  only 
664.  Naturally  Berlin  leads  with  771,  but  no  Prussian 
university  will  matriculate  a  woman  or  admit  her  to  ex- 
aminations. This  right  she  has  in  all  but  Rostock,  in 
Meeklenberg. 

The  number  of  students  in  the  Italian  universities,  accord- 
ing to  late  statistics,  is  27,100,  while  in  1893  it  was  only 
21,870.  so  that  there  are  now  eighty  students  to  every 
100,000  inhabitants.  The  greatest  increase  is  in  the  law 
department,  from  5.690  in  1894  to  9,424,  while  rather  re- 
markabl.y  the  medical  department  has  gone  back  from  6521  to 
4731  during  these  years. 


Jan-^ury   7.   1909] 


THE    piiar:\iaceutical    era 


Why  the  "People's  Own  Phar- 
macy" Failed. 

Vy  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

It  was  their  first  business  ven- 
ture, and  bravely  me  new  sign 
announced  that  it  was  "The  Peo- 
ple's Own  Pharmacy."  They  had 
hesitated  long  over  the  name,  un- 
til Madge  Holworthy  pointed 
gaily  to  the  two  certificates  which 
decorated  the  only  available  wall 
space,  and  declared  that 

Whereas.  The  fortunes  of  this 
enterprise  were  to  be  jointly 
guided  b.v  two  individuals,  one 
Madge  and  one  John  Holworthy. 
for  the  benefit  and  well-being  of 
themselves  and  the  multitude,  and 
Whiireas,  It  was  to  he  a  busi- 
ness of  the  people,  for  the  peo- 
iile  and  b.v  the  people,  that 

It  should  be  known  as  "The 
People's  Own  Pharmacy." 
Young  Holworthy  had  suggested  that  "The  Constitutional 
Pharmacy"  would  not  be  inapt,  but  Madge  feared  that  some 
people  might  wax  facetious  and  think  that  tonics  and  nerve 
builders  and  brain  foods  were  hinted  at,  and  at  the  last- 
mentioned  even  the  government  might  take  offense.  He  had 
laughingl.v  agreed.  He  generally  did  agree  with  most  of  the 
ideas  of  this  bright  little  life  partner  of  his. 

He  might  not  be  as  clever  at  some  things  as  she,  but  there 
had  not  been  a  man  in  college  who  was  acknowledged  to  have 
a  clearer,  more  analytical  mind  or  a  more  retentive  memory 
that  Husky  Holworthy.  as  the  boys  called  him.  The  elusive, 
scientific  problems  which  puzzled  the  other  students  had  been 
as  a.  b.  c  to  him.  and  Madge  Graham  had  not  been  the  only 
Co-ed.  who  had  secretly  considered  him  a  marvel.  She  had 
graduated  in  the  same  class,  and  when  in  the  course  of 
another  year  a  quiet  little  wedding  had  taken  place  every 
one  agreed  that  it  was  entirely  compatible. 

The  People's  Own  Pharmacy  was  the  result  of  some  saving 
on  the  part  of  both,  a  small  patrimony  of  a  few  hundred 
dollars  that  belonged  to  Madge,  and  a  good-sized  mortgage  on 
the  Holworth.v  homestead  up  among  the  Xew  England  hills. 
Two  tired,  worn  people  had  talked  the  matter  over  and  over, 
and  after  da.vs  and  nights  of  worry  had  decided  that  it  was 
their  duty  ""to  give  John  his  chance. ' 

It  had  taken  years  of  toil  to  clear  the  debt  on  the  rocky 
place  and  they  looked  forward  to  an  old  age  of  comparative 
freedom  from  worry,  but  in  the  great  city  John — their  John — 
would  soon  make  his  fortune  and  then  he  could  pay  off  the 
obligation  and  do  much  for  them  besides. 

Establishing  Public  Confidence. 
The  store  had  been  open  a  week  and  .lohn  Holworthy  began 
to  realize  that  it  would  take  time  to  establish  public  confidence 
in  his  business.  The  profits  so  far  had  been  small  and  he  did 
not  like  to  acknowledge  to  his  wife  that  the  rent,  the  light, 
the  heat  and  their  living  expenses  were  making  alarming 
inroads  into  their  dwindling  bank  account.  They  must  be 
frugal.  Next  da.v  he  was  to  furnish  bondsmen  for  license 
and  Sub  Post-OfBce.  and  much  as  he  disliked  to  ask  a  favor, 
he  decided  to  see  if  Brown  would  go  suret.v  for  him.  Brown 
was  prosperous  and  had  political  aspirations.  He  would  not 
refuse.  In  the  morning  he  visited  Brown's  office  and  the 
matter  was  speedily  adjusted. 

Business  at  The  People's  Own  Pharmacy  was  now  in  full 
swing.  Little  b.v  little  the  daily  sales  increased.  Women  and 
men  liked  to  make  their  purchases  of  the  bright-faced  young 
pharmacists.  Xo  crowd  of  smokers  loitered  about  to  make 
women  hesitate  to  enter.  Mothers  sent  their  children,  as- 
sured of  extra  attention  and  correct  change,  and  the  neighbor- 
ing doctors  began  to  know  that  the  new  drug  store  was  to  be 
relied  upon  for  accurate  and  high  class  service. 

The  letters  which  went  to  the  anxious  old  couple  in  the  hill 
country  were  full  of  enthusiasm  and  cheer.  "We  did  right 
to  give  John  his  chance."  they  said  lovingly,  as  they  proudly 
studied  the  samples  of  his  labels  which  bore  his  name — the 
name  they  had  given  him. 

The  People's  Own  Pharmacy  had  been  open  to  the  public 


just  five  months  and  the  liooks  showed  an  encouraging  condi- 
tion of  affairs.  Brown  had  dropped  in  for  a  cigar  and  to  ask 
his  usual  question  :    "How  are  things  coming?" 

The  proprietor  was  enthusiastic  and  so  was  his  wife. 
Brown  went  out.  It  was  the  third  time  he  had  been  in  that 
da.v,  and  when  an  hour  or  so  later  he  appeared  again  even 
Holworthy  wondered.  "What  is  on  your  mind?"  he  inquired, 
jocularly. 

"Is  your  wife  around?"  Brown  asked  abruptly. 

"Just  gone  out,"  returned  the  man  behind  the  countei 
"Why?" 

"Oh,  I  just  wondered,  that's  all.  Women  are  sometimes  a 
bit  fussy,  you  know,  and  I  wanted  to  speak  to  you  on  a 
little  matter  of  business.  Tou  see,  it  is  this  way,"  he  con- 
tinued, uneasily  biting  off  the  end  of  his  cigar  and  leaning  one 
elbow  on  the  show  case,  "some  time  ago  I  made  an  investment 
calling  for  considerable  money.  I  used  all  my  spare  cash  at 
the  time,  and  the  money  that  I  expected  to  keep  the  matter 
going  is  delayed.  I  find  that  I  am  short  temporarily.  Elec- 
tion uncertainty  and  general  business  depression,  you  know, 
.and  unless  I  can  raise  a  little  at  once  I  shall  lose  all  J  have 
put  up.     Own  this  place,  don't  .vou?" 

Holworthy  nodded.  There  was  a  twinge  at  the  thought 
ot  the  farm  where  the  old  folks  waited. 

"I  thought  so.  Now  as  a  matter  of  accommodation  if  you 
«ould  sign  a  note  with  me  I  can  raise  the  money,  know 
ri^ht  where  I  can  put  my  hand  on  it.  I  shall  soon  be  able 
til  release  .vou  and  take  care  of  the  deal  independently." 

Yielding  to  Temptation. 

Holworthy  looked  startled.  The  idea  of  signing  notes 
alwa.vs  had  been  associated  in  his  mind  with  things  to  be 
avoided.  What  would  Madge  think?  It  was  a  bit  flattering, 
however,  to  have  Brown  come  to  him  I 

Brown  saw  and  interpreted  the  look.  He'  lighted  his  cigar 
at  the  swinging  gas  torch  and  turned  to  go. 

"Of  course,  if  you  do  not  care  to  oblige  me  it  is  all  right," 
he  said  stiffly.  "There  are  plenty  who  will  \vlllingly  do  it, 
only  I  thought  you  might  like  the  idea  of  a  little  reciprocity." 

Holworthy  winced.  "What  is  the  amoimt  you  want  to 
raise?"  he  asked  hoarsely. 

"Only  five  thousand,  and  that  for  a  week  or  so  at  the  most, 
to  tide  me  over.' 

On  the  other  side  of  the  street  a  slight  f-ir-clad  figure  was 
coming  briskly  toward  The  People's  Own  Pharmacy.  She 
must  not  know,  and  this  should  be  the  last  time.  If  Brown 
should  win  out  in  the  election  it  might  mean 

"I'll  do  it."  he  said  hastily.  "I'll  be  over  to  the  office  in 
the  morning." 

"All  right,"  returned  Brown  heartily :  "much  obliged — so 
long!"  and  tipping  his  hat  to  Mrs.  Holworthy  as  they  passed 
in  the  doorwa.v  through  which  he  hurried  out. 

*********** 

It  was  six  months  later  and  the  front  doors  were  locked 
for  the  night,  still  the  proprietor  lingered.  How  could  he  tell 
the  wife  whose  days  were  so  happ.v  with  the  thought  of  their 
prosperity — the  whole  shameful  truth  !  Tomorrow  the  busi- 
ness must  pass  into  other  hands.     Brown  had  not  made  good. 

It  was  told  at  last  and  Madge  Holworthy  stood  there  in 
the  cheery  prescription  room  like  one  who  had  received  a 
death  blow. 

"I  had  thought."  she  said  bitterly,  "that  we  were  partners, 
not  because  I  had  a  few  paltry  dollars  invested,  or  because  my 
certificate  hangs  beside  yours,  but  because  I  am  your  wife ! 
Every  wife  is  entitled  to  her  husband's  full  confidence,  and  if 
he  withholds  it,  wittingly  or  unwittingly,  he  does  her  a  wrong. 

"John,  your  first  error  was  in  lack  of  frankness.  To  be 
sure,  your  idea  was  to  spare  me  worry,  but  it  was  mistaken 
kindness.  We  might  better  have  gone  on  one  meal  less  a 
day  and  paid  a  regularl.v  incorporated  bonding  company  for 
our  protection  than  to  have  asked  any  man  to  obligate  him- 
self. 'The  borrower  is  servant  to  the  lender.'  and  so  it  has 
proved  in  your  case.  Your  independence  was  gone  when  you 
placed  yourself  under  that  obligation,  and  when  you  think  of 
it  you  had  no  moral  right  to  ask  that  favor  of  Jlr.  Brown. 

A  Lesson  in  Ruin, 
"It  was  a  mistake  to  sign  those  notes  with  him.  Your 
position  was  an  embarrassing  one.  but,  John,  it  was  not 
honest  to  the  parents  who  trusted  you  with  their  all — and, 
John,  it  was  not  honest  to  me.  Don't  .vou  see."  she  cried 
in   an   agony   of  distress,   "that   .vou   have   thrown   away   our 


THE     PHAK^MACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  7.  1909 


opportunity,   and   that   of  others  as  well.      My   father  used   tg 

say  that  it  is  always  fair  weather  when  any  person  comes  to 

ask  a   money  favor,   and   too  often   stormy   weather  when   it 

is  time  to  pay  it.     No  man  is  so  strong  that  a  weak  woman — 

if  she  is  a  good  woman — may  not  make  him  stronger  hy   her 

counsel  and  advice  and  moral  support." 

John  Holworthy  raised  a  white  drawn  face. 

"You  are  right,  Madge."  he  said  brokenly :  "you  are  right." 

Silently  they  attended  to  the  final  duties  of  closing  for  the 

night   and   then   passed   out   together,   and   for  the   last   time 

locked  behind  them  the  doors  of  The  People's  Own  Pharmacy. 


Timely  Publicity  Hints. 


Prize  Competition. 

First  Award  In  Contest  No.  3  Is  Made  to  0.  R.  Norris, 
of  South  Whitley,  Ind. 
The  first  award  of  prizes  in  the  Era  Competition  is  made 
in  Contest  No.  3  to  O.  R.  Norris,  of  South  Whitley.  Ind. 
Conditions  of  these  contests,  which  are  open  to  everybody, 
will  be  found  on  advertising  page  6  of  this  issue  of  the  Era. 
Mr.  Norris'  paper  follows : 


Organize  an  Orchestra  of  Your  Own  to  Advertise  Your 
Business. 

Increasing  and  advertising  your  business  by  having  an 
orchestra  of  your  own  is  perhaps  a  little  ultra-modem,  but 
nevertheless  the  scheme  has  proven  a  good  and  profitable  one 
for  us. 

About  a  year  ago  we  organized  the  "Norris  Pharmacy  Or- 
chestra" for  the  purpose  of  advertising  and  increasing  our 
business.  We  selected  young  people  in  our  cit^  who  could 
play,  but  who  had  never  been  brought  together  in  an  organi- 
zation, and  secured  a  leader  to  drill  and  instruct  them.  We 
furnish  them  all  the  music  they  can  use ;  we  give  them  a 
suitable  lighted  and  heated  room  to  practice  in,  and  we  supply 
them  with  anything  they  need  in  the  way  of  new  instruments 
or  instrument  repairing  at  wholesale  price. 

Our  orchestra  is  composed  of  ten  members,  playing  the  ten 
instruments  that  usually  go  to  make  up  a  ten-part  orchestra. 
We  have  a  fine  leather  music  roll  for  each  one  of  the  mem- 
bers, with  our  name  upon  it.  also  the  name  of  the  player  to 
whom  it  belongs.  Each  member  is  given  a  nice  lapel  button 
with  the  word  "Norris"  upon  it,  and  these  are  always  worn  by 
the  members.  We  also  have  printed  for  each  member  a  bunch 
of  fine  calling  cards,  with  his  or  her  name  upon  it,  also  the  line 
"Member  of  Norris  Pharmacy  Orchestra."  These  the  mem- 
bers are  continually  giving  out  to  their  friends,  and  even  to 
strangers  whom  they  meet  and  wish  to  exchange  cards  with. 

So  much  for  the  orchestra  and  its  members ;  now  a  few 
words  as  to  how  we  make  it  a  profitable  advertising  venture 
for  the  store. 

We  make  a  special  effort  in  our  soda  fountain  department 
during  the  summer,  and  make  a  strong  and  special  effort  for 
the  holiday  business  during  November  and  December,  and  on 
each  Saturday  evening  during  the  soda  season  and  also  dur- 
ing the  holiday  season  our  orchestra  is  playing  for  us  in  the 
store  from  7 :30  to  10  o'clock.  People  have  learned  of  this 
and  it  has  become  a  common  expression  among  the  citizens 
of  our  city  to  say,  "Don't  forget  to  meet  me  at  Norris'  Phar- 
macy Saturday  evening  to  hear  the  orchestra."  On  every  oc- 
casion our  store  is  crowded  with  people  who  come  in  to  hear 
the  orchestra,  and  nine  out  of  every  ten  make  a  purchase 
before  they  leave  the  store.  In  a  great  many  cases  they  come 
in  during  the  following  week  saying  that  they  wish  some  arti- 
cle that  they  saw  in  the  store  on  Saturday  evening  while  they 
were  in  hearing  the  orchestra  play. 

We  secure  dates  for  the  orchestra  for  church  entertainments, 
commencements,  dances  and  quite  frequently  it  plays  at  the 
local  theater.  We  always  make  it  a  point  to  have  the  name 
appear  upon  all  advertising  matter,  programs,  etc.,  as  "Norris 
Pharmacy  Orchestra." 

Every  one  of  the  ten  members  of  the  orchestra  is  a  walking, 
talking  advertisement  for  our  store.  They  are  all  interested 
and  drop  a  good  word  for  us  whenever  the  opportunity  pre- 
sents itself.  We  think  we  have  thoroughly  tested  the  merits 
of  this  advertising  plan,  and  we  are  more  than  pleased  with 
•he  increase  of  trade  that  it  brings  to  our  store. 

The  plan  is  very  simple  and  not  expensive  and  almost  any 
4ruggist  could  organize  a  similar  orchestra  in  his  home  town. 


Advertising-  Designs  and  Plates. 

Illustrations  used  in  advertisements  are  printed  from  plates 
or  stereotjTjes  of  plates  prepared  in  either  one  of  two  ways. 
Illustrations  made  from  photographs  or  other  copy  of  which 
it  is  necessary  to  reproduce  different  tones,  or  what  we  may 
call  grays,  are  known  as  half-tones.  The  copy  is  photographed 
upon  a  sensitized  metal  plate  and  this  plate  treated  with 
chemicals  which  eat  out  the  metal  between  the  photographed 
lines  and  thus  give  a  printing  surface.  In  the  photographic 
process,  however,  there  is  placed  between  the  object  to  be 
photographed  and  the  lens  a  glass  screen.  This  screen  is 
ruled  with  fine  lines  which,  as  ma.v  be  demanded,  run  from 
sixty  to  two  hundred  to  the  inch.  These  lines  are.  of  course, 
reproduced  upon  the  metal  plate  upon  which  the  lens  projects 
the  image  of  the  original.  It  is  through  their  reproduction 
that  the  image  is  split  up  or  "toned"  and  thus  the  shades, 
lights  or  grays  are  reproduced  in  the  final  printing.  In  the- 
average  newspaper  half-tone  the  lines  may  be  discerned  with 
the  naked  eye,  but  in  the  work  of  a  finer  grade,  as  in  maga- 
zines, it  is  necessary  to  use  a  glass  to  distinguish  the  lines. 
Line-Cuts. 

The  other  class  of  printing  plates,  such  as  those  which- 
reproduce  drawings  or  hand  lettering  are  called  line-cuts. 
In  these  there  is  no  tone,  no  grays.  The  advertisements  from 
such  plates  as  finally  printed  show  only  dead  blacks  and 
clear  whites,  the  same  as  the  original  drawing.  Line-cut 
plates  are  produced  the  same  as  half-tones  except  that  the 
use  of  the  screen  is  omitted. 

Self-Made  Illustrations. 

The  foregoing  explanations  are  intended  to  lead  up  to 
suggestions  whereby  the  druggist  who  possesses  even  a  little 
artistic  ability  or  draftmg  ingenuity  ma.v  prepare  illustrations 
or  novel  lettering  for  his  own  advertisements.  Should  you 
desire  to  have  a  photograph  reproduced  you  have  only  to  send 
the  photograph  to  the  plate-maker  and  order  a  half-tone. 
Greater  originality,  however,  may  be  secured  by  making  your 
own  drawings  or  lettering  and  then  having  them  reproduced 
in   line-cuts. 

In  making  drawings  for  line-cuts  your  copy  should  he  at 
least  twice  as  large  as  the  plate  is  to  be.  By  the  reduction 
in  the  making  of  the  plate  the  imperfections  of  your  drawing 
become  less  prominent  and  better  blacks  are  secured.  Draw- 
ings should  be  made  on  good,  dead  white  paper  with  charcoal 
or  dull  black  ink.  If  wide  lines  or  thick  letters  are  to  be 
filled  in,  India  ink  and  a  bow  pen  should  be  used,  or  the 
blacks  may  not  be  dense  and  even. 

Drawing  Suggestions. 

The  following  suggestions  are  taken  from  line-cut  adver- 
tisements which  have  been  used  .so  successfully  as  to  prove 
their  originality  and  advertising  value. 

An  Anatomical  Wrinkle. 

This  line-cut,  in  its  variations,  has  been  used  almost  con- 
tinuously by  one  dealer  for  years.  It  has  become  almost  a 
trade  mark  for  him.  He  drew  a  simple  outline  of  the  human 
form,  of  such  general  character  that  the  representation  waa 
neither  that  of  a  male  or  female.  There  were  no  lines  indi- 
cating any  part  of  the  body,  except  that  the  head  showed 
facial  features.  Of  this  he  had  a  line  plate  made  with  the 
figure  ten  inches  high  so  that  when  reduced  by  half  in  the 
second  plating  it  would  fit  a  five-inch,  single  column  space. 
He  always  has  on  hand  a  number  of  impressions  from  this 
original  plate.  He  also  has  a  line  plate  of  a  hand  with  index 
finger  outstretched.  From  point  of  index  finger  to  finishing 
line  at  the  wrist  this  hand  measures  three  inches.  There  are 
always  on  hand  prints  of  this  plate  on  thin,  but  opaque,  white 
paper.  To  prepare  advertising  copy  from  these  prints  their 
originator  takes  one  of  the  hand  prints  and  cuts  it  out  along 
outside  lines.  This  he  pastes  over  one  of  the  prints  of  the 
human  form  so  that  the  index  finger  has  its  tip  resting  upon 
the  location  of  any  specified  organ  of  the  body  or  feature,  as 
may  be  desired.  The  pasting,  pressing  and  drying  of  the  hand 
in  place  require  considerable  care.  Upon  the  white  space 
within  the  outline  of  the  hand  the  druggist  letters  whatever 
he  may  choose,  but  all  such  lettering  has  reference  to  a  remedy 
for  afilictions  of  the  physical  part  at  which  the  finger  points. 
Thus,  if  the  finger  points  to  the  throat  or  limgs  the  lettering 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


may  relate  to  a  cough  remedy  or  plaster ;  if  to  the  mouth,  a 
tooth  preparation ;  if  to  the  foot,  a  corn  cure  or  bunion  shield, 
and  so  on.  When  the  hand  is  properly  adjusted  and  lettered 
a  line  plate  is  made  from  the  combined  copy.  These  line  plate? 
may  be  adapted  to  any  space,  with  or  without  other  matter. 

"F 's   man,"   as   the   figure   is   known   to   nearly   every   one 

in  the  county  where  it  is  used,  is  almost  as  much  depended 
upon  for  seasonable  medical  advice  as  is  the  weather  man  for 
his  prophecies. 

Eight  Good  Tilings. 

This  ad.  occupied  a  nine  and  three-qaarter  inch,  three 
column  space,  but  a  similar  one  wjll  show  up  well  in  half  the 
space.  The  groundwork  of  the  design  is  a  figure  eight  made 
of  two  rings.  The  upper  ring  is  five  inches  in  diameter.  Thi' 
outer  edge  is  a  black  line  one-eighth  of  an  inch  thick  and 
the  inner  line  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  thick,  a  clear  white 
space  being  left  between  them  for  lettering.  The  lower  ring 
is  six  inches  in  diameter  with  both  inner  and  outer  lines  one- 
eighth  of  an  inch  wide.  The  outer  line  of  the  upper  and 
lower  rings  is  cut  out  sufficiently  to  allow  the  rings  to  blend 
into  a  figure  eight  whose  total  height  is  nine  and  one-half 
inches.  Upon  the  clear  white  circular  space  enclosed  by  the 
inner  line  of  the  upper  ring  are  heavy  block  letters  announc- 
ing "Eight  good  things."  Withiu  the  space  enclosed  by  the 
inner  line  of  the  lower  ring  letters  of  the  same  face,  but 
smaller,  say:  "You  will  need  no  beauty  doctor  if  you 
use  our  skin  and  hair  specialties."  The  druggist's  name  and 
address  follow.  Within  the  body  of  the  eight,  upon  the  white 
space  between  the  inner  and  outer  lines,  in  plain,  single  stroke 
letlers  which  stand  out  vividly  from  the  remaining  white 
space,  are  the  names  and  prices  of  the  druggist's  own  cold 
cream,  massage  cream,  face  lotion,  hair  tonic,  scalp  cleanser, 
toilet  soap,  toilet  water  and  talcum  powder. 

The  above  suggestions  may  be  used  for  any  appropriate 
numeral  or  letter  with  any  line  of  goods. 

A  Whirligig. 
This  advertisement  has  been  used  in  a  four  and  one-half 
inch,  two  column  space  and  also  in  a  single  column  space. 
It  is  simply  lettering  drawn  in  a  scroll  or  serpentine  coil. 
The  diameter  of  the  type  face  space  in  the  two  column  ad. 
is  three  and  one-half  inches.  'To  prepare  copy  proceed  as 
follows :  Upon  a  piece  of  heavy  white  paper  draw  with  a 
soft  pencil  a  heavy  line  of  the  "pen-wheel"  order.  Start  at 
a  point  one  inch  from  a  dot  in  the  centre  of  the  paper  and 
draw  so  that  at  any  point  the  line  will  be  three-quarters  of  an 
inch  from  the  nearest  point  of  the  line  above  or  below  it. 
Continue  this  scroll  line  until  its  farthest  point  from  the 
central  dot  is  three  and  one-half  inches.  Fasten  the  paper 
with  this  scroll  upon  it  beneath  the  paper  upon  which  the 
lettering  is  to  be  done,  so  that  the  lines  of  the  scroll  show 
through  as  a  "black-line"  sheet  would  show  beneath  unruled 
letter  paper.  Commence  lettering  at  the  outer  end  of  this 
scroll  line  and  follow  inward  until  its  inner  end  is  reached. 
Any  announcement  of  proper  length  may  be  employed,  pro- 
vided it  concludes  in  such  manner  that  a  single  prominent 
letter,  street  number  or  simple  design  may  be  used  in  the  centre 
of  the  scroll.  In  drawing,  the  single  space  letters,  such  as  e, 
should  be  one-quarter  inch  high  and  the  capitals  and  stem 
letters  three-eighths  of  an  inch.  The  plate  should  be  made 
half  as  large  as  the  drawing  for  a  two  column  space  and  one- 
quarter  as  large  for  single  column.  The  reader  of  this  ad. 
has  constantly  to  revolve  the  paper  from  right  to  left  as  he 
reads  from  left  to  right.  The  general  design  with  varied 
wordings  has  been  used  very  successfully  by  a  large  concern. 

Why  Line-Cut  Illustrations  are  Best. 

As  a  general  proposition,  half-tones  are  not  satisfactory  for 
newspaper  advertisements  unless  the  number  of  the  screen, 
that  is  to  say,  the  number  of  lines  to  the  inch,  is  chosen 
with  particular  reference  to  the  mechanical  equipment  of 
the  printer  and  the  character  of  the  paper  on  which  it  is 
to  be  used.  The  stability  of  the  press,  its  speed,  and  above 
all,  the  grade  of  paper  and  ink  used  upon  it,  have  much  to 
do  with  the  results.  The  half-tone  which  will  show  up  beau- 
tifully upon  a  magazine  page  may  leave  but  a  blot  upon  a 
news  sheet.  On  the  other  hand,  line-cuts,  being  in  the  same 
mechanical  class  as  t.ype.  will  stand  the  same  kind  of  treat- 
ment. There  are  no  cleaner,  plainer  or  more  artistic  adver- 
tising news  pages  in  the  country  than  those  of  the  yeio  York 
McraJd.  and  its  designs  are  almost  exclusively   line-cuts. 


Fakes. 


"By  Joet  "Blanc. 

Whenever  I  feel  so  lemon- 
choly  that  it  is  hard  for  me  to 
decide  whether  my  cranial 
cavity  is  filled  with  sawdust 
or  soap,  it  is  my  custom  to 
trip  it  through  the  tunnel  and 
spend  the  day  with  Jack.  I 
sit  in  his  prescription  room 
with  my  feet  on  his  desk, 
consuming  his  smokes  (ex- 
cept at  noon,  when  I  go  with 
him  to  sample  Mrs.  Jack's 
good  lunch)  and  between  pre- 
scriptions we  talk.  Jack  is 
half  Irish  and  half  Republi- 
can, while  I  am  half  Dutch 
and  half  Democrat,  with  a 
French  name.  As  you  are 
probably  aware,  two  such 
thor.iimlihD'd  ririi.d  Statesans  can  fight  all  day  without 
splattering  any  gore  on  the  kalsomine. 

Upon  my  last  arrival  via  the  tunnel  I  found  that  Jack  was 
in  that  state  of  mind  which  appear  to  be  growing  more  com- 
mon with  retail  druggists.  Something  he  had  eaten  the  night 
before  had  pricked  his  ethical  conscience  and  as  a  result  he 
started  off  thuswise :  "Glad  to  see  you,  Joel.  What  in 
thunder  did  you  come  over  to  bother  me  today  for?  Just  sold 
a  bottle  of  31inkem"s  Female  Regenerator  for  Corns.  Such 
business  makes  me  ashamed  of  my  profession.  I  feel  that  I 
am  losing  all  my  self-respect  by  being  a  party  to  the  distribu- 
tion of  such  fakes."  At  this  point  the  conversation  was  in- 
terrupted while  Jack  filled  a  prescription  for  auntyflewgesting 
with  cataspasm  Carolina  and  put  it  up  in  a  cardboard  box  so 
that  it  could  be  conveniently  heated.  Jack  continued :  "The 
dignity  of  the  profession  is  being  dragged  in  the  mud." 

Jack  probably  meant  clay,  as  he  had  been  referring  to  cat- 
aspasm Carolina.  "The  public  no  longer  believes  retail  drug- 
gists to  be  men  of  honor  and  intelligence,  and  yet,  day  after 
day,  we  go  on  handing  out  package  after  package  of  the  rank- 
est fakes  that  were  ever  put  in  material  form.  I  feel  that 
we  druggists  are  becoming  the  modern  Pariahs  of  the  world." 
(Fine  word  is  "Pariahs !"  Jack  has  an  extensive  vocabulary 
at  his  command. )  "And  this  fakery  runs  through  the  whole 
business.  We  are  selling  second-wash  perfumes  as  imported 
flower  extracts,  'clear  Havana'  cigars  at  six  for  a  quarter, 
and  in  spite  of  the  pure  drugs  laws  I'll  bet  the  ground  elm 
bark  I  have  in  stock  is  half  wheat  flour,  for  it  makes  fine 
label  paste.  Ugh !  I  feel  like  throwing  off  this  cloak  of 
h.vpocrisy  and  becoming  an  out-and-out  street  faker  who  sells 
two  dollar  fountain  pens  for  a  dime." 

In  the  midst  of  the  foregoing  Dock  came  in.  Dock  is  one 
of  those  fellows  that  you  do  not  feel  inclined  to  refer  to  as  an 
"M.D."  He  is  too  human  and  sympathetic.  Instead  of  a 
black  string  tie  and  a  cofBn-plate  seal  ring  be  wears  a  fur- 
lined  coat  and  a  cheery  smile.  He  is  one  of  those  hearty, 
humane  men  whose  very  presence  makes  children  feel  better 
and  whose  bill  it  is  a  pleasure  to  promise  to  pay,  some  time. 
Dock  likes  to  sit  in  Jack's  room  and  help  me  consume  the 
"clear  Havanas''  at  Jack's  expense.  Whenever  Dock  is  near 
I  claim  to  have  the  pip.  just  to  hear  that  cheerful  man  say : 
"You're  all  right.     You  don't  need  any  medicine." 

Dock  is,  however,  true  to  his  early  and  recent  training  and 
weeps  because  the  retail  druggists  have  sunken  to  the  obfus- 
cated depths  of  nostrumism  without  a  prescription  for  it. 
It  was  therefore  natural  that  he  should  agree  with  all  he 
heard  Jack  say  of  the  utter  degredation  of  the  drug  business. 
In  fact.  Dock  added :  "I  am  glad  that  you  have  at  last 
awakened  to  the  perfidy  and  fakery  of  your  position.  The 
drug  business  is  a  blot  on  the  world  commercial,  as  modem 
pharmacy  is  a  sore  on  the  body  professional." 

Did  Jack  agree?  Not  for  a  wink  I  You  don't  know  us 
Irish.  "They  are,  hey !"  yelled  Jack  so  vehemently  that  the 
ether  waves  he  set  in  motion  knocked  a  graduate  from  the 
rack.  "There  is  not  a  fake  in  the  drug  business  but  that 
.vou  medical  men  are  at  least  indirectly  responsible  for;  but 
we  have  fought  that  out  before  and  it's  settled.  Fakes  is  it ! 
There  are  no  more  fakes  in  the  drug  business   than  in  any 


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[January  7.  190& 


other  business  from  Wall  street  to  wall  paper,  and  I'll 
prove  it ! 

"Look  at  this  coat."  and  Jack  lifted  from  the  hook  nn  old 
coat  that  he  sometimes  wears  around  the  store.  "I've  had 
it  four  years  and  paid  forty  dollars  for  the  suit.  It  was 
satisfactory  in  every  way  and  it  just  won't  wear  out.  All 
wool'?  Of  course!  At  least  so  my  tailor  said.  But  let's  see." 
Jack  carefully  removed  ten  consecutive  threads  from  a  frayed 
edge  of  the  coat  and  laid  them  side  by  side  upon  the  desk. 
Then  he  separately  held  each  thread  in  the  flame  of  a  match. 
"Every  fifth  thread  cotton  and  I  bought  it  for  all  wool. 
How's  that  for  fakery  in  the  clothing  business?  But  wait  a 
bit !  I  got  all  I  paid  for.  The  suit  proved  to  be  worth  the 
money  and  possibly  my  tailor  believed  that  it  was  all  wool. 
At  any  rate,  I  would  not  have  paid  any  more  for  one  that 
was  all  wool,  and  it  would  have  given  me  no  more  desired 
service  if  I  had.  But  if  my  tailor  had  told  me  there  was 
cotton  in  this  cloth  I  would  not  have  had  the  suit  at  any 
price  and  would  have  accused  him  of  all  the  crimes  in  the 
tailor's  manual.  And  yet  I  did  not  get  all  wool  as  I  believed 
I  was  getting,  and  in  reality  the  suit  was  a  fake. 

"There's  young  Tom  Ryan  who  works  in  the  Erie  yards. 
He  is  taking  a  correspondence  course  and  at  every  meal  eating 
a  dish  of  groimd  bread  crumbs  and  glucose  which  is  advertised 
as  a  brain  food.  He  thinks  it  is  increasing  his  brain  power 
and  helping  him  in  his  studies  to  become  an  engineer.  Fake? 
Of  course  its  a  fake !  But  are  not  the  grocery  store  shelves 
filled  with  just  such  fakes?  At  the  same  time,  isn't  it  possi- 
ble that  Tom's  faith  in  the  stuff  gives  him  added  power  to 
help  himself?  Did  you  not  send  in  a  prescription  the  other 
day  for  pills  made  from  a  simple  mass,  without  a  particle 
of  active  principle  in  them  and  tell  me  afterwards  that  all 
the  woman  needed  was  to  THINK  she  was  taking  medicine? 
Was  not  that  a  fake,  pure  and  simple? 

"Now,  I  don't  know  an.vthing  about  the  so-called  mental 
sciences.  I  am  not  posted  on  the  modern  ideas  of  the  power 
of  mind  over  matter  and  all  that  sort  of  thing,  but  ■  even 
among  you  physicians  there  are  a  whole  lot  who  are  delving 
in  mental  mysteries  and  abusing  all  sorts  of  medicine.  But 
what  I  do  know  is  that  fakery  taken  at  its  general  meaning, 
applies  to  all  the  commercial  and  professional  pursuits  of  the 
world  as  much  as  it  does  to  the  drug  business.  It's  true  that 
the  rest  of  the  world  is  yelling  'faker'  at  the  druggists  and 
for  that  the  druggists  are  themselves  most  to  blame.  I  be- 
lieve in  the  higher  ideals  for  pharmacy,  but  I  don't  believe 
in  the  pharmaceutical  profession  going  before  the  world  with 
a  wailing  and  gnashing  of  teeth,  exposing  and  magnifying  all 
its  own  shortcomings  and  seemingl.v  asking  for  martyrdom  at 
the  hands  of  a  lot  of  humanity  who  are  worse  fakers  than 
the  druggists  and  either  don't  know  it  or  won't  acknowl- 
edge it. 

"Has  not  the  average  life-insurance  policy  got  wrinkles 
and  catches  in  it  that  none  but  a  law.ver  can  find?  Isn't 
it  a  fake?  Are  not  cold  storage  chickens  sold  as  fresh-killed 
Philadelphia  poultry?  Haven't  your  'triple-coated'  dish  pans 
got  so  little  tin  on  them  that  you  can  scratch  through  it  with 
a  thumb  nail?  Is  not  'solid  oak'  furniture  made  out  of 
chestnut?  Is  not  your  composition  sidewalk  a  mere  veneer 
of  cement  over  a  bod  of  cinders,  a  veneer  that  cracks  with 
the  first  frost?  Does  anybody  or  anything  come  up  to  speci- 
fications? I  am  not  excusing  the  standard  of  morals  in  either 
trade  or  profession,  although  I  do  believe  that  as  a  general 
thing  every  man  in  this  world  sets  just  what  he  pa.vs  for,  no 
more,  no  less,  and  the  fact  that  all  humanity  expects  to  get 
something  for  nothing  isn't  going  to  give  it  to  them. 

"You  may  say  that  druggists  deal  in  life  and  death  as  no 
other  business  men  do.  '  Huh !  There  are  a  hundred  times 
as  many  suicides  and  murders  with  blades  and  bullets  as 
there  are  with  poisons.  There  are  more  deaths  from  defects 
in  railroads,  elevators,  boilers,  scaffolds  and  live  wires  in 
a  day  than  there  are  from  fake  medicines  in  a  century,  and 
they  are  defects  caused  by  stinginess  and  carelessness.  But 
you  don't  hear  the  machinists,  manufacturers,  builders  and 
electricians  yawping  about  the  degredation  and  fakery  of  their 
fellows  and  trying  to  scare  the  wits  out  of  humanity  in 
general. 

"Oh  yes !  All  the  druggists  say  shows  their  unselfishness 
and  self-respect  and  high  ethical  conscience,  does  it?  And 
the  same  practices  and  claims  apply  to  you  physicians?  From 
the  way  we  talk  about  ourselves  and  each  other  one  might 
think  that  all  we  had  to  do  was  to  press  the  button  and  skoot 


up  the  elevator  cable.  Reforms  don't  work  that  way.  We 
have  to  wait  for  the  elevator  car  to  come  and  we  get  in 
without  considering  who  the  other  passengers  are.  Nor  are 
we  going  to  reach  our  twenty-sixth  story  ideals  by  chucking 
ourselves  down  the  ash  chutes  into  the  third  sub-cellar.  We 
of  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions  are  getting  it 
in  the  neck  from  all  the  world  simply  because  we  punch  each 
other  and  ourselves  in  the  jaw  so  persistently  that  the  public 
feels  that  the  only  way  to  part  us  and  end  the  fight  is  to 
throw  bricks  at  us  by  the  load. 

"The  dignity  of  the  profession !  Bah !  It's  the  first  time 
that  I  ever  heard  that  dignity  was  part  of  a  Killkenny  cat 
fight.  And  as  for  cleaning  our  own  houses !  We  seem  to  be 
beating  the  dirty  linen  instead  of  the  carpets. 

"We  not  only  do  not  desire  to,  but  we  don't  and  can't  sell 
any  large  amount  of  really  harmful  medicine.  The  man  who 
does  soon  has  the  cops  after  him.  Where  are  all  the  thousands 
of  our  victims  that  we  have  killed  or  injured?  There  never 
were  any  such  thousands.  Their  existence  was  and  is  a 
figment  of  our  own  imagination.  The  drug  business  is  just 
as  harmless,  just  as  honorable,  just  as  free  from  fakery  as 
any  business  or  profession  in  the  world — and  I'll  knock  your 
head   off  if  you  say  it  isu't !" 


NEW  BOOKS. 


ALLBUTT.  SIR  T.  CLIFFORD.  M.D..  and  Rolleston,  Humphry 
Davy.  JI.D..  eds.  .\  system  of  medicine  by  many  writers. 
New  ed.,  red.  with  add.  v.  4.  pt.  2.  New  York:  McMillan, 
16-I-5C6  r-    il-  S°.  cl-  ?6;  hf.   mor.  .$8. 

BROWN.  DANIEL  ROLLINS,  M.D.  The  baby:  a  book  for 
mothers  aud  nurses.  Boston:  Whitcomb,  Barrows  &  Co. 
c.  6-|-L'(iO  p.     D.  $1. 

BROWN.  \V.  LANGDON,  M.D.  Physiological  principles  In 
treatment.  New  York:  William  Wood  &  Co.  352  p.  12°, 
cl.    $2. 

GRAY,  ASA.  New  manual  of  botany:  a  handbook  of  the 
flowering  plants  and  ferns  of  the  rentriil  and  northeastern 
parts  of  the  United  States  and  adjacent  Canada:  rearranged 
aud  extensively  revised  by  B.  Lincoln  Robinson  and  Mer- 
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HEINE.  BERNHARD.  Operations  on  tbe  enr;  operation  for 
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MATHEWSON.  C.  H.  First  principles  of  chemical  theory.  New 
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Preparing  for  Wisconsin  Ph.A.  Convention. 

Milwaukee.    Jan.    4 The    semi-annual    meeting    of    the 

Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association  was  held 
in  Milwaukee  recently  and  several  topics  of  interest  were 
discussed.  One  of  the  leading  topics  before  the  meeting  was 
the  matter  of  formulating  plans  for  the  coming  annual  con- 
vention to  be  held  at  Elkhart  Lake  again  this  year.  Out-of- 
town  members  present  included  W.  W.  Albers,  Edmund  Wil- 
son, Wausau ;  W.  J.  Boulet,  H.  T.  Merriman.  Green  Bay ; 
F.  W.  Thleman,  Sheboygan ;  H.  C.  Fiek,  Chicago :  J.  L. 
Malec.  C.  W.  Calkins,  Madison,  and  F.  W.  Palmer,  of  Min- 
neapolis. 


The  New  English  Poison  Law. 
London.  Dec.  IS. — The  new  poisons  aud  pharmacy  bill 
reached  its  final  stage  in  the  British  Parliament  today,  but 
in  order  to  give  the  trade  time  to  comply  with  the  new  regu- 
lations, the  act  will  not  be  enforced  for  three  months.  One 
of  the  immediate  effects  of  the  act  is  likely  to  be  to  increase 
the  salaries  of  qualified  assistants,  as  hitherto  numbers  of 
drug  stores  have  been  carried  on  without  the  aid  of  qualified 
men. 


A  Parliamentarian. 
"All   in   favor  of   the   motion   will   please   wink."   said   the 
astute  chairman. 

And  then  he  added  at  once,  "The  eyes  have  it." 


January  7,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


Original  and  Selected 


AMPULS  AND  THEIR  USE  IN  THE  DISPENSING  OF 
HYPODERMIC  SOLUTIONS.* 


Fig.  1. 


By  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  Ph.G.,  New  York. 
It  is  now  about  twenty-two  years  since  the  ingenious  Limou- 
sin, the  French  pharmacist  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  ihe 
cacheteur.  published  a  paper  in  the  Bulletin  Oenirale  de  thera- 
peutigue  for  April  1."),  1SS6  (page  31G),  describing  what  he 
termed  "ampoules  liypodermatique"  for  the  preservation  of 
hypodermic  solutions  in  a  sterile  condition.  The  ampoule,  or 
ampul,  put  forth  by  Limousin,  was  a  spherical  bulb  (Fig.  1). 
having  a  capacity  of  a  little  over  1  Cc.  and  a 
finely  drawn-out  necis  about  one  and  one-quarter 
inches   in   length. 

The  use  of  these  ampuls  did  not  become  gen- 
eral until  within  a  comparatively  recent  period. 
They  seem  to  have  been  popular  in  France  and 
among  the  phj'sicians  of  South  America,  many 
of  whom  have  been  educated  in  France.  They 
have  also  attracted  some  attention  in  Italy  and 
are  used  there  quite  generally.  The  recently 
issued  Swiss  Pharmacopoeia  gives  brief  instruc- 
tions for  their  preparation  in  connection  with  a 
chapter  on  sterilization.  They  have  never  be- 
come popular  in  the  United  States  and  only 
recently  have  they  attained  any  ^reat  degree 
of  popularity  in  Germany.  Of  late  there  have 
been  several  references  to  them  in  the  German 
journals  and  in  the  supplement  to  Hager's 
Hnndhuih  der  Pliarmazeutiachen  Praxis  pub- 
lished this  month,  detailed  instructions  are  given  for  the  fill- 
ing and  sterilization  of  what  he  terms  "Einschmelz  gliiser." 
It  will  be  observed  that  Hager  follows  his  Kaiser  as  regards 
the  use  of  non-Teutonic  words  and  eschewing  the  Gallic  name 
"ampoule,"  though  he  recognizes  parenthetically  the  Teuton- 
ized  Latin  form  "ampullen."  I  have  drawn  freely  from  these 
sources  in  preparing   this  note. 

Under  the  name  of  "ariston  ampullae"  a  line  of  filled  am- 
puls have  already  been  introduced  into  the  United  States  by 
the  Kny-Scheerer  Company,  of  New  York,  to  whom  I  am 
indebted  for  the  specimens  of  this  brand  which  I  sho^v  to- 
night. These  ampuls  (I  prefer  this  form  of  the  word)  are 
imported  empty  and  filled  in  the  American  laboratories  of 
the  Kny-Scheerer  Company,  who  report  that  they  have  been 
well  received  by  the  medical  profession. 

Fougera  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  import  sterilized  tubes  of 
enesol  (.salicylarsenate  of  mercury)  and  sodium  cacodylate, 
which  are  prepared  at  the  laboratories  of  Clin  &  Cie,  F. 
Comar  &  Fils  &  Cie..  of  Paris.  Through  their  courtesy  I 
am  enabled  to  show  specimens  of  both  these  preparations,  one 
of  which  contains  1  Cc.  and  the  other  2  Cc.  of  the  solutions 
in  each  tube. 

I  also  have  pleasure  in  showing  specimens  of  cornutol  put 
up  in  this  way  by  H.  K.  Mulford  Company,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  of  "ergot  aseptic"  in  sealed  ampuls  made  by  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co..  of  Detroit. 

The  ampul  in  its  moFt  popular  form  is  a  vial  about  three- 
eighths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  one  inch  in  height  and  with 
a  neck  drawn  out  to  a  capillary  tube  about  one  and  one-quarter 
inches  long,  which  is  sealed  by  fusing  the  end.  This  is 
usually    of   such    size    as   to   contain    1.2   Cc,    though    larger 


sizes  are  on  the  market.  It  is  essential  that  the  bulb  should 
be  made  of  neutral  (non-alkaline)  glass,  that  is,  glass  which 
does  not  contain  any  soluble  alkali,  as  does  most  of  the 
glass  on  the  market.  If  any  soluble  alkali  is  present  it  is 
apt  to  precipitate  any  alkaloid  which  may  be  sterilized  in  it 
with  the  result  that  the  patient  may  not  get  the  full  dose 
of  the  medicament  and  with  the  possibility  that  the  fine 
crystals  of  precipitated  alkaloids  may  be  drawn  up  in  the 
hypodermic  syringe,  injected  into  the  tissues  and  cause  much 
pain  to  the  patient  by  the  mechanical  irritation  of  the  blood 
vessels.  Hager  and  other  German  authorities  agree  that  the 
best  glass  for  this  purpose  is  the  Jena  Normal  16,  III,  which 
yields  no  alkali  at  all  on  boiling  Ampuls  made  from  this 
glass  may  be  obtained  from  C.  G.  Greiner,  of  Neuhaus,  on 
the  Rennweg,  Thuringia,  Germany.  I  have  pleasure  in 
showing  specimens  of  these  supplied  through  the  courtesy  of 
George  P.  Forrester,  of  Darmstadt,  Germany,  who  has  had 
experience  in  dispensing  ampuls  and  to  whom  I  am  also 
indebted  for  several  of  the  suggestions  contained  in  this 
paper. 

The   form   of  the   ampul   is   really   immaterial,    though    the 


♦Presented    at    the    December    meeting    of    the    New    York 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


Fig.  2. — Different  forms  of  ampuls. 

bottle  shape  is  rather  more  convenient,  as  it  can  be  stood 
upright  while  the  physician  has  both  hands  free  to  use  in 
filling  his  hypodermic  syringe.  It  will  be  observed  that  the 
French  tubes  exhibited  consist  merely  of  sections  of  tubing 
with  sealed  ends  and  that  no  effort  is  made  to  form  them 
into  bottle  shape. 

Neutral  Glass  Required. 

I  show  here  a  piece  of  tubing  which  illustrates  the  several 
steps  in  the  manufacture  of  the  ampul  in  an  amateur  way. 
Any  one  who  is  at  all  expert  in  glass  blowing  (and  many 
students  soon  become  so  in  the  course  of  laboratory  work) 
can  easily  make  ampuls  which  will  prove  satisfactory  for  all 
practical  purposes,  provided  the  glass  is  free  from  excess  of 
alkali.  This  may  be  determined  by  boiling  a  sample  bulb 
filled  with  a  solution  of  phenolphthalein  for  half  an  hour. 
If  this  solution  turns  red  the  glass  should  be  rejected  as  hav- 
ing free  alkali.  If  the  solution  turns  pink  the  bulb  should 
be  tried  again  with  a  fresh  portion  of  the  solution  and  may 
be  accepted  if  it  does  not  color  the  solution.  If  the  solution 
remains  colorless  the  glass  may  be  accepted  as  being  free 
from  alkali.  The  suggestion  has  been  made  that  where  alkali 
is  present  it  may  be  gotten  rid  of  by  rinsing  out  the  ampuls 
with  dilute  hydrochloric  acid  and  subsequent  rinsing  with 
plain  water  (Swiss  Pharmacopceia ) ,  but  Hager  says  that 
this  is  unsatisfactory,  as  the  effect  is  only  superficial  and  in 
the  end  the  alkaline  reaction  would  again  show  itself.  Care 
must  be  taken,  of  course,  to  prevent  the  access  of  alkali  to 
the  test  solution  of  phenolphthalein  from  some  source  other 
than  the  glass  itself. 

I  made  the  ampuls  which  I  now  show  from  Jena  normal 
glass  tubing  9  Mm.  in  diameter,  purchased  from  Eimer  & 
Amend.  This  glass  is  free  from  excess  of  alkali  and  also 
has  a  high  tensile  strength,  which  is  a  decided  advantage. 

Fischer     {Apotheker    Zeitung,    1906,    No.    19)     makes    an 


Fig.  3. — Steps  in  the  process  of  making  ampuls  from  a  tube,     x  shows  ampul  connected  by  a  capillary  tube  b  with 
funnel  y,  according  to  Fischer,     d  shores  usual  form  of  commercial  ampul. 


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[January  7,  1909 


ampul  by  drawing  out  a  tube  in  the  manner  shown  (Fig.  3)  : 
cutting  so  as  to  leave  two  portions  of  the  full  sized  tube  con- 
nected by  means  of  a  capillary  tube  (Fig.  3,  6)  :  sealing  one 
end  (Fig.  3.  x)  ;  and  using  the  other  (Fig.  3,  y)  as  a  funnel. 
The  hypodermic  solution  is  put  into  the  upper,  funnel,  end. 
The  lower  end  is  placed  in  hot  water  so  as  to  expel  the  air, 
and  on  allowing  the  bulb  to  cool  the  liquid  passes  down 
into  it. 

Preliminary  Sterilization. 

The  ampuls  having  been  either  purchased  or  made,  the 
first  step  to  be  taken  is  to  sterilize  them.  Where  possible, 
they  should  be  bought  already  sealed,  as  this  prevents  access 
of  dust  or  possible  contamination.  If  the  pharmacist  makes 
them  himself  and  wishes  to  keep  them  on  hand  he  should 
seal  the  empty  ampuls  as  made  and  they  will  thus  be  in  a 
sterile  condition,  having  been  sterilized  in  the  process  of 
manufacture. 

The  ampuls  should  first  be  opened  by  breaking  off  the 
tip  of  the  neck,  which  can  be  done  easily  by  scratching  with 
a  sharp  file.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  in  the  packets 
sent  out  by  the  French  manufacturers,  Clin  &  Cie.  a  small 
file  is  enclosed  for  this  purpose.  The  opened  ampul  should 
then  be  placed  in  a  beaker  filled  two  inches  deep  with  water, 
the  water  brought  to  a  brisk  boil,  removed  from  the  heat  and 
cold  water  poured  in.  This  process  creates  a  vacuum  in  the 
ampuls  which  is  filled  by  water  drawn  up  into  the  bulb. 
Pour  off  a  portion  of  this  water,  so  as  to  avoid  the  necessity 
of  heating  so  large  a  volume,  bring  the  water  to  a  boil  again, 
thus  again  expelling  the  water,  and  then  take  out  the  ampul 
and  either  dry  over  a  flame  or  remove  the  residue  of  water 
by  means  of  a  sterilized  hypodermic  syringe.  The  ampuls 
may,  if  desired,  be  rinsed  by  opening  the  ends,  putting  in 
a  thick-walled  beaker  or  flask  of  water  connecting  with  an 
air  pump  and  exhausting  the  air,  allowing  the  air  pressure  to 
gradually  increase  when  the  vacuum  created  in  the  bulbs  by 
the  pump  will  be  filled  with  the  water.  The  air  then  may  be 
again  exhausted,  which  will  expel  the  water  from  the  bulbs ; 
and  this  process  may  be  repeated  several  times,  until  the 
bulbs  are  thoroughly  rinsed. 

The  hypodermic  solution  which  is  to  be  used  should  in 
the  meantime  have  been  prepared  and  sterilized.  This  par- 
ticular phase  of  the  subject  is  one  which  of  itself  would 
warrant  an  evening's  discussion  and  will  be  referred  to  later. 

It  is  best  to  make  a  scratch  with  a  file  before  steriliza- 
tion or  testing  with  the  methylene  blue  solution,  as  directed 
below,  at  the  point  at  which  the  tube  is  to  be  broken  off  by 
the  physician,  as  a  flaw  may  be  developed  by  the  file.  In 
some  of  the  makes  no  file  scratch  is  made  and  in  the  packages 
sent  out  by  Clin  &  Cie,  of  Paris,  as  is  already  mentioned,  a 
small  file  is  enclosed  to  be  used  by  tue  physician  for  this 
purpose.  The  file  scratch,  of  course,  does  weaken  the  bulb 
and  make  it  more  liable  to  accident,  but  on  the  other 
hand  the  physician  is  likely  to  prefer  to  have  his  ampuls 
furnished  him  in  such  form  that  they  can  be  used  imme- 
diately without  any  further  preparation.  It  is  well  to  cau- 
tion the  physician  to  use  a  pledget  of  absorbent  cotton  around 
the  neck  of  the  ampul  when  opening  it,  so  as  to  avoid  wound- 
ing his  fingers  b.v  the  splinters  of  glass. 
Filling  the  Ampuls. 

The  ampuls  may  be  filled  by  means  of  (1)  a  pipette:  (2) 
a  burette;  (3)  a  hypodermic  syringe;  (4)  a  vacuum  created 
by  heating  the  bulb;  (5)  a  vacuum  created  by  means  of 
ether;  (6)  or  by  aspiration  with  the  aid  of  an  Auer  appa- 
ratus. In  the  first  five  processes  named  the  bulbs  must  be 
sterilized  after  filling.  In  the  latter  process  the  sterilization 
takes  place  before  filling. 

1.  The  tip  of  an  ordinary  eye  pipette  is  drawn  out  by  the 
aid  of  heat  to  a  capillary  tube.  The  rubber  bulb  and  the 
pipette  itself  are  sterilized  by  boiling  for  half  an  hour  or  by 
means  of  a  steam  sterilizer.  The  sterile  hypodermic  solution 
is  drawn  up  into  the  pipette  and  the  tip  of  this  p".ssed  down 
to  the  bottom  or  near  the  bottom  of  the  bulb,  previously 
sterilized,  and  the  bulb  filled  nearly  full.  The  ampul  is  then 
heated  to  the  point  of  sterilization,  ordinarily  100°  C,  and 
the  tip  sealed  while  the  contents  are  hot.  The  tip  may  either 
be  sealed  by  rotating  it  in  the  point  of  a  Bunsen  flame,  or 
preferably  heating  it  only  long  enough  to  soften  it  and  then 
squeezing  the  walls  together  with  pincers.  Care  must  be 
taken  to  make  the  seal  perfect.  The  sealed  ampul  is  then 
put   into   a   solution   of   methylene   blue,   about   one   grain   to 


two  ounces  of  water,  and  sterilized  by  boiling  for  half  an 
hour,  provided  the  solution  will  not  be  injured  by  boiling,  or 
in  a  steam  sterilizer.  If  any  flaw  or  imperfection  exists 
in  the  ampul  its  contents  will  absorb  color  from  the  solution 
of  methylene  blue ;  consequently  any  which  are  colored 
should  be  rejected.  The  perfect  ampuls  should  be  sterilized 
again  after  twenty-four  hours,  either  by  means  of  steam  or 
boiling  in  water.  Where  the  contents  of  the  solution  are 
likely  to  be  decomposed  by  this  temperature,  a  lower  tem- 
perature, 60°  C,  may  be  used,  but  to  insure  sterility  sterili- 
zation must  in  this  case  be  repeated  daily  for  from  four  to 
seven  days. 

2.  The  point  of  the  burette  may  be  drawn  out  to  a  capil- 
lary tube,  or  a  hypodermic  needle,  or  a  fine  canula  may  be 
fused  to  the  end  of  the  burette  (as  recommended  by  one  of 
the  German  writers  on  the  subject,  though  I  have  not  un- 
dertaken this  difiicult  operation),  or  a  tube,  one  end  of  which 
has  been  drawn  out  to  a  capillary  point,  may  be  attached 
to  the  burette  by  means  of  a  rubber  tube.  This  rubber  tube 
has  been  objected  to  on  account  of  the  difficulty,  or  alleged 
impossibility,  of  sterilizing  it.  Personally  I  do  not  think 
the  objection  a  valid  one,  as  I  believe  the  subsequent  sterili- 
zation of  the  ampuls  offers  complete  protection.  This  ques- 
tion of  sterility  of  the  ampuls  filled,  according  to  the  method 
named,  is  now  under  investigation.  The  remainder  of  the 
process  is  carried  out  exactly  as  given  above  for  ampuls 
filled  by  means  of  a  pipette. 

3.  The  hypodermic  syringe  offers  an  excellent  means  of 
filling  the  ampuls,  save  for  the  amount  of  time  required  in 
its  use.  The  syringe  should,  of  course,  be  sterilized  before 
use.     The  process  is  the  same  as  with  the  pipette. 

4.  The  clean  and  sterile  ampul  may  be  taken  up  by 
pincers,  the  bulb  held  in  boiling  water  or  over  a  Bunsen 
flame,  taking  care  not  to  get  it  too  hot  in  the  latter  case, 
until  a  practical  vacuum  is  created  by  the  heat,  and  the 
point  of  the  bulb  then  thrust  into  the  solution,  when  the  liquid 
will  be  drawn  up  into  the  bulb. 

5.  A  drop  of  ether  may  be  poured  into  the  ampul,  which 
is  then  held  over  a  flame  until  the  vaporized  ether  ignites  at 
the  tip.  The  complete  evaporization  of  the  ether  will  be  sig- 
nalized by  the  extinction  of  the  flame  at  the  tip,  which  should 
then  be  thrust  into  the  hypodermic  solution,  which  will  be 
drawn  up  rapidly  into  the  vacuum,  so  rapidly,  in  fact,  that 
care  must  be  taken  not  to  fill  the  ampul  too  full.  This 
process  is  particularly  useful  in  dealing  with  oily  liquids, 
such  as  are  used  as  a  medium  for  the  deep  injection  of  mer- 
cury.    Then  proceed  as  under  paragraph  1. 

The  Final  Sterilization. 

In  all  the  above  methods  the  process  of  sterilization  must 
be  carried  out  after  the  bulbs  are  filled,  and  it  does  not  seem 
to  be  essential  that  the  process  of  filling  should  itself  be  car- 
ried out  with  strict  regard  to  asepsis,  though  at  least  ordinary 
care  should  be  taken  at  every  stage  of  the  operation  to  avoid 
possible  infection  with  the  bacteria  always  floating  in  the  air. 
In    the    next    process    which,    from 
a    bacteriological    point    of    view    is 
much   to   be   preferred,   there   is   fair 
assurance    that    when    properly    car- 
ried  out   the   bulbs  will   be   entirely 
sterile  when   filled,   but   even   in   this 
case   it   might   be   desirable   to   ster- 
ilize the  sealed  bulbs  after  the  lapse 
of  twenty-four  hours.     If  it  is  pro- 
posed to  do  this  it  will  be  necessary 
to    heat    the    bulbs    before    sealing 
them,    as   is   done    in   the   preceding 
methods,    so    as    to    provide    against 
explosion  by  the  expansion  incident 
to  the  sterilization  after  sealing. 
Filling  With  an  Aspirator. 
I    show    here    an    apparatus    made 
puJs    iy    means    of   an    for   me   by   Elmer  &   Amend   aecord- 
aspirator.  '^^S  to  the  design  of  Auer,  of  Zurich, 

as  described  by  Hager,  by  means  of 
which  the  ampuls  may  be  filled  without  handling.  The 
apparatus  consists  of  a  small  Chamberland  filter  fitted  to  a 
tube,  the  constricted  end  of  which  passes  downward  through 
a  rubber  stopper  into  a  thick-walled  flask  or  beaker,  in  which 
the  opened  ampuls  have  been  placed  standing  on  their  points. 
A  bent  tube  provided  with  a  bulb  filled  with  sterilized  cotton 


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to  act  as  a  filter  passing  out  of  the  beaker  provides  for  con- 
nection with  an  air  pump.  The  apparatus  with  its  contained 
bulbs  are  sterilized  in  an  ordinary  sterilizer,  the  hypodermic 
solution  placed  in  the  Chamberland  filter,  connection  made 
with  an  air  pump  or  aspirator  and  the  air  drawn  out  until 
a  suSicient  quantity  of  the  solution  collects  in  the  bottom 
of  the  beaker.  The  pressure  is  then  allowed  to  return  slowly 
to  normal,  when  the  bulbs  will  be  filled  by  drawing  up  the 
liquid.  When  filled  they  may  be  taken  out  and  sealed. 
Cleansing  the  Tip. 
Where  the  solutions  contain  organic  matter  there  is  danger 
that  the  small  residue  left  in  the  neck  of  the  ampul  may  be 
charred  in  the  process  of  sealing.  This  may  be  obviated  .is 
suggested  by  Dr.  Beysen.  of  Berlin,  by  wiping  out  the  inside 
of  the  tip  with  boiling  water  and  a  sterilized  feather  trimmed 
so  as  to  fit  into  the  capillary  tube  of  the  ampul.  Hager  sug- 
gests that  this  trouble  may  be  avoided  by  making  the  solu- 
tion of  double  the  required  strength,  putting  in  half  the 
required  quantity  in  each  ampul  and  adding  the  water  re- 
quired to  make  the  full  quantity  in  such  manner  as  to  wash 
down  from  the  inner  walls  any  adhering  organic  matter. 
This  latter  method  requires  careful  measurement  of  the 
amount  of  solution  put  in  each   ampul. 

Careful  Sterilization  Essential. 
I  cannot  emphasize  too  strongly  the  need  for  care  in  ob- 
taining complete  sterility  in  the  finished  ampul.  It  will  mani- 
festly be  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  to  carry  out  the  filling 
of  the  ampuls  according  to  the  first  five  methods  named  so 
as  to  insure  sterility.  For  that  reason  the  filled  ampuls  are 
directed  to  be  either  boiled  or  sterilized  in  a  steam  sterilizer 
for  half  an  hour  at  a  time  on  two  successive  days.  The 
German  writers  on  this  subject  seem  to  be  satisfied  with 
boiling  for  half  an  hour  without  repeating  the  operation. 
Certainly  the  product  thus  obtained  will  be  more  nearly 
sterile  if  used  at  once  than  would  the  average  hypodermic 
solution  as  prepared  extemporaneously  by  the  physician  at 
the  bedside :  but  as  the  filled  ampuls  may  be  kept  for  an  in- 
definite lenth  of  time  before  the.y  are  used,  any  viable  germs 
left  in  them  would  have  time  to  develop  innumerable  colonies. 
I  should  advise  a  repetition  of  the  boiling  and  also  the  addi- 
tion of  0.5  per  cent  phenol  to  the  hypodermic  solution.  This 
is  added  by  the  New  York  Board  of  Health  to  its  vaccines 
and  is  not  objectionable  therapeutically.  This  phase  of  the 
subject  is  one  which  requires  further  investigation  and  I  have 
enlisted  the  co-operation  of  a  friend  who  has  undertaken  to 
make  a  bacteriological  study  of  the  ampuls  filled  by  the 
various  methods  outlined. 

Solutions  Which  Decompose  When  Heated. 
Many  solutions  may  be  safely  sterilized  by  heating  to  a 
temperature  of  100°  C.  Some  others,  however,  have  a  ten- 
dency to  decompose  at  such  high  temperatures  and  must  be 
sterilized  by  Tyndallisation,  or  intermittent  sterilization,  that 
is  by  heating  to  60°  C.  at  repeated  intervals  for  several  days. 
Among  the  substances  which  should  not  be  heated  to  the 
boiling  point  of  water  Hager  names  atropine,  cocaine,  hyos- 
cine,  scopolamine,  duboisine.  physostigmine.  atoxyl.  and  ergot 
solutions.  Dr.  Beysen  adds  to  this  list  acid  hydrochloride  of 
quinine  and  urea.  It  is  true  that  cocaine  solutions  are  fre- 
quently heated  to  that  temperature,  but  there  is  undoubtedly 
danger  in   doing  so. 

Labeling. 

In  the  French  tubes  shown  it  will  be  observed  that  no 
label  appears  on  the  tube  itself,  the  label  appearing  only  on 
the  external  wrapper  enclosing  the  tube.  In  the  German 
and  American  tubes  the  label  is  attached  to  the  tube  itself. 
We  think  it  likely  that  physicians  will  prefer  the  French 
method,  as  in  some  instances  they  might  not  wish  the  patient 
to  know  the  character  of  the  dose  administered.  A  German 
pharmacist  writes  to  the  Pharmazeutische  Zeitung  that  he 
has  put  in  a  set  of  type  so  that  he  can  print  his  own  labels. 
The  Commercial  Aspect. 

A  personal  friend  who  looked  into  the  dispensing  of  ampuls 
as  practiced  in  Germany,  last  summer  informed  me  that  the 
manufacturers  there  sell  cards  of  the  filled  ampuls  at  prices 
which  would  be  lower  than  the  cost  of  making  the  empty 
bulbs  here.  The  French  proprietary  tubes  of  enesol  come 
in  boxes  of  ten  each  and  these  boxes  are  sold  at  wholesale 
at  Sll  a  dozen.     The  sodium  caoodylate  tubes,  of  Clin  &  Cie. 


are  sold  here  at  $12  a  dozen  boxes,  each  box  containing  one 
dozen  tubes.  The  "artiston  ampullar"  of  Kny-Scheerer  & 
Co.  cost  from  80  cents  to  $2.50  a  dozen,  according  to  the 
character  of  the  contents.  These  figures  may  serve  as  a 
guide  to  what  the  druggist  may  be  expected  to  pay  for  the 
general  line  of  filled  ampuls.  It  will  be  seen  that  the  prices 
quoted  do  not  allow  a  great  deal  for  the  work  involved  in 
filling  and  sealing  the  bulbs,  and  it  is  probable  that  the  ma- 
jority of  druggists  would  prefer  to  purchase  at  the  prices 
named  rather  than  undertake  to  fill  the  bulbs  themselves. 
The  prices  at  which  the  "ergot  aseptic"  and  the  "comutol"' 
tubes  are  sold,  65  cents  for  a  case  of  six ;  35  cents  for  a  case 
of  three,  and  45  cents  a  package  containing  six  ampuls, 
respectively,  are  based  rather  on  the  cost  of  the  contents 
than  on  the  cost  of  dispensing  in  this  particular  form.  Even 
if  there  is  "no  money  in  it"  it  is  well  for  the  druggist  to 
know  how  to  prepare  these  ampuls  and  to  be  ready  to  under- 
take their  preparation  if  requested,  for  if  such  a  request  ia 
made  the  probabilities  are  that  he  will  be  allowed  to  charge 
at  least  a  fair  compensation  for  the  time  and  labor  involved 
in  their  preparations,  regardless  of  the  ruling  commercial 
price.  Moreover  many  physicians  have  their  own  special 
formulas  and  would  no  doubt  like  to  have  their  own  druggist 
prepare  their  ampuls  for  them. 


Value  of  Mental  Sunshine. 

It  is  every  one's  duty  to  be  as  happy  as  possible.  Happi- 
ness and  health  go  hand-in-hand.  The  less  grumbling  an  in- 
dividual does,  the  fewer  illnesses  he  will  have.  The  more 
happiness  he  extracts  out  of  life  the  more  healthy  will  be  hit 
individual  condition. 

These  facts  are  recognized  by  psychologists  and  medical 
practitioners  alike,  at  the  present  day.  Jn  fact,  the  medical 
practitioner  of  today,  to  be  successful,  must  be  somethinf 
of  a  psychologist  himself.  The  time  of  funeral-faced  doctor* 
has  gone.  It  is  quite  as  much  the  duty  of  ._.s  useful  clasa 
of  citizens  to  radiate  mental  suns.-ine,  as  .t  is  to  stufi:  a  p<a- 
tient  with  products  of  tne  pharmacopoei.-.. 

While  this  is  truo  of  the  physician,  it  is  of  the  utmost  im- 
portance that  the  patient,  also,  be  cheerful.  Of  course,  he 
will  be  more  so,  if  mental  sunshine,  instead  of  funereal  gloom, 
is  allowed  to  permeate  the  sick  room. 

But.  individual  results  are  not  the  only  ones  obtained 
through  a  judicious  use  of  mental  sunshine.  The  effect  of  the 
cheerfulness  of  an  individual  is  much  more  far-reaching.  If 
each  individual  or  a  majority  in  a  community,  would  radiate 
happiness  and  good  cheer,  that  community  would  be  healthy 
— and  just  in  proportion  to  the  community  cheerfulness  would 
be  the  community  health. 

What  is  true  of  the  individual  and  the  community,  is  true 
of  the  county,  state,  nation  and  world.  If  the  individual  is 
happy  and  healthy,  the  commimity  will  also  be  happy  and 
healthy.  If  communities  are  cheerful,  and  their  health  is 
good,  the  happiness  and  health  of  the  country  will  be  better 
conserved.  And  so  on.  through  the  state,  nation  and  world 
at  large. 

Remember,  that,  in  the  crusade  of  cheerfulness  against 
ill-health,  "every  little  bit  helps."  and  be  prepared  to  do 
your  little  bit  on  every  possible  occasion.  Happiness  and 
contentment  are  bound  to  come  sooner  or  later.  That  is  the 
end  to  which  all  mankind  is  striving.  Tour  happiness  and 
health  can  hasten  this  happy  millennium.  You  might  just 
as  well  get  in  the  happy  crowd,  for  all  the  "grouchers"  are 
bound  to-be  left  behind. 

Nothing  did  so  much  toward  preventing  a  widespread  panic 
during  the  recent  financial  depression,  as  the  general  opti- 
mism of  the  vast  majority  of  business  men  throughout  the 
entire  country.  Had  the  people  been  pessimistic,  a  panic 
approaching  a  calamity  would  have  ensued. 

Therefore,  smile.  Don't  "grin  and  bear  it."  Smile  and 
drive  it  away.  It's  a  good  motto  and  its  practice  would  be 
beneficial.  Try  radiating  mental  sunshine ;  then  watch  the 
result. — Hudson  Oiserver. 


One  Way  of  Doing  It. 
Take  the  prescription  in  your  hand,  hold  it  up-side-down, 
scowl  at  it  for  ten  minutes,  while  the  patron  is  watching 
.vou.  tell  her  to  return  in  two  hours  and  a  half,  charge  doubU 
price  for  it  and  receive  a  reputation  for  being  a  skilled 
pharmacist. 


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QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerlis  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
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information  published  in  ijrevious  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 


Elixir  Calisaya. 

I  H.  M.) — "Elixir  calisaya"  is  one  of  the  symptoms  given 
in  the  National  Formulary  for  "elixir  of  cinchona."  This  is 
an  elixir  of  cinchona  from  the  alkaloids,  also  known  as  "com- 
pound elixir  of  quinine,"  and  is  the  only  elixir  that  may  be 
designated  as  such  without  qualification  under  the  Federal 
Food  and  Drugs  Act  and  the  laws  of  many  of  the  States. 
The  formula  replaces  that  given  for  elixir  of  cinchona  in  pre- 
vious editions  of  the  National  Formulary,  which  was  directed 
to  be  made  from  tincture  of  cinchona  as  follows : 

Tincture  of  cinchona 214  A-  ounces. 

Aromatic  spirit    2      fl.  ounces. 

Syrup   6      fl.  ounces. 

Purified  talcum   120      grains. 

Water,  enough  to  make  16      n,  ounces. 

Mix  the  liquids,  allow  the  mixture  to  stand  for  twenty-four 
hours  or  longer  if  convenient,  then  incorporate  the  purified 
talcum,  and  filter  through  a  wetted  filter,  returning  the  first 
portions  of  the  filtrate  until  it  runs  through  clear. 

This  preparation  is  not  suitable  for  combination  with 
preparations  of  iron  and  for  this  reason  a  formula  for 
detannated  elixir  of  calisaya  or  cinchona  was  also  given  in  the 
first  edition  of  the  N.F.  The  latter  preparation  was  made  by 
using  detannated  tincture  of  cinchona.  We  are  not  familiar 
with  the  other  preparations  you  name. 


Condition  Powders  for  Show  Horses. 

(W.  JI.) — "Can  you  give  me  a  formula  for  a  condition 
powder  suitable  to  administer  to  an  old  plug  horse  to  liven 
him  up,  the  powder  to  be  given  to  the  horse  for  several  days 
before  the  animal  is  offered  for  sale?  I  have  tried  powder 
consisting  of  arsenic,  gentian,  iron  sulphate,  ginger,  fenugreek, 
etc.,  but  customers  say  that  it  is  no  good,  that  they  want 
something  more  powerful." 

We  are  not  skilled  in  the  methods  followed  by  professional 
jockeys  for  rejuvenating  horses  on  short  notice,  although  we 
once  knew  a  horse  trader  who  was  willing  to  stake  his  repu- 
tation on  the  results  to  be  obtained  from  the  judicious  admin- 
istration of  arsenic  in  feed  that  largely  consisted  of  buckwheat 
■flour.  However,  to  bring  about  the  best  results,  artificial 
feeding  and  the  use  of  various  cordials  is  resorted  to,  and  in 
attempting  to  answer  your  query  we  can  do  no  better  than 
to  quote  the  following  from  the  Chemist's  and  Druggist's 
Diary  of  1890: 

Everybody  admires,  while  condemning,  the  cart  horse  parade 
and  the  fat  ponies  that  are  shown  for  prizes,  but  as  long  as 
the  public  will  give  premiums  for  horses  unnaturally  fat  there 
will  be  a  demand  for  those  agents  which  help  the  process. 
They  are :  cordials,  stimulants,  carminatives,  digestives,  diu- 
retics and  diaphoretics  ;  but  if  you  have  suflicient  time  to  do 
your  conditioning  in  begin  with  a  dose  of  "physic"  propor- 
tionate to  the  size  of  the  animal,  then  any  of  the  following : 
The  basis  of  nearly  all  the  advertised  horse  and  cattle  spices 
is  salt,  lentil  flour  and  fenugreek,  but  these  are  greatly  im- 
proved by  such  agents  as  sulphur,  antimony,  potassium  nitrate, 
etc,  as  they  enable  the  skin  and  kidneys  to  get  rid  of  super- 
fluous material  that  is  liable  to  cause  eruptions  or  blotches 
as  the  show  week  is  approaching.  There  is  but  one  oiher 
agent  that  makes  the  coat  shine  like  elbow  grease  and  anti- 
mony, and  that  is  the  sulphuric  acid  daily  in  the  drink- 
ing water,  but  it  is  difficult  to  disguise  it  or  flavor  it,  and 
dangerous  and  unprofitable  to  sell.     Moreover,   its   long  con- 


tinued use  is  decidedly  harmful,  but  we  mention  it  here  as 
the  remedy  which  cunning  carters  use  who  would  rather  buy  a 
penn'orth  of  vitriol  than  give  a  fair  amount  of  strapping  to 
their  team.  For  a  ball  to  help  show  condition  the  following 
cannot  be  beaten : 

(1) 

Sulphurated   antimony    1  dram. 

Grains  of  paradise 1  dram. 

Ginger,   powdered    1  dram. 

Flowers  of  sulphur 2  drams. 

Potassium  nitrate   1  dram. 

Animal  charcoal   1  dram. 

Glycerin  or  theriac   q.  s. 

To  make  one  bolus. 

(2) 

Powdered  resin   2  drams. 

Castile  soap   1  dram. 

Powdered  fenugreek 1  dram. 

Powdered  aniseed   1  dram. 

Powdered  gentian   1  dram. 

Tartar  emetic 40  grains. 

Powdered  caraway  1  dram. 

Excipient,  enough  to  make  one  bolus. 

Separating  Oil  from  Syrup. 

(H.  H.  M.) — "I  have  a  ten-gallon  can  of  rock  candy  syrup 
into  which  I  accidently  spilled  some  kind  of  oil,  I  think  floor 
oil.  Can  you  tell  me  how  to  get  it  out  without  spoiling  the 
syrup?" 

It  is  doubtful  if  any  economical  method  can  be  suggested 
for  removing  an  oil  of  the  kind  referred  to  from  so  small  a 
quantity  of  rock  candy  syrup.  It  is  possible  that  by  heating 
the  syrup  very  hot  the  oil  may  be  made  to  float  on  the  surface 
of  the  syrup,  the  film  of  oil  being  removed  by  skimming.  The 
filtration  of  the  hot  syrup  through  bone  black  is  also  sug- 
gested, an  operation  which  would  also  tend  to  remove  any 
coloring  matter  the  fioor  oil  might  contain.  But  even  if 
these  experiments  should  prove  successful,  would  not  the  work 
and  bother  necessary  to  carry  them  out  be  of  greater  value 
than  the  reclaimed  syrup? 


Waterproof  Blacking  for  Shoes. 

W.  H.  H. — We  are  not  familiar  with  the  preparation  you 
name.      In   addition   to   the   formulas   given   on   page   790   of 
December  24,  1898.  Era,  here  are  two  more  from  the  "Scien- 
tific American  Cyclopedia  of  Receipts" : 
(1) 

Melt  together  4  ounces  black  resin  and  6  ounces  of  beeswax 
over  a  slow  fire.  When  thoroughly  dissolved  add  1  ounce  of 
lampblack  and  one-quarter  pound  of  finely  powdered  Prussian 
blue ;  stir  the  mixture  well,  and  add  suflScient  turpentine  to 
make  a  thin  paste.  Apply  with  a  cloth  and  polish  with  brush. 
(2) 

Take  3  ounces  spermaceti  and  melt  it  in  a  pipkin  or  other 
earthen  vessel,  over  a  slow  fire :  add  6  drams  of  India  rublior. 
cut  in  slices,  and  allow  to  dissolve.  Then  add  in  order,  tal- 
low, S  ounces  ;  lard,  2  ounces ;  amber  varnish,  4  ounces.  Mix 
and  the  compound  will  be  ready  for  use  immediately.  The 
boots  or  other  materials  to  be  treated  are  to  receive  two  or 
three  coats  with  a  common  blacking  brush  and  a  fine  polish 
is  the  result. 

Of  course,  some  experimenting  is  necessary  on  your  part. 


Creighton  Confers  Degrees. 

Omaha,  Neb.,  Jan.  4. — President  Eugent  Magevney,  of 
Creighton  University,  conferred  degrees  upon  twenty  grad- 
uates of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  recently.  The  banquet  and 
graduating  exercises  were  held  at  the  Hotel  Loyal.  Dean 
Edmund  Thorpe  presented  the  class  for  graduation.  The 
members  of  the  class  are : 

George  L.  McKever,  Francis  Leo  Riley,  Ernest  J.  Jensen, 
Leonard  M.  Lull.  Thomas  Keefe,  George  Doering,  A.  W.  S. 
Heissel.  Helen  Haas.  Herman  C.  Smith,  Mary  Eva  White, 
Vera  Bartholomew.  Fred  A.  Reinecke,  William  O.  Odow, 
Myron  M.  Russell,  Thomas  B.  O'Neill.  Harry  Copeland, 
Augtist  J.  Obert,  Ernest  S.  Wegner,  Ernest  Davis,  Lorin 
McGee. 


A   straight   tongue   never   needs   the   protection   of   a   brass- 
cheek. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


13 


Theory  and  Practice 


Some  of  the  Constituents  of  Cigar  Smoke. 

The  results  of  determiuations  of  sulphur,  ammoni.i.  nico- 
tine, moisture  and  ash  of  various  brands  of  cigars  sold  in 
Austria  have  been  determined  by  J.  Habermann  and  E.  Ehren- 
feld,  and  are  given  as  follows :  The  cigars  were  smoked  by 
means  of  an  aspirator  connected  with  suitable  absorption 
vessels.  It  is  seen  from  the  results  that  the  amount  of  sulphur 
in  the  smoke  of  cigars  was,  on  an  average,  0.02  per  cent.  In 
the  case  of  cigars  known  as  "Specials"  the  average  quantity 
was  0.015  per  cent.,  but.  on  the  whole,  the  quantity  of  sulphur 
in  the  smoke  yielded  by  different  brands  was  so  small  that  it 
could  not  be  used  as  a  criterion  of  the  value  of  the  cigars.  On 
the  other  hand,  the  great  variations  in  the  amount  of  ammonia 
in  the  various  smokes  made  it  impossible  to  arrive  at  a  general 
average.  The  quantity  of  nicotine  found  in  the  cigar-smokes 
varied  from  nothing  to  0.15  per  cent,  (referred  to  the  weight 
of  the  tobacco).  It  appeared  to  be  concentrated  in  the  un- 
smoked  stumps  of  the  cigars,  which  contained  from  3.22  to  4.71 
per  cent.,  while  the  cigars  themselves  contained  from  1.02  to 
1.53  per  cent,  of  this  base.  But  little  difference  was  found 
in  the  quantities  of  ash  and  moisture  in  cheap  and  better 
class  cigars,  that  is.  in  cigars  costing  from  three  pence  to  six- 
pence each   (Jour.  Soc.  Chem.  Ind.). 


Preparation  of  Pure  Cholic  Acid. 

Pure  cholic  acid  may  be  prepared  as  follows : — Evaporate 
20  kilograms  of  bile  in  vacuo  until  it  is  reduced  to  10  kilo- 
grams, add  2. .5  kilograms  of  animal  charcoal,  and  continue  the 
evaporation  until  the  whole  mass  solidifies  on  cooling.  The 
mass  is  treated  with  S  litres  of  alcohol  at  boiling  temperature, 
filtered  and  the  residue  washed  with  alcohol.  The  alcoholic 
liquors  filtered,  are  evaporated  until  reduced  to  3  kilograms ; 
to  this  is  added  a  solution  of  15  kilograms  of  potassium  hy- 
droxide, and  the  mixture  boiled  for  24  hours,  diluted  with 
water,  filtered,  cooled  and  the  cholic  acid  precipitated  by 
neutralizing  the  liquid  with  hydrochloric  acid.  The  cholic 
acid  is  suspended  in  water,  dissolved  with  ammonia,  and  solu- 
tion of  barium  chloride  is  added  so  long  as  it  causes  a  pre- 
cipitate;  the  precipitate  is  filtered  out,  the  filtrate  treated 
with  hydrochloric  acid,  which  again  throws  out  the  cholic  acid. 
The  cholic  acid  thus  obtained  is  converted  into  potassium 
cholate  thus : — The  cholic  acid  is  dissolved  in  four  or  five 
times  its  weight  of  absolute  alcohol,  adding  potassium  hydrox- 
ide dissolved  in  absolute  alcohol  until  a  small  quantity  taken 
out  no  longer  becomes  turbid  on  the  addition  of  water.  The 
cooled  solution  is  treated  with  twice  its  volume  of  ether  when 
potassium  cholate  is  precipitated  in  the  form  of  white  needles ; 
these  are  washed  with  a  mixture  of  elher  and  alcohol,  dried, 
dissolved  in  water,  and  the  cholic  acid  precipitated  by  hydro- 
chloric acid.  The  product  is  washed  and  crystallized  from 
methyl  alcohol   (Apoth.  Ztg. ). 


Toilet  Jelly. 

Gelatin   2  drams. 

Glycerite  of  starch 7  ounces. 

Boric   acid 30  grains. 

Distilled  witch-hazel  extract 9  ounces. 

Orange   flower  water 1  oimce. 

Carbolic   acid 20  drops. 

Oil  of  neroli 25  drops. 

Soak  the  gelatin  in  one  ounce  of  distilled  extract  of  witch 
hazel,  add  the  glycerite  of  starch  and  the  boric  acid  dissolved 
in  the  remainder  of  the  witch-hazel  extract,  heating  until  the 
gelatin  is  dissolved ;  finally  add  the  remaining  ingredients. 
I'ut  up  in  collapsible  tubes    (Ch.  &  Dr.). 


Determination  of  Benzaldehyde  in  Almond  Essences. 

The  following  application  of  the  bisulphite-rosaniline  reac- 
tion for  aldehydes  is  said  to  give  good  results  in  the  color- 
metric  determination  of  benzaldehyde.  Colorless  fuchsine- 
sulphurous  acid  reagent  is  prepared  by  dissolving  0..5  Gm.  of 
fuchsine  in  100  Cc.  of  water  and  adding  freshly  prepared 
sulphurous  acid  solution  equivalent  to  20  Gm.  of  sulphur 
dioxide.      When   the   solution    is   colorless   it   is   made    up   to 


lOOO  Cc.  with  water.  Aldehyde-free  alcohol  is  prepared  by 
treating  commercial  alcohol  with  silver  oxide  by  the  method 
of  Dunlap  and  distilling,  then  adding  25  Gm.  of  metapheny- 
lene-diamine  hydrochloride  to  each  litre  and  drawing  a  cur- 
rent of  air  through  the  solution  for  three  hours.  The  liquid 
is  then  distilled,  the  first  100  Cc.  being  rejected.  The  stand- 
ard solution  of  benzaldehyde  is  made  by  dissolving  1  Gm.  of 
pure  benzaldehyde  in  one  litre  of  this  alcohol.  The  depth 
of  color  obtained  with  dilutions  of  this  are  compared  in  the 
usual  manner  with  the  tint  given  by  solutions  of  benzalde- 
hyde of  unknown  strength  when  mixed  with  the  magenta- 
sulphurous  acid  reagent  and  allowed  to  stand  for  the  same 
time  at  the  same  temperature.  The  aldehyde  free  alcohol 
must  be  used  for  all  dilutions    (J.  Am.  Chem.  Soc). 


Keeping  Properties  of  Solanaceous  Extracts. 

Some  very  remarkable  results  have  been  obtained  by  H. 
Ribaut  from  a  series  of  experiments  having  the  above  object  in 
view.  The  extracts  were  partly  prepared  by  himself  and 
partly  purchased  in  commerce.  In  all  cases  a  loss  of  alkaloid 
was  observed  during  the  tour  years  that  the  preparations  were 
kept,  but  the  variations  in  the  loss  were  exceedingly  great  and 
irregular  as  the  following  figures,  giving  the  loss  in  percentage 
of  the  total  alkaloid  present,  show :  Extract  of  belladonna 
leaves  (a)  3  per  cent,  (h)  4.5  per  cent,  (d)  22  per  cent,  (e) 
3  per  cent;  extract  of  henbane  leaves  (o)  69  per  cent; 
extract  of  stramonium  leaves  («)  31  per  cent,  (ft)  8 
per  cent,  (e)  1  per  cent,  (d)  12  per  cent;  extract  of  henbane 
seed  (a)  19  per  cent.  (6)  25  per  cent,  (c)  24  per  cent.  The 
loss  is  attributed  to  the  destructive  action  of  microbes  or  of 
molds  (Bull.  d.  Sci.  Pharm.,  Pharm  Journ.). 


Japanese  Calomel. 

Under  the  name  of  "Kanko"  ordinary  calomel  is  now  largely 
manufactured  by  the  Japanese,  but  they  appear  to  have  made 
a  peculiarly  light  feathery  product  sold  as  "Keifun"  since 
the  tenth  century.  Keifun  appears  on  the  market  as  light, 
thin,  lustrous  scales  of  a  white  or  cream  color ;  it  is  four 
times  as  bulky  as  ordinary  calomel.  For  its  manufacture  a 
mixture  containing  three  parts  of  a  peculiar  red  clayey  earth 
(mitsuchi — which  when  baked  yields  a  very  porous  ware)  and 
one  part  of  bay-salt  is  made  into  balls  the  size  of  a  chestnut. 
A  battery  of  sixty  iron  pots  (6  in.  deep  by  6  in.  wide)  is 
arranged  on  the  floor  of  a  furnace  covered  with  mitsuchi 
earth.  Each  pot  has  a  wooden  chimney  fixed  by  a  tamping  of 
earth,  a  perforated  board  being  placed  over  them.  The  fur- 
nace is  fired  by  wood,  and  it  is  done  so  skilfully  as  to  avoid 
the  production  of  smoke.  The  temperature  of  the  furnace 
does  not  approach  that  of  a  red  heat ;  forty  pounds  of  wood 
is  suflicient  for  the  charge  of  sixty  pots.  When  the  pots  are- 
suflieiently  heated  the  surface  of  the  table  is  damped,  two  or 
three  of  the  balls  of  clay  and  salt  are  dropped  into  each  pot 
with  a  small  quantity  of  quicksilver ;  earthenware  cups,  3 
in.  high  by  G  in.  wide,  are  placed  over  the  pots,  the  firing  con- 
tinued, and  the  pots  are  left  for  about  three  hours.  The 
sublimed  calomel  is  in  the  form  of  feathery,  coherent  needles. 
The  clay  has  apparently  a  mechanical  action.  The  mercury 
vapor  diffuses  through  its  pores,  where  it  meets  hydrochloric 
acid  vapor  (produced  by  the  decomposition  of  the  magnesium 
chloride  in  the  bay-salt  by  heat)  and  air.  The  calomel  pro- 
duced is  free  from  mercuric  chloride. — yational  Druggist. 


Camphosal. 

Camphosal  is  the  neutral  camphoric  acid  ester  of  santalol 
of  the  chemical  formula  CsHi4  (COs — CiiH;3)2.  The  prep- 
aration forms  a  yellowish-brown  oil  of  specific  gravity  0.987 ; 
it  is  readily  soluble  in  alcohol  and  ether,  has  a  feebly  aro- 
matic smell  and  a  somewhat  bitter  taste.  Unlike  sandalwood 
oil  and  santalol  it  is  but  sparingly  soluble  in  70  per  cent, 
spirit.  Camphosal  is  intended  for  the  treatment  of  dis- 
eases of  the  prostate, .  urethral  fever,  catarrh  of  the  bladder, 
etc.,  in  which  it  appears  so  far  to  have  given  good  results. 
It  is  said  to  be  free  from  irritant  action  and  is  easily  split 
up  into  its  active  components,  santalol  and  camphoric  acid. 
It  is  issued  in  capsules  containing  0.25  grm.  Of  these,  2-3 
may  be  given  internally  3-4  times  a  day  (E.  Merck's  Annual 
Report). 


Some    men    laugh    at    failure    because    they    fail    at    other 
people's  expense. 


14 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  7,  1909 


LETTER     BOX 


"What  is  Happening." 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  a  recent  number  of  your  valued  paper  you  discuss  the 
question,  "What  would  happen?"  Let  me  tell  you  that  the 
jobber  already  has  had  his  inuiugs,  and  has  now,  in  the  way  of 
direct  selling.  This  is  a  city  of  250,000  people,  and  one  block 
away  from  me  is  a  veterinary  with  a  small  stable  who  is 
regularly  called  upon  by  the  wholesalers'  regular  city  men  for 
orders.  That  veterinary  dispenses  his  own  prescriptions  and 
buys  as  cheap  as  I  can  buy.  Also  the  hospitals  are  regularly 
visited  by  the  wholesalers'  salesmen  and  buy  their  supplies 
directly.  So  you  see  that  the  jobbers  are  selling  to  parties  who 
are  not  retailers,  and  who  should  buy  at  retail ;  and  retailers 
think  they  can  just  as  well  do  their  jobbing  and  get  all  the 
profits,  too,  and  in  this  case,  I  believe  we,  to  a  great  extent, 
are  doing  it  already,  through  the  great  A.D.S.  Tit  for  tat ! 
Very  sincerely.  H.  I.  Scheeb,  Ph.G. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  Dec.  20,  1908. 


"Successful    Business    Man"    Case    Kesulted    iu    Pines. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Will  you  kindly  inform  me  what  became  of  the  cases  of 
Rothschild  and  Kahu  who  exploited  the  "Successful  Business 
-Man"  and  cash  register  scheme  in  this  city  Last  spring? 

Dbuggist. 

New  York.  Jan.  1,  1909. 

(M.  G.  Rothschild  and  J.  H.  Kahn,  who  operated  the  "Suc- 
cessful Business  Man,"  were  arrested  by  the  Post-Office 
authorities  on  March  14  last,  tried  and  convicted  in  June  and 
on  June  22  were  sentenced  to  pay  fines  of  $500  each,  which 
they  paid.  A  further  penalty  of  five  years  each  in  the  peni- 
tentiary was  imposed,  but  operation  of  this  sentence  was  sus- 
pended during  good  behavior  of  the  defendants  and  they 
were  released. — Ed.) 


Problems  Pharmacists   Should   Consider. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Among  the  always  interesting  and  instructive  Joel  Blanc 
articles  in  the  Era.  I  want  to  especially  compliment  and 
thank  you  for  the  one  in  the  issue  of  December  10,  "What 
of  the  Unfit?" 

It  is  unquestionably  timely  and  a  subject  that  should  com- 
.mand  the  serious  consideration  of  all  pharmacists  who  would 
survive  these  critical  times. 

We  must  educate  ourselves  on  this  great  problem,  and  be 
prepared  to  join  in  the  procession  and  help  form  it,  but  not 
too  hastily  jump  in  the  band  wagon  because  it  is  led  by  a 
noisy  brass  band.  This  is  not  necessarily  for  publication. 
Yours  very  truly.  Frederick  A.  Russell. 

Tarrytown-on-Hudsoii.  A'.  Y.,  Dec.  19.  190S. 


Growing  Medicinal  Plants  in  Texas. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

We  are  having  delightful  weather  down  here  in  Texas,  the 
temperature  for  the  past  week  running  from  50°  to  80° 
every  day.  I  am  doing  all  kinds  of  outdoor  work  in  my 
garden,  such  as  plowing,  transplanting,  harvesting,  etc.,  in 
my  shirtsleeves.  I  cannot  send  in  my  annual  report  yet  as 
I  am  not  quite  through  harvesting  the  1908  crop,  but  I  can 
give  the  results  with  wormwood.  From  one-tenth  of  an  acre 
I  harvested  seven  hundred  pounds  of  dried  herb,  receiving 
therefor  $35.  Who  can  beat  it?  I  harvested  the  first  crop  on 
May  20  and  the  last  crop  on  Npvember  17.  Here  is  where  we 
beat  everybody  else  in  that  we  can  furnish  fresh  goods  tvro 
and  three  times  a  year.  All  of  my  perennial  and  biennial 
plants  are  grow-ing  nicely.  The  extent  of  the  venture  has 
entirely  outgrown  my  area  of  land  and  my  curing  capacity. 
Some  of  the  business  men  of  Sherman  who  have  been  watching 
the  work  are  convinced  that  the  plants  will  do  well  here,  and 
have  started  a  movement  to  form  a  company  which  will  buy 
more  land  and  whoop  the  thing  up  for  all  there  is  in  it.  I 
have  been  hampered  all  the  time  for  want  of  means,  but  if 
the  company  is  formed  and  I  can  spread  my  wings  we  will 
have  a  garden  that  will  be  good  to  look  at.     Texas  is  going 


to  get  there  along  medicinal  plant  producing  lines.  Wish  I 
could  send  you  some  of  the  violets  that  are  iu  bloom  all  over 
the  town  and  in  the  open.  Wishing  you  a  Happy  New  Year, 
I  remain,  yours  trulv,  J.  Long. 

Sherman.    Tc.r..   Dec.   9.1.    1908. 


Wholesalers  Selling  to  Doctors. 

Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Era  article  of  recent  date  regarding  wholesale  druggists 
selling  to  physicians  and  others  direct  might  be  answered  here 
in  Indiana  as  follows  :  A  certain  well-known  pharmaceutical 
house  recently  mailed  literature  to  physicians  and  others  show- 
ing where  they  could  obtain  its  products.  The  list  contained 
fifty-six  names.  Twelve  of  these  names  were  particularly 
marked  as  selling  alone  to  druggists.  The  other  forty-four  (all 
wholesale  druggists),  were  specified  for  physicians  and  others 
(not  druggists)   to  order  from. 

We  are  not  A.D.S.  members,  but  from  our  standpoint  it 
looks  like  the  A.D.S.  is  giving  its  supporters  a  square  deal  as 
compared  to  what  these  wholesale  druggists  are  giving  the 
retail  druggists  in  the  Central  West.  Ray  S.  Sisson. 

Haselton,  Ind.,  Dec.  26,  1908. 


Professor  Jackman's  New  Year  Wishes. 

Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Since  more  than  any  other  single  influence — perhaps  more 
than  on  all  others  together — the  future  of  legitimate  pharmacy 
depends  on  an  honest,  independent,  capable  and  well  sup- 
ported pharmaceutical  press,  it  is  but  fitting  that  our  apprecia- 
tion of  this  fact,  and  of  its  corollaries,  should  ask  of  us  at  this 
time  its  formal  expression,  with  a  hearty  New  Year's  greet- 
ing and  God  speed.     Very  sincerely  yours, 

W.  F.  Jackman, 
(Professor  of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Maine.) 

Orono,  Me.,  Jan.  1,  1909. 


EKA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 


Graduates  for  December,  1908. 
Matriculation  Examination 

No.  Grade,  p.c. 

5493.     Simon  Mohr.  New  York  City 95 

5610.     H.  Alphons  Dinges,  Red  Bud,  111 98 

561S.     Albert  Almquist,  Pecatonica,   111 96 

554.J.     Nellie  M.  Coblentz,  Mansfield,  Ohio 98 

5671.     Robert  J.  McMeans,  Philadelphia,  Pa '< 

5752.     Clifford  O.  G.  Kampf.  Cincinnati,  Ohio 90 

5815.     Owen  K.  Haydon,  Conway,  Ark 85 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a  short 
time.  A  large  and  very  handsomely  engraved  diploma,  printed 
on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's  name  engrossed, 
especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be  furnished  to  all  those 
who  request  it  for  the  sum  of  $2.  Those  desiring  the  latter 
should  forward  the  necessary  fee  to  The  Pharmaceutical 
Era. 


For  Betterment  of  Conference  of  Faculties. 

Baltuiobe,  Jan.  4. — Dr.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  who  was 
elected  president  of  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Faculties  at  the  Hot  Springs  meeting,  has  sent  to  the 
faculties  holding  membership  in  the  conference  a  circular 
letter,  in  which  he  says : 

"Knowledge  of  the  proceedings  of  t'ne  last  several  meetings 
of  the  organization  leads  plainly  to  the  conclusion  that  much, 
or  perhaps  most,  of  the  effective  work  done  at  these  meetings 
has  been  the  result  of  some  suggestion  or  recommendation 
made  by  the  respective  presidents  in  their  annual  addresses. 
In  order  that  I  may  not  fail  in  this  regard  and  may  be  useful 
to  the  conference,  I  earnestly  beg  the  confidence  and  active 
co-operation  of  every  faculty  holding  membership. 

"In  my  opinion,  it  is  especially  desirable  that  each  faculty 
or  governing  body  of  the  several  schools  should  hold  an  early 
special  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  fully  and  thoroughly  dis- 
cussing the  conference — its  past,  its  future,  its  limitations,  its 
scope,  its  most  useless  lines  of  operation  and  particularly  the 
control  it  should  have  upon  its  members.  If  the  findings  and 
conclusions  are  transmitted  to  me  by  the  different  secretaries 
I  will  be  sincerely  grateful  and  will  try  to  formulate  them 
into  a  report  that.  I  believe,  will  be  important  and 
suggestive." 


January  7.  1909] 


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15 


Personal  Mention 


— A.  W.  Westhoi.m.  of  Denver,  was  a  recent  visitor  at  Los 
Angeles. 

— Wabren  Seidel,  of  Philadelphia,  passed  his  liolidays 
pleasurably  with  his  parents  at  Hamburg,  Pa. 

— Elias  Shakes,  with  A.  T.  Pollard  &  Co.,  Philadelphia, 
was  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  during  his  holiday  vacation. 

— O.  P.  Ross  entered  the  employ  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  on 
the  first  of  the  year  as  a  representative  in  New  York  State. 

— Charles  P.  Casox.  of  Starke,  Fla.,  was  a  recent  visitor 
in  Jacksonville,  where  he  combined  business  with  pleasure. 

— E.  P.  Smith,  of  Patchogue,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  called 
upon  friends  in  the  New  York  wholesale  trade  a  few  days  .tgo. 

— Jonx  W.  Goodwin,  a  veteran  pharmacist  of  Pittsburg. 
Pa.,  has  returned  from  an  extended  visit  to  his  Virginia 
plantation. 

— B.  G.  Knoth,  who  has  been  with  the  Dee  Drug  Company. 
Ogden,  Utah,  has  gone  to  Ely,  Nev.,  to  take  charge  of  a 
pharmacy. 

— \'IXCEXT  Reynolds,  with  Charles  Young's  Pharmacy  in 
Johnstown,  Pa.,  spent  the  Christmas  holidays  at  his  home  in 
Reynoldsville. 

— A.  E.  Hough,  who  represents  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.  in 
Pennsylvania,  was  a  caller  in  the  New  York  drug  trade  dur- 
ing the  holidays. 

— Hexrt  Habwood.  of  Marquette,  Mich.,  is  recovering  from 
injuries  sustained  throvigh  falling  on  a  slippery  sidewalk  just 
before  the  holidays. 

— S.  J.  Mattoox  and  R.  J.  Parkell  left  the  employ  of 
Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  on  the  first  of  the  year.  Both  were 
detail  men  in  New  Jersey. 

— J.  H.  Bbehm.  a  well-known  pharmacist  of  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  has  returned  from  a  successful  two  weeks'  hunting  trip 
to  the  mountains  of  Virginia. 

— H.  A.  Kaiser  has  been  engaged  by  Bruen,  Ritchey  & 
Co..  of  New  York,  and  will  represent  that  firm  in  Northern 
and  Western  New  Y'ork  State. 

— Robert  Eastburk.  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  and  wife 
will  probably  make  their  home  in  Arizona  after  the  sale  of 
their  property  has  been  completed. 

— Harry  D.  Folsom,  well  known  in  the  retail  drug  trade, 
has  embarked  with  Bruen.  Ritchey  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  and 
will  cover  the  Metropolitan  district. 

— Robert  J.  Fbick.  of  Louisville.  Ky..  is  receiving  much 
sympathy  from  his  many  friends  on  account  of  the  death 
of  his  wife.     Two  sons  also  survive. 

— Carl  A.  Ihk,  a  graduate  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of 
the  University  of  Wisconsin  in  1908.  and  now  located  at  Ash- 
land. Wis.,  was  a  recent  Madison  visitor. 

— George  H.  Hornixg.  of  Roselle  Park.  N.  J.,  president  of 
the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association,  was  a  caller  in 
the  New  York  wholesale  trade  a  few  days  ago. 

— Charles  E.  Culpeper,  assistant  manager  of  the  New 
York  oflSces  of  the  Coca-Cola  Company,  is  spending  some  time 
at  the  home  offices  of  the  company  at  Atlanta,  Ga. 

— E.  S.  Bloom,  of  Ashland,  Pa.,  a  veteran  "Knight  of  the 
Grip,"  who  looks  after  the  interest  of  Shoemaker  &  Busch  in 
Pennsylvania,  was  a  Philadelphia  visitor  last  week. 

— R.  B.  Trevor,  of  New  Orleans,  La.,  where  he  looks  after 
the  interests  of  Johnson  &  Johnson,  spent  several  days  re- 
cently in  Philadelphia,  of  which  city  he  was  formerly  a 
resident. 

— B.  W.  Young,  of  the  Powers-Taylor  Drug  Company, 
Richmond,  Va.,  recently  returned  from  a  Western  trip.  On 
his  way  home  he  spent  a  day  in  Indianapolis  visiting  the 
Lilly  laboratories. 

— Joseph  A.  McGrath,  formerly  at  220  Brushton  avenue, 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  has  outgrown  his  old  building  and  is  now 
located  in  a  handsome  new  structure  of  his  own  at  Brushton 
avenue  and  Alfade  street. 

— L.  C.  Hopp.  a  prominent  druggist  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
and  a  former  president  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, will  address  the  students  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of 
Pharmacy  on  February  17. 

— Cabl  W.  Zeepprecht,  of  the  Arno  Pharmacy  Company, 
Dubuque.   la.,  and  his  bride  have  returned  home  from  their 


wedding  trip  to  Havana.  Mr.  Ziepprecht  has  been  admitted 
to  partnership  in   the  company. 

— A.  G.  Rosengarten,  treasurer  of  the  Powers-Weightman- 
Rosengarten  Company,  of  Phaliadelphia,  and  J.  H.  Ambler, 
manager  of  the  company's  St.  Louis  branch,  were  visitors  in 
the  New  York  drug  trade  last  week. 

— Miss  Zora  Coleman,  a  graduate  pharmacist  of  Litch- 
field, is  in  charge  of  the  prescription  department  of  the  phar- 
macy of  H.  T.  Worthing  at  Overton,  while  the  latter  is  serv- 
ing the  people  of  Nebraska  in  the  State  Legislature. 

— Charles  H.  Marct,  of  Altoona,  local  secretary  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  the  1909  meet- 
ing at  Bedford  Springs,  was  a  Philadelphia  visitor  last  week 
and  took  dinner  with  a  party  of  friends  at  the  Drug  Club. 

— John  F.  Sprague,  formerly  general  sales  manager  for 
Sharp  &  Dohme.  and  stationed  in  New  York  until  the  removal 
of  the  department  to  Baltimore  some  time  in  1908.  has  con- 
nected himself  with  a  North  Carolina  manufacturing  concern. 

— C.  O.  Fox.  one  of  the  popular  salesmen  of  the  Southern 
Drug  Company,  of  Jacksonville,  Fla..  is  an  optimist  of  wide 
renown.  He  finds  that  while  the  people  in  his  territory  are 
mostly  well  and  happy  he  has  no  trouble  in  disposing  of  his 
commodities. 

— Walter  U.  Habvalson  and  wife  (nee  Miss  Myrtle 
Wade)  proprietors  of  the  Live  Oak  Drug  Company  of  Live 
Oak,  Fla.,  were  among  the  visitors  to  Jacksonville  recently 
and  were  entertained  at  the  Southern  Drug  ilanufacturing 
Company's  plant. 

— H.  M.  Sale,  president  of  the  Western  Wholesale  Drug 
Company,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  has  purchased  a  new  and 
modern  residence  in  Berendo  street,  in  that  city.  The  house 
is  admirably  arranged  and  the  garage  has  accommodations 
for  two  automobiles. 

— Walter  H.  Rimsnideb.  formerly  head  prescription  clerk 
with  the  Edward  Williams  Pharmacy  at  "Madison,  Wis.,  has 
gone  to  Texas  to  recuperate.  His  place  is  being  temporarily 
filled  by  A.  Link.  Mr.  Rimsnider  was  married  last  October  to 
Miss  Florence  E.  Critton. 

— J.  F.  W.  Meyer,  one  of  the  pioneer  druggists  of  Fort 
Wayne,  Ind.,  recently  celebrated  his  eighty-fourth  birthday 
with  a  family  dinner  at  his  home.  Despite  his  advanced  age 
he  is  in  excellent  health  and  discharges  his  daily  duties  with 
as  great  facility  as  ever. 

— J.  D.  Leslie,  formerly  assistant  secretary  of  the  Western 
Pennsylvania  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  is  blushingly  ac- 
knowledging the  congratulations  of  his  friends,  who  have  re- 
cently heard  of  the  dear  little  baby  girl  that  arrived  in  the 
Leslie  family  just  in  time  for  Christmas. 

— Raymond  H.  Schultz.  an  instructor  in  advanced  inor- 
ganic and  plant  chemistry  at  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  is 
ill  with  typhoid  fever  and  is  at  his  home  in  Milwaukee.  Dur- 
ing his  absence  his  position  is  being  filled  by  Nellie  Wakeman, 
a  graduate  student  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy. 

— Fred.  S.  Nagle,  of  Wyoming,  Pa.,  it  attracting  the  atten- 
tion of  his  patrons  with  a  carefully  edited  little  publication. 
The  Limelight,  which  he  issues  monthly.  Mr.  Nagle  is  a 
great  believer  in  publicity  and  his  steady  booming  of  the 
Nagle  Pharmacy  has  brought  excellent  results. 

— James  C.  A.  D.\le.  a  prominent  pharmacist  of  York,  is 
another  new  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature  who  will 
help  Messrs.  Fahey.  Campbell  and  Houck.  the  other  druggist- 
Assemblymen,  to  safeguard  the  interests  of  the  retail  druggists 
during  the  session  which  opens  this  month  at  Harrisburg. 

— S.  H.  Caeragan,  assistant  manager  of  the  New  York 
branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  entertained  a  number  of  the 
heads  of  the  various  departments  and  travelers  connected  with 
the  New  York  oflice  at  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Club  last 
Thursday.  Lunch  was  served  and  the  party  listened  to  sev- 
eral speeeehes. 

— James  C.  Perry,  the  well-known  pharmacist  of  Phila- 
delphia, has  taken  his  son  Fred.  R.  Perry  into  partnership 
and  hereafter  the  pharmacy  at  ,5107  Ridge  avenue,  Wissa- 
hickon.  will  be  conducted  under  the  firm  name  of  Perry  & 
Son.  One  of  the  first  acts  of  the  new  firm  was  to  send  out  on 
January  1  its  greetings  for  1909. 

— Charles  F.  Geisse.  of  Peter  Van  Schaack  &  Sons,  sends 
to  the  Era,  under  date  of  timely  tense  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis., 
one  of  the  Red  Cross  stamp  greetings  which  he  no  doubt  sent 
to  all  of  his  other  friends.     The  sunshine  sentiment  and  the 


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[January  7,  1909 


suggestion  of  mutual  success  were  seasonable  and  could  not 
have  failed  to  strike  responsive  chords. 

— Db.  William  B.  Chbistine,  one  of  the  crack  bowlers 
or  the  Drug  Clug  of  Philadelphia,  has  had  considerable  trouble 
bowling  with  his  right  hand,  owing  to  a  slight  projection  of 
I  he  bone  on  his  thumb.  A  surgeon  advised  him  to  give  up 
bowling,  but  instead,  Dr.  Christine  has  started  to  bowl  with 
bis  left  hand  and  already  is  scoring  170. 

— D.  E.  Beansome,  chairman  of  the  famous  "Busy  Bee" 
entertainment  committee  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  is  able  to  be  back  at  his  desk  in  Philadelphia 
after  being  confined  to  the  house  with  symptoms  of  pneumonia. 
He  has  been  kept  busy  receiving  the  congratulations  of  his 
friends  who  were  considerably  alarmed  as  to  the  outcome  of 
his  illness. 

— Frank  C.  Patton,  treasurer  of  the  Richardson  Drug 
Company,  Omaha,  Neb.,  was  recently  robbed  of  a  $400  dia- 
mond stud  while  standing  on  the  rear  platform  of  a  street 
car.  Mr.  Patton  does  not  object  so  much  to  the  loss  as  to  the 
unwelcome  comments  of  his  friends  who  seem  to  think  that 
it  was  almost  a  joke  for  any  light-fingered  passenger  to  take 
the  stone  from  such  an  astute  and  watchful  business  man. 

— Mal  Eisenhakt,  of  Shamokin,  Pa.,  has  received  two 
handsome  bear  rugs  from  Taxidermist  Blden  of  Williamsport. 
Mr.  Eiseuhart,  who  in  addition  to  being  a  pharmacist  is  a 
huntsman  of  renown,  slew  the  animals  while  on  a  hunting 
expedition  in  the  wilds  of  Lycoming  County,  and  he  is  justly 
proud  of  the  rugs.  The  bears"  heads  have  been  preserved 
intact  and  impart  a  realistic  appearance  to  the  floor  coverings. 

— J.  H.  Rehfuss.  president  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy  and  a  well-knowu  retail  druggist  of  this  city,  saw 
the  New  Tear  ushered  in  at  the  home  of  his  brother,  Charles 
Rehfuss,  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  accompanied  by  his  wife 
and  sister-in-law.  Miss  Seever,  of  Stockton.  Cal.  During  his 
short  stay  he  met  several  prominent  retail  druggists  who 
knew  "Jack"  Rehfuss  at  college  or  during  the  short  time  he 
was  identified  with  the  retail  business  in  Philadelphia. 


Pugilist  Not  Qualified  to  Conduct  Pharmacy. 

Boston,  Jan.  4. — William  J.  Mellody,  better  known  to  the 
sporting  world  as  "Honey"  Mellody,  the  middleweight  boxer, 
who  for  the  past  year  has  been  in  the  drug  business  with 
Frank  J.  McGarry  at  437A  Columbus  avenue,  has  jrought 
suit  in  the  Superior  Civil  Court  to  wind  up  tne  affairs  of  the 
business. 

In  the  bill  "Honey"  recites  that  he  and  McGarry  became 
partners  in  June  ;  that  he  was  not  then  aware  of  the  law  passed 
by  the  Legislature  of  IOCS  forbidding  any  one  not  a  regis- 
tered pharmacist  from  taking  an  active  part  in  such  a  busi- 
ness, and  that  he  is  not  a  registered  pharmacist.  Because 
of  this  discrepancy  he  alleges  that  the  articles  of  agreement 
to  enter  and  carry  on  the  drug  business  are  null  and  void. 
He  further  alleges  that  McGarry  has  excluded  him  from  the 
conduct  of  the  business. 


Robber  More  Scared  Than  Druggist. 
St.  Louis,  Jan.  4. — Dr.  Gustav  Ludwig,  Sixteenth  street 
and  St.  Louis  avenue.  East  St.  Louis,  was  not  robbed  by  a 
highwayman,  because  the  would-be  robber  got  as  scared  as 
did  Dr.  Ludwig.  The  robber,  a  mere  boy  of  seventeen,  said 
afterward  that  he  was  starving.  Anyway  wheu  he  went  into 
the  Ludwig  Pharmacy  his  demand  for  money,  emphasized  by 
a  revolver,  was  not  very  convincing  and  Dr.  Ludwig  ran  for 
the  back  door.  This  so  disconcerted  the  amateur  robber  that 
he  ran  for  the  front  door  without  investigating  the  cash  regis- 
ter. Dr.  Ludwig  got  to  the  fresh  air  first  and  regained  his 
nerve  and  gave  chase.  The  robber  was  captured  and  in  bis 
confession  blamed  the  failure  on  Dr.  Ludwig's  informal  be- 
havior. 


Saleswoman  Says  Hair  Dye  Made  Her  Bald. 
Milwaukee,  Jan  4. — A  St.  Louis  drug  manufacturing  com- 
pany is  a  defendant  in  a  suit  for  $20,000  begun  here  by  Miss 
M.  L.  Bowman,  who  says  she  used  the  hair  d.ve  sold  by  the 
St.  Louis  firm  through  a  Fond  du  Lac  retail  drug  house,  and 
within  six  hours  her  hair  began  to  shrivel,  lose  its  life,  and 
soon  disappeared  entirely.  She  afiirms  that  she  used  the  hair 
d.ve  strictly,  according  to  directions,  and  that  she  has  suf- 
fered to  the  extent  of  $20,000  in  annoyance,  by  being  forced  to 
wear  a  wig.     She  is  a  traveling  saleswoman. 


ROMANCE  IN  DRUG  MANAGER'S  MARRIAGE. 

Mr.  McVickar  Saved  Bride-to-Be  From  Drowning  in  a 
Boating  Accident  Last  May  in  Africa. 

The  marriage  of  ilrs.  Daisy  Emerson-Horner,  step-daughter 
of  Capt.  Isaac  E.  Emerson,  of  the  Emerson  Drug  Company,  of 
Baltimore,  at  the  Plaza  Hotel  last  Monday  to  James  Mc- 
Vickar, of  New  York,  was  the  culmination  of  a  romance  which 
began  last  Ma.v  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  sister,  Mrs.  Smith 
Hollins  McKim.  at  Irvington-on-the-Hudson. 

Mr.  McA'ickar  was  formerly  a  broker,  but  is  now  the 
Gotham  manager  of  the  Emerson  Drug  Company.  He  re- 
turned last  May  from  Africa,  having  been  on  a  prospecting 
trip  with  several  companions,  and  was  a  member  of  a  party 
out  boating  one  afternoon  wheu  Mrs.  Horner,  who  recently 
divorced  her  first  husband.  T.  M.  Horner,  formerly  Atlanta 
manager  of  the  Emerson  Company,  in  leaning  over  the  gun- 
wale of  the  boat  lost  her  balance  and  fell  overboard.  Mr. 
McVickar,  without  a  moment's  hesitation,  plunged  after  her 
and  soon  had  her  ashore.  The  friendship  thus  cemented  soon 
ripened  into  love  and  the  engagement  followed. 


Pharmacy  Will  Be  His  Wedding  Present. 
St.  Louis.  Jan.  4. — Edgar  V.  Bratton,  a  graduate  of  St. 
Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  is  to  have  a  drug  store  as  his 
wedding  gift.  The  wedding  occurred  last  week  and  the  fortu- 
nate bride  was  Miss  Grace  McDermott.  All  the  bridegroom 
will  have  to  do  is  to  find  a  store  that  suits  him  and  is  for 
sale — his  father  will  do  the  rest.  The  elder  Bratton  approved 
of  his  son's  choice  of  pharmacy  as  a  profession  and  when  he 
was  graduated  told  him  to  look  about  for  a  wife  and  a  store, 
and  when  he  got  the  former  the  latter  would  be  forthcoming. 


Dr.  Hazeltine's  Daughter  Weds  German  Count. 
Grand  Rapids,  Mich..  Jan.  4. — An  international  romance 
culminated  in  the  wedding  recently  of  Count  Adolf  Montgelas, 
First  Secretary  of  the  German  Embassy  in  Tokio,  and  Miss 
Fanny  Dickinsou  Hazeltine,  daughter  of  Dr.  Charles  S.  Hazel- 
tine,  president  of  the  Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co.,  of  this 
city.  Count  Max  Montgelas,  of  Munich,  brother  of  the  bride- 
groom and  a  brigadier-general  in  the  Bavarian  Army,  was 
best  man,  and  Miss  Delia  Hazeltine,  sister  of  the  bride,  was 
maid  of  honor.  Only  relatives  and  intimate  friends  were 
present.  Count  Montgelas  and  his  bride  will  sail  from  San 
Francisco  for  Tokio  January  23. 


Marriage  Mentions. 

— Perry  S.  Cuxp,  of  Tekoa,  Wash.,  is  being  congratulated 
by  his  friends  on  his  marriage  to  Miss  Zaida  Brown. 

— Carl  E.  Beatty,  of  Mannington,  W.  Va.',  was  recently 
married  to  Miss  Charlotte  Rieta  Deveny.  a  charming  young 
woman  of  Fairmont.  Mr.  Beatty  is  the  proprietor  of  a  popu- 
lar pharmacy. 

— Dr.  J.  Shenkin,  a  Philadelphia  physician  and  druggist, 
is  blushingl.v  receiving  the  congratulations  of  his  friends  who 
have  just  beard  of  his  recent  wedding.  The  honeymoon  was 
spent   in   Washington,   D.  C. 

— Robert  S.  Hayward.  manager  of  the  Catharine  street 
laboratories  in  Philadelphia  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company, 
has  assumed  the  additional  responsibilities  of  matrimony. 
The  bride  was  Miss  Mary  S.  Goff  of  Stratford,  Conn.,  where 
the   ceremony   took   place. 

— George  L.  Klumb.  an  enterprising  young  Milwaukee 
druggist,  located  at  National  avenue  and  Twenty-ninth,  was 
married  recently  to  Miss  Rose  Kaige  of  that  city.  Although 
Mr.  Klumb  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  but  a  few 
.years,   be   has   built  up  a  most   successful   trade. 

— Dr.  B.  F.  Maxey,  one  of  the  best  known  physicians  in 
■W  ilkes-Barre.  Pa.,  and  proprietor  of  the  Maxey  pharmacy 
in  North  Main  street,  was  married  last  month  in  the  Church 
of  the  Epiphany  in  New  York  City  to  Miss  Mabel  Daniels, 
of  Scrantou.  The  announcement  was  received  with  a  great 
deal  of  pleasure  by  the  friends  of  the  happy  couple,  to  whom 
news  of  the  event  came  as  a  holiday  surprise. 


Lilly  and  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.'s  Teams  Bowl  Tonight. 
The  bowling  teams  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.  and  Bruen,  Ritchey 
&  Co.,  of  New  York,  will  roll  a  match  game  at  Luhrs' 
Alleys  this  evening.  The  last  game  was  won  by  the  Bruen. 
Ritchey  team  and  the  Lilly  team  hopes  to  retrieve  the  honors. 


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LOUISIANA'S  PURE  DRUG  LAW  IN  EFFECT. 

Members  of  the  Health  Board  Will  Act  as  Inspectors 
for  the  Present — Fate  of  Alum  Undecided. 

New  Orleans,  Jan.  4. — Druggists  in  New  Orleans  aud 
Louisiana  are  busy  studying  the  new  Pure  Food  and  Drug 
Code  which  has  been  adopted  by  the  State  Board  of  Health 
under  authority  of  the  Legislature.  The  code  became  ef- 
fective last  Friday. 

At  a  meeting  held  recently  ""he  Board  of  Health  agreed  upon 
the  method  of  enforcing  the  provisions  of  the  code.  It  was 
decided  that  the  members  of  the  board  should  themselves,  for 
the  present  at  least,  act  as  inspectors  in  the  various  districts 
which  they  represent.  In  inspecting  drugs  they  will  take 
ihree  samples.  One  will  be  sealed  and  left  in  possession  of 
the  druggist ;  another  will  be  sent  to  the  president  of  the 
Board  of  Health,  and  the  third  will  be  sent  to  the  board's 
chemist.  The  two  samples  taken  out  of  the  store  will  be  paid 
for  by  the  board  at  market  prices,  but  that  left  in  the  stort' 
will  not  be  paid  for.  Special  seals  will  be  used  and  the  sam- 
ples will  be  numbered  by  the  inspectors. 

So  far  as  quality  is  concerned,  the 
code  follows  the  requirements  of  the 
U.S.P.,  making  that  the  standard,  so  that 
in  this  matter  the  code  is  easy  to  under- 
stand. There  are  other  provisions,  some 
of  which  will  require  explanation,  and 
in  the  meantime  each  druggist  will  have 
to  act  upon  his  own  interpretation.  The 
code  prohibits  the  sale  of  carbolic  acid, 
opium,  cocaine  and  other  poisons  except 
on  a  physician's  prescription,  and  pro- 
vides for  a  poison  register  for  other 
poisons. 

The  board  has  not  yet  come  to  a  final 
conclusion  regarding  the  use  of  alum  iu 
baking  powder.  So  much  objection  was 
made  from  some  quarters  against  the 
prohibition  of  the  use  of  alum  that  the 
board  decided  to  defer  action.  President 
Dillon,  of  the  board,  says  that  the  pru- 
hibition  will  not  be  adopted  unless  it  is 
shown  that  the  use  of  alum  in  baking 
powder  is  hurtful. 

It  is  generally  believed  that  the  board 
will  not  be  severe  at  first  in  the  en- 
forcement of  the  code.  The  disposition  of 
the  board  to  adopt  only  such  provisions 
as  are  fair  to  the  drug  trade  was  shown 
from  the  time  the  matter  was  taken  up 
by  the  new  board,  which  discussed  it 
thoroughly   with   representative  druggists. 


DR.  MUIR  CHOSEN  PRESIDENT  OF  B.  OF  P. 


Murder  Ends  Quarrel  of  Druggist's  Sons. 

Dexteb,  Mo.,  Jan.  4. — A  pistol  duel  was  fought  Christmas 
Eve  in  J.  W.  McCullom's  drug  store  here,  in  which  his  son 
Harry,  aged  twenty-one  years,  shot  and  instantly  killed  his 
younger  son,  Fred.  The  store  was  crowded  with  Christmas 
shoppers  at  the  time. 

The  father  of  the  warring  bays,  having  grown  old  and 
being  possessed  of  considerable  wealth,  practically  retired 
from  the  active  management  of  his  affairs  three  year^  ago, 
turning  them  over  to  Harry.  Fred  quarreled  with  his  brother 
about   the   property. 


"Better  to  Be  Dead  Than  Poor,  '  He  Said. 
St.  Louis,  Jan.  4. — William  F.  Gallery,  for  many  years 
owner  of  a  prosperous  drug  store  at  Lawton  and  Compton 
avenues,  ended  his  life  at  2S13  Franklin  avenue  December  ,30 
by  drinking  carbolic  acid.  He  told  his  landlady  the  day 
prior  to  his  death  that  it  was  better  to  be  dead  than  poor. 
After  business  reverses  had  compelled  Gallery  to  sell  his 
store,  he  undertook  to  make  a  living  as  a  salesman,  but  was 
not  very  successful. 


Mortgagees  Bid  in  Pharmacy. 
Baltimore.  Jan.  4. — The  Peabody  Heights  Pharmacy,  Cal- 
vert and  Thirtieth  streets,  which  was  sold  at  auction  recently 
on   the  foreclosure  of  the   mortgage,   was   bid   in   by  Truitt   & 
Bacon,  the  mortgagees,  who  are  thus  once  more  in  control. 


State  Legislative  Committee  Will  Confer  With  Gov- 
ernor About  Reintroducing  the  Whitney  Bill. 
Albany,  X.  Y.,  Jan.  5. — The  State  Capitol  was  thronged 
with  pharmacists  yesterday  on  the  occasion  of  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  the 
joint  conference  which  was  held  with  the  members  of  the 
Legislative  Committee  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association.  The  conference  was  held  in  a  parlor  in  the  Ten 
Eyck  Hotel  and  it  was  attended  by  more  than  thirty  repre- 
sentative pharmacists.  Peter  Diamond,  of  New  York  City, 
president  of  the  State  association,  presided  as  chairman  of  the 
conference.  There  were  representatives  present  from  Buffalo, 
Rochester,  Syractise,  Brooklyn,  Manhattan  and  other  lo- 
calities. 

The  chief  subject  of  discussion  at  the  conference  was  the 
Whitney  Pharmacy  Bill  which  was  passed  in  both  branches 
of  the  last  Legislature  and  was  vetoed  by  Governor  H\uhes. 
The  consensus  of  opinion  was  that  before  introducing  the 
measure  in  the  new  Legislature,  which  convenes  this  week,  the 
Governor  should  be  visited  and  conferred 
with  on  the  subject.  That  action  will  be 
taken. 

Another  feature  of  the  day  was  the 
meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of 
the  National  Syllabus  Committee,  which 
was  attended  by  Dr.  Willis  G.  Gregory, 
Dr.  Henry  L.  Taylor,  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby 
and  Ernst  O.  Engstrom,  there  being  but 
one  absentee.  It  was  resolved  to  con- 
tinue the  work  and  to  submit  a  tentative 
syllabus  to  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
as  a  basis  of  discussion  and  experiment. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  was  well  attended  and 
proved  decidedly  interesting.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Muir,  of  Brooklyn,  last  year's  vice- 
president  and  a  veteran  member  of  the 
hoard,  was  unanimously  chosen  presi- 
'leiit.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Eastern 
I'.ranch.  The  other  offices  were  filled  as 
fcillows :  First  vice-president.  Herbert 
M.  Groves,  of  .Jamestown.  N.  Y.,  repre- 
senting the  Western  Branch ;  second 
vice-president,  John  Hurley,  of  Little 
Falls,  N.  Y.,  representing  the  Middle 
Branch ;  secretary-treasurer,  Warren  L. 
Bradt  (re-elected),  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  of 
the  Middle  Branch. 
.M  MUIR.  The   examination    report   for   the   year 

X.l.B.   of  P.  disclosed  the     fact     that      the     Eastern 

Branch  had  examined  230  persons,  of 
whom  16S  (including  seven  women)  had  been  successful, 
while  there  were  seventy-one  rejections.  The  Middle  Branch 
examined  ninety-five  persons,  of  whom  seventy-two  (including 
two  women)  were  successful  and  twenty-three  rejected.  The 
Western  Branch  examined  120,  of  whom  seventy-five  (includ- 
ing four  women)  passed,  the  rejections  during  the  same  time 
numbering  forty-five. 

Secretary  Bradt's  report  showed  the  total  number  of  store 
certificates  issued  to  be  as  follows  :  Pharmacies,  4424 ;  drug 
stores,  27 ;  permits.  737.  The  number  of  apprentices  regis- 
tered was  275.  of  whom  fourteen  were  females. 

The  Committee  on  Inspection,  Complaints  and  Prosecutions 
reported  that  during  190S  visits  had  been  made  to  4()49  phar- 
macies. 1222  general  stores  and  473  towns  and  cities.  The 
Eastern  Branch  collected  4257  samples,  of  which  401  were 
found  to  be  deficient.  The  Middle  Branch  -collected  377  sam- 
ples, of  which  fifty-two  were  deficient.  The  Western  Branch 
collected  49.5  samples,  of  which  thirty-seven  were  deficient. 
The  total  collections  numbered  5129,  of  which  490  failed  to 
stand  the  test  of  assay. 

Prosecutions  for  violations  of  the  law  show  four  criminal 
convictions  (three  being  imprisoned),  and  four  cases  pending. 
Penalties  collected  :  Eastern  Branch,  $5102 ;  Middle  Branch. 
$900:  Western  Branch.  $550. 

The  financial  statement  for  the  year  showed  the  receipts  to 
have  been  as  follows:  Eastern  Branch,  $16.S44..50 ;  Middle 
Branch,  $7761..50 :  Western  Branch.  .$2701.29.     The  expend!- 


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tures  left  deficits  in  each  branch,  the  amounts  being  as  follows: 
Eastern.  .$2.58.03  :  Middle.  .$702.7.5  :  Western.  .$2.18. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekinan.  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Adulteration  and  Substitution,  made  an  interesting  report  of 
the  work  performed  by  the  Eastern  Branch.  The  report 
says,  in  part : 

"All  samples  were  collected  by  duly  authorized  agents  of 
the  board  from  pharmacists  and  others  doing  business  within 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  branch  by  which  the  collection  was 
made. 

"Samples  thus  collected  were  properly  sealed  and  placed  in 
possession  of  the  chemist  of  the  board,  who  after  subjecting 
each  to  an  analysis,  reported  his  findings.  From  these  the 
data  comprising  the  statistical  part  of  the  report  is  obtained. 

"The  scope  of  the  work  in  the  Eastern  Branch  has  been 
considerably  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  a  number  of  prepara- 
tions to  the  list  of  those  formerly  collected.  Among  these  are 
expressed  oil  of  almond,  liniment  of  soft  soap,  yellow  was,  etc. 

"Expressed  oil  of  almond  was  collected  with  a  view  of 
ascertaining  whether  or  not  adulteration  of  this  article  was 
practiced  to  any  extent.  The  result  proved  that  in  some  in- 
stances at  least  dealers  were  furnishing  peach  or  apricot 
kernel  oils  in  place  of  almond  oil.  to  the  retail  pharmacist. 

■"Liniment  of  soft  soap  was  collected  with  a  view  of  de- 
termining whether  or  not  the  practice  of  employing  methyl 
alcohol  in  its  manufacture  was  prevalent.  Three  hundred  and 
eighty-nine  samples  were  collected  and  analyzed,  and  in  only 
nine  cases  was  methyl  alcohol  found  to  be  present.  In  several 
instances  the  liniment  had  not  been  manufactured  by  the  seller 
but  had  been  obtained  by  him  from  dealers.  The  presence  of 
methyl  alcohol  in  these  nine  samples  is  responsible  for  the 
increase  of  .2  per  cent  shown  by  this  report.  Without  these 
samples  the  total  per  cent  of  methyl  alcohol  samples  would 
have  been  only  .C3  or  practically  the  same  as  in  1907. 

"Yellow  wax  was  collected  from  grocers  with  a  view  of  de- 
termining whetlier  or  not  the  sources  from  which  grocers  ob- 
tain their  supply  were  furnishing  a  pure  article.  Twenty-five 
samples  were  collected  and  analyzed,  of  which  nineteen  did  not 
comply  with  the  official  requirements,  consisting  wholly  or  in 
part  of  ceresin,  paraffin  or  rosin. 

"A  number  of  the  samples  collected  were  in  the  form  of 
prescriptions.  In  all,  twenty-one  of  these  were  compounded, 
eleven  of  them  showing  some  deviation  from  the  terms  of  the 
written  prescription.  This  large  number  is  accounted  for  by 
tlie  fact  that  prescriptions  were  onlj"  presented  for  filling, 
to  such  persons  as  were  under  suspicion  of  inaccurate  or  care- 
less compounding. 

"In  six  instances  the  Eastern  Branch  deemed  it  necessary  or 
wise  to  have  samples  reassayed,  with  the  result  that  in  every 
case  the  original  analysis  was  confirmed." 


ESSENTIAL  OILS  OUT  OF  INFLAMMABLE  CLASS. 


New  Year  Pleasure  Combined  With.  Business. 

Philadelphia.  Jan.  4. — New  Year  was  most  appropriately 
celebrated  by  the  members  of  the  firm  of  Shoemaker  &  Busch. 
their  heads  of  departments  and  salesmen  with  a  dinner  and 
"round  table"  discussion  at  the  Drug  Club.  Profuse  decora- 
tions of  holly  and  other  greens  formed  a  rich  background  for 
many  little  incandescent  lights  and  added  to  the  effect,  empha- 
sized the  delight  of  the  excellent  dinner  which  was  served. 

Clayton  F.  Shoemaker  presided  and  nearly  every  one  of  the 
thirty  present  responded  informally.  During  the  morning  and 
afternoon  the  salesmen  from  inside  and  outside  the  city  list- 
ened to  descriptions  of  various  lines  of  goods  given  by  repre- 
sentatives of  the  manufacturers  of  those  particular  lines.  Mr. 
Shoemaker  also  impressed  upon  the  gathering  old  and  new 
policies  of  the  house  and  some  of  his  listeners  discussed  condi- 
tions in  the  sections  of  the  country  they  covered. 


F.  A.  Fitch  Makes  New  Trade  Connections. 
F.  A.  Fitch,  who  has  for  the  last  seven  years  represented 
the  Meyer  Brothers  Drug  Company  in  the  Middle  West,  is 
now  connected  with  Dietsch  Brothers  and  with  Heinrioh,  Her- 
mann &  Weiss,  both  of  New  York.  For  these  two  firms  he 
will  travel  in  the  South  and  West,  making  Atlanta  his  head- 
quarters. 


Employes  of  Perfumers  Get  Together. 
Jackson,  Mich.,  Jan.  4. — The  employes  of  Foote  &  Jenks, 
manufacturers  of  perfumes,  held  a  convention  here  last  week. 
Luncheon   at   the  .lackson   City  Club   and   a  banquet   at  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  Hall. 


Transportation  Committee   of  N.W.D.A.   Issues  Report 
of  the  Determination  of  Flash  Points. 

Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  chairman  of  the  Committee 
on  Regulations  for  Transportation  of  Inflammables,  of  the 
National  Wholesale  Druggists"  Association,  has  issued  a  letter 
concerning  the  transportation  of  inflammables.  Reference  is 
especially  made  in  regard  to  essential  oils  and  the  flash  points 
of  a  number  of  these  and  allied  products  are  tabulated. 

The  determinations  for  the  flash  points  were  made  in  the 
laboratories  of  the  Dodge  &  Olcott  Company,  and  the  results 
ascertained  were  secured  with  a  Tagliabue's  open  cup  tester 
as  required  by  the  Committee  on  Transportation  of  Explo- 
sives of  the  American  Railway  Association. 

It  will  be  noted  that  every  oil  has  a  flash  point  above  100° 
F.,  which  would  place  these  products  outside  of  the  class  of 
inflammables. 

Exception  is  also  taken  in  the  case  of  turpentine,  which  is 
on  the  railway  regulations  as  an  inflammable,  but  which  was 
found  to  have  a  flash  point  of  about  110°  F.,  either  before 
or  after  rectification. 

It  should  also  be  noted  that  the  amyl  acetate,  referred  to  in 
the  table,  is  the  refined  product,  having  a  flash  point  above 
the  ordinary  commercial,  which  at  present  is  considered  an 
inflammable   liquid. 

In  regard  to  the  packing  required  by  paragraph  1854  for 
certain  acids.  Col.  B.  W.  Dunn,  chief  inspector  of  the  Bureau 
of  Explosives  of  the  American  Railway  Association,  has  given 
the  following  interpretation : 

"Pieces  of  rubber  hose  surrounding  the  largest  circumfer- 
ence of  the  carboy  will  meet  the  requirement  for  'elastic  in- 
combustible packing.'  Whiting,  asbestos,  fuller's  earth,  ashes, 
etc.,  in  quantity  suiBcient  to  fill  loosel.v  the  space  between  the 
carboy  and  its  box,  will  satisfy  the  requirement  for  "incombus- 
tible absorbent  material'  for  the  packing  of  nitric  acid." 

The    products    examined,    with    their    flash    points,    are    as 
follows  : 
on  Mustard   above  100°  F.    Oil  Clove    above  200°  F. 


Oil  Turpt.    Rectifd 110° 

Oil  Fusel  Rectified 11S° 

Oil  Juniper  Berry 120° 

Oil  Lime  120° 

Oil  Pine  Needle  120° 

Oil  Camphor  S.G.  880...  123° 

Oil  Lemon    131° 

Oil  Lavender  Flowers...  132° 

Oil  Eucalyptus 132° 

Oil  Sweet  Orange 139° 

Oil  Caraway    155° 

Oil  Bay   159° 

Oil  Citronella    165° 

Oil  Bitter  Almond    162° 

Oil  Peppermint   170° 

Oil  Pennyroyal    175° 

Oil  Sassafras  Natural...  190° 


Oil  Sandal  above 

Oil  Birch    above  200° 

Oil  Cam.   S.G.   970,above  200° 

Oil  Cassi.i  above  '200° 

Oil  Copailia    above  200° 

Oil  Cedar above  200° 

Oil  Mirbaue   above  200° 

Terebene  115° 

Eucalyptol    150° 

Benzaldehyde   162° 

Ethyl  Acetate  50° 

Ethyl  Formate   ...below  50° 

Ethvl  Butyrate    ^° 

Amyl  Acetate    130° 

Amyl  Valerianate   145° 

Bay  Hum  100°  proof 95° 


Determinations  were  also  made  on  the  alcoholic  flavoring 
compounds,  such  as  the  commercial  attenuations  of  the  fruit 
ethers  and  the  cognate  lines  of  the  so-called  fruit  essences, 
lemon,  vanilla  and  similar  flavoring  extracts ;  these  have 
uniformly  a  flash  point  under  100°  F.,  and  therefore  come 
within  the  scope  of  inflammable  liquids. 


Druggist  Fined  $100 — Sold  Morphine  "Without  Label. 
Daniel  M.  Priest,  who  conducts  a  pharmacy  at  200  West 
Twenty-third  street,  pleaded  guilty  on  December  30  in  the 
Court  of  Special  Sessions  to  the  charge  of  selling  morphine 
without  properly  labeling  it  and  was  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine 
of  .$100,  which  he  paid.  He  was  arrested  on  December  6  by 
inspectors  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  who  said  that 
they  had  purchased  morphine  from  Priest  and  that  he  had 
failed  so  to  label   the  package. 


Useful  Memorandum  Souvenir. 
Frederick  Stearns  &  Co..  manufacturing  chemists.  Detroit, 
Mich.,  following  a  custom  established  by  them  many  years 
ago,  have  just  issued  a  pocket  memorandum  book  and  calendar 
for  the  current  year.  The  book,  which  can  be  carried  in  the 
vest  pocket,  is  artistically  bound  in  red  leather  and  contains 
blank  pages  for  memoranda  and  much  statistical  and  other 
information  that  will  prove  useful  to  the  busy  druggist. 


The  clerk  who  does  his  "level  best"  today 
is  on  the  level  all  the  time. 


the  one  who 


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DINNER  TO  MR.  HAGENOW  A  BIG  SUCCESS. 


PUBLIC  SENTIMENT  SUSTAINS  DR.  WILEY. 


Fresh   Impetus   Given   to    Movement   for   Better   Phar- 
macy Laws  in  Missouri — Mr.  Bolm  Toastmaster. 

St.  Louis.  Jan.  4. — The  feature  of  the  holidays  iu  local 
drug  circles  was  the  testimonial  dinner  tendered  Theo.  F. 
Hagenow,  member-elect  of  the  Missouri  Assembly,  which 
served  to  win  better  publicity  for  the  plans  for  pharmacy 
law  amendments  than  any  plan  heretofore  carried  out. 

Mr.  Hagenow  was  guest  cf  the  retail  pharmacists  and  the 
allied  trades,  both  local  jobbing  houses,  two  pharmaceutical 
manufacturing  houses,  several  cigar,  label,  candy  and  pro- 
prietary establishments  being  represented.  The  general  topic 
was  need  of  more  and  better  laws.  After  the  eight-course  din- 
ner, W.  H.  Lament,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
told  of  the  object  and  introduced  William  C.  Bolm  as  toast- 
master  of  the  evening.  Mr.  Bolm  outlined  the  proposed  law : 
the  increase  of  membership  of  the  State  board  from  three  to 
five  members,  one  of  whom  shall  devote  his  entire  attention 
to  the  business,  biennial  registration,  rec- 
ognition of  assistants,  a  registered  phar- 
macist in  every  store  where  medicine  is 
sold,  elimination  of  the  "medicine  wagon" 
and  greater  restrictions  on  sale  of 
poisons. 

Col.  C.  P.  Walbridge,  of  the  J.  S. 
Merrell  Drug  Company,  asked  to  be 
excused  from  his  place  on  the  toast  pro- 
gram because  of  illness  and  Sol.  Boehm 
spoke  on  "Holding  an  Office."  Other 
toasts  were :  "The  Pharmacist  of  the 
Future,"  Leo.  R.  A.  Suppan ;  "Student 
Days,"  Francis  Hemm ;  "The  Retail 
Druggist,"  Charles  R.  Judge ;  "Associa- 
tion Work,"  Dr.  W.  D.  Aufderheide.  Ad- 
ditional addresses  were  made  by  William 
K.  Illhardt,  Ed.  H.  Wolff,  L.  A.  Seitz. 
J.  M.  Good.  Each  viewed  the  proposed 
legislation  from  his  own  angle,  but 
reached  the  conclusion  that  each  request 
was  justifiable. 

Mr.  Hagenow  was  called  upon  after 
the  regular  program  of  toasts  and  pledged 
his  best  efforts  to  give  a  good  account  ot 
his  stewardship  as  spokesman  for  tli' 
pharmacy  interests  of  St.  Louis  in  par 
ticular  and  the  State  in  general.  He 
said  that  his  chief  object  in  aspiring  to 
the  legislative  position  was  that  he  be- 
lieved that  in  this  field  he  could  better 
carry  on  the  work  that  he  had  always 
tried  to  accomplish  for  the  betterment  of 
the  profession  in  his  active  work  in  the 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  in  the  several 
associations. 

The  committee  in  charge  was  W.  H. 
Lamont,  Charles  R.  Judge,  Charles  Ren- 
ner,  L.  A.  Seitz,  H.  O.  A.  Huegel,  J.  C. 
Thumser,  and  the  place  the  Marquette 
Hotel. 


Popular   Druggist-Legislator. 


PAUL  W.   HOUCK. 

of  Shenandoah,  Pa., 
who  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature,  is  a  Kepublioan,  and  be- 
coming interested  in  politics  at  an  early 
age  soon  established  liimself  as  a  leader 
In  city  and  county.  He  was  born  in 
Lebanon,  Pa.,  and  after  a  public  school 
education  was  graduated  from  the 
Philadelphia  C.  of  P.  He  is  owner  of 
one  of  the  leading  drug  stores  of  Shen- 
andoah. 


Druggist  Finds  Auto  Victim  Is  His  Own  Son. 

Leslie  Manheimer.  six  years  old.  ran  into  the  street  in 
front  of  his  home  at  27  Manhattan  avenue.  New  York  City, 
last  Saturday  afternoon  and  was  run  down  by  an  automobile. 
A  wheel  passed  over  his  head.  The  driver  stopped  his  car  and 
ran  with  the  boy  to  the  nearest  drug  store.  The  druggist  set 
about  attending  the  child  and  found  it  was  his  own  son.  He 
became  hysterical. 

The  father,  Maurice  Manheimer,  carried  the  boy  to  the 
office  of  Dr.  G.  A.  Blakeslee  at  60  West  One  Hundred  and 
First  street,  but  the  child  was  dead  when  they  got  there. 


Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  Greatly  Pleased  With 
Editorials  Anent  Rumored  Removal. 
Washington.  Jan.  4. — The  hold  of  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley, 
Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  on  popular  favor  was  put 
to  a  significant  test  recently  in  the  efforts  of  certain  manu- 
facturing interests  to  have  him  removed  from  oflSce.  The 
interests  that  have  carried  on  a  warfare  with  the  government 
chemist  over  the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  apparently  gained  a 
temporary  advantage  by  going  over  Dr.  Wiley's  head  and 
obtaining  from  the  administration  a  declaration  which  prac- 
tically says  that  Dr.  Wiley's  views  on  benzoate  of  soda  do  not 
constitute  the  views  of  the  administration  until  the  Board  of 
Referees  has  passed  on  the  question.  At  the  same  time  the 
sugar  men,  including  cane  growers  and  refiners,  petitioned 
the  President  for  the  removal  of  Dr.  Wiley  because  of  his 
rulings  in  regard  to  the  use  of  sulphur  in  the  manufacture  of 
the  cane  products.  The  slap  at  Dr.  Wiley  in  the  matter  of  the 
benzoate  of  soda  was  responsible  for  the 
widespread  report  that  the  administration 
had  decided  on  Dr.  Wiley's  removal,  and 
this  report  furnished  the  test  of  Dr. 
Wiley's   popularity   with   the   public. 

On  Dr.  Wiley's  desk  there  is  a  pile  of 
newspaper  clippings  nearly  a  foot  high, 
representing  editorial  expressions  from 
every  section  of  the  country.  "I  know 
some  of  the  people  who  have  sent  me 
these  newspaper  clippings."  said  Dr.  Wi- 
ley to  the  Era  correspondent,  "but  the 
bulk  of  them  come  from  people  I  have 
never  heard  of." 

These  clippings  were  sent  by  admir- 
ers from  nearly  every  State  in  the  Union, 
and  they  represent  tributes  to  the  work 
of  the  chief  chemist  of  the  government 
from  hundreds  of  newspaper  editors  who 
have  apparently  done  their  best  to  say 
bright  things  in  favor  of  his  work  and  in 
opposition  of  the  efforts  to  remove  Dr. 
Wiley  from  his  post. 

Dr.    Wiley    is    clearly    delighted    with 
liis  showing  of  public  sentiment  in  favor 

•  (  an  aggressive  enforcement  of  the  Pure 
I  ood  and  Drugs  Law  and  expressed  the 

•  lief  that  the  result  of  the  effort  to  ob- 
lin   his   removal   has  done   much   to   en- 

liL;hten  manufacturers  on  the  temper  of 
the  public  in  regard  to  the  enforcement 
of  the  law. 

That  there  is  to  be  no  letting  up  on 
the  aggressive  policy  for  the  protection  of 
the  public  health  is  shown  by  the  new 
work  upon  which  Dr.  Wiley  has  em- 
barked. As  announced  recently  in  the 
Era,  he  has  begun  a  crusade  against 
absinthe  and  is  engaged  on  a  brief  to  be 
presented  to  Secretary  Wilson  showing 
the  effect  of  absinthe,  with  the  view  to 
obtaining  from  the  secretary  an  order 
under  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  to  prevent  the  importa- 
tion of  absinthe,  as  smoking  opium  is  now  barred  from  this 
country.  This  brief  on  absinthe  is  being  prepared  from 
official  reports  from  European  countries  and  will  be  presented 
to  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  within  a  few  weeks. 

Dr.  Wiley  will  deliver  two  addresses  this  month  in  Ohio. 
On  January  20  he  will  speak  before  a  meeting  of  the  Tri- 
County  Medical  Association  at  Canton,  and  on  January  21  he 
will  deliver  an  address  before  the  Sigma  Xi  at  the  University 
of   Ohio  at   Columbus. 


Beaver  Valley  Druggists  Elect  Officers. 
Beaver.  Pa.,  Dec.  31. — The  Retail  Druggists'  Association 
of  the  Beaver  Valley  has  elected  officers  for  the  ensuing  year 
as  follows  :  President,  Ira  C.  Hoffman,  of  Monaca  :  vice-presi- 
dent, E.  G.  Slucky.  of  New  Brighton;  secretary.  Walter 
Kaye,  Jr..  of  Monaca ;  treasurer,  Robert  D.  Thompson,  of 
Freedom. 


Paint,  Oil  and  Varnish  Club  Meeting. 
The  Paint,  Oil  and  Varnish  Club  of  New  York  will  hold 
its  one  hundred  and  fourteenth  meeting  and  dinner  at  Reisen- 
weber's,  Columbus  Circle,  next  Thursday.  The  Entertain- 
ment Committee  has  extended  greetings  to  the  members  and 
also  expresses  the  hope  that  members  will  do  their  utmost 
to  make  the  meeting  an  enjoyable  one  by  their  attending 
same. 


20 


THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  7,  1909 


EFFECT  OF  EAETHQUAKE  ON  DRUG  TRADE. 

Unquestionably     Great     Damage    Has    Been    Done    to 
Sources  of  Supply  in   Italy   for  Citric  Acid,   Es- 
sential   Oils,    Olive    Oil,    Etc.,    but    Details 
Are  Very  Meagre  and  Unsatisfactory. 

To  realize  even  approximately  the  extent  to  which  trade  will 
be  affected  by  the  recent  seismic  disaster  in  Sicily  and  Cala- 
bria, is  as  yet  impossible.  Cable  advices  continue  with  graphic 
descriptions  of  the  appalling  loss  of  life  and  property  in  the 
cities  and  other  matters  really  outside  of  trade  interest.  There 
exists,  however,  the  belief  that  when  the  business  phase  of  the 
situation  comes  to  be  estimated  the  devastation  will  be  found 
to  have  been  enormous.  The  region  which  was  the  world's 
greatest  source  of  supply  for  various  essential  oils,  citric  acid 
and  a  number  of  products  handled  in  the  drug  trade  has  had 
numerous  visitations  of  a  similar  nature  in  the  past,  but  as 
reports  are  confirmed  it  is  realized  that  this  latest  calamity 
is  without  comparison  in  the  completeness  of  destruction. 

Reports  from  survivors  who  are  deserting  the  region  state 
that  terrible  elemental  destruction  has  taken  place  in  the 
rural  districts  and  even  if  the  growing  crop  of  fruits  has  not 
been  entirely  wiped  out,  there  is  only  a  small  possibility  of  its 
being  gathered  owing  to  the  depopulation  of  the  country,  so 
many  having  Ijeen  killed  and  survivors  fleeing  with  the  inten- 
tion never  to  return. 

Reports  have  it  that  many  groves  have  been  inundated, 
while  the  coast  for  miles  inland  which  were  covered  with  large, 
plantations,  were  demolished  by  tidal  waves.  To  restore  the 
orchards  will  take  years  and  the  production  will  be  curtailed 
for  a  decade  at  least,  even  if  the  planting  could  be  commenced 
at  once.  In  the  city  of  Messina,  which  is  reported  practically 
annihilated,  a  large  amount  of  finished  and  crude  products 
was  destroyed,  large  stocks  being  in  the  hands  of  producers 
and  dealers  at  this  time  of  the  year  in  anticipation  of  the  de- 
mand likely  to  result  on  the  signing  of  new  contracts.  The 
trade  in  oils  of  lemon  and  orange  has  been  practically  depen- 
dent upon  this  port  for  its  supplies  for  more  than  a  century 
and  the  destruction  of  the  city  it  is  claimed  will  revolutionize 
commerce  in  these  articles. 

The  entire  output  of  oil  of  bergamot  came  from  Calabria, 
and  as  this  peninsula  has  also  suffered  to  an  extent  almost  as 
bad  as  Sicily  there  is  almost  every  possibility  that  this  article 
will  follow  the  same  course  as  the  oils  of  lemon  and  orange. 
Messina  ranked  fourth  in  the  volume  of  its  commerce  among 
the  Italian  cities.  The  total  tonnage  entered  and  cleared  in  a 
recent  year  was  3.300,000,  with  imports  valued  at  $4,000,000 
and  exports  at  $10,000,00t).  Silks,  wines,  cloths,  fruits,  be- 
sides the  various  essences,  oils,  argols,  citrate  of  lime,  consti- 
tute the  chief  articles  of  its  commerce. 

The  prices  of  cream  of  tartar  may  possibly  also  be  affected, 
if  the  production  in  the  other  European  wine  producing  dis- 
tricts does  not  reach  a  high  level  this  year.  JIauufacturers 
have  already  advanced  prices  on  citric  acid  and  its  salts,  the 
advance  amounting  to  5  cents  on  the  acid  and  4  cents  on  the 
salts.  It  has  been  stated  that  in  Messina  there  was  destroyed 
more  than  one-fourth  of  the  world's  annual  consumption  of 
crude  citric  acid. 

Manufacturers  and  dealers,  while  slow  to  consider  action 
at  the  time  of  the  first  reports,  are  now  watching  with  keen 
interest  all  advices  having  a  bearing  on  the  situation,  and  are 
endeavoring  to  secure  information  as  to  the  future  outlook  so 
as  to  restore  quotations  which  have  been  withdrawn  on  all 
the  oils  produced  in  the  region. 

Recent  advices  from  London  are  to  the  effect  that  while  the 
importers  do  not  refuse  to  give  quotations,  they  refuse  to  de- 
liver the  goods  when  the  price  asked  is  accepted.  This  is 
taken  as  an  indication  that  they  realize  the  situation  and  that 
prices  when  established  will  be  prohibitive.  The  same  advice 
states  that  prices  without  offer  on  oils  of  bergamot,  orange  and 
lemon  are  held  at  $7..50,  $5.  and  .$4  per  pound,  respectively, 
an  advance  of  more  than  100  per  cent.  The  price  of  olive  oil 
will  without  doubt  also  be  affected,  as  Messina  was  a  shipping 
port  for  large  quantities  of  the  Italian  oil  and  some  stock  pre- 
sumably perished.  Coming  at  a  time  when  the  conditions  in 
other  producing  districts  are  so  critical  due  to  the  destruction 
by  the  olive  worm  with  crops  so  small  as  hardly  worth  gath- 
ering, the  loss  of  only  small  quantities  will  certainly  be  reck- 
oned with. 

Local   importers  state  they  have  had   no   word   from  their 


representatives  in  the  districts  affected  and  are  naturally  at 
a  loss  to  give  any  information  in  detail  concerning  the  influ- 
ence which  the  earthquake  will  have,  but  they  expect  that 
all  their  contracts  will  be  cancelled  and  those  who  are  short  of 
stock  will  be  bound  to  go  without  any. 


Letter  From  Consul  Killed  at  Messina. 

Baltxmoee,  Jan.  4. — The  cable  dispatches  from  the  area  in 
southern  Italy  devastated  by  earthquake  and  fire  have  con- 
tained reports  giving  meagre  accounts  of  the  death  of  Arthur 
S.  Cheney,  the  American  Consul  at  Messina,  and  his  wife, 
who  were  buried  under  the  ruins  of  the  consulate.  By  an 
extraordinary  coincidence  a  letter  from  Mr.  Cheney  was  re- 
ceived by  the  wholesale  drug  house  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  of 
this  city,  on  the  very  day  of  the  calamity,  being  delivered  only 
a  few  hours  after  the  city  had  fallen  in  ruins.  The  communi- 
cation was  dated  November  27.  having  been  sent  on  one  of  the 
slow  Mediterranean  steamers,  and  related  to  an  inquiry  made 
about  a  firm  of  exporters  at  Messina,  with  which  the  Balti- 
more house  had  had  business  relations.  The  letter  also  gave 
a  list  of  other  houses  of  importance,  most  of  them  exporters  of 
essential  oils  and  similar  goods.  A  majority  of  the  names 
given  appeared  in  the  dispatches  as  having  suffered  the  de- 
struction of  their  warehouses,  and  which  had  lost  one  or  more 
members  by  death.  The  list  included  Fred.  Bailer,  W.  Sander- 
son &  Sons,  Giovanni  Kestuccio  &  Co.,  and  Arthur  A.  Bar- 
rett, all  of  Messina. 

The  death  of  Mr.  Cheney  will  be  felt  as  a  serious  loss  to 
the  drug  trade  and  to  importers  from  Sicily  and  Calabria  gen- 
erally. He  was  a  most  zealous  and  efficient  official  and  his 
services  had  been  of  great  value  to  American  business  men. 
In  numerous  instances  he  had  been  instrumental  in  securing 
the  collection  of  claims  and  the  equitable  adjustment  of  differ- 
ences, which  without  his  aid  might  have  been  productive  of 
losses.  Mr.  Cheney  made  a  close  study  of  conditions  in  his 
territory  and  was  well  informed  about  the  resources  of  the 
region,  being  able  also  to  give  data  about  the  standing  of 
numerous  hou-ses.  He  is  generally  accounted  to  have  been 
one  of  the  best  .nnd  most  useful  members  of  the  Consular 
Service. 


Druggist  Will  Appeal  From  $750  Verdict. 

Jersey  City,  Jan.  4. — A  jury  in  the  Supreme  Court  last 
week  awarded  St.  Clair  Alleyne,  fourteen  years  old,  a  verdict 
of  .1!750  damages  against  Herman  J.  Lohmann. 

Two  years  ago  the  boy  was  given  a  bottle  to  deliver  to  a 
customer  of  the  druggist.  In  jumping  on  the  rear  end  of  a 
truck  the  bottle  was  broken  and  its  contents,  sulphuric  acid, 
burned  young  Alleyne  on  the  hands,  arms,  legs  and  abdomen. 
He  testified  that  the  druggist  failed  to  tell  him  what  the  bottle 
contained.  He  sued  for  $.5000.  Mr.  Lohmann  will  appeal 
from  the  verdict. 


Narrow  Escape  of  A.  J.  Horlick. 
R.vciNE,  Wis.,  Dec.  31. — Mayor  A.  J.  Horlick,  of  Racine, 
and  well-known  proprietor  of  the  Horlick  Malted  Milk  Com- 
pany, recently  had  a  narrow  escape  from  death  under  the 
wheels  of  a  street  car  at  Racine.  The  manufacturer  started 
to  cross  the  street  to  catch  a  car.  and  in  so  doing  fell  across 
the  tracks  in  front  of  the  approaching  car.  Only  the  agility 
of  Mr.  Horlick  and  the  presence  of  mind  of  the  motorman 
prevented  a  fatality. 


Important  Suit  Won  by  Jacobs'  Pharmacy. 
Atlanta,  Jan.  4. — The  second  trial  of  a  suit  of  the 
Jacobs'  pharmacy  against  the  Atlanta  &  West  Point  Railroad 
terminated  in  Coweta  County  in  a  verdict  for  $7250  in  favor 
of  the  pharmacy  company,  this  being  a  greater  amount  than 
was  awarded  on  the  first  trial.  The  suit  grew  out  of  the 
destruction  by  fire  of  a  carload  of  goods  being  shipped  by  the 
Jacobs'  pharmacy  to  Atlanta  from  Montgomery. 


Hoagland  &  Mansfield  Reorganized, 
Hoagland  &  Mansfield,  wholesale  druggists  at  94-98  Canal 
street,  Boston,  announce  that  they  have  dissolved  their  part- 
nership by  mutual  consent,  and  that  hereafter  the  business 
formerly  conducted  by  them  will  be  carried  on  at  the  same 
address  by  the  Hoagland-Curtis  Drug  Company,  a  corporation 
organized   under  the  laws  of  Massachusetts. 


January  7.  1909 J  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  21 

THREE  OF  QUARTETTE  OF  PHARMACISTS  WHO  TOOK  SEATS   IN  MASSACHUSETTS  LEGISLATURE. 


Boston,  Jan.  6. — Four  druggists  were  inaugurated  today 
as  members  of  the  Great  and  General  Court  of  Massachusetts, 
and  took  their  seats  in  the  House  of  Representatives  tor  the 
year  1909.  All  four  are  Republicans,  and  in  the  case  of  each 
of  them  this  their  first  service  in  behalf  of  the   State. 

Not  a  single  person  connected  with  tlie  interests  of  phar- 
macy who  sat  in  the  Legislature  last  year  was  returned  to  the 
present  Legislature,  yet  their  places  have  been  taken  by  four 
men  of  exceptional  promise.  They  are  :  W.  G.  Whittem.jre.  of 
Ashland,  a  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  the  class  of  1890  :  Josiah  S.  Bonney.  of  Wakefield,  a 
graduate  of  the  same  college  in  the  class  of  1892;  J.  A.  Wil- 
fred Bouvier.  of  Fall  River,  a  graduate  of  the  Chicago  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  the  class  of  1893,  and  John  F.  Thompson,  of 
Somerville. 

With  the  exception  of  Mr.  Bouvier,  who  on  this  occasion 
made  his  first  venture  into  politics,  all  of  the  representatives 
have  had  a  somewhat  lengthy  experience  in  the  local  politics 
of  the  home  districts. 

.  W.  G.  Whittemore,  of  Ashland,  is  proprietor  of  the  drug 
store  at  7  Front  street.  Ashland.  He  has  been  in  the  drug 
business  since  1SS4.  He  was  born  in  Ashland  September  17. 
1SG7.  and  with  the  exception  of  two  years  has  always  lived 
in  that  town.  He  graduated  from  the  Ashland  High  School  in 
1884  and  then  began  work  in  a  drug  store.  Upon  his  gradua- 
tion from  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1890  he 
started  in  business  for  himself.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  He  holds  a 
prominent  position  in  town  affairs.  He  is  at  present  town 
clerk,  and  he  has  been  both  secretary  and  chairman  of  the 
Ashland  School  Board.  He  is  also  assistant  engineer  of  the 
fire  department  and  a  member  of  the  State  Firemen's  Associa- 
tion. He  is  high  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  being  now  master 
of  North  Star  Lodge.  F.  &  A.M. :  a  member  of  Concord  Royal 
Arch  Chapter,  Natick  Commandery,  K.T.,  and  of  Aleppo 
Temple.  Order  of  the  Mystic  Shrine. 

Josiah  S.  Bonney  won  his  seat  in  the  Legislature  by  defeat- 
ing one  of  the  best-known  members  of  the  House,  a  member 
who  had  served  nine  years  there,  and  who  in  the  last  House 
was  the  minority  leader.  Mr.  Bonuey  is  the  senior  member 
of  the  firm  of  Bonney  &  Dutton,  at  435  Main  street.  Wake- 
field. He  is  a  native  of  New  Bedford  and  came  to  Wakefield 
in  1883  as  a  boy  of  seventeen  to  enter  the  employ  of  Dr. 
Joseph  S.  Mansfield,  a  druggist,  who  was  proprietor  of  the 
oldest  drug  store  in  the  town,  which  was  established  in  1847. 
Mr.  Bonney  took  the  regular  course  at  the  Massachusetts  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  and  graduated  in  1892,  and  a  few  months 
later  he  bought  out  his  employer.     He  continued  in  business 


alone  until  1900.  when  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Riberot 
Dutton.   a   registered   pharmacist,   which   still   coatinues. 

Mr.  Bonney 's  public  services  include  two  years  as  a  member 
of  the  Wakefield  Board  of  Health,  three  years  on  the  school 
board  and  ten  years  as  inspector  of  milk. 

The  campaign  for  the  seat  in  the  Legi!?<ature  was  marked 
by  a  vote  which  proved  to  be  the  largest  ever  cast  in  the 
town,  and  Mr.  Bonne.v  won  by  the  narrow  margin  of  forty 
votes.  The  town  is  normally  Republican,  yet  for  a  decade, 
with  but  a  single  exception,  the  town  has  elected  a  Democrat 
to  the  House,  and  the  Republicans  year  after  year  had  trotted 
out  their  strongest  man  only  to  have  him  go  down  to  defeat 
against  the  wonderful  popularity  and  power  of  Charles  L. 
Dean.  Mr.  Bonney's  workers,  however,  were  not  daunted 
by  this  record  of  party  defeats.  They  worked  early  and  late, 
and  when  the  announcement  was  made  of  their  victory  they 
paraded  the  town,  shouting  that  "Bonney's  pills  worked."  and 
singing  songs  of  which  the  following  are  some : 

Should  you  ask  me.  e'er  so  slyly. 

What  great  thing  did  nine-year  Charlie? 

What  great  thing — ever  did — Charlie  D? 
The  answer  true  you'd  then  require 
Chiefly  relates  to  my  Josiah  : — 

"He  brought   my   Bonney  to  me." 

That  was  the  burden  of  the  song  of  the  jolly  revelers  who 
paraded  the  streets  of  the  town  in  the  wee  sma'  hours  celebrat- 
ing Mr.  Bonney's  victory  over  Mr.  Dean. 

J.  A.  Wilfred  Bouvier.  of  Fall  River,  had  a  very  different 
experience.  It  was  his  first  plunge  into  politics  and  he  was 
one  of  eight  candidates  from  his  district  for  the  three  places 
to  which  the  district  is  entitled.  He  landed  high  man.  How 
he  did  it,  he  said,  was  a  surprise  to  him.  But  Mr.  Bouvier 
was  a  candidate  in  a  city  where  he  has  spent  most  of  his  life, 
where  he  has  built  up  a  large  and  prosperous  business  and 
where  he  is  personally  known  to  thousands  of  the  people. 
Mr.  Bouvier  was  born  in  St.  Agnes.  Province  of  Quebec.  De- 
cember 27.  1868.  but  came  to  Fall  River  when  less  than  a 
year  old.  Most  of  his  life,  with  the  exception  of  college 
days  spent  in  St.  Anne's,  Canada,  and  at  the  Chicago  College 
of  Pharmacy,  has  been  spent  in  Fall  River.  He  also  spent 
eight  months  after  graduating  from  St.  Anne's  College  teaching 
French  and  English.  He  passed  the  examination  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  in  18.92  and 
the  following  year  won  his  degree  from  the  Chicago  College. 
In  1893  he  started  in  business  for  himself  at  1705  Pleasant 
street.  Fall  River.     Five  years  later  he  moved  a  few  doors 


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[January  7,  1909 


down  the  street  and  enlarged  the  store  to  more  than  double 
its  former  size.  He  holds  membership  in  the  local,  Slate  and 
National  drug  associations.  He  belongs  to  the  Elks.  Knights 
of  Pythias,  Knights  of  Columbus  and  several  French  socie- 
ties.    For  many  years  he  has  been  a  subscriber  to  the  Era. 

John  F.  Thompson,  of  Somerville,  has  served  as  alderman 
of  Somerville  and  on  the  ward  and  city  committee  tor  over 
ten  years.  He  is  a  native  of  Eastport  and  has  lived  in  Somer- 
ville eighteen  years  and  has  been  in  business  for  himself  for 
fourteen  years.  His  store  is  at  599  Somerville  avenue. 
Somerville. 


N.W.D.A.   COMMITTEES  APPOINTED. 


List  a  Long  One,  Twenty-five  in  Number — Legislation 
Committee  Largest,  as  Usual. 

President  Fred.  L.  Carter,  of  the  National  Wholesale  Drug- 
gists' Association,  has  announced  his  appointments  of  the 
various  committees  for  the  ensuing  year.  The  more  important 
committees  with  the  chairmen  of  the  committees  not  given  in 
full,  are  as  follows : 

Legislation — M.  N.  Kline,  chairman,  Philadelphia,  Smith, 
Kline  &  French  Co. ;  J.  W.  Durr,  Jr.,  Montgomery,  Ala.,  Durr 
Drug  Company ;  Joseph  H.  Brown,  Little  Roclc,  C.  J.  Lincoln 
Company :  William  Geary,  Sacramento,  Kirk,  Geary  &  Co. ; 
W.  A.  Hover,  Denver,  W.  A.  Hover  &  Co.;  O.  H.  Talcott, 
Hartford,  C.  H.  Talcott  &  Co. ;  N.  B.  Danforth,  Wilmington, 
Del. ;  M.  W.  Stewart,  Jacksonville,  Groover-Stewart  Drug 
Company ;  Lamar  Rankin,  Atlanta,  Lamar  &  Rankin  Drug 
Co. ;  C.  F.  Osmers,  Lewiston,  Idaho,  Idaho  Drug  Company ; 
Francis  Keeling,  Jr.,  Chicago,  Humiston,  Keeling  &  Co. ; 
G.  Barret  Moxley,  Indianapolis,  A.  Kiefer  Drug  Company ; 
M.  E.  Sherman.  Des  Moines,  Des  Moines  Drug  Company ; 
Charles  E.  Potts,  Wichita,  Kan.,  C.  E.  Potts  Drug  Company : 
M.  Gary  Peter,  Louisville,  Peter-Neat-Richardson  Company ; 
A.  D.  Parker,  New  Orleans,  Parker-Blake  Company ; 
Charles  Cook.  Portland,  Me.,  Cook,  Everett  &  Pennell ;  G. 
Frank  Baily,  Baltimore,  Md.,  James  Baily  &  Son ;  Charles  F. 
Cutler,  Boston,  Eastern  Drug  Company ;  E.  G.  Swift,  Detroit, 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co. ;  F.  E.  Bogart,  Detroit,  Farrand,  Williams 
&  Clark :  C.  P.  Noyes,  St.  Paul,  Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler ;  O.  W. 
Bethea.  Meridian,  Miss.,  Hopkins  &  Bethea  ;  C.  P.  Walbridge. 
St.  Louis,  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Company ;  H.  M.  Parchen, 
Helena,  Parchen  Drug  Company ;  Aaron  S.  Raymond,  Lin- 
coln. Lincoln  Drug  Company ;  Charles  R.  Denning,  Concord, 

C.  H.  Mi^rtin  Company ;  W.  O.  Kuebler,  Newark,  N.  J., 
Roeber  &  Kuebler  Co. ;  Thomas  F.  Main,  New  York,  The  Tar- 
rant Company ;  Charles  Gibson,  Albany,  N.  Y.,  Walker  & 
Gibson:  B.  S.  Jerman,  Raleigh,  N.  C,  W.  H.  King  Drug 
Company :  C.  R.  Meredith,  Fargo,  N.  D.,  Meredith  Drtig  Com- 
pany ;  George  B.  Kauffman,  Columbus,  Ohio,  Kauffman-Latti- 
mer  Company ;  E.  S.  Malone,  Oklahoma  City,  Alexander  Drug 
Company ;  Louis  G.  Clarke,  Portland,  Ore.,  Clarke.  Woodward 
Drug  Company :  W.  O.  Blanding,  Providence,  Blanding  & 
Blanding ;  W.  J.  Murray,  Columbia.  S.  C,  Murray  Drug  Com- 
pany :    R.    F.    Brown,    Sioux    Falls,    Brown    Drug    Company ; 

D.  D.  Philips,  Nashville,  Berry,  Demovillo  &  Co.;  R.  N. 
McNight,  Waco,  Texas,  Behreus  Drug  Company ;  W.  E.  Bai- 
ley, Salt  Lake  City,  Smith-Bailey  Drug  Company ;  F.  C. 
Herrington,  Burlington,  Burlington  Drug  Company ;  T.  W. 
Purcell.  Richmond.  Purcell,  Ladd  &  Co.;  A.  B.  Stewart, 
Seattle,  Stewart  &  Holmes  Drug  Co.;  A.  C.  Murdoch,  Par- 
kersburg.  W.  Va.,  J.  N.  Murdoch  Company ;  L.  A.  Lange, 
Milwaukee.  Yahr  &  Lange  Drug  Co. 

Commercial  Tba^^lers — George  R.  Merrell,  chairman,  St. 
Louis,  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Company ;  Alfred  E.  Mealy,  Balti- 
more, Gilbert  Bros.  &  Co. :  Alfred  Vogeler,  Cincinnati,  Alfred 
Vogeler  Drug  Company ;  Terry  T.  Greil,  Montgomery.  Ala., 
Greil  Brothers  Company ;  John,  M.  Scott,  Charlotte,  N.  C, 
John  M.  Scott  &  Co.  ;  E.  J.  Huestou.  Greenville,  Miss.,  The 
Goyer  Company ;  W.  P.  Colburn,  Peoria.  Colburn,  Birks  & 
Co. ;  A.  N.  O'Keeffe,  Jacksonville,  Southern  Drug  Manufac- 
turing Company ;  Norman  H.  Masengill,  Bristol,  Tenn.,  Mas- 
engill  Brothers  Company ;  Charles  S.  Leete,  New  Haven, 
Charles  S.  Leete  &  Co. ;  E.  C.  McKallor,  Binghamton,  E.  C. 
McKallor  Drug  Company ;  C.  C.  Leadbeater,  Alexandria,  Va., 

E.  S.  Leadbeater  &  Sons ;  W.  S.  Davis,  La  Grange,  Ga.,  Brad- 
field  Drug  Company ;  Bart.  Whitteker.  Dayton,  Ohio,  Whitte- 
ker-Gwinner  Drug  Company  ;  B.  R.  Gilmer,  Houston,  South- 
em  Drug  Company  ;  A.  H.  Williams,  Utica,  A.  H.  Williams 


«&  Co. ;  S.  S.  Elliott,  Council  Bluffs,  Harle-Haas  Drug  Com- 
pany ;  Alexander  S.  Eraser,  Fall  River,  The  E.  S.  Anthony 
Company ;  Josiah  Vaughan,  Richmond,  Vaughan-Robertson 
Drug  Company ;  John  Schaap,  Fort  Smith,  Ark.,  John  Schaap 
&  Sons  Drug  Co. ;  George  Freisheimer,  Missoula,  Mont. 

Pharmaceuticals  and  Plasters. — Charles  F.  Weller, 
chairman,  Omaha,  Neb.,  Richardson  Drug  Company;  L.  A. 
Lange,  Milwaukee,  Y'ahr  &  Lange  Drug  Co. ;  Charles  A.  Jer- 
man, Clinton,  Iowa,  Olney  &  Jerman  Co.;  Charles  S.  Martin, 
Nashville,  Spurlock-Neal  Company;  William  J.  Mooney,  In- 
dianapolis, Mooney-Mueller  Drug  Company. 

Standards  and  Tests  of  the  U.S.P.  and  in.F. — Thomas  F. 
Main,  chairman.  New  York,  The  Tarrant  Company ;  William 
Jay  Schieffelin,  New  York,  Schieffelin  &  Co. ;  Otto  P.  Amend, 
New  York.  Elmer  &  Amend ;  Donald  McKesson.  New  York, 
McKesson  &  Robbins ;  Clarence  M.  Kline,  Philadelphia,  Smith, 
Kline  &  French  Co. 

Research  Laboratory. — M.  N.  Kline,  Philadelphia,  Smith, 
Kline  &  French  Co. ;  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  New  York, 
Schieffelin  &  Co.  ;  Charles  A.  West,  Boston,  Eastern  Drug 
Company ;  S.  E.  Strong,  Cleveland,  Strong,  Cobb  &  Co. 

Regulation.?  for  Transportation  of  Inflammables. — 
William  Jay  Schieffelin,  chairman.  New  York,  Schieffelin  & 
Co. ;  George  W.  Norrell,  Houston,  Texas,  Houston  Drug  Com- 
pany ;  William  P.  Ritchey,  New  York,  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co. 

Suits  Against  Members. — M.  N.  Kline,  chairman,  Phila- 
delphia, Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co. ;  Thomas  F.  Main,  New 
York,  The  Tarrant  Company ;  I.  S.  Coffin,  New  York,  Coffin, 
Reddington  Company. 

Customs  Court. — Charles  A.  West,  chairman,  Boston, 
Eastern  Drug  Company ;  Theo.  P.  Meyer,  St.  Louis,  Meyer 
Brothers  Drug  Company ;  Albert  Plaut,  New  York,  Lehn  & 
Fink. 

Arrangements  and  Entertainment. — Edgar  D.  Taylor, 
chairman,  Richmond,  Powers-Taylor  Drug  Company. 

Credits  and  Collections. — W.  C.  Shurtleff,  chairman, 
Chicago,  Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co. 

Drug  Market. — P.  E.  Anderson,  chairman.  New  York, 
P.  E.  Anderson  &  Co. 

Fire  Insurance. — George  W.  Lattimer,  chairman,  Colum- 
bus, Ohio,  Kauffman-Lattimer  Company. 

Fraternal  Relations. — L.  B.  IJridaham,  chairman,  Den- 
ver, Davis-Bridaham  Drug  Company. 

Membership. — A.  J.  Moore,  chairman,  Sioux  City,  Hornick, 
Hess  &  More. 

Memorials  of  Deceased  Members. — H.  J.  Schnell,  chair- 
man, New  York. 

Paints,  Oils  and  Glass. — F.  Junkermann,  chairman.  Ce- 
dar Rapids,  The  Churchill  Drug  Company. 

Passenger  Rates  and  Routes. — Thomas  P.  Cook,  chair- 
man. New  Y'ork,  New  York  Quinine  &  Chemical  Works. 

Prevention  of  Adui.terations. — Clarence  M.  Kline,  chair- 
man, Philadelphia,  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co. 

Proprietart  Goods. — William  Jay  Schieffelin,  chairman. 
New  York,  Schieffelin  &  Co. 

Relations  With  Local  Associations,  Citt  and  Inter- 
state.— R.  H.  Bradley,  chairman,  Toledo,  Walding,  Kinnan 
&  Marvin  Co. 

Trade-Marks. — George  M.  Besett,  chairman,  Burlington, 
Wells  &  Richardson  Co. 

Transportation. — George  W.  Norrell,  chairman,  Houston, 
Houston  Drug  Company. 

Census  of  1910. — Albert  Plaut,  chairman.  New  York,  Lehn 
&  Fink. 

Commercial  Travelers. —  (Special) — S.  H.  Carragan, 
chairman.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

Paris  Green. — H.  B.  Fairchild,  chairman,  Grand  Rapids, 
Hazeltine  &  Perkins  Drug  Co. 


First  Ball  of  Drug  Clerks'  Brotherhood  a  Success. 

The  first  annual  full  dress  and  civic  ball  of  the  Drug 
Clerks'  Brotherhood  of  New  York  was  held  at  Arlington  Hall, 
St.  Mark's  Place,  Manhattan,  New  Year's  night.  A  large 
gathering,  including  proprietors  and  a  large  representation 
from  the  general  public,  spent  the  evening  in  merrymaking 
and  dancing.  M.  A.  Feinberg.  of  the  brotherhood,  was  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  arrangements,  which  was  compli- 
mented on  the  success  of  the  affair.  Harry  Pinkowitz  is  sec- 
retary of  the  brotherhood,  which  lacks  ten  days  in  being  one 
year  old,  its  organization  dating  from  January  17,  1908, 


Jamiarj'  7,  1909] 


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PROMINENT  PHILADELPHIA  COMPANY  OPENS  BRANCH   HOUSE   IN   SAN   FRANCISCO.   CALIFORNIA. 


San  Francisco.  Jan.  1. — To  meet  the  increasing  demand  from  this 
section  of  the  country  and  to  enable  the  phannacist  and  physician  to  have 
a  supply  close  at  hand  of  their  pharmaceutical  and  biological  products, 
the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  has  opened  a  branch  house  at  Second  and 
Natoma  streets,  in  this  city. 

Realizing  the  professional  responsibility  of  the  manufacturing  chemist 
to  the  pharmacist,  the  physician  and  the  patient,  the  company  spares  no 
efforts  to  insure  the  character,  quality  and  accuracy  of  its  pharmaceutical 
and  biological  products.  That  its  policy  in  this  respect  has  been  the  right 
one  is  shown  by  the  cordial  reception  of  its  products  by  the  medical  and 
the  pharmaceutical  professions. 

In  no  section  of  the  country  has  the  awakened  interest  in  ethical  pre- 
scribing and  manufacturing  been  greater  than  on  the  Pacific  Coast.  This 
San  Francisco  house  gives  the  druggists  of  the  Pacific  Coast  and  territory 
tributary  thereto  an  opportunity  of  obtaining  the  Mulford  pharmaceutical 
and  biological  products  with  their  regular  drug  orders  through  their  jobber, 
or  enables  direct  shipments  to  be  made,  saving  delay  that  would  otherwise 
attend  shipments  from  the  home  office. 

With  branch  houses  established  in  Chicago,  New  York,  St.  Louis  and 
Minneapolis,  and  the  recent  opening  of  the  San  Francisco  house,  the  dis- 
tribution of  the  products  of  the  Mulford  laboratories  throughout  the 
United  States  is  assured.  While  the  reputation  of  the  firm  has  been 
secured  principally  from  its  antitoxins,  curative  sera,  vaccines  and  biolog- 
ical products  during  the  past  five  years,  the  house  has  been  making  rapid 
strides  in  developing  a  general  pharmaceutical  business.  It  is  one  of  the 
leading  houses  in  the  manufacture  of  chemically  assayed  and  physiolog- 
ically standardized  pharmaceuticals  and  the  extent  of  its  line  of  manu- 
factured products  can  best  be  appreciated  by  examining  its  general  catalog. 
It  is  the  fixed  polic.v  of  the  firm  to  conduct  its  business  on  ethical  lines, 
and  while  the  products  of  the  house  have  never  been  known  as  low  priced, 
inspection  of  its  catalog  will  show  that  when  quality  is  considered  full 
value  is  given.  The  Pharmacopoeia  requires  the  chemical  standardization 
)r  forty-eight  preparations ;  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  chemically  assays 
and  standardizes  one  hundred  and  sixty  preparations  and  physiologically 
or  clinically  tests  sixty-eight  preparations.  As  the  question  of  standardi- 
zation is  one  that  affects  the  health  of  a  community  and  the  reputation  of 
pharmacists  and  physicians,  there  can  be  no  doubt  as  to  the  importano 
of  specifying  the  class  of  products  that  should  be  employed. 

The  well-known  business  policy  of  the  firm  in  refusing  to 
sell  department  stores,  mail  order  houses  and  aggressive  cut- 
ters is  appreciated  by  the  druggist's.  In  purchasing  Mulford's 
products  through  his  jobber,  if  preferred,  the  druggist  receives 
40  per  cent  discount  on  pharmaceuticals  without  signing  a  con- 
tract. This  is  a  most  favorable  proposition  to  save  money 
on  his  purchase  and  does  not  require  the  investing  of  capital 
in  a  stock  line  but  only  as  pharmaceutical  supplies  are 
needed. 


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topic   and   views 


Conference  of  Sharp  &  Dohme's  Forces. 

Baltimobe,  Jan.  4. — During  the  last  week  in  the  old  year 
many  of  the  field  officers  of  Sharp  &  Dohme  were  here  to 
confer  with  the  officers  at  headquarters,  the  managers  and 
directors,  regarding  the  business  done  in  1908  and  the  pros- 
pects for  the  new  year,  and  dail.v  meetings  have  been  held. 
Among  the  officials  who  came  to  Baltimore  from  a  distance 
were  Charles  E.  Matthews,  manager  of  the  Chicago  branch ; 
R.  L.  Winchester,  manager  of  the  St.  Louis  house,  and  J.  L. 
Pryor,  of  Atlanta. 

The  conferences  had  the  benefit  of  the  counsel  of  Louis 
Dohme.  president  of  the  company,  who  arrived  from  Europe 
two  days  before  Christmas,  and  met  the  visiting  officials  in 
person.  Mr.  Dohme  has  been  greatly  improved  by  his  sojourn 
abroad  during  a  large  part  of  190S. 

On  Wednesday  afternoon  a  large  number  of  the  delegates 
to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Chemical  Society  went 
to  inspect  the  laboratories  of  Sharp  &  Dohme.  They  were 
received  by  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme  and  others,  and  shown 
around  the  entire  establishment,  being  strongly  impressed  with 
what  they  saw. 


Tuesday    aiii  iiiu.ju.-    .  .ji;;,  .•  ...    .- 
business"   and   "new   methods"    were 
changed  by  inside  and  outside  men. 

Tuesday  night  occurred  the  dinner.  On  the  set  program, 
during  which  Col.  C.  P.  Walbridge.  the  president,  presided, 
were  the  names ;  Tony  Dougherty  and  W.  J.  Campbell,  repre- 
senting the  country  salesmen:  M.  C.  H.  Arendeas  and  W.  C. 
Ritter.  for  the  city  salesmen  :  Richard  Dunn,  Ed.  Schlueter 
and  Joseph  A.  Kleiber,  for  the  heads  of  departments :  H.  S. 
Merrell  for  the  officers  and  directors,  and  D.  O.  Macloud  as  the 
oldest  in  the  firm's  service. 

Colonel  Walbridge  later  called  Tony  Dougheny.  the  irre- 
pressible southern  Illinois  salesman,  to  the  chair  and  Mr. 
Dougherty  undertook  the  task  of  getting  every  person  present 
to  express  audibly  some  thought  for  the  good  of  the  order. 
Wit   and  business  were  intermingled  until  adjournment. 


Annual  Banquet  of  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Company. 

St.  Lotns,  Jan.  4. — The  "family  dinner"  of  the  J.  S.  Mer- 
rell Drug  Company  last  week  at  the  Southern  Hotel  is  pro- 
nounced the  best  of  the  long  series  of  annual  affairs  of  this 
kind  for  that  company.  Forty  men.  members  of  the  firm, 
salesmen  and  heads  of  departments,  were  present  and  all  had 
a  pleasant  and  profitable  time.  The  dinner  follows  the  annual 
gathering  of  all  salesmen  at  the  store,  where  on  Monday  and 


Learn  How  Prescription  Bottles  Are  Made. 

Chicago,  Jan.  4. — Twenty-one  students  of  Northwestern 
University  School  of  Pharmacy,  accompanied  by  Thomas  V. 
Wooten.  administrative  officer  of  the  school,  went  to  Chicago 
Heights  recently  to  witness  the  making  of  prescription  bottles 
by  the  Sheldon-Foster  Glass  Company.  From  the  mixing  of 
the  sand  and  the  chemicals  with  which  it  is  fused  clear  to 
the  packing  of  the  culled  bottles  in  cases,  the  students  were 
shown  the  methods  whereby  high-grade  prescription  ware  is 
made.  All  present,  most  of  whom  live  too  far  away  to  go 
home  for  the  holida.vs  were  glad  of  this  break  in  the  monotony 
of  protracted  study  during  the  absence  of  their  fellows,  are 
enthusiastic  over  the  trip.  , 

The  students  were  particularly  interested  in  the  machine- 
molded  bottles  (some  fine  specimens  of  which  they  saw 
turned  out)  and  in  the  statement  that  the  perfecting  of  ma- 
chinery for  the  making  of  bottles,  which  is  going  on  rapidly, 
is  likely  to  revolutionize  the  business  within  a  few  years. 

Nearly  all  of  the  party  returned  to  Chicago  by  trolley 
through  the  manufacturing  towns  of  Harvey  and  Blue  Island 
and  the  market  garden  country  which  is  making  Northwestern 
Illinois  famous.  The  day  being  an  exceptionally  bright,  sun- 
shiny one  for  the  last  week  in  December,  the  trip  was  pro- 
nounced a  most  successful  one  from  every  point  of  view. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[Januarj-  7,  1909 


Board   Examinations 


Missouri. 

St.  Joseph.  Jan.  4. — The  Missouri  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy has  passed  twenty-seven  of  the  forty-four  applicants 
who  were  examined  here  December  14,  and  the  successful 
ones  will  receive  certificates  of  registration.  The  board  will 
hold  its  next  meeting  at  Jefferson  City,  January  11.  Follow- 
ing are  those  who  passed  : 

D.  J.  Blair,  St.  Joseph ;  John  A.  Boyd,  Republic :  Xewton 
O.  Brannock,  Kansas  City ;  B.  C.  Culp.  Kansas  City :  George 
H.  Cutter,  Everton ;  Joseph  B.  Campbell,  St.  Louis:  F.  Cald- 
well, Craig ;  Frank  M.  Clark,  Hannibal ;  Charles  C.  Coats, 
St.  Joseph ;  Clarence  E.  Garder,  St.  Joseph  ;  Kalph  E.  Gray, 
Kansas  City ;  C.  F.  Hardy,  St.  Louis ;  Theo.  F.  Lange, 
Kansas  City :  B.  W.  McFall,  St.  Joseph  ;  D.  F.  Montgomer.v. 
St.  Joseph;  O.  M.  Owensb.v,  St.  Joseph;  William  H.  Post, 
Kansas  City ;  Chauncey  R.  Ryan,  Kansas  City ;  Oswald  J. 
Roemmich,  St.  Louis ;  George  Edgar  Ross,  St.  Joseph ; 
George  W.  Spengler,  St.  Joseph ;  A.  W.  Sowden.  St.  Joseph  ; 
Fred.  W.  Seamann,  St.  Joseph ;  Virgil  R.  Smith,  Ames,  Iowa ; 
B.  G.  Smith,  Kansas  City ;  Mrs.  B.  D.  Thomas.  Kiinsas 
City,  and  George  E.  Weight,  Kansas  City. 


Tennessee. 

Chattanooga,  Jan.  4. — The  following  twelve  out  of  a 
class  of  twenty-six  persons  passed  the  last  examination  of 
the  Tennessee   State   Board  of  Pharmacy  ; 

E.  L.  Beasley,  of  Lewisburg;  Mary  E.  Foss,  of  Harriman ; 
L.  D.  Gilmore,  of  Scottsville,  Ky. ;  I.  L,.  Hennessee,  of  Chat- 
tanooga :  W.  J.  Latham,  of  Columbia ;  J.  S.  Long,  of  Blount- 
ville ;  R.  C.  Minnis,  of  Newport ;  D.  L.  Mumpower.  of  Nash- 
ville;  J.  B.  Smith,  of  Newport;  L.  E.  Taylor,  of  Tullahoma, 
and  H.  G.  Watson  and  P.  C.  Wray,  both  of  Chattanooga. 

Next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Nashville,  January  10. 


Nortli    Carolina. 

R.\LEIGH,  Jan.  4. — Secretary  F.  W.  Hancock,  of  the 
North  Carolina  Board  of  Pharmacy,  announces  the  following 
candidates  for  license  to  practice  pharmacy  passed  success- 
ful examinations  on  the  15th  :  Edward  C.  Adams,  Cherry- 
ville ;  Roy  R.  Bost.  Newton ;  Beverly  P.  Costner,  Dallas ; 
Charles  D.  Cashwell,  Mocksville ;  E.  Lee  Dameron,  Char- 
lotte ;  Phifer  Fulenwider,  Monroe ;  Guy  C.  Hayes,  Greens- 
boro ;  Dorus  O.  Hausar,  Maxton ;  Lawrence  W.  Jenkins, 
Stanley ;  Lumartin  J.  Lea.  Roxboro ;  Hugh  W.  Layden, 
Spray ;  Thomas  T.  McGuire,  Southern  Pines ;  Leonidas  B. 
Powers,  Wake  Forest ;  Ralph  H.  Triplet!,  Lenoir ;  Henry  W. 
Sloan,  Jonesboro ;  Emmett  L.  Vinson,  Halifax ;  George  F. 
Wright,  Elizabeth  City;  William  L.  Wetzell,  Castonia ; 
Robert  E.  Wiley,  Southern  Pines ;  Coley  R.  Yoder,  Newton ; 
James  A.   Henderson    (col.),   Fayetteville. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Greensboro  June  21,  at 
9  a.  m. 


Rhode  Island. 
Pbovidence,  Jan.  4. — At  the  December  meeting  of  the 
Rhode  Island  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  four  candidates  pre- 
sented themselves  for  examination  and  all  were  successful. 
They  are ;  Registered  Assistant  Pharmacists :  Richard  W. 
Matthews,  Newport.  R.  I. ;  Joshua  Farron,  Jr.,  Woonsocket, 
R.  I. ;  Ephrem  Nadeau,  Fall  River,  Mass. ;  Arthur  L.  Emery, 
Concord,  N.  H. 

Massachusetts. 

Boston,  Jan.  4. — The  State  Board  of  Registration  in  Phar- 
macy, as  a  result  of  the  December  examinations,  has  granted 
certificates  of  registration  to  seven  applicants  and  certificates 
of  assistants  to  fifteen,  as  follows  : 

Certificates  of  Registration. — Carl  Aursleff,  Wollaston, 
Mass.;  George  A.  Emard,  South  Framingham,  Mass.;  Fred- 
eric E.  Huntress.  Lynn.  Mass. ;  Ettore  DeLeo.  Boston,  Mass. ; 
Martin  W.  Madden,  Worcester,  Mass. ;  Thomas  J.  McAuliffe, 
Haverhill,  Mass. ;  Amos  T.  Staples,  Beverly,  Mass. 

Certificates  of  Assistants. — Guy  Wadsworth  Cole. 
Bridgewater,  Mass. ;  Frank  J.  Diamond.  Easthampton,  Mass. ; 


Beverly  N.  MacCready,  Boston,  Mass. ;  Walter  P.  Marble, 
Haverhill,  Mass.  ;  Francis  G.  Miuiter,  Boston,  Mass.  ;  Mau- 
rice B.  Moore,  Cambridge.  Mass. ;  Frank  A.  Morley,  Boston. 
JIass. ;  Freeman  Phillips.  Cambridge.  Mass. ;  Joseph  A.  Robi- 
chaud.  South  Framingham,  Mass. ;  George  Henry  Boden,  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.;  Frederick  T.  Eubanks,  Lowell,  Mass.;  Henry 
F  Gresswich.  Fitchburg.  JIass. ;  George  W.  Grimwood.  Haver- 
hill, Mass. ;  William  A.  Phillips.  Boston,  Mass. ;  William  H. 
Ward,  Chelsea,  JIass. 


Texas. 
Gonzales.  Jan.  1. — Secretary  K.  H.  Walker,  of  the  Texas 
State  Board  of  Phannacy.  announces  that  the  next  examina- 
tion will  be  held  at  a  three  days'  session  beginning  at  9  a.  m., 
January  19,  in  the  Fort  Worth  Jledieal  College  Building. 
Mr.  Walker  says :  "The  Board  of  Pharmacy  is  becoming  more 
useful  and  the  druggists  are  manifesting  more  interest  in  its 
work  and  the  enforcement  of  the  new  law." 


OBITUARY. 


Alabama  Ph.A.  Loses  Charter  Member,  E.  B.  Norton. 
Announcement  is  made  of  the  death  of  E.  B.  Norton,  char- 
ter member  of  the  Alabama  Ph. A.,  and  formerly  its  president, 
at  his  home  in  Birmingham  in  that  State.  Jlr.  Norton  had 
been  in  ill  health,  but  his  death  came  as  a  sudden  shock  to  his 
many  friends.  He  was  born  in  Jlobile  in  1S63  and  at  the 
age  of  thirteen  entered  the  drug  business  and  in  early  life 
advanced  far  enough  to  own  a  store.  In  18S9  he  moved  to 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  and  connected  himself  with  Amzi  Godden. 
Later  he  established  the  Norton  Drug  Store,  which  became 
one  of  the  best-patronized  in  the  city.  He  was  a  member  of 
several  clubs  and  was  a  Consistory  JIason.  His  funeral  was 
largely  attended  and  was  under  the  auspices  of  King  Solomon 
Lodge.     A  widow  and  three  children  survive. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— Thomas  JIoffat,  of  Indianapolis,  is  dead,  aged  fifty-two. 

— George  H.  Bryan,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Georgiana, 
Ala.,  is  dead,  aged  forty-three.     A  widow  survives. 

— Ashley  Cooper,  of  JIannington,  W.  Va.,  is  dead,  aged 
forty-two.  He  was  a  Mason  and  leaves  a  widow  and  two 
daughters. 

— Clarence  O.  Pusey,  of  the  Virginia  General  Supply 
Company,  dealers  in  dental  supplies,  Richmond,  Va.,  was 
recently  killed  by  a  train. 

— Robert  W.  Sackett,  pioneer  resident  and  veteran  drug- 
gist of  Fort  Dodge,  Iowa,  died  recently  of  apoplexy,  aged 
sixty-three.     He  was  wealthy.     His  widow  survives. 

— William  Gordon  Hoople.  a  member  of  the  New  York 
Drug  Trade  Chib.  although  engaged  in  the  leather  business, 
died  recently  at  his  home  in  Brooklyn,  aged  sixty-seven.  Acute 
indigestion  was  the  cause. 

— Joseph  D.  Brown,  of  Irvington,  a  suburb  of  Baltimore, 
died  recently  of  typhoid  fever,  aged  forty-eight.  He  leaves 
a  father,  mother,  widow  and  four  children.  He  was  a  grad- 
uate of  JIarylaud  College  of  Pharmacy. 

— Henry  Avery  Kent,  a  druggist  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  for 
forty  years,  died  recently  in  his  home,  at  322  Jefferson  avenue, 
that  city,  of  pneumonia.  He  was  sixty-eight  years  old.  He 
left  a  widow,  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 

— Jdlius  S.  Cleveland,  junior  member  of  B.  H.  Davis 
&  Co.,  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  is  dead,  aged  forty-seven.  He  had 
been  active  in  business  and  public  affairs  for  a  quarter  of  a 
century.     A  widow  and  two  daughters  survive  him. 

— Abraham  S.  Wiley,  who  had  been  engaged  in  business 
in  Miles  City,  Jlont.,  since  1892,  is  dead,  aged  seventy-five. 
He  was  born  in  Boston  and  in  1854  opened  what  is  now  known 
as  the  Harvard  Square  Drug  Store,  Cambridge.  His  widow, 
who  was  a  daughter  of  William  A.  Brewer,  a  wholesale  drug- 
gist, a  son  and  two  daughters  survive  him. 

— D.wiD  Alverson.  proprietor  of  the  Alverson  Drug  Com- 
pany's store.  South  Bellingham,  Wash.,  died  recently  of  paral- 
ysis. A  widow  survives  him.  He  was  born  in  Saline,  Mich., 
in  1842,  served  in  the  Seventh  Iowa  Volunteers  during  the 
Civil  War,  settled  later  in  Earlham,  Iowa,  moving  to  his  late 
home  in  1891.  Mr.  Alverson  was  prominent  in  the  Grand 
Army  and  other  societies.  He  served  on  the  board  of  educa- 
tion for  nine  years. 


January  7,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


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Granted   December  29,    1908. 

907,808 — Fridtjof  Jebsen.  Christiana,  Norway.  Capsule 
for  bottles  and  the   like. 

907,912— Henry  P.  Stock,  Waukesha,  Wis.  Sheet  metal 
bottle  case. 

907,93.5 — Harry  J.  Wolslayer,  Easton,  Pa.   Display  cabinet. 

907,941 — Otto  Zeitschel.  Hamburig;,  Germany.  Process  for 
the   manufacture  of  esters  of  cyclical   terpene  alcohols. 

907,943 — Alfred  Zucker,  Dresden,  Germany,  assignor  to 
Max  Elb,  Gesellschaft  mit  beschrankter  Haftung.  Dresden, 
Germany.     Carl)onated  ferruginous  bath  composition. 

907,978— Paul  Ehrlich  and  Alfred  Bertheim,  Frankfort-on- 
the-Main,  Germany,  assignors  to  Parbwerke  Torm.  Meister 
Lucius  &  Bruning.  H6chst-on-the-Main,  Germany.  Hydrox- 
yarylarsenoxid. 

908,0.51 — Julius  Voigt.  Schwanheim-on-the-Main,  Germany, 
assignor  to  Chemische  Greisheim  Electron,  Frankfort-on-the- 
Main.   Germany.     Manufacture   of  acetylene   tetrachlorid. 

908,0.59 — Henry  A.  AUwardt,  Detroit.  Mich.,  assignor 
one-half  to  William  J.  Stapleton.  Detroit,  Mich.  Cro^vll  ar- 
ranging and  presenting  device  for  bottling  machines. 

908,163 — Frank  Sonnenfeld  and  Rubin  Fisher,  New  York, 
N.   T.     Bottle. 

908,171 — Albert  Verley.  Paris,  and  Edouard  Urbain  and 
Andrf  Feige,  Gentilly,  France.  Process  of  oxidizing  cam- 
phol  for  the  making  of  camphor. 

908,193 — William  Asbury,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
the  American  Safety  Appliance  Company,  a  corporation  of 
Maine.     Container. 

908,214 — Jeannie  Dickson,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

908,289 — Herman  Lowenstein,  Bellevue,  Ky.  Non-refilla- 
ble  bottle. 

908.207 — Dan  JIartini.  London,  Eng.  Apparatus  for 
ionizing  petroleum  and  its  distillates. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Published  December  29,  1908. 

32.794 — Llewellyn  Whiting  Estes,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Class  6.  A  prepared  herbal  remedy  in  tablet  and  powder 
form  to  be  used  as  a  blood-purifier  and  liver  regulator. 

33.780— George  M.  Parks,  Willows.  Cal.  Class  6.  Reme- 
dies for  dyspepsia.  Indigestion,  sour  stomach,  loss  of  appetite, 
catarrh  of  the  stomach  and  bowels,  disease  of  the  liver  and 
kidney,  constipation  and  general  debility. 

3.5,799 — George  H.  Dietz,  Stockton,  Cal.  Class  6.  Cam- 
phor toilet   cream. 

36.784 — Albert  Radke,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Class  6.  Medic- 
inal tablets  to  be  taken  internally  as  remedies  for  stomach, 
blood,   kidney,  liver  and  bowel  disorders. 

30,861— Ephraim  S.  Wells,  Jersey  City.  N.  J.  Class  6. 
Poison  for  rats,  mice,  vermin  and  insects. 

36.9.53 — J.  C.  Eno,  Ltd.,  London.  Eng.  Class  6.  An  effer- 
vescent fruit  salt  derivative  compound. 

37.016— Mound  City  Paint  &  Color  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Class  6.     Castor  oil. 

37,2.53 — The  Cresaseptic  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class 
6.     A  liquid  disinfectant  and  deodorizer. 

37,369 — Samuel  Lord,  Telluride,  Colo.     Class  6.     Liniment. 

37,441 — Oakford  &  Fahnstock,  Peoria,  111.  Class  6.  Cream 
of  tartar,  baking  powder,  bluing,  Jamaica  ginger,  household 
ammonia  and  dairy  salt. 

37.482 — D.  R.  Bradley  &  Son,  Pleasantville  and  New  York, 
N  Y.  Class  6.  Perfumes,  toilet  water,  sachet  powder  and 
toilet  powder. 

37,483 — Same    as    preceding. 

37.673 — The  Crown  Perfumery  Company,  Loudon,  Eug. 
Class  6.     Perfumes. 

37.817- — Thomas  Brothers.  Waycross,  Ga.  Class  0.  A 
blood   purifier. 

37.957 — Robert  Haase,  Baltimore,  Md.  Class  6.  A  rem- 
edy for  liver  and  kidney  complaints. 

38.033— John  J.  Eckert,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6.  Cough 
drops. 

38.094— Marguerite  C.  Andolin.  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
An   insect  destroyer. 

.38.091— John  Thomas  Clay.   Vidalia,  Ga.     Class  0.     Reme- 


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[Janiiarj-  7,  1909 


stomach    diseases,    rheumatism, 


Sbarou,    Mass.      Class    6. 


dies    for    lung,    lirer,    kidney 
dyspepsia,    indigestion,    etc. 

38.28.5— N.    S.    Loclnvood, 
remedy  for  female  weakness. 

3S,.301— Peterson  H.  Cherry,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Class  6. 
Remedies  for  catarrh,  asthma,  bronchitis,  hay  fever,  coughs, 
colds  and  sore  throat. 

3S.474 — Waterloo  Chemical  Works,  Waterloo,  Iowa.  Class 
6.     Sweeping  compounds. 

38,538 — The  Der-mo-tiue  Company,  Fort  Wayne.  Ind. 
Class  6.     Massage  cream. 

38.6.53 — James  E.  Gasson,  Kenton,  Ohio.     Class  6. 
stroyer  of  vermin  on  the  human  body. 

38,664 — Creole  Chemical   Company,   St.   Louis,   JIo, 
6.     A  tonic  for  the  nerves  and  blood. 

38,698— The    Piso    Company,    Warren,    Pa.      Class 
cream  for  the  complexion. 

38,702— Berta  Schweid,  New  York,  X.  Y.     Class  6. 

38,770— Seraph  J.  Deal.  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Class  6. 
deodorants. 


HEINEMAN-EVANS  COMPANY  TO  CONTINUE. 


A  de- 


Class 


Salve. 
Toilet 


Outlook  for  View  Card  Business. 

Post  card  dealers  everywhere  report  an  exceptionally  good 
holiday  trade  and  the  indications  are  that  the  demand  will 
continue  for  the  Lincoln's  and  Washington's  Birthday,  and  the 
Valentine  and  Easter  lines.  Post  card  dealers  should  make 
their  selections  now,  before  the  jobbers'  and  manufacturers' 
stocks  are  deoleted.  There  is  an  endless  variety  of  such  cards 
on  the  market  at  prices  to  suit  all  buyers.  A  reputable  firm 
in  the  post  card  business,  the  E.  C.  Kropp  Company,  whose 
advertisement  appears  in  this  issue  of  the  Eka,  advises  us 
that  it  has  a  much  better  line  of  goods  at  lower  prices  than 
ever  before.  This  firm  is  well  known  as  a  manufacturer  of 
local  view  cards  and  it  states  that  1909  will  be  a  record 
breaker  in  the  view  card  business.  Information  from  other 
sources  points  the  same  way,  and  therefore  it  will  be  well  for 
dealers  to  order  supplies  early  so  that  they  may  not  be  dis- 
appointed in   delivery. 


Final  Arrangements  for  Drug  Club's  Dance. 
Philadelphia,  Jan.  4. — Every  department  of  the  trade  is 
interested  in  and  will  be  well  represented  at  the  second  annual 
entertainment  and  dance  of  the  Drug  Club  to  be  held  on  the 
night  of  January  11  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford.  Final  arrange- 
ments for  the  affair  were  made  at  the  meeting  of  the  enter- 
tainment committee  on  Saturday  and  it  was  evident  by  the 
demand  for  tickets  that  the  attendance  will  surpass  by  far 
anything  of  the  kind  ever  given  by  drug  interests  in  this  city. 
Placards  announcing  the  event  have  been  placed  in  the  win- 
dows of  two  hundred  retail  stores  in  every  section  of  the  city 
and  the  interest  is  by  no  means  confined  to  the  club  member- 
ship. The  program  is  an  exceptional  one,  while  to  the  dancers 
there  could  be  nothing  more  alluring  than  the  guarantee  of  a 
large  orchestra  and  the  finest  ballroom  in  the  city. 


Eckman's  Alterative  and  Its  Record. 
In  the  era  of  reforms  through  which  civilization  is  now 
passing,  the  present  crusade  against  tuberculosis  will  stand 
out  as  one  of  the  great  humanitarian  movements  in  history. 
Sanitariums  have  been  built  and  medical  investigators  have 
devoted  their  lives  to  the  study  of  the  causation  of  the  disease 
and  in  this  connection  the  Eckman  Manufacturing  Company, 
Market  and  Sixth  streets,  Philadelphia,  commends  to  the 
drug  trade  the  record  of  cures  claimed  to  have  been  effected 
by  Eckmau's  Alterative.  This  remedy  is  handled  by  the 
principal  jobbing  houses  and  wholesales  at  ^16  per  dozen.  The 
Eckman  Company  states  that  it  has  a  special  proposition  to 
make  to  druggists  which  affords  a  large  margin  of  profit,  and 
which  will  be  sent  to  any  pharmacist  on  application  to  the 
home  office. 


Robbers  Waited  in  Drug  Store  for  Street  Car. 
St.  Louis,  Dec.  31.— Dr.  H.  W.  Curtin,  of  3926  North 
Grand  avenue,  was  robbed  in  his  store  a  few  days  ago  by  two 
men  who  entered  during  the  dinner  hour  and  who,  after 
securing  .$6  in  the  register,  §4  in  Dr.  Curtin's  pockets  and 
his  watch,  remained  in  the  store  until  a  street  car  approached, 
upon  which  they  made  their  escape.  Contrary  to  the  usual 
rule,  no  one  entered  the  store  for  several  nnnutes  while  the 
robbers  were  present. 


Committee  of  Creditors  so  Recommend  and  Suggests 
Basis  of  Settlement  at  Fifty  Cents. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  4. — A  second  meeting  of  the  creditors  of 
the  Heineman-Evans  Company,  wholesale  druggists  at  18 
South  Howard  street,  was  held  last  Wednesday.  The  com- 
mittee appointed  at  the  first  meeting  to  investigate  the  affairs 
of  the  corporation  reported  the  results  of  the  inquiry.  The 
company  had  proposed  an  extension  of  three  years,  the  obli- 
gations to  be  paid  in  cash  in  several  instalments,  but  the  com- 
mittee was  of  the  opinion  that  the  state  of  affairs  as  dis- 
closed by  the  inquiry  afforded  no  firm  basis  for  the  expecta- 
tion that  this  arrangement  could  be  carried  out,  and  recom- 
mended instead  payment  of  claims  at  the  rate  of  50  cents  on 
the  dollar,  the  company  to  be  allowed  to  continue  in  business 
on  compliance  with  this  arrangement.  This  proposition  was 
accepted  by  the  company,  and  will  be  carried  out  if  all  the 
creditors  agree. 

According  to  the  schedule  presented  by  the  officers  of  the 
company,  the  assets  are  about  $66,000,  and  the  liabilities 
$35,000,  but  an  examination  satisfied  the  creditors  that  these 
estimates  are  subject  to  important  modifications  and  that  50 
cents  on  the  dollar  is  about  all  that  can  well  be  realized. 

The  company  was  organized  about  four  or  five  years  ago 
as  an  off-shoot  of  Carr,  Owens  &  Heineman.  with  a  capital 
stock  of  .$100,000.  Of  this  amount  only  $70,000  was  issued, 
$30,000,  it  is  said,  being  paid  in  and  the  rest  being  allowed 
for  patent  rights,  formulas  and  good  will  to  the  president, 
Charles  Heineman.  The  creditors'  committee  consists  of 
Charles  Fickenscher,  of  the  Baltimore  Oil  Company,  chair- 
man ;  William  Baker,  of  the  Baker  Glass  Works,  and  John 
S.  Muth,  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists.  February 
1  has  been  fixed  as  the  date  for  final  action  on  the  compromise 
proposition. 

The  embarrassments  of  the  company  were  increased  by  the 
serious  illness  of  Charles  Heineman,  the  directing  figure  in 
its  affairs.  Mr.  Heineman  was  taken  suddenly  ill  with  acute 
indigestion  at  a  smoker  of  the  Baltimore  Drug  Exchange, 
held  some  time  ago,  and  nearly  died.  Since  then  his  health 
has  been  by  no  means  satisfactory  and  he  has  been  unable 
to  give  that  close  attention  to  the  affairs  of  the  concern  which 
they  warranted  or  demanded. 


A  Food-Drink  Now  In  Universal  Use. 
People  generally  are  so  accustomed  to  the  use  of  many  mod- 
ern appliances  that  they  fail  to  thoroughly  appreciate  the 
labor,  work  and  genius  which  produced  them.  Many  workers 
in  the  field  of  food  products  had  eagerly  looked  forward  to  the 
discovery  of  a  method  of  preserving  milk  in  a  dry  form,  but 
it  was  reserved  to  William  Horliek.  of  Racine,  a  quarter  of  a 
century  ago  to  achieve  success.  In  Horlick's  Malted  Milk 
for  the  first  time  in  history  the  discoverer  succeeded  in  so 
combining  rich  milk  with  the  soluble  extracts  of  malted  grain, 
that  it  could  be  preserved  indefinitely,  so  that  in  any  part  of 
the  world,  at  any  time,  a  delicious  and  invigorating  food-drink 
would  be  available  by  simply  stirring  in  water.  Today  it  is 
to  be  had  in  every  corner  of  the  slobe.  even  with  all  the  Arctic 
explorers. 


Booklet  Tells  of  Legal  Trade  Marks. 
G.  Hewlett  Davis,  patent  attorney,  McGill  Building.  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  has  issued  a  booklet  wherein  he  defines  the 
characteristics  of  a  legal  trade  mark,  in  view  of  the  recent 
decisions.  The  application  to  the  goods  must  be  arbitrary. 
Thus,  the  trade  mark  may  be  any  arbitrary  combination  of 
letters,  figures  or  other  characters.  It  may  also  lie  a  pic- 
ture, symbol  or  device  not  illustrative  or  explanatory  of  the 
goods.  The  name  of  a  person,  firm  or  corporation,  written  in 
a  distinctive  manner,  may  be  registered  under  the  provisions 
of  the  present  highly  effective  Trade-Mark  Act.  Other  valua- 
ble information  is  given. 


United  States  Chemical  Co.   Dissolves. 

Washington,  Jan.  4. — The  United  States  Chemical  Com- 
pany, incorporated  here  several  years  ago,  last  Saturday 
filed  papers  in  the  District  Supreme  Court  asking  that  it  be 
allowed  to  discontinue.  In  the  papers  it  is  stated  that  be- 
cause of  the  severity  of  the  District  laws  it  is  impossible  for 
the  company  to  keep  on.  The  patents  and  patent  rights  of  the 
company  are  transferred  to  the  several  officers. 


January  7,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


27 


BUSINESS   RECORD 


Changes   in   Ownership,   New    Drug   Stores,    Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Supplement  to  The  Era  Druggists'  Directory. 


ALABAMA — Birmingham — Gunn  Drug  Company  has 
oppiied  a  new  store  at  223-225  North  Twentieth  street. 

ARKANSAS — H-\zen — Hammon   Drug  Company's  store  ha.s 
been  destroyed  by  fire. 
Little   Rock — Bordeaux   Brothers   will   open   a   new   drug 
store    about    February    1    in    the    new    Capital    Hotel 
Building. 

CALIFORNIA— SissoN—Sisson  Drug  Store,  E.  E.  Thomp- 
son, proprietor,  has  been  succeeded  by  Lawrence  Macken. 
Style  of  firm  will  be  the  same  for  the  present. 
South  Pasadena — E.  U.  Smith  has  opened  a  new  drug 
store  corner  of  Mission  and  Fair  Oaks  streets.  Style  of 
firm  will  be  Raymond  Pharmacy. 

COLORADO— Yampa—G.  Goodwin  and  Fred  Luedke  have 
consolidated  and  will  be  known  hereafter  as  the  Yampa 
Drug  Company,  Inc. 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— WAsniNGTON—Yeatman's 
Drug  Store  is  the  style  of  the  store  at  Seventh  and  H 
streets  N.E.,  formerly  owned  by  James  R.   Stafford. 

FLORIDA — Jacksonville— Taylor  &  Patton,  Florida  ave- 
nue and  Church  street :  firm  dissolved ;  Dr.  J.  N.  Taylor 
will  continue  the  business  at  the  same  address. — West 
End  Pharmacy,  M.  R.  Anderson,  proprietor,  Adams  and 
Bridge  streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  C.  A.  Patton. 

ILLINOIS— Peoria— A.  F.  Campen,  2629  South  Adams 
street,  it  is  reported,  has  been  succeeded  by  George  A. 
Shurtleee. 

INDIANA — Bebne — Hoffman  &  Gottschalk  ;   firm  dissolved  : 
A.  Gottschalk  will  continue  the  business. 
Trafalgar — J.   A.  Gillaspy  has  opened  a  new  drug  store 
here. 

IOWA — Manson — McGinnis  Brothers,  who  recently  bought 
the  P.  W.  Fleming  store  here,  have  resold  it  to  Lyon  & 
Daniel. 
Waterloo — Wangler  Brothers,  East  Fourth  street,  has 
been  incorporated  as  the  Wangler  Brothers  Drug  Com- 
pany;  capital  stock,  .$20,000;  wholesale  and  retail. 

KANSAS — LUDELL — Ludell  Drug  Company  has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  W.  L.  Richman. 

KENTUCKY— HoPKiNSViLLE— Cook  &  Higgins,  it  is  re- 
ported, have  opened  a  new  store  comer  of  Main  street 
and  Second  avenue. 

MASSACHUSETTS— Boston— It  is  reported  that  the  store 
of  Arthur  C.  Morey  in  Beacon  street  has  been  destroyed 
by  fire. 
QuiNCT — C.  F.  Copeland  has  sold  his  two  drug  stores   to 

Charles  H.  Brooks. 
WiLLiAMSTOWN — Farley  &  Candee  have  dissolved  partner- 
ship.    B.    C.   Candee   will   continue   the   business   as   the 
Williams  Pharmacy. 

MICHIGAN — Grand  Ledge — F.  R.  Bromley,  it  is  reported, 
has  been  succeeded  by  H.  Peterson. 
Port  Huron — Laird  &  Co.  and  Wilbur  Sylvester  have 
combined  their  stocks  at  the  Sylvester  location,  203  Hu- 
ron avenue,  and  will  be  known  as  the  Sylvester  Drug 
Store. 

MISSOURI— Appleton  Citt— Schultz  &  Bowman  is  the 
style  of  the  new  drug  store  here. 
St.  Louis — The  Jefferson  Pharmacy,  1313  Jefferson  ave- 
nue ;  out  of  business. — Krummenacher  Drug  Store, 
Tenth  street  and  Lafayette  avenue,  has  been  succeeded 
by  Charles  Borchers.  who  has  moved  the  stock  to  Ne- 
braska and  Occononiac  avenues. — W.  E.  Richmond.  2301 
Franklin  avenue,  has  been  succeeded  by  F.  G.  Kring. — 
C.  G.  Rohlfing  is  the  successor  to  Maey's  Pharmacy  at 
Hogan  and  Cass  avenues. 

MONTANA — BozEMAN — Brammer,    Palmer    Drug    Company 


has  been  incorporated  as  the  Bozeman  Drug  Company. 

NEBRASKA — Nebraska   City — M.    Bradley   has   been    suc- 
ceeded by  E.  A.  Brown. 
Strang — L.  R.  King,  it  is  reported,  has  been  succeeded  by 
Loren   Monroe. 

NEW  JERSEY — Camden — McAdams  Lakeside  Pharmacy, 
it  is  reported,  is  the  style  of  the  new  drug  store  comer 
Haddon  and  Haighn  streets. 

NEW  YORK— Poughkeepsie— W.  A.  Clapp,  229  Main 
street,  it  is  reported,  has  been  succeeded  by  Thomas  J. 
Driscoll. 

NORTH  DAKOTA— Fargo— C.  G.  Nickell,  .503  Front  street, 
has  been  succeeded  by  Economy  Drug  Company. 
Gwinner — Nickells  Drug  Store  is  a  new  pharmacy  opened 
here. 

OHIO — Conneaut — Frank  H.  Whitmore,  it  is  reported,  has 
succeeded  A.  H.  Symonds. 

OREGON — PoRTL.\ND — Physicians  Prescription  Company. 
Corbett  Building,  is  the  stvie  of  the  new  drug  store  here. 

PENNSYLVANIA— HUMMELSTOWN— I.    R.    Ruff,    formerly 
of  Philadelphia,   has   purchased   the   stock   here   of   S.   M. 
Killough,  lately  deceased,  and  will  continue  the  business. 
Johnstown — W.    H.    Kredel,    Market    square,    store    de- 
stroyed by  fire :  loss.  $.5000. 
Monongahela — George  T.   Linn ;   out  of  business. 
NoRRiSTOW'N — Curtis  Huzzard,  Arch  and  Airy  streets,  has 
been   succeeded   by   Fred    Kimberlin :    Mr.    Huzzard    will 
shortly  open  a  new  store  in  Marshall  street. 
Philadelphia — Fred    Erwin    has    purchased    the    store    of 
Gardner  &  Co.,  corner  Kensington  avenue  and  Westmore- 
land   street. — Finnerty's    Prescription    Pharmacy,    Eight- 
eenth and  McKean  streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  C.  W. 
Bahl. — Freeman    &    Pettyjohn.    Twentieth    and    Lombard 
streets,   has  been   succeeded   by   B.   F.   Ginder. — Solomon 
Keyser,   Seventh  and  Mifflin  streets,   has  been  succeeded 
by  J.  Goldhaber. — Henry  J.  Lackenmayer  has  purchased 
the  store  at  Twentieth  and  Tioga  streets  formerly  owned 
by  A.  H.   Prum. — S.  C.   Seff.   Seventh   and   Pine  streets, 
store  damaged  by  fire ;   loss,  $.500. — O.   Zion  has  opened 
a  new  drug  store  at  Fifty-sixth  street  and  Girard  avenue. 
Williamsburg — P.  S.  Lucas  has  succeeded  H.  G.  Peterson, 

lately  deceased. 
York — .Joseph  S.  Lewis  has  moved  from  655  to  701  West 
Market  street. 

TENNESSEE— Henby—R.  T.  Ray,  store  damaged  by  fire: 
loss,  $1500. 

TEXAS — Dallas — J.  E.  Flanagan  ;  out  of  business. 

Port    Arthur — Dr.    E.    L.    Rothrock.    it    is    reported,    has 

been  succeeded  by  M.  A.  Hart. 
Wichita     Falls — Shivers-White     Drug     Company     have 
opened  a  new  drug  store  here. 

VERMONT— WiNOOSKi— J.  Henry  McGreevy,  92  Malletts 
Bay  avenue,  has  been  succeeded  by  his  father,  Patrick 
McGreevy. 

WASHINGTON — Othello — Tulles  &  Gregg,  proprietors  of 
the  Othello  Pharmacy,  have  dissolved ;  C.  M.  Tulles  will 
continue  the  business  alone. 

WEST  VIRGINIA— Parkeesbueg— The  Depot  Pharmacy, 
W.  B.  Skirvin,  proprietor,  has  moved  from  the  comer  of 
Sixth  and  Avery  streets  to  Seventh  and  Green  streets. 

WISCONSIN — Luxembourg — Hector  Francar  has  opened  a 
new  store   here. 


New  Drug  Firm  in  Philadelphia. 
Phil-Adelphia,  Dec.  31. — Miller,  Lyons  &  Co.  is  the  name 
of  a  new  wholesale  firm,  selling  to  the  retail  drug  trade, 
which  has  opened  for  business  at  38  North  Sixth  street.  It 
will  carry  stationery,  wrapping  p.aper,  rubber  goods,  drug- 
gists' sundries  and  leather  goods.  The  members  of  the  com- 
pany have  been  associated  with  the  sales  department  of  some 
of  the  largest  manufacturing  concerns  in  the  country. 


Dow's  Happy  New  Year  Greeting. 

Patrons  of  the  Dow  drug  stores  in  Cincinnati  received  neat 
and  timely  Merry  Christmas  and  Happy  New  Year  greetings 
in  printed  form,  in  addition  to  holiday  decorations.  Father 
Stewart's  prayer  wishing  "good  to  al!  men  and  all  places"  is 
made  the  text  of  a  homily  on  the  betterment  of  life  and  im- 
provement of  property'  in  Cincinnati.  The  subject  is  treated 
with  suflicient  seriousness  to  do  much  good. 


28 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  7,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


BIG  ACTIVITY  IN  ITALIAN  PEODUCTS. 


Extreme  to  Prohibitive  Prices  Ruling  on  Products  from 
the  Regions  of  Recent  Devastation. 

Xew  Yobk.  Jan.  4. — Due  to  the  holidays,  trading  in  drugs 
and  chemicals  has  been  very  limited.  With  the  market  prac- 
tically closed  during  three  days  of  the  week  and  business  in 
the  jobbing  district  almost  suspended,  the  general  market  has 
presented  very  little  in  the  way  of  new  features  or  important 
developments,  except  for  the  various  Italian  products,  which 
have  displayed  considerable  animation.  The  earthquake  in 
Italy  and  its  ultimate  effect  upon  the  market  for  the  products 
grown  in  the  devastated  region  is  still  a  topic  of  interest, 
and  while  a  sharp  advance  in  prices  has  taken  place  on  the 
various  essences,  oils  and  citric  acid,  holders  are  quoting  with- 
out offer.  It  will  be  some  time  before  any  quotations  with  any 
degree  of  stability  are  established  and  great  caution  is  being 
exercised  by  the  trade  in  accepting  orders  for  these  goods. 
Holders  of  stocks  are  awaiting  the  extreme  prices  likely  to 
prevail.  From  London  on  the  1st  instant  have  come  advices 
that  oil  of  bergamot  was  $T..50  per  pound,  oil  of  orange  $5.00 
and  oil  of  lemon  $4.00  without  offer,  and  for  small  quantities 
only,  with  likelihood  of  farther  sharp  advances.  Manna  has 
been  declining  recently  owing  to  competition,  but  the  destruc- 
tion of  a  large  stock  by  the  Sicilian  earthquake  has  caused 
a  reaction  and  it  is  now  advancing  for  the  same  reason  as 
citric  acid,  which  advanced  5c.  per  pound  immediately  upon 
advices  that  the  devastation  was  very  serious.  There  will 
undoubtedly  also  be  a  big  advance  in  olive  oil.  Opium  is 
cabled  higher  in  primary  markets  with  sellers  holding  off  for 
still  higher  prices,  which  are  expected  to  rule  as  soon  as 
large  American  consumers  enter  the  Smyrna  market.  Con- 
stantinople is  getting  low  on  stock.  The  botanicals  have 
developed  nothing  of  particular  interest.  Hungarian  chamo- 
mile is  higher  and  a  cargo  of  new  crop  of  German  lovage  root 
has  arrived. 

Opium. — The  reports  from  Smyrna  show  a  higher  and 
firmer  market  with  the  opinion  that  much  higher  prices  will 
prevail  as  soon  as  the  large  American  consumers  commence 
to  buy  in  that  market.  Constantinople  is  getting  low  down  in 
stock  and  the  only  source  of  supply  for  manufacturing  de- 
scriptions will  be  Smyrna,  with  a  very  strong  syndicate  holding 
over  three-fourths  of  the  stock.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for 
the  week  ending  December  11  amount  to  1941  cases,  as 
against  1307  cases  for  the  same  period  last  year.  The  total 
arrivals  to  January  2  amount  to  197S  cases.  Mail  advices 
from  Smyrna  fully  confirm  previous  cables  of  stronger  pri- 
mary markets.  One  letter,  dated  December  14,  says :  "The 
sales  early  this  week  amounted  to  1.5  cases  new  talequale  at 
12s.  3d.,  but  since  the  9th  owing  to  serious  reports  of  frost 
damage  to  the  opium  plantations  all  sellers  have  withdrawn 
and  only  a  few  needy  holders  are  open  to  sell,  but  at  an 
advance  of  6d.  to  8d.  per  pound.  Our  opinion  is  that  buyers 
will  pay  this  advance,  and  still  higher  prices  will  be  ruling  as 
soon  as  large  American  consumers  begin  buying  on  this 
market." 

Quinine  Sui-phate. — The  situation  has  developed  no  fea- 
tures of  new  interest.  Manufacturers  report  a  moderate  de- 
mand for  small  lots  and  the  market  remains  in  a  steady  posi- 
tion on  the  former  basis  of  1.5c.  for  lots  of  100  ounces.  The 
outside  market  is  quiet.  Second  hands  are  doing  a  routine 
business. 

Sodium  Bicarbonate. — This  article  has  been  marked  up 
10c.  per  100  pounds  by  the  manufacturers  and  the  revised 
range  is  $1.35@$1.45,  as  to  container,  the  inside  figure  for 
barrels. 

Santonin. — During  the  week  there  has  existed  a  rather 
better  supply,  some  small  arrivals  having  <;ome  to  hand,  but 
the  market  shows  no  abatement  of  strength  and  quotations 
are  well  sustained  at  $4.75  per  pound  for  crystals  and  $5  per 
pound  for  powdered. 

Copaiba. — Owing  to  the  scarcity,  the  market  is  stronger, 
especially  for  the  South  American  pure,  and  there  are  very 
few  shipments  coming  forward  from  producing  markets.   Quo- 


tations have  been  marked  up  to  47%@50c.,  as  to  quantity, 
and  holders  are  not  anxious  sellers. 

XoBWEGiAX  Cod  Liveb  Oil. — A  fairly  good  seasonable  out- 
let exists  and  quotations  are  steadily  maintained  at  $22''rt$26 
per  barrel,  as  to  brand  and  quantity.  According  to  advices 
received  yesterday  only  about  6.500  barrels  of  the  last  crop 
are  available  in  Norway  and  primary  markets  are  reported 
firm.  Cables  received  are  to  the  effect  that  extremely  rough 
weather  is  interfering  with  the  fishing. 

Soap  Babk. — This  article  is  in  moderate  demand  and 
steady  with  the  whole  held  at  14@17c.,  cut  or  crushed  at  17@ 
20e.  and  powdered  at  20(S;25c.  Stocks  are  under  close  control 
and  the  tendency  of  prices  is  upward. 

Beeswax. — There  is  a  fair  consuming  request  with  v^ues 
ruling  steady  at  42(54.8c.  per  pound  for  ordinary  pure,  and 
47@50c.  per  pound  for  selected. 

Fennel. — The  German  variety  was  cabled  firmer  abroad 
with  stocks  very  light  at  the  sources  of  supply.  Local  dealers 
are  disposed  to  offer  cautiously  at  lC,(o  20c.  per  pound,  as  to 
grade  and  quantity.     Powdered  is  held  at  20(S25c.  per  pound. 

Camphor. — Higher  prices  for  this  product  have  been  ca- 
bled from  abroad  and  local  dealers  are  firmer  in  their  views, 
but  domestic  refiners  are  still  quoting  oOc.  for  bulk  in  barrels 
and  51c.  for  4-ounce  squares  in  cases. 

Sunflower  Seed. — The  foreign  seed  is  offered  more  freely 
owing  to  the  increased  supplies,  and  the  tone  of  the  market  is 
easier  with  sellers  at  3y2@4c.  in  large  quantities. 

Oxalic  Acid. — The  tone  of  the  market  is  easier  in  sympa- 
thy with  lower  contract  prices  for  the  new  year,  and  spot 
quotations  have  been  reduced  to  6%@6%c.,  as  to  quantity, 
quality  and  seller. 

Cascar.\  Sagbada. — The  demand  for  spot  remains  quiet, 
but  considerable  interest  has  been  manifested  in  the  announce- 
ment to  the  effect  that  the  Pacific  Cascara  Company  had  been 
incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Oregon,  with  a  capital  stock  of 
$250,000,  of  which  more  than  $127,000  is  said  to  have  been 
paid  in.  The  business  of  the  company  will  be  "the  handling 
of  all  kinds  of  medicinal  barks,  roots,  herbs,  etc.,  foimd  on 
the  Pacific  Coast  and  especially  that  of  cascara  sagrada 
bark." 

Lovage  Root. — A  shipment  of  new  crop  has  arrived  and  is 
found  to  be  exceedingly  good  quality  for  the  German  variety. 

Eegot. — Reports  from  the  primary  sources  of  supply  come 
very  strong  and  the  tendency  seems  to  be  for  much  higher 
prices  for  both  the  Spanish  and  Russian. 

Chamomile  Flowebs. — The  market  is  getting  bare  of  stock 
of  the  Hungarian  (often  sold  as  German)  and  prices  have 
been  advanced  to  40@45c.  per  pound  for  good  quality.  Quo- 
tations are  being  made  in  some  quarters  at  slightly  lower  fig- 
ures, but  the  quality  is  not  good,  being  dark  and  full  of  stalks. 

SictLT  Sumac. — No  offers  are  being  accepted  either  for 
piompt  or  forward  delivery,  and  all  quotations  have  been 
withdrawn. 

Manna. — While  this  product  has  been  declining  lately 
owing  to  competition,  it  is  now  held  at  firm  prices,  with  the 
tone  of  the  market  stronger  in  sympathy  with  corresponding 
conditions  in  Europe  and  the  destruction  of  a  great  amount 
of  stock  in  the  recent  earthquake.  Dealers  offer  very  cau- 
tiously at  S0@90c.  per  pound  for  large  flake  and  .53r<(5Sc.  per 
pound  for  small  flake. 

Citric  Acid. — The  advance  amounts  to  5c.  on  the  pound 
and  the  price  for  crystals  is  now  41%c.  and  powdered  42c.  per 
pound  in  kegs.  There  is  considciable  demand,  which  is  un- 
doubtedly stimulated  by  the  uncertain  condition  of  affairs  in 
primary  markets  for  the  crude,  but  manufacturers  will  sell 
sparingly  and  decline  to  enter  contracts  for  forward  delivery. 
There  have  been  no  direct  advices  from  Sicily,  as  far  as  can 
be  ascertained,  and  there  is  considerable  speculation  as  to  the 
future  course  of  the  market.  There  is  an  advance  on  citrates 
amounting  to  4c.  a  pound  in  sympathy  with  the  advance  on 
citric   acid. 

Castile  Soap. — The  price  for  Conti's  white  will  probably 
be  13(5 14c.  per  pound  owing  to  the  great  scarcity  of  olive  oil 
to  make  the  soap  and  the  destruction  of  many  olive  groves 
in  the  recent  earthquake. 


Suspicious. 

"What  is  the  outlook  for  the  depositors  of  the  defunct 
bank?" 

"Dark.  It  has  just  been  announced  that  the  bank  will  pay 
in   full." 


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FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 

Middletown 

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McMonagle  &  Rogers. 

Ex-Pres.  N.  T. 

State  Phar. 

Assn. 

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photograph. 

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furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

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request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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As  shown  in  the  Era  prices  current  the  earth- 
quake in  Sicilj'  has  had  a  disturbing  effect  upon  quo- 
tations for  all  the  Sicilian  products,  especially  lemon 
oil,  citrate  of  lime  and  citric  acid.  It  is  still  too  early 
to  predict  the  ultimate  values  that  will  obtain,  for 
news  of  the  effects  of  the  first  shocks  upon  these  prod- 
ucts has  been  both  slow  in  coming  and  extremely 
meager  in  character.  Moreover,  the  first  upheaval 
has  been  followed  by  several  other  disturbances,  more 
or  less  severe,  so  that  the  extent  of  the  calamity  can- 
not yet  be  accurately  measured. 

Meanwhile  general  sjTiipathy  goes  out  to  the  vic- 
tims of  the  calamity  and  everybody  wiU  join  in  the 
hope  that  the  suft'erings  of  the  survivors  may  be  alle- 
viated and  their  losses  recouped  as  quickly  as  possi- 
ble. America's  response  to  the  call  for  aid,  which 
has  been  generous  and  prompt,  is  the  best  evidence 
of  our  practical  sympathy  for  the  qudke-stricken  in- 
habitants of  the  earth-rent  region  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  Straits  of  Messina. 


NOVELTIES  IN  WINDOW   DISPLAYS. 


The  Era's  Cash  Prize  Competition  brings  out  thia 
week  an  interesting  illustration  of  a  moving  window 
display  which  sends  the  cash  prize'  to  a  Michigan 
druggist.  Materials  and  electric  motors  are  now  so 
low  in  price  that  with  a  little  ingenuity  and  some  pa- 
tience similar  scenes  can  be  installed  in  almost  any 
drug  store  window.  With  the  Era's  $5  cash  prize 
as  an  additional  incentive  there  ought  to  be  many 
attractive  window  displays  of  this  description. 

On  advertising  page  6  of  this  issue  will  be  found 
the  conditions  of  the  Cash  Prize  Competition.  Drug- 
gists who  have  not  yet  taken  an  interest  in  the  Com- 
petition should  read  the  offer  and  prepare  to  win  one 
of  the  prizes. 

PRESENT   PHARMACY   BOARD   SATISFACTORY. 


One  reason,  heretofore  imsuspected,  for  Governor 
Hughes '  disapproval  of  the  Whitney-Wainwright  act 
of  the  last  Legislature,  is  disclosed  in  the  following 
recommendation  which  he  makes  to  the  Legislature 
of  1909. 

"Associated  with  the  question  of  public  health  is  the  need  of 
Improved  legislation  regarding  the  sale  of  drugs.  Our  present 
system  of  supervision  is  faulty.  The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
consists  of  fifteen  members  elected  by  licensed  pharmacists  and 
druggists.  The  State  has  no  proper  control  over  the  selectlong 
and  the  members  of  the  board  are  not  properly  accountable  to 
State  authority.  Yet  to  the  board  so  constituted  are  committed 
important  powers  with  regard  to  the  enforcement  of  the  laws  of 
the  State  relating  to  drugs  and  the  collection  of  the  penalties 
for  infraction  of  these  laws.  Without  intending  to  pass  the 
slightest  criticism  upon  the  members  of  the  board  or  the  mo- 
tives which  prompted  this  legislation,  it  would  seem  obvloui 
that  it  is  incompatible  with  a  proper  theory  of  State  admlnls- 
tratlon.  State  officers  enforcing  State  laws  should  either  be 
elected  bv  the  people  or  appointed  by  officers  responsible  to  the 


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[January  14,  1909 


people.  I  recommend,  therefore,  tbe  revision  of  the  laws  rela- 
ting to  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  proper  amendments  to 
secure  such  additional  restrictions  with  regard  to  the  sale  of 
drugs  as  may   be  advisable." 

The  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  i-equires 
no  defense.  The  implied  criticisms  made  by  the  Gov- 
ernor have  no  basis  for  existence  beyond  the  com- 
plaints of  persons  who  have  suffered  through  enforce- 
ment of  the  law.  The  present  method  of  selecting 
members  of  the  board  and  its  composition  have  given 
to  the  State  a  highlj-  representative  organization. 
There  has  been  no  opportimity  for  governors  to  re- 
ward friends  by  appointment  to  positions  on  the 
board  and  in  every  way  the  rights  and  interests  of 
pharmacists  are  now  recognized  and  protected,  ex- 
cept so  far  as  the  Whitney-Wainwright  reforms 
would  improve  conditions.  Somebody  evidently  has 
been  endeavoring  to  mislead  the  Governor.  Who 
is  it? 


PHYSICIAN    DISAGREES    WITH    DR.    WILEY. 


j\Iueh  interest  has  been  aroused  by  the  publica- 
tion in  the  Medical  Record  of  a  paper  in  which  Prof. 
E.  E.  Smith  reviews  and  dissects  the  data  in  one  of 
Dr.  Wiley's  bulletins  regarding  the  effects  of  the 
benzoates  upon  the  human  system.  On  page  36  we 
print  the  conclusions  reached  by  Dr,  Smith.  Briefly, 
he  concludes,  upon  the  facts  presented  by  the  Gov- 
ernment chemist,  that  the  effects  ascribed  to  the  ben- 
zoates could  be  and  probably  were  due  to  other 
causes  than  the  use  of  the  preservative. 

The  question  raised  is  a  most  interesting  one,  aside 
from  its  commercial  importance  to  many  interests. 
The  publication  of  this  phase  of  the  discussion  in  the 
Medical  Record  will  no  doubt  arouse  other  investi- 
gators to  have  their  say  on  the  subject  and  some  val- 
uable contributions  to  preservative  literature  may  be 
looked  for. 


THE    RETENTION   OF   DR,    WILEY, 


Despite  the  strenuous  efforts  made  to  displace  Dr, 
Wiley  from  his  position  at  the  head  of  the  Bureau 
of  Chemistry,  it  is  not  likely  that  they  will  succeed. 
The  more  his  enemies  tight  the  harder  his  friends 
work  for  him  and  in  addition  unexpected  sources  of 
strength  are  developed.  In  the  latter  direction  the 
President's  friction  with  Congress  has  served  to  give 
Dr.  Wiley  increased  support  by  Congressmen  and 
the  opportunity  to  display  at  once  resentment  of  Jlr. 
Roosevelt's  criticisms  and  approval  of  Dr.  Wiley's 
enforcement  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  is 
found  in  making  up  the  annual  approjiriations  for 
the  Department  of  Agriculture.  The  committee  pro- 
poses to  give  Dr.  Wiley  a  substantial  increase  in  his 
appropriation  for  enforcing  the  law,  but  at  the  same 
time  provides  that  none  of  the  fimds  shall  go  to  the 
support  of  Mr.  Roosevelt's  Referee  Board,  the  legal 
existence  of  which  is  disputed  by  the  Congressmen. 

Resolutions  against  the  removal  of  Dr.  Wiley 
passed  by  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  A, Ph. A. 
will  no  doubt  be  duplicated  by  all  the  pharmaceutical 
associations  in  the  country  if  their  necessity  should 
become  apparent.  There  can  be  no  disputing  the 
fact  that  public  opinion  sustains  the  chemist.  He 
may  not  have  done  everything  just  as  everybody 


would  like,  but  the  good  he  has  done  so  far  outweighs 
any  lapses  that  the  people  generally  are  disposed  to 
overlook  what  the  few  directly  affected  consider  to 
bt  detrimental  to  their  interests.  Despite  any  faults 
he  may  have,  with  his  sincerity  unquestioned  even 
by  his  enemies,  it  cannot  be  disputed  that  in  the  main 
Dr.  Wiley  has  the  support  of  the  great  majority  of 
the  American  people. 

FREE  DRUGS  FOR  NEEDY  FAMILIES. 


One  of  the  banes  of  the  drug  trade  is  the  con.stant 
demands  made  upon  retailers  to  place  advertisements 
in  programmes  of  charitable  and  other  entertain- 
ments, for  the  purchase  of  tickets  for  benefits  and 
for  the  donation  of  cash  prizes  to  contests  of  various 
descriptions,  often  not  even  for  charitable  purposes 
but  money-making  aft'airs  for  private  persons.  Many 
druggists  have  contributed  under  mental  protest  and 
have  often  thought  of  a  way  to  stop  or  minimize  the 
drain  on  their  profits  without  giving  offense  or  seem- 
ing to  be  penurious.  The  Owl  Drug  Company,  hav- 
ing a  chain  of  stores  in  Pacific  Coast  cities,  has 
solved  the  problem  to  its  o\\"n  satisfaction  and  in  a 
way  that  may  suggest  itself  to  others  who  have 
fretted  under  demands  that  often  have  come  close  to 
blackmail. 

Believing  that  it  ought  to  do  something  toward 
the  public  good,  the  company  announces  that  instead 
of  contributing  to  the  many  organizations  and  per- 
sons who  have  made  demands  for  aid  it  will  hereafter 
fuimish  free  of  charge  to  the  worthy  poor  anj'  pre- 
scription presented  at  any  of  its  stores,  when  certi- 
fied by  a  note  or  order  signed  by  any  licensed  physi- 
cian or  surgeon.  All  the  doctors  have  been  notified 
and  their  part  is  simplified  by  the  fact  that  the  order 
may  be  written  on  the  back  of  one  of  their  cards,  no 
elaborate  red  tape  being  u.sed  to  tie  the  offer  away 
from  popular  reach.  Confronted  with  an  offer  like 
this  of  free  drugs  for  all  needy  families,  how  can  the 
solicitors  of  aid  for  charity  or  other  causes  be  persist- 
ent in  their  demands?  What  more  could  be  ex- 
pected in  the  way  of  giving  relief  of  a  practical  and 
substantial  nature  to  the  poor  of  a  communitj^  ? 

HOW   LIES  ABOUT   SODA  WATER  ARE   STARTED. 


Newspapers  have  recently  published  a  story  from 
South  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  to  the  effect  that  after  two 
young  women  had  partaken  of  soda  water,  one  of 
them  had  been  stricken  with  ptomaine  poisoning  and 
was  dying.  Just  why  the  other  young  woman  es- 
caped did  not  appear. 

Investigation  shows  that  this  attack  upon  soda 
water  was  a  lie  in  every  respect,  except  that  the  vic- 
tim was  stricken  with  appendicitis.  Neither  of  the 
two  young  women  had  partaken  of  any  foimtain 
beverages,  but  they  had  eaten  ice  cream  some  time 
before  at  a  candy  store.  There  were  no  ptomaines 
in  the  ice  cream  and  there  was  no  excuse  for  the  lie, 
except  the  desire  of  some  enemy  of  fountain  bever- 
ages to  try  to  prejudice  the  public. 

Of  the  two  members  so  far  chosen  for  President- 
elect Taft's  cabinet  druggists  are  chiefly  interested 
in  the  selection  of  Prank  H.  Hitchcock  for  the  office 


January  14,  1909] 


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of  Postmaster  General.  With  an  enormous  deficit  to 
overcome  the  new  incumbent  will  have  a  difBcult 
task,  but  he  has  demonstrated  his  ability  as  an  or- 
ganizer and  as  a  business  man  and  maj^  be  expected 
to  greatly  reduce  the  waste,  if  he  does  not  entirely 
eliminate  it.  In  the  way  of  suggestion  it  may  be 
said  that  invasion  of  the  field  of  the  freight  and  ex- 
press carriers  of  the  country  is  not  one  of  the  ways 
of  reducing  the  deficit. 

Eoyal  assent  having  been  given  to  the  British 
Poisons  and  Pharmacy  Bill  that  measure  is  now  a 
law  and  no  longer  will  it  be  possible  to  operate 
chemists'  shops  without  having  qualified  chemists  or 
pharmacists  engaged  in  the  business.  The  new  law 
is  a  step  forward,  but  there  is  room  for  improvement. 

Yesterday,  January  13,  marked  the  record  anniversary  of 
three  score  years  and  two  of  active  business  in  one  location 
held  by  Z.  James  Belt,  the  druggist  of  601  Market  strwi. 
Wilmington.  Del.  Mr.  Belt,  after  his  long  tour  of  public 
service  as  a  pharmacist,  during  which  he 
has  won  the  esteem  and  respect  of  other 
business  men  and  citizens,  has  decided  to 
retire  to  private  life  and  permit  some 
younger  man  to  carry  the  burden  of  con- 
ducting what  is  credited  with  being  the 
oldest   drug  store   in   the   State   of  Dela- 

•••^re. 

■»'he  pharmacy  was  first  opened  on  Sep- 
tember 30.  1S30.  by  the  late  Edward 
Bringhurst.  At  the  time  the  other  busi- 
ness men  in  Wilmington  laughed  at  the 
foimder  of  the  store  for  erecting  such  a 
building  out  in  the  country,  but  after 
events  have  told  their  own  story.  The 
first  plate  glass,  the  first  tile  floor  and 
the  first  gold  laTjels  on  glass  bottles  were 
used  on  the  equipment  of  this  store. 

Z.  James  Belt  entered  the  employ  of 
Edward  Bringhurst  in  the  capacity  of 
an  apprentice  on  January  13,  1847.  and 
after  being  there  for  twelve  years  was 
married.  In  18.56  Edward  Bringhur.st 
retired  from  active  business  life  and  the 
business  was  continued  under  the  firm 
name  of  E.  Bringhurst  &  Co..  the  mem- 
bers of  the  "company"  being  Ferris 
Bringhurst  and  Z.  James  Belt.  Ferris 
Bringhurst  was  afterwards  injured  by  the 
explosion  of  a  retort  and  died  four  days 
later.  During  the  Centennial  year  the 
senior  Bringhurst  retired  from  the  busi- 
ness and  since  that  time  it  has  been  conducted  by  the  present 
owner.  The  business  has  been  a  most  prosperous  one  and  it 
was  the  active  supervision  of  the  work  which  has  occasioned 
the  owner  to  desire  a  well-deserved  rest  and  his  consequent 
proposed  retirement.  The  store  is  now  one  of  the  most  centrally 
located  in  Wilmington,  vindicating  the  judgment  of  its  founder. 

Mr.  Belt,  although  seventy-six  years  old.  looks  very  much 
younger.  He  never  has  missed  a  day  at  his  pharmacy,  but 
has  devoted  a  part  of  his  time  regularly  to  outdoor  life.  Fresh 
air  and  a  methodical  well-regulated  existence  have  tended  to 
keep  Mr.  Belt  in  good  health  and  to  that  also  he  attributes  a 
large  measure  of  his  success.  Mr.  Belt  gives  to  each  of  his 
employes  two  hours  off  daily  for  recreation  and  outdoor  exer- 
cise in  addition  to  the  regular  intervals  for  meals. 

The  scarcity  of  woods  from  which  much  of  the  paper  has 
been  produced  during  the  last  twenty  years  has  caused  the 
attention  of  paper  manufacturers  to  be  directed  to  the  prac- 
tical value  of  agricultural  products  as  suitable  material  for 
paper  making,  according  to  F.  P.  Weitch,  Chief  of  the  Paper 
Laboratory  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry.  Mr  Weitch  declares 
that  the  scarcity  of  wood  has  caused  concern  to  the  manufac- 
turers of  paper,  and  there  are  constant  inquiries  from  them  as 
to  the  possibility  of  making  paper  from  new  materials.     All 


kinds  of  wild  and  cultivated  plants  are  now  being  used  on  a 
manufacturing  scale,  because  experiments  have  shown  that 
practically  all  fibrous  vegetable  material  will  make  paper,  the 
quality  being  governed  by  the  percentage  of  fiber  sutlioieutly 
resistant  to  stand  the  action  of  the  chemicals.  The  materials 
suitable  for  paper  making  include  seed  hairs,  best  fibers,  such 
as  flax,  hemp,  common  nettle  paper,  and  mulberry ;  stems 
and  leaves  of  straws  and  grasses,  corn,  sugar  cane,  and  the 
various  kinds  of  woods.  It  is  estimated  that  more  than  3.000,- 
OOO  tons  of  paper  are  made  annually,  80  per  cent  of  which  be- 
comes waste  material  within  three  years. 

"Here  is  the  badge  of  the  complete  Americanizing  of  a 
Chinaman,"'  said  a  drug  clerk  who  was  'putting  up  a  box  of 
quinine  capsules.  "Most  Chinese  are  slow  about  forswearing 
Oriental  drugs  and  quackery.  Many  of  them  live  here  for 
years  before  they  can  be  tempted  to  sample  Occidental  medi- 
cines, and  some  of  them  live  and  die  without  making  the  ex- 
p(  riment.  In  fact,  when  a  Chinaman  turns  cosmopolitan  tak- 
ing American  medicines  is  his  final  accomi)lishment.  But 
when  he  does  get  the  medicine  habit  quinine  is  his  long  suit. 
Whether  or  not  it  is  good  for  what  ails  him,  every  Chinaman 
who  has  learned  to  patronize  American  drug  stores  feeds  his 
system  with  quinine  pills." 


Z.  JAMES 
Veteran  Wilmington 


There  is  a  widespread  popular  belief 
in  England,  and,  indeed,  throughout 
Western  Europe,  that  stinging  by  bees 
is  a  cure  for  rheumatism  and  allied  ail- 
ments. Over  a  year  ago  Dr.  ■  Ainley 
Walker,  of  Oxford,  asked  in  the  chief 
medical  and  scientific  journals  for  trust- 
worthy evidence  as  to  the  success  or  fail- 
ure of  this  popular  treatment.  The  poison 
which  the  bee  injects  is  formic  acid  and 
Dr.  Walker's  attention  had  been  drawn 
to  the  popular  belief  by  certain  observa- 
tions of  his  own  "which  seemed  to  sug- 
gest a  possible  relationship  between  some 
of  the  phenomena  of  acute  rheumatism 
and  abnormal  production  of  formic  acid 
in  the  body"  under  the  action  of  a  micro- 
organism. He  has  now  received,  says 
The  ilanchester  Guardian,  an  interesting 
l>ody  of  mainly  favorable  testimony,  much 
of  it  from  medical  observers.  But  the 
most  interesting  evidence  of  all  is  that  of 
an  Austrian,  Dr.  Terc.  who  has  been 
using  the  treatment  systemiitically  and. 
as  he  claims,  successfully,  for  years,  and 
has  dealt  with  seven  hundred  cases. 

Dr.  Terc  published  an  account  of  his 
method  and  results  twenty  years  ago. 
but  his  paper  was  generally  ignored.  He 
has  found  that  a  rheumatic  subject  is  less 
susceptible  to  bee  stings  than  a  healthy 
person ;  the  secondary  swelling,  which 
normally  lasts  a  few  days,  fails  to  appear.  His  treatment 
is  to  continue  the  stinging  until  a  stage  is  reached  when  even 
in  a  rheumatic  subject  this  swelling  begins  to  appear.  At 
this  stage  there  is  a  marked  improvement  in  the  rheiimatic 
symptoms.  The  stinging  is  then  carried  on,  and  after  a  fur- 
ther stage  is  reached  when  the  swelling  again  fails  to  appear, 
however  many  stings  are  applied,  and  this  development  of  im- 
munity to  stings  is  accompanied  by  a  complete  cure  for  rheu- 
matism, the  cure  enduring  as  long  as  the  immunity  remains. 
Sometimes  a  dozen  stings  complete  the  whole  process:  some- 
times hundreds  are  necessary. — Dundee  Advertiser. 


BELT. 
(Del.)   Pharmacist 


The  Presbyterian  ministers  of  Philadelphia  are  about  to 
apply  for  a  charter  for  an  organization  that  will  be  known  as 
the  Ministerial  Sustentation  Fund.  It  purposes  to  provide  an 
annuity  of  $500.  beginning  at  the  age  of  seventy,  for  ministers 
who  have  served  at  least  thirty  years  in  the  church,  and  an 
annuity  of  $100,  beginning  at  the  same  age.  for  those  who 
have  seized  less  than  thirty  years,  with  $10  additional  for 
each  year  of  service.  An  annuity  of  three-fifths  of  what  would 
be  paid  to  the  minister  will  be  paid  to  the  widow  in  case  of 
death,  and  in  case  of  the  death  of  the  widow  the  annuity  will 
be  divided  among  the  minor  children.  Ministers  will  pay  20 
per  cent  of  the  amount  of  the  annuity  and  SO  per  cent  is  ex- 


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[January  14,  1909 


pected  to  be  realized  by  general  subscriptions  and  income  of 
the  fond. 


Automobile  poker  has  succeeded  freight  car  poker.  Freight 
car  poker?  It's  an  old  game  among  travelers,  and  its  suc- 
cessor is  played  the  same  way  exactly,  though  under  another 
name.  Three  or  four  men  in  an  auto  or  on  a  walking  trip 
want  some  diversion.  They  agree  on  automobile  poker,  get 
out  pencil  and  paper  and  wait  for  machines  to  pass.  The  first 
man  sets  down  the  registry  number  of  the  first  motor  that 
ccmes  in  sight,  the  second  does  the  same  with  the  next  "red 
devil,"  and  so  on,  until  every  one  in  the  game  has  a  "hand." 
Then  there  is  a  "show  down."  Of  course  there  are  no  face 
cards,  but  all  the  rest  of  the  component  parts  of  a  poker  deal 
are  to  be  had ;  thus :  One,  ace ;  two,  deuce,  and  so  on  up  to  the 
zero,  which  is  called  a  ten. 


"You  have  invented  an  airship?" 

"Yes." 

"Wha*'  advantages  has  it?" 

"Well,  for  one  thing,  it  is  absolutely  safe.  I  cannot  even 
persuade  it  to  take  a  chance  by  leaving  the  earth." — Washing- 
ton Star. 


Boston's  teachers  are  making  a  loud  outcry  against  a  new 
rule  of  the  school  authorities  fixing  seventy  years  as  the  age 
limit  for  active  service.  "If  this  rule  goes  into  effect,"  says 
one  of  the  spokesmen  for  the  pedagogues,  "one-fifth  of  the 
heads  of  Boston  schools  will  be  forced  out.  How  would  any 
large  institution  or  store  fare  that  discharged  that  number  of 
its  heads,  simply  because  they  are  seventy  years  of  age?  Ac- 
cording to  the  School  Board,  President  Eliot,  of  Harvard, 
must  have  been  for  the  last  five  years  a  detriment  to  that 
institution. 


"The  Human  Monstrosity !"  said  a  young  lady  attending  a 
fair  with  her  fiancg.  "Threepence.  Wouldn't  you  like  to  have 
a  look  at  that,  Herbert?" 

"No,  dear,"  answered  Herbert,  anxious  to  bestow  a  neat 
compliment ;  "I  am  quite  content  to  look  at  you." — Tit-Bits. 


The  amethyst  is  the  fashionable  stone  for  1909.  It  is  pro- 
nounced by  the  prophet  Zadkiel  to  be  the  "lucky  stone,"  says 
an  exchange.  If  the  love  and  friendship  which  the  amethyst 
represents  are  of  no  account  to  wearers  let  them  remember 
that  it  is  also  a  charm  against  the  evils  of  intoxication !  Any- 
how the  art  jewelers  have  seized  upon  this  Oriental  supersti- 
tion and  set  the  stone  in  a  myriad  of  designs  which  make  it 
peculiarly  lovely  and  attractive. 


"Whom  would  you  rather  entertain,"  asks  the  Philosopher 
of  Folly,  "a  perfectly  stupid  bore  or  a  clever  fellow  who  has 
just  been  abroad  for  the  first  time?" — Cleveland  Leader. 


When  a  fellow  begins  to  be  afraid  he  can't  live  without  a 
certain  girl  he  ought  to  marry  her  and  see. — Philadelphia 
Record. 


The  University  of  Vienna,  which  has  received  through  the 
Vienna  Academy  of  Sciences  an  anonymous  donation  of 
500,000  kronen  for  the  establishment  of  a  "radium  institute," 
is  rapidly  becoming  famous  among  physicists  for  its  experi- 
mental work  on  the  wonderful  radium  emanations.  The  rarity 
and  great  cost  of  radium  necessarily  restricts  the  number  of 
Investigators,  and  Sir  William  Ramsay,  who  in  his  recent  ex- 
periments has  gone  far  toward  proving  the  suspected  trans- 
mutation of  radium  into  helium  and  other  elements,  was  re- 
cently specially  honored  by  the  Vienna  Academy  of  Sciences 
by  the  loan  of  a  fraction  of  a  gram  of  radium  for  the  purpose 
of  enabling  him  to  continue  his  valuable  investigations.  A 
gram  of  radium,  it  has  been  calculated,  has  stored  up  in  it 
energy  equal  to  one  horse-power  for  fifteen  days,  but  it  parts 
with  its  energy  so  slowly — it  cannot  be  stayed  or  hurried — 
that  it  takes  some  30,000  years  to  exhaust  itself. — Dundee 
Advertiser. 


Experiments  of  an  extensive  character  are  about  to  be  made 
In  London  with  a  view  of  testing  Sir  Oliver  Lodge's  system 
for  dispelling  fogs  by  electricity.  Writing  some  time  ago,  Sir 
Oliver  urged  that  in  order  to  combat  the  town  fog  people 
should  avoid  assisting  in  its  formation.     He  maintained  that  a 


great  portion  of  the  coal  thrown  into  furnaces  or  on  open 
fires  is  not  burned  at  all  but  is  merely  distilled  up  the  chim- 
ney, causing  not  only  a  waste  of  fuel  but  periodic  visitations 
of  black  fogs  in  London  and  other  large  towns. 

To  mitigate  the  evil  he  recommends  the  use  of  improved  fire- 
places, more  careful  stoking  and  special  boiler  appliances,  but 
he  considered  that  the  only  thorough  remedy  would  be  to  pro- 
hibit the  importation  of  coal  into  great  towns,  and  instead 
of  it  to  convey  there  by  pipes  a  cheap  non-illuminating  gas 
made  at  mines.    But  such  a  scheme  hardly  seemed  practicable. 

Now  Sir  Oliver  proposes  to  act  by  electricity,  and  he  seems 
confident  that  by  filling  the  air  with  electrical  currents  he  can 
dissolve  the  fog  and  bring  the  particles  which  compose  it  to  the 
ground  in  the  form  of  black  snow.  While  the  result  of  the 
experiment  will  be  watched  with  great  interest  it  must  be 
acknowledged  that  the  fogs  have  for  the  last  two  or  three 
years  been  much  leas  dense  than  they  used  to  be,  owing  no 
doubt  to  the  use  of  grates  and  ranges  which  emit  less  smoke. 
In  1908  nothing  that  could  be  described  as  a  really  heavy  fog 
was  seen,  and  in  fact  it  is  three  or  four  years  since  the  me- 
tropolis has  been  shrouded  in  what  used  to  be  called  a  "Lon- 
don particular." 


When  the  druggist  or  clerk  passes  much  of  the  time  "out 
front"  gossiping  with  passers-by,  patrons  pass  on  to  the  other 
store  where  there  is  "something  doing." 


In  England  the  drink  habit  is  undoubtedly  on  the  down 
grade,  says  a  cable  dispatch  to  the  Sun,  brewery  shares  are 
dropping,  small  manufacturers  and  publicans  are  being 
crowded  out  and  the  big  companies  and  hotels  are  less  pros- 
perous than  formerly,  and  restaurant  keepers  are  in  despair 
at  the  lessened  consumption  of  wine.  There  are  many  rea- 
sons for  this  besides  diminution  of  spending  power.  One 
man  is  forbidden  by  his  doctor  to  touch  stimulants,  another 
fears  to  touch  port  or  champagne  for  fear  of  gout,  and  the 
man  of  limited  means  finds  that  a  whisky  and  soda  provides 
the  needful  stimulant  at  a  quarter  the  cost  of  wine.  Drunk- 
ards there  are  in  plenty,  but  they  are  becoming  increasingly 
the  exception.  To  a  great  extent  the  drink  habit  has  been 
replaced  by  the  tea  habit ;  tea  shops  have  to  a  large  extent 
killed  the  public  house.  Britons  may  not,  however,  attribute 
the  change  wholly  to  virtue.  Heads  are  not  what  they  were, 
and  many  a  man  keeps  sober  because  he  dare  not  get  drunk. 


Knicker — Do  you  carry  complete  auto  supplies? 
Dealer — Yes,  even  diamonds  for  bail. — Sun. 

Reagent  bottles  holding  caustic  alkalines,  alkaline  carbonates, 
etc..  very  frequently  become  fixed  and  the  usual  method  has 
been  to  tap  the  stopper  with  a  wooden  block  or  the  applica- 
tion of  heat  to  the  neck,  or  a  combination  of  both.  Results 
are  poor  in  certain  cases  and  often  result  in  the  fracture  of 
the  neck. 

The  inverse  process  may  be  used  to  advantage.  In  other 
words,  freeze  the  stopper,  thus  causing  a  contraction  of  the 
stopper  from  the  necli.  The  bottles  which  I  used  for  experi- 
ment had  failed  to  open  under  the  heating  and  tapping,  and 
were  bad  cases  of  fixed  stoppers.  The  bottles  held  sodium 
carbonate  that  had  formed  sodium  silicate,  and  excellent  ce- 
ment, and  so  were  firmly  fixed.  They  were  inverted  in  a 
mixture  of  crushed  ice  and  calcium  chloride,  taking  care  that 
the  freezing  solution  did  not  touch  the  lips  of  the  bottles. 

After  standing  twenty  minutes  each  stopper  was  removed 
without  the  slightest  exertion.  This  is  the  neatest  and  safest 
way  to  remove  stoppers  from  bromine  bottles  and  other  cor- 
rosive chemicals. — Scientific  American. 


It  makes  no  difference  whether  there  is  "room  at  the  top" 
or  not,  keep  climbing.  It  is  a  dead  sure  thing  that  there  is 
plenty  of  room  at  the  bottom  for  "dead  ones." 


Wife — I  saw  Mr.  Chacer  this  afternoon,  and  he  looks  very 
bad.     What's  the  matter  with  him — do  you  know? 

Hubby — Compound  fracture. 

Wife — What  sort  of  compound  fracture? 

Hubby — He's  broke,  and  Miss  Doughbag,  discovering  that 
fact,  broke  her  engagement. — Pick  Me  TJp. 


If  some  of  our  embryo  pharmacists  were  not  disillusioned 
so  easily  they  might  develop  into  fairly  good  drug  clerks. 


January  14,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  33 

Moving  Window  Display  Wins  $5  Cash  Prize  in  the  Era  Competition. 


B.  A.  Cueny,  pharmacist  of  403  Main  street,  North,  Che- 
boygan, Mich.,  is  the  winner  this  week  in  the  Era's  Cash 
Prize  Competitions.  Mr.  Cueny  sent  the  above  photograph 
for  entry  in  Contest  No.  2  and  is  awarded  the  cash  prize  of 
$5.  Readers  who  are  not  familiar  with  the  terms  of  this 
contest  should  see  the  announcement  on  page  6  of  this  issue. 
Anybody  can  enter  this  competition.  Mr.  Cueny's  description 
of  his  display  follows : 

Moving  Window  Displays  Most  Attractive. 

"From  my  experience  I  have  found  that  moving  window 
displays  attract  the  attention  of  the  general  public  to  a 
greater  extent  than  stationery  displays.  The  following  is  a 
description  of  a  window  dressed  by  Tony  Roshek  and  George 
Guile,  in  my  employ.  The  general  plan  was  a  lumber  camp 
far  back  in  the  woods.  Standing  out  against  the  dark  green 
of  the   forest,   formed   by   evergreen   trees   placed   around   the 


window,  the  log  camp  and  barn  could  be  seen,  while  in  the 
clearing  four  men  were  hard  at  work.  These  men  moved  as 
they  worked.  One  man  was  chopping  down  a  tree,  another 
was  splitting  wood,  and  two  men  were  sawing  a  log.  Proof 
of  their  industry  was  evidenced  by  the  numerous  stumps 
formed  by  placing  log  ends  upright,  sticking  through  the 
snow,  with  which  the  ground  was  covered.  At  one  side  was 
a  team  of  horses  and  a  logging  sleigh  loaded  with  twenty-nine 
logs  awaiting  its  (".river  to  go  to  the  river  or  mill.  A  log  skid- 
way  and  a  pile  of  split  wood  (for  use  in  the  cabin)  placed 
around  the  window  added  to  the  effect.  The  materials  used 
were  as  follows:  Salt  and  diamond  dust  to  form  the  snow; 
lead  to  make  the  axes,  cant  hooks  and  to  iron  the  sleighs ;  tar 
paper  covered  the  roofs  of  the  camp  and  barn,  and  the  total  ex- 
pense was  32  cents,  viz.,  salt.  20  cents ;  lead,  5  cents  ;  tar  pa- 
per, 7  cents.  A  one-tenth  horse-power  electric  motor,  with  a 
worm  gear  to  reduce  the  speed,  furnished  the  motive  power 
for  the  'BEST  WINDOW  WE  EVER  HAD.'  " 


Seasonable  Drug  Displays. 


Cough  Remedy  Wrinkles. 

Quite  an  effective  and  simple  display  of  white  pine  com- 
pound was  secured  by  a  New  York  druggist  by  merely  filling 
the  bottom  of  his  window  to  a  depth  of  about  eight  inches 
with  bunches  of  pine  tips,  needles  and  cones,  and  upon  these 
were  scattered  bottles  of  his  preparation. 

It  is  suggested  that  the  effectiveness  of  this  display,  espe- 
cially for  night  view,  might  be  enhanced  by  sprinkling  tufts 
of  white  cotton  upon  the  needles,  not  too  many  of  them,  and 
mica  dust  upon  the  cotton. 

A  small  pine  tree  was  decorated  with  packages  of  cough 
drops  and  the  card  beneath  it  said :  "Don't  stand  out  there 
and  cough  while  you  are  waiting  for  these  cough  drops  to  drop. 
Drop  in  and  get  a  package  and  you  will  soon  drop  that 
cough." 

In  another  window  there  was  a  general  display  of  cough 
drops,    syrups    and    all    classes    of    internal    cough    remedies, 


porous  plasters,  chest  protectors,  insoles,  chamois  and  paper 
vests.  The  show-card  said :  "A  bad  cold  affects  one  from 
head  to  foot.  The  worst  of  colds  may  be  dispelled  by  the 
use  of  our  remedies  and  protectors.  From  head  to  foot,  inside 
and  out,  we  have  the  needful  cold  dispellers." 

In  still  another  window  the  sign  displayed  this  announce- 
ment :  "If  you  doubt  the  value  of  our  ready-made  cough  and 
cold  remedies  and  yet  do  not  wish  to  go  to  a  doctor,  there 
are  two  things  you  can  do,  take  your  choice :  Either  use  some 
of  these  old-fashioned  simples  as  they  are,  or  use  them  to 
prepare  a  home-made  cough  or  cold  medicine  'Like  grand- 
mother used  to  make.'  "  The  exhibit  consisted  of  licorice,  rock- 
candy,  horehound,  flaxseed,  and  such  other  stock  articles  as 
are  commonly  used  in  the  home  preparation  of  cough  and 
cold  remedies. 

"The  things  that  are  GOOD  for  a  cold  make  it  WORSE. 
They  are  snow,  ice,  water,  dampness,  draughts,  dust  and  cold 
itself.  We  don't  sell  'em !  We  sell  things  that  are  BAD 
for  a  cold  because  they  make  bad  colds  disappear — and  there 
are  no  good  colds.  The  things  in  this  window  are  awfully 
bad  for  a  cold.     We  sell  'em ;  lots  of  'em."     Needless  to  say, 


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[January  14,  1909 


the    display    with    this   card    was    a   general    one    of    anti-oolU 

^I?' another  window  were  a  numher  of  very  knotty  pine 
boards.  A  number  of  the  knots  had  been  punched  out  and 
these  ay  in  front  of  the  boards.  The  sign  card  informed 
people  that  '"Many  cough  remedies  are  about  as  much  good 
foThe  suffering  purchaser  as  a  bushel  of  knot  1^°  ^s  would 
be,  but  our  Pine  Knot  Cough  Compound  really  cures  coughs. 
Codliver  Oil  Ideas. 
A  window  contained  a  complete  display  of  codliver  oil  in 
its  various  forms  and  disguises.  There  was  the  pure  oil, 
oil  in  capsules,  emulsions  and  proprietary  specialt.es  supposed 
to  contain  the  active  principles  of  the  codliver  The  sign 
advised  people  thus:  "We  honestly  believe  that  'be  best  way 
to  use  codliver  oil  is  to  take  the  pure  Norwegian  codliver  oil, 
straight.  However,  if  you  are  among  the  many  who  cannot 
take  it  that  way.  here  is  the  oil  in  all  forms,  pleasant  as  well 
as  unpleasant.  Come  in  and  hear  us  talk  about  these  goods 
and  then  make  your  own  slection." 

A  unique  and  simple  display  was  made  thus :  A  large 
mirror  was  placed  back  down  upon  the  floor  of  the  window  and 
upon  this,  made  of  vari-colored  cough  drops,  was  a  relief 
map  of  Cape  Cod.  The  sign  read,  "A  map  of  Cape  Cod.  A 
"ood  place  to  catch  cod;  also  a  good  place  to  catch  oold. 
Whether  it  is  a  Cape  Cod  cold  or  any  other  sort  of  cold  we 
have  pure  codliver  oil  and  pleasanter  cough  and  cold  remedies 
to  cure  it.'' 

Defensive  Fences. 
To  arrange  this  somewhat  elaborate  display  the  floor  of  the 
window  should  be  covered  with  white  crepe  paper.  Upon  this 
scatter  mica  dust  or  powdered  glass,  in  imitation  of  snow 
At  either  side  build  a  cabin  of  packages  of  cough  drops.  Label 
one  "A  cough  proof  dwelling."  and  the  other,  "This  house 
keeps  out  the  colds."  Along  the  back  stand  a  number  of  pme 
sprigs  like  miniature  trees  and  with  them  show  the  white  pine 
compound.  Now  run  fences  irregularly  around  and  over 
the  surface  of  the  white  paper.  Some  of  the  fences  shou  d 
be  of  rock-candv.  in  imitation  of  a  stone  fence ;  others  should 
be  of  rail  formation  and  constructed  of  colfs-foot  candy,  hore- 
hound  sticks,  stick  licorice  and  any  other  stick  cough  candies 
that  may  be  in  stock.  The  card  should  say  that,  'There 
are  no  bettor  defences  against  coughs  and  colds  than  these 
fences  are." 

Coughs  of  All  Nations. 
In  this  display  the  rear  of  the  window  was  banked  with 
fia-'S  of  different  nations  with  the  stars  and  stripes  in  tue 
center  To  this  stand  of  colors  was  attached  a  card  announc- 
in"  that  "All  nationalities  cough  in  the  same  language.  Jso 
difference  what  your  nationality,  we  have  something  to  cure 
that  cough  and  'Smith's  Honey  and  Horehound"  is  that 
•Something.'  "  Upon  the  window  floor  was  arranged  packages 
of   the   remedy.  . 

With  the  aid  of  strips  of  wood  and  brown  tissue,  a  Western 
druggist  arranged  a  miniature  banking  house  partition  within 
his  window      To  the  left  was  the  representation  of  a  window 
marked  "Paving  teller,"  and  to  the  right  one  marked  "Receiv- 
ing teller."     Below  the  receiving  teller's  window  a  card  stated 
that  ■   "Unless  vou  want  to  pass  in  your  checks  you  had  better 
use   our  codliver   oil   emulsion   for  that   cough   and   the   lung 
soreness."      Below    the    paying   teller's    window    a    sign    read : 
"Don't  cash  in  for  eternity.     Keep  alive  and  get  hearty  with 
our  cough  elixir.     Undertakers  do  NOT  recommend  it." 
One  on  Santa  Glaus. 
This  displav  attracted  much  attention  aud  excited  comment 
that  resulted 'in  generous  advertising  returns.     The  druggist 
took  a  suit  of  underwear  and  stuffed  it  with  excelsior  until  it 
took  the  human  form.     Stuffed  soclis  and  rubber  gloves  were 
made  to  serve'  as  feet  and  hands.     First,  a  chamois  vest  was 
l'""ed  upon  the  figure.     Hot\vater  bottles  covered  the  upper 
part   -,;  the  arms  "and  porous  plasters   were  tied  around  the 
lower  arms.     Around  the  waist  was  a  girdle  of  packages  of 
cough  drops  and  the  hips  were  wrapped  in  chest  protectors. 
The  legs  were  encased  in  an  armor  of  stick  licorice  and  cough 
candy  "and  the  feet  stood  upon  insoles.     The  final  finish  was 
given   with   a   Santa   Claus   false   face   and   red   cap.      Beside 
Santa  rested  a  sack  filled  with  seasonable  medicines.     A  sign 
informed  the  viewers  that  "Santa's  last  trip  to  town  nearly 
did   him   up.     We  saved   his   life   and  sent  him  back  to  the 
North  Pole  in  good  shape.     He  took  a  stock  of  our  seasonable 


needfuls  with  him  and  prepared  for  the  homeward  trip  by 
decking  himself  out  like  this.  Don't  you  need  a  bit  of  this 
sort  of  protection'.'" 

Medicines  Like  Grandmotlier  'Used. 
In  one  side  of  the  window  was  placed  a  jar  filled  with  a 
dirtv,  greasy  substance  and  labeled  "Goose  grease  ;  a  strip  ot 
red  flannel  and  a  piece  of  salt  pork  labeled  "For  sore  throat  ; 
an  old  piece  of  calico  with  a  large  quantity  of  a  yellow,  sticky 
mass  spread  upon  it  and  labeled  "Mustard  plaster  :  a  jar 
of  dirtv,  streaky  lard  labeled  "Dog's  lard  salve  ,  and  an  old 
tin  pan  filled  with  dirty  water  in  which  fragments  of  herbs 
were  floating,  labeled  "Herb  tea".  A  card  above  these  sated 
that  they  were  "Some  of  the  wonderful  and  dehghtful  old 
medicines  that  grandmother  used  to  use." 

At  the  other  side  of  the  window  were  arranged  an  assort- 
ment of  modern  articles  used  for  the  same  winter  ills  for 
which  the  grandmother  goods  were  formerly  used.  'Ihe  card 
in  connection  with  these  asked:  "Which  do  you  prefer.'  the 
old  truck  like  grandmother  used  or  these  cleanly,  modern 
medicines  and  appliances?  We  have  grandmother  beaten  to  a 
frazzle !" 

Hot  Goods  for  Cold  'Weather. 
The  following  display  was  particularly  attractive  at  night. 
At  either  side  of  the  window  were  made  irregular  piles  ot 
ci-ar  boxes  and  over  these  and  covering  the  floor  was  crimson, 
crepe  tissue.  The  sides  and  back  of  the  window  half  way  up 
were  covered  with  the  same  kind  of  paper.  The  walls  of  the 
upper  half  of  the  window  were  covered  with  white  crepe 
paper  upon  which  were  pasted  many  tufts  of  mica-dusted 
cotton.  Similar  tufts  of  cotton  were  fastened  to  the  upper 
half  of  the  window  glass.  From  the  window  ceiling  hung 
numerous  threads  upon  which  cotton  tufts  were  strung,  ihese 
threads  were  of  irregular  lengths,  the  longest  not  reaching 
the  center  of  the  window.  In  the  center  of  the  window  floor 
below  this  "snow  fall"  stood  a  tripod  and  kettle.  Underneath 
the  kettle  there  was  a  pile  of  sticks.  Tufts  of  red  cotton 
were  in  the  interstices  between  the  sticks  and  below  all  a  red 
incandescent  globe,  whose  light  shot  through  between  the 
sticks  and  thus  completed  a  very  natural  imitation  of  a  fire. 
Upon  the  piles  of  cigar  boxes  and  otherwise  appropriately 
arranged -were  hot  water  bottles,  chest  protectors,  felt-back 
plasters  aud  similar  goods.  The  contrast  between  the  fire-lit 
crimson  lower  half  of  the  window  and  the  snow-white  upper 
half  was  most  striking  and  pleasing. 

Bealistic  Fire  Show. 
A  fire  scene  even  more  realistic  than  the  above,  and  one 
which  mav  be  used  with  many  displays,  is  arranged  as  fol- 
lows- First  place  an  electric  fan  so  that  its  air  current 
is  thrown  directly  upward.  Directly  over  it,  upon  wires, 
place  one  or  more  incandescent  globes.  Take  pieces  of  fire- 
wood and  dot  them  with  daubs  of  mucilage  upon  which  mica 
dust  is  thrown.  Pile  this  firewood  so  as  to  mask  the  fan  and 
globes  To  a  number  of  the  pieces  of  wood  that  top  the  pile 
tack  numerous  streamers  of  thin  white,  pink  and  red  ribbon. 
The  constant  flickering  of  the  ribbons  when  agitated  by  the 
air  current  from  the  fan,  coupled  with  the  glare  of  red  light 
from  below,  gives  a  remarkably  flame-like  effect  and  the  glit- 
ter of  the  mica  on  the  wood  adds  to  the  deception. 


Keep  Talking. 
The  skilful  salesman  does  not  jabber,  but  he  usually  con- 
tinues the  conversation  during  all  the  time  he  is  engaged  with 
a  customer.  While  waiting  for  her  to  get  out  her  money,  while 
making  change  or  wrapping  a  package,  he  has  something 
interesting  to  sav.  He  points  out  some  new  decoration  or 
fixture,  indicates  a  new  line  just  added,  or  shows  his  memory 
and  makes  a  hit  by  referring  to  some  past  purchase,  personal 
matter  or  public  occurrence  in  which  the  patron  has  been 
concerned.  Conversation  upon  matters  personally  concerning 
the  buyer  establishes  a  bond  of  mutual  interest  between  buyer 
and  seller,  but  the  seller  should  not  intrude  his  own  personal 
affairs  for  the  simple  reason  that  it  will  pay  him  better  to 
have  his  patrons  think  of  the  character  of  the  business  as 
being  almost  the  same  as  his  personality. 

Excuse  for  Ignorance. 
"What  is  the  difference  between  haw  and  gee?" 
"Guess  you  never  drove  oxen."  ^^ 

"No,  and  1  never  held  a  job  as  a  mule. 


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A  Driven  Nail. 


Bj^  Joel  "Btanc. 

Why  do  I  work?  I,  wbo 
am  but  an  atom  in  this  world 
of  deception,  dishonor  and 
greed,  my  every  effort  pro- 
ducing but  a  pittance  that 
my  loved  ones  and  I  may 
live.  Here  I  labor  in  a 
world  where  the  filth  of 
mind  makes  even  the  cor- 
ruption of  the  flesh  seem 
pure.  Predestined  to  strug- 
gle on.  to  suffer  for  the 
sins  of  my  ancestors  and  to 
pass  that  suffering  on  to 
those  who  shall  curse  their 
inheritance  from  me.  On- 
ward I  struggle,  workiug, 
working,  with  no  hope  held 
out  toward  me  except  a  pos- 
sible reward  in  some  un- 
known state,  vague  and  far.  unrealizable,  or  the  alternative 
that  unless  I  continue  to  druge,  drudge  on,  some  awful,  merci- 
less power  shall  make  my  intangible  something  called  soul, 
suffer  in  unending  indescribable  torments.  Such  is  the  phi- 
losophy of  an  Ibsen,  a  Tolstoy,  a  Buuyan,  a  Cotton  Mather. 
Away   with   it ! 

See  that  crude  shelf  in  that  corner?  How  the  edges  of 
the  boards  are  frayed  where  the  nails  went  awry?  Yet  in 
one  part  ol  the  shelf  where  it  cannot  be  seen,  its  head  set 
deep  and  covered  with  putty  and  paint,  there  is  a  nail.  That 
nail  sets  straight  and  true ;  its  rough  edges,  running  through 
from  board  to  board,  hold  the  separate  pieces  of  wood  to- 
gether ;  driven  so  that  its  sides  firmly  parted,  but  did  not 
split,  the  muscles  of  the  wood.  As  my  mind's  eye  pierces  paint 
and  putty  and  follows  along  the  length  of  that  nail,  I  seem 
to  hear  the  metallic  reverberations  of  the  hammer  which 
drove  it  there  and  the  muscles  of  mj"  arm  vibrate  and  sing 
like  the  strings  of  a  harp,  sing  of  work  for  work's  sake,  of 
the  reward  that  work  through  working  gives. 

Ah'!  that  is  better,  for  it  exemplifies  the  philosophy  of  an 
Emerson  or  a  Stevenson,  the  philosophy  of  light  and  truth. 
But  the  shelf  is  crude  and  almost  useless!  What  of  that? 
The  labor  for  labor's  sake  is  there.  My  novice  arm  and  un- 
trained hand  drove  and  drove  and  the  nails  went  all  awry. 
But  at  last,  when  the  brow  was  moist  and  the  muscles  ached, 
the  eye,  the  ear  and  arm  became  attuned,  the  senses  brought 
distant  sound  and  force  into  harmony  through  the  glory  of 
work  for  work's  sake,  and  the  nail  %vas  driven  true ! 

In  one  of  the  drawers  of  my  desk  rests  a  manuscript.  It 
has  never  known  the  interpretation  of  type  and  probably 
never  shall.  At  least  ten  times  it  has  been  rewritten,  not  a 
word,  not  a  punctuation  mark  holding  the  same  place  it  held 
in  the  original,  yet  the  mind-picture  which  I  tried  to  paint 
remains  the  same.  When  the  brain  is  tired  of  detail,  when 
thought  seems  dulled,  I  take  that  manuscript  in  hand  and 
read  it  over.  It  brings  to  me  a  picture  of  the  long  ago.  As 
I  read  I  hear  the  music  of  Southern  pines.  I  see  the  glint 
of  Southern  waters,  the  storm  gathers — in  a  human  life,  the 
crash  of  a  wrecking,  soul-disturbance  comes.  In  my  mind 
the  memoried  picture  is  complete.  But  the  fingers  have  never 
painted  upon  the  written  page  the  word  picture  as  my  mind 
holds  it.  Although  it  is  even  now,  to  me,  the  most  perfect 
production  of  my  pen,  it  is  not  the  best  that  I  can  make  of 
it ;  indeed,  life  may  be  too  short  to  complete  the  blending  of 
all  of  its  tones.  But  even  though  it  may  never  be  made  per- 
fect, the  making  of  it,  the  labor  expended  upon  it  returns  to 
me  a  greater  reward  than  all  the  praise  of  man  could  give. 
An  ideal,  perhaps,  but  an  ideal  made  real  through  a  labor  of 
love  for  the  love  of  labor. 

So,  though  the  work  may  be  that  of  brain  and  hand  or  of 
brain  alone,  we  must,  if  we  would  have  the  work  done  well, 
look  to  the  work  itself  for  the  greatest  and  best  reward. 
Look  over  the  performances  of  the  average  human  life  and  see 
to  what  an  insignificant  number  come  many  moments  of  that 
ephemeral  sensation  called  pleasure,  how  to  a  still  smaller 
number  comes  the  fleeting  matter  called  wealth.  But  look 
for  happiness.     Do  we  find   its   symbols,   the   clear   eye.   the 


ruddy  cheek,  the  smile,  the  mental  poise,  possessed  by  many 
of  the  rich  or  pleasure  seeking?  No!  The  world's  happiness, 
the  world's  power  is  held  by  those  who  earn  more  than  they 
receive  in  material  wage,  because  they  have  found  the  glory, 
the  worship  in  labor,  the  worship  of  the  God  of  men  who 
work. 

Is  the  good  storekeeper  such  because  each  mote  of  dust 
may  bar  a  penny,  because  each  foot  of  well-ordered  shelving 
may  bring  an  additional  dollar?  Never!  He  is  not  conscious 
of  the  material  value  of  cleanliness  and  order,  but  his  first 
though,  possibly  a  sub-conscious  thought,  is  that  the  labor 
demanded  by  cleanliness  and  order  is  paid  for  by  the  very 
effort  that  labor  demands.  Ask  a  good  storekeeper  why  he  is 
such,  and  nine  times  out  of  ten  he  will  at  first  be  at  a  loss 
for  a  definite  reply.  His  most  direct  answer  will  usually  be 
that  he  was  born  orderly  and  cannot  help  being  orderly,  or 
that  he  is  discontented  and  unhappy  unless  the  store  is  clean 
and  orderly.  Ask  him  if  system  and  cleanliness  do  not  de- 
mand a  greater  deal  of  labor  and  he  may  answer  at  first  in 
the  negative.  But  give  him  a  moment  for  thought  and  he  will 
add  that  they  may  demand  a  considerable  amount  of  work, 
but  he  likes  the  work.  The  same  is  true  whether  the  man 
does  the  work  with  his  own  hands  or,  that  which  is  more  often 
harder  work,  does  the  work  with  his  brain  and  the  utilization 
of  the  hands  of  others.  And  this  is  so  whether  tlie  work  be 
for  oneself  or  for  others,  whether  the  work  be  for  business, 
home  or  care  of  person.  The  man  or  woman  who  really  works 
does  so  with  the  spirit  that  spells  progress,  works  not  pri- 
marily for  the  material  reward,  but  because  he  or  she  cannot 
help  but  work.  Nature  demands  it,  and  the  gratification  of 
nature's  first  demands,  if  they  be  pure,  are  sure  to  bring 
nature's  greatest  rewards. 

Of  course,  there  is  much  of  the  world's  work  performed  in 
a  spirit  that  finds  no  pleasure  and  no  reward  in  the  perform- 
ance of  the  labor.  The  position  of  a  majority  of  such  la- 
borers is  lower  than  that  of  slaves.  They  not  only  lack  suf- 
ficient intelligence,  but  they  refuse  to  make  use  of  any  oppor- 
tunity to  raise  their  efforts  above  that  of  the  dog  in  the  tread- 
mill or  the  oxen  in  the  yoke.  Only  in  unthinking  estimate  are 
these  brutish  ones  lower  than  the  utter  materialists  who  labor 
purely  for  money  and  then  waste  the  money  so  earned.  These 
are  they  who,  with  outward  semblance  of  intelligence  and 
culture,  show  neither  real  intelligence  nor  energy  in  the 
performance  of  their  tasks  ;  who  refuse  to  give  one  stroke  of 
the  pen,  one  blow  of  the  tool,  that  is  not  to  be  directly  paid 
for,  who  are  tardy  and  indolent,  vacillating  and  unreliable,  the 
hirelings  who  never  become  hirers. 

As  I  write  I  look  upon  the  walls  above  and  around  my 
desk.  I  see  many  photographs,  the  pictures  of  men  who  stand 
high  in  the  profession  of  pharmacy  and  business  of  drugs, 
retailers,  wholesalers,  manufacturers  and  college  professors. 
I  know  them  all,  and  I  know  them  well.  I  know  them  best 
for  the  hard  work  each  has  done.  In  every  instance  the 
work  that  has  carried  their  names  the  farthest,  for  which 
no  material  reward  was  possible,  for  which  even  thanks  has 
seldom  come  and  which  often  received  but  ingratitude  and 
sneers,  was  work  for  the  good  of  their  fellowmen.  Ah  I  Let 
us  pause  for  a  moment !  Working  for  our  fellowmen !  Has 
that  not  been,  through  all  ages,  the  hardest  and  most  poorly 
rewarded  work  that  the  world  has  ever  held?  Has  not  its 
greatest  outward  reward  been  that  wraith  called  fame?  From 
what  have  men  who  have  worked  for  their  fellowmen  re- 
ceived their  greatest  reward?  From  the  consciousness  of 
righteousness  which  can  be  realized  only  in  the  happiness  that 
the  work  itself  gives  through  its  own  performance. 

This  spirit  of  love  of  work  which  brings  joy  and  worship 
through  love  of  labor  is  not  the  labor  of  the  whirling  dervish 
or  the  Buddhist  zealot  who  holds  his  arm  aloft  until  it 
shrivels :  it  is  not  the  effort  of  him  who  labors  for  a  foreign 
ideal  while  his  near  and  dear  ones  want ;  nor  is  it  the  labor  of 
him  who  studies  or  designs  for  the  purely  selfish  joy  of  know- 
ing or  creating.  He  who  finds  most  joy  in  work  is  he  who 
works  in  the  world  for  the  world,  with  home,  as  to  him,  the 
dearest  spot  in  the  world.  Success,  success  in  its  truest,  high- 
est definition,  the  success  which  supplies  all  wants  because 
those  wants  are  clean  and  moderate,  comes  most  often  to 
those  who,  in  seeking  and  finding  joy  in  work  earn  most 
with  least  sorrow  and  enjoy  most  with  least  regret. 

Joy  in  work  is  not  an  ideal.  It  is  the  most  beautiful 
reality  in  the  world.  It  is  the  foundation  of  civilization,  the 
preserver  of  the  home,  the  power  of  progress  and  the  culti- 


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vator  of  intelligence.  It  is  almost  synonymous  with  health, 
happiness,  honor  and  love.  He  who  laughs  while  he  labors 
does  not  gaze  through  a  veil  of  tears  to  a  darker  curtain 
that  shrouds  eternity.  For  him,  when  the  last  sleep  draws 
nigh,  when  disentegration  of  the  material  self  is  close  at  hand, 
he  who  has  worked  wisely  and  well  can  joyfully  and  prayer- 
fully look  back  over  an  energetic,  well  spent  life.  He  realizes 
the  glory  and  honor  of  his  past  and  that  all  his  struggles 
were  amply  rewarded  by  the  fruits  of  that  which  he  did  for 
the  inward  happiness  he  found  in  doing  it.  He  knows  that 
energy  is  life  and  that  in  the  doing  of  what  he  did  he  put 
forth  the  best  effort  of  his  life.  He  also  knows  that  the  more 
of  that  life-energy  he  put  into  his  work  the  greater  was  the 
amount  of  energy  he  held  at  his  command.  In  accepting  the 
law  of  the  conservation  of  energy  that  no  effort  is  ever  lost, 
this  cheerful  worker  faces  the  unknown  future  unafraid,  be- 
lieving that  as  energy  goes  on  forever,  he  shall  live  again, 
live  again  in  the  glory  of  labor  for  labor's  sake. 


The  Point  of  Contact. 


IS  FOOD  CONTAINING  BENZOATES  INJURIOUS  TO 
HEALTH? 


In  a  recent  article  published  in  the  Medical  Record  (Jan. 
2,  1909,  page  16),  B.  E.  Smith,  M.D.,  Ph.D.,  professor  of 
physiology  and  organic  and  biological  chemistry,  Fordham 
University,  School  of  Medicine,  and  Director  of  Research, 
Red  Cross  Hospital,  attempts  to  answer  the  question :  "Is 
food  containing  benzoates  injurious  to  health?"  his  conclu- 
sions differing  widely  from  those  advanced  at  various  times 
by  Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley.  Dr.  Smith's  article  is  based  on  a  con- 
sideration of  the  data  published  in  Bulletin  No."  84,  Bureau 
of  Chemistry,  United  State  ijepartment  of  Agriculture,  "In- 
fluence of  Food  Preservatives  and  Artificial  Colors  on  Diges- 
tion and  Health,"  and  particularly  the  data  in  Part  IV,  "Ben- 
zoic Acid  and  the  Benzoates."  Dr.  Smith  summarizes  his 
consideration  of  the  data   thus : 

1.  The  loss  of  v/eight  was  not  evidence  of  an  injurious 
action  of  the  preservative  administered  since  it  was  because 
of  a  diet  sufEcient  to  maintain  body  weight. 

2.  The  disturbances  of  metabolic  functions,  ab  evidenced  by 
a  supposed  increased  elimination  of  metabolic  products,  did  not 
show  any  injurious  action  of  the  preservative  administered, 
since  no  real  increase  was  produced,  excepting  only  the  in- 
crease of  urinary  solids  which  was  largely  due  to  the  elimi- 
nation of  benzoic  acid  and  its  products. 

3.  The  increase  in  microscopic  bodies  of  the  urine  did  not 
allow  any  general  tendency  to  stimulate  the  destructive 
activities  of  the  body,  and  hence  is  not  indicative  of  an  in- 
jurious action  of  a  preservative. 

4.  The  disturbances  in  digestion  cannot  be  attributed  to  the 
action  of  the  preservative,  since  the  subjects  were  not  in  a 
healthy  condition,  but  were  suffering  from  acute  coryza  and 
sore  throats  with  the  accompanying  fever,  which  conditions 
are  themselves,  as  is  well  known,  a  cause  of  gastric  dis- 
turbances. 

In  conclusion,  then,  the  evidence  presented  in  Bulletin  No. 
84,  Part  IV,  does  not  establish  any  injurious  effects  of  benzoic 
acid  and  benzoates,  even  in  the  quantities  and  manner  admin- 
istered. 


The  Old  Lebanon  Academy. 
We  have  received  from  Joseph  L.  Lemberger.  Ph.M.,  an 
ex-president  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  a 
32-page  pamphlet  containing  a  reprint  of  his  paper,  "The  Old 
Lebanon  Academy,"  read  before  the  Lebanon  County  (Pa.) 
Historical  Society  June  19,  1908.  The  institution  of  which 
he  writes  was  the  pioneer  classical  school  of  that  part  of 
Pennsylvania  and,  as  Mr.  Lemberger  says,  it  was  the  "educa- 
tional factor  which  built  for  Lebanon  of  today,  the  foundation 
of  its  excellent  system  of  public  schools  as  well  as  the  superb 
county  organization."  The  academy  was  incorporated  by 
Act  of  Legislature  in  1816.  The  pamphlet  contains  a  half 
tone  portrait  of  Mr.  Lemberger  and  other  illustrations  oi 
early  school  buildings,  as  well  as  a  roster  of  persons  known  to 
have  been  pupils  during  J.  H.  Kluge's  administration  of  the 
academy,  among  the  names  being  that  of  the  pharmacist- 
historian. 


Did  you  ever  hear  of  a  drug  clerk  losing  his  position  through 
Indulging  in  too   much   water — internally  or  externally? 


'By  Emma  Gary  Waltace. 

By  some  happy  chance  the  Women's  Organization  decided 
to  call  its  local  associations — Chapters,  and  the  word  chapter 
at  once  calls  to  mind  a  unit  which  is  a  necessary  part  of  a 
larger  whole.  That  is  just  what  each  Chapter  of  the  W.O. 
should  be — a  related  unit  in  spirit  and  in  aim. 

To  be  worthy  of  the  name,  an  organization  must  have  defi- 
nite "Objects"  toward  the  ultimate  accomplishment  of  which 
it.-^  activities,  social  and  serious,  distinctly  tend.  If  the  spirit 
of  unity  or  harmonious  agreement  does  not  exist,  if  it  is  dis- 
turbed by  disagreements,  or  by  the  presence  of  antagonistic 
factions,  the  true  objects  of  the  organization  are  lost  sight  of 
and  their  realization  is  accordingly  delayed. 

In  a  certain  part  of  the  country  there  are  two  local  associa- 
tions of  a  well-known  order  within  an  hour's  ride  of  each 
other.  The  objects  and  the  local  conditions  are  entirely  simi- 
lar, and  yet  the  results  are  as  divergent  as  the  poles.  In  one, 
differences  of  opinion  are  never  yielded  gracefully,  for  as  a 
matter  of  principle — stubborn  principle — the  factions  never 
"give  in."  If  overruled  they  submit  as  a  matter  of  necessity. 
There  is  no  point  of  contact.  At  first  glance  a  semblance  of 
prosperity  is  apparent,  but  closer  observation  proves  it  to  be 
disappointingly  sup»rficial.  The  regular  meetings  are  held  in 
an  unattractive  and  inconvenient  rented  hall,  and  evenings 
of  real  enjoyment  or  of  lasting  value  are  like  the  currants  in 
the  boarding-house  bun — far  apart. 

The  other  association  is  a  unit.  They  have  no  factions  to 
recognize,  and  they  pull  together  as  a  matter  of  principle — 
wise  principle.  They  own  a  fine  property  worth  at  least  ten 
thousand  dollars,  and  in  about  four  years  they  have  reduced 
their  indebtedness  to  less  than  one-fifth  that  sum.  Their 
roomy,  new  building  is  equipped  just  as  they  want  it  for  their 
particular  use.  with  an  auditorium  having  an  exceptionally 
fine  floor  for  dancing,  a  spacious  dining  room,  and  a  well- 
furnished  kitchen,  etc.  It  is  an  organization  of  business  men 
and  their  wives,  and  they  have  an  eye  to  the  helpful  as  well 
as  to  the  social.  Lectures,  practical  demonstrations  and  good 
times  generally,  fairly  elbow  each  other  for  an  opportunity 
to  be.    One  of  the  maxims  of  the  association  is : 

"Be  loyal  to  your  oSicers  and  to  each  other.  You  aiy  ex- 
pected to  help,  not  to  criticize.  It  takes  a  resourceful  person 
to  be  helpful ;  any  commonplace  individual  can  be  a  fault- 
finder.    We  are  helpers.     Be  one  of  us." 

The  first  association  is  a  failure.  The  second  is  a  success, 
and  the  members  are  achieving  the  objects  which  they  set  out 
to  achieve  because  they  are  a  unit.  There  is  a  definite  point 
of  contact. 

Motives  for  Fraternizing. 

The  motives  for  fraternizing  will  be  various,  and  any  one 
who  expects  otherwise  is  very  sure  to  be  disappointed.  Some 
will  join  our  organization  with  characteristic  seriousness  of 
purpose  ;  some  will  come  simply  because  they  have  been  urged 
to  do  so ;  a  certain  number  may  be  curious ;  others  will  desire 
the  sociability  to  be  enjoyed  ;  while  still  others  will  have  an 
exaggerated  and  confused  idea  of  immediate  and  material 
benefits. 

All  these  are  excellent  reasons.  Indeed,  any  reason  is  a 
good  one  which  will  arouse  sufficient  interest  to  induce  others 
to  unite  with  us  in  promoting  so  excellent  a  group  of  "Ob- 
jects" as  our  Constitution  shows.  Those  who  understand 
and  appreciate  our  hopes  and  aims  and  have  followed  the  work 
of  the  organization,  will  recognize  our  earnestness  and  will 
join  because  of  that  fact.  Those  who  come  in  response  to 
friendly  urging,  or  from  curiosity,  will  be  pleased  and  thor- 
oughly satisfied  when  the.v  see  the  broad  field  and  the  pleasure 
of  the  work  in  which  they  may  share.  The  ones  who  come 
for  the  social  part  are  especially  welcome,  as  by  their  coming 
one  of  our  objects  is  distinctly  fulfilled,  and  the  others  who 
expect  material  benefits  will  not  be  disappointed.  The  reha- 
bilitation of  our  profession  with  its  proper  dignity  and  its 
honest  prerogatives  will  mean  material  benefits  of  no  mean 
order,  not  to  speak  of  the  immediate  benefits  of  good  cheer, 
encouragement  and  helpful  information  to  be  derived  from  the 
regular  Chapter  meetings  as  a  given  point  of  contact. 
From  the  Standpoint  of  the  Officers. 

The  wise  presiding  officer  analyzes  all  these  possible  motives 
and  by  means  of  carefully  thought-out  programs  and  judicious 


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committee  groupings  helps  to  broaden  the  vision  of  those  who 
need  such  help  Men  and  women  have  an  inherent  lougiuR 
for  the  nobler  things  of  life.  The  appeal  of  the  worth-while 
IL?  ^■f^^'^^^tronger  than  that  which  is  of  a  transient  nature 
that  the  officers  have  a  distinct  advantage  in  arousing  and 
maintaining  interest. 

All  the  great  books  of  history  and  fiction  which  have  out- 
lived momentary  favor  have  been  remembered  and  treasured 
because  of  an  appeal  so  strong  that  somewhere  in  every  heart 
they  found  the  point  of  contact  of  common  experience  or  of  a 
common  ideal.  It  is  only  as  something  in  common  is  touched 
and  understood  that  lasting  interest  is  awakened 

The  successful  officers  help  each  member,  even  the  most 
reUring,  to  feel  a  glow  of  pride  in  the  work  being  done  and 
inspires  each  one  with  the  thought  that  she  is  a  part— an 
important  part— of  it;  that  the  planning,  the  decisions,  the 
carrying  out  of  plans  and  the  results  are  hers  to  be  thought 
over,  worked  for,  and  to  be  proud  of  as  well. 

The  business  will  be  so  openly  and  so  frankly  managed  that 
everybody  will  recognize  the  necessity  and  the  wisdom  of 
every  move.  This  is  important  to  insure  cheerful  support 
Ssystem  and  promptness  here  as  elsewhere  mean  smooth-run- 
ning inaehinery  and  public  confidence.  Officers  must  show 
themselves  interested,  not  only  in  the  work,  but  in  the  indi- 
vidual member  also.  Right  here  lies  the  success  of  many  an 
organization— the  personal  interest  shown  for  everv  one 
Each  IS  made  to  feel  that  she  is  welcome,  that  when  "absent 
she  is  missed,  and  that  her  joys  and  sorrows  are  of  real  mo- 
ment, as  they  should  be.  This  is  such  a  busv.  vet  withal  such 
a  sensitive  world,  that  few  have  the  time  or  th^  inclination  to 
be  part  of  an  enterprise  which  lacks  enthusiasm,  or  to  be 
counted  simply  as  an  annual  due.  at  so  much  per  head  Re- 
ciprocal interest  and  hearty  co-operation  are  the  points  of  con- 
tact between  officers  and  members. 

From  the  Standpoint  of  the  Individual. 
The  individual  member  has  her  obligations  as  well  How- 
ever skillful  the  generals  in  an  army  may  be.  it  is  the  men  in 
the  ranks  who  must  carry  out  the  plans,  and  on  the  faithful- 
ness of  their  service  the  results  depend.  One  obligation  is 
regular  attendance,  as  far  as  circumstances  permit  The 
woman  who  is  irregular  in  attendance  loses  interest  and  fre- 
quently complains  that  she  is  not  given  her  full  share  of  work 
and  responsibility,  forgetting,  perhaps,  that  she  cannot  be 
relied  upon  with  any  degree  of  certainty. 

Another  obligation  is  that  of  taking"  an  active  part  in  all 
open  discussions.  Women  will  frequently  whisper  their  opinions 
to  each  other  or  collect  in  after-meeting  groups  and  freelv 
express  their  ideas— good  ideas,  too— who  cannot  be  induced 
to  say  a  single  word  "out  loud  in  meeting."  This  is  manifestly 
unfair  to  themselves  and  to  their  officers  who  are  most  anxious 
to  obtain  the  different  viewpoints  that  thev  may  be  guided 
by  them.  ■         ^  a      ^^ 

Still  another  obligation  is  that  of  a  correct  mental  attitude 
A  sweet-faced  woman— a  true  lady— recently  said:  "Before 
1  go  to  our  Chapter  meeting  I  always  send  up  from  mv  heart 
a  petition  that  I  may  not  do  or  say  anything  which  may  be 
unkind:  that  I  may  not,  even  by  a  glance,  a  smile,  or  a 
frown,  sanction  an  unkind  thought  expressed  in  my  hearin-' 
or  take  credit  to  myself,  perhaps  by  silence,  for  that  which 
justly  belongs  to  another. 

'•If  I  hear  a  criticism  I  always  ask.  first— Is  it  true''  Sec- 
ond—If It  is  true,  will  ,t  do  any  good  to  repeat  it?  If  not 
I  keep  still,  even  though  tempted  to  speak.  Tou  know  we 
meet  human  nature  everywhere — even  in  ourselves  When  I 
come  home  I  have  no  regrets  to  bother  me,  and  my  memory 
01  the  meeting  is  always  one  of  joy." 

That  is  the  correct  mental  attitude,  for  it  makes  for  har- 
mony and  good  results.  What  a  mellowing  influence  such  a 
contact  is  sure  to  exert. 

The  Compensations. 

There  are  compensations — wayside  compensations  aside 
from  the  advancement  of  loftier  motives.  The  officers  gain  in 
contact,  in  the  ability  to  discover  true  worth  everywhere,  and 
m  the  thousand  and  one  sweet  experiences  which  enrich  the 
lives  of  those  who  freely  give  a  portion  of  their  time  in  the 
service  of  others. 

Officers  and  members  see  the  advantage  of  strictly  business 
methods  and  parliamentary  dispatch,  which  after  all  is  but 
applied  common  sense  that  gives  equal  opportunities  to  all 
They  learn  to  listen  with  respect  to  the  opinions  of  others  no 


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matter  how  much  they  may  differ  from  their  own,  and  often 
through  this  contact  with  the  opinions  of  others  they  are 
convinced  of  error  or  narrowness  on  their  own  part  Thev 
learn  that  while  people  may  honestly  differ  in  their  views 
yet  all  may  still  work  loyally  together  for  the  same  great  end' 
ihey  learn  that  true  and  lasting  harmony  can  only  be 
maintained  through  absolute  justice  to  all,  and  an  intolerance 
of  anything  underhand  or  of  a  nature  approaching  gossip. 
They  learn  what  IS  perhaps  best  of  all,  the  broad-minded 
policy  of  being  able  to  advance  the  good  of  the  many  instead 
ot  the  few,  even  if  that  means  self-effacement. 

That  IS  not  all,  although  it  is  a  great  deal.  Women  learn 
to  think  and  to  speak  on  their  feet,  and  to  reason  and  still 
reach  conclusions  quickly.  They  learn  that  their  ideas  are 
as  likely  to  have  weight  as  those  of  more  ready  speakers.  How 
often  we  have  all  seen  the  sentiment  of  an  entire  meeting 
changed  by  a  few  quiet,  well-chosen  words  which  shed  a  new 
light  on  the  matter  under  discussion. 

Many  a  man  and  many  a  woman  have  found  themselves 
through  the  inspiring  contact  of  organization  work.  A  man 
so  bashful  that  when  he  arose  in  a  small  societv  of  twenty 
or  thirty  people  as  to  become  painfully  embarrassed  and  to 
tail  again  and  again  to  make  himself  understood,  became  a 
famous  lecturer,  and  that  in  less  than  five  years  JIanv  a 
woman  who  has  felt  her  heart  fluttering  in  her  throat  and  her 
Ideas  taking  unceremonious  flight,  has  awakened  a  little  later 
to  the  knowledge  that  she  could  marshal  her  thoughts  in  intel- 
iigent  and  convincing  arra.v.  and  "Knowledge  is  power  " 

The  good  old  days  of  the  chimney  corner  and  the  spinning 
wheel  are  past,  not  because  we  scorn  them,  but  because  times 
have  changed.  Our  women  are  none  the  less  womanly  for  the 
wish  to  keep  step  with  the  march  of  events,  and  to  do  their 
part  in  the  world's  work.  They  are  broader,  kindlier,  stron-er 
because  of  a  part  in  organization  work  and  its  many  helpful 
points  of  contact.  ueipuu 


THE  WORLD  ALMANAC  FOE  1909. 


nZ^lm°'^^  Almanac  for  1909  is  now  on  sale.     It  contains 
to  date     "^^^^  ^"""^  ^°  ^^  thoroughly  and  accurately  up 

It  presents  New  Thought  readers  with  details  of  the  Em- 
manuel mind-cure  movement,  and  on  near-by  pages  is  the 
official  statement  as  to  Mr.  Roosevelt's  contemplated  descent 
on  Africa.  The  Prohibition  wave  is  carefully  followed  in  its 
rolling  across  the  States.  The  Pope's  encyclical  on  Modernism 
IS  given  in  full,  as  is  the  Lambeth  encyclical  on  marriage 
in''l908  ^^^  ^^™"^'  ^'^"^''"^  ^^  ""^  Episcopal  Conference 

The  story  of  the  Panama  Canal  is  amplified.  There  are 
notes  on  the  prosecutions  of  trusts  and  rebates.  Attention  is 
paid  to  the  Hudson-Fulton  tercentennial  and  to  the  expositions 
planned  for  1909.  Walter  Wellman  writes  of  Polar  Expedi- 
tions, and  there  is  the  very  latest  word  about  airships 

A  Dew  feature  of  the  Almanac  is  a  summary  bv  States  of 
all  the  laws  relating  to  the  administration  of  the"  estates  of 
persons  deceased,  compiled  by  an  experienced  lawyer,  and  is 
perhaps  the  first  complete  publication  of  such  matt"er  in  popu- 
lar form.  It  represents  really  a  small  library  of  law  just  as 
It  stands. 

■  ^^*l^  ''"'"^  ^'''^''  ^^^^  ^^^^  mentioned  incidentally  are 
in  addition,  of  course,  to  the  year-by-year  features  ot  the 
Almanac— to  the  political  platforms,  summaries  and  election 
tables ;  to  the  official  lists  and  statistics  of  governments,  of 
labor,  of  the  churches  and  of  the  schools;  to  details  of  the 
world  s  armies  and  navies ;  to  the  census  counts ;  to  the  won- 
derfully full  pages  of  sports ;  to  the  figures  of  the  crops  and 
the  manufactures ;  to  the  list  of  American  millionaires  •  to  the 
statistics  of  the  railroads ;  to  the  outlines  of  new  legislation 
by  btates ;  to  the  past  year's  chronology,  and  to  the  thousand 
and  one  things  or  more  that  go  to  make  every  new  issue  of 
the  Almanac  a  volume  to  be  cherished  in  an  encyclopEedic 
library,  ^ot  forgetting  such  a  gossipy  detail  as  a  list  of  the 
real  names,  birthplaces  and  birth  years  of  popular  staee 
people.  " 

The  World  Almanac  is  the  offering  of  painstaking  labor- 
It  will  reward  unceasingly  the  search  of  the  student,  the 
statesman,  the  sporting  man.  the  man  of  affairs,  the  casual 
reader— and  the  druggist  who  wants  to  be  recognized  as  "the 
authority"  of  his  neighborhood  should  have  a  copy  of  this 
work  to  support  his  statements  and  decisions. 


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[January  14,  1909 


QUESTION     BOX 


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and  tlieir  clerlis  witb  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
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In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  Issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  e.-ccept  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Tasteless  Syrup  of  Quinine. 

(R.  S.  S. ) — We  know  of  no  better  preparation  for  disguis- 
ing  the  taste  of  quinine  than  those  offered  by  the  National 
Formulary.  See  aromatic  elixir  of  yerba  santa  and  aromatic 
syrup  of  yerba  santa  in  that  work.  Other  syrups  have  been 
used.  In  reality  it  is  impossible  to  produce  a  "tasteless 
syrup."  All  vehicles  are  characterized  by  some  kind  of  taste 
and  while  it  may  be  possible  to  mask  the  bitter  taste  of  qui- 
nine, the  word  "tasteless"  as  applied  to  a  mixture  of  this 
kind  is  a  misnomer,  which  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  is 
not  permissible.  However,  the  nearest  to  a  tasteless  salt  of 
quinine  is  not  the  sulphate,  but  the  tannate,  and  this  because 
it  is  most  insoluble.  The  formula  given  in  the  Dutch  Phar- 
macopceia  for  "tasteless  quiniue  tannate"  is  as  follows :  qui- 
nine, 7  parts,  is  dissolved  in  alcohol  (95  per  cent),  14  parts, 
by  warming  on  a  water  bath.  To  the  solution  a  similar  alco- 
holic solution  of  anhydrous  tannin,  24  parts,  is  added,  with 
stirring.  The  mixture  is  heated  in  a  covered  vessel,  until 
homogeneous,  then  poured  into  water,  200  parts,  with  agita- 
tion until  the  precipitate  becomes  pulverulent.  It  is  then 
collected,  pressed,  and  allowed  to  drain  and  dry  at  normal 
temperature,  being  finally  powdered  and  dried  at  a  heat  not 
exceeding  30°  C.  It  should  contain  at  least  9.5  per  cent  of 
quinine. 

Various  preparations  put  on  the  market  as  febrifuges  con- 
taining quinine  have  been  reported  to  be  simply  alkaloidal 
quinidine  in  crystals,  reduced  to  powder  and  then  triturated 
with  the  desired  vehicle.  Here  are  two  formulas  which  ap- 
peared in  the  Eka  seven  or  eight  years  ago : 
(1) 

Mix  one  dram  of  saccharin  with  4  ounces  of  water;  add 
two  drams  of  sodium  bicarbonate  and  dissolve.  Rub  %  dram 
oil  of  lemon  and  %  dram  of  potassium  carbonate  together  in 
water,  and  add  the  saccharin  solution  gradually  with  constant 
stirring.  Now  weigh  out  4  ounces  and  298  grains  (avoirdu- 
pois) of  quinidine  alkaloid,  place  in  a  glass  bottle  and  pour 
on  the  other  ingredients  and  enough  simple  syrup  to  make 
the  whole  measure  128  fluid  ounces.  (This,  it  will  be  noted, 
does  not  contain  quinine,  hence  the  name  "Tasteless  syrup  of 
quinine"  is  a  misnomer,  and  it  would  be  illegal  to  sell  the 
preparation  under  the  title.) 

(2) 

Quinine  sulphate,  128  grains ;  potassium  carbonate,  110 
grains;  solution  of  potassium  arsenite,  2  fluid  drams;  soluble 
essence  of  lemon,  4  fluid  drams ;  water,  1  fluid  ounce ;  syrup 
enough  to  make  16  fluid  ounces. 


Disguising  the  Taste  of  Aloes. 

(S.  A.  G.) — "We  manufacture  a  preparation  which  con- 
tains sodium  bicarbonate,  Barbadoes  aloes,  oil  of  peppermint 
and  several  other  ingredients  which  do  not  effect  the  taste. 
To  some  people  the  taste  of  the  preparation  is  ver.v  nauseat- 
ing and  disagreeable,  and  while  we  have  done  some  little  ex- 
perimenting we  do  not  seem  to  be  able  to  disguise  the  long 
after  taste  of  the  aloes.  We  have  tried  wintergreen,  also  salt. 
Would  the  taste  be  improved  by  using  in  its  place  the  proper 
proportion  of  aloin  so  that  the  preparation  would  have  the 
same  cathartic  effect  as  in  the  present  case," 

In  the  first  place  aloin  will  produce  the  catharsis  of  aloes 
in  about  one-third  as  large  a  dose  and  it  is  said  to  be  freer 
from  irritant  effects.  It  is  somewhat  difficult  to  mask  the 
taste  of  aloes  and  it  is  extremely  doubtful   if  any  adjuvant 


can  be  devised  that  will  completly  disguise  it.  However,  ex- 
tract of  gl.vcyrrhiza  and  aromatics  are  employed  in  the  stand- 
ard liquid  preparations  of  aloes  and  it  is  suggested  that  you 
try  them.  Tincture  of  cardamom  is  particularly  recommended 
on  account  of  its  flavoring  and  cordial  properties.  Vanilla 
and  orange  flower  water  may  also  prove  of  service,  these  sub- 
stances along  with  cinnamon,  nutmeg,  etc.,  being  used  as  ad- 
juvants in  the  old-time  "elixir  of  garus,"  which  contained 
aloes.  At  the  same  time  it  is  quite  unlikely  that  any  satis- 
factory masking  agents  can  be  suggested  without  having  the 
complete  formula  of  your  present  preparation  to  guide  us. 

Coloring  Electric  Light  Globes. 

(P.  G.  W.) — Various  methods  for  coloring  electric  light 
glolies  have  been  printed  in  the  Era  during  tlie  past  year. 
To  this  may  be  added  the  statement  recently  published  in  the 
Chemist  and  Druggist — that  the  varnish  best  adapted  to  this 
kind  of  work  is  photographers'  negative-varnish,  which  dries 
very  hard.  The  resins  in  this  varnish  are  sandarac  and  mas- 
tic, and  the  ground  glass  varnish  may  be  used  where  a  frosted 
appearance  is  required.  The  following  are  two  representative 
formulas,  the  first  one  to  produce  a  clear  varnish  and  the  sec- 
ond one  a  matt  product.  Any  suitable  aniline  dye  can  be 
added  to  the  finished  varuish — aurantia,  malachite  green,  ery- 
throsin,  etc. 

(1) 

White  hard  spirit-varnish    l"i  ounces. 

Rectified    spirit     -*•  ounces. 

(2) 

Sandarac    9t)      grains. 

Mastic     20      grains. 

Ether     2      ounces. 

Benzole   2  drams  to  1%  ounces. 

The  second  varnish  is  applied  to  the  cold  globes,  but  the 
first  is  best  used  on  the  lamps  when  the  latter  are  hot.  The 
varnish  is  placed  in  a  tumbler,  the  globes,  previously  freed 
from  grease,  are  dipped  in  and  then  the  lamps  are  taken  out 
and  allowed  to  dry. 


Breath  Perfume, 

(Todd)— Try   one   of   the   following: 

(1) 

Powdered  orris  root   5  ounces. 

Musk     5  grains. 

Coumarin    12  grains. 

Vanillin    20  grains. 

Oil  of  rose    10  drops. 

Oil  of  neroli    20  drops. 

Oil  of  peppermint   20  drops. 

Oil  of  spearmint    20  drops. 

Oil  of  ylang  ylang 5  drops. 

Purified  extract  of  licorice,  sufficient. 
Mix   the   orris    root    with    the    remaining    ingredients,    add 
enough  extract   to   form   a   mass ;   divide   into  pellets   or   roll 
out  flat  and  cut  into  pieces. 

(2) 

Sugar  3  ounces. 

Licorice     3  ounces. 

Oil  of  anise    20  drops. 

Oil  of  fennel    5  drops. 

Purified  extract  of  licorice,  sufficient. 

(3) 
Hager  gives  this  one  : 

Extract  of  licorice. 

Distilled  water,  of  each   100  parts. 

Powdered  catechu   30  parts. 

Powdered  gum  arabic   1.5  parts. 

Mix  and  by  the  heat  of  a  water  bath  evaporate  to  the  con- 
sistency of  a  thick  extract :  while  still  warm  incorporate  the 
following  reduced  to  fine  powder : 

Florentine  orris  root, 

Cascarilla  bark 

Mastich,  of  each   2  parts. 

After  the  mass  has  partially  cooled,  thoroughly  incorporate; 

Oil  of  peppermint   2  parts. 

Tincture  of  ambergris. 

Tincture  of  musk,  of  each   1-5  part. 

Form  into  small  pastilles  or  pellets. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


39 


Original  and  Selected 


SOME  GRAFTERS  I  HAVE  KNOWN. 


By  Walter  H.   Cousins,   Munday,   Texas. 
It  is  with  a  great  deal  of  pardonable  pride  tliat  I  point  to 
my  profonnd    knowledge   of   what   the   everyday   Ameri.-an    i'; 
pleased   to  denominate  a  grafter,  owing  of  course  to  the   fact 
that  1  have  bought  experience  in  quantity  lots. 

I  am  not  exaggerating  when  I  say  that  I  have  met  them 
all  from  the  youthful  specimen  from  the  home  office  in  Iowa 
City,  who  has  a  line  of  toilet  specialties  and  perfumes  with  a 
showcase  free,  a  deal  that  has  put  more  retail  druggists  in 
John  D.  Rockefeller's  class  than  booze  ever  put  in  jail,  up  to 
the  fatherly  old  gentleman  who  is  doing  a  philanthropic  stunt 
with  old  Dr.  Jaggerman's  old  reliable  line  of  family  remedies 
with  an  advertising  scheme  that  would  absolutely  "force  cus- 
tomers into  your  place  and  likewise  coin  into  your  pocket. 

From  the  star-bedecked  fields  of  reminiscence  comes  a  va- 
ried and  elegant  assortment  of  grafters  that  in  the  matter  .,f 
numbers  makes  the  sands  of  the  seas 
pale  with  insignificance  and  the  stars  of 
the  great  blue  dome  look  as  seldom  as 
old  maids  at  a  mothers'  congress. 

Nineteen  hundred  years  after  the  ad- 
vent of  our  Savior  into  this  vale  of  tears 
yours  truly  embarked  in  a  very  small 
beat  on  the  choppy  seas  of  pharmacy, 
and  it  seemed  that  in  twenty-four  hours 
afterward  every  experience  factory  on 
the  North  American  continent  had  got- 
ten a  line  of  information  on  me  and  sent 
a  man  on  the  first  train  to  make  me  an 
elegant  spiel  embellished  with  the  choicest 
adjectives,  slap  me  on  the  shoulder  and 
show  me  where  to  sign.  In  this  gang  of 
artistic  commercial  porch  climbers  were 
some  of  the  most  thorough,  best  educated, 
high  grade  gentlemen  cut-throats  that 
ever  carried  a  sample  case  in  Texas. 

During  those  palmy  days  yours  respect- 
fully was  passing  through  that  innocent 
age  of  youth  when  he  stood  ever  ready 
to  give  two  tens  for  a  five,  to  loan  money 
to  tramps,  and  could  pull  more  badgers 
in  a  given  time  than  any  amateur  in  the 
State. 

I  have  met  the  man  with  mining  stock 
that  paid  four  sixty  per  cent  dividends 
annually  and  bought  enough  stock  to 
paper  my  room.  I  have  been  up  against 
the  man  with  the  exclusive  deal  on  a 
line  of  dope  that  worked  the  cash  register  overtime-  I 
have  formed  the  acquaintance  of  the  guv  who  let  me  in  on 
the  ground  floor  of  a  scheme  and  I  worked  in  the  fourteenth 
story  With  no  elevator.  I  have  met  the  lad  who  owns  a  gold 
brick  plant  with  a  capacity  of  one  hundred  cars  daily  and 
bought  the  output  of  the  factory  for  a  year,  but  as  I  .'aze 
down  the  well-trodden  aisles  of  the  long  past  methiuks  I  "can 
see  the  intelligent  face  of  the  king  of  grafters,  the  real  artist 
the  finished  product,  the  only  man  living  who  could  rob  a 
National  cash  register  with  the  proprietor  looking  at  him  or 
whipsaw  a  Burroughs  adding  machine  into  tellina  a  lie  about 
a  total.  He  was  master  of  his  craft,  and  if  he  'had  been  al- 
lowed to  run  at  large  for  two  more  years  would  have  been  the 
possessor  of  a  roll  of  the  filthy  lucre  that  would  have  made 
August  Belmont  look  like  a  slick  dime  rolling  around  a  bunch 
of  United  States  bonds.  As  well  as  I  can  remember  this 
wholesale  short-change  artist  was  an  elegant  looking  voun<' 
specimen  wearing  about  two  hundred  dollars'  worth  of  clothes 
with  a  shiner  In  his  shirt  front  that  looked  like  an  arc  light 
on  the  dark  of  the  moon.  He  wore  a  rimless  glass  front  a'nd 
talked  well,  I  should  smile  and  smirk  to  twitter.  In  the  mat- 
to^jjf^a  linguistic  elucidation  he  had  that  ancient  and  time- 

*Proceedlngs  Texas  rharmaceutical  Association.  lilOS. 


W.VLTER  H. 
of  Munda 


honored  purveyor  of  lightning  rods  backed  into  a  siding  to 
wait  nine  weeks  for  sanitorium  treatment  for  loss  of  speech 
He  made  Ananias  look  like  a  white  sided  Texas  steer  at  a 
Boston  banquet. 

He  was  discoursing  elaborately  on  reason  No.  04  when  I 
began  to  succumb,  a  rose-colored  cloud  floating  before  my  eyes 
a  summer  home  in  Atlantic  City  and  to  Palm  Beach  when  the 
northers  came,  chasing  themselves  through  the  fleeting  mind  •  I 
dreamed  of  a  bank  roll  as  big  as  a  coca  cola  barrel,  of  doing  free 
library  stunts  and  being  the  owner  of  a  flock  of  gasoline  cars. 

It  seemed  from  the  trend  of  the  polished  narrative  he  handed 
me  that  he  had  always  felt  it  was  his  duty,  decreed  from  the 
t<undation  of  the  world,  to  come  to  Texas  and  free  the  retail 
druggists  of  the  great  Lone  Star  State  from  the  galling  chains 
of  the  jewelry  trust.  It  was  here  that  I  burned  my  John 
Henry  into  the  bottom  line  of  a  sheet  of  pink  parchment  con- 
taining whereases  and  why  fores.  Handing  me  a  yellow  dupli- 
cate, he  gave  my  hand  a  gentle  squeeze  and  hoped  I  could  stand 
the  prosperity  that  would  naturally  come  from  the  great  in- 
vestment I  had  just  made. 

Somehow  I  felt  like  a  millionaire.  I  had  an  inherent  hanker- 
ing to  be  seen  down  at  the  bugg  wagon  department  store  buy- 
ing a  dozen  benzine  buggies  of  assorted  sizes  and  handing  them 
around  to  my  friends.  I  went  over  to  the  First  National  Bank 
•i,„i  it  seemed  that  I  could  hear  the  yellow  boys  say  '•Papa." 

After  perusing  the  herein  before-men- 
tioned yellow  duplicate  I  soaked  up  the 
intelligence  that  I  was  to  receive  by  ex- 
press, prepaid,  two  thousand  dollars' 
worth  of  jewelry  more  or  less  solid  gold, 
and  the  one  thousand  dollar  shares  of 
stock  in  the  Bunco  Skinnem  Jewelry 
Company,  Limited.  I  read  no  further,'  I 
simply  had  to  go  out  and  celebrate  in  my 
firm  belief  in  the  old  adage  that  fortune 
knocks  once  at  every  man's  door,  and  it 
seemed  that  this  time  she  had  loosened 
the  hinges  on  mine.  During  lucid  inter- 
vals I  perused  my  duplicate  to  get  in- 
formation on  the  shining  shekels  that  I 
was  soon  to  possess,  and  last  but  not 
least  of  all.  I  absorbed  the  information 
that  I  was  to  pay  the  Bunco  Skinnem 
Jewelry  Company,  Limited,  the  paltry 
sum  of  ISOO  plunks  in  twelve  instal- 
ments of  one  hundred  and  fifty  dull  thuds 
each. 

Time  passed  as  usual  and  the  goods 
came  and  opened  up  to  my  entire  distrac- 
tion. A  more  ordinary  looking  bunch  of 
tinsel  was  never  gotten  together.  Im- 
agine my  feelings,  that  is  If  you  ever  had 
delirium  tremens  and  hydrophobia  at  the 
same  time,  otherwise  save  your  imagina- 
tion until  next  spring  and  make  it  into 
poetry.  One  thousand  collar  buttons  to 
retail  at  ten  cents  each !  This  is  where 
I  dropped  the  invoice  and  grabbed  my  hair,  bursted  my  belt 
and  collar  fell  in  a  fit,  the  kind  usually  used  in  epilepsy.  When 
I  recovered  consciousness  the  atmosphere  smelled  strongly 
of  brimstone  and  I  found  that  I  had  made  the  English  vocab- 
ulary of  descriptive  adjectives  look  like  thirty  cents  in  the 
coin  of  the  realm  of  Mexico.  I  threw  the  entire  shipment  into 
the  corner  of  the  back  room  and  afterward  sold  the  whole  con- 
signment to  a  street  faker  for  twenty-five  dollars  on  the  instal- 
ment plan,  for  which  I  received  one  instalment  and  the  plan. 

During  the  halcyon  days  of  the  youthful  end  of  my  career 
as  dope  disher  to  the  millions,  I  fostered  slumbering  ambition 
to  fan  the  heated  brow  of  the  goddess  of  fame  with  a  turkey 
wing  and  to  have  the  world  look  on  me  as  champion  accumu- 
lator of  the  long  green,  but  after  having  taken  an  invoice  of  my 
mental  capabilities  and  having  gone  down  in  miserable  de- 
feat before  a  tribe  of  grafters,  I  made  the  astounding  dis- 
covery that  as  an  investment  specialist  I  am  about  the  most 
consummate  bluff  since  the  passing  of  Don  Quixote. 

I  have  fed  enough  of  the  bank  lithographs  into  the  mill 
of  experience  to  pay  the  national  debt,  and  my  collection  of 
gold  bricks  would  make  the  Galveston  sea  wall  green  with 
envy.  I  have  bought  well  advertised  patents  In  carlots  to  get 
two  per  cent  and  six  months  dating,  only  to  find  that  they 
were   entirely   unknown,   save   to   the"  people   who   made   them. 


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[January  14,  1909 


I  have  purchased  expensive  space  in  newspapers  which  were 
guaranteed  to  be  printed  in  six  different  languages  and  to 
reach  every  quarter  of  the  earth,  and  afterwards  have  found 
that  you  could  walk  out  of  their  circulation  in  two  hours  on 
crutches. 

And  cigars,  the  drug  man's  nightmare,  the  short  rope 
wrapped  in  the  guile  leaf  Queen  of  Porto  Rico !  I  have  bought 
them  in  large  juicy  bunches  that  were  supposed  to  be  the 
very  sunshine  of  the  smoker's  life,  and  later  discovered  that 
they  were  filled  with  rubber  comb  teeth  and  wrapped  in  a 
painted  rag ;  to  smoke  one  on  the  street  was  considered  a 
misdemeanor  by  connoisseurs  of  the  weed. 

And  stock  food !  My  last  general  inventory  shows  quantity 
lots  of  forty-three  different  brands,  and  to  offer  a  dollar  pack- 
age as  a  prize  with  a  ten-cent  purchase  is  considered  a  joke  by 
the  man  with  the  hoe.  And  that  well  ridden  hobby,  "my  own 
preparations."  I  remember  well  "Cousin's  aqua  vitce,'"  guar- 
anteed to  cure  every  disease  from  eczema  to  disappointed 
affections.  I  had  a  customer  for  it.  An  old  lady  took  two 
bottles  and  had  to  send  for  the  doctor. 

Casting  a  retrospective  glance  over  my  career  as  reception 
committee  for  Texas  to  the  grafters,  it  seems  to  me  that  the 
bunch  of  business  buccaneers  I  have  met  have  Jlayor  Schmidt, 
of  San  Francisco,  beat  to  a  batter,  and  they  make  Sam  Bass 
and  Jesse  James  look  like  amateurs.  I  learned  long  ago  that 
a  Spanish  dagger  in  the  hands  of  a  masked  highwayman  is  as 
harmless  as  a  white  winged  butterfly  compared  with  a  fountain 
pen  in  the  hand  of  a  modern  business  promoter.  You  may 
think  you  are  the  wise  guy  of  all  creation,  with  a  corner  on 
the  information  market,  but  your  hook  is  on  the  bottom  when 
you  are  fostering  any  such  erroneous  ideas.  Remember  your 
knowledge  is  general,  but  the  man  who  grabs  a  grip  packed 
with  phony  samples  of  an  experience  factory  is  a  specialist. 
And  any  time  you  win  from  one  of  these  collectors  of  cuticle 
you  will  be  retired  on  full  pay  with  a  pension. 

Now  for  a  short  line  of  advice  to  my  fraternal  brothers 
assembled  today  in  the  Island  City.  Take  my  advice  and 
thereby  get  wise  to  the  commercial  dermatologist  and  hand 
him  the  compliments  of  the  citrus  union.  Remember  that  his 
system  of  business  has  supplanted  the  methods  of  the  old-time 
Texas  hold  up  who  stopped  the  stage  and  examined  the  color 
of  your  eyes  through  the  sights  of  a  horse  pistol,  while  his 
pal  turned  you  upside  down  and  counted  what  feJl  out,  never 
taking  more  than  you  had.  On  the  other  hand,  the  daylight 
burglar  takes  all  .vou  have  and  your  note  for  the  balance. 

Do  not  think  for  a  moment  that  I  mean  to  dispute  the 
time-honored  adage  that  experience  is  worth  whatever  you 
pay  for  it,  but  I  merely  wish  to  enlighten  you  to  the  effect  that 
it  is  my  unchangeable  belief  that  if  you  bull  the  experience 
market  that  you  will  overstock,  and  believe  me,  the  poor  farms 
are  inhabited  with  would-have-been  millionaires  who  got  short 
on  coin  in  getting  long  on  experience. 


SOME  POINTS  IN  THE  ASSAY  OF  LAUDANUM  FOE 
BEGINNERS.* 


By  George  D.  Seal,  Scio,  Ohio. 

Although  one  of  the  most  frequently  used  of  official  galen- 
icals, laudanum  is  the  most  often  found  deficient  in  alka- 
loidal  strength.  The  average  morphine  content  of  twenty- 
three  samples  examined  by  the  writer  during  the  past  year 
being  0.S4S  grams  in  100  cc,  while  the  U.S.P.  requirement 
Is  1.2  to  1.2.">  grams  in  100  cc. 

Owing  to  the  importance  of  this  preparation,  and  the  sim- 
plicity of  the  official  process  of  examination,  it  is  the  one  most 
frequently  attempted  by  beginners  in  the  assaying  of  alkaloidal 
drugs. 

The  official  process  is,  in  brief,  as  follows : 

1.  Evaporate  100  cc.  to  20  cc,  dilute  with  water  to  pre- 
cipitate resinous  matter,  filter,  and  wash  the  residue  on  the 
filter. 

2.  Evaporate  the  filtrate  and  washing  to  the  weight  of  14 
grams,  transfer  to  a  flask  with  the  aid  of  a  little  water,  add 
the  required  amount  of  alcohol,  ether  and  ammonia  water  and 
shake  for  ten  minutes. 

3.  After  standing  for  six  hours,  filter,  wash  the  morphine 


successively  with  water,  alcohol  solution  of  morphine  and 
ether,  dry  and  weigh. 

4.  The  impure  morphine  is  then  dissolved  in  lime  water, 
filtered  through  counterpoised  filters,  dried  and  the  residue 
weighed.  Subtracting  the  weight  of  the  residue  from  that  of 
the  original  precipitate  gives  the  weight  of  pure  morphine. 

The  process  outlined  above  presents  no  especial  difficulties 
to  the  beginner,  nevertheless,  there  are  several  points  of  manip- 
ulation that  must  be  observed  if  accurate  results  are  to  be 
obtained. 

The  first  is  in  the  evaporation  of  the  sample.  The  Pharma- 
copoeia directs  the  first  concentration  to  be  conducted  upon  a 
water  bath,  but  all  subsequent  evaporations  are  to  be  made 
at  a  "gentle  heat,"  without  specifying  the  temperature  or  the 
manner  of  applying  the  heat. 

In  the  writer's  opinion  this  should  always  be  done  on  the 
water  or  steam  bath.  If  evaporated  upon  a  sand  bath  or 
upon  a  metal  plate  there  will  almost  invariably  be  some  de- 
composition of  morphine. 

Three  samples  of  the  same  tincture  evaporated  respectively 
upon  a  water  bath,  sand  bath  and  wire  gatize  gave  the  follow- 
ing results : 

No.  1.  Evaporated  on  water  bath,  1.105  gm.  morphine. 

No.  2.  Evaporated  on  sand  bath,  1.023  gm.  morphine. 

No.  3.  Evaporated  on  wire  gauze,  0.995  gm.  morphine. 

When  evaporated  at  the  proper  temperature,  the  residue 
presents  a  glossy,  varnish-like  appearance.  If  the  temperature 
is  allowed  to  rise  too  high  the  upper  rim  of  the  extract  pre- 
sents a  dull  appearance  and  is  full  of  cracks. 

The  second  evaporation  must  be  done  with  as  much  care 
capsule.  For  this  purpose  the  water  should  be  added  grad- 
ually and  the  stirring  should  be  so  thorough  as  to  completely 
disintegrate  the  flakes.  For  this  purpose  the  top  of  the  little 
finger  is  better  than  a  stirring  rod.  If  the  disintegration  is 
not  complete,  too  much  water  will  be  required  for  the 
washing. 

The  second  evaporation  must  be  done  with  as  much  care 
as  the  first. 

The  third  particular  point  in  the  manipulation  is  in  the 
precipitation.  When  the  ammonia  water  is  added,  the  phar- 
moeopceial  injunction  to  shake  well  for  ten  minutes  must  be 
carefully  obeyed.  The  shaking  should  be  vigorous  and  con- 
tinuous for  the  full  ten  minutes.  Insufficient  shaking  causes 
the  morphine  to  form  large,  dark  colored  crystals  which  re- 
tain impurities  with  great  persistence. 

When  the  shaking  is  sufficient  the  morphine  forms  light 
colored,  almost  white  crystals,  like  fine  sand  and  easily  washed 
and  dried. 

The  fourth  point  in  manipulation  which  needs  to  be  con- 
sidered is  in  the  use  of  the  lime  water. 

This  should  be  as  little  exposed  to  the  air  as  possible.  Ex- 
posure causes  the  formation  of  calcium  carbonate,  which  re- 
mains on  the  filter  and  is  weighed  as  impurity  and  is  perhaps 
the  most  serious  objection  to  the  use  of  lime  water  in  dissolv- 
ing the  morphine.  With  care,  however,  keeping  the  flask  well- 
stoppered  while  dissolving  and  covering  the  funnel  while  fil- 
tering the  amount  of  carbonate  formed  will  be  too  small  to  be 
appreciable. 

If  the  alcoholic  strength  of  the  tincture  is  to  be  determined, 
or  if  the  presence  of  wood  alcohol  is  to  be  tested  for,  this 
should  be  done  at  the  beginning  of  the  assay. 

The  100  cc.  is  diluted  to  150  cc.  with  distilled  water,  trans- 
ferred to  a  flask  and  100  cc.  of  distillate  collected. 

The  distillate  has  its  specific  gravity  taken  and  is  tested 
for  wood  alcohol  in  the  usual  manner  and  the  morphine  is  de- 
termined in  the  residue. 


"Not  Afraid  to  Speak  the  Truth." 

"The   oldest   drug  store   in   Philadelphia — sends  check   and 

hearty  greetings  to  the  Era  and  wishes  it  a  long  life — a  useful 

one  and  a  prosperous  one — all  praise  to  a  journal  not  afraid  to 

speak  the  truth."     Campbell  &  Bro.,  per  Clarence  CampheU. 


•Read   before  the  Ohio  Pharmaceutical   Association,   Cedar 
Point,   1908. 


Stole  Telephone,  Cigars  and  Perfumery. 
Baltimore,  Jan.  11. — The  front  door  of  the  drug  store  of 
Dr.  Miller  Shore,  1901  West  Fayette  street,  was  forced  open 
Friday  night  and  ransacked.  Two  telephone  instruments  were 
stolen  and  the  burglars  helped  themselves  to  cigars  and  per- 
fumery.    No  traces  were  left. 


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41 


Personal  Mention 


— Adam  Dakling,  of  Denver,  is  touring  California. 

— Arthub  Kibschneb,  Dayton,  Ohio,  is  touring  California. 

^R.  L.  Sanfobd  and  wife,  of  Marshall,  Okla.,  were  recent 
visitors  to  the  latter's  parents  at  Ponca. 

— Eable  Cook,  of  St.  Louis,  representing  Johnson  &  John- 
son, was  a  visitor  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— Chables  E.  Matthews,  manager  of  Sharp  &  Dohme's 
Chicago  house,  was  a  recent  visitor  in  New  York. 

— J.  L.  BlTEii,  representative  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  in 
Massachusetts,  will  sail  shortly  for  Trinidad,  W.  I. 

— W.  B.  Long,  president  of  Lee-Osgood  Company,  of  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  was  a  visitor  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— F.  N.  Jenkins,  of  Jenkins  &  Meeker,  of  Washington, 
N.  J.,  was  a  caller  in  the  New  York  wholesale  trade  last 
week. 

— C.  R.  MOTT,  Syracuse  representative  for  Eli  Lilly  &  Co., 
has  returned  from  a  week's  visit  to  the  home  office  in  Indian- 
apolis. 

— N.  NicoLAE,  of  the  New  York  branch  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.,  recently  returned  from  Buenos  Ayres,  Argentine  Re- 
public. 

— C.  R.  Cosby,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  made  a  trip  to  Philadelphia  in  the  early  part  of 
the  week. 

— Thomas  Stbouse  and  Clarence  Purnell,  young  drug- 
gists of  Pottstown,  Pa.,  will  go  on  one  of  the  Red  Cross  ships 
to  stricken  Italy. 

— O.  E.  Dahlt  and  G.  C.  Barnes,  of  the  Lilly  Minnesota 
sales  force,  were  in  the  home  office  in  Indianapolis  the  last 
week  of  December. 

— A.  B.  Phillips,  of  Turret,  Colo.,  is  the  fortunate  pos- 
sessor of  a  granite  quarry  which  will  supply  stone  for  building 
operations  in  Denver. 

— William  Bodenbendeb,  representative  in  the  South  for 
J.  L.  Hopkins  &  Co.,  returned  home  last  Friday  after  spending 
a  few  days  in  New  York. 

— Henbt  M.  Toch,  of  Toch  Brothers,  New  York,  and  Mrs. 
Toch,  have  sailed  for  an  extended  tour  abroad,  which  will 
include  Egypt  and  the  Orient. 

— ilE.  Zechel,  the  purchaser  of  the  C.  N.  Cameron  Drug 
Store  at  Pewaukee,  Wis.,  will  soon  take  possession  and  is  now 
moving  his  family  to  Pewaukee. 

— F.  H.  Abculabius,  of  Colorado  Springs,  Colo.,  was  a  re- 
cent visitor  at  Victor,  where  he  looked  after  his  mining  in- 
terests and  called  on  drug  trade  friends. 

— Miss  Evans  Montgomebt,  for  some  time  with  Philip 
&  Philip,  of  Fruitvale,  has  gone  to  Highland,  Cal.,  where  she 
has  taken  charge  of  the  Callan  Pharmacy. 

— Wallace  Wilson,  of  Wichita,  Kan.,  who  has  been  in 
the  drug  business  in  that  city,  has  moved  with  his  family  to 
Denver,  where  they  will  reside  in  the  future. 

— Geobge  W.  Habbis,  of  the  Crescent  Pharmacy  Company, 
owning  several  drug  stores  in  Idaho  and  Washington,  has  been 
on  a  tour  of  inspection.     Mrs.  Harris  accompanied  him. 

— John  L.  Butleb,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Colfax,  Cal,, 
has  been  indorsed  by  the  Republican  County  Central  Commit- 
tee of  Placer  County  for  the  office  of  Postmaster  of  Colfax. 

— JtlLius  Foeesteb,  Sharp  &  Dohme's  general  representa- 
tive in  New  England,  was  a  recent  visitor  in  New  York,  call- 
ing upon  Mr.  Stauffen.  general  business  manager  of  the  firm. 

— Clinton  Smith,  formerly  of  West  Branch,  now  of  Lan- 
sing, Mich.,  where  he  is  a  druggist,  was  recently  the  guest 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  H.  Randall,  of  Bay  City,  for  a  few 
days. 

— A.  C.  HiGGiNS,  who  has  been  a  special  detail  man  for 
Sharp  &  Dohme  in  Colorado,  Louisiana  and  Mississippi,  has 
been  appointed  general  representative  for  Arkansas  and  Ok- 
lahoma, 

. — Chaeles  E.  King,  a  well-known  Philadelphia  pharmacist, 
had  the  misfortune  last  week  to  fall  and  break  his  wrist.  His 
many  friends  in  the  organization  missed  him  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  P.A.R.D. 

— Henbt  Boedealtc,  of  Bordeaux  Brothers  Drug  Company, 
Little  Rock,  Ark.,  spent  a  day  in  Indianapolis  last  week  vis- 
iting the  Red  Lilly  laboratories.     Mr.  Bordeaux  is  vice-presi- 


dent of  the  Arkansas  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
will  soon  open  a  handsome  new  store  in  a  prominent  location 
in  Little  Rock. 

— John  H.  Subsatt,  Jr.,  of  Baltimore,  has  succeeded  H.  E. 
Deitz  in  connection  with  the  Corner  Drug  Store.  Elkins, 
^'.  Va.,  the  latter  having  resigned  to  engage  in  business  at 
Clarksburg  in  that  State. 

— Eugene  Stkes  is  now  manager  of  the  Sykes  Drug  Com- 
pany. Greensboro,  N.  C,  a'nd  J.  L.  Howerton  has  become  at- 
tached to  the  store  as  registered  pharmacist.  A.  J.  Skyes  has 
gone  into  other  business. 

— Chables  p.  Muth,  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  wholesale  drug- 
gists, Baltimore,  is  mourning  the  loss  of  his  mother-in-law, 
Mrs.  Isabelle  EUinger,  who  passed  away  suddenly  last  Friday. 
She  was  fifty-three  years  old. 

— Mb.  and  Mbs.  James  Malonet,  of  Ilion,  N.  Y.,  will  leave 
this  month  for  Oklahoma,  where  they  will  make  their  home 
in  the  future.  Mrs.  Maloney,  nee  Carney,  had  been-  with  the 
Carney  Drug  Store  for  seventeen  years  until  its  recent  sale  to 
George  M.  Carney. 

— Habby  L.  Stiles,  who  has  just  been  re-elected  third  vice- 
president  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists, 
is  confined  to  his  home  with  what  threatens  to  result  in  con- 
gestion of  the  lungs.  He  was  unable  to  attend  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  association. 

— Recent  visitors  at  the  Groover-Stewart  Drug  Company's 
store  in  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  included  H.  D.  Palmer,  of  Inver- 
ness ;  H.  Clay  Glover,  proprietor  of  Glover's  dog  remedies ; 
J.  W.  Videll,  of  Gainesville ;  J.  D.  Juham,  of  Crystal  River, 
and  W.  M.  Hawkins,  of  Daytonia. 

— Db.  James  G.  Mensch,  of  Pennsburg,  Pa.,  Montgomery 
County  druggist,  banker  and  one  of  Perkiomen  Valley's  most 
active  physicians,  celebrated  his  seventy-ninth  birthday  anni- 
versary recently,  apparently  in  the  enjoyment  of  excellent 
health,  yet  his  pulse  beats  only  twenty-six  times  in  a  minute. 

— Col.  John  W.  Lowe,  Boston  representative  for  Eli  Lilly 
&  Co.,  returned  home  last  week  from  a  visit  to  the  Lilly  labo- 
ratories in  Indianapolis.  After  a  week's  sojourn  at  the  home 
of  the  Red  Lilly,  Colonel  Lowe  is  more  enthusiastic  than  ever, 
if  such  were  possible,  on  the  subject  of  the  Lilly  policy  and 
products. 

— E.  V.  Clabk,  manager  at  Minneapolis  for  the  H.  K.  Mul- 
ford  Company,  gave  a  "get-together"  dinner  to  the  sales  staff 
of  that  city  at  the  Kaiserhoff.  C.  B.  McClelland  acted  as 
toastmaster  and  those  who  responded  were  E.  J.  Schonberg, 
S.  V.  Justus,  L.  H.  Norwood,  Phil.  Kirsch,  Andres  Sivertson, 
A.  L.  Eger,  G.  A.  Engbretson  and  Charles  Kornofsky. 

— Among  the  out-of-town  representatives  of  Sharp  &  Dohme 
who  recently  visited  the  general  offices  in  New  York  were 
W,  Abererombie,  of  Georgia ;  C.  H.  Bulkey,  of  South  Caro- 
lina ;  M.  B.  Craig,  of  Florida ;  C.  C.  Tunison,  of  Georgia,  and 
W.  W.  Curtis,  general  representative,  and  J.  L.  Prior,  man- 
ager of  the  Atlanta  branch,  of  Atlanta,  Ga, 

— Habold  W.  Deabbobn,  who  has  been  assistant  manager 
and  advertising  manager  of  the  Green  Drug  Store  at  Holyoke, 
Mass.,  has  been  promoted  to  the  general  manager,  succeeding 
M,  H.  Plummer,  who  takes  charge  of  a  large  Springfield  store. 
Mr.  Dearborn  went  to  Holyoke  from  the  Green  Drug  Store  in 
Worcester,  where  he  was  assistant  manager  for  five  years. 

— S.  T.  Douglas,  Martin  H.  Kleine  and  A.  M.  Hopper,  of 
the  New  York  City  sales  force  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  have  re- 
turned here  after  a  week  in  Indianapolis  visiting  the  home 
office.  Lilly  salesmen  from  many  parts  of  the  country  visit 
Indianapolis  for  instruction  during  the  holidays,  so  that  these 
annual  gatherings  have  become  prominent  events  and  full  of 
interesting  features. 

. — Ambbose  Hunsbebgeb,  secretary  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  a 
member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College, 
proved  himself  a  veritable  "  Hawkshaw,  the  detective"  a  few 
days  ago,  when  he  looked  out  to  the  front  of  his  store  in  time 
to  see  a  negro  slip  out  of  the  door  with  what  appeared  to  be  a 
bundle  under  his  arm.  A  glance  showed  that  one  of  the  auto- 
matic telephone  boxes  was  missing  from  a  table.  When  the 
negro  stopped  in  a  nearby  alley  to  break  open  the  box  and 
secure  the  week's  deposit  of  nickels  and  dimes,  he  turned  to 
confront  the  tall  form  of  the  athletic  pharmacist.  In  his  most 
severe  manner.  Professor  Hunsberger  demanded  his  property 
and  the  fellow  promptly  turned  it  over.  An  investigation 
showed  that  he  had  cut  the  wires  while  another  man,  supposed 
to  have  been  a  confederate,  engaged  the  clerk  in  conversation. 


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THE    PHARMACEUTICAL    BRA 


[January  14,  1909 


DEATH  TAKES  MORE  VETERAN  DRUGGISTS. 


CONGRESSMEN  TAKE  DR.  WILEY'S  PART. 


Wisconsin  Loses  John  Robinson.  Her  "Grand  Old  Man" 
in  Pharmacy,  and  Other  Pioneers  Are  Called. 

Kenosha.  Wis..  Jan.  11. — John  Robinson,  of  Greeu  Bay. 
retired  wholesale  druggist  of  tliat  city  and  one  of  tlie  best  of 
the  pioneer  business  men  of  northern  Wisconsin,  died  sud- 
denly in  the  Bijou  Theater  in  this  city  recently.  Death  is 
supposed  to  have  resulted  from  an  attack  of  apoplexy.  Mr. 
Robinson  had  been  in  the  l)est  of  health  during  the  day  and 
in  the  evening  had  suggested  that  he  be  one  of  a  theater  party. 
With  M.  H.  Pettit  and  Fred  Pettit  he  had  just  taken  a  seat. 
A  moving  picture  was  being  presented  when  his  head  fell 
back  and  he  gasped  as  if  for  breath.  An  ambulance  was  sum- 
moned, but  Mr.  Robinson  was  dead  before  he  could  be  taken 
from  the  theater.  Mrs.  Robinson,  the  widow  and  sole  sur- 
viving member  of  the  family,  was  at  the  Pettit  home,  where 
they  were  visiting. 

John  Robinson  was  considered  one  of  the  grand  old  men  of 
pharmacy  in  Wisconsin.  He  was  a  native  of  England,  but 
came  to  Wisconsin  with  other  members  of  the  Robinson  family 
more  than  fifty  years  ago.  and  since  that  time  had  resided  at 
Green  Bay.  He  was  about  seventy-five  years  of  age.  He  was 
a  pioneer  druggist  at  Green  Bay  and  later  went  into  the  whole- 
sale drug  business.  He  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  in  Wisconsin  and  aided  in  the  compilation 
of  the  laws  governing  the  drug  business  in  Wisconsin,  .\bout 
three  years  ago  he  retired  from  active  work. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— DwiGHT  L.  Alubich.  of  Cyguet,  Ohio,  is  dead,  aged  fifty- 
one.     He  was  a  Mason  and  belonged  to  other  societies. 

— John  McBride  Hortox,  of  209  East  Utica  street.  Buf- 
falo. N.  T..  died  recently,  leaving  a  widow.     He  was  forty. 

— JIbs.  George  O.  Sexton,  wife  of  a  former  proprietor  of 
the  Columbian  Drug  Store  in  La  Crosse,  died  recently  at  Mor- 
rison. 111.     She  was  buried  at  La  Crosse. 

— John  C.  G.^rxaus.  a  partner  in  the  Geigy  Aniline  & 
Extract  Co..  69  Barclay  street,  Manhattan,  New  York  City, 
is  dead  at  his  home  in  Brooklyn  Borough,  aged  fift}--one. 

— Mrs.  Jodn  L.  Riker,  w-ife  of  the  druggist,  died  recently 
in  her  home  in  this  city  in  her  seventy-fourth  year.  She  was 
married  in  18.57  and  leaves  three  sons  and  four  daughters. 

— H.  L.  BuBCHiNAX.  a  special  detail  man  with  Sharp  & 
Dohme  in  Colorado  and  Arizona,  died  from  heart  failure,  su- 
perinduced by  an  acute  attack  of  asthma,  at  Denver,  Colo., 
on  January  5. 

— Roscius  R.  Ruggles,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  who  has  been 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  forty  years,  died  recently  at 
his  home  in  that  city,  aged  fifty-nine.  A  widow,  two  sons  and 
a  daughter  survive. 

— FisANK  N.  Pike,  for  many  years  a  general  representative 
with  Sharp  &  Dohme  in  Ohio  and  Kentucky,  died  from  double 
pneumonia  following  mastoiditis  at  Christ  Hospital,  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  on  January  5. 

— Mrs.  Max  R.  Zaegel,  wife  of  the  manufacturer  of  Zae- 
gel's  Swedish  Essence,  recently  died  in  Sheboygan  of  typhoid 
fever.  She  was  forty-six  years  of  age  and  is  survived  by  her 
husband  and  four  children. 

— R.  B.  PowEBS.  aged  seventy,  of  Richmond,  Ind.,  for  many 
years  a  druggist  in  that  city  and  afterwards  a  traveling  sales- 
man for  a  wholesale  drug  firm,  died  recently  at  the  home  of 
his  son.     He  retired  a  year  ago. 

— John  B.  Adatte.  a  druggist,  died  of  Bright's  disease  re- 
cently in  his  home,  at  873  St.  John's  place.  Brooklyn.  He 
w-as  thirty-nine  years  old  and  a  graduate  of  the  Brooklyn  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy.     He  left  a  widow. 

— Stephen  J.  Claeke,  of  Amity,  Ore.,  died  recently  of 
asthma  and  complications  in  Portland  while  going  to  a  hos- 
pital. He  had  been  formerly  with  the  Clarke-Woodward  Drug 
Company,  in  Portland,  but  had  gone  to  Amity  to  engage 
in  the  drug  business.  He  was  secretary  of  Amity  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons  and  was  forty  years  old. 

— W.VLTEB  A.  TAytOR,  Atlanta,  Ga..  one  of  the  city's  best 
known  pioneers  in  medicines  and  drugs  and  otherwise,  died 
recently  and  the  local  papers  paid  eloquent  tribute  to  his 
worth  in  double-column  editorials.  From  these  articles  only 
one  conclusion  can  be  drawn,  that  he  was  in  every  way  a 
model  and  public-spirited  citizen  and  business  man. 


Will   Increase    His   Appropriation   and   Exclude   Presi- 
dent's Referee  Board  From  Sharing  It. 

Washington,  Jan.  11. — The  House  Committee  on  Agri- 
culture, according  to  members  of  the  committee,  has  prac- 
tically decided  to  jump  into  the  controversy  between  Dr.  W^.  H. 
Wiley.  Chief  Chemist  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  and 
the  Board  of  Referees  created  by  President  Roosevelt  for 
hearing  appeals  from  Dr.  Wiley's  rulings. 

Since  the  trouble  between  the  President  and  Congress  the 
committee  has  manifested  a  great  interest  in  Dr.  Wiley's 
work,  and  the  plan  is  not  only  to  give  him  about  $160,000 
additional  for  his  inspectors  next  year,  but  also  to  kill  off 
the  Board  of  Referees  by  the  insertion  of  a  provision  in  the 
next  Agricultural  bill  that  no  part  of  the  appropriation  is  to 
be  used  toward  maintaining  the  Board  of  Referees.  The 
board  now  is  being  maintained  out  of  the  contingent  fund  of 
the  department. 


Resolutions  Adopted  Sustaining  Dr.  Wiley. 

Philadelphia.  Jan.  11. — At  its  last  meeting  the  Philadel- 
phia Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  passed  unanimously  the  following 
resolutions  opposing  the  removal  of  Dr.  Wiley : 

Whereas,  The  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  .\ct  of  June  30,  1906,  Is 
designed  to  restrict  adulteration,  sophistication  and  fraud,  and 

Whereas,  A  strict  and  impartial  enforcement  of  this  law  is 
necessary  to  secure  for  the  American  people  the  protection  that 
they  are  rightfully  entitled  to,  and 

Whereas,  The  removal  of  Dr.  Wiley  from  his  present  position 
would  tend  to  nullify  the  good  work  thus  far  accomplished  by 
him  for  the  benetit  of  the  people  of  the  entire  community; 
therefore,   be  it 

Resolved,  By  the  members  of  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
.American  .Association,  in  meeting  assembled.  That  we  heartily 
endorse  the  letter  as  well  as  the  spirit  of  the  Pure  Food  and 
I)rugs  Act  of  June  30.  1906,  and  that  we  believe  that  the  eCEorts 
that  are  being  made  by  Dr.  Wiley,  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Chemistry  of  the  United  States  Department  of  .\griculture,  to 
enforce  this  law  and  to  protect  the  health  and  the  lives  of 
American  people,  are  worthy  of  commendation  and  support; 
and,  be  it  further 

Resolved.  That  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  put  itself  on  record  as  being  unani- 
mously opposed  to  the  removal  of  Dr.  Wiley 


Awaiting  the  Referee  Board's  Decision. 

Milwaukee,  Jan.  11. — In  the  petition  recently  made  to  the 
P''ederal  court  in  Wisconsin  for  an  injunction  to  restrain 
J  Q.  Emery.  Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner  of  Wisconsin, 
from  prosecuting  grocers  for  selling  certain  catsups  in  viola- 
tion of  the  Wisconsin  Pure  Food  Laws,  some  of  the  manufac- 
turers alleged  that  the  War  Department  required  benzoate  of 
soda  to  be  used  in  the  catsup  that  it  buys  for  the  Army  and 
Navy.  Declaring  that  this  allegation  was  incorrect,  Henry  G. 
Sharp,  of  the  War  Department,  has  written  to  Commissioner 
Emery.  Mr.  Sharp  also  said  that  the  specifications  for  bids 
for  catsup  for  the  Army  and  Navy  require  the  product  to 
comply  with  the  Pure  Food  Laws  of  the  United  States.  Under 
a  stipulation.  Commissioner  Emery  will  not  institute  prosccti- 
tions  until  after  the  Federal  Pure  Food  Referee  Board  has 
decided  whether  or  not  benzoate  of.  soda  is  deleterious. 


Federal  Court  Refuses  to  Stop  Health  Board. 

lNDiAN.\POLis,  Jan.  11. — Federal  Judge  Anderson  last  week 
declined  to  issue  a  temporary  injunction  against  Commissioner 
Barnard  and  the  State  Board  of  Health,  that  had  been  asked 
for  by  the  Williams  Brothers  Company,  picklers  and  pre- 
servers, of  Detroit,  and  the  Curtice  Brothers  Company,  of 
Rochester,  X.  Y. 

The  complainants  sought  injunction  to  restrain  the  de- 
fendants from  enforcing  an  order  forbidding  the  use  of 
benzoate  of  soda  in  canned  goods. 


Wholesale  Grocers  Indorse  Dr.  Wiley. 
At  the  annual  business  meeting  of  the  New  York  Wholesale 
Grocers'  Association  this  week  resolutions  were  adopted  in- 
dorsing Dr.  Wiley.  The  resolutions  say  that  while  the  grocers 
do  not  altogether  agree  with  some  of  the  positions  taken  by 
Dr.  Wiley  they  "recognize  in  him  a  man  of  unassailable  hon- 
esty and  integrity,  of  unflinching  tenacity  of  purpose  for  the 
puijlic  good  and  one  of  the  chief  champions  of  the  cause  of 
pure  and  unadulterated  food." 


January  14,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  43 

SUCCESSFUL  YEAR  OF  PHILADELPHIA  A.R.D.— OFFICERS  CHOSEN— TIMELY  TOPICS  ARE  DISCUSSED. 


CARL    \V.    Smi.L, 
Financial    Secretary    P.A.R.D. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  11. — Members  of  the  Philadelphia  As- 
sociation of  Retail  Druggists  to  the  number  of  more  than  a 
hundred  Friday  erening  assembled  in  annual  meeting  at  the 
Drug  Club.  Bursts  of  applause  greeted  the  reports  of  the 
retiring  president,  Samuel  C.  Henry ;  of  the  recording  secre- 
tary, N.  A.  Cozens ;  of  Ambrose  Hunsberger,  chairman  of  the 
Executive  Committee  for  1908,  all  of  which  sho\ved  that  the 
past  twelve  months  have  been  the  most  successful  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  association.  During  the  .year  seventy-eight  new 
members  were  elected  and  but  four  resigned. 

In  his  report,  Jlr.  Henry  recommended  that  during  the 
coming  .year  benefits  secured  by  the  association  be  designed 
wherever  possible  for  members  alone.  He  suggested  that  an 
attorney  be  retained  regularly  by  the  association,  that  the 
finance  committee  have  supervision  over  all  expenditures  and 
urged  the  holding  of  regular  meeting  by  the  district  organiza- 
tions. 

I'nlike  the  meeting  last  year,  there  was  not  the  semblance 
of  a  contest  and  Secretary  Cozens  cast  the  ballot  for  the  entire 
ticket  which  had  been  placed  in  nomination.  W.  L.  Cliffe, 
in  reporting  for  the  Committee  on  Legislation,  discussed  the 
proposed  act  to  prevent  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  adulter- 
ated or  niisbrnuded  drugs  which  is  the  product  of  the  efforts 
of  representatives  of  every  pharmaceutical  organization  in  the 
State,  and  will  be  presented  to  the  State  Legislature  during 
the  present  session.  He  urged  the  membTs  to  use  their  in- 
fluence in  having  it  passed.  He  said  that  in  all  probability 
there  would  be  some  legislation  also  upon  the  cocaine  situation 
as  the  public  generally  was  aroused  to  the  necessity  of  restrict- 
ing the  indiscriminate  use  of  such  drugs  and  that  there  was  a 
general  uniformity  of  opinion  in  pharmaceutical  circles  as  to 
the  character  of  the  legislation  needed. 

A  most  interesting  report  was  that  of  R.  H.  Lackey  and 
other  members  of  the  Commercial  Interests  Committee.  The 
earthquake  conditions  in  the  south  of  Italy  and  their  effect 
upon  the  products  of  the  peninsula  and  adjacent  islands  was 
discussed.  Particular  reference  was  made  to  the  spectacular 
rise  in  the  prices  of  Messina  oils,  which  industry  was  said  to 
be  in  a  precarious  condition,  owing  to  the  fact  that  the  first 
of  the  new  crop  supplies  were  about  to  be  shipped  when  the 
industry  was  paralyzed  by  the  terrible  disaster.  The  price  of 
citric  acid  had  advanced,  it  was  said,  from  ST^A  to  41% 
cents  b,v  the  cake,  and  castile  soap  had  advanced  1%  cents  a 
pound.  The  latest  quotation  for  oil  of  bergamot.  it  was  said, 
was  $10 ;  oil  of  lemon,  .$3.  The  members  were  advised  to 
exercise  care  in  the  filling  and  pricing  of  prescriptions  contain- 
ing these  Mediterranean  products,  which  had  .iumped  so  quickly 
in  cost.  No  change  was  reported  in  the  opium  situation,  but 
the  low  price  of  camphor  was  regarded  as  rock  bottom  and  the 


NATHAN    A.    CdZENS. 
Recording  Secretary  P.A.R.D. 

members  were  advised  to  lay  in  enough  to  last  them  over  the 
summer. 

For  the  Sales  and  Exchange  Bureau,  G.  W.  Fehr  announced 
that  in  addition  to  the  regular  line  of  offerings,  the  committee 
in  charge  had  the  entire  stock  and  fixtures  of  a  first-class  drug 
store  on  sale,  as  well  as  a  soda  fountain. 

In  his  report  as  chairman  of  the  Ethical  Preparations  Com- 
mittee. Christopher  Koch  declared  that  that  work  was  just 
beginning.  He  said  that  the  man  who  was  not  getting  results 
on  his  prescription  files  had  no  one  to  blame  but  himself. 
He  discussed  the  factors  in  the  campaign,  viz..  the  booklets 
and  other  literature  issued  monthly,  the  exhibits  at  various 
National  and  State  conventions,  the  recent  banquet  of  physi- 
cians and  druggists  and  the  get-together  meetings  that  have 
been  held  from  time  to  time  in  various  sections  of  the  city. 
He  strongly  recommended  the  payment  of  a  salary  to  the 
chairman  of  the  incoming  committee  for,  he  declared,  the  work 
was  exacting,  that  it  required  fifty  or  sixt.v  hours  a  month 
and  that  it  was  too  much  for  any  member  to  do  for  nothing 
and  still  do  well.  In  this  connection  it  was  reported  that 
certain  proprietaries  which  corresponded  to  U.S. P.  formulas 
were  now  being  put  up  in  larger  quantities  and  were  being  sold 
cheaper  in  proportion  and  it  was  suggested  that  the  propa- 
ganda was  largely  responsible.  Advertising  matter  sent  oUt 
by  the  manufacturers  of  a  headache  and  grip  remedy  was  de- 
nounced and  the  members  were  asked  to  save  such  printed 
matters  for  future  reference. 

Rumors  to  the  effect  that  certain  of  the  newspapers  were 
about  to  break  away  from  the  present  agreement  with  the 
druggists  acting  as  their  branch  agents  which  provides  for  a 
minimum  rate  of  12  cents  on  classified  ads.  were  promptly  met. 
By  a  rising  vote,  practically  the  entire  meeting  indicated  its 
intention  of  doing  away  with  the  agencies  for  those  papers 
which  broke  away  from  the  present  contract.  Another  item 
of  the  report  of  Chairman  W.  T.  Burke,  of  the  Telephone  and 
Press  Committee,  was  as  to  the  limitation  on  'phone  calls. 
One  member  said  he  had  been  told  that  one  of  the  telephone 
companies  had  a  rule  that  all  calls  from  pay  stations  should  be 
limited  to  fifteen  minutes  for  5  cents.  Cases  were  reported 
where  unimportant  conversations  had  been  kept  up  for  more 
than  an  hour  and  it  was  the  concensus  of  opinion  that  the 
company  should  rigidly  enforce  this  rule  of  limiting  conversa- 
tions and  if  possible  make  that  limit  ten  minutes  for  5  cents. 
The  matter  will  be  taken  up  by  the  new  Telephone  and  Press 
Committee. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  given  the  Bromo-Lithia  Company 
after  a  letter  had  been  read  in  which  it  was  explained  that  the 
entire  stock  of  the  company's  prodtict  in  a  certain  retail  store 
that  had  not  lived  up  to  its  contract  and  was  cutting,  had  been 


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[January  14,  1909 


purchased  and  arrangements  made  for  preventing  the  recur- 
rence of  such  a  condition. 

R.  H.  Lacliey,  who  had  been  nominated  for  the  second  Tice- 
presidency,  was  given  permission  to  withdraw  his  name  and 
this  left  but  one  candidate  for  each  office.  Secretary  Cozens 
was  instructed  to  cast  the  ballot  and  the  following  were 
elected :  President,  Frank  W.  Fluck ;  first  vice-president, 
William  E.  Lee ;  second  vice-president,  D.  J.  Reese ;  third 
vice-president,  Harry  L.  Stiles ;  recording  secretary,  Nathan 
A.  Cozens ;  financfal  secretary,  Carl  W.  Shull ;  treasurer, 
George  W.  Fehr ;  chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
William  T.  Burke :  members,  one  from  each  of  the  districts  in 
the  order  named :  Samuel  B.  Davis,  W.  H.  Ricker,  H.  C. 
Blair,  J.  E.  Marsden,  W.  H.  Umstead,  S.  B.  Betts,  W.  E. 
Supplee,  Charles  Leedom,  W.  L.  Cliffe,  W.  H.  P.  Vaudegrift, 
W.  H.  Sutton,  J.  N.  G.  Long,  Nathan  S.  Steltzer  and  C.  F. 
Schmickle. 

One  of  the  features  of  Secretary  Cozens'  report  was  his  dis- 
cussion of  the  underpricing  of  prescriptions.  He  mentioned 
instances  of  prescriptions  containing  ingredients  of  a  very 
costly  nature  but  which  were  sold  as  low  as  25  cents.  This 
meant  either  selling  at  a  loss  or  failing  to  incorporate  the  in- 
gredients called  for,  either  course  to  be  discredited  and  not 
conducive  to  the  best  interests  of  every  pharmacist,  the  pro- 
fession or  the  public. 

The  reports  of  Treasurer  Fehr,  who  told  of  the  expenditures 
in  the  Loder  suit,  which  has  been  settled,  and  the  compromise 
expenses  liquidated,  and  of  Financial  Secretary  Shull  were 
also  of  interest  and  showed  what  a  considerable  amount  of 
money  was  being  spent  by  the  association  in  the  general  cause 
of  improvement  for  the  retail  druggist  and  its  members  in 
particular.  On  motion  the  salaries  of  Messrs.  Cozens  and 
Shull  were  advanced,  but  Mr.  Fehr  declared  that  as  long  as  he 
was  treasurer  there  would  be  no  salary  for  that  office. 

"The  duties  are  not  so  arduous,"  he  expained,  "as  one  might 
imagine  and  the  only  expense  is  some  postage.  My  stamp 
•drawer  is  always  short  anyhow,  so  I  never  miss  that."  He 
was  given  a  special  vote  of  thanks  for  his  faithful  and  efficient 
services. 


Philadelphia  Branch  A.Ph.A.  Indorses  Proposed  Law. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  11. — The  desirability  of  establishing 
a  pharmaceutical  chemical  section  was  a  fruitful  subject  of  the 
evening's  discussion  at  the  January  meeting  of  Philadelphia 
Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  and  while  it  was  evident  that  the 
proposition  was  a  most  popular  one,  the  manner  of  conducting 
it  as  an  affiliation  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  and  in  entire  harmony  as  to 
time  and  place  of  meeting,  membership  and  its  field  developed 
so  many  views  that  the  entire  matter  was  placed  in  the  hands 
of  a  committee  consisting  of  Joseph  W.  England,  chairman ; 
Charles  E.  Vanderkleed  and  John  K.  Thum.  They  will  report 
at  the  February  meeting. 

A  report  was  made  by  Chairman  Henry  Kraemer,  of  the 
Committee  on  Pharmacy  Laws,  recommending  that  the  branch 
endorse  the  draft  of  the  proposed  drug  law  for  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  as  drafted  by  a  conjoint  committee  representing 
the  pharmaceutical  and  medical  associations  of  Pennsylvania 
and  as  approved  by  the  Legislative  Committee  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Ph.A.     It  was  adopted. 

The  other  subjects  were  introduced  as  follows :  "Recent 
Developments  in  Alkaloidal  Assaying",  Joseph  L.  Turner ; 
"Comparative  Results  in  Alkaloidal  Assay",  Charles  H.  La- 
Wall  ;  "Some  Laboratory  Notes  on  Assay  Work",  L.  Henry 
Bi  rnegau ;  "The  Determination  of  Alcohol  in  Galenical  Prepa- 
rations", Charles  E.  Vanderkleed ;  "Practical  Suggestions  for 
Improvement  of  the  U.S.P.  Assay  Methods",  J.  G.  Roberts. 


Druggrist  Must  Find  New  Location. 
Milwaukee,  Jan.  11. — Fire  recently  gutted  the  drug  store 
of  A.  F.  Ketter,  3001  North  avenue,  and  caused  extensive 
damage  to  stock  and  furnishings.  The  loss  is  fully  covered  by 
insurance  and  Mr.  Ketter  will  reopen  for  business  as  soon  as 
he  secures  a  new  and  suitable  location. 


DRUG  CLUB  BALL  A  GREAT  SOCIAL  SUCCESS. 

Annual  Entertainment  at  Popular  Philadelphia  Organ- 
ization  Includes   Vaudeville   of   Superior   Merit 
and  a  Reception  by  the  Women's  Organi- 
zation— Guests  From  Other  Cities. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  12. — The  drug  trade  of  Philadelphia 
added  another  to  its  long  list  of  social  successes  last  evening 
when  the  Drug  Club  held  its  second  annual  vaudeville  and 
dance  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford.  The  successful  features  were 
not  confined  to  the  social  side  of  the  evening,  for  it  is  believed 
that  a  most  substantial  balance  will  be  turned  into  the 
treasury. 

The  ballroom  of  the  hotel,  famous  for  the  noted  men  that 
have  assembled  about  the  banquet  board  and  for  the  events 
that  have  helped  to  make  Quaker  City  history,  particularly 
along  social  lines,  never  held  a  more  brilliant  assemblage.  A 
noticeable  feature  was  the  fact  that  the  great  majority  seemed 
to  be  acquainted  and  the  comparatively  few  strangers  were 
early  taken  in  hand  either  by  the  members  of  the  conjmittee 
or  by  other  new-made  friends  and  made  to  feel  at  home. 

The  evening's  entertainment  opened  with  nine  vaudeville 
numbers  of  exceptional  variety  and  merit.  The  miniature 
stage  with  every  accessory,  at  one  end  of  the  ballroom,  made 
it  exceedingly  easy  to  combine  the  pleasures  of  the  theater  with 
those  of  dancing.  Then  while  the  guests  strolled  about  the 
foyer  or  called  on  friends  in  the  boxes  above,  the  floor  was 
cleared  and  fifteen  minutes  later  Chairman  Charles  Rehfuss 
of  the  Entertainment  Committee,  with  Mrs.  Rehfuss,  glided 
out  on  the  floor  to  the  dreamy  music  of  the  Genee  Waltz  and 
the  dancing  had  commenced.  Until  1  o'clock  it  continued,  the 
orchestra  most  generously  responding  to  encore  after  encore. 
A  Paul  Jones  or  two  was  rather  a  diversion  in  this  part  of 
the  programme,  but  a  popular  one,  for  everyone  had  a  chance 
to  become  acquainted,  the  men,  if  active,  could  dance  with 
nearly  every  girl  on  the  floor,  while  to  the  spectators  in  the 
boxes  the  Paul  Jones  was  the  most  interesting  dance  of  the 
evening. 

The  box  parties  were  no  unimportant  feature  of  the  even- 
ing's entertainment.  One  of  them  had  been  placed  at  the 
disposal  of  the  Women's  Organization  of  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Retail  Druggists,  and  the  president,  Mrs.  William  E. 
Lee,  with  the  fourth  vice-president.  Miss  B.  Areta  Johnson, 
of  Pennsgrove,  N.  J.,  with  officers  of  the  local  chapter,  were 
kept  busy  receiving.  First  Vice-President  Walter  V.  Smith, 
of  the  N.W.D.A.,  with  Mrs.  Smith  and  a  party,  occupied 
another.  W.  L.  Cliffe,  president  of  the  club,  and  Secretary 
P.  W.  Smith  both  entertained  parties,  while  in  the  other 
boxes  that  encircled  the  spacious  auditorium  and  extended  over 
the  dance  floor,  were  other  representative  retailers,  wholesalers 
and  manufacturers  identified  with  the  drug  trade,  with  par- 
ties numbering  from  four  to  ten  in  their  boxes. 

Many  of  these  guests  were  from  New  York,  Baltimore  and 
other  places  and  several  little  supper  parties  in  the  Palm 
Room  marked  the  close  of  the  evening.  The  committee  that 
made  the  affair  a  success  was  composed  as  follows :  Charles 
Rehfuss,  chairman ;  O.  W.  Osterlund,  secretary  and  treasurer ; 
A,  R.  Reburn,  Joseph  H,  Jolley,  Charles  Willis,  H.  A,  Nolte, 
S.  L.  Williard,  L.  H.  Davis,  F.  W.  Smith,  John  Duffy,  S.  C. 
Henry,  R.  H.  Lackey,  W.  A.  Johnson  and  Clayton  French. 


Expect  to  Reach  300  Mark  in  Membership. 
Philadelphia,  Jan.  11. — An  idea  of  the  interest  that  is  be- 
ing taken  in  the  affairs  of  the  Drug  Club  was  given  Friday 
when  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Governors  thirty-six  appli- 
cations for  membership  were  approved.  It  broke  all  records 
in  the  club's  history.  Since  the  meeting  twelve  more  appli- 
cations have  been  filed  and  it  is  expected  that  by  the  time  of 
the  annual  meeting,  January  15,  the  desired  number — three 
hundred — will  have  been  reached  and  the  roll  of  members  will 
be  declared  closed. 


Exports  From  Detroit,  Three-Quarters  of  a  Million. 
Detroit,  Mich.,  Jan.  11. — The  Board  of  Commerce's  com- 
pilation of  exports  for  1908  shows  the  following  from  the  De- 
troit district :     Chemicals,  drugs  and  medicines,  $721,221,  of 
which  sum  $178,634  was  in  proprietary  medicines. 


Salesmen  of  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  Banqueted. 

Milwaukee,  Jan.  11. — The  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  re- 
cently gave  its  annual  dinner  to  its  salesmen  at  the  rooms  of 
the  Milwaukee  Athletic  Club.  Sixteen  were  in  attendance 
with  the  officers  of  the  company,  including  Howard  Greene, 
president ;  William  B.  Strong,  vice-president,  and  George  A. 
Moehle,  secretary. 


January  14,  1909]  THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL     ERA  45 

DRUG  TRADE  SECTION.  BOARD  OF  TRADE.  ELECTS  NEW  OFFICERS— ACTS  ON  IMPORTANT  MATTERS. 


THOMAS   P.  COOK, 
Chalrrnan   Legislative  Committee. 


EDWIN   H.    BUEK. 
Retiring    Chairman. 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the 
Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation,  of  New  York,  held  Jan- 
uary 6,  at  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Club,  was  one  of  unusual 
interest,  with  a  representative  attendance.  A  number  of  impor- 
tant matters  were  acted  upon,  and  new  officers,  as  well  as 
new  members  of  the  executive  committee,  were  elected.  An 
informal  luncheon  preceded  the  business  session,  and  over 
thirty-five  members  were  seated  at  the  tables.  The  retiring 
chairman,  Edwin  H.  Burr,  presided  at  the  business  session. 

Thomas  F.  Main,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Nomina- 
tions, presented  the  following  names  for  new  officers  and  for 
the  Executive  Committee,  all  were  elected  by  unanimous  vote : 

Chairman,  George  W.  Kemp,  of  Lamman  &  Kemp :  vice- 
chairman,  Oscar  W.  Smith,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. ;  treasurer. 
William  A.  Hamann,  of  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical 
Co. ;  secretary,  William  F.  McConnell.  Executive  Commit- 
tee :  Clarence  G.  Stone,  of  Lambert  Pharmacal  Companv ; 
C.  R.  Cosby,  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co. ;  Charles  S.  Littell,  of  C.  S. 
Littell  &  Co. :  Dr.  H.  C.  Lovis.  of  Seabury  &  Johnson  ;  F.  E. 
Watermeyer,  of  Fritzsche  Brothers. 

Thomas  P.  Cook,  chairman  of  the  Legislative  Committee, 
presented  the  following  report : 

Your  Committee  on  Legislation  would  respectfnlly  report  that 
at  present  there  are  no  State  bills  pending  of  direct  interest  to 
the  trade.  In  Congress,  no  doubt,  the  Mann  Bill  will  be  con- 
sidered. This  bill  is  so  manifestly  unjust  and  unnecessary  that 
we  believe  It  will  ultimately  fail  of  passage  and  should  receive 
the  condemnation  of  this  section.  We  believe  that  the  present 
National  and  State  laws  are  sufficient  to  regulate  the  handling 
of  dangerous  substances  and  give  ample  protection  to  the 
general  public. 

The  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  is  very  strict  in  its  require- 
ments and  the  cheerful  and  thorough  manner  In  which  the  drug 
trade  have  complied  with  it  should  make  them  Immune  from 
further  annoyance  by  spasmodic  bits  of  special  legislation. 

Later  in  the  session,  b.v  unanimous  vote.,  the  following  reso- 
lution introduced  by  Irving  McKesson  was  adopted  : 

Resolved.  That  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York 
Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation  earnestly  protests  against 
the  passage  by  Congress  of  section  2  of  the  bill  introduced  by 
Mr.  Mann,  entitled  "A  bill  relating  to  the  transportation  of 
habit-forming  and  poisonous  drugs  in  interstate  and  foreign 
commerce,  and  for  other  purposes."  Such  section  Is  unfair  and 
discriminative  and  entirely  impracticable.  It  includes  in  the 
list  of  drugs  enumerated  .many  articles  that  never  have  been 
and  never  will  be  In  the  class  of  habit-forming  drugs,  and  its 
enactment  could  result  only  in  creating  an  nnjustiflable  preju- 
dice and  alarm  against  many  articles  of  dally  and  necessary  use. 
It  could  not  accomplish  any  good,  while,  on  the  other  hand, 
it  would  do  irreparable  injury  to  business  Interests  which  are 
controlled  generally  by  men  of  the  highest  professional  char- 
acter and  probity. 

Resolved,  That  the  Committee  on  Legislation  be  directed  to 
use  every  honorable  means  to  secure  the  defeat  of  this  section 


of  the  measure  if  any  serious  effort  is  made  to  secure  its  pas- 
sage by  Congress. 

Members  expressed  their  appreciation  upon  learning  that 
advices  from  Washington  indicated  that  the  Mann  Bill  would 
probably  not  be  passed  by  the  present  Conirress,  owing  to  the 
short  session,  with  urgent  appropriation  bills  and  govern- 
mental legislation,  precluding  its  consideration. 

It  was  also  stated  that  the  Lodge  Bill,  introduced  in  Con- 
gress by  Senator  Lodge  and  Congressman  Denby,  prohibiting 
the  importation  of  opium  except  for  medicinal  purposes, 
would  undoubtedly  be  pushed  to  enactment  before  Congress 
adjourned. 

The  Special  Committee  on  the  Law  of  1S4S  presented  ita 
report  as  follows : 

When  your  committee  first  took  up  the  consideration  of  the 
subject  it  was  with  the  idea  of  simply  securing  the  repeal  of 
the  objectionable  features  of  the  Law  of  1S4S,  but  it  developed 
that  if  this  was  arbitr.Trily  accomplished  and  the  provisions  of 
the  existing  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  were  made  to  apply  to 
Importations,  the  right  to  appeal  to  arbitration  enjoyed  by  the 
importer  under  the  Act  of  ISfS  would  be  entirely  abrogated. 
This  situation  gave  rise  to  serious  consideration,  and  members 
of  your  committee  had  a  conference  with  Senator  Burroughs,  of 
the  United  States  Senate  Committee  on  Finance,  with  a  view 
to  initiating  immediate  legislation.  It  was  then  discovered 
that  Congress  would  only  consider  questions  relating  to  revenue 
law  in  connection  with  general  revenue  legislation. 

Subsequently  your  committee  got  into  close  touch  with  the 
N.W.D.A.  and  with  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange,  both  of 
which  organizations  were  also  considering  this  subject.  It  seems 
to  be  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  it  is  undesirable  to  disturb 
existing  conditions  until  some  new  law  is  prepared  and  passed 
by  Congress  as  a  substitute  for  the  present  statutes  controlling 
the  importation  of  drugs  and  chemicals.  With  this  purpose  in 
view  and  in  co-operation  with  other  organizations  your  com- 
mittee has  under  consideration  the  draft  of  a  tentative  bill  sug- 
gested by  George  M.  Beringer,  of  Camden.  N.  J.,  and  which 
would  undoubtedly  be  a  very  desirable  improvement.  The  com- 
mittee has  arranged  for  a  conference  of  representatives  or  or- 
ganizations from  other  cities,  to  be  held  in  the  near  future,  to 
consider  this  subject  in  all  its  ramifications  and  to  discuss  the 
features  of  a  bill  to  be  introduced  into  Congress  and  energetic- 
ally urged  for  passage,  which  will  establish  regulations  govern- 
ing the  importation  of  drugs  and  chemicals,  and  which  will  be 
just  and  equitable  to  the  Government,  to  the  Importer  and  to 
the  general  public. 

William  P.  Ritchey,  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Jobbing 
Druggists,  made  comment  in  his  report  upon  the  splendid  feel- 
ing of  harmony  and  confidence  that  was  prevalent  among  the 
jobbing  interests. 

Charles  A.  Loring,  chairman  of  the  Committee  of  Manu- 
facturing Chemists,  stated  in  his  report  that  the  improve- 
ments in  general  business  were  plainly  reflected  in  the  chem- 
ical line  of  trade,  which  was  recovering  rapidly  from  last 
year's  depression. 


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THE    PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[January  14,  1909 


THOUSAND  EXPECTED  AT  CHICAGO  DINNER. 

Physicians    and    Pharmacists    Plan    One    of    the    Most 
Notable    Get-tog-ether    Dinners    Ever    Held — Chi- 
cago   Chapter's    Ball    a    Big    Success — Jacob 
Baur  and  Bride  Escaped  Earthquake. 

Chicago.  Jan.  11. — Isam  M.  Lisht,  secretary  o£  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists"  Association,  says  there  will  be  over  a  thou- 
sand doctors  and  drnggists  iu  attendance  at  the  joint  meeting 
next  Tuesday  evening.  January  19,  of  the  Chicago  Jledical 
Society  and  the  C.R.D.A.  Prominent  members  of  both  jiro- 
fessious  will  make  speeches  and  a  special  feature  of  the  dis- 
cussions will  be  the  relation  of  the  nostrum  to  the  doctor  and 
druggist.  The  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  Auditorium  Hotel 
and  will  be  followed  by  a  buffet  lunch. 

It  is  expected  that  the  meeting  will  be  the  greatest  of  the 
kind  ever  held,  for  the  doctors  are  equally  enthusiastic  with 
the  druggists  in  stirring  up  interest.  The  date  is  a  particu- 
larly good  one.  for  the  members  of  the  Executive  Committee 
of  the  N.A.R.D.  will  be  in  Chicago  at  the  time  and  will  be 
available  for  speeches.  A  full  attendance  is  expected  at  the 
Executive  Committee's  meeting,  so  that  the  Chicago  doctors 
will  have  an  opportunity  to  listen  to  some  good  orators. 


the  edge  of  a  ditch  a  shotgun  which  was  across  the  doctor's 
knee  was  discharged.  The  shot  struck  Zoeller's  foot  and  the 
amputation  was  necessary.     The  case  is  in  the  Circuit  Court. 


Drug  Man  in  a  Wedding  Romance. 
The  announcement  of  the  marriage  of  Harry  H.  Vollmer,  an 
employe  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  to 
Miss  Marion  Harris,  of  Marshalltown,  Iowa,  is  the  con- 
clusion of  a  pleasing  romance.  When  Mr.  Vollmer  gave  up 
an  inch  of  his  flesh  to  save  the  life  of  his  friend.  Robert 
Eitel,  last  August  in  the  North  Chicago  Hospital,  he  also  gave 
up  his  heart  to  Miss  Harris,  who  is  a  nurse  and  assisted  in  the 
operation.  The  wedding  will  take  place  at  Marshalltown  in 
the  early  spring.  Mr.  Vollmer  lives  at  677  North  Wells 
street  and  was  one  of  the  fifteen  friends  of  Mr.  Eitel  who  gave 
up  a  portion  of  their  cuticle  to  save  his  life. 


Jacob  Baur  and  Bride  Safe. 

Considerable  anxiety  was  felt  in  Chicago  recently  for  the 
safety  of  Jacob  Baur.  president  of  the  Liquid  Carbonic  Com- 
pany, and  wife,  who  left  for  Naples  December  10  and  were  due 
several  days  later  at  Messina,  which  was  the  scene  of  the 
terrible  earthquake  disaster.  A  cablegram  announced  that 
they  were  safe,  as  they  had  not  yet  left  Naples. 


Annual  Ball  of  Chicago  Chapter. 
There  was  a  larger  attendance  than  before  at  the  third 
annual  ball  of  the  Chicago  Chapter  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D., 
which  is  now  considered  the  greatest  social  event  of  the  year 
for  women  interested  in  the  drug  trade.  The  ball  was  held 
in  the  drill  room  of  the  Masonic  Temple  on  Friday  evening 
last. 


Chicago  Druggist  to  Work  in  New  York. 
C.  P.  Girten,  formerly  a  supervisor  for  the  C.R.D.A..  was 
recently  appointed  organizer  for  the  N.A.R.D.  and  will  work 
in  the  State  of  New  York.  He  left  for  that  State  imme- 
diately after  appointment.  He  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  in  Chicago  for  eighteen  years  and  is  a  graduate  of 
the  Northwestern  University  School  of  Pharmacy. 


Pharmacy  Starting  Place  for  Golfers. 
Midwinter  golf  on  a  cross-country  course  has  become  popu- 
lar in  Oak  Park,  a  Chicago  suburb,  as  the  result  of  a  contest 
won  by  A.  J.  Musseleman,  who  completed  the  course  from 
the  inside  of  Suydam's  drug  store,  without  breaking  anything, 
to  the  Westward-ho  Golf  Club  and  back,  two  miles,  in  ninety 
strokes.  The  game  was  of  great  interest  to  golfers  and  a 
great  crowd  followed  the  players.  It  is  considered  quite  a 
creditable  performance  to  tee  from  the  store  without  breakage. 


Sues  for  Damages  for  Loss  of  Leg. 
George  Zoeller.  who  has  a  drug  store  at  465  West  Chicago 
avenue,  seeks  $20,000  damages  from  Henry  Sehmitz,  who  has 
an  office  at  484  West  Chicago  avenue,  for  the  loss  of  a  leg 
as  a  result  of  a  hunting  trip  taken  in  190.5.  The  druggist  and 
the  physician,  according  to  the  declaration,  went  on  a  hunting 
trip  in  Grundy  County  in  December,  1005.     While  sitting  on 


Chicago  Notes. 

— G.  Ronga  has  sold  his  store  at  115  Ewing  avenue  to  E.  L. 
Beck. 

— B.  F.  Jusajtus  sold  his  store  at  557  West  Twenty-sixth 
street  last  week  to  R.  Westphal. 

— Secretary  Potts,  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  has  returned  from 
Philadelphia,  where  he  spent  the  holidays  with  his  family. 

— G.  B.  Kinney,  of  the  cntde  drug  department  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  spent  the  greater  portion  of  last  week  in  New 
York. 

— A  meeting  of  the  National  Executive  Committee  of  the 
N.A.R.D.  will  be  held  on  Monday  next.  The  place  of  meeting 
will  probably  be  the  Grand  Pacific  Hotel. 

— The  show  window  in  George  H.  Mahr's  drug  store  at 
Washington  and  LaSalle  streets  was  replaced  twice  last  week, 
having  been  broken  by  operations  used  in  the  wrecking  of  the 
old  City  Hall,  which  was  just  opposite  the  store. 

— The  fifth  annual  reception  and  ball  of  the  Social  Drug 
Club  of  Chicago  will  be  held  in  the  Masonic  Temple  drill  hall 
on  February  4.  Elaborate  preparations  are  being  made  to 
please  the  four  hundred  of  the  drug  elite  who  will  attend. 

— Otto  Hottinger,  the  genial  druggist  who  was  formerly 
president  and  is  now  a  director  of  the  American  Druggists' 
Syndicate,  is  also  a  life  member  of  the  Chicago  Press  Club, 
and  was  elected  a  director  of  the  club  at  a  stormy  election  on 
.Tanuar.v  7. 

— The  sale  of  Red  Cross  stamps  in  Chicago  drug  stores 
brought  out  many  sides  of  human  nature.  Many  stories  have 
been  received  at  the  Tuberculosis  Institute  concerning  the 
purchase  of  them  by  different  classes  of  people.  The  druggists 
report  a  very  large  sale  of  the  stamps. 


EIGHT  NEW  CORPORATIONS  IN  DRUG  LINE. 


The  following  corporations  were  incorporated  last  week  in 
New  York  State,  with  privileges  to  manufacture  and  deal  in 
drugs,  chemicals,  toilet  articles,  medicines,  etc. 

Amelie  Ritz  Manufacturing  Company,  Queens ;  drugs  and 
medicines ;  capital.  .$1.50.000;  Incorporators  :  Lester  M.  Hy- 
man,  125  West  One  Hundred  and  Forty-second  street ;  Cash  A. 
Harris,  1  Madison  avenue ;  Mack  H.  Roth,  154  Nassau  street, 
all  of  New  York. 

Anglo-American  Drug  Company,  New  York;  drugs  and  med- 
icines; capital,  §252.000.  Incorporators:  Atherton  Curtis, 
Paris,  France ;  George  W.  Curtis,  Southampton,  N.  Y. ;  Harold 
C.  Bullard.  Ill  Broadway.  New  York. 

Lipset  Pharmacy,  New  Y'ork ;  to  manufacture  drugs,  toilet 
articles  and  medicines  ;  capital,  .$.5000.  Incorporators  :  Alter 
M.  Brody,  4  East  Forty-second  street ;  Herman  Mishkin,  457 
Fifth  avenue,  both  of  New  York ;  Ignatz  Miller,  59  North  Bath 
avenue.   Long   Branch,   N.   J. 

W.  B.  Mc^'ickers  Company,  New  York ;  chemicals  and  phar- 
maceutical business ;  capital,  $2.50.000.  Incorporators : 
William  B.  McVickers,  46S  Riverside  drive ;  Frank  J.  Zink. 
32  Macombs  place,  both  of  New  York ;  John  F.  Jacobs,  406 
Ditmars  avenue,   Brooklyn. 

N.  C.  Poison  Company  of  America,  New  York ;  drugs  and 
chemicals :  capital.  .$200,000.  Incorporators :  Edgar  A.  Les- 
sels.  10-5  West  One  Hundred  and  Sixth  street ;  Frederick  W. 
Brown.  981  East  One  Hundred  and  Seventieth  street ;  Walter 
R.  Deuel.  64  West  Twelfth  street,  all  of  New  York. 

Risiccal  Company.  New  York ;  to  manufacture  drugs  and 
medicines :  capital.  $500,000.  Incorporators :  Thomas  W. 
Pelham,  IS  Tremont  street,  Boston ;  Horation  S.  Shonnard, 
Morgan  Cowperwaste,  Richard  Hilier,  27  William  street ;  P.  L. 
Carty.  401  Times  Building,  all  of  New  York. 

Trinitv  Drug  Company,  New  York :  drugs  and  medicines ; 
capital.  $10,000.  Incorporators :  William  Feinberg.  Samuel 
Feinberg.  S4  West  One  Hundred  and  Thirteenth  street ;  Abra- 
ham Weiss.  34  Lenox  avenue ;  M.  Senry  Wurtzel,  132  Nassau 
street,  all  of  New  York. 

John  H.  Woodbury.  New  York;  to  manufacture  toilet  prep- 
arations ;  capital.  $1000.  Incorporators  :  John  H.  Woodbury, 
Seagate.  N.  Y.:  David  Patterson.  1064  Jefferson  avenue, 
Brooklyn:  Payton  R.  McCargo,  633  West  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-fifth  street.  New  York. 


January  14,  19091 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


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JACOB  DINER  IS  ELECTED  PRESIDENT. 


New  York  Brancli  of  the  A. Ph. A.  Listens  to  Paper  by 
J.  Leon  Lascoff  on   "Chemical  Changes  in   Dis- 
pensing"— Meeting  of  Doctors  and  Drug 
Men  to  Be  Held  in  the  Near  Future. 
The  election  of  officers  aud  the  presentation  of  the  annual 
reports  of  the  various  committees  were  the  chief  features  of  in- 
terest at  the  meeting  of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  held  last  Monday  evening. 

The  new  officers  aud  the  various  committee  chairmen  are 
as  follows:  President,  Jacob  Diner;  vice-president,  Otto 
Baubenheimer ;  treasurer.  Joseph  Weinstein  ;  secretary,  Hugh 
Craig ;  chairman  Committee  on  Education  and  Legislation, 
Thomas  P.  Cook ;  chairman  Committee  on  Fraternal  and  Pro- 
fessional Relations,  George  A.  Fergusen ;  chairman  Committee 
on  Membership,  C.  A.  Mayo ;  chairman  Committee  on  Phar- 
macy, George  C.  Diekman  ;  member  of  the  coimcil,  George  H. 
Hitchcock. 

Dr.  Diekman,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Pharmacy, 
recommended  in  his  report  that  the  branch  take  action  to  have 
comparisons  of  the  U.S.P.  with  recent  editions  of  foreign 
pharmacopceias  made  by  the  proper  parties,  with  a  view  to 
secure  improvement  and  a  greater  degree  of  perfection,  which 
naturally  such  comparisons  ought  to  produce.  Meetings  with 
students  of  the  various  colleges  of  pharmacy,  with  a  view  to 
secure  the  students  as  members  after  their  graduation  was  also 
recommended  in  Dr.   Diekman's  report. 

Otto  Raubenheimer.  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Fra- 
ternal and  Professional  Relations,  commented  upon  the  propa- 
ganda and  joint  meeting  of  the  physicians  and  pharmacists  as 
the  chief  feature  of  the  year's  work  in  pharmacy.  He  pointed 
out  that  the  tendency  of  the  times  was  for  the  elimination  of 
the  patent  nostrum  and  gave  credit  to  the  Department  of 
Health  for  its  efforts  to  educate  the  public  that  these  medi- 
cines were  not  cures  for  consumption. 

This  committee  also  presented  a  list  from  which  members 
could  choose  subjects  for  papers  to  present  at  the  next  annual 
convention  of  the  parent  body.  Subjects  were  selected  by 
members  as  follows :  "Elixir  Gentian  Glycerinatum,"  Jacob 
Diner :  "Liquid  Antiseptic  Alkalinus,"  "Tinct.  Larkspur 
Seed,"  J.  Leon  Lascoff ;  "Fluidglycerates,"  George  M.  Berin- 
ger ;  "Petrolatum  Saponat,"  "Liq.  Carbonis  Detergens," 
"Milk  of  Bismuth,"  Otto  Raubenheimer ;  "Burrow's  Solut.," 
Prof.  George  C.  Diekman  ;  "Liq.  Glycerophos.  Co.,"  H.  A.  B. 
Dunning. 

The  subjects  remaining  unselected  are :  "General  Sugges- 
tions for  the  Improvement  of  the  N.F.",  "Criticisms  of  N.F. 
Formulas",  "Improvement  of  N.F.  Formulas",  "Syr.  Ilydro- 
chlorphosphatum.",  "Ung.  Resorciui  Comp.",  "Additions  to 
N.F.",  "Elixir  Formatis",  "Extract  Malt  and  Cod  Liver  Oil", 
"Honey  and  Borax",  "Mel  Rosae  cum  Boracis." 

Thomas  P.  Cook,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Education 
and  Legislation,  reported  that  of  the  various  pharmaceutical 
bills  pending  in  the  Legislature  or  Congress  at  the  present 
time  only  the  Mann  Bill  was  objectionable.  A  resolution 
introduced  by  Mr.  Cook  protesting  against  its  adoption  by 
Congress  was  passed  by  a  unanimous  vote. 

George  H.  Hitchcock,  chairman  of  the  Special  Committee 
on  Propoganda,  stated  that  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  branch 
he  would  probably  have  definite  plans  in  order  for  a  joint 
meeting  with  the  physicians,  provided  the  physicians  acted 
favorably  on  his  request  to  consider  the  matter.  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock said  that  the  physicians  were  considering  the  matter  at  a 
meeting  which  was  being  held  simultaneously  with  the  one  he 
was  addressing  and  he  felt  confident  that  another  joint  meet- 
ing would  be  held  shortly. 

Thomas  H.  McElhenie  introduced  a  resolution  that  the  sec- 
tion adopt  measures  to  secure  the  omission  of  morphine  from 
syrup  of  white  pine.  Mr.  McElhenie  based  his  resolution  upon 
the  tendency  in  pharmacy  for  the  elimination  of  all  narcotics 
in  popular  remedies.  Upon  discussion  of  the  matter,  however, 
the  opinion  of  the  members  showed  there  was  strong  sentiment 
against  such  a  procedure  and  that  the  medicinal  value  of  the 
preparation  would  be  lost.  5Ir.  McElhenie  withdrew  his 
resolution. 

Dr.  William  Muir  addressed  the  members  upon  the  commer- 
cial aspects  of  pharmacy  as  applied  to  the  small  druggist  in 
the  larger  cities.  He  described  in  detail  the  pitiable  condition 
of  the  smaller  pharmacists  in   England  who  had  been   almost 


entirely  submerged  by  the  gigantic  drug  corporations.  Dr. 
Muir  saw  a  danger  in  present  conditions  in  New  York,  which, 
if  not  offset  by  the  profession  in  some  manner,  would  mean 
the  elimination  of  the  professional  element  from  pharmacy. 

Jacob  Diner  spoke  along  the  same  lines  as  Dr.  Muir  and 
suggested  that  a  committee  on  commercial  interests  be  ap- 
pointed. No  definite  action  was  taken,  but  matter  left  for  the 
consideration  of  the  incoming  president. 

Joseph  Weinstein,  treasurer,  reported  expenses  amounting 
to  $21.24  and  a  balance  on  hand  of  $36.25. 

J.  Leon  Lascoff  read  a  paper  on  "Chemical  Changes  in  Dis- 
pensing, Causing  Complaint."  There  was  an  interesting  dis- 
cussion on  this  paper,  which  will  be  published  in  the  Era  at 
an  early  date. 


KINGS  COUNTY  INDORSES  DR.  TUTHILL. 


Society   Recommends   Him   for   Reappointment   on   the 
New    York    State    Board    of    Pharmacy — Doctors 
Take  Kindly  to  Propaganda  Work —  Valua- 
ble Papers  Bead  at  Tuesday's  Meeting. 

Dr.  Frederic  C.  Tuthill,  of  Brooklyn,  was  unanimously  in- 
dorsed to  succeed  himself  as  a  member  on  the  New  York 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  by  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical 
Society  at  a  meeting  of  the  latter  body  last  Tuesday.  He 
was  placed  in  nomination  by  Dr.  Albert  H.  Brundage,  who 
reviewed  Dr.  Tuthill's  record  in  pharmacy  for  a  ntimber  of 
years  back  and  also  stated  that  the  trustees  of  the  Brooklyn 
College  of  Pharmacy  had  previously  indorsed  Dr.  Tuthill. 
Over  one  hundred  and  fitly  pharmacists  rose  and  made  the 
indorsement  by  acclamation. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  in  remarking  upon  trade  matters,  advised 
the  small  retailer  to  consolidate  with  his  fellows,  as  far  as  his 
buying  was  concerned,  stating  that  the  time  was  here  when 
something  of  this  nature  was  essential,  for  his  preservation 
hinged  upon  meeting  the  prices  of  the  larger  drug  corporations. 

"The  jobber,"  said  Dr.  Muir,  "was  only  carrying  the  retailer 
because  the  latter  was  a  good  investment  and  not  out  of  any 
sentiment  nor  sympathy.  The  jobber  could  make  a  good  profit 
on  the  retailer  just  on  the  discounts  which  the  jobber  received 
from  the  manufacturer.  The  time  had  come  when  tlie  retailer 
must  resent  the  right  of  the  manufacturer  not  to  sell  him 
goods  direct,  even  if  such  manufacturer  was  threatened  by 
the  jobber,  that  his  products  would  be  blacklisted  if  they  were 
sold  without  the  medium  of  the  middleman." 

John  G.  Wischerth  advised  continuing  the  propaganda  work, 
saying  that  this  work  was  the  only  salvation  left  the  small 
druggist  in  competing  in  a  measure  with  the  large  combined 
concerns.  As  chairman  of  the  Trade  Matters  Committee  he 
reported  that  he  had  interviewed  over  forty  physicians  in  re- 
gard to  the  propaganda  work,  and  with  the  exception  of  two 
all  had  given  the  work  attention  and  were  prescribing  U.S.P. 
and  N.F.  preparations  in  prefereuce  to  proprietaries. 

George  R.  Christ  announced  that  $112  had  been  collected 
from  the  druggists  since  the  last  meeting  for  propaganda  work. 

Dr.  Van  Horn,  employed  by  the  society  to  canvass  the  phy- 
sicians, reported  that  he  was  welcome  at  nearly  every  place 
he  called.  The  physicians  no  longer  had  much  difficulty  in 
getting  the  preparations  they  wanted  and  there  was  not  so 
much  stress  laid  upon  slight  variations  in  color  aud  taste  on 
renewals  as  previously,  showing  that  the  work  had  gained  the 
favor  of  the  physicians. 

President  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss  announced  that  over  ITOO 
copies  of  the  manual  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  gallons  of  sam- 
ples in  two-ounce  bottles  had  been  distributed  among  the 
physicians. 

Mayer  H.  Touster  was  elected  a  member  and  applications 
for  membership  were  received  from  Walter  S.  Dean,  Fred.  J. 
Zimmerman.  Adolph  W.  Mooz,  Herman  W.  Dulberger,  Perry 
Pick.  Laurence  Zunk,  August  Baum,  Alfred  Hamner,  Nicholas 
Gresoleda. 

Treasurer  Oscar  C.  Kleine  reported  a  balance  in  the  society's 
account  of  $384.81  and  a  balance  in  the  college  treasury  of 
$6862.40. 

Thomas  J.  Keenan  read  a  paper.  "A  Study  of  Some  Difficult 
Prescriptions."  and  J.  Leon  Lascoff  followed  Mr.  Keenan  with 
a  paper  entitled  "Chemical  Changes  in  Dispensiug,  Causing 
Complaints."  Both  were  illustrated  with  exhibits  and  dis- 
cussed. 


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[January  14,  1909 


GOVERNOR'S  ATTITUDE  DISCUSSED  BY  G.A.S. 


President  Hirseman  Advises  That  Strong  Support  be 

Given   to   State    Board   of   Pharmacy   in    Fight 

Against  it  at  Albany — First  Time  Board  Has 

Been  Mentioned  in  Annual  Message. 

One  of  the  chief  topics  under  discussion  at  the  meeting  of 
the  German  Apothecaries"  Society,  held  last  Thursday  evening 
was  the  position  of  Governor  Hughes  on  the  question  of  phar- 
macy legislation.  President  Felix  Hirseman  thought  that  the 
Governor  was  influenced  too  much  by  individuals  outside  of 
pharmacy,  who  were  unfamiliar  with  conditions  and  require- 
ments, and  remarked  that  it  was  the  first  time  in  the  history 
of  the  State  that  a  Governor  had  mentioned  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  in  an  annual  message.  President  Hirseman  recom- 
mended that  the  society  come  out  strongly  in  favor  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  he  also  bestowed  praise  upon  Dr. 
William  Muir,  of  Brooltlyn,  for  his  activity  in  matters  per- 
taining to  the  welfare  of  pharmacists  in  general. 

Dr.  William  0.  Alpers  and  E.  C.  Goetting  were  both  in 
favor  of  having  a  definite  plan  prepared  by  the  Legislative 
Committee,  which  could  be  submitted  to  the  State  Legislature 
in  order  to  offset  any  legislation  which  would  be  injurious  and 
also  to  refute  charges  which  undoubtedly  would  be  made  that 
the  pharmacists  did  not  know  what  they  wanted. 

In  introducing  the  subject  President  Hirseman  gave  an  ex- 
haustive report  of  the  doings  of  the  board  at  the  last  annual 
meeting  held  at  Albany  on  January  4,  and  he  was  of  the 
opinion  that  several  bills  would  be  introduced  into  the  Legis- 
lature during  the  coming  session,  whose  object  would  be  to 
transfer  the  powers  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  the  Board  of 
Health. 

The  question  of  eligibility  to  membership  was  precipitated 
by  H.  L.  Rehse,  of  1093  Hancock  street,  Brooklyn,  who  in 
proposing  eight  new  candidates,  said  he  had  been  particular  in 
not  selecting  any  Hebrews,  for  he  wished  it  to  be  known  that 
he  was  a  rabid  anti-semite.  Dr.  Alpers  suggested  that  the 
list  of  eligible  candidates  as  prepared  by  Hugo  is.antrowitz  be 
allowed  to  stand.  He  was  certain  that  Mr.  Kantrowitz  was 
cognizant  of  the  feeling  in  the  society  on  this  matter  and  he 
could  be  depended  upon  to  omit  the  names  of  individuals 
likely  to  prove  objectionable  to  the  society. 

S.  Ketchum  was  elected  a  member  and  thirteen  candidates 
were  proposed  for  membership.  The  resignation  of  George 
Mariamson,  H.  Krehbiel  and  L.  G.  B.  Erb  were  accepted. 
William  Wendel,  whose  present  address  was  unknown,  was 
dropped  from  membership. 

President  Hirseman,  who  was  compelled  by  illness  to  seek 
recuperation  and  was  thus  absent  at  the  annual  meeting  held 
a  month  ago,  occupied  the  chair.  He  expressed  thanks  to  the 
society  for  the  honor  of  being  re-elected,  but  stated  that  his 
acceptance  was  only  upon  the  condition  that  this  would  be 
considered  his  last  term. 

A  communication  from  Wilhelm  Bodemann,  of  Chicago,  an 
honorary  member  of  the  society,  was  read  by  the  secretary, 
Ed.  P.  Pfaff.  Mr.  Bodemann  stated  he  was  with  the  members 
in  spirit,  and  also  made  some  humorous  references  to  past 
events. 

Otto  P.  Gilbert,  chairman  of  the  Entertainment  Committee, 
presented  his  annual  report,  which  contained  special  references 
to  the  Bodemann  Kommers  and  other  important  events  of  the 
past  year. 

Emil  Roller,  chairman  of  the  Scientific  Committee,  made  re- 
quests in  his  report  that  arrangements  be  made  to  secure  a 
larger  attendance  at  lectures.  He  announced  that  in  the  near 
future  the  original  paper  of  Dr.  Hermann  Schelenz  on  "Medic- 
inal Earths  and  Cataplasma"  would  be  presented  by  Otto  Rau- 
benheimer.  A  lecture  on  explosives  by  Dr.  Charles  W.  Voluey 
is  also  scheduled.     The  usual  lunch  was  served  at  midnight 


LETTER     BOX 


Good  Outlook  for  Wood  Alcohol. 

The  managers  of  the  Cummer-Diggins  Company,  of  Cadillac, 
Mich.,  which  manufactures  large  quantities  of  wood  alcohol, 
charcoal  and  acetate  of  lime,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
manufacturers  of  these  products,  held  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y., 
awarded  a  large  number  of  contracts.  W.  L.  Saunders,  gen- 
eral manager,  reports  that  the  outlook  for  business  for  the 
year  is  excellent,  especially  with  regard  to  alcohol. 


Quotes  History  in  Answer  to  Joel  Blanc. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Competition  is  the  quintessence  of  anarchy,  for  competition 
means  planless  production.  Competition  leads  to  monopoly 
and  monopoly  leads  to  competition  until  monopoly  triumphs. 
What  will  happen  then?  The  same  old  thing.  The  old 
Romans  had  to  emigrate  or  burst.  Under  the  Senatorship  of 
the  Mark  Hanna  of  Rome,  Julius  Caesar,  they  marched  over 
the  decadent  civilization  of  Gaul  into  the  heart  of  Germany. 
The  Romans  in  Germany  were  absorbed  by  the  Franks.  The 
Franks  were  up  against  the  food  question  and  they  turned 
upon  the  decadent  civilization  of  Rome,  forcing  their  civiliza- 
tion upon  the  then  Western  world.  Next  came  the  discovery 
of  America,  and  driven  by  the  question  of  food  supply,  there 
came  the  early  settlers  from  France,  Spain,  Holland,  Germany 
and  England,  doing  unto  the  Indians  as  the  Romans  did  unto 
the  Pranks  and  Normans.  Here  they  established  the  civiliza- 
tion of  capitalization.  What  next?  Up  again  the  food 
supply  comes  from  Europe,  a  new  invasion.  The  European 
hordes  to  which  the  writer  of  this  belongs  are  dumped  upon 
these  shores.  They  come  here  with  working-class  aspirations. 
There  is  no  room  for  them  at  the  top  of  the  old.  They  in 
their  turn  will  turn  down  our  decadent  capitalist  civilization 
and  establish  the  civilization  of  co-operative  labor.  This  will 
mean  a  civilization  of  art  like  the  Greek,  but  unmarred  by 
slavery.    An  answer  to  Joel  Blanc. 

Kakl  C.  von  Cbollt. 

Plea^antville,  N.  Y.,  January  8,  1909. 


Merits  of  Hog  Cholera  Vaccine. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Referring  to  your  note  in  regard  to  a  government  test  of 
Bruschettini's  Hog  Cholera  Vaccine,  we  would  point  out  that 
one  test  on  a  small  scale  is  of  no  value  in  any  respect.  Prac- 
tical experience  with  this  vaccine  in  Europe  covers  about 
800,000  animals,  and  the  practical  experience  last  year  in  this 
country  covered  about  100,000  head.  This  practical  expe- 
rience shows  that  about  94  per  cent  of  the  applications  have 
been  successful. 

As  a  matter  of  information,  it  is  convenient  to  state  that  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  recently  brought  out  a  method 
that  it  called  its  own  for  immunizing  hogs  against  hog 
cholera,  and  this  apparently  has  been  patented  by  one  of  the 
government  bacteriologists.  It  is  proposed  tnat  this  method 
be  exploited  by  the  experiment  stations.  At  the  present  time 
it  is  only  an  experiment,  and  it  remains  to  be  seen  whether 
this  competitive  method  will  prove  successful  in  practice. 

Criticisms  made  by  competitors  are  always  tinged  with  the 
suspicion  of  biased  judgment. 

The  Sobbt  Vaccine  Company. 

Chicago.  Harold  Sobbt,  Manager. 


Wants  Congress  to  Pass  More  Stringent  Harcotic  Law. 

Washington,  Jan.  11. — Major  Sylvester,  chief  of  the  Wash- 
ington police  force,  reports  to  the  District  government  that 
unless  Congress  passes  a  law  making  it  an  offense  for  any 
one,  except  druggists,  physicians,  dentists  and  veterinarians  to 
have  narcotics  in  his  possession,  he  will  never  be  able  to  put 
down  the  harmful  drug  habit  in  Washington. 

The  police  department  has  a  detective  specially  detailed  to 
the  work  of  running  down  infractions  of  the  drug  law.  This 
official  made  1876  inspections  of  drug  stores,  investigated  128 
cases  of  illegal  purchases  of  drugs  and  conducted  thirty-five 
prosecutions  in  the  past  year.  Of  the  investigations,  six 
covered  suicidal  intent  in  which  the  victims  recovered,  and 
twenty-one  in  which  the  users  of  the  drugs  died. 


His  Safety. 
"I  understand  Jenks  has  failed  in  business." 
"Yes ;  all  is  lost  but  honor." 
"He  couldn't  very  well  lose  that." 
"Why  not?" 
"Can't  lose  a  thing  you  haven't  got." 


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PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


49 


f^xyy^ 


"JO^.O/J 


f^rns 


PATENTS. 

Granted  January  5,  1909. 

ma^htne^^"'^'^'^'''"^    ^°""'    ^"^^"kee.    Wis.      Bottle-rinsing 

908,573— Heinrich  A.  Kaysan,  Cassel,  Germany.  Nozzle 
for  syringes  and  the  like.  i^io^zie 

for^*Smf;;*^"''°   °-   ^u""''^'   ^«''"'^'   Wash.     Attachment 
tor  bottle-stoppering  machines 

botT'"^^^"'°°   ^'"   '^'■'f'^S,   Albert,   Colo.      Xon-refiUable 

908qnQ~?'"f'V^-  '^T^'-'l  Birmingham,  Ala.     Bottle. 

Q^qn?-^^""-.^^^''?,'^'''^"^'''  ■^•'^"'■y  City,  N.  J.     Cork. 

909,01  (—David  E.  Parker,  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.  Appa- 
ratus for  preparing  oxone. 

909.093— Heinrich  A.  Kaysan,  Cassel,  Germany.  Nozzle 
for  syringes  and  the  like.  i>u"ie 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  January  5,  1909. 

13,063--Aiidreas  Saxlehner,  Budapest,  Hungary.  Class  6 
Bitter  salts  obtained  from  natural  mineral  water 

13.064— Andreas  Saxlehner,   Budapest,  Hungary  Class  fl 

Natural  aperient  salt.                                                  ^  "• 

13.066— Andreas  Saxlehner.   Budapest,  Hungary.  Class  6. 


Bitter  salts  obtained  from  natural  mineral  watar. 

29,774— Leopold  Sarason,  Hirschgarten.  near  Berlin,  Ger- 
many. Class  6.  A  chemical  preparation  for  producing  effer- 
vescing baths. 

34,907— Knoll  &  Co.,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany. 
Class  t).  A  medicine  for  all  kinds  of  heart  diseases,  especially 
dilatatio  cordis,  myocarditis,  angina  pectoris,  congestional  pres- 

*"rr;oof"^T?'^^  °^  '''=''°°'  ^^'^  eompensationar  disturbances. 

35.c,24— Schimmcl  &  Co.,  Miltitz-Leipzig,  Germany.  Class 
b.     Violet  perfumes. 

36,171  and  36,173 — Same  as  preceding. 

36.370— The  H.  B.  Claflin  Company,  New  York,  N  Y 
Class  6.  Oleate  of  veratrine,  tincture  of  aconite,  aromatic 
elixir  extract  of  aconite,  and  other  pharmaceutical  and  pro- 
prietary preparations. 

37.599 — John  B.  Haden,  Galveston,  Texas.  Class  6  A 
liquid  remedy  for  diseases  of  the  eye. 

37,858— Charles  E.  Keeler,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.  Class  6 
Cold-cream. 

38,428— Addle  L.  Worthing,  Camden,  Me.  Class  6  A 
hair  tonic. 

38,568— Charles  J.  Britten.  San  Diego,  Cal.  Class  6  An 
ointment  for  external  application. 

38,75.5— Superior  Laboratory,  Watertown,  Wis.  Class  6 
Whooping  cough  remedy. 

38,765— Frederick  N.  Thimble,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6 
An  insect  and  rodent  destroyer. 


Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cent. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  ProtecUve  Trade  Marks 

fl    TT   J?^,^^  ^^^  ^'^^  ""^  ^"''d  Patents. 

O.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  Q  St.,  Washington,  D   C 


Reparation. 
"I  would  like  to  murder  that  man." 
"Suppose  you  did  and  afterward — 
"Oh,  afterward  I  would  apologize." 


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[January  14,  1909 


Price  List  Changes 


Supplement   to   Part  2,  Era  Price  List. 

Hanford's  Little  Liver  Pills   (1034)  . . . 

Listerine  Talcum  Powder  (1399) 

Nemo  Coco.  V2  lbs.   (593) 

lbs 

Nova  Fi'irum  with  Cascara •  •  •  • 

with  Ext.  Cod  Liver  Oil., 
with  Glycerophosphates  . 

Nova  Las  Pill   

Nova  Sal   


..50 
.00 


Red  Cross  Toolhaoho  Outfit 

Sleekene  (1034)   

New  Sizes: 

Gvnacol  Comp.  Puivs 

Listerine.  1  oz.   (1399)    

Papiue.  16  oz.  (192)    

Advanced: 

Breathlets,  Ic.  pkgs.  (294A).  per  100.. 
with  Charcoal   (2n4A) 

Brown's  Eucalyptus  Ointment 

Uricedin  

Vio-de-Letts   (294A)    

Reduced:  ,.,^,,, 

Hanford's  Balsam  Myrrh  (10,>4)    


1.50 
2.00 
5.00 
10.00 
9.00 
9.00 
9.00 
2.00 
2.25 
4.50 
9.00 
1.75 
4.00 

9.00 
1.00 
15.00 

.65 

2.25 

2.00 

18.00 


Celerv   Cure    (1034)    

Modern  Remedy  Co.'s  Caps.  Kuisol  Comp. 
Caps.  Urethrol  Cp. 

Nova  Ferrum   

Correction : 

Tet  low's  Blanc  Illusion.  Gossamer  and 
Swan  Down  Powders  having  key  No.  2392 
in  price  list  are  manufactured  by  Joseph 
Tetlow,  Tenth  and  Cherry  Sts..  Phila.,  Pa. 


2.00 
4.00 
S.OO 
8.00 
4.00 
9.00 
9.00 


Mulford  Forces  Fraternize  at  Feasts. 
Philadelpuia.  Jan.  11.— Optimism  was  the  prevailing  senti- 
ment throughout  the  utterances  of  the  speakers  at  a  luncheon 
Mveu  bv  the  executives  of  the  sales,  manufacturing,  scientific 
and  finance  departments  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  to  the 
officers  of  that  well-known  house.  Each  speaker  was  limited  to 
five  minutes,  the  Mulford  policy  was  endorsed  and  appreciation 
of  the  encouragement  and  support  received  during  the  year 
just  closed  was  freely  expressed.  ,    ti    t-   Ar„i 

Those  present  were  Milton  Campbell,  president :  H.  K.  iMul- 
ford.  vice-president:  E.  V.  Pechin.  secretary;  L.  ?•.  1' «";=^"' 
treasurer;  A.  T.  Rickards,  assistant  treasurer  ;C.T\.  Brown, 
JD  Gi-vin,  C.  E.  Hayw.ird,  E.  T.  H.hn,  S.  P-  ^>ckells, 
Dr.  E.  D.  Re^d.  A.  H.  Smith.  Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart,  '0'.  H.  Stone, 
C    E.  Vanderkleed  and  H.  H.  Whyte. 

Jo'.onh  Healv,  the  New  York  manager  for  the  company, 
recentlv  entertained  the  Mulford  forces  at  the  Drug  and  Chem- 
ical Club  in  that  city.  Among  the  guests  were  J.  D_Girvm 
and  H.  H.  '^Vhvte.  sales  managers  of  this  city,  and  M.  Korshet, 
V  W  Calcagno,  F.  G.  Foulk,  H.  E.  Jenkins.  O.  S.  Marts  A. 
Pugliese  and  N.  J.  Ramos,  of  New  York.  It  is  proposed  to 
hold  similar  meetings  monthly  for  the  purpose  of  exchanging 
ideas  and  for  the  promotion  of  friendly  competition  among  the 
salesmen. 

Outlook  Bright  for  1909  in  -Wisconsin. 
Milwaukee.  -R'is..  Jan.  11.— Wholesale  druggists  here  are 
meeting  with  an  excellent  business,  despite  the  fact  that  nearly 
all  of  "the  houses  are  as  yet  unfinished  with  inventories  and 
other  closing  business  of  last  .vear.  Best  of  all,  say  the  ^yhole- 
salers  the  prospects  for  the  coming  year  were  never  brighter 
and  a  record  trade  is  expected  from  now  on.  In  looking  over 
books  and  going  over  the  business  of  the  past  year,  wholesalers 
are  finding  that  the  total  trade  of  the  past  twelve  months  was 
rather  satisfactory  after  all. 


London  Drug  Market 

I  oN-noN  .Tan.  2.-lt  is  sincerely  to  be  hoped  that  business 
in  drugs  and  chemicals  on  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic  may  be 
no  worse  during  the  vear  which  has  just  commenced  than  it 
was  the  last  vear;  it  is  also  the  devout  wish  of  everybody 
concerned  that  it  will  be  much  better  As  yet  business  has 
hardlv  commenced,  the  Christmas  holidays  being  just  term^ 
nated  and  the  process  of  stock-taking  being  m  full  swing.  The 
chief  articles  of  interest  at  the  present  moment  are  naturally 
those  wMch  come  from  Sicily,  prices  of  which  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  more  than  double  those  r;j''°S  V^f^^f '0=,  of 
Quotations  for  Essence  of  Lemon,  Oil  of  Bergamot,  Oil  of 
Sweet  Orange  and  Citric  Acid  are  merel'y  nominal,  for  buyers 
are  not  willTng  to  pay  the  high  prices  named  by  holders  until 
thev  have  heard  the  worst. 

The    highest    price    which    seems    to    have    been    paid    for 
Essence  of  Lemon  is  Ts.  6d.  per  pound,  "ut  -nee  this  trans^ 
action— which  was  not  a  large  one— an  offer  of  lOs.  is  saia 
^o  have  been  refused.     The  stock  of  Oil  of  Bergamot  on  the 
spot  is  extremelv  small  and  as  much  as  2.5s.  per  pound  would 
probablv  have  to  be  paid,  which  is  something  like  double  the 
figure  quoted   last   week.      Oil   of   Sweet   Orange   is   nominally 
about  14s.  per  pound,  but  no  business  has  been  done.     As    o 
CUiic   Acid    both   makers   and   holders   are   unwilling   to   sell 
p-ces  being  nominally  something  like  4d.   per  POund  higher 
than  thev  were  prior  to  the  disaster.     London  is  still  w.th- 
oirveiv  definite  information  as  to  the  extent  of  the  damage 
and  11.;  agents  for  the  Messina  houses  have  been  unable    as 
vet,  to  obtain  replies  to  their  cabled  messages.     Two  English 
men   en-aged   in   the   citrus   industry.   Messrs.    Barret    (father 
and  son)  ^  are  reported  to  be  among  the  fortunate  survivors 
and  the  manager  of  a  Messina  factory  owned  by  a   London 
house  has  also  escaped  alive,  although  his  family  have  prob- 
ab  V  pei^shed.     Apart  from  Italian  produce,  little  interest  has 
been  evinced  in  c  rugs  and  chemicals.     American  Peppermint 
o'     tends  lower  for  H.G.H.,  but  Wayne  County  O^l  is  firm 
Camphor  is  easier  and  business  has  been  done  in  2%  pound 
Japanese  slabs  at  Is.  6d.  per  pound. 
Merry-making  by  Parker-Blake  Company  Employes. 
New     Obleaks,     Jan,     4;-The     Parker-Blake     Company, 
wholesale  druggists,  gave  its  sixth  annual  banquet  last  Tues- 
Hv  ni"ht  at  the  St.  Charles  Hotel.     There  were  thirty  in  the 
am-  and  C.  C.  Johnston,  treasurer  of  the  company,  presided 
^rloattmaster.     After  the  banouer  was  well  under  w^tht 
silver  loving  cup  which  was  won  last  season  by  'be  Parker 
Blake   baseSall   team  was  filled   with  champagne   and   passed 
around  the  board.     The  cup  bears  an  inscription  ""^^  >'«  "ase 
showin"  that  the  first  drink  from  it  was  taken  by  Charles  w . 
mS.  president  of  the  Chicago  Cubs.     Toasts  were  drunk 
to  Arthur  D.  Parker,  president  of  the  company;  Mr.  Johnston 
H    C    Mackie    P    H.  Brown,  secretary;   "Kittums. '   a   huge 
black 'cat  which  protects  the  big  establishment  from  the  rav- 
ages of  rats,  and  to  others.  , 

Sid  Persell.  dean  of  the  company's  traveling  men,  recited 
an  original  poem,  and  among  the  other  speakers  were  A.  A.  bar- 
r."det  Dr.  L.  A.  Stone  and  Dr.  Philip  Asher  Those  present  not 
mentioned  above  were  L.  B.  Baynard,  Jr..  of  Alexandria ;  KG 
Gerrarde.  of  Shreveport :  C.  L.  Kerr.  James  Cullen  J.  J.  Lev 
Tns  W  R.  Hutchinson.  T.  A.  Egan.  L.  Lafargue,  ^  Claver.e 
D.  L.  Abadie.  H.  J.  Del  Bondio.  Robert  H.  Dalton.  W.  F.  Dent, 
Francis  Brown.  C.  M.  Leggitt,  J.  Ipser,  J.  M.  Rohbock.  B. 
Gros,  Fred  W.  Bock.  Charles  Wendling,  Augusts  de  Lauzde. 
L.  E.  Blanchard.  R.  G.  Persell. 

An  annual  dividend  of  8  per  cent  has  been  declared  by  the 
Parker-Blake   Company, 


•Wholesalers  Discuss  the  Hull  Bill. 
Dftboit  -Mich  Jan.  ll.-James  E.  Davis,  of  the  Michigan 
Dm'  Span-  outlined  to  the  Wholesalers'  Association  at  its 
noon  lun?h  the  bill  of  Representative  Hull,  of  Iowa,  for  the 
"aheUng  of  all  commodities,  to  show  whether  articles  are  real 
or  imitations.  Mr.  Davis  said  that  the  general  idea  of  the 
Hull  bU  was  good,  but  that  it  was  crudely  drawn  and  would 
cause  much  trouble  unless  intelligently  revised  It  was  ordered 
that  everv  member  of  the  association  be  furnished  with  a 
Ivnopsis  of  the  measure.  Mayor-elect  Breitmeyer.  one  of  the 
™- members  of  the  association,  presided  over  the  meeting. 


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51 


BUSINESS  RECORD 

of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Sapplement  to  The  Er 


Directory. 


„.^^'t;'e  licx^k  about  January  20.  -*  new  store  in 

^'■^n'rl^V-^^-  ,'^-  •^'"'"'-  ^^^•^•'  ''^^  succeeded  G.  C    Nichols 
m  the  drug  business  here.  -mcdois 

^^^^rdl^&lM''''"''^'^-?''^''"'^'^^    ^^^S    Company,    Jar- 
rell   &   Jackson,   proprietors,   have  dissolved   partnership 

fhets1re:fa.o^r°»"  "^'^  ^^"""'^  '"»"-.  -'"  -tt- 

/■Sn!'l^fei;^dU;et  ^^°^""°"  "^^  --''^''   ^-  ^^■ 

ofbuti;;t""'""~^-  ""■  '""''''  ^°^  ^---  «t«et;  out 

^'S:^s;:'''-    ""■    ^'°"'""^'    ^^"^    ^road    street;    out    of 

ILLINOIS — Henrv T    IT-    TV-  •        -i    . 

succeeded  bjT  J  3'^^^'    "  '■'^°"'''  ""^  "«''" 
:^^^ac^n^?h?^^^^^  -  succeeded 

lomh^Ida'tns'st-;";.'-"  ''''"'''''  ^-  ^-  ^-"-  «'  2629 

INDIANA— Indianapolis— Cut  Price  Drn<r  r«„„         •      ^ 
or  vie    nf   tKn    „         j  J- uce  i^rug  Compauv  is   the 

st.vie    ot   the   new   dru?   store    at   2'>''   Ea<!t    w»=i.i„  I 
street.     J    n   Ponrson  7o  fj,  —  '    vVashington 

lO-n-A     r-^T-x--,      :5earsou  is  the  proprietor. 

J.  A.  Chapman  &  Co..  proprietors.  "^  ^'°'*^^' 

^^^o?-"370^T  wh';;'.LaFe"-d^Te-ta.r''--^'^^=     ---' 

3pr;-5en-Ha^ -------- 

».A.\bAl> ASSEBIA R     C     Knn^    .t.    r'„  "        ^ 

fire  *  '^"•'  ^^"'^^  destroyed  bv 

'T.Zl.?r.rLfn':llT'-^-  '^  '^  — .  ^as  been 
'^^r^;^:^t^^^^-   ^-^   «^-.   24   Water  street; 
MASSACHUSETTS-NEWBUBTPOBT-John  T    P„ii-        •.   ■ 

MICHIGAN— Gbeenville—J.   h    C    V-,n   He;.,.,   i 

succeeded  by  Peter  Van  Deinse  '""   '''*^" 

Pltmouth— J.    G.    Meiler.    deceased       O     TT     r 

^^'?lirST":[7Z7"'''  "■'■■'""  "  "•  •» 


NEW  JERSEY — MiiFORn -nr    o    rr    u     . 

^new  drug  s,..re''here  ^niary'l''-   ""'■"'"'""^   '""  ""^  "^ 

NE^^^YORK-C...XDOB-J.  H.  Jennings  has  been  succeeded 

NORTH^crROir^-f  ^'"'^■■f'"^^  damaged  by  fire. 

hi       CAROLINA- Pine  Level— Godwin  Brothers  have 

stcVSo."''''  "'  ^°'^"'°  ^■^"^'^"•'^  Company  HaS 

OHIO-Bellaiee-A   new   drug  store,   styled   Kane's    Phnr 

macy.^has   been   opened  here.     R.' A.  Vane^r  tL^t" 

OKLAHOMA-Taft-C.  T.  Rogers  &  Co. ;  store  destroyed  by 

"'"o'uVBoItonTrret.''^  "''''''  ^  "^"  '^-="  ^'°-  ^^  ^12 
PENNSYLVANIA— SHENANuoiw     r     i;^     t 

his  new  drug  store™Ch'l^i^-3Lf ""  '^^  ''"'"'' 
PHiLADELPHiA-An  item  in  this  department  in  the  last 
Eba  was  capable  of  miscon.struction.  Gardner  Dru-  Com 
any  has  not  been  sold,  but  has  moved  from  its  o"d  ?oca-" 
new  s  orarigrEaTw'^^'  Westmoreland  streeVt^a 
sington, 'venue  Westmoreland  street,   near  Ken- 

^''™   CAROLINA-SHMXEB-Birnie-s  Drug  Store;   dam- 
^^"'I'^-'filf  ^~^™^'''-^^^-    H-    Patterson;    store   damaged 

''llw-rP^Xv^  'ttVo;th'':4Lel'''"''''"°'^  °^  ^'^ 
TEXAS-HOLLANI^E.  r'.  NutriL^r^rstJrTdamaged  by 

nue;'oTorb''usinfsr  ^''"'""^'   ''"'  ^^^^^'-^ton  ave- 

'"''di^dli'^r'''-^"'''"''"     ^"^     Company;     store 

RicitMONi^Tarrant,  Grant  &  Co..  626  East  Broad  street 

have  opened  a  new  drug  store  here  ' 

WASHINGTON-ChehaliI— T    Y    r^ff  u       . 

ceeded  by  George  DPrigmore        ''°''"'°   '^^   '^^^^   «"'=- 

fl  EST    VIRGINIA-PAYETTEVILLE-Dr     H     C     Ska.,,,     u    ■ 

Reported,  has  become  proprietor  of  the  FayetteviUe  Pha" 

"■;P^7^-^r5^^^-72^=-  ■-  « 

•^tedld^LrS-S^'^^'eTla^r^'"'-   ''   ^^   —"■''-  - 
Si-PEBioR-Charies  De  Frehn.   it  is  reported,   will   open  a 
new  drug  store  at  1112  Tower  avenue. 

Eczematol   Ointment  Comes  in  Two   Sizes' 
Eczematol  ointment,  manufactured  bv  the  Eczemirol  Oh.^ 

ria";;;^-  rj^:^  r^  "Tt  t"  '^-^  --  ^^  ^^ 

wholesale  for  S4\nd  ^s'pfr"  doJenTspecHv  d?  '«::  if'' 


Matrimonial  Mention. 

14^  p"""'"'  ^'"™-  °^  """  ^'™"  fi™  Of  H.  M.  Cole  &  Co 
143S  Capouse  avenue,   Soauton    Pa     In«   rot,„.,ri.i   u  ■  ■"• 

—Joseph  Be.n-nett.  of  Mount  Vernon.  Iowa    has  returned 


52 


THE    PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[January  14,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


EXPECTS  MATERIAL  INCREASE  IN  DEMAND. 


Dealers  Show  No  Anxiety  Regarding  Future— Predict 
Beturn  of  Normal  Conditions  Before  Month's  End. 
New  y<5BK,  Jan.  11.— Conditions  througliout  the  general 
drug  and  chemical  martet  are  practically  the  same  as _  those 
noted  last  week,  the  regular  consuming  demand  continuing 
somewhat  light  and  unimportant  with  a  slight  improvement 
noted  at  the  close  of  the  week.  The  steady  undertone  noted 
in  the  previous  reports  is  still  in  evidence  and  dealers  show 
no  anxiety  regarding  the  future.  As  yet  the  normal  volume 
of  business  has  not  been  reached,  but  a  material  mcrease  in 
demand  is  confidently  expected  shortly  after  the  middle  of  the 
current  month.  Messina  essences  are  attracting  most  atten- 
tion, but  it  is  impossible  to  give  actual  quotations  as  there 
are  no  firm  offers  to  sell.  Some  business  is  reported  between 
dealers,  at  extreme  prices,  oil  of  bergamot  naturally  showing 
the  greater  advance.  All  kindered  and  allied  materials  are 
strongly  affected  by  the  upward  movement  and  quotations  tor 
lime  oil  are  again  higher.  Citric  acid  and  all  citrates  have 
been  further  advanced  by  manufacturers.  Anise  oil  is  also  a 
shade  firmer,  and  a  better  inquiry  exists  for  Carthagena  ipecac. 
Opium  is  without  important  change  either  in  the  primary  or 
local  market,  and  quinine  remains  quiet. 

Opium  —There  is  still  a  lack  of  important  inquiry  and  the 
market  shows  nothing  of  new  interest,  nor  is  there  any  im- 
provement in  the  demand.  Cables  from  Smyrna,  however  re- 
ported a  firmer  market  with  an  advance  of  6d.  expected.  Spot 
values  remain  unchanged  at  .$4.35@?4.40  for  case  Ifts,  with 
Bales  o£  a  few  cases  reported.  The  market  for  powdered  has 
been  rather  unsettled,  owing  to  competition,  but  a  gradual 
return  of  a  steadier  undertone  is  noted.  At  the  close  of  last 
month  there  was  a  sale  of  old  crop  opium  amounting  to  50 
cases  for  an  American  account,  at  13s.  lOd.  per  pound,  for 
11 25  per  cent  morphine.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the 
week  ending  December  IS  amount  to  1906  cases,  as  against 
1311  cases  for  the  same  period  last  year.  The  arrivals  to 
January  8  amount  to  1985  cases.  ,.    .*  j 

Quinine  Sui-PHate.— Quinine  is  moving  in  only  a  limited 
routine  wav,  with  the  business  done  by  manufacturers  who 
continue  to  maintain  steady  views  on  the  basis  of  loc.  for 
bulk  in  lots  of  100  ozs.  Cinchona  bark  shipments  during  De- 
cember amounted  to  1,560,000  Dutch  pounds.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  August,  this  was  the  lieay'est^^onthly  shipment 
during  the  year.  The  total  shipments  in  190S  were  15.393,000 
Dutch  pounds,  as  against  17,212,000  during  190.  and  13,516,- 
000  during  1906.  The  shipments  of  the  year  190 1  were  the 
largest  of  any  vear  on  record.  At  the  Amsterdam  auction  last 
Friday  1400  kilos  of  quinine  were  sold  at  11.06  florins, 
against  11.00  florins  at  the  previous  sale. 

CiTBic  Acid.— The  demand  for  this  article  is  unusually 
heavy  even  with  the  price  at  53@60c.  per  pound.  Prices  were 
marked  up  recently  2c.  per  pound  above  the  revised  prices 
which  took  place  following  the  news  of  the  Italian  disaster. 
Manufacturers  are  finding  difficulty  in  procuring  raw  material 
and  have  advanced  prices  to  50y2C.  per  pound  in  kegs  Sso 
contracts  are  being  made  as  practically  all  orders  are  refused, 
and  deliveries  are  being  made  on  old  contracts  only.  In  con- 
sequence of  this  the  prices  in  the  outside  market  are  in  ad- 
vance of  manufacturers'  prices.  It  is  not  improbable  that 
this  article  will  be  still  higher,  and  while  there  is  a  desire  on 
the  part  of  holders  to  supply  the  actual  wants  of  customers 
at  ruling  quotations,  speculative  orders  cannot  be  entertained, 
and  orders  in  excess  of  single  kegs  are  carefully  scrutinized. 

EesENTlAi.  Oils.— The  market  for  bergamot,  lemon  and 
orange  is  excited,  and  it  is  almost  impossible  to  give  reliable 
quotations,  and  all  quotations  are  given  without  offer.  At  the 
time  of  the  occurrence  of  the  earthquake  importers  were  nego- 
tiating contracts  for  the  year's  supply,  and  practically  all 
houses  were  without  stock  of  any  proportion  at  the  close  of 
the  year,  expecting  arrivals  of  new  crop  oil,  the  shipments  of 
which  on  contract  generally  commencing  about  the  last  part 
o£  December.  There  has  been  considerable  inquiry  between 
houses  on  accommodation  orders,  but  few  have  more  than  a 


few  pounds  on  hand,  which  they  require  for  their  own  use.  A 
sale  of  10  cans  of  25  gallons  each  has  been  reported  at  !f4.W 
per  gallon,  and  SIOOO  being  paid  for  the  lot. 

Olimc  Oil.— The  price  on  Lucca  cream  olive  oil  has  been 
advanced  to  $3.00  per  gallon,  in  gallon  cans,  and  $3.10  in 
half-gallon  cans.  Six  and  three  gallon  cans  are  held  at  $2.b5 
@$2  75  per  gallon.  The  advance  in  the  price  of  this  article 
is  not  altogether  due  to  the  Italian  disaster,  although  the  mar- 
ket has  been  influenced  thereby.  The  principal  reason  is  due 
to  the  failure  of  the  olive  crop.  The  prices  of  all  grades  have 
been  steadily  advanced  and  oil  for  manufacturing  purposes  is 
almost  wholly  out  of  the  market.  Holde^  of  the  small  aval  - 
able  spot  stock  have  advanced  prices  to  $1.50(a$1.5o  tor  yel- 
low and  $1.30  for  green.  Our  late  Consul  Arthur  S.  Cheney, 
who  was  killed  in  the  Messina  catastrophe,  in  a  letter  under 
date  of  November  1,  said:  "Never  in  the  meniory  of  the 
proverbial  oldest  inhabitant  has  there  been  such  absolute  lack 
of  production  of  this  necessary  fruit  as  now  prevails  in  this 
district ;  which  becomes  nothing  less  than  a  national  nusior- 
tune  It  is  a  question  whether  existing  stocks  of  oil  (although 
last  season's  production  was  plentiful  as  well  of  very  good 
quality)  will  be  suflicient  to  supply  home  consumption.^^  ihe 
present  prices  for  edible  oil  are  the  highest  for  ten  years. 

Castile  Soap.— Attention  was  recently  called  to  the  ad- 
vance which  would  probably  be  made  in  Conti's  white  castile 
soap  after  the  first  of  the  year.  The  white  is  now  held  at 
13@14c. ;  genuine  mottled  at  10@14c.,  and  the  green  at  10 
@14c.      These    quotations    are    based    upon    prices    made    by 

Conti  &  Co.  .  ,    .  ■         „ 

Manna— The  stock  of  this  article  in  our  market  is  now 
very  much  reduced,  and  it  appears  that  the  amount  available 
of  small  flake  is  much  less  than  had  been  supposed.  Prices 
for  small  flake  have  been  advanced  to  60@65c.  per  pound,  with 
the  outlook  favorable  for  still  higher  prices.  Shipments  from 
Palermo  are  liable  to  be  very  much  delayed  and  advices  from 
that  port  are  now  being  awaited  and  upon  receipt  of  same 
some  additional  revision  in  prices  may  be  expected. 

Quince  Seed.— Sellers  at  former  prices  of  90c.  per  pound 
in  large  quantities  have  advanced  their  figures  to  94c.  The 
market  is  still  low  in  available  supplies. 

Gltceein.— There  exists  a  fair  demand  for  the  C.P.  article 
with  large  consumers  showing  more  disposition  to  make  con- 
tracts. In  sympathy  with  the  position  of  the  crude  the  market 
is  firm  and  quotations  are  still  maintained  at  16y2@16%c.  for 
drums,  and  17i/2@lT?ic.  for  cans,  as  to  size  of  order 

Nux  Vomica.— Quotations  are  well  sustained  at  lU@14c. 
per  pound  and  powdered  at  32@37c.  per  pound,  as  to  grades 
and  quantitv,  and  the  existence  of  an  improved  inquiry. 
Higher  prices  are  expected,  as  supplies  are  only  moderate  and 
verv  little  stock  is  offered  from  primary  markets. 

Alcohol.— Due  to  conditions  in  the  West,  the  quotations 
on  grain  alcohol  have  been  reduced  2c.  Quotations  on  U.b.P. 
in  larse  quantities  are  now  $2.61(g$2.62  per  gallon. 

Menthol.— Increased  attention  is  being  shown  this  article 
and  the  tone  of  the  market  is  becoming  stronger.  Most  holders 
are  quoting  $2.20(a$2.25  in  large  quantities,  although  it  is 
claimed  that  some  supplies  were  obtained  at  $2.10  and  latter 
at  $2.15  per  pound.  However,  only  limited  quantities  were 
offered  at  the  last  named  figures.  ,        ,     u  i    » 

Camphoe.— Quotations  have  been  revised  and  the  market 
is  easier  to  the  extent  that  manufacturers  have  reduced  prices 
2c  per  pound.  Prices  are  now  as  follows :  Refined  in  barrels, 
48c.  ;■  less.  .51@56c. ;  quarter-pound  squares,  cases,  49c ;  less, 
52@58c. ;  Japanese,  ounces,  per  pound,  53@60c. ;  Monobro- 
mated camphor,  per  pound,  $1.65;  ounce,  15(g  18c. 

CiTBATES.— Manufacturers  have  made  an  additional  advance 
of  2c.  per  pound  on  all  the  citrates  since  our  last  report.  Con- 
tracts for  over  tour  months  will  be  entertained  as  usual  by 
large  manufacturers,  while  the  entry  of  contracts  for  citnc  acid 
have  been  discontinued.  k„>,oIo 

Canada  Balsam  of  Fib.— There  are  some  sellers  of  barrels 
at  $5.25,  but  others  are  holding  to  the  price  of  $5.50@f5.7& 
and  claim  sales  at  those  figures. 


Change  in  Ownership  in  Grabill,  Ind. 
Oscar  S  Rhoads,  a  prominent  and  well-known  druggist  of 
Fort  Wayne,  Ind.,  has  purchased  the  stock  and  fixtures  of 
the  J  D.  Campbell  Drug  Store  at  Grabill,  Ind.  The  store 
will  be  under  the  management  of  E.  L.  Garrett,  druggist  of 
Fort  Wayne. 


The   Pharmaceutical   Era 


PUBLISHED   EVERY  THURSDAY 


VOL.  XLI. 


NEW  YORK,  JANUARY  21,  1909 


No.  S 


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Re  Photographs  for  "Era  Album" 

Illustrated  Section 

Eacli  subscril>er  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  If  the  firm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
partners  and  clerks  may  have  their  portraits  include'"  or  ,$1..50 
each.  To  secure  all  of  the  Album  sections  one  must  oe  a  sub- 
scriber to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

In  sending  photographs  be  sure  that  each  one  is  distinctly 
labeled  with  tlie  name,  address,  business,  profession  or  occupa- 
tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograpli.  Here  is  ,a 
good    specimen : 


FOR  ERA  ALBUM. 

Fred  S..  Rogers,  Middletown.  X. 

JIcMonagle  &  Rogers, 
Ex-Pres.  N.  T.  State  Phar.  Assii 


When  additional  photographs  of  partners  and  clerks  are 
sent,  each  one  should  have  written  on  it  the  name  of  the  siib- 
scriber  who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

Tlie  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  liead  about  two  incbes  long.  If  other  sizes  ar« 
furnislied  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  facas 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

In  forwarding  photographs  for  the  .\lbum,  see  that  they  are 
distinctly  addressed  as  follows : 


For  Era  Album 


The  Pharmaceutical  Eea, 
90  William  St.,  New  York. 


SWINDLERS    READ   THE    ERA — SOME    OF    THEIR 
VICTIMS  THOUGHTLESS  IN  THAT  RESPECT. 


Off  and  on  for  more  than  twenty  years  the  Er.\ 
has  been  exposing  drug  swindlers,  but  in  the  last  five 
or  six  years  more  than  ever  has  this  journal  given 
early  notice  to  the  trade  concerning  the  operations 
of  these  parasites.  That  there  has  been  more  pub- 
licity given  to  the  frauds  lately  has  not  been  due  to 
any  increase  in  their  number,  but  rather  to  the  per- 
sistency with  which  the  Era  has  watched  and  fol- 
lowed up  the  offenders.  Unfortunately  drug  mer- 
chants who  are  so  careless  as  to  fail  to  read  the  por- 
tion of  the  Era  which  is  devoted  to  exposing  the 
swindlers  are  unwilling,  except  in  rare  instances,  to 
disclose  their  carelessness  by  prosecuting  the  crimi- 
nals. A  }-ear  or  two  is  the  most  tliat  can  be  given 
these  culprits  on  one  complaint.  They  are  soon  out 
ot  prison. 

If  all  the  jobbers  and  manufacturers  would  read 
the  Era  as  carefully  for  news  of  drug  trade  swind- 
lers as  they  do  in  other  respects  there  would  be  a 
distinct  diminution  of  supplies  that  would  be  more 
effective  than  tlie  short  sentences  given  by  the  Fed- 
eral courts.  The  swindlers  read  the  Era.  How  they 
obtain  it  we  do  not  know,  but  the  moment  the  Era 
exposes  one  of  them  he  goes  out  of  business  under 
the  old  name  and  starts  with  a  new  name  elsewhere, 
operating  under  the  usual  methods  until  an  Era  re- 
porter runs  him  to  earth.  The  extermination  of  this 
pest  is  now  practically  "up  to"  the  victims.  A 
more  careful  perusal  of  the  Era,  or  if  in  doubt  a 
telephone  message  to  2457  John,  would  save  losses 
to  many  merchants  and  cut  off  the  source  of  sup- 
plies that  keep  the  crooks  alive. 


NEW  YORK  PHARMACISTS  SHOULD  GET  BUSY. 


Publication  in  the  Era  of  the  position  taken  by 
Governor  Hughes  in  regard  to  the  reorganization  of 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  changes  in  the 
pharmacy  law  of  the  State  was  the  first  information 
that  many  pharmacists  had  on  the  subject,  for  the 
daily  papers  did  not  consider  it  of  enough  impor- 
tance to  mention.  Fred  S.  Rogers,  former  president 
and  chairman  of  the  membership  committee  of  the 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  sees 
more  in  the  message  than  there  is  in  the  text.  No 
doubt  he  could  preach  a  sermon  on  the  subject  and 
lie  almost  does  so  in  a  letter  which  he  has  sent  to  the 
members  of  his  committee. 

"Do  you  realize  that  this  is  the  entering  wedge 
for  further  legislation  which  threatens  the  entire 
profession  of  pharmacy  ? "  he  asks.  That  point  alone 
in  the  letter,  considered  in  connection  with  the  Gov- 
ernor's message  and  his  veto  of  the  Whitney -Wain- 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  21,  1909 


Wright  Act  of  1908,  is  enough  to  set  pharmacists 
thinking  and  if  they  want  to  preserve  their  o^vn 
power  of  participation  in  the  selection  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
they  will  have  to  exhibit  much  greater  activity  than 
thej'  ever  have  before  displayed  in  supporting  the 
efforts  of  the  representatives  of  pharmacy  at  Albany 
in  the  next  two  or  three  months.  No  bill  to  destroy 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  yet  been  intro- 
duced, but  it  seldom  occurs  that  a  Governor  makes 
a  recommendation  without  being  reasonably  sure 
that  legislative  activity  will  follow. 


PROUD   YEARS   RECORD   OF   CHICAGO   R.D.A. 


President  Yeomans,  in  his  annual  address  to  the 
Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  calls  atten- 
tion to  the  ease  with  which  hold-up  and  blackmailing 
suits  can  be  prosecuted  against  druggists  and  shows 
the  benefit  of  organization  in  coping  with  this  evil, 
especially  in  a  large  city  like  Chicago.  No  fewer  than 
forty-six  cases  of  this  description  were  brought  to 
the  attention  of  the  association  during  the  year  and 
every  one  was  successfullj''  defended,  or  satisfactorily 
ad.justed. 

Considering  the  difficulties  of  meeting  accusations 
of  this  nature — no  other  profession  is  placed  at  such 
great  disadvantage  before  the  law — this  record  of  the 
Chicago  R.D.A.  is  one  to  be  proud  of.  In  fact  this 
one  of  the  many  features  of  its  work  more  than  jus- 
tifies the  united  support  of  the  druggists  within  its 
territory  of  operation. 

WHO  WILL  WIN  THE  ERA'S  ?10  PRIZE? 


Are  you.  going  to  win  one  of  the  Era's  $10  prizes 
for  the  best  article  on  any  business  subject  of  value 
to  retail  druggists?  The  drug  business  offers  an 
enormous  variety  of  fruitful  topics  for  discussion 
and  regarding  which  every  druggist  likes  to  read  the 
experiences  of  his  fellows  in  pharmacy.  It  is  not 
fair  for  any  druggist  to  do  all  the  reading  and  none 
of  the  writing;  particularly  as  he  is  quite  likely  to 
have  a  fimd  of  information  that  could  well  be  drawn 
upon  to  win  the  $10  prize  and  at  the  same  time 
benefit  his  profession. 

The  Eea's  Prize  Competition  was  started  to  give 
an  extra  incentive  to  readers  to  get  them  also  to 
write.  There  are  other  prizes,  but  just  turn  over  to 
advertising  page  6  and  find  out  aU  about  the  Compe- 
tition. Druggists,  clerks  and  fountain  dispensers,  as 
well  as  ^^Tndow  designers,  all  are  eligible. 


CAMPAIGN   OF   MISREPRESENTATION. 


While  druggists  are  not  directly  interested  in  the 
scheme  to  establish  postal  savings  banks  this  is  sort 
of  a  companion  to  the  parcels  post  machination  which 
is  expected  to  increase  the  postal  revenues  by  aug- 
menting the  expense  of  operation  and  opening  the 
mails  to  the  transportation  of  merchandise  in  larger 
bulk  than  at  present  and  at  low  rates.  As  to  the  sav- 
ings bank  plan  Postmaster  General  Meyer  has  been 
called  to  account  for  innocent  ignorance  of  the  sav- 
ings deposit  facilities  by  Charles  E.  Sprague,  presi- 
dent of  one  of  the  largest  repositories  of  that  descrip- 


tion in  the  world,  ilr.  I\Ieyer,  in  his  argument,  said 
that  there  were  "only  1453  savings  banks  in  the 
coimtry. "  Mr.  Sprague,  whose  long  experience  and 
extended  observation  entitle  him  to  rank  as  the  dean 
of  savings  bank  presidents,  declai-es  that  there  are 
15,000  incorporated  institutions  situated  in  all  the 
States  that  are  in  effect  savings  banks. 

It  appears  therefore  upon  creditable  information 
that  the  campaign  of  parcels  post  and  postal  savings 
banks  is  more  allied  in  point  of  misrepresentation, 
probably  itnintentionally,  than  has  heretofore  been 
thought  to  be  the  case,  for  the  banking  scheme  has 
not  been  of  such  vital  moment  to  druggists  as  the 
parcels  post  plan  to  wipe  out  or  reduce  to  a  starva- 
tion basis  all  of  the  pharmacists  outside  of  the  big 
cities.  As  the  interests  favoring  the  two  measures 
are  closely  allied  and  the  arguments  in  their  support 
seem  to  be  equally  fallacious  and  misleading,  per- 
haps it  would  be  just  as  well  for  the  druggists  of  the 
countrjr  to  hit  both  with  the  same  stone.  And  the 
more  stones  thrown  the  better  it  will  be  for  the  re- 
tail druggists  of  the  United  States. 


FUTURE  OF  EDUCATION  IN  PHARMACY. 


Activity  on  the  part  of  Dr.  Henry  Weimar,  of  Hot 
Springs,  and  others  in  endeavoring  to  establish  a 
chair  of  pharmacy  in  the  State  University  of  Ar- 
kansas directs  attention  to  the  growing  tendency  of 
incorporating  pharmaceutical  education  in  the  currie- 
uhuns  of  the  colleges  and  universities  of  the  country. 
This  is  especially  true  of  State  institutions,  which  is 
an  indication  that  our  official  educators  are  awaken- 
ing to  the  necessity  of  providing  for  specialization  in 
the  higher  training  of  the  young  men  and  women  of 
the  country. 

The  drift  of  education  in  pharmacy  has  for  some 
time  been  in  the  direction  of  making  it  a  university 
subject,  as  is  borne  out  by  the  amalgamation  of 
several  colleges  with  universities,  the  affiliation  of  the 
New  York  CoUege  of  Pharmacy  with  Columbia  Uni- 
versity being  a  conspicuous  example.  There  are  some 
very  strong  colleges  of  pharmacy  that  are  conducted 
under  private  auspices  or  under  the  direction  of 
pharmaceutical  societies,  but  in  the  further  enlarge- 
ment of  the  facilities  for  teaching  pharmacy  the  con- 
clusion must  inevitably  be  drawn  that  an  important, 
if  not  the  preponderating  element  will  be  in  the 
establishment  of  chairs  of  pharmacy  in  the  State  and 
other  universities  which  are  not  now  so  provided. 

"Dues-paid"  druggists  are  uot  the  only  ones,  who  may  benefit 
by  i^eadieg  the  Era  and  in  the  publication  of  news  or  other 
articles,  as  well  as  photographs,  or  of  contributions  to  the 
Era's  Prize  Competition,  the  question  of  "dues-paid"'  or  "sub- 
scription-paid" never  enters  into  the  editor's  calculation.  The 
Era  simply  stands  for  the  best  interests  of  pharmacy  and 
pharmacists,  regardless  of  any  price  of  subscription  or  other 
consideration.  It  is  a  policy  tliat  has  won  success  and  will 
continue  to  do  so. 


.Judging  by  the  reported  experiences  of  Capt.  George  H. 
^^'right,  of  Orlando,  Fla.,  the  camphor  industry  is  no  longer  an 
experiment  in  Florida.  The  captain  has  grown  thousands  of 
oiimplior  trees  and  reports  better  results  than  have  been  ob- 
tained in  the  Island  of  Formosa.  In  the  foreign  camphor 
growing  districts,  he  declares,  the  trees  are  not  treated  to  the 
best  advantage  and  the  natural  result  will  be  an  eventual 
diminution   of   the   supply.      He    believes,    however,    that    the 


January  21,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


mlV^  °^-n^-  '°!^"^'7  '°  'his  country  is  assured  and  tl^at 
Florida  will  in  time  be  able  to  furnish  the  domestic  market 
with  all  of  the  camphor  required. 


A  druggist  was  crossing  a  busy  street  in  New  York  one 
afternoon  m  1910  when  he  stopped  when  half  way  over.  In 
front  of  him  was  an  automobile,  noisily  tooting;  behind  him 
a  taxicab,  coming  up  the  avenue  on  his  right  hand  side  was 
a  motor  truck  clanging  its  bell,  and  on  his  left  a  motor  cycle 
all  bearing  down  on  him  at  full  speed.  He  happened  to 
glance  up  and  saw  an  airship  rapidly  descending  to  the  spot 
where  he  was  standing,  and  he  saw  he  had  one  chance  left 
Ue  was  standing  on  a  manhole  cover.  He  quickly  pulled  it 
up  and  jumped  in,  just  in  time  to  be  run  over  by  a  subway 
train. — Farm   and  Fireside. 


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thousand  at  least  are  under  fourteen,  the  average  age  being 
twelve.  >>o  child  under  ten  is  allowed  to  sell  at  all  Yes 
many  of  those  little  fellows  that  you  see  are  ten  years  old  and 
more    but  circum.«!ances  and  environment  have  stunted   their 

rir^ir''?^  ^^v  ^^^  •'^^'^^  '^  naturally  a  small  statured 
race,  also  the  Italian ;  and  most  of  tne  newsboys  are  of  these 


The  trouble  with  some  troubled  druggists  is  that  if  thev 
Ijave  no  troubles  they  will  go  to  a  great  deal  of  trouble 
to  make  trouble  for  themselves  by  making  trouble  for  other 


A  prohibition  town  cannot  be  called  the  abode  of  departed 
spirits  so  ong  as  the  druggist  is  in  that  sort  of  medium  busi- 
ness which  materializes  spirit  jags  from  a  cabinet  full  of 
spirit  jugs. 


One  of  the  most  interesting  personalities  among  the  self- 
made  men  in  the  wholesale  drug  trade  of  the  country  is 
Charles  J.  Lynn,  of  Indianapolis,  who  has  an  experience  and 
personal  acquaintance  in  the  trade  that  is  not  exceeded  bv 
many  veterans.  Mr.  Lynn  for  periods 
resided  in  Chicago  and  New  York,  but 
his  home  has  chiefly  been  in  the  city  of 
his  nativity,  where  he  is  now  located  as 
the  general  manager  of  the  house  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.  It  is  said  of  this  genial  and 
obliging  drug  man  that  despite  his  ur- 
banity there  is  no  busier  man  west  of 
the  Hudson  river,  nor  one  who  is  more 
even-tempered  in  caring  for  the  never- 
ending  details  of  his  office. 

Mr.  Lynn  was  born  in  Indianapolis  in 
1874.  His  first  employment  was  with  the 
Daniel  Stewart  Drug  Company,  with 
which  he  remained  five  years.  He  started 
in  that  house  as  an  errand  boy  and 
worked  through  various  positions  "up  to 
billing  clerk  and  general  utility  man  on 
Hie  road.     He  then  went  to  Lord.  Owen 

&   Co.,    wholesale   druggists,    of   Chicai;o. 

now  out  of  business,  and  was  with  that 

house    for    two    years,    first    representing 

the     concern     in     the     Rocky     xMountaiu 

htates  and  then  in  northern  Indiana  and 

southern  Michigan.     From  there  in  M.nv 

1895.   he   went   to   Eli   Lilly   &   Co      lie 

first  represented  the  house  in  New  York 

City  among  the  retail  trade  for  two  years 

and    was    then    transferred    to    western 

Pennsylvania  for  a  year,  after  which  he 

was   taken   back  to  help  J.    K.   Lilly   by 

taking  the  active  management  of  the  sales 

department  of  the  business.     Mr.  Lynn  remained  in  th-it  no 

the" Vw'V't  'k"  °\^'"'^'  ^'"^^^  ^«  --  sent  easVto  o'en 
He  rP^  ^"l  '"'^°"?  -."""^  '^«^^'°P  '^^  -^^^fern  business 
He  remained  here  until  July,  1906.  when  he  returned  to  In 
dianapohs  and  assumed  the  position  of  sales  manager  In 
January,  190  <,  he  was  made  general  manager  of  the  ta^ness 
retaining  the  position  of  sales  manager,  with  W.  A    Caperton' 

ZT'lf'^rrr  "r  *''"  """"  ^'•'"■'"^  "^^"'^'^  of  the  house  Tn 
charge  of  the  traveling  ser^-ice.  In  the  laboratorv  and  on  the 
road  including  the  branch  houses,  Mr.  Lynn  has  under  his 
direction  more  than  800  persons 


The  Maryland  Workshop  for  the  Blind,  which  was  incorpo- 
rated by  an  act  of  the  last  Legislature,  has  been  opened  in 
Baltimore.  The  object  of  the  workshop  is  to  give  employment 
to  the  adult  blind  of  the  city  who  otherwise  would  be  either 
wM^r'-.T  T  '°.  'J'^^POi'dent  idleness.  Certain  industries 
winch.  It  has  been  found,  can  be  engaged  in  with  profit  by  the 
blind,  such  as  broom  making,  mattress  making  and  chair  can- 
ing, will  be  taken  up. 


T  A\.  Stanford,  brother  of  the  founder  of  the  University  of 
that  name  and  a  noted  Australian  spiritualist,  has  discovered 
that  the  Auslrahan  customs  house  will  not  recognize  spook 
smugglers  officially.  Mr.  Stanford,  who 
IS  the  head  of  the  Spiritualists  of  Austra- 
lia, a  few  years  ago  discovered  and  en- 
gaged a  medium  who  claims  that  when  in 
a  trance  she  can  cause  matter  to  pass 
through  matter  by  law  of  which  only 
Spiritualists  are  cognizant.  Recently  a 
Melbourne  Spiritualist  newspaper  print- 
ed a  list  of  articles  which  Mr.  Stanford's 
medium  had  materialized  at  a  local 
seance.  The  customs  officials  read  the 
list  of  articles  and  thereby  discovering 
what  dutiable  materials  had  been  deliv- 
ered into  Australia  without  paying  duty 
levied  on  them  under  the  tariff. 

The  officials  applied  to  Mr.  Stanford 
for  payment  of  the  duties,  but  Mr.  Stan- 
ford claimed  the  articles  were  not  dutia- 
ble, as  they  had  not  been  imported  in  the 
ordinary  .sense  of  the  word,  but  had 
been  transported  with  the  instantaneous- 
ness  of  thought  from  India.  The  cus- 
toms officials  were  skeptical  and  reported 
the  facts  to  their  superiors,  and  all  Aus- 
tralia is  now  anxiously  awaiting  the  ver- 
dict. Among  the  wonderful  things 
claimed  to  have  been  materialized  and 
which  are  now  exhibited  at  Mr.  Stan- 
ford's spiritualistic  museum  are  Assyrian 
and  Baliylonian  manuscripts,  live  birds, 
snakes  and  certain  other  commercial  arti- 
,     ,  .  '^'es    which    Australia    does    not    permit 

rn^riff"  duties  """"^    '''"''°"'   ^^^   payment   of   the   prescribed 


"Pa." 

"Well,  what  now?" 
"What's  'atavism'?" 

"Atavism   is   why   a   descendant   of   an   old   familv   robs    a 
hsitik."— Cleveland  Leader. 


Herbert  Copeland,  who  has  been  making  a  study  of  Boston 
newsboys  writes  of  them  in  the  Transcript.  "The  oi^.narv 
newsboy^-  he  says,  "does  not  earn  so  much  as  vou  think-25 
cents  a  day  being,  I  should  say,  the  average,  though  of  course 
some  of  the  smarter  ones  make  a  good  deal  more.  There  are 
m  Boston  about  five  thousand  newsboys,  and  of  these  three 


The  North  German  Llo.vd  steamship  Prinz  Friedrich  Wil- 
helm,  in  last  week  frona  Bremen,  brought  the  first  German  mail 
that  has  been  shipped  under  the  reduced  two  cent  rate  to 
America.  In  all  there  were  107.5  sacks,  which  for  the  season 
s  a  record-breaker.  Usually  at  this  period  not  more  than 
half  that  quantity  came  over  when  the  rate  was  five  cents. 

Rifle  bullets  that  go  through  five  inches  of  wood  do  not 
penetrate  three  inches  of  pasteboard.  That  is  the  result  of 
some  interesting  firing  tests  by  the  Swedish  naval  authorities 
at  the  fortress  of  Karlskrona.  The  target  used  was  prepared 
of  millboard,  against  which  fire  from  revolvers,  rifles  car- 
bines and  machine  guns  was  directed.  The  pasteboard,  which 
was  three  inches  in  thickness,  resisted  completely  the  bullets 
fired  from  the  small  arms,  but  was  perforated  by  the  projec- 
tiles from  the  machine  guns.  1^1  Jec 


Pope  Pius  has  nearly  become  a  convert  to  automobili^m— 
that  IS,  he  owns  an  auto,  and  is  promising  himself  to  take  a 
ride  in  it  "some  day."  Two  automobiles  have  arrived  at  the 
Natican  as  Jubilee  gifts  from  foreign  firms.     Cardinal  Merry 


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[January  21,  1909 


del  Val,  the  Papal  Secretary  of  Slate,  uses  one  of  them  every 
day,  and  the  other  is  reserved  for  the  use  of  his  Holiness 
within  the  Vatican  grounds. 

But  his  Holiness  hesitates  to  trust  himself  to  a  petrol-pro- 
pelled vehicle.  He  had  it  brought  around  to  his  garden  with 
the  intention  of  taking  a  trial  spin,  but  after  examining  the 
machine  his  Holiness  smilingly  said  he  would  try  it  "another 
day,"  and  took  his  constitutional  airing  ou  foot. 

"Doctor,"  said  the  convalescent,  smiling  weakly,  "you  may 
send  in  vour  bill  any  day  now." 

"Tut,  "tut !"  replied  the  M.D.,  silencing  his  patient  with  a 
wave  of  his  hand.  "You're  not  strong  enough  yet."— Leslie's 
Weekly. 

A  Calcutta  firm  buys  drugs  iu  foreign  markets  which  are 
used  in  the  preparation  of  a  patent  medicine  which  has  an  ex- 
tensive sale  in  India:  The  firm  has  a  department  which  con- 
verts the  wooden  cases  in  which  the  drugs  are  received  from 
the  United  Stales  and  the  United  Kingdom  into  penholders. 
They  have  succeeded  in  making  a  penholder  of  such  quality 
that  the  British  Indian  Government  and  the  municipality  have 
placed  orders  for  this  product,— i)a«i/  Consular  and  Trade 
Reports. 

The  holidays  had  been  dry  and  bright  and  from  daylight 
till  dark  the  links  had  been  covered  with  bareheaded  youths 
and  maids. 

"All  this  sunshine,"  said  a  girl,  "has  changed  the  nature 
of  my  hair.  It  is  straight,  oily,  heavy  hair,  but  the  sun  has 
made  it  dry  and  crisp  and  slightly  curly.     Strange !" 

"I  returned  from  Africa  with  crisp,  curly  hair,"  said  an 
engineer.  "I  went  bareheaded  there  all  winter  in  the  brilliant 
sunshine.  And  as  I  watched  my  lank  greasy  locks  dry  and 
kink  up  I  began  to  understand  why  the  hatless  natives  work- 
ing around  me  had  such  peculiar  dry,  tightly  curled  hair.  The 
sun  was  tue  cause  of  course." — Philadelphia  Bulletin. 


before  writing  is  another  dangerous  practice,  which  may 
produce  trouble,  because  fragments  of  the  hard  lead  may  be 
broken   off   unwittingly   and   swallowed." 


Some  druggists  would  be  happier  if  they  gave  more  thought 
to  preserving  a  good  figure  in  their  wives  and  less  to  preserv- 
ing a  good   figure  in  the  bank. 


The  man  who  is  always  quarreling  with  his  clerk  would 
spat  with  the  cat  if  he  had  neither  clerk  nor  wife. 

The  danger  of  "meeting  a  friend"  while  on  the  way  to  a 
drug  store  is  shown  by  the  experience  of  a  New  York  man  as 
chronicled  in  the  Herald.  It  appears  that  Mrs.  Alfred  Alston, 
wife  of  a  civil  ejigineer,  who  lives  at  120  Simpson  street,  the 
Bronx,  sent  her  husband  to  a  drug  store  Friday  night  for  a 
sponge  and  a  bottle  of  vichy.  Here  is  what  he  bought :  Five 
pairs  of  inner  soles,  a  bag  of  sea  salt,  five  bottles  of  patent 
medicine,  ten  packages  of  pills,  five  packages  of  writing  paper, 
three  sponges,  one  hundred  packages  of  breath  perfume,  a  pair 
of  scissors,  two  bottles  of  vichy  and  some  other  odds  and  ends. 

In  Harlem  police  court  Alston  explained  to  Magistrate 
Crane  that  he  had  met  a  friend  on  his  way  to  the  drug  store. 
"But  I  got  my  wife  the  sponge  and  the  vichy  all  right,"  he 
added. 

"Well,  take  them  right  home  to  her,  then,"  concluded  the 
Court. 


It  will  soon  be  possible  to  take  sight-seeing  trips  over  Faris 
in  a  regular  line  of  dirigible  balloons.  These  balloons  will  be 
driven  by  200  horse-power  motors  and  carry  cars  of  aluminum 
fitted  after  the  style  of  a  pleasure  yacht.  Fifteen  passengers 
will  be  carried  besides  the  crew  of  captain  and  two  engineers. 
Two  balloon  sheds  have  already  been  erected  by  the' company, 
one  at  Sartrouville  and  another  at  Meaux.  Others  will  soon 
be  erected  at  Nancy,  Orleans,  Bordeaux,  Toulouse  and  Pau. 
The  first  trips  of  the  new  balloon  line  will  be  around  Paris  to 
Versailles.  Fontainebleau,  Saint  Germain,  and  will  commence 
in  May, 

"Of  course,"  said  the  economist,  "there  are  good  corpora- 
tions and  bad  ones." 

"Of  course,"  answered  Mr.  Dustin  Stax. 

"Now,  what  is  your  idea  of  a  bad  corporation?" 

"One  that  pays  less  than  a  20  per  cent  dividend." — 
M'ashimjton  Star. 

The  future  of  your  business  depends  largely  upon  where 
you  are  going.  There  will  be  no  prescriptions  in  heaven, 
"but  there  may  be  a  lively  demand  for  ice-cold  soda  in  the 
other  place. 


A  whiskers  strike  is  threatened  at  the  Elysee  in  Paris,  the 
official  residence  of  President  Fallieres,  of  France,  Clean 
shaven  faces  are  the  rule  for  all  male  servants  employed  there, 
but  the  official  flunkeys  are  rebelling  against  it.  They  wish  to 
have  the  same  privileges  as  the  ordinary  caf^  waiter  enjoys, 
and  have  petitioned  the  I'resident  for  permission  to  grow  mus- 
taches, at  least.  If  his  reply  is  unfavorable  there  may  be  a 
strike — the  method  by  which  the  cafe  waiters  forced  the  aboli- 
tion of  the  shaving  rule. 


The  British  Medical  Journal  has  taken  the  holiday  season 
as  a  fitting  time  to  warn  the  world  of  yet  another  danger 
which  daily  threatens  lives.  This  time  it  is  the  toothbrush 
which  is  a  menace.  Its  bristles  have  an  unpleasant  way  of 
locating  themselves  in  the  appendix,  which  means  trouble. 

The  Medical  .Journal  records  that  when  a  boy  of  two  and  a 
half  years  underwent  an  operation  for  appendicitis  the  other 
day  in  Newcastle  several  hairs  from  a  toothbrush  were  found 
in  the  diseased  appendix.  At  St.  Bartholomew's  Hospital  the 
physician  interviewed  stated  that  bristles  and  hairs  from  tooth- 
brushes are  often  found  in  the  appendix  of  patients  operated 
upon  for  appendicitis. 

"But,"  he  added,  "there  are  other  foreign  substances  which 
are  more  common,  such  as  small  orange  pits  or  grape  seeds. 
We  not  infrequently  find  tiny  fragments  of  porcelain-like 
enamel.  These  arc  undoubtedly  tiny  clippings  from  the  enamel 
pots  and  pans  which  are  used  for  cooking  purposes  iu  so  many 
homes. 

"The   habit   of   moistening  a   lead    pencil    with   the   tongue 


GtlESS  Again. — As  the  debonair  drug  clerk  stepped  forward 
to  wait  on  her  she  trained  her  guileless  blue  eyes  upon  him  and 
said:    "I  wish  you  would  give  me  a  sponge  bath,  please." 

The  clerk  was  for  a  moment  nonplussea.  but  at  last  he  man- 
aged to  say:  "Do  you  prefer  hot  or  cold  water.  Miss?" — 
New  York  Herald. 


The  arrival  of  the  first  postal  automobile  at  Bagdad  re- 
cently filled  the  minds  of  the  natives  with  wonder  and  awe. 
The  car  carried  the  mails,  hitherto  borne  on  camels'  backs, 
from  Aleppo,  a  distance  of  625  miles,  in  sixty  hours.  This 
can  hardly  be  called  a  speed  record,  but  when  it  is  remembered 
that  the  roads  are  rough  camel  tracks  leading  through  the 
deep  sands  of  the  Syrian  desert  and  the  stony  plains  of  Meso- 
potamia the  journey  at  the  rate  of  little  more  than  ten  miles 
an  hour  appears  quite  a  creditable  performance. 

Nothing  is  more  remarkable  than  the  spreading  of  the  spirit 
of  Turkish  modern  progress.  The  Moslems  of  these  regions, 
hitherto  steeped  in  the  fiercest  fanaticism,  now  gladly  entrust 
parcels  and  missives  to  this  new  ship  of  the  desert. 

A  sign  hung  in  a  conspicuous  place  in  a  store  in  Lawrence : 
"Man  is  made  of  dust.    Dust  settles.    Are  you  a  man?" 


As  an  instance  of  how  thoroughly  British  law  protects  the 
interests  of  the  public  against  powerful  corporations,  the  de- 
cision of  a  London  judge  on  an  apparently  trivial  point  in  a 
railroad  case  is  significant. 

Frederick  Davis,  a  lawyer,  sued  the  Great  Western  Railway 
Company  for  damage  to  his  baggage.  The  railroad  had  con- 
veyed his  valise,  containing  a  dress  suit,  a  bottle  of  hair  wash 
and  two  bottles  of  medicine.  In  transit  the  bottles  were 
smashed  and  the  suit  damaged  by  their  contents. 

The  railroad  company's  law.yer  argued  that  such  goods  as 
hair  wash  and  medicines  could  not  be  classed  as  a  passenger's 
personal  baggage.  But  the  judge  held  that  the  articles  came 
within  the  definition  of  passengers'  baggage,  remarking  that 
railway  travelers  would  be  very  astonished  if  told  that  such 
things  did  not  come  within  that  category.  He  awarded  Mr. 
Davis  $25  damages  against  the  railroad  company. 


The  mistakes  of  other   people  are  generally   funny — unless 
the  "other  people"  hnpiien   to  he  our  clerks. 


January  21.  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  57 

New  Year  Windo^v  Display  Wins  $5  Cash  Prize  in  the  Era  Competition. 


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A  New  Tear  Window  is  the  winner  this  week  in  the  Era's 
Prize  Competition  for  the  most  attractive  window  display 
prepared  liv  a  retail  druggist.  This  competition  is  open  to  all 
druggists  and  those  who  have  not  yet  read  the  terms  upon 
which  they  can  win  the  $5  prize  for  the  best  window  display 
should  turn  to  advertising  page  6  in  this  issue  of  the  Era, 
where  other  cash  prize  offerings  are  to  be  found. 

The  New  Year  Window  which  wins  the  $5  prize  this  time  is 
reproduced  above.  It  was  designed  by  E.  V.  McAllister,  man- 
ager of  the  West  End  Pharmacy,  Rockford.  111.  'The  general 
plan  was  a  country  scene.  In  the  background  at  the  left  a 
church  can  be  seen,  surrounded  by  a  number  of  trees,  while  on 
the  right  the  glorious  sim  of  1909  is  arising  into  an  almost 
cloudless  sky  from  below  the  snow-laden  hills,  throwing  its 
bright  rays  into  the  deep  and  dark  valleys  and  making  all 
things  gleam  with  a  rosy  light.     In  the  front,  tastefully  dis- 


played, were  the  signs :  "Start  the  New  Tear  Right.  Trade 
at  the  West  End  Pharmacy."  and  "Prescriptions  Filled  at  the 
West  End  Pharmacy."  Numerous  packages  advertising  hand 
lotions,  candy,  cigars,  cough  medicines  and  some  toilet  articles, 
are  also  displayed. 

The  background  was  painted  with  distemper  colors  on 
print  paper  and  tacked  to  a  Christmas  display  frame  and  net- 
ting. The  hills  and  snow  banks  were  made  by  filling  the 
steps  of  shelving  with  excelsior  and  covering  them  with  cheese 
cloth  and  book  paper,  the  whole  sprinkled  with  diamond  dust 
to  give  the  sparkling  appearance  of  snow.  The  suow  and 
frost  clinging  to  the  upright  posts  and  to  the  trees  ar.d  church 
roof  was  produced  by  brushing  on  some  white  tinted  with 
blue.  The  sun  was  made  by  cutting  a  half  circle  in  the  back- 
ground and  covering  it  with  orange  crepe  paper  with  the 
figures  1909  pasted  on  it. 


LETTERING  FOR  WINDOW  SIGNS. 

Some  Suggestions. 

The  growth  in  the  appreciation  of  the  value  of  window 
space  for  advertising  display  has  been  the  cause  of  great 
changes  in  the  methods  used  for  lettering  upon  window  glass. 
A  few  years  ago  it  was  not  untisual  to  see  the  store  owner's 
name  spread  upon  the  glass  in  ten  inch,  heavy  bodied,  gaudily 
shaded  letters.  Such  lettering,  however,  has  practically  been 
abandoned  because  of  the  realization  that  it  is  an  obstruction 
rather  than  an  advertisement.  But,  as  is  the  case  with  ma-ny 
reforms,  reformers  swing  from  one  unwise  extreme  to  another, 
and  in  this  case  lettering  on  glass  has  been  sadly  neglected. 
We  will  endeavor  to  outline  a  number  of  novel  and  practical 
suggestions  for  lettering  window  glass  and  other  signs. 
Ethical  Lettering. 

There  are  several  styles  of  lettering  on  glass  which,  when 
properly  placed,  will  give  to  the  store  an  added  suggestion  of 
profe.ssionalism    and    refinement.      On    a    lower   corner   of    the 


glass,  next  to  the  entrance,  in  plain  gold  letters  of  from  one 
to  two  inches  in  height,  piace  the  name  of  the  owner  and 
the  abbreviations  of  his  degree  or  degrees,  as  "Simon  Simpson, 
Ph.G."  That  and  nothing  more.  Where  there  is  a  bulk 
window  it  is  well  to  place  the  lettering  upon  the  lower  out- 
ward corner  of  the  glass  which  extends  from  the  window 
front  to  the  door  proper.  Another  impressive  little  sign  con- 
sists of  the  name  of  the  chief  clerk,  as  "Samuel  Sharp,  Ph.G., 
Chief  Clerk."  Lettering  of  this  nature  may  be  below  the 
name  of  the  proprietor  or  on  the  opposite  window,  the  place 
chosen  being  merely  a  matter  of  personal  taste. 

Linguistic  Accomplisliment. 

In  this  cosmopolitan  America  it  is  no  longer  considered 
good  commercial  form  for  an  establishment  to  be  announced 
as  la.  German,  French  or  Spanish  pharmacy.  It  is  equally 
as  prominent  and  much  more  impressive  to  announce  in  let- 
ters and  upon  the  window  as  described  above,  the  language  or 
Innguages  spoken  and  by  whom.  Thus:  "Juan  Yglesias, 
•Sf  habla  Espanol." 

Gold   lettering  of  the  size   and  located   on   the   window   as 


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[January  21,  1909 


suggested  may  also  be  used  advantageously  to  give  the  name 
of  any  high  grade  specialty  manufactured  or  sold  by  the 
druggist.  For  instance,  "Opal  Cream.  To  correct  facial 
faults." 

Daily   Change    Signs. 

Upon  a  window  of  each  of  the  stores  of  a  prominent  retail 
drug  corporation  has  recently  been  painted  in  the  center  of 
the  window  glass  the  words :  "Today's  special."  This  is  in 
two  inch,  dark  green,  block  letters  on  one  line.  These  words 
are  surrounded  by  a  scroll  frame  of  lighter  green  and  shaded. 
Below  the  lettering  and  yet  framed  within  the  general  design 
is  a  clear  glass  space  IS  x  6  inches.  Each  day  there  is  pasted 
over  this  clear  glass  space  a  paper  of  corresponding  size 
upon  which  is  lettered  in  crimson  the  name  and  price  of  the 
day's  specialty.  Another  druggist,  who  receives  daily  reports 
from  the  weather  bureau,  has  a  sign  similar  to  the  above, 
except  that  it  carries  the  phrase  "The  weather  today,"  and 
the  space  is  so  proportioned  that  it  will  permit  of  the  daily 
mail  card  of  the  weather  bureau  being  pasted  within  it. 
Lettering  for  Window  Signs. 

All  the  lettering  suggested  in  the  foregoing  may  be  done 
with  the  druggist's  own  hands  if  he  will  purchase  and  adjust 
the  brilliant,  concave,  metallic  sign  letters  that  are  in  common 
use.  In  adjusting  such  letters  it  is  well  to  bear  in  mind  that 
they  are  held  in  place  by  suction,  or,  to  be  more  exact,  air 
pressure,  as  much  as  they  are  by  the  cement  upon  their  edges. 
Care  should  therefore  be  taken  to  see  that  the  cement  is  so 
distributed  as  to  exclude  all  air,  and  in  adjusting  the  letters 
sufficient  pressure  should  be  placed  upon  the  back  of  each  to 
expel  a  portion  of  the  air  from  beneath. 

A  Changeable  Letter  Sign. 

The  sign  hereinafter  described  has  many  uses  and  is  pecu- 
liarly adapted  for  daily  announcements  or  bulletins.  Take  a 
strong  picture  frame  of  proper  size,  say  an  inside  measurement 
of  IS  X  24  inches.  Make  a  strong,  well  cleated  back  of  smooth 
half-inch  boards  to  fit  loosely  within  the  bead  of  the  frame. 
Cover  the  face  of  this  board  with  two  thicknesses  of  canton 
flannel  and  in  turn  cover  the  canton  flannel  with  a  dark,  dull 
fabric,  black  velvet  being  perferable.  In  the  back  ot  the 
frame  insert  a  number  of  strong  screw  hooks  having  flat, 
right-angled  heads.  Place  these  so  that  when  they  are  turned 
their  heads  will  come  over  the  edge  of  the  board  and  clamp 
the  covered  side  close  to  the  glass.  Now  purchase  a  goodly 
supply  of  one  inch  white  enameled  letters,  such  as  are  com- 
monly used  to  fasten  to  window  glass.  You  should  have  at 
least  five  each  of  the  following  letters :  H,  I,  A.  E,  T,  N, 
S,  O,  R ;  four  each  of  D,  W,  F,  L,  C,  M  and  Y ;  three  each  of 
P,  U,  G  and  J,  and  two  each  of  K,  Q,  B,  V,  X  and  Z. 
Unless  you  are  willing  to  make  a  pretty  liberal  investment 
it  is  well  to  purchase  only  capital  letters. 

Place  the  covered  board  upon  the  counter,  back  down. 
Upon  the  padded  surface  arrange  the  letters  in  such  wording 
and  position  as  may  be  desired.  Next,  carefully  place  the 
glass  upon  the  arranged  letters  and  then  adjust  the  frame 
over  that.  Slightly  raise  each  edge  of  the  board  so  that  the 
clamp  hooks  may  be  turned  until  the  letters  are  pressed  by 
the  glass  into  the  padded  background  sutficiently  to  permit 
the  handling  of  the  frame  without  the  letters  slipping.  You 
now  have  an  attractive  portable  sign.  It  is  easily  read  be- 
cause the  white  letters  stand  out  in  distinct  relief,  and  at  the 
same  time  the  sign  permits  simple  changes  and  endless  com- 
binations. While  the  initial  cost  may  seem  considerable, 
consideration  of  permanence  and  lack  of  waste  prove  that 
the  sign   is  really   inexpensive. 

Changeable  Cartoons. 

A  variation  of  the  foregoing  may  be  arranged  so  as  to 
produce  something  which  will  cause  much  merriment  and  at 
the  same  time  prove  to  be  a  good  advertisement.  Make  the 
frame  the  same  as  that  just  described,  but  cover  the  board 
with  dull  white  instead  of  black.  Or  the  black  pad  may  be 
covered  temporarily  with  a  sheet  of  white  paper.  Now  comes 
the  turn  of  your  wife,  daughter  or  son.  From  the  comic  sup- 
plements of  the  Sunday  papers  out  out  a  large  number  of  the 
figures,  such  as  Little  Nemo,  Flip,  Buster,  Tige,  the  Katzen- 
jammer  family,  and  so  on.  Arrange  these  upon  the  padded 
board  in  the  most  outlandish  combinations  that  can  be 
thought  of.  Or,  of  these  can  be  made  a  border  within  which 
a  card  can  be  used  to  give  the  desired  business  announcement, 
in  any  order  which  strikes  the  fancy.     You  will  be  amused  to 


find    the    funny    combinations    that    almost    seem    to    arrange 
themselves. 

Combination  Case  and  Sign. 

Another  variation  of  the  foregoing  has  been  made  thus : 
The  frame  and  board  were  as  described,  except  that  a  hole 
was  cut  through  the  center  of  the  board,  proportioned  to  the 
size  and  shape  of  the  frame.  For  a  frame  in  which  the 
opening  is  18  x  24  inches,  the  opening  in  the  board  should  be 
about  9  X 12  inches.  Take  a  light  wooden  box  with  inside 
dimensions  of  about  9  x  12  x  S  inches.  Line  it  with  brilliant 
red  fabric  which  so  fasten  to  the  back  of  the  frame  that 
the  opening  in  the  box  meets  and  matches  the  opening  in  the 
board,  thus  forming  an  alcove  or  recess.  In  using  this  outfit 
the  letters  are  placed  as  previously  described  and  within  the 
lined  box  is  shown  the  article  or  articles  to  which  the  letter- 
ing refers. 

Paper  and  Whiting. 

Attractive  temporary  signs  for  the  window  glass  may  be 
made  according  to  the  following  suggestions :  Suppose  you 
wish  to  advertise  a  perfume.  Cut  from  some  woman's  maga- 
zine a  finely  lithographed  fashion  plate  of  a  female  figure  in 
costume.  Trim  closely  to  the  outlines  of  the  gown.  Paste 
this  picture  to  the  inside  window  glass.  Make  a  paint  of 
whiting,  water  and  dry  color  of  such  a  consistency  that  will 
permit  of  the  paint  being  spread  evenly  upon  the  glass  with- 
out running.  At  first  make  the  paint  of  a  contrasting  color 
to  that  of  the  predominating  tone  of  the  lithograpti.  If  the 
woman's  gown  is  light  green  make  the  paint  pink.  Spread 
the  paint  around  and  upon  the  back  of  the  lithograph  so  as 
to  make  a  suitable  background.  To  one  side  of  this  paint 
upon  the  glass  or  fasten  paper  with  the  desired  lettering. 
Around  and  back  of  this  lettering  also  spread  the  pink  paint, 
but  as  the  painting  extends  away  from  the  lithograph  keep 
adding  color  until  a  deep  tone  is  produc<!d.  All  the  paint 
should  be  spread  in  circles  and  swirls  so  as  to  give  a  cloud- 
like effects.  A  reversal  of  this  color  scheme  may  be  used 
by  starting  with  a  deep  tone  and  shading  out  tnrough  pink 
into  white. 

The  artist  may  gradually  thin  down  the  paint  so  that  the 
finishing  strokes  of  the  brush  will  leave  it  almost  invisible 
against  the  glass,  or  a  striking  effect  may  be  secured  by  giving 
a  decided  edge  to  the  general  design,  as  a  broad  stripe  of 
vividly  contrasting  color,  purple  against  pink,  or  orange 
against  green.  If  the  lettering  is  to  be  done  with  the  water 
paint  it  is  well  to  first  outline  the  letters  with  a  point  of 
soap  and  then  fill  in,  taking  care  to  let  each  coat  dry  thor- 
oughly before  going  over  it  or  touching  it  with  another  coat. 

Although  work  of  this  nature  may  be  crude  when  viewed 
within  the  store,  the  view  from  without  may  be  most  pleas- 
ing, because,  when  seen  through  the  glass,  an  opaline,  blend- 
ing effect  is  given. 


WILL  ASK  EVERY  DRUGGIST  IN  STATE  TO  JOIN. 

Traveling  Men  Will  Conduct  Organized  Campaign  to 
Increase  Membership  of  Pennsylvania  Ph.A. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  IS. — The  Traveling  Men's  Auxiliary 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  soon 
begin  a  thorough  campaign  in  the  interest  of  increased  mem- 
bership of  the  parent  organization.  A  list  of  the  towns  and 
cities  of  the  State,  wherever  there  is  a  drug  store,  will  be 
sent  to  the  salesmen  who  are  members  of  the  Auxiliary  with 
the  request  that  they  specify  the  localities  which  they  cover. 
Upon  the  receipt  of  this  reply,  a  list  of  the  druggists  in  these 
towns  and  cities  who  are  not  members  will  be  sent  them  with 
the  request  that  the  salesmen  solicit  their  membership.  It 
has  been  declared  that  this  method  of  personal  solicitation  will 
bring  the  issues  of  the  association  directly  before  practically 
every  one  of  the  3300  retailers  of  the  State  and  they  will  either 
join  or  give  their  reasons  for  not  doing  so.  The  latter  will  be 
tabulated  and  from  time  to  time  the  question  of  joining  will 
be  laid  before  them. 

With  more  than  a  thousand  members  in  good  standing,  the 
Pennsylvania  Ph.A.  is  probably  the  equal  in  strength  of  any 
in  the  United  States.  Since  the  forming  of  the  Auxiliary  in 
June  of  last  year  a  marked  impetus  has  been  given  to  the 
membershii>  and  the  interest,  and  President  L.  L.  Walton  and 
Secretary  E.  P.  Heffner.  of  the  State  association,  both  declare 
that  they  expect  the  1909  meeting  in  June  at  Bedford  Springs 
to  be  a  record-breaking  one  in  every  respect. 


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embalmed  Advertising. 


IBy  Joel  "Blanc. 

If  you  want  to  know  what  a  drug  club  is  good  for.  you 
should  happen  in  at  our  Philadelphia  club  about  toothpick  and 
smoke  time,  after  the  midday  feast  and  sec  some  of  the  bunches 
that  gather  there. 

One  day  there  was  a  bunch  cf  fellows  distributed  languor- 
ously over  the  reading  room.  There  were  Charlie.  Tom,  Billy 
and  Harry,  retailers ;  Jim,  Walter  and  Dave,  wholesalers,  and 
Frank,  Sam,  Herman  and  Steve,  manufacturers.  Being  a 
little  of  everything  and  not  much  of  anything.  I  was  the  con- 
gregation, vox  populi  or  anything  you  might  choose  to  call  me. 

Frank,  the  manufacturer,  took  a  trade  journal  from  the 
round  table,  turned  to  an  advertisement  of  his  own  and  said : 
"This  is  an  utter  waste  of  money.  Yon  retailers  never  read 
the  trade  journal  ads." 

Of  course  Charlie  was  due  to  refute  such  a  statement  and, 
as  you  are  probably  aware,  Charlie's  fireworks  generally  sail 
low  and  hit  something.  He  took  a  copy  of  the  Eka  from  the 
table  and  running  the  leaves  through  his  fingers,  started  the 
bombardment  thus :  "We  retailers  do  read  the  advertisements. 
Look  at  these  pages  of  high  art  and  good  meat,  look  at  these 
ads.  of  soda  fountains,  drugs,  chemicals,  postals,  store  fixtures 
and  dozens  of  other  things.  Have  you  the  nerve  to  tell  me 
that  these  advertisers,  among  them  many  of  the  largest  and 
most  successful  concerns  in  the  trade,  are  a  lot  of  easy  marks 
who  let  the  publishers  shake  them  down?  Not  never  nor  how- 
soever !  These  ads.  pay  the  advertisers  or  they  would  not  be 
here.  Each  division  of  the  trade  is  posing  as  philanthropic 
soft  goods  for  all  the  other  divisions  and  it's  time  for  all  such 
Skibo  Andy  chatter  to  stop. 

"But."  retorted  Frank,  "my  salesmen  tell  me  that  they 
know  druggists  who  throw  their  journals  into  the  waste  box 
without  even  tearing  off  the  wrapper." 

"Huh  1"  ejaculated  Charlie.  "There  are  some  fellows  who 
go  to  church  regularly  and  sleep  all  the  time  they  are  there. 
We  retailers  are  not  chosen  from  any  particular  grade  of  hu- 
manity and  what  your  salesmen  tell  you  is  true,  but  you  can 
bet  a  bolus  that  the  'never-have-time-to-rcad'  retailers  are 
getting  beautifully  few.  I"ll  tell  you  why ;  While  most  drug- 
gists have  awakened  to  the  fact  that  they  should  be  pharma- 
cists, it  has  also  been  constantly  dinned  into  them  that  they 
must  be  business  men  or  petrified  flounders.  While  the  N.F. 
propaganda  is  a  good  thing  and  we  are  going  to  push  it  along, 
there  are  a  few  who  are  daflfy  enough  to  believe  that  ethics 
and  business  won't  mix ;  but  they  are  dead  ones  and  all  the 
ethics  in  the  world  won't  resurrect  them.  For  more  than  ten 
years  the  live  druggists  have  listened  to  an  alarm  clock  every 
minute  of  the  day.  They  know  that  if  they  want  to  live  in 
the  same  world  with  department  stores,  cutters  and  mail-order 
houses  they  must  keep  their  snuff-boxes  open  every  minute. 
They  have  learned  that  they  must  have  what  the  public  de- 
mands, ethics  or  no  ethics.  Their  opened  eyes  show  them  that 
their  trade  journals,  in  both  news  and  advertising  pages, 
afford  the  only  general  means  of  keeping  posted  on  what  their 
rivals  are  doing.  The  progressive  druggists  of  the  country  are 
reading  their  journals,  ads.  and  all." 

"I  believe,"  said  Harry,  "that  what  Charlie  says  is  true.  At 
the  same  time.  I  am  willing  to  concede  that  there  may  be  con- 
siderable trade  journal  advertising  that  does  not  pay.  but 
for  this  the  advertiser  is  alone  to  blame.  As  I  see  it,  the 
advertisers  have  not  kept  pace  with  the  retailers  in  the  ad- 
vancement of  ideas  and  practices.  I  know  of  nothing  in  the 
drug  world  which  shows  so  little  progress  as  the  preparation 
of  advertising  copy  for  trade  journals.  How  can  you  expect 
advertisements  to  pay  if  they  do  not  tell  us  what  we  want  to 
know ;  if  they  do  not  interest  us?  Some  trade  advertisers  use 
almost  the  saine  copy  in  the  drug  journals  that  they  use  in  the 
daily  lay  press.  All  this  'speedy  cure',  'pleasant  to  take',  'small 
dose'  and  other  business  which  you  tell  the  public,  does  not 
interest  us.  Tou  seem  to  assume  that  we  are  consumers  of 
all  the  things  that  we  sell.  Aside  from  the  materials  actually 
used  in  prescription  compounding  and  counter  drugs,  nearly 
all  that  the  live  druggist  sells  is.  in  the  concrete,  to  him, 
merely  merchandise.  'The  enterprising  druggist  has  no  time  to 
think  of  it  otherwise.  If  the  advertisement  is  that  of  a  well- 
known  house  we  assume  that  the  goods  are  straight.  If  the 
house  is  unknown  to  us  we  have  to  take  some  risk,  but  with 


the  present  stringent  laws  and  the  open  forum  of  our  journals 
it  is  dangerous  to  fool  us  even  once.  As  merchants  buying  and 
selling  merchandise  the  things  that  chiefly  interest  us  are  cost, 
profit  and  demand.  Is  it  any  wonder  that  space  filled  with 
battered  newspaper  plates  does  not  pay?  Use  the  space  to  tell 
us  about  list  prices  and  discounts,  gratis  goods,  advertising 
offers,  return  privileges  and  other  sale  guarantees  and  the 
worse  than  wasted  space  will  become  a  true  advertisement." 

Charlie  butted  in  again.  "There  is  another  thing  that  kills 
some  ads.  and  makes  us  retailers  hot.  I'll  tell  you  why.  We 
are  tired  of  being  told  that  certain  things  are  'necessities',  that 
we  'must  have  them',  that  'doctors  will  demand  them",  or  that 
we  must  accept  an  offer  to  keep  a  competitor  from  getting  it. 
Jumping  Jimblecute !  Haven't  the  manufacturers  found  out 
that  we  are  running  our  stores  ourselves  for  ourselves?  Do 
they  suppose  that  these  veiled  threats  are  going  to  scare  us 
into  buying  things  that  the  public  never  heard  of  and  never 
may  hear  of,  or  that  we  can  be  bulldozed  into  buying  a  pound 
of  a  new  prescription  specialt.v  and  then  keep  fifteen  ounces  of 
it  on  our  shelves  until  the  crack  of  doom?  As  Harry  says,  'It's 
cost  and  profit  that  counts.'  And  say — do  you  suppose  that  I 
am  going  to  go  on  buying  goods  by  the  dozen  at  list  price 
after  they  commence  to  look  good  to  me  in  gross  lots?  If 
you  don't  tell  me  about  quantity  discounts  I  assume  that  you 
have  none,  and  I  go  to  church  with  the  fellow  who  has  and 
put  my  money  in  his  plate.  Do  you  suppose  that  a  page  of 
therapeutic  six-hinged  words  about  a  new  prescription  specialty 
or  a  picture  of  a  pretty  tin  box  with  the  legend  '.52.50  per 
dozen.  All  jobbers',  is  going  to  induce  us  to  tie  up  our  good 
'mun'  in  the  stuff?  Talk  about  retailers  being  daffy  on  ethics ! 
why  some  pharmaceutical  advertisers  are  ethical  lunatics." 

"And  something  equally  worthless  is  the  practical  dead 
copy  that  fills  some  spaces  in  the  journals,"  said  Billy.  "I 
have  several  advertisements  of  that  class  in  mind.  When 
the  copy  was  new  it  was  good,  it  described  the  goods,  gave 
prices  and  so  on.  But  the  copy  has  stood  in  some  journals 
for  more  than  a  year  without  so  much  as  a  change  of  a  single 
letter.  To  the  retailers  such  ads.  have  become  mere  optical 
illusions,  and  their  space  might  as  well  be  left  clear  white  or 
made  solid  black.  These  ads.  remind  me  of  the  small  boy  who 
came  into  the  house  with  what  he  called  a  'perfectly  good' 
dead  cat.  Haven't  these  houses  had  a  new  article  or  a  new 
piece  of  display  matter,  new  price,  new  discount,  new  offer  or 
a  new  thought  of  any  sort  for  one  solid  year?  The  retailer 
who  thinks  of  these  embalmed  ads.  at  all  can  only  think  of 
them  as  being  evidence  of  shiftlessness,  degeneracy  and  irre- 
sponsibility." 

"But."  said  Steve,  "there  are  many  of  us  manufacturers 
who  are  not  in  a  position  to  employ  advertising  experts  and 
fill  display  space." 

Herman  quickly  rejoined :  "I  am  one  of  that  class,  but  I 
make  journal  advertising  pay.  Thousands  of  druggists  use 
the  journals  as  trade  directories  or  catalogues.  I  use  the 
classified  column  only,  but  I  change  copy  frequently  and  make 
offers  that  prompt  retailers  to  write  to  me  so  that  I  can 
prove  advertising  results.  I  have  made  small  ads.  pay  and 
they  are  placing  me  in  a  position  which  will  enable  me  to 
shortly  buy  and  use  display'  space  and  I'll  bet  I  will  make 
that  pay  also." 

"What  of  us?  Is  it  possible  that  we  poor  wholesalers  are 
going  to  escape  the  criticisms  of  you  retailers  for  once?"  asked 
Dave. 

"Why,  you  jobbers  are  the  worst  of  the  whole  caboodle," 
said  Charlie.  "Your  ads.  in  any  form  are  as  rare  as  chil- 
blains on  Old  Nick.  Once,  however,  I  read  the  following : 
'Deadwood  &  Stoneage,  Wholesale  Druggists,  Philafrisco,  111. 
Established  1S26.'  No,  it  was  not  a  tombstone.  Those  words 
and  figures,  nothing  more,  occupied  a  half  page  in  a  drug 
journal.  Whush  I  Druggists  are  not  interested  in  the  obitua- 
ries of  unburied  mummies.  Say,  Dave,  I  suppose  you  think 
you  advertise?  Whenever  your  house  mails  me  a  statement 
or  letter  you  enclose  about  forty-seven  rainbow  slips  of  paper 
that  fly  all  over  the  store  when  the  envelope  is  opened  and  ac- 
complish nothing  except  to  scare  the  cat  and  make  the  boy 
who  picks  them  up  shatter  the  anti-cuss  commandment.  Sup- 
pose you  had  a  regular  page  in  the  Era  and  used  it  as  a 
weekly  bulletin  to  announce  job  lots,  changes  in  prices,  new 
discounts,  combination  offers,  arrival  of  new  goods  and  real 
store  news  in  general?  Say,  we  fellows  would  soon  forget  that 
it   was  an   ad.   because   it  would  become,   for  us,  an   eagerly 


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read  news  page.  You  can  bet  your  thin  model  time-box  that  it 
would  pay  you." 

Sam  arose,  threw  the  remnant  of  his  cigar  in  the  urn  and 
said :  "Boys,  I  have  learned  much  from  this  little  experience 
meeting.  I  am  going  back  to  give  my  advertising  man  a 
lecture ;  he  needs  it.  I  wish  there  were  more  drug  clubs. 
What  all  the  trade  most  needs  is  more  get-togetherness." 

"If  the  advertising  men  would  get  their  journal  copy  from 
the  same  brain  bottle  that  the  copy  for  the  laity  comes  from, 
and  all  hands,  wholesale,  retail  and  manufacturing,  would  read 
the  papers,  every  trade  journal  would  become  a  continental 
drug  club  and  profitable  get-togetherness  would  be  an  accom- 
plished fact,"  was  Charlie's  parting  shot. 


"Dental  Pharmacy"  Discussed  at  Prescott  Club. 

Ann  Arbob,  Mich.,  Jan.  9. — Dean  Hoff.  of  the  Dental  De- 
partment of  the  University  of  Michigan,  delivered  an  address 
on  the  subject  of  "Dental  Pharmacy"  at  the  last  regular  meet- 
ing of  the  Prescott  Club.  Special  attention  was  paid  to  the 
care  of  the  teeth  and  gums  and  Dean  Hoff  made  the  state- 
ment that  "if  the  pharmacist  could  obtain  some  wash  which 
would  prevent  dental  caries  the  denti.?ts  would  be  driven  out 
of  business."  He  asserted,  moreover,  that  the  teeth  were 
ruined  by  many  of  the  dentrifices  and  brushes  on  the  market 
and  it  was  the  druggists'  problem  and  duty  to  not  only  supply 
and  manufacture  good  dental  materials  but  to  educate  the 
people  in  their  use.  A  very  interesting  demonstration  was 
given  the  members  of  the  club  of  the  proper  method  of  brush- 
ing the  teeth :  a  rotary  method  being  preferable  as  the  inter- 
stices between  the  teeth  were  thus  more  readily  reached. 

Refreshments  followed  Dean  Hoff's  address,  after  which  two 
papers  were  read,  one  on  "Current  Events,"  by  E.  J.  Kennedy, 
Jr.,  and  one  on  "Scientific  Progress,"  by  Emi!  Sehragenheim. 
The  two  subjects  above  are  intended  to  cover  all  the  news  of 
a  pharmaceutical  nature  of  the  past  month  and  will  be  pre- 
sented each  meeting  by  two  different  members  of  the  organiza- 
tion. Dr.  Schlotterbeck,  in  connection  with  the  topics  de- 
veloped during  the  evening,  discussed  the  British  Pharmacy 
Law  and  the  probability  of  a  law  being  passed  in  Michigan 
to  the  effect  that  every  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  be  a  grad- 
uate of  a  reputable  college  of  pharmacy  and  a  registered 
pharmacist.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  on  February  12. 
when  Prof.  Walter  H.  Blome,  of  Detroit,  will  deliver  an  ad- 
dress. Preceding  the  regular  programme  of  the  evening,  a 
short  business  session  will  be  held,  at  which  officers  will  be 
elected  for  the  next  semester. 


Colorado  Ph.A.  to  Meet  At  Estes  Park. 

The  next  annual  meeting  of  The  Colorado  Pharmacal  Asso- 
ciation will  be  held  in  Estes  Park,  .June  23-25,  arrange- 
ments having  been  made  for  a  special  train  out  of  Denver  on 
Tuesday  morning,  June  22,  to  Loveland,  and  there  automobiles 
will  be  in  waiting  to  transport  the  entire  delegation  to  the 
Park  in  time  for  lunch.  The  following  committee  appointed 
for  1909  by  President  Shaw  have  been  announced  by  Secretary 
Anderson  : 

Education,  S.  B.  Sturtevant,  Grand  Junction ;  L.  T.  Bout- 
well,  Denver ;  W.  L.  Shockey.  Cripple  Creek.  Trade  interests, 
George  W.  Card,  Denver ;  George  Fonda,  Boulder ;  A.  H. 
Seeley,  Canon  City.  Papers  and  Queries,  Charles  M.  Ford, 
Denver;  A.  W.  Scott,  Fort  Collins;  H.  B.  Se  Cheverell, 
Denver.  Deceased  Members,  John  Anglum,  S.  T.  Kostitch, 
Arthur  Walbrach.  Denver.  Adulterations,  C.  D.  Barnes,  Glen- 
wood  Springs ;  C.  J.  Clayton,  Wilbur  F.  Cannon,  Denver. 
Legislation,  S.  L.  Bresler.  C.  M.  Ford,  Robert  McKenzie. 
H.  F.  McCrea,  Frank  J.  Lord,  Denver.  Membership,  A,  J. 
Ward,  L.  C.  Robertson,  W.  J.  Walters,  L.  N.  De  Peyre,  R.  Y. 
Chedister,  Walter  Clarke,  Frank  Austin,  Boyd  Campbell.  A.  O. 
Taylor,  A.  Lamb,  Ed.  Hellstern,  George  Tiffany,  C,  D.  Smith, 
Charles  Donnan,  J.  C.  James  L.  Scofield,  Dr,  Smith,  Charles 
Bieser,  Entertainment,  F.  M.  Hall.  W.  A.  Hover,  George 
Elliott,  W.  Brown,  Jr.,  John  Thebus,  Chris  Dix.  Sol.  Arkush, 
H.  C.  Stapleton,  J.  H.  Milner,  Archie  Austin.  Charles  Bieser, 
L.  B.  Bridaham.  Robert  Davis,  Harry  Aller,  Carl  Richter, 
W.  L.  Davis,,  T.  J.  Shiel,  Dodge  Jacoway,  William  Thebus. 
Transportation,  A.  W.  Clark.  Denver ;  Fred  Ewing,  Glenwood 
Springs ;  Frank  B.  Angell.  Denver. 


An  alcoholic  breath   is  mighty  poor  capital   for  a  perfume 
salesman. 


How  the  Stationery  Department  Grew. 


'By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Two  brand  new  silent  salesmen 
had  just  been  moved  into  place, 
and  the  Apothecary  thrust  his 
hands  deep  it^i^o  his  pockets  and 
stood  back  against  the  cigar  case 
10  admire  them.  They  were 
beauties,  the"-*  was  no  mistake 
.Tbout  it. 

"What  shall  we  fill  them  with 
first?"  he  inquired  somewhat 
Ihoughtfully  of  Madam  Apothe- 
cary, who  likewise  stood  admir- 
ingly by. 

Madam  laughed,  and  it  was 
as  if  somewhere  near,  golden  sun- 
shine had  glinted  on  rippling 
waters.  "Why,"  she  replied  en- 
ergetically, "I  should  not  have 
any  first,  second  or  third  about 
it.  I  should  choose  one  as  the  permanent  location  of  one  class 
of  goods  and  teach  customers  to  expect  to  find  an  assortment 
of  those  goods  there,  and  the  other  case  should  be  the  resting 
place  of  a  different  class  of  articles  which  should  likewise  be 
constantl.v  'At  Home.'  Of  course  if  experience  or  the  develop- 
ment of  the  business  proves  that  a  change  is  necessary,  or  a 
mistake  has  been  made  in  the  original  arrangement,  that  is 
different." 

"But  how  about  variety,  and  attracting  attention  to  new 
goods,  and  not  getting  into  ruts?"  inquired  the  Apothecary, 
with  an  indulgent  smile, 

"The  easiest  thing  in  the  world,"  Madam  returned  airily ; 
"get  your  variety  by  means  of  special  arrangements  in  each 
department  and  by  window  advertising.  Now  I  got  that 
tip  from  Snow  and  Frost's  department  store  Today  their 
hosiery  department  may  be  in  the  front  basement  and  a  week 
from  today  it  may  be  fourth-floor  back.  When  one  is  seeking 
a  much  needed  supply  of  foot  coverings  in  a  great  hurry  it 
is  annoying  to  be  confronted  by  a  counter  of  tin  dippers,  or 
an  enticing  assortment  of  mousetraps.  Their  departments 
circulate  like  a  traveling  library.  At  Greetum's  across  the 
way  there  is  a  fixed  system,  and  law  and  order  reign.  One 
can  run  in  there  in  the  dark,  so  to  speak,  and  put  their  hand 
on  just  what  is  wanted  without  chasing  here  and  there  ac- 
cording to  the  misdirections  of  those  who  should  know.  It  is 
such  a  comfort  to  shop  at  a  place  like  Greetum's.  If  there  is 
a  change,  the  reason  and  the  improvement  are  at  once  ap- 
parent." 

The  Apothecary  began  to  look  interested.  "There  may  be 
something  in  that."  he  acknowledged,  "although  we  do  business 
in  a  much  more  limited  space,  still  the  same  reasoning  seems 
to  apply.  Now  suppose  you  take  one  of  these  cases  and 
assume  full  charge  of  its  arrangement,  stock  and  advertising, 
and  I  will  take  the  other,  and  we  will  make  'em  fixtures  that 
folks  will  look  for  and  be  able  to  place  in  mind  instantly, 
when  a  want  of  that  kind  comes  up." 

"Good."  declared  Madam,  "we  will  each  take  account  of 
our  original  stock  and  at  the  end  of  three  months  compare 
net  and  percentage  profits.  It  may  sound  vainglorious,  yet 
notwithstanding,  I  humbly  petition  the  court  to  let  me  have 
for  my  stock  in  trade  whatever  you  decide  to  be  .vour  least 
paying  line  of  goods  at  the  present  time." 

The  Apothecary  laughed  doubtfully.  "Believe  in  toning 
up  the  system  of  the  feeble,  do  you?  All  right,  just  as  you 
say,  but  it  does  seem  a  pity  to  give  up  that  handsome  case  to 
stationery.  For  some  reason  or  other  our  trade  on  that  is 
unprofitably  light.  The  packages  get  soiled  and  have  to  be 
sold  below  cost  to  get  rid  of  them.  Aside  from  a  most  uncer- 
tain holiday  spurt,  it  is  very  uninteresting  stock.'' 

Madam's  eyes  sparkled,  "To  your  scientific  mind,  no  doubt 
that  is  so,  but  to  my  benighted  one  it  is  a  branch  capable  of 
great  commercial  possibilities.     Why  it  is  simply  fine !'' 

Madam's  enthusiasm  was  kindled.  The  Apothecary  sighed. 
Maybe  he  had  been  rash,  yet  she  usually  made  good.  For  days 
she  was  busy  and  happy.  The  paper  stock  on  hand  was  all 
taken  into  a  side  room,  sorted  out,  and  freshened   up  where 


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possible.  The  old  method  of  storing  it  had  been  effective  in 
two  particulars,  first  in  keeping  the  goods  carefully  out  of 
sight  and  second  in  permitting  them  to  become  dusty  and 
soiled.  Carefully  selected  reinforcements  of  all  salable  lines 
were  purchased,  and  some  new  ones  added  as  well.  Arrange- 
ments were  made  with  an  engraving  house  to  have  monograms, 
crests,  cards,  invitations  or  announcements  executed  with  skill 
and  despatch.  Hitherto  the  local  jeweler  had  taken  a  few 
orders  for  visiting  cards,  and  a  none-too  convenient  printing 
office  had  done  part  of  the  invitation  work  in  an  indifferent 
manner,  and  the  crest  and  monogram  work  had  gone  begging. 

Preserving  the  Freshness  of  the  Samples. 

Samples  of  the  different  styles  of  work.  type,  and  script 
were  neatly  done  in  passepartout  to  preserve  their  freshness. 
Madam  volunteered  no  information  and  the  Apothecary  began 
to  sit  up  and  take  notice.  On  one  of  the  nicest  grades  of  box- 
paper,  the  store  trade-mark — a  mortar  and  pestle  enclosed  in 
a  broken  laurel  wreath — was  embossed  in  gold  and  beneath  it 
ran  this  legend : 

"Dear  Friend :  In  the  past  you  have  been  discriminating 
in  your  selection  of  stationery,  realizing  that  style  and  quality 
were  of  importance. 

"Unconsciously,  we  judge  the  persons  whom  we  see  by  their 
appearance  and  speech,  and  we  are  still  more  deeply  impres.sed 
concerning  those  whom  we  do  not  see  by  the  appearance  and 
style  of  their  communications.  This  latter  impression  depends 
in  no  small  degree  upon  the  tone  and  finish  of  the  stationery 
used. 

"Tou  are  constantly  using  desk  supplies  and  it  will  not  be 
long  before  you  will  have  occasion  to  replenish  your  stock. 
May  we  have  the  pleasure  of  showing  you  what  we  have  to 
offer  in  this  line?  We  do  not  ask  you  to  buy.  but  having  taken 
such  pains  with  the  department  and  the  completeness  of  every 
detail,  we  feel  a  pardonable  pride  in  having  you  see  it. 

"Each  lady  calling  upon  us  during  the  first  week  in  Feb- 
ruary will  be  presented  with  a  dainty  souvenir.  All  are 
welcome.  Yours  for  satisfactory  service  in  every  department, 
"The  Wakem  Drug  Company." 

These  letters  were  mailed  in  envelopes  to  match  and  timed 
to  reach  their  destination  on  the  first  mail  of  the  first  Monday 
in  February. 

Wakem's  had  two  show  windows.  One  was  always  kept  for 
regular  drug  store  advertising,  while  the  other  was  frequently 
used  to  advertise  side  lines.  On  the  morning  in  question  that 
window  was  a  work  of  art.  It  attracted  crowds  and  people 
passing  in  the  cars  craned  their  necks  to  see  what  the  attrac- 
tion was. 

The  cold  marble  base  of  the  window  was  covered  with  a 
rug  of  soft,  rich  tones.  This  was  temporarily  purloined  from 
the  Apothecary's  Den  at  home.  A  mahogany  desk  with 
spindle  legs  was  equipped  with  everything  to  make  a  writer 
happy.  On  the  top  of  the  desk  a  crystal  clock  ticked  the 
minutes  away,  and  in  a  tall,  slender-stemmed  vase  a  few 
Beauty  roses  nodded.  Madam  had  hesitated  between  the  desk 
and  a  small  library  table,  but  she  had  the  desk,  so  she  used 
that. 

Fair  Damsel  Only  Wax,  But  Very  Attractive. 

From  a  downtown  firm  which  dealt  in  wax  figures  a  fair 
damsel  had  been  rented.  She  was  a  pink-cheeked  lady  with 
melting  blue  eyes  and  wavy  auburn  hair,  and  Madam  had 
dressed  her  in  the  kimona  Brother  Jim  had  sent  her  from 
Tokio  for  Christmas.  A  kimona  was  so  convenient  as  to  fit. 
and  admirably  adapted  to  conceal  any  joint  defects  in  the 
waxen  lady's  anatomy.  This  particular  kimona  was  cherry- 
red  taffeta,  heavily  embroidered  with  pinky-white  cherry  blos- 
soms. It  opened  coquettishly  in  front  to  reveal  tiny  pink 
stockinged  feet,  slippered  in  open  straw  sandals.  Madam 
said  that  a  Persian  pattern  cheesecloth  kimona  trimmed  with 
blue  sateen  bands  and  beaded  slippers  would  have  given  just 
as  good  an  effect,  but  she  felt  that  she  was  fortunate  in  having 
the  real  Japanese  outfit. 

My  lady  sat  at  her  desk  utterly  oblivious  of  the  fact  that 
the  letter  she  held  in  each  hand  could  be  plainly  read  by  the 
curious  public  which  thronged  in  front  of  the  plate  glass. 

One  letter  was  written  in  a  large,  heavy  mannish  hand  on 
a  white  plated  paper.     It  read : 

"Dearest  Lucia :  I  have  tried  to  ask  you  to  be  my  wife 
for  months,  but  not  until  I  purchased  this  beautiful  paper  at 


Wakem's  could   I  put  my  courage  to  the  test.     Will  you  be 
mine?     Tours  in  anxiety,  Jim." 

The  other  letter  was  evidently  the  answer.  It  was  on  pearl 
gray  paper,  and  showed  the  lady  in  question  to  be  one  capable 
of  making  terms.     It  was  short  and  to  the  point : 

"My  Dear  Jim:  I  will  gladly  consent  to  be  your  wife,  on 
condition  that  we  shall  always  deal  at  Wakem's.  Lucia." 

On  the  other  side  of  the  window  and  supposedly  in  the  dis- 
tance, by  means  of  a  liberal  use  of  Home  Sweet  Home  box- 
paper,  a  small  cottage  was  built,  and  enclosed  with  a  fence 
of  ink  bottles,  two  tall  bottles  forming  the  pillars  of  the  open 
gateway.  Above  the  gateway  a  horseshoe  magnet  was  placed, 
which  was  covered  with  all  sorts  of  pen  points.  Some  hung 
by  the  merest  point  and  others  hugged  the  magnet  closely.  On 
the  window  base  next  to  the  glass  a  narrow  band  of  blotting 
paper  bore  the  words :  "All  are  welcome.  Come  in."  The 
letters  were  formed  out  of  fountain  pens  and  broad  elastic 
bands. 

The  window  space  was  not  crowded.  It  bore  no  amateurish 
marks.  It  attracted  and  held  attention  and  told  its  story  of 
stationery  supplies.  The  home  and  the  stock  yielded  all  the 
fittings  except  the  fair  Lucia  herself,  who  was  obtained  at  a 
nominal  rental. 

Sale  of  Candles  Covers  Cost  of  Candlestick. 

Many  accepted  the  invitation  and  to  each  lady  was  pre- 
sented a  small  aluminum  desk  candlestick,  free  of  any  adver- 
tising. They  were  purchased  in  quantities  and  the  cost  was 
trifling.  Little  colored  candles  and  boxes  of  sealing  wax  were 
on  sale  and  as  the  candlestick  was  of  no  practical  use  without 
them,  enough  of  these  were  sold  to  cover  the  cost  of  the  gifts, 
the  candles  and  the  wax,  and  leave  a  profit  besides.  This,  too, 
in  spite  of  the  fact  that  many  took  the  little  candlestick  for  a 
mantle  ornament  only. 

Madam  herself  was  constantly  in  charge  and  her  enthusiasm 
was  contagious.  She  seemed  to  know  intuitively  what  suited 
each,  and  it  was  rare  indeed  when  a  sale  of  some  kind  was  not 
made. 

The  elderly  lady  with  the  rich  furs  was  fitted  out  with 
mourning  stationery  that  exactly  suited  her.  The  bachelor 
girl  was  supplied  with  a  quantity  of  pound  paper  bearing  her 
name  and  address  in  neatly  printed,  raised  dark-blue  letters. 
The  doctors  found  right  at  hand  the  business  forms  which 
they  had  always  been  troubled  to  find.  The  society  woman 
and  the  society  bud  came  in  for  rich  or  dainty  stationery,  and 
it  was  generally  embossed.  An  exclusive  trade  was  established 
with  women  who  desire  always  to  use  a  certain  style  or  shade 
of  papeterie. 

Cheery  Smiles  and  Bits  of  Good  Advice. 

The  purchasers  of  less  expensive  findings  were  not  for- 
gotten, for  ruled  and  unruled  papers  of  inexpensive  but  at- 
tractive finish  were  in  stock,  and  these  customers  received  just 
as  courteous  attention  as  the  more  favored  ones  of  fortune. 
There  was  the  same  cheery  smile  and  interested  service  for 
each.  The  case  was  kept  constantly  in  order  and  it  was  never 
crowded  or  confused.  Handsome  packages  were  not  marked 
on  the  bottom  of  the  box  but  tagged. 

Madam  was  surprised  at  the  number  of  birth  and  death 
announcement  card  orders  that  seemed  to  come  naturally 
from  customei"s  who  were  in  the  store  for  sick  room  supplies. 
She  wondered  the  idea  had  not  occurred  to  her  before. 

Madam  was  happy.  Why  shouldn't  she  be?  And  when  the 
Apothecary  himself  praised  her  efforts  and  the  results  so 
unequivocally,  declaring  he  had  seen  more  strangers  in  his 
store  in  the  week  than  he  had  seen  in  two  years,  and  asked 
her  to  take  charge  of  the  other  silent  salesman,  too,  she 
laughed  another  one  of  those  happy,  rippling  laughs — although 
her  eyes  did  look  suspiciously  moist — and — but  there,  that  is 
another  story. 


Troy  Pharmacists  Elect  Oflicers. 
Tbot,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  IS. — The  Pharmaceutical  Association  of 
Troy  and  vicinity  has  elected  the  following  officers :  Presi- 
dent, John  J.  Healy ;  first  vice-president.  Dr.  B.  L.  Shaw ; 
second  vice-president,  William  E.  Gray ;  secretary  and  treas- 
urer, Lorenzo  E.  Strecker.  A  committee  consisting  of  Ezra 
Stillman,  Charles  G.  Straub,  Robert  Moncrief,  Lorenzo  E. 
Strecker  and  John  J.  Healy  was  appointed  to  arrange  for  the 
annual  banquet  to  be  held  in  February. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[January  21,  1909 


Original  and  Selected 


WHAT     PERCENTAGE     OF     PHARMACEUTICAL 

GRADUATES  SHOULD  FAIL  BEFORE  OUR 

STATE  EXAMINING  BOARDS? 


By  M.  Clayton  Thrusli,  Ph.M.,  M.D.,  PhiladeliJhia. 

Before  the  new  era  in  pharmaceutical  legislation  which  re- 
quires an  applicant  to  be  a  graduate  of  a  reputable  college 
of  pharmacy  before  he  is  eligible  to  take  the  examination  for 
registered  pharmacist,  it  was  not  surprising  to  see  a  large 
percentage  of  failures. 

All  the  leading  colleges  of  pharmacy  at  present  require 
a  certain  preliminary  education,  usually  equivalent  to  at  least 
one  year  in  a  high  school  of  the  first  grade,  before  a  student 
can  proceed  with  a  pharmaceutical  course,  and  it  is  an  open 
question  as  to  whether  these  requirements  are  sufficiently 
high,  for  how  else  can  we  account  for  the  large  percentage 
of  failures  before  our  State  examining  boards? 

Up  until  the  new  law  went  into  effect  in  certain  States. 
any  person  who  was  twenty-one  years  of 
age  and  had  four  years'  practical  drug 
store  experience,  was  eligible  for  an  ex- 
amination ;  and  a  large  percentage,  prob- 
ably .50  per  cent  of  the  candidates,  were 
not  college  graduates ;  in  fact,  the  ma- 
jority never  attended  any  pharmaceutical 
lectures,  but  simply  studied  some  good 
text-book  on  the  practice  of  pharmacy, 
and  often  a  quiz  compend  also,  and  then 
took  the  examination.  If  they  failed, 
they  would  continue  their  studies,  and 
then  try  again  at  the  next  meeting  of 
the  board,  repeating  the  trials  in  this  man- 
ner until  they  were  successful.  Prob- 
ably at  times  the  board  became  tired  of 
seeing  them  appear  and  let  them  through 
to  get  rid  of  them. 

I  know  of  a  student  who  spent  seven 
years  in  the  senior  class  at  a  reputable 
college  of  pharmacy,  and  at  last  he  was 
allowed  to  graduate.  Several  members 
of  the  faculty  remarked  that  they  strained 
a  few  points  in  his  rating  to  pass  him, 
as  they  were  tired  of  seeing  him  around. 

Some  States  until  recently,  did  not 
even  require  four  years'  experience,  nor 
did  they  require  a  certain  age  limit,  so 
that  an  applicant  was  eligible  at  any 
time.  Most  States  at  present  do  not 
require  an  applicant  to  be  a  college  gradu- 
ate, nor  do  they  require  a  standard  of 
preliminary  education,  merely  four  years' 

experience  and  that  the  applicant  shall  be  twenty-one  years 
of  age.  The  author  passed  the  West  Virginia  board  as  a 
registered  pharmacist  when  seventeen  yers  of  age,  having  had 
but  little  over  two  years'  drug  store  experience  and  before 
entering  a  college  of  pharmacy. 

To  illustrate  this  point,  let  us  estimate  the  percentage  of 
failures  before  the  present  standard  of  requiring  applicants 
to  be  pharmaceutical  graduates  to  be  about  60  per  cent.  This 
new  requirement,  then,  should  certainly  reduce  the  percentage 
of  failures  to  at  least  10  per  cent,  as  we  should  remember  that 
before  with  60  per  cent  of  failures  about  one-half  of  the  appli- 
cants were  non-graduates,  hence  we  would  naturally  suppose 
that  nine-tenths  of  the  failures  were  from  this  source.  Let 
us  investigate  and  see : 

The  following  figures  represent  the  percentage  of  failures 
before  the  Pennsylvania  State  Board  for  the  grade  of  regis- 
tered pharmacist  at  several  respective  examinations  (college 
graduates  only  being  eligible)  held  recently:  August,  1907, 
78  per  cent  failed ;  November,  1907,  39  per  cent  failed ;  Feb- 
ruary, 1908.  73  per  cent  failed ;  November,  l90S,  55  per  cent 
failed.  A  similar  percentage  applies  to  the  failures  for  quali- 
fied assistants. 

These  figures  prove  conclusively   two  things.     1.  That   the 


CLAYTON    THRUSH.    M.D.,    Ph.JI 
of  Philadelphia. 


percentage  of  failures  is  much  larger  than  it  should  be,  espe- 
cially when  it  is  considered  that  all  applicants  are  graduates 
of  reputable  colleges  of  pharmacy.  2.  The  great  variation  in 
the  percentage  of  failures  at  different  examinations.  This 
latter  condition  is  partly  due  to  the  character  of  the  questions, 
as  some  question  sheets  are  decidedly  more  difficult  than  others. 
Now  let  us  compare  these  results  with  those  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Medical  Board  covering  the  same  period  of 
time,  and  note  the  difference.  June,  1907,  failures,  10.7  per 
cent ;  June,  1908,  failures,  8.37  per  cent.  It  is  a  matter  of 
no  little  pride  to  know  that  but  3.8  per  cent  of  these  failures 
in  this  last  examination  are  credited  to  the  graduates  of  the 
colleges  in  Pennsylvania,  representing  321  candidates,  while 
4.57  per  cent  of  the  failures  occurred  among  the  remaining 
seventy-four  candidates  who  represent  various  colleges 
throughout  the  United  States  and  foreign  countries.  When 
we  consider  that  medicine  is  a  far  more  complex  and  intricate 
subject,  covering  a  wider  field  of  study,  this  disparity  in  favor 
of  medicine  is  still  more  remarkable. 

Surely  these  figures  prove  convincingly  that  there  is  a 
cause  somewhere  for  this  condition  and  what  applies  here  in 
Pennsylvania  holds  equally  good  in  the  other  States,  as  an 
investigation  has  proven.  It  proves  that  either  the  colleges 
of  pharnaacy  do  not  give  their  students  a  satisfactory  course 
or  the  State  Board  is  deficient  either  in  its  methods  of  exam- 
ining candidates  for  licensure  or  in  the 
character  of  the  questions  asked.  Such  a 
large  percentage  of  failures  reflects  upon 
the  pharmaceutical  colleges  which  fur- 
nish these  candidates,  and  I  know  that 
the  schools  do  not  deserve  this  criticism, 
at  least  not  all  of  them. 

However,  to  prove  this  point,  an  inves- 
tigation was  made  of  one  of  these  exami- 
nation reports  and  the  number  of  candi- 
dates from  each  Pennsylvania  school  was 
noted  with  the  failure  percentages  of 
I'iich,  with  the  following  result ;  The 
three  Pennsylvania  schools  each  furnished 
approximately  the  same  number  of  candi- 
dates, differing  only  in  one,  but  the  fail- 
ure percentage  from  two  was  exactly  the 
same,  43  per  cent,  showing  that  their 
I'ourses  are  about  equal,  while  that  from 
the  third  showed  70%  per  cent.  This 
was  a  decided  variation  and  it  proves  that 
the  course  in  this  school  was  rather  inade- 
quate and  should  be  improved.  Since  this 
report,  a  new  pharmaceutical  school  has 
become  more  prominent,  but  this  was  not 
considered  in  this  investigation. 

If  any  one  investigates  the  curriculum 
of  any  of  our  schools  of  pharmacy  located 
in  Pennsylvania  he  will  soon  be  con- 
vinced that  the  course  is  systematic  and 
thorough,  and  it  is  presented  by  an  excel- 
lent faculty  of  capable  instructors,  so 
that  I  do  not  feel  that  the  fault  lies  en- 
tirely at  the  doors  of  the  schools.  When  we  consider  that  a 
medical  course  represents  a  more  difficult  and  wider  scope  of 
study,  and  the  failures  are  only  from  one-fifth  to  one-eighth 
as  many,  surely  there  must  be  some  other  reason  for  this 
disparity  other  than  a  comparison  of  the  mental  capacity  of 
the  students  pursuing  courses  in  medicine  and  pharmacy.  It 
is  true  that  the  preliminary  educational  standard  in  medicine 
is  higher  than  in  pharmacy,  but  the  course  is  more  difficult, 
hence  this  would  counterbalance  any  tendency  towards  devia- 
tion in  results.  I  would  suggest  that  the  colleges  of  pharmacy 
raise  their  preliminary  educational  standard  a  little  nearer  to 
that  of  medicine,  as  no  one  can  make  much  success  in  either 
science,  if  his  preliminary  education  has  been  deficient.  There- 
fore the  fault  must  lie  largely  with  the  State  board,  and  there 
are  several  factors  that  have  considerable  bearing  here.  One 
of  these  is  that  too  many  questions  are  asked  for  the  average 
student  to  answer  in  the  time  allotted,  as  only  a  few  can  write 
and  think  sufficiently  rapid.  Another  is  the  character  of  the 
questions.  Some  of  the  questions  asked  are  not  only  impracti- 
cable but  of  no  value  in  determining  a  candidate's  fitness  for 
licensure.  State  board  questions  should  be  plain,  practical, 
and  common  sense  questions  relating  to  the  important  princi- 
ples which  constitute  the  science  of  pharmacy,  and  not  irrele- 


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vant  and  catch  questions  on  some  rare  drug  or  process  that  is 
of  no  value  or  use  to  the  practical  pharmacist. 

A  third  factor  is  the  time  given  for  each  examination. 
When  Tve  consider  that  the  time  required  of  a  medical  candi- 
date for  licensure  consists  of  seven  sessions  (three  da.vs,  two 
sessions  each,  and  one  day  one  session ) ,  total  four  da.vs,  the 
Dental  Board  being  about  the  same  (four  days),  likewise  the 
time  required  to  take  the  final  examinations,  a  pharmaceutical 
school  being  a  week,  this  being  about  the  same  as  in  a  medical 
school,  should  we  not  expect  the  time  required  of  a  pharma- 
ceutical candidate  before  a  pharmaceutical  board  to  be  about 
the  same?  As  a  matter  of  fact  the  whole  test  depends  upon 
one  session  of  written  examination  and  one  session  for  prac- 
tical work.  This  latter  session  is  an  important  one,  and 
one  that  everyone  commends,  as  it  determines  the  future  of 
the  candidates  in  operative  pharmacy.  But  is  it  a  fair  test 
of  a  student's  knowledge  to  examine  him  in  all  the  written 
subjects  in  one  session  of  about  six  hours  in  which  time  he 
is  required  to  answer  about  one  hundred  and  twenty  to  one 
hundred  and  forty  questions?  When  the  college  that  he  at- 
tended devoted  almost  a  week  to  these  same  subjects  in  order 
to  determine  his  fitness  to  graduate? 

Now  note  this  fact  I  After  the  more  complete  test  in  his 
college  examinations,  he  passes  successfully,  and  then  presents 
himself  before  the  State  board,  and  after  a  much  shorter  test 
of  one  examination,  upon  which  everything  depends,  behold ! 
frequently  three-fourths  and  rarely  less  than  half  of  these 
candidates  fail !  Note  the  absurdity  of  this  condition.  Surely 
if  he  was  'able  to  pass  the  more  severe  test  he  should  cer- 
tainly be  successful  with  the  lesser.  These  facts  show  that 
the  present  system  is  wrong,  and  we  should  have  a  new 
pharmacy  law  and  we  should  have  it  soon.  The  present  one 
is  deficient  and  antiquated.  1  would  suggest  one  sessioli  de- 
voted to  each  of  the  following  subjects,  as  follows :  One  ses- 
sion, pharmacy,  including  prescription  work ;  one  session,  ma- 
teria medica,  botany  and  pharmacognosy ;  one  session,  general 
and  analytical  chemistry  with  physics;  one  session,  operative 
pharmacy  (practical  work)  ;  one  session,  chemical  analysis 
and  drug  assaying  with  microscopical  examinations  of  pow- 
dered drugs  (practical)  ;  total,  five  sessions.  This  would 
insure  a  thorough  test  of  the  candidate's  fitness  and  I  am  sure 
there  would  be  less  failures.  It  would  then  be  up  to  the  col- 
lege pnd  not  to  the  State  board,  if  a  student  failed.  Let  us 
get  together  and  demand  a  proper  and  modern  pharmacy  law. 

It  appears  to  me  that  the  pharmacists  of  this  country 
should  consider  this  matter,  as  it  is  of  the  greatest  importance 
to  them :  they  should  adopt  plans  to  correct  the  existing  con- 
ditions and  this  could  best  be  done  through  their  official 
organization,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  This 
association  should  instruct  its  committee  on  pharmaceutical 
education  and  legislation,  which  committee  should  thoroughly 
investigate  this  condition  and  devise  means  to  correct  it. 
This  committee  should  also  arrange  for  further  reciprocity 
between  the  State  boards  (like  we  do  in  medicine),  in  those 
States  which  have  a  similar  standard,  both  in  preliminary 
requirements  and  pharmaceutical  knowledge,  some  steps  hav- 
ing been  already  taken  in  this  direction  through  the  formation 
of  The  National  Association  of  Boards  of  rnAEMACT. 


QUESTION     BOX 


New  York  C.  P.  Alumni  Ball  Feb.  3. 

Fourteenth  annual  ball  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy Alumni  will  be  held  in  Madison  Square  Garden  Concert 
Hall  on  Wednesday  evening,  Feb.  3.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the 
committee  in  charge,  of  which  Wm.  H.  Ward  is  chairman,  to 
have  this  affair  surpass  all  others.  The  main  object  of  the 
alumni  ball  is  to  bring  the  graduates  and  friends  together  for 
a  reunion  and  a  jolly  time :  in  a  sense  it  is  an  annual  meeting 
of  old  faces,  as  many  of  the  graduates  from  out  of  town,  take 
this  opporunity  of  meeting  the  boys  of  "days  of  old." 

The  music  will  be  furnished  by  Crowley's  Eighth  Regiment 
Band,  which  is  a  treat  in  itself.  Tickets  may  be  obtained  at 
the  office  of  the  college. 


Perkin  Medal  for  Amo  Behr. 
New  York  Section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry 
will  meet  tomorrow  night,  Jan  22.  for  the  presentation  of  the 
Perkin  medal  to  Arno  Behr.  Besides  the  recipient,  remarks 
will  be  made  by  Maximilian  Toch.  H.  Schweitzer,  C.  F. 
Chandler,  T.  B."  Wagner  and  W.  H.  Nichols.  The  usual 
informal  dinner  will  be  held  at  6  :30  at  the  Hotel  Savoy  cafe. 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discDss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  AXOXYMOCS  COMMUNICATIONS 
EECEIVE  NO  .\TTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
Information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtaiued  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Boiling  Face  Cream. 

(J.  W.  M. )  —See  formulas  Nos.  2  and  3  in  reply  to  A.  I..  B. 
(Greaseless  Cream)   elsewhere  in  this  department. 


How  to  Get  a  Serial  Number  Guaranty. 

(B.  S.) — "Please  advise  us  how  to  get  a  serial  number  for 
a  guaranty  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act?  We  are  going 
to  establish  a  manufacturing  plant." 

A  serial  number  is  given  to  any  manufacturer  of  food  or 
drug  products  who  files  a  general  guaranty  with  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  at  Washington  in  the  manner  provided  in  Reg- 
ulation No.  9  and  Food  Inspection  Decision  No.  40.  The 
following  is  the  form  of  guaranty  suggested  by  the  commis- 
sioners : 

"I  (we)  the  undersigned  do  hereby  guarantee  that  the  articles 
of  foods  or  drugs  manufactured,  packed,  distributed  or  sold  by 
me  (us)  (specifying  the  name  as  fully  as  possible)  are  not 
adulterated  or  misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  the  Food  and 
Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  1906. 

(Signed   in   ink) " 

The  name  and  place  of  business  of  the  wholesaler,  dealer, 
manufacturer,  jobber  or  other  party  filing  the  guaranty  must 
be  given  and  the  guaranty  must  be  acknowledged  before  a 
notary  or  other  official  authorized  to  affix  a  seal.  When  you 
have  prepared  such  a  document  you  will  forward  it  to  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture,  who  will  then  give  you  a  serial 
number.  This  number,  according  to  the  regulations,  must  ap- 
pear on  each  and  every  package  of  goods  sold  under  such 
guaranty  with  the  words:  "Guaranteed  by  (insert  name  of 
guarantor)  under  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30.  1906." 
Xo  other  word  is  permitted  upon  this  legend  or  to  accompany 
it  in  any  wa.v.  The  appearance  of  the  serial  number  and  the 
guaranty  legend  upon  a  label,  however,  does  not  exempt  the 
package  from  inspection  nor  its  guarantor  from  prosecution 
in  case  the  article  in  question  is  found  to  violate  the  provi- 
sions of  the  act. 


Egg  Shampoo  Pastes. 

(L.  H.  H.) — Many  of  the  "egg  shampoo  pastes"  or  jellies 
are  so  called  from  their  appearance.  They  usually  contain 
very  little  if  any  part  of  the  egg  and  are  merely  preparations 
of  perfumed  soap.  Here  are  some  formulas  which  call  for 
the  white  of  eggs  and  others  which  contain  no  part  of  the  egg. 

(1) 

White  castile  soap  4  ounces. 

Powdered  curd  soap   2  ounces. 

Potassium  carbonate  1  ounce. 

Honey    1  ounce- 
White  of  two  eggs. 
Make   a   homogeneous   paste   with   a   sufficient   quantity   of 
water. 

(2) 

Cocoanut  oil    1  pound. 

Potassium  hydrate   2  ounces. 

Potassium   carbonate    1  ounce. 

Oil  of  rose  geranium 10  drops. 

Oil  of  bergamot    30  drops. 

Distilled  water,  a  sufficient  quantity. 
Jlelt  the  cocoanut  oil  in  a  porcelain  or  enamelled  iron  ves- 
sel :   dissolve  the  potassium  hydrate  in  eight  fluid  ounces  of 
distilled  water,  and  gradually  add  with  constant  stirring  to  the 
hot   oil.      Continue   the   heat   and   stirring   until   saponification 


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is  complete  (use  a  woodeu  spoou  or  a  piece  of  thin  piuo;.' 
Tlie  end  comes  suddenly,  a  thick,  jelly-like  mass  formin;; : 
have  ready  to  use  at  this  point  the  potassium  carbonate  dis- 
solved in  four  fluid  ounces  of  water,  add  it  to  the  soap,  con- 
tinue a  gentle  heat,  stir  until  the  iiaste  of  jelly  is  uniformly 
smooth  and  creamy,  incorporate  the  oils  and  allow  to  cool, 
when  it  is  ready  for  use.  White  of  eggs  may  be  incorporated, 
if  desired,  or  a  tar  shampoo  may  be  made  by  adding  one  fluid 
dram  of  oil  of  tar  instead  of  the  perfume. 


Greaseless  Massage  Cream. 

(A.  L.  B.) — Here  are  three  formulns  which  have  been  pub- 
lished under  the  above  title: 

(1) 

Stearic  acid,  pure   240  grains. 

Sodium    carbonate     155  grains. 

Powdered  borax  30  grains. 

Glycerin   1  fi.  ounce. 

Water   8  fl.  ounces. 

Mix  all  the  ingredients  together  and  heat  them  on  a  water 
bath  until  effervescence  ceases.  Remove  the  mixture  from 
the  heat  and  stir  at  intervals  until  it  begi>'S  to  stiffen.  Then 
add  20  drops  of  oil  of  ylang  ylang,  5  grains  of  heliotropin  and 
4  to  5  drops  of  oil  of  rose  dissolved  in  one  fluid  ounce  of 
alcohol.  Beat  this  up  two  or  three  times  in  volumes.  Some- 
times on  solidifying  it  becomes  rather  hard  and  does  not  seem 
smooth,  but  a  second  vigorous  beating  renders  it  fluffy  and 
creamy.  It  is  stated  that  several  modifications  of  the  formula 
may  be  made.  Thus,  an  ounce  of  glycerite  of  starch  may  be 
used  in  place  of  the  glycerin  or  there  may  be  added  cacao  but- 
ter, mucilage  of  quince  seed,  tragacanth,  or  agar-agar-  An 
emulsifying  machine  can  be  used  to  advantage  in  making  the 
cream,  since  everything  depends  upon  the  beating. 
(2) 

Casein,   dried    2      ounces. 

Water    4      fl.  ounces. 

Glycerin   1      fl.  ounce. 

Powdered  borax   2      drams. 

Lanoline   1^  ounces. 

Oil  of  bergamot    2      fl.  drams. 

Oil  of  bitter  almond   20     drops. 

Solution  of  carmine   q.  s. 

Mix  the  casein,  water,  glycerin  and  borax  on  a  water  bath 
until  a  uniform,  non-gritty,  jell.v-like  mass  is  obtained  ;  allow 
to  cool,  until  it  begins  to  slift'en,  place  in  the  mortar  with 
lanolin,  heat  and  work  until  uniformly  smooth  and  thoroughly 
mixed,  and  then  incorporate  the  oils  and  lint  to  a  flesh  color. 

(2) 

Powdered    borax    2  ounces. 

Powdered  boric  acid  3  ounces. 

Witch  hazel,  distilled  extract    1  fl.  ounce. 

Powdered   alum    3  ounces. 

Milk    1  gallon. 

Carbolic  acid    1  dram. 

Red  color    1  dram. 

Rub  the  powders  together  uulil  lumps  form,  add  the  milk, 
together  with  the  witch  hazel,  carbolic  acid  and  color ;  mix 
thoroughly,  place  all  in  a  suitable  vessel  and  heat  over  a  slow- 
fire  until  the  milk  is  curdled  (do  not  scald  or  boil)  ;  transfer 
to  a  cheese-cloth  strainer  and  allow  to  drain  for  several  hours 
and  then  add  the  perfume.  It  sometimes  requires  more  than 
three  ounces  of  alum  to  separate  all  the  casein. 

Sodium  Benzoate. 

(H.  B.  A.) — "Kindly  inform  me  through  the  columns  of 
the  Eb.-\  if  sodium  benzoate  is  a  coal  tar  product.  If  so,  how 
is   it  obtained." 

Strictly  speaking,  sodium  benzoate  is  not  a  coal  tar  product 
in  the  sense  that  the  latter  |>hrase  is  usually  employed.  Some 
explanation  is  necessary  to  make  this  statement  cli-ar.  So- 
dium benzoate,  as  is  well  known,  is  a  sodium  salt  of  benzoic 
acid  and  is  usually  made  by  the  interaction  of  sodium  carbo- 
nate or  sodium  bicarbonate  and  benzoic  acid.  The  latter 
substance  is  defined  by  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  as  "an 
organic  acid,  obtained  from  benzoin  by  sublimation,  or  pre- 
pared artificially."  As  "prepared  artificially"  it  is  manu- 
factured chiefly  from  toluol  :  but  also  from  hippuric  acid  and 
from  naphthalin-  This  artificial  benzoic  acid  is  generally  pure, 
chemically,  but  differs  from  pure  natural  benzoic  aoid  by  being 
more  compact  and  inodorous.     Natural  benzoic  acid  obtained 


from  benzoin  by  sublimation  is  very  soft  and  bulky  and  is 
fragrant.  Benzoic  acid  prepared  from  benzoin  by  the  wet 
process  is,  however,  scarcely  fragrant.  The  agreeable  odor 
of  sublimed  benzoic  acid  seems  to  be  due  to  ethyl  benzoate.  or 
to  some  volatile  oil.  or  both,  existing  in  the  resin,  and  accom- 
panying the  acid  when  sublimed.  The  fragrant  benzoic  acid 
prepared  from  benzoin  by  sulimation  is  the  only  kind  pre- 
scribed in  several  pharmacopa?ias.  In  the  trade  natural  ben- 
zoic acid  is  styled  ,as  "English"  and  the  artificial  as  "Gorman 
benzoic  acid." 

Toluol,  referred  to  above,  and  also  known  as  toluene, 
CbHoCHs,  forms  the  principal  portion  of  coal  tar  from  which 
it  is  obtained  by  careful  distillation.  Toluol  is  also  obtained 
by  careful  distillation.  Toluol  is  also  obtained  by  the  dry  dis- 
tillation of  tolu  balsam.  It  is  quite  similar  in  its  properties 
to  benzene  and  is  employed  for  the  production  of  nitrotoluene, 
toluidine,  benzyl  chloride,  benzal  chloride  and  benzaldehyde, 
the  base  of  a  valuable  series  of  green  colors.  Toluol  may  be 
directly  oxidized  to  benzoic  acid.     Thus : 

2C5H5CH3  +  3O2  =  2C6H5COOH  +  2H2O. 
Toluol.     Oxygen.     Benzoic  acid.  Water. 

Having  the  benzoic  acid,  the  sodium  salt  may  be  manu- 
factured as  follows : 

Benzoic    acid    40  parts. 

Sodium   bicarbonate    28  parts. 

Boiling   water    80  parts. 

Mix  the  benzoic  acid  with  the  hot  water,  stir  well,  neutralize 
perfectly  by  adding  the  sodium  bicarbonate,  being  careful  to 
observe  the  reaction  on  litmus  paper  after  effervescence  has 
ceased.  Filter.  Evaporate  55  parts ;  remove  from  it  the 
source  of  heat  and  stir  until  cold.  During  the  evaporation  it 
is  necessary  to  scrape  down  the  benzoate  from  the  sides  of 
the  capsule.  The  following  is  the  equation  for  the  reaction : 
2HCTH5O2  +  Na2C03  =  2  NaC7H502 -f  H20 -I- CO2. 

For  further  particulars  we  must  refer  you  to  the  dispensa- 
tories and  other  works  of  reference. 


Cheap  Bay  Bum. 

(B.  S.) — The  formulas  for  bay  rum  are  as  numerous  and 
varied  as  the  compilers  of  formularies  could  possibly  make 
them.  The  imported  article  coming  from  the  West  Indies  is 
made  by  dissolving  freshly  made  oil  of  bay  in  white  rum, 
while  the  product  known  under  the  same  name  in  the  U.  S. 
Pharmacopoeia  of  1890  and  which  now  appears  in  the  appen- 
dix of  tiie  present  edition  of  the  National  Formulary,  is  a 
solution  of  three  oils  in  alcohol  and  water  as  follows : 

Oil  of  My rcia   %  fl.  ounce. 

Oil  of  orange  peel   15      minims. 

Oil  of  pimenta   15      minims. 

Alcohol    39      fl.  ounces. 

Water,  a  sufficient  quantity  to  make 64       fl.  ounces. 

Mix  the  oils  with  the  alcohol  and  gradually  add  water  until 
the  solution  measures  64  fluid  ounces.  Set  the  mixture  aside 
in  a  well-stoppered  bottle  for  eight  days  and  then  filter 
through  paper  in  a  well-covered  funnel. 

Here  are  three  formulas  from  the  Era  Formulary: 

(1) 

Oil  of  bay  4      fl.  drams. 

Jamaica  rum    8      fl.  ounces. 

Water   4%  pints. 

Stronger   alcohol 3      pints. 

Filter  through  magnesia  and  charcoal,  if  necessary. 

(2) 

Alcohol    8  ounces. 

Oil  of  bay   40  drops. 

Oil  of  mace  1  grain- 
Oil  of  orange   20  drops. 

Jamaica  rum   1  ounce. 

Water  enough  to  make 16  ounces. 

Digest  two  or  three  weeks  and  filter  through  magnesia. 
(3) 

Oil  of  bay  6      fl.  drams. 

Oil  of  pimento  1      fl.  dram. 

Oil  of  orange  peel   ; .  .   1      fl.  dram. 

Tincture  of  orange  peel,  U.S.P ^  ounce. 

White  castile  soap  4      drams- 
Cologne  spirit 12      pints. 

Water   9      pints. 

Formula  8  has  been  published  as  "Barber's  Bay  Rum." 


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Personal  Mention 


— A.  B.  Caeteb,  of  Valley  Falls,  Kan.,  visited  old  friends 
recently  in  Lawrence. 

— M.  T.  Van  Rexsselaee.  of  ilechanicsville.  N.  T.,  was 
in  Saratoga  Springs  recently  on  a  business  trip. 

— Marion  Cbaig,  representing  Sharp  &  Dohmo.  was  a  re- 
cent visitor  to  the  drug  trade  in  Jacksonville,  Fla. 

— De  Witt  Quisx,  of  Shelby,  X.  C,  has  become  the  phar- 
macist for  the  Cleveland  Drug  Company,  of  that  town, 

— Hi  RAM  Mebkitt,  of  Theodore  Merritt's  Sons,  Xewburg, 
X.  T.,  visited  several  friends  in  New  York  a  few  days  ago, 

— William  Powell,  formerly  employed  at  the  Eighmy 
Pharmacy  at  Fort  Atkinson.  Wis.,  is  now  located  in  Milwaukee. 

— A.  T.  Van  Natta.  of  the  Van  Natta  Drug  Company,  St. 
Joseph,  Mo.,  has  returned  from  a  visit  to  friends  in  Holton,  Kan. 

— E.  C.  HiMBUKG,  of  the  Lilly  Kansas  City  (Mo.)  sales 
force,  visited  the  Lilly  laboratories  in  Indianapolis  holiday 
week. 

— Charles  Gibson,  president  of  Walker  &  Gibson,  Albanv. 
X.  T.,  called  upon  friends  in  the  New  York  wholesale  trade 
a  week  ago, 

— E.  O.  Xobte,  Red  Lilly  representative  for  Cleveland, 
spent  a  week  recently  in  Indianapolis  visiting  the  home  office 
of  his  house. 

— Haeey  Thornton,  of  the  Boston  branch  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.,  called  upon  friends  in  the  New  York  branch  of  the 
firm  last  Tuesday. 

— James  E.  Baetlett,  manager  of  the  Chicago  branch  of 
Parke  Davis  &  Co.,  was  a  caller  in  New  York  City  in  the 
early  part  of  the  week. 

— A.  T.  Mitten,  of  Henry  Adams  &  Co.,  Amherst,  .Mass., 
while  on  a  recent  pleasure  trip  to  Virginia  succeeded  in  shoot- 
ing some  wild  turkeys. 

— D.  RoDARViL  has  been  assigned  to  cover  several  sections 
in  Massachusetts  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co,  and  will  enter  upon 
his  new  duties  on  January  25, 

— E.  W,  Hughes,  who  has  been  with  Duncan  &  Co..  has 
resigned  to  take  charge  of  the  J.  E.  Hughes  drug  store  at 
Grenada.  Miss.,  for  his  father. 

— Dan  Andeeson.  of  Saskatchewan,  Canada,  was  a  recent 
visitor  to  W.  W.  Hatch,  of  Goshen.  Ind.,  where  he  was  for- 
merly engaged  in  the  drug  business. 

— R.  E.  Miller,  head  of  the  Owl  Drug  Company,  of  San 
Francisco,  has  returned  from  a  business  trip  to  Los  Angeles, 
where  the  company  has  a  branch. 

— C.  G.  Matnabd  wUl  start  traveling  for  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co.  the  latter  part  of  this  month.  His  territory  will  be  in 
central  and  northern  Xew  York  State. 

— W.  B.  Young,  president  of  the  Lee  &  Osgood  Co..  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  was  a  visitor  in  Xew  York  a  few  days  ago,  call- 
ing upon  friends  in  the  wholesale  trade. 

— Charles  W.  Snow,  president  of  C.  W.  Snow  &  Co.,  Syr- 
acuse, X.  Y.,  was  a  visitor  in  New  York  City  a  week  ago,  call- 
ing upon  friends  in  the  wholesale  trade. 

— Julius  Linbebg  was  in  Canton,  S.  D.,  recently  on  his 
return  from  Jackson,  Minn.,  where  he  visited  relatives,  to 
Belvidere.  where  he  conducts  a  pharmacy. 

— J.  Elmer  Cunningham,  until  recently  of  Maplewood, 
Mass.,  where  he  conducted  a  retail  pharmacy  for  over  ten 
years,  is  now  traveling  for  Sharp  &  Dohme  in  Maine. 

— C.  E,  Ransom,  who  sells  the  Red  Lilly  pharmaceutical 
line  in  Fort  Smith  and  adjacent  territory,  is  back  at  work 
after  a  week  spent  in  Indianapolis  visiting  the  home  office. 

— John  Mebcee,  for  several  years  pharmacist  with  the 
D.  B.  Perry  Pharmacy,  Bay  City,  Mich.,  has  resigned  his 
position  and  gone  to  Flint.     Frank  Harris  has  succeeded  him. 

— Jddson  B.  Todd,  of  Ithaca,  retiring  president  of  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  wife  have  gone  to  Florida 
to  remain  until  April  to  rest  and  recuperate  from  recent 
illness. 

— Walter  L.  Griffin,  of  Beaumont,  Texas,  is  back  on  his 
territory  more  enthusiastic  than  ever  for  the  Red  Lilly  line, 
after  a  week's  visit  to  the  laboratories  and  home  office  at 
Indianapolis. 

■ — Ralph  R.  Zane,  of  San  Francisco,  general  western  rep- 
resentative for  Eli  Lilly  &  Co,,  has  returned  to  his  desk  from 


an  extended  trip  through  the  West.  Mr.  Zane  spent  holiday 
week  visiting  the  home  office  and  laboratories  in  Indianapolis, 
where  he  met  a  number  of  Lilly  salesmen  from  various  parts 
of  the  United   States. 

— Herman  W.  Riess,  sergeant  of  the  first  class  Hospital 
Corps,  U.S.  Army,  and  a  well-known  pharmaceutical  writer, 
has  been  as.signed  to  duty  at  Fort  Sheridan,  III.  For  several 
years  Mr.  Riess  has  been  on  service  in  the  Philippines. 

— J.  P.  Chebrington,  vratil  recently  identified  with  Miss 
Dow's  drug  store  at  Fourth  street  and  Central  avenue,  Cincin- 
nati, is  now  manager  of  the  Randolph  Pharmacy,  in  Xorwood, 
which  is  owned  by  Frank  Workman,  a  Xorwood  newspaper 
editor, 

— J.  C.  Dent,  one  of  the  best-known  druggists  in  Ohio,  who 
recently  retired  after  being  twenty-eight  years  in  business  in 
Bridgeport,  intends  to  spend  the  early  summer  at  Medebemps, 
Me.,  the  early  fall  at  Oxford,  X.  C,  and  the  winter  at  Los 
.Vngeles. 

— De.  a.  L.  Lengfeld,  of  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  accompanied 
by  his  wife,  are  planning  a  trip  to  Europe.  The  Doctor  is 
one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  the  pharmaceutical  convention 
and  proprietor  of  the  pharmacy  at  1804  Fillmore  street,  San 
Francisco. 

— C.  R.  Cosby,  the  Xew  York  manager  for  Eli  Lilly  &  Co., 
and  H.  R.  Klein,  a  member  of  the  sales  force,  were  pleasantly 
entertained  by  the  Philadelphia  manager,  Frank  W.  Smith, 
in  the  Quaker  Cil.v  last  week  and  attended  the  entertainment 
and  dance  given  by  the  Drug  Club. 

— Ff-\nk  G.  Ryan,  president  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has 
been  appointed  a  member  of  the  subcommittee  on  working 
plans  of  the  committee  on  the  beautification  of  Detroit,  the 
members  being  appointed  by  Detroit  architects,  the  Board  of 
Commerce  and  the  Common  Council. 

— Joseph  JI.  Schilling,  who  represents  the  J.  Hungerford 
Smith  Company  in  Philadelphia  and  is  one  of  the  active 
members  and  promising  bowlers  of  the  Drug  Club,  is  tempo- 
rarily out  of  the  game  ov.  ing  to  ai'  injury  to  his  thumb,  lie  re- 
ports business  prospects  exceptionally  promising, 

— Harby  B.  Fi:ench,  vice-president  of  the  Smith,  Kline  & 
French  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  has  returned  from  a  hurried  visit 
to  Europe,  where  he  was  summoned  by  cablegram,  announcing 
the  serious  illness  of  his  daughter,  who  is  studying  abroad. 
Marked  improvement  in  the  condition  of  Miss  French  permit- 
ted the  return  of  her  father, 

— J.  W.  Travis,  whose  friends  are  legion  in  the  territory 
from  Rockport.  Me.,  to  Chicago,  which  he  covers  for  Carleton 
&  Hubby,  is  spending  a  few  days  at  the  home  offices  at 
Lowell.  Mass.  Mr.  Travis,  while  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Philadelphia,  never  fails  to  drop  in  to  see  the  boys  at  the 
Drug  Club,  of  which  he  is  a  non-resident  member. 

— Frederick  K.  Steabns,  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co., 
pharmacists,  acting  on  the  advice  of  his  father,  who  counseled 
him  to  travel  before  he  became  too  fatigued  by  business,  starts 
this  week  for  a  tour  of  the  world,  which  will  include  visits  to 
the  Azores,  Madeira,  Gibraltar,  Italy,  Egypt,  Burmah,  Ceylon, 
Malay.  China,  the  Philippines,  Japan  and  Hawaii. 

— Walter  Rothwell,  of  Hatboro.  Pa. ;  Charles  M.  Butcher, 
the  Xew  Jersey  manager  for  the  American  Druggists'  Fire 
Insurance  Company ;  M.  S.  Kahn.  the  Maryland  manager,  and 
Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  of  Xew  York,  who  with  Mr.  Roth- 
well is  a  director  of  the  company,  formed  a  joll  party  of 
well-known  figures  in  retail  drug  circles  which  journe.ved  to 
Cincinnati  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  of  the  insurance 
company. 

— W.  W.  Albebs,  well  known  druggist  at  Wausau,  Wis., 
and  president  of  the  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Association  : 
Dr.  L.  M.  Faucher  of  the  Faucher  Drug  Company,  of  Racine, 
Wis.  :  Mr.  Strassburger,  of  the  McDonald  &  Strassburger 
Drug  Company,  of  Green  Bay,  Wis. :  Joseph  Lefebre.  with  C. 
Le  Comte.  of  Green  Ba.v,  Wis.,  and  C.  W.  Helbing,  of  Beaver 
Dam.  Wis.,  were  among  the  visitoi-s  of  the  past  week  at  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company. 

— John  C.  Wallace,  a  prominent  druggist  of  New  Castle, 
Pa.,  and  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Pharmaceutical  Association,  was  a  welcome  visitor  last 
week  in  Philadelphia,  where  a  meeting  of  the  committee  wa.s 
held.  He  also  attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Drug  Club. 
of  which  he  is  a  member,  and  when  called  upon  by  President 
W.  L.  ClifiEe  made  a  happy  address  to  the  members,  which 
was  unfortunately  cut  short  by  the  close  proximity  of  the 
time  of  departure  of  Mr.  Wallace's  train  for  home. 


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THE     PIIAR.^IACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  21,  1909 


J.  C.  DAVIS  KILLED  IN  RAILROAD  ACCIDENT. 

Prominent  Wholesale  Druggist  of  Denver  One  of  the 
Victims  of  a  Serious  Collision. 

In  a  collision  between  a  fast  passenger  train  and  a  freight 
train  near  Glenvvood  Springs,  Colo.,  last  Friday  night.  J.  C. 
Davis,  of  Denver,  was  instantly  killed.  Mr.  Davis  was  the 
president  of  the  Davis-Bridaham  Drug  Company,  of  Denver, 
and  was  one  of  the  best-known  wholesale  drug  merchants 
w-ost  of  the  Mississippi  River. 

The  wreck  occurred  on  the  Denver  &  Rio  Grande  Railroad 
and  was  one  of  the  worst  in  the  history  of  the  road.  Twenty 
persons  were  killed  and  thirty  injured,  some  of  them  fatally. 


born  sixty-eight  5-ears  ago  in  Talbot  County  and  never  mar- 
ried. Up  to  the  time  of  his  fata!  seizure  he  was  in  his  usual 
health.     His  store  was  in  Ann  and  Aliceanna  streets. 


J.  H.  Day,  President  of  the  J.  H.  Day  Co.,  is  Dead. 

Advices  from  Cincinnati  announce  the  death  recently  of 
J.  H.  Day.  president  of  the  J.  H.  Day  Company,  manu- 
facturers of  laboratory  apparatus  and  special  machinery  used 
by  pharmaceutical  and  chemical  manufacturers.  Paralysis 
was  the  cause.     He  was  fifty-eight. 

Mr.  Day  was  educated  at  the  University  of  Illinois  and 
for  a  short  time  was  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Minne- 
apolis. He  also  conducted  a  general  store  at  Nokomis,  111. 
He  went  to  Cincinnati  and  became  secretary  of  the  Hunter 
Sifter  Company.  After  that  he  came  to  New  York  City 
and  conducted  a  machinery  brokerage  business.  In  1887  Mr. 
Day  returned  to  Cincinnati  and  bought  the  machinery  de- 
partment of  the  Hunter  company  and  organized  the  firm  of 
J.  n.  Day  &  Co. 

In  1901  he  organized  the  J.  H.  Day  Company,  with  his 
nephew,  M.  E.  Lyons,  and  F.  M.  Dudley.  The  company  is 
one  of  the  biggest  of  its  kind  in  the  country,  employing  be- 
tween 400  and  .500  men.     Mr.  Day  leaves  no  family. 


Charles  H.  Landell  Dies  of  Paralysis. 

Batonne,  N.  J..  Jan.  IS. — Charles  H.  Landell,  prominent 
South  Hudson  druggist,  who  was  stricken  with  paralysis,  is 
dead  from  the  effects  of  the  stroke,  which  was  the  second  by 

which  he  was  afflicted  within  a  year.  

Worriment  over  his  affliction  and 
grief  over  the  death  of  his  wife, 
from  an  attack  of  hasty  consump- 
tion about  three  months  ago.  led 
Mr.  Landell  to  determine  to  dis- 
pose of  his  prosperous  business  at 
Broadway  and  West  Thirty-second 
street,  and  on  the  day  he  received 
the  fatal  stroke  he  had  entered  into 
negotiations  for  that  purpose.  He 
had  planned  to  live  quietly  with 
relatives  of  his  wife  in  Orange  and 
to  occasionally  travel,  having  ac- 
quired a  competency.  It  is  believed 
that  his  property  and  investments 
will  realize  about  $50,000. 

Mr.  Landell  was  forty-four  years 
of  age.  During  his  career  in  Bay- 
onne  he  gained  a  host  of  friends, 
being  of  a  genial  and  sympathetic  nature.  Six  years  ago  he 
was  the  Republican  nominee  for  the  office  of  Recorder  of  the 
local  police  court.  He  was  affiliated  with  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity and  was  also  identified  with  Bayonne  Council  117, 
Junior  Order  of  American  Mechanics.  In  his  professional 
business  he  was  highly  respected,  having  served  as  president 
of  the  Bayonne  Druggists'  Association  and  having  repeatedly 
held  offices  in  the  New  Jersey  Stale  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. 


LANDELL. 


No  Eeason  Known  for  Suicide. 
Mabion,    Iowa,   Jan,   18. — James   B.   Wilson,   a   prominent 
druggist,   recently   ended   his   life  by   firing  a   bullet   into   his 
brain.      He   was  a   popular   business   man   and   no   reason   is 
known  for  the  fatal  act,  which  was  committed  in  a  hotel. 


David  G.  Evans,  of  Baltimore. 
Baltimoee,   Jan.   10. — David   G.   Evans,   a   retail  druggist. 
who   for   many    years   conducted    a    pharmacy    in    East    Balti- 
more, died  last  Tuesday  night  at  his  home.  721  North  Calvert 
street,   after   an   hour's   illness  of   acute   indigestion.      He   was 


John  H.  Woodbury  a  Suicide  hy  Shooting. 

John  H.  Woodbury,  of  New  York  City,  the  one-time  head 
of   the    John    H.    Woodbury    Dermatological    Institute,    which 
manufactured  the  various  skin  lotions  and  soaps  bearing  his     ,. 
name,    committed   suicide    last   Monday.      He   was    fifty-eight     ,J| 
years  old. 

Woodbury  during  the  last  few  years  was  in  a  number  of 
suits,  and  sold  out  his  business  when  pressed  by  the  County 
Medical  Society  for  practicing  medicine  without  being  a  reg- 
istered physician.  His  last  venture,  a  new  institute,  similar 
to  the  iirst  he  established,  went  into  the  hands  of  a  receiver 
only  a  few  weeks  ago.  He  was  wealthy  and  held  considera- 
ble real  estate  on  Long  Island. 


War  Veteran  Druggist  a  Suicide. 
Albany,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  18. — Henry  W.  Wells,  aged  34,  a  Span- 
ish-American war  veteran  and  a  prominent  young  druggist  of 
-Saratoga,  committed  suicide.  He  was  found  dead  in  bed  with 
a  bullet  through  his  heart.  Wells  had  been  in  poor  health 
for  some  time.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Albany  College 
of  Pharmacy. 


Obituary   Notes. 

— L.  S.  TiBBALS,  Somerset,  Ky.,  is  dead,  aged  sixty-four. 

— Eugene  B.  Runt.an,  of  Columbia,  Mo.,  is  dead,  aged 
forty-seven. 

— George  W.  Roberts,  who  conducted  a  pharmacy  from 
1SG9  to  1895  in  Washington,  Pa.,  is  dead,  aged  sixty-eight. 

— Db.  Joseph  A.  Muekich,  of  Jefferson,  Wis.,  father  of 
Frank  C.  Muenich,  enterprising  druggist  at  Argyle,  Wis.,  re- 
cently passed  away  at  the  age  of  sixty-five  years. 

— James  Bassett,  a  prominent  resident  of  Ypsilanli. 
Mich.,  and  for  many  years  connected  with  T.  H.  Hinchman 
Sons  &  Co..  wholesale  druggists,  of  Detroit,  is  dead,  aged 
fifty-seven   years. 

— ABxnuB  Heath,  treasurer  of  F.  S.  Heath  &  Co.,  Cuya- 
hoga Falls,  Ohio,  died  recently  of  heart  disease  while  on  a 
train  going  to  Columbus  to  attend  a  meeting  of  druggists.  A 
widow  and  daughter,  mother,  brother  and  sister  survive. 

— Louis  Bauer,  president  of  Bauer  &  Black,  manu- 
facturers of  surgical  dressings,  Chicago,  is  dead  of  organic 
heart  trouble.  Mr.  Bauer  was  a  native  of  Germany  and  was 
seventy  years  old.     He  lived  in  Chicago  for  forty-two  years. 

— Isaac  Wellington  Jaques,  aged  fifty-nine,  died  recently 
at  his  home  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J.  He  had  been  engaged  in  the 
drug  business  in  Newark,  Trenton  and  Elizabeth.  A  second 
wife,  whom  he  married  three  years  ago,  and  a  daughter  survive 
him.  He  belonged  to  several  organizations,  including  the 
Masons  and  Elks. 

— Mrs.  John  S.  White,  wife  of  a  well-known  traveler  for 
a  Philadelphia  concern,  died  recently  of  valvular  disease  of 
the  heart  in  a  hospital  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  aged  thirty- 
eight.  During  the  past  eleven  years  she  had  traveled  a  great 
deal  with  her  husband  through  New  Hampshire  and  Vermont 
and  her  estimable  qualities  made  many  friends  for  her  among 
those  with  whom  she  came  in  contact. 

— Chakles  L.  Keppler.  Jr.,  one  of  the  best  known  drug- 
gists of  New  Orleans,  died  recently  of  general  breakdown  in 
health,  which  first  showed  itself  last  April.  He  was  the  sou 
of  Charles  L.  Keppler,  veteran  druggist  of  Dryades  and 
Euterpe  streets,  and  had  been  associated  with  his  father  for 
eighteen  years.  Twenty  years  ago  Mr.  Keppler  married  Miss 
Anna  Hardee  Reames,  who,  with  a  little  daughter,  survives. 


Mr.  Strong  to  Be  Head  of  Merchants'  Association. 

MiLivAUKEE,  Wis..  Jan.  18. — William  B.  Strong,  vice-presi- 
dent and  treasurer  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  and  one 
of  the  best-known  wholesale  druggists  in  the  West,  has  been 
nominated  to  the  vice-presidency  of  the  Merchants'  and  Manu- 
facturers' Association,  the  leading  civic  and  commercial  or- 
ganization in  Milwaukee.  Only  one  set  of  officers  has  been 
nominated,  so  the  election  of  Mr.  Strong  is  assured.  He  has 
always  been  one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the  associa- 
tion and  many  of  the  great  public  undertakings  which  have 
been  in  charge  of  the  association  have  been  made  successful 
by  his  energy  and  efforts. 


January  21,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  67 

Gang  of  Drug  Trade  Swindlers  Has  Many  Secret  Ramifications. 


Goods  Stolen  From  New  York  Merchants  Brought  Back  to  This  City  to  Be  Sold  to 

Others    Beckett  Company  Had  a  Nest  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  But  Its  Occupant 

Has  Disappeared — Hudson  Now  Is  Tyner    Cronin  Packs  and  Moves. 


Recent  developments  Terify  the  existence  in  New  Torii  City 
and  vicinity  of  a  systematic  swindling  combination  which  is 
preying  upon  and  menacing  the  drug  trade  throughout  the 
whole  country. 

The  system  is  operated  by  means  of  offices,  usually  located 
in  the  drug  jobbing  district,  from  which  are  sent  orders  for 
goods;  the  letter  head  stating  that  the  firm  or  individual  is  a 
dealer  and  jobber  in  proprietary  medicines,  drugs  etc. 

The  method  of  securing  goods  is  to  send  an  inquiry  request- 
ing a  price  list  and  asking  specific  quotations  on  an  article 
manufactured  by  the  firm  addressed.  Upon  receipt  of  the 
information  an  order  for  a  few  gross,  or  frequently  a  good 
sized  jobbing  quantity,  is  at  once  dispatched  by  letter  or 
telegram.     All  goods  are  ordered  shipped  by  express. 

The  outlet  for  these  goods  also  seems  to  be  in  New  York 
City,  for  at  least  some  of  the  goods  obtained  by  the  Beckett 
Supply  Company  (members  of  which  are  under  arrest),  of 
Wilmington,  Del.,  were  shipped  to  this  city.  Supposed  con- 
federates who  have  their  offices  in  this  city  never  have  any 
supplies  on  hand,  although  express  packages  are  constantly 
arriving,  a  fact  which  also  indicates  that  the  outlet  is  within 
easy  reach  and  that  goods  are  taken  there  without  delay. 
New  Swindlers  Crop   Up  Like   Mushrooins. 

This  chain  of  swindlers  seems  to  have  been  especially  active 
of  late  and  expanded  its  business  by  operating  more  than 
one  office.  Hardly  a  week  passes  without  an  apparently  new 
swindling  concern  entering  the  field,  although  in  some  cases 
it  is  simply  a  change  in  name  and  location. 

The  case  of  William  D.  Hudson  may  be  cited  as  an  ex- 
ample of  the  latter  class.  Hudson  first  located  at  tjO  Beek- 
man  street.  New  York,  under  that  name  about  October  1. 
On  December  15  he  moved  his  outfit,  an  old  desk  and  two 
chairs,  to  258  Washington  street,  Jersey  City,  establishing 
himself  under  the  name  of  W.  V.  Assheton  &  Co.  He  left 
this  place  about  January  3.  after  the  exposure  in  the  Era 
on  December  31.  He  is  probably  now  back  in  New  TorK  again 
operating  under  the  name  of  George  L.  Tyner,  35  and  37 
Frankfort  street.  An  effort  to  see  him  has  so  far  been 
unsuccessful.  When  the  letter  heads  of  Hudson  and  Tyner 
are  compared  there  is  a  striking  resemblance.  They  are 
printed  with  the  same  type  upon  the  same  kind  of  paper. 
Tyner  is  located  in  a  room  formerly  occupied  by  the 
"Ashton  Press,"  note  the  similarity  to  "Assheton"  which 
was  Hudson's  Jersey  City  name.  There  is  no  furniture 
whatsoever  in  the  office. 

Hudson,  when  he  operated  in  Beekman  street,  was  ex- 
posed in  the  Era  under  date  of  October  15,  1908.  Hudson 
bears  a  striking  resemblance  to  a  certain  William  Annear, 
alias  Paul  B.  Hudson,  whose  concern  was  the  Moimt 
Vernon  Chemical  Company.  Annear's  picture  was  published 
in  the  Era  February  21,  1901.  Both  Annear  and  Hudson 
have  a  noticeable  defect  in  their  eyes.  Annear  served  a 
sentence  in  a  Jersey  penitentiary. 

Assheton  Forced  to  Admit  He   is  Hudson. 

An  interesting  story  was  told  the  Era  reporter  in  connec- 
tion with  Hudson  when  he  was  operating  as  W.  V.  Assheton 
&  Co.  A  New  York  concern  having  sent  him  about  $60 
worth  of  goods,  could  get  no  money,  nor  any  reply  to  its 
letters.  Upon  being  informed  by  an  Era  reporter  of  facts 
relating  to  Assheton  &  Co.,  a  member  of  the  firm  went  to 
the  office  in  Jersey  City,  waiting  two  hours  before  any  one 
entered  the  office.  The  New  York  gentleman  then  knocked 
on  the  door,  but  received  no  response.  The  silence  of  the  man 
inside  continued  even  with  a  severe  battering  of  the  door. 
Finally  Hudson  admitted  the  caller,  upon  being  informed 
that  he  could  be  discerned  sitting  at  his  desk,  through  the 
large,  worn  key-hole. 

At  first  he  stated  he  was  Assheton.  but  when  informed 
that  his  caller  knew  better  he  owned  up  to  his  identity 
as   Hudson,   stating   the   query   was   misunderstood,   and   that 


Jlr.  Assheton  was  a  visitor  to  the  filthy,  unswept  office  only 
twice  a  week,  coming  up  from  Lakewood,  N.  J.  No  money 
was  secured,  and  the  firm  has  taken  no  action,  charging  the 
account  to  advertising. 

Trading  Companies  Bear  Similar  Names. 

The  Union  Trading  Company,  which  is  practically  indenti- 
cal  with  the  Union  Sales  Company,  the  National  Loan  & 
Realty  Co.,  Jacobson  &  Co.,  are  all  located  at  present  in 
a  dirty  office  containing  only  a  desk  at  78-80  Cortlaudt 
street,  and  claim  William  Jacobson  as  the  head.  Notices  of 
these  concerns  have  appeared  in  the  Era  under  dates  of 
August  1,  1907;  June  18,  1908,  and  July  23,  1908. 

Jacobson  first  located  in  the  offices  of  the  Risley  Drug 
Company,  at  62  Dey  street,  under  the  name  of "  the  Union 
Trading  Company.  Jacobson  then  had  no  bank  account  and 
the  late  Charles  Risley  used  to  cash  his  cheeks  for  him  at 
the  bank. 

There  is  evidence  supplied  by  shipping  bills  that  the  Union 
Sales  Company  received  some  of  the  loot  secured  by  the 
Beckett  Supply  Company,  and  secured  an  outlet  for  the 
goods. 

The  Beckett  Supply  Company  extended  its  field  beyond 
drugs,  as  is  made  clear  by  its  printed  letter  head.  J.  P. 
Beckett  and  Edgar  Johnson,  alias  Edgar  J.  Sellers,  alias 
Charles  Veasey.  The  operators  of  the  Beckett  concern  are 
now  awaiting  action  by  the  United  States  Grand  Jury,  hav- 
ing been  held  in  default  of  $1000  bail  each.  The  case  is 
scheduled  for  January  25.  The  warning  to  the  trade  regard- 
ing this  concern  appeared  in  the  Era  on  December  10,  1908, 
and  the  photographs  of  Beckett  and  Johnson  on  December  17, 
1908. 

Used  Name  of  a  Keputable  Well-Bated  Druggist. 

The  Beckett  company  appears  to  have  been  linked  with  a 
concern  in  Elizabeth,  N.  J.,  by  the  name  of  W.  J.  Reibel 
which  claimed  to  be  a  wholesale  drug  house.  The  similarity 
of  the  name  to  that  of  W.  H.  Reibel,  who  is  a  well-rated 
retail  druggist  in  that  city  should  be  noted.  W.  J.  Reibel 
discontinued  business  at  the  time  of  the  capture  of  Beckett 
&  Johnson.  The  connection  is  taken  from  the  references 
used  by  the  two  concerns.  When  Beckett  was  arrested  in 
Philadelphia  there  was  found  upon  him  a  letter  addressed  to 
Edward  Davis,  written  upon  the  stationery  of  M.  H.  Stein, 
a  cigar  manufacturer  at  39  Vesey  street.  New  York.  The 
contents  of  the  letter  made  it  appear  that  M.  H.  Stein  was  an 
intimate  friend  of  this  Davis,  whom  he  wished  success  in  a 
business  venture  in  which  the  latter  was  to  engage.  W.  J. 
Reibel,  when  pressed  for  references,  used  the  name  of  M.  H. 
Stein. 

Mr.  Stein,  when  interviewed,  stated  that  he  never  knew  any 
person  by  the  name  of  Edward  Davis,  nor  had  he  ever  seen 
Beckett.  In  regard  to  Reibel,  this  party,  he  said,  had  at- 
tempted to  purchase  goods  from  him  and  also  requested  refer- 
ences, but  none  was  given.  There  is  a  well-rated  cigar 
manufacturer  in  Broadway,  New  York,  by  the  name  of 
M.  H.   Stein. 

Notorious  John  J.  Cronin  Has  Disappeared. 
John  J.  Cronin.  who  was  a  "wholesale  dealer  in  druggists' 
specialties  and  grocers'  sundries,"  located  until  two  weeks 
ago  at  269  Pearl  street.  New  York,  is  to  all  appearances  the 
most  clever  of  the  flock.  His  letter  head  states  he  is  the 
"Sole  Jlanufacturer  of  Rattle  Root  Remedy  for  Rheumatism. 
Como  Tablets  for  Impotency,  Como  Essential  Oils  and  Ex- 
tracts. Como  Baking  Powder."  On  his  first  stationery  there 
was  printed  the  following:  "All  goods  of  our  manufacture 
are  in  compliance  with  the  U.  S.  Goverment  Pure  Food  and 
Drugs  Act  of  June  2G,  1906."  Note  the  misspelling  in  the 
word  Government,  which  also  appeared  on  his- second  lot  of 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  21,  1909 


LIVELY  ELECTION  OF  MICHIGAN  DRUG  CLERKS. 


MASSACHUSETTS  TRAVELERS  AT  DINNER. 


President  Barwell  Re-elected  ITnanimously,  But  Otlier 
Offices  Are  Contested  For — Preparing  for  Ball. 

Detkoit.  Jan.  IS. — Several  spirited  contests  marked  the 
recent  annual  election  of  the  Drug  Clerks'  Association  of 
Michigau.  It  was.  in  fact,  one  of  the  liveliest  held  in  years, 
interest  in  the  organization  having  increased  since  its  officers 
took  steps  towards  the  organization  of  a  national  association 
of  drug  clerks.  The  contests,  however,  did  not  involve  the 
presidency.  President  George  T.  Barwell  has  been  the 
leading  spirit  in  the  movement  for  a  national  organization, 
and  the  members  of  the  local  body  showed  their  confidence  in 
him  by  making  his  re-election  unanimous. 

Recording  Secretary  Ulysses  R.  Bailey  was  also  re-elected 
by  acclamation,  and  A.  E.  Mallard  was  the  unanimous  choice 
for  treasurer,  to  succeed  Emil  B.  Kolbe,  who  has  just  gone 
into  business  for  himself.  John  Webster  defeated  W.  H. 
Henderson  for  the  office  of  financial  secretary  after  an  unu- 
sually exciting  contest.  Three  or  four  members  sought  the 
place  and  several  ballots  were  necessary. 

Nearly  all  of  the  committee  chairmanships  were  contested. 
The  following  were  chosen,  each  chairman  to  select  his  own 
committeemen :  Executive,  Mark  D.  Mitshkun ;  entertain- 
ment, Benjamin  Goldberg ;  house,  Frank  Perrault ;  member- 
ship, George  A.  Mahlmesiter;  employment,  William  Maltos ; 
legal,  William  H.  Henderson. 

Wilbur  R.  Twiss  was  re-elected  first  vice-president  and 
J.  M.  Grazaedie  succeeds  Benjaniin  Goldberg  as  second  vice- 
president. 

Mr.  Kolbe,  the  retiring  treasurer,  who,  as  stated  in  a  recent 
article,  was  the  only  charter  member  actively  connected  with 
the  association,  has  purchased  the  drug  business  of  Martin  J. 
Schneider  at  Dix  and  Junction  avenues,  and  is  converting  it 
into  one  of  the  most  up-to-date  stores  on  the  West  Side. 
As  a  token  of  appreciation,  the  association  will  present  him 
with  a  framed  group  picture  of  the  officers  for  1908,  with  the 
signature  of  each  inscribed  thereon. 

Arrangements  were  made  for  the  association's  annual  ball 
January  28.  Handsome  souvenir  programs  have  been  ordered. 
The  association  is  considering  the  advisability  of  establishing 
a  free  employment  bureau. 


Plan  Sick  and  Death  Benefits  for  Drug  Clerks. 

New  Obleans,  Jan.  18. — That  new  life  has  been  taken  on 
by  the  Retail  Drug  Clerk's  Association  is  the  conviction  of 
members  who  attended  the  recent  annual  meeting.  Carrying 
out  his  announced  intenliou,  Secretary  H.  il.  Ricketts  pro- 
posed that  a  benevolent  feature  be  made  part  of  the  organic 
law  of  the  association,  and  it  was  decided  to  get  the  opinion  of 
the  members.  Accordingly  circulars  have  been  sent  out  out- 
lining the  proposed  plan  and  members  have  been  asked  to  sig- 
nify their  approval  or  disapproval  on  enclosed  postal  cards.  Al- 
ready Secretary  Ricketts  has  received  a  large  number  of 
replies  favorable  to  the  plan. 

The  plan  proposed  is  to  tax  the  members  50  cents  additional 
each  month  for  this  benefit  fund.  Each  member  incapacitated 
by  illness  will  receive  $5  a  week  as  long  as  he  is  ill,  and  a 
death  benefit  of  §100  is  to  be  paid. 

Nominations  were  made  for  officers  to  serve  during  1909 
and  the  election  and  inauguration  will  take  place  January  20. 
Following  the  business  meeting  on  that  evening  the  association 
will  give  its  annual  stag.  Arrangements  have  been  in  the 
hands  of  A.  Troxler,  chairman ;  W.  J.  Gagnet  and  M.  J. 
Paul,  and  it  will  be  the  social  affair  of  the  season,  so  far  as 
the  drug  clerks  are  concerned. 


Druggists  at  Clarksburg  Organize. 

Cl.^rksbubg,  W.  Va..  Jan.  IS. — At  a  meeting  held  at  the 
Waldo  Hotel  recently  retail  druggists  of  the  city  organized  the 
Clarksburg  Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  It  is  a  successor 
of  the  old  Harrison  County  Druggists'  Association  which 
flourished  here  several  years  ago.  The  objects  are  the  mutual 
betterment  of  their  trade  conditions  and  the  exchange  of  help- 
ful ideas  among  the  members. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows :  L.  T.  Mercer,  president ; 
L.  M.  Graves,  vice-president ;  C.  D.  Sturm,  secretary ;  A.  W. 
Tetrick.  treasurer;  F.  B.  Haymaker,  Orville  Harrison  and 
F.  H.  Burke,  executive  committeemen. 


Enjoyable  Event  at  the  Hotel  Plaza — Twenty-four  New 
Members  Join  the  Association. 

Boston,  Jan.  18. — The  second  annual  dinner  of  the  Travel- 
ing Men's  Auxiliary  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Plaza,  with  an 
attendance  of  nearly  one  hundred  and  fifty  members  and 
guests.  It  was  a  gloriously  successful  event  in  every  way. 
Guests  of  distinction  sat  at  the  head  table  and  the  members 
outdid  themselves  in  the  matter  of  attendance.  The  menu  was 
exceptionally  clever  and  was  so  designed  thai  instead  of  pass- 
ing away  with  the  dinner  it  will  be  of  use  throughout  the  year, 
because  the  title  page  was  arranged  with  a  calendar  pad  and 
a  piece  of  bright  blue  ribbon  to  hang  it  up,  and  the  inner 
pages  contained  information  of  a  character  that  will  be  of 
permanent  value. 

Invitations  had  been  extended  to  the  members  of  the  Slate 
boards  and  the  president  and  secretary  of  each  of  the  New 
England  State  associations,  but  only  those  from  Massachusetts 
found  it  possible  to  be  present.  C.  F.  Ripley,  I.  P.  Gammon 
and  Peter  J.  McCormick,  of  the  State  Board  of  Registration, 
attended,  and  C.  E.  Carter,  first  vice-president,  and  Thomas  B. 
Nichols,  treasurer  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Other  guests  included  Hon.  Allen  T.  Treadway,  president  of 
the  Massachusetts  Senate ;  Hon.  William  J.  Bullock,  mayor  of 
New  Bedford,  and  Hon.  John  N.  Cole,  former  Speaker  of  the 
Massachusetts  House  of  Representatives. 

T.  F;  Mullen,  president  of  the  auxiliary,  presided  during  the 
dinner  and  presented  George  H.  Johnson  as  toastmaster.  The 
occasion  was  not  made  one  of  seriousness,  but  one  of  jollifica- 
tion. The  speakers  refrained  from  propounding  heavy  themes, 
and  their  remarks  were  aimed  more  to  amuse  than  to  exhort. 

The  speeches  were  interspersed  with  music  by  a  male  quartet 
and  solos  by  Miss  Clara  Gateley,  soprano ;  Frederick  S.  Hall, 
tenor,  while  further  spice  was  contributed  by  the  fancy  dancing 
of  Miss  Floretta  Clark. 

At  the  business  meeting  preceding  the  dinner  twenty-four 
new  members  were  admitted,  making  the  total  membership 
two  hundred  and  fifteen. 


Drug  Clerks  Entertained  by  Manager. 
New  Obleans.  Jan.  18. — Manager  Albert  J.  LaPlace,  of 
the  American  Drug  Store,  was  the  host  at  a  stag  supper  and 
smoker  given  to  the  twenty  or  more  clerks  at  Mr.  LaPlace's 
resider.ce,  3708  Canal  street,  the  interior  of  which  was  deco- 
rated in  green  for  the  occasion.  Among  the  guests  was  Dr. 
R.  Sauvage,  proprietor  of  the  store,  and  at  the  supper  one  of 
the  most  enjoyable  speeches  made  was  by  Dr.  Sauvage.  Mr. 
LaPlace  was  toastmaster  and  every  guest  was  called  upon  for 
a  brief  speech.  The  supper  was  an  elaborate  one  and  toasts 
were  drunk  with  champagne.  Following  the  supper  there  was 
a  smoker  and  for  several  hours  the  guests,  feeling  much  at 
home,  enjoyed  a  general  relaxation.  G.  J.  Paquette,  W.  Primo, 
I'.  Ij.  Bacas.  H.  Marchand.  H  .M.  Ricketts,  Charles  DeBlois, 
Fred  Ameling,  Dr.  H.  Greft,  F.  Clark,  M.  Clark,  P.  O'Donnell, 
W.  A.  Posey,  J.  Prats,  H.  Gamotis,  T.  Armbruster,  A.  Auret- 
teg,  D.  LaPlace  and  G.  R.  H.  Sauvage  were  also  present. 


Paterson  (N.  J.)  Clerks  Seek  Shorter  Hours. 
Pateeson,  N.  J..  Jan.  18. — The  Paterson  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  at  its  last  meeting,  appointed  two  committees,  one  to 
present  tin-  ciuestiou  of  reducing  working  hours  of  drug  clerks 
to  the  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  the  other  to  consult  them 
personally.  The  committeemen  are  Malcolm  Braechlin,  O.  R. 
Gillette  and  Charles  R.  Garrabrant.  Resolutions  were  adopted 
to  communicate  with  Newark  drag  clerks  with  the  view  of 
instituting  a  branch  there.  Henry  Hannerberg  was  elected, 
and  Harry  C.  Post,  who  has  become  a  proprietor,  was  chosen 
an  honorary  member. 


Nathan  A.  Cozens  to  Leave  Betall  Trade. 
Philadelphia.  Jan.  18. — Nathan  A.  Cozens,  recording  sec- 
retary of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists, 
upon  the  advice  of  his  physician,  has  sold  his  store  and  after 
a  rest  of  a  month  or  two  expects  to  take  up  a  line  of  work 
which  will  be  less  confining.  He  had  recently  been  re-elected 
to  the  office  which  he  had  filled  so  efficiently  for  several  terms. 
Israel  Subin  is  the  purchaser  of  the  store. 


January  21,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


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GAS  BILL  COLLECTIONS  BY  DRUGGISTS. 


Larger  Commission  Not  Granted  in  Milwaukee  and  De- 
partment Stores  Apply  for  the  Privilege. 

Milwaukee.  Wis.,  Jan.  IS. — In  spite  of  the  recent  action 
of  the  Milwaukee  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  refusing  to 
act  as  collecting  agents  for  the  Milwaulsee  Gas  Company,  it  is 
hinted  that  a  large  number  of  individual  druggists  hare  re- 
newed their  contracts  with  the  gas  company  for  pay  stations, 
and  it  is  said  that  several  applications  have  been  received  by 
the  company  from  other  druggists  who  wish  to  collect  bills. 

Rather  than  accede  to  the  demands  of  the  druggists,  who 
are  asking  for  an  increase  in  the  collection  fee  from  1%  cents 
to  3  cents,  the  gas  company  is  making  arrangements  with  mer- 
chanls  in  various  lines  for  the  opening  of  new  pay  stations. 
Among  the  big  department  stores  of  the  city  which  are  apply- 
ing tor  agencies  is  that  of  Gimbel  Brothers.  Managers  of  the 
store  are  anxious  to  secure  an  agency,  believing  that  it  will 
be  a  great  convenience  to  the  trade.  Nothing  will  be 
charged  by  the  store  and  it  is  said  that 
this  policy  is  being  followed  by  the  other 
large  stores. 

The  fact  that  the  department  stores 
are  making  such  liberal  offers  to  the  gas 
company  is  not  at  all  pleasing  to  the 
Milwaukee  druggists,  who  hoped  to 
"bring  the  gas  company  to  time."  It  is 
now  a  foregone  conclusion  that  tlie  com- 
pany will  not  accede  to  the  demands 
which  the  druggists  believe  are  only  just. 

G.  H.  Kest3n,  committee  chairman  of 
the  druggists'  association,  has  issued  a 
statement  which  covers  the  situation  from 
the  druggists'  standpoint : 

"The  business  of  collecting  these  gas 
bills  has  grown  to  such  an  extent  that 
the  druggists  have  been  collecting  at  least 
8.5  per  cent  of  them.  We  told  the  gas 
company  that  we  would  be  glad  to  con- 
tinue tlie  work  if  they  would  allow  us 
3  cents  for  each  bill  collected,  and  then 
we  would  secure  special  help  and  keep 
the  work  separate.  Our  petition  was  not 
granted,  and  conse(ii-"»ntly  the  resigna- 
tions of  practically  all  of  the  druggists 
were  sent  in." 


New  Features  for  Quincy 


Pioneer  Pharmacy  Closed. 

Eltbia,  O.,  Jan.  IS.— N.  Parke  Woos- 
ter  has  leased  the  building  occupied  by 
him  as  a  drug  store,  to  the  Pilisner  Brew- 
ing Company,  of  Cleveland,  for  a  term  of 
three  years  with  the  privilege  of  a  simi- 
lar lease  at  the  expiration  of  the  first 
period.  The  site  has  been  occupied  by 
the  Wooster  drug  store  for  the  past  sixty 
years,  William  Wooster  having  opened  a 
drug  store  in  the  building  in  1S49,  he 
continuing  in  the  business  until  his  death 
a  few  years  ago  when  his  son,  N.  P. 
Wooster,  assumed  control.  Thus  the  old- 
est business  name  in  Elyria  will  terminate 
with  this  deal. 

The  Wooster  building  is  the  oldest  busi- 
ness site  in  this  city  and   nl    the  time  of 

the  senior  Wooster's  death  it  was  necessary  for  N.  P.  Wooster 
to  be  appointed  administrator  for  a  man  who  died  in  1823, 
in  order  that  a  clear  title  could  be  secured  to  the  property 
owing  to  an  old  mortgage  which  had  not  been  cancelled. 

At  that  time  it  was  discovered  that  the  property  was  de- 
scribed as  being  so  many  feet  east  of  the  creek  which  inter- 
sected West  Broad  street  at  a  point  near  the  old  mill  owned  by 
Garrett  Reublin,  it  being  a  continuation  of  the  creek  which 
ran  through  the  old  fair  grounds  and  emptied  into  the  west 
branch  of  the  river. 


first  vioe-presideut  of  the  Illinois  Phar- 
maceutical Travelers'  Association,  is 
one  of  the  best-liuowii*  drug  men  of 
Illiuois.  For  the  last  few  years  he  has 
carried  the  lines  of  Johnson  &  Johnson, 
chemists,  Chicago.  Mr.  Stout  has  al- 
ways been  active  in  association  affairs. 
He  was  chairman  of  the  Entertainment 
Committee  of  the  I.P.T.A.  at  the  1906 
and  190S  conventions  at  Peoria  and  dis- 
tinguished himself  by  the  excellent  pro- 
grams he  provided.  At  present  he  is 
busily  engaged  in  creating  interest  for 
the     1909     convention     and    intends 


make    tlie    featur 
past  ones. 


PURE  DRUG  LAW  RULES  FOR  KENTUCKY. 

Pure  Food  Commission  Organized  Under  State  Law 
Begins  the  Work  of  Enforcing  the  Statute, 
Lexington,  Ivy.,  Jan.  18. — Acting  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  enacted  at  the 
last  session  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Kentucky,  a  meeting  of 
the  Pure  Food  Commission  was  held  at  the  Kentucky  Experi- 
ment Station  recently  and  rules  and  regulations  were  formu- 
lated concerning  the  handling  and  sale  of  drugs  in  this  State. 
The  question  of  formulating  rules  regulating  the  sale  of  li(inors 
will  be  taken  up  by  the  commission  at  a  later  date. 

When  completed  the  rules  and  regulations  regarding  the 
sale  of  drugs  and  liquors  will  be  many  and  will  be  published 
in  pamphlet  form  and  each  druggist  and  liquor  dealer  through- 
out the  State  will  be  supplied  with  a  copy  for  reference.  In 
general  any  drug  preparation  that  conforms  to  the  standard 
of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  or  the  National  Formu- 
lary will  be  a  salable  product  by  the  druggist  without  fear  of 
prosecution  bv  the  commission. 

Drugs  which  do  not  conform  to  the  re- 
quirements of  the  dispensary  or  the  form- 
ulary will  be  considered  adulterated  and 
a  druggi.'it  found  guilty  of  selling  such 
drugs  will  be  prosecuted.  The  exact 
quantity  of  each  ingredient  of  the  mix- 
ture or  compound  must  be  indicated  by 
a  label. 

Tincture  of  opium  shall  be  considered 
of  the  standard  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacopceia.  If  of  less  strength  it 
must  be  labeled  "unofficial  tincture  of 
opium,"  with  the  strength  given  on  the 
label.  The  percentage  of  alcohol,  mor- 
phine, cocaine,  acetanilid,  and  like  com- 
pounds are  not  to  be  used  in  any  prepar- 
ation unless  the  amount  is  given  of  each 
ingredient  on  the  label.  The  only  excep- 
tions to  this  rule  are  the  prescriptions 
of  a  regular  practicing  physician  or  offi- 
cial preparations. 

Preparations  containing  substances  of 
an  unknown  quantity  which  are  now  on 
druggists'  shelves  for  sale  cannot  be  sold, 
under  penalty  of  prosecution,  until  the 
amounts  or  proportions  of  the  ingredients 
are  ascertained  from  the  manufacturer  or 
the  mixture  or  compound  submitted  to 
the  commission  for  anaylsis.  The  com- 
mission will  ask  the  druggists  to  conform 
to  the  law  as  to  labels  as  rapidly  as  pos- 
sible. 

A  drug  inspector  will  be  appointed 
within  a  few  days  and  the  work  of  mak- 
ing collections  of  drugs  throughout  the 
State  will  be  inaugurated.  The  samples 
will  be  analyzed  at  the  Kentucky  Experi- 
ment Station.  A  meeting  of  the  commis- 
sion will  be  held  monthly  until  the  drug- 
gists throughout  the  State  are  made  fa- 
miliar with  the  provisions  -  the  Pure 
Food  and  Drugs  Act. 

The  meeting  was  attended  by  the  fol- 
lowing persons  composing  the  commis- 
sion :  Dr.  M.  A.  Scovell,  director  of  the 
Kentucky  Experiment  Station  ;  Dr.  Harry  McCormick.  Bowl- 
ing Green,  representing  the  State  Medical  Society;  Dr.  J.  W. 
Gale.  Frankfort,  secretary  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. 


at    Quincy    eclipse 


trip 


Local  Option  Increases  Liquor  Sales. 
Cadillac,   Mich..   Jan.   11. — In   one   week   there   were   4.32 
drug   store   sales   of  liquor   in    Wexford   County — the   largest 
since  the  local  option  law  went  into  effect. 


Matrimonial  Mention. 

— Oscar  Lovell,  of  Tchula,  Miss.,  is  home  from 
Obion,  where  he  captured  a  fair  Tennessee  bride. 

— Floyd  J.  Biggs,  of  Princeton,  Ind..  and  bride,  nee  Miss 
Celeste  Prince  Downey,  are  enjoying  a  honeymoon  trip  to 
Cuba. 

— Miss  Mabtha  Vogeleb,  daughter  of  Alfred  Vogeler,  the 
wholesale  druggist  of  Cincinnati,  has  announced  her  engage- 
ment to  R.  P.  Strauss,  a  St.  Louis  business  man.  The  date 
has  not  been  made  known. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[January  21,  1909 


ASSAYS  AT  MEETING  OF  MANHATTAN  PH.A. 


Prof.    Diekman   and   Dr.    Wimmer   Present   Interesting 
Demonstrations — Health  Board  Chief  to  Speak. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion of  New  York,  held  last  Monday  evening  at  the  College 
of  Pharmacy,  the  members  and  a  number  of  students  were 
interestingly  and  instructiTely  entertained  by  Prof.  George  C. 
Diekman,  who  delivered  an  address  on  the  subject  "Pharma- 
copoeia! Assay  Methods.'"  In  his  introductory  remarks  Pro- 
fessor Diekman  stated  that  the  assays  as  presented  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia  were  intended  for  and  could  be  carried  out  by 
the  average  retail  pharmacist. 

Professor  Diekman  impressed  upon  those  present  the  sim- 
plicity of  both  the  work  and  apparatus  involved  in  performing 
an  assay,  the  largest  items  being  an  analytical  balance  and  a 
set  of  weights,  which  combined  cost  approximately  $45. 

Bigid  adherence  to  the  Pharmacopoeial  instructions  and 
specific  care  in  the  selection  of  reagents  were  advised,  and  in- 
stances were  cited  where  worthless  results  had  been  obtained 
in  important  assays  because  abbreviations  in  the  method  had 
been  attempted  and  disregard  shown  relative  to  temperatures 
and  other  points. 

"The  value  of  the  work  to  a  pharmacist  is  great,"  said 
Professor  Diekman,  "the  esteem  of  the  physician  is  secured 
and  any  trouble  experienced  in  getting  fairly  standard  drugs 
from  the  supply  house  would  soon  be  obviated,  if  assays  were 
made  at  intervals  and  rejections  made." 

Individual  assays,  illustrating  types,  were  demonstrated  by 
Professor  Diekman,  assisted  by  Dr.  Curt  P.  Wimmer.  Those 
carried  out  in  full  were  of  oil  of  thyme,  citrate  of  iron  and 
quinine,  pancreatin,  iodide  of  iron  (for  free  iodine),  mercurial 
ointment  and  extract  of  nux  vomica.  References  were  inade 
to  the  processes  employed  in  assaying  tincture  of  opium,  lin- 
seed meal  and  pepper.  Explanations  of  the  differences  in  the 
use  of  the  gravimetric  and  volumetric  methods  were  also 
made,  together  with  descriptions  of  various  extractive  ap- 
paratus. 

The  members  accorded  Professor  Diekman  and  Dr.  Wimmer 
a  rising  vote  of  thanks.  At  the  meeting  in  February  Hugh 
Craig  will  give  a  discourse  upon  "The  Value  of  the  Show 
Window  of  the  Retail  Druggist." 

It  was  announced  by  President  Arthur  C.  Searles  that  at 
either  the  April  or  March  meeting  Dr.  Thomas  Darlington, 
head  of  the  Department  of  Health  in  New  York  City,  would 
address  the  members  on  the  relations  existing  between  the 
pharmacists  and  his  department. 

Jacob  Diner,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  called 
attention  to  the  recent  reference  in  the  message  of  Governor 
Hughes  to  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  No  action  was 
taken,  but  Mr.  Diner  was  instructed  to  report  at  the  coming 
meeting,  with  recommendations,  if  any  could  be  formulated. 


BOSTON  A.R.D.  AND  A.PH.A.   GET  TOGETHER. 

Both  Elect  Officers  and  Plan  to  Meet  on  the  Same  Day, 
With  Dinner  Between  the  Meetings. 

Boston,  Jan.  18. — The  annual  meetings  of  the  B.A.R.D. 
and  the  New  England  section  of  the  A.Ph.A.  were  held  on  the 
same  day  recently  and  plans  were  projected  that  may  prove 
of  far-reaching  influence  in  the  history  of  both  organizations. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  B.A.R.D.  was  held  at  the  Mas- 
sachusetts College  of  Pharmacy  in  the  afternoon.  Officers 
were-  elected  as  follows :  Prof.  Elie  H.  LaPierre.  of  Cam- 
bridge, president :  William  H.  Doherty,  of  South  Boston, 
first  vice-president;  E.  T.  Harring,  of  Dorchester,  second 
vice-president ;  Charles  H.  Davis,  of  Dorchester,  secretary ; 
Lyman  W.  Griffin,  of  Allston,  treasurer.  The  executive  com- 
mittee consists  of  the  chairmen  of  the  several  locals,  and  is 
the  same  as  last  year.  Three  new  members  were  elected,  as 
follows:     J.  B.  Walsh,  L.  H.  Graves  and  J.   H.  Dorsey. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  New  England  section  of  the 
A.Ph.A.  was  preceded  by  a  dinner  at  the  Hotel  Plaza,  and  the 
association  entertained  as  guests  members  of  the  B.A.R.D. 
C  Herbert  Packard,  of  East  Boston,  the  president  of  the 
New  England  section,  presided.  Officers  were  elected  as  fol- 
lows :  C.  Herbert  Packard,  of  East  Boston,  president ;  Prof. 
James  Q'Hare,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  vice-president;  R.  Albro 
Newton,  of  Southboro,  Mass..  secretary  and  treasurer.  James 
F.  Finneran,  of  Boston,  was  made  chairman  of  the  committee 


on  professional  relations,  and  W.  H.  Glover,  of  Lawrence, 
ilass.,  chairman  of  the  cotnuiittee  on  membership.  President 
Packard  gave  a  talk  on  "Little  Helps  in  Drug  Stores." 

Then  the  chief  topic  of  the  meeting  was  taken  up,  that 
of  cultivating  closer  relations  with  the  members  of  the 
B.A.R.D.  and  of  making  the  stated  meetings  of  the  society 
of  more  interest  and  profit.  It  was  voted  to  have  monthly 
meetings  for  the  next  four  months  of  February,  March,  April 
and  May,  and  that  the  meetings  would  be  held  on  the  second 
Wednesday  evening  of  the  month,  the  same  day  as  those  of 
the  B.A.R.D.  A  committee  consisting  of  Professor  LaPierre, 
of  Cambridge ;  W.  H.  Doherty,  of  South  Boston,  and  C.  B. 
Wheeler,  of  Hudson,  was  appointed  to  confer  with  the  enter- 
tainment committee  of  the  B.A.R.D.  as  to  a  programme  for 
the  meetings.  The  plan  is  for  the  B.A.R.D.  to  meet  at  2  :30 
as  usual,  then  to  have  a  dinner  at  a  hotel  immediately  after 
the  meeting,  at  which  the  members  of  the  two  associations 
will  meet.  The  regular  meeting  of  the  A.Ph.A.  will  follow 
in  the  evening. 


REFEREE  BOARD  NOT  TO  BE  ABOLISHED. 


Change  of  Congressional  Sentiment  Reported  as  Due 
to  an  Explanation  Made  by  Secretary  Wilson. 

Washington,  Jan.  IS. — Since  the  announcement  was  made 
by  some  of  the  members  on  the  House  Committee  of  Agriculture 
that  the  Board  of  Referees  in  the  pure  food  and  drug  branch 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  was  to  be  abolished,  and 
that  this  proposed  elimination  of  the  Board  of  Referees  as 
a  check  to  Dr.  Wiley  was  to  be  accomplished  by  stipulating 
that  no  part  of  the  money  appropriated  for  the  department 
next  year  is  to  be  used  for  the  maintenance  of  the  board, 
a  decided  change  has  come  over  the  committee. 

This  change  was  brought  about  by  Secretary  Wilson  at  a 
hearing  a  few  days  since.  Secretary  Wilson  made  a  strong 
plea  for  the  retention  of  the  board.  He  pointed  out  that 
great  commercial  investments,  running  into  millions,  hinge 
for  success  or  failure,  upon  the  investigations  of  one  man, 
and  that  no  matter  how  efficient  or  conscientious  that  one 
man  may  be,  it  seemed  to  the  administration  too  grave  a 
responsibility  to  vest  in  a  single  person.  It  was  for  that 
reason,  he  said,  that  the  Board  of  Referees  had  been  created 
to  verify  or  revise  the  findings  of  the  Chief  Chemist,  in  im- 
portant questions  that  have  been  made  a  matter  of  dispute. 

According  to  members  of  the  committee.  Secretary  Wilson 
stated  that  the  Board  of  Referees  has  not  in  any  instance 
reversed  Dr.  Wiley's  decisions,  and  has  before  it  only  two 
important  appeals  from  Dr.  Wiley's  findings,  one  the  question 
of  the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  and  the  other  the  use  of  sul- 
phur by  fruit  packers.  The  board,  he  said,  is  conducting 
minute  investigations  into  these  two  subjects  at  the  present 
time,  and  has  not  yet  announced  its  findings. 

A  member  of  the  committee,  who  first  opposed  the  diversion 
of  §100,000  from  the  department's  funds  for  the  creation  and 
expenses  of  the  Board  of  Referees,  said  today  that  Secretarv 
Wilson's  testimony  before  the  committee  put  the  whole  matter 
in  a  different  aspect,  and  that  in  view  of  the  great  commer- 
cial investments  at  stake  in  the  pure  food  decisions  he  could 
not  well  see  how  the  administration  could  have  done  other- 
wise  than   create   an   appellate   body. 


Bills  Introduced  in  the  New  York  Legislature. 

AxB.vXY,  N.  Y'..  Jan.  18. — Assemblyman  Gluck  has  in- 
troduced in  the  Legislature  his  bill  which  failed  last  year 
providing  for  the  disclosure  to  the  State  Health  Commissioner 
of  the  ingredients  of  patent  medicines  and  printing  the  same 
on  the  labels. 

Senator  Cobb  has  introduced  a  bill  providing  for  printing 
on  containers  the  net  weight  or  measure  of  any  commodity 
intended  for  consumption  by  man  or  beast. 


Pharmacists  to  Confer  With  Gov.  Hughes  Today. 

A  notice  has  been  issued  by  Governor  Hughes  that  he  will 
give  a  hearing  to  the  pharmacists  relative  to  pharmacy  legis- 
lation at  the  Executive  Chamber  in  the  State  Capitol  at 
Albany  this  afternoon.  Several  members  from  the  Eastern  I 
Branch  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  have  announced 
their  intention  to  be  present.  The  chairmen  of  the  public 
health  committees  of  the  Senate  and  Assembly  will  also  be 
present. 


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DRUG  EXCHANGE  ELECTION  NEXT  TUESDAY. 


LIVELY  ELECTION  OF  THE  CHICAGO  R.D.A. 


Annual  Banquet  on  Thursday  Promises  to  Be  a  Greater 
Success  Than  Any  of  Its  Predecessors. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  IS. — The  next  events  of  importance  in 
local  drug  circles  are  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
Drug  Exchange  at  the  Bourse  on  January  26,  and  the  annual 
banquet  at  the  Hotel  Walton  on  January  2S.  The  committee 
on  nominations  has  submitted  the  following  ticket  which, 
although  other  nominations  can  be  made,  will  doubtless  be 
unanimously  elected:  President,  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller;  vice- 
president,  John  Ferguson ;  secretary,  William  Gulager ;  treas- 
urer. Edward  H.  Hance ;  directors,  Charles  E.  Hires.  Edward 
J.  Lavino,  Mahlon  N.  Kline.  Clayton  F.  Shoemaker.  Walter  V. 
Smith.  A  Robinson  Mcllvaine,  Adam  Pfromm  arid  Richard 
M.  Shoemaker.  Dr.  Miller  is  the  present  president  of  the 
exchange,  Mr.  Hance  is  serving  as  treasurer  and  Mr.  Gulager 
is  completing  his  twenty-third  consecutive  term  as  secretary. 
He  has  occupied  every  office  except  treasurer.  The  election 
and  the  annual  report  will  doubtless  be  the  features  of  the 
annual  meeting,  the  attendance  at  which  promises  to  be  large. 

The  committee  of  arrangements  for 
the  banquet  has  about  completed  its  work 
and  it  is  expected  that  this  event  will  be 
conspicuous  for  the  presence  of  men 
prominent  in  the  drug  and  other  lines  of 
business,  not  only  in  this  city  but  from 
other  places  as  well.  Each  member  has 
the  privilege  of  inviting  guests  and  al- 
ready the  committee  expect  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  persons,  nearly  twice 
the  membership  of  the  exchange.  Dr. 
Miller  will  act  as  toastmaster  and  the 
speakers  will  be  Judge  Carrow,  a  prom- 
inent justice  of  Camden  County,  X.  J. ; 
Franklin  Spencer  Edmunds  and  J.  Hec- 
tor McNeil,  prominent  young  attorneys, 
whose  ability  as  after-dinner  speak- 
ers has  made  their  presence  much  sought 
after,  and  Rev.  Joseph  Krauskopf.  who 
enjoys  a  national  reputation  for  his 
writings,  his  sermons  and  his  work  f'  r 
the  Jewish  church,  its  people  and  ! 
manity  in  general.  The  decorati -i 
menus  and  other  accessories  of  the  buu- 
quet  proper  promise  to  eclipse  the  efforts 
of  previous  years. 

William  Gulager,  the  veteran  secretary, 
is  convalescent  after  suffering  for  several 
days  from  the  effects  of  a  fall.  He  ex- 
pects to  be  able  to  attend  both  the  meet- 
ing and  the  banquet. 


Drug  Club  Again  Elects  Wm.  L.  Cliffe  President. 

Philadelphia.  Jan.  IS. — Reports  presented  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Drug  Club  Friday  evening  indicated  that  the 
affairs  of  the  organization,  thanks  to  the  sturdy  support  given 
the  club  by  e\ery  department  of  the  trade,  are  now  in  excellent 
condition  and  that  the  coming  year  will  be  a  most  successful 
one. 

When  it  became  known  that  President  William  L.  Cliffe 
had  acceded  to  the  requests  of  the  majority  of  the  membership 
that  he  allow  his  name  to  be  iised  for  the  head  of  the  ticket 
and  that  he  again  fill  the  office  of  president,  other  candidates 
gracefully  withdrew.  The  same  was  true  of  the  office  of  sec- 
retary, which  has  been  so  acceptably  and  efficiently  filled  by 
Frank  W.  Smith.  The  election  resulted  also  in  the  choice 
of  Charles  Rehfuss,  vice-president,  and  Lewis  H.  Davis, 
treasurer. 

The  board  of  governors  was  elected  as  follows :  Walter  V. 
Smith,  David  J.  Reese,  H.  A.  Nolte,  Adam  Pfromm,  C.  W. 
Haviland,  George  D.  Feidt.  Miers  Busch.  S.  B.  Davis.  E.  T. 
Hahn.  W.  A.  Johnson,  Charles  H.  LaWall,  E.  I.  Santee,  D.  J. 
McFerren.  Walter  P.  Miller  and  John  Jolley,  Jr.  Messrs. 
Smith,  Pfromm.  Haviland,  Feidt,  Busch,  Hahn,  Johnson, 
Miller  and  Jolley  are  members  of  the  old  board. 

Miers  Busch  announced  that  the  equipment  debt  of  nearly 
$10,000  of  a  year  ago  had  been  taken  care  of  and  that  the 
affairs  financially  were  in  very  good  condition.  An  innova- 
tion of  the  future  will  be  card  parties  for  ladies. 


Attorney-General  Asked  to  Investigate  Alliance  of  tlie 
Proprietary  Association  and  the  N.W.D.A. 

Chicago.  Jan.  IS. — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Re- 
tail Druggists'  Association,  held  in  King's  restaurant,  112 
Fifth  avenue,  Tuesday  evening,  was  important  and  busy. 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected,  important  measures 
put  through  and  after  the  members  enjoyed  a  very  elaborate 
buffet  lunch.  About  two  hundred  were  present  and  a  great 
deal  of  enthusiasm  was  shown  during  the  evening  for  the 
interests  of  the  association. 

There  was  one  stormy  period.  It  began  when  the  president 
announced  that  the  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  year 
would  take  place.  Once  or  twice  during  the  early  part  of  the 
evening  several  members  had  clashed.  While  one  was  proceeding 
to  make  a  nomination  J.  P.  Crowley  arose  and  moved  that  all 
visitors  and  also  members  whose  dues  were  not  paid  in  full 
should  be  excluded  from  the  election,  as  it  was  a  matter  with 
the  members  alone.  This  signified  that  something  was  brewing 
and  tin'  motion  carried,  with  one  exception  made  in  favor  of 
Thomas  S.  Potts,  secretary  of  the 
X.A.R.D. 

It  seemed  that  a  faction  of  another 
druggists'  association  in  Chicago  was 
making  a  fight  against  the  present  admin- 
istration through  the  association's  own 
members.  The  new  ticket  fought  hard 
and  only  gave  in  when  it  saw  the  strength 
of  the  first  ticket  was  enough  to  carry 
everything.  With  the  exception  of  a 
new  trustee  practically  no  change  was 
made  in  the  last  year's  staff  of  officers. 
The  meeting  was  in  session  until  1  o'clock 
in  the  morning,  but  the  lunch  at  the  end 
was  a  very  harmonious  affair.  This  was 
the  first  time  in  years  that  the  Chicago 
association  has  had  a  "hot  election." 

H.  P.  Sandkoetter  introduced  a  meas- 
ure favoring  the  changes  in  the  pharmacy 
law,  abolishing  the  registration  of  appren- 
tices and  increasing  the  requirements  for 
full  registration,  which  was  voted  unani- 
mously by  the  members.  It  was  resolved 
that  the  legislative  committee  of  the 
C.R.D.A.  be  instructed  to  work  with  the 
legislative  committee  of  the  L.P.A.  to  ob- 
tain these  changes,  and  further  that  each 
member  is  to  solicit  support  for  the  bill 
from  his  Representative  and  Senator. 

A  protest  was  unanimously  passed 
against  the  alliance  of  the  Proprietary 
Association  of  America  and  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  for  the  supposed  purpose  of 
confining  I  he  distribution  of  patent  medicines  to  the  members 
indicated  by  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association. 
The  measure  further  asks  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United 
States  to  investigate  the  status  of  the  existing  relation  between 
these  two  associations. 

J.  P.  Crowley  introduced  a  measure  asking  the  city  council 
to  investigate  the  loose  methods  of  dispensing  at  hospitals  and 
free  dispensaries  and  charitable  institutions. 

The  reports  of  the  various  committees  were  read  covering 
their  work  during  the  .year,  and  this  was  followed  by  the  elec- 
tion of  officers,  and  a  stormy  period  in  the  meeting.  The  fol- 
lowing officers  were  elected :  Sidney  C.  Yeomans,  president ; 
L.  P.  Larsen,  first  vice-president;  B.  A.  C.  Hoelzer,  second 
vice-president ;  Joseph  A.  Hottinger,  third  vice-president ; 
Isam  M.  Light,  secretary ;  C.  A.  Storer,  treasurer.  The  trus- 
tees elected  for  this  year  are :  J.  P.  Crowley,  A.  E.  Zuber, 
W.  H.  Krauskup,  J.  J.  Boehm,  E.  E.  Williams.  W.  H.  Brown, 
Joseph  Swanson,  T.  F.  Cannon  and  W.  H.  Armbrecht.  The 
only  changes  made  in  the  former  staff"  of  officers  was  that 
T.  F.  Cannon  succeeded  Joseph  A.  Hottinger  on  the  board  of 
trustees.  B.  A.  C.  Hoelzer  was  elected  second  vice-president 
and  was  succeeded  by  Mr.  Hottinger  as  third  vice-president. 

L.  P.  Larsen,  vice-president  of  the  association,  proposed  an 
amendment  to  the  by-laws  by  which  the  members  in  the  va- 
rious wards  are  to  meet  and  appoint  their  own  supervisors, 
a  function  which  was  formerly  exercised  by  the  president  of 


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the   association.      It    was   passed   by   the   required   two-thirds 
vote. 

An  address  by  Sidney  C.  Teomans,  president  of  the  associa- 
tion, was  a  feature  of  the  meeting.     In  part,  he  said : 

"The  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  this  year  enters 
upon  the  thirtieth  year  of  its  existence.  It  is  exceedingly 
gratifying  to  your  officers  to  be  able  to  acknowledge  their  ap- 
preciation of  the  splendid  support  accorded  them  during  the 
last  year.  It  is  this  'one  for  all  and  e11  for  one'  principle 
that  points  to  the  future  possibilities  that  lie  within  our  reach 
for  the  betterment  of  pharmacy,  and  it  is  this  grand  ideal  that 
lends  impulse  to  our  efforts  during  the  year  before  us  to 
higher  and  nobler  achievement. 

"During  the  past  year  many  knotty  problems  have  been  up 
for  solution,  at  times  we  were  almost  bewildered  with  the 
mass  of  work  which  confronted  us,  a  large  porliou  of  which 
called  for  prompt  dispatch.  The  story  of  the  protective 
features  of  our  work  is  an  interesting  one.  It  lends  force  to 
the  contention  of  last  year  that  it  should  be  made  a  prominent 
features  of  our  usefulness.  Some  forty-sis  cases  of  this 
nature  were  brought  to  our  attention,  and  we  emerge  from 
the  year's  work  with  the  proud  record  of  having  successfully 
defended  or  adjusted  every  one. 

"Many  of  these  cases  involved  large  sums  of  money  that 
would  play  a  great  hardship  upon  the  individual  druggist's 
pocketbook  and  reputation  had  they  come  to  trial.  When  the 
blackmailing  or  hold-up  man  awakened  to  the  fact  that  drug- 
gists have  the  powerful  backing  of  the  association  behind  them, 
he  'takes  to  the  woods.'  Probably  the  hardest-fought  case  in 
the  annals  of  pharmaceutical  damage  suits  was  the  now 
famous  oxalic  acid  case  in  which  the  druggist  was  charged 
with  giving  oxalic  acid  instead  of  boracid  acid.  This  des- 
perate case  was  fought  with  all  the  steam  three  successful  law- 
yers could  command.  It  had  the  characteristic  of  a  hold-up 
suit,  but  on  account  of  the  circumstances  surrounding  it  and 
the  death  of  a  child  it  placed  a  burden  on  the  defence  from 
which  only  the  rarest  tact  and  skill  could  emerge  with  success. 

"In  this  connection  I  wish  to  emphasize  the  peculiar  posi- 
tion the  druggist  is  placed  in  and  with  what  ease,  actions  of 
this  kind  can  be  trumped  up  against  him.  Any  package  pur- 
chased in  a  drug  store  can  be  refilled  after  it  leaves  the  store 
and  it  is  up  to  the  druggist  to  prove  and  convince  twelve  men 
that  the  customer  got  what  he  asked  for.  The  burden  of 
proof  is  against  the  druggist  usually  and  it  makes  a  hard 
case  to  fight. 

"In  the  course  of  the  past  year  Chicago  druggists  have 
steadily  adhered  to  the  pursuit  of  profitable  business  and  have 
shown  a  marked  tendency  to  dispense  with  unremunerative 
fields  of  endeavor.  The  theory  that  a  druggist  should  run  a 
kind  of  'public  comfort'  station  with  all  modern  conveniences, 
such  as  directory,  postage  stamps,  free  'phone,  night  calls,  mes- 
sage delivery,  express  packages,  money  orders,  etc.,  is  passing 
out  of  vogue  and  the  attention  of  the  pharmacist  is  being 
directed  to  new  fields  of  activity  that  are  more  in  keeping 
with  his  educational  attainments.  Price-cutting  is  becoming 
a  rare  exception,  and  year  by  year  higher  schedules  have  been 
put  into  effect  in  all  portions  of  the  city.  The  druggist  who 
would  accept  one  dollar  for  a  bottle  of  patent  medicine,  the 
contents  of  which  are  estimated  at  one-half  to  seven  cents,  and 
on  the  other  hand  halt  and  stammer  at  asking  a  fair  price  for 
his  own  makes,  or  non-secret  preparations,  is  sadly  in  need 
of  a  nerve  restorer  and  it  is  small  wonder  that  the  drug  busi- 
ness is  unprofitable  to  those  who  place  svich  small  value  upon 
their  own  services." 

President  Yeomans  said  that  the  profitable  field  to  cultivate 
for  this  year  will  be  how  to  increase  the  size  of  each  sale 
made  and  the  elimination  and  discourasment  of  the  use  of 
patent  medicines.  In  regard  to  the  U.S. P.  and  N.F.,  he  stated 
that  they  .ire  fast  Ijcoming  ibe  standards  in  E  writing  and 
a  better  understanding  between  the  physician  and  pharmacist 
is  the  result.  He  said  the  last  year  was  happily  devoid  of  any 
unfavorable  local  or  State  legislation  affecting  pharmacy. 

"The  last  anti-pharmaceutical  statesman  who  attempted  to 
put  one  over  us  at  our  expense  was  interred  in  the  political 
potter's  field  at  our  dictation,"  he  added.  The  president  was 
loudly  applauded  by  the  members. 

Dr.  Bernard  Fantus,  of  Evanston.  followed  with  an  address 
on  some  of  the  causes  for  poor  pharmacy  conditions  in  Chicago. 
He  stated  that  there  is  something  the  matter  with  pharmacy 
in  Chicago,  as  indicated  by  the  recent  closing  of  several  stores 
and  other  evidences  that  show  the  profession   i-i   ""i    ivliat  it 


should  be.  He  remarked  as  noticeable  that  the  corner  drug 
stores  in  Chicago  are  being  surplanted  by  Greek  fruit  stores 
and  the  drug  stores  are  moving  to  the  middle  of  the  block. 

"The  recent  failures  denote  a  mushroom  growth,"  said  Dr. 
Fantus.  "Too  many  stores  are  being  opened  and  it  seems 
the  standard  can  be  raised  in  every  direction.  The  standard 
of  education  should  be  raised.  It  is  evident  that  the  old- 
fashioned  pharmacist  is  passing  away  and  not  being  repro- 
duced, and  this  is  due  to  the  present  system  of  hours  and 
wages,  both  of  \vhich  should  be  remedied.  This  is  also  evident 
by  the  number  of  accidents  during  the  past  year;  but  this 
can  hardly  be  unexpected  when  the  working  days  are  so  long 
that  the  entire  reserve  force  of  the  druggist  is  expended  before 
the  day  is  through. 

"Again  the  medical  profession  does  not  support  the  drug- 
gist; but  the  fault  seems  to  be  on  both  sides.  For  one  thing 
there  are  fewer  prescriptions  written.  The  reason  for  the 
diminution  is  the  habit  of  the  physician  of  self-dispensing. 
This  is  full  of  danger  and  is  very  detrimental  to  the  best  med- 
ical practice,  for  the  doctor  usually  dispenses  that  which  he 
happens  to  have  and  fits  the  patient's  case  to  it.  The  physi- 
cian's dispensing  is  not  so  scientific  or  resourceful  as  that 
of  the  druggist.  When  the  druggist  is  doing  the  work  the 
doctor  will  prescribe  what  the  patient  really  needs,  no  matter 
what  amount  of  labor  or  thought  is  needed  for  its  preparation ; 
when,  if  he  is  doing  it  himself,  he  usually  takes  short  cuts  as 
he,  like  other  individuals,  often  falls  into  lazy  habits.  Also 
the  doctor  is  more  liable  to  make  mistakes  than  the  painstak- 
ing druggist,  as  he  is  usually  overworked  and  in  no  condition 
to  dispense. 

"Why  does  the  doctor  dispense?  Chiefly  because  others  do, 
especially  the  homeopaths,  but  ihey  are  dying  out  gradually 
The  doctor  is  compelled  to  compete  with  the  man  who  charges 
nothing  for  medicine.  The  views  and  relations  between  the 
druggist  and  doctor  need  to  be  clarified.  Some  times  the 
doctors  get  sore  because  the  druggists  unduly  favor  other 
doctors  by  doubtful  methods.  Another  reason  for  the  di- 
vergence between  the  doctor  and  the  druggist  is  the  fact  that 
the  latter  pushes  patent  medicines  while  the  physicians  have 
declared  war  against  them.  Of  course  it  is  natural  for  the 
druggist  to  want  to  sell  them  for  the  easy  profit.  This  is 
another  point  for  the  doctors  and  druggists  to  get  together 
upon  for  the  clarification  of  views. 

"The  free  hospital  and  medical  charities  is  one  of  the 
reasons  for  the  druggist  receiving  few  prescriptions.  People  go 
to  these  institutions  who  are  able  to  pay  for  their  medicine. 
Some  of  the  free  dispensaries  should  be  eliminated  and  the 
others  confined  altogether  to  medical  schools." 

Dr.  Fantus  believes  that  the  druggist's  scope  should  and  w-ill 
be  in  time  greatly  broadened.  He  thinks  the  druggist  should 
relieve  the  physician  of  making  microscopic  examinations  and 
it  would  be  a  great  stimulus  to  both  professions  if  the  drug- 
gist took  over  the  making  of  sterilized  goods  preparations,  and 
their  manufacture  be  not  confined  exclusively  to  the  manufac- 
turers. Sterile  dilutions  should  be  in  the  stock  of  all  druggists 
for  emergency  calls.  Dr.  Fantus  stated  that  while  there  was 
little  demand  for  the  druggists  to  have  these  preparations  on 
hand  now  there  will  be  in  time.  The  keynote  of  the  addv.  ~ 
was  that  the  druggist  and  physician  should  get  together  :i  I 
understand  each  other  for  the  best  interests  of  both. 


Druggists  Will  Comply  With  Excise  Law. 
Newark,  Ohio,  Jan.  18. — At  a  joint  session  held  recent  I  v 
by  committees  from  the  Licking  County  Medical  Society  ml 
the  Newark  Druggists'  Association  it  was  decided  that  hrr 
after  no  one  can  secure  alcohol,  whiskies,  brandies  or  auj 
other  intoxicating  liquors  from  druggists  unless  preseniinv; 
a  prescription  from  a  reputable  physician,  stating  that  it  is  i" 
be  used  for  medicinal  purposes  only. 


Heavy  Fine  for  Mailing  Illegal  Compound. 
Toledo.  Jan.  18. — Frank  G.  Sloane.  president  of  the  F.  G. 
Sloane    Company.    Sandusky,   Ohio,    was   fined   .$2CI00   in    the 
Federal  Court  last  week  on  his  plea  of  guilty  to  two  indict- 
ments for  sending  an  illegal  compound  through  the  mails. 


Bruen-Kitchey  and  Lilly  Teams  Bowl  Tonight. 
The  teams  of  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.  and  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.'s 
branch  of  New  York  City  will  bowl  the  third  in  the -series  of 
games  scheduled  for  the  season  this  evening  at  Luhrs'  Alleys. 


January  2],  1909]  THE     PHARJIACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


73 


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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Granted  January  12,   1909. 

909.300 — Wilhelm  Kollo.  Stuttgart,  Germany,  assignor  of 
one-third  to  William  Elworthy,  Sunnyside,  Wellington,  Somer- 
set, England  and  one-third  to  Christian  Heid,  Stuttgart,  Ger- 
many.   Apparatus  for  generating  ozone. 

909,380 — Paul  Ehrlich  and  Alfred  Bartbeim,  Frankfort-on- 
the-Main,  Germany,  assignors  to  Farbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lu- 
cius &  Briining,  Hochst-on-the-JIain,  Germany,  a  corporation 
of  Germany.     Arsenophenol. 

909,460 — Jacob  L.  Schrade,  New  York,  X.  Y.  Apparatus  for 
evaporating  liquids. 

909,527 — Henry  S.  Blackmore,  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y'.  Com- 
position for  antiseptic  and  other  purposes. 

909,53fi — George  F.  Brindley.  Niagara  Falls,  Ontario,  Can- 
ada, assignor  to  the  Roessler  &  Hasslacber  Chemical  Co.,  a 
corporation  of  New  York.  Composition  of  matter  for  generat- 
ing h.vdrogen. 

909,.541 — Jurgen  Callsen,  Elberfeld,  Germany,  assignor  to 
Farbeufabriken  vorm.  Fredr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld,  Germany, 
a  corporation  of  Germany.     Sanatol  ether. 

909..">78 — Antonio  Gaillard,  Barcelona,  Spain.  Apparatus 
for  making  sulphuric  acid. 

909.G23 — Ernest  J.  Lees,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  assignor  to  the 
Grant-Lee  Machine  Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  a  corporation 
of  Ohio.     Micrometer. 

909,627— Edith  W.  Locke.  Chicago,  111.     Therapeutic  lamp. 

909,703 — August  Stock.  Hochst-on-the-.ilain,  Germany,  as- 
signor to  Farbwerke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Briining.  liCichst- 
on-the-Main.  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany.  Ketone 
sulfoxylate  and  process  of  making  the  same. 

909.730 — Edward  L.  Arndt  and  Julius  I.  Marquart,  Beaver 
Dam.  Wis.     Bottle-washer. 

909.780 — Sigmond  Gardner,  Savannah,  Ga.,  assignor  of  one- 
fourth  to  Leopold  Adler  and  one-fourth  to  Harves'  Grange, 
Savannah,  Ga.     Non-refillable  bottle. 


Hadn't  Any  Mind, 
"I  never  lose  my  presence  of  mind,"  boasted  young  Softy. 
"No,  I  should  say  not.     It  is  very  obvious  that  you  don't," 
murmured  Miss  Caustique. 

'     Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cuts. 
Aathor  of  copyrichted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  I'alenls. 
a.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washingicri,  D.  C. 


Published  January   12,   1909. 

31,055 — Karl  Hermann,  Karlsbad.  Bohemia.  Class  6. 
Tooth  paste. 

33,002— Robert  H,  Williams,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  Class  6. 
Remedies  for  skin  diseases,  comprising  an  antiseptic  germicide 
disinfectant  and  a  healing  agent  in  liquid  and  ointment  form. 

33,938- Barclay  &  Barclay,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  A 
medicated  preparation  for  the  hair,  scalp  and  skin. 

33,975 — Henry  Kephart  &  Son,  Berrien  Springs,  Mich. 
Class  6.  A  croup  ointment  intended  to  be  used  for  the  relief 
and  mitigation  of  crop,  swellings,  sore  throat,  etc. 

3-l..^..Sl— Malz  &  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6.  A  remedy 
for  rheumatism. 

35.615 — Solomon  Marculescu,  New  York,  X.  Y.  Class  G.  A 
toilet  cream. 

35,849 — Christopher  Dennis  Griffin.  San  Marcos,  Tex. 
Class  6.    A  hair  tonic. 

35,905 — John  B.  Daniel,  Atlanta,  Ga.  Class  6.  A  remedy 
for  the  treatment  of  inflammation  of  the  kidneys,  brick-dust 
deposit,  catarrh  of  the  bladder,  diabetes,  dropsy,  gravel,  head- 
ache, dyspepsia,  incontinence  of  urine,  etc. 

37,707— Ernest  Bischoff,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Veter- 
inary remedies  for  treatment  of  splints,  spavin  and  galls. 

37,972— Selena  D..  Hall,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  Class  6. 
Remedies  for  coughs,  cankers  and  diphtheria. 

38,288 — The  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical  Co.,  New 
York,  N.  Y.     Class  6.     A  bleaching  fluid. 

38,336- The  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical  Co.,  New  York, 
X.  Y.     Class  6.     Washing  powder  having  bleaching  properties. 

38,iJSj — Samuel  Bernstein,  New  York.  N.  Y.  Cla.ss  6. 
Ironing  wax,  wash-blue  paper,  roach  powder,  and  bedbug  des- 
troyer. 

38.741 — Morris  Goldstein,  Chicago,  111.  Class  6.  Com, 
wart,  bunion,  callus  and  ingrown  toenail  paste. 

,'!S.777 — National  Toilet  Company,  Paris,  Tenn.  Class  6. 
Talcum  powder. 

38,84.5 — Joseph  J.  Bates,  Denver,  Colo.  Class  6.  A  tea 
for  coughs,  colds  and  tuberculosis. 

38,919— George  W.  Hurlebaus,  Washington,  D.  C.  Class  6. 
An  indigestion  and  dyspepsia  remedy. 

39,032— Alfonso  de  Paul.  Philadelphia.  Pa.  Class  6.  Skin 
cleansing  preparations. 


Genius  may  be  all  right,  but  it  takes  ninety-eight  per  cent 
of  hustle  back  of  two  per  cent    of  genius  to  reach  business. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  21,  1909 


Gang    of    Drug    Trade     Swindlers    With 
Ramifications  in  New  York. 


{Continued  from  Page  67  of   This  Issue.) 

letter  heads,  on  which  the  date  was  corrected  to  "June  30. 
1006." 

Cronin's  operations  were  '"xfensive  and  the  lessor  of  the 
building  states  that  on  the  average  ten  persons  a  day  have 
inquired  for  Cronin.  wanting  mone.v.  One  firm  in  Connec- 
ticut displayed  a  bill  amounting  to  $150  for  bottles,  and 
another  from  the  same  State  $25  for  shipping  tags.  A  Massa- 
chusetts firm  has  a  bill  for  $57  for  medicine.  Cronin  had 
several  assistants  and  claimed  telephone  connection  on  his 
stationery,  but  had  none.  Notices  regarding  his  business 
methods  appeared  in  the  Era  under  dates  of  July  2,  190S, 
and  July  23,  190S. 

The  trade  is  also  warned  in  connection  with  a  party  known 
as  W.  C.  Koehler,  332  West  Fifty-ninth  street.  New  Yorls. 
The  method  employed  by  this  concern  is  to  mail  an  order 
enclosing  check.  An  instance  is  known  where  this  concern 
ordered  five  gross  of  a  preparation  and  enclosed  check  for 
$109.S9.  Upon  inquiry  by  telegraph  the  reply  from  the  bank 
was  "no  account." 

The  London  Trading  Company,  located  in  Attorney  street, 
New  York,  number  of  address  unknown,  is  also  a  concern  of 
mysterious  operations.  As  far  as  can  be  ascertained  this 
company  is  a  source  of  supply  to  retail  cutters  in  Connecticut. 

Sam  Koller,  "Commission  Broker  and  Dealer  in  Drugs," 
of  757  Broadway,  New  York,  is  another  individual  who  is 
also  diffident  about  dispensing  cash  when  his  rush  orders  are 
held  subject  to  funds  before  delivery.  Parties  in  this  city 
held  one  of  his  orders  for  three  weeks,  but  their  request  that 
he  show  some  of  his  money  to  secure  attention  has  not 
yet  been  complied  with. 


FOR  PERMANENT  TARIFF  REVISION. 

Convention  of  Representatives  of  Commercial  Bodies 
to  Consider  It  at  Indianapolis. 

A  call  for  a  National  Tariff  Commission,  to  be  held  at 
Indianapolis  on  February  16,  17  and  IS,  has  been  issued  by  a 
number  of  national  commercial  organizations,  board  of  trade, 
etc.,  acting  in  response  to  requests  from  all  sections  of  the 
country.  The  purpose  of  the  convention  will  be  to  give  imme- 
diate and  adequate  expression  for  the  creation  of  a  permanent, 
non-partisan,  semi-judicial  tariff  commission,  which  shall  col- 
lect and  study  commercial  and  industrial  facts  in  this  and 
other  countries  pertinent  to  the  tariff  question  for  the  informa- 
tion and  use  of  Congress.  The  convention  will  be  held  in  Tom- 
Iinson_  Hall,  the  largest  auditorium  in  the  city. 

Henry  Riesenberg,  of  Indianapolis,  president  of  the  Lemarc 
Pharmaceutical  Company,  of  New  York,  will  be  chairman  of 
the  convention.  Mr.  Riesenberg  is  also  vice-president  of  the 
National  Harbors  and  Rivers  Congress.  Albert  Plant,  of 
Lehn  &  Fink,  has  been  appointed  to  represent  the  Merchants' 
Association  of  New  York. 

William  J.  Mooney,  president  of  the  Mooney-Mueller  Drug 
Company,  of  Indianapolis,  is  on  the  reception  committee,  and 
John  N.  Carey,  of  the  Daniel  Stewart  Company,  also  of  In- 
dianapolis, is  on  the  committee  on  finance. 


Denatured  Alcohol  From  Porto  Rico  is  Taxable. 
Washington,  Jan.  18. — Commissioners  Capers,  in  answer 
to  a  letter  asking  about  the  manufacture  and  exportation  to 
the  United  States  of  denatured  alcohol  produced  in  Porto  Rico, 
has  written  that  the  law  authorizing  the  withdrawal  of  dis- 
tilled spirits  from  bonded  warehouses  free  of  tax  for  denatur- 
ation  in  the  United  States  does  not  apply  to  Porto  Rico,  and 
that  importations  of  denatured  alcohol  from  Porto  Rico  would 
be  subject  to  the  same  tax  as  the  alcohol  not  denatured. 


Only  One  All-Niglit  Drug  Store  in  New  Orleans. 
New  Orleans,  Jan.  IS. — Beginning  January  1  this  city  has 
had  to  be  content  with  one  all-night  drug  store.  For  many 
years  May's,  Cusach's  and  Williams'  Pharmacy  have  kept  open 
all  night,  but  for  two  of  them  business  proved  unprofitable,  and 
first  May's  and  then  Cusach's  discontinued  the  all-night 
practice,  leaving  Williams'  Pharmacy  the  only  one  in  the  city. 


London  Drug  Market 


London,  Jan.  9. — Bu.siuess  in  the  drug  and  chemical  market 
has  not,  as  yet,  commenced  in  real  earnest,  but  there  is  a  good 
undercurrent  of  inquiry  which  will  probably  result  in  a  fair 
amount  of  business.  As  regards  drugs,  buyers  naturally  prefer 
to  wait  until  the  public  sales  are  resumed  next  week.  The 
general  opinion  is  that  business  will  improve  in  the  near 
future  in  spite  of  the  depressing  circumstances  that  official 
records  show  that  we  have  been  passing  through  twelve 
months  of  bad  trade.  The  Board  of  Trade  returns  which  have 
just  been  issued  show  that  during  last  year  the  value  of  goods 
imported  into  the  United  Kingdom  was  $263,000,000  less  than 
the  previous  year,  while  the  value  of  our  exports  decreased 
by  more  than  $300,000,000.  As  to  the  articles  classed  as 
"chemicals,  drugs,  dyes  and  colors,"  the  value  of  the  imports 
of  these  decreased  by  over  $7,000,000  and  the  value  of  our 
exports  by  $3,500,000. 

Messina  products  have  continued  to  advance  in  price  but 
buyers  are  cautious  and  are  restricting  their  purchases  to 
immediate  requirements.  Business  has  been  done  in  Essence 
of  Lemon  at  12s.  6d.  per  pound,  which  is  fully  four  times  the 
price  ruling  before  the  earthquake,  and  the  normal  quotation 
is  0%-er  15s.  It  is  highly  probable  that  prices  will  recede  in  the 
near  future.  Oil  of  Bergamot  is  very  scarce  on  the  spot  and 
a  small  business  has  been  done  at  42s.  6d.  per  pound,  or  about 
three  times  the  value  prior  to  the  disaster.  Citric  acid  is  not 
quoted  by  English  manufacturers  in  view  of  the  uncertainty 
as  to  raw  material,  but  buyers  would  probably  have  to  pay  Is. 
lOd.  to  2s.  per  pound.  Citric  Acid  of  foreign  make  is  worth 
Is.  8d.  per  pound  at  which  price  business  has  been  done,  while 
early  in  the  week  twenty-five  tons  were  sold  for  shipment  to 
the  United  States  at  Is.  7d.  per  pound.  Citrates  have  also 
been  advanced  in  price  by  the  makers.  Potassium  Citrate  being 
quoted  Is.   8d.  per  pound. 

The  Iodine  Preparations  Combination  have  rearranged  their 
scale  of  prices,  and  while  the  quotations  for  small  quantities 
of  the  potassium  salt  has  been  advanced  3d.  per  pound,  makers 
will  now  send  one  cwt.  lots  carriage  paid  instead  of  two 
cwt.  lots  as  formerly.  Glycerin  continues  very  firm  without 
quotable  change  in  price.  Opium  is  very  firm  market  with 
a  hardening  tendency  ;  Morphine  and  Codeine  are  also  very 
firm.  American  Peppermint  Oil  is  steady  with  a  small  busi- 
ness in  Wayne  County  tin  oil  at  6s.  3d.  per  pound. 

Camphor  is  quiet,  2%  pound  Japanese  slabs  being  quoted 
Is.  6d.  per  pound.  Ethers  made  from  rectified  spirit  have 
advanced  Id.  per  pound,  as  also  have  spirituous  preparations, 
Japan  wax  is  steady  at  54s.  per  cwt.  for  good  squares. 


A.D.S.  WILL  MANUFACTURE  ITS  OWN  PLASTERS. 


New    Company,    Organized   by   Mr.    Goddard,    Will   Be 
Separate  From  Syndicate,  But  Auxiliary  to   It. 

If  the  plans  of  C.  H.  Goddard,  secretary  and  general  man- 
ager of  the  American  Druggists'  Syndicate,  materializes  there 
will  soon  enter  the  manufacturing  field  a  new  co-operative 
concern  to  be  known  as  the  Aseptic  Products  Company, 
which  will  be  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  New  York  with 
a  capital  stock  of  not  less  than  $200,000.  The  company  will 
engage  in  the  manufacture  of  plasters,  surgical  dressings 
and  suspensories,  etc.  According  to  Mr.  Goddard,  $50,0()0 
of  the  capital  will  be  represented  by  preferred  stock  with  a 
par  value  of  $10  per  share.  The  stock  will  draw  7  per  cent 
interest  from  date  of  issue  and  every  member  of  the  A.D.S. 
is  asked  to  take  at  least  one  share  and  as  many  more  as 
he  wishes  up  to  twenty  shares.  Mr.  Goddard  agrees  to  sub- 
scribe $1000  of  the  stock  as  a  starter,  and  Mr.  Luft,  the 
A.D.S.  treasurer,  will  follow  with  an  equal  amount. 

Mr.  Goddard  expects  to  have  the  new  plant  in  operation 
before  March  15,  and  he  has  already  engaged  the  services  of 
an  expert  plaster  maker,  as  well  as  a  superintendent  to  man- 
age the  venture.  The  plaster  manufacturing  enterprise  will 
be  kept  separate  and  distinct  from  the  A.D.S.  business,  but 
the  output  will  be  distributed  b,y  the  A.D.S.,  it  is  claimed, 
without  comparatively  any  selling  expense.  Mr.  Goddard 
estimates  an  aggregate  output  for  the  new  compan.v  of  at 
least  $2.50,000  the  first  year.  By  making  its  own  plasters  the 
A.D.S.  will  not  have  to  depend  upon  outside  plaster  makers. 


January  21,  1909] 


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BUSINESS   RECORD 


Changes  in   Cwnersliip,   New   Drug   Stores,    Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Supplement  to  The  Era  Druggists'  Directory. 


ALABAMA— Ax.NiSTOX— J.  R.  Taylor.  530  West  Fifteenth 
street,  has  been  succeeded  by  Scarbrough  &  Moore ;  style 
of  firm  to  he  Model  Drug  Store. 

FLOBAI.A — Charles  Roehlig  has  opened  a  new  drug  store 
here.  Mr.  Roehlig"s  stock  in  Hartford  has  been  bought  by 
Feagin  Drug  Company  and  moved  to  Georgiana. 
ARIZONA — BiSBEE — Hunter  Drug  Company  :  out  of  business. 
COLORADO— FoBT  Mobgax — The  Nickson  Drug  Company, 
incorporated ;  style  of  firm  to  be  Fort  Morgan  Drug  Com- 
pany. 

OcRAT — W.  W.  Rowan :  store  destroyed  by  fire ;  loss,  56000. 
COXNECTICtT— Haktfobd — Rapelye   Drug   Company,   for- 
merly at  S53  Main  street,  is  now  located  at  377  Asylum 
street. 

New  Bbitaix — William  C.  Hilliard,  255  Main  street;  out 
of  business. 
FLORIDA — Jacksonville — Everett  Pharmacy  is  the  style 
of  the  new  drug  store  opened  at  229  West  Bay  street ; 
J.  A.  Conorer.  manager. 
ILLINOIS — Chatswoeth — J.  F.  Sullivan,  it  is  reported,  has 
been  succeeded  by  William  Quinn. 

Gaiesbubg — J.  H.  Baird,  who  has  been  in  temporary  quar- 
ters in  South  Seminary  street  since  he  was  burned  out, 
has  moved  back  to  his  old  stand  at  the  corner  of  Main 
and  Seminary  streets. 

Lawbenceville — The  Fancher-Townsley  Gott  Drug  Com- 
pany, incorporated  to  do  a  wholesale  and  retail  drug  busi- 
ness ;  capital  stock,  §25,000. 

Macomb^J.  H.  Baker  has  been  succeeded  by  Arthur 
Dougherty. 

Sterling — Perry    &    Perry    have    disssolved    partnership ; 
George  P.  Perry  will  continue  the  business  alone. 
INDIAN.V — Osgood — Sam  il.   Smith  has  been  succeeded  by 

Charles  Bowlin. 
IOWA — Chaeles  City — Treat  &  Peterson,  proprietors  of  the 
Corner  Drug  Store,  it  is  reported,  have  dissolved  partner- 
ship :  E.  A.  Peterson  will  hereafter  conduct  the  business 
alone. 

Nevada — A.  V.  Graves  &  Co.,  it  is  reported,  has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  Pembleton  Brothers. 

Salem — W.  A.  Poole,  it  is  reported,  has  been  succeeded  by 
E.  D.  Julius. 

Toledo — Stiger  &  Grossman ;  firm  dissolved ;  W.  P.  Cross- 
man  will  be  the  style  of  firm  to  continue  the  business. 
KANSAS — BuBLiXGTOX — W.    C.    Sears   has   incorporated   as 
the  W.  W.  Drug  Company:  capital  stock,  §.5000. 

Cawkeb  Citt — P.   H.   Klinkenberg  has  been  succeeded  by 
B.  H.  Hockett. 
KENTUCKY— Butler— W.    C.    Huddleston    has    been    suc- 
ceeded by  Emil  Nehring. 
LOUISIANA— Batox    Rouge— H.    R.    Stroube,    Third    and 
Florida  streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  Van  A.  Woods. 

Monboe — E.  B.  Starsney  has  been  succeeded  by  S.  A. 
Allen. 

MoxTGOiiEBT — Dr.  J.  L.  Woodall ;  store  damaged  bv  fire. 
MASSACHUSETTS— Boston— JIcGarry     &     Mellody,     437 
Columbus  avenue,  have  dissolved  partnership ;   Frank  J. 
McGarry  will  continue  the  business. 

Chelsea^^.  W.  Freeman,  whose  store  was  destroyed  by 
fire,  has  reopened  in  Bellingham  square. 

Mablbobo — .Joseph  A.  Precourt.  134A  West  Main  street, 
it  is  reported,  has  been  succeeded  by  Michael  Blanchette. 

Palmer — Fred.  C.  Lovis  is  the  new  proprietor  of  the 
Quimby  Pharmacy. 

Springfield — E.  A.  Sunter  Drug  Company,  Chestnut  and 
Carew  streets,  it  is  reported,  have  dissolved  partnership 
and  A.  E.  Sunter  will  continue  the  business  alone. 


MICHIGAN — Spbixgpobt — H.   C.    Blair   has   opened   a   new 

druc  store  here. 
MINNESOTA— St.    Paul— Bodin-Sundberg   Drug   Company, 

incorporated :  capital  stock,  §25,000. 
MISSOURI — Leonard — Frank  Smith  has  been  succeeded  by 
Lon  Smith  &  Co. 
Springfield — R.    M.    Fink,    Olive    and    Boonville    streets ; 
store  destrovid  by  fire. 
NEBRASKA — Lesheaba — W.  A.  Lewis,  it  is  reported,  will 
reopen    the    drug   store    here   formerly    owned    by   O.    S. 
Strain. 
NEW  JERSEY — Newabk — William  B.  Riker  Sons  Company 
will  open  a  new  drug  store  corner  of  Broad  and  Clinton 
streets. 
NEW     YORK— Bboadalbin— Bradford     &     Dickinson     and 
Finch    &    Lee   have   combined   their   stocks   and    will    be 
known  hereafter  as  Broadalbin  Drug  Company. 
New  Tobk  City — D.  A.  Cassella,  M.D.,  has  opened  a  new 
drug  store  at  63  Catherine  street. — Sweeze  &  Rosenthal, 
736  Home  street,  have  been  succeeded  by  Handt's  Phar- 
macy. 
Sybacuse — John   H.   Price   Company,   incorporated,   is   the 
style  of  the  new  drug  store  at  517  Grape  street. 
NORTH    CAROLINA — Reidsmlle— L.    L.    Sapp    has    been 

succeeded  by  the  Gardner  Drug  Company. 
NORTH  DAKOTA — Bowman— Bowman  Drug  Company,  in- 
corporated ;  capital  stock,  §10,000, 
OHIO — Bbidgepoet — J.    C.    Dent,    it    is    reported,    has   been 
succeeded  by  Selby  &  Reed. 
East  Livebpool — Dr.  A.  Turk  will  open  a  new  drug  store 

in  the  Rauh  block. 
New    M.\dison — Hageman    &    Hageman,    whose   store   was 
recently  destroyed  by  fire,  have  opened  a  new  store. 
PENNSYLVANIA— Chester — Bomberger    &    Dwyer    is    the 
style  of  the  new  pharmacy  at  2726  West  Third  street. 
Philadelphia — Harry    M.    Campbell.    3620    North    Nine- 
teenth  street,   deceased,      W,    S.   Gieger   has   bought   the 
stock  and  will  continue  at  the  old  stand. — Soren  Phar- 
macy.  S.  Wohlgemuth,  proprietor.   Eighteenth  and   Reed 
streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  E,  M.  Hartung. 
Pittsburg — J.   S.   McGrath  has  moved  his  stock  of  drugs 

from  220  Brushton  avenue  to  20S  Brushton  avenue, 
Scbanton — David   M.   Jones.  512   South   Main   street,   has 
been  succeeded  by  Martin  J.  Lawless. 
TEXAS— El  Paso — Orndorfe  Drug  Store,  300  Mesa  avenue, 
has  been  succeeded  by  Knoblauch  Drug  Company, 
MotlLTON — A.  F.  Kotzebue ;  store  slightly  damaged  by  fire. 
NoBMANA — L.  C.  Smith :  store  destroyed  by  fire. 
Port    Abthub — E.    L.    Rothrock    has    been    succeeded    by 

M.  A.  Hart, 
Smtthville — Powell,  Jones  &  McGlade,  it  is  reported,  have 

opened  a  new  drug  store  here, 
Wylie — J.  F,  Butler ;  store  destroyed  by  fire. 
VIRGINIA — LoviNGSTON — Lovingston    Drug    Company,    in- 
corporated, is  the  style  «of  the  new  drug  store  here. 


Dangerous  Fire  in  Jersey  City. 
Jebset  City,  Jan.  IS. — Owing  to  the  explosive  nature  of 
the  drugs  and  articles  of  stock,  the  members  of  the  fire  com- 
panies were  compelled  to  cautiously  fight  a  fire  which  did 
§1500  damage  in  the  pharmacy  owned  by  G,  SchofEens,  250 
Washington  street,  last  week.  The  firemen  succeeded  in 
preventing  the  flames  from  communicating  with  apartments 
above  the  drug  store,  which  are  occupied  by  two  families.  The 
cause  was  not  discovered. 


Brookl3m  Pharmacists  Elect  Officers. 
At  a  meeting  of  the  Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Society  held 
recently  in  Abendroth's  Hall,  Bushwick,  the  following  officers 
were  elected  :  Otto  Dieckman,  president :  Thomas  Lamb,  vice- 
president  ;  Robert  Medl.  second  vice-president ;  L.  J.  Cohen, 
secretary,  and  Walter  Schneider,  treasurer.  The  directors 
are :  Charles  Heimerzheim,  Carl  Mittenzweig.  Otto  Wicke 
was  reappointed  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee. 


Wholesale  Drug  Company  Incorporated. 
Indianapolis.    Jan.    IS. — The    Daniel    Stewart    Company, 
wholesale  dealers  in  drugs,  has  been  incorporated  with  a  cap- 
ital stock  of  §250,000,  by  William  Scott,  Martin  S.  Scott  and 
Charlotte  S.  Scott. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  21,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


GOOD  CONDITIONS  PREVAIL  IN  MARKET. 


Business  of  Satisfactory  Volume,  With.  More  in  Sight, 
Prices  Firm  With  Upward  Tendency. 

New  Xork,  Jan.  18. — Business  in  drugs  and  chemicals  lias 
been  of  a  satisfactory  volume,  and  a  good  jobbing  movement 
of  seasonable  articles  into  channels  of  consumption  is  reported 
by  dealers.  Statements  are  also  being  made  that  there  is 
more  business  in  sight  than  there  has  been  of  late.  The  mar- 
ket has  continued  to  hold  very  firm,  and  the  scarcity  of  some 
articles  has  caused  a  rapid  advance  and  made  transactions 
diflBcult.  On  the  average,  however,  there  have  been  no  radical 
changes,  but  the  tendency  of  prices  has  been  upward.  Opium 
is  very  firm,  but  there  is  no  demand,  the  market  having  a 
very  quiet  appearance.  Sulphate  of  quinine  is  in  better  de- 
mand, but  without  change  in  value.  Norwegian  cod  liver  oil 
is  much  more  active,  with  the  prices  tending  upward.  The 
Messina  oils,  such  as  hergamot,  lemon  and  orange,  are  still 
advancing.  Olive  oil  is  getting  very  scarce  and  the  market 
is  almost  bare  of  good  non-edible  quality.  Menthol  is  doing 
better  and  higher  prices  may  be  looked  for.  Calabria  varie- 
ties of  licorice  may  be  affected  by  the  disaster  in  Italy,  and 
the  Corigliano  brand  is  in  very  light  supply  here,  prices  for 
all  sizes  having  advanced  2c.  per  pound.  Importers  have 
had  no  information  from  the  manufacturers  of  the  latter 
brand,  but  communications  have  been  sent  to  the  Duke  of 
Corigliano,  who  controls  the  article,  to  ascertain  if  the  supply 
is  likely  to  be  interrupted  for  some  time  to  come. 

Opium. — The  market  continues  firm  with  rather  more  in- 
quiry from  the  consuming  trade,  but  there  is  no  quotable 
change  in  \-aIues.  Natural  is  held  at  ?4.60@|4.85,  granulated 
at  $5.60@$.5.85,  U.S.P.  powdered  at  $5.60@$5.85,  all  per 
pound,  as  to  quantity  and  seller,  and  efforts  to  shade  the  in- 
side figure  have  been  unsuccessful.  There  is  a  hardening 
tendency  in  the  primary  markets  and  higher  prices  are  an- 
ticipated by  holders  who  are  not  free  sellers  in  the  present 
market.  Total  sales  of  85  cases  for  various  destinations  have 
been  reported.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  week  ending 
December  25  amount  to  1967  cases,  as  against  1321  cases 
for  the  same  period  last  year.  The  total  arrivals,  reported  by 
cable,  to  January  15,  amount  to  1990  cases. 

QmNiNE  SuiPHATE. — There  is  nothing  in  the  way  of  new 
features  with  which  to  supplement  previous  reports  concern- 
ing the  market  for  the  past  week.  The  demand  has  been 
somewhat  better  since  the  passing  of  the  middle  of  the  month, 
but  the  business  is  wholly  routine.  Prices  maintained  are  as 
follows :  100-oz.  tins,  oz.,  16@17c. ;  5-oz.  tins,  oz.,  19@20e. ; 
1-oz.  vials.  24@26c. 

Cubic  Acid. — The  demand  continues  very  active  and  manu- 
facturers are  so  hard  pressed  that  they  are  unable  to  make 
deliveries  with  any  degree  of  promptness ;  and  while  they 
have  not  made  any  change  in  their  prices,  the.v  will  not 
accept  any  orders  at  the  quoted  prices  nor  make  any  contracts. 
The  outside  market  is  about  55c.  for  barrels,  but  with  little 
obtainable  for  immediate  delivery  at  that  price.  A  sale  of  a 
lot  consisting  of  10  barrels  at  51c.  per  pound  has  been  re- 
ported. Cables  from  London  report  big  advances  with  the 
tendency  still  upward  and  a  general  active  demand. 

Messina  Oils. — The  market  for  Messina  essences  and 
Sicilian  oils,  like  bergamot,  lemon  and  orange,  is  so  unsettled 
that  it  is  difficult  to  give  quotations  that  are  reliable.  Lemon 
is  held  now  at  $3.75@$4.50.  bergamot  at  $11.00@$13.00 ; 
orange  at  $4.00@.?5.50,  all  depending  upon  Holder  and  for 
moderate  quantities  only.  The  trade  continues  to  maintain 
firm  views  on  the  situation  and  expects  to  see  much  higher 
prices.  Several  holders  have  been  forced  to  reduce  their  first 
quotations  to  customers  holding  their  contracts,  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  contracts  contained  no  contingency  clause  bearing 
on  the  situation. 

Menthol. — There  is  a  better  demand  for  thir  article,  with 
inquiries  for  large  lots  which  are  not  obtainable  at  the  present 
market  price  for  single  cases,  which  are  now  held  at  $2.25@ 
$2.35.     The  market  is  very  firm  under  the  influence  of  higher 


prices  abroad,  and  if  the  present  demand  continues  higher 
prices  will  no  doubt  prevail. 

NoBWEGiAN  Cop  LivEE  OiL. — Demand  is  increasing  owing 
to  more  seasonable  weather,  and  an  active  market  is  looked 
for  during  the  next  three  or  four  months.  Stronger  cables 
from  Norway  has  made  the  cost  to  lay  down  the  oil  $22.00 
per  barrel.  The  market  here  has  not  advanced,  prices  still 
ranging,  in  large  quantities,  from  $21.00@ .$2.5.00,  as  to  brand 
and  quantity.  Cables  recently  received,  however,  will  no 
doubt  influence  the  price,  as  on  the  14th  instant  the  equiva- 
lent reported  on  sales  for  shipment  was  $21.50  with  further 
parcels  held  at  $22.00  per  barrel. 

Camphob. — Japanese  refined  camphor  in  %  ounces,  24s 
and  48s  is  scarce,  and  prices  are  fully  up  to  those  of  domestic 
refiners,  but  other  sizes  are  obtainable  at  the  usual  difference. 
The  demand,  however,  is  light  and  unimportant. 

Cassi.\  Fistula. — Under  an  improved  consuming  demand, 
together  with  diminishing  spot  stocks,  quotations  have  been 
advanced  to  7@8c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities. 

Balsam  Copaiba. — The  demand  is  chiefly  for  the  South 
American  variety.  There  is  a  satisfactory  consuming  outlet 
and  quotations  are  firmly  maintained  at  48@50c.  per  pound, 
as  to  size  or  orders. 

Sthophanthus  Seed. — The  market  is  firmer  owing  to  a 
fairly  good  inquiry.  Quotations  for  large  lots  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  55@60c.  per  pound,  with  sales  reported  at  the  in- 
side figure. 

BucHU  Le.M'ES. — The  short  variety  is  receiving  more  at- 
tention from  manufacturing  consumers,  but  quotations  are 
unchanged  at  23@26c.  per  pound,  as  to  quality  and  quantity. 
The  long  leaves  are  quoted  at  25@30c,  per  pound  in  large 
quantities,  with  an  improved  inquiry  and  stocks  exceedingly 
light. 

Juniper  Bebbies. — A  good  consuming  inquiry  exists,  spot 
stocks  are  steadily  diminishing,  and  there  is  none  coming  for- 
ward. Consequently  the  market  is  strong  and  quotations  are 
well  sustained  at  4@4%c.  per  pound,  as  to  quality,  quantity 
and  seller. 

Nux  Vomica, — This  article  continues  in  good. demand  from 
manufacturing  consumers,  but  there  is  no  quotable  change  in 
values,  and  the  ruling  range  is  2%@3c.  per  pound  in  large 
quantities,  according  to  grade. 

Rape  Seed. — The  market  is  a  shade  easier  and  dealers  are 
ottering  quantities  at  fractional  concessions.  Only  a  light 
business  is  reported. 

Sicily  Sumac. — Out  of  recent  arrivals  parcels  are  reported 
to  have  been  sold  at  $82.00  for  28  per  cent.  February-March 
shipments  are  held  at  $75.00@$78.00. 

Russian  Ergot. — On  the  spot  this  article  is  very  firmly 
held  at  29((730c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities,  with  the  ten- 
dency of  values  upward,  owing  to  the  receipt  of  cables  from 
Hamburg  to  the  effect  that  the  price  there  had  been  advanced 
to  29c.  It  is  also  stated  that  there  is  very  little  coming  for- 
ward from  producing  districts. 

Olive  Oil. — Supplies  of  good  non-edible  oil  for  commercial 
purposes  are  almost  uuoluainable.  with  local  market  almost 
bare  of  stock.  Prices  have  been  advanced  both  here  and  in 
the  primary  markets  and  dealers  are  quoting  $1  ..50(3 $1.55 
per  gallon  in  large  quantities  for  either  green  or  yellow,  and 
jobbing  interests  are  quoting  $1.05@$1.S0  for  Malaga  in  re- 
tail lots. 

Curacao  Aloes. — The  market  for  this  article  is  reported 
quiet  and  is  not  receiving  much  attention,  the  undertone,  how- 
ever, remaining  fairly  firm,  with  7%@8c.  quoted  per  pound 
in  large  quantities.  For  aloin  there  is  a  moderate  to  fair 
demand,  with  the  market  quite  steady  and  quotations  ranging 
at  75(5S5c.,  according  to  seller  and  size  of  order. 

Sugar  of  Milk. — This  article  is  still  more  or  less  unsettled, 
but  without  quotable  change.  Spot  goods  of  the  powdered  are 
•  available  at  lOe.  per  pound,  but  up  to  12c.  is  being  asked  for 
1909  contracts.  Crystals,  in  large  quantities,  are  selling  at 
15c.  per  pound. 

Quince  Seed. — Quotations  have  been  advanced  to  $1.00 
per  pound  in  large  qviantities,  due  to  reduced  stocks. 


Formaldehyde  as  a  Preservative. 
Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley  has  issued  in  Bureau  of  Chemistry  Circu- 
lar No.  42  the  general  results  of  his  investigations  showing 
the   effect   of   formaldehyde   upon   digestion    and    health.      Its 
use  as  a  preservative  is  condemned  as  injurious  to  health. 


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Illustrated  Section 

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FOR  ERA  ALBUM. 

Fred  S.  Rogers,  Middletown,  X.  Y. 

McMonagle  &   Rogers. 

Ex-Pres.  N.  Y.  State  Phar.  Assn. 

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photograph. 

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uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

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THE  BENZOATE   OF  SOBA  DECISION. 


President  Roosevelt's  Referee  Board  of  Experts 
by  deciding  in  favor  of  the  harmlessuess  of  benzoate 
of  soda  has  practically  reopened  the  whole  subject  of 
tlie  use  of  preservatives  in  food.  Dr.  Wiley's  war 
against  preservatives  induced  many  manufacturers 
of  food  products  to  discard  all  artificial  means  of 
preservation  and  the  movement  in  that  direction  has 
gained  an  impetus  which  has  caused  many  of  them 
to  take  an  active  stand  in  favor  of  the  Chief  Chem- 
ist's position  in  this  particular  matter.  They  have 
discovered  that  they  can  get  along  without  preserva- 
tives and  it  is  doubtful  if  any  of  them  will  return 
to  the  old  system.  The  value  of  being  able  to  adver- 
tise purity  of  goods  and  absence  of  preservatives, 
whether  harmful  or  otherwise,  will  tend  to  prevent 
any  return  to  old  methods  with  many  manufacturers. 

With  benzoate  of  soda  vindicated  by  the  results 
of  "poison  squad"  experiments  similar  to  those  upon 
which  Dr.  Wiley  based  his  condemnation,  there  will 
no  longer  be  any  hesitancy  in  properly  classifying 
this  salt  at  its  correct  value.  While  Dr.  Wiley  will 
naturally  feel  more  or  less  piqued  at  the  turn  of 
events,  everybody  will  hope  that  he  will  neither  be 
displaced  nor  permitted  to  resign.  On  this  particu- 
lar question  there  has  been  much  disagreement  with 
his  conclusions,  but  in  most  other  matters  affecting 
the  public  health  and  welfare  he  has  been  sustained 
by  popular  sentiment.  Dr.  Wiley  has  years  of  use- 
fulness to  come  which  ought  to  be  devoted  to  further 
effort  along  lines  connected  with  the  conservation  of 
the  public  health  and  enforcement  of  pure  food  and 
drug  laws. 


NEW  LIGHT  ON  CANADIAN  MEDICINE  LAW. 


Canada's  Minister  of  the  Inland  Revenue,  who  is 
charged  with  the  enforcement  of  the  new  "Proprie- 
tary or  Medicine  Act"  which  becomes  effective  on 
»Vpril  1  next,  has  thrown  some  new  light  on  the  oper- 
ation of  the  new  law.  •  In  a  decision  he  says : 

"In  respect  to  provisions  of  Section  10,  such  are  not  in- 
tended to  prevent  being  used  on  imported  medicities  any  word- 
in;/  required  hy  the  laws  of  the  country  in  which  such  medicines 
arc  manufactured  (such  wording  being  designated  as  that  of 
said  Foreign  Country)  so  long  as  such  wording  does  not  in  ii» 
effect  contravene  the  provisions  of  the  first  subsection  of  Sec- 
tion 10,  and  provided  further  that  such  medicines  are  marked 
as  required  by  Section  .}  of  the  Proprietary  or  Patent  Medicine 
Act." 

Earlier  interpretations  of  the  law  were  to  the  effect 
that  goods  manufactured  in  the  United  States  would 
be  unsalable  in  the  Dominion  if  they  bore  the  Ameri- 
can label  in  addition  to  the  Canadian  label.  The 
Montreal  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  in  calling  atten- 
tion to  the  ruling,  says  that  it  "cannot  account  for 
the   error"    (in    construction)    "attributed   to   the 


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officers  of  the  Proprietary'  Articles  Association  of 
Canada."  A  perusal  of  the  following  portions  of 
Section  10  of  the  law  makes  it  clear  that  a  natural 
construction  was  placed  upon  it  by  the  manufac- 
turers : 

"10.  No  mauufacturer.  importer  or  vendor  shall,  in  any  ad- 
vertisement or  in  any  other  manner,  assert  or  indicate  that  the 
certificate  of  registration  issued  by  the  Minister  passed  upon 
the  merits  of  any  proprietary  or  patent  medicine,  and  no 
reference  to  such  certificate,  or  to  any  other  certificate  or  guar- 
antee, other  than  by  this  Act  specially  provided,  shall  be  made 
in  any  advertisement,  upon  any  label  upon  the  package  or 
bottle  in  which  such  medicine  is  contained,  or  in  any  other 
manner. 

"2.  No  proprietary  or  patent  medicine  shall  he  imported, 
exposed,  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  Canada  which  hears  any 
representations  as  respects  certificates  issued  under  any  Cana- 
dian or  foreign  gcn^ernnients  different  from  that  alloiccd  under 
this  Act." 

The  new  form  of  Federal  guaranty  is  practically 
the  same  as  that  adopted  by  the  Dominion,  for 
neither  even  indirectly  guarantees  the  goods.  Under 
the  ruling  of  the  Minister,  therefore,  there  would  now 
seem  to  be  no  objection  to  publishing  both  guarantees 
on  proprietary  medicines  sold  in  the  Dominion.  A 
full  summary  of  the  law  was  published  in  the  Era 
of  December  3  last,  page  703. 


BEVISING  THE  NEW  YORK  PHARMACY  LAW. 


It  is  very  unfortunate  that  Governor  Hughes  has 
taken  the  position  that  the  present  New  York  State 
Board  of  Pliarmacj'  is  not  constitutionally  consti- 
tuted, as  recently'  reported  in  the  Era,  and  that  lie 
insists  upon  the  transfer  of  its  source  of  membership 
from  election  by  the  pharmacists  of  the  State  to  ap- 
pointment by  the  Governor.  The  present  system 
has  worked  admirably  and  the  high  character  and 
efficiency  of  service  of  the  board  members  has  been 
due  as  much  to  the  fact  that  they  were  elected  by 
and  responsible  to  the  pharmacists  of  the  State  as 
to  any  other  cause.  It  is  understood  that  the  phar- 
macists see  the  futility  of  opposing  the  Governor's 
wishes  in  the  matter  and  at  a  conference  on  Jlonday 
night  it  was  decided  to  draft  a  bill  to  conform  to 
his  ideas. 

The  necessity  for  any  change  does  not  appear  to 
be  felt  outside  of  Albany.  The  experiences  of  phar- 
macists in  other  States  where  board  appointments 
have  been  dragged  into  practical  politics  are  so  well 
known  that  the  trend  of  events  will  be  generally 
regretted. 


WILL  N.A.R.D.  A^iTD  A.PH.A.  GET  TOGETHER? 

Action  by  the  executive  committee  of  the  N.A.R.D. 
in  selecting.  Loiiisville  as  the  place  and  the  week  of 
September  6  as  the  time  for  the  1909  convention  of 
that  association,  without  the  committees  of  the 
N.A.R.D  and  the  A. Ph. A.  having  come  to  any  agree- 
ment as  to  the  proposed  joint  or  simultaneous  meet- 
ing of  the  two  organizations,  places  very  much  in 
doubt  the  possibility  of  the  two  organizations  get- 
ting together  this  year. 

The  whole  proposition  is  now  in  the  hands  of  the 
Coiuicil  of  the  A. Ph. A.,  which  body  will  select  the 
time  and  place  for  this  year's  meeting.     The  ques- 


tion will  occur  as  to  whether  Louisville  can  accom- 
modate both  associations,  but  there  will  be  other  con- 
siderations, such  as  temperature  conditions  in  the 
summer  in  a  city  located  so  far  South  as  Louisville. 
It  has  been  suggested  that  the  A. Ph. A.  might  meet 
the  week  previous  at  Cedar  Point,  on  Lake  Erie, 
which  is  not  a  great  distance  from  Louisville,  and 
this  plan  no  doubt  will  have  fair  support.  Held 
consecutively  in  nearby  places,  neither  convention 
could  detract  from  the  other  and  there  would  not  be 
too  much  for  the  members  of  both  to  try  to  do  at  the 
.same  time. 


ANOTHER  RULING  OF  IMPORTANCE. 


One  of  the  features  of  the  Canadian  law  which  has 
been  the  subject  of  much  controversy  has  been  the 
phrase  regarding  the  "inseparable  part  of  the  label 
and  wrapper,"  as  mentioned  in  Section  4: 

'"Section  4.  All  proprietary  or  patent  medicines  shall  be 
put  up  in  packages  or  bottles,  and  every  one  of  these,  intended 
for  sale  or  distribution  in  Canada,  shall  have  placed  upon  it. 
in  conspicuous  characters  forming  an  inseparable  part  of  the 
general  label  and  wrapper,  the  name  and  number  under  which 
the  medicine  is  registered,  with  the  words,  'The  Propi-ietary 
or  Patent  Medicine  Act'  and  also  the  manufacturer's  name  and 
address,  which  name  and  number  shall  be  sufficient  identifica- 
tion, as  to  the  mauufacturer  thereof,  for  the  purposes  of 
Section  14  of  this  Act." 

"While  it  seemed  clear  that  a  "sticker"  could  not 
be  used,  there  was  a  question  as  to  whether  a  label 
containing  the  required  wording  as  a  part  of  the 
original  printing  would  be  necessary  to  comply  with 
the  law.  President  Gibbard,  of  the  Canadian  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  has  taken  this  point  up  with 
the  authorities  and  has  obtained  from  the  Minister 
of  Inland  Revenue  the  following  ruling  on  the 
subject : 

"The  information  required  by  Section  )  of  the  Act  may,  as 
respects  laliels  now  held  in  stock  hy  manufacturers  of  proprie- 
tary or  patent  medicines,  he  overprinted  in  distinct  characters 
of  a  color  different  from  that  employed  in  connection  with 
other  printing  on  said  labels  and  wrappers." 

The  effect  of  this  ruling  is  that  not  only  can  the  old 
labels  l)e  used,  but  that  in  printing  the  new  legend 
over  the  old  matter  a  rubber  stamp  could  be  em- 
ployed, which  would  be  especially  convenient  in 
marking  goods  already  labeled  or  packed.  The  Cana- 
dian authorities  seem  disposed  to  cause  as  little  un- 
necessary trouble  as  possible  in  putting  the  new  law 
into  operation. 


DUTY  OF  CONGRESS  AS  TO  OPIUM. 


It  is  difficult  to  understand  the  object  of  Repre- 
sintative  Payne,  of  New  York,  in  liolding  up  in 
Congress  on  Saturday  the  Deuby  Bill  which  pro- 
hibits the  importation  of  opium  except  for  medicinal 
purposes.  We  are  inclined  to  question  his  assertion 
that  the  revenue  will  lose  $1,000,000  a  month 
through  the  enactment  of  this  measure,  or  that  the 
illicit  use  of  the  drug  would  go  on  just  the  same. 
The  opium  affected  is  of  the  kind  used  for  smoking 
and  it  is  inconceivable  that  any  such  enormous 
amount  of  that  quality  is  imported  as  would  be  the 
case  if  Mv.  Payne's  figures  are  correct. 

Placing  the  commercial  aspect  of  the  opiiun 
smoking  peril  ahead  of  the  humanitarian  is  a  most 


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1?-^. 


remarkable  view  for  a  Congressman  to  take.  The 
bill  has  been  reported  favorably,  its  passage  is  de- 
manded b}^  the  best  interests  of  the  coimtry,  and 
there  is  no  sordid  argument  which  ought  to  be  per- 
mitted to  stand  in  the  way  of  the  enactment  of  a 
measure  which  has  for  its  object  such  an  important 
reform.  It  is  the  duty  of  Congress  to  pass  the 
Denby  Bill  without  further  quibble. 


When  £ 
foot  in  it.- 


mau  stands  on  his  diiruity   he  sometimes  puts  his 
-Philadelphia  Record. 


According  to  Miss  Evans  Montgomery,  there  are  now  be- 
tween sixty  and  seventy  women  pharmacists  engaged  in  the 
practice  of  their  profession  in  California. 

Be  prompt  yourself,  if  you  expect  other  people  to  be  prompt 
with  you. 


Heidelberg,  Berliu  and  Strassburg.  imhis  jiative  liHldSfBe 
Kew  Gardens,  of  Loudon,  and  others  in'  Sp*»iii.IS(!<jllniKl,  and 
in  fact  throughout  Europe,  have  not  only  meant  exceptional 
health  and  the  utmost  pleasure  to  Dr.  Miller,  but  have  fre- 
quently been  the  subjects  of  interesting  lectures  aud  addresses 
before  the  students  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  the 
Philadelphia  Collesre  of  Pharmacy  and  other  institutions  and 
organizations  in  which  he  is  interested. 

When  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  met  in 
Philadelphia  in  1870,  Dr.  Miller  was  the  local  secretary.  He 
is  the  corresponding  secretary  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy :  is  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Botanical  Society 
of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania ;  treasurer  of  the  John 
Bartram  Association,  and  holds  membership  in  many  other 
organizations  of  a  pharmaceutical  character.  Dr.  Miller  still 
owns  the  site  of  his  father's  store  in  St.  Paul,  now  occupied 
by  a  hardware  store.  A  self-made  man.  he  attribvites  all  that 
he  is  to  the  training  of  his  youth  and  the  development  of  the 
opportunities  that  industry,  integrity  and  education  mad 
possible. 


The  re-election  of  Dr.  Adolph  W.  Miller  to  the  presidency 
of  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange  is  but  one  of  the  testi- 
monials of  the  esteem  and  affection  of  his  associates  for  one 
who  for  nearly  fift.v  years  has  been  one  of  the  most  prominent 
figures  in  commercial  and  professional 
pharmaceutical  circles  in  the  Quaker 
City.  His  activity  and  ability  in  other 
organizations  along  allied  lines  have  been 
similarly  recognized  again  and  again,  and 
today  Dr.  Miller's  name  is  known  and  his 
friends  are  legion  wherever  pharmacy  or 
medicine  has  a  representative. 

Sixty-one  years  ago  Willam  H.  Miller, 
the  father  of  Adolph  W.  Miller,  who  also 
was  a  pharmacist,  decided  to  leave  the 
Fatherland  and  seek  his  fortune  in  Amer- 
ica. The  son  was  then  a  child  of  seven 
years.  The  family  settled  in  Belleville. 
III.,  but  after  learning  the  language  and 
the  ways  of  the  country  of  his  adoption, 
the  father  decided  that  there  were  better 
opportunities  in  the  growing  city  of  St. 
Paul,  where  he  moved  in  18.0.5.  Minne- 
sota was  then  a  territory  and  pharmacists 
were  few  and  far  between  in  that  section. 

Germ.in  thrift  and  German  industry 
soon  made  themselves  recognized  and  the 
pharmacy,  at  what  is  now  Third  and  Ex- 
change streets.  St.  Paul,  prospered  ac- 
cordingly. A  few  years  later  the  son  was 
sent  lo  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, where  he  was  graduated  in  1862. 
While  at  college.  Dr.  Miller  had  been 
working  during  his  spare  time  in  the 
establishment  of  Henry  O.  D.  Banks  & 
Co.,    Third    and    Callowhill    streets,    the 

business  being  largely  in  paints.  Upon  graduation,  the  young 
man  was  offered  a  partnership  in  the  business  and  instead  of 
returning  to  the  West,  as  he  had  expected,  he  accepted  the 
offer.  His  rise  after  that  was  a  rapid  one  and  three  years 
later  the  sign  of  Henry  O.  D.  Banks  &  Co.  came  down  and 
instead  there  appeared  the  announcement  of  Aschenbach  & 
Miller,  the  former  being  Frederick  Aschenbach.  a  fellow  em- 
ployee. Drugs  became  an  important  factor  in  the  business, 
which  was  continued  at  the  same  location.  Three  years  ago. 
upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Aschenbach  the  business  was  incor- 
porated and  Dr.  Miller  was  elected  president. 

Throughout  his  business  career.  Dr.  Miller  lost  no  oppor- 
tunity to  perfect  his  education  along  allied  lines.  He  took  up 
medicine  and  in  1871  was  graduated  at  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania.  One  year  later  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Philosophy  at  the  same  institution,  and  until  the  death  of 
his  partner,  which  necessitated  a  closer  attention  to  the  de- 
tails of  his  business.  Dr.  Miller  was  a  lecturer  on  pharmacy 
and  materia  medica  at  the  university.  While  at  college.  Dr. 
Miller  developed  a  fondness  for  the  study  of  botany,  which 
since  has  been  followed  systematically  and  scientifically.  In 
fact,  frequent  botanical  excursions  at  home  and  abroad  have 
formed  Dr.  Miller's  principal  source  of  recreation.  His  visits 
to  the  botanical  gardens  of  Palermo,  Italy;  Athens,  Greece; 


DR.  A.  W.  MILLEE 
of  Philadelphia. 


.V  strange  secret  of  thirty-one  years'  standing  was  revealed 
recently,  according  to  the  New  York  Sun.  when  more  than  a 
score  of  prominent  Chicago  physicians  and  surgeons  admitted 
that  they  were  members  of  the  Ustion  Fraternity,  a  society 
having  for  its  object  the  dissection  of  the 
bodies  of  its  members  after  death  and 
cremation  of  the  remains.  This  weird 
fraternity,  to  which  only  members  of  the 
medical  profession  are  admitted,  is  of 
national  scope.  Its  headquarters  are  in 
a  well-furnished  clubhouse  at  3232  Lake 
Park  avenue,  Chicago. 

Chapters  exist  in  New  York,  Philadel- 
phia. Boston,  Cleveland,  Detroit  and 
other  cities.  Its  membership  is  taken 
from  the  ranks  of  the  most  prominent 
practitioners  in  different  parts  of  the 
United  States.  Each  chapter  is  known 
.as  a  vertebra.  The  Chicago  chapter,  be- 
ing the  first  organized,  is  called  the 
"Prime  Vertebra."  Its  high  officer  is 
known  as  the  "encephalou."  and  its  next 
highest  officer  is  the  "medulla."  Its  other 
officers  are  named  for  other  parts  of  th^ 
human  body. 

The  members  of  the  fraternity  must 
undergo  a  preparation  or  apprenticeship 
of  four  years  before  they  are  admitted 
to  full  knowledge  of  its  weird  rituals. 
During  this  period  each  must  stitdy  some 
physiological  or  medical  problem  en- 
tirely original  in  his  own  mind.  If  his 
faith  and  perseverance  in  the  ironclad 
rules  of  the  society  are  deemed  doubtful 
he  does  not  become  a  part  of  the  "body." 
If  the  showing  is  complimentary  the 
fantastic  ceremonials  are  administered.  The  society  is  divided 
into  tliree  "degrees,"  through  which  its  members  must  pass. 
Tlu-y  are  fraternity,  autopsy  and  cremation. 

Dr.  P.  M.  Cliver,  who  lives  in  Chicago,  is  the  supreme  en- 
cephalou or  national  head  of  the  Ustionians.  This  strange 
fraternity  had  its  inception  at  Hahnemann  College  in  that  city 
in  1S7S.  During  the  thirty-one  years  of  its  existence  its  weird 
teachings  and  practices  have  been  a  profound  secret.  Its  mem- 
bers at  the  end  of  their  probationary  period  take  an  oath  that 
silences  their  tongues  forever. 

The  life  on  this  earth  is  enjoyed  to  its  utmost  by  them.  At 
the  end  their  colleagues,  attired  in  long  white  surgical  gowns, 
gather  about  the  bier  on  which  lie  the  earthly  remains  of  their 
friend.  The  spirit  they  know  has  departed,  and  the  clay  that 
is  left  is  given  over  entirely  to  science.  Their  theories  are 
augmented  by  this  grewsome  gift.  When  they  have  finished 
the  rites  are  said.  At  a  crematory  all  that  remains  is  given 
over  to  the  flames.  The  doctor  that  was  is  reduced  to  a 
handful  of  dust. 

Dr.  Fred  W.  Wood,  former  supreme  eneephalon,  acknowl- 
edged that  the  fraternity  was  for  the  puiijose  of  autopsy  and 
cremation.  "We  believe  in  three  degrees."  said  Dr.  Wood. 
"They  are  fraternity,  which  means  the  real  fellowship  on  this 
earth :    autopsy   after   death,    which    helps   all    mankind,    and 


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cremation,  which  puts  an  end  to  the  earthly  shell  that  remains 
after  the  spirit  has  flown." 

"What  is  done  at  the  autopsy?"  was  asked. 

"I  cannot  say,"  replied  Dr.  Wood.  "Our  oaths  are  solemn. 
What  we  do  to  the  body  is  all  in  the  interest  of  science.  It 
does  no  harm  and  it  advances  our  knowledge." 

"What  is  the  fraternity's  belief  in  regard  to  cremation?" 
was  asked. 

We  believe  that  cremation  is  proper.  The  body  is  but  clay, 
and  sooner  or  later  becomes  but  a  handful  of  dust.  When  it 
is  given  over  to  the  fire  all  is  ended.  The  translation  of 
'Ustion'  means  fire." 


As  far  back  as  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  there  was  a 
crown  official  known  as  the  "Uncorker  of  Ocean  Bottles," 
whose  duty  it  was  to  open  all  sealed  bottles  cast  up  by  the 
sea  and  examine  the  contents.  The  ofiicial  "Uncorker"  contin- 
ued to  flourish  down  to  the  reign  of  George  III,  when  the  posi- 
tion was  abolished. 

Neptune's  mail  cannot  be  said  to  be  a  quick  method  of  com- 
munication. In  July,  1887,  while  cruising  in  his  yacht,  the 
present  Prince  of  Monaco  threw  a  bottle  overboard  in  mid- 
Atlantic.  It  was  not  recovered  until  seven  years  later,  when 
it  was  picked  up  on  the  beach  of  San  Salvador,  in  the  Ba- 
hamas. 

In  point  of  time  it  was  one  of  the  longest  bottle  drifts  on 
record,  says  the  English  Illustrated,  but  it  has  been  eclipsed 
by  a  bottle  which  was  found  recently  on  the  beach  near  Car- 
marthen. The  latter  contained  a  message  dated  as  far  back 
as  March  13,  1S9S,  which  stated  that  the  steamship  Bruns- 
wick was  sinking  off  Cape  Horn.  It  was  the  first  intimation 
to  reach  Eugland  regarding  the  fate  of  the  long  missing  vessel, 
and  it  is  curious  that  it  should  have  been  cast  on  shore  in 
Great  Britain  after  drifting  all  the  way  from  the  Horn.  In 
another  case  a  bottle  which  was  thrown  overboard  by  an 
American  captain  was  not  recovered  until  twenty-one  years 
later,  when  it  was  picked  up  on  the  coast  of  Ireland. 


For  the  Christian  Church  to  found  and  foster  hospitals  is 
unquestionably  commendable,  writes  Dr.  James  M.  Buckley  in 
the  February  Century  in  a  discussion  of  the  "Dangers  of  the 
Emmanuel  Movement."  and  the  reasons  why  it  should  not  be 
generally  adopted ;  but  the  diagnosis,  treatment  and  prognosis 
should  be  left  to  those  who  have  made  this  their  life  study 
and  profession ;  to  them  belongs  psychotheraphy  as  well  as 
medicine  and  surgery.  For  the  church  to  provide  chaplains 
for  institutions  and  give  them  every  facility  is  also  rational. 
To  attach  hospitals  to  individual  churches  under  rectoral  or 
pastoral  superintendence  is  of  doubtful  expediency.  To  pro- 
vide physicians  or  attempt  to  treat  patients  personally  would 
invade  the  sphere  of  an  indispensable  profession  and  encourage 
an  irregular  movement  in  other  departments  of  medicine. 

A  large  proportion  of  the  best  physicians  and  surgeons  of 
Boston  and  vicinity  sympathize  substantially  with  the  view 
announced  by  Dr.  Putnam.  They  believe  that  it  places  "the 
medical  and  clerical  professions  in  a  false  light,"  that  "it 
raises  false  hopes,"  that  "it  interferes  with  the  relations  be- 
tween physicians  and  their  patients,"  and  that  "it  encourages 
haste  and  superficiality  in  the  consideration  of  a  serious 
problem." 


Alcohol  is  recognized  the  world  over  as  the  proper,  most 
efficient  and  wholesome  preserver  of  medicinal  compounds, 
and  while  some  journalists  try  to  alarm  the  world  by  the  cry 
that  patent  "medicines  contain  more  alcohol  than  beer,"  they 
neglect  to  state  that  proprietary  medicines  are  taken  in  doses 
from  a  teaspoonful  to  a  tablespoonful,  while  beer  is  a  beverage 
that  is  consumed  in  quantities  from  a  glass  to  several  quarts 
a  day. — Gloucester  'Ncics. 


Dinks — The  aeronaut's  wife  seems  to  be  so  anxious  to  carry 
out  his  wishes. 

Winks — Xes ;  she  is  the  most  dirigible  wife  I  ever  met. 
— Illustrated  Bits. 


The  discount  habit  is  a  good  one  to  form — once  formed  it 
will  grow.  The  result  will  be  to  make  a  more  careful  mer- 
chant, careful  in  buying  and  careful  in  selling.  Discounts 
mean  so  much  extra  money.  Why  so  many  men  who  could 
discount  prefer  to  let  accounts  run  until  maturity  is  a  prob- 
lem we  could  never  solve.    Of  course,  if  a  man's  capital  is  too 


small  to  carry  his  business,  discounts  are  not  always  possible, 
but  the  end  that  every  merchant  should  have  in  view  should 
be  to  discount.  Merchants  who  discount  are  the  preferred 
class,  not  only  for  credit,  but  for  bargains. — Oroeers'  Review. 


Since  you  don't  live  in  Siberia  you  need  not  be  afraid, 
says  M.  Narrion,  a  Russian,  to  get  drunk  through  eating  ordi- 
nary bread.  In  far  eastern  Siberia,  in  that  region  which  lies 
between  the  sea  and  the  river  called  Mssuri,  the  humidity  of 
the  climate,  as  well  as  the  soil,  is  remarkable.  In  certain 
districts  the  humidity  is  so  intense  that  there  grows  upon 
ears  of  corn  a  kind  of  fungus  matter  made  up  of  microfungi. 
As  a  result  of  this  sporadic  excrescence  the  bread  made  from 
the  corn  in  question  gives  all  the  results  of  an  overdose  of 
alcohol.  In  very  humid  climates  the  phenomenon  is  likewise 
known,  though  to  nothing  like  the  extent  of  eastern  Siberia, 
where  whole  districts  are  affected  by  this  strange  kind  of 
"alcoholized  bread." — London   Globe. 


"I  suppose  your  motto  is  business  before  pleasure?" 
"No,   sir,"   answered   Mr.   Dustin    Stax.      "In    my   opinion, 
when  business  is  good  there  is  no  greater  pleasure." — Wash- 
ington Star. 


"Stories  about  umbrellas,"  said  a  New  York  physician, 
when  that  useful  article  was  the  subject  of  discussion,  "are 
as  numerous  as  fish  stories,  and  often  test  just  as  severely  the 
credulity  of  those  who  listen  to  them.  This  is  a  true  one : 
A  patient  telephoned  an  hour  after  he  had  been  at  my  office 
one  morning  that  he  had  left  his  umbrella  on  the  hall  rack ; 
would  I  see  that  it  was  kept  for  him?  My  servant  found  it, 
and  that  evening  while  we  were  at  dinner  he  called,  got  the 
umbrella  and  came  in  to  thank  me.  Then  he  told  a  long 
story  as  to  how  he  valued  the  umbrella  because  he  had  car- 
ried it  a  long  time,  and  it  was  just  the  right  weight  and 
showed  a  dent  in  the  silver  handle  which  had  been  made  by 
his  little  boy  when  he  used  it  as  a  hockey  stick.  I  saw  my 
wife  smile  while  the  story  was  being  told.  She  understood 
my  wink,  however,  and  we  said  nothing.  But  when  the  man 
had  gone  away  with  the  umbrella  under  his  arm  we  laughed, 
for  we  bad  recognized  the  umbrella  which  I  had  carried  out 
and  never  brought  back  more  than  three  years  ago." 


"By  one  of  dem  wise  provisions  of  nature,"  said  Uncle 
Eben,  "a  man  dat  thinks  he's  too  good  to  work  ain't  ginerally 
competent  to  do  work  dat  'ud  amount  to  nuffin'  nohow." — 
Washington  Star. 


The  annual  conference  of  those  interested  in  the  use  of 
horse  flesh  as  an  article  of  food  has  just  closed  in  Paris.  It 
was  attended  by  horse  butchers,  manufacturers  of  sausage  and 
delicacies  made  out  of  horse  flesh  and  caf6  proprietors  who 
make  a  specialty  of  serving  this  article.  The  statistics  showed 
that  last  year  over  60,000  horses  were  slaughtered  for  food 
in  France  and  30,000  in  Germany,  and  that  horse  flesh  was 
becoming  more  and  more  popular  in  all  countries  of  the  Con- 
tinent. At  a  banquet  given  after  the  convention  a  menu  was 
served  composed  of  horse  flesh. 


There   is   no   substitute   for   a   square   deal. 


A  street  car  conductor  of  Stamford,  Conn.,  while  bowling 
recently,  swallowed  a  plate  containing  three  false  front  teeth. 
He  was  almost  strangled  before  the  plate  passed  into  his 
stomach,  but  had  no  further  trouble  and  was  able  to  go  on 
ringing  up  fares  as  usual.  It  takes  more  than  three  false  teeth 
on  a  plate  to  upset  a  trolley  car  conductor. 


The  country  parson  was  condoling  with  the  bereft  widow. 

"Alas !"  he  continued  earnestly,  "I  cannot  tell  you  how 
pained  I  was  to  learn  that  your  husband  had  gone  to  heaven. 
We  were  bosom  friends,  but  we  shall  never  meet  again." — 
February  Lippincott's. 


F.  M.  Wells  finds  that  smoking  retards  the  growth  of  bac- 
teria. He  took  cultures  from  his  own  saliva  before  smoking  a 
cigar,  and  repeated  this  every  five  minutes  for  half  an  hour 
after  smoking.  He  is  of  the  opinion  that  if  smokers  keep 
their  teeth  clean  and  allow  the  smoke  to  percolate  around  them 
they  generally  have  much  better  teeth  than  non-smokers. — 
Chemist  and  Drugyist. 


January  28,  1909] 


THE     PHARIIACEUTICAL     ERA 


81 


Fine  Collection  of  Advertisements  for  Retailers  Wins  Era  Prize. 

Tl'moP?"    •    NOT  ALWAYS         it        DIO  YOU  EVER  HEAR  OF  A        J 


Did   You  Promise  to  Send 

*  POST  CARDS  fo  Peoplfi 

*  You  Me!  on  Your  Vacation  ? 

I  Betlfir  Send  Some  Right  Away 

*  They  A  ili  surely  be  appreciated.  They 
5    take  the  place  of  letters  nowadays. 


i  * 


Lime  Water  is  Largely  Used 
by  AduHs,  for 

Heartburn,  Diarriioea,  Diabetes, 
Nausea.  Acid  Stomach,  Dyspepsia 

Do  you     know   that   one    part   of 
lime  water,  mixed  with  two  or  three 
more 


We  have   recently    added  several  J  J  1'!"=     ^rn^^f      '^  '"".•"^ 

.ew   subjects   of   Fitchburs.  also  its  J*  Pf/'^.°     ,T  n '  '  ,h      " 

•Jburbs,   Leominster,   Sterling.   Lan-  *«  f"^?'.^',  "^^"r.^">^     °^^^'    "'' 

laster.  rjinfnn     A.hh,..r,l,,^^   «/;„_  J  *  treatment    m    Dyspepsia,   ace, 


caster.  'Clinton,  Ashburnham,  Win 
chendon.  Gardner.  Templeton.  Wha- 
lom  and  Wachusett. 

Late  arrivals  are  a  new  series  of 
Teddy  Bears,  Balhirg  Scenes.  Chil- 
dren's Subjects.  Flowers.  Fans. 
Butterflies. 


I* 


*  the   U.    Z.,  England.    Ireland.  Soot- 
he _land.  Germany,  France.  Italy,  Spain 

*  'Russia,    Holland,     Philippines.    Ja 
I    maica.  and  Cuba. 


Fancy    Post  Cards,  for    framing. 
Artists"  Studies.  Landscapes. Animals 

The    Largest  Assortment     of    Post 
Caros  in  Northern  Worcester  County. 


*  K 

*  * 


We  are  importers,  wholesalers  and    if  <c 
retailers  of  Post  Cards.  *  * 


Dyspepsia,   accompa 
nied  by  vomiting  of  food. 

Mixed  with  an  equal  measure  of 
milk.  Lime  Water  is  one  of  the 
best  remedies  in  existence  for  Nausea 
ana  vomiting,  dependent  on  i 
bilily  of  stomach. 

Lime  Water  is  large'y  used  as  an 
^"i'  foods,  to    guard 
against  stomach  and  bowel  troubles. 

Our  Lime  Water  is  made  from 
specially  prepared  lime.  Lime  that 
is  manufactured  expressly  for  mak- 
ing  lime  water. 

Put  Vp  in  Pint  Bottles 15c 

Half  Pint  Bottisi JOc 

In  Bulk,  )0c  Pint.      15c  Quart. 


°Jt* 


Barometer  ? 

It  may  be  applied  to  a  rheu- 
matic knee  or  shoulder,  as  the 
aches  and  pains  are  influenced 
by  the  condition  of  the  w.;ather, 
and  many  times  a  heavy  rain 
or  damp  spell  is  accurately  pre- 
dicted by  people  subject  to 
rheumatic  affection. 

There  are  a  great  many 
so-called  "cures"  for  this 
ailment,  but  none  of  them 
will    cure    every     case    of 


ta-   J  *  ^Rheumatism 


JS        Limewaterislarge'yusedasan    »5        Yo-    want     relie.,    and     it 
Post  Cards  of  the  leading  cities  of   »  *   addition   to   babies'  foods,  to   guard    3  5  D  e  S  t,   afforded     by 

Effervescent  Llthla  Tablets 


It 


Each  Tablet  contains  5  grs.  Citrate 
of  Lithia,  which  when  dissolved  in 
a  glass  of  water,  makes  a  Lilhia 
water  stonger  than  the  natural  Lilhia 
water.  40  tablets  in 
bottle 


28c 


***kkkAk*kifk-k*k.kkitk*i,-k*l(j^ 


D.  Charles  O'Connor,  proprietor  of  the  'White  Drug  Store, 
of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  is  unanimously  awarded  the  prize  of  $5 
offered  in  the  Era's  Cash  Prize  Competition  this  week  for 
the  "best  advertisement  used  by,  or  for  the  use  of  a  retail 
druggist."  Mr.  O'Connor  offered  a  number  of  his  advertise- 
ments in  the  competition  and  three  of  the  samples  are  printed 
herewith,  the  award  being  made  on  the  one  advertising  post 
cards.  Mr.  O'Connor  is  a  liberal  advertiser  in  the  local  pa- 
pers.    In  writing  to  the  Era,  he  says : 

"To  my  mind,  the  majority  of  retail  druggists  are  not  alive 
to  the  possibilities  of  trade  promotion  through  advertising,  and 
I  hope  your  new  prize  venture  will  awaken  them  to  a  realiza- 
tion of  what  good  copy  in  advertising  can  produce  and  that 
originality  of  ideas  is  what  causes  the  rapid  advancement  of 
advertising  as  a  motor  force." 

Mr.  O'Connor's  advertisements  are  of  good  proportion,  be- 
ing neither  too  large  nor  too  small,  seasonable  as  to  time  of 
publication  and  informative  in  character.  While  dealing 
with  ordinary  subjects  there  is  a  newsy  appearance  that  is 
attractive  and  calculated  to  command  the  attention  of  readers. 

The  t^rms  and  conditions  of  the  Era's  Cash  Prize  Competi- 
tion can  be  found  on  advertising  page  6  of  this  issue.  It  should 
be  remembered  that  this  competition  is  free  to  all,  whether 


subscribers  or  not,  the  only  conditions 
the  announcement. 


being  those  named  in 


Forty  Drug-gists  for  Sunday  Observance. 

-\tlanta,  Jan.  2.5. — At  the  monthly  meeting  of  the  Evangel- 
ical Ministers'  Association  Dr.  A.  R.  Holderby,  in  a  report 
of  the  Committee  on  Sabbath  Observance,  said  that  the  outlook 
is  very  bright  for  a  discontinuance  in  the  near  future  of  the 
sale  by  drug  stores  of  everything  but  absolutely  necessary 
drugs.  He  reported  that  forty  of  the  most  prominent  drug- 
gists have  signed  an  agreement  to  put  an  end  to  all  of  their 
Sunday  business  with  the  exception  of  the  bare  filling  of 
prescriptions.  It  is  Dr.  Holderby's  opinion  that  without  resort 
to  law,  the  movement  to  secure  the  discontinuance  of  the  sale 
of  such  articles  as  soda  water,  candies  and  tobacco  by  the 
drug  stores  on  Sunday  will  shortly  meet  with  success. 

Despite  the  above  apparent  victory  for  Sunday  closing, 
several  druggists  declare  that  the  stores  will  not  be  closed  on 
Sunday  unless  legal  means  are  used  to  force  the  closing. 

Shorter  Hours  for  Newport  Druggists. 
Xewpokt.  Ky..  Jan.  25. — All  the  druggists  of  this  city  have 
signed  an  agreement  to  close  at  9  p.  m.,  except  Saturdays  and 
Sundays.     The  move  is  the  result  of  shorter  hours  agitation 
by  the  Union  Clerks'  Association. 


82 


THE    PHARMACEUTICAIi    ERA 


[January  28,  1909 


OUTLINES. 


'By  Joel  Blanc. 

Wilson's   Earthquake. 

A  committee  of  six  were 
sitting  in  that  ivory-white 
store  of  Sam's,  talliing  leg- 
islation. The  entrance  of 
a  lio.v  with  the  evening  pa- 
|ior  changed  the  topic  of  con- 
versation to  the  terrible  Si- 
cilian earthquakes. 

"I  tell  you  what  it  is," 
said  Rich,  the  chairman  :  "It 
i;ikes  some  world-shaking 
catastrophe  like  this  Italian 
iiuake  to  make  men  appre- 
ciate their  real  brotherhood. 
We  cannot  realize  the  suf- 
ferings of  the  homeless, 
starving  and  maimed  who 
are  at  present  in  that  de- 
vastated country.  Our  most 
vivid  imagination  cannot  pii-ture  within  those  ruined  cities  the 
sights  of  depravity  created  by  physical  and  mental  agony.  No 
fancy  can  bring  to  our  ears  the  voices  of  orphaned  children 
nor  to  our  nostrils  the  putridity  of  the  pestilential  stenches. 
We  dare  not  think  of  the  intellectual  standard  of  the  sufferers 
nor  of  class  characteristics  which  may  be  theirs.  We  only 
remember  that  they  are  men,  women  and  children,  fathers, 
mothers,  babes.  Distance,  which  so  often  dims  the  light  of 
happiness,  in  this  case  adds  to  the  density  of  misfortune's 
clouds,  adding  to  the  store  of  our  sympathy  and  bringing  it 
into  actions  which  speak  louder  than  words." 

■'You  make  me  feel  stingy,"  said  Brad.  "Probably  each  of 
us  has  already  given  a  mite  for  the  Messina  sufferers,  but  sup- 
pose that  we  now  chip  in  another  dollar  apiece.  Rich  can 
leave  it  at  the  head(|uartors  of  the  relief  committee  on  his 
way  home." 

Kach  man  produced  a  dollar  and  handed  it  over  to  Rich. 
As  Sam  contributed  his  money,  he  quietly  said :  "There 
was  a  little  earthquake  in  this  cit.v  a  couple  of  days  ago. 
You  boys  may  have  heard  of  it,  but  possibly  have  already  for- 
gotten it.  Something  went  wrong  with  Horner's  carbonator ; 
it's  an  old-fashioned  machine,  but  as  good  as  Horner  can 
afford.  Wilson,  Horner's  clerk,  was  manipulating  the  ma- 
chine when  it  broke  loose.  Wilson  is  in  the  hospital  and  likely 
to  be  there  for  a  couple  of  months,  may  lose  one  eye.  I  am 
told.  Couple  of  hundred  damage  to  the  store  and  no  insur- 
ance. That's  pretty  hard  on  Horner,  he's  poor.  Of  course, 
Horner  cannot  alTord  to  pay  a  clerk  who  is  in  the  hospital, 
but  Wilson  will  get  good  care  and  plenty  to  eat  while  he  is 
there.  However,  there  is  a  Mrs.  Wilson  and  a  little  Wilson 
about  due.  I  understand  that  Mrs.  Wilson  is  broke  and 
without  relatives  or  friends.  When  that  carbonator  let  go, 
it  was  an  earthquake  for  her.'' 

For  a  moment  the  men  gazed  at  Sam  and  each  other.  Then 
Rich  placed  a  five-dollar  bill  on  the  counter.  The  others  each 
did  likewise.  .Vs  they  filed  out.  Rich  said  :  "Use  that  for 
the  Wilson  earthquake  sufferer,  Sam." 


"Wasn't  It  Funny? 

Xo  one  ever  accused  Souders  of  being  bright.  In  fact,  the 
general  opinion  was  that  he  was  very  dull.  He  was  one  of 
those  fellows  who  seem  to  be  born  in  a  rut  and  whose  eyes 
never  see  beyond  its  edges.  However,  as  Souders  had  prac- 
tically no  competition  and  the  people  of  his  neighborhood  were 
not  particularly  intellectual  he  managed  to  plod  along  in  a 
living-making  way. 

Bob  Inglis  was  in  his  second  year  at  college  when  he  went 
to  clerk  for  Souders.  Bob  was  bright,  there  was  no  doubt 
about  that.  He  was  one  of  those  nervous,  quick-witted  fellows 
who  usually  are  called  "smart." 

As  soon  as  Bob  was  at  home  in  the  store  he  started  in  to 
wake  things  up — everything  except  Souders.  Bob  was  a  boy 
of  ideas  and  those  ideas  commenced  to  work  from  the  ends  of 
his  fingers  about  as  soon  as  they  were  born  in  his  brain. 
The  store  became  cleaner :  Bob  cleaned  it.     The  windows  were 


more  tastefully  trimmed  :  Bob  trimmed  them.  New  lines  were 
displayed  ;  Bob  had  suggested  their  purchase.  In  fact,  Sou- 
ders' business  commenced  to  pick  up  as  soon  as  kid  Bob  com- 
menced to  stir  things  up.  Bob  certainly  deserved  the  credit  for 
improved  conditions  and  Souders,  in  dull  wonder,  acknowl- 
edged it. 

Bob  was  not  one  of  the  sort  to  let  any  personal  credit  get 
by  him,  but  he  handled  his  honors  in  a  peculiar  way.  He  had 
a  sarcastic  laugh  which  spoke  more  than  words,  and  when  he 
did  use  words  he  used  a  good  many  of  them,  those  words  could 
be  given  more  than  one  meaning.  Not  that  Bob  abused  or 
ridiculed  his  boss ;  in  fact,  he  always  spoke  in  his  defense. 
But  he  did  it  in  a  sort  of  pitying,  sneering  way  that  made  his 
faint  praise  doubly  damning. 

The  more  quick-witted  of  the  patrons  soon  realized  the  rela- 
tions between  employer  and  employed,  and  they  considered 
that  the  conditions  in  Souders'  drug  store  were  exceedingly 
funny.  They  laughed  at  Souders — each  week  more  and  more 
people  laughed  at  Souders — and  poor  Souders  laughed  with 
them  without  knowing  what  they  or  he  were  laughing  at. 
Wasn't  it  funny'? 

Everyone  wondered  what  Bob  was  after.  Outside  of  col- 
lege hours  he  was  in  the  store  every  business  minute,  working 
like  a  horse  and  that  for  insignificant  pay.  As  Souders  noted 
the  steadily  increasing  receipts  his  flacid  lips  parted  wider 
and  wider  in  open-mouthed  amazement.  So  far  as  Souders 
could  be  enthusiastic  about  anything,  he  was  enthusiastic 
about  Bob,  and  Bob  was  constantly  flaying  him  with  veiled 
scorn  and  witty  sarcasm.     Wasn't  it  funny'/ 

When  Bob  graduated,  passed  the  board  and  could  write 
Ph.G.  and  R.P.  after  his  name,  it  dawned  upon  Souders  that 
he  should  pay  his  clerk  a  larger  portion  of  the  profits  which 
that  clerk  was  so  instrumental  in  creating.  He  offered  Bob 
an  increased  salary — he  went  further,  he  offered  him  a  partner- 
ship in  the  business.  Bob  laughed  in  his  face.  Wasn't  it 
funny '/ 

Souders  made  his  offer  on  Saturday.  Bob  quit  that  night. 
He  had  already  leased  a  store  on  the  corner  diagonally  across 
from  Souders.  Bob's  folks  had  some  money  and  had  made 
him  a  very  liberal  graduation  present.  When  Bob  opened  his 
store  it  was  the  palace.  Souders'  store  was  a  hovel.  Souders 
gazed  across  the  street  in  wide-eyed  wonder,  for  he  could  not 
yet  quite  understand.  The  whole  town  laughed  at  Souders. 
Wasn't  it  funny? 

Today  Robert  Inglis  is  known  as  a  very  successful  man. 
highly  respected,  prominent  citizen,  very  charitable,  church 
pillar  and  all  that.  In  Vernon  people  stiil  tell  how  Robert 
Inglis  built  up  a  business  for  himself  in  another  man's  store. 
The  relators  laugh,  so  do  the  hearers.     Isn't  it  funny? 

Souders?  Oh,  after  he  failed  he  left  Vernon,  drifted  from 
one  thing  to  another,  health  broke  and  he  killed  himself.  Said 
to  have  become  insane.  I  believe.     Wasn't  it  funny? 

The  Barrier. 

Overman  had  owned  a  drug  store  for  twenty  years,  had  the 
best  store  in  the  city  and  everyone  acknowledged  him  to  be  a 
fine  business  man.  Perhaps  he  was  a  little  impulsive ;  in  fact, 
he  said  so  himself.  Miller  had  been  with  Overman  during  the 
entire  life  of  the  business  and  was  chief  clerk.  He  liked  to 
refer  to  himself  as  "manager."  Overman  called  Miller  cau- 
tious, some  said  he  was  dull,  others  narrow ;  still  others, 
envious.  Overman  said  that  he  was  often  wisely  restrained  by 
Miller.  Overman  occupied  himself  with  the  buying,  advertis- 
ing and  financial  ends  of  the  business  and  let  Miller  look 
after  sales  and  prescriptions.  All  the  help  was  under  Miller 
and  until  Ferris  came,  it  had  been  hired  by  him  and  was  just 
his  sort.  Ferris  already  had  a  record  and  when  Overman 
heard  of  it  he  hired  him.  but  naturally  he  placed  him  under 
Miller.  Clerk  Ferris  was  a  good  bit  like  Overman.  His  head 
was  full  of  ideas  and  sometimes  those  ideas  boiled  over  and 
splashed  around  a  bit.  If  Miller  had  ever  had  an  original  idea 
it  had  never  gotten  out  of  his  head. 

Ferris  soon  noticed  two  things.  One  was  that  Miller  tried 
to  keep  him  and  Overman  apart.  The  other  was  that  if  Ferris 
had  a  scheme  that  was  too  deep  for  Miller  to  understand  it 
was  "not  worth  while."  If  the  scheme  was  within  Miller's 
range  of  reasoning  it  was  pronounced  "good,  but  crude." 
Miller  would  always  undertake  to  "remove  the  crudities."  If 
the  changes  spoiled  the  idea  Ferris  was  blamed  for  failure : 
if  success  came  Miller  took  most  of  the  credit.     These  condi- 


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of  Miller.  Ferris  admired  Overman,  was  loyal  to  his  iuteresls. 
and  might  have  been  made  to  fairly  worship  him.  But  it" 
Ferris  did  get  a  scheme  direct  to  Overman,  even  though  the 
latter  approved  it,  it  was  referred  to  Miller  and  invariably 
turned  down.  Of  course,  Overman  was  only  showing  respect 
for  and  confidence  in  an  old  and  faithful  servant. 

Ferris'  letter  of  resignation  read,  in  part :  "I  would  rather 
work  for  you  than  any  man  I  ever  knew.  I  tried  to  give  you 
the  best  that  was  in  me,  and  had  you  let  me  get  close  to  you 
I  would  have  learned  from  you  and  made  myself  more  valuable 
to  you.  Yo^u  have  paid  me  all  I  earned  and  I  want  no  presents. 
but  I  want  a  chance  to  earn  more  and  cannot  get  it  in  your 
service.  I  cannot  climb  over  Mr.  Miller  to  get  to  you  and  I 
will  not  try  to  undermine  him." 

Today,  Ferris  is  Overman's  most  dangerous  competitor. 
Who  is  to  blame,  Aliller  or  Overman? 


The  Slaughter  of  the  Innocents. 


A  Too-Little  Considered  Field  of  Habit-Forming  Drugs. 


Ginger  Growing  in  Jamaica. 

Ginger  is  the  dried  underground  stem  of  a  plant  which 
grows  wild  in  southeast  Asia  and  in  the  Malay  Archipelago. 
and  is  cultivated  extensively  in  South  America  and  thr 
West  Indies,  particularly  Jamaica.  The  ginger  produced  in 
Jamaica  is  recognized  as  of  superior  quality  and  commands 
more  than  double  the  price  of  any  other.  The  botanical  naiin' 
of  the  stem  is  rhizomes,  the  real  roots  of  the  ginger  plani 
being  the  fibers  which  are  given  off  from  the  rhizomes.  Leafy 
shoots  rise  from  the  underground  stems  to  a  height  of  1  tu 
3  feet,  according  to  conditions  of  soil  and  climate.  The  plant 
bears  a  blossom  on  a  stalk  separate  from  the  leaves.  Ginger 
requires  a  rich  soil,  well  drained,  rich  vegetable  loam  being 
best  adapted  to  its  cultivation.  These  conditions  being  met. 
tions  led  Ferris  to  strive  to  get  directly  at  Overman,  in  spili' 
it  may  be  grown  from  the  sea  level  to  high  mountainous  n- 
gions,  provided  the  rainfall  be  abundant  or  irrigation  be 
adopted. 

The  plant  is  propagated  by  division  of  the  rhizomes,  each 
rhizome  being  carefully  divided  into  small  pieces,  pains  being 
taken  to  leave  at  least  one  shoot  bud  on  a  cutting.  The  cut- 
tings are  at  once  set  out  in  the  field  in  holes  that  have  been 
specially  prepared  for  the  purpose  at  distances  of  about  a 
foot  apart.  It  is  essential  that  the  land  should  be  well 
cleaned  and  trenched,  the  refuse  and  rubbish  being  buried  in 
the  trenches  to  enrich  the  soil.  The  best  time  for  planting  is 
in  March  or  April.  The  plant  is  cultivated  in  much  the 
same  way  as  the  potato.  Manure  is  generally  placed  in  the 
holes  when  the  planting  takes  place,  and  also  spaded  into 
the  ground  when  the  same  land  is  used  for  several  years  in 
succession. 

The  plant  is  in  blossom  about  September.  Thereafter  the 
shoots  wither,  and  the  rhizomes  increase  in  size,  and  by 
January  or  February  the  spice  is  ready  to  gather.  The 
plant  is  dug  out  of  the  soil,  with  a  fork,  care  being  taken  not 
to  injure  the  rhizomes  or  hands,  as  they  are  termed  in  Ja- 
maica. The  hands  vary  in  size,  some  being  very  large  and 
weighing  over  half  a  pound. 

After  the  hands  are  divested  of  the  fibrous  roots  and  all 
adhering  mold  and  dirt,  they  are  scalded  for  some  minutes 
in  boiling  water,  to  destroy  their  vitality,  and  then  dried  in 
the  sun.  when  they  become  the  ginger  of  commeroe.  The 
darker  kinds  are  sometimes  bleached  by  exposure  to  fumes 
of  chloride  of  lime  or  burning  sulphur.  What  is  known  as 
"scraped."  "uncoated,"  and  "white"  ginger  is  prepared  by 
scraping  the  hands  with  a  knife  until  the  dark  outer  skin  is 
removed,  and  then  drying  thoni  in  the  sun.  When  cultivated 
under  favorable  conditions,  an  acre  of  land  will  produce  as 
much  as  4,000  pounds. 

Ginger  is  shipped  in  bags,  which  generally  contain  a  hun- 
dredweight each  of  the  spice.  There  is  a  considerable  acre- 
age of  land  under  cultivation  of  ginger  in  Jamaica,  mostly  in 
the  hands  of  small  settlers  in  the  southern  part  of  the  island. 
During  the  last  fiscal  year  about  1,400,000  pounds  were  ex- 
ported from  this  island,  about  6.50.000  pounds  being  taken 
by  the  United  States,  and  600,000  by  Great  Britain.  Canada 
took  nearly  all  the  balance.  The  crop  last  year  was  little 
more  tnan  two-thirds  the  usual  amount,  because  of  the  severe 
and  long-continued  drought  in  the  island.  Preserved  ginger  is 
prepared  and  exported  from  Jamaica  only  in  small  quantities 
(Consular  Report). 


The  druggist  who  "trusts  to  intuition"  sometimes  mistakes 
his  own   instinct   for   intelligence. 


Vy  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

The  numberless  kinds  of  work, 
the  industrial  and  professional 
conditions  of  each,  and  the  tre- 
mendous amount  of  accompanying 
detail,  which  a  government  like 
that  of  the  United  States  has  to 
supervise  and  regulate  is  well- 
nigh  incomprehensible.  No  won- 
der that  the  jungles  of  Africa,  with 
a  few  sociable  wild  animals  thrown 
in,  are  a  sylvan  retreat  of  allur- 
ing  restfulness   in   comparison  ! 

Of  course,  each  class  of  workers 
feels  its  issues,  its  legislation  and 
its  protection  are  all-important.  So 
perfectly,  however,  is  this  vast  ag- 
gregation of  interests  systematized 
that  a  truly  wonderful  amount  of 
good  work  is  accomplished  each 
yrar.  If  unwise  legislation  sometimes  slips  through,  or  certain 
details  are  not  properly  regitlated,  it  is  small  wonder.  It  is 
of  the  greatest  importance  that  each  class  be  continuously  on 
the  look-out  for  the  safe-guarding  of  its  own  best  interests. 

The  legislation  concerning  the  importation,  the  manufacture 
and  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs  is  receiving  serious  and 
timely  attention.  It  might  at  first  appear,  that  in  this  con- 
nection, the  women-folk  have  no  direct  interest,  but  such  is  not 
the  case.  There  is  one  field,  the  control  of  which  comes 
almost  entirely  within  the  province  of  women,  and  that  is  the 
administering  of  quietirig  medicines  and  narcotics  to  young 
children. 

If  statistics  were  available,  which  they  are  not.  to  prove 
who  it  is  that  purchases  and  deals  out  the  great  quantity 
of  such  medicines  prepared  and  sold  in  this  and  other  coun- 
tries, there  is  little  doubt  that  at  least  9.5  per  cent  of  it  could 
be  shown  to  be  handled  by  women — mothers,  non-professional 
nurses,  older  children  and  women  relatives.  The  children  are 
I  he  hope  of  the  nation.  Preserve  them  and  our  future  citizen- 
ship will  take  care  of  itself.  Anything  which  menaces  the 
health,  the  life  or  the  morals  of  the  child  should  be  carefully 
investigated.  Anything  which  broadly  menaces  the  child 
through  the  ignorance  or  the  carelessness  of  women  should  be 
made  the  subject  of  study  and  effort  to  rectify  by  the  women 
of  our  laud,  who  are  fortunate  enough  to  have  greater  oppor- 
tunities for  wisdom. 

There  has  been  an  awakening  during  the  past  few  years 
to  the  necessity  for  guarding  child-life  more  carefully.  Juven- 
ili!  courts,  which  aim  to  keep  the  children  from  going  wrong, 
playgrounds,  to  give  them  a  chance  for  fresh  air  and  healthful 
exercise,  and  a  broader  training  to  fit  them  for  more  sym- 
metrical lives  are  the  result.  These  are  all  good,  excellent, 
but  what  if  the  child's  physical  and  mental  development  have 
been  partially  or  wholly  arrested  before  it  is  old  enough  for 
the  good  influences  of  these  worthy  institutions?  We  must 
go  back  of  all  this,  back  to  the  days  of  colicky  infancy  and 
the  tedious  months  of  painful  teething,  when  tired,  ignorant 
or  careless  mothers  or  female  attendants  administer  medi- 
cines of  unknown  effect  to  soothe  worr.ying  children.  Un- 
known, save  for  the  immediate  effect  of  stupefying  them  into 
unnatural  shimber  or  a  condition  of  partial  insensibility  to 
pain  or  discomfort. 

Many  do  not  realize  the  evil  effects  on  brain  and  body  of 
this  practice,  and  .yet  it  is  a  self-condemning  fact  that  as  a 
rule  women  deny  using  anything  of  the  kind,  even  when  evi- 
dences of  their  use  are  painfully  apparent. 

One  mother  with  five  pallid,  listless  children  was  interro- 
gated by  a  prominent  druggist's  wife  regarding  the  health  of 
her  little  ones.  She  acknowledged  that  they  were  all  of  an 
exceedingly  nervous  temperament — inherited  from  their 
father — and  that  she  had  done  her  best  to  keep  them  clothed, 
fed  and  in  good  health.  She  stoutly  denied  ever  giving  them 
anything  in  medicines  except  a  simple  tonic  for  their  nerves. 
Further   questioning   revealed   that   the   whole   five   had   been 


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freely  giveu  a  medicine  wliicb  contaiuc?(l  au  excessive  amount 
of  morphine  to  the  ounce  before  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  came  into  force,  and  which  still  contains  too  mucb  to  be 
given  indiscriminately  and  continuously  to  children. 

There  were  those  little  ones  with  their  stunted  mentalities, 
their  thin  little  bodies,  yellowed  skins,  and  lack-lustre  eyes, 
with  the  seeds  of  a  deadly  habit  planted  in  each  little  system. 
They  will  grow  up,  if  they  live,  into  whatever  sort  of  citizens 
surrounding  influences  make,  to  become  in  their  turn  the 
parents  of  further  degenerates. 

The  evil  is  not  wholly  confined  to  the  ignorant  or  to  those 
who  plead  the  necessity  for  a  chance  to  labor  uninterruptedly. 
Sometimes  the  well-to-do  employ  nurse  girls  without  making  a 
rigid  investigation  of  their  previous  records.  A  beautiful,  mother- 
less boy,  whose  home  was  with  his  grandmother — a  woman  of 
culture  and  social  position — was  placed  in  the  care  of  a 
woman  of  supposedly  good  character.  She  was  devoted  to 
novel  reading,  and  to  gain  leisure  fjr  this  pastime  she  freely 
drugged  the  child  with  what  purported  to  be  an  entirely  harm- 
less syrup.  The  "dope"'  was  purchased  and  administered 
without  the  knowledge  of  her  employer,  and  it  was  not  until 
the  child's  health  and  moral  nature  were  wrecked  and  the 
woman  had  gone  on  to  pastures  new  that  the  cause  of  the 
trouble  was  discovered.  Is  that  woman  still  gaining  time  to 
read  trashy  novels  by  drugging  helpless  children? 

Another  case  was  that  of  a  fine,  lusty  child  which  cried 
so  much  that  its  own  mother — an  apparently  intelligent 
woman — decided  to  yield  to  the  advice  of  her  neighbors  and 
to  give  it  a  soothing  medicine.  The  effect  was  magical.  The 
irritable,  exacting  baby  became  a  quiet  child  that  took  long 
unbroken  naps.  The  mother  worked  or  neighbored  in  peace. 
When  the  medicine  was  used  up,  the  child's  irritability  in- 
creased and  in  desperation  she  obtained  more  with  the  same 
good  (?)  results.  After  several  unpleasant  experiences  of 
being  "out",  it  was  purchased  in  several  bottle  lots.  There 
was  no  further  trouble — then.  But,  now  that  the  child  is  a 
grown  woman  she  is  a  living  reproach  to  her  mismanaged 
"oabyhood.  Poor  child,  she  has  been  more  sinned  against  than 
sinning.  Intellect  and  the  power  of  speech  alike  hopelessly 
crippled.  She  would  have  been  a  beautiful  girl  had  Mother 
Nature  had  her  way,  fair  as  a  lily,  with  hair  like  a  web  of 
sunbeams.  She  must  now  go  onward  through  life  a  feeble- 
minded, incoherent  babbler. 

Just  one  more  example,  and  this  last  a  case  peculiarly  sad. 
The  child  was  the  son  of  a  fairly  prosperous  druggist.  The 
mother  was  a  girlish  young  woman  who,  like  many  another 
mother,  lacked  much  knowledge  that  a  mother  should  have. 
The  little  fellow  was  irritable  and  peevish  in  his  almost  con- 
tinual confinement  in  the  few  rooms  above  the  store.  After 
long  days  and  late  hours  of  nerve-trying,  particular  work,  it 
was  hard  to  be  kept  awake  by  a  fretful  infant,  and  a  bottle 
of  a  sweet,  soothing  nature  was  brought  upstairs.  It  gave 
relief,  and  that  was  the  beginning.  Perhaps  -the  father  did 
not  realize  how  many  bottles  followed  the  first,  or  it  may 
have  been  that  "familiarity  bred  a  certain  degree  of  con- 
tempt" for  likely  results.  And  the  angels  wept  over  another 
life  the  natural  brightness  of  which  was  dulled. 

These  cases  are  typical  of  the  ignorant,  hard-working 
woman  who  feels  that  she  must  have  her  hands  free  to  help 
earn  the  daily  bread ;  the  society  woman  who  gives  the  care 
of  the  precious  young  lives  intrusted  to  her  into  the  hands 
of  irresponsible  hirelings :  the  unnatural  mother  who  blindly 
and  persistently  seeks  present  freedom  from  annoyance  with- 
out giving  due  heed  to  future  results ;  and  perhaps  the  most 
serious  of  all.  those  who  have  the  opportunity  right  at  hand 
of  knowing  better,  and  .vet  who  still  follow  the  line  of  the 
least  resistance  and  ignore  results. 

There  is  no  gainsaying  that  quieting  medicines  have  their 
place,  but  their  place  is  in  the  hands  of  a  competent  physician 
who  is  prepared  to  take  the  responsibility  of  saying  when  such 
medicine  is  needed,  what  should  be  given,  and  how  long  it 
should  be  continued.  Self-medication  on  the  part  of  the 
ignorant  is  bad  enough,  but  the  ill-advised,  blundering  medi- 
cation of  helpless  children  which  tends  to  dwarf  development 
and  implant  a  craving  for  habit-forming  drugs  is  nothing,  if 
not  criminal. 

The  extent  of  the  evil  is  difficult  to  estimate,  because  of  a 
pronounced  inclination  to  be  secretive  regarding  it,  but  the 
steady  dem.and  for  such  medicines  tell  of  their  widespread  use. 
The  government  can  provide  for  a  legitimate  use  of  medicines 
and   in   some   measure  prevent   their  abuse,   but   the   mothers 


themselves,  the  women  of  the  nation  and  the  incoming  tide 
of  immigrant  motherhood  should  be  taught  the  results,  the 
far-reaching  results  of  such  a  habit. 

The  mother  of  a  child  which  cried  bitterly  and  showed 
evidences  of  distress  was  advised  to  give  it  something  soothing, 
but  wise  woman  that  she  was,  she  refused.  The  little  one 
was  showing  marked  symptoms  of  mal-nutrition.  A  doctor 
was  called  and  an  investigation  proved  that  the  milk  supply 
came  from  cows  fed  with  ensilage.  Ensilage  is  fermented 
corn  fodder.  Every  drop  of  milk  taken,  added  fuel  to  the 
fire  of  the  trouble.  The  milk  was  changed  and  that  child  and 
several  others  similarly  affected  got  well. 

Another  child,  the  infant  son  of  a  college  professor,  was 
restless,  and  the  young  mother  was  urged  to  give  this  and 
that  quieting  preparation.  It  was  astonishing  how  many 
were  prompted  by  sympathy  to  tell  of  similar  use.  But  this 
wise  little  woman  said  :  "No,  we  have  doctors  and  druggists 
and  I  shall  have  special  service  for  this  child."  A  doctor 
was  summoned  and  found  an  incipient  spinal  trouble  which 
could  only  be  averted  by  prompt  measures. 

In  either  of  these  cases  the  soothing  medicines  recommended 
would  have  quieted  the  children,  and  at  the  same  time  lessened 
their  power  of  resistance  against  the  real  troubles.  Perhaps 
they  would  have  lulled  the  fears  of  the  mothers  temporarily 
to  rest,  giving  the  diseases  an  opportunity  for  the  total  de- 
struction of  their  victims. 

A  great  doctor  has  said  something  to  the  efifect  that  a  young 
child  is  literally  an  animated  stomach.  This  being  the  case, 
it  is  most  important  what  is  taken  into  the  stomach  in  the 
shape  of  either  food  or  medicine.  The  time  will  undoubtedly 
come  when  our  government  will  establish  a  Bureau  of  Infant 
Intelligence.  Surely  such  a  department  would  be  of  as  great 
importance  as  the  scientific  study  of  plants  or  stock  breeding, 
or  even  the  stamping  out  of  certain  diseases. 

If  the  women-folk  of  the  drug  trade  could  be  the  means 
of  the  dissemination  of  useful  information  among  the  women 
of  our  nation  concerning  the  dangers  of  indiscriminate  infant 
medication,  and  could  see  the  ball  rolling  to  bring  about 
practical  government  help  in  the  proper  management  and 
safe-guarding  of  young  children,  with  accompanying  demon- 
strations of  the  evils  following  in  the  wake  of  certain  methods 
of  care,  diet  and  dosing,  the  future  generations  would  have 
reason  to  rise  up  and  call  us  blessed. 


Arranging  for  Chapter  6's  Musicale. 

Philadelphia.  Jan,  2.5. — Officers  and  members  of  Chapter 
6,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  are  very  busy  these  days  arranging  for 
their  musicale  and  dance,  to  take  place  the  evening  of  Feb- 
ruary 25,  at  Mercantile  Hall.  The  pToceeds  will  be  for  the 
benefit  of  the  chapter  and  the  affair  will  be  the  first  of  the 
many  entertainments  given  by  the  local  chapter  to  which 
admission  will  be  charged.  All  of  the  talent  will  be  profes- 
sional. The  musical  part  of  the  programme  will  be  followed 
by  a  playette. 

The  rapid  rate  at  which  tickets  are  being  sold  is  an  indica- 
tion of  the  support  that  the  chapter  is  receiving  from  its 
many  friends  in  the  trade.  The  entertainment  is  in  charge  of 
the  following  committee :  Mrs.  N.  D.  Streeter.  chairman ; 
Mrs.  H.  A.  Nolte.  Mrs.  E.  M.  Piatt,  Mrs,  E.  W.  Gebhardt, 
Mrs.  J.  G.  Howard,  iirs,  Walter  Rothwell,  Mrs.  L.  A.  Hance, 
Mrs.  H.  F.  Vosage  and  Miss  Margaret  Campbell. 


Druggists  and  Their  Wives  at  Dancing  Class. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  24. — With  a  display  of  interest  that 
promises  to  make  the  druggists  of  Philadelphia  famous  for 
their  proficiency  in  the  terpsichorean  art,  prominent  retailers, 
with  their  wives  and  daughters  and  a  few  afliliated  with  the 
trade,  on  Friday  evening  turned  out  to  the  first  class  after  the 
holidays.  The  lesson  lasted  from  9  to  11  p.  m..  and  at  the 
close,  when  it  was  asked  how  many  would  be  on  hand  for  the 
next  lesson  two  weeks  hence,  the  assent  was  unanimous.  Each 
one  also  promised  to  bring  friends. 

Among  those  present  were  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Rehfuss, 
Miss  Lebo,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  E.  Lee,  Mr.  and  Sirs.  S.  B. 
Davis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Kelley,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Fred.  R. 
Keller,  Mr.  C.  S.  Gill,  Miss  Paul,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Marsden, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  W.  Fluck,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Harry  G.  Comp. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  H.  Davis.  Airs.  C.  6.  Neely.  Miss  Neely, 
Miss  Dora  Rubin.  Miss  Esther  M.  Wolfe.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Darlev  and  Miss  Warner. 


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Original  and  Selected 


CARD  SIGNS  THAT  SOLD  GOODS.* 


By  Edw.   Williams,  Antigo,   Wis. 

During  the  past  winter  I  was  engaged  during  my  spare 
time  in  the  manufacture  of  a  hand-mpde  copy  of  Omar 
Khayyam,  that  I  bring  it  here  for  your  inspection  and  while 
working  at  it  the  thought  struck  me  that  similar  signs  or 
cards  would  be  a  good  thing  to  draw  attention  to  my  window 
displays.  They  were  such  a  pronounced  benefit  that  I  present 
my  experience  here  that  other  members  may  profit  by  it. 
There  is  no  expense  in  connection  with  the  manufacture  of 
these  signs,  as  the  materials  used  are  such  as  are  found  in 
every  drug  store.  The  red  color  is  carmine  dissolved  in  dilute 
ammonia ;  the  blue,  Prussian  blue  dissolved  in  a  dilute  solu- 
tion of  oxalic  acid ;  the  gilding  is  Japanese  gold  paint,  to 
which  I  add  a  small  amount  of  gasoline  when  necessary  to 
increase  its  fluidity  or  covering  capacity.  Higgin's  India  ink 
I  find  to  be  the  best  for  the  general  lettering  of  the  signs. 
and  either  red,  blue  or  gold  for  the  illuminated  capitals.  The 
type  of  lettering  most  attractive  and  distinctive  from  the  pro- 
fessional card  writer's  work  is  a  modification  of  the  vertical 
handwriting  now  being  taught  in  the  schools.  A  stylographic 
pen  is  an  ideal  instrument  with  which  to  execute  this  class 
of  lettering  and  an  ordinary  camel's-hair  pencil  is  good  enough 
for  the  color  work  and  gilding  of  any  special  design.  For 
more  elaborate  sign  work  a  set  of  Prang's  "school  water 
colors"  is  very  useful,  furnishing  at  small  expense  colors  that 
are  fairly  permanent  to  light  and  by  judicious  blending  of  the 
primary  colors  of  the  set  any  tint  desired  can  be  produced. 
For  gray  tones  dilute  the  India  ink  largely  with  water  and 
brush  out  rapidly  after  first  wetting  the  paper  slightly  with 
water  to  make  the  color  spread  uniformly.  Do  not  think  that 
it  is  only  the  fancy  signs  that  sell  the  goods ;  common  black 
ink  signs  on  ordinary  cardboard  have  their  usefulness  also. 

I  bring  here  two  ordinary  black  letter  signs  that  sold  out 
their  window  displays  in  three  and  four  days  respectively. 
The  "rat  biskit"  card  I  put  in  the  window  with  the  goods  the 
first  real  cold  day  last  fall  and  it  was  one  of  the  best  pulling 
signs  I  ever  used. 

The  "boy's  bat"  card  sold  three  dozen  boys'  bats  in  three 
days  and  incidentally  sold  other  goods  in  the  same  line,  such 
as  balls,  mitts,  gloves,  etc.,  which  were  frequently  sold  to  the 
bat  customers.  The  point  I  wish  to  emphasize  is :  Make  your 
cards  harmonize  with  your  display  of  goods. 

For  artistic  packages  of  stationery,  such  as  the  Eaton-Hurl- 
bnt  line,  I  used  the  sign  shown  here  with  good  results,  but 
for  a  "rough  timber"  display,  such  as  bats  or  rat  poison,  a 
plain  black  and  white  business-like  card  with  prices  matches 
best  and  pulls  the  most  business. 


Mr.  Dooley  on  Buying  Clubs. 

{With  apologies  to  Mr.  Dunne.) 
"Have  ye  jined  the  buyin'  club  yet?"  said  Hogan,  leaning 
carelessly  on  the  bar. 

"I  have  not."  says  Dooley,  "and  the  chances  are  I  won't. 
"Why,  a  feller  was  in  me  place  the  other  noight  tryin'  to 
sell  me  a  bar'l  of  booze  direct  from  the  facthry  fer  spot  cash 
which,  says  he,  would  intitle  me  to  a  membership  in  the 
'Buyers'  Liberal  League,'  he  says.  I  told  him  that  I  bought 
me  booze  from  O'Donnell,  the  wholesaler,  be  the  gallon  and 
still  owed  him  for  the  most  of  it.  'Niver  moind  that,'  says  he, 
'the  evolution  of  modern  business  demands  the  elimination  of 
the  middleman  henceforth.  Time  was.'  says  he,  'whin  the 
small  dealer  with  cash  to  pay  his  bills  pathronized  the  whole- 
saler, but  nowadays  the  lad  with  the  ready  cash  jines  the 
buyin'  club  and  buys  from  the  facthry  direct,  and  whinever 
he's  shy  of  the  ready  cash  it's  time  to  look  up  the  address  of 
the  despised  middleman.'  I  asked  Doc'  Leary  about  it  yister- 
dah  and,  says  he,  'Dooley,  the  buyin'  club  is  a  good  dale  loike 
the  polisman's  club,  it's  only  good  for  the  lad  that  swings  it. 


.Muine  ye  the  co-operaiiou  between  min  is  a  good  thing  whin 
buildin'  churches,  lookiu'  after  the  public  health  and  kapin' 
ihe  ward  Dimmycratic.  but  don't  make  the  fatal  mistake  of 
puttin"  yer  bank-roll  in  the  same  pile  with  y'r  competitor 
across  the  street  who  is  makin'  faces  at  ye  the  day  long.  If 
ye  do,  don't  look  for  anny  betther  dividends  thin  ye  are  drawin' 
from  the  bunch  of  co-operative  minin'  stock  ye  have  in  the 
cellar.'  " 

"Ye  don't  belave  in  buyin'  clubs  then,"  says  Hogan. 

"Not  unless  I'm  the  club,"  says  Dooley. — «/.  A.  Connelly  in 
McPike's  Bi-Monthly. 


CHEMICAL     CHANGES    IN    DISPENSING     THAT 

CAUSE  COMPLAINT.* 

By  J.  Leon  LascofE,  New  York. 

In  my  practical  experience  I  have  come  across  a  good  many 
prescriptions  which  change  their  color  on  standing,  due  to 
chemical  reaction.  While  a  colorless  solution  sometimes  turns 
red,  a  mixture  originally  dispensed  of  a  reddish  shade  will,  in 
a  short  time,  change  its  color  to  a  pale  straw  shade.  In  some 
instances  a  good   many  change  to  different  colors,   as  yellow, 

green,  brown  or  olive 
green.  Two  white 
powders  mixed  to- 
gether will  suddenly 
change  to  a  pink  or 
carmine  color,  and  the 
longer  we  triturate  the 
darker  will  the  mix- 
ture become. 

Many  pharmacists, 
as  well  as  myself,  re- 
ceive complaints  from 
our  customers  on  ac- 
count of  these  changes, 
especially  in  repeti- 
tions. For  instance, 
a  medicine  is  some- 
times of  a  different 
color  than  that  pre- 
viously dispensed.  A 
customer  on  receiving 
his  medicine  for  the 
first  time,  notes  its 
color.  Upon  renewing 
the  same  the  color  is 
entirely  different.  This 
naturally  makes  him 
suspicious  and  he 
thinks  that  the  pre- 
scription has  been  in- 
J.  I.EON   LASCOFF.  correctly  dispensed,  or 

substitution  practiced. 
As  is  the  case,  many  people  are  timid  about  taking  medi- 
cine, and  upon  receiving  a  newly  repeated  prescription  and 
noting  that  it  does  not  possess  the  same  color  as  the  original, 
they  lose  confidence  entirely,  and  lay  the  whole  blame  upon 
the  shoulders  of  the  dispenser.  He  tries  his  best  to  convince 
them  of  the  error  on  their  part,  but  in  vain. 

Looking  at  the  case  from  the  customer's  point  of  view,  he 
can  hardly  be  blamed  for  his  distrust,  if  he  has  not  been 
notified  Ijefore  that  a  change  of  color  is  possible.  The  cus- 
tomer knows  nothing  at  all  about  chemicals,  and  although  the 
pharmacist  tries  his  very  best  to  explain  the  reason  for  the 
change  in  appearance  and  that  the  medical  properties  are  the 
same,  it  is  impossible  to  convince  the  patient  who  loses  confi- 
dence in  the  pharmacist.  This  has  often  been  the  case  in 
my  own  practical  experience,  although  the  utmost  care  and  the 
best  checking  system  has  been  always  observed  in  our  pre- 
scription department. 

A  very  interesting  and  valuable  paper  was  not  long  ago 
presented  before  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  on 
"Some  Chemical  Reasons  Why  Solutions  Deteriorate,"  in 
which  the  author  called  attention  to  the  conditions  resulting 
from  physical  and  chemical  forces.  He  also  suggested  excel- 
lent remedies  that  every  pharmacist  ought  to  take  advantage  of. 


*Read    before    the    Wisconsin    Pharmaceutical    Association 
and  reprinted  from  the  Proceedings. 


*Read  before  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  Janu- 
ary 11,  1909. 


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But  to  our  great  sorrow,  not  every  pharmacist  takes  an  in- 
terest in  reading  the  proceedings  of  the  meetings  or  the  inter- 
esting papers  which  are  presented.  The  author  in  his  paper 
mentions  solutions. 

In  this  paper  I  will  present  for  discussion  some  mixtures 
which  have  been  prescribed  by  practicing  physicians  who  are 
a  little  weak  in  chemistry.  In  attempting  to  compound  them 
the  pharmacist  is  placed  in  a  position  where  he  cannot  change 
or  omit  any  of  the  ingredients. 

I  can  illustrate  this  contention  with  a  great  many  prescrip- 
tions, but  will  present  only  a  few  of  them : 
(1) 

Tr.  ferri  chloridi   10.0 

Antipyrin    0.12 

Sweet  spt.  nitre   15.0 

Aqua    ad.100.0 

By  adding  the  antipyrin  to  the  tincture  of  iron,  the  yellowish 
color  is  changed  to  purple;  by, mixing  it  with  the  sweet  spirit 
of  nitre  the  color  is  changed  to  green,  then,  on  standing,  to  an 
olive  green,  and  lastly  to  a  brown   (four  colors). 

Chemically  it  forms  iso-nitroso-antipyrin,  which  is  considered 
by  many  a  poisonous  compound. 
(2) 

Potass,  citratis  10.0 

Liq.  ammon.  acetatis, 

Spt.  aeth.  nitvos  aa.    30.0 

Tr.  cardamom  comp ir>.0 

Aqua   q.  s.  ad.  240.0 

On  componding  this  prescription  it  becomes  on  standing  a 
reddish  colored  mixture  which  changes  to  a  straw  color.  Here 
again  the  cause  of  the  color  change  is  sweet  spirit  of  nitre. 
Alkalies  change  the  color  to  purple.  The  potassium  citrate  has 
no  effect  on  the  compound  tincture  of  cardamom.  It  will  turn 
the  mixture  to  a  deeper  tint,  but  the  spirit  of  nitre  contains 
traces  of  nitrous  acid  which  cause  discoloration  of  the  mixture. 
(3) 

Heroin  hydrochlor 0.2 

Potass,  iodide   4.0 

Spt.  aether  comp.   (Hoffman's  drops) 12.0 

Syr.  pruni  virg 20.0 

Aqua   q.  s.,  ad.  90.0 

The  color  will  also  change  in  this  mixture  on  account  of 
the  ethereal  oil  contained  in  the  Hoffman's  drops  in  combina- 
tion with  potassium  iodide. 

(4) 

Resorcin    15.0 

Acid,  salicyl 0.18 

Spt.  odoratus    30.0 

Spirit,  vini q.  s.,  ad.  liJO.O 

Use  externally. 

This  mixture  will  turn  to  a  reddish  shade  after  standing. 
We  also  know  that  a  change  of  color  will   occur  in  oint- 
ments of  mixtures  containing  the  iodides  and  their  prepara- 
tions and  mercury  and  its  preparations.     Dr.  G.  C.  Diekman 
recently  read  a  paper  on  "Oleate  of  Mercury"  and  exhibited 
eleven  specimens  of  this  preparation.     The  specimens,  which 
had   been   collected   from   a    number   of   wholesale   and   retail 
sources,  varied  in  color  from  a  grayish-yellow  to  dark  brown. 
All,    however,   contained    practically    the    required    percentage 
of  mercury  which  was  calculated  as  oxide. 
(5) 
Tr.  iodi., 

Aq.   ammon.   fort aa.  15.0 

Lin.    saponis   camphor    q.  s.  ad.  60.0 

Liniment ;  use  externally. 

On  mixing  the  above  mentioned  ingredients  a  liniment  re- 
sults which  is  first  of  a  dark  shade ;  it  gradually  gets  lighter, 
then  yellow,  and  finally  becomes  colorless. 
(6) 

Acid,    carbolic    8  grains. 

Tr.    iodi 10  drops. 

Aq q.  s.  ad.  3  ounces. 

This  was  prescribed  for  internal  use.  The  color  of  the 
mixture  is  red,  but  on  standing  a  certain  length  of  time  it  gets 
lighter.  The  prescription  was  returned  to  me  on  account  of  the 
change   in   color,   and   I   was   requested   to   compound   it   over 


again.     After  a   long  argument  and   explanation   I   convinced 
the   patient   that   the   prescription   was   dispensed   in   the  same 
vi-ay  as  was  done  before,  but  in  the  time  wasted  on  explanation 
I  could  have  dispensed  at  least  half  a  dozen  prescriptions. 
(7) 

Infusion    of    buchu    2  ounces. 

Fl.  ex.  corn  silk  2  ounces. 

I  collected  samples  of   fluid  extract  of  cornsilk   from  four 
manufacturing   houses   and   all   showed   a   great   variation   in 
color,  ranging  from  a  light  straw  color  to  a  very  dark  brown. 
(8) 

Phenolphthalein  0.15 

Magnes.  calc 0.25 

M.,  ft.  caps. 
On  mixing  these  powders  a  sudden  change  from  white  to  a 
pinkish  tint  will  be  noticed  and  the  color  is  not  uniform.  I 
would  suggest  that  a  few  drops  of  alcohol  be  added  to  reduce 
the  volume  of  bulk  powder,  which  may  then  be  dispensed 
in  smaller  capsules,  and  the  mixture  will  also  be  of  a  uniform 
color. 

The  above  mentioned  prescriptions  which  change  their  ap- 
pearance on  compounding  are  but  few  in  comparison  with  the 
number  I  have  dispensed  during  my  practical  experience. 

The  suggestion  I  would  submit  regarding  prescriptions 
which  change  their  color  after  standing  certain  lengths  of 
time,  is  that  they  be  labeled  with  a  little  paster  bearing  a 
notice  something  on  this  style : 


:  Our  patrons  will  please  bear  in  mind  : 
:  that  after  standing,  the  color  of  the  mix-  : 
:  ture  may  change.  The  change  does  not  in  : 
:  any  way  affect  its  medicinal  properties.  : 
* * 

It  is  a  much  better  method  to  notify  your  patrons  in  ad- 
vance than  it  is  to  incur  their  distrust  of  your  methods  of 
dispensing,  and  possibly  lose  their  confidence  in  you  and 
their  patronage  as  well. 


Chemical  Progress  in  the  United  States. 
Some  interesting  figures  relating  to  the  progress  of  chemical 
manufactures  in  the  United  States  are  to  be  found  in  Bulletin 
No.  92,  recently  issued  by  the  Department  of  Commerce  and 
Labor  under  the  direction  of  the  Bureau  of  Census,  forming 
a  part  of  the  census  of  manufacturers  of  1905.  In  the  value 
of  products  the  present  census  shows  a  decided  advance  in  the 
value  of  products  over  that  of  1900,  or  39.3  per  cent.  In  the 
department  of  chemicals,  which  also  includes  sulphuric,  nitric, 
and  mixed  acids,  wood  distillation,  etc.,  the  report  shows  $92,- 
088,378  for  1905,  as  compared  with  $62,637,008  for  1900.  A 
marked  increase  is  also  shown  in  the  value  of  essential  oils, 
the  figures  reported  indicating  the  development  of  a  profitable 
industry.  It  is  also  noticeable  that  in  the  comparison  of  the 
number  of  establishments  in  the  various  States  with  those  of 
the  same  States  in  1900,  the  largest  increase  is  shown  in 
Georgia,  with  twenty-nine  establishments,  while  the  greatest 
decrease  is  reported  for  New  York,  or  twenty-one  in  number. 
The  shifting  of  manufacturing  activity  may  be  traceable  to 
several  causes,  the  controlling  factor  in  most  instances  being 
the  nearness  to  the  source  of  the  raw  material. 


Candy  "Nuisance"  Proved  a  Trade  "Winner. 
"When  I  was  in  the  drug  business,  not  long  ago,"  said  a 
resident  of  Detroit's  North  Side.  "I  used  to  keep  a  complete 
stock  of  cheap  colored  candy  to  sell  b,v  the  pennyworth.  While 
I  found  that  in  itself  it  wasn't  very  profitable,  I  used  it  to 
good  advantage  and  I  believe  that  what  trade  I  had  when  I 
quit  the  business  and  which,  I  might  add,  was  as  good  as  any 
in  this  vicinity,  was  built  up  solely  through  the  little  penny 
candy  counter.  I  got  the  stock  when  I  bought  the  store  and 
decided  at  once  that  it  was  a  grand  nuisance.  I  wanted  to 
get  rid  of  it  and  so  I  started  to  advertise  that  I  would  give  it 
away  to  children  who  had  prescriptions  put  up  at  the  store. 
I  soon  had  a  flock  of  children  there  bringing  prescriptions  for 
every  sort  of  household  remedy  and  I  found  that  they  were 
soiling  much  more  rapidly  than  I  had  expected.  I  bought  more 
candy  and  advertised  it  still  more  and  in  the  end  I  developed 
the  stock  until  I  had  it  already  made  up  into  little  packages 
which  I  could  just  hand  out  with  every  bottle.  It  was  a  great 
scheme  and  I  honestly  think  it  made  my  business." 


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QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  of  tbis  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  dif8culties.  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  AXOXTilOrS  COMMUNICATIONS 
KECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 


Kidney  Pills. 

(F.  H.  H.) — We  have  never  analyzed  the  proprietary  pills 
you  name.     The  following  formulas,  however,  are  typical   of 
the  class  generally  designated  as  "kidney  pills"  : 
(1) 

Powdered  digitalis   1  grain. 

Potassium  nitrate   2  grains. 

Powdered   squill    1  grain. 

For  one  pill. 

(2) 

Copaiba  resin  3      grains. 

Extract  of  cubebs  (ale.)    1      grain. 

Extract   of  buchu    V2  grain. 

Oil   of  juniper    q.  s. 

For  one  pill. 

(3) 

Powdered   digitalis    1      grain. 

Powdered  squill  1      grain. 

Jlild  chloride  of  mercury   1      grain. 

Extract  of  hyoscyamus  1  %  grains. 

For  one  pill. 

Shoe  Polish. 

(H.  P.) — For  ran  shoes  a  mixture  of  wax,  soap  and  tur- 
pentine is  generally  employed,  the  following  being  a  type  of 
this  compound : 

Yellow   wax    4  ounces. 

Potassium  carbonate    4  drams. 

Rosin   soap    2  drams. 

Oil  of  turpentine  S  ounces. 

Anilin  yellow    (phosphine)    4  grains. 

Water    q.  s. 

To  12  ounces  of  water  contained  in  a  suitable  pot.  add 
the  wax  and  soap  in  scrapings,  together  with  the  potassium 
carbonate,  and  boil  until  a  smooth  creamy  mass  is  obtained ; 
remove  the  heat  and  add  the  turpentine  and  the  dye,  the  last 
named  having  been  previously  dissolved  in  alcohol.  Mix 
thoroughly  and  add  sufficient  water  to  make  the  product 
measure  24  ounces. 

The  paste  polish  which  is  used  with  the  liquid  application 
is  composed  of  yellow  wax  and  rosin  thinned  with  petrolatum ; 
say  wax.  4  parts ;  rosin,  1  part ;  petrolatum,  12  parts ;  mixed 
according  to  art. 

A  simpler  form  of  the  liquid  polish  or  shoe  cream  is  made 
by  dissolving  equal  parts  of  yellow  wax  and  palm  oil  in  three 
parts  of  oil  of  turpentine. 

A  black  shoe  cream  or  polish  may  be  made  according  to  the 
following  formula : 

Tellow  was  or  ceresin  3      ounces. 

Spermaceti    1      ounce. 

Oil  of  turpentine   11      ounces. 

Asphalt   varnish    1      ovince. 

Borax     80      grains. 

Frankfort  black    1      ounce. 

Prussian  blue    2 '2  drams. 

Oil  of  mirbane   l^i  drams. 

Melt  the  wax,  add  the  borax,  and  stir  until  a  kind  of  jelly 
has  been  formed.  In  another  pan  melt  the  spermaceti ;  add 
the  varnish,  previousl.v  mixed  with  the  turpentine :  stir  well 
and  add  to  the  wax :  lastly  add  the  colors,  mix  well  and  in- 
corporate the  oil  of  mirbane. 

For  the  preparation  of  the  water  dressings  only  those  waxes 


are  available  which  are  capable  of  being  emulsified,  including 
carnauba,  bees,  Japan,  and  insect  wax  and  shellac.  Paraffin, 
ceresin  and  mineral  waxes  are  not  available.  In  order  to 
produce  an  emulsion  it  is  necessary  to  use  a  small  amount  of 
neutral  soap  in  addition  to  the  required  amount  of  alkali, 
though  care  must  be  taken  to  avoid  an  excess  of  soap,  as  this 
would  make  the  resulting  paste  too  readily  soluble  in  water. 
Dressings  of  this  class  are  made  by  heating  the  soap,  alkali, 
wax  and  water  to  nearly  the  boiling  point  of  water,  stirring 
constantly  until  a  uniform  milky  substance  is  produced,  which 
on  cooling  solidifies  into  a  mass  of  the  "onsistency  of  an 
ointment. 


Shampoo  Paste. 

(C.  M.  X.) — Trv  one  of  the  following: 
(1) 

White  castile  soap   2  ounces. 

Ammonia  water   2  ounces. 

Bay  rum  or  cologne  water 1  ounce. 

Gl.vcerin     1  ounce. 

Water    12  ounces. 

Dissolve   the  soap   in   the  water  by   means  of   heat  :   when 
nearly  cold  stir  in  the  other  ingredients. 
(2) 

Castile  soap  4  ounces. 

Potassium   carbonate    1  ounce. 

Water    (3  ounces. 

Glycerin    2  ounces. 

Oil  of  lavender  flowers   5  drops. 

Oil  of  bergamot 10  drops. 

To  the  water  add  the  soap,  in  shavings,  and  the  potassium 
carbonate,  and  heat  on  a  water  bath  until  thoroughly  soft- 
ened ;  add  the  glycerin  and  oils ;  if  necessary  to  reduce  con- 
sistency, more  water  may  be  added. 


Sea  Foam. 
(B.  S.)  — 

(1) 

Potassium  carbonate   V2  ounce. 

Castile  soap,  powdered  1      ounce. 

Water    S      ounces. 

Tincture  of  quillaja  1      ounce. 

Oil  of  bay  .t      minims. 

Alcohol,  enough  to  make  1      pint. 

(2) 

Soft  soap  IV2  ounces. 

Potassium  carbonate    2%  drams. 

Alcohol    3      fl.  ounces. 

Essence  of  jockey  club  %  fl.  ounce. 

Water  enough  to  make   25      fl.  ounces. 

(3) 

Spirit  of  soap 7      fl.  ounces. 

Glycerin    '2^,2  &■  ounces. 

Rum    • 2      fl.  ounces. 

Spirit  of  lavender   2      fl.  ounces. 

Alcohol    14      fl.  ounces. 

Rose  water   8      fl.  ounces. 

Vanillin   1^2  grains. 

Oil  of  wintergreen   2      drops. 

Sandalwood,  powdered   75      grains. 

Mix.     Allow  to  stand  for  two  days  and  filter. 


Candlenut  Oil. 

(F.  M.) — The  name  "Candlenut"",  as  we  understand  it,  is 
a  synonym  for  both  Aleurites  cordata  and  Aleurites  Jloluccana 
(A.  triloba.  Forst.),  the  seeds  of  A.  cordata  being  the  source 
of  tung  or  Chinese  wood  oil.  the  candlenut  oil  of  commerce 
being  derived  from  A.  Moluccana. 

The  candlenut  oil  is  obtained  by  boiling  in  water  the 
crushed  seeds  of  A.  Moluccana  which  grows  in  tropical  re- 
gions, in  the  isles  of  the  Indian  and  Pacific  Oceans,  India  and 
the  West  Indies.  The  oil  is  known  by  several  names  as  ke- 
ktme  oil  in  Ceylon ;  Bankul  oil  in  India :  Spanish  walnut  oil 
in  Jamaica ;  kekui  oil  in  the  Sandwich  Islands,  where  it  is 
used  as  a  mordant  for  vegetable  colors.  The  tree  yielding 
the  fruit  is  known  as  the  candleberr.v  tree,  from  the  fact  that 
the  seeds  strunir  upon  palm  fibers  are  used  for  lighting  pur- 
poses by  the  Polynesians.  The  nuts  taste  like  walnuts  and  are 
used  as  food  by  the  natives  of  New  Georgia.  The  tree  is 
called  Indian  Akrot  (walnut)  in  India.  t)n  account  of  the 
oil   b"ing   much    used   by   painters,    it   is   somntimos   known   as 


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country-walnut  oil  or  artist's  oil  ("Treasury  of  Botany"). 
The  oil  is  limpid,  transparent,  syrupy,  amber-yellow,  odorless 
and  rapidly-drying.  The  yield  is  about  60  per  cent.  It  con- 
sists of  palmitin,  stearin,  myristin  and  olein,  the  latter  being 
somewhat  like  linolein  from  linseed  oil.  The  oil  is  laxative. 
It  is  also  known  as  Lumbang  oil. 

Hectograph  or  Copying'  Pad. 

(W.  O.,  Jr.) — "Being  a  subscriber  to  the  Era  and  having 
read  with  interest  your  "Question  Box"  each  week,  I  thought 
that  perhaps  you  could  give  me  a  good  formula  for  making 
a  hectograph.  I  hope  I  may  read  the  answer  to  my  request 
in  the  next  issue." 

Various  formulas  have  been  published  for  making  copying 
pads  (hectographs),  but  the  following  seems  to  be  about  as 
good  as  any : 

Gelatin     4  ounces. 

Water    8  fl.  ounces. 

Allow  to  stand  for  twenty-four  hours,  turning  over  occa- 
sionally.    Add  to : 

Glycerin  at  200°  F 14  fl.  ounces. 

Stir  gently,  so  as  t.o  avoid  formation  of  air  bubbles,  and  pour 
into  a  thin  tray  about  three-eighths  to  one-half  inch  deep 
placed  on  a  perfect  level  table.     Allow  to  set. 

For  the  ink  use  the  following :  Methyl  violet,  1  part ;  alco- 
hol, 10  per  cent,  10  parts.     Dissolve. 

The  writing  must  be  well  done  on  glazed  paper  and  allowed 
to  become  perfectly  dry.  Place  the  sheet  upon  the  pad,  face 
downwards,  and  with  a  photographic  roller  press  perfectly 
flat.  Allow  to  remain  in  contact  for  five  minutes.  Remove. 
Copies  are  taken  by  pressing  on  the  pad  paper  nearly  free 
from  size.  A  few  seconds  suffices  for  the  first  impression, 
but  afterwards,  as  the  ink  becomes  exhausted,  a  longer  time 
must  be  given  and  the  paper  must  be  slightly  damp-  With 
care  there  is  no  difliculty  in  taking  from  twenty-five  to  fifty 
impressions. 

Afterwards  clean  off  with  a  sponge  dipped  in  a  mixture  of 

Hydrochloric  acid    1  part. 

Methylated   spirit    i)  parts. 

and  set  aside  for  a  few  hours  before  using  again.  After  much 
use  the  pad  may  require  remelting. 

White  Liniment. 

(C.  H.  H.) — "I  have  at  hand  your  Eka  Formulary  and  the 
Eba  from  which  I  have  tried  to  find  a  formula  for  a  white 
liniment  that  will  not  separate  and  one  that  does  not  contain 
eggs  in  the  manufacture  of  the  same.  Please  publish  a 
formula." 

"White  Liniment"  is  a  synonym  for  Stoke's  liniment  of  the 
National  Formulary,  which,  however,  directs  the  use  of  eggs 
in  its  preparation.  There  are  any  number  of  formulas  for 
liniments  under  the  above  title  which  does  not  call  for  eggs, 
the  following  being  typical  examples : 
(1) 

Alcohol   (90  per  cent)    6  drams. 

Olive  oil   12  ounces. 

Oil  of  thyme   2  drams. 

Oil  of  turpentine   6  ounces. 

Solution  of  ammonia  6  ounces. 

(2) 

Acetic  acid    2%  ounces. 

Liniment  of  soap  3      ounces. 

Oil  of  turpentine   3      ounces. 

Strong  solution  of  ammonia 3      ounces. 

Distilled  water  to  make   20      ounces. 

(3) 

Soft  soap   4  ounces. 

Distilled   water    4  ounces. 

Oil  of  turpentine   IB  ounces. 

Elixir  of  Terpin  Hydrate  With  Wild  Cherry. 

(H.  F.  L. ) — We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the  proprie- 
tary preparation,  but  under  the  above  title  the  following 
formula  has  been  published :  Dissolve  256  grains  of  terpin 
hydrate  in  12  fluid  ounces  of  deodorized  alcohol,  add  2  fluid 
ounces  of  gl.vcerin,  2  fluid  ounces  of  fluid  extract  of  wild 
cherry,  U.S.P.,  and  2  fluid  drams  of  tincture  of  vanilla,  U.S.P. 
Incorporate  2  drams  of  powdered  pumice  stone  with  this  mix- 
ture, and  filter  through  a  well  wetted  filter,  refiltering,  if 
necessary,  until  brilliantly  clear. 


LETTER     BOX 


Ohio  A.D.S.  Members  Like  Buying  Club  Idea. 

Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

The  following  resolutions  were  unanimously  adopted  at  the 
last  regular  meeting  of  our  club,  which  has  a  membership  of 
over  two  hundred.  Your  editorial  "Play  Ball"  is  the  first 
I  have  ever  noticed  where  you  ever  considered  us.  Quite  a 
number  of  our  members  oppose  the  Era  for  its  decided  stand 
ai;ainst  co-operation  and  in  bujing  clubs. 

Whereas.  The  Ohio  Branch  of  the  American  Druggists' 
Syndicate  is  duly  appreciative  of  the  moral  influence  as  well 
as  the  commercial  influence  of  certain  drug  journals,  and  does 
hereby  acknowledge  the  same ;  and 

Whereas,  Many  of  the  drug  journals  do  not  represent  the 
interests  of  the  retail  druggists,  because  they  are  not  published 
by  retail  druggists,  for  retail  druggists,  nor  of  retail  druggists ; 
and 

Whereas,  The  retail  druggists  have  for  many  years  been 
Jobberized  and  Tri-par-tited.  therefore,  be  It 

Resolved,  That  the  Ohio  Branch  of  the  A.D.S.  is  opposed 
to  the  position  of  these  drug  journals  in  antagonizing  and 
discouraging  so-called  buying  clubs  and  co-operative  organiza- 
tions ;  and,  furthermore,  be  it 

Resolved,    That  copies  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the 
various  drug  journals  by  the  secretary  of  this  association. 
J.  E.  Hische,  Secretary. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  Jan.  12,  1909. 


Medicinal  Plants  in  Texas. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

I  am  giving  you  herewith  an  annual  report  of  the  work 
done  with  medicinal  plants  here  at  Sherman  and  a  list  of  the 
weights  of  cured  crude  drugs  sent  to  market.  I  began  in  1908 
on  April  1  by  harvesting  wild  hoarhound  and  closed  on  De- 
cember 24  by  harvesting  rue,  which  was  in  full  blossom  at  that 
time.  I  have  booked  orders  for  about  fifteen  tons  of  plants  for 
1909  already.  I  enlarged  my  garden  during  the  past  fall  by 
dividing  the  plants  and  resetting.  As  we  can  work  in  the  garden 
here  all  winter  we  do  not  lose  any  time.  By  setting  plants  in 
the  fall  and  winter  they  become  well  rooted  and  push  forward 
during  the  first  warm  days  in  the  spring ;  in  fact,  some  of  them 
do  not  stop  growing  at  all  and  we  do  not  have  to  lose  three  or 
four  months  on  account  of  ice  as  it  sometimes  happens  in 
the  North. 

I  ran  across  some  conium  plants  growing  wild  right  in  the 
heart  of  the  town  a  day  or  two  ago.  They  are  the  first  plants 
of  this  kind  that  I  have  seen  for  twenty-five  years  and  I  think 
they  are  the  only  ones  in  Texas.  I  have  no  idea  how  the  seed 
got  here  unless  it  came  in  feed  shipped  in.  I  shall  watch 
the  plants  closely  and  gather  the  seed  when  ripe  and  then 
sow  a  big  crop  in  the  fall.  Our  Congressman  Is  at  home  for  a 
few  days  and  he  says  that  when  he  gets  back  to  Washington 
he  will  take  the  matter  up  and  see  if  he  cannot  get  a  drug  plant 
experiment  station  located  here  at  Sherman.  He  sees  by 
what  I  have  done  that  there  are  great  possibilities  for  Texas 
along  this  line  and  she  is  sure  to  get  there  with  both  feet. 
Here  is  a  list  of  weights  of  cured  herbs  which  I  have  sent  to 
market  during  the  past  year : 

Stramonium  leaves,  840  pounds ;  marigold  flowers,  365 
pounds ;  lemon  balm.  600  pounds ;  benne,  600  pounds ;  blessed 
thistle,  400  pounds ;  borage,  500  pounds ;  tansy,  1100  pounds ; 
rue,  420  pounds ;  parsley  leaves,  200  pounds ;  wormwood,  700 
pounds ;  hoarhound.  1200  pounds ;  fleabane,  875  pounds ; 
motherwort,  355  pounds ;  mullein  leaves,  50  pounds ;  yarrow, 
300  pounds ;  hyssop,  125  pounds ;  marshmallow  leaves,  100 
pounds ;  mugwort,  26  pounds :  southernwood,  25  pounds ;  cat- 
nip. 100  pounds.     Yours  truly,  J.  Long, 

Sherman,  Tex.,  January  7. 


Value  of  the  Trade  Journal. 
"The  business  man,"  says  Editor  W.  H.  Schwartz,  of  the 
Bulletin  of  the  Pennsylvania  Department  of  Agriculture, 
"should  be  a  regular  reader  of  at  least  one  trade  journal.  It 
will  give  him  pointers  concerning  the  conduct  of  his  business 
that  will  be  worth  many  times  the  subscription  price." 


January  28.  1909] 


THE     PHARiMACEUTICAL     ERA 


89 


Personal  Mention 


— H.  O.  Rtebson.  of  Newton,  N.  J.,  called  upon  friends 
in  the  New  York  trade  last  week. 

— R.  L.  Justice,  of  the  Justice  Drug  Company,  Greens- 
boro, N.  C,  was  a  caller  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— James  E.  Davis,  of  the  Michigan  Drug  Company,  has 
been  elected  a  director  of  the  wholesalers'  association  of 
Detroit. 

— D.  W.  0.  RoDEAKiLEL  Commenced  his  duties  as  represent- 
atire  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  in  northern  Massachusetts  last 
Monday. 

— D.  C.  ScttLOTTE,  of  the  Red  Lilly  sales  force  in  Los  An- 
geles, has  returned  from  a  week's  visit  to  the  home  ofiBce  in 
Indianapolis. 

— J.  P.  Edwabds,  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.'s  Salt  Lake  City  repre- 
sentative, spent  some  time  recently  in  Indianapolis  visiting 
the  home  office. 

— Edwin  H.  BtJBB.  of  New  York,  American  representative 
of  Roure-Bertrand  Fils,  of  Grasse,  France,  left,  recently  for 
a  few  weeks'  trip  West. 

— J.  M.  Fbix  has  been  appointed  to  represent  the  H.  K. 
MoUord  Company  in  eastern  South  Carolina.  His  head- 
quarters will  be  Charleston. 

— MAtTRiCE  H.^NNAN,  for  two  years  with  the  C.  H.  Jones 
establishment  at  Beloit,  Wis.,  has  resigned  and  is  now  man- 
ager of  a  pharmacy  at  Madison,  Wis. 

— WniiAir  Hall,  who  represents  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.  in  Al- 
bany and  vicinity,  has  returned  home  from  a  week's  visit  to 
the  Lilly  laboratories  in  Indianapolis. 

— Wnx  SiEG.  proprietor  of  a  popular  and  paying  drug  store 
at  1795  Michigan  avenue.  Detroit,  is  planning  an  extensive 
pleasure  trip  to  Texas,  leaving  nest  week. 

— A.  H.  BuBDSAL,  of  Columbus,  one  of  the  Red  Lilly  sales- 
men for  Ohio,  has  returned  to  his  territory  after  spending  a 
week  in  the  Lilly  laboratories  in  Indianapolis. 

— Habbt  Meeeiman,  representative  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug 
Company,  with  headquarters  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  recently 
spent  a  short  vacation  with  relatives  at  Chicago. 

— L.  L.  Walton,  president  of  the  Peimsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  is  slowly  improving  at  his  home  in  Will- 
iamsport.  after  suffering  with  symptoms  of  pneumonia. 

— E.  C.  Glesnon.  chemist  with  the  wholesale  drug  firm 
of  Morrison,  Plummer  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  recently  enjoyed  a 
short  vacation  at  his  former  home  at  Stevens  Point,  Wis. 

- — Cabl  Wilske.  assistant  pharmacist  with  A.  F.  Sheldrup 
&  Son,  at  Stoughton,  Wis.,  has  resigned  and  will  complete 
his  course  in  pharmacy  at  Marquette  University,  Milwaukee. 

- — Ralph  Peteeson,  recently  the  proprietor  of  a  pharmacy 
at  Crandon,  Wis.,  has  accepted  a  position  with  a  leading 
pharmacy  at  Racine,  Wis.,  and  is  now  located  in  that  city. 

— MiEES  BuscH  has  been  elected  chairman  of  the  house 
committee  of  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Club.  The  other  members 
are  David  J.  Reese,  Walter  P.  Miller,  Harry  P.  Busch  and 
Dr.  W.  B.  Christine. 

— C.  N.  Camebon,  who  recently  disposed  of  his  drug  busi- 
ness at  Pewaukee,  Wis.,  with  his  family  has  started  for 
southern  California,  where  he  expects  to  make  his  permanent 
home,  probably  at  Sacramento. 

— WiiLLAM  Schmidt,  druggist  at  Hartford,  Wis.,  with 
Schmidt  &  Mertes,  and  C.  W.  Helbing,  druggist  at  Beaver 
Dam,  Wis.,  were  among  the  leading  entries  in  the  recent  State 
pony  bowling  tournament  held  at  Milwaukee. 

— H.  J.  Sunday,  who  formerly  represented  the  H.  K.  Mul- 
ford  Company  in  Omaha,  Neb.,  has  been  transferred  to  eastern 
Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  brother  to  P.  Carleton  Sunday,  a  well- 
known  druggist  of  York,  Pa.,  and  has  many  friends  in  his  new 
territory. 

— Lewis  Davis,  of  Davis  &  Davis,  dealers  in  botanicals  at 
Baltimore,  is  out  again  after  having  been  confined  to  the 
house  for  three  weeks  with  blood  poisoning.  He  ran  a  rusty 
nail  into  his  hand  and  his  condition  was  for  a  time  dis- 
quieting. 

— P.  P.  Bbown.  of  the  Philadelphia  office  of  Armour  &  Co., 
spent  several  days  recently  at  the  home  office  of  the  company 
in  Chicago.  Friends  of  Mr.  Brown  arc  congratulating  him 
upon  his  advancement  from  the  position  of  Philadelphia  man- 


ager for  the  extract  of  beef  and  soda  fountain  supply  depart- 
ments to  manager  for  Pennsylvania,  Delaware,  central  and 
southern  New  Jersey  and  a  portion  of  Maryland  for  the  same 
departments. 

— H.  F.  Pbien,  the  president  and  general  manager  of 
Serwe-Prien  Company,  of  San  Francisco,  Los  Angeles  and 
Seattle,  and  Pacific  coast  distributors  of  Sharp  &  Dohme's 
products,  was  in  New  York  for  several  days  last  week,  in 
conference  with  ilr.  Stauffen. 

— M.  K.  Christine,  a  son  of  Dr.  W.  B.  Christine,  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  St.  Cloud  Pharmacy  Company  of  Phila- 
delphia, has  just  made  his  debut  as  a  salesman,  covering  a 
portion  of  Philadelphia.  Chester,  Media  and  adjacent  cities 
and  towns  for  Armour  &  Co. 

— O.  W.  Smith,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of 
Parke.  Davis  &  Co..  together  with  W.  B.  Kaufmanu,  head  of 
the  importing  department,  left  New  York  last  Saturday  to  at- 
tend the  annual  meeting  of  stockholders  of  the  concern,  which 
was  held  in  Detroit  on  Tuesday. 

— Mbs.  W.  a.  Carpentee,  the  wife  of  a  well-known  Phila- 
delphia druggist,  has  announced  an  entertainment  at  her 
home  on  the  afternoons  of  February  18  and  10  for  the  benefit 
of  the  equipment  fund  of  the  new  food  and  drugs  laboratory 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 

— W.  F.  Pfllt:geb,  central  Wisconsin  representative  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  who  was  recently  taken  to  his 
home  at  Ma-nitowoc,  Wis.,  after  a  long  confinement  at  the 
Sacred  Heart  Sanitarium.  Milwaukee,  is  slowly  recovering 
and  expects  to  be  out  on  his  territory  by  February  1. 

— T.  G.  Drake,  who  has  represented  the  H.  K.  Mulford 
Company  in  St.  Louis  for  the  past  three  years,  is  being  con- 
gratulated by  his  friends  upon  his  promotion  to  the  manage- 
ment of  the  branch  house  in  that  city.  Mr.  Drake  proposes 
to  give  his  personal  attention  to  his  customers  as  before. 

— John  F.  Spbagle,  formerly  manager  of  the  sales  de- 
partment of  Sharp  &  Dohme.  the  Baltimore  manufacturers 
of  pharmaceuticals,  has  connected  himself  with  the  W.  H. 
King  Drug  Company,  of  Raleigh.  N.  C.  He  was  in  Baltimore 
reccntl.T  and  arraused  to  act  as  distributor  for  some  goods. 

— Charles  Le  Comte,  proprietor  of  the  Le  Comte  drug 
store  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  has  departed  for  a  two  months' 
trip  abroad  and  will  spend  most  of  the  time  at  Antwerp,  Bel- 
gium, his  native  city.  During  the  absence  of  Mr.  Le  Comte 
the  drug  business  will  be  under  the  charge  of  Joseph  Lefebre. 

— John  M.  A.  Laue,  Portland,  Ore.,  has  resigned  from  the 
Oregon  Board  of  Pharmacy  after  a  continuous  service  of  more 
than  twent.v  years,  being  president  at  the  time  of  his  resigna- 
tion. He  recently  retired  from  active  business  and  will  here- 
after devote  his  time  to  conducting  a  preparatory  school  of 
pharmacy. 

■ — T.  J.  LONEBGAN,  formerly  with  the  W.  M.  Rickert  Com- 
pany at  Fayette,  is  now  at  C.  J.  McLaughlin's,  West  Union. 
Iowa.  If  he  follows  in  the  footsteps  of  his  predecessors  in  that 
position  he  will  soon  be  running  a  store  of  his  own.  as  under 
Mr.  McLaughlin's  tutelage  pharmacists  speedily  graduate  into 
proprietors. 

— Db.  Henbt  W.  Jayne,  of  the  Barrett  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Philadelphia,  one  of  the  best-known  chemists  in 
that  city,  has  gone  to  Arizona  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 
He  expects  to  remain  the  balance  of  the  winter.  Dr.  Jayne 
is  a  trustee  of  the  Jayne  estate  and  is  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Franklin   Institute. 

— Mayob  Hoelick,  of  Racine,  Wis.,  of  the  Horlick  Malted 
Milk  Company,  has  presented  a  new  automobile  to  Chief 
Baker,  of  the  Racine  Police  Department.  Mayor  Horlick  made 
a  proposition  with  the  city  some  time  ago  that  he  would  fur- 
nish an  auto  to  the  police  department  if  the  city  would  fur- 
nish one  to  the  fire  department. 

— W.  H.  Betts.  for  many  years  one  of  the  Baltimore  city 
salesmen  for  Sharp  &  Dohme.  and  who  has  been  recuperating 
for  the  past  six  months  at  Saranac  Lake  in  the  Adirondacks, 
visited  the  New  York  S.  &  D.  contingent  at  41  John  street 
last  week  en  route  to  Baltimore  to  resume  his  duties,  having 
been  considerably  benefited  by  his  vacation. 

^Halsey  Hastings,  of  Portsmouth.  Ohio,  has  shipped  his 
household  goods  to  his  former  home  in  Sciotoville.  pending  his 
departure  for  the  Southwest,  where  he  intends  to  locate  per- 
manently. Mr.  Hastings  is  awaiting  the  return  from  Mexico 
of  Charles  Reiniger  and  party  with  the  expectation  of  securing 
information  that  will  be  useful  in  formulating  his  future  plans. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  28,  1909 


REFEKEE  BOARD  OVERRULES  DR.  WILEY. 


Decides,    After    Experiment    With    a    "Poison    Squad," 

That  Benzoate    of   Soda  is  Not  Injurious  to  Health, 

Nor   Does   It   Impair   the   Nutritive    Value 

of    Food — Board    is    XJnanim.ous. 

Washikgtojm,  Jan.  25. — The  Referee  Board  appointed  to 
determine  whether  benzoate  of  soda  used  in  food  .is  a  pre- 
servative is  harmful  and  deleterious  to  human  health  has 
decided  that  it  is  not,  and  thus  joins  issue  with  Dr.  Harvey 
W.  Wiley.  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  who  holds  that  it  is  harmful  and  inju- 
rious, and  who  was  responsible  for  the  issuance  of  a  series 
of  restrictive  regulations  under  the  pure  food  act  concerning 
the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  by  canuers. 

The  Referee  Board  was  appointed  last  March  and  consists 
of  Dr.  Ira  Remsen,  president  of  Johns  Hopkins  University ; 
Russel  H.  Chittenden,  director  of  the  ShefEeid  Science  School 
of  Yale  University ;  John  H.  Long,  professor  of  chemistry, 
Medical  School,  Northwestern  University ;  C.  A.  Herter, 
professor  of  physiological  chemistry.  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons,  New  York,  aud  Alonzo  E.  Taylor,  professor  of 
pathology.  University  of  California.  Dr.  Taylor  has  been 
absent  in  Europe  and  did  not  participate  in  the  consideration 
of  the  question.  Otherwise  the  report  of  the  board  is 
unanimous. 

The  Referee  Board  reached  its  conclusion  after  experiment- 
ing on  a  "'poison  squad."  Dr.  Wiley  reached  his  conclusion 
after  experimenting  on  a  "poison  squad." 

In  presenting  the  issue  the  President  submitted  to  the 
board  two  propositions,  as  follows : 

1.  Does  a  food  to  which  there  has  been  added  benzoic  acid 
or  any  of  Its  salts,  contain  any  added  poisonous  or  other  added 
deleterious  ingredient  which  may  render  the  said  food  injurious 
to  health?     In  large  quantities?      In   small   quantities? 

2.  If  benzoic  acid  or  any  of  Its  salts  be  mixed  or  packed  with 
a  food  Is  the  quality  or  strength  of  said  food  thereby  reduced, 
lowered,  or  injuriously  affected?  In  large  quantities?  In 
small  quantities? 

"To  make  this  experimental  inquiry  as  thorough  as  possi- 
ble," says  the  report  of  the  board,  "and  to  minimize  the  per- 
sonal equation,  three  independent  investigations  have  been 
carried  out :  One  at  the  Medical  School  of  Northwestern 
University  in  Chicago,  a  second  at  the  private  laboratory  of 
Christian  A.  Herter,  of  Columbia  University,  New  York,  and 
the  third  at  the  Shefiield  Scientific  School  of  Yale  University. 

"The  same  general  plan  of  procedure  was  followed  in  all 
three  experiments.  A  certain  number  of  healthy  young  men 
were  selected  as  subjects  and  during  a  period  of  four  months 
these  men  under  definite  conditions  of  diet,  etc.,  with  and 
without  sodium  benzoate,  were  subjected  to  thorough  clinical 
and  medical  observation,  while  the  daily  food  aud  the  excre- 
tions were  carefully  analyzed  and  otherwise  studied  and  com- 
parison made  on  clinical,  chemical,  bacteriological  and  other 
data  collected.  In  this  manner  material  has  been  brought 
together  which  makes  possible  conclusions  regarding  the  effect 
of  small  aud  large  doses  of  sodium  benzoate  upon  the  human 
system." 

The  board  says  that  the  fact  should  be  emphasized  that 
the  results  obtained  from  the  three  separate  investigations 
are  in  close  agreement  in  essential  features.  The  main  gen- 
eral conclusions  reached  by  the  board  are : 

1.  Sodium  benzoate  In  small  doses  (under  0.5  gram  per  day), 
mixed  with  the  food,  is  without  deleterious  or  poisonous  action, 
aud  is  not  injurious  to   health. 

2.  Sodium  benzoate  In  large  doses  (up  to  4  grams  per  day), 
mixed  with  the  food,  has  not  been  found  to  exert  any  deleterious 
effect  on  the  general  health  nor  to  act  as  a  poison  in  the  gen- 
eral acceptation  of  the  term.  In  some  directions  there  were 
slight  modifications  In  certain  physiological  processes,  the  ex- 
act signiflcance  of  which   modifications  is   not   known. 

3.  The  admixture  of  sodium  benzoate  with  food  in  small  or 
large  doses  has  not  been  found  injuriously  to  affect  or  impair 
the   quality  or   nutritive  value  of  such   food. 

Ordinarily  fruit  manufacturers  usiug  sodium  benzoate.  ac- 
cording to  the  report,  content  themselves  with  0.1  of  1  per 
cent,  so  that  only  by  eating  two-thirds  of  a  pound  of  the 
preserved  fruit  could  a  daily  dose  of  0.3  of  a  gram  of  the 
salt  be  received.  This  was  the  minimum  daily  dose  given 
in  the  clinics,  and  in  man.v  cases  this  was  increased  to  the 
unusual  amount  of  4  grams  a  day,  with  no  noticeable  effects. 

What  will  be  the  exact  effect  of  this  decision  upon  Dr. 
Wiley's  official  career  can  only  be  guessed  at.  His  friends 
say  that   he  will  resign  immodiately.  though  when  seen  he  re- 


fused to  make  any  statement.  There  is  a  pretty  general  im- 
pression that  the  report  of  the  scientists  will  be  used  as  a 
weapon  for  still  further  reducing  his  powers,  and  if  that 
course  is  follow^ed  no  one  doubts  that  he  will  resign  at  once. 

Dr.  Wiley  has  been  fighting  to  have  three  substances — ben- 
zoic acid  and  its  salts,  sulphate  of  copper,  and  saccharine — 
put  under  the  ban,  and  his  greatest  efforts  were  directed 
against  benzoate  as  being  the  worst  of  the  three.  Now  that 
it  is  declared  not  unhealthtul  it  is  thought  that  the  other 
substances  will  also  get  certificates  of  immunity. 


New  Association  to  Aid  Dr.  Wiley. 
Representatives  of  several  of  the  largest  food  packing 
establishments  in  the  East  met  on  Monday  at  the  Waldorf- 
Astoria  in  New  York  and  organized  the  American  Association 
for  the  Promotion  of  Purity  in  Food  Products.  This  alliance 
was  made  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley,  Chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  in  his  efforts  to  set  a  higher 
standard  for  preserved  foods. 


STATUS  OF  DRUG  BILLS  IN  CONGRESS. 

Slim  Chance  of  Passing  Measures  at  This  Session,  But 
Surgeon-General    Wyman    Makes   Promise. 

Washington,  Jan.  26. — Four  bills  are  lying  dormant  in 
the  pigeon  holes  of  congressional  committees  which  are  be- 
ing watched  with  interest  by  druggists.  Two  of  these  bills 
pharmacists  are  anxious  to  see  emerge  from  their  resting 
place,  and  two  of  them  they  are  content  to  let  undisturbed 
in  the  committees'  boxes.  Hope  of  passing  the  patent  re- 
form law  appears  to  be  dead  for  the  present,  the  opposition 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Patents  being  the  great  obstacle  in  its 
way.  As  the  patent  office  is  blocking  the  passage  of  the 
patent  bill,  so  the  Marine  Hospital  Service  is  said  to  be 
blocking  the  bill  fixing  the  grade  of  pharmacists  in  the 
service.  With  the  short  session  rapidly  drawing  to  a  close, 
hope  of  passing  either  of  these  two  measures,  which  are  not 
yet  on  the  calendar  of  the  House,  is  very  slim. 

There  are  also  two  postal  bills,  certain  features  of  which 
the  druggists  are  opposing.  One  is  the  bill  providing  for  a 
comprehensive  revision  of  the  postal  laws.  This  bill  contains 
a  provision  for  a  cheap  postal  note.  Druggists  find  this  pro- 
vision to  be  intended  to  pave  the  way  for  the  parcels  post  and 
their  national  association  is  opposing  the  measure. 

Another  objectionable  piece  of  proposed  postal  legislation 
is  a  provision  in  the  postal  penalties  bill  aimed  at  the  sup- 
pression of  mail  trade  in  abortive  nostrums  and  appliances. 
The  objection  to  this  provision  is  that  it  has  been  drawn  so 
drastic  as  to  close  the  mails  to  any  prescription  that  may 
call  even  for  infinitesimal  quantities  of  poisonous  drugs. 
There  is  prospect,  however,  that  this  defect  in  the  measure 
will  be  remedied  before  such  a  bill  is  passed. 

Surgeon-General  Wyman,  speaking  of  the  pharmacists'  bill, 
said  today ;  "The  pharmacists  will  be  taken  care  of  in  due 
time,  but  they  cannot  be  taken  care  of  at  this  time." 


UNITED  DRUG  CO.,  BOSTON.  mVADES  DETROIT. 


Louis  K.  Liggett  and  Associates  Purchase  Interest  of 
John  W.   Gray  in   Gray  &   Worcester. 

Detroit,  Jan.  2."i. — Louis  K.  Ljggett.  president  of  the  Uni- 
ted Drug  Company,  of  Boston,  and  some  of  his  associates  have 
purchased  John  W.  (5ra.v's  half-interest  in  the  retail  drug 
concern  of  Gray  &  Worcester  in  this  city.  The  consideration 
was  not  made  public.  Mr.  Worcester  will  remain  as  treasurer 
of  the  compauy.  with  Mr.  Liggett  as  president ;  J.  C.  McCor- 
mick,  Boston,  vice-president,  and  James  McCoubrey,  Detroit, 
secretary  aud  general   manager. 

D.  H.  Kinney,  of  the  Hall-Lyon  Company,  Providence,  is 
temporarily  in  charge  here.  The  firm  name  will  be  retained. 
Mr.  Gray  plans  a  tour  abroad  and  will  locate  later  in 
California. 


Appeal  Taken  in  Balsam  in  Capsules  Case. 
The  Collector  of  Customs  at  New  York  has  been  directed  by 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  file  an  application  for  re- 
view of  the  recent  decision  of  the  Board  of  General  Appraisers 
wherein  it  was  held  that  certain  balsam  in  capsules  is  dutia- 
ble under  Paragraph  20  of  the  Tariff  Act  as  a  drug  advanced 
in  value  and  condition. 


January  28,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  91 

Many  Associations  Of  Druggists  Elect  Officers — Three  Active  Men  In  New  England. 


CLAKENCE    BoW.MEK.    of   Provideu.- 
Secretary    Rhode   Island   Ph. A. 


IIOWAICI)  A.   TEAKCE,   I'rovkleu 
Presideut  Khode  Island  Ph. A. 


CH.\S.  F.   NIXON,  of  Leominster, 
Presideut    Pitchburg-Leominster   D..\. 


H.  A.  PEARCE  HEADS  RHODE  ISLAND  PH.A. 


HENRY  F.  LACKEY  ELECTED  PRESIDENT. 


In  Annual  Session  Pharmacists  Decide  to  Hold  Meeting 
With  the  Physicians  of  the  State. 

Providence,  Jan.  25. — Officers  were  elected,  committees  ap- 
pointed and  routine  business  was  transacted  at  the  thirty-fifth 
annual  meeting  of  the  Rhode  Island  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion. There  was  a  large  attendance  and  much  enthusiasm 
was  manifested. 

The  following  applications  for  membership  were  referred  to 
the  e-TCCUtive  committee  ;  Benjamin  de  Blasio,  of  Providence  ; 
Howard  de  Wolf,  of  Warren ;  Irving  T.  French,  Jr.,  of  Provi- 
dence ;  Dr.  James  P.  Dufiiy,  of  Providence ;  George  W.  Fochr, 
of  Pawtucket ;  James  R.  Slattery,  of  Providence,  and  Herbert 
Haynes,  of  Providence. 

The  following  new  members  were  elected  upon  recommenda- 
tion of  the  executive  committee ;  Frederick  Robinson.  Thomas 
J.  O'Neill,  Adolph  Bakst,  Herbert  L.  Chatterton  and  Thomas 
H.  Carr,  all  of  Providence. 

After  the  reading  of  the  reports  of  the  various  officers  and 
committees,  which  showed  the  association  to  be  in  a  good  con- 
dition, the  following  list  of  officers  was  reported  by  the  nomi- 
nating committee,  consisting  of  ex-Presidents  James  O'Hare, 
Frank  A.  Jackson  and  John  E.  Groff :  President,  Howard  A. 
Pearce,  of  Providence ;  vice-presidents,  Providence  County, 
Edward  T.  Colton ;  Bristol  County,  W.  A.  Buffington  ;  New- 
port County,  James  T.  Wright ;  Kent  County,  Alfred  L'Amo- 
reaux ;  Washington  County,  James  A.  Wright ;  secretary, 
Clarence  Bowmer ;  treasurer,  George  W.  Armstrong ;  executive 
committee,  Alfred  J.  Johnston,  Jr.,  of  Pawtucket ;  Enoch  W. 
Vars,  of  Niantic,  and  Harry  L.  Swindells,  of  Providence. 

A  committee  consisting  of  Edward  T.  Colton,  Nicholas  F. 
Reiner  and  George  W.  Payne  was  appointed  to  arrange  for  a 
conference  between  the  pharmacists  and  physicians  of  the 
State.  A  committee  consisting  of  John  E.  Groff,  Gilbert  R. 
Parker  and  Clarence  Bowmer  was  appointed  to  revise  the 
constitution  and  by-laws. 

Resolutions  of  thanks  to  Charles  H.  Daggett  for  efficient 
services  as  secretary  during  the  past  ten  years  and  to  Edward 
T.  Colton  as  treasurer  were  adopted.  The  entertainment  com- 
mittee served  a  luncheon  at  the  conclusion  of  the  meetins. 


Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y. 
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Poughkeepsie  Association  of  Re- 
tail   Druggists    the    following    officers    were    elected    for    the 
ensuing  year :     C.   W.   Allen,   president ;   F.   T.   Hiller.   vice- 
president  :  T.  R.  Ijawrence,  secretary ;  H.  B.  Bevier,  treasurer. 


Druggists  in  Tarrant  County,  Texas,  Will  Fight  the 
Prevalent  Practice  of  Medicine  Vending. 

Fort  Worth,  Jan.  22. — Instructing  the  secretary  to  for- 
ward petitions  to  tbe  members  of  the  State  Legislature  to 
support  the  Haytur  Bill,  the  Tarrant  County  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association,  in  annual  session  recently,  put  itself  on 
record  as  being  against  the  man  who  sells  medicine  on  the 
streets.  The  Haytur  Bill,  which  provides  a  tax  of  $150  per 
year  on  the  man  who  follows  this  business,  is  being  supported 
by  druggists'  associations  in  all  parts  of  the  State. 

Officers  elected  are  as  follows  :  Henry  F.  Lackey,  president ; 
R.  Hathaway,  first  vice-president.  North  Fort  Worth ;  John 
Coulter,  second  vice-president.  Arlington ;  G.  O.  Holt,  secre- 
tary. Fort  Worth ;  C.  C.  Martin,  treasurer.  Fort  Worth. 

Members  admitted  were  Messrs,  Barnett,  R.  L.  Jordan  and 
C.  C.  Saunders. 

At  the  banquet  in  the  evening  John  W.  Covey,  the  retiring 
president,  acted  as  toastmaster.  As  the  first  speaker,  he  ad- 
dressed the  banqueters  upon  topics  touching  upon  the  volume 
of  business  during  the  year  just  past.  "I  believe  that  I  voice 
the  sentiments  of  the  entire  organization,"  he  said,  "when  I 
make  the  assertion  that  last  year  was  the  most  prosperous  in 
the  history  of  the  organization." 

Mr.  Covey  was  followed  by  H.  F.  Lackey,  the  newly  elected 
president,  who  spoke  of  the  work  which  is  being  done  by  the 
N.A.R.D.  The  speaker  came  out  strongly  in  favor  of  Sunday 
closing  in  some  form  and  cautioned  the  younger  men  present 
who  believed  in  it  at  present  while  they  are  working  for 
someone  else  to  not  forget  their  convictions  when  they  enter 
business  for  themselves. 

E.  G.  Eberle,  of  Dallas,  spoke  in  the  interest  of  the 
Itinerant  Vendor's  Bill,  prohibiting  the  peddling  of  patent 
concoctions  from  door  to  door  by  fakers. 

A  fine  discourse  on  "The  Benefits  of  Organization"  was 
delivered  by  Dr.  J.  L.  Cooper.  R.  H.  Walker,  secretary  of 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  delivered  a  short  address,  as 
did  W.  H.  Roberts,  president  of  the  board  ;  W.  F.  Robertson, 
Bruce  Vredeuburgh,  Tom  Snell  and  John  A.  Weeks.  J.  P. 
Brashear.  the  poet  laureate  of  the  association,  read  an  original 
poem  dedicated  to  the  man  of  the  mortar. 


Westchester  County,  New  York. 

The  twenty-fifth  annual  meeting  of  the  Westchester  County 
(N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  in  the  White 
Plains  Club.     The  following  officers  were   elected  for  the  en- 


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[January  28,  1909 


suing  year:  Presideut,  W.  H.  Smith,  of  White  Plains:  tirst 
vice-president.  J.  Harold  Thomas,  of  Yonkers ;  second  vice- 
president,  John  Helneke,  Tuckahoe ;  treasurer,  J.  B.  Sacketi. 
Tarrytown :  secretary,  John  Romer,  Chautauqua ;  executive 
committee,  L.  J.  Schlesinger,  Yonkers ;  Frederick  Koch,  Mam- 
aroneck :  W.  H.  Leonard.  North  Tarrytown.  The  re-election 
of  Mr.  Sackett  as  treasurer  makes  it  the  twenty-first  consecu- 
tire  year  that  he  has  held  that  office. 

Among  the  charter  menriiers  of  the  association  are  Eugene 
Barnes,  J.  B.  Sackett  and  W.  H.  Leonard.  They  were  present 
at  the  meeting,  together  with  F.  A.  Russell  and  Frederick 
Farrington.  Later  the  druggists  went  to  BriarclifE  Lodge, 
where  dinner  was  served.  Toasts  were  responded  to  by  four 
charter  members.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Ossining 
in  April. 


Bock  County  Druggists  Hold  Banquet. 

MoLiNE.  111.,  Jan.  25. — At  the  annual  banquet  and  business 
meeting  of  the  Rock  Island  County  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion recently  the  following  new  oHieers  were  elected  :  Presi- 
dent, A.  J.  Riess,  Rock  Island  ;  vice-president,  Victor  H.  Dum- 
beck,  Sih  is ;  secretary,  C.  Brumstrom,  Jloline ;  treasurer,  Gus 
Lindvall,  Moline. 

J.  Jennisch  was  elected  to  membership  and  E.  Heimbeck.  of 
Moline,  was  made  an  honorary  member  of  the  association. 
H.  O.  Rolfs,  William  Ullemeyer,  W.  M.  Battles,  William  Hartz 
and  E.  Jericho  were  elected  trustees ;  C.  C.  Coyne,  C.  J.  Strate, 
N.  W.  Steiner,  F.  J.  Clendenin  and  G.  W.  Sorbeck  were  named 
as  the  trade  committee,  and  the  following  were  chosen  as  mem- 
bers of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  propaganda  committee :  H.  V. 
Burt,  August  Sundine  and  A.  J.  Lydehn. 

Following  the  banquet,  at  which  thirt.v-one  druggists,  includ- 
ing several  invited  guests  from  Davenport,  were  present,  a 
programme  of  addresses  was  enjoyed,  (he  principal  talk  being 
by  George  P.  Mills,  of  Evanston,  chairman  of  the  State  propa- 
ganda committee.  J.  B.  Singer,  representing  the  Illinois 
association,  and  M.  Whipple,  of  the  Iowa  association,  also 
made  short  talks.  H.  O.  Rolfs  presided  as  toaslmaster  at 
the  banquet. 


Detroit. 
C.  A.  Weaver  was  elected  president  of  the  Detroit  Retail 
Druggists'  Association  at  the  recent  annual  meeting.  Other 
oflicers :  R.  A.  Carmichael,  first  vice-president ;  R.  W.  Ren- 
ney,  second  vice-president ;  George  B.  Simons,  secretary,  and 
W.  A.  Hall,  treasurer.  Mr.  Carmichael  told  of  the  progress 
of  the  Sunday  early  closing  movement,  saying  that  West  Side 
druggists  generally  are  still  continuing  to  close  their  stores 
Sundays  at  6 :30  p.  m.,  and  that  many  on  the  East  Side  are 
joining  the  movement.  But  four  of  the  druggists  at  the  meet- 
ing opposed  the  movement. 


Atlanta. 

The  Atlanta  Retail  Druggists'  Association  has  elected  of- 
ficers for  1909  as  follows :  T.  H.  Brannen,  president ;  James 
Sharp,  vice-president :  B.  J.  Adams,  secretary ;  W.  P.  Smith, 
treasurer ;  executive  commmittee  chairman,  Charles  A.  Smith. 

The  retiring  oSicers,  J.  A.  Pickard,  president,  and  J.  Q. 
McRae,  secretary,  were  complimented  for  their  earnest  efforts 
in  behalf  of  the  association  during  the  past  year.  This  asso- 
ciation is  one  of  the  best  of  its  kind  in  the  country,  and  nearly 
every  retail  druggist  in  Atlanta  is  a  member. 


LaCrosse  County,  Wisconsin, 
■rhe  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  LaCrosse  County 
(Wis.)  Retail  Druggists'  Association  was  held  recently  at 
LaCrosse  and  the  following  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year :  President,  George  E.  Mariner ;  vice-president,  O.  T. 
Erhart ;  secretary,  Charles  Beyschlag ;  treasurer.  >I.  Simon ; 
trustee.  John  Kindley.  Some  interesting  trade  discussions 
were  participated  in  by  the  members  present.  The  county 
association  experienced  a  profitable  year  during  1908  and 
indications  are  that  1909  will  be  even  better. 


Smoker  at  Salt  Lake  City. 
At  the  annual  smoker  of  the  Salt  Lake  City  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association,  held  at  the  Commercial  Club  in  that  city 
recently,  many  of  the  representative  druggists  of  Utah  were 
present.  Following  a  general  discussion  regarding  the  drug 
business,   in   which   different   methods   of  conducting  business 


were  threshed  out,  the  party  adjourned  to  the  private  dining 
room  of  the  club  and  carried  out  a  quiet  social  meeting  until 
a  late  hour. 

Among  those  present  were  Frank  Sherwood.  James  Doull. 
B.  H.  Townsend,  Charles  Van  Dyke,  Walter  Dreuhl,  George 
Brice.  James  L.  Franken,  Joy  H.  Johnson,  Clem  Schramm, 
W.  Dayton,  Dr.  Wade  and  Earl  Leaver. 


An  Oyster  Boast  in  Galveston. 
The  Galveston  (Texas)  Retail  Druggists'  Association  will 
hold  an  oyster  roast  on  February  3  for  members,  their  fami- 
lies and  friends.  The  programme  will  include  music,  vocal 
entertainment  and  dancing.  Miss  E.  C.  Domingo  is  chairman 
of  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  and  will  assist  I.  F.  Orton,  who  will 
have  charge  of  all  the  arrangements.  The  tally-hos  will  start 
at  7  p.  m.  for  the  oyster  resort  down  the  island,  and  an  auto- 
mobile will  call  at  9  p.  m.  for  all  those  that  could  not  leave 
with  the  first  crowd  to  join  the  merrymakers. 


M.A.R.D.  May  Decide  to  Disband. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Metropolitan  Association  of 
Retail  Druggists  is  scheduled  to  be  held  tomorrow  evening 
at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  question  as  to 
the  advisability  of  continuing  the  association  will  probably 
be  discussed  and  action  taken.  If  it  is  decided  to  continue 
there  will  be  an  election  of  officers.  This  scheduled  meeting 
is  the  first  held  by  the  association  since  last  September. 


ritcliburg'  and  Leominster,  Mass. 
At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Fitchburg  and  Leominster  Drug- 
gists' Association.  Charles  F.  Nixon,  of  Leominster,  was 
elected  president ;  John  F.  Hayes,  vice-president ;  William  D. 
Johnson,  secretary,  and  Frederick  W.  Baker,  treasurer.  The 
session  was  harmonious  and  it  is  believed  that  a  threatened 
rate  war  was  averted.  A  new  price  list  of  druggists'  supplies 
was  agreed  upon  and  will  come  out  shortly.  Prices  will  re- 
main about  the  same  as  they  are  now,  with  few  exceptions. 


Santa  Bosa,  Cal. 
Santa  Rosa  (Cal.)  druggists  met  recently  and  organized  for 
mutual  benefit.  It  was  agreed  to  close  Sunday  afternoons 
from  1  to  6  o'clock  on  and  after  Sunday,  January  '24,  with  the 
exception  for  one  firm,  which  would  remain  open  for  emer- 
gency cases.  The  organization  was  completed  by  the  selection 
of  Dr.  N.  Juell  as  president :  Paul  Hahman,  secretary,  and 
G   M.  Luttrell,  treasurer. 


New  Britain,  Conn. 
New  Britain  (Conn.)  Retail  Druggists'  Association  has 
elected  the  following  officers  for  the  coming  term:  President. 
William  J.  Marsland  ;  vice-president,  George  M.  Ladd  ;  treas- 
urer, Arthus  S.  Clark ;  secretary,  Charles  Seherp.  The  ex- 
ecutive committee  consists  of  the  officers  and  W.  J.  McBriarty, 
W.  H.  Crowell  and  S.  Bergquist. 


Banquet  at  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Following  its  recent  quarterly  meeting,  the  Plainfield  (N.  J.) 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  held  a  banquet  at  Truell  Hall. 
Speeches  were  made  by  Thomas  S.  Armstrong,  Lawrence  Mal- 
linson,  Peter  B.  Hodge  and  Dudley  S.  Miller.  L.  W.  Randolph 
acted  as  tonstmaster. 


Sunday  Closing  in  Hattiesburg. 
Hattiesbubg,  Miss.,  Jan.  25. — Every  drug  store  in  the  city 
now  closes  its  doors  on  Sunday.  This  reason  is  the  action  of 
the  grand  jury  which  indicted  the  drug  stores  here  for  violating 
the  Sunday  law  by  keeping  open.  The  druggists  have  the 
option  of  remaining  open  and  selling  only  prescriptions,  but 
they  say  this  would  result  in  loss,  and  they  prefer  to  close 
altogether. 


Recruiting  Members  for  St.  Louis  Chapter. 
St.  Louis,  Jan.  23. — Mrs.  J.  V.  Calver,  general  organizer 
for  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  has  been  here  for  several  days  visiting 
wives  of  druggists  and  recommending  membership  in  the  St. 
Louis  chapter.  The  members  who  have  been  keeping  in  touch 
with  Mrs.  Calver's  work  expect  good  results  at  the  January 
meeting.  j  __&  i 


January  28,  1909  J  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  93 

FATHER  OF  THE  VERMONT  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY  AT  LAST  CONSENTS  TO  BE  ITS  PRESIDENT. 


MoxTPELlEB.  Vt..  Jan.  25. — At  the  annual  meetinL'  of  the 
Vermont  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  recently  held  at  the  State 
House,  the  following  officers  were  elected:  J.  G.  Bellrose. 
Burlington,  president :  D.  F.  Davis.  Barre,  secretary ;  W.  R. 
Warner.  Vergennes.  treasurer.  The  other  members  of  the 
board  are  W.  L.  Gokay,  Bennington,  and  W.  F.  Boot,  Brattle- 
boro. 

Mr.  Bellrose,  the  new  president,  was  largely  instrumental  in 
passing  the  law  creating  the  board  and  has  been  a  member  of 
it  ever  since  it  was  organized  in  1S94,  and  during  that  time 
has  always  been  the  secretary.  He  is  known  to  many  as  the 
father  of  the  board.  Mr.  Root,  the  retiring  president,  has  filled 
that  office  for  two  terms,  and  at  present  is  president  of  the 
New  Englafid  Association  of  State  Pharmacy  Boards. 

Four  candidates  appeared  before  the  board  for  examination. 
Miss  Elizabeth  Gregg,  of  Bennington,  passed  a  successful  ex- 
amination. Forty-five  candidates  have  appeared  before  the 
board  for  examination  during  the  past  year  and  fourteen  were 
successful.  The  board  revoked  ten  licenses  for  the  non-pay- 
ment of  biennial  dues  and  issued  thirty  exchanges  to  persons 
coming  into  the  State  under  the  Reciprocity  agreement. 
Twenty-three  certificates  were  granted  to  persons  from  Ver- 
mont to  other  States. 

Jleetings  for  examination  of  candidates  for  registration  will 
be  held  at  the  State  House,  in  this  city,  as  follows :  April  6, 
1909 ;  July  13,  1909 ;  October  5,  1909,  and  Jan.  4,  1910. 


Missouri. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  25. — The  Missouri  Board  of  Pharmacy  has 
issued  certificates  to  ten  members  of  a  class  of  twenty-five 
applicants  examined  at  Jefferson  City  on  January  11.  The 
successful  candidates  are :  W.  B.  Adcock.  Washburne.  Mo. ; 
H.  Brooksbank,  Springfield.  Mo.;  W.  E.  Harrington,  St.  Jo- 
seph, Mo. ;  Joseph  W.  Home,  St.  Louis,  Mo. ;  John  R.  Lee, 
Mountain  Grove.  Mo. :  James  Morgan,  Kansas  City,  Mo. ; 
E.  E.  Powell.  Birch  Tree,  Mo. ;  E.  E.  Roberts,  Dearborn,  Mo.  ; 
Manly  Scrutchfield,  Wellsville,  Mo.,  and  H.  W.  Sterling,  Dun- 
weg.  Mo. 

Next  examination  in  Kansas  City  on  April  12. 


Wiscon^n. 
Milwaukee,  Jan.  25. — Fourteen  out  of  the  thirty-eight  ap- 
plicants who  recently  appeared  before  the  Wisconsin  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  were  granted  registered  pharmacists' 
certificates  at  the  examination  held  in  Milwaukee.  The  fol- 
lowing were  successful  and  are  now  full-fledged  druggists : 
Walter    S.    Jones,    Milwaukee;    Ralph    H.    Allen,    Superior; 


Clarence  Brown,  Hebron,  111. ;  William  L.  Braun.  Merrill ; 
Joseph  LeFebre,  Green  Bay ;  Fred  F.  Staeben.  Beloit ;  Gus 
Crikelair,  Green  Bay ;  Alvin  J.  Boden,  Lake  Geneva  :  Matt 
Clohisy,  Mukwonago ;  Peter  Gisher,  Milwaukee ;  Michael 
Reischel,  Milwaukee. 

Assistant  pharmacist  certificates  were  granted  to  the  fol- 
lowing :  rienry  Zimmerman.  Milwaukee ;  Robert  H.  Baartb, 
J.   \'esly  Very,  Thompson,  111. 

Members  of  the  board  present  were :  O.  J.  S.  Boberg.  pres- 
ident. Eau  Claire ;  H.  G.  Ruenzel,  secretary.  Milwaukee ;  Ed- 
ward Williams,  Madison;  H.  B.  Allen.  Richland  Center; 
G.  V.  Kradwell.  Racine.  The  next  meeting  and  examination 
is  scheduled  to  take  place  at  Madison  on  April  lo  and  14. 


Enforcing  tlie  Michigan  Pharmacy  Law. 
Detroit,  Jan.  25. — Five  of  the  eleven  druggists  and  drug 
clerks  recently  complained  against  by  B^rank  L.  Henderson,  an 
inspector  for  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  for  alleged  viola- 
tion of  the  Pharmacy  Law,  which  requires  that  all  pharma- 
ceutical work  shall  be  under  the  personal  supervision  of  a 
registered  pharmacist,  were  found  guilty  by  Police  Justice 
Stein.  Of  the  five,  only  William  H.  Young  is  a  proprietor. 
He  was  fined  $8  with  the  alternative  of  thirty  days  in  the 
house  of  correction.  Each  of  the  four  clerks  tried  and  con- 
victed was  fined  $10  with  the  same  alternative.  All  paid. 
About  the  only  defense  offered  was  ignorance  of  the  law.  The 
clerks  fined  were :  Walter  Pageau,  J.  E.  O'Rourke,  Donald  N. 
McBain  and  Charles  Freeman. 


Michigan  Board  Acts  on  Liquor  Selling. 
Lansixg,  Mich..  Jan.  25. — The  Michigan  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  will  take  up  the  matter  of  druggists  in  "dry"  ter- 
ritory turning  their  pl.aces  practically  into  emporiums  for  the 
dispensing  of  liquor.  There  have  been  so  many  complaints  re- 
garding druggists'  violations  of  the  local  option  law  that  the 
board  has  requested  the  Anti-Saloon  League  to  take  up  the 
matter  with  it.  Attorney  Marsh,  for  the  league,  met  in  con- 
ference with  the  board  last  week  at  Ann  Arbor. 


Alabama  Ph.A.  to  Meet  at  Gadsden  on  June  9. 
Secretary  W.  E.  Bingham,  of  Tuscaloosa,  announces  that 
the  Alabama  Ph.A.  will  meet  on  June  9  for  two  a  days' 
session  at  Gadsden,  the  home  of  Lee  Wharton,  the  first  vice- 
president.  Mr.  Wharton  will  be  the  local  secretary.  The 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  meet  at  Gadsden  on  June  10  to 
hold  an  examination. 


94 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  28,  1909 


CONFER  ON  GOV.  HUGHES'  MESSAGE. 


DEUGGIST  WEDS  FAIR  LADY  FROM  PARIS. 


Legislative  Committee  of  New  York  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  Will  Draft  Pharmacy  Bill. 

A  conference  was  held  last  .Monday  night  at  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy  by  the  Legislative  Committee  of  the 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  consider  that 
portion  of  the  annual  message  of  Governor  Hughes  which 
recommended  changes  in  the  pharmacy  laws,  with  particular 
reference  to  the  method  of  selection  of  the  members  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  As  noted  in  the  Eb.\,  the  Gov- 
ernor objects  to  their  election  by  the  pharmacists  of  the  State 
and  prefers  to  have  them  appointed  by  the  Governor. 

The  conference  was  well  attended  and  while  there  was 
regret  that  the  method  of  selection  had  been  called  into  ques- 
tion, it  was  evident  that  there  was  no  serious  disposition  to 
dispute  the  Governor's  point  regarding  the  constitutionality 
of  the  board.  Some  of  the  speakers  considered  the  proposed 
change  a  step  backward. 

The  present  law  was  gone  over  carefully  and  it  was  decided 
to  draft  a  new  bill,  embodying  the  Governor's  ideas  and  the 
chief  points  of  the  Whitney  bill  and  present  pharmacy  laws. 
This  will  be  done  by  a  committee  composed  of  Dr.  William 
Muir,  Felix  Hirseman,  Warren  L.  Bradt,  Fred  S.  Rogers  and 
Peter  Diamond,  assisted  by  counsel. 

Changes  tentatively  agreed  upon  were  that  the  board  be 
constituted  without  sections  or  divisions  and  that  its  mem- 
bers be  appointed  by  the  Governor.  To  be  eligible  to  mem- 
bership on  the  board,  a  person  must  be  a  registered  phar- 
macist of  at  least  ten  .years'  standing  and  also  a  resident  of 
the   State. 

Subdivision  4  of  Section  190,  relating  to  the  election  of 
branch  members  was  stricken  out,  as  was  also  Subdivision  5 
of  Section  201,  relating  to  the  distribution  of  funds. 

Regarding  the  issue  of  permits  in  rural  districts,  to  sell 
poisons,  medicines,  fill  prescriptions,  under  Section  199,  a 
portion  was  revised  to  the  effect  that  poisons  and  medicines 
must  only  be  dispensed  in  original  packages  bearing  the  label 
of  a  licensed  pharmacist.  Permit  to  fill  and  compound  pre- 
scriptions was  also  crossed  from  this  section. 

Section  200,  on  the  matter  of  the  compounding  of  pre- 
scriptions by  unlicensed  persons,  was  made  to  read  on  the 
eighth  line  "the  immediate  personal  supervision" ;  the  word 
"immediate"  being  inserted  for  the  purpose  of  facilitating 
prosecutions  for  violations  under  this  section. 

It  was  stated  that  the  only  opposition  the  Governor  had  to 
the  Whitne.v  bill  was  that  its  enactment  would  mean  con- 
siderable power  to  a  board  which  was  not  a  State  creature. 
Several  present  expressed  their  opinion  to  the  effect  that  the 
Governor  would  probably  have  signed  the  measure  and  w^iuld 
do  so  at  its  future  presentation  if  the  board  was  appointive 
by  the  Governor. 


K.  Y.  Executives  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  Have  Dinner. 

The  annual  diuner  to  the  executives  and  their  assistants  of 
the  New  Y'ork  branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  was  given  by 
O.  W.  Smith,  the  manager  of  the  branch,  on  January  12, 
at  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Club.  An  enjoyable  evening  was 
spent,  a  programme  being  carried  out  and  a  number  of 
speeches  made.  Mr.  Smith  was  ably  assisted  by  S.  H.  Car- 
ragan,  assistant  manager  of  the  branch.  The  following  were 
present :  W.  .T.  Cavr,  N.  Nicolae,  W.  D.  Rowles.  A.  .Jenkins, 
II.  R.  Saunders,  William  McKay,  John  Burnside.  A.  De 
Castro,  E.  .AIcColl.  Chris.  Bruun,  J.  Doran.  G.  R.  Tompkins. 
Walter  Suydam.  H.  Ronnermann,  H.  Kneisel.  Harold  Kellogg. 
H.  Rollinson.  D.  Lyle,  V.  Pinto,  N.  Loubriel.  W.  Patrick  and 
Dr.  G.  M.  Guiteras.  Due  to  previous  engagements.  E.  Plum- 
nier  and  W.  R.  Kaufmann  were  unable  to  attend. 


New  Wholesale  Concern  for  North  Carolina. 
AsHEViXLi:,  X.  C  Jan.  25. — The  Asheville  Whole.sale  Drug 
Company  has  been  chartered  by  the  State  and  subscriptions 
to  the  capital  stock  are  fast  coming  in  to  the  organization 
committee  in  preparation  to  the  general  meeting  on  February 
20,  when  organization  will  be  completed.  The  capital  stock  is 
$100,000  and  business  will  not  begin  until  $.50,000  is  sub- 
scribed. The  organization  committee  is  composed  of  Dr.  E.  P>. 
Glenn,  S.  I.ipinsky,  R.  L.  Fitzpatrick.  J.  IT.  I.ange  and  A.  W. 
DeLand. 


Groom  Speaks  No  French,  Bride  No  English  and  They 
Courted  Through  an  Interpreter. 

Although  M.  Leman,  a  druggist,  of  124  West  One  Hundred 
and  Thirty-fifth  street,  does  not  speak  French,  and  although 
Miss  Helen  Soquet,  who  came  to  New  York  City  from  Paris 
less  than  two  montlis  ago,  speaks  very  little  English,  friends 
of  the  two  learned  recently  that  they  had  been  married  at  the 
City  Hall. 

Mrs.  Leman  said  that  she  had  first  met  the  druggist  when 
she  went  to  his  store  to  telephone  to  her  sister.  He  spoke 
English  and  she  spoke  French,  she  explained,  and  each  spoke 
a  little  German. 

"My  sister,  who  speaks  French,  English  and  German  with 
equal  facility,  interpreted  for  us,"  Mrs.  Leman  continued.  "An 
hour  before  the  ceremony  was  performed  I  telephoned  the 
news  to  her  from  Mr.  Leman's  store,  and  she  replied :  'I 
give  you  my  blessing.'  She  joined  us  and  went  with  us  to  the 
City  Hall,  where  we  were  married." 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Leman  have  taken  an  apartment  at  127  West 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  street,  and  Miss  Soquet,  whose 
services  as  interpreter  were  invaluable,  has  given  up  her 
apartments  in  a  hotel  and  gone  to  live  with  her  sister.  She 
said  : 

"I  have  lived  in  New  York  for  two  years  and  until  my  sister 
telephoned  to  me  that  she  and  Mr.  Leman  were  to  be  married 
I  thought  I  had  seen  so  much  of  American  life  that  nothing 
could  astonish  me  simply  because  it  moved  swiftly.  When  my 
sister  came  here  from  Paris  she  could  speak  no  English  at  all. 
When  she  first  spoke  of  Mr.  Leman  I  thought  surely  he  must 
speak  French,  because  I  could  not  see  how  a  man  who  knew 
no  French  and  a  young  woman  who  knew  no  English  could 
make  themselves   understood   to  each  other. 

"I  helped  them  by  interpreting  for  them,  and  now  they  are 
happily  married.  My  sister  is  learning  English  and  Mr.  Le- 
man is  learning  French,  and  I  have  written  to  our  relatives 
in  Paris  to  tell  them  that  it  is  impossible  that  anything  they 
have  heard  of  the  strangeness  of  New  York  can  be  exag- 
gerated." 

Mr.  Leman  has  had  a  drug  store  in  West  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-fifth  street  for  more  than  twenty  years.  He  is  forty- 
seven  years  old  and  his  wife  is  twentj'-six. 


Cupid  On  a  Pharmacy  Phone  Wire. 

ClxciNN..\Tt.  Jan.  2.5. — An  argument  between  a  young  drug- 
gist and  the  chief  operator  of  the  Canal  telephone  exchange  has 
resulted  in  a  love  match.  Dan  Cupid,  who  happened  to  be  on 
the  wire,  has  the  principals  so  well  in  hand  that  they  will  con- 
sent to  let  him  lead  them  to  the  altar  in  a  few  days.  The 
groom-to-be  is  JIarshall  Wood,  of  Moscow,  Ohio,  who  is  em- 
ployed in  Cincinnati  as  a  druggist,  and  the  bride-elect  is  pretty 
Miss  Lillian  Oldiges.  3316  Hackberry  street.  Cincinnati. 

Mr.  Wood  was  using  the  phone  longer  than  Miss  Oldiges 
felt  was  right  and  proper  one  night  recently,  and  she  "called 
him  down".  Wood  was  temporarily  abashed,  but  central's 
voice  was  pleasant.  The  pair  will  go  to  liOS  Angeles,  to  make 
their  home. 


Couple  Trapped  in  Telephone  Booth. 
Harold  Cartwright.  of  Pond,  Bowes  &  Cartwright,  drug- 
gists. 2035  Broadway,  held  a  man  and  a  woman  in  the  tele- 
phone booth  until  the  arrival  of  a  policeman,  on  a  charge  of 
attempting  to  rob  the  mone.v  box  connected  with  the  instrument. 
They  claimed  to  be  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edward  Barrett  and  gave 
a  fictitious  address.  Barrett  was  held  on  a  charge  of  petty 
larceny  preferred  by  the  New  York  Telephone  Company,  and 
Mrs.  Barrett  was  held  as  a  suspicious  person.  It  is  reported 
that  two  keys  which  fitted  the  cash  box  were  found  in  Jfrs. 
Barrett's  muff.  About  $5  in  small  change  was  found  in  Bar- 
rett's  possession. 


Ginseng  Growers  Elect  Officers. 
Detroit.  .Tan.  25. — The  Michigan  Ginseng  Growers  have 
elected  the  following  officers  :  President.  George  A.  Roof,  Big 
Rapids :  first  vice-president,  A.  R.  Ingram.  Fenton ;  second 
vice-president.  .lohn  Ferris,  Plainwell :  secretary,  A.  E.  Cook, 
Flushiiu'.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  Agricultural 
Collegf.  in  Lansing. 


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PROF.  ANDERSON  LECTURES  IN  CINCINNATI.         SUCCESSFUL  DINNER  OF  THREE  D'S  IN  CHICAGO. 


New   Yorker  Tells   Ohio   Drug-gists  His   Views   on   the 
Future   of  Pharmacy — Attacks   Manufacturers. 

Cincinnati,  Jan.  2.5. — The  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation members  were  addressed  last  week  at  the  Lloyd  Library 
by  a  number  of  eminent  authorities  on  chemistry  and  the 
problems  which  confront  the  drug  trade.  The  speakers  were 
introduced  by  President  A.  O.  Zwick. 

Prof.  William  C.  Anderson,  dean  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy,  spoke  of  the  commercial  and  professional  pliases 
of  pharmacy.  He  argued  that  the  two  must  be  carried  on 
together  and  in  harmony,  and  that  druggists  must  not  lose 
sight  of  either  in  their  work.  He  said  that  under  present  con- 
ditions druggists  cannot  profitably  conduct  a  pharmacy  on 
wholly  professional  lines,  and  therefore  it  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary that  the  commercial  side  be  considered.  The  majority  of 
pharmacists,  he  said,  have  gone  into  it  not  only  because  of  the 
ethical  or  professional  side,  but  also  from  a  commercial  stand- 
point, in  that  it  affords  a  means  of  mak- 
ing a   living. 

Competition  of  grocery  stores,  dry 
goods  stores  and  large  department  stores 
have  made  it  necessary  for  the  druggists 
to  develop  the  commercial  side  more  and 
more.  Losing  the  support  of  the  physi- 
cians has  also  been  a  great  factor,  for 
"just  as  soon  as  you  lose  the  support  of 
the  physicians  the  professional  side  de- 
creases and  the  commercial  side  must  l)e 
developed." 

Speaking  of  the  proprietar.v  evil,  he 
said  :  "'Manufacturing  houses,  aggressive 
in  their  methods  of  advertising,  flood  the 
physicians  with  literature  which  shows, 
or  pretends  to  show,  the  advantageous 
results  desired  from  the  use  of  their 
preparation,  and  the.v  point  out  to  the 
ph.vsician  the  easy  manner  of  prescribing 
their  medicines,  and  he  naturally,  like 
all  human  beings,  having  a  tendency  to 
do  things  in  the  easiest  wa.v,  that  great 
work,  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia, 
which  the  physicians  themselves  com- 
piled, is  buried  under  an  avalanche  of 
literature  sent  out  by  the  proprietary 
manufacturer.  What  is  the  result? 
Ever.v  one  of  us  have  a  back  room  upon 
the  shelves  of  which  you  will  find  one 
patented  preparation  after  another  which 
cost  a  great  deal  of  money,  some  of 
which  a  ph.vsician  ma.v  have  prescribed 
but  once  and  for  which  we  have  never 
had  a  second  call.  This  means  a  large 
investment  upon  which  we  can  never 
realize." 

Professor  Anderson  believes  the  time 
is  ripe  for  a  change,  and  advises  the 
druggists  to  adopt  methods  that  will 
bring  this  about.  The  U.S.P.  and  N.F. 
propaganda  offers  the  greatest  opportunity,  he  said,  and  the 
druggists  must  combine  if  the  best  results  are  to  be  obtained. 
He  spoke  of  work  that  was  being  done  by  druggists  in  Brook- 
lyn and  Manhattan  boroughs  of  New  York  Cil.v.  not  only 
laboring  among  the  ph.vsicians.  but  inducing  the  medical  col- 
leges to  devote  more  time  to  materia  medica  and  therapeutics. 
What  has  been  accomplished  in  New  York  can  be  done  in 
Cincinnati,  if  the  proper  effort  is  made. 

He  was  loudly  applauded  as  he  concluded,  whereupon  Dr. 
Zwick  called  upon  several  others  for  remarks.  Among  those 
who  responded  were  T.  B.  Huston,  of  Toledo,  president  of  the 
Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  :  Z.  T.  i?altzly.  of  Mas- 
sillon,  Ohio ;  Professor  Wetterstroem  and  C.  A.  Apmeyer. 

Professor  Waldbott,  head  of  the  department  of  chemistr.v  of 
the  Ohio  Mechanics'  Institute,  Cincinnati,  and  who  was  an 
assistant  to  Prof.  John  Uri  Lloyd  in  the  Lloyd  Library  some 
time  ago,  told  the  history  of  the  library  and  its  thousands 
of  interesting  and  valuable  volumes  on  scientific  subjects. 

The  next  lecture  will  be  by  Professor  Bea!.  on  "Some  Pe- 
culiar Pure  Pood  and  Drug  Legislation." 


Likes    to    Entertain    Druggists. 


CHARLES   E.    CLARKE, 

reiireseiitin^'  the  Miles  Medical  Com- 
pany in  Chicago,  is  chairman  of  the 
entertainment  committee  of  the  Chicago 
Social  Drug  Club,  which  holds  its  fifth 
annual  ball  and  reception  at  Masonic 
Temple  Drill  Hall  on  Feb.  4.  He  also 
is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Pharma- 
ceutical Travelers'  .\ssociation  and  is 
interested  in  making  the  "round  up" 
at  Quincy  next  June  a  huge  success. 


Five  Hundred  Listen  to  Harmony  Speeches  at  Feast 
Under  C.R.D.A.  Auspices  at  Auditorium  Hotel. 
Chicago,  Jan.  2.5. — The  annual  get-together  dinner  initialed 
by  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  was  a  great  suc- 
cess. It  was  a  get-together  dinner  in  truth  when  five  hundred 
of  Chicago's  doctors,  druggists  and  dentists  gathered  in  the 
banquet  room  of  the  Auditorium  Hotel  and  spent  four  hours 
discussing  their  overlapping  interests  on  Tuesday  night  last. 
The  attendance  was  entirely  representative',  the  leaders  of 
both  professions  being  there. 

Dr.  Alfred  C.  Cotton  was  toastmaster  and  started  off  the 
evening  with  a  laugh.  He  was  followed  by  Dr.  Corwin,  who 
made  a  semi-serious  but  forceftil  appeal  for  harmony  between 
the  two  professions.  His  speech  elicited  a  great  amount  of 
enthusiasm  from  bpth  pharmacists  and  physicians. 

The  keynote  of  the  big  meeting  was  struck  when  Dr.  Ber- 
nard F.iutus  spoke  on  "The  Need  of  a  Code  of  Medico-Phar- 
maceutic  Ethics."  He  said  that  while 
the  ph.vsician  has  his  code  of  ethics,  the 
druggist  had  none  and  he  deplored  the 
need  for  such  a  code.  The  result  would 
be  a  betterment  of  public  service  given 
by  both  professions.  He  stated  that  the 
great  tract  of  common  ground  between 
the  two  would  then  be  covered  and  tend 
towards  more  harmony.  Dr.  Fantus 
stated  that  while  this  was  a  meeting  to 
produce  harmony  he  would  utter  words 
of  discord  which  could  hardly  be  gotten 
around,  as  the  discord  really  did  exist. 

The  speaker  candidly  stated  the  errors 
made  :  favoritism  and  counter  prescribing 
by  the  dniggist ;  self-dispensing  and  the 
outrageous  demands  of  the  physician  at 
times.  He  said  that  it  is  a  very  common 
practice  for  the  druggist  to  diagnose  a 
case  over  his  counter  and  prescribe  a 
remed.v.  and  he  could  hardly  expect  not 
to  encounter  the  displeasure  of  a  physi- 
cian. In  speaking  of  the  faults  of  the 
physician.  Dr.  Fantus  denounced  as  an 
outrage  the  habit  of  the  physician  of  de- 
manding that  the  druggist  keep  in  stock 
as  many  as  half  a  dozen  makes  of  the 
same  jjreparatious.  He  scored  the  phy- 
sician for  trying  to  dispense  his  own  med- 
icines. "No  doctor,"  he  said,  "can  carry 
around  enough  medicine  in  his  case  to  fill 
all  needs,  or  be  conscientious  and  rely  on 
the  remedies  at  hand." 

Dr.  Fantus  took  occasion  to  urge  the 
druggists  to  help  the  physicians  in  their 
war  against  patent  medicines.  Dr.  Fan- 
tus' remarks  were  loudly  applauded. 

Dr.  William  E.  Quine  discussed  the 
"Relation  of  the  Physician  to  the  Phar- 
macist." He  said  that  there  is  now  a 
divergence  between  the  two  professions, 
as  each  is  more  or  less  independent  of  the  other,  but  in  his 
long  experience  he  had  never  been  mistreated  by  a  druggist 
and  he  advocated  that  each  druggist  get  an  understanding 
with  his  doctors  and  that  all  understand  one  another.  This 
mittual  understanding  would  reflect  great  credit  on  both  pro- 
fessions, according  to  Dr.  Quine. 

H.  F.  W.  Spilver  and  H.  P.  Sandkoetter.  two  leading  mem- 
bers of  the  C.R.D.A..  followed  with  discussions  on  the  "Rela- 
tion of  Pharmacist  to  Physician"  and  "Relation  of  the  Phar- 
macist to  the  Public."  respectively.  Mr.  Spilver  stated  his 
belief  that  if  the  ph.vsician  would  mark  his  prescription  "not 
to  be  refilled"  the  aggravation  caused  by  the  druggist  refilling 
them  would  be  dispensed  with,  as  then  the  druggist  could  tell 
the  customer  that  he  would  have  to  see  the  physician.  He 
believed  this  to  be  the  most  flagrant  fault  in  the  relations  be- 
tween the  druggist  and  physician.  George  P.  Mills,  the  Evans- 
ton  druggist,  concluded  the  discussion  of  pharmaceutical  rela- 
tions with  a  terse  exposition  of  the  "Pharmacists'  Relations 
to  Each  Other."  as  they  are  now.  and  what  they  should  be. 
Dr.  Charles  P.  Pruyn  summed  up  the  whole  situation,  as 


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far  as  the  dentists  are  concerned,  in  a  sliort  speech  on  the 
"Relation  of  Dentists  to  Physicians,  Pharmacists  and  the 
Public."  Dr.  Pruyn  represented  the  dentists  of  Chicago  at 
this  meeting,  along  with  a  committee  of  twenty  others  ap- 
pointed to  attend,  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Dental 
Society.  The  attendance  of  the  dental  fraternity  was  a  feature 
of  this  year's  dinner,  as  it  was  the  first  time  they  had  taken 
a  part.  Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg  expressed  "The  Ultimate 
Object"  as  being  the  proper  relations  of  the  different  allied 
piofessions. 

"The  subject  is  simply  an  alkaloid  one,"  he  said.  "The  two 
professions  are  the  most  important  to  humanity  and  they 
should  get  together  on  a  common  ground  and  evolve  ethics 
that  will  reach  the  people  directly." 

Thomas  H.  Potts,  secretary  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  was  the  last 
speaker  on  the  programme.  He  discussed  the  benefits  of 
TJ.S.P.  and  N.F.  propaganda.  It  was  almost  1  o'clock  when 
Mr.  Potts  had  finished.  The  speaking  was  preceded  by  a 
seven-course  dinner. 


MORE   INTERPRETATIONS   ON   INFLAMMABLES. 


Long  List  of  Articles  Excepted  From  Restrictions. 
Will  Supplement  List  at  Intervals. 

Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
regulations  for  transportation  of  inflammables  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  has  mailed  to  the  trade 
Circular  No.  895  of  the  American  Railway  Association,  con- 
taining interpretation  No.  10  relating  to  the  articles  classed 
as  "similar  or  generally  understood  to  be  similar"  under 
Paragraph  1802. 

In  connection  with  the  subject  of  the  transportation  of  ex- 
plosives, the  committee  interprets  the  paragraph  (1802)  as 
follows ;  "Many  articles  that  are  safe  to  transport  as  ordi- 
nary merchandise  have  names  that  cause  them  to  be  classed 
as  'similar'  articles.  Shippers  are  required  to  state  in  their 
shipping  orders  for  these  articles  'No  label  required'  and  to 
furnish  the  certificate.  It  is  desirable  that  the  burden  of  the 
clerical  work,  placed  on  the  shipper  and  on  the  railway  em- 
ployee by  the  regulations,  be  decreased  as  much  as  is  con- 
sistent with  safety.  While  it  is  not  practicable  as  stated  in 
the  general  notice  to  furnish  a  complete  list  of  technical  and 
trade  names  of  inflammable  articles  and  acids,  it  will  be  prac- 
ticable to  furnish  from  time  to  time  a  list  of  articles  whose 
names  might  subject  them  to  suspicion  and  for  which,  after 
investigation  by  the  Bureau  of  Explosives,  the  requirements 
of  a  certificate  and  'No  label  required'  are  deemed  unneces- 
sary. An  omission  from  an  attempted  list  of  articles  requiring 
precaution'  might  cause  an  accident,  while  an  omission  from 
the  list  of  exceptions  would  only  require  additional  clerical 
work  pending  the  safe  growth  of  the  list  as  the  result  of 
experience.  Shipping  orders  for  any  of  the  following  articles, 
bearing  notation  'No  label  required'  and  shippers'  certificate 
should  be  accepted,  but  it  will  not  be  necessary  to  transfer 
.)iis  information  to  waybills  covering  these  excepted  articles. 
Shippers  should  be  notified  of  the  change  in  requirements,  in 
order  that  they  may  be  relieved  of  any  extra  labor,  and  that 
further  supplies  of  their  printed  shipping  orders  may  be  made 
to  conform." 

The  list  of  excepted  articles  that  may  be  accepted,  when 
properly  described,  without  requiring  a  notation  "No  label 
required"  and  the  certificate  prescribed  by  Paragraph  1802, 
is  as  follows : 


Acetic   Acid. 

Acid,   dry. 

Aerated    Beverages. 

Ale. 

Ammonia     or    Aqua     Ammonia 

(not  compressed). 
Aspb.ilt. 
Aspbaltum. 
Axle  Grease. 
Balsam,  Crude. 
Beer. 

Beer  Tonic. 
Benzaldehyde. 
Bitumen. 
Castoria. 
Castor  Oil. 
Champagne. 

Charged  Storage  Batteries. 
Cider. 

Claret  Wine. 
Cocoa  Butter. 
Cocoa  Nut  Oil. 


Oil  Cassia. 

Oil  Cedar. 

Oil  Citronella. 

Oil  Cloth. 

Oiled  Clothing. 

Oil  Clove. 

Oil  Copaiba. 

Oil  Eucalyptus. 

Oil  Fusel   Rectified. 

Oil  Juniper  Berries. 

Oil  Lavender  Flowers. 

Oil  Lemou. 

Oil  Lime. 

Oil  Mirbane. 

Oil  Mustard. 

Oil  Pennyroyal. 

Oil  Peppermint. 

Oil  Pine  Needle. 

Oil  Sandal. 

Oil  Sassafras   Natural. 

Oil  Sweet  Orange. 

Oil  Turpentine  Rectified. 


Cod     Liver    Oil     (plain    or    in 

emulsion). 
Cordials    (not    containing    over 

30  per  cent  of  alcohol). 
Cotton  Seed  Oil. 
Creosote. 
Creosote  Oil. 
Cylinder  Oil. 
Dry  Paints. 
Earth  Paints. 
Electrolyte     (Dilute     Sulphuric 

Acid     not    exceeding     30 

cent  in  strength). 
Eucalyptol. 

E-Z-Ola   Shoe  Polish   in   tins. 
Fish  Oil. 
Ginger  Ale. 
Glycerin. 

Hay,  Baled   (well  cured). 
Lactic  Acid. 
Lard  Oil. 
Linoleum. 
Linseed  Oil. 
Lubricating  Grease. 
Lubricating  Oil. 
Machine  Oil. 
Madeira  Wine. 
Mirbane  Oil. 
Neatsfoot  OH. 
Oil  Bay. 
Oil  Birch. 
Oil  Bitter  Almond. 
Oil  Camphor  S.G.  880. 
Oil  Camphor  S.G.  970. 
Oil  Caraway. 

In  an  additional  interpretation,  No.  12,  the  restriction  of  the 
limit  of  one-half  gallon  is  only  placed  upon  the  more  volatile 
liquids  with  flash  points  below  50°  F. ;  also  that  well-packed 
and  cushioned  bottles,  not  packed  in  cylindrical  tin  vessels 
and  metal  or  glass  tubes,  of  not  to  exceed  four  and  one-half 
ounces  capacity,  may  be  accepted.  These  liquids  may  also  be 
packed  in  tight  metal  cylinders  or  drums. 

The  circular,  in  addition  to  the  above  interpretations,  con- 
tains interpretations  Nos.  11,  13,  14,  15  and  16,  all  relating 
to  various  paragraphs  of  the  regulations. 


Oxalic  Acid. 

Parafline  Oil. 

Paratfine  Wax. 

Pine  Tar. 

Pitch. 

Porter. 

Port  Wine. 

Red  Lead,  in  oil  or  dry. 

Rhine  Wine. 

Rising    Sun     Stove    Polish    in 

per    Rising    Sun     Stove    Polish    In 
Powder. 

Rosin. 
Rosin  Oil. 
Sherry  Wine. 

Shinola  Shoe  Polish   in   tins. 
Signal  Oil. 
Sperm  Oil. 
Spindle   Oil. 
Stearic  Acid. 
Sulphur. 

Sun  Paste  Stove  Polish  iu  tins. 
Tannic  Acid. 
Tar,  Pine. 
Tar  Roofing  Paper. 
Terebeue. 
Vaseline. 
Vinegar. 

Waterproof  Cloth. 
Wax. 

White  Lead,  in  oil  or  dry. 
Wines    (not  containing   over  30 
per  cent  of  alcohol). 


TO  CONFORM  TO  WHOLESALE  METHODS. 


N.  Y.  Consolidated  Drug  Co.  Elects  New  OflScers. — Im- 
portant Changes  Are  Planned. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  New  Tork 
Consolidated  Drug  Compan.v,  held  last  Thursday  at  Allaire's, 
192  Third  avenue,  a  resolution  was  adopted  which  will  prac- 
tically place  the  company  on  the  basis  of  a  wholesale  jobbing 
establishment. 

August  Diehl  and  Robert  S.  Lehman,  both  of  New  York, 
were  elected  directors  to  serve  three  years,  and  F.  W.  Hain, 
of  Newark.  X.  J.,  was  elected  to  fill  the  unexpired  term  of 
Felix  Hirseman.  resigned,  as  director. 

According  to  the  reports  presented  by  the  officers,  the  affairs 
of  the  company  were  shown  to  be  in  an  excellent  condition, 
and  the  retiring  oRicers,  President  Felix  Hirseman,  Treasurer 
William  C.  Alpers,  and  also  the  present  manager,  S.  V.  B. 
Swann,  were  praised  for  their  devotion,  efforts  and  excellent 
administration  of  the  company's  affairs. 

The  board  of  directors,  convening  directly  after  the  meeting 
of  the  stockholders,  elected  the  following  officers  for  the  com- 
ing year :  President.  F.  A.  Russell,  Tarrytown.  N.  Y. ;  vice- 
president,  August  Diehl,  Manhattan ;  secretary,  Robert  S. 
Lehman,  Manhattan  :  treasurer,  Charles  Heimerzheim,  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y. 


Condemns  Permanent  Tariff  Revision. 

At  the  twenty-fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pro- 
tective Tariff  League,  which  was  held  last  Thursday  in  New- 
York,  action  was  taken  condemning  the  proposed  permanent 
tariff  revision  commission.  Arguments  were  presented  statin;; 
that  the  leaders  of  the  movement  were  free  traders  and  tarilY 
reformers,  who  had  fallen  back  upon  the  plan  of  a  permanent 
non-partisan  tariff  commission  as  a  means  of  keeping  the 
tariff  in  a  perpetual  state  of  "reform"  and  agitation. 

Congress  was  also  complimented  in  its  proposed  action  in 
rendering  it  impossible  for  the  executive  department  to  here- 
after negotiate  tariff  agreements  without  the  full  consent  and 
approval  of  the  Congress.  Confidence  was  expressed  in  the 
Ways  and  Means  Committee  of  the  House  and  the  Senate 
Finance  Committee  to  act  in  accordance  with  the  interests  of 
the  majority. 


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RATE-CUTTING  THREAT  IN  ST.  LOUIS. 


N.A.R.D.  MEETS  AT  LOUISVILLE  SEPT.  6. 


Local  Association  Stirred  by   Demand  of  a  Non-Mem- 
ber That  Differential  Be  Given  Downtowners. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  2G. — The  members  of  the  St.L.R.D.A.,  at 
their  last  meeting,  were  confronted  with  a  new  proposition  in 
St.  Louis,  an  ultimatum  from  a  non-member  that  a  differential 
scale  must  be  made  for  downtown  druggists  or  cutting  would 
start  at  once.  The  matter  was  discussed  for  more  than  two 
hours  and  then  the  meeting  adjourned  so  abruptly  as  to 
postpone  the  election  of  officers.  It  was  miderstood  that  the 
question  of  price  scale  will  be  referred  to  the  sectional  asso- 
ciations for  discussion  and  that  committees  from  them  will 
meet  with  downtown  men  and  a  definite  report  will  be  drawn 
for  a  meeting  of  the  St.L.R.D.A.  to  be  held  within  three  weeks 
at  least,  and  two  weeks  if  possible. 

The   ultimatum   came  from   the   Raboteau   Drug   Company, 
which  has  recently  leased  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Wash- 
ington   avenue,    and    will,    it    is    understood,    conduct    a    much 
more  pretentious  business  there  than  has 
been  attempted  at  Broadway  and   Lucas 
avenue,   where   the   firm   has   been   Rabo- 
teau &  Co.  for  many  years.    Mr.   Rabo- 
teau withdrew  from  the  local  association 
about  two  years  ago  because  he  believed 
the  scale  was  being  disregarded  in  some 
instances.     He  said  at  that  time  he  had 
no    intention    of    disarranging   any    scale 
the  association  might  make. 

The  word  that  came  to  the  association 
this  time  was  that  the  Raboteau  Drug 
Company  was  ready  to  cut  if  a  special 
rate  was  not  made  for  downtown  men. 
The  proposition  was  that  they  be  per- 
mitted to  sell  at  present  prices,  22  cents, 
43  and  Si  cents,  and  that  uptown  and 
suburban  stores  push  up  prices  to  25, 
45  and  90  cents. 

Representatives  of  Wolff-Wilson,  Judge 
&  Dolph  and  Johnson  Brothers  served 
notice  they  would  be  compelled  to  with- 
draw from  the  association  in  case  lue 
Raboteau  Company  was  permitted  to 
carry  out  this  threat.  After  considera- 
ble discussion,  a  straw  ballot  was  taken 
and  seven  of  the  members  present  voted 
"No."  President  Johnson  asked  each  to 
state  his  objection,  if  he  cared.  All  but 
one  said  the  negative  vote  was  more  in 
the  interest  of  more  time  to  study  the 
question,  which  had  not  been  proposed  to 
them  until  the  meeting  was  called  to  or- 
der, than  a  final  sentiment. 

Mr.  Coussens,  of  the  Anti-Monopoly 
Drug  Company,  which  was  at  one  time 
the  famous  cutter  of  the  city,  was  the 
most  persistent  debater  on  the  floor  for  a 
one-price-for-all  schedule.  His  store  was 
for    many    years    at    Sixth    and    Market 

streets,   but   a   few  days  ago  was  moved  one  block  west   be- 
cause the  old  building  is  to  be  replaced  with  a  new  one. 

Prof.  .1.  M.  Good  took  the  position  that  stores  like  his 
would  find  trouble  in  advancing  prices  to  an  even-nickle  basis 
and  it  might  be  better  to  permit  downtown  men  to  shade  the 
present  schedule  somewhat :  that  while  he  favored  a  differen- 
tial, he  would  object  to  raising  prices. 

As  the  discusssion  was  not  saining  much  ground,  the  sug- 
gestion was  made  that  ever.vbody  "hustle"  for  a  bigger  meet- 
ing at  a  call  soon  to  be  issued,  and  that  the  question  be  passed 
to  the  North,  West  and  South  Side  associations  and  commit- 
tees be  appointed  to  draw  an  exact  agreement  to  be  talked 
over  at  another  general  meeting. 

Election  of  officers  was  declared  in  order,  but  E.  A.  Senne- 
wald  advanced  the  argument  that  it  would  be  a  bad  time  to 
change  horses  while  crossing  the  river,  and  a  huiried  ad- 
journment followed. 


Author,  as  Well  as  Student. 


THOMAS  A.  .MA.TOR. 
who  has  attracted  attention  by  writing 
a  book  entitled  "The  Uoad  From  Da- 
mascus." which  is  .1  reply  to  a  book 
written  by  a  woman  entitled  "The  Road 
to  Damascus."  In  which  an  attack  is 
made  on  a  professor  of  the  University 
of  Michigan,  where  Major  is  a  senior 
in    pharmacy. 


Kentucky  Druggist  Makes  Assignment. 
Unioxtown,   Ky..   Jan.   25. — O.   C.   Hardigg  has   made   an 
assignment  to  W.   C.  Bland.     His   indebtedness   is  $5000   to 
$6000;  assets  not  given. 


Executive  Board,  at  Chicago  Meeting,  Extends  Invita- 
tion to  A.Ph.A.  to  Meet  at  Same  Time  and  Place. 
Chicago,  Jan.  2.5. — The  Executive  Board  of  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists  was  in  session  for  four  days 
last  week  at  the  New  Brevoort  Hotel.  Charles  F.  Mann, 
chairman  of  the  board,  presided,  and  all  the  members  were 
present. 

The  most  important  matter  before  the  board  was  fixing  a 
place  and  date  for  the  next  convention  of  the  national  body, 
which  was  taken  up  immediately  after  the  routine  business 
had  been  transacted.  The  next  convention  will  be  held  at 
Louisville.  Ky..  during  the  second  week  of  September,  begin- 
ning on  the  6th  of  the  month.  It  has  been  a  cherished  hope 
of  the  officials  that  an  agreeement  could  be  reached  with  the 
A.Ph.A.  so  that  the  conventions  of  the  two  organizations  could 
lio  held  simultaneously  and  at  the  same  place.  The  latter 
association,  it  was  said,  had  been  slow  in  taking  any  steps  in 
the  matter,  so  the  N.A.R.D.  board  de- 
cided to  appoint  a  place  and  time  and  in- 
vite the  A.Ph.A.  to  meet  there  also  at 
that  time. 

Early  in  the  meeting  it  was  decided  to 
leave  the  place  and  date  open,  subject 
to  the  consent  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  but  later 
there  was  a  reconsideration.  Three  cities 
made  bids  for  the  convention.  These 
were  Louisville,  Ky. ;  Cedar  Rapids,  and 
Niagara  Falls.  Of  these  Louisville  was 
chosen,  largely  because  of  its  location, 
as  it  is  neither  too  fa/  east,  west,  north 
or  south.  Invitations  had  been  received 
from  the  Governor  of  Kentucky,  the 
Mayor  of  Louisville,  the  president  of  the 
Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  president  of 
the  Citizens'  Association,  and  others. 
Simon  N.  Jones,  former  chairman  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  presented  the  in- 
vitation to  the  board.  The  Kentuckians 
were  so  enthusiastic  in  the  matter  that 
they  had  planned  a  trip  to  the  Mammoth 
Cave  before  their  representative  left  for 
Chicago.  Louisville,  it  was  argued,  has 
been  a  great  success  as  a  convention  city 
and  never  does  things  by  halves.  It  en- 
tertained 1,000,000  members  and  friends 
of  the  G.A.R.  last  year  and  at  another 
time  300.000  Shriners. 

A  most  cordial  invitation  was  extend- 
ed to  the  members  to  spend  either  the 
week  before  or  following  the  convention 
in  the  city  of  Louisville.  Pharmaceutical 
exhibitions  will  be  held  the  same  as  at 
the  last  convention  at  Atlantic  City  : 

In  connection  with  selecting  the  time 
and  place  the  following  resolution  was 
prepared  and  unanimously  adopted,  a  copy 
being  ordered  sent  to  the  A.Ph.A.  officers  : 

Whereas,  The  committee  appointed  by  the  president  of  our 
association  to  confer  with  a  similar  committee  from  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  to  consider  the  feasibility  of 
holding  a  joint  meeting,  or  contemperaneous  meetings,  of  the 
two  associations,  has  been  nnable  to  reach  such  a  conclusion 
with  that  committee  as  would  enable  it  to  recommend  to  the 
X.A.R.D.  a  definite  time  and  place  for  holding  Its  1909  con- 
vention :   and 

Whereas.  It  has  always  been  the  custom  of  this  committee 
to  name  at  its  mid-year  meeting  the  time  and  place  for  holding 
the  annual  convention  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  and  our  members  are 
expecting  the  usual  announcement  at  the  close  of  the  present 
meetina  of  this  committee;  therefore,  by  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee of  the  N.A.R.D.,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we  hereby  select  Louisville,  Ky.,  as  the  place, 
and  Monday,  Tuesday,  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  September 
6,  7,  S  and  9,  as  the  time  for  holding  the  1909  convention  of  this 
organization. 

Resolved,  That,  desirous  as  we  are  of  co-operating  in  every 
helpful  way  possible  with  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation in  the  efforts  which  that  organization  and  our  own  are 
making  to  advance  the  professional  and  commercial  welfare  of 
pharmacy,  we  hereby  extend  to  the  A.Ph.A.  a  hearty  invitation 
to  meet  with  us  at  the  place  and,  as  nearly  as  may  be  possible, 
at  the  time  designated. 

Chairman  Bodemann,  of  the  telephone  committee,  appeared 
before  the  executive  board  and  urged  that  the  central  idea  of 


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promoting  slot  telophouos  in  different  cities  be  developed  as 
rapidly  as  possible.  This  \ie\v  was  immediately  accepted  by 
the  committee. 

A  motion  was  made  that  every  department  of  the  N.A.R.D. 
go  into  a  price  protection   plan,   but   it   was   held   up   pending 
the  approval  of  the  general  counsel  of  the  association. 
Presentation  to  Messrs.  Wooten  and  Jones. 

An  interesting  feature  of  the  week  was  the  presentation  to 
Thomas  V.  Wooten,  former  National  secretary,  and  to  Simon 
N.  Jones,  former  chairman  of  the  executive  board,  of  hand- 
somely engrossed  resolutions  testif.ving  to  their  worth  and 
expressing  the  gratitude  of  the  members  to  them  for  their 
untiring  efforts  in  behalf  of  the  organization.  The  presenta- 
tions were  made  as  the  result  of  action  taken  at  the  Atlantic 
City  convention  last  .year,  upon  the  initiative  of  Samuel  L. 
Hilton,  of  Washington.  D.  C.  Mr.  Hilton  was  appointed 
chairman  of  the  committee  and  his  associates  were  Dr.  A.  O. 
Zwick,  of  Cincinnati,  and  T.  S.  Armstrong,  of  Plainfield,  N.  J. 

Each  set  of  resolutions  is  ornatel.v  engrossed  upon  velum, 
has  the  seal  of  the  association  in  gold  over  a  blue  ribbon  and 
is  signed  by  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  X.A.R.D.  and 
by  the  special  committee  having  the  matter  in  charge.  The 
engrossed  resolutions  are  folded  once  and  separately  enclosed 
in  cases  of  envelope  or  portfolio  form.  These  portfolios  are  of 
fine,  white,  art  leather,  and  lined  with  watered  silk.  Upon 
the  flap  of  each  portfolio  are  the  letters  "X.A.R.D."  in  gold, 
and  below  the  letters  a  gold  clasp  for  closing.  The  engrossing 
was  done  and  the  cases  made  by  Gait,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
who  is  known  as  the  Tiffany  of  the  Capital. 


"TINCTURES'  AND  "EXTRACTS"  EXPLAINED. 


Dr.   Hynson  Favors  Cedar  Point  for  .ii.Pli.A. 

BvU,Tl.\lOBi:.  .7an.  2.">. — Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson  is  in  receipt  of  a 
communication  from  Thomas  V.  Wooten,  of  Chicago,  advising 
him  of  the  action  taken  at  a  meeting  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee of  the  N.A.R.D.,  appointed  to  act  upon  the  suggestion  that 
the  organization  hold  its  annual  meeting  at  the  same  time  or 
on  consecutive  weeks  and  at  the  same  place  as  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Dr.  Hynson  says,  with  regard  to  the  subject,  that  it  would 
be  entirely  agreeable  to  him  to  have  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  meet  at  Cedar  Point,  Lake  Erie,  during 
the  week  of  August  30,  or  just  before  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  N.A.R.D..  so  that  druggists  who  desire  to  attend  the 
latter  will  have  ample  time  to  go  down  to  Louisville  and  take 
in  that  gathering  on  a  single  trip.  Dr.  Hynson  is  a  member 
of  the  conference  committee  and  of  the  A.Ph.A.  Council. 


Will  Honor  Dr.  Hugo  Schweitzer. 

On  Saturday.  March  13.  a  celebration  will  be  held  in  Imnor 
of  Dr.  Hugo  Schweitzer,  who  has  long  been  active  in  ijromot- 
ing  the  progress  of  chemistry.  This  .year  marks  the  twenty- 
fifth  anniversary  of  his  doctorate,  the  twentieth  of  his  landing 
in  America  and  the  fifteenth  of  his  secretar.vship  of  the  New 
York  Section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  industry.  The  fol- 
lowing commmittee  will  arrange  a  kueipe  and  souvenir  pre- 
sensation :  C.  F.  Chandler,  chairman:  J.  Hasslacher.  treas- 
urer; M.  T.  Bogert.  secretary:  V.  Coblentz.  F.  Hemingway, 
E.  G.  Love.  C.  F.  McKenua.  W.  McMurtrie.  R.  W.  Moore. 
W.  H.  Nichols,  T.  J.  Parker.  A.  Plant,  M.  Toch. 


Nominal  Fine  For  Misbranding. 

Cincinnati,  Jan.  2.5. — The  Heekin  Spice  Company,  charged 
with  having  misbranded  two  dozen  bottles  having  the  label 
"White  Cap  Flavors.  Lemon",  has  pleaded  guilty  before 
United  States  Judge  Thompson.  A  nominal  fine  of  $5  was 
imposed.  The  Government  inspectors  claimed  there  was  but 
a  small  portion  of  oil  of  lemon  in  the  compound. 

The  company  says  it  has  withdrawn  the  article  entirely 
from  the  market. 


Dr.  Schieffelin  is  Guest  of  Political  Reporters. 
Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffeliu  was  one  of  the  guests  of  honor 
recently  at  the  annual  banquet  held  by  the  New  York 
City  Hall  Reporters"  Association.  Dr.  Schieffelin  was  present 
by  virtue  of  his  office  as  president  of  the  Citizens'  Union,  in 
which  organization  he  has  been  an  active  worker  for  reform. 
The  association  is  composed  of  the  principal  political  writers 
for  the  New  York  daily  papers  and  only  tln'ir  friends  are  in- 
vited  to   their  annual   banquets. 


Maine  Official  Furnishes  Some  Interesting  Information 
Regarding  an  Important  Matter. 

Charles  D.  Woods,  director  of  the  Maine  Agricultural  Ex- 
periment Station  at  Orono,  in  Official  Inspection  No.  6,  ex- 
plains the  use  of  the  terms  "tinctures"  and  "extracts"  as 
viewed  under  the  Maine  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law.     He  says : 

"There  are  a  number  of  materials  the  alcoholic  solutions 
of  which  are  used  for  both  medicinal  and  flavoring  purposes. 
In  the  majority  of  instances  the  U.S. P.  name  is  a  'tincture,' 
while  in  the  food  standards  the  only  name  recognized  is  'ex- 
tract." This  has  led  to  some  confusion  and  misunderstanding 
and  the  following  is  an  attempt  to  make  their  labeling  clear  to 
manufacturers  and  dealers : 

"All  preparations  for  medicinal  piirposes  should  be  of 
U.S. P.  strength  and  should  bear  the  name  recognized  in  the 
latest  edition  of  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia.  If  other  strength 
is  employed  the  package  should  be  plainly  labeled  'above  stand- 
ard' or  "below  standard'  to  accord  with  fact,  and  the  exact 
strength  given  on  the  label.  All  medicinal  preparations  must 
bear  upon  the  label  the  percentage  of  alcohol. 

"While  the  only  name  recognized  in  food  standards  for  the 
alcoholic  preparations  of  flavoring  materials  is  'extract,'  the 
use  of  similar  words  as  'essence,'  'flavor,'  'flavoring,'  etc.,  will 
be  allowed  and  will  be  considered  as  strictly  synonomous  with 
the  word  "extract."  That  is,  goods  labeled  'essence'  or  'flavor' 
should  correspond  in  strength  to  the  standard  as  established 
for  "extracts."  If  a  preparation  is  below  standard,  it  should  be 
plainly  labeled  so  as  to  show  the  fact.  For  information,  the 
standards  for  flavoring  extracts  for  foods  are  here  reprinted. 
Such  extracts  do  not  need  to  carry  a  statement  showing  the 
percentage  of  alcohol." 

The  list  of  standards  referred  to  is  the  same  as  that  given 
in  Pure  Food  Circular  No.  19  issued  by  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture Wilson. 


WOULD  TAX  FOUNTAINS  $10  A  DRAUGHT  ARM. 


Massachusetts  Legislator  Has  Novel  Measure,  But  So 
Far  None  of  His  Radical  Bills  Have  Passed. 

Boston.  Jan.  2."i. — In  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  a  bill 
has  been  introduced  that  is  sure  to  arouse  unending  hostility 
from  operators  of  soda  fountains.  It  calls  for  a  tax  of  $10 
for  each  faucet  of  a  soda  fountain. 

The  author  is  Representative  Thomas  J.  Fay,  of  Roxbury, 
a  salesman  for  the  grocery  house  of  S.  S.  Pierce  Company. 
Mr.  Fa.v  is  serving  his  third  term  in  the  Legislature,  and  he 
has  already  become  conspicuous  for  his  novel  methods  of  cre- 
ating revenue.  He  has  been  noted  for  his  radical  ideas  ever 
since  he  has  been  in  the  House.  He  was  the  most  persistent 
advocate  last  year  of  the  bill  to  increase  tne  salaries  of  mem- 
bers. The  year  before  he  came  into  prominence  for  his  bill  to 
provide  for  a  deputv  mayor  of  Boston,  and  also  to  penalize 
policeman  for  clubbing. 

Representative  Fay  said:  "This  fountain  tax  is  not  altt^ 
gether  original  with  me.  I  understand  that  the  State  of  Geor- 
gia already  has  such  a  law.  and  that  it  has  worked  well.  One 
purpose  of  the  bill  will  be  to  provide  a  revenue  for  towns  and 
cities  in  lieu  of  the  former  revenue  from  liquor  licenses.  I 
would  tax  every  soda  fountain  $10  for  each  faucet  and  have  it 
apply  to  everv  fountain  in  the  State,  whether  in  a  pharmacy, 
confectioner.v  or  periodical  store.  I  would  have  one-quarter  of 
the  fee  go  to  the  State  treasury,  as  in  the  same  manner  and 
proportion  as  the  liquor  license  fee  is  uivided." 

As  yet  not  a  single  radical  change  which  the  Roxbury  Rep- 
resentative has  yet  advocated  has  found  its  way  into  law. 


Perkin  Medal  for  Arno  Behr  From  S.C.I. 
.\rn<i  Behr  was  jiresented  with  the  IVrkin  iledal  at  the 
meeting  of  the  New  York  Section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical 
Industry  at  the  Chemists'  Club  last  Friday  evening.  Dr. 
Behr  being  absent,  the  medal  was  presented  b.v  proxy  to  Dr. 
Nichols.  Prof.  Charles  F.  Chandler  making  the  speech  of 
presentation.  Maximilian  Toch,  chairman  of  the  section, 
made  an  address  of  welcome  to  the  members  and  their  friends. 
"The  Great  American  Industry  of  Corn  Products"  was  the 
subject  of  a  paper  read  at  the  meeting  by  T.  B.  Wagner,  of 
Chicago. 


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BOOK    REVIEWS 


THE  NATIONAL  STANDARD  DISPENSATORY.  Coutaiuiug 
the  uatioual  liistory.  cbemistry,  pliurmacy,  ai'tious  and  uses 
of  medicines,  including  those  recognized  in  the  Pharma- 
copoeias of  the  United  States,  Great  Britain  and  Germany, 
with  many  references  to  other  Foreign  Pharmacopoeias.  In 
accordance  with  the  Eighth  Deconnial  Reyisiou  of  the  U.S. 
Pharmacopoeia,  by  authorization  of  the  Convention.  By 
Hobart  Amory  Hare,  B.Sc,  &1.D.,  professor  of  therapeutics 
and  materia  medica  in  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadelphia; 
Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Ph.G.,  Phar.D.,  professor  of  theoretical 
and  applied  pharmacy  in  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy, Baltimore:  and  Henry  H.  Rusby,  M.D.,  professor  of 
botany  and  materia  medica  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of 
the  City  of  New  York  ;  Expert  in  Drug  Products,  Bureau  of 
Chemistry,  Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. ; 
Members  of  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  U.S. P. ;  with 
valuable  assistance  from  Edward  Kremers.  Ph.D. ;  Daniel 
Base.  Ph.D.,  and  Joseph  F.  Geisler,  Ph.C.  New  (2d)  edition, 
thoroughly  revised.  Imperial  octavo,  2030  pages,  with  4iS 
engravings.  Cloth,  $6  net;  full  leather,  $7  net.  Thumb- 
letler  index  50  cents  extra.     Philadelphia:    Lea  &  Febiger. 

An  examination  of  the  new  and  revised  edition  of  tliis  Dis- 
pensatory bears  out  the  publishers"  claim  that  it  exemplifies 
the  type  of  a  book  required  by  all  who  have  to  do  in  any 
way  with  drugs.  Originally  created  to  supply  the  intentional 
omissions  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  self-limited  as  that  work  is 
to  bare  descfiption  of  drugs  arbitrarily  selected  as  "official" 
and  to  the  lists  of  ingredients  in  compounds  thereof,  the 
authors  have  developed  the  great  usefulness  of  the  Dispen- 
satory by  the  addition  of  two  other  main  features.  Besides 
containing  tlie  Pharmacopoeia  and  rounding  it  out  with  the 
informal iou  absolutely  necessary  to  its  use  in  practical  phar- 
macy, the  book  contains  the  fullest  pharmacology,  and  com- 
pletes these  two  departments  \vith  a  third,  that  on  medical 
action  and  uses,  appealing  thereby  no  less  to  the  prescriber 
than  to  the  dispenser,  and  enabling  them  to  co-operate  safely 
and  efficiently.  It  goes  far  beyond  the  Pharmacopoeia  by 
dealing  fully  with  the  "nou-pharmacoiioeial"  of  "unofficial" 
drugs,  a  section  of  materia  medica  of  scarcely  less  importance. 

The  Dispensatory  contains  the  latest  changes  made  by  the 
Committee  on  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  in  every  way 
marks  the  advanced  position  occupied  by  the  pharmaceutical 
and  medical  professions.  One  has  but  to  compare  the  present 
edition  with  its  predecessor  to  become  cognizant  of  the 
changes  and  improvements  that  have  been  made.  Descrip- 
tions of  two  hundred  new  drugs  of  value  have  been  incorpo- 
rated and  important  features  are  found  in  the  addition  of  the 
National  Formulary  iu  abstract,  as  well  as  a  Formulary  of 
unofficial  preparations  widely  used,  and  the  United  States 
Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law."  together  with  the  regulations  and 
decisions  necessary  for  its  interpretation.  The  general  itulex 
of  120  three-column  pa.ges,  contains  iu  one  alphabet  the  names 
of  drugs  in  English,  French,  German,  Italian,  Spanish  and 
Latin,  rendering  it  easy  to  find  any  article  on  any  substance 
used  for  medicine  by  civilized  nations.  This  applies  to  the 
minor  as  well  as  the  major  drugs  of  the  world,  an  inestimable 
service  peculiar  to  this  book.  The  therapeutic  index  of  tweut.v 
three-column  pages,  arranged  under  diseases,  brings  out  most 
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ORGANIC.  By  I.  V.  Stanley  Stanislaus,  M.S..  Phar.D..  pro- 
fessor of  pharmacy  and  organic  chemistry  and  dean  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Medico-Cltirurgical  College  of 
Philadelphia,  and  Charles  H.  Kimberley,  B.S.  (in  pharmacy), 
Ph.D.,  professor  of  applied  chemistry  in  the  School  of  Phar- 
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covers.  .$2.50.     Philadelphia  :    P,  Blakiston's  Sons  &  Co. 

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macy. In  addition  there  is  presented  much  information  that 
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manufacture  of  iron  and  steel,  cement,  coal  gas,  and  the  va- 
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thors give  due  credit.  As  a  text  book,  this  work  should  be  of 
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also  prescription  writing  and  notes  on  nomenclature  of  the 
German  Pharmacopoeia.  By  Julius  William  Sturmer,  Ph.G., 
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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[January  28,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


BUYING  LIMITED.  BUT  PRICES  ADVANCE. 

Demand  Moderately  Active  in  All  Directions — Effort 
to  Depress  Market  for  Messina  Oils. 

New  Yokk,  Jan.  25. — Business  during  the  past  week  has 
been  moderately  active  in  all  directions,  but  there  has  not 
been  any  departure  from  the  rule  of  limiting  buying  to  actual 
requirements ;  and  while  the  changes  in  values  have  not  been 
important,  nearly  all  show  an  advance.  The  Messina  essences 
continue  to  attract  attention,  but  there  seems  to  be  an  effort 
on  the  part  of  some  dealers  to  depress  the  market  for  lemon, 
bergamot  and  orange.  These  dealers  seem  to  be  short  of  stock 
and  have  contracts  to  deliver,  which  explains  the  motive  be- 
hind their  action.  The  active  demand  for  lemon  and  orange 
will  come  later  on,  and  it  is  believed  that  higher  prices  will 
prevail.  Citric  acid  is  still  in  good  demand.  Opium  firm  and 
quiet  in  absence  of  any  heavy  demand.  Norwegian  cod  liver 
oil  is  very  active  with  a  good  consuming  demand. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  demand  is  fairly  good  at  full 
prices,  but  no  interest  is  shown  in  quantities  beyond  the  1000 
ounce  limit.  At  Amsterdam  last  Thursday  the  cinchona  bark 
sale  went  off  at  an  average  unit  price  of  3.03  Dutch  cents, 
against  3.13  at  the  December  sale.  There  were  0422  packages 
offered  and  nearly  all  of  this  quantity  was  sold.  The  result 
of  the  sale  has  had  no  visible  influence  on  the  market  for  qui- 
nine. Makers  are  still  quoting  on  the  basis  of  15c.  per  ounce 
in  100-oz.  tins.  The  shipments  of  bark  from  Java  to  Amster- 
dam for  December,  1908,  are  1.570,000  pounds,  against  De- 
cember, 1907,  1,190,000  pounds;  December,  1906,  564,000; 
December,  1905,  858,000  pounds.  During  the  year  1908  the 
total  amount  was  15,677,000  pounds,  against  1907,  17,212,000 
pounds;  1906,  13,316,000  pounds;  1905,  15,399,000  pounds. 
The  sale  of  ,50,000  ounces  of  quinine  at  auction  in  Amsterdam 
is  scheduled  to  take  place  tomorrow. 

Opium. — The  market  remains  quiet,  with  the  limited  busi- 
ness wholly  of  a  jobbing  character,  as  consumers  are  inclined 
to  purchase  only  in  accordance  with  actual  necessities.  There 
is,  however,  no  abatement  of  the  steady  feeling  which  has  been 
manifested  by  dealers  for  some  time  past,  and  quotations  on 
natural  are  maintained  at  $4.60@.$4.S5,  as  to  quantity.  Gran- 
ular is  quoted  at  .'f.5.60(ff?5.S5,  and  to  all  appearances  there  is 
comparatively  little  available.  Powdered  is  a  shade  lower, 
owing  to  competition,  but  is  still  quoted  at  $5.60@$5.85  in 
most  quarters,  most  business  being  done  at  the  inside  quota- 
tion. There  have  been  no  cables  of  importance.  The  arrivals 
up  to  January  22  amount  to  1999  cases. 

CiTEic  Acid. — This  article  is  still  meeting  with  a  fairly 
good  consuming  demand,  and  former  prices  are  still  current, 
but  in  some  quarters  there  is  a  disposition  to  report  an  easier 
undertone,  which  is  said  to  be  due  to  advices  to  the  effect 
that  crude  material  is  offered  more  freely.  Manufacturers 
continue  to  quote  46@46%c.  per  pound,  while  second  hands 
report  sales  at  50c.  per  pound  and  upward,  according  to 
quantity. 

Anise  Seed. — The  Kalian  variety  is  slightly  easier,  with 
sellers  of  the  true  at  9c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities,  but 
some  holders  of  choice  quality  are  still  quoting  12c.  Russian 
varieties  are  held  at  about  6c.  and  star  is  bringing  18@20c. 
per  pound,  as  to  quality,  quantity  and  seller. 

NoEWEGiAN  Cod  Liver  Oil. — Cablegrams  have  been  received 
from  Norway  stating  an  ad%'ance  of  $1.00  per  barrel,  and  it 
will  not  be  surprising  to  see  a  further  advance.  The  demand 
in  the  local  market  is  good  and  the  sale  of  50  barrels  for 
prompt  delivery  is  noted  among  last  week's  transactions.  No 
reports  as  to  how  the  fishing  is  progressing  have  as  yet  been 
received. 

Sweet  Orange  Peel. — More  inquiry  for  this  article  has  dis- 
closed the  fact  that  stocks  are  very  light,  with  prospects  of 
receiving  additional  supplies  from  the  primary  sources  of 
supply  very  slight.  With  some  demand  the  price  has  been  ad- 
vanced on  the  bale  for  the  Trieste  quality  in  ribbons.  Malaga 
quality,  in  some  quarters,  is  extremely  scarce. 

Bay  Rum. — The  Payne  Bill,  imposing  a  tax  of  $1,10  per 
proof  gallon  on  Porto  Rico  bay  rum,  has  passed  the  House 
of  Representatives,   and   will   probably   be  passed   also   by   the 


Senate  and  liocome  a  law,  thereby  ei.diug  all  controversy  on 
this  article  in  the  future.  As  a  result  of  this  act  the  market 
is  decidedly  firmer,  with  an  vipward  tendency.  The  present 
prices  in  barrels  is  $1.50  per  gallon,  and  all  other  sizes  are  at 
the  usual  advance  from  this  basis. 

Menthol. — There  is  a  better  demand  tor  this  article  and 
the  market  is  much  firmer,  with  prices  ranging  between  $2.60 
(('$2.75  per  pound. 

Henbane  Leaves. — There  is  a  good  consuming  request  and 
prices  in  large  quantities  are  steady  at  15@16c.  per  pound  for 
the  U.S.P.  grade. 

Balsam  Copaiba. — This  article  is  becoming  very  firm  under 
reduced  available  stocks  and  a  good  consuming  demand.  The 
inside  quotation  for  large  lots  has  been  marked  up  to  48c.  per 
pound. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  Jan.  16. — The  week's  public  sale  of  drugs  had 
been  looked  forward  to  with  considerable  interest,  as  six  weeks 
have  elapsed  since  the  last  auction  was  held.  Large  supplies 
were  catalogued,  but  the  demand  did  not  come  up  to  expecta- 
tion, although  prices  on  the  whole  were  well  maintained. 
Aloes  was  in  plentiful  supply,  a  feature  being  some  very  large 
gourds  of  Barbadoes  Aloes,  of  which  part  sold  at  7.5s.  per 
cwt.  for  fine  bright  liver ;  Cape  Aloes  was  firm  at  29s.  6d.  per 
cwt.  for  good  hard  bright,  and  Tamptas  was  also  firm  at  85s. 
per  cwt.  for  good  hepatic. 

Balsam  Tolu  was  steady  at  10s.  per  lb.  Two  cases  of 
Siam  Gum  Benzoin  sold  at  £27  per  cwt.  for  fine,  bold,  free 
almond  ;  Sumatra  Gum  was  easier  at  £7  5s.  to  £7  15s.  per 
cwt.  for  good  seconds,  and  £8  for  good  almondy  seconds.  Ipe- 
cacuanha was  not  in  demand,  but  a  few  bales  of  sound  Rio 
sold  at  5s.  2d.  per  lb.,  damaged  in  proportion,  and  Carthagena 
realized  4s,  3d.  Buchu  leaves  were  steady  at  10%d.  per  lb.  for 
good  green  round,  and  9d.  to  lOd.  per  lb.  for  fair;  stalky  and 
yellowish  at  proportionate  rates.  Coca  leaves  sold  on  the  basis 
of  8d.  per  lb.  for  fair  green  Ceylons ;  Nux  Vomica  realized  lis. 
per  cwt.  for  dark  Ceylons.  Grey  Jamaica  SarsapariUa  realized 
is.  6d.  per  lb.  and  good  Lima  Is.  3d.  Was_  was  very  firm. 
Honey  was  neglected.  Four  coppers  of  Essence  of  Lemon 
(Carlo  Poerivecchie  &  Co.,  Palermo)  sold  without  reserve  at  L 
4s.  6d.  per  lb.,  and  a  tin  of  Essence  of  Lemon  (Marie  de  Pas-  ' 
quale)  sold  without  reserve  at  4s.  9d.  per  lb.  Two  cases  of 
Dodge  &  Olcott's  American  Peppermint  Oil  sold  without  re- 
serve at  6s.  per  lb.  Of  Cascara  Sagrada  about  600  bags  were 
offered  and  bought  in.  Senna  was  steady  and  the  supplies 
were  for  the  most  part  of  poor  quality.  Cardamoms  advanced 
from  Id.  to  2d.  per  lb.  ■ 

Privately  business  in  drugs  and  chemicals  has  not  been 
brisk.  Considerable  interest  continues  to  be  centered  in 
Essence  of  Lemon,  but  the  position  is  very  uncertain.  The 
forced  sales  at  Thursday's  auction  afford  no  true  indication  of 
the  state  of  the  market,  and  while  holders  have  changed  their 
views  as  to  the  near  future,  business  has  been  done  this  week 
at  10s.  per  lb.,  there  are  offers  from  Palermo  at  4s.  per  lb., 
but  little  importance  is  attached  to  them  at  this  moment.  A 
small  business  has  been  done  in  Essence  of  Bergamot  at  40s. 
Business  has  been  done  in  Citric  Acid  up  to  Is.  8V{>d.  per  lb., 
and  English  makers  quote  nominally  Is.  lOd. ;  the  general 
opinion  is  that  prices  will  recede  very  shortly.  Small  sales 
of  H.G.H.  Peppermint  Oil  have  been  effected  at  Ss.  lid.  per 
lb. ;  Wayne  County  Tin  Oil  is  steady  at  6s.  3d.  Menthol  is 
lower  and  a  fair  business  has  been  done  at  6s.  lOd.  per  lb. 
for  "Kobayashi,"  smaller  quantities  at  7s.  On  the  spot  small 
sales  of  Japanese  Camphor  have  been  made  at  Is.  lOd.  per 
lb.  for  %-oz.  tablets,  and  a  good  business  has  been  done  in 
1-oz.  tablets  for  arrival  at  ]s.  5V)d.  per  lb.  c.  i.  f.  Small 
sales  of  Japan  Wax  have  beeu  made  at  54s.  per  cwt.  for  good 
squares.  The  Shellac  market,  which  was  dull  early  in  the 
week,  has  brightened  up  and  fair  "T.  N.  Orange''  is  quoted  at 
7Ss.  per  cwt.  Russian  Ergot  of  Rye  is  scarce  and  Is.  4d.  per 
lb.  is  quoted  on  the  spot.  Quicksilver  has  been  reduced  2s.  6d. 
per  bottle,  the  new  prif^e  being  S7s.  6d.  Opium  is  very  firm. 
Citrates  have  advanced  2d.  per  lb.,  the  Potassium  Salt  being 
quoted  at  Is.  9d.  to  is.  lOd.,  according  to  quantity.  An  idea 
of  the  dwindling  importance  of  the  London  Cinchona  Bark 
sales  can  be  obtained  from  the  fact  that  at  the  auction  this 
week  less  than  140  packages  were  offered,  of  which  only  part 
sold   at  steady  rates. 


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Illustrated  Section 

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scriber to  The  Era  in   his  own   name. 

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graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good    specimen  : 


FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers, 

Middletown 

N.  Y. 

McMonagle  &   Rogers, 

Ex- 

Pres.  N.  Y. 

State  Phar. 

Assn. 

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Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  ci-edit. 

In  forwarding  photographs  for  the  Album,  see  that  they  are 
distinctly  addressed  as  follows: 


For  Era  Album 


The  Phakmaceutic.^l  Era, 
90  vrir.LiAM  St.,  New  York. 


CERTIFIED  COLORS  IN  FOOD  AND  DRINK. 


As  most  of  our  readers  know,  Regulation  15  of 
the  rules  and  regulations  for  the  enforcement  of  the 
Food  and  Drugs  Act  provides  that  the  Secretary  of 
Agriculture  shall  determine  by  chemical  or  other 
examination  those  substances  which  are  prohibited 
or  inhibited  in  food  products,  and  especially  those 
colors  or  dyes  coming  within  the  scope  of  the  regula- 
tion. To  carry  out  the  provisions  of  the  law  Food 
Inspections  Nos.  76  and  77  were  issued  and  a  list  of 
coal  tar  dyes  was  published  which  might  be  used  in 
food  products  provided  that  a  guaranty  was  given 
by  the  manufacturers  that  such  dyes  were  free  from 
subsidiary  products  and  represented  the  actual  sub- 
stance of  the  name  which  they  bear.  The  eifect  of 
this  decision  placed  a  new  aspect  upon  the  character 
of  the  dyes  previously  used  for  the  coloring  of 
foods,  confectionery  and  the  like,  and  manufacturers 
and  experts  began  to  devote  their  energies  toward 
the  fabrication  of  dyes  which  should  conform  to 
these  standards.  That  an  American  manufacturer 
should  be  the  first  in  the  field  to  comply  with  these 
standards  appeals  to  our  sense  of  patriotism  and  be- 
lief that  our  countrymen  are  as  fertile  and  resource- 
ful in  inventive  abilitj'  as  any  in  the  world. 

The  era  of  pure  food  and  drugs  has  come  to  stay, 
and  as  our  knowledge  of  the  composition  of  these 
substances  increases,  the  authorities,  backed  by  a  dis- 
criminating public  opinion,  will  demand  the  enforce- 
ment of  all  the  laws  and  regulations  which  have  to 
do  with  the  health  and  lives  of  our  citizens.  ' '  Certi- 
fied colors"  only  will  be  permitted  in  the  fabrication 
of  foods  and  beverages,  and  the  manufacturers  of 
such  products  will  have  a  strong  claim  for  patronage 
by  boldly  advertising  the  use  of  such  colors.  Of 
course,  the  use  of  an.y  dye,  harmless  or  otherwise,  to 
color  or  stain  in  a  manner  whereby  damage  or  in- 
feriority is  concealed,  is  specifically  prohibited  by 
law.  but  there  is  a  legitimate  demand  for  harmless 
dyes  which  must  and  will  be  supplied. 

THE   MANN   BILL   NOT   NECESSARY. 


On  another  page  we  give  considerable  space  to  an 
attack  on  Congressman  Mann's  Drug  Bill,  together 
with  Dr.  Wiley's  reply  to  the  criticism.  With  the 
Federal  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  in  operation  it 
is  difflcult  to  see  the  necessity  for  further  legislation 
such  as  is  contemplated  in  the  Mann  Bill  and  the 
unwisdom  of  loading  the  statute  books  with  laws  of 
this  description  is  so  obvious  as  to  call  for  little 
comment. 

The  druggists  of  the  eountiy  seem  to  be  generally 
opposed  to  the  measure  and  Congressman  Mann, 
has,  we  understand,  promised  to  amend  the  measure 


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to  meet  their  wishes,  but  really  it  would  seem,  in 
view  of  the  opposition  and  the  improbability  of  en- 
acting the  bill,  that  the  best  thing  to  do  would  be  to 
let  it  die  a  natural  death.  Nobody  would  shed  any 
tears  outside  of  the  few  persons  who  maj'  have  axes 
to  grind  on  the  tablet  which  they  are  seeking  to 
have  turned  by  the  Congressional  machinery. 

PTJBB  DRUGS  IN  SOtTTH  DAKOTA. 


ability  and  integrity  of  pharmacists  who  may  be 
named  imder  its  provisions  for  membership  in  the 
board,  should  it  be  enacted. 


It  is  imfortimate  that  there  should  be  any  conflict 
in  South  Dakota  over  the  enactment  of  pure  drag 
legislation.  Two  years  ago  a  law  was  put  t^irough 
which  differed  from  the  Federal  law  and  was  so 
complex  in  its  verbiage  that  the  courts  promptly 
threw  it  out  as  imconstitutional.  An  effort  is  being 
made  by  Dairy  Commissioner  "Wheaton  to  pusli 
through  a  somewhat  similar  bill,  which  is  to  be  re- 
gretted, for  the  general  experience  is  that  State 
laws  in  conflict  with  the  National  Act  have  been 
unnecessarily  confusing  to  the  trade  and  have  ae 
complished  no  material  benefits  to  anybody. 

Some  thirty  States  have  adopted  the  Federal 
statute  as  a  model  and  the  South  Dakota  State  Ph. A. 
has  fathered  such  a  bill,  the  only  change  being  tiiat 
enforcement  is  vested  in  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, a  very  wise  provision.  The  law  makers  shovild 
have  no  hesitancy  in  passing  the  phanuacists'  meas- 
ure. Mr.  Wheaton  is  a  faithful  and  conscieutioas 
official  and  his  ideas  are  of  value.  They  may  ulti- 
mately prevail,  but  for  the  present  it  is  extremely 
desirable  that  State  and  Federal  pure  drug  laws 
should  be  practically  the  same. 

LOOKS  LIKE  A  POLITICAL  GRAB. 


Assemblyman  Conldiu's  bill  to  reorganize  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  reduces  the  board 
from  fifteen  to  nine  members,  abolishes  district  lines 
and  gives  the  appointment  of  the  members  to  the 
Governor.  Examinations  will  .still  be  conducted  by 
the  board,  but  they  will  act  subject  to  the  supervision 
and  approval  of  the  regents.  That  the  chief  object 
is  to  provide  political  patronage  seems  to  rise  with 
spontaneity  in  the  minds  of  the  pharmacists  who  be- 
lieve that  there  is  no  necessity  for  changing  the 
present  method  of  electing  the  members  of  the  board 
and  this  feeling  is  intensified  by  the  failure  of  Mr. 
Conklin  to  introduce  a  single  feature  of  the  Whitney- 
Wainwright  bill,  which  might  well  have  been  in- 
corporated in  the  Pharmacy  bill,  if  reform  was  the 
real  object. 

The  omission  to  do  more  than  take  from  the  phar- 
macists of  the  State  the  right  to  elect  the  board  and 
transfer  it  to  the  State  leader  of  the  political  party 
■vyhieh  polled  the  highest  nimiber  of  votes  at  the  pre- 
ceding Gubernatorial  election  certainly  jvistifies  the 
conclusion  that  it  is  patronage  more  than  reform  that 
agitates  the  politicians  at  Albany.  How  pharma- 
cists of  high  professional  attainment  will  like  the  idea 
of  being  made  practically  clerks  to  the  regents  is 
problematical  and  no  doubt  that  feature  may  have 
been  included  in  the  bill  for  the  purpose  of  prevent- 
ing such  men  from  accepting  office  on  the  board 
should  the  new  bill  become  a  law.  The  provision  is 
unquestionably   a  reflection  upon  the  attainments, 


PHYSICIANS  DECLARE  WAR  ON  OPTOMETRY. 


Now  that  Vermont,  quickly  following  New  York, 
has  passed  a  law  recognizing  optometry  as  a  profes- 
sion, making  the  fourteenth  State  to  enact  legisla- 
tion regulating  its  practice,  the  physicians  have  come 
to  a  realization  of  what  seems  to  them  to  be  a  dan- 
gerous encroachment  upon  the  prerogatives  of  their 
own  profession.  The  National  Legislative  CoimcU 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  at  its  confer- 
ence in  Washington  last  month,  voiced  this  growing 
sentiment  on  the  part  of  the  doctors  by  passing 
resolutions  declaring  that — 

the  granting  of  such  a  license  to  opticians  will  do  great 
harm  to  the  public  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  it  gives 
to  persons  who  are  ignorant  of  the  fundamental  prin- 
ciples of  diagnosis,  ignorant  of  the  profound  relation 
that  may  exist  between  ocular  fatigue  and  serious 
neurological  disturbances,  as  well  as  of  the  many  deep- 
seated,  intra-ocular  affections  of  the  eye,  the  sanction 
of  the  State  in  their  attempts  to  do  the  work  which 
should  only  be  done  by  the  educated  and  duly  qualified 
physicians. 

liesolved.  That  the  efforts  of  the  self-styled  optom- 
etrists to  obtain  such  legislation  should  he  discour- 
aged and  opposed  in  every  legitimate  manner  and  upon 
all   proper   occasions. 

The  resolutions  do  not  go  quite  as  far  as  do  the 
writers  in  the  medical  press,  who  urge  that  laws 
which  give  "optometrists  the  same  privileges  as 
legally  qualified  physicians  who  are  oculists,  yet  only 
requiring  of  them  one-half  the  qualifications  exacted 
of  physicians"  are  clearly  unconstitutional  and 
should  be  contested  in  the  courts  on  the  ground  that 
they  are  class  legislation.  The  Vermont  law  is  very 
much  like  the  New  York  law  (which  was  summar- 
ized on  page  804  of  the  Era  of  December  24,  1908), 
the  definitions,  qualifications  and  exemptions  being 
the  same.  The  arguments  advanced  by  the  physi- 
cians in  attacking  the  Vermont  law  would  also  apply 
to  the  New  York  statute.  The  outcome  of  the  agita 
tion  will  be  viewed  with  interest  by  pharmacists. 


WHY   NOT  SELL  DENATURED  ALCOHOL? 


For  some  unknown  reason,  despite  the  promiuence 
given  in  the  newspapers  to  the  possibilities  of  de- 
natured alcohol,  the  retail  druggists  of  the  country 
have  apparently  given  little  attention  to  the  benefits 
which  tlaey  could  obtain  by  featurizing  the  sale  of 
this  fluid  fuel  and  illuminant  and  the  lamps,  heaters, 
stoves,  etc.,  which  are  designed  for  its  use.  It  is 
true  that  large  profits  cannot  be  made  on  the  denat- 
ured alcohol,  but  the  utensils  called  into  trade  by  its 
exploitation  offer  good  returns  and  lay  the  founda- 
tion for  a  permanent  demand  for  the  fluid. 

The  suggestion  is  worth  considering  by  druggists 
who  are  progressive  and  anxious  to  supply  their 
patrons  with  the  latest  innovations  that  may  be  of 
benefit  to  them.  As  usual,  our  readers  will  find  the 
ways  and  means  to  enter  this  side-line  fully  set  fori  h 
in  our  advertising  pages. 


Plans  of  the  Hudson-Fulton  Celebration  Commission  havp 
fully  materialized  and  the* observance  of  the  three  hundredth 
anniversary  of  the  discovery  of  the  Hudson  River  by  Hemy 
Hudson  and  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  successful 
application  of  steam  to  the  navigation  of  the  river  by  Robcr; 


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103 


Kullon  will'  Ih'  an  imporlaut  event  in  tliis  year's  history  of 
New  York  City.  The  latter  anniversary  ought  to  have  been 
celebrated  two  years  ago,  but  it  was  decided  to  postpone  its 
observance  so  that  the  two  might  be  made  the  subject  of  a 
larger  and  better  celebration.  The  joint  commemoration  will 
begiu  on  September  25,  with  appropriate  services  in  the 
churches,  continuing  for  eight  days,  during  which  period  there 
will  be  land  and  water  parades,  a  carnival,  exhibitions  and 
displays  of  fireworks.  Wilh  decorations  and  throngs  of  visitors 
the  week  will  be  a  gala  one  for  New  York  City. 

There  are  some  druggists  who  think  they  are  indulging  in 
innocent  amusement  while  doing  that  they  would  fire  a  clerk 
for.  if  he  did  it. 


It  is  quite  natural  that  the  man  behind  the  times  should 
have  a  grouch,  ^'ery  fiw  ibiims  are  pleasant  when  viewed 
from  the  rear. 


Perhaps  the  reason  some  druggists  keep  no  accounts  is  for 
fear  of  being  forced  to  calculate  their  losses. 


Ilppresenting  the  third  successive  generation  of  his  family 
in  the  wholesale  drug  trade  in  Boston,  and  now  the  head  of 
what  is  generally  admitted  to  be  the  largest  wholesale  drug 
hou.se  in  New  England,  Charles  F.  Cutler,  president  of  the 
Eastern  Drug  ("ompauy.  occupies  a 
unique  position  in  the  drug  trade  of  the 
United  States.  Not  only  has  he  spent  all 
his  life  since  early  manhood  in  the  drug 
business,  but  he  has  back  of  him  now  the 
record  of  more  than  eighty  years  of  an- 
cestry in  the  same  business.  Sir.  Cutler 
is  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  men  who 
founded  the  wholesale  drug  firm  of  Lowe 
&  Reed,  in  Hanover  street,  Boston,  in 
1S26,  a  name  which  was  subsequently 
changed  to  Reed,  Cutler  &  Co.,  and  later 
to  Cutler  Bros.  &  Co..  which  it  remained 
until  merged  with  other  wholesale  drug 
houses  into  the  Eastern  Drug  Company. 
Dr.  Abram  T.  Lowe,  of  the  original  firm, 
was  an  uncle  to  the  Cutler  brothers  who 
succeeded  to  the  business,  and  one  of  the 
Cutler  brothers  was  the  father  of  Charles 
F.  Cutler,  president  of  the  Ea.steru  Drug 
Company. 

Tet  the  elder  Cutler  did  not  depend 
upon  the  past  history  of  the  house  as  an 
equipment  for  his  son.  Charles  F.  Cutler 
was  carefully  educated  for  the  position 
which  it  early  seemed  would  be  ready  for 
him.  He  was  prepared  for  college  ai 
the  Boston  Latin  School,  the  oldest  pre- 
paratory school  in  America,  and  he  won 
a  Franklin  medal  at  graduation  for  high 
Bcholarship.  Then  he  entered  Harvard 
College,  where  he  pursued  special  courses 
in  chemistry,  and  in  1SS2  he  was  graduated  with  honors. 
With  very  few  days  intervening,  he  entered  active  business  in 
his  father's  house.  The  exact  date  is  July  1,  1.882.  He  was 
not  altogether  a  stranger  in  the  house,  for  he  had  spent  two 
of  his  college  vacations  working  in  the  store.  But  now  he 
was  put  through  a  special  course  of  training.  He  was  first 
put  on  the  stock,  and  in  the  course  of  the  next  two  years  he 
was  employed  in  all  the  various  departments  outside  of  the 
office.  For  the  two  years  following  he  was  in  the  oflice.  This 
period  was  followed  by  two  more  years  on  the  road,  visiting 
customers  of  the  house  all  over  New  England,  making  ac- 
quaintances and  winning  friends.  At  the  end  of  that  training, 
which  might  be  likened  to  an  apprenticeship  in  the  wholesale 
drug  business,  Charles  F.  Cutler  was  admitted  to  the  firm 
of  Cutler  Bros.  &  Co.  as  a  member. 

For  the  next  six  years  the  partnership  continued  with  the 
three  elder  Cutler  brothers,  and  the  son  and  nephew.  In  1894 
William  J.  Cutler  died,  followed  in  1896  by  the  death  of 
E  Waldo  Cutler,  and  in  1898  by  the  death  of  George  Cutler, 
father  of  Charles  F.  Cutler.  The  latter  carried  on  the  busi- 
ness aloce  for  two  years,  until  it  was  merged  with  other 
wholesale  drug  houses  into  the  Eastern  Drug  Company.  In 
the  corporation  were  included  the  firm  of  George  C.  Goodwin 


&  Co.,  which  was  established  in  1841,  and  the  house  of  West 
&  Jenney,  established  in  ISST.  Charles  F.  Cutler  was  made 
treasurer  of  the  new  corporation,  and  continued  in  that 
capacity  until  the  death  of  Charles  C.  Goodwin,  when  he  was 
made  president. 

The  hottse  has  continued  to  expand  with  the  passing  years 
The  house  does  business  in  every  State  in  the  Union  and  in 
Canada  and  Mexico,  and  it  has  resident  salesmen  in  Cuba  and 
Porto  Rico.  It  has  twenty  traveling  salesmen  and  a  total  of 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  employees.  It  occupies  six  floors 
of  the  building  at  Fulton,  Barrett  and  Cross  streets,  which  has 
a  ground  area  of  100  x  160  feet.  Its  paid  in  capital  is  $400,- 
000  and  it  has  a  surijlus  of  ,15100,000. 

Mr.  Cutlers  association  with  druggists'  organizations  has 
made  him  quite  as  well  known  to  the  trade  of  the  country  as 
has  that  of  his  own  business.  He  has  served  as  vice-president 
of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists*  Association,  and  also 
as  chairman  of  the  committees  on  membership,  on  entertain- 
ment, and  on  credits  and  collections.  He  was  chairman  of 
the  entertainment  committee  when  the  N.W.D.A.  and  the 
Proprietary  Association  of  America  met  in  Boston  in  1903, 
and  he  filled  the  arduous  position  to  perfection.  He  has  also 
been  president  of  the  Boston  Druggists'  Association,  the  oldest 
organization  of  its  kind  in  New  England.  He  is  now  treas- 
urer of  the  New  England  Drug  Exchange. 

Mr.  Cutler  also  holds  membership  in  man.v  societies,  includ- 
ing the  Massachusetts  Society  of  May- 
flower Descendants,  the  exclusive  Country 
Club  of  Brookline,  the  Commercial  Club, 
the  Exchange  Club,  the  University  Club- 
and  the  Algonquin  Club,  all  of  Boston. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Harvard 
I'nion  and  also  of  the  Bostonian  Society. 
In  still  another  sphere  of  business  Mr. 
Cutler  is  active.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Commercial  National  Bank  of  Boston, 
and  a  member  of  the  finance  committee. 
The  bank  has  resources  of  about  .$2,400,- 
000.  He  is  also  a  trustee  and  member  of 
the  investment  committee  of  the  Home 
Savings  Bank  of  Boston,  whose  deposits 
are  nearly  $12,000,000. 

Mr.  Cutler  is  at  his  desk  in  his  office 
in  Fulton  street  every  morning  at  nine 
o'clock,  and  he  remains  there  throughout 
the  forenoon,  but  much  of  his  afternoon 
hours  are  occupied  with  his  banking  and 
trust  affairs. 

He  lives  in  the  Back  Bay  of  Boston,, 
in  its  most  aristocratic  thoroughfare — 
Beacon  street.  He  is  exceedingly  fond  of 
automobiling,  and  he  attended  the  conven- 
tion of  the  wholesale  druggists  at  Wash- 
ington two  years  ago  and  last  year  at  At- 
lantic City  by  making  the  journey  to  and 
fro  in   his  touring  car. 


CHAIiLES  F.  CL'TLER 
of  Boston. 


The  recently  discovered  method  of  Dr. 
Randle  C.  Rosenberger  for  identifying  the  tuberculosis  germ 
in  the  blood  is  described  by  him  in  the  American  Journal  of 
the  Medical  Sciences.  According  to  Dr.  Rosenberger's  descrip- 
tion a  patient  suspected  of  having  tuberculosis  germs  in  his 
blood  is  brought  into  the  operating  room  and  a  tourniquet  is 
bound  tightly  about  his  arm  in  order  to  bring  the  veins  inte 
prominence.  From  any  vein  of  sufficient  size,  at  the  elbow, 
the  blood  is  drawn  with  a  hypodermic  syringe. 

About  two  teaspoonfuls  of  blood  is  drawn  from  the  vein  and 
immediately  mixed  with  a  salt  solution  to  prevent  its  clotting, 
and  the  tube  containing  it  is  put  on  ice  for  twenty-four  hours. 
Herein  lies  the  difference  between  this  operation  and  the  culti- 
vation of  the  typhoid  germ,  wherein  heat  plays  a  part.  Into 
the  salt  solution  there  is  introduced  about  2  per  cent  of 
citrate  of  soda. 

After  twenty-four  hours  the  blood  has  settled  in  the  vial  and 
this  sediment  is  withdrawn  through  a  glass  siphon.  This 
is  spread  on  glass  slides  and  dried.  The  slide  is  next  immersed 
in  distilled  water,  the  red  corpuscles  removed  and  dried  again. 
It  is  next  "stained,"  that  is,  immersed  in  carbol  fuchsin,  a 
red  stain.  Then  it  is  immersed  for  five  minutes  in  Pappen- 
heim's  solution,  a  blue  stain  by  which  the  entire  slide  is 
stained   blue,   except   the   tuberculosis   germ   itself,   which    re- 


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[February  4,  1909 


mains  red.    Under  the  microscope  tliese  red  germs  are  revealed 
against  the  blue  field. 

To  the  medical  profession  the  value  of  the  process  lies  in  its 
furnishing  a  means  of  making  an  immediate  truthful  diag- 
nosis of  the  presence  of  tuberculosis.  Heretofore  the  tuber- 
culosis germ  has  frequently  been  mistaken  for  tne  typhoid 
germ. 


Don't  trust  the  fellow  who  has  a  vacant   look  in  a   poker 
game.    He  generally  has  a  full  house. — Philadelphia  Record. 


compressed  in  steel  cylinders.  These  will  be  connected  with 
the  pipes  running  to  the  deck,  so  that  by  turning  stop-cocks 
the  gas  may  flow  into  the  balloon  for  inflation  as  rapidly  as 
wished,  without  disturbing  the  storage  cylinders.  There  will 
be  special  facilities  for  storing  aeroplanes,  and  arrangements 
for  assembling  them  quickly  on  deck  for  flight ;  also  complete 
workshops  for  repairs  and  alterations ;  and,  still  more  im- 
portant, there  will  be  magazines  for  storing  special  aerial  tor- 
pedoes. This  ship  will  have  great  speed  and  will  be  protected 
like  an  armored  cruiser. 


Before  being  too  loquacious  about  imaginary  cures,  we 
should  consider  the  volume  of  imaginary  ills  and  imaginary 
■cience — unless  we  are  satisfied  with  imaginary  profits. 


"More  money  is  spent  for  frivolity  than  for  necessities." 
"Oh,  I  don't  know.     It's  costing  the  Chinese  $4,000,000  to 
bury  their  Emperor." — Cleveland  Plain  Dealer. 


Druggists  and  others  who  demand  a  law  for  everything  may 
learn  by  reading  history  that  when  law  overflows  the  meas- 
ure it  becomes  immeasurable  lawlessness. 


The  very  busy  druggist  who  says :  "I  don't  have  time  to 
eat,"  sometimes  belies  himself  by  having  a  double  chin  on 
the  back  of  his  neck. 


The  more  rapidly  we  secure  laws  to  deprive  others  of  free- 
dom of  thought,  the  more  quickly  will  we  find  ourselves  de- 
prived of  freedom  of  action. 


A   New   York   man   milliner   who   imported   the   hats  which 
Miss  Hattie  Williams  wears  in  "Fluffy  Ruffles"  returned  from 
Europe  recently  with  the  startling  news 
of  the  probabilities  in  his  line  of  trade. 

"Summer  hats  will  be  again  of  over- 
whelming size,"  he  said.  "New  York  fol- 
lows Paris  so  closely  that  hats  worn  on 
the  boulevards  in  the  French  capital  are 
copied  within  a  week.  Moreover  the  lead- 
ing milliners  now  resort  to  cabling  the 
latest  fashions,  just  as  any  news  is  cabled. 
Early  spring  hats  will  be  small  com- 
pared with  recent  shapes,  but  the  summer 
models  will  be  expansive. 

"Pastel  colors  for  spring  and  summer 
are  mostly  followed  by  the  prominent 
Paris  modistes.  For  ten  weeks  I  have 
been  in  Paris  obtaining  the  latest  ideas 
for  America,  and  I  feel  convinced  that 
the  American  woman  will  have  a  greater 
variety  of  charming  and  picturesque 
styles  than  for  several  vears  before." 


The  Japanese  have  taken  up  the  man- 
ufacture of  celluloid,  two  factories  hav- 
ing been  established  recently,  one  man- 
aged by  an  American,  with  American 
niachinery,  the  other  by  a  Swiss,  with 
machinery  from  Germany  and  France. 


"You  know,  of  course,"  said  a  watch  factory  foreman  to  a 
reporter  for  the  Chicago  Inter  Ocean,  "how  Lynn  captured 
the  African  shoe  trade — making  shoes  that  squeaked  softly. 
The  native  considers  the  discomfort  and  expense  of  American 
shoes  quite  futile  if  they  don't  squeak  as  he  walks,  like  an  ill- 
greased  cart  wheel.  We  have  now  hogged  the  African  cheap 
watch  trade  by  turning  out  a  good  dollar 
watch  that  ticks  like  a  boiler  factory. 
You  can  hear  this  tick  through  a  feather 
mattress.  In  fact,  natives  wearing  our 
watches  tick  audibly.  As  they  swagger 
along,  their  American  watches  ticking, 
they  give  out  as  much  noise  as  a  brass 
band." 


Dr.  John  Atcherley  of  the  Royal  Col- 
lege of  Surgeons,  London,  who  has  prac- 
ticed fifteen  years  in  the  Hawaiian  Is- 
lands, now  makes  public  a  new  theory 
as  to  the  cause  of  leprosy.  He  attributes 
the  disease,  to  diet  and  says  it  is  analog- 
ous to  scurvy.  He  ascribes  the  disease 
to  restricted  diet  in  which  some  necessary 
element  is  lacking,  with  the  injection  of 
an  undue  amount  of  poisonous  bacteria, 
ptomaines  and  toxin.  He  says  all  the 
symptoms  resemble  scurvy.  He  says  his 
study  has  shown  leprosy  is  not  conta- 
gious. 


A  Sacrifice. 


The  question  whether  playing  on  an 
organ  as  a  part  of  a  religious  service  is 
an  infraction  of  the  Sabbath  laws  caused 
much  discussion  in  Berlin  recently.  The 
Jewish  congregations  of  that  city  have  considered  organ  play- 
ing as  work  and  have  always  employed  non-Jews  for  that 
purpose.  When  it  was  proposed  to  allow  Jews  to  do  the 
"work"  the  discussion  arose,  with  the  result  that  the  question 
was  laid  for  decision  before  a  board  of  nine  rabbis,  of  whom 
four  voted  for  and  four  against  the  innovation  and  one  leaned 
both  ways  and  finally  agreed  to  a  compromise  which  must 
have  been  favorable  to  the  liberals,  because  several  changes 
in  their  favor  have  already  been  made. 


"Do  you  sell  postage  stamps  here, 
Bub?"  asked  old  Mrs.  Bargin,  entering 
the  drug  store. 

"No,  'm,"  returned  the  boy.  "We  just 
give  'em  away  at  cost." — Ottumwa,  la.. 
Courier. 


"All  the  world's  a  stage,"  quoted  the  Wise  Guy. 
and  the  trust  magnate  wants  to  be  the  property  man," 
the  Simple  Mug. — Philadelphia  Record. 


"Yes, 
added 


Aeronautic  ships  are  now  being  added  to  all  the  principal 
European  navies  except  the  British,  says  a  writer  in  the  Feb- 
ruary Century.  Germany  has  two  converted  aeronautic  trans- 
ports, and  another  large  one  is  being  built  specially  for  this 
work.  This  one  is  so  planned  that  the  masts,  smokestacks 
and  other  upper  works  will  not  interfere  with  the  inflation 
of  large  dirigible  balloons  or  the  launching  into  the  air  of 
aeroplanes.  It  will  be  fitted  with  the  finest  apparatus  for 
producing  hydrogen  gas  rapidly,  also  with  a  special  arrange- 
ment for  the  storage   of  an   enormous   quantity   of   hydrogen 


United  States  Consul-General  William 
H.  Michael,  of  Calcutta,  reports  that  ac- 
cording to  Professor  Hooper,  of  the  In- 
dian Medical  Museum,  charas  is  a  secre- 
tion of  the  upper  leaves  and  flowering 
spikes  of  Indian  hemp,  and  is  most 
marked  on  plants  grown  throughout  the 
western  Himalayas,  whence  it  finds  its 
way  through  Ladakh  into  British  India  at  the  rate  of  $600,- 
000  worth  annually.  The  drug  is  used  throughout  India  for 
smoking  with  tobacco.  A  pony  load  of  240  pounds  generally 
sells  at  Ladakh  for  $13.33  to  $16.66.  and  is  transported  to  the 
Punjab,  where  it  sells  for  about  $33.33  per  SO  pounds.  The 
retail  dealers  who  sell  it  by  the  tola  realize  from  $66.66  to 
$166.66  per  80  pounds.  The  high  price  of  1903,  however. 
caused  an  overproduction,  with  the  usual  result  of  a  big  fall 
in  prices.  The  imports  into  India  of  charas  for  Ladakh  and 
Kashmere  during  1907-8  was  2883  hundreaweight,  valued  at 
$763,520.  Some  charas  is  made  in  Nepal  and  adjacent  local- 
ities in  the  Himalayas,  but  most  of  it  is  consumed  locally. 
Except  the  Imited  amount  of  charas  made  from  the  bhang 
plant  in  Gwalior,  none  of  the  drug  is  made  on  the  plains  of 
India. 


"Politeness  costs  nothing,"  said  the  proverbialist. 

"Which  may  explain,"  answered  Miss  Cayenne,  "why  some 
people  of  ostentatious  wealth  have  so  little  use  for  it." — 
Washington  Star. 


Japan's  new  crop  of  peppermint  is  expected  to  produce  al- 
most 150.000  pounds  of  menthol  crystals  and  nearly  220,000 
pounds  of  oil  of  peppermint. 


February  4,  1909]  THE     PHARJIACEUTICAL     ERA  105 

Valentine  Hints  in  Era's  Prize  Winner  for  Drug  Store  Display. 


In  the  Era's  Cash  Prize  Competition  this  week  the  $5  prize 
for  the  "best  photograph  of  a  druggist's  show  window  or  any 
display  of  goods  in  a  drug  store"  is  awarded  to  Frank  J. 
Butler,  Ph.G.,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  John  S.  Murphy 
Company,  druggists  of  Pontiac,  111.  Mr.  Butler's  contribution 
is  particularly  interesting  at  this  time  inasmuch  as  it  contains 
hints  of  value  to  retail  druggists  in  the  display  of  goods  not 
only  at  holiday  time  in  the  future,  but  for  the  valentine  and 
Easter  trade.  Attention  is  called  to  the  announcement  of  the 
conditions  of  the  Cash  Prize  Competition  which  will  be  found 
on  advertising  page  40  of  this  issue  of  the  Eea. 


Booths  for  Valentines,  Easter  Novelties,  Etc. 
{By  Frank  J.  Butler,  Ph.G.,  Pontiac,  III.) 

The  most  attractive  way  of  displaying  Christmas  post  cards, 
New  Tear  cards,  Valentines,  Easter  novelties  and  cards,  is  to 
build  booths  either  on  some  of  the  unused  floor  space  or  on 
top  of  some  of  the  show  cases,  on  either  one  or  both  sides  of 
the  store. 

The  above  picture  shows  but  one  of  the  many  booths  that  I 
built  for  the  holidays,  and  was  left  standing  for  the  display  of 
New  Tear  post  cards,  and  later  for  valentines. 

It  is  easily  made.  Four  large  four-inch  corner  posts  with 
square  two-inch  boards  or  caps  on  top  of  each,  and  the  arches 
are  simply   thin   chair  rail  molding  such  as  any  wall   paper 


dealer  carries.  The  molding  is  bent  and  covered  with  ever- 
green ;  the  posts  are  covered  with  two  coats  of  white  alabastine. 

It  is  very  convenient  and  profitable  to  build  booths  on  some 
of  the  rear  show  cases,  over  the  paint  brush  case  or  any  of 
the  eight-foot  cases  not  much  used  at  holiday  time.  They  are 
easily  covered  with  flooring  and  booths  arranged  on  top  of 
them  with  arches  extending  from  the  case  to  the  top  of  the 
shelving. 

A  system  of  booths  and  arches  so  arranged,  the  posts  cov- 
ered with  white  cloth  or  alabastine  and  the  arches  with  ever- 
green, makes  a  delightful  display  for  winter. 

I  have  found  that  goods  displayed  in  booths  sold  themselves 
when  marked  in  plain  figures,  and  the  sales  more  than  double 
in  the  same  lines,  such  as  perfumery,  etc.,  compared  with 
former  years,  when  displayed  in  glass  cases. 

Booths,  of  course,  are  only  temporary  fixtures  and  must 
only  be  used  in  the  ordinary  store  during  the  busy  season,  for 
it  puts  on  a  holiday  attire  and  makes  the  store  look  more 
than  stocked. 

The  same  system  could  be  used  at  summer  resorts  or  winter 
resorts  for  the  sale  of  souvenirs,  post  cards  and  novelties. 

It  is  a  good  idea  to  change  the  style  of  the  booth  from  year 
to  year.  The  posts  could  be  higher,  and  a  gable  top  put  on 
with  a  roof  of  holly  crepe  paper"  suspended  by  wood  strips 
and  white  tape.  Electric  lights  add  much  appearance  to  the 
display.     "Try  a  booth  or  two  ad  see." 


Coat  Hangers  as  a  Means  to  Boom  Drug  Trade. 

For  real  enterprise  few  druggists  have  anything  "on" 
Andrew  R.  Cunningham,  proprietor  of  the  Standard  Drug 
Store,  in  Detroit.  A  few  days  ago  he  ran  across  a  bargain  in 
wire  coat  hangers  and  a  happy  thought  struck  him.  Here  was 
a  chance  for  some  good  advertising  at  greatly  reduced  rates. 
He  ordered  five  gross  of  the  hangers,  getting  an  inside  figure, 
and  put  them  on  sale  the  following  Saturday  at  five  for  10 
cents,  after  announcing  the  "flyer"  in  the  Friday  evening 
papers.  The  way  the  natives  went  after  those  coat  hangers 
was  a  caution.  Early  in  the  afternoon  it  became  apparent 
that  the  supply  would  not  survive  the  run.  so  Mr.  Cunning- 
ham skirmished  around  and  secured  ten  more  gross. 

The  demand  continued  all  that  day  and  many  who  called 
simply  to  buy  coat  hangers  remained  to  inspect  the  other  de- 
partments of  the  store  and.  in  some  instances,  made  liberal 
purchases.  Up  to  date  Mr.  Cimningham  has  sold  seventy- 
three  gross  of  coat  hangers  and  has  a  big  reserve  stock  on 
hand,  while  his  general  trade  shows  an  appreciable  increase. 


Iowa  College  Wants  Its  Own  Building. 

The  Pharmacy  College  of  the  TTuiversity  of  Iowa  is  asking 
for  a  building  to  be  erected  from  the  millage  tax  and  plans 
and  specifications  are  to  be  submitted  to  the  General  Assem- 
bly at  the  present  session.  The  Pharmacy  College  is  the 
only  professional  college  in  the  university  that  has  not  been 
provided  with  a  building  of  its  own. 

In  equipment  and  building  per  capita  the  Medical  College 
is  thirteen  times  greater  than  pharmacy,  while  homeopathic 
medicine  is  sixteen  times  greater,  dentistry  three  and  one-half 
times  greater  and  engineering  six  times  greater.  In  apparatus 
and  supplies  pharmacy  shares  per  capita  the  following  com- 
parison :     Medical,  almost  double,  exclusive  of  hospital. 


Opportunity  for  a  Modern  St.  Patrick. 
Four  Columbia  druggists  filled  three  thousand  prescriptions 
for  snake  medicine  during  the  month  of  December.     Athens 
needs  a  St.  Patrick  powerfully  bad. — Fulton  (Mo.)  Telegraph. 


106 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[February  4,  1909 


A  February  Forethought. 

How   a   Simple    Tonic   Disguised   by   a   Sweet   Vehicle 
Proved  a  Powerful  Stimulant. 


^y  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

The  Apothecary  turned  the  leaves 
of  last  year's  cash  book  reflectively. 
He  had  a  fancy  for  comparing 
monthly  totals  of  the  current  year 
with  those  of  the  same  months  of 
previous  years,  and  it  was  not  en- 
luuraging  to  see  a  descending  scale. 
The  columns  of  figures  told  little, 
lint  the  footings  were  eloquent. 
.Tanuary  had  been  quiet.  Januarys 
frequently  were  quiet,  but  Febru- 
ary— what  was  the  matter  with 
February?  Surely  the  intervening 
weeks  since  the  holiday  season  gave 
ample  time  for  emaciated  pocket- 
books  to  become  fairly  plump 
again,  and  yet  the  average  daily 
sales  of  that  mouth  showed  a  con- 
stitutional tendency  to  sag. 
He  lIl      :  :  uuk  with  an  emphatic  bang,  replaced  it  in 

the  drawer  of  the  roller-top  desk  and  pulled  down  the  cover. 
It  was  the  established  rule  that  particulars  of  the  business 
be  kept  under  lock  and  key.  General  results  might  be  dis- 
cussed openly,  but  experience  had  shown  the  wisdom  of  a 
decided  reticence  on  cash  details. 

Under  protest,  the  Apothecary  had  finally  admitted  picture 
post  cards,  and  the  seasonable  supply  included  many  with  a 
valentine  sentiment.  Regular  valentines  had  never  been  sold, 
and  yet  what  was  the  commercial  difference  between  a  valen- 
tine sale  at  twenty-five  or  fifty  cents  and  a  valentine  post-card 
sale  at  two  for  five,  or  even  five  straight?  Madam  had  figured 
that  there  teas  a  difference,  and  it  was  on  the  profit  side  of 
the  valentine. 

A  Discriminating  Decision. 
That  evening  the  two  interested  parties  held  a  consultation 
on  the  advisability  of  trying  this  side  line.  The  comic  penny 
horrible  was  promptly  eliminated  from  the  proposition  as 
degrading  in  its  influence  and  beneath  the  dignity  and  service 
of  the  store.  It  was  decided,  however,  that  a  well-assorted 
stock  of  attractive,  popular-priced  valentines  should  be  pur- 
chased and  the  side-line  window  given  over  to  promoting  the 
sale  of  those  goods  for  the  week  preceding  the  fourteenth. 

Madam  insisted  that,  to  stimulate  one  line  of  business  by 
legitimate  means,  meant  a  certain  degree  of  benefit  to  all 
similar  lines,  and  that  not  to  take  advantage  of  the  extra 
impetus  thus  available  was  poor  business. 

The  Apothecary  agreed.     "But  I  do  not  quite  see "  he 

hesitated. 

"We'll  concentrate  our  efforts  on  sweet  things,"  she  de- 
clared. "It  shall  be  a  carnival  of  sweetmeats,  sweet  fragrant 
odors,  and  sweet  sentiments.  Why  I  just  long  to  commence, 
and  if  the  idea  meets  with  your  approval  I  will  begin  prepara- 
tions in  the  morning." 

"  'Barkus  is  willin','  "  laughed  the  Apothecary.  "I'm  up 
to  my  eyes  in  manufacturing,  and  I  know  of  no  one  more 
likely  to  make  a  success  of  the  undertaking  than  yourself." 
Taking  Time  by  the  Forelock. 
The  perfume  stock  was  looked  over  and  all  fancy  packages 
left  from  the  Christmas  trade  were  laid  aside.  As  none  with 
a  holly  decoration  had  been  purchased  at  that  time,  the  re- 
maining goods  were  still  perfectly  salable.  There  were  plenty 
of  these  on  hand  with  the  possible  exception  of  a  few  special 
odors.  The  selection  of  the  candy  was  easy,  as  regular  lines 
only  were  chosen.  The  purchase  of  the  new  side  line  and  the 
preparation  for  a  successful  window  display  were  where  the 
work  and  thought  would  come  in. 

Starting  bright  and  early  one  clear,  cold  morning.  Madam 
"did"  the  valentine  wholesales  and  succeeded  in  making  a  fine 
Belection.  She  inquired  at  several  places  for  advertising 
posters  and  was  soon  rewarded  by  finding  just  what  she 
wanted.  The  posters  were  of  generous  size  and  the  principal 
decoration  was  a     pair  of  exceptionally  well-nourished  cupids. 


Each  held  in  one  hand  a  large  square  envelope,  presumably  a 
regular  cupid's  missive,  and  in  the  other  a  bow  and  arrow.  A 
mental  picture  of  the  finished  window  flashed  upon  Madam 
with  delightful  distinctness.  These  cupids  were  to  give  the 
required  touch  of  originality  which  she  wished. 

Upon  reaching  home  the  bows  and  arrows  were  neatly  cut 
away  from  the  uplifted  hands  as  being  likely  to  present  dif- 
ficulties later.  The  store  label  brush  and  the  store  paste-pot 
next  came  into  play,  for  the  figures  were  now  neatly  and 
smoothly  pasted  upon  sheets  of  stiff  cardboards,  and  set  away 
to  dry.  The  next  day  the  outlines  of  the  figures  were  slowly 
followed  with  a  very  sharp  knife,  and  a  strip  of  cardboard 
fastened  on  the  back  in  the  form  of  an  easel  stand,  and  be- 
hold, two  well-made  cherubs  stood  alert  and  ready  for  busi- 
ness. The  figures  had  been  so  arranged  that  both  could  be 
stood  with  faces  toward  the  center  of  the  window. 

With  a  child's  set  of  ten-cent  water-color  paints  the  cheeks 
were  tinted  pink,  the  eyes  blue  and  the  chubby  hands,  arms 
and  legs  were  washed  over  with  fiesh  color,  so  lightly,  how- 
ever, that  the  poster  shading  showed  plainly  through.  With 
a  broad,  flat  brush  the  wings,  hair  and  garments  were  richly 
gilded,  and  a  deep,  irregular,  stippled  edge  laid  in,  on  the 
face,  and  then  the  back  received  a  coat  of  the  same  paint. 
Even  with  this  liberal  use,  less  than  half  of  a  fifteen-cent 
package  of  the  gilt  powder  and  the  accompanying  liquid  had 
been  used.  The  result  was  so  beautiful  that  Madam  was 
tempted  to  gild  them  all  over,  faces  and  all,  and  she  felt  sure 
that  such  a  method  would  have  given  quick  and  effective 
results. 

At  a  fire  sale  she  had  found  some  broad  pink  satin  ribbon. 
Here  and  there  a  water-spot  ruined  its  original  salability. 
Five  yards  of  this  were  purchased  at  twelve  cents  a  yard,  but 
if  it  had  not  been  procurable  at  an  exceptionally  low  price 
Madam  would  have  cut  strips  of  pink  crepe  paper  and  slightly 
ruffled  the  edges.  The  ribbon  would  give  a  more  distinctive 
appearance  to  the  window  and  could  be  used  from  time  to 
time,  and  even  colored  later. 

Two  large  heart-shaped  signs  were  cut  from  Bristol  board 
and  fastened  together  locket-shape  on  the  wrong  side  with 
small  hinges  of  white  cloth.  The  backs  of  these  were  likewise 
gilded,  and  a  deep,  irregular,  stippled  edge  laid  in,  on  the 
right  side.  On  each  sign  was  printed  in  large,  clear  letters, 
by  means  of  a  broad  shading  pen,  especially  designed  for  the 
purpose,  the  following  sentiments : 

There  is  some  one  somewhere  You    are    traveling    but    once 

who  will  be  happy  to  be  over   life's   pathway.     Do 

remembered  by  i/oh  not   neglect   to    make 

on   Valentine's  those  you  Love 

Daii  Happy 

The  Easy  Part. 

The  diflicult  part  of  a  task  is  the  getting-ready  part,  and 
so  Madam  found  it.  The  rest  was  now  but  a  matter  of  skill- 
ful arrangement.  With  drawn  curtains  she  went  to  work  at 
the  window.  The  base  was  covered  with  the  same  soft,  grey- 
green  material  that  had  seen  previous  use.  The  color  was 
admirably  adapted  to  throw  into  prominence  the  brighter 
shades  of  the  goods  to  be  displayed. 

About  equidistant  between  the  plate  glass  and  the  back- 
ground— a  dark  green  curtain  on  a  brass  rod — and  about  one- 
third  of  the  distance  from  the  end  to  the  center  of  the  window 
a  cupid  was  placed,  slightly  turned  toward  the  central  point. 
In  the  uplifted  hand  of  each,  from  which  the  bow  and  arrow 
had  been  cut,  a  streamer  of  ribbon  was  placed.  These  silken 
strands  were  loosely  festooned  to  a  much  higher  point  in  the 
exact  center  of  the  window.  From  this  higher  point  the  heart- 
shaped  sign  cards  hung,  surmounted  by  a  great  shimmering 
bow  of  pink,  which  used  up  all  the  remaining  ribbon.  The 
crepe  strands  could  have  been  used  in  the  same  manner.  A 
fancy  envelope,  hand-addressed  and  stamped,  was  slipped  over 
the  missive  held  in  the  other  hand  of  each  figure.  The  effect 
was  wonderfully  good.  The  great  open  heart  with  its  generous 
buying  suggestions,  and  the  life-sized  little  winged  boys  hold- 
ing the  rose-colored  streamers  made  a  balanced  and  striking 
effect,  even  from  the  opposite  side  of  the  street. 

In  the  left  of  the  window  open  candy  boxes  showed  a 
valentine  postcard  standing  upright  in  the  end  of  each,  con- 
veying the  hint  that  a  box  of  sweets  would  make  an  acceptable 
gift.  The  perfume  packages  were  destined  to  be  the  right 
flank,  but  their  appearance  must  be  varied  from  that  of  the 


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Christmas  season.  The  outward  appearance  of  an  article  that 
has  not  appealed  before  is  not  likely  to  make  a  strong  appeal 
next  time  it  is  displayed,  unless  extra  inducements  are  offered. 
Accordingly,  a  dainty  valentine  had  a  box  of  perfume  placed 
upon  it,  and  a  narrow  pink  ribbon  was  passed  around  both,  and 
in  the  bow  on  top,  three  or  four  tiny  blue  velvet  for-get-me- 
nota  were  caught.  The  perfume  boxes  used  were  those  which 
regularly  retailed  for  fifty  cents,  but  in  this  new  combination 
they  proved  ready  sellers  at  seventy-five.  The  cost  of  the 
valentine  and  trimmings  averagea  less  than  ten  cents,  so  that 
the  sale  yielded  the  regular  profit  and  an  additional  one  as 
well.  The  packages  especially  appealed  to  those  who  wanted 
something  with  some  degree  of  usefulness  and  yet  having  a 
festive  appearance  as  well.  There  was  still  a  nice  clear  space 
in  front  of  the  central  decorations  for  a  display  of  the  valen- 
tines themselves.  Inside  the  store  a  narrow,  emergency 
counter-table  was  devoted  to  their  use,  while  perfume  and 
candy  supplies  were  kept  in  attractive  readiness  on  the  tops 
of  their  respective  cases. 

The  Results  of  Careful  Preparation. 

As  opportunity  permitted.  Madam  studied  the  people  who 
paused  before  the  side-line  window,  and  from  her  observations 
she  learned  much,  and  not  the  least  of  the  knowledge  gained 
was  that  even  a  Valentine  Sale  may  supply  a  real  want.  It 
was  surprising  how  many  men  and  women  from  whose  hearts 
one  would  have  supposed  the  romance  to  be  quite  dead,  came 
to  a  standstill,  read  the  heart-signs,  dropped  their  heads  a 
moment,  and  then  turned  slowly  back  and  entered  the  store. 
These  people  never  went  out  without  at  least  one  generous 
purchase  and  Madam  liked  to  feel  that  each  purchase  of 
this  kind  would  carry  unexpected  happiness  which  would 
brighten  and  cheer  at  least  two  hearts. 

There  was  appreciative  service  for  every  one,  from  the  little 
tot  with  the  nickel,  to  buy  a  valentine  for  mamma,  to  the  pros- 
perous young  man  whose  manner  clearly  indicated  that  noth- 
ing was  too  good  for  the  best  girl  in  the  world. 

On  the  fnoruing  of  Saturday,  the  1.3th,  a  shabby  man  stood 
in  front  of  the  window  some  time,  and  then  passed  on,  evi- 
dently to  his  work.  At  noon  he  stopped  again  and  looked 
hungrily  at  each  class  of  goods.  About  half-past  six  that 
evening  Madam  looked  up  from  a  customer  she  was  serving 
to  see  the  same  shabby  individual  waiting  his  turn.  She 
nodded  brightly  to  him.  Someway  her  heart  went  out  to  this 
anxious-faced  man  in  the  thin,  faded  coat.  In  a  moment  she 
was  free  to  attend  to  him,  and  she  noticed  that  his  face  was 
one  of  patrician  outline,  although  marked  with  toil  and  care. 
He  looked  at  her  a  moment  and  she  noticed  that  he  swallowed 
bard. 

"I  haven't  bought  a  valentine  in  thirty  years,"  he  said  in 
embarrassed  apology,  "but  I  want  one  tonight,  and  I  expect 
that  this  one  will  be  the  last  that  I  shall  ever  buy.  Tou  see, 
my  wife  has  been  dreadfully  sick.  She  is  in  the  hospital,  and 
I  shall  go  to  see  her  tomorrow — it's  visiting  day,  you  know — 
and  I  want  to  take  her  something.  A  few  days  ago  the  doctors 
told  me  that  she  could  not  live  many  days,  perhaps  a  week 
at  most,  and  well — I — I  thought  I'd  like  to  let  her  know^ 
well,  that  is  to  say.  Lady.  I  thought  I'd  like  to  give  her  a  little 
pleasure !    There  are  just  the  two  of  us  left  now — the  children 

went  a  long  time  ago,  and  when  she  goes "  his  voice  trailed 

off  brokenly. 

"What  can  you  give  me  for  twenty-five  cents?"  he  asked  in 
a  tone  that  endeavored  to  be  matter-of-fact. 

"What  do  you  think  she  would  like?"  Madam  asked  softly. 

He  pointed  to  one  of  the  gay  packages  of  valentine,  perfume, 
ribbon  and  flowers.  "She  always  loved  flowers,"  he  said  earn- 
estly, "how  much  is  the  outfit?" 

"Twenty-five   cents !"   Madam  replied   unblushingly. 

"I'll  take  it,"  he  said  with  a  glow  on  his  face  that  made  him 
almost  handsome. 

Madam  deftly  erased  the  tell-tale  mark  and  wrapped  it  up. 

The  man  slowly  counted  out  two  dimes  and  five  pennies,  and 
still  he  paused.  "She'd  like  you,"  he  added  awkwardly,  "an' 
I  think  you'd  like  her :  She's  sort  of  your  kind,"  and  without 
more  ado  the  man  hurried  out,  half  ashamed  of  having  be- 
trayed so  much  feeling. 

The  Monday  following  Madam  took  account  of  cash  and 
stock.  The  reduced  sale  of  Saturday  evening  had  practically 
cleared  out  everything  that  had  been  planned  for  the  sale.  The 
candy  and  perfume  trade  had  exceeded  that  of  the  holiday 
season  itself,  as  there  were  fewer  competing  attractions.     Sta- 


tionery, toilet  and  manicure  goods  had  shown  unusual  activity. 
February  returns  certainly  would  not  fall  down  this  year, 
unless  a  blizzard  or  an  earthquake  or  some  other  calamity 
entirely  shut  off  trade  for  the  rest  of  the  month. 

Madam  figured  out  a  neat  profit  and  handed  the  paper  to  the 
Apothecary.     He  smiled. 

"There  is  one  item  you  have  neglected  to  reckon  in,"  he 
remarked. 

"What  is  it?"  Madam  asked  wonderingly. 

"The  pleasure  given  and  received,"  the  Apothecary  remarked 
quietly,  for  no  less  an  authority  than  Solomon  himself  has 
told  us  that  'a  merry  heart  doeth  good  like  a  medicine,'  and 
surely  real  happiness  is  more  enduring  than  mirth." 


Me,  Advurtizing  Cxpurt. 

Vy  Joel  'Blanc,  Jr. 

This  is  a  reglar  draymaw. 
The  docks  thinked  it  was  a 
trajudy,  the  repoarters 
thinked  it  was  a  extrava- 
gantganza,  mama  thinked  it 
was  a  problim  play  and 
papa  thinked  it  was  a 
skinch. 

As  it  says  in  that  volyum 
of  Shakespeer  what  papa  is 
using  the  leafs  of  to  paiste 
labills  on,  the  draymawtia 
personey  was  these  here  per- 
soneys.  1  trooley  car,  1  bum, 
6  buckits  of  blud  (kinder- 
sorter  bind),  11  docks,  1 
amberlanse,  1  bunch  of  re- 
poarters and  us  kids. 

You  see.  it  happened  this 
way.  1  herd  papa  telling  Bill  Spriggins,  what  is  alsew  a 
druggist  and  sorry  for  it,  that  them  docks  is  alwais  getting 
thare  names,  peddygrease,  dippylomer  degrease  and  genral 
krimnel  rekords  in  the  free  advertising  kolums  of  the  noose 
papers  evury  time  a  nawtymuble  shuffer  runs  over  a  man  for 
fun  and  the  poor  druggist  dont  get  nuthing  but  two  haf  bis 
floor  all  bluddied  up  and  his  bandiges  used  thout  beeing  paid 
for,  and  so  on  et  setery. 

I  thinked  over  awl  what  I  herd  and  it  did  seam  a  mighty 
shame  that  poor  papa  never  gets  in  the  noose  papers  ceptlng 
when  the  sheriff  is  advertising  his  bizness  for  sail  at  37 
sents  on  the  1$  and  I  figgered  out  that  us  kids  aught  to  get  a 
little  publickity  for  papa  free  gratis  for  nuthing. 

I  got  us  kids  twogether  and  thay  says  awl  rite,  if  I  will  get 

■  the  munny  for  the  blud  and  the  brybe  for  Sim  Waters  what 

is    our    naberhood    bum    and    dont    do    nuthing    when    he    aint 

drunk  cepting  to  get  sober  enugh  to  get  drunk  agen.     Well, 

1  fixed  Sim  awl  rite  with  some  of  the  munny  I  robbed  myself 
of  out  of  my  own  bank.  Then  thay  is  a  feller  lives  neer  us 
in  a  cheep  hash  labertory  and  he  is  a  jurnelist  and  makes  a 
poor  living  just  a  loafing  arownd  the  cop  stashuns  and  fire 
engin  houses  to  put  in  the  noose  papers  abowt  polees  graft 
and  fals  elarms  ware  thay  aint  no  fires.  And  in  our  block 
thare  is  five  more  jurnelists  what  is  street  cleeners  (1  meen, 
muck  rakers)  and  keeps  a  noose  stand  on  the  corner  and  I 
give  evury  one  of  them  jurnelists  a  tip  soze  he  can  have  a 
skoop. 

Well,  to  retrayce  backword.     Thay  is  11  docks  lives  within 

2  blocks  of  our  store.  Awl  of  them  has  offus  ours  at  10 
oaklock  A.M.  in  the  morning  and  sum  of  them  mite  haf  offus 
ours  P.M.,  and  awl  nite  two,  cause  thay  aint  got  no  pashints. 

At  10  oaklock  Twosday  I  has  one  of  us  kids  with  his  hand 
on  the  door  bell  of  everie  one  of  them  docks,  7  jurnelists  is 
hiding  behind  ash  barrils  and  things  like  that  and  Sim  Waters 
is  standing  on  the  curb  with  9  bladdurs  of  slawter  house  blud 
hided  in  his  pants  and  under  his  shurt  and  I  has  my  big  tin 
Happy  New  Year  horn  hided  in  my  pants  and  it  is  neerly 
cutting  my  layge  off  at  the  ankle. 

Just  as  a  trooley  car  is  coming  Sim  starts  to  cross  the 
street  and  the  offender,  what  is  a  sort  of  cow  ketcher  on  the 
front  peazza  of  the  car  just  grazes  Sims  layge  and  Sim  jumps 
up  intwo  the  air  with  a  bowl  and  comes  down  on  his  pants 
and  busts  one  of  them  bladdurs  and  the  blud  spurts  like  a 


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[February  4,  1909 


lectric  fowntin  at  the  park  and  the  repoarters  rushes  out 
and  carries  Sim  iutwo  our  store  and  then  I  pulls  my  horn  out 
of  my  pants  and  runs  intwo  the  ally  and  blows  it  like  the 
crack  of  dume  and  when  us  kids  hears  it  thay  rings  the  bells 
of  awl  the  docks  and  tells  them  that  a  man  is  beeing  killed 
ded  by  a  trooley  car  in  our  store  and  thay  is  a  repoarter 
there  and  to  come  kwick  and  brung  thare  surgikle  implements 
and  plenty  of  thare  bizuess  cards.  The  docks  rushes  out 
lickety  split  to  thunder  and  you  wood  thinked  it  was  a 
maryanthony  race  to  see  the  way  thay  tried  to  get  thare  ahed 
of  each  uther. 

And  that  old  bum  Sim  was  just  doing  fine.  He  was  laying 
thare  on  the  tloor  a  raving  and  throughing  hisself  arown  like 
a  appleplektic  fit  and  once  in  a  wile  a  letting  a  uther  bladdur 
of  blud  brake  loose. 

Old  Jefflinks  was  the  first  dock  what  got  in  the  store  and 
as  soon  as  he  had  handed  his  cards  to  awl  the  repoarters  he 
neeled  down  b.v  Sim  and  Sim  was  suffering  so  horruble  that 
he  hit  Jefflinks  a  bang  in  the  eye  what  put  that  em  dee  out 
for  the  count  and  maid  his  eye  look  like  a  eg  fried  on  both 
sides.  Docks  Swank  and  Duggles  was  a  fighting  at  the  door 
to  sea  which  wood  give  the  repoarters  his  cards  first  and 
thay  failed  over  Jefflinks  and  rite  on  -top  of  Sim,  and  that 
maid  Sim  mad  and  he  skweezed  one  of  the  bladdurs  and 
Bkwirted  a  kwart  of  blud  over  Swank's  personal  appeerance 
and  sent  a  pint  down  Duggles  nek.  By  that  time  Docks 
Wigglefort,  Bullstein,  Ruddle  and  Skidwing  was  passing  out 
thare  cards,  and  then  thay  tryed  to  get  at  the  corpse  to  safe 
its  life.  Ruddle  tryed  to  pore  sumthing  out  of  a  bottle  down 
Sims's  nek  and  Sim  neerly  bited  Ruddle"s  finger  off  and  he 
jumped  back  and  nocked  down  Skidwing  and  then  set  on  him 
and  by  that  time  the  uther  4  of  the  11  had  come  in  and  after 
thay  had  passed  thare  cards  to  the  repoarters  and  telled 
them  what  hospickles  thay  was  getting  thare  pay  for  charity 
work  from  thay  tryed  to  do  some  first  ade  to  the  ingered. 

Dock  Hidepoker,  what  is  a  o.vsterpatty  or  ostepathic  or 
something  like  that  tryed  to  get  at  Sim,  and  Jefflinks  pushed 
bim  out  of  the  way  and  telld  the  repoarters  that  Hidepoker 
aint  no  reglar  practishner  but  just  a  bone  puller  and  it  is  a 
Bhayme  that  the  law  dont  make  them  oysterpathists  go  to 
jale,  and  please  dont  put  that  old  Hidepoker  in  the  paper. 
And  Hidepoker  he  says  that  Jefflinks  dont  no  nuthing  but 
pepsin  and  auntytoksin  and  cant  tell  the  ditfurence  betwean 
the  pelvis  and  the  scapula  to  safe  his  nek  and  while  them  too 
is  scraping  Dock  Bubblestuffer  tryes  to  safe  Sim's  life  with 
one  drop  of  tinksher  of  ni.x  vomitca  dieluted  41144  times  and 
then  awl  the  uther  docks  tells  the  repoarters  not  to  put 
Bubblestuffer's  name  in  the  paper  cause  he  is  one  of  them 
homelypathieks  what  dont  use  nuthing  but  mind  cure  on  a 
sugar  pill  and  Bubblestuffer  says  he  is  got  just  as  much  right 
in  the  papers  as  them  fellers  and  ennyway,  he  dident  learn 
his  perfeshin  in  a  bone  yard  like  them  o.ysterpathicks  or  a 
auntytoksin  livery  stable  like  the  alleypathicks. 

Then  Dock  Middlehike  got  at  Sim.  Middlehike  is  what  thay 
calls  a  eclectic  or  something  like  that,  and  as  a  eclectic  is  a 
little  of  evurything  and  not  much  of  ennythiug,  and  as  the 
uther  docks  dident  no  how  to  keep  him  out  of  the  noose 
papers  thay  awl  jumped  on  him  at  once  and  thay  was  awl 
piled  on  top  of  Sim  and  that  skweezed  more  blud  out  of  the 
bladdurs  and  nearly  drowuded  the  docks  and  Sim  two. 

The  blud  seamed  to  kindo  cool  thare  inthoosyasum  and 
thay  hollered  at  papa  to  bring  awl  the  bandidges  and  liggy- 
chores  and  cottin  and  plasters  he  has  in  stock  and  thay  getted 
out  thare  saws  and  gimlits  and  things  and  started  to  cut  Sim 
up  and  says  to  the  repoarters  will  thay  pleese  note  the  skill 
thay  are  abowt  to  use  in  safing  the  poor  viktims  life  by  cut- 
ting him  to  peaces. 

By  this  time  Sim  was  slitely  aggervated  and  ill  nachered 
and  my,  but  Sim  is  strong  evin  if  he  is  a  bum.  He  nocked 
them  docks  down  as  fast  as  thay  cud  get  up  and  he  tryed  to 
get  up  hisself  but  when  one  dock  wasent  setting  on  him  three 
uthers  was  and  evury  time  one  of  them  docks  wood  set  or 
fall  on  Sim  thay  wood  be  a  reglar  highdra%vlik  display  of 
slawterhouse  blud  and  pritty  soon  them  docks  looked  like  thay 
is  live  blud  puddings. 

While  them  docks  was  fighting  with  Sim  and  getting  more 
bluddied  up  thay  kept  hollering  at  the  repoarters  what  coUige 
thay  gradjerated  from,  what  books  thay  wroted,  and  what 
famus  peeple  thay  had  killed  in  sucksessful  surgikle  opera- 
shuns  and  calling  each  uther  kwacks  and  fakes  and  names 
what  is   two  bad   for   me   to  write.     Then   the   docks  got   to 


punching  eech  uther  and  just  then  the  amberlanse  and  five 
cops  in  a  paterole  wagin  come  and  the  cops  sayled  intwo  the 
docks  and  Sim  jumped  up  and  nocked  the  amberlanse  dock 
intwo  the  nayberhood  of  the  silent  toom  and  runned  out  of  the 
door. 

When  thay  seed  the  corpse  had  flewed  out,  the  docks  tryed 
to  explane  but  the  cops  dident  reckanize  one  of  them  cause 
thay  was  so  covered  with  blud  and  awl  chopped  up  and  thare 
close  awl  tored  and  the  cops  loded  awl  the  docks  intwo  the 
paterole  wagin  and  rested  them  for  unperfesnul  conduck  un- 
beecoming  a  gentilman  and  mayhem  and  anarky  and  a  few 
uther  things. 

The  store  was  a  site,  but  you  bet  papa  got  in  the  papers 
awl  rite.  Them  jurnelists  wrote  the  hole  thing  up  fine  and  the 
nex  day  the  hole  sity  was  laughfing  at  them  docks.  Of  corse, 
the  docks  got  thare  names  in  the  papers  two  but  papa's  was 
in  bigger  tipe  and  more  oftener. 

But  my  papa  is  a  awful  ungraitfull  man.  He  said  I  had 
runed  his  ethycull  repptashun  and  he  woodent  never  get  a 
uther  preskripshun  and  he  is  gowing  to  kriteysize  my  pants 
till  I  cant  set  down.  But  as  useyouall,  mama  come  to  the 
resque  and  safed  my  pants  and  life  and  peeple  is  coining 
from  awl  over  the  sity  to  shake  hands  with  me  and  papa  and 
by  patint  medsins,  seegars,  poatils  and  uther  nawstrums.  Papa 
come  arown  at  last  as  he  useyoually  does,  when  mama  gets 
after  him  and  he  give  me  awl  I  took  out  of  my  bank  and  a 
kwarter   more. 


Notes  of  College  of  Pharmacy,  Iowa  City. 

— Dr.  C.  S.  Chase  has  been  initiated  in  the  Phi  Chi. 

— O.  L.  Rogers,  '07,  of  Kalona,  visited  with  R.  A.  Ktiever 
recently. 

— H.  F.  Eddington,  of  Pringhar,  Iowa,  has  registered  in  the 
junior  class. 

— W.  G.  Pooley,  '08,  of  Jefferson,  called  on  friends  in  Iowa 
City  recently. 

— J.  E.  Packard,  '09,  of  Manilla,  has  transferred  to  the 
College  of  Denistry. 

— W.  R.  Gray,  '07,  prescription  clerk  in  Swayze's  store  at 
Eldora,  was  recently  married  to  Edith  C.  Church,  of  Mar- 
shalltown. 

— The  second  semester  of  the  college  begins  February  8,  and 
several  have  signified  their  intention  of  taking  up  the  work  at 
that  time. 

— G.  L.  Indra,  ex-'08,  who  has  been  working  at  Ray,  N.  D., 
has  returned  to  take  up  his  work  and  expects  to  graduate  with 
the  class  in  June. 

— The  Pharmacy  College  shows  a  gain  of  over  30  per  cent 
in  attendance  above  total  registration  last  year,  and  the  largest 
gain  of  any  professional  college  in  the  university. 

— F.  C.  Lohmann,  '03,  of  Wheatland.  Iowa,  is  dead  of 
typhoid  fever.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  successful  pharmacy 
and  was  to  have  been  married  on  Christmas  day  to  Miss 
Pennegrath,  of  Tipton,  Iowa,  for  which  event  he  had  built  and 
furnished  a  fine  residence. 


Entertainment  at  Hig-hland  Park  C.  of  P. 

Des  Moines.  la..  Jan.  29.— The  Highland  Park  College  of 
Pharmacy  recently  gave  a  combined  lecture  and  experimental 
entertainment  which  was  pronounced  a  decided  success.  Prof. 
Maurice  Ricker,  principal  of  West  Des  Moines  High  School, 
gave  an  address  on  "Some  Interesting  Adaptation  of  Plants 
and  Animals,"  and  Dean  Nagel  and  Mr.  Roach,  of  the  Con- 
servatory of  the  College,  rendered  musical  numbers. 

The  Science  Building  laboratories  were  open  for  inspection 
and  visitors  witnessed  the  process  of  manufacturing  by  the 
expansion  of  ammonia.  The  polariscope  and  spectroscope  in 
connection  with  the  general  chemical  work  were  shown  in  a 
most  interesting  way.  Dr.  Parker  exhibited  a  lot  of  crude 
drugs  illustrating  the  subject  of  materia  medica  and  pharma- 
cognosy, and  Dr.  Babel  illustrated  the  methods  of  examining  ; 
powdered  drugs  and  food  products  and  detecting  their  adul-  • 
terants.  The  proceeds  of  the  evening's  entertainment  are  to 
be  devoted  to  the  scientific  library. 


Druggist's  Daughter  Disfigured  for  Life. 
Rio,  Wis.,  Jan.  30. — The  five-year-old  daughter  of  Druggist    'i 
E.  C.  Molstad  recently  collided  with  a  barb  wire  fence  while    ■ 
coasting.     Severe  gashes  were  torn  in  her  face  and  the  child    f 
will   be  disfigured   for  life. 


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Original  and  Selected 


HOME-MADE  SHOW  CARDS.* 

By  A.  B.  Eberle,  Watertown,  Wis. 

At  the  Appleton  meeting  in  1906  1  read  a  paper  on  general 
advertising  and  made  mention  of  the  value  derived  from  show 
cards  displayed  in  the  store.  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  paper 
to  dwell  more  especially  on  this  particular  feature. 

Those  who  have  not  tried  this  method  of  advertising  can 
hardly  realize  how  much  good  such  signs  will  do  if  kept  fresh 
and  timely.  I  have  about  twenty-five  signs  strung  around  the 
store  which  have,  on  many  occasions  made  sales  while  cus- 
tomers were  waiting  for  something  else. 

I  know  many  druggists  who  will  not  consider  the  use  of 
show  cards  on  account  of  the  item  of  expense,  and  it  shall  be 
my  pleasure  of  presenting  to  you  a  method  of  making  them 
that  will  cut  down  the  expense  to  almost  nothing. 

I  use  for  sign  work  cards  14  x  22.  These  can  be  bought  in 
large  sheets.  22  x  28  ten-ply  white  cardboard,  at  $3.7.5  per 
hundred,  making  200  cards  of  the  size  I  use.  For  printing  the 
signs  I  use  a  so-called  "easy  sign  marker."  With  a  little 
practice,  patience  and  judgment  in  laying  off  the  space, 
anyone  can  make  a  neat  and  attractive  sign.  The  signs  may 
be  further  improved  by  running  a  heavy  red  line  around  the 
lettering.  For  this  purpose  an  ordinary  ruling  pen  answers 
very  well.  Such  a  sign  marker  as  I  use  can  be  bought  from 
$1.60  to  $2.75.  depending  upon  the  size  of  the  type.  You 
can  see,  therefore,  that  after  you  have  your  apparatus  signs 
can  be  made  for  less  than  two  cents  each.  Of  course,  this 
does  not  figure  in  your  time,  but  this  work  can  be  done  during 
spare  time  when  trade  is  dull. 

Black  ink  on  a  white  card  is  most  effective,  but  there  are 
sign  markers  for  sale  which  have  two  sets  of  letters — one  solid 
face  and  one  in  which  the  letters  are  outlined,  so  that  you 
can  fill  in  the  space  with  an.v  colored  ink  desired.  This  gives 
yon  an  opportunity  to  have  certain  words  stand  out  by  filling 
in  the  outlined  letters  with  red  ink.  Sign  markers  of  this 
nature  are  worth  from  $12  to  $1.5. 

Change  your  cards  frequently.  In  our  store  some  cards 
are  changed  every  week,  keeping  seasonable  articles  before 
the  public  eye.  Hot  water  bottles  and  cough  remedies  should 
be  brought   to  notice  during  the   winter  months ;   spices  and 


•Proceedings  of  the  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


flavoring  extracts  during  the  holiday  season.  Yt'hen  spring 
swings  round  placard  your  sarsaparilla  and,  as  summer  ap- 
proaches, headline  your  kodaks  and  soda  fountain.  Prescrip- 
tion department,  cigars  and  brushes  can  be  featured  the  year 
around. 

Many  arguments  are  advanced  in  favor  of  free  hand  show 
cards,  the  chief  taking  point  being  their  individuality.  While 
I  believe  this  method  does  save  time  and  also  attracts  interest 
on  account  of  the  personal  element  of  such  work,  I  favor  the 
printed  sign  on  account  of  its  neatness  and  finished  appearance. 

Show  cards  can  be  further  embellished  and  will  attract  con- 
siderable more  attention  by  pasting  a  picture  of  some  kind 
on  the  card  to  aid  in  telling  the  story.  I  have  made  use  of 
this  only  occasionally,  but  with  very  gratifying  results.  For 
example,  a  picture  of  a  bald-headed  man  would  focus  the  eye 
on  a  card  "How  you  would  look  if  bald.  You  need  not  be 
thus  if  you  use  our  'Crown  hair  tonic,'  price  50c." 

Another  suggestion  I  saw  offered  not  long  ago  is  to  paste 
the  picture  of  a  tooth  on  a  card  with  the  wording :  "If  your 
teoth  were  as  large  as  this  and  ached  all  the  way  through,  our 
toothache  remedy  would  cure  the  ache.     Price  10c." 

In  the  same  manner  other  cut-outs  can  be  used  to  advantage. 
A  lady's  head  will  do  nicely  to  enliven  a  card  calling  atten- 
tion to  face  powders,  perfumes,  or  any  toilet  articles.  An 
ear  of  com  attached  to  a  com  cure  card  will  answer  the  same 
purpose,  and  so  on.  A  great  many  cuts  satisfactory  for  this 
work  can  be  taken  from  discarded  periodicals. 

In  the  use  of  cards,  especially  for  window  purposes,  do  not 
make  them  too  short.  Mr.  Gable,  of  New  York,  said  some 
time  ago  in  a  paper  along  similar  lines,  read  at  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  that  he  objected  very  seriously 
to  the  use  of  the  so-called  "skeleton"  card.  What  is  meant 
here  is  a  card  with  a  mere  name  painted  on  it.  He  asks  one 
to  imagine  a  window  card  bearing  the  words,  "choice  per- 
fumes." In  another  your  eye  catches  the  message,  "Climax 
Violet  Extract,  dainty  and  sweet  as  the  flowers  with  the  dew 
still  on  them."  "Which  card,"  he  inquires,  "would  make  the 
better  impression  on  you?" 

At  the  close  of  this  paper  I  will  show  you  some  cards  of  my 
own  manufacture  to  illustrate  my  ideas,  and  also  a  picture  of 
the  store  to  show  the  method  of  arranging  and  suspending  the 
cards. 

I  have  just  said,  do  not  use  too  few  words  in  the  making 
up  of  your  cards.  I  would  also  warn  you  against  too  many, 
but  rather  have  your  cards  bright,  terse,  snappy,  convincing, 
suggestive  and  timely. 

Before  concluding  I  am  going  to  read  the  wording  of  several 
cards  that  I  have  culled  from  several  sources.     Some  of  these 


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I  have  seen  displayed  in  stores  I  have  visited  and  all  of  them 

I  feel  sure  could  be  used  to  advantage. 

"Don't  hope  to  find  a  better  drug  store  than  ours.     There 

isn't  one." 

"Buy  your  drugs  where  your  doctor  buys  his — here." 
"We  can  fill  your  prescription,  no  matter  whose  blank  it  is 

written  on." 

"There    is   pleasure    in    every    puff   of   a    'Ben    Ali'    cigar. 

Price  5c." 

"Our  corn  cure  is  not  a  lame  argument.     Price  25c." 

"We'll  cure  that  cough  for  a  quarter." 

"Falling   hair   now — a   wig    later.     Our   hair   tonic    makes 

both  unnecessary." 

"For  comfort  in  your  sleep  have  a  hot  water  bag  at  your 

feet." 

"We  serve  soda  hot.     It  drives  away  the  shivers." 

"A  truss  you  can  trust ;  any  trus  j  fitted  by  us." 

"Don't  lose  any  time  in  becoming  a  Kodaker." 

"Refreshing  bit  of  news — we  are  serving  hot  soda." 

Such  signs  as  these  are  not  what  would  be  termed  "elegant" 

English,  but  they  are  catchy  and  will  serve  as  silent  salesmen 

for  various  lines  of  goods. 


JAPANESE  PATENT  MEDICINES. 


Made  for  More  Than  Two  Hundred  Years,  and  Named 
With.  Free  Imagination. 

We  of  the  West  have  got  into  the  way  of  thinking  that  all, 
or  anyway  by  far  the  greater  part  of  Japan's  newly  acquired 
interest  in  such  things  as  modern  methods  of  hygiene  and 
medicine  has  been  borrowed  or  adapted  from  us.  It  will 
probably  therefore  surprise  most  of  us.  writes  an  English- 
woman in  the  Queen,  to  be  informed  that  that  very  modern 
and  especially  American  institution,  the  patent  medicine 
monger,  instead  of  originating  in  the  land  of  the  Stars  and 
Stripes  flourished  in  the  Land  of  the  Rising  Sun  long  before 
he  was  seen  or  heard  of  in  the  Far  West. 

When  Shakespeare  was  hardly  cold  in  his  grave  they  were 
making  patent  medicines  in  the  country  of  the  Mikado,  and, 
moreover,  were  devising  for  them  names  which  for  lurid 
effectiveness  would  make  the  names  given  to  our  patent  nos- 
trums seem  flat  and  feeble. 

Did  even  Cousin  Jonathan — the  adept  in  inventing  shockers 
in  the  way  of  labels  for  his  wares — ever  hit  on  one  so  likely 
to  fetch  the  coin  out  of  the  pocket  of  the  credulous  as  that 
invented  by  the  physician  Bandai-Jokan  in  the  year  1GS2  and 
called  by  him  Han-Gon-Tan,  which  translated  into  English 
means  "Medicine  Which  Calls  Back  the  Dead  to  Life"?  This 
medicine  is  sold  in  Japan  today,  it  has  been  selling  there 
steadily  for  two  centuries  and  a  quarter,  and  if  that  is  not  a 
testimony  to  its  powers  what  would  be? 

Whether  the  makers  believed  in  the  curative  powers  of 
suggestion — likely  enough  they  knew  all  about  its  virtues  long 
before  we  got  hold  of  the  first  notion  of  it — they  certainly 
showed  a  vivid  imagination  in  finding  names  which  should 
catch  and  hold  the  public  attention  and  woo  the  pence  from 
the  public  purse.  Here  are  some  of  them — they  are  used  in 
the  Island  Kingdom  today :  "Heal  Everything  Powders," 
"Spirit  Cheering  Pills,"  "Brain  Healing  Pills,"  "One-dose 
Healing  Powders,"  "Poison  Expelling  Pills,"  "Second-to-none 
Plasters"  and  "Heal-all  Pills." 

They  are  all  in  the  shape  of  powders,  pills  and  ointments. 
Patent  medicines  in  Japan  are  never  sold  in  fluid  form. 
Probably  the  reason  for  this  is  the  very  curious  method  em- 
ployed for  their  distribution  among  the  people,  which  began 
in  the  times  of  Prince  Seiho  Maeda,  who  died  more  than  two 
hundred  years  ago. 

This  Prince  was  as  much  attracted  by  medicine  making  as 
many  modern  royalties  are  by  horse  racing.  It  was  a  craze 
with  him ;  he  might  indeed  be  called  the  father  of  the  modern 
patent  medicine  man.  During  the  epidemics  he  used  with  his 
own  hands  to  make  up  and  give  to  the  poor  drugs  and  medi- 
cations of  various  kinds,  and  it  was  he  who  started  the  credit 
system  for  the  obtaining  of  medicines  which  has  existed  in 
Japan  from  his  time  down  to  the  present  day. 

This  system  is  simple  in  the  extreme.  The  medicine  monger 
comes  with  regularity  of  clockwork  to  every  Japanese  door, 
bringing  his  stock  of  "medicine  which  calls  back  the  dead  to 
life"  and  all  the  others  with  him.  No  doubt  he  expatiates  with 
all  the  skill   of  an  advertising  agent  upon   their  varied   and 


wonderful  merits  and,  most  seductive  plan  of  all,  he  asks  for 
no  money ! 

Not  yet !  He  receives  a  large  order,  for  the  Jap  is  as  will- 
ing to  be  called  back  from  the  dead  as  his  brothers  and  sisters 
of  the  West,  especially  when  he  can  do  it  on  tick,  and  then 
the  medicine  man  goes  on  his  way.  He  comes  back  again 
the  following  year  and — he  is  certainly  most  accommodating 
■ — he  takes  away  whatever  drugs  have  not  been  consumed,  ob- 
tains payment  for  those  that  have  been  used  and  leaves  a 
supply  of  fresh  medicine  to  go  on  with  for  another  year,  when 
he  will  call  again  and  repeat  the  same  procedure. 

History  does  not  hint  what  he  does  with  the  stale  drugs 
that  he  takes  back.  Whether  he,  like  the  thrifty  housewife 
who  reboils  last  year's  jams  and  maintains  that  that  process 
makes  it  as  good  as  new,  remakes  his  medicines,  we  do  not 
know ;  but  there  may  in  these  days  be  a  way  out  of  the  diffi- 
culty, for  the  Japanese  now  export  their  patent  medicines  to 
foreign  countries,  and  this  exported  medicine  is — since  the  end 
of  the  Russo-Japanese  War  in  1905 — exempt  from  taxation, 
for  Japanese  patent  medicines  have  to  pay  duty  to  the  Gov- 
ernment just  as  ours  have. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  say  that  this  free  trade  in  drugs 
— in  exported  drugs,  that  is  to  say — has  given  a  great  stimulus 
to  the  outgoing  of  medicines  from  the  shores  of  Japan,  and 
as  a  consequence  has  increased  their  manufacture  to  a  large 
extent. 

There  are  now  nearly  a  thousand  different  kinds  of  medi- 
cines made  in  the  country — more,  the  uninitiated  would  sup- 
pose, than  there  were  diseases  calling  for  treatment.  The 
medicine  makers  have  increased  in  number  from  some  hun- 
dreds until  now  there  are  over  three  thousand  licensed  makers 
of  drugs,  and  the  dealers  in  them  are  so  numerous  that  in 
Toyama  there  is  a  patent  medicine  dealers'  club  with  three 
thousand  members. 

There  are  patent  medicine  industry  guilds,  one  of  which  has 
for  its  special  object  the  lending  of  money  to  dealers  who  want 
to  develop  their  business,  and  there  is  a  Toyama  patent  medi- 
cine magazine.  But  perhaps  the  most  curious  and  disturbing 
touch  in  the  whole  matter  is  that  the  Japanese,  although  they 
did  not  borrow  the  idea  of  making  patent  medicines  from  us, 
are  borrowing  some  of  our  bad  examples  in  the  way  of  making 
them  known.  They  have  actually  taken  to  the  plan  of  putting 
up  big  boards  in  the  meadows  along  the  railway  lines,  just  as 
we  have  been  doing  for  years. 


NEW  BOOKS. 


PROCEEDINGS    OF    THE    FIFTH    ANNUAL    MEETING     OF 
THE   N.-\.TIONAL  ASSOCIATION   OF  BOARDS  OF   PHAR- 
MACY,  1908. 
Readers  of  the  Era  are  already  familiar  with  the  work  of 
the   last   meeting   of   the   National   Association   of   Boards   of 
Pharmacy  which  was  held  at  Hot   Springs,  Ark.,   last  year. 
In  addition  to  the  report  of  the  meeting  the  pamphlet  before 
us  contains  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  organization 
whose  membership  now  numbers  twenty-three  active  and  eight 
associate   members.      The   secretary-treasurer   of   the   associa- 
tion is  A.  F.   Sala,  Winchester,   Ind.,  under  whose  direction 
the  pamphlet  is  published. 


ALLEN,  R.  W..  M.D.  Vaccine  therapy  and  the  opsonic  method 
of  treatment.  Philadelphia:  P.  Blaklston's  Son  &  Co.  c.  12 
-f244   p.     S°.   ol.  ?2. 

BERGEN,  JOSEPH  YOUNG.  Essentials  of  botany.  Boston: 
Ginn.    o.  9  +  380  p.    il.  pis.    D.  cL  $1.20. 

CASPAR,  LEOPOLD.  M.D.  Text-book  of  genito-urlnary  dis- 
eases. 2d.  ed. ;  tr.  bv  Charles  W.  Bonnev,  M.D.  Philadel- 
phia:    P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.    c.  16-f645  p.    8°,  cl.  JS. 

DEAVER,  J.  BL.\IR.  M.D.,  and  Ashhurst,  Astley  Fasten  Cooper, 
M.D.  Surgerv  of  the  upper  abdomen  ;  stomach  and  duode- 
niim.  V.  1.  PhiLidelphia :  P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.  c.  12-|- 
468  p.    8°,  cl.  $5. 

HOLLAND,  JA.  W..  M.D.  The  urine  and  clinical  chemistry  of 
the  gastric  contents,  the  common  poisons  and  milk.  Phila- 
delphia:   P.  Blakiston's  Son  &  Co.    c.  10  +  160  p.    12°,  el.  $1. 

STITT.  E.  R.,  M.D.  Practical  bacteriology,  blood  work  and 
animal  parasitology.  Philadelphia:  P.  Blakiston's  Son  & 
Co.     c.  11+294  p.    12°,  flex.  cl.  $1.50  net. 


Interesting  Papers  for  Chemists. 
At  the  meeting  tomorrow  evening  of  the  New  York  Section 
of  the  American  Chemical  Society  several  valuable  papers  will 
be  presented,  including  one  by  L.  H.  Baekeland  on  the  "Syn- 
thesis, Constitution  and  Industrial  Applications  of  Bakelite." 
The  meeting  will  be  held  at  108  West  Fifty-ninth  street  and 
will  be  preceded  by  the  usual  informal  dinner  at  the  Hotel 
Savoy. 


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QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  o(  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  ditBculties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
RECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION:  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Hectograph. 

(S.  G.)— See  last  week's  Eba,  page  88. 

Non-Lathering'  Shaving  Cream. 

(P.  R.  F. ) — The  so-called  "creams"  to  be  rubbed  upon  the 
skin  to  assist  in  shaving,  and  not  to  lather,  are  generally  sapo- 
oleaceous  emulsions  of  exceptional  thickness,  the  following 
formulas  representing  the  type  of  preparations : 

(1) 

Cacao   butter    %  ounce. 

Almond   oil    %  ounce. 

Glyceiin     1      ounce. 

Primrose  soap   V2  ounce. 

Otto  of  rose   4      minims. 

Oil  of  neroli   4      minims. 

Oil  of  bitter  almond   5      minims. 

Distilled    water    a  sufficiency. 

Melt  the  cacao  butter  and  almond  oil  and  pour  into  a  warm 
mortar  containing  the  soap  previously  rubbed  down  with 
three  ounces  of  boiling  water ;  stir  briskly  to  make  uniform 
cream,  slowly  adding  4  ounces  of  warm  water  previously 
mixed  with  the  glycerin ;  finally  add  the  perfumes.  With  4 
ounces  of  rose  water  and  no  glycerin,  this  gives  a  cream  suita- 
ble for  potting.  ^ 
(2) 

Powdered  tragacanth   Vz  ounce. 

Rectified  spirit   4      ounces. 

Put  together  in  a  dry  corbyn  quart  and  shake,  then  all  the 
following  in  their  order : 

Cream  of  almonds  1  ounce. 

Oil  of  almonds   2  ounces. 

Glycerin    5  ounces. 

Water     45  ounces. 

Mix  well  and  perfume  with  : 

Oil  of  rose  geranium 1      dram. 

Oil  of  bergamot   2      drams. 

Oil  of  neroli  y^  dram. 

Oil  of  citronella  20      minims. 

Rectified   spirit    1      ounce. 

Mix. 


Compound  Elixir  of  Aletris. 

(G.  &  G. ) — We  cannot  undertake  to  give  you  the  formulas 
employed  by  the  various  pharmaceutical  manufacturers  for 
making  the  "cordials"  or  other  preparations  containing  aletris, 
starwort,  crampbark,  etc.  However,  some  years  ago  the  fol- 
lowing formula  under  the  above  title  was  published  by  the 
Cincinnati  Academy  of  Medicine  : 

Aletris    (star-grass  or  uuicord   root)....   1      av.  ounce. 

Wintergreen    1      av.  ounce. 

Catnip    y2  av.  ounce. 

Crampbark    14  av.  ounce. 

Blue  cohosh  V4  av.  ounce. 

Cinnamon    60      grains. 

Bitter  orange  peel  30      grains. 

Caraway    15      grains. 

Sugar    5      av.  ounces. 

Alcohol     5      fl.  ounces. 

Water  to  make   16      fl.  ounces. 

Reduce  the  drugs  to  a  moderately  coarse  powder,  and  extract 
by  percolation,   using  as   a   menstruum  a   mixture  of  alcohol 


with  an  equal  volume  of  water.  When  this  menstruum  has 
passed  through  the  mixed  drugs,  follow  with  water  until  13 
fluid  ounces  of  percolate  are  obtained.  In  this  dissolve  the 
sugar  by  agitation,  add  enough  water  to  make  16  fluid  ounces, 
and  filter. 

Whether  this  formula  possesses  any  therapeutic  superiority 
to  the  compound  elixir  of  crampbark  of  the  National  Formu- 
lary is  a  question  for  the  intelligent  physician  to  answer.  We 
cannot  name  the  coloring  agent  employed  in  the  proprietary 
article. 


Pine  Tar  Troches. 

(A.  C.) — The  following  formula  has  been  published: 

Pine  tar %  ounce. 

Powdered  cubebs   V^  ounce. 

Oil  of  wintergreen  20      minims. 

Solution  of  potash  6      drams. 

Orange  flower  water,  enough  to  make ....   4      ounces. 
Macerate    for   24    hours    in    a    warm    place,    shaking   occa- 
sionally, then  filter  through  kaolin. 
Then  roughly  bruise : 

Marshmallow    ' 2      ounces. 

Horehound     2      ounces. 

Licorice    2      ounces. 

Aniseed    2      ounces. 

Lobelia  seed   Va  ounce. 

Hops    I2  ounce. 

Ipecacuanha    2      drams. 

Capsicum    2      drams. 

Add  to  a  gallon  of  water,  boil  and  allow  to  simmer  for  some 
hours :  press  and  strain,  evaporate  to  about  .30  ounces,  to 
which  add  the  preceding  infusion  of  tar  and  cubebs  diluted 
with  4  ounces  of  rectified  spirit,  and  filter.  Use  this  as  a  stock 
solution,  to  be  added  to  any  of  the  usual  sugar  pastes,  about  2 
ounces  to  every  14  pounds  of  finished  lozenges.  A  good  plan 
is  to  arrange  with  some  lozenge  maker  to  make  and  stamp  the 
troches,  using  your  medicated  solution. 


Cardboard  Paint. 

(J.  O.  M.) — The  paint  employed  for  lettering  cardboard 
may  be  easily  made  by  using  any  of  the  so-called  "dry  water 
colors,"  with  mucilage  of  gum  arable  as  a  binder.  Mix  any 
color  desired — vermilion,  ultramarine  blue,  chrome  yellow, 
lamp  black,  flake  white,  etc. — by  adding  enough  water  to  make 
it  the  consistency  of  thick  dough,  adding  whiting  or  flake 
white  to  any  color  you  wish  to  be  of  a  lighter  shade :  then 
grind  the  same  by  using  a  palette  knife  or  spatula  with  a 
flexible  blade  or  other  similar  means.  Add  a  little  mucilage 
as  a  binder. 

In  the  place  of  the  dry  colors  it  is  much  handier  to  use 
fresco  colors  in  distemper.  It  is  said  that  these  colors  will 
give  good  results  when  thinned  with  water  and  a  little  muci- 
lage, added  as  a  binder.  To  increase  the  flowing  property  of 
the  paint  a  mucilage  containing  a  little  glycerin  is  sometimes 
employed. 

There  are  two  kinds  of  water  color  paints,  one  of  which  has 
practically  no  body  and  of  the  consistency  of  varnish ;  the 
other  has  a  heavy  body  and  is  said  to  be  the  most  satisfactory 
for  brush  lettering.  The  latter  paint,  when  set  aside,  should 
have  a  thin  layer  of  water  covering  it  which  can  be  poured  off 
when  it  is  desired  to  use  the  paint.  In  this  way  the  paint 
in  the  receptacle  is  kept  thick  and  creamy  and  in  a  condition 
that  enables  it  to  "cut  clean  and  cover  well." 


Coloring  Electric  Globes. 

(P.  G.  W.) — In  further  reply  to  your  query,  this  journal, 
January  14,  1909,  page  38,  a  correspondent  who  signs  himself 
"X.  Y.  Z.."  writes  that  for  coating  electric  light  bulbs  with 
anilin  "banana  oil"  (bronzing  liquid)  is  better  than  either 
collodion  or  varnish.  Simply  dissolve  the  anilin  in  the  banana 
oil,  put  the  solution  in  a  tumbler  or  saucer  and  rotate  the 
bulb  in  it. 


Wine  of  Camphor. 

(A.  A.  W.) — Wine  of  camphor  (vinum  camphoratum)  is 
prepared  according  to  the  German  Pharmacopoeia  by  dissolv- 
ing one  part  of  camphor  in  one  part  of  alcohol  and  incorporat- 
ing gradually  and  with  agitation  3  parts  of  mucilage  of 
acacia  and  45  parts  of  white   wine. 


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[February  4,  1909 


Bright  Ideas  in  Decorations. 

Manipulation  of  Crepe  Paper. 
Crepe  tissue  paper  admits  of  more  varied  manipulation  and 
greater  variety  of  artistic  effect  than  any  decorative  material 
that  has  ever  been  found  usable  for  store  purposes. 

Paper  Ribbons. 

Aside  from  its  uses  in  merely  covering  flat  surfaces,  such 
as  floors  and  wails  of  windows,  the  most  general  form  in 
which  crepe  paper  is  used  is  in  that  of  ribbons.  The  ribbons 
may  be  cut  of  any  desired  width,  lengthwise  with  the  roll  and 
without  unrolling  the  paper.  To  secure  an  absolutely  clean 
and  straight  edge  for  the  ribbons,  it  is  best  to  lay  a  narrow, 
clean,  straight-edged  board  across  the  roll  at  the  desired  dis- 
tance from  the  end,  place  pressure,  such  as  that  of  the  knee, 
upon  the  board  and  cut  through  the  paper  roll  along  this 
straight  edge  with  a  very  sharp  knife.  Two-colored  ribbons 
are  procured  by  rolling  a  strip  of  paper  within  a  strip  of  a 
contrasting  color  and  cutting  both  together.  Use  contrasting 
colors  such  as  red  and  yellow  or  orange  and  green.  The  cor- 
rugations in  the  paper  hold  the  two  coloi-s  together  in  the 
ribbon.  Crepe  ribbons  are  generally  used  in  twisted  or  screw 
form,  to  secure  a  light  and  airy  effect.  To  illustrate :  Sup- 
pose that  a  window  canopy  is  to  be  formed.  The  ends  of  a 
number  of  ribbons  are  gathered  together  and  tacked  to  one 
point  in  the  center  of  the  window  ceiling.  Then  each  ribbon 
is  taken  separately  and  the  free  end  turned  until  the  ribbon 
has  taken  the  desired  screw-like  form,  the  free  end  being  then 
tacked  to  the  proper  point  at  back  or  side  of  window. 

To  procure  ribbons  with  contrasting  edges,  cut  two  colors 
together,  as  noted  above.  Then  unroll  and  reroll  with  one 
edge  of  one  paper  protruding  for  the  desired  distance  beyond 
one  edge  of  the  other.  To  procure  a  red  ribbon  with  two 
orange  edges,  or  vice  versa,  cut  a  red  ribbon  of,  say,  two 
inches  in  width  and  an  orange  ribbon  of  three  inches,  and 
roll,  the  red  within  the  orange.  Be  sure  to  roll  evenly  and 
firmly  to  get  the  corrugations  to  knit,  but  in  manipulating  be 
careful  not  to  stretch  the  paper  excessively. 
Kosettes. 

Cut  a  strip  of  paper  of  from  four  to  six  times  as  long  as 
it  is  wide.  For  a  rosette  of  average  fullness  the  length  should 
be  five  times  the  breadth.  The  breadth  of  the  paper  should 
be  a  little  more  than  one-half  the  desired  diameter  of  the 
finished  rosette.  For  a  twelve-inch  rosette  cut  the  paper  six 
and  one-half  inches  by  thirty.  Now  cut  a  circle  of  cardboard 
eleven  inches  in  diameter.  With  a  back  and  forth  fold  pleat 
the  paper  across  its  breadth  into  a  bundle  about  an  inch  wide. 
At  one  end  force  a  heavy  pin  through  all  the  folds  about  half 
an  inch  from  the  end  and  then  force  the  pin  through  the 
center  of  the  card  and  clinch  it.  Now  fasten  one  of  the  outer 
ends  of  the  paper  to  the  cardboard  with  mucilage  and  permit  it 
to  dry.  When  dry,  take  the  free  outer  end  of  the  paper  and 
circle  it  around  the  card  until  it  meets  the  pasted  end  and 
then  fasten  it.  Manipulate  the  ruffle  thus  formed  until  the 
tucks  are  symmetrical  and  then  fasten  to  the  card  at  five  or  six 
points  with  drops  of  mucilage.  After  all  is  dry  press  down 
the  center  of  the  rosette  with  the  ball  of  the  thumb  and  over 
this  center  lightly  paste  a  small  circle  of  paper  of  the  same 
or  a  contrasting  color.  By  repeating  this  operation  upon  ixie 
same  piece  of  card  with  papers  of  decreasing  width  and 
length,  one  upon  the  other,  a  very  full,  rose-like  effect  may 
be  procured.  Papers  of  different  widths  and  contrasting  col- 
ors may  also  be  used,  one  above  the  other.  Tri-colored  ro- 
settes of  red.  white  and  blue  make  appropriate  decorations  for 
National  and  other  celebrations.  The  use  of  the  cardboard 
insures  rigidity  and  perm-^nency.  Rosettes  thus  made  may  be 
used  repeatedly  and  hung  or  tacked  in  any  desired  place  and 
position. 

Globes. 
Cut  two  cardboard  disks  of  the  diameter  desired  for  the 
globe.  In  each  one  make  a  slit  from  the  center  to  one 
edge.  Slip  each  one  into  the  slit  in  the  other  so  that  they 
will  be  at  right  angles,  then  glue  in  place.  Run  thin  strips 
of  springy  cardboard  from  pole  to  pole  of  one  card  disk  over 
the  edge  of  the  other  in  suflicient  number  to  form  a  globe-like 
cage.  This  cage  may  be  covered  with  crepe  paper  in  several 
ways.  One  is  to  merely  gather  the  paper  around  it  and  tie  at 
top  and  bottom.     A  neater  way  is  to  first  cover  the  cage  with 


oblong  sections  or  slices  of  heavy  paper,  smoothly  pasted  in 
place.  Upon  this  the  crepe  paper  in  varied  colors,  designs 
and  contrasts,  may  be  lightly  pasted. 

Fan  Decorations. 

The  foregoing  directions  answer  for  fan-shaped  decorations 
by  merely  cutting  the  circular  card  into  halves,  thirds  or 
quarters  as  may  be  desired,  and  making  the  paper  of  pro- 
portionate lengths.  In  the  finished  rosette  or  fan  the  card 
should  never  show,  as  the  paper  should  extend  slightly  be- 
yond its  edges  on  all  sides. 

BeUs. 

Bells  are  appropriate  for  Easter,  Christmas  and  other  occa- 
sions. Of  fine  wire  make  a  ring  of  the  diameter  desired  for 
the  bottom  of  the  bell.  Cut  a  strip  of  paper  of  the  width 
desired  for  the  height  of  the  bell.  For  a  wire  ring  four 
inches  in  diameter  the  paper  should  be  five  and  one-half 
inches  wide  and  in  length  a  little  more  than  the  circumference 
of  the  circle  of  wire  or  twelve  and  a  half  inches.  Paste  the 
ends  of  this  paper  together  with  a  fold  of  one-quarter  inch. 
When  dry,  gather  the  paper  in  pleats  across  its  breadth  and 
tie  firmly  near  one  end  with  silk  of  the  color  of  the  paper. 
Open  and  spread  the  lower  end  of  this  bundle,  and  then  pass 
the  wire  ring  over  the  tied  end  until  it  rests  upon  the  lower 
edge  of  the  open  end.  Turn  the  edges  of  the  paper  upward 
and  over  the  wire  ring  and  so  paste  as  to  enclose  the  ring 
within  the  folded  edge.  You  will  now  have  a  paper  cone. 
When  the  pasted  fold  is  thoroughly  dry,  take  the  cone  in 
hand.  Hold  it  so  that  the  fingers  are  on  each  side  of  the 
paper  just  above  the  ring.  With  a  pulling,  smoothing  motion 
work  out  the  corrugations  in  the  paper  so  as  to  form  the 
curve  or  flare  of  the  bell.  Finish  with  a  silk  thread  and  glass 
bead  or  small  ball  of  paper  for  a  clapper.  Small  bells  thus 
made  are  among  the  lightest  and  most  fairy-like  decorations. 
They  are  much  more  attractive  than  the  machine-cut  paper 
bells  that  have  become  so  common. 

Leaves  and  Light  Shades. 

Paper  leaves  for  various  decorative  purposes  and  especially 
for  making  fancy  shades  for  incandescent  light  globes  are 
easily  made,  the  proportions  here  given  being  those  for  mak- 
ing globe  shades.  A  similar  process  applies  to  any  size 
leaves. 

.  Cut  a  cardboard  pattern  the  shape  of  a  rubber  plant  leaf 
aad  of  the  following  dimensions :  The  base  is  a  straight  line 
two  and  one-half  inches  long.  From  either  end  of  this  cut  on 
a  curve  until  the  curved  lines  meet  in  a  point  seven  inches 
above  the  base  line.  The  greatest  distance  between  the 
curved  lines  should  be  three  and  three-quarter  inches  and  that 
at  a  point  midway  between  the  base  line  and  the  point  where 
the  curves  meet.  Cut  the  crepe  paper  leaves  around  this  pat- 
tern. Take  pieces  of  fine  copper  wire  ten  inches  long.  Lay 
a  wire  along  the  center  of  each  leaf  from  point  to  base  so  that 
the  wire  will  extend  three  inches  below  the  base.  Cut  strips 
of  paper  one-half  inch  wide  and  the  length  of  the  leaf.  Paste 
these  over  the  wires  to  hold  the  latter  in  place.  If  desired, 
two  leaves  of  the  same  size  or  of  different  sizes  and  colors 
may  be  pasted  together  at  the  center  to  hold  the  wire  in  place. 
After  the  paste  is  thoroughly  dry  the  wires  may  be  bent  to 
give  any  desired  curve  to  the  leaves.  The  free  ends  of  the 
wires  are  used  to  fasten  the  leaves  independently  to  the  globe 
or  they  may  be  grouped  around  a  wire  ring  or  regular  shade 
collar.  A  pleasing  effect  is  procured  by  using  leaves  of  alter- 
nating colors,  as  a  red.  then  a  yellow,  then  a  red,  and  so  on. 
Flower  Effects. 

Space  will  not  permit  giving  details  for  making  the  many 
paper  flowers,  but  the  following  simple  directions  will  enable 
one  to  secure  what  may,  broadly  speaking,  be  called  a  chrysan- 
themum. Cut  out  numerous  circles  of  paper  of  various  sizes, 
say,  five  of  an  inch  in  diameter  and  a  similar  number  of  inch 
and  one-quarter,  inch  and  one-half,  inch  and  three-quarters, 
and  so  on  to  six  inches.  Cut  all  of  these  around  the  circum- 
ference into  tongues  the  shape  of  chrysanthemum  petals.  At 
the  end  of  a  copper  wire  fasten  a  cardboard  disk  one-half 
inch  in  diameter.  Cover  this  with  paper.  Now  take  the 
smallest  circles  of  paper  petals  and  singly  pass  the  wire 
through  the  center  of  each  one.  Fold  each  petal  upward  and 
over  the  cardboard  center.  Continue  this,  gradually  increas- 
ing the  size  of  petals,  fold  each  tightly  over  the  preceding 
ones  and  keep  folded  until  all  are  in  place.  Then  shake  out 
and  curl  outer  petals  over  a  metal  edge. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     EEA 


113 


Personal  Mention 


— Chaeles  L.  Tbusleb,  who  represents  the  Red  Lilly  line 
in  Peoria,  is  home  from  a  visit  to  Indianapolis. 

— De.  T.  S.  Anderson,  of  Live  Oak,  Fla.,  was  a  recent 
visitor  to  the  Southern  Drug  Company,  at  Jacksonville. 

• — PsoF.  L.  C.  Hopp.  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  will  address  the 
students  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy  on  February  17. 

— Habbt  W.  Lyle,  who  travels  for  the  Red  Lilly  in  south- 
em  Minnesota,  was  recently  in  Indianapolis  visiting  the  home 
office. 

— Frank  M.  Bell,  manager  of  the  pharmaceutical  depart- 
ment of  Armour  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  was  a  New  York  visitor 
a  few  days  ago. 

— N.  W.  Prat,  manager  of  the  Diamond  Laboratory  Com- 
pan.v,  of  Naugatuck,  Conn.,  has  been  visiting  friends  in  New 
York  during  the  last  few  days. 

— F.  F.  Ingram,  manufacturing  chemist  and  perfumer,  has 
been  appointed  chairman  of  the  Detroit  Credit  Men's  Asso- 
ciation committee  on  legislation. 

— E.  J.  Kane,  formerly  of  the  Liquid  Carbonic  Company, 
for  some  ten  years,  is  now  manager  of  the  Marietta  Manufac- 
turing Company,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

— Charles  Wadlow,  of  Texana,  Okla.,  formerly  in  the 
drug  business  in  Anthony,  Kan.,  was  a  recent  visitor  to 
friends  and  relatives  in  the  latter  place. 

— F.  D.  Troth,  a  former  druggist  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  has 
written  to  hie  friends  in  that  city  announcing  that  he  is  asso- 
ciated with  a  drug  store  at  Riverside,  Cal. 

— Richaed  McNaxly,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  and  a  former  member  of  City  Councils,  is  again  a  candi- 
date, who  has  a  large  following  in  his  ward, 

— De.  Thomas  Howell,  of  Havana,  and  J.  M.  Young,  of 
Lake  City,  were  recent  callers  at  the  establishment  of  the 
Groover-Stewart  Drug  Company  in  Jacksonville. 

— ROBEBT  Williams,  formerly  a  drug  clerk  at  Racine, 
Wis.,  and  now  located  with  the  Chicago  branch  of  the  Horlick 
Malted  Milk  Company,  is  visiting  friends  at  Racine. 

— James  Duncan,  who  carries  a  sample  case  for  the  house 
of  the  Red  Lilly,  has  returned  to  his  home  in  Atchison  after 
a  week's  visit  to  the  Lilly  laboratories  in  Indianapolis. 

— S.  E.  MoOEE,  formerly  with  John  Wyeth  &  Bros.,  is  now 
representative  for  Sharp  &  Dohme  in  New  Jersey.  Mr.  Moore 
was  a  recent  caller  at  the  New  York  branch  of  the  firm. 

— F.  H.  Snell,  of  Lansing,  Mich.,  has  resigned  his  position 
with  the  Robinson  Drug  Company  and  has  accepted  a  posi- 
tion with  E.  S.  Nivins,  druggist  in  Washington  avenue  south. 

— John  Gilbat,  traveling  salesman  for  Schieffelin  &  Co., 
chemists,  of  New  York,  has  been  spending  some  time  with 
his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  Gilray,  of  Sault  Ste.  Marie, 
Mich. 

— William  A.  Salleb,  chairman  of  the  sales  committee  of 
Sharp  &  Dohme,  was  here  from  Baltimore  a  few  days  ago, 
conferring  with  Mr.  StaufEen  at  the  New  York  branch  of  the 
concern. 

— Louis  Bbehm,  a  retired  druggist  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and 
the  father  of  Fred.  J.  Brehm,  who  is  a  member  of  the  same 
profession,  is  spending  the  winter  with  his  wife  at  River- 
side, Cal. 

— De.  Julius  A.  Koch,  dean  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of 
Pharmacy,  is  at  the  head  of  a  movement  in  that  city  which 
has  as  its  object  the  organization  of  a  branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 

— Chables  J.  Lynn,  secretary  and  general  manager  of 
Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  visited  the  New  York  branch  of  the  firm  a 
few  days  ago.  Mr.  Lynn  had  just  returned  from  a  trip 
through  the  New  England  States. 

— F.  L.  McCartney,  recently  of  Baltimore,  where  he  was 
employed  by  Sharp  &  Dohme,  has  been  transferred  to  the 
New  York  branch  of  the  firm.  Mr.  McCartney  is  an  assistant 
in  the  Spanish  and  credit  departments. 

— Albert  A.  Munsch,  who  since  his  graduation  from  the 
Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1907,  has  been  acquiring 
business  experience  in  stores  in  that  section,  proposes  to  put 
that  experience  to  his  direct  personal  use  and  has  purchased 
the  pharmacy  of  H.  S.  Kossler,  at  Crafton,  Allegheny 
County,  Pa. 

— Epheaim    Bacon,    who    is    secretary    of    the    Maryland 


Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  severed  his  partnership  with  Dr. 
Truitt.  at  Roland  Park,  a  suburb  of  Baltimore,  and  has  taken 
personal  charge  of  the  drug  store  at  Calvert  and  Thirtieth 
streets,  which  he  and  Dr.  Truitt  bid  in  at  mortgagee's  sale 
several  weeks  ago,  the  former  proprietor  having  left  the  city. 

— M.  M.  Osborne,  of  Elkins  Park,  vice-president  of  the 
Montgomery  County  (Pa.)  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  and 
a  staunch  supporter  of  organization  in  the  retail  trade,  with 
Walter  Rothwell,  of  Hatboro,  chairman  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  same  association,  were  among  the  number  who 
dined  at  the  Drug  Club  in  Philadelphia  last  Friday.  Both  are 
members  of  the  club. 

— William  B.  Strong,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  well  known  wholesale  druggist, 
has  been  re-elected  vice-president  of  the  Merchants'  and 
Manufacturers'  Association,  the  leading  commercial  and  civic 
organization  Of  Milwaukee.  Mr.  Strong  has  several  plans 
for  furthering  the  city's  public  interests  which  he  will  carry 
into  effect  during  his  new  term. 

— EuGAB  D.  Taylor,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  president  of  the 
Powers-Taylor  Drug  Company,  and  Mrs.  Taylor  were  in  New 
York  the  fore  part  of  last  week  on  a  pleasure  trip.  Mr.  Taylor 
is  chairman  of  the  committee  on  arrangements  and  entertain- 
ment of  the  N.W.D.A.  for  the  next  meeting  of  the  association, 
which  will  be  held  in  Richmond  in  October.  During  1907 
Mr.  Taylor  was  president  of  the  association. 

— Members  of  the  family  of  Frederick  K.  Stearns,  of  Fred- 
erick Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  who  is  now  on  his  way  to  Egypt, 
say  that  he  came  very  near  securing  passage  on  the  ill-fated 
steamer  Republic,  of  the  White  Star  Line,  which  was  rammed 
and  sunk  by  the  Italian,  Florida,  on  January  25.  Mr. 
Stearns,  in  planning  his  tour  of  the  world,  had  the  Republic 
in  mind,  but  finally  settled  on  a  berth  in  the  Carmania. 

— F.  V.  Johnson,  who  has  been  president  of  the  St.  Louis 
R.D.A.  for  three  years,  was  presented  with  a  heavy  gold 
mortar  charm  by  members  of  the  association  at  the  January 
meeting,  he  having  announced  that  he  could  not  longer  serve 
as  president.  The  presentation  was  a  surprise  to  Mr.  John- 
son and  took  place  at  the  lunch  after  the  regular  meeting  had 
adjourned.     E.  A.  Sennewald  made  the  presentation  speech. 

— Edward  T.  Hahn,  a  territorial  manager  for  the  H.  K. 
Mulford  Company  and  one  of  the  best-known  and  most  popular 
members  of  the  sales  force  of  that  company,  lays  claim  to  the 
championship  of  the  Drug  Club  of  Philadelphia  when  it 
comes  to  playing  "cowboy  pool."  So  successful  has  he  been 
that  other  aspirants  for  the  same  honors  are  ordered  to  "go 
and  make  a  reputation"  before  their  challenges  are  considered. 

— W.  P.  Medill,  who  conducts  a  pharmacy  at  Fulton  and 
Lafayette  avenues,  Baltimore,  was  severely  burned  about  the 
hands  last  week  in  going  to  the  rescue  of  his  wife,  whose 
clothes  had  ignited  at  the  kitchen  stove  and  who  narrowly 
escaped  being  burned  to  death.  Mrs.  Medill  escaped  with 
slight  injuries,  thanks  to  the  heroism  of  her  husband  and  of 
another  man,  who,  with  rare  presence  of  mind,  threw  his  over- 
coat over  her  and  smothered  the  flames. 


James  E.  Davis  Heads  Detroit  Wholesalers. 
Detroit.  Jan.  30. — James  E.  Davis,  of  Williams,  Davis, 
Brooks  &  Hinchman  Sons,  has  been  elected  president  of  the 
Detroit  Wholesalers'  Association.  The  other  officers  are : 
William  C.  Noack,  first  vice-president ;  W.  D.  Wood,  second 
vice-president ;  George  C.  Bogue,  treasurer,  and  Paul  Leake, 
secretary. 


N.  Y.  Deutclier  Apotheker-Verein  Meeting  Tonight. 
A  feature  at  this  evening's  meeting  of  the  New  York 
Deutcher  Apotheker-Verein  will  be  the  reading,  in  the  original, 
of  the  paper  on  "Earths  and  Kataplasma  Kaolini"  of  Pro- 
fessor Schelenz,  by  Otto  Raubenheimer.  Emil  Roller  will 
also  read  a  paper  dealing  with  several  practical  subjects. 


Philadelphia  Druggist  Compromises  Damage  Suit. 

Tbenton,  N.  J..  Feb.  1. — Henry  R.  Nolte,  of  Philadelphia, 
has  settled  his  suit  against  the  Camden  &  Trenton  Railroad 
for  §550  and  costs. 


Will  Install  a  New  Fountain. 
A.  Ole,  well  known  druggist  at  Kenosha,  Wis.,  is  remodel- 
ing his  drug  store  and  will   install  new  fixtures  and  a  new 
soda  fountain. 


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[February  4,  1909 


FOE  AND  AGAINST  THE  MANN  DRUG  BILL. 

Dr.  Johnson,  of  Washington,  Quotes  Prominent  Lawyer 
Regarding    Incongruous    Consequences    of    Pro- 
posed   Legislation — Dr.    Wiley    Declares 
in  Favor  of  Passing  the  Measure. 

Washington,  Feb.  1. — In  the  House  on  Friday,  Repre- 
sentative Mann,  of  Illinois,  placed  in  the  Record  two  commu- 
nications bearing  on  House  Bill  No.  21,982,  regulating  for- 
eign and  interstate  commerce  in  habit-forming  and  poisonous 
drugs.  One  was  a  letter  from  Dr.  H.  L.  E.  Johnson,  M.D., 
of  Washington,  and  the  other  a  reply  to  Di\  Johnson  by  Dr. 
H.  W.  Wiley,  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry.  Representative 
Mann  said  many  members  of  the  House,  in  consequence  of 
letters  from  constituents,  had  come  to  him  for  light  on  the 
subject,  hence  his  presentation  of  the  two  communications. 

Dr.  Johnson  follows  a  detailed  discussion  of  the  provisions 
of  the  bill  with  the  following  opinion  by  "a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  bar,"  who  says  that  if  enacted  into  law,  the  fol- 
lowing will  be  some  of  the  consequences  of  this  act : 

Some   Incongruous  Consequences  Foreseen. 

"The  maximum  dose  cr  quantity  for  either  internal  or  ex- 
ternal use  of  these  drugs  is  no  longer  a  question  of  medical 
science,  but  is  fixed  by  act  of  Congress,  so  that,  no  matter 
what  may  be  the  necessity  or  advantage  in  the  preservation 
of  health  or  life  in  providing  for  a  larger  quantity  than  the 
act  permits,  the  patient  must  be  deprived  of  a  rightful  remedy, 
unless  the  physician  and  druggist  are  willing  to  bear  the  pen- 
alty of  the  statute. 

"The  citizen  could  not  lawfully  obtain  a  dram  of  paregoric 
for  the  purpose  of  administering  15  drops  on  a  little  sugar 
for  his  infant  child,  but  must  summon  and  pay  a  physician  a 
fee  and  a  druggist  for  putting  up  a  prescription. 

"No  citizen  may  indulge  in  toothache  drops  or  other  like 
remedies  for  the  relief  of  a  maddening  toothache  without  the 
expense  of  a  physician's  prescription  or  that  of  a  dentist. 

"Simple  and  familiar  household  remedies  and  home  treat- 
ment would  be  abolished. 

"A  physician  called  in  an  emergency  can  not  administer  a 
hypodermic  of  morphine  to  relieve  the  excruciating  agony  of 
a  person  pinned  under  a  fallen  timber  or  otherwise  critically 
injured  until  he  has  written  a  prescription  giving  the  statu- 
tory limit  of  dose  and  the  name  of  the  probably  unknown 
patient  and  sent  it  to  a  drug  store  to  be  compounded  and 
recorded. 

"A  physician   in   his   office  can   no   longer  apply   the   local 
anaesthetic   cocaine   to   a   patient   before   operating   upon   eye, 
ear,  nose,  or  throat ;  but  must  send  out  a  prescription,  to  be 
compounded  and  recorded  in  the  case  of  each  patient." 
Inconsistency  in  Provisions  of  the  Bill. 

To  this  finding.  Dr.  Johnson  adds  the  following  conclusions  : 

"This  (first)  section  is  further  emphasized  by  the  incon- 
sistent provisions  of  the  second  section,  under  which  anyone 
may  sell,  furnish,  give  away,  in  any  quantity  in  bulk,  chloral 
hydrate,  hyoscine,  morphine,  opium,  and  scopola,  all  within 
the  prohibition  of  the  first  section,  together  with  a  number  of 
the  most  dangerous  poisons,  provided  the  package  be  con- 
spicuously labeled  as  'poison'. 

"Under  the  second  section  a  simple  cough  mixture,  most 
beneficial  and  absolutely  harmless,  must  be  marked  'poison' 
and  decorated  with  a  skull  and  crosshones  because  it  contains 
a  trace  of  antimony  and  opium  in  each  dose ;  so  an  ordinary 
adhesive  plaster,  to  bind  a  cut  or  other  wound,  must  bear  the 
skull  and  crossbones  and  be  marked  'poison'  because  it  con- 
tains a  little  zinc. 

"A  large  number  of  simple  remedies,  which  have  been 
familiar  medicine  in  the  family  for  half  a  century  or  more, 
must  suddenly  assume  an  alarming  appearance,  practically 
deterrent  of  their  use,  because  of  the  warning  crossbones  and 
poison  labels,  though  a  quart  of  the  mixture  would  not  contain 
a  harmful  quantity  of  the  prohibited  drug. 

"It  the  second  section  became  a  law,  in  addition  to  the 
burden  it  would  impose  it  could  be  of  little,  if  any,  effect.  The 
provisions  of  interstate  commerce  legislation  end  when  once 
the  transported  package  has  been  broken  up  and  commingled 
with  the  other  goods  in  the  State  of  delivery,  so  that  the 
prohibition  of  the  statute  could  be  readily  overcome  by  a 
form  of  package  which  would  convert  the  poison  label  into  a 
sort  of  railway  or  steamboat  ticket,  to  be  thrown  away  when 


the   transportation    was   complete   and   the   mei'chaudise    then 
reappear  in  the  new  State  in  a  new  suit  of  clothes." 

Dr.  Wiley  Denies  Justness  of  Criticism. 

Dr.  Wiley,  complying  with  Representative  Mann's  sugges- 
tion for  a  review  of  Dr.  Johnson's  criticism  of  the  bill,  says 
the  law  received  the  full  sanction  of  the  medical  fraternity, 
and  therefore  criticism  involving  this  law  by  Dr.  Johnson 
is  unwarranted  and  "comes  with  ill  grace  from  one  who  poses 
as  a  public  reformer."  The  following  are  Dr.  Wiley's  answers 
to  the  specific  allegations  made  by  Dr.  Johnson  and  the 
"prominent  member  of  the  bar" : 

"Neither  the  doctor  nor  his  patient  is  prohibited  from  car- 
rying medicine  from  one  State  to  another. 

"Nothing  in  the  law  could  be  construed  to  interfere  in  any 
manner  with   physicians   dispensing   their   own   medicines. 

"Telephoning  prescriptions  is  not  only  a  hazardous  business," 
but  would  permit  habitues  ordering  any  amount  of  cocaine, 
morphine,  etc.,  in  the  name  of  some  physician.  The  druggist 
could  not  recognize  the  fraud  over  the  phone. 

"The  bill  requires  the  attachment  of  poison  labels  to  the 
caustic  hydroxides  and  concentrated  mineral  acids  and  not  to 
preparations  in  the  manufacture  of  which  they  or  their  salts 
are  used. 

Many  EflBcient  Remedies  From  Habit-Formers. 

"In  my  opinion,  every  mother  in  the  land  should  be  advised 
against  the  use  of  laudanum,  with  or  without  'sweet  oil,'  in 
the  treatment  of  earache.  The  oil  and  water  are  either  ab- 
sorbed or  dissipated,  leaving  residual  matter,  forming  an  ex- 
cellent nidus  tor  bacterial  growth  and  thus  aggravating  condi- 
tions. I  do  not  recall  a  single  toothache  remedy  which  con- 
tains any  of  the  prescribed  drugs,  and  if  there  is  such  a  rem- 
edy, its  use  is  absolutely  uncalled  for,  because  there  are  plenty 
of  efficient  remedies  that  can  be  used  which  are  free  from 
habit-forming   agents. 

"Cough  mixtures  containing  cocaine,  morphine,  opium,  co- 
deine, heroine,  chloral  hydrate,  etc.,  singly  or  combined,  can 
not  in  any  sense  of  the  word  be  considered  harmless.  I  have 
before  me  one  of  these  cough  remedies  containing  110  grains 
of  chloral  hydrate  to  the  ounce,  sent  into  the  home  without 
restriction,  containing  no  warning  whatever,  either  by  dosage 
or  otherwise,  relative  to  its  dangerous  character.  It  is  to 
be  used  for  croup,  whooping-cough,  etc.  A  single  teaspoonfui 
would  land  a  child  in  eternity.  The  promiscuous,  indiscrimi- 
nate use  of  cough  syrups  containing  the  drugs  named  in  the 
bill  is  liable  to  form  a  pernicious,  life-wrecking  habit. 

"Enough  Dosage  Permitted  to  Kill  a  Score  of  Men." 
"It  is  claimed  that  the  prescribed  limitation  relative  to  the 
amount  of  drugs  that  may  be  called  for  by  a  single  prescrip- 
tion is  too  restricted  in  the  case  of  chloral  hydrate,  and  an 
attorney  makes  the  criticism  that  the  amounts  would  not  per- 
mit the  physician  sufficient  range  to  enable  him  to  give  proper 
dosage.  There  is  no  objection  whatever  to  increasing  the 
amount  of  chloral  hydrate  to  one  ounce,  but  the  claim  that 
there  is  not  enough  material  permitted  to  give  sutticient  dos- 
age to  patients  is  incorrect,  because  there  is  enough  material 
provided  in  each  case,  with  the  exception  of  chloral  h.ydrate, 
to  kill  a  score  or  more  of  men. 

"The  doctor  claims  that  the  law  could  easily  be  circum- 
vented by  giving  numerous  prescriptions  calling  for  given 
drugs.  While  this  is  correct,  it  also  places  on  record  the 
transactions  of  the  physicians,  and  thus  enables  the  authori- 
ties to  investigate  the  final  use  to  which  these  drugs  may  be 
put.  In  this  respect  I  believe  that  the  Gallinger  bill  (S.  4892) 
contains  an  important  nucleus.  I  believe  the  Government 
will  be  called  upon  sooner  or  later  to  supervise  the  manufac- 
ture, distribution,  and  final  consumption  of  the  drugs  forming 
pernicious  habits,  with  a  view  to  decreasing  the  present  illegal 
consumption.  It  is  estimated  that  at  least  one-half  of  the 
cocaine,  opium,  iborphine,  etc.,  at  present  used  in  the  United 
Stales  is  used  for  improper  purposes.  There  is  now  a  move- 
ment on  foot  to  place  a  prohibitory  importation  duty  on  co- 
caine and  its  derivative,  and  at  the  same  time  impose  an  in-  i 
ternal  revenue  tax  to  cover  the  expense  of  supervising  the 
sale  and  distribution  of  cocaine  and  its  derivatives." 


A  Feminine  Reason. 
"Why  does  a  hen  cross  the  road?" 
"Probably  there  is  a  rooster  on  the  other  side." 


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More  Associations   of   Druggists   Elect   Officers — Three  Active   Organization   Men. 


JOSEPH  G.   SMITH,   of  Rahway, 
President  Union  Co.   (N.  J.)   B.D.A. 


LEWIS    G.    GILMAN, 
President  Manchester   (N.  H.)   R.D.A. 


H.   L.   SCHULTZ  HEADS  MILWAUKEE  R.D.A. 


Question  of  Collection  of  Gas  Bills  a  Leading  Topic  of 
Discussion  at  the  Annual  Meeting. 

MiLWAl'KEK.  .Tan.  oO. — The  report  iu  some  iiuarters  tlmt 
there  is  a  violation  of  contract  on  the  part  of  the  dru:.;gists 
of  Milwaukee  in  the  refusal  to  collect  gas  bills  for  the  Milwau- 
kee Gas  Light  Company  has  been  denied  by  leading  drug- 
gists. G.  H.  Kesten,  chairman  of  the  gas  committee  of  the 
Retail  Druggists'  Association,  also  denies  that  there  is  a 
legislative  bill  in  preparation  to  protect  the  druggists  from 
prosecution  by  the  gas  company. 

The  question  of  gas  bill  collection  for  the  convenience  of 
consumers  was  the  leading  topic  of  discussion  at  the  recent 
meeting  of  the  Milwaukee  Druggists'  Association.  A  resolu- 
tion was  unanimously  adopted  by  which  the  druggists  agree 
to  remain  firm  and  hot  handle  the  gas  bills  for  a  commission 
of  less  than  3  cents  each.  There  was  a  dissenting  opinion 
among  some  of  the  druggists  and  the  stand  taken  by  the  ma- 
jority may  mean  the  loss  of  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  mem- 
bers of  the  association. 

''It  is  not  that  we  don't  want  to  accommodate  the  people, 
but  that  we  don't  like  to  lose  money  when  we  know  that  the 
gas  company  is  making  a  big  profit,"  said  W.  F.  Kaiser,  secre- 
tary of  the  druggists'  association. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the 
Milwaukee  Retail  Druggists'  Association :  President,  H.  L. 
Schultz ;  vice-president.  Max  Goetz ;  secretary,  W.  F.  Kaiser; 
treasurer,  L.  H.  Krassin ;  executive  board,  W.  H.  Barr,  R.  M. 
Dadd,  H.  L.  Schultz,  G.  H.  Weigle,  John  Patterson  and 
Herman  Lambeck,  Jr.  The  association  now  has  a  member- 
ship of  one  hundred  and  twenty. 


Progress  of  the  Bay  Rum  and  Opium  Bills. 

Washington,  Feb.  1  — The  Porto  Rico  Bay  Rum  Bill 
has  passed  both  branches  of  Congress  and  awaits  the 
President's  signature.  He  is  expected  to  make  it  a  law.  Bay 
rum  withdrawn  from  bond  before  the  passage  of  the  act  will 
be  tax  free.  Bay  rum  hereafter  imported  from  the  island 
will  be  taxed  to  place  it  upon  the  same  footing  as  the  do- 
mestic article. 

The  House  today  passed  the  bill  prohibiting  the  importation 
of  opium  into  the  United  States  except  for  medicinal  pur- 
poses. Chairman  Payne,  of  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee, 
gave  notice  that  his  committee  would  soon  report  a  bill  im- 
posing a  prohibitive  internal  revenue  tax  on  the  manufacture 
of  opium  in  the  United  States. 


BALTIMORE  RETAILERS  AGAIN  ORGANIZE. 

John  B.  Thomas  Elected  President  and  Will  Be  Sup- 
ported by  other  Active  and  Prominent  Men. 

Baltimoke.  Jan.  30. — In  responst-  to  a  call  issued  to  retail 
druggists  of  this  city  generally  a  number  of  them  assembled 
recently  to  complete  the  organization  of  the  Baltimore  Asso- 
ciation of  Retail  Druggists,  the  preliminaries  of  which  were 
agreed  upon  at  a  meeting  before  the  holidays.  Temporary 
Chairman  Samuel  Nattans,  of  the  Read  Drug  &  Chemical  Co.^ 
called  the  meeting  to  order,  and  the  temporary  secretary, 
R.  E.  Lee  Williamson,  of  Williamson  &  Watts,  kept  a  record 
of  the  proceedings.  The  chief  business  was  consideration  of 
the  report  of  the  committee  on  organization,  which  consisted 
of  Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  Owen  C.  Smith  and  Mr.  Williamson. 

The  committee  recommended  that  the  organization  be  in- 
corporated and  that  the  charter  take  the  place  of  the  usual 
constitution,  a  draft  of  the  by-laws  being  submitted  at  the 
same  time.  The  latter  provides  that  the  membership  be 
limited  to  persons  actually  engaged  in  th*-  retail  drug  trade, 
such  as  owners  of  stores,  managers,  clerks  and  relief  clerks. 
The  officers  are  to  include  a  president,  three  vice-presidents, 
recording  secretary,  corresponding  secretary  and  treasurer, 
who  are  also  to  constitute  a  board  of  directors.  The  city  is 
to  be  divided  into  four  sections,  with  Guilford  avenue  as  the^ 
dividing  line  east  and  west,  and  the  president  and  three  vice- 
presidents  to  come  from  the  four  sections,  with  other  officers, 
from  the  city  at  large.  Meetings  are  to  be  held  in  the  first 
week  of  every  month. 

The  objects  of  the  organization  are  apparent  from  the 
standing  committees  provided  in  the  report,  which  include  a 
committee  on  grievances,  one  on  fraternal  relations,  one  on 
legislation,  one  on  social  relations  and  one  on  telephones  and 
post-office  stations.  The  report  of  the  committee  was  ac- 
cepted, and  the  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows : 

President,  John  B.  Thomas,  of  the  Thomas  &  Thompson 
Drug  Co. ;  first  vice-president,  D^vid  R.  Millard,  of  Morgan 
&  Millard :  second  vice-president,  M.  S.  Kahn ;  third  vice- 
president,  J.  Fuller  Frames ;  recording  secretary,  R.  E.  Lee 
Williamson,  of  Williamson  &  Watts ;  corresponding  secretary, 
Charles  L.  Meyer ;  treasurer,  Dr.  H.  P.  Hyn.son,  of  Hynson, 
Westcott  &  Co. 

The  association  accepted  an  invitation  from  the  Merchants' 
and  Manufacturers'  Association  to  send  a  committee  of  three 
to  a  general  meeting  of  business  organizations  to  advocate  an 
increase  of  the  city's  representation  in  the  Maryland  Legisla- 
ture, a  movement  that  has  been  brought  prominently  forward; 


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[February  4,  1909 


of  late.  It  is  pointed  out  that  the  counties,  by  reason  of  a 
relatively  much  larger  representation  in  the  Senate  and 
House,  wield  an  influence  in  the  General  Assembly  altogether 
disproportionate  to  their  population,  and  that  as  a  result  of 
this  state  of  affairs  the  city  is  made  to  bear  much  larger 
burdens  in  the  way  of  taxation  and  license  fees  than  it  should 
bear. 

A  communication  from  the  Baltimore  Drug  Exchange  in 
regard  to  the  narcotic  ordinance,  containing  the  information 
that  the  exchange  had  consulted  legal  talent  and  had  been 
advised  that  the  ordinance  is  non-enforcible  and  void,  was  laid 
on  the  table  without  action,  the  sentiment  of  the  retailers 
supporting   the   measure. 


Boston  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 

The  annual  meeting  and  dinner  of  the  Boston  Druggists' 
Association  drew  forty  members  around  the  table  at  Young's 
Hotel,  where  President  James  F.  Finneran  presided  with  dig- 
nity and  grace.  On  either  side  of  the  president  were  Mayor 
George  A.  Hibbard,  of  Boston  ;  Hon.  Allen  T.  Treadway,  of 
the  State  Senate,  and  Hon.  Lloyd  E.  Chamberlain,  of  Brock- 
ton, president  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Board  of  Trade, 
with  which  the  B.D.A.  is  affiliated.  All  the  guests  made 
speeches,  that  of  Mr.  Chamberlain's  dealing  with  the  general 
need  of  America  developing  her  natural  waterways  if  she  is 
to  make  progress  toward  leadership  in  commerce. 

Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected  as  follows : 
Charles  F.  Ripley,  of  Taunton,  president ;  George  H.  Ingra- 
ham,  of  Newton,  treasurer ;  Harry  C.  Wiggin,  of  Newton,  sec- 
retary ;  James  F.  Finneran,  chairman ;  Fred  A.  Hubbard, 
R.  A.  Newton,  Paul  C.  Klein,  George  W.  Cobb,  W.  W.  Bart- 
let,  H.  A.  Estebrook,  executive  committee ;  Edwin  W.  Shedd, 
chairman ;  C.  E.  Harrington,  J.  A.  Gilman,  Elie  H.  LaPierre, 
Henry  Thornton,  membership  committee.  The  new  president 
is  the  secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Registration  in  Phar- 
macy. 


Pittsburg,  Pa.. 
The  retail  druggists  of  the  Eighth  Ward  of  Pittsburg  have 
organized  a  branch  of  the  Western  Pennsylvania  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association  and  will  conduct  an  organized  propaganda 
campaign  among  the  physicians  of  that  section.  The  following 
officers  have  been  elected :  John  C.  Smith,  chairman ;  Harry 
Evans,  secretary.  The  example  will  in  all  probability  be  fol- 
lowed by  the  druggists  in  other  sections  of  the  city. 


Druggist's  Six  Assailants  Are  Arrested. 
Philadelphia.  Jan.  30. — R.  Frank  Beauchamp,  a  well- 
known  Philadelphia  druggist,  was  set  upon  by  a  gang  of 
roughs  a  few  nights  ago  and  although  he  was  putting  up  a 
game  battle  in  all  probability  he  would  have  been  seriously 
injured  had  it  not  been  for  the  timely  arrival  of  a  policeman. 
Mr.  Beauchamp  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  his  six  assail- 
ants locked  up  to  be  held  later  by  a  magistrate. 


Druggist  Van.  Alstyne  Appeals  Jail  Sentence. 
Paw  Paw,  Mich.,  Jan.  30. — A  writ  of  error  has  been  sued 
out  of  the  Supreme  Court  in  the  case  of  Charles  Van  Alstyne, 
druggist,  who  was  convicted  of  having  violated  the  Local  Op- 
tion Law,  and  sentenced  to  imprisonment  in  the  county  jail 
for  ninety  days,  in  addition  to  the  imposition  of  a  fine.  Van 
Alstyne  has  been  released  on  .$1000  bail,  pending  a  review  of 
his  case  in  the  Supreme  Court. 


PROPAGANDA  WORK  AIDS  THE  ORLEANS  PH.A. 

Large  Increase  in  MembersMp  Due  to  Active  Efforts 
in  Conducting  Campaign  of  Education. 

New  Orleans,  Jan.  30. — That  the  propaganda  work  taken 
up  by  the  Orleans  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  not  only 
benefit  the  drug  trade  of  New  Orleans  but  that  it  will  be  a 
tremendous  influence  in  increasing  the  membership  of  the 
local  association  was  shown  conclusively  at  the  last  meeting  of 
the  O.P.A.  Directly  as  a  result  of  the  propaganda  work  and 
of  the  efforts  of  the  special  committee  on  new  members,  which 
has  been  carrying  on  its  work  along  with  the  propaganda 
work,  thirty-six  new  members  were  added  to  the  association. 
In  addition  to  these  applications,  which  were  passed  upon 
favorably  at  the  last  meeting,  ten  or  twelve  more  applications 
have  been  filled  out  for  the  next  meeting,  and  by  the  time 
that  date  arrives  it  is  expected  that  there  will  be  many  more 
New  Orleans  druggists  seeking  admittance  into  the  associa- 
tion. The  new  members  added  or  in  sight  bring  the  total 
membership  of  the  association  up  to  about  one  hundred  atd 
fifty,  and  it  is  more  than  likely  that  the  good  work  being 
done  will  result  in  this  mark  being  passed  before  very  long. 
The  new  members  admitted  at  the  last  meeting  are : 

William  M.  Levy,  1384  Magazine  street ;  Henry  J.  Lagarde, 
2801  Magazine  street ;  H.  Lichtenheldt,  1801  Magnolia  street ; 
Henry  Vienvenu,  1936  Esplanade  avenue ;  W.  B.  Boney, 
1301  Magazine  street ;  E.  J.  Bastian,  722  Cadiz  street ;  F.  S. 
Harvey,  1243  Dryades  street;  Louis  E.  Henne,  800  Foucher 
street ;  W.  E.  Barter,  2375  Chippewa  street ;  Thomas  A. 
Hindricks,  Carondelet  and  Erato ;  Louis  J.  Hubert,  1632 
Hospital ;  Dr.  George  A.  Thomas,  435  South  Rampart ;  Louis 
A.  Castillon,  900  Dauphine ;  Hippolyte  B.  Capdau,  Canal  and 
Rampart ;  Denis  A.  Capdau,  2555  TJrsuline ;  P.  P.  Cresap, 
Lafayette  and  Rampart ;  J.  C.  Caillouet.  3105  Magazine ; 
P.  A.  Culotta,  1940  Burgundy  Jules  Monnier.  3300  Dumaine ; 
Edward  Martin,  3204  Magazine;  Leon  Maine,  4139  St. 
Charles  avenue;  R.  J.  Mainegra,  800  Washington  avenue; 
Henry  P.  Kenney,  217  North  Rocheblave ;  Albert  Javelet, 
2103  Canal ;  Joseph  M.  Wagner.  1301  Esplanade  avenue ; 
William  J.  Wendt,  3005  Magazine;  Edward  H.  Walsdorf, 
5401  Magazine;  J.  F.  Simon,  1424  Amelia;  Claude  B.  Si- 
mons, 501  North  Rampart ;  Dr.  Henry  J.  Otto,  Rampart  and 
Gravier ;  George  Guesnon.  904  North  Claiborne ;  Charles 
Ammen,  Prytania  and  Jackson ;  Henry  Bourgeois,  J.  F. 
Code,  Charles  Kirchen,  P.  G.  CharbouLet. 


In  Jail  for  Violating  Local  Option  Law. 

St.  John's,  Mich.,  Jan.  30. — Albert  Martin,  a  druggist  of 
Fowler,  on  changing  his  plea  from  not  guilty  to  guilty,  was 
sentenced  by  Judge  Searl  to  serve  thirty  days  in  jail,  in  addi- 
tion to  paying  his  .$60  fine,  for  violating  the  local  option  law. 


Every  Druggist  in  Stigler  Indicted. 
Stigleb,    Okla..    Jan.    30. — Every    druggist    in    Stigler    has 
been   indicted  for  violation  of  the  prohibition   law,  and  they 
have  formed  a  pool  and  employed  every  lawyer  in  town,  save 
the  county  attorney,  to  defend  them. 


■Will  Erect  a  New  Perfume  Factory. 
WiNDSOE,   Ont.,  Jan.  30. — The  Seely  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, perfumers,  will  erect  a  .$15,000  factory  in  Pitt  street, 
near  Church  street. 


W.  J.  GAGNET  IS  ELECTED  PRESIDENT. 

Entertainment  Follows  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Louis- 
iana Retail  Drug  Clerks'  Association. 

New  Orleans.  Jan.  30. — Officers  to  serve  during  the  com- 
ing year  were  elected  at  the  recent  annual  meeting  of  the 
Louisiana  Retail  Drug  Clerks'  Association  held  at  the  New 
Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  new  oSicers  are :  W.  J. 
Gagnet,  president ;  M.  J.  Paul,  first  vice-president ;  J.  M.  Oli- 
vette, of  Slidell,  second  vice-president :  H.  M.  Ricketts,  sec- 
retary ;  W.  M.  Voelkel,  grand  marshal :  F.  D.  Ameling.  ser- 
geant-at-arms ;  A.  J.  Ferry,  treasurer.  The  finance  committee 
consists  of  E.  Daste,  A.  Troxler  and  G.  Paquette. 

Reports  submitted  by  the  outgoing  officers  showed  that  so 
far  as  finances  are  concerned  the  association  is  probably  one 
of  the  richest  in  the  country.  Eight  members  were  added 
during  the  year.  Resolutions  were  adopted  deploring  the 
death  of  two  members,  Henry  Theile  and  D.  M.  Thorn. 

A.  D.  Heinemann,  the  retiring  president,  stated  that  lack  of 
interest  had  been  shown  during  the  past  year  by  some  of  the 
members,  and  urged  that  the  newly  elected  officers  exert  them- 
selves to  bring  about  a  larger  membership,  increased  attend- 
ance and  greater  zeal. 

Following  the  installation,  adjournment  was  taken  to  the 
college  hall,  where  refreshments  were  served.  A  string  band 
was  on  hand,  and  other  music  was  furnished  by  some  of  the 
talented  members  of  the  association.  Tbe  programme  in- 
cluded numbers  by  B.  A.  Jackson  and  A.  Troxler;  songs  by 
George  W.  Weber ;  dancing  by  A.  Troxler ;  comedy  sketches 
by  August  de  Lanzac  and  J.  P.  Ipser,  and  several  numbers 
by  the  College  Quartette,  composed  of  Messrs.  Broussard, 
J  S.  Gary,  G.  H.  Schwam  and  J.  Kelly.  The  arrangements 
for  the  stag  were  in  the  hands  of  A.  Troxler,  chairman ;  M.  J. 
Paul  and  G.  0.  Auer. 


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RETIRES  AFTER  HALF-CENTURY  OF  ACTIVITY.  PROF.  HYNSON  HEADS  BALTIMORE  A.PH.A. 


Isaac  C.  Chapman  Has  Been  a  Conspicuous  Worker  for 
the  Best  Interests  of  His  City,  Newburg. 

NEW3UBG,  N.  T.,  Jan.  28. — Isaac  C.  Chapman,  for  more 
than  a  half  century  the  proprietor  of  the  leading  drug  store 
in  this  city,  has  closed  out  his  business  and  will  retire  from 
active  life.  His  entire  stock  has  been  purchased  by  the  pro- 
prietor of  a  drug  house  in  Albany  and  is  now  being  shipped 
to  the  new  owner. 

With  the  retirement  of  Mr.  Chapman  there  remain  in  busi- 
ness in  this  State  but  few  pharmacists  who  have  served  for 
so  long  behind  the  prescription  counter.     Entering  the  retail 
drug  business  in  1855.   within  a  door  or  two  of  the  place   he 
has  just  closed  out,   he   has  seen  all   of  his  co-workers  of  a 
half  century  ago  pass  away.     It  is  said  of  him  that  of  the  one 
hundred  and  fifty  trustees  of  the  Newburg  Savings  Bank  who 
have  worked  with  him  during  his  career,  he  is  the  only  sur- 
vivor.    He   has   filled   many   places   in   public   life   and   in    the 
mercantile  activities  of  this  city.   He  was  for  a  time  a  director 
of  the  Warwick  Valley  Railroad,  was  elected  a  director  of  the 
Newburg  Savings  Bank,  in  1862,  and  for 
a  score  or  more  years  served  as  its  sec- 
retary ;  was  elected  a  director  of  the  Na- 
tional  Bank   of   Newburg ;   was   clerk   of  ■    • 
the    Town    of    Newburg ;    served    in    the 
Board  of  Supenisors  of  the  county ;  was 
a  member  of  Brewster  Hook  and  Ladder 
Company :  an  officer  of  the  Union   Pres- 
byterian  Church,   and   served   in   various 
capacities    in    many    organizations    with 
which  he  was  associated,  including  among 
others  the  Masonic  fraternity.    For  many 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical      Association     and      now 
holds  membership  in  the  New  York  State 
Pharmaceutical    Association. 

Mr.  Chapman  has  made  no  plans  for 
the  future,  but  will  content  himself  by 
taking  a  well-earned  rest. 


GOLD  MEDAL  FOR  PRIZE. 

Medico-Chirurgical  Alumni  of  Phila- 
delphia Elects  Officers. 

Philadelphia.  Jan.  30. — Commencing 
with  the  present  year,  the  student  attain- 
ing the  highest  general  average  in  the 
practice  of  pharmacy  in  the  Department 
of  Pharmacy  at  the  Medico-Chirurgical 
College  will  receive  a  gold  medal,  pre- 
sented by  the  Alumni  Association  of  that 

department.  To  the  student  receiving  the  second  highest  aver- 
age in  the  same  branch  a  certificate  and  permanent  member- 
ship in  the  association  will  be  given.  This  course  was  de- 
cided upon  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  organization  and 
it  was  most  evident  that  in  the  future  the  Alumni  Association 
of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  is  going  to  be  an  important 
factor  in  the  promotion  of  friendly  competition  among  the 
members  of  the  respective  classes  as  well  as  in  the  encour- 
agement and  the  fostering  of  the  college  spirit.  The  associa- 
tion is  also  considering  the  advisability  of  reading  and  dis- 
cussing papers  on  practical  pharmacy,  chemistry  or  pharma- 
cognosy at  its  monthly  meetings. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows  :  Honorary  president,  I.  V. 
Stanley  Stanislaus,  M.S.,  Ph.D. ;  president,  William  F.  Kelly, 
M.D. ;  class  vice-presidents,  Frank  M.  Moonev,  '99 ;  Herbert 
G  Lilly,  '00;  Norman  C.  Rife,  '01;  John  H.  Stiteler,  '02; 
William  E.  Gibbs,  '03;  William  R.  Levering,  "04:  W.  Ross 
Gibble,  '05 ;  James  Fertick,  '00 ;  William  W.  MacNeary.  '07 ; 
Harry  B.  Roshon.  "08 ;  corresponding  secretary.  William  E. 
Gibbs ;  recording  secretary,  George  C.  Wilson.  Jr.  :  treasurer, 
Herbert  G.  Lilly ;  executive  committee,  George  C.  Wilson,  Jr.. 
chairman ;  Clarence  Eli  Stover,  H.  G.  Lillv.  H.  Davidheiser. 
William  F.  Kelly.  M.D. ;  W.  F.  Hinkle.  Elmer  M.  Apple. 
George  A.  Beltz,  M.D. ;  Raymond  H.  Stutzman,  William  E. 
Gibbs,  William  Finkel. 


ISAAC  C.  CHAPMAN,  of  Newburg, 
Retires   After   Half   Century. 


If  you  want  anything  use  the  Eea's  Want  Advs. 


Successful  Year  Brought  to  a  Close  With  a  Discussion 
of  Formulas  in  the  National  Formulary. 

Baltimore.  Jan.  30. — The  Baltimore  branch  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its  January  meeting 
with  President  Samuel  Mansfield  in  the  chair.  Reports  of 
the  retiring  officers  were  read,  showing  that  the  organization 
had  made  gratifying  progress  and  enumerating  the  subjects 
discussed  in  the  course  of  the  year,  regarding  which  reports 
have  been  published  from  time  to  time  in  The  Phaema- 
CEUTICAL  Eea.  and  which  showed  that  considerable  activity 
had  been  manifested  within  the  period  stated.  The  executive 
committee  was  authorized  to  examine  into  the  feasibility  of 
arranging  for  a  post-graduate  course  and  was  empowered  to 
authorize  such  a  course,  if  after  a  careful  consideration  such 
a  step  seems  advisable. 

Harry  Martin,  a  representative  of  Burroughs  Wellcome  & 
Co.,  of  London,  made  a  short  address,  in  which  he  emphasized 
the  better  fellowship  that  appeared  to  exist  between  the  drug- 
gists in  the  United  States  than  in  Great  Britain  and  com- 
mented upon  the  benefits  to  be  de- 
rived from  closer  association.  not 
merely  in  a  social  way,  but  also  from 
the  business  standpoint.  He  said  it  had 
been  his  observation  during  the  time  he 
had  spent  in  this  country  that  American 
druggists  were  far  more  disposed  to  frat- 
ernize and  that  the  profession  had  gained 
appreciably  from  the  spirit  of  amiability 
and  cordiality  in  evidence.  Though  an 
Englishman,  he  already  feels  himself  to 
be  American  in  spirit.  He  suggested  an 
interchange  of  delegates  between  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain 
and  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for 
the  ensuing  year :  President,  Henry  P. 
Hynson,  president ;  vice-president,  W.  J. 
Lowrey,  Jr.,  who  is  also  ex-officio  chair- 
man of  the  executive  committee ;  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly ; 
chairmen  of  standing  committees,  science 
and  practice  of  pharmacy,  Philip  Heuis- 
ler,  re-elected  ;  education  and  legislation. 
Dr.  J.  F.  Hancock ;  membership,  C.  L. 
Meyer,  re-elected ;  fraternal  relations, 
Charles  Feick. 

The  branch  assigned  the  arrangements 
of  the  programme  for  the  next  meeting  to 
Mr.  Lowrey,  that  for  the  March  meeting 
to  Mr.  Heuisler,  that  for  the  April  session 
to  Mr.  Meyer,  and  that  for  the  May  gathering  to  Mr.  Feick, 
the  subjects  to  be  in  accord  with  the  character  of  the  commit- 
tees represented  by  the  chairmen. 

Then  followed  a  discussion  of  the  first  thirty  formulas  ap- 
pearing in  the  National  Formulary,  the  criticisms  brought 
out  in  the  discussion  to  be  forwarded  to  the  revision  commit- 
tee of  the  new  edition.  Each  member  had  been  requested  to 
carefully  study  these  formulas  and  note  any  suggestions.  The 
discussion  proved  very  interesting,  so  much  so  that  all  the 
formulas  given  were  not  reached.  The  following  suggestions 
were  among  those  made  in  reference  to  the  formulas  named : 
Aromatic  Vinegar — That  the  flavoring  oils  were  in  excess 
and  might  be  reduced.  That  heating  the  preparation  was  un- 
necessary, as  better  results,  especially  as  to  flavor,  could  be 
secured  by  allowing  the  mixed  ingredients  to  macerate  for 
some  time  before  filtration.  That  heating  the  preparation 
aided  rapid  filtration. 

Acidum  Citricum  Saccharatum  and  Acidum  Tartaricum 
Saccharatum — The  products  do  not  keep  on  account  of  the 
presence  of  sugar. 

Balsamum  Traumaticum — Should  be  omitted. 
Bismuthi    Oxidum    Hydratum — Should    be    replaced    by    a 
"milk"  of  bismuth. 

Ceratum  Camphorae  Compositum — That  a  more  permanent 
base,  petrolatum  being  suggested,  be  used  as  the  product  as 
now  official  becomes  rancid. 

Camphor  Menthol — That  the  ingredients  can  be  more  easily 


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[February  4,  1909 


powdered  by  use  of  chloroform  than  alcohol.  That  the  ingre- 
dients be  liquefied  without  being  powdered,  by  warming  in  a 
closed  bottle. 

Chloral  Camphoratum — Same  suggestion  as  made  in  refer- 
ence to  camphor  menthol. 

Collodium  Salicylatum  Compositum — That  fluid  extract  of 
cannabis  indica  ue  used  to  replace  the  extract,  as  it  is  more 
easily  incorporated. 

The  discussion  of  elixirs  as  a  class  was  very  much  pro- 
longed and  there  was  about  an  equal  division  of  opinion  as  to 
the  advisability  of  reducing  the  flavoring  oils  and  the  alcoholic 
percentage.  The  value  of  this  programme  was  generally  com- 
mented on  and  the  work  will  very  likely  be  continued.  The 
next  meeting  will  be  held  on  i  ebruary  18. 


THE  PRACTICAL  TESTING  OF  DRUGS. 

Illustrated    Lecture    by    Dr.     Bead,     of    Philadelphia, 

Showing  the  Advances  Which  Are  Being  Made 

in    This   Branch    of    Science — Danger   in 

the  Use  of  TJnstandardized  Drugs. 

Phiiadelphia,  Jan.  30. — The  attendance  at  the  third  of 
the  series  of  lectures  and  demonstrations,  comprising  the  post- 
graduate course  arranged  for  pharmacists  and  students  by  the 
local  branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
was  far  ahead  of  any  of  the  previous  meetings.  This  evidence 
of  appreciation  of  the  efforts  of  the  ofiicers  of  the  local  branch 
was  greatly  appreciated. 

Dr.  E.  D.  Reed,  chemist  for  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company, 
was  the  lecturer  and  his  subject  was  "Accurate  and  Practical 
Pharmacological  Jlethods  for  the  Test  of  Drugs."  Frogs  and 
small  animals  were  used  in  making  the  tests,  and  the  thera- 
peutic value  of  the  various  drugs  and  of  different  standards 
was  made  most  apparent.  These  experiments  and  demonstra- 
tions were  made  at  the  Mulford  laboratories,  428  South 
Thirteenth  street,  owing  to  the  presence  of  the  necessary  ap- 
paratus and  other  material  necessary. 

Dr.  Reed  called  attention  to  the  fact  that  nearly  every 
business  has  been  placed  upon  a  scientific  basis  except  the 
manufacture  of  medicines.  Scientists  have  been  endeavoring 
to  establish  practical  standards  for  the  determination  of 
strength  and  purity  in  the  substances  employed  as  medicines 
for  years,  as  well  as  to  adjust  the  finished  products  to  fixed 
standards,  to  the  end  that  uniformity  in  medicinal  effect  may 
be  secured.  Heretofore  the  basis  of  standardization  has  been 
chemical ;  but  scientists  have  realized  at  last  that,  while  the 
determination  of  the  amount  of  so-called  active  principles  in  a 
drug  by  assay  is  of  great  value,  the  test  of  such  drugs  upon 
animals  is  the  true  therapeutic  index. 

A  plan  was  proposed  by  which  the  degrees'of  activity  of  cer- 
tain potent  drugs  can  be  determined  by  their  administration 
to  animals  and  by  measuring  the  effects  produced.  It  was 
ascertained  that  the  drugs  referred  to  acted  as  stimulants  or 
depressants  on  protoplasm.  The  heart,  for  instance,  may  be 
stimulated  through  the  action  of  digitalis,  the  pulsations  de- 
creased in  frequency  but  increased  in  strength.  It  was 
shown  that  this  action  can  be  determined  accurately  upon  the 
heart  of  a  frog  and  if  a  number  of  samples  be  taken  and  tested 
in  the  manner  described,  a  standard  is  obtained  for  measuring 
every  other  sample.  It  was  found,  also,  by  chemical  examina- 
tion, that  the  digitoxin  present  in  a  given  quantity  of  digitalis 
is  inversely  proportioned  to  its  lethal  dose. 

An  examination  of  the  various  preparations  of  digitalis 
bought  on  the  market  demonstrates  that  the  same  U.S.P. 
formula  made  by  different  manufacturers,  as  well  as  different 
lots  made  by  the  same  manufacturer,  possess  a  range  of 
variation  of  about  300  per  cent ;  in  other  words,  a  physician 
prescribing  unstandardized  digitalis  can  never  foretell  whether 
or  not  the  drug  will  prove  active,  still  less  what  degree  of 
digitalis  will  inhere  in  the  particular  brand  dispensed.  On  the 
other  hand,  a  physician  can  prescribed  standardized  prepara- 
tions with  the  knowledge  that  they  will  produce  calculated 
results. 

Another  advantage  of  standardized  preparations,  said  Dr. 
Reed,  is  the  uniformity  secured  thereby  in  all  brands  of  the 
same  name,  no  matter  by  whom  manufactured.  If,  for  ex- 
ample, a  physician  has  used  a  standardized  tincture  of  digi- 
talis and  has  increased  the  amount  to  the  maximum  dose  and 
if  the  patient  then  has  the  prescription  renewed  and  if  an 
unstandardized   preparation    be   sold    to   him   the   strength    of 


which  may  be  double  that  of  the  standardized  product,  it  is 
manifest  that  the  dosage  has  been  doubled  and  the  result  may 
prove  disastrous.  But  if  the  patient  obtains  a  weaker  prepa- 
ration it  may  be  necessary  to  give  a  dose  three  times  the 
volume  to  obtain  the  desired  effect  and  the  consequences  may 
be  equally  serious. 

The  lecturer  noted  that  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation had  taken  tip  the  work  of  standardization  by  both 
physiological  and  chemical  methods  in  order  that  the  manu- 
facture of  medicines  may  be  placed  upon  a  scientific  basis. 
Conditions  exist,  he  said,  in  which  a  physician  who  would 
send  six  copies  of  a  prescription  to  six  leading  drug  stores 
in  a  city  would  probably  be  supplied  with  six  different 
strengths  of  the  medicine  prescribed ;  but  by  adopting  the 
methods  of  standardization  illustrated  in  Dr.  Reed's  lecture 
constancy  is  secured. 

Following  an  invitation  by  President  William  Mclntyre,  at 
the  close  of  the  lecture,  the  company  repaired  to  the  French 
Club,  where  an  elaborate  luncheon  was  served. 


NEW  PHARMACY  BILL  IN  N.  Y.  LEGISLATURE. 

Reduces  Board  to  Nine  Members  and  Gives  Control  of 
the   Examinations  to  the  State  Regents. 

Albany,  N.  Y.,  Jan.  30. — Assemblyman  Robert  Conklin, 
of  New  York,  is  first  in  the  arena  with  a  bill  drawn  on  the 
lines  of  the  Governor's  message  relative  to  a  change  in  the  in- 
spection of  drugs  and  the  licensing  of  druggists  and  pharma- 
cists by  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

His  bill  provides  for  a  commission  of  nine,  unsalaried  save 
for  a  $10  per  diem  compensation,  appointed  by  the  Governor 
from  active,  practicing  pharmacists  of  five  years'  standing, 
and  residents  of  the  State,  and  all  but  two  must  have  been 
actively  engaged  in  practice  for  two  years  immediately  ante- 
dating their  appointment.  The  expenses  must  be  paid  from 
the  income  of  the  board  through  fines,  etc.,  no  expenses  being 
chargeable  against  the  State  treasury. 

This  new  board  may  inspect  drug  stores  and  samples  for 
analysis  but  it  may  not  fine  or  take  away  a  pharmacist's 
license  without  first  notifying  him  of  the  complaint  against 
him  and  giving  a  hearing. 

As  to  the  licensing  of  pharmacists  the  regents  are  to  have 
control  of  that  by  requiring  them  to  hold  the  examinations 
after  receiving  the  questions  to  be  asked  from  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  and  sending  the  papers  of  applicants  back  to  the 
said  board  for  examination.  But  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy must  report  back  to  the  regents  the  results  of  their 
examination  of  each  paper  sent  to  them  and  no  license  shall 
be  issued  till  the  regents  have  approved  of  the  examination 
report. 


Did  Removal  of  Warts  Cause  Death? 
J.  S.  Higdon.  a  druggist  at  One  Hundred  and  Sixteenth 
street  and  Park  avenue.  Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York 
City,  was  accused  last  Friday  at  a  coroner's  investigation  of 
causing  the  death  of  R.  S.  Irish,  who  died  from  septicaemia  on 
January  12.  Several  physicians  testified  that  blood-poisoning 
was  caused  by  an  operation  tc  remove  some  wans  which 
Higdon  is  alleged  to  have  burned  with  an  acid,  subsequently 
cutting  them  off  with  a  pair  of  unclean  scissors.  The  hearing 
was  adjourned  for  one  week. 


A  Dainty  Perfumed  Talcum  Powder. 
The  season  for  Talcum  Powder  is  fast  approaching  and 
dealers  will  do  well  to  take  advantage  of  the  offer  made  by 
I.  F.  Nace's  Sons,  perfumers.  Second  and  Race  streets, 
Philadelphia,  in  their  advertisement  on  page  37  of  this  issue. 
Talcum  powder  is  extensively  used  for  toilet  purposes  and 
that  made  by  these  manufacturers  is  prepared  from  a  fine 
quality  of  imported  talc  and  daintily  perfumed  with  the  odor 
of  violets.  Write  to  I.  F.  Nace's  Sons  for  full  particulars, 
mentioning  the  Eba. 


Dr.  SchiefEelin  Out  of  Merchants'  Association  Board. 
Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin  has  resigned  as  vice-president 
and  director  of  the  Merchants'  Association  of  New  York  be- 
cause of  the  fact  that  his  duties  as  president  of  the  Citizens' 
Union  will  occupy  all  of  the  time  that  he  can  devote  to  public 
affairs.  The  resignation  was  accepted  with  regret,  for  Dr. 
Schieffelin  has  been  an  active  worker  in  the  association. 


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HUNDRED  SAMPLES  SHOWN  IN  DEMONSTRATION       RESTRICTING  THE  SALE  OF  HABIT-FORMERS. 

Interesting   Papers   by   Professor   LaWall   and    George 
M.  Beringer  Read  at  Philadelphia  Meeting. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  30. — The  retail  druggists,  students 
and  others  who  attended  the  January  pharmaceutical  meeting 
at  the  College  of  Pharmacy  were  well  repaid,  for  the  pro- 
gramme was  a  most  excellent  one.  The  subjects  discussed 
were  strictl.v  along  professional  lines  and  harmonized  entirely 
with  the  topics  that  have  been  taken  up  from  time  to  time  at 
the  various  lectures  and  demonstrations  included  in  the  post- 
graduate course,  held  under  the  auspices  of  the  local  branch 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

In  a  most  interesting  paper,  Charles  H.  LaWall  told  of  the 
differentiation  of  the  enzymes  in  milk  by  the  use  of  hydrogen 
peroxide  and  its  tests.     Dr.  C.  A.  Weidemann,  recording  sec- 
retary   of    the    college,    who    presided    at    the    meeting,    with 
Professor  Remington,  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer,  George  M.  Ber- 
inger and  others  participated  in  the  discussion.     Mr.  Beringer 
then  gave  the  meeting  the  benefit  of  his 
experience  in  the  study  of  fluid  glycerates 
and  showed  more  than  one  hundred  sam- 
ples  of   drugs    that    had    undergone    this 
process.     He  declared  that  the  results  of 
this   work   were   of  great   value   to   physi- 
cians and   that   this  process  without   the 
use  of  alcohol  could  easily  be  conducted 
by   the   retail   druggist.      He   told   which 
drugs   had   yielded   the   best   preparations 
and  mentioned  others   that   had   not  been 
satisfactory.     His  announcement  that  he 
would  present  the  specimens  of  his  work 
to  the  college  provoked   hearty   applause 
and  the  offer  was  accepted  with  thanks. 

John  K.  Thum,  pharmacist  at  the  Ger- 
man Hospital,  told  of  his  experiences  in 
making  ampoules  and  in  addition  to  illus- 
trating his  remarks  with  diagrams  on  the 
blackboard,  showed  specimens  of  his 
work  and  told  how  they  were  used.  He 
admitted  that  while  the.v  were  popular 
in  other  countries,  it  was  a  question  as 
to  their  ever  being  generally  used  in  the 
United  States. 

In  his  paper  on  the  physiological  action 
of  fluid  glycerates  of  digitalis  and  ergot, 
John  R.  Rippetoe  declared  that  the  re- 
sults of  his  experiments  indicated  that 
the  hydro-alcoholic  preparation  of  digi- 
talis is  five  times  more  potent  than  the 
hydroglycerin  preparation.  In  referring  to 
tests  of  ergot  which  he  had  made  on  roost- 
ers, he  said  they  were  not  very  satisfac- 
tory, considered  qualitatively,  but  that 
having  made  duplicate  physiological  tests 
of  each  preparation,  he  felt  convinced  that 
the  hydro-alcoholic  menstruum  is  superior 
to  the  hydroglycerin  menstruum  for 
making  liquid  preparations  of  ergot. 

This  series  of  demonstrations  has  aroused  a  great  deal  of 
interest  on  the  part  of  the  pharmacists  of  the  city. 


ALFRED  F.  KDHN 


enior    vice- 


of  BuCfalo.  N.  Y.,  elected 
commander  of  Seyburn-Liscum  Camp 
13,  Spanish  War  Veterans,  is  tioor  man- 
ager of  the  Cahoon-Lyon  Drug  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  U.B.  graduate,  has  been 
in  business  nineteen  years,  part  of  the 
time  for  himself.  He  served  eleven 
months  in  the  202d  New  York  Volun- 
teers as  hospital  steward. 


For  the  Benefit  of  Drugs  Laboratory. 
Philadelphia,  Jan.  30. — Retail  druggists,  their  wives  and 
daughters  were  conspicuous  by  reason  of  numbers  at  the  en- 
tertainment given  at  the  home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto  Kraus 
recently  for  the  benefit  of  the  food  and  drugs  laboratory  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharm'acy,  presided  over  by  Prof. 
Frank  X.  Moerk.  Charles  Rehfuss,  David  J.  Reese  and 
George  H.  Ochse  did  the  punching  of  the  tally  cards,  while 
Mr.  Kraus  did  the  announcing  in  a  manner  which  would  have 
made  any  of  the  monologue  artists  of  the  day  envious  and 
which  would  guarantee  him  a  place  on  any  of  the  vaudeville 
circuits. 


Medicine  Output  in  OfE-year  Trebled  Good  One. 
Eaton  Rapids.  Mich.,  Jan.  30.— At  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Derby  Medicine  Company,   it  was  decided  to  increase  the 
capital  stock  from  $50,000  to  $150,000.     The  output  of  the 
plant  in  190S  was  300  per  cent  greater  than  during  1907. 


Prominent  Men  Discuss  Regulation  of  Sale  of  Narcotics 
From  Several  Points  of  Observation. 
Washington.  Jan.  30. — At  the  second  meeting  of  the  City 
of  Washington  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  held  in  the  hall  of 
George  Washington  University,  the  general  subject  for  discus- 
sion was  .■    "Restricting  the  Sale  of  Habit-forming  Drugs." 

Dr.  William  C.  Woodward  contributed  a  paper  on  "The 
regulation  of  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs  from  a  legal 
standpoint."  Henry  P.  Hynson.  of  Baltimore,  discussed  "The 
responsibilities  of  the  retail  druggist,  in  connection  with  the  sale 
of  habit-forming  drugs,"  and  Dr.  Lyman  P.  Kebler  discussed 
"The  existing  laws  regulating  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs 
and  the  necessity  for  additional  legislation." 

The  general  discussion  was  opened  by  Dr.  George  M.  Kober 
and  Willard  S.  Richardson.  Dr.  Woodward  pointed  out  that 
the  regulation  of  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs,  apparently 
encroaches  on  the  rights  of  the  individual.  This  encroach- 
ment, he  pointed  out,  is  only  apparent, 
as  ownership  is  held  on  the  implied  con- 
dition that  no  harm  is  done  to  others 
than  the  owner.  He  also  pointed  out 
that  it  would  be  of  no  avail  to  legislate 
for  the  restriction  of  the  local  trade  so 
long  as  any  quantity  can  be  sent  to  a  con- 
sumer from  without  the  State.  To  pre- 
vent this  encroachment  from  without  the 
National  Government  has  been  ceded  the 
j-ight  to  legislate  for  police  protection  in 
interstate  commerce. 

Dr.  Woodward  believes  that  the  most 
satisfactory  legislation  on  the  restrict- 
ing of  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs 
must  involve  the  registration  of  all  such 
drugs  and  the  distribution  through 
licensed  dealers  only. 

Mr.  Hynson,  in  discussing  the  respon- 
sibilities of  the  retail  druggist,  pointed 
out  that  there  was  no  gainsaying  the 
fact  that  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs 
has  increased  out  of  all  proportion  to 
the  increase  in  population,  and  that  the 
increase  in  pauperism,  lunacy  and  crime, 
in  this  country,  is  largely  due  to  the 
])ernicious  influence  of  these  same  habit- 
forming  drugs.  He  holds  that  member- 
ship in  the  pharmaceutical  guild  entails 
heavy  responsibilities ;  that  the  pharma- 
cist, more  perhaps  than  the  follower  of 
any  other  occupation,  is  his  brother's 
keeper  and  is  in  honor  bound  to  do  all 
he  can  to  uphold  the  standards  of  his 
ancient  calling  and  to  eliminate  from  it 
objectionable  or  morally  unfit  members. 

Dr.  Kebler  pointed  out  that  with  one 
single  exception  all  of  the  States  have 
enacted  some  form  of  law  designed  to 
regulate  or  to  control  the  sale  of  noxious 
or  habit-forming  drugs,  thirty-seven  of  the  States  having  special 
restrictions  on  the  sale  of  cocaine.  In  discussing  these  sev- 
eral laws,  he  pointed  out  that  the  laws  in  some  of  the  South- 
ern States  are  particularly  stringent,  but  that  by  far  the  most 
satisfactory  anti-narcotic  legislation  that  has  been  enacted 
to  the  present  time  is  the  law  passed  by  Congress  for  the 
Philippine  Islands  in  1903.  This  law  involves  the  registration 
of  the  sale  and  the  licensing  of  the  distributor. 

Dr.  Kebler  exhibited  a  number  of  samples  of  catarrh  reme- 
dies containing  cocaine  and  teething  cordials  containing  mor- 
phine, and  pointed  out  that  these  remedies  were  designed  to 
cultivate  and  to  develop  the  most  pernicious  of  all  cravings 
for  stimulation,  because  acquired  innocently. 

Dr.  George  M.  Kober,  in  opening  the  general  discussion, 
pointed  out  that  education  is,  after  all,  the  most  important 
factor  and  the  one  that  should  be  provided  for  physicians, 
pharmacists  and  the  public.  He  believes  that  the  education 
of  the  public  could  and  should  be  secured  through  a  system 
of  bulletins,  like  the  present  Farmers'  Bulletins,  distributed 
by  the  Federal  Government.  The  fraud  orders,  as  issued, 
should  be  given  widespread  publicity. 

Willard    S.    Richardson,    in   discussing   the    need    for   some 


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[February  4,  1909 


active  and  efficient  regulation  of  the  interstate  traffic  in 
habit-forming  drugs,  pointed  out  that  even  the  proposed  Mann 
Bill  would  be  preferable  to  no  regulation  at  all.  He  pointed 
out  that  the  sale  of  habit-forming  drugs  should  be  confined  to 
the  proper  channels  and  hedged  in  with  as  little  hardship  as 
possible.  Registration  he  believes  to  be  an  evident  possibility 
and  offers  the  most  readily  applied  or  enforced  method  for 
control. 

Dr.  Motter  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  point  made  by 
Dr.  Kober  was  of  the  utmost  importance,  regardless  of  the 
form  of  legislation  that  was  advocated  or  adopted.  Any  law 
without  a  strong  public  opinion  designed  to  insist  on  its  en- 
forcement, would  be  of  but  little  avail.  He  pointed  out  that 
pharmacists,  if  they  were  themselves  sufliciently  desirous  of 
complying  with  existing  laws,  or  desirous  of  curtailing  the 
sale  of  noxious  drugs,  could  readily  control  the  sale  and  the 
use  of  these  drugs  with  little  or  no  additional  legislation. 

The  several  papers  were  further  discussed  by  Professor 
Kalusowski,  Mr.  Hilton,  Dr.  Kebler  and  Mr.  Hynson. 

The  third  stated  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  hall  of  George 
Washington  University  and  will  be  devoted  to  a  discussion 
of  the  need  for  the  physiologic  testing  of  drugs  and  medicinal 
products.  The  general  subject  will  be  discussed  by  Dr.  M.  G. 
Rosenau,  Dr.  Worth  Hale,  Dr.  Albert  C.  Crawford  and  others. 
This  subject  is  one  that  pharmacists  should  be  interested  in 
and  the  Washington  Branch  is  being  congratulated  on  the 
ability  and  attainment  represented  in  the  list  of  contributors 
to  the  success  of  its  meetings.  , 


OBITTJAEY. 


HELD  FOR  PRESCRIBING  COCAINE  TO  "FRIENDS" 

Physician  and  Brother  in  Baltimore  Under  $1000  Bail 
for  Grand  Jury — Others  Involved. 

Baltimobe.  Jan.  30. — Cocaine  came  prominently  to  the 
front  this  week,  resulting  in  the  arrest  of  Dr.  J.  F.  Lang,  933 
West  Fayette  street,  a  physician,  and  Charles  i'.  Lang,  a 
druggist  at  623  West  Baltimore  street.  The  former  was 
charged  with  giving  prescriptions,  knowing  that  they  were  in- 
tended for  use  by  habitues,  and  not  in  the  ordinar.v  course  of 
medicine,  while  the  latter  was  accused  of  filling  the  prescrip- 
tions written  by  his  brother.  Paul  C.  Hauser,  891  West 
Lafayette  street,  and  Samuel  Mansfield,  Baltimore  and 
Schroeder  streets,  pharmacists,  also  figured  in  the  case,  they 
having  put  up  similar  prescriptions. 

The  complainant  was  a  detective  of  the  city  force,  and  the 
witnesses  were  Frank  Harris  and  wife,  notorious  "dope" 
fiends,  and  several  abandoned  women.  All  testified  that  they 
had  gone  to  Dr.  Lang's  office  and  asked  for  prescriptions  for 
cocaine,  telling  him  they  used  the  drug  and  needed  it.  The 
attorney  for  the  accused  physician  and  his  brother  sought  to 
make  it  appear  that  the  prescriptions  had  been  issued  in  the 
ordinary  practice  of  medicine,  and  that  no  violation  of  the 
law  was  involved,  but  Justice  Lodeu  held  them  under  bail  in 
$1000.    The  father  of  the  accused  became  surety. 


Cocaine  Easy  to  Purchase  in  Cincinnati. 

Cincinnati,  Jan.  30. — As  the  result  of  a  quiet  but  search- 
ing investigation  which  has  been  going  on  in  Cincinnati  for 
some  time,  Dr.  Frank  H.  Frost,  special  agent  of  the  Ohio 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  filed  informations  against  two 
Cincinnati  druggists  on  the  charge  of  selling  cocoaine  without 
a  prescription.  The  druggists  are  being  closely  watched  pend- 
ing arrest. 

Two  or  three  o^  the  largest  pharmaceutical  concerns  in 
Cincinnati  are  known  to  be  under  close  observation,  and  the 
board  officials  expect  to  land  some  big  game  soon.  It  is  said 
to  be  no  more  difficult  to  buy  cocaine  in  Cincinnati  than  to 
buy  a  drink,  and  the  illegal  traffic  in  the  drug  is  said  to  be  on 
the  increase.  The  informations  filed  are  said  to  be  against 
small  concerns,  but  that  the  State  officials  hone,  through 
prosecuting  them,  to  uncover  the  sources  of  supply. 


Court  Declares  Indicted  Kansas  Pharmacist  Insane. 
Galena,  Kan.,  Feb.  1. — A.  A.  Jolly,  a  druggist  of  Baxter 
Springs,  has  been  declared  insane  by  Judge  Ellis.  He  suf- 
fered with  epilepsy  for  two  years  and  a  recent  attack  com- 
pletely unbalanced  his  mind.  He  is  being  held  under  guard 
pending  removal  to  an  institution.  Jolly  was  recently  ar- 
rested on  a  charge  of  violating  the  State  Liquor  Law  and 
would  have  been  tried  in  March. 


John  Raboteau,  of  St,  Louis. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  30. — John  Raboteau,  a  member  of  the  St. 
Louis  C.P.  Class  of  '75,  and  for  thirty-nine  years  a  druggist 
in  this  city,  died  unexpectedly  at  the  Mullanphy  Hospital  re- 
cently. He  was  proprietor  until  recently  of  the  big  down- 
town store  at  Broadway  and  Lucas  avenue,  and  only  a  few 
weeks  ago  incorporated  his  firm,  including  in  the  company 
several  helpers  who  have  long  been  associated  with  him.  and 
leased  a  better  corner  at  Broadway  and  Washington  avenue, 
one  block  distant,  at  $25,000  a  year.  It  is  said  that  over- 
work and  attention  to  details  in  preparation  for  the  new  un- 
dertaking hastened  his  death,  which  followed  an  operation. 

Mr.  Raboteau  was  born  in  North  Carolina  fifty-three  years 
ago,  but  moved  to  St.  Louis  while  quite  young  and  practically 
spent  his  life  in  that  city.  His  father,  a  retired  business 
man,  lives  in  a  suburb  and  a  widow  and  young  son  also  sur- 
vive. Mr.  Raboteau  had  been  a  semi-invalid  for  a  number 
of  years.  For  the  last  three  years  Mr.  Raboteau  has  not  been 
associated  with  the  St.L.R.D.A.,  but  observed  its  price  sched- 
ules. It  is  said  that  James  Gibson,  who  had  been  associated 
with  Mr.  Rabouteau,  will  take  up  his  work  and  carry  the 
planned  business  to  completion.  Mr.  Gibson  was  recently 
made  a  member  of  the  firm,  after  being  with  the  Raboteau 
store  for  thirty-five  years. 


Tragic  Ending  of  Druggists'  Lives. 

— Arthtjb  Schmidt,  formerly  a  drug  clerk  in  Paducah,  Ky., 
recently  committed  suicide  at  Mounds,  111. 

— John  J.  Wise,  drug  manufacturer  of  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
recently  shot  himself  in  the  head  and  was  taken  to  a  hos- 
pital in  a  dying  condition.  Age  and  failing  health  were  the 
causes. 

— Maubice  S.  Ingalls,  Jr.,  Halstead,  Mass.,  was  recently 
found  dead  in  the  bathroom  of  his  home,  suffocated  by  gas 
which  had  leaked  from  a  heater.  He  was  married  only  last 
October. 

— Feank  McMillen.  a  Highland  Park  graduate,  com- 
mander of  a  Knights  of  Pythias  lodge  and  formerly  a  promi- 
nent druggist  of  Independence  and  New  Hampton,  Iowa,  re- 
cently committed  suicide  with  carbolic  acid  in  Muscatine.  His 
mind  had  become  unbalanced  through  overstudy. 


Miss  Alice  B.  Merrell,  of  Cincinnati. 

Cincinnati,  Jan.  30. — Miss  Alice  R.  Merrell,  a  daughter 
of  the  late  A.  S.  Merrell,  founder  of  the  Merrell  Chemical 
Company,  Fifth  and  Pike  streets,  died  recently  at  her  home 
in  Avendale,  following  an  operation  at  Christ  Hospital.  A 
brother,  A.  H.  Merrell,  is  in  the  drug  business  in  Los  Angeles, 
Cal.  M.  M.  Fuller,  of  Indianapolis,  is  a  nephew.  Miss  Mer- 
rell was  well  known  and  a  universal  favorite  here. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— Chables  Bbown,  Salem,  Ind.,  is  dead. 

— Db.  John  Wesley  Wade,  Denver,  is  dead,  aged  sixty- 
eight. 

— Mas.  Chables  H.  Wiberlt,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  is  dead.  Her 
husband,  son  and  two  daughters  survive. 

— Henbt  June,  a  popular  druggist  of  Burlington,  Iowa, 
is  dead,  aged  forty.     He  was  unmarried. 

— Db.  a.  W.  Seebohm,  Pomeroy,  Ohio,  is  dead.  His  son, 
Charles,  is  well  known  to  Cincinnati  druggists. 

— T.  H.  FiSHEE,  of  Columbia,  S.  C,  recently  passed  away 
while  on  a  trip  to  Cuba  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 

— Fbedus  B.  Howe,  well  known  in  the  Connecticut  drug 
trade,  died  recently  at  Waterbury.     He  was  born  in  1853. 

— B.  F.  p.  Bbight,  with  the  Oakman  Drug  Company.  Spar- 
tanburg, S.  C,  is  dead,  aged  forly-two.  A  widow  and  six 
children  survive. 

— John  Knowlson,  who  died  recently  in  New  York  City, 
was  well  known  in  Utica,  where  he  was  formerly  engaged 
in  the  drug  trade. 

— Robebt  Lautenbach,  who  had  been  in  business  nearly 
all  his  life  at  Saratoga  and  Eutaw  streets,  Baltimore,  is  dead, 
after  a   lingering  illness. 

— Mbs.  Minnie  Caeb  Vabnum,  wife  of  Edward  Varnum. 
druggist,  of  Jonesville,  Mich.,  is  dead  from  heart  failure.  She 
is  survived  by  her  husband,  two  sons  and  a  daughter. 


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121 


PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


9/0.  f^l 


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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Ger- 


Granted  January  26,  1909. 

910,490 — Johannes    Bock,    Radeboul,    near    Dresden, 
many.     Manufacture  of  large  crystals. 

910,498— Courtland  F.  Carrier,  Jr.,  Elmira,  N.  Y.  Process 
of  manufacturing  chemical  compounds. 

910,530 — Birger  F.  Halvcrsen,  Christiania,  Norway,  as- 
signor to  Xorsk-Hydro-Elektrisk  Kvaelstofaktieselskab,  Chris- 
tiania, Norway.     Method  of  absorbing  oxids  of  nitrogen. 

910.662— William  T.  Gibbs,  Buckingham,  Quebec.  Process 
of  making  caustic  alkalies. 

910.6S6— John  H.  Hunter  and  William  A.  Palmer,  Dublin. 
Ireland.     Bottle  and  other  vessel. 

910,839— Eduard  Munch,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigs- 
hafen-on-the-Rhine, Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany. 
Process  of  making  thioindigo  leuco  compounds. 

910,858 — Friedrich  Raschig,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine, 
Germany.    Production  of  hydrazin. 

910,882— George  Truesdell,  Washington,  D,  C.  Bottle- 
washing  apparatus. 

910.923 — Chauncey  M.  King,  Derby,  Conn.     Cork  extractor. 

910.970 — Auriol  M.  Stryker,  Chicago,  III.,  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  George  B.  Haines.  Chicago,  III.     Tooth  brush. 

910,978 — Charles  Weizmann,  Rusholme,  Manchester,  Eng- 
land, assignor  to  The  Clayton  Aniline  Company,  Ltd.,  Clayton, 
England.     Process  of  making  isobornyl  esters. 

910,982— William  H.  AJIen,  Detroit,  Mich.  Process  of 
forming  metal  salts. 

910,988 — Johan  E.  Fagerstrom.  Husqvama;  Anders  E. 
Johansson,  Gisebo,  and  Gottfrid  Streijfifert,  Malmo,  Sweden, 
assignors  to  Aktiebolaget  Universaltillslutaren.  Malmfi, 
Sweden.     Closing  device  for  bottles  or  other  vessels. 


If  you  want  anything  use  the  Era'.s  Want  Advs. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 

Author  of  copyrighted   work  on   Proieotive  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act.  and  Valid  Patents. 

G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St..  Washington,  D.  C. 


Published  January  26,   1909. 

36.822 — Chemische  Fabrik  Helfenburg.  A.  G.  vorm.  Eugen 
Dieterich,  Helfenberg,  Germany.     Class  6.     Laxative  tablets. 

37,061— Milford  Chemical  Company,  Milford,  Del.  Class  6. 
A  preparation  for  the  treatment  of  rheumatism,  neuralgia, 
lumbago,  grippe,  Bright"s  disease,  or  kidney  trouble  and 
headache. 

37..567 — Rose  Maston  Crocker,  Chicago,  111.  Class  6.  A 
tcnic  to  be  used  in  stock  foods  for  animals. 

38.525 — Francis  Alfred  Rogers,  London,  England.  Class  6. 
A  perfumed,  non-poisonous,  harmless  and  non-greasy  insect 
specific  to  prevent  the  bites  of  various  insects. 

38,749 — John  Wyeth  &  Bros.,  Inc.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class 
6.     A  laxative  confection  of  phenolphthalein. 


New  Window  Glass  Trust  Assured. 
Columbus,  O.,  Jan.  30. — After  many  months  of  negotiations 
it  was  announced  recently  that  the  organization  of  the 
Imperial  Window  Glass  Company  as  a  consolidation  of  inde- 
pendent glass  manufacturers  to  put  an  end  to  ruinous  com- 
petitive methods  among  the  independents  and  to  better  cope 
with  the  so-called  trust,  the  American  Window  Glass  Com- 
pany, had  been  practically  completed,  and  it  was  expected  that 
all  the  independents  in  the  United  States,  including  factories 
in  California,  West  Virginia,  Indiana.  Ohio.  Pennsylvania  and 
New  York,  would  be  embraced  in  the  merger.  Headquarters 
of  the  new  company  probably  will  be  in  Pittsburg. 


Druggists  Interested  in  Credit  Association. 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  Jan.  30. — Wholesale  and  retail  drug- 
gists of  this  city  attended  in  large  numbers  the  recent  annual 
meeting  of  the  Milwaukee  Association  of  Credit  Men.  The 
reports  of  the  committees  showed  that  the  association  has  ex- 
perienced a  steady  growth  in  membership.  Officers  were  re- 
elected as  follows  :  Harry  Eisen,  president :  R.  D.  Barney,  vice- 
president  ;  H.  ^I.  Battin,  secretary ;  M.  A.  Graettinger.  treas- 
urer. William  B.  Strong,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  was  re-elected  a  member  of  the 
board  of  directors  and  chairman  of  the  attendance  committee. 


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[February  4,  1909 


Modern  Local  Post  Cards  in  Great  Demand. 

There  is  not  a  large  city  in  the  United  States  or  in  any 
country  where  there  are  not  buildings  of  historic  interest  of 
which  views  of  local,  national  or  even  international  interest, 
are  shown  to  the  visitor  only  because  of  local  pride.  More 
than  twenty-five  years  ago  it  dawned  upon  the  people  of 
Germany,  Italy  and  France  that  they  had  a  very  large  num- 
ber of  scenes,  buildings  and  historic  spots  and  that  it  would 
be  a  very  wise  thing  to  make  them  known  to  the  world  in  an 
efiective  and  economical  way.  After  repeated  efforts  and  ex- 
periments and  an  earnest  desire  to  illustrate  these  different 
subjects  in  an  original  way  the  modern  Post  Card  was 
evolved. 

During  the  year  1908  the  sale  of  these  Modern  Local  Post 
Cards  in  the  United  States  was  larger  than  ever  before  and 
the  orders  given  for  delivery  during  1909  will  make  the 
actual  sales  surpass  those  of  any  previous  year.  Many  man- 
ufacturers who  have  advertised  themselves  as  publishers  of 
these  Post  Cards  have  spent  large  sums  of  money  in  their 
efforts  to  bring  their  cards  to  the  attention  of  retail  dealers, 
but  usually  orders  have  not  been  forthcoming  without  a  large 
amount  of  correspondence  or  the  visit  of  a  traveling  sales- 
man. To  economize  in  this  direction  William  G.  Frazer, 
Manager  of  the  Post  Card  Department  of  the  American  News 
Company,  New  York  City,  has  devised  a  plan  that  will  cut 
off  unnecessary  correspondence  and  also  the  visits  of  salesmen, 
making  it  possible  for  the  dealer  to  supply  himself  with  cards 
which  will  please  his  customers  and  yet  offer  them  a  reason- 
able variety  of  good  quality  cards  at  a  fair  price.  The  com- 
pany's advertisement  contains  full  particulars  regarding  its 
proposition  to  the  retail  trade.  If  you  will  write  Mr.  Frazer 
you  will  receive  by  return  mail  all  the  necessary  information 
condensed  so  that  you  will  be  able  to  place  your  order  at  once 
without  asking  a  single  question,  and  you  will  take  abso- 
lutely no  risk  as  to  quality,  price  oi:  delivery  on  time  as 
agreed.  The  company  will  guard  your  photographs  with  jeal- 
ous care  and  other  cards  will  not  be  published  from  them 
under  any  circumstances.  Write  at  once  so  that  your  cards 
can  be  delivered  to  you  in  time  for  your  spring  and  summer 
trade. 


Half-Million  Dollars  for  Advertising  Diapepsin. 
Pape,  Thompson  &  Pape,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  manufac- 
turers of  Pape's  Diapepsin,  announce  that  they  are  going  to 
spend  over  half-million  dollars  this  coming  season  in  adver- 
tising. They  state  that  every  good  daily,  ten  thousand  county 
weekly  newspapers,  the  standard  magazines  and  also  the  street 
cars,  will  be  full  of  Diapepsin  advertising.  By  the  demand 
that  will  thus  be  created  they  advise  every  retail  druggist  to 


stock  up  on  this  article  at  once,  and  make  arrangements  with 
his  jobber  for  a  good  supply  and  receive  a  discount.  Each 
package  has  the  formula  plainly  printed  upon  it  and  all  the 
requirements  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  have  been  complied 
with.  Any  information,  displays,  etc.,  required  will  be  gladly 
furnished  upon  application  to  Pape,  Thompson  &  Pape,  and 
mentioning  the  Eea. 


The  Janus  Vacuum  Bottle. 

The  Janus  Vacuum  Bottle  combines  various  features  which 
make  it  a  distinct  improvement  over  all  others.  There  is  no 
plaster  of  paris  or  other  adhesive  used  in  its  construction, 
which  adds  greatly  to  its  strength.  The  glass  part  of  the  bot- 
tle rests  upon  a  rubber  cushion  at  the  bottom  of  the  case  and 
fits  into  the  latter  so  closely  that  there  is  no  chance  for  vibra- 
tion or  strain.  One  of  these  bottles  has  actually  been  dropped 
upon  a  hard  surface  from  a  height  of  ten  feet  without  breaking. 

The  Janus  bottle  carries  a  first-class  guarantee,  the  unusual 
feature  of  which  is  that  aside  from  the  keeping  of  liquids  at 
various  temperatures  for  stated  lengths  of  time,  the  bottle  is 


guarantet'd  against  breakage  for  sixty  days.  The  Janus 
Vacuum  Bottle  Company  lays  particular  stress  upon  this 
clause,  and  stands  ready  to  refund  the  purchase  price  or 
furnish  new  bottles.  This  vacuum  bottle  is  a  most  convenient 
one  to  handle,  as  it  causes  very  little  trouble  from  breakage 
and  can  be  taken  apart  should  the  glass  part  break  through 
careless  handling,  a  new  part  being  easily  inserted  without 
necessitating  return  to  the  factory  with  its  attendant  delay 
and  cost. 

The  Janus  Vacuum  Bottle  Company  has  a  large  factory  at 
10  Beach  street.  New  York  City,  its  main  office  being  at  052 
Broadway.  The  manufacturers  are  fully  protected  against 
infringement,  the  bottle  being  made  under  U.  S.  Patents  No. 
889,992.  issued  June  S,  1909,  and  No.  39,480,  issued  Sep- 
tember 1,  1908. 

Boliner's  Patent  Crushed  Fruit  Bowl. 
Aside  from  the  small  vexations  incident  to  the  technical 
changes  of  an  immaterial  nature  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Law  has  operated  to  the  general  benefit  of  all  concerned.  In- 
deed, none  but  the  transgressor  need  fear  its  strictures.  Now 
better  conditions  are  ahead  and  not  only  must  fountain  sup- 
plies conform  to  recognized  standards,  but  the  service  at 
fountains  must  be  attended  by  protection  from  dust,  insects, 
deteriorations,  etc.  The  new  order  of  things  boosts  the  Bohner 
Patent  Sanitary  Crushed  Fruit  Bowl  to  the  fore  as  one  of  the 
articles  that  fulfills  requirements  and  makes  service  at  the  soda 
fountain  a  safe  proposition  instead  of  a  risk.  Order  Bohner 
Bowls.  If  your  dealer  does  not  handle  them,  write  to  the 
Bohner  Manufacturing  Company.  42  State  street,  Chicago, 
III.,  for  list,  mentioning  the  Era. 


The  Opal  Onyx  Ice-Less  Fountain. 
"A  real  iceless  fountain"  is  the  claim  put  forth  by  the 
Marietta  Manufacturing  Company,  Indianapolis,  Ind..  for 
its  new  ftivention,  the  "Opal  Onyx  Ice-Less  Fountain,"  ad- 
vertised in  this  issue  of  the  Era.  This  fountain  embodies  ad- 
vanced and  thoroughly  practicable  ideas  of  construction,  the 
refrigeration  being  actually  accomplished  uy  means  of  cold 
dry  air.  The  fountain  is  built  of  non-absorbing  manufactured 
marble  and  onyx,  making  it  absolutely  sanitary.  The  Opal 
Onyx  Ice-Less  Fountain  is  in  use  in  some  of  the  largest  stores 
in  the  country  who  are  enthusiastic  over  the  apparatus.  Be- 
fore obligating  yourself  to  any  other  proposition,  read  the 
advertisement  of  the  Alarietta  Manufacturing  Company  and 
learn  all  about  the  patent  and  claims  made  for  this  "Ice-Less 
Fountain." 


Castor  Oil  in  Powdered  Form. 
A  recent  discovery  that  promises  to  be  of  great  value  to  the 
medical  profession  is  that  of  a  process  enat)Iing  oil  to  be  put 
into  powdered  form.  Practical  use  has  already  been  made  of 
this  discovery  by  a  German  scientist  who  has  succeeded  in 
reducing  castor  oil  to  a  tasteless  powder,  the  new  process 
making  it  possible,  it  is  claimed,  to  eliminate  the  objectionable 
features  of  ordinary  castor  oil  without  interfering  with  its 
restorative  virtues.  Another  advantage  is  that  the  powdered 
castor  oil  can  be  mixed  with  milk  or  other  liquid  and  cereal 
food  without  being  detected.  In  powdered  form  it  is  now 
sold  in  the  United  States  under  the  name  of  "Castor  Lax"  by 
the  Powdered  Oil  Company,  New  York,  and  may  be  obtained 
of  all  jobbers. 


The  "Elite"  Cloth  Cleaning  Pad. 

The  trade  done  by  druggists  in 
cleaning  materials  is  worthy  of 
greater  attention.  An  article  of 
this  character  which  is  claimed 
to  instantly  remove  grease  and 
food  spots  is  the  Elite  Cloth 
Cleaning  Pad.  The  manufac- 
turers are  B.  L.  Williams  &  Co., 
132  Market  street,  Philadelphia, 
and  the  "Elite"  may  be  obtained 
of  all  jobbers  or  of  the  manufacturers  direct.  Read  their  ad- 
vertisement in  this  issue  of  the  Eba  and  learn  full  particulars. 


The  wise  druggist  smiles  over  the  opinions  of  his  friends 
and  meditates  upon  the  opinions  of  his  enemies.  The  former 
are  matters  of  sentiment,  the  latter  are  matters  of  fact. 


February  4,  1909] 


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123 


BUSINESS  RECORD 


Changes  in   Ownership.   New   Drug   Stores,   Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Supplement  to  The  Era  Druggists'  Directory. 


ARKANSAS — ASHDOWN — Model    Drug    Company    has    been 

succeeded  by  Leslie  &  Hudgens. 
CONNECTICUT— Daeien — Town   Hall   Pharmacy  has  been 
succeeded  by  Frank  Zahn. 
Kent — Frank  Zahn  has  sold  his  store  here  to  Thomas  & 
Gidding. 
ILLINOIS — Bloomington — Abram  D.  Loar  &  Co.,  533  North 
Main  street,  has  moved  to  217  North  Main  street. 
Chicago — Charles    H.    Westphal,    557    West   Twenty-sixth 

street,  has  been  Succeeded  by  B.  F.  Jusajtus. 
Edwabdsville — W.  D.  Harnist,  it  is  reported,  has  formed 
a  partnership  with  E.  A.  Delicate.     Style  of  firm  will  be 
Harnist  &  Delicate. 
Maywood — K.  Hummeland,  14  Nineteenth  avenue,  has  been 

succeeded  by  Bennett  &  Jacobs. 
Waukegon — C.  W.   Gilbert,  201   Genesee  street,   has  been 
succeeded  by  the  Central  Drug  Store,  H.  W.  Henderson, 
manager. 
INDIANA— Marion — L.   L.   Shull,   1102   South   Washington 

street,  has  been  succeeded  by  E.  B.  Kyle. 
IOWA — Bbadgate — Graham  &  Butler  ;  firm  dissolved.     Will- 
iam G.  Butler  will  continue  the  business  alone. 
Bbookltn — C.    S.    Rainsburg   has   sold   an   interest   in   his 
store  to  J.  F.  Dillsaver.     Style  of  firm  will  be  Rainsburg 
&  Dillsaver. 
Chables  City — H.  E.  Brouillard  has  sold  his  store  to  his 
brother,  Edward  Brouillard,  who  will  continue  the  busi- 
ness. 
Eably — J.  M.  Kelly  Drug  Company  has  been  succeeded  by 

FuUer-Carlton  Drug  Company. 
Eldoea — Charles  A.  Swayze  has  been  succeeded  by  Smith 

&  Reed. 
Mapleton — Larrison    Brothers,    it    is    reported,    has    been 
'   succeeded  by  Burson  &  Babbe. 

Thobnbubg — Hamilton  &  Co.  have  been  succeeded  by  J.  W. 
Proctor. 
KANSAS— Lea-s-enwobth—S.  M.  Dotterer,  519  North  Third 
street,  has  been  succeeded  by  Fred  Schroeder. 
ToPEKA — H.  C.  Martin,  421  Holliday  street,  has  moved  his 

stock  of  drugs  to  431  Holliday  street. 
Wichita — Oxley  Drug  Company  have  opened  a  new  store 
corner  Washington  and  Douglass  avenues. — Wilson  Drug 
Company,  1147  South  Lawrence  street,  has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  Fox  Drug  Company,  Mr.  Wilson  selling  his 
interest  to  J.  Leslie  Fox. 
KENTUCKY — Latonia — D.  L.  Ringo  has  been  succeeded  by 

Gibbons  &  Rucker. 
LOUISIANA — CousHATTA — C.  E.  Edgerton  ;  store  destroyed 

by  fire. 
MARYLAND— Baj.timobe— J.  W.  German,  2141  West  Bal- 
timore street,  has  been  succeeded  by  M.  E.  Robinson. 
MICHIGAN — Deteoit — E.   A.    Schwartz  has   opened   a   new 
drug  store  at  2558  Jefferson  avenue. 
Manchesteb — Lynch  &  Co.  have  opened  a  new  drug  store 
here. 
MISSISSIPPI — DUBANT — Howard      Drug     Company      have 

opened  a  new  drug  store  here. 
MISSOURI— St.    Louis- Bader    &    Baum,    St.    Louis    and 
Grand   avenues ;    firm   dissolved.      Baum   Drug   Company 
will  be  the  style  of  firm  to  continue  the  business. 
MONTANA — ilissouLA — The    Owl    Drug    Company's    stock 
has   been   bought   by   the    Skillman   Drug   Company   and 
moved  to  Livingston,  Mont. 
NEBRASKA— Atkinson— E.    G.    Schultz   &   Son    have   dis- 
solved, E.  G.  Schultz  selling  his  interest  to  his  son,  W.  L. 
Schaltz,  who  will  continue  the  business. 
Humboldt — O.    W.    Cass    has   been    succeeded    by    II.    W. 
Howe. 


Spenceb — Motherseed    Pharmacy    has    been    sold    to   J.    N. 

Sturdevant. 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE— Antbim— William  F.  Dickey  has  been 

succeeded  bv  Lane  &  Weeks. 
NEW  JERSEY— Atlantic  Citt— R.  C.  Lang,  Youngs  Hotel, 

Boardwalk,  it  is  reported,  has  been  succeeded  by  Charles 

H.  Jackson. 
Jebset  City — Hawkins  Drug  Company,  140  Ocean  avenue, 

incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000. 
Patebson — Post  &  Dawson  have  opened  a  new  drug  store 

at  357  Clay  street. 
NEW   YORK — Bbookxyn — Israel  Berow  has  opened   a   new 

drug  store  at  4305  Thirteenth  avenue. 
YONKERS — M.  Zoole  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  in  Saw 

Mill  River  road. 
NORTH     CAROLINA— Kings    Mountain— Mauney    Drug 

Company  is  the  style  of  the  new  drug  store  here. 
OHIO-^East  Li\"EBP00L — The  Potters  Drug  Store  is  the  style 

of  the  new  drug  store  here. 
Eltbia — T.  Parke  Wooster ;  out  of  business. 
Newaek — C.  T.  Bricker,  Main  and  Third  streets,  it  is  re- 
ported, has  been  succeeded  by  J.  S.  Linehan. 
Zanesville — J.  Adam  Sauer  has  opened  a  new  drug  store 

at  628  Main  street. 
OREGON — Salem — F.  G.  Haas  has  been  succeeded  by  Ringo 

&  Graber. 
Toledo — O.  O.  Krogstad  has  been  succeeded  by  the  Toledo 

Drug  Company. 
PENNSYLANIA— Beaveb    Falls- Sutter   &    Burns    is    the 

style  of  the  new  drug  store  at  1310  Seventh  avenue. 
GoBDON — Gregory  Pharmacy  has  been  succeeded  by  G.  G. 

Hubler. 
NOBEISTOWN — John  Gerhardt  has  opened  a  new  drug  store 

at  147  West  Main  street. 
Point  Marion — F.  B.  Oglevee  has  been  succeeded  by  E.  S. 

Tyler,  formerly  of  Uniontown,  Pa. 
Port  Cabbon — J.  E.  Gregory  has  bought  the  Bartholomew 

stock  of  drugs  at  Pottsville  and  will  move  it  to  this  town 

and  open  a  first-class  drug  store. 
TEXAS — Lampasas — Burrell  &   Skagg  have  been  succeeded 

by  Cone  Drug  Company. 
Llano — Holden  &  Porter,  proprietors  of  the  Corner  Drug 

Store,  have  dissolved  partnership,  and  O.  G.  Porter  has 

become  sole  owner. 
Hallettsville — J.   R.   Lay   has  been   succeeded  by   E.   E. 

Hunt. 
VERMONT — MoNTPELiER — Rivers  Brothers  ;  out  of  business. 
WASHINGTON— Sedro  Woolley— Holland  Drug  Company, 

store  destroyed  by  fire. 
WEST  VIRGINIA — Keyseb— Wells  &  Furbee  have  opened 

new  pharmacy  here. 
Whitmeb — R.  W.  Larke  has  been  succeeded  by  Harry  E. 

Dietz. 
WISCONSIN— Galesville — Red    Cross    Pharmacy    is    the 

style  of  the  new  drug  store  here ;  O.  S.  Bergquist,  M.D., 

proprietor. 
Madison — H.   J.   Stangel  has  opened  a  new  pharmacy  in 

State  street. 
Waterloo — Old  Family  Drug  Store  has  been  succeeded  by 

L.  A.  Towne  &  Son.     Style  of  firm  will  remain  the  same. 


Partners  Agree  to  Disagree.  • 
Washington,  Jan.  30. — In  the  District  of  Columbia  Su- 
preme Court,  Monday,  Edward  Webel  filed  suit  against  his 
partner.  Benjamin  T.  Lanham,  for  dissolution  of  partnership 
and  a  receiver  for  their  retail  drug  business,  at  East  Capitol 
and  Eleventh  streets,  northeast.  The  partners  purchased  the 
business  from  J.  C.  Haley  for  $6000  in  December,  1907.  Busi- 
ness disagreement  is  given  as  cause  for  the  litigation. 


Bowling  Match  Won  in  Three  Straights. 
Detroit.  Jan.  30. — Teams  picked  from  Farrand,  Williams 
&  Clark  and  the  Michigan  Drug  Company  (Williams.  Davis, 
Brooks  &  Hinchman  Sons)  engaged  in  an  exciting  bowling 
match  last  week.  The  former  team,  under  the  leadership  of 
Walter  Macadam,  captured  all  three  games,  the  score  standing 
as  follows:  F.  W.  &  C.  701,  725  and  846;  Michigan  Drug 
Company,  740,  709  and  707.     Ed.  Knight  led  the  opposition. 


The  druggist  who  boasts  of  "doing"  his  patrons,  often  gets 
"done   up"   by  his  creditors. 


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THE     FIIAK.MACEUTICAL     ERA 


[Februarj'  4,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


PROGRESS  IN  MARKET  SAFE  AND  STRONG. 


Jobbing'  Quantities  of  Fairly  Good  Proportions  Still 
Feature — Speculative   Trading   Lacking. 

New  York,  Feb.  1. — The  market  for  drugs  and  chemicals 
is  moving  along  quietly  with  little  of  interest  transpiring ;  and 
while  the  business  in  jobbing  quantities  is  of  fairly  good  pro- 
portions, the  demand  ccutinues  to  be  limited  to  actual  require- 
ments. The  changes  have  been  few  and  unimportant,  but 
generally  in  the  direction  of  firmness,  and  while  progress  made 
is  steady  but  slow,  it  is  along  safe  and  very  satisfactory  lines. 

Opium. — The  market  keeps  quiet  but  firm,  and  there  is  no 
disposition  to  shade  prices.  Advices  from  Smyrna  state  that 
during  the  month  of  December  severe  cold  weather  prevailed, 
which  damaged  the  small  poppy  plants.  The  arrivals  in 
Smyrna  up  to  December  31  amount  to  1978  cases,  against 
1328  cases  for  the  same  period  last  year,  and  in  Constanti- 
nople 176S  cases,  against  403  cases.  For  the  week  ending 
January  8,  the  arrivals  in  Smyrna  were  1985  cases,  against 
1333  cases  last  year,  and  the  total  arrivals  to  January  29 
were  2013  cases.  The  stock  in  Smyrna  December  31  was 
2345  cases,  against  2055  cases  last  year,  and  in  Constanti- 
nople 178  cases,  against  206  cases  last  year. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — At  the  auction  sale  of  Java  quinine 
in  Batavia  on  January  27,  about  140,000  ounces  of  quinine 
were  sold  at  florins  10.70,  which  is  the  same  unit  as  at  the 
previous  sale  in  December ;  and  last  Friday  1400  kilos  were 
sold  at  Amsterdam  at  florins  10.87,  against  florins  11.00  at  the 
previous  sale.  The  manufacturers  here  have  reduced  quinine 
sulphate  and  bisulphate  one  cent  per  ounce  in  the  different 
sizes.  Minor  salts  have  not  been  changed.  There  is  a  fairly 
good  demand  prevailing. 

Messina  Esse.nces. — The  market  for  oils  of  bergamot, 
lemon  and  orange  is  still  unsettled,  and  while  lower  prices 
are  named  in  some  quarters,  all  cheap  lots  have  been  taken 
out  of  the  market  by  those  who  have  faith  in  a  higher  mar- 
ket when  the  actual  consuming  demand  sets  in  later  on.  Ad- 
vices from  correspondents  in  Messina  state  that  the  tremend- 
ous earthquake  has  destroyed  large  quantities  of  essential  oils 
in  the  warehouses  in  Messina  and  Reggio,  and  it  is  impossible 
to  give  any  quotations  for  future  deliveries.  From  Palermo, 
correspondents  write  that  the  demand  from  all  parts  of  the 
world  continues  to  be  most  important,  with  buyers  from  Lon- 
don, Hamburg,  Paris,  Marseilles,  Grasse,  etc.,  actually  swarm- 
ing the  market  hunting  for  the  cheapest  parcels.  There  is  no 
doubt  that  the  situation  in  the  producing  districts  is  very 
serious,  and  the  manufacture  of  the  article  can  only  be  re- 
sumed on  a  very  small  scale,  as  a  large  part  of  the  population 
is  too  much  upset  by  what  has  happened  to  think  of  regular 
and  steady  work. 

NoBWEOiAN  Cod  Lives  Oil. — A  recent  cablegram  from 
Norway  states  that  the  weather  has  been  very  stormy  and 
there  has  been  no  fishing,  also  that  higher  prices  may  be  ex- 
pected.    The  demand  continues  satisfactory. 

Venice  Tubpentine. — Primary  markets  are  reported 
higher  and  with  a  very  small  stock  in  our  market.  The  trade 
is  short  on  both  cases  and  stands,  but  imports  now  due  will 
have  a  tendency  to  perhaps  ease  the  market  here. 

Japan  Wax. — Owing  to  large  arrivals  the  market  is  easier 
and  prices  have  been  reduced  one  cent  per  pound  for  full 
cases.  The  competition  in  this  article  is  exceedingly  sharp 
and  at  the  ruling  prices  it. is  unprofitable  to  importers. 

Cassia  Fistula. — The  market  is  now  well  supplied,  due  to 
recent  arrivals,  and  all  orders  can  now  be  executed  promptly. 
The  demand  is  good  and  prices  are  well  maintained. 

Manna. — The  stock  of  small  flake  is  very  scarce  on  the 
spot  and  holders  are  asking  full  prices.  There  are  shipments 
of  small  and  large  flake  on  steamers  now  due  which  will 
probably  have  some  easing  effect  on  present  conditions. 

Canary  Seed. — The  tone  of  the  market  is  firmer  in  sym- 
pathy with  corresponding  conditions  abroad  and  the  outside 
quotation  for  not  less  than  25  bags  is  2i4c.  per  pound. 

Ergot. — Under  the  influence  of  higher  markets  abroad  this 
article  is  stronger  and  spot  quotations  for  large  quantities 
have   been  advanced   to  30@31c.    for   Russian,   and   35@37c. 


for  prime  Spanish.  The  stock  of  the  latter  is  reported  small. 
Cables  from  Hamburg  yesterday  quoted  a  lay-down  cost  of 
31c.  for  Russian. 

Sodium  Benzoate. — In  consequence  of  the  decision  regard- 
ing the  use  of  this  salt  in  preserved  foodstuffs,  manufacturers 
are  looking  for  a  considerable  increase  in  the  demand.  The 
market  is  steady  but  with  no  advance  in  the  quotations. 

Citric  Acid. — This  article  is  less  active,  the  recent  urgent 
demand  having  apparently  subsided.  Manufacturers  continue 
to  quote  46@46M!C.,  as  to  style  of  package.  Twenty-five  bar- 
rels were  recently  sold  at  45c.  by  a  speculative  holder. 

Cacao  Butter. — Only  a  limited  inquiry  exists  and  the  mar- 
ket is  easier  to  the  extent  that  wrapped  fingers  in  12-pound 
boxes  are  more  readily  obtainable  to  34%c.  per  pound,  al- 
though in  some  quarters  35c.  is  still  the  ruling  inside  figure. 


RIVAL  PURE  DRUG  BILLS  IN  SOUTH  DAKOTA. 

Measure  Fathered  by  the  State  Ph.A.,  Following  the 
Federal  Law,  Opposed  by  Dairy  Commissioner. 

Pierre,  S.  D.,  Feb.  1. — There  appears  to  be  an  irreconcila- 
ble difference  between  Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner  Wheaton 
and  the  druggists,  which  is  brought  in  issue  in  the  two  bills 
pending,  H.  B.  No.  2,  by  Mr.  Sasse,  and  H.  B.  36,  by  Mr. 
Simonson.  The  bill  introduced  by  Mr.  Sasse  follows  the  lines 
of  the  Federal  law  and  was  drawn  under  the  auspices  of  the 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Its  enforcement  is  vested 
in  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

The  Sasse  Bill  makes  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  or 
National  Formulary,  as  it  exists  at  the  time  the  investigation 
shall  be  made,  the  standard  of  judgment.  Mr.  Wheaton  in- 
sists that  this  is  not  a  proper  test ;  that  the  Pharmacopoeia 
is  made  and  controlled  by  the  druggists,  is  liable  to  be  changed 
at  any  time,  so  by  changing  the  language  of  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia they  would  be  able  to  virtually  amend  the  law  after  it 
was  enacted ;  and  that  the  courts  of  some  States  have  already 
held  laws  based  on  it  to  be  fatally  defective. 

The  Simonson  (or  Wheaton)  Bill  requires  every  article 
to  be  as  pure  as  it  purports  to  be,  and  requires  the  percentage 
of  opium,  cocaine,  and  a  long  list  of  other  poisonous  or  dele- 
terious ingredients,  to  be  printed  on  the  package  in  brevier 
caps.  The  drug  men  demur  to  this  on  the  ground  that  it  ex- 
poses their  trade  secrets  and  is  unnecessary. 

The  druggists  say  the  Wheaton  Bill  would  drive  the  patent 
medicines  either  out  of  the  State  or  give  the  trade  to  the  mail 
order  houses.     The  contest  promises  to  be  a  spirited  one. 


THE  LABELING  OF  TURPENTINE. 


If  Marked  "Not  for  Medicinal  Use"  It  is  Not  Subject 
to  Pure  Drug  Law. 

Washington,  Jan.  30. — The  Board  of  Food  and  Drug 
Inspection,  in  reply  to  a  number  of  letters  received  by  the 
Department  with  reference  to  the  proper  labeling  of  the 
product  generally  known  as  "wood  turpentine,"  etc.,  obtained 
by  steam  distilling  or  destructively  distilling  woods,  has  issued 
the  following  decision   (No.  103)  : 

Food  Inspection  Decision  58  recognizes  that  "products  used 
in  the  arts  and  for  technical  purposes  are  not  subject  to  the 
Food  and  Drugs  Act  *  *  *  when  plainly  marked  so  as  to 
indicate  that  they  are  not  to  be  employed  for  food  or  medicinal 
purposes." 

It  is  held,  therefore,  that  when  wood  turpentine  is  labeled        4 
"Not  for  Medicinal  Use,"  ejtc.  it  is  not  subject  to  the  Food        i 
and  Drugs  Act.    When  not  so  labeled  it  is  in  violation  of  Sec-        ' 
tion  7  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  unless  labeled  "wood"  or        ' 
"stump"    turpentine.      Articles   labeled    "turpentine."    "spirits        » 
or  turpentine,"  or  "gum  turpentine."  etc.,  must  comply  with 
pharmacopcsial  requirements  ;   that  is,  they  must  be  light  oils 
of   certain   properties   made   by   distilling   the   oleoresin   of  va- 
rious species  of  Pinus.     The  word  "wood"  or  "stum"  should 
be  in  the  same  type  and  on  the  same  background  as  the  word 
"turpentine,"  thus  being  given  equal  prominence. 


Manufacturer  Burned  by  Explosion  of  Chemicals. 

Cleveland,  O.,  Feb.  1. — A.  L.  Sausman.  president  of  the 
Prescott  Chemical  Company,  4003  West  Twenty-fifth  street, 
was  painfully  burned  about  the  face  by  an  explosion  which 
destroyed  the  plant  recently.     The  loss  is  aT)out  $5000. 


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Illustrated  Section 

Each  subscriber  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
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and  clerk.  If  the  iirm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
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scriber  to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

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graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
It  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
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FOR  ERA  ALBUM. 

Fred  S.  Rogers,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

McMonagle  &  Rogers. 

Ex-Pres.  X.  Y.  State  Phar.  Assn. 

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scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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SHOULD  HASTEN  TO  SETTLE  THE  TARIFF. 


Tinkering  with  the  tariff  is  always  distui-bing  to 
business  and  this  is  especially  true  at  this  time.  The 
country  has  fairly  recovered  from  a  serious  financial 
depression  only  to  confront  the  depressing  effects  of 
an  agitation  which  in  the  end  will  probably  fail  to 
satisf}'  everybody.  The  Era  is  not  concerned  at  this 
moment  with  the  question  of  high  or  low  tariff,  for 
arguments  can  be  advanced  in  favor  of  each,  but  we 
do  protest  against  the  delay  of  the  law-makers  at 
Washington  in  coming  to  some  conclusion.  No  mat- 
ter how  they  decide,  or  what  thej'  do,  they  will  dis- 
please a  great  many  people,  but  that  is  less  serious 
than  present  conditions. 

The  steel  mills  are  closing  on  accoimt  of  lack  of 
orders,  the  wage-earners  throughout  the  eoimtiy  are 
being  laid  off  and  merchants  are  hesitating  in  plac- 
ing their  orders  on  account  of  doubt  regarding  fu- 
ture prices  for  commodities  required  in  their  busi- 
ness. The  drug  trade  is  much  less  disturbed  than 
most  others,  but  indirectly  there  will  be  the  ultimate 
effect  of  the  lesser  earnings  of  the  people.  Congress 
should  hasten  to  end  this  uncertainty. 


HOLDING  THE  JOBBERS  RESPONSIBLE. 


There  is  a  lamentable  disposition  on  the  part  of 
some  of  the  retail  druggists  to  blame  the  jobbers  for 
aU  the  ills  of  the  trade.  In  the  evolution  which  is 
apparently  in  progress  competition  in  the  retail  drug 
world  has  become  intense.  A  new  element,  the 
"chains"  of  stores,  having  large  capital  and  an 
ability  to  obtain  low  prices  for  great  quantities  of 
goods,  is  reaching  out  for  the  business  that  has  been 
done  by  the  comparatively  small  druggists  and  the 
resulting  rivalry  is  unquestionably  a  menace  to 
man}'  of  the  latter.  In  this  dilemma  there  is  only 
one  thought  in  the  minds  of  the  worried  merchants : 
"The  jobbers  did  it;  blame  the  jobbers." 

This  spirit  ought  to  fade  into  thin  ether.  The 
fact  is  that  the  great  chains  of  pharmacies  form  as 
much  of  a  menace  to  the  jobbers  as  they  do  to  the 
retailers.  They  are  dreaded  by  one  element  as  much 
as  by  the  other.  It  would  be  better  to  be  fair.  If 
the  jobbers  are  in  the  wrong  blame  them,  if  you  will ; 
but  do  not  censure  them  for  what  they  cannot  pre- 
vent. Slore  good  can  be  done  by  friendly  harmony 
than  bj'  indulging  in  unsound  crimination. 

PREPARING  A  NEW  PHARIIACY  BILL. 


For  Era  Album 


The  Conklin  Pharmacy  Bill,  introduced  in  the 
New  York  Legislature,  has  so  many  imsatisfactory 
features  and  is  so  devoid  of  others  necessary  to  real 
improvement    in    conditions    that    the    pharmacists 


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[February  11.   1909 


have  drafted  au  entirely  new  bill  which  will  be  sub- 
mitted to  Governor  Hughes  for  his  consideration. 
This  new  bill  will  comply  with  the  Governor's  kno^^•n 
requirements,  but  it  will  also  include  the  provisions 
of  the  Whitney'- Wainwright  act  regulating  the  sale 
of  poisons  in  this  State.  It  will  follow  the  lines  of 
the  Federal  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  and  is  de- 
signed to  be  a  comprehensive  measure. 

The  Conklin  plan  of  forcing  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy to  carry  on  its  work  without  State  aid,  mani- 
festly imfair  if  the  board  is  to  be  a  State  institution, 
is  eliminated.  Penalties  will  be  turned  into  the 
State  treasury  and  the  expenses  of  the  board  will  be 
paid  by  the  State  in  the  usual  manner.  Other  minor 
features  of  the  Conklin  Bill  also  are  discarded.  If 
the  only  object  of  the  attack  on  the  present  board  is 
real  reform  the  bill  drafted  by  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation will  meet  all  necessary  requirements.  This 
does  not  mean  that  the  proposed  change  in  the 
method  of  selecting  board  members  will  be  any  im- 
provement. That  also  appears  to  be  the  view  of 
many  pharmacists,  but  they  seem  to  think  that  there 
i.s  a  determination  to  enforce  a  new  order  of  things 
regardless  of  consequences  and  some  of  them  con- 
sider it  futile  to  make  a  fight  for  their  franchise  in 
selecting  board  members. 

REMEDY  FOK  THE  CHICAGO  CONGESTION. 

Quite  interesting  is  the  discovery  made  by  Dr. 
Fantus  that  in  Chicago  the  corner  drug  stores  are 
being  supplanted  by  Greek  fruit  stores  and  are  being 
moved  to  the  middle  of  blocks.  Corner  stores  have 
always  been  considered  more  desirable  than  those 
otherwise  located,  bi;t  in  the  ease  of  drug  stores  it 
is  questionable  whether  the  extra  charge  for  rent,  or 
taxes,  is  worth  the  advantage  derived  from  the  ob- 
viously more  desirable  location.  In  Chicago,  except 
in  a  few  instances,  it  is  probable  that  the  druggists 
would  be  just  as  well  off  elsewhere  as  they  would  be 
on  corners,  but  that  may  not  apply  in  other  cities. 

In  Chicago  conditions  are  peculiar.  There  are 
too  many  drug  stores  in  the  city  and  the  result  is 
unsatisfactory  to  all  but  the  more  prosperous  pro- 
prietors. Attempts  have  been  made  to  show  that  the 
poor  condition  of  the  retail  business  in  Chicago  was 
due  to  the  improved  health  of  the  inhabitants,  but 
statistics  do  not  bear  out  the  theory.  If  some  of  the 
smaller,  struggling  druggists  would  seek  locations  in 
less  filled  fields  times  would  be  better  for  them  and 
for  the  others  still  in  the  city.  Why  not  try  the  Era 
Want  Advs.? 


WHAT  IT  COST  NOT  TO  READ  THE  ERA. 


Occasionally  there  can  be  found  a  drug  merchant 
who  is  not  a  subscriber  to  the  Era.  One  was  dis- 
covered the  other  day  who  ought  to  serve  as  an 
object  lesson  to  any  others  like  himself.  He  was  too 
hxisy  to  subscribe  for  and  read  the  Era,  but  he  was 
not  too  busy  to  fill  orders  for  goods  for  swindlers  ex- 
posed by  the  Era.  One  order  was  for  about  $60 
and  the  other  about  $70.  The  swindlers  got  the 
goods,  sold  them  and  the  merchant  is  out  the  $130. 

A  $2.50  year's  subscription,  or  the  purchase  and 


perusal  of  two  single  copies  of  the  Era  at  a  total 
cost  of  twenty  cents  would  have  saved  this  merchant 
the  $130.  While  the  merchant  in  this  case  is  fairly 
successful,  the  question  arises :  how  much  greater 
would  his  success  be  if  he  subscribed  to  the  drug 
trade  journals  and  profited  by  what  they  print? 
The  $130  w"ould  have  paid  for  several  years'  sub- 
scription to  all  of  them  and  there  would  not  be  the 
imhappy  feeling  of  being  "stung"  and  "stimg" 
hard. 


PROGRESS  OF  PATENT  LEGISLATION. 


While  the  House  Committee  on  Judiciary  has  fa- 
vorably reported  Representative  Currier's  bill  cre- 
ating a  Coxu't  of  Patent  Appeals,  it  is  doiibtful  if 
it  will  be  pressed  for  passage  at  this  session  of  Con- 
gress. Mr.  Currier  has  introduced  a  bill,  designed  as 
a  sub,stitute  for  the  Drug  Patent  Bill,  which  has  been 
referred  to  the  committee  of  which  he  is  chairman, 
providing  for  reciprocity  in  the  treatment  of  for- 
eigners and  American  citizens  applying  for  patents 
abroad  and  in  the  United  States.  The  bill  proposes 
to  amend  the  revised  statutes  as  follows: 

"Section  4S86.  Any  person  wlio  has  invented  or  discovered  any 
new  aud  useful  art.  maebiue.  manufacture  or  composition  of 
matter,  or  any  new  and  useful  improvements  thereof,  not  known 
or  used  by  others  in  this  country  before  his  invention  or  dis- 
covery thereof,  and  not  patented  or  described  in  any  printed 
publication  in  this  or  any  foreign  country  before  his  invention 
or  discovery  thereof,  or  more  than  tw-o  years  prior  to  his  appli- 
cation, and  not  in  public  use  or  on  sale  in  this  country  for  more 
tlmn  two  years  prior  to  his  application,  unless  the  same  is 
Iir»;'veil  to  liave  been  abandoned,  may.  upon  payment  of  the  fees 
required  by  law  and  other  due  rirocoediiigs  had,  obtain  a  patent 
therefor;  provided,  however,  tliii  .i  li.i.'vcr  a  patent  is  issued  to 
any  citizen  or  subject  of  :i  i  _  mtry  it  shall  be  subject 
with  respect  to  its  mauufainn.  '  i;,i-  cimutry  to  all  the  limi- 
tations, conditions  and  rest  i  i  i  i.i-  ih.it  are  imposed  by  the 
country  of  said  citizen  or  sulijcct  uiiou  the  manufacture  in  that 
country  of  patents  issued  therein  to  citizens  of  the  United 
States:  provided  further,  this  this  act  shall  not  affect  any  patent 
heretofore  granted." 

While  neither  bill  is  likely  to  pass  at  this  ses.sion, 
hearings  will  probably  be  held  and  the  track  cleared 
for  action  in  the  new  Congress.  It  is  probable  that 
Chairman  Currier's  substitute  will  be  reported  in 
place  of  similar  bills. 

Passage  by  both  branches  of  Congress  of  the  bill  prohibiting 
the  importation  of  opium  into  this  country  except  for  medicinal 
purposes  marks  au  important  step  iu  the  war  on  narcotics  aud 
its  euactmeut  into  law  during  the  time  of  meeting  of  the  Inter- 
uatioual  Opium  Conference  at  Shanghai  is  especially  signifi- 
cant for  its  moral  effect.  In  Congress  tuere  is  a  disposition 
to  go  further  iu  the  suppression  of  the  illicit  use  of  iiarcotics 
and  there  are  already  suggestions  of  Government  coutrol  of  the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  these  drugs.  It  is  not  unlikely  that 
in  the  near  future  opium  and  cocaine  will  be  subject  to  laws 
similar  to  those  which  control  the  disposition  of  alcoholic 
liquors  and  tobacco,  but  with  greater  restrictions  and  drastic 
penalties  tor  unlawful  use. 


So  the  X.A.R.D.  aud  the  A.Ph.A.  will  not  get  together  this 
year  1  Los  Angeles  is  a  beautiful  city  and  those  who  are 
fortunate  enough  to  be  able  to  make  the  trip  to  the  Pacific 
Coast  will  have  one  of  the  most  enjoyable  experiences  of  their 
lives.  The  proposition  to  hold  a  meeting  of  A.Ph.A.  members 
residing  in  the  East  at  Atlantic  City  during  the  A.M.A.  con- 
vention will  appeal  strongly  to  Eastern  members  who  are  una- 
ble to  go  to  Los  Augeles  and  ought  not  in  any  way  to  interfere 
with  the  attendance  at  the  latter  city.  No  doubt  quite  a 
number  of  members  will  arrange  to  be  present  at  both  places. 


There  are  salesmen  who  uever  seem  to  realize  that  salesmen 
can  talk  too  much.  Many  a  customer  has  been  talked  into  a 
sale  aud  ottt  of  it  again.  I  have  known  salesmen  who  have 
talked  clear  up  to  the  mountain  top.  aud.  instead  of  closing 


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up  the  sale  wheu  they  got  to  the  crest,  tbe.v  talked  over  the 
peak  and  down  the  other  side,  and  they  could  not  iigure  out 
why  they  didn't  sell  their  goods! 

A  big  buyer  in  a  certain  line  of  goods  once  told  me  that 
on  one  occasion  he  was  ready  to  sign  a  contract,  and  actually 
had  a  pen  in  his  fingers,  but  was  prevented  by  the  endless 
argument  of  the  salesman,  who  did  not  perceive  that  his  point 
was  won  and  that  action,  not  talk,  was  his  duty.  There  is 
such  a  thing  as  having  one's  appetite  si)oiled  by  a  trifle,  with 
the  food  untouched  before  us.  The  salesman  had  talked  too 
long. — The  Sample  Case. 


The  fad  of  American  actresses  in  having  their  teeth  jew- 
eled instead  of  being  a  new  idea  is,  according  to  E,  P.  Gaston, 
a  lecturer  at  the  Ro.val  Geographical  Society  in  England, 
a  revival  of  the  practice  of  countless  ages  in  the  past.  The  fad 
of  jeweling  teeth  was  popular  among  Central  American 
women  thousands  of  years  ago.  In  the  ancient  burying 
grounds  skulls  have  been  found  with  jadites  skilfully  set  into 
the  enamel  of  the  teeth. 


Otto  Stein,  one  of  the  best-known  druggists  in  the  Middle 
West,  was  bom  in  Stiittgart,  Germany,  September  IS,  1852. 
After  a  thoroitgh  course  in  the  schools  of  that  cit.v.  he  entered 
the  great  wholesale  drug  house  of  Fridr  Jobst.  which  house 
had  connections  throughout  the  entire 
world,  with  branch  houses  in  Coblentz, 
Germany,  and  Milan.  Italy.  The  house 
also  operated  the  Feuerbach  quinine  fac- 
tory, under  the  superinteudency  of  the 
famous  Dr.  Hesse,  and  all  reading  phar- 
macists are  familiar  with  his  work  in 
collaboration  with  Julius  Jobst.  The 
hoitse  was  later  combined  with  that  of 
Heinrich  Zimmer,  of  Frankfort-on-the- 
Mnin,  the  title  of  the  combination  being 
The  Vereinigte  Chinin  Fabriken. 

In  those  days,  and  with  employers  of 
the  caliber  of  F,  Jobst,  students  were  not 
paid  for  their  services,  but  bought  their 
education  with  the  work  of  their  hands 
and  brains.  In  the  case  of  Otto  Stein, 
he  was  apprenticed  for  the  regular  four 
.years,  without  pay,  and  his  parents  were 
obliged  to  sign  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  five 
hundred  dollars  as  security  that  their  son 
would  be  faithful  in  the  performance  of 
his  duties. 

The  wholesale  drug  house  of  F.  Jobst 
was  built  on  the  old  lines.  The  firm  was 
a  heavy  importer  and  dealt  with  all  quar- 
ters of  the  globe,  and  consequently  Mr. 
Stein,  the  young  student,  was  in  close 
touch  and  became  perfectly  familiar 
with  huge  seroons  of  Peruvian  bark,  aloes 
in  skins  and  gourds,  and  a  hundred  forms 
of  local  packages  which  are  now  looked 
upon  as  real  curiosities.  Jobst  was  a  heavy  buyer  at  the 
London  auctions,  and  always  in  original  packages — camphor  in 
"dells,"  metallic  bismuth,  antimony  and  zinc  in  the  "'regulus  ;" 
cornu  cervi.  and  many  other  things  which  the  modern  phar- 
macist knows  only  as  antiques,  if  at  all. 

The  goal  of  Mr.  Stein  was  not,  however,  the  special  educa- 
tion of  the  chemist,  but  the  more  general  one  of  the  wholesale 
druggist  as  a  merchant,  and  that  he  was  faithful  in  his  per- 
formance of  the  duties  assigned  him  Is  pretty  well  evidenced 
by  the  fact  that  he  completed  his  apprenticeship ;  for  in  tho.se 
days  laziness  on  the  part  of  apprentices  was  never  condoned, 
the  lax  one  being  held  to  a  strict  account,  while  the  employer 
demanded  his  "pound  of  flesh."  During  his  apprenticeship, 
Mr.  Stein  served  in  every  department  of  the  business  and 
made  the  most  of  his  opportunities. 

In  1871  he  went  to  Cincinnati  and  at  once  became  identified 
with  the  firm  of  Togeler,  Wagner  &  Co..  then  doing  business 
at  Sixth  and  Main  streets.  As  a  matter  of  course,  Mr.  Stein 
found  things  quite  different  in  this  country  and  Cincinnati 
ways  of  doing  business  were  not  those  of  Stuttgart.  There 
was  more  to  be  learned — if  not  in  a  scientific  sense,  there  w'as 
in  a  commercial,  and  in  his  new  position  Mr.  Stein  put  in  his 
time  to  such  good  purpose  that  in  187S.  when  Mr.  Wagner 
withdrew  from  the  firm,  a  new  firm  was  organized  as  F.  Vog- 


OTTO   STEIX, 
of   Cincinnati. 


eler  &  Co.,  with  Otto  Stein  as  the  "company."  This  firm 
continued  in  business  until  ISSS,  when  Fred  \  ogeler  with- 
drew, and  the  house  of  The  Stein-Vogeler  Drug  Company  was 
organized  and  incorporated  with  Otto  Stein  as  president  and 
general  manager. 

The  business,  under  the  new  regime,  grew  rapidly  and  the 
firm  name  endured  until  1901,  when  Mr.  Stein  withdrew  from 
active  business  and  indulged  in  a  few  months  rest.  As  a  mat- 
ter of  course,  to  an  active  nature  like  that  of  Otto  Stein,  mere 
idleness  is  not  rest,  and  in  March,  1902.  n  new  corporation 
entered  the  drug  world  under  the  tile  of  The  Stein-Gray  Drug 
Company,  with  Otto  Stein  as  president  and  general  manager. 
The  success  of  The  Stein-Gray  Drug  Company  is  a  matter 
of  history,  and  the  subject  of  this  brief  sketch  has  earned  for 
himself  a  place  among  the  captains  of  industry  in  the  whole- 
sale drug  business ;  the  house  being  known  from  one  end  of 
the  country  to  the  other,  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  commer- 
cial territory  covered  by  its  representatives  is  restricted  to 
some  extent  by  competition  and  natural  conditions  of  trade. 

Personally,  Mr.  Stein  is  a  man  of  strong  traits  and  his  likes 
and  dislikes  are  correspondingly  strong.  One  who  has  known 
him  for  many  years  says  that  the  cardinal  sin  in  his  calendar 
is  uusquareness,  and  that  the  surest  way  to  win  his  favor 
and  confidence  is  to  deserve  it  by  being  square ;  while  his 
numerous  emplo.yees  say  that  those  who  do  their  duty  are 
never  "called  on  the  carpet."  All  men 
of  positive  character  have  their  pet  recre- 
ations, and  Mr.  Stein's  are  music  and 
literature  of  the  highest  class.  Mr.  Stein 
and  his  family,  which  includes  two  in- 
teresting and  charming  daughters,  never 
let  an  opportunity  go  by  to  attend  mus- 
ical or  literary  treats,  and  when  there  is 
anything  of  real  merit  being  put  on  at 
-Music  Hall  or  at  the  theaters  he  and  his 
family  are  sure  to  be  present. 

Mr.  Stein  is  passionatel.v  fond  of  his 
family  and  home,  and  spends  a  large 
proportion  of  his  evenings  there.  He  is 
looked  upon  as  one  of  the  cit.T's  most 
solid  business  men.  and  on  all  sides  he  is 
honored  and  respected  as  such.  While 
he  has  a  business  acquaintance  with 
thousands  he  has  never  permitted  him- 
self to  have  more  than  a  few  "friends," 
and  these  friends,  who  know  him  as  he 
really  is,  say  the.y  prize  his  friendship 
almost  above  all  other  earthly  things,  be- 
cause he  knows  how  to  be  a  real  friend 
in   return. 

The  second  shop  for  the  sale  of  camel 
meat  for  food  has  been  opened  in  the  Rue 
Saint-Lazare,  Paris.  The  first  was  es- 
tablished in  the  Rue  Montmartre  some 
time  ago  and  met  with  such  great  suc- 
cess that  a  rival  has  arisen.  The  new 
shop  is  making  a  specialty  of  dromedary  meat,  and  there  has 
been  quite  a  reduction  in  prices  as  a  result  of  the  competition, 
A  nice  dromedary  steak  can  be  had  for  one  franc,  and  if  you 
are  content  with  a  bit  of  the  hump  you  can  get  it  for  a  few 
centimes. 


As  our  interest  in  the  history  of  medicine  and  particularly 
the  development  of  surgical  practice  grows,  we  find  the  so- 
called  barber  surgeon  an  increasingly  entertaining  figure.  An 
interesting  accoimt  of  the  barber  surgeon's  place  in  medicine 
has  recently  been  given  in  Mumford's  volume  of  biographical 
essays,  entitled  "Surgical  Memoirs  and  Other  Essays,''  and 
our  attention  is  again  called  to  the  matter  by  comments  in  the 
Lancet  on  speeches  made  at  the  six-centenar.v  dinner  of  the 
Worshipful  Company  of  Barbers,  On  this  occasion  the  dis- 
cussion turned  upon  the  question  as  to  whether  historical 
evidence  showed  the  physician  or  the  surgeon  to  be  the  senior 
practitioner.  In  Hippocratic  days  no  sharp  distinction  was 
drawn  between  medical  and  surgical  practitioners.  Then,  as 
in  fact,  ever  since,  the  physician  did  much  surger.v,  but  even 
at  that  remote  period  certain  operations  were  considered 
below  the  dignity  of  the  physician,  forestalling  the  curiously 
degraded  position  which  surgery  found  itself  in  during  the 
Middle  Ages.     In  the  Oath  of  Hippocrates  lithotomy  was  not 


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[February  11,  1909 


to  be  performed  by  a  physician.  Why  this  restriction  was 
made  is  not  clear,  but  yery  possibly  specialism  was  even  then 
developed  to  such  a  point  that  this  operation  was  wisely  left 
in  the  hands  of  the  surgeon.  Before  the  Xorman  Conquest 
surgery  played  a  small  part  in  English  medicine.  What  was 
done  was  carried  out  either  by  priests  or  barbers.  Bleeding 
was  then  popular  and  it  is  probable  that  the  possession  of 
razors  made  the  barbers  natural  operators  in  the  field.  It 
may  not  be  generally  known  that  the  barber  poles  still  in  ex- 
istence represent  the  staff  held  by  the  patient  to  bring  the 
veins  into  prominence ;  the  white  spiral  represents  the  bandage 
used  to  increase  the  amount  of  blood  in  the  arm,  and  sec- 
ondarily, as  a  dressing  for  the  wound.  If  we  are  to  consider 
the  barber  surgeon  as  the  earliest  representative  of  surgical 
art,  which  no  doubt  is  open  to  many  historical  objections, 
surgery  must  be  regarded  as  an  outgrowth  of  its  older  sister, 
medicine.  On  the  other  hand,  our  contemporary,  we  think, 
correctly  maintains  that  whatever  evidence  we  have  from 
classical  sources  is  rather  in  favor  of  the  seniority  of  surgery, 
inasmuch  as  in  classical  writings  injuries  are  spoken  of  be- 
fore the  treatment  of  conditions  which  we  should  not  call 
medical.  In  view  of  the  activities  of  ancient  peoples  in  war, 
it  would  certainly  be  natural  that  the  care  of  wounds  and 
injuries  be  given  first  place  in  their  medical  practice  {Boston 
Surg,  and  Med.  Journ.). 


In  an  article  on  the  danger  of  long  hours  in  druggists' 
shops  Hygienische  Zeitschrift  says  that  during  the  four  years 
ending  July,  1907,  thirteen  dispensing  assistants  in  Germany 
drug  stores  committed  suicide  and  seven  others  attempted,  but 
failed,  to  kill  themselves. 


The  absent  minded  man  didn't  look  up  from  his  paper 
when  the  conductor  came  around,  sa.vs  the  Chicago  Inter 
Ocean.  He  just  felt  in  his  side  pocket  tor  his  ticket  and 
handed  the  ticket  to  the  conductor.  The  ticket,  however,  was 
a  theater  coupon. 

"Here,"  spoke  up  the  conductor  rather  sharply,  "this  don't 
go.     Come  on  with  the  right  one.'' 

The  absent  minded  man  glanced  down  over  the  top  of  his 
paper  at  the  coupon. 

"Well,"  he  snapped,  "that's  the  coupon  off  the  ticket  the 
man  gave  me,  and  I  purpose  to  occupy  this  seat  right  through 
all  three  acts.     You  can  just " 

Then  he  came  out  of  the  fog,  and  wiih  a  sheepish  look  fished 
out  the  car  ticket. 


A  postal  card  which  was  mailed  in  Ireland  more  than 
three  years  ago  by  Prof.  George  C.  Sonn,  now  dead,  was  re- 
ceived in  Newark,  N.  J.,  recently  at  the  pharmacy  of  former 
Assemblyman  John  Breunig.  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Edu- 
cation. The  card  was  found  in  the  public  yard  of  the  post- 
oBice  at  Belfast  on  January  16  last  and  was  forwarded  to 
Mr.  Breunig.  It  was  dated  September  1.  190.5.  Professor 
Sonn  was  instructor  in  chemistry  and  physics  at  the  Newark 
High  School.     He  died  May  10,  1900. 

Mr.  Breunig  was  putting  up  a  prescription  at  his  drug 
store  at  280  Springfield  avenue  when  a  letter  carrier  handed 
the  card  to  his  daughter,  who  also  is  a  pharmacist.  She 
manifested  surprise  at  the  receipt  of  the  message  from  the 
dead  teacher,  and  told  her  father  she  had  a  postal  card  from 
her  former  professor.  Mr.  Breunig  had  attended  the  funeral 
of  the  professor  and  saw  his  body  lowered  into  the  grave.  He 
was  mystified  until  he  read  the  few  words  written  on  the  side 
of  the  missive  by  the  Belfast  postmaster,  which  explained  that 
the  card  was  found  in  the  post-ofiice  yard. 


A  tip  for  the  druggist  who  intends  to  plant  a  garden  in  his 
yard  in  the  springtime : 

Fenceman — Tour  garden  is  dug  up  to  perfection.  How  did 
you  ever  get  that  boy  to  do  it'; 

Gardner — I  gave  him  a  fishing  rod  and  told  him  the  garden 
was  full  of  angle  worms. 


Advertising,  broadly  speaking,  may  be  divided  into  two 
main  purposes :  to  give  information  and  to  make  personal  ap- 
peal to  pi-ospective  customers. 

Informative  advertising  is  the  oldest,  best  known  and  most 
widely  used  branch  of  advertising.  It  is  well  defined  by  the 
term  general  publicity.  It  talks  to  the  intelligence,  to  the 
reason.     It   makes  every  one  know  about  the  advertiser.     It 


makes  people  think  and  talk  about  him.  If  your  customers, 
actual  and  possible,  knew  all  you  know  about  your  goods,  it 
would  not  be  necessary  for  you  to  advertise.  But  the  people 
have  their  own  occupations  to  learn  ;  they  don't  know  yours. 
If  you  advertise  on  the  assumption  that  you  can  take  most 
of  it  for  granted,  you  are  making  a  mistake.  Make  everything 
clear  as  you  go  along.  Write  from  the  reader's  standpoint ;  if 
you  can.  put  yourself'  in  his  place.  Have  something  to  say 
about  your  goods  every  day  and  never  assume  that  people 
know  anything  except  the  most  fundamental  things.  Correct, 
forceful  English  is  essential  in  an  advertisement,  but  it  can 
never  make  up  for  a  lack  of  full  and  intimate  knowledge  of 
the  matter  to  be  advertised. 


Roast  'possum  served  with  thick  gravy  and  sweet  potatoes, 
"a  la  Taft,"  has  sprung  into  some  popularity  in  Boston  since 
the  President-elect  ate  his  now  famous  'possum  dinner  at  At- 
lanta. One  Boston  hotel  manager,  quoted  by  the  Herald, 
thinks  the  fad  won't  last  long.  He  says :  "I  doubt  if  roast 
'possum  ever  becomes  very  popular  in  Boston.  May  be  in 
New  York,  but  Boston  is  different.  Roast  'possum  has  a  lot 
of  fat.  We  have  served  raccoon,  which  is  about  the  same  as 
'possum,  to  an  organization  of  New-  Hampshire  newspaper 
men  known  as  the  "Coon  Club.'  But  we  notice  that  they  eat 
very  little  of  it.  We  always  have  orders  to  have  beef  and 
turkey,  so  that  they  can  fill.  The  raccoons  are  more  of  an 
ornament.  That's  why  I  don't  think  'possum  would  suit  the 
popular  taste." 


"Sometimes  I  s'picions,"  said  Uncle  Eben,  "dat  de  onlies' 
man  dat  really  an'  truly  loves  work  is  de  one  dat's  hirin' 
somebody  else  to  do  it."- — 'Washington  Star. 


Frank  W.  Fluck.  president  of  the  Philadelphia  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists,  is  an  earnest  advocate  of  the  present 
propaganda  movement  and  has  been  one  of  the  staunchest 
supporters  of  all  movement  for  bringing  together  the  pharma- 
cists and  physicians  of  the  Quaker  City.  He  is  heartily  in 
favor  of  the  proposition  to  have  the  P.A.R.D.  hold  a 
mass  meeting  and  banquet  at  which  the  members  of  the  asso- 
ciation from  all  over  the  city  should  play  the  hosts  to  as 
many  physicians  as  they  might  desire  to  invite,  the  banquet 
to  be  followed  by  addresses  by  prominent  representatives  from 
both  professions.  The  good  results  of  the  recent  meeting  of 
this  character  held  by  the  pharmacists  north  of  Girard  avenue, 
at  which  400  were  present,  it  is  declared,  have  been  felt  all 
over  the  city  and  Mr.  Fluck's  plan  is  being  heartily  endorsed 
by  his  fellow  pharmacists. 


The  February  Century  publishes,  for  the  first  time,  twenty- 
two  letters — the  property  of  William  H.  Lambert — written  at 
intervals  during  the  years  18.56-1860,  to  Lyman  Trumbull, 
United  States  Senator  from  Illinois.  In  one  of  these  letters, 
written  just  after  his  nomination  to  the  Presidency.  Lincoln 
said : 

"Remembering  that  Peter  denied  his  Lord  with  an  oath, 
after  most  solemnly  protesting  that  he  never  would,  I  will  not 
swear  I  will  make  no  committals ;  but  I  do  think  I  will  not." 


"How  is  your  son  James  getting  on  at  college,  Mr.  Boggs''" 
asked  the  Parson. 

"Fine,"  said  Boggs.  "He's  getting  more  business-like  every 
day." 

"I  am  glad  to  hear  that,''  said  the  Clergyman.  "How  does 
the  lad  show  it';" 

"Well."  said  Boggs,  "when  he  first  went  up  and  wanted 
money,  he  used  to  write  asking  for  it.  Now  he  draws  on  me 
at  sight." — Fchruary  Lippincotfs. 


Bye  photography — which  will  be  of  great  importance  in 
diagnosing  tuberculosis  and  other  diseases — has  been  made 
nearly  perfect  by  Dr.  F.  Dimmer,  of  Graz,  who  has  overcome 
technical  difficulties  and  obtained  clear  and  valuable  photo- 
graphs of  the  back  of  the  eye  with  extremely  short  exposures. 
It  is  claimed  for  these  photographs,  which  can  be  enlarged  to 
three  inches  diameter  without  much  loss  of  detail,  that  they 
afford  a  new  means  of  diagnosis  of  tuberculosis  and  other  dis- 
eases more  certain  and  rapid  than  any  other. 


The  druggist  who  never  takes  a  chance  never  has  a  chance 
to  take  in  much — or  anybody. 


February  11,  1909]  THE    PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA  129 

Seasonable  Remedy  is  Shown  This  Week  in  Prize  Window  in  Era  Contest. 


J.  Earl  Tinjlur,  of  the  drmj  firm  of  Dr.  ,/.  A.  Tui/lor.  (iridUy.  III.,  is  a  iiinnrr  this  week  of  the  $')  in  the  ERA  Competition 
for  the  iest  photograph  of  a  retail  druii(iist'.i  show  window,  or  any  display  of  yoods  in  a  drug  store.  The  "Cold  Cure"  win- 
dow u  .ielf-explanatory;  it  mill  he  noticed  that  it  is  quite  an  effeetire  ej'hibit  of  the  articles  which  are  displayed. 

The  full  scope  of  the  ERA'S  Cash  Prize  Competition  is  giren  on  advertising  page  38  of  this  issue.  The  competition  is 
open  to  evcryhody  who  may  desire  to  compete,  without  charge  or  consideration.     Every  druggist  should  read  the  offer. 


Preparations  of  Booklets. 


stitching-  or  Stapling. 
Every   druggist   realizes ,  that   if   he   and   his   help    possessed 
the   knowledge   and   applianoes   necessary   there   are   odd   mo- 
ments when  he,  his  clerks  and  the  boy  might  do  many  things 
which  he  now  pays  others  to  do. 

In  the  preparation  of  advertising  booklets  one  of  the  most 
expensive  items  is  the  stitching  or  stapling.  The  average 
printer  declares  that  he  makes  no  profit  on  this  work  and  is 
glad  to  leave  it  to  other  hands.  With  a  seventy-five  cent 
staple  press,  such  as  may  be  purchased  at  any  well-equipped 
I  stationery  store,  any  one  in  the  drug  store  may  staple  booklets 
land  thus  largely  reduce  their  cost.  Have  the  printer  do  the 
I  press  work  and  cutting,  as  usual.  The  leaves  will  then  be 
delivered  to  the  druggist  in  bundles,  each  bundle  contaiuing 
Ipages  of  the  same  number.  Whoever  is  to  do  the  stapling 
should  arrange  these  bimdles  ui)on  a  table  or  counter  in  such 
order  that  by  taking  one  slip  from  each  pile  in  succession  he 
will  assemble  a  booklet  with  pages  in  proper  order.  Common 
sense  supplies  all  the  necessary  instruction  for  the  stapling 
itself.  Two  things,  however,  should  never  be  forgotten :  Have 
the^  leaves  properly  squared  and  then  hold  them  tightly  in 
position  while  the  staple  is  being  driven. 

Some  of  the  most   novel   and   attractive  forms  of  booklets 


need  only  one  staple.  All  single-staple  booklets  should  be  cut 
so  that  each  leaf  (two  pages)  is  a  separate  sheet  of  paper. 
There  should  be  no  folds.  An  advantageous  size,  one  that 
may  be  quickly  rolled  around  a  bottle  before  wrapping,  laid 
flat  within  a  package,  or  slipped  into  a  tooth  brush  envelope, 
has  a  leaf  measuring  2  x  G  inches.  The  printing  is  done 
across  the  narrow  dimensions  of  the  paper,  and  when  assem- 
bled the  booklet  is  fastened  with  one  staple  in  the  center  of 
the  top  edge  of  the  leaves.  This  booklet  is  well  adapted  for 
the  advertisment  of  the  druggist's  own  complexion,  tooth  and 
hair  specialties,  and  the  various  brushes  and  other  appliances 
used  upon  the  face,  teeth  and  hair.  The  booklet  may  be  en- 
titled "Head  Harmony." 

Don't  Forget  Name  and  Address. 

The  cover  leaves  should  diflier  in  tint  or  texture  from  the 
inside  pages.  The  title  should  appear  at  the  top  of  the  front 
cover  page.  Midway  have  a  stock  cut  of  a  beautiful  woman's 
head  and  at  the  bottom,  the  name  and  address  of  the  adver- 
tiser. The  last  cover  page  should  hold  a  condensed  price  list 
of  the  preparations  mentioned  within  and  a  repetition  of  the 
advertiser's  name  and  address.  Each  page  should  be  primarily 
used  to  advertise  some  one  specialty,  but  in  connection  there- 
with advertise  the  brushes  or  other  appliances  which  may  be 
used  with  the  preparation.  In  addition  to  the  price  list  on 
the  back  cover,  prices  should  always  be  mentioned  in  the  ad- 
vertisements.     In   the   printing   of  top-fastened   booklets,   such 


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[February  11,  1909 


as  this,  be  sure  that  the  printer  gets  the  malje-up  so  that  the 
top  of  the  second  page  lacks  the  bottom  of  the  first  page,  ami 
so  on. 

Novel  Form  Booklet. 
Another  novel  booklet  is  four  inches  square  with  the  type 
set  so  that  the  Hues  run  from  corner  to  corner,  instead  ot 
from  side  to  side.  This  naturally  costs  more  for  type-setting, 
but  the  noveltv  makes  it  worth  its  cost.  This  is  bound  with 
one  staple  set  in  the  corner  which  forms  the  top  of  the  page. 
This  booklet  is  well  adapted  for  advertising  one  or  more  ot 
the  druggist's  own  preparations  for  internal  ^^administration 
and  mav  be  entitled  "A  tight  corner  on  health." 

In  the  make-up  place  the  pages  in  the  same  order  as  the 
"Head  harmony"  booklet.  Booklets  of  this  form  are  best 
suited  to  solid"  composition  and  the  reading  matter,  withm 
itself,  must  be  of  sufficient  interest  to  carry  the  reader.  >eat 
illumination  may  be  secured  by  commencing  and  ending  each 
page  with  an  ornamental  capital  letter,  thus  giving  two  corner 
ornaments  to  the  page.  ,         ■   ». 

By  binding  with  a  single  eyelet  instead  of  a  staple,  printing 
on  one  side  of  the  leaves  only  and  using  a  heavy  cover  stock, 
the  pages  may  be  turned  upon  the  pivot  which  the  eyelet 
forms,  instead  of  being  turned  upward  for  perusal. 
"Our  Round  Table." 
This  booklet  is  unique  because  its  perusal  discloses  the_un- 
expected  The  leaves  are  cut  In  circles  and  may  be  from  three 
to  five  inches  in  diameter.  In  preparation  of  the  copy  for 
this  booklet  the  druggist  should  first  learn  the  diameters  of 
the  circular  dies  which  his  printer  may  have  for  cutting 
paper  round.  The  type  may  be  set  in  a  circular  form  to  com- 
ply with  the  shape  of  the  leaf,  or  in  a  square  of  proper  pro- 
portions to  go  within  the  circular  leaf.  Now,  in  fastening 
this  booklet  with  one  staple,  ninety-nine  people  out  of  a  hun- 
dred would  so  arrange  the  leaves  that  the  staple  would  come 
at  the  top  of  the  pages.  The  man  who  made  up  the  booklet 
from  which  this  idea  is  taken  was  different  from  the  ninety- 
uine  He  had  the  leaves  gathered  haphazard  or  in  intentional 
disorder,  and  through  them  the  staple  was  driven  near  any 
part  of  the  edge  that  might  be  closest  at  hand.  As  a  result, 
the  person  perusing  the  booklet  found  the  staple  at  the  top 
of  one  page,  to  the  right  of  another,  in  the  corner  of  the  next, 
and  so  on.  In  this  arrangement,  every  time  a  leaf  was  lifted 
the  booklet  had  to  be  turned  to  read  the  next  page.  This 
brings  to  mind  a  good  old  definition  of  originality:  'Think 
of  how  everyoue  else  would  do  the  work,  and  then  do  it  some 
other  way." 

The  booklet  referred  to  had  printed  on  the  front  cover  page 
-Our  round  table."  This  title  was  in  the  center,  with  each 
word  forming  a  line  and  one  word  above  another.  The  back 
cover  page  was  like  that  of  the  front,  except  that  the  letter- 
ing read  "Your  dining  table."  The  interior  of  the  booklet 
was  given  up  entirely  to  advertising  spices,  flavoring  extracts, 
baking  powder,  olive  oil  and  such  other  articles  of  the  drug- 
gist's merchandise  as  might  be  used  in  the  preparation  of  food. 
Tied  and  Stitched  Booklets. 
The  druggist  is  not  advised  to  attempt  the  home  stapling  of 
folded  booklets;  that  is,  booklets  in  which  four  pages  are 
printed  on  one  leaf  and  that  leaf  folded  between  the  pages.  A 
booklet  of  this  nature  that  is  not  more  than  four  iuches  long 
may  be  held  with  one  staple  driven  in  the  center  of  the  fold. 
But  the  difficulty  lies  in  keeping  the  sheets  squared  while  the 
staples  are  driven.  The  difficulty  increases  with  the  size  of 
booklet  and  number  of  staples.  Generally,  the  printer  trims 
the  edges  of  such  booklets  after  they  are  stapled. 

If  the  booklet  has  a  folded  card  cover  of  fairly  stiff  stock 
it  may  be  tied  with  thread,  twine  or  silk,  by  merely  passing 
the  tying  material  through  the  center,  folding,  then  passing 
the  thread  over  the  back  and  fastening  at  the  edge  with  s. 
tight  knot.  Unless  there  is  a  stiff  cover  it  is  difficult  to  tie 
tight  enough  to  keep  the  leaves  from  slipping  from  beneath 
the  thread.  For  such  tying,  silk  floss  is  the  best  material 
to  use. 

One  Perforation  Stitch  and  Tie. 
The  best  home-work  method  of  fastening  a  folded  booklet  is 
as  follows:  Use  linen  thread  or  silk  floss  with  needle.  After 
the  booklet  is  assembled  and  folded,  hold  it  in  the  left  hand 
with  the  cover  up,  the  fingers  being  inside  the  center  and  the 
thumb  pressed  against  the  middle  of  the  fold  on  the  outside 
of  the   cover.     Force  the  needle   through  from   the   inside  so 


that  it  comes  through  the  center  of  the  fold  close  to  the 
thumb.  Pass  the  floss  or  thread  over  the  thumb  and  then 
pass  the  needle  back  through  the  perforation  it  has  just  made. 
This  leaves  a  loop  of  thread  over  the  thumb.  Withdraw  the 
thumb  gently.  Cut  the  thread  so  that  there  are  two  ends 
extending  from  the  perforation  inside  the  book,  each  end 
being  a  trifle  longer  than  the  length  of  the  book.  Pass  these 
ends  in  opposite  directions  along  the  inside  of  the  book,  over 
the  edges,  and  along  the  outside  of  the  cover  until  they  meet 
at  the  loop  Pass  one  of  the  ends  of  the  thread  through  the 
loop  hold  it  firmlv,  and  draw  on  the  other  end  until  the  loop 
is  drawn  within  the  book.  Now  tie  the  ends  in  a  fast  knot 
immediately  over  the  needle  perforation  through  which  the 
loop  has  been  drawn.  A  booklet  thus  fastened  is  elegant  in 
appearance,  and  while  the  leaves  are  permanently  held  m 
place,  the  thread  allows  enough  movement  to  prevent  any 
rigid  irregularity  of  the  edges. 

Cover  Stock. 
In  the  majority  of  cases  it  is  well  worth  the  additional  ex- 
pense to  bind  booklets  in  regular  cover  stock.  ^U  hether  it 
should  be  cover  paper  or  card  stock  depends  upon  the  size 
and  uses  of  the  booklet.  One  druggist  who  is  a  regular  user 
of  booklets  always  has  them  bound  in  cover  stock  of  the  same 
surface,  although  the  weights  may  vary.  It  has  a  light  blue, 
marbleized  finish.  Upon  the  back  and  front  cover  surfaces 
he  has  his  name  printed  in  very  large  letters,  running  diago- 
nally from  corner  to  corner.  This  is  in  blue  ink  only  a  shade 
darker  than  the  color  of  the  cover.  Over  this  is  placed  what- 
ever printing  the  nature  of  the  booklet  may  demand.  It  mat- 
ters little  what  the  nature  of  the  contents  may  be.  by  follow- 
ing this  uniform  style  the  cover  of  each  booklet  becomes,  m 
itself,  a  trade-marked  advertisement. 


ALUMNI  BALL  A  SUCCESS.  AS  USUAL. 
Over   One   Hundred   Couples  Present   Before   Midnight. 
Dancing   Continued  Until   4  A.   M. 
Although  the  weather  was  somewhat  stormy,  the  fourteenth  ' 
annual    ball    of    the    Alumni    Association    of   the    New    York 
College   of  Pharmacv,   held   on   February   3.   in   the   Madison 
Square  Garden  Concert  Hall  was  among  the  most  successful 
events  given  bv  the  association  for  some  time.     Over  sixty- 
five  couples  were  in  line  when   the  grand  march  was  called 
at  10.30,  and  an  hour  later  more  than  100  couples  were  on 

the  floor.  „      .,         „■         •  a 

The  grand  march  was  led  by  President  Hieronimus  A. 
Herold  and  Miss  Marguerite  Urban.  Music  was  furnished  by 
Crowley's  Eighth  Regiment  Band  and  each  of  the  two  parts 
of  the  program  consisted  of  twelve  numbers. 

Several  of  the  classes  and  "frats"  had  arranged  booths 
in  the  gallery,  trimmed  with  the  Columbia  colors,  blue  and 
white,  which  predominated  in  all  the  decorations.  Class 
veils  were  a  feature  between  the  numbers  on  the  program. 
'  Dancing  was  continued  until  4  A.  M.  when  Auld  Lang 
Svne  was  rendered  from  the  balcony  by  a  number  of  students 
who  finished  out  the  program.  The  committee  in  charg! 
was  composed  of  the  following  members:  William  H.  ^^  ard, 
chairman:  Harry  B.  Ferguson,  treasurer;  Frederick  A.  l.es- 
lie  secretarv.  Thomas  M.  Davies,  George  C.  Diekman.  \\  ill- 
iaiii  H  Ebbitt.  Charles  S.  Erb.  Adolph  Henning.  Hieronimus 
\  Herold.  William  A.  Hoburg,  Jr..  Nelson  S.  Kirk,  Eugene 
¥.   Lohr.  Frank  N.  Pond,  Anton   Vorisek,  Curt  P.  W  immer. 

Coming  Meetings  of  State  Associations. 

Massachusetts  State  Pharm.  A.  met  in  semi-annual  session 
at  Worcester  at  11  a.  m.  Wednesday.  February  10.  isixtli- 
class  licenses  and  recommendations  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
were  among  the  important  matters  considered. 

Indiana  "Ph.A.  will  meet  in  annual  session  this  year  at 
French  Lick  Springs,  June  22-24.  oo  .     .t<     ^  n,» 

Pennsylvania  State  Ph.A.  will  meet  June  22  to  24  at  the 
Bedford  Springs  Hotel.  Bedford  Springs,  Pa. 

Phi  Chi  Meets  at  Chicago  in  March. 
Irving  H.  Robitshek.  grand  president  of  the  Phi  Chi  Fra- 
ternitv.^has  issued  a  notification  that  the  next  national_  council 
will  be  held  in  Chicago  on  March  4-6,  at  the  Phi  Ch.  Lodge^ 
398  East  Superior  street.  Communications  sent  before  Marcc 
1  to  Mr.  Robitshek  should  be  addressed  to  1600  Ninth  ave- 
nue. South;  Minneapolis,  Minn. 


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Capital,  Ingenuity  and  Forethought. 

:By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Madam  Apothecary  eyed  the  sec- 
ond new  silent  salesman  now 
placed  in  her  charge,  as  if  she  ex- 
pected tp  gather  some  suggestion 
for  its  best  i:se  from  its  own  trans- 
parent sides. 

She  walked  several  times  up  and 
down  the  length  of  the  store  and 
then  sat  down  and  began  to  figure. 
The  Apothecary  came  and  looked 
over  her  shoulder. 

"You  see."  Madam  explained.  "I 
have  estimated  that  there  are  at 
least  three  thousand  people  in  our 
neighborhood  wno  could  conven- 
iently buy  their  soap  of  us.  and 
that  each  person,  in  order  to  be 
reasonably  clean,  ought  to  use 
about  three  pounds  of  soap  a  year. 
That  would  mean  that  it  would  require  nine  thousand 
pounds  of  soap  to  supply  these  possible  customers  and  mem- 
bers of  their  families  for  whom  they  would  naturally  buy. 
We  cannot  expect  to  get  all  that  trade,  but  as  a  matter  of 
actual  fact,  how  much  of  it  do  we  get?" 
The  Apothecary  shrugged  his  shoulders. 
"I  have  looked  up  our  soap  sales  of  last  year,  and  while 
I  cannot  get  at  the  amount  in  pounds.  I  can  get  at  it  ap- 
proximately in  dollars  and  cents,  and  the  humiliating  truth 
confronts  us  that  our  soap  sales  were  paltry — insignificant, 
in  comparison  with  what  they  ought  to  have  been.  Our  actual 
cash  profit  on  that  line  of  goods  is  far  and  away  below  what 
it  has  any  business  to  be.  By  being  alive  to  the  possibilities 
we  ought  to  gain  and  hold  at  least  one-third  of  the  surround- 
ing trade  in  soap.  Either  the  populace  at  present  is  not  using 
the  amount  of  this  product  it  ought  to  use,  or  we  are  not  get- 
ting our  legitimate  share  of  its  patronage.  If  that  is  the 
case  it  is  our  own  fault.  Soap  is  good  stock,  as  we  sell  it, 
shrinkage  in  weight  does  not  count,  and  there  is  a  steady 
demand  for  it  every  season  of  the  year.  It  is  easy  to  handle 
and  ought  to  yield  a  fair  profit." 

Madam  examined  her  calendar,  and  discovered  with  pleas- 
ure, that  Easter  with  its  Increased  opportunities  for  business 
was  still  some  weeks  away.  That  was  good,  for  having  de- 
cided that  she  wotild  take  the  soap  business  under  her  pat- 
ronage, she  determined  that  one  of  the  Easter  displays  should 
be  soap.     She  wanted  time,  and  there  was  none  to  be  lost. 

Correspondence  was  held  with  several  firms  and  the  contract 
finally  given  to  a  well-known  and  thoroughly  reliable  house  to 
manufacture  a  quantity  of  extra  fine  toilet  soap,  of  which  the 
Apothecary  was  to  control  the  dies  and  brand.  Each  cake 
was  to  bear  the  name  "Bourbon  Lily  Soap,"  and  the  Apothe- 
cary's name  and  city.  The  cakes  were  to  be  specially  shaped 
to  fit  the  hand,  the  stock  was  to  be  first  class  in  every  way 
and  the  box-package  refined  and  attractive.  The  margin  of 
profit  was  satisfactory.  This  was  to  be  a  high  grade  special 
and  so  one  thousand  miniature  cakes  of  the  same  were  pro- 
vided for  sampling  good  "prospects."  These  samples  were  to 
be  directly  given  or  wrapped  in  the  parcels  of  possible 
purchasers. 

For  a  medium  priced  soap,  another  product  was  contracted 
for,  which  was  of  good  quality,  but  less  expensively  molded 
and  wrapped.  It  was  to  bear  the  more  descriptive  name  of 
"Violet  Oatmeal."  There  were  no  samples,  but  the  price  was 
decidedly   aijpealing. 

The  third  part  of  this  order  caused  Madam  considerable 
thought.  It  consisted  of  the  cutest,  little  yellow  soap  chickens 
in  gift  boxes,  the  shape  and  decoration  of  which  suggested  a 
small  coop :  and  another  soap  novelty  in  the  form  of  a  round 
box  which  held  a  nest  made  of  a  cleverly  folded  wash  cloth. 
in  which  reposed  three  soap  eggs,  marked  and  colored  in  ex- 
cellent imitation  of  various  birds'  eggs.  On  the  covers  of 
these  boxes  appeared  the  lines, 

/  send  to  you,  oh  friend  of  mine. 

A  gift  of  Easter  meaning; 
Do  not.  I  ieg.  these  eggs  deeline. 

They're  fresh  I  knoic — and  cleaning. 


For  a  little  more  expensive  gift,  a  small  order  was  placed 
for  slightly-oval  celluloid  soap  boxes,  containing  the  same 
nest  and  eggs. 

A  moderate  assortment  of  well-known  soaps  was  purchased, 
and  also  a  supply  of  what  Madam  was  pleased  to  call  Border- 
land goods,  because  they  were  on  the  dividing  line  between 
toilet  and  laundry,  and  were  widely  advertised  for  both  uses. 

Here  Madam  paused  in  her  preparations,  and  consulted  the 
Apothecary,  for  when  it  came  right  down  to  a  question  of  the 
eternal  fitness  of  things.  Madam  relied  on  his  clear-sighted 
judgment.  In  her  Southward  travels,  she  had  come  across  a 
splendid  laundry  product  manufactured  by  a  large  soap  and 
perfumery  house,  and  which  she  declared  to  be  the  best  and 
m.ost  economical  piece  of  goods  of  that  kind  she  had  ever  seen. 
Diligent  inquiry  at  small  and  large  retail  groceries  in  her  own 
and  neighboring  towns  had  failed  to  locate  it.  She  had  even 
requested  her  grocer  to  stock  it.  but  he  had  never  done  so. 
As  the  Apothecary  carried  a  small  stock  of  toilet  waters  and 
toilet  soaps  of  that  very  house,  she  advised  adding  that 
laundry  soap  to  their  line. 

He  could  see  no  reasonable  objection  to  placing  this  one 
brand  in  stock,  as  it  seemed  to  be  Madam's  discovery,  as  it 
were,  and  as  she  had  such  faith  in  its  quality.  He,  however, 
advised  against  further  stocking  of  this  class  of  goods,  at 
present,  as  it  might  lead  into  deep  waters. 

Shaving  soaps  and  creams,  special  hand-cleauers  put  up  in 
glass  containers  for  the  use  of  near-by  factory  workers,  bath 
bags,  and  other  salable  products  of  a  soapy  nature  com- 
pleted this  part  of  the  preparatory  work. 

Madam's  next  thought  was  her  window.  It  must  be  at- 
tractive, suggest  needed  supplies,  be  artistic  and  suitable  for 
this  season,  and  it  must  not  cost  too  much.  She  had  an  idea 
that  had  been  gradually  shaping  itself  in  her  busy  brain  for 
da.vs.  She  first  provided  herself  with  a  quantity  of  different 
shades  of  violet  colored,  leaf-green,  and  white,  plain  tissue 
paper,  wire,  and  a  few  other  necessaries,  including  a  small 
pamphlet  book  of  Dennison's  on  paper  flower  making.  Next, 
she  wrote  out  a  dozen  invitations  to  as  mau.v  of  her  younger 
friends,  which  somewhat  enigmatically  ran  in  this  wise : 

:  Ton  are  cordially  invited  to  attend,  at  eight  : 

;  o'clock  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  the  twenty-  : 

:  third,    A    violet    bee,    at    the    home    of    Madam  : 

:  Apothecar.v.  What  is  this?  Please  come  aud  see!  : 

:  We'll  have  a  flowery  time — your  scissors  bring  : 

:  Also    your    gayest    mood — it's    the    very    thing.  : 

*  * 

There  was  no  little  speculation  and  gay  badinage  over  the 
telephone  between  the  invited  guests  and  Madam,  but  she 
refused  to  disclose  her  plans,  and  when  the  evening  came 
Madam's  big  front  parlor  was  full  of  light  aud  laughter  and 
happy  faces.  They  were  all  special  friends  of  whom  she  felt 
free  to  ask  this  pleasant  service. 

She  explained  that  she  had  a  "heap"  of  violets  to  make  for 
her  Easter  decorations,  and  she  thought  that  instead  of  work- 
ing all  alone  at  them,  it  would  be  fun  to  have  an  old-fashioned 
bee,  such  as  they  tised  to  have  in  apple-paring  and  husking 
times,  and  like  the  quilting  party  at  the  renowned  Aunt 
Dinah's,  and  from  which  the  fair  Nellie  never  seemed  to  quite 
reach  home.  A  few  easy  directions  for  making  tissue  paper 
lilies  and  violets  were  explained  and  demonstrated,  and  in 
half  an  hour  the  flower  garden  began  to  bloom  riotously. 

The  gaiety  of  the  occasion  was  contagious,  and  many  de- 
clared themselves  the  debtors  for  an  opportunity  to  learn  so 
simple  and  so  fascinating  an  art.  At  ten  o'clock  Madam 
announced  that  the  supply  of  "cut  flowers"  was  entirely  sufii- 
cient.  and  the  company  crowded  around  the  table  to  see  the 
great  mass  of  purple  and  lavender  beauties,  and  exclamations 
of  delight  were  numerous  over  the  productions  of  the  lily 
squad. 

Many  hands  had  made  light  work,  and  a  vivacious  college 
sophomore  expressed  it  as  her  firm  conviction  that  the  flowers 
■(vere  sufliciently  natural  to  deceive  the  most  discerning  honey 
bee.  There  was  a  prompt  call  for  a  few  remarks  on  either 
zoology  or  botauy.  and  amid  much  laughter  the  young  lady 
departed  to  assist  Madam  to  serve  the  light  refreshments 
which  announced  themselves  by  a  deliciously  appetizing  odor. 

Some  music  followed,  then  came  a  short  period  of  socia- 
bility and  the  evening  was  almost  over,  almost,  but  not  quite, 
for  each  helper-guest  was  presented  with  a  box  of  Bourbon 


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[February  11,  1909 


Lily  Soap,  and  either  a  soap  ciiicken  or  a  box  of  soap  eggs, 
as  a  souvenir  of  the  evening. 

Their  delight  over  these  gifts  was  later  evinced  by  the  great 
numbers  of  their  friends  who  had  seen  their  novelties  and 
came  to  procure  some  also. 

Madam  banked  the  back  of  the  window  solid  with  violets 
and  sprays  of  living  green,  and  placed  stately  clusters  of 
lilies  at  each  end.  The  base  of  the  window  was  covered  with 
a  soft,  dull  grey-green  crepe  paper.  Not  the  rank  shade  so 
often  selected  which  kills  everything  near  it. 

The  Bourbon  Lily  Soap  in  boxes  and  singles,  the  Violet 
Oatmeal  leader,  and  the  novelties  appropriately  arranged 
made  a  display  of  simplicity  and  beauty.  The  price  of 
everything  was  indicated  by  the  use  of  the  neat  price-cards 
and  card  holders  to  be  had  for  that  purpose. 

The  Saturday  morning  the  curtain  went  up  on  the  soap 
window  a  number  of  small  boys  left  an  Easter  Announcement 
in  the  homes  of  about  three  thousand  people.  These  announce- 
ments were  dignified  and  business-like.  They  called  attention 
to  the  fine  line  of  toilet  articles,  perfumes,  and  especially  the 
soaps  that  had  been  secured  for  the  Easter  trade.  Special 
notice  was  given  to  the  prescription  department. 

On    the    Monday    night    following,    the    Apothecary    looked 
gloomily  out  of  the  window. 
,  "You  have  made  a  mistake !"  he  announced. 

"How  so?"  demanded  Madam  with  asperity. 

•'Why.  in  the  size  of  your  orders,  at  this  rate  we  shall  be 
sold  out  of  our  soaps,  slick  and  clean,  long  before  Easter.  I 
suppose  it  is  too  late  to  order  any  more  of  those  special 
goods  now." 

Madam  laughed,  one  of  those  inimitable,  rippling  silvery 
laughs. 

"Why,  you  dear  old  goosie,"  she  said  with  a  contradictory 
pat  of  approval.  "I  got  that  tip  the  night  of  the  violet  bee, 
when  I  saw  how  perfectly  delighted  the  girls  were  over  their 
gifts.  I  feared  a  shortage  in  the  market  myself,  so  I  sent  in 
a  supplementary  order  by  Special  Delivery.  You  were  so 
busy  with  those  assays  that  I  didn't  tell  you — perhaps  I 
wanted   to  surprise  you  a   bit." 

"And  you  certainly  have  succeeded,''  acknowledged  the 
Apothecary  with  manly  frankness. 


Spot-Lights. 


■Well  Attended  Meeting  of  Boston  Chapter. 
Bo.STO-X.  Fi'b.  (!. — The  .January  mpeliug  of  Boston  Chapter 
1.  W.O.N. A.R.D..  was  held  in  a  new  meeting  place  in  the 
Chauncy  Hall  building  in  Copley  square,  and  brought  out  a 
large  attendance.  Mrs.  Godding,  the  president,  occupied  the 
chair,  and  the  programme  included  an  address  on  "The  Un- 
written Law  of  Courtesy,"  by  Mrs.  Marie  A.  Moore.  Songs 
were  contributed  by  Miss  Leta  Haskell,  accompanied  on  the 
piano  by  Mrs.  E.  R.  Sox.  Refreshments  followed,  with  ilrs. 
J.  A.  Tupper,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  entertainment,  in 
charge,  and  with  Jlrs.  John  Mclntire  pouring  the  tea. 


Branch  of  "W.O.N.A.K.D.  Formed  in  Syracuse. 

Sykacdse,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  1. — .Vbout  thirty  women,  wives  of 
druggists  and  members  of  their  families,  met  in  the  assembly 
hall  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  recently  and  started  a  move- 
ment towards  the  organization  of  a  companion  society  to  the 
Syracuse  Retail  Druggists'  Association.  They  were  addressed 
by  Mrs.  Emma  Gary  Wallace,  of  Boston,  former  president  of 
the  W.O.N.A.R.D.  The  following  officers  were  named  :  Presi- 
dent, Mrs.  W.  B.  Bissell;  vice-president,  Mrs.  Rufus  Smith, 
and  secretary-treasurer,  Mrs.  George  E.  Thorpe. 


Reception  and  Dance  for  Chapter  6. 
Philadelphi.k.  Feb.  8. — Mrs.  William  Estell  Lee,  president 
of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D..  will  give  an  at  home  to  the  members 
of  Chapter  6,  of  Philadelphia,  at  her  home,  82.3  North  Twenty- 
fourth  street,  Thursday  afternoon.  The  second  annual  birth- 
day reception  and  dance  of  Chapter  6  will  be  held  at  the 
College  of  Pharmacy  Friday  evening  and  provision  has  been 
made  for  the  entertainment  of  several  hundred  members  and 
friends  of  the  banner  chapter  of  the  national  organization. 


"Will  Entertain   Queen  City  Members. 
Cincinnati,  Feb.  8. — Members  of  the  Queen  City  Chapter 
No.  5,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  will  be  entertained  at  a  euchre  party 
February    10    at    the    home    of    their   president,    Mrs.    A.    O. 
Zwick.  in  East  McMillan  street. 


■By  Joet  "Blanc. 

-Mama  bought  the  tickets, 
saw  that  her  two  boys  had 
their  clothes  on  right,  their 
faces  clean,  shoes  polished, 
and  then  sent  them  off  to 
see  that  beautiful  fairyland, 
"Little  Nemo."  ily !  but 
the  little  fellow  and  I  did 
enjoy  it.  Once,  when  the 
spot-light  was  playing  on  a 
dancer,  the  little  fellow 
turned  to  me  and  said : 
"Papa,  doesn't  the  light 
burn  that  lady?"  I  replied 
tliat  it  did  not  and  that 
there  was  no  danger. 

We  had  hardly  entered 
the  elevated  car  for  our 
homeward  trip  when  the 
little  fellow,  happily  tired,  cuddled  close  in  my  arms  and 
went  to  sleep.  As  I  felt  his  brow  pressing  sweetly  against 
my  cheek,  there  came  to  my  mind  his  query  about  the  spot- 
light. I  had  answered  him  wrongly,  but  it  was  better  so. 
Jlay  it  be  many  years  before  he  shall  know  that  the  spot- 
light does  burn,  that  it  does  leave  terrible  scars  and  some- 
times kills. 

As  the  thought  goes  back  over  twenty-six  years  spent  within 
the  domain  of  drugs,  years  holding  so  many  thousands  of 
miles  of  travel,  of  contact  with  so  many  people  in  so  many* 
places,  of  so  many  conditions.  I  realize  that  the  spot-light 
flashes  across  the  path  of  nearly  every  life  and  happy  are 
those  who  find  it  without  seeking,  for  they  only  stand  within 
or  pass  through  its  glaring  circle  without  being  burned. 

How  the  name  of  the  light  has  changed  as  its  glare  has 
increased  in  intensity !  Our  parents,  in  speaking  of  it  in  a 
metaphorical  and  material  sense,  called  it  the  "lime-light."  In 
our  youth  it  was  the  "calcium-light"  :  today  it  is  the  "spot- 
light." As  I  use  the  term  here,  it  stands  for  that  fierce  light 
which  beats  upon  the  stage  of  publicity  which,  strangely  enough, 
brings  honor  and  love  to  those  whom  it  seeks,  and  unhappiness 
and  remorse  to  those  who  seek  it.  Happy  the  man  or  woman 
who  unconsciously  stands  within  the  circle  and  receives  its  re- 
wards of  honor,  gratitude  and  love,  unsought.  But  pity,  yes, 
mercy,  for  those  who  struggle  to  face  the  spot-light's  glare,  to 
have  its  rays  unveil  them  and  then  to  realize  when  it  is  all 
too  late,  that  for  them  it  is  a  merciless  light,  unshrouding 
the  dark  depths  of  their  own  souls,  disclosing  the  character- 
istics which  prompted  them  to  struggle  to  the  center  of  the 
scorching  circle,  and  there  to  lay  bare  their  vanity,  selfish- 
ness, hypocrisy,  ingratitude  and  greed. 

I  can  only  "think  of  the  spot-light  of  publicity  as  shining 
from  the  eyes  of  Justice.  Though  all  the  courts  of  men  may 
err,  from  within  the  circle  of  publicity's  spot-light,  every  being 
upon  whom  it  shines  is  disclosed  at  last  in  the  beauty  or 
hideousness  of  naked  truth. 

Wherever  the  spot-light  of  publicity  shines  there  is  a  quiet, 
darkened  auditorium  of  the  mind  from  which  many  gaze  upon 
those  within  the  magic  glare.  The  many  gaze  in  rapture  as 
they  see  upon  those  the  soul-beauty  that  even  in  the  spot-light 
is  made  more  beautiful  beneath  the  cloak  of  modesty  or,  they 
laugh  at  those  whose  inane  antics  become  visible  or  who  stand 
with  all  the  horror  of  their  duplicity  nakedly  exposed,  assum- 
ing the  posture  of  gods  and  goddesses,  yet  who  have  not 
awakened  to  the  crushing  realization  that  others  have  long 
seen  what  self  to  self  would  not  confess. 

One  who  has  been  familiar  for  any  length  of  time  with  tlw 
work  of  any  organization  of  whatever  form  or  purpose,  can 
look  through  memory  and  see  the  paths  of  the  spot-lights  of  the 
past.  There  are  always  two  paths,  one  to  the  right,  the  other 
to  the  left.  Along  the  path  to  the  right. rest  those  whom  the 
light  sought  out.  but  who  did  not  seek  it.  Strangely  enough, 
they  are  only  semi-conscious  that  the  light  of  publicity  over 
shone  upon  them.  Although  the  spot-light  brought  them  no 
additional  wealth,  and  did  bring  them  much  hard  work,  thev 
are  at  peace  with  all  the  world.  They  did  the  work  cheerfully, 
joyfully,  partly  for  the  joy  of  working,  partly  to  help  others 


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133 


along  ;i  littli'  liit.  They  know  that  a  vaguely  nuderstooJ 
somethiug  brought  them  more  friends,  more  love.  Altho'isli 
they  did  their  hardest  work  and  fought  fatiguing  battles  in 
the  glare  of  the  spot-light,  they  were  so  earnestly  thous;lit- 
centered  on  what  they  were  doing  and  so  pure  were  the  im- 
pulses M'hich  prompted  lip  and  hand,  that  they  were  never 
fully  conscious  of  the  glare  of  the  light  in  which  they  worked. 
Of  course,  they  were  often  misjudged  and  abused,  but  a  clear 
conscience  armored  them  so  effectively  that  shafts  of  injustice 
and  malevolence  could  not  wound  them.  And  now,  after  tile 
battle,  the  brilliance  of  the  spot-light  seems  to  have  left  them 
to  dwell  permanently  within  a  soft  effulgence,  a  sort  of  perma- 
nent reflection  from  the  spot-light's  rays,  a  reflection  perpet- 
uated in  the  mirrors  of  their  own  honor  through  the  love  of 
their  friends. 

But  how  different  is  the  mind-picture  disclosed  in  our  view 
of  that  memoried  spot-lit  path  to  the  left.  The  circle  of  light 
has  changed  to  fitful  tongues  of  consuming  flames  which  dart 
through  billows  of  black  smoke.  That  path  is  mariced  by  the 
mile-stones  of  regret,  remorse,  shame  and  many  other  such 
attributes.  Along  the  path  wander  the  forms  of  some  we 
recognize.  Each  in  his  or  her  hand  holds  the  mirror  of  the 
soul.  By  means  of  this  mirror  they  now  «ee  themselves  as 
they  know  themselves  to  be  and  they  begin  to  realize  that 
the  spot-light  for  which  they  so  eagerly  fought,  must  have  long 
ago  showed  them  to  the  many,  just  as  the  mirror  of  the  bared 
soul  now  shows  them  to  themselves.  They,  too,  were  some- 
times misjudged  and  often  slandered,  but  unlike  those  on  the 
path  to  the  right,  the.v  are  denied  the  comforting  nepenthe 
of  having  acted  unselfishly.  In  every  memoried  injustice 
rankles  the  thought  of  much  deserved  contempt. 

And  now  we  turn  to  the  stage  of  life  as  it  is  today.  That 
world-stage,  in  the  limit  of  our  own  littleness,  seems  only  to 
hold  the  actors  who  come  personally  within  the  sphere  of  our 
own  lives.  We  see  the  spot-light,  like  a  will-o'-the-wisp,  dart- 
ing hither  and  thither,  following  those  who  seek  it  not,  fol- 
lowed by  those  who  worship  it.  Let  us  watch  those  who 
strive  to  keep  in  the  center  of  its  glare.  Some  hold  open 
pockets,  hoping  that  the  spot-light  rays  may  turn  to  material 
gold.  Others  seek  only  notoriety  and  call  it  fame.  See  how 
selfishness  prompts  some  to  push  all  others  aside  as  each 
strives  to  fill  the  entire  circle  of  light,  blind  to  their  own 
littleness.  Some  foolishly  scatter  the  little  gold  they  have 
because  it  is  echoed  back  as  applause  from  the  hands  that 
receive  it.  Others  work  until  mind  and  body  are  worn  and 
torn.  True,  the  work  they  do  must  bring  some  little  good  and 
for  that  let  us  give  them  credit,  but  prompted  only  by  vanity 
or  conceit  they  so  scatter  their  efforts,  so  dissipate  their  ener- 
gies, that  the  ton  of  labor  evolves  but  an  ounce  of  produciiou. 

All  without  the  glaring  circle  within  which  the  spot-light 
plays  is  shrouded  in  Stygian  darkness  and  many  of  those 
who  do  gain  the  light  forget  the  worn  garments  they  left 
in  the  darkness  so  close  at  hand.  They  forget  that  at  the 
most  unexpected  moment,  in  the  most  unforeseen  way,  the 
light  may  fly  to  left  or  right,  upward  or  downward  and  dis- 
close that  which  they  thought  was  forever  buried  in  the  gloom 
of  obliviou. 

Bui  he  or  she  who  seeks  only  the  right,  who  drops  nothing 
but  seeds  of  love,  kindness  and  honest  effort  is  in  an  impreg- 
nable position.  When  at  last  the  spot-light  unsought  and  un- 
heralded comes,  it  ma.v  flit  and  bring  into  view  the  actions  of 
a  lifetime,  but  when  the  shadows  have  melted  into  the  light 
nothing  has  been  disclosed  but  fair  flowers  and  fine  fruits. 

lie  is  a  coward  who,  before  men  for  men,  refuses  to  work 
in  the  world.  He  who  slinks  in  darkness  through  fear  of  the 
spot-light  is  no  better  than  he  who  seeks  the  spot-light  in  the 
belief  that  its  glare  will  help  him  hide  the  darkness  of  his 
motives. 

It  is  the  duty  of  every  man  and  woman  to  be  fearlessly  fit 
and  mentally  clean  enough  to  face  the  spot-lighfs  searching 
rays.  But  this,  duty  though  it  is,  will  not  be  accomplished 
until  humanity  in  its  entirety  becomes  divinit.v.  So,  let  us 
hank  the  spot-light  of  publicity  for  the  good  it  does  though 
much  of  that  good  comes  through  the  exposure  of  evil. 

The  spot-light  of  publicity  punishes  the  selfish,  it  unmasks 
the  hypocrite,  it  foils  the  mercenary,  it  awakens  the  fool,  it 
[identifies  the  public  enemy  and  blocks  private  graft. 

The  spot  light  of  publicity  brings  fame  to  these  who  deserve 
jbut  do  not  seek  it,  rewards  those  who  only  ask  for  the  right 
to  help,  carries  peace  to  the  peacemaker  and  victory  to  those 
iwho  fight  for  right. 


So,  the  spot-light  of  publicity  shines  from  the  eyes  of 
Justice.  Though  her  eyes  may  be  bandaged  the  light  will  at 
last  come  through  and  shine  upon  her  scales  and  guide  the 
blade  she  holds.  For  a  time  its  brilliance  may  seem  to  reward 
the  undeserving  and  hold  the  true  in  shadowland.  but  sooner  or 
later,  to  every  man  it  shines  upon,  whether  in  drug  trade  or- 
ganizations or  political,  religious  or  social  bodies,  it  brings 
justice  as  punishment  or  reward. 

It  sometimes  happens  at  the  most  unexpected  time,  when 
the  spot-light  is  brightest,  when  the  being  within  its  circle 
seems  greatest,  noblest  and  fairest,  there  suddenly  comes  a 
terrific  explosion.  It  is  in  such  explosions  that  the  innocent 
are  often  injured. 


Original  and  Selected 


THE  ASSAY  OF  DRUGS. 


By  C.   E.   Parker. 

The  spirit  of  progress,  a  quickened  sense  of  responsibility 
is  manifest  among  practitioners  of  that  branch  of  medicine 
dealing  with  the  provision  of  agents  for  the  prevention,  alle- 
viation and  cure  of  disease  which  we  call  pharmacy.  The 
whole  prestige  and  distinction  of  the  pharmacist  which  differ- 
entiates him  from  the  common  merchant,  is  contingent  upon 
his  fidelity  to  that  obligation  to  use  certain  professed  attain- 
ments for  the  benefit  of  others  which  is  the  essence  of  pro- 
fessionalism. If  he  for  gain  promotes  the  use  of  drugs  re- 
gardless of  the  discipline  of  his  profession  and  of  the  public 
welfare,  he  becomes  a  mere  drug  seller.  The  old-time  apothe- 
cary who  personally  conducted  practically  all  the  details  from 
growing  drugs  to  dispensing  prescriptions  could  not  easily  for- 
get his  professional  responsibility.  But  the  commercial  devel- 
opment of  applied  pharmacy  has  now  become  so  complex  and 
drugs  pass  through  the  hands  of  so  many  people  who  have  no 
personal  or  professional  relations  with  the  sick  for  whose 
benefit  the.v  are  destined,  or  whose  interest  in  pharmacy  proper 
is  subordinate  to  other  affairs,  that  there  is  a  strong  tendency 
to  divide  and  dissipate  responsibility. 

The  professional  status  of  the  retail  pharmacist  depends 
upon  his  success  in  arresting  and  reversing  this  tendency. 
Power  and  authority  naturally  accrue  to  those  who  are  effi- 
cient in  the  discharge  of  responsibility  and  depart  from  those 
who  fail  to  "make  good." 

Effect  of  Pharmacy  Laws. 

The  pharmacy  laws  of  onr  country,  which  have  been  in  a 
large  degree  shaped  by  the  influence  of  pharmacists,  are 
theoretically  the  basis  of  a  compact  whereby  in  consideration 
of  his  professional  ability  and  obligation  to  conserve  the 
physical  welfare  of  the  public,  and  to  enable  this  to  be  done 
more  effectively,  the  pharmacist  receives  certain  exclusive 
privileges.  Practically  the  provisions  of  many  of  these  laws, 
and  the  activities  of  boards  of  pharmacy  operating  under 
their  authority,  have  been  more  efficient  in  restriciing  the 
practice  of  pharmacy  and  thereby  limiting  competition,  than 
in  suppressing  adulteration  and  other  practices  detrimental  to 
the  public  health.  Sometimes  a  disposition  has  been  disclosed 
to  regard  pharmacy  laws  as  primarily  for  the  benefit  of  phar- 
macists rather  than  that  of  the  public.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  efforts  of  the  ethical  element  in  pharmacy  have  powerfully 
promoted  the  pure  drug  legislation  of  recent  years,  though  as 
an  expression  of  public  sentiment  it  represents  a  loss  of 
prestige  by  the  boards  of  pharmacy.  The  prevalent  tendency 
has  been  to  withdraw  from  them  and  entrust  to  other  officials 
in  authority  the  duty  of  enforcing  the  new  laws. 
Kesponsibility  of  th.e  Pharmacist. 

These  laws  generally  provide  a  system  of  guarantees  where- 
by the  retailer  can  transfer  to  his  source  of  supply  the  respon- 
sibility for  drugs  sold  in  the  original  packages,  the  liability 
otherwise  being  his  own,  and  his  willingness  or  unwillingness 
to  assume  the  responsibility  for  what  he  sells  may  be  expected 
to  have  a  corresponding  effect  upon  his  professional  standing. 
He  may  reduce  his  liability  by  selling  a  minimum  of  his  own 

*Kead  at  the  meeting  of  the  City  of  Washington  Branch  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  December  14,  1908. 


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[February  11,  1909 


preparations,  thus  teuding  to  become  a  mere  drug  distributor ; 
or  he  may  attack  the  problem  of  supplying  a  creditable  pro- 
portion of  legal  medicaments  on  his  own  responsibility.  A 
rigid  enforcement  of  the  requirements  of  these  laws  would 
oblige  pharmacists,  by  the  application  of  pharmacopa?ial  and 
other  tests,  to  assure  themselves  of  the  legality  of  many 
preparations  for  which  they  are  necessarily  responsible,  bome 
have  had  no  training  in  this  branch,  and  for  others  it  has  had, 
since  their  college  days,  but  academic  interest.  If  a  demand 
arises  the  colleges  will  no  doubt  provide  suitable  courses  m 
pharmacopoBial  technic,  following  the  example  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Division  of  the  Zurich  Polytechnic,  Switzerland, 
which  gives  ten-day  courses  of  instruction  and  laboratory  prac- 
tice based  on  the  new  Swiss  Pharmacopeia. 

Valuations  Based  on  Assays. 
The  first  application  of  drug  assaying  was  probably  made 
to  afford  a  rational  basis  of  valuation  in  the  purchase  of  opium 
and  cinchona  for  the  manufacture  of  alkaloids.  Thus  when 
the  medical  profession  urged  the  desirability  of  more  reliable 
and  uniform  products  than  the  existing  system  of  supplying 
medicaments  afforded,  the  basis  for  a  partial  solution  of  the 
problem  was  available.  Perceiving  a  commercial  advantage  in 
the  extended  application  of  scientific  principles,  manufacturing 
pharmacists,  who  had  been  controlling  the  quality  of  their 
crude  drugs  to  some  extent  by  assaying,  began  applying  the 
principle  to  finished  products.  The  success  of  this  experiment 
helped  to  create  a  demand  that  assay  methods  be  officially 
recognized  by  the  Pharmacopoeia. 

The  Revision  Committee  was  very  conservative  m  respect 
to  this  innovation,  hesitating  to  sanction  methods  which,  how- 
ever satisfactory  for  the  use  of  trained  chemists,  would  be 
liable  to  miscarry  in  the  hands  of  the  average  pharmacist.  Re- 
stricting the  choice  to  methods  supposed  to  be  within  the 
capacity  of  the  latter,  a  few  simple  assays  were  made  official. 
Though  scientific  progress  and  the  needs  of  rational  medicine 
were  recognized  by  the  introduction  into  the  last  Pharma- 
copoeia of  a  considerable  number  of  assays,  the  technical  lim- 
itations of  pharmacists  had  a  restraining  influence  in  the  ex- 
clusion of  microscopic  characteristics  of  drugs  and  the  selec- 
tion of  assay  methods.  In  regard  to  the  latter  the  committee 
was  instructed  that  assay  processes  should  be  •■reasonably 
simple  (both  as  to  methods  and  apparatus  required)  and  to 
lead  to  fairly  uniform  results  in  different  hands." 


Assay  Methods  Now  Fairly  Bepresentative. 
The  methods  adopted  were  the  consummation  of  protracted 
and  painstaking  labors  by  a  group  of  the  most  competent  ex- 
perts in  the  country,  and,  on  the  whole,  fairly  represented  the 
existing  status  of  this  branch  of  chemical  analysis.  Some  of 
the  most  important  defects  have  since  been  remedied. 

Though  the  Pharmacopoeia  had  been  recognized  to  some 
extent  in  legislation,  its  authority  was  chiefly  moral  until  the 
passage  of  the  National  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  1906. 
The  probability  being  somewhat  vague  that  its  standards  and 
methods  would  be  made  the  basis  for  general  legal  regulation. 
a  fairly  high  degree  of  accuracy  appeared  less  important  than 
it  does  under  the  altered  conditions.  For  example,  there  was 
no  requirement  that  the  assay  methods  give  correct  or  approx- 
imately correct  results. 

It  is  necessary  now  to  ascertain  how  these  methods,  upon 
which  an  official  status  has  been  conferred,  will  respond  to 
the  requirements  of  the  official  chemist  and  prospective  witness 
before  the  courts.  Before  the  passage  of  the  Pure  Food  and 
Drugs  Act  the  Association  of  Official  Agricultural  Chemists 
had  begun  a  cooperative  study  of  analytical  methods  for  crude 
drug  plants  under  Dr.  L.  F.  Kebler  as  referee,  and  since  the 
law  became  operative  the  scope  of  the  investigations  has  been 
considerably  extended.  The  method  of  procedure,  which  has 
been  found  quite  valuable  in  increasing  the  accuracy  and  effi- 
ciency of  other  oranches  of  chemical  analysis,  is  to  distribute 
suitable  uniform  samples  of  the  drugs,  with  detailed  instruc- 
tions in  the  methods  of  analysis  to  be  tried,  to  a  number  of 
competent  volunteer  analysts,  who  report  their  results,  with 
observations  and  constructive  criticisms  on  the  utility  of  the 
methods.  A  compilation  of  these  returns  is  reported  to  the 
convention  of  the  association,  communicated  to  the  collaborat- 
ors and  made  the  basis  of  recommendation  for  the  adoption  of 
official  methods  for  the  use  of  the  association,  or  provisional 
methods  for  further  study.  j,.  ,  ^ 

In  this  manner  since  1903  methods  have  been  studied  for 
the  assaying  of  opium,  cinchona,  ipecac,  nus  vomica,  aconite 


leaves  and  root,  lielladonna  leaves  and  root,  coca  and  colchicum 
corn  and  seed.  In  every  case  the  pharmacopoeial  method  has 
been  compared  with  one  or  more  other  methods  selected  from 
the  best  available,  the  choice  being  influenced  by  the  desira- 
bility of  contrasting  the  aliquot  and  total  extraction  methods 
of  obtaining  the  active  principle,  and  the  gravimetric  and  volu- 
metric methods  of  determination.  The  pharmaeopceial  method 
of  assaying  opium  has  been  adopted  as  official  by  the  associa- 
tion in  regard  to  the  results  obtained  by  the  pharmacopoeia! 
methods  for  other  drugs,  it  may  be  said  that  they  can  scarcely 
be  called  "fairly  uniform,"  as  they  sometimes  scatter  widely, 
differences  amounting  to  30  or  40  per  cent  of  the  average 
occurring.  Other  branches  of  analysis  have  made  a  similar 
showing  when  first  made  the  subject  of  cooperative  study. 

Though   drug  assaying  does  not   involve  the  application  of 
any  analytical   principles  peculiar  to  itself,  it  is  attended  by   , 
some  special  difficulties,  so  that  even  the  competent  chemist 
who  is  trained  in  other  branches  of  analysis  does  not  usually 
succeed  in  this  without  a  certain  amount  of  experience,  and 
the  amateur  surely  cannot  expect  to  get  very  accurate  results.  , 
Criticisms  of  Pharmacopoeial  Assays. 
The  pharmacopoeial  methods  are  formulated  in  simple  terms,  1 
and  on  carrying  out  the  manipulations  it  will  usually  be  tound  ! 
that  more  or  less  of  the  details  are  left  to  the  judgment  of 
the  analyst,  and  there  is  small  probability  that  any  two  at-  ; 
tempting"  to  follow  the  instructions  exactly  will  perform  the 
assays  in  an  absolutely  identical  manner.     If  these  differences 
are  material  it  will  be  necessary  to  fill  in  the  gaps  with  ex- 
plicit instructions.  ,     ^  v  . 
The  methods  start  with  the  assumption  that  the  analyst  has 
a  representative  sample  of  the  powdered  air-dry  drug.     Air- 
dry  dru-'s   vary   themselves,   and   are  affected  by  atmospheric 
conditions  of  humidity  with  respect  to  the  amount  of  moisture 
they  contain.    Therefore  it  would  be  better  to  make  a  separate 
determination  of  loss  of  moisture  on  drying  and  compute  the 
assay   to   a   basis   of  dry   drug.     A   representative   sample  of 
crude  drug  is  often  very  difficult  to  obtain.     If  a  bale  is  ground 
and  the  powder  mixed  it  is  easy,  but  to  m«ie  a  representative 
mixture  of  portions  from  different   places   in   the  package  of 
leaves,  roots,  etc.,   requires  trained  judgment.     There  is  also 
difficulty  in  obtaining  proper  comminution  of  small  samples  of 
tough  and  refractory  drugs,  as  every  particle  must  be  powdered 
and    small    mills    will     not     readily     accomplish     this.      1-or 
example,    one   would    not   obtain   a   representative   sample   of 
ipecac  if  he  rejected  any  of  the  woody  fiber  which   the  mill 
refuses  to  grind.     It  is  important  that  the  powder  be  as  fine 
as  tho  Pharmacopieia  directs  for  assay  purposes,  as  extraction 
may  otherwise  be  imperfect  and  cause  variation  in  results. 

In  extracting  the  drug  both  by  total  extraction  and  aliquot 
methods,  the  powder  is  directed  to  be  digested  in  a  stoppered 
flask  with  a  certain  amount  of  volatile  solvent  to  which  am- 
monia is  usually  added  to  liberate  the  alkaloid.  The  digestion 
is  to  be  accompanied  with  agitation,  the  amount  of  which  is 
somewhat  indefinitely  stated,  though  in  some  cases  the  use  of 
a  mechanical  agitator  is  alternatively  directed.  The  direction, 
•■with  frequent  shaking,"  will  be  interpreted  differentl.v  by 
different  persons,  and  for  the  sake  of  uniformity  it  would  be 
better  to  direct  "with  continuous  agitation."  A  mechanical 
agitator  driven  by  a  small  electric  or  water  motor  is  easily 
arranged. 

A  Fe-wr  Modifications  Desirable. 
The  total  extraction  and  aliquot  methods  are  both  recognized 
in  the  Pharmacopoeia,  the  latter  being  usually  preferred  for 
drugs  which  contain  much  alkaloid  or  are  difficult  to  exhaust. 
Both  have  their  advocates  and  advantages,  but  the  cooperative 
work  has  not  vet  disclosed  a  decided  superiority  on  the  whoK 
for  either  A  few  modifications  are  desirable,  such  as  the  usf 
of  more  solvent  menstruum  in  the  total  extraction  of  certaii 
drugs,  and  filtering  the  solution  through  cotton  previous  to 
during,  or  after  the  shaking  out  process. 

\  number  of  alkaloids  after  isolation  from  the  correspondms 
drugs  are  directed  to  be  determined  by  titration.  They  are 
dissolved  in  a  certain  volume  of  tenth-normal  sulphuric  acu 
which  is  more  than  that  necessary  to  combine  with  and  brini 
them  into  solution,  the  excess  being  then  titrated  back  witl 
fiftieth-normal  potassium  hydroxide  to  the  neutral  point  a. 
indicated  by  cochineal  or  iodeosin  solution.  Owing  to  tH' 
relatively  high  molecular  weight  of  alkaloids  and  the  smat 
amount  "usuallv  present,  small  differences  in  measuring  _th 
few  cubic  centimeters  of  tenth-normal  sulphuric  acid  require- 


Fehniai-y  11.  19091  THE     PH.\RMACEUTICAL     ERA  135 

DEAN  WHELPLEY.   ST.   LOUIS   C.P.,   AND   SPECIAL  CLASS   IN  ADVANCED  MICROSCOPICAL  WORK. 


St.  r.ofis,  Feb.  0. — A  strolliug  photographer  happened  iu  sight  just  as  the  advanced  class  in  microscopy  was  gathering 
for  the  da.v's  work  at  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmac.v  recently  and  the  above  is  the  result.  Reading  from  left  to  right, 
John  Harvey  Throgmorton,  Manuel  Damiel  Rogas  (Costa  Rica).  Charles  Herbert  Hunt,  Arthur  Dahman.  Lawrence  Elmer 
Gohlson.  Julius  Benjamine  Boehm.  Dr.  H.  il.  Whelpley,  John  Andrew  Gettinger.  Francis  John  Wild,  Jr.,  Bernard 
Diedrich  Rohlfing.  James  Lathrop  Jensen.     The  work  done  in  this  class  is  entirel.v  voluntary. 


have  a  relatively  large  effect  upon  the  result.  It  seems  de- 
sirable to  substitute  for  tenth-normal,  twentieth-  or  fiftieth- 
normal  acid  in  corresponding  amount,  even  though  it  should 
prove  necessary  to  hasten  solution  by  the  use  of  neutral  alco- 
hol. In  au.v  case  a  blank  titration  is  advisable  for  comparison. 
These  volumetric  solutions  are  standardized  upon  purified 
potassium  bitartrate  as  a  basis.  The  standard  is  somewhat 
unfamiliar  to  analysts  and  a  comparison  with  the  usual 
standards  has  been  instituted,  but  no  conclusion  has  yet  been 
reached.  Experiments  on  checking  the  purity  of  the  bitartrate 
by  incinerating  and  cautiously  igniting  one  or  two  portions  and 
neutralizing  the  resulting  carbonate  with  the  reserred  bitar- 
trate resulted  in  a  mixture  of  acid  reaction.  This  may  be 
attributable  to  loss  in  ignition. 

Principle  of  Standardization. 
The  principle  of  the  standardization  is  fault.v  in  adjusting 
the  normal  potassium  hydroxide  (from  which  the  fiftieth- 
normal  is  prepared  by  dilution)  from  the  potassium  bitartrate 
by  the  use  of  phenolphthalein  indicator  and  then  adjusting  the 
normal  sulphuric  acid  from  the  norma!  alkali  with  the  use  of 
methyl-orange.  In  the  absence  of  carbonates  the  end  points 
of  phenolphthalein  and  methyl-orange  do  not  differ  so  mate- 
rially with  normal  as  with  weaker  solutions.  The  methyl- 
orange,  however,  is  used  backward,  so  to  speak,  titrations 
with  it  being  more  commonly  made  to  a  pink  than  to  a  .vellow 
color.  The  Pharmacopoeia  takes  cognizance  of  the  fact  that  iu 
alkaloidal  titrations  neither  of  these  indicators,  but  a  third 
cochineal  or  iodeosin  is  emplo.ved.  and  directs  a  special  exiteri- 
m.ent  and  adjustment  of  the  solutions  of  this  indicator.  The 
intention  is  apparently  to  have  the  tenth-normal  acid  adjusted 
to  the  fiftieth-normal  alka'i,  whereas  the  acid,  owing  to  its 
permanence  and  stability,  is  much  better  suited  for  a  secondary 
standard.  Cochineal  as  an  indicator  seems  to  give  satisfaction 
to  most  analysts.  As  with  other  indicators,  experience  teaches, 
and  a  dummy  in  proximity  aids  in  determining  the  exact  end 
point. 

Lack  of  time  precludes  any  discussion  of  special  methods 
such  as  the  assay  of  opium,  or  modifications  adapted  to  par- 
ticular drugs,  such  as  cinchona  and  nux  vomica.  The  assay 
methods  for  galenical  preparations  are  likely  to  be  applied  by 
■■etail  pharmacists  more  than  those  for  crude  drugs,  since  the 
employment  of  a  standard  drug  does  not  assure  a  standard 
roduct.  Their  interest  as  well  as  that  of  the  public  is  sub- 
served by  their  exercising  due  control  over  such  products,  for 
s-hich.  moreover,  they  cannot  usually  transfer  the  responsi- 
jility.  The  methods  are  generall.v  quite  similar  to  those  for 
rude  drugs,  but  more  expeditious,  since  the  active  principle 
s  usually  already  in  solution  or  readily  dissolved. 

Assaying  the  finished  product  does  not  secure  a  complete 
emedy  for  all  the  abnormalities  in  drugs  which  may  be  occa- 
ioned  by  natural  variation,  accidental  deterioration,  or  the 
gnorauce.   carelessness   or   cupidity    of   those    through    whose 


hands  tlie.v  pass.  An  assay  will  show,  for  example,  how  much 
alkaloid  is  present  in  a  certain  preparation,  provided  it  is  the 
characteristic  alkaloid  of  the  drug  in  question.  Ordinarily  it 
will  not  show  whether  it  is  that  particular  alkaloid  or  a 
mixture  or  alkaloids ;  nor  %vill  it  usually  indicate  whether  the 
original  drug  was  mixed  with  other  drugs  or  inert  matter,  or 
properly  cured  and  in  a  good  state  of  preservation.  The  phys- 
ical examination  of  the  original  crude  drug  is  a  very  important 
factor  in  controlling  the  quality  of  the  drug  products.  The 
process  of  grinding  destroys  many  of  the  characteristics,  and  it 
is  difficult  to  determine  the  quality  of  finely  ground  drugs 
even  with  the  microscope.  The  efficient  inspection  and  control 
of  crude  drugs  at  the  point  of  importation  into  the  country, 
therefore,  is  a  very  valuable  agenc.v  in  preventing  the  distribu- 
tion of  objectionable  drugs. 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 


Graduates  January,    1909. 
JIatriculatii>n  E.^amination 

No.  Grade  p.  c. 

.'>4.ST.   Rebecca    Kohr,    Hammond.    Indiana 98 

5.519.  A.  L.  Powell.  Manpiez.  Te.xas 06 

5.oT2.  Xoble  L.  Croop.  Goshen.  Indiana   95 

.■)r>42.  E.  B.  Holmes.  Farmington.  Xew  Mexico.  .      98 

.5i>7S.  J.  D.  Brown.  Xiangua.  Missouri 98 

.oTT".  Aylmer  B.  Green,  Terrell,  Texas 98 

579.").  Rudolph  Blohm,  Xopal,  Texas OS 

.5012,  John  O.  Brandenburg.  Attica.  Indiana...  98 
The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a  short 
time.  A  large  and  verw  handsomely  engraved  diploma,  printed 
on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's  name  engrossed, 
especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be  furnished  to  all  those 
who  request  it  for  the  sum  of  $2.  Those  desiring  the  latter 
should  forward  the  necessary  fee  to  The  Phabmacel  tical  Era. 


New  Place  Provided  for  Dr.  Angell. 

Akx  Arboe.  Feb.  8. — The  office  of  Chancellor  of  Michigan 
University  is  to  be  created  by  the  Regents  and  President 
James  B.  Angell  is  to  be  installed  therein.  A  new  president 
of  the  university  is  to  be  elected  and  to  assume  the  work, 
which  is  becoming  too  onerous  for  Mr.  Angell's  eighty  years. 
President  Angell  as  chancellor  will  remain  actual  head  of  the 
institution  at  a  salary  probably  larger  than  the  present  one. 

It  is  stated  that  on  these  conditions  only  have  the  Regents 
consented  to  let  Dr.  Angell  retire  from  the  presidency.  His 
present  plan  is  to  present  his  resignation  at  the  next  meeting 
of  the  board.  February  17. 

Thus  far  Senator  Beveridge.  of  Indiana  is  the  only  man 
who  has  been  spoken  of  as  President  Angell's  successor. 


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-1        dissolved.      Lastly   LjradniUly   add   tli.'   water,   which   should   be 


almost  boilins. 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerlis  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work 
disoensine  difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANON'TMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
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this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 


Bottle  Capping  Wax. 

(Compounder )  — 


(1) 


„     .  .1      ounce. 

Hard  yellow  wax    2%-2y2  ounces. 

Color  with  lampblack  or  vermilion,  and  you  will  have  a 
neat,  dull-finish  cap.  See  that  the  corks  are  of  the  best  aud 
are  cut  smooth  on  the  top  with  a  sharp  knife  in  order  to  have 
the  wax  set  evenly.  Apply  five  minutes  after  removing  from 
the  fire,  dipping  and  revolving  the  bottle  at  an  angle  of  alio  it 
45  degrees  in  the  mixture  and  then  standing  the  bottle  quickly 
upright. 

(2) 
Melt  S  ounces  of  white  wax  over  a  spirit  lamp.     For  this 
purpose  the  wax   may  be  put  in  any  cheap  tin  or  p^orcela^n 


(2) 


Paraflin  wax.  high  melting 20  par  s. 

Carnauba  wax   20  parts. 

Wool-fat    •••••■•   ^Oimns. 

Solution  of  caustic  soda   (40°  B  =  2<%)..     oparts. 

Nigrosin    (oil-soluble)     q  parts. 

Nigrosin    ( water-soluble )    ^  Parts. 

Water    -^"  P*"^" 

Place  the  paraffin  wax  and  wool-tat  in  a  water  bath,  and 
when  melted  and  at  the  maximum  temperature  add  the  caustic 
soda  solution  all  at  once,  and  heat  and  stir  until  a  smooth 
mass  results.  Next  add  the  carnauba  wax,  and  when  a  homo- 
.-eneous  mass  has  been  formed,  add  the  oil-soluble  nigrosin. 
The  color  having  been  dissolved,  add  the  hot  water  in  small 
•luantities  at  a  time,  the  water-soluble  nigrosin  being  dis- 
solved in  the  last  portions. 

Pharmaceutical  Synonyms,  Dictionaries,  Etc. 

(H  G  &  W  H  ) — We  assume  that  you  desire  a  book  of 
pharmaceutical  synonyms,  something  on  the  order  of 
"Hed-es'  Polyglot  Index,"  which  covers  fairly  well  the  princi- 
pal articles  iL  the  materia  niedica  in  Latin  English,  French, 
German,  Swedish  and  Norwegian-Danish.  "Rudolphy  s  Phar- 
maceutical and  Chemical  Directory-  gives  the  drug  "an>es  in 
English,  Latin  and  German  languages.  Unfortunately  both 
of  these  works  are  out  of  print,  although  you  may  be  able  to 
nick  up  copies  from  some  dealer  in  second-hand  oooks.  Moel- 
ler's  International  Medical  and  Pharmaceutical  Dictionary  m 
three  languages,  French,  English  and  German,  may  also  prove 
of  value.  It  costs  about  $1.50.  For  vernacular  German, 
French  and  Spanish  names  of  all  the  important^  T^o'^m 
plants    get    Lyons'    "Plant    Names    on    Synonyms  _     (Ji.oU). 


stirred  and  held  over  the  lamp 

Polish  for  Shoes  (Paste). 

(G.  G.  Dr  Co.  t— For  a  tan  polish  try  one  of  the  following: 
(1) 

Yellow  wax    (dark)    1  ounce. 

Palm  oil    l/""'^'"- 

Oil   of   turpentine    •  ■  •  •  •  ^  oiinces. 

Melt   together   on   a   water   bath   and   color   if   desired   with 
Nankin  brown   (.5  grains)  dissolved  in  a  little  alcohol. 
(2) 

Carnauba  wax   Bounces. 

Sperm  oil   Bounces. 

Oleaceous   butter   coloring    a- s- 

Oil  of  turpentine  12  ounces. 

Powdered   soap    1  o""*^''- 

Oil  of  mirbane  1  '3™'^- 

Melt  the  wax  aud  first  two  oils  together,  remove  from  the 
source  of  heat,  and  add  10  ounces  of  the  oil  of  turpentine 
carefully,  constantly  stirring.  Then  add  the  soap  and  oil  of 
mirbane  previously  mixed  with  2  ounces  of  oil  of  turpentine, 
and  mix  thoroughly.  . 

A  polish  for  black  shoes  may  be  made  by  usmg  the  above 
formulas,    substituting    oil-soluble    nigrosin    for    the    Nankin 
brown  or  oleaceous  butter  coloring,  or,  if  a  p-eparation  of  a 
creamy  consistencv  is  desired,  you  can  try  one  of  these : 
(1) 

Carnauba  wax   lOparts. 

Beeswax    20  parts. 

Solution  of  caustic  soda   (40°  B=27%)..     4  parts. 

XV'ater    1*?0  P''"^- 

Oil  of  turpentine  60  parts. 

Nigrosin    (oil-soluble)     u  parts. 

Melt  together  the  waxes  and  the  caustic  soda  solution  and 
stir  until  homogeneous.  AVhen  the  mass  has  cooled  somewhat 
add  the  turpentine,  in  which  the  nigrosin  has  previously  been 


are  other  medical  dictionaries. 

Worm  Syrup. 

(^r    jj  J — rj'rY  one  of  the  following: 

(1) 

Santonin    30      grains 

Oil  of  sassafras   ^, ,  m'■^'■"^■ 

Alcohol     1'-"'"''^' 

Fluid  extract  of  pink  root  -      ounces. 

Fluid  extract  of  dandelion 1      ounce. 

Fluid  extract  of  golden  seal   2  ounce. 

Molasses,  enough  to  make   6      ounces. 

(2) 

Fluid  extract  of  spigelia   5  ounces. 

Fluid  extract  of  senna   -,^  T'"^^^' 

Oil  of  anise    lOdrops 

Oil  of  caraway   Bounces. 

DoseTonToTm'o"re"te'aVpo'onfuis  at  intervals  until  purging 
commences. 

(3) 

Santonin    40     grains 

Stronger  solution  of  senna   1%  ounces. 

Powdered   tragaeanth    9      grains. 

Powdered  acacia    ^     grams. 

Essential  oil  of  bitter  almond   2      drops. 

p.        .  .   -^'2  ounces. 

Syrup,'"  nougV  \o' makJ  .V.V.".".  .■"■"■"■"■  •  •  -lo'     ounces. 

Advocates  Kigid  Anti-Liquor  Law. 
Des  Moines,  la.,  Feb.  S.-C.  H.  Boyson.  of  Cedar  Rapids. 
former  president  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  is 
here  in  the  interest  of  a  bill  to  prohibit  the  sale  of  hquoy" 
the  drug  stores  of  the  State  even  upon  the  prescription  ot  a 
physician. 


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137 


Personal  Mention 


— W.  H.  Newtox,  who  represents  the  Red  Lilly  in  Connecti- 
cut, was  a  Xew  York  City  visitor  last  week. 

— W.  X.  Fbaxks.  of  the  Franks  Drug  Company.  Atlantic, 
Iowa,  has  returned  homo  from  au  extended  trip  to  Illinois. 

— Howard  L.  Gbabeb.  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  recently  ad- 
dressed the  Society  of  Detroit  Chemists  on  "Food  Digestants." 
— R.  S.  Van  Loox,  who  represents  Eli  Lilly  &  <^o.  in  Buf- 
falo, spent  a  week  recently  in  Indianapolis  visiting  the  home 
office. 

— David  Z.  W'ixgeb.  of  Xorristown,  Pa.,  has  gone  to  Xew 
Orleans  and  will  \isit  other  points  of  interest  during  a  vaca- 
tion trip. 

— J.  JI.  McDonald,  of  Detroit,  connected  with  the  tablet 
department  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  was  a  visitor  in  Xew  York 
a  few  days  ago. 

— Db.  a.  R.  L.  DoHitE,  of  Baltimore,  second  vice-president 
of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  was  a  visitor  in  Xew  York  during  the  early 
part  of  the  week. 

— W.  G.  GoDLD,  of  Santa  Ana,  Cal.,  recently  sustained  a 
fracture  of  his  left  arm  by  falling  from  his  bicycle  while  rid- 
ing on  a  wet  pavement. 

— B.  O.  (KiLLiAN,  who  travels  southern  Georgia  for  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  visited  Indianapolis  recently  and  inspected  the 
home  office  and  laboratories. 

— E.  .1.  Tatlob.  who  sells  the  Red  Lilly  pharmaceutical 
line  in  Milwaukee,  was  a  recent  visitor  to  the  home  office  and 
laboratories  in   Indianapolis. 

— Pbof.  W.  H.  Lamont,  of  the  St.  Louis  C.P.,  and  in  charge 
of  the  Eli  Lilly  branch  in  that  city,  was  recently  in  Indian- 
apolis calling  at  the  main  offices. 

—  Guy  C.  Wisotzki.  a  well-known  druggist  of  Smithburg, 
Md.,  was  operated  upon  recently  in  the  Union  Protestant  In- 
fiimary  in  Baltimore  and  has  been  very  ill  since  then. 

— C.  M.  I'LETCHEB,  who  for  a  time  was  with  Bauer  & 
Black,  of  Chicago,  is  again  with  the  Miles  Medical  Company 
and  will  resume  his  visits  to  his  patrons  in  Pennsylvania. 

— John  F.  Queext  was  recently  re-elected  president  and 
treasurer,  also  a  director  of  the  Monsanto  Chemical  Works,  of 
St.  Louis,  Mo.,  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders. 

— John  B.  Messexgee,  in  charge  of  the  Cairo  (111.)  dis- 
trict for  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  was  a  recent  caller  at  the  St.  Louis 
office.  A.  Clemens  has  succeeded  Mr.  Fleger  in  the  Springfield 
(III.)  district  for  that  company. 

— De.  E.  R.  Laened,  head  of  the  experimental  and  research 
department  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.,  was  in  Xew 
York  during  the  early  part  of  the  week  in  conference  with  his 
co-workers  in  the  latter  city. 

— JoBDAN  Lambeet.  of  the  Lambert  Pharmacal  Company, 
St.  Louis,  was  one  of  the  five  billiard  pla.%ers  selected  to  rep- 
resent that  city  in  a  match  with  Chicago  recently.  Mr.  Lam- 
bert won  his  game  handily. 

— Hexey  B.  Gilpix,  of  Gilpin,  Langdon  &  Co.  and  of  the 
H.  B.  Gilpin  Company,  of  Baltimore,  who  was  operated  upon 
recently  for  an  abscess  of  the  hip.  is  reported  to  be  recovering 
rapidly  and  is  expected  to  leave  the  hospital  this  week. 

— W.  I.  Leech,  a  former  Philadelphia  druggist,  who  has 
been  representing  Colgate  &  Co.  in  Western  territory,  has 
been  added  to  the  Colgate  sales  forces  in  Philadelphia  and 
will  report  February  22  to  C.  W.  Haviland.  the  manager  in 
that  city. 

—J.  H.  Bablow,  who  resigned  as  the  Pennsylvania  organ- 
izer of  the  X.A.R.D..  January  1,  is  again  visiting  the  trade 
as  the  representative  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of 
Retail  Druggists.  His  efforts  will  be  confined  solely  to  Phil- 
adelphia. 

— Louis  Davis,  of  Davis  &  Davis,  dealers  in  botanicals  in 
Baltimore,  has  so  far  recovered  from  an  attack  of  blood  poison- 
ing as  to  be  able  once  more  to  attend  to  business.  He  was 
the  recipient  last  week  of  a  handsome  past-master's  jewel  from 
his  Masonic  lodge. 

— II.  R.  BoGGS,  formerly  represenlative  of  Lehn  &  Fink  in 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Pittsburg  aid  adjacent  territory,  is 
in  charge  of  the  offices  and  salesrooms  which  were  opened  at 
504  Arch  street,  Philadelphia,  last  week  by  Frank  M.  Prindle 
&  Co.,  perfumers,  of  Xew  York. 

— Mes,   H.   G.  Thompson,   owner  of  the   Thompson   Phar- 


macy at  Marinette,  Wis.,  widow  of  the  late  H.  G.  Thompson, 
a  former  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  J.  C. 
Quickenden.  pharmacist  at  Columbus.  Wis.,  were  among  the 
druggist  visitors  of  the  Jlihvaukee  Drug  Company  last  week. 

— Fbaxk  L.  E.  Gauss,  who  until  recently  was  on  the 
solieiting  stail  of  McClurc's  llagazine,  has  been  appointed 
advertising  manager  of  the  Housekeeper,  Minneapolis,  with 
headquartei-s  in  Chicago.  Mr.  Gauss  was  formerly  secretary 
of  the  Searle  &  Hereth  Co.  and  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Chicago  Drug  Club. 

— J.  Elwood  Lee,  of  Conshohocken.  Pa.,  for  the  first  lirae 
this  season,  left  his  team  in  the  Philadelphia  Wholesale  Drug 
Bowling  League  to  get  along  without  his  assistance  last  week, 
owing  to  the  serious  illness  of  his  son  who  was  operated  upon 
for  appendicitis.  Expressions  of  sympathy  and  regret  on  the 
part  of  his  friends  in  the  league  were  general. 

— Capt.  W.  G.  THOM.S.  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Veteran 
Druggists'  Association,  will  deliver  an  address  to  his  fellow- 
druggists  at  the  celebration  of  that  organization,  to  be  held  on 
Lincoln's  Birthday.  Captain  Thorns  happened  to  be  in  Ford's 
Theater  at  the  time  of  the  assassination  and  the  relation  of 
his  reminiscences  of  that  eventful  night  will  be  one  of  the 
features  of  the  C.V.D.A.'s  programme. 

— W.  S.  Miixenee,  of  Williamsport,  Pa.,  who  has  been 
spending  several  days  in  Baltimore  each  week  since  the 
organization  of  the  Williamson  &  Watts  Co.  as  one  of  the 
officers  to  look  after  the  business  of  the  three  stores  conducted 
by  the  corporation,  has  discontinued  these  trips  to  give  his 
entire  attention  to  the  Williamsport  business.  W.  J.  Smith, 
of  Holyoke,  Mass..  who  represents  the  Boston  interests  in  the 
company,  has  gone  to  Baltimore  as  manager. 


Marriag-e  Mentions. 

—(J.  S.  Beabce,  of  Mount  Ida.  and  Miss  Delia  Fields,  of 
Rock   Creek.   Ark.,   have   been   married. 

— Charles  J.  Kunz  and  Miss  Gertrude  L.  Davis,  both  of 
Louisville.   Ky.,  were  recently  united  in  marriage. 

— Ed.  Earl  Dexaxet  and  Miss  Louise  Adkihson,  both  of 
Angleton.  Tex.,  were  recently  wedded.  The  groom  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Galveston  C.P. 

— James  A.  Hexdebsox,  of  the  Tr.von  Drug  Co..  Charlotte, 
X.  C.  was  recently  married  to  Jliss  Florence  Knight,  of 
Savannah.     The  couple  came  north  on  their  wedding  tour. 

— Db.  Axt)BEW  E.  Hegemax,  secretary  of  the  Kings  County 
Pharmaceutical  Society  and  a  successful  pharmacist  of 
Brooklyn  Borough,  Xew  I'ork  City,  was  married  at  Mount 
Vernon.  X.  1'.,  on  Jan.  2S  to  Miss  Grace  Carpenter  Reed, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Eli  Harrison  Reed. 

— Emil  K.  Roth,  a  druggist  of  Johnstown,  Pa.,  was  mar- 
ried in  Philadelphia  last  week  to  Miss  Lulu  B.  Fletcher  of 
the  latter  city  and  the.v  are  enjo.ving  an  extended  honeymoon 
in  the  South.  The  wedding  was  the  culmination  of  a  ro- 
mance which  started  last  summer  when  Miss  Fletcher  spent 
her  vacation  with  her  sister  in  Johnstown. 


Ex-President  Maher  Quits  Drug  Business. 
Fort  Dodge.  la..  Feb.  G. — William  F.  Maher.  last  year's 
president  of  the  Iowa  State  Ph.A..  has  withdrawn  perman- 
er.tly  fi'om  the  drug  business  and  has  sold  his  large  drug 
concern  in  this  city  to  L.  M.  Barnes  of  Delhi,  la.  Mr. 
Maher  will  associate  himself  with  the  Johnson  Bros.  Clay 
Works,  a  thriving  institution,  which  will  increase  its  capital 
stock  to  $200,000,  Mr.  Maher  owning  the  increased  stock. 


Medicine  Maker  Opens  a  Moving  Picture  Show. 
Baltimobe.  Feb.  6. — A  rather  extraordinary  combination 
of  activities  is  represented  in  the  person  of  C.  Edward  White- 
hurst,  manufacturer  of  Juniper  Tar,  who.  besides  being  en- 
gaged in  a  war  against  sore  throats  and  coughs,  not  to  mention 
the  graver  ailments  which  frequently  develop  from  these  con- 
ditions, has  also  opened  a  moving  picture  place  in  Baltimore 
street,  at  one  of  the  most  frequented  points  in  the  city. 


Brooklyn  Doctors  and  Druggists  to  Have  Feast. 
A  musicale  and  dance  to  be  followed  by  a  banquet  will  be 
given  b.v  the  East  X'ew  York  Medico-Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion tomorrow  evening  at  the  Knights  of  Pythias'  Temple. 
432  Hopkinson  avenue,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  Xew  York  City. 
A  committee  has  been  in  charge  of  arrangements  for  several 
weeks  past  and  have  spared  no  expense. 


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[February  11.   1909 


NEW  YORK  BKANCH  INDORSES  DR.  WILEY. 


PLEASURE  AHEAD  FOR  GERMAN  APOTHECARIES 


Favors    Paying    Mr.    Beringer's    Libel    Suit    Expenses. 
Joint  Meeting  With  Physicians   Soon. 

There  was  a  large  amount  of  important  and  interesting 
business  transacted  at  the  meeting  of  the  Xew  Yorli  Branch 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  last  Monday 
evening. 

A  resolution  recommending  that  the  American  Pharmaceut- 
ical Association  talse  action  to  reimburse  George  M.  Beringer. 
of  Camden.  N.  J.,  for  his  exj^euse  in  defending  a  suit  for 
slander  and  libel  incurred  by  the  reading  of  a  paper  before 
the  association  in  1905  was  introduced  by  George  H.  Hitch- 
cock. The  paper  attaclied  the  methods  used  by  a  proprietary 
manufacturing  firm  in  exploiting  its  products. 

The  motion  to  adopt  the  resolution  started  a  lengthy  discus- 
sion and  it  was  asked  why  the  matter  had  come  up  for  con- 
sideration in  the  New  York  Branch  instead  of  the  Council  of 
the  ijarent  organization  or  the  Philadelphia  Branch,  of  which 
Mr.  Beringer  is  a  member.  It  was  brought  out  that  the  ex- 
ecutive committee,  without  the  knowledge  of  Mr.  Beringer. 
had  decided  to  introduce  such  a  resolution  because  it  had 
seemed  that  the  parent  organization  and  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  had  either  been  negligent  or  thoughtless.  The  resolu- 
tion was  adopted. 

Another  resolution,  also  unanimously  adopted,  was  one 
indorsing  the  work  of  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley  and  requesting 
his  continuation  in  office.  Copies  of  the  resolution  were  or- 
dered to  be  sent  to  President-elect  Taft,  the  Associated  Press, 
Department  of  Agriculture  and  the  Washington  Branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A. 

Jacob  Diner,  the  newly  elected  president  of  the  branch,  made 
a  strong  plea  to  the  members  for  co-operation  in  regard  to  in- 
creasing the  numerical  strength  as  well  as  interest  in  the 
work  on  papers  and  lectures.  There  was  no  action  taken  but 
it  was  suggested  to  hire  a  canvasser  and  the  matter  will  prob- 
ably come  up  at  the  next  meeting. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
progress  in  pharmac.v.  announced  that  hereafter  the  commit- 
tee would  present  at  the  meetings  a  report  that  would  occupy 
about  twenty  minutes  time. 

A  new  method  regarding  the  reading  of  papers  was  also 
announced.  Each  paper  to  be  rea^  will  be  referred  to  two  or 
three  members  about  a  week  before  its  presentation  and  then 
discussed  by  these  members  in  an  official  way  before  the  general 
discussion.  This  method  was  applied  to  the  paper  presented  by 
Otto  Raubenheimer  on  "Medicinal  Earths  and  Cataplasma 
Kaolini,"  at  this  meeting,  it  being  first  discussed  by  Dr. 
Diekman  and  Dr.  Alfred  Herzfeld.  The  plan  met  with  gen- 
eral approval. 

Thos.  P.  Cook,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee, 
announced  that  the  Mann  bill  was  practically  killed,  and 
also  called  attention  to  the  Gluck  bill.  The  committee  was 
instructed  to  attend  the  hearings  on  the  Gluck  bill  and  oppose 
its  passage  by  the  legislature. 

Geo.  H.  Hitchcock  reported  that  the  correspondence  with 
the  committee  of  the  County  Medical  Society  indicated  that 
the  selection  of  a  date  for  the  joint  meeting  of  pharmacists 
and  physicians  was  not  far  off.  J.  C.  Gallagher  and  Oscar 
C.  Kleine,  were  appointed  to  assist  Mr.  Hitchcock  in  arranging 
details  for  the  conference  with  physicians  in  perfecting  the 
plans  for  the  joint   meeting. 

•  A  tentative  schedule  as  prepared  b.v  the  executive  committee, 
for  the  coming  meetings,  gives  the  following  program :  March, 
commercial  matters :  April,  papers  on  the  Pharmacopoeia, 
meeting  for  the  pharmacy  students ;  May.  paper  by  Dr.  Virgil 
Coblentz ;  October,  paper  by  Dr.  Geo.  C.  Diekman ;  November, 
paper  by  Dr.  Henry  H.  Rusby ;  December,  paper  by  Prof. 
Geo.  A.  Ferguson.  Beginning  with  the  1910  season,  there 
will  be  papers  by  physicians,  and  public  men  will  be  requested 
to  lecture  and  read  papers.  Among  those  mentioned  as  proba- 
ble speakers  were  Health  Commissioner  Darlington.  Dr. 
Takamine,  Dr.  Hougton  and  Dr.  Squibb. 


Valuable  Papers  Read  at  February  Meeting  and  Prof. 
Remington  to  Be  Present  in  March. 

According  to  the  present  plans  of  the  entertainment  commit- 
mittee  of  the  New  Yorker  Deutscher  Apotbeker-Verein.  the 
members  of  the  verein  will  not  lack  diversion  from  routine 
during  the  next  coming  months.  Otto  P.  Gilbert,  its  chair- 
man, has  selected  new  colleagues  to  serve  on  his  committee 
and  announced  several  major  events  scheduled  for  the  near 
future,  at  a  meeting  of  the  verein  last  Thursday  evening.  Mr. 
Gilbert's  associates  are  Paul  Arndt,  Hugo  Kantrowitz,  Ed.  r . 
Pfaff,  R.  S.  Lehman  and  Henry  F.  Albert. 

The  first  will  be  the  fifty-eighth  annual  concert  and  ball  at 
the  Terrace  Garden  on  February  2-5.  A.  Lederhaus'  celebrated 
orchestra  has  been  engaged  for  the  occasion.  An  entertain- 
ment will  take  place  during  April  at  the  club  rooms.  Features 
at  this  affair  will  be  the  rendering  of  German  music  from 
imported  German  records  on  a  Reginaphone,  and  the  appear- 
ance of  Carl  Hauser,  the  German  humorist. 

Emil  Roller,  chairman  of  the  scientific  committee,  an- 
nounced that  at  the  meeting  in  March  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Rem- 
ington, of  Philadelphia,  would  deliver  a  discourse  upon  remi- 
niscences of  his  meetings  with  eminent  German  pharmacists. 

Last  Thursday  evening,  under  the  auspices  of  the  scientific 
committee.  Otto  Raubenheimer  read  a  paper  in  the  original 
upon  "Medicinal  Earths  and  Cataplasma  Kaolini."  compiled 
by  Dr.  Herman  Scheleuz,  and  also  an  outline  of  the  "History 
of  Pharmacy,"  written  by  the  same  author. 

E.  C.  Goettiug,  who  is  organizing  a  riding  club,  to  be  com- 
posed of  members  of  the  verein.  announced  that  invitations 
had  been  mailed  to  interested  parties  requesting  them  to  form- 
ally meet  and  discuss  the  proposition,  and  also  expressed  his 
appreciation  for  the  support  given  the  plan.  This  meeting 
will  take  place  today  at  Reisenweber's,  Fifty-eighth  street  and 
Eighth  avenue. 

Fourteen  new  members  were  elected  and  four  candidates 
were  proposed  for  membership.  Charles  L.  JIcBride,  of 
Kingston,  N.  Y.,  was  elected  an  associate  member. 

George  Kleinau,  chairman  of  the  trade  and  legislative  com- 
mittee, called  attention  to  the  Conklin  Pharmacy  Board  Bill 
and  also  the  Gluck  Formula  and  Labeling  Bill  which  are  now 
before  the  State  Legislature,  but  no  action  was  taken  on 
either. 

President  Felix  Hirseman  appointed  a  committee  of  three 
to  report  at  the  next  meeting  upon  a  plan  to  relieve  the  mes- 
senger, Guslav  Bischoff,  of  some  of  his  duties,  which  had  in- 
creased so  materially  that  assistance  was  imperative  in  his 
office. 

Emil  Roller,  who  has  had  in  charge  some  matters  relating 
to  a  druggists"  fire  insurance  plan,  reported  that  the  idea  had 
not  materialized  and  the  pro  rata  funds  had  been  returned  to 
those  who  subscribed. 

The  report  of  Paul  F.  Gebicke,  trustee  of  the  mortuary 
fund,  showed  that  at  present  there  were  IIS  members  sub- 
scribing to  the  fund.  During  the  year  the  income  had  been 
$7.55.4.5  and  expenses  $477,  leaving  a  balance  of  $278.34,  be- 
sides $57  in  dues  still  outstanding. 

President  Hirseman  made  some  interesting  remarks  about 
the  habit  of  pasting  new  labels  over  old  ones.  He  strongly 
denouuced  the  practice. 

Emil  Roller  explained  some  methods  used  in  dispensing 
nauseating  medicines  in  capsules,  also  the  satisfactory  results 
obtained  from  his  experiments  with  the  dispensing  of  liquid 
medicines,  such  as  tinctures,  in  water  proof  gelatin  capsules. 
He  also  explained  a  method  whereby  liquors  and  cordials 
could  be  tested  as  to  their  quality  and  constituents,  and  de- 
scribed in  full  the  testing  of  persico.  a  well-known  German 
cordial. 


One  Management  for  Two  Pharmacies. 

Wautoma,  Wis.,  Feb.  6. — E.  J.  Loew  and  A.  Hunt,  drug- 
gists, have  formed  a  partnership,  to  be  known  as  Loew  & 
Hunt,  and  will  conduct  both  pharmacies  under  the  one  man- 
agement. 


Druggist's  Fine  Home  Burned — Wife  Injured. 
Baltimore.  Feb.  (1 — The  handsome  brick  residence  of  Dr. 
E.  A.  Wareham.  a  physician  with  a  large  priictice  and  one  of 
the  best-known  druggists  of  Maryland,  in  Potomac  avenue,  in 
the  most  fashionable  section  of  Hagerstown,  was  almost  en- 
tirely wrecked  by  fire  recently,  the  loss  being  estimated  at 
$16.(X»0,  with  only  $.5000  insurance.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Wareham 
fled  in  their  night  clothes.  Mrs.  Wareham  was  burned  about 
the  face  and  hands.  She  was  rescued  by  neighbors  and  is 
suffering  considerably  from  shock. 


February  11.  1909]  THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL     ERA  139 

More  Associations   of   Druggists   Elect   Officers    Three   Active   Organization   Men. 


CHARLES  RENNER  PRESIDENT  ST.  LOUIS  R.D.A. 

Threatened  Trouble  Over  Price  Schedules  is  Happily 
Averted — Will  Canvass  for  New  Members. 

St.  LoTJis,  Feb.  S. — There  will  be  no  differential  scale  iu 
St.  Louis  for  the  advertising  stores.  When  itxe  elans  gathered 
for  battle  at  the  special  meetiog  called  for  last  week,  there 
was  no  battle  to  be  fought.  A  conference  of  persons  most 
interested  had  been  held,  explanations  cleared  away  some  mis- 
understandings as  to  the  association  work  and  methods,  and 
all  hands  were  satisfied. 

The  net  result  of  a  meeting  noted  chiefl.v  for  the  hand- 
clapping,  that  followed  almost  every  address  and  anouncement 
and  oftentimes  interrupted  the  speakers,  was  a  feeling  that 
the  association  was  more  securely  cemented  together  than  it 
had  been  for  some  time  and  the  recruiting  of  a  number  of  new 
members.  Among  the  notable  additions  to  membership  were 
the  Raboteau  Drug  Company,  represented  by  James  Gibson, 
president  and  manager,  and  E.  A.  iledler. 

Charles  Renner.  a  member  of  the  N.A.R.D.  board  of  direc- 
tors, was  nominated  for  president  and  elected  without  opposi- 
tion. Mr.  Renner  is  with  the  Kaltwasser  Drug  Compan.v, 
Saleua  and  Pestalozzi  streets.  Other  officers  elected  were : 
first  vice-president,  J.  51.  Good,  Olive  street  and  Jefferson 
avenue ;  second  vice-president,  John  A.  Fritz,  Twenty-second 
and  Benton  streets ;  treasurer,  George  F.  Hausgen.  Maple 
and  Hamilton  avenues ;  secretary.  William  Busch,  Twenty- 
third  and  Dodier  streets ;  directors.  James  Gibson,  of  the 
Raboteau  Drug  Company,  Broadway  and  Lucas  avenue ;  E, 
A.  Medler,  4300  North  Twent.v-third  street ;  Martin  J.  Noll, 
925  Goodfellow  avenue  ;  Herman  Kunz,  Twenty-first  street  and 
Franklin  avenue ;  A,  P.  Bentz,  2519  South  Broadway.  Presi- 
dent Johnson  and  Secretary  Judge  begged  off  when  named  for 
re-election  and  also  for  members  of  the  board. 

It  is  the  intention  to  undertake  an  active  canvass  at  once 
for  new  members  of  the  association.  The  effort  of  two  years 
ago  to  enlist  every  druggist  in  the  city  will  be  renewed.  An- 
other early  undertaking  will  be  to  revise  the  schedule,  some 
objections  having  arisen  to  the  present  one. 

The  meeting  was  more  largely  attended  than  any  within 
a  year  and  was  actively  participated  in  by  many  of  those 
present.  Another  fact  noticed  was  that  none  left  the  meeting 
until  final  adjournment.  T.  F.  Meyer,  of  Meyer  Brothers  Drug 
Company,  and  C.  P.  Walbridge,  of  the  J.  S.  MerrelUDrug  Com- 
pany, were  interested  visitors  at  a  part  of  the  session — and 
congratulated  the  association  on  careful  pilot  work  among  the 
breakers. 


BALTIMORE  RETAILERS  TO  INCORPORATE. 

Directors  Hold  a  Meeting-  and  Approve  the  Committee 
Draft   of  the   Constitution, 

Baltimobe,  Feb.  6. — A  meeting  of  the  directors  of  the 
newly  organized  Baltimore  Retail  Druggists'  Association  was 
held  last  Tuesday  evening  at  the  home  of  the  corresponding 
secretary,  R.  E.  Lee  Williamson.  At  this  meeting  the  arti- 
cles of  incorporation  drawn  up  by  a  special  committee  consist- 
ing of  John  B.  Thomas,  Owen  C.  Smith  and  Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson 
were  approved  and  arrangements  made  to  have  the  sociei.v  in- 
corporated. The  organization  will  be  known  as  the  Baltimore 
Retail  Druggists'  Association,  Inc.,  and  the  directors  will  act 
as  incorporators.  Two  new  committees  were  appointed,  as 
follows : 

Grievances — Charles  L.  Meyer,  chairman ;  William  M. 
Fouch  and  George  W.  A.  Meyers. 

Social — J.  Edwin  Hengst,  chairman ;  David  R.  Millard. 
Louis  Schulze.  Owen  C.  Smith  and  H.  A.  Brown  Dunning. 

Only  drug  store  proprietors,  managers,  clerks  and  relief 
clerks  are  eligible  to  membership  in  the  association  under  the 
constitution.  Cards  were  ordered  sent  out  announcing  that 
the  nest  regular  meeting  will  be  held  Tuesday  afternoon.  Feb- 
ruary 9,  at  Sonnenburg's  Hall,  Baltimore  and  Greene  streets. 


Druggists  Enjoy  Banquet  and  Games. 
The  Wheeling  (W.  Va.)  Retail  Druggists"  Association  held 
a  very  successful  outing  a  few  days  ago.  Bowling  was  the 
order  of  the  day  and  a  number  of  prizes  were  offered.  Sup- 
per, the  best  that  the  country  could  afford,  was  followed  by  a 
business  meeting.  Bowling  was  then  resumed  for  the  rest 
of  the  evening.  Officers  will  be  elected  at  the  next  regular 
meeting. 

St.  Joseph    (Ind.)   R.D.A. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  St.  Joseph  (Ind.)  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion held  recently  at  Commercial-Athletic  Club  in  South  Bend 
the  following  officers  were  elected :  President,  Ralph  H. 
Kuss ;  vice-president,  Henry  L.  Spohn ;  secretary,  Nicholas 
Schilling,  and  treasurer,  Paul  Wolters. 


Lowell,  Mass, 
The  regular  meeting  and  annual  election  of  officers  of  the 
Lowell  (Mass.^  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  re- 
cently. Charles  E.  Carter  was  chosen  president ;  A.  A. 
Toupin,  vice-president,  and  Frank  P,  Moody,  secretary  and 
treasurer. 


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THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[February  11,   1909 


SO  MUCH  TO  DO  P.A.K.D.  MUST  FINISH  FEB.  19. 


DISCUSS  PENDING  LEGISLATION. 


Propaganda,  Legislation,  Etc.,  Will  Be  Further  Consid- 
ered at  Adjourned  Meeting — New   Committees. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  6. — Discussion  on  matters  pertaining 
to  the  propaganda  and  to  proposed  legislation  affecting  the 
retail  drug  trade  aud  which  is  now  before  the  Pennsylvania 
Legislature  so  consumed  the  time  of  the .  February  meeting 
yesterday  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists that  it  was  necessary  to  coutinue  the  meeting  until  Feb- 
ruary 19  at  2  p.  m.,  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  where  the 
executive  committee  also  will  meet.  The  proposition  made 
by  the  N.A.R.D.  to  the  local  affiliation  will  then  be  taken  up 
again  and  either  disposed  of  or  a  counter  proposition  made. 

With  a  few  corrections,  the  bill  to  prevent  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  adulterated,  misbrauded  or  impure  drugs  and 
the  one  regulating  the  sale,  prescription  and  possession  of 
cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine,  or  any  patent  or  proprietary 
remedy  containing  cocaine  or  alpha  or  beta  eucaine  to 
any  person  and  prescribing  the  penalties  for  violation 
thereof,  were  unanimously  adopted.  They  were  read  and  ex- 
plained by  William  L.  Cliffe.  a  member  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  which 
prepared  and  had  introduced  both  measures. 

Chairman  J.  E.  Mar.sden,  for  the  entertaiumnet  committee, 
said  there  were  two  propositions  under  consideration,  one  the 
holding  of  a  monster  mass  meeting  of  physicians  and  pharma- 
cists in  the  interests  of  the  propaganda  aud  the  other  a 
minstrel  performance  and  dance,  the  talent  for  the  latter  to  be 
drawn  exclusively  from  the  membership  of  the  association. 
He  said  that  he  thought  the  get-together  banquet  should  be 
placed  in  the  bauds  of  a  special  committee. 

Chairman  Charles  Rehfuss.  of  the  telephone  and  press  com- 
mittee, asked  that  all  complaints  relative  to  the  telephone  or 
newspaper  situations  be  forwarded  promptly  to  him.  He  was 
taken  at  his  word  and  several  "kicks"  were  forthcoming. 

Chairman  W.  T.  Burke,  of  the  executive  committee,  an- 
nounced that  J.  H.  Barlow,  formerly  the  Pennsylvania  repre- 
sentative of  the  N.A.R.D.,  had  been  secured  to  act  as  the 
organizer  for  the  P.A.R.D.  in  Philadelphia  alone. 

R.  H.  Lackey  and  others  discussed  the  decline  in  the  price 
of  oil  of  lemon  to  $2.18  a  pound  aud  suggested  that  it  was  not 
so  desirable  to  stock  up  with  this  article  as  had  at  first  been 
indicated  by  the  news  of  the  earthquake  in  the  south  of  Italy. 

President  Fluck's  list  of  committees  is  as  follows : 

Entertaiument — J.  E.  Marsden.  cliniiman ;  S.  B.  Davis,  vice- 
chairman  ;  C.  S.  Camerou.  secretary :  H.  A.  Nolte.  treasurer ; 
W.  H.  SuttOQ,  G.  B.  Weideman.  E.  H.  Lackey,  E.  K.  Boltz,  W.  B. 
Reigel,  H.  G.  Comp,  E.  G.  Eshleman.  O  Zion. 

Telephone  and  Press — Charles  Rehtuss,  chairman;  Samuel  B. 
Davis,  D.  J.  Reese,  O.  W.  Osterlund,  C.  L.   Bonta. 

Memorial— Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe,  cliaii-man;  L.  S.  Sorber,  J.  J. 
Steineman.  J.  Grier  Long.  A.  R.   Reburu. 

Bv-Laws— J.  B.  Hagenbach,  chairman:  W.  H.  Lacey,  W.  SI. 
Morrison.  L.   R.  Hotfecker.   N.   F.  Weissner. 

Auiliting — Walter  Rothwell,  chairman ;  Clarence  Campbell, 
S.  H.  Shingle. 

Reception — F.  R.  Keller,  chairman :  C.  E.  King,  Paul  Mc- 
Conomv,  H.  L.  Hetrick,  E.  H.   Feinhold. 

Schedule— C.  G.  Neeley.  clKiirmau ;  Josh  Marsden,  A.  Huus- 
berger.  W.  H.  Rioker,  S.  E.  Belts. 

Finance — Samuel  C.  Henry,  chairman  ;  W.  H.  Gano,  James  C. 
Perry. 

Legislative — W.  L.  Cliffe,  chairman :  Charles  Leedom,  H.  C. 
Blair,  Theodore  Campbell,  W.  E.   Lee. 

Commercial  Interest — E.  R.  Gatohell,  chairman ;  D.  H.  Ross, 
U.  Gilbert  Ruff,  Otto  Krans,  A.  J.  Frankeberger. 

Membership — W.  H.  Carpenter,  chairman:  F.  J.  Austin,  J.  H. 
Bailev.  Harry  Swain,  Nelson  Fry,  Ralph  Hans,  C.  L.  Dobson, 
A.  R."  Hesske.  H.  C.  Clapliam,  H.  ,T.  Siegfried.  J.  B.  Reynolds. 
Russell  T.  Blackwood,  B.  F.  Krehl.  F.  P.  Streeper. 

Ethical  Preparations — Christopher  Koch,  Jr.,  chairman;  W.  L. 
Cliffe.  H.  L.  Stiles,  Ambrose  Hunsberger,  Franklin  M.  Apple. 


Wedgewood  Club  Elects  Officers. 
Baltimobe.  Jan.  30. — The  Wedaewood  Club,  at  its  annual 
meeting,  re-elected  Owen  C.  Smith  secretar.v  and  treasurer. 
John  B.  Thomas,  of  the  Thomas  &  Thompson  Co. ;  William 
M.  Fouch  and  David  R.  Millard,  of  Morgan  &  Millard,  were 
elected  members  of  the  executive  committee,  Mr.  Thomas  being 
made  chairman.  Henry  F.  Baker,  president  of  the  Thomsen 
Chemical  Works,  and  Mr.  Pierce,  traveling  representative  in 
this  territory  of  Eli  Lilly,  were  admitted  as  members,  while 
Miles  E.  Mixon  presided.  After  the  regular  business  had  been 
disposed  of  the  club  sat  down  to  tin-  monthly  dinner,  which 
was  served  in  excellent  style  and  raised  the  spirits  of  the 
diners  to  a  high  pitch. 


Drug  Trade  Section  Takes  Action  on  Gluck  Bill — New 
Committees   Appointed. 

Both  the  legislative  committee  and  its  several  special  com- 
mittees of  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York  Board 
of  Trade  and  Transportation  presented  some  interesting  re- 
ports at  a  meeting  of  the  section  held  on  February  3. 

Thomas  P.  Cook,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  an- 
nounced that  the  Mann  Bill  recently  introduced  in  Congress 
would  in  all  probability  never  come  out  of  the  committee 
room,  and  consequently  needed  no  attention  at  the  present 
time.  However,  in  regard  to  the  Gluck  Formula  and  Labeling 
Bill,  introduced  in  the  State  Assembly,  Mr.  Cook  advised  that 
vigorous  opposition  be  started  against  this  bill  at  once,  and  a 
resolution  was  adopted  that  explanatory  letters,  together  with 
reprints  of  the  bill,  be  mailed  to  all  the  members  of  the  sec- 
tion so  as  to  procure  united  effort  in  holding  it  down  should  it 
come  up  for  serious  consideration  at  Albany.  The  sentiment 
of  the  members  who  discussed  the  bills  was  that  there  was 
enough  legislation  at  present  on  matters  contained  in  the 
Mann  and  Gluck  measures. 

There  was  also  a  general  discussion  on  the  Crumpacker 
Census  Bill,  which  recently  passed  Congress.  It  was  stated 
that  there  were  still  several  objectionable  features  in  the  bill. 
Announcement  was  made  that  a  conference  will  be  held  in 
New  York  in  the  near  future  with  the  Director  of  the  Census, 
at  which  time  the  provisions  would  be  thoroughly  discussed 
and  some  definite  action  taken. 

On  matters  relating  to  membership,  the  opinion  prevailed 
that  the  efforts  of  the  section  and  the  membership  committee 
should  be  towards  retaining  present  members,  because  of  the 
fact  that  about  95  per  cent  of  the  firms  in  the  city  eligible  to 
membership  were  now  on  the  membership  roll,  consequently 
no  urgent  need  existed  for  increasing  the  number  in  view  of 
the  present  high  percentage. 

The  names  of  members  to  serve  on  the  various  committees 
for  1909  were  read  as  selected  by  the  new  chairman,  George 
William  Kemp,  who  presided  at  the  meeting. 


M.A.R.D.  ASKS  EXPLANATION  OF  N.A.R.D. 


Big  Bills  for  Dues  Cause  Surprise — Local  Prosecution 
of  Propaganda  Work  Considered  Best  Method. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Metropolitan  Association  of 
Retail  Druggists  was  held  on  .January  29  at  the  Brooklyn 
College  of  Pharmacy.  The  main  thing  up  for  discussion  were 
two  bills  for  dues  from  the  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists,  one  amounting  to  $70S,  claimed  as  back  dues  for 
the  year  1908.  the  other  for  .$2485  for  1909  dues. 

As  the  members  of  the  association  understood  that  pay- 
ments to  the  X.A.R.D.  were  made  only  according  to  collec- 
tions, the  sending  of  these  bills  to  the  association  was  consid- 
ered to  be  ridiculous.  The  secretary  was  instructed  to  ask 
the  national  secretary  for  an  explanation. 

It  was  decided  not  to  take  up  the  propaganda  work  as  pro- 
posed by  the  N.A.R.D.,  as  similar  work  was  at  present  being 
adequately  carried  out  by  the  several  local  associations  in  a 
manner  that  was  equally  if  not  more  effective. 

There  was  no  election,  the  present  officers  being  continued 
in  office  by  consent.  The  matter  of  continuing  the  association 
was  not  discussed.  The  date  for  holding  the  next  meeting  was 
left  with  the  officers. 


Druggists'  Meetings  at  Macon. 
Macon,  Ga..  Feb.  6. — Macon  Druggists'  Association  is 
making  arrangements  to  entertain  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy on  May  24  and  the  Georgia  State  Ph.A.  on  May  25-26. 
The  committee  is  composed  of  C.  T.  King,  Mallory  H.  Taylor, 
Claud  H.  Murray,  Louis  E.  Pellew  and  Max  Morris.  Auto- 
mobile rides,  and  other  forms  of  entertainment  will  be  pro- 
vided and  the  event  promises  to  be  very  interesting. 


Lilly   and   Bruen-Bitchey   Teams   Bowl   Fourth    Game. 

The  bowling  teams  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co..  and  Bruen.  Ritchey 
&  Co.,  rolled  the  fourth  game  in  the  series  scheduled  for  the 
season  last  Thursday  evening  at  Luhrs'  Alleys,  the  latter 
winning.     They  report  a  very  pleasant  evening. 


February  11.  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


141 


OPPOSE  REVISION  OF  N.  Y.  PHARMACY  LAW. 


New  York  Retailers  Consider  Proposed  Change  in  Se- 
lection of  Board  Members  to  Be  an  Insult. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  New  Tork  Retail  Druggists'  Assoeiatiou 
held  on  the  29th  ult.  there  was  considerable  discussion  upon 
the  subject  of  pharmaceutical  legislation  and  matters  relative 
the  Governor's  recommendations  pertaining  to  the  revision  of 
the  Pharmac.v  Act.  While  no  resolutions  were  passed,  it  was 
the  unanimous  opinion  of  the  members  present  that  a  change 
from  the  present  law.  especiall.v  as  regards  the  transfer  of 
the  power  of  selecting  board  members  from  the  retail  drug- 
gists to  the  Governor  could  onl.v  work  injury  both  to  the 
public  and  the  profession. 

Members  who  expressed  themselves  upon  the  subject  de- 
nounced the  recommendations,  declaring  them  an  insult  to  the 
profession,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  most  of  the  public  health 
regulations  had  emanated  from  the  pharmacists,  who  by  this 
action  had  shown  that  they  were  public-spirited  citizens  capa- 
ble of  being  trusted.  The  taking  away 
from  the  pharmacists  of  the  power  of 
selecting  parties  to  enforce  the  pharmacy 
regulations  was  considered  a  reflection 
upon  the  integrit.v  and  honesty  of  phar- 
macists in  general  and  instances  were 
cited  to  show  that  the  Governor  had 
been  influenced  by  interests  opposed  to 
the  retail  druggist  in  forming  the  opinions 
reflected    in    his    recommendations. 

Another  matter  that  caused  a  great 
deal  of  discussion  was  an  editorial  at- 
tack made  by  a  New  Tork  pharmaceu- 
tical journal  upon  the  course  taken  by 
the  association  in  disposing  of  tickets 
for  a  ball  which  the  association  will  con- 
duct for  the  purpose  of  raising  funds  for 
fighting  the  "premium  evil."  A  resolu- 
tion was  passed  strongly  condemning  the 
journal  and  requesting  an  apology.  The 
members  considered  that  the  object  for 
which  the  funds  were  being  raised  was 
ridiculed  and  belittled  without  just  cause, 
and  that  the  stamping  out  of  the  evil 
was  a  matter  which  should  interest  all 
branches  of  the  trade,  as  its  accomplish- 
ment wovild  mean  much  toward  placing 
the  profession  on  a  higher  plane.  The 
entertainment  committee  reported  that 
the  wholesale  druggists  and  pharmaceut- 
ical manufacturers  had  responded  liber- 
ally toward  the  cause  by  the  purchase  of 
ball   tickets. 

It  was  also  announced  by  the  special 
souvenir  committee,  which  has  charge  of 
the  campaign  of  education  for  the  pur- 
pose of  obliterating  the  premium  evil, 
that  the  two  monthly  issues  of  the  jour- 
nal which  had  been  distributed  to  the 
public  in  the  neighborhood  affected  had 
already  brought  excellent  results  and  the 
insertions  in  the  daily  press  had  also  done 
likewise.  It  was  decided  to  continue  both  the  journal  and 
the  insertions. 

Many  routine  matters  were  disposed  of  besides  the  appoint- 
ment of  the  following  members  to  serve  upon  the  various  com- 
mittees :  Legislative,  Peter  Diamond,  chairman :  Joseph 
Weinstein,  B.  Kolle'.  Membership.  I.  Lewin.  chairman :  M. 
Brodkin.  A.  H.  KoUer.  Finance,  Charles  Bernstein,  chair- 
man ;  L.  Marmor.  A.  Katzman.  Grievance,  S.  Rosenthal, 
chairman ;  B.  Kirschstein.  I.  Rotkowitz.  'Trade  interests, 
L.  Marmor.  chairman ;  M.  Dlugash,  George  J.  Balitz.  Press 
and  scientific  papers,  Joseph  Weinstein,  chairman ;  N.  Krus- 
kal.  B.  Kolle". 


Successful  Vermont  Pharmacist. 


h.ts  become  by  purchase  the  sole  owner 
of  the  famous  George  E.  Greene  phar- 
macy in  that  city,  having  acquired  the 
same  from  the  (Jreene  estate.  He  be- 
gan work  in  the  store  twenty-one  years 
ago  and  for  a  dozen  years  or  more  has 
been  manager.  Mr.  Root  has  served 
as  president  of  the  Vermont  State 
Ph. A.  and  as  president  o(  the  State 
Pharmacy  Board,  of  which  he  con- 
tinues to  be  a   member. 


More  Than  a  Million  Red  Cross  Stamps  Sold  Here. 
The  Red  Cross  Stamp  Committee  met  January  30  and 
received  the  report  of  its  treasurer.  Mrs.  William  K.  Draper, 
showing  that  1,548.801  stamjis  were  sold  in  New  York  County 
during  the  holidays,  netting  the  Red  Cross  $11,270.38.  The 
committee  has  decided  to  make  the  Christmas  sale  of  Red 
Cross  stamps  a  permanent  feature. 


DR.  MILLER  AGAIN  CHOSEN  PRESIDENT. 

Er.  Wiley's  Work  and  Other  Timely  Subjects  Discussed 
at  Annual  Banquet  to  Phila.  Di-ug'  Exchange. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  6. — Every  one  of  the  eighty-odd  firms 
comprising    the    membership    of    the    Philadelphia    Drug    Ex- 
change  was   represented   at   the   forty-eighth   annual    banquet 
at   the   Hotel   Walton.      It   was   one   of   the    most   successful 
gatherings  of  the  kind  that  the  exchange  has  ever  held.     The 
banquet  followed  the  annual  meeting  and  election  of  officers. 
Dr.  A.  W.  Miller,  who  was  re-elected  to  the  presidency  of 
the  exchange,   acted   as   toastmaster,   and   the   other  speakers 
were  Judge  Howard   Carrow,   of  Camden,   N.   J. ;   J.   Hector 
McNeil  and  Franklin  Spencer  Edmonds,  two  leading  members 
of  the  Philadelphia  bar.  and  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  dean 
of  the   Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 

While  dinner  was  being  enjo.yed.  a  company  of  colored  mu- 
sicians and  singers,  the  happy  idea  of  Walter  V.  Smith,  first 
vice-president  of  the  N.W.D.A.,  and  chairman  of  the  commit- 
tee of  arrangements,  kept  things  lively, 
.ludge  Carrow.  in  his  address,  took  the 
stand  that  notwithstanding  the  printed 
reports  that  might  give  au  opposite  im- 
pression, the  world  was  vastly  better  in 
every  way  than  it  was  twenty-five  years 
ago.  In  particular  he  emphasized  the 
advancement,  industrially,  politically  and 
religiousl.v,  as  he  knew  it.  His  incidents 
and  illustrations  in  support  of  his  opin- 
ions were  founded  principally  upon  the 
histories  of  Camden  and  Philadelphia 
during  the  past  quarter  of  a  century  and 
were  most  apt  and  in  many  cases  amusing. 
"The  Law  of  Sales"  was  the  novel  sub- 
ject discussed  by  Mr.  McNeil,  but  bis  dis- 
course— couched  in  the  language  of  the  lay- 
man and  stripped  of  puzzling  legal  phras- 
eology— was  of  vital  interest  and  immense 
value  to  those  business  men  who  every 
day  have  to  confront  the  very  problems 
explained  by  this  attorney. 

Dr.  Miller  took  occasion  to  read  the  re- 
grets of  some  members  or  guests  who  for 
various  reasons  were  unable  to  attend  the 
banquet.  Among  them  was  one  from  the 
veteran  secretary,  \VilIiam  Gulager,  who. 
on  account  of  poor  health,  was  unable  to 
attend. 

The  next  speaker,  Mr.  Edmonds,  dis- 
cussed the  functions  of  organizations  of 
business  men  as  related  to  municipal  life. 
He  showed  how  such  organizations  and 
their  members  were  the  first  to  feel  con- 
ditions which  affected  an  entire  commun- 
ity and  how  necessary  it  was.  therefore, 
for  such  organizations  to  take  an  active 
part  in  the  direction  of  municipal  affairs. 
Professor  Remington  discussed  reform 
as  it  was  being  carried  on  in  the  drug 
trade.  He  declared  that  there  had  been 
and  was  tremendous  reforms  all  over 
the  United  States  in  the  character  of  the  foods  consumed  and 
the  medicines  administered  for  the  saving  of  lives.  "I  repeat 
the  words  of  Dr.  Wiley,"'  he  said,  "when  I  say  to  you  'God 
bless  the  drug  trade  for  the  part  it  has  pla.ved  in  the  work  of 
reform.'  "  Continuing,  he  said :  "No  body  of  men  has  given 
the  department  which  is  so  important  a  part  of  the  Federal 
Government,  more  encouragement  and  more  aid  and 
have  had  less  cause  to  be  investigated  than  the  drug  trade. 
I  say  this  not  only  as  a  friend  of  Dr.  Wiley's  but  as  chairman 
of  the  Revision  Committee  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopceia. 
Where  there  has  been  a  diflierence  of  opinion,  instead  of  being 
balked  or  impeded  by  prominent  drug  houses  of  the  United 
States,  their  attitude  has  always  been  that  of  letting  us  know 
that  if  there  was  anything  wrong,  let  them  know  so  that  they 
might  help  to  right  it.  The  drug  trade  stands  at  the  top  in  the 
way  of  affording  material  assistance.  The  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  is  here  to  stay  and  I  believe  Dr.  Wiley  can  count  on  all 
of  you  in  the  future  for  any  needed  assistance  in  the  further- 
ing of  this  important  work." 

Referring  to  recent  developments  and  the   Snding  of  experts 


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[February  11,  1909 


on  the  rulings  of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  Professor  Reraing- 
ton  advised  his  hearers  not  to  worry  over  the  situation.  He 
said :  "If  Dr.  Wiley  has  made  a  mistalse  in  oue  trifling  matter 
— and  I  won't  give  my  own  opinion  now  on  that  matter — re- 
memljer  that  he  is  the  best  friend  of  those  who  want  to  con- 
duct their  business  honestly  and  in  compliance  with  the  law." 

Dr.  Miller  expressed  the  hope  that  all  would  help  to  cele- 
brate the  next  anniversary  of  the  exchange  and  called  upon 
Walter  V.  Smith  to  lead  in  singing  "Auld  Lang  Syne."  Mr. 
Smith  stepped  to  the  piano  and  played  the  famous  old  air 
while  the  assemblage  stood  and  sang  the  well-known  words. 

At  the  election  of  the  exchange  the  following  officers  were 
chosen  unanimously :  President,  Adolph  W.  Miller.  M.D. ; 
vice-president,  John  Pergusson ;  secretary,  William  Gulager ; 
treasurer,  Edward  H.  Hance ;  directors,  Charles  E.  Hires, 
Edward  J.  Lavino.  Mahlon  N.  Kline,  Clayton  F.  Shoemaker, 
Walter  V.  Smith,  A.  Robinson  Mcllvaine.  Adam  Pfromm, 
Richard  M.  Shoemaker. 


BALTIMORE  APPROVES  CHOICE  OF  LOS  ANGELES. 


Suggestion  Made  That  Eastern  Members  of  A. Ph. A. 
Also  Meet  at  Atlantic  City  in  June  With  A.M.A. 

Baltimobe.  Feb.  G. — The  February  meeting  of  the  Baltimore 
branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be 
held  on  Thursday  evening,  the  18th  inst.,  at  the  rooms  of  the 
Maryland  Medical  and  Chirurgical  Facult.v,  847  North  Eutaw 
street.  The  subject  of  discussion  will  be  "The  National  Formu- 
lary Elixirs,"  and  a  number  of  contributions  embodying  the 
personal  experiences  of  those  who  attend  are  expected. 

The  selection  of  Los  Angeles.  Cal.,  as  the  place  for  the  next 
annual  meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
is  viewed  with  satisfaction  by  the  Baltimore  members.  Dr. 
H.  P.  Hynson,  one  of  the  Council,  who  had  proposed  that  Ce- 
dar Point,  off  Cleveland,  be  chosen,  expresses  himself  as  con- 
tented with  the  choice  of  the  Council,  but  apprehends  some 
difficulty  of  bringing  out  a  large  attendance  from  the  East  on 
account  of  the  great  distance  to  be  traveled  and  the  expense 
attached  to  the  journe.v.  In  order  to  keep  up  the  interest  of 
the  Eastern  contingent  and  to  stimulate  an  active  participation 
in  the  affairs  of  the  A.PhA.,  it  is  suggested  that  a  meeting  be 
held  at  Atlantic  City  about  the  time  the  American  Medical 
Association  holds  its  sessions  there  next  June.  It  is  urged 
that  the  dates  be  so  arranged  as  to  fall  in  with  the  proceedings 
of  the  Medical  Association  section  on  pharmacology  and  the- 
rapeutics, subjects  which  are  of  concern  to  pharmacists  as  well 
as  ph.vsicians.  The  two  organizations  could  hold  joint  ses- 
sions, in  fact,  which  would  not  only  be  of  benefit  in  a  scientific 
sense,  but  would  serve  to  bring  the  professions  still  closer  to- 
gether and  improve  their  mutual  relations,  an  aim  that  has  for 
some  time  past  enlisted  the  efforts  of  leading  druggists  as  well 
as  medical  practitioners. 

Prof.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  permanent  secretary  of  the 
A.Ph.A.,  said  he  could  see  no  objection  to  the  plan  and  ex- 
pressed the  belief  that  it  would  do  much  good.  Other  Balti- 
more pharmacists  of  prominence  take  the  same  view. 


Dr.  Whelpley  to  Organize  Party  for  Los  Angeles  Trip. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  8. — Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley  has  received  word 
that  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  was  selected  for  the  190!»  meeting  of 
the  A.Ph.A.  by  the  vote  of  the  Council.  The  meeting  will  take 
place  in  July  or  August,  the  exact  date  to  be  decided  later. 

Dr.  Whelpley  is  the  St.  Louis  member  of  the  committee  on 
transportation  and  asked  that  all  of  those  who  wish  to  make 
this  city  the  starting  point  communicate  with  him  at  once,  so 
that  plenty  of  time  will  be  permitted  in  arranging  a  route  to 
please  the  majority.  Stopovers,  the  railroad  selected  and  other 
matters  of  that  kind  will  be  arranged  with  personal  pleasure 
in  view. 

Twenty  years  ago  the  A.Ph.A.  met  in  San  Francisco  and 
for  that  meeting  a  party  of  sixty-five  persons  started  from  St. 
Louis,  they  having  two  special  cars  which  were  allotted  the 
party  for  the  entire  trip.  Dr.  Whelpley  is  hopeful  of  starting 
with  a  larger  party  this  year  and  of  securing  at  least  as  good 
accommodations. 

A.Ph.A.  Branch  at  Pittsburg. 
Pittsburg.    Pa..    Feb.    6. — Prominent    pharmacists    of    this 
city  and   vicinity  have  organized   a   branch   of  the   American 
Pharmaceutical    Association    with    twenty-five    charter    mem- 


bers as  a  result  of  a  meeting  held  at  the  Pittsburg  College 
of  Pharmacy.  The  following  officers  have  been  elected  :  Pres- 
ident, Dr.  J.  A.  Koch  ;  first  vice-president,  John  C.  Wallace, 
of  New  Castle,  Pa.  ;  second  vice-president,  John  Coleman, 
Wheeling,  W.  Va. ;  third  vice-president.  John  R.  Thompson, 
Pittsburg ;  secretary,  B.  E.  Pritchard,  Pittsburg :  treasurer, 
T  Henry  Utech,  Meadville,  Pa. ;  executive  committee,  Louis 
E  Emanuel,  J.  H.  Beal,  Dr.  J.  A.  Koch,  B.  E.  Pritchard. 
A.  F.  Judd,  W.  R.  Bell,  and  J.  R.  Thompson. 


TIMELY  TOPICS  TOUCHED  ON  AT  PHIL,  BRANCH. 


Propaganda  Work,  Physicians'  Responsibility  and 
Possibility  of  Two  Kinds  of  Drug  Stores  in  Future. 

PHIL.4DELPHIA,  Feb.  6. — The  presence  of  a  large  number  of 
retail  druggists  and  physicians  was  one  of  the  features  of  the 
February  meeting  of  the  local  branch  of  the  A.Ph.A. 

Dr.  J.  M.  Anders  read  a  paper  on  "The  Efficiency  and 
Sufficiency  of  the  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  Preparations  for  the  Gene- 
ral Practitioner.''  The  need  of  enlightenment  on  the  part 
of  both  the  physician  and  the  public  was  emphasized  as  well 
as  the  danger  of  recommending  by  druggists  of  well  known 
preparations. 

Franklin  M.  Apple,  in  his  paper  on  the  "Limitation  of  the 
Prescription,"  gave  some  of  the  methods  in  which  physi- 
cians that  he  had  come  in  contact  with  had  endeavored  to 
limit  the  use  of  certain  prescriptions  and  how  in  many  such 
cases  the  result  was  likely  to  react  disastrously  upon  the 
pharmacist.  Mr.  Apple  declared  that  the  responsibility  of 
conveying  such  information  to  the  patient  or  the  one  who  was 
paying  for  the  prescription  should  be  upon  the  physician 
and  he  showed  a  sticker  which  he  uses,  printed  as  follows : 
"Your  Physician  directs  that  this  prescription  is  not  to  be 
renewed  without  his  consent." 

The  "Past,  Present  and  Future  of  the  Propaganda  for 
Popularizing  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  Preparations"  was  discussed 
by  Christopher  Koch.  Jr.  He  predicted  that  eventually  there 
would  be  two  kinds  of  drug  stores — oue  in  which  prescription 
work  predominated  and  the  other  where  patent  medicines 
were  the  principal  feature  of  the  business. 

The  suggestions  contained  in  the  paper  "The  Declaration 
of  the  Prescription,"  by  Professor  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  were 
considered  so  important  that  on  motion  of  Professor  J.  P. 
Remington,  this  paper  and  the  subject  generally  will  be  made 
the  topic  for  discussion  at  the  next  meeting. 

A  general  discussion  of  the  papers  followed.  The  report 
of  the  committee  on  pharmacy  laws  of  which  Professor  Henry 
Kraemer  is  chairman,  comprised  the  reading  of  the  draft  of 
the  proposed  cocaine  law  which  will  shortly  be  introduced  in 
the  State  Legislature.  The  point  was  raised  that  if  some  of 
the  derivatives  of  cocaine  were  named,  it  was  onl.v  right  that 
all  of  them  should  be  or  there  might  at  some  time  be  charges 
of  discrimination.  It  v?as  said  that  the  wording  would  be 
changed  slightly,  although  its  present  meaning  would  remain 
the  same.     It  was  adopted  as  a  whole. 

Another  substantial  impetus  was  given  to  the  proposition 
to  organize  a  chemical  section  by  the  contribution  of  $2.5  to 
the  necessary  expenses  b.v  Professor  Remington.  President 
William  Melntyre,  of  the  local  branch  will  name  a  committee 
to  formulate  by-laws  for  the  proposed  section.  Joseph  W. 
England,  chairman  of  the  special  committee  to  consider  the 
means  for  conducting  the  proposed  section,  made  an  interest- 
ing report  and  supplementing  this  came  the  suggestion  that 
if  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  would  remit  one 
dollar  annually  for  every  member  of  these  affiliated  organiza- 
tions to  go  toward  the  current  expenses  of  the  latter,  it 
would  greatl.v  encourage  their  formation.  Officers  of  the 
local  branch  will  be  elected  at  the  March  meeting. 


A.Ph.A.  Branch  Organized  In  Denver. 
Denver,  Feb.  6. — A  meeting  of  the  most  prominent  drug- 
gists in  the  city  was  held  recently  and  a  branch  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association  was  organized  for  the  pur- 
pose of  uniting  all  the  druggists  on  the  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  pro- 
paganda work,  which  is  carried  on  by  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical and  American  Medical  associations.  The  following 
officers  were  elected :  Charles  M.  Ford,  president ;  S.  L. 
Bresler,  vice  president,  and  W.  F.  Nitardy,  secretary. 


The  longer  a  man  argues,  the  less  reason  he  generally  uses. 


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MODEL  PHARMACY  BUILT  ON  RUINS  OF  GREAT  FIRE  IN  CHELSEA  AND  ITS  ENTERPRISING  OWNER. 


Boston,  Feb.  1. — Lacking 
only  three  days  of  nine 
months  since  he  was  driven 
from  his  drug  store  by  the 
fire  which  levelled  one-third 
of  the  entire  city  of  Chelsea, 
Mass..  Charles  W.  Freeman 
threw  open  the  doors  of  his 
new  drug  store  in  his  new- 
building  in  Broadway  re- 
cently and  welcomed  a  vast 
throng  of  customers  and 
friends  into  one  of  the  most 
finely  equipped  drug  stores 
in  that  part  of  the  country. 
And  when  the  visitors  de- 
parted a  souvenir  of  the  oc- 
casion was  presented  to  the 
ladies  in  the  shape  of  a  bos 
of  confectionery. 

The  new  Freeman  building 
is  erected  on  the  site  where, 
in    185S.     Samuel     Freeman 
opened  the  first  drug  store  in 
that  part  of  Chelsea.    At  the 
time  of  the  fire,  on  Sunday 
morning,  April  12,  190S,  it  was  the  site 
of  the  largest  and  best-equipped  drug  store 
in  the  city  of  38.000  people.     The  only 
things  saved  from  the  hungry  flames  were 
the  file  of  prescription  books,  from  Xo.  1 
to    No.   335.000.      Incidentally,   this   was 
only  one  of  three  drug  stores  owned  by 
Charles  W.  Freeman,  which  went  up  in 
smoke  that  fated  day. 

On  Monday  morning,  however,  Mr. 
Freeman  had  engaged  a  store  in  the  up- 
per part  of  the  city,  and  by  Monday  night 
he  was  doing  business  on  a  small  scale. 
and  under  tremendous  difiiculties.  The 
demand  for  drug  store  goods  and  proprie- 
tary articles  from  a  population  of  15,00<l 
who  were  homeless  and  were  without 
even  a  toothbrush,  was  enormous,  but 
just  as  fast  as  wholesalers  and  jobbers 
could  ship  articles  of  every  description 
over  to  the  new  store  and  the  things 
could  be  unpacked  and  arranged,  they 
were  sold.  The  temporary  site  was  well 
located,  and  for  the  past  nine  months  it 
has  been  a  busy  place. 

Meanwhile  Mr.  Freeman  was  engaged 
in  planning  the  new  building  and  in 
equipping  the  store  upon  the  most  modern 
and  convenient  lines.  Noted  drug  stores 
in  various  parts  of  Massachusetts  were 
visited  by  Mr.  Freeman  during  the  spring 
and  summer  mouths,  and  by  mid-summer  he  was  ready  to 
award  the  contract  for  the  Freeman  building,  which,  while 
not  a  high  edifice,  has  a  frontage  of  sixty  feet  and  a  depth  of 
one  hundred  and  twenty  feet.  It  is  built  of  Indiana  limestone 
and  brick  and  steel.  About  every  convenience  which  the  drug 
store  furnisher  could  suggest  has  been  incorporated.  White 
enamel  finish  for  tne  upper  three-quarters  of  the  side  fittings, 
with  a  quarter  base  of  mahogany  line  the  sides. 

Silent  salesmen  cases  extend  along  three  sides  of  the  store, 
while  the  rear  partition  is  a  series  of  alcoves  in  library 
fashion.  A  private  office  for  the  bookkeeper  and  the 
proprietor  are  on  one  side,  and  on  the  other  the  prescrip- 
tion room,  each  of  the  apartments  having  a  full  view  of  the 
store,  although  seventy  feet  from  the  front.  A  laboratory  and 
stock  room  and  receiving  room  occupy  the  rear  of  the  store, 
while  ample  provision  is  made  for  coat  rooms  and  toilet  rooms. 

On  the  left  side  at  the  front  is  the  big  soda  fountain,  with 
a  front  counter  twenty-five  feet  in  length  and  a  turn  of  seven 
feet.  This  is  the  successor  of  five  fountains  which  have  been 
erected  on  that  site  in  the  past  forty  years,  for  Samuel  Free- 
man, father  of  the  present  proprietor  of  the  store,  was  one 
of  the  earliest  users  of  a  soda  fountain,  and  the  first  one  in- 


stalled  was  a  "gooseneck,"  a 
pattern  now  almost  forgotten, 
at  least  by  the  present  gener- 
ation. An  ice-cream  making 
plant  has  been  installed, 
with  an  electric  motor  for 
power  and  a  hydraulic  ele- 
vator to  convey  the  cream 
and  chopped  ice  to  the  foun- 
tain on  the  floor  above. 

Mr.  Freeman  has  secured 
as  occupants  of  the  second 
floor  of  this  building  a  den- 
tist and  three  ph.ysicians, 
with  tne  apartments  in  the 
rear  for  the  Masonic  bead- 
quarters  of  the  city  while 
that  organization  is  hav- 
ing its  new  building  erect- 
ed, so  that  he  is  drawing 
about  his  store  an  excep- 
tionally select  clientele. 

"Although  ours  is  the 
only  drug  store  on  Broad- 
way in  the  burnt  district, 
and  we  are  the  only  store  in 
Bellingham  square  of  any  kind,  the  store 
is  thronged  more  than  it  was  before  the 
fire."  said  Mr.  Freeman  to  an  Era  cor- 
respondent. 


CH.VItLES    \V.    FI;EEMA.\.    of    Chelse: 


Burglaries  in  Boston. 
Boston.  Feb.  8. — Two  Boston  drug- 
gists whose  stores  were  recently  robbed 
have  had  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  the 
perpetrators  caught.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard 
of  1129  Washington  street,  had  been 
missing  money  from  his  till  for  a  number 
of  weeks,  but  not  until  lately  was  the 
guilty  one  detected.  Harry  Simonds,  a 
clerk,  who  until  three  months  ago  had 
been  employed  in  a  drug  store  in  New 
York,  was  employed  as  a  clerk  at  Shep- 
pard's,  and  the  loss  of  moue.v  had  cor- 
responded with  the  term  of  his  service 
in  the  store.  Various  attempts  to  detect 
the  robbery  were  fruitless  for  a  time,  but 
finally  it  was  discovered  that  articles 
worth  75  cents  and  §1  were  being  sold 
and  onl.v  amoimts  of  10  and  25  cents 
were  rung  in  on  the  register.  Simonds 
was  charged  with  the  larceny  of  S21.25, 
was  found  guilty,  and  he  was  sentenced 
to  the  house  of  correction  for  three 
months. 

Another  fellow  was  in  court  for  break- 
ing into  the  drug  store  of  Frank  F. 
Ernst,  in  Jamaica  Plain.  In  this  case,  however,  the  crime 
was  far  more  serious,  because  the  drug  store  is  also  a  postal 
station,  and  among  the  articles  stolen  were  postage  stamps 
and  money  order  blanks.  The  break  occurred  last  April,  but 
not  until  recently,  through  the  alleged  confession  of  the  accused 
man.  was  he  apprehended.  He  was  arraigned  before  a  United 
States  Commissioner  and  held  for  the  March  session  of  the 
United  States  Grand  .Jury. 


Veteran  Druggist  Retires  From  Business. 
MiLWAVKEt:.  Feb.  1. — August  Von  Trott.  one  of  Milwau- 
kee's oldest  druggists,  has  sold  his  business  at  441  East  Water 
street  to  Peters  &  Beeck.  of  2109  North  avenue,  who  will  now 
conduct  both  stores,  A.  E.  Peters  to  manage  the  newly  pur- 
chased establishment  in  East  Water  street,  and  O.  T.  Beeck 
to  be  in  charge  of  the  pharmacy  in  North  avenue. 


Improvements  in  a  Washington  Pharmacy. 

Samuel  L.  Hilton,  Washington.  D.  C,  has  recently  refitted 
his  store  with  most  modern  fixtures,  all  in  white  enamel.  He 
has  also  put  in  a  metallic  ceiling  and  side  walls  and  a  new 
soda  counter  and  workboard. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[February  11,  1909 


Board   Examinations 


Indiana. 

Indianapolis,  Feb.  G. — A.  F.  Ueiueman,  of  Valaiiaraiso, 
secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  announced  the 
successful  candidates  of  the  examinations  held  here  January 
11  to  15.     They  are  as  follows : 

Registeeed  Phabmacists — Ernest  M.  Adams,  Warsaw ; 
John  V.  Baroree,  Farmersburg ;  Walter  Beck,  Terre  Haute ; 
Harry  J.  Burring,  Vincennes ;  James  M.  Casey,  Indiana 
Harbor ;  Herman  M.  Cecil,  Munice  ;  Boyd  A.  Davis,  Auburu ; 
Walter  Day,  Rochester ;  Ira  Dungam,  Union  Mills ;  John 
C.  Endress,  Crown  Point ;  Ida.  P.  Hagan,  Ferdinand  ;  George 
Hiskey,  Mt.  Vernon ;  Carl  E.  Jackson,  Indianapolis ;  James 
T.  Jean,  Mitchell;  Albert  H.  Joab,  Terre  Haute;  Edgar 
M.  Johnson.  Fowler;  Charles  J.  Jones,  Perryville ;  Hugh  M. 
Keene,  Indianapolis ;  Ferdinand  M.  Murr.  Indianapolis ; 
William  H.  McComber,  Elkhart ;  Thomas  M.  O'Connor,  Terre 
Haute;  George  W.  Polhuis,  Indianapolis;  J.  Harley  Ram- 
sey, Vincennes ;  Edward  Remmitter,  Indianapolis ;  Clyde 
Ritter,  Angola ;  Glen  O.  Roberts,  Jamestown  ;  W.  6.  Rogers, 
Madison ;  Charles  R.  Spencer,  Indianapolis ;  Herbert  Stadt- 
feldt,  Indianapolis ;  Walter  J.  Steinkamp,  Richmond ;  Roger 
R.  Stevens.  Indianapolis ;  Frederick  Thorn,  Terre  Haute ; 
John  W.  Wilkie,  Terre  Haute;  Claude  Williamson.  Ft. 
Wayne ;  Floyd  V.  Zimmerman,  Marion. 

Assistant  Pharmacists — E.  D.  Covalt,  Marion ;  D.  A. 
Keffer,  Indianapolis ;  Leo  Ray  Clemmons,  Rochester ;  Sophia 
G.  Dickinson,  Richmond :  Clara  M.  Foster.  Wolcottville ; 
Lawrence  A.  Greer,  Dunkirk ;  Valentine  Hans,  South  Bend ; 
Worthy  E.  Hughes,  Ft.  Wayne ;  A.  G.  Illingworth,  Munice ; 
William  E.  Crick,  South  Bend;  William  G.  Lay,  Columbus; 
Walter  J.  Maston,  Lagrange ;  Harry  Michale,  Logansport ; 
Joseph  A.  Noel,  Logansport ;  W.  H.  Ogden ;  Jeffersonville ; 
Kenneth  Perrin,  Alpine ;  Paul  Richards,  Columbus ;  Frank 
Rnmmel,  Cambridge  City ;  George  R.  Simmons,  Munice. 

The  next  examination   well   be  held  April  5. 


Minnesota. 

St.   Paul,   Feb.   G. — The   .Minnesota   State  Board   of  Phar- 
macy has  re-elected  R.  L.  Moreland,  Worthington,  Minn.,  as 
president,   and   Charles   T.    Heller,   St.   Paul,   succeeds   C.   J. 
Moos,  resigned,  as  secretary.     Jlr.  Moos,  who  has  made  a  fine 
rer.a  m  tne  u^'S.-e.  could  easily  have  been  re-elected,  but  he 
udS  entered  the  retail  drus  i- business  in  Minneapolis  on  his  own 
account  and  desires  to  give  his.  whole  attention  thereto.     Also 
present    at    the    meeting    were    Ev     a.    Tupper.    Minneapolis; 
A.  Van  Rohr,  Winona,  and  C.  H.  Clv^rk,  St.  Peter. 

Considering  the  needs  of  the  Collegia  of  Pharmacy  of  the 
State  University,  the  board  decided  to  l-ixe  over  for  a  time 
its  efforts  to  secure  the  erection  of  a  phtfivmacy  building  on 
the  varsity  campus.  While  the  college  has  bef^on  more  crowded 
than  any  department  of  the  university,  the  bd;  ^rj  is  satisfied 
with  the  plans  of  the  board  of  regents  for  utiliz  Jng  a  part  of 
Millard  Hall,  the  medical  building,  for  class  reborns  for  the 
pharmacists,  until  plans  for  the  greater  universrjfy  campus 
have  been  completed. 

Thirteen  of  the  forty  applicants  qualified  after  the  '\  regular 
examinations,  which  were  held  daily  throughout  the  wea.jj.  and 
the  board  issued  pharmacist's  certificates  to  A.  F.  Kurth,\  \  r 
Gennell,  G.  L.  Dodds  and  S.  N.  Warren,  and  assistant  k-jhar- 
macist's  certificates  to  E.  A.  Wahlstrom,  M.  D.  Umland.  Jt.  j)_ 
McCarter,  H.  O.  Peterson,  C.  P.  Sattlet,  C.  R.  Bell,  C.\  f. 
Engell,  E.  P.  Jones  and  M.  L.  Larson.  "( 


\ 


Illinois.  '• 

Springfield,  Feb.  4 — At  the  January  meeting  of  the  Iili\. 
ncis  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  1.5  out  of  a  class  of  51  appli-\ 
cants  for  registered  pharmacist  and  16  of  the  22  candidates 
for  assistant  pharmacist  passed  successful  examinations. 
Their  names  follow : 

Registered  Pharmacists — George  J.  Alexion,  St.  Louis ; 
Prank  C.  Behling,  Janesville ;  George  S.  Borovik,  Chicago ; 
Ray  A.  Cone,  Momence ;  John  L.  Elson,  Chicago ;  James 
Kamplain,  Chicago;  Aug.  W.  Liudstadt,  Chicago;  John  J. 
O'Connell,  East  St.  Louis;  Albert  L.  Shults,  Piano;  John  V. 


Simonds,  Belleville ;  Mark  V.  Smith,  Chicago ;  Milo  C.  Taylor, 
Pontiac ;  Otto  H.  Threde,  Alton ;  James  Thackeray.  Dan- 
ville ;  and  Walter  Wagner,  Morris. 

.Assistant  Piiaeiiacists — William  B.  Atterberry,  Spring- 
field ;  Samuel  Bronstein,  Chicago;  William  J.  Barrett,  Spring- 
lii  Id ;  -VHrcd  Dahl,  Chicago;  James  H.  Daly,  Rushville ; 
Potc'i-  B.  Ekstam,  Chicago;  Edward  G.  Fingl,  Chicago;  Si- 
mon S.  Friedman,  Springfield  ;  Theodore  H.  Hartmann,  Col- 
linsville ;  Ernest  T.  Kirkland,  Decatur ;  Thom.as  F.  Lazear, 
Carthage ;  Igino  Monaco,  Chicago ;  Arthur  R.  Pickering.  Chi- 
cago;  M.  Dean  Stauffer,  Bloomington ;  Robert  H.  Stocks, 
Chicago ;  and  John  L.  Zukowski,  Chicago. 

The  board  will  meet  in  Chicago  March  9  for  the  examina- 
tion of  assistant  pharmacists  and  on  the  following  day  at  the 
same  place  an  examination  will  be  conducted  for  registered 
pharmacists.  The  next  apprentice  examination  throughout 
the  state  will  be  held    March  5. 


Massachusetts. 

Boston,  Jan.  30. — Thirteen  applicants  out  of  a  class  of 
thirty  were  successful  in  their  examinations  before  the  State 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy.  Their  names  and  ad- 
dresses are  as  follows  :  Oliver  C.  Brightman,  Now  Bedford  ; 
Albert  A.  Cross,  Huntington :  James  G.  B.  Humphrey,  Spring- 
field :  Percy  A.  Leightou,  Chicopee  Falls ;  George  W.  Allison, 
Ipswich  ;  Walter  B.  Barrett,  Worcester ;  Napoleon  J.  Berard, 
Jr.,  New  Bedford;  William  F.  Doherty,  Leominster;  James  F. 
Gallagher,  Boston ;  Benjamin  C.  Hale,  Haverhill ;  George  B. 
Norton,  Oak  Bluffs ;  Daniel  I.  Weston,  Boston ;  Daniel  O. 
Wolff,  Boston. 

Assistants. — Charles  L.  Cordeau,  Lowell ;  Jeremiah  M. 
Nash,  Norwood  ;  Herve  D.  Parthenais,  Lowell ;  Frank  G.  Proc- 
tor, South  Framiugham;  Edwai'd  A.  Dervan,  Lawrence^  John 
F.  Hand.  Brookline ;  William  F.  Hetherman,  Amesbury ; 
Frederick  C.  Hunter.  Everett ;  George  Kramer.  Boston ;  An- 
drew R.   Newton.   Boston ;   Arthur  N.   Sumner,   Marblehead. 


Tennessee. 

Nashville,  Feb.  8. — There  aj-e  now  over  1200  registered 
licensed  pharmacists  and  321  assistants  in  Tennessee.  Among 
file  class  of  thirty-seven  that  underwent  the  regular  examina- 
tion of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  here  last  mouth  seven- 
teen were  granted  license  to  practice.  A  few  others  were 
granted  license  as  assistant  pharmacists. 

The  seventeen  passing  the  examination  successfully  are  as 
follows :  Miss  Carrie  Nichcl,  L.  W.  Gorton,  Nashville ;  F.  A. 
Cleveland,  Pleasant  Shade ;  H.  M.  Rhea,  Somerville ;  E.  C. 
McNeely,  Orlinda ;  S.  H.  Beall  and  E.  D.  Taylor,  Nashville; 
Karl  Wood,  Selmer ;  H.  E.  Wright,  Orlinda  ;  T.  L.  Mangum, 
luka.  .Miss.  :  W.  E.  Everett,  Nashville ;  G.  C.  Young,  Brick 
Church ;  W.  H.  Brigham,  Murfreesboro ;  W.  W.  Fisher,  At- 
lanta. Ga. ;  A.  L.  Binford.  Nashville ;  A.  C.  Nicholson,  Colum- 
bia, and  J.  A.  Gentry,  Nashville. 


Michigan. 

Ann  Arbor,  Mich.,  Feb.  6. — The  following  have  been  award- 
ed certificates  of  pharmacy  as  the  result  of  the  examination 
liy  the  Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy  here,  last  month  :  Harry 
I,  Chandler,  Empire ;  Ray  Fox,  Reese ;  W.  A.  Gardner,  Paris ; 
William  P.  Gidley,  Holly;  Thomas  W.  Irwin,  Pollston ; 
Charles  C.  Jackson,  Vassar ;  Thomas  L.  Milne,  Jr.,  Standish ; 
Ralph  G.  Mitter,  Detroit ;  Oscar  A.  Moreau,  Detroit ;  John 
V.  Sassaman,  Charlotte ;  Guy  R.  Stone,  Fairgrove. 

The  following  received  papers  as  registered  druggists :  W. 
D.  Fales,  Midland ;  John  G.  Foess,  Tpsilanti ;  Justin  N. 
Nelson.  Ludington ;  Victor  J.  Szmiguel,  Detroit. 

The  board  will  meet  in  Grand  Rapids  March  16. 


District  of  Columbia. 
Washington,   Feb.   1. — William   Daniel   Thorn,   Jr.,   Will- 
iam LeRoy   Bond,   Joseph   Sailing  Baldwin,   and   Miss   Irene 
Nellie  Richardson,  have  been  given  license  to  practice  phar- 
macy in  the  District  of  Columbia. 


'i  Got  More  Flasks  Than  He  Wanted. 

Bir.MinJGHAM,  Mich.,  Feb.  1. — A  local  druggist  recently 
advenlsefl  that  he  would  give  a  penny  to  every  boy  who 
lu'ougbi  him  an  empty  whisky  bottle.  When  he  found  that  he 
'aad  1200  flasks  he  withdrew  the  "ad." 


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THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL    ERA 


145 


DR.  BARNARD  BARS  BENZOATE  IN  INDIANA.       BIG  BUSINESS  DONE  IN  NEW  YORK  POST  OFFICE. 


Even  If  Labeled  It  is  a  Violation  of  Law  to  Sell  Goods 
So  Preserved  in  That  State,  is  His  Ruling. 

Indianapolis.  Feb.  l>. — Indiana,  in  tlie  center  of  the  Middle 
West,  with  Dr.  H.  E.  Barnard.  Indiana  State  Food  and  Drug 
Commissioner,  a  good  second  to  Dr.  Harvey  D.  Wiley,  of 
Washington,  D.  C,  in  thorough-going  energy  and  uncompro- 
mising belief  in  his  cause,  is  having  a  marked  influence  on 
neighboring  States  in  the  fight  for  pure  food  now  going  on. 

A  correspondent  of  The  PriABMACErxiCAL  Eka  asked  him 
what  he  proposed  to  do  now  that  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment is  temporizing  with  the  benzoate  of  soda  men. 

"You  may  say  for  me  to  your  readers,"  said  Dr.  Barnard, 
"that  I  propose  to  enforce  the  Pure  Food  Law  of  Indiana, 
which  states  that  a  food  product  is  adulterated  if  it  contains 
any  added  antiseptic  or  preservative  substance  except  common 
table  salt,  saltpeter,  cane  sugar,  v.inegar  and  spices.  The  use 
of  benzoate  of  soda  is  directly  prohibited  under  this  paragraph 
of  the  law  and  not  because  it  may  be,  or  may  not  be  a  poison- 
ous or  deleterious  ingredient. 

"Our  law  thus  prohibits  the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  in  food 
products  and  it  makes  no  difference  whether  or  not  goods  are 
so  labeled,  they  cannot  be  sold  in  Indiana  except  in  violation 
of  law. 

"The  action  of  Judge  Anderson,  of  thb  Federal  Court  at 
Indianapolis,  in  denying  a  temporar.v  injunction  to  certain 
manufacturing  interests  that  sought  to  restrain  me  from  en- 
forcing the  provisions  of  the  Food  Law  has  already  been 
widely  commented  upon  and  has  been  received  with  joy  by 
food   commissioners. 

"I  believe  if  we  work  along  the  lines  upon  which  we  have 
started  that  we  shall  stop  all  food  adulteration  in  this  State. 

"Indiana  has  a  population  of  nearly  three  millious  and  the 
people,  without  exception,  including  our  manufacturers  of 
food  products,  are  with  this  commission." 


Federal  Benzoate  Decision  Will  Decide  in  Indiana. 

Indianapolis.  Feb.  1. — Dr.  J.  X.  Hurty.  secretary  of  the 
State  Bofii'd  of  Health,  says  in  an  interview  that  the  differ- 
ences in  opinion  between  the  State  Board  of  Health  and  the 
State  Pood  and  Drug  Commission  regarding  the  use  of  so- 
dium benzoate  as  a  preservative  will  be  settled  by  the  decision 
following  the  report  of  the  Referee  Board  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Roosevelt  to  look  into  the  matter.  He  sa.vs  that  the 
present  ban  will  be  enforced  until  the  Federal  Government 
decides  that  benzoate  of  soda  may  be  used  without  being  con- 
sidered harmful  or  an  adulterant. 


Fined  for  Violating-  Federal  Drug  Law, 
Detboit,  Feb,  1. — United  States  District  Attorney  Frank 
H.  Watson  last  week  prosecuted  the  La  Cottel  Manu- 
facturing Company,  of  this  city,  for  shipping  to  a  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  drug  firm  a  so-called  complexion  aid,  which  proved  to  be 
only  magnesium  sulphate  colored  pink.     The  fine  was  .$10. 


Heineman  Company's  Troubles  Hot  Over. 
Baltimobe,  Feb.  6. — The  troubles  of  the  Heineman-Evans 
Company,  wholesale  druggists  at  108  South  Howard  street, 
which  were  supposed  to  have  ended  when  the  Fonerden  Spe- 
cialty Company  several  da.vs  ago  had  dismissed  its  petition 
asking  that  a  receiver  be  appointed,  have  broken  out  afresh. 
Today  a  second  suit  for  a  receiver  was  instituted  by  Matthews 
Brothers.  An  order  was  issued  requiring  cause  to  be  shown 
by  February  20  why  a  receiver  shall  not  be  appointed.  The 
company  had  accepted  a  proposition  from  creditors  to  pay  50 
cents  on  the  dollar,  the  arrangement  to  become  effective  Feb- 
ruary 1.  and  it  was  supposed  that  the  plan  would  go  through. 


A.  F,  Marquier  is  Again  Elected  President. 
Xf.wabk,  X.  J.,  Feb.  0. — Officers  of  the  Alumni  Association 
of  the  Xew  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  have  been  elected  as 
follows :  President,  A.  F.  JIarquier ;  vice-president,  Oscar 
A.  Schraft :  secretary,  Fred  P.  Schweig ;  financial  secretary, 
L.  C.  Hagney  ;  treasurer,  Clyde  W.  Heberling ;  trustee,  J.  C. 
Nixon.  The  meeting  was  held  in  the  Continental  Hotel. 
After  the  business  session  the  members  had  a  luncheon.  Mr. 
Marquier  acted  as  toastmaster.  Speeches  were  made  by  Dr. 
P.  E.  Hommell,  of  Jersey  City,  and  Dr,  Louis  Schneider. 


December  Greatest  Month  in  History  of  Oflice  and  Jan- 
uary Makes  Good  Showing — Conditions  Optimistic. 
Postmaster  Morgan,  of  the  New  York  Post  Office,  when 
interviewed  regarding  business  conditions  as  reflected  through 
the  postal  service,  was  very  optimistic  on  the  outlook  for 
the  future  and  called  special  attention  to  the  prosperity  in- 
dicated by  the  December  revenue,  which  was  the  largest  for 
any  month  in  the  history  of  the  office. 

The  statistics  given  below  apply  to  the  offices  under  the 
jurisdiction  of  Jlr.  Morgan,  which  include  all  branches,  sub- 
stations and  the  main  offices  in  the  Borough  of  Manhattan 
and  the  Bronx. 

For  comparison  the  total  revenues  for  the  past  three  years 
are  given  and  are  as  follows:  1906,  $17,827,300.98;  1907. 
$18,850,291.77;  1908,  .$18,80.8,782.20.  The  decrease  of  $41,- 
509.57  in  revenue  dttring  the  last  year  was  due  to  the  big 
falling  ofl:  during  the  earlier  months  of  the  year.  The  months 
of  1908  from  September  to  December  showed  such  unusual 
large  increases  that  a  big  general  decrease  was  overcome. 

January,  1909.  has  shown  the  heaviest  business  of  any  cor- 
responding month  and  compares  as  follows  with  those  of  the 
two  preceding  .vears :  Januarv.  1909.  $1,640,503.68;  1908. 
!?1,50S.41.5.70;  1907,  $1,603,619.87.  In  percentages  the  busi- 
ness done  in  January,  1909,  was  8.75  per  cent  greater  than 
January,  1908,  and  3.30  per  cent  over  January.  1907. 

December,  1908.  was  the  largest  month  in  the  history  of 
the  ofiice,  the  total  receipts  for  a  month  having  never  before 
equalled  two  million  dollars.  This  mark  was  passed,  the 
exact  total  being  $2,029,181.24  as  against  $1,877,537.05  for 
December.  1907,  the  largest  previous  month.  The  enormous 
amount  of  Christmas  business  is  reflected  in  the  above  figures, 
as  is  also  the  large  increase  in  that  class  of  mail  over  that 
of  1907, 

Statistics  relative  to  New  Y'ork  substations  are  as  follows : 
total  revenue  collected  for  1907,  $2,679,311.24 ;  1908,  $2..597,- 
32.5.79 ;  showing  a  general  falling  off  as  in  the  case  of  the 
otlier  offices,  A  gradual  increase,  however,  has  been  noted 
every  month  since  fall  and  the  number  of  substations  has 
increased  from  234  to  242. 

As  regards  the  registry  business  there  was  4,100,968 
pieces  delivered  and  4,291,236  pieces  registered,  making  a 
total  of  8,392,204  pieces  handled  last  year.  The  1907  figures 
are  higher. 

During  1908  there  were  mailed  out  427,030  special  delivery 
letters  from  Xew  York  and  1,068,662  special  delivery  packages 
were  received  from  other  cities.  The  figures  for  last  year 
are  higher  than  those  of  1906  but  fall  behind  the  totals  of 
1907. 


Not  Victim  of  Mercurial  Poisoning,  as  Reported. 

In  the  case  of  Cliarles  Goecking.  fift.v-six  .vears  old.  em- 
ployed in  the  laboratories  of  Schieffelin  &  Co..  Xew  York,  and 
reported  to  have  been  poisoned  and  killed  l).v  handling  mer- 
cury, the  autopsy  showed  that  the  man  died  from  chronic 
affections  of  several  vital  organs.  At  the  inquest  held  before 
Coroner  A.  F.  Schwanneeke,  the  causes  of  death,  as  disclosed 
by  the  autopsy,  were  as  follows ;  Chronic  interstitial  nephri- 
tis, arterial  sclerosis,  myocarditis,  chronic  cardiac  insuffi- 
cienc.v.  pulmonary  oedema. 

Goecking  had  been  in  ill-health  for  sev.ral  .vears  and  was 
stricken  while  standing  on  an  L  station.  Death  occurred 
siiortly   following   his   admittance   to   Lincoln    Hospital. 


Soda  Fountain  Talk. 
The  American  Soda  Fountain  Company's  new  models  for 
soda  fountains,  both  "Iceless"  and  regular  ice  cooling,  are 
meeting  with  exceptionally  fine  reception  and  large  sale. 
Perfect  skilled  workmanship  goes  into  all  the  apparatus  manu- 
factured by  this  company  and  as  they,  or  their  predecessors, 
have  been  manufacturing  soda  equipments  for  many  years, 
their  long  experience  and  reputation  proves  them  competent 
to  make  and  offer  new  appliances  as  soon  as  changing  condi- 
tions are  ready  for  them.  Dispensers  should  write  the  com- 
pany for  a  copy  of  the  little  book  "The  Passing  of  the 
Iceman." 


Era  Price  List  is  indispensable  to  all  druggists. 


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[February  11,   1909 


ASEPTIC  PRODUCTS  CO.  ORGANIZED. 

New  York  Corporation  With  $200,000  Capital;  $150,- 

000  in  Common  and  $50,000  in  Preferred  Shares. 

The  new  company  to  manufacture  plasters  and  surgical 
dressings  which  was  promoted  by  C.  H.  Goddard.  manager 
of  the  American  Druggists'  Syndicate,  filed  its  application  for 
a  charter  with  the  Secretary  of  State  at  Albany  on  Feb- 
ruary 3. 

This  new  company  is  known  as  the  Aseptic  Products  Com- 
pany and  has  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000  in  shares  of  $10 
each ;  $50,000  of  the  stock  is  in  preferred  and  $1.50.000  in 
common  shares.  The  directors  of  the  corporation  are  S.  C. 
Xeomans.  of  Chicago ;  A.  W.  Kiler,  of  Columbus,  Ohio ;  Reese 
C.  Roberts,  of  Ambler,  Pa. ;  J.  Maxwell  Pringle,  of  New  York 
City :  E.  C.  Goetting,  of  New  York  City ;  Adrian  Paradis.  of 
Brooklyn ;  Edw.  Wolff,  of  Brooklyn ;  George  W.  Luft  and 
C.  H.  Goddard,  the  latter  two  being  officials  of  the  A.D.S. 

Mr.  Goddard  stated  that  the  company  has  rented  a  large 
floor  with  1.3.000  square  feet  of  floor  space  in  the  new  fire- 
proof Blanchard  Building,  which  adjoins  the  laboratories  of 
the  American  Druggists'  Syndicate,  and  expects  to  be  turning 
out  plasters  by  the  middle  of  March. 

He  also  stated  that  such  of  the  capital  stock  as  will  be 
sold  now  is  sure  to  be  largely  over-subscribed,  but  the  books 
will  be  held  open  until  March  .31.  and  in  the  distribution  of 
this  stock  preference  will  be  given  to  the  single  share  sub- 
scribers. He  estimates  that  the  larger  share-holders  will 
have  to  be  content  with  from  50  to  70  per  cent  of  their  sub- 
scriptions. The  $50,000  in  preferred  shares  is  what  the  com- 
pany is  selling  in  advance,  and  with  each  share  of  preferred 
a  bonus  is  given  of  one  share  of  common  stock.  This  will 
leave  .$100,000  of  the  common  stock  in  the  treasury  to  be 
sold  in  the  future  as  the  demands  of  the  business  may  require. 


CONSTANT  TARIFF  REVISION  DANGEROUS. 


A  Fussy  Package  for  Fastidious  Folks. 
That  it  is  easier  to  sell  a  pound  package  of  candy  for  $1 
than  a  pound  at  SO  cents  has  lately  been  proved  to  the  entire 
satisfaction  of  many  druggists  who  are  enjoying  a  monopoly 
of  the  sale  of  Whitman's  chocolates  and  confections  througli 
the  manufacturer's  exclusive  agency  plan.  Last  year  The 
Whitman  Agency  put  out  and  pushed  a  very  attractive  pack- 
age of  selected  chocolates  under  the  catchy  name  of  "A 
Fussy  Package  for  Fastidious  Folks"  which  struck  a  respon- 
sive chord  in  the  hearts  or  stomachs  of  candy  buyers.  These 
chocolates  hit  exactly  the  popular  taste,  for  people  who 
bought  them  got  just  what  they  wanted  and  they  were  there- 
fore willing  to  pay  the  price.  In  the  attractive  advertisng 
the  Whitman's  are  putting  out  for  their  agents  more  em- 
phasis than  ever  before  is  laid  upon  the  completeness  of  their 
package  line,  which  covers  from  five  cent  goods  upward  every 
kind  of  sweets  that  the  public  demands.  If  you  haven't  all 
the  facts  relating  to  this  proposition  handy,  write  to  Stephen 
P.  Whitman  &  Son,  Fourth  and  Race  streets.  Philadelphia, 
for  particulars. 


California    Fig    Syrup    Co.'s    Special    Offer. 

The  California  Fig  Syrup  Company  announces  that  it  has 
arranged  with  wholesale  druggists  to  allow  a  discount  of 
8  per  cent  from  the  list  price  of  $48  on  all  one  gross  orders. 
By  taking  advantage  of  this  offer  the  retailer  can  materially 
increase  his  profits  on  the  sale  of  a  popular  remedy.  The 
California  Fig  Syrup  Company  has  doubled  its  manufactur- 
ing facilities  in  order  to  supply  the  great  output  of  California 
Fig  Syrup  which  will  be  required  this  year  and  which  is 
bound  to  increase,  for  the  manufacturer  has  inaugurated  an 
extensive  advertising  campaign  which  is  sure  to  stimulate 
sales  to  the  advantage  of  all  concerned.  Read  the  California 
Fig  Syrup  Company's  advertisement  on  page  13  of  this 
week's  issue  of  the  Eba  for  full  particulars. 


Shorter  Hours  Announced  at  Banquet. 
Racine.  Wis..  Feb.  6. — Clerks  employed  in  the  several 
stores  of  the  Red  Cross  Drug  Company  here,  were  banqueted 
recently  by  the  oflicers  of  the  company.  A  supper  of  ten 
courses  was  served  and  President  T.  W.  Thieseu  announced 
that  in  the  future  all  the  pharmacies  would  close  evenings 
at  9  o'clock,  with  the  exception  of  Saturday  evenings,  when 
the  stores  will  be  open  until  10  o'clock. 


Ways  and  Means  Committee  Object  to  Permanent  Com- 
mission— Mr.  Taft  Favors  Advisory  Board. 

Advices  from  Washington  state  that  although  there  is  little 
likelihood  that  the  Committee  on  Ways  and  Means  of  the 
House  of  Representatives  will  consider  any  proposition  in- 
volving a  permanent  tariff  revision  commission,  it  is  expected 
that  the  coming  Indianapolis  convention  of  various  National 
commercial  bodies  will  declare  strongly  in  favor  of  such  a 
commission.  President-elect  Taft  has  expressed  himself  as 
favorable  only  to  a  commission  that  should  advise  Congress  of 
desired  changes  in  schedules  and  collect  data  needed  for  in- 
formation, but  not  fix  rates,  as  the  latter  would  be- 
unconstitutional. 

Chairman  Payne  and  other  members  of  the  Ways  and  Means 
Committee  are  quoted  as  saying  that  such  a  commission  is 
unnecessary,  for  they  assert  that  the  numerous  sources  of 
information  through  Government  bureaus  are  well  able  to 
supply  all  materia!  required.  The  main  argument  advanced 
by  them  against  such  a  commission,  which  would  have  the 
right  to  establish  rates  or  even  recommend  such  changes  to  the 
House  Committee,  is  that  business  interests  would  be  severely 
impaired  by  the  constant  uncertainty  of  tariff  rates  which 
would  result.  Furthermore,  capital  would  not  be  so  freely  in- 
vested in  those  industries  and  trades  w^iich  are  affected  by 
foreign  trade  and  competition. 

Washington  authorities  declare  that  on  account  of  the  stand 
taken  by  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  there  is  hardly  any 
possibility  that  the  permanent  commission,  should  one  be 
formed,  will  take  any  part  in  framing  the  forthcoming  tariff 
bill  or  that  it  will  supplant  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee 
in  any  way. 


N.W.D.A.  Delegates  to  National  Tariff  Commission. 

President  Fred  L.  Carter  of  the  National  Wholesale  Drug- 
gists' Association  has  appointed  the  following  delegates  to 
attend  the  convention  of  the  National  Tariff  Commission,  to  be 
held  in  Indianapolis,  February  16  to  IS :  William  Scott, 
chairman ;  William  J.  Mooney,  John  N.  Carey,  G.  Barret 
Moxley,  Marion  Ward,  all  of  Indianapolis :  Thomas  P.  Cook, 
New  York ;  James  W.  Morrison,  Chicago ;  Frank  G.  Ryan, 
Detroit. 

The  purpose  of  the  convention  will  be  to  give  immediate 
and  adequate  expression  for  the  creation  of  a  permanent,  non- 
partisan, semi-judicial  tariff  commission,  which  shall  collect 
and  study  commercial  and  industrial  facts  in  this  and  other 
countries,  pertinent  to  the  tariff  question,  for  the  information 
and  use  of  Congress  and  the  Executive  Department. 

Henry  Riesenberg,  of  Indianapolis,  president  of  the  Lemarc 
Pharmaceutical  Company,  of  New  York,  will  be  chairman  of 
the   convention. 


Drug  and  Chemical  Club  Annual  Meeting  February  18. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Club  of  New 
York  will  be  held  in  the  club  rooms  next  Thursday  at  noon. 
Several  matters  will  be  brought  up  for  disposition  and  action 
taken  on  the  report  of  the  Nominating  Committee,  which  has 
presented  the  following  names  of  members  to  serve  upon  the 
Board  of  Governors  for  the  three  years  ending  February, 
1912 :  Harry  C.  Larter.  George  W.  Fortmeyer,  I.  Frank 
Stone,  William  H.  Dutcher,  A.  K.  Gardiner,  E.  H.  Reynolds. 
Members  of  the  board  whose  term  expire  this  year  besides  Mr. 
Fortmeyer,  who  has  been  renominated,  are :  Gustav  A. 
Schwarz,  Samuel  A.  Moneypenny,  Hector  M.  Hitchings, 
William  S.  Ginnel,  Edward  S.  Woodward. 


Big  Drug  Company  Orders  Six  Becker  Iceless  Fountains. 
The  Riker  Drug  Company,  which  recently  opened  new 
drug  stores  at  Fourteenth  street  and  Fifth  avenue  and  Forty- 
second  street  and  Sixth  avenue.  New  York  City,  where  they  in- 
stalled large  Becker  Iceless  fountains,  and  which  also  installed 
large  Becker  Iceless  fountains  in  its  Jayues  store.  .50  Wash- 
ington street,  Boston,  and  Brooklyn  store,  1273  Broad- 
way, is  again  opening  two  additional  new  stores  one  in 
Tremont  street,  in  Boston,  and  one  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  for 
both  of  which  orders  have  been  placed  with  the  Becker  Com- 
pany for  large  Iceless  fountains.  This  makes  six  Iceless 
fountain  orders  given  the  Becker  Company  by  the  Riker  Com- 
pany in  about  five  months,  four  of  which  are  in  operation. 


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PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 

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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Granted  February  2,  1909. 

911.241— George  E.  Inman,  Chicago.  III.  Label-coatiug 
machine. 

911.258 — Richard  G.  Neumann.  Wandsbek,  near  Hamburg, 
Germany,  assignor  to  the  firm  of  Kakao-Compagnie  Theodor 
Reichardt,  Gesellschaft  mit  beschrankter  Haftung,  Wands- 
bek, near  Hamburg.  Germany.    Sifter  for  pulverulent  material. 

911.269— Ludwig  H.  Reuter,  Berkeley.  Cal.  Process  for 
producing  certain  proteids  from  buttermilk. 

911.270 — Ada  Schneider,  Chicago,  III.     Rouge  holder. 

911,277— Edmund  S.  Smith.  Niagara  Falls.  N.  T.  Glue 
tester. 

911.289— William  A.  Bostwiek.  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Cover 
fastening  for  jars. 

911,292— Charles  C.  Call,  Springfield,  Mass.  Cork-pulling 
device. 

911,300 — Eric  Erickson,  Portland,  Ore.     Toilet  case. 

911,367 — Alexander  Berg,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Process  for  re- 
covering waste  alcohol  from  liquor  casks  or  barrels. 

911.467— Arthur  W.  Blunden,  Sebastopol.  Cal.     Kettle  still. 

911.468 — Karl  Bosch.  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine.  Germany, 
assignor  to  Badisehe  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik.  Ludwigshafen-on- 
the-Rhine.  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany.  Saponifica- 
tion of  alkaline  earth  cyainids. 

911,523 — Charles  Piers,  Chicago.  111.     Antiseptic  svringe. 

911..556— William  H.  Froggart,  Jr.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Count- 
ing and  bottling  machine. 


Boston  Druggist  and  Wife  Escape  Earthquake. 
BosTOx.  Feb.  6. — Word  was  received  in  Boston  today  an- 
nouncing the  safety  in  Nice  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  R.  Pollard, 
whom  it  was  feared  were  in  southern  Italy,  and  possible  victims 
of  the  Messiua  earthquake.  Mr.  Pollard  was  until  recently  one 
of  the  proprietors  of  Woodward's  Drug  Store,  at  100  Tremont 
street.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Pollard,  when  they  left  Boston,  intended 
to  tour  Italy  and  spend  the  winter  there,  but  instead  of  go- 
ing to  south  they  tarried  at  Nice. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 

Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 

G.  H.  DAVIS.  Attorney.  90S  G  St.,  Washington.  D.  C. 


Published  February  2,  1909. 

31,02-t^Hans  Schneider,  Hamburg,  Germany.  Class  6. 
Disinfeotauts. 

33,218— Alfred  E.  Dahlberg,  Chicago,  111.  Class  6.  Laxa- 
tive tablets  and  laxative  quinin  tablets. 

33,717 — The  Palmetto  Chemical  Company,  Inc.,  Aiken,  S.  C. 
Class  6.    A  remedy  for  chills  and  fever,  grip  and  colds. 

34,487— Joseph  W.  Bowles.  Normal,  111.  Class  6.  A  vege- 
table compound  intended  to  be  used  as  a  blood-purifier  and 
tonic  for  the  treatment  of  biliousness,  headache,  constipa- 
tion,  etc. 

36,900 — The  Johnson-Richardson  Company,  Ltd.,  Montreal, 
Quebec.  Canada,  and  Burlington,  Vt.  Class  6.  Liver  pills 
and  d.vspepsia  tablets. 

37.56;? — Peerless  Medicine  Company,  Petersburg,  Va.  Class 
6.     Liver  pills. 

37,791 — Pharmacie  Humanitaire  de  Paris,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.  Class  6.  Remedy  for  gonorrhea,  gleet,  syphilis  and 
spermatorrhea. 

37.813 — Sanative  Remedy  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Class  6. 
Foot  salve. 

38,056 — Wilbur  F.  Shook,  Dallas,  Texas.  Class  6.  Medic- 
inal remedies  for  diseases  of  the  stomach,  liver,  bowels,  for 
malaria,  colds,  catarrh,  and  diseases  of  the  skin. 

38,109 — Ignatz  Palocz,  Budapest,  Hungary.  Class  44. 
Inhalers. 

38.159 — Samuel  Schwartz,  Newark,  N.  J.  Class  6.  An  in- 
secticide and  vermin  destro.ver. 

38.281— Frank  L.  Greer.  Bloomington,  Wis.  Class  6. 
Lotions. 

38.353 — Laura  M.  Voight,  Cincinnali.  Ohio.  Class  6.  Chem- 
ical washing  compound. 

38.395 — William  Cooper  &  Nephews,  Berkhamsted,  England. 
Class  6.   An  antiseptic  ointment  for  human  and  veterinarv  use. 

38.836— Elizabeth  Jensen  &  Co.,  Chicago.  111.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  pain  in  the  kidneys,  swollen  throat,  rheumatism, 
stiff  neck,  neuralgia,  headache,  backache,  strains,  cramps,  and 
mumps.  I 


Serious  Fire   in  Montreal. 
MoxTBEAL.    Que..    Feb.    1. — About    $20,000    damage    was 
done  recently  by  fire  in  the  druggists'  sundries  establishment 
of  L.  McEwen  &  Co.,  46  West  Craig  street. 


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[February  11,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


SEASONABLE  GOODS  IN  FAIR  DEMAND. 


Business  as  a  Whole  Much  Better  Than  a  Year  Ago. 
Demand  Confined  to  Actual  Requirements. 

New  York.  Feb.  8. — In  the  drug  ami  chemical  market  only 
a  moderate  movemeut  is  noted  with  the  demand  confined  to 
actual  requirements  for  consumption  ;  but  taken  as  a  whole 
business  is  fairly  good,  especially  when  compared  with  condi- 
tions existing  a  year  aao.  The  price  changes  have  been  few 
and  unimportant  except  for  the  reduction  of  Ic.  per  ounce  for 
quinine,  as  noted  in  our  last  report.  Opium  is  firm  but  quiet. 
Balsam  of  Peru  is  active  and  higher.  Norwegian  cod  liver 
oil  is  selling  well  with  a  good  demand  improving  the  prices. 
Ergot,  both  Russian  and  Spanish,  is  higher  with  the  mar- 
ket inclined  toward  still  firmer  prices. 

QuiNi.xE  SiiPHATE. — The  decline  of  Ic.  per  ounce  in  this 
article  brings  the  price  down  to  the  lowest  on  record.  Heavy 
bark  shipments  and  lower  prices  for  Java  brand  of  quinine  are 
responsible  for  the  decline. 

OPiUM. — The  demand  is  for  small  pareelis  only  and  tlie  mar- 
ket has  a  quiet  appearance,  but  holders  are  firm  in  their 
views  and  decline  to  shade  their  prices.  The  news  from 
Smyrna  give  a  fairly  active  market  at  unchanged  prices.  The 
arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  week  ending  January  15  amount  to 
1990  cases,  as  against  1344  cases  for  the  same  period  last 
year. 

Balsam  of  PERtr. — Owing  to  reports  from  primary  markets 
a  sharp  advance  has  taken  place  iu  this  article,  and  prices  are 
now  S1.90@$2.00  per  pound.  There  is  an  extreme  scarcity 
and  the  bulk  of  the  limited  stock  is  concentrated.  The  prin- 
cipal holders  are  retaining  their  supplies,  and  only  a  few  stray 
lots  are  obtainable. 

Grains  of  Paradise. — There  has  been  an  active  demand 
for  this  article  and  prices  have  advanced  to  3.5@40c.  for  the 
powdered.  Foreign  markets  report  great  scarcity  and  prices 
have  nearly  doubled  in  value.  Lower  prices  are  not  to  be 
expected,  at  least  for  some  time  to  come. 

Manna. — The  shipments  referred  to  in  the  last  report 
have  now  arrived  and  the  market  is  well  supplied  with  new 
crop. 

Venice  Turpentine. — The  market  is  now  well  supplied 
with  all  sizes  except  stands.  The  demand  seems  to  be  very 
good  with  no  difficulty  in  getting  full  prices.  Artificial  goods 
are  being  offered  in  this  market  but  are  very  undesirable  and 
will  not  answer  where  true  goods  are  required. 

Digitalis  Leaves. — There  have  been  arrivals  of  a  quantity 
of  prime  leaves  of  good  quality.  The  stock  in  this  market  is 
very  small  and  with  the  good  demand  this  lot  is  rapidly  being 
disposed  of. 

Mastic. — A  shipment  of  new  crop  of  very  good  quality  has 
been  received  and  is  rapidly  being  absorbed  by  the  trade. 

Olive  Oil. — The  price  of  Lucca  cream  salad  oil  keeps 
steadily  advancing  in  primary  markets,  and  in  the  local  mar- 
ket a  heavy  demand  is  experienced  with  only  limited  supplies 
available  to  meet  the  urgent  demand.  Correspondents  write 
tliat  the  entire  crop  of  olives  will  be  secured  by  the  middle  of 
the  month  and  no  oil  will  be  left  in  growers'  hands.  Further 
advances  may  be  looked  for  any  time  and  the  trade  should 
keep  informed  on  the  article  if  they  desire  to  realize  full  value 
for  any  stock  they  may  have  on  hand. 

Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil. — A  fair  steady  demand  is  re- 
ported, and  the  market  has  been  quite  firm  at  the  former 
range  of  $21f5.$2.5  per  barrel,  as  to  brand  and  quantity.  Ac- 
cording to  cable  reports,  goods  cannot  be  imported  below  $21 
@$22.50.  During  1908  there  were  over  51,000  barrels  shipped 
from  Norway,  and  the  unsold  stock  in  primary  markets  is  said 
to  be  at  a  very  low  point. 

Canada  Balsam  of  Fir. — This  article  is  meeting  with  a 
fair  consuming  inquiry  and  the  market  is  firm  owing  to  light 
stocks  and  absence  of  offers  from  primary  sources  of  supply. 
The  quoted  range  of  prices  is  .$.5.50@$5.75  for  large  quantities, 
but  there  is  very  little  obtainable  at  the  inside  figure. 

Bat  Rum. — With  a  fairly  good  demand  and  with  the  knowl- 
edge that  future  stocks  will  cost  more,  the  market  has  been 


quite  firm.  Quotations  range  from  $1.50@$1.60,  as  to  quan- 
tity and  seller,  with  no  anxiety  to  sell  at  the  lower  figure. 

Menthol. — There  is  rather  more  pressure  to  sell  and  in 
the  absence  of  demand  the  market  has  been  somewhat  easier. 
Quotations  for  large  quantities  range  between  $2.15@$2.20, 
with  most  business  done  at  the  higher  figure,  only  one  seller 
naming  the  lower  price. 

Messina  Essences. — The  essences  are  without  any  change, 
and  while  there  is  a  good  deal  of  bearish  talk  in  some  quarters, 
conditions  cannot  be  considered  much,  if  any  better,  either 
here  or  abroad.  The  trade  in  general  is  still  of  the  opinion 
that  higher  prices  for  oils  of  lemon  and  orange  will  rule  later 
on.  Unusually  cold  weather  with  severe  frost  is  reported 
to  have  destroyed  the  remainder  of  the  fruit  left  on  the  trees 
in  Messina  and  surrounding  country. 

Glycerin. — The  market  is  rather  unsettled  owing  to  com- 
petition. One  Western  refiner  has  offered  on  the  lower  basis 
of  15%e.  for  drums,  although  no  contracts  are  available  at 
this  figure.  The  general  quotations  are  based  on  16%e.  for 
drums. 

Quince  Seed. — Goods  of  desirable  quality  are  scarce  on 
the  spot,  and  holders  are  again  firm  in  their  views,  with  $1.00 
@$1.0-~>  being  the  quoted  range,  as  to  seller  and  quantity. 

Henbane  Leaves. — Prime  goods  continue  in  good  consum- 
ing request  and  firm,  with  further  business  in  U.S. P.  reported 
at  prices  within  the  quoted  range  of  16@17c.,  according  to 
quality  and  quantity. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  Jan.  30. — The  small  supplies  of  drugs  catalogued 
for  Thursday's  sale  met  with  a  fair  demand,  notwithstanding 
tlie  fact  that  the  dense  fog  which  prevailed  in  the  city  during 
Wednesday  as  well  as  sale-day  rendered  it  extremely  difficult 
for  buyers  to  form  a  correct  judgment  of  the  samples  on 
view  in  the  broker's  offices  and  at  the  wareliouses.  Tinuevelly 
Senna  was  not  represented  but  a  fair  supply  will  probably  be 
brought  forward  at  the  next  auctions.  Cape  Aloes  was  in 
good  demand  and  sold  at  prices  about  2s.  6d.  per  cwt.  higlier 
than  at  the  last  sales,  good,  hard,  bright  fetching  up  to  30s. 
lid.  per  cwt.  Curacao  aloes  was  steady  at  45s.  per  cwt.  for 
fair  liver  and  Zanzibar  was  also  steady  at  80s.  for  good  hard 
hepatic  in  skins.  Ipecacuanha  sold  at  5s.  Id.  to  .5s.  2d.  for 
good  Rio.  There  was  a  good  demand  for  Sarsaparilla  and 
good  grey  Jamaica  realized  Is.  5d.  per  pound,  and  red  and 
yellow  native  Jamaica  lOd.  to  Is. ;  fair  Lima  realized  Is.  Id. 
to  Is.  2d.  per  pound  and  Honduras  was  bought  in.  A  few 
cases  of  Palembang  Gum  Benzoin  sold  at  44s.  per  cwt.  for 
seconds  part  drossy ;  fair  seconds  realized  £7  per  cwt. ;  two 
cases  of  Siam  sold  at  £14  to  £14  2s.  6d.  per  cwt.  but  fine 
qualities  of  Siam  were  bought  in.  Six  bags  of  Spanish  ergot 
of  rye  sold  without  reserve  at  Is.  4d.  per  pound  for  sifted, 
slight  weevily.  For  Buchu  leaves  there  was  no  demand,  but 
some  business  has  been  done  privately  at  steady  rates.  Car- 
damoms were  in  good  request  at  Id.  per  pound  advance.  Two 
tins  of  Ambergris  sold  without  reserve  at  60s.  per  ounce.  Wax 
was  in  strong  request  and  realized  slightly  dearer  rates  for 
Zanzibar,  up  to  £6  15s.  per  cwt. 

Privately  business  in  drugs  and  chemicals  is  far  from  brisk. 
Citric  Acid  is  easier  and  buyers  are  holding  off,  not  being  will- 
ing to  pay  the  price  asked  by  the  holders  of  English  makes — 
namely  Is.  Sd.  per  pound.  The  value  of  Essence  of  Lemon 
has  again  receded  and  there  are  offers  at  6s.  per  pound  spot, 
and  4s.  6d.  and  5s.  per  pound,  c.  i.  f.  for  shipment.  Oil  of 
Bergamot  is  nominally  35s.  per  pound  spot.  An  advance 
in  the  price  of  Bromides  is  anticipated  iu  the  near  future 
and  a  further  rise  in  the  value  of  Gl.ycerin  is  expected.  Opium 
is  firm  on  the  spot,  as  also  are  Morphine  and  Codeine.  The 
price  of  Quinine  Sulphate  has  been  reduced  V.d.  per  ounce. 
Oil  of  Peppermint  is  firm  at  6s.  3d.  to  6s.  6d.  for  Wayne 
County  oil  in  tins,  but  business  is  quiet  at  the  moment. 
Menthol  is  firm  at  7s.  3d.  per  pound  for  "Kobayashi." 


Will   Manufacture   Patent   Remedy. 
Buffalo,  N.  T.,  Feb.  6. — Patent  medicines  will  be  manu- 
factured   by    the    Great    Northern    Remedy    Company,    which 
has   just   been    incorporated.      The   concern    is   capitalized   at 
.$150,000.  but  begins  business  with  .$1000. 


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Re  Photographs  for  "Era  Album" 

Illustrated  Section 

Each  subscriber  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
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labeled  with  the  name,  address,  business,  profession  or  occupa- 
tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  ])hotograph.  Here  is  a 
good    specimen : 


1 

FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers, 

Middletown 

X.  Y. 

McMonagle  &  Rogers, 

Ex-Pres.  X.  Y. 

State  Phar. 

Assn. 

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scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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distinctly  addressed  as  follows : 

The  Pharmaceutic-'vl  Era. 
90  William  St.,  Xew  York. 


Further  evidence  that  the  pharmacists  of  the  coun- 
try are  in  favor  of  the  retention  of  Dr.  Wiley  as  head 
of  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  at  Washington  can  be 
found  in  the  action  of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  which  has 
ordered  sent  to  President-elect  Taft  and  other  offi- 
cials strong  resolutions  calling  for  a  continuance  in 
office  of  the  Father  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Law,  as  he  is  sometimes  styled  by  those  who  believe 
he  is  largely  responsible  for  the  enactment  of  the 
measure  into  law.  Other  associations  also  have  in- 
dorsed Dr.  Wiley  and  no  doubt  more  will  follow, 
while  at  the  same  time  the  preponderance  of  public 
opinion  as  shown  in  influential  papers  is  against  any 
change. 

Enemies  of  the  doctor  will  no  doubt  carry  their 
flght  against  him  to  the  last  ditch,  but  it  is  puzzling 
to  figure  out  what  arguments  they  can  use  to  further 
their  purpose  without  placing  themselves  in  the  posi- 
tion of  defending  adulterations  and  impure  food  and 
drug  products.  Everybody  may  not  agree  with  Dr. 
Wiley,  but  his  errors,  if  they  may  be  so  called,  have 
been  upon  the  side  of  purity  in  every  instance  and 
errors  of  that  sort  are  invariably  condoned  by  the 
great  mass  of  the  American  people. 

THE  PENALTY  FOR  DOING  ONE'S  DtTTY. 


For  Era  Album 


While  it  is  only  coincidental  to  the  agitation  in  this 
State,  the  effect  of  placing  the  appointment  of  mem- 
bers of  boards  of  pharmacy  in  the  hands  of  Gov- 
ernors instead  of  having  them  elected  by  the  pharma- 
cists is  shown  in  a  striking  manner  in  Pennsylvania. 
In  our  sister  State,  Governor  Stuart  has  refused 
to  reappoint  an  honest,  indefatigable  and  conscien- 
tious board  member  at  the  behest  of  politicians  who 
could  not  persuade  him  to  prostitute  his  office  by 
granting  certificates  to  incompetent  applicants. 
There  is  no  profession  that  stands  more  in  need  of 
the  vigilant  safe-guarding  of  its  portals  than  phar- 
macy, for  there  is  not  one  that  offers  the  opportuni- 
ties to  be  found  in  a  drug'  store  for  wreaking  injury 
and  death  to  the  general  public. 

Pennsylvania .  is  not  the  only  State  where  politi- 
cians have  sought  to  influence  board  members  to  pass 
would-be  druggists  through  the  short  and  easy  en- 
trance to  the  practice  of  pharmacj',  but  with  rare 
exceptions  the  pharmacists  have  refused  to  become 
parties  to  such  infamous  proceedings.  Like  Mr. 
Cliffe  in  Pennsylvania  and  Mr.  Bodemann  in  Illinois, 
they  have  suffered  for  their  zealousness  in  the  cause 
of  clean  pharmacj'.  With  the  appointive  system 
board  members  are  ever  at  the  mercy  of  politicians. 
With  the  elective  system  in  New  York  such  a  condi- 


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[Februarj-  18,  1909 


tion  is  impossible.  There  is  one  argument,  however, 
that  will  appeal  to  many  pharmacists  in  connection 
with  the  appointive  method,  for  the  higher  and  bet- 
ter class  of  men  are  sure  to  incur  the  ill-will  of  the 
politicians  and  thereby  provide  rotation  in  office.  The 
politicians  hope,  besides  securing  revenge,  to  obtain 
pliable  tools  for  future  use,  but  men  of  that  stamp 
are  few  in  pharmacy  and  they  are  invariably  dis- 
appointed. 

With  a  provision  in  the  law  that  the  appointments 
must  be  made  from  lists  submitted  by  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Associations  there  is  almost  the  same  pro- 
tection that  is  found  in  the  elective  system,  and  safe- 
guarded in  that  way  the  appointive  idea  loses  much 
of  its  obnoxiousness. 


EXAMINATIONS  AND  BEJECTIONS  BY  BOARDS. 


Questioning  the  mental  integrity  of  problems  put 
before  candidates  for  examination  to  ascertain  their 
fitness  to  receive  certificates  for  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy has  gained  some  vogue,  particularly  in  Penn- 
sylvania, but  it  is  doubtful  if  all  of  the  elements  enter- 
ing into  this  important  duty  are  given  proper  con- 
sideration by  the  critics.  We  do  not  know  of  a 
board  member  at  the  present  time  who  is  not  actua- 
ted by  complete  devotion  to  the  profession  and  pos- 
sessing a  due  regard  for  the  rights  of  neophytes  who 
seek  to  pass  from  the  preparatory  stage  into  the 
inner  circle  of  qualified  pharmacists.  Some  of  the 
examiners  may  prepare  questions  which  they  could 
not  answer  in  the  manner  prescribed  for  examina- 
tion purposes,  but  which  they  believe  a  student  fresh 
from  a  coUege  of  pharmacy  should  be  able  to  satis- 
factorily answer.  If  the  questions  were  of  a  char- 
acter that  the  expert  with  years  of  experience  could 
easily  answer  it  is  probable  that  not  every  college 
graduate  could  obtain  a  passing  percentage,  while 
on  the  other  hand  if  all  of  the  questions  were  taken 
from  the  books  there  could  be  few  failures  by  intelli- 
gent students  to  receive  their  certificates. 

Board  members  have  foimd,  with  few  exceptions, 
that  the  preparation  of  questions  that  are  fair,  quali- 
tative and  reasonably  conclusive  in  determining  an 
applicant's  fitness  is  the  most  difficult,  if  not  the 
most  important  duty  that  confronts  him.  This  sub- 
ject was  discussed  in  a  very  interesting  paper  by 
Dr.  Thrush,  of  Philadelphia,  in  the  Era  of  January 
21,  page  62,  and  no  doubt  there  will  be  further  addi- 
tions to  the  literature  now  available. 


CONTROL  01"  SALE  OP  HABIT-FORMERS. 


There  was  much  food  for  thought  in  the  accoimt 
in  the  Era  of  February  4,  page  119,  of  the  discussion 
on  "Regulating  the  Sale  of  Habit-forming  Drugs" 
held  at  the  January  meeting  of  the  City  of  Washing- 
ton Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  The  druggists  of  the 
countiy  have  it  within  their  power  to  control  the 
sale  of  narcotics  and  many  of  them  use  the  utmost 
discretion  in  limiting  the  sale  to  legitimate  purposes. 
Unfortunately  all  are  not  so  inclined  and  the  result 
has  been  restrictive  legislation,  in  some  States  so 
severe  as  to  be  irksome  for  conscientious  dispensers. 

The  same  rule  applies  to  the  sale  of  liquor.    The 


inclusion  of  druggists  in  prohibitory  bills  is  due 
almost  entirely  to  the  tendency  of  some  members  ot 
the  profession  to  make  their  livelihood  through  the 
sale  of  liquors,  rather  than  by  selling  drugs.  In 
Alabama  this  condition  has  resulted  in  a  prohibition 
law  which  the  Attorney-General  advises  prevents 
even  the  sale  of  liquor  on  a  physician's  prescription. 
Closer  attention  to  a  higher  moral  standard  would 
elevate  the  profession  in  the  eyes  of  the  law-makers 
and  public  generally. 


THE  DEVELOPMENT   OF  DISCOVERY. 


Two  recent  announcements  of  di-scoveries  in  the 
scientific  world  are  of  more  than  ordinary  interest. 
Although  hailed  as  new  discoveries  they  are  really 
the  development  of  previous  contributions  to  present- 
daj'  efl^orts  to  further  harness  nature.  In  Cleveland' 
a  torch' has  been  invented  which  by  the  use  of  acety- 
lene and  oxygen  produces  a  heat  power  of  6300  de- 
grees, the  most  terrific  known  to  science,  and  makes 
possible  the  hitherto  impossible  feat  of  welding  alum- 
inum. Some  idea  of  the  power  of  this  flame  is 
conveyed  in  the  statement  that  it  will  eat  through 
two  inches  of  solid  steel  in  less  than  a  minute. 

Dr.  Baekeland's  discovery  of  "  oxybenzyl-methyl- 
englycolanhydride, "  or  as  he  calls  it  for  short, 
"bakelite, "  brings  into  trade  a  substance  possessing 
the  good  properties  of  celluloid,  but  cheaper  in  cost 
and  fireproof  as  well.  The  latter  quality  is  of  utmost 
importance,  for  it  enlarges  the  field  in  which  this 
improvement  upon  celluloid  can  be  employed. 

There  seems  to  be  no  limit  to  the  possibilities  oi 
discovery  by  modern  alchemists.  The  two  just  men- 
tioned, despite  their  great  commercial  importance, 
are  merelj-  stepping  stones  in  the  path  of  chemicaJ 
progress.  What  will  be  the  next  wonder  presented 
to  us  bj'  science? 


ANOTHER  SWINDLER  PREYING  ON  THE  TRADE. 


Drug  trade  merchants,  particularly  in  the  East, 
will  do  well  to  read  the  item  on  page  171  of  this  issue 
of  the  Era  regarding  the  exploits  of  a  dishonest 
salesman  who  is  accused  of  having  defrauded  both 
his  emploj'Crs  and  their  customers  without  showing 
either  fear  or  favor.  How  this  fellow  obtained  the 
excellent  recommendations  which  paved  the  way  for 
obtaining  his  last  position  is  a  mystery.  No  doubt 
he  will  beg,  borrow  or  forge  new  credentials  and 
endeavor  to  impose  upon  some  other  drug  house  in 
the  same  way  that  he  did  in  Omaha. 

The  trade  should  keep  a  sharp  watch  for  the  ap- 
pearance of  this  man  and  promptly  turn  him  over  to 
the  police.  It  would  be  well  to  cut  out  the  item  and 
place  it  where  the  description  of  the  crook  can  be 
easily  seen  for  comparison  with  any  applicEint  for 
employment  who  calls. 

A  Syracuse  druggist  has  attached  to  his  pharmacy  what  a 
local  paper  calls  a  "noTelty"  in  the  shape  of  a  licensed  physi- 
cian who  is  constantly  in  attendance  to  prescribe  for  patrons 
who  may  desire  his  services,  no  charge  being  made  for  the 
same.  Some  successful  druggists  have  found  the  plan  to 
work  well,  but  it  has  never  been  generally  adopted  for  the 
reason  that  ordinarily  the  pharmacy  would  lose  as  much  if 
not   more   trade   through   the   antagonism    of   the   neighboring 


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physicians  as  could  be  gained  through  the  patronage  of  free 
patients.  Regardless  of  the  expediency  of  the  experiment  in 
Syracuse  the  doctors  of  that  city  can  scarcely  call  the  drug- 
gist a  counter  dispenser. 


Optometrists  are  prosecuting  a  vigorous  campaign  for  the 
recognition  of  optometry  as  a  profession.  Bills  have  been 
introduced  in  the  legislatures  of  New  Jersey  and  Tennessee 
modeled  on  the  law  which  recently  went  into  effect  in  this 
State  and  other  legislatures  are  to  be  invaded.  The  opposi- 
tion of  the  medical  profession  so  far  has  not  materialized  to 
an  extent  that  threatens  defeat  to  the  enthusiastic  advocates 
of  the  new  profession. 


Those  who  have  succeeded  best  did  not  choose  their  tasks. 
but  put  all  their  energy  upon  the  execution  of  the  tasks 
which  were  thrust  upon  them. 


Duty  to  self  demands  sixty  seconds  of  hustle  in  every  busi- 
ness hoar. 


The  first  wholesale  druggist,  in  point  of  time,  in  the  State 
of  Mississippi,  is  now  one  of  the  foremost  wholesale  druggists, 
in  point  of  importance,  in  the  entire  South.  The  druggist  in 
question  is  F.  A.  Dicks,  doing  business  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  and 
he  is  now  the  chief  executive  of  Finlay, 
Dicks  &  Co.,  one  of  the  largest  wholesale 
drug  houses  in  New  Orleans  and  that  en- 
tire section. 

Between  the  beginnings  of  the  small 
jobbing  house  in  the  small  jobbing  city 
of  Natchez  and  the  big  establishment 
which  occupies  most  of  the  block  bound- 
ed by  Magazine,  Canal,  Common  and 
Tchoupitoulas  streets  in  New  Orleans, 
within  a  stone's  throw  of  the  same  Mis- 
sissippi River  which  flower  by  historic 
Natchez,  there  has  been  many  da.vs  of 
planning  the  display  of  much  business 
wisdom  and  the  exertion  of  much  energy. 
but  through  it  all  P.  A.  Dicks  has  been 
the  one  ultimately  responsible  for  the 
development   of   the   institution. 

Although  still  a  young  man  of  55 
years,  Mr.  Dicks  has  seen  42  years  of 
service  in  the  drug  business.  This  means 
that  he  started  early,  and  he  must  have 
started  before  thirteen  had  become  an 
unlucky  number,  because,  notwithstand- 
ing this  was  the  number  of  his  years 
when  he  began  his  drug  career,  ill-luck 
did  not  pursue  him.  For  four  or  five 
years  Mr.  Dicks  worked  as  a  clerk  in 
the  retail  drug  store  of  W.  H.  Fox  &  Co.. 

in  Natchez,  and   then   became  a   member  P    _^, 

of  the  firm  of  George  J.  Dicks  &  Sons,  of  New 

another  retail  drug  firm. 

In  1875,  when  he  was  just  old  enough  to  vote,  Mr.  Dicks 
went  in  business  for  himself,  the  eight  years  of  experience 
he  had  previously  had  being  suflicient  to  equip  him  to  conduct 
a  retail  drug  business  in  his  own  name  and  in  his  own  behalf. 
Since  that  time  he  has  not  taken  one  backward  step,  so  far 
as  his  business  is  concerned.  On  the  contrary,  it  has  increased 
in  importance  and  size,  notwithstanding  the  various  vicis- 
situdes through  which  commercial  affairs  of  that  section  of 
the  South  have  passed  since  1875. 

Mr.  Dicks'  entrance  into  the  whole-ale  drug  business  was 
gradual.  He  got  into  it  by  what  may  be  termed  "breaking" 
into  it.  As  a  retailer  in  Natchez  he  saw  the  opportunity  of 
not  only  selling  small  customers  small  doses,  but  also  the 
opportunity  of  selling  many  doses  to  other  retailers.  Without 
relinquishing  the  paying  retail  business  which  he  had  built  up, 
he  added  a  jobbing  department  and  started  on  a  campaign 
for  business.  It  came,  and  then  it  kept  coming  until  its 
volume  was  so  large  that  Natchez  could  not  offer  sufficient 
facilities  for  carrying  it  on.  Then  Mr.  Dicks  moved  to  New 
Orleans. 

When  he  organized  his  company  there  he  associated  with  him 
one  of  the  best-known  wholesale  druggists  in  the  city,  George 
R.  Finlay,  who  has  been  senior  member  of  Finlay  &  Bruns- 
wig.    Mr.  Finlay  became  the  senior  member  of  the  new  con- 


cern, and  remained  its  president  until  his  death  in  1897. 
Since  that  time  Mr.  Dicks  has  been  in  name  as  well  as  in 
fact  the  head  of  the  company.  Its  vice-president  is  C.  B. 
Dicks,  a  brother,  who  has  been  a  business  associate  since  1875, 
and  T.  J.  Ferguson  is  secretary  and  treasurer. 

In  addition  to  its  strictly  wholesale  drug  trade,  Finlay, 
Dicks  &  Co.  have  built  up  a  large  business  in  druggists'  sun- 
dries and  soda  water  supplies,  and  the  catalogue  which  the 
company  issues  in  this  department  is  one  of  the  most  complete 
published  in  the  South.  C.  B.  Dicks,  while  having  general 
supervision  over  various  parts  of  the  business,  devotes  his 
particular  attention  to  the  sundries  department. 

Aside  from  his  business.  Mr.  Dicks  finds  time  to  devour  a 
great  many  books.  He  is  singularly  free  from  hobbies,  unless 
this  can  be  called  one.  He  is  a  lover  of  books  and  his  read- 
ings cover  a  wide  range.  Ergo,  he  is  a  domestic  animal.  Al- 
though he  belongs  to  several  of  the  leading  New  Orleans 
Clubs,  he  is  not  a  clubman.  As  a  member  of  the  Pickwick 
Club  he  has  the  entree,  socially,  whenever  he  cares  for  such 
pastime,  and  he  is  also  a  member  of  the  Chess,  Checkers  and 
Whist  Club,  another  leading  social  organization  of  New 
Orleans.  But  he  is  rarely  at  either  of  these  places,  and  even 
takes  his  lunches  at  his  residence  in  Prytania  street.  In  the 
summer,  when  many  other  business  men  find  time  for  a  vaca- 
tion of  several  months,  he  is  generally  at  work  at  his  store, 
but  he  takes  enough  time  usually  for  a 
flying  trip  to  the  North  Carolina  moun- 
tains, or  to  Colorado  or  somewhere  else. 
His  New  Orleans  home,  however,  is  both 
his  summer  and  winter  home.  Last  sum- 
mer he  combined  business  with  pleasure 
and  toured  the  tropics.  As  a  result  he 
not  only  saw  much  new  country,  but  his 
liouse  is  now  selling  goods  in  many  parts 
of   Latin-America. 

Mr.  Dicks  was  for  several  years  sec- 
retary of  the  Southern  Drug  Club. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association ;  the  Na- 
tional Wholesale  Druggists'  Association 
and  the  Louisiana  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 


When  the  Devil  makes  such  a  noise 
with  his  temptation,  it  is  not  to  be  won- 
dered at  that  some  people  fail  to  hear 
the  still,  small  voice  of  conscience. — 
Hudson  Observer. 


New  York's  daily  newspapers  give  lit- 
tle idea  of  the  effects  on  life  and  limb  of 
the  operation  of  the  transportation  sys- 
tems within  the  city  limits.  During  1908 
there  were  444  persons  killed  outright 
and  35,060  injured,  according  to  a  report 
made  public  by  the  Public  Service  Com- 
mission of  the  First  District,  by  surface, 
subway,  "L"  and  steam  roads  in  New  York'  City.  A 
comparison  of  the  figures  for  five  months  of  the  year  with 
the  corresponding  period  in  1907.  during  which  statistics  were 
compiled,  shows  a  decrease  in  the  number  killed  but  an  in- 
crease in  the  total  of  injuries.  Of  the  35,060  injured,  by  far 
the  greatest  number  were  passengers.  Persons  afoot  and 
others  not  riding  on  cars  came  next  in  the  list,  with  em- 
ployees of  the  traction  companies  last.  Accidents  of  all  kinds, 
including  those  resulting  in  no  injuries,  amounted  to  56,481. 
Of  these  the  surface  lines  show  42,391,  the  subway  and  "L" 
lines  11,445  and  the  steam  lines  2645.  The  steam  roads  were 
proportionately  much  the  hardest  on  emplo.vees,  the  injury  list 
showing  1327  out  of  1965  cases  to  be  members  of  this  class. 
The  fatality  table  shows  107  for  steam  lines,  89  for  "L"  and 
subway  and  248  for  surface  lines. 


The  gaming  tables  at  Monte  Carlo  are  once  again  in  full 
swing,  says  the  Dundee  Advertiser,  and  the  Casino  is  pouring 
into  its  coffers  something  like  £4000  (.$20,000)  daily  toward 
the  annual  million  or  more  it  expects  to  clear  before  April 
closes.  But,  enormous  as  the  Casino's  profits  are,  its  ex- 
penditure is  proportionately  great  and  includes  some  strange 
items.  Thus  it  pays  about  £9000  a  year  for  clergy  and  schools, 
£6000  for  charity   and   £20,000  for  police   and   courts.     The 


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maintenance  of  the  Casino  runs  into  hundreds  of  thousands  of 
pounds.  And  yet,  in  spite  of  these  huge  disbursements,  the 
shareholders  have  little  cause  to  grumble,  for  they  pocket  in 
dividends  something  like  £500,000  a  year ;  and,  even  in  a  poor 
year,  can  rely  on  a  return  of  over  30  per  cent  on  their  holdings. 


"Nearly  everything  he  touched  turned  to  gold." 

"How  did  he  work  it?" 

"He  was  careful  not  to  touch  anything  but  greenbacks." 


The  undress  photograph  is  the  latest  London  society  craze. 
Whether  Salome  is  directly  responsible  for  the  daring  inno- 
vation or  whether  it  is  the  outcome  of  a  growing  contempt  for 
conventionalities  is  an  open  question.  Only  one  thing  is  cer- 
tain— the  undress  photograph  has  arrived.  All  the  London 
weeklies  which  devote  pages  to  the  glorification  of  the  female 
form  devise  now  certain  photographs  which  a  year  ago  would 
promptly  have  been  consigned  to  the  flames.  Half  the  women, 
theatrical  and  social  alike,  photographed  seem  bent  upon 
showing  their  figures  with  as  much  detail  as  the  flimsiest  of 
wraps  permit,  or  giving  the  impression  that  the  loose  cloak 
alone  hides  their  complete  nudity. 


Geraldine — Pa  has  put  his  foot  down. 
Gerald — I  know  it.     I  was  under  it. 


The  impetus  given  in  England  in  the  last  few  days  to  the 
development  of  the  uses  of  radium  has  drawn  attention  to  the 
great  work  that  is  being  done  by  the  Paris  Radium  Institute, 
where  Mme.  Curie  superintends  the  extraction  of  the  won- 
derful substance  from  pitchblende  and  other  materials.  The 
Institute  now  possesses  15  grains  of  radium  valued  at  $85,000. 
Experiments  in  the  hospital  connected  with  the  institute  have 
been  so  extensive  in  the  last  three  years  that  Dr.  Degrais,  in 
charge,  says :  "We  in  France  are  no  longer  in  a  period  of 
expectancy.     We  are  now  in  a  period  of  confirmation." 

The  institute  reports  64  cures  of  surface  cancer  out  of.  68 
cases  treated.  Hundreds  of  cures  have  been  made  of  cutaneous 
a8!ections,  including  tumors,  some  of  great  size.  Thousands 
of  birthmarks  and  scars  have  been  removed  and  remarkable 
cures  of  chronic  rheumatism,  eczema  and  tuberculosis  have 
been  recorded.  It  is  expected  that  during  the  present  year 
the  laboratory  will  provide  six  times  the  quantity  of  radium 
above  mentioned. 

A  recent  departure  is  the  application  of  radium  to  mineral 
waters,  the  efficacy  of  which  will  be  vastly  increased  thereby. 


Otherwise — And  you  actually  approve  of  gossiping  women? 

Wise — Yes,  for  this  reason :  I  have  noticed  that  a  woman 
who  is  always  talking  about  her  neighbors  never  has  time  to 
complain  of  her  husband. 


A  number  of  Indianapolis  druggists  were  talking  the  other 
evening  at  a  bowling  alley  where  they  go  for  recreation  about 
the  business  of  other  days.  Among  them  was  an  old-timer,  a 
retired  druggist.  "You're  a  lot  of  live  people,"  said  this  one, 
"and  you  have  more  attractive  places  of  business  than  those 
of  my  day  but  you  don't  know  as  much  about  clever  adver- 
tising as  some  of  us  knew  years  and  years  ago,  advertising  that 
didn't  cost  us  fifty  cents  a  line  in  the  newspapers.  I  was  a 
boy  in  a  drug  store  along  in  the  sixties.  The  beautiful  ani- 
line reds  Solferino  and  Magenta  named  after  battles  fought 
by  Napoleon  III.  in  Italy  had  then  first  appeared  in  the 
Indianapolis  market.  The  druggist  for  whom  I  worked,  John 
0.  Green,  had  a  shaggy  coated  little  white  dog.  He  took 
this  dog,  dipped  him  in  a  solution  of  this  red  aniline,  and 
when  he  came  out  he  was  something  gorgeous  to  behold.  That 
dog  was  placed  on  the  seat  of  an  open  buggy,  the  sides  of  which 
bore  the  legend  'John  C.  Green,  druggist,'  and  shown  through 
the  streets  of  the  town.  The  newspapers  made  features  of  this 
display  and  the  red  dog  was  the  talk  of  the  town.  All  at  a 
coat  of  less  than  thirty  cents." 


"I  think  I  can  tell  you  of  one  that  brought  an  immediate 
harvest  and  perhaps  didn't  cost  much  more,"  said  another 
talker.  "Opposite  the  old  Indianapolis  post  office  along  about 
the  early  80s  there  was  a  drug  store  that  had  a  fairly  good 
soda  water  patronage  for  thai  time.  In  a  front  room  on  the 
third  floor  above  the  entrance  1o  this  store  was  a  clairvoyant 
or  fortune  teller,  a  plump  and  dangerous  French  woman,  with 
dangerously  keen,  jet  black  eyes.     She  was  about  forty  years 


old  but  she  was  really  handsome — she  knew  how  to  make  up. 

"One  hot  July  afternoon  this  French  lady  was  noticed  by 
passers-by  from  the  opposite  side  of  the  street.  They  stopped 
in  open-mouthed  wonder  and  admiration  and  gazed,  then  gazed 
again.  Soon  there  was  a  hundred,  then  more  hundreds,  then  a 
thousand  or  more  up-lookers.  They  blocked  the  street  gazing 
at  that  third  story  window.  Elderly  citizens  mopped  the 
perspiration  from  their  faces  and  lingered  entranced  upon  the 
spot. 

"There  with  her  feet  in  the  window  sat  the  charming  French 
woman,  an  immense  meerschaum  pipe  in  her  mouth  from 
which  she  blew  great  clouds  of  smoke.  She  appeared  to  be 
wholly  oblivious  of  the  attention  she  was  attracting  and 
smoked  on  and  on.  while  the  crowd  gazed  and  perspired. 

"But  the  soda  fountain  was  there  and  the  thirsty  crowd 
made  a  rush  for  the  cooling  beverage  to  the  profit  of  the 
druggist.  I  did  not  know  it  at  the  time  but  later  I  found  out 
that  the  druggist  furnished  the  pipe  with  a  lot  of  dried  mul- 
lein leaf  which  made  the  smoke  and  paid  the  lady  something 
for  her  performance." 


He  was  a  good  customer,  this  one.  bought  straight  ten-cent 
cigars  and  was  a  liberal  smoker. 

He  stood  before  the  cigar  counter  at  Erganbright's  Drug 
Store,  Indianapolis,  looking  through  the  glass  case. 

The  druggist  was  ready  to  wait  upon  him. 

"The  name  on  that  box,"  said  the  customer,  "is  misspelt," 
pointing  through  the  glass. 

"Oh,  I  guess  not."  said  the  druggist. 

"Well,  I  don't  like  to  bet  on  a  sure  thing.  I've  traveled 
in  Mexico  and  Central  America  and  I  know  some  Spanish. 
Two  d's  in  Eduardo  is  one  too  many." 

"I  guess  it's  all  right  on  the  box,"  said  the  druggist. 

"Tell  you  what  I'll  do.  I'll  take  every  cigar  in  that  box  and 
pay  you  ten  cents  apiece  for  'em  if  that  name  isn't  misspelt, 
one  d  too  many ;  or  if  I'm  right  you'll  let  me  have  'em  at  five 
cents  each." 

So  the  proposition  was  accepted.  The  glass  cover  of  the 
cigar  case  was  opened  and  to  the  amazement  of  the  customer 
the  name  read  E-d-u-a-r-d-o,  only  one  d. 

He  had  been  looking  through  the  beveled  edge  of  the  glass, 
which  at  that  particular  angle  showed  double. 

And  he  paid  for  47  cigars  at  ten  cents  each. 

This  man  came  into  an  Indianapolis  drug  store,  his  open 
hand  on  the  third  button  of  his  vest,  and  said  :  "What  should 
I  do.  I've  been  drinking  too  much  ice  water?" 

The  druggist,  loath  to  prescribe,  told  him  to  go  to  a  doctor. 

"But,"  said  the  sufferer,  "I  can't  take  medicine.  I'm  a 
Christian  Scientist." 

"Oh,  in  that  case,"  replied  the  druggist,  "go  to  a  plumber." 


Old  Gentleman — And  how  old  are  you,  my  little  man? 
Little  Archie — I'm  not  old  at  all,  sir ;  I'm  nearly  new. 


"While  I  was  waiting  to  take  the  order  of  a  merchant  in  a 
small  town  in  Indiana."  said  the  dry  goods  drummer,  "I  went 
prowling  about  his  store,  and  a  box  fell  against  me.  I  re- 
garded it  as  a  trifle  at  the  time,  but  an  hour  later  I  felt  a 
severe  pain  in  my  side.  I  have  always  been  afraid  of  append- 
icitis, and  it  occurred  to  me  that  it  had  come  on  me  big- 
ger'n  a  house.  Away  I  rushed  to  the  village  doctor,  and  he 
felt  of  my  pulse,  looked  at  my  tongue  and  shook  his  head  and 
said : 

"  'My  friend,  you've  got  it  this  time  for  sure." 

"'And  I've  got  to  be  operated  on?'  I  asked. 

"  'You  shouldn't  lose  a  minute.' 

'"With  that  I  took  off  my  coat  and  vest  to  have  a  look  at  the 
spot,  and  a  minute  later  I  was  a  surprised  and  pleased  man. 
A  splinter  from  the  box  was  sticking  in  my  side.  I  looked 
from  the  splinter  to  the  doctor  and  back,  and  he  looked  from 
the  splinter  to  me  and  back.     Then  I  asked : 

"  'Doctor,  how  much  to  pay?' 

"  "Five  dollars,'  he  replied. 

"  'But  how  do  you  make  that  out?' 

"  'Two  and  a  half  apiece  for  being  the  two  biggest  fools  in 
the  State !'  " 


Most  of  us   learn  a  whole  lot  more  from  the  mistakes  of 
our  own  clerks  than  we  do  from  our  own  ignorance. 


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$5  Cash  Prize  for  Best  Window  Display  Goes  This  Week  to  Providence. 


In  the  ERAS  Cash  Prize  Competition  this  week  the  award  of  $5  is  made  to  William  J.  C.  Kelly,  of  the  Hall  d-  Lyon 
Co.,  Providence,  R.  I.,  for  the  iest  windovy  display  in  a  retail  drug  store  submitted  in  accordance  roith  the  provisions  of  the 
competition  as  printed  on  page  3S  of  this  issue  of  the  ERA.  The  toindow  contains  nothing  hut  roots,  herhs,  lark  and  drugs 
m  hulk,  as  received  in  original  packages.  This  window  is  in  the  \7estminster  street  pharmacy  of  the  company  and  is  one  of 
five  which  are  twenty  feet  long,  eight  feet  high  and  three  feet  deep.  The  company  has  eight  smaller  windows  which  also  are 
dressed  up  from  time  to  time  as  required. 

Druggists  should  read  the  ERA'S  Prize  Offer  carefully. 
ERA   or  not. 


It   is  open   to   everybody,   whether  they   are  subscribers   to   the 


Making  Sample  Cards  and  Books. 

Selling  Helps. 
In  the  majority  of  drug  stores  there  is  a  great,  though 
rarely  considered  loss  through  the  handling  of  merchandise 
by  both  sellers  and  buyers.  In  the  sale  of  lead  pencils  and 
other  goods  which  may  not  be  easily  damaged  by  handling, 
there  is  the  loss  of  time,  difficulty  of  selection  and  the  induce- 
ment to  theft  through  spreading  a  large  part  of  the  stock  before 
the  prospective  purchaser.  These  evils  may  be  overcome  and 
other  advantages  secured  through  the  use  of  sample  cards  for 
sales  purposes.  A  few  druggists  have  profitably  copied  the 
traveling  salesman's  display  methods  and  many  more  should 
do  so.  The  preparation  of  sample  cards  is  not  difficult  as 
those  who  will  read  the  following  suggestions  may  easily 
1  understand. 

I  The  cards  themselves  should  be  of  stiff,  hard  cardboard  of 
|from  one-eighth  to  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  in  thickness. 
I  These  should  be  covered  on  both  sides  with  bright  green, 
jglazed  paper,  because  paper  of  such  a  color  is  least  likely  to 
;fade,  is  easily  kept  clean  and  contrasts  strongly  with  the 
colors  of  the  goods  most  likely  to  be  placed  thereon.  All 
cards  should  be  round  cornered,  their  edges  bound  with  tape. 
and  have  strong  but  light  brass  hangers  attached.  It  is 
advised  that  the  druggist  have  his  cards  made  at  a  paper-box 
factory,  but  he  may  purchase  the  stock  and  bind  the  cards 
ivith  linen  (not  paper)   passe-partout  tape,  and  make  his  own 


hangers  of  brass  or  copper  wire. 

A  pencil  or  pen-holder  card  should  be  10  x  IS  inches.  This 
card  should  be  punched  with  two  rows  of  holes.  These  rows 
must  run  from  top  to  botton,  one  row  two  inches  from  either 
of  the  two  sides  of  the  card,  the  holes  being  one-half  inch 
apart.  Do  not  make  these  perforations  with  a  needle  or  knife. 
To  avoid  rough  edges  and  assure  neatness  and  long  life  to  the 
card  the  holes  must  be  punched  and  should  be  about  one- 
eighth  of  an  inch  in  diameter.  It  is  better  if  the  druggist 
will  either  make  or  pay  some  one  to  make  the  perforations 
with  an  eyelet  machine  and  insert  brass  eyelets  therein. 

Through  these  perforations  run  good  quality  round  elastic 
cord,  preferably  that  of  a  black  shade.  Pass  the  cord  up 
through  the  first  hole,  down  through  the  second,  up  through 
the  third  and  so  on  to  the  end  of  the  row.  Before  the  rubber 
cord  is  cut  or  fastened  at  the  bottom,  slip  a  pencil  or  pen- 
holder or  other  sample  under  each  set  of  two  opposite  loops, 
so  that  the  samples  are  in  order,  one  beneath  the  other,  ex- 
tending from  top  to  bottom  of  the  card.  When  all  are  placed 
tighten  the  elastic  cord  sufficiently  and  fasten  the  end. 

Now  take  a  strip  of  light  card  or  heavy  paper  one  inch  in 
width  and  as  long  as  the  sample  card.  This  should  be  of 
material  having  a  good  writing  surface.  Run  this  strip 
down  the  center  of  the  sample  card  between  the  card  and  the 
samples.  The  pressure  of  the  samples  will  hold  it  in  place 
for  general  handling,  but  security  may  be  obtained  by  fasten- 
ing the  strip  at  the  top  and  bottom  with  the  slightest  touch 
of   paste.      Upon    this   strip,    between    the   samples,    write    the 


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price,  cost  and  other  desired  memoranda,  each   memorandum 
being  directly  under  the  sample  above  it. 

Sample   cards   should    be   hung   in   convenient   and   yet   se- 
cluded places,  such  as  at  the  dead  ends  of  shelving,  between 
sections  of  shelving  or  under  the  counters. 
Care   and  Changes. 

Cleanliness  may  be  secured  by  having  a  curtain  of  heavy 
paper  or  muslin  for  each  card.  This  can  be  made  of  almost 
any  suitable  material  the  size  of  the  card  and  then  fastened 
at  the  top  so  as  to  fall  over  the  samples  when  they  are  not 
being  exhibited.  A  good  storekeeper  will  not  find  it  necessary 
to  mar  his  cards  with  such  a  cover.  If  there  is  a  wall  space 
between  two  sections  of  shelving  a  number  of  cards  may  be 
hung  thereon  by  placing  a  series  of  screw-hooks  in  a  perpen- 
dicular line,  about  six  inches  apart.  The  cards  will  then 
hang  one  over  the  other,  yet  by  lifting  any  one  the  one  below 
it  may  be  readily  removed  from  its  hook. 

The  reader  can,  of  course,  readily  understand  how  easily 
samples  may  be  changed  on  such  a  card  as  that  described. 
Prices  and  other  memoranda  may  be  changed  by  merely  re- 
moving the  price-strip  and  substituting  a  new  one,  and  that 
without  defacing  the  card. 

Double  Cards. 

In  making  cards  like  those  described  the  elastic  cord  loops 
or  stitches  are  the  same,  on  both  sides  of  the  card,  an  ar- 
rangement which  will  permit  samples  to  be  placed  on  both 
sides  of  the  card.  In  this  way  both  sides  of  the  card  may  be 
advantageously  used  for  pencils  or  other  samples  no  thicker 
or  heavier  than  pencils.  Double  cards,  however,  are  apt  to  be 
cumbrous  and  the  strain  of  holding  samples  to  both  sides 
shortens  the  life  of  the  elasticity  of  the  cord.  Patrons  should 
be  discouraged  against  attempting  to  remove  samples  for  in- 
spection, a  really  useless  act.  Of  course,  if  the  samples  are 
of  a  permanent  stock  character,  greater  strength  and  perma- 
nency may  be  secured  by  sewing  them  to  the  card  with  strong 
linen  thread. 

Suitable  for  Sample  Cards. 

Among  other  lines  of  merchandise  which  may  be  econom- 
icall.v,  conveniently  and  attractively  displayed  on  sample  cards 
are  pen-points,  rubber  and  steel  erasers,  camel-hair  pencils, 
manicure  instruments,  caustic  and  menthol  pencils,  inhalers, 
glass,  hard  rubber  and  metal  syringes,  combs,  tooth,  nail  and 
all  small  brushes. 

A  Sample  Book. 

There  is  also  much  damage  and  loss  through  the  handling 
of  papeteries.  This  may  be  avoided  by  the  use  of  a  sample 
book.  While  one  sheet  of  paper  and  one  envelope  may  be 
profitably  taken  from  a  box  or  package  of  each  line,  even 
though  such  box  or  package  be  sold  for  a  few  cents  less  than 
the  regular  price,  manufacturers  will,  upon  request,  send 
samples  of  such  goods  as  have  been  purchased  from  them 
direct  or  through  a  wholesaler. 

For   stationery   samples   first   secure   a   good   strong   scrap- 
book    with    plain    binding.      Avoid    novelties    with     "ready- 
gummed"  pages  or  other  ultra-modern  innovations. 
How  to  Arrange. 

Let  us  suppose  that  the  first  page  in  the  book  is  to  hold 
samples  of  six  kinds  of  paper  and  the  corresponding  envelopes. 
First,  so  far  as  possible,  select  sis  varieties  of  similar  sizes 
and  prices.  If  the  envelopes  are  not  all  of  the  same  shape 
and  size  take  the  smallest  and  narrowest,  turn  up  the  flap, 
moisten  the  gum  slightly  at  the  extreme  comer  of  the  flap 
and  press  it  to  the  page  of  the  book  so  that  the  envelope 
will  be  fastened  at  the  upper,  inner  corner  of  the  page  with 
outside  surface  of  the  flap  as  well  as  the  addressing  surface 
of  the  envelope  exposed.  In  the  same  manner  place  the  second 
envelope  ieneath  the  first,  but  in  such  position  that  it  extends 
one-half  to  one  inch  below  the  first  and  the  same  distance  be- 
yond it,  towards  the  outside  edge  of  the  page  of  the  book.  In 
corresponding  positions  place  each  of  the  four  remaining 
envelopes,  each  one  beneath  the  one  preceding  it.  Take  the 
sheet  of  paper  corresponding  to  the  first  or  top  envelope  and 
with  a  mere  touch  of  paste  on  the  lower  corner  of  its  last  page 
fasten  it  to  the  lower  inside  corner  of  the  book  page.  Place 
the  other  sheets  beneath  it,  upwardly  and  outwardly  in  the 
same  order  as  the  envelopes  have  been  placed.  To  secure  sym- 
metry endeavor  to  have  the  last  sheet  of  paper  come  close  to 
and  in  a  corresponding  position  on  the  book-page  with  the 
lower  envelope.     If  care  is  used  in  attaching  the  samples  to  the 


book-page  and  equal  care  is  given  to  the  removal  of  samples 
of  exhausted  stock  the  book  may  be  used  for  a  long  time. 
Prices  and  other  memoranda  should  be  placed  directly  upon 
the  samples. 

In  addition  to  paper  and  envelopes,  similar  books  may  be 
used  for  samples  of  legal  or  other  printed  forms,  visiting 
cards,  playing  cards  and  even  for  suspensories,  plasters  and 
other  very  thin  articles  of  merchandise. 


LETTER     BOX 


Denatured  Alcohol  and  Retail  Druggists. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Referring  to  your  editorial  "Why  Not  Sell  Denatured 
Alcohol?"  in  your  issue  of  February  4,  I  would  say  that  I  be- 
lieve you  are  "barking  up  the  wrong  tree."  The  authorities 
and  the  newspapers  seem  to  have  assumed  that  the  retail 
druggists  would  be  the  natural  distributers  of  this  product, 
because,  I  presume,  the  sale  of  ordinary  alcohol  and  wood 
alcohol  has  been  confined  to  them.  But  when  denatured  alco- 
hol shall  come  into  general  use  for  heating  and  lighting,  the 
grocers  and  not  the  druggists  will  supply  the  demand,  and 
its  general  use,  which  will  be  most  desirable  will  come  the 
sooner  if  it  be  understood  that  the  grocer  and  not  the  druggist 
is  to  furnish  it.  The  reason  for  this  is  that  the  grocer  will  be 
in  position  to  deliver  it  along  with  other  family  supplies,  just 
as  he  now  delivers  gasoline  and  coal  oil.  Most  grocers  have 
delivery  wagons  and  certainly  very  few  retail  druggists  have. 
Coming  into  general  use  the  quantity  required  would  be  con- 
siderable and  the  retail  druggist  is  not  prepared  to  handle  it, 
nor  would  it  pay  him  to  prepare  to  handle  it,  for  ultimately 
he  would  be  in  competition  with  the  grocer  and  would  lose  out. 

As  for  lamps,  the  druggist  might  do  something  in  this  line, 
but  the  stoves  for  cooking  and  heating  would  better  be  sup- 
plied by  the  general  dealer  in  stoves.     Tours  truly, 

Harrison,  O.,  Feb.  10.  J.  P.  Mabvin. 

[While  Mr.  Marvin  is  probably  correct  in  his  view  of  the 
ultimate  trend  of  trade  in  denatured  alcohol,  his  conclusions 
need  not  prevent  retail  druggists  from  taking  advantage  of 
all  the  trade  they  can  handle  up  to  the  point  of  the  bulk  being 
too  large  for  them  to  handle.  In  some  cases  the  druggists  may 
be  able  to  build  up  and  keep  a  trade  large  enough  to  deliver 
by  automobile,  using  the  alcohol  as  fuel. — Ed.] 


No  Longer  in  Employ  of  S.  S.  Pierce  Co. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  an  article  in  your  issue  of  January  28  regarding  a  bill 
introduced  by  Thomas  J.  Fay,  of  the  Massachusetts  Legisla- 
ture, imposing  a  tax  of  $10  for  each  faucet  of  a  soda  foun- 
tain, the  statement  is  made  that  Mr.  Fay  is  employed  as  a 
salesman  with  the  S.  S.  Pierce  Company,  but  this  is  not  true. 
Mr.  Fay  worked  for  us  several  years  ago  but  is  not  in  onr 
employ  at  the  present  time.  As  this  article  will  undoubtedly 
have  a  bad  effect  with  the  retail  druggists  who  are  good  cus- 
tomers of  ours,  we  would  thank  you  very  much  to  contradict 
the  same.     Yours  very  truly, 

Boston.  Feb.  4-  S.  S.  Piebce  Company. 


International  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry. 

The  International  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry  will  meet 
in  London  May  27  to  June  2.  It  is  proposed  to  issue  an  invi- 
tation to  the  London  Congress  to  hold  its  next  meeting 
(spring,  1912)  in  New  York  City.  A  temporary  committee  has 
been  formed  to  consider,  first,  whether  it  will  be  practicable 
and  wise  to  issue  such  invitation ;  and  second,  if  decided  in 
the  affinnative,  what  steps  shall  be  taken  to  issue  it  and  make 
it  effective ;  and  it  has  been  decided  to  request  all  interested  to 
attend  a  meeting  Saturday,  February  20,  at  8.15  p.  m.,  at  the 
Chemists'  Club.  The  temporary  committee  is  composed  of  Wm. 
H.  Nichols,  chairman ;  Albert  Plant,  treasurer ;  H.  Schweitzer, 
secretary :  Charles  Baskerville,  first  vice-chairman :  Marston 
T.  Bogert,  second  vice-chairman ;  L.  H.  Baekeland,  Charles  F. 
Chandler,  John  Hays  Hammond,  J.  Hasslacher,  AI^x  C. 
Humphreys.  W.  R.  Ingalls.  Adolf  Kuttroff,  Morris  i^oeb, 
W.  J.  Matheson,  H.  A.  Metz,  William  McMurtrie,  T.  J.  j 
Parker,  CI.  Richardson,  William  J.  Schieffelin,  I.  F.  Stone, 
Maximilian  Toch. 


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Price  Versus  Variety. 

Sy  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Variety  may  be  the  spice  of  life, 
but  spice  itself  ought  to  yield  con- 
siderable variety,  and  that,  too,  of 
a  paying  kind.  Once  in  a  while  we 
see  a  few  printed  lines  calling  em- 
phatic attention  to  the  fact  that 
the  spice  trade  belongs  to  the  phar- 
macist. Most  unquestionably  it 
does,  but  possession  counts  for  nine 
if  not  ten  points  in  the  law  of  cash 
profit,  if  some  one  else  has  the 
trade,  and  he — the  pharmacist — 
makes  uo  systematic  effort  to  re- 
gain his  just  part  of  it. 

The  trade  in  spices  and  flavoring 
extracts  has  wandered  and  must  be 
sought  to  be  recovered.  It  never 
will  come  faring  back  like  the  edu- 
cated sheep  of  the  renowned  Bo- 
Peep,  if  left  entirely  to  itself.  It  must  be  rounded  up  by  a 
logical  course  of  reasoning,  showing  why  the  pharmacist,  and 
he  alone  of  retail  dealers,  is  a  competent  judge  of  the  quality 
and  purity  of  these  products ;  and  then  it  must  be  corralled  by 
educating  the  buyer  to  the  point  of  discriminating  between 
the  passably  good,  the  little  better,  and  the  superlative  best. 
Do  Not  Know  What  They  Are  Getting. 
The  buyers  of  ground  spices  and  flavoring  extracts  are 
composed  largely  of  housewives,  bakers,  candy  and  cream 
manufacturers,  and  it  is  an  exceptional  case  indeed  where 
such  a-  purchaser  has  the  least  idea  whether  the  condiments 
purchased  are  exhausted  spices  from  which  the  oil  has  been 
extracted ;  blended  spices,  which  bear  a  close  resemblance  in 
appearance  to  the  simon-pure  article,  or  full  strength  goods 
of  the  highest  grade,  prepared  for  market  according  to  the 
most  approved  methods.  In  the  latter  case  each  kind  of  whole 
spice  is  carefully  selected  from  the  region  yielding  the  finest 
product ;  it  is  assayed  to  determine  its  actual  quality ;  and 
while  still  fresh  and  strong  it  is  ground  in  its  own  separate 
mill  that  the  delicate  flavor  may  not  be  contaminated.  The 
next  step  is  to  seal  the  ground  spice  in  air-tight  cans  imme- 
diately, that  its  volatile  oil  may  not  escape. 

To  the  customer,  spices  are  supposed  to  be  just  spices,  and 
are  so  ordered  without  further  specifications.  The  recovery 
of  the  trade  is  largely  a  matter  of  educating  the  buyer,  and 
that  education  cannot  be  accomplished  in  a  day  or  a  week, 
but  a  great  deal  may  be  done  in  six  months  or  even  three. 
The  average  housekeeper  sincerely  desires  to  obtain  the  best 
for  her  money  and  would  not  knowingly  waste  her  allowance 
on  inferior  supplies.  The  large  manufacturer  should,  from 
the  very  quality  of  seasonings  used,  recognize  quality  par 
excellence  as  a  matter  of  plain  business  prudence. 

The  pharmacist  alone  is  intimately  acquainted  with  the 
whole  spice,  its  history,  care,  and  the  value  of  its  various 
products,  and  he  is  in  a  position  to  know  what  the  guarantee 
vouching  for  a  shipment  is  really  worth.  If  necessary  he  can 
make  an  assay,  himself,  or  subject  the  goods  to  tests  to  learn 
what  he  has  bought. 

The  pharmacist  knows  this  and  the  dealer,  if  he  has  ever 
given  the  matter  any  thought  knows  it,  too,  but  as  long  as 
the  former  contents  himself  with  an  occasional  protest  to  the 
other  members  of  his  profession,  the  latter  will  continue  sell- 
ing spices  and  extracts  of  varying  grades  to  the  trade  for 
good  money.  The  dealer  is  in  no  wise  to  be  blamed,  he  simply 
supplies  his  patrons — often  numbering  druggists'  families 
among  them — with  the  goods  for  which  he  receives  orders. 
He  has  never  set  himself  up  as  an  authority,  and  in  many 
cases  freely  acknowledges  that  he  knows  little  more  about  the 
goods  than  the  label  tells. 

Enormous  Spice  Supplies  Kequired. 
The  demand  for  spices  is  simply  enormous.  They  are  a 
class  of  goods  that  move  rapidly  for  they  are  articles  of  daily 
consumption  by  the  whole  nation.  During  the  year  1907,  we 
are  told  that  2.677,401  pounds  of  nutmegs  were  imported. 
23,017,598  pounds  of  pepper  (black  and  white),  and  16,909,- 
644  pounds  of  other  spices  considered  together ;  making  a  total 
of  42,694,643  pounds. 


From  Singapore  and  Penang  alone,  there  were  imported  to 
the  United  States  during  1908  no  less  than  7840  tons  of  black 
pepper,  2050  tons  of  white  pepper  and  478  tons  of  nutmegs. 
It  should  be  remembered  that  the  last  named  spice  is  grown 
in  this  country,  chiefly  in  our  little  "Nutmeg  State." 
Poor  Condiments  a  Menace  to  Health. 

It  has  been  commonly  supposed  that  the  sole  value  of 
spices  lay  in  their  property  of  making  food  agreeable  to  the 
taste.  This  is  but  half  the  truth,  for  spices  have  a  distinct 
dietetic  value,  each  climate  and  zone  producing  that  for  which 
there  is  a  strongly  indicated  need  of  its  people.  Poor  condi- 
ments are  a  menace  to  the  health  as  their  essential  oils  are 
most  valuable  gastric  stimulants. 

It  is  a  common  saying  that  we  are  a  nation  of  dyspeptics. 
The  French  people  assert  that  we  American  housewives  do 
not  understand  the  rudiments  of  seasoning  and  flavoring,  and 
there  is  no  denying  that  there  are  grounds  for  such  a  charge. 
It  is  a  serious  charge,  too.  for  it  calls  into  question  the 
palatability  and  in  a  great  measure  the  digestibility  of  our 
food.  Food  gives  us  our  working  energy.  There  is  undoubt- 
edly then,  a  direct  connecting  link  between  some  of  the  causes 
of  dyspepsia  and  the  use  of  impure  seasonings. 

The  American  housewife  has  suffered  a  great  injustice, 
being  made  to  bear  the  blame  of  much  in  this  connection  for 
which  she  was  entirely  innocent.  She  should  rise  up  and 
demand  restitution  through  her  family  druggist,  her  maga- 
zines, and  her  clubs — the  restitution  of  unimpeachable  quality 
of  materials  with  which  to  produce  good  seasoning — i.  e. 
good  health— results.  It  is  most  fitting  that  the  druggist's 
wife  be  a  pioneer  in  this  much  needed  field  of  reform  for 
herself  and  her  sisters.  It  has  been  literally  demanded  of  us 
that  we  make  bricks  without  straw,  for  up  to  the  time  of  the 
passage  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  the  chances  of  being  able 
to  obtain  seasonings  were  exceedingly  slender.  Here  and 
there  a  druggist  carried  a  line  of  pure  spices,  but  they  were 
helplessly  in  the  minority. 

The  goods  to  be  generally  obtained  were  most  unreliable. 
Out  of  sixteen  samples  of  pepper  examined  by  a  noted  food 
chemist,  only  three  were  even  fairly  good ;  the  other  thirteen 
were  blends  of  foreign  substances  largely.  Of  twelve  speci- 
mens of  cinnamon,  only  three  contained  any  cinnamon  at  all, 
and  even  these  were  found  to  be  mixed  with  cassia  and  saw- 
dust. One  of  the  nine  specimens  was  said  to  contain  no  trace 
of  any  spice  whatever  of  any  kind. 

Such  innocent  adulterants  as  chalk,  brickdust,  lampblack, 
linseed  meal  hulls,  burnt  meal,  red  lead,  colored  sawdust, 
sandalwood  sawdust,  mahogany  sawdust,  lead  ehromate,  oxide 
of  iron,  rice,  starch,  ground  talc,  rice,  old  dried  and  ground 
turnip,  arrowroot,  coal  tar  colorings,  plain  dirt,  olive  stones 
ground,  etc.,  were  found !  Some  of  these  were  added  for 
bulk,  some  for  color  and  some  for  weight. 

Ye  Gods !  And  we  women  must  continue  to  bear  the  world- 
wide blame  for  years  to  come  for  not  being  able  to  season 
exquisitely  and  delicately  with  such  truck ! 

Conditions  Considerably  Improved. 

Wilful  adulteration  is  now  exceedingly  rare,  and  probably 
a  few  months  hence  will  be  rarer  still,  when  the  new  wording 
of  the  official  guarantee  comes  into  effect,  making  it  plain 
that  it  is  the  guarantee  of  the  individual  and  not  of  the 
Government,  to  which,  however,  the  individual  is  responsible. 

What  is  more  commonly  met  with  now,  however,  are  the 
inferior  and  cheaper  grades  of  the  whole  spice,  or  mixtures 
and  blends  of  various  qualities  resembling  to  the  naked  e.ve, 
spices  consisting  wholly  of  the  best  and  most  expensive  kind 
of  the  respective  condiment. 

The  consumer  ought  to  be  still  further  guarded,  as  the  house- 
wife especially!  is  powerless  unless  some  competent  person 
comes  to  the  rescue  and  offers  protection  in  the  form  of 
absolutely  pure,  unblended,  full  strength  goods.  This  is  no 
side  line  but  a  legitimate  part  of  the  regular  business  which 
has  suffered  seriously  through  unskilled  handling.  The  old 
time  spice  bag,  plaster,  and  spice  poultice,  so  effective  and 
safe  to  use  fell  into  gradual  disrepute  as  the  quality  of  the 
spices  that  were  used  deteriorated. 

When  a  real  want  is  filled  in  the  most  satisfactory  possible 
manner,  a  public  service  has  been  rendered  which  soon  lays 
the  foundations  of  genuine  business-building.  It  may  take 
time  and  work.  It  will;  but  what  of  it?  If  the  farmer  failed 
to  plough  and  to  harrow  and  to  plant  in  season  because  of  the 
work  entailed,   he   never  could   reap  his   golden   harvest.     It 


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takes  work  aud   waiiiug  autl   then  more  work  and   more  wait- 
ing.    The  second  crop  does  not  sow  itself. 

Some  Means  of  Public  Education. 

Every  locality  will  suggest  its  own  best  methods  of  educa- 
tion along  these  lines.  Public  education  calls  for  advertising 
and  advertising  is  largely  the  science  of  written  salesmanship. 
Good  demonstrating  is  valuable  advertising  as  well.  Almost 
every  little  town  or  city  sub-division  boasts  a  Domestic 
Science  Club  or  a  Cooking  School  or  a  Class  in  Home  Eco- 
nomics. If  so,  the  task  is  simplified.  These  classes  naturally 
consist  of  the  most  progressive  housekeepers  within  a  certain 
radius.  They  would  willingly  grant  an  hour  of  their  time  for 
a  talk  and  demonstration  on  "Spices,  Their  Selection  and 
Dietetic  Value."  If  such  an  opportunity  could  not  be  ob- 
tained, small  folders  setting  forth  the  main  points  might  be 
sent  for  distribution,  and  one  of  these  should  also  be  given 
to  every  woman  customer  coming  to  the  store.  A  tray  of 
samples  in  glass  vials,  showing  spices,  oils  and  extracts  could 
be  kept  in  readiness  to  show  and  used  to  good  advantage  in  a 
window  display. 

Another  way  to  create  a  widespread  interest  is  to  offer  a 
weekly  or  monthly  prize — something  worth  while — to  the 
school  children  of  certain  grades  for  the  best  essay  on  one  or 
two  spices.  The  contest  should  be  prefaced  by  an  announce- 
ment stating  that  the  growth,  history  climatic  conditions,  im- 
portations, home  productions  if  any,  manufacture  and  result- 
ing products  are  expected  to  be  covered.  The  winning  essay 
of  course  would  become  the  property  of  the  druggist,  and 
could  be  used  to  advantage  in  the  paper  having  the  largest 
local  circulation.  It  would  be  tactful  to  secure  a  couple  of 
the  teachers  to  assist  in  the  judging.  The  idea  could  be  con- 
tinued until  the  spice  list  was  covered,  and  in  order  to  main- 
tain interest  until  the  very  end  an  additional  prize  might  be 
awarded  to  the  best  of  the  prize  winning  essays.  This  is 
inexpensive  advertising  considering  the  possibilities  it  holds. 

From  the  Customers'  Viewpoint. 

Bulk  goods  of  this  class  never  appeal  to  the  customer.  It 
entails  trouble,  loss,  and  inconvenience  to  transfer  purchases 
into  unlabeled  home  containers. 

Not  long  since  a  druggist  made  a  window  display  of  spice 
packages  neatly  wrapped  in  white  paper  ana  arranged  on  a 
white  window  base.  The  packages  were  priced  and  labeled, 
but  the  prices  were  noticeably  high  without  a  word  accounting 
for  the  price.  The  man  stood  inside  his  store  with  his  hands 
in  his  pockets  and  watched  the  passers-by.  The  second  day  it 
was  the  same,  and  the  third.  It  was  fly  time  and  yet  the 
window  was  left  to  "draw  trade"  for  three  weeks.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  he  declared  that  the  spice  idea  was  a  failure  for 
his  locality  anyway — it  was  a  well-to-do  intelligent  neigh- 
borhood of  good  spenders — and  he  announced  that  in  his 
opinion  the  game  was  not  worth  the  candle.  It  was  not, 
played  that  way. 

The  spice  line  is  not  sufliciently  extensive  to  be  burdensome 
and  yet  it  is  varied  enough  to  suit  all  tastes.  Naturally  the 
seeds  and  whole  spices  used  for  pickling  and  preserving  will 
be  called  for,  and  certain  other  condiments  as  well  that  are 
highly  thought  of  by  foreign  residents,  if  there  chances  to  be 
any  number  of  them  in  the  locality.  This  stock  should  be 
fresh  and  attractive  and  be  suggestively  displayed  and  not 
bear  evidence  of  having  been  in  stock  when  the  proprietor 
was  in  his  pinafore  days. 

Attention  must  be  gained,  a  desire  for  the  goods  stimulated, 
the  customer  convinced  that  he  is  getting  the  finest  goods  on 
the  market,  and  that  for  quality  furnished  the  price  is  right. 

The   Itinerant   Vender   and   the   Extract   Trade. 

Perhaps  in  no  one  line  does  the  itinerant  vender  take  more 
trade  directlj  from  the  drug  store  than  by  the  sale  of  extracts. 
There  are  large  manufacturing  plants  which  thrive  solely 
by  this  outlet  for  their  goods.  I  have  .vet  to  see  the  adver- 
tised or  unadvertised  ordinary  commercial  extract  that  could 
not  be  beaten  to  a  finish  by  the  drug  store  errand  boy,  with  a 
few  directions  from  the  junior  clerk.  The  druggists'  best 
extract  of  vanilla  for  example  is  about  as  much  like  the  decoc- 
tion usually  sold  under  that  name  as  the  Fourth  of  July 
street-stand  lemonade  is  like  the  rich  product  of  a  first  class 
soda  fountain. 

One  druggist  aud  his  wife  decided  to  specialize  on  extracts. 
and  so  they  made  and  advertised  a  complete  line  of  fine 
flavorings   for   cakes,   candies   and   creams.     The   goods   were 


the  best  that  could  be  made.  The  soda  fountain  advertised 
them  by  calling  attention  to  the  flavors  used  in  the  syrups. 
Before  long  a  candy  manufacturer  began  to  buy  at  wholesale, 
then  an  ice  cream  maker  followed  suit.  After  that  it  was 
astonishing  how  rapidly  the  business  grew. 

In  a  short  time  the  extract  business  had  outgrown  the  dark 
corner  of  the  laboratory,  and  it  was  deemed  advisable  to  give 
it  ample  space  and  a  better  equipment.  The  file  of  unpaid 
bills  commenced  to  dwindle  and  finally  disappeared  alto- 
gether. All  this  made  possible  a  better  general  buying  ca- 
pacity, and  the  entire  business  took  on  an  air  of  healthy 
prosperity.  They  could  no  longer  afford  to  attend  to  the 
detail  work  themselves,  for  their  time  was  needed  for  gen- 
eralship. 

Success  had  entered  their  doors,  taken  a  place  at  their 
council-table  and  they  were  determined  to  make  that  welcome 
guest  a  member  of  the  firm— for  nothing  succeeds  like  Success. 

Extracts  are  a  joy  to  make  and  happily  they  increase  in 
value  with  time.  The  returns  from  this  as  from  the  spice 
trade  are  dependent  on  setting  and  keeping  in  motion  the 
right  motor  power. 

The  motor  power  is  judicious  educational  advertising, 
backed  by  having  quality  to  justify  every  claim  made.  That 
quality  must  never  vary  unless,  to  be  permanently  improved, 
and  the  advertising  must  Repeat,  Rehearse  and  Reiterate  the 
important  fact  of  QUALITY  until  every  one  knows  and 
recognizes  its  truth. 


AHMSBY,  HENRY  PRENTISS.  The  princlijles  of  animal  nutri- 
tion :  with  special  reference  to  the  nutrition  of  farm  animals. 
3d  ed.,  rev.  New  York:  John  Wiley  &  Sons.  c.  7-f614  p. 
tabs.,  8°,  cl.  $4. 

JOHNSON,  CHARLES  MORRIS.  Rapid  methods  for  the  chem- 
ical analysis  of  special  steels,  steel-making  alloys  and 
graphite.  New  York:  John  Wiley  &  Sons.  c.  7-f221  p.  8°, 
cl.  $3. 

JUPTNER,  HANNS  v.  Heat,  energy  and  fuels;  pyrometry, 
combustion,  analysis  of  fuels  and  manufacture  of  charcoal, 
coke  and  fuel  gases;  tr.  by  Oscar  Nagel.  New  York:  Mc 
Graw  Publishing  Co.     c.  54-306  p.     flgs..  O.     cl.  $3  net. 

MATHEWSON.  CHAMPION  HERBERT.  First  principles  of 
chemical  theory.  New  York :  .Tohn  Wiley  &  Sons.  c.  7-)-123| 
p.     diagrs.     8°,  cl.  SI.  , 


Mr.  Howe  Wins  Honor  for  Oysterette  Formula.       ' 
From  the  Hamilton   (O.)   RcpuiUcan-News.  | 

James  Shuler  Howe,  manager  of  the  Howe  Drug  Company's| 
soda  fountain,  has  received  the  first  prize  from  The  Sodv 
Fountain  journal,  the  leading  trade  paper  of  the  countr.v,  of 
fered  for  the  best  soda  fountain  recipe.  The  prize  was  |f' 
and  Mr.  Howe  won  it  on  his  "oysterette"  over  2.5,000  com. 
petitors.  The  prize-winning  oysterette  formula  will  be  foum 
elsewhere  in  this  issue  of  the  Repuiliean-Keirs. 


NEW  BOOKS. 

MINERAL    RESOURCES    OF   THE   UNITED    STATES.    1907.     2 
volumes,  S  vo.    cloth.    Part  I.    Metallic  products.    743  pages; 
Part  II.    Non-metallic  products,  897  pages,  U.   S.  Geological 
Survey,   Washington :    Government   Printing   Office. 
The  arrangement   aud  scope  of  this  report  are  practically 
the  same  as  in  preceding  reports  except  that  it  appears  in  two 
parts,  the  first  part  containing  the  statistics  of  the  metallic 
products,    and    the    second    part    the    statistics    of    the    non- 
metallic  products  of  the  country.     Each  chapter  of  the  report 
is  a  census  of  the  productive  features  of  the  industry  under 
discussion,  the  various  chapters  being  preceded  by  a  summary 
of   the    principal    statistical    information    presented.      Of   the 
chemical    materials    thus    summarized    are    arsenious    oxide, 
borax,   bromine,   lithium  minerals,  sulphur,   etc.,   all   products 
in   which   the   pharmacist   as   a   manufacturer  is   particularly 
interested. 


REPORT  OF   THE   COMMISSIONER   OF   EDUCATION  for  the 
Year  Ending  June  30,  1907.    Washington :   Government  Print- 
ing Office. 
This  report  shows  that  material  progress  has  been  made  in 
educational    matters   during   the    period    under    consideration. 
Of  particular  interest  to  pharmacists  are  the  statistics  relating 
to   schools   of  pharmacy,   71   institutions   reporting   an   enrol- 
ment of  5047  students,  a  decrease  of  98  from  the  number  re- 
ported for  the  previous  fiscal  year.     The  number  of  graduates 
for  the  same  period  was  13S6,  a  decrease  of  277.     Only  one 
school — the   Massachusetts   College   of   Pharmacy — reported  a 
permanent  endowment  fund. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


The  Drummer. 


^y  Joel  "Btanc. 

He  is  either  a  graduate 
from  the  order  floor  of  a 
wholesale  house,  a  retail 
drug  clerk  who  pines  for  ex- 
citement and  dyspepsia,  or  a 
kid  fresh  from  high  school 
who  is  put  on  the  road  be- 
cause his  pa  is  head  of  a  de- 
partment in  "the  house."  He 
starts  out  with  the  idea  that 
if  he  makes  a  hotel-spread 
of  his  samples  or  poses  his 
prettiness  in  a  hotel  window 
the  druggists  of  the  town 
will  fleck  in  like  seven-year- 
locusts  and  thrust  their  or- 
ders upon  him.  He  returns 
from  his  first  trip  with  the 
consciousness  of  having  had 
■  A  A  A  V™''  ''"'^  ^  headache.  Half  his  expense  account 
IS  deducted  from  his  salary  and  he  starts  out  to  look  for 
another  job. 

His  second  trip  finds  him  a  wiser  and  less  hilarious  man 
but  however  sad  he  may  then  be.  and  for  all  the  vears  to  come 
he  must  hide  th»  scars  of  his  heartaches  beneath  a  cheery 
I'fii  ^"-i^joice  a  jovial  word.  If  he  does  not  do  so.  people 
will  call  him  a  grouch,  and  if  he  does  lots  of  folks  will  call 
nim  a    fool  drummer." 

He  goes  into  the  store  of  a  druggist  who  blows  about  his 
moral  courage  and  when  this  virtuous  bravo  catches  the 
hrst  glimpse  of  the  drummer's  sample  case  he  flits  out  through 
the  back  door  after  having  -instructed  his  clerk  to  say  that  he 
will  not  be  back  for  a  week,  or,  if  the  drummer  does  corral 
this  morally  courageous  knight-errant  that  individual  will 
swear  by  every  page  in  the  U.S.P.  that  he  is  only  a  clerk  and 
that    'the  boss  is  out. ' 

If  the  drummer  happens  to  be  a  specialty  man,  the  dru-'-'ist 
on  whom  he  calls  will  accept  one  or  two  nickel  cigars  for  wITich 
he  charges  the  wayfarer  a  dime  each  and  which  straightaway 
the  wayfarer  charges  to  his  house  as  "laundrv  .60"  WheL 
asked  to  inrest  in  the  specialty  the  druggist  declares  that  he 
is  stuck  on  a  gross  of  that  stuff."  when  in  fact  he  never 
ordered  more  than  seven-twelfths  of  a  dozen  of  it  in  his  life 
nf  I  ..^.°'S,^  ^  "I^T"  '^""^^  '°  ^""^  'i^l'es  for  one  package 
of  the  'stuff  and  the  druggist  blandly  informs  her  that  he 
,t\  ^  ?f  '"  i°  stock-  The  drummer  is  expected  to  be 
.ueh    a    self-possessed    gentleman    or    gum-headed    guy— take 

'ZVJ^°'^TT'  ^^-  ^'"  '°^"°='-^  ^''>°'^  ^ide  and  listen  to 
he  druggist  abuse  his  goods  from  A  to  Zambezi,  in  an  effort 

■iust  a,\noH"  r  T^"-  ^'r  '^'  ^"'"^  ^^^^''^  "'ith  her 
just  as  good  the  druggist  who  was  "stuck  on  a  gross"  a  few 
ninutes  before  happens  to  think  that  he  just  "ordered  half 
1  gross  from  the  jobber  yesterdav." 

In  another  store  the  drummer"  may  be  asked  why  his  house 
loes  not  advertise  and  create  a  demand,  while  on  a  show-cLe 
>efore  his  very  eyes  there  rests  a  show-card  which  he  left  on  a 
.rejious  trip,  but  which  now  has  the  trade-marked  name  cov 
red  with  a  strip  of  paper  upon  which  there  is  lettered  the 
ame  of  the  druggist's  own  substitute  for  the  goods  which  the 
ard  originally  advertised. 

After  the  drummer  has  sat  in  the  fore  part  of  a  four-bv- 
ight  store  for  one  hour  and  seventeen  minutes,  waiting  for 
Je  proprietor  to  finish  a  game  of  checkers  with  Dr  Nodope 
le  said  dmg^st  suddenly  appears  with  hat  on  head  and  as  he 
^hes  through  the  front  door  on  "very  important  business" 
which  consists  in  going  around  to  the  livery  stable  to 
eek^-.  ""^^    ''°"*    *"■    '^''s    "'''    drummer    to    "come    in    next 

In  still  another  store  the  wanderer  may  come  in  contact 
ith  an  individual  who  has  a  front  like  a  Standard  Oil  Sen- 
ll^f        7°^    '■'"'•''^   '"'''   the    proprietor    of   a    chain    of 

f^..  Ji.  ""^uf,°"''-  •^"^'^  ^^'^  drummer  has  talked  him- 
If  into  the  wabbles  in  an  effort  to  make  a  sale  to  his  ma- 
ncence,  the  presence  person  states  that  he  is  only  a  clerk 

a  pointing  to  a  corner  in  which  crouches  a  little  "^hriveled- 


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up  specimen  of  humanity  who  looks  like  a  mummified  chim- 
panzee with  a  grin  like  a  carved  cocoanut,  says:  "There  is 
the  proprietor." 

The  drummer  listens  to  the  call  of  the  wild— African  hotel 
porter  who  announces  that  it  is  three,  thirtv-seven  A.  M 
and  that  the  bus  does  not  run  to  the  four  o'clock  train.  He 
dresses  in  the  dark  because  the  electric  lights  were  turned  off 
at  midnight,  chases  the  porter  through  a  mile  of  thick  pro- 
fanity and  thin  mud  only  to  find  that  the  train  is  five  hours 
and  sixteen  minutes  late  because  the  cow-catcher  has  the 
glanders.  Or  he  may  rush  from  the  dining  room  with  nothin" 
to  satisfy  his  appetite  but  a  hot  soup  burn  on  his  chin  be- 
cause "the  bus  is  waiting."  After  sitting  in  the  bus  long 
enough  to  eat  a  five-course  meal  he  learns  that  the  bus  is  being 
held  for  Judge  Bunn,  Congressman  Bum  or  Senator  Bung 
At  last  the  bum  Bung  with  a  bun  is  thrown  in  and  the  bus  is 
rushed  to  the  depot,  only  missing  the  train  by  about  eleven 
minutes. 

The  drummer  writes  to  his  house  that  there  is  a  salesman 
just  ahead  who  is  cleaning  up  everything.  The  house  replies 
that  there  are  ten  more  salesmen  just  behind  who  are  doing 
another  clean-up.  He  gets  mad  and  tries  to  catch  "the  sales- 
man just  ahead"  to  jolt  his  jaw  out  of  joint.  Much  to  his 
amazement  he  picks  up  a  bunch  of  orders,  while  on  the  chase 
He  sends  them  to  the  house  and  asks  for  a  raise  of  salary  In 
return  he  gets  word  that  half  the  orders  are  X.G.  except  on 
O.O.D.  terms  and  that  the  other  half  are  underpriced,  and  he 
will  have  to  return  and  fix  things  with  the  people  who  gave 
him  those  orders.  Disheartened,  he  dares  to  refresh  himself 
with  one  schnit  of  beer  and  for  which  act  an  old  deacon  who 
used  to  know  his  grandmother  sends  his  name  bounding  down 
.  the  ages  as  "a  dissipated  drummer." 

Because  he  keeps  his  shoes  shined  and  has  an  umbrella  with- 
out holes  in  it,  a  lot  of  nanny-kids  who  are  young  enough  to 
be  his  daughters,  try  to  flirt  with  him,  and  so  he  becomes 
torever  known  as  "a  gay  old  goat." 

He  sends  all  but  sixteen  cents,  his  order  book  and  his  key- 
ring to  his  wife  to  buy  winter  clothes  for  the  children  He 
expects  to  receive  a  check  at  the  next  town.  His  mileage  book 
gets  him  to  the  next  town  but  the  check  seems  to  have  fallen 
by  the  wayside.  He  wires  for  money,  the  house  wires  the 
money.  The  prominent  citizen  who  is  combination  baggage- 
smasher,  telegraph  operator,  section  hand  and  church-bell 
ringer,  wants  him  to  be  identified.  The  hotel-keeper  meets 
his  request  for  identification  by  pointing  to  the  si^n  "We 
cash  no  checks."  Having  never  been  in  the  place  before  the 
only  druggist  treats  him  as  if  he  was  a  Canadian  smuggler  of 
German  synthetics  made  in  Cincinnati.  At  last  the  railroad 
magnate  acknowledges  his  identity,  but  states  that  he  will 
have  to  stay  in  town  three  days  to  get  the  money  because  he 
the  magnate,  will  have  to  get  the  money  from  the  bank,  and 
the  bank  IS  now  closed,  the  next  day  will  be  a  legal  holiday 
and  the  following  day  Sunday.  Soon  the  whole  town  knows 
that  he  is  broke  and  thus  he  gets  a  reputation  as  a  "spend- 
thrift drummer"  and  it  sticks  to  him  for  life. 

Most  of  the  time  the  house  seems  to  be  "just  out  of"  or  "un- 
able to  procure"  about  sixty-seven  per  cent  of  the  goods  it 
instructed  him  to  sell.  But  it  always  fills  the  orders  with  "our 
own  brand."  So,  on  the  second  and  all  succeeding  trips  he 
gets  Hail  Columbia,  hellebore  and  Helen  Devilment  from  the 
retailers  who  object  to  competition  in  the  working  of  the  sub- 
stitution racket. 

Oh  yes,  the  life  of  the  drummer  is  one  long  scream!  You 
bet  It  is!  During  the  sleepless  hours  on  beds  stuffed  with 
unpickled  corn-cobs,  while  the  hotel  biscuit  and  mystery  pie 
are  raising  humps  and  the  gripes  within  his  sacred  precincts 
he  thinks  of  his  wife  and  children  at  home.  His  homesickness 
is  so  intense  that  he  thinks  he  is  getting  appendicitis  on  the 
left  side.  As  for  the  "long  scream"  part  of  his  existence  the 
only  screams  that  come  to  him  are  the  thought-heard  screams 
of  sick  loved  ones  from  whom  business  keeps  him. 

Because  here  and  there  may  be  found  a  fool  or  scoundrel 
among  drummers,  men  who  would  have  been  fools  or  scound- 
rels if  they  had  been  preachers,  civil  engineers  or  anything 
else,  the  unthinking  public  puts  down  all  the  men  of  the  road 
as  a  lot  of  sports  or  idiots.  Incidentally  the  men  are  also 
supposed  to  be  a  lot  of  suckers  who  will  furnish  liquor  to- 
bacco and  show-tickets  to  all  the  well-dressed  hotel  loafers  in 
town. 

But  there  is  another  and  a  brighter  side.  A  great  majority 
of   retail   druggists   are   big  and   broad   enough   to   appreciate 


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that  a  traveling  salesman  may  be  an  honorable  gentleman. 
After  a  man  has  been  on  the  road  for  a  few  years  he  knows 
where  a  good  many  such  retailers  are.  They  draw  the  clean 
traveler  to  them  as  unerringly  as  the  pole  draws  the  needle. 
It  is  simply  a  case  of  man  meeting,  knowing  and  loving  man. 
So  the  man  wins,  on  the  road  or  off,  in  the  store  or  out,  even 
if  he  happens  to  be  a  drummer  or  a  druggist 


Original  and  Selected 


OPPORTUNITY  OF  THE  HOSPITAL  PHARMACIST 

IN  ADVANCING  THE  U.S.P.  AND  N.F. 

PROPAGANDA.* 

By  Jno.  T.  Harbold,  Ph.D.,  Pennsylvania  Hospital, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 
"As  a  tree  is  bent  so  will  it  grow"  is  a  maxim  which  is 
capable- of  application  to  the  animal  as  well  as  the  vegetable 
kingdom,  and  a  bend  given  to  the  human  propensities  in  the 
formative  period  of  life  is  as  readily  retained  in  one  instance 

as  the  other.  ,  .      i     ..u „ 

We  use  this  maxim  as  an  illustration  of  our  simple  theory 
that  the  natural  inclination  of  the  medical  practitioner  m  the 
selection  and  prescribing  of  drugs  is,  in  a  great  measure,  de- 
termined  by  the  nature  of  his  instruction  m  materia  medica, 
therapeutics  and  medicine,  and  the  attitude  which  his  pro- 
fessors and  instructors  have  adopted  in  relation  to  this 
branch  of  his  art.  The  reason  for  this  is  obvious.  It  is  within 
the  observation  of  us  all.  _  .       ui       ^u 

The  mind  in  early  student  life  is  most  impressionable ;  the 
imitative  and  receptive  faculties  are  at  their  zenith,  and  the 
impress  made,  not  merely  by  the  instruction    but  by  the  gen- 
eral demeanor  of  the  teacher,  is  often  indelibly  fixed  in  the 
characters   of  the   men   to   whom  the   tuition   is  being   given 
This  is  an  abstract,  fundamental  principle  that  is  recognized 
as  soon  as  it  is  uttered.     It  is  this  principle  which  generally 
controls  in  the  teaching  staff  of  a  college,  and  the  success  of  a 
teaching   institution    is    largely    dependent    on    the    extent   to 
which  this  principle  is  consulted  in  the  appointment  of  those 
whose  influence  on  the  student  body  most  nearly  approximates 
the  standard  of  an  ideal  educator,  and  whose  proclivities  and 
prejudices  are  worthy  of  imitation  and  support.     But  it  is  no 
uncommon  thing  to  find  in  some  of  the  medical  schools  and 
colleges  of  the  present  day  professors  whose  teaching  is  mod- 
eled entirely  upon  their  own  theories,  and  who  are  intolerant 
of  the  discoveries  of  their  contemporaries,   or  the   results   ot 
the  experience  of  their  predecessors,  when  they  are  at  variance 
with   the  conclusions   which  they   themselves  wish   to   attain. 
This  attribute  in  some  cases  rises  no  higher  than  stubborn- 
ness  in  others  it  resembles  eccentricity,  but  in  nearly  all  cases 
it   is   condoned,    if   not    actually    approved,    since    it    denotes 
originality— that    enviable    characteristic    which    even    college 
professors  do  not   always  possess.     We  make   these  observa- 
tions with  the  utmost  respect  for  the  gentlemen  who  help  so 
much  to  fashion  the  scientific  side  of  the  members  of  this  dis- 
tinguished  profession,   and   we   refer   to   conditions   m   which 
they  figure  simply  to  call  attention  to  a  fact  which  concerns 
the  pharmaceutical  profession  as  well. 

Conditions  in  Some  Medical  Hospitals. 
The  lecturer  in  materia  medica,  therapeutics  or  medicine 
frequently  prides  himself  upon  the  originality  of  his  own  in- 
struction. In  the  desire  for  student  popularity,  he  exerts 
every  effort  to  make  his  subject  attractive,  and  he  imagines 
that  the  substitution  of  a  trite,  snappy  terminology  (even 
though  compiled  from  the  literature  of  proprietary  concerns) 
for  the  official  nomenclature  will  achieve  the  desired  result. 
He  will  not  be  confined  to  the  U.S.P.  He  fancies  that  it 
savors  of  the  commonplace  if  he  recommends  the  strict  use  of 
the  official  preparations,  and  that  he  is  hampered  in  the  dis- 
cretion of  his  othee  if  he  cannot  suggest  the  administration 
of  well-known  drugs  under  smart  proprietary  names,  bo  far 
he  is  promoting  his  own  interests,  but  he  forgets  that  the  man 
before  whom  he  is  appearing  will  unconsciously  assume  his 


•Read  before  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
the  meeting  in  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  1908. 


attitude  of  indifference  in  following  the  standard  text-books 
(U.S.P.  and  N.F.)  ;  that  they  will  imitate  his  laxity,  and 
that  they  will  exhibit  no  more  discrimination  than  he  himself 
between  proprietary  remedies  at  exorbitant  prices,  and  official 
drugs  of  equal  efficacy,  and  in  many  cases  of  identical  chem- 
ical composition,  at  much  lower  cost.  The  result  is  quite 
natural.  The  young  graduate  in  medicine,  when  he  emerges 
into  practice,  will  follow  the  whim  of  his  mentor.  He  neg- 
lects to  consult  the  Pharmacopceia  and  National  Formulary; 
he  will  carry  into  execution  the  indiscriminate  suggestions 
picked  up  in  his  classes,  and  the  patient  for  whom  he  is  pre- 
scribing, and  the  pharmacist  who  supplies  the  remedy  will 
sufifer  thereby— the  latter  will  have  the  trouble  of  hunting  up 
fancy  patent  nostrums,  and  the  former  will  be  put  to  extra 
expense. 

Harmonizing  the  Professions. 
This,  we  contend,  is  the  condition  in  some  of  the  medical 
schools  of  the  highest  standing,  and  being  beyond  our  juris- 
diction, and  not  readily  amenable  to  our  wishes  on  such  mat- 
ters, these  schools  must  be  left  to  themselves  with  the  hope 
that  the  evolutionary  process  through  which  teaching  institu- 
tions will  occasionally  pass  will   yet  bring  their  systems  to. 
at  least,  a  reasonable  adherence  to  the  old  and  reliable  stand- 
ards—the Uniied  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formu- 
lary.    There  is,  however,  a  stage  in  the  professional  training 
of  the  majoritv  of  the  present-day  physicians  to  which  we  can 
turn    our   attention,   and   through    which,    if   tactful,   we   can 
accomplish   much   towards   harmonizing  the   professions.     We 
refer  to  the  post-graduate  hospital  course  taken,  as  we  have 
said,  by  the  majority  of  the  physicians  graduating  in  our  time. 
Duties  of  the  Hospital  Interne. 
By   the   average   interne  in   a  hospital,   the   position   is  re- 
garded as  entirely  educational.     His  work  and  duties  are  but 
a  continuation  of  his  pre-graduate  labors.     He  is,  of  course, 
entitled  to  a  more  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  prerogatives 
of  the  practicing  physician  than  in  his  student  days,  but  he 
takes  up  hospital  work  in  order  to  perfect  himself  in  his  art. 
It  is  here  that  the  hospital  pharmacist  can,  and  should,  play 
an  important  part.    The  patient's  treatment  as  directed  by  the 
visiting   physician   or   surgeon,   is   transcribed    in   appropriate 
form  by  the  interne  who  often  uses  in  this  work  the  proprie- 
tary nomenclature  acquired  in  his  student  days  with  the  acqui- 
escence of  his  chief,  who  has  possibly  overlooked  or  was  igno- 
rant of  the  existence  of  a  drug  with  the  same  chemical  compo- 
sition in  the  U.S.P.,  just  as  efficacious  and  much   more  eco- 
nomical than  the  proprietary  preparation  with  the  fancy  titie. 
It   is   the   duty   ot   the  pharmacist  here   to  point   out   to  the 
interne,  or  to  have  it  brought  to  the  knowledge  of  his  chief, 
that  such  prescriptions  are  needlessly  expensive,   and  that  a 
moment's  reference  to  the  U.S.P.  or  N.F.  would  furnish  him 
with  one  or  more  remedies  just  as  effective  as  the  trade  prep- 
aration, and  possessing  the  advantage  at  once  of  being  cheaper, 
and  of  ingredients  of  the  nature  of  which  he  knows  to  a  ce^ 
tainty,  and  of  the  effects  of  which  he  can  find  the  most  definite 
information.  . 

With  the  hospital  interne  the  hospital  pharmacist  is  nai- 
urallv  in  closer  touch  than  any  of  his  brethren  outside,  and 
being  in  charge  of  the  drug  supply  of  the  institution,  the  phar- 
macist has  a  reasonable  right  to  expect  that  his  view  on  mat- 
ters pharmaceutical  should  prove  acceptable  to  the  resident 
medical  staff,  and  that  his  suggestions  for  the  elimination  or 
addition  of  such  pharmaceutical  terms  as  have  been  passed 
upon  by  the  proper  authorities,  should  receive  from  the  m- 
tcrne  the  consideration  they  merit  and  deserve.  If  the  phar- 
macist has  carefully  thought  out  the  proposed  changes  in  tlie 
mode  of  prescription  writing,  and  can  show  conclusively  tuat 
the  adoption  of  the  revised  system  will  make  for  economy  ana 
re<'iilarity.  he  will  seldom  experience  disappointment  in  tue 
reception  his  ideas  are  accorded  by  intelligent  men.  By  men 
of  captious  temperament  his  aggressiveness  may  be  teinpo- 
rarilv  checked,  and  his  motives  may  frequently  be  subjectea 
to  criticism,  but  if  he  casts  the  bread  of  an  honest  Purpose 
on  the  waters  he  shall  find  it  even  after  many  days,  io  m 
critics  in  general  he  can  reply  that  his  action  is  prompted 
solely  by  a  desire  to  economize  for  the  institution,  and  to 
secure  complete  uniformity  in  medication,  and  the  absence  oi 
selfish,  pecuniary  motives  on  his  part  must  attest  to  the  in- 
tegrity and  uprightness  of  his  plan.  ' 
We  have  been  active  in  the  propaganda  work  for  over  four 
years  in  connection  with  hospital  dispensing,  and  the  resuia 


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have  been  extremely  gratifying.  The  oft-repeated  statement 
that  physicians  do  not  want  to  become  posted  on  these  various 
preparations,  and  receive  suggestions  from  the  pharmacist  is 
erroneous.  The  experience  of  the  writer  leads  him  to  believe 
that  the  physician  is  quite  willing  to  confine  his  prescribing 
to  the  U.S.P.  preparations  as  nearly  as  possible,  and  when  his 
attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  he  is  writing  for  U.S.P. 
drugs  under  fancy  names  he  is  usually  thankful  for  the  in- 
formation, and  alters  the  prescription  writing  accordingly. 
Opportunities  of  Hospital  Pharmacist. 

It  is  in  this  way,  we  believe,  that  the  hospital  pharmacist 
has  great  opportunities  for  rendering  much  valuable  service 
to  both  professions.  By  a  timely,  judicious  suggestion  he  can 
start  a  new  train  of  thought  in  the  mind  of  the  young  physician. 
He  can  turn  the  latter's  attention  to  the  advantage  of  a  uni- 
form system  of  prescribing,  and,  if  opportune,  he  may  be  able 
to  check  and  discourage  the  random  use  of  vague  and  uncer- 
tain compounds  which  lead  to  empiricism  on  the  one  hand, 
and  irregularity  and  dissatisfaction  on  the  other. 

In  conclusion,  let  us  express  the  belief  in  the  ultimate 
harmonious  co-operation  of  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical 
professions,  and  we  would  not  willingly  mar  this  harmony 
by  sounding  a  discordant  note.  We  must  not  be  taken  as 
alleging  that  all  physicians  favor  the  use  of  patent  medicines, 
or  that  in  all  cases  it  is  easier  for  the  pharmacist  to  compound 
the  prescription  than  to  hand  down  the  ready-made  article 
from  his  shelves,  but  we  believe  there  are  many  hospital  in- 
ternes who  have  not  learned  the  formula  of  the  proprietary 
drugs  they  order,  nor  do  they  know  that  a  little  insight  on 
their  part  would  save  considerable  money  to  a  needy  institu- 
tion, and  later  in  life  save  drug  bills  to  their  patients,  whose 
financial  interests  they  should  conserve  as  carefully  as  their 
health. 


QUESTION     BOX 


LIQUOR  IN  MASSACHUSETTS  PHARMACIES. 


state  Board  Recommends  Changes  in  Law  Governing' 
the  Sale  and  Asks  for  Disciplinary  Power. 

Boston,  Feb.  1. — Five  important  recommendations  are 
made  in  the  twenty-third  annual  report  of  the  Massachusetts 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy.  Four  concern  some  phase 
of  the  liquor  law  and  the  recommendations  of  the  board,  with 
their  comments,  are  as  follows : 

"Chapter  2S1,  Acts  of  1906,  gives  the  board  the  power  to 
grant  certificates  of  fitness  to  registered  pharmacists  to  sell 
intoxicating  liquor,  only  on  a  physician's  prescription,  in  those 
cities  and  towns  which  do  not  grant  licenses  of  the  first  five 
classes  to  sell  liquor.  We  would  recommend  that  this  law 
bs  so  amended  that  the  board  may  grant  a  certificate  of  fit- 
ness to  an  applicant  residing  in  a  licensed  city  or  town  should 
the  applicant  prefer  it  to  a  sixth-class  license. 

"Chapter  308,  Acts  of  1907,  gives  the  board  the  right  to  re- 
voke, for  cause,  any  certificate  which  it  may  have  granted  to 
enable  the  applicant  to  procure  a  sixth-class  license,  but  the 
law  does  not  state  that  such  revocation  shall  revoke  the 
license  granted  thereon.  We  would  recommend  that  the  law 
be  so  amended  that  the  revocation  of  a  certificate  shall  revoke 
the  sixth-class  license  granted  thereon  by  the  local  authorities. 

"We  would  recommend  that  druggists  holding  a  sixth-class 
license  should  be  exempt  from  giving  a  bond,  and  that  the 
fee  be  made  $.5  instead  of  $1,  as  at  present,  payable  to  the 
State. 

"We  would  again  recommend  that  the  board  have  the  power 
to  suspend  certificates  of  registration  in  pharmacy  for  gross 
and  confirmed  habits  of  intoxication  or  improper  use  of  drugs, 
such  suspension  to  take  place  only  after  a  hearing  and  the 
most  conclusive  evidence." 

The  fifth  recommendation  relates  to  the  time  at  which  mem- 
bers' terms  expire,  and  is  as  follows  : 

"We  further  recommend  that  the  term  of  office  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  board  be  changed  to  correspond  with  the  fiscal  year 
of  the  Commonwealth,  namely,  from  December  1  to  November 
30.  inclusive,  and  that  the  members  of  the  present  board  hold 
over  until  such  date.  At  present  the  official  year  ends 
October  1." 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  .lud  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  difflculties.  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
RECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Wording  of  Serial  Number  Guaranty. 

(B.  S. ) — In  further  reply  to  your  query,  this  journal,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1909,  page  63,  E.  M.  Wells,  Ph.G.,  Paris,  Texas,  calls 
our  attention  to  the  omission  of  part  of  the  wording  of  the 
form  of  general  guaranty  as  suggested  by  the  Board  of  Food 
and  Drug  Inspection  in  F.I.D.  96.  As  corrected  the  form  of 
guaranty  should  read : 

I  (we),  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  guarantee  that  the  articles 
of  foods  and   drugs   manufactured,   packed,   distributed   or   sold 

by  me   (us)   and  consisting  of  all 

articles  which  are  now  or  which  may  hereafter  be  manufactured, 
packed,  distributed  or  sold  by  me  (us)  are  not  adulterated  or 
misbrandert  within  the  meaning  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act, 
June  30,  1906. 

Of  course,  the  signature  to  this  guaranty  must  be  authenti- 
cated before  a  notary  or  other  official  empowered  to  affix  a  seal. 


Consideration. 
Helen — Mr.  Blow  says  he  is  a  self-made  man. 
Grace — Very  considerate  of  him  to  take  care  to  relieve  his 
friends  of  all  responsibility. 


Lightning  Renovator. 

(E.  C.  C.  S.) — Under  this  name  various  formulas  have  been 
published  for  use  as  a  cleansing  fluid  for  removing  stains  from 
woolens,  cloths,  carpets,  etc.     Here  are  three  from  which  you 
should  be  able  to  make  a  selection : 
(1) 

Stronger  solution  of  ammonia 1  ounce. 

Soft  soap   6  drams. 

Sodium  carbonate    2  drams. 

Sodium  borate    2  drams. 

Methylated  ether  1  ounce. 

Alcohol    1  ounce. 

Water,  enough  to  make 40  ounces. 

(2) 

Oleate  of  ammonia 2  ounces. 

Solution  of  ammonia    2  ounces. 

Ether     1  ounce. 

Benzine    5  ounces. 

Chloroform    1  ounce. 

Mix  the  solution  and  oleate ;  shake  well  and  add  the  ether ; 
shake  and  add  ,5  ounces  of  benzine :  agitate  thoroughly.  Then 
add  1  ounce  of  chloroform  and  shake  well.  Allow  to  stand 
for  a  few  minutes  and  shake  at  intervals,  when  a  mixture 
having  the  consistency  of  a  cream  and  showing  but  little  ten- 
dency to  separate  will  result. 

(3) 

Stronger  ammonia  water   1  ounce. 

Tincture  of  green  soap  3  ounces. 

Sodium  carbonate    2  drams. 

Sodium  borate    2  drams. 

Ether    1  ounce. 

Alcohol     1  ounce. 

Water,  enough  to  make   32  ounces. 

Vanillin,  Coumarin  and  Caramel. 

(B.  H.  G. )— "Will  you  kindly  inform  me  in  your  next 
issue  what  are  the  incompatibles  of  vanillin,  coumarin  and 
caramel  (burnt  sugar)  ?  I  have  had  considerable  difficulty  in 
using  these  substances.  In  the  first  place  I  get  a  continuous 
precipitate  in  making  a  'compound  vanilla,'  and  I  find  in  mak- 
ing a  batch  of  five  gallons  and  using  a  tin  can  container  that 
the  can  rusts  rapidly,  so  that  in  a  short  time  the  bottom  is 
liable  to  fall  out.     I  use  dilute  alcohol  as  a  vehicle." 

Your  principal  difficulty  seems  to  be  in  the  fact  that  you 
have  used  a  tinned  iron  container  in  which  to  prepare  .your 
solution,  which,  no  doubt,  has  come  in  direct  contact  with  the 


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iron,  thereby  corroding  it  and  decomposing  the  vauilliu  with 
subsequent  precipitation.  No  incompatibilities  are  lilsely  to 
be  met  with  in  the  preparation  of  a  flavoring  solution,  such 
as  the  above,  if  the  materials  used  conform  to  the  standard 
tests  for  these  substances  and  the  preparation  be  made  in  a 
glass  container,  preferably  following  the  process  outlined  by 
the  N.F.  As  will  be  noted,  the  latter  formula  contains  gly- 
cerin, which,  in  the  esperience  of  many,  greatly  improves  the 
character  of  the  resulting  preparation. 

Regarding  the  labeling  of  a  product  so  made  for  sale  in 
this  State  (New  York),  see  Eba  of  June  25,  190S,  page  814. 
Under  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act  this  preparation  would 
be  considered  as  an  imitation  product  and  should  be  labeled 
as  "vanillin  and  coumarin  flavor,"  "imitation  vanilla"  or 
"vanilla  substitute."     See  Food  Inspection  Decision  No.  47. 

Acid-Proof  Colorless  Cement. 

(S.  M.) — In  reality  there  is  no  such  thing  as  a  colorless 
cement.  However,  a  writer  in  a  foreign  technical  journal 
recommends  the  following  for  cementing  vessels  of  glass,  china 
and  other  containers  which  are  intended  for  strong  acids ; 

Pulverized  asbestos    2  parts. 

Barium  sulphate    1  part. 

Soluble  silicate  of  sodium   (50°  B) 2  parts. 

These  materials,  well  mixed,  are  claimed  to  produce  a  ce- 
ment which  will  resist  hydrochloric  acid.  In  case  of  hot 
acids,  a  still  stronger  mixture  is  recommended,  as  follows  : 

Soluble  silicate  of  sodium   (50°  B)    2  parts. 

Fine  sand    1  part. 

Pulverized   asbestos    1  part. 

Both  cements  become  solid  after  standing  for  several  hours. 
A  quickly  hardening  cement  can  be  obtained  by  substituting 
soluble  silicate  of  potassium  for  sodium  silicate. 

A  cement  extensively  used  by  jewelers  for  mending  fine 
glass  and  china,  although  possibly  not  so  "acid-proof"  as  you 
would  like,  is  the  following : 

Isinglass    1      ounce. 

Water    4      ounces. 

Alcohol     8      ounces. 

Mastic,  in  tears   %  ounce. 

Gum  ammoniac   %  ounce. 

Soak  the  isinglass  in  the  water  for  a  few  hours  and  stand 
in  a  warm  place  to  hasten  solution.  Then  heat  up,  to  evap- 
orate all  unabsorbed  water.  Keep  the  isinglass  mucilage  hot 
so  that  it  will  not  set  solid.  Separately  dissolve  the  mastic 
resin  in  4  ounces  of  the  alcohol,  to  which  add  the  gum  am- 
moniac. When  the  two  preparations  are  ready,  add  the  other 
4  ounces  of  alcohol  to  the  hot  isinglass  mucilage  and  mix  with 
the  mastic  varnish,  heating  the  whole  until  liquified  by  stand- 
ing the  vessel  in  a  water  bath.  For  use,  remelt  over  a  water 
bath  and  apply  hot. 

Emulsion  of  Linseed  Oil  (Thompson's). 
(J.  F.)  — 

Linseed  oil   4      fl.  ounces. 

Oil  of  wintergreen   %  fl.  dram. 

Oil  of  cinnamon  %  fl-  dram. 

Acacia,  powders  2      av.  ounces. 

Water     6%  fl.  ounces. 

Glycerin    1%  ij.  ounces. 

Simple  syrup    3      fl.  ounces. 

Dilute  hydrocyanic  acid   45      minims. 

Triturate  the  mixed  oils  with  the  acacia,  add  three  fluid 
ounces  of  water,  triturate  until  emulsified,  add  the  syrup. 
glycerin,  acid  and  the  remainder  of  the  syrup  and  mix  well. 

Mother  Leaves;  Senna  Pods. 

(R.  I.) — "I  enclose  a  sample  of  what  is  sold  here  under 
the  name  of  'mother  leaves.'  Would  you  be  good  enough  to 
give  me  the  botanical  name  and  any  particulars  you  may 
have  about  the  sample.  I  have  been  imable  to  procure  the 
article  from  the  jobber  under  the  name  and  it  is  being  sold  by 
a  competitor." 

We  recognize  the  specimens  of  "mother  leaves"  submitted  by 
our  correspondent  as  "senna  pods."  As  found  in  the  market 
they  are  derived  from  both  Cassia  acutifolia  and  C.  angusti- 
folia.  being  either  admixed  with  senna  leaves  or  sold  sep- 
arately. As  described  in  the  text  books  they  are  3.5  to  7  cm. 
long  and  about  2  cm.  broad,  greenish  to  dark  brown  externally 


and  contain  five  to  seven  obovate  dark  brown,  nearly  smooth 
seeds.  They  contain  apparently  the  same  active  principles  as 
senna  leaves. 


Interstate  Registration  Again. 

(E.  R.  IC.) — We  have  repeatedly  published  lists  of  the 
names  of  the  States  whose  laws  permit  the  boards  of  phar- 
macy to  register  applicant  (without  examination)  who  present 
satisfactory  certificates  of  examination  and  licensure  from 
boards  of  pharmacy  in  other  States  which  accord  reciprocal 
privileges.  As  a  general  proposition  the  boards  of  pharmacy 
constituting  the  active  membership  of  the  National  Association 
of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  all  maintain  reciprocal  relations. 
The  States  and  Territories  are  Alabama,  Arkansas,  District  of 
Columbia,  Florida,  Georgia,  Indiana,  Louisiana,  Maryland, 
Massachusetts,  Maine,  Michigan,  New  Mexico,  Oregon.  Ver- 
mont, Virginia,  Texas  and  West  Virginia. 

We  cannot  give  you  the  amount  of  the  several  fees  charged 
for  such  registration  and  would  suggest  that  you  correspond 
directly  with  the  secretary  of  the  board  in  the  State  you  wish 
to  locate  for  full  particulars. 


Coloring  Wax  Flowers. 

(J.  B.  D. ) — We  have  had  no  practical  experience  in  either 
coloring  or  making  wax  flowers,  but  wax  may  be  satisfactorily 
colored  by  using  suitable  aniline  dyes  of  the  desired  shade, 
such  as  are  employed  for  dyeing  wax  tapers,  the  dye  known 
as  ceresine  red  or  red  B,  extra  concentrated,  being  especially 
recommended  for  tinting  wax  red  and  induline  6  B  for  tinting 
wax  blue. 

The  wax  for  making  the  flowers,  according  to  the  Scientific 
American  Cyclopedia  of  Receipts,  is  prepared  as  follows :  Use 
only  the  purest  virgin  wax,  entirely  freed  from  extraneous 
matters.  Wax  that  is  either  granular  or  friable  must  be  re- 
jected. It  is  generally  melted  in  vessels  of  tinned  iron,  cop- 
per or  earthenware.  To  render  it  ductile,  fine  Venice  turpen- 
tine, white,  pure,  and  of  an  agreeable  odor,  is  added.  The 
mixture  is  constantly  stirred  with  a  glass  or  wooden  spatula. 
All  contact  with  iron  must  be  avoided,  and  if  the  vessels  are 
of  that  material  they  must  be  well  and  carefully  tinned. 
When  stiff  leaves  are  to  be  executed,  two  parts  of  spermaceti 
are  added  to  eight  parts  of  wax,  to  give  transparency.  Much 
care  and  tact  are  needed  in  coloring  the  wax.  The  colors 
being  in  fine  powder,  they  are  made  into  paste  by  adding,  lit- 
tle by  little,  essence  of  citron  or  lavender.  When  the  tritura- 
tion is  perfect  this  paste  is  mixed  with  melted  wax,  stirring 
rapidly  all  the  while ;  when  the  mass  is  still  liquid,  it  is 
poured  into  molds  of  pasteboard  or  tinned  iron  of  the  shape 
of  tablets  and  is  then  ready  for  use.  Sometimes  it  is  passed 
through  fine  muslin  as  it  flows  into  the  molds. 

Another  method  is  to  tie  up  the  color  in  a  muslin  bag  and 
wave  it  about  among  the  molten  wax  until  the  desired  tent  is 
obtained.  To  combine  colors  it  is  only  necessary  to  have  two 
or  three  bags  containing  different  colors,  and  to  employ  as 
much  of  each  as  shall  have  the  desired  effect.  These  bags, 
far  from  being  spoiled  by  dipping  in  wax  already  containing 
other  shades,  have  only  to  be  rinsed  in  pure  water  to  fit  them 
for  coloring  other  wax.  The  colors  most  in  use  in  wax  flower 
making  are  pure  forms  of  white  lead,  vermilion,  lake,  and  car- 
mine, ultramarine,  cobalt,  indigo,  and  Prussian  blue,  chrome, 
Naples  yellow,  and  yellow  ochre.  Greens  and  violets  are 
chiefly  made  from  mixtures  of  the  above. 


Society  of  Chemical  Industry. 
New  York  section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry 
meets  at  the  Chemists'  Club,  108  West  Fifty-fifth  street, 
February  19,  at  8.15  p.  m.  The  programme  :  C.  D.  Holley, 
"Manufacture  and  Properties  of  Mild  Process  White  Lead" ; 
L.  F.  Hughes,  "Sublimed  White  Lead"  ;  Herman  S.  Riederer, 
"Lithopone" ;  Jerome  Alexander.  "Colloid  Chemistry  and 
Some  of  its  Technical  Aspects." 


Professor  Lloyd  Lectures  on  Indians. 
Cincinnati,  Feb.  6. — Prof.  John  Uri  Lloyd  addressed  a 
large  number  of  friends  recently  in  the  Lloyd  Library  on  the 
Hopi  Indians,  whom  he  studied  and  of  whom  he  took  a  great 
number  of  photographs  last  summer  while  on  his  trip  to  the 
southwestern  parts  of  the  country.  The  stereopticon  pictures 
of  the  Indians  were  greatly  appreciated  by  the  audience,  as 
was  also  the  description  of  their  manners  and  customs. 


February  18,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


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Personal  Mention 


— William  C.  Thompson,  of  Coatesville,  Pa.,  was  a  caller 
upon  the  trade  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— Samuel  Steunk,  a  well  known  Philadelphia  druggist, 
visited  his  old  home  at  Quakertown,  Pa.,  last  week. 

— Simon  Muxeb,  of  Miller,  Lyons  &  Co.,  Philadelphia,  is 
spending  a  month  on  a  business  trip  through  the  South. 

— A.  M.  Clemens,  of  Springfield,  111.,  who  travels  for  the 
of  Mexico,  where  he  will  represent  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

— Julius  Foeksteb,  general  New  England  representative 
Lilly  line,  recently  visited  the  home  office  in  Indianapolis. 

— Hans  Heezfeld  will  leave  this  week  for  the  west  coast 
for  Sharp  &  Dohme,  was  a  New  York  City  visitor  last  week. 

■ — E.  G.  Swm,  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  general  manager  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  was  a  New  York  visitor  a  few  days  ago. 

— Charles  Rehfuss  and  wife,  of  Philadelphia,  were  re- 
cently the  guests  of  John  C.  Gallagher  and  family,  of  Jersey 
City. 

— F.  V.  Peeby,  of  Little  Rock,  one  of  the  Red  Lilly  Arkansas 
travelers,  was  a  visitor  not  long  ago  at  the  home  office  in 
Indianapolis. 

— C.  P.  Dubose,  of  the  Red  Lilly  sales  force  in  South  Caro- 
lina, spent  a  week  in  the  home  office  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  In- 
dianapolis,  recently. 

— Henby  C.  Bispham,  proprietor  of  the  oldest  apothecary 
shop  in  South  Boston,  Mass.,  is  improving  in  health,  which 
has  not  been  good  lately. 

— L.  D.  WoBDEN,  representative  in  upper  New  York  State 
for  SchiefEelin  &  Co.,  called  upon  friends  in  the  New  York 
City  drug  trade  last  Saturday. 

— O.  W.  Smith,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  left  a  few  days  ago  on  a  business  trip  to  Florida, 
where  he  will  spend  about  two  weeks. 

— E.  B.  CoNNEB  has  relinquished  i-e  management  of  his 
drug  store  at  Cedar  and  Cumberland  streets,  Philadelphia, 
and  has  gone  to  California  for  the  benefit  of  his  health. 

— James  R.  Owen,  of  Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co.,  Chicago, 
was  a  visitor  in  the  trade  last  week.  Mrs.  Owen  accompanied 
her  husband  and  their  headquarters  were  at  Hotel  Astor. 

— O.  N.  Bebbt.  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  of 
Marshall  County,  Kan.,  will  enter  the  drug  business  in  Marys- 
ville  upon  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office  in  May  next. 

— Charles  A.  Smith,  of  Reading,  Pa.,  where  he  has  been 
engaged  in  the  retail  drug  business  for  several  years,  has 
joined  the  traveling  forces  of  John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  Philadelphia. 

— John  S.  Mead,  a  pharmacist  of  Appleton,  Wis.,  is  now 
employed  at  the  Graham  Pharmacy  at  Portage,  Wis.  He  is 
relieving  Miss  Ellen  Ogle,  who  is  enjoying  an  extended  va- 
cation. 

— R.  C.  RiELLY  has  been  elected  a  member  of  the  South  Side 
Mortar  and  Pestle  Club,  St.  Louis,  to  succeed  E.  A.  Senna- 
wald,  who  retired  because  he  had  sold  his  store  to  his  brother 
Ferdinand. 

— Dr.  H.  B.  B.  Poppe,  who  recently  moved  to  Washburn, 
Wis.,  from  the  southern  portion  of  the  State,  is  considering 
the  purchase  of  a  half  interest  in  the  Pox  Brothers  pharmacy 
at  Washburn. 

— Frank  G.  Mumma,  a  prominent  Philadelphia  druggist 
and  a  former  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  en- 
joyed a  successful  duck  hunting  trip  recently  in  the  vicinity 
of  Anglesca,  N.  J. 

— T.  B.  Huston,  of  Toledo,  president  of  the  Ohio  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  has  been  in  such  poor  health  for 
some  time  that  he  has  disposed  of  his  drug  business  and  is 
going  to  take  a  trip  South. 

— De.  William  H.  Waeeen,  dean  of  the  Medical  School  of 
Washington  University,  has  been  selected  to  deliver  the  ad- 
dress to  the  1909  class  of  St.  Louis  C.P.  The  commencement 
exercises  will  occur  April  21. 

— Charles  Rehfuss,  of  Philadelphia,  accompanied  by  his 
wife  and  daughter  and  Miss  Lebo,  of  Tipton,  Ind.,  spent  sev- 
eral days  recently  with  his  brother,  J.  H.  Rehfuss,  president  of 
the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy. 

— Feed.  Ruhe  is  a  new  member  of  the  Western  sales  force 
of  the  Tetlow  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Philadelphia.  His 
brother,  Charles  A.  Ruhe,  who  is  with  the  same  company,  has 
taken  permanent  quarters  in  Chicago. 


— Andrew  Andeeson,  formely  at  the  store  of  the  Alex 
Krembs,  Jr.,  Drug  Company,  at  Stevens  Point,  Wis.,  is  again 
connected  with  the  establishment.  Mr.  Anderson  is  a  graduate 
of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin. 

— Chables  Havens,  for  six  years  in  charge  of  the  city 
order  department  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  has  re- 
signed and  has  been  succeeded  by  Ralph  Suckow.  Mr.  Suckow 
has  been  connected  with  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  for  the 
past  seven  years  and  is  exceptionally  known  to  the  trade. 

— Howard  B.  French,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Ralph  T. 
Hunter  and  Charles  S.  Herron  were  among  the  speakers  at  a 
banquet  given  in  Philadelphia  last  week  by  Epsilon  Chapter, 
Phi  Chi  fraternity  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  C.  L.  Bonta 
acted  as  toastmaster  and  about  40  members  of  the  chapter  were 
present. 

— D.  Charles  O'Connor,  proprietor  of  the  White  Drug 
Store  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  has  returned  from  Boston,  where 
he  went  recently  to  have  an  operation  performed  to  remove  a 
dislocation  of  the  nose.  The  operation,  which  was  a  difficult 
one,  was  successful  and  Mr.  O'Connor  is  at  his  home  re- 
cuperating. 

— Fred  Weichman,  of  Wausau,  Wis.,  member  of  the  en- 
terprising drug  firm  of  Weichman  Brothers,  was  a  visitor  at 
the  establishment  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  last  week. 
Mr.  Weichman  is  purchasing  stock  and  making  preparations 
for  opening  the  new  branch  pharmacy  which  his  company  will 
soon  establish  at  Wausau. 

— D.  M.  Penick,  president  of  the  Strother  Drug  Company, 
of  Lynchburg,  Va..  recently  had  a  narrow  escape  from  death. 
While  showing  the  company's  new  building  to  a  friend  he 
slipped  as  he  entered  an  electric  elevator  and  fell  to  the  floor. 
An  employee  shut  off  the  eurreut  in  time  to  prevent  Mr. 
Penick  from  being  crushed. 

— De.  Gunnae  Heikjel,  for  the  past  two  years  chief  chemist 
in  the  laboratories  of  the  Norwich  (N.  Y. )  Pharmacal  Com- 
pany, has  accepted  the  office  of  State  Chemist  in  Finland,  with 
offices  in  his  native  town  of  Wasa.  He  sailed  with  his  family 
from  New  York  on  the  Campania  on  her  last  trip  to  Europe. 
Dr.  Avid  Bengs  is  his  successor. 

— The  constitution  of  the  Bodemann  Club  says  that  a  ses- 
sion may  be  held  wherever  and  whenever  two  or  more  mem- 
bers meet.  Charles  Rehfuss,  of  Philadelphia,  and  John  C. 
Gallagher,  of  Jersey  City,  with  their  wives,  held  a  jolly  ses- 
sion of  the  Bodemann  Club  at  the  residence  of  J.  Leyden 
White   (Joel  Blanc),  New  York,  on  February  14. 

— EwEN  McIktyee,  honorary  president  of  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy,  anxiously  awaits  the  return  of  his  copy 
of  that  rather  rare  old  English  work  '  Culpeper's  Materia 
Medica  or  Complete  Herbal,"  published  in  London  in  1635. 
The  book  was  exhibited  by  him  at  one  of  the  pharmaceutical 
meetings  some  time  ago  and  he  has  not  seen  it  since. 

— S.  Austin  Decree  acted  as  toastmaster  at  a  dinner 
given  by  the  senior  class  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of 
Temple  University,  Philadelphia,  at  which  the  members  of  the 
faculty  were  invited  guests.  Among  those  who  responded  to 
toasts  were  H.  Edward  Newton,  William  Van  Reed  Seltzer, 
H.  M.  Meed.  Jr..  E.  A.  Boone,  C.  Clayton  Eberly,  E,  S. 
Miriam  and  E.  H.  Boothight. 

— John  B.  Reynolds,  a  Philadelphia  druggist,  demonstrated 
his  ability  as  an  after-dinner  speaker  last  week  when  he  ad- 
dressed his  fellow  members  of  the  Kensington  Business  Men's 
Association  at  the  annual  banquet  at  the  Hotel  Majestic  on 
"Organization."  Other  prominent  druggists  who  were  present 
were  Robert  McNeil,  who  is  treasurer  of  the  association  :  Alex- 
ander Wilson  and  P.  L.  Barlemint. 

— Mes.  Habby  L.  Stiles,  wife  af  the  third  vice-president 
of  the  Philadelphia  A.R.D.,  was  the  chairman  of  a  committee 
of  the  Ceramic  League  which  conducted  a  highly  successful 
euchre  at  the  Plastic  Club  last  week.  Otto  Kraus,  Mr.  Stiles 
and  several  other  well  known  druggists  and  their  wives  as- 
sisted and  the  majority  of  the  players  were  identified  in  some 
manner  with  the  retail  trade  of  the  city. 

— Mahlon  N.  Kline,  W.  L.  Cliffe,  H.  C.  Blair  and  William 
E.  Lee,  of  Philadelphia ;  L.  L.  Walton,  of  Williamsport,  and 
John  C.  Wallace,  of  New  Castle,  comprised  a  group  of  men 
prominent  in  the  drug  trade  of  Pennsylvania  who  last  week 
appeared  before  the  Committee  on  Health  and  Sanitation  of 
the  Pennsylvania  House  of  Representatives  to  urge  the  adop- 
tion of  the  cocaine  bill  introduced  by  Theodore  Campbell.  No 
opposition  to  the  bill  has  appeared  and  it  will  in  all  probability 
bo  adopted  with  minor  changes. 


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[February  18,  1909 


SUDDEN  DEATH  OF  GEORGE  J.  SEABURY. 


LONG  DISCUSSION  ON  PHARMACY  BILLS. 


The  late  (J.  .1 
of   New 


Pneumonia   Ends   a   Long   and   Useful   Career — Promi- 
nent in  Public  Affairs  and  in  Pharmaceutical  World. 

George  J.  Seabury,  head  of  the  corpora- 
tion of  Seabury  &  Johnson,  and  for  more 
than  35  years  a  resident  of  Llewellyn 
Park,  West  Orange,  died  on  Saturday  at 
his  town  bouse,  320  West  lOSth  street, 
Manhattan,  of  pneumonia,  after  an  ill- 
ness of  but  a  few  days.  The  funeral  ex- 
ercises were  held  there  on  Tuesday  after- 
noon, the  interment  following  yesterday 
morning  (Wednesday)  in  Rosedale  Cem- 
etery, Orange,  N.  J. 

Mr.  Seabury,  who  was  in  his  65th  year, 
was  born  in  New  York  and  attended  the 
public  schools  there.  He  chose  the  pro- 
fessions of  medicine  and  pharmacy,  but 
abandoned  his  studies  when  the  war  broke 
out  and  enlisted,  serving  in  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  through  the  battles  of  the 
Peninsular  campaign.  He  distinguished 
himself  in  the  battle  of  Jones'  Mills  and 
was  twice  wounded  during  the  war. 

Resuming  his  professional  studies  at 
the  close  of  the  war,  he  went  abroad.  On 
his  return  he  entered  the  manufacturing 
line  and  subsequently,  with  Robert  W. 
Johnson  and  J.  W.  Johnson,  now  of  Now 
Brunswick,  and  the  late  George  C.  Hal- 
lett,  of  Orange,  he  formed  the  firm  of  Sea- 
bury &  Johnson,  establishing  factories  in 
East  Orange  for  the  manufacture  of  sur- 
gical and  antiseptic  specialties.  Subse- 
quently the  Johnsons  withdrew  and  or- 
ganized an  independent  company.  Mr.  Seabury  was  an  active 
Republican  and  an  ardent  protectionist,  writing  numerous 
articles  on  protection  and  sound  money  and  taking  a  prominent 
part  especially  in  National  campaigns.  He  was  also  active 
in  various  Republican  movements  in  New  York  and  was  one 
of  a  committee  of  30  which  organized  the  party  in  the  various 
election  districts  of  the  old  city.  He  sen'ed  as  a  Presidential 
Elector  from  New  York  in  the  recent  election.  In  pharmacy 
he  was  widely  known  for  his  activity  in  professional  and  com- 
mercial matters,  holding  membership  in  many  scientific  organ- 
izations. He  was  a  member  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy, a  former  president  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceut- 
ical Association  and  an  active  member  in  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  serving  as  chairman  of  the  commercial 
section  of  the  latter  organization  for  two  consecutive  terms. 
He  was  also  secretary  of  the  National  Rifle  Association  at  the 
time  that  the  late  Generals  Grant  and  Hancock  served  in  the 
office  of  president  and  a  member  of  the  Old  Guard  of  New 
York. 

Mr.  Seabury  will  be  best  remembered  by  pharmacists  for  the 
advanced  position  he  took  at  a  very  early  day  toward  securing 
the  enactment  of  State  pharmacy  laws,  and  many  of  his  plans 
proposed  nearly  a  generation  ago  are  now  in  active  operation. 
He  was  also  enthusiastically  devoted  to  art  and  music  and 
frequently  favored  his  friends  with  his  own  rendition  of  noted 
musicians.  He  had  many  characteristic  traits  that  will  long 
be  remembered  by  those  who  knew  him  best.  As  one  who 
knew  him  well  has  said :  "Mr.  Seabury  was  a  typical  New 
Yorker  and  one  of  the  characteristic  products  of  self-made 
metropolitan  life." 

He  is  survived  by  two  daughters.  Miss  Eugenia  Seabury 
and  Miss  Rena  Seabury,  the  latter  now  Mrs.  David  Ely  Green, 
Jr.,  of  Llewellyn  Park,  N.  J. 


Speeding  Automobile   Strikes  Professor  Diekman. 

While  crossing  Broadway  one  day  last  week  Prof.  George 
C.  Diekman,  secretary  of  the  faculty  and  professor  of  phar- 
macy in  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  struck  by 
the  mud  guard  of  an  automobile  and  hurled  to  the  middle  of 
the  street,  where  a  wagon  passed  over  his  leg  and  painfully 
injured  him.  The  machine  that  struck  Dr.  Diekman  was 
being  pursued  by  a  bicycle  policeman  for  exceeding  ihe  spocd 
limit.  Professor  Diekman  has  since  been  confined  to  his 
home  in  Flatbush,  but  is  doing  nicely. 


Views  Presented  Both  for  and  Against  an  Appointive 
Board — Will  Discuss  Bills  at  Next  Meeting. 

The  chief  topic  under  discussion  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceut- 
ical Association  last  Monday  evening  was 
pharmacy  legislation.  No  action  was 
taken  on  the  Conklin  Bill  nor  the  pro- 
posed new  bill  drafted  at  the  instigation 
of  the  members  of  the  legislative  commit- 
tee of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, as  it  was  deemed  better  to  wait  un- 
til the  latter  bill  was  introduced  in  the 
Legislature. 

George  H.  Hitchcock  stated  that  ac- 
cording to  remarks  he  had  heard  the 
present  method  of  selecting  the  members 
of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  was  far  from 
popular,  as  was  also  the  trial  of  a  man 
by  members  of  his  own  profession.  Mr. 
Hitchcock  thought  that  if  pharmacy  was 
regulated  by  State  power  similar  to  other 
professions,  a  long  step  forward  in  se- 
curing recognition  for  pharmacy  as  a 
profession  would  be  made. 

Joseph  Weinstein,  secretary  of  the 
board,  came  out  strongly  in  favor  of  re- 
taining the  present  law.  The  pharma- 
cists could  better  select  the  members  than 
could  a  Governor  who  would  not  be  as 
well  posted  as  members  of  the  profession 
concerning  the  candidates. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  president  of  the 
board,  posted  the  members  on  the  provi- 
sions contained  in  both  the  Conklin  Bill 
and  the  proposed  bill.  He  desired  to  see  the  profession  stand 
together  for  the  latter  measure  as  it  represented  the  ideas 
of  competent  pharmacists,  besides  containing  the  vital  features 
of  the  Whitney  Bill.  Dr.  Muir  advocated  the  appointment 
of  members  of  the  board  by  the  Governor,  not  because  the 
efficiency  of  the  board  would  be  enhanced  thereby  but  to 
satisfy  the  demands  of  certain  elements  who  desired  a  change 
from  the  present  strict  enforcement  of  the  law  which  the 
board  carried  out  for  the  protection  and  elevation  of  the 
profession  in  general.  He  dwelt  at  length  upon  the  expe- 
riences of  the  members  of  the  board  in  dealing  with  conditions 
and  reviewed  the  work  accomplished  by  the  board  last  year. 
In  summing  up.  Dr.  Muir  thought  that  this  dissatisfied  ele- 
ment as  well  as  all  pharmacists  would  eventually  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  present  board  was  by  far  preferable  to 
one  supervised  by  State  officials  and  that  before  very  long  it 
would  be  a  case  of  first  missing  the  water  when  the  well  went 
dry. 

C.  O.  Bigelow,  a  member  of  the  board,  stated  that  no 
longer  was  it  a  matter  of  preference  as  to  the  kind  of  board 
desired.  Developments  were  such  that  the  pharmacists  had 
better  submit  to  an  appointive  board  or  action  would  probably 
be  taken  to  place  the  whole  matter  within  the  province  of  the 
State  Board  of  Health,  which  would  result  very  seriously  for 
all  concerned. 

Action  was  postponed  until  the  next  meeting. 
Resolutions  were  passed  that  a  letter  of  sympathy  and  con- 
dolence be  sent  to  the  family  of  the  late  George  J.  Seabury. 
A  letter  was  also  sent  to  Prof.  George  C.  Diekman,,  expressing 
sympathy  for  the  painful  injury  he  sustained  a  week  ago 
when  he  was  struck  by  a  speeding  automobile. 

Hugh  Craig  delivered  an  address  on  "The  Value  of  the 
Show  Window  of  the  Retail  Druggist." 

The  treasurer  reported  a  balance  on  hand  of  $73.40  and 
the  entertainment  committee  served  the  usual  lunch. 


Alumni  Association  of  B.C.P.  Keception  on  Feb.  25. 

The  Alumni  Association  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Phar- 
macy will  hold  lis  second  musical  and  dance  of  the  season 
nexl  Thursday  evening  at  the  college.  An  unusually  fine 
musical  programme  has  been  arranged,  including  a  hiilies' 
(juanelle.  a  icnor.  a  soprano,  a  violinist  and  other  profps- 
siciiuil  liileni  lire  scheduled  to  appear.  There  will  be  dancing 
and   refreshments. 


February  18,  1909]  THE    PHARMACETiTICAL     ERA  163 

More  Associations  of    Druggists    Elect    Officers — Three    Active    Organization  Men. 


G.  H.  HATWOOD,  Osakis,  Minn., 
President  Park  Reg:ion  D.A. 


W.   P.  CLARKE,  of  Milton. 
President    Rock    County    (Wls.i    R.D.A. 


JUSTUS  J.   SCHOTT, 
President  Galveston    (Texas)   R.D.A. 


W.  p.  CLARKE  IS  ROCK  COUNTY'S  PRESIDENT. 

Pleasant  Gathering  of  Wisconsin  Druggists,  With  En- 
tertainment for  Their  Wives  by  Mrs.  Heimstreet. 

Janesville,  Wis.,  Feb.  10. — Rock  County  druggists  gath- 
ered here  yesterday  for  their  annual  meeting.  In  Myers  Hotel 
a  long  table  was  spread  and  all  assembled  there  for  dinner. 
Later  the  ladies  repaired  to  the  home  of  Mrs.  E.  B.  Heim- 
street, where  they  were  entertained  during  the  time  the  drug- 
gists held  their  business  meeting. 

W.  P.  Clarke,  of  Mil,ton,  who  has  been  treasurer  of  the 
Wisconsin  State  Ph.A.  since  1882,  was  elected  president ; 
E.  B.  Heimstreet,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  members 
remonstrated  against  the  passage  of  the  Post-Parcels  Bill. 
They  also  purchased  their  fountain  and  soda  syrups  for  the 
season.  After  adjourning  until  May  1  they  went  to  the  home 
of  Secretary  Heimstreet,  where  the  balance  of  the  day  was 
spent  in  a  social  reunion.  A  number  of  prizes  were  given  and 
a  good  deal  of  fun  was  caused  by  the  nature  of  the  prizes. 

The  meeting  was  largely  attended.  Among  those  present 
were  J.  M.  Farnsworth  and  wife,  C.  A.  Smith  and  wife,  D.  H. 
Pollock  and  wife,  F.  Van  Wart,  Beloit ;  A.  L.  Woodward  and 
wife,  and  Carl  Buchta,  of  Clinton ;  H.  D.  Stappenbach  and 
wife,  of  Edgerton ;  George  King  and  wife,  J.  P.  Baker 
and  wife,  W.  T.  Sherer  and  wife,  E.  O.  Smith  and  wife.  Otto 
Smith  and  wife,  and  William  Pfenning,  of  Janesville ;  W.  P. 
Clarke  and  wife,  of  Milton ;  Charles  Taylor,  of  Orfordville. 


C.  p.  THOMPSON  HEADS  SPRINGFIELD  PH.A. 

Banquet,  With  Enjoyable  Programme,  Follows  the 
Annual  Meeting  of  the  Association. 

Speingfield,  Mass.,  Feb.  15. — More  than  40  were  present 
at  the  recent  annual  meeting  and  banquet  of  the  Springfield 
Pharmacists'  Association  which  was  held  at  the  Henking  Ho- 
tel. The  new  officers  are :  President,  C.  P.  Thompson ;  vice- 
president,  John  D.  Smith  ;  secretary,  W.  C.  B.  Merriam ;  treas- 
urer. W.  B.  Noble ;  executive  committee,  C.  V.  Ryan,  F.  N. 
Wheeler,  J.  W.  Delehanty,  Albert  E.  Lorche. 

Following  the  banquet  were  speeches  and  a  general  good 
time.  The  newly  elected  president,  C.  P.  Thompson,  made  the 
opening  address,  and  presented  P.  N.  Wheeler  as  toastmaster. 
E.  F.  Leonard  spoke  on  "The  Massachusetts  State  Associa- 
tion," after  which  James  T.  Momnie  gave  a  vocal  solo.  F.  H. 
Coolbroth  as  "teacher"  made  some  fun  with  the  little  grinds 
which  he  called  upon  different  ones  to  read.  D.  F.  Keefe 
spoke  on  "The  National  Formulary"  and  was  followed  by  an- 
other vocal  solo  by  Mr.  Momnie.  Albert  E.  Lerche  spoke  on 
"Legislation."  Music  was  furnished  during  the  evening  by  a 
small  orchestra.  The  committee  of  arrangements  for  the  ban- 
quet was  F.  N.  Wheeler,  chairman ;  D.  F.  Keefe,  John  D. 
Smith,  A.  E.  Lerche  and  William  C.  B.  Merriam. 


Lafayette,  Ind. 
The  Pharmaceutical  Society,  of  Lafayette,  Ind.,  has  elected 
the  following  officers :  President,  Shuttleworth ;  vice-presi- 
dent, Musser :  secretary.  Stout;  treasurer.  Cook;  sergeant-at- 
ariBs,  Comfort.  After  the  election  S.  E.  Hartford,  traveling 
salesman  for  F.  Steams  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  gave  an  in- 
teresting talk  on  "Salesmanship."  Charles  S.  Downing,  of 
the  Kiefer  Drug  Company,  Indianapolis,  also  addressed  the 
members. 


Denver. 
Edward  C.  Soetje  has  been  elected  president  of  the  Denver 
(Colo.)  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  the  ensuing  fiscal 
year.  The  other  officers  elected  were :  L.  T.  Boutwell,  vice- 
president  ;  Charles  J.  Clayton,  secretar.v  and  treasurer,  and 
Robert  H.  McKenzie,  Frank  M.  Hall  and  William  T.  Thebus. 
trustees.  Action  was  postponed  on  a  proposition  to  affiliate 
with  the  N.A.R.D. 


Galveston. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Galveston  (Tex.)  Retail 
Druggists'  Association  the  following  officers  were  elected  for 
the  ensuing  term :  J.  J.  Schott,  president ;  J.  Scott  Keene, 
first  vice-president,  Charles  E.  Witherspoon ;  second  vice- 
president  ;  Miss  E.  Domingo,  third  vice-president ;  H.  Koester, 
secretary  and  treasurer ;  trustees.  Dr.  E.  B.  Kenner.  G.  H. 
Wilder  and  C.  Michaeiis. 


Park  Begion,  Minnesota. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Park  Region  (Minn.)  Drug- 
gists' Association  held  at  the  Grand  Hotel  in  Fergus  Falls 
recently  G.  H.  Haywood,  of  Osakis,  was  honored  with  the 
election  to  the  presidency  for  the  ensuing  year.  Other  officers 
are  N.  P.  Westberg,  of  Fergus  Falls,  vice-president ;  J.  H. 
Beise,  Fergus  Falls,  secretary ;  G.  C.  Sliles,  Fergus  Falls, 
treasurer. 


Cumberland  County,  Maine. 

The   annual   meeting  of  the   Cumberland   County    (Maine) 

Druggists'   Association   held   at   Riverton    Park   recently   was 


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eulivened  with  a  pleasing  eutertaiumeul  by  Augustus  !•'. 
Howell,  of  Boston,  who  told  some  humorous  stories  and  gave 
a  few  dialect  readings.  The  following  officers  were  elected  : 
President,  E.  M.  Brown ;  first  vice-president,  Thomas  F. 
Carey ;  second  -pice-president,  Jonas  M.  Hammond ;  third  vice- 
president,  Theara  Hilton ;  fourth  vice-president,  E.  C.  Mc- 
Donough ;  secretary,  John  Williamson ;  treasurer,  James  A. 
Broe ;  executive  committee,  E.  W.  Murphy,  E.  O.  Tuttle, 
Charles  E.  Wheeler,  Edward  A.  Hay  and  G.  H.  Wyman. 
The  summer  outing  will  be  held  at  Long  Island. 


Newburg,  N.  Y. 

The  annual  banquet  of  the  Newburg  (N.  Y. )  Druggists' 
Association,  or  the  organization  that  heretofore  has  been 
known  by  that  name,  was  held  recently  in  the  Palatine. 
There  were  36  members  and  guests  present  and  the  event  was 
very  much  enjoyed.  During  the  evening  the  name  was  changed 
by  resolution  to  the  Newburg  Bay  Druggists'  Club,  on  account 
of  the  fact  that  the  organization  has  changed  in  its  character 
since  it  was  formed  and  besides  taking  in  druggists  in  nearby 
places  has  resolved  itself  into  what  is  purely  a  social  club,  the 
main  feature  being  an  annual  bamjuet.  Speech-making  was 
tabooed,  as  the  druggists  were  there  for  amusement  and  en- 
tertainment, the  latter  being  liberally  provided. 

Among  the  diners  were  Francis  Nutt,  president ;  Carl  Streit, 
secretary  ;  William  Streit,  Isaac  C.  Chapman.  Fred  V,  Car- 
penter, George  H.  Merritt,  John  J,  Elliott,  Hiram  Merritt, 
Clarence  Miller,  Ira  Caldwell,  Isaac  B,  Lozier,  Eugene  W. 
Smiley,  Jesse  P.  Carr,  Chester  F.  Brown,  Daniel  Coldwell, 
Frederick  Wallace,  Elmer  Tibbetts,  Ellsworth  Pindar,  William 
A.  A.  Sloat,  George  McNutt,  Albert  Eightmyer,  Harry  Right- 
myer,  A.  J.  Dreyer,  Arthur  DuBois,  Charles  S.  Wallace,  of 
Newburg ;  Tjerck  Rifenbary,  of  Central  Valley,  formerly  of 
Newburg ;  H.  N.  Clark  and  John  Holloran,  of  Cromwell ; 
Ferdinand  Loughran,  Preston  Greene  and  Daniel  Merritt,  of 
Fishkill-on-the-Hudson,  and  Henry  Sheldon  and  Joseph  Far- 
ley, of  Matteawan. 


Savannah,  Ga. 

The  annua!  meeting  of  the  Savannah  (Ga. )  Retail  Drug- 
gists" Association  was  held  at  the  De  Soto  Hotel.  It  was  a 
very  pleasant  and  profitable  meeting  and  the  reports  of  the 
officers  showed  the  organization  to  be  in  splendid  shape. 
The  officers  were  re-elected  as  follows :  President,  W.  A. 
Pigman ;  vice-president,  R.  A.  Rowlinski ;  secretary,  H.  C. 
Shuptrine ;  treasurer,  H.  H.  Livingston.  The  advisory  board 
is  the  same  as  last  year. 

One  of  the  results  of  the  organization  is  that  there  are  now 
seldom  disputes  to  settle  or  misunderstandings  to  adjust  be- 
tween the  Savannah  druggists.  During  the  past  year  the 
advisory  board  was  not  called  upon  to  consider  a  single  com- 
plaint. 

The  question  of  placing  pay  telephones  in  the  drug  stores 
of  Savannah  was  discussed,  but  the  plan  did  not  meet  with 
favor  and  no  formal  vote  was  taken  upon  it.  The  idea  ap- 
peared to  be  that  the  presence  of  the  telephone  served  to  bring 
business.  It  was  decided  to  retain  membership  in  the  N.A.R.D. 
for  another  year.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  meeting  a  smoker 
was  enjoyed. 


Wilkes-Barre. 

A  number  of  druggists  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.,  and  suburban 
towns  met  recently  and  formed  an  American  Druggists'  Synd- 
icate Club  for  that  section.  This  is  an  auxiliary  organization 
of  the  National  association,  which  is  merely  a  co-operative 
body.  The  officers  of  the  local  club  are :  President,  Henry 
Merrit,  of  Plains ;  secretary,  John  Lohmann,  of  Edwardsville : 
treasurer,  W.  D.  White,  of  this  city ;  executive  committee. 
W.  D.  White,  John  Lohmann  and  Henry  Bossert. 


Nashville,  Tenn. 

R.  L.  Eves  presided  at  the  January  meeting  of  the  Nashville 

(Tenn.)  Retail  Druggists'  Association.    Propaganda  work  was 

discussed  and  a  committee  of  six  was  appointed  to  devise  plans 

to  bring  the  druggists  and  doctors  of  Nashville  closer  together. 


Davenport,  Iowa. 
What  was  one  of  the  most  successful  affairs  ever  given  under 
its   auspices,    was    held    recently    by    the   Davenport    (Iowa) 


Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  Commercial  Club.  There 
were  about  42  Rock  Island  and  Davenport  druggists  and  their 
clerks  present.  A  banquet  was  served  in  the  dining  room  of 
the  club  house,  after  which  the  druggists  were  addressed  by 
Thomas  H.  Potts,  secretary  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  who  spoke  briefly 
on  matters  pertaining  to  the  work  of  a  retail  druggist,  and  by 
A,  J,  Reiss,  of  Rock  Island,  and  Carl  Schlegel,  of  Davenport. 
William  Lage  presided  over  the  business  portion  of  the  meet- 
ing, and  J.  Klenze  officiated  as  toastmaster. 


Kansas  City. 
Ratifying  the  resolution  of  the  Missouri  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  the  Kansas  City  Retail  Druggists'  Association 
has  appointed  a  committee  to  co-operate  with  the  State  asso- 
ciation in  its  effort  to  require  annual  registration  or  re- 
registration  of  every  pharmacist  practicing  in  the  State.  C.  E. 
Zimm,  Joseph  C.  Wirthraan  and  R.  S.  Stevens  compose  the 
committee. 


Outagamie  County,  'Wis. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Outagamie  County  (Wis.)  Retail 
Druggists'  Association  recently  at  the  Sherman  House,  Apple- 
ton,  the  following  officers  were  elected ;  President,  Charles  A. 
Little ;  vice-president,  S.  G.  MeCord,  of  Seymour ;  secretary, 
William  Downer ;  treasurer,  Rufus  Lowell. 


CHICAGO  R.D.A.  TO  FIGHT  MEDICAL  CHARITY. 


Joins  With  Doctors  to  Banish  Evil — By-laws  to  be  Re- 
vised— Sui^erabundance  of  Drug  Stores. 

Chicago,  Feb.  15. — That  the  abolishment  of  abuses  of  med- 
ical charities  is  only  a  matter  of  time  and  must  come  soon  in 
Chicago  was  evinced  in  a  vigorous  discussion  at  the  February 
meeting  of  the  executive  hoard  of  the  Chicago  R.D.A.  in  the 
Northwestern  University  building.  The  entire  membership 
was  present  .".ud  each  voiced  sentiments  and  views  on  this  new 
movement  taken  up  by  the  Chicago  association.  The  result  of 
the  discussion  was  that  the  board  instructed  the  president  and 
secretary  of  the  association  to  co-operate  and  work  with  the 
committee  of  the  Chicago  Medical  Society  for  the  abolishment 
of  these  evils. 

Following  the  "working  together"  spirit  that  was  so  enthu- 
siastically shown  in  the  January  "get-together"  meeting,  the 
president  and  the  legislative  committee  were  instructed  to 
confer  and  work  with  the  committees  of  other  organizations  in 
the  city  for  furthering  their  common  interests.  That  a  mild 
revision  of  the  by-laws  of  the  association  will  be  made,  as  a 
result  of  the  proposal  of  William  Bodemann,  is  almost  certain, 
and  a  committee  composed  of  Messrs.  Avery,  Storer  and 
Sandkoetter  will  report  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  board. 

Other  important  measures  considered  were :  ward  meetings 
for  the  druggists  in  all  parts  of  the  city ;  protection  of  retailers 
in  damage  suits ;  the  establishment  of  a  "For  Sale  and  Broker- 
age" agency  to  show  the  superabundance  of  drug  stores  in 
Chicago  by  the  number  offered  for  sale  and  closing  out.  This 
was  the  idea  of  President  Yeomans. 


Olney  &  Jerman  Co.  Getting  Ready  for  Business. 
Chicago,  Feb,  15. — Chicago's  new  wholesale  drug  house, 
the  Olney  &  Jerman  Co.,  which  secured  quarters  at  1.5-17  Ran- 
dolph street  last  December,  expects  to  be  ready  for  business 
before  March  1.  The  stock  is  being  moved  from  Clinton,  la., 
and  is  in  process  of  being  installed  in  the  new  quarters. 
Charles  R.  Dickerson,  formerly  of  Lord,  Owen  &  Co.,  Chicago, 
is  a  member  of  the  firm.  A.  R.  Olney,  F.  L.  Hastings  and 
Charles  A.  Jerman  are  members  of  the  firm. 


Chicago  B.D.A.  is  Pushing  Propaganda  "Work. 
Chicago,  Feb.  15. — H.  J.  Holthoefer  was  elected  chainnan 
and  Otto  Neithammer  secretary  at  a  recvnt  meeting  of  the 
pi'opaganda  committee  of  the  C.R.D.A.  recently  appointed  by 
President  Yeomans.  The  committee  got  active  at  once  and  is 
now  well  involved  in  a  carefully  prepared  plan  for  pushing  the 
work. 


Acquitted  of  Violating  Pharmacy  Law. 
Detroit.    Feb.   15. — The   case   against   Arch   M.    Reid,   the 
Gratiot    avenue    druggist    charged    with    violating    the    Phar- 
macy  Laws,   has   been   dismissed   in   pol'ce   court,   he   having 
complied  with  the  requirements  of  the, State  inspector. 


February  18,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  '    165 

THREE  PROMINENT  ILLINOIS  DRUG  MEN  WHO  WILL  HELP  ENTERTAIN  STATE  PHA.  AT  QUINCY. 


A.   C.  KENNEDY. 


F.  X.  OXLEY. 


A.  W.  HOBART,  M.D. 


NEXT  CONVENTION  OF  THE  ILL.  PH.A.  EN  JUNE.       CHICAGO  VETERANS  HOLD  LINCOLN  SESSION. 


Entertainment  Committee  Plans  to  Make  the  Quincy 
Event  More  Pleasureable  Than  Any  of  Its  Kind. 

Chicago,  Feb.  15. — The  Eba  has  printed  the  half-tone 
presentments  of  some  of  the  wide-awake  members  of  the  Illi- 
nois Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association,  three  more  are 
printed  on  this  page  and  others  will  appear  in  later  issues. 
These  are  the  men  who  are  shouting  already :  "'All  aboard  for 
Quincy !"  They  are  working  hard  to  secure  the  largest  turn- 
out of  druggists  ever  seen  in  Illinois  and  they  propose  to 
make  the  event  so  enjoyable  that  all  will  ever  afterward  attend 
the  annual  meetings  of  the  Illinois  State  Ph.A. 

Of  the  three  here  bowing  to  their  future  guests.  Dr.  Hobart 
is  the  manager  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  Horlick's  Malted  Food 
Company.  He  is  an  old  hand  at  devising  features  to  entertain 
druggists  and  promises  to  cut  new  notches  in  his  record.  Mr. 
Kennedy  is  with  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.,  of  Chicago,  and  is 
noted  as  a  singer.  Mr.  Osley  represents  Seabury  &  Johnson 
from  Portland  to  Portland,  that  is  from  Maine  to  Oregon  and 
back  again,  with  Illinois  as  his  turning  place. 

There  are  more  than  three :  there  are  30  or  more  just  like 
these  three,  and  they  are  all  working  to  make  the  First  Round- 
Up  at  Quincy  June  15-17  the  greatest  ever  in  the  State  of 
Illinois.  Dr.  Hobart  has  whispered  some  of  the  features  to  the 
Era,  but  they  will  be  reserved  for  later  use. 

The  I.P.T.A.  will  hold  its  annual  informal  stag  dinner  en 
the  evening  of  February  27  in  the  quarters  of  the  Chicago 
Drug  Trade  Club,  122  Franklin  street.  An  attendance  of  100 
of  Illinois  drug  salesmen  is  expected.  The  purpose  of  the 
meeting  is  to  get  all  of  the  boys  together  and  help  along  the 
preparations  for  the  big  round-up  at  Quincy  in  June  of  the 
association  and  the  entertainment  of  the  Illinois  Ph.A. 


Visiting  Druggists  in  Chicago. 
Chicago,  Feb.  15. — The  following  druggists  were  in  Chicago 
last  week :  E.  P.  Shellabarger,  Columbus  Junction,  Iowa ; 
W.  L.  Holmes,  Williamsburg.  Iowa ;  M.  J.  Row,  Portland, 
Mich. :  C.  F.  Miller,  Peru,  Ind. :  X.  P.  Olsen.  Grayling,  Mich. : 
W.  Rogers,  Madison.  Ind. :  W.  E.  Shrader,  Iowa  City.  Iowa ; 
H.  Weir,  Portland,  Ore. :  M.  M.  Nye,  Nye  &  Booe,  Crawfords- 
ville,  Ind. :  E.  Neurling.  Cable,  Ind. :  O.  C.  Holmes,  W.  C. 
Holmes  &  Co.,  rarsons,  Kan. ;  C.  F.  Scott,  Argo,  111. :  C. 
Schaetazle,  Schaetazle  &  Fossleman,  ^iibuque,  Iowa ;  J .  W. 
Mulhern,  Keota,  Iowa  ;  W.  H.  Linder,  Storey  City,  Iowa  ;  J.  C. 
Roushar,  Zearing,  Iowa  ;  C.  C.  Bosworth,  Madrid,  Iowa ;  J.  T. 
Dana,  Dana  &  Worm  Co.,  Fond  du  Lac,  Mich. ;  H.  M.  Rich- 
ardson, Omaha.  Neb. ;   W.  T.  Brown,  Columbus  Junction,  la. 


Quarterly  Meeting  of  the  Old  Guard  Fixed  for  Hun- 
dredth Anniversary,  Whereby  "Scoop"  is  Scored. 

Chicago,  Feb.  15. — The  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation is  original  as  well  as  old  in  the  ages  of  its  members  and 
it  is  more  enterprising  than  some  of  the  older-youthful  organi- 
zations. The  quarterly  meeting  was  fixed  for  Lincoln's  Birth- 
day at  the  Union  Club  for  more  than  one  reason  and  the 
association  scored  a  "scoop"  on  all  of  the  other  druggists'  as- 
sociations by  holding  the  first  Lincoln  celebration  ever  held  by 
a  drug  organization.  It  was  in  line  with  the  history  of  the 
CV'.D.A.,  which  was  unique  in  its  inception  and  which  scored 
another  of  many  records  in  its  tribute  to  the  assassin's  victim. 

There  were  25  members  and  guests  assembled  and  the  room 
was  beautifully  decorated  with  American  flags,  Lincoln  pic- 
tures and  the  ever  significant  C.V.D.A.  carnation  pink.  After 
luncheon  President  Fuller  opened  the  exercises  by  proposing  a 
toast  to  the  President  who  had  lost  his  life  in  the  performance 
of  his  duty.  Tossed  off  with  proper  appreciation  of  the  mem- 
ory of  the  dead,  all  of  the  members  and  guests  were  called 
upon  for  brief  remarks  and  all  responded,  each  in  his  own 
way.  Later  Mr.  Jamieson  occupied  the  chair  and  in  his  usual 
way  succeeded  in  drawing  out  from  the  more  difiident  ones 
some  expressions  that  were  delightful  to  the  appreciative  mem- 
bers. Taken  in  its  entirety  the  occasion  was  a  source  of  pleas- 
ure to  all  present,  for  the  speeches  were  eloquent,  patriotic 
and  sincere,  although  a  majority  of  the  speakers  were  not  of 
native  soil,  but  hail  from  Scotland,  Sweden,  England,  Ger- 
many and  Milwaukee  avenue. 

"Lincoln  belonged  to  the  'drug  store  sitters'  class,"  said 
Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg.  "While  in  Springfield  he  spent  much 
of  his  time  in  the  drug  store  of  R.  W.  DUler.  His  name  is 
scratched  with  pencil  in  the  desk  on  which  he  used  to  sit  and 
discuss  the  politics  of  that  day.  In  a  sense  he  belongs  to  us 
as  druggists.  There  is  no  doubt  that  in  the  drug  store  he 
learned  human  nature,  which  knowledge  showed  so  clearly  in 
his  later  career." 


Druggists  'Would  Like  to  Be  Aldermen. 
Chicago,  Feb.  15. — The  druggist  in  politics  is  being  empha- 
sized by  the  fact  that  two  members  of  the  Chicago  R.D.A. 
are  running  for  aldermen.  These  are  John  J.  Boehm,  one  of 
the  most  aggressive  men  in  the  city,  who  is  seeking  the  nomi- 
nation from  the  Democrats  of  the  Ninth  Ward,  and  C.  G. 
Poucek.  of  5S6  South  Center  avenue,  who  is  a  candidate  for 
the  Republican  nomination  in  the  Tenth  Ward.  Mr.  Foucek 
has  served  in  the  City  Council  and  has  a  record  for  bis  term. 


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[February  18,  1909 


Board   Examinations 


Oregon. 

Saiem,  Feb.  10. — Governor  Chamberlain  has  appointed  Miss 
Kittie  Walker  Harbord  a  member  of  the  Oregon  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  to  succeed  herself,  her  term  of  five  years,  begin- 
ning in  1003,  having  recently  expired.  The  Governor  has  ap- 
pointed F.  H.  Caldwell,  of  Yamhill,  to  the  vacancy  on  the 
board  created  by  the  resig- 
nation of  John  M.  A.  Laue, 
of  Portland,  who  has  retired 
from  the  retail  drug  trade  to 
devote  his  attention  to  con- 
ducting a  preparatory  school 
of  pharmacy. 

Miss  Harbord  is  a  native 
of  Oregon  and  was  born  in 
1S76.  At  the  age  of  17  she 
began  the  study  of  pharmacy, 
later  taking  a  three  years' 
course  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  where 
she  graduated  in  1901.  Miss 
MISS  KITTIE  W.  HARBORD.  Harbord  is  a  self-made 
woman  whose  collegiate  edu- 
cation was  obtained  through  her  earnings  as  a  clerk.  When 
appointed  originally  she  was  the  first  woman  in  Oregon  to  be 
thus  honored.  During  her  first  term  she  served  in  rotation  in 
her  turn  with  the  other  members  as  president  and  treasurer 
of  the  board.  She  is  a  member  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 


Ohio. 


Columbus,  Feb.  10.— The  Ohio  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
has  granted  certificates  to  the  following  applicants,  who  took 
the  test  at  the  recent  examination : 

Phabmacists— Harry  J.  Sand,  J.  H.  Handle.  Henry  J. 
Jennie,  Frank  H.  Landier  and  Arthur  M.  Robinson,  Cincin- 
nati ;  Otto  A.  Koch  and  Pierce  H.  Richardson,  Columbus ; 
Adele  Krebs.  Cleveland ;  Adolph  C.  Steckel,  Bryan ;  C.  F. 
Assenheimer  and  Ralph  R.  Johnston,  Bucyrus ;  George  J. 
Smith,  Maumee ;  Charles  A.  Lindsey,  Toledo ;  Arthur  W. 
Gillig,  Elyria  :  G.  J.  Vortkamp,  Lima ;  J.  K.  G.  Given,  Zanes- 
ville ;  Harry  F.  Hipp,  Sandusky ;  Harry  H.  Anderson.  Sardi- 
nia ;  P.  J.  Falter,  Ireton ;  Merrill  H.  Mellott,  Springfield ; 
Daniel  F.  Brickey,  Findlay,  and  John  Jones,  Jefferson. 

Assistant  Pharmacists — Duke  Blacet,  George  N.  Case 
and  F.  W.  Gehring,  Cleveland ;  Raymond  H.  St.  John,  Collin- 
wood ;  Warren  M.  Goon,  Toledo ;  Benjamin  G.  Covert,  Lou- 
donville ;  Ed  H.  Zulandt,  Zanesville ;  Ora  0.  Wentling,  Whar- 
ton ;  Fred  M.  Hale,  Wilmington. 

The  following  who  took  the  examination  for  pharmacists, 
may  secure  certificates  for  assistant  pharmacists  if  they  so 
desire : 

Carl  W.  Parker  and  John  F.  Barilett,  Cleveland  ;  Merritt 
C.  Draper,  North  Baltimore ;  Thomas  J.  McRoberts,  Xenia : 
W.  B.  Longstreth,  Dayton,  and  John  F.  Klein,  Pemberville. 

The  board  filed  its  annual  report  with  Governor  Harmon, 
showing  that  during  the  year  there  was  a  total  of  128  certifi- 
cates granted,  making  the  grand  total  of  certificated  phar- 
macists and  assistants  4171. 

The  number  of  charges  filed  in  the  courts  during  the  year 
for  violation  of  the  laws  governing  druggists  was  39,  of  which 
30  were  tried  and  29  were  fined.  The  total  amount  of  fines 
was  $1320. 

The  first  prize  for  the  highest  average  secured  on  examina- 
tion was  awarded  to  Percy  P.  Craine,  Elyria,  who  will  secure 
a  membership  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
A.  A.  Oppect,  Toledo,  was  awarded  the  second,  consisting  of 
a  membership  in  the  Ohio  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


New  Mexico. 

Santa    Fe,    Feb.    10. — B.    Ruppe,    president,    Albuquerque. 

and    A.    J.    Fischer,    secretary,    Santa    Fe.    announce    that    a 

meeting  of  the  Territorial  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held  at 

Santa  Fe  on  Monday,  March  8.     Candidates  for  examination 


must  report  promptly  at  9  a.  m.  at  Secretary  Fischer's  drug 
store. 

All  violations  of  the  Pharmacy  and  Poison  Laws  should  be 
reported  at  once  either  to  the  secretary  or  president,  so  that 
they  may  be  investigated  before  the  meeting. 


New  Jersey. 

Bbidgeton.  Feb.  13. — Secretary  Henry  A.  Jorden,  of  the 
New  Jersey  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  announces  that  the 
following  candidates  were  successful  at  the  January  examina- 
tions : 

Registeeed  Phabmacists. — Harry  F.  Asher,  Brooklyn ; 
Miss  Maris  Atkinson,  State  College,  Pa. ;  Abraham  J.  Block, 
New  York ;  Henry  I.  Branower,  New  York ;  Morris  Herman 
Burstein,  Newark ;  Ralph  Ciluzz,  Newark ;  Michael  J.  Com- 
merford,  Jr.,  Newark  ;  Giambattista  Corona,  Newark ;  Charles 
Jerome  Cunz,  Fort  Lee ;  Herman  Lorenz  Doring,  Jersey  City ; 
Joseph  Field  Dulaney,  Atlantic  City ;  Raffaele  A.  Farese, 
Newark ;  Hugh  Freile.  Jersey  City  ;  Henry  Herbert  Gladwin, 
Paterson ;  Charles  Roy  Grammer,  Asbury  Park ;  Alfred 
Griggs,  Philadelphia ;  Roland  B.  Grom,  Newark ;  Emil  Mat- 
thiessen,  Passaic ;  Joseph  Herman  Mayzel,  Jersey  City ; 
Ralph  Vincent  Muldoon,  Freehold  ;  Charles  Henry  Neff,  Tren- 
ton ;  James  Charles  Nixon,  Jersey  City ;  Edward  A.  Rooney, 
East  Orange ;  Samuel  S.  Rubin,  Newark ;  Frank  G.  Schaefer, 
Jersey  City ;  Israel  Schapiro,  New  York ;  i  red  C.  Schmidt, 
Jersey  City ;  Fred.  Charles  Grant  Seeker,  Newark ;  Clarence 
R.  Shryer,  Scranton ;  Morris  Teplow,  New  York ;  William 
Madison  Walsh,  Plainfield ;  Frank  Lair  W^ilson,  Belvidere. 

Registeeed  Assistants. — Morris  Herman  Burstein,  New- 
ark ;  Henry  Bange,  Newark ;  Ambrose  William  Coleman, 
Trenton ;  Charles  V.  Dempsey,  Paterson ;  Mulford  Ludlam. 
Jr.,  Millville ;  George  Mazger,  Jr.,  Jersey  City ;  Benjamin 
Rood,  Passaic ;  Samuel  S.  Rubin,  Newark. 

Messrs.  Burstein  and  Rubin  took  both  examinations,  which 
were  held  on  separate  days,  passing  both  successfully.  While 
other  candidates  have  taken  both  examinations  this  is  the 
first  time  that  any  one  has  passed  both  at  the  same  meeting 
of  the  New  Jersey  Board. 


Kentucky. 

Lexington,  Feb.  12. — At  the  meeting  of  the  Kentucky 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in  Covington,  January  13,  a  class  of 
38  was  examined,  the  following  of  whom  passed :  William  H. 
Davis,  Jeffersonville,  Ind. ;  Thurman  Drane,  Louisville ;  Miss 
Ethel  Duvall,  Savage,  Ky. ;  F.  O.  Heberlein,  Covington,  Ky. ; 
Charles  Jewell,  Bardwell.  Ky. ;  Joseph  A.  Teipel,  Covington. 
Ky. ;  Judson  T.  Wilkes.  Charleston,  W.  Va. ;  L.  L.  Carpenter, 
Owensboro,  Ky. ;  Theo.  Buschmeyer,  Louisville ;  Edward  J. 
Gibbons,  Cincinnati. 

The  next  examination  will  be  held  in  Louisville,  April  13. 
Applications  should  be  filed  with  the  secretary,  J.  W.  Gayle, 
Frankfort,  Ky.,  at  least  ten  days  before  that  time. 


South  Dakota. 

Dell  Rapids.  Feb.  10. — The  result  of  the  recent  examina- 
tion of  the  winter  class  by  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  Pierre 
is  as  follows : 

Registered  as  Licentiates. — M.  Goebel,  Sioux  Falls; 
A.  J.  Kohler,  Sioux  Falls ;  August  Hoffmann,  Watertown ; 
Howard  Dakin,  Britton ;  C.  D.  Flannery,  Elk  Point;  E.  F. 
Shimerda,  Howard ;  H.  J.  Peterson,  Sturgis ;  Grant  Vicker, 
Carthage;  W.  N.  Walker,  Lemmon ;  H.  A.  Peabody,  M.D., 
Webster;  J.  J.  Fletcher,  Fort  Pierre. 

Assistants. — W.  C.  Voigt,  Corona;  B.  T.  Dott,  Salem; 
Mrs.  J.  M.  Kenaston,  Bonesteel ;  C.  B.  Lillibridge,  Lemmon ; 
J.  W.  McCarthy.  Meadow;  F.  R.  Gibson.  Esmond;  J.  L.  Ma- 
gennis,  Pierre ;  H.  C.  Trowbridge,  Pierre ;  I.  E.  Hambly,  Mil- 
ler ;  W.  F.  Albery,  Spears ;  William  ToUefson,  Webster ;  C.  A. 
Steen,  Miller. 

The  next  regular  meeting  of  the  board  will  be  held  at 
Brookings  College,  April  21. 


New  Pharmacy  for  Atlantic  City. 
J.  G.  B.  Newhard,  who  for  several  years  was  with  Charles 
L.  Keeler,  proprietor  of  two  retail  drug  stores  in  Atlantic 
City,  is  arranging  to  open  on  March  15  a  handsome  store  at 
Boardwalk  and  Brighton  avenue.  Atlantic  City.  Mr.  Newhard 
will  make  a  specialty  of  soda  water  and  has  purchased  a  fine 
apparatus. 


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GOVERNOR  REJECTS  HONEST  BOARD  MEMBER.         VALUE  OF  PHYSIOLOGICAL  TESTS  OF  DRUGS. 


No   Objection   to   Mr.    Koch,    But   Politicians    Did    Not 
Want  Mr.   ClifEe  Because  He  Offended  Them. 

Philadelphia.  Feb.  1.5. — The  appointment  of  Christopher 
Koch,  of  this  city,  to  a  place  on  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Examining  Board,  announced  last  week,  to  succeed 
Wm.  L.  Cliffe  marks  the  close  of  one  of  the  most  interesting 
chapters  in  the  pharmaceutical  annals  of  the  State.  The  out- 
come was  rather  a  surprise  and  by  some  this  result  is  looked 
upon  as  a  compromise  on  the  part  of  the  sorely-beset  Governor. 
Mr.  Koch  is  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  trade,  partic- 
ularly in  connection  with  his  consistent  and  vigorous  support 
of  the  propaganda  movement  which  locally  and  as  the  chair- 
man of  the  U.S. P.  and  N.P.  propaganda  committee  of  the 
N.A.R.D.,  he  has  helped  to  bring  to  its  present  eminent  posi- 
tion among  the  issues  which  confront  the  retail  drug  trade. 

The  term  of  Mr.  Cliffe,  who  was  the  treasurer  of  the  board, 
expired  in  June  of  last  year,  and  shortly  before  that  time 
political  interests  which,  it  is  generally  understood,  had  tried 
in  vain  to  have  certain  henchmen  registered  when  they  were 
not  entitled  to  registration,  aimed  to  have  appointed  as  Mr. 
Cliffe's  successor,  a  man  whom  they 
could  control.  Mr.  Koch's  name  had  been 
mentioned  by  retail  interests  for  another 
vacancy  on  the  board,  since  filled,  but 
practically  the  entire  retail  trade  of  the 
State  endorsed  Mr,  Cliffe  for  reappoint- 
ment. Delegations  from  all  over  the 
State  and  representing  the  majority  of 
its  drug  organizations  called  upon  the 
Governor  in  the  interests  of  Mr.  Cliffe's 
reappointment.  Endorsements  of  his  work 
appeared  in  the  newspapers  while  letters, 
petitions  and  resolutions  were  forwarded 
steadily  to  Harrisburg, 

Mr.  Cliffe  continued  to  serve  while  the 
contest  for  his  place  was  waged.  Several 
names  were  mentioned  and  politicians  of 
prominence  sought  to  have  certain  drug- 
gists come  out  as  a  candidate,  but  the  op- 
portunities were  refused.  The  Governor 
declined  to  commit  himself  until  he 
named  Mr,  Koch  to  succeed  Treasurer 
Cliffe. 

But  now  new  complications  have  arisen 
which  promise  to  keep  the  matter  before 
the  public  for  some  time  to  come.  Gov- 
ernor Stuart,  in  a  statement  to  the  news- 
papers in  reply  to  a  charge  by  Mahlon  N. 
Kline  in  which  the  latter  said  Mr.  Cliffe 
had  been  dropped  for  political  reasons,  is 
credited  with  stating  that  his  reasons  for 
not  reappointing  Mr.  Cliffe  were  not  po- 
litical   in    any    way,    but    that    if    Mr. 

Kline  would  call  at  the  Executive  Department  he  will  give 
him  his  reasons  for  not  reappointing  Mr,  Cliffe,  "which  rea- 
sons," the  Governor  is  quoted  as  saying,  "will  convince  him 
of  the  impropriety  of  retaining  Mr.  Cliffe  as  a  member  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board."  The  indignation  of  Mr. 
Cliffe  and  his  host  of  friends  is  aroused  over  this  statement 
b.r  the  Governor  and  they  have  demanded  an  investigation. 
Mr,  Kline  proposes  to  see  the  Governor  and  learn  the  reasons 
and  the  entire  drug  trade  of  the  State  is  stirred  up  over  the 
affair. 


CHRISTOPHER   KOCH,    Philadelphia, 
New  Member  Pennsylvania   State  Phar- 
maceutical  Examining   Board. 


Drug  Clerk  Indicted  for  Manslaughter, 
Xoe  R.  Hirsch,  a  drug  clerk  who  was  in  the  employ  of 
Charles  Friedgen,  a  druggist  at  120th  street  and  Amsterdam 
avenue,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  Torjj  City,  was  indicted 
by  the  Grand  Jury  last  week  for  manslauglter  in  the  first 
degree,  on  the  charge  of  having  caused  the  death  of  Carson 
Deelwater,  an  infant.  According  to  the  testimony  given  at 
the  inquest  and  hearings,  Hirsch  compounded  and  dispensed 
a  prescription  containing  morjjhine  sulphate  in  place  of  mag- 
nesium sulphate.  A  chemist  from  the  Health  Department 
testified  that  analysis  showed  that  the  mixture  given  the  child 
was  a  solution  of  morphine  sulphate  in  water.  Another  clerk 
who  checked  the  prescription  was  acquitted.  The  case  will 
soon  come  up  for  trial. 


Interesting  Papers  Discussed  by  Washington  Branch 
of  the  A,Ph,A, — Will  Visit  Philadelphia. 
Washington,  Feb.  1.". — At  the  third  meeting  of  the  City 
of  Washington  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  the  general  subject 
was  "The  need  for  the  physiological  testing  of  drugs  and 
medicinal  substances."  Mr.  Hilton,  the  first  vice-president, 
presided. 

Dr,  Milton  J.  Rosenau,  director  of  the  Hygienic  Laboratory 
of  the  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service,  read  a 
paper  on  the  physiological  standardizing  of  sera.  He  defined 
micro-organisms  that  are  instrumental  in  the  production  of 
diseases  and  discussed  the  tolerance  produced  by  the  toxins 
generated  by  the  proliferation  of  these  organisms. 

He  asserted  that  the  benefit  to  the  human  race  from  the 
introduction  of  antidiphtheritie  and  antitetanic  sera  must 
be  classed  among  the  greatest  benefits  that  have  been  secured 
through  medical  science  and  ranks  well  with  such  epoch-mak- 
ing innovations  as  the  introduction  of  antisepsis,  anesthesia 
and  of  vaccination. 

Dr.  Worth  Hale  presented  a  communication  on  physiolog- 
ical testing  in  the  control  of  drugs.  As 
an  illustration  of  the  harm  that  has  been 
done  by  the  indiscriminate  or  ignorant 
use  of  medicines  he  outlined  the  history 
of  digitalis  and  called  particular  atten- 
tion to  the  at  one  time  widespread  use 
of  this  drug  in  cases  of  aneurism,  a  con- 
dition where  it  would  do  distinct  harm, 
and  no  doubt  was  the  frequent  cause  of 
serious  complications. 

Ergot,  another  drug  that  is  not  sus- 
ceptible to  chemical  control,  serves  to 
illustrate  the  need  for  developing  stand- 
ard methods  for  the  physiological  testing 
of  drugs  as  different  methods  with  dif- 
ferent animals  give  widely  varying  re- 
sults. In  concluding,  Dr.  Hale  ventured 
the  opinion  that  the  importance  of  the 
control  of  drugs  of  this  kind  fully  justi- 
fied the  introduction  of  physiological 
methods  of  standardization  in  the  Phar- 
macopoeia, 

Dr,  W,  Salant  called  attention  to  the 
importance  of  the  study  of  the  action  of 
drugs  in  pathologic  conditions.  The  sev- 
eral factors  that  are  involved  in  the 
action  of  a  drug  on  the  animal  organism 
are  more  or  less  influenced  by  pathologic 
conditions  which  may,  and  undoubtedly 
do  interfere  with  the  ordinary  effect  of  a 
drug. 

Dr.  Salant  quoted  a  number  of  experi- 
menters who  had  demonstrated  the  varia- 
tion in  the  action  of  foods  and  medicinal  substances  by  path- 
ologic conditions.  Among  the  more  interesting  medicaments 
the  variable  results  that  have  been  obtained  with  such  drugs 
as  adrenalin,  digitalis,  strophanthus,  antipyrine,  quinine,  so- 
dium salicylate  and  salicylates  generally  all  serve  to  show 
how  differently  drugs  behave  under  various  conditions  and 
that  active  new  drugs  may  involve  dangerous  complications. 

Dr.  Albert  C.  Crawford,  in  discussing  "Some  little  under- 
stood phases  of  biologic  testing,"  demonstrated  the  impor- 
tance of  biologic  control  in  the  separation  of  active  principles 
of  a  complicated  nature.  In  connection  with  the  testing  of 
crude  drugs  he  pointed  out  that  the  accompanying  ingredients 
may  greatly  modify  the  action  of  the  active  principle  itself. 

Dr.  Reid  Hunt,  in  opening  the  general  discussion,  pointed 
out  that  the  papers  presented  fully  justified  the  continuation 
of  animal  experimentation  regardless  of  the  agitation  that  is 
being  carried  on  by  overzealous  but  misinformed  objectors  to 
vivisection. 

So  far  as  experiments  with  drugs  are  concerned.  Dr.  Hunt 
pointed  out  that  this  does  not  ordinarily  involve  the  causation 
of  pain  and  never  involves  cruelty,  as  this  would  absolutely 
vitiate  the  results  that  might  be  obtained.  The  greater  num- 
ber of  experiments  are  conducted  on  carefully  anesthetized 
animals  so  as  to  avoid  the  complicating  factor  caused  by  paifi. 
Dr.  John  F.  Anderson  described  the  nature  of  the  super- 
vision  exercised   by   the   Hygienic   Laboratory   of   the   Public 


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Health  aud  Marine  Hospital  Service  over  the  manufacture 
of  antitoxiues  aud  vaccines.  Among  the  subjects  that  are 
particularly  controlled  under  this  form  of  jurisdiction  are  the 
nature  and  the  equipment  of  the  laboratory,  the  correct  label- 
ling of  the  product,  the  potency,  freedom  from  contamination 
and  the  nature  of  the  preservative. 

Among  the  advances  that  have  been  made,  under  this  system 
of  control,  probably  the  most  evident  is  the  progressive  in- 
crease in  the  potency  of  sera.  The  subject  was  further  dis- 
cussed by  Dr.  Kebler,  Mr.  Chestnut,  Dr.  Beyer,  Dr.  Sehultz, 
Dr.  Rosenau  and  Mr.  Parker. 

A  communication  from  the  chairman  of  the  section  of  prac- 
tical pharmacy  and  dispensing  of  the  A.Ph.A.  was  referred 
to  the  next  meeting,  on  March  9,  when  the  general  subject  of 
revision  of  the  National  Formulary  will  be  discussed. 

An  invitation  from  Philadelphia  Branch  to  the  members  of 
Washington  Branch  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  former  on 
April  6  was  accepted  and  quite  a  delegation  is  already  assured. 


THOKOUGH  DISCUSSION  ON  PROPAGANDA. 


Kings   County  Society   Detail   Man   to   Cover  Borough 
Again — Proposed  Pharmacy  Bill  Indorsed. 

There  was  an  interesting  discussion  on  matters  relating  to  the 
propaganda  work  at  the  meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Phar- 
maceutical Society  on  February  9,  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy.  A  lengthy  report  was  given  by  Dr.  Van  Horn, 
the  detail  man,  who  related  his  experiences  and  stated  that 
he  was  now  making  his  second  call  on  a  number  of  physicians. 
As  a  rule  his  reception  was  cordial  and  there  was  still  the 
same  interest  in  the  work  on  the  part  of  the  physicians  as 
heretofore.  The  old  complaints  from  the  doctors  about  the 
lack  of  uniformity  in  color,  and  other  physical  variations  in 
some  of  the  preparations  were  still  coming  from  some  quarters, 
he  said,  but  not  to  the  former  extent,  and  he  believed  that  in 
most  cases  the  facts  were  exaggerated.  This  contention  was 
supported  by  investigation  by  the  committee. 

John  G.  Wischert,  chairman  of  the  trade  matters  committee, 
which  has  charge  of  the  propaganda  work,  announced  that  it 
was  the  intention  of  the  committee  to  continue  the  work  and 
have  Dr.  Van  Horn  cover  the  city  again.  No  deviation  from 
the  present  methods  had  been  considered  necessary  and  prob- 
ably no  new  features  would  be  added. 

Dr.  William  Muir  sharply  criticized  the  druggists  in  certain 
sections  of  the  city  for  lack  of  support  in  helping  the  society  in 
pushing  the  propaganda  work,  citing  a  number  of  instances 
where  a  contribution  to  the  propaganda  fund  had  been  asked 
for,  but  was  deliberately  refused  by  the  druggist  on  the  ground 
that  the  work  was  of  no  benefit  to  him,  although  it  could  be 
proven  in  most  cases,  that  the  N.F.  preparations  were  stocked 
in.  the  pharmacy  and  were  in  good  demand.  Dr.  Muir 
thought  it  was  about  time  that  the  druggists  showed  their  ap- 
preciation in  a  material  way. 

George  R.  Christ,  treasurer  of  the  committee,  announced 
the  list  of  contributers  during  the  month  and  took  a  more 
optimistic  view  of  the  situation,  because  of  the  fact  that  the 
committee  so  far  had  been  self-supporting  and  had  a  balance 
in  the  treasury.  The  committee  was  authorized  to  purchase 
200  additional  physicians'  manuals. 

The  legislative  committee  was  instructed  to  oppose  the 
Gluek  Bill  and  the  Conklin  Bill,  both  of  which  are  pending 
in  the  State  Legislature.  An  outline  of  the  proposed  new 
Pharmacy  Board  Bill,  drawn  at  the  instigation  of  the  legisla- 
tive committee  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, was  given  by  Dr.  Muir.  one  of  the  members  of  the 
State  committee.  This  bill  was  unanimously  indorsed  and  the 
legislative  committee  of  the  society  instructed  to  favor  its 
passage  when  introduced  in  the  State  Legislature. 

Otto  Raubenheimer  read  a  paper  entitled  "U.S.P.  and  N.F. 
Preparations — Against  Nostrums."  This  paper  was  a  resumfi 
on  the  use  of  the  olBcial  and  ofBcinal  remedies  by  the  ancients 
and  the  subsequent  usurpation  under  new  names  of  a  number 
of  these  medicines  by  certain  proprietary  interests  who  claimed 
originality  for  the  remedy,  and  charged  piracy  on  the  part  of 
the  revisors  of  the  U.S.P.  and  the  N.F.  Mr.  Raubenheimer 
denied  the  piracy  charge  and  the  members  who  discussed  the 
paper  were  in  accord  with  his  views  on  the  subject. 

Oscar  C.  Kleine,  treasurer,  reported  a  balance  of  $303.91 
in  the  society  account  and  $6203.48  in  the  college  treasury. 
About  ten  members,  no  longer  in  the  retail  drug  business,  were 


dropped  from  the  rolls,  and  nine  new  members  were  elected,  as 
follows :  H.  W.  Dulberger,  Walter  S.  Dean,  Laurence  Zunk, 
Perry  Pick,  August  Baum,  Alfred  Hammer,  Nicholas  S.  Ge- 
soalde,  Adolph  W.  Mooz,  Frederick  J.  Zimmerman.  Following 
are  the  names  of  those  proposed  for  membership :  Marcus  A. 
Schochter,  Louis  Gaer,  Maurice  A.  Cohn,  Alfred  S.  Bayles, 
Toni  Sanntrock  and  Edwin  J.  Woelfle. 

Announcement  was  made  that  the  members  of  the  society 
were  formally  invited  to  attend  a  meeting  of  the  Brooklyn 
Medical  Society  on  February  19,  at  Hart's  Hall,  Gates  ave- 
nue and  Broadway.  Dr.  Muir  stated  that  at  this  meeting 
Dr.  William  C.  Anderson  would  deliver  an  address  on  "The 
Practice  of  Medicine  and  Pharmacy,"  and  that  a  large  dele- 
gation of  both  physicians  and  pharmacists  from  Manhattan, 
besides  a  number  from  Kings  and  Queens  Counties,  intended 
to  attend  the  affair. 


OBITUARY  NOTES. 


— Db.  Edwin  C.  Dennin.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  is  dead  of  pneu- 
monia, aged  40.     A  widow  survives. 

— RoBEBT  W.  McLean,  formerly  a  well-known  druggist  at 
Janesville,  Wis.,  recently  died  at  Chihuahua,  Mexico,  where  he 
had  been  conducting  a  hotel. 

— Eugene  Wabd,  formerly  in  charge  of  the  druggists'  sun- 
dries department  of  Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler,  St.  Paul,  afterward 
in  business  for  himself,  died  recently  in  Chicago. 

— Habst  L.  Guth,  Carnegie,  Pa.,  died  in  the  street  re- 
cently while  walking  to  his  store.  Heart  failure  was  the 
cause.   A  widow  and  son  survive ;  he  was  thirty-five. 

— Lewis  E.  Collins,  aged  70,  is  dead  in  St.  Louis.  With 
his  brother  Henry,  he  founded  the  whoesale  drug  house  of 
Collins  Brothers  about  40  years  ago.  but  he  retired  12  years 
ago. 

— William  Bckl,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  is  dead,  aged  45.  He 
was  a  graduate  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  and  for 
the  last  eight  years  had  been  in  the  employ  of  the  Department 
of  Agriculture. 

— Joseph  H.  Lutz,  of  New  Britain,  Conn.,  is  dead  as  the 
result  of  a  fall  on  an  icy  sidewalk.  He  was  prominent  in 
public  affairs,  belonged  to  numerous  societies  and  was  married. 
He  was  born  in  1853. 

— Db.  Benno  Bbibach,  widely  known  in  South  St.  Louis, 
is  dead  of  spinal  trouble,  aged  63.  He  opened  a  pharmacy 
in  1880  at  Virginia  avenue  and  Stein  street.  A  widow  and 
five  daughters  survive. 

— L.  W.  Douglass,  aged  42,  and  engaged  in  the  dmg 
business  in  Minneapolis  for  23  years,  is  dead.  A  widow  and 
son  survive.  Mr.  Douglass  was  prominent  in  Masonic  affairs 
and  belonged  to  other  organizations. 

— Capt.  Chables  E.  Bond,  who  was  a  druggist  in  Minne- 
apolis prior  to  the  Spanish-American  war  in  which  he  served 
with  distinction,  died  recently  from  an  operation  made  neces- 
sary by  injuries  received  in  the  service.  He  was  38  years  old 
and  was  raised  in  Bucks  County,  Pa.,  where  his  mother 
survives  him. 

— Mbs.  J.  Edwabd  Howabd,  wife  of  the  secretary  of  the 
Drug  Merchants  of  America,  died  suddenly  at  her  residence, 
2460  Seventh  avenue.  Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City, 
on  January  17.  The  funeral  took  place  in  Detroit,  her  former 
home.  Mr.  Howard  is  well  known  in  the  drug  trade  and  has 
a  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances  who  will  be  grieved 
to  learn  of  his  bereavement. 


"Straight  Whisky"  is  Crooked  in  Washington. 

Washington,  Feb.  6. — Wholesale  prosecutions  of  saloon 
keepers  will  probably  result  from  investigations  which  Dr. 
Wiley  has  just  conducted.  His  inspectors  went  out  recently 
and  bought  "straight  whisky"  from  twenty-four  saloon  men 
and  hotel  keepers. 

"Out  of  the  entire  lot,"  said  Dr.  Wiley  to  the  Eba  corre- 
spondent, "but  three  samples  were  pure  whisky.  Twenty-one 
showed  adulteration." 

"What  are  you  going  to  do  about  it?"  the  government 
chemist  was  asked. 

"Send  them  to  the  district  attorney  for  prosecution." 

Dr.  Wiley  has  so  far  resisted  the  clamor  of  an  interested 
public  for  information  as  to  who  is  who  in  his  directory  of 
dispensers  of  pure  and  of  adulterated  liquor  to  the  Washington 
populace. 


February  18,  1909]  THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  February  9,  1909. 

24.034 — Max  Elb  Gesellschaft  mit  beschrankter  Haftung, 
Dresden.  Germany.  Class  6.  Perfumes,  toilet  creams,  toilet 
powders,  toilet  powders  in  tablet  form,  face  washes  and  medic- 
inal preparations  for  aromatic  and  carbonated  waters. 

32,956— Charles  E.  Farnum,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Class  6. 
Liniments  for  external  use. 

34,859— Howell  M.  Strange,  Woodlawn,  Ala.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  rheumatism. 

36.172 — Schimmel  &  Co.,  Miltitz-Leipzig,  Germany.  Class 
6.     Violet  perfume. 

37.093— Samuel  D.  Darris,  Newellton,  La.  Class  6.  Heal- 
ing salves. 

37,098— Lambert  Benoit,  North  Yakima.  Wash.  Class  6. 
A  remedy  for  rheumatism. 

37,548 — Orlando  Bennett  Baker,  Savannah.  Ga.  Class  6. 
A  liniment  for  internal  and  external  use. 

37,679— W.  D.  Fitzpatrick,  Yorkville,  W.  Va.  Class  6.  A 
vegetable  compound  used  as  a  catarrh  remedy. 

38,163 — Chester  Products  Company,  Baltimore,  Md.  Class 
6.  A  remedy  for  coughs,  colds,  hoarseness,  bronchitis,  irrita- 
tion of  the  throat  and  a  tonic  aromatic  solution  of  syrup  of 
hypophosphites  compound. 

38.584-— Hutson  Tonic  Company,  Savannah,  Ga.  Class  6. 
A  tonic  medicine  for  chills,  fevers  and  colds. 

38,616— Dike  Drug  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Baby-cough-syrup,  peptonized  beef,  iron  and  wine,  blackberry 
compound,  blood  and  skin  remedy,  etc. 

38,640— E.  B.  Hall.  Charleston,  S.  C.    Class  6.     Liniments. 

38,968— Ernst  Bischoff,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Anti- 
septic salves. 

38.984 — Osborne,  Bauer  &  Cheeseman,  London,  Eng.     Class 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 

Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 

G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C, 


6.  A  preparation  for  softening  and  improving  the  skin  and 
for  allaying  irritation  and  roughness. 

39.053— L.  &  M.  Rubber  Works,  Carrolton,  Ohio.  Class  44. 
Hot-water  bottles  and  fountain  syringes. 

39,415 — Robert  Low's  Son  &  Howard,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Class  6.     Hair-tonic  powders. 

39,430— Elam  Ward  Olney,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  An- 
tiseptic tooth  powder. 

39,436 — Richmond  Pharmaceutical  Laboratory,  New  York, 
N.  Y.     Class  6.     A  cough  remedy. 

39,440— Gurdon  Potter,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Powder 
for  the  face  and  body,  foot  powder,  remedies  for  diseases  of 
the  scalp,  skin,  etc. 

39,491 — Lambert  Pharmacal  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Class  6.     Talcum  powder. 

39,511— Clarence  T.  Tuttle,  Boston,  Mass.  Class  6.  Tooth 
powder. 


PATENTS. 


Granted  February  9,  1909. 

911,682— Ewald  Scheunert,  Silver  Creek,  Wis.     Filter. 

911,695 — Gilbert  E.  Bailey,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  assignor  of 
one-half  to  Archie  Stevenson,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Process  of 
making  borax. 

911,724 — Frederick  S.  Honsinger,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
to  Solomon  L.  Weisberg,  Syracuse,  N.  Y,     Syringe. 

911,735 — Chester  W.  Lyman,  New  York,  N.  Y,  Process  of 
making  sulfur  dioxid. 

911.809 — Conrad  M.  Conradson.  Madison,  Wis.,  assignor  by 
mesne  assignments  to  Precision  Glass  Grinding  Machine  Com- 
pany, Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  a  corporation  of  South  Dakota.  Art 
of  grinding  interchangeable  ground-glass  bottle  necks  and 
stoppers  therefor. 

911,859 — George  W.  Weber  and  George  F.  Miller,  New 
York,  N.  Y.,  assignors  to  American  Can  Company,  New  York, 
N.  Y.,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Sheet  metal  caddy  for 
spices  and  other  articles. 

912,001— Carl  F.  Kohler,  New  York,  N.  T.    Toilet  article. 

912.024— William    M.    Parks    and    Burwell    B.    Cross,    Gas 


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[February  18,  1909 


City.  Ind.     Medical  implement. 

912.0S5 — Albert  N.  Davis,  Xew  York,  N.  X.,  assignor  to 
Charles  K.  Volckening,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Mounting  for  bottle- 
washer  brushes. 

912,109— Harry  Gehman.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

912,156— James  J.  O'Grady.  Chicago,  III.     Bottle  stopper. 

912,236 — James  M.  Falls,  Louisville,  Ky.,  assignor  to  Louis- 
ville Filler  Company.     Bottle  filling  machine. 

912.252 — Leavelle  McCampbell,  Louisville,  Ky.,  assignor  to 
Louisville  Filler  Company.     Bottle  filling  machinery. 


DR.  SWETT  CO.  INCREASES  CAPITAL. 

New  Charter  Gives  It  Power  to  Buy  Drug  Stores  and 
Operate  Large  Enterprises — Drinks  an  Adjunct. 

BosTO.x.  Feb.  8. — The  Dr.  George  W.  Swett  Company,  of 
Boston,  has  been  organized  under  Massachusetts  laws  to 
carry  on  a  general  drug  business,  with  a  capital  of  $250,000. 
The  new  company  succeeds  a  company  of  somewhat  similar 
name  whose  capital  was  only  one-fifth  as  much  as  that  of  the 
new  company.  The  officers  of  the  new  corporation  are :  Pres- 
ident, Dr.  George  W.  Swett;  Ora  A.  Atkins,  vice-president; 
Patrick  J.  Flynn,  treasurer  and  clerk. 

In  speaking  of  the  new  corporation,  Mr.  Flynn  said  the 
business  of  the  Dr.  George  W.  Swett  Company  was  growing 
so  rapidly  that  more  capital  was  necessary,  and  broader 
rights  were  needed.  The  charter  as  now  framed  will  permit 
the  company  to  swing  large  enterprises,  to  buy  out  drug 
stores  and  to  run  them,  with  the  beverage  end  as  an  incident, 
if  need  be,  or  it  may  enable  the  company  to  swing  as  big 
an  undertaking  as  a  summer  amusement  park,  with  the  dis- 
pensing of  temperance  beverages  again  as  an  incident.  The 
headquarters  of  the  company  will  continue  in  the  new  build- 
ing at  87  Albany  street,  Boston,  which  were  occupied  a  few 
months  ago. 


SHIPPED  GOODS  UNDER  FICTITIOUS  NAME. 

Maker  of  Cancer  Remedy  Prosecuted  by  Federal 
Authorities  for  Alleged  Misbranding  of  Goods. 

St.  Louis.  Feb.  1. — A  suit  has  been  brought  in  the  Federal 
courts  here  alleging  that  Dr.  Dennis  Rupert  Dupuis,  of  2813 
Pine  street,  violated  the  pure  drug  laws  when  he  shipped  a 
preparation  known  as  Radol  to  F.  G.  Henson,  a  food  in- 
spector, at  Washington,  D.  C.  The  petition  alleges  that  the 
bottles  were  misbranded ;  that  the  preparation  had  no  radio- 
activity and  that  the  dealer  prepared  the  goods  under  a 
fictitious   name. 

The  preparation  is  for  the  cure  or  alleviation  of  cancer. 
The  law  provides  for  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $200  for  the 
first  offense. 

William  D.  Becker,  attorney  for  Doctor  Dupuis,  says  that 
his  client  has  taken  the  name  of  Doctor  D.  Rupert  Wells 
because  his  original  name  is  difiicult  and  the  word  Dupuis 
means  Wells  in  the  English  language ;  that  his  change  of 
name  is  known  and  approved  by  the  State  Board  of  Health, 
the  Prosecuting  Attorney's  ofiice  in  this  city,  and  that  no  at- 
tempt has  been  made  to  conceal  the  name. 

DECISION  ON  LABELING  OF  PHENACETINE. 


Dinner  to  General  Manager  Lynn. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  6. — Charles  J.  Lynn,  secretary  and 
general  manager  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  with  some  of  the  com- 
pany's sales  representatives  from  this  section,  were  pleasantly 
entertained  at  the  Drug  Club  Thursday  by  Frank  W.  Smith, 
the  Philadelphia  manager.  The  other  members  of  the  party 
were  W.  L.  Pierce,  of  the  Baltimore  branch ;  W.  P.  Ireland,  of 
Reading,  Pa. ;  J.  O.  Hancock,  Wilmington,  Del. ;  H.  D.  Baker, 
the  South  Jersey  representative :  Frank  W.  Smith,  J.  J.  Mc- 
Cullough  and  George  L.  Hill,  of  the  Philadelphia  branch. 


Chas.  J.  Lynn,  secretary  and  general  manager  of  Eli  Lilly 
&  Co.,  entertained  a  number  of  the  Greater  New  York  sales- 
men of  the  firm  with  a  dinner  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  on 
February  1.  The  dinner  was  followed  by  a  theater  party. 
Among  those  present  were  Martin  H.  Kleine,  S.  W.  Abel, 
S  T.  Douglas,  A.  M.  Hopper,  H.  L.  Winner,  L.  G.  Carroll, 
and  C.  R.  Cosby,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch. 


Change  in  Mansion  House  Pharmacy,  Buffalo. 
Bltfalo,  N.  Y..  Feb.  6. — A.  B.  Strode,  who  has  for  the 
last  quarter  of  a  century  been  in  the  drug  business  in  this 
city,  has  disposed  of  his  store  at  Main  and  Exchange  streets, 
in  the  Mansion  House,  to  Grove  &  Linger.  S.  A.  Grove,  the 
senior  member,  has  been  manager  of  the  Merchants'  Exchange, 
the  co-operative  organization  of  the  retail  druggists  which  was 
started  about  six  years  ago.  He  will  retain  that  position, 
devoting  a  part  of  the  time  to  the  new  store.  The  junior  mem- 
ber, Merton  D.  Linger,  has  been  for  the  past  six  years  chief 
clerk  in  the  store  of  W.  H.  Sheehan  &  Co.,  of  Utica,  N.  Y. 


Metropolitan  Druggists  Organize  Riding  Club. 
The  Riverside  Riding  Club  of  New  York,  composed  of  mem- 
bers of  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society,  has  been  organized 
by  E.  C.  Goetting  and  arrangements  have  been  made  to  hold 
regular  meetings  at  the  Central  Park  Riding  Academy  every 
Thursday  at  3  o'clock.  Mr.  Goetting  is  very  enthusiastic  in 
his  praise  of  horseback  riding  as  a  means  of  physical  exercise 
and  believes  that  druggists  who  once  learn  the  art  will  be 
loath  to  give  it  up.  There  is  still  room  for  more  members 
and  those  interested  are  invited  to  address  Mr.  Goetting,  820 
Amsterdam  avenue,  for  particulars. 


Attorney-General  Rules  That  Its  Derivation  From 
Acetanilid  Must  Be  Stated,  Even  if  Not  So  Made. 
Washington,  Feb.  1. — Attorney-General  Charles  J.  Bona- 
parte has  rendered  a  decision  upholding  the  contention  of  the 
Department  of  Agriculture  that  phenacetine  should  be  labeled 
as  a  derivative  of  acetanilid,  notwithstanding  that  it  may  have 
been  produced  from  an  entirely  different  substance,  and  in 
fact  may  not  be  commercially  manufactured  from  acetanilid. 
The  Attorney-General  holds  that  the  term  "derivative"  as 
used  in  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  must  be  given  a  nar- 
row technical  meaning,  embracing  theoretical  derivation  rather 
than  the  derivation  of  current  industrial  practice.  Applying 
this  construction  to  phenacetine.  he  holds  that  inasmuch  as 
this  substance  can  be  chemically  made  from  acetanilid,  the 
regulation  of  the  three  Secretaries  of  Agriculture,  the  Treas- 
ury and  Commerce  and  Labor,  requiring  phenacetine  or  acet- 
phenitidine  products  to  be  labeled  as  such,  is  in  accordance 
with  the  letter  and  spirit  of  the  statute. 


Annual  Meeting  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
Detboit.  Feb.  1. — "We  are  well  satisfied  with  the  year's 
business."  said  Ernest  G.  Swift,  secretary  and  general  man- 
ager of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  following  the  annual  meeting. 
Directors  were  elected  as  follows :  Frank  G.  Ryan,  David  C. 
Whitney.  H.  M.  Campbell,  Ernest  G.  Swift,  George  Har- 
greaves,  Charles  Stinchfield  and  Willis  E.  Buhl.  The  officers 
are :  President.  Frank  G.  Ryan ;  vice-presidents,  David  C. 
Whitney  and  H.  M.  Campbell ;  secretary  and  general  manager, 
Ernest  G.  Swift ;  treasurer,  George  Hargreaves.  The  directors 
and  officers  were  all  re-elected.  The  executive  heads  and  the 
branch  managers  of  the  big  drug  corporation  were  entertained 
at  dinner  in  the  Hotel  Cadillac  Wednesday  evening  by  Presi- 
dent Ryan.  Tuesday  night  General  Manager  E.  G.  Swift  gave 
a  dinner  to  the  branch  managers  at  the  Detroit  Club. 


For  Purity  of  Horticulturists'  Drug  Supplies. 
GBAXn  Rapids.  Mich..  Feb.  6. — Local  fruit  growers  and 
general  horticulturists  hail  with  delight  the  introduction  in 
Congress  of  the  Lowden  Bill  framed  to  restrict  the  manu- 
facture of  quack  insecticides  and  fungicides.  The  bill  pat- 
terned along  the  same  lines  as  the  Pure  Food  Law  will  elimi- 
nate much  faking  among  the  manufacturers  of  horticulturists' 
drugs,  the  proposed  act  providing  against  the  manufacture,  sale 
or  transportation  of  adulterated  or  misbranded  fungicides, 
paris  green,  lead  arsenate  and  all  other  insecticides.  Inter- 
ested in  the  movement  in  this  city  are  Charles  W.  Garfield, 
R.  D.  Graham  and  John  B.  Martin. 


Veteran  Druggist  Will  Retire. 
The  Union  Drug  Company,  at  Appleton,  Wis.,  has  been  pur- 
chased by  C.  W.  Behrens,  of  Oshkosh.  Wis.   A.  C.  Newmeister, 
manager  of  the  Union  Drug  Company  since  its  organization, 
intends  to  retire  from  active  business  owing  to  failing  health. 


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CHAPTER  6  CELEBRATES  ANNIVERSARY.  WHOLESALE  SMUGGLINtJ  OF  CODEINE. 


Prof.  Remington  Pays  Graceful  Compliments  to  Mem- 
bers and  Officers — Dancing  Follows — Future  Events. 

Philadelpuia,  Feb.  13.— Chapter  6,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  was 
two  years  "young'"  last  night  and  more  than  200  members  and 
friends  assembled  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy  and  celebrated 
the  long-looked  for  event  in  most  apnropriate  fashion.  Never 
did  the  work  of  the  chapter  shine  more  brilliantly.  Its  activ- 
ity, loyalty,  strength  and  its  aims  were  emphasized  not  only 
by  the  number  and  prominence  of  those  in  attendance  but  also 
by  the  addresses  of  Prof.  J.  P.  Remington  and  Mrs.  William 
E.  Lee,  the  National  president,  and  by  the  interesting  review 
of  the  accomplishments  of  the  chapter  since  it  was  organized, 
prepared  and  read  by  Mrs.  William  T.  Burke,  the  secretary. 

Professor  Remington  paid  a  graceful  compliment  to  the 
chapter,  its  officers  and  particularly  to  Mrs.  Lee.  He  dwelt 
upon  the  loyalty  of  the  graduate  body  of  the  college  and  told 
how  these  principles  were  being  carried  out  by  the  wives  and 
daughters  of  the  graduates. 

President  Lee  had  personally  greeted  practically  every 
guest,  but  her  address  of  welcome  was  none  the  less  cordial. 
She  reported  the  improved  condition  of  ten  members  who  were 
ill  and  unable  to  be  present. 

Mrs.  W.  H.  Gano,  on  behalf  of  the  chapter,  presented  Mrs. 
Lee  with  a  handsome  bouquet.  Another  interesting  number 
was  the  announcement  that  the  beautiful  banner,  presented  last 
year  to  the  local  chapter  by  their  friends  in  Washington  Chap- 
ter, would  be  suspended  from  the  walls  of  the  college  museum. 
The  vocal  s^los  by  Miss  Helen  MacNamee  and  the  rendition  of 
two  difficult  piano  solos  by  Otto  Kraus,  Jr.,  were  enthusias- 
tically encored  by  the  delighted  audience. 

Then  Mrs.  Lee  called  upon  Charles  Rehfuss  to  act  as  floor 
manager.  In  this  feature,  too,  the  majority  of  the  guests 
entered  enthusiastically  and  it  was  after  midnight  before  tLe 
orchestra  swept  into  the  familiar  waltz  "There's  No  Place 
Like  Home." 

The  training  received  in  the  druggists'  semi-monthly  dancing 
class — also  a  project  of  Chapter  6^was  evidenced  in  the  bam 
dance  which  was  participated  in  by  fully  50  couples.  An- 
nouncement was  made  of  the  coming  entertainment  February 
25  of  the  chapter  and  of  the  dancing  class  in  Bank  Hall  on 
Friday  evening  next. 

On  Thursday  afternoon  Mrs.  Lee  entertained  the  members 
and  friends  of  the  chapter  at  a  tea  at  her  home,  823  North 
Twenty-fourth  street.     It  was  very  largely  attended. 


Complaint  Made   of  Alleged  Candy  Trust. 

Washington.  Feb.  15. — The  Department  of  Justice  was 
today  presented  with  evidence  of  an  alleged  candy  trust. 
Several  New  York  confectionery  supply  firms  were  named  as 
parties  to  a  conspiracy  to  blacklist  and  Boycott  Frederick  C. 
Fox,  a  manufacturing  confectioner  of  Boston,  the  complainant 
in  the  case,  because  he  declined  to  become  a  member  of  the 
Confectioners'  Association.  Among  the  New  York  firms  Fox 
says  refused  to  sell  to  him  were  the  Gardner  Lucas  Company, 
Henry  Heide  Company  and  A.  Slauson  &  Co. 

Wade  H.  Ellis,  assistant  to  the  Attorney-General,  said  the 
charges  would  be  investigated  and  if  the  facts  justified  it 
prosecutions  would   be   started. 


Hampton  Agency's  Successor. 
The  Hampton  Advertising  Company,  7  West  Twenty-second 
street,  New  York,  has  been  succeeded  by  Biggs,  Young,  Shone 
&  Co.,  Inc.,  Mr.  Hampton  having  severed  his  connection  with 
the  business  and  entered  the  publishing  field.  H.  A.  Biggs, 
who  has  been  treasurer  and  general  manager  since  the  agency 
started,  becomes  president  of  the  new  corporation,  the  direc- 
tors, in  addition  to  Mr.  Biggs,  being  G.  G.  Young.  R.  H.  Shone, 
J.  H.  Gallagher.  H.  H.  Walker,  R.  T.  Allen,  H.  J.  Prudden 
and  E.  T.  Carswell,  Jr.  The  new  corporation  will  continue 
the  business  so  successfully  followed  by  its  predecessor. 


Sunday  Closing  Agreement  at  Sheboygan. 
Sheboygan.  Wis.,  Feb.  6. — Druggists  here  have  entered 
into  a  new  arrangement  in  regard  to  Sunday  closing.  The  store 
or  stores  whose  turn  it  is  to  be  open  the  entire  Sunday  will, 
in  the  future,  be  the  only  one  or  ones  to  be  open  on  Sunday 
evenings.  The  agreement  will  also  hold  true  in  regard  to 
legal  holidays. 


Three  Arrests  Made  in  Connection  With  Operations 
of  an  Alleged  Gang — One  of  the  Accused  Confesses. 

Wholesale  smuggling  of  codeine  and  the  ramifications  of  a 
system  for  its  sale  which  met  a  serious  setback  through  the 
suicide  of  the  alleged  principal  agent  six  months  ago.  were  re- 
vealed to  Gen.  James  S.  Clarkson,  Surveyor  of  the  Port  of 
New  York,  on  Monday,  after  his  special  deputy,  George  J. 
Smith,  had  extracted  a  confession  from  Herman  Ebert.  a 
steward  aboard  the  Kronprinzessin  Cecilie,  of  the  North  Ger- 
man Lloyd  Line,,  who  was  arrested  last  week. 

As  a  result,  Adolph  Bunneberg,  for  22  years  a  steward  on 
North  German  Lloyd  steamships,  and  Gunther  T.  F.  Schmidt, 
a  steward  and  bartender  on  the  Kronprinzessin  Cecilie.  were 
arrested,  charged  with  smuggling,  and  Alfred  E.  Willem- 
bricher,  of  Westwood,  N.  J.,  outside  salesman  for  a  drug  house 
and  brother-in-law  of  Schmidt,  was  arrested,  charged  with 
disposing  of  the  stolen  drug. 

Codeine  is  assessed  $1  an  ounce  for  customs  and  is  largely 
used  in  the  preparation  of  various  alleged  cough  cures. 

Mr.  Smith  explained  that  confessions  had  been  obtained 
from  all  of  the  prisoners,  which  involved  the  statement  that 
Willembricher  was  operating  in  codeine  without  the  knowledge 
of  his  employers  and  was  drawn  into  the  alleged  smuggling 
conspiracy  only  when  George  Von  Derschulenberg  committed 
suicide. 

Von  Derschulenberg  was  a  druggist  and  had  a  small  office 
in  Nassau  street.  The  men  arrested,  Mr.  Smith  says,  con- 
fessed to  him  that  for  years  they  had  been  smuggling  co- 
deine and  Von  Derschulenberg  had  been  distributing  it  at  a 
large  profit,  but  that  when  Willembricher  was  drawn  in  to 
take  the  dead  man's  place  affairs  did  not  go  well  and  dis- 
covery came  at  last. 

Willembricher  gave  bail  in  $3000,  but  Schmidt  and  Bun- 
neberg were  unable  to  procure  bondsmen  and  were  committed 
by  Commissioner  Shields. 


DRUG  TRADE  WARNED  AGAINST  EMBEZZLER. 


Accused  Man  Has  Brother  Holding  Public  Office  in  the 
City  of  New  York — "Wanted  in  Omaha. 

The  drug  trade  is  warned  to  be  on  the  lookout  for  a  swindler 
by  the  name  of  Otto  N.  Frankfort,  alias  Frankforter,  recently 
in  the  employ  of  the  Richardson  Drug  Company,  of  Omaha, 
Neb.,  as  a  traveling  salesman,  by  which  concern  he  is  wanted 
for  embezzlement. 

His  method  consisted  in  borrowing  money  from  the  cus- 
tomers of  the  house  besides  making  sight  drafts  on  the  firm 
and  in  other  ways  securing  all  the  cash  on  which  he  could  lay 
his  hands.  His  bills  in  Omaha  also  remain  unpaid.  The 
firm  states  that  it  has  no  hesitancy  in  pronouncing  him  an  un- 
principled scoundrel  and  one  of  the  smoothest  types  of  in- 
dividuals which  the  trade  has  been  up  against  for  some  time. 

His  recent  position  was  secured  by  the  means  of  excellent 
references  and  it  is  stated  that  he  has  a  brother  in  New  York 
City  filling  a  public  office.  The  firm  states  that  he  was 
a  very  capable  man,  well  posted  in  the  drug  business  and  had 
a  future  before  him  had  he  been  honest. 

Following  is  his  description.  Age.  32 ;  height,  5  ft.  8  in. ; 
weight,  135  lbs. ;  complexion,  fair ;  eyes,  hazel,  rather  small ; 
hair,  dark ;  smooth  shaven,  long  prominent  nose ;  nationality, 
German-Jew ;  speaks  German  and  Spanish  fluently. 


Jury  Acquits  Druggist  in  Wart  Death  Case. 
J.  S.  Higdon,  a  druggist  at  116th  street  and  Park  avenue. 
Borough  of  Manhattan.  New  York  City,  who  was  charged 
some  weeks  ago  of  causing  the  death  of  R.  S.  Irish,  who  died 
on  January  12  from  septicaemia,  was  acquitted  by  a  coroner's 
jury  of  the  charge  last  week.  There  were  several  hearings 
on  the  case  and  a  number  of  physicians  testified  that  blood 
poisoning  developed  as  a  result  of  an  operation  on  some  warts 
which  it  was  charged  Higdon  removed  with  an  acid  and  a 
pair  of  unclean  scissors,  but  at  the  trial  before  the  jury  last 
week  the  widow  of  Irish  gave  testimony  that  conflicted  with 
that  given  at  the  inquest,  and  the  jury  rendered  a  verdict  that 
Irish  had  died  from  septicaemia  contracted  in  some  unknown 
manner. 


If  you  want  anything  use  the  Eba's  Want  Advs. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[February  1&.  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


TRADE  IN  GENERAL  LINES  FAIRLY  GOOD. 

Impression  That  Trade  Is  Dull  Due  to  Conservatism. 
Messina   Oils  Still   Being  Attacked. 

New  Yokk,  Feb.  15. — Some  complaints  are  being  made 
throughout  the  trade  on  the  failure  of  business  to  improve 
more  rapidly,  but  investigation  proves  there  to  be  a  fair 
amount  doing  in  general  lines ;  conservatism  is  still  noticed, 
however,  which  gives  the  impression  that  trade  is  dull.  A 
few  new  features  have  developed,  the  principal  one  being  the 
decline  in  manufacturers'  prices  for  citric  acid  and  citrates. 
Ergot,  bot'h  Russian  and  Spanish,  is  more  active  with  sales  of 
large  lots  at  high  prices.  Opium  and  quinine  are  without  any 
material  change,  but  firmly  held  at  quoted  prices.  Cardamom 
seed  is  higher  in  primary  markets  with  a  good  demand,  and 
this  has  increased  interest  in  our  market  with  the  price  of  all 
the  different  qualities  advancing.  Norwegian  cod  liver  oil 
is  very  active  and  is  bringing  full  prices.  Jalap  root  is  slightly 
easier.  Oils  of  bergamot,  lemon  and  orange  are  unsettled  and 
easier  owing  to  competition  and  bearish  influences.  Refined 
camphor,  in  good  demand  at  this  .season  of  the  year,  is  bring- 
ing good  prices  with  a  firm  tone  existing  in  the  primary 
markets. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  bark  shipments  for  January 
amount  to  1,020,000  pounds,  quite  a  large  amount,  but  smaller 
than  for  some  of  the  previous  months.  If  the  shipments  for 
February  should  show  a  falling  off,  which  is  probable,  an  ad- 
vance in  the  price  of  quinine  would  not  be  surprising.  The 
present  price  is  the  lowest  on  record  and  would  induce  buying 
of  quinine  as  an  investment  on  the  least  grounds  pointing 
to  an  advance. 

Opium. — There  is  no  material  change  in  prices,  but  the 
market  is  firm  at  $4.37%  for  case  lots  and  $4.40  for  lots  of 
25  and  50  pounds,  and  the  usual  advances  for  smaller  quanti- 
ties. The  market  in  Smyrna  shows  a  strengthening  tendency 
with  a  sale  of  88  cases  for  the  week  ending  January  22. 
Eighty-three  of  these  cases  are  coming  to  our  market.  The 
weather  conditions  are  reported  as  more  or  less  favorable  for 
the  sowings,  but  more  cold  and  less  rain  would  have  been 
much  better.  January  has  been  too  mild  and  wet  thus  early 
in  the  season  to  remove  all  anxiety  from  the  growers'  minds 
of  apprehension  of  future  damage  to  the  poppy  plant.  The 
arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  week  ending  January  22  amount 
to  1999  cases,  as  against  1347  cases  for  the  same  period 
last  year. 

Ginger  Root. — It  is  reported  that  the  crop  of  Cochin  root 
is  a  failure  and  if  such  is  the  case  there  will  be  a  large  in- 
creased demand  for  the  Jamaica  variety,  of  which  a  good 
stock  of  both  bleached  and  unbleached  is  at  present  obtainable 
among  the  trade  in  this  city. 

HoEEHOUND  Leaves. — Owing  to  a  good  demand  the  stocks 
in  our  market  have  been  considerably  reduced  and  prices  are 
hardening  in  sympathy. 

Balsam  of  Fib. — The  market  for  the  Canadian  article  is 
very  firm  at  $6.00  per  gallon  in  barrels  and  $6.10  in  5  gallon 
cans.  The  cheap  sellers  are  now  entirely  out  of  stock  and 
there  is  not  any  to  be  obtained  in  Canada,  so  the  present 
prices  will  undoubtedly  rule  for  the  coming  year.  The  Ore- 
gon balsam  is  unchanged  and  the  demand  is  not  brisk  for  this 
quality. 

Chamomile  Flowebs. — The  Hungarian  variety  of  good 
quality  is  becoming  very  scarce  in  our  market,  and  the  new 
crop  will  not  be  available  for  some  months  hence.  The  Bel- 
gian variety  is  in  better  supply  and  lower. 

CiTEio  Acid  and  Citrates. — Prices  on  both  the  acid  and 
salts  have  been  reduced  2  cents  per  pound  by  the  manufac- 
turers. 

Bay  RtTM. — This  article  is  in  a  very  firm  position,  with 
higher  prices  looked  for  in  consequence  of  the  tax  on  the 
Porto  Rican  product.  Quotations  last  week  were  $1.50@ 
$1.60,  as  to  seller  and  quantity,  with  little  available  at  those 
figures. 

Cascaba  Sagbada. — The  market  is  somewhat  steadier,  the 
cheap  lot  recently  offered  at  a  material  concession  from  quoted 
figures  having  been  sold.     The  quotations  are  maintained  at 


S%@9c.,  as  to  age,  quantity  and  seller.  The  Pacific  Coast 
market  is  reported  firmer. 

Benzoic  Acid. — Owing  to  lack  of  important  demand  and  a 
consequent  heavy  accumulation  of  stock  in  first  hands,  quota- 
tions have  been  reduced  to  26@27c.  as  to  quantity. 

Arnica  Flowers. — Goods  of  good  quality  are  meeting  with 
a  fair  seasonable  consuming  demand  and  prices  are  steadily 
maintained  at  12@13c.  for  prime  flowers,  sales  being  reported 
at  these  figures. 

Angostura  Tonka  Beans. — Some  important  transactions 
have  been  consummated,  and  available  stocks  are  temporarily 
under  better  control  with  the  inside  quotation  advanced  to 
90c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities. 

Juniper  Berries. — In  foreign  markets  the  stock  has  been 
reduced  very  materially,  the  total  being  stated  as  only  600 
bags,  which  is  a  very  small  quantity.  The  quality  is  reported 
as  ordinary.  There  is  still  some  stock  obtainable  in  our  own 
market,  but  prices  are  hardening  up  very  fast. 

Oli\'e  Oil. — The  ordinary  yellow  olive  oil  is  now  being  held 
in  barrels  at  $1.65  per  gallon.  Supplies  of  green  oil  are  now 
due  and  will  be  offered  at  slightly  lower  prices  than  those 
prevailing  for  the  yellow  oil.  Prime  salad  oil  in  primary 
markets  is  eagerly  sought  for  and  prices  are  steadily  advanc- 
ing, as  the  supplies  are  decreasing.  The  trade  may  expect  a 
considerable  advance  in  the  price  of  this  article  in  the  near 
future. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  Feb.  6. — The  optimistic  feeling  which  prevailed 
early  in  the  year  is  in  danger  of  being  replaced  by  less  hope- 
ful views  unless  a  change  for  the  better  speedily  makes  its  ap- 
pearance. Business  in  drugs  and  chemicals  is  lagging  behind 
very  badly  and  transactions  continue  to  be  limited  to  a  very 
small  scale.  During  the  week  things  have  been  dull  almost  to 
a  point  of  depression  and  apart  from  orders  which  involve  the 
filling  of  immediate  requirements,  very  little  else  has  happened. 

Citric  Acid  is  attracting  little  attention,  the  prevalent  idea 
being  that  prices  will  recede.  English  is  nominally  quoted  at  Is. 
9d.  per  pound,  but  no  business  of  any  magnitude  has  been  ■ 
done.  Essence  of  Lemon  is  also  quiet  and  buyers  are  holding 
off  for  the  moment,  although  there  are  spot  offers  at  5s.  6d.  per 
pound,  while  for  shipment  from  Sicily  offers  are  as  low  as  3s. 
6d.  per  pound,  c.  i.  f.  A  small  business,  more  of  a  retail  charac- 
ter than  otherwise,  has  been  done  in  Essence  of  Bergamot  at 
25s.  per  pound.  Camphor  continues  quiet  but  the  market  is 
steadier  at  13.5s.  per  cwt.  for  China  crude ;  Japan  refined  is 
obtainable  on  the  spot  at  Is.  4d.  per  pound  for  1  ounce  tablets ; 
a  good  business  has  been  done  for  America  in  Japanese  refined 
from  Japan. 

Wayne  County  tin  oil  is  quoted  at  6s.  3d.  per  pound  and 
H.G.H.  8s.  4d.  Small  sales  of  Star  Aniseed  Oil  have  been 
made  at  4s.  5d.  per  pound.  A  fair  business  has  been  done  in 
Menthol  for  American  account ;  on  the  spot  the  price  of 
"Kobayashi"  is  7s.  3d.  per  pound.  Quinine  is  dull  and  German 
brands  are  quoted  7d.  per  ounce  from  second  hand.  Business 
has  been  done  in  Gamboge  at  £14  per  cwt.  for  fair  blocky 
Siam,  being  a  lower  basis  than  prices  last  paid.  The  position 
of  Bromides  is  unchanged.  Japan  Wax  is  easier  at  52s.  per 
cwt.  New  Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil  is  offered  at  65s.  per 
barrel,  c.  i.  f. 


Fear  Prohibitive  Tax  on  Olive  Oil  Foots. 

At  a  meeting  of  a  number  of  soap  manufacturing  interests 
in  Hotel  Astor,  New  York,  on  February  2,  it  was  decided  to 
petition  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  asking  that  "olive  oil 
foots"  be  classified  under  Section  568  of  the  tariff  schedule  as 
"grease  and  oil  used  in  soap  making."  The  manufacturers 
contend  that  "olive  oil  foots"  do  not  contain  the  least  particle 
of  olive  oil,  being  a  sulphur  oil.  While  the  article  is  imported 
duty  free  at  present  under  the  olive  oil  regulations,  which  pro- 
vide for  no  tax  on  oil  that  costs  less  than  60  cents  a  gallon 
f  0.  b.  European  ports,  there  is  a  strong  likelihood  that  the 
price  on  the  "foots"  will  soon  rise  above  the  present  price  of  56 
cents  and  possibly  rise  above  the  figure  allowed  by  the  statutes 
for  free  importation.  In  this  case  the  tax  will  amount  to  40 
cents  a  gallon  on  the  foots. 

W.  Crawford  Hirsh,  representing  the  textile,  green  and 
castile  soap  manufacturers,  will  present  the  petition  this  week 


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1 

FOR 

ERA  ALBUM. 

Fred  S.  Rogers,  Middletown,  X.  Y. 

McMonagle  &  Rogers, 

Ex-Pres.  N.  T.  State  Phar.  Assn. 

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scriber who  sends  it.  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

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size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

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have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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distinctly  addressed  as  follows: 


While  the  Era  has  never  hesitated  in  its  duty  to 
the  drug  trade  in  exposing  swindlers  or  calling  at- 
tention to  evils  which  deserved  publicity  there  has 
always  been  the  danger  of  libel  suits.  Litigation  of 
this  sort  is  annoying,  sometimes  expensive  and  never 
desirable.  For  these  reasons  the  Era  has  always 
endeavored  to  be  sure  of  its  facts  to  the  extent  that 
no  injustice  would  be  done  to  any  honest  business 
man.  Of  other  people,  the  crooks  and  swindlers, 
once  knowing  them  to  be  such,  threats  of  libel  suits 
have  rather  hastened  and  intensified  the  exposures 
than  otherwise,  for  no  honest  business  man  has  any- 
thing to  fear  from  the  exploitation  of  his  methods. 

Libel  suits  against  reputable  journals  invariably 
result  in  favor  of  the  defendants,  as  was  the  case 
recently  in  the  suit  of  a  druggist  in  this  city  against 
the  New  York  Times  for  $60,000  damages  for  an 
article  printed  away  back  in  1904  under  the  caption : 
"Another  Fake  Drug  Raid."  The  article  and  the 
circumstances  at  the  time  undoubtedly  warranted 
the  druggist  in  taking  the  action  which  he  did.  The 
actual  facts  probably  justified  the  jury's  verdict  of 
"no  cause  of  action."  The  grievance  of  the  druggist 
was  more  against  the  manner  in  which  the  alleged 
facts  were  stated  than  as  to  the  materiality  of  the 
issues.  However  that  may  be,  without  going  into  the 
rights  or  wrongs  of  this  particular  suit,  the  follow- 
ing ruling  by  Mr.  Justice  Guy,  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  is  interesting  as  showing  the  duty  of  public 
journals : 

"While  newspapers  should  be  held  to  strict  and 
severe  accountability  for  unjustifiable  and  untruthful 
assaults  upon  private  character,  upon  business  stand- 
ing and  credit,  they  deserve,  not  punishment  and  re- 
buke, but  public  approval  and  commendation  where 
*  *  *  they  truthfully,  and  in  strict  conformity 
to  facts,  call  public  attention  to  those  who  are  en- 
gaged in  nefarious  practices,  injurious  to  the  public 
welfare." 


NEW  YORK  BOARD  NOT  A  POLICE  COURT. 


For  Era  Album 


The  Ph.\rmaceutical  Era, 
90  William  St.,  New  York. 


Pharmacists  in  New  York  State  may  change  their 
minds  somewhat  concerning  the  advisability  of  tak- 
ing away  from  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  the 
control  of  examinations  for  admission  to  the  profes- 
sion and  vesting  it  in  the  State  Board  of  Regents  as 
proposed  by  the  pharmacy  reformers.  Complaints 
against  the  pharmacy  board  have  been  that  the 
members  were  too  strict,  that  they  investigated  the 
antecedents  of  applicants  and  rejected  them  when 
found  wanting.  One  of  the  allegations  made  regard- 
ing the  retention  of  fees  paid  by  improper  candi- 
dates is  that  the  board  considered  such  action  suffi- 
cient punishment  without  prosecuting  the  offenders 


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[February  25,  1909 


for  technical  violations  of  the  statutes  in  the  matter 
of  forgery  or  perjury  that  would  have  involved 
prison  sentences,  or  penalties  much  more  severe 
than  the  loss  of  the  examination  fees. 

As  a  matter  of  fact  and  justice  the  board  erred  m 
assuming  in  this  way  to  act  in  criminal  cases  which 
should  have  been  turned  over  to  the  police,  or  certi- 
fied to  the  county  district  attorney.  The  considera- 
tion shown  by  the  board  to  young  men  whom  they 
conceived  were  not  likely  to  offend  again  has  been  re- 
paid by  attacks  by  some  of  the  offenders  who  are  not 
at  all  appreciative  of  the  clemency  of  the  board. 
The  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  would  have 
done  better  not  to  have  permitted  the  philanthropic 
feelings  of  its  members  to  undertake  the  fimctions 
of  justice  which  ordinarily  originate  in  the  police 
court,  or  come  within  the  province  of  the  criminal 
courts.  The  few  beneficiaries  of  the  miscarriage  of 
justice  have  been  extraordinarily  active  at  Albany 
in  trying  to  obtain  a  change  in  the  law  creating  and 
perpetuating  the  present  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

SELLING   NEW    YORK   REGENTS'    CERTIFICATES. 


A  tiood  of  light  is  throwTi  upon  the  attacks  made 
at  Albany  on  the  present  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
by  fi^e  arrests  which  happened  in  one  day  in  New 
York  City  last  week  of  persons  who  held  law,  dental 
and  medical  school  certificates  which  they  had  not 
earned.  These  all  were  Regents'  certificates  and 
they  had  been  paid  for  by  obvious  incompetents  at 
prices  ranging  from  $300  to  $1000  apiece.  With 
Regents'  certificates  for  sale  at  these  prices  the  con- 
fiscation of  an  examination  fee  by  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  for  offenders  who  are  in  the  business 
and  find  the  Regents'  examinations  an  easy  way  to 
a  means  must  have  seemed  to  some  of  them,  if  not 
all,  like  inflicting  a  puerile  pimishment.  The  news- 
paper stories  show  that  there  has  been  an  organized 
gang  at  work  dealing  in  examination  certificates  to 
an  extent  which  the  District  Attorney  of  New  York 
County  has  not  yet  been  able  to  fathom. 

Under  Assemblyman  Conklin's  bill  to  reorganize 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  this  same  system  per- 
mitting impersonations  and  the  sale  of  certificates 
would  doubtless  be  in  full  force  and  effect,  for  in  his 
bill  the  examinations  are  turned  over  to  the  State 
Regents  and  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
are  secondary,  if  not  merely  incidental  figures.  The 
pharmacists  have  neither  creative  nor  final  power. 
The  questions  propoimded  must  be  "approved"  and 
the  results  and  conclusions  must  be  "approved"  by 
the  Regents.  Changing  from  a  system  that  has  been 
absolutely  honest  to  one  that  is  under  indictment 
by  the  criminal  authorities  does  not  mean  much  for 
the  elevation  of  the  profession  of  pharmacy  or  for  its 
proper  development  along  business  lines. 

rUTITRE  OF  THE  NEW  YORK  PHARMACY  BOARD. 

Outside  of  the  misguided  leniency  which  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  showTi  to  crooks 
who  have  been  unable  to  make  its  examinations  the 
source  of  profitable  revenue  that  has  gone  to  them 
through  the  conditions  applying  to  the  examinations 
of  the  State  Regents  the  only  attack  upon  the  board 


that  has  any  merit  is  the  contention  of  Governor 
Hughe.i  to  the  effect  that  the  board  is  not  responsible 
to  the  State  executive,  or  the  people.  Considering  the 
matter  from  the  standpoint  of  j\Ir.  Hughes,  the  law- 
yer, that  is  a  point  which  would  appeal  to  anybody. 
It  is  a  strong  point.  As  a  matter  of  fact  if  the  pres- 
ent elective  system  could  be  spread  over  the  entire 
State  to  the  extent  of  making  each  registered  phar- 
macist a  voter  all  opposition  to  the  present  system  of 
election  would  undoubtedly  disappear.  Without 
going  into  the  question  of  the  constitutionality  of 
the  present  Pharmacy  Law  it  might  be  advisable  to 
amend  the  law  to  provide  for  the  continuance  of  the 
present  system,  appointments  to  he  made  by  the 
Governor  from  a  list  submitted  by  the  Neiv  York 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  While  the  Era 
does  not  see  any  important  advantage  to  be  derived 
from  the  change  it  would  probably  set  at  rest  the 
ever  present  "constitutional"  question  and  no  law- 
yer-Governor would  feel  inclined  to  meddle  with 
the  pharmacy  law  outside  possibly  of  attempting  • 
to  do  something  in  a  trade  way. 

We  do  not  advise  the  pharmacists  of  New  York  to 
turn  over  their  elective  rights  to  a  Governor.  We 
are  of  the  opinion  that  a  law  which  would  give 
every  registered  pharmacist  a  right  to  vote  would 
be  much  better  than  a  restrictive  law.  It  is  up  to 
the  pharmacists  of  the  State  to  decide  what  they 
want.  The  whole  subject  is  present  in  such  shape 
that  it  ought  to  be  disposed  of  for  the  best  interests 
of  the  drug  trade. 

JUST  TWO  POINTS  REALLY  AT  ISSUE. 


There  are  really  but  two  vital  points  at  issue. 
One  is  the  enactment  into  law  of  the  provisions  of 
the  Whitney- Wainwright  Act  which  failed  of  ex- 
ecutive approval  last  year.  The  other  is  whether 
the  members  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  shall 
be  elective  by  pharmacists  or  appointive  by  the  Gov- 
ernor. There  can  be  no  question  of  the  proper  use 
of  appointive  power  by  Governor  Hughes,  but  there 
can  be  no  guarantee  as  to  what  may  be  done  by  sub- 
sequent governors,  especially  accidental  governors. 
A  bill  ought  to  be  prepared  and  presented  to  the 
Legislature  revising  the  Pharmacy  Law  and  first  of 
all  including  the  Wainwright- Whitney  legislation, 
thereafter  providing 

(1)  for  the  appointment  of  the  members  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  from  a  list  provided  by 
the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association ;  or 

(2)  the  election  of  the  members  by  vote  of  all 
registered  pharmacists  of  the  State,  making  no  re- 
strictions as  to  their  eligibility  to  vote  beyond  their 
certificates. 

Either  innovation  involves  the  abandonment  of  a 
present  right  of  membership  in  incorporated  phar- 
maceutical bodies  in  the  State.  The  franchise  is 
restricted  and  it  cannot  last  for  any  length  of  time. 
The  problem  of  the  moment  is  for  the  pharmacists 
of  New  York  to  decide  which  of  the  two  alternatives 
we  have  just  mentioned  is  the  better  one  to  accept 
and  settle  the  question  of  "constitutionality"  for 
aU  time. 

In  any  bill  that  is  pressed  for  passage  there  should 
b(-  a  provision  that  the  penalties  are  to  be  turned  in 


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175 


to  the  State  treasury  and  tlie  salaries  and  expenses 
paid  by  the  State. 

Governor  Hughes  has  shown  a  spirit  of  fairness 
in  his  conferences  with  the  representatives  of  phar- 
macy which  gives  promise  of  the  approval  by  him 
of  any  legislative  act  which  may  be  presented  to 
him  that  will  place  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  upon  a 
constitutional  basis,  from  his  view-point  as  a  lawj-er, 
and  which  will  at  the  same  time  better  protect  the 
public  in  the  integrity  of  pharmacj-  as  practiced  by 
the  retail  druggists  of  New  York. 


boasts  of  only  one  car.  two  motormen.  no  eouductor.s.  and  on 
which  travelers  ride  free,  is  in  operation  at  the  League  Island 
navy  yard.  It  is  the  only  street  car  line  that  Uncle  Sam 
owns.  The  car  is  run  for  the  convenience  of  the  officers  and 
their  friends,  and  holds  a  score  of  passengers.  The  motormen 
are  detailed  whenever  their  services  are  required,  and  no 
transfers  or  tickets  are  issued. 


Answering  a  query,  the  thirteen  States  and  Territories  re- 
ferred to  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  Era  as  possessing  optometry 
laws  are  Arizona.  California.  Idaho,  Indiana,  Minnesota. 
Montana.  Nebraska.  New  Mexico,  North  Dakota.  Oregon, 
Tennessee,  Utah  and  New  York. 


Follow-ing  the  announcement  in  the  Era  of  February  18,  a 
meeting  was  held  last  Saturday  in  the  Chemists'  Club  in  this 
city  at  which  it  was  unanimously  decided  to  take  measures  to 
bring  the  International  Congress  of  Allied  Chemists  to  New- 
York  for  its  next  convention  in  the  spring  of  1912.  The 
unanimity  of  sentiment  in  favor  of  the  movement  must  have 
been  as  gratifying  to  the  originators  as  it  will  be  to  the 
guests  who  no  doubt  will  accept  the  invitation. 


Hon.  William  F.  Craig,  formerly  druggist,  then  chemist, 
then  State  Senator,  and  now  postmaster  of  Lynn,  has  just 
added  another  occupation  to  his  already  long  list.  This 
month  lie  was  admitted  to  the  bar  as  an  attorney  at  law. 
For  a  man  of  42  that  is  a  rather  busy 
professional  career.  Mr.  Craig  was  born 
in  Digby.  N.  S..  September  1.5.  1866. 
where  his  father  was  for  40  years  the 
town  postmaster.  At  the  age  of  17  he 
went  to  Lynn,  entered  a  drug  store,  and 
in  1890  got  his  degree  of  Ph.G.  from  the 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Then  he  took  a  course  at  Harvard  Uni- 
versity in  advanced  chemistry. 

Two  years  later  he  established  him- 
self in  the  retail  drug  business  in  Lynn 
with  ex-Mayor  Bessom  of  that  city,  and 
in  1896  sold  the  business  to  become 
chemist  for  the  Lynn  Board  of  Health. 
In  1902  and  1903  he  served  in  the  House 
of  Representatives,  and  both  years  was 
a  member  of  the  committee  on  public 
health.  This  service  was  followed  by 
two  years  in  the  State  Senate,  which 
under  the  Constitution  gives  him  the 
title  of  "Honorable.''  Upon  the  comple- 
tion of  his  last  senatorial  year,  he  was 
appointed  postmaster  at  Lynn,  one  of 
the  most  responsible  postal  positions  in 
this  part  of  the  country,  and  while  filling 
that  position  he  has  been  studying  law. 
so  that  the  indications  are  that  pharmacy 
will  lose  what  law  will  gain. 

Mr.  Craig's  pharmaceutical  and  public 
experience  will  not  be  valueless  to  him 
in  his  newer  profession.  In  fact,  while  a 
member  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  Mr.  Craig  attracted 
considerable  attention  b.v  his  parliamentary  ability.  His 
place  on  the  committee  on  public  health,  first  as  clerk  and 
afterward  as  Senate  chairman,  threw  upon  him  the  responsi- 
bility of  conducting  in  the  respective  branches  the  progressive 
legislation  which  year  by  year  has  made  Massachusetts  con- 
spicuous for  its  advanced  position. 

Mr.  Craig  was  never  verbose.  He  never  attempted  the 
grandiloquent.  But  he  was  -careful  in  statement,  bold  in 
insistence  because  of  his  absolute  knowledge,  and  scientific  in 
thoilght  because  of  his  scientific  training.  His  knowledge  of 
matters  affecting  the  public  health  was  not  pedantic.  He 
was  calm  and  sane  on  "pure  food"  questions  when  agitators 
were  inclined  to  be  hysterical,  and  he  was  able  through  his 
knowledge  of  facts  and  faculty  of  expression  to  lead  the 
houses  along  straight  ways. 

Mr.  Craig  is  a  modest  man  and  is  disinclined  to  talk  about 
himself,  but  when  he  was  asked  the  other  day  about  his  early 
experience  in  the  drug  business,  he  replied :  "My  early  drug 
experience  differed  little  probably  from  that  of  every  other 
regular  druggist.  Yet  there  is  this  one  feature  of  it  which 
should  aid  one  in  starting  right.  We  were  compelled,  as  Lord 
Elden  said,  'To  scorn  delights  and  live  laborious  davs.'  " 


Faith  is  a  belief  in  that  which  is  not  tmderstood.  This 
accounts  for  the  public's  faith  in  patent  medicines,  the  phy- 
sician's faith  in  ready  made  prescriptions  and  (sometimes) 
the  druggist's  faith  in  the  N.F. 


The  French  expedition  into  unknown  parts  of  northeastern 
.Japan  has  sent  the  first  authentic  news  of  the  Ainos.  a  small 
tribe  which  is  fast  dying  out.  The  Ainos 
resemble  Russians  more  than  the  Japa- 
nese, but  very  little  of  their  early  history 
has  been  discovered  so  far.  A  peculiar 
custom  is  reported  by  Professor  Mayr,  a 
member  of  the  expedition.  He  says  that 
among  this  strange  tribe  married  women 
are  easily  distinguished,  because  custom 
wills  that  they  wear  a  mustache. 


"Dobbins  has  a  grand  idea  for  a  new 
c.Tme." 

"What  is  it?' 

"Play  baseball  on  the  ice  in  an  auto." 


"If  smallpox  or  yellow  fever  was  caus- 
iiii;  a  thousand  deaths  a  year,  .vou'd  be 
liolding  special  session^  of  the  Legislature 
to  devise  means  to  be  rid  of  the  scourge. 
And  yet  I  tell  you  that  tuberculosis  is 
no  longer  a  burden  to  be  borne  unques- 
tioningly,  no  longer  a  cross  that  must  be 
unprotestingly  borne.  It  is  an  epidemic 
tliat  must  be  met  and  conquered."  This 
strong  statement  of  the  case  was  made 
by  Bishop  Codman,  of  the  Episcopal 
Dioce-se  of  Maine,  on  an  appropriation 
for  §130,000  for  the  next  two  years  for 
the  Hebron  Sanatorium. 


Hon.   WILLIAM  F.  CRAIG 
of  Lynn,  Mass. 


If  one  would  be  familiar  with  all  the 
latest  electrical  novelties,  says  the  Lon- 
don Globe,  he  must  make  a  tour  of  the  kitchen  of  a  big  At- 
lantic liner.  The  automatic  egg  boilers,  like  those  on  the 
Lusitania  and  Mauretania,  are  able  to  cook  200  eggs  at  once, 
a  clock  arrangement  causing  the  basket  containing  the  eggs 
to  hop  out  of  the  water  at  any  half  minute  up  to  six  minutes. 
Another  novelty  is  a  self-dumping  oyster  cooker  for  stews.  At 
the  expiration  of  a  given  time  the  cooker  pours  its  contents 
into  a  soup  plate. 


The  ancestry  fad  is  raging  in  Indianapolis,  chiefly  among 
the  women  who  are  "proving  up"  claims  that  make  them 
eligible  as  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution  and  Colonial 
Dames.  Some  of  the  men  have  it.  too.  The  other  evening, 
in  a  small  company  in  which  was  a  young  druggist  named 
King,  the  subject  of  ancestry  came  up.  One  after  another 
boasted  of  illustrious  ancestors.  Not  a  word  from  the  young 
druggist.  He  was  finally  asked  what  were  his  claims  to  noble 
lineage.  "I  don't  need  to  make  any,"  was  his  modest  answer, 
"I  come  of  a  race  of  Kings." 


The  smallest  trolley  system  in  Philadelphia,  a  system  that 


Frozen  Chinese  pork  is  to  be  imported  into  England,  which 
recalls  to  a  writer  in  the  London  Chronicre  the  fact  that  the 
frozen  meat  trade  is  nearly  a  century  old.  On  January  30. 
1816.  three  Esquimaus  arrived  at  Harwich.  England,  by  the 
packet   from   Gothenburg,    bringing   five   sledges   packed    with 


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[February  25,  1909 


ptarmigan,  blackcock  and  other  game,  frozen  and  packed  in 
airtight  cases.  The  enterprising  northerners  had  to  pay  over 
$250  duty  on  the  consignment  and  $50  for  carriage  from  Har- 
wich to  London ;  but  as  the  game  was  in  excellent  condition 
it  found  a  ready  sale  and  brought  high  prices. 

"So  you  think  you  would  like  to  make  a  journey  to  the 
North  Pole?" 

"Yes,"  answered  the  city  official.  "It  must  be  restful  to  get 
to  some  place  where  nobody  cares  whether  the  snow  is  cleaned 
oft  or  not." — Washington  Star. 


A  three-year-old  "wonder  child"  has  been  amazing  the  musi- 
cians and  savants  of  Leipzig.  Pillar  Osorio.  a  tiny  girl,  whose 
baby  fingers  cannot  span  an  octave,  is  able  to  play  on  the 
piano  difficult  classical  pieces  with  accuracy  and  spirit,  al- 
though she  performs  entirely  from  ear  and  memory.  The 
prodigy  is  puzzling  the  scientists  as  to  how  her  three-year-old 
brain  can  possibly  grasp  and  interpret  the  intricacies  of  the 
music  she  plays.  The  mystery  is  not  explained  by  the  heredity 
theory,  for  none  of  Pillar's  parents  or  grandparents  has  shown 
any  unusual  musical  talent. 


When  you  hear  a  man  say  the  world  owes  him  a  living,  just 
tell  him  to  "dig  for  it." 


So  great  is  the  number  of  Alsatians  and  young  men  from 
German  Lorraine  wishing  to  serve  under  the  French  flag, 
that  the  Minister  of  War  has  decided  to  form  a  second  Foreign 
Legion  to  serve  in  Africa.  Most  of  the  Germans  going  volun- 
tarily into  French  service  are  the  descendants  of  French 
patriots  unwilling  to  recognize  the  annexation  of  Alsace- 
Lorraine  to  the  German  Empire.  It  is  estimated  that  every 
family  in  the  provinces  secured  by  Germany  in  the  Peace  of 
Frankfort,  has.  or  had.  at  least  one  relative  doing  military 
service  for  the  old  country,  France. 


Mr.  Younglove — What  do  you  do  when  your  baby  gets  sick 
at  night? 

Mr.  Oldpap — I  generally  lie  still  and  wait  to  see  if  my  wife 
isn't  going  to  get  up  and  attend  to  it. 

Catching  fish  by  telephone  is  the  latest  invention  of  a  Nor- 
wegian, which  is  now  employed  by  the  fishermen  of  his  nation. 
A  microphone  which  magnifies  submarine  sounds  is  shut  up 
in  a  thin  water-tight  steel  bos  and  kept  in  communication  by 
metallic  wires  with  a  telephone  receiver  installed  on  the  fishing 
boat.  Each  kind  of  fish  gives  in  the  instrument  a  particular 
sound.  The  arrival  of  herring,  for  example,  is  signalized  by  a 
sort  of  whistling;  the  codfish  announces  its  arrival  in  the 
neighborhood  by  a  sort  of  grunting. 


"Napoleon's  Writings  and  Sayings"  is  the  title  of  a  little 
book  which  has  just  been  published  in  Paris.  On  the  subject 
of  suicide,  Napoleon  wrote  at  St.  Helena :  "Has  a  man  the 
right  to  take  his  own  life?  Certainly,  as  soon  as  his  death 
would  be  an  injury  to  no  one  and  his  life  a  burden.  When  is 
life  a  burden?  When  it  offers  only  tribulations,  but  as  these 
may  vanish  at  any  moment  there  seems  to  be  no  moment  in 
one's  life  when  he  has  the  right  of  self-destruction.  There  are 
not  many  men  who  have  not  felt  at  some  time  the  impulse  to 
end  all  through  death,  but  a  few  days  later  there  comes  a 
change  and  the  cause  for  self-inflicted  death  is  gone,  and  the 
man  who  succumbs  to  the  impulse  on  Monday,  could  he  undo 
his  work,  would  be  sorry  for  it  when  the  week-end  came." 


company  with  several  score  strapping  young  farmer  boys,  who 
are  studying  scientific  poultry,  she  goes  out  to  the  university 
houses  and  feeds  the  chickens.  She  says  she  prefers  to  manage 
her  own  estate,  and,  therefore,  decided  to  learn  how  to  take 
care  of  her  chickens.  Farming,  she  says,  is  more  important 
than  tariff  or  the  trusts,  and  she  asserts  that  she  never  had  so 
much  fun  in  her  life  as  when  she  feeds  the  chickens  at  the 
Agricultural  College. 


Howell — It  is  hard  for  a  woman  to  understand  statistics. 

Powell — I  guess  that  is  so.  I  told  my  wife  that  for  every 
passenger  the  railroads  of  this  country  transported  two  tons 
of  freight,  and  she  wanted  to  know  why  the  passengers  were 
allowed  to  carry  so  much  baggage. — Harpers  Weekly. 


An  unsual  short-course  student  has  entered  Cornell  in  the 
person  of  Mrs.  Olive  Brown  Saare.  a  wealthy  woman  past 
middle-age,  who  has  taken  up  college  work  because  of  her 
interest  in  raising  chickens.  Mrs.  Saare  owns  a  large  estate 
in  the  Catskills  and  her  home  is  known  as  Tamno  Uchi. 
There  are  a  large  number  of  Japanese  servants  on  her  estate 
and  her  chicken  houses  are  designed  as  Japanese  pagodas. 
She  is  an  authority  on  Japanese  architecture  and  a  woman 
of  ponsiderable  intellectual   attainments.      Every   morning,   in 


What  joy  one  little  baby  brings ! 

When  he  his  nightly  squall  begins 
You  hug  him  to  your  breast  and  bless 

Your  lucky  stars  he  isn't  twins. 


"Ring  out  the  old,  ring  in  the  new,"  for  the  passing  of  the 
Teddy  bear  seems  imminent  and  the  coming  of  the  Billy 
'possum  is  predicted  !  Already  a  company  has  been  organized 
to  manufacture  the  Billy  'possum.  It  is  fondly  hoped  by  the 
directors  of  the  company  that  before  many  months  Billy 
'possums  will  be  perched  on  automobiles,  victorias  and  baby 
carriages  and  will  have  become  an  essential  of  every  well  ap- 
pointed nursery.  A  woman  well  known  in  society  in  New 
York  gave  her  views  on  the  Billy  'possum  question  to  a  re- 
porter for  the  Herald  recently. 

"Do  you  know,"  she  said,  "I  think  the  scheme  is  a  scream. 
I've  ordered  two  dozen  of  the  little  dears." 

A  business  man  with  a  large  family  and  many  daughters 
was  not  quite  so  optimistic.  His  sentiments  were  something 
as  follows :     "I'm  sick  of  these  peripatetic  pests." 

The  originator  of  the  plan  to  adopt  the  little  animal  as  the 
new  national  pet  is  Mrs.  De  Forest  Allgood,  of  Atlanta.  Soon 
the  manufacture  of  the  toys  will  begin,  and  if  they  "catch  on" 
in  popular  favor  it  is  believed  that  the  Teddy  bear  will  be 
ousted  from  its  present  aristocratic  berth. 

Gladys — My  brother  is  just  awful.    He  can't  save  a  cent. 
Harold — He  has  saved  a  ten  spot  of  mine  for  the  last  eight 
months. — Browning's  Magazine. 


"Chameleon"  floral  decoration  is  the  latest  idea  for  dinner- 
parties in  London.  Lilies  and  other  white  flowers  placed  on 
the  table  are  scientifically  made  to  assume  gradually  vari- 
colored tints  before  the  eyes  of  the  guests.  The  table  vases 
are  filled  with  colored  solutions  of  gelatine.  The  stems  of  the 
flowers  are  slit  and  placed  in  the  liquid,  which  is  gradually 
absorbed  by  the  flowers.  Blushing  lilies  and  jaundiced  camel- 
lias are  the  result. 


There  was  a  young  fellow  named  Syd, 
Who  kissed  a  girl  on  the  eyelid ; 
Said  the  girl  to  the  lad, 
"Your  aim's  very  bad  ; 
You  should  practice  a  bit" — so  he  did. 

—Lippincotfs. 


The  true  function  of  the  clergyman  is  to  teach  the  ethical 
and  spiritual  doctrines  of  Christianity,  and  as  an  under  shep- 
herd, to  visit  the  flock  eomnoitted  to  his  care,  is  the  stand 
taken  by  Dr.  James  M.  Buckley  in  the  February  Century,  in 
a  discussion  of  the  "Dangers  of  the  Emmanuel  Movement," 
and  the  reasons  why  it  should  not  be  generally  adopted. 

In  the  discharge  of  this  duty  he  should  maintalT  an  indi- 
vidual acquaintance  with  members  of  the  congregation,  listen 
to  whatever  they  communicate,  and  by  counsel  assist  them. 
He  should  be  accessible  to  all,  sympathize  in  sorrow  and  in 
joy,  and  help  them  bear  their  burdens.  Scrupulous  attention 
should  be  given  the  poor  and  the  sick,  and  the  clergyman 
should  be  in  such  relation  to  reputable  physicians  and  sur- 
geons as  to  direct  those  who  require  advice ;  he  must  also 
have  the  entree  to  hospitals.  His  prayers  and  communings 
in  the  sick  room  will  sink  into  the  depths  of  the  mental  and 
moral  nature  of  the  sufferer,  cheering,  comforting,  strengthen- 
ing and  reinforce  every  effort  to  cure  or  mitigate  his  malady, 
inspiring  him  with  hope  of  recovery  or  of  immortality.  All 
else  the  pastor  should  leave  to  the  physician. 


Gyer — There  goes  a  man  the  weather  seldom  agrees  with. 

Myer— So?    Who  is  he? 

Gyer — He's  a  Government  weather  forecaster. 

Charge  a  nickel  more  and  say  "Thank  you" — cordially. 


February  25,  1909] 


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•Drug  Clerk's  Duty"  Wins  Cash  Prize  in  Era  Competition  This  Week. 


In  the  ERA'S  Prize  Competition  this  week  the  Cash  Prize 
is  awarded  in  Contest  No.  -i  to  A.  T.  Nicholson,  of  Tarboro, 
N.  C,  for  the  best  article  of  practical  helpful  value  to  drug 
clerks.  Mr.  Nicholsons  identity  was  not  known  to  the  judges, 
for  in  these  contests  every  preraiition  is  taken  to  obtain  un- 
biased judgment  as  to  the  relative  merits  of  articles  or  photo- 
graphs offered  in  competition  for  the  various  prizes.  Full  de- 
tails regarding  the  Competition  icill  be  found  on  advertising 
page  38  of  this  issue  of  the  ERA  and  it  should  be  remembered 
that  the  contests  are  open  to  everybody. 


A  Drug  Clerk's  Duty,  Often  Overlooked — 

And  a  Drug  Clerk's  Kemedy. 

There  are  certain  duties  that  the  drug  clerk  owes  his  em- 
ployer that  are  in  too  many  instances  disregarded.  Among 
the  first  of  these  duties,  which  is  not  always  heeded  as  it 
should  be,  is  the  proper  treatment  of  that  employer's  patrons, 
possession  of  whose  confidence  and  good  will  and  consequent 
patronage  are  essential  to  any  degree  of  success  to  which  the 
business  may  attain. 

"A  pleased  and  satisfied  customer  is  the  best  advertise- 
ment." 

The  truth  of  that  oft-repeated  phrase  has  been  demon- 
strated time  and  time  again,  and  respectful  attentiveness  and 
courtesy  to  customers  surely  work  togethe"*  to  that  end. 

So,  I  say,  of  first  importance,  the  drug  clerk's  duty  toward 
his  employer — and  incidentally  toward  himself — is  unfailing 
and  undiscriminating  politeness  and  courtesy  to  every  one  who 
visits  the  store.  Unfailing,  because  he  should  want  to  get  the 
habit ;  undiscriminating,  because  he  should  want  to  be  equally 
gracious  and  obliging  to  every  one,  rich  and  poor  alike. 

There  is  quite  a  large  class  of  drug  clerks  who  seem  to 
think  that  they  should  have  two  sets  of  store-manners.  A 
de  luxe  set,  so  to  speak,  for  use  only  while  serving  the  more 
wealthy  patron :  and  a  second  or  indifferent  set  for  the  large, 
though  less  fortunate,  majority. 

Every  man,  woman  or  child  who  enters  the  store — whether 
to  make  a  large  purchase  or  a  small  one,  to  buy  a  $10  toilet 
set  or  a  1  cent  postage  stamp — should  be  met  with  the  same 
equally  courteous  reception  and  treatment,  regardless  of 
whether  his  position  be  high  or  low,  or  whether  or  not  he 
makes  any  purchases  whatever. 

So  far  as  his  demeanor  towards  his  customer  is  concerned, 
this  side  of  the  matter  should  in  no  way  influence  the  man  be- 
hind the  counter.  Nevertheless,  if  he  is  a  wide-awake  one,  he 
will  see  to  it  that  it  is  no  fault  of  his  if  the  customer  gets  out 
without  having  made  a  purchase. 

The  drug  clerk's  early  training,  behind  the  counter,  deter- 
mines to  a  great  extent  the  degree  of  attention,  courtesy,  etc., 
that  will  be  bestowed  upon  his  future  customers,  for  it  is  then 
that  he  gets  the  HABIT  which  plays  so  great  a  part  in  his 
future  career.  Then,  it  is  here  the  two-fold  duty  of  the  man 
higher  up  to  see  to  it  that  his  customers  are  properly  treated 
— for  the  good  of  the  clerk,  as  well  as  himself — it's  a  duty  the 
boss  owes  the  boy,  for  the  boy's  future  benefit.  For  if  he  is 
started  right,  he  is  apt  to  continue  so.  If  he  is  started  upon 
the  habit  of  courtesy  and  attentiveness  to  patrons,  it  will 
become  of  incalculable  value,  and  he  will  not  fail  to  realize, 
sooner  or  later,  its  great  importance. 

The  point  is  that  HABIT,  in  this  connection,  to  a  certain 
extent,  makes  or  mars  the  salesman.  Whether  good  or  bad, 
the  habit,  if  unhampered,  will  grow  and  flourish  as  seed  sown 
in  fertile  ground,  and  will  produce  results,  good  or  disastrous, 
as  the  case  may  be. 

Some  will,  doubtless,  argue  that  one  cannot  always  be  agree- 
able and  obliging  so  long  as  toothaches  and  headaches,  and 
various  other  aches  and  ailments  continue  to  infest  the  drug 
clerk,  who  is  still  human,  notwithstanding  the  evident  idea  of 
some  to  the  contrary,  for  at  such  times  he  will  get  out  of  sorts, 
become  ill-tempered  and  grouchy,  and  that,  in  this  condition, 
it  is  next  to  impossible  for  him  to  be  even  civil  to  a  customer, 
much  le^s  agreeable.  Ordinarily,  that  is  true,  but  right  here 
is  where  the  man  who  has  the  "HABIT"  gets  the  advantage 
over  the  other  fellow. 

In  consequence  of  having  trained   himself  in   the  habit  of 


courtesy  to  his  customer,  under  such  conditions,  involuntarily 
he  will  realize  the  great  necessity  of  keeping  the  customer  in 
ignorance  of  any  distress  of  mind  or  body  from  which  he  may 
be  suffering.  In  other  words,  he  will  keep  his  wits  about 
him  and  be  constantly  on  guard  for  just  such  an  emergency, 
and  will  exert  himself  to  be  equal  to  it,  realizing  at  the  same 
time  that  his  customer  is  in  no  way  responsible  for,  and  should 
be  allowed  to  suffer  no  inattention  or  discourtesy,  not  to  say 
insult,  as  a  consequence  of  his  personal  feelings,  as  innocent 
patrons  so  often  do. 

Under  these  circumstances,  in  many  instances,  a  good  cus- 
tomer would  be  won  or  lost,  accordingly,  as  the  clerk  could 
or  could  not  be  master  of  his  own  feeling. 

As  a  result  of  this  simple  matter  of  self-training  in  every- 
day dealings  with  your  customer,  courtesy  and  affability  of 
manner,  in  all  circumstances,  will  become  a  force  of  habit, 
almost  of  second  nature.  And  the  more  persistently  practiced, 
the  more  completely  will  it  dominate  the  man's  personality. 
The  possession  of  such  a  disposition  is  positively  of  great 
value  to  the  man  of  business,  who  is  so  largely  dependent  upon 
a  fickle  public  for  its  patronage. 

"While  a  Smile  may  put  but  a  Dime  into  your  strong-box — 
a  Frown  may  mean  Dollars  taken  out." 


WOMEN  TO  CAMPAIGN  FOR  SHORTER  HOITRS. 


Each  Member  of  St.  Louis  Chapter  Appointed  a  Com- 
niittee  of  One  to  Act — New  Constitution  Beady. 

St.  Louis.  Feb.  20.— St.  Louis  Chapter.  W.O.N.A.R.D., 
has  taken  a  decided  stand  for  shorter  hours  for  the  druggists. 
The  subject  was  brought  up  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the 
organization  at  the  Southern  Hotel  by  Mrs.  J.  V.  Calver,  of 
Washington,  general  organizer,  who  had  been  working  in  the 
city  for  some  time.  Mrs.  Calver'«  suggestion  was  that  the 
wives  undertake  a  campaign  for  shorter  hours  and  closed 
Sundays. 

The  first  suggestiou  met  with  instant  response  from  those 
present,  but  the  Sunday  idea  was  not  encouraged.  Mrs. 
Calver's  expressed  idea  was  that  the  long  hours  were  the 
fault  of  the  public,  but  that  a  campaign  of  education  would 
have  excellent  results.  Mrs.  Richard  Kring,  secretary,  took 
issue  on  this  point,  expressing  the  belief  that  the  public  sim- 
ply knew  the  drug  stores  would  remain  open  late  and  that 
this  fact  was  taken  advantage  of.  If  the  druggists  wanted  to 
close,  they  could  easily  do  so  and  the  public  would  not  blame 
them,  but  would  come  earlier  for  the  small  wants  which  now 
make  the  late  sales.  Mrs.  Claus,  the  president,  took  a  similar 
position. 

Each  member  was  appointed  a  committee  of  one  to  under- 
take the  working  out  of  the  campaign  with  at  least  one  store, 
that  in  which  she  was  mostly  interested. 

The  committee  on  constitution  reported  that  document  ready 
to  be  sent  the  general  oflices  for  approval.  Mrs.  Calver  urged 
the  members  to  build  their  organization  in  such  a  way  that  if 
for  business  reasons  the  druggists'  organization  should  dis- 
band, that  their  society  could  be  held  together.  The  meeting 
closed  with  a  programme  for  which  Miss  M.  Jeude  rendered 
a  very  pleasing  piano  solo  and  Miss  Corolee  Siebly  entertained 
with  several  recitations,  which  were  well  received  and  ap- 
preciated by  all  present.  Then  a  game  of  "physiology"  was 
indulged  in  by  all  present.  Mrs.  J.  V.  Calver  won  first  prize; 
Miss  Mollie  Jeude  second  and  Mrs.  J.  P.  Methudy  third. 


Study  of  Browning  Entertains  Chapter  Members. 
Chicago,  Feb.  20.— The  Chicago  Chapter  of  the  W.O. 
N.A.R.D.  at  its  regular  January  meeting  voted  unanimously 
to  remain  in  the  present  quarters  at  70  Adams  street  during 
the  year.  A  pleasant  hour  was  spent  in  the  study  of  Brown- 
ing. At  the  next  regular  meeting  the  members  will  be  enter- 
tained by  a  lecture  on  "Woman  Suffrage."  Plans  are  being 
made  for  a  card  party  during  the  early  part  of  March. 


An  Up-to-Date  Pharmaceutical  Journal. 
"I  have  read  The  Phabmaceutical  Era  since  its  first  issue 
and   regard   it   as   being   the   most   up-to-date   pharmaceutical 
journal   published." — Henbt   F.   Lackey,   President   Tarrant 
County  R.D.A.,  Fort  Worth,  Tex. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[February  25.  1909 


A  Successful  Experiment. 


"By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

The  graduated  Woman  Clerk  in 
the  exclusive  Hurlburt  Square 
Pharmacy  was  an  experiment  and 
she  knew  it.  Her  engagement  was 
not  only  an  experiment  with 
her  employer  but  with  the  cus- 
tomers, and  she  fully  realized 
that  in  order  to  be  an  all-around 
success  she  must  demonstrate  her 
business  value  as  well  as  her  pro- 
fessional ability. 

Certificates  of  qualification  tes- 
tified to  what  she  was  supposed 
to  know,  but  so  did  those  of  the 
other  clerks,  and  every  little  while 
one  of  these  was  dropped  and  a 
new  one  put  in  his  stead.  There 
was  always  some  one  ready  to 
take  the  newly  vacated  place,  and 
she  knew  that  if  she  failed  to  make  good  it  would  be  so  in  her 
own  case  and  she  recognized  the  justice  of  it.  It  was  the 
survival  of  the  fittest,  or  as  her  old  college  professor  used  to 
say,  the  survival  of  the  fightest,  and  she  recognized  the  philos- 
ophy of  that  version  of  the  saying  as  well. 

As  she  took  mental  stock  of  her  equipment  she  was  forced 
to  acknowledge  that  she — Asenath  Esther  Vail,  was  not  a 
genius,  except  as  she  fulfilled  the  definition  for  one,  by  being 
possessed  of  infinite  capacity  for  taking  pains.  Her  chosen 
occupation  had  been  mastered  b.v  hard  study  and  close  applica- 
tion, and  she  was  determined  to  hold  what  had  been  thus 
gained  and  to  steadily  increase  her  fund  of  knowledge. 

In  one  corner  of  the  Woman  Clerk's  sleeping  room  an 
inexpensive  but  generous  sized  book-rack  was  installed.  It 
was  large  enough  to  hold  the  dog-eared,  text-book  friends  of 
her  college  lite,  the  steadily  increasing  files  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical magazines  which  she  could  not  afford  to  be  without, 
and  as  much  new  professional  literature  as  could  be  made  of 
daily  use.  A  well-bound  blank-book  was  also  provided  in 
which  to  make  notes  of  the  new  and  practical  ideas  of  more 
experienced  workers,  discoveries  of  her  own,  business  pointers, 
and  any  valuable  observations  which  from  time  to  time  might 
be  the  result  of  contact  with  others.  She  called  this  book 
her  business  diary,  and  tried  to  have  something  worth-while 
to  record  every  night. 

Some  of  the  other  students  who  had  graduated  in  her  own 
and  earlier  classes  boasted  that  they  had  not  opened  a 
reference  book,  except  as  absolute  necessity  demanded,  since 
their  closing  finals.  To  the  Woman  Clerk  this  seemed  like 
cultivating  and  planting  a  valuable  piece  of  land  to  a  promis- 
ing crop  and  then  sitting  calmly  back  to  watch  the  weeds 
choke  the  .young  plants.  It  was  incomprehensible  to  her, 
how  an  apparently  well-balanced  individual  could  so  utterly 
disregard  his  present  welfare  and  his  future  prospects.  Her 
life-field  of  activity  had  been  carefully  chosen  and  she  meant 
that  a  harvest  of  usefulness  to  others  and  a  competenc.v  for 
herself  should  be  the  outcome  of  a  definite  system  of  action 
toward  that  desired  end.  In  her  experience,  random  shots 
that  hit  the  bull's  eye  were  the  decided  exception  and  not 
the  rule. 

On  her  first  half-day  off  she  made  a  tour  of  observation 
among  all  classes  of  stores  employing  women  clerks,  and  she 
was  strengthened  in  her  belief  that  when  a  woman  becomes  a 
successful  part  of  business  life,  she  must  be  attired  in  busi- 
ness-like fashion  and  be  the  possessor  of  an  alert,  yet  modest 
manner.  It  was  surprising  how  few  women  clerks  whom  she 
saw  were  irreproachable  on  the  simple  points  of  immaculate 
neatness  and  careful  grooming.  That  night  an  entry  in  the 
note-book  read  :  "The  woman  in  business  must  give  careful 
heed  that  the  details  of  her  toilet  receive  daily  attention. 
Occasional  care  is  not  sufiicient.  Simplicity  and  neatness  are 
the  key-notes  of  a  suitable  appearance  in  business  life.  A 
plain  tailored  shirt-waist  with  spotless  collar  and  cuffs  is 
infinitely  more  attractive  than  a  dingy  garment  of  expensive 
material  with  elaborate  trimmings  of  doubtful  suitability." 
The  laundry  bill  might  be  a  bit  appalling  but  Miss  Vail  reg- 


istered a  vow  to  make  herself  valuable  enough  lo  her  firm 
that  the  question  of  laundry  would  be  a  mere  bagatelle.  At 
present  she  regarded  it  as  too  sure  a  thing  in  the  line  of 
profitable  investment  to  disregard. 

While  on  this  tour  of  investigation  she  could  not  but  note 
the  different  manners  of  the  various  clerks  and  the  immediate 
effect  upon  the  customer.  A  much-rouged  woman  of  uncertain 
age  replied  to  every  would-be  purchaser  with  a  studied  and 
patronizing  sweetness  that  was  decidedly  offensive ;  others 
were  condescending  with  an  accompanying  air  of  resigned 
martyrdom ;  still  others  visited  together  while  customers 
waited,  or  continued  their  conversations  as  they  gave  indif- 
ferent service ;  and  a  few  were  earnest  in  their  endeavors  to  do 
their  best. 

Miss  Vail  was  finally  rewarded,  however,  by  discovering  her 
ideal  woman-clerk  behind  the  counter  of  an  uptown  apothecary 
store,  and  she  extended  her  purchases  almost  to  the  point  of 
bankruptcy  to  have  an  opportunity  to  study  this  gentle- 
mannered  young  woman.  She  gave  respectful  and  willing  at- 
tention to  every  one,  and  while  she  spared  no  effort  to  please, 
or  to  show  and  if  necessary  to  explain  the  merits  of  her 
stock,  the  element  of  quiet  dignity  was  not  even  tinged  with 
undue  familiarity.  Never  once  did  she  permit  herself  to  say, 
"I  haven't  it,"  or  "I  will  get  it  for  you,"  or  "I  have  so  and 
so,"  as  though  she  were  the  head  and  front  of  the  whole 
concern,  it  was  always  the  impersonal  but  inclusive  "we." 
There  was  no  attempt  to  air  her  technical  knowledge  to  the 
discomfiture  of  the  customer,  but  there  was  a  perfect  willing- 
ness to  render  genuine  and  legitimate  assistance.  So  great 
was  Miss  Vail's  admiration  for  this  unexpected  "find,'.'  and 
right  in  her  own  line  of  business,  that  she  determined  to  go  to 
that  store  occasionally  and  to  cultivate  a  possible  friendship. 

Somewhere  she  had  read  or  heard  that  a  woman  who  culti- 
vates her  spiritual  nature  only,  is,  as  a  rule,  a  pious  freak; 
one  who  attends  wholly  to  society  is  a  butterfly ;  and  one 
who  gives  her  entire  attention  to  her  mental  development  is  a 
book-worm.  The  business  woman  was  not  catalogued,  and  as 
the  Woman  Clerk  thought  it  over,  it  seemed  to  her  that  she 
was  a  happy  blending  of  the  integrity  of  one.  the  human  in- 
terest of  the  second,  and  the  specialized  knowledge  of  the  third. 

Miss  Vail  realized,  perhaps  for  the  first  time  fully,  that 
in  one  respect  she  had  a  heritage  for  which  to  be  deeply  thank- 
ful. For  generations  back  her  ancestors  had  been  men  and 
women  of  honor  and  principle.  They  had  not  left  her  wealth, 
but  they  had  done  far  better.  They  had  given  her  a  fair 
share  of  brains,  reliability,  and  the  ability  to  accumulate 
wealth.  Reliability  to  her  meant  punctuality,  faithfulness  in 
the  performance  of  every  duty,  honesty,  and  loyalty  to  her 
employer  provided  that  loyalty  did  not  conflict  with  her  own 
ideas  of  right.  In  that  case  there  could  be  but  one  solution 
of  the  ditficulty,  and  that  was  the  ending  of  the  relations  of 
employer  and  employed. 

Her  attitude  toward  her  fellow  workers  was  also  the  sub- 
ject of  some  thought,  and  she  decided  that  she  owed  it  to  them 
to  be  uniformly  sunny  and  cheerful,  to  expect  no  special  con- 
sideration or  gallant  attention  because  she  was  a  woman,  to 
keep  in  mind  that  her  employer's  best  interests  must  be  her 
first  thought,  and  that  occasions  frequently  arise  in  a  drug 
store  where  the  loss  of  a  sale  is  much  more  profitable  than 
making  it. 

She  was  confronted  by  the  somewhat  consoling  fact  that 
while  there  were  some  of  the  heavier  parts  of  the  business 
that  required  a  man's  strength,  yet  that  the  great  bulk  of  it 
could  be  .attended  to  as  well  by  one  as  the  other — all  things 
being  equal.  That  still  left  a  balance  on  the  man's  side  that 
the  Woman  Clerk  felt  an  individual  responsibility  to  even  up. 
If  she  was  to  succeed  as  a  woman  pharmacist — and  she  never 
allowed  herself  to  doubt  for  one  moment  that  she  would  suc- 
ceed— she  must  discover,  systematize,  and  specialize  on  those 
very  points. 

It  was  astonishing  how  many  of  these  particular  parts  of 
the  business  she  found  after  she  began  to  keep  watch  for  them. 
They  threatened  to  use  up  all  the  spare  room  in  her  business 
diary  and  so  she  devoted  another  book  entirely  to  them,  giv- 
ing each  idea  plenty  of  room  for  additional  notes  as  the  sub- 
jects developed  with  time  and  experience.  As  the  months 
passed  by  and  rolled  up  into  years  the  note  books  have  become 
of  untold  value,  and  from  time  to  time  we  may  be  permitted 
to  gleam  some  of  the  ways  and  means  which  have  been  tested 
and  found  good. 

Miss  Vail  was  early  impressed  with  the  value  of  attractive 


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sigu  oiinls  for  interior  advertising.  These  she  discovered, 
frequent  l.v  would  he  changed  and  new  ones  put  up,  were  it  not 
for  the  trouble,  expense  and  delay  in  obtaining  them.  The 
dela.v  was  a  most  important  item.  When  it  rained  in  the 
shopping  district,  the  man  who  had  umbrellas  to  sell,  put  his 
sign  out  while  it  was  still  but  threatening  a  storm.  He  did 
not  wait  to  advertise  until  he  could  go  to  a  sign  maker  and 
have  one  iirepared,  at  which  time  the  storm  might  be  all  over 
and  the  sun  shining  brightly. 

Although  having  no  special  talent  for  brush  work,  she  knew 
that  mastery  of  the  simple  details  necessary  was  but  the 
matter  of  a  little  spare-time  application  on  the  subjects  of 
lettering  and  easy,  effective  decoration.  Inquiry  revealed  that 
the  cost  of  a  practical  working  outfit  and  a  few  lessons  was 
trifling,  and  so  without  saying  a  word  to  anyone  of  what  she 
proposed  to  do,  she  went  to  work,  and  when  her  employer 
casually  remarked  one  day  that  he  was  to  open  an  invoice  of 
brushes  of  all  kinds  nest  day,  she  came  gaily  to  work  in  the 
morning,  with  several  attractive  signs,  which  caught  and 
held  attention,  and  started  the  brush  sale  in  fine  shape.  From 
that  day  on,  as  long  as  Miss  Vail  held  her  position  in  the 
Hurlburt  Square  Pharmacy  the  store  revelled  in  artistic, 
timely  and  telling  show  cards.  They  gave  point  to  many  a 
window  display,  and  were  constant  revenue  pullers. 

Even  the  customers  noticed  this  evidence  of  an  up-to-date 
individuality,  and  when  one  of  the  best  patrons  the  store  ever 
had,  openly  acknowledged  that  it  was  the  live  advertising  that 
had  first  attracted  him.  Miss  Vail  felt  amply  repaid  for  any 
extra  work  it  might  have  caused  her. 

"You  see."  the  customer  explained,  "when  I  go  into  a 
store  and  see  a  sign  or  an  advertisement  that  was  out  of  date 
weeks  before,  or  the  announcement  of  a  fair  or  a  dance  over 
days  ago,  taking  up  valuable  space,  I  at  once  say  to  myself, 
'the  boss  here  is  either  too  forgetful  or  too  careless  to  take 
down  the  dead  matter  that  lumbers  up  his  place  of  business. 
and  if  he  is  careless  about  his  own  interests  he  will  be 
equally  careless  about  mine.  If  I  brought  a  prescription  in 
here  like  as  not,  he  would  forget  an  ingredient  or  two.  or  put 
in  a  near-kind  variety.'  Xo  thank  you,  the  man  for  me.  is 
the  man  who  looks  out  for  his  own  interests  carefully.  He 
will  not  do  any  better  for  me  than  he  does  for  himself." 

All  that  was  some  time  ago.  The  Woman  Clerk  now  owns 
a  prosperous  store  of  her  own.  and  her  old  employer — she 
never  had  but  one — frankly  says  she  was  the  most  valuable  all 
around  help  he  ever  had.  He  emphasizes  the  fact  that  one 
of  her  strong  points  was  her  poise,  and  another  her  resource- 
fulness. She  never  allowed  herself  to  be  hurried  unduly, 
never  became  impatient,  and  was  too  self-reliant  and  high- 
minded  for  anger  and  the  disturbance  of  trifling  annoyances, 
and  too  brave  to  shrink  from  needed  action. 

The  very  qualities  which  made  her  valuable  as  a  clerk  have 
made  her  successful  as  a  proprietor.  As  a  plant  sends  out 
tendril  after  tendril  so  this  enterprising  pharmacist  ventured 
into  various  unexplored  fields,  and  in  every  case  her  employer 
and  later  she  herself,  were  the  gainers,  because  she  never 
allowed  enthusiasm  to  run  away  with  her  judgment.  Then, 
too,  she  always  had  in  mind  some  point  at  which  her  knowl- 
edge gained  could  be  profitably  hitched  on  to  the  drug-store 
business.  The  sign  work  soon  led  to  the  study  of  another 
subject,  which  promptly  placed  her  worth  to  the  firm  away 
beyond  that  of  the  ordinary  clerk — but  that,  too,  is  another 
story. 


Northwestern  TJniversity  School  of  Pharmacy. 

Despite  a  most  disagreeable  storm,  students  and  alumni  to 

the  number  of  300  or  more  turned  out  to  the  dance  tendered 

recently  by  the  students  of  Northwestern   University   School 

of   Pharmacy   in   Chicago  to   the   Alumni   Association   of  the 

School.     The  music  was  fine,  the  refreshments  were  excellent. 

I   Assembly  Hall  had  been  tastefully  decorated  with  banners  and 

I   pennants  of  the  university  and  a  number  of  other  universities 

I   and  colleges,  and  altogether  the  affair  was  one  of  the  most 

I   enjoyable   ever   given   in    any   department   of   the    university. 

I   The  students  speak  in  the  highest  praise  of  the  committee  of 

their  fellow  students  who  had  charge  of  the  preparations  and 

entertainment   and   they   are   anxious   for  at   least  two   more 

I  such  dances  during  the  present  school   year. 

A  visit  was  made  during  the  evening  by  all  the  participants 
to  the  School  of  Pharmacy  on  the  fourth  floor  where  the 
friends  of  the  students  found  plenty  to  interest  them. 


Rocking  Backward. 


Hy  Joet   "Btanc. 

You  have  probably  noticed 
when  rocking  backward  and 
forward  in  an  ordinary  rock- 
ing-chair that,  little  by  little, 
the  chair  moved  backward 
until  it  brought  up  against 
the  wall.  This  double  motion 
of  the  rocking-chair  is  very 
much  like  what  some  men 
call  "progress."  Moreover, 
the  man  whose  life  is  largely 
spent  in  this  sort  of  rear- 
ward progression  is  one  of 
a  lot  of  old  grannies  who, 
as  they  swing  backward  and 
forward  and  .vet  ever  back- 
ward, loudly  protest  against 
the  men  who  move  steadily 
forward.  It  is  from  this 
rocking-iliair  lirigaile  that  there  comes  a  constant  refrain  of 
disjointed  words  such  as :  "Can't,  impossible,  return  to  first 
principles,  good  old  times,  established  business  practices,  com- 
mercial rules,  without  precedent,"  and  similar  expressions. 

Let  a  competitor  enter  the  field  of  one  of  this  woolen-sock 
aggregation  and  the  chorus  breaks  forth  with  an  increased 
volume  of  sound.  It  was  such  a  hobb.v-horse  cavalry  that 
hooted  at  Stephenson's  locomotive,  Fulton's  steamboat.  Morse's 
telegraph.  Bell's  telephone,  Edison's  phonograph  and  Marconi's 
wireless,  and  today,  within  the  drug  world,  a  part  of  the  same 
old  chorus  continues  to  rock  backward  towards  the  dead  wall 
of  self-effacement.  As  it  does  so  it  repeats  the  words  of  the 
same  old  refrain  and  flings  them  at  the  army  of  its  fellows 
who  march  b.v  in  double  time  or  fly  overhead.  This  senile 
chorus  is  composed  of  retailers,  wholesalers  and  manufac- 
turers  in   about   equal    numbers. 

One  who  has  friends  in  the  rocking-chair  brigade  as  well 
as  among  the  marchers  and  flyers  may  watch  and  listen  to 
both  classes.  He  may  conscientiously  believe  that  some  of 
the  marchers  move  too  rapidly,  that  some  of  the  flyers  are  too 
daring  and  that  some  of  the  rocking-chair  brigade  are  not 
getting  a  pe  tectly  square  deal.  Of  course  this  impartial 
watcher  is  knocked  by  both  sides — and  the  knockee  probably 
enjoys  the  knocks  more  than  the  knockers  do.  However,  as 
the  knockee  watches  the  hobby-horse  knights  rock  back  and 
forth  and  listen  to  their  everlasting  cant  about  "can't",  he 
at  last  becomes  tempted  to  join  the  flock  of  high  flyers  even 
though  he  believes  that  some  of  them  may  be  using  imperfect 
flying  machines.  He  feels  just  as  safe  in  the  company  of  pos- 
sible Darius  Greens  as  among  those  who  persist  in  rocking 
backward  until  they  crack  their  craniums  against  a  wall  of 
concreted   "can'ts." 

Just  at  present  the  favorite  words  of  the  woolen-sock 
soporifics  are,  "return  to  first  principles,"  "established  busi- 
ness practices,"  and  "commercial  impossibilities."  The  re- 
tailers of  the  rocking-chair  brigade  would  go  back  to  goose- 
grease  and  rhubarb  methods  by  a  "return  to  first  principles." 
A  corresponding  class  of  wholesalers  would  keep  their  grip  on 
best  quality  discounts  with  "established  business  practices," 
and  the  manufacturers  would  kill  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Law  with  "commercial  impossibilities."  True,  in  the  rocking- 
chair  brigade  there  are  only  a  limited  number  of  each  of 
these  classes ;  but  they  have  so  spread  out  their  chairs  that 
the  progressive  man  must  either  fly  over  them  or  trip  over  the 
rockers  and  break  his  blooming  neck. 

I  can  imagine  that  millions  of  years  ago  some  ring-tailed 
Darwin  may  have  informed  the  other  members  of  the  Simian 
family  that  monkeys  would  eventually  be  evolved  into  men. 
If  such  was  the  case,  we  can  rest  assured  that  throughout 
the  primeval  forests  there  was  a  chattering  protest  and  that 
as  our  four-handed  ancestors  rocked  back  and  forth  on  the 
limbs  of  the  trees  they  screamed  "can't !"  and  demanded  a 
"return  to  first  principles"  and  a  jelly-fish  state. 

The  general  commercial  structure  is  undergoing  a  grand  re- 
building and  yet  some  men  who  are  watching  the  rebuilding 
and  occasionally  catching  a  stray  brick  on  the  jaw,  will 
continue  to  twitter :     "It  can't  be  done  because  it  never  has 


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[February  25,  1909 


been  done."  About  the  safest  bet  I  know  of  is  to  wager  that 
everything  the  grannies  say  "can't  be  done"  will  be  done 
within  the  next  five  years.  Of  course,  some  of  the  mercantile 
aviators  will  come  down  with  a  hard  chug  and  break  their 
legs ;  but  it  is  not  safe  to  bet  which  of  them  will  make  the 
unlucky  descent.  When  one  of  the  Wright  boys  was  falling  on 
America  and  breaking  his  bones,  the  other  was  soaring  over 
France,  breaking  records. 

I  am  willing  to  concede  that  with  every  step  of  progress 
there  may  be  some  loss  of  good,  but  such  a  loss  is  usually  fol- 
lowed by  a  gain  of  the  better.  The  advent  of  the  railroad 
threw  a  good  many  stage-drivers  out  of  work  and  they  could 
no  more  foresee  the  better  fields  of  employment  the  railroads 
would  open  than  we  can  foresee  details  of  our  own  business 
future.  However,  intelligent  comparison  of  the  present  with 
the  past  seems  to  prove  conclusively  that  the  rapidly  develop- 
ing commercial  changes  are  not  destructive,  but  reconstructive. 
If  the  changes  in  alignment  take  certain  customers  or  lines  of 
business  from  me.  the  conditions  are,  of  course,  bad  for  me, 
so  long  as  I  do  not  attempt  to  adjust  myself  to  the  new  order 
of  things.  Bad  cannot  be  made  good  by  joining  the  rocking- 
chair  chorus  in  the  old  refrain  of  "Can't  be  done"  and  "Re- 
turn to  first  principles."  Some  of  the  "can't-be-done"  things 
are  not  only  being  done,  but  are  already  done,  and  it  is  up  to 
me  to  change  my  commercial  practices  so  that  what  was  lost 
to  me  from  an  old  source  shall  be  regained  from  a  new  one. 

Sitting  in  my  oflice  or  store  figuring  out  why  the  other  fel- 
low "can't"  do  business  on  a  certain  margin  is  not  going  to 
help  men  when  the  other  fellow  is  actually  doing  it.  It  is  up 
to  me  to  find  out  how  he  does  it  and  then  go  and  do  him  one 
better. 

Another  funny  thing  about  the  rocking-chair  rubes  is  their 
utter  disregard  of  the  general  public.  The  few  hundred  thou- 
sand which  includes  every  man,  woman  and  child  in  the  drug 
world  do  not  create  the  conditions  which  control  that  world. 
The  public  creates  the  conditions  which  the  retailer  is  forced  to 
pass  on  to  the  wholesaler,  the  wholesaler  to  the  manufacturer, 
the  manufacturer  to  the  original  producers  and  then  the  circle 
is  completed  because  the  original  producers  are  the  public  and 
the  consumers  also.  No  one  class  within  the  trade  is  respon- 
sible. Self-preservation  demands  that  each  class  shall  add 
its  contribution  of  changes  to  each  condition  as  it  passes  it  on ; 
that  is  all. 

It  is  time  for  each  man  to  be  up  and  doing  for  himself, 
instead  of  wasting  so  much  time  rocking  back  and  forth  and 
moaning,  "back  to  first  principles"  and  "a  violation  of  estab- 
lished business  usages."  The  fellow  who  does  do  that  is  not 
doing  for  himself,  nor  is  he  doing  the  other  fellow — unless  he 
is  doing  him  a  lot  of  good. 

Instead  of  trying  to  put  the  retailer,  wholesaler,  manufac- 
turer, or  buying  or  manufacturing  combination  out  of  busi- 
ness, the  wise  man  will  put  into  his  business  the  business  of 
every  man  who  tries  to  put  him  out  of  business.  Of  course, 
the  new  conditions  will  put  some  men  out  of  business  for 
keeps,  and  it  is  not  difficult  to  tell  who  those  men  are — look 
in  the  rocking  chairs  and  listen  to  the  dirge. 

Oh  for  a  breadth  of  mind  that  would  stop  this  wailing 
about  things  that  "can't  be  done  because  they  never  have  been 
done !"  Oh  for  a  vigorous,  hearty,  manly  competition  that 
would  accept  the  new  without  rocking-chair  meanings  and  evil 
prophecies,  without  the  narrowness  of  personal  invective  and 
the  pettiness  of  personal  greed !  Oh  for  a  competitive  spirit 
in  which  true  co-operation  would  be  born  through  the  realiza- 
tion that  conditions  within  the  drug  world  are  molded  by  in- 
fluences from  without ! 

I  plead  for  a  broader  mental  horizon  for  every  man  within 
the  world  of  drugs  and  pharmacy ;  for  less  isolation  in  thought 
and  practice ;  for  a  clearer  conception  on  the  part  of  every 
man  toward  united  human  effort ;  for  a  willing  acknowledge- 
ment of  the  right  of  all  and  the  interdependence  of  man  on 
man ! 

I  plead  for  progression  in  place  of  retrogression,  for  a  crea- 
tion of  new  principles  instead  of  a  return  to  the  old ;  for  a 
highway  leading  to  the  mountain  tops  of  the  future  instead  of 
a  by-path  leading  to  the  grave-valleys  of  the  past ;  for  life  in- 
stead of  death ! 


Original  and  Selected 


KATAPLASMA  KAOLINI,  TJ.S.P.  1900.* 


Inadequate  to   the   Occasion. 
Golf  Girl — Dear  me!     How  annoying! 
Caddie — Gee !      If   that's   all    she's   got    to    say    when 
breaks  a  stick,  it's  hardly  worth  while  talkin'  about. 


By  Dr.  A.  A.  Herzfeld,  New  York. 

It  has  been  my  earnest  endeavor  for  the  last  15  years  to    i 
try  and  convince  the  medical  profession  that  the  prescribing    { 
of    proprietary    medicines    is    not    only    detrimental    and    un- 
ethical, but  also  unnecessary.  ', 

I  have  tried  to  bring  about  a  change  in  all  possible  ways. 
Six  years  ago  I  examined  50,000  prescriptions  and  found  at 
that  time  over  25  per  cent  of  them  were  orders  for  proprietary  , 
mixtures,  and  I  have  recently  been  informed  by  good  authori- 
ties that  today  this  percentage  is  still  higher,  over  double  the 
amount.  What  do  we  understand  by  the  term  proprietary 
medicine  or  nostrum?  All  preparations  consisting  of  one  or 
more  chemicals  or  pharmaceutical  products  brought  into  the 
trade  under  a  new  name  which,  when  the  formula  is  known,  i 
can  be  easily  compounded  by  the  pharmacist.  Name  and  | 
composition  are  as  a  rule  protected  by  law.  This  definition 
excludes  all  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  products,  which, 
even  protected  by  law,  do  not  represent  mechanical  mixtures, 
but  products  of  pharmaceutical  and  chemical  research,  as 
all  coal  tar  products,  many  iron  preparations  and  all  such 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  mixtures  as  bear  their  accurate 
formulas  on  the  label.  The  proprietary  medicines  owe  their 
existence  to  the  physician  exclusively,  for  the  average  physi- 
cian is  not  sufficiently  educated  in  materia  medica  or  phar- 
macy, and  to  hide  his  ignorance  he  is  compelled  to  prescribe 
proprietary  mixtures,  the  composition  of  which  he  knows 
very  little ;  hence  he  depends  entirely  upon  the  impression  of 
the  eloquence  and  the  small  favors  of  the  patent  medicine 
agent  who  has  left  him  a  sample  of  "our  latest  c.  q.  d.  com- 
binations." So  it  happened,  that  in  the  year  1894  of  the 
Christian  era  a  well  known  M.D.,  attending  physician  to  sev- 
eral hospitals,  professor  in  a  post-graduate  medical  school  in 
this  city,  wrote  a  prescription  which  is  certainly  hors  de 
concours  in  the  history  of  pharmacy.  The  prescription  reads 
as  follows : 

"5 — Remedium  spontaneum,  Radway. 
D.S.     Use  as  directed. 

Dr.  D." 

This  prescription  came  under  my  own  personal  observation. 

One  of  the  latest  addenda  to  the  physicians'  index  of  nos- 
trums are  the  kaolin  pastes  in  all  their  different  varieties  and 
forms.  All  these  have  been  brought  to  his  patent  medicine 
memory  by  the  frequent  advertisements  in  our  medical  jour- 
nals. This  recent  discovery  of,  I  might  say,  an  antediluvian 
preparation,  sailing  under  a  new  flag,  was  a  boon  to  our 
Doctor  and  came  to  his  aid  like  a  "Deus  ex  machina,"  curing 
all  diseases,  particularly  those  which  enjoy  a  suflax  of  "itis." 

The  panacaea  to  cover  a  part  of  his  ignorance  had  been 
discovered,  and  an  endless  number  of  prescriptions  calling 
for  "pasta  argyllacea  glycerinata  odorata,"  appeared  in  our 
pharmacies,  this  "golden  medical  discovery"  becoming  our 
Doctors'  "favorite  prescription." 

So  it  happened  that  the  Committee  for  the  Revision  of  the 
U.S.P.  of  1900  deemed  this  preparation  worthy  of  a  place  in 
the  Pharmacopoeia,  with  the  intent  that  our  medical  brothers 
should  prescribe  the  official  preparation  in  preference  to  the 
proprietary.  This  committee  did  not  know  our  Doctorus 
Medicine  very  well,  otherwise  it  would  have  been  acquainted 
with  the  fact,  that  as  soon  as  the  preparation  makes  its  ap- 
pearance in  the  Pharmacopoeia  he  does  not  know  it  any  longer, 
and  woe  to  the  pharmacist  who  tries  to  give  him  the  official 
instead  of  the  patented  preparation:  "Substitution"!  On 
the  other  hand,  the  manufacturer  of  the  patented  clay  paste 
boasts,  that  the  committee  deemed  his  formula  worthy  of 
adoption  in  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia,  a  book  which  Dr.  Sche- 
lenz  calls  "an  aristocrat  amongst  all  the  pharmacopoeias." 
Hence,  the  manufacturer  claims  that  his  paste  is  as  valuable 
in  the  treatment  of  diseases  as  is  opium,  quinine,  arsenic,  iron 
and  mercury,  facts  to  which  I  alluded  in  a  paper  read  several 


♦Paper   read   by   invitation   before   the   American   Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  New  York  Branch,  February  7,  1909. 


February  25,  1909]  THE     PHARiMACEUTICAL     ERA  181 

INTEKIOR  VIEW  OF  SUCCESSFUL  PHARMACY  IN  DOUGLAS.  ALASKA— GOLD  NUGGETS  AS  SIDE-LINE. 


Herewith  !<;  preseuted  a  view  of  the  drug  department  of  the  Douglas  store  of  J.  Heubner.  Ph.G..  who  also  has  stores  in 
Haiaes  and  Skagway  in  far  away  Alaska.  The  picture  gives  an  idea  of  the  development  of  the  retail  drug  trade  in  our  most 
Northwestern  possession.  From  the  letter  head  of  Mr.  Heubner  it  will  be  seen  that  druggists  in  Alaska  deal  in  side-lines 
unknown  to  many  in  other  sections  of  the  country  : 

"Drugs,  Curios  and  Musical  Instruments.  Alaska  and  Yukon  curios,  nttgget  jewelry,  souvenir  goods,  Indian  baskets,  etc. 
Native  made  baskets,  $1  to  $50 ;  beaded  moccasins,  50c.  to  $3  per  pair ;  totem  poles.  50c.  to  $12  each ;  native  engraved  copper 
spoons,  paper  knives,  paper  weights  and  bracelets,  75c.  to  $5 ;  gold  nuggets,  loose,  $1  to  $50  each ;  stick  pins,  nugget  charms, 
lace  pins,  cuff  buttons,  rings,  beauty  pins,  $2  to  $15;  nugget  chains,  ladies'  and  gemlemen's,  $12  to  $200;  bracelets,  $10  to 
$100  each.     All   goods  guaranteed   as  represented.     Alaska  and  Yukon  gold  nugget  jewelry  made  to  order  in  all  designs." 


years  ago  before  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion  (Niagara  Falls,  1906). 

I  would  like  to  say  a  few  words  of  my  experience  with  the 
patented  clay  pastes.  One  of  my  first  observations  was  that 
of  a  child  suffering  with  a  severe  broncho-pneumonia,  who 
was  wrapped  up  with  a  heavy  layer  of  the  best  known  of  these 
Western  muds.  The  already  seriously  impaired  respiration 
was  still  more  impaired  by  the  heavy  layer  of  clay.  Further- 
more, the  pores  of  the  skin  were  closed  and  the  paste  interfered 
with  the  free  access  of  air  to  the  body,  an  essential  factor  in 
the  treatment  of  any  disease,  particularly  in  fevers.  I  saw 
it  applied  to  corns,  bunions,  ingrowing  toe  nails,  typhoid 
fever,  spinal  meningitis,  miliary  tuberculosis,  varicose  veins, 
appendicitis,  swollen  testicles,  and  even  to  open  wounds  and 
ulcers,  causing  severe  irritation  due  to  its  active  principle  the 
glycerin.     The  paste  covers  a  multitude  of  complaints. 

Dr.  Reich,  of  this  city,  witnessed  a  case  of  erysipelas 
which  could  be  traced  to  an  application  of  one  of  these  cele- 
brated pastes.  Through  the  frequent  use  of  the  clay  pastes  by 
the  physician,  the  laity  knows  the  doctor's  pharmacopoeia 
as  well  as  the  physician  himself  and  provides  for  the  paste 
before  our  M.D.  has  a  chance  to  prescribe  it. 

Closing  my  remarks,  I  would  like  to  say,  that  our  U.S. 
Pharmacopoeia  contains  a  sufficient  number  of  counter-irri- 
tants and  rubefacients.  There  is  no  need  for  a  clay  paste 
and  no  necessity  for  canonizing  such  a  preparation  by  making 
the  formula  official. 


A  QUESTION  OF  LIABILITY. 


By  Charles  Iff.  Woodruff,  of  the  Michig-an  Bar. 

Is  the  druggist  liaile  in  damages  to  one  injured  hy  a  mistake 
in  a  physician's  prescription,  especially  where  the  druggist 
has  received  the  physician's  confirmation  of  the  prescription? 
Recently   one   pharmaceutical   journal   answered   the   above 
question  affirmatively ;   another   took   issue  and   replied   nega- 
tively ;  now  I  am  called  upon  for  my  views. 

I  can  readily  answer :    He  is  and  he  isn't,  thus  satisfying 
both   contestants   or   neither.      The   question   is   one   of   fact. 


Under  some  circumstances  the  act  of  the  druggist  in  filling  the 
physician's  prescription,  even  when  confirmed  by  the  doctor, 
would  be  negligence  for  which  the  druggist  would  be  liable 
if  damages  resulted  ;  under  other  circumstances  the  druggist 
would  have  done  all  the  situation  required  in  asking  the 
physician  writing  the  prescription  to  confirm  it.  Still  other 
circumstances  might  not  require  the  druggist  even  to  consult 
the  physician. 

The  practice  of  law  consists  in  the  application  of  estab- 
lished principles  to  given  facts.  The  substantive  law  applying 
to  the  question  comprising  the  caption  of  this  article  may  be 
concisely  stated : 

By  the  common  law,  from  the  very  nature  of  his  vocation, 
the  druggist  is  required  to  exercise  the  skill  ordinarily  pos- 
sessed by  druggists  operating  under  similar  environment  and 
conditions;  he  must  compound  prescriptions  secundem  artem ; 
and  he  is  under  obligation  to  the  public  to  exercise  an  ex- 
traordinary degree  of  care.  This  duty  to  the  public  involves 
liability  for  damages  resulting  from  even  slight  negligence. 

The  question  in  every  such  case  then  is :  Do  the  facts  consti- 
tute such  negligence?  This,  as  a  rule,  is  a  question  of  fact  for 
the  court  or  jury  to  determine.  Everything  depends  upon 
the  nature  of  the  prescription.  If  it  was  such  that  the  drug- 
gist should  have  anticipated  the  results  complained  of,  the 
fact  that  a  physician  wrote  the  prescription  and  afterwards 
confirmed  it  ought  not  to  and  probably  would  not  excuse  him. 
Few  druggists  would  fill  such  a  prescription,  independent  of 
any  Icnowledge  of  their  legal  liability.  On  the  other  hand, 
if  the  nature  of  the  prescription  was  such  as  simply  to  create 
a  suspicion  in  the  druggist's  mind  that  the  physician  had  made 
an  error  in  writing  it,  he  would  probably  be  held  to  have 
performed  his  whole  duty  in  directing  the  matter  to  the  phy- 
sician's attention  and  giving  the  doctor  an  opportunity  of 
correcting  or  confirming  it. 

An  affirmative  answer  to  the  question  comprising  the  title 
of  this  article,  therefore,  would  probably  be  correct  in  a  few 
cases  of  actual  occurrence ;  while  a  negative  answer  would 
more  likely  fit  the  large  majority  of  such  cases ;  but,  after  all, 
the  question  is  one  of  fact  and  cannot  be  answered  by  any 
general  rule  of  law. 


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[February  25.  1909 


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Orange  Coloring. 

(H.  H.  H.) — This  query,  requesting  a  formula  for  "orange 
ooloring,"  is  rather  indefinite,  as  we  are  not  informed  of  the 
use  to  which  the  coloring  is  to  be  put.  However,  orange  tints 
for  beverages,  toilet  waters,  etc..  are  best  imparted  with  saffron, 
aniline-orange  or  similar  artificial  dye-stuffs  permitted  under 
the  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  The  phosphine  tiut  requires  to  be 
darkened  with  caramel.  Chrysoidine  is  a  darker  color  and 
is  obtainable  freely  soluble  water.  Many  other  orange  colors 
are  available  in  the  dry  state.  One  ounce  of  the  dry  color 
should  for  factory  use,  be  dissolved  in  a  gallon  of  water,  and 
a  sufliciency  of  this  added  to  the  syrup  to  give  the  tint  de- 
sired. Some  orange  and  yellow  colors  become  pink  in  the 
presence  of  acids  and  should  be  avoided. 

Lead  Acetate  and  Quinine  in  Suppositories. 

(G.  A.  L.) — "'Will  you  publish  a  method  for  filling  the  fol- 
lowing  prescription? 

Lead   acetate    3  grains. 

Quinine   sulphate    15  grains. 

Cacao   butter    q.  s. 

Make  into  one  suppository.     Send  XV  such. 

We  are  subscribers  to  the  Eba  and  ask  your  opinion." 

Two  difficulties  are  presented  in  attempting  to  compound 
this  prescription.  The  first  and  most  important  one  to  deal 
with  is  that  of  size,  the  large  quantity  of  quinine  sulphate 
prescribed  for  each  suppository  making  it  impossible  to  keep 
the  size  down  to  the  normal  standard.  The  second  difficulty 
is  the  reaction  between  lead  acetate  and  qui  ine  sulphate,  in- 
soluble compounds  being  formed  when  these  salts  are  rubbed 
together.  However,  this  may  be  practically  ignored  by  rub- 
bing the  lead  acetate  with  an  equal  quantity  of  cacao  butter 
and  mixing  it  with  the  quinine  sulphate  previously  rubbed 
down  with  a  few  drops  of  water  and  about  15  grains  of  cacao 
butter.  The  cacao  butter  should  be  grated  or  reduced  to  fine 
shavings  before  the  operation,  a  sufficient  quantity  being  taken 
to  make  15  suppositories.  The  mixture,  to  which  a  few  drops 
of  expressed  oil  of  almond  is  added,  is  reduced  to  a  plasti" 
mass  in  a  mortar,  then  transferred  to  a  pill  tile,  rolled  into  a 
cylindrical  form  and  then  divided  into  the  required  number 
of  parts,  each  being  pressed  into  form  in  a  suitable  mold. 

Azle  Grease;  Lubricant. 

(J.  W.  D.) — We  cannot  give  you  the  formula  for  the 
proprietary  article.  However,  heavy,  slow-moving  machinery, 
wagons,  etc.,  require  thick  oils  or  greases  for  their  lubrication, 
the  hard  oil  greases  being  composed  of  one  or  more  of  the  fol- 
lowing substances :  Tallow,  palm  oil,  degras,  rosin  oil,  and 
lime,  petroleum  or  solid  mineral  oil,  and  soap.  The  principal 
methods  for  preparing  these  lubricating  greases  are  as  follows : 

(1)  Aqueous  solutions  of  ordinary  potash  or  soda  soap  are 
precipitated  with  salt  of  lime,  magnesia  or  alumina.  The 
precipitated  soap  containing  the  heavy  metal  is  washed,  dried, 
and  dissolved  in  hot  petroleum. 

(2)  The  lime  soap  is  prepared  in  petroleum  by  emulsifying 
an  aqueous  solution  of  ordinary  soap  with  the  latter,  and  then 
decomposing  with  calcium  chloride  solution.  The  lime  salt 
in  stirred  in  at  the  boil,  and  the  soda  soap  is  gradually 
changed  into  a  lime  soap,  and  this  dissolves  in  the  petroleum 
as  fast  as  it  is  formed.  After  some  standing,  the  mother 
liriuid  which  contains  chloride  of  sodium  and  the  excess  of 
chloride    of    calcium    is    drawn    off.      Fresh    water    is    added. 


and  the  soap  is  once  more  boiled  up.  After  another  period 
of  standing,  the  wash  water  is  drawn  off  and  the  soap  is 
stirred  until  cold. 

(3)  A  neutral  fat  is  saponified  with  milk  of  lime,  and  the 
resulting  lime  soap  is  dissolved  in  petroleum. 

(4)  The  lime  soap  is  prepared  in  the  presence  of  petroleum 
by  melting  the  latter  and  a  fat  together  and  then  adding  milk 
of  lime  for  saponification.  The  last  two  methods  are  the  com- 
monest in  practice. 

Here  are  four  formulas  from  different  sources : 

(1) 

Mineral  oil    100  kilos. 

Linseed   oil    25  kilos. 

Earth  nut  oil    25  kilos. 

Lime    6  kilos. 

Mix  the  oils  together  and  then  heat  with  the  lime  under 
pressure. 

(2) 

Black  oil  or  petroleum  residue   40      gallons. 

Animal   grease    50      pounds. 

Rosin,  powdered    60      pounds. 

Soda   lye    21-4  gallons. 

Salt  (dissolved  in  a  little  water) 5      pounds. 

All   but   the   l.ve   are   mixed   together  and   heated   to   about 
250°    F.    (121°    C).     The   lye   is   then   gradually   stirred   in, 
and  in  about  24  hours  the  compound  is  ready  for  use. 
(3) 
Dissolve  %  pound  of  common  soda  in  1  gallon  of  water  and 
add  3  pounds  of  tallow  and  6  pounds  palm  oil   (or  10  pounds 
of  palm   oil   only).     Heat   them   together   between   200°    and 
210°   F. ;   mix  and  keep  the  mixture  constantly  stirred   until 
the  composition  has  cooled  down  to  60°   or  70°. 
(4) 

Tallow     8  pounds. 

Palm  oil    10  pounds. 

Plumbago     1  pound. 

Makes  a  good  lubricator  for  wagon  axles. 


Tincture  of  Star  Anise. 

(J.  S.) — The  American  Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia  pro- 
vides a  formula  for  tincture  of  star  anise  in  which  work  it 
is  official :  "The  dried  powdered  fresh  fruit  is  covered  with 
five  parts  by  weight,  of  alcohol.  Having  poured  the  mass 
into  a  well-stoppered  bottle,  it  is  allowed  to  stand  eight  days 
in  a  dark  cool  place,  shaking  it  twice  a  day.  The  tincture 
is  then  poured  off,  strained  and  filtered." 

According  to  other  authors  the  name  has  been  applied  to 
spirit  of  anise  of  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia,  but  this  use  of  the 
title,  of  course,  would  be  incorrect. 


Label  Requirements  of  the  Various  States. 

(P.  P.  Co.) — "We  have  been  thinking  that  it  would  be 
extremely  interesting  and  instructive  to  your  numerous 
readers,  if  you  would  publish  an  alphabetical  list  of  the 
States  which  have  adopted  the  Pure  Food  Law,  at  the  same 
time  giving  a  resumfi  of  what  particular  phases  of  the  law 
have  been  omitted  or  altered.  During  the  past  year,  we  be- 
lieve quite  a  number  of  States  have  fallen  into  line  and  we 
are  sure  that  if  an  authentic  list  of  these  were  given  in  the 
Eba,  it  would  be  intensely  valuable  to  many  of  your  sub- 
scribers." 

Most  of  the  laws  enacted  by  the  various  State  legislatures 
follow  quite  closely  the  provisions  of  the  Federal  Food  and 
Drugs  Act.  So  far  as  we  know,  all  of  these  require  the 
declaration  regarding  alcohol  content  and  quantities  of  nar- 
cotic drugs  to  be  stated  on  the  labels  of  preparations  which 
may  contain  such  substances.  The  States  which  have  enacted 
laws  with  label  requirements  on  the  type  of  the  Federal  Act 
are  as  follows,  the  exceptions  to  this  requirement  in  particular 
States  being  indicated  in  parenthesis : 

Alabama,  California,  Colorado,  Connecticut  (except  in  case 
of  drugs  for  external  use  only)  ;  Florida  (percentage  of  alco- 
hol must  be  stated  on  patent  foods  also)  ;  Georgia.  Indiana, 
Iowa,  Kansas  (prescriptions  exempt)  ;  Kentucky  (prescrip- 
tions U.S. P.  and  N.F.  preparations  are  exempt)  ;  Louisiana, 
Massachusetts  (percentage  of  alcohol  must  be  stated  on  pro- 
prietary foods)  ;  Missouri  (prescriptions  exempt)  ;  Nebraska 
(alcohol  declaration  on  goods  as  well)  ;  New  Hampshire,  New 


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Jersey   (prescriptions,  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations  exempt) 
North     Carolina,     Xorth     Dakota      (prescriptions     exempt) 
Rhode    Island    (alcohol   percentage   required   to   be   stated   on 
patent  or  proprietary  medicines  and  proprietary  foods  only) 
South  Carolina    (prescriptions  exempt)  ;   Ohio    (prescriptions 
U.S.P.  and  X.F.  exempt)  ;  South  Dakota,  Tennessee   (U.S.P 
but  not   N.F.  preparations  exempt);   Texas,   Utah    (prescrip 
tions.  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations  exempt)  ;  Vermont,  Wash 
ingtou,    West    Virginia    (prescriptions   and    U.S.P.    and    N.F 
preparations   exempt)  ;    Virginia    (U.S. P.   and    N.F.   prepara- 
tions exempt,   but  only  when  they  conform  to  official   stand 
ards). 

In  Delaware,  Montana  and  Wyoming  the  Food  and  Drugs 
Acts  do  not  require  that  the  name  of  any  ingredient  shall 
appear  upon  the  label. 

In  a  recent  issue  of  The  Soda  Fountain  a  good  authority 
stated  that  the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  (subject  of  course  to 
label  requirements)  in  quantities  of  one-tenth  of  one  per 
cent  will  be  permitted  during  1909  in  the  following  States  and 
Territories :  Alabama,  Alaska,  Arizona,  Arkansas,  Califor- 
nia, Colorado,  Connecticut,  Delaware,  District  of  Columbia, 
Florida,  Georgia,  Hawaii,  Illinois,  Indiana  (?),  Iowa,  Isth- 
mus of  Panama,  Kansas,  Louisiana,  Maine,  Maryland,  Mas- 
sachusetts, Michigan,  Minnesota,  Mississippi,  Missouri,  Mon- 
tana, Nebraska,  Nevada,  New  Hampshire,  New  Jersey,  New 
Mexico,  New  York,  Ohio,  Oklahoma,  Oregon,  Pennsylvania, 
Philippine  Islands,  Porto  Rico,  Rhode  Island,  Tennessee, 
Texas,  Utah,  Vermont,  Virginia,  Washington,  West  Virginia, 
Wisconsin. 

In  the  following  States  the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  is  pro- 
hibited :  Iciaho,  North  Carolina,  North  and  South  Dakota, 
Wyoming  and  possibly  Kentucky,  the  question  not  having  yet 
been  settled  in  the  latter  State. 


Brown  and  Black  Shoe  Polish.  (Paste). 

(R.  C.) — Various  formulas  of  this  character  have  been 
published  in  recent  issues  of  this  journal.  Here  is  another 
one  : 

Brown. 

Yellow  beeswax 1  ounce. 

Palm  oil    1  ounce. 

Oil  of  turpentine   3  ounces. 

A  little  oil-soluble  brown  aniline  may  be  added  if  the  paste 
is  not  dark  enough.  For  black,  use  the  same  basis,  adding  a 
sufficient  quantity  of  oil-soluble  nigrosine. 


Black  Leather  Shoe  Polish. 

(J.  H.  W.) — The  following  formula  is  suggested  for  mak- 
ing a  black  leather  shoe  polish : 

Rectified  spirit   1     gallon. 

Blue-black  aniline   20.8  drams. 

Bismarck  brown  aniline   31.2  drams. 

Agitate  occasionally  in  the  course  of  12  hours  if  there  is 
any  deposit.  This  makes  what  is  known  as  the  "mother 
liquid  dye."     To  complete  the  blacking  take  of — 

Rectified   spirit    1      gallon. 

Mother  liquid  dye   14  gallon. 

Mix  and  add  the  following : 

Camphor    11      ounces. 

Venice  turpentine    16      ounces. 

Shellac    36     ounces. 

When  solution  is  effected  add  the  following : 

Benzine    %  gallon. 

Castor  oil    3  1-5  ounces. 

Boiled  linseed  oil  1  3-5  ounces. 

Shake  well  to  obtain  a  perfect  mixture. 

If  the  product  is  too  thick,  add  spirit  to  secure  the  proper 
fluidity. 


Compound  Syrup  of  Hypophosphites  (Cloudy). 

(A.  K.)— See  this  journal  May  28,  1908,  page  684. 


Importation  and  Ownership  of  Patented  Products. 

(E.  V.  H.) — "Kindly  give  me  your  opinion  of  the  buying 
and  dispensing  of  chemicals  imported  and  sold  either  under 
the  trade  name  or  equivalent  chemical  name.  I  would  like  to 
have  your  opinion  from  a  legal  or  ethical  point  of  view.  Quite 
a  lot  of  price  lists  are  flooding  over  sections  with  low  quota- 
tions on  phenacetin,  acetylosalicylic  acid    (aspirin),  nucleinio 


silver  (argyrol),  etc.  It  is  the  old  Canadian  'smuggling 
scheme'  in  the  new  form  of  jobbers  buying  abroad  and  paying 
the  duty,  etc.  In  I  he  testing  of  samples  for  comparison  the 
products  are  practically  the  same." 

This  query  brings  to  the  front  the  oft-discussed  question  of 
the  clash  between  the  law  governing  the  importation  of  pat- 
ented products  and  the  rights  acquired  by  patentees  in  this 
country.  In  the  one  instance,  the  Government  will  permit 
any  one  to  import  a  patented  article  so  long  as  he  pays  the 
duty  on  it,  but  the  minute  it  passes  into  his  possession  his 
right  to  ownership  is  attacked  because  he  has  in  his  possession 
a  product  which  was  not  obtained  of  the  owner  of  the  patent 
in  this  country.  Numerous  attempts  have  been  made  to 
amend  our  patent  laws  in  this  particular,  but  unfortunately, 
such  a  condition  is  still  permitted  to  exist.  This  being  so,  it 
remains  for  the  druggist,  if  he  would  avoid  trouble,  to  buy  no 
such  product  except  that  which  has  been  obtained  through  reg- 
ular and  reputable  sources. 

In  the  case  of  phenacetin,  the  problem  is  somewhat  different, 
the  patent  for  the  manufacture  of  this  article  under  the  name 
of  acetphenetidin  having  expired  some  time  ago.  The  claim 
is  still  made,  however,  that  the  name  "phenacetin"  is  trade 
marked,  but  it  is  a  question  whether  such  claim  can  be  sub- 
stantiated. It  is  therefore  a  debatable  issue  whether  a  drug- 
gist can  justly  use  acetphenetidin  in  compounding  prescrip- 
tions in  which  phenacetin  is  ordered.  If  individual  ownership 
in  the  word  "phenacetin"  is  admitted,  then  only  that  product 
put  out  by  the  owner  or  owners  of  phenacetin  is  "phenacetin." 
Of  course,  the  courts  have  held  that  the  name  of  a  patented 
product  becomes  public  property  on  the  expiration  of  the 
patent,  and  it  is  our  opinion  that  such  would  be  the  case  in 
this  instance.  Any  other  admission  would  be  as  illogical  as 
to  contend  that  although  acetphenetidin  is  phenacetin,  phe- 
nacetin is  not  acetphenetidin.  This  question  would  not  arise, 
however,  if  physicians  would  prescribe  the  product  under  its 
pharmacopoeial  name.  The  only  way  for  the  druggist  to  avoid 
trouble,  it  would  seem,  is  to  buy  those  products  which  are  sub- 
ject to  the  pateu  lee's  rights  from  reputable  jobbers  or  from 
the  manufacturers'  known  agents. 


New  Reaction  of  Formaldehyde. 

On  adding  formaldehyde  to  a  dilute  solution  of  ammonium 
sulphide  a  white  precipitate  is  formed  which  settles  to  the 
bottom.  The  liquid  remains  clear  and  has  lost  all  smell  of 
hydrogen  sulphide.  Concentrated  solutions  of  ammonium 
sulphide  and  formaldehyde  interact  immediately,  giving  a 
tough,  colorless  transparent  mass  which  is  sticky  and  can  be 
drawn  into  threads.  This  hardens  under  water  to  a  resinous 
mass  which  becomes  soft  when  worked  between  the  hands 
and  can  be  molded  into  any  shape.  It  melts  at  45°  C. ;  after 
heating  to  100°  C.  for  a  time  and  cooling,  it  becomes  trans- 
parent. It  is  soluble  in  chloroform  and  hot  acetic  acid  ;  from 
the  latter  solvent  it  separates  on  cooling  in  long  colorless 
needles,  m.p.  208°  C.  The  latter  substance  is  also  formed 
on  warming  the  soft  compound  with  20-30  per  cent  sulphuric 
acid  (Chem.  Zeit.  through  Jour.  80c.  Chem.  Ind.). 


Pharmacy  College,  State  University  of  Iowa. 

— William  Dolash,  '09,  of  Tama,  enjoyed  a  visit  from  his 
father  recently. 

— On  February  22  there  was  a  university  convocation.  Sen- 
ator A.  V.  Proudfoot  delivered  the  address. 

— Emil  Benesh,  '00,  and  B.  E.  Barkdoll,  '02,  of  Toledo,  have 
purchased  the  Wilson  drug  store,  of  Marion. 

— E.  M.  Wertz,  'OS,  of  Davenport,  was  in  Iowa  City  re- 
cently to  attend  the  Phi  Chi  party  and  call  on  old  friends. 

— O.  L.  Rogers,  "07,  has  sold  his  business  at  Kalona  to 
Otho  Grady,  '07,  and  a  Mr.  Rogers.  Mr.  Rogers  called  on 
friends  at  the  college  a  few  days  ago. 

— Howard  Eddington  and  W.  D.  Ralston,  both  of  Pringhar ; 
Ulysses  S.  Gary,  of  Des  Moines,  and  H.  Foster,  of  Scranton, 
have  registered  for  second  semester  work. 

— On  February  12  the  university  held  exercises  in  commem- 
oration of  Lincoln's  birthday.  The  address  was  by  Charles 
A.  Clarke,  of  Cedar  Rapids,  a  member  of  the  Board  of 
Regents. 

— The  members  of  the  Phi  Chi  fraternity  recently  enter- 
tained their  friends  at  a  dance  in  Red  Men  Hall.  The  decora- 
tions were  of  the  fraternity  colors  and  college  pennants  and 
the  effect  helped  to  make  the  whole  a  most  enjoyable  affair. 


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[February  25,  1909 


Methods  of  Keeping  Up  Stock. 


Buying  Helps. 

If  we  would  carefullj'  note  the  manner  and  expressions  of 
our  patrons,  we  would  learn  of  many  shortcomings  in  our 
storekecping  which  otherwise  might  pass  unnoticed  and  by 
remedying  those  faults  we  would  add  much  to  the  convenience 
and  time-saving  details  of  system. 

One  day  a  patron  requested  a  package  of  a  certain  liver  pill. 
The  druggist  pulled  open  a  drawer,  delved  through  a  hetero- 
geneous mass  of  pills,  ointments  and  powders,  and  after  a  vain 
and  nervous  search  turned  and  informed  the  customer  that 
he  was  "just  out."  The  expression  of  disgust  which  the 
druggist  observed  upon  that  customer's  face  acted  as  an  illu- 
minant  which  revealed  the  disorder  of  the  drawer  in  a  manner 
that  had  not  previously  been  seen.  The  druggist  remedied 
the  fault  by  making  a  very  light  cross  section  frame-work  of 
wood  which  divided  the  drawer  into  square  compartments  of 
various  sizes,  from  two  by  four  to  four  by  six  inches  each. 
This  wood  partition  was  of  such  a  depth  that  it  came  within 
one  and  one-half  inches  of  the  top  of  the  drawer.  Next,  he 
placed  a  smooth  quarter-inch  board,  cut  so  as  to  fit  closely 
within  the  drawer,  over  the  partitions.  This  was  ruled  in 
squares  corresponding  with  the  partitions  ueneath  and  then 
carefully  sawed  with  a  thin-blade  saw  along  all  the  ruled  lines. 
In  this  way  was  secured  a  cover  for  each  of  the  compartments, 
the  covers  when  in  place  fitting  closely  and  resting  properly 
upon  the  edges  of  the  partitions  and  yet  in  such  a  manner 
that  each  could  be  readily  removed.  After  the  partitions  and 
covers  were  in  place  the  goods  were  sortea  into  the  compart- 
ments, the  goods  of  most  general  sale  being  kept  towards  the 
front  of  the  drawer.  In  a  few  cases  where  the  packages  were 
very  small,  or  of  exceedingly  limited  sale  and  consequently  pur- 
chased in  fractional  quantities,  sometimes  two  kinds — never 
more  than  three,  were  placed  in  one  compartment.  No  more 
than  the  contents  of  one  original  package,  and  seldom  that 
number,  were  placed  in  any  one  pocket  or  compartment.  The 
stock  packages  were  kept  on  a  shelf  in  the  rear  of  the  store. 
After  the  goods  were  all  sorted  the  druggist  wrote  in  pencil, 
on  each  cover,  the  name  or  names  of  the  goods  to  be  kept 
beneath.  This  writing  was  done  with  a  heavy,  soft,  black 
pencil,  so  that  it  might  be  readily  removed  by  the  use  of  a  bit 
of  sand  paper.  The  next  move  was  to  fasten  to  each  cover 
a  sample  of  the  goods  to  be  kept  beneath.  These  samples  were 
fastened  on  the  reverse  side  from  that  upon  which  the  writing 
had  been  done,  the  samples  being  held  in  place  by  elastic  cord 
run  through  perforations  in  the  cover. 

Method  of  Using. 

When  the  drawer  was  opened  a  mere  glance  would  show  the 
druggist  or  salesman  the  location  of  any  article  he  was  seek- 
ing, the  sample  itself  serving  as  a  handle  by  which  to  lift 
the  lid,  so  that  the  desired  article  could  be  removed  from 
below. 

If  the  article  removed  was  the  last  one  of  its  kind  in  the 
compartment,  it  was  the  salesman's  duty  to  place  the  cover, 
with  the  attached  sample,  upon  the  shelf-ledge  above  the 
drawer ;  after  he  had  served  the  waiting  patron  it  was  his 
further  duty  to  go  to  the  shelf  stock  and  procure  the  goods  to 
replenish  the  compartment.  Should  the  shelf  stock  be  ex- 
hausted or  low,  he  was  directed  to  place  at  once  the  name  of 
the  article  upon  the  want  book.  If  the  shelf  stock  should  be 
entirely  exhausted  the  cover  was  to  be  replaced  in  proper 
position,  the  sample  to  be  sold  only  in  case  of  a  call  before 
the  arrival  of  new  goods.  In  case  of  the  sale  of  the  sample 
the  cover  was  reversed,  so  that  the  sight  of  the  pencil  written 
name  denoted  at  a  glance  that  the  article  was  out  of  stock. 
When  the  compartment  was  replenished  a  new  sample  was 
invariably  placed  within  the  rubber  loops  and  the  old  one  sold, 
thereby  avoiding  any  loss  through  shop-worn  samples. 
Another  "Short"  Detector. 

How  many  hundreds  of  dollars  worth  of  business  are  lost 
through  the  careless  handling  of  shelf  stock?  Goods  are  not 
kept  faced,  the  last  package  is  removed  from  the  back  of  a 
shelf  and  sold  without  a  corresponding  entry  on  the  want  book, 
and  the  first  thing  one  knows  there  is  a  call  for  the  article  which 
cannot  be  supplied  and  a  sale  is  lost.  A  druggist  who  had  had 
much  trouble  with  clerks  in  regard  to  "shorts"  occurring  from 
neglect,    such   as   that   described,    and    who   was    not   himself 


blameless,  evolved  the  following  scheme  to  avoid  running  out 
of  proprietary  medicines  and  similar  shelf  goods :  He  cut 
strips  of  clean,  stiff  cardboard  one  inch  wide,  the  length  being 
one  inch  less  than  the  depth  of  the  shelf.  In  this  case  the 
shelf  was  nine  inches  wide,  so  that  the  length  of  the  strip  was 
eight  inches.  From  one  end  of  each  of  these  strips  was  cut 
an  inch  piece  which  was  reattached  to  the  main  strip  by  a 
bit  of  muslin,  which,  at  the  point  of  junction,  served  as  a 
hinge.  The  upper  or  hinged  half  of  the  sirlp  was  colored  to 
conform  with  the  general  tone  of  the  shelf,  while  the  lower 
half  was  colored  a  brilliant  red. 

One  of  these  strips  was  fastened  over  each  row  of  goods 
by  driving  a  thumb-tack  through  the  inch  hinge  piece  and  then 
into  the  wood  itself  directly  over  the  spot  where  the  "face" 
or  shelf-edge  package  of  the  goods  would  stand.  When  the 
rear  package,  the  one  against  the  wall,  was  in  place  it  would 
naturally  hold  up  the  free  end  of  the  strip  because  that  end 
would  rest  upon  its  top.  If  there  were  five  bottles  in  the 
row  the  four  in  front  might  be  removed  without  disturbing 
the  strip,  but  as  soon  as  the  last  one  was  taken  out  the  strip 
would  of  course  swing  down  and  hang  by  its  hinge  at  right 
angles  with  the  front  of  the  shelf.  Thus,  a  glance  along  the 
shelves  would  disclose  the  brilliant  red  ends  of  the  hanging 
strips  and  give  warning  of  shelf,  if  not  stock,  shortage.  On 
the  other  hand,  the  upper  part  of  the  strip,  being  colored  like 
the  shelving,  made  the  strips  almost  invisible  until  the  shelf 
vacancy  caused  them  to  swing  down.  If  the  goods  were  kept 
faced,  the  strip  would  be  brought  farther  forward  with  each 
succeeding  removal,  so  that  though  the  last  package  might  oe 
taken  from  the  front  of  the  shelf  the  warning  would  be  given 
just  the  same.  The  strips  could  be  easily  removed  or  changed 
about  and  their  cost  was  hardly  calculable. 

To  Prevent  Over-buying. 

In  the  most  orderly  and  systematic  drug  stores  it  is  not  an 
uncommon  occurrence  to  buy  goods  of  a  line  of  which  there 
is  a  forgotten  or  misplaced  stock  stored  in  the  cellar,  store- 
room or  under  the  counters.  To  avoid  this,  the  following  sys- 
tem has  been  successfully  used  in  a  number  of  stores :  Within 
each  drawer  of  bulk  goods,  attached  to  the  container  of  small 
goods  which  are  sold  from  original  packages  or  upon  the 
bottom  of  the  shelf  beneath  the  proprietary  medicines  or  other 
shelf  goods,  is  fastened  a  gummed  label  upon  which  is  written 
the  quantity  and  location  of  the  corresponding  storage  stock. 
If  there  is  no  such  ticket  it  is  known  that  all  the  stock  of  the 
article  is  in  the  sales  space.  When  goods  are  taken  from  the 
storage  stock  to  the  sales  space  the  quantity  so  taken  is  de- 
ducted from  the  quantity  already  indicated  upon  the  label. 
By  such  an  arrangement  a  check  is  provided  against  over- 
buying, and  the  scheme  also  serves  as  an  added  protection 
against  stock  exhaustion. 

"The  Look-overs." 

The  most  aggravating  case  of  "outs"  arises  from  the  filling 
of  dispensing  containers  from  original  packages  without  mak- 
ing note  of  the  quantity  that  may  remain  in  an  original 
package.  An  energetic  Virginia  druggist  prevents  much  of 
this  trouble  with  what  he  calls  his  system  of  "look-overs." 

In  the  cellar  there  is  a  table  and  in  the  back  end  of  the 
store  proper  there  is  a  shelf.  Whenever  any  part  of  the  con- 
tents of  a  storage  container  is  taken  to  fill  a  dispensing  con- 
tainer the  person  making  such  transfer  is  under  rigid  instruc- 
tions to  place  the  stock  container  upon  the  previously  men- 
tioned cellar  table  or  store  shelf,  as  the  storage  location  of 
the  article  may  indicate.  If  the  transfer  is  made  from  a 
barrel,  carboy  or  other  container  so  large  that  it  cannot  be 
well  placed  upon  table  or  shelf,  then  the  individual  making 
the  transfer  is  directed  to  write  the  name  of  that  substance 
upon  a  slate  attached  to  the  table  or  shelf. 

Once  each  day  the  proprietor  looks  over  the  containers 
placed  upon  the  table  and  shelf  and  those  whose  names  are 
indicated  by  the  memoranda  upon  the  slates,  and  decides 
which  of  them  should  be  placed  upon  the  want  list. 


■Wonders  of  Medical  Science. 

Patient — Can  I  eat  between  meals  if  I  feel  a  craving  for 
the  food,  doctor? 

Doctor — Certainly. 

Patient — But  last  summer  you  said  I  should  eat  only  at 
mealtime. 

Doctor — Yes,  but  at  that  time  you  had  no  craving. 


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Personal  Mention 


— J.  W.  Neblett,  of  Riverside,  Cal.,  was  a  recent  visitor  in 
Los  Angeles. 

— J.  C.  Baugh  and  wife,  of  Hailey,  Idaho,  are  spending  the 
winter  in  Arizona. 

— Geobge  B.  1-  OBSTEB,  of  Tonkers,  N.  Y.,  was  a  caller  upon 
the  trade  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— C.  W.  Geegoby,  of  the  Black  Hawk  Pharmacy,  Waterloo, 
Iowa,  is  recovering  from  a  serious  illness. 

— H.  Lapplet,  a  druggist  of  Mazomanie,  Wis.,  is  home 
after  enjoying  a  few  days  vacation  in  Chicago. 

—P.  F.  INGBAM,  of  Detroit,  was  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Tariff  Convention  held  in  Indianapolis  last  week. 

— Charles  N.  Ceittenton,  of  this  city,  has  been  conduct- 
ing a  series  of  philanthropic  meetings  in  Georgia. 

— F.  A.  Collins,  of  Collins  Drug  Company,  of  Newark, 
Ohio,  was  a  visitor  in  New  York  drug  circles  a  few  days  ago. 

— J.  Giles  Louis,  of  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.,  Chicago,  is 
spending  four  weeks  at  his  winter  home  near  Ocean  Springs, 
Miss. 

— N.  H.  KlBN.  manager  of  the  special  preparation  depart- 
ment of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  spent  two  days  in  the  Chicago 
branch  last  week. 

— Chaeles  a.  Cobtis,  of  West  Broadway,  Boston,  has 
been  suffering  from  a  rheumatic  knee  for  several  weeks,  but 
is  now  greatly  improved. 

— Db.  G.  B.  Smithson,  of  Wellborn,  Fla.,  was  a  recent  ap- 
preciated caller  at  the  store  of  the  Groover-Stewart  Drug 
Company  in  Jacksonville. 

— E.  P.  Shellababgeb  and  wife,  of  Columbus  Junction, 
Iowa,  have  returned  home  from  a  trip  to  Chicago,  where  they 
attended  the  automobile  show. 

— Allen  King,  a  Kewanee  druggist,  of  the  firm  of  Hill  & 
King,  was  able  to  return  home  recently  after  spending  two 
months  in  a  Chicago  hospital. 

— Charles  E.  Losing,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of 
the  Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten  Company,  is  enjoying  a 
brief  vacation  at  Atlantic  City. 

— Geoege  H.  Beown  and  wife,  of  Sheridan,  Wyo.,  are  on 
a  trip  to  New  York  and  other  Eastern  points,  business  and 
pleasure  being  the  joint  objects. 

— William  Pellet,  of  Mingo  Junction,  Ohio,  was  painfully 
injured  in  the  face  recently  by  a  clothes-wringer  which  flew 
from  insecure  fastenings  and  hit  him. 

— James  P.  CBO^VLEY,  executive  committeeman  of  the  Chi- 
cago Retail  Druggists'  Association,  is  the  happy  father  of  a 
bright  young  daughter,  who  recently  arrived. 

— C.  P.  K  A  T.BACH  and  wife,  of  Bernville,  Berks  County, 
Pa.,  have  returned  home  from  an  enjoyable  sight-seeing  trip 
which  included  Washington  and  other  cities. 

— E.  F.  Gabdneb,  special  representative  of  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co.  in  the  Eastern  States,  has  returned  from  a  visit  in  Penn- 
sylvania to  the  New  York  branch  of  the  house. 

— John  V.  Eitel,  of  Columbus,  Ohio,  has  again  demon- 
strated his  popularity  by  being  elected  councilman-at-large, 
thereby  smashing  tbe  political  ring  in  that  city. 

— William  D.  MacInnes,  of  R.  E.  Willard  &  Son,  Inc., 
has  been  laid  up  in  a  hospital  suffering  from  the  effects  of  a 
severe  fall.     At  last  accounts  he  was  greatly  improved. 

— Abnold  F.  Gwinneb,  vice-president  and  manager  of  the 
Whitteker-Gwinner  Drug  Company,  of  Dayton,  Ohio,  has  been 
appointed  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Sinking  Fund  Trustees  of 
that  city. 

— M.  RoLFE,  Wisconsin  representative  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Borax  Company,  has  been  elected  a  director  of  the  newly 
organized  Wisconsin  Association  of  Manufacturers'  Repre- 
sentatives. 

— G.  H.  RiSLEY  and  party  have  been  enjoying  a  period  of 
recreation  on  his  handsome  yacht  Hurrion  in  the  waters  in  the 
vicinity  of  Old  Point  Comfort,  preparatory  to  a  trip  to  Kev 
West,  Fla. 

— Charles  Heyden,  of  Syracuse,  has  gone  to  Marathon, 
N.  Y.,  to  look  after  the  drug  store  of  Milo  T.  Wooster  until 
the  latter  recovers  from  illness.  Mr.  Wooster  has  improved 
very  slowly. 

- — F.  C.  Babnhart,  representative  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug 


Company  in  northern  Michigan,  with  headquarters  at  Es- 
canaba,  Mich.,  was  called  to  Owen  Sound,  Ont.,  recently  by 
the  death  of  his  father. 

— John  S.  Mcth.  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  wholesale  drug- 
gists, at  Baltimore,  is  at  Atlantic  City  for  a  brief  vacation, 
and  George  G.  Muth,  of  the  same  house,  went  to  Cincinnati 
this  week  to  visit  relatives. 

— Among  the  visitors  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company 
last  week  were :  W.  W.  Albers,  president  of  the  Wisconsin 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  of  Wausau :  Ora  Hatch,  drug- 
gist, Bloomington ;  John  Schempf,  Watertown. 

— G.  C.  Froelick,  who  represents  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  in 
Boston,  was  in  New  York  City  for  several  days  last  week 
renewing  acquaintances  at  the  branch  and  calling  upon  a 
number  of  old  friends  in  tbe  metropolitan  district. 

— The  following  druggists  were  in  Chicago  last  week : 
H.  L.  Spealman,  Chadwick,  111. ;  Clarence  E.  Patrick,  Kanka- 
kee, 111. ;  N.  F.  Reed,  Ottumwa,  Iowa ;  F.  Emshwiller,  Emsh- 
willer  Co.,  Montpelier,  Ind. ;  C.  Benesh,  Toledo,  Iowa. 

— P.  H.  RuGLEY  has  taken  a  position  as  pharmacist  for  the 
Robbins  Drug  Company,  at  Argenta,  Ark.  He  takes  the  place 
made  vacant  by  the  resignation  of  Lem  L.  Woods,  who  has 
become  traveling  salesman  for  a  wholesale  drug  house. 

— O.  D.  Maeston,  who  for  25  jears  was  a  traveling  sales- 
man in  the  wholesale  drug  business,  widely  known  in  Tide- 
water Virginia,  has  retired,  having  resigned  his  position  and 
will  settle  with  his  family  in  Tappahannock.  Essex  County. 

— "Tecman  H.  Newbeeey  is  the  greatest  Secretary  the 
Navy  has  ever  had,  and  there  never  will  be  another  like  him," 
said  Rear-Admiral  Robley  D.  Evans,  U.S.N.,  retired,  while 
lecturing  recently  in  Detroit,  which  is  Mr.  Newberry's  home. 

— Db.  R.  Stewabt,  of  Powhattan,  Kan.,  a  prominent  phy- 
sician and  druggist  of  Brown  County,  was  recently  danger- 
ously injured  while  driving  a  team  to  Hiawatha.  The  horses 
took  fright,  ran  away  and  the  vehicle  collided  with  a  telegraph 
pole. 

— Henby  Meiborm,  retired  druggist  of  Milwaukee,  was  a 
member  of  the  coroner's  jury  which  investigated  the  recent 
fire  tragedy  at  the  plant  of  the  Johns-Manville  Company,  Mil- 
waukee, which  caused  the  death  of  six  firemen  and  a  loss  of 
$265,000. 

— Joseph  H.  Lutz,  of  New  Britain,  Conn.,  was  at  last  ac- 
counts reported  in  a  critical  condition  as  the  result  of  a  stroke 
of  apoplexy.  A  nerve  specialist  went  from  New  York  to  aid 
his  own  physician  in  treating  the  stricken  druggist  and 
fraternity  member. 

— William  GtJLAGEE,  veteran  secretary  of  the  Philadelphia 
Drug  Exchange,  who  was  run  into  by  a  bicycle  more  than  a 
month  ago  and  sustained  a  broken  leg,  is  able  to  be  about 
again,  although  he  walks  with  a  cane.  He  spends  a  short 
time  daily  at  the  rooms  of  the  exchange  in  the  Bourse  Building. 

— W.  J.  Pfelffeb,  L.  a.  Seitz  and  J.  P.  Methudy,  three 
St.  Louis  pharmacists,  are  on  their  respective  party  slates  as 
candidates  for  the  House  of  Delegates  (aldermen)  in  that  city. 
Owing  to  local  conditions  Messrs.  Pfeiffer  and  Seitz  stand  a 
fair  chance  of  being  elected  and  Mr.  Methudy  an  almost  cer- 
tain chance,  if  the  nominations  result  as  expected. 

— Miss  Blanche  Boehm,  daughter  of  Sol  Boehm,  for  many 
years  treasurer  of  St.  Louis  C.P.,  has  been  selected  to  be  spon- 
sor of  a  steel  lake  steamer.  United  States,  to  be  launched 
soon  at  Chicago  by  the  Indiana  Transportation  Company. 
Chicago  girls  have  been  selected  as  sponsors  for  the  other 
boats  launched  by  this  company  but  the  leaders  in  the  deep- 
waterway  movement  suggested  that  it  was  time  to  recognize 
other  cities.  St.  Louis  came  first  and  Miss  Boehm,  a  tall 
handsome  brunette  and  quite  well  known  in  her  home  city 
as  a  vocalist,  was  the  first  to  be  named.  She  and  her  parents 
will  be  guests  of  honor  at  a  banquet  after  the  bottle  of  wine  is 
broken. 

— Richard  P.  Winkles,  of  the  export  department  of 
Parke.  Davis  &  Co.,  has  just  returned  from  an  eighteen 
months  trip  through  Central  America  and  the  west  coast  of 
South  America.  In  speaking  of  conditions  in  a  general  way, 
Mr.  Winkler  stated  that  a  number  of  transportation  improve- 
ments are  taking  place  in  Peru  and  Ecuador,  railroad  connec- 
tion having  been  extended  to  Quito,  the  capital  of  the  latter 
country.  In  Costa  Rica  floods  are  prevailing  and  it  is  hardly 
possible  to  ship  goods  into  the  country.  No  relief  is  expected 
for  at  least  four  months.  With  the  exception  of  Colombia 
and  Venezuela,  trade  in  the  countries  of  both  Central  and 
South  America.  Mr.  Winkler  reports  as  very  satisfactory. 


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[February  2o. 


1909 


OBITUARY. 


Two  Maryland  Druggists  Dead. 

Baltimobe,  Feb.  20. — News  has  reached  Ridgely,  Caroline 
County,  Md.,  of  the  death  of  Howard  M.  Wilkinson  at  his 
home  in  St.  Louis.  Mr.  Wilkinson  was  a  native  of  Caroline 
County  and  for  several  years  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Dover, 
Del.  He  was  a  chemist  of  much  ability  and  is  said  to  have 
won  a  number  of  prizes  from  medical  journals  for  articles  on 
subjects  related  to  chemistry.  He  left  a  large  number  of  val- 
uable formulas. 

John  A.  Schulte,  who  for  years  conducted  a  pharmacy  at 
Canton  avenue  and  Wolfe  street,  this  city,  died  today  after 
a  brief  illness.  He  was  .56  years  old  and  a  native  of  Balti- 
more. After  serving  an  apprenticeship  in  several  East  Balti- 
more stores  he  entered  the  Washington  University  School  of 
Medicine  and  subsequent  to  graduation  he  opened  a  pharmacy 
at  Gough  and  Eden  streets.  He  is  survived  by  three  brothers 
and  two  sisters. 

Charles  Garthe,  of  CMcago. 
Chicago,  Feb.  20.— Charles  Garthe,  connected  with  the 
Chicago  wholesale  drug  trade  for  over  40  years,  died  recently 
of  apoplexy,  aged  75.  His  last  active  employment  was  as 
superintendent  with  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.  four  years  ago. 
Born  in  Germany  in  1834,  he  came  to  America  just  before  the 
Civil  War  and  enlisted  in  an  Indiana  cavalry  regiment,  serv- 
ing four  years  honorably.  Mr.  Dawson,  of  Robert  Stevenson 
&  Co.,  pays  the  following  tribute  to  Mr.  Garthe:  "He  was 
the  best  all  around  druggist  I  ever  knew." 

DeLancey  Bartlett,  53  Years  a  Druggist. 
Fayetteville,  N.  Y.,  Feb.  20.— DeLancey  Bartlett,  with 
one  exception  the  oldest  druggist  in  Onondaga  County,  is  dead 
as  the  result  of  an  operation.  He  was  68  years  old  and  had 
been  continuously  in  the  drug  business  for  53  years,  being  the 
oldest  merchant  of  this  place.  Two  sons  survive,  Dr.  De 
Lancey  F.  Bartlett,  of  this  village,  who  will  continue  the 
business,  and  Dr.  Fred  H.  Bartlett,  of  New  York. 

Black  Cat  Cause  of  Death  of  Druggist. 
PiTTSBUBG,  Pa.,  Feb.  20. — John  Moerscher,  a  druggist,  ob- 
jected recently  when  his  family  got  a  black  cat,  but  finally  let 
it  stay.     Late   at  night,   in   the  darkness,   Moerscher  stepped 
on  the  cat,  fell  downstairs,  and  died  next  day  of  a  broken  neck. 

Obituary  Notes. 

— C.  M.  Rankin,  of  McLouth,  Kan.,  is  dead. 

C.  W.  CoRBETT,  postmaster  and  druggist  of  Port  Orchard, 

Wash.,  died  recently  after  a  loug  illness. 

C.  Ross  King,  of  Corvallis,  Ore.,  is  dead,  aged  35.     He 

was  a  thirty-second  degree  Mason  and  leaves  a  widow  and  two 
children.     He  was  an  active  and  popular  citizen. 

—John  Goerdan,  aged  6.^,  is  dead  in  St.  Louis,  where  he 
was  a  prominent  druggist.  He  served  in  the  Union  Army  as  a 
pharmacist  and  later  opened  a  store  in  St.  Louis. 

—John  Harrison,  until  1903  the  financial  man  m  Harrison 
Bros.  &  Co.,  Inc.,  manufacturers  of  chemicals,  paints  and 
white  lead,  died  in  Philadelphia  recently,  aged  73. 

—Dr.  William  P.  Goolrick,  a  well-known  druggist  of 
Fredericksburg,  Va.,  died  suddenly  on  February  11  of  heart 
trouble.     He  was  65  and  served  in  the  Confederate  Army. 

Rudolph  Pretzinger,  senior  partner  of  Pretzinger  Bros., 

druggists.  Dayton,  O.,  is  dead,  following  a  search  for  health  all 
over  the  West.    He  lived  for  several  years  on  a  Western  ranch. 

George  C.  Taylor,  manufacturer  of  proprietary  medi- 
cines at  Fairport,  N.  Y.,  is  dead,  aged  74.  He  was  village 
president  and  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Church.  A 
widow  survives  him.  .    ,    . 

D.   Canaday,   druggist,   of   Gunnison,   Colo.,   died   in   St. 

liouis  of  pneumonia,  February  9.  He  was  born  in  May- 
field,  Ky.,  and  spent  his  early  manhood  in  the  employment 
of  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Company,  St.  Louis,  going  in  18S2  to 
Gunnison,  where  he  bought  a  small  drug  store. 

"Will  Occupy  New  Store  in  Big  Building. 
Detroit,   Feb.   20. — The   Detroit   Drug   Company   will   oc- 
cupy the  corner  store  of  the  nine-story  building  which  will  be 
erected  at  Woodward  and  Harmon  avenues  by  Frank  L.  St. 
Armour. 


LONG  DISCUSSION  AT  JOINT  MEETING. 
Brooklyn  Medical  and  Kings  County  Societies  Have 
Pleasant  Time  With  Propaganda  as  Subject. 
Over  twenty-five  physicians  and  about  half  that  number  of 
pharmacists  were  present  at  the  joint  meeting  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Medical  Societv  and  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  which  was  held  at  Hart's  Hall  in  Brooklyn  last  Fri- 
day evening,  under  the  auspices  of  the  latter  organization. 

The  feature  of  the  evening  was  the  paper  on  "The  Practice 
of  Medicine  and  Pharmacy,"  which  was  read  by  Dr.  William 
C  Anderson,  of  the  Kings  County  Society.  In  his  paper  Dr. 
Anderson  outlined  several  phases  of  the  history  of  pharmacy 
and  medicine,  showing  how  by  various  influences,  a  wide 
breach  had  gradually  developed  between  the  two  professions, 
which  condition  was  a  great  detriment  to  both.  He  further 
went  on  to  explain  remedies  for  this  situation  which  he  said 
demanded  immediate  attention  if  pharmacists  and  physicians 
wished  to  maintain  the  practice  of  either  medicine  or  pharmacy 
in  the  line  of  professions.  Further  on  Dr.  Anderson  dwelt 
upon  the  matters  of  prescribing,  dispensing  and  compounding, 
citing  examples  demonstrating  how  the  physician  as  well  as 
the  pharmacist  benefited  by  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  propaganda. 

Dr.  Barber  replied  to  Dr.  Anderson  and  heartily  endorsed 
co-operation  and  extemporaneous  prescribing.  He  stated  that 
in  his  practice  the  fact  had  developed  that  the  patient  valued 
such  prescribing  much  more  than  the  simple  work  of  writing 
for  something  which  bore  the  ear-marks  of  the  "patent"  case, 
because  skill  was  displayed  from  all  sides  by  the  former 
method  while  there  was  an  entire  lack  of  skill  shown  in  the 
prescribing  of  semi-proprietaries.  Patients  as  a  rule,  he  said, 
regard  skill  very  highly  and  if  lack  of  it  came  to  their  atten- 
tion all  confidence  would  soon  be  lost  in  the  physician  and  also 
in  the  pharmacist.  .  . 

That  there  was  great  interest  displayed  by  the  physicians 
was  evidenced  by  the  number  who  expressed  their  views.  Those 
taking  a  leading  part  in  the  discussion  for  the  physicians  be- 
ing Doctors  Heidesheimer,  Mnlot,  Scott,  Barber  and  Schnei- 
der; while  Dr.  Muir,  Otto  Raubenheimer,  Jacob  Rehfuss, 
Charles  Heimerzheim,  E.  J.  Hules  and  Dr.  Anderson  took  the 
initiative  for  the  pharmacists. 

The  discussion  on  Dr.  Anderson's  paper  lasted  over  two  and 
one-half  hours  and  it  was  nearly  midnight  when  another  paper 
relating  to  the  practice  of  medicine  was  presented  and  read 
by  Dr.  O.  L.  Mulot.  There  was  only  a  short  discussion  on  this 
paper  due  to  the  lateness  of  the  hour.  Refreshments  were 
served  shortly  after  midnight. 

The  meeting  was  very  harmonious  throughout  and  members 
of  both  the  professions  expressed  the  hope  that  still  another 
meeting  could  be  arranged  during  the  present  season. 

Insult  Resented  by  Massachusetts  Ph.  A. 

Boston,  Feb.  20. — Gov.  Eben  S.  Draper  has  received  the 
formal  protest  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  against  the  charges  made  in  the  annual  report  of 
the  Board  of  License  Commissioners  of  Boston,  in  which  the 
druggists  of  Boston  were  assailed  in  a  sweeping  manner.  One 
of  the  strongest  statements  in  the  report  was  this :  "As  com- 
pared with  the  methods  of  many  druggists  the  conduct  of  a 
majority  of  the  so-called  saloon  keepers  is  highly  conmendable." 

The  matter  came  up  at  the  meeting  of  the  State  association 
at  Worcester  last  week,  and  the  officers  were  directed  to  ex- 
press to  the  Governor  the  resentment  of  the  druggists  at 
any  such  gratuitous  insult.  The  charges  of  the  licensing  board 
are  characterized  as  "reckless,  erroneous  and  absolutely  untrue, 
and  which  if  uncontroverted  are  likely  to  work  grave  injury 
to  the  honorable  and  ancient  reputation  of  our  craft,  and  to 
that  of  every  individual  member  thereof."  The  resolutions 
then  call  upon  the  Governor  to  request  the  license  commis- 
sioners to  show  incontrovertible  proof  of  their  charges  and  if 
that  is  not  done,  to  return  the  report  to  the  board  for  correc- 
tion and  for  expunging  from  the  public  record  that  part  as 
"the  board  shall  be  unable  to  maintain  as  true  and  unim- 
peachable." I 

Colored  Druggists  in  Baltimore. 

H.  C.  Spetzler  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Druid  Hill  avenue 

and  Oxford  street,  Baltimore,  to  Garry  &  Stokes.     The  latter, 

is  a  firm  of  colored  druggists,  making  the  fourth  or  fifth  to 

engage  in  business  in  Baltimore.     All  appear  to  be  doing  well. 


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187 


LOUISVILLE  PREPARES  FOR  N.A.R.D.  MEETING. 


P.A.R.D.  WILL  CIRCULARIZE  PHYSICIANS. 


Badge 
chairman 


Committees  Appointed  at  Gathering  of  the  Local  Asso- 
ciation— Banquets  for  Guests  and  Ladies. 

Louisville,  Ky.,  Feb.  20. — Local  retail  druggists  are  en- 
thusiastic over  the  outlook  for  a  memorable  gathering  of 
druggists  in  this  city  next  September,  when  retailers  from 
every  section  of  the  country  will  he  here  as  delegates  to  the 
annual  convention  of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists. Already  the  local  association  is  disposing  of  the  pre- 
liminary arrangements,  and  if  the  plans  now  under  consid- 
eration work  out  successfully  local  retailers  will  have  much 
to  remember  when  the  convention  is  over.  Recently  an  im- 
portant meeting  of  the  Louisville  Retail  Druggists'  Association 
was  held  at  the  Board  of  Trade  and  a  number  o£  important 
committees  were  appointed  to  arrange  an  elaborate  reception 
for  the  big  crowd  of  visitors.  About  50  prominent  local  drug- 
gists attended  the  meeting,  which  was  presided  over  by  Simon 
N.  Jones,  president  of  the  local  organization.  The  meeting 
was  in  session  about  two  hours.  The 
committees  that  were  appointed  are  as 
follows : 

Hotel  Committee — Addison  Dimmitt, 
chairman;  H.  O.  Hurley,  Ira  J.  Frick. 

Exhibit  Committee — T.  P.  Taylor, 
chairman  ;  B.  F.  Sauter,  C.  Trosler. 

Committee — Curt        Krieger, 
Louis    Hertle,   J.    A.    Krekel, 
Harry  Kampfmueller,  Otto  Dietrich. 

Finance  Committee — F.  E.  Isaacs, 
chairman ;   P.  H.  Wallner,  John  Sieberz. 

E.  R.  Bell,  J.  H.  Wulff,  Otto  E.  Mueller, 
I.  Witelehofer. 

Entertainment  Committee — H.  Baass. 
chairman ;  John  Krull.  Charles  Albus, 
Mack  Krieger,  Fred  Bender,  Jr.,  W.  B. 
0.  Tount  and  G.  B.  McGinnis. 

Committee  to  Arrange  Entertainments 
for    Ladies — R.     F.    Taylor,     chairman ; 

F.  V.    Simms,    W.    H.    Beazley,    Charles 
Bode  and  Frank  Hertle. 

Advisory  Committee — M.  Gary  Peter, 
chairman ;  Charles  B.  Frick,  Roy  Bagby. 
Ed.  Kloechelman  and  Simon  N.  Jones. 

I.  Witelshofer  was  appointed  to  look 
after  reception  details.  He  will  appoint 
a  number  of  assistants  in  the  near  fu- 
ture to  co-operate  with  him  in  getting  up 
banquets  for  guests  of  honor  and  women 
attending  the  convention. 

The  meeting  will  be  convened  in  this 
city  September  6.  It  will  hold  forth  at 
one  of  the  local  hotels,  but  it  is  not  yet 
known  which  one.  The  hotel  committee 
has  charge  of  this  matter. 


Enterprising   Texas   Pharmacist. 


Druggist    Gone — Stores   Sold. 

Adolph  Weschler,  %vho  operated  two 
stores  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  T.,  disap- 
peared to  parts  unknown  about  three 
weeks  ago  to  the  disappointment  of  a 
number  of  his  creditors.  Several  attempts  which  were  made 
to  locate  him  were  abandoned  last  week  and  the  stock  and 
fixtures  were  sold  at  public  auction  by  the  mortgagee.  The 
funds  realized  were  not  even  large  enough  to  cover  the  amount 
of  the  mortgage.  The  supposition  regarding  Weschler's  dis- 
appearance is  that  he  felt  himself  so  involved  that  he  decided 
on  this  plan  to  avoid  considerable  business  troubles.  He  left 
no  explanation  and  this  is  the  only  motive  known  for  his 
flight.  He  was  unmarried.  The  stores  are  now  being  run  as 
two  distinct  corporations,  having  been  bought  in  by  the  chief 
clerks  employed  in  each,  and  they  are  operating  under  the 
names  of  the  O'Hare  and  DeVassar  pharmacies  in  charge  of 
Milton  Sanwood  and  John  D.  Sauter,  respectivel.v.  The  absent 
druggist  has  not  been  heard  from. 


recently  elected  president  of  the  Tar- 
rant County  R,D.A.,  was  born  in  Ken- 
tucky 34  years  ago,  but  went  with  his 
parents  to  Texas  when  young  and  has 
grown  up  with  the  country.  He  Is 
married,  is  a  graduate  of  Louisville 
C.P  ,  is  a  member  of  the  Texas  State 
Ph. A.  and  believes  in  shorter  hours  and 
Sunday  closing,  his  pharmacy,  one  of 
the  handsomest  in  Texas,  being  closed 
every   Sunday. 


Only  One  Store  in  City  Open  on  Sundays. 
Sheboygan.  Wis.,  Feb.  20. — The  new  programme  arranged 
by  druggists  of  this  city  which  allows  only  one  drug  establish- 
ment in  town  to  remain  open  on  Sunday  evenings  is  meeting 
with  much  success. 


Propaganda  Work  to  Be  Pushed — Doctors  Ask  for  Aid 
of  Pharmacists  in  Securing  Legislation. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  20. — An  unexpected  feature  of  the  post- 
poned meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists yesterday  was  the  presence  of  Dr.  A.  M.  Eaton,  president 
of  the  Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  and  Dr.  A.  Bern 
Hirsh,  who  addressed  the  members  on  the  necessity  of  sup- 
porting the  "one-board"  medical  bill  that  is  now  before  the 
Pennsylvania  Legislature.  While  this  innovation  interfered 
to  some  extent  with  the  real  purpose  of  the  meeting — the 
propaganda  agreement  with  the  N.A.R.D. — the  latter  subject 
was  disposed  of  for  the  present. 

For  a  number  of  reasons,  the  propaganda  issue  between  the 
local  and  the  national  associations  has  been  an  open  question 
almost  since  the  N.A.R.D.  convention  at  Atlantic  City.  Sev- 
eral weeks  ago  Christopher  Koch,  Jr.,  was  sent  to  Chicago  to 
present  the  views  and  the  wishes  of  the  P.A.R.D.  to  the  ex- 
ecutive committee  of  the  N.A.R.D.  While 
it  was  evidently  believed  by  the  latter 
committee  that  Mr.  Koch  was  empowered 
to  act  for  the  P.A.R.D.,  it  was  agreed 
yesterda.v  that  there  was  no  reason  for 
this  belief  and  the  plan  approved  at  this 
meeting  in  Chicago  was  considerabl.v  mod- 
ified .vesterday,  although  the  motion  to  do 
so  only  prevailed  by  a  majority  of  one 
vote. 

The  necessity  of  immediate  action  was 
emphasized  and  the  wishes  of  the 
P.A.R.D.,  as  indicated  by  the  action  yes- 
terday, will  be  forwarded  immediately  to 
national  headquarters.  The  entire  propo- 
sition to  advance  the  propaganda  among 
physicians  by  sending  out  circular  letters 
and  by  distributing  printed  matter  was 
thoroughl.v  ventilated  by  President  Prank 
W.  Fluck,  Charles  Rehfuss,  David  J. 
Reese,  Samuel  C.  Henry,  William  E.  Lee, 
Harry  C.  Blair,  Harry  J.  Swain  and 
others.  Representative  J.  H.  Barlow  was 
instructed  to  communicate  with  every 
member  in  good  standing  and  to  have 
him  send  to  Secretary  N.  A.  Cozens  a  list 
of  eight  or  ten  phj-sicians  to  whom  he 
wishes  this  propaganda  material  sent. 

Dr.  Eaton,  in  explaining  prior  legisla- 
tion, led  up  to  the  necessity  of  covering 
certain  loopholes  by  which  persons  indif- 
ferently educated  and  in  no  way  qualified 
to  practice  medicine,  had  been  posing  as 
physicians  in  Pennsylvania.  He  said  this 
State  was  far  behind  others  in  this  re- 
spect. The  "one-board"  bill  whereby  all 
applicants  for  the  right  to  practice  in 
Pennsylvania  should  be  examined  by  one 
board  who  should  work  under  the  same 
law  which  contains  the  definition  of  the 
practice  of  medicine  and  states  what  quali- 
fications applicants  should  have,  accord- 
ing to  Dr.  Eaton,  will  not  only  raise  the  standard  of  medicine 
in  Pennsylvania  but  will  eliminate  the  criminal  doctors  and 
the  otherwise  unfit  who  now  are  flocking  to  Pennsylvania  from 
other  States  where  they  would  be  prosecuted  were  they  to  at- 
tempt to  effect  a  cure. 

Dr.  Hirsh  said  that  more  than  40  other  States  were  ahead 
of  Pennsylvania  in  the  protection  afforded  its  citizens  by  their 
medical  legislation.  He  described  conditions  and  urged  that 
the  pharmacists  use  their  influence  on  the  ward  political 
leaders  of  the  city  so  that  they  would  use  their  influence  on 
the  powers  at  Harrisburg  that  there  would  be  no  question 
of  the  passage  of  the  bill  when  it  comes  up  for  final  action. 
Both  speakers  declared  that  there  was  no  wish  to  force  legiti- 
mate medical  schools  or  responsible  practitioners  out  of  busi- 
ness. There  will  be  a  large  delegation  of  physicians  and 
pharmacists  visit  Harrisburg  next  week  when  there  will  be  a 
hearing  on  the  bill  in  committee. 


For  actual  service  the  "old  cat"   is  preferable   to  the  girl 
ashler  with  ''kittenish"  ways. 


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[February  25,  1909 


ANTI-COCAINE  FIGHTERS  WIN  A  VICTORY. 

Persistent  Druggist  Finally  Yields  to  Heavy  Fines  and 
Goes  Out  of  Business — Will  Keep  Up  War. 

Cleveland,  O.,  Feb.  20.— The  cocaine  war  waged  for  nearly 
two  years  by  the  Ohio  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  against  Mark 
Kline,  druggist,  1870  East  Sixth  street,  was  brought  to  an 
end  recently  in  police  court  by  an  agreement  according  to 
which  Kline  is  to  sell  out  and  retire  permanently  from  the 
drug  business.  The  agreement  was  made  between  attorneys 
for-  Kline  and  the  police  prosecutor,  who  has  been  handling 
the  cases  for  the  State  board.  It  was  sanctioned  by  Police 
Judge  Levine.  .         ^         c 

According  to  agreement,  Kline  is  to  pay  a  Previous  fine  of 
$500  and  costs  imposed  last  December.  He  pleaded  guilty  in 
a  case  just  finished  and  two  other  cases  not  yet  tried.  Levine 
imposed  a  fine  of  $500  in  each  case  and  suspended  them,  mak- 
ing a  total  of  $1500  in  fines,  which  will  be  imposed  if  he  ever 
returns  to  the  drug  business.  He  was  given  six  weeks  in 
which  to  dispose  of  his  store.  _  .  ,  ^,      c.^„»„ 

Prosecutor  Cull  may  go  to  Cincinnati  to  assist  the  btate 
Board  of  Pharmacy  and  the  Cincinnati  prosecutors  in  prose- 
cuting cocaine  cases  which  are  about  to  be  brought  to  trial  in 

'   '^'Th'e  war  in  Cleveland  is  not  over  yet,"  he  said.     "We  have 
so  far  won  only  one  battle  and  there  are  others  to  fight. 

Judge  Called  it  "Fake  Prescription  Writing." 
St  Lotns  Feb  20.— Dr.  Omer  Willis,  who  was  recently 
trapped  in  a  Cass  avenue  drug  store  and  fined  $300  for  selling 
cocaine,  has  again  been  tripped  up  by  the  police.  This  time 
he  also  got  the  limit,  $300,  and  an  expression  of  regret  from  the 
judge  that  he  could  not  make  it  more.  Dr.  Willis  defense  m 
the  former  case  was  that  he  sold  the  drug  as  a  physician  and 
that  it  was  not  necessary  for  him  to  go  through  the  torm  of 
writing  the  prescription.  The  judge  held  that  the  writing  was 
the  dividing  line  between  the  professions  and  fined  him. 

This  time  Dr.  Willis  was  in  his  newly  established  physi- 
cian's office  and  wrote  a  prescription  for  a  plain-clothes  police- 
man marking  it  "habitual."  The  policeman  said  he  told  Dr. 
Willis  that  but  the  latter  made  no  further  investigation  and 
that  his  statement  was  untrue ;  that  he  had  never  used  cocaine 
in  a  single  instance.  „  ,  j         i. 

Judge  Tracy,  of  the  First  District  Court,  denounced  siich 
prescription  writing  as  a  fake,  hence  the  fine.  Dr  Willis 
will  appeal  on  the  ground  that  the  judge  hi^s  no  right  to  go 
behind  the  prescription. 

Fighting  Cocaine  Evil  in  Three  Cities. 

Kansas  City.  Feb.  20.-Harrison  Webber  drug  store  man- 
ager recently  sentenced  to  the  workhouse  in  default  ot  $»uuu 
fine 'for  selling  cocaine,  has  turned  State's  evidence  against 
his  former  employers,  the  Myers  Medical  Company.  Warrants 
have  been  issued. 

Chicago,  Feb.  20.— Joshua  Darsey,  owner  of  a  drug  store 
at  160 V2  West  Fifty-first  street,  was  recently  arrested  on  a 
charge  of  selling  cocaine  without  a  physician's  prescription. 

PiTTSBUBG  Feb.  20.— Police  department  here  has  started  a 
vigorous  war  against  druggists  who  sell  _  cocaine  unlawfully, 
due  to  assaults  on  women  by  negro  "coke"  fiends. 

Druggist  Sells  Ounce  of  Cocaine  to  Detective. 
Frederico  Lo  Pinto,  a  druggist  at  Mott  and  Broome  streets. 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City,  was  recently  indicted 
by  the  Grand  Jury  on  the  charge  of  illegally  selling  cocaine 
on  January  7.  A  detective,  disguised  as  a  tramp,  and  carrying 
a  crutch,  secured  an  ounce  of  cocaine  from  Lo  Pinto,  paying 
for  it  with  marked  money.  The  arrest  was  made  immediately, 
but  release  was  secured  on  $1000  bail  which  was  furnished  for 
his  appearance  before  the  jury  which  indicted  him.  He  will 
be  tried  in  the  Supreme  Court  in  a  few  weeks. 

Asks  More  Stringent  Anti-Cocaine  Law. 
Boston  Feb,  20.— The  State  Board  of  Health,  in  its  annual 
report  has  made  another  recommendation  regarding  the  sale 
of  cocaine,  so  that  it  may  be  possible  to  prevent  the  traffic 
in  private  houses.  The  present  law  prohibits  the  sale  or  gift 
of  cocaine  in  any  "street,  way,  park,  square,  or  other  public 


place,  or  in  any  hotel,  restaurant,  liquor  saloon,  barroom,  pub- 
lic hall,  or  place  of  amusement,  or  public  building."  During 
the  past  year,  through  experience  gained  in  attempting  to 
enforce  the  law,  it  was  discovered  that  when  the  cocaine  was 
sold  in  a  tenement  or  private  house  the  law  was  not  violated. 
The  Health  Board  therefore  recommends  that  private  houses 
and  tenements  be  included  in  the  law. 


DRUG  CLERKS  DID  NOT  ASK  FOR  DONATIONS. 

Advertising   Man    Gives   the   Michigan   Association   a 
Very  Unpleasant  Experience,  But  Promises  to  Settle. 

Deteoit,  Feb.  20. — The  Drug  Clerks'  Association  of  Michi- 
gan has  just  had  an  experience  which  caused  no  end  of  an- 
noyance. Some  time  before  the  annual  ball,  on  January  28, 
a  young  man  introducing  himself  as  A.  E.  Coulton,  came  for- 
ward with  what  seemed  to  be  a  fair  proposition.  For  the 
privilege  of  getting  out  the  invitations  and  programmes  he 
offered  the  association  a  bonus  large  enough,  those  in  charge 
figured,  to  pay  for  the  decorations. 

So  the  deal  was  closed.  The  ball  was  a  huge  success  and 
the  boys  were  more  than  pleased  with  the  programme,  except 
that  the  amount  of  advertising  exceeded  the  limit  allowed. 
But  when,  a  few  days  ago.  the  association's  printer  presented  a 
large-sized  bill  for"  printing  the  programme  and  invitations, 
the  clerks  were  genuinely  surprised.  Coulton  had  learned  the 
name  of  the  printer  employed  by  the  association,  and  had 
simply  had  the  work  charged  to  that  body,  regardless  of  the 
contract.  He  also  sent  out  unauthorized  letters  soliciting 
donations. 

The  clerks  at  once  took  the  matter  up  with  the  police,  who 
brought  Coulton  in  and  talked  turkey  to  him.  He  promised  to 
settle  and  the  threatened  prosecution  has  been  called  off.  The 
association  is  now  seeking  to  set  itself  right  in  the  eyes  of  drug 
concerns  which,  without  its  knowledge  or  sanction,  were 
solicited  to  buy  tickets.  A  letter  of  explanation  will  be  sent 
to  each  of  them,  and  those  who  contributed  any  money  will  be 
reimbursed.  Incidentally,  the  clerks  have  made  up  their  minds 
that  hereafter  when  there  is  any  printing  to  be  done  they  will 
look  after  it  without  outside  assistance. 


Missouri  Druggist  Fined  $6200  for  Booze  Selling. 

Oregon,  Mo.,  Feb.  20.— J.  B.  Hinde,  of  the  Hinde  Drug 
Company,  was  found  guilty  recently  on  21  indictments  charg- 
ing illegal  sale  of  liquor  under  the  new  local  option  law,  and 
was  fined  $300  on  each  of  19  counts  and  $300  and  six  months 
in  jail  on  each  of  the  remaining  two  indictments,  making  a  total 
of  $6200  and  one  year  in  jail.  The  judge,  however,  commuted 
the  sentence,  Mr.  Hinde  to  pay  in  cash  $1200  and  all  the  costs 
in  the  21  cases,  surrender  his  Government  liquor  dealer's 
license  at  once,  refrain  from  the  sale  of  or  clerking  in  a  store 
where  liquor  is  sold,  and  refrain  from  excessive  use  of  liquor 
himself. 

Jury  Kefuses  to  Convict  "Near-beer"  Seller. 
Battle  Ceeek,  Mich.,  Feb.  20.— Believing  that  "Tonica," 
a  beverage  manufactured  in  Indianapolis,  is  not  a  real  beer,  a 
jury  in  the  Circuit  Court  here  acquitted  John  Katz,  of  Bur- 
lington, of  violation  of  the  liquor  law  in  placing  it  on^  sale. 
Two  witnesses  swore  that  "Tonica"  was  too  much  of  a  "near- 
beer"  to  admit  of  dispute,  but  Toledo  and  Indianapolis  ex- 
perts swore  otherwise. 

Wisconsin  Ginseng  Growers  Organize. 
Antigo,  Wis.,  Feb.  20.— Efforts  are  being  made  for  the 
organization  of  a  State  ginseng  growers'  association,  with 
Peter  W.  Krier  back  of  the  movement.  Wisconsin  is  rapidly 
becoming  a  center  for  the  cultivation  of  ginseng  and  growers 
have  felt  for  some  time  that  there  was  urgent  need  for  or- 
ganization. 


New  Fountain  for  Jersey  City  Druggist. 
Eugene  Hartnett,  Jersey  City  druggist,  whose  large  and  in- 
creasing soda  business  demanded  greater  facilities,  has  ordered 
an  18-foot  Iceless  fountain  of  the  Becker  Company. 

Quits  Bicycles  for  Drug  Trade. 
Charles  Buerstatte,  of  Manitowoc,  Wis.,  has  sold  his  bicycle 
business  and  will  now  devote  his  entire  time  to  the  drug  trade. 


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189 


IN  ONE  DRUG  STORE  FOR  HALF  A  CENTURY. 


MASSACHUSETTS  PH.A.  ACTS  ON  BILLS. 


Edwin   Sumner   Has   Been   in   the   Ketail   Business   for 

Three  Years  More  Than  That  Period  in  Wisconsin. 

Madison,  Wis.,  Feb.  20. — Edwin  Sumner,  the  oldest  dnicr- 
gist  of  Madison  and  one  of  the  pioneer  druggists  of  the  State. 
has  just  celebrated  the  fiftieth  ann-versary  of  his  location  in 
his  present  store  building  at  15  South  Pinckney  street.  The 
well-known  druggist  kept  "open  house"  at  his  pharmacy  all 
day  and  friends  from  all  over  the  city  and  southern  Wisconsin 
dropped  in  to  offer  congratulations.  Each  caller  received  a 
caruation  and  was  assured  by  Mr.  Sumner  tnat  he  would  be 
in  the  same  location  to  greet  them  many  years  hence. 

Mr.  Sumner  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for 
nearly  53  years  and  is  still  hale  and  hearty.  One  of  his 
friends,  in  congratulating  Mr.  Sumner,  offered  the  suggestion 
that  judging  from  Bis  personal  appearance,  drugs  must  be  a 
good  thing. 

"Oh,  I  haven't  been  taking  them,"  answered  Mr.  Sumner, 
"I've  been  selling  them." 

The   history   of   Mr.    Summer's   connection    with    the   drug 
business  of   Madison   is  best   told   in  liis 
own  words : 

"I  came  to  Madison  from  Tiffin,  Ohio, 
arriving  in  Madison  on  May  24,  1856," 
said  Mr.  Sumner.  "I  entered  the  Uni- 
versity of  Wisconsin  on  June  1  of  that 
year  and  closed  my  schooling  at  the  end 
of  the  university  year.  After  a  vacation 
of  about  ten  days  I  went  to  work  for 
Dunning  &  Paine,  who  were  then  con- 
ducting a  drug  and  grocery  business  in 
the  store  now  occupied  by  Andrew  May- 
ers, where  I  continued  to  work  until 
February  1,  1859,  wtien  1  came  to  my 
present  location.  I  was  then  a  member 
of  the  firm  of  Dunning,  Jones  &.  Sumner. 
After  two  years  Mr.  Jones  retired  from 
the  firm  and  for  35  years  the  business 
was  carried  on  under  the  name  of  Dun- 
ning &  Sumner.  In  May,  1893,  Dunning 
sold  his  interest  in  the  business  to  me, 
and  I  admitted  to  partnership  my  son, 
Louis,  and  from  this  time  the  firm  was 
styled  Snmner  &  Son." 


WOULD    CONTROL   PEDDLERS. 


Bill    Favored    in    Wisconsin    Gives 

Power  to  State  Pharmacy  Board. 

Madison.  Wis.,  Feb,  20. — Druggists  of 
Wisconsin  have  been  lending  their  sup- 
port to  a  bill  offered  in  the  State  Legislature  by  Assemblyman 
Burke  requiring  peddlers  of  drugs  and  medicines  to  be 
licensed  by  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  General  sentiment 
seems  to  be  in  favor  of  the  measure  and  there  is  every  indi- 
cation that  it  will  pass  both  houses.  Druggists  say  that  in 
the  past  no  small  amount  of  competition  has  come  from  this 
"peddler"  class  of  business  and  that  in  addition  to  the  ordi- 
nary license  required  for  "peddling,"  venders  of  drugs  should 
come  under  the  control  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  as 
well  as  the  druggists  themselves,  if  for  no  other  reason  than 
only  as  a  matter  of  protection  to  the  public  at  large.  As  it  is 
at  the  present  time,  a  vender  may  secure  the  ordinary  peddling 
license  and  sell  anything  in  the  shape  of  so-called  drugs.  It 
is  believed  that  by  putting  drug  peddlers  under  the  control  of 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  that  the  practice  of  distributing 
free  samples  of  drugs  from  house  to  house  will  also  be  cur- 
tailed. 


EDWIN  STOINER 
of  Madison,  Wis. 


Good  Attendance  at  Mid-Winter  Meeting  at  Worcester 
Despite  Blizzard  Weather — Much  Business  Done. 
WOBCESTEB,  Feb.  20. — The  mid-winter  meeting  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  at  the 
Bay  State  House,  with  an  attendance  of  over  100  druggists 
from  all  over  the  State.  It  was  one  of  the  largest  mid-winter 
meetings  of  the  association,  and  also  one  of  the  most  repre- 
sentative. The  day  was  unpropitious,  a  blizzard  of  rain 
and  snow  prevailing,  but  it  seemed  to  have  almost  no  effect 
upon  the  members,  or  else  to  keep  away  only  the  less  earnest 
members.  A  vast  amount  of  business  was  transacted,  the 
opinion  being  expressed  that  the  record  m  this  respect  was 
unapproached  at  any  other  mid-winter  meeting. 

The  recommendations  for  legislation  made  by  the  State 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy,  and  the  report  of  the 
committee  on  legislation  on  bills  now  pending  in  the  Legis- 
lature all  came  up  for  action.  It  was  announced  that  the 
State  board  would  withdraw  its  recommendation  regarding 
the  extension  of  the  eighth  class  license,  which  now  applies 
only  to  no-license  cities  and  towns,  to  all 
cities  and  towns.  The  association  ap- 
proved the  board's  recommendation  that 
the  act  of  revoking  a  certificate  of  fitness 
from  a  druggist  shall  also  constitute  to 
revoke  the  license  itself,  which  the  pres- 
ent law  does  not  permit. 

Most  important  of  all  the  board's 
recommendation  was  that  relating  to  in- 
creasing the  fee  for  a  certificate  of  fit- 
ness, which  is  now  $1.  The  board  recom- 
mends that  the  fee  be  increased  to  ?5, 
and  that  the  druggist  be  exempted  from 
the  necessity  of  giving  a  bond  for  the 
faithful  performance  of  the  conditions 
of  the  license.  Never  has  it  been  neces- 
sary for  any  druggist  in  Massachusetts 
to  pay  an  indemnity  for  a  bond,  yet  every 
year  1600  druggists  in  the  State  have 
each  paid  $5  for  a  bond  to  the  various 
bonding  companies. 

One  other  recommendation  that  the 
board  shall  have  power  to  revoke  the  cer- 
tificate of  registration  in  pharmacy  for 
gross  habits  of  intoxication,  the  associa- 
tion voted  to  approve,  provided  the  revo- 
cation does  not  take  place  until  after  a 
complete  hearing  and  the  vote  is  by  the 
full   board   and   unanimous. 

The     legislative     committee     was     re- 
quested   to   prepare    a    draft    of    a   sixth 
class  license   to  be   presented  at   the  an- 
nual meeting  in  June,  for  recommendation  to  the  Legislature 
of  1910. 

Action  was  taken  on  a  large  grist  of  bills.  The  many 
Sunday  bills  providing  a  fee  for  keeping  open  on  Sunday  will 
be  opposed  as  regards  the  imposition  of  a  fee  for  the  purpose. 
An , amendment  to  the  cocaine  law  will  be  opposed,  because 
it  would  forbid  the  sale  of  any  preparation  containing  not 
only  cocaine,  but  either  morphine,  opium  or  chloral. 

A  bill  to  place  schools  of  pharmacy  under  the  supervision 
of  the  State  Board  of  Education  will  be  opposed. 

A  bill  which  would  create  a  State  excise  board  will  also  be 
opposed.  So  will  the  bill  to  tax  soda  fountains  and  to  con- 
solidate the  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  with  other 
registration  boards  of  medicine,  dentistry  and  veterinary 
medicine. 


One  Drug  Store  for  1140  People. 
The  city  directory  of  Indianapolis  for  the  year  1909.  just 
issued,  estimates  the  population  of  that  city  at  240,150,  as 
against  236,160  in  1908.  The  retail  drug  stores  in  1909  num- 
ber 202,  or  one  drug  store  to  each  1140  of  population,  which 
certainly  is  not  an  undue  proportion  when  the  great  variety 
that  now  characterizes  the  business  is  taken  into  consideration. 
The  retail  drug  trade  in  Indianapolis  during  the  past  year  has 
been  good. 


C.  S.  Thompson  Not  With  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co. 
In  view  of  the  numerous  inquiries  which  have  been  re- 
ceived as  to  whether  Carter  S.  Thompson  is  now  connected 
with  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  Harry  B.  French,  vice- 
president,  is  authority  for  the  statement  that  Mr.  Thompson 
is  not  now  and  has  not  been  for  some  time  past  in  the  employ 
of  their  company. 


A  Change. 
"I  remember  when  she  told  me  he  was  her  ideal." 
"Xes.     Now  he  is  merely  her  husband." 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[February  25,  1909 


WORKING  AN  OLD  SWINDLE  IN  NEW  YORK. 

Bogus   Orders  Presented   to   Wholesalers  by   Men   Pre- 
tending to  Be  Clerks  for  Betail  Druggists. 

The  wholesale  drug  trade  is  warned  to  be  cautious  in  filling 
orders  for  drugs  and  chemicals  which  are  written  upon  the 
stationery  of  well  rated  druggists  and  presented  by  persons 
who  claim  they  are  clerks  employed  in  the  stores. 

Through  the  investigation  of  an  order  which  was  presented 
in  a  wholesale  house  last  week  by  a  person  who  excited  sus- 
picion the  fact  was  developed  that  the  old  game  of  swiudliug 
by  means  of  fictitious  orders  is  again  being  operated  in  New 
York  City.  So  far  as  has  been  disclosed  by  the  investigations 
the  operations  have  not  been  very  extensive,  but  several  new 
cases  came  to  notice  in  some  houses  a  few  days  ago  when  bills 
were  rendered  for  goods  which  were  delivered  to  supposed 
drug  clerks,  who  had  orders  written  upon  the  stationery  of 
the  customers. 

No  clerks  were  found  in  any  of  the  stores  who  answered  the 
description  of  the  persons  who  ordered  and  received  the  goods. 
The  orders  were  most  of  them  written  upon  prescription 
blanks,  but  the  letter  forms  and  regular  order  blanks  were 
also  used  in  some  instances.  The  supposition  is  that  there 
is  a  gang  of  unemployed  drug  clerks  who  are  resorting  to  this 
method  of  procuring  money.  Ounce  packages  of  valuable 
chemicals,  codeine  and  other  alkaloids  and  half-dozen  lots  of 
high-priced  beef  extracts  seem  to  be  the  favorite  articles  in 
demand,  and  only  small  lots  of  convenient  articles  have  been 
ordered. 

No  clue  exists  as  to  the  identity  of  any  of  these  swindlers 
but  the  fact  remains  that  the  parties  who  are  working  the 
game  are  in  the  possession  of  stationery  of  quite  a  number  of 
retail  pharmacies  located  in  New  York  City  and  vicinity. 


DR.  SOLLMANN  SUCCEEDS  PROFESSOR  HAAKE. 


Drug  Salesman  Wanted  for  Passing  Bad  Checks. 
J.  H.  Whitney.  Chief  of  Police,  State  House,  Boston,  Mass., 
has  sent  the  Era  information  regarding  the  operations  of 
Irving  Snow,  who  is  wanted  for  passing  worthless  checks  and 
larceny.  Snow  was  formerly  employed  by  Holton  &  Adams, 
of  New  York,  and  by  the  F.  M.  Keeler  Company,  Boston,  as  a 
traveling  salesman  selling  drug  supplies.  He  is  3.^,  5  feet  4 
or  5  inches  tall,  135  pounds,  smooth  face,  medium  complexion, 
wears  glasses  and  when  last  observed  wore  dark  clothing  and 
a  fur-lined  overcoat.  Chief  Whitney  says  that  the  man  is  a 
slick  talker  who  calls  on  former  friends  and  persuades  them 
to  cash  checks  for  him  or  identify  him  at  the  bank.  Some 
of  the  checks  have  been  made  payable  to  the  "Wal.  M.  Snow 
Manufacturing  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md.,"  but  there  is  no  such 
concern.  If  found  the  man  should  be  promptly  arrested  and 
word  sent  to  Chief  Whitney,  or  to  William  G.  White,  Chief 
of  Police,  Pittsfield,  Mass. 


Druggists  to  Aid  Anti-Tuberculosis  Movement. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  20. — With  the  expectation  of  enlisting 
the  co-operation  of  the  retail  druggists  of  the  city  in  the  efforts 
that  are  being  made  to  stamp  out  tuberculosis,  the  afternoon 
of  March  11,  at  3  o'clock,  has  been  set  apart  for  a  discussion 
on  "The  Relation  of  the  Druggist  to  Tuberculosis"  at  the  In- 
ternational Tuberculosis  Exhibition  now  in  progress  here. 
This  exhibit  is  being  conducted  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Department  of  Health  and  Charities  of  Philadelphia  and  in- 
vitations have  been  sent  to  every  druggist  in  the  city  to  attend. 
The  list  of  speakers  has  not  been  announced  but  it  is  under- 
stood that  it  will  include  several  prominent  physicians  and 
pharmacists  of  the  city. 


Working  for  New  Pharmacy  Law  in  Missouri. 
St.  Loltis.  Feb.  20. — H.  O.  A.  Huegel,  acting  chairman  of 
the  Missouri  Ph. A.  legislation  committee,  has  had  copies  print- 
ed of  the  proposed  pharmacy  law  as  introduced  in  the  Missouri 
Assembly  and  sent  to  each  member  of  the  association  with  a 
request  that  the  member  bring  to  bear  all  of  the  influence  he 
has  on  the  representative  and  senator  from  his  district.  Re- 
ports that  reach  the  committee  indicate  that  the  druggists  will 
put  more  enthusiasm  into  working  for  this  bill  than  has  been 
aroused  for  any  proposed  pharmacy  law  since  1S79  when  the 
present  law  was  secured. 


Distinguished  Author  Accei)ts  Position  on  the  Staff  of 
the  Cleveland  School  of  Pharm.acy. 

Cleveland.  O.,  Feb.  20. — At  a  recent  meeting. of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  the  Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy,  Prof.  W.  H. 
Haake  resigned  as  professor  of  materia  medica  and  Dr.  Torald 
Sollmann,  of  Western  Reserve  Medical  School,  was  elected 
in  his  stead. 

This  announcement  is  worthy  of  consideration  from  two 
points.  As  to  Professor  Haake,  demands  of  business  made  it 
necessary  for  him  to  relinquish  the  position  which  he  has 
faithfully  and  ably  filled  during  the  past  five  years  and  he 
retired  with  the  warm  personal  regard  of  all  his  associates  at 
the  school. 

As  to  Dr.  Sollmann,  the  school  has  been  indeed  fortunate 
to  secure  his  services.  As  professor  of  pharmacology  and 
materia  medica  at  Western  Reserve  Medical  School,  as  author 
of  Sollmann's  Pharmacology ;  as  joint  author  of  Hatcher  & 
Sollmann's  Materia  Medica  and  as  a  member  of  the  Council 
on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, he  has  won  a  national  reputation  in  pharmacology  and 
pharmacognosy. 


Busy  Meeting  of  Northern  Ohio  Druggists. 

Cleveland,  Feb.  20. — At  the  February  meeting  of  the 
Northern  Ohio  Druggists'  Association,  which  was  held  in  the 
lecture  room  of  the  Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy,  President 
Schneurer  was  in  the  chair.  Letters  from  Secretary  Potts,  of 
the  N.A.R.D.,  and  from  the  National  Grange,  relative  to  good 
roads  legislation  were  read. 

Mr.  Johnson,  Ohio  representative  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  outlined 
the  work  of  the  N.A.R.D.  He  explained  the  proposed  propa- 
ganda work  and  announced  that  January  was  the  biggest 
month  in  the  history  of  the  N.A.R.D. ;  the  collection  ($9000) 
being  twice  as  much  as  they  were  in  January,  190S. 

Among  his  recommendations  were  the  securing  of  a  man  to 
do  detail  work  in  Cleveland  and  the  vicinity,  part  of  the  ex- 
pense to  be  defrayed  by  the  N.A.R.D.,  part  by  the  N.O.D.A. ; 
increased  political  activity  on  the  part  of  the  druggists ;  ap- 
pointment of  a  committee  of  five  to  confer  with  the  Cuyahoga 
delegation  relative  to  drug  legislation. 

A  legislative  committee  of  five  was  appointed  consisting  of 
Messrs.     Selzer,  Christian,  Tieike,  Remy  and  Hechler. 

The  secretary  was  instructed  to  notify  congressmen  by 
special  delivery  that  the  association  is  unalterably  and  em- 
phatically opposed  to  all  parcels-post  and  postal  checks  leg- 
islation. 

Resolutions  endorsing  the  candidacy  of  E.  Voss,  of  Cincin- 
nati, as  member  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  were  ordered  sent 
to  Governor  Harmon  and  to  the  secretary  of  the  Ohio  Valley 
Druggists'  Association. 


Ohio  Drug  Clerks  Want  Representation. 
Columbus,  Feb.  20. — Ohio  drug  clerks  want  representation 
on  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  William  F.  Kaemmerer, 
of  Columbus,  in  a  letter  to  Governor  Harmon,  sets  forth  their 
claims  at  length.  He  points  out  incidentally  that  the  five  drug- 
gists recommended  by  the  State  Ph.A.  to  succeed  Julius 
Meyers,  of  Cincinnati,  whose  term  is  to  expire  soon,  are  Re- 
publicans.   The  board  is  now  composed  entirely  of  proprietors. 


Ohio  'Valley  D.A.  Fights  Tuberculosis. 
Cincinnati,  Feb.  20. — The  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion is  now  allied  with  the  Anti-Tuberculosis  League.  The 
combination  of  forces  occurred  recently  at  the  annual  election 
o£  the  league.  The  league's  officers  gladly  accepted  the  appli- 
cation of  the  O.V.D.A.  for  membership,  and  the  consumption 
fighters  will  in  the  future  have  strong  support  by  the  druggists. 


The  worst  habit  some  druggists  have  is  telling  their  patrons 
about  the  bad   habits  they,  the  druggists,  have  abandoned. 


Chicago  Branch  A.Ph.A.  Election. 
Chicago,  Feb.  10.— The  Chicago  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  has 
elected  the  following  officers  for  1909 :  President,  Oscar  Old- 
berg  ;  first  vice-president,  C.  A.  Storer  ;  second  vice-president, 
E.  N.  Gathercoal ;  third  vice-president.  Dr.  Bernard  Fantus ; 
secretary-treasurer,  W.  B.  Day.  Committee  chairmen :  Mem- 
bership, S.  C.  Yeomans ;  educational  and  legislative,  C.  H. 
Avery ;  practice,  J.  J.  Boehm ;  medical  relations.  C.  S.  N. 
Hallberg;   public  relations,   T.   V.  Wooten. 


February  25.  19091 


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DRUG  LICENSES  "RENTED"  IN  ILLINOIS— PREPARING  FOR  QTJINCY  CONVENTION  OF  STATE  PH.A. 

Pharmacy  Board  Will  Prosecute 
Druggists  for   Evading  Law. 

Chicago,  Feb.  20. — Twenty  or  more 
druggists  who.  it  is  alleged,  have  been 
evading  the  State  laws  regulating  phar- 
macy by  illegal  use  of  licenses,  wiii  face 
prosecution  next  month  when  evidence 
now  in  the  possession  of  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  is  turned  over  to  State 
Attorney  Wayman. 

A  number  of  men  who  are  alleged  to 
have  been  operating  under  licenses  issued 
to  pharmacists,  who  have  gone  out  of 
business  and  which  have  been  rented  at 
from  ?5  to  §10  a  month,  will  be  forced  to 
defend  themselves  in  court  to  ward  off 
possible  fines  of  $200  each.  This  was  the 
statement  of  Charles  H.  Avery,  of  the 
State  hoard,   recently. 

"We  have  found  quite  a  number  of  'ir- 
regularities,' "  said  Mr.  Avery,  "but  the 
fact  that  licenses  must  be  renewed  each 
.vear  assists  us  materially  in  detecting  at- 
tempts to  evade  the  law." 

It  is  belived  by  several  druggists  that 
the  operations  of  a  band  of  "license  deal- 
ers" have  been  unearthed  and  that  at 
least  20  will  be  prosecuted. 


WILLIAM  G.  BAXTER. 


A.    C.    KOCH. 


Work    of   the    Chicago    Retail    Asso- 
ciation. 

Chicago.  Feb.  20.— The  Chicago 
R.D.A.  has  succeeded  in  pushing  an 
itinerant  vendors'  ordinance  through  the 
City  Council,  which  if  enforced  and  the 
druggists  have  resolved  to  see  that  it  is 
enforced,  will  clear  Chicago  streets  of  this 

form  of  drug  parasite  that  have  thrived  so  well  of  late  under  the 
wings  of  the  legitimate  drug  trade.  The  text  of  the  ordinance 
includes  all  persons  selling  or  giving  away  drugs,  nostrums, 
ointment  or  applications  unless  such  vendor  is  licensed  by  the 
State  Board  of  Health.  A  penalty  of  not  less  than  $25  and 
not  more  than  $200  will  be  imposed  for  each  offense.  The 
ordinance  as  drawn  up  is  the  result  of  much  work  and  care  by 
the  attorneys  of  the  C. R.D.A.  and  is  supposed  to  meet  every 
requirement.  President  S.  C.  Teomans  says :  "It  represents 
much  work  and  careful  consideration  and  will  probably  be 
looked  to  as  a  model  by  other  cities  contemplating  such  a  law. 
It  covers  every  phase  of  the  problem." 

The  Chicago  association  is  showing  much  spirit  and  agita- 
tion over  a  letter  recently  written  by  J.  E.  Bartlett,  manager 
of  the  Chicago  Branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  which  stated 
to  the  recipients  that  if  thej'  paid  a  price  he  referred  to  for 
five  grain  Cascara  tablets  they  were  paying  too  much  and  that 
if  they  would  go  to  any  State  street  store  they  could  get 
the  same  tablets  at  a  much  lower  figure.  When  the  letter  was 
published  the  Chicago  outlying  druggists  went  up  in  arms 
and  protested  to  the  president  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  for  di- 
recting customers  of  the  outlying  stores  to  the  big  downtown 
establishments.  The  protest  resulted  in  repudiation  of  the 
sentiments  expressed.  The  writer,  it  was  explained,  was  not 
speaking  for  the  house  at  the  time. 

Plans  are  being  made  for  a  joint  meeting  in  the  future  of  the 
legislative  committee  of  the  C.R.D.A.,  I.Ph.A.  and  the  Chicago 
branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  for  the  purpose  of  getting  better  drug 
laws  from  the  Illinois  Legislature. 


Two  more  active  workers  of  the  Illinois  Pharma-ceutical  Travelers'  Association 
are  presented  aiove.  Mr.  Baxter  is  the  second  vice-president  and  represent) 
Gronimes  rf  VUrich.  Mr.  Koch  is  on  the  press  and  publicity  committee  and  repre- 
sents William  B.  Warner.  Preparations  for  the  Quincy  meeting,  June  15-17,  of 
the  Illinois  Ph.A.  are  rapidly  progressing.  Among  the  features  will  ie  a  theater 
party,  steamboat  and  carriage  rides,  a  shirt-waist  ball,  as  well  as  sports. 


Both  are  enthusiastic  motorists  and  each  purchased  a  big 
touring  car.  Leake  Brothers  have  recently  incorporated  their 
drug  business  under  the  new  name  of  the  Leake  Brothers 
Company. 

— F.  O.  Bailey,  the  Chicago  representative  of  the  J.  Hun- 
gerford  Smith  Company,  gave  a  dinner  recently  to  the  sales- 
men of  Peter  Van  Schaaek  &  Sons  at  the  Bismarck  Garden. 
There  were  14  present. 

— A  warrant  was  obtained  last  week  by  the  Law  and  Order 
League  of  Englewood,  Chicago's  southern  suburb,  for  the  ar- 
rest of  John  L.  Copelin,  owner  of  a  drug  store  at  4198  Hal- 
sted  street,  charged  with  having  a  slot  machine  in  his  store. 

— James  E.  Bartlett,  manager  of  the  Chicago  branch  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  recently  celebrated  the  twentieth  anni- 
versary of  his  connection  with  the  company  at  his  home,  50 
Aster  street.  Quite  a  number  of  the  executive  force  of  the 
Detroit  office  attended  the  celebration. 


Chicago  Notes. 

— Next  month  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  check  the 
list  of  licensed  pharmacists  of  Illinois. 

— Otto  Porges,  a  prominent  South  Side  druggist,  has  sold 
his  store  at  4300  Grand  boulevard  to  E.  Komie. 

— Edna  Nichols,  druggist,  formerly  at  Lexington  avenue 
and  Ea-jt  Fifty-fifth  street,  has  resumed  business  one  block  east 
of  her  former  location,  426  East  Fifty-fifth  street. 

— H.  P.  Swartz,  of  Crown  Point,  Ind.,  and  Mr.  Leake,  of 
Leake  Brothers,  Dixon,  111.,  were  recent  visitors  in  Chicago, 
spending  a  larger  portion  of  their  time  at  the  automobile  show. 


DR.  WILEY'S  WHISKY  RULE  STANDS. 

President  Roosevelt  Denies  Rectifiers'  Petition  and 
Overrules  Commission. 

Washingtox,  Feb.  23. — President  Roosevelt  today  denied 
the  petition  of  the  rectifiers  which  asked  for  a  modification  of 
the  internal  revenue  branding  regulations  on  the  labelling  of 
neutral  spirits  mixed  with  whisky  and  colored  with  caramel. 
He  also  declined  to  approve  the  recommendation  of  a  commis- 
sion appointed  by  himself  which  reported  to  him  in  favor  of 
the  rectifiers'  request. 

The  President  indorses  and  makes  public  an  opinion  of 
Attorney-General  Bonaparte,  which  declares  the  position  of 
the  rectifiers  and  the  conclusions  of  the  commission  to  be  an 
error.  Dr.  Wiley's  views  on  whisky  thus  are  upheld.  The  At- 
torney-General in  declaring  that  "imitation  whisky"  is  the 
only  proper  name  and  in  deciding  that  the  terms  suggested  by 
Dr.  Dunlap  are  not  legal,  says :  "I  cannot  fail  to  recognize  in 
Dr.  Dunlap's  recommendation  a  challenge  of  the  correctness 
of  my  conclusions."  Mr.  Bonaparte  declares  that  the  terms 
suggested  by  Dr.  Dunlap  and  the  rectifiers  are  not  only  at 
variance  with  the  opinions  of  the  Department  of  Justice,  but 
are  also  at  variance  with  the  decision  of  the  courts. 


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[February  25,  1909 


Board  Examinations 


Oklahoma. 

GUTHBIE,  Feb.  10. — At  the  examination  lield  by  the  Okla- 
homa State  Board  of  Pharmacy  on  Jan.  12  a  class  of  twenty- 
nine  was  present.  The  following  made  grade  entitling  them  to 
certificates  as  registered  pharmacists : 

A.  J.  Buttery,  Fairfax;  F.  W.  Bridgeman,  Wakita ;  T.  E. 
Baker,  Fairfax;  A.  G.  Grouch,  Oklahoma  City;  J.  E.  Fuller, 
Sayre ;  E.  E.  Flagg,  Mooreland ;  William  Holmes,  Snyder ; 
A.  S.  Howard,  Texola ;  Lewis  J.  Jones,  Eschite ;  W.  H.  Lee, 
Cheyenne ;  J.  D.  Love,  Nashville ;  F.  B.  McNeal,  Wister ; 
E.  E.  Reynolds,  Mountain  View ;  R.  A.  Ransom,  Sewell ; 
O.  F.  Smith,  Blackwell ;  M.  H.  Spangler,  Canute ;  S.  L.  Sieg, 
Tribbey;  J.  F.  Snyder  and  A.  H.  Shoals.  Guthrie;  C.  H. 
Throckmorton,  Wanette ;  J.  C.  Watkins,  Hallett ;  S.  S.  Wid- 
ener,  Jefferson. 

Registered  on  Diploma. — R.  L.  Bowyer,  Chickasha, 
Okla.,  Southern  C.P. ;  W.  A.  Bade,  Oklahoma  City,  Chicago 
C.P. :  B.  R.  Britegam,  Liberal,  Kan.,  Ohio  N.U.C.P. ;  H.  C. 
Beckman,  Little  Rock.  la..  Highland  Park  C.P. ;  M.  W. 
Carey,  Marcus,  la..  Highland  Park  C.P. ;  R.  C.  Cavitt,  Col- 
gate, Okla.,  Northwestern  University  C.P. ;  Walter  H.  Dippel, 
Sag  Harbor,  N.  T.,  New  York  C.P. ;  Martin  R.  DePauw,  La- 
tonia,  Ky.,  Cincinnati  C.P. ;  J.  J.  Drisko,  Bartlesville,  Okla., 
University  of  Kansas ;  E.  E.  Eubanks,  Topeka,  Kan.,  High- 
land Park  C.P. ;  Frank  F.  Fry,  Altoona,  Kan.,  K.C.C.P. ; 
Harry  L.  Fleming,  Gibsland,  La.,  University  of  the  South ; 
Frank  H.  Foster,  Maywood.  UK,  N.  W.  University  C.P. ; 
R.  C.  Garland.  Gaflfney,  S.  C,  South  Carolina  C.P. ;  Lucien 
R.  Herbert,  Belmond,  la..  Highland  Park  C.P. ;  Clarence  D. 
Highfill,  Gentry,  Ark.,  Ohio  Institute  of  Phar. ;  F.  E.  Hettin- 
ger, Howard,  Kan.,  Highland  Park  C.P. ;  John  C.  Johnson, 
Oklahoma  City,  Northwestern  U.C.P. ;  W.  W.  Joachins,  St. 
Louis,  Mo.,  Valparaiso  University ;  William  C.  Jenkins,  Co- 
weta, Okla.,  Northwestern  U.C.P. ;  A.  V.  Johnson,  Cunning- 
ham, Kan.,  Scio  C.P. ;  H.  C.  King,  Baltimore,  Md.,  University 
of  Maryland  ;  H.  A.  Littlefield,  Denver,  Mo.,  Ohio  N.U.C.P. ; 
L.  C.  Munch,  Whittemore,  Li.,  Higland  Park  C.P. ;  C.  M. 
Mobley,  Gainesville,  Tex..  S.C.C.P. ;  E.  K.  Mengel,  Stigler, 
Okla.,  Ohio  Northern  C.P. ;  C.  H.  Phillips,  Sioux  City,  la., 
Valparaiso  C.P. ;  H.  L.  Rose,  Columbia,  111.,  St.  Louis  C.P. ; 
Porter  T.  Ragland,  Tecumseh,  Okla.,  Oklahoma  University ; 
Dr.  G.  A.  Share,  Selling,  Okla.,  Valparaiso  C.P. ;  John  I. 
Wilson,  Cambridge,  Ohio,  Northern  University  C.P. ;  H.  D. 
Wilcox,  Salem,  W.  Va.,  Pittsburg  C.P. ;  J.  L.  Wilder,  Webb 
City,  Mo.,  St.  Louis  C.P. ;  John  F.  West,  Valparaiso,  Ind., 
Valparaiso  University;  Guy  W.  Wilcox,  Oklahoma  City,  Ok- 
lahoma University ;  A.  H.  Wolf,  New  York  City.  New  York 
C.P. ;  A.  F.  Wilkerson,  Marion,  Ala.,  Ohio  Institute  of  Phar. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Ardmore,  April  13-14. 
Applications  should  be  filed  with  the  secretary,  J.  C.  Burton, 
at  least  tend  yas  previously.     Blanks  furnished  on  request. 


California. 

San  Fbancisco.  Feb.  10. — At  the  meetings  of  the  Califor- 
nia State  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in  January  in  Los  Angeles 
and  San  Francisco  the  following  parties  were  granted  regis- 
tration as  licentiates  in  pharmacy :  Richard  Apsley,  Otto 
Elwood  Ayres,  Emma  L.  Boyd.  William  Boeling,  Stanley  Burr, 
A.  B.  Chandler,  Robert  A.  Derick.  John  B.  Downer,  Alfred  H. 
Heying,  A.  S.  Langan,  Raymond  Glenn  Lindley.  R.  V.  Leinin- 
ger,  Lewis  A.  Lodde,  Frank  W.  Masek,  Harvey  Buteau  Mount, 
Frederick  A.  Norwood,  Charles  J.  A.  Peacock.  J.  Walter 
Rankin,  Charles  S.  Robertson,  Ernest  Edward  Si'va.  Otto  E. 
Schaich,  Aura  Estes  Snook,  Louis  Wagner.  George  L.  Wright, 
Wilfred  F.  Belcourt,  George  R.  Boman,  Alfred  S.  Brunger, 
Joseph  Roy  Campbell,  Fred  Down,  Ella  Z.  Edmiston,  L.  M. 
Fetterly,  A.  F.  Holm.  Arthur  H.  Jackson,  Walter  McNair, 
Arthur  G.  Mallery.  Adelaide  Midcalf,  Bertha  Shulman  Pert- 
son,  Stanley  Rogers,  J.  Schulkind.  S.  J.  Terrell.  George  A. 
Tilt,  Edward  Toeppler,  Bertha  Voeckell,  A.  M.  Wray,  Edward 
Dean  Allen,  Henry  J.  Angelo,  Rufus  Sumner  Billings,  George 
Bollinger,  A.  J.  Brannagan,  John  Aloysius  Conway,  Irvin  W. 
Purl,  Parr  Goodall,  Lambert  C.  Harris,  Willis  E.  Holden, 
Oliver  M.  Johnson,  Gustavus  Koch,  William  E.  Lowe,  George 


Miner  Leddy.  P.  Hartwig  Middenls,  A.  J.  Robinson,  Regnar 
S.  A.  von  Pingel,  B.  P.  Ruiz,  C.  L.  Schmidts,  Ignatius  B. 
Salituri,  Lauriston  S.  Smith,  Alexander  Trouchet,  Henry 
Tamm,  Sara  J.  Foote,  Henry  C.  Cox,  John  P.  Herbert, 
William  C.  Cooper,  A.  B.  Coles,  Margaret  M.  Evans. 

The  following  parties  were  registered  as  assistant  pharma- 
cists :  H.  Edna  Byers,  John  Ernest  Dibert,  Arthur  Flitcroft, 
Oscar  W.  Heying,  Alfred  Robert  Jorgensen,  James  N.  Patter- 
son, Walter  Clifford  Johnson,  Louis  F.  W.  Winkler,  Harry 
H.  DoUey,  Ralph  L.  Northrup,  Ichitaro  Ono,  Leonard 
Aquilino. 

The  next  meetings  will  be  in  Los  Angeles,  April  5,  and  in 
San  Francisco,  April  12. 


Virginia. 

Richmond.  Feb.  10. — At  the  recent  examinations  of  the 
Virginia  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  the  following  candidates 
were  successful : 

Registered  Pharmacists — B.  C.  Williams,  Richmond ; 
Frank  W.  Mcintosh.  Farmville ;  B.  K.  Winston,  Farmville ; 
E.  C.  Hudgins.  Norfolk;  W.  L.  Bond,  Fredericksburg;  W.  P. 
Hall,  Jr.,  Tazewell ;  W.  B.  Trower,  Eastville ;  J.  W.  Stephen- 
son, Clayton,  N.  C. 

Registered  Assistant  Pharmacists — A.  B.  Dorsey, 
Robert  C.  Rise,  P.  P.  Hunter,  D.  L.  Lambert,  T.  B.  Doster, 
J.  W.  Fox,  C.  M.  Clark,  W.  A.  Maiden  and  A.  M.  Bowles,  all 
of  Richmond ;  L.  C.  Stratton,  Newport  News ;  V.  C.  Cassell, 
Portsmouth  ;  W.  E.  Culpeper,  Portsmouth ;  George  B.  Myers, 
Big  Stone  Gap;  J.  Frank  Ewald,  Wytheville ;  R.  B.  Smith, 
Petersburg;  W.  T.  Johnson,  Smithfield ;  R.  D.  Sshelor,  Sa- 
lem ;  A.  L.  I.  Winne,  Manchester,  and  W.  H.  Baskerville, 
Washington. 


Iowa. 

Des  Moines,  Feb.  10. — The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  has 
granted  certificates  to  the  following,  who  passed  the  recent 
examinations :  Elmer  Dodd,  Hiteman  ;  John  J.  Foley,  Daven- 
port ;  C.  R.  Garrett,  Des  Moines ;  H.  Herbert  Hough,  Fort 
Dodge ;  Hattie  M.  Hutchinson,  Buxton ;  Sanford  Johnson, 
Stratford:  A.  N.  King,  Des  Moines;  James  W.  Kail,  Carlisle; 
Thomas  Keefe,  Winterset ;  H.  R.  Kruse,  Wakefield ;  George  J. 
Langheim,  Chariton ;  J.  Ray,  Machesney,  Bagley ;  Floy  I. 
Marshall;  Bert  W.  Miller,  Des  .Moines;  Wilber  H.  Orris, 
Lehigh;  L.  M.  Prine,  Des  Moines;  F.  L.  Pratt,  Burt;  G. 
Romanetti,  Des  Moines ;  A.  L.  Roberts,  Cantril ;  A.  Sarles, 
Des  Moines ;  A.  D.  Severe,  Dows ;  F.  L.  Shaffer,  Malvern ; 
George  R.  Safley,  Gushing ;  John  F.  Schorf,  Waverly ;  Fred 
O.  Thelander,  Sioux  City;  Herbert  G.  Wolfe,  Red  Oak,  and 
Leon  D.  Wallace,  Independence. 


Ohio. 


Columbus,  Feb.  20. — There  are  3535  registered  pharmacists 
and  636  assistant  pharmacists  practicing  in  Ohio,  according 
to  the  annual  report  of  the  State  Pharmacy  Board,  made  to 
the  Governor.  During  the  year  128  pharmacists  certificates 
and  50  assistant  pharmacists  certificates  were  issued,  141  ap- 
plications being  rejected.  There  are  fewer  pharmacists  and 
assistant  pharmacists  registered  now  than  a  year  ago.  The 
receipts  were  $6016.25,  of  which  $510  was  from  fines  and  the 
rest  from  fees.  The  expenses  were  $5302.62.  The  balance  on 
hand  is  $3778.22.  One  certificate  was  revoked,  that  of  John 
S.  Greenwood,  of  Columbus,  convicted  of  selling  cocaine 
illegally. 


Banquet  of  East  N.  Y.  Medico-Pharm.  Association. 

About  300  physicians  and  pharmacists  were  assembled  at 
the  banquet  of  the  East  New  York  Medico-Pharmaceutical 
Association  on  the  evening  of  the  12th  at  the  Knights  of 
Pythias  Temple  in  Brooklyn.  The  forces  of  the  two  profes- 
sions were  about  equal  in  numbers. 

The  chief  topics  dwelt  upon  by  those  who  spoke  were  the 
grievances  the  professions  had  against  each  other,  interspersed 
with  the  grievances  the  members  of  each  profession  had 
among  their  own  members.  However,  the  harmony  at  the 
affair  was  most  sincere  and  those  present  expressed  it  as  their 
opinion  that  a  long  step  forward  has  been  made  in  creating 
a  better  feeling  between  the  two  professions  in  that  section 
of  the  city. 

Among  the  principal  speakers  were  Dr.  Lonria  for  the 
physicians  and  Dr.  W.  C.  Anderson  for  the  pharmacists. 


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PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


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TRADE  MARKS. 


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Granted  February  16,  1909. 

912,.>32 — Heinrich    Brat,    Charlottenburg,   Germany, 
bined  respirator  and  inhaler. 

912..539 — Vernon  Campbell,  Altadena,  Cal.  Can-capping 
machine. 

912,.5S1 — Willy  Lazarus,  Kiel,  Germany.  Quicksilver  clos- 
ure for  fermentation  vessels. 

912.61)3 — Patrick  C.  Nestor,  Germantown,  Pa.  Dispensing 
apparatus. 

912.622— William  E.  Ridenour,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Manu- 
facture of  hydrated  sodium  carbonate. 

912,634— Charles  Warburton,  Pawtucket,  L.  I.  Percolator 
and  extractor. 

912,733 — Friedrich  J.  H.  Reower,  Hamburg,  Germany,  as- 
signor to  the  I.  E.  Du  Pont  Powder  Company,  Wilmington, 
Del.,  a  corporation  of  Nev?  Jersey.  Process  of  densifying  a 
nitrohydrocarbon  composition. 

912.742— Peter  W.  Shute,  White  Pigeon,  Mich.     Inhaler. 

912,887 — John  F.  Pool,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  assignor  to  the 
American  Sugar  Refining  Company,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  a 
corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Apparatus  for  making  sucrate  of 
lime. 

912,892— George  Rommel  and  Edmund  R.  Nebeling.  New 
York,  N.  T.    Non-refillable  bottle. 

912,959^Samuel  T.  Hensel,  Denver,  Colo.  Apparatus  for 
the  manufacture  of  simple  syrup. 

912,987 — Otto  Quaresima  and  Joseph  Voll,  Hazelton,  Pa. 
Non-refillable  bottle. 


To  Make  Hair  Tonic  in  Canada. 
Detboit.    Feb.    20. — The    Herpicide    Company,    hair    tonic 
manufacturers,  will  locate  a  branch  factory  in  Windsor,  Ont. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 

Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drug*  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 

G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  0. 


Published  February  17,  1909. 

34,651 — Antonio  Catino,  Boston,  Mass.     Class  6.     Salves. 

35,273— Schimmel  &  Co.,  Miltitz-Leipzig,  Germany.  Class 
6.     Synthetic  oil  of  violet. 

86,410— George  D.  Snyder,  Brooklyn,  X.  T.  Class  6.  Tal- 
cum powder. 

36.728 — Albert  L.  Calder  Company,  Inc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Class  6.     Tooth  powder,  tooth  paste,  and  tooth  =ioap. 

37,693— Purity  Laboratories,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Tooth  powder. 

38,100— Charles  H.  Keith,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Class  6.  Liver 
pills. 

38,174 — Abraham  L.  Johnson,  Augusta,  Me.  Class  6. 
Horse  powders.    • 

38,357 — The  Warner  Chemical  Company,  Carteret,  N.  T. 
Chemical  washing  powder. 

39,539— Harry  Matusow.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6.  A 
specific  for  rheumatism,  gout,  liver,  kidney  and  bladder 
troubles,  uric  acid  solvent,  etc. 

39,557 — Walker  Chemical  Company,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Class 
6.     Antipyretics,  narcotics  and  soporifics. 

39,602 — Pearson's  Antiseptic  Company,  Ltd.,  London,  Eng. 
Class  6.  A  disinfectant  for  use  for  agricultural,  horticultural, 
veterinary  and  sanitary  purposes. 


Receiver  Appointed  for  the  Peptol  Company. 
Battle  Cbeek.  Mich.,  Feb.  17. — A  receiver  has  been  ap- 
pointed for  the  Peptol  Company,  in  the  person  of  H.  V.  Bar- 
bour, of  Detroit.  The  company  recently  figured  in  several 
suits  brought  against  W.  K.  Kellogg,  one  of  the  promoters,  by 
St.  Louis  parties.  These  suits  were  successful  in  the  Circuit 
Court,  verdicts  for  damages  aggregating  several  thousand 
dollars  being  awarded  the  plaintiffs.  The  cases  were  then 
appealed  to  the  Supreme  Court,  where  they  are  now  pending. 
It  is  understood  that  several  creditors  of  the  Peptol  Company 
in  Philadelphia  have  petitioned  the  courts  to  have  the  concern 
adjudged  bankrupt. 


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[February  25,  1909 


CUSTOM  CHARGE  IS  CALLED  UNFAIR. 

Importers  Protest  Against  Having  to  Pay  for  Errors 
Made  by  Public  Officials — Committees  Appointed. 
Baltimore,  Feb.  20. — The  executive  committee  of  the  Bal- 
timore Drug  Exchange,  at  the  last  meeting,  discussed  the 
Virginia  law  relative  to  the  sum  to  be  paid  by  the  retailer  for 
selling  broken  packages  of  drugs,  such  as  blue  stone,  cop- 
peras and  other  compounds.  It  was  stated  that  the  Attorney- 
General  had  given  an  opinion  holding  the  law  invalid  in  so 
far  as  it  stipulated  that  dealers  may  not  sell  such  articles 
as  those  named,  and  which  are  used  for  spraying  fruit  trees 
and  for  other  similar  purposes,  except  in  original  packages. 
The  exchange  has  been  endeavoring  for  some  time  to  have  the 
provisions  of  the  statute  modified  or  obtain  some  competent 
ruling,  and  the  attitude  assumed  by  the  Attorney-General  is 
therefore  very  gratifying.  The  following  standing  committees 
were  appointed : 

Transportation — J.  M.  Bellamy,  Thomsen  Chemical  Company, 
chairmau ;  J.  Emory  Bond,  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  and  James 
Carey,  James  Baily  &  Son. 

Taxation— Dr.  A.  E.  L.  Dohme,  Sharp  &  Dohme,  chairman;  J. 
William  Strobel,  Chesapeake  Glass  Company,  and  Parker  Cook, 
Emerson  Drug  Company. 

Legislation— A.  C.  Meyer,  A.  C.  Meyer  &  Co.,  chairman ;  J,  F. 
Hinds,  Emerson  Drug  Company;  R.  A.  McCormiek,  McCormiek 
&  Co.:  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme.  Sharp  &  Dohme;  Horace  Burrough, 
Jr.,  Burrough  Bros.  Manufacturing  Company;  G.  Frank  Baily, 
of  James  Bally  &  Son ;  A.  E.  Mealy,  Gilbert  Bros.  &  Co. ;  Allan 
L.  Carter,  Resinol  Chemical  Company,  and  Simon  Loewy,  Loewy 
Drug  Company. 

Membership — Horace  Burrough,  Jr.,  chairman ;  J.  Emory  Bond 
and  James  Carey. 

Public  Improvements  and  Trade  Interests — G.  Frank  Baily, 
chairman ;  Parker  Cook  and  Horace  Burrough,  Jr. 

Collections — Joseph  A.  Owens,  Carr-Oweus  Drug  Company, 
chairman  :  Harry  C.  Brawner.  Swindell  Bros.  Glass  Works,  and 
C.   L.  Crawford,   Rumford   Yeast   Powder  Company. 

Publicity — A.  E.  Mealy,  chairman;  J.  A.  Yakel,"KohIer  Manu- 
facturing Company,   and  A.  C.  Meyer. 

Another  matter  taken  up  was  the  charge  to  be  imposed  by 
the  customs  authorities  for  each  claim  which  an  importer 
puts  in  for  a  rebate.  It  makes  no  difference  whether  the 
claim  is  granted  or  rejected,  or  whether  it  arises  from  an 
error  of  the  customs  officials  or  through  some  fault  of  the 
importer  or  shipper,  the  charge  of  .$.5  is  made  in  every  in- 
stance. Some  of  the  importers  receiving  large  quantities  of 
goods  may  make  a  number  of  claims  in  the  course  of  a  week, 
yet  no  matter  how  they  are  decided,  the  importer  must  pay 
the  fixed  charge  for  making  the  claim.  This  is  regarded  by  the 
importers  as  unjust.  They  could  not  complain  at  being 
mulcted  for  their  own  mistakes,  but,  as  is  often  the  case,  the 
mistake  is  made  by  the  customs  ofiicial.  and  the  importers 
regard  it  as  a  hardship  to  have  the  additional  charge  imposed 
upon  them  for  no  fault  of  theirs.  The  matter  was  referred 
to  the  legislative  committee.  President  Henry  F.  Baker 
occupied  the  chair  and  W.  M.  McCormiek  was  secretary  at 
the  meeting. 


OLD  WHOLESALE  HOUSE  IN  NEW  HOME. 


New  Members  and  Committees  for  Phila.  Drug  Club. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  20. — Twenty-eight  new  members  were 
elected  at  the  February  meeting  of  the  board  of  governors  of 
the  Drug  Club  and  it  is  evident  that  by  the  time  the  period 
for  admission  without  the  payment  of  the  initiation  fee  closes 
on  March  15  the  desired  quota  of  300  will  have  been  reached. 
President  William  L.  Cliflfe  announced  the  committees  for  the 
year  as  follows : 

Finance,  Walter  V.  Smith,  chairman;  John  JoIIey,  Jr., .David 
J.  Reese,  Charles  Rehfuss  and  George  D.  Feidt. 

Membership,  Otto  Kraus,  chairman ;  P.  P.  Brown,  Ellsworth 
Hults,  Jr..  Clifford  S.  Gill  and  J.  W.  Cooper. 

Entertainment.  D.  E.  Brausome,  chairmau ;  George  H.  Benk- 
hardt,  W.  C.  Fleck,  George  W.  Fehr,  J.  H.  Jollev,  Otto  Kraus, 
Clayton  B.  French,  O.  W.  Osterlund,  Samuel  C,  Henry,  Josh  E. 
Marsden,  H.  A.  Nolte,  W.  A.  Johnson,  Samuel  B.  Davis. 


Drug  Exchange  Committees  for  1909. 
Philadelphia,  Feb.  20. — Dr.  Adolph  W.  Miller,  president 
of  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange,  has  named  the  following 
committees  for  the  ensuing  year : 

Legislative— Mahlon  N.  Kline,  chairman ;  Clayton  F.  Shoe- 
maker and  E.  J.  Lavino. 

Publication  and  Trade  Interests — John  Fergusson,  chairman ; 
Charles  E.  Hires  and  Richard  M.  Shoemaker. 

Membership — Clayton  F.  Shoemaker,  chairman ;  Walter  V. 
Smith  and  Adam  Pfromm. 

Room — Edward  H.  Hanoe,  chairman ;  A.  Robinson  McIIvaine 
and  William  Gulager. 


Daniel  Stewart  Company,  of  Indianapolis,  Occupies 
Model  Building  of  Improved  Construction. 

Indianapolis,  Feb.  20. — The  wholesale  drug  house  of  the 
Daniel  Stewart  Company,  known  as  "The  Old  Gibraltar,"  the 
oldest  drug  house  in  Indiana,  which  had  its  beginning  in 
1840  under  William  Hannaman,  and  which  nest  year  will 
celebrate  its  70th  birthday,  has  gone  into  the  new  building 
from  which  it  was  driven  by  fire  on  July  7,  1907.  This  build- 
ing, at  Meridian  and  Maryland  streets,  is  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  Indianapolis  wholesale  district  and  is  of  slow -burning  mill 
construction,  with  six  stories  and  a  basement  and  mezzanine 
floors,  affording  in  all  a  floor  space  of  nearly  50,000  square 
feet. 

The  company  has  been  incorporated,  as  recently  announced 
in  the  Era,  with  William  Scott,  president  and  treasurer ; 
Martha  Stewart  Scott,  vice-president ;  Henry  L,  Brown,  sec- 
retary. The  glass  trade,  for  which  this  house  has  been  famous 
for  40  years,  has  been  made  a  separate  concern,  but  is  still 
"in  the  family,"  being  incorporated  with  John  N.  Carey  as 
president,  his  wife,  a  daughter  of  the  late  Daniel  Stewart,  be- 
ing a  stockholder. 

The  new  building  is  one  of  the  most  complete  and  best 
equipped  in  the  United  States.  Among  the  new  features  in 
the  equipment  is  an  outside  elevator  for  basement  use.  An- 
other is  a  gravity  chute  from  the  sixth  floor  to  the  first  for 
conveying  packages. 

The  house  is  known  far  and  wide  for  the  fidelity  of  its 
employees  and  the  current  saying  is  that  when  a  man  gets  a 
place  in  the  Old  Gibraltar  he  is  good  to  hold  it  until  the 
funeral  director  calls  tor  him.  Of  the  thirteen  traveling  men 
of  the  house  the  following  have  been  longest  in  service : 
Charles  A.  Humphrey,  35  years ;  E.  R.  Bobbins,  25  years ; 
Jefferson  McDonald  and  Charles  B.  Ward,  each  24  years ; 
Bert  O'Leary,  21  years ;  John  R.  Miller,  20  years. 

Among  the  house  men  those  longest  in  service  are :  Henry 
L.  Brown,  who  has  been  bookkeeper  and  cashier  34  years ; 
E.  L.  Olcott,  30  years;  Hugh  Johnston  and  William  Dobell, 
each  21  years. 


NEW  YORK  WHOLESALERS  BUY  PROPERTY, 


Britt,  Loeffler  &  Weil  to  Have  Two  Large  Five-story 
Buildings  to  Meet  Big  Increase  in  Business, 

Britt.  LoefBer  &  Weil,  wholesale  druggists,  located  at  255 
Canal  street.  New  York  Cit.v,  have  purchased  the  five-story 
and  basement  building  at  269  Canal  street  to  meet  the  de- 
mands of  an  expanding  business.  The  building,  which  is  only 
a  few  doors  away  from  the  present  home  of  the  concern,  will 
be  used  in  conjunction  with  the  older  quarters.  Only  a  year 
ago  the  firm  was  forced  to  move  to  its  present  location  from  37 
Bowery  on  account  of  pressure  for  room,  but  it  was  only  a 
matter  of  a  few  months  when  it  was  found  that  two  five-story 
buildings  would  be  none  too  large. 

The  new  building  is  the  larger  of  the  two,  containing  15,000 
square  feet  of  floor  space  against  11,000  square  feet,  which  is 
the  area  of  the  older  structure.  Arrangements  are  now  under 
way  to  get  possession  as  soon  as  possible,  pending  adjustment 
of  some  old  leases. 

Jacob  Weil,  in  speaking  of  the  business  in  general,  stated 
that  the  firm  could  not  complain  in  any  way  as  to  business 
having  been  poor,  and,  that  a  fair  proportion  had  come  its 
way,  even  during  the  past  depression,  was  evidenced  by  the 
necessity  of  doubling  its  facilities  with  which  to  transact 
business. 


New  Home  for  Milwaukee  Drug  Company. 
Milwauplee.  Feb.  20. — The  work  of  breaking  ground  tor 
the  new  building  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  will  begin 
on  March  15.  The  structure,  which  will  be  erected  at  Jeffer- 
son and  Michigan  streets  not  far  from  the  present  location, 
will  be  five  stories  and  basement  and  constructed  of  rein- 
forced concrete  with  vitrified  brick  facings.  The  equipment 
will  be  of  the  latest  and  most  modern  type  and  it  is  expected 
that  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company's  new  home  will  be  »ne 
of  the  finest  establishments  of  its  kind  in  the  country.  Present 
plans  are  that  the  building  will  be  ready  for  occupancy  by 
January  1,  1910. 


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WAMPOLES    INVADE    BALTIMORE. 

Philadelphians  Acquire  Controlling  In- 
terest in  the  Heineman-Evans  Co. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  20. — An  invasion  of  the 
wholesale  drug  trade  of  Baltimore  by  the 
Wampole  interests  of  Philadelphia  is  the 
latest  and  most  engrossing  development  in  the 
business  here.  Henry  S.  Wampole,  a  son  of 
the  late  H.  IC.  Wampole,  of  the  well-known 
Quaker  City  firm,  has  acquired  a  controlling 
interest  in  the  Heineman-Evans  Drug  Com- 
pany, lOS  South  Howard  street,  and  the 
name  of  the  concern  has  been  changed  to  The 
Henry  S.  Wampole  Company  of  Baltimore. 

The  change  also  necessitated  another-  re- 
organization. Henry  S.  Wampole  was  elect- 
ed president  and  general  manager;  M.  O. 
Blount,  Bethel,  N.  C,  vice-president ;  Albert 
K.  Wampole,  secretary  and  treasurer.  C.  J. 
Heineman.  A.  T.  Evans  and  R.  R.  Fleming 
resigned  from  the  board  of  directors  and  the 
Messrs.  Wampole,  together  with  Mr.  Donald- 
son, were  elected  in  their  place.  The  other 
members  are  J.  L.  Fountain,  J.  T.  Thome, 
John  T.  Mason,  J.  W.  P.  Summerville  and 
T.  J.  Downing. 

The  suit  for  the  appointment  of  a  receiver, 
brought  by  Matthews  Brothers,  manufactur- 
ers of  paper  boxes,  has  been  answered,  and 
it  is  stated  that  the  litigation  will  be  dis- 
posed of  in  short  order.  All  the  other  claims 
have  been  adjusted  on  the  basis  agreed  upon, 
which  is  50  cents  on  the  dollar  in  cash.  The 
company  will  continue  to  occupy  the  ware- 
house now  tenanted,  and  business,  it  is  said, 
will  go  on  as  before.  The  capital  stock  of 
the  reorganized  company  is  fixed  at  .$100,000. 


NEW   ENTERPRISE   OF   AMERICAN  DRUGGISTS'    SYNDICATE. 


Above  is  a  picture  of  the  advertising  Pullman  car  of  the  American  Drug- 
gists' Syndicate,  which  will  leave  Long  Island  City  March  1  for  a  year's 
educational  tour  of  the  country  east  of  the  Missouri  River,  visiting  towns  of 
2000  population  and  over.  The  car  will  carry  exhibits  of  the  products  made 
in  the  A.D.S.  laboratory  and  by  various  manufacturers.  This  method  of 
advertising  is  decidedly  unique,  and  the  results  will  be  watched  with  interest 
by  the  drug  trade  and  the  mercantile  world  in  general. 

Sending  out  this  car  is  a  daring  and  original  stroke  of  enterprise  such  as 
has  characterized  the  management  of  the  Syndicate  since  its  organization  three 
years  ago  with  one  thousand  members  and  no  capital  save  the  faith,  energy  and 
determination  of  its  founders  down  to  the  present  time  when  the  organization 
has  a  membership  of  ten  thousand,  a  capital  of  half  a  million  dollars,  ten 
flourishing  branches  in  large  cities  of  the  country,  a  business  of  two  million 
dollars  a  year  and  a  high  credit  rating  with  the  best  commercial  agencies. 


Marriage   Mentions. 

— Aethub  A.  Kkehbeil,  of  Dayton,  with  Miss  Bessie  M. 
Holmes,  of  Hamilton.  Ohio,  recently  visited  Covington,  Ky. 
While  there  they  were  married  by  a  Methodist  clergyman. 

— A.  A.  Beegee.  a  druggist  of  5100  Ashland  avenue,  Chi- 
cago, was  married  February  IS  at  Omaha  to  Miss  Lillian  Mc- 
Mullen,  who  had  spent  several  years  in  study  preparatory  to 
going  on  the  stage. 

— Abraham  Goodman,  a  partner  of  Goodman  Brothers. 
Carlisle  avenue  and  Smith  street,  Cincinnati,  was  married 
February  IS  to  Miss  Jennie  Cusher,  a  niece  of  Dr.  Cusher. 
They  are  spending  their  honeymoon  in  the  East  and  will  live 
in  Walnut  Hills  when  they  return  home. 

— Theodoke  H.  Wdbmb,  of  1923  East  Grand  avenue,  St. 
Louis,  who  long  ago  was  counted  out  of  the  matrimonial 
possibilities  by  his  professional  friends  and  marriageable  cus- 
tomers, surprised  everybody  by  taking  a  wife  February  16. 
The  bride  was  Mrs.  Ida  Hoevel  Simon,  a  neighbor.  The 
bridegroom  is  50,  the  bride  32.  Plans  for  a  neighborhood  cele- 
bration, at  last  account,  had  been  delayed  a  week  because  the 
couple  had  not  taken  possession  of  their  flat  at  the  store. 


BIG  PROPAGANDA  MEETING  FOR  BUFFALO. 


Favorable  Keport  on  Pharmacists'  Bill. 
Wasuixgton,  Feb.  15. — While  the  House  Committee  on 
Interstate  Commerce  has  reported  favorably  the  bill  to  in- 
crease the  pay  of  the  officers  of  the  Public  Health  and  Marine 
Hospital  Service  Corps,  a  minority  report,  signed  by  two 
democrats,  Bartlett  of  Georgia  and  Rtissell  of  Texas,  who  are 
joined  by  Representative  Mann  of  Illinois,  has  been  reported 
to  the  House  opposing  the  increases  on  the  ground  that  the 
prospective  national  deficit  of  between  $120,000,000  and  $130,- 
000,000  makes  such  increases  at  this  time  unjustifiable. 


Arrangements  Also  Being  Made  for  Rochester,  SufEern 
and  Other  Points — All  to  Be  Joint  Sessions. 

A  banquet  and  joint  meeting  of  physicians  and  pharmacists 
of  Erie  County  is  scheduled  to  take  place  in  Buffalo  on 
March  9.  According  to  advices  from  Buffalo  druggists,  over 
300  members  of  the  professions  are  expected  to  participate  and 
a  number  of  speakers  have  also  been  engaged.  The  meeting 
is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Propaganda  Committee  of  the 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  will  be  the  first  of 
several  that  are  to  take  place  in  various  parts  of  the  State 
within  the  near  future. 

Arrangements  are  also  in  progress  to  have  a  meeting  in 
Rochester,  and  efforts  are  being  made  to  have  it  follow  closely 
upon  the  Buffalo  affair,  but  no  date  nor  details  have  as  yet 
been  discussed  or  decided.  The  third  meeting  will  probably 
take  place  at  Suffern  on  April  14,  where  the  pharmacists  of 
the  district  have  been  invited  by  the  County  Medical  Society. 
Details  are  also  meager  as  to  the  programme  that  will  be 
carried  out  at  this  meeting.  However,  it  is  expected  that 
Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  of  Brooklyn,  chairman  of  the 
Propaganda  Committee,  will  be  present  at  all  of  the  meetings 
and  deliver  addresses  upon  the  propaganda  work  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  pharmacists  and  at  the  meeting  in  Buffalo  he 
will  talk  upon  "The  Relation  Between  Pharmacists  and 
Physicians." 


Pleasant  Musical  Held  by  Boston  Chapter. 
Boston,  Feb.  21. — The  February  meeting  of  the  Boston 
Chapter  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.  was  held  Thursday  afternoon 
at  the  Hrtel  Brunswick  and  took  the  form  of  a  musical  after- 
noon. Miss  Jessie  Fisher  spoke  on  "Home  Life  in  the  City," 
and  musical  selections  were  rendered  by  Miss  Alice  Fortis, 
Miss  Cecile  Chapmas  and  Miss  Emily  Burbank.  Mrs.  Ade- 
laide Godding  presided. 


University   of   Illinois   School    of   Pharmacy. 

The  senior  class  of  the  University  of  Illinois  School  of 
Pharmacy  gave  a  reception  and  ball  at  Grand  Boulevard  Hall, 
47th  and  Grand  Boulevard,  Chicago,  on  the  evening  of  Feb.  5. 
The  entire  class,  many  juniors  and  quite  a  few  alumni  were 
present  with  their  ladies  and  a  most  enjoyable  evening  was 
spent.  The  affair  was  so  successful  that  it  is  planned  to  make 
it  an  annual  affair. 

The  members  of  the  Beta  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Gamma  Sigma 
Fraternity,  the  chapter  which  was  inaugurated  two  years  ago 
at  the  school  and  which  has  been  successful,  are  planning 
a  dance  to  be  held  in  the  near  future. 


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[February  25,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


CONDITIONS  IN  MARKET  UNCHANGED. 


Tendency  of  Prices  for  Most  Articles,  However,  Is  Up- 
ward, With  Firmness  Prevailing  in  Staples. 
New  Xobk,  Feb.  22. — Market  conditions  are  practically  un- 
changed being  about  the  same  as  noted  for  several  weeks 
past,  while  the  movements  of  drugs  and  chemicals  into  chan- 
nels of  consumption  continues  steady.  Changes  in  value  show 
a  slight  improvement  with  the  advances  outnumbering  the 
declines.  Norwegian  cod  liver  oil  is  more  active.  Ergot  is 
higher.  Porto  Rican  bay  rum  shows  a  further  advance. 
Canada  balsam  of  fir  is  much  higher ;  citric  acid  slightly  lower, 
while  Angostura  tonka  beans  are  firmly  held  after  the  recent 
decline  in  price.  Opium  and  quinine  are  steady  without  any 
changes  in  value.  Sicilian  essences  are  still  unsettled.  Lucca 
cream  salad  oil  in  bulk  is  higher  and  Hungarian  chamomile 
flowers  scarce  and  in  good  demand  at  quoted  prices. 

Opium. — Our  market  is  firm  with  more  inquiries  for  case 
lots.  A  shipment  is  in  port  of  ten  cases  of  extra  fine  Kara- 
hissar,  testing  11  to  11%  per  cent  of  morphine,  and  will  no 
doubt  be  readily  taken  up.  Smyrna  again  reports  large  pur- 
chases for  the  United  States.  The  weather  in  Turkey  has 
turned  bitterly  cold  and  severe  frosts  in  the  upper  country  are 
reported.  In  consequence  the  position  in  that  market  is 
strengthened  very  materially  and  much  higher  prices  will  un- 
doubtedly prevail  in  that  section  of  the  country.  In  Constan- 
tinople there  is  practically  no  stock  and  also  but  little  in  the 
interior  of  the  country.  Smyrna  has  the  principal  stock  upon 
which  the  whole  world  will  have  to  depend.  Two-thirds  of 
the  crop  in  Smyrna  is  reported  to  be  below  10  per  cent  mor- 
phine strength,  and  much  of  it  below  5  per  cent.  The  arrivals 
in  Smyrna  to  January  29  are  2003  cases,  against  1347  cases 
for  the  same  period  last  year. 

Quinine  Sdlphate. — The  market  is  reported  quiet  and 
featureless,  with  the  limited  movement  in  progress  wholly  of  a 
routine  character ;  manufacturers'  prices  are  unchanged  on  the 
basis  of  14@15c.  per  ounce  in  100  ounce  tins.  At  the  recent 
auction  sale  in  Amsterdam  1400  kilos  were  sold  at  florins 
10.80,  and  at  the  bark  auction  in  London  on  the  16th  inst.  the 
average  unit  was  without  material  change.  The  price  at  the 
previous  sale  was  9-16d.  Cables  report  the  bark  shipments 
from  Java  for  the  first  half  of  February  as  580,000  pounds. 

Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil. — The  demand  has  improved 
and  prices  for  some  of  Devold's  brands  have  advanced  to 
$22.50  per  barrel,  and  $12.75  per  half-barrel.  Cable  reports 
give  the  result  of  the  fishing  up  to  the  middle  of  the  month 
as  follows :  Lofoten,  500,000  fish,  producing  660  barrels  of 
oil,  and  the  total  of  all  Norway  fisheries  for  the  same  period 
is  3,400,000  fish,  yielding  3230  barrels  of  oil.  The  weather 
is  reported  as  storiny  and  the  fish  not  quite  as  fat  as  last  year 
and  thus  yielding  less  oil. 

Hungarian  Chamomile  Flowers. — There  is  an  exceed- 
ingly active  demand  and  the  market  continues  very  firm  under 
light  available  supplies.  Quotations  have  been  marked  up  to 
36@3Sc.  per  pound  in  large  quantities  with  prime  goods  very 
scarce  even  at  the  outside  quotation. 

Balsam  op  Fib. — Owing  to  a  depleted  stock  in  our  market 
and  none  obtainable  in  Canada  it  is  now  imjJossible  to  obtain 
any  prime  goods  under  $6.50  per  gallon  in  barrels,  with  the 
corresponding  advances  for  smaller  quantities. 

Cacao  Buttee. — While  quotations  are  nominally  unchanged 
at  34@35c.  per  pound  for  wrapped  fingers,  the  general  under- 
tone of  the  market  is  firmer  and  a  rise  in  price  would  not  be 
surprising.  Some  of  the  manufacturers  abroad  have  refused 
to  enter  contracts  for  forward  delivery. 

Althaea  Root. — The  demand  has  been  very  good  and 
owing  to  a  scarcity  of  stock  on  the  spot  has  been  very  firmly 
held.  A  shipment  of  a  very  handsome  white  quality  is  now 
in  port,  which  will  probably  have  a  tendency  to  relieve  the 
market  somewhat. 

Olive.  Oil. — Owing  to  the  steadily  increasing  prices  in  the 
producing  markets  and  the  rapidly  depleting  stocks  in  our 
own  market  prices  have  been  advanced  on  the  average  of  25c. 
per  gallon  on  bulk  packages  and  large  cans  of  Lucca  cream 
salad  oil.     The  news  from  the  producing  markets  is  not  very 


encouraging,  the  producers  stating  that  owing  to  the  severe 
drought  and  the  fact  that  the  crop  of  olives  has  been  much 
smaller  than  usual,  the  yield  of  oil  is  correspondingly  less, 
with  a  possibility  that  the  high  grade  oil  will  not  be  at  all 
obtainable. 

Bat  Rum. — There  has  been  a  good  business  in  this  article, 
and  with  all  the  cheap  lots  now  out  of  the  market,  prices  have 
been  advanced  to  $1.60  per  gallon  in  barrels,  with  the  tendczc;' 
still  upward. 

Cascara  Sagrada. — Reports  from  primary  sources  of  sup- 
ply state  that  the  prices  there  have  been  advanced  one-half 
cent  per  pound.  There  is  no  change  in  the  local  situation, 
however,  except  a  slight  increase  in  firmness  and  the  quoted 
range  is  still  8%@9c.  per  pound,  as  to  quantity  and  seller. 

Glycerin. — The  market  for  this  article  is  still  somewhat 
unsettled  by  competition,  although  prices  have  been  without 
quotable  change.  As  a  rule,  the  quotations  for  C.P.  have  been 
based  upon  16c.  per  pound  in  drums,  but  prompt  deliveries 
have  been  available  in  some  quarters  of  late  at  slightly  lower 
figures. 


Four  New  Interpretations  of  Inflammables. 

The  Committee  on  Transportation  of  Explosives  of  the 
American  Railway  Association  recently  issued  Circular  902 
which  contains  interpretation  Nos.  17,  IS,  19,  20  and  a  sup- 
plement to  interpretation  No.  10  relating  to  the  transportation 
of  inflammables. 

Interpretation  No.  20  is  of  especial  import  to  the  wholesale 
drug  trade  and  relates  to  the  change  in  the  wording  upon  the 
red  and  yellow  diamond  labels  from  which  the  words  "inflam- 
mable liquid"  and  "inflammable"  have  been  stricken  out. 

Another  important  change  also  comes  under  interpretation 
No.  19,  according  to  which  it  is  now  permissible  to  ship  any 
quantity  of  paints  or  varnishes  without  regulation  labels  in 
hermetically  sealed  tin  or  other  metal  vessels,  not  containing 
over  five  gallons  in  any  one  vessel,  and  packed  in  strong  boxes 
or  barrels.  A  shipper's  certificate  and  notation  "no  label  re- 
quired" must,  however,  still  be  furnished  for  each  shipment. 
Interpretations  Nos.  17  and  18  relate  to  the  proper  position 
and  use  of  the  labels. 

A  number  of  the  interpretations  were  secured  through  the 
efforts  of  the  committee  on  regulations  for  transportation  of 
inflammables  of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion, which  has  secured  a  number  of  concessions  from  the  reg- 
ulations since  they  were  first  issued  some  months  ago.  The 
circular  is  being  mailed  to  the  trade  this  week. 


Two  New   Chemical  Companies  Formed. 

Hartford,  Conn.,  Feb.  20. — The  United  Oxygen  &  Chemical 
Co.,  of  Simsbury,  has  filed  with  the  State  Secretary  a  certifi- 
cate of  incorporation  for  the  purpose  of  conducting  a  general 
chemical  or  any  other  business.  The  incorporators  include 
A.  E.  Lerche,  Springfield,  Mass. ;  L.  C.  Fay,  of  Chicopee, 
Mass.,  and  F.  W.  Clifford,  New  York  City. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  20. — The  M.  &  I.  Chemical  Company,  of 
Cleveland,  has  been  incorporated  at  Columbus,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $10,000,  by  P.  J.  Mock,  L.  F.  Shaw,  R.  E.  Hyde,  C.  J. 
Neal  and  M.  L.  Quilly. 


Texas  Concern  Had  a  Prosperous  Year. 
Houston,  Tex.,  Feb.  20. — The  Southern  Drug  Company 
held  its  annual  meeting  recently  and  the  following  officers  and 
directors  were  elected  for  1909 :  B.  B.  Gilmer,  president ; 
C.  F.  Carter,  active  vice-president ;  J.  W.  Lester,  manager ; 
G.  P.  Stone,  treasurer;  W.  C.  Guschardt,  David  Rice,  J.  W. 
Cleveland,  R.  W.  Wier,  J.  S.  Rice,  W.  T.  Carter,  Thomas  H. 
Ball,  William  M.  Rice,  Dr.  O.  L.  Norsworthy.  President 
Gilmer  reported  a  prosperous  year  despite  the  panic  conditions, 
and  a  substantial  dividend  was  declared,  payable  at  once. 


Porto  Kican  Bay  Rum  Tax  Regulations  Promulgated. 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  Cortelyou  has  issued  T.D.  1462 
formulating  the  regulations  tor  enforcing  the  Act  of  Congress 
approved  February  4,  1909,  to  impose  a  tax  on  alcoholic  com- 
pounds coming  from  Porto  Rico  and  for  other  purposes.  Pro- 
vision is  made  for  tax-paid  stamps  and  the  collection  of  the 
$1.10  duty,  which  latter  must  be  paid  at  once,  as  no  provision 
is  made  for  the  bonding  or  warehousing  of  taxable  articles 
brought  from  Porto  Rico. 


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Illustrated  Section 

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graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
It  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good  specimen : 


1 

FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers, 

Middletown 

X.  T. 

McMonagle  &  Rogers, 

Ex-Pres.  N.  T. 

State  Phar. 

Assn. 

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ihotograph. 

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ize.  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
urnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
niform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

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THE  NEW  REGIME  AT  WASHINGTON. 


With  the  usual  ceremonies  at  Washington  today 
Theodore  Roosevelt  lays  down  the  reins  of  govern- 
ment and  William  Howard  Taft  becomes  President 
of  the  United  States.  The  opportunity  is  strongly 
present  for  an  administration  of  peace  and  pros- 
perity, with  but  one  disturbing  element  in  the  hori- 
zon, the  talk  of  tariff  revision.  The  new  executive 
finds  the  countrj-  practically  recovered  from  the  ef- 
fects of  the  recent  artificial  depression,  with  business 
going  forward  in  most  lines  in  a  normal  manner,  ex- 
cept where  the  prospects  of  tariff  revision  have  had 
the  effect  of  renewing  the  feeling  of  fear  for  the 
future  which  not  long  ago  possessed  many  manu- 
facturers and  other  employers. 

The  new  administration  is  committed  to  some  re- 
adjustment of  the  tariff,  but  it  does  not  seem  prob- 
able that  any  radical  changes  will  be  made.  No  tariff 
was  ever  enacted  in  this  country,  or  in  any  country, 
which  was  absolutely  just  to  everj'body.  A  perfect 
tariff  schedule  is  an  impossibility.  With  the  present 
tariff  there  are  inequalities  which  ought  to  be  ad- 
justed, but  many  shrewd  business  men  are  disposed 
to  favor  leaving  well  enough  alone,  for  tariff  agita- 
tion always  has  a  depressing  effect  upon  the  trade 
and  the  employment  of  labor,  so  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  whatever  is  done  at  Washington  by  the  new 
Congress  under  the  guidance  of  the  new  President 
will  be  accomplished  speedily  and  with  as  little  dis- 
turbance of  general  conditions  as  possible. 

REGENTS'  CERTIFICATES  AT  $125  APIECE. 


College  professors  are  no  more  immune  from 
charges  of  fraud  than  other  people,  but  it  is  very 
seldom  that  any  of  them  is  accused  of  such  an  offense 
as  "railroading"  no  fewer  than  thirty-five  students 
through  the  New  York  State  Regents'  examinations 
at  the  price  of  $125  per  man.  Two  professors, 
Charles  G.  Christie  and  William  J.  Kearney,  were 
locked  in  jail  at  last  accounts  on  this  specific  charge. 

In  the  last  issue  of  the  Era  we  noted  five  arrests 
of  persons  who  had  bought  Regents'  certificates  for 
prices  varying  from  $300  to  $1,000  apiece.  Now  the 
price  seems  to  have  slumped,  if  the  charges  are  true. 
The  accused  professors  are  said  to  have  officiated 
at  the  Regents'  examination  in  a  way  which  gave 
them  the  opportunity  to  falsify  the  records  and  one 
is  alleged  to  have  confessed  his  guilt.  It  is  not  un- 
usual for  outsiders  to  try  to  fool  examining  boards, 
but  it  is  extraordinary  for  officials  to  violate  their 
trust.  Little  except  gross  laxity  on  the  part  of  the 
New  York  Regents '  system  could  permit  such  whole- 
sale traffic  in  certificates.  Something  must  be  wrong 
with  a  system  which  cannot  preserve  the  integrity  of 


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[March  4.  1909 


examinations   and  tlw  cdm-lusiveness   of  its   certifi- 
cates. 

The  present  New  Yorlv  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy has  never  permitted  one  of  its  certifi- 
cates to  issue  imlawfully  and  it  has  main- 
tained precautions  against  impersonations.  It 
has  investigated  the  preliminary  qualifications 
of  candidates  and  has  been  most  exacting — 
too  exacting  for  some  people.  In  this  respect  all 
boards  of  pharmacy  throughout  the  country  are  act- 
ing likewise.  The  proposition  at  Albany  is  to  turn 
the  control  of  phariuaey  examinations  over  to  the 
machinery  of  tlie  State  Board  of  Regents.  How  do 
the  druggists  who  may  have  to  employ  the  products 
of  the  Regents '  examinations  feel  about  the  possibili- 
ties? Iher:  is  no  ".short  cut"  to  pharmaceutical 
knowledge  and  even  a  Regents'  certificate  will  not 
make  a  poison  harmless,  nor  prevent  a  damage  suit. 


LINCOLN'S  CENTENARY  ALSO  DARWIN'S. 


Public  appreciation  of  great  men  is  notoriously 
variable  and  sometimes  offers  strong  contrasts  in  the 
exhibition  of  recognition  of  achievement.  The  news- 
papers have  been  ovorloaded  with  stories  regarding 
the  celebration  of  the  birth  of  Abraham  Lincoln. 
Pew  of  them  have  even  mentioned  Charles  Darwin, 
whose  birth  centenary  occurred  on  the  same  day. 
One  was  the  liberator  of  slaves,  the  other  was  the 
liberator  of  thought.  It  cannot  detract  from  the 
popular  appreciation  of  Lincoln  to  say  that  Darwin 
in  his  own  sphere  was  worthy  of  general  public  rec- 
ognition. It  is  a  remarkable  coincidence  that  the 
two  men  should  have  been  born  on  the  same  day, 
both  destined  to  become  notable  figiires  in  history, 
yet  widely  apart  in  their  lines  of  action. 

So  much  has  been  printed  about  Lincoln  and  so 
little  about  Darwin  that  in  a  near  issue  of  the  Er.\ 
we  will  print  Professor  Kraemer's  address  upon 
Darwin's  centenary  which  he  presented  at  the  Feb- 
ruary Pharmaceutical  Meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy.  As  Darwin  received  his  first 
recognition  in  Philadelphia  it  is  especially  fitting 
that  Professor  Kraemer  should  prepare  such  a  con- 
cise and  admirable  tribute  to  the  departed  scientist 
as  will  be  perused  by  our  readers. 


DRUG  STORES  IN  SMALL  COMMUNITIES. 


Questions  like  the  following  frequently  are  asked 
by  projectors  of  drug  stores  in  country  to^iis  and 
villages  where  none  exist  and  where  there  appears  to 
be  sufficient  demand  for  a  pharmacy  to  make  a 
success : 

Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  : 

Can  yoii  tell  us  what  size  room  would  be  necessary  for  .a  drug 
department  with  a  registered  pharmacist  in  a  store  having  a 
country  trade  from  3000  people?  Would  it  \ye  necessary  to  use 
more  than  one  room?  What  is  the  usual  salary  of  a  registered 
druggist  in  the  country?  E.  &   E. 

Era  subscribers  who  have  had  practical  experience 
are  invited  to  send  us  for  publication  the  conclusions 
which  they  have  reached  in  establishing  drug  stores 
under  conditions  similar  to  those  mentioned  in  the 
query.  So  much  depends  upon  the  size  and  shape  of 
the  available  store  room  and  the  extent  to  which  the 
druggist  proposes  to  go  into  side-lines  that  the  best 
answer  to   these   questions   will   come   through   the 


narration  of  the  experience  of  those  who  have  gone 
through  the  same. 

A  majority  of  druggists  consider  it  advisable  to 
partition  off  the  prescription  department  from  the 
main  sales  room,  although  some  use  transparent  par- 
titions of  glass,  so  that  their  patrons  can  see  the 
operation  of  compounding  the  ingredients  called  for 
in  prescriptions.  Salaries  also  vary  a  great  deal. 
Competent  registered  pharmacists  in  the  coimtrj'' 
may  be  had  for  as  low  as  $10  per  week,  while  others 
are  paid  as  high  as  $30  or  $35  a  week.  In  this,  as 
in  the  question  of  size,  etc.,  the  best  teacher  is  the 
example  of  others  who  have  had  experience  and  no 
doubt  some  of  our  readers  will  be  able  to  furnish 
some  interesting  letters  on  the  subject. 

A  NEW  FREE  SERVICE  FOR  ERA  SUBSCRIBERS. 


Pursuing  our  policy  of  making  the  Er.v  useful  to 
our  subscribers  we  have  begun  with  this  issue  a  new 
department  which  ought  to  add  to  their  profits  by 
enlarging  the  radius  of  their  purchasing  sphere  for 
articles  not  directly  advertised  in  our  columns.  The 
plan,  which  is  fully  explained  on  advertising  page 
23.  including  a  preliminary  lot  of  annomicements. 
will  be  known  as  the  ' '  Era  Want  List ' '  and 
in  its  operation  will  afford  the  retail  druggists  of 
the  eoimtry  means  to  supply  their  wants  in  pur- 
chasing supplies  in  and  out  of  the  drug  trade  that 
cannot  be  excelled,  while  the  cost  will  be  nothing  to 
our  subscribers. 

Careful  perusal  of  the  instructions  will  easily 
show  that  in  the  course  of  a  year  a  judicious  sub- 
scriber, buying  fair  sized  quantities  of  goods  out  of 
the  regular  run  of  strictly  pharmaceutical  supplies, 
might  easily  save  several  hundred  dollars.  AYith  the 
obvious  opportunities  which  are  presented  by  this 
free  service  it  will  onlj'  require  a  few  trials  to  con- 
vince our  readers  of  its  advantages  to  them  and 
make  it  one  of  the  popular  features  of  this  journal. 


WORK    OF    THE    OPIUM    CONGRESS. 

According  to  the  report  cabled  from  Shanghai  by 
Bishop  Brent,  the  International  Opium  Conference 
after  carefuUy  considering  the  subject  of  suppress- 
ing the  evil  took  action  in  that  direction,  going  so 
far  as  the  delegates  could  proceed.  The  conference 
appears  to  have  been  a  success  and  to  have  paved 
the  way  for  the  ultimate  banishment  of  opium  for 
uses  other  than  medicinal.  We  have  not  space  to 
print  the  resolutions  in  detail,  but  the  following 
summary  indicates  their  scope : 

It  is  the  duty  of  all  the  countries  to  adopt  necessary  measures 
in  order  to  prevent  shipment  of  opium  and  derivatives  to  any 
country   prohibiting  entry  of  opium  and  derivatives. 

The  commission  recognizes  the  sincerity  of  China  in  its 
efforts  toward  suppressing  the  use  of  opium.  It  recommends 
that  each  government  investigate  from  a  scientific  standpoint 
anti-opium  remedies  and  properties  and  the  effects  of  opium 
and  its  products. 

It  recommends  each  government  to  take  measures  for  the 
gradual  suppression  of  opium  smoking  in  its  own  territory. 

It  urges  the  governments  possessing  concessions  in  China 
which  have  not  yet  taken  effective  action  toward  closing  opium 
divans  to  .ict  as  soon  as  possible. 

It  recommends  each  government  to  apply  its  pharmacy  laws 
to  their  subjects  in  concessions  in  China. 


Upon  the  question  of  the  liability  of  a  retail  druggist  for 
damages  through  errors  in  physicians'  prescriptions  a  valu- 
able opinion  is  given  by  Charles  M.  Woodruff,  a  leading  mem- 
ber of  the  Michigan  bar.     This  opinion,   which  appeared  on 


March  4,  1909] 


THE     PHAEilACBUTICAL     ERA 


199 


page  181.  of  last  week's  Era.  gives  the  crux  of  the  situation 
in  the  exercise  of  commou  sense  in  considering  the  problem 
presented  by  individual  cases,  for  no  general  rule  of  law  can 
be  laid  down  which  will  apply  to  all  cases  of  this  nature. 


President  Taft's  expectation  that  the  tariff  tinkering  will 
be  finished  by  June  will  be  good  news  to  business  men  ana  it 
will  be  sincerely  hoped  by  everybody  that  Congress  will  arise 
to  the  occasion.  The  drug  trade  is  less  interested  than  most 
other  branches  of  business,  but  in  the  event  of  a  long  con- 
tinued tussle  among  the  lawmakers  it  must  necessarily  feel 
the  effects  eventually.  If  the  operation  is  quickly  and  scientif- 
ically performed  an  early  recovery  of  the  affected  interests 
may  be  expected,  while  others  will  escape  entirely. 


"Well,"  said  the  first  physician,  "what  has  that  new  patient 
of  yours  got"-" 

"I  don't  know,"  replied  the  other,  "but  I'm  trying  to  turn 
it  into  typhoid  fever.     I'm  great  on  that." 


Among  the  younger  members  of  the  wholesale  drug  trade 
in  Baltimore,  G.  Frank  Baily,  of  the  firm  of  James  Baily  cS: 
Son,  28  South  Hanover  street,  holds  a  prominent  position. 
Especially  since  the  death  of  his  father.  James  Baily.  some 
four  years  ago,  has  he  come  to  the  front, 
and  at  the  present  time  he  is  looked  upon 
as  one  of  the  foremost  men  in  the  busi- 
ness. He  is  vice-president  of  the  revived 
Baltimore  Drug  Exchange,  a  member  of 
the  Merchants'  and  Manufacturers'  As- 
sociation and  of  the  Board  of  Trade, 
leading  commercial  organizations,  and 
can  be  depended  upon  to  take  an  active 
part  in  any  important  movement  design- 
ed to  promote  the  interests  of  the  city. 
Born  53  years  ago  in  Baltimore,  he- 
attended  public  and  private  schools,  also 
going  to  the  City  College.  When  only 
17  years  old,  he  entered  as  clerk  tli.' 
house  founded  by  his  father  in  1866.  As 
his  experience  expanded  he  was  intrusted 
with  other,  more  responsible,  duties. 
Step  by  step  he  rose,  acquiring  a 
thorough  knowledge  of  the  details  of  tli.- 
different  departments,  and  proving  his 
mettle  not  only  on  the  road  as  traveling 
salesman,  but  in  various  other  capacities. 
He  applied  himself  with  such  diligence 
that  at  the  age  of  27  years  he  was  ad- 
mitted into  the  firm  as  partner,  and  the 
confidence  then  reposed  in  him  has  been 
amply  justified  by  his  subsequent  career. 
He  is  not  lacking  in  progressiveness. 
though  conservative  withal,  and  he  has 
contributed  largely  to  the  success  of  tbe 
firm  in  late  years,  much  of  the  credit 
for  the  big  strides  made  being  due  to  him.  At  the  present 
time  he  has  charge  of  the  general  office  work,  which  has  been 
systematized  under  his  direction  and  modified,  so  as  to  meet 
the  greater  requirements  of  the  house.  The  firm  was  for  years 
located  in  Pratt  street.  After  the  retirement  of  J.  J.  Thom- 
sen's  Sons  from  business,  James  Baily  &  Son  moved  into  the 
warehouse  occupied  by  this  firm,  in  German  street,  near  Han- 
over, where  the  new  tenants  enjoyed  far  larger  facilities  than 
ever  before.  The  great  fire  of  February  7  and  8,  1904.  swept 
away  this  warehouse,  along  with  hundreds  of  others,  and  the 
firm  was  forced  to  seek  temporary  quarters.  As  soon  as  the 
present  commodious  five-story  warehouse  in  Hanover  street 
was  erected.  James  Baily  &  Son  moved  into  it.  and  the  change 
proved  a  fortunate  one.  for  in  the  new  location  the  business 
has  grown  more  rapidly  than  ever  before. 

Mr.  Baily  is  quiet  and  tinobtrusive  in  his  methods,  but  at 
all  times  manifests  an  affability  which  constantly  adds  to  the 
host  of  his  friends.  He  is  readily  accessible,  notwithstanding 
the  pressure  of  duties,  which  is  at  times  very  severe,  and  his 
deliberate  manner  gives  him  the  appearance  of  a  person  of 
leisure  rather  than  that  of  the  man  of  business  he  is.  Of 
medium  height  and  stocky  build,  he  possesses  great  reserve 
force,  and  the  amount  of  work  he  does  shows  that  he  draws 
freely  upon  this  stock  of  energy.  Mr.  Baily  is  regular  and 
methodical   in   his   routine.     He  gets   downtown   at   an   early 


hour  and  works  rapidly,  so  that  no  time  is  lost.  He  has  few 
diversions,  holding  membership  in  the  Merchants'  Club  only, 
and  devoting  more  time  to  his  family  than  a  majority  of  other 
merchants.  If  he  may  be  said  to  have  a  hobby,  it  is  that  of 
hunting  and  fishing,  which  he  gratifies  by  going  to  Canada 
every  summer.  He  holds  membership  in  the  St.  Joseph  Hunt 
and  Fishing  Club,  of  River  Deseret.  Quebec,  and  on  the 
grounds  of  that  organization  he  finds  not  only  recreation,  but 
that  wholesome  sport  which  enables  him  to  stand  the  drain 
upon  his  powers  during  the  rest  of  the  year. 

He  closely  follows  developments  in  the  drug  trade,  both 
wholesale  and  retail,  and  everything  calculated  to  advance  the 
interests  of  the  business,  either  from  the  scientific  or  commer- 
cial standpoint,  receives  from  him  liberal  encouragement.  As 
a  member  of  the  Drug  Exchange  he  is  giving  careful  attention 
to  pure  food  and  drug  legislation,  and  co-operating  earnestly 
with  those  who  aim  to  abate  abuses  as  well  as  secure  for  the 
trade  those  rights  which  it  can  conscientiously  ask. 

Mr.  Baily  may  be  said  to  have  inherited  his  predilection  for 
the  drug  business,  as  not  only  his  father  was  engaged  therein, 
but  his  grandfather  also.  The  latter  established  a  firm  as 
early  as  the  year  1800.  The  family,  therefore,  has  been  identi- 
fied continuously  with  the  trade  for  109  years,  a  record  suffi- 
ciently rare  to  deserve  special  attention. 


An  historical  art  treasure  has  just 
come  to  light  at  Versailles.  It  is  an  im- 
portant portrait  by  Nattier  of  Marie 
Leczinska,  the  wife  of  Louis  XV.  For 
many  years  it  had  hung,  covered  with 
dust,  in  the  Versailles  Lycee,  where  no 
one  knew  or  cared  what  its  value  was, 
who  painted  it  or  whom  it  represented. 
Recently,  however,  the  curator  of  the 
Versailles  Museum  had  the  picture  re- 
moved and  cleaned,  and  then  it  was 
identified  as  a  Nattier. 


According  to  the  estimate  of  the  Health 
Department  the  population  of  New  York 
City  is  now  4.422,685.  The  city  thus 
contains  half  a  million  more  people  than 
were  in  the  United  States  when  the  Con- 
stitution was  adopted.  Its  population  is 
stealer  than  that  of  Ohio  or  of  the  four 
New  England  States  Massachusetts,  Con- 
necticut, Rhode  Island  and  Vermont. 

It  has  a  larger  population  than  Eng- 
land had  under  the  great  Elizabeth.  It  is 
six  times  the  size  numerically  of  Paris 
under  the  Grand  Monarque.  four  times 
as  big  as  London  when  George  III.  was 
King,  more  than  four  times  greater  than 
Rome  under  Augustus.  There  are  Sena- 
torial districts  in  Manhattan  more  dense- 
ly populated  than  was  Athens,  'the 
eye  of  Greece."  in  the  age  of  Pericles. 

It  was  said  of  the  Romans  by  one  of  their  historians  that 
they  "had  made  the  world  a  city."  New  York  has  become  a 
civic  commonwealth  greater  in  numbers,  in  wealth,  in  social, 
artistic,  moral  and  all  but  legislative  influence  than  any  of  the 
States  of  the  Union.  It  added  to  its  population  last"  year  a 
city  the  size  of  Denver.  At  the  same  rate  it  will  add  every 
decade  the  population  equivalent  to  a  Boston  and  Baltimore 
combined,  or  three  cities  of  the  rank  of  Cincinnati.  Where  is 
the  end  to  be?  Superlatives  lose  their  force  when  employed  to 
express    the    wonderful    growth    of    New     York     <  'ity.-^.Veio 


"The  earth  has  two  motions.    Do  yon  know  what  'hey  are?" 
"No.    I  don't,  but  both  of  them  shake  money  out  of  my  pocket." 


Saratoga  Drug  Association  is  making  an  active  and  ener- 
getic campaign  in  favor  of  the  appropriation  by  the  State 
of  all  mineral  water  rights  in  the  famous  Saratoga'  region,  to 
protect  the  springs  from  further  invasion  by  the  carbonic 
acid  gas  companies,  which,  it  has  been  charged,  have  been 
destroying  the  springs  through  excessive  pumpins.  Prominent 
in  the  movement  is  Charles  F.  Fish,  former  nresideut  of  the 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  State  has  act- 
ed along  somewhat  similar  lines  in  the  preservation  and  resto- 


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ration  of  Niagara  Falls,  in  establishing  forest  reserves  and  in 
other  directions,  so  that  those  interested  have  precedent  and 
argument  to  offer  to  the  legislators. 

A  quaint  touch  of  oriental  ingenuity  to  harass  the  persistent 
users  of  opium  has  been  invented  by  the  superintendent  of 
police  at  Canton,  says  the  London  Lancet's  correspondent  in 
China.  This  official  has  issued  20,000  wooden  licenses  ten 
inches  long  by  eight  inches  broad  and  three-fifths  of  an  inch 

thick.  ...  ,     • 

On  the  front  of  these  boards  are  characters  giving  the  smoKer  s 
name  and  address,  and  the  quantity  allowed  him  per  diem, 
and  on  the  back  are  the  opium  regulations.  The  licensees  are 
not  allowed  to  cover  their  boards  when  going  to  buy  opium, 
but  must  wear  them  conspicuously  so  that  all  may  see  them. 

Next  year  these  wooden  licenses  are  to  be  two  feet  long  by 
one  and  a  half  broad  and  three-fifths  of  an  inch  thick. 


To  say  that  Mr.  Taft  looks  upon  life  as  a  process  of  self- 
adjustment,  and  upon  government  as  a  reconciliation  of  con- 
flicting aims  and  interests,  would,  I  think,  express  his  attitude 
fairly  says  a  writer  in  the  March  Century.  To  him  a  per- 
son "is  not  wholly  good  or  wholly  bad,  a  course  of  action  is 
not  perfectly  ideal  or  utterly  to  be  condemned.  He  has  no 
such  crude  view  of  men  and  measures.  He  knows  that  every 
man  is  a  mixture  of  good  and  bad,  with  one  or  the  other 
perhaps  predominating. 

Little  Lester  I^ivefmore — i'apa,   what   is  the  difference   be- 
tween a  vision  and  a  sight?    This  book  says- 
Mr.  Livermore — The  difference  between  a  girl  before  and  a 
girl  after  she  is  married. — I'ticlc. 

"Clergymen,   lawyers,   doctors,   claim   not   to   advertise,   but 
somehow"  or  other  we  see  their  advertisements  occasionally, 
said  Parker  M.  White,  an  advertisement  writer  of  Pittsburg. 

■'The  millionaire  proprietor  of  a  patent  tonic  called  on  a 
well-known  doctor  one  day. 

"Look  here."  he  said,  "you  are  the  Dr.  Lacey  Fisher  who 
is  attending  Senator  Stoxton,  are  you  not?" 

"I  am,  sir."  the  physician  answered. 

"Well,"  said  the  tonic  man,  "what'll  you  take  to  put  on  the 
daily  bulletins  that  you  give  out  about  the  Senator  this 
sent'ence:      'Use   Blood   Bitters.     They  Ward  Off  Disease    .- 

"Why  man,"  said  the  famous  doctor,  indignantly.  'I 
wouldn't  do  that  for  anything.  Those  bulletins  are  not  ad- 
vertisements." 

The  other  chuckled  harshly. 

"Aren't  they?"  he  said.     "Then  take  your  name  off  them. 

Why  does  the  cat  ignore  a  mirror  and  appear  not  to  notice 
the  reflections,  while  a  canary  almost  invariably  gets  excited 
and  wants  to  fight  its  mirrored  duplicate.  Some  dogs  seem  to 
take  notice  of  the  reflection  in  the  glass  while  many  others 
do  not  Nearly  all  monkeys  enjoy  looking  at  themselves  in  a 
mirror  but  a  fish,  frog,  or  snake  will  butt  their  heads  against 
it  as  if  it  was  clear  glass.  A  racoon  looking  at  a  mirror  will 
invariably  turn  it  over  to  see  what  is  behind  it.  A  goat  usually 
tries  to  smash  it  and  a  leopard  or  tiger  pays  no  attention  to  it. 

Los  Angeles  Herald,  in  trying  to  be  hospitable  to  the  phar- 
macists who  are  going  to  the  next  A.Ph.A.  convention,  is 
treading  upon  dangerous  ground,  for  its  editor  declares  that 
they  "will  find  the  air  of  Los  Angeles  stocked  with  a  more 
valuable  remedy  than  all  that  are  in  the  Pharmacopoeia— a 
veritable  panacea— good  health-giving  California  ozone.  Past 
visitors  to  Southern  California  will  not,  however,  consider  this 
superlative  comparison  to  be  in  any  sense  akin  to  blaspheming 
the  druggists'  Bible,  for  it  is  often  diflicult  for  the  thoughtless 
Profane  to  praise  a  good  thing  with  sufficiently  strong  ad- 
jectives. 

According  to  a  district  manager  of  one  of  the  telephone 
companies,  the  stereotyped  "Hello!"  as  a  method  of  opening 
up  a  conversation  over  the  wire  is  doomed  to  go.  "It  is 
really  a  waste  of  time  to  bawl  out  'Hello!'  over  the  wire, 
said  the  manager,  "and  I  think  people  are  beginning  to  realize 
it  The  line  of  least  resistance  is  a  very  good  one  to  follow 
in  telephone  talk,  and  so  why  encumber  your  conversation 
with  unnecessary  words?  You  will  find  that  those  in  the 
telephone  business  have  cut  out  'Hello!'  entirely.     Take,  for 


instance,  the  operator.  See  how  they've  cut  out  the  unneces- 
sary talk.  It  is  simply  'Number,  please,'  with  them,  and 
that's  all  there  is  to  it.  Now.  the  proper  way  to  talk  over 
the  telephone  is  to  establish  your  identity  at  once  and  then 
.'et  right  down  to  business.  Personally,  I  always  answer  the 
telephone  with  a  '.ves,'  as  I  think  that  is  the  most  direct 
means  to  the  end  of  finding  out  what's  what.  Some  people 
answer  the  'phone  bv  giving  their  name.  In  speaking  you 
can  give  a  certain  inflection,  which  answers  the  purpose  ot  a 
half  dozen  words.  For  instance,  let  us  say  that  a  Mr.  Smitli 
is  called.  He  answers  the  telephone  by  saying,  bmith. 
Then,  the  other  fellow  can  plunge  right  into  his  business  with- 
out wasting  time  by  asking  who  is  on  the  'phone  or  other 
needless  questions.  It  is  a  great  time  saver,  and  a  great  many 
business  firms  have  issued  rules  to  their  employees  never  to 
say  'Hello"  but  to  give  the  firm  name  upon  answering  the 
telephone,  so  you  can  readily  see  that  'Hello!'  is  doomed  to 
leave  us.     It  is  already  old  fashioned." 

Some  drug  clerks  know  so  much  that  realizing  that  they 
will  not  live  long  enough  to  use  all  their  knowledge,  they  de- 
cide  not   to   use   any   of  it. 

A  souvenir  of  the  Civil  "War  came  into  the  hands  of  a  deli- 
catessen merchant  in  New  York  a  few  days  ago  which 
showed  how  scarce  small  change  must  have  been  in  those 
days.  It  was  a  green  3-cent  postage  stamp,  encased  in  a  thin 
metal  frame  the  size  of  an  old  copper  cent.  The  face  ot  the 
stamp  was  protected  by  a  disk  of  mica.  On  the  reverse  side 
the  improvised  coin  was  stamped  "Good  for  three  cents. 
This  queer  subsiiuite  for  money  was  given  along  with  other 
small  change  by  a  woman  who  said  it  was  the  last  of  a  number 
of  similar  pieces  which  she  had  owned  for  many  years,  and 
the  man  who  took  the  combination  stamp,  mica  and  tin  for 
three  cents,  in  speaking  of  it,  said:  "The  womaii  looked  as 
it  she  was  prosperous  once  and  was  sorry  to  give  up  the 
piece." 

Druggist  in  small  New  England  town  advertises:  "One 
of  our  Never  Let  Go  porous  plasters  guaranteed  to  last  all 
winter  and  stick  like  a  brother  until  you  take  a  bath  next 
spring."  Is  it  to  be  inferred  that  people  in  that  town  go  all 
winter  without  a  bath? 


A  Chinese  served  as  a  juror  in  Suffolk  County  (Mass.)  i 
before  Judge  Bond  recently,  this  case,  so  far  as  known,  being 
the  first  that  one  of  his  nationality  has  been  drawn  in  the 
Massachusetts  courts.  This  unusual  experience  has  come  to 
Henry  S  Ar  Foon,  who  is  a  clerk  employed  in  Boston  and 
residing  in  Chelsea.  Mr.  Ar  Foon  is  37  years  old  and  was 
born  in  this  country.  His  title  to  citizenship  is  strengthened 
by  the  fact  that  his  father  was  naturalized.  Mr.  Ar  i  oon  has 
been  a  voter  in  Chelsea  for  16  years. 

Druggist  who  was  arrested  for  selling  whiskey  to  a  woman 
claimed  that  it  was  "bust"  developer. 

Marriage  in  the  British  navy  will  be  facilitated  by  the  act, 
which  came  into  force  with  the  new  year,  constituting  a  war-j 
ship  a  church  or  chapel  for  the  purpose  of  publication  of, 
banns,  says  the  London  Express. 

The  Admiralty  has  issued  a  circular  to  commanding  ofhcers 
calling  attention  to  the  act  and  to  the  order  by  the  King  m 
council  sanctioning  rules  for  the  carrying  out  of  the  act. 

Hitherto  any  officer  or  man  in  the  navy  has  been  compelled  ^ 
to  have  the  banns  published  in  the  ordinary  way  ashore.  after| 
Qualifviug  by  residence  and  this  has  frequently  caused  muchj 
inconvenience.  In  future  the  ship  may  be  regarded  as  a 
church,  as  well  as  the  man's  place  of  abode,  whether  the  ship| 
is  at  home  or  abroad.  ■  ,    ,,     .  ,■      *„! 

All  that  is  necessary  is  that  the  man  shall  give  notice  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  his  desire  to  have  the  banns  pub-; 
lished  The  banus  will  then  be  read  out  by  the  chaplain  or 
commanding  officer  on  three  successive  Sundays  at  morning 
service  and  a  certificate  of  publication  will  be  issued  to  the 
man  The  new  act  will  render  it  possible  for  a  commanding 
officer,  who  has  no  chaplain  aboard,  to  publish  the  banns  ot 
his  own  marriage  if  he  desires  to  do  so. 

It  is  mighty  funnv  how  some  people  seem  to  take  pride  in; , 
blowing  about  the  things  they  claim  to  be  ashamed  of. 


March  4,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA  201 

Easter    Window  Wins   $5  Cash  Prize  This  Week  in  Era  Competition. 


.1//  enterprising  druggist  in  Kansas  wins  the  $5  cash  prize 
this  iceek  in  the  ERA'S  Cash  Prize  Competition  for  the  best 
photograph  of  a  druggist's  shoic  window  or  any  display  of 
goods  in  a  drug  store.  A  eheek  will  aecordingly  he  mailed  to 
Harry  M.  Curry,  who  is  in  the  pharmacy  of  W.  E.  Sherriff, 
secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  of  Kansas  and  a 
prominent  pharmacist  of  Ellsworth. 

The  winning  display  on  this  occasion  is  particularly  timely 
and  offers  a  basis  of  suggestion  for  pharmacists  who  are  ac- 
customed to  take  more  than  ordinary  notice  of  the  advent 
of  Easter,  a  time  when  so  many  people  emerge  from  Lenten 
gloom  into  Springtime  life,  activity  and  gaiety.  Pharmacists 
with  soda  fountains  who  have  made  special  displays  in  the  past 
at  this  time  have  found  the  same  entirely  satisfactory.  Care 
of  course  should  be  taken  not  to  anticipate  the  festival,  but 
preparations  for  quick  action  in  the  xoindow  at  the  right  mo- 
ment must  necessarily  be  made  in  advance.  The  display  here 
shown  was  made  on  Easter  Sunday,  1908. 

Practical  benefit  to  druggists  and  their  clerks  is  one  of 
the  chief  objects  of  the  ERA'S  Prize  Competitions  and  in 
this  instance  there  can  be  no  question  of  the  utility  of  the 
idea  embodied  in  the  illustration  which  is  reproduced  here- 
with. It  should  be  remembered  that  the  contests  are  open 
to  all,  without  restriction  as  to  whether  the  competitors  are 
subscribers  to  the  ERA  or  not.  Full  particulars  will  be  found 
on  advertising  page  H  of  this  issue  of  the  ERA. 

Easter  Window  for  W.  E.  SherrifE,  Druggist,  Ellswortli. 
By  Harry  M.  Curry. 
This  window  lias  a  wood  frame  hack  of  it  5x10  feet,  made 
of  1x2  lumber,  from  the  top  of  which  is  hung  a  wall  paper 
border,  cut  out,  representing  lace  hangings  with  rose  gar- 
lands. The  uprights  were  covered  with  wall  paper  also,  rep- 
resenting a  rose  and  ribbon  effect.     The  columns  are  paste- 


l)oard,  made  from  the  tubes  that  come  in  linoleum  and  can 
be  procured  from  any  carpet  house.  They  have  wood  bases, 
and  tops,  made  so  that  they  fit  inside  the  tubes  and  nailed 
I  hero,  tlien  the  whole  is  painted  with  white  Alabastine.  The 
"Easter  Greeting"  is  painted  on  cardboard  and  cut  out  to 
represent  scrolls.  A  small  round  picture  is  hung  in  the  centre. 
The  background  is  painted  in  distemper  water  color  on  card- 
lioard  out  out  and  fastenerl  about  a  toot  in  rear  of  the  columns, 
then  a  background  of  shaded  blue  back  of  them  about  a  foot 
against  which  is  the  large  cross,  made  of  pasteboard  and 
gilded.  Shelving  covered  with  white  tissue  paper,  holds  mis- 
cellaneous Easter  goods,  candies  and  perfumes.  The  cards 
are  special  ads.  for  perfumes  and  confectionery. 

The  two  large  ferns  complete  the  display,  and  add  to  its 
beauty.  In  photographing  my  windows  I  use  a  large  black 
cloth  to  shut  off  reflections,  as  can  be  seen  in  photo,  which  I 
consider  a  very  good  idea. 


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Public  ^Spiritedness. 


Vy  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

In  many  parts  of  the  country 
the  elections  have  recently  taken 
place  to  decide  the  question  of  local 
option  and  much  hitherto  moist 
territory  has  gone  dry. 

Here  and  there  a  town,  in  which 
the  no-license  element  was  strong, 
greatly  surprised  its  residents  by 
registering  a  deciding  vote  in  favor 
of  license,  even  when  the  balance 
of  public  sentiment  was  known  to 
be  in  the  opposite  direction.  If 
this  had  occurred  in  a  single  place 
the  estimate  of  the  general  inclina- 
tion might  be  charged  up  to  an 
error  in  judgment,  but  the  same 
condition  and  result  prevailed  in 
so  many  places  that  a  common  or 
related  cause  is  indicated.  What 
was  it?  Were  there  dark  and  mysterious  forces  subtly  at 
work? 

No,  it  was  simply  a  lack  of  public  spiritedness.  The  people 
who  believed  in  temperance  were  so  busy  attending  to  their 
own  private  interests  that  they  did  not  stop  to  consider  the 
public  good  until  it  was  too  late.  A  public  reform  of  any 
nature  cannot  be  worked  in  a  month  or  many  of  them.  It 
means  a  long,  steady  pull  against  some  condition  which  is  at 
work  seven  days  in  every  week.  It  often  means  making 
honest  mistakes,  the  stick-to-it-iveness  to  correct  them,  and 
the  ability  to  keep  the  ultimate  end  continuously  in  view. 

Private'  interests  are  always  directly  dependent  upon  the 
welfare  of  the  surrounding  public  interests,  so  that  one  can- 
not be  neglected  without  jeopardizing  the  other.  It  is  a 
deplorable  fact  that  every  little  while  some  sensational  news- 
paper item  gives  forth  to  its  readers  the  damaging  impression 
that  a  large  percentage  of  the  drug  stores  nre  merely  respect- 
able cloaks  for  an  illegal  liquor  business.  There  is  no  doubt 
that  the  daily  press,  as  a  rule,  intends  to  stand  for  fairness 
and  public  spiritedness.  but  misrepresentation  of  facts  is  not 
public  spirit,  it  is  straight  injustice.  It  would  seem  that  they 
have  harped  on  this  one  string  until  they  have  come  to  believe 
its  tune  themselves.  It  is  the  regret  of  the  great  mass  of 
high-minded  men  and  women  connected  directly  or  indirectly 
with  the  business,  that  such  cases  are  to  be  found,  even  if 
infrequently.  They  realize  too  well,  the  discredit  such  indi- 
viduals bring  upon  a  most  honorable  calling.  There  is  no 
occupation  which  in  its  entirety  represents  perfection.  It  is 
right  and  fitting  that  the  wrong-doer  should  be  punished,  but  it 
is  wrong  and  manifestly  unfair  to  raise  a  cry  branding  the 
majority  of  those  of  the  same  craft  as  presumably  guilty  also. 
If  the  situation  were  not  exasperating  and  serious  it  would 
be  almost  funny  that  the  great  thinking  American  public  can 
be  so  easilv  led  to  regard  a  false  idea  as  a  truth.  It  reminds 
one  of  the  man  who  presented  himself  before  a  fur-dealer  and 
offered  to  furnish  him  with  a  milUon  black  cat  skins  at  a  very 
reasonable  figure.  The  fur  dealer  was  skeptical.  "That  is  a 
good  many  black  cat  skins,"  he  returne'^  dubiously,  as  he 
reckoned  liis  possible  profit  on  such  a  deal. 

The  cat-skin  salesman  assured  him  most  earnestly  of  his 
ability  to  furnish  the  goods  and  finally  received  an  order  for 
a  carload.  The  fur  dealer  hastened  to  place  the  coming  con- 
signment of  near-seal  in  various  quarters  where  it  would  net 
big  returns,  promising  later  delivery. 

Some  time  after  the  cat-skin  man  appeared  with  the  winter 
overcoats  of  seven  lusty  Toms,  which  he  carried  by  the  tails 
in  one  hand. 

"There  they  are,"  he  remarked  gloomily,  as  he  flung  them 
upon  the  counter. 

The  fur  dealer  was  indignant.  "But,  sir,"  he  protested, 
"you  promised  me  a  whole  carload." 

"I  know  it,"  the  man  replied  dejectedly.  "I  was  just  posi- 
tive that  there  were  at  least  a  million  of  them  by  the  cater- 
wauling thev  kept  up  nights,  but  there's  the  whole  crop.  Boss, 
and  three  of  them  I  had  to  coax  in  from  the. next  street  and 
trap  at  that." 


The  hue  and  cry  about  the  liquor-selling  druggist  can  gen- 
erally be  made  to' dwindle  down  to  a  mighty  few  skins,  and 
too  often,  part  of  them  are  trapped  with  baits  which  have 
excited  their  humanitarian  sympathies.  If  proof  of  damaging 
statements  were  demanded  very  often  it  would  transpire  that 
the  news-broker  had  sold  short. 

More  than  one  conscientious  young  woman  has  hesitated 
to  link  her  fortunes  with  those  of  some  suitor  within  the 
ranks,  being  alarmed  by  the  jokes  and  insinuations  of  her 
well-meaning  but  humorous  friends.  Not  so  very  many  moons 
ago  a  bright  young  woman  consulted  an  older  friend  on  this 
very  subject.  "It  would  look,"  she  argued,  "that  'where  there 
is  so  much  smoke  there  must  be  a  little  fire,'  why  even  the 
newspapers  talk  about  it." 

Right  here  is  a  chance  for  an  exercise  of  real  public  spirited- 
ness. If  every  man  and  every  woman,  who  sees  such  an  item 
in  which  the  profession  as  a  class  or  even  a  portion  of  it  is 
made  to  suffer  an  injustice,  would  immediately  write  and  mail 
to  the  editor  of  the  publication  containing  the  offending  article, 
a  courteous  protest,  it  would  do  a  world  of  good  to  awaken  a 
sense  of  fairness  and  it  would  have  a  strong  tendency  to 
'  lessen  the  constant  repetition  of  charges  which  prejudice  the 
unthinking.  Never  mind  if  there  is  not  time  to  pen  a  lengthy 
production.  The  shorter  the  better  after  the  ground  is  covered. 
Do  not  hesitate  to  sign  it  in  full.  It  is  an  honor  to  stand  in 
defense  of  a  worthy  cause. 

After  that  editor  has  received  several  hundred  such  pro- 
tests a  number  of  times,  he  will  begin  to  sit  up  and  think 
the  subject  out,  not  only  in  relation  to  the  subscription  list, 
but  as  to  the  justice  of  the  charges.  There  is  no  use  to  argufi 
that  it  is  none  of  our  business,  because  it  is.  What  affects 
one  affects  all  whether  we  recognize  it  or  not.  A  stone  dropped 
on  the  earth  starts  vibrations  which  encircle  the  globe. 

In  a  small  city  the  water  supply  was  drawn  from  a  river 
polluted  by  mills  and  villages  above.  Many  people  complained 
about  its  "impurity  but  no  one  was  public  spirited  enough  tp 
undertake  to  bring  about  a  change  in  the  condition.  Some 
said,  "It  is  no  affair  of  mine,"  others  said  "If  the  rest  can 
stand  it  we  can,"  and  one  wit  declared  "He  hadn't  time  to 
bother,  besides  it  wasn't  his  funeral." 

Men  came  and  went  to  their  business  and  women  worked  or 
visited  or  neighbored  without  a  thought  of  danger,  until  an 
epidemic  of  typhoid  broke  out,  followed  by  a  more  deadly 
scourge  of  diphtheria.  Business  was  paralyzed,  homes  be- 
reaved and  lives  sacrificed.  The  wit  was  the  first  victim. 
What  a  lot  of  unnecessary  suffering  and  all  because  of  the 
lack  of  a  little  public  spirited  enterprise,  and  the  pioneers  need- 
ful to  set  the  ball  rolling.     Oeneral  welfare  means  indivtdual 


In  one  of  the  largest  cities  of  the  country,  a  hold-up  took 
placed  in  a  darkened  stretch  of  street.  The  nearest  druggist 
to  the  scene  tried  to  interest  his  business  neighbors  in  an 
effort  to  have  a  light  placed  at  the  junction  of  two  streets, 
by  which  means  the  dark  place  would  be  sufficiently  illumi- 
nated They  all  shrugged  their  shoulders.  "Folks  must  look 
out  for  them'selves,"  they  said.  The  druggist  alone  made  appli- 
cation to  the  city  for  extra  lighting.  He  took  time  off  and 
went  to  see  about  it.  He  was  openly  called  a  fool  for  his 
pains.  Elections  intervened,  and  the  light  was  not  granted. 
Another  administration  came  into  power  and  the  work  had  to 
b"  all  gone  over  again.  At  the  end  of  about  fourteen  months, 
a  powerful  light  was  placed  right  where  the  public  spirited 
man  wished  it. 

About  one  year  after  this  that  same  druggists  wife  was 
hurrying  home  one  foggy  evening  with  medicine  for  her  sick 
baby,  when  just  beyond  the  reach  of  that  light  she  was  ac- 
costed by  a  villain— he  was  in  the  clothing  of  the  guardian  ot 
the  law  at  that— who  familiarly  took  her  by  the  arm.  For  a 
moment  her  heart  stopped  beating,  then  came  the  thought  of 
the  light  and  its  supposed  protection.  It  gave  her  courage. 
With  one  desperate  effort  she  broke  away  and  in  another 
instant  was  within  its  misty  beams,  and  a  moment  later  was 
back  at  her  husband's  store.  If  that  man  never  has  any  other 
monument  than  that  light  post,  he  ought  to  be  satisfied.  FuD- 
lic  spiritedness  is  often  a  boomerang  of  good  works  whicn 
returns  to  the  sender  bringing  capital  and  accrued  interest 
combined.  .  ,    -„_ 

A  Danish  inventor  has  just  perfected  an  instrument  for 
typesetting  by  wireless  waves,  and  he  shows  that  the  time  is 
not  far  distant  when  a  correspondent  in  London  may  transmit 
his  news  directly  to  tlie  New  York  printing  press  through  tl).> 


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203 


Marconi  operator.  Once  that  man  would  have  been  burned 
at  the  stake  for  being  in  league  with  the  powers  of  Darkness. 
Today  people  marvel  at  his  mastery  of  Nature's  forces. 

That  man  might  have  said  :  "What  is  the  use,  I  shall  never 
be  a  newspaper  correspondent  1"  But  instead  of  that  \u- 
possessed  the  splendid  public  spiritedness  of  a  Citizen  of  the 
Universe,  and  that  spirit  actuated  him  on  to  wonderful  ac- 
complishment. 

The  greater  the  enlightenment  the  more  public  spirited  we 
become,  because  we  learn  to  look  at  people  and  things  through 
the  eyes  of  a  broader  understanding,  and  with  feelings  of  larger 
sympathy. 

We  are  in  a  continual  stage  of  progression.  Even  when 
we  seem  to  be  sliding  backward,  it  is  often  the  means  of 
arousing  us  to  a  sense  of  our  dangerous  situation,  and  of 
awakening  us  to  a  consciousness  of  latent  possibilities.  We 
have  had  the  day  of  the  pill,  the  capsule,  the  tablet  triturate, 
and  the  secret  mixture,  when  each  was  used  in  distinct 
preference  to  the  others,  and  now  we  are  getting  back  to  the 
first  principles  of  good,  stable  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  preparations. 

We  have  also  had  the  day  of  the  wild-cat  stock  scheme — 
a  bitter  pill  to  many — the  day  of  public  graft,  the  extrava- 
ganza of  advertising  regardless  of  merit,  and  market  products 
of  all  kinds  which  might  or  might  not  be  what  they  claimed, 
but  again  we  are  getting  back  to  the  first  principles — the 
principles  of  honesty  and  truthfulness.  And  these  first  prin- 
ciples are  gong  to  make  life  vastly  more  worth  while,  for  the.v 
will  re-establish  our  confidence  in  our  fellow  man. 

What  has  done  it?  What  has  turned  the  wheels  backward 
until  they  reached  solid  ground?  Nothing  if  not  the  broadest 
kind  of  public  spiritedness. 

Occasionally  some  interest  which  is  being  forced  to  give 
up  questionable  practices  raises  a  cry  of  selfishness,  and  utters 
a  warning  that  a  reform  is  being  pushed  to  benefit  a  certain 
class.  If  no  one  was  to  be  benefited,  or  no  condition  im- 
proved there  would  be  small  use  of  reform,  and  no  reform  was 
ever  accomplished  without  opposition  on  the  one  hand  and  true 
public  spiritedness  on  the  other. 

We  may  not  all  do  great  things,  but  we  may  with  a  true 
spirit  of  unselfishness  perform  willingly  that  portion  of  the 
world's  work  which  comes  knocking  at  our  own  door.  Some- 
times "silence  is  golden."  and  sometimes  judicious  speech  is 
the  real  radio-activity  of  public  spiritedness. 


Peanuts. 


rOR  MARYLAND  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 


Vacancy  to  Occur  Next  May  Gives  Rise  to  Speculation 
and   Wire   Pulling. 

Baltimoke,  Feb.  27. — Considerable  speculation  is  indulged 
in  among  Baltimore  druggists  over  the  vacancy  in  the  Mary- 
land Board  of  Pharmacy  which  will  be  occasioned  next  May 
by  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  Ephralm  Bacon,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  board.  There  are  those  who  believe  Mr.  Bacon 
will  be  appointed  to  succeed  himself,  while  others  are  inclined 
to  take  a  different  view. 

One  of  the  questions  that  will  probably  enter  into  considera- 
tion and  may  decide  the  issue  is  that  of  residence.  The  law 
OQ  the  subject  provides  that  two  of  the  members  of  the  board 
shall  be  residents  of  Baltimore,  one  shall  come  from  the  East- 
ern Shore,  another  from  the  central  part  and  a  fifth  from 
the  western  part  of  the  State.  The  two  members  credited  to 
Baltimore  are  John  A.  Davis  and  Louis  Schulze. 

Mr.  Bacon  has  been  credited  to  Baltimore  county,  and 
therefore  to  Central  Maryland.  Since  his  appointment,  how- 
ever, Mr.  Bacon  has  become  to  all  intents  and  purposes  a 
resident  of  Baltimore,  owning  a  store  in  the  city  and  conduct- 
ing it,  whereas  at  the  time  he  was  named  he  was  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Truitt  &  Bacon,  of  Roland  Park,  a  northern 
suburb,  just  a  few  squares  beyond  the  city  limits.  If  it  is 
decided  that  Mr.  Bacon,  by  the  transfer  of  his  business  activi- 
ties to  Baltimore,  has  become  a  citizen  of  the  town,  he  will 
be  ineligible  for  reappointment  under  the  law,  the  city  already 
having  two  representatives  on  the  board. 

From  now  until  the  appointment  is  made,  the  Governor  will 
doubtless  be  bombarded  with  petitions  in  favor  of  the  various 
candidates  for  the  position. 


Impaired  by  Torture. 
Lawyer — Isn't  your  memory  good? 
Witness — Well,  not  when  I'm  on  the  witness  stand. 


'By  Joet  "Blanc, 

It  was  during  the  quiet, 
collarless  and  slipper  time 
that  I  tried  to  get  the  mind 
ready  for  rest  by  thinking 
of  many  things  in  general 
and  nothing  in  particular. 
On  that  particular  night 
there  came  first  an  unwel- 
come and  then  a  welcome 
inspiration.  This  is  the  way 
it  happened  and  an  explana- 
tion of  the  occurrence  may 
give  you  a  wee  insight  into 
the  way  a  writer  fellow  gets 
the  thoughts  he  transfers  to 
paper. 

The  family  had  taken  the 
Morpheus  Limited  to  Slum- 
berland  while  in  a  luxu- 
riously comfortable  negligee  I  sat  in  the  big  chair  in  my  den 
with  pipe-born  clouds  surrounding  me.  Nonchalantly  I  took 
from  the  table  beside  me  a  copy  of  the  "Congressional  Rec- 
ord" and  idly  turned  its  leaves.  On  one  of  them  my  roving 
glance  was  for  a  moment  held  by  the  words.  "The  peanut 
industry."  This  was  a  lengthy,  statistic-filled  address  by  a 
Southern  congressman.  "Peanut  politics"  gave  an  half-uttered 
expression  to  my  thought  and  the  "Record"  w-as  laid  aside. 
Then,  in  the  rolling  smoke-clouds,  a  fifteen-year-old  memory 
took  mind-pictured  form  and  I  saw  myself  strolling  along  the 
streets  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  the  greatest  peanut  market  in  the 
world.  Before  my  mind's  eye  passed  many  great  wagons 
loaded  with  peanuts.  Again  I  seemed  to  see  the  great  ware- 
houses and  so-called  "peanut  factories"  and  to  hear  the 
rumble  of  the  noisy  machinery  as  it  was  used  to  cleanse  and 
otherwise  prepare  the  nuts  for  market.  The  first  wreath  of 
smoke-clouds  passed  and  in  the  folds  of  a  new  one  I  beheld 
a  corner  at  the  junction  of  two  Petersburg  streets.  Seated 
at  this  coraer  was  an  old,  shriveled  negro.  Before  his  box 
seat  was  another  box  on  which  rested  two  baskets  and  a  glass 
jar.  Laboriously  his  trembling  old  fingers  moved  as  he  took 
the  peanuts  from  one  basket,  shelled  them  and  dropped  the 
shells  into  the  other  basket  and  the  hulled  nuts  into  the  jar. 
For  five  cents  the  old  man  sold  me  as  many  hulled  nuts  as 
would  have  cost  three  times  as  much  in  the  North.  In  a 
critical  tone  I  remarked  that  the  nuts  were  very  small.  Uncle 
replied  that  small  nuts  were  best  and  bid  me  taste  for  proof. 
A  taste  brought  the  proof,  such  toothsome  proof  that  I  gladly 
listened  while  the  old  negro  talked  of  peanuts.  Before  that 
day  all  peanuts  looked  about  the  same  to  me  and  they  looked 
far  from  dignified,  but  since  that  time  I  have  looked  upon  and 
eaten  them  with  very  great  respect. 

That  old  negro  could  neither  read  nor  write.  To  a  North- 
erner who  had  spent  less  time  in  the  South  than  I  had,  .the 
negro's  language  would  have  been  almost  unintelligible :  but 
he  knew  peanuts  from  P.  to  S.  One  might  have  called  him  a 
peanutomaniac,  for  throughout  his  life  he  had  raised,  sold 
eaten,  and  it  seemed,  lived,  breathed  and  thought  peanuts.  He 
told  me  more  about  peanuts,  fact  and  tradition,  agriculture, 
art  and  indigestion,  than  I  had  ever  previously  imagined.  Xet, 
he  knew  nothing  but  peanuts.  Upon  any  other  topic  he  was 
mentally  as  a  little  child. 

Again  the  smoke-clouds  changed  and  with  their  rolling, 
thought  rolled  onward  also.  Again  the  copy  of  the  "Con- 
gressional Record"  was  taken  in  hand  and  I  read  with  in- 
terest, the  speech  on  "The  peanut  industry."  Of  course,  the 
speech  gave  me  added  information  about  peanuts.  It  im- 
pressed upon  me  the  greatness  of  the  peanut  industry  and  from 
its  perusal  my  store  of  general  knowledge  was  increased ; 
moreover,  it  proved  that  what  the  old  negro  told  me  about 
peanuts  was  true.  It  also  proved  that  the  old  negro  knew 
more  about  peanuts  than  the  congressman  did. 

The  poor  old  peanut  peddler  has  probably  passed  to  his 
reward  long  ere  this,  and  I  can  think  of  him  only  as  a  human 
atom  transferred  to  another  state,  a  black  dot  erased  from  a 
page  of  humanity's  history  and  yet.  before  its  earthly  oblit- 
eration it  served  its  purpose  and  served  it  well.     In  his  line. 


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[March  4,  1909 


old  Uncle  Carbon  was  a  disseminator  of  knowledge  of  no  mean 
ability.  Who  can  tell  how  much  fruit  may  have  been  born  on 
trees  "of  knowledae  grown  from  seeds  of  thought  planted  by 
the  poor  old  black.  After  fifteen  years  of  forgetfulness,  a  fleet- 
ing memory  of  the  old  colored  uncle  led  me  to  profitably  read, 
digest  and  enjoy  a  congressional  speech  which  I  had  once 
thrown  aside  w'ith  contempt.  It  was  he  who  gave  me  the 
inspiration  to  write  what  follows : 

In  every  walk  of  life,  in  every  business  and  profession  there 
are  the  peanut  peddlers,  men  whose  knowledge  has  developed 
into  a  monomania,  whose  lives  hold  no  music  but  that  wmch 
comes  from  the  vibrations  of  a  monochord.  who  paint  no 
pictures  except  in  monochrome.  We  pass  them  with  a  sneer, 
perhaps  pity,  or  treat  them  with  contempt,  forgetting  that 
while  we  may  kuow  many  things  indifferently  these  peanut 
peddlers  know  one  thing  well.  While  it  is  true  that  the 
pressure  of  the  times  tends  to  make  such  men  fewer  and 
that  for  them  the  struggle  for  existence  is  becoming  harder 
and  harder,  it  is  unhappily  true  that  those  who  krww  one  thing 
well  are  often  unable  to  do  that  one  thing  well.  It  is  not 
that  they  are  bound  by  theory,  for  such  is  not  the  case. 
Theorists  are  originators,  but  these  mono-mentalists,  if  I  may 
be  permitted  to  coin  a  word,  are  merely  gatherers  of  facts 
from  one  tree  of  knowledge  and  these  individuals  of  whom  we 
speak  are  the  uuthanked,  disdained  distributers. 

In  law,  pharmacy,  eugiueering,  medicine  ;  in  the  store,  offiqe, 
college,  studio  and  factory  are  such  men  found.  They  are 
like  the  earthworms  which  keep  the  soil  leavened  that  it  may 
take  and  distribute  the  life  of  the  seed,  and  as  we  ungrate- 
fully tread  upon  and  crush  the  worms  so  do  we  crush  the 
sensibilities  of  those  life-leavening  men  who  gave  so  much  and 
ask  so  little  in  return. 

In  every  excuse  there  should  be  at  least  an  atom  of  reason. 
As  we  of  a  liroader  horizon  often  excuse  ourselves  for  our 
treatment  of  these  mono-minded  men  by  terming  them  narrow, 
bigoted  or  dull,  or  by  the  use  of  other  words  which  are  at  least 
expressions  of  semi-contempt,  so  must  there  be  with  us  the 
atom  of  reason.  It  is  true  that  these  men  retard  us  by  their 
drag  upon  us  and  weaken  our  collective  strength  by  refusing 
to  walk  with  our  throng  upon  the  highway.  It  is  true  that 
the  tools  thev  give  us  are  unedged  and  of  but  little  use  until 
sharpened  by  our  own  wit.  However,  better  than  the  lily 
in  its  radiance,  far  better  than  the  sun-scintillating,  flying 
thistle-seed,  is  the  head  of  wheat  that  almost  hides  itself 
among  the  brambles,  for  from  it,  with  diligence  and  effort  we 
may  later  harvest  enough  for  a  loaf. 

These  men,  who  are  so  often  the  subjects  of  our  expressed 
impatience,  hold  us  to  wise  conservatism  by  their  adherence 
to  fact.  They  are  the  masons  who  build  the  walls  upon 
which  we,  the  artists,  hang  our  work.  They  weave  the  can- 
vas upon  which  we  paint  and  we  who  limn  upon  what  their  hand- 
thrown  shuttles  have  woven,  owe  them  more  than  we  can 
ever  pay.  ,       ,     ,,  i. 

Crabbed  or  garrulous,  tearful  or  sad,  unlovely  they  may  be , 
but  let  us  remember  that  their  unloveliness  may  be  a  heritage 
-  of  sin  and  sorrow,  the  sorrow  for  the  sin  of  another  who 
took  all  the  light  of  love  and  left  only  the  darkness  of  in- 
gratitude. Or  there  may  be  the  lack  of  heritage  of  breadth 
of  miud.  The  predecessors  of  the  old  peanut  man,  for  many 
generations  may  have  dwelt  in  mental  shadow.  If  such  be  the 
case,  does  not  the  mono-mentalist  deserve  credit  for  haying 
learned  one  thing  better  than  his  forebears  learned  anything. 
So  let  us  all  learn  a  lesson  from  the  old.  black  peanut  ped- 
dler and  may  the  lesson  teach  us  to  humble  our  own  pride,  to 
throw  the  light  of  patient  love  into  the  dark  hedgerows  from 
which  these  child-minded  men  baud  us  good  seed  for  planting 
within  the  gardens  of  our  minds.  Neither  should  we  forget 
that  after  everything  is  reasoned  and  said,  we  will  find  those 
whose  mental  breadth  is  as  superior  to  ours  as  ours  is  to  the 
old  Petersburg  peanut  peddler.  There  are  others  whose 
mental  plane  is  so  high  above  our  own  that  we  have  as  little 
hope  of  reaching  it,  and  make  as  little  effort  in  that  direc- 
tion, as  the  poor  old  black  man  made  to  reach  ours. 

Hudson  River  Ph.A.  Meets  This  Evening. 
Another  monthly  meeting  of  the  Hudson  River  Ph.A.,  Inc., 
will  be  held  this  evening,  March  4.  at  S.30  p.  m..  at  the 
Hostelry  of  the  "Braddock,"  southeast  corner  of  126th  street 
and  Eighth  avenue,  Manhattan  Borough,  this  city.  Mental 
acrobatics  and  culinary  luxuries  are  promised,  in  addition  to 
valuable  pointers  by  the  buying  committee. 


Theory  and  Practice 


Detection  of  Methyl  Alcohol  in  the  Presence  of  Ethyl 
Alcohol. 
As  traces  of  formaldehyde  are  invariably  produced  by  the 
oxidation  of  pure  ethvl  alcohol,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  detect 
small  quantities  of  methyl  alcohol  in  ethyl  alcohol  by  any 
oxidation  process;  when,  however,  not  less  than  5  per  cent 
of  methyl  alcohol  is  present,  a  definite  result  may  be  obtained, 
the  following  process  being  the  most  satisfactory  one:  One 
Cc  of  the  mixed  alcohols  is  placed  in  a  small,  round  bottomed 
distilling  flask  and  the  oxidizing  agent  is  added ;  if  ammonium 
persulphate  is  used,  0.8  grm.  of  the  salt  is  added,  followed  by 
3  cc  of  dilute  sulphuric  acid  (1:5),  or,  in  the  case  of  potas- 
sium bichromate,  1.5  grms.  of  the  salt  and  1.5  of  pure  sul- 
phuric acid.  In  either  case,  the  mixture  is  diluted  with  water 
to  20  cc.  and  then  distilled,  the  distillate  being  collected  in 
te'it  tubes  in  five  separate  portions  of  2  cc.  The  first  two 
portions,  which  will  contain  all  the  acetaldehyde  and  formal- 
dehyde (when  an  aqueous  solution  of  acetaldehyde  and  formal- 
dehyde is  distilled,  the  whole  of  the  acetaldehyde  distills  over 
before  the  formaldehyde),  may  be  rejected.  To  each  of  the 
remaining  portions  a  few  drops  of  0.5  per  cent  solution  of 
morphine  hydrochloride  are  added,  and  concentrated  sulphuric 
acid  is  poured  into  each  test  tube  so  as  to  form  a  layer  at 
the  bottom.  In  the  presence  of  formaldehye  a  violent  ring 
will  be  found  at  the  junction  of  the  two  liquids.  The  colora- 
tion yielded  by  a  mixture  containing  5  per  cent  of  methyl 
alcohol  is  very  decided  and  cannot  be  mistaken  for  the  faint  re- 
action yielded  by  pure  methyl  alcohol  {Analyst  through  Jour. 
Soc.  Chem.  Ind.). 

Freezing    Point    of    Calcium    Chloride,    Glycerin    and 
Alcohol  Solutions. 
In  view  of  the  use  of  various  substances  by  automobilists 
for  preventing  freezing  of  the  water  in  radiators,  the  following 
data  will  be  found  useful.     It  will  be  noted  that  a  25  per  cent 
solution   of  the   commercial   calcium  chloride   is   necessary  to 
prevent  freezing  in  the  coldest  weather  we  are  likely  to  ex- 
perience     The  ordinary  commercial  calcium  chloride  usually 
tests  about  75  per  cent  of  the  pure  salt  and  the  figures  are 
based  on  the  use  of  a  salt  of  this  strength. 
Number  of  lbs.  of 
Specific  gravity      salt  to  the  gallon 

of  solution.  of  solution.         Freezing  point. 

1.150  2Vi  1°  F- 

1.175  2%  0   F. 

1.200  3  -  9°  F. 

1 92.5  3V.  —18°  F. 

1:250  4  -33°  F. 

Glycerin   is  used  for  a  similar  purpose,  but  has  not  been 

found   satisfactory   and   is,   moreover,   very   expensive,  50  per, 

cent  being  required  to  resist  even  a  moderate  degree  ot  com. 

A  10  per  cent  solution  freezes  at  30°  F.,  20  per  cent  at  2i     t. 

and  30  per  cent  at  21°  F.    Denatured  alcohol  is  also  used  to 

some  extent,  and  while  better  than  glycerin  it  not  so  good  as 

calcium    chloride    and,    moreover,    is    much    more    expensive, 

owing  to  its  volatility.    A  5  per  cent  solution  freezes  at  _!>*.. 

10   per   cent   at  23°    F.   and   20   per  cent  at  14     F.    {Drug 

Topics). 

Cocaine  in  Tooth  Extraction. 

The  more  recent  practice  is  to  employ  a  smaller  dose  of 
cocaine,  an  eighth  of  a  grain  being,  according  to  some  author- 
ities, ample  for  the  purpose.  The  syringe  is  obtainable  at 
any  druggists'  sundries  house.  A  solution  which  is  kept  reaay 
made  is^jrepared  from  a  receipt  such  as  the  following : 

Cocaine   hydrochloride    1  P^"^"^- 

Boric    acid    I  P'^'^^; 

Glycerin     2  par  s. 

Wintergreen  oil    1  P^«- 

Dill    water    ^-^  P'*"*' 

Prepare  under  strict  aseptic  conditions  and  filter  bright 
(Ch.  &  Dr.). 


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Original  and  Selected 


PHARilACY  IN  GENERAL  MERCHANDISE  STORE.' 


By  F.  D.  Pollard,  Proctersville,  Vt. 

Drug  stores  run  in  connect  iou  with  a  general  merchandise 
store,  present  some  aspects  different  from  drug  stores  per  se. 
In  order  that  I  may  make  my  meaning  clear,  I  will  say  that 
I  class  as  drug  stores  along  with  general  merchandise  stores 
only  such  as  compound  prescriptions  to  a  greater  or  less 
extent.  Xor  am  I  classing  as  such  the  strictly  department 
stores,  of  which  there  may  be  one  or  two  in  the  State.  Drug 
stores  run  with  a  general  store  hare  the  assortment  of  drugs 
displayed  in  a  large  room  along  with  dry  goods,  groceries, 
boots  and  shoes,  clothing,  hardware,  etc.  This  arrangement 
has  some  advantages,  as  well  as  disadvantages,  which  I  will 
not  undertake  to  enumerate  or  discuss. 

This  class  of  stores,  now  under  consideration,  were  quite  num- 
erous throughout  the  State  in  past  times,  but  since  the  passaw 
of  the  pharmacy  law  the  number  has  been  dwindling,  and  in  my 
opinion,  in  the  not  very  distant  future, 
will  practically  become  a  thing  of  the 
past.  I  cannot  but  think  that  the  young 
men,  who,  either  by  taking  a  course  in 
pharmacy  or  studying  at  a  drug  store, 
are  able  to  successfully  pass  the  ex- 
amination, will  lack  either  the  inclina- 
tion, the  ability  or  the  experience  so 
necessary  to  make  a  success  of  such  an 
undertaking.  It  is  believed  there  is  not 
one  store  in  the  State  with  sufficient 
drug  business  so  a  proprietor,  not  re- 
gistered, would  feel  warranted  in  hiring 
a  registered  clerk.  In  fact  it  is  quite 
certain,  if  there  was  no  drug  line  in  the 
store  at  all.  there  would  still  be  the  same 
number  of  people  in  it  at  work. 

Ask  the  proprietor  of  such  a  store  why 
he  does  not  branch  out  in  some  seemingly 
more  profitable  line,  as  for  instance,  a 
soda  fountain,  and  he  will  quite  likely 
repl.v,  "I  could  not  do  it  without  another 
clerk  and  that  would  not  pay  me." 

Thus  as  the  store  is  under  little  added 
expense  because  of  the  drug  corner  and 
business  would  go  on  just  the  same  as 
if  it  was  not  there,  the  proprietor  is 
sometimes  tempted  to  use  the  business 
to  draw  trade.  In  other  words  he  cuts 
prices  thinking  to  get  the  business  more 
than  back  in  his  other  lines  of  goods. 

This   is   quite   a   prominent   feature   of 
the   advertising   of   some   of   th-^    large   department   stores    in 
certain  of  the  large  cities  of  the  United  States  at  the  present 
time. 

Far  many  years  preceding  the  passage  of  the  pharmacy  law 
and  the  organization  of  the  Vermont  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  I  rm  sorry  to  say,  this  plan  was  also  quite 
generally  adopted  in  Vermont.  As  showing  how  thoroughly 
the  business  was  demoralized  at  one  time,  the  writer  remembers 
somewhat  over  twenty  years  ago.  of  a  certain  dollar  proprie- 
tary medicine  that,  because  of  very  successful  advertising, 
sprang  into  prominence  and  became  in  great  demand.  Every 
dealer  in  the  vicinity  tried  to  see  if  he  could  not  sell  it  cheaper 
han  his  competitors,  but  the  writer  finally  carried  off  the 
trophy  by  selling  it  at  fifty-nine  cents.  Many  times  in  those 
days  the  drug  stores  as  well,  tried  hard  to  and  usually  did 
succeed  in  keeping  their  end  up  at  cutting  prices. 

Since  the  passage  of  the  pharmacy  law,  and  the  organization 
of  a  strong  compact  State  association  the  writer  can  see, 
generally  speaking,  that  a  change  has  j,radually  come  over  the 
trade.  All  are  realizing  more  and  more  that  in  the  end  such 
demoralization  in  prices  are  no  benefit  to  manufacturer, 
lealer  or  consumer.    It  is  the  writers  belief  that  at  the  present 

*Read  before  Vermont  Pharm.  Ass'n,  Burlington,  1908. 


time  general  stcrcs  have  no  desire  to  run  t.iei  drug  depart- 
ments to  the  detriment  of  the  drug  trade,  but  on  the  contrary 
the  proprietors  of  such  stores  will  be  found  co-operating  with 
drug  stores   for  the  general   betterment   of  conditions. 

And  right  here  let  me  say  that  I  consider  attendance  to 
the  yearly  meetings  of  great  importance  to  bring  about  this 
much  desired  result.  Here  we  get  better  acquainted  with  our 
neighbors  in  a  day  than  we  would  in  a  life  time  at  home.  I 
do  not  know  the  reason,  unless  it  is  because  the  business  seems 
to  demand  our  constant  presence  and  attention,  but  I  believe 
it  to  be  a  fact  that  druggists  generally  are  less  neighborly 
and  less  acquainted  with  one  another  than  any  other  class 
of  tradesmen.  This  rule,  of  course,  has  some  honorable 
exceptions. 

Again,  the  druggist's  liquor  license  question  is  one  where 
the  general  merchandise  dealer  is  apt  to  look  at  things  at  a 
different  angle  than  does  the  regular  drug  store  proprietor. 
Generally  he  has  problems  enough  presented  to  him  for  solu- 
tion in  the  sale  of  extracts  and  essences  without  any  added 
difficulties  to  make  things  more  vexatious,  and  he  is  quite  likely 
to  decide  that  he  will  lose  more  than  he  will  gain  if  he  takes 
out  a  druggist's  liquor  license.  The  subterfuges  used  to  get 
something  the  user  thinks  can  be  taken  in  larger  doses  than 
the  directions  given  are  almost  without  number  and  some  of 
them  really  laughable.  In  this  connection,  I  used  to  know  a 
man  who  after  standing  about  the  store 
for  a  short  time  would  exclaim  in  the 
most  matter  of  fact  tone :  "By  the  great 
j^^^-^  horn   spoon,  how   my  belly  aches."     It  is 

^tfSB||t  almost    needless    to    add    that    he    would 

^j^  shortly  after  call  for  a  bottle  of  pepper- 

S  mint    or    checkerberry    to    allay    such    a 

■^^  dreadful  condition. 

^m  Pricing'  of  Prescriptions. 

.  •■3PI  Again,  the  interests  of  the  general  mer- 

"'^  chandise   and   drug  stores   are   somewhat 

at  variance  in  the  pricing  of  prescriptions. 
This  is  really  a  more  important  matter 
than  it  would,  perhaps,  seem  at  first 
thought.  The  profit  to  a  general  merchan- 
dise store  even  more  perhaps  than  a  drug 
store  is  in  the  reports.  "How  is  this?" 
you  say.  Well,  in  the  first  place  the  con- 
tainer is  handed  in  all  labeled  and  ready 
to  fill.  Xo  expense  there.  Then  he 
knows  just  how  to  go  about  putting  it 
up.  He  does  not  have  to  spend  time 
thinking  up  the  proper  way  to  combine 
the  ingredients ;  nor  does  he  have  to  be 
sure  the  dosage  and  directions  are  cor- 
rect. Another  important  consideration  is 
that  he  has  all  the  ingredients  to  put  it 
up  with.  Because  while  there  is  no  drug 
store  that  can  compound  every  prescrip- 
tion given  it,  the  proportion  of  prescrip- 
tions a  general  merchandise  dealer  has 
to  hand  back  with  the  remark,  "sorry, 
but  we  have  not  all  the  articles  called  for."  is  much  the 
greater.  But  any  dealer  or  druggist  either,  for  that  matter, 
who  has  to  return  a  prescription  unfilled  which  he  compounded 
before,  had  better  at  once  overhaul  his  system  of  business  as 
there  is  surely  a  screw  loose  somewhere. 

The  Perennial  Buyer  of  Medicines. 
Now.  bearing  the  above  in  mind,  along  comes  Mr.  X.  You 
know  him.  Every  druggist  knows  him.  He  is  a  very  con- 
siderable factor  in  the  trade  of  every  drug  store.  He  is 
always  tight  about  money  matters.  He  will  pinch  a  cent 
until  almost  all  the  feathers  are  squeezed  off  the  Indian's 
head,  but  he  will  buy  lots  of  medicine  and  always  pays  for 
it  on  the  spot.  Xow,  to  look  at  Mr.  X.  he  does  not  appear 
sickly,  but  perhaps  he  has  a  tickling  in  the  throat,  causing  a 
cough  and  thus  fears  consumption ;  or  perchance  he  may 
have  a  backache  at  times  and  visions  of  kidney  trouble  or 
Brigbt's  disease  are  before  his  eyes.  Or.  again,  he  may  have 
a  touch  of  "rheumatiz."  Xo  matter.  It  is  nothing  serious. 
I  never  knew  of  anyone  to  die  of  his  pet  trouble.  In  fact, 
come  to  think  of  it,  I  scarcely  know  one  to  die  at  all.  It  is 
possible  though  one  might  die  from  old  age  or  accident.  Xow, 
Mr.  X.  has  tried  and  retried  all  the  medicines  on  your 
shelves  that  seem  to  hit  his  symptoms.     Free  samples  of  medi- 


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206 

cine  are  always  iu  order  and  are  tried  again  and  again  Nor 
does  he  seem"  to  be  at  all  particular  that  the  samp  es  are 
recommended  for  his  symptoms,  1  sometimes  hink  it  tl  at  old 
popular  song,  "All  Coons  Look  Alike  to  Me.  w^-f-' '^"^ 
to  "All  free  samples  look  alike  to  me,"  it  would  leallj  and 
truly  be  more  near  the  truth  and  the  whole  truth,  toa 

Now  Mr.  X..  having  tried  all  the  remedies  he  could  think 
of  and  not  getting  the  benefit  he  thinks  he  ought  to  have 
has  wonderful  to  relate,  gone  to  the  doctor  and  procured  a 
pre;cription.  Now,  if  a  low  price  is  put  on  this  prescription 
he  will  most  likely  get  it  refilled  many  times,  as  his  vanity 
is  touched  bv  the  fact  that  the  medicine  is  compounded  to 
sui  his  individual  needs.  I  have  in  mind  two  cases,  one  a 
cough  remedy  and  the  other  a  kidney  remedy.  Both  were  in- 
expensive to  compound  and  both  were  priced  at  five  cents 
advance  over  the  usual  price  of  proprietary  remedies  of  the 
same  s  zed  bottles.  Both  have  been  refilled  scores  of  times 
?o  the  original  patient  and  many  others,  because  such  per- 
sons  are  very  assiduous  in  inquiring  after  other  people  s 
heakh  and  prescribing  freely.  The  writer  thinks  a  little  care 
and  thought  along  these  lines  will  repay  the  investigator. 

In  conclusion,  I  wish  to  urge  ^^^''''^'='}'''\'^'\f''l 
CODY  of  a  prescription  to  note  on  it  the  price  charged  in  the 
cost  mark  adopted  by  this  society.  Such  will  save  the  drug- 
StsTuto  whose  hands  it  falls  for  renewal  mttch  annoyance. 
And  any  such  cost  mark  on  a  prescription  filled  by  a  ine°^ber 
of  the  Vermont  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  should  be 
religiously  respected.  

PERSONALITY  IN  BUSINESS. 

By  Ernest  C.  Cripps,  Berkhamsted,  Eng. 

It  is  possible  in  building  a  business  to  work  to  this  end  by 
two  different  methods,  each  conducing  to  a  common  resul  and 
Zt  distinct,  and  sharply  separate.  One  may  be  called  the 
kinetic  act  ve  form,  and  consists  of  the  self-lauda  ory  self- 
insM  egotistical  method,  generally  seen  in  keeping  before 
the  pubic  by  means  of  advertising,  the  other,  latent  and 
restrahied,  which  consists  of  letting  actions  speak  louder  than 
words!  and  allowing  that  subtle  essence  called  "personality 
to  work  out  its  slow,  yet  sure  designs.  . 

It  is  the  fashion  in  certain  quarters  to  sneer  at  the  per 
sonal  equation"  in  business,  but  it  is  manifest  to  all  thought- 
fufobse^ers  that  the  most  powerful  asset  a  business  man 
possesses,  unaffected  by  competition  or  the  march  of  time,  is 
^he  impression  that  he  makes  and  has  made,  consciously  or 
unconXusirtipon  his  customers,  now,  and  in  the  years  that 

''^Vain''°s'all  the  complaining,  especially  if  we  have  been  suc- 
cessfuMn  our  businesses,  that  the  public  do  not  appreciate 
us  at  our  true  worth,  or  are  blind  to  our  many  good  qualities 
"1  man  pS^es  for  what  he  is  worth,"  and  if  we  have  not 
received  our  mead  of  success,  the  fault  is  more  likely  to  be 
at  our  doors,  other  things  of  course  being  equal,  than  at  those 
of  a  discerning  public. 

The  Personal  Equation. 
Now  there  is  much  in  the  "personal  equation"  over  which  we 
can  erercise  no  control  at  all.  We  are  all  what  we  are,  in  oui 
own  rndwTdual  outlook  upon  the  external  world,  in  our  modes 
orthought  in  our  moods  and  feelings,  and  in  many  other 
Ain^s  by  reason  of  the  subtle  impetus  of  heredity  and  the 
moMfng   power   of   environment,   especially   this   last    in    our 

'"These'Ynfluences  have  stamped  us.  have  ^aad^  ".«.  ^^^-,\;;^ 
are  We  cannot  greatly  alter  our  natures  along  these  lines, 
hnt'  in  simpler  and  more  practical  ways  it  is  possible  o  de- 
velo^Pe  -nality  if  not  there,  or  change  its  character  if  harm- 
ful to  ourselves,  or  unpleasant  to  those  around  us. 
Courtesy  Must  Be  Accorded  to  All. 
From    a    business    point    of    view    how    ^^a^ful    to    us    is 

as  distinguishing  them  from  the  common  herd  and  endowing 


[March  4,  1909 


our  connection  with  the  public  firm,  strong  and  last  ng, 
courtesy  of  manner,  a  smiling  face,  gentleness  when  dealing 
with  children,  and  deference  to  the  aged,  must  be  strenuously 

*'"o7again''how' necessary  is  it  to  foster  the  habit  of  attending 
to  small  details  of  a  business.  Asked  how  a  well-known  phar- 
macist had  built  up  such  a  flourishing  concern  he  replied: 
■■By  strict  attention  to  little  things !"  It  should  be  our  aim 
to  be  as  careful  in  attending  to  the  goods  we  supply  to  the 
customer  who  spends  but  a  few  cents  with  us,  as  to  one  who 
spends  many  dollars.  A  carelessly  written  label  on  a  small 
ointment  container,  or  a  label  placed  on  a  bottle  over  an  old 
and  dirty  one,  will  be  an  advertisement  constantly  and  in- 
sistently proclaiming  to  all  who  see,  that  we  are  careless, 
untidy  and  unmethodical. 

Taste  an  Essential  Factor. 
And  surely  how  careful  we  should  be  that  our  pharmacies 
bear  the  stamp  of  refinement  upon  them.  There  are  some  men 
in  our  calling  who  seem  quite  devoid  of  this  trait  of  character 
and  who  exhibit  in  their  windows  and  upon  their  shelves 
iust  those  goods  that  should  be  relegated  to  less  conspicuous 
spots  We  all  know  what  may  be  called  the  "Bed-pan  win- 
dow with  its  display  of  trusses,  urinals,  suspenders,  bed  p^ns 
and  what  not.  The  public  knows  we  keep  these  things  Why 
shock  the  susceptibilities  of  many  ladies  by  their  exhibition 
and  incidentally  stamp  ourselves  as  men  with  no  sense  of  the 
fitness  of  things.  Our  windows  and  shop  should  be  tastefDlly 
arranged,  if  we  wish  them  to  give  the  impression  that  they 
are  possessed  by  men  with  refined  personality^  Neatness  and 
order  is  good,  but  taste  is  something  more.  We  all  know  the 
appearance  of  a  home  devoid  of  a  mistress.  It  is  periodically 
arranged  and  managed  but  it  lacks  the  sweetness  of  one  who 
impresses  upon  it  her  own  artistic  and  tasteful  character,  and 
a  discerning  public  will  unconsciously  judge  of  a  mail  s  per- 
sonality by  the  taste  he  displays  in  the  arrangement  of  his 
pharmacy. 

Bad  Business  to  Argue  Too  Much. 
Avoid  also  forcing  our  opinions  "whether  on  theology,  poli-  , 
tics,  or  what  not,"  upon  our  customers.  We  can  hold  these 
opinions  strongly  and  tenaciously,  but  it  is  bad  taste  and  cer- 
tainly bad  business  to  argue  them  out  with  those  who  enter 
our  doors.  Many  a  man  whose  start  in  business  was  promis- 
ing has  made  no  headway,  if  not  absolutely  come  to  gnef, 
through  the  neglect  of  this  simple  precaution.  And  in  this 
same  connection  the  pharmacist  should  be  distinguished,  so 
far  as  in  him  lies,  by  the  blamelessness  of  his  private  as  well 
as  public  life.  ,      ,    .-..„ii„' 

From  a  business  point  of  view,  the  man  who  habitually 
frequents  saloons,  gambling  houses  or  even  billiard  ^""TIh, 
doing  his  connection  no  good,  and  sooner  or  la  er  these  habi  s 
will  tell  harmfully  upon  it.  Especially  in  small  towns  is  this 
the  case,  for  surely  the  day  is  long  past,  when  the  drug  store 
in  America,  or  the  chemist's  shop  in  England,  was  generally 
the  drinking  shop  and  scandal  center  of  the  community. 
Regard  for  Others  in  the  Calling. 
And  the  man  who  values  his  reputation  for  fairness  and 
brotherliness  should  never  attack  or  listen  to  the  attac^  ot 
others  upon  his  brother  pharmacist  in  the  same  street  ori 
town  for  he  should  remember  that  in  doing  so  he  would  be 
guilt.v  of  attacking  his  own  calling  and  one  who  should  be, 
if  he  is  not,  a  friend.  ,    . 

And  in  closing  this  article  it  is  only  necessary  to  add  teat 
all  the  above  graces  can  be  cultivated  if  we  wish.  .They  may 
seem  outside  the  qualifications  or  even  necessities  of  the 
average  man  of  business,  but  if  possessed  they  form  an  asset., 
which,  as  has  already  been  stated,  neither  time,  place  or  com- 
petition, although  they  may  weaken,  can  never  wholly  destroy. 

Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  Lectures. 
Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  announces  that  the  third  of  thf 
series  of  special  lectures  in  the  food  and  drug  course  of  tfi 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  will  be  given  March  a  at 
3  p.  m.  in  the  Philadelphia  Museums.  34th  street  bellow 
Snnice  bv  Dr  W  P.  Wilson,  director  of  the  Museums,  whi 
will  speak  on  "A  Few  Interesting  Foreign  Drugs,"  iUust^tec, 
by  slides  and  specimens.  The  Museums  will  be  open  to  mem 
bers  of  the  college  and  others,  affording  an  0PP°rtun>ty  t . 
inspect  numerous  interesting  and  curious  products  from  ai 
parts  of  the  world. 


March  4,  1909] 


THE     PHARRIACEUTICAL     ERA 


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QUESTION     BOX 


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and  tlieir  clerks  witli  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
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these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Bromo-Chloralum. 

(X.  T.  Z.) — Trade  mark  rights  are  claimed  in  the  use  of 
the  name  "bromo-chloralum"  and  we  cannot  give  the  formula 
for  the  proprietary  article.  However,  a  solution  belonging 
to  the  same  type  of  disinfectants  may  be  made  as  follows: 
Dissolve  1  kilogram  of  alum  in  2y2  liters  of  boiling  water, 
and  precipitate  completely  with  ammonia.  The  washed  pre- 
cipitate is  transferred  to  a  closed  vessel,  30  grams  of  bromine 
added,  and  sufficient  dilute  hydro-chloric  acid  (1:1)  until 
dissolved.  Finally  sufficient  water  is  added  to  bring  the 
measure  up  to  4%  liters;  filter,  if  necessary. 

Coloring  Liquid   Face   Powder. 

(X.  X.  Z.) — "Can  you  tell  me  how  to  color  a  'liquid  face 
powder'  pink,  so  that  the  powder  in  the  bottom  of  the  bottle 
will  be  pink'r" 

It  depends  considerably  upon  the  character  of  the  powder 
employed  in  the  mixture,  but  it  is  more  than  likrly  that  the 
desired  result  can  be  accomplished  by  triturating'  ilie  powder 
before  suspending  it  in  the  solution,  with  insoluble  scarlet 
lake.  The  liquid  of  the  mixture  may  be  tinted  pink  with 
eosin  or  any  desired  soluble  coloring  substance. 

Baking  Powder. 

(J.  H.  P.) — We  give  below  a  formula  for  each  of  the 
several  varieties  of  baking  powders,  although  there  is  con- 
siderable objection  to  alum  powders.  The  amount  of  starch 
can  be  increased  in  any  of  the  recipes,  the  other  ingredients 
being  left  the  same.  A  powder  in  this  way  can  be  laade 
at  almost  any  price  desired.  The  starch  is  simply  used  to 
keep  the  chemicals  in  a  powder  and  from  acting  upon  each 
other : 

(1) 

Tartaric    acid    1       pound. 

Sodium    bicarbonate     1       pound. 

Powdered    starch    ]^  pound. 

(2) 

Cream    of   tartar    2       pounds. 

Sodium    bicarbonate     1       pound. 

Powdered    starch     %  pound. 

(3) 

Acid  potassium  tartrate   19       ounces. 

Rice   flour    1       ounce. 

Sodium  bicarbonate    3       ounces. 

(4) 

Acid  phosphate  of  lime   1%   pounds. 

Sodium  bicarbonate   1       pound. 

Powdered    starch     1^4   pounds. 

(5) 

Acid  phosphate  of  lime   2       pounds. 

Dried   ammonia   alum    2       pounds. 

Sodium    bicarbonate     3       pounds. 

Powdered    starch     5       pounds. 

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Dried   ammonia  alum    1       pound. 

Sodium  bicarbonate   1       pound. 

Powdered    starch    1       pound. 

The  ingredients,   all  finely  powdered  should  be  first   sifted 
^separately,   to  get  rid   of  all   lumps,   then  the   sodium  bicar- 


bonate and  starch  should  be  well  mixed  together,  and  finally 
the  acid  ingredients  should  be  added,  and  all  thoroughly  in- 
corporated, either  by  rubbing  together  in  a  mortar  or  by 
sifting  at  least  three  times.  Flour  can  be  used  in  place  of 
starch,  and  is  considerably  cheaper. 

Phosphorus  Paste. 

(A.  L.  P.) — According  to  the  author  of  "Pharmaceutical 
Formulas."  there  are  many  stupid  formulas  for  phosphorus 
paste,  yet  there  is  perhaps  nothing  so  easy  to  make  as  an 
active  and  fatal  phosphorus  paste  with  phosphorus  in  a  practi- 
cally unoxidized  state.  The  points  to  note  are  that  phosphorus 
readily  dissolves  in  hot  fats  (1-20  or  more)  and  that  the 
poison  should  not  be  present  in  such  excessive  quantity  to 
drive  away  the  vermin. 

(1) 

Phosphorus    1       dram. 

Beef-dripping     5       ounces. 

Wheat  flour  2       ounces. 

Sugar  1       ounce. 

Powdered  biscuit    1       ounce. 

^  3ter    a   sufficiency. 

ilelt  the  dripping  and  put  it  into  a  wide-mouth  bottle  placed 
in  a  pan  of  hot  water.  Drop  in  the  phosphorus  (cut  small), 
cork,  and  shake  the  bottle  until  the  phosphorus  is  dissolved 
(dipping  into  the  hot  water  occasionally).  Place  the  powders 
in  a  warm  mortar  and  pour  the  phosphorized  dripping  upon 
them,  mix  and  add  warm  water  to  make  a  soft  paste. 
(2) 

Phosphorus    l       dram. 

Pure  carbon  bisulphide   %  ounce. 

Beef-dripping     5  '   ounces. 

Biscuit  powder    3       ounces. 

Comp.  tragacanth  powder i^  ounce. 

Oil  of  anise   10       drops. 

Oil  of  peppermint  5       drops. 

Boiling  water    3       ounces. 

Heat  the  dripping  until  it  is  quite  clear,  and  transfer  to 
a  hot  mortar ;  pour  into  this  the  carbon  bisulphide  in  which 
the  phosphorus  has  been  dissolved ;  stir,  then  add  the  two 
powders  and  the  oils,  and  finally  the  boiling  water  all  at  once, 
kneading  the  mass  thoroughly  until  a  perfect  mixture  is  ob- 
tained. 

They  are  practically  alike,  but  by  dissolving  the  phosphorus 
in  the  carbon  bisulphide  the  paste  is  made  much  more  quickly. 
The  carbon  bisulphide  must  be  the  redistilled  or  odorless 
variety.  Most  of  the  bisulphide  is  dissipated  by  the  hot  water, 
and  as  the  solvent  evaporates,  access  of  air.  therefore  oxidation 
of  phosphorus,  is  prevented.  Another  good  way  to  make  the 
paste  is  to  melt  lard  in  a  wide-mouth  bottle  in  a  water-bath: 
introduce  into  it  one-half  ounce  of  phosphorus  for  every  pound 
of  lard;  then  add  a  pint  of  proof  spirit;  cork  the  bottle 
firmly,  keeping  the  contents  heated  to  150°  F..  and  agitate 
smartly  until  the  phosphorus  becomes  uniformly  dififused, 
forming  a  milky-looking  liquid.  This  liquid  on  cooling  affords 
a  white  compound  of  phosphorus  and  lard,  from  which  the 
spirit  spontaneously  separates,  and  may  be  poured  ofif  to  be 
used  again,  as  it  only  serves  to  diffuse  the  phosphorus  in 
very  fine  particles  through  the  lard.  This  phosphorized 
lard,  on  being  warmed  very  gently,  may  be  poured  into  a 
mixture  of  its  own  weight  of  barley  or  wheaten  meal  and 
sugar,  incorporated  therewith,  and  after  flavoring  with  oil 
of  rhodium,  etc..  the  dough  may  be  made  into  pellets  for 
distribution  to  the  mice.  Or  mix  the  lard  with  powdered 
cheese   (3  and  1),  to  be  spread  on  bread. 

To  Make  Labels  Adhere  to  Tin. 

(X.  Y.  Z.) — sends  to  the  Question  Box  this  practical  note: 
The  best  way  to  make  labels  adhere  to  tin  boxes  is  to  swab 
them  over  with  a  solution  of  one  dram  of  zinc  sulphate  and 
one  dram  of  muriatic  acid  in  an  ounce  of  water,  practically 
tinner's  "cut  zinc."  The  solution  when  applied  galvanizes  the 
covers. 


Liquid  Soap  for  Toilet  Use. 

(S.  R.  P.)— See  Eba  of  November  12,  1908,  page  604. 

We  often  envy  our  competitor  the  possession  of  something 

that  we  would  not  pick  from  the  gutter. 


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[March  4,  1909 


Tooth  Topics. 


An  Arch  of  Brushes. 

Make  an  arch  of  light  boards,  five  feet  high  and  three  feet, 
inside  measure.  The  uprights  of  the  arch  should  be  about 
fourteen  inches  wide,  but  all  proportions  may  be  increased  or 
decreased  as  the  size  of  the  window  may  make  advisable. 
Cover  the  arch  with  crimson,  crepe  paper.  It  is  best  that  the 
arch  should  be  so  firmly  constructed  that  it  may  be  covered  and 
the  brushes  fastened  thereon  before  it  is  erected  in  the  window. 
After  covering,  fasten  tooth-brushes  over  the  paper.  Double 
pointed  carpet  tacks  answer  very  well  for  fastening  the  brushes 
to  the  arch.  Do  not  use  too  many  brushes.  Arrange  them 
according  to  prices,  commencing  with  ten  cent  brushes  and 
finishing  with  the  highest  priced  ones  at  the  keystone.  Carry 
out  a  general  design  in  the  arrangement  of  the  brushes.  At 
the  base  of  each  upright  arrange  the  ten  cent  brushes  like 
the  spokes  of  a  wheel  radiating  from  a  hub  formed  of  a  circular 
price-card.  Above  these  arrange  fifteen  cent  brushes,  radiating 
in  fan  form  from  a  semi-circular  price-card.  Continue  upward 
with  the  arrangement,  as  brush  stock,  taste  and  dimensions  of 
arch  may  suggest.  When  finished,  fix  the  arch  perpendicularly 
in  the  rear  center  of  the  window. 

The  Big  Tooth. 
Take  a  light  wooden  box  about  eight  inches  square  and  to  it 
fasten  three  legs  of  the  same  length  as  the  depth  of  the  box. 
Pad  out  this  tripod  with  white  cotton  to  give  it  the  outlines 
of  a  molar  tooth.  Set  the  tooth  in  front  of  the  arch  and 
upon  the  top  of  it  display  toothache  gum,  tooth  plugs  and 
such  other  toothache  remedies  as  may  be  in  stock. 

Nest,  make  a  small,  distinctly  lettered  show-card,  to  read 
as  follows :  "If  the  ache  makes  your  tooth  feel  as  big  as  this 
one,  any  of  these  remedies  will  bring  relief."  Fasten  this 
card  at  the  top  of  the  tooth,  immediately  behind  the  remedies. 
With  threads  of  wire  which  will  be  as  nearly  invisible  as 
possible,  swing  a  card  from  the  keystone  of  the  arch  so  that 
it  will  hang  suspended  over  the  tooth.  Have  the  card  lettered : 
"But  a  good  brush  and  package  of  prevention  is  worth  a 
pound  of  toothache  cure." 

On  the  floor  of  the  window  around  the  arch  and  tooth  make 
a  general  display  of  tooth  powders,  creams,  pastes,  liquids, 
mouth-washes,  dental  .floss  and  tooth-picks. 
Simple  and  Novel. 
Suspend  a  large  saw  in  the  centre  of  the  window  and  across 
it  place  a  tooth-brush  so  that  the  bristles  rest  upon  the  saw 
teeth  Above,  have  a  show-card  reading;  "Ton  would  not 
think  of  sharpening  saw-teeth  with  a  tooth-brush  any  more 
than  you  would  think  of  cleaning  your  teeth  with  a  steel  file. 
Yet  a  steel  file  is  no  more  hard  and  might  injure  the  teeth 
as  little  as  some  of  the  harsh,  acid,  gritty  tooth  preparations 

that   are   sold.     Try   our It   is   mildl.v   strong   and 

gently  effective.  It  cleans  the  teeth  without  filing  off  the 
enamel."  Display  any  desired  tooth-cleaning  specialty. 
Three  Pillars. 
Secure  iwo  circles  cut  from  a  one  inch  board,  twelve  inches 
in  diameter.  Around  the  edges  of  the  twelve  inch  circles  nail 
thin  stiff,  lath-like  strips  four  feet  in  length  and  thus  form  a 
ca-'e'-like,  four  foot  column.  In  like  manner  secure  two  pairs 
of''ei"ht  inch  discs  and  with  three  foot  strips  make  three  foot 
columns.  First  cover  all  the  columns  with  heavy  wrapping 
paper  to  secure  a  smooth,  round  surface  and  then  cover  the 
whole  with  crepe  tissue  of  desired  colors.  All  the  columns 
may  be  covered  with  paper  of  a  uniform  color  or  a  different 
color  for  each  may  be  used. 

Around  each  column  wind  a  narrow  ribbon  of  contrasting 
color  so  that  the  ribbon  will  form  a  spiral  running  from  the 
top  to  the  bottom  of  the  column.  See  that  the  spiral  lines 
of  ribbon  are  from  four  to  five  inches  apart.  Fasten  the 
ribbon  to  the  column  with  small  tacks  driven  through  the 
riblion  and  paper  into  the  wood  strips.  See  that  the  ribbon 
is  left  loose  enough  to  permit  the  sliding  of  a  brush  handle 
between  it  and  the  paper  at  any  point  between  the  tacks, 
and  yet  tight  enough  to  hold  the  brushes  snugly  in  place. 
Slip  in  as  many  brushes  as  artistic  judgment  may  suggest  and 
then  stand  the  columns  in  the  proper  positions  m  the  window, 
the  tall  column  between  the  two  short  ones.  If  handled  carefully 
and  stored  in  a  clean,  dark  place,  these  columns  may  be  used 


repeatedly  for  the  display  of  tooth-brushes,  combs  and  other  ■ 
light  articles.  Other  display  uses  will  also  be  found  for  them. 
Bevolving  Columns. 
If  the  druggist  has  a  gas,  water  or  electric  motor  he  may 
double  the  attractiveness  of  a  column  display  by  placing  one 
or  more  columns  upon  a  revolving  platform.  When  slowly 
revolving,  the  spirally  wound  ribbon  gives  a  peculiarly  pleas- 
ing effect. 

Combination  Sales. 
There  is  no  better  way  to  increase  the  sale  of  a  tooth  prep- 
aration than  by  using  it  in  special  price  combinations  with 
tooth-brushes.  One  may  secure  cheap  brushes  in  job  lots 
or  otherwise,  so  that  he  can  afford  to  give  a  brush  with  each 
package  of  the  tooth-cleaning  specialty  he  may  wish  to  push. 
Whether  this  is  good  business  or  not  depends  upon  the 
character  of  the  druggist's  trade.  If  the  greater  part  of  the 
tooth-brush  business  is  in  the  cheaper  grades,  the  giving  of  a 
nominally  ten  cent  brush  is  advisable ;  but  with  a  discrimina- 
ting patron  the  cheap  brush  may  have  the  effect  of  creatmg  a 
prejudice  against  the  powder  and  work  a  general  injury  to 
the  business.  ^    /=  ^ 

In  many  cases  it  may  be  better  to  offer  a  twenty-five  cent 
brush  and  a  twenty-five  cent  preparation  for  forty  cents  or 
even  thirty-five  cents.  Another  method  which  has  been  used 
advantageously  is  to  sell  any  brush  that  is  ordinarily  priced 
at  twentv-five  cents  or  more,  for  five  or  even  ten  cents  less 
than  the"  regular  price,  when  purchased  in  connection  with  a 
package  of  the  tooth  specialty  which  is  being  pushed. 

It  is  questionable  business  to  push  a  lot  of  brushes  of  any 
single  style  and  texture  of  bristles,  at  any  price.  A  tooth- 
brush should  not  only  be  suitable  for  use  upon  the  teeth  of 
the  purchaser,  but  attention  should  be  given  to  the  peculiar 
notions  the  average  patron  may  have  as  to  the  nature  of  the 
brush  which  he  or  she  may  wish.  In  the  long  run  it  is  not 
good  policy  either  in  special  sales  or  regular  trade,  to  endeavor 
to  induce  a  patron  to  accept  a  brush  of  any  particular  form 
or  price.  In  fact,  there  is  no  line  in  a  drug  store  of  which 
so  complete  a  variety  should  be  carried  as  that  of  tooth- 
brushes. 

Outfit  Combinations. 
Not  oulv  mav  tooth-brushes  and  preparations  be  pushed, 
but  a  line'of  practically  dead  goods  may  often  be  worked  off 
with  them  through  outfit  combinations.  For  example,  an 
outfit  may  consist  of  a  tooth-brush  and  a  package  each  of 
a  tooth  preparation,  cold  cream,  face  lotion,  face  powder  and 
massage  cream.  Such  an  outfit  may  be  offered  at  any  price 
which  will  make  it  very  attractive  to  patrons  and  at  the  same 
time  yield  a  good  net  profit  to  the  druggist;  and  also  enable 
him  to  get  rid  of  some  dead  stock.  Of  course,  only  one  or 
two  articles  of  the  outfit  should  be  "dead  ones." 
Tooth  News. 
In  the  preparation  of  booklets  or  other  printed  matter  for 
advertising  tooth  goods,  it  is  well  to  put  in  a  few  notes  of 
general  interest.  The  following  are  suggestions  which  may 
be  advantageously  used  ; 

A  tooth  is  merely  a  development  of  a  part  of  the  mucous 
membrane  of  the  uum.  The  enamel  of  teeth  is  a  calcareous 
tissue  like  ivory  and  while  harder,  it  is  of  the  same  chemica 
composition  as  the  ivory  of  an  elephant's  tusk.  The  enMnel 
of  the  teeth  is  the  hardest  substance  in  the  human  body.  The 
teeth  of  childhood  or  "first  teeth"  are  twenty-two  in  number. 
There  are  thirty-two  of  the  second  dentition  or  "second  teeth. 
At  the  age  of  six  years  the  average  mouth  holds  more  teeth  than 
at  any  other'  time.  Teeth  contribute  more  to  the  beauty  thai' 
that  reflected  by  their  appearance.  They  hold  up  the  nose, 
depress  the  chin  and  fill  out  the  cheeks. 

Pharmacists  Scarce  in  Southern  Mexico. 
Oaxaca,  Feb.  14.— In  the  report  of  the  director  of  thf 
State  Institute,  which  has  just  been  published,  public  atten^ 
tion  is  called  to  the  need  of  more  notaries,  pharmacists  and 
other  professional  men  rather  than  lawyers  and  doctors.  H 
is  generally  true  throughout  the  republic  that  both  the  lattei 
professions  are  o%-ercrowded.  Of  the  professional  graduates 
of  last  year  fifty-two  per  cent  received  titles  as  lawyers  anc 
twenty-three  per  cent  as  doctors,  for  which  there  is  littlt 
or  no  demand,  while  none  of  the  graduates  took  the  notar; 
course  and  less  than  three  per  cent  the  pharmaceutical  course 
despite  the  local  demand  for  men  in  these  professions.  , 


March  4,  1909] 


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Personal  Mention 


— Gbandin  v.  Johnson,  of  Highlands,  N.  J.,  visited  friends 
in  the  trade  in  New  York  City  a  fev,  days  ago. 

— Geokge  W.  Terxks.  of  the  Lilly  sales  force  iu  Chicago, 
visited  the  home  office  iu   Indian.ipolis  last  week. 

— George  S.  Campbell,  of  Milburn.  X.  J.,  was  a  caller 
upon  the  jobbing  trade  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— Ir.\  Antonides,  Jb.,  of  Atlantic  Highlands,  X.  J.,  was 
a  caller  upon  the  trade  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— C.  E.  Wanslet  will  shortly  begin  his  duties  as  salesman 
for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  in  the  Cape  Cod  section  of  Massachu- 
setts. 

. — Cheslet  Lasheb,  manager  of  the  Catskill  (N.  Y. )  Phar- 
macy, has  accepted  a  position  in  the  city  of  'il^roy  and  will  move 
there  with  his  family. 

— William  H.  Lamoxt.  manager  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.'s 
St.  Louis  branch  spent  a  few  days  visiting  the  home  office 
in  Indianapolis  recently. 

— Walter  H.  Dippel,  formerly  manager  for  H.  R.  Rieman. 
Sag  Harbor.  N.  Y.,  has  decided  to  locate  iu  the  retail  drag 
business  at  Clinton,  Okla. 

— Justin  F.  Babtlett,  formerly  of  Chelsea,  Mass.,  is 
now  manager  of  the  Tremont  street  store  of  the  Theodore 
Metcalf  Company,  Boston. 

^Francis  W.  Cook,  formerly  engaged  in  the  drug  trade 
at  Spring  City,  Pa.,  has  moved  to  Salem,  N.  J.,  where  he 
is  engaged  in  the  newspaper  business. 

— John  W.  Geibel.  of  Henderson,  Ky.,  while  going  from 
his  residence  to  his  pharmacy  recently  slipped  and  had  a 
severe  fall  which  laid  him  up  for  several  days. 

— Druggist  visitors  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  last 
week  included  :  F.  W.  Thieman.  Sheboygan ;  August  Braun 
and  daughter.  Merrill :  John  Kalmes.  Clintonville. 

— Zeno  Haubenscuild.  employed  in  the  pharmacy  de- 
partment of  the  Gimbel  Bros,  department  store,  Milwaukee, 
made  a  recent  visit  to  his  former  home  at  Jderson,  Wis. 

— W.  C.  Vincent,  druggist  at  Bedford  and  DeKalb  avenues. 
Borough  of  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.  City,  will  leave  on  March 
9,  for  Florida,   in   charge   of  a   '"personally   conducted   tour." 

— Frank  Smiley,  city  credit  man  for  McKesson  &  Robbins. 
of  New  York  City,  has  just  returned  from  a  month's  vacation 
spent  at  Palm  Beach,  Florida.  Mr.  Smiley  reports  an  ex- 
cellent time. 

- — Miss  Ellen  Ogle,  pharmacist  in  the  employ  of  John 
Grahm  at  Portage,  Wis.,  is  receiving  medical  care  at  the 
city  hospital  at  Columbus,  Wis.  The  recovery  of  Miss  Ogle 
is  looked  for. 

— B.  E.  Taylor  has  joined  the  forces  of  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co.'s  salesmen  and  will  leave  shortly  for  Scranton,  Pa.,  to 
take  the  position  held  by  Dr.  D.  Whitney  Davis,  who  resigned 
a  few  weeks  ago. 

— Louis  C.  Seip,  a  well  known  Philadelphia  druggist  who 
has  done  some  exceptionally  clever  amateur  photography  work, 
has  been  experimenting  with  the  X-ray  apparatus  with  very 
creditable  results. 

— Charles  LeComte.  well  known  druggist  at  Green  Bay, 
Wis.,  has  returned  from  a  two  months  trip  abroad.  Mr.  Le 
Comte  visited  his  old  home  at  Brussels  and  spent  some  time 
in  London  and  other  points. 

— Samuel  C.  Tucker,  a  well  known  druggist  of  Champaign. 
III.,  is  a  candidate  for  the  Republican  nomination  for  mayor 
of  that  city.  The  local  papers  speak  in  high  terms  of  him  as 
a  successful  pharmacist  and  active  citizen. 

— George  Koehleb,  formerly  with  August  Braun,  well 
known  druggist  at  Merrill,  Wis.,  has  been  made  manager  of 
the  new  branch  pharmacy  of  Weichman  Bros.,  at  Wausau, 
Wis.     Mr.  Braun  was  a  recent  Milwaukee  visitor. 

— O.  W.  Smith,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of 
Parke.  Davis  &  Co..  has  just  returned  from  a  two  weeks' 
business  trip  spent  in  Florida.  Mr,  Smith  reports  con- 
ditions   very    satisfactory    as    far    as    his    house    is    concerned. 

— Robert  Hall,  for  several  years  employed  by  Parke. 
Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  has  accepted  a  position  with  the  Toledo 
Pharmacal  Co..  of  Toledo,  O.,  as  traveling  salesman.  His 
associates  presented  to  him  a  handsome  traveling  bag  as  a 
token  of  esteem. 


— Cuaeles  J.  Lynn,  secretary  and  general  manager  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  is  spending  the  first  week  of  March  in  New 
Orleans  in  one  of  his  regular  visits  to  the  New  Orleans 
branch  and  Lilly  representatives  in  that  vicinity.  He  is  ac- 
companied by  Mrs.  Lynn. 

— George  W.  Evans,  president  of  the  Evans-Smith  Drug 
Company,  of  Kansas  City.  Mo.,  was  among  the  guests  at  an 
English  pheasant  dinner  recently  given  at  the  Kansas  City 
Club  by  I.  H.  Rich,  general  manager  of  Swift  &  Company, 
to  a  select  party  of  friends. 

— CH.4RLES  Ad.\ms  Dbefs,  Jr..  son  of  Charles  A.  Drefs, 
the  druggist  of  280  Broadway,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  has  been  selected 
as  a  member  of  one  of  the  debating  teams  of  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  university 
that  this  honor  has  been  won  by  a  Buffalo  man. 

— Julius  Foersteb,  well-known  in  the  drug  trade  as  con- 
nected with  Sharp  &  Dohme,  has  not  made  any  change  of 
employers  lately,  nor  has  he  any  idea  of  doing  so.  This  state- 
ment is  made  because  an  unfortunate  typographical  error  in  a 
recent  issue  stated  that  he  was  representative  of  another 
house. 

— J.  K.  Lilly,  president  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  spent  the  latter 
part  of  February  visiting  the  Grand  Canon  of  Colorado 
and  Southern  California.  He  is  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Lilly 
and  will  remain  several  weeks  on  the  Pacific  Coast  for  rest 
and  recreation.  He  is  now  at  the  Hotel  Coronado,  Coronado 
Beach,  Cal. 

— William  B.  Strong,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  is  a  member  of  the  committee  of 
the  Merchants'  and  Manufacturers'  Association,  of  Milwaukee, 
which  is  arranging  the  annual  trip  of  the  association.  Michigan 
territory  will  be  invaded  this  year  in  the  interests  of  Mil- 
waukee trade. 

— J.  T.  DosTEE.  of  Doster-Northington  Drug  Co.,  Birming- 
ham, Ala.,  recently  spent  a  day  in  Indianapolis  visiting  the 
plant  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  and  calling  on  Indianapolis  jobbers. 
Mr.  Doster  was  accompanied  by  T.  R.  Taylor,  of  Tuscaloosa. 
Ala.,  who  has  just  opened  one  of  the  best  appointed  retail 
stores  in  the  South. 

— Dr.  H.  R.  Wiiitley',  one  of  the  members  of  the  Dorsett 
Drug  Company,  of  Douglassville,  Ga.,  besides  being  a  physician 
with  a  large  practice,  has  found  time  to  serve  iu  the  State 
legislature,  two  years  as  Senator  and  nine  years  in  the  lower 
branch.  He  has  been  the  author  of  several  bills  designed  to 
improve  the  health  of  the  State. 

— A.  W.  Kiler.  Ph.G..  of  Columbus,  O..  was  a  recent 
visitor  in  New  York,  having  come  to  the  city  to  attend  a 
meeting  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Aseptic  Products 
Company.  Mr.  Kiler  is  one  of  the  leading  members  of  the 
American  Druggists'  Syndicate  in  Columbus  and  is  a  new 
member  of  the  Ohio  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

— Dubing  the  first  day  of  his  visit  in  New  Y'ork  City  last 
week.  President  Taft  was  a  guest  at  dinner  in  the  home  of 
Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin.  President  Taft  and  Dr.  Schief- 
felin  are  both  interested  in  the  so-called  "negro  problem"  and 
in  the  evening  attended  the  Booker  T.  Washington  meeting 
where  the  President  addressed  a  large  audience  on  the  matter 
of  solving  the  problem. 

— Db.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Chem- 
istry of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  and  Prof.  Charles 
H.  LaWall.  a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  as  well  as  one  of  the  chemists  for  Penn- 
sylvania, were  among  the  speakers  at  the  International  Tuber- 
culosis Exhibition  iu  Philadelphia.  Dr.  Wiley  spoke  on  the 
relation  of  food  to  tuberculosis. 

— Joseph  J.  Conger,  of  St.  Paul,  has  sold  his  drug  store 
to  his  clerk.  Edward  Mierke.  and  will  move  to  a  ranch  near 
Portland,  Ore.,  on  the  Salmon  river,  where  he  will  raise 
apples  on  a  large  scale.  Mr.  Conger  has  been  running  drug 
stores  iu  St.  Paul  about  fifteen  years.  His  brothers  Stephen 
B.  and  Fred.  A.  each  has  a  drug  store  of  his  own  in  that 
city,  and  the  three  brothers  have  always  acted  in  partnership. 

— Thomas  P.  T.4.tlor  and  wife,  of  Louisville,  Ky..  are 
making  a  short  trip  through  the  South  and  expect  to  reach 
New  Orleans  in  time  for  the  Mardi-Gras  festivities.  Mr. 
Taylor  has  large  interests  in  three  prominent  retail  stores 
in  his  home  city,  but  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  ex- 
hibits at  the  coming  convention  of  the  N.A.R.D.  he  will  find 
aliundant  time  to  devote  to  this  important  part  of  the  work. 
yir.  Taylor  has  lots  of  energy  and  will  make  the  display  at 
the  convention  well  worth  seeing  by  visiting  druggists. 


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[March  4,  1909 


BALL  OF  GEKMAN  APOTHECARIES'   SOCIETY. 

Concert.  Supper  and  Dancing.  With.  Larger  Attendance 
Than  Ever  Before,  at  the   58th  Anniversary. 

The  fifty-eighth  anniTersary  ball  of  the  New  Yorker 
Deutsoher  Apotheker  Verein.  which  was  held  last  Thursday 
evening  in  the  Lexington  assembly  room  of  the  Terrace 
Oarden,  was,  as  had  been  expected,  the  most  successful  of 
any  ball  in  the  history  of  the  society.  There  was  a  big 
increase  in  the  attendance  of  the  younger  element,  while  the 
number  present  from  the  old  guard  was  also  up  to  the  mark 
compared  with  former  occasions.  Nearly  every  dance  selection 
was  encored  at  least  three  times.  The  concert  was  by  Leder- 
haus'  orchestra,  which  also  furnished  music  for  the  dancing. 

President  Felix  Hirseman,  and  his  wife,  who  carried  a 
beautiful  large  bouquet  of  violets,  presented  to  her  by  the 
entertainment  committee,  headed  the  procession  in  the  grand 
march,  followed  by  a  number  of  other  officers  with  their 
ladies,  there  being  more  than  100  couples  in  line.  The 
march  was  directed  by  floor  manager  Edw.  F.  Pfaff,  who  later 
led  the  supper  march  with  Miss  Hitchcock,  daughter  of  Geo. 
H.  Hitchcock. 

Following  the  first  part  of  the  program  adjournment  was 
taken  to  the  supper  room,  where  all  were  surprised  to  find 
that  a  corresponding  style  and  elegancy  of  decorations  pre- 
vailed. President  Hirseman  greeted  the  members  and  guests 
in  a  speech.  Keferring  to  the  decorations  of  the  national 
flags  he  made  timely  remarks  of  a  patriotic  nature,  making 
half  of  his  speech  in  German  and  the  rest  in  English. 

A  toast  was  proposed  for  the  ladies  by  Emil  Roller,  whose 
very  appropriate  remarks  were  enthusiastically  applauded.  A 
communication  was  read  from  William  Bodeman,  of  Chicago, 
an  honorary  member  of  the  society,  expressing  his  regrets  at 
being  unable  to  attend. 

Following  the  supper,  part  two  of  the  program,  consisting 
of  ten  dancing  numbers,  was  carried  out,  and  never  at  any 
of  the  previous  events  was  the  number  so  large  as  that  which 
departed  to  the  strains  of  "Home.  Sweet  Home,"  at  5  :30  a.  m. 

The  entertainment  committee  consisted  of  Otto  P.  Gilbert, 
chairman ;  Paul  Arndt,  Henry  F.  Albert,  Robert  S.  Lehman, 
Hugo  Kantrowitz,  and  Edw.  F.  PfafE.  Present  on  the  re- 
ception committee,  consisting  of  the  officers  of  the  society, 
were  President  Hirseman,  Dr.  C.  F.  Klippert,  O.  P.  Gilbert, 
Edw.  F.  Pfaff,  Robert  S.  Lehman,  Geo.  Leinecker,  and  E.  C. 
Goetting. 

Delegations  were  present  from  all  the  local  pharmaceutical 
organizations  and  the  members  of  the  New  York  Retail 
Druggists'  Bowling  Association,  with  their  ladies,  attended  in 
a  body. 


TRIMMED  AT  TENPINS— TOASTED  AT  DINNER. 


New  Yorkers  to  Attend  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry. 
Columbia  University,  of  this  city,  will  be  represented  at  the 
Seventh  International  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry  in 
London  May  27  to  June  2  by  the  following  members  of  the 
faculty:  Prof.  C.  F.  Chandler  an'  Prof.  M.  T.  Bogert  who 
are  members  of  the  advisory  committee  of  honor ;  Prof.  Virgil 
Coblentz,  a  me"nber  of  the  committee  on  pharmaceutical 
chemistry,  and  Henry  Carmichael.  member  of  the  section  on 
the  starch  inaustry.  The  Congress  is  under  the  patronage 
of  King  Edward  and  the  crown  prince  of  Great  Britain, 
and  only  the  most  eminent  chemists  of  the  United  States  and 
other  countries  are  on  the  various  committees. 


Had  Rich  Father,  But  Is  a  Suicide. 

David  Rufeisen,  of  S2S  Cortlaudt  avenue.  New  York  City, 
who  was  employed  as  a  drug  clerk,  committed  suicide  by 
shooting  last  Friday,  while  standing  in  the  Bronx  Park  L  sta- 
tion. He  was  only  IS  years  old  and  the  son  of  a  wealthy  drug 
manufacturer  of  Oderfurth-Nadasch,  Austria.  According  to 
relatives  who  identified  the  body,  the  youth  had  always  been 
wayward,  and  was  sent  to  this  country  by  his  father  for  bad 
behavior.  He  left  no  explanation  of  his  act,  but  his  tmcle, 
R.  Rufeisen,  said  that  it  was  undoubtedly  due  to  worry  over 
his  escapades. 


Mr.  Plaut  in  Merchants'  Association  Directory. 

At  the  recent  election  of  the  Merchants'  Association  of 
New  York.  Albert  Plaut,  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  was  elected  a  di- 
rector to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the  board  caused  by  the  resigna- 
tion of  Dr.  'tV'illiam  Jay  Schieffelin. 


Buffalo  Druggists  Visit  Rochester  and  are  Handsomely 
Entertained — Prominent   Men   Speakers. 

RocHESTEE.  N.  Y.,  March  1. — A  team  of  Buffalo  druggists 
came  to  Rochester  recently  to  defeat  a  like  number  of 
Rochester  dispensers  at  tenpins.  The  match  was  rolled  on 
Genesee  alleys  and  resulted  in  two  straight  wins  for  the 
Rochester  team,  which  included  Page,  Dempsey,  Esterheld, 
Moore  and  Peck.  For  Buffalo  there  performed  Bussel, 
Waugh,  Shick,  Fitzmorris  and  Lockie.  In  the  first  game 
the  locals  hung  up  a  total  of  934  pins  against  Buffalo's  826, 
and  in  the  second  round  Buffalo  mustered  815  pins  to 
Rochester's  total  of  805. 

After  the  match,  a  dinner  was  given  in  the  Blue  Room  of 
the  Hotel  Seneca.  Seventy  persons  were  present,  forty  of 
whom  were  from  Buffalo.  After  dinner  H.  B.  Guilford,  of 
Rochester,  made'  an  address  of  welcome,  and  introduced 
George  L.  Page,  who  acted  as  toastmaster.  Those  who 
responded  were  J.  L.  Lockie,  of  Buffalo,  who  spoke  on  "The 
"tt'ldow's  Mite  ;"  George  Hahn,  of  Rochester,  on  "The  Barge 
Canal,"  and  W.  F.  Whelan,  of  Buffalo,  on  "Druggists  as 
I  Have  Met  Them." 


Successful  Entertainment  of  Brooklyn  C.P.   Alumni. 

One  of  the  teatures  of  the  second  musicale  and  dance  given 
by  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Phar- 
macy, was  the  beautiful  singing  by  Master  James  Brown  Tut- 
hill,  soprano  soloist  in  St.  George's  Church,  and  son  of  Pro- 
fessor Frederic  P.  Tuthill,  a  member  of  the  college  faculty. 
Opening  with  a  piano  duet  by  'William  C  Hardy  and  Master 
Tuthill,  the  entire  programme  was  well  executed.  A  tenor  solo 
by  Harry  Konecke  also  delighte^i  the  audience  as  did  the 
singing  of  the  Inter-borough  Ladies'  Quartette.  George  Lu- 
grin  rendered  a  cello  solo.  Following  the  musicale,  refresh- 
ments were  served  in  the  lecture  room.  Dr.  Anderson  led  the 
grand  march,  with  about  seventy-five  couples  in  line.  The 
lecture  room  and  the  ball-room  were  tastefully  decorated  with 
the  colors  of  the  college,  red  and  yellow,  and  also  with  banners 
of  the  Pi  Theta  Sigma  and  the  alumni  association. 


New  York  Section  of  A.C.S.  to  Elect  Officers. 
After  an  informal  dinner  at  the  Hotel  Savoy  tomorrow 
evening,  March  5,  the  New  York  Section  of  the  American  Chem- 
ical Society  will  hold  an  election  of  officers  at  the  Chemists' 
Club,  lOS  West  55th  street.  Subsequently  the  following  pro- 
gramme will  be  carried  out :  A.  H.  Kroppf,  "New  Aromatic 
Amino  Acids ;"  R.  A.  Gortner,  "Some  New  Quinazolines ;" 
F.  J.  Metzger  and  C.  E.  Taylor,  "Determination  of  Niobium 
in  the  Presence  of  Tantalum ;"  W^illiam  Foster,  "On  Tetra- 
chlorether  and  Dichlorvinylether ;"  Elmer  A.  Sperry.  "Indus- 
trial Manufacture  of  Anhydrous  Chlorin  and  Phenomena  con- 
nected with  Chlorin  Detinning." 


Two  New  Chapters  of  the  W.O.N.A.E.D. 

PiiiL.\DELPHlA.  March  1. — Two  new  chapters  of  the  W.O. 
N.A.R.D.  have  recently  been  organized.  One  formed  in 
Kansas  City  has  the  following  officers :  President,  Mrs.  D.  V. 
Whitney ;  vice-president,  Mrs.  R.  H.  Lee ;  secretary,  Mrs.  F. 
L.  Barnes ;  treasurer.  Mrs.  C.  E.  Zinn. 

The  other  new  chapter  was  organized  in  Mobile.  Ala.,  with 
the  following  oHicers :  President,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Archibald ;  secre- 
tary, Mrs.  Elliott  Johnstone ;  treasurer,  Mrs.  D.  S.  Bauer. 


G.A.S.  to  Hear  Address  By  Prof.   Remington  Tonight. 

The  feature  of  this  evening's  meeting  of  the  New  Yorker 
Deutscher  Apotheker  Verein  will  be  the  attendance  of  Pro- 
fessor Joseph  P.  Remington,  of  Philadelphia,  who  will  deliver 
an  address  on  "Germans  I  Have  Known."  A  very  large 
gathering  it  is  expected  will  greet  Professor  Remington.  The 
usual  routine  will  be  passed  over  as  quickly  as  possible,  allow- 
ing the  greater  part  of  the  evening  to  the  address. 


Fined  $500  for  Selling  Liquor — ^Prison  Next  Time. 

FEEEnoLD,  N.  J..  March  1. — William  R.  Ham.  of  Main  street, 
Asbury  Park,  a  druggist,  who  was  convicted  of  the  illegal  sale 
of  liquor  from  his  drug  store  last  summer,  was  fined  $.500 
and  costs  by  Judge  Foster.  He  was  warned  that  should  he 
ever  come  before  the  court  again  on  such  a  charge  he  would 
be  sent  to  State  Prison. 


March  4.  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  211 

Probing  Ramifications  of  New  York's  Drug  Trade  Swindlers. 


Fly-by-Night    "Wholesale"    Druggists    Have    Little  Or   No    Furniture    So    to    Move 
Quickly— Patronize  the  Same  Printer  and  Change  Only  the  Names   and  Ad- 
dresses on  Their  Letter  Heads  -  Have  Little  Fear   of  Arrest  as  Authorities 
Are  Apparently  Entirely  Oblivious  of  Their  Swindling  Operations. 

WILLIAM     D.    HUDSON 

DEALER     AND    JOBBER     IN 

WHOLESALE 
60    BEEKMAN    STREET 

GEORGE     L.    TYTsTER 

f  rirprtPtarg  i^thmms,  Srugs.  (Ehpmtrals.  OPtls  anii  Sruggtsta'  ^itu&rtrs. 

WHOLESALE 
35  &  37  FRANKFORT  ST. 

Reproductiont  of  Letterheads  of  two  Concerns  That  Have  Been  Preying  on  the  Wholesale  Drug  Trade— Vote  the  Similarity. 


Judging  from  the  number  of  inquiries  wliicli  have  been 
circulating  in  the  drug  trade  during  the  last  few  weeks  re- 
questing information  regarding  the  methods  of  George  L. 
Tyner.  of  35  and  37  Frankfort  street.  New  York  City,  it 
appears  that  this  party  is  bidding  fair  to  even  out-Hudson 
Hudson,  who  until  a  few  weeks  ago  was  the  most  notorious  of 
the  gang  of  drug  swindlers  that  has  preyed  upon  the  trade  for 
quite  some  time.  In  fact  indications  strongly  point  toward 
a  connection  between  Hudson  and  Tyner,  as  their 
letter  heads  ar^  printed  from  the  same  type  and  are  identical 
in  design  and  wording,  except  that  the  names  and  addresses 
are  different. 

The  attention  of  the  trade  was  first  directed  toward  Tyner 
about  five  weeks  ago  when  some  few  inquiries  began  coming 
to  town  from  concerns  in  various  parts  of  the  country.  After 
an  investigation  the  Eba  promptly  notified  the  trade,  pub- 
lishing an  article  on  January  21  describing  the  character 
of  his  business  and  connecting  him  with  a  gang  of  drug 
swindlers  which  at  present  infests  New  York. 

Following  the  Era  article  inquiries  for  Tyner  suddenly 
ceased  for  about  a  week  or  so,  but  it  was  not  long  before 
they  came  thicker  and  faster  than  ever  before.  Comparing 
bis  methods  with  Hudson's  it  is  evident  that  he  intends  soon 
to  mo%'e,  following  this  great  activity.  Such  an  act  will  be 
a  matter  of  very  great  ease  as  there  is  not  even  a  chair  in  the 
office  of  the  so-called  "wholesale  druggist  and  jobber  in  drug- 
gists' sundries,  oils,  etc.,  with  all  goods  guaranteed  under 
the  pure  food  and  drugs  act.  and  serial  number  12,765." 

Tyner's  ofBce  resembles  that  of  the  other  concerns  which 
have  had  thirty  to  sixty  days  of  existence.  Not  a  scrap  of 
furniture,  stationery  or  stock  of  any  kind  is  contained  in 
the  room.  The  door  is  always  locked,  but  has  the  large  worn 
key-hole  almost  an  inch  in  diameter  through  which  the  dirty 
bare  floor  can  be  discerned  when  the  paper  which  is  pasted 
over  the  hole,  is  punctured.  Persons  are  advised  by  instruc- 
tions written  upon  a  letter  form,  which  is  also  pasted  upon 
the  door,  to  leave  packages  with  the  elevator  man.  Tyner 
never  visits  his  office  in  the  dingy  attic  on  the  third  floor 
of  the  building,  according  to  the  statements  of  tenants  in 
adjoining  rooms. 

In   trying   to   secure    an   interview   with    Tyner    some    few 


weeks  ago,  a  reporter  from  the  Eea  waited  almost  three  hours 
before  he  put  in  an  appearance  to  secure  his  mail  which  is 
left  on  the  first  floor  in  a  box.  When  addressed  as  Mr. 
Tyner  he  responded  to  the  salutation,  but  when  informed  of 
the  purpose  of  the  interview  he  at  once  became  elusive,  say- 
ing that  he  merely  had  come  down  to  secure  the  mail  for  Mr. 
Tyner,  who  was  an  Eastern  business  man.  While  he  was 
employed  by  Mr.  Tyner.  he  had  never  seen  that  gentleman, 
he  said,  so  consequently  he  could  give  no  description  of 
Tyner's  appearance  or  tell  where  that  party  could  be  ad- 
dressed or  found.  He  also  explained  that  the  business  was 
not  established  as  yet  but  would  be  in  about  a  month.  While 
another  question  was  being  asked  he  abruptly  left  the  building, 
disappearing  in  a  basement  some  blocks  away. 

Besides  the  resemblance  which  Tyner's  letter  head  bears 
to  that  of  Hudson  when  the  latter  was  operating  from  60 
Beekman  street,  there  is  also  other  evidence  connecting  these 
two  parties.  Tyner  is  located  in  a  room  which  was  fo:^ 
merly  occupied  by  the  Ashton  Press,  which  name  still  appears 
on  the  door,  Hudson,  while  at  25S  Washington  street, 
Jersey  City,  did  his  business  tmder  the  name  of  W.  V.  Asshe- 
ton  &  Co.  Note  the  striking  similarity  between  Ashton 
and  Assheton. 

Tyner  is  of  medium  height,  stout  build  and  weighs  about 
175  pounds.  He  is  dark  complexioned,  has  black  hair  and 
is  smooth  shaven.  He  is  always  well  dressed  and  wears  a 
black  derby  hat  with  a  broad  band.  He  talks  rather  rapidly, 
but  in  an  impressive  manner  and  in  well  chosen  language. 

One  of  the  important  developments  in  the  doings  of  this 
gang  is  the  discovery  that  E.  P.  Helmbold,  a  drug  broker, 
who  is  well  known  in  the  New  York  wholesale  drug  trade, 
is  an  acquaintance,  if  not  a  friend  of  Tyner. 

Many  men  in  the  drug  trade  with  whom  Helmbold  has 
attempted  to  do  business  are  of  the  opinion  that  he  and 
Tyner  form  part  of  a  ring  "higher  up."  Observations  on 
the  part  of  several  prominent  drug  trade  men  seem  to  bear 
out  the  above  supposition,  as  Helmbold  has  been  seen  as- 
sociating a  number  of  times  lately  with  Tyner.  A  gentle- 
man who  called  on  Hudson  some  months  ago  was  also  told 
by  Hudson  that  E.  P.  Helmbold  was  his  salesman. 

Although  Helmbold  has  had  quite  some  business  with  repu- 
table houses,  the  buyers  of  several  of  these  firms  are  suspi- 
cious  regarding   the   sources   from   which   his   goods   are    ob- 


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[March  4,  1909 


tained.  In  some  cases  that  have  been  investigated  the  goods 
were  obtained  honestly. 

When  attempts  are  made  to  secure  an  explanation  from 
Helmbold  concerning  his  methods  in  securing  merchandise 
the  ramifications  begin  to  deepen  materially.  It  has  been 
found  in  some  instances  that  his  trading  is  legitimate,  while  at 
times  there  have  apparently  been  clever  billing  schemes  in- 
volved before  goods  were  finally  delivered.  It  is  the  pre- 
vailing opinion  that  he  has  honest  as  well  as  dishonest  con- 
nections and  is  therefore  always  able  to  trade  as  the  circum- 
stances require. 

The  Union  Trading  Co.,  the  National  Loan  &  Realty  Co., 
and  the  Union  Sales  Co.,  are  all  identical  and  are  still  doing 
business  at  7S-S0  Cortlandt  street.  One  William  Jacobson, 
who  only  calls  once  or  twice  a  day  for  his  mail,  is  the  ruling 
spirit  in  all  the  above  named  concerns,  besides  also  Jacob- 
son  &  Co.,  which  is  located  at  the  same  address. 

Investigation  proves  that  Jacobson  has  had  connection  with 
a  number  of  concerns  styled  as  wholesale  druggists  and  job- 
bers. A  year  or  so  ago  he  was  connected  with  Clifford  L. 
Turner,  who  issued  a  statement  showing  assets  of  $6605 
with  liabilities  of  .$434.50.  The  fact  remains  that  Turner 
disappeared  as  soon  as  accounts  were  due. 

It  is  also  understood  that  Jacobson  had  some  interest  in  the 
Manufacturers'  Trading  Co.,  at  14  Church  street,  and  used 
to  spend  the  greater  part  of  his  time  in  the  building  at  that 
address.  The  fact  has  also  become  known  that  the  famous 
Becljett  concern,  members  of  which  are  under  arrest  in  Wil- 
mington, Delaware,  secured  an  outlet  in  New  York  through 
Jacobson's  Union  Sales  Co.  Jacobson's  stock  is  also  kept  lock- 
ed in  a  room  in  the  building  at  78-80  Cortlandt  street.  On 
the  door  of  this  room  is  tacked  a  card  bearing  the  name  of 
the  National  Loan  &  Realty  Co. 

Strange  to  note  all  the  orders  and  correspondence  that  is 
sent  out  into  the  trade  by  the  gang  is  typewritten,  but  no 
typewriter  has  ever  been  seen  in  any  of  the  offices.  This  part 
of  the  business  is  conducted  by  some  one  who  is  familiar  with 
the   wholesale  drug  business   and   understands   how   to   order. 

Notorious  William  D.  Hudson,  alias  Assheton,  was  seen 
in  the  wholesale  drug  district  of  the  city  about  a  week  ago, 
after  being  absent  for  over  a  month.  He  has  again  donned 
some  old  clothes  in  place  of  the  new  brown  suit  and  black 
overcoat  which  he  wore  while  in  Jersey  City.  His  mous- 
tache he  has  also  let  grow  again  but  keeps  it  trimmed  very 
short,  and  he  wears  a  pair  of  pinz-nez  eye  glasses  without 
riras. 

Although  the  swindlers  apparently  make  good  livings  out 
of  the  drug  trade  no  serious  efforts  have  been  made  to  appre- 
hend those  operating  in  New  York  City  and  the  men  are 
walking  the  streets  without  molestation  either  by  the  local 
police  or  the  United  States  authorities. 


Cost  Alabama  Clerk  $100  to  Sell  Cocaine. 

BiBMiNGHAM,  March  1. — B.  McLauren,  who  is  employed  in 
a  drug  store  on  the  North  Side  recently  was  fined  $100  on  a 
charge  of  selling  cocaine  without  a  physician's  prescription. 
An  appeal  was  taken. 

The  arrest  was  brought  about  by  the  city  health  department, 
which  has  recently  started  a  crusade  to  stop  the  indiscriminate 
selling  of  cocaine,  morphine,  laudanum  and  other  drugs. 


Doctor  and  Druggist  Arrested  in  CoKe  Case. 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  March  1. — Dr.  J.  I.  Griffeth,  who  has  an 
office  at  147  South  Pryor  street,  was  bound  over  under  a 
.$300  bond  by  the  recorder  recently  for  furnishing  cocaine 
prescriptions,  and  J.  H.  Hamby.  a  druggist  at  South  Pryor 
and  Garnett  streets  was  fined  $.50.7.5  for  the  illegal  sale  of 
cocaine. 


Assaulted  When  Leaving  His  Pharmacy. 
Des  Moines.  la.,  March  1. — Fred  Gruner,  of  Gruner  Bros.. 
313  East  Fifth  street,  was  knocked  down  at  10.30  p.  m.  recent- 
ly, just  as  he  stepped  out  of  his  pharmacy.    He  was  relieved  of 
$2.85.    No  clue  to  his  assailant  was  discovered. 


CHEATING  THE  N.  Y.  REGENTS'  EXAMINATIONS. 

Two    Drug   Store    Employees   of   the    Same    Name   and 

Address  Excited  an  Inspector's  Curiosity  and  Dis- 
closed   Wholesale    Fraud — Two    College    Pro- 
fessors Arrested  and  Held  for  Examination. 

Professor  Charles  G.  Christie,  an  instructor  in  St.  Francis 
College,  on  Butler  street,  in  Brooklyn  Borough,  New  York 
City,  was  arrested  recently  by  Detectives  Murray  and  Roddy, 
charged  with  having  "railroaded"  students  through  in  New 
York  State  Regents'  examinations  at  $12.5  per  head. 

Prof.  Christie  is  said  to  have  made  a  complete  confession, 
in  which  he  stated  that  he  had  changed  the  examination 
papers  of  about  thirty-five  students.  He  named  all  of  the 
students  and  also  implicated  another  professor.  W.  J.  Kearney, 
who  was  arrested  later.  Both  of  the  accused  were  held  for 
examination  in  the  Adams  street  court. 

The  exposure  was  more  or  less  accidental  and  came  about 
because  two  Joseph  Schleins,  giving  the  same  address  and 
occupation,  took  Regents'  examinations  simultaneously  in 
different  parts  of  New  York  City. 

Inspector  De  Groat  was  surprised  to  find  that  there  really 
were  two  Joseph  Schleins ;  that  they  were  cousins,  and  that 
both  worked  in  a  drug  store  at  207  Smith  street.  He  was 
putting  the  elder  Schlein  through  a  perfunctory  examination 
when  the  latter  caused  him  to  take  notice  by  confiding  casually 
how  easy  it  is  to  dispense  with  the  frills  attending  the  obtain- 
ing of  a  dentist's  degree  if  you  know  how  to  pass  the  coin. 

Schlein  was  invited  over  to  the  Adams  street  police  court, 
where  he  made  an  affidavit  charging  Christie  with  giving  him 
"points"  about  the  Regents'  paper  in  fourth  year  French. 
This  is  a  forty  weeks  course.  Schlein  says  he  didn't  spend  a 
week  at  it.  Christie  says  that  he  gave  Schlein  the  tutoring, 
for  which  he  paid,  but  acknowledges  prompting  him  several 
times  during  the  examination. 

Kearney  is  38  years  old,  a  professor  of  mathematics  in  St. 
Francis  College  and  the  proprietor  of  a  civil  service  school 
at  59  and  61  Court  street.  He  is  charged  with  falsely  certi- 
fying that  Salvatore  A.  de  Yoanno.  a  student  of  medicine  in 
the  Long  Island  College,  was  a  student  in  St.  Francis  College 
on  June  15.  1908,  and  passed  a  Regents'  examination  in  in- 
.  termediate  algebra  as  such.  To  enter  the  medical  college  it 
was  necessary  for  Yoanno  to  have  a  Regents'  certificate  or 
pass  an  entrance  examination.  It  is  alleged  that  Kearney 
helped  him  to  get  the  certificate  by  violating  section  33  of  the 
Penal  Code. 

According  to  the  police,  Christie,  who  is  53  years  old  and 
for  nine  years  has  been  a  professor  of  languages  in  the  Catho- 
lic college,  is  willing  to  turn  State's  evidence,  maintaining  that 
Kearney  put  him  up  to  the  business.  Christie  was  born  in 
France  of  Scotch  parents.  He  has  borne  a  spotless  reputation 
and  w-as  highly  regarded  in  St.  Francis  Collie. 

De  Groat  says  that  this  system  of  beating  the  Regents 
and  boosting  incompetents  into  college  and  the  professions 
has  been  going  on  for  about  a  year  and  that  a  score  of  students 
holding  college  entrance  papers  and  making  use  of  them  will 
be  compelled  to  give  them  up. 

The  Franciscan  brothers  knew  nothing  about  the  swindle 
that  was  being  perpetrated  in  their  college  and  assisted  De 
Groat  when  informed  of  the  matter. 


Patent  Medicine  Bill  in  Wisconsin  Legislature. 
M.VDisoN.  Wis.,  March  1. — Druggists  and  manufacturers 
of  Wisconsin  are  much  interested  in  the  progress  of  a  bill 
which  has  been  introduced  in  the  Wisconsin  Legislature  by 
Assemblyman  Lehr  licensing  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
patent  medicine  and  providing  that  a  complete  list  of  ingre- 
dients shall  be  printed  on  the  wrapper.  Druggists  and  others 
claim  that  there  is  no  need  for  the  proposed  law  since  the 
matter  in  question  is  adequately  covered  by  the  state  and 
national  pure  food  laws.  It  seems  to  be  the  general  opinion 
that  the  bill  will  not  be  passed. 


Burglars  Add   Insult   to   Injury. 
Cincinnati,     March    1. — "U.R.E.Z." — was    the    note    left 
behind   by   burglars   who   recently   visited   the   drug   store   of 
Henry  Bristle,  at  3953  Spring  Grove  avenue.     They  opened 
a  $300  cash  register,  securing  about  $5. 


Both  His  Drug  Stores  Kobbed  Same  Night. 
Alameda.  Cal.,  March  1. — M.  B.  Sneden,  whose  drug  store 
at  Niles  was  robbed  of  $300  worth  of  goods  recently  was  also 
a  victim  of  thieves  here.  His  drug  store  at  Santa  Clara  ave- 
nue and  Park  street  was  entered  by  burglars  the  same  night, 
but  they  w-ere  frightened  away  without  securing  any  plunder. 


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BALTIMORE  PHARMACISTS  IN  CONFERENCE. 


CHICAGO  BRANCH  OPPOSES  DRAM-SHOPS. 


Committees    From     the     Various     Organizations     Hold 
Joint  Meeting  to  Discuss  General  Work. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  27. — A  conference  of  representatives  of  the 
various  organizations  of  druggists  in  this  cit.v  was  held  at  the 
Hotel  Junker   recently,  the   following  being   present  : 

Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association — William  M.  Fouch 
and  E.  F.  Kelly.  Owen  C.  Smith,  the  third  member  of  the 
committee,  being  unavoidably  absent. 

Baltimore  Association  of  Retail  Druggists — John  B. 
Thomas,  the  president ;  R.  E.  Lee  Williamson,  the  correspond- 
ing secretary,  and  David  R.  Mill.qrd. 

Baltimore  branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation— Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson,  president ;  Prof.  Charles  Caspar!, 
Jr.,  and  W.  J.  Lowry. 

After  an  exchange  of  views  a  decision  was  tentatively 
reached  to  inaugurate  a  campaign,  designed  to  bring  out  m 
large  attendance  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Maryland 
Phannaceutical  Association  next  sum- 
mer. An  effort  will  be  made  to  have  all 
the  drug  interests  represented,  the  whole- 
salers, as  well  as  the  retailers  and  manu- 
facturers being  urged  to  send  delegates. 
It  was  also  suggested  that  the  legislative 
committee  of  each  association  in  the 
federation  be  requested  to  formulate  what 
it  conceives  to  be  the  requirements  of 
its  respective  body  in  the  way  of  legisla- 
tion, and  that  these  suggestions  be  sub- 
mitted for  general  discussion  at  a  joint 
meeting  in  May.  The  purpose  is  to  agree 
upon  a  programme,  so  that  there  shall  be 
absolute  harmony  and  avoidance  of  a 
waste  of  effort. 

A  discussion  as  to  whether  the  con- 
ference should  be  made  permanent  then 
ensued,  a  number  of  those  present  tak- 
ing part  in  the  deliberations  and  pre- 
senting their  views.  William  M.  Fouch. 
president  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  occupied  the  chair,  and 
I»r.   E.   F.   Kelly   was  secretary. 


Likes  to  Entertain  Pharmacists 


Baltimore    B.D.A.    Keady    for    Work 

Baltijiore,  Feb.  27. — At  a  recent 
meeting  of  retail  druggists  relative  to  the 
organization  of  the  Baltimore  Retail 
Druggists'  Association,  the  articles  of 
incorporation,  as  framed  by  the  com- 
mittee and  as  recorded  in  court  were 
adopted.  Chairman  John  B.  Thomas,  of 
the  committee  on  memln'i'ship,  announced 
that  he  had  appointed  David  R.  Millard 
and  Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson  as  his  fellow 
members.  The  duty  or  this  committee 
is  to  get  retail  pharmacists  all  over  the 
city  to  join,  in  order  that  the  organiza- 
tion may  become  as  effective  an  instru- 
ment for  good  as  it  can  be  made.  The  chairmen  of  other 
standing  committees  were  also  named,  as  follows:  Legisla- 
tion, Dr.  H.  P.  Hynson ;  grievances,  C.  L.  Meyer ;  fraternal 
relations,  John  B.  Thomas ;  social,  J.  Edwin  Hengst ;  tele- 
phones, M.  S.  Kahn ;  post-office  substations,  William  M. 
Fouch. 

Mr.  Kahn,  for  the  committee  on  post-office  substations,  made 
a  preliminary  report  in  which  he  stated  that  the  committee 
will  act  in  conjunction  with  a  similar  committee  named  by 
the  Washington  Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  An  effort 
will  he  made  to  concentrate  all  telephone  pay  stations  in  drug 
stores,  this  move  having  the  approval  of  the  telephone  com- 
pany, which  is  said  to  prefer  the  arrangement  as  being  of 
benefit  not  only  to  the  druggists,  but  to  the  company  as  well. 

A  discussion  ensued  on  how  to  get  retail  druggists,  es- 
pecially pharmacists  who  are  already  members,  interested  in 
the  work  of  the  association.  The  committee  on  membership 
was  empowered  to  enlarge  itself  and  adopt  whatever  means 
are  likely  to  promote  the  end  in  view. 

The  association  is  resolved  to  proceed  with  energy  in  the 
prosecution  of  the  work  it  undertakes. 


CHARLES  J.  CASTING, 
with  the  L.  A.  Becker  Company,  soda 
fouritaiii  manufacturers,  is  a  member 
of  the  press  and  publicity  committee 
of  tlie  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Trav- 
elers" Association  and  is  greatl.v  inter- 
ested ill  plans  for  entertaining  the 
pharmacists  who  attend  the  State  Ph.A. 
meeting    at    Quincy    in    June. 


"Tests  for  Chemical  Products"  and  "Formulas  for  Fluid 
Extracts''  Discussed — Joint  Meetings  Planned. 
Chicago.  Feb.  27. — President  Oldberg  began  the  pro- 
gramme of  the  February  meeting  of  the  local  branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  by  announcing  the 
appointment  of  a  Special  Committee  on  Education  and  Legisla- 
tion, consisting  of  J.  H.  Wells,  C.  A.  Storer  and  G.  D. 
Oglesljy.  Mr.  Wells,  in  acknowledging  his  appointment, 
responded  briefly  bj"  saying  that  he  would  undertake  to  do 
whatever  was  possible  and  that  an  effort  would  be  made  to 
get  together  the  various  committees  of  the  associations  in- 
terested for  a  general  conference  within  a  short  time. 

Mr.  Hallberg  moved  that  there  be  added  to  the  other  in- 
structions of  the  special  committee  on  legislation  a  clause 
directing  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  revoke  the  license  of  any 
registered  pharmacist  or  assistant  pharmacist  who  is  em- 
ployed in  a  store  where  a  regular  saloon  license  is  held. 
Mr.  Wells  said  that  he  thoroughly  agreed 
with  Mr.  Hallberg  in  protesting  against 
the  attitude  of  several  of  the  large  down- 
town stores  which  hold  saloon  licenses 
and  retail  liquors,  but  he  believed  it 
would  be  better  to  solve  this  dilBcult 
problem  through  a  change  in  the  city 
ordinances  or  through  an  amendment  of 
the  State  Act  regulating  dram-shops. 
After  some  discussion  the  motion  was 
carried  unanimously,  with  the  under- 
standing that  the  special  committee 
sliould  use  its  discretion  in  regard  to  the 
amendment. 

Mr.  Wooten  referred  to  the  New  York 
law  which  required  every  pharmacist  to 
have  in  his  store  a  copy  of  the  U.S. 
Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formu- 
lary. While  he  thoroughly  approved  of 
such  a  law  he  believed  that  it  would  be 
unwise  to  add  to  the  labors  of  the  com- 
mittee by  asking  it  to  secure  such  an 
amendment  at  this  time.  Mr.  Teomans 
suggested  that  the  fee  for  registration 
as  pharmacist  should  be  increased  so  as 
to  cover  the  expense  of  a  more  extensive 
and  rigorous  examination.  Mr.  Potts 
stated  that  the  fee  in  Pennsylvania  is 
i^l.^.  After  some  discussion  a  motion 
was  adopted  that  the  fee  for  registration 
should  be  increased  to  .$25. 

In  the  ab.sence  of  Professor  Gordin,  of 
Northwestern  University,  Professor  Old- 
lierg  read  Jlr.  Gordin's  paper,  "Tests  for 
Chemical  Products.  How  May  They  be 
Improved?"  In  this  paper  the  author 
made  the  point  that  it  is  clear  that  the 
Pharmacopoeia  is  not  intended  to  be  a 
treatise  on  analytical  or  descriptive  chem- 
istry. He  advocated  the  omission  of  cer- 
tain tests,  as  for  example,  it  is  quite  unnecessary  to  state 
under  silver  nitrate  that  when  dissolved  in  water  it  gives  a 
precipitate  with  hydrochloric  acid  which  is  insoluble  in  nitric 
acid  but  easily  soluble  in  ammonia.  It  would  be  quite  suffi- 
cient to  state  that  the  silver  nitrate  must  be  100  per  cent 
pure.  The  quantitative  methods  for  many  of  the  chemicals 
had  long  ago  been  brought  to  such  a  state  of  simplicity  and 
exactness  that  any  chemist  who  follows  them  will  ahva.vs  get 
the  same  results  as  any  other  chemist.  With  such  chemicals  the 
Pharmacopoeia  should  only  establish  the  standard  of  purity 
desired,  leaving  to  the  pharmacist  the  choice  of  methods  of 
valuation. 

The  conditions  are  quite  different  with  substances  for  which 
no  exact  methods  of  valuation  are  known.  In  such  cases  the 
results  obtained  by  different  chemists  may  differ  materially 
according  to  the  method  employed,  and  when  the  U.S. P.  sets 
up  a  standard  to  which  a  substance  of  this  class  must  con- 
form, there  should  be  a  detailed  description  of  the  methods 
and  manipulations  by  which  the  substance  is  to  be  identified 
and   valued. 

In  the  discussion  which  followed.  Professor  Clark  said  that 


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since  the  Pharmacopoeia  is  now  a  legal  standard  it  is  neces- 
sary for  legal  purposes  that  the  tests  should  be  stated  and 
those  quite  minutely.  He  believed  that  it  would  be  possible 
to  group  the  tests  in  the  appendix  and  then  refer  to  them  in 
the  text,  but  in  some  cases  the  substances  present  would  very 
considerably  modify  the  tests,  so  that  no  such  general  refer- 
ences would  be  feasible. 

The  next  paper,  by  Prof.  C.  M.  Snow,  was  "The  Extract- 
ive Preparations ;  How  May  the  Formulas  be  Simplified ; 
General  Formulas  for  Tinctures  and  Fluid  Extracts."  Mr. 
Snow  advocated  the  adoption  of  general  formulas  for  the 
different  classes  of  galenical  preparations,  pointing  out  the 
advantage  that  would  be  derived  from  such  statements ;  first, 
in  the  saving  of  space,  since  the  processes  given  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia  for  these  preparations  are  largely  repetitions, 
and  second,  the  standard  formulas  could  be  more  thoroughly 
stated,  the  typical  processes  probably  would  be  more  readily 
mastered,  and  the  pharmacist  would  be  more  skillful  in  their 
use,  having  a  more  thorough  understanding  of  them  than  if 
he  tried  to  follow  the  great  number  of  individual  processes. 
Prof.  Hallberg  stated  that  the  plan  suggested  was  followed 
by  all  other  Pharmacopceias  except  the  British. 

A  letter  from  Leonard  A.  Seltzer,  of  Detroit,  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Practical  Pharmacy  was  read,  asking  for 
suggestions  concerning  the  coming  revision  of  the  National 
Formulary,  the  suggestions  to  come  either  through  individual 
papers  or  as  facts  collected  by  members  of  the  Branch,  it 
was  decided  to  include  in  the  programme  for  the  next  meeting 
a  discussion  of   the   National   Formulary. 

The  Committee  on  Medical  Relations  announced  a  joint 
meeting  of  the  Chicago  Medical  Society  with  the  Branch  to 
be  held  at  the  Northwestern  University  Building  on  Wednes- 
day, March  31st.  The  chairman  of  the  committee  also  asked 
that  a  committee  be  appointed  to  co-operate  with  the  Chicago 
Medical  Society  in  securing  a  suitable  location  in  Grant  Park 
for  the  Guthrie  Boulder,  to  commemorate  the  discovery  of 
chloroform  by  Dr.  Samuel  Guthrie  in  Sacketfs  Harbor.  N.  T., 
in  1831. 


BEAUTY  IN  DISTRESS  IN  TELEPHONE  BOOTH. 


ACTIVITIES  OF  CHICAGO  DRUGGISTS. 

Social  Drug  Club  Plans  Entertainment  and  Retail 
Association  Works  for  Propaganda's  Spread. 

Chicago.  March  1. — Two  social  features  of  the  Social  Drug 
Club,  of  Chicago,  are  taking  the  interest  of  its  members.  The 
first  in  importance  is  bowling.  The  members  have  divided 
themselves  into  teams  between  which  a  hot  rivalry  exists. 
The  Robert  Bums  team,  named  after  a  brand  of  cigars,  is 
now  in  the  lead.  The  club's  minstrel  troupe  which  is  billed 
to  perform  at  the  T.  M.  C.  A.  auditorium,  Thursday  evening. 
April  15.  is  taking  the  other  half  of  the  club's  interest. 
Charles  E.  Clarke,  who  is  chairman  of  the  entertainment 
committee  says  that  arrangements  have  all  been  made  for  the 
show,  even  to  the  printing  of  the  tickets,  which  will  cost  50 
cents,  with  25  cents  extra  for  reserved  seats.  The  able 
direction  given  the  troupe  by  Prof.  Henry  Brown  is  a  matter 
of  much  comment  by  those  who  have  seen  the  members  in 
their  roles. 

The  advisory  committee  of  the  tJ.S.P.  and  N.P.  Propaganda 
committee  of  the  C.R.D.A.  met  recently  to  formulate  plans  for 
a  campaign  among  Chicago  druggists,  especially  to  get  the 
lukewarm  ones  interested.  The  plan  decided  upon  was  to 
give  each  member  of  the  committee  a  district  of  the  city  to 
cover  and  he  in  turn  was  to  call  on  the  druggists  in  that  dis- 
trict for  assistance.  By  this  method  a  great  deal  of  propaganda 
literature  will  be  given  to  the  druggists  through  the  super- 
visors. 


Chicago    Notes. 

— The  Harding  Square  Drug  Co.  has  bought  the  drug 
store  of  Charles  G.  Knight  at  Twenty-sixth  street  and  Went- 
worth  avenue. 

— Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association,  at  its  last  meet- 
ing, passed  resolutions  regretting  the  death  of  George  J. 
Seabury.  of  New  York. 

— Olney  &  Jerman  Co.,  wholesale  druggists  of  Iowa  who 
are  now  moving  their  business  to  Chicago,  have  issued  a  circu- 
lar letter  to  the  trade  stating  that  they  will  be  ready  for  busi- 
ness in  Chicago  by  March  15.  The  firm  will  have  no  cigar  de- 
partment. 


Too  Busy  Chatting  Over  the  Wire  When  the  Drug 
Store  Closed  at  1  a.  m.  to  Notice  Lights  Go  Out. 

When  Wilbur  F.  Rawlins  closed  his  druu  store.  249  West 
135th  street,  New  Xork  City,  at  1  o'clock  in  the  morning  re- 
cently and  hurried  to  his  apartments  on  an  upper  floor  of 
the  building,  he  forgot  all  about  a  pretty,  well  dressed  young 
woman  who  was  talking  over  the  telephone.  The  woman,  all 
smiles  and  expectant,  had  entered  the  store  about  12.30  and 
she  began  chatting. 

For  half  an  hour  she  chatted,  and  she  was  so  busy  she 
didn't  notice  the  lights  go  out  in  the  store,  nor  did  she  hear 
the  front  door  slam  and  the  key  grate  in  the  lock.  When  she 
did  leave  the  'phone  and  found  herself  a  prisoner  she  was 
frightened.  She  called  up  "Central"  and  with  a  voice  quaking, 
said : 

"I'm  locked  in  this  store  and  I  can't  get  out." 

"Central"  communicated  with  the  police  at  Headquarters. 
Over  the  wire  the  yonng  woman  screamed : 

I'm  a  young  lady,  locked  in  a  drug  store.  I  wish  you  would 
send  around  a  policeman  to  get  me  out.  No,  I  am  not  hurt, 
and  I'm  not  a  burglar,  either.     But  I'm  awfully  afraid." 

A  policeman  was  sent  on  the  run  to  the  young  woman's 
relief.  He  didn't  run  fast  enough.  Before  he  arrived  she 
went  to  the  door  and  began  pounding  on  it,  pleading  with  some 
one  to  help  her.  Rawlins  heard  the  commotion  and  re- 
leased her.  Just  as  the  policeman  came  up  out  of  breath 
the  young  woman  hurried  away. 

"And  she  forgot  to  pay  for  the  'phone,  too,"  commented  the 
druggist  after  her  departure. 


Silver  Loving  Cup  for  G.   W.   0.   Tebbetts. 

Manchesteb,  N.  H..  Feb.  25. — As  a  crown  for  his  fifty 
years  of  active  service  and  as  a  token  of  their  good  will  and 
appreciation  for  the  encouragement  extended  to  many  of  their 
members,  the  Manchester  Druggists'  Association  recently 
presented  to  George  W.  O.  Tebbetts  on  the  occasion  of  his 
retirement  from  the  drug  business,  a  solid  silver  loving  cup. 
Lewis  G.  Gilman,  president  of  the  association  made  the  pres- 
entation speech  in  behalf  of  his  associates,  and  Mr.  Tebbetts 
made  response.  The  presentation  took  place  in  Ridgely  hall ; 
most  of  the  druggists  of  the  city  having  assembled  to  partici- 
pate in  the  affair  and  the  brief  reception  which  followed. 

The  cup  was  mounted  on  a  pedestal  and  contained  the 
inscription,  "Presented  to  George  W.  O.  Tebbetts  by  associate 
druggists  of  Manchester.  N.  H.  Commemorating  50  years  in 
active  business.  Jan  1,  1909." 


The  Whitman  Plan  Against  Price  Cutting. 
Druggists  will  be  interested  to  know  that  Stephen  F.  Whit- 
man &  Son,  Fourth  and  Race  streets,  Philadelphia,  are  of- 
fering their  exclusive  agents  the  kind  of  protection  against 
price  cutting  that  druggists  are  so  anxious  to  secure.  They 
inform  us  that  they  have  more  applications  for  the  agency 
than  they  can  grant.  They  especially  desire  to  obtain  in  each 
new  field  that  is  not  yet  granted,  the  best  druggist  and  the 
one  fitted  by  location  and  character  to  supply  the  class  of 
people  that  buys  heavily  of  the  Whitman  products.  If  you 
haven't  all  the  facts  relating  to  their  proposition  handy,  write 
to  the  manufacturers  for  particulars  and  mention  the  Era. 


Commercial  Program,  for  N.  Y.  A.Ph.A.  Meeting. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  which  will  be  held  at  the  College 
of  Pharmacy  next  Monday  evening,  most  of  the  time  will  be 
devoted  to  the  commercial  side  of  pharmacy.  The  chief  feature 
of  the  program  will  be  the  reading  of  the  following  papers : 
"Business  Methods  in  the  Drug  Store."  and  "Card  Signs 
in  Drug  Stores,"  by  Dr.  Julius  Juugmann  and  Caswell  A. 
Mayo,  respectively.  Following  the  reading  the  papers  will 
be  discussed. 


Lecture  on  Michigan's  Salt  Industry. 
Detboit.  March  1.— E.  F.  Bradt.  of  the  Detroit  Salt  Co., 
addressed  the  Society  of  Detroit  Chemists  at  the  Employers' 
Association  rooms  in  the  Stevens  Building.  Feb.  26,  his 
subject  being  the  salt  industry  and  the  sinking  of  a  shaft  for 
salt  rock  by  his  company. 


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ACTIVITIES  OF  DRUGGISTS  IN  LOUISVILLE. 

Committees  Already  at  Work  for  N.A.R.D.  Convention 
and  Local  Association  is  Spreading-  Propaganda. 

L0LIS\TIXF..  Feb.  27. — Although  it  is  more  than  six  months 
before  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  will  con- 
vene in  this  city,  the  committees  have  been  appointed  as 
noted  in  the  Era  and  most  of  them  are  diligently  at  work. 
The  committee  on  hotels  and  also  the  committee  on  exhibits 
have  had  several  meetings  and  have  been  inspecting  every 
available  space  that  in  their  minds  would  be  suitable  for  the 
headquarters  and  also  one  that  would  give  the  exhibitors 
an  opportunity  of  displaying  their  goods  and  making  the 
investment  in  a  booth  remunerative  from  every  standpoint. 
Both  the  Seelbach  Hotel  and  the  Gait  House — the  latter 
known  all  over  the  country  for  its  large  and  elegant  rooms — 
are  the  two  places  that  are  in  contest.  There  is  no  question  but 
that  the  former  has  the  call  as  far  as  location  is  concerned, 
but  the  latter,  on  account  of  its  large  and  roomy  halls  as  well 
as  its  capacious  lobby,  has  met  with  great  fa-  -t-  Tip  inm- 
mittees  will  doubtless  come  to  an  agree- 
ment within  the  next  ten  days  as  to 
which  of  the  two  places  will  be  the  best 
for   headquarters,    all    things    considered. 

The  committee  on  exhibits  has  not  up 
to  this  time  prepared  its  circular  letter 
to  manufacturers  and  proprietors  who 
might  desire  to  take  space,  but  notwith- 
standing this  fact  eight  of  the  booths 
have  been  conditionally  engaged  and 
from  opinions  expressed  by  the  traveling 
representatives  of  the  firms  that  visit 
this  territory,  every  booth  will  be  taken 
long  before  the  time  of  the  convention. 
Within  one  night's  ride  by  rail  of  this 
city  more  than  6.000  retailers  are  en- 
gaged in  business,  hence  low  railroad 
fares  are  assured,  the  hotels  will  surely 
give  rates  that  will  be  attractive  and 
every  indication  points  to  a  record  break- 
ing attendance.  Cleveland.  Detroit.  Chi- 
cago, St,  Louis.  Cincinnati.  Memphis. 
Nashville,  Knoxville  and  many  other 
smaller  cities  where  the  N.A.R.D.  has  a 
large  following  can  be  reached  in  twelve 
hours. 

A  trip  to  Mammoth  Cave,  one  of  the 
great  wonders  of  the  world,  will  be  one  of 
the  features  and  if  it  can  not  be  provided 
without  any  cost  to  those  attending  the 
convention,  certainly  a  very  low  rate  is 
now  assured. 

Propaganda  work  in  this  city  has  not 
been  pushed  as  vigorously  as  it  should  have  been.  Only  one 
joint  meeting  of  doctors  and  druggists  has  been  held  but  this 
one  has  shown  such  gratifying  results  that  it  is  strange  that 
more  active  work  has  not  been  continued.  Many  of  the  lead- 
ing physicians  are  prescribing  N.F.  and  U.S. P.  preparations 
(almost  to  the  exclusion  of  proprietaries)  and  consequent 
increased  profits  to  the  retailer. 

The  Louisville  Retail  Druggists'  Association  has  issued 
two  letters  on  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  products  which  have  been 
mailed  to  every  physician  in  this  city.  These  letters  were 
issued  at  the  expense  of  the  local  association.  Some  of  the 
druggists  have  improved  this  introduction  by  supplying  sam- 
ples to  their  neighboring  doctors,  but  no  general  or  thorough 
distribution  has  been  attempted.  There  is  no  city  in  this 
country  where  this  work  could  be  conducted  more  successfully 
if  the  proper  effort  would  be  made.  Very  few.  if  any,  of  our 
prominent  physicians  do  any  dispensing  and  they  would 
eagerly  fall  in  line,  if  properly  approached. 


JOHN  J. 
President  Troy 


ANNUAL  BANQUET  OF  TROY  PH,A.  A  SUCCESS, 
Members  of  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  Congratulate 
the  Association  Upon  its  Continued  Prosperity. 
Tbot.  N.  Y..  March  l.^The  Windsor  Hotel  was  recent- 
ly the  scene  of  the  eighth  annual  banquet  of  the  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  of  Troy  and  vicinity.  About  200  members 
and  their  guests  were  present.  An  elaborate  menu  was  served, 
and  during  the  course  of  the  repast  selections  were  rendered 
by  a  graphophone.  A  qu.irtette  composed  of  John  E.  Grady, 
George  Thompson.  Charles  Armsby  and  S.  S.  Smith  sang  a 
number  of  selections,  the  words  of  which  had  been  written 
for  the  occasion  and  set  to  popular  tunes.  At  the  conclusion 
of  the  evening's  pleasure  all  stood  up  and  sang  "Auld  Lang 
Syne."  Samuel  E.  Button  sang  several  songs  and  told  a 
number  of  interesting  stories. 

President  John  J.  Healy  presided,  and  called  upon  County 

Treasurer  Arthur  MacArthur  to  speak   on    Abraham   Lincoln, 

after  all  present  had  joined,  shortly  after  midnight  in  a  toast 

to   the   memory  of  the  martyred   President.     Mr.   MacArthur 

paid   a   glowing  tribute  to  the  character 

of   Lincoln. 

Warren  L.  Bradt.  secretary  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  Arthur 
H.  Wardle  of  Hudson,  a  member  of  the 
board,  spoke  of  the  proposed  plan  of 
Governor  Hughes  to  take  out  of  the  hands 
of  the  pharmacists  the  management  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  Both  com- 
plimented highly  the  Troy  organization, 
which  they  said  was  the  strongest  in 
the  State. 

W.  J.  Leonard  of  New  York  gave  a 
number  of  clever  imitations  and  sang 
excellent  darky  melodies,  playing  his  ac- 
companiment on  a  banjo. 

The  guests  of  the  evening  included  the 
following  :  Drs.  Stannard,  DeFreest,  Mc- 
Grane.  Coughlin,  Gravatt,  Baynes,  Noon- 
an,  Love ;  William  J.  Walker  and  Will- 
iam M.  Gibson,  of  Walker  &  Gibson. 
Albany;  S,  S,  Smith,  J.  W.  Rice.  W.  J. 
Levard,  George  Evans.  James  Fox  and 
Fred  Andrews,  of  Walker  &  Gibson  ;  D. 
^L  Woodward.  Hauce  Brothers  &  White. 
Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  H.  J.  Barringer.  of 
^Nlallinckrodt  Chemical  Company.  New 
York ;  H.  P.  Putman,  of  Troy,  a  traveling 
salesman.  The  officers  of  the  society  are: 
President,  John  J.  Healy :  first  vice-pres- 
HEALY,  ident,  B,  L.  Shaw  ;  second  vice-president, 

(N.  T.)   Pli.A.  William    E.    Gray ;    secretary    and    treas- 

urer.   Lorenzo   Strecker. 
The  banquet   committee,   to  the   members  of  which  a  vote 
of  thanks  is  due,  was  composed  of  John  J.  Healy.  Ezra  Still- 
man,    Robert    F.    Moncrief,    Charles    G.    Straub    and    Lorenzo 
Strecker. 


Pine  New  Pharmacy  for  a  Convention  City. 
Louisville,  Feb.  27. — A  new  drug  store  is  to  be  opened 
within  the  next  thirty  days  in  Fourth  avenue,  under  the  Seel- 
bach Hotel.  Frank  Hertle  who  is  now  the  owner  of  a  store 
at  25  Market  street  will  be  the  owner.  The  location  is  on 
the  busiest  retail  street  in  the  city.  A  magnificent  soda 
water  fountain  is  to  be  installed  and  all  of  the  furniture  and 
fixtures  will  be  down  to  date. 


Minnesota   Pharmacists    Oppose    Three    Bills. 

St.  Paitx,  Feb.  27. — The  Minnesota  State  Ph. A.  is  working 
hard  against  two  bills  before  the  legislature,  and  a  circular 
stirring  up  dealers  all  over  the  State  has  been  sent  out  by 
the  special  committee  consisting  of  Stewart  Gamble  and 
Thomas  Voegeli.  of  Minneapolis  and  C.  T.  Heller,  secretary  of 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

They  oppose  S.  F.  408,  by  Senator  Witherstine,  which 
would  allow  any  licensed  physician  to  compound  drugs  for 
other  physicians  as  well  as  himself,  without  registering  under 
the  pharmacy  act,  and  also  condemn  IT.  F.  421.  by  Mr.  Thayer, 
allowing  graduates  of  the  University  College  of  Pharmacy  to  be 
registered  without  examination  after  two  years'  practical  ex- 
perience. They  also  oppose  one  feature  of  the  pure  drug  bill, 
H.  F.  516,  which  places  its  enforcement  in  the  hands  of  the 
dairy  and  food  department  instead  of  the  pharmacy  board. 


Burglars  Tap  Drug  Store  Till. 
Sparta,    Wis..    March    1. — Burglars    recently    entered    the 
R.  Taylor  Drug  Company's  establishment  and  tapped  the  till 
for  a  small  sum  of  money.     Cigars  and  other  stocks  in  trade 
were   also  carried  away. 


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RISLEY  DRUG  COMPANY  DISCONTINUED. 


Sons  of  Late  Owner  Dispose  of  Business  Following 
Sudden  Death  of  Their  Father. 

Charles  I.  and  H.  H.  Risley.  the  two  sons  of  the  late 
Charles  Risley,  who  was  the  head  of  the  drug  company  which 
bore  his  name  and  was  located  at  186  Greenwich  street,  New 
York  City,  have,  as  executors  of  the  estate,  disposed  of  the 
business.  The  greater  part  of  the  stock  and  fixtures  was 
sold  to  an  auctioneer  who  has  been  disposing  of  the  contents 
of  the  building  during  the  past  several  months.  Practically 
all  was  sold  to  the  various  jobbing  houses  in  this  city  at 
private  sale. 

Neither  of  Mr.  Risley 's  sons  had  experience  in  the  drug 
business,  and  being  engaged  in  other  pursuits  decicU'd  to  con- 
vert all  of  the  assets  of  the  business  into  cash. 

In  the  fall  of  1897  the  concern  acquired  the  business  of 
R.  W.  Robinson  &  Son  Co.,  wholesale  druggists,  who  had 
gone  into  bankruptcy.  Risley  then  moved  to  the  latter  firm's 
building  and  also  engaged  in  the  jobbing  line,  in  addition  to 
the  manufacture  of  proprietary  medicines,  which  he  formerly 
carried  on  at  62  Dey  street. 

C.  S.  Littell  &  Co.,  have  purchased  the  trade  mark  rights 
and  good  will  of  the  proprietary  preparations  which  were 
manufactured  by  Robinson,  but  it  is  understood  that  the 
rights  to  the  Risley  preparations  still  remain  unsold. 

Charles  Risley  and  his  wife  were  found  dead  at  their  home 
in  Brooklyn  on  December  21.  It  is  believed  that  death  was 
accidental.  They  had  been  poisoned  by  inhaling  illuminating 
gas  which  was  found  to  be  escaping  from  an  open  jet  when 
the  bed  room  was  entered  following  an  investigation  as  to 
Mr.  Risley's  non-appearance  at  the  store  for  a  few  days,  with- 
out notice  to  his  chief  clerk,  Henry  Sudlow. 


Kimble  Glass  Co.  Reorganized. 

Established  in  1805  the  Kimble  Glass  Co.,  of  Chicago, 
manufacturers  of  homeopathic  vials,  graduates,  glassware  for 
scientific  purposes,  druggists'  sundries,  etc.,  has  enjoyed  a 
steadily  growing  trade  in  its  products,  and  now  it  has  found 
it  necessary  to  reorganize  its  business  under  the  charter  laws 
of  Illinois  as  an  incorporation  with  a  capital  of  $300,000. 
The  officers  are  Evans  E.  Kimble,  president  and  Louis  F. 
Nafis,  secretary,  both  of  whom  are  thoroughly  familiar  with 
all  the  details  of  the  business  which  is  now  one  of  the  most 
successful  institutions  of  its  class  in  this  country,  as  is  evi- 
denced by  the  fact  that  the  company  is  extending  its  lines 
all  the  time,  and  will  soon  open  a  Philadelphia  factory  and 
office  in  order  to  better  accommodate  and  handle  Eastern  trade. 

This  substantial  advancement  has  been  brought  about  by  the 
effort  and  business  ability  of  the  officers  above  mentioned, 
and  the  volume  of  resources  now  back  of  the  company  is  proof 
that  its  affairs  are  in  the  right  kind  of  hands.  This  concern 
manufactures  a  number  of  specialties,  among  them  being  the 
only  machine-made  vials  on  the  market.  If  you  are  looking 
for  a  uniform  vial  ask  your  jobber  to  supply  those  made  by 
the  Kimble  Glass  Co.,  whose  advertisement  appears  on  page 
33  of  this  issue. 


Inside  Service  Advertising  Brings  Results. 

W.  D.  Stewart,  manufacturer  of  Stewart's  Facial  Cream, 
'V\'aterbury,  Conn.,  has  projected  an  introductory  advertising 
campaign  throughout  tlie  Eastern  United  States  which  is 
sure  to  increase  the  sales  of  this  well-known  specialty.  His 
plan  consists  of  mailing  to  about  ten  thousand  druggists  an 
elaborate  piece  of  advertising  and  following  it  with  a  reminder 
every  month  until  the  general  sales  of  Stewart's  Facial  Cream 
is  established.  In  this  advertising  he  offers  a  special  price 
of  three  bottles  free  with  every  dozen  offered"  at  $2  per  dozen, 
a  price  wnich  affords  the  druggist  an  opportunity  to  make 
over  100  per  cent  on  his  investment. 

Mr.  Stewart  will  further  supplement  this  service  by  taking 
each  large  city  and  sampling  it  by  the  "inside  service"  method 
through  a  distributing  agency.  This,  according  to  Mr. 
Stewart,  is  the  best  kind  of  advertising  for  a  new  article,  as  it 
is  the  highest  kind  of  personal  service,  and,  in  his  experience. 
it  has  brought  the  quickest  returns.  The  distributor  visits 
each  house,  rings  the  front  door  and  hands  to  the  lady  who 
answers  the  call  a  sample  saying,  "I  would  like  to  have  you 
try  a  free  sample  of  Stewart's  Facial  Cream."     In  this  way 


many  persons  are  induced  to  try  the  sample  who  will  after- 
ward buy  the  article  regularly.  After  the  city  is  sampled  an 
advertisement  is  placed  in  the  local  paper  which  still  further 
helps  sales,  the  catch  phrase,  "Tell  your  friends  about  it," 
having  been  effectively  used  in  this  connection.  Druggists 
will  do  well  to  investigate  this  proposition  for  it  has  much 
to  commend  it.  Stewart's  Facial  Cream  is  guaranteed  under 
the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  and  is  sold  at  a  price  that  will 
enable  the  druggist  to  make  some  money.  Read  the  advertise- 
ment on  page  29  of  this  issue  of  the  Eba  and  write  to  \V.  D. 
Stewart,  Waterbury,  Conn.,  for  free  goods  offer. 


Bohner  Bowl  in  Harmony  'With  Pure  Food  Law. 

Now  that  the  pure  food  authorities  have  accomplished  the 
Herculean  task  of  enforcing  manufacturers  to  supply  what 
they  claim  to  furnish,  and  the  druggist  can  buy  without  fear 
of  prosecution  for  the  faults  of  the  manufacturer,  a  rap  is 
being  taken  at  the  purveyor  who  dispenses  the  goods.  The 
enforcement  of  the  law  requires  that  service  of  fruit  syrups, 
juices  and  beverages  at  soda  fountains  must  be  protected  from 
deterioration  and  defilement  by  dust,  insects  and  souring,  etc., 
and  here  is  where  the  Bohner  Sanitary  Crushed  Fruit  Bowl 
comes  to  the  rescue  of  the  druggist.  If  the  Bohner  Bowl  had 
been  especially  designed  for  the  particular  purpose  it  could 
not  have  been  in  more  perfect  harmony  with  the  object  of 
the  Food  and  Drugs  Act. 


■Wheeling  Metal  Ceilings  for  Drug  Stores. 
Nothing  adds  so  much  to  the  attractiveness  of  a  drug  store 
as  an  artistic  ceiling.  The  experience  of  hundreds  of  drug- 
gists bears  out  this  statement.  If  your  i)harmacy  is  not 
equipped  with  such  a  ceiling  you  should  write  to  the  Wheeling 
Corrugating  Co.,  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  manufacturers  of  the 
Wheeling  Metal  Ceiling  which,  when  put  in  place,  not  only 
adds  to  the  beauty  of  the  store  but  offers  the  fullest  measure 
of  protection  to  your  building  and  stock,  being  fireproof  and 
permanent,  as  well  as  attractive  and  economical.  In  their 
advertisement  on  another  page  they  ask  you  to  send  them 
a  diagram  of  your  store  and  let  them  figure  on  the  expense. 


H.  Planten  &  Son's  Special  Offer. 
H.  Planten  &  Son,  93  Henry  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  T.,  call 
attention  to  their  "special  offer"  announcement  which  appears 
in  their  advertisement  on  page  15  of  this  issue  of  the  Eb.\. 
Here  is  an  opportunity  for  the  druggist  to  make  a  satisfactory 
investment,  the  offer  including  some  regular  goods  and  some 
special  formula  goods  in  bulk,  the  terms  being  cash  with 
order,  the  manufacturers  prepaying  the  cost  of  delivery.  The 
Capsules  made  by  this  house  are  well-known  for  their  reliabil- 
ity and  their  quality  is  guaranteed.  Read  this  "Special  Offer" 
and  send  in  a  trial  order. 


Club  Design  Metal  Furniture. 
The  Metal  Products  Company,  Shelby,  O.,  is  equipped  with 
the  most  modern  and  perfect  facilities  for  manufacturing  its 
particular  line  of  work,  the  production  of  Metal  Furniture 
under  ideal  conditions.  The  line  includes  their  famous  "Club 
Design"  which  represents  the  highest  development  in  metal 
furniture,  chairs,  tables,  stools,  etc.  This  furniture  is  es- 
pecially designed  for  the  equipment  of  drug  stores,  ice  cream 
parlors  and  cafes,  and  is  made  in  all  of  the  prevailing  styles 
and  finishes.  Read  the  Metal  Products  Co.'s  advertisement 
and  write  for  full  particulars,  mentioning  the  Eba. 


Rotograph  Company's  'View  Post  Cards  and  Novelties. 

The  Rotograph  Company  has  every  facility  for  producing 
View  Post  Cards  and  Novelties  from  any  photograph.  These 
Post  Cards  and  Novelties  represent  the  highest  type  of  work- 
manship and  embrace  all  new  styles,  perfect  finish  and  latest 
colorings.  It  will  pay  you  to  read  the  advertisement  on  page 
27  of  this  issue  of  the  Eba  in  which  the  Rotograph  Company, 
681  Broadway,  New  York,  offers  to  send  free,  twenty  samples 
of  post  cards  and  novelties,  which  include  styles  you  have 
never  seen  before. 


Safe  in  Pharmacy  Rifled  to  Get  Plunder. 

Detboit,   March   1. — Max   JIagdalener's  drug  store  at  327 

Dis  avenue,  was  robbed  of  $100  in  cash,  two  checks  valued 

at  $15   and   two  blank   money   order  books   belonging  to  the 

American   Express  Co.     The  safe  was  rifled  to  get  the  loot. 


March  :-,  1909]  THE     PHAR:\LJlCEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  February  23,  1909. 

913,182 — Benjamiu  Adriance  and  Amos  Calleson,  Brooklyn, 
N.  T. ;  said  Calleson  assignor  to  said  Adriance.  Bottle  capping 
machine. 

913,184— Charles  L.  Alexander,  Charlotte.  X.  C.  Tooth 
Brush. 

913,214 — John  I,.  Kivlan.  Boston,  Mass.    Jar  closure. 

913,293— Julian  R.  Holle.v,  Bristol,  Conn.,  assignor  to  The 
Bristol  Brass  Company.  Bristol.  Conn.,  a  corporation  of 
Connecticut.     Percolator. 

913,311— Bruno  R.  Seifert,  Radebeul,  near  Dresden,  Ger- 
many, assignor  by  mesne  assignments  to  The  Firm  of  E. 
Merck,  Darmstadt,  Germany.  Manufacture  of  new  stable 
iodin  compounds  of  fats. 

913,42fr — Wilhelm  Osborne  and  Heinrich  Schupp,  Munich, 
Germany,  assignors  to  Ludwig  Sensburg,  Munich,  Germany. 
Process  of  converting  catechin  into  catechu-tannic  acid. 

913,544 — Herman  W.  Xoethig  and  Slichael  C.  Bourgo,  San 
Francisco.  Cal.  Combined  bottle-draining  and  box-cleaning 
device. 

913,572 — John  J.  C.  Smith  and  Michael  Smith,  Passaic. 
N.  J.,  assignors  to  Smith's  Patent  Compound  Cork  Company, 
Passaic,  N.  J.,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Cork  compound 
and  process  of  making  same. 

913,653 — Franz  Aigner.  Potsdam,  Germany,  assignor  to  the 
firm  of  Dynamit-Actiengesellschaft  vormals  Alfred  Nobel  und 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 

Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 

G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Co.,    Hamburg,    Germany.      Process    of   manufacturiug   nitro- 
glycerin. 

913,656 — Pierre  Giron,  Paris,  France.    Apparatus  for  charg- 
ing capsules  with  liquefied  gas. 


DESIGN. 


39.840 — Ralph  B.  Annis,  New  York.  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Alart  &  McGuire.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  firm.  Ornamental 
design  for  bottle. 


TRADE  MAEKS. 


Published  February  23,  1909. 

21.942— Mabel  M.  Leddon,  Baltimore,  Md.  Class  6.  Cough 
medicines. 

34.901— Robert  S.  Ferrell,  Fort  Worth.  Tex.  Class  6. 
Vegetable  preparations  for  remedies  for  blood  diseases,  rheu- 
matism, gout,  indigestion  and  Bright's  disease. 

36.484 — The  Queens  Pharmacal  Co.,  Elmhurst,  N.  Y.  Class 
6.  Corn  plasters,  bunion  plasters,  cough  and  lung  balsam 
and  tooth-ache  gum. 

38.699- Paris  Medicine  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Class  6.  An 
antiseptic  powder  to  be  mixed  with  water  for  relief  of  erup- 
tions and  inflammation  of  skin. 

39.239— Craft  Remedy  Co..  Chicago,  111.  Class  6.  Salve 
for  protruding,  itching,  bleeding  and  blind  piles,  eczema  and 
all  skin  diseases. 

39,400— JIarietta  Stanley  Co.,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Class 
6.     Toilet  cream. 

39,402 — Same  as  preceding. 


If  you  want  anything  use  the  Era's  Want  Advs 


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THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[March  4.  1909 


DECLARES  FOR  PERMANENT  TARIFF  BOARD. 

Delegates  From  More  Than  Two  Hundred  Organiza- 
tions at  Meeting  in  Indianapolis. 

The  National  Tariff  Conference  which  recently  held  a  con- 
Tention  in  Indianapolis  adopted  a  number  of  resolutions  crys- 
talizing  its  plans  for  the  creation  of  a  permanent  tariff  com- 
mission and  also  made  provisions  for  a  permanent  organization. 
A  committee  of  one  hundred  was  appointed  to  carry  out  the 
plans  laid  by  the  convention. 

Among  the  resolutions  adopted,  the  first  demanded  the  im- 
mediate creation  by  Congress  of  a  permanent  tariff  commission 
for  the  purpose  of  collecting  data  and  making  an  intelligent 
and  thorough  unprejudiced  study  of  tariff  facts.  Other  re- 
solutions demanded  trade  agreements  and  the  adjustment  of 
tariff  schedules  so  that  they  will  affect  all  interests  equally. 

While  there  was  some  discussion  concerning  present  tariff 
revision,  it  was  decided  to  dispel  any  idea  that  delay  in  action 
by  Congress  on  the  pending  tariff  was  the  object  of  the  con- 
vention ;  so  a  provision  was  added  to  the  resolutions  urging 
Congress  during  the  special  session  to  prepare  and  adopt 
a  revised  tariff  to  the  best  .of  its  ability  under  present  condi- 
tions. 

A  number  of  speakers  were  on  hand  but  Senator  Beveridge 
of  Indiana  and  Congressman  Fowler  of  New  Jersey,  stirred 
the  delegates  to  many  outbursts  of  enthusiasm  during  the 
debates  on  several  resolutions. 

There  were  delegates  present  from  42  states,  representing 
223  organizations.  The  delegates  from  the  National  Wholesale 
Druggists'  Association  were  as  follows :  William  Scott,  chair- 
man ;  John  N.  Carey.  W.  J.  Mooney.  G.  Barret  Sloxley,  Marion 
Ward,  all  of  Indianapolis,  and  Thomas  P.  Cook,  of  New 
York.  Jlr.  Cook  was  also  a  delegate  from  the  New  York 
Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation. 

"The  business  men  of  Indianapolis."  said  Mr.  Cook,  "es- 
pecially those  connected  with  the  drug  trade,  were  active  in 
making  the  affair  an  enjoyable  one  for  the  visitors.  A  number 
of  private  dinners  and  luncheons  were  given,  and  a  feeling  of 
general  good  fellowship  prevailed  at  these  affairs  as  well  as 
making  itself  evident  at  the  sessions  of  the  convention." 


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Original  Ideas  in  Harmonicas. 
The  Hohner  Harmonica,   an   illustration  of  which  appears 
herewith,  is  constructed  upon  original  lines  and  differs  materi- 
ally from  the  ordinary 
instruments      of      this 
character      by      being 
compact   and   especial- 
ly wi»ll-shaped   for  the 
mouth,    and    while    it 
is  only  of  full  concert 
size.       it       constitutes 
two    perfect    harmoni- 
cas  in   different   keys. 
The  reed  cells  are  con- 
structed upon  entirely 
new  lines  and  are  orig- 
inal    with     the     Hoh- 
ner Harmonica.     As  a 
good    paying    side-line, 
the  sale  of  this  instrument  offers  many  inducements  to  drug- 
gists.    M.  Hohner,  475  Broadway,  New  York,  manufacturer, 
has  a  special  proposition  by  which  you  can  secure  a  show  case 
absolutely  free  and  make  a  profit  of  50  per  cent.     See  adver- 
tising page  15  for  particulars. 

A  Banner   Year   for   Post   Cards. 

James  H.  Weaver,  of  the  National  Colortype  Co.,  of  Cincin- 
nati, makers  of  view  cards,  reports  that  the  past  year  has 
been  the  most  successful  in  their  history,  notwithstanding  the 
hard  times  of  1908.  The  business  outlook  is  exceptionally 
bright  for  the  coming  year  and  the  orders  already  booked  in- 
dicate a  banner  season.  Many  customers  of  the  Colortype  Co. 
Btate  that  the  profits  from  the  sale  of  post  cards  actually 
pulled  them  through  the  hard  times  of  1908. 

Mr.  Weaver  also  states  that  German  manufacturers  are 
complaining  of  the  post  card  business  in  the  United  States, 
that  they  only  get  thousands  when  they  formerly  got  orders  for 
millions.    The  reason  for  this,  he  says,  is  not  because  business 


has  dropped  off,  but  it  is  because  "millions"  are  made  in 
this  country.  The  American  business  man  is  too  full  of 
energy  to  wait  months  for  cards  when  he  can  get  them  at 
home  in  from  two  to  four  weeks,  even  if  he  has  to  pay  a 
dollar  or  two  more  for  the  home  cards.  By  placing  your 
order  early  with  the  National  Colortype  Co.,  of  Cincinnati, 
you  will  receive  prompt  attention,  artistic  cards  and  at  prices 
that  will  enable  you  to  make  money.  See  the  National  Color- 
type  Co.'s  advertisement  in  this  issue  for  particulars. 

Pape's  Diapepsin  to  Lead  List. 
Pape,  Thompson  &  Pape,  of  Cincinnati,  proprietors  of  Dia- 
pepsin. are  demonstrating  the  faith  they  have  in  their  prod- 
uct by  spending  nearly  eighty  thousand  dollars  per  month 
for  advertising  in  the  newspapers,  leading  magazines  and 
street  cars  of  the  United  States.  They  advise  druggists  to 
stock  Diapepsin  at  once  and  order  at  least  three  dozen  from 
any  wholesaler  so  as  to  get  the  best   possible  quantity   dis- 


DIAPEP51N 


count.  The  manufacturers'  publicity  campaign  is  now  well 
under  way  and  is  sure  to  create  a  demand  for  this  specialty. 
Although  launched  only  a  year  ago.  during  a  great  business 
depression,  Diapepsin  has  become  so  thoroughly  established 
that  the  manufacturers  say  its  position  as  a  leading  staple 
is  assured  while  it  is  bound  to  head  the  list  of  stomach 
proprietaries. 


The  Hilbert  List  of  Perfumes  Most  Complete. 

With  a  plant  second  to  none  and  equipped  with  the  best 
of  machinery  built  expressly  for  the  purpose  by  experts  in 
this  country  and  France,  the  house  of  A.  J.  Hilbert  &  Co., 
Inc.,  of  Milwaukee,  has  an  enviable  reputation  in  the  manu- 
facturing of  perfumes.  The  business  was  established  in  1865 
under  the  name  of  D.  Fisher  &  Co.  In  1885,  A.  J.  Hilbert 
became  identified  with  the  concern  which  shortly  afterward 
went  out  of  existence,  being  succeeded  by  A.  J.  Hilbert  &  Co. 
In  1894  the  concern  was  incorporated  under  the  present  title 
of  the  A.  J.  Hilbert  &  Co.,  Inc. 

Since  that  time  its  progress  has  been  continuous  and  its 
trade  already  extends  over  more  than  two-thirds  of  the 
country  in  addition  to  some  export  business.  It  sells  prac- 
tically no  bulk  goods  under  §4.50  per  pound  and  from  that  up 
to  $15.  The  Hilbert  list  of  perfumes  is  most  complete  both 
in  the  quality  of  the  goods  and  the  style  of  the  packages. 
The  "De  Luxe"  line  is  claimed  to  be  finer  than  any  other  at 
that  price,  while  the  more  expensive  odors  listed  as  "Concrete 
Essences,"  such  as  Rex  Violet,  Beauty  Buds,  Mascot.  Special 
Franjipanni,  etc.,  are  said  to  be  not  surpassed  by  the  most 
expensive  foreign  or  domestic  products.  Dealers  who  handle 
Hilbert  perfumes  have  the  reputation  of  doing  the  business  of 
the  town  in  perfumes  and  the  consumer  who  uses  them  gets 
the  full  value  of  his  money.  Druggists  who  desire  to  handle 
an  exclusive  line,  and  one  which  will  net  good  returns,  should 
read  the  advertisement  of  A.  J.  Hilbert  &  Co.,  Inc..  which 
appears  in  this  issue  of  the  Eba.  and  write  to  them  for 
trade  price  list  and  further  information.  By  referring 
to  this  notice  in  the  Era  your  inquiry  will  be  sure  to  receive 
prompt  attention. 


Unique  Fixtures  for  Displaying  Side  Lin,es. 
In  the  advertising  pages  of  the  Eba  the  Gier  &  Dail  Manu- 
facturing Co.,  of  Lansing,  Mich.,  reveal  to  the  drug  trade  a 
unique  line  of  fixtures  for  displaying  magazines,  stationery 
and  post  cards.  These  fixtures  possess  many  original  features 
and  are  revolutionizing  the  display  of  side  lines  in  drug  stores. 
Among  the  specialties  named  are  seven  different  sizes  of 
revolving  Post  Card  Racks,  and  Dail's  Sectional  Revolving 
Magazine  and  Table  Cabinets.  See  their  advertisement  for 
further  particulars. 


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BUSINESS   RECORD 


Changes  in   Ownership,    New    Drug-   Stores,   Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Supplement  to  The  Era  Drugrgists*  Directory. 


ALABAMA — Epes — Dr.  J.  H.  Reed  has  opened  a  uew  drug 
store  here. 
Union    Spbings — Turnipseed    Drug    Co.    incorporated    as 
the  Dean-Turnipseed   Drug   Co. 
ARKANSAS— FoBEEST   City— C.    H.   Dunavant   &   Co.   has 
been  succeeded  by  City  Drug  Store ;  O.  N.  Warren,  pro- 
prietor. 
COLORADO — Denver — Cunningham    Bros,    have    opened    a 
new  drug  store  at  .34th  and   Franklin  streets. 
Holly — Ikelman   Bros,   bave  been   succeeded  by  the  Holly 
Pharmacy ;  F.  D.  Baird  &  Co.,  proprietors. 
CONNECTICUT— GuiLFOED— A.  C.  Roby  has  been  succeeded 
by  John  T.  Howe. 
Meriden — Central   Pharmacy,   17   East  Main   street,   store 
damaged  by  fire ;  loss  on  stock  and  fixtures.  $1,500. 
GEORGIA— Pavo— J.  D.  Gardner  has  bought  the  Pavo  Drug 

Co.'s  stock  and  will  continue  at  the  old  stand. 
ILLINOIS— Chicago— Artzel  Drug  Store,  S64  Clyboum  ave- 
nue, has  been  succeeded  by  H.  G.  Seyfarth. 
Decatub — Hilligoss   Bros.,   243   North  Water   street,   store 
destroyed  by  fire;   loss,  $9,000:   insurance,  $6,000. 
INDIANA — Huntington — Jesse    Hardman    has    opened    his 
new  drug  store  here. 
ViNCENNES — L.  E.  Townsley  has  opened  a  new  store  corner 
Eighth  street  and  Fairground  avenue. 
IOWA— Clinton — J.  B.  Wright  has  been  succeeded  by  Chas. 
B.  Hull. 
FOSTEB — W.   H.   Rowe,   it   is   reported,   has   opened   a   new 

drug  store  here. 
Shannon  City — George  W.  Logan  has  been  succeeded  by 
W.  T.  Smith, 
MASSACHUSETTS— NEWBURYPORT—Bartlett         Pharmacy. 
School   and   Lime   streets,   has   moved   stock   of  drugs   to 
the  new  store  comer  Purchase  and  Lime  streets. 
Peabody — G.    S,    Curtis    Co.,    incorporated ;    capital    stock. 
$8,000. 
MICHIGAN — Bebbien  Spbings — Harry  Barnard  has  opened 
a  new  drug  store  here. 
Chesaning — C.  C.  Tubbs,  style  of  firm  changed  to  Tubbs 

Pharmacy. 
Gbawn— Dr.  C.  A.  Clark  &  Co.  have  bought  the  C.  Hatha- 
way stock  of  drugs  and  will  continue  the  business. 
Manistee- — A.   H.  Lyman  Co.  has  not  been   succeeded   by 
Clark  &  Co.  as  we  recently  reported.     The  old  bouse  of 
Lyman   Co.    continues   to   do   business   at    its    old    stand, 
notwithstanding  all  rumors  to  the  contrary. 
MINNESOTA — Chisholm — Hayes  &  Casey,  who  have  been 
in   temporary   quarters   since    their   store   was   destroyed 
by  fire,  have  moved  to  the  new  Hayes  Building  in  Lake 
street. 
Gbanite   Falls — B.    E.    Nelson,   store   badly   damaged    by 

fire. 
HoLDiNGFOBD — George  R.  Douglass  has  opened  a  new  drug 
store  here. 
MISSISSIPPI— Sumnee— -J.  D.  Biles,  store  destroyed  by  fire. 
MISSOURI — Cael  Junction — J.  W.  Jamison  has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  George  Fugitt. 
Kansas     City — Linwood     Pharmacy,     31st     streets     and 

Brooklyn  avenue,  store  destroyed  by  fire. 
Teenton — A.    G.    Kathan    has    bought    the    C.    A.    Foster 
stock   and   will   combine   the   two   at   the   Foster   location. 
310  Water  street. 
NEBRASKA— So.  Omaha— E.  L.  Melvin  has  sold  his  store 
'  at  36th   and   Q  streets  to  Forest  &  Fenton  and  opened 
a  new  store  at  24th  and  F  streets. 
NEW   JERSEY — Atlantic   City — James   G.    Newhard    will 
open  a  new  pharmacy  at  Brighton  avenue  and  Boardwalk 
on  March  1.5. 


Patebsox — Edward    W.    Braecklin,   581    River   street,    has 
moved  his  stock  of  drugs  to  624  River  street. 
NEW  YORK — Bbooklyn — Peirce's  Pharmacy,  995  Flatbush 
avenue,   is  now  located  at  Gates  avenue  and   St.  James 
place. 
New  Yoek  City — Gittes  Drug  Company,  S  Ludlow  street, 
incorporated ;    capital    stock,   $1000. 
NORTH  CAROLINA— Middlesex— Middlesex  Drug  Co.,  in- 
corporated, is  the  style  of  the  new  drug  store  here. 
NORTH  DAKOTA— GsANDiN—Hotson  &  Fisher  have  been 

succeeded  by  J.  E.  Elliott. 
OHIO — Akeon — F.  A.  Bahler  has  formed  a  partnership  with 
August  Warner  at  42  East  Market  street :  style  of  firm 
to  be  Warner  &  Bahler. 
Columbus — L.   Steinfeld,  for  many  years  located  at  Long 
and  High  streets,  w-ill  move  his  stock  to  the  Normaudie 
Building  in  East  Long  street. 
Lo\'ELAND — John  J.  Schuessler  has  been  succeeded  by  L.  A. 

Becker. 
RoSEViLLE — T.  O.  Stine  has  become  proprietor  of  the  Rose- 
ville  Drug  Co. ;   style  of  firm  to  be  the  same. 
OKLAHOMA — Custeb   City — Harman   Drug   Co.,   store   de- 
stroyed bv  fire  ;  loss,  $1000 ;  insurance,  $5000. 
PENNSYLVANIA— Easton— William     W.     Maddock,     901 
Ferry  street,  has  been  succeeded  by  Crawford's  Pharmacy. 
Macungie — J.    H.    Laudenslager   has   opened    a    new   drug 

store  here. 
Philadelphia — W.  P.  Bender,  21st  and  Fitzwater  streets, 
out  of  business. — E.  B.   Connor,  Cumberland  and  Cedar 
streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  L.  F.  Segrest. 
Poet   Cabbon — W.   Ellsworth   Gregory   has  opened   a   new- 
drug  store  here. 
Spbing  City — Francis  W.  Cook  has  been  succeeded  by  F. 
C.  Hutchison. 
SOUTH  CAROLINA— INMAN—Inman  Drug  Co.  is  the  style 
of  the  new  drug  store  here.     Dr.  J.  S.  Clark  and  L.  B. 
Jumper,  proprietors. 
TENNESSEE — Dickson — Diamond    Drug    Store    has    been 

succeeded  by  the  L.  &  M.  Pharmacy. 
TEXAS — Cbumby — H.    B.    Taylor,   store   destroyed   by   fire  ; 

loss,  .?3500,  with  $2000  insurance. 
VIRGINIA — NOEFOLK — Catling's     Pharmacy,     incorporated  ; 
capital  $10,000  to  $25,000. 
Suffolk — J.    W.    Risen   &   Co.    have    incorporated   as    the 
Nansemond  Drug  Company ;  capital  stock,  $10,000. 
WISCONSIN— Mll-waukee-A.  Von  Trott,  441  East  Water 

street,  has  been  succeeded  by  Peters  &  Beeck. 
ONTARIO,     CANADA— Gananoque— Clifford     Sine,     store 
destroyed  by  fire ;  loss,  $15,000 ;  insurance. 


Profit  in  Handling  Hydrox  Peroxide. 
Elsewhere  in  this  issue  of  the  Eba  the  Hydrox  Chemical  Co., 
of  Chicago  and  New  York,  calls  the  attention  of  druggists 
to  its  "prodigal  profit  propelling  proposition  for  cEsh,"  or  its 
great  1909  offer.  In  this  offer,  the  company  announces  that 
from  March  1  to  March  31,  inclusive,  it  will,  on  receipt  of 
your  check  of  $100,  credit  your  account  with  $130  worth  of 
Peroxide  of  Hydrogen  which  may  be  all  taken  at  once  or  at 
your  convenience  during  the  year  1909.  This  offer  should 
appeal  to  druggists  who  wish  to  save  money  and  at  the  same 
time  secure  one  of  the  most  popular  brands  of  Peroxide  of 
Hydrogen  and  one  that  answers  every  test  as  to  strength  and 
reliability.  The  Peroxide  may  be  put  under  your  own  label, 
if  desired,  thus  permitting  you  to  make  your  own  retail  price, 
and  insuring  you  a  good  profit.  Read  the  advertisement  of 
the  Hydrox  Chemical   Co.,   and   then   proceed  to  take  action. 


Kraemer's  Botany  and  Pharmacognosy,  New  Edition. 
When  one  takes  into  consideration  the  legislation  and  other 
developments  affecting  the  professions  dealing  with  vegetable 
drugs,  he  cannot  but  appreciate  the  aid  that  Kraemer's  Botany 
and  Pharmacognosy  will  give  to  the  retail  and  manufacturing 
pharmacist,  especially  as  these  dealers  are  required  to  be 
familiar  with  the  genuineness  and  purity  of  the  drugs  they  must 
sell  or  which  may  enter  into  their  preparations.  The  book  will 
enable  the  pharmacist  to  so  qualify  himself  as  to  be  able  to  com- 
ply with  the  requirements  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  If  you 
are  interested  in  this  latest  and  most  reliable  guide  on  the 
subject,  read  the  advertisement  of  J.  B.  Lippincott  Co.,  Phila- 
delphia. Pa.,  on  another  page. 


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THE    PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[March  4,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


CONDITIONS  QUIET  WITH  SMALL  DEMAND. 


Business  Backwards  in  Some  Articles,  But  Total  Vol- 
ume for  Month  Expected  to  Be  Noiinal. 

New  Tobk,  March  1. — There  have  been  only  a  few  features 
of  new  interest  since  our  last  report  and  business  in  some 
articles  is  rather  backward,  but  a  steady  movement  for  jobbing 
quantities  has  been  in  progress.  Notwithstanding  the  two 
holidays  which  have  intervened  most  houses  anticipate  that 
business  in  the  aggregate  will  amount  to  very  near  if  not  up 
to  normal.  Opium  has  been  steady  at  the  quotations  ruling, 
with  some  business  and  inquiries  for  case  lots.  Quinine  is 
quiet  at  unchansed  prices  and  lycopodium  has  been  active  at 
much  higher  prices.  Norwegian  cod  liver  oil  is  in  good  demand 
from  different  sections  of  tiie  country. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  monthly  sale  of  cinchona  bark 
was  held  at  Amsterdam  on  February  25.  The  average  unit 
price  was  3  Dutch  cents,  which  was  about  the  average  figure 
realized  at  the  January  sale.  The  offerings  were  small,  ag- 
gregating only  S224  packages  and  nearly  the  entire  quantity 
was  sold.  The  sale  has  made  no  change  in  the  situation  of 
quinine.  Manufacturers  have  done  a  moderate  to  fair  business 
in  small  lots  needed  for  current  requirements. 

Opium. — There  is  more  inquiry  for  case  lots  and  sales  have 
been  made  of  several  cases  at  the  regular  quoted  prices.  There 
is  also  some  demand  for  25  and  50  pound  lots  which  are  being 
filled  at  prices  only  slightly  above  those  for  cases.  The 
Smyrna  market  is  again  reported  as  being  very  active  with 
large  transactions.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  period 
ending  February  5  amount  to  2009  c^es,  as  against  1347 
cases  for  the  same  period  last  year. 

Norwegian  Cod  Li\'er  Oil. — The  demand  has  improved 
very  materially  and  sales  for  the  month  will  show  a  very  satis- 
factory result.  Cable  reports  received  on  February  23  give 
the  fishing  statistics  up  to  that  date  as  follows :  Lofoten, 
1,000.000  fish,  yielding  1355  barrels  of  oil,  and  all  other 
districts,  4.S00.000  fish,  yielding  5000  barrels  of  oil.  For  the 
corresponding  period  last  year  the  figures  are :  Lofoten, 
1.000.000  fish,  yielding  1420  barrels  of  oil,  and  all  other  dis- 
tricts. 4,300,000  fish,  yielding  5180  barrels  of  oil.  This  com- 
parison shows  that  while  the  catch  of  fish  was  about  the 
same  the  production  this  year  was  less  owing  to  the  leanness 
of  the  fish. 

Lycopodium. — This  article  after  a  long  period  of  dullness 
has  become  very  active  owing  to  unfavorable  reports  from 
producing  districts  in  Russia.  The  price  of  the  article  in 
this  market  has  moved  up  in  sympathy  and  the  tendency  is  for 
still  higher  prices.  The  spot  stock  of  Russian  (no  label)  is 
limited,  but  there  seems  to  be  a  better  supply  of  the  PoUitz 
brand. 

Ebgot. — The  market  is  very  firm  at  40@45c.  for  Russian 
and  45@50c.  for  Spanish  in  large  lots.  The  stock  of  Russian 
here  is  small  but  there  is  a  fair  stock  of  choice  Spanish  ob- 
tainable. The  reports  from  primary  markets  are  unfavorable 
and  the  supply  in  sight  will  not  cover  current  requirements. 

Agar  Agar. — There  is  an  active  demand  for  this  article 
and  at  the  moment  the  local  market  is  bare  of  stock.  Ship- 
ments which  are  expected  in  the  course  of  ten  days  or  less 
are  being  held  at  50c.  per  pound  by  the  bale  of  about  220 
pounds. 

Venice  Turpentine. — Owing  to  this  season's  small  crop 
and  also  to  the  large  demand  which  has  set  in  from  foreign 
markets,  the  stock  of  Venice  turpentine  has  been  considerably 
reduced  and  there  is  now  very  little  obtainable.  New  stock 
will  not  be  available  for  several  months.  Prices  here  have 
advanced  about  2c.  per  pound  in  original  packages. 

Olive  Oil. — Lucca  cream  salad  oil  has  again  been  advanced 
slightly  so  as  to  meet  the  situation  in  consequence  of  the  in- 
creased cost  of  producing  the  best  quality  of  this  article.  One- 
half  gallon  cans  are  now  held  at  $3.20  per  gallon,  one  gallon 
cans  at  .$3.10,  three  gallon  at  $2.85,  and  sis  gallon  at  $2.75 
per  gallon. 

BucHu  Leaves. — Both  the  long  and  short  are  without  quot- 
able  change,   but   all   the  cheap   lots  are  said   to   have   been 


cleared  up.     Further  advances  are  therefore  expected,  as  avail- 
able stocks  are  light  at  all  distributing  points  both  here  aod      ' 
abroad.  | 

Calabar  Beans. — In  sympathy  with  higher  markets  abroad, 
prices  have  been  marked  up  to  15@15%c.  per  pound  in  large 
quantities,  with  the  market  here  very  firm. 

Castile  Soap. — Conti's  green  castile  soap  is  scarce  on  the.    ■ 
spot ;    in    fact    the    market    is    said    to    be    entirely    bare    of     ' 
stock    in    first    hands,    and    for    parcels    to    arrive    importers      | 
are  asking  10c.  per  pound.     There  is  no  material  change  in 
mottled  or  white. 

Cascaba   Sagrada. — As  the  cost  of  laying  down  the  bark 
in    this    market    is   now   about   8c.,   dealers    are    not    anxious 
sellers   at   8^2 @9c.,   but   some   stock   is  yet   available   at   the 
outside   figure.      The   tendency,    however,   is   upward,   and   in      ^ 
some  quarters  the  price  is  held  at  10c.     The  market  is  show-     1 
ing  increased  firmness. 

Refined  Glycerin. — This  article  is  easier  to  the  extent 
that  manufacturers  have  modified  their  views  regarding  values, 
and  open  quotations  have  been  reduced  to  15%c.  for  C.P.  in 
drums  or  barrels,  and  16%c.  in  cans.  It  is  also  intimated 
that  these  prices  might  be  shaded  on  a  firm  offer. 

Buckthorn  Bark. — A  moderate  consuming  demand  is  in 
progress  and  the  market  is  steady  at  4%c.  per  pound  in  large 
quantities. 

Damiana  Leaves. — There  is  a  somewhat  steadier  tone  in 
the  market  for  this  article  and  a  fairly  good  business  has 
been  reported  at  the  quoted  range  of  7%(S8t4c.  per  pound, 
according  to  grade,  quantity  and  seller. 


London  Drug  Market 

London.  Feb.  20. — The  most  noticeable  feature  of  the  drag 
and  chemical  markets  at  the  present  time  is  its  dullness  to 
which  there  appears  to  be  no  end.  Week  after  week  improve- 
ment has  been  expected  but  as  yet  there  are  no  signs  of  it 
except  in  the  case  of  two  or  three  articles.  Manufacturers 
of  quinine  seem  to  be  doing  a  fair  business  at  the  recently 
reduced  price  but  no  speculative  buying  is  being  done.  Buyers 
of  Cod  Liver  Oil  are  inclined  to  hold  off  in  the  hope  that  prices 
will  recede,  although  the  present  quotation  for  finest  Nor^ 
wegian.  non-freezing  oil — which  is  round  about  02s  per  barrel 
— may  be  considered  justly  low. 

Bromides  are  still  unchanged  in  price ;  the  drug  papers  here 
report  that  the  Chamlier  of  Commerce  of  the  Duchy  of  Anhalt 
has  presented  petitions  to  the  German  Government  on  behalf 
of  the  bromine  and  bromides  syndicates  respecting  the  ques- 
tion of  the  abolition  of  United  States  import  duty  on  these 
products  or  the  imposition  of  a  similar  duty  on  such  imports 
into  Germany.  Glycerin  continues  firm  but  makers  seem 
to  be  able  to  deliver  more  freely.  Citric  Acid  is  quiet,  makers 
quoting  Is  8d  per  pound,  and  second  hand  holders  Id  below 
this  price.  Essence  of  Lemon  is  still  offered  from  Sicily  at 
prices  down  to  3s  fjd  per  pound  and  on  the  spot  4s  is  quoted. 
There  is  talk  of  a  probable  advance  in  the  price  of  cocaine 
and  there  appears  to  be  very  little  left  in  second  hands.  Ergot 
is  firm  and  Is  5d  per  pound  is  asked  for  Russian.  Higher 
prices  are  asked  for  Orris  Root,  fine  Florentine  being  quoted 
37s  6d  per  cwt.  and  Verona  25s. 

Camphor  is  firmer,  holders  of  China  Crude  now  asking  135s 
per  cwt. ;  a  fair  spot  business  has  been  done  In  2^4  pound  slabs 
at  Is  5d  to  Is  6d  per  pound  and  in  1  ounce  tablets  (Japanese) 
at  Is  6d  to  Is  6i_.d  per  pound.  A  fair  business  has  been  done 
in  Opium  on  the  spot  at  firm  prices.  At  the  auctions  of 
Vanilla  held  this  week  there  was  a  fair  demand  for  the  small 
offerings  at  steady  rates.  At  the  Cinchona  Bark  sales  484 
packages  were  offered  and  the  bulk  sold,  the  average  unit 
being  9-16  of  a  penny  per  pound  being  about  equivalent  to 
last  Amsterdam  sales.  American  Peppermint  Oil  continues 
quiet  at  6s  3d  per  pound  for  Wayne  County  oil  in  tins,  and 
9s  for  H.  G.  H.     Menthol  is  firm  at  7s  2d  for  "Kobayashi." 


Canadian  Proprietary  Law  Effective  April  1. 
Windsor.  Ont.,  March  1. — Windsor  druggists  are  reminded 
that  on  April  1  the  Canadian  Proprietary  or  Patent  Medi- 
cine Act  goes  into  effect.  It  compels  all  manufacturers  of 
medicine  to  send  the  formula  to  the  Department  of  Inland 
Revenue,  to  receive  a  serial  number  whereunder  the  prepara- 
tion always  must  be  sold. 


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Illustrated  Section 

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FOR  ERA  ALBUM. 

Fred  S.  Rogers,  Middletown,  N.  Y. 

McMonagle  &   Rogers, 

Ex-Pres.  N.  Y.  State  Phar.  Assn. 


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criber  who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
'hotograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 
The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
|ize,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
larnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
jniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 
In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
lave  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
|Jbum,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
jsqnest  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
:  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
'  do  him  credit. 

In  forwarding  photographs  for  the  Album,  see  that  they  are 
istinctly  addressed  as  follows: 

i  The  Pharmaceutical  Era, 

I  or  Era  Album  90  WiLLIAM  St.,  New  York. 


PROMULGATION  OF  THE  BENZOATE  DECISION. 

After  considerable  delay  the  verdict  of  the  Referee 
Board  of  Experts  in  favor  of  the  use  of  benzoate  of 
soda  m  small  quantities  as  a  preservative  of  food 
has  been  promulgated  by  the  secretaries  of  com- 
merce, agriculture  and  the  treasury.  For  the  time 
being  this  settles  the  question  for  inter-State  com- 
merce, but  it  will  not  finally  dispose  of  the  subject 
of  the  use  of  preservatives,  for,  whether  Dr.  Wiley 
remains  in  the  Federal  employ  or  not,  the  movement 
against  preservatives  has  gained  such  impetus  that 
it  cannot  subside.  Everybody  hopes  that  Dr.  Wiley- 
will  not  retire  and  most  people  would  regard  such 
action  on  his  part  as  akin  to  a  public  misfortune. 
Interests  opposed  to  him  would  like  to  see  him  re- 
main for  the  reason  that  they  might  hamper  him  in 
his  pure  food  and  drugs  campaign  through  the  ap- 
plication of  official  red-tape,  while  as  a  citizen  re- 
lieved of  official  thralldom  there  could  be  no  possible 
check  upon  the  utterances  or  efforts  of  the  Father 
of  the  Federal  Pure  Food  Law. 

The  Era  believes  that  Dr.  Wiley's  usefulness  will 
be  better  sustained  for  a  longer  time  in  his  present 
sphere  of  public  duty.  The  benzoate  problem  is  only 
one  of  the  many  that  have  come  up  and  in  a  majority 
of  them  his  course  has  been  sustained,  notably  in  the 
whisky  cases,  reported  in  the  Era.  A  man  pos- 
sessing the  courage  and  pertinacity  of  Dr.  WUey  is 
imperatively  necessary  as  Chief  Chemist  of  the  De- 
partment of  Agriculture. 

RESTBICTING    THE    ITINERANT    VENDORS. 


Bills  are  pending  in  the  legislatures  of  Ohio^ 
Te.xas,  Wisconsin  and  New  York  and  other  States 
designed  to  regulate  the  vending  of  medicines,  nos- 
trums and  appliances  for  the  treatment  of  disease, 
injury  or  deformity.  The  purpose  is  to  place  these 
vendors  under  the  control  of  the  State  boards  of 
pharmacy  in  the  matter  of  licensing  and  the  fees 
vary  from  if!25  to  $100  annually.  There  is  absolute- 
ly no  reason  why  medicine  sellers  should  not  be  sub- 
ject to  control  by  the  boards  of  pharmacy,  whether 
they  be  retail  druggists  or  vendors  who  carry  their 
drug  stores  around  in  wagons.  The  question  of  the 
amount  of  license  fee  is  a  matter  for  the  various 
States  to  decide,  but  in  fixing  it  the  legislators  must 
take  into  consideration  the  rights  of  local  retail  drug- 
gists with  whom  the  itinerants  compete. 

The  druggist  with  a  store  must  pay  rent  and  taxes 
and  carry  a  much  more  diversified  stock  of  goods 
than  the  wagon  man;  the  local  man  is  subject  to 
calls  at  practically  every  hour  of  the  day  and  night, 
while  the  itinerant  comes  and  goes  to  suit  his  pleas- 
ure, being  without  local  responsibility  and  contribu- 


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ting  nothing  to  the  support  of  the  local  government 
in  his  wide  range  of  travel,  outside  of  the  compara- 
tively insignificant  taxes  he  may  pay  at  his  home. 
The  itinerants  must  eventually  retire  from  business 
in  favor  of  the  local  retail  druggists.  ]\Ieanwhile 
they  should  cheerfully  submit  to  regulations  which 
are  enforced  upon  all  druggists  and  pay  the  license 
fee  which  offsets  the  taxes  paid  into  the  public  treas- 
uries by  all  retailers  operating  drug  stores.  The 
pending  bills  which  we  have  seen  come  closer  to 
giving  fair  play  to  the  parties  affected  than  others 
we  have  inspected.  They  are  of  the  "live  and  let 
live"  variety,  but  if  anybody  gets  the  "short  end" 
it  is  the  local  retail  druggist  who  suffers  from  wagon 
competition. 

PHAKMACY  LEGISLATION  IN  NEW  YORK. 


will  be  heartily  glad  to  be  relieved  of  liquor  patrons, . 
who  are  nuisances  to  pharmacists  who  do  not  want 
their  trade. 


GETTING  BUSY  AT  WASHINGTON. 


Assemblyman  Brown,  of  Cortland  Coimty,  has  in- 
troduced in  the  House  at  Albany  the  revised  biU 
reorganizing  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
and  as  it  has  the  approval  of  Governor  Hughes  and 
of  the  Legislative  Committee  of  the  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  its  chances  of  enactment  seem  to 
be  more  than  ordinarily  good.  The  bill  is  compre- 
hensive, meets  the  Governor's  requirements  and  in- 
cludes the  provisions  of  the  Whitney-Wainwright 
Act  which  was  passed  last  year,  but  then  failed  of 
executive  approval. 

A  separate  bill  to  transfer  "Westchester  County 
from  the  Eastern  to  the  Middle  Branch  also  has  been' 
introduced,  but  probably  will  never  see  the  light, 
for,  if  we  remember  correctly,  the  proposition  was 
voted  down  by  the  State  Ph. A.,  at  the  Catskill  meet- 
ing last  year  and  as  the  average  legislator  looks  upon 
Westchester  as  being  part  of  the  metropolitan  dis- 
trict some  powerful  argument  would  have  to  be  ad- 
vanced to  persuade  him  that  the  public  good  would 
be  served  by  divorcing  Westchester  from  the  Eastern 
Branch.  About  the  only  arguments  that  we  have 
heard  advanced  in  favor  of  the  change  have  been 
strong  reasons  for  not  making  it.  If  there  are  any 
others  they  ought  to  be  made  public. 

NEW   PBOHIBITION   LAW   IN   KANSAS. 

In  Kansas,  the  latest  State  to  go  dry,  the  new  law 
is  so  stringent  that  a  druggist  may  not  sell  liquor 
even  on  the  prescription  of  a  physician.  In  fact  so 
prohibitory  is  the  law  against  alcoholics  that  it  has 
been  found  necessary  to  introduce  an  amendment  to 
permit  the  use  of  alcohol  by  wholesale  druggists  in 
the  preparation  of  medicines  and  the  preservation 
of  drugs.  The  only  exception  at  present  is  the  sale 
of  wine  for  commimion  purposes.  The  penalties  are 
fines  of  $100  to  $500  and  imprisonment  of  from 
thirty  to  ninet.y  days  for  each  offense.  The  law  be- 
comes effective  when  published  in  the  statutes,  which 
will  be  about  June  1. 

Kansas  has  tried  various  forms  ot  checking  the 
sale  of  intoxicants,  but  heretofore  the  restrictions 
have  not  been  properly  effective.  Under  the  latest 
system  of  granting  permits  to  druggists  it  was  found 
that  some  of  the  holders  carried  on  a  regular  saloon 
business.  Of  course  these  men  will  bemoan  the  pas- 
sage of  the  law,  but  the  majority  of  Kansas  druggists 


President  Taft's  inaugural  address  was  a  straight- 
forward, judicial  document  and  his  appreciation  of 
the  necessity  for  promptly  dispo.sing  of  the  tariff 
menace  has  since  been  further  and  fully  shown  in  his 
utterances,  particularly  in  the  suggestion  that  at  the 
special  session  of  Congress  beginning  next  Monday 
the  legislation  be  limited  to  the  tariff.  While  the 
preparation  of  a  tariff  schedule  is  slow  work  at  best, 
the  subject  has  for  some  months  been  imder  consid- 
eration by  the  House  Ways  and  Means  Committee 
and  there  seems  to  be  no  legitimate  reason  for  im- 
necessary  delay. 

The  proposition  to  have  an  elastic  schedule,  with 
maximum  and  minimum  rates  of  duty,  will  no  doubt 
be  elucidated  by  its  advocates,  but  at  first  thought 
such  an  arrangement  does  not  seem  likely  to  effect 
the  necessary  degree  of  stability  that  is  essential  to 
American  busine.ss  prosperity. 

SALVATION  OP  THE  SMALL  DRUGGIST. 


In  the  Era's  Cash  Prize  Competition  this  week  the 
award  of  the  judges  in  Contest  No.  1,  as  reported  on 
page  22-1,  will  be  observed  with  interest  by  both 
friends  and  foes  of  co-operation  in  the  form  of  buy- 
ing clubs.  There  can  be  no  questioning  the  fact  that 
the  future  of  the  small  druggist  is  of  paramoimt  im- 
portance in  the  drug  trade,  but  views  differ  a  great 
deal  regarding  the  best  method  to  be  pursued  for  his 
preservation  from  destruction. 

The  winner  of  the  $10  prize  has  taken  a  position 
w-hich  agrees  with  the  ideas  of  many  in  the  trade, 
but  there  are  others  who  will  maintain  that  the 
essentials  of  success  are  by  no  means  limited  to  mere 
membership  in  buying  clubs,  or  other  forms  of  co- 
operation. The  competition  is  open  to  all  who  have 
any  thoughts  w-orth  while  that  they  care  to  express. 


ENTERING  WEDGE  FOR  PARCELS  POST  SCHEME. 

Persistent  and  insidious  is  the  element  that  is  en- 
deavoring to  saddle  the  parcels  post  on  the  Post- 
office  Department,  as  is  evident  by  the  exploitation 
of  the  idea  for  "individual  rural  delivery  routes," 
which  some  coimtry  merchants  in  Vermont  and  prob-i 
ably  elsewhere  are  advocating.  The  plan  is  to  con- 
fine the  use  of  the  parcels  post  to  business  originating 
in  and  terminating  in  each  route,  thereby  preventing 
the  mail  order  houses  in  the  large  cities  from  com- 
peting with  the  local  country  merchants  on  equai 
terms.  This  scheme  looks  very  alluring  to  the  buco- 
lic business  men,  but  after  all  it  is  the  same  old  ser- 
pent in  a  new  dress.  It  is  only  an  entering  wedge 
for  the  original  plan. 

The  mail  order  houses  would  like  nothing  better 
than  to  have  a  restricted  law  of  this  description  en 
acted  by  Congress,  for  it  would  be  a  comparatively 
simple  matter  to  upset  the  restriction  in  the  courts 
as  being  a  violation  of  inter-State  rights  and  there- 
fore unconstitutional.     With  a  parcels  post  law  on 


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the  statute  books  and  the  one  objectionable  provision 
declared  illegal  the  mail  order  houses  would  be  able 
to  do  business  in  competition  with  the  country  mer- 
chants, the  latter  being  "hoist  with  their  owti  pet- 
ard." Retail  druggists  who  are  opposed  to  the  par- 
cels p.ost  should  not  relax  their  efforts,  for  the  friends 
of  the  measure  are  at  work  all  the  time,  planning  all 
sorts  of  entering  wedges  to  obtain  what  they  want 
and  their  failure  to  secure  legislation  in  the  recent 
Congress  will  not  prevent  renewed  efforts  in  the  next 
si-ssion  of  the  National  Legislature. 


(Jovei'umeut  chemist  sa.vs  that  many  so-called  rat  poisons 
:uv  not  poison  and  that  .some  "stock  foods"  are  poison.  Why 
not  give  the  stocli  food  to  the  rats  and  the  rat  poison  to  the 
stock.       Seems  to  be  an  easy  way  to  restore  the  equilibrium. 


HSrry  T.  Carver  was  a  school  "kid"  in  knee  breeches  when 
lie  started  out  to  learn  the  drug  business  in  18S1.  He  is  now 
ill  his  forties  and  still  learning,  but  few  can  tell  him  anything 
about  the  jobbing  end  of  it.  As  a  member  of  the  wholesale  firm 
of  Karraud,  Williams  &  Clark.  Detroit. 
Mich.,  he  is  well  known  to  the  trade  and 
has  done  his  full  share  in  the  building  up 
of  a   magnificent  business. 

It  was  on  a  bleak  day  in  January.  28 
year-s  ago,  that  the  schoolbo.v.  Carver, 
"took  his  ijen  in  hand"  and.  with  labo- 
rious effort,  ground  out  a  formal  applica- 
tion for  a  job  in  the  wholesale  house  then 
known  as  Farrand.  Williams  &  Co.  He 
didu'l  expect  to  land  any  more  than  Ihi- 
proverbial  rabbit,  and  he  looked  upon  the 
stamp  he  placed  on  one  corner  of 
the  envelope  as  two  cents  wasted. 
But,  to  his  surprise,  the  very  next 
day  came  a  post  card  bearing  the  drug 
concern's  signature.  He  hardly  took  time 
to  read  beyond  the  second  word,  bui  as 
near  as  he  can  recall  it  now,  the  message 
ran  something  like  this  : 
"Please  come  down  and  see  us  at  once." 
The  message  came  about  noon.  Young 
Carver  didn't  even  go  back  to  school  to  get 
his  books  and  rushed  through  his  dinner 
like  a  c.vclone  through  a  Kansas  prairie, 
lest  tlie  job  get  away  before  he  could  grab 
I  it.  But  it  was  there,  waiting  for  him.  and 
I  he's  got  it  yet.  Not  the  same  job.  of  course, 
1  hut  everything  must  have  a  beginning. 
I  Mr.  Carver's  earliest  recollections  of 
,  the  drug  business  have  to  do  with  the 
[putting    up    of    a    blue    seidlitz    powder, 

I  Then  he  was  set  to  washing  bottles,  and  after  eleven  months 
jin  the  laboratory,  doing  all  sorts  of  odd  jobs,  and  incidentally 
picking  up  the  rudiments  of  the  business  that  were  to  stand 
him  in  good  stead  later  on.  was  transferred  to  the  office  on  the 
imain  floor.  He  proved  as  adept  at  making  out  invoices  as 
at  washing  bottles  or  putting  up  seidlitz  powders,  and  it 
wasn't  so  many  years  before  young  Mr.  Carver  found  him- 
self in  charge  of  the  firm's  city  department. 

In  this  capacity  he  remained  more  than  a  dozen  years,  and 
»hen  John  J.  Dodds  died,  five  years  ago,  Mr.  Carver  was  as- 
igned  to  look  after  the  countr.v  department.  Now  he  is  a  sort 
)f  "all  around  man."  but  his  chief  cares  are  the  druggists' 
undry  department  and  the  traveling  salesmen.  Beginning  at 
I  "salary"  of  $2. .50  per  week,  he  is  now  a  sharer  in  the  profits 
lis  energies  have  helped  to  create.  With  his  wife  and  son. 
fwitchell,  he  occupies  a  pleasant  home  at  468  Putnam  avenue, 
Ind  to  his  other  comforts  expects  soon  to  add  an  automobile. 
I  Mr.  Carver  has  been  too  busy  in  the  last  2S  .vears  to  acquire 
.ny  especial  hobby  unless  it  is  one  for  making  friends  and 
eeping  them.  He  is  not  given  much  to  sports,  not  even  to 
owling.  The  nearest  he  ever  came  to  active  participation 
1  athletics  was  when  he  joined  the  Shrine.  Once  he  tried 
is  hand  as  a  speculator,  but  never  again  will  he  flirt  with 
36  fickle  dame. 
It  was  this  way.     Cinchonidia   had   been   at  a   low   ebb   for 


some  time  (this  was  some  years  ago)  and  when  everybody, 
including  Carver,  thought  it  had  reached  rock  bottom,  he 
purchased  100  ounces  of  the  stuff  as  an  investment,  figuring 
that  he  would  at  least  double  his  money  when  the  price  went 
up  again.  But  after  that  the  price  remained  stationary,  mov- 
ing neither  up  nor  down,  and  after  holding  his  cinchonidia  for 
a  .year,  the  aspiring  young  man  decided  to  put  his  .money  back 
in  the  bank  where  it  would  at  least  draw  interest,  and  dis- 
liosed  of  his  100  ounces  at  the  same  price  he  had  paid  for  it. 
That  was  his  first  and  his  last  speculation. 

Mr.  Carver  relates  an  interesting  experience  of  the  days 
when  he  was  connected  with  the  city  department.  Competi- 
tion was  very  keen  among  the  jobbing  houses,  and  it  was 
often  a  race  between  the  salesmen  to  see  who  should  reach  a 
certain  customer  first,  and  they  made  dail.v  calls.  One  drug- 
gist especially  claimed  their  attention,  the  late  William  H. 
Burke,  who  at  that  time  conducted  a  store  in  Grand  River 
avenue.  In  the  hope  of  beating  out  "the  other  fellows"  each 
salesman  fell  to  calling  on  Mr.  Burke  a  little  earlier  every 
morning.  Arriving  one  morning  just  a  trifle  too  late  to  be 
first.  Mr.  Carver  made  up  his  mind  then  and  there  to  take  no 
further  chances. 

"I  slept  that  night  with  my  watch  and  a  handful  of 
matches  under  my  pillow,"  ivir.  Carver  related.  "I  say 
'slept.'  but  it's  mighty  little  sleep  I  got. 
The  first  time  I  woke  up  I  lit  a  match 
and  by  its  light  saw  that  it  was  12 
o'clock.  When  I  awoke  the  second  time 
it  was  2  o'clock  and  I  decided  that  it 
would  not  be  safe  to  risk  another  nap. 
.So  I  hustled  into  my  clothes,  jumped  on 
my  bicycle  and  was  off  to  Mr.  Burke's 
store  with  my  order  book  in  my  pocket. 
I  knew  the  night  man  well  and  had  no 
trouble  getting  in.  I  stretched  out  in  a 
chair  by  the  stove  to  finish  my  sleep  in 
peace.  Along  about  5  o'clock  in  the 
morning  one  of  my  rivals  came  drifting 
in  and  he  was  thunderstruck  when  he 
found  me  sitting  there.  But  I  was  first 
and  I  got  the  order  when  Jlr.  Burke 
came  down." 

And  it  is  this  habit  of  being  on  time 
that  has  contributed  in  no  small  measure 
to  .Mr.  Carver's  success.  He  is  rather 
proud  'of  the  fact  that  he  was  never 
"docked"  for  being  late  when  he  was 
working  just  for  wages.  The  firm  had  a 
rule  that  any  one  reporting  l.'i  minutes 
late  would  be  docked  an  hour's  time.  On 
one  occasion  young  Carver  arrived  just 
14  minutes  after  starting  time,  but  as  he 
still  had  a  minute  to  spare  his  tardiness 
did  not  count  against  him,  and  his  record 
remained   unbroken. 

Mr.  Carver  has  been  a  member  of  the 
company  since  it  incorporated  about  ten  years  ago.  Previous 
to  that  time  the  business  was  conducted  as  a  partnership. 
The  present  oSicers  are :  R.  P.  Williams,  president ;  F.  B. 
Bogart.  vice-president,  and  Jacob  S.  Farrand,  Jr..  secretary 
and  treasurer. 


It  was  the  end  of  everything.  The  last  living  human  being 
gazed  over  earth's  chaos  and  smiled.  "Gee !  I've  got  a  day 
away  from  the  store  at  last."    He  was  a  druggist. 


Michigan  Ph. A.  and  Wisconsin  Ph. A.  are  making  a  vigorous 
fight  for  the  bills  regulating  itinerant  medicine  vendors.  Drug- 
gists in  those  States  are  urged  to  write  letters  to  their  Senators 
and  Assemblymen  in  favor  of  the  measures  and  the  effect  ought 
to  offset  the  lobbying  of  the  vendors. 


To  be  called  "a  man  about  town :"  Get  dyspepsia  and  lose 
your  job. 


The  editor  of  the  Brookhaven  (Miss.)  Leader  is  a  subject 
for  congratulation  by  his  brother  editors  throughout  the 
country  who  do  not  enjoy  prospective  immunity  from  stomach 
troubles,  for  the  Brookhaven  sage  records  that  "we  welcome 
him  Can  up-to-date  pharmacist)  to  our  midst  and  wish  him 
success  in  his  new  field  of  business. 


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[Mardi  11,1909 


Era  Cash  Prize  of  $10   Awarded  for   Paper  on   Co-operative  Buying. 

In  the  ERA'S  Cash  Prize  Competition  this  week  the  judges  for  the  truth  of  the  saying  "in  union  there  is  strength"  would 

have  awarded  the  prise  to  Dr.  Charles  Nathan,  of  Brooklyn  be  amply  illustrated. 

_           ,..,„,    _..      ,      ,,                    ,  .  ,    .         ■  ,   ,  Co-operative  clubs  are  now  being  successfully  operated  in 

Borough,  New  York  City,  for  the  paper  which  xs  printed  on  ^^^    ^^^.^   ^j^y^    Brooklyn,    Baltimore,    Buffalo   and    various 

this   page.  .  The  prize  is  $10,   coming  in   the  No.   1    contest  other  cities  throushout  the  Union. 

■class,  which  is  "for  the  hest  article  on  any  subject  of  value  to  In  concluding,  let  me  sound  a  note  of  warning.     If  the  in- 

retail  druggists.'-     The  conditions  of  the  contest  will  le  found  dividual  retail  druggists  throughout  the  United  States  do  not 

^,     ,  ,,  .    .            ,  ^,     „„  ,  wake   up   to   the   advantages   of   this   co-operative   buying,   to 

0.1  page  11,  of  this  issue  of  the  ERA.  ^.^^5^^  ,^p   ijjj.^3jg  ^f  ^^^  ^^^„  ^^^^^  octopus,   it   will   be  too 

late,  for  when  its  chain  of  stores  shall  be  complete  and  the 

Meetings     Corporation     Competition     by     Co-operative  public  becomes  educated  to  its  low  prices  and  trade  methods, 

_      .  organization    on    the    line    of   co-operation    will    be    impracti- 

^^J'^S-  cable. 

By   Charles   Nathan,   M.D..   Brooklyn,   N.   Y.  The  principal  advantage  of  the  "combine"  lies  in  direct  buy- 

„,.,..,,,         .  ,  .     ,    .             ,      i  J      -.t   XL           L  ing  of  large  quantities  of  goods  at  the  lowest  prices,  whereas 

The  individual  druggis    is  today  confronted  wUh  the  prob-  j^^  individual  druggist  placed  on  the  san,..  buying  basis  has 

^m   of  how   he  can  exist   against     The   Retail   Drug   Stores  ^^^  additional  advantage  owing  to  the  fact  that  he  comes  in 

Combine,     whose  stores  are  spreading  over  the  entire  country,  ^^^1  contact  with   his  customers  and   can   cater  to  them 

threatening  the  smaller  stores  with  annihilation.  ^^^^    successfully    than    the    everchanging    and    as    a    rule 

These    corporations,    by    means   of   their    unlimited    capital  disinterested  clerks  employed  bv  the  corporations, 

are  able  to  acquire  the  most  desirable  location  for  their  stores  j^^    ji^^^^    ^          ^^    concentration    and    combination,    it    be- 

and   to   buy   their   goods   direct   from   the    manufacturer   and  j^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^-^^  druggist  to  adopt  modern  business  methods 

importer   m    large   quantities,   eliminating   the    profits   of   the  ^^^   ^^              ^^^  g  l^j   ^„^-^^^   ^^^  ever-growing  drug  stores 

middleman,      which   profit   is   necessarily   added   to   the   cost  corporations  bv  co-operative  buying, 

of  goods  purchased  by  the  small  retail  druggist.  

The  "combine."  by  means  of  this  saving  is  enabled  to  under-  T"i}  a   finTTUCT?  Tiff  T>TT4TJii/r4riv 

sell  its  smaller  competitors  and  still  reap  a  good  profit.  ""^^^  LUUlt&Jii  IJN  fH  All  JVi  Al.  I  ■ 

The    problem,    therefore,    is:      How    can    the    small    retail  Graduates  for  February,  1909. 

druggist   successfully    compete   with    these   conditions .'      How  if      •     1     •                                                                      n        •       • 

can   men   with    small   capital    buy   goods    in    large   quantities  ilatriculation                                                                  lixamination 

and  thus  save  the  "middleman's"  profit?     How  can  the  small  •                                                                                      <jrade,  p.c. 

drug  store  sell  goods  at  the  same  price  as  the  "combine"  and  4681.     Joseph  Sailing  Baldwin,  Washington,  D.  C...         98 

still  make  a  living  profit?  5605.     Albert  L.  Kohlman,  Dubuque.   Iowa 95 

These    problems    which    confront    us    can    be    successfully      5708.     Harry  S.  Davis,  Mannington,  W.  Va 96 

solved  in  only  one  way  and  that  is  by  organizing  "co-operative      5725.     Mrs.  Theodosia  H.  Jones,  Dublin,  Ga 98 

buying  clubs."     These  clubs  consist  of  a  number  of  individual      5783.     Sister  M.  Agnes,  Alton,  111 , 98 

druggists   organized   for   the   purpose   of   buying   their   drugs,      5845.     Irving  Eisler,  New  York,  N.  Y 98 

chemicals    and    sundries    direct    from    the    manufacturer    and      5954.     Frank  P.  Barber,  Danville,  Vt 98 

importer,    placing    them    on    the    same    buying    basis    as    the  The  above  graduates  will   receive  diplomas  within  a  short 

"drug  stores  corporations."  time.     A  large  and  very  handsomely  engraved  diploma,  printed 

The  saving  effected  by  this  method  of  buying  can  be  readily  on  artificial   parchment,  with  the  graduate's  name  engrossed, 

appreciated  when  we  take  into  consideration  the  fact  that  the  especially  suited   for  framing,  will  be  furnished   to  all  those 

manufacturer  allows  the   middleman  or  jobber  a  discount   of  who  request  it  for  the  sum  of  .$2.     Those  desiring  the  latter 

10  per  cent.  5  per  cent,  and  2  pjr  cent  on  proprietaries,  of  should   forward   the   necessary   fee   to   The   Pharmaceutical 

50  per  cent  on  crude  drugs  and  chemicals  and  of  75  i)er  cent  Eba. 

to  100  per  cent  on  sundries.     From  this  profit  the  middleman  

deducts  all  his  business  expenses  of  rent,  clerical  hire,  delivery.  University  of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy, 

salesmen's   commissions,   etc.,   which,   under  the   present   con-  Chicago,  March  0. — The  Beta  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Gamma 

ditions,   are   all   included   in   the  price  of  the  goods  sold   the  Sigma  Fraternity  gave  a  reception  and  dance  to  the  members 

retailer.  and  their  friends  at  Grand  Boulevard  Hall  recently.     In  spite 

A  co-operative  buying  club  is  formed  by  as  many  druggists  of   rainy   weather   the   attendance   exceeded   anticipations  and 

as  can  be  induced  to  join  in  the  various  villages,  towns  and  the  handsome  hall   was  well   filled.     The   students   and  their 

■cities.     The  greater  the  number  of  members  the  greater  will  guests  spent  a  very  pleasant  evening  and  the  affair  was  voted 

tw;  the  benefits  derived,  for  the  larger  number  will  necessarily  a  great  success.     The  committee  of  arrangements  consisted  of 

'buy  larger  quantities  of  goods,  thus  gaining  the  best  discounts.  H.  W.  Smith,  S.  Mottar  and  L.  D.  Goveia. 

Each  member  subscribes  from  $100  to  .f200  to  form  a  capital  Arrangements  are  being  made  to  have  the  students  of  the 

for  buying.     Stock  or  receipts  may  be  issued  for  money  sub-  School  of  Pharmacy  well  represented  in  the  Illio,  the  annual 

scribed.  publication  of  the  Junior  classes  of  the  University.     Views  of 

In   the  conducting  of  a  club  all   that   is   necessary   is   the  the  classes  at  work  in  the  laboratories  of  the  School  of  Phar- 

delegation   of   one   or   more    members   for   the   purchasing   of  macy  were  recently  taken  and  it  is  the  expectation  that  these 

goods,  which  members  shall  also  act  as  distributers  of  goods  will  be  used  in   the  Illio.     H.   W.   Smith   has  charge  of  the 

to  the  individual  members  according  to  their  needs.  Illio  representation  of  the  Senior  students. 

Practically  the  entire  expense  for  buying  and  distribution  

may  be  figured  at  4  per  cent,  which  is  about  equal  to  the  cost  Druggists  Interested  in  Municipal  Affairs, 

of  distribution  to  the  "drug  stores  combine"   for  its  various  Philadelphia,  Feb.  27. — Three  prominent  druggists  of  this 

-stores.     This  shows  conclusively  that  the  buying  and  distrib-  city  are  now  members  of  City  Councils,  a  fact  that  will  in- 

uting  can  be  done  by  the  co-operative  clubs  just  as  cheaply  dicate  that  the  policy  of  the  P.A.R.D.,  to  urge  its  members 

as  by  the  "corporations."  to   take   an   active   interest   in   politics,   is   being   carried  out. 

Under  this   system  the  members  who  conduct  small  stores  At  the  recent  Spring  election,  John  H.  Hahn  and  Dr.  John 

can    buy    small    quantities   at    the   same    rate    as    the    largest  H.  Locke  who  had  made  enviable  records  as  members  of  the 

buyer.     They   are   also   enabled   to   keep   a   larger  variety   of  lower  branch  of  Councils,  were  returned  by  their  constituents 

goods  on  hand,  because  of  their  increased  purchasing  power.  with    comfortable    majorities.      A    new    councilman-druggist 

Another  good  feature  of  these  clubs  is  the  fact  that  drug-  is  Dr.  J.  Frank  Meade. 

gists  being  associated   in  clubs  of  this  kind  for  mutual  pro-  

tection  in  buying  and  selling  will  naturally  have  a  tendency  License  for  Medicine  'Venders  in  New  York. 

to  prevent  cutting  of  prices.  Albany,  Feb.  27. — Itinerant  venders  of  medicines  must  pay 

These  associations  will  bring  about  a  better  understanding  a  license  fee  of  $100  and  be  licensed  by  the  State  Board  oi 

among  the   members  and   lead  to   more  cordial   relations,   all  Pharmacy  if  a  bill  introduced  recently  by  Assemblyman  Low- 

of  which  will  tend  to  advance  the  interests  of  the  profession  man,  of  Chemung,  becomes  a  law. 


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An  Idea  and  Where  it  Led. 


Bx  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Xever  mind  what  his  real  name 
was.  we  will  call  him  Richard 
Homo,  because  he  was  that  finest 
of  God's  creations — a  lion-hearted 
man  :  and  to  us  she  shall  be  Mar- 
garet, for  in  spite  of  the  loss-  fresh- 
ness of  youth,  she  was  that  price- 
less pearl — a  good  woman. 

He  was  middle-aged,  fearfully 
lame,  and  rheumatic  to  an  alarm- 
ing extent.  That  was  why  he  sold 
his  modest  holdings  in  Ohio  and 
went  to  Florida  to  live.  He  took 
with  him  his  good  wife,  his  entire 
cash  capital,  and  a  disposition  to 
look  on  the  sunny  side.  He  was  ac- 
customed to  argue  laughingly  that 
worry  was  a  sign  of  mental  poverty, 
for  what  a  man  could  improve 
by  his  own  efforts  he  had  no  need  to  worry  about,  and 
what  he  was  powerless  to  change,  he  certainly  was  foolish 
to  fret  over.  Then.  too.  he  had  never  quite  gotten  away 
from  the  happy  satisfaction  that  the  woman  who  was  growing 
old  by  his  side  was  the  best  and  truest  woman  in  the  whole 
world. 

Maybe  that  was  why  he  could  still  smile  bravely  when  the 
Big  Freeze  came  and  he  walked  over  his  sandy  property  to 
view  the  rows  of  shrivelled  trees  which  looked  as  if  a  breath 
of  flame  had  robbed  them  of  their  verdant  life.  As  he  looked 
down  over  the  winding  course  of  the  glorious  St.  John  river, 
which  sparkled  as  merrily  in  the  sunshine  as  it  had  done  the 
day  before  when  all  the  world  was  fair,  he  wondered  dimly 
into  what  sort  of  a  future,  the  current  of  life's  events  was 
bearing    Margaret    and    him. 

,  On  all  sides  the  people  were  hastily  packing  or  taking 
hurried  flights  without  packing  at  all,  and  already  the  busy, 
thriving  little  town  began  to  look  like  a  veritable  "Deserted 
Village." 

Richard  Homo  did  not  allow  the  hoplessness  of  despair  to 
overwhelm  him,  or  the  weakness  of  self-pity  to  unman  him. 
He  went  along  on  the  river  bank  and  sat  down  beneath  the 
long  swaying  streamers  of  hoary  moss.  There  was  nothing 
to  disturb  him  except  now  and  again  a  few  stray  razor- 
backs  that  grunted  disapprovingly  and  scuttled  away  into 
the  underbrush.  ■  The  expenditure  of  the  few  remaining 
dollars  must  be  planned  with  thought  and  care. 

A  Drug-Store  Memory  to  the  Rescue. 

From  somewhere  out  of  the  experience  of  the  past  must 
come  the  hope  of  the  future.  He  travelled  that  Backwards 
Road  with  painful  minuteness  and  yet  it  seemed  utterly 
barren  of  suggestion. 

Ah  I  there  was  his  experience  of  a  couple  of  years  in  a 
country  drug  store,  when  he  was  a  young  man.  That  had 
been  almost  forgotten.  How  long  the  days  had  been,  and  in 
fancy  he  could  still  see  the  quiet  streets  on  a  drowsy 
afternoon,  the  white  roadway  winding  over  the  hills,  the 
back-room  with  its  rows  of  bottles  and  its  modest  equipment. 
His  "boss"  had  loved  his  chosen  business  and  had  taught 
him  the  science  of  applied  concentration. 

Homo  remembered  the  absorbing  interest  with  which  they 
had  worked  on  a  series  of  experiments  in  setting  colors  in 
different  fabrics  and  in  removing  stains  from  different  colors 
and  goods.  His  old  employer  had  long  since  crossed  the 
Great  Divide,  but  somewhere  among  his  own  papers  the  note 
books  of  those  experiments  had  been  preserved. 

Homo  sat  up  very  straight.  A  brilliant  blue  bird  and  a 
gaudy  red  one  flashed  very  near  to  him  unnoticed.  He  was 
no  longer  in  Florida  among  the  palmettos.  He  was  at  the 
turning  point  in  the  Backwards  Road  of  Long  Ago. 

No  Longer  Becalmed. 

Homo   had   the   power — the   rare   power — of   being   able   to 

take  the  initiative.     A  man  with  this  power  does  not  hesitate 

to    enter    unbeaten    paths    if    they    give    promise    of    leading 

Somewhere.     He   dares   to   act   on   his   own   wisdom   and   has 


faith  in  his  own  ability  to  overcome  obstacles.  He  does 
not  wait  for  favoring  circumstances,  for  he  masters  the 
circumstances  themselves.  He  is  not  an  imitator,  but  an 
originator. 

The  next  day  the  lame  man  and  his  wife  turned  the  lock 
in  the  door  of  their  little  home  and  bought  a  ticket  for  a 
town  in  Georgia  where  e%'ery  year  the  beautiful  winter  climate 
lures  large  numbers  of  tourists  to  come  and  tarry  awhile. 
A  couple  of  rooms  were  rented,  a  stout  negress  hired  to 
render  necessary  service,  and  a  supply  of  mysterious  bottled 
compounds  prepared  and  labelled. 

TVith  a  clean  new  market-basket  the  man  went  from  house 
to  house  and  solicited  fine  laundry,  new  goods  to  shrink  and 
in  which  to  set  the  colors,  and  any  article  from  which  to  re- 
move obstinate  stains. 

A  few  patronized  the  cherry-faced  lame  man.  He  told  no 
hard-luck  tale,  but  offered  to  render  a  valuable  service  for 
a  fair  compensation,  and  Margaret,  her  delicate  face  aglow 
with  the  joy  of  a  new-born  hope  labored  at  home,  assisting, 
superintending  and  directing.  The  accounts  were  small  at 
first,  but  she  kept  them  with  as  great  care  as  if  they  rep- 
resented a  mighty  business. 

The  idea  of  setting  colors,  shrinking  goods  and  removing 
stains  was  new  and  it  appealed  at  once.  A  real  want  was 
revealed  and  the  work  was  well  and  reasonably  done.  The 
Northern  tourists  were  delighted  to  be  able  to  have  the  colors 
in  delicate  fabrics  rendered  non-fading,  and  their  goods  shrunk 
and  returned  to  them  with  the  finish  uninjured  and  the  new 
creases  in  the  exact  center  of  the  yards  of  uncut  material. 
The  local  merchants  saw  their  advantage  and  promptly  ad- 
vertised the  new  comer  freely. 

Soon  a  boy  was  hired  to  collect  and  deliver  and  of  necessity 
the  working  quarters  were  enlarged.  A  telephone  became  in- 
dispensible.  Little  by  little  as  time  went  by  The  Unique 
Laundry  reached  out  as  the  funds  permitted  until  a  fine  steam 
plant  took  the  place  of  the  two  wooden  tubs  on  the  rickety 
porch.  A  competent  book-keeper  in  charge  of  a  well-furnished 
office  relieved  the  patient  helpmate,  and  many  men,  women  and 
girls  performed  eSicient  work  under  the  directions  of  Richard 
Homo  and  the  old  negress. 

Xo  wonder  the  genial  proprietor  continued  to  smile  broadly. 
The  plant  was  paid  for,  his  patronage  most  satisfactor.v,  and 
his  help  cheerful  and  contented.  His  prosperity  was  theirs ; 
and  the  whole  establishment  enjoyed  an  atmosphere  of  sunny 
content. 

Richard  Homo  had  made  more  out  of  life  for  himself  and 
for  others  from  his  days  of  trial  and  adversity  than  he  had 
ever  been  able  to  make  from  his  years  of  comfortable  pros- 
perity. 

Because  of  Exact  Knowledge  Success  'Was  Possible. 

The  experience  of  the  ruined  orange  grower  proved  con- 
clusively that  there  is  a  field  for  much  work  in  the  manufacture 
of  such  special  preparations  as  made  his  fortune.  Richard 
Homo  was  the  only  one  out  of  many  thousands  who  possessed 
such  knowledge.  It  came  to  him  through  his  chance  experience 
in  a  drug  store. 

The  druggist  is  the  one  to  whom  people  naturally  go  if 
such  a  want  is  realized.  The  average  housewife  has  to  deal 
weekly  with  tea,  coffee,  cocoa,  oil,  fruit,  ink.  or  medicine  stains. 
When  there  is  a  woman  in  the  drug  store  she  is  frequently 
appealed  to.  for  assistance  in  these  difficulties.  Every  woman 
revels  in  snowy  linen  and  spotless  garments.  In  the  late 
winter  and  early  spring  the  thrifty  housewife  prepares  for 
summer,  and  preparations  that  would  set  the  colors  in  summer 
wash  goods  would  find  ready  sale,  and  could  be  made  as 
seasonable  as  moth  balls  or  holiday  goods. 

It  is  a  satisfaction  worth  paying  well  for,  to  know  that  the 
dainty  garments  being  made  with  such  care  will  retain  their 
original  freshness  after  being  tubbed.  The  housewife  readily 
welcomes  assistance  in  ridding  herself  of  unsightly  stains  and 
discolorations  upon  various  household  articles.  She  looks 
upon  the  one  who  can  make  blemishes  of  this  nature  disappear, 
as  gifted  with  that  which  is  little  short  of  magic. 

The  French  woman  does  much  with  Javelle  water,  but 
even  that  is  almost  an  unknown  quantity  to  her  American 
sister.  The  laundries  would  welcome  color-setting  fluids,  and 
the  one  in  each  locality  that  could  advertise  the  setting  and 
non-fading  of  colors  would  readily  repeat  the  success  of 
the  man  who  was  not  discouraged  by  the  frost  of  defeat. 

It   may  take  thought  and  time,  but  as  that  is   the  largest 


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part  of  the  capital  involved  the  profits  are  highly  satisfactory. 
One  enterprisiug  druggist  paid  his  rent — city  rent  at  that — on 
the  profits  of  a  cleansing  fluid  sold  to  tailors,  dressmakers  and 
home  cleaners. 

The  preparations  must  be  right  and  the  claims  for  them  must 
not  be  more  than  their  merits  will  warrant.  Extravagant 
advertising  not  backed  by  facts  is  nothing  if  not  dishonest 
and  no  business  builded  on  such  a  sandy  foundation  can 
prosper  very  long. 

Well-worded  sign  cards  and  cleverly  thought  out  window 
displays,  together  with  a  successful  woman  demonstrator 
will  start  the  business  merrily  along,  and  once  it  is  started  it 
is  too  useful  a  line  of  preparations  to  be  allowed  to  die  out, 
and  the  best  of  it  all  is,  that  it  is  a  line  which  ought  to  bo 
held  and  controlled  exclusively  by  the  pharmacist. 

Some  one  has  said  that  advertising  is  creating  new  wants. 
It  is  rather  the  calling  of  attention  to  what  there  is  ou  the 
market  to  supply  existing  wants. 

There  was  no  call  for  automobiles  until  they  were  completed 
and  their  usefulness  demonstrated.  Not  because  there  was 
no  need  of  rapid  means  of  transportation,  but  because  there 
was  nothing  available  with  which  to  fill  the  want.  When 
automobiles  were  placed  on  the  market,  then  the  call  for 
them  began.  Do  not  wait  for  calls  for  color  getting  compounds 
and  stain  removers,  the  calls  will  come  fast  enough  when 
people  know  that  such  preparations  may  be  purchased. 


Raw  Hide. 


Playette  and  Musicale  for  Anniversary. 

Philadelphia,  March  6.— Chapter  No.  6,  W.O.N.A.R.D.. 
recently  completed  the  celebration  of  the  second  anniversary  of 
its  organization  by  giving  a  musicale  and  playette  which  lacked 
none  of  the  delightful  features  of  the  many  successful  social 
functions  that  have  marked  the  growth  of  the  chapter.  It  was 
held  at  Mercantile  Hall  and  the  large  attendance  and  the 
evident  enjoyment  of  the  excellent  programme,  was  a  guarantee 
of  the  hearty  interest  and  appreciation  of  the  chapter's 
friends,  even  if  the  receipts  at  the  ticket  ofiice  had  not  run 
into  a  good  sized  sum. 

Nowhere  outside  of  grand  opera  could  one  have  enjoyed  the 
quality  of  music  such  as  was  included  in  the  programme.  The 
reputations  of  such  stars  as  Mr.  H.  A.  Nolte,  soprano ;  Miss 
Beatrice  Waldron,  contralto ;  Howell  Zulick,  tenor ;  Harry 
Saylor,  baritone,  and  Mrs.  E.  W.  Gebhardt,  pianist,  are  well 
known  to  the  music  lovers  in  Philadelphia  and  the  announce- 
ment that  they  would  all  appear  was  a  strong  drawing  card. 
The  quartette  from  "Rigoletto"  and  the  solos  from  the  various 
operas,  brought  forth  prolonged  applause  whicn  was  generously 
responded  to  by  the  artists.  Following  this  first  part  of  the 
programme,  the  playette,  "Too  Much  Married"  was  cleverly 
acted  by  the  Featherbrain  Club. 


Washington  Chapter  Entertains  Visitors. 

Washington,  March  8. — The  ladies  of  Washington 
Chapter,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  were  very  active  during  inaugural 
week.  On  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  March  3,  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Bradbury  tendered  a  reception  to  National  President  Mrs 
Nellie  Florence  Lee,  at  the  Bradbury  home  in  Park  Road. 
The  blizzard  weather  kept  many  anticipated  guests  away,  but 
those  who  were  present  had  a  most  enjoyable  evening.  On 
Friday  afternoon  Mrs.  Charles  Joseph  Fubrmann  gave  an 
"At  home"  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Lee,  who  was  greeted  by  many 
of  the  Washington  ladies. 

Friday  night,  in  the  study  room  of  the  Carnegie  Library, 
George  Dexter  Kehoe.  Ph.D.,  gave  an  illustrated  lecture 
on  foreign  lands,  under  the  auspices  of  the  Chapter. 


Card  Party  to  Be  Given  by  Chicago  Chapter. 
Chicago,  March  6. — The  local  chapter  of  the  W.O.N. A.R.D. 
is  making  plans  to  give  a  card  party  to  its  husbands  and 
friends  on  the  evening  of  March  12  in  the  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity building.  An  open  meeting  has  also  been  arranged  for 
March  9,  the  time  of  the  regular  meeting,  at  which  a  larger 
representation  of  druggists'  wives  is  expected  to  attend.  A 
musical  programme  will  be  given. 


Bill   to   Transfer   Westchester   to   Middle    Branch. 

A  bill  to  amend  the  pharmacy  law,  trausfering  West- 
chester county  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Eastern  branch 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  tq,  that  of  the  Middle 
branch  of  the  board  has  been  introduced  in  the  Senate  by 
Mr.  Wainwright.     It  is  known  as  Senate  Bill  No.  449. 


"By  Joel   "Blanc. 

Wbi'ii  Si'uator  Borland 
entered  the  store  I  noticed 
that  his  lips  were  just  the 
least  bit  curled  by  a  gentle 
smile  and  his  entire  expres- 
sion and  demeanor  indicated 
composure  and  perfect  peace. 
My  thought  was,  that  the 
liccuUar  vernacular  of  "Mike 
the  grafter"  was  far  from 
my  friend's  tongue  at  that 
time  and  apparently  there 
was  little  probability  of  his 
becoming  sufficiently  excited 
to  drift  into  that  weird 
language  of  his  truck-driv- 
ing days.  The  Honorable 
Mike's  greeting  bore  out  my 
'ouclusions,  conclusions  which 
were  later  proved  to  have  been  erroneous. 

"Joel,  I  have  been  taking  a  stroll  in  the  crisp,  pure  winter 
air,  beneath  this  sky  of  cerulean  blue.  The  tang  of  salt  is  in  the 
atmosphere  and  the  invigorating  exercise  has  made  me  feel 
as  though  I  was  seventeen  instead  of  seventy-one. 

"By  the  way,  I  met  one  of  your  friends.  Harkinson,  the 
druggist  to  whom  you  introduced  me  at  that  meeting  to  which 
you  so  kindly  took  me.  He  was  the  one  who  spoke  on 
'Secrecy  in  medicine.'  He  asked  me  to  express  a  candid 
opinion  of  that  address.  He  said  that  he  had  been  told  that 
I  had  been  in  politics  and  he  therefore  concluded  that  I  must 
have  made  and  listened  to  many  speeches,  so  he  wanted  to 
know  what  I  thought  of  him  as  a  speaker.  As  I  did  not  have 
the  least  idea  of  what  his  speech  was  about  until  you  later 
tried  to  explain  it  to  me,  and  then  only  after  you  had  proved 
by  your  explanation  that  the  speech  had  been  almost  Greek 
to  you,  I  hardly  knew  what  to  say  to  him.  So  I  told  him 
that  it  seemed  like  a  very  good  speech,  but  that  it  may  have 
been  a  trifle  long,  just  a  trifle.  My  mild  criticism  must  have 
been  slightly  unwelcome  to  Mr.  Harkinson.  for  he  immediately 
started  in  to  roast  every  other  speaker  of  the  evening,  winding 
up  by  informing  me  that  he  did  not  believe  I  knew  a  good 
speech  from  a  bad  one.  Poor,  dear  man !  Possibly  I  did 
hurt  his  feelings,  disturbed  his  equilibrium,  as  it  were." 
After  thus  speaking,  the  Senator  calmly  and  deliberately 
removed  his  gloves  and  coat,  seated  himself  with  the  utmost 
composure  and  then  glanced  at  me  with  a  countenance  as 
placid  as  the  surface  of  a  lakelet  beneath  the  June  sunshine. 
"Harkinson  is  a  very  sensitive  man."  was  my  comment. 
"So  I  perceived,"  replied  Mike.  "All  too  sensitive  I  fear, 
for  success  in  public  life.  Peally,  I  believe  that  he  insulted 
me,  I  really  do.  But,  as  he  is  a  sensitive  man,  I  will  over- 
look it.  The  incident  reminds  me  of  another.  You  were  too 
young  at  the  time  to  have  much  raymimbrance  of  th' 
Philadelphia  exposition  of  Seventy-six.  Annieway,  in  one  of 
th'  exhibits  there  was  a  pair  of  boots  and  a  saddle  made  out 
iv  fine  human  hide.  Ye  wud  not  have  known  it  from  th' 
finest  iv  pig  skin.  Th"  leather  was  as  thick  an'  soft  as  cud 
be.  Whither  th'  finest  gintlemin  what  contribited  th'  hide 
was  African  savages  or  highly  refined  murderers,  I  feel  sure 
that  at  one  toime  they  had  been  in  otfus.  Only  succissful 
politicians  cud  have  hides  loike  that. 

"Joel,  ivra  man  what  has  a  raw  hide  what  is  raw  because 
it  is  so  thin  that  aven  a  new  safety  razor  scrapes  it,  is 
sinsitive.  And  ivra  wan  iv  thim  same  raw  hides  acts  loike 
they  tink  thot  ivra  ither  man's  hide  is  as  thick  as  sole-leather 
an'  so  foinly  tanned  thot  th'  divil's  own  pitchfork — thot  same 
bein'  a  venom-pointed  tongue — won't  scratch  it.  Th'  felley 
what  succeeds  in  politics — an'  politics  is  in  ivra  thing  from 
th'  nursin'  bottle  to  th'  bottle  iv  imbalmin'  fluid — has  a  hide 
as  thick  as  an  iliphant  an'  as  smooth  as  a  baby's,  an'  it's 
with  pity  thot  th'  owld  iliphants  loike  mesilf  an'  th'  young 
rhinossyruses  loike  you,  shud  look  upon  thim  foine,  sinsitive 
sowls  with  such  dilicate  feelin's  thot  they  think  no  one  Use 
aint  got  no  feelins  at  all. 

"Anither  thing  about  th'  sinsitive  man ;  especially  if  th' 
dear  felley  happens  to  be  a  druggist :  he  is  always  a  pathriot. 
Whither   his   gang   is   fightin'   fer  price   protection   on   naws- 


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227 


trums  01'  tVr  ethics  what  will  kill  111"  prices  an'  th'  nawstruras 
too,  he  is  always  pathriotically  a  standin'  in  th'  front  rank 
ten  moiles  to  th'  rear  an"  ivra  toime  he  hears  thot  one  iv  his 
gang  on  th"  ither  soide  iv  th'  continent  got  hit  wid  a  brick 
th'  poor  sinsitive  divil  is  deeply  wownded  an"  at  once  com- 
mences to  call  names  at  th'  jobbers  in  South  Africy  an  at  th' 
manufackshurers  in  th'  Peg  Leg  Islands.  Poor  divil,  he  can't 
help  it,  he's  got  sich   foine.  dillycata  feelin's. 

"Whin  th'  sinsitive  druggist  wants  to  get  in  wan  Iv  th' 
offices  iv  th'  Xardy,  Phardy,  Philyardy  or  Chicardy  he  shows 
his  foine  feelin's  by  goin'  around  puttin'  th'  hooks  an'  gaff 
inta  ivra  ither  man.  With  th'  lection  is  over  an'  th'  sinsitive 
gintleman  don't  come  no  nearer  bein'  elictid  thin  to  be  put 
on  a  committee  to  burn  th"  old  ballots,  his  feelin's  are  deeply 
hurted  an'  he  is  r'aly  grieved  ;  he  is  so.  On  his  wa.v  home  he 
shows  his  foine  feelin's  b.v  callin'  th'  conductor  out  iv  his 
name  an'  steppin'  on  th'  toes  iv  all  th'  wimen  in  th'  car,  an' 
whin  he  gits  home  ge  gintly  sobs  himsilf  to  sleep,  after  kickin" 
th'  cat  out  iv  th"  windy,  pinchin'  the  baby  an"  pushin'  his 
woife  out  iv  bed.  Poor  b'y,  he  is  so  sinsitive !  If  ye  w-ere  to 
cover  ivra  inch  iv  him  (except  his  mouth)  wid  six  thick- 
nesses iv  eight  ply  roofin'  paper  an'  pour  tar  over  thot,  th' 
raw  hide  iv  th'  dilicate  bein'  wud  still  be  irritated  by  what  th" 
Daily  Bugloo  iv  Singapore  said  about  buyiu'  clubs. 

"I'm  not  sayin'  thot  th'  sinsitive  man  aint  a  hard  foighter. 
He  can  spind  his  whole  loife  a  throwin'  rocks  at  ivra  wan  ilse 
an'  have  nothin"  but  th'  koindest  feelin's  in  his  tinder  heart. 
While  he  is  tossin'  thim  tokens  iv  love  right  an'  left,  tears 
is  pourin"  from  his  eyes.  Naw !  He  aint  weepin'  about  what 
be  done  to  ithers.  He's  weepin"  over  th'  crool  wownds  what  he 
gets  ivra  foive  seconds  or  whiniver  annie  wan  neglects  to  tell 
him  thot  he  is  brilliant  as  Cicero,  warloike  as  Xapoleen, 
han'some  as  Appolo  Boulevard,  or  as  koind  hearted  as 
Gineral   Booth. 

"Whin  a  sinsitive  man  joins  an  organization,  his  gintle, 
sympathetic  ways  leads  him  to  start  in  to  impeach  th'  prisidint, 
change  th'  constytushin,  decrease  th'  dues,  change  th'  objec' 
iv  th'  organization  an'  give  it  a  new  name.  If  ara  wan  iv  th' 
mimbers  is  so  unkind,  so  harsh  an'  unsympathetic  as  to  make 
th'  I'aste  objiction  to  th'  sinsitive  party's  plans,  th'  blushes 
on  his  cheeks  looks  loike  two  smears  iv  ketchup  on  a  plate 
It  beans  an'  in  a  gintle,  beseechin'  tone,  wid  words  as  mild 
as  a  dinnymite  explosion,  th"  poor,  sinsitive  darlin',  tears  up 
th"  past,  prisint  an'  fueher  iv  ivra  man  prisint,  just  to  let  it 
be  knowed  thot  his  own  dilicate  feelin's  have  been  sloightly 
abraided. 

"Ye  wud  think  thot  th'  sinsitive  man  wud  kape  his  raw 
hide  tin  miles  from  ivra  tannery,  ye  wud  so.  But  does  he? 
Bliss  his  tinder,  sinsitive  sowl,  he  does  not  I  Stid  iv  spendin' 
th'  days  down  cellar  a  sortin'  moth-balls  an'  laving  his  clerks  to 
come  in  contack  wid  th'  crool,  crool  worruld,  he  goes  tearin' 
around  a  lookin'  f'r  foires  an'  listinin'  f'r  riot  calls.  Stid  iv 
stayin'  home  a  drinkin'  cambric  tea  an'  eatin'  crullers,  he  goes 
around  sprinklin'  th  milk  iv  human  kindness  over  ivra  wan — 
an'  he  uses  it  scaldin'  hot.  But  if  annie  wan  spatters  a  drop 
Iv  picklin'  vinegar  on  him,  he  howls  loike  he  has  cut  his  thumb 
on  somethin'  as  sharp  as  his  own  tongue. 

"Th"  sinsitive  man  ginrally  has  a  woife  so  big  thot  she 
wud  give  him  a  bad  case  iv  galvanized  liver  if  she  wud  sit  on 
his  lap,  but  she  niver  does — she's  afraid  of  hurtin'  his  feelin's. 
Th'  dear  sowl  stands  loike  a  billboard  betune  th'  poor, 
sinsitive  husban'  an'  th'  storms  an'  buffets  an'  cafes  iv  th' 
crool  worruld.  Her  langwidge  is  confined  to  'sinsitive,'  'timid,' 
'gentle,'  an'  sichloike  words,  an'  she  applies  thim  all  to  th' 
gintle  old  ram  what  kicks  about  her  cookin'  an"  th'  meat  an' 
grocery  bills ;  finds  fault  wid  her  clothes  an"  won't  give  her 
money  f'r  ithers,  an'  if  she  says  his  last  hair-cut  aint  quite 
even  on  th'  back  iv  his  neck  th'  poor  sinsitive  man  weeps 
scaldin'  tears  an'  goes  to  bed  wid  th'  headache,  or  a  jag. 
"I'm  thinkin'  thot  most  iv  th'  sinsitive  men  was  incubator 
babies  an'  wasn't  kept  in  the  hot  box  long  enough ;  it's  a 
pitty  they  wasn't  kept  there  until  they  were  broiled,  an' 
well   done   at   that. 


Original  and  Selected 


THE   CENTENARY   OF   CHARLES   DARWIN.* 


Uses  and  Practical  "Value  of  Assay  Processes. 
PHIL.4DELPHIA.  Feb.  27. — Assay  processes,  their  uses  and 
practical  value,  will  be  the  topic  for  discussion  at  the  next 
of  the  lectures  and  demonstrations  constituting  the  post- 
graduate course  arranged  by  the  local  branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  It  will  be  held  on  the  evening 
of  March  16  at  Temple  University. 


By  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer,  of  Philadelphia. 
It  is  not  my  purpose  to  take  the  time  of  the  meeting  by 
attempting  to  give  a  resume  of  the  work  of  Charles  Darwin 
or  an  estimate  of  the  influence  and  character  of  this  savant 
of  the  nineteenth  century,  the  centenary  of  whose  birth  is 
being  celebrated  throughout  the  civilized  world  at  this  time.^ 
I  think,  however,  that  it  is  but  fitting  for  a  professor  of 
natural  science  in  this  College  to  place  on  record  a  minute 
that  we,  in  this  centenary  year,  paused  along  with  other 
scientists  and  paid  our  tribute  of  praise  and  gratitude  to  this 
liberator  of  thought. 

Darwin  was  the  author  of  twenty  odd  books  and  nearly 
one  hundred  papers,  about  one-third  of  his  writings  being  on 
botanical  subjects.  It  was  his  book,  "The  Origin  of  Species 
by  Means  of  Natural  Selection,"  published  on  November  24, 
18.59,  which  was  his  epoch-making  work,  freeing  us  as  it  did 
from  the  shackels  of  the  past,  or  in  other  words,  freeing  us 
from  the  necessity  of  considering  the  supernatural  in  our 
study  of  natural  phenomena  and  the  laws  which  govern  them. 
While  this  is  true,  it  is  probably  safe  to  say  that  apart  from 
his  masterful  deductions,  his  other  most  enduinng  contribution 
to  science  lies  in  the  impetus  given  to  scientific  research  by 
his  comprehensiveness  of  vision,  his  ability  to  study  natural 
phenomena  at  first  hand,  to  discriminate  between  facts  and 
opinions,  and  finally  to  connect  facts  in  an  orderly  sequence. 
In  short,  it  is  the  Darwinian  Method  which  has  proved  such 
a  boon  in  scientific  research. 

Darwin  furnished  a  conspicuous  example  of  the  law  of 
heredity,  for  which  he.  claimed  so  much.  His  grandfather 
on  his  paternal  side  was  Dr.  Erasmus  Darwin,  a  poet  and 
philosopher,  his  name  being  often  coupled  with  that  of  La- 
marck as  an  early  evolutionist :  and  on  his  maternal  side 
his  grandfather  was  Josiah  Wedgwood,  the  inventor  of  wedg- 
wood-ware,  formerly  used  much  in  making  mortars  and 
pestles  for  the  use  of  apothecaries.  His  father,  Robert  War- 
ing Darwin,  was  an  eminent  physician,  and  it  was  his  desire 
that  Charles  should  likewise  study  medicine.  Accordingly, 
in  1S"2.5,  he  was  sent  to  Edinburgh,  where,  he  says,  he  found 
the  lectures  on  geology  and  zoology  incredibly  dull,  although 
he  was  at  that  time  engaged  in  collecting  and  stud.ving  mineral 
and  zoological  specimens,  and  although  he  afterwards  attained 
such  eminence  in  each  of  these  sciences.  Darwin's  father, 
learning  that  he  did  not  like  the  study  of  medicine,  decided 
that  he  should  fit  himself  to  be  a  clergyman,  and  thus  after 
two  years  at  Edinburgh,  he  was  sent  to  Christ's  College, 
Cambridge.  Here  he  attracted  the  attention  of  Professor 
Henslow.  the  mineralogist  and  botanist,  who  became  his  "dear- 
est friend."  directed  him  in  his  natural  history  studies,  and 
aroused  in  him  that  enthusiasm  which  characterized  the 
remainder  of  his  career  as  a  scientist. 

Through  the  reading  of  Humboldt's  "Personal  Narrative," 
Darwin  had  acquired  a  desire  to  travel,  and  this  opportunity 
soon  offered  itself.  Professor  Henslow  not  only  used  his 
influence  in  securing  for  him  the  privilege  of  going  on  the 
voyage  of  H.  M.  S.  Beagle  as  naturalist  tinder  Captain  Fitz- 
Roy  on  a  surveying  tour  around  the  world,  but  strongly 
advised  him  to  do  so.  The  voyage  lasted  from  December 
27.  1831  to  October  2.  1836.  nearly  five  years,  and  it  was  on 
this  trip  that  Darwin  collected  so  much  of  the  material 
that  formed  the  basis  of  his  future  work  in  geology,  zoology 
and  botany.  He  described  carefully  his  observations  each 
day  in  his  famous  journal  of  the  Voyage,  and  altogether  it 
is  no  wonder  that  Darwin  looked  upon  this  voyage  as  the 
most  important  event  in  his  life  and  as  one  that  determined 
his  whole  career. 

Then,  for  more  than  twenty  years  he  experimented  and 
])ondered  on  his  observations  and  those  of  others  before  giving 
his   final   conclusion   to  the  world.     This   was   his   theory   of 


*Read  at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  held  February  16,  1909. 

^Charles  (Robert)  Darwin  was  born  February  12,  1809, 
at   Shrewsbury    (England). 


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[March  11, 1909 


Natural  Selection  as  a  factor  in  organic  evolution,  and  his 
discussion  o£  this  subject  was  set  forth,  as  already  pointed 
out,  in  his  "Origin  of  Species."  Darwin  takes  as  his  starting 
point  the  fact  that  in  the  lives  of  organic  beings  there  is  a 
struggle  for  existence,  and  that  those  which  gain  the  ascend- 
ency or  survive  in  this  struggle  are  those  possessing  some 
favorable  qualities.  These  qualities  first  arise  or  originate 
as  slight  variations  or  modifications,  which  are  transmitted 
through  inheritance  and  preserved  and  accumulated  through 
natural  selection.  That  is,  favorable  variations,  by  giving 
to  the  organism  an  advantage,  it  sun-ives  and  they  are  pre- 
served or  perpetuated.  Darwin  felt  that  if  natural  selection 
was  one  of  the  factors  in  evolution,  light  would  be  thrown  on 
the  subject  by  careful  studies  on  plants  and  animals  under 
domestication,  and  his  observations  together  with  those  of 
others  on  the  marked  improvement  brought  about  by  man's 
selection  confirmed  him  in  this  view.  To  this  topic  alone  he 
devoted  two  volumes  under  the  title,  "Variation  of  Animals 
and  Plants  under  Domestication." 

In  enunciating  his  doctrine  of  natural  selection,  or  the 
Survival  of  the  Fittest,  as  Herbert  Spencer  termed  it,  Darwin 
was  strongly  assailed  by  clergymen  and  others,  including 
naturalists  and  scientists  themselves,  as  up  until  that  time 
the  majority  of  naturalists  believed  that  species  were  fixed 
and  distinct  creations,  not  even  Lyell  or  Hooker  having 
previously  considered  that  they  were  mutable.  Fortunately, 
he  was  supported  by  Alfred  Russell  Wallace  who  had  simul- 
taneously arrived  at  the  same  conclusion,  Huxley,  Asa  Gray, 
Hooker,  Spencer  and  others 

Today  we  have  neo-Darwinians,  Lamarckians,  neo-Lamarck- 
ians,  mutationists,  Weismanuians,  Mendelians  and  so  on — 
all  battering  away  at  Darwin's  doctrines  of  heredity  and 
evolution,  but  these  doctrines  bid  fair  to  stand  for  an  in- 
definite period. 

It  is  not  too  much  to  say  that  Darwin's  work  has  formed 
the  basis  of  a  newer  geology,  botany  and  zoology.  His  book 
on  the  "Descent  of  Man"  has  been  the  basis  in  the  develop- 
ment of  anthropology ;  while  his  book  on  "The  Expression 
of  the  Emotions  in  Man  and  Animals"  has  made  a  rational 
psychology  possible.  And  the  celebrated  geologist  Geikie 
said,  "No  man  of  his  time  has  exercised  upon  the  science 
of  geology  a  profounder  influence  than  Charles  Darwin." 

Darwin  touched  life  at  every  point.  Like  Aristotle,  he 
believed  that  the  essence  of  a  living  thing  is  not  what  it  is 
made  of,  nor  what  it  does,  but  why  it  does  it.  His  love  of 
science  was  great,  as  he  twice  states  in  his  Autobiography. 
In  addition  to  this,  his  ambition  was  to  be  esteemed  by 
fellow  naturalists  like  Lyell  and  Hooker,  caring  nothing 
for  public  applause,  although  pleased  if  his  works  were 
understood  or  appreciated.  Twenty  per  cent  of  his  life  was 
made  up  of  years  of  illness,  and  he  conserved  his  time  so  that 
no  moment  was  wasted.  Poulton  has  recently  suggested  that 
it  was  largely  because  of  the  relatively  few  hours  a  day  that 
he  could  work,  he  gave  up  his  interest  in  poetry,  music  and 
art  in  later  life. 

Darwin  attached  relatively  little  importance  to  priority  of 
discovery,  and  said  of  some  of  his  fundamental  discoveries 
which  had  given  him  great  satisfaction,  and  which  were 
subsequently  worked  out  more  fully,  that  if  he  failed  to 
impress  his  readers  he  who  succeeds  in  doing  so  deserves  all 
the  credit.  His  generous  treatment  of  the  writings  and 
observations  of  others,  whether  published  or  simply  in  letters, 
was  proverbial.  It  is  true,  he  made  some  mistakes,  which 
apparently  he  knew  better  than  others,  and  in  a  letter  to 
Huxley  on  one  occasion,  said,  "I  have  sometimes  amused 
myself  with  thinking  how  I  could  best  pitch  into  myself,  and 
I  believe  I  could  give  two  or  three  good  digs."  Darwin  was 
not  a  controversialist,  being  advised  as  he  said  by  Lyell, 
"never  to  get  tangled  in  a  controversy,  as  it  rarely  did  any 
good  and  caused  a  miserable  loss  of  time  and  temper." 

If  one  wishes  to  spend  a  few  hours  profitably,  one  can  not 
do  better  than  to  read  the  "Life  and  Letters  of  Charles  Dar- 
win," including  an  autobiographical  chapter,  by  his  son  Francis 
Darwin. 

And  if  one  desires  to  get  a  good  idea  of  the  physiognomy  of 
Darwin,  let  him  go  to  the  American  Museum  of  Natural 
History  in  New  York,  where  there  was  unveiled,  last  Friday 
(February  12)  a  bronze  bust  of  him  which  is  clever  in  con- 
ception and  in  execution.  I  shall  never  forget,  as  1  saw 
the  canvas  removed,  the  impression  I  first  received,  and  it 
seemed  that  I  could  think  of  nothing  but  Mount  Shasta.  The  eyes 


overarched  with  the  prominent  brows  seemed  as  if  they  could 
look  into  the  noon-day  sun  and  penetrate  its  secrets;  the  nose 
and  lips  both  indicate  strong  character,  yet  tempered  with 
kindliness ;  and  the  massive  wrinkled  brow  also  adds  to  the 
distinction  of  this  master  mind  of  the  nineteenth  century. 

It  is  a  matter  of  pride  that  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  the 
epoch-making  work  of  Charles  Darwin  first  received  official 
recognition,  and  it  is  also  a  matter  of  congratulation  that  in 
America  he  immediately  found  some  of  his  most  ardent  friends 
and  supporters. 


GERMANS  I  HAVE  KNOWN.* 


(A  Few  Reminiscences.) 


By  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Ph.M. 

It  gives  me  great  pleasure  to  meet  the  Deutscher  Apotheker 
Verein,  first  because  I  have  many  times  promised  myself 
this  pleasure,  but  mainly  because  it  does  us  all  good  to  meet 
and  mingle  thoughts,  and  profit  by  the  contact  of  one's 
fellows  engaged  in  the  same  vocation.  So,  my  friends,  I 
am  here  to  recall  to  your  memories  the  names  and  deeds 
of  some  German  friends  and  associates  of  mine,  whom  most 
of  you  knew  personally,  and  all  of  you  by  reputation,  I  have 
chosen  a  very  simple  style  of  address,  because  on  an  occasion 
of  this  kind,  entertainment  is  the  object  sought  more  than 
scientific  discussion  ;  and  again,  I  thought  it  might  be  useful 
to  know  the  impressions  made  upon  me,  who  is  not  a  German, 
and  who,  living  in  Philadelphia,  has  not  been  brought  into  as 
close  contact  with  man,y  German  apothecaries  as  have  my 
friends  living  in  New  York. 

It  would  be  very  interesting  to  speculate  upon  the  causes 
which  have  led  so  many  Germans  to  enter  the  drug  business, 
just  as  it  would  be  difficult  to  explain  why  so  many  Philadel- 
phia Quakers  have  chosen  pharmacy  for  their  life's  work,  but 
if  I  were  to  be  asked  this  question,  it  might  not  be  far  from 
the  truth  to  say  that  the  German  mind  is  essentially  scientific 
and  the  Quaker  mind  is  philanthropic.  To  both,  however, 
the  choosing  of  pharmacy  as  a  vocation  was  due  to  the  influence 
arising  from  the  satisfaction  of  earning  a  living  in  a  business 
which  was  constructive  and  not  destructive  to  the  health  of 
a  community,  and  while  we  often  hear  the  trite  saying, 
"I  am  not  in  business  for  love  but  to  make  money,"  you  and 
I,  fellow  pharmacists,  must  believe  that  the  great  majority 
of  those  who  are  now  in  the  business  take  more  satisfaction 
and  comfort  from  the  knowledge  that  the  occupation  which 
gives  us  a  living  is  founded  more  solidly  upon  the  basis  of 
service  in  the  cause  of  suffering  humanity  than  it  is  upon  the 
mere  coining  of  dollars. 

I  have  been  connected  with  pharmacy  for  forty-six  years, 
having  entered  the  drug  business  January  1,  1863,  and  while 
some  of  those  with  whom  I  have  been  acquainted  during  this 
time  have  amassed  wealth,  the  vast  majority  have  merely 
made  a  living,  and  many  of  these  men,  who  were  fitted  by 
their  talents,  industry  and  application  to  become  rich,  have 
felt  in  their  hearts,  I  am  persuaded,  more  satisfaction  in 
remaining  in  a  business  which  had  the  ennobling  motive  of 
relieving  suffering  and  staying  the  progress  of  disease. 

I  am  not  now  referring  to  the  men  who  have  been  leaders 
in  pharmacy,  who  might  be  styled  the  great  ones,  but  to  men 
in  the  ranks,  the  men  behind  the  guns,  who  by  their  daily 
toil  and  sacrifice  add  to  the  advancement  and  comfort  of 
their  fellows.  It  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  know  personally 
a  great  many  men  in  pharmacy  and  it  is  my  purpose  tonight 
to  briefly  sketch  some  reminiscences. 

The  first  German  that  I  knew  intimately  was  that  disting- 
uished savant,  John  M.  Maisch,  who  first  came  to  New  York, 
but  lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  my  own  city,  and 
while  I  never  had  the  satisfaction  of  being  one  of  his  students, 
my  knowledge  and  love  of  this  great  man  came  after  I  was 
admitted  to  the  faculty  of  the  College,  of  which  he  was  Dean. 
Possessing  a  most  remarkable  mind,  a  memory  most  wonderful 
and  with  an  extraordinary  physique,  Professor  Maisch  was  a 
tower  of  strength. 

A  few  weeks  ago  I  sat  close  to  Rudolph  Blankenburg  at 
a  public  dinner,  and  I  assume  that  most  of  you  are  familiar 
with  the  life  of  this  distinguished  German-American,  who 
is  one  of  the  greatest  reformers  in  civil   and   municipal   life 


*Read  before  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society,  New  York 
City,  March  4,  1909. 


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today.  In  the  course  of  his  address,  he  said.  "At  one  time, 
I  was  asked  to  connect  myself  with  an  organization  of 
Germans  which  had  for  its  object  tiie  binding  together  of 
those  who  left  the  Fatherland,  and  seeking  closer  union  with 
Germans  for  better  protection,  for  the  advancement  of  German 
ideas,  for  political  purposes,  and  to  weld  into  one  wonderful 
body  those  who  spoke  the  German  tongue."  Mr.  Blanken- 
burg  said  that  he  declined  absolutely  to  connect  himself 
with  this  organization  because,  while  true  to  his  native  coun- 
try, and  desirous  of  seeing  Germany  progress  in  the  greatest 
possible  way.  he  thought  it  would  be  wrong  and  unwise  to 
found  in  this  country  a  society  that  would  stand  primarily 
for  a  little  Germany.  That  this  country,  the  land  of  his  adoption, 
America,  should  have  the  best  he  was  able  to  give  and  that 
he  thought  that  this  was  the  only  principle  one  should  espouse 
who  had  taken  up  his  home  in  a  country  away  from  his 
native  place,  and  those  who  knew  Mr.  Blankenburg's  work, 
realize  that  he  has  proven  his  principle  by  the  work  he  has 
accomplished. 

Professor  John  M.  Maisch  followed  the  same  principle  in 
his  life.  He  never  lost  the  German  accent  and  I  never  heard 
him  say  one  word  derogatory  to  his  native  land.  His  face, 
if  seen  anywhere  in  the  world,  would  be  recognized  as  that 
of  a  typical  German.  His  mind  had  the  distinguishing  trait 
of  ceaseless  perserverance  and  specializing.  He  never  gave  up 
the  pursuit  of  any  form  of  scientific  investigation  and  to  use 
an  Americanism,  "he  probed  to  the  bottom." 

A  great  reader,  he  stored  his  mind  with  facts  in  nearly 
every  branch  of  science  and  his  memory  was  the  most  retentive 
of  facts  of  any  German  I  have  ever  known. 

It  is  not  customary  to  speak  of  our  German  friends  as 
being  gifted  with  humor  and  yet  he  showed  this  side  of  his 
temperament  occasionally.  One  incident  I  recall  distinctly. 
When  the  stress  of  College  Session  was  over,  Maisch  would 
unbend  and  the  students  saw  him  in  a  very  dififerent  light. 
There  may  be  in  this  room  tonight  some  graduates  who  will 
recall  the  tall  figure  calling  the  class  to  order  on  the  occassion 
of  the  Professor's  supper,  a  time  near  vacation  when  the 
facult.v  meet  the  graduating  class  for  the  last  time  in  the 
College  Halls.  He  would  arise,  and  make  the  welkin  ring 
by  banging  the  old  brass  pestle  in  the  big  mortar,  and  having 
secured  silence,  his  face  wreathed  in  smiles,  he  would  say, 
"Gentlemen,  order  please.  You  must  be  good  tonight  for 
you  are  all  my  boys."  The  boys  properly  acknowledged 
the  parentage  by  great  applause.  "I  was  given  a  great  sur- 
prise this  afternoon,  when  I  went  to  my  room  to  put  it  in 
order  before  leaving  until  the  next  course  opens.  When  I 
rubbed  the  blackbord  off,  I  saw  that  one  of  you  had  given 
me  a  farewell  word.  What  do  you  think  it  was'.'  I  cannot 
do  anything  to  the  writer  now.  but  I  must  here  before  you  all 
tell  you  what  the  farewell  was.  It  was  'Good-bye,  Corky 
Warts.'  " 

Botany  was  not  an  attractive  branch  of  study  to  the  students 
of  the  College.  The  average  student  could  not  see  how  botany 
could  ever  bring  a  financial  return  when  he  entered  into  busi- 
ness and  he  considered  the  study  wasted  time.  Maisch  never 
had  any  patience  with  those  who  expressed  such  an  opinion 
in  his  presence  and  some  of  the  mischievously  inclined  students 
would  talk  to  him  in  this  strain.  The  Professor's  eyes  would 
flash,  he  would  start  up  from  his  chair  and  attack  such  a 
heretical  idea  with  all  his  energy  and  forcefulness,  so  that 
the  students  were  rapidly  vanquished  and  crestfallen,  even 
if  not  convinced.  Maisch's  zeal  sometimes  led  him  into 
curious  positions,  but  he  always  extricated  himself  from 
an  untenable  position,  and  he  was  always  glad  to  admit  when 
convinced  that  he  was  wrong.  On  one  occasion,  in  a  specimen 
examination  at  the  College,  one  of  the  students  was  so  poor 
in  his  ability  to  recognize  unlabelled  drugs  that  he  called 
"aconite"  "black  snake  root.''  The  highest  mark  for  this 
branch  was  100.  Each  Professor  had  a  specimen  examination 
for  his  branch  and  the  final  mark  of  the  whole  examination  for 
the  student  was  made  by  adding  the  marks  made  in  each  of  the 
four  branches  and  dividing  by  four.  It  will  thus  be  seen  that 
a  student  in  chemistry  or  pharmacy  would  be  affected  by  a 
mark  in  materia  medica.  When  Maisch  called  off  his  mark 
for  this  poor  student  he  said,  "Minus  5,"  and  when  he  saw  the 
surprised  faces  of  his  colleagues  he  explained  that  any  man 
who  could  not  tell  aconite  from  black  snake  root  should  be 
given  minus  five.  He  was  much  surprised  at  the  laughter 
which  greeted  this  announcement  and  could  not  see  why  the 
other  members  of  the   faculty   should   take  exception   to   this 


ruling.  When  he  was  asked  whether  he  ever  gave  plus  marks 
when  a  very  observant  student  detected  a  few  accidental 
admixtures  or  adulterations,  in  the  specimen,  he  promptly 
answered  "Xo.  that  is  no  more  than  I  expect  him  to  do." 
However,  on  thinking  it  over  for  a  minute  and  seeing  the  in- 
consistency he  contented  himself  by  saying,  "Well,  anyhow 
I  give  him  a  big,  black  cipher  in  my  book  1"  You  must  not 
think  that  this  student  ever  graduated,  because  he  did  not 
pass  one  of  the  Professors'  branches,  so  our  respected  Dean 
was  satisfied  and  so  far  as  I  know  he  never  gave  another 
student  a  minus  mark. 

And  now,  my  friends,  I  must  tell  you  of  one  of  the  saddest 
e\ents  in  connection  with  my  twenty-seven  years  acquaintance 
with  Professor  Maisch.  The  Hanbury  Medal,  founded  by  the 
Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great  Britain  for  distinguished 
service,  was  aw-arded  to  Professor  Maisch  in  1893,  and 
Michael  Carteighe,  an  officer  of  the  Society,  was  commissioned 
to  bring  this  medal  with  him  to  the  Chicago  World's  Fair, 
and  he  handed  it  to  me  to  take  to  Philadelphia  and  give  it 
to  Professor  Maisch.  As  you  probably  know,  our  beloved 
Dean  was  dying  from  starvation,  due  to  a  growth  in  the 
oesophagus,  which  prevented  him  from  taking  food.  I  will 
never  forget  the  presentation  scene.  Propped  up  by  pillows, 
with  face  shrunken  and  his  frame  so  weakened  that  he  could 
scarcely  raise  his  hand,  he  feebly  acknowledged  my  greeting, 
although  possessed  of  all  his  faculties.  His  eyes  lit  up  with 
pleasure  when  I  explained  my  mission  and  I  can  see  the 
reflection  of  the  rays  of  the  setting  sun  upon  his  face.  He 
expressed  thanks  and  gratification,  touched  the  medal  as 
I  read  him  the  inscription,  then  dropped  his  hand  and  closing 
his  eyes,  said.  "It  is  all  over." 

Recollections  of  Dr.   Rice. 

Another  great  German  that  I  would  like  to  call  your  mind  to  is 
your  own  Charles  Rice.  Totally  different  in  temperament,  educa- 
tion and  daily  life  from  Maisch,  Charles  Rice  gave  to  his  adopted 
country  services  which  will  never  be  forgotten  so  long  as 
the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  lives,  A  great  linguist, 
an  accomplished  chemist,  an  indefatigable  worker,  he  laid 
down  his  life  in  the  service  of  pharmacy. 

One  of  the  greatest  attributes  of  his  mind  was  an  infinite 
capacity  and  love  for  detail.  Although  analysis  was  ever  a 
strong  attraction  for  him.  anyone  who  studied  Dr.  Rice  closely 
could  not  help  seeing  that  synthesis  was  equally  strong.  In 
other  words,  he  "tore  down"  in  order  that  he  might  "build 
up."  The  mere  act  of  destruction  or  curiosity  to  know  the 
component  parts  of  a  substance  had  no  interest  for  him,  but 
when  given  a  problem  to  be  met,  some  test  to  determine  the 
purity  of  a  product,  he  realized  that  unless  he  knew  positively 
and-  accurately  the  elements  and  the  proportions  existing  in 
the  substances  he  could  not  correctly  formulate  a  test  for 
purity  or  identification. 

Dr.  Rice  was  essentially  a  great  student.  His  mind  was 
ever  reaching  out  for  more  knowledge.  In  many  respects, 
he  was  adaptable  and  he  was  very  shrewd  in  his  judgment 
of  men,  and  yet  in  a  way  he  was  not  what  would  be  called 
a  sociable  man  to  the  majority  He  did  not  seek  the  society 
of  people  for  the  sake  of  mingling  with  his  kind.  In  a  word, 
he  was  not  gregarious;  but  books,  ah,  they  were  his  friends! 
He  would  refuse  invitations  by  the  score  to  preside  at  public 
functions.  He  was  nervous  when  called  upon  to  speak  before 
an  audience,  but   this  was  largely  due   to  his  accent. 

He  could  write  English  correctly,  forcefully  and  beautifully. 
His  penmanship  we  all  know  was  legible,  clean,  with  all  his 
I's  dotted  and  his  T's  crossed.  In  committee  work  he  was 
leader ;  when  he  spoke,  everyone  listened,  and  particularly 
when  interested  in  the  subject  before  the  committee,  he  be- 
came enthusiastic  and  one  would  always  find  his  reasoning 
and  judgment  the  best.  When  a  member  of  his  comnaittee 
was  given  some  specific  work  to  do,  and  time  was  pressing, 
and  through  procrastination  or  other  cause  the  work  was  not 
done  as  it  should  have  been,  he  would  go  into  his  library  and 
sit  down  with  his  pen  and  do  the  work  himself.  Then  he 
would  write  a  kind  note  to  the  member  of  the  committee 
and  ask  if  what  he  had  done  was  approved.  In  a  few  cases 
I  have  known  the  delinquent  member  to  accept  his  Chair- 
man's work  without  giving  Dr.  Rice  any  credit.  In  such 
cases  Dr.  Rice  would  never  say  a  word,  for  it  mattered  not  to 
him  who  had  the  credit,  provided  the  work  was  done.  Dr. 
Rice  never  sought  preferment,  emolument  or  glory.  He 
would  have  been  worth  very  little  as  a  constructive  worker 
if  he  had  not  cared  for  the  approbation  of  those  whose  friend- 


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ship  he  appreciated.  It  never  occured  to  Charles  Rice  that 
he  was  a  great  mau.  Fulsome  flattery  was  offensive  to  him. 
He  rarely  replied  to  the  attacks  of  his  enemies,  but  was 
content  to  bear  as  quietly  as  he  could  his  sufferings,  which 
were  often  very  acute. 

Every  man  has  an  atmosphere,  natural  or  acquired.  Why? 
Because  out  of  the  heart  the  mouth  speaketh.  The  lowest 
form  of  animal  creation  is  pleased,  shows  happiness  or 
content :  the  dog  wags  his  tail,  the  cat  purrs,  and  the  bird 
pours  out  his  soul  in  song,  but  man  alone,  endowed  with 
higher  gifts,  can  curb  annoyance  with  silence,  disappoint- 
ment with  cheerfulness,  assaults  with  a  smile  and  calamity 
with  resignation. 

Dr.  Rice  had  a  keen  sense  of  humor.  This  was  of  a  kindly 
sort,  however,  and  almost  without  exception,  impersonal. 
I  never  knew  him  to  rejoice  outwardly  in  the  downfall  of  an 
enemy.  When  anxious  or  troubled  he  would  turn  to  his 
books  and.  having  the  power  of  concentration,  would  soon 
be  lost  to  the  world  and  worry  in  working  out  some  intricate 
research  in  Sanskrit  or  in  tracing  the  derivation  of  a  word 
from  some  Oriental  source  to  its  every  day  use  in  the  ver- 
nacular. 

The  work,  however,  which  furnished  him  a  living  was  his 
position  as  chemist  of  the  Department  of  Public  Charities 
and  Correction  and  superintendent  of  the  General  Drug  De- 
partment at  Bellevue  Hospital.  These  positions  alone  would 
test  the  abilities  of  any  man  and  it  was  the  necessity  for 
analyzing  and  inspecting  the  supplies  furnished  to  all  of  the 
hospitals  in  this  great  city  which  gave  him  the  foundation 
for  his  work  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  and  it 
was  undoubtedly  his  early  rising  at  5  o'clock  in  the  morning, 
when  he  had  to  go  to  the  dock  to  test  the  milk  delivered  for 
the  hospitals  of  the  city,  and  his  constant,  unremitting  labor 
during  the  day,  and  his  recreation  at  night  poring  over  his 
books  which  shortened  his  life.  He  literally  burned  his 
candle  at  both  ends. 

After  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  1880  was  issued,  the  name  of 
Charles  Rice  became  known  to  chemists  and  pharmacists 
generally  throughout  the  world.  His  correspondence  increased 
enormously  and  as  he  did  not  know  how  to  save  himself 
labor  and  give  up  detail,  he  insisted  upon  conducting  his 
correspondence  by  personally  writing  by  his  own  hand  ever}- 
letter.  These  letters  will  now  ever  be  prized  by  the  recipients. 
If  ^e^  could  not  definitely  answer  the  question  propounded  by 
"'     _j;:nondent,    he    always    made    a    valuable    suggestion, 

IS    eoires^-     -  -.once  to  some  book,  or  the  name  of  someone 
would  give  a  i-eRt^-    ^irer.     I  never  knew  him  to  show  an- 
who  could  aid  the  en..  ,^^^^^  .^^  answering  inquiries, 
noyance  or  express  impai  ,    ^.      •    ,"  ,         .  .      , 

„.     ,      ,^,     ,      ,       ,       ^^veral    times   before   his    decease. 
His    hea  th    broke    down    s.  .^  ^.^^  j  ^^^  ^j^^^,^^  j^.^^  i^ 

and  I  shall  never  forget  the  la.  ,  ^^^^^  ^.^  ^.^^.  .^  ^^^ 
ife.      In   answer  to   a   telegram  ^^   j^^^    procured   a 

library,    unable    to    hold    up   his    he.,    ,  ^^^^^   ^^^^   ^1^^ 

down   pillow    had   taken   out   a   doze       ;„^^^   .^   ^^^ 
bookshelf   behind   his   chair,   placed   th.^   ^^^^.  ^^^ 

space  and  sat  in  his  chair  with  his  he^.j^^^  savin-'  it  was 
bookshelf.  He  excused  himself  for  his  posi  , '  i  °  .  . 
,,  ^  ,.  ,,  -V-  ^  ,,  '  made  my  visit 
the  only  way  he  could  get  relief.  Naturally  ^j^^j  expression 
as  short  as  possible  and  I  left  him  with  a  grat .  j  '  „£).„„ 
on  his  face  and  a  painful  attempt  at  a  smile.  Tw 
ward  I  received  a  telegram  that  he  had  passed  aw 

But  now,  mj'  dear  friends,  while  I  have  no  desirt^        -    , 
these    reminiscences    sad    or    sorrowful,     I     neverthek  , 

it  is  my  duty  to  place  on  record  this  contribution  to    ^j^ 
the  greatest  of  your  countrymen  who  have  left  behind 
records  which  can  never  be  blotted  out. 

I  wish,  if  your  time  permitted,   I  could  speak  of  my  t  , 
iniscences  of  that  scholarly  critic.  Dr.  Frederick  Hoffman,  a 
your   own   dignified,    even   stately,    Paul    BalluS,    and   of   tf 
solid,    patient,    and    able    Neergaard :    also    of    Tsheppe    an 
of   the   versatile,    kindly   Bendiner.      Tou   will   notice    I   hav 
referred  only  to  those  who  have  gone  before.     What  shall   i 
say  about  one  who  knew  intimately  all  these  I  have  mentioned 
in  this  imperfect   sketch   and  who  joins  me,   heart  and  soul, 
I  know,  in  all  I  have  said  about  his  friends.     I  refer,  of  course, 
to  your  beloved  member,  Gustavus  Ramsperger. 

In  closing,  permit  me  to  congratulate  the  Deutsche  Apothe- 
ker  Verein  upon  its  achievements  and  particularly  upon  the 
work  of  fostering  among  those  who  have  come  out  of  their 
native  land  to  this  new  country  the  spirit  of  working  hand 
in  hand  with  pharmacists  of  every   nationality,   contributing 


so  largely  to  the  upbuilding  of  American  Pharmacy,  in  which 
you  have  taken  such  an  important  part  and  contributed  your 
full  share. 


"DRUGGISTS'  INDEMNITY  INSURANCE." 

By.  R.  S.  Keelor,  M.D.,  Vice-President  of  The  Empire 
State  Surety  Company,  of  New  York. 
This  form  of  insurance  was  introduced  into  the  United 
States  by  the  writer  in  1893.  Policies  of  like  purport  were, 
however,  issued  to  physicians  a  .year  or  two  previous  to  that 
time,  in  England,  by  a  mutual  association  organized  by  Law- 
son  Tait,  a  celebrated  surgeon,  of  Manchester.  An  apparent 
increase  in  the  number  of  damage  suits  brought  against  drug- 
gists recently  has  served  to  make  the  discussion  of  Druggists' 
Liability  under  the  law  a  matter  of  more  than  ordinary  in- 
terest at  this  time.  Considering  the  question  in  its  broadest 
sense  and  from  the  insurance  man's  point  of  view,  I  would 
emphasize  the  fact  that  the  litigation  spirit  is  abroad  in  our 
land,  and  that  suits  for  damages  are  accordingly  becoming 
much  more  numerous  than  they  were  a  few  .vears  ago,  and  that 
damages  awarded  by  juries  are  constantly  increasing  as 
respects  the  amounts  awarded.  Litigation  is  encouraged  by 
a  class  of  lawyers  who  are  willing  to  prosecute  claims  upon 
a  contingent  basis  and  without  regard  to  merit,  expecting 
to  force  a  compromise  from  the  undefended  druggist  as  the 
easiest  way  to  avoid  publicity,  annoyance  and  expense  when 
a  claim  is  made  against  him.  Many  of  these  suits  are  brought 
without  a  reasonable  expectation  of  collecting  damages  in 
Court ;  but  they  are  none  the  less  annoying  and  expensive  to 
the  druggist,  since  it  is  not  only  a  great  annoyance  to  handle 
a  claim  for  damages,  based  on  some  alleged  mistake  com- 
mitted in  a  drug  store,  but  it  costs  considerable  money  to 
win. 

The  druggist  does  not  know  how  to  gather,  arrange  and 
present  facts  for  the  defense  of  a  claim  of  this  kind,  and  even 
his  own  private  attorney  is  lacking  in  the  necessary  experience 
in  this  special  branch  of  the  law,  to  enable  him  to  success- 
fully cope  with  the  damage  claim  lawyers,  who  make  a  busi- 
ness of  prosecuting  suits  of  this  kind ;  and  if  a  claim  for 
damages  is  resisted  and  goes  to  trial,  the  jury  may  decide 
against  the  druggist,  who  will  then  find  that,  while  it  cost 
considerable  money  to  win,  it  costs  moee  to  lose  one  of 
these  damage  suits ;  and  it  is  important  at  this  point  in  the 
consideration  of  our  subject,  to  call  attention  to  the  fact  that, 
only  an  insurance  company  chartered  under  the  laws  of  one 
of  the  States  of  the  Union,  as  an  insurance  company,  has  a 
legal  right  to  issue  a  contract  or  policy  which  will  provide 
indemnity  against  loss,  if  damages  are  assessed  by  a  jury. 
as  well  as  to  provide  for  the  mere  defense  of  the  claim  or 
suits  for  damages  brought  against  a  druggist,  and  that  any 
contract  purporting  to  furnish  protection  to  the  druggist  must 
fall  short  of  his  actual  needs,  if  it  does  not  provide  a  fixed 
limit  of  liability  upon  the  part  of  the  company,  for  loss  re- 
sulting from  the  legal  liability  of  the  druggist,  for  damages 
growing  out  of  errors  or  mistakes  made  in  the  conduct  of  his 
business. 

The  commercial  reporting  agencies  will  be  very  apt  to  give 
a  better  rating  to  a  druggist  who  is  not  exposed  to  the  risk 
of  serious  impairment  of  his  working  capital,  by  reason  of 
judgments  rendered  against  him  for  damages,  than  they  would 
give  him  under  other  circumstances ;  and  a  Druggists'  In- 
demnity Policy  fulfills  this  requirement,  because  if  a  claim 
is  made  against  the  druggist,  the  insurance  company  is  to  be 
immediately  notified,  whereupon  it  undertakes  the  thorough  in- 
vestigation of  the  claim,  the  collection  and  preservation  of 
evidence  and  the  adjustment  and  settlement  of  the  claim ; 
(not,  however,  unless  the  druggist  himself  is  willing  to  have 
the  claim  settled,  because  his  reputation  may  be  at  stake,  and 
he  may  want  a  vindication,  rather  than  a  compromise  in 
settlement)  or  if  it  is  found  necessary  or  advisable  to  contest 
the  claim  in  Court,  the  insurance  company,  with  the  services 
of  its  expert  attorneys,  assumes  the  defense,  and  if  a  verdict 
is  rendered  against  the  druggist  for  damages,  liquidates  such 
damages  within  the  limit  of  liability  named  in  its  policy. 

A  large  number  of  cases  have  been  before  the  Courts  in 
different  sections  of  the  country  ;  and  it  may  serve  to  impress 
ipon  druggists  the  dangers  which  encompass  them  to  refer 
iriefly  to  the  more  important  questions  that  have  been  settled 
ly  the  Courts,  and  the  citations  following  in  parenthesis  refer 


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to  cases  which  have  been  decided  by  the  Courts  in  the  re- 
spective States,  which  cases  will  be  found  in  the  official  re- 
ports printed  for  the  convenience  of  lawyers,  and  usually 
finding  a  place  in  the  lawj'er's  library : 

The  rule  laid  down  by  the  Courts  is  that  a  pharmacist  or 
druggist  is  required  to  exercise  the  highest  degree  of  care  to 
guard  against  any  injury  to  others  (Elkin  vs.  McKeen,  70 
Pa.  493 ;  Schubert  vs.  Clark  &  Co.,  15  Lawyers'  Reports 
Annotated  818).  Where  an  individual  or  a  firm  is  engaged  in 
the  sale  of  drugs,  there  is  an  implied  warrantee  with  every 
sale,  that  the  article  sold  is  of  the  kind  and  character  asked 
for  by  the  buyer,  and  sold  by  the  vendor  (Hoover  vs.  Peters, 
IS  Mich.  51). 

It  is  the  duty  of  pharmacists  and  druggists  to  know  the 
properties  of  drugs  and  medicines  they  sell,  and  they  are 
liable  in  damages  for  negligence  or  ignorance  in  allowing 
poisonous  drugs  to  be  mixed  iu  a  prescription  (Fleet  vs. 
Hollenkemp,  52  Ky.  219).  A  wholesale  druggist  selling  Bell- 
adonna that  is  labelled  "Dandelion"  by  his  agent  in  preparing 
drugs  for  market,  and  is  sold  for  Dandelion,  is  liable  to  a 
party  injured  thereby,  although  the  drug  so  labelled  has  passed 
through  the  hands  of  several  dealers  (Thomas  vs.  Winchester, 
6  N.  X.  397).  Where  a  merchant  or  druggist  sells  a  harmful, 
poisonous  drug  to  one  person  for  a  medicine  which  is  harmless, 
by  mistake,  and  it  is  taken  for  medicine  without  negligence 
by  a  third  person,  the  druggist  is  liable  to  such  third  person 
for  damage  resulting  to  him  therefrom  (Peters  vs.  Johnson. 
Jackson  &  Co.,  50  W.  Va.  644).  Where  a  wholesale  druggist 
delivers  to  a  retail  druggist  a  package  of  Tartaric  Acid  labeled 
"Rochelle  Salts,"  and  the  retailer  breaks  the  package  and 
sells  a  part  of  the  contents  as  Rochelle  Salts,  the  latter  will 
be  liable  for  injury  resulting  to  the  purchaser  from  taking  the 
drug  (Howes  vs.  Rose,  13  Ind.  App.  674). 

The  use  of  Strychnine  in  filling  a  prescription,  calling 
for  a  preparation  of  Camphor,  establishes  negligence,  for 
which  the  druggist  is  liable  (Minner  vs.  Scherpich,  5  N.  T. 
S.  851).  The  druggist  is  liable  for  the  mistake  of  a  clerk 
employed  by  the  druggist's  brother  in  his  absence  (McCubbin 
vs.  Hastings,  22  La.  Ann.  713).  One  selling  Sulphate  of 
Zinc  for  Epsom  Salt  is  liable  for  any  damage  caused  thereby 
(Walton  vs.  Booth,  34  La.  Ann.  013).  Where  a  druggist  or 
his  assistant  sells  Extract  of  Belladonna  for  Extract  of  Dande- 
lion, and  the  purchaser  sustains  injury,  the  druggist  is  liable 
(Smith  vs.  Hayes,  23  111.  App.  244).  A  druggist  injuring 
one  in  his  store  by  an  explosion  of  a  mixture,  which  he  was 
compounding,  is  liable,  if  he  fail  to  exercise  the  utmost  care 
to  avoid  the  injury,  where  the  mixture  was  such  that  a  well 
educated  druggist  should  reasonably  suspect  danger  from  an 
explosion  (Kerr  vs.  Classon,  2  Ohio  666). 

Defendant,    an   Apothecary,    by   his   assistant,   sold   as   and 
for  Tincture  of  Rhubarb    (a  harmless  and  well-known   medicine) 
2  oz.  of  Tincture  of  Opium,  of  whom  he  procured   it   for  the 
purpose  of  administering  and  did  administer  it  to  his  servant, 
from  the  effects  of  which  the  servant  died ;  held  the  druggist 
was  liable  without  regard  to  the  question  of  privity  of  con- 
tract between  the  parties   (Norton  vs.  Sewall.  106  Mass.  143). 
In  an  action  against  a  druggist  for  alleged   negligence  in  the 
sale  of  a  drug,  evidence  that  he  was  a  careful  and  busy  man 
1    in   the   handling   of   medicines   and   poisons   is   not    admissible 
(Hall   vs.    Rankin,    87    Iowa    261).      Where    a    druggist,    by 
mistake,    put    up    in    packages    a    quantity    of   deadly    poison. 
'    and  labelled  these  with  the  name  of  a  harmless  medicine,  and 
!    put  the  packages  upon  the  market,  it  was  held  that  he  was 
j    liable  in  damages  after  one  of  the  packages  had  passed  through 
1   several  hands  to  an  apothecary,  of  whom  the  plaintiff  purchased 
it  and  administered  it  to  his  wife,  who  used  it  as  a  harmless 
I   medicine,  being  deceived  by  the  false  label   (Raff  vs.  Sommer- 
1   beck,  94  Iowa  656). 

I  An  apothecary  who  sold  a  bottle  of  liquid  made  up  of  in- 
:  gredients  known  only  to  himself,  representing  it  to  be  fit  to  be 
'  used  in  washing  the  hair,  was  held  to  be  liable  for  injury. 
;  resulting  to  the  purchaser's  wife,  from  her  using  it  for  that 
■  purpose  (George  vs.  Shivington,  Lr.  5  Exch.  1). 
I  Several  companies  engaged  in  casualty  insurance  are  offering 
Druggists'  Indemnity  or  Liability  Insurance,  the  premium 
charge  being  merely  a  nominal  sum,  compared  with  the  cost 
i  of  a  lawyer's  fees  in  a  single  case,  and  it  would  therefore 
I  seem  that  no  druggist  can  afford  to  do  without  this  insurance. 

It  is  not  worth  while  to  have  the  good  opinion  of  a  man 
who  insists  you  shall  accept  all  his  opinions  as  good. 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  onr  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formuhis,  and  to  discuss 
■luestions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
H-knowledged  by  mail,  and  AXOXYMOrS  COJIMUNIC.VTIONS 
UECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
tljis  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
«hich  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Antiseptine. 

(C.  B.  D. ) — "Antiseptine"  is  a  pharmaceutical  specialty 
manufacturpd  by  Nelson,  Baker  &  Co.,  of  Detroit.  Mich.,  who 
state  that  it  "represents  the  combined  antiseptic  values  of 
baptisia.  eucalyptus,  gaultheria,  mentha  arvensis  and  thyme, 
with  benzoic  and  boric  acids."  It  is  recommended  for  use  as 
an  antiseptic  dressing,  gargle  or  spray.  We  cannot  give  the 
working   formula. 

Under  the  name  of  "antiseptin"  (no  final  e)  Coblentz 
(Newer  Remedies,  4th  ed..  1908),  cites  two  preparations,  one 
a  "mixture  of  zinc  sulphate.  So  parts,  zinc  iodide,  2.5  parts ; 
thymol,  2X>  parts:  boric  acid.  10  parts  (S.  Radlauer,  Berlin)," 
and  the  other  "an  animal  prophylactic  and  curative  solution 
containing  40  per  cent  of  zinc  sulphate  and  4  per  cent  of  alum 
in  water    (Schwarzlose)." 

Use  of  General  Guaranty  Legend  in  Oklahoma. 

(II.  B.I — "Please  answer  the  following  questions:  I  am 
a  ph.vsiciau.  graduated  from  Turin,  Italy,  and  now  registered 
and  practicing  in  the  State  of  Oklahoma ;  for  the  benefit  of 
my  many  patients  I  have  occasion  to  send  to  nearby  places 
bottles  of  my  medicines  such  as  (II  cod  liver  oil  (olio  di 
fegato  di  merluzzo)  :  (2)  cod  liver  oil  with  hypophosphites  of 
lime  and  soda;  (3)  wine  and  cod  liver  oil;  (4)  anti-malaric 
(quinine,  methylene  blue  and  syrup),  and  (5)  Catramina 
(syrup  of  tar  oil  with  ammonia,  a  cough  medicine).  These 
medicines  are  manufactured  by  myself  and  I  would  like  to 
know  if  I  could  send  them  within  the  State  and  into  other 
States  without  the  guaranty  of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture 
and  without  my  name  appearing  on  the  label,  the  words  "Ital- 
ian Laboratory'  being  used  instead  of  the  name  of  the  man- 
ufacturer." 

The  provisions  of  the  Oklahoma  Food  and  Drugs  Law  are 
essentially  the  same  as  those  of  the  Federal  Act.  Under  either 
law  the  preparations  manufactured  by  you  must  conform  to 
the  law  as  to  labeling  and  carry  the  declaration  required  as 
to  alcoholic  content,  narcotic  drugs,  etc.  The  filing  of  a  gen- 
eral guaranty  with  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  is  not  manda- 
tory upon  any  manufacturer.  If  the  manufactuer  can  sell 
his  products  without  guaranteeing  them,  he  is  at  liberty  to  do 
so,  but  should  such  products  be  afterwards  condemned,  the 
responsibility  rests  upon  him  in  whose  possession  the  goods 
are  found. 

We  see  no  objection  to  the  use  of  the  name  "Italian  Labo- 
ratory" as  the  name  of  the  manufacturer  of  your  products 
if  you  will  give  the  name  a  legal  existence  by  registering  it 
under  the  laws  of  your  State.  Otherwise  the  use  of  the  name 
might  be  held  to  be  illegal.  Please  note  that  the  Secretary 
of  Agriculture  does  not  guarantee  any  product.  The  law 
merely  provides  that  you  may  file  your  guaranty  with  him. 
See  reply  to  "subscriber"  elsewhere  in  this  department. 


Mist.  Lini. 

(J.  J.  B.) — "I  saw  a  formula  in  The  Pharmaceutical 
Eba  recently  for  'mist,  lini."  I  now  write  asking  if  it  is  possi- 
ble for  you  to  find  a  formula  for  the  same  which  was  pub- 
lished in  the  Medical  Journal  about  eight  or  ten  years  ago. 
I  have  never  been  able  to  run  across  a  formula  like  it.  If  you 
can  help  me  out  you  will  oblige  me  by  publishing  the  for- 
mula." 

There  are  so  many  medical  journals  that  it  is  difficult  to 
determine  which  is  the  "medical  journal"  referred  to  in  the 


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above  query.  However,  the  following  formula  was  published 
in  a  number  of  medical  journals  ten  or  twelve  years  ago  under 
the  title  "Mistura  Olei  Lini"  : 

Oleum  lini 300  Cc. 

Oleum  gaultheriiE    5  Cc. 

Oleum  cinnam    5  Cc. 

Acidi   hydrocyan.   dil 5  Cc. 

Glycerium     15  Cc. 

Syrupus     200  Cc. 

Mucil.   chondri    (N.F.)    ci.    s.,   ad 1000  Cc. 

Dose :     1   to   4   fluid   drams. 


Depilatory  in  Powder  Form. 

(H.  J.  F.) — The  following  formula,  employed  in  Bellevue 
and  other  hospitals  in  this  city,  for  removing  hair  from  the 
skin  previous  to  operations  w-ill  probably  answer: 

Barium   sulphide    3  parts. 

Wheat   starch    1  part. 

Water     q.  s. 

The  barium  sulphide  must  be  as  fresh  as  possible,  and  not 
have  become  oxidized  by  exposure  to  the  air.  The  mixed 
powders  are  to  be  made  into  a  paste  with  water  and  applied 
in  a  moderately  thick  layer  to  the  parts  to  be  denuded  of 
hair,  the  excess  of  the  latter  having  previously  been  trimmed 
off  with  the  scissors.  From  time  to  time  a  small  part  of  the 
surface  should  be  examined,  and  when  it  is  seen  that  the 
hair  can  be  removed,  the  mass  should  be  washed  off. 

Another  formula  calls  for:  Barium  sulphide,  2  drams; 
zinc  oxide,  3  drams ;  powdered  starch,  3  drams.  These  in- 
gredients are  similarly  mixed  and  made  into  a  paste  with 
warm  water  when  required  for  use.  The  paste  is  applied 
and  allowed  to  remain  from  one  to  five  minutes,  when  it  is 
removed  by  scraping  with  a  paper  knife  or  other  blunt-edged 
blade.  The  denuded  surface  is  then  washed  with  warm  water 
and  some  emollient  dressing  applied.  The  operation  needs 
to  be  repeated  from  time  to  time. 

Coloring  Kerosene  Red. 

(E.  C.  M.) — Some  years  ago  il.  A.  Rawson,  of  La  Crosse, 
Wis.,  wrote  to  the  Eka  that  he  had  used  alkanet  for  coloring 
kerosene  with  excellent  results.  His  plan  is  simply  to  tie  up 
the  root  in  a  coarse  cloth  and  suspend  it  in  the  oil.  Oil- 
soluble  aniline  of  the  desired  shade  has  also  been  recom- 
mended. 


Sweeping  Compound. 

(C.  M.) — Some  of  the  so-called  sweeping  compounds  on  the 
market  are  nothing  more  than  admixtures  of  sawdust,  sand, 
etc.,  the  specifications  of  one  patent  we  have  seen  calling 
for  sand,  50 ;  sawdust,  30 ;  oil  5 ;  hardwood  ashes,  8 ;  and 
sal-ammoniac,  2  parts.  Other  compounds  seem  to  be  saw- 
dust saturated  with  soap  solution,  then  dried  and  mixed  with 
sand.  Possibly  some  reader  can  contribute  a  practical  work- 
ing formula. 


General   Guaranty  and   Serial   Number. 

(Subscriber.) — "On  requesting  a  serial  number  from  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  must  I  state  the  number  or  the 
names  of  the  preparations  I  intend  to  manufacture?  In  case 
I    manufacture    different    articles    under   different    names,    as 

for  instance,  some  under Chemical  Company,  some 

under  my  own  name  and  others  under  the  store  name,  must 
I  have  a  serial  number  for  each  firm  or  name  used  on  the 
labels  or  will  one  number  cover  all  of  them'.'" 

Your  first  question  is  very  fully  answered  in  the  text  of 
Food  Inspection  Decision  No  96.  In  the  first  place  you 
must  file  a  general  guaranty  in  which  the  articles  to  be 
guaranteed  may  be  referred  to  in  the  following  way:  (1) 
by  name;  (2)  by  use  of  general  terms.  For  example,  pro- 
prietary medicines,  extracts,  carbonated  waters,  etc.,  using 
the  proper  terms  to  cover  the  line  or  lines  sold,  and  (3)  by 
stating  in  the  space  reserved  for  listing  articles,  "all  articles 
which    are    now    or    which    may    hereafter    be    manufactured. 

packed  or  distributed  or  sold  by x,"  in  which  case  the 

serial  number  can  be  used  on  all  food  or  drugs,  subject  to 
the  act,  manufactured  or  owned  and  sold  by  the  guarantor. 

The  answer  to  your  second  question  comes  within  the 
scope  of  Regulation  No.  IS,  to  the  effect  that  the  names  of 
imaginary  manufacturers  or  companies  and  fictitious  addresses 
on    labels   are   not   permitted.      If   any   names   and   addresses 


are  given  they  must  be  the  true  names  and  addresses,  other- 
wise the  articles  bearing  labels  containing  such  names  would 
be  held  as  misbrauded.  It  is  not  the  policy  of  the  govern- 
ment authorities  to  assign  serial  numbers  to  individuals  or 
corporations  which  have  no  legal  existence.  For  this  reason 
we  do  not  think  it  will  be  possible  for  you  to  secure  one 
serial  number  which  may  be  indiscriminately  used  under  the 
several  names  you  propose. 


'I  WILL  CREED"  MAKES  A  HIT  IN  ST.  LOUIS, 


Many  Students  Stop  Smoking  to  Prove  That  They  Can 
Do  So  and  Sign  a  Golden  Rule  Pledge. 
St.  Loms,  Feb.  27. — Prof.  William  Hamilton  Lamont,  of 
the  Commercial  Pharmacy  Department  of  the  St.  Louis  C.P., 
is  introducing  a  "will  power"  test  into  his  lectures,  illustrative 
of  what  determination  and  self-coutrol  mean.  His  first  test 
was  a  four  weeks  non-smoking  contest.  Forty-eight  of  the 
class  of  72  were  acknowledged  smokers.  Following  an  ex- 
ample set  by  Mr.  Lamont  they  decided  to  stop  smoking  for 
four  weeks  to  indicate  that  they  had  full  control  of  appetite 
and  body.  Only  nine  were  cigarette  smokers.  No  penalty  is 
attached,  only  truthful  reports  asked.  While  the  test  is  not 
concluded,  it  seems  that  reports  will  be  very  complimentary  to 
the  self-control  of  the  class. 

In  keeping  with  the  determination  test,  an  "I  Will  Creed" 
has  been  circulated.  Each  member  of  the  class  has  signed  it. 
The  subject  as  presented  to  the  class  follows  : 

Realizing  the  inestimable  value  of  honest  business  conduct 
and  the  strict  appreciation  of  truth  in  all  my  actions,  deeds  and 
thoughts. 

Believing  in  the  possibilities  of  self-advancement  and  self- 
improvement  through  the  acquisition  and  proper  development 
of  the  Fundamental  Essential  to  Successful  Business,  and  feeling 
that  a  permanent  good  will  result  from  introduction  to,  and 
retention  in  my  business  life,  I  herewith  subscribe  my  name 
to  the 

I   WILL  CREED. 
I  WILL — Respect  my  profession,  my  employer  and  myself. 
I  WILL — Be  honest  and  fair  with  my  employer  and  expect  in  re- 
turn  his  implicit  confidence  and   support. 
1  WILL — Be  Loyal  and  Just  and  never  speak  of  him  disparag- 
ingly or  criticize  him  publicly. 
I  WILL — Enhance  the  value  of  his  Reputation  by  my  good  work. 
I  WILL — Be  a  trustworthy  custodian  of  his  goods  and  cash,  and 

use  every  effort  to  preserve  the  dignity  of  the  profession. 
I  WILL — Base    my    expectation    of    reward    upon    the    class    of 
service   rendered,    and    pay    the   price   of   success    in    honest 
effort. 
I  WILL — Meet  my  duties  with  a  smile  and  enter  upon  my  work 

with  cheerfulness. 
I  WILL — Find  time  to  do  everything  needful  by  never  allowing 

time  to   find   mc  unemployed. 
I  WILL — Earn   money  and   save  it,    by   avoiding  expensive  and 

unnecessary    amusements. 
I  WILL — Avoid   dissipation   in   all   forms  and  guard   my   health, 

because  a  healthy  body  may  acquire  a  healthy  mind. 
I  WILL — Mix  brains  with  my  work  and  handle  the  customers 
along  correct  and  proper  lines,  remembering  that  plenty  of 
satisfied  customers  is  the  best  evidence  of  good  business. 
I  WILL — Make  good  business — clean  business,  by  following  the 
Golden  Rule,  which  makes  me  Just  and  Honest  and  Truthful 
to  my  fellow  man. 


N.Y.C.P.  Election  to  Be  Held  on  March  16. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Columbia  Universit.v,  will  be  held  at  8  p.  m.  on  Tuesday, 
March  IG.  The  nominating  committee  has  prepared  the 
following  ballot:  For  president.  Nicholas  Murray  Butler; 
for  1st  vice-president,  Charles  F.  Chandler;  for  2d  vice-presi- 
dent, Herbert  D.  Robbins ;  for  3d  vice-president,  Wm.  Jay 
Schieffelin ;  for  treasurer.  Clarence  O.  Bigelow ;  for  secretary, 
Thomas  F.  Main ;  for  assistant  secretary,  Edward  W.  Runyon ; 
for  trustees  to  serve  three  .years.  Thos  P.  Cook,  Arthur  H. 
Elliott.  Heironimus  A.  Herold,  Albert  Plaut,  George  H.  Hitch- 
cock ;  for  trustee  to  serve  one  year,  F.  W.  Schoonmaker. 


Michigan   State   Pharmaceutical   Association. 

The  Michigan  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  meet  at 
the  Wayne  Hotel,  Detroit,  June  22-24.  The  following  com- 
mittee on  entertainment  has  been  appointed  by  the  Detroit 
R.D.A.  to  co-operate  with  the  Pharmaceutical  Travelers  in 
providing  entertainment :  W.  C.  M.  Scott,  chairman ;  J. 
W.  T.  Knox.  R.  A.  Carmichael,  M.  E.  Keyes.  J.  Greenthal. 
The  legislative  committee  of  the  State  association,  is  working 
for  the  passage  of  an  Itinerant  Vendors'  Bill,  a  strict  Cocaine 
Law,  a  Pure  Drug  Law  and  some  amendments  to  the  Phar- 
macy Law. 


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Personal  Mention 


— C.  C.  Wabd.  of  Crisfield,  Md..  has  purchased  an  auto. 

— J.  W.  Beehm,  of  Pittsburg',  is  spending  a  few  weeks  on 
a  hunting  trip  in  Virginia. 

— J.  J.  LoBGE.  druggist  at  Eagle,  Wis.,  was  a  visitor  re- 
cently at  the  offices  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company. 

— Cabl  Lokexz.  a  prominent  druggist  of  Philadelphia,  is 
slowly  recovering  from  a  three  months  spell  of  sickness. 

^H.  G.  Snydeb,  chief  clerk  for  the  May  Drug  Company,  at 
Pittsburg,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  is  sojourning  in  Florida, 

— William  E,  Lee  and  Mrs,  Lee.  of  Philadelphia,  were  the 
guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Bradbury,  of  Washington, 
during  inaugural  week. 

— J.  B.  POKTEB  will  lay  aside  the  responsibilities  of  his 
Pittsburg  pharmacy  and  will  spend  several  weeks  on  a  hunt- 
ing trip  in  Oklahoma. 

— De.  J.  H.  Beal,  vice-dean  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of 
Pharmacy,  has  resumed  his  duties  after  an  absence  of  a  week, 
during  which  time  he  was  on  the  sick  list. 

— Fbiends  of  Arthur  J.  Luebke.  well-known  North  Side 
druggist.  Milwaukee,  are  making  a  campaign  for  his  election 
as  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Milwaukee  schools. 

■ — HoWABD  B.\eb,  a  well  known  Philadelphia  druggist, 
escaped  the  raw  weather  of  last  week  by  taking  a  trip  to 
Bermuda.     He  will  be  absent  for  several  weeks. 

— Nicholas  Floubnot.  of  Richmond,  Va..  conducting  a 
pharmacy  at  Amelia  Courthouse,  is  ill  at  his  home  in  the 
former  place.     At   last   advices   his   condition   was  improved. 

— James  M.  O'Bbiex.  formerly  with  Bauer  &  Black  in 
southern  New  England,  has  accepted  a  position  with  Eli  Lilly 
&  Co.  and  will  call  on  the  retail  trade  of  a  part  of  New  York 
City. 

— Cobnelius  Zechel.  formerly  of  Manitowoc,  Wis.,  now 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Pewaukee.  Wis.,  has  just 
moved  into  a  handsome  new  store  building,  recently  completed 
for  him. 

— J.  A.  Foley,  buyer  for  the  Kauffmann-Lattimer  Com- 
pany, of  Columbus,  Ohio,  is  on  a  week's  tour  in  the  East  and 
has  been  calling  upon  the  trade  in  New  York  City  for  the  past 
few  days. 

— Hakry  L.  Tuckee,  one  of  the  originators  of  the  Orient 
Theatre,  in  Oscaloosa,  Iowa,  has  returned  to  the  drug  business 
and  accepted  a  position  with  the  Green  &  Bentley  Drug  Co. 
in  that  city. 

— Db.  and  Mrs.  R.  Kinuig.  of  Frankford  and  Girard 
avenues,  Philadelphia,  attended  the  inauguration  ball  at 
Washington  and  afterwards  went  to  Old  Point  Comfort  for  a 
week's  sojourn. 

— Sidney  C.  Yeomans,  president  of  the  C.R.D.A.,  left 
Chicago  last  week  for  a  two  weeks'  trip.  His  itinerary  includes 
New  York  and  points  in  Canada,  where  he  will  spend  some 
time  with  relatives. 

— Saml-el  W.  RiCHABDSOn,  pharmacist  in  the  United 
States  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service,  stationed 
at  Buffalo.  N.  Y.,  was  a  recent  visitor  in  New  Orleans,  where 
he    was    formerly    stationed. 

— R.  L.  Van  Devanteb,  who  is  city  tax  collector  of  Hagers- 
town  has  been  much  improved  in  health  by  sojourning  in  the 
mountains.  He  was  at  home  recently  for  a  brief  time  look- 
ing after  pressing  business  matters. 

■ — Samuel  Feldman,  a  Philadelphia  druggist,  has  deserted 
pharmacy  for  the  real  estate  business  in  which  he  has  already 
had  considerable  experience.  He  has  sold  his  store  at  Sixth 
and  Tasker  streets,  that  city,  to  M.  and  E.  Goldstein. 

— E.  G.  Necmeister.  former  manager  and  part  owner 
of  the  Union  Drug  Company,  at  Appleton.  Wis.,  was  a  recent 
Milwaukee  visitor.  Mr.  Neumeister  has  been  living  on  his 
farm  at  Sheboygan,  Wis.,  of  late  and  is  now  much  improved 
in  health. 

— De.  a.  R.  L.  Dohme,  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  is  making  an 
extensive  cruise  in  Southern  waters  for  rest  and  recreation. 
The  trip  includes  stop  overs  at  Cuba  and  Jamaica,  besides 
the  Windward  Islands,  where  Dr.  Dohme  expects  to  sojourn 
for  several   weeks. 

— Albert  Plaut,  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  is  planning  a  trip  to 
Europe  and  intends  to  sail  March  23  on  the  Hamburg-Amer- 


ican liner  Kronprinzessin  Cecillie.  The  trip  will  include 
visits  to  Italy.  Germany,  England,  France  and  Spain  and 
cover  a  period  of  over  three  months. 

— Walter  P.  Brown,  State  Senator  in  Iowa  from  Marshall 
County,  was  formerly  employed  in  a  drug  store  in  Atchison. 
He  is  now  in  the  hardware  business  at  Blue  Rapids  and  puts 
into  his  efforts,  both  legislative  and  private,  all  the  vigor  he 
can  muster,  with  drug  store  hours  the  limit. 

— William  McIntyee.  nestor  of  the  Philadelphia  drug 
trade,  took  part  in  the  inaugural  ceremonies  at  Washington. 
In  the  ranks  of  one  of  the  Philadelphia  marching  clubs  he 
tramped  in  the  rain  and  plowed  through  slush,  and  after  it 
was  all  over  was  as  strong  and  cherry  as  an  enthusiastic  boy. 

— Christian  Widule,  well  known  druggist  of  Milwaukee, 
Wis.,  recently  celebrated  the  eleventh  anniversary  of  bis  in- 
stallation as  assistant  postmaster  of  Milwaukee.  Mr.  Widule, 
who  has  given  Milwaukee  a  most  efficient  administration,  was 
appointed  by  former  Postmaster  E.  R.  Stillman.  succeeding 
John  J.  Somers.  He  has  served  in  this  position  longer  than 
any  former  incumbent. 

— Db.  Enno  Sander.  St.  Louis'  "Grand  Old  Man  of  Phar- 
macy." celebrated  his  S7th  birthday  Feb.  27,  at  the  Washing- 
ton Hotel  in  that  city.  He  had  planned  no  special  observance 
but  was  kept  busy  the  entire  day  receiving  messages,  callers 
and  answering  congratulations.  Dr.  Sander  has  been  elected 
a  member  of  the  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  and 
last  year  received  a  bouquet  of  S6  carnations.  This  year  he 
received  from  each  member  of  that  association  a  special  mes- 
sage, all  sent  in  the  form  of  a  special  letter,  which  was  pre- 
sented as  a  bunch  of  "carnations." 

— A.  D.  HoBLiCK.  manufacturer  of  Horlick's  Malted  Milk, 
and  mayor  of  Racine,  has  announced  his  candidacy  for  re- 
election as  mayor  of  the  city.  For  the  first  time  in  the 
history  of  Racine,  Democrats  joined  with  Republicans  on 
a  committee  of  twelve  to  wait  upon  the  mayor  for  the  purpose 
of  inducing  him  to  again  allow  his  name  to  be  used  at  the 
polls.  So  anxious  were  the  citizens  of  Racine  that  Mr.  Hor- 
lick  succeed  himself  as  mayor  that  a  general  mass  meeting 
was  held  to  consider  the  matter.  As  soon  as  the  nomination 
papers  of  Mayor  Horlick  were  put  in  circulation,  the  necessary 
number  of  signatures  was  secured.  The  election  of  the  popu- 
lar manufacturer  is  an  assured  fact,  say  his  many  friends. 


Marriage  Mentions. 

— A.  J.  Schwab,  of  Wiota.  Iowa,  and  bride  have  returned 
from  their  wedding  tonr. 

— William  J.  Simpson,  manager  of  a  drug  store  in  Youngs- 
town.  O..  has  been  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  Lola  A. 
Graber.  of  Mansfield. 

— WiLMEB  J.  Weaver,  of  Strasburg.  Pa.,  and  Miss  Lydia 
E.  Bonner,  of  Reading  are  enjoying  a  honeymoon  trip  through 
the  South  following  their  recent  wedding. 

— Feed  C.  Bellemobe,  a  Windsor.  Out.,  druggist  and  Miss 
Jule  C.  Sullivan,  a  Detroit  nurse,  were  recently  married  in 
SS.  Peter  and  Paul's  Cathedral.  Rev.  John  A.  Gabriels  offi- 
ciating. 

— Akza  Fubbee,  a  popular  druggist  of  Keyser,  W.  Xa..  and 
member  of  the  firm  of  Wells  &  Furbee,  was  married  to  Miss 
Hannah  Iren  Lauck,  at  the  home  of  the  bride  in  Keyser  on 
February  2G. 

— Patrick  W.  Whip,  a  druggist  of  Stamford.  Ky..  was 
united  in  marriage  February  24  with  Miss  Mayme  Tilford,  a 
school  teacher  at  Home  City,  a  suburb  of  Cincinnati.  Rev. 
Dr.  Wiant  officiated. 

— Heney  Baass.  druggist  at  2S22  Bardstown  road.  Louis- 
ville. Ky..  has  left  the  ranks  of  the  bachelors.  He  was  married 
on  Washington's  Birthday  to  Miss  Brockmann.  a  talented 
voung  ladv  of  that  city. 


Manchester  Druggists  Entertain  Lowell  Friends. 

Lowell.  Mass..  March  C. — Five  local  druggists  were  well 
entertained  by  the  druggists  of  Manchester,  N.  H.,  recently,  at 
the  Riverside  Inn.  Hooksett,  N.  H.  The  occasion  was  the 
annual  reunion  of  the  employers  and  employees  in  the  Man- 
chester stores,  some  150  of  them  going  to  Hooksett  in  special 
electrics.  Dinner  was  served  at  S  o'clock.  After  that  there 
was  speechmaking. 

The  Lowell  men  who  enjoyed  the  affair  were :  Charles 
E.  Carter.  Frank  P.  Goodale,  Hilding  C.  Peterson,  Edward 
Ellingwood  and  Pierre  N.  Brunelle. 


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[March  11,1909 


NEW  YORKER  NOW  ON  N.F.  COMMITTEE. 


OBITUARY. 


Joint    Meeting   in   April — Students   at   the    Next   New 
York  Branch  Session — Appreciation  by  Dr.  Wiley. 

George  H.  Hitchcock,  member  of  the  council  of  the  A.Ph.A., 
announced  at  Monday  night's  meeting  of  the  New  York 
P.ianch,  that  the  agitation  to  have  a  New  York  member  on 
the  N.F.  Committee,  had  finally  resulted  in  the  election  of 
Otto  Raubenheimer,  in  the  place  of  Joseph  W.  England,  whu 
rei^igned  to  give  New  York  a  place  upon  the  committee. 

Mr.  Hitchcock,  as  chairman  of  the  committee  for  joint 
meetings  with  physicians,  also  announced  that  the  proposed 
joint  meeting  of  the  branch  with  the  Cotmt.v  Medical  Society 
would  probably  lake  place  the  latter  part  of  April,  at  the 
Academy  of  Medicine,  and  that  his  committee,  together  with 
that  from  the  medical  society  were  now  working  on  n 
programme. 

Chairman  Jacob  Diner  stated  that  the  next  meeting  would 
be  the  so-called  students'  meeting,  to  be  held  for  the  purpose 
of  enthusing  young  graduates  in  association  work  and  if 
possible  secure  them  as  members.  Mr.  Diner  stated  that 
it  was  proposed  to  have  a  ten  minutes'  review  of  each  of  the 
loading  Pharmacopoeias  of  the  world  by  various  competent 
persons,  while  the  students  would  demonstrate  several  assay 
processes  from  some  of  the  Pharmacopoeias.  The  students 
from  at  least  three  colleges  of  pharmacy  were  to  be  invited. 

A  communication  from  Dr.  Wiley  was  read,  in  which  his 
thanks  and  appreciation  were  expressed  to  the  branch  for 
the  resolution  endorsing  his  work  in  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry. 

Joseph  Weinstein,  treasurer,  announced  that  the  resources 
were  still  above  the  $25  mark,  there  being  a  balance  on 
hand  of  $54.89. 

The  papers  of  the  evening,  "Business  Methods  in  the 
Drug  Store,"  by  Dr.  Julius  Jungmann,  and  "Card  Signs  in 
Drug  Stores,"  by  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  were  both  read  by  Mr. 
Mayo,  Dr.  Jungmann  being  absent.  They  related  entirely 
to  commercial  matters  as  indicated  in  the  titles,  and  there 
was  a  large  display  of  card  signs  about  the  room  to  illustrate 
the  second  paper.  Methods  of  making  these  cards  were 
shown  by  a  card  writer  who  was  present.  The  use  of  car- 
bonic acid  gas  as  spray  in  manipulating  an  air  brush  was 
also  demonstrated.  There  was  shown  a  new  cigar  vending 
machine,  attached  to  a  special  show  case  in  which  a  number 
of  brands  could  be  placed.  The  machine  could  be  regulated 
so  that  coins  of  various  denominations  would  produce  any 
number  of  cigars  it  was  desired  to  give  for  the  value.  Both 
papers  were  discussed. 


Meeting  of   Eastern   A.Ph.A.    Members   Desirable. 

New  York  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  on  Monday  evening 
discussed  the  suggestions  of  Prof.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  of 
Baltimore,  that  a  joint  meeting  of  the  eastern  branches  of 
the  parent  body  be  held  in  Atlantic  City  in  June. 

It  was  explained  that  the  American  Medical  Association 
would  be  in  session  at  the  time  of  the  proposed  meeting  and 
that  the  Philadelphia  branch  was  working  upon  an  exhibit 
of  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations  to  be  displayed  during  that 
convention.  It  was  also  brought  out  that  it  was  not  the 
intention  to  detract  in  any  manner  from  the  regular  conven- 
tion of  the  parent  organization  which  will  be  held  later  in 
Los  Angeles,  but  by  such  a  meeting  as  the  one  proposed, 
to  grasp  the  opportunity  to  confer  and  bring  certain  matters 
before  the  large  number  of  doctors  who  would  be  present 
at  the  convention  of  the  A.M.A.,  besides  the  getting  to- 
gether of  a  number  of  the  eastern  members  of  the  A.Ph.A., 
who  would  find  it  impossible  to  go  to  Los  Angeles. 

A  communication  was  received  from  John  K.  Thum.  of 
the  Philadelphia  branch,  asking  for  contributions  from  the 
individual  members  of  the  New  York  branch  toward  the 
exhibit  which  the  former  branch  intended  to  display  at 
Atlantic  City,  but  after  a  short  discussion  it  was  decided  to 
submit  this  matter  together  with  the  suggestion  of  Professor 
Hynson  to  the  committee  on  professional  relations,  with  in- 
structions to  take  the  matter  up  with  the  respective  parties 
and  report  at  the  next  meeting. 

There  was  a  strong  sentiment  that  some  meeting  of  the 
kind  proposed  should  be  held  and  that  regarding  the  exhibit 
if  the  branches  were  asked  to  contribute  all  should  have  some 
credit  and  part  in  the  same. 


James  S.  Magnus  Stricken  in  Broadway,  New  York. 

James  S.  Magnus,  for  more  than  twelve  years  a  salesman 
connected  with  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists, 
New  York  City,  died  suddenly  from  heart  disease  on  Feb- 
ritary  24.  He  was  in  the  46th  year  of  his  age.  Mr.  Magnus, 
who  had  recently  recovered  from  an  attack  of  grip  and  had 
been  out  only  a  few  days,  was  walking  in  Broadway  when  he 
collapsed.  He  was  taken  to  the  Milhaus  Pharmacy  where  he 
expired  a  few  minutes  later.  His  wife  and  a  son  survive 
him.  During  the  last  few  years  Mr.  Magnus  covered  Man- 
hattan and  Brooklyn  Boroughs  of  New  York  City  for  his 
firm. 


George  V.  Marshall,  Retired  Wholesaler. 
Chicago,  March  6. — George  V.  Marshall,  connected  with 
the  Chicago  drug  trade  for  over  18  years,  died  Wednesday 
at  his  home,  149  Warren  avenue,  of  the  infirmities  due  to  old 
age.  He  was  born  in  Westchester,  N.  Y.,  in  1828  and  came  to 
Chicago  in  1880,  becoming  connected  with  Morrisson,  Plum- 
mer  &  Co.,  wholesale  druggists.  He  was  with  that  firm  until 
the  time  of  his  retirement  in  1S9S.  Since  then  he  has  been 
interested  in  a  fruit  farm  in  Suagatuck,  Mich.  He  is  sur- 
vived by  a  widow,  four  daughters  and  three  sons. 


Addington  LaDow,  of  Philadelphia. 

PHiLADELPHi.i,  March  0. — Addington  LaDow.  one  of  the 
best  known  retail  druggists  in  Philadelphia,  and  the  proprietor 
of  a  chain  of  stores,  is  dead,  aged  39  years.  He  had  been  in 
poor  health  for  years  and  had  taken  trips  to  various  health 
resorts  in  the  hope  that  his  tubercular  trouble  would  be 
benefited.  He  was  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy,  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists,  the  Drug  Club,  and  of  numerous  other  business 
and  social  organizations. 

Obituary  Notes. 

— B.  A.  Babeett,  formerly  in  the  drug  business  in  North 
Topeka,  Kas.,  died  recently  in  Fulton.  111.,  aged  85. 

— S.  P.  Baibd,  a  retired  druggist  of  Carlisle,  Ky.,  died 
recently  at  the  age  of  76.    A  widow  and  three  children  survive. 

— Edward  Schitltz,  died  of  liver  complaint  recently  in 
San  Antonio,  Tex.,  aged  61.  He  came  from  Germany  30 
years  ago. 

— F.  M.  Scott  died  recently  in  Mexico,  according  to  in- 
formation received  by  his  former  partner  in  the  drug  business 
in  Ithaca.  Mich. 

— Db.  J.  H.  McCaix,  Quitman,  Ga.,  is  dead,  aged  72.  He 
served  with  distinction  in  the  Confederate  Army  and  was  a 
prominent  citizen  of  his  section. 

— William  Schooley,  Jb.,  formerly  a  Buffalo  (N.  Y.) 
druggist  and  later  of  Port  Colborne,  Ont.,  is  dead  at  Rochester, 
N.  Y.     Pneumonia  was  the  cause. 

— Chables  L.  Babtlett,  president  of  the  Orangeine  Chem- 
ical Company,  of  Chicago,  died  at  his  home  in  that  city  last 
Sunday  of  heart  failure.  The  body  has  been  interred  at  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y. 

— 6.  H.  Dburt,  who  died  in  Nashville  last  month,  was  one 
of  the  most  popular  traveling  men  who  visited  that  section. 
Mr.  Drury  had  represented  the  Billings-Clapp  Company,  of 
Boston,  for  many  years. 

— William  B.  Folks,  formerly  a  well  known  retailer  of 
Atlanta  (Ga. ).  and  afterwards  of  Stone  Mountain,  died  re- 
cently after  a  long  illness  in  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  in  the 
former  place.  He  was  38  and  is  survived  by  a  wife  and 
three  daughters. 

— Francis  X.  Muth.  aged  79,  for  many  years  connected 
with  the  wholesale  drug  firm  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  and  before 
that  iu  the  employ  of  Thomsen  &  Muth,  is  dead  in  Baltimore, 
due  to  the  infirmities  of  age.  His  identification  with  the 
drug  trade  extended  over  half  a  century.  George  A.  Muth. 
a  son.  is  also  with  Muth  Bros.  &  Co. 

— Db.  N.  H.  Longabough,  aged  86,  died  recently  of  old  age 
at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in  Camden,  N.  J.  He  was  gradua- 
ted from  the  U.  of  P.  Medical  School  60  years  ago  and  was  one 
of  the  oldest  Free  Masons  in  the  United  States.  For  many 
years  he  conducted  a  drug  store  in  Norristown,  Pa.  His  wife 
died  last  July.  A  son,  living  in  Philadelphia,  William  W., 
survives,   in  addition   to  his  daughter,   Mrs.   J.   N.   Woolman. 


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M.  F.  LYONS  NOW  HEAD  OF  THEO.  METCALF  CO. 


After  Quarter  Century  in  Its  Employ  He  Becomes  Presi- 
dent of  Famous  Boston  Drug  Institution. 

Boston,  March  6. — The  control  of  the  Theodore  Metcalf 
Company,  of  Boston,  pharmaceutical  chemists  and  wholesale 
druggists,  has  passed  into  the  hands  of  Michael  F.  Lyons. 
Ph.G.,  who  for  25  years  has  been  associated  with  this  famous 
Boston  institution,  and  who  learned  the  business  under  the 
direction  of  Theodore  Metcalf  himself.  Negotiations  for  the 
transfer  have  been  recently  completed  and  Mr.  Lyons  is  now 
the  president  and  treasurer  of  the  corporation.  Edwin  W. 
Shedd,  who  also  has  been  with  the  Theodore  Metcalf  Company 
for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  as  manufacturing 
chemist  in  charge  of  the  laboratory,  is  the  vice-president 
of  the  company,  and  Denis  Lyons,  a  brother  of  the  president, 
is  clerk  of  the  corporation  and  a  director. 

The  sale  of  the  Theodore  Metcalf  Company  is  one  of  the 
most  important  events  in  the  Boston  drug  world  for  a  long 
time,  for  the  company  occupies  a  unique  position  in  the 
history  alike  of  the  city  of  Boston  and  of  pharmacy,  rmliably 
few  apothecary  stores  in  the  world  can 
show,  as  this  store  can,  prescription  books 
with  the  numbers  running  up  beyond  the 
million.  Few  apothecaries  in  America 
have  such  a  halo  of  fame  enshrined  about 
it  as  has  Metcalf's,  which  through  a 
history  covering  nearly  three-quarters  of 
a  century,  has  been  the  rendezvous  of 
many  of  the  men  of  medicine,  art  and 
letters,  who  have  given  to  Boston  its 
reputations  for  culture  and   learning. 

Perhaps  there  is  no  better  illustration 
of  this  than  the  dinner  which  was  given 
to  Theodore  Metcalf,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Boston  Druggists'  Association  on 
March  29,  1S87,  the  date  which  marked 
the  50th  anniversary  of  his  starting  in 
business  at  39  Tremont  street,  on  the 
very  site  which  is  now  occupied  by  the 
store,  although  in  the  meantime  the  build- 
ing has  been  rebuilt  in  modern  fashion. 
At  that  dinner  were  the  mayor  of  the 
city  of  Boston,  a  representative  of  the 
governor  of  the  State,  the  venerable  Dr. 
Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  the  poet  and 
Harvard  professor ;  W'illian  Warren,  the 
actor,  and  representatives  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Medical  Society,  and  of  every 
large  pharmaceutical  house  in  the  United 
States.  The  committee  of  arrangements, 
by  the  way.  Dr.  Thomas  L.  Jenks,  Joseph 
Burnett,  and  Joel  L.  Orne,  three  names 
illustrious  in  Massachusetts  pharmacy.  It  was  a  notable 
occasion,  and  it  only  served  to  show  the  rare  esteem  in  which 
the  head  of  this  famous  apothecary  shop  was  held. 

When  that  dinner  was  given,  Michael  F.  Lyons  had  al- 
ready been  for  five  years  in  the  employ  of  the  house,  and 
the  year  before,  18S6,  when  he  and  a  number  of  other  Met- 
calf clerks  were  graduated  from  the  Massachusetts  College 
of  Pharmacy  with  the  degree  of  Ph.G.,  they  succeeded  in  in- 
ducing the  venerable  Mr.  Metcalf  to  sit  for  his  photograph. 
Mr.  Metcalf  was  then  72  years  of  age,  and  although  modest 
in  the  extreme,  he  yielded  to  the  appeal  of  his  young  clerks, 
and  gave  each  of  them  one  of  his  pictures.  The  picture  is 
the  last  one  he  had  taken,  and  is  the  one  which  is  familiar 
to  students  of  Boston  pharmaceutical  history. 

Mr.  Lyons  entered  the  store  of  Theodore  Metcalf  &  Co. 
in  1882,  when  Thomas  Doliber,  now  of  the  Mellins  Food 
Company  of  North  America,  was  Mr.  Metcalf's  partner.  Sub-, 
sequently  a  stock  company  was  formed,  and  the  heads  of 
the  various  departments  were  taken  into  the  company.  After- 
ward a  Maine  corporation  was  formed,  and  this  was  succeeded 
a  few  years  ago  by  a  Massachusetts  corporation,  the  name 
of  Theodore  Metcalf  continuing  to  be  carried  throughout, 
and  the  high  principles  of  the  founder  being  likewise  main- 
tained. 

Mr.  Lyons,  the  new  president  of  the  company,  was  for  20 
years  the  head  of  the  prescription  department,  and  many 
thousands  were  put  up  under  his  supervision. 


MICHAEL     F.     LYONS,     Ph.( 
of    Boston,    Mass. 


BALTIMORE  BRANCH  DISCUSSES  ELIXIRS. 

Paper  on  Medicinal  Earths  by  Herman  Schelenz  Also 
Read  at  the  February  Meeting-. 
Baltimobe,  March  6. — The  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  its  February  meeting, 
continued  the  discussion  of  National  Formulary  preparations, 
the  elixirs  being  the  special  subject.  The  branch  also  listened 
to  a  paper  on  "The  History  of  Medicinal  Earths  and  of  Kata- 
plasma  Koalini,"  by  Herman  Schelenz,  the  paper  being  read 
by  Prof.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.  This  paper,  which  refutes  the 
statements  that  the  use  of  the  earths  in  medicine,  particularly 
as  poultices,  is  of  recent  origin,  was  translated  by  Otto  Raub- 
enheimer,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

In  opening  the  regular  discussion  President  H.  P.  Hynson 
reviewed  the  history  of  elixirs,  their  development  and  their 
general  pharmaceutical  principles.  He  drew  particular  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  a  Baltimorean,  A.  P.  Sharp,  one  of  the 
founders  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  originated  the  first  American 
elixir,  that  of  cinchona,  the  formula  for  which  appears  in 
the  profeedin-s  of  the  A.Ph.A.  of  1858.  Dr.  Hynson  further 
pointed  out  that  the  introduction  of  elix- 
irs was  greatly  assisted  by  the  work  of 
two  other  Baltimoreans,  Prof.  J.  Faris 
Moore,  and  Dr.  John  F.  Hancock.  Dr. 
Hynson  proposed  that  the  present  alco- 
holic percentage  of  elixirs  be  continued, 
or,  if  possible,  reduced  and  that  similar 
preparations  in  which  a  higher  percent- 
age is  used  necessary  be  known  as  aro- 
matic  solutions. 

M.  I.  Wilbert,  of  Washington,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Formulary  Com- 
mittee, favored  the  elimination  of  many 
elixir  formulas,  especially  those  of  the 
compound  elixirs,  as  they  are  of  no  credit 
to  American  Pharmacy,  and,  besides, 
are  not  used  to  any  extent. 

C.  L.  Meyer  reported  on  some  experi- 
ments he  had  made  with  the  ptirpose  of 
perfecting  the  formulas  of  Elixir  Viburn- 
um Opulus  compound,  so  as  to  obtain  a 
permanently  clear  product,  but  which 
were  unsuccessful  mainly  on  account  of 
the  very  complex  character  of  this  elixir, 
it  having  approximately  16  constituents 
of  every  description,  which  objection  ap- 
plies to  several  National  Formulary  elix- 
irs. Mr.  Meyer  suggested  that  similar 
elixirs,  such  as  Elixir  Terpin  Hydrate, 
Elixir  Terpin  Hydrate  with  Codeine  and 
Elixir  Terpin  Hydrate  with  Heroin, 
should  be  differently  colored  to  avoid 
confusion.  The  various  elixirs  were  discussed,  the  following 
general  suggestions  being  made : 

That  a  note  cautioning  that  elixirs,  especially  those  used 
as  a  basis  for  other  elixirs,  should  be  kept  a  sufficient  length 
of  time  after  manufacture  to  allow  for  a  complete  blend  of 
the  flavor  and  that  this  note  should  appear  in  the  next  edition 
of  the  N.F. 

That  the  alcoholic  contents  should  be  decreased  wherever 
possible,  glycerin  being  used  where  advisable  to  replace. 

That  the  amount  of  flavoring  material  should  be  decreased 
in  such  elixirs,  more  being  prescribed  than  would  dissolve, 
causing  a  loss  and.  in  many  cases,  a  too  highly  flavored  prep- 
aration. 

.  It  was  the  sense  of  the  meeting  that  the  formulas  for  the 
N.F.  should  be  carefully  revised  and  as  many  eliminated  as 
possible. 

H.  P.  Hynson,  the  president,  occupied  the  chair  at  the 
meeting,  and  Secretary  E.  F.  Kelly  kept  a  record  of  the  pro- 
ceedings.   The  next  meeting  will  be  held  March  IS. 


Negro  Drug-gist  Heavily  Fined  in  Louisiana. 

Shreveport.  Feb.  27. — T.  H.  Wright,  a  negro  physician 
and  druggist,  was  convicted  in  the  District  Court  recently  on 
the  charge  of  violating  the  prohibition  law  and  was  fined  $2,50 
and  costs;  the  total  penalty  aggregating  about  .$300.  Wright's 
defense  was  that  he  sold  the  whisky  as  a  drug  and  that  he  Was 
ignorant  of  the  law. 


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[March  11,1909 


BENZOATE  OF  SODA  DECISION  IS  NO.  104. 


TO   ENFORCE   THE  NEW  ANTI-OPIUM  ACT. 


New     Regulation,     as     Promulgated     at     Washington 
Amends  Food  Inspection  Decisions  76  and  89. 

Although  the  secretarie.s  comprising  the  Board  of  Food 
and  Drug  Inspection  at  Washington  signed  the  order  on  March 
3,  promulfe'ating  the  benzoate  of  soda  report  of  the  Referee 
Board  of  Experts,  it  was  not  until  the  Sth  that  copies  were 
received  in  New  York  City.  The  order  is  entitled  Food  In- 
spection Decision  104.  In  addition  to  the  following  statement 
the  board  prints  the  findings  of  the  referees  substantially  as 
printed  in  the  Era  of  January  28,  page  90 : 

The  board  reports,  as  a  result  of  three  extensire  and  ex- 
haustive iuvestlgiitious.  that  benzoate  of  soda  mixed  vvith  food 
is   not  deleterious  or  poisonous   and   is  not   injurious   to   health. 

U  having  been  determined  that  benzoate  of  soda  mixed  with 
food  is  not  deleterious  or  poisonous  and  is  not  injurious  to 
health,  no  objection  will  be  raised  under  the  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  to  the  use  in  food  of  benzoate  of  soda,  provided  tliat  each 
container  or  package  of  such  food  is  plainly  labeled  to  show 
the  presence  and  amount  of  benzoate  of  soda.  Food  Inspection 
Decisions  76  and  89  arS  amended  accordingly. 

In  this  connection  it  is  also  announced  that  Food  Com- 
missioner A.  H.  Jones,  of  Illinois,  has  adopted  the  decision  of 
the  Referee  Board  of  Chemists  on  benzoate  of  soda  as  final 
and  has  issued  to  the  drug  stores  of  his  State  the  following 
circular  letter : 

The  Referee  Board  of  Scientific  Experts  has  reported  that 
"sodium  benzoate  in  large  doses  (up  to  i  grams  per  day), 
mixed  with  the  food,  has  not  been  found  to  exert  any  dele- 
terious elTect  on  the  general  health,  nor  to  lut  as  a  poison  in  the 
general  acceptation  of  the  term. 

"The  admixture  of  sodium  benzoate  with  food  in  small  or  large 
doses  has  not  been  found  to  injuriously  affect  or  impair  the 
quality  or  nutritive  quality  of  such  food." 

In  view  of  these  findings  and  the  fact  that  the  full  report  will 
not  be  available  for  some  time,  it  has  beeu  decided  by  the  De- 
partment that  the  placard  mentioned  in  bulletin  No.  12,  stating 
"the  fruits  and  syrups  used  at  this  fountain  are  preserved  with 
1-10  of  1  per  cent  of  benzoate  of  soda."  will  not  be  required  this 
season.  A.   H.  JONES. 

State  Food  Commissioner. 

P.  S.— I  trust  that  you  will  exercise  the  greatest  care  in  keep- 
ing all  parts  of  your  store  where  food  is  served,  prepared  or 
stored  in  the  best  possible  sanitary  condition.  During  the  past 
year  several  instances  were  found  in  which  those  parts  of  the 
store  and  soda  fountains  not  exposed  to  public  view  were  dirty 
and  unsanitary.  These  matters  will  be  investigated  and  prose- 
cuted more  thoroughly  this  year  thau  ever  before. 


Branch,  of  A.Ph.A.  Organized  in  New  Orleans. 

New  Okleans.  March  6. — The  New  Orleans  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  has  been  organized 
here  with  about  fifteen  charter  members,  and  the  prospect 
is  good  to  increase  the  membership  immediately  to  thirty  or 
more,  there  being  that  many  more  New  Orleans  members  of 
the  A.Ph.A. 

The  meeting  was  called  by  Adam  Wirth  afler  members  of 
the  A.Ph.A.  had  been  canvassed,  and  was  held  at  the  New 
Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy.  Mr.  Wirth  called  the  meeting 
to  order,  stated  its  purpose  and  the  organization  of  the  branch 
was  proceeded  with.  P.  C.  Godbold,  the  veteran  secretary 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  was  elected  president ;  Dr. 
Philip  Asher,  dean  of  the  New  Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy, 
was  elected  vice-president,  and  J.  Guidry,  chemist  for  Finlay, 
Dicks  &  Co.,  was  chosen  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  regular 
form  of  organization  in  force  with  other  local  branches  was 
adopted,  and  the  second  Monday  of  the  month  was  fixed  as  the 
regular  time  of  meeting. 


Wedgewood  Club  at  Dinner. 
Baltimobe.  March  5. — The  Wedgewood  Club's  February 
session  was  held  at  Junker's  Hotel.  There  was  a  good  at- 
tendance and  the  evening  was  passed  most  agreeably  in  discuss- 
ing an  excellent  menu,  in  exchanging  sallies  of  wit  and  telling 
stories.  Dull  care  and  business  matters  were  rigidly  excluded, 
the  time  being  devoted  to  the  social  amenities.  Charles 
Morgan,  of  Morgan  &  Millard,  presided. 


To  Entertain  American  Chemists'  Society  in  June. 

Detroit,  March  6. — The  committee  appointed  to  take  charge 
of  local  matters  pertaining  to  the  meeting  of  the  American 
Chemists'  Society  here,  next  June,  consists  of :  W.  I.  Scoville, 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  ;  Dr.  Frank  T.  F.  Stephenson,  of  the 
Detroit  College  of  Medicine,  and  W.  P.  Putnam,  of  the  Detroit 
Testing  Laboratories. 


Customs  Officials  and  Drug  Trade  Representatives  Con- 
fer Regarding  the  Preparation  of  Rules. 

A  conference  of  the  wholesale  and  importing  drug  trade  and 
representatives  of  the  Custom  Collector's  office  was  held  at 
the  United  States  Custom  House  in  New  York  City  last 
Monday  afternoon,  for  the  purpose  of  drafting  such  regula- 
tions as  might  be  deemed  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the 
Act  of  Congress  prohibiting  the  use  of  opium  and  its  deriv- 
atives except  for  medicinal  purposes.  This  act  takes  efiEect 
April  1.     Special  Deputy  W.  C.  Stuart  presided. 

There  were  no  regulations  adopted,  but  a  number  of  sug- 
gestions were  made.  These  will  be  drafted  by  the  Department 
and  mailed  to  the  trade  for  further  consideration  preliminary 
to  another  meeting,  which  will  be  held  shortly,  for  the  purpose 
of  a  final  discussion  and  action  on  the  matter,  before  a  final 
draft  is  submitted  to  the  Treasury  Department  at  Washington. 

The  suggestions  agreed  upon  by  those  present  were  that  the 
importation  of  opium  be  only  in  case  lots  of  not  less  than 
100  pounds,  as  this  would  tend  to  eliminate  irresponsible 
parties  from  the  trade.  Also  that  a  minimum  of  50  ounce 
and  25  ounce  packages  be  adopted  for  the  weights  of  mor- 
phine and  codeine  respectively ;  that  some  system  of  permits 
be  issued  to  importers  by  the  Government,  and  that  the  names 
of  importers  be  registered  with  the  Custom  Department. 

Several  suggestions  have  also  been  received  by  the  Custom 
Department  by  mail,  and  it  is  expected  that  a  number  of 
other  suggestions  besides  those  agreed  upon  at  the  meeting 
will  be  contained  in  the  proposed  draft. 


SIXTY  NE^W  MEMBERS  FOR  ORLEANS  PH.A. 


Propaganda  'Work  Gives  Impetus  to  Association — New 
Telephone  Contract  Made  for  Pay  Station  Service. 
New  Orleans,  March  6. — The  effects  of  the  propaganda 
work  on  the  Orleans  Pharmaceutical  Association  continue  to 
be  felt,  fourteen  new  members  being  admitted  at  the  last  meet- 
ing. These,  together  with  those  admitted  at  the  previous 
meeting,  have  increased  the  membership  of  the  Association 
by  about  sixty.     Those  admitted  at  the  last  meeting  are : 

Charles  A.  Walsdorf,  Corrollton  and  Oak  streets:  Oscar  Von 
Gohren,  1429  Orleans;  Louis  J.  Mendola.  523  St.  Ann;  Peter  J. 
Pretus.  1903  Fourth;  C.  L.  Keppler,  1C32  Dryades ;  Paul  J. 
Crouere.  Jr..  S23  Orleans;  Kobert  Walter  Everett,  2300  Marengo; 
John  Fourment,  727  Dublin;  P.  J.  Bertrand,  47.39  Baronne; 
Joseph  H.  Berner,  2336  Valence:  Albert  F.  Bernius,  8444  Jeanette; 
L.  P.  Otto,  S32S  Oak;  J.  J.  Duggan,  4326  Magazine;  William  H. 
Grun,  5469   Dauphine. 

The  telephone  committee  reported  that  it  had  been  unable 
to  obtain  better  rates  from  the  Cumberland  Telephone  &  Tele- 
graph Company,  and  it  was  authorized  to  contract  on  the 
present  basis  of  rates  for  five  years.  The  druggists  of  the 
city,  by  recent  concerted  action,  replaced  their  free  telephones 
with  pay  telephones,  six  months'  trial  to  be  given  the  plan.  :  ( 
The  company  agreed  to  divide  equally  all  profits  over  $4.50  j 
monthly,  and  to  exact  no  minimum  guarantee  from  the  drug-  ■  I 
gists. 


Election  of  the  St.  Louis  C.P.  Alumni. 
St.  Louis,  March  1. — The  Alumni  Association  of  the  St 
Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  held  its  annual  meeting  at  the 
college  recently,  and  after  the  business  was  transacted,  ad- 
journed to  Lippe's  restaurant  for  a  banquet.  The  following 
officers  were  elected :  Martin  J.  Noll,  president ;  Otto  C. 
Hanser.  first  vice-president ;  Charles  Stoermer.  second  vice- 
president  ;  Olav  Karbo,  secretary :  Francis  M.  Rudi,  a  former 
minister  in  Texas,  who  recently  returned  to  St.  Louis  to  en- 
gage in  the  drug  business,  recording  secretary :  Charles  Giet- 
ner,  treasurer,  re-elected  for  twenty-ninth  consecutive  term ; 
E.  H.  Graul,  register :  Henry  Huegel,  William  H.  Lament, 
Eugene  Kurtz,  Dr.  O.  H.  Elbrecht  and  John  C.  Thumser.  re- 
tiring president,  executive  committee. 


Getting  Together  in  the  Smoky  City. 
Pittsburg,   March   8. — Local   pharmacists  will   be  hosts  of 
the  physicians  at  a  get-together  dinner  to  be  held  March  24. 
8.30  p.  m.,  at  Elks'  Hall,  Washington  street  and  Cedar  ave- 
nue. North  Side. 


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H.  C.  BLAIR.  PRESIDENT  PHILA.  BRANCH  A.PH.A.     PROF.  REMINGTON  TO  GERMAN  APOTHECARIES. 

Parent   Association   Asked   to    Contribute    Toward    the 
Expenses  of  the  Auxiliary  Organizations. 

Philadelphia.  March  6. — Heury  C.  Blair  was  elected  to 
the  presidency  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  recent  annual  meeting.  The 
other  officers  elected  were  :  E.  M.  Boring,  first  vice-president ; 
I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  second  vice-president ;  Ambrose  Hunsberg- 
er,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Mr.  Hunsberger  was  also  elected  a 
member  of  council  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Upon  motion  by  Joseph  W.  England,  it  was  resolved  to 
recommend  to  the  parent  association  that  twenty  per  cent 
of  the  annual  dues  of  the  local  branches  be  refunded  regularly 
for  the  purpose  of  paying  the  current  expenses  of  the  branches. 
It  was  declared  that  such  a  course  would  result  in  the 
formation  of  many  other  branches  throughout  the  country. 
Another  important  action  was  the  decision  to  hold  a  meeting 
next  Thursday  evening  at  the  College  of  Physicians  for  the 
purpose  of  organizing  the  proposed  scientific  section. 

A  communication  from  the  Washington 
Branch  announced  that  a  good-sized  dele- 
gation would  probably  attend  the  meet- 
ing on  April  6  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch. 
President  William  Mclntyre  was  given 
a  vote  of  thanks  for  the  able  manner  in 
which  he  had  administered  the  duties  of 
that  oSice  during  the  year. 

The  papers  and  discussion  were  cmi- 
fined  to  the  consideration  of  the  chem- 
istry and  methods  for  determining  thi' 
purity  of  volatile  oils.  The  speakers  and 
their  subjects  were  as  follows  ;  "'Alpha 
and  Beta  lonones,"  Prof  S.  P.  Sadtler ; 
"Some  Recent  Work  on  the  Chemistry 
of  Volatile  Oils,"  Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanis- 
laus ;  "Preliminary  Methods  for  Deter- 
mining the  Purity  of  Volatile  Oils,"  Dr. 
G.  L.  Pancoast,  and  W.  A.  Pearson ;  "The 
Use  of  the  Centrifuge  in  Assaying  Vola- 
tile Oils,"  Prof.  Frank  X.  Moerck. 


JOHN  B.  THOMAS  PRESIDENT. 


Chosen  Head  of  Alumni  Association 
of  the  University  of  Maryland. 

B.4LTIM0BE,  March  6. — Baltimore  drug- 
gists are  well  represented  on  the  General 

Alumni   Association   of  the   University   of  HENRY  ( 

Maryland,  which  held  its  annual  meeting  Elected  President 
this    week    and    elected    officers,    besides 

transacting  other  business.  John  B.  Thomas,  of  the  Thomas 
&  Thompson  Co.,  was  elected  president,  his  choice  being  a 
highly  popular  one,  and  J.  W.  Westcott,  of  Hynson,  West- 
cott  &  Co.,  was  made  one  of  the  vice-presidents ;  H.  P.  Hyn- 
son, of  the  same  firm,  being  elected  a  member  of  the  executive 
committee.  The  first  choice  for  president  was  Prof.  Charles 
Caspari,  Jr..  the  widely  known  permanent  secretary  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  but  he  refused  posi- 
tively to  take  the  office,  as  he  has  done  in  various  other  in- 
stances where  he  was  singled  out  for  honors. 

The  Grahame  Society  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy, 
University  of  Maryland,  has  been  organized  in  honor  of  the 
late  Prof.  Israel  Grahame,  by  members  of  the  graduating 
class,  with  the  following  officers :  President,  Robert  L. 
Swain,  Delaware ;  vice-president,  Harry  O.  Ivins,  Maryland ; 
secretary-treasurer,  L.  M.  Kantner,  West  Virginia ;  com- 
mittee on  entertainment.  F.  M.  Salley,  North  Carolina :  H. 
O.  Ivins.  Maryland,  and  R.  W.  Pilson.  Maryland  :  committee 
on  scientific  studies,  D.  C.  Lisk.  North  Carolina ;  L.  M. 
Kennedy,  North  Carolina,  and  G.  W.  Hinton.  West  Virginia. 


Philadelphia  Professor  Guest  of  Honor  of  the  New 
York  Society — Addresses  and  Salamanders. 
The  meeting  rooms  of  the  New  Yorker  Deutscher  Apotheker 
Verein  were  filled  to  overflowing  last  Thursday  evening  by 
members  and  guests  anxious  to  hear  Professor  Remington 
deliver  his  address  on  "Germans  I  Have  Known,"  which  ap- 
pears elsewhere  in  this  issife  of  the  Eba.  It  was  a  gala  night 
for  all  present,  every  one  brimmed  over  with  enthusiasm  and 
the  reception  accorded  the  guest  of  the  evening  was  in  the 
nature  of  an  ovation.  A  "salamander."  executed  under  the 
direction  of  Emil  Roller,  was  also  given  in  honor  of  Professor 
Remington. 

Following  the  address  of  Professor  Remington,  several  other 
guests  and  a  few  members  told  briefly  of  reminiscences  brought 
to   mind   by   the  address.     Ewen   Mclntyre,   the   oldest   living 
graduate  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  and  its  hon- 
orary   president,    told    of    the    similarity    in    the    founding   of 
his  alma  mater  with  that  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, which  Professor  Remington  stated 
was  founded  by  Quakers.     Mr.  Mclntyre 
stated  that  this  also  was  the  fact  in  con- 
nection with  the  New  York  College. 

Dr.  N.  Sulzberg:er  made  several  refer- 
ences to  the  influence  of  the  Germans  in 
science  and  later  spoke  of  their  hospital- 
ity and  sociability.  C.  Schleussner  told 
some  humorous  reminiscences  about  Dr. 
Charles  Rice.  Among  others  who  made 
remarks  were  Thomas  D.  McElhenie. 
President  Felix  Hirseman  and  Dr.  Wm. 
C.  Alpers. 

A  communication  and  a  telegram,  both 
expressing  greeting  to  the  guest  of  honor 
and  the  society,  were  received  from  Wil- 
helm  Bodemann,  of  Chicago,  an  honorary 
member  of  the  Verein.  They  were  read 
by  President  Hirseman.  Several  new 
members  were  elected  and  Robert  S.  Leh- 
man announced  the  death  of  Oscar  Carl- 
stedt,  who  had  been  a  member  of  the 
society  for  over  15  years.  An  elegant 
lunch  was  served  about  midnight. 


A.Ph.A. 


Two  New  Riker-Jaynes  Stores. 
Boston,  March  S. — Two  more  drug 
stores  are  to  be  added  to  the  Riker- 
Jaynes  chain  of  stores  in  this  city  and 
in  New  York  and  its  vicinity.  One  will 
be  opened  April  1,  at  146  Tremont  street, 
Boston,  and  the  other  will  be  opened 
shortly  afterward  in  Newark,  N.  J.  The  Boston  store,  so  the 
management  announces,  will  be  the  handsomest  drug  store 
in  this  part  of  the  country.  The  location  is  almost  directly 
opposite  the  Park  street  entrance  to  the  subway.  The  general 
finish  will  be  in  mahogany,  and  the  contract  has  been  awarded 
already  for  a  30-foot  Becker  fountain. 


Miss  Dow  Buys  a  Large  Building. 
Cincinnati,  March  1. — Miss  Cora  M.  Dow.  owner  of  nine 
retail  drug  stores  in  Cincinnati,  has  purchased  the  property 
at  the  northwest  corner  of  Fourth  and  Main  streets  from 
Henry  Burkhold.  The  price  was  $121,500.  The  ground 
rent  is  $100,000  at  an  interest  rate  of  4  per  cent.  The  prop- 
erty has  a  frontage  of  60  feet  on  Fourth  street  and  45  on 
Main.  The  price  amounts  to  something  over  $2000  a  front 
foot.  Miss  Dow  has  a  retail  drug  store  in  the  first  floor 
of  the  big  building,  and  says  she  will  nat  take  any  steps 
at  present  to  alter  or  add  to  the  building.  She  says  she 
bought  it  for  her  mother.  There  was  some  talk  some  time  ago 
of  a  skyscraper  being  erected  on  this  site. 


Planning  to  Entertain  Chemists  From  Abroad. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  temporary  committee  to  arrange 
for  bringing  the  International  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry 
to  this  city  in  1912  will  be  held  at  the  Chemists'  Club,  on 
Saturday  evening.  April  3.  Persons  interested  are  requested 
to  communicate  with  the  secretary,  H.  Schweitzer,  117  Hudson 
street. 


Entertainment  for  Dr.  Hugo  Schweitzer. 
An  entertainment  will  be  tendered  Dr.  Hugo  Schweitzer  by 
a  number  of  his  friends  tomorrow  evening  at  Liederkrauz 
Hall,  111  East  58th  street.  New  York,  in  celebration  of  the 
25th  anniversary  of  his  doctorate,  the  20th  anniversary  of  his 
landing  in  America,  and  the  1.5th  anniversary  of  his  selection 
as  secretary  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry. 


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[March  11,1909 


Board  Examinations 


Massachusetts. 

Boston,  March  G. — lu  Jlassafhuseils  only  six  applicants 
were  successful  out  of  35  during  the  month  of  February  for 
registration  as  pharmacists,  the  smallest  percentage  for  many 
months.  Following  are  the  names  of  the  successful  men : 
Henry  J.  Doherty,  Boston :  Ephrem  Maden,  Fall  River ; 
Edmund  F.  Guertin,  Easthampton :  Harry  Laugdou,  Somer- 
ville ;  John  J.  O'Neill,  SomerTille ;  Frank  W.  Rice,  Leominster. 

Certificates  of  assistant  pharmacists  were  granted  to  17 
others  as  follows :  Humphrey  Burton,  Methueon ;  James  E. 
Harris.  Cambridge ;  Jeremiah  Healy,  Fitchburg ;  Charles  H. 
Knott,  Boston ;  Joseph  Musman,  JIalden  ;  Nathan  M.  Ovsianik, 
Boston  ;  George  E.  Reinhalter,  Quincy ;  Alrick  B.  Swensson, 
Melrose ;  George  H.  Thoma.s,  Boston :  Ray  F.  Webster, 
Lowell ;  William  English,  Boston ;  Ernest  W.  Henderson, 
Lynn ;  Francis  A.  O'Reilly,  Lawrence ;  Claude  E.  Packard, 
Beverly ;  Francis  T.  Quinn,  Lowell ;  Earl  L.  Sargent,  Lake- 
port,  N.  H. ;  George  C.  Spaulding,  West  Somerville. 


Ne'w  York — Western  Branch. 

Buffalo,  March  6. — The  following  passed  the  February 
examinations  of  the  Western  Branch  of  the  New  York  State 
Board  of   Pharmacy   and   have   been  granted   licenses ; 

Ph.\bmacists — Benj.  R.  Abrams,  Buffalo ;  W.  F.  Brandow, 
Buffalo ;  John  D.  France,  Salamanca ;  George  M.  Gilbert, 
Rochester ;  Merle  G.  Nye,  Buffalo ;  Walter  V.  Sartore,  Nunda ; 
Genevieve  D.  Sweeny,  Buffalo. 

Druggists — Arthur  H.  Ayrault,  Buffalo ;  Fern  L.  Berry, 
Akron ;  George  H.  Bremer,  Dunkirk ;  Don.  F.  Conant,  Buffalo ; 
Louis  R.  Connell.  Buffalo  ;  Harold  F.  Fortune,  Buffalo  ;  Will- 
iam G.  Hankin,  Buffalo;  John  G.  Hart.  Buffalo:  Charles  R. 
Kingsbury,  Buffalo ;  William  P.  Webster,  Buffalo :  David 
Weinstein,  Buffalo. 


Maine. 

POBTLAND.  JIai'ch.  G. — The  names  of  those  who  successfully 
passed  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy's  examination  in  this 
city  recently  have  been  given  out  as  follows : 

Registered  Druggists — Harry  E.  Ring,  Portland  ;  George 
H.  Earle,  Sanford  ;  Albert  W.  Flint,  Bath  ;  Thomas  F.  De- 
vine,  Portland ;  Lester  V.  Ashtou,  Norway ;  William  A.  Ben- 
nett, Lewiston ;  J.  L.  Tewksbury,  Auburn ;  Forrest  C.  Parker, 
Lewiston ;  George  A.  Wilbur,  Freeport. 

QuAiiFiED  Assistant — William  R.  Rich.  Gorham. 


liOuisiana. 

New  Orleans,  March  G. — Secretary  F.  C.  Godbold.  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  just  announced  the  result  of  the 
Tegular  quarterly  examination  held  Feb.  5  and  0  and  conducted 
by  William  Levy,  chairman ;  Adam  Wirth,  C.  D.  Sauvinet 
and  Mr.  Godbold.  The  following  passed  as  registered  pharma- 
cists:  L.  F.  Mitchell,  G.  O.  Grass,  O.  L.  Hollowa.y,  E.  B. 
Tanps,  A.  D.  Lehmann,  E.  M.  Nelson,  H.  C.  Thomas,  J.  M. 
Montgomery,  G.  J.  Comeaux,  F'.  J.  Rollian,  L.  C.  Suss,  A.  V. 
Gremillion,  J.  S.  Cohen,  G.  E.  Awcock  and  A.  L.  Frank. 

The  following  were  successful  as  qualified  assistants:  O.  A. 
Dupont,  F.  B.  Camois.  L.  J.  Necalle,  B.  F.  Levy,  C.  Keppler, 
S   D.  Sturat  and  W.  B.  Black. 


Kansas. 

Ellsworth,  March  G. — Secretary  W.  E.  Sherriff.  of  the 
Kansas  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  announces  that  of  58  ap- 
plicants at  the  February  examination  the  following  34  were 
successful  and  have  received  certificates : 

Registered  Pharmacists — Ray  Alfred,  Columbus ;  Albert 
0.  Curtis,  Topeka ;  C.  F.  Coleman,  Fredonia ;  Franklin  H. 
Durant,  Topeka ;  C.  E.  Daniel,  Topeka ;  W.  R.  Frisbey,  Delia ; 
Arthur  Geyer,  Herington ;  D.  D.  Hunt,  McCracken ;  M.  M. 
Hoyal.  Scott  City :  Walter  W.  Jones,  Topeka :  Nicholas  H. 
Lenz,  Rosedale ;  Edward  L.  Mason,  Parsons ;  James  E.  Mc- 
Farland,  Ft.  Scott ;  J.  Moore  Rutledge,  Greenleaf ;  Arno  R. 
Sasse,  Kansas  City ;  Frank  G.  Smart,  Sterling ;  Clarence  C. 
Steele,  Sabetha ;  R.  L.  Berkett,  Holton ;  Benson  Clark  Culp, 
DeSoto ;    A.    L.   Doty,    Cunningham ;    Erie    Deweese,    Kansas 


City ;   E.   H.   Eubanks.   Topeka :   J.   Larkiu    Fields,   Kingman 
Ralph  E.  Gray,  Kansas  City  ;  Mrs,  D.  D.  Hunt.   McCracken 
John  P.  Hinkle,  Kansas  City ;  Mat  Keefer,  Kansas  City ;  Mar 
I  ha  W.  Lewis,  Lucas ;  P.  L.  Mullins,  Kansas  City ;  William 
Henry    Post,    Springhill ;    Charles    T.    Sapp,    Topeka ;    Attie 
Schoonhoven,  Riley ;  Bayard  G.  M.  Smith.  Kansas  City. 

Regi.stered  Assistant — John  T.  Wills,  Pittsburg. 

Reglstered  on  Diplomas — F.  Fabian,  Kansas  City,  Kas. ; 
J.  A.  Swan,  Nat.  Military  Home ;  C.  L.  Walkenwitz,  Leaven- 
worth. 

The  next  meeting  for  examination  will  be  held  in  Independence 
May  27  at  9  a.  m.  Those  desiring  to  take  the  ex- 
amination should  notify  the  secretary  at  least  five  days  before 
the  date  of  meeting. 


Mississippi. 
Mississippi's  new  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  announces 
through  the  secretary,  L.  H.  Wilkinson,  Jr.,  that  the  next 
examination  will  be  held  at  Jackson,  April  6.  An  appeal  is 
made  to  all  non-registered  druggists  to  appear  and  qualify 
for  certificates.  Attention  is  called  to  the  State  law  regulating 
the  practice  of  pharmacy  and  all  good  citizens  are  urged 
to  aid  the  board  in  enforcing  its  provisions.  The  annoimce- 
ment  is  being  widely  circulated. 


SWINDLER  FRANKFTJRTEE  IS  UNDER  ARREST, 

Man  Exposed  by  the  ERA  is  Captured  in  Detroit  and 
Extradited   to    Omaha    for   TriaL 

Otto  Needham  Frankfurter,  alias  Frankfort,  a  salesman  for- 
merly in  the  employ  of  the  Richardson  Drug  Company,  of 
Omaha,  Neb.,  and  wanted  by  that  concern  for  embezzling, 
was  captured  in  Detroit,  Mich.,  last  Saturday.  He  was  ar- 
rested by  detectives  on  the  complaint  of  the  Richardson  Drug 
Company  and  papers  have  been  issued  for  his  transfer  to 
Omaha.  It  is  reported  that  he  is  wanted  in  Kansas  City.  St. 
Louis,  Ida  Grove,  Iowa,  besides  Omaha.  On  being  arrested 
Frankfurter  admitted  his  guilt,  laying  his  downfall  to  the 
extravagant  manner  in  which  he  had  entertained  women,  but 
stated  he  was  neither  a  drinker  nor  gambler.  He  predicted 
that  all  would  turn  out  well  upon  his  arrival  in  Omaha,  where 
he  would  make  an  explanation  that  would  clear  him. 

Frankfurter  sold  his  sample  cases  and  collected  bills,  but 
failed  to  turn  over  any  cash  to  the  house.  He  is  also  charged 
with  passing  checks  signed  by  fictitious  persons,  and  owing 
l)ills  to  at  least  a  dozen  concerns  in  Omaha. 

The  Era  published  a  warning  to  the  trade  concerning  his 
character  and  methods  on  February  IS. 

Mr.  Weller.  of  the  Richardson  Drug  Compan.v,  states  that 
Frankfurter  is  one  of  the  cleverest  of  swindlers,  being  very 
bright  and  a  fluent  speaker  of  Spanish,  German  and  English, 
and  adds  that  had  the  man  been  honest  he  would  have  had  a 
great  future   before  him. 

Phi  Chi  Fraternity  Changes  Name  to  Phi  Delta  Chi. 
Chicago,  March  G. — The  grand  council  of  the  Phi  Chi 
Fraternit,v  met  in  executive  session  here  this  week.  On  ac- 
count of  conflicting  with  the  medical  Phi  Chi  Fraternity  the 
council  voted  to  change  the  name  to  Phi  Delta  Chi.  The  grand 
council  will  hold  its  next  session  at  New  York.  A  banquet 
was  tendered  the  visiting  delegates  Saturday  evening  at  the 
College  Grill.  Dr.  Harry  Kahn  ofEciated  as  toastmaster  and 
the  following  responded  to  toasts :  Prof.  H.  M.  Gordin.  Chi- 
cago;  William  E.  Claypool,  Peoria;  Edward  Spease,  Ohio; 
A.  E.  Buesch.  Chicago,  and  H.  M.  Erickson,  Chicago. 


Druggists  Victimized  by  Counterfeiters. 
Chicago,  March  G. — The  police  have  been  hunting  for 
a  week  for  a  band  of  counterfeiters  who  have  victimized  a 
score  of  grocers  and  druggists  in  the  vicinity  of  Twenty- 
second  street,  by  passing  bogus  $1  bills.  J.  Ritter.  a  druggist, 
at  2341  Wentsworth  avenue,  was  one  of  the  complainants. 


No  More  Drug  Samples  in  Madison. 
Madison,  Wis.,  March  1. — The  Hobbins  ordinance,  for- 
bidding the  distribution  about  the  streets  of  "sample"  drugs, 
has  been  passed  by  the  common  council.  The  measure  re- 
ceived support  from  leading  druggists,  club  women,  and  citi- 
zens in  general. 


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LOUISVILLE    DRUGGISTS    ACTIVE    IN    PREPARING  FOR  THE   1909    CONVENTION  OF  THE  N.A.R.D. 


Executive    Committee    Elects   Horace    Taylor 

Secretary  and  Decides  on  Headquarters. 

Louisville.  March  6. — The  executive  committee 
which  has  charge  of  all  of  the  arrangements  for 
the  coming  convention  of  the  X.A.R.D.,  had  its 
first  meeting  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  Commercial 
Club  and  organized  by  electing  Horace  Taylor  as 
secretary,  the  president  of  the  local  association  be- 
ing chairman  ex  officio.  This  committee  is  com- 
posed of  the  chairmen  of  each  of  the  subordinate 
committees.  The  most  important  business  was  the 
report  of  the  committee  on  hotels.  Addison  Dimmitt 
representing  this  committee.  The  Seelbach  Hotel 
was  chosen  unanimously  as  headquarters. 

The  Seelbach  is  one  of  the  most  complete,  both 
as  to  structure  and  furnishings,  in  this  countr.v. 
It  is  all  new,  the  recent  addition  being  completed 
less  than  a  year  ago,  while  the  older  portion  has 
only  been  in  use  for  a  few  years.  No  expense  has 
been  considered  in  making  it  equal  to  the  best  that 
can  be  found  anywhere.  It  has  nearly  200  rooms 
and  is  located  right  in  the  heart  of  the  busiest  re- 
tail district.  On  the  top  is  the  roof  garden,  ex- 
tending over  the  entire  structure,  a  portion  of 
which  is  enclosed  with  glass,  the  remainder  being 
open  for  use  at  all  times  during  the  summer  months.  The 
convention  proper  will  hold  its  meetings  in  the  enclosed  por- 
tion and  adjoining  spaces  will  be  used  for  exhibits  extending 
out  into  the  open  portion,  which  is  arranged  so  that  it  can  be 
covered  to  protect  the  people  as  well  as  the  exhibits  from 
rain  should  it  be  necessary.  The  hall  being  about  12  ordinary 
stories  above  the  street  will  afford  freedom  from  noise  and 
should  be  very  comfortable  in  every  way.  The  entire  building 
is  fireproof. 

The  W.O.N.A.R.D.  will  hold  its  meetings  in  the  red  room 
of  the  Seelbach.  This  room  is  on  the  parlor  floor  and  is  most 
luxuriously  furnished.  It  has  a  seating  capacity  of  about  .''.00 
and  has  adjoining  rooms  for  the  use  of  committees.  The 
members  of  this  organization,  as  well  as  the  ladies  who  may 
attend  the  convention,  can  look  forward  to  a  most  enjoyable 
time.  Horace  Taylor,  who  is  chairman  of  the  special  commit- 
tee to  look  after  the  entertainment  of  the  ladies,  has  many 
things  in  contemplation,  an  automobile  ride  through  Cherokee. 
Iroquois  and  Shawnee  parks  and  also  through  the  residential 
portion  of  the  city,  which  will  consume  two  or  three  hours, 
winding  up  at  Fountain  Ferry  with  luncheon,  returning 
through  the  business  portion  of  the  city.  A  ball,  an  evening 
devoted  to  progressive  euchre,  with  a  prize  worth  contesting 
for,  are  also  being  considered.  Every  moment  that  the  ladies 
can  spare  for  entertainment  will  be  filled,  according  to  the 
plans  of  the  committee. 

It  was  announced  at  the  meeting  that  the  delegates  and 
other  druggists  who  may  attend  can  rest  assured  that  they  will 
not  he  forgotten,  but  what  shape  the  entertainment  for  the 
male  contingent  will  assume  has  not  been  figured  out,  although 
the  "mint"  will  be  in  its  prime,  sugar  plentiful  and  other 
requisites  obtainable.  "Nuf  'ced,"  remarked  one  of  the  com- 
mitteemen. 


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Appointed  as  Food  and  Drug^  Inspectors. 

BtiFFALO.  March  1. — Dr.  Frederick  W.  Koehler.  of  .582 
Broadway,  has  been  appointed  an  inspector  of  drugs  and 
food  in  the  Health  Department.  His  was  the  only  name  on 
the  Civil  Service  list  and  he  had  a  percentage  of  90.SS. 
Eight  other  physicians  failed  to  pass  the  examination. 

Lincoln,  Neb.,  March  1. — D.  L.  Murray,  of  Pierce,  has 
been  appointed  drug  and  food  inspector  for  the  Third  dis- 
trict  by    Governor    Shallenberger. 


Catches  Thief  "With  Buzzer  on  Slot  Telephone. 
St.  Louis,  March  6. — James  A.  Watkins,  of  1115  Union 
boulevard,  caught  a  telephone  thief  in  his  store  recently  b.v 
a  burglar  alarm  that  he  had  attached  to  the  coin  box  on  the 
slot  telephone.  When  Watkins  heard  the  buzzer  he  started 
tor  the  front  door,  beat  the  thief  to  it,  locked  it  and  then 
proceeded  to  tie  the  thief  to  hold  him  securely  until  a  police- 
man arrived.  That  the  thief  escaped  from  the  policeman 
was  no  fault  of  Druggist  Watkins. 


Wyeth   Branch  to  Be   Opened  in  St.   Paul. 
St.  Pail.  .Minn..  March  6.— John  W.veth  c&  Bro..  Philadel- 
phia, is  about  to  oi)en  a  branch  house  here  at  223  East  Fourth 
street.     Soon  as  necessary  improvements  have  been  made  the 
store  will  be  opened. 


Enforcing-  Anti-Cocaine  Law  in  Chicago. 
Chicago,  March  6. — Otto  Wintermeyer.  a  druggist  at  278 
West  Madison  street,  was  fined  $75  and  costs  in  the  Municipal 
Court   Frida.v  for  selling  cocaine  without  a   physician's   pre- 
scription. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[March  11, 1909 


LETTER     BOX 


DRUGGIST'S  DENATUEED  ALCOHOL  EXPERIENCE. 


Believes  Trust  is  Using  Ketail  Drug  Trade  as  a  Cat's 

Paw — Price  Fluctuations — Letter  From  Dr.  Wiley. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  : 

Don't  be  too  enthusiastic  in  urging  druggists  to  handle  dena- 
tured alcohol.  I  hare  handled  it  since  it  was  introduced,  have 
talked  for  it,  helped  popularize  it  here  at  a  small  profit  and 
now  begin  to  feel  the  squeeze.  I  sold  it  at  60  cents  a  gallon 
when  it  cost  4.j  cents  in  order  to  help  swell  the  sale  of  the 
stoves  which  at  that  time  were  sold  by  a  canvasser. 

If  you  remember  the  first  press  notices  sent  out  said  it 
would  sell  for  20  or  30  cents  retail.  I  was  obliged  to  over- 
come this  impression.  Then  later  when  I  had  to  pay  53  cents  f. 
o.  b.  here  and  raised  the  price  to  7.5  cents  the  press  notices  said 
it  should  be  retailed  for  50  cents.  It  was  sold  to  me  by  a  trust 
agent  here  cheaper  than  I  could  get  it  of  my  drug  jobber  and 
this  same  trust  branch  in  New  Orleans  at  the  time  I  bought 
the  barrel  of  its  agent  here  offered  it  to  one  of  my  customers 
at  50  cents  a  gallon  in  5  gallon  lots  f.  o.  b.  New  Orleans  and 
50  cents  in  barrel  lots  f.  o.  b.  New  Orleans. 

About  this  time  I  started  handling  stoves,  lamps,  etc.,  and 
had  just  sold  enough  to  get  them  introduced  when  I  found 
my  source  of  supply  for  them  had  sold  his  business  or  so  he 
said,  and  the  trust  agent  here  got  in  a  supply  and  offered  them 
to  me  at  the  prices  I  paid  in  New  York. 

Now  this  can  all  be  substantiated,  so  let  us  now  proceed 
along  suppositious  lines  and  see  how  things  look.  A  district 
manager  of  a  large  varnish  house  which  is  a  large  producer  of 
wood  alcohol  told  me  before  the  law  had  gone  into  effect  that 
I  would  find  that  the  price  of  the  product  would  not  go  below 
50  cents,  that  the  Whisky  Trust  wanted  the  trade  then  con- 
trolled by  the  wood  alcohol  people,  that  is  for  use  industrially 
and   that  the  agitation  was  supported  by  the  Whisky  Trust. 

What  do  we  find  has  actually  taken  place?  The  price  of 
denatured  alcohol  is  regulated  by  the  price  of  wood  alcohol, 
always  selling  5  cents  a  gallon  cheaper  and  is  not  regulated 
by  the  cost  of  the  production  of  denatured ;  if  wood  goes  up 
5  cents  denatured  goes  up  the  same,  so  we  have  this  man's 
prophecy  fulfilled. 

I  enclose  a  letter  which  I  received  in  reply  to  one  addressed 
to  the  President,  as  letters  addressed  to  the  department  had 
brought  unsatisfactory  replies. 

I  am  curious  to  know  just  who  and  how  many  makers  of 
denatured  there  are. 

In  this  letter  it  is  stated  that  the  price  is  regulated  by  the 
price  of  com.  The  press  reports  told  us  it  would  be  made  from 
waste  products  and  here  we  have  a  statement  that  it  is  made 
from  one  of  our  food  products,  thus  raising  the  price  of  corn 
as  well  as  of  the  alcohol.  However,  I  challenge  the  statement 
that  its  price  is  regulated  by  the  price  of  corn,  for  the  trust 
is  now  making  it  in  New  Orleans  from  molasses  and  further, 
the  tact  that  denatured  is  sold  always  a  shade  under  wood  looks 
queer.  There  are  press  reports  about  unscrupulous  druggists 
selling  it  at  enormous  profits.  The  trust  offers  it  at  the  price 
the  druggist  buys  at  wholesale  and  it  looks  very  like  they 
are  using  the  druggist  as  a  cat's  paw  to  introduce  it  and  then 
to  retail  it  direct  to  the  consumer  just  as  the  Standard  Oil 
Company  does  its  products.  Tours  truly, 

Morgan  City,  La.,  Feb.  SI.  H.  L.  Squibes. 

[Enclosure.] 
Mr.  Harry  L.  Squires,  Morgan  City,  La. 

Dear  Sib  :  In  reply  to  your  favor  of  November  26,  address- 
ed to  the  President  of  the  United  States.  I  beg  leave  to  say 
that  it  is  not  to  be  expected  that  a  practically  new  material 
such  as  denatured  alcohol  will  come  into  immediate  use  by 
large  numbers  of  people,  nor  that  its  manufacture  will  be 
undertaken  immediately  by  people  who  have  h.ad  no  pre- 
vious experience  in  the  manufacture  of  distilled  spirits  of 
any  kind.  It  is  a  fact,  however,  that  denatured  alcohol  is 
being  made  in  this  country  by  several  concerns  rather  than 
by  one  firm  only.  It  is  true,  furthermore,  that  the  Department 
of  Agriculture  has  accumulated  within  the  last  few  months, 
considerable  practical  information  available  for  farmers  with 


regard  to  the  manufacture  of  the  foregoing  material,  and  that 
the  Department  is  likely  within  a  few  months  more  to  be  able 
to  furnish  detailed  instructions  regarding  the  most  economical 
method  of  production. 

Centrifugal  molasses,  as  you  state,  is  a  very  valuable 
material  for  the  manufacture  of  alcohol;  and  it  is  to  be 
hoped  that  manufacturers  in  your  part  of  the  country  may 
see  their  way  clear  to  utilize  this  cheap  and  abundant  raw 
material,  and  that  as  a  result  of  this  action  on  their  part  the 
present  price  of  fifty  cents  a  gallon,  due  largely  to  the  high 
price  of  corn,  may  be  materially  reduced. 

Respectfully.  H.  W.  Wiley.  Chief. 


Four  Weak  Points  of  Some  Drug  Clerks. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  about  all  your  publications  you  have  editorials  comparing 
clerks  and  employers,  offering  suggestions  and  pointers  on 
salesmanship,  advertising  display,  etc.  Unable  to  remember 
seeing  any  articles  written  by  a  clerk  who  is  the  one  behind 
the  gun,  this  article  might  be  useful  to  fill  in  as  it  is  from 
personal  observation  which  I  have  had  in  New  York,  Boston 
and  Providence  in  the  largest  drug  companies  of  the  Bast.  I 
think  I  have  the  best  dope  on  how  a  clerk  can  make  his  services 
indispensable  to  his  employer  without  any  aid  from  the  dope 
closet. 

Faults  of  the  pill-mixers,  as  seen  by  a  dope  artist  of  the 
same  profession  who  has  associated  with  all  the  miscellaneous 
tribes  of  the  pill  shop  may  be  included  in  the  following  classi- 
fication of  them :  boozers,  dopers,  clock  watchers,  lady's  man 
and  ordinary  drug  clerks.  Seventy  per  cent  of  the  drug  clerks 
today  are  weak  on  one  of  the  first  four  counts ;  they  are  just 
sliding  by  but  do  not  know  how,  yet  wondering  why  their 
salaries  are  not  raised  or  why  the  boss  favors  other  clerks. 
So  they  knock  the  boss  and  the  faithful  clerk  for  no  reason 
in  particular,  just  don't  like  them.  Jealous?  No.  What 
then?     Unable  to  give  satisfactory  explanation. 

Add  to  such  a  clerk's  system,  well  injected,  an  ounce  of 
common  sense  by  a  persistent,  influential  and  conscientious 
clerk  or  boss  and  an  almost  instantaneous  change  will  be  no- 
ticed in  this  clerk  for  the  good  of  the  store  and  his  associate 
clerks.  Persistency  should  be  the  motto  of  every  clerk.  With 
this  one  word  impressed  on  your  mind  you  are  bound  to  get 
there.  It  makes  no  difference  whether  you  are  a  soda  clerk, 
salesman  or  prescription  clerk ;  produce  results,  no  matter 
how  small,  for  they  all  count  in  the  long  run.  Condense  your 
work,  don't  make  any  false  movements  and  above  all  be  ac- 
curate. The  all-around  clerk  or  filler-in  for  any  department  is 
the  scarce   man  of  today. 

Don't  do  just  what  you  are  told,  try  to  do  more — make 
yourself  indispensable  to  your  employer.  Two  years  ago,  in 
a  store  which  employs  about  30  clerks,  about  10  o'clock  in  the 
evening  the  manager  approached  a  group  of  nine  or  ten  clerks 
who  were  in  conversation  (not  about  business),  asking  if 
one  of  them  would  scatter  a  few  drops  of  oil  on  the  floor  be- 
hind the  counter.  "Nay !  nay !"  was  the  vote  of  the  bunch 
of  ornaments.  Before  the  manager  could  recover  from  his 
shock  due  to  the  answer  to  his  request  a  clerk  older  than  any 
of  the  others  spoken  to  was  oiling  the  floor  of  his  own  free 
will,  soon  finishing  and  returning  to  a  pile  of  tooth-brushes 
he  was  marking.  The  store  was  one  belonging  to  a  large  syn- 
dicate and  that  clerk  is  now  manager  of  one  of  its  stores  in 
a  city  in  western  Massachusetts  at  a  good  fat  salary  and  highly 
respected  by  all  his  clerks,  as  well  as  the  boys.  He  was  once 
one  of  the  "bunch." 

This  is  only  one  incident  that  has  been  brought  to  the  writer's 
attention  and  shows  there  is  always  an  opening  for  a  good, 
bright  energetic  man.  L.  H.  M. 


A  Petty  Bill   Collection  Swindle   Exposed. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  : 

A  number  of  pharmacists  have  paid  20  cents  for  15  to  25 
collection  blanks  (to  be  filled  in  by  them)  to  a  smooth  fakir 
on  his  representation  that  he  would  buy  all  the  bad  accounts 
they  had  at  25  cents  on  the  dollar  after  they  had  sent  out 
these  formal  notices — which  are  marked  copyright  in  Canada 
and  copyright  applied  for  in  the  United  States.  He  claimed 
that  by  giving  the  debtor  10  days'  notice,  exclusive  of  Sundays 
and  holidays,  that  then  the  claim  would  be  beyond  dispute  by 
the  debtor  and  that  when  he  bought  the  bill,  he  would  be  able 
to  collect  without  being  bothered  by  referring  to  the  merchant's 


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241 


books  to  prove  the  bills.     Of  course  he  never  shows  up  again. 
As  a  matter  of  fact  a   judgment  from   a  justice  court   after 
standing  20  days  cannot  be  appealed.     Cop.v  of  form  used : 
Deab 

....find   on   going   through books   that 

have  a  bill  against  you  for Unless  this  is  settled 

at  once  I  shall  be  obliged   to  sell  it  to 

Toronto,    Canada,    unless    settled    before 

Tours  truly. 


Perhaps  you  can  save  some  brother  druggist  from  being 
separated  from  his  easy  money.  I  did  not  bite  on  this  al- 
though one  druggist  and  several  other  merchants  did. 

X.  T.  Z. 


About  Badger  Sheboygan  Ginger  Ale. 

The  Sheboygan  Mineral  Water  Company  was  established 
in  1S76,  and  toda.v  is  one  of  the  leading  concerns  in  the 
country  in  the  bottling  of  Carbonated  Mineral  Water,  Ginger 
Ale  and  Beverages.  Shebo.vgan  Mineral  Water  is  a  product 
of  exceptional  merit,  is  well  known,  and  very  popular  in  all 
'the  leading  cities.  For  the  Inaugural  Ball  at  Washington 
this  year.  Sheboygan  Water  was  selected  as  the  Water  to  be 
served  at  the  banquet.  This  great  honor  was  conferred  upon 
this  water  because  of  its  pure  quality  and  great  popularity. 

The  celebrated  Badger  Sheboygan  Ginger  Ale  put  up  by 
this  firm  is  a  delicious  combination  of  pure  Water.  Ginger 
Boot  Extract  and  Fruit  Flavors,  scientifically  blended  into 
a  most  delightful  and  wholesome  beverage.  There  is  refresh- 
ment and  pleasure  in  every  bottle  of  Badger  Sheboygan  Ginger 
Ale.  Nothing  enters  into  its  composition  but  the  choicest 
of  pure  materials,  bottled  amid  perfectly  sanitary  surround- 
ings, in  a  modem  and  up  to  date  plant.  There  is  not  the 
slightest  chance  for  any  impurity  to  enter  into  the  composi- 
tion, of  this  product.  AH  bottles  are  perfectly  steri- 
lized just  before  they  are  filled  and  the  greatest  care  is  taken 
in  every  process,  until  the  goods  are  placed  on  the  market. 

The  members  of  this  firm  have  had  unlimited  experience 
in  the  Ginger  Ale  business  and  are  therefore  able  to  produce 
a  bright  and  sparkling  Ginger  Ale  with  perfect  keeping 
qualities  without  the  aid  of  preservatives.  The  style  of 
package  is  also  within  keeping  with  the  quality  of  the  goods. 

Bottled  Beverages  of  high  quality  have  become  very  popular 
during  the  past  year  or  two  and  the  Sheboygan  Mineral 
Water  Company  is  offering  to  the  Drug  and  Soda  B"'ountain 
trade  a  very  attractive  proposition.  With  the  first  order 
for  Badger  Sheboygan  Ginger  Ale  the  Company  offers  a 
liberal  supply  of  verj'  attractive  display  advertising  material 
and  a  half  dozen  handsome  aluminum  bottle  holders. 


New  York  Board  of  Trade  Committees. 

The  members  to  serve  on  the  various  committees  of  the  Drug 
Trade  Section  of  The  Xew  York  Board  of  Trade  and  Trans- 
portation, for  1909,  were  appointed  last  week  by  Chairman 
George  William  Kemp  and  are  as  follows ; 

Executive — Cl.irence  G.  Stone,  chairman ;  C.  R.  Cosby,  Charles 
S.  Llttell,  Dr.  Harry  C.  Lovis,   Frederick  E.  Watermeyer. 

Membership — Franklin  Black,  chairman;  Jesse  L.  Hopkins,  Dr. 
Harry  C.  Lovis,  Paul  H.  Brickelmaier.  O.  N.  Cammann. 

Jobbing  Druggists — William  P.  Ritchey,  chairman,  and  one 
representative  fi-om  each  jobbing  house  in  the  Drug  Trade 
Section. 

Legislation — Thomas  P.  Cook,  chairman :  Thomas  F.  Main, 
Albert  Plant,  Charles  S.  Littell,  Irving  McKesson. 

Arbitration — William  S.  Jlersereau.  chairman;  Francis  H. 
Sloan.  Herbert  D.  Hobbins,  Samuel  W.  Fairchild,  Herbert  B. 
Harding. 

Importers  of  Drugs  and  Chemicals — Joseph  A.  Velsor.  chair- 
man :  I.  Frank  Stone,  Herman  A.  Metz,  J.  Edward  Young,  Jr.. 
James  E.  Heller. 

Manufacturing  Chemists — Charles  -A.  Loring.  chairman ; 
Thomas  J.  Parker.  George  Merck.  H.  T.  Jarrett,  John  Anderson. 

Manufacturing  Pharmacists — Macomb  G.  Foster,  chairman;  Er- 
nest StauCfen.  Horatio  N.  Fraser.  H.  Eolff  Planten,  R.  C.  Stofer. 

Importers  of  Essential  Oils — Edwin  H.  Burr,  chairman  ;  C.  G. 
Eulcr,  Joseph  Mathias. 


Larger  Plant  for  Licorice  Manufacturers. 
Baltimobe.  March  6. — The  J.  S.  Young  Co.,  a  branch 
of  the  MacAndrews  &  Forbes  Co.,  licorice  manufacturers,  with 
a  factory  at  Boston  and  Elliott  streets,  this  city,  has  decided  to 
erect  an  addition  to  the  plant.  The  structure  will  be  taken  up 
with  the  grinding  department,  the  engine  room,  extractor  ma- 
chinery and  the  boilers.  It  will  have  a  length  of  200  feet, 
and  the  materials  will  be  brick  and  steel. 


PHILADELPHIA  SENDS  $1000  TO  THE  N.A.R.D. 

Active  Campaign  on  for  Increased  Membership  and 
Some   Important   Subjects   Discussed  by   R.D.A. 

Philadelphia.  March  6. — Loyal  support  of  the  national 
organization  was  emphasized  at  the  March  meeting  yesterday 
of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  at  the 
College  of  Pharmacy,  when  a  motion  to  draw  an  order  for 
§1000.  as  a  part  of  the  1909  dues  to  the  N.A.R.D.,  was  carried 
unanimously. 

Some  most  important  suggestions  as  to  the  regulations  on 
the  sale  and  storage  of  gasoline  in  its  relation  to  insurance 
were  made.  Stock  taking  and  the  necessity  of  having  an  in- 
ventory of  the  goods  insured  was  also  discussed  and  it  de- 
veloped that  retail  druggists  are  rather  lax  in  this  latter 
respect  and  that  few  had  attended  to  this  most  imporant  detail 
in  less  than  five  years. 

The  fact  that  the  P.A.R.D.  has  been  doing  propaganda 
work  for  the  past  two  yearS,  in  the  opinion  of  the  members, 
made  it  unnecessary  to  take  up  the  national  campaign  from 
the  start  and  it  was  this  adjustment  of  conditions,  the  number 
of  circulars  and  booklets  and  letters  and  the  number  of 
months  during  which  they  were  to  be  sent  out  that  delayed 
the  work  for  a  month  or  two.  It  is  expected  that  the  cam- 
paign of  education  will  be  in  full  swing  in  this  city  before 
April  1. 

Chairman  J.  E.  Marsden,  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
ai'.nounced  the  minstrel  show  and  dance  to  be  held  at  Mercan- 
tile Hall  on  April  26,  and  called  for  volunteers  for  "stunts'' 
and  specialties. 

Attention  was  called  to  the  cards  that  are  being  circulated 
by  one  manufacturing  company,  which  a  short  time  ago  made 
a  strong  bid  for  popularity  through  the  retail  drug  trade. 
In  this  latter  move,  they  are  throwing  the  drug  trade  over 
and  through  the  grocers  are  making  a  free-goods  offer.  Samuel 
W.  Strunk  reported  the  discourteous  methods  of  a  Philadelphia 
manufacturing  concern  which,  by  accusing  "some  druggists" 
in  the  city  of  substituting,  sought  to  have  the  stores  stock  up 
with  a  bona  fide  article.  Secretary  Cozens  was  instructed 
to  write  and  question  the  truth  of  the  substitution  charge. 

On  motion  of  H.  C.  Blair,  a  resolution  of  congratulation 
to  Christopher  Koch.  Jr.,  upon  his  appointment  to  member- 
ship in  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  was 
unanimously  passed. 

Representative  J.  H.  Barlow  announced  an  aggressive  mem- 
bership campaign  and  asked  the  members  to  let  him  have  the 
names  of  non-members  in  their  neighborhoods  so  that  he  could 
call  on  them. 

H.  W.  Hemmersback  and  J.  W.  Schorpp  were  elected 
members. 


Receivership  of  Rogers  &  Pyatt  to  Be  Discontinued. 
In  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  Judge  Hough  has  signed 
an  order  with  regard  to  the  firm  of  Rogers  &  Pyatt,  Inc.,  of 
New  York  City,  which  failed  some  months  ago.  The  order 
permits  the  sale  of  the  concern  to  L.  C.  Gillespie  c&  Son  on 
an  agreement  to  form  a  new  corporation.  The  old  name,  how- 
ever, can  be  retained.  The  officers  and  amount  of  capital  of 
the  new  corporation  will  not  be  announced  until  later,  but  the 
incorporation  dates  from  March  1.  The  receivership  it  is 
understood  has  been  very  satisfactory,  especially  from  the 
creditors'  point  of  view. 


Banner  Year  'Was  1908  for  This  Company. 
Detboit.  March  6. — The  eleventh  annual  meeting  of  the 
Ray  Chemical  Co.,  resulted  in  the  re-election  of  the  following 
officers :  President,  Cornelius  N.  Ray ;  vice-president,  Gus- 
tavus  D.  Pope :  secretary.  J.  B.  Schlotmau ;  treasurer  and 
general  manager.  Charles  T.  Miller.  The  directors  consist  of 
the  officers  above  named  and  Frederick  T.  Ducharme,  Willard 
Pope  and  H.  A.  Burnett.  The  company  reports  that  1908 
was  its  banner  year. 


New  Fountain  and  Fixtures  for  Old  Store. 
Peters  &  Beeck,  well  known  Milwaukee  druggists  who  lately 
purchased  the  pharmacy  of  August  Von  Trott.  441  East  Water 
street,  in  that  city,  are  planning  on  making  several  changes  at 
the  pharmacy.  New  show  cases  and  other  equipment,  besides 
a  new  soda  fountain  will  be  installed  in  the  near  future. 


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[March  11,1909 


BUSINESS   RECORD 


Changes  in   Ownership,   New   Drug   Stores,   Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Supplement  to  The  Kra  Druggif^ts*  Directory. 


ARKANSAS — Carlisle — Dudley  «&  Callahan  have  opened  a 

new  driis  store  here. 
CALIFORNIA— Berkeley— University        Pharmacy,       2101 

Shattuck   avenue,    has    heen   succeeded    by   Mullers    Phar- 
macy and  stock  moved  to  2129  University  avenue. 
Los    Angeles — Miss    Nina    C.    Edmiston,    3500    Vermont 

avenue,  has  moved  her  stock  of  drugs  to  3127  Vermont 

avenue. 
Needles — Needles  Drug  Company  has  been  bought  by  O.  D. 

Collins.     Style   of  firm  will   not  change. 
Porterville — Robbins,   Claubes,   Byrd   Drug  Company,   in- 
corporated ;  capital  stock,  $15,000. 
Riverside — East   Side   Pharmacy,  158  East  Sth  street,   E. 

D.   Gibson,  proprietor,   has   moved   his  stock  to   the   new 

building,  corner  Sth  and   Vine  streets. 
CONNECTICUT— SIiDDLETOWN—Bergquist  Bros.,  588   Main 

street,   have    moved    their   stock   of   drugs   to   226   Main 

street. 
GEORGIA — Atlanta — Jacobs  Pharmacy   have  opened   three 

new  drug  stores  here  as  follows :     423  Marietta  street. 

Peters  and  Walker  streets,  and  Mitchell  street  and  Madi- 
son avenue. 
ILLINOIS — Chicago — Edna   F.   Nichols  has  opened   a   drug 

store  at  426  East  55th  street. 
MiDDLETOWN — B.  E.  Crum  has  bought  a  half  interest  with 

H.   T.   Anson   in   the   store  formerly  run  by  Reed   Drug 

Company.     Style  of  firm  will  be  Crum  &  Anson. 
Pekin — John  A.  Weber,  437  Court  street  has  been  succeeded 

by  Emil  Ketterer. 
Springfield — Mathies  Drug  Company  has  succeeded  M.  H. 

Boland,    at    609    South    11th    street.      C.    H.    Wineman, 

manager. 
INDIANA— Elkhart— F.  H.  Bentz  &  Co.,  117  South  Main 

street,  have  been  succeeded  by  C.  H.  Leonard,  who  sold 

the  store  to  them  several  .years  ago. 
NoBLESVTLLE — C.  L.  Mitchell  has  been  succeeded  by  Haines 

&  Glenn. 
Shoals — Samuel    H.    Ross,   store    destroyed   by   fire ;    loss, 

$12,000. 
IOWA — Centebvllle — Appanoose  Drug  Company,  212  North 

12th  street,  has  been  succeeded  by  C.  L.  Gardner. 
Eagle  Grove — Sorenson  Drug  Company,  incorporated  ;  capi- 
tal stock  $11,000. 
Lone  Rock — J.   E.   Gaumer  has  changed  the  style  of  his 

store  to  J.  E.  Gaumer  &  Co. 
KANSAS — Garfield — Russell  Rankin  has  opened  a  new  drug 

store  here. 
Manblato — Weeks  Drug  Store  destroyed  by  fire. 
Mabtsville — E.  D.  Vincent  has  been  succeeded  by  O.   N. 

Berry. 
Mildbed — Dr.  R.  Nevitt  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  here. 
LOUISIANA — New   Orleans— E.    R.   DeBow,   Customhouse 

and  Marias  streets,  out  of  business. 
MAINE — Waterville — G.    W.    Dorr,    118    Main    street,    de- 
ceased.    Business   will    be   continued   as   the   Dorr   Drug 

Store.     Harry   H.  Dunbar,  proprietor. 
MARYLAND— Baltimore— Henry   C.    Spetzler,   1016   Druid 

Hill  avenue,  has  been  succeeded  by  Stokes  &  Derry. 
MICHIGAN — Chesaning— Stewart  &  Meyer  and  George  H. 

Tristian  have  been  succeeded  by  Meyers  Drug  Store. 
Detroit — George   W.    Stringer,   898   Michigan   avenue,   has 

been   succeeded   by   John   A.   Grier. — Earl   P.   Townsend. 

1365  Gratiot  avenue,  has  been  succeeded  by  George  Mahl- 

meister. 
Port  Austin — Port  Austin  Drug  Company,   incorporated ; 

capital  stock,  $10,000. 
MINNESOTA— Lake  Park— M.  B.  Olson  has  sold  his  stock 


of  drug.s  to  John  Nelson,  who  will  move  il  to  his  present 
store. 
.MISSISSIPPI — Hattiesbubg — Peoples  Drug  Company,  store 
destroyed  by  fire  ;  loss.  $3000,  with  about  $2,500  insurance. 
NEBRASKA — Norfolk — C.  F.  Haman  has  been  succeeded 
by  Doeriug  Drug  Company. 

Winslow — W.  E.  Kaufman  opened  a  new  drug  store  here 
March  1. 
NEW  JERSEY— Jersey  City- J.  B.  Schaefer,  2.50  Wash- 
ington street,  store  burned  out.  Mr.  Schaefer  is  now 
doing  business  at  583  Summit  avenue,  formerly  William 
Hornblower. 

Newark — L.   D.   Greenlief,  493  Broad  street,  out   of  busi- 
ness. 
.\EW  YORK — Albion — Fisk  &  Freeman  have  beeij  succeeded 
by  Harris  H.  Freeman. 

Allegany — G.  A.  Smiley  has  been  succeeded  by  Clarence 
R.  Co.\. 

Batavia — Atchison  &  Douglass,  102  Main  street,  has  been 
succeeded  by  Thomas  E.  Atchison. 

Brooklyn — Israel  Berow  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at 
4305  13th  avenue. — O.  Linke,  369  Covert  avenue,  has 
bought  the  stock  of  O.  P.  M.  Canis,  at  this  address,  and 
moved  to  266  Covert  avenue. 

Buffalo — Henry  Frost  has  opened  a  new  store  at  1048 
Genesee  street. — Radder  &  Wright,  1872  Niagara  street, 
has  been  succeeded  by  J.  B.  Sumner. — A.  B.  Strode.  Main 
and  Exchange  streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  Grove  & 
Lingner. 

East  Aurora — Sprague  &  Cummings  have  dissolved  part- 
nership. E.  M.  Cummings  will  continue  the  business 
alone. 

HONEOYE  Falls — Hamish  Bros,  have  opened  a  new  drug 
store  here. 

New  York  City — Edward  F.  Pfaff,  277  Lenox  avenue,  has 
been  succeeded  by  C.  E.  Slawsen. 

Olean — Hicks  &  Bryant  have  dissolved  partnership.  W. 
A.  Bryant  will  continue  the  business  alone. 

Ripley — Miller  &  Hannan  have  been  succeeded  by  R.   B. 
Hannan. 
NORTH  CAROLINA— Rose  Hill— J.  F.  Blizzard  has  suc- 
ceeded the  Rose  Hill  Drug  Company. 
OHIO — Bridgeport — Roberts  &   Frederick   will   open   a   new 
drug  store  on  March  15. 

Sebbing — Milo    E.    Mowry   has    been    succeeded    by   J.    M. 
Hazen. 
PENNSYLVANIA — Philadelphia — Clarence  L.  Bonta,  Front 
street  and   Wyoming  avenue,   has   been  succeeded  by  A. 
DeMaire  Bartholomew. 
SOUTH     CAROLINA— Travellees     Rest — Travelers     Rest 
Drug  Company  is  the  style  of  the  new  drug  store  here. 
VIRGINIA — Big  Stone  Gap — Enterprise  Drug  Company,  in- 
corporated :  capital  stock.  $3000  to  $10,000. 

Blackstone — Blackstone  Drug  Company's  stock  has  been 
bought  by  Dr.  W.  E.  Anderson,  who  will  move  it  to 
Farmerville  and  open  a  new  store.  Style  of  firm  will  be 
Anderson  Drug  Company. 

Laweenceville — Lewis-Mallory    Drug    Company,    incorpo- 
rater ;  capital  stock,  $3000  to  $5000. 
WISCONSIN— Madison— W.  G.  Heberhart,  835  Main  street, 
has  been  succeeded  by  Fred  H.  Flaugher. 

Middleton — Tiedeman  &  Schroeder  have  dissolved  partner- 
ship.   R.  J.  Tiedeman  will  continue  the  business  alone. 


Free  Offer  of  Imported  Post  Cards. 

In  view  of  the  fact  that  the  sale  of  post  cards  has  become 
an  important  feature  on  the  commercial  side  of  the  drug  store, 
an  offer  to  give  free  of  charge  200  fine  imported  post  cards 
as  a  premimum  is  not  to  be  overlooked. 

The  Chichester  Chemical  Company,  2315-19  Madison  square, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  are  offering  to  supply  these  cards  with 
every  $16  order  for  the  Chichester  Diamond  Brand  Pills,  single 
or  assorted  sizes.  These  cards  are  said  to  be  quick  sellers  at 
three  to  ten  cents  each,  and  consist  of  154  choice  designs, 
of  which  122  are  birthday  cards.  In  figures,  this  should  mean 
a  clear  bonus  of  $6.  This  firm  also  offers  to  supply  the  best 
quality  of  Pressed  Herbs  free  with  orders  given  through 
jobbers,  providing  the  purchaser  specifies  "iiyith  herbs."  See 
their  advertisement  in  this  issue  of  the  Eba. 


If  you  want  anything  use  the  Eba's  Want  Advs. 


March  11, 1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATEN  IS. 

Granted  Marcli  2,  1909. 

913,780 — Eric  A.  Starke,  Berkeley,  Cal.  Producing  benzeus 
or  its  homologues  from  petroleum. 

913..S40— Daniel  J.  O'Neil,  Chicago,  111.  Non-refillable  bottle 

913,887 — Xavier  Hermfi,  Fruitvale,  Cal.  Process  of  pre 
paring  carbid  of  calcium. 

913,889— Orel  L.  Hersiiiser,  Buffalo,  N.  T.  Beeswax  ex 
tractor. 

913,940 — Ludwig  Benda,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Germany 
assignor  to  Farbwerke  Torm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Briining 
Hochst-on-the-Main,  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany 
Manufacture  of  homologues  of  paraminophenylarsinic  acids. 

913,941 — Lucien  I.  Blake.  Denver,  Colo.  Ionizer  or  ap 
parattis  for  producing  gaseous  ions. 

913,996 — Alva  Watts,  New  Brighton,  Pa.,  assignor  of  one 
third  to  John  M.  Richards  and  one-third  to  James  T.  Moltrup 
Beaver  Falls.  Pa.     Bottle-m.iking  machine. 

914,080— William  C.  Seifert,  Detroit,  Mich.  Crate  foi 
bottles. 

914,129 — Moritz  Forst,  New  York,  N.  ¥.,  assignor  of  forty 
nine  one-hundreths  to  himself,  seventeen  one-hundreths  tc 
Emanuel  Lindhardt,  seventeen  one-hundreths  to  Harvey  K 
Kuttner  and  seventeen  one-hundreths  to  George  Pohlmann 
New  York,  N.  Y.     Non-refillable  bottle. 

914,17.5^Jean  Nicolaidi,  Paris,  France.  Officinal  preparation 
of  phosphoric  acid. 

914,223 — Jonas  W.  Aylsworth,  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  assignor 
by  direct  and  mesne  assignments  to  Fireproof  Products  Com- 
pany, a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Chlorinated  compound 
and  process  of  making  same. 

914,224 — Jonas  W.  Aylsworth,  East  Orange.  N.  J.,  assignor 
by  direct  and  mesne  assignments  to  Fireproof  Products  Com- 
pany, a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Apparatus  for  utilizing 
chlorin. 

914,243 — Conrad  M.  Conradson,  Madison,  Wis.,  assignor 
Company,  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  a  corporation  of  South  Dakota. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 

Anther  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 

Q.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


by  mesne  assigumems  to  Precision  Glass  Grinding  Machine 
Machine  for  spirally  ground  boltle  necks  and  stoppers  therefor. 

914,244 — Conrad  M.  Conradson,  Madison.  Wis.,  assignor 
by  mesne  assignments  to  Precision  Glass  Grinding  Machine 
Company,  Sioux  Falls,  S.  D.,  a  corporation  of  South  Dakota. 
Method  of  making  interchangeable  ground  glass  bottle  necks 
and  stoppers  thereof. 

914.2.51— Carleton  Ellis,  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  and  Karl  P. 
McElroy,  Washington,  D.  C,  assignors  to  Fireproof  Products 
Company,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Process  of  chlorin- 
ating organic  bodies. 

914,252 — Louis  Eschner,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Closure  for 
bottles  and  jars. 

914.253 — Louis  Eschner,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Receptacle 
closure  or  retainer. 

914,271 — Wilhelm  Hasenbach,  Mannheim,  Germany.  Proc- 
ess for  making  infusible  sulfid. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  March  2,  1909. 

.3.H,930— The  Mother  SiegeFs  Syrup  Company,  of  New  York, 
N.   Y.     Class  6.     Tablets  for  dyspepsia. 

34,375— Paul  Rieger  &  Co..  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Class  6. 
Perfumes,  face  creams,  floral  waters,  essential  oils,  pomades, 
face  powders,  toilet  powders,  etc. 

36,426— John  T.  Carback,  Baltimore,  Md.  Class  6.  A 
liquid  remedy  for  rheumatism. 

36.514 — Frederick  S.  Ackerman,  Chicago,  III.  Class  6 
Rectal  suppositories  to  be  used  as  a  remedy  for  hemorrhoids 
and  constipation. 

38,17.5 — Jacob  P.  Urban,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Class  6.  A 
remcd.v  for  gonorrhea,   gleet  and  stricture. 

39.(360— Eleto  Company,  New  York.  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Sachet 
powder. 

39,142 — J.  Touzeau  Saunders,  Limited,  London,  Eng.  Class 
6      Perfumery. 

39.470— Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit.  Mich.  Class  6. 
Perfumes,  toilet  waters,  toilet  cream,  hair  tonic  and  face  powder. 

.39.680 — Minna  M.  Dubin,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  Class  6.  An- 
tiseptic and  disinfectant  compounds. 

40,008 — John  W.veth  &  Brother,  Incorporated.  Philadelphia. 
Pa.     Class  6.     An  expectorant  pharmaceutical  compound. 


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THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[March  11, 1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


DEMAND  MOSTLY  OF  A  JOBBING  CHARACTER. 


Cocaine   Manufacturers  Advance   Prices   Fifteen   Cents 
Per  Ounce,  Due  to  Scarcity  of  Crude. 

New  Xobk,  March  S. — The  general  market  for  drugs  and 
chemicals  continues  fairly  active  with  some  articles  showing 
strength,  but  weakness  in  others ;  while  the  demand  is  of  a 
jobbing  character  only,  the  aggregate  volume  of  business  may 
be  considered  satisfactory,  and  in  the  absence  of  any  dis- 
couraging features  an  improvement  is  looked  for  as  the  season 
advances.  Opium  and  quinine  are  quiet  and  without  any 
change  in  values.  Refined  camphor  is  in  more  active  demand 
with  former  quotations  still  maintained.  Russian  ergot  is  in 
demand  at  full  prices,  and  short  buchu  leaves  are  active  and 
higher.  Citric  acid  is  lower  and  the  essential  oils,  such  as 
bergamot.  lemon  and  orange,  continue  unsettled.  However, 
the  opinion  is  gaining  ground  that  higher  prices  will  prevail 
later  on.  Cocaine  hydrochloride  has  been  advanced  15c.  per 
ounce. 

Cocaine  Hydrociilokiue. — In  sympathy  with  the  position 
of  the  crude  abroad,  domestic  manufacturers  advanced  their 
quotations  15c.  per  ounce  last  Saturday,  to  the  basis  of  $2.65fr'' 
$2.90  for  bulk,  as  to  quantity.  There  has  also  Been  some  talk 
in  local  trade  circles  of  this  product  being  subjected  to  govern- 
ment regulation,  in  line  with  opium  and  its  derivatives,  but 
nothing  officially  has  been  learned  on  the  matter.  The  present 
advance  seems  to  be  due  entirely  to  the  fact  that  the  stock 
of  crude  is  at  present  very  light,  with  higher  prices  at  all 
distributing  points.  Revised  quotations  are  as  follows,  per 
ounce:  bulk,  $2.65(i$2.90;  1-oz.  vials,  $2.70@$2,95 ;  i^-oz. 
vials,  $2.75@$3.00;  Vi-oz.  vials,  $2.80@$3.05 ;  Vs-oz.  vials, 
$2.90@$3.15. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  demand  for  this  article  is  not 
very  active,  but  manufacturers'  prices  are  maintained  on  the 
basis  of  14c.  per  ounce  in  100-oz.  tins.  In  Batavia,  on  the  3d 
inst.,  2000  kilos  of  quinine  were  sold  at  florins  10.50  as  against 
florins  10.70  at  the  previous  sale.  There  were  also  50,000 
ounces  sold  at  Amsterdam  on  the  5th  at  florins  10.82,  as 
against  florins  10.80  at  the  February  sale.  The  sales  will 
not  affect  the  price  of  standard  brands  of  quinine.  The  ship- 
ments of  cinchona  bark,  for  the  month  of  February,  amount 
to  .5.30,000  pounds,  which  shows  a  falling  off,  compared  with 
previous  months. 

Opium. — The  market  is  without  any  change  in  values  and 
the  demand  is  limited  to  actual  requirements.  Primary 
markets  are  also  without  change.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna 
up  to  February  12  amount  to  2010  cases  as  against  1350 
cases  for  the  same  period  last  year. 

NOBWEGIAN  Cod  Liver  Oil. — The  demand  continues  very 
active  here  and  also  in  primary  markets.  Stormy  weather  is 
again  reported  in  Norway,  which  is  to  some  extent  interfering 
with  the  fishing.  The  results  of  the  fishing  to  March  1,  is  as 
follows :  Lofoten.  2,000,000  fish,  yielding  2500  barrels  of  oil  ; 
for  other  districts,  7,700,000  fish  yielding  8270  barrels  of  oil. 
For  1908,  to  same  date,  the  reports  were :  Lofoten,  2,300,000 
fish,  yielding  3340  barrels  of  oil ;  other  districts,  7,300,000 
fish,  yielding  10,000  barrels  of  oil. 

Short  Buchu  Leaves. — The  crop  is  said  to  be  a  small 
one  and  to  be  short  about  200  bales.  High  prices  have  been 
asked  in  all  foreign  markets  and  where  large  lots  were  handled 
sales  were  reported  at  an  advance  of  20  to  25  per  cent  over 
former  quotations.  There  is  very  little  stock  of  good  green 
leaves  in  our  market  and  prices  have  been  advanced  to  45@ 
50c.,  and  .50@55c.  for  powdered. 

Citric  Acid. — The  market  is  very  quiet  and  shows  signs 
of  weakening.  Manufactuerrs'  prices  are  maintained  on  the  _ 
basis  of  41%c.  per  pound  in  kegs  of  100  pounds. 

African  Ginger  Root. — The  crop  is  reported  to  be  only 
two-thirds  of  an  average  one  and  is  held  in  the  hands  of  a 
few  firms  in  the  foreign  markets  who  are  asking  high  prices. 
It  is  expected  to  go  much  higher. 

WoBMSEED,  Levant. — It  is  reported  that  the  Russian  gov- 
ernment will  again  control  the  crop  of  this  article  and  give  to 
the   manufacturers  of  santonine   the   monopoly  they   formerly 


enjoyed.  Until  further  information  has  been  received  quota- 
tions have  been  withdrawn,  and  also  on  account  of  this 
condition  Santonine  is  being  offered  only  in  very  moderate 
quantities. 

Balsam  Peru. — Supplies  are  light  both  here  and  in  the 
country  of  production,  prices  showing  a  material  advance  in 
the  latter  markets,  while  they  remain  unchanged  in  this  market, 
being  maintained  at  $1.70@$1.75  as  to  quantity,  quality  and 
seller. 

Gum  Chicle. — The  carload  quotation  for  prime  grades  is 
46c.  per  pound,  while  jobbing  parcels  are  held  at  about  50c. 
There  is  only  a  light  available  supply  and  the  market  is  firm 
with  upward  tendencies. 

Cacao  Butter. — Steady  values  were  realized  at  the  auction 
held  at  Amsterdam  on  March  2.  The  offerings  consisted  of  SO 
tons  of  Van  Houten's  and  ten  tons  of  prime  Dutch  brands. 
On  the  basis  of  the  sale.  Van  Houten's  was  quoted  at  30c.  and 
prime  Dutch  at  27c. 

AcETANiLiDE. — Manufacturers  have  reduced  their  quotatiotis 
to  the  extent  of  2c.  per  pound,  and  the  revised  figures  are : 
23c.  for  bulk  in  barrels,  and  24c.  for  smaller  quantities,  25c. 
for  one  pound  boxes,  27c.  for  halves,  31c.  for  quarters,  and  4c 
per  ounce  cartons. 

Soap  Bark. — There  is  a  good  demand  and  the  market  is 
firm  at  10@10%c.  per  pound  for  large  quantities.  Sales  in 
a  large  way  are  reported  numerous  at  full  prices. 

Chamomile  Flowees. — The  Hungarian  variety  is  steadily 
held  at  36@3Sc.  per  pound  as  to  grade,  quantity  and  seller. 
Stocks  are  light,  the  consuming  demand  good,  and  full  prices 
are  being  realized  for  the  parcels  that  are  moving. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  Feb.  27. — There  was  a  much  brisker  demand  than 
usual  for  the  small  supply  of  drugs  offered  at  this  week's 
auction,  a  good  proportion  of  the  lots  which  found  buyers 
being  bought  for  America.  Buchu  leaves  were  in  strong  re- 
quest and  all  the  offerings,  consisting  of  29  bales,  sold  with 
competition  at  9%  to  10%d  per  pound  for  small  green  round 
leaves,  being  slightly  dearer.  Cape  Aloes  also  sold  well  at  Is 
per  cwt.  advance,  good,  hard  bright  realizing  32s  per  cwt. ; 
a  few  cases  of  skinny  Zanzibar  sold  at  65s  to  70s  per  cwt. 
Ipecacuanha  was  firm,  fair  plump  Mattogrosso  selling  at  53 
2d  to  5s  3d  per  pound  and  Minas  at  4s  lOd.  Sarsaparilla 
was  in  fair  request  and  good,  gray  Jamaica  fetched  Is  4d  to 
Is  5d  per  pound,  native  red.  Is  to  Is  Id,  Lima,  Is  Id  to  Is 
2d,  and  Honduras  (which  was  offered  without  reserve)  Is  3d 
to  Is  4d.  Gamboge  was  not  in  demand  and  only  a  few  lots 
sold  at  barely  steady  rates,  the  highest  price  paid  being  £13, 
17s  6d  per  cwt.  for  fair  Siam.  block  and  pipe.  dark.  Sumatra 
Gum  Benjamin  realized  £7,  12d,  6d  to  £7,  15s  per  cwt.  for 
good,  well-packed  seconds.  Cardamoms  were  from  Id  to  2d 
per  pound  dearer.  Coca  leaves  were  steady  on  basis  of  7%d 
per  pound  for  brown,  green  Ceylons.  Balsam  Tolu  was  firm 
at  Is  per  pound  for  fair.  Of  Cascara  Sagrada,  150  bags 
were  bought  in.  A  case  of  Gun  Myrrh  realized  £5  15s  for 
picked.  St.  Lucia  Honey  sold  at  26s  to  27s  per  cwt.  for 
dark  brown  syrup.  A  bid  of  5s  6d  per  pound  for  Beebe's 
American  Peppermint  Oil  was  refused  and  the  two  cases 
offered  were  bought  in.  Senna  was  in  small  supply  and 
realized  firm  prices.  A  few  cases  of  flat,  high,  dried  Rhubarb 
sold  without  reserve  at  Is  Id  per  pound. 

Privately,  business  in  drugs  and  chemicals  is  no  worse  and 
perhaps  a  trifle  better.  There  has  been  no  marked  demand 
for  any  specific  article  but  a  small  consumptive  business 
of  an  all-around  character.  Citric  Acid  is  quiet  and  unchanged. 
A  small  business  has  been  done  in  Essence  of  Lemon  down 
to  4s  per  poimd  spot  with  offers  to  arrive  at  6d  below  this 
figure.  Cocaine  is  very  firm.  Business  in  Cod  Liver  Oil 
continues  to  be  limited  to  small  transactions.  Quinine  is  in 
steady  in  absence  of  any  demand.  The  average  unit  paid  at 
the  Amsterdam  Cinchona  Bark  sales  was  3.10  cents  per  half 
kilo  against  3.03  cents  at  the  previous  sales.  The  scarcity 
of  Santonin  is  more  pronounced  and  14s  per  poimd  is  wanted 
by  second  hand  dealers. 


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1 

FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 

Middletown 

N.  T. 

McMonagle  &  Rogers. 

Ex-Pres.  X.  T. 

State  Phar. 

Assn. 

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THE  REVISION  OF  THE  NATIONAL  FORMULARY. 


Widespread  interest  is  being  taken  by  pharmacists 
in  the  forthcoming  revision  of  the  National  Form-a- 
lary, as  is  shown  by  the  number  of  valuable  papers 
which  are  being  prepared  and  presented  to  the  va- 
rious pharmaceutical  associations,  some  of  which  the 
Era  has  printed  in  whole  or  in  part.  Many  of  the 
criticisms  of  nomenclature  are  well-founded  and  this 
is  especially  true  of  the  items  mentioned  by  Mr. 
Hilton,  of  Wa.shington.  in  his  paper  which  is  printed, 
on  page  253  of  this  issue,  in  fact  it  is  quite  probable 
that  if  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  did  not  ex- 
pressly recognize  N.F.  preparations  that  the  provi- 
.sions  of  that  law  relating  to  misbranding  coiild  be 
invoked  with  success  against  them. 

It  is  not  likely  that  the  statutory  recognition  of  the 
National  Formulary  will  ever  be  repealed  and  for 
that  reason  in  the  revision  the  volume  should  in  its 
entirety  be  brought  into  harmony  with  the  general 
trend  of  pure  drug  laws,  especially  in  cases  where  the 
titles  given  to  preparations  would  obviously  be  assail- 
able under  the  sections  prohibiting  misbranding. 
While  the  revision  in  any  contingency  should  be 
thorough  and  consistent  there  is  all  the  more  reason, 
if  the  N.F.  is  to  remain  a  recognized  legal  authority, 
for  placing  it  upon  a  more  scientific  basis  in  the  mat- 
ter of  nomenclature,  standards,  definitions,  etc.  The 
present  flood  of  criticisms  and  suggestions  wiU  no 
doubt  be  of  great  assistance  to  the  revisers  in  ap- 
proaching their  task. 

TO  STOP  DOCTORS  FROM   DISPENSING. 


Some  Massachusetts  physicians  are"  considerably 
wrought  up  over  a  bill  pending  in  the  Legislature  of 
that  State  which  strikes  at  the  "dispensing  doctor" 
in  a  way  that  would  benefit  the  pharmacists.  The 
bin  prohibits  phj^sicians,  unless  they  also  are  phar- 
macists, from  dispensing  medicines  to  patients  ex- 
cept in  "cases  of  emergency,"  and  makes  pro\isions 
for  the  recording  of  such  acts.  Doctors  also  are  pro- 
hibited from  collecting  or  receiving  commissions  from 
druggists  on  prescriptions,  from  using  prescription 
blanks  bearing  druggists'  business  cards,  or  from  in 
any  way  trying  to  divert  the  patronage  of  their 
patients  to  any  particular  pharmacy.  First  offenses 
are  punishable  by  fine  of  $25  or  more,  second  offenses 
by  fine  of  not  less  than  $100.  while  for  a  third  viola- 
tion the  limit  is  $500  fine,  or  ninety  days  in  jail, 
or  both. 

In  Oklahoma  also  there  is  pending  legislation  di- 
rected against  the  "dispensing  doctor"  which  hits 
him  below  the  belt.  It  pro"^-ides  that  "registered 
physicians  may  dispense  their  own  medicines  in 
towns  where  there  is  no  registered  pharmacist ' '  and 


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[March  18.  1909 


the  passage  of  the  bill  would  by  inference  make  it 
unlawful  for  doctors  to  dispense  in  towns  containing 
registered  pharmacists. 

Bills  of  this  description  may  be  expected  to  origi- 
nate in  localities  where  the  dispensing  evil  is  carried 
to  extremes,  but  it  would  be  wise  to  so  qualifj'  such 
legislation  as  to  except  emergencies.  The  fight 
against  these  measures  will  of  coiirse  be  conducted 
only  by  the  doctors  who  want  to  monopolize  every- 
thing in  sight,  like  the  old  Marylander  who  besides 
being  the  family  doctor  acted  as  druggist,  under- 
taker, justice  of  the  peace  and  minister  in  his  baili- 
wick. 


so  as  to   exclude   incompetents   from   receiving  un- 
earned certificates. 


SHOULD  PBESENT  A  SOLID  FRONT. 

It  is  to  be  regretted  that  the  meeting  of  the  Man- 
hattan Pharmaceutical  Association  on  Monday 
evening  disclosed  dissension  in  the  ranks  of  the  phar- 
macists in  relation  to  pharmacy  legislation  pending 
at  Albany.  The  course  taken  by  Mr.  Diner  in  his 
effort  to  "have  pharmacy  recognized  as  a  profes- 
sion" by  the  lawmakers  was  precisely  the  one  best 
calculated  to  defeat  his  avowed  object,  for  in  imion 
only  is  there  strength  and  a  divided  house  of  phar- 
macy will  receive  less  attention  from  the  legislators 
than  would  be  accorded  a  solid,  imited  representa- 
tion. 

Under  the  system  of  having  the  State  Ph. A.  take 
care  of  legislation  at  Albany  progress  has  been  made, 
the  pharmacists  have  been  gradually  getting  on  a 
better  footing  and  the  outlook  has  been  favorable, 
with  the  exception  of  the  determination  of  the  Gov- 
ernor to  change  the  method  of  electing  the  board  to 
the  appointive  system.  There  does  not  appear  to 
have  been  any  reason  for  undue  hante  in  disposing 
of  the  pharmacy  bills  at  ^Monday  night's  meeting 
and  the  effect  of  the  action  taken  will  probably  be 
of  little  moment  outside  of  the  evidence  which  was 
given  of  discord  in  the  profession. 

PRACTICAL  TESTS  AT  EXAMINATIONS. 


A  point  raised  by  Mr.  Bigelow  at  the  meeting  of 
the  Manhattan  Ph. A.  regarding  the  matter  of  ex- 
aminations of  prospective  pharmacists  was  that  the 
supply  of  competent  clerks  required  to  meet  the 
demand  in  New  York  City  would  be  restricted  if 
placed  \mder  the  control  of  the  State  Board  of 
Regents,  for  the  reason  that  the  latter 's  examina- 
tions are  not  held  with  sufficient  frequency  and  that 
the  board  is  without  the  means  to  apply  the  practical 
tests  which  have  been  a  feature  of  the  examinations 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

It  is  surprising  that  pharmacists  having  the  wel- 
fare of  the  retail  druggists  in  mind,  or  favoring  the 
elevation  of  the  profession  of  pharmacy,  should  be 
either  eager  or  complaisant  in  advocating  the  change 
from  a  practical  system  of  examination  to  one  which 
omits  the  demonstrations  of  competenej^  that  are 
so  essential  in  qualifj-ing  as  pharmacists,  saying 
nothing  of  the  possibilities  for  fraud  that  have  so 
frequenth'  been  exposed  in  connection  with  regents' 
examinations.  Whatever  is  done  at  Albany,  care 
should  be  taken  to  safeguard  future  examinations 


MONUMENT   OF   ENERGY  AND  ENTERPRISE. 

Burning  the  last  mortgage  of  the-  Brooklyn  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacj^  on  April  15  will  mark  the  freedom 
from  debt  of  one  of  the  important  educational  insti- 
tutions of  the  country.  Originating  some  thirty 
years  ago  through  the  needs  of  Brooklyn  retail 
druggists  for  competent  clerks  the  movement  grew 
steadily  in  strength  imtil  in  1892  a  college  was  estab- 
lished in  a  hall  that  soon  proved  too  small.  It  was 
in  1902  that  the  present  building  was  first  suggested 
and  its  erection  was  soon  after  begun.  Starting  with 
nothing,  a  property  valued  at  $70,000  has  been  ac- 
cumulated simply  through  the  energy,  enterprise 
and  perseverance  of  retail  druggists  who  took  prac- 
tical steps  toward  supplying  an  important  trade 
need  and  at  the  same  time  elevating  the  standard  of 
their  profession. 

Originally  the  Brooklyn  Druggists'  Association, 
but  now  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
the  membei-s  can  boast  of  being  the  only  retail  organ- 
ization of  druggists  which  owns  and  controls  its  ovnx 
college.  It  will  be  a  proud  day  next  month  for 
trustees,  members  and  facultj'  when  the  match  is 
applied  to  the  mortgage  and  the  last  vestige  of  debt 
is  destroyed.  No  doubt  the  celebration  will  be  in 
keeping  with  the  importance  of  the  occasion. 

CHANGING  CONDITIONS  IN  LONDON. 

American  pharmacists  wiU  watch  with  considera- 
ble interest  the  great  commercial  duel  which  has 
just  begun  in  London  retail  trade  between  the 
former  Chicago  merchant,  ilr.  Selfridge.  who  has 
opened  a  great  department  store  of  the  American 
variety  in  the  British  metropolis,  and  Harrods,  his 
largest  competitor.  The  effect  upon  the  advertising 
colunms  of  the  newspapers,  through  the  publication 
of  large  and  costly  announcements,  as  well  as  the 
enormous  crowds  attracted  to  the  rival  stores,  will 
at  first  chiefly  impress  observers  who  are  not  directly 
interested,  but  there  are  other  possibilities  and  prob- 
lems to  be  considered. 

"With  American  methods  launched  in  London 
there  is  no  telling  where  competition  wiU  stop  and  it 
will  be  interesting  to  note  whether  the  big  depart- 
ment stores  will  invade  the  field  of  the  local  chemists 
and  apothecaries,  as  they  have  done  in  this  eountr}". 
Conditions  in  England,  especially  in  the  drug  trade, 
are  somewhat  different  from  those  in  the  United 
States,  but  they  may  be  changed  by  the  injection  of 
new  methods  and  increased  competition  into  the 
situation. 


As  this  issue  of  the  Era  goes  to  press  the  tariff  simation 
at  Washington  is  enigmatical.  The  proposed  revision  has  not 
been  made  public  and  speculation  regarding  the  provisions  of 
the  bill  are  so  much  at  variance  that  intelligent  comment  at 
the  moment  is  impracticable.  The  one  bright  spot  in  the 
situation  is  that  President  Taft's  urgent  stand  for  speedy  dis- 
posal of  the  subject  seems  to  have  struck  responsive  chord? 
in  the  legislative  halls. 


As  a  contribution  to  the  fund  of  criticism  printed  concern- 
ing the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  as  a  preservative  it  is  inter- 


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247 


esting  to  note  that  the  Journal  of  the  Ameriraii  Medical  Asso- 
ciation regrets  that  "'there  is  some  danger  that  to  the  iniblic 
the  decision  will  mean  that  Dr.  Wiley's  work  is  discredited, 
when  as  a  matter  of  fact  it  means  nothing  of  the  sort.  *  *  * 
To  assume  from  these  findings  that  the  use  of  benzoate  of 
soda  in  foodstuffs  is  therefore  beyond  criticism  is  absolutely 
unwarranted."  This  view  of  the  controversy  will  be  very 
pleasing  to  Dr.  Wiley's  friends. 


years  ago  a  second  store  was  opened  at  East  Taunton,  and 
this  was  continued  tmtil  Mr.  Ripley's  appointment  to  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  when  he  sold  it  to  his  chief  clerk. 

Mr.  Ripley  was  elected  second  vice-president  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  1905.  He  also 
holds  membership  in  the  Independent  OrdT  of  Odd  Fellows, 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  the  Masons. 


Druggist  Rice,  of  Greensboro,  Ga..  although  only  44  years 
old.  has  made  a  record  as  a  pharmacist  and  as  a  citizen  of 
which  any  man  might  well  be  proud.  Duty  to  his  profession. 
to  his  fellow  citizens  and  to  his  family,  with  healthful  activity 
in  various  spheres  of  usefulness,  have  contributed  to  create  a 
conspicuous  presentment  of  public-spiritedness,  all  of  which 
are  entableted  on  page  2(51  of  this  issue  of  the  Eea. 

If  you  want  to  see  something  real  coy  and  kittenish  watch 
a  woman  buying  her  first  bottle  of  flesh  reducer. 


"What  is  this  peculiar  key  on  your  typewriter?  I  never 
saw  it  on  any  before'?" 

"Hist !  My  own  invention.  Whenever  you  can't  spell  a 
word  you  press  this  key  and  it  makes  a  blur." — Health 
Culture. 


Charles  F.  Ripley,  the  new  president  of  the  Boston  Drug- 
gists' Association,  the  oldest  organization  of  druggists  in 
Boston,  is  now  the  secretary  of  the  State  Board  of  Registration 
in  Pharmacy.  In  the  latter  position  he  has  recently  come  into 
the  lime  light  of  publicity  because  of  the 
recommendation  of  Governor  Draper,  in 
his  inaugural  message,  that  the  four  State 
boards  of  registration — of  pharmacy,  of 
medicine,  of  dentistry,  and  of  veterinary 
medicine — be  consolidated  under  a  single 
head.  Incidentally  the  recommendation 
did  tot  find  many  friends,  but  for  a  little 
while  there  was  unusual  scrutin.v  of  the 
acts  of  the  various  boards  and  of  their 
officials. 

In  Massachusetts  the  secretary,  rather 
than  the  chairman,  is  the  executive  mem- 
ber. Undoubtedly,  had  any  of  these 
boards,  or  had  any  of  their  officials  been 
anything  but  of  the  highest  rectitude  and 
ability,  the  Legislature  might  have  taken 
some  kind  of  action  in  accord  with  the 
Governor's  recommendation.  But  when 
the  legislative  hearing  was  announced,  not 
a  single  person  appeared  to  speak  in 
favor  of  the  change,  while  members  of  the 
various  professions  concerned  turned  out 
in  large  numbers  to  speak  in  opposition. 
Druggists  from  all  over  the  State  spoke 
in  favor  of  keeping  the  State  Board  of 
Registration  in  Pharmacy  upon  its  pres- 
ent basis,  and  spoke  of  the  high  efficiency 
of  its  past  and  present  officers. 

The  legislative  committee  on  public 
service  later  reported  against  the  Gov- 
ernor's recommendation  for  consolidat- 
ing the  registration  boards,  and  it  is  probable  that  Mi\  Ripley 
will  serve  out  the  rest  of  his  term  on  the  board  in  the  position 
which  he  now  occupies,  and  to  which  he  brings  high  efficiency, 
and  in  which  he  is  increasing  his  reputation  as  an  able  admin- 
istrator and  thorough  pharmacist. 

Mr.  Ripley  is  serving  his  first  year  as  secretary,  a  position 
to  which  he  was  elected  last  October,  succeeding  Fred  A. 
Hubbard,  whose  term  expired.  Under  the  State  law  a  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  is  not 
eligible  for  reappointment.     The  term  is  for  five  years. 

Mr.  Ripley  came  on  the  board  early  in  1905.  through  ap- 
pointment by  Gov.  William  L.  Douglas,  to  fill  a  vancancy 
caused  by  the  resignation  of  George  M.  Hoyt. 

Mr.  Ripley  is  one  of  the  best-known  members  of  the  pro- 
fession in  the  southeastern  part  of  Massachusetts,  where  he  has 
'teen  identified  with  pharmacy  for  nearly  30  years.  He  is  a 
Bostonian  by  birth,  however,  and  was  educated  in  Boston 
[schools.  His  first  experience  in  pharmac.v  was  obtained  in 
Lowell  with  Butler  &  Co..  but  in  1880  he  went  from  the  north- 
;ea3tem  part  of  the  State  to  the  southeastern  part  of  the  State, 
land  entered  the  store  of  J.  B.  Hanson,  in  Taunton.  He  was 
;then  in  his  21st  year.  He  remained  with  Dr.  Hanson  until 
the  retirement  of  the  latter  in  1895.  when  he  succeeded  to  the 
'business  by  purchase.  With  him  is  associated  F.  R.  Briggs. 
The  business    is   the   largest   in   its   line   in    the   city.      A   few 


The  Paris  Medical  Society  is  considering  asking  physicians 
to  wear  badges  in  the  streets  and  public  places  so  that  they 
can  be  easily  found  in  case  of  accidents.  It  is  not  infrequent 
for  a  person  in  need  of  medical  aid  or  acting  as  messenger 
for  some  one  who  is  to  run  for  blocks  before  encountering  a 
doctor's  sign,  and  at  any  time  he  might  unknowingly  pass  a 
physician. 


Museums  of  safety  and  sanitation  are  becoming  the  means 
of  saving  thousands  of  lives,  and  will  lessen  the  economic 
waste  of  accident  cases  brought  before  the 
courts,  sa.vs  William  H.  Tollman  in  an 
article  on  "Prosperity-Sharing"  in  the 
March  Century.  A  feature  of  such  a 
museum  will  be  an  experimental  labora- 
tory in  which  safeguards  may  be  perfected 
for  dangers  and  processes  now  without 
any  known  device ;  and  which  may  be- 
come an  educational  center  for  teaching 
the  science  and  preservation  of  health,  in 
lireventing  diseases  due  to  impure  food- 
stuffs, bad  ventilation,  occupational  dusts 
and  poisons,  infection,  tuberculosis  and 
offensive  trades. 

There  are  ten  European  museums  of 
safety  and  sanitation,  located  in  Berlin. 
Munich.  Paris,  Vienna,  Amsterdam.  Mi- 
lan, Stockholm,  Zurich,  Moscow  and 
Budapest.  The  Berlin  Museum  of  Safety 
■  overs  34.000  square  feet  of  floor  space, 
where  are  exhibited  devices  for  the  pro- 
tection of  the  dangerous  parts  of  machin- 
ery or  processes  in  all  trades  and  occupa- 
tions. Germany  realizes  that  every  life 
saved  is  a  national  asset. 


(■II.\RLES   F.    KIPLTY. 
of  Boston.    Mass. 


An  increase  from  3,500,000  gallons  of 
the  oil  of  coal  tar,  or  creosote,  as  it  is 
popularl.v  known,  imported  into  the  City 
of  New  York  in  1904,  to  an  amount  esti- 
mated to  be  almost  25,000,000  gallons 
last  year,  is  one  of  the  indications  point- 
ing to  the  progress  of  the  nation-wide  movement  for  the  con- 
servation of  forest  resources.  It  is  creosote  which  the  Gov- 
ernment and  scores  of  corporations  and  private  wood  users 
have  found  to  be  one  of  the  most  satisfactory  preservatives 
of  railroad  ties,  mine  props,  telephone  and  telegraph  poles, 
fence  posts,  and  for  timbers  used  for  other  commercial  pur- 
poses. Lengthening  the  life  of  timber  in  use  means  the  lessen- 
ing of  the  drain  on  the  country's  forests,  and  what  is  more 
important  to  the  average  business  man,  it  means  the  saving 
of  thousands  of  dollars  annually  spent  for  the  labor  of  the 
frequent  renewals  made  necessary  when  untreated  timber  is 
used. 

"A  customer  gave  me  a  little  lecture  the  other  day,"  said  a 
wide-awake  Indianapolis  druggist,  "and  I  intend  to  profit  by 
it.  Copying  after  some  dealers  whom  I  thought  were  real 
smart  I  had  two  brands  of  cigars  which  I  called  'specials' 
which  I  sold  only  on  Saturday  for  five  cents,  with  the  asser- 
tion that  they  were  10-cent  cigars  on  other  days  in  the  week. 
This  customer  came  in  for  three  or  four  Saturdays  in  succes- 
sion, each  time  buying  five  of  these  cigars.  The  other  day 
he  came  in  on  a  Monday  and  asked  for  one  of  those  brands. 
I  told  him  it  was  a  special  for  Saturday.  He  started  to  go 
out.  hesitated,  then  came  back  and  gave  me  the  lecture.  He 
told    me   quite   plainly    that    he   bought    from    25    to   50   cents 


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[March  18,  1909 


worth  of  cigars  daily  aud  that  my  special  cut  me  off  from  his 
trade  six  days  in  the  week.  I  became  wise  immediately,  and 
have  given  up  the  'special'  game." 

"Half  a  block  away."  said  another  druggist,  "is  a  Presby- 
terian Church  with  a  thriving  Sunday  school.  This  church,  as 
one  of  its  features,  has  a  tithing  membership,  those  who  pledge 
themselves  to  give  one-tenth  of  their  income  to  the  church. 
The  children  of  this  church  have  the  sweet  tooth  and  each 
Sunday  on  their  way  to  the  school  they  come  in  here  and 
spend  their  pennies  for  candy.  I  have  not  yet  learned  what 
effect  this  has  on  the  collection,  but  a  small  boy  last  Sunday 
gave  me  an  exemplification  of  the  tithing  principle.  He  had 
10  cents  in  his  fist. 

"  'Gimme  a  penny's  worth  of  that — and  of  that — and  of  that' 
— and  so  on.  'Now  how  much  is  that?  Nine  pennies?  Well, 
gimme  back  a  penny ;  that's  for  the  poor  heathen.'  " 


A  third  druggist,  a  worthy  German,  gave  this  experience : 
"We  haf  to  dake  a  goot  many  chances  mit  guessing  in  dies 
neighborhood  I  dell  you.  I  be  a  goot  guesser,  somedimes, 
aber  nit,  und  it  makes  trubel.  Von  day  a  poy  come  in  und 
he  say  'gif  me  for  fife  cent  custard.'  So  I  laugh  mit  mineself 
und  I  say,  'Nein,  it  is  sure  mustard  he  vas  sent  for.'  So  I 
weigh  him  out  de  ground  mustard.  You  should  haf  been  by 
me  here  ven  dot  poy's  mutter  come  in  mit  four  pies  in  her 
apron  und  lay  'em  out  on  mine  gounter. 

"  'Look  there !'  say  dot  woman.  'You  vant  to  pizen  me, 
alretty?" 

"I  look  und  I  say,  'Y'a  dose  is  pies,  aber  nit  pizen,  eh?'  " 
"  'Vas  you  sell  mine  little  poy  ven  I  sent  him  for  cinnamon?' 
"Ach,  Gott,  so  it  come  to  me  all  at  vonce.  Dese  vas  cus- 
tard pies  und  ven  dot  poy  said  custard  und  meant  cinnamon 
I  made  de  bad  guess.  Und  she  made  me  puy  dose  mustard 
pies  for  sixty  cents.  Now  I  don't  nefer  guess  no  more  on 
anything." 


"And  now,"  said  the  wholesale  druggist,  "I  always  read 
my  letters  over  very  carefully  after  they  have  been  through 
the  hands  of  the  typewriter.  This  is  the  why  and  where- 
fore :  Some  months  ago  one  of  our  traveling  men  brought  in 
an  unusually  large  order  from  a  druggist  in  a  thriving  country 
town.  I  had  never  met  the  druggist  but  it  happened  that 
years  ago  I  knew  his  father,  who  was  a  man  of  high  character 
and  considerable  importance.  I  thought  it  would  be  a  clever 
thing  to  write  to  the  .voung  man  and  tell  him  about  this  old 
acquaintance.  I  dictated  the  letter  to  the  typewriter  lady 
and  no  further  orders  came.  The  traveling  man  said  the 
druggist  seemed  'soured'  on  the  house  but  would  give  no 
explanation.  We  keep  copies  of  all  our  letters  and  I  hunted 
up  that  one.  Imagine  m.v  feelings  when  I  came  across  this 
line  in  my  letter :  'I  knew  your  father  ver.v  well ;  he  was  a 
fine,  old,  lying  Democrat.'  'Old-line  Democrat'  was  my  dicta- 
tion but  the  typist  slaughtered  me." 


Whenever  physicians'  fees  seem  extortionate  it  is  comfort- 
ing to  recall  a  certain  famous  eye  specialist,  one  of  whose 
patients  coming  to  pay  his  bill  growled :  "Doctor,  it  seems 
to  me  that  ?.500  is  a  big  charge  for  that  operation  of  mine. 
It  didn't  take  you  over  half  a  minute." 

"My  dear  sir,"  the  other  answered,  "in  learning  to  perform 
that  operation  in  half  a  minute  I  have  spoiled  over  eleven 
pecks  of  such  eyes  as  yours." — Lippincott's. 


An  insidious  and  wholly  innocent  looking  paragraph  tucked 
away  in  an  article  on  how  to  make  pound  cake  has  brought 
forth  a  deluge  of  protests  from  the  readers  of  the  Northtoestern 
Christian  Advocate,  in  which  the  recipe  was  published.  "One 
■wine  glass  of  whisky"  was  the  ingredient  in  the  pound  cake 
•which  brotight  down  upon  the  head  of  the  editor  such  a  flood 
■of  criticism.  The  paper  has  always  opposed  the  use  of  aleo- 
holio  beverages.  To  square  himself  with  the  readers  of  the 
paper  Charles  M.  Stuart,  the  editor,  is  going  to  print  another 
recipe  for  pound  cake  which  will  make  no  mention  of  whisky 
in  it.  Incidentally,  the  blame  has  been  placed  on  a  proof- 
reader who  did  not  detect  the  fatal  word  "whisky." 

"The  whole  thing  was  an  accident,  an  unfortunate  inad- 
vertance,"  said  Mr.  Stuart  when  seen  today.  "She  can  tell 
you  all  about  it,"  he  added,  pointing  to  a  woman  editor. 

"Oh,  it  was  most  unfortunate,  that  clipping,"  exclaimed 
Miss  Richmond,  who  has  charge  of  the  cooking  department. 


"I  got  it  out  of  a  paper  which  I  have  always  depended  upon 
as  being  strictly  temperance  in  all  its  recipes.  When  I  looked 
it  up  later  I  found  that  the  proofreader,  who  should  have 
called  my  attention  to  the  flaw  in  the  recipe,  had  carefully 
eliminated  the  'e'  from  the  original  spelling,  which  was  'whis- 
key,' but  had  failed  to  get  at  tbft  main  error." 


Mrs.  Edward  Jacobs,  of  Sandusky.  Ohio,  advises  florists, 
who  will  be  called  upon  earlier  than  usual  this  year  to  supply 
the  market  with  Easter  lilies,  to  water  their  plants  with 
coffee.  She  says  she  knows  by  experience  that  coffee  makes 
them  bloom.  For  a  number  of  years  Mrs.  Jacobs'  lilies  have 
excelled  in  every  way  those  of  her  friends  and  neighbors.  In- 
stead of  moistening  the  earth  around  their  roots  with  water 
she  used  coffee  left  over  from  the  day  before. 


"There  is  no  sand  in  sandpaper,"  said  a  manufacturer  to  a 
New  Orleans  reporter.  "It  is  powdered  glass  that  does  the 
business.     That's  where  the  broken  bottles  go  to." 

He  nodded  toward  an  Everest  of  broken  bottles  in  the  yard. 

"We  powder  the  glass  into  half  a  dozen  grades,"  he  said. 
"We  coat  our  paper  with  an  even  layer  of  hot  glue.  Then, 
without  loss  of  time,  we  spread  on  the  glass  powder.  Finally 
we  run  a  wooden  roller  lightly  over  the  sheets  to  give  them  a 
good  surface. 

"When  in  the  past  they  made  sandpaper  of  sand  it  wouldn't 
do  a  quarter  of  the  work  that  glasspaper  does." 


An  extraordinary  street  accident  happened  the  other  day 
in  Stuttgart,  Germany.  A  cart  loaded  with  cylinders  filled 
with  carbonic  acid  skidded  on  the  slippery  car  track.  One 
cylinder  fell  off,  the  top  broke  and  the  acid,  suddenly  released 
from  enormous  pressure,  caused  the  cylinder  to  fly  up  like  a 
projectile  fired  from  a  gun.  Several  blocks  away  it  struck  a 
middle-aged  man  in  the  back,  went  clean  through  him  and 
tore  off  his  limbs,  which  were  flung  upon  a  woman  who  was 
passing  on  the  sidewalk.  The  body  was  mutilated  beyond 
recognition. 


At  the  banquet  given  in  San  Francisco  recently  to  celebrate 
the  establishment  of  a  Chinese  Chamber  of  Commerce  price- 
less Chinese  delicacies  were  served.  Among  the  guests  were 
50  Americans.  Although  chop  sticks  were  used,  all  of  the 
speechmaking  was  in  English. 

Some  of  the  items  in  the  dinner,  that  cost  $25  a  plate, 
were  as  follows  :  Snow  fungus,  which  retails  at  $40  a  pound 
and  is  one  of  the  rarest  Chinese  delicacies ;  sharks'  fins,  birds' 
nests,  preserved  eggs,  100  years  old ;  melon  seeds,  which  the 
white  guests  could  not  eat  with  chop  sticks ;  brains  of  yellow 
fish  and  water  lily  seeds  with  duck.  In  all  there  were  17 
courses. 


The  pen  used  by  Charles  Dickens  just  before  his  death, 
which  has  been  sold  at  Messrs.  Sotheby's  rooms  for  £19  10s.. 
must  yield  the  palm  of  costliness  to  the  well  worn  gold  pen, 
used  by  "Boz"  for  many  years,  which  found  a  purchaser  some 
time  ago  for  over  £40.  says  Tit-Bits.  At  the  sale  of  the  Dal- 
housie  collection  a  quill  pen  used  by  Wellington  when  writing 
to  Queen  Victoria  in  1S44  brought  only  five  and  a  half 
guineas,  while  one  of  Sir  Walter  Scott's  pens,  selected  by  Lord 
Dalhousie  in  1S29  from  Scott's  writing  table  at  Abbotsford, 
only  realized  three  guineas  more. 

Among  the  most  valuable  pens  in  the  world  are  one  owned 
by  Isaac  Reed,  of  New  York,  carved  from  a  portion  of  George 
Washington's  lens  box  and  used  by  Lincoln  when  President, 
and  the  quill  of  a  golden  eagle's  wing,  the  property  of  the 
Empress  Eugenie,  with  which  the  treaty  of  Paris  was  signed 
in  1S56. 


Young  men  who  frequent  saloons  will  not  be  permitted  to 
enter  into  matrimonial  relations  in  Illinois,  if  a  bill  that  has 
been  introduced  in  the  House  is  enacted  into  law,  and  it 
probably  will  pass.  The  bill  was  introduced  by  Representative 
Graves,  says  the  St.  Paul  Despatch,  and  amends  the  marriage 
laws  of  the  State  by  declaring  an  habitual  drunkard  incapable 
of  contracting  marriage,  and  defining  an  "habitual  drunkard" 
to  be  a  person  who  becomes  intoxicated  twice  in  a  year.  The 
bill  provides  also  that  applicants  for  marriage  licenses  shall 
make  affidavit  that  they  have  not  been  intoxicated  twice  in  the  ; 
preceding  year. 


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Window  Display  in  Elmira  Wins  the  Era  Cash  Prize  of  $5  This  Week. 


In  the  ERA'S  Cash  Prize  Compeli- 
tian  this  week  the  judges  have  award- 
ed the  $0  prize  in  Contest  No.  3  (lor 
conditions  see  advertising  page  31). 
to  G.  C.  Gerity.  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

The  framework  of  the  cabin  was 
made  of  a  box,  the  top  of  which  was 
cut  in  the  shape  of  a  roof  and  covered 
with  rows  of  absorbent  cotton  in 
pound  pacliages  and  wired  on  the  sides 
to  malie  a  log  cabin  effect.  Loose  cot- 
ton was  used  to  fill  in  all  cracks,  while 
the  chimneys,  doors  and  steps  wer,- 
made  of  different  sized  packages. 

The  floor  of  the  show  window  was 
covered  with  white  cheesecloth,  edged 
with  lumps  of  alum  for  ice  and  two 
mirrors  which  are  in  the  corners  and 
do  not  show,  formed  a  pond,  the  whole 
being  sprinkled  with  powdered  alum 
to  represent  snow. 

A  grove  of  pine  trees  on  the  sides 
and  various  sized  packages  of  cotton 
scattered  about  the  bottom  of  the  win- 
dow, and  the  whole  being  sprinkled 
with  diamond  dust  to  give  a  sparkle 
to  the  snow  and  ice,  added  to  the  ef- 
fectiveness of  the  window. 

This  is  a  corner  window  and  was 
designed  by  C.  W.  Biggs  and  G.  C. 
Gerity  for  Gerity  Brothers  Drus 
Company,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 


Publicity  and  Promotion. 

House  to  House  Advertising. 
No  method  of  advertising  has  been  so  abused,  often  un- 
justly so,  as  that  of  house  to  house  distribution  of  advertising 
matter  and  samples.  Many  of  the  failures  which  are  blamed 
on  the  character  of  the  matter  itself  are  due  to  the  method 
of  distribution,  or  to  be  exact,  to  the  distributors.  Do  not 
send  out  heedless,  unwatched  boys,  unless  your  only  desire 
is  to  enrich  the  waste-paper  man  or  add  numerous  floaters 
to  the  sewer  streams. 

In  flats  and  apartment  houses  it  is  an  utter  waste  to  place 
matter  elsewhere  than  in  the  letter  boxes,  and  if  those  boxes 
are  stuffed  with  cheap  circulars  loosely  folded,  unenclosed 
booklets  which  catch  in  the  hinges  of  the  box,  or  poorly  en- 
closed samples  which  scatter  pills,  powders  or  tablets  in 
the  boxes,  the  so-calLed  advertising  matter  will  have  no  result 
except  to  secure  for  the  advertiser  the  enmity  of  the  flat 
iiwellers.  No  matter  is  fit  for  distribution  to  the  residents 
of  flats  unless  it  is  thin  and  enclosed  in  an  envelope  small 
jnough  to  go  into  the  box  without  being  bent  and  yet  still 
iarge  enough  to  be  kept  upright  in  the  box.  The  value  of  all 
/natter  used  in  flat  distribution  is  increased  fifty  per  cent 
,:hrough  sealing  and  addressing.  The  addressing  may  be 
'ione  with  a  fountain  pen  on  the  ground,  the  distributor  taking 
:he  names  for  the  purpose  from  the  boxes. 
I  Making'  the  Distribution  Effective. 

I  Where  the  distribution  is  among  solidly  built  rows  of  houses 
l)r  among  those  of  such  character  as  indicate  the  employment 
'f  a  servant,  the  matter  should  be  left  at  the  front  door. 
There  are  still  some  druggists  who  need  to  be  told  not  to 
hrow  advertising  matter  in  yards,  or  on  porches  or  steps. 
if  there  are  no  weather  strips  or  other  obstructions  and  the 
l&atter  should  permit,  it  should  be  slipped  beneath  the  door. 
|lerely  pushing  it  half  way  under  does  not  suffice.  To  keep 
hildren  from  gathering  the  advertising  paper  by  armfulls  it 
aust  be  pl.iced  out  of  sight  or  out  of  reach.  After  a  piece 
3  pushed  almost  entirely  beneath  ■  the  door  the  protruding 
dge  or  corner  should  be  hit  a  quick  short  blow  or  given  a 
■wisting  snap  with  the  hand,  to  throw  it  entirely  within  the 
ouse. 

When   the   matter   cannot   be   slipped   beneath   the   door   it 
liould  have  one  edge  forcibly   wedged  between  the  door  and 


the  jam.  ubove  the  knob  and  high  euouuli  to  be  out  of  reach 
of  children.  Of  course,  so  long  as  the  door  remains  closed, 
the  matter  is  unseen,  but  when  the  door  is  opened  it  falls 
past  the  eyes  to  the  feet  of  the  person  who  first  attempts  to 
enter  or  leave  the  house.  In  a  distribution  among  detached 
dwellings,  such  as  are  presided  over  by  women  who  do  their 
own  housework,  the  advertisement  should  invariably  be  taken 
to  the  back  door.  In  many  cases,  it  may  then,  through  al- 
ready open  doors,  be  placed  directly  in  the  hands  of  the  head 
of  the  family,  the  wife,  mother  and  housekeeper. 
Samples. 
Samples  intended  for  test  through  internal  administration, 
however  harmless  the  remedies  may  be,  should  invariably 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  adults.  This  necessitates  the  rin^'ing 
of  bells  a  method  whose  value  is  questionable ;  the  obliging  of 
women  to  answer  door-bells  at  inconvenient  moments  has 
resulted  in  druggists  losing  many  a  good  customer.  House 
to  house  distribtition  of  any  samples  of  internal  remedies  in 
any  manner  is  of  doubtful  value,  and  the  practice  is  forbidden 
in  many  localities.  It  is  far  better  to  confine  sampling  to 
store   distribution   and   mail. 

Class   Distribution. 

Much  advertising  matter  is  wasted  by  distributing  it  in 
places  and  among  people  from  whom  it  is  not  likely  to 
produce  a  profitable  result,  however  well  the  distributing  may 
be  done.  To  advertise  cheap  soaps  on  Swell  Avenue  is  almost 
a  total  waste  of  effort,  while  advertising  high-grade  toilet 
specialties  among  the  foreign-born  laboring  class  is  equally 
wasteful. 

As  a  general  proposition,  placing  matter  in  the  stores  on 
the  main  business  streets  is  largely  wasteful.  When  thrown 
upon  the  floor  or  upon  show-cases  near  the  door  it  is  only 
provocative  of  profanity.  Store  matter,  if  used  at  all,  should 
be  placed  in  the  hands  of  people  behind  the  counters,  even 
though  the  distributer  may  have  to  walk  the  length  of  the 
store  to  do  it. 

One-fifth  of  the  number  officially  given  as  the  population 
is  supposed  to  represent  the  number  of  families  in  the  average 
town.  Experience  generally  teaches  that  the  figures  by 
such  a  computation  are  too  high.  Aside  from  that,  it  is 
rarely  good  business  to  cover  every  part  of  any  town  with 
any  single  sort  of  advertising  matter.  The  best  results  are 
secured    by    avoiding    those    sections    which    represent    social 


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extremes.  One  piece  of  printed  matter  to  seven  or  eight  of 
the  estimated  or  counted  population  is  a  safe  quantity  to 
calculate  upon.  First  cover  the  thickly  built,  middle  class 
sections  and  then  work  the  more  scattered  middle  class 
neighborhoods. 

How  to  Cover. 

With  two  distributers,  start  one  on  each  side  of  the  street 
running  with  the  length  of  the  section  to  be  covered.  Have 
them  distribute  for  one  block  on  that  street.  Upon  reaching 
the  first  cross  street,  the  distributer  who  has  been  on  the 
right  side  of  the  main  street  should  turn  to  his  right  and 
distribute  along  the  first  block  of  the  near  side  of  the  cross 
street  and  then  cross  over  and  distribute  along  the  corre- 
sponding block  of  the  far  side  of  the  same  street,  returning 
to  the  main  street  at  the  corner  opposite  from  where  he  left 
it.  Meanwhile,  the  other  distributer  should  handle  the  left 
block  of  the  cross  street  in  the  same  manner.  They  should 
then  go  on  with  the  distribution  of  both  sides  of  the  next 
block  of  the  main  street,  both  sides  of  one  block  of  the  next 
cross  street  and  so  on  to  the  end  of  the  main  street.  Both 
distributers  should  then  take  the  next  street  parallel  with  the 
main  street  just  covered,  and  distribute  it  without  going  on 
the  cross  streets.  When  this  is  finished,  come  up  on  the 
third  main  street,  distributing  it  icith  the  two  blocks  of  the 
intersecting  cross  streets,,  the  same  as  the  first  street  was 
distributed.  Thus  the  greatest  amount  of  distributing  is 
done  in  the  shortest  possible  time  and  with  the  least 
possible  walking.  The  watcher  may  stand  at  the  inter- 
sections when  the  distributers  are  on  the  cross  streets  and 
thus  keep  both  of  them  under  his  e.ves. 

Five  distributers  work  together  to  better  advantage  than 
four  will  do.  While  two  pairs  are  working  main  streets  num- 
bers one  and  three,  with  the  cross  blocks,  the  fifth  distributer 
can  easily  work  both  sides  of  the  second  street  and  by  a  little 
skipping  around  the  watcher  can  keep  pretty  close  tab  on 
all  five. 

Neighborhood  Distribution. 

With  druggists,  it  is  often  a  problem  how  far  to  go  with 
distribution.  Wherever  his  store  may  be  located,  the  enter- 
prising druggist  in  a  town  of  five  thousand  or  less,  should 
be  able  to  get  business  from  any  part  of  the  town  and  he 
is  therefore  justified  in  extending  his  distribution  to  cover 
all  of  it ;  except  in  those  parts  with  the  class  distinctions 
noted  above.  In  larger  towms  the  druggist's  location  is  a 
factor  to  be  considered  in  deciding  how  far  to  distribute.  If 
he  is  in  the  heart  of  the  business  district  of  the  town, 
distance  should  be  disregarded  and  the  classes  of  people  and 
nature  of  advertised  goods  only  be  considered.  If  he  is 
located  so  far  from  the  main  thoroughfare  that  he  is  half 
the  distance  between  it  and  the  extreme  solidly  built  part 
of  the  town  his  distribution  should  not  cross  the  main  street. 
If  located  in  one  of  the  larger  places  and  the  business  is  what 
may  be  called  "a  neighborhood  drug  store,"  the  druggist's 
distribution  should  pass  his  nearest  competitors  on  all  sides 
and  extend  at  least  half  way  between  them  and  the  next 
zone  of  drug  stores.  These  suggestions  apply  to  general- 
class  matter.  If  the  druggist  is  advertising  a  specialty  of 
his  own  making,  the  range  of  his  distribution  depends  upon 
the  character  of  the  article,  its  novelty  and  his  aspirations 
and  capital. 

The  following  tips  are  given  by  one  who  has  been  very 
successful  with  house  to  house  advertising :  Advertise  for 
the  women  and  get  yotir  matter  into  the  hands  of  the  women. 
Avoid  bulky  matter  and  long-drawn  statements.  Don't  play 
detective,  but  openly  watch  your  distributers  or  have  a  re- 
liable man  to  do  it  for  you.  So  far  as  possible,  distribute 
on  days  when  schools  are  in  session  and  during  school  hours. 
Morning  distribution  is  more  effective  than  that  done  in  the 
afternoon.  Do  not  distribute  in  stormy  weather.  See  that 
distributers  take  clean  matter  from  e'ean  sacks  with  clean 
hands. 


Improvements  at  Marquette  University. 
Milwaukee,  March  15. — Improvements  will  be  made  by 
Marquette  University  this  year  amounting  to  more  than  $300,- 
000  and  will  include  the  erection  of  a  new  building  for  the 
pharmaceutical,  medical  and  dental  departments.  The  present 
structure  is  becoming  far  too  small  and  will  be  given  over  to 
Trinity  Hospital.  The  pharmaceutical  department  of  the 
university  has  been  developing  rapidly  in  recent  years. 


Every  Day  Finance. 


'By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

It  had  stormed  steadily  for  three 
days  and  there  was  no  sign  of  a 
let-up  as  yet.  Customers  were 
few  and  sales  light.  The  Apothe- 
cary walked  restlessly  to  and  fro 
the  length  of  the  back  store  until 
at  last  he  came  to  a  standstill  be- 
fore a  placard  which  Madam  bad 
tacked  up  some  time  previously. 
It   read : 

Make  every  season,  whether 

it  be  fair  or  stormy,  count  for 

Something.       That     Something 

may   be  the   link  between  Poi- 

sihility   and    Reality. 

The  Apothecary's  eyes  twinkled. 

"For   example,"    he    inquired   with 

suspicious   gravity,    "for   what  did 

you   make   yesterday's   trip  count? 

You  will  recall  that  you  insisted  on  attending  the  funeral  of 

an  almost  unknown  male  relative  miles  away  in  a  pelting  rain. 

Did  your  placard  philosophy  prove  to  be  waterproof?" 

"Didn't  leak  a  drop,"  Madam  declared  with  an  infectious 
laugh,  "and  it  counted  for  a  whole  lot.  No  less  than  three 
Somethings.  First,  I  became  the  proud  possessor  of  a  splendid 
pair  of  sixteen-button  black  kid  gloves.  Cheap  mourning  is 
detestable.  I  have  longed  for  those  gloves  for  some  time,  but 
you  know  money  has  been  close  and  I  did  not  feel  justified  in 
the  expenditure  until  I  was  called  upon  to  go  to  that  funeral. 

"Next,  I  firmly  resolved  that  if  any  of  my  friends  or  rela- 
tives are  ill  in  the  future,  I  shall  not  wait  until  they  are  dead 
before  I  show  any  interest.  By  the  way.  one  of  our  Organiza- 
tion ladies  is  ill,  and  I  must  write  her  this  very  day  and  tell 
her  how  much  we  all  miss  her.  It  may  cheer  her  a  bit  to 
know  it." 

"And  the  next  count  was?"  the  Apothecary  reminded  her. 

"The  solution  of  our  own  every  day  financial  problem," 
Madam  announced  solemnly. 

"You  found  that  out  at  the  funeral?"  the  Apothecary  ejacu- 
lated in  shocked  astonishment. 

"I  certainly  did  not.  You  asked  me  for  what  I  made  the 
trip  count.  The  trip  included  the  going  and  the  coming," 
Madam  responded  airily.  "The  thought  kept  coming  to  my 
mind  that  the  journey  was  not  nearly  as  disagreeable  as  I 
had  anticipated,  and  how  nearly  I  had  come  to  not  going  on 
account  of  the  weather.  I  could  recall  a  number  of  things  I 
had  been  prevented  from  doing  in  my  life  time,  just  by  some 
equally  silly  dread.  I  made  up  my  mind  that  the  next  disa- 
greeable task  that  faced  me,  I  should  tackle  promptly  and  not 
stand  back  shivering. 

"This  morning  when  I  saw  we  were  in  for  another  stormy 
day  I  came  down  to  the  store  determined  to  put  that  desk 
to  rights.  It  is  a  sight.  I  further  resolved  to  weigh  carefully 
the  merits  and  demerits  of  our  present  system  of  bookkeeping. 
When  you  come  to  think  of  it,  it  is  about  as  systematic  as 
that  desk  arrangement  at  this  minute.  You  and  I  have  both 
recognized  for  a  long  time  that  it  is  far  from  an  ideal  system, 
and  yet  we  have  stood  back  and  dreaded  it.  It  has  been  a 
trifle  hard  to  discount  the  bills  lately,  because  as  fast  as  we 
poured  the  grain  into  the  top  of  the  bag  it  was  spilling  out 
of  the  mouse  holes  in  the  bottom.  Now  I  just  hate  to  handle 
gritty,  dusty  papers.  I  don't  know  a  great  deal  about  book- 
keeping, and  I  am  sure  to  annex  a  headache  before  noon,  but 
it  is  high  time  we  located  the  leaks  and  the  weak  places,  and 
there  is  no  time  like  the  present." 

The  very  first  pigeon-hole  attacked  was  stuffed  with  bills 
made  out  and  never  rendered.  They  bore  a  date  of  some  two  J 
months  earlier,  and  among  them  Madam  recognized  the  names  ^ 
of  two  families,  who  in  the  interim,  had  found  it  cheaper  to 
move  than  to  pay  rent ;  -the  name  of  a  friendless  man  whose 
liberal  purchases  of  medicine  had  not  halted  thj  hand  oil 
Death ;  and  a  good-sized  account  against  a  firm  that  had  re-- 
cently  become  insolvent.  Perhaps  later  bills  had  secured  the 
payments  of  these  amounts.  The  ledger  showed  no  later, 
posting.     Matters  were  sadly  behind.     These  sums  aggregatmg 


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about  thirty-five  dollars  wer?  as  good  as  lost.  At  a  conserva- 
tive estimate  that  would  mean  the  profit  on  from  one  hundred 
to  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars  worth  of  cash  sales. 
The  goods  charged  up  in  those  accounts  must  be  paid  out  of 
the  good  clean  profits. 

Facts  on  Cost  of  Doing  Business. 

The  Apothecary  was  inclined  to  place  the  percentage  of 
profit  considerably  higher,  but  Madam  produced  a  financial 
report  which  proved  that  the  cost  of  doing  business  was  gen- 
erally under-estimated  and  that  90  per  cent  of  all  mercantile 
failures  were  due  to  under-estimating  expenses.  In  other 
words,  that  90  per  cent  of  these  men  who  failed  paid  more  to 
carry  on  their  business  than  the  profits  amounted  to.  Both 
were  astonished  to  read  that  95  per  cent  of  the  business  done 
in  this  country  is  done  on  a  credit  basis. 

"There  is  one  blessing  for  which  to  be  thankful."  iladam 
remarked,  "that  our  calling  does  not  warrant  any  such  a 
percentage  of  charge  accounts.  There  is  the  janitor  down  in 
the  basement  now,  shoveling  coal  into  the  furnace  regard- 
less of  the  weather.  Sometimes  we  are  nearly  driven  out  by 
the  heat  and  again  we  are  about  frozen.  A  good,  scientific 
heat  regulator  of  some  sort  would  save  the  landlord  money. 
I  suppose  if  we  shovel  energy  and  money  into  this  business 
regardless  of  the  regulation  of  proper  business  methods  we 
use  about  the  same  grade  of  intelligence  as  the  janitor.  Per- 
haps that  is  why  so  many  businesses  are  frozen  out  by  lack 
of  trade  or  roasted  out  by  competition." 

"But."  protested  the  Apothecary,  "our  credit  business  is 
not  extensive  enough  to  put  unlimited  time  upon  it.  In  stores 
where  a  regular  bookkeeper  is  kept  it  should  be  an  easy 
matter." 

"A  little  furnace  needs  a  heat  regulator  even  more  than 
a  big  one,"  Madam  persisted.  "If  an  unbusiness-like  small 
dealer  becomes  prosperous  it  is  in  spite  of  his  methods  and 
not  because  of  them." 

The  Apothecary  was  called  to  the  front  store  to  interview 
an  irate  customer  who  claimed  not  to  have  received  credit  for 
the  payment  of  a  bill.  Madam  continued  her  work  in  silence, 
with  a  mind  keenly  alert  for  further  pointers.  To  her  amaze- 
ment, she  did  not  grow  nervous  or  headachy,  from  which  fact 
5he  felt  that  she  had  made  the  valuable  discovery  that  a  nervous 
beadache  is  very  often  due  to  lack  of  concentration  of  effort : 
.that  nervousness  is  often  mental  confusion,  or  a  failure  to 
Uocalize  the  7niiid's  eye  on  a  given  point. 

Madam  Apothecary's  Deductions. 
In  the  afternoon  she  sat  down  to  an  orderly  desk.     Every- 
jhing  seemed  so   much   roomier   and   more   readily   accessible, 
/^fter  a  careful  study  of  the  books,  she  took  a  sheet  of  paper 
Und  wrote  down  her  deductions.     They  were : 

I  1.  Where  credit  business  is  done,  the  difference  between 
luccess  and  failure  often  lies  in  close  collecting. 

2.  Itemized  statements  of  accounts  of  the  preceding  four 
,  reeks  should   be   rendered   at   the   end   of   every   month,   and 

hould  bear  the  words,  "All  claims  for  errors  must  be  made 
vithin  five  days."  This  will  do  away  with  all  questions  as  to 
ccuracy,  after  the  circumstances  have  gone  from  mind. 

3.  These  bills  should  be  typewritten  and  sent  by  mail  on  the 
irst  day  of  every  month.  Postage  is  cheaper  than  time  and 
arfare.     Collection  returns  show  better  I'esults  by  mail  than 

I'y  personal  solicitation.     Reasons  for  this  are  self-evident, 
i  4.  Before  giving  a  stranger  credit,  two  references  should  be 
[equired  and   investigated.     Any   business   person   will   recog- 
i  ize  the  justice  of  this  when  asking  for  time  accommodation. 
j  5.  Judgment   should   be   used    in   the   extension   of   credit   to 
eliable  persons,  or  to  those  known  to  be  in  temporary  straits, 
ut  lavish  buyers  who  show  no  disposition  to  settle  after  a 
easonable  time  or  to  grant   respectful   consideration   of  just 
ilaims  are  entitled  to  no  special  accommodation. 
I  6,  Where  there  is  a  dispute  about  a  customer  having  paid 
j'e  of  the  clerks  and   not  having  received  credit,  we  should 
live  the  customer  the  benefit  of  the  doubt,  but  one  or  the  other 
j'  either  honestly  mistaken  or  in  wilful  error. 
;  7,  Indefinite  promises  of  payment  on  difficult  accounts  are 
■)  be  avoided.     If  possible  fix  a  date,  and  then  exact  payment 
\:  a  reason  for  non-payment.    We  are  entitled  to  this  courtesy, 
;  8.  To  a  moderate  wage-earner,  who  has  been  forced  to  con- 
^•act  a  debt,  small  payments  are  often  all  that  are  possible. 
9.  Persons  who  get  in  debt   and   find  it  difficult   to  settle, 
pe    Qsaally     lost     as     regular     customers,     even     for     their 


small  items  of  cash  trade.  They  go  elsewhere  rather  than 
face  the  music.  To  secure  a  courteous  settlement  generally 
means  to  regain  a  customer. 

10.  The  man  who  borrows  ten  cents  with  which  to  tele- 
phone, because  he  has  left  his  change  in  his  other  clothes, 
and  afterwards  goes  by  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street,  is 
the  man  whose  trade  we  can  afford  to  lose. 

Promptness  Necessary  in  Making  Charges. 

11.  All  drug-store  help  should  be  impressed  with  the  neces- 
sity of  making  charges  immediately,  even  if  the  building  is  in 
flames.  We  are  insured  against  fire,  but  not  against  care- 
lessness. 

12.  The  books  of  the  store  must  at  all  times  be  a  complete 
and  truthful  mirror  of  the  business  to  date.  It  is  even  more 
important  to  see  that  the  records  are  complete  at  night  than 
to  keep  open  the  last  half  hour. 

13.  The  books  at  the  month-end  should  invariably  show  the 
condition  of  stock,  expense  record,  and  profit  or  loss  both  iu 
dollars  and  percentages.  One  may  drift  without  it,  but  to 
drift  is  usually  to  strike  a  snag. 

14.  Bank  balances  must  be  carefully  looked  after.  An  over- 
drawn account  is  an  acknowledgment  of  poor  business 
methods. 

1.0.  To  make  the  deposit-book  a  cash  record  of  some  value, 
a  deposit  slip  should  be  made  out  for  each  separate  entry, 
and  bank  tellers  requested  to  enter  such  amounts  separately. 
Later  the  particulars  may  be  entered  thus : 

Jan.  14.  Cash   $125.00 

"         Check  Brown,  acct 16.25 

Check  Green,  acct 74.62 

Check  Black,  Int 50.00 

Ckh.  Dividends,  L.  G 18.96 

This  being  far  more  comprehensive  and  available  for  informa- 
tion than  the  single  entry ; 

Jan.  14.  By  dep $284.83 

(Madam  explained  that  this  method  had  first  been  given  her 
by  a  prominent  Judge,  noted  for  his  ability  and  short-cut 
judgment.  He  stated  that  this  simple  idea  had  saved  many 
legal  complications  both  in  and  out  of  court.) 

16.  When  our  system  proves  inadequate  to  a  full  and  proper 
accounting  we  should  not  hesitate  to  remedy  the  weak  places 
or  adopt  an  entirely  new  system.  There  must  be  no  guess 
work  about  our  methods.  If  we  cannot  solve  the  problem  for 
ourselves  we  will  employ  expert  assistance. 

If  You  Haven't  Got  Brains,  Buy  Them. 
Sometimes  it  is  profitable  to  buy  brains.  A  man  who  is  a 
good  manufacturer  and  a  poor  financier  is  likely  to  fail  mis- 
erably. He  must  know  both  ends  of  the  game  or  employ  some 
one  who  does.  The  man  who  hesitated  to  pay  ten  dollars  for 
legal  advice  and  who  afterwards  found  that  his  economy  had 
cost  him  exactly  eight  hundred  dollars  bought  his  experience 
pretty  dearly.  The  real  Cost  of  things  is  only  measurable  by 
the  Results  gained.  Many  people  of  mediocre  ability  have 
become  singularly  successful  because  they  recognized  their 
own  limitations.  Andrew  Carnegie  says :  "Place  on  my 
tombstone  this  epitaph  ;  'Here  lies  a  man  who  knew  how  to 
keep  around  him  men  who  were  more  clever  than  himself.' " 

Madam  submitted  the  list  to  the  Apothecary.  "There  is 
one  other  point  I  should  add,"  he  remarked.  "The  system 
must  not  be  cumbersome  or  complicated." 

"That  is  so,  too,"  Madam  said  thoughtfully,  "See  the 
skies  have  cleared.  I  think  I  shall  run  downtown  and  in- 
vestigate certain  book-systems  for  which  much  is  claimed. 
Possibly  I  may  aspire  to  be  the  bookkeeper.  There  is  no  sort 
of  a  system  that  will  keep  itself  and  it  looks  as  if  the  rest  of 
you  have  about  all  you  can  attend  to. 

"I  heard  of  a  man  the  other  day  who  had  a  capital  of  five 
thousand  dollars.  He  knew  something  about  the  tea  business, 
that  is,  the  store  part  of  it.  but  he  hesitated  to  venture  with- 
out a  working  knowledge  of  the  financial  part.  He  paid  a 
successful  tea  man  over  three  hundred  dollars  to  teach  him 
the  system  that  experience  had  proved  of  worth.  In  five  years 
the  younger  man  had  multiplied  his  capital  by  the  figure  eight. 
He  knew  how  to  make  the  most  of  his  opportunity.  Here  is 
my  car.     Good  bye." 

The  Obstacle, 
Bessie — Why  won't  you  marry  him?    Don't  you  like  him? 
Jessie — Oh,  yes.     I  like  him.     But  he  won't  propose. 


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THE    PHAEMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[March  18,  1909 


Blizzard  and  'Possum. 


Bj'  Joel  "Blanc. 

After  having  survived 
Wasliington's  week  of  joyous 
slush  I  find  that  the  two 
tilings  which  made  the  deep- 
est impression  upon  my  phys- 
ical and  mental  combination 
were  the  blizzard  and  the 
'possum — the  latter  being 
stuffed  with  junk  under  a  cov- 
ering that  looks  like  a  soiled 
woolen  sock  with  a  wire  in 
the  caudal  appendage  so  that 
it  may  be  hung  by  the  tail — 
and  by  the  'possum  and  the 
blizzard  hangs  this  tale,  a  dis- 
jointed collection  of  tales,  in 
each  of-  which  there  may  be 
found  a  little  fable  for  the 
drug  store  man. 
A  funny  thing  about  inauguration  weather  is  that  the  ex- 
pected usually  liappens  and  then  every  one  appears  to  be 
terribly  surprised  at  the  happening.  This  year  the  expected 
happened  ferociously :  the  snow  snewed  and  the  wind  blewed 
and  all  were  terriblj'  surprised  and  expressed  that  surprise 
while  standing  in  ankle  deep  slush.  At  present  the  papers 
say  that  the  date  of  inauguration  must  be  changed.  They  said 
the  same  thing  ou  previous  occasions,  when  Zach  Taylor. 
Tippecanoe  Harrison,  Ben  Harrison  and  Grover  Cleveland 
were  given  doses  of  similar  weather.  Three  months  from  now 
every  one  will  have  forgotten  all  about  the  matter  and  four 
years  hence  the  expected  surprise  will  happen  some  more. 

How  like  some  of  these  talkers  a  lot  of  us  drug  fellows  are ! 
We  expect  inimical  legislation,  false  accusations,  cut  price 
wars  and  so  on.  but  when  the  excitement  of  the  time  has 
passed  we  hibernate  again  until  there  is  more  evil  prophecy, 
realization  and  yelling. 

In  numerous  show  windows  might  be  seen  Teddy  Bears  with 
Bill  'Possums  seated  crushingly  thereon.  In  connection  with 
one  such  exhibit  I  saw  a  card  between  the  Teddy's  paws, 
upon  which  was  written :  "I  don't  know  where  I'm  going ; 
but  I'm  on  my  way."  That's  us !  You  bet !  Especially  in 
organization  work.  We  hurrah  around  one  of  our  fellows 
who  pleases  us  by  his  service  or  give  to  him  what  may  be 
even  greater  honor  by  vociferous  condemnation,  and  as  soon 
as  he  is  out  of  office  we  sit  on  him  and  then  send  him  on  his 
way. 

Washington  is  a  peculiar  town,  beautifully  peculiar;  but  I 
do  not  agree  with  those  who  speak  of  it  as  an  "overgrown 
village."  I  have  happened  in  here  a  number  of  times  during 
the  last  2.5  years  and  to  me  it  has  always  been  a  civic  ba- 
rometer, clearly  indicating  the  social  and  commercial  weather 
of  the  entire  country.  If  you  will  concede  that  this  is  so. 
then  you  must  concede  that  drug  conditions  here  furnish  the 
basis  for  a  forecast  of  what  they  are  to  be  the  country  over. 
The  day  before  inauguration  I  scanned  the  windows  of  the 
central  stores  along  Pennsylvania  avenue  and  F,  G,  Seventh 
and  Ninth  streets.  In  not  one  of  them  was  there  a  single 
article  that  could  be  called  either  a  drug  or  medicine.  The 
nearest  approach  to  drugs  was  a  display  of  brushes.  Souvenirs 
and  gift  goods  predominated  in  displays,  the  tendency  in  this 
direction  being  reflected  in  the  business  centers  of  all  of  the 
large  towns  of  the  country.  While  cut  prices  on  medicines 
have  had  their  day,  except  for  sporadic  outbreaks,  the  inroads 
that  department  stores  have  made  upon  the  sundries  and 
toilet  goods  trade  are  such  that  the  druggist  with  a  centrally 
located,  high  rental  store  must  go  after  any  sort  of  business 
he  can  get  and  what  the  central  stores  do.  the  other  stores 
must  eventually  do  as  the  new  competition  reaches  out  in 
broader  circles. 

An  extreme  example  of  this  tendency  is  furnished  by  the 
newspaper  advertisement  of  a  prominent  Washington  "drug- 
gist" (?)  I  quote:  "We  handle  everything  and  sell  at  cut 
prices.  Grand  stand  seats  for  sale.  A  room  with  2-1  chairs 
for  viewing  the  parade.  Sleeping  accommodations  for  100 
people  for  rent.  For  the  accommodation  of  our  patrons  we 
will  have  5000  sandwiches  for  sale  on  March  3.  4  and  5." 
Of  course,   this   is  exceptional,   even   for  Washington,   for   no- 


where are  there  handsomer  and  better  kept,  legitimate  phar- ' 
macies  than  in  this  beautiful  city.  However,  one  adminis- 
tration has  taught  us  that  the  radical  of  today  may  be  the 
conservative  of  tomorrow. 

Every  building  of  any  historical  interest  in  Washington 
bears  a  bronze  tablet  upon  which  is  given  interesting  informa- 
tion. The  day  after  the  inauguration  I  was  walking  along 
14th  street  when  I  saw  two  men  fastening  a  tablet  to  a 
church,  which  bore  the  statement :  "President  Taft  attends 
this  church."  Cogitate  upon  that,  my  procrastinating,  system- 
lacking  brother !  Taft  had  been  President  less  than  a  day 
when  the  announcement  was  put  in  place.  It  was  easy  to. 
have  the  tablet  made  ht-fore  the  inauguration.  It  is  just  as 
easy  for  you  to  think,  plan  and  execute  for  the  future.  I 
wish  that  you  might  all  come  here  and  see  the  system, 
promptness  and  cleanliness  that  prevail  directly  beneath  Uncle 
Samuel's  eyes.  If  you  did  and  would  profit  by  what  you  saw 
you  would  become  better  business  men  and  better  advertisers. 

There  was  one  unpleasant  feature  of  the  parade  which  also 
suggests  a  lesson.  In  the  ranks  of  the  marchers  were  a  num- 
ber of  very  small  boys.  There  was  a  pickaninny  band  from 
a  Southern  orphanage,  some  of  its  members  were  mere  babes ' 
and  two  of  the  smallest  were  deformed.  These  little  fellows 
tramped  along  carrying  heavy  guns  or  playing  musical  instru- 
ments. They  had  stood  in  the  slush  for  hours  before  the 
parade  started.  Their  feet  were  soaked  and  their  uniforms 
wet  and  bedraggled.  Their  faces  were  drawn  with  lines  of 
pain  and  fatigue,  apparently  some  of  them  could  barely  stand. 
Call  that  patriotism?  It  seemed  to  me  more  like  the  triumph 
of  a  Csesar  or  Sultan  returning  from  a  war  of  conquest  with 
human  chattels  as  spoils.  I  wondered  if  the  Society  for  the 
Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children  was  asleep.  No  amusement' 
manager  or  other  employer  or  even  a  parent  would  be  per- 
mitted to  treat  children  tinder  ordinary  conditions  like  these 
little  ones  were  treated  in  the  inaugural  parade  "for  the  glory 
of  the  nation  under  the  all-protecting  flag." 

The  sight  of  these  tots  led  me  to  think  of  some  of  the  over- 
worked store  boys  and  their  elders,  the  clerks.  Of  course, 
they  are  not  intentionally  treated  with'  injustice.  Neither  was 
intentional  injustice  meted  out  to  the  pygmies  ou  parade.  The 
treatment  they  received  was  due  to  thoughtlessness  and  care-. 
lessness.  Well!  They  are  not  admirable  characteristics,  are 
they? 

Tuesday  night,  before  the  storm  came.  I  took  the  little 
fellow  to  see  the  illumination  of  the  Court  of  Honor  in  front 
of  the  White  House.  It  was  truly  a  beautiful  sight.  The 
white  columns  joined  by  festoons  of  flowers,  leaves,  bunting 
and  lights  were  quite  enough  to  make  the  boy  open  his  eyes, 
but  I  noticed  that  he  looked  most  at  the  fakers  along  the  curb. 
I  asked  him  if  he  did  not  think  the  illumination  was  beauti- 
ful? Yes,  papa;  but  I  like  the  badges  and  little  flags  best." 
So  I  bought  him  several  badges,  pinned  them  to  his  coat, 
placed  a  little  flag  in  his  hand  and  let  him  march  ahead  of  me. 
Up  the  avenue  he  went,  the  proudest,  happiest  mortal  in  all 
that  throng.  How  like  some  children  many  adults  are ;  they 
only  appreciate  what  is  within  the  possibility  of  their  posses- 
sion. In  buying,  advertising  and  selling  it  is  good  business  to 
strive  to  give  your  patrons  what  they  can  understand  and 
afl'ord. 


Buffalo  College  Observes  Statesmen's  Birtidays. 

Washington's  Birthday,  which  is  also  "University  Day"  in 
Buffalo,  was  fittingly  celebrated  by  all  the  departments  of  the 
university  by  public  exercises  in  the  Teck  Theater,  in  which 
they  were  joined  by  the  Ma.vor  and  city  officials,  the  officers 
of  the  National  Guard  and  students  of  the  four  high  schools. 
The  parade  from  the  university  building  was  led  by  Lieut. 
Coi.  Haffa  and  staff  of  the  65th  Regt.,  and  the  6.5th  Begt. 
band. 

Rev.  F.  A.  Kahler,  D.D.,  pastor  of  Holy  Trinity  Lutheran 
Church,  delivered  the  invocation.  The  speaker  of  the  day, 
Rev.  A.  V.  V.  Raymond,  D.D.,  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyteriam 
Church,  was  introduced  by  Vice-Chancellor  Norton.  The 
doctor's  address  was  on  the  relation  of  higher  education  to: 
the  life  of  the  city,  and  was  a  most  stirring  and  eloquent 
appeal.  After  the  theater  exercises,  the  faculties  of  the. 
university  entertained  the  instructors  and  students  at  luncheon 
at  the  University  Club. 

Lincoln's  Birthday  was  also  observed  by  the  closing  of  the 
different  departments. 


March  18,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


253 


Original  and  Selected 


PRACTICAL  SUGGESTIONS  FOR  THE  REVISION  OF 
THE  NATIONAL  FORMULARY.* 


By  Samuel  L.  Hilton,  Chairman  of  Committee  on  Na- 
tional and  State  Leg-islation  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical   Association,    Washington,    D.     C. 

Before  entering  into  any  definite  criticisms  or  suggestions 
in  regard  to  the  National  Formulary,  I  desire  to  present  some 
data  wliich  clearly  shows  that  the  pharmacists  of  this  coun- 
try, individually  and  collectively,  have  desired  and  endeavored 
to  promote  uniformity  in  pharmaceutical  preparations  as  far 
back  as  ISIS,  when  the  first  book  of  formulas  was  published. 

According  to  Mr.  M.  I.  Wilbert,  who  has  carefully  investi- 
gated this  subject,  numerous  endeavors  have  been  made,  nota- 
bly of  which  the  following  are  the  most  prominent :  by  the 
members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  18.56 
and  published  the  following  year  and  on  many  other  occasions, 
the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  in 
1867  and  which  was  revised  in  1873. 
The  same  year,  1S67,  the  physicians  and 
pharmacists  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
through  a  joint  committee,  compiled  and 
published  a  formulary  for  the  use  of  both 
professions  in  this  District,  it  was  re- 
vised by  a  joint  committee  of  the  Medical 
Association  and  the  National  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  1875.  The  Louisville  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  published  a  collection 
of  formulas  in  1872,  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  in  1824,  and  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  in  18.'54. 
It  remained,  however,  until  188.5  be- 
fore any  endeavor  was  made  to  establish 
a  formulary  that  should  be  National  in 
its  scope  and  character  and  one  that 
would  be  accepted  generally  all  over  the 
country,  this  was  brought  about  by  the 
[publication  of  the  New  York  and  Brook- 
jlyn  Formulary,  by  a  committee  repre- 
:5enting  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
inacy,  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical 
lissociation  and  the  German  Apotheca- 
|:ies'  Society,  and  was  afterwards  ten- 
lered  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
lissociation  in  1885,  as  a  nucleus  for  the 
i:onstruction  of  the  National  Formulary. 
From  the  preceding  historical  data,  it 
jTill  be  seen  that  all  of  the  endeavors  of 
individuals  and  associations,  with  one 
ixception,  have  been  made  b.y  the  pharmacists.  I  believe  this 
|act,  that  all  of  the  compilation  and  revision  having  been 
'aade  by  the  pharmacists  is  the  greatest  mistake  of  the  past 
nd  likewise  it  also  applies  to  the  National  Formulary.  I 
Jould  therefore  then  suggest,  that  the  next  revision  of  the 
Jational  Formulary  be  made  jointly  by  the  American  Phar- 
laceutical  Association,  the  American  Medical  Association, 
■ith  a  representative  from  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry,  De- 
artment  of  Agriculture,  the  U.  S.  Army,  the  U.  S.  Navy 
nd  the  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service ;  if  this 
in  be  accomplished,  I  believe  the  Formulary  would  then  be 
5  valuable  as  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia. 

j  With  the  physicians  of  the  country  indicating  what  they 
bsire,  the  representatives  of  the  several  branches  of  the  Gov- 
•nment  to  assist,  the  pharmacists  would  be  able  to  perform 
le  remaining  work  of  revision  in  a  more  intelligent  manner 
hi  compile  a  formulary  that  would  prove  far  more  valuable 
'lan  any  previous  publication  and  one  that  would  be  more 
liversally  used.  Propaganda  work  now  being  conducted  by 
e  several  medical  and  pharmaceutical  associations  would  be 
eatly  facilitated,  the  physician  would  become  more  familiar 

'  *Read  at  the  meeting  of  the  Washington  City  Branch  of  the 
tnerican  Pharmaceutical  Association,  March  9,  1909. 


SAMUEL    L.    HILTOxX 
of  Washington,   D.   C. 


with    the   products   of   the   formulary    aud    the    general    ivsult 
would  be  far  more  satisfactory  to  every  one. 

Previous  to  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  the  recognition  of  the 
National  Formulary  was  by  common  consent  only,  the  passage 
of  this  Act  gave  to  the  National  Formulary  a  ri'cognition 
which  makes  it  a  standard  for  drugs  equal  in  importance  to 
the  Pharmacopcpia. 

Section  G  of  this  Act  provides,  that  the  term  "drug"  as  used 
in  this  Act.  shall  include  all  medicines  and  preparations 
recognized  in  the  U.S.  Pharmacopceia  or  National  Formulary, 
etc.  Since  this  recognition,  it  should  be  the  duly  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  an  association  that 
has  for  considerably  more  than  a  half-century  represented  the 
best  sentiments  of  professional,  scientific,  educational  and 
commercial  pharmacy  in  this  country,  whose  record  for  the 
advancement  of  pharmacy  ethically  in  all  of  its  branches 
cannot  be  successfully  questioned,  to  compile  a  formulary 
that  is  broad,  complete  and  as  free  from  errors  as  possible. 

I  believe  this  can  be  accomplished  better  by  the  joint  en- 
deavors of  all  bodies  interested  than  bj"  the  labors  of  one 
association.  . 

While  the  Act  of  Congress  legalized  the  National   Formu- 
lary, it  takes  but  an  ordinary  perusal  of  the  work  to  discover 
that  the  nomenclature  of  many  preparations  contained  therein 
is  erroneous,  and  if  so  labelled  are  clearly  misbranded  under 
the  provisions  of  Section  S  of  the  Act,  if 
it   were  not  for  the  proviso  contained  in 
Section    6,    which    specifically    recognizes 
',^]]  medicines  and  preparations  of  the  Na- 
tional   Formulary.      With    this    condition 
rxisiiug,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  next  com- 
iiiiuee  of  revision  to  change  the  nomen- 
claiure  of  these   preparations  so  that  no 
MiiH.siion    could    arise    in    regard    to    mis- 
liranding,   although   this   may   be   covered 
liy  ihe  terms  of  Section  6. 

The  following  preparations  are  a  few 
'if  those  that  are  apparently  misbranded: 
I  'ouipound  anise  powder,  Canada  lini- 
ment, catarrh  powder,  compound  elixir 
■  if  tar,  glycerinated  elixir  of  gentian,  pec- 
loral  syrup,  tinct.  iodine  decolorized. 

Compound  anise  powder  is  by  no  means 
,1  proper  name  for  a  mixture  of  rhubarb 
nnd  heavy  magnesia  that  contains  but  a 
small  amount  of  oil  anise  that  is  added 
only   for  flavoring.     It   has   little   if  any 

■  medicinal  effect  and  certainly  there  is  no 
justification  in  continuing  the  use  of  this 
n.ime.  the  word  anise  according  to  the 
Tharmacopoeia  means  the  seed. 

Compound   elixir  of  tar  is  clearly   mis- 
^      branded.      Tar    is     not     present     in     this 
elixir,    only    the    soluble    constituents    ob- 
tained   therefrom ;    they   are    not    tar   and 
certainly  this  does  not  justify  naming  the 
preparation  as  at  present.     Further,   the 
title  does  not  disclose  that  the  compound  contains  morphine. 
I  have  had  no  demand  for  this  preparation  in  more  than  ten 
years. 

Canada  liniment.  There  is  no  good  reason  for  the  use  of 
the  word  Canada  and  this  word  should  be  dropped  as  a 
synonym  for  the  regular  title  in  future  revision.  Further, 
the  note  for  the  guidance  of  the  compovmder  I  consider  ob- 
jectionable. It  suggests  the  addition  of  tr.  quillaja  to  pre- 
vent separation ;  this  should  be  added  to  the  formula  if  it  is 
to  be  used  or  the  note  should  be  eliminated. 

Glycerinated  elixir  of  gentian.  What  reason  can  be  given 
for  the  application  of  this  title  to  a  preparation  that  is  noth- 
ing but  a  conglomeration  of  various  medicines?  It  is  not  an 
elixir  in  its  true  sense.  Further,  what  justification  is  there  in 
the  use  of  saccharin  in  this  or  any  other  preparation  as  a 
sweetening  agent?  Saccharin  has  not  been  shown  to  be  in- 
nocuous. I  believe  we  should  proceed  carefully  in  using  such 
preparations  until  after  a  thorough  investigation  they  have 
been  proven  harmless  beyond  all  question. 

Catarrh  powder.  This  to  say  the  least  is  a  very  dangerous 
preparation,  for  it  contains  a  habit-forming  drug  in  consid- 
erable quantity.  This  formula  should  be  eliminated  in  the 
next  revision.  There  is  no  justificatiop  in  retaining  a  prepara- 
tion of  this  kind   which  has   never  demonstrated   its   utility. 


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[March  18,  1909 


Physicians  desiring  sucli  compounds  can  readily  write  for 
what  they  want.  It  cannot  be  dispensed  to  the  general  public 
except  on  non-renewable  prescriptions. 

Pectoral  syrup  is  another  case  of  misbranding.  The  name 
should  be  changed,  and  if  it  is  desired  to  retain  the  preparation 
ill  the  Formulary,  the  original  formula  with  sassafras  pith 
is  far  preferable  to  the  present  formula  made  with  oil  of 
sassafras.  Further,  the  title  does  not  disclose  that  it  con- 
tains morphine. 

Decolorized  tincture  of  iodine.  Why  should  this  prepara- 
tion be  called  tr.  iodine  when  it  has  lost  all  of  the  properties 
of  iodine  by  converting  it  into  an  iodide  and  iodate  of  am- 
monium and  sodium?  Pharmacy  would  lose  nothing  if  it 
were  dropped. 

Since  the  last  edition  of  the  National  Formulary  I  have 
found  many  formulas-  that  are  not  perfectly  satisfactory  and 
require  revising,  some  of  which  I  will  name  and  call  attention 
to  some  of  the  objectionable  features. 

All  preparations  such  as  liquor  antisepticus  alkalinus  and 
elixir  digestivum  compositum.  containing  coloring  matter  like 
cudbear,  should  have  the  formula  so  adjusted  that  the  drug 
cudbear  should  be  used  instead  of  the  tincture  of  cudbear. 
Experience  has  shown  that  no  matter  how  carefully  tincture 
of  cudbear  is  prepared,  it  is  not  possible  with  the  quantity  of 
menstruum  used  to  extract  all  of  the  coloring  matter,  so  that  a 
more  uniform  color  can  be  obtained  by  macerating  the  color- 
ing matter  in  the  liquid  for  24  hours  before  filtration  than 
by  the  use  of  a  previously  prepared  tincture. 

The  addition  of  coloring  matter  to  many  of  the  preparations 
could  well  be  omitted.  lu  those  preparations  where  coloring 
is  desirable  to  improve  appearance  the  amount  of  coloring 
in  its  natural  state  rather  than  a  preparation  thereof  should 
be  specifically  stated,  so  that  no  matter  who  makes  the  prep- 
aration or  where  it  is  obtained  it  will  be  found  to  have  the 
same  general  appearance. 

Emulsion  of  petroleum  is  not  satisfactory,  for  it  does  not 
keep,  the  tragacanth  seeming  to  be  the  disturbing  factor. 
Acacia  and  tragacanth  mucilages  when  mixed  become  less 
viscous  than  what  each  is  before  mixing,  due  to  some  apparent 
chemical  change,  possibly  by  the  action  of  oxydase,  a  ferment 
that  has  been  shown  to  be  present  in  acacia.  If  made  with 
acacia  it  keeps  better  and  makes  a  more  satisfactory  prepara- 
tion, 

Phosphatic  emulsion.  This  formula  is  far  different  from 
the  original  formula  that  was  originated  in  this  city  by 
Dr.  S.  C.  Busey  and  Mr.  W.  S.  Thompson.  It  contains  too 
much  oil  bitter  almond.  There  is  no  necessity  to  use  Jamaica 
rum.  New  England  rum  answers  every  purpose.  The  method 
of  making,  by  shaking  in  a  bottle,  will  not  make  as  perfect 
an  emulsion  as  if  it  was  made  in  a  mortar  by  reducing  the 
yolk  of  egg  to  a  smooth  paste  and  gradually  adding  the  oil 
until  it  is  thoroughly  emulsified.  There  is  probably  no  place 
in  this  country  where  there  is  as  much  of  this  preparation 
made  and  consumed  as  in  this  city ;  therefore  I  think  the 
original  formula  should  be  adhered  to.  The  name  mistura 
phosphatica  should  be  changed. 

Essence  of  pepsin  is  a  very  satisfactory  preparation  if 
properly  made,  but  care  must  be  exercised  in  preparing  the 
same  and  the  directions  should  be  more  explicit  in  regard  to 
the  methods  of  solving  the  pepsin  and  rennin.  The  wine 
used  should  be  free  from  tannin,  very  light  in  color  and  of  full 
alcoholic  strength  or  fermentation  will  likely  occur, 

A  detannated  fluid  extract  of  gentian  would  be  very  ac- 
ceptable for  making  elixir  of  gentian  instead  of  detannating 
the  finished  elixir. 

Elixir  terpin  hydrate  is  not  a  satisfactory  formula.  The 
addition  of  syrup  is  the  disturbing  factor;  if  this  is  eliminated 
and  a  larger  amount  of  glycerin  used,  there  will  be  no  trouble 
with  precipitation  of  crystals  of  sugar.  Further,  saccharin 
should  not  be  used,  as  the  preparation  is  sweet  enough  and 
the  point  previously  made  against  the  use  of  this  drug  applies 
equally  well  here. 

Solution  of  peptonate  of  iron  and  manganese  is  most  un- 
satisfactory, for  the  finished  product  is  offensive  in  odor,  un- 
pleasant in  taste  and  does  not  represent  what  is  claimed. 
The  formula  and  process  of  Mr.  H.  A.  B.  Dunning,  as  pub- 
lished in  the  proceedings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  1905,  and  frequently  spoken  of  as  the  Harrison 
formula,  makes  a  better  preparation  without  any  of  the  above 
objections.  If  the  formula  cannot  be  made  satisfactory  it 
had  better  be  eliminated.     I  have  found  most  of  the  peptonate 


of  iron  on  the  market  unsatisfactory  and  not  perfectly  soluble. 

Antiseptic  powder.  This  formula  should  be  reconstructed. 
Powdered  dried  zinc  sulphate  should  be  used  in  place  of  the 
granular  salt  of  the  Pharmacopceia,  due  allowance  being 
made  for  loss  of  water  in  drying  the  zinc  salt. 

Syrup  actaea  compound.  The  formula  for  this  preparation 
is  unsatisfactory,  for  the  reason  that  it  is  almost  impossible 
to  obtain  a  clear  preparation.  Some  experimenting  should 
be  done  to  see  if  this  objection  cannot  be  overcome ;  possibly 
the  use  of  glycerin  will  have  the  desired  effect. 

Compound  syrup  of  Irish  moss.  The  same  objections  can 
be  raised  against  this  preparation,  for  while  clear  when  first 
made  it  does  not  remain  so.  It  contains  the  mucilaginous 
principles  from  1  gm.  of  Irish  moss  to  1000  cc.  of  finished 
syrup,  too  small  amount  of  the  drug  for  the  preparation  to 
receive  the  above  name. 

Syrup  white  pine  compound.  All  of  the  drugs  in  this  prep- 
aration with  the  exception  of  the  morphine  have  been  in- 
creased in  the  last  revision  without  any  apparent  justification. 
All  of  the  pharmaceutical  manufacturers,  with  one  ex- 
ception, make  the  preparation  much  weaker.  The  morphine 
sulphate  should  be  reduced  to  3-16  grain  to  the  fluid  ounce. 
The  addition  of  coloring  is  an  improvement. 

Compound  resorcin  ointment.  Some  changes  are  desirable 
in  the  manipulation  of  this  preparation.  The  trituration  of 
resorcin,  zinc  sulphate  and  bismuth  subnitrate  with  the  hyd- 
rous wool  fat  should  be  made  in  a  warmed  mortar,  before  in- 
corporating the  paraffin  and  petrolatum,  and  after  melting  to- 
gether they  should  be  allowed  to  cool  to  about  the  same  tem- 
perature of  the  mixture  first  prepared. 

Another  very  desirable  addition  to  the  formulary  and  one ; 
that  I  consider  absolutely  necessary  since  the  Food  and  Drugs; 
Act  is  that  directly  under  the  name  of  each  preparation  con- 
taining alcohol,  a  statement  should  be  made  of  the  average 
amount  of  absolute  alcohol,  by  volume,  in  the  finished  prep- 
aration to  conform  to  this  Act.  If  the  preparations  contain, 
any  of  the  other  drugs  that  are  required  by  the  Act  to  be 
stated  on  the  label,  the.v  also  should  be  stated  so  that  no 
question  could  arise  about  the  properly  labeling  all  Xatioual 
Formulary  preparations. 

In  closing  these  remarks,  I  desire  to  thank  you,  Mr.  President, 
and  the  members  present  for  the  opportunity  given  me  to 
present  a  few  suggestions  on  a  subject  that  all  are  interested 
in.  While  I  realize  that  I  have  not  presented  anything  novel.; 
I  trust  I  have  brought  out  some  points  that  are  of  interest 
and  which  will  precipitate  some  discussion,  so  that  the  next 
revision  committee  will  have  the  benefit  of  as  many  sug- 
gestions as  possible  and  be  able  thereby  to  give  the  professions! 
of  medicine  and  pharmacy  practically  a  perfect  formulary. 


THE  GROUCH. 


By  Walter  H,   Cousins,  Munday,  Texas. 

Of  all  the  human  deformities  that  are  permitted  to  soak| 
up  a  good  sunshine,  spoil  pure  air  or  lake  up  room  on  this, 
terrestrial  ball  of  mud  and  sand,  the  most  useless  and  out-, 
of-place  bundle  of  dissatisfaction  it  has  ever  been  our  mis- 
fortune to  meet  it  is  that  yet  unclassified  specimen,  "the 
giouch."  He  is  the  chap  whose  look  is  capable  of  turnins 
a  sunshiny  Sabbath  morning  into  a  season  of  nervous  unresi 
and  from  whose  very  life  one  can  readily  infer  that  he  has 
filed  a  roar  against  fate,  soured  on  humanity,  and  kicked  at, 
God, 

These  unnameable  things  are  found  in  every  rank  and 
station  of  life  and  in  every  branch  of  human  endeavor,  and 
it  is  a  deplorable  fact  that  not  a  few  of  them  have  foundj 
their  way  into  the  ranks  of  pharmacy.  They  are  the  sore 
heads  who  retard  every  move  of  progress  and  spend  the  smalli 
amount  of  influence  they  possess  in  the  wrong  direction. 

The  calamity  howl  of  these  human  lemons  brings  down  the 
stamp  of  disapproval  on  the  whole  profession,  and  by  theii 
never-ending  objection  to  everything,  whether  good  or  bad 
help  to  class  us  as  an  aggregation  of  blood-spitting  misers 
who,  unsatisfied  with  possessing  the  earth,  are  crying  foi 
the  moon.  To  this  class  belongs  the  pitiful  specimen  of  nat- 
ural history  who  mourns  over  spending  50  cents  a  year  foi^ 
the  maintenance  of  a  State  pharmacy  board,  and  who  woulo 
not  mind  being  a  member  of  the  State  association  if  it  were 
not  for  "fooling  away  two  dollars  a  year."  He  is  the  samf 
guy  who  works  clerks  whose  intelligence  would  not  warrant 


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their  continuing  their  career  as  draymen,  and  if  you  sat  him 
down  on  a  thin  dime  his  feet  would  not  touch  the  ground. 
His  heart  is  smaller  and  much  harder  than  a  buckshot. 

To  make  a  fraternal  visit  to  his  place  is  an  embarrassing 
expedition.  Ere  you  cross  his  threshold  he  seems  to  view  you 
in  much  the  same  manner  that  a  wild-cat  distiller  looks  upon 
a  man  suspected  of  being  a  revenue  officer.  You  venture  to 
ask  about  his  competitor  and  he  promptly  informs  you  that 
he  knows  nothing  for  he  has  nothing  whatever  to  do  with  him. 
Any  time  the  grouch  treats  you  nicely  or  dispenses  any 
brotherly  love  you  may  know  that  he  has  suddenly  lost  his 
mind  or  that  this  system  of  worlds  has  slipped  a  cog,  for 
under  normal  conditions  he  would  not  for  a  moment  be  guilty 
of  such  conduct. 

He  is  probably  the  only  specimen  of  the  animal  kingdom 
to  whom  the  word  "friend"  is  Greek.  He  is  to  the  traveling 
man  a  nightmare,  to  the  house  that  sells  him  goods  a  never 
ending  source  of  trouble,  to  his  trade  a  thing  of  mortal  dread, 
and  to  his  neighbors  a  shame.  He  has  never  discovered  that 
a  smile  is  the  cheapest  and  most  effective  piece  of  advertising 
known  to  the  profession.  He  is  not  aware  that  a  few  kind 
words  and  a  slap  on  the  shoulders  are  worth  more  than  a 
whole  page  of  expensive  newspaper  space  in  the  matter  of 
converting  reputable  merchandise  into  cash. 

His  idea  of  sunshine  is  to  "wire"  the  current  around  the 
meter  and  thereby  sidestep  a  light  bill.  The  one  troublesome 
thorn  in  his  flesh  is  the  fact  that  Joseph  P.  Remington  and 
his  party  of  revisers  have  never  devised  a  means  whereby  he 
can  weaken  the  Aqua  pura  with  which  he  Q.  S.'s  prescrip- 
tions. He  is  the  inanimate  package  that  almost  proves  Dar- 
win's theory  that  man  sprang  from  a  monkey,  only  he  leaves 
lis  wondering  why  he  did  not  spring  further! 
I  His  acetic  frown  and  carking  protest  betoken  the  fact  that 
lis  hepatic  organs  are  out  of  order  on  the  wrong  side,  and 
lieemingly,  he  has  never  outgrown  the  attack  of  colic  contracted 
.vhile  passing  through  the  catnip  tea  period  immediately  after 
'lis  arri%al  on  this  otherwise  beautiful  world.  Decent  descrip- 
ive  English  is  as  powerless  to  delineate  his  perverse  nature 
us  is  an  ant  to  move  Gibraltar. 

I  He  pours  his  putrid  vituperation  out  on  the  oldest  and  most 
'lonored  members  of  the  State  association  because  "the  mem- 
liers  have  never  done  anything."  He  finds  fault  with  the  men 
'rho,  at  a  sacrifice  of  money  and  weary  years  of  toil,  have 
|lone  all  they  could  to  raise  pharmacy  to  the  plane  where  it 
'  ightfully  belongs,  while  he  has  never  paid  a  month's  dues  or 
lontributed  anything  but  insulting  letters  to  the  secretary. 
I  His  existence  in  the  world  makes  us  doubt  the  truth  of  the 
jjuch  said  saying  that  "it  takes  all  kinds  of  people  to  make  a 
rorld."  If  it  were  ours  to  draw  the  plans  and  specifications 
'  a  world,  we  would  specify  twice  the  number  of  yellow  dogs 
lequired  and  leave  out  the  grouch,  for  it  is  our  firm  belief 
■hat  half  his  room  in  the  Sahara  Desert  is  worth  more  than 
is  company. 

The  hollow-headed,  cheerful  idiot,  however  stale,  were  a 
lousand  times  more  preferable  than  the  grouch  with  a  brain 
f  Socrates  accompanied  by  the  scowl  of  a  dyspeptic  and  the 
if-meanor  of  the  miser.  He  neglects  his  own  business  in  order 
)  have  time  to  ride  hard  on  the  entire  universe  and  to  see  that 
lings  terrestrial  do  not  go  wrong.  He  usually  begins  the  day 
ith  a  vociferous  arraigning  of  the  President  and  Congress  for 
le  doings  anent  international  affairs,  coming  down  through 
le  various  grades  of  officials  until  the  town  marshal  is 
'ached. 

He  appreciates  nothing,  and  tolerates  the  rising  and  setting 
:  the  sun  merely  because  of  his  inability  to  prevent  these 
[itural  phenomena.  If  all  the  sympathy  in  the  world  were 
'"ought  to  bear  on  him  it  would  not  in  a  thousand  years 
rvaken  a  responsive  throb  within  his  sunken  bosom.  He 
I  efers  to  make  human  hoof  prints  along  the  pathway  of  life, 
ving  this  fairly  appreciative  world  scowls  and  frowns  when 

I'ailes  cost  nothing  per  million,  and  making  howls  while  other 
en  make  history.  Let  us  hope  that  he  will  either  be  removed 
rebuilt. 


QUESTION     BOX 


■West   'Virginia   Ph.A.    Meets   in  June. 
Secretary   P.   S.   Johnston,   of   Elkins,   announces   that   the 
est   Virginia    State    Pharmaceutical    Association    will    meet 
annual  session  at  Morgantown,  on  June  2  and  3. 


Some  druggists  are  like  a  package  of  spoiled  labels :  They 
ie  their  value  as  soon  as  they  get  stuck  on  themselves. 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questious  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  diflieuities,  etc.  Kequests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  AXOXYJIOfS  COMMUNICATIONS 
RECEIVE  XO  ATTENTION  ;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 


Perfumed  Face  Lotion  for  Barbers. 

(F.  M.  M.) — "Please  publish  several  formulas  for  a  per- 
fumed face  lotion  that  would  be  suitable  to  make  and  sell  to 
barber  shops." 

The  lotions  employed  by  barbers  for  use  as  an  "after  shave" 
are  as  numerous  and  varied  as  the  personal  tastes  of  thousands 
of  tonsorial  artists  will  permit.  Bay  rum,  with  hazel  water, 
and  alcohol  enter  into  nearly  all  of  them.  Here  are  some 
typical   formulas : 

(1) 

Bay  rum   2      ounces. 

Witch  hazel  water   2      ounces. 

Glycerin     14  ounce. 

Boric  acid  Vs  dram. 

Rose  water   3      ounces. 

Alcohol    3      ounces. 

Water,  enough  to  make 16      ounces. 

(2) 

Menthol   5      grains. 

Powdered  tragacanth    V2  dram. 

Alcohol     %  ounce. 

Glycerin    2      drams. 

Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel 4      ounces. 

Water    2      ounces. 

Dissolve  the  menthol  in  the  alcohol  and  add  to  the  traga- 
canth contained  in  a  dry  bottle ;  add  the  extract  of  witch  hazel, 
watei  and  glycerin  and  thoroughly  shake, 

(3) 

Quince  seed    3      ounces. 

Boric  acid   1%  drams. 

Carbolic   acid    1      fl.  dram. 

Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel 2      fl.  ounces. 

Glycerin    6      fl.  ounces. 

Perfume  extract    2      fl.  ounces. 

Water  enough  to  make  4      pints. 

Pour  32  fluid  ounces  of  boiling  water  upon  the  quince  seed, 
add  the  acids  and  macerate  for  several  hours,  stirring  occa- 
sionally, decant  the  liquid,  upon  the  residue  pour  16  fluid 
ounces  of  boiling  water,  macerate  again  and  decant  as  before, 
mix  and  strain  the  two  liquids,  add  the  glycerin,  distilled 
witch  hazel  and  perfume  and  finally  the  remainer  of  the 
water.  The  quantity  of  distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel  may 
be  increased,  if  desired,  omitting,  of  course,  a  corresponding 
quantity  of  water. 

After  all  is  said  it  is  probable  that  bay  rum  is  the  best 
"after  shave"  and  there  is  nothing  we  know  of  which  will 
take  its  place. 

Dilute  Phosphoric  Acid  and  Iron  Pyrophosphate. 
(A.  C.  S.) — "I  submit  the  enclosed  prescription: 

Iron   pyrophosphate 

Dilute  phosphoric  acid 

Glycerin 

Sti-ychnine 

Elixir  of  calisaya   (detannated) 

Port  wine   (detannated) 
"When  the  ingredients  are  mixed  a  precipitate  is  formed,  the 
order  of  mixing  them  being  immaterial.     A  clear  solution  can 
be  obtained  and  so  remains  until  the  phosphoric  acid  is  added 


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when  a  precipitate  appears.  After  standing  20  or  30 
minutes  the  solution  becomes  clear  again.  What  is  precipi- 
tated and  why  does  it  go  into  solution  again?" 

The  difficulty  in  this  prescription  arises  from  the  fact  that 
the  pharmacopoeial  dilute  phosphoric  acid  is  incompatible  with 
pyrophosphate  of  iron,  a  gelatinous  precipitate  of  ferric  phos- 
phate resulting  when  these  substances  are  brought  together. 
As  you  hare  not  given  the  quantities  of  the  various  substances 
directed  in  the  prescription  we  cannot  estimate  the  amount  of 
the  precipitate  formed,  but  it  is  probable  that  it  is  so  small 
as  to  be  afterward  dissolved  in  the  combined  liquids  on  allow- 
ing the  mixture  to  stand  for  a  time.  If  this  be  the  case,  it 
is  also  probable  that  the  precipitation  first  noted  could  be 
considerably  retarded  or  prevented  altogether  Ijy  dissolving  the 
iron  pyrophosphate  in  a  little  water  and  adding  to  it  the  elixir 
of  calisaya  and  glycerin  previously  mixed.  Then  dilute  the 
phosphoric  acid  with  the  port  wine  and  mix  the  two  solutions. 
In  this  way  the  reacting  substances  are  brought  together  in 
diluted  form  and  in  the  presence  of  the  glycerin  which  serve 
as  a  "protecting  agent." 

In  this  connection  we  would  say  that  there  are  three  kinds 
of  phosphoric  acid  known  individually  as  the  "meta,"  "pyro," 
and  "ortho"  phosphoric  acids.  The  official  acid  is  the  ortho 
acid  and  it  is  distinguished  from  the  others  by  the  fact  that 
it  does  not  precipitate  tincture  of  iron  nor  coagulate  albumen 
or  gelatin.  The  second  variety  does  not  enter  very  much  into 
this  discussion  more  than  to  say  that  the  other  phosphoric 
acids  are  liable  to  contain  it  as  an  impurity.  Metaphosphoric 
acid  is  obtained  by  dissolving  oxide  of  phosphorus  in  water, 
or  by  heating  the  other  phosphoric  acids  until  no  more  water 
is  given  off.  A  formula  for  dilute  acid  (metaphosphoric)  of 
this  character  is  given  in  the  National  Formulary  (page  3). 
Now  as  to  the  characteristic  reactions  between  these  acids 
and  the  pyrophosphate  and  phosphate  of  iron.  Whenever 
pyrophosphate  of  iron  forms  one  of  the  ingredients  of  a  mix- 
ture containing  dilute  phosphoric  acid,  the  official  tribasic  or 
orthophosphoric  acid  is  unsuitable,  as  it  produces  with  that 
salt  a  gelatinous  precipitate.  A  similar  precipitate  is  almost 
sure  to  occur  when  phosphate  of  iron  is  combined  with  the 
official  acid,  though  the  precipitate  formed  is  not  so  bulky, 
and,  under  certain  conditions  may  not  appear  at  all.  Both 
of  these  salts  are,  however,  perfectly  miscible  with  metaphos- 
phoric or  glacial  phosphoric  acid,  and  if  our  correspondent 
had  used  the  dilute  metaphosphoric  acid  of  the  National 
Formulary  (representing  an  equal  acid  strength  to  the  official 
acid)  he  would  have  had  no  precipitation.  Whether  this 
acid  has  the  same  therapeutic  value  as  the  official  acid  re- 
mains for  the  prescriber  to  decide.  It  probably  has,  but  before 
any  substitution  be  made,  his  consent  should  be  obtained. 


Clearing  Discolored  Ammonia  Water. 

(P.  Bros.) — "We  have  in  stock  about  eight  gallons  of 
stronger  ammonia  water  stored  in  five-gallon  jugs  which,  in 
some  way.  has  become  red.  We  cannot  account  for  the  change 
in  color  and  if  you  can  we  should  like  to  have  you  answer 
in  the  Question  Box  what  you  think  the  trouble  is  and  how 
it  can  be  remedied.  We  have  filtered  the  ammonia  through 
charcoal,  but  were  unable  to  remove  the  color." 

Two  possible  causes  of  coloration  suggest  themselves,  viz., 
the  presence  of  coal  tar  bases  and  fixed  impurities  derived  from 
the  ammoniacal  liquor  of  gas  works  used  in  making  the  am- 
monia water  (defective  purification),  or  the  presence  of  or- 
ganic matter  from  the  corks  of  the  jugs  or  from  other  sources 
which  may  have  accidentally  contaminated  the  preparation. 
In  the  manufacture  of  ammonia  on  the  large  scale  ammoniacal 
liquor  from  gas  works  is  first  mixed  with  milk  of  lime  and 
heated,  the  gaseous  ammonia  being  further  purified  by  passing 
it  through  a  series  of  tubes  filled  with  charcoal  which  retain 
the  empyreumatic  products.  If  these  products  be  the  cause  of 
the  coloration  which  you  report,  they  could  undoubtedly  be 
removed  by  following  a  similar  process,  but  which  is  hardly 
practicable  on  a  small  scale.  If  the  ammonia  has  become  col- 
ored by  organic  substances  it  can  probably  be  only  thoroughly 
restored  by  distillation.  It  is  possible  in  many  cases,  to  re- 
move the  obnoxious  color  by  the  cautious  addition  of  potas- 
sium permanganate ;  yet  the  products  of  decomposition  remain. 
and  the  resulting  solution  could  not  be  satisfactorily  used  for 
internal  or  nice  purposes.  Previous  to  redistillation,  which 
is  a  simple  operation,  the  colored  water  of  ammonia  may  be 
mixed  with  enough  potassium  permanganate  to  give  it  a  de- 
cided tint.     This  will  help  to  destroy  the  volatile  organic  mat- 


ter which  might  otherwise  come  over  with  the  water.  How- 
ever, unless  you  have  special  facilities  for  the  work,  it  is 
doubtful  whether  any  scheme  •  to  decolorize  the  ammonia 
would  prove  commercially  profitable.  The  stock  need  not 
prove  a  dead  loss,  however,  as  it  could  be  easily  utilized  in 
the  preparation  of  any  one  of  a  number  of  household  cleaning 
fluids  which  are  sold  by  druggists  and  in  which  the  tint  is  not 
an  important  factor.  You  could  probably  buy  a  standard 
product  of  high  grade  for  less  than  it  would  cost  you  to  un- 
dertake redistillation. 

Acid  Sodium  Oleate. 

(B.  S.  E. ) — Acid  sodium  oleate  has  been  recommended  for 
the  treatment  of  gall-stones  and  chronic  hepatic  torpor.  It 
may  be  made  as  follows : 

Sodium  hydroxide   . . . .' 25  grams. 

Oleic  acid    280  grams. 

Water   25  Cc. 

Alcohol   (90  per  cent)    50  Cc. 

Dissolve  the  sodium  of  hydroxide  in  the  water  and  add  to  a 
mixture  of  the  oleic  acid  and  alcohol ;  set  aside  in  a  warm 
place  until  clear,  then  pour  into  shallow  dishes,  dry  in  warm 
air,  and  reduce  to  a  powder.  For  a  neutral  oleate  use  oleic 
acid,  285  parts ;  sodium  hydroxide,  40  parts ;  water,  50  parts, 
and  alcohol,  1.50  parts. 

Fluid  Extract  of  Larkspur. 

(J.  S.) — The  last  edition  of  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia  gives  a 
formula,  which  see  (fluid  extract  of  stavesacre).  There  is  no 
official  formula  for  tincture  of  larkspur,  but  an  electic  author- 
ity gives  the  following ; 

Larkspur  seed,  fine  powder 10  av.  ounces. 

Alcohol  to  make 16  fl.  ounces. 

Extract  the  drug  by  maceration  or  percolation. 

Liquor  Ammonii  Anisatus. 

(I.  W.) — A  formula  for  this  preparation  official  in  the 
German  Pharmacopoeia  was  printed  in  the  Eb.\  of  November 
26,  1908,  page  670. 

Mercer  County  Druggists  Entertain   Doctors. 

Trenton.  March  12. — The  annual  banquet  of  the  Mercer 
County  Druggists'  Association  was  held  recently.  The  physi- 
cians of  the  city  were  the  guests  of  the  druggists.  Charles  H. 
Young,  president  of  the  association,  acted  as  toastmaster.  Dr. 
G.  N.  J.  Sommer  responded  to  the  toast.  "The  Druggists'  and 
Physicians'  Club."  Dr.  P.  W.  Yard's  toast  was  "Experience," 
while  Dr.  Martin  W.  Reddan  made  a  hit  in  his  original  song, 
"Glen  Gardner." 

Dr.  John  Bruyere,  who  was  recently  married,  gave  a  toast 
on  "Matrimony."  A.  L.  Updike  talked  on  "Why  I  Am  Not  a 
Druggist" ;  Dr.  Samuel  Freeman,  "The  City's  Poor" ;  Dr. 
Horace  Bellis,  "Athletics,"  and  Dr.  William  S.  Collier,  "The 
Ladies." 

The  committee  in  charge  was  composed  of  Harry  Hughes, 
Isaac  J.  Keuper  and  David  E.  Stretch.  The  officers  of  the 
association  are:  President,  Charles  H.  Young;  vice-president, 
James  L.  Mathes ;  secretary,  George  T.  Fitzgeorge ;  treasurer, 
David  E.  Stretch. 

New  York  State  Pure  Drug  Law  Faulty. 

Albany,  March  14. — Complaint  that  it  is  almost  impossible 
under  the  present  provisions  of  the  so-called  New  York  State 
Pure  Drug  Law  to  secure  convictions  for  violations  is  made 
in  the  annual  report  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  submit- 
ted to  the  Assembly.  The  report  states  that  flagrant  viola- 
tions in  many  cases  go  unpunished  because  .ne  penalty  pro- 
vided by  law  is  such  as  "to  require  a  trial  by  jury  or  before 
a  local  magistrate,  resulting  in  a  miscarriage  of  justice  in  favor 
of  the  defendants." 

The  report  says  that  there  is  almost  a  complete  elimination 
of  the  improper  sale  of  cocaine  as  a  result  of  legislation  upon 
that  subject. 

Election  of  New  England  Association  of  Boards. 

Boston,  March  12. — At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Association  of  Boards  of  Pharmacy  the  following  officers 
were  elected  :  President,  L.  A.  Lamson,  Massachusetts ;  vice- 
president,  D.  F.  Davis,  of  Vermont ;  secretary  and  treasurer, 
Prank  W.  Bueknam,  of  Maine. 


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Personal  Mention 


— Db.  N.  NicoLAi,  of  the  New  York  branch  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co..  is  at  present  in  Boston. 

— J.  E.  Ttleb.  of  Eminence,  Ky.,  has  gone  to  Pineville  in 
the  same  State  to  practice   pharmacy. 

• — C.  W.  West,  of  the  Eastern  Drug  Company,  of  Boston, 
was  a  New  York  City  visitor  last  week. 

—J.  L.  Hopkins,  of  J.  L.  Hopkins  &  Co.,  of  New  York, 
is  taking  a  short  rest  at  Pinehurst,  N.  C. 

— F.  M.  LoRiNG,  of  Harvart  street,  Dorchester,  Mass.,  has 
recently  been  confined  to  his  home  by  illness. 

— T.  Edward  Atchison,  of  Batavia,  N.  Y..  has  been  elected 
mayor  on  the  Democratic  ticket  in  that  village. 

—W.  H.  Barb,  president  of  the  W.  H.  Barr  Drug  Company, 
of  Milwaukee,  made  a  recent  business  trip  to  Chicago. 

— C.  C.  Veith,  of  Dansville.  N.  Y.,  has  joined  the  automo- 
bilists,  having  purchased  a  new  touring  car  in  Buffalo. 

— A.  S.  Brooks,  secretary  of  the  Michigan  Drug  Company, 
of  Detroit,  ilich.,  was  a  New  York  City  visitor  last  week. 

— W.  B.  Kaufmann,  head  of  the  importing  department  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  is  enjoying  a  short  sojourn  in  Florida. 

— E.  G.  Swift,  general  manager  of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.'s 
laboratory,  Detroit,  lost  a  valuable  launch  by  fire  recently. 

— O.  O.  TuBNEB,  manager  of  Webb's  King  Hill  Pharmacy, 
St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  has  recovered  from  a  severe  attack  of  grip. 

— A.  J.  Fellows,  of  Chatham.  N.  Y..  who  has  been  ill  in  the 
Albany  Hospital,  was  considerably  improved  at  last  accounts. 

—Miss  Cecil  BIadeb,  of  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  has  accepted  a 
position  with  the  McDonald-Strassburger  Pharmacy  at  that 
city. 

— J.  A.  Webeb,  of  Pekin,  111.,  who  recently  sold  his  phar- 
macy, has  taken  a  position  with  the  Pioneer  Life  Insurance 
Company. 

— W.  D.  RowLES,  of  the  special  preparation  department  of 
the  New  York  branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has  gone  to  Pine- 
hurst, N.  C. 

— John  B.  Thomas,  of  the  Thomas  &  Thompson  Drug  Co., 
Baltimore,  went  with  Mrs.  Thomas  to  Atlantic  City  last  week 
on  a  brief  vacation. 

— W.  J.  Barker,  for  the  last  eight  years  with  West's  drug 
stores.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  has  accepted  a  position  with 
Mnir's  Drug  Store. 

— Waldo  E.  Dbdmmond,  of  Huntington,  W.  Va.,  has  be- 
come the  prescriptionist  at  the  Chester  A.  Baird  pharmacy 
in  Zanesville,  Ohio. 

— Habbt  Hubby,  of  the  special  preparation  department  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Chicago,  spent  last  week  in  the  home 
laboratories  in  Detroit. 

— Peofessob  JIobbison,  chemist  to  Lymans,  Ltd.,  recently 
lectured  before  the  Montreal  College  of  Pharmacy  on  "Per- 
fumes, Artificial  and  Natural." 

— Justin  Keith,  Western  representative  of  J.  L.  Hopkins 
&  Co.,  is  visiting  friends  in  New  York  City  after  covering  an 
extensive  territory  in  the  West. 

— Julius  Gebicke.  formerly  connected  with  the  Heimstreet 
Pharmacy  at  Lake  Mills,  Wis.,  has  resigned  to  devote  his  time 
to  studies  which  he  is  pursuing. 

— F.  E.  BoGABT  and  Harry  T.  Carver,  of  Farrand,  Williams 
&  Clark,  Detroit.  Mich.,  were  callers  upon  the  wholesale  trade 
in  New  York  City  a  week  ago. 

— W.  F.  Baum.  a  well-known  member  of  the  Illinois  State 
Pb.A.,  will  probably  be  elected  mayor  of  Danville.  He  is  a 
candidate  on   the   Republican  ticket. 

— SAMtJEL  Williabd,  Eastern  sales  manager  for  the  Coca- 
Cola  Company,  with  oflices  in  New  York,  was  a  visitor  last 
week  at  the  Drug  Club  of  Philadelphia. 

— V.  O.  Peters,  formerly  associated  with  E.  J.  Nolin  in 
the  drug  business  in  Mansfield.  Ohio,  is  mentioned  as  a  candi- 
date for  mayor  of  Shelby  in  the  same  State. 

— A.  J.  HoBLiCK,  of  Horlick's  Malted  Milk  Company,  Ra- 
cine, Wis.,  and  also  mayor  of  that  city,  was  a  caller  upon  the 
wholesale  drug  trade  in  New  York  City  some  days  ago. 

— Charles  Uzzell,  of  Granite  City,  111,,  has  been  nomi- 
nated for  mayor  on  the  Labor  ticket,  with  an  excellent  chance 
for  election.     He  has  already  served  his  city  as  treasurer. 

— H.  F.   Badeb,   for  37   years  engaged   in   the   retail   drug 


business  in  East  St.  Louis,  111.,  has  decided  to  retire  and  will 
engage  in  the  manufacture  of  medicinal  preparations  in  the 
future. 

— John  Hallock,  pharmacist  at  the  South  End  Drug  Store, 
Hillsdale,  Mich.,  married  Miss  Selma  Dahlstrom,  at  the  home 
of  the  bride's  parents  in  Cadillac.  They  will  reside  at  49 
Bacon  street  west. 

— R.  P.  Walters,  former  proprietor  of  Walters  Drug  Store, 
De  Land,  Fla.,  has  been  appointed  general  agent  of  the  Colum- 
bian National  Life  Insurance  Company  for  the  State  of  Flor- 
ida, with  headquarters  in  De  Land. 

— Clayton  French,  a  director  of  the  Smith,  Kline  & 
French  Co.,  and  a  son  of  H.  B.  French,  the  vice-president  of 
the  corporation,  led  the  Drug  Club  team  in  bowling  in  last 
week's  matches,  having  one  score  of  204. 

— L.  N.  Benton,  who  sold  his  drug  business  in  Illinois  last 
fall  and  went  to  Oklahoma  City,  plans  to  return  to  the  former 
State  as  soon  as  he  can  arrange  his  affairs.  He  expects  to 
locate  at  Aurora.  Sterling.  Rockford  or  Elgin. 

— Chables  Wagner,  of  St.  Louis,  a  favorite  entertainer 
at  druggists'  social  gatherings  and  for  a  number  of  years  with 
T.  B.  Lippincott  &  Co.,  soda  supply  manufacturers  of  that 
city,  is  now  selling  Hires'  Automatic  Munimakers  in  that  city. 

— A.  J.  MoBE,  of  Sioux  City,  Iowa,  and  Mrs.  More  were  in 
New  York  City  for  several  days  last  week.  They  report  a 
very  pleasant  time.  Mr.  More  is  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  membership  of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation. 

— Clyde  Goodrich,  accompanied  by  his  wife,  of  Marcellus, 
Mich.,  recently  visited  the  Chicago  jobbers.  They  were  on 
■  the  way  to  Florida,  where  they  will  spend  a  few  days  before 
leaving  for  Cuba,  where  they  expect  to  stay  the  balance  of 
winter. 

— Fbank  W.  Fluck.  the  dignified  president  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  surprised  his  many 
friends  and  incidentally  made  a  big  hit  when  he  appeared  as 
one  of  the  endmen  in  a  minstrel  show  given  by  the  Northwest 
Business  Men's  Association  of  Philadelphia. 

— H.  Duebfeldt.  manager  of  the  Herpicide  Company,  has 
resigned  and  purchased  an  interest  in  Murgittroyd's  Drug 
Store,  of  Spokane,  Wash.  The  Herpicide  Company's  em- 
ployees presented  to  him  a  handsome  leather  traveling  bag  as 
a  farewell  gift.  He  will  make  a  buying  trip  East  before  leav- 
ing for  Spokane. 

— P.  P.  Bbown,  who  looks  after  the  interests  of  the  Ar- 
mour laboratories  in  Philadelphia,  is  the  pi-esent  candle-pin 
champion  at  the  Drug  Club.  The  record  was  held  for  a  few 
hours  by  R.  H.  Lackey,  a  well-known  retailer,  but  Mr.  Brown 
established  a  new  figure  while  Mr.  Lackey's  friends  were  still 
congratulating  him. 

— Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  dean  of  the  department  of 
pharmacy  at  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  of  Philadelphia, 
and  Prof.  C.  H.  Kimberly,  a  member  of  the  same  faculty,  are 
among  the  recent  applicants  for  membership  to  the  Drug  Club 
of  that  city.  Another  is  Prof.  Frank  X.  Moerk,  professor  of 
analytical  chemistry  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
— Godfrey  Olin  Hancock,  of  Asbury  Park,  N.  J.,  who 
was  president  of  his  class  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  1906.  and  is  now  looking  after  the  interests  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.  at  Wilmington.  Del.,  called  on  old  friends  and 
classmates  in  the  Quaker  City  in  the  course  of  a  business 
visit.  Incidentally  he  put  in  his  application  for  nou-resident 
membership  in  the  Drug  Club  of  that  city. 

— Miebs  Busch,  of  Shoemaker  &  Busch,  of  Philadelphia, 
has  been  spending  a  week  in  the  interior  of  Pennsylvania  look- 
ing after  the  trade  in  the  territory  covered  by  one  of  their 
sales  representatives.  Charles  H.  Marcy,  of  Altoona.  The 
many  friends  of  the  latter,  who  is  the  local  secretary  for  the 
1909  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association 
at  Bedford  Springs,  will  hear  with  regret  of  his  serious 
illness. 

— Chicago  visitors  last  week  included  the  following  drug- 
gists :  E.  T.  Scott,  Westville,  Ind. ;  C.  E.  Tragardh,'  Rock- 
ford,  111. ;  L.  H.  Mattern,  Hammond,  Ind.  ;  J.  M.  Alte,  Buck- 
ley. III. :  B.  J.  Burkhart.  Fayette.  Ind. :  H.  D.  Stone,  Albion, 
Ind. ;  J.  W.  Schempf,  Watertown,  Wis. :  A.  Pretzinger,  of 
R.  Pretzinger  &  Bros.,  Dayton,  Ohio ;  W.  C.  Porterfield,  Silver 
City,  N.  M. ;  C.  E.  Cameron,  Alta,  Iowa ;  L.  A.  Wangler, 
of  Wangler  Brothers,  Waterloo.  Iowa ;  J.  Crocker,  Maroa,  III, : 
Mr.  Roberts,  of  Roberts  Drug  Company,  Bloomfield,  Iowa ; 
E,  P.  Lockhart.  Norwa.v.  Mich. ;  G.  Brown.  Sheridan,  Wyo. 


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[March  18,  1909 


OBITUARY. 


Bradhurst  SchiefEelin,  of  New  York. 

Bradhurst  Schieffelin,  who  introduced  peti-oleum  to  the 
world  commercially  iu  1860,  aud  until  his  retirement  from 
business  some  years  ago,  was  a  member  of  Schieffelin  &  Co., 
New  York,  which  was  established  by  his  grandfather,  died  last 
week  from  a  complication  of  diseases  at  his  home  in  Centre 
street,  Richmond.  S.  I.,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years.  He 
leaves  a  widow,  who  was  with  him  when  he  died,  and  two 
daughters,  who  are  now  in  Europe. 

Mr.  SchiefEelin  was  born  in  New  York  City  in  1824,  the 
son  of  Henry  Hamilton  and  Marie  Teresa  (Bradhurst) 
Schieffelin.  He  married  Lucy  Dodge,  of  Montpelier,  Vt.  He 
organized  a  committee  of  citizens  to  co-operate  with  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  in  the  Civil  War,  and  in  the  commercial  crisis 
that  followed  the  war  he  provided  food  and  shelter  for 
thousands  of  the  destitute. 


Druggist  Killed  by  Fall  on  a  Picket  Fence. 
LouisvuLLE,  March  14. — A  peculiar  accident  happened  to 
Edward  Guthrie,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Hardinsburg,  a  town 
not  far  from  this  city.  He  was  found  dead  with  his  head 
through  the  iron  pickets  of  the  fence  surrounding  the  Court 
House.  The  body  was  discovered  by  some  boys  and  they  im- 
mediately summoned  several  men  who  removed  it  from  its  po- 
sition. The  supposition  is  that  he  was  seized  with  a  fainting 
spell  while  passing,  leaned  on  the  fence  and  losing  conscious- 
ness, fell.  His  neck  was  broken.  The  accident  happened  only 
an  hour  after  he  had  left  the  drug  store  in  apparently  the 
best  of  health. 


Virginia  Druggist  Slioots  Himself. 
Richmond,  Va.,  March  1.5. — B.  P.  Eubank,  a  druggist  of 
Halifax  County,  Virginia,  committed  suicide  March  3  by 
firing  a  bullet  through  his  heart.  He  had  been  despondent. 
Mr.  Eubank  was  40  years  old  and  was  moving  to  Elizabeth 
City,  N.  C.  The  furniture  was  already  on  the  train,  and  a 
number  of  friends  of  the  family  were  to  assemble  at  the  sta- 
tion to  see  them  off.  He  formerly  lived  in  South  Boston, 
where  he  was  engaged  in  business,  and  leaves  a  widow  and 
five  children. 


Angelo,  Tex.,  aged  49.  He  went  there  14  years  ago  from  Oak- 
ville,  111.    A  widow  and  son  survive. 

— De.  Edmund  C.  Gibbs,  who  left  pharmacy  to  become  a 
physician,  is  dead  at  his  home  in  North  Baltimore,  Md.,  aged 
53.    A  widow  and  five  children  survive. 

— E.  .J.  Danowsky,  of  Allentown,  Pa.,  died  almost  in- 
stantly of  heart  disease  recently  while  entering  his  pharmacy. 
He  was  07  years  old  and  leaves  two  married  daughters. 

— Db.  S.  C.  Price.  71  years  old,  a  pioneer  physician  of 
Jopliu,  Mo.,  who  established  the  first  pharmacy  in  that  town, 
died  recently  in  Los  Angeles,  wither  he  had  gone  for  his  health. 

— J.  Aborn  Smith,  of  Waterbury,  Conn.,  is  dead,  aged  48, 
leaving  a  widow  and  one  daughter.  He  had  been  engaged  in 
the  drug  business  in  several  Connecticut  cities  and  was  a 
prominent  Mason. 

— R.  E.  SiiELTON,  who  had  been  connected  with  pharmacies 
iu  Woodland,  San  Francisco  and  other  places,  died  recently 
in  Dutch  Flat  of  ill  health,  following  exposure  at  a  fire.  His 
wife  and  mother  were  with  him. 

— Weston  Nelson,  for  many  years  connected  with  the 
Minard's  Liniment  Manufacturing  Company,  is  dead,  aged  74. 
He  had  been  with  the  company  both  in  Boston  and  in  South 
Pramingham,  where  it  is  now  located. 

— .loiiN  If.  Hennellt,  employed  as  a  clerk  by  Glynn  & 
Kelly,  druggists,  Waltham,  Mass.,  is  dead,  aged  31.  He  had 
attended  both  Boston  College  and  the  Massachusetts  College 
of  Pharmacy,  and  he  had  a  wide  circle  of  friends. 

— Robert  Simons  who  some  years  ago  gave  up  the  retail 
drug  business  to  go  on  the  police  force  of  Philadelphia,  was 
killed  on  a  railroad  while  chasing  a  fugitive.  His  promotion 
to  the  position  of  house  sergeant  had  been  announced. 

— R.  A.  Downing,  of  Pumell  &  Downing  and  one  of  the 
best  known  business  men  of  Lexington,  Ky.,  died  recently  of 
paralysis,  in  his  6.5th  year.  He  served  in  the  Civil  War. 
was  a  member  of  the  G.A.R  and  leaves  a  widow  and  four 
children. 

— Prank  Mabbubt  Stockdell.  a  traveling  salesman  of 
Petersburg,  Va.,  died  recently  in  a  hospital  in  Atlanta,  Ga., 
following  an  operation  for  acute  appendicitis,  aged  25  years. 
He  was  formerly  connected  with  the  Powers-Taylor  Drug  Com- 
pany, of  Richmond,  and  was  a  brother  of  Hugh  Stockdell,  of 
Petersburg. 


Another  Bereavement  for  J.  E.  Howard. 
Deteoit,  March  13. — J.  Edward  Howard,  secretary  of  the 
Drug  Merchants  of  America,  whose  wife  was  recently  laid  to 
rest  in  this  city,  was  again  called  here  this  week  by  the  death 
of  his  father,  John  McLean  Howard,  who  passed  away  Thurs- 
day. Mr.  Howard  was  65  years  old.  Besides  J.  Edward 
Howard,  a  widow  and  one  other  son,  John  Howard,  of  Port 
Huron,  survive. 


Druggist  Killed  in  Wreck  of  Railroad  Train. 
Davenport,  Iowa,  March  15. — Frank  Nadler,  of  this  city, 
was  instantly  killed  recently  in  an  accident  to  a  passenger 
train  on  the  Muscatine  Railroad.  The  car  rolled  down  a  20- 
foot  embankment.  Two  of  his  brothers,  living  in  Moline, 
are  druggists. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— Andrew  Linn,  former  druggist  of  Fayette  County,  Pa., 
died  recently  in  North  Dakota,  aged  87. 

— Feed  Rauscher,  of  Laton.  Cal.,  is  dead.  He  was  a 
native  of  California,  aged  48,  and  leaves  a  widow. 

— Charles  H.  Thorp,  brother  of  Will  R.  Thori>,  druggist 
at  Milton  Junction,  Wis.,  is  dead,  aged  39,  of  pneumonia. 

— Frank  L.  Fry,  for  25  years  a  druggist  at  Manor,  Pa., 
died  recently  of  brain  trouble  in  a  Pittsburg  hospital.  He 
was  41. 

— William  Hummel,  for  30  years  a  prominent  druggist 
of  Philadelphia,  died  at  the  Masonic  Home  recently,  aged  70 
years. 

— Edwin  T.  Dilworth,  late  president  of  the  Standard 
Pharmacy,  Wilmington,  Del.,  is  dead,  aged  54.  A  widow  and 
two  children  survive. 

— Frank  Wolleman,  for  nine  years  a  trusted  employee  of 
Parrand,  Williams  &  Clark,  Detroit,  died  last  week  after  a 
brief  illness  with  lung  trouble. 

— J.  J.  Nussbaumer,  formerly  a  druggist,  is  dead  in  San 


CHEMISTS  HONOR  DR.  HUGO  SCHWEITZER. 


Salamanders,  Speeches  and  Songs  at  Triple  Anniversary 
Celebrated  Last  Saturday  at  the  Liederkranz. 

There  was  a  notable  gathering  of  chemists  at  the  Lieder- 
kranz Saturday  in  honor  of  Dr.  Hugo  Schweitzer,  who  had 
been  closely  identified  with  the  chemical  industries  in  this 
country  for  many  years.  The  chemical  societies  of  which  he  is 
a  member,  desirous  of  showing  their  appreciation  of  his 
services,  assembled  in  strong  force  to  celebrate  the  25th  anni- 
versary of  Dr.  Schweitzer's  doctorate  in  chemistry,  the  20th 
of  his  landing  in  America,  and  the  15th  of  his  secretaryship 
of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry.  Various  chemical  or- 
ganizations were  present — the  American  Chemical  Society,  the 
Verein  Deutscher  Chemiker,  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry, 
and  the  Chemists'  Club. 

The  celebration  was  entirely  informal,  being  in  the  form 
of  a  commers.  The  chief  address  of  the  evening  was  made  by 
Prof.  Charles  P.  Chandler,  of  Columbia  University,  who 
traced  the  career  of  Dr.  Schweitzer.  In  a  few  felicitous  re- 
marks T.  J.  Parker  presented  to  Dr.  Schweitzer  a  magnificent 
silver  tea  service. 

Mr.  S^itz,  president  of  the  Liederkranz  Club ;  I.  J.  R.  Muur- 
ling,  president  of  the  Farbenfabriken  of  Elberfeld  Company : 
Comptroller  Metz  and  others  spoke,  with  salamanders  and 
songs  betVveen.  Ellwood  Hendrick  officiated  as  presiding 
officer. 


Miercer  Faculty  and  Students  at  Dinner. 
Macon,  /  March  15. — The  pharmacy  class  at  fiercer  Uni- 
versity en|ertained  the  pharmacy  faculty  of  the  college  at  a 
delightful  i' banquet  at  Ed  Loh's  restaurant  recently.  The 
guests  wei*e  Dr.  M.  A.  Clarke,  Prof.  J.  F.  Sellers,  Prof.  A. 
J.  Ayers,  land  Dr.  Ben  S.  Persons.  Leroy  Croom  was  the 
toastmastei',  and  responses  were  made  by  H.  L.  Arnold,  E. 
T.  Arnoli  T.  H.  Carmichael,  H.  C.  Barnett,  Livingston 
Henry.  I.  fG.  Prim,  J.  B.  Warthen,  and  G.  W.  Williams. 


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DOUBLE  SESSION  FOR  B.A.R.D.  AND  THE  A.PHA. 


BROOKLYN  C.  OF.  P.  TO  BURN  MORTGAGE. 


Valuable  Papers  Kead  and  Dinner  Enjoyed  by  Members 
of  Both  Organizations  at  the  Hotel  Plaza. 

Boston.  March  12. — The  third  joint  meeting  of  the  B.A.R.D. 
and  the  New  England  section  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  was  held  on  Wednesday  at  the  Hotel  Plaza  in 
Columbus  avenue,  and  it  proved  to  be  the  best  of  the  series. 
The  attendance  reached  50.  The  B.A.R.D.  for  the  first  time 
held  its  regular  meeting  at  the  Plaza  at  4  in  the  afternoon, 
with  Prof.  Elie  H.  La  Pierre  presiding.  The  most  notable 
incident  of  the  meeting  was  the  election  of  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard, 
one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the  association  and  one  of  the 
hest-known  druggists  in  the  country,  to  honorary  membership 
in  the  Boston  association.  Three  new  members  were  also 
elected.  James  F.  Finneran,  chairman  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee, submitted  a  report  of  progress  on  the  various  matters 
pending  before  the  Legislature  relating  to  pharmacy  and  its 
interests.     The  report  was  listened  to  with  close  attention. 

At  6  o'clock  dinner  was  served  at  the 
Hotel  Plaza,  and  to  this  event  about  50 
members  sat  down.  President  C.  Herbert 
Packard,  of  East  Boston,  of  the  local  sec- 
tion of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, presided.  After  dinner  there 
were  a  number  of  important  papers  pre- 
sented, followed  by  general  discussion,  so 
that  the  meeting  did  not  break  up  until 
after  10.30,  making  a  continuous  session 
of  over  six  hours  for  many  of  those  who 
attended. 

Prof.  Charles  F.  Xixon,  of  Leominster, 
read  an  essay  on  "U.S. P.  and  N.F. 
Syrups."  Frank  F.  Ernst,  of  Jamaica 
Plain,  spoke  on  laboratory  apparatus, 
and  illustrated  the  talk  with  a  variety  of 
articles.  James  F.  Finneran  spoke  on 
"Medicinal  Wines  Used  in  Pharmacy." 


Minnesota  Pharmacist  Honored 


Banquet  at  Kansas  City. 

Kansas  City,  March  12. — Two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  members  of  the  Kansas 
City  Retail  Druggists'  Association  at- 
tended the  association's  sixth  annual  ban- 
quet at  the  Coates  House.  The  affair 
was  one  of  the  best  ever  given  by  the 
druggists  and  was  greatly  enjoyed.  Judge 
W.  T.  Bland  was  toastmaster.  Those  who 
responded  to  toasts  were  :  Mayor  Thomas 
T.  Crittenden,  Jr..  "Shall  a  Druggist  Mix 
in  Politics?"  ;  Dr.  Jabez  Jackson,  "Shall 
Druggists'  Banquets  be  Wet  or  Dry?"; 
C,  L.  Abraham,  "The  Trials  of  the  Retail 
Druggist,"  and  Dr.  F.  G.  Crandall,  "The 
Retail  Druggist  From  the  View  Point  of 
a  Salesman.  " 

Following  the  toasts  an  impromptu  lit- 
erary programme  was  given.  Master 
Carleton  Coon  made  one  of  the  hits  of 
the  evening  with  a  song.  Ernest  Maguire 
recited  some  Irish  stories  and  sang  some 

Irish   songs.     Fred   Farr.   assisted   by  E.   E.   Ellis,   did   some 
clever  whistling  and  band  imitations. 

D.  V.  Whitney,  president  of  the  association,  and  Romania 
Wells,  secretary,  had  charge  of  the  affair. 


HEKMAX  W.  EEITZKE. 
o£  Minneapolis,  has  been  appointed  by 
the  Governor  as  a  member  of  the  Min- 
nesota State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  suc- 
ceeding C.  T.  Heller,  of  St.  Paul,  who 
becomes  .secretary  of  the  board.  Mr. 
Reitzlie  has  been  prominent  iu  the 
N.A.R.D.,  having  been  member  of  the 
National  legislative  committee.  He 
was  president  of  the  Minnesota  State 
Ph.A.  in  1906. 


Will  Fight  the  Parcels-Post  Measure. 

Appleton,  Wis.,  March  15. — Appleton  druggists  will  send 
petitions  to  Congress  asking  for  defeat  of  the  Parcels-Post 
Bill.  Druggists  to  a  man  in  the  Outagamie  County  Dniggists' 
Association  are  opposed  to  the  parcels-post. 

An  important  business  meeting  was  held  recently  by  the 
Outagamie  County  Druggists'  Association  and  matters  of  in- 
terest to  the  trade  were  discussed,  although  it  was  voted  to 
keep  secret  the  results  of  the  discussions.  It  is  expected  that 
several  radical  changes  in  the  policy  of  the  association  will 
be  the  result  of  action  taken  at  the  meeting. 

Members  of  the  association  were  recently  the  guests  of  the 
Outagamie  County  Medical  Society  at  the  annual  banquet  of 
the  latter  organization  held  at  the  Ritger  Hotel  at  Appleton. 


Kings  County  Ph.S.  Hears  Gratifying  News  and  Dis- 
cusses Pharmacy  Legislation  Pending  in  Albany. 
The  final  arrangements  to  pay  off  the  entire  debt  on  the 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  were  practically  completed  at 
a  meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  held 
March  9.  Dr.  William  Muir  explained  that  there  was  now 
enough  cash  in  the  college  treasury  to  cancel  the  entire  debt 
on  the  society's  institution,  and  introduced  a  resolution  that 
the  mortgage  be  paid  before  April  1.  This  resolution  was 
unanimously  adopted  with  a  display  of  much  enthusiasm.  The 
sum  that  will  clear  the  institution  of  debt  is  .$6700. 

Dr.  Muir,  in  commenting  upon  the  struggle  for  funds,  also 
stated  some  interesting  facts  in  connection  with  the  founding 
of  the  institution  and  its  subsequent  history.  He  told  how 
sis  years  ago  when  the  present  building  was  completed  there 
was  a  debt  on  it  amounting  to  §45,000.  He  praised  the  trus- 
tees and  faculty  of  the  college  for  their  work  and  congratu- 
lated them  upon  the  excellent  results. 
Nowhere,  said  Dr.  Muir,  did  he  know  of 
any  institution  owned  and  controlled  en- 
tirely by  retail  pharmacists  which  equalled 
the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy.  The 
institution  is  worth  .$70,000  and  is  a 
monument  such  as  can  be  looked  upon 
with  pride  by  all  the  retail  pharmacists 
in  the  borough.  He  announced  that 
there  would  be  a  gala  affair  on  April  15 
in  the  college  in  celebration  of  the  free- 
dom from  debt,  when  the  mortgage  would 
be  burned  with  appropriate  ceremonies, 
and  a  number  of  speakers  and  guests 
would  be  present.  A  dinner  will  also  be 
a  feature. 

A  committee  consisting  of  Jacob 
Rehfuss,  president ;  Andrew  E.  Hege- 
man,  secretary,  and  Oscar  C.  Kleine, 
treasurer,  was  appointed  to  carry  out  the 
financial  arrangements  in  regard  to  the 
payment  and  cancellation  of  the  mort- 
gage. 

Treasttrer  Kleine  read  his  report  show- 
ing the  excellent  financial  standing  of  the 
society  and  the  college,  there  being 
$9220.92  in  the  college  treasury  and 
$258.89  in  the  society's  account. 

Dr.  Muir,  as  chairman  of  the  legis- 
lative committee,  announced  that  the  new 
pharmacy  bill  would  be  introduced  in  the 
Legislature  and  explained  its  more  im- 
portant provisions.  The  bill  was  endorsed 
at  the  last  meeting  of  the  society,  but  a 
number  of  members  who  were  not  present 
at  the  previous  meeting  started  a  discus- 
sion on  the  measure.  In  regard  to  the 
matter  of  an  appointive  board  with  power 
rested  in  the  Governor  of  the  State,  the 
sentiment  was  expressed  by  some  mem- 
bers that  it  was  a  step  in  the  right  direc- 
tion. There  were,  however,  several  others 
who  declared  that  the  whole  matter  of  pharmacy  legislation 
was  only  brought  up  by  the  Governor  for  the  purpose  of  creat- 
ing and  giving  more  patronage  to  the  executive. 

Others  stated  that  they  were  glad  to  see  that  there  was 
to  be  publicity  in  pharmacy  matters  and  started  to  take  to 
task  the  present  board,  claiming  that  the  board  held  matters 
so  secret  that  it  was  impossible  for  a  druggist  to  ascertain 
if  he  was  right  or  wrong.  One  member  declared  that  it  was 
wrong  not  to  publish  the  analysis  of  all  samples  collected,  so 
that  the  pharmacist  could  verify  them  himself  and  learn  in 
this  way  the  methods  used  in  making  the  analysis. 

Dr.  Muir  explained  that  the  methods  employed  in  analyzing 
U.S.P.  products  were  the  tests  laid  down  in  the  U.S.P.  and 
on  any  other  products  the  method  of  analysis  would  be  gladly 
given  by  the  board's  chemist  at  any  time  upon  application. 
Dr.  Muir  also  stated  that  he  was  in  favor  of  the  new  bill,  and 
taking  into  consideration  the  present  developments  in  phar- 
macy he  felt  satisfied  that  the  assuming  of  the  responsibility 
by  the  State  was  to  the  betterment  of  conditions  in  pharmacy 


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at  the  present  time.  There  would  be  sutlicient  publicity  wheu 
the  new  bill  became  a  law.  said  Dr.  Muir,  for  the  district 
attorney  in  each  county  would  handle  the  prosecutions  and 
the  newspapers  would  give  the  publicity.  When  a  druggist's 
preparations  were  found  lacking  because  of  some  slight  care- 
lessness on  the  part  of  a  clerk  or  the  proprietor,  the  people 
would  be  promptly  informed  and  form  their  opinion. 

John  G.  Wischert,  chairman  of  the  trade  matters  commit- 
tee, stated  that  practically  all  the  local  territory  had  been 
covered  in  the  propaganda  campaign.  There  had  been  seven 
months  of  uninterrupted  work  that  had  brought  results  even 
surpassing  those  attained  last  year.  lie  thought  that  the  com- 
mittee would  probably  continue  the  work  until  the  end  of  the 
present  month  and  then  cease  activity  until  the  coming  fall. 
Thanks  were  extended  to  Dr.  Van  Horn,  the  detail  man,  for 
his  thorough  and  conscientious  canvas  of  the  physicians,  and 
hopes  expressed  that  he  would  consider  a  call  when  the  work 
was  to  be  resumed. 

The  following  were  elected  to  membership :  Louis  Gaer. 
Edwin  J.  Woelfe,  Marcus  A.  Schochter,  Maurice  A.  Cohn  and 
Alfred  S.  Bayles.  Those  proposed  for  membership  :  Abraham 
J.  Kramer,  Meyer  Strongin,  William  A.  Hoburg,  Jr.,  and 
Ch.  Zinklinder. 

Following  are  the  names  of  the  members  on  the  committee 
of  arrangements  in  charge  of  the  banquet  and  ceremonies 
which  are  to  be  given  upon  the  occasion  of  burning  the  mort- 
gage :  William  Muir,  Phar.D.,  chairman  :  William  C.  Ander- 
son, Phar.D. ;  Frederic  P.  Tuthill.  Phar.D.  :  Adrian  Paradis. 
Ph.G. ;  Thomas  J.  France.  Ph.G. 


FAVORS  HONESTY  IN  N.F.  NOMENCLATURE. 


New  York's  Resolutions  Endorsing  Dr.  Wiley  are  Also 

Approved  by  Washington  Branch  of  the  A.PH.A. 

Washington.  March  12. — The  March  meeting  of  the  City 
of  Washington  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation was  devoted  to  a  discussion  of  the  National  For- 
mulary and  was  generally  admitted  to  have  been  the  most  in- 
teresting and  in  many  ways  the  most  profitable  meeting  held 
by  this  branch. 

Dr.  Lyman  F.  Kebler,  in  discussing  the  nomenclature  of 
the  National  Formulary  pointed  out  the  need  for  calling 
attention  to  the  shortcomings  of  the  National  Formulary  as 
well  as  the  Pharmacoptpia  and  that  only  by  calling  attention 
to  the  shortcomings  of  these  official  standards  could  progress 
be  made.  He  criticised  the  nomenclature  of  the  National 
Formulary  severely  and  asserted  that  what  was  accepted  as 
being  proper  three  years  ago  was  now  illegal  and  that  names 
long  in  use,  but  defective,  should  be  changed  so  as  to  bring 
them  in  harmony  with  the  legal  requirements. 

Dr.  Kebler  quoted  a  number  of  National  Formulary  names 
to  show  that  in  every  respect  they  were  as  objectionable  as 
many  of  the  trade  names  that  had  been  ruled  on  as  being 
objectionable  under  the  rulings  adopted  to  enforce  the  pure 
food  and  drug  law.  Among  the  preparations  that  he  classed 
as  being  particularly  objectionable  are :  Elixir  of  cinchona, 
emulsion  of  petroleum,  compound  elixir  of  celery  seed,  and 
essence  of  pepsin.  He  pointed  out  how  these  and  other  official 
names  had  hampered  the  enforcement  of  the  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  and  that  a  thorough  revision  of  the  nomenclature  of  the 
National  Formulary  was  very  much  to  be  desired. 

Alexander  Muncaster,  a  former  druggist,  now  a  member 
of  the  local  bar,  discussed  the  legal  aspects  of  the  nomenclature 
of  drugs,  more  particularly  in  connection  with  the  provi- 
sions of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  and  the  District  of 
Columbia  pharmacy  act.  He  also  pointed  out  that  although 
adulterating  and  misbranding  imply  dishonesty,  yet  both  are 
frequently  done  by  persons  who  are  honest  in  purpose,  but 
who  are  more  or  less  ignorant  of  a  correct  interpretation  of 
the  law. 

Samuel  L.  Hilton  discussed  the  revision  of  the  National 
Formulary.  (His  paper  will  be  found  on  page  253  of  this 
issue  of  the  Eba.  ) 

Dr.  H.  W.  Wiley  in  discussing  the  several  communications 
agreed  with  the  readers  of  the  papers  that  the  nomenclature 
of  the  National  Formulary  was  in  need  of  careful  revision, 
and  asserted  that  so  far  as  the  committee  on  revision  of  the 
National  Formulary  was  concerned  it  was  clearly  a  case  of 
"noblesse  oblige."  Nothing  in  the  National  Formulary  should 
conflict  with  either  the  letter  or  the  spirit  of  the  Food  and 


Unms  .Vit.  lie  believes  it  advisable  to  call  a  spade  a  spade 
and  to  insist  that  the  National  standards  contain  a  "pure 
bred"  nomenclature  based  on  a  principle  and  that  that  prin- 
ciple be  honesty. 

Dr.  G.  L.  Magruder  expressed  the  belief  that  the  communi- 
cations presented  demonstrated  the  need  for  careful  revision 
of  the  National  Formulary.  He  commended  the  suggestions 
made  by  Mr.  Hilton  as  being  practical  and  in  line  with  what 
had  been  done  in  the  District  of  Columbia  many  years  ago. 
The  communications  were  further  discussed  by  Messrs.  Easter- 
day,  Wilbert  and  Dr.  Kebler. 

At  the  business  session  a  cummunication  from  the  Philadel- 
phia Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  was  presented,  inviting  the  mem- 
bers of  the  City  of  Washington  Branch  to  take  part  in  an 
exhibition  of  pharmaceutical  preparations  at  the  meeting  of 
the  American  Medical  Association  in  Atlantic  City,  in  June. 

A  communication  from  the  New  York  Planch  was  read,  in- 
cluding a  preamble  and  set  of  resolutions  encorsing  Dr.  Wiley 
and  his  work  in  connection  with  the  enforcement  of  the  Pure 
Food  and  Drugs  Act. 

On  motion,  the  City  of  Washington  Branch  endorsed  the 
resolutions  adopted  by  the  New  York  Branch  and  the  secretary 
was  instructed  to  express  to  the  members  of  the  New  York 
Branch  the  appreciation  of  their  fellow  members  of  the  A.Ph.A. 
in  Washington. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  the  National  College  of 
Pharmacy,  April  13,  and  will  be  devoted  to  a  discussion  of 
the  "use  of  the  compound  microscope  in  pharmacy." 


The  Era  Price  List,  1909  Edition. 

Work  on  the  1909  edition  of  the  Eba  Price  List  is  now 
well  under  way  and  we  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  the 
forthcoming  book  will  be  the  best  and  most  complete  we  have 
ever  issued.  This  Price  List  is  now  in  constant  use  by  more 
wholesale  and  retail  druggists  than  any  general  drug  list  pub- 
lished, many  wholesale  druggists  purchasing  several  extra 
copies  for  their  pricers,  stock  clerks  and  salesmen.  There  are 
several  reasons  for  this  decided  preference  to  the  Eba  Pbice 
List,  the  principal  one  being  that  it  is  the  only  medium  which 
gives  a  list  of  the  proprietary  manufacturers,  their  addresses 
and  the  articles  they  make,  this  information  being  compiled 
from  data  furnished  by  the  manufacturers  themselves.  Given 
the  name  of  any  proprietary  article  and  by  means  of  the  "key 
number"  the  druggist  can  immediately  find  the  name  of  the 
maker  of  the  article.  This  method  is  original  with  the  Eba  and 
was  adopted  by  it  as  one  of  the  means  of  solving  the  vexatious 
patent  medicine  price  list  problem  by  giving  the  druggist  a  list 
which  should  contain  some  information  besides  that  of  prices. 

As  explained  on  another  page,  this  edition  will  contain 
nearly  50,000  Items,  in  this  particular  exceeding  any  general 
price  list  issued  for  the  drug  trade,  the  whole  being  reset  in 
clean  type  and  printed  on  special  price  list  paper.  Users  of 
the  1908  edition  of  the  Era  Pbice  List  are  invited  to  send  us 
memoranda  of  any  omissions  which  may  have  come  to  their 
attention  or  corrections  which  should  be  made.  As  heretofore, 
copies  of  the  Era  Pbice  List  will  be  sent  free  to  all  druggists 
who  are  Eba  subscribers.     Now  is  the  time  to  subscribe. 


Kentucky  Pure  Drug  Regulations  Ready. 
Louisville,  March  14. — The  commission  provided  by  the 
State  Pure  Food  Law,  whose  duties  were  to  formulate  rules 
and  regulations  for  the  guidance  of  druggists  in  conforming  to 
the  drug  section  of  the  law,  have  just  finished  their  sessions 
at  Lexington.  The  meetings  have  been  held  from  time  to  time 
since  the  first  of  this  year,  the  time  when  the  law  became 
effective.  The  druggists  of  this  State  have  one  representative 
on  the  commission.  J.  W.  Gayle.  of  Frankfort.  Printed 
copies  of  the  regulations  are  to  be  mailed  to  every  registered 
pharmacist  in  the  State  at  earliest  opportunity. 


Another  New  Association  of  Clerks. 
Bbidgepoet,  Conn.,  March  15. — The  Bridgeport  Retail  Drug 
Clerks'  Association  was  formed  recently  at  a  meeting  in  Elks' 
Hall  of  about  45  drug  clerks,  and  the  following  ofiicers  were 
elected :  President.  Thomas  Fogarty ;  vice-president,  John 
Harvey ;  secretary,  Arthur  Eade ;  treasurer,  John  E.  Fuller 
Jones.  A  committee  was  appointed  to  obtain  club  rooms  where 
the  members  can  gather.  The  organization  is  purely  for  the 
advancement  of  sociability  among  the  members  and  it  is  not 
to  be  a  union  organization  in  any  sense. 


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BALTIMORE  RETAIL  ASSOCIATION  MEETS. 


BIG  GET-TOGETHER  MEETING  AT  BUFFALO. 


Getting  Ready  to  Line  Up  the  Profession  Generally  for 
Legislative  Work  Next  Winter. 

Baltimore.  March  12. — At  the  last  meeting  of  thr  Balti- 
more Association  of  Retail  Druggists  the  joint  assemblage  of 
representatives  of  the  drug  business  to  take  place  in  May  was 
discussed  at  considerable  length.  The  sentiment  was  over- 
whelmingly in  favor  of  the  joint  session,  at  which  a  plan  for 
moving  upon  the  Legislature  for  the  enactment  of  such  meas- 
ures or  amendments  the  need  for  and  desirability  of  which 
has  developed  in  the  meantime,  is  to  be  formulated. 

Another  subject  that  came  up  for  deliberation  was  the 
strengthening  of  the  association  of  retailers  by  the  accession  of 
new  members.  This  work  is  to  be  carried  on  with  determina- 
tion and  perseverance,  and  a  representative  is  to  see  druggists 
personally. 

The  telephone  committee  was  authorized  to  act  with  a  simi- 
lar committee  from  the  Washington  association  and  work  with 
the  end  in  view  of  getting  a  larger  pro- 
portion of  the  receipts  from  the  pay  tele- 
phones maintained  in  drug  stores  for  the 
convenience  of  the  public  than  they  have 
heretofore  been  able  to  obtain.  It  is 
thought  that  the  Chesapeake  &  Potomac 
Telephone  Co.  will  not  be  seriously  averse 
to  making  such  concessions  which  shall 
pay  the  druggists  for  the  time  and 
trouble  of  attending  to  calls  and  giving 
the  instruments  room. 

President  John  B.  Thomas  occupied  the 
chair  and  Charles  L.  Meyer  officiated  as 
secretary. 


Chairman  Auditing' Com.,  N.A.R.D. 


ACTIVITY  IN  WASHINGTON. 

Novel    Invitation    for    Get-Together 

Meeting — Era  Dose  Book's  Value. 

Washington.  March  12. — The  District 
of  Columbia  R.D.A.  held  its  March  meet- 
ing on  the  9th  at  the  National  College  of 
Pharmacy.  A  most'  satisfactory  report 
was  submitted   by  the   finance  committee. 

The  entertainment  committee  reported 
the  conclusion  of  arrangements  for  a  novel 
"get-together"  meeting  for  druggists  and 
physicians  and  their  ladies.  This  meet- 
ing is  to  be  in  the  form  of  an  entertain- 
ment entitled :  "A  Trip  to  Yellowstone 
Park  via  the  Stereopticon  Route."  The 
combined  card  of  invitation  and  admission 
is  in  the  form  of  a  railway  ticket  with 
coupon.  The  place  and  date  of  the  "trip" 
being  Carroll  Institute  Hall,  evening  of 
March  15. 

S.  L.  Hilton  advised  that  as  the  Wash- 
ington druggists  come  directly  under 
National  control,  it  would  be  a  wise  pre- 
caution tor  them  to  stamp  the  percentage 
of  the  content  of  alcohol  on  all  labels  of 
alcoholic  medicines ;  even  upon  5  and  10 
cent  sales.  Mr.  Hilton  exhibited  a  small 
rubber  stamp,  similar  to  an  ordinary  dat- 
ing stamp,  but  with  the  word  "alcohol"  and  the  percentage 
sign  set  rigidly,  with  movable  numeral  bands  between  them. 
He  also  exhibited  labels  showing  the  stamped  impression.  The 
speaker  referred  to  "The  Era  Dose  Book"  as  supplying  all  the 
needed  information  upon  the  alcoholic  content  of  U.S.P.  and 
N.  F.  preparations. 

The  D.C.R.D.A.  has  also  decided  to  mail  a  series  of  novel 
blotters  to  all  local  physicians.  A  new  form  of  blotter  will 
be  mailed  every  two  weeks.  Upon  each  blotter  will  be  the 
names,  contents,  properties  and  uses  of  five  or  six  U.S.P.  or 
N,F.  preparations. 


T.  B.  RICE, 
twice  mayor  of  Greensboro,  Ga.,  has 
held  public  otHce  for  17  years  and  has 
never  received  one  penny  of  pay  or 
graft.  He  is  now  alderman-at-large, 
chairman  light  and  water  board,  mem- 
ber of  education  board.  Master  of  Ma- 
sonic lodge.  Knight  Templar,  treasurer 
and  deacon  of  Baptist  Church,  vice- 
president  and  member  of  legislative 
committee  Georgia  State  Ph. A.,  presi- 
dent Appalachee  Asso.  of  N.A.R.D., 
commercial  manager  So.  Bell  Tel.  &  Tel. 
Co.,  as  well  as  director  in  National 
Bank  and  in  cotton  mills.  Who  can 
equal  this  record? 


Heavy  Fine   for  a  Vermont  Druggist. 
St.  Axeans,   Vt.,   March   14. — John   Reagan,   the   druggist, 
recently   pleaded   guilty   to   a   charge   of   koeping   intoxicating 
liquor  illegally,  and  was  fined  $400  and  costs,  which  he  paid. 


Gospel  of  the  U.S.P.   and  N.F.  Propaganda  Spread  by 
Prof.  Anderson — Profitable   Discussion  Follows. 

Buffalo.  X.  T..  March  12. — Prominent  physicians  and 
druggists  ou  Tuesday  night  held  the  first  of  a  series  of  get- 
together  meetings  in  the  Buffalo  Public  Library  building  and 
discussed  almost  every  phase  of  their  relations  with  a  con- 
sideration and  earnestness  that  indicated  marked  seriousness 
and   good   intention. 

The  call  for  the  meeting  was  issued  by  the  presidents  of  the 
Erie  County  Medical  Society,  Buffalo  Academy  of  Medicine, 
and  the  Erie  County  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Free  and 
open  discussion  took  place  and  each  professional  man  present 
was  permitted  to  voice  his  sentiments  without  unnecessary 
curbing.  The  shortcomings  of  both  pharmacists  and  physi- 
cians in  the  handling  of  prescriptions  were  talked  of,  and  it 
was  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  there  should  be  an  estab- 
lishment of  closer  relations  between  the  two  for  the  benefit 
of  the  general  public  and  the  high  stand- 
ard of  the  respective  professions. 

R.  K.  Smither.  a  prominent  Buffalo 
druggist,  was  chosen  chairman  of  the 
meeting.  Dr.  Franklin  C.  Gram,  of  the 
Buffalo  Health  Department,  was  made 
secretary.  Chairman  Smither,  in  his  in- 
troductory remarks,  said  that  prescrip- 
tion writing,  as  it  was  undei^tood  a  score 
of  years  ago.  was  rapidly  becoming  a  lost 
art.  The  increased  use  of  pharmaceu- 
ticals, he  insisted,  was  the  principal  cause 
fir  this  condition.  He  did  not  believe 
the  practice  was  in  the  interest  of  the 
physician,  was  not  a  benefit  to  the  patient 
nor  of  any  commercial  advantage  to  the 
pharmacist. 

One  of  the  chief  objects  of  the  meeting 
was  to  listen  to  an  able  and  interesting 
address  by  Prof.  William  C.  Anderson, 
dean  of  the  faculty  of  Brooklyn  College 
of  Pharmacy  and  chairman  of  the  propa- 
ganda committee  of  the  New  York  State 
Ph.A.  The  propriety  of  popularizing  the 
use  of  the  preparations  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  For- 
mulary and  the  restriction  of  the  em- 
ployment of  patent  and  proprietary  chem- 
icals and  pharmaceuticals  formed  the 
ciiief  topic  of  Professor  Anderson's  speech. 
"Every  ph.vsician,"  said  Professor  An- 
derson, "should  be  as  sure  of  the  remedy 
he  employs  as  he  is  of  the  diagnosis." 
He  reviewed  in  detail  some  of  the  abuses 
which  have  become  known  in  practice, 
and  applied  his  line  of  argument  mainly 
to  the  younger  doctors,  of  using  secret 
remedy  compounds  in  their  prescriptions, 
the  ingredients  and  the  effects  of  which 
upon  the  patients  can  only  be  guessed  at. 
Professor  Anderson  urged  a  closer 
study  of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  by  every 
person  engaged  in  the  practice  of  medi- 
cine. Following  the  delivery  of  the  ad- 
dress the  professional  men  engaged  in  an 
extended  discussion  which  covered  all  the  technical  matters 
that  captured  the  close  attention  of  the  physician  and  drug- 
gist as  to  the  relations  which  bring  them  together. 

The  address  was  replied  to  by  about  ten  ph.vsicians  and 
about  the  same  number  of  pharmacists.  Professor  Long  made 
some  strong  points  against  the  prescribing  of  proprietary  and 
semi-proprietary  preparations.  He  claimed  that  experiments 
with  which  he  was  familiar  proved  that  dilute  alcohol  was 
as  good  and  even  better  in  some  instances  than  many  highly 
advertised  and  generally  used  antiseptic  solutions  on  the 
market. 

Practically  all  stayed  until  the  discussion  closed  at  1  a.  m., 
making  a  session  of  nearly  five  hours.  A  display  of  U.S.P. 
and  N.F.  preparations  was  exhibited  by  the  local  druggists, 
besides  a  line  of  similar  preparations  as  used  by  the  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Brooklyn.     Expressions  of 


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a  desire  to  hold  another  similar  meeting  were  heard  from  the 
physicians,  who  were  very  active  throughout. 

Dr.  Gram,  of  the  Health  Department,  said :  "The  meeting 
is  but  one  of  the  series  that  is  to  be  held  by  the  local  asso- 
ciations. There  is  a  necessity  for  them,  in  that  we  feel  cer- 
tain abuses  have  crept  into  the  practice  which  should  be 
eliminated,  and  these  discussions  are  for  the  purpose  of  en- 
lightening all  and  seeing  if  we  cannot  get  the  remedy  we  seek. 
Physicians  and  druggists  all  over  the  country  are  interested 
in  a  general  movement  toward  this  end." 


HOT  DEBATE  OVER  TWO  PHARMACY  BILLS. 


ENTHUSIASTIC  MEETING  HELD  IN  ROCHESTER. 

Propaganda  Woik  Approved  by  Physicians  After  Lis- 
tening- to  Prof.  Anderson — Banquet  a  Success. 

RocHESTEE,  N.  T..  March  14. — Over  100  physicians,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  pharmacists,  were  present  at  the  banquet  of  the 
Rochester  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  on  March  10  at 
the  Powers  Hotel.  There  were  also  seven  lady  physicians 
who  were  present  to  attend  the  banquet  and  listen  to  the  dis- 
cussion on  propaganda  work. 

The  banquet  hall  was  beautifully  decorated  and  an  orchestra 
of  ten  pieces  discoursed  music  during  the  dinner.  President 
George  L.  Page  welcomed  the  guests  and  Dr.  W.  J.  Herriman, 
of  Buffalo,  acted  as  toastmaster.  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  of 
Brooklyn,  chairman  of  the  Propaganda  Committee  of  the  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  was  the  principal  speaker  of  the 
evening,  and  dwelt  at  length  upon  the  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  propa- 
ganda campaign,  explaining  the  object  of  the  movement  and 
the  benefits  that  would  accrue  by  more  thorough  co-operation 
between  physicians  and  pharmacists  and  the  more  strict  ad- 
herence to  the  privileges  and  duties  of  each.  The  history  of 
the  TJ.S.P.  and  the  X.F.  was  reviewed  and  special  stress  laid 
upon  the  fact  that  physicians  had  taken  a  large  part  in  the 
formation  of  each,  also  the  advantage  resulting  to  physicians, 
pharmacists  and  the  public  in  the  prescribing  of  the  official 
and  officinal  preparations. 

There  followed  a  general  discussion  in  which  a  number  of 
physicians  expressed  themselves  as  heartily  in  support  of  the 
propaganda  movement  and  appreciative  of  being  informed 
along  the  right  lines.  They  admitted  that  a  number  of  their 
profession  had  been  misled  by  depending  too  much  upon  ad- 
vertisements and  the  assertions  of  detail  men  rather  than  de- 
pending upon  their  own  knowledge  and  ability.  A  general  ex- 
pression from  all  the  physicians  who  spoke  was  that  they 
wanted  to  get  away  from  a  number  of  their  past  practices, 
such  as  the  prescribing  of  proprietary  and  semi-proprietaries 
and  the  dispensing  of  these  by  members  of  their  profession. 
A  return  to  the  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  preparations,  and  the  ex- 
temporaneous prescription  was  advocated  by  most  of  the  phy- 
sicians who  spoke. 

There  was  evidence  of  the  most  cordial  relations  between 
the  members  of  the  two  professions  and  the  harmony  and 
enthusiasm  displayed  at  the  meeting  was  commented  upon  by 
many  before  the  close  of  the  discussion. 

The  druggists  of  Rochester  not  only  considered  the  meeting 
as  one  of  benefit  to  the  propaganda  cause  in  bringing  the 
physician  into  line,  but  also  as  one  of  value  in  getting  stronger 
support  from  among  their  own  numbers.  Present  were  a 
number  who  had  not  taken  interest  nor  attended  meetings  in 
years,  one  pharmacist  stating  that  this  was  his  first  get- 
together  with  fellow  druggists  in  more  than  15  years. 

Among  those  who  contributed  largely  to  the  success  of  the 
meeting  were  H.  B.  Guilford,  first  vice-president  of  the 
N.A.R.D.,  and  J.  E.  Cooney.  Ph.B.,  chairman  of  the  propa- 
ganda committee  of  the  Rochester  Ph.A, 


Board  Inspector  Arrests  Druggist  Selling  Cocaine. 

Samuel  Goodman,  a  druggist  at  16.31  Lexington  avenue,  Bor- 
ough of  Manhattan,  New  York  City,  was  recently  arrested  by 
Frank  Rapecis,  an  inspector  for  the  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
charged  with  illegally  selling  cocaine.  He  has  been  released 
on  $1000  bail  to  await  the  action  of  the  grand  iurv. 


Druggist  Promptly  Arrested  for  Selling  Liquor. 
Paw  Paw,  Mich.,  March  1.5.— John  C.  Berridge,  who  only 
recently  opened  a  drug  store  here,  has  been  arrested  on  two 
warrants.  One  charge  is  violation  of  the  local  option  law  and 
the  other  that  he  filed  with  the  prosecutor  a  false  affidavit  of 
sales  of  liquor. 


Manhattan  Ph.A.  Divided  Begarding  the  Merits  of  the 
Conklin  and  the  All-State  Measures. 

Practically  the  entire  meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  last  Monday  evening  was  given  over  to 
the  discussion  of  the  two  pharmacy  measures  known  as  the 
Conklin  Bill,  which  had  been  amended,  and  the  All-State  Bill. 

Jacob  Diner,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  pre- 
cipitated the  discussion  by  urging  that  the  association  give 
him  definite  instructions  as  to  which  bill  to  work  for,  and 
later  made  a  motion  that  the  Conklin  Bill  be  given  support  by 
the  association  as  it  was  ready,  and  in  more  complete  form, 
besides  being  a  fairly  good  measure,  whereas  the  All-State 
Bill  was  as  yet  incomplete. 

Mr.  Diner  stated  that  the  principal  features  in  the  amended 
Conklin  Bill  were,  that  the  Governor  had  the  appointive 
power :  the  examinations  were  to  be  conducted  by  the  regents, 
and  the  members  of  the  board  should  all  be  practicing  retail 
druggists.  The  amended  bill  also  contained  the  essentials  of 
the  Whitney-Wainwright  Pure  Drugs   Bill. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  representing  the  legislative  committee 
of  the  State  ascociation.  stated  that  the  reason  for  the  delay 
in  completing  the  All-State  Bill  was  that  the  Governor  de- 
sired to  hold  still  another  conference  with  the  members  of  the 
legislative  committee,  and  urged  that  the  whole  matter  be  laid 
over,  until  the  All-State  Bill  could  come  up  for  consideration. 

Dr.  Muir  took  a  decisive  stand  for  the  All-State  measure, 
which  he  said  had  the  support  of  the  State  association,  and 
urged  the  members  to  consider  the  fact  that  while  both  of  the 
measures  were  for  the  regulation  of  pharmacy  throughout  the 
State,  representation  from  all  parts  of  the  State  was  essen- 
tial for  fairness  to  all  when  such  measures  were  drafted.  He 
claimed  that  the  Conklin  measure  was  drawn  from  views  ex- 
pressed b,y  several  local  pharmacists  and  was  not  as  repre- 
sentative as  the  All-State  Bill.  He  added  that  should  the 
association  take  the  stand  for  the  Conklin  Bill,  it  would  dis- 
rupt the  harmony  and  unanimity  that  had  prevailed  since 
the  time  when  it  was  agreed  to  place  legislative  matters  under 
the  care  of  the  State  association. 

In  conclusion,  he  declared  that  a  bill  drafted  by  pharma- 
cists, which  had  the  backing  of  the  State  association  and 
conformed  to  the  views  of  the  Governor'  was  the  bill  for  the 
pharmacists  and  should  receive  support  from  every  side. 

Mr.  Diner  replied  that  it  was  time  for  the  association  to 
throw  off  all  courtesy  and  stand  independent  and  not  be 
governed  by  the  State  or  any  other  association.  He  said  it 
was  a  matter  of  having  pharmacy  recognized  as  a  profession 
that  was  at  stake  and  the  Conklin  Bill  made  this  a  feature 
by  placing  the  examinations  in  the  hands  of  the  regents. 

C.  O.  Bigelow  stated  that  the  regents  could  not  hold  a 
practical  examination  for  pharmacists  and  that  the  examina- 
tions were  too  infrequent  to  decently  supply  the  number  of 
clerks  required  in  the  City  of  New  York,  under  certain  con- 
ditions. 

The  motion  was  finally  withdrawn  and  Mr.  Diner  substi- 
tuted the  following  three :  first,  that  the  Governor  appoint 
members  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy ;  second,  that  the  regents 
conduct  the  examinations ;  third,  that  all  the  members  of  the 
board  be  practicing  retail  druggists.  The  first  two  motions 
were  adopted  while  the  third  was  lost.  The  first  resolution 
met  the  unanimous  approval  of  all  present  as  that  provision 
was  contained  in  both  bills,  but  the  second,  it  was  announced 
by  Dr.  Muir,  conflicted  with  the  All-State  Bill  and  would 
cause  the  disruption  as  previously  stated  and  would  eliminate 
practical  tests  from  examinations  in  pharmacy.  The  second 
resolution,  however,  was  passed  by  a  majority  of  one  vote. 


Iowa  Pharmacy  Commissioner  Besigns. 
Des  Moines.  March  15. — Governor  Carroll  has  demanded 
and  received  the  resignation  of  the  State  Pharmacy  Commis- 
sioner, Joseph  Goss,  of  Atlantic.  This  was  the  outcome  of  an 
alleged  habit  of  the  commissioner  to  claim  per  diem  expenses 
for  every  day  in  the  year. 


Generous  Donation  to  Tuberculosis  Camp. 
Doty  &  Humphrey  Drug  Co.,  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  have  been 
thanked  for  contributing  to  the  city's  tuberculosis  camp  free 
of  charge  a  generous  suppl.v  of  needed  pharmaceutical  articles. 


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VOTES  AGAINST  REFILLING  OF  PRESCRIPTIONS.       HAPPY  GATHERING  OF  ILLINOIS  TRAVELERS. 


Ownership  of  Sarae  a  Secondary  Consideration,  Accord- 
ing to  Pharmacy  Debaters  in  Chicago  Meeting. 

Chicago,  March  12. — Northwestern  University  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  has  been  wrestling  with  the  subject  of  re- 
filling prescriptions.  At  the  March  4  meeting  the  question 
was  finally  disposed  of  by  adopting  the  following  resolution  : 

"Resolved.  That  the  best  interests  of  the  pharmaceutical  and 
medical  professions  and  of  the  public  will  be  served  by  phar- 
macists refusing  to  refill  any  prescription,  or  to  give  a  copy 
thereof,  unless  authority  to  do  so  is  received  from  the  phy- 
sician." 

At  a  previous  meeting  the  question  was  under  discussion, 
but  owing  to  rather  wide  diversity  of  opinion  as  to  the  feasi- 
bility of  any  association  of  pharmacists  going  on  record  at 
this  time  in  favor  of  a  measure  so  radical,  whatever  may  be 
the  merit  of  the  proposition,  further  consideration  of  it  was 
postponed.  As  originally  proposed,  the  resolution  read  "phar- 
macists refusing  to  refill  any  prescription, 
or  to  give  a  copy  thereof,  unless  authority 
to  do  so  in  writing  is  received  from  the 
physician."  After  considerable  debate  the 
proviso  "in  writing"  was  stricken  out 
though  the  vote  in  favor  of  doing  so  was 
far  from  unanimous,  the  opposition  claim- 
ing that  dishonest  pharmacists  would 
want  nothing  better  than  a  slip-shod  law 
that  would  be  binding  on  conscientious 
pharmacists  while  giving  themselves  a 
chance  to  evade  it. 

It  was  decided  to  submit  the  resolution 
to  the  various  branches  of  the  Chicago 
Medical  Society  with  the  request  that 
they  express  their  opinions  as  to  several 
phases  of  the  subject  under  consideration. 
It  is  not  improbable  that  the  question  will 
again  be  taken  up  when  the  answers  of 
these  societies  are  received. 

Every  phase  of  the  relationship  of  the 
medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions 
was  considered  during  the  debate  of  this 
resolution.  It  was  the  unanimous  opinion 
of  those  who  participated  that  a  better 
understanding  between  the  two  profes- 
sions must  be  reached  if  the  highest  in- 
terests of  both  are  se'ved  :  but  many  of 
those  who  spoke  voiced  the  sentiment  that 
in  making  the  proposed  change  physicians 
ought  to  meet  pharmacists  fully  half-way 
and  not  place  them  upon  the  latter  the 
disagreeable  and  hurtful  task  (hurtful 
from  the  standpoint  of  business)  of  re- 
fusing to  refill  prescriptions  or  to  give 
copies  when  this  practice  always  has  been 
and  is  universal. 

In  the  discussion,  the  ownership  of  the 
prescription  received  very  little  consid- 
eration, it  being  the  consensus  of  opinion  that  the  prescription 
is  nothing  but  instructions  from  a  physician  to  a  fellow  worker 
in  the  cause  of  combating  disease,  and  that  the  patient's 
alleged  proprietorship  of  the  prescription  is  more  or  less  an 
absurdity. 

It  is  becoming  more  and  more  apparent  that  the  rising 
generation  of  pharmacists  is  determined  to  be  professional  men 
rather  than  purveyors  of  so-called  drug  merchandise  only. 
Most  of  the  young  men  who  compose  this  association  have 
worked  in  drug  stores  and  they  appreciate  the  difSculties  to 
be  overcome ;  but  they  say  frankly  that  they  are  not  educating 
themselves  to  dispense  chicken  sandwiches,  nor  have  they  any 
intention  of  selling  booze  either  in  violation  of  the  law  or  in 
competition  with  saloon  keepers.  Altogether,  the  discussion  of 
this  subject  has  been  enlightening  and  helpful  to  a  most  grati- 
fying degree. 

The  retiring  officers  were :  Edgar  Green,  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  president ;  Wilbur  L.  Kingsley,  Cambridge  Springs.  Pa., 
secretary.  The  newly  elected  officers  are :  President.  Percy 
W.  Savage,  Miles  City,  Mont. ;  secretary,  James  Warren 
Beless,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  The  next  meeting  of  the  asso- 
ciation will  be  held  March  18. 


One  of  Quincy's  Entertainers 


Stag  Dinner  Given  at  the  Chicago  Drug  Trade  Club 
Proves  to  Be  a  Most  Enjoyable  Social  Event. 
Chicago,  March  12. — Good-fellowship  reigned  and  con- 
geniality went  to  its  highest  notch  at  the  stag  dinner  given 
recently  by  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association 
in  the  quarters  of  the  Chicago  Drug  Trade  Club.  All  the 
boosters  of  the  Quincy  meeting  of  the  I.Ph.A.  and  the  I.P.T.A. 
were  there  boosting  the  big  event  in  June.  The  larger  part 
of  the  membership  was  on  hand  and  it  was  notable  that  among 
those  present  were  members  from  the  most  remote  parts  of 
the  State  who  came  a  long  way  to  join  their  fellows  in  this 
social  meet. 

The  menu  and  programme  of  the  dinner  were  issued  in  the 
shape  of  a  stein  and,  as  the  travelers  said,  "made  a  hit." 
Original  and  patriotic  songs  were  features  of  the  meeting,  sung 
by  Joseph  A.  Goers,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  and  A.  C.  Ken- 
nedy, of  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.  Another  hit  of  the  evening 
was  a  monologue  sketch  by  Prentice  Mc- 
Kenzie,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  F.  N. 
Osley,  of  Seabury  &  Johnson,  traced  the 
history  of  the  organization  from  its 
founding,  giving  a  complete  account  of 
its  work  and  activity.  His  address  met 
with  much  applause.  The  gathering  af- 
forded the  members  an  opportunity  to  get 
together  on  plans  for  the  June  meeting. 
President  Bahe  expressed  himself  as 
much  pleased  with  the  preparations  for 
the  prospective  entertainment  of  the  phar- 
macists in  so  far  as  they  have  advanced 
at  this  time. 


T.  .S.  KENYOX. 
memtter  of  the  oouuril  of  the  Illinois 
Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association, 
is  with  Barker  &  Wheeler,  of  Peoria. 
He  is  active  in  perfecting  plans  to  en- 
tertain    the      Illinois     State     Ph. A.     at 

Quincy  in  June. 


New  Constitution  for  C.R.D.A. 

Chicago,  March  .  14. — At  the  next 
quarterly  meeting  of  the  Chicago  R.D.A. 
on  April  13  the  committee  on  revision  of 
the  by-laws  of  the  organization  will  make 
its  report.  The  committee  has  been  at  work 
for  several  months.  Charles  H.  Avery  is 
chairman  of  the  committee,  appointed  by 
President  Teomans.  The  other  members 
of  the  committee  are  C.  A.  Storer  and 
H.  B.  Sandkoetter. 

Probably  the  most  important  change 
proposed  will  be  reducing  the  size  of  the 
executive  committee,  which  has  been  con- 
sidered for  a  number  of  years  to  be  too 
large  for  the  proper  treatment  of  matters 
under  its  consideration.  The  number  is 
now  16  and  will  probably  be  reduced  to 
seven  members  on  the  indorsement  of  the 
revisers. 

Considerable  consternation  among  Chi- 
cago druggists  has  been  aroused  by  the 
fact  that  Government  inspectors  have 
been  gathering  samples  of  tolu,  rock  and 
rye,  rye,  rock  and  glycerin  and  similar  compounds  here 
with  the  idea  of  prosecution  under  the  Federal  statutes  as 
compounders  and  rectifiers  of  spirituous  liquors  without  a 
rectifiers'  license.  When  the  fact  became  known  the  C.R.D.A. 
officials  got  busy  and  intervened  with  the  Government  agents, 
and  have  secured  the  promise  from  them  that  the  offenders  up 
to  this  time  will  have  lenient  treatment  in  the  courts  pro- 
vided proper  warning  is  given  to  other  druggists.  Under  the 
pharmacy  law  only  extemporaneous  compounding  of  this 
is  allowed. 


Prof.  Stroup  an  Adept  at  Adapting  Musical  Airs. 

PniL.\DELPHiA,  March  15. — The  singing  of  the  students  of 
the  College  of  Pharmacy  at  the  numerous  fraternity  and 
club  banquets  that  have  been  held  during  the  past  few 
weeks  has  been  quite  the  feature  of  these  gatherings  not 
only  by  reason  of  the  volume  with  which  they  were  rendered 
but  for  the  sentiment  expressed.  The  credit  for  the  verses 
and  their  arrangement  to  familiar  airs  belongs  to  Professor 
Freeman  P.  Stroup  whose  interest  in  the  promotion  of  the 
various  class  and  college  organizations  among  the  students 
is  well  known  and  highly  appreciated. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[March  18,  1909 


DATE  FOR  PHARMACOPOEIAL  CONVENTION. 

Trustees    Meet    in    Baltimore     and     Decide     on     First 

Wednesday   in    May,    1910 — Arrangements    Made 

for    Distributing    Spanish    Translation — Will 

Join  in  Ebert  Tribute  of  Chicago  Veterans. 

Bai-Timoee,  March  13. — For  the  first  time  in  the  history  o£ 
the  Conrention  for  the  Revisiou  of  the  United  States  Phar- 
macoijoeia  the  business  connected  with  this  work  was  looked 
after  by  the  board  of  trustees,  which  were  appointed  at  the 
last  meeting  of  the  convention.  The  board  held  sessions 
yesterday  and  today  at  the  Hotel  Stafford,  and  disposed  of 
various  matters,  the  most  important  business  attended  to  being 
the  making  of  arrangements  to  distribute  the  Spanish  transla- 
tion of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  The  translation  has  been  printed 
and  is  being  bound,  and  copies  will  probably  be  offered  for 
sale  in  the  next  few  weeks. 

The  chief  purpose  in  making  the  translation  was  to  bring 
the  pharmacists  of  the  Spanish  Americas  into  closer  touch 
with  the  American  members  of  the  profession,  and  to  impress 
them  with  the  -value  of  the  formulas  and  the  standards  adopted 
in  the  United  States.  Incidentally,  it  is  also  thought  that 
the  translation  will  serve  as  a  means  of  introducing  American 
pharmaceutical  products  into  the  Spanish  American  countries, 
or  give  those  already  known  to  them  a  much  greater  demand. 
In  this  way  the  Pharmacopoeia  is  expected  to  become  a  valu- 
able aid  to  the  American  manufacturers. 

The  demand  for  such  a  translation  became  insistent  after 
the  war  with  Spain,  which  brought  the  United  States  into 
close  touch  with  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  other  islands,  and 
naturally  led  to  more  intimate  acquaintance  with  all  the 
other  Spanish  speaking  lands.  According  to  estimates  there 
are  in  them  not  less  than  25,000  druggists  and  physicians,  and 
the  calculation  is  that  perhaps  5000  copies  of  the  Spanish 
translation  of  the  Pharmacopceia  will  be  disposed  of. 

The  trustees  arranged  for  all  the  details  of  such  distribu- 
tion, making  provision  for  the  sale  through  a  regular  channel, 
and  considered  the  question  of  finances  in  connection  with  the 
publication  and  other  proceedings.  The  board  also  took  up 
the  arrangements  for  the  next  convention  and  decided  that  it 
shall  be  held  on  the  first  Wednesday  in  May,  1910,  at  Wash- 
ington. It  was  determined  to  hold  a  meeting  at  Chicago  on 
May  21  next  and  take  part  in  the  celebration  being  planned 
by  the  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  to  pay  tribute 
to  the  memory  of  Albert  E.  Ebert,  a  former  president,  who 
died  two  years  ago. 

The  evening  of  the  first  day  of  the  session  was  rendered 
notable  by  a  dinner  given  to  the  visiting  trustees  by  Charles 

E.  Dohme,  the  president,  at  the  Baltimore  Country  Club.  Mr. 
Dohme's  friends  had  not  forgotten  that  he  was  born  on  March 
12,  66  years  ago.  and  this  event  was  i"ecalled  at  the  banquet, 
so  that  the  latter  became  in  fact  a  dual  celebration,  every  one 
present  extending  congratulations  to  the  host  and  wishing  him 
many  more  years  of  usefulness.  Mr.  Dohme,  though  not 
robust  of  late,  entered  fully  into  the  spirit  of  the  proceedings, 
and  enjoyed  it  thoroughly,  appreciating  also  the  compliments 
showered  upon  him. 

The  feature  of  the  second  day  was  a  dinner  given  in  the 
evening  by  a  number  of  prominent  local  pharmacists  to  the 
visiting  trustees  at  the  Hotel  Kernan.  An  excellent  menu  was 
served,  and  the  affair  had  the  additional  attraction  that  the 
diners,  after  the  discussion  of  the  viands,  could  enjoy  their 
cigars  and  at  the  same  time  witness  a  variety  performance 
being  given  at  the  Maryland  Theater,  which  adjoins  the  hotel. 
This  was  done  by  opening  communicating  doors.  The  guests 
and  hosts  were  free  to  pass  from  the  hotel  to  the  theater, 
and  vice  versa. 

The  members  of  the  board  present  were :  Charles  E. 
Dohme,  Baltimore,  president ;  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington, 
dean  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy :  Dr.  J.  H.  Beal, 
vice-dean  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy,  of  Scio.  Ohio ; 
Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley.  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy; 

F.  W.  Meissner.  of  La  Porte,  Ind.,  and  Dr.  Murray  Gait 
Hotter,  of  Washington,  the  secretary  of  the  board. 

The  subscribers  to  the  banquet  were :  Louis  Dohme. 
Charles  E.  Dohme,  Prof.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr..  Dr.  D.  M.  B. 
Culbreth,  Prof.  Daniel  Base,  Prof.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  J.  W. 
Westcott,  Dr.  H.  A.  B.  Dunning.  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly,  James  E. 
Hancock,  John  B.  Thomas,  AVilliam  M.  Fouch,  Aubrey  T. 
Hill,  Henry  F.   Baker,  F.  W.  Dickson,   F.   A.   U.  Smith".   H. 


Engelhardi,  Charles  L.  Meyer,  P.  I.  Heuislir,  J.  Emory  Bond. 
John  C.  Muth.  A.  P.  Sharp.  W.  J.  Smith  and  W.  M.  .Mc- 
Cormick. 

Through  the  courtesy  of  Prof.  H.  P.  Bynson  some  of  the 
visitors  were  enabled  to  see  the  treasures  of  the. Walters  Art 
Gallery  this  afternoon,  one  of  the  days  on  which  the  gallery 
is  open  to  the  public. 

The  board  of  trustees  is  the  administrative  body  of  the  U.S. 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention.  It  was  created  at  the  last  session 
of  the  parent  body  in  19(X)  to  look  after  purely  business  mat- 
ters, as  distinguished  from  the  actual  work  of  revision,  the 
innovation  being  in  the  nature  of  an  experiment,  upon  the 
results  of  which  the  continuance  of  the  board  will  depend. 


TENTATIVE  DRAFT  OF  OPIUM  REGULATIONS. 

Authorities  at  Washington  Considering  Rules  for  the 
Enforcement  of  the  Prohibitory  Law. 

A  tentative  draft  of  the  regulations  to  carry  into  effect  the 
Act  prohibiting  the  importation  of  opium,  its  preparations 
and  derivatives,  except  for  medicinal  purposes,  was  submitted 
to  the  Treasury  Department  at  Washington  by  H.  C.  Stuart, 
Special  Deputy  Collector  of  the  Port  of  New  York,  last 
Thursday. 

The  advisory  draft  contains  a  number  of  regulations  drawn 
from  the  suggestions  which  were  advanced  at  a  meeting  on 
March  8.  between  representatives  of  the  Customs  Department 
and  the  importing  and  wholesale  drug  trade. 

Under  the  proposed  regulations,  importation  of  opium,  its 
preparations  and  derivatives  is  allowed  only  for  medicinal 
purposes  and  all  importations  are  to  be  detained  by  the 
collector  until  satisfactory  evidence  is  given  that  the  importa- 
tion is  made  in  good  faith  and  not  for  smoking  purposes.  If 
such  evidence  cannot  be  established  the  goods  are  to  be  seized 
and  destroyed  as  in  the  case  of  smoking  opium. 

Upon  every  importation  there  shall  be  filed  with  the  Col-       i 
lector  a  declaration  from  the  owner  or  ultimate  consignee  that 
the  goods  are  only  to  be  used  in  the  manufacture  of  medicines 
or  medicinal  purposes.     However,  if  such  a  declaration  cannot 
be  produced  at  the  time  of  entry  a  bond  may  be  filed  repre- 
senting double   the   estimated   value   of  the   merchandise,  but       | 
conditioned  that  the  required  declaration  is  made  within  three       ■ 
months. 

All  opium,  morphine  and  codeine  must  first  be  examined  by 
the  appraisers  after  entry  to  the  Appraisers'  Warehouse, 
where  all  packages  of  each  importation  must  go,  and  from 
whence  no  delivery  taust  be  made  unless  each  package  con- 
tains not  less  than  100  pounds  of  opium  or  50  ounces  of  mor- 
phine, or  25  ounces  of  codeine.  This  release  is  further  de- 
pendent upon  the  report  of  the  appraiser  as  to  its  quality, 
purity  and  fitness  for  medicinal  use. 

Crude  or  unmanufactured  opium,  morphine  and  codeine  that 
has  been  imported  in  packages  other  than  prescribed  in  the 
regulations,  may  be  repacked  in  customs  custody  so  as  to 
conform  with  the  regulations,  and  importations  consisting  of 
less  quantity  than  the  minimum  required  for  delivery  may  be 
entered  for  warehouse.  Xo  withdrawals  are  permitted  unless 
the  quantities  aggregate  the  minimum  quantity  required  for  i 
delivery  and  are  packed  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  | 
under  the  proper  customs  supervision. 

The   draft   was   und^r   consideration   by   the   authorities   at        i 
Washington  at  last  accounts. 


Shorter  Sunday  Hours — No  More  Premiums. 

Philadelphia,  March  12. — The  question  of  shorter  hours 
for  retail  druggists  received  substantial  impetus  (his  week  at 
a  joint  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  thirteenth  and  eleventh 
district  organizations  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists.  W.  H.  Sutton,  chairman  of  the  eleventh  pre- 
sided. It  was  decided  to  recommend  to  the  druggists  of  that 
section  of  the  city  that  they  keep  their  stores  x>pen  from  9  a.  m.  to 
1  p.  m.,  and  from  6.30  to  10  p.  m..  on  Sundays.  A  com- 
mittee was  appointed  to  canvass  the  trade  in  the  two  districts 
and  report  at  the  next  joint  meeting  the  number  who  agreed 
to  abide  b.v  this  plan. 

Another  important  decision  was  that  to  abolish  the  giving 
of  rebates  and  premiums  to  patrons.  There  has  been  con- 
siderable fault  found  with  some  few  druggists  who  were 
adopting-  these  methods  in  an  effort  to  attract  trade.  It  was 
declared  to  be  a  short-sighted  policy  by  which  those  who 
followed  it,  eventually  would  come  out  the  losers. 


March  18,  1909] 


THE     PHARIVIACEUTICAL     ERA 


265 


EXTENSION  OF  DRUG  TRADE  DISCUSSED. 


International  Unification  of  Phannacopoeial  Kequire- 
ments  on  Drugs  Also  Considered. 

At  th"?  March  meeting  of  tbe  Drug  Trade  Section  o£  the 
New  York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation  Edwin  H. 
Burr,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  essential  oils,  called  at- 
tention to  a  report  containing  the  proceedings  of  the  Geneva 
Convention  which  met  last  September  to  consider  matters 
relative  to  the  establishment  of  an  international  congress  for 
the  purpose  of  securing  uniformity  in  the  various  pharma- 
copoeias as  to  the  requirements  for  certain  drugs  and  essential 
oils.  Mr.  Burr  stated  that  the  report  contained  a  great 
amount  of  information  of  interest  and  value  to  the  drug  trade 
and  promised  to  secure  a  copy  for  the  use  of  the  section. 

A  communication  received  from  G.  O'Neil  relative  to  the 
establishment  of  a  special  committee  to  promote  the  extension 
of  American  drug  trade  in  South  America  was  discussed  and 
referred  to  the  executive  comipittee. 

Thomas  P.  Cook,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  an- 
nounced that  the  members  of  the  committee  would  attend  the 
hearings  on  the  Gluek  Formula  and  Labeling  Bill  when  held 
and  called  attention  to  the  Cuvillier  Bill  which  the  committee 
thought  needed  no  action  on  the  part  of  the  trade,  as  the  mat- 
ters involved  related  chiefly  to  foods. 


Five  Bills  to  RegtUate  Weights  and  Measures. 

Bills  number  80  to  84,  all  relating  to  regulations  for 
weights  and  measures,  are  pending  in  the  New  York  State 
Senate  at  Albany.  No.  80  provides  for  the  adoption  of  such 
new  weights,  measures,  balances  and  other  apparatus  as  may 
be  received  from  the  Cnited  States  as  standard. 

No.  81  makes  it  a  misdemeanor  to  use  any  weight,  measure 
or  other  apparatus  that  has  not  been  sealed  by  the  town 
sealer,  and  also  the  selling  of  less  than  the  quantity  repre- 
sented of  any  article  and  merchandise.  The  possession  of  any 
ansealed  or  false  weight  is  also  a  misdemeanor. 

The  other  bills  provide  for  the  rigid  inspection  of  weights 
and  measures  by  a  State  superintendent,  deputies  and  sealers ; 
also  the  stating  of  the  net  weights,  numerical  count  of  con- 
tents of  packages,  containers,  etc..  in  characters  at  least  one- 
eighth  of  an  inch  in  height. 


Oppose  Tax  on  Soft  Drinks  in  Tennessee. 
Nashville.  Tenn.,  March  14.~The  Nashville  and  David- 
son County  Retail  Druggists'  Association  has  entered  a  strong 
protest  against  the  bill  which  proposes  to  tax  soft  drink 
stands.  It  is  claimed  by  the  druggists  that  it  is  as  much 
an  imposition  to  tax  the  soda  founts  as  it  would  be  to  tax 
a  department  or  a  dry  goods  store.  They  say,  too,  that  just 
now  the  soft  drink  sale  should  be  encouraged. 


New  Drug  Company  Elects  Officers. 
AsHEvnXE,  N.  C.  March  1.5.— The  final  step  in  the 
organization  of  the  Asheville  Wholesale  Drug  Company  has 
been  taken  by  electing  the  following  ofiicers :  President,  F. 
Stikeleather ;  first  vice-president,  S.  Lipinsky ;  second  vice- 
president,  A.  H.  Elmore,  of  Bryson  City ;  third  vice-president. 
Dr.  K.  A.  Price,  of  Hickory :  secretary,  J.  Frazier  Glenn : 
treasurer,  R.  H.  Roth ;  auditor,  S.  Lipinsky ;  manager,  A.  W. 
DeLand ;  stock  manager,  R.  H.  Roth. 


Michigan  Farmers  to  Rescue  of  Peddlers. 
Lansing.  Mich.,  March  15. — A  bill  introduced  in  the  House 
by  Representative  Danvin  Z.  Curtiss.  of  Detroit,  to  compel 
drug  peddlers  to  take  out  a  license  at  a  fee  of  $100  a  month, 
is  being  hotly  opposed  by  the  farmers.  The  bill  is  backed  by 
the  representative  druggists  of  the  State  and  is  practically 
prohibitory  to  the  selling  from  house  to  house  of  medicines. 
It  is  said  that  the  bill  is  likely  to  be  amanded  to  lower  the  fee. 


N.W.D.A,  Proceedings  for  1908  Distributed. 
Secretary  J.  E.  Toms,  of  the  N.W.D.A.,  last  week  distrib- 
uted the  bound  volumes  of  the  proceedings  of  the  convention 
held  at  Atlantic  City  last  September.  The  frontispiece  con- 
sists of  portraits  of  President  Carter,  Treasurer  Strong  and 
Secretary  Toms.  The  book  is  complete  in  its  information  and 
is  invaluable  to  the  members  of  the  association. 


MODEL  ANNEX  FOR  GREAT  DRUG  PLANT. 

One  of  Many  Important  Enterprises  Carried  to  Suc- 
cess by  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Despite  Depression. 
Detroit,  March  14. — Two  and  one-half  acres  of  floor  space, 
covering  a  ground  area  of  something  more  than  half  an  acre, 
are  added  to  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  Detroit  laboratories  in  the 
completion  of  the  handsome  four-story-and-basement  structure 
shown  in  the  accompanying  picture.     This  is  the  new  home  of 


the  capsule,  extract,  chemical,  printing,  binding  and  paper- 
box  departments,  made  necessary  by  the  growing  business  of 
the  company. 

With  exception  of  the  scientific  laboratory,  erected  half  a 
dozen  years  ago,  the  new  building  is  perhaps  the  most  modem 
and  substantial  of  all  the  structures  that  go  to  make  up  the 
firm's  Detroit  plant.  Provision  has  been  made  for  abundance 
of  light  and  fresh  air,  and  the  building  has  all  the  con- 
veniences and  accessories  that  appertain  to  the  model  factory 
or  laboratory. 

It  is  significant,  too,  that  during  the  recent  critical  period 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  were  engaged  in  not  a  few  other  projects 
that  called  for  initiative  and  the  expenditure  of  large  sums. 
They  were  completing  a  new  laboratory  in  England.  They 
were  building  a  fine  new  home  for  their  Australasian  branch 
at  Sydney.  They  were  increasing  their  advertising  and  pro- 
motion work,  and  they  were  augmenting  their  sales  forces  all 
over  the  world. 


"Three-Cornered  Bottle  Bill"  Bobs  Tip  Again. 
Philadelphia,  March  14. — The  famous  "three-cornered  bot- 
tle bill,"  the  passage  of  which  was  stayed  largely  through  the 
opposition  of  the  drug  trade  at  at  least  one  previous  session 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  is  again  before  that  body  and 
has  passed  the  Senate.  It  is  calculated  to  prevent  the  possi- 
bility of  persons  taking  the  contents  of  the  wrong  bottle  when 
seeking  medicines  in  the  dark  or  without  careful  inspection 
and  it  provides  that  no  poison  shall  be  sold  except  in  trian- 
gular bottles  and  furthermore  that  such  bottles  shall  not  be 
used  for  any  purpose  except  to  contain  poison.  Such  a  law 
would  mean  the  outlay  of  a  vast  amount  of  money  by  the 
druggists  of  the  State  in  these  three-cornered  bottles  of  all 
sizes  and  thickness. 


Suit  to  Enjoin  Perfume  Manufacturers. 
B.\LTiMOEE.  March  12. — J.  Harry  Thuman  and  Augustus 
P.  West,  trading  as  the  Rosedale  Manufacturing  Company, 
are  defendants  in  an  injunction  suit  filed  by  the  United  Manu- 
facturing Company,  to  restrain  the  former  from  using  certain 
labels  on  bottles  of  perfume.  It  is  alleged  that  the  labels 
imitate  those  which  the  complainant  has  been  using  for  years. 


Buying  Club  Organized  in  Colorado  Springs. 
CoLOBADO  Springs.  March  12. — In  order  to  open  a  retail 
house  in  Chicago,  and  to  buy  supplies  direct  from  the  manu- 
facturer, thus  saving  jobbers'  profits,  local  druggists  have  or- 
ganized the  Druggists'  National  Co-operative  Association  with 
a  capitalization  of  .?50,000. 


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[March  18,  1909 


LETTER     BOX 


It  is  "Tip  to"  the  Clerks,  Not  the  Era. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  : 

Just  read  an  article  in  the  March  4  Era  in  which  you  state 
that  competent  registered  pharmacists  may  be  had  in  the 
country  for  as  low  as  $10  per  week.  In  publishing  that  mani- 
festly false  statement  you  have  proven  yourself  no  friend  of 
the  drug  clerli. 

The  registered  pharmacist  who  would  go  to  the  country  and 
work  for  $10  a  week  is  a  ninny,  and  therefore  not  competent. 

Boston,  Mass.  A.  D.  Wilson. 

[Our  correspondent  is  in  error  in  disputing  the  truth  of  the 
statement.  The  Era  cannot  help  the  existence  of  the  condi- 
tion mentioned  and  there  is  no  unfriendliness  in  stating  the 
facts,  nor  was  the  little  explosion  of  wrath  justified.  Mr. 
Wilson  should  pour  out  his  vials  on  the  clerks  who  accept  the 
low  salaries,  not  on  the  Era. — Ed.] 


Mr.  Helmbold  Denies  Friendship  for  Mr.  Tyner. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

My  attention  was  called  to  an  article  in  your  publication 
in  which  you  stated  that  I  was  seen  talking  with  one  G.  L. 
Tyner  and  was  evidently  quite  friendly  with  this  party. 

I  wish  to  have  you  correct  this  statement  as  being  unquali- 
fiedly false  in  every  particular,  as  I  do  not  know  this  party 
and  have  never  seen  him  to  my  knowledge.  It  is  true  that  I 
called  at  his  office  in  response  to  a  request  for  a  quotation, 
but  could  get  no  satisfactory  information  from  the  party  who 
claimed  to  represent  him. 

Your  statements  insinuating  and  reflecting  on  my  methods 
of  doing  business  I  consider  not  only  a  hasty  and  unjust 
aspersion  personally,  but  reflecting  grievously  on  the  char- 
acter, probity  and  intelligence  of  the  many  responsible  firms 
and  principals  with  whom  I  have  done  business  almost  regu- 
larly for  the  past  20  years,  and  whose  confidence  and  respect 
I  will  always  endeavor  to  maintain  as  heretofore. 

I  request  that  you  insert  this  letter  in  your  publication  in 
order  that  I  may  be  placed  in  a  proper  light  before  your  sub- 
scribers and  others  who  are  interested  in  extending  every  one 
a  "square  deal."     Tours  very  truly, 

79  Pearl  Street,  New  York.  E.  P.  Helmbold. 


Tabulation  of  Price  Variations  of  Camphor. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

As  a  senior  here  in  Washington  State  College,  School  of 
Pharmacy,  I  have  worked  up  the  accompanying  Price  Varia- 
tion of  Camphor  from  the  back  files  of  the  Era  in  the  College 
Library.  No  pains  have  been  spared  to  secure  accuracy  and  it 
shows  to  advantage  the  high  price  during  1906-7  following  the 
taking  over  of  the  camphor  industry  in  Japan  By  the  Govern- 
ment and  the  subsequent  reduction  caused  by  the  competitive 
introduction  of  the  artificial  product.     Very  truly  yours, 

L.  P.  Little, 
March  1,  1909.  232  Ferry  Hall,  Pullman,  Wash. 

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WOMEN  TO  AID  LOUISVILLE  ENTERTAINERS.. 

Agreeable  Weather  for  N.A.R.D.  Convention,  if  Prece- 
dents Count — Committees  Hard  at  Work. 

Louisville,  March  14. — A  retail  druggist  visiting  in  this 
city  remarked  to  the  Era  correspondent  that  Louisville  would 
be  an  ideal  convention  city  for  the  months  of  October  or  No- 
vember, but  he  had  an  idea  that  September,  the  month  in 
which  the  N.A.R.D.  will  hold  its  convention  here,  was  very 
warm.  While  this  was  news  to  those  who  have  li%'ed  here  for 
many  years,  as  the  recollections  of  these  residents  is  that  the 
month  is  a  very  pleasant  one,  yet  to  be  reasonably  safe,  appli- 
cation was  made  to  the  weather  bureau  for  official  information. 

The  bureau  was  established  37  years  ago  and  the  official 
record  shows  that  the  highest  termperature  ever  recorded  was 
102°  and  the  lowest  37°,  both  of  these  being  extremes  and 
never  recorded  but  once  in  all  of  these  years.  The  mean 
temperature  has  been  70°,  certainly  not  an  uncomfortable  one 
for  the  time  of  the  year. 

It  is  impossible,  of  course,  to  predict  the  temperature  for 
next  September,  but  based  on  past  experience  people  here  are 
certain  their  guests  will  not  suffer  from  the  heat. 

The  members  of  the  committee  named  to  look  after  the  enter- 
tainment of  the  W.O.N. A.R.D.  have  been  very  active  in  mapping 
out  their  work  and  have  under  consideration  quite  a  number 
of  features  for  the  amusement  and  entertainment  of  the  ladies. 
In  a  few  days  an  auxiliary  committee  will  be  appointed  com- 
posed of  the  wives,  sisters  and  daughters  of  the  local  drug- 
gists who  will  aid  the  men  in  formulating  their  plans.  It  is 
more  than  probable  that  Mrs.  T.  P.  Taylor  will  be  made  the 
head  ofiicial  of  this  latter  committee  and  a  more  enthusiastic 
and  competent  person  could  not  be  selected. 

The  committee  on  badges  is  in  correspondence  with  a  num- 
ber of  concerns  that  are  specialists  in  that  line  and  will  soon 
have  designs  submitted  for  examination  and  approval.  It  is 
the  desire  of  this  committee  to  select  some  design  that  will  be 
typical  of  the  meeting  place  and  of  sufficient  value  to  be  kept 
as  a  souvenir  of  the  convention. 


New  York  Paint,  Oil  and  Varnish  Club  Has  Meeting. 
The  115th  dinner  and  meeting  of  the  Paint,  Oil  and  Varnish 
Club  of  New  York  was  held  last  Thursday  evening  at  Hotel 
Brevoort.  There  was  an  unusually  large  attendance  present. 
The  following  firms  were  admitted  to  membership :  Newark 
Varnish  Works,  of  Newark,  N.  J. ;  Brooklyn  Varnish  Works, 
and  King  Paint  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Further  action  was  also  taken  relative  to  the  substitute  for  the 
Naval  Stores  Regulation  Bill  pending  in  the  United  Stales 
Senate.  This  substitute  will  be  opposed  as  was  the  original 
bill.  Regrets  were  expressed  over  the  fact  that  C.  B.  Wood- 
ruff, chairman  of  the  executive  committee,  was  to  leave  for  the 
Pacific  Coast,  his  fox-mer  home,  and  a  toast  was  given  Mr. 
Woodruff. 


Yacht  Club  Honors  Two  Baltimore  Drug  Men. 

Baltimore,  March  14. — H.  B.  Gilpin,  head  of  Gilpin,  Lang- 
don  &  Co.,  and  of  the  Gilpin  Drug  Company,  had  the  incon- 
gruous experience  recently  of  being  re-elected  commodore  of 
the  Baltimore  Yacht  Club,  and  being  operated  upon  for  some 
trouble  on  the  hip.     His  recovery  has  been  rapid. 

Capt.  Isaac  E:  Emerson,  of  the  Emerson  Drug  Company, 
was  elected  vice-commodore.  He  also  has  been  prominently 
identified  with  the  organization. 


Enforcing  Cleanliness  in  Mexican  Drug  Stores. 
Mexico  City,  March  7. — Carrying  out  its  plan  to  enforce 
cleanliness  in  the  small  drug  stores  and  prescription  pharma- 
cies of  Mexico  City,  the  Board  of  Health  has  ordered  the  clos- 
ing of  seven  drug  stores  located  in  various  parts  of  the  city. 
They  will  remain  closed  until  such  time  as  the  proprietors 
have  cleaned  the  places  and  replaced  the  old  drugs  and  prepa- 
rations with  fresh  stock.  The  order  was  issued  subsequent  to 
visits  of  inspectors. 


Dr.  Takamine  Entertains  Friends  at  Three  Dinners. 

Dr.  Jokichi  Takamine  this  week  tendered  a  series  of  din- 
ners to  a  number  of  personal  friends  and  associates  at  tlie 
Nippon  Club.  The  first  was  held  Tuesday  evening,  the  second 
occurs  this  evening  and  the  third  tomorrow  evening. 


March  18,  1909]  THE     PHAR:\IACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Granted  March  9,    1909. 

914.408 — Wilhelm  Griitteufein.  Vohwinkel.  near  Elberfeld. 
Germany,  assignor  to  Farbenfabriken  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  & 
Co.,  Elberfeld,  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany.  Mercury 
salt  of  para-aminophenylarsinic  acid. 

914.501 — Donald  McEachem.  Argyle,  Ontario.  Canada. 
Tooth  brush. 

914..51S — Ernst  Saam.  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine.  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  the  firm  of  Knoll  &  Co.,  Ludwigshafen-on- 
the-Rhine,  Germany.  Alpha-halogen-isovaleryl-urea  and  the 
process  of  making  the  same. 

914..529 — Charles  S.  Thomas,  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  assignor  of 
one-third  to  Michael  Malzahn  and  one-thirtl  to  Frederick  G. 
Kemper.  St.  Paul,  Minn.     Non-refillable  bottle. 

914,706 — Cortlandt  H.  Van  Renssalaer,  Philadelphia.  Pa. 
Powder  distributor  and  closure  for  bottles,  cans,  etc. 

914,871— Harlon  F.  Ong,  Portland,  Ore.     Syringe. 

914.872— Leo  H.  Peltason,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Carton  for 
glassware. 

914.885 — Frank  Schmitz  and  William  Shanahan.  Depew, 
N.  T.     Xon-refillable  bottle. 

914.935— Hyde  J.  Dunn,  Oakland,  Cal.  Poultice  case  or 
container. 

914.950— Jay  R.  Harris.  Raton,  N.  Mex.     Syringe. 

914.960 — Albert  P.  Lee,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Grover 
&  Lee  Co..  Buffalo,  N.  Y..  a  corporation  of  New  York.  Jar  or 
bottle  stopper. 

915.035 — Xelson  Muslar.  Worcester.  Mass.,  assignor  to 
Arthur  C.  Higgins.  Worcester.  Mass.     Bottle  labeling  machine. 


New  Association  Planned  in  Zanesville. 
Zanesville.  O..  March  15. — J.  R.  Johnson  is  president  and 
W.  R.  Wells  secretary  of  a  new  temporary  druggists'  organiza- 
tion here.     Physicians  will  be  invited  to  attend  a  banquet  as 
the  guests  of  the  pharmacists  at  an  early  date. 


Moves  to  Michigan  and  Changes  Name. 
Albion.   Mich..   March  12. — Independent  Chemical  Company. 
of  Norwalk.  O..  will  locate  in  the  old  Stoepel  Engine  Works  in 
this  city  and  change  its  name  to  the  Independent  Stock  Tonic 
Company. 


Published  March  9,  1909. 

32.116— Carno  Chemical  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class 
6.  A  remedy  for  malaria,  nervous  diseases  and  general  de- 
bility. 

32,382 — Mexican  Amole  Soap  Company,  Peoria,  III.  Class 
6.  Facial  creams,  hair  tonic,  remedy  for  dandruff,  perfume 
and  toilet  waters. 

33,443— Societe  I'Oxylithe.  Paris,  France.  Class  6.  Chem- 
ical substances  for  preparing  oxygen. 

34.06.5— Helen  B.  Yoas,  Glendine,  Mont.  Class  6.  Medi- 
cated plasters  for  external  body  application. 

34,348 — Harold  Bruce  Dresser,  Liverpool.  Eng.  Class  6. 
Chlorid  of  magnesium. 

.35,62-1 — Mary  E.  Chichester,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Medicated  pads  and  plasters  for  the  stomach  and  various  other 
parts  and  organs  in  the  human  system. 

37.841- Shoemaker  &  Biisch.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6. 
Medicated  complexion  and  toilet  powders. 

38.4.59— Colgate  &  Co.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  and  New  York. 
N.  Y.  Class  6.  Liquid  and  powdered  perfumes  and  toilet 
waters. 

38,913 — Holland  Medicine  Company,  Scranton,  Pa.  Class 
6.  A  medicinal  compound  for  kidney,  liver  and  bladder 
troubles. 

39,500— Shoemaker  &  Busch,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6. 
Disinfectants  and  deodorizers. 

39.638— Milton  C.  King,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Class  6.    Salves. 

40,100 — Albert  L.  Calder  Company.  Inc.,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Class  6.     Tooth  powder,  tooth  paste  and  tooth  soap. 


Medicine  Company  Owns  Its  Own  Building. 
St.  Louis.  March  15. — The  A.  H.  Lewis  Medicine  Company 
has  bought  the  four-story  brick  building  at  Fourth  and  Spruce 
streets,    that    it    has    occupied    as    a    factory    since    it    began 
business. 


Drug  Store  at  Monroe  to  Be  Improved. 
A  handsome  new  store  front  will  soon  be  put  in  the  Clark 
drug  store  at  Monroe,  Wis.     It  will  be  of  iron,   plate  glass 
with  prism  glass  top.  patent  window  ventilator  and  a  single 
door  in  the  center. 


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[March  18,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


SEASONABLE  ARTICLES  IN  GOOD  DEMAND. 


Aggregate  Volume  of  Business  Moderately  Large,  But 
Activity  in  Large  Quantities  Absent. 

New  Yobk,  March  1.5. — Nothing  of  new  feature  has  devel- 
oped in  the  market  for  drugs  and  chemicals  during  the  past 
weeli,  and  while  in  the  aggregate  there  has  been  a  very  fair 
demand,  there  is  no  apparent  buying  interest  for  larger  quanti- 
ties. Opium  and  sulphate  of  quinine  are  quiet  and  steady,  and 
Norwegian  cod  liver  oil  is  in  good  demand  with  an  upward 
tendency.  Balsam  of  fir,  Canadian,  is  scarce  and  higher. 
Refined  camphor  is  more  active  but  without  change  in  value. 
Santonin  is  scarce  with  inquiries  for  large  lots,  which  are 
not  obtainable.  Cascara  sagrada  bark  is  firmer  with  an  active 
demand  and  large  sales  are  reported.  Citric  acid  is  un- 
changed but  in  more  demand.  Sicilian  essences,  such  as 
bergamot,  lemon  and  orange,  are  without  any  material  change 
in  value,  but  a  firmer  and  better  feeling  prevails  in  primary 
markets. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  market  is  quiet  and  the  demand 
is  limited  to  actual  requirements.  The  stock  held  in  the  Lon- 
don market,  which  is  always  large,  shows  a  falling  off  as  com- 
pared with  the  years  1907  and  1908.  The  supply  in  that  mar- 
ket on  February  28,  1909.  was  3.223,936  ounces,  as  compared 
with  3,509,632  ounces  on  the  corresponding  date  in  1908,  and 
3,553,024  ounces  in  1907.  The  difference  this  year  as  com- 
pared with  1907  is  about  .330,000  ounces  less. 

Opium. — The  market  is  firm  at  $4.35  per  pound  for  case 
lots,  which  average  about  160  pounds,  and  the  regular  advance 
for  smaller  quantities.  The  latest  advices  from  Smyrna  report 
heavy  frosts  and  snow  in  the  Salonica  district  as  well  as  in  the 
other  high  plateaus,  which  will  result  in  some  harm  to  the 
poppy  plant ;  but  until  the  snow  melts  it  will  be  impossible  to 
say  to  what  extent  the  damage  will  reach.  The  arrivals  in 
Smyrna  to  February  19  amount  to  2020  cases,  as  against  1352 
cases  for  the  same  period  last  year. 

NOEWEGIAN  Cod  Liveb  Oil. — The  foreign  markets  are 
higher  and  some  of  the  manufacturers  of  prime  goods  have 
advanced  their  prices  $1.00  per  barrel.  Onr  market,  however, 
remains  unchanged,  but  there  has  been  a  more  active  demand 
during  the  week.  Unless  reports  from  primary  markets  are 
more  favorable,  there  may  be  later  on  a  material  advance  in 
prices.  Cables  received  giving  the  reports  of  the  fishing  up  to 
February  8  are  as  follows:  In  Lofoten,  4,000,000  fish,  yield- 
ing 45S0  barrels :  other  districts,  12,000,000  fish,  yielding 
12,570  barrels.  For  1908  for  the  same  date  last  year,  in  Lo- 
foten, 4,200,000  fish,  yielding  6585  barrels  of  oil ;  in  other 
districts,  11,300.000  fish,  yielding  15,500  barrels  of  oil. 

Chamomile  Flowers. — Hungarian.  This  article  seems  to 
be  very  scarce  and  the  stock  in  this  market  is  very  small, 
especially  that  of  a  good  merchantable  quality.  We  under- 
stand that  new  arrivals  are  at  hand  which  will  no  doubt  have 
a  tendency  to  ease  off  the  market  a  little. 

BucHU  Leaves. — The  price  of  the  short  variety  is  decidedly 
firm  and  the  general  quotation  for  prime  green  has  been 
marked  up  to  30c.  per  pound,  as  to  quantity.  At  the  drug 
auction  in  London  held  on  March  11,  the  entire  quantity 
offered  was  sold  at  12d.,  an  advance  of  about  4c.  per  pound. 
That  market  is  said  to  be  practically  bare  and  the  outlook  is 
considered  favorable  to  still  higher  spot  prices. 

Vanilla  Beans. — Greater  activity  is  being  shown  in  the 
market  for  this  article  than  for  some  time  past,  especially  for 
Bourbons,  sales  of  which  are  reported  at  full  outside  figures. 

Oil  of  GAtJLTHERiA.-^There  has  been  an  advance  in  the 
price  of  the  natural  leaf  oil.  Revised  prices  are  now  $4.25@ 
$4.50  per  pound. 

Gltcebin. — This  article  again  reflects  weakness  and  manu- 
facturers have  further  reduced  prices  to  15%c.  per  pound  for 
C.P.  in  drums  and  16%c.  per  pound  in  cans. 

Citric  Acid. — The  market  has  been  quiet  but  shows  a 
tendency  towards  a  slightly  improved  demand.  There  is  un- 
doubtedly a  lack  of  confidence  in  the  future  market.  Manu- 
facturers quote  41c.  in  barrels  and  41  %c.  in  kegs. 

Menthol. — There   have   been   arrivals   from    Kobe,    Japan, 


consisting  of  20  cases,  but  the  market  has  not  been  influenced 
10  any  noticeable  extent.  The  demand  has  been  quiet  and  the 
quotations  of  $2.15@$2.25  per  pound,  according  to  holder, 
have  been  rather  nominal. 

Grains  of  Paradise. — The  shortage  in  primary  markets  is 
unrelieved  and  only  limited  quantities  of  prime,  sound  quality 
are  available.  Single  bags  of  about  125  pounds  are  being 
offered  at  18c.,  with  smaller  quantities  at  the  usual  ratio  of 
advance. 

Ergot. — The  stringency  in  primary  markets  continues  una- 
bated and  in  consequence  high  prices  are  being  secured  for 
all  lots  that  are  obtainable.  Choice  Spanish  is  being  held  at 
45c.  in  large  quantities,  and  Russian  is  held  at  40c.  for  small 
amounts. 

Aloes,  Barbadoes. — The  few  holders  are  entirely  out  of 
this  article  and  there  is  none  in  this  market  at  present.  Ship- 
ments are  expected  to  arrive,  but  it  cannot  be  said  at  what 
time  these  will  be  here. 

Santonin. — This  article  has  been  in  active  demand  with 
inquiries  for  lots  of  100  and  200  pounds,  but  small  lots  only 
are  available  and  no  quotations  are  being  made  for  lots  ex- 
ceeding 5  pounds  each. 

Balsam  Peru. — Quotations  have  been  slightly  reduced  and 
large  quantities  are  now  held  at  $1.55@$1.65  per  pound.  The 
reduction  is  said  to  be  due  largely  to  the  fact  of  competition 
with  recent  importations  from  Germany.  In  the  market  the 
description  is  not  recognized  as  that  of  a  balsam  of  the  same 
grade  or  class  as  the  direct  importations  from  the  country  of 
production,  San  Salvador,  but  its  presence  in  the  market  has, 
however,  had  an  influence  upon  values. 

Bat  Rum. — The  market  is  firm  at  $1.55@$1.60  per  gallon, 
as  to  seller,  with  only  limited  quantities  available  at  the  inside 
figure.  The  firmness  is  largely  due  to  the  steady  diminution 
of  spot  stocks,  and  as  the  cost  to  replace  with  tax  paid  goods 
is  considerably  higher  than  the  present  selling  market,  material 
advances  in  local  values  are  looked  for. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  March  6. — While  business  in  drugs  and  chemicals 
has  not  improved  to  any  appreciable  extent,  it  is  no  worse 
than  it  has  been  recently  and  prices  on  the  whole  are  well 
maintained.  Cocaine  has  been  advanced  7d.  per  ^unce.  a  rise 
which  most  people  had  expected.  Cod  Liver  Oil  is  dearer  in 
consequence  of  unfavorable  reports  as  to  the  fishing.  Cam- 
phor is  firm  but  little  business  is  passing ;  small  sales  of 
China  Crude  have  been  made  at  140s.  per  cwt.  spot,  while  for 
Japanese  refined  Is.  7d.  per  pound  is  quoted  for  1  ounce 
tablets.  Essence  of  Lemon  is  firmer  and  business  has  been 
done  at  3s.  9d.  per  pound  spot ;  Essence  of  Bergamot  is 
quoted  at  22s.  per  pound  and  Oil  of  Sweet  Orange  9s.  Citric 
Acid  is  quiet  and  the  position  unchanged.  Opium  is  firm  and 
the  alkaloids  are  in  steady  demand.  Oil  of  Peppermint  is 
quiet  and  prices  are  unchanged.  Strychnine  is  very  firm  and 
some  makers  are  quoting  higher  prices.  A  general  advance 
in  price  is  anticipated. 


Taft  'Possum  Dinner  for  Drug  Men. 

Detroit,  March  14. — The  Stogie  Club,  comprising  the  beads 
of  the  department  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co..  and  their  assis- 
tants, recently  sat  down  to  a  typical  Taft  'possum  dinner, 
sweet  potatoes  and  the  rest  of  the  menu,  all  except  the  bouil- 
labaise.  Those  present  were :  D.  M.  Gray,  T.  Bennett,  J.  W. 
T.  Knox,  W.  Ohliger.  Dr.  Charles  W.  Tarbrough.  R.  Hom- 
burg.  C.  G.  Willitts.  T.  Mears,  K.  K.  Gimmy.  R.  R.  Daley, 
B.  S.  Knapp  and  W.  H.  Sanderson. 


Mississippi  B.  of  P.  President  Buys  Fountain. 
When  .Tames  B.  Small.  Winona.  Miss.,  president  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  of  that  State,  indicated  to  manufacturers 
of  soda  fountains  that  he  was  in  the  market  for  a  new  Iceless 
outfit  there  was  naturally  a  very  vigorous  scramble  after  the 
order  of  so  prominent  a  figure  in  the  Southern  pharmaceutical 
trade,  but  the  Liquid  man  carried  off  the  order  for  a  20  foot 
marble  and  Sienna  apparatus. 


Canadian  Drug  Concern  to  Sell  Stock  in  London. 
The  National  Drug  &  Chemical'  Co.,  of  Canada,  has  arranged 
for  the  issue  of  $1,500,000  first  preferred  stock  in  London. 


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Druggists  throughout  the  country  will  do  well  to 
take  warning  from  the  experiences  of  the  Chicago 
druggists,  reported  in  recent  issues  of  the  Era.  who 
have  been  threatened  with  prosecution  for  violation 
of  the  Federal  stamp  tax  law  for  manufacturing, 
displaying  and  selling  tolu,  rock  and  rye,  as  well  as 
similar  compounds,  including  rock,  rye  and  glycerin. 
It  is  contended  that  in  putting  up  this  class  of  goods 
for  beverage  use  the  druggists  make  themselves  lia- 
ble for  violating  the  law  requiring  a  license  as  com- 
pounders and  rectifiers  of  spirituous  liquors.  The 
penalty  is  a  fine  ranging  from  $1,000  to  $5,000  and 
imprisonment  for  not  less  than  six  months  nor  more 
than  two  years  for  each  offense. 

Lender  Treasury  Decisions  946  and  1905  a  druggist 
may  compound  a  preparation  of  rock  candy,  rye 
whiskj^  and  glycerin  on  the  order  of  a  patron,  or  on 
a  physician's  prescription,  for  medicinal  use,  in 
which  case  he  is  exempt  from  special  tax;  but  when 
he  keeps  the  compound  in  stock  and  sells  it  to  those 
desiring  it  as  a  beverage  he  comes  under  the  law  and 
is  not  exempt. 

The  action  of  the  Internal  Revenue  agents  in  the 
Chicago  district  may  be  followed  by  other  agents 
elsewhere  in  the  country  and  this  warning  should 
prevent  druggists  from  making  themselves  amenable 
to  prosecution. 

FTJTITRE   OF  THE  RETAIL  DRUGGISTS. 


In  Dr.  Nathan's  recent  prize  paper  in  the  Era 
the  view  was  taken  by  him  that  the  only  salvation  in 
the  future  for  retail  druggists  exists  in  the  form  of 
buying  clubs.  As  we  pointed  out  at  the  time,  there 
are  more  ways  than  one  of  constructing  a  prosperous 
business  and  none  of  these  ways  should  be  omitted 
from  the  consideration  of  druggists  who  are  deter- 
mined to  have  "salvation"  anyway.  Mr.  Coleman, 
in  an  admirable  address  before  the  .students  of  the 
Pitt.sburg  College  of  Pharmacy,  recently  presented 
the  results  of  his  experience  in  not  only  enlarging  his 
business  and  making  it  more  ethical  professionally, 
but  in  promoting  its  permanent  stability  and  future 
prosperity. 

Comparatively  few  druggists  have  laboratories  at 
all  worthy  of  the  name,  although  analytical  work  is 
a  natural  fimction  of  pharmacists  and  one  for  the 
exercise  of  which  there  is  a  constantly  growing  de- 
mand. Aside  from  the  interesting  studies  which  can 
be  made  of  drugs  and  chemicals,  omitting  thought  of 
the  profitable  trade  which  can  be  built  up,  there  is 
the  more  serious  question  of  how  druggists  are  going 
to  comply  with  all  of  the  requirements  of  the  pure 
drug   laws   if  they   are  not   equipped  to  make   the 


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[March  25.  1909 


analyses  and  tests  which  are  necessary  in  avoiding 
conflict  with  the  statutes  and  penalization?  Drug- 
gists who  do  not  possess  laboratories  should  read  the 
experience  and  note  the  suggestions  which  are  put 
forth  in  such  practical  shape  by  Mr.  Coleman  on 
page  277  of  this  issue  of  the  Era. 

KENTUCKY  SETS  EXAMPLE  FOR  NEW  YORK. 


In  revising  the  pharmacy  law  of  New  York  the 
members  of  the  legislative  committee  of  the  New- 
York  State  Pharmaceutical  A-ssociation  can  with 
profit  study  the  system  in  vogue  in  our  sister  State 
of  Kentuck^^  where  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  is 
appointed  b^■  the  Governor  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  Kentuckj'  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
There  is  no  option  at  all  about  it.  for  the  Governor 
must  make  his  selections  from  the  list  submitted  by 
the  State  Ph. A.  In  Kentucky  the  pharmacists  also 
have  one  representative  upon  the  board  charged  with 
enforcing  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  and  this 
member  also  must  be  appointed  upon  the  recommen- 
dation of  the  State  Ph. A. 

In  enforcing  the  pharmacy  law  in  Kentucky-  first 
offenders  are  never  penalized,  but  second  and  subse- 
quent offenses  are  treated  with  severity.  The  board 
maintains  a  high  standard,  the  politicians  have  no 
power  to  punish  members  for  political  reasons  and 
there  can  be  no  disgraceful  scramble  for  office.  The 
possibility  of  rewarding  friends  for  political  services 
also  is  eliminated  and  conditions  are  more  or  less 
ideal  when  compared  with  other  States  that  will 
readily  occur  to  the  readers  of  the  Era. 

"Why  not  put  the  must  into  the  New  York  bill  and 
thereby  forever  insure  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
against  the  interference  of  meddling  politicians  and 
ward  heelers  ?  No  Governor  sincerely  desirous  of 
preserving  the  integrity  of  this  important  body  could 
object  to  such  a  provision  and  most  Govemoi"s  would 
be  heartily  glad  to  have  such  a  restriction  in  the  law, 
for  it  would  oft'er  relief  from  the  pressure  of  doubtful 
or  undesirable  candidates  and  serve  to  pre,vent  party 
friction  over  a  suliject  of  life  and  death  which  is 
quite  too  serious  to  be  made  the  football  of  capitol 
wire-pullers. 

PAYNE  BILL  REALLY  RAISES  THE  TARIFF. 


Comparison  of  ad  valorem  rates  in  the  Pa>Tie 
Tariff  Bill  and  the  Diugley  Law  discloses  the  fact 
that  the  schedules  have  not  been  revised  do^Tiward 
in  the  fashion  which  most  of  the  public  had  been 
led  to  believe.  An  official  siunmary  shows  that  the 
average  rate  imder  the  Dingley  Law  is  -lr4:.16  per 
cent,  while  the  Payne  Bill  averages  1.56  per  cent 
greater.  The  average  taxes  of  nine  schedules  have 
been  advanced  and  those  of  five  decreased,  among 
the  latter  being  the  chemicals,  oils  and  paint 
schedule,  which  is  reduced  from  28.82  to  28.48 
per  cent. 

So  far  as  the  drug  trade  is  concerned  the  general 
opinion  seems  to  be  that  the  revision  is  without 
much  effect  and  it  is  doubtful  if  trade  interests  ^vill 
bother  very  much  about  the  Congressional  action, 
unless  some  new  phase  develops,  such  as  the  rumored 


possibilitj-  of  the  imposition  of  revenue  stamp  taxes, 
in  which  case  a  vigorous  opposition  will  be  organized. 
The  tariff  tinkerers  at  Washington  figure  that  imder 
the  Payne  tariff  the  annual  revenue  will  be  $305,- 
224.732  as  against  $293,557,684  derived  imder  the 
Dingley  Law.  This  provides  for  a  net  increase 
from  customs  of  almost  $12,000,000  and  does  not 
include  the  tax  on  legacies,  etc.  These  figures, 
which  are  official,  would  seem  to  make  imnecessary 
any  revenue  stamp  taxes  of  the  war  variety,  but  in 
politics  "it  is  not  always  what  you  see,  but  what 
you  don't  see."  as  a  wise  old  statesman  once 
remarked. 


WHAT   DRUGGISTS  HAVE   FOUGHT   FOR. 


One  of  the  provisions  of  the  Payne  Tariff  Bill 
which  has  escaped  general  notice  straightens  out  one 
patent  law  injustice  and  if  enacted  will  bring  about 
the  reform  which  was  one  of  the  chief  features  of 
Congressman  Mann's  Patent  Bill  for  which  or- 
ganized druggists  throughout  the  coimtrj'  fought  so 
hard.  Section  41  of  the  Tariff  Bill  makes  this 
provision : 

"That  wheue-\'er  a  patent  is  issued  by  tlie  Uuited  States  to  any 
citizen  or  subject  of  a  foreign  country  it  sball  be  subject  with 
respect  to  manufacture  tbereunder  in  this  country  to  all  the 
limitations,  conditions,  and  restrictions  that  are  imposed  by  the 
country  of  said  citizen  or  subject  upon  the  manufacture  in  that 
countr.v  under  patents  issued  therein  to  citizens  of  the  Uuited 
States." 


This  provision  is  in  line  ■nath  the  policy  of  the 
maximiun  and  minimum  tariff  provisions  and  is 
intended  to  protect  Americans  without  at  the  same 
time  doing  injustice  to  foreigners. 

President  Diamond,  of  the  New  York  State  Ph.A..  in  a 
vigorous  communication,  which  will  be  found  on  page  282  of 
this  issue  of  the  Era.  takes  the  Manhattan  Ph.A.  severely  to 
task  for  its  interference  with  the  legislative  work  of  the  State 
association.  Mr.  Diamond  points  out  that  the  Manhattan 
association  was  invited  to  attend  the  conference  of  all  of  the 
local  bodies  interested  in  drafting  the  all-State  bill  and  is  only 
able  to  explain  the  action  of  six  of  the  Manhattan's  members 
upon  the  theory  that  President  Diner  is  the  real  father  of  the 
Conklin  Bill.  While  it  would  be  interesting  to  have  the 
m.vstery  solved,  its  solution  can  have  no  effect  upon  the  situa- 
tion at  Albany^  for  the  measure  to  be  agreed  upon  by  the  Gov- 
ernor and  the  State  Ph.A.  will  have  the  right  of  way  in  passage 
through  the  Legislature.  As  we  have  repeatedly  pointed  out. 
the  best  interests  of  pharmacy  in  the  State  demand  that  there 
be  a  harmonious  acquiescence  in  the  legislative  plans  of  the 
State  association. 


Resolutions  adopted  by  the  Columbus  R.D.A.  demanding  a 
restoration  of  the  buying  rights  that  the  retailers  relinquished  ■ 
on  account  of  the  tripartite  agreement,  which  was  nullified  by 
the  courts,  will  be  read  with  consuming  interest  by  druggists  i 
throughout  the  country.  There  is  a  ring  .of  determination  to 
the  utterances  of  the  Columbus  retailers  that  will  give  the 
proclamation  a  force  which  it  would  not  have  had  it  been 
couched  in  less  vigorous  language. 

Much  favorable  comment  has  been  caused  by  the  Eba's  new 
departure  in  establishing  the  Classified  Buyers'  Directory, 
offering,  as  it  does,  an  unexampled  means  for  the  buyers  in  the 
drug  trade  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  manufacturers  of  all  kinds ; 
of  goods  that  are  in  demand  by  retail  druggists. 


An  advertisement  in  the  New  York  Herald  recently  called 
for  "capital  to  finance  manufacturing  of  non-refillable  bottle.'  j 
Great  is  the  faith  of  the  inventors,  even  when  they  pursue  the 
elusive  fire-fly  of  perpetual  motion. 


Unlawful  possession  of  opium  and  cocaine  should  be  made 


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a  criminal  offense.  Wlieu  that  is  doue  the  fight  against  these 
twin  evils  can  be  prosecuted  to  better  advantage  than  at 
present.  Such  a  law  rigorously  enforced  would  kill  the  ped- 
dling of  these  drugs  and  give  the  authorities  power  to  lock  up 
the  fiends  for  reformatory  purposes. 

Editor-druggist  Wm.  B.  Barnard,  of  the  Millersburg  (  HI.  I 
Grit,  has  displayed  true  consistency  of  principle.  He  is  an 
ardent  advocate  in  his  newspaper  of  temperance  legislation 
and  in  order  that  he  may  not  be  accused  of  fighting  for  selfish 
purposes  he  has  entirely  stopped  the  sale  of  intoxicants  in 
his  drug  store.     Nobody  can  now  question  his  sincerity. 


A  fool  clerk  and  his  job  are  soon  parted. 


California  Board  of  Pharmacy  deserves  the  hearty  and 
earnest  support  of  all  pharmacists  in  the  State  in  the  war 
which  its  members  are  waging  against  the  unlawful  sale  of 
cocaine  and  opium. 


With  his  90th  birthday  less  than  six  months  distant.  Col. 
Ormand  F.  Nims,  the  oldest  druggist  in  Massachusetts,  is  not 
only  in  active  business  but  on  Washington's  Birthday  he  pre- 
sided at  the  44th  annual  reunion  and  dinner  of  the  famous 
Nims'  Battery  Association,  at  the  Revere 
House.  Boston.  That  he  is  able  to  appear 
at  public  functions  is  perhaps  the  best 
evidence  of  his  remarkable  vigor,  and  not 
a  few  remarked  that  the  venerable  Colonel 
belied  his  age  by  at  least  a  third  of  a 
century. 

In  a  professional  way  the  Colonel  is 
also  remarkable.  A  few  days  ago,  a  Bos- 
ton antiquarian  in  search  of  a  fact  which 
appeared  to  be  obtainable  only  from  an 
eye-witness  of  the  incident,  made  a  call 
upon  Colonel  Nims  to  see  if  he  could  give 
the  much-desired  info'-mation.  The  Col- 
onel was  found  in  his  quaint  drug  store 
at  136  Cambridge  street,  Boston,  engaged 
at  that  moment  in  the  delicate  task  of  re- 
moving a  splinter  from  the  eye  of  an  un- 
fortunate man,  and  the  Colonel  not  only 
removed  the  splinter,  but  did  so  without 
the  aid  even  of  spectacles. 

Despite  his  age.  Colonel  Nims  continues 
to  pursue  the  same  routine  of  life  that  he 
has  known  for  many  years.  He  opens  his 
store  himself  every  morning  at  seven,  and 
with  the  exception  of  the  two  periods  at 
noon  and  evening  which  he  takes  for 
meals,  he  keeps  at  business  until  nearly 
eleven  at  night. 

Colonel  Nims  is  perhaps  more  widely 
known  as  a  soldier  than  as  a  pharmacist, 
for  in  the  Civil  War  he  was  commander 
of  Nims'  Battery,  which  covered  itself  with  glory.  He  had 
only  eight  days'  notice  in  which  to  arrange  his  business  affairs 
and  leave  for  the  front  at  the  outbreak  of  the  war.  and  he 
did  not  return  to  Boston  until  the  war  was  over.  He  got 
his  military  instinct  at  birth.  All  the  Nimses  were  soldiers. 
One  of  them  was  killed  at  Bunker  Hill.  They  have  fought 
in  every  war  in  which  the  United  States  has  been  engaged. 
Colonel  Nims  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Battery  of 
Light  Artillery  in  ante-bellum  days.  One  day  the  captain  said 
to  him :  "Keep  on  drilling  the  company.  I  am  going  to 
Boston  and  may  not  be  back  for  some  time." 

I  have  never  seen  him  since,"  remarked  the  gallant  veteran 
the  other  day  as  he  conversed  with  a  representative  of  The 
Phabmaceutical  Era.  "The  adjutant-general  came  out  to 
see  us,  asked  me  to  take  command,  and  gave  me  eight  days 
to  get  ready  for  the  front.  I  left  my  business  with  my  wife. 
3T  rather  with  the  lady  who  afterward  became  my  wife.  I  was 
n  the  sen-ice  with  the  battery  three  .vears  and  five  months. 
Then  I  resigned  and  joined  the  qtiartermaster's  department  in 
Sew  Orleans.  The  colonel  sent  me  out  to  see  what  I  could 
)uy  copper  sheathing  to  repair  the  ships  with.  I  made  ray 
"eport.  Then  he  sent  me  out  to  see  what  I  could  do  in  getting 
hree  steam  fire  engines.  I  got  a  price  of  .$28(X).  The  colonel 
iirected  me  to  b\iy  them.  I  offered  the  concern  .$2.5(X).  They 
laggled   and   quibbled,    but   finally   accepted    and    I    had    them 


Col.   OP.JIAN 
of   Bosto 


make  out  the  bill  for  .$2."'i(Ml.  WIimm  the  colonel  saw  the  bill 
he  called  me  to  him  and  told  me  he  was  going  to  put  me  in 
charge  of  building  the  hospitals  in  New  Orleans,  and  after  I 
had  been  in  charge  three  weeks  he  told  me  I  had  accomplished 
more  in  that  time  than  had  been  done  in  three  mouths  before. 
Then  I  was  made  harbormaster  and  was  given  full  charge  of 
all  the  supplies  arriving  in  the  city  for  the  army.  The  levees 
were  piled  high  with  hay  and  provisions  and  supplies  of  all 
kinds.  I  was  told  I  might  hire  three  men  to  help  me.  but  I 
didn't  do  it  and  I  got  all  the  stuff  cleared  up  and  stored  away. 
Then  I  found  myself  about  to  be  out  of  a  job  because  there 
was  nothing  more  to  do.  I  asked  to  be  made  an  auctioneer 
and  in  one  day  I  sold  .$56,000  worth  of  stuff. 

"But  all  that  is  of  no  interest.  I  don't  want  to  be  written 
u|i.  People  will  think  I  am  trying  to  put  myself  forward, 
but  I  am  not.  and  I  am  not  worth  writing  up." 

The  venerable  druggist  had  been  telling  these  things  in  the 
interim  while  waiting  on  customers.  The  store  is  typically 
old-fashioned.  It  contains  no  soda  fountain.  It  is  heated  by  a 
coal  stove.  There  are  no  patent  medicines  and  few  proprietary 
articles  on  the  shelves  or  in  the  show  cases.  There  is  no 
cigar  counter,  while  a  large  sign  in  the  rear  of  the  store  says : 
"No  smoking  in  this  store."  The  shelving  and  woodwork  is 
painted  white,  and  the  two  sides  and  rear  are  lined  with 
bottles  of  drugs  and  chemicals.  Colonel 
Nims  clings  to  the  name  of  "apothecary." 
.  Asked  as  to  the  absence  of  a  soda  foun- 
tain. Mr.  Nims  said :  "No,  I  have  no 
soda  fountain.  I  won't  have  one.  I 
wouldn't  let  one  be  put  in  here  again  as 
a  gift.  I  had  one  once.  In  fact  I  had 
the  first  fancy  fountain  in  this  part  of 
the  city.  That  was  just  after  the  war. 
Before  that  I  had  a  plain  square  foun- 
tain, but  when  I  returned  from  the  war 
I  put  in  the  new  one.  I  paid  $775  for 
it.  ran  it  for  17  years  and  sold  it  for 
$.50 :  I  haven't  had  one  since.  It  seems 
to  me  it  is  too  much  work  for  the  money. 
When  I  had  my  fountain  I  used  to  get 
10  cents  a  drink,  but  when  prices  got 
down  to  5  cents  I  said  that  I  wouldn't 
do  it.  If  there  was  money  in  it,  it  would 
be  all  right.  I  remember  one  night  a 
crowd  of  people  kept  coming  in  here 
in  such  numbers  that  I  had  to  ask  them 
what  they  meant  by  it.  No  sooner  would 
one  crowd  go  out  but  another  would  come 
in.  They  said  they  were  giving  me  a 
benefit.  In  two  hours  and  a  half  I  took 
in  !532  and  about  .$2^  of  it  was  clear 
profit.  But  I  wouldn't  draw  soda  at  5 
cents  a  glass." 

"How  about  cigars?     he  was  asked. 
,  Mass.  "No  cigars  are  sold  here.     I  don't  be- 

lieve an  apothecary  shop  is  the  place  to 
sell  tobacco.  An  apothecary  shop  should  be  clean.  It  is  a 
place  where  ladies  come  and  so  it  is  no  place  for  smoking.  I 
used  to  keep  them,  but  I  threw  them  out  long  ago.  Once  I 
counted  up  my  stock  of  cigars  and  I  found  I  had  IS.OOO  in 
the  store.  But  that  was  before  the  war.  I  gave  them  up 
some  years  ago,  gave  away  the  last  of  them  to  a  man  who 
used  to  help  me.'' 

"How  about  liquors?" 

"I  don't  keep  them.  I  have  never  had  a  license.  If  I  can't 
get  a  living  at  my  own  business,  I'll  give  up.  for  I  wouldn't 
sell  rum  for  a  thousand  dollars  a  minute.  I  came  from  a 
town  (Sullivan,  N.  H.)  where  no  liquor  was  ever  sold,  and 
I  won't  sell  it  here. 

"And  I  won't  sell  patent  medicines.  I  wouldn't  walk 
around  the  counter  for  the  small  profit  there  is  in  it.  I 
make  all  my  own  preparations,  so  you  see  it  is  a  pretty  big 
machine  to  run,  and  it  keeps  me  busy.  I  get  up  at  7  o'clock 
every  morning  and  go  to  bed  at  11.  I  am  in  the  store  all  day 
except  when  I  go  to  my  meals.  I  have  been  in  this  store  52 
years  last  April.  There  isn't  a  man  on  the  street  who  was 
here  when  I  came  here.     I  run  them  all  out." 

Then  pointing  to  the  white-painted  interior,  he  said  with 
some  show  of  pride:  "You  see  that  paint?  It  was  put  on  52 
years  ago  and  has  never  been  renewed.  When  it  is  washed 
and  cleaned  it  looks  just  like  new."     It  was  near  5.30  p.  m.  and 


NIIIS. 


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THE    PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[March  25,  1909 


Mr.  Nims  said  :  "In  just  10  minutes  my  tea  will  be  ready. 
1  must  go.  You've  got  more  than  .vou  want  to  say  about 
me."  And  the  nonogenarian,  with  his  white  beard  and  full 
head  of  white  hair,  with  the  Isindest  and  brightest  of  blue  eyes, 
bowed  a  good  evening  to  the  representative.  Probably  no  man 
in  Boston  is  more  regular  in  his  habits  of  life.  People  in  the 
neighborhood  say  they  can  set  their  clocks  by  Mr.  Nims' 
movements  to  and  from  the  store.  He  runs  the  store  all  alone, 
locks  it  up  when  he  goes  to  meals,  and  at  the  age  of  nearly 
90  is  keen  in  intellect, .  with  an  active  mind  and  a  strong 
body,  and  with  ideas  as  to  the  ethics  of  pharmacy  that  well 
represents  in  the  extreme  the  "Xew^  England  conscience." 


Doctor:  "So  you  are  worse.  Did  you  take  the  medicine 
precisely  as  I  instructed  .you  toV" 

Patient :     "I'recisely." 

Doctor :  "Then  you  can  blame  the  druggist  for  your  relapse. 
I  do  not  know  what  the  medicine  I  prescribed  is  made  of,  but 
the  druggist  probably  substituted  something  else." 


Modern  time  and  labor  saving  devices  have  not  .vet  I'eached 
their  limit,  but  with  many  of  them  the  test  of  practice  versus 
theory  is  often  disappointing,  as  some  pharmacists  have 
learned  by  experience.  At  the  Annual  Business  Show,  held  in 
Chicago  recently,  an  invention  was  exploited  which  would 
effect  enormous  economies  in  the  publication  of  newspapers 
and  in  the  printing  of  advertisements  and  in  doing  other  work 
of  that  description  which  is  so  necessary  in  both  the  retail 
and  the  wholesale  drug  trade. 

As  applied  to  newspapers  the  inventor  showed  a  system  of 
making  matrices  for  stereotypes  direct  from  the  first  writing 
on  the  typewriter.  With  his  system  a  matrix  paper  was  in- 
serted in  any  ordinary  typewriter,  the  stenographer  proceeded 
in  the  usual  way,  and  when  finished  the  result  was  turned 
over  to  a  stereotyper,  who  made  a  plate  from  it  without  hav- 
ing had  any  type  set.  any  make-ready  on  forms  or  an.v  of  the 
usual  details  followed  in  a  printing  office  for  making  stereos. 

The  inventor  and  exhibitor  claimed  that  they  were  about 
to  cause  a  revolution  in  the  printing  of  newspapers,  for  they 
are  at  work  on  an  interchangeable  typewriting  machine  which 
will  make  it  possible  to  do  all  composing  for  newspapers  and 
publications,  direct  on  the  typewriter  and  print  from  plates. 
They  claim  that  this  device,  in  connection  with  Edison's 
dictating  machine,  will  eliminate  all  of  the  work  and  hands 
between  the  reporter  and  stereotyper,  except  the  stenographer, 
for  Edison  proposes  to  perfect  iiis  device  so  that  in  the  future 
a  reporter  on  a  big  daily  will  tell  his  story  to  the  dictating 
machine,  and  it  will  be  turned  over  to  the  linotype  for  imme- 
diate set  up. 


This  all  reads  very  nicely,  but  any  person  familiar  with  the 
editing  that  has  to  be  done  in  condensing  or  elaborating 
copy  written  by  reporters  on  the  big  daily  papers  will  at  once 
realize  the  impracticability  of  the  system  in  actual  practice. 
On  the  metropolitan  papers  at  the  present  time  there  is  not 
one  reporter  in  200  whose  copy  goes  to  the  printers  in  the 
shape  in  which  it  was  originally  written.  Editors  who  revise, 
correct  and  elucidate  the  copy  written  b.v  reporters  are  often 
equally  ruthless  in  changing  and  improving  what  they  them- 
selves have  written.  It  is  said  of  Charles  A.  Dana,  of  the 
New  York  Sun,  one  of  the  famous  editors  of  modern  times, 
as  well  as  one  of  the  most  polished,  expressive  and  impressive 
writers  in  American  journalism,  that  he  never  sent  to  the 
printers  an  article  that  had  not  been  changed  in  some  respect 
after  it  was  first  put  on  paper  and  often  further  changes 
were  made  in  the  type,  sometimes  involving  practical  recon- 
struction. In  fact,  it  is  only  the  lazy  editor,  reporter  or 
writer  who  lets  his  thoughts  sift  into  type  without  endeavor- 
ing to  improve  the  phraseology. 


Another  difficulty  which  the  inventor  will  have  to  en- 
counter will  be  the  inability  of  the  majority  of  reporters  to 
write  either  fluent  newspaper  English  or  spell  correctly. 
Capitalization,  style  and  trifling  with  plurals  and  singulars, 
the  misuse  of  parts  of  speech  and  a  disregard  of  written  and 
unwritten  office  rules,  such  as  make  most  proofreaders  on 
newspapers  prematurely  aged,  would  result  in  the  production 
of  a  most  remarkable  newspaper  if  all  the  reporters'  copy 
should  be  printed  as  written.  It  is  not  to  the  discredit  of  the 
average  reporter  that  he  is  not  infallible  in  the  matter  of 
spelling,    that   his   vocabulary   is   often   deficient,   or   that   his 


ideas    of   syntax    are    sometimes    obscure,    for,    outside    of   the    '■ 
one  man  in  the  200,  the  less  a  reporter  knows  aliout  technicali- 
ties the  better  he  is  as  a  news  gatherer.     It  is  more  essential 
for  a  reporter  to  have  a  nose  for  news,  get  the  news  and  bring 
it  into  the  office  than  for  him  to  do  anything  else.     There  are    : 
dozens  of  good   writers  to  every  good   reporter  and  the  news-    • 
papers  employ  the  writers  to  tell  the  story  that  the  men  with 
news  noses  smell  out  and  take  to  the  office.     At  tne  present   i 
time   there   are  at   least   three   "star"   reporters   in   New   York    ' 
who  cannot  trust  themselves  on  spelling  more  than  ordinary   i 
words  who  are  paid  more  than  .$100  a  week  each.     But  they   I 
get  the   news  and   are  indispensable   to  their   papers.     One  of   \ 
them  is  rather  proud  of  making  somebody  else  do  the  spelling   '. 
for  him. 


Pilldig  :  "I  suppose  lliat  the  next  side  line  w-ith  us  will  be 
airship  accessories." 

Filterwit :  "I  already  carry  them  :  Bandages,  splints  and 
chloroform." 

The  London  La  nut  retells  a  good  story  this  week — that  of 
the  patient  with  malignant  disease  of  the  throat  who  consulted 
a  specialist.  The  surgeon  recommended  the  removal  of  the 
larynx.  The  patient  expres.sed  a  fear  that  the  operation  was 
very  dangerous. 

"Oh,  no,"  said  the  surgeon,  ".vou  are  sure  to  recover." 

"But,"  said  the  patient,   "I   understood   that  the  operation  i 
was  very  serious  indeed."  i 

"Well,"  said  the  surgeon,  "my  reason  for  saying  that  yon  ■ 
are  sure  to  recover  is  this :     The  mortality  is  19  out  of  20, 
and  I've  had  19  deaths  already." 


The  reason  some  of  the  co-eds  in  the  colleges  of  pharmacy 
are  so  devoted  to  chemistry  is  because  they  can  spend  so  much  • 
time  trying  to  discover  affinities. 


So  many  different  titles  are  used  by  opticians  who  have . 
been  registered  under  the  new  Optometry  Law  of  the  State  of  i 
New  York  that  a  movement  has  been  started  to  obtain  uni- 
formity. The  Optometrical  Society  has  sent  out  notices  that 
failure  to  use  the  title  "optometrist"  on  cards  and  signs  will  i 
be  cause  of  expulsion.  This  action  is  intended  to  put  an  end ' 
to  the  use  by  registered  opticians  of  such  titles  as  "eye  spe- 
cialist," "eyesight  specialist"  and  "optical  expert,"  which  are, 
used  with  numerous  variations. 

The  society  is  also  giving  attention  to  the  use  of  the  title 
"doctor"  assumed  by  some  opticians  who  have  never  obtained 
a  physician's  degree.  The  resolution  requiring  the  members' 
to  use  "optometrist"  as  a  title  does  not  prohibit  the  addition 
of  the  "doctor's"  title,  and  in  many  cases  both  are  used  by  the 
same  man.  A  resolution  is  to  be  acted  upon  at  the  society's 
next  meeting  making  the  use  of  "doctor"  a  ground  for  expul- 
sion, unless  the  user  has  obtained  a  physicians  degree. 


Whenever  a  druggist  finds  that  he  is  too  slow  to  keep  up 
with  the  procession  of  modern  progress,  he  wants  to  "reform": 
things  back  to  the  conditions  in  which  they  were  when  he 
was  a  boy. 


Professor  Perret.  formerly  Honorary  Assistant  at  Royal 
Vesuvian  Observatory,  has  written  for  the  April  Century  the' 
trained  scientist's  account  of  "The  Messina  Earthquake." 
Readers  of  the  issue  will  have  also  the  artist's  picturing  of  the! 
scenes  and  happenings  "After  the  Earthquake"  in  Robert 
Hicheu's  narrative  of  his  observations  and  experiences  in 
Naples,  Palermo  and  Messina  set  down  with  all  this  author's 
characteristic  color  and  sympathy. 


A  scissors  grinder  passed  a  drug  store  the  other  day. 

"Got  any  knives  to  grind?"  he  asked  of  a  smart  young  clerk 
in  the  door. 

"No.     Can  you  sharpen  wits?"  asked  the  smart  young  clerk. 

"Yes,  if  you  have  got  any,"  returned  the  man  of  blades  and 
paused  expectantly  as  if  waiting  for  the  job. — Ottumwa  (la-) 
Courier. 


When  Heine  first  entered  the  service,  the  boss  gave  him  a 
carboy  and  told  him  to  "wash  the  inside  out."  Heine  looked 
at  the  big  bottle  ruefully  and  then  said  :  "Yah,  I  vash  der 
insite  oudt  veu  I  get  der  outsite  in  ;  but  how  der  teufel  villi 
I  get  der  outsite  insite  to  vash  der  insite  outsite." 


March  25.  1909] 


THE     PHAR:\rACEUTICAL     ERA 


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Prize  Paper  Treats  of  Drug  Clerks. 

!  In  Contest  3'o.  .'i.  of  the  ERA'S  series  of  Cash  Prize  Com- 
!    petitioiis.  the  judges  this  week  have  awarded  the  cash  prize  of 

$5  to  Harry  G.  Frame,  of  39  Spark  street.  Ottawa.  Canada. 
\  This  contest  is  for  papers  calculated  to  hcnefit  retail  driiy 
I  clerks.  Full  details  of  this  competition,  which  is  open  to  all, 
'    will  be  found  on  aduertising  page  St  of  this  issue  of  the  ERA. 

Mr.  Frame's  winning  paper  is  as  follows: 


Thoughts  for  Easter. 


;        There  are  four  ijualifications  every  drug  clerk  must  have  if 
he   expects   to   amount    to   anythiug;   in    his    profession,    or    be 
I   anything  in  this  world. 

I       FiBST — AmMt'ion. — This  is   a  quality  born   in  every  one   of 

us.     We  are  all   ambitious   to   be  or  do  something.     When   a 

I   clerk  goes  into  a  store  as  an  employee,  it  should  be  his  ambi- 

I  tion  to  rise  to  the  very  highest  point  attainable,  that  of  man- 

I   ager  or   perhaps   employer.      He    should    be    ambitious    to   see 

I   his  store  do  a  little  more  than  the  other  man's.     Be  ambitious 

to  sell  more  this  month  than  last   month  ;  be  ambitious  to  be 

the  best  salesman.     Don't  let  the  "silent  salesman"  do  all  your 

work  as  some  clerks  do :  sell  as  much  as  it  does  if  not  more. 

'      Second — Push. — This  is  the  age  of  push.     Every  drug  clerk 

I  has  it  in  him  to  push.     Take  an  interest  in  your  employer's 

business.    Xou  are  a  part  of  that  business,  push  it,  boost  it  in 

every  way  you  can.     If  you  are  dispensing,  dispen.se  the  very 

best  you  know  how ;   have  everything  exactl.v  correct :   labels 

on  straight :  corks  in  tight ;   packages   neatly  wrapped ;   your 

dispensing  case  clean,  neat  and  in  order.     Doctors  notice  this, 

so  do  customers.     Your  reputation  as  a  neat,  skilful  dispenser 

depends  on  it.     If  you  are   in  the  store  keep  things  in  order. 

Don't  have  to  look  five  minutes  for  anything  that  .vou  should 

be   able   to    lay    in    your   hands   in    two   seconds.      Keep    your 

leaders  well  to  the  front  in  neat  array  with  a  sign  calling  the 

altention  of  the  customers  to  them     Don't  have  a  big  pile  on 

the  display  stands  like  potatoes  in  a  sack  with  a  big  dusty 

sign  stuck  crossways  in  it.     Push  your  leaders ;  call  attention 

to  them.     Boost  your  store :  it  is  the  best  in  the  city  and  you 

are  proud  you  are  a  part  of  it. 

Third — Ability. — Every  clerk  must  have  ability.  A  clerk 
without  ability  is  like  a  ship  without  a  compass,  and  is  taking 
up  a  lot  of  valuable  sjiace  that  might  be  put  to  some  good  use. 
Find  out  what  a  customer  wants;  have  the  ability  to  sell  him 
that  article  in  the  shortest  possible  time.  Size  .vour  customer 
up ;  by  the  time  he  is  through  telling  you  what  he  wants,  you 
should  know  whether  he  is  a  crank  on  an.v  particular  line  of 
,  seeds  or  not.  If  he  is,  give  him  that  line  of  goods.  Don't  try 
I  to  sell  him  something  else  just  as  good,  sell  him  something 
^better.  That  old  "just  as  good  gag"  died  years  ago.  Anyway, 
I  he  won't  believe  you  and  remember  a  satisfied  crank  is  a  better 
[advertisement  than  a  half  page  in  a  newspaper. 

For  instance :  You  have  a  call  for  a  cold  cure  and  are 
pushing  a  certain  kind.  Here  is  your  chance  to  show  your 
ability  as  a  salesman.  Tell  your  customer  what  you  know  it 
will  do ;  if  it  is  your  leader  you  can't  recommend  it  too 
trongly. 

Foi'BTH — Knowledge. — Have  a  thorough  knowledge  of  drugs. 
New  drugs  are  coming  on  the  market  all  the  time — keep  your- 
self posted.  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  will  help  you  wonder- 
fully in  keeping  up  to  date  on  all  the  new  drugs,  as  well  as 
;he  subjects  important  to  the  drug  business.  Have  a  knowl- 
edge of  the  stock ;  know  where  it  is ;  how  much  it  costs  and 
•vhat  it  sells-  for.  Know  your  customers.  Study  their  ways 
md  wants.  Know  enough  to  treat  the  little  old  woman  with 
I  he  faded  dress  with  the  same  polite  courtesy  you  do  the  lady 
Ivith  the  silk  dress  and  diamonds.  I  have  seen  clerks  who 
liertainly  forget  this.  The  little  old  woman  may  not  notice 
■|tny  lack  of  courtesy  on  your  part,  but  other  customers  in  the 
|-tore  may  and  put  you  down  as  a  cad  and  take  their  trade 
.'uinewhere  else.  I  have  known  this  to  be  done  more  than  once, 
ast  but  not  least,  know  that  your  employer  knows  just  about 
low  much  ambition,  push,  ability  and  knowledge  you  have  and 
ire  giving  to  his  business  and  will  judge  you  accordingly. 


No  Mystery. 
Mistress    (severely) — How  did   this   fire  happen   to  go  out? 
New  Girl    (innocentl.v) — I   guess   you   forgot   to   tell    me   to 
>ut  coal  on. 


"By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

In  making  plans  for  the  extra 
business  of  any  special  day,  the 
goods  offered  and  the  decorations 
planned  should  be  thoroughly  sug- 
gestive of  the  time  and  spirit  of  the 
occasion. 

Easter  symbolizes  the  renewal  of 
jo.vous,  happy  life  in  all  the  purit.v 
and  beauty  of  a  new  birth,  hence 
we  have  as  its  emblems  the  blos- 
soms of  early  spring  time,  the  egg, 
the  butterfly,  the  dove  of  peace,  the 
cross  of  the  atonement,  and  the 
rabbit  of  legendary  origin. 

There  is  no  holiday  upon  the 
calendar  of  Christian  nations  Avhich 
stands  so  completely  for  joy  and 
hope  :  for  the  triumph  of  light  over 
darkness,  warmth  over  cold,  sun- 
shine u..  .     ,,.. li  i.s  ihe  particular  season  of  the  optimist, 

who  stands  with   smiling  expectancy,   face   front   toward   the 
goal  of  his  ambition. 

To  prosper  in  a  legitimate  business  is-  a  worthy  ambition 
and  it  is  eminently  fitting  that  the  business  as  well  as  the 
business-head  should  show  forth  the  spirit  of  Easter-tide. 

Timely  Offerings. 

The  goods  offered  fi)r  sale  should  be  suitable  to  the  occa- 
sion. That  ma.v  seem  like  a  point  too  self-evident  to  need 
even  passing  mention,  and  yet  a  canvass  of  drug-store  win- 
dows on  previous  Easters  revealed  such  articles  of  merchan- 
dise as  chest-protectors,  hot-water  bags,  cough  remedies  galore, 
plasters,  surgical  and  school  supplies,  and  corn  eradicators. 
These  goods  are  all  excellent  and  necessary  but  scarcely 
timely  or  suitable  for  an  Easter  Sale. 

Spring  medicines,  even  sulphur  and  molasses  in  modern 
palatable  form,  tonics,  stomach  and  liver  regulators,  toilet 
preparations  and  accessories  which  will  help  soften  the  traces 
of  boisterous  March  winds  and  erase  the  evidences  of  that 
untiring  worker.  Father  Time ;  cleansing  agents  of  all  kinds, 
shampoos,  soaps,  brushes,  bath  supplies  and  sponges ;  medi- 
cine cases  fitted  up  for  the  summer  outing  or  displa.ved  empty 
and  to  be  filled  at  the  customer's  orders :  articles  which  may 
be  used  as  Easter  gifts,  as  perfumes,  confectionery,  stationery 
and  novelties,  are  more  in  line  with  the  season's  needs. 

Suitable  Window  Trims. 

There  is  some  misapprehension  concerning  the  use  of  win- 
dow decorations.  The  materials  so  used  are  for  the  sole 
purpose  of  increasing  general  attractiveness  and  emphasizing 
the  selling  points  of  the  goods  displayed.  A  window  so  dec- 
orated that  the  selling  points  are  lost  in  the  elaborateness  of 
the  trimmings  is  over-dressed.  It  is  a  case  of  the  showiness 
of  the  frame  detracting  from  the  sterling  qualities  of  the 
picture. 

The  possibilities  for  beautiful  Easter  windows  are  un- 
limited. A  good  spring  tonic  which  has  been  proved  to  pos- 
sess undoubted  merit  might  be  the  leading  idea.  The  decora- 
tions should  suggest  spring.  At  any  novelt.v  store  obtain  a 
supply  of  small  toy  clothes-pins,  which  are  to  serve  as  the 
bodies  of  butterflies.  Different  shades  of  crepe  paper  cut  in 
the  shape  of  wings  and  drawn  tightly  between  the  prongs  of 
the  little  pins,  simulate  the  shapes  of  butterflies  almost  per- 
fectl.v.  Rings  and  brilliant  markings  may  be  added  by  the 
use  of  the  cheap  water-color  paints  or  even  colored  chalk,  and 
touches  of  gold  paint  especially  on  the  head  will  increa.se 
the  life-like  appearance. 

Fascinating'  'Work  For  Women  Folk. 

The  women-folk  at  home  will  find  this  a  most  fascinating 
evening's  work.  Enough  of  the  brilliant  insects  ma.v  be  sus- 
pended by  tiny  wires  or  elastic  to  look  like  a  flight  of  butter- 
flies, and  when  a  slight  breeze  or  draft  stirs  them  the  effect 
will  be  excellent.  Perch  others  where  they  appear  to  have 
alighted. 

A    puffy    ground-work    of   pale   green   cheesecloth    or    paper. 


274 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[March  25,  190< 


and  a  background  of  early  woodsy  things  carry  out  the  thought 
of  renewed  life. 

Among  the  flowers  and  foliage  which  would  be  suitable  for 
an  Easter  window  might  be  mentioned  Easter  lilies,  snow- 
ball, wisteria  sprays,  violets,  apple  blossoms,  dogwood 
branches,  tulips,  lilacs,  pussy  willows,  roses,  maiden  hair 
ferns,  morning  glories,  tiger  lilies,  shamrock,  and  butterfly 
garlands.  These  last  may  be  made  by  procuring  the  tissue 
garlands  in  pale  shades,  festooning  them  attractively  and  at- 
taching a  butterfly  at  each  point  where  the  garland  is  fastened, 
and  at  the  lowest  point  of  each  loop  of  the  festoon. 

These  flowers  and  many  others  may  be  procured  at  a 
reasonable  cost  already  cut  and  tinted  in  assorted  colors,  ready 
to  mount — leaves,  wii'ing  and  everything  necessary  to  work 
with,  coming  with  them.  Preparing  these  for  active  service 
is  another  delightful  task  for  willing  feminine  fingers. 

Stout,  dust-proof  boxes  may  be  had  for  the  asking  and  a 
written  label  placed  on  the  end  of  each  describing  the  con- 
tents. These  will  serve  to  protect  and  preserve  the  decora- 
tions not  in  use.  and  if  they  ai-e  cared  for  they  may  be  used 
again  and  again  in  dift'ereut  combinations. 

Clinching'  Your  Selling  Argument. 

To  go  back  to  the  butterfly  window,  however,  the  tonic  in 
ample  quantity  and  attractive  arrangement  should  have  the 
center  of  the  window  stage,  and  if  it  possesses  such  a  name 
as  Queen  of  Spring,  or  Waltmau"s  Spring  Tonic,  a  couple  of 
show  cards  should  tell  what  it  is,  for  what  recouiinended.  and 
the  price.  Guarantee  it.  Money  back  if  not  satisfactory 
clinches  many  a  selling  argument.  It  eliminates  the  idea  of 
risk,  and  makes  the  customer  feel  that  you  are  pretty  sure 
of  the  article  recommended.  The  two  or  three  who  will  take 
advantage  of  the  offer  will  give  double  the  value  of  the  re- 
fund in  free  advertising,  and  are  usually  gained  for  steady 
customers. 

The  show  cards  are  the  salesmen,  and  should  be  concise  and 
to  the  point,  and  easily  read  both  as  to  style  of  lettering  and 
size  of  type. 


Queen   of  Spring 

brings  to  you 

Health   and   Vigor 

from' 

the  heart  of  the  Woodland 

OVARANTEED. 

Y&u  are  the  judge. 

50c.  and  $1.00. 


Why   he   so   pale   when 

Queen  of  Spring 

toill  make  you 

rosy? 

Why   he  listkss 

when  here  is  hotthd  eneriju? 

OVARAXTEED. 

■50c.  and  $1.00. 


As  Easter  egg  dyes  have  but  one  season  of  usefulness  it  is 
well  to  give  them  a  place  in  the  Easter  window.  Papier- 
mache  rabbits  in  various  positions  and  from  12  to  24  inches 
high  may  be  obtained,  but  if  there  is  any  one  about  the  store 
who  is  handj-  with  a  brush  or  even  a  pen.  handsome  pasteboard 
rabbits  with  easel  backs,  long  ears  and  shy  pink  eyes  may  be 
quickly  made  in  any  desired  number  or  size.  Near  them 
place  nests  of  colored  eggs,  resting  in  beds  of  Irish  moss,  or 
slippery  elm  sticks,  and  scatter  the  dye  packages  suggestively 
about,  giving  the  connection  between  the  rabbits  and  a  cash  sale. 
Avoid  Hideous  Combinations  of  Colors. 

The  eggs  ought  to  be  but  lightly  tinted  or  the  shades  softly 
blended  upon  the  shells  with  a  brush.  The  nests  of  colored 
eggs  usually  displayed  are  simply  hideous — deep  purple,  spotty 
crimson  ones,  and  rank  green.  They  are  neither  pretty  to 
seen  nor  appetizing  to  think  about.  The  softer  colors  of  dainty 
confections  may  be  successfully  followed.  The  spring  tonic 
and  Easter  dyes  are  ample  for  a  profitable  window,  rendered 
attractive  by  butterflies,  flowers  and  rabbits.  The  outlay  of 
money  for  decorations  is  comparatively  little,  and  all  of  them 
may  be  used  again  and  again  if  properly  cared  for. 

Doves  with  wings  which  may  be  bent  as  if  in  the  act  of  fly- 
ing, can  be  purchased  and  a  few  of  these  in  conjunction  with 
tall,  stately  lilies  and  e.^cquisite  toilet  accessories  against  a 
lavender  background  would  appeal  in  an  aristocratic  neigh- 
borhood. 

Owing  to  differences  of  size,  shape  and  location,  each  win- 
dow calls  for  individual  consideration,  which  is  well,  for  it 
encourages  individuality.  It  is  said  that  the  time  to  write  a 
Christmas  story  is  Christmas  day,  and  the  time  to  market  it 
is  the  day  after  Christmas.  This  is  because  the  real  spirit  of 
the  season  is  felt  by  the  writer  and  not  forced,  and  this 
quality  is  correspondingly  recognized  and  appreciated  by  the 
literary  purchaser.    It  is  difficult  to  call  up  the  true  Christmas 


spirit  when  the  thermometer  hovers  in  the  vicinity  of  100  ii 
the  shade,  and  the  purchasing  editor's  interest  is  much  mon 
likely  to  be  centered  in  fishing  rod  and  reel  than  in  poor  litth 
shivering  children  and  generous  Santa  Clauses. 

The  same  thing  is  true  of  other  business  ideas.  To  b 
successful  to  their  full  limit  of  possibilities  plans  must  b 
made  ahead,  and  it  is  often  difficult  to  feel  the  real  enthtisiasii 
of  a  distant  holiday  season. 

A  Stock-Book  of  Ideas. 

An  expenditure  of  2.5  cents  for  a  stout  note-book  in  whici 
are  entered  the  new  ideas  of  each  season  will  prove  a  veritabl 
treasure-trove  when  it  comes  to  making  arrangements  for  th 
same  occasion  next  year. 

Beginning  with  Easter,  enter  briefly  all  the  bright  business 
getting  ideas  which  are  observed  first-hand  or  read  about.  I 
may  be  a  catchy  window  display — consisting  of  a  pasteboan 
automobile  filled  with  beautiful  flowers  and  rare  perfume  ii 
handsome  bottles ;  a  particular  style  of  show-card  whicl 
pulled ;  the  firm  name  of  some  especially  salable  line  of  Easte 
novelties — that  firm  is  sure  to  have  something  equally  gooc 
next  year,  etc. 

Thanksgiving,  Christmas,  summer,  winter,  and  so  on 
through  the  calendar  will  all  prove  rich  in  suggestions  fo 
future  use.  The  idea  may  be  gleaned  from  a  magazine  covei 
an  inconspicuous  article  in  a  technical  journal,  the  carefnll: 
thought  out  success  of  a  dry  goods  merchant  or  a  wide-awak- 
grocer,  which  principle  can  be  equally  well  applied  elsewherf^ 
The  inspiration  for  making  a  success  of  every  season  is  con' 
stantly  being  stored  up,  in  advance  of  the  demand.  I 

One  soon  learns  the  pleasure  of  being  constantly  on  the  aler 
for  ideas  and  a  practical  means  of  applying  them.  A  singl'j 
idea  has  often  meant  a  fortune.  The  compensations  are  maDyj 
not  only  in  the  development  of  analytical  observation,  CODJ 
structive  ingenuity,  and  financial  results,  but  in  the  habit  oj 
seeing  the  beautiful  and  the  useful  every^vhere. 

Although  Easter  is  a  somewhat  movable  feast,  yet  custci, 
has  decreed  that  it  is  the  social  dividing  line  between  winte' 
and  spring.  The  wind-swept  hillsides  are  clothed  in  tendej 
green,  and  the  withered  stalk  sends  forth  new  promises  0^ 
beauty,  why  should  not  man  pause  and  reflect  what  thi 
renewal  of  life  means  for  the  individual  ego? 

There  is  one  elixir  not  mentioned  in  our  accepted  author! 
ties,  and  that  is  the  elixir  of  life.  It  is  composed  of  obedienc 
to  natural  laws,  faith  in  the  future  and  each  other,  hope  o\ 
ultimate  victory,  and  charity  for  those  who  have  never  reaHzeij 
the  beauty  of  the  Easter  of  life — all  these  brewed  in  th 
crucible  of  an  understanding  heart. 


University  of  Michigan  School  of  Pharmacy. 

Ann  Akboe.  March  20. — Charles  R.  Eckler.  B.S..  formerl. 
of  the  University  of  Michigan  School  of  Pharmacy  and  who  i 
now  in  charge  of  the  physiological  assaying  in  the  Lilly  lat[ 
oratories  in  Indianapolis,  has  presented  for  competition  to  tb| 
students  in  microbotany  during  the  present  semester  the  choicj 
of  one  of  the  following  two  sets  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.' 
products :  Their  set  of  authentic  powdered  drugs,  authentic 
spices  and  condiments,  and  authentic  starches :  or  their  crud, 
drug  set,  which  includes  170  crude  drugs  and  Lilly's  dm 
cabinet. 

— W.  D.  Munz.  president  of  the  '09  senior  class,  and  Jorda, 
were  awarded  the  nominations  to  membership  in  the  A,Pb.^ 
and  the  first  year's  fees  of  $.5  which  are  given  annually  b; 
Prof.  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck  and  Walter  H.  Blome,  of  Detroit 
Mich.,  to  the  two  seniors  showing  the  most  consistently  pre 
ficient  scholarship  in  pharmacognosy. 

— W.  E.  Forsythe.  Ph.C,  '08,  has  been  appointed  asslstan 
in  physiological  chemistry  in  the  chemistry  department  of  th 
College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery. 

— Joseph   A.   Wolf.   Ph.C,   '07,   has   been   made  assistant  ij. 
the  hygienic  laboratorj-  and  is  now  in  charge  of  the  munieipa 
water    analysis    department    in    the    College    of   Medicine   an 
Surgery.  I 

— E.  A.  Schmidt,  special  student  in  pharmacy,  has  beei 
made  assistant  in  the  pathological  technique  department  of  thI 
College  of  Medicine  and  Surgery. 

— Fred.  W.  Heudersehott.  Ph.C  'OS.  has  accepted  a  positio. 
in  the  analytical  laboratory  of  Merck  &  Co.,  New  York  City.  . 

— William  Francis  Gidley.  B.S..  '08.  is  research  chemist  ii 
the  hygienic  department  of  the  College  of  Medicine  an 
Surgery. 


March  25.  1909] 


THE   phar:\l\ceutical   era 


275 


The  Short  Bottle. 


"By  Joel   "Blanc. 

Before  me  upon  my  desk 
there  rests  a  little  time-stained 
book.  Its  leares  hare  taken 
on  the  tone  of  old  ivor.v.  its 
red  leather  binding  is  frayed 
at  the  edges  and  the  corners 
have  been  worn  by  the  fingers 
of  Time.  Seventy  years  ago  a 
struggling  young  apothecary 
dotted  down  upon  the  pages  of 
that  book  many  of  his  passing 
thoughts,  little  dreaming  that 
those  notes  within,  yes,  even 
the  blank  pages  of  that  book 
would,  nearly  three-quarters 
of  a  century  later,  bring  in- 
spiration to  me,  his  son. 

In  turning  the  pages  j){  the 

book,   one   of   the   links   which 

..r..l-i  111.'  in  lovins  thought  to  the  father  who  passed  away  be- 

fore  I  was  old  enough  to  have  his  voice  and  image  impressed 

upon   my   memory.    I    read    the   following:      "Always   test    the 

I  capacity   of   a    prescription    bottle    before   filling.      There   are 

,  many  short  bottles." 

Today,    through    improvements    in    the    machinery    used    in 
I  glass  manufacturing,  there  are  few  bottles  of  short  measure ; 
but   many    men    are    themselves    surrounded    by    environments 
I  which  are  for  them   "short  bottles."     They  are   men  who  are 
confined,    restrained,    within    unyielding,    transparent    and    yet 
j  shackling  environment.     They  are  bottled  up. 
I      Although  we  cannot  put  a  pound  into  a  bottle  which  will 
I  only  hold  fifteen  ounces,  we  can  and  we  often  do  either  put 
ourselves  or  permit  others  to  surround  us  with  an  environment 
of  less  mental  capacity  than  our  own  heads.    The  real  bounda- 
ries of  this  environment  are  the  men.  or  rather,  the  brains  of 
the  men  who  would  hem  us  in.     And  let  us  not  conclude  that 
I  these  men  are  of  a  necessity  our  superiors,  for  we  Inust  re- 
I  member  that  a  man  may  be  held  down  from  below  as  well  as 
pressed  down  from  above.     Moreover,  while  we  are  all  prone 
I  to  blame  others  for  that  which  we  are  ourselves  alone  respou- 
J  sible.  it  is  a  fact  that  many  a   man  has  gone  from  birth  to 
death  with  his  mental  capacity  left  unmeasured  solely  because 
of  the  narrowness,  the  ignorance  of  others. 

Now  and  then  we  learn  of  a  case  where  the  sudden  death  or 
1  other  unforeseen  event  in  the  life  of  some  man  of  position  has 
tairly  thrown  his  responsibilities  upon  the  shoulders  of  a  sub- 
ordinate and.  to  our  amazement,  that  subordinate,  that  un- 
I  known,  that  mere  hireling,  has  not  only  risen  to  the  demands 
jof  the  moment  and  fulfilled  them,  but  he  has  risen  higher  and 
|done  better  than  his  former  superior  ever  did.  Such  cases 
lare  those  of  bottled-up  men  being  suddenly  freed  by  breakage 
jfrom  without.  It  may  sound  well  to  say  that  the"  bottled-up 
|man  should  have  broken  his  prison  from  within,  but  let  us 
not  forget  that  the  necessities  of  those  dependent  upon  him 
may  have  deprived  him  of  sufficient  elbow  room  to  strike  a 
blow.  Again,  he  may  reason,  and  who  can  blame  him.  that 
his  superiors  will  at  last  awaken  to  the  fact  that  the  prison 
01  which  they  would  keep  him  deprives  them  of  the  service 
ivhich  he  is  competent  and  willing  to  give. 

Nothing  creates  so  many  of  these  mental  "short  bottles"  in 
lie  drug  business  or  in  any  other  activity  as  the  fear  on  the 
part  of  employers  that  the  least  encouragement  of  a  servant 
jvill  prompt  that  sen-ant  to  demand  more  pay.  What  weak, 
ivhat  idiotic  reasoning!  Will  any  man  acknowledge  that  he  is 
Iramg  to  jiay  a  servant  more  than  that  servant  earns?  or 
pat  he  desires  to  pay  his  senants  less  than  thev  earn?  Can 
I'ne  have  confidence  in  a  clerk  who  will  knowingly  work  for 
[ess  than  he  is  worth?  Is  it  possible  for  one  who  is  such  a 
ool  as  not  to  know  what  he  is  earning  to  earn  what  he  is 
;-eceiving?  Not  imless  he  is  a  mere  plodder,  a  mere  machine 
Hepending  for  every  initiative  upon  the  brains  of  others. 
.\hat  would  you  think  of  an  engineer  who  would  refuse  to 
upply  sufficient  oil  to  his  locomotive  because  it  did  not 
qneak  for  more  or  because  the  oil  might  make  it  wear  too 
»g.     Would  you  not  say  that  the  engine  would  either  fail 


to  make  its  schedule  or  run  away  with  its  engineer? 

How  often  I  have  heard  business  men  sa.v :  "He  was  a  good 
clerk,  but  he  wanted  more  money  than  I  could  afford  to  pay. 
so  I  had  to  let  him  go."  No  man  ever  gets  too  big  for  his 
business.  No  clerk  ever  gets  too  big  for  his  employer's  busi- 
ness unless  he  is  bigger  than  his  employer.  If  the  business 
does  not  grow  as  fast  as  the  clerk  grows  it  is  because  the 
employer  cannot  or  will  not  develop.  In  the  majority  of  cases 
if  the  employer  would  realize  the  clerk's  capacity  and  let  him 
use  it  for  the  sake  of  the  business  instead  of  trying  to  keep 
him  in  a  "short  bottle."  he  would  never  have  to  make  the 
shameful  confession  that  the  clerk  was  worth  more  than  him- 
self, for  such  the  above  quotation  virtually  is. 

One  of  the  greatest  faults  of  employers  is  that,  while  de- 
claring the  employed  overrate  their  capacit.v.  they,  the  em- 
plo.vers,  overtax  their  own  abilities.  How  common  it  is  for 
us  to  hear  a  druggist  complain  that  he  has  to  see  to  every- 
thing and  do  almost  everything.  He  may  be.  probably  is  far 
superior  to  his  clerk  in  general  ability,  but  his  method,  his 
self-confidence  leads  him  to  a  lack  of  confidence  in  his  clerk. 
As  a  result,  he  not  merely  tries  to  keep  his  clerk  in  a  short 
bottle,  but  much  of  the  time  he  uses  to  do  things  he  believes 
the  clerk  cannot  do,  is  actually  wasted  or  spent  in  a  vain 
efi'ort  to  hammer  the  cork  into  the  short  bottle  from  which 
a  part  of  the  clerk  is  still  sticking  out. 

What  would  you  think  of  a  druggist  who  accepted  fifteen 
and  sold  eighteen  ounces  to  the  pound?  You  would  say  that 
he  was  either  short-sighted  or  foolish.  Well,  in  a  similar  man- 
ner many  druggists  fail  to  realize  the  capacity  of  their  clerks. 
A  druggist  has  an  eighteen-dollar  clerk  and  a  three-dollar  boy. 
There  is  only  three  dollars'  worth  of  three-dollar  work  for  the 
three-dollar  boy  to  do.  and  there  is  twenty-five  dollars'  worth 
of  twenty-five-dollar  work  for  the  eighteen-dollar  clerk  to  do. 
But  the  druggist,  instead  of  being  a  sixty-dollar  man  and 
making  and  doing  sixty  dollars'  worth  of  sixty-dollar  work  for 
himself,  gives  twenty-five  dollars'  worth  of  his  own  sixty- 
dollar  time  to  do  twelve  dollars'  worth  of  the  twenty-five-dollar 
work,  thereby  leaving  only  thirteen  dollars'  worth  of  the 
twenty-five-dollar  work  for  the  eighteen-dollar  clerk  to  do. 
As  a  result  of  such  methods  and  because  the  druggist  fails  to 
appreciate  the  capacity  of  his  eighteen-dollar  clerk  to  become 
a  twenty-five-dollar  man  doing  twenty-five  dollars'  worth  of 
twenty-five-dollar  work,  he  lets  the  three-dollar  boy  do  two 
dollars'  worth  of  three-dollar  work  and  pays  the  eighteen- 
dollar  clerk  nine  dollars  to  do  one  dollar's  worth  of  three- 
dollar  work,  "just  to  keep  him  busy.''  As  a  mathematical 
problem  you  might  take  the  figures  and  calculate  just  how 
much  it  costs  such  a  druggist  to  keep  his  clerk  in  a  "short 
bottle."  It  also  explains  why  so  many  drug  businesses  never 
grow  larger  than  they  were  when  first  started. 

Now  for  the  other  side,  for  the  men  in  short  bottles  who 
do  not  try  or  do  not  know  how  to  help  themselves.  Much  of 
man's  capacity  is  a  latent  force  and  for  two  reasons.  The 
first  is  lack  of  self-confidence  and  the  other  is  over-confidence. 
The  man  who  is  in  a  short  bottle  and  does  not  know  it  is 
guilty  of  a  lack  of  self-confidence.  He  may  be  conscious  of 
the  fact  that  he  is  capable  of  better  performances,  but  he  lacks 
the  self-confidence  which  would  spur  him  to  dare  and  to  do. 
His  conscience  tells  him  that  he  can  do  higher  things  and  yet, 
there  is  within  him  a  negative  voice  which  whispers  of  possi- 
ble failure.  Oftentimes  this  inward  voice  is  but  the  echo  of 
discouragement  from  those  around  him.  For  such  a  mau  there 
is  little  hope  for  help  from  without.  Self-confidence  will  never 
come  to  him  until  he  can  look  straight  at  possible  failure  and 
see  himself  passing  through  it  to  the  heights  above.  The 
history  of  the  most  successful  men  of  every  age.  the  men 
whose  capacity  has  startled  the  world,  is.  in  nearly  every 
case,  the  history  of  a  man  who  failed,  once  at  least. 

As  for  the  over-confident  man  ;  he  merel.v  misuses  his  ca- 
pacity. He  dares  and  does,  but  he  keeps  himself  in  the  short 
bottle  by  attempting  to  do  things  which  are  beyond  his 
capacity  and  in  thus  neglecting  to  do  the  things  which  would 
utilize  his  real  power  to  the  limit,  he  jumps  to  things  far 
above  him.  only  to  repeatedly  fall  back  to  those  which  should 
be  far  beneath  him. 

Are  your  boundary  lines  of  usefulness  and  duty  circum- 
scribed? The  answer  to  the  question  may  be  supplied  by  at- 
tempting to  find  out  your  own  capacity  through  analysis  of 
your  environment  and  yourself. 


No  woman  would  bu.v  "invisible  face  powder"  if  it  was. 


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[March  25,  1909 


Seasonable  Hints  for  Druggists. 

Easter  Ideas. 
-As  the  work]  grows  kiudor,  so  also  do  many  people  yrow 
narrower.  During  the  last  few  Kaster  seasons  there  has  heeu 
considerable  unfavorable  newspaper  comment  ui)on  the  e.xliibi- 
tion  of  young  live  chickens  and  rabbits  in  store  windows. 
As  these  expressed  opinions  must  be  the  echo  of  the  words  of 
the  people,  it  would  appear  to  be  wisdom  for  druggists  to  ab- 
stain from  making  such  exhibits  in  the  future.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  world  has  never  shown  greater  extremes  between 
the  religious  and  the  non-religious  than  at  the  present  time 
and  window  trimming  of  a  character  relating  to  religious 
sitbjects  has  evoked  much  critical  and  unfavorable  comment. 
To  such  an  extent  has  this  criticism  been  carried  that  it  would 
seem  wise  to  omit  the  direct  display  of  religions  pictures  and 
emblems  in  the  arrangement  of  Easter  windows.  In  making 
displays  calling  attention  to  this  church  festival,  however,  a 
distinct  and  yet  conservative  line  may  be  drawn.  To  the  ma- 
jority of  people  a  cross  entwined  with  Easter  lilies  would 
prove  unobjectionable  in  a  display,  where  they  would  criticise 
the  use  of  a  crucifix  for  a  similar  purpose. 

A  Window  of  Dyes. 
Make  crepe  paper  ribbons  of  a  half  dozen  or  more  bril- 
liant, contrasting  colors.  (See  recent  issue  of  Eka  for  in- 
structions for  making  ribbons.)  Bunch  the  ends  of  these  rib- 
bons and  tack  to  the  center  of  the  window  ceiling.  Take  each 
ribbon  in  hand  separately  and  twist  to  a  spiral.  When  each 
one  is  twisted  tack  its  hanging  end  to  the  floor  at  either  back 
or  side  of  window',  the  object  being  to  form  a  brilliant  tent  or 


canopy.  From  the  same  center  of  the  window  ceiling  suspend, 
by  a  thin  red  ribbon,  a  large  white  egg.  so  that  it  will  hang 
within  the  canopy. 

How  to  Make  tlie  Egg. 
Take  two  disks  of  thin  wood,  one  six  inches,  the  other  three 
inches  in  diameter.  Next  take  pieces  of  light  barrel  hooping 
and  make  three  hoops  of  six,  eight  and  twelve  inches  in  diam- 
eter. Now  take  a  number  of  strips  of  very  thin,  pliable  wood 
or  heavy,  springy  cardboard,  each  strip  being  about  20  inches 
long.  Tack  the  ends  of  these  strips  around  the  wood  disks  so 
that  they  form  a  cylindrical  cage.  Slip  the  six  inch  hoop  be- 
tween the  slats  of  this  cage,  turn  the  hoop  to  a  horizontal 
position  so  as  to  extend  the  slats,  and  force  it  downward  to- 
ward the  three  inch  disk  of  wood.  Then  take  the  eight  inch 
hoop,  place  it  within  the  cage  and  force  it  towards  the  six 
inch  disk,  following  in  a  similar  manner  with  the  12  inch  hoop 
which  is  to  form  the  largest  circumference  of  the  egg.  It  will 
be  .seen  that  the  adjustment  of  the  hoops  is  a  matter  of  judg- 
ment and  that  when  all  are  in  place  the  cage  will  have  taken 
the  form  and  proportions  of  an  egg.  When  all  hoops  are  in 
place  assure  permanency  by  gluing  them  in  position,  which 
may  be  done  by  running  a  glue  brush  over  the  hoops  where  the 
strips  touch  them.  Cover  the  form  thus  made  with  crepe  or 
other  white  paper.  Bunch  or  mold  the  paper  at  each  end 
so  as  to  avoid  showing  the  flatness  of  the  disks.  Egg  forms  of 
this  nature  may  be  used  for  various  decorative  purposes  during 
the  Easter  season.  Beneath  the  suspended  egg  arrange  dyes, 
as  taste  may  suggest. 

The  Resurrection. 
This  disphiy   was   thus  callea   l)y   the  druggist   who  used   it, 
although    the    name    is    but    partly    expressive.      The    ceiling. 


back  and  sides  of  the  window  were  heavily  draped  with  black 
crepe  paper  and  the  floor  was  covered  with  crimson  paper. 
Crimson  tissue  curtains  fell  over  the  glass  from  the  top  of  the 
window  and  were  looped  aside  w-ith  wide  ribbons  of  black 
paper,  at  about  one-third  their  length  from  the  floor.  Silver 
paper  stars  w-ere  fastened  thickly  over  the  black  ceiling  drap- 
ery and  they  extended,  in  gradually  decreasing  number,  about 
halt  way  down  the  sides  and  back, 

A  heavy,  smooth,  wooden  cross  four  feet  high  and  thickly 
covered  with  clear  white  paint,  stood  in  the  center  of  the 
window  floor.  Around  the  cross  were  twined  in  spirals  arti- 
ficial leaves  and  Easter  lilies. 

This  simple  display  attracted  much  favorable  comment  from 
the  intelligent  and  artistic  observer  and  its  impressiveness  was 
probably  increased  by  the  fact  that  no  merchandise  or  signs 
were  in  the  w'iudow.  It  was  simply  an  artistic  tribute  to  the 
sentiment  of  the  season — and  none  the  less,  a  good  advertise- 
ment. With  such  displays  a  little  merchandise  may  be  used 
without  great  disadvantage,  if  care  is  taken  in  the  selection 
of  it.  A  few  pieces  of  cut  glass,  white  candies  in  dainty 
dishes  or  papeteries  in  white  or  light  boxes  would  not  be 
inappropriate. 

Humpty  Dumpty  Circus. 

Ab^ut  three  dozen  eggs  were  selected,  the  shells  pricked 
and  their  contents  blown  out.  The  eggs  were  those  of  the 
bantam,  ordinary  hen  and  goose,  the  collection  representing 
various  sizes.  The  shells  were  treated  with  cold,  brush  dyes 
and  pen  drawing.  Some  dumpty  figures  were  produced  by 
marking  legs,  trunk  and  face  on  some  of  the  shells.  Other 
figures  were  made  by  fastening  on  long,  match-like  legs  joined 
to  clumsy,  big,  wooden  feet,  while  still  others  were  made  by 
using  a  small  shell  for  a  head  and  a  large  one  for  a  trunk.  | 
The  lightness  of  these  shell  acrobats  permitted  them  to  be 
placed  and  fastened  in  all  sorts  of  outlandish  "circus  act" 
positions.  The  result  was  remarkably  and  ludicrously  amus- 
ing. Dyes  w-ere  exhibited  in  connection  with  the  "circus." 
Easter  Postal  Show. 

Six  perfect  barrel  heads  were  procured.  Four  of  these 
were  nailed  to  a  light  board  to  form  the  upright  of  a  cross, 
the  two  remaining  heads  being  so  attached  as  to  form  the 
arms.  After  the  cross  was  made,  each  head  or  disk  was  cov- 
ered with  light  blue  crepe  paper.  Easter  postals  were  then 
fastened  to  each  disk  so  as  to  radiate  from  its  center.  Other 
postals  were  displayed  upon  the  floor  of  the  window. 
Easter  Candies. 

A  Wisconsin  druggist  borrowed  an  incubator  and  placed  it 
in  his  window.  It  was  filled  with  chocolate  and  other  candy 
eggs  and  the  door  left  open  so  that  the  contents  were  visible. 
Over  the  incubator  hung  a  sign  reading :  "They  won't  hatch, 
although  they  are  all  pure  and  fresh.  Quality  and  price  con- 
sidered, our  Easter  candies  are  be.vond  competition  with  other 
goods."  A  general  candy  display  was  made  in  connection 
with  the  above. 

Beating   Columbus. 

In  the  center  of  a  general  display  of  dyes,  candies  and 
Easter  gifts,  stood  the  following  display :  A  pencil  was  fixed 
firmly  in  an  upright  position  to  the  floor  of  the  window,  on 
the  upper  end  of  it  was  a  penny  and  upon  the  penny,  bal- 
anced upon  its  small  end,  was  an  egg  which  tremblingly  rocked 
back  and  forth.  The  penny  was  glued  to  the  pencil,  the  egg 
had  been  blow-n,  some  mercury  dropped  in  and  the  perforations 
closed  with  plaster  of  Paris.  The  vibrations  of  the  building 
kept  the  egg  trembling.  Above  this  hung  a  sign  lettered  thus: 
"We  have  Columbus  beaten  to  a  frazzle." 

The  year  before,  the  same  druggist  displayed  a  bottle  con- 
taining an  egg  of  which  the  circumference  was  much  larger 
than  the  opening  in  the  bottle.  The  egg  had  been  boiled  very 
hard  and  then  soaked  in  vinegar  until  it  became  so  elastic 
that  it  could  be  elongated  and  forced  into  the  bottle,  when  it 
at  once  returned  to  its  original  shape. 

"Purely  Vegetable   Dyes." 

A  unique  exhibit  consisted  of  a  collection  of  natural  vegeta- 
bles, such  as  potatoes,  turnips,  carrots  and  so  on,  which  had 
been  first  coated  with  glue  sizing  and  then  fancifully  colored 
with  egg  dyes.  A  sign  informed  the  observer  that :  "Our 
Easter  egg  dyes  are  non-poisonous,  purely  vegetable  dyes,  and 
this  display  proves  it." 


Like  likes  like.     If  you  would  be  prosperous,  look  so. 


Man-h  25,  1900] 


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Original  and  Selected 


ANALYTICAL  WORK  BY  RETAIL  DRUGGISTS.* 

By  John  Coleman,  of  Wheeling,  W.  Va.,  Treasurer  of 
the  N.A.R.D. 

Aside  from  a  full  realization  of  the  great  honor  conferred  on 
me  in  an  invitation  to  speak  to  the  students  of  the  Pittsburg 
College  of  Pharmacy,  there  is  a  dogree  of  pleasure  in  m.v  being 
here  that  I  surely  \voiild  not  care  to  miss. 

I  have  bten  invited  to  speak  to  you  on  the  chemicnl  and 
bacteriological  laboratory  which  became  a  part  of  the  retail 
drug  establishment  of  John  Coleman  f'ompany.  Wheeling. 
W.  Va..  but  a  few  years  ago. 

Some  years  ago  the  thought  occurred  to  me  that  aside  from 
a  monetary  standpoint  a  chemical  and  bacteriological  labora- 
tory would  furnish  means  of  an  interesting  study  of  I  he  drugs 
and  chemicals   that   were   bought   and   dispensed    in   our   store. 


complete  in  its  appointment  for  the  purpose. 

The  next  step  was  to  inform  the  physicians  of  ibis  innova- 
tion, and  so  notice  was  sent  to  every  physician  in  Ohio  County 
as  well  as  in  some  of  the  adjoining  counties,  explaining  our 
new  idea,  and  inviting  their  inspection  of  the  laboratory.  Of 
course,  solicitations  were  made  for  their  work  when  requiring 
thorough  and  dependable  examination  of  urine,  qualitative, 
ciuantitative  or  microscopical,  the  examination  of  the  blood, 
sputum  for  bacilli  of  tubercle,  pus  for  gonoccoci,  etc. 

The  response  was  gratifying,  proving  the  soundness  of  our 
judgment  in  the  establishment  of  this  laboratory  and  the  desire 
of  physicians  to  recognize  its  advantages  in  their  profession. 
Compliments  we  received  galore,  and  business,  too. 

Though  this  department  is  considered  a  side  line  in  our 
pharmacy,  it  has  quickly  become  a  leading  feature.  The  labo- 
ratory represents  an  investment  of  $500  and  has  paid  us  a 
handsome  interest  on  this  amount.  It  has  done  more  than 
this,  it  has  gained  a  prestige  and  a  renown  for  our  store 
among  physicians  and  public  alike  of  a  value  to  our  business 
not  to  be  reckoned  in  dollars  and  cents. 

Food,  water  and  milk  are  brought  to  us  by  the  laity  for  a 
chemical    and    liaoteriological    examination,    which    proves    the 


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I  also  knew  that  there  was  a  demand  for  analytical  and 
chemical  work  from  the  medical  profession  as  well  as  the 
general  public.  Boards  of  health  were  having  the  city  water 
analyzed,  private  people  were  having  their  well  water  analyzed, 
hospitals  and  physicians  were  having  uri''<-  analyzed,  etc.  I 
thought  that  such  a  department  would  l>e.  perliaps.  profitable 
and  put  our  pharmacy  on  a  very  much  higlier  plane. 

Of  course.  I  won't  deny  that  the  thought  of  profit  entered 
into  the  calculation,  and  the  success  of  the  venture  proves  the 
value  of  oitr  foresight  in  the  establishment  of  this  department 
in  connection  with  our  other  various  departments. 

Our  intimate  association  with  physicians  for  many  years 
told  us  how  greatly  the.v  would  appreciate  the  value  of  compe- 
tent, positive  and  exhaustive  analysis  of  urine,  sputum,  blood 
and  pus.  in  the  intelligent  diagnosis  of  obscure  diseases — 
work  which  the  busy  practitioner  does  not  find  the  time  to 
perform,  nor  have  the  costl.v  apparatus  with  which  to  work. 

A  room  was  provided  expressly  for  this  purpose  of  suitable 
size,  14  X 16  feet,  light,  bright  and  protected,  and  fitted  com- 
ipletely  with  every  new  and  necessary  appliance  for  the  plainest 
[or  most  complex  work.  Here  are  located  the  incubator,  steam 
Isterilizer,  hot  air  sterilizer,  delicate  analytical  balance,  centri- 
■fuge,  stills,  condensers,  a  modern  powerful  microscope,  and  a 

I  complete  list  of  U.S. P.  reagents.  Nothing  was  overlooked,  no 
expense  was  spared,   and   no   opportunity  missed   to   make   it 

*Read  before  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy  students. 


public  benefit  of  this  work  in  the  absolun'  proofs  that  are 
not  physically  discernable. 

In  relation  to  our  pharmacy  itself  the  laboratory  is  of  vital 
importance  in  the  examination  of  dfugs  and  chemicals.  Stand- 
ards of  purity  demand  freedom  in  drugs  froui  adulteration,  and 
the  agencies  of  the  U.S. P.  reagents,  the  microtome,  and  micro- 
scope provide  an  easy  and  absolute  method  of  determining  if 
drugs  and  chemicals  come  up  to  the  U.S.P.  standard.  The 
fact  that  we  are  fitted  for  this  work  gives  a  guarantee  of 
purity  and  results  to  physicians  and  palii'ul  ihal  redounds  to 
our  professional  credit  and  with  profit. 

There  are  ph.vsiciaus.  some  in  our  own  town,  who  do  their 
own  urine,  sputum  and  pus  anal.vsis.  also  the  staining  of 
pathological  specimens.  To  these  doctors  we  sell  the  necessary 
stain,  culture  mediums,  reagents,  test  tubes,  etc.  The  busy 
physician  finds  this  a  convenience  and  he  appreciates  the 
dependable,  fresh  quality  of  the  stains  or  culture  mediums, 
which  are  made  according  to  his  views,  if  he  expresses  any  in 
the  matter. 

The  manufacture  of  culture  media  of  every  kind  is  an  im- 
portant feature  in  our  laboratory,  and  in  connection  with  a  big 
stock  of  sterilized  test  tubes,  and  other  paraphernalia  we  can 
provide  the  physician  with  means  to  conduct  his  own  examina- 
tion very  acceptably.  These  are  additional  sources  of  income 
directly  from  this  new  laboratory. 

We  .supply  gratis  to  physicians  a  sterilized  cotton  swab 
sealed    in    a    test    tube   for   procuring   a    culture    of   diphtheria 


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bacilli  in  suspected  cases.  With  the  return  of  this'  swab  to 
our  laboratory  we  innoculate  the  blood  serum  media,  place  it 
in  our  incubator,  and  in  IS  to  20  hours  the  specimen  is  ready 
to  examine  to  determine  the  growth  of  this  bacillus. 

In  many  large  cities,  and  I  believe  in  your  city,  where  the 
work  is  done  by  the  Board  of  Health,  this  convenience  is  not 
always  at  hand,  and  the  appreciation  of  such  a  laboratory,  as 
we  have  connected  with  a  pharmacy,  called  for  the  practi- 
tioner's best  efforts  toward  its  support. 

Our  chemical  laboratory  is  not,  of  course,  to  be  confounded 
with  our  fully  equipped  and  completely  stocked  and  supplied 
pharmaceutical  laboratory,  where  all  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  prepara- 
tions are  made,  with  the  exceptions  of  some  fluid  extracts.  We 
make  our  own  pharmaceutical  preparations ;  we  do  not  buy 
them  except  in  the  case  of  the  fluid  extracts  before  mentioned. 
We  know  how  to  make  them,  what  they  are  made  of,  and  the 
physicians  accept  them  with  a  guarantee  of  ethical  perfection. 

Thorough  investigation  has  divulged  a  remarkable  state  of 
affairs  in  this  country,  in  th.it  the  average  pharmacist,  spend- 
ing time,  money  and  energy  in  his  acquirement  of  pharma- 
ceutical education,  receiving  that  through  instruction  in  op- 
erative pharmacy  for  which  our  colleges  are  noted,  then  going 
into  business  only  to  overlook  the  wonders  of  the  profession 
they  have  learned,  and  content  themselves  with  buying — not 
making — the  preparations  they  use  in  their  stores.  Ask  any 
druggist  why  they  do  this  and  they  say,  "Oh,  I  can  buy 
cheaper."  wliere,  in  truth,  a  druggist's  knowledge  of  medicines 
and  method  of  manufacture,  with  mighty  little  experience  in  a 
commercial  sense,  should  tell  him  he  cannot  buy  such  prepara- 
tions as  cheaply  as  they  can  be  made  by  himself. 

At  the  present  time,  over  this  entire  country,  physicians 
and  pharmacists  are  getting  together  for  the  purpose  of  cor- 
recting certain  evils  that  have  come  between  the  two  profes- 
sions. One  of  these  evils  that  has  received  more  attention 
than  any  other  is  the  prescribing  by  physicians  of  patent 
nostrums  for  their  patients  instead  of  the  ethical  preparations 
of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.,  to  the  detriment  of  the  patient  as  well 
as  the  pharmacist. 

In  the  city  of  Wheeling  we  have  had  several  such  meetings 
of  the  two  professions  with  good  and  telling  results.  At  one 
of  the  meetings  I  read  a  paper  on  this  very  subject  and 
stated  that  I  had  carefully  gone  over  our  prescription  file 
twenty  years  ago  and  found  that  only  8  per  cent  of  the  pre- 
scriptions written  called  for  proprietary  articles,  the  average 
cost  being  40  cents.  In  contrast  with  this  at  the  present  time 
93  per  cent  of  the  prescriptions  call  for  proprietary  articles 
at  the  average  cost  of  6.5  cents  each.  Some  called  for  two  and 
three  and  even  four  proprietary  articles. 

What  does  this  mean?  First  of  all,  in  the  eyes  of  the  public 
it  means  that  they  are  paying  65  cents  for  each  prescription 
instead  of  40  cents.  The  second  notable  fact  is  that  doctors 
are  getting  out  of  the  habit  of  writing  real  prescriptions.  The 
third  remarkable  fact  was  that  the  druggist  himself  was  not 
being  called  upon  to  prepare  very  many  real  prescriptions,  in 
other  words,  real  prescriptions  were  becoming  obsolete. 

When  these  facts  were  given  to  the  medical  profession  at  the 
meeting  the  doctors  were  astounded ;  they  were  so  much 
wrought  up  about  it,  that  the  character  of  their  prescriptions 
was  greatly  changed.  They  are  going  back  more  and  more  to 
real  prescription  writing. 

They  are  not  prescribing  as  much  as  they  were  of  the  pro- 
prietary article  which  they  happen  to  know  about.  They  are 
back  to  first  principles,  and  are  prescribing  regular  drugs  and 
are  depending  upon  the  druggist  to  properly  compound  them. 

Let  the  druggist  exert  himself  to  co-operate  with,  to  stand  by 
and  back  the  doctor  and  the  breach  at  present  open  will  be 
closed.  Let  the  druggist  cater  to  the  doctor,  to  give  him  the 
medicine  he  wants  for  the  results  he  expects.  Let  the  druggist 
at  the  start  look  rather  to  the  ethical  condition  than  the  com- 
mercial prospect.     However  the  latter  will  follow. 

I  can  well  imagine  how  some  druggists  would  so  quickly 
say:  "Oh,  yes,  your  theory  is  fine,  but  if  I  followed  it  I'd 
wind  up  in  a  failure."  Now  let  me  say  that  the  John  Cole- 
man Company  is  not  a  failure.  We  knof  it.  We  did  not 
accomplish  this  to  the  detriment  of  our  ethical  intentions,  but 
by  the  simple  process  of  reaching  out — expansion— if  you  wish. 
We  cry  "quality"  continually  and  then  maintain  it. 

When  we  want  more  business,  truthfully  more  money,  we 
add  another  line  of  goods  to  our  stock,  or  another  department 
to  our  establishment,  and  if  our  judgment  is  good,  as  in  the 
case  of  the  chemical  laboratory,  why.  we  win. 


BOOK    REVIEWS 


NEW  AND   NON-OFFICIAL   REMEDIES,     .\rticles   which  have 
beeu   accepted    bv    the  Couueil   on    Pharmacy   and   Chemistry 
of  the  American  Medical  Association,  prior  to  January,  1909. 
Chicago:    Press  of  the  American  Medical  Association.   Paper, 
25c. ;   cloth.  50c. 
This   is  the  first   regular  edition  of  the  Annual  New  and 
Non-olBcial   Remedies,  and  it  contains  a  list   of  over  200  of 
the  remedial  preparations  approved  by  the  Council  on  Phar- 
macy  and   Chemistry   of   the   American   Medical   Association. 
Instead   of  adhering  strictly  to  an  alphabetic  arrangement  a 
classification  has  been   adopted   which   permits  an  easy  com- 
parison of  remedies  of  similar  origin  and  properties.    Mixtures 
are  to  be  found  in  the  appendix  and   a  number  of  non-pro- 
prietary   preparations    have    been    added    which,    for    various 
reasons,  have  not  been  admitted  to  the  Pharmacopoeia.     The 
descriptions  in  the  appendix  have  been  made  as  brief  as  pos- 
sible and  the   articles  are  classified   under  the  names  of  the 
manufacturers.     Therapeutic  indications  are  not  given,  as  it 
is  assumed  that  the  physician  is  able  to  apply  his  knowledge 
of  the  pharmacologic  properties  of  the  ingredients  without  aids 
from    either    the    Council    or    the    manufacturer.      The    non- 
proprietary remedies  admitted  to  the  body  of  the  book  appear 
accurately  described. 

The  descriptions  of  processes  of  preparations,  chemical  and 
physical,  and  of  the  physiologic  action  contain  much  informa-  | 
tion  which  cannot  fail  to  be  of  value  both  to  physicians  and  to  | 
pharmacists. 


REVENUE  L.iW  INFORMER.     A  haudy  book  for  ready  refer-    . 
ence    for    dealers    operating    under    the    revenue   laws   of   the 
United   States,  wholesale  and   retail   liquor  dealers,   brewers,   ' 
cigar   dealers,   druggists,   etc.      By   Charles   O.    Walden   and   . 
Don.    E.    Mowry.      Dealers'    edition,    16mo.    152    pages;    full 
cloth,  $1.    Milwaukee:    Walden  &  Mowry. 
This    book    will    stand    the    most    critical    scrutiny    and   its 
brevity    will    appeal    to   the   average   business    man   who   has 
neither  time  nor  opportunity  to  peruse  the  Revenue  Laws  and   ' 
Regulations  for  the   information  he  actually  needs  to  safely 
and  properly  carry  on  his  business.     The  essential  facts  are   ; 
stated,  however,  and  the  druggist  will  find  this  a  most  useful   ] 
book.     The  subject  matter  is  presented  in  six  chapters  under  ! 
the  following  titles :     Liquor  Dealers,  Wholesale  Liquor  Deal-  I 
ers,  Brewers,  Dealers  in  Cigars  and  Tobacco,  Druggists,  Mis-  j 
cellaneous  Information.  , 


"BACKBONE."     Hints  for  the  Prevention  of  Jelly  Spine  Curv- 
ature  and   Mental   Squint.     A   straight-up   antidote  for  the 
blues  and  a  straight-ahead  sure  cure  for  grouch.     Collected 
from  various   sources  and   arranged   by   S.    De  Witt  Clough, 
Ravenswood,   Chicago.     Published  by  the  author;  price,  50c. 
This    is   a   collection    of   trite    sayings    and    expressions   of 
sentiment  on  various  phases  and  views  of  human  life,  mostly 
in  a  humorous  strain  and  of  just  the  character  to  restore  the 
mental  equilibrium  when  one  has  an  attack  of  the  blues.    A 
wide  field  of  literature  has  been  drawn  upon  to  supply  these 
epigramnialic  sayings  and  if  some  of  ihem  do  not  cause  the 
pessimist   lo  sit  up  and  take   notice   then   we  shall   miss  our 
guess. 


ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  LBHN  &  FINK'S  Analytical  Department   i 
for  190S.  I 

This   report  bears  all   of  the  internal  evidences  of  careful  | 
scientific  work  and  this  wide-awake  and  progressive  firm  will  i 
lose  nothing  by  putting  before  its  patrons  and  others  the  re- 
sults which  have  been  obtained  by  its  chemists  in  testing  so 
many  of  the  products  sold  through  the  jobbing  trade.    Material  l 
of  this  character  should  prove  serviceable  to  the  Revision  Com- 
mittee of  the  Pharmacopoeia  in  its  efforts  to  establish  standards 
for  that  work. 


New  Books. 

NAGEL,  OSKAR.  The  mechanical  appliances  of  the  chemiral 
and  metallurgical  industries ;  a  complete  description  ol  toe 
machines  and  apparatus  used  in  chemical  and  metallurgical 
processes  for  chemists,  metallurgists  engineers,  manufactur- 
ers, superintendents  and  students;  with  292  illustrations. 
New  York:     Oskar  Nagel.     c.  7  +  311  p.    diagrs.    8°,  cl.  ?f 

OWEN,  F.  A.,  and  Standage,  H.  C.  The  dyeing  and  cleaning 
of  textile  fabrics;  a  hand-book  for  the  amateur  and  tne 
professional.  New  York:  John  Wiley  &  Sons.  c.  B+iai  P- 
12'',  cl.  iS2. 


SNAP-SHOT  OF  PKESCOTT  CLUB.  COMPOSED  OF  PHARMACY  STUDENTS  IN  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN. 


Ann  Abbob.  March  20. — Only  members  took  part  .in  the  last  meeting  of  the  Prescott  Club.  A.  W.  Linton  presented  a  very 
interesting  paper  on  acetyl  salicylic  acid.  He  endeavored  to  prove  that  aspirin  and  acetyl  salicylic  acid,  although  prepared 
by  different  processes,  were  identical.  A.  L.  Turner,  assistant  in  mineralogy  to  Prof.  E.  H.  Krause.  added  some  valuable 
substantiating  evidence  by  comparing  the  measurements  of  the  crystals  of  each  preparation  and  showing  that  they  belonged 
to  the  same  cla.ss. 

F.  L.  Shannon  presented  a  biographical  sketch  of  the  life  of  William  Beaumont  and  touched  most  particularly  on  Dr. 
Beaumont's  study  of  the  gastric  juice  of  man.  A.  X.  Banerjee  spoke  on  "Pharmacy  in  India."  According  to  Mr.  Banerjee. 
two  schools  of  pharmacy  and  medicine  prevail  in  his  native  land  ;  the  old  school,  which  has  existed  as  long  as  India  itself  and 
whose  followers  are  only  taught  by  apprenticeship,  and  the  new  school,  which  uses  the  British  Pharmacopoeia  and  is  only 
a  modification  of  present  European  methods. 

Joseph  A.  Wolf  outlined  the  "Michigan  Method  of  Water  Analysis,"  F.  F,  Ingram,  Jr.,  enumerated  the  current  events 
A  the  past  month,  and  C.  M.  Krebs  treated  the  subject  of  scientific  progress.  The  next  meeting  of  the  club  will  be  held 
April  2,  when  J.  W.  T.  Kuox.  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co..  Detroit,  will  present  an  address,  "Wanted — a  Man."  Mr.  Knox 
intends  to  tell  what  kind  of  young  men  are  wanted  in  the  manufacturing  business  and  what  is  wanted  of  them. 


BRILLIANT  FUNCTION  OF  BOSTON  CHAPTER. 

Literary  and  Musical  Programme  Followed  by  Recep- 
tion and  Tea  in  Honor  of  Women's  Club  Guests. 
Boston,  March  IM. — The  most  brilliant  and  successful  meet- 
ng  of  Boston  Chapter  Xo.  1.  W.O.X.A.R.D.,  was  held  yes- 
,erday  afternoon  at  the  Hotel  Vendome,  The  special  guests 
if  the  day  were  the  officers  of  the  Massachusetts  Federation 
|if  Women's  Clubs,  with  which  Boston  Chapter  is  allied,  and 
j.lso  the  presidents  and  secretaries  of  other  federated  clubs  in 
3o3ton  and  vicinity.  In  addition  to  these  guests,  the  pro- 
ramme  included  literary  and  musical  numbers,  in  which 
|Irs.  George  A,  Hibbard,  wife  of  Boston's  mayor,  took  part. 

Mrs.  Adelaide  M.  Godding,  the  president,  presided.  One  of 
he  novel  features  of  the  programme  was  a  paper  by  Mrs. 
harles  L.  Cottrell  on  "The  Bells  in  Music,  Verse  and  His- 
Dry,"  which  gave  opportunity  for  readings  by  Mrs.  Hibbard, 
nd  songs  b.v  Miss  Alice  Lancaster  and  Mrs,  H,  A.  Austin, 
•eo  Andrews,  the  accompanist,  also  played  a  piano  solo. 
A  reception  and  tea  followed.  Jlrs.  Mclntire.  chairman  of 
le  hospitality  committee,  was  assisted  b.v  Mrs.  Arrington  in 
le  general  arrangements.  At  the  tea  table,  which  was  dec- 
rated  with  pink  roses  and  white  lilacs,  Mrs,  W.  D.  Wheeler. 
Irs.  Charles  H.  Davis,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Henderson  and  Mrs.  A.  W, 
IJdder  poured,  while  Mrs.  Charles  Hubbard  and  Mrs.  L,  W. 
iriffin  served  frappe.  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Stover  had  charge  of 
I'e  entertainment.  The  ushers  were  Mrs.  James  F.  Finneran, 
rs.  Frank  F.  Ernst,  Mrs.  E.  H.  La  Pierre,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Moore 
>i  Mrs,  K,  A.  Richardson. 


Arranging  to  Entertain  'Visitors  From  'Washington, 
PHrLADELPei.\,  March  20. — The  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
.Ph,A  has  practically  completed  its  plaus  for  the  entertain- 
ent  of  Washington  IJranch  .\pril  6  at  the  College  of  Physi- 
ins.  The  regular  meeting  will  be  followed  by  a  reception 
id  luncheon  at  the  Hotel  Walton  and  it  is  expected  that  there 


will  be  a  large  number  in  attendance.  Amoug  the  visitors  who 
are  expected  to  speak  will  be  Dr.  Lyman  F.  Kebler,  whose 
topic  will  be  "Some  Work  of  the  Drug  Division  of  the  Bureau 
of  Chemistry"  ;  George  W.  Hoover,  Chief  of  the  Drug  Inspec- 
tion Laborator.v,  who  will  discuss  "Supervising  the  Importa- 
tion of  Drugs" :  Dr.  Jlurray  Gait  Hotter,  whose  address  will 
be  upon  the  organization  and  work  of  the  Hygienic  Laboratory 
at  Washington.  Martin  I.  Wilbert  will  also  participate  in  the 
discussion,  as  will  C.  S.  Brinton,  C.  H.  La  Wall  and  C.  H. 
Kimberly. 


Shorter  Hours  Campaign  Not  'Within  Their  Province, 
St.  Lotis,  March  20.— The  St.  Louis  Chapter  of  the  W.O, 
X.A.R.D.  has  decided  that  the  campaign  for  shorter  hours  in 
drug  stores  is  not  within  the  regular  scope  of  social  work  and 
as  their  organization  is  primarily  social,  that  campaign  will 
be  dropped.  As  substitutes  for  the  energy  that  had  been 
accumulated  for  that  work,  there  will  be  a  euchre  at  Martin's 
Hall.  922  Manchester  avenue,  the  owner  of  which  is  a  druggist, 
and  Mrs.  Martin  is  quite  active  in  the  association,  and  a  dance 
in  April,  the  further  arrangements  for  which  will  be  com- 
pleted at  a  later  meeting.  The  only  settled  facts  about  the 
dance  are  that  it  will  be  in  the  evening  and  will  include 
luncheon  and  the  admission  will  be  $1.  It  will  be  the  first 
bid  of  the  ladies  to  the  druggists  for  support.  Mrs.  A.  R. 
Scheu  and  Mrs.  C.  M.  Streeter  are  new  members  and  the 
prospects  are  for  an  excellent  increase  of  membership  by  the 
end  of  the  fiscal  year. 


Busy  'Week  for  Chicago  Members  of  the  ■W,O.N,A,R.D, 
Chicago,  March  22.— Chicago  Chapter.  W.O.X.A.R.D..  was 
particularly  active  last  week.  The  monthly  meeting  had  a  long 
programme  of  recitals,  songs  and  readings  by  members,  and 
this  was  followed  b.v  a  short  business  meeting.  Plans  for  the 
yearly  election  were  made.  Over  75  members  and  guests 
gathered  at  X^orthwestem  University  building  Friday  for  a 
card  party.     Executive  board  will  meet  March  23. 


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QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerlis  witli  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  ditBeulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  AXONTMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
EECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION:  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Kidney  and  Liver  Pills 

(R.  F.  L.) — Many  of  the  remedies  for  liver  complaints  are 
also  recommended  for  derangements  of  the  kidneys.  Here 
are  some  formulas : 

(1) 
Grind  to  a  coarse  powder, 

Liverwort     '. 4  ounces. 

Jamaica    dogwood    1  ounce. 

Couch   grass    4  ounces. 

Gaultheria    2  ounces. 

Mix  and  percolate  with  a  mixture  of. 

Alcohol     32  fl.  ounces. 

Glycerin     12  ounces. 

Water    32  fl.  ounces. 

When  the  menstruum  has  ceased  to  pass  through  add 
enough  hot  water  to  make  one  gallon  of  mixture,  in  which  dis- 
solve one  ounce  of  potassium  nitrate. 

(2) 

Fluid  extract  of  buchu  ....'. 3  fl.  otmces. 

Fluid  extract  of  dandelion  3  fl.  ounces. 

Fluid  extract  of  juniper  berries 2  fl.  ounces. 

Fluid  extract  of  pareira 2  fl.  ounces. 

Fluid  extract  of  stone-root   2  fl.  ounces. 

Potassium  acetate   3  ounces. 

Simple  elixir  to  32  fl.  ounces. 

(3) 

Hepatica    1  ounce. 

Hydrangea    1  ounce. 

Scoparius   1  ounce. 

Apocynum   cannabinum    1  ounce. 

Triticum    1  ounce. 

Hot  water  to  make 10  ounces. 

When  cold  add. 

Potassium  nitrate    320  grains. 

Alcohol    3  ounces. 

Dextrine   syrup    3  ounces. 

Fluid  extracts  may  be  substituted  for  the  crude  drugs  in 
this  mixture,  in  which  case  the  alcohol  should  be  omitted. 
and  the  proportion  of  water  reduced  to  5  ounces,  instead  of 
10  as  above,  the  remaining  ingredients  being  left  the  same. 

Ichthyol  Ointment. 

(Subscriber) — "Recently  I  filled  a  prescription  for  un- 
guentum  ichthyolis.  10  per  cent :  about  three  weeks  later  the 
prescription  was  renewed.  On  receiving  the  new  supply  the 
patient  noticed  the  difference  in  its  color  and  that  of  the  bal- 
ance of  the  original  lot.  He  took  it  to  his  physician  who 
claimed  that  the  ointment  was  mixed  improperly.  If  you  will 
kindly  publish  in  your  columns  any  information  regarding  the 
above  question  that  will  be  of  benefit  to  me  I  will  greatly 
appreciate  the  same." 

We  cannot  account  for  the  criticism  made  by  the  physician 
on  the  appearance  of  the  second  batch  of  ointment  unless  it 
may  be  that  by  undue  exposure  to  the  action  of  light  the 
ichthyol  assumed  a  different  tint.  On  exposure  to  the  atmos- 
phere ichthyol  will  thicken  and  set  like  varnish  ;  this  may  be 
noticed  when  a  drop  is  left  on  the  side  of  a  stock  bottle.  This 
thickening  is  usually  accompanied  by  a  slight  change  in  color 
and  it  may  be  that  a  similar  change  has  caused  the  appearance 
of  the  ointment  criticized  by  the  physician.  We  have  no 
knowledge  of  the  formula  used  in  making  the  ointment,  but 
a  number  of  y^ars  ago  considerable  difficulty  was  reported  by 


compounders  in  that  they  were  unable  to  secure  a  non-sepa- 
rable ointment.  One  formula  which  has  been  recommended 
as  overcoming  this  difficulty  is  the  following : 

Ichthyol   8  ounces. 

Water   • 8  fl.  ounces. 

Adeps  lanae   IC  ounces. 

Petrolatum    20  ounces. 

.Mix  the  ichthyol  and  water  and  then  incorporate  the  wool 
fat,  the  petrolatum  being  added  last.  Heat  is  best  avoided 
in  making  the  ointment.  If  used  at  all  it  should  be  very 
slight,  and  the  ointment  should  be  rubbed  up  until  it  is  per- 
fectly cool  and  smooth.  As  a  general  proposition  ichthyol 
should  only  be  prescribed  in  neutral  solutions  or  mixtures  tor 
it  is  decomposed  in  the  presence  of  acids  or  alkalies. 


Mimeograph  Ink. 

(F.  V.  K.I — "Does  any  reader  of  The  Phabmaceutical 
Era  know  of  a  practical  working  formula  for  ink  for  mimeo- 
graph machines?  An  answer  to  this  request  will  be  of  value 
to  hundreds  of  your  readers  and  if  replies  are  received  you 
will  be  giving  the  trade  a  great  service  by  publishing  them." 

We  publish  F.  V.  K.'s  request  and  trust  that  some  o£  our 
readers  may  be  able  to  supply  the  information. 


Cooper's  Alum  Ointment. 

(S.  F.  H.) — "Can  you  furnish  an  approximate  formula  for 
Cooper's  alum  ointment,  credited  to  Sir  Astley  Cooper,  of 
Norwich,  Eng.?  A  stated  formula  gives  'alum  comp.  (?), 
Ijhenol.  ichthyol.  zinc  oxide,  aromatic  and  antiseptic  oils, 
petrolatum  and  animal  fat.'  This  enters  the  market  as  the 
proprietary  'unguentine.'  " 

We  are  unable  to  flnd  a  formula  of  the  character  outlined 
in  any  of  the  literature  and  reference  works  at  our  command. 
The  only  information  we  have  concerning  the  composition  of 
the  proprietary  ointment  is  that  given  in  the  literature  sent 
to  physicians  by  the  manufacturers  to  the  effect  that  it  is 
"an  ointment  composed  of  alum,  with  the  irritating  properties 
of  the  drug  eliminated,  carbolic  acid  (2  per  cent),  and  ichthyol 
(.5  per  cent),  combined  with  pure  petroleum  bases." 

Driving-  Ants  Away. 

(Dr.  .T.  JI.  W. ) — A  most  efficacious  means  of  getting  rid 
of  ants  is  spraying  their  resorts  with  crude  petroleum.  Two 
thorough  sprayings  usually  suffice.  To  destroy  ants'  nests  on 
lawns  the  use  of  carbon  disulphide  is  recommended.  A  little 
of  the  disulphide  is  poured  into  the  openings,  which  are  then 
closed  up  by  stepping  on  them  with  the  feet.  The  volatile  ■ 
vapors  of  the  disulphide  will  penetrate  the  chambers  of  the 
nest  and  if  sufficient  has  been  used  will  kill  not  only  the 
adult  insects  but  the  larvas  as  well.  Of  course,  this  treat- 
ment is  not  suitable  for  indoors. 

For  spraying  around  a  house  where  ants  infect,  the  follow- 
ing solution  has  been  recommended  : 

Cape  aloes    %  pound. 

Water     4      pints. 

Boil  together  and  add, 

Camphor  gum   4      ounces. 

We  know  of  no  better  authority  on  entomology  than  the 
experts  connected  with  the  Bureau  of  Entomology,  U.  S.  Agri- 
cultural Department.  Washington,  D.  C. 

Dissolving  Argyrol. 

G.  W.  Burrington.  Detroit,  Mich.,  writes  as  follows:  "I 
have  an  idea  which  I  think  will  be  of  considerable  interest 
to  the  prescription  department  and  that  is,  how  to  make  the 
most  efficient  and  quickest  solution  of  argyrol.  The  method 
mostly  used  is  that  by  trituration,  but  the  greatest  objection 
to  it  is  that  the  argyrol  gums  to  the  mortar  and  pestle  and  ; 
takes  time  to  dissolve.  A  still  slower  process  is  by  shakmg 
the  bottle  until  the  substance  is  dissolved. 

"My  method  is  to  rub  the  argyrol  until  it  is  a  powder,  then, 
pour  the  desired  amount  of  water  in  a  graduate  and  gradually 
stir  the  powder  in  the  water  until  dissolved.  With  this 
method  the  argyrol  does  not  gum  up  and  dissolves  in  an 
incredibly  short  time." 


Wasted  No  Time. 

"The  manager  says  he  engaged  forty  chorus  girls  in  twenty 
minutes." 

"Gracious,  but  he's  quick  at  figures."  ' 


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Personal  Mention 


— F.  B.  Ross,  of  Chariton,  Iowa,  has  gone  to  Lethbridge, 
Canada,  where  he  has  accepted  a  position. 

— Prof.  John  Uki  Lloyd,  of  Cincinnati,  was  a  visitor  in 
New  Yorli  Cit.v  for  several  days  last  week. 

— Louis  Dohme,  president  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  Baltimore, 
was  a  visitor  in  New  York  Cit.v  for  several  days  last  week. 

— A.  H.  Seelet,  of  Canon  City,  Colo.,  who  recently  made 
an  assignment,  has  resigned  the  office  of  mayor  and  will  move 
to  Denver. 

— L.  A.  Engle,  of  Eleventh  and  Brooklyn  streets,  St.  Louis, 
has  gone  to  Mexico  and  the  Pacific  Coast  for  a  six  weeks' 
health  trip. 

— F.  T.  Dudley,  proprietor  of  the  Red  Cross  Pharmacy, 
Ithaca,  N.  X.,  is  preparing  to  move  into  a  new  home  which  he 
has  purchased. 

— Mahlon  X.  Kline,  of  Philadelphia,  head  of  the  Smith, 
Kline  &  French  Co.,  was  a  caller  in  the  New  York  wholesale 
trade  last  week. 

— H.  T.  MiLLEB,  of  Philadelphia,  announces  that  he  will 
leave  Shoemaker  &  Busch,  of  the  same  city,  after  a  service  of 
15  years  with  that  firm. 

— G.  W.  Bennett,  of  Tallahassee,  Fla.,  has  gone  to  Selma, 
Ala.,  to  take  charge  of  the  prescription  department  of  the 
V.  D.  Young  Drug  Company. 

— Dr.  William  Gale,  of  Westfield,  N.  J.,  this  month  com- 
pleted 40  years  in  the  drug  business.  After  leaving  the  Navy 
in  1S69  he  settled  in  Westfield. 

— N.\THAN  A.  Cozens,  secretary  of  the  Philadelphia  Associ- 
ation of  Retail  Druggists,  is  confined  to  his  home  on  account  of 
illness  following  a  heavy  cold. 

— Frank  J.  Hoey.  of  the  Gazzallo  Drug  &  Chemical  Co.. 
Chicago,  has  bought  au  automobile  and  is  now  calling  on  his 
trade  in  a  new  Maxwell  car. 

— Phll.  J.  Hartley,  of  the  Red  Lilly  sales  force  in  Massa- 
chusetts, recently  returned  to  his  territory  from  a  week's  visit 
to  the  home  offices  in  Indianapolis. 

— H.  R.  Saunders,  head  of  the  promulgation  department  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co,,  has  returned  to  the  New  York  branch  of 
the  firm  after  a  week's  trip  to  Detroit. 

— W.  B.  Kaufman,  of  the  importing  department  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  has  returned  to  the  New  York  branch  after  en- 
joying a  few  weeks'  vacation  in  Florida. 

— Louis  May.  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  is  planning  an  extensive 
trip  abroad  to  include  a  large  portion  of  central  and  northern 
Europe,  and  visits  to  Paris,  London  and  Berlin. 

— George  P.  Bertsch,  of  the  Bertsch-Shurtz  Drug  Com- 
pany, Oskaloosa,  is  prominently  mentioned  for  appointment 
to  the  vacancy  on  the  Iowa  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

— Norman  Johnson,  who  has  been  employed  in  Brown  & 
Hooff's  drug  store,  Charlestown,  W.  Va.,  will  probably  pitch 
for  the  Winchester  base  ball  club  during  the  coming  season. 

• — E.  C.  Tracy,  of  Waverly,  N.  Y.,  has  decided  to  accept 
the  nomination  of  the  Citizens'  Committee  for  president  of 
the  village.  The  local  papers  speak  in  high  terms  of  his 
candidacy. 

— Dk.  a.  R.  L.  Dohme,  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  Baltimore,  has 
returned  home  from  his  recent  cruise  in  southern  waters.  Dr. 
Dohme  reports  a  very  pleasant  time  and  feels  greatly  benefited 
by  the  rest. 

— J.  W.  Ohlman,  representative  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  at 
Sioux  Falls  and  vicinity,  slipped  ou  the  ice  last  week  and 
was  laid  up  for  nearly  a  week  with  a  broken  wrist  and  severe 
body  bruises. 

— G.  JosT,  a  sundry  salesman  for  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Ca,  of 
New  York,  is  preparing  for  his  spring  trip  to  the  South  and 
will  leave  for  those  parts  this  week.  Mr.  Jost  expects  to 
return  about  July. 

— John  Sullivan,  who  had  been  engaged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness for  several  years  in  Chatsworth,  111.,  recently  moved  to 
Missoula,  Mont.,  for  the  purpose  of  engaging  in  the  occupation 
of  fruit  raising. 

— C.  M.  Peacock,  who  recently  sold  his  drug  business  in 

Owosso,  Mich.,  to  E.  P.  Roberts,  of  Bannister,  claims  to  be 

the  oldest  druggist, Mn  point  of  service,  in  the  county.     Mr. 

j  Peacock  had  been  40  years  behind  the  drug  counter  and  was 


obliged  to  retire  only  on  account  of  ill-health.  He  may  enter 
some  other  business. 

— Fred.  L.  Carter,  of  Boston,  president  of  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  was  a  caller  in  New  York 
City  last  week  while  en  route  to  Florida,  where  he  will  spend 
a  few  weeks"  vacation. 

— Dr.  W.  H.  Martin,  of  Amarillo,  Tex,,  who  represents 
the  Red  Lilly  in  northwestern  Texas  and  southern  New  Mex- 
ico, recently  returned  from  a  week's  visit  to  the  home  office 
of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co..  Indianapolis. 

— Joseph  Jacobs,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  laft  week  visited  his 
son,  S.  S.  Jacobs,  who  is  a  member  of  the  senior  class  of  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  father  was  graduated 
in  1879  from  the  same  institution. 

— Clarence  T.  Abbott,  formerly  of  Boston  and  a  graduate 
of  the  JIassachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  but  more  recently 
in  California,  has  become  the  manager  of  the  pharmacy  of 
E   Schneider  &  Co.,  in  San  Diego. 

— William  G.  Fbazer,  manager  of  the  post  card  department 
of  the  American  News  Company,  New  York,  is  away  on  a 
five  weeks'  trip,  during  which  time  he  expects  to  visit  l.j  of 
the  company's  important  branches. 

— E.  O.  Criswell,  formerly  manager  for  Samuel  B.  Davis, 
at  Thirteenth  and  Ritner  streets,  Philadelphia,  has  decided  to 
start  iu  business  for  himself  and  has  purchased  the  store  of 
W.  H.  House,  at  29th  and  Wharton  streets,  that  city. 

— Scott  R.  Lingenfelter.  of  Danville,  Ind.,  with  a  party 
of  friends,  while  duck  hunting  recently  on  the  White  River, 
almost  lost  their  lives  through  the  capsizing  of  a  boat.  All 
were  drenched,  their  shotguns  were  lost  and  $50  iu  the  drug- 
gist's pocket  disappeared. 

— J.  H.  Barlow,  formerly  Pennsylvania  representative  of 
the  N.A.R.D.,  but  now  acting  in  that  capacity  for  the  Phila- 
delphia Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  with  his  wife,  is  re- 
ceiving the  congratulations  of  their  friends  upon  the  arrival  iu 
the  family  of  a  little  girl. 

— D.  M.  Penick.  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Strother  Drug  Company,  of  Lynchburg,  Va.,  is  slowly  recov- 
ering from  the  injuries  which  he  received  some  time  ago  by 
being  crushed  in  an  elevator,  as  reported  in  the  Bra.  At  one 
time  it  was  feared  he  would  not  recover. 

— William  A.  Perkins,  proprietor  of  the  Prattville  Phar- 
macy, in  Chelsea,  Mass.,  has  been  drawn  on  the  Suffolk  jury 
which  is  trying  the  "graft"  case  of  ex-Alderman  George  H. 
Battis,  of  Boston,  one  of  the  notable  cases  growing  out  of  the 
investigations  by  the  finance  commission. 

— F.  D.  Fuller,  chief  chemist  for  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture of  Pennsylvania,  is  being  congratulated  by  his  friends 
upon  his  appointment  by  Secretary  of  Agriculture  Wilson  to 
the  position  of  chief  of  the  cattle-feed  and  grain  investigation 
laboratory  of  the  National  Department  of  Agriculture. 

— G.  M.  Hippee,  of  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  who  recently  cele- 
brated his  golden  wedding,  went  to  that  city  from  Camden, 
N.  J.,  in  1S59  and  engaged  in  the  drug  business.  He  prospered 
and  became  a  banker,  later  identifying  himself  with  various 
corporations.  Mr.  Hippee  is  now  78  years  old  and  his  wife, 
who  also  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  is  70. 

— Albert  Plaut,  head  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  New  York  City, 
presided  at  a  farewell  dinner  given  to  Oscar  Straus,  the 
retired  Secretary  of  Commerce  and  Labor,  by  the  Freundschatt 
Club  last  Thursday  evening.  Governor  Hughes  was  a  speaker 
at  the  feast  and  received  an  enthusiastic  ovation.  Dr.  William 
J.  Schieffelin,  president  of  the  Citizens'  Union,  also  delivered 
an  address. 

— Adolph  Ziefle,  former  assistant  in  pharmacy  under  Prof. 
A.  B.  Stevens  in  the  University  of  Michigan  School  of  Phar- 
macy, and  who  for  the  past  two  years  has  been  assistant 
professor  in  pharmacy  at  the  University  of  Kansas  School  of 
Pharmacy,  has  resigned  to  accept  a  similar  advanced  position 
at  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  North  Dakota  Agricultural 
College.  Mr.  Ziefle  was  employed  as  State  Food  and  Drug 
Chemist  in  Kansas  and  will  continue  this  work  iu  his  new  field. 

— Edward  Mohler.  who  looks  after  the  store  of  Charles 
Rehfuss,  of  Philadelphia,  while  the  latter  is  absent  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  various  pharmaceutical  organizations  of  which 
he  is  either  an  officer  or  a  committeeman,  was  obliged  to  give 
up  work  for  several  weeks  ou  account  of  his  health.  His  con- 
dition showed  marked  improvement  after  a  visit  to  Atlantic 
City  and  he  expects  to  be  able  to  return  to  duty  in  the  course 
of  a  few  days.  Mr.  Rehfuss  finds  17  hours  day  after  day  a 
bit  too  strenuous. 


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[March  25,  1909 


PKESIDENT  DIAMOND  ON  PHARMACY  BILLS.        INDIANA'S  SANITARY  FOOD  LAW  STRINGENT. 


Head  of  New  York  State   Pharmaceutical  Association 

Criticizes    the    Action    of    Manhattan    Ph.A.    for 
Not  Participating  in  Conference  of  Locals 
and  Then  Endorsing  Another  Measure. 
Peter  Diamond,  president  New  York  Stale  Ph.A.,  writes  as 
follows  aneut  Manhattan  Ph.A.'s  recent  meeting : 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

I  have  watched  with  keen  interest  tlie  attitude  of  the  phar- 
maceutical press  toward  legislative  agitation  within  the  past 
few  mouths  and  am  glad  to  see  the  clear,  precise  and  proper 
stand  your  paper  has  taken  in  the  controversy.  From  all  over 
the  Slate  I  have  received  assurances  that  the  pharmaceutical 
associations  will  support  the  State  association  in  the  position 
that  body  is  taking  in  legislative  matters,  particularly  since 
we  have  "discussed  these  matters  fully  at  a  conference  at  Al- 
bany early  in  .January,  to  which  all  local  pharmaceutical 
associations  were  invited  and  in  which  most  participated,  and 
at  which  conference  we  have  received  the  unanimous  consent 
of  all  present  to  proceed  with  such  amendments  to  the  phar- 
macy law  as  the  legislative  committee  of  the  State  association 
will  deem  wise,  but,  by  all  proper  means  to  keep  pharmacy 
from  all  political  and  party  influences,  and  to  oppose  all  legis- 
lation that  might  tend  to  make  the  board  partisan,  dominated 
by  district  leaders  and  oflice  holders. 

'  In  view  of  all  this,  the  action  taken  by  the  Manhattan  As- 
sociation, or,  better,  by  the  sis  out  of  the  eleven  members  at 
the  meeting  of  that  association  last  Monday,  is  unwise,  im- 
proper and  not  for  the  best  interests  of  the  retail  pharmacists 
or  of  the  people  at  large  in  this  State. 

Particularly  do  I  take  issue  with  Mr.  Diner  for  urging  the 
Manhattan  Association  to  support  the  Conklin  Bill,  knowing 
full  well  that  our  bill  is  before  the  Governor  and  being  fully 
aware  of  the  provisions  of  our  bill,  with  which  I  have  taken 
care  to  acquaint  him. 

The  interest  Mr.  Diner  is  exhibiting  in  the  Conklin  measure, 
coupled  with  his  various  communications  to  me  vpith  reference 
to  the  same,  almost  from  the  day  of  its  inception,  leads  me  to 
believe  that  Mr.  Diner  is  really  the  father  of  the  measure, 
and  if  he  were  only  to  acknowledge  it  frankly  the  mystery  of 
the  situation  in  which  the  Manhattan  Association  finds  itself 
would  be  cleared.  Mr.  Diner,  or  any  one  else,  has  a  full  right 
to  act  as  he  desires,  but  frankness  in  the  premises  is  the  least 
the  Manhattan  and  all  other  associations  may  expect  at  his 
hands.  His  anxiety  to  bring  some  association  or  somebody  to 
the  support  of  the  bill  is  something  he  may  owe  Mr.  Conklin 
for  introducing  it.  At  an  interview  I  had  with  Mr.  Conklin 
soon  after  the  bill  was  introduced  he  assured  me  his  bill  would 
receive  the  support  of  a  pharmaceutical  organization.  Perhaps 
he  referred  to  the  Manhattan !  Surely  the  officers  and  mem- 
bers of  that  association  knew  nothing  of  it,  nor  have  they 
instructed  the  chairman  of  their  legislative  committee  to  draft 
and  introduce  a  new  pharmacy  bill. 

The  Conklin  Bill  o£  today  is  a  weak  effort  of  one  entirely 
unfamiliar  with  pharmacy,  its  history,  progress  and  require- 
ments and  to  ask  an  association  to  endorse  it  on  a  plea  that 
it  will  be  amended,  vouching  for  its  then  correct  shape  and 
completeness,  is,  in  my  opinion,  prima  facie  evidence  that  the 
bill  originates  with  Mr.  Diner  and  properly  should  be  styled 
."The  Diner  Bill." 

I  shall  not  attempt  now  to  draw  comparisons  between  the 
Conklin  measure  and  the  one  drafted  by  the  New  York  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  for  it  seems  to  me  premature  to 
discuss  our  bill  before  our  final  conference  with  the  Governor. 
Suffice  it  to  say  that  it  meets  the  views  of  our  executive  in  as 
far  as  it  is  consistent  with  the  dignity  ot  our  profession  and 
is  a  safeguard  against  becoming  another  source  of  political 
patronage  under  the  motto  that  "to  the  victor  belongs  the 
spoils." 

I  invoke  the  aid  and  confidence  of  the  pharmaceutical  press 
and  of  every  pharmacist  in  this  State  in  this  most  eventful 
struggle  to  retain  the  prestige  it  took  us  years  to  establish. 
The  State  association,  to  which  we  have  for  years  entrusted 
the  guarding  of  our  interests  in  this  State,  has  proven  worthy 
of  the  confidence  and  I  assure  every  one  today  this  association 
is  as  proud  of  that  faith  and  as  jealous  of  its  prestige  as  ever. 

New  York,  March  18.  Peteb  Diamond. 

A  hearing  on  the  Conklin  Bill  is  set  for  March  30. 


New  Provisions  Bars  Diseased  Persons  From  Being  Em- 

loloyed    in    the    Preparation    of    Food — Soda 

Fountains  Are  Included  and  Practical 

Tests  Will  Be  Made  by  Experts. 

Indianapolis,  March  20. — Dr.  H.  E.  Barnard,  State  Food 
and  Drug  Commissioner,  in  a  heart-to-heart  talk  with  the 
Era  correspondent,  spoke  of  the  legislation  of  the  Indiana 
General  Assembly  which  has  just  adjourned. 

"The  new  sanitary  food  law,"  said  Dr.  Barnai-d,  "is  the 
most  far-reaching  and  valuable  piece  of  food  legislation  passed 
since  the  Federal  law. 

"It  provides  for  the  sanitation  of  all  food-producing  estab- 
lishments, all  vehicles  used  in  transporting  foods,  and  that 
the  food  distributing  agencies,  such  as  the  grocery  store,  the 
meat  market  and  the  confectionery.  The  soda  fountain  is 
included  under  the  operation  of  the  law. 

"The  bill  provides  that  every  person  who  has  anything  to 
do  with  the  production,  preservation  or  distribution  of  food 
products  must  himself  be  healthy.  The  old  laws  have  said 
that  an  employer  of  labor  should  not  knowingly  engage  a 
diseased  person.  The  new  law  says  that  he  shall  not  allow, 
permit  or  suffer  any  person  to  work  in  any  way  in  connection 
with  the  production,  distribution  or  transportation  of  food 
who  is  tainted  with  any  contagious  or  infectious  disease. 

"No  legislation  has  been  enacted  that  would  class  tobacco 
with  either  foods  or  drugs,  so  this  department  will  have  no 
control  of  the  manufacture  or  sale  of  tobacco  or  cigars.  The 
bill  provides  that  all  persons  who  handle  material  from  which 
food  is  prepared  or  the  finished  product  shall  before  begin- 
ning work  and  after  visiting  the  toilet  wash  their  hands  and 
arms  thoroughly  in  clean  water. 

"It  is  provided  that  where  cuspidors  are  used  they  shall  be 
thoroughly  emptied  and  washed  daily  with  disinfectant  solu- 
tion and  that  five  ounces  of  such  solution  shall  be  in  the  cuspi- 
dor while  in  use.  We  thus  make  the  cuspidor  an  agent  for 
destroying  bacteria  instead  of  spreading  it.  Persons  are  pro- 
hibited irom  sleeping  in  rooms  where  food  is  prepared  or  sold. 
This  also  applies  to  restaurants. 

"In  order  to  determine  whether  or  not  there  is  any  truth 
in  the  statement  of  soda  fountain  proprietors  that  it  is  abso- 
lutely necessary  for  them  to  use  preservatives  in  their  crushed 
fruits  and  fruit  juices,  we  are  now  installing  in  this  depart- 
ment here  in  the  State  House  a  modern  soda  fountain  of  the 
iceless  type  manufactured  here  in  Indianapolis  by  the  Marietta 
Glass  Company,  by  which  we  shall  conduct  an  exhaustive 
series  of  experiments  with  every  kind  of  soda  fountain  supplies. 

"We  propose  to  determine  how  long  crushed  fruits  and 
fruit  juices  will  keep  without  preservatives,  under  sanitary 
conditions  of  handling  and  refrigeration. 

"In  the  East  the  highest  priced  man  in  the  drug  store  is  in 
the  soda  water  department.  In  Indiana,  with  few  exceptions, 
the  fountain  is  in  charge  of  young  boys,  poorly  paid.  So  far 
as  I  know,  this  fountain  will  be  the  first  put  up  in  a  State 
Health  Department  for  the  scientific  study  of  soda  water  in  its 
relation  to  the  public  health.  We  shall  determine  questions 
of  temperature  best  adapted  to  the  keeping  of  crushed  fruits 
and  syrups ;  the  density  of  sugar  syrups  best  adapted  to  foun- 
tain uses ;  the  best  methods  of  protecting  crushed  fruits  from 
dust,  flies  and  dirt  while  on  the  dispensing  counter.  We  shall 
put  a  competent  chemist  in  charge  of  the  work  and  associated 
with  him  a  practical  soda  fountain  man." 


New  Store  for  Uptown  Apartment  District. 
A.  G.  Yeomans,  president  of  Reid,  Yeomans  &  Cubit,  and 
W.  L.  Snow,  until  recently  manager  of  the  Riker  store  at  456 
Fulton  street,  Brooklyn,  have  leased  for  12  years  the  comer 
store  in  the  Washington  Irving  apartment  at  Broadway  and 
151st  street,  New  York  City.  They  will  use  the  premises  for 
a  drug  store,  which  it  is  intended  to  open  about  May  1,  pend- 
ing the  completion  of  the  building.  All  fixtures  will  be  the 
latest  in  design  and  no  expense,  it  was  said  by  Mr.  Yeomans, 
will  be  spared  in  making  the  store  as  up-to-date  and  in  keep- 
ing with  the  location  as  possible.  There  are  over  200  apart- 
ments in  the  block,  which  is  in  a  strictly  residential  district. 
A  feature  will  be  a  handsome  soda  fountain.  Mr.  Snow  will 
be  the  manager  of  the  new  store,  while  Mr.  Yeomans  will 
devote  his  efforts  chiefly  to  the  store  of  Reid,  Yeomans  & 
Cubit  in  Nassau  street. 


March  25,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  283 

SENIOR  CLASS  AND  MEMBERS  OF  THE  FACULTY  OF  THE  PHILADELPHIA    COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 


Philadixpuia.  Maich  '2'2. — Tin-  seuior  class  of  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy,  uumberiug  12S.  of  whom  seven  are 
young  women,  is  the  first  class  to  enter  the  college  and  com- 
plete the  course  since  the  prerequisite  law  went  into  effect  in 
Pennsylvania.  The  class  has  elected  the  following  oHicers : 
President.  J.  H.  Allan.  Baltimore;  vice-president.  PI.  W. 
Eakle,  Hagerstown,  Md. ;  secretary.  Miss  Helen  F.  Loughlin, 
Norwood,  Pa. ;  treasurer.  Ralph  T.  Plunter,  Altoona,  Pa. ; 
executive  committee.  Clarence  Stoner.  Lock  Haven.  Pa. ; 
William  Ferron.  Salt  Lake  City.  Utah ;  Frederick  J.  Keim. 
Dubois,  Pa. :  John  A.  Gory,  Loudon,  Ohio  ;  Mitchell  Bernstein, 
Philadelphia ;  reporters.  F.  Gannon  Ebner,  Sandusky,  Ohio ; 
C.  E.  Hoffman,  Philadelphia. 

Examinations  in  the  regular  course  are  now  over  for  the 
senior  class  and  the  members  are  beginning  the  supplementary 
course  in  technical  microscopy,  commercial  training,  food  and 
dnig  adulterations,  dispensing  and  prescription  work. 

The  work  on  the  annual  publication  of  the  senior  class. 
The  Graduate,  is  well  under  way  and  reflects  credit  upon 
J.  H.  Allan,  ex  officio  chairman  and  treasurer  of  the  publica- 
tion, and  the  editor-in-chief,  Charles  S.  Herron,  of  Dubois,  Pa. 
Associate  editors  are  E.  L.  Kelly,  Elmira,  N.  Y. ;  F.  G.  Ebner 
and  Miss  Helen  F.  Loughlin ;  business  manager.  D.  L.  Houck, 
Indiana,  Pa. ;  assistants,  D.  L.  Haler,  Chambersburg,  JId.  ; 
J.  A.  McCann,  Greenwich.  N.  T.  The  book  is  dedicated  to 
Prof.  Henry  Kraemer  and  a  unique  feature  is  its  description 
of  the  various  members  of  the  class  according  to  the  manner 
of  describing  botanical  specimens  and  drugs.  It  will  contain 
250  pages,  the  pictures  of  the  individuals,  college  and  class 
organizations  as  well  as  the  history  of  the  class  throughout 
the  course. 

Under  the  auspices  of  the  senior  class,  a  permanent  Southern 
Cltib  has  been  organized  which  promises  to  become  an  even 
more  important  factor  in  years  to  come.  J.  H.  Allan  is 
president ;  ,T.  E.  F.  Hicks,  Goldsboro,  N.  C,  is  vice-president ; 
i.  J.  H.  Allen,  Savannah,  6a.,  secretary,  and  S.   S.  Jacobs, 

'Janta,  Ga.,  treasurer.     At  a  banquet  at  the  Hotel  >Iajestic, 

e  famous  old  Confederate  colors  were  a  prominent  feature 


in  the  decorations.  Prof.  Alfred  E.  Ileineberg,  who  is  an 
honorary  member,  acted  as  toastniaster.  and  the  embryo  phar- 
macists proved  themselves  most  eflicient  after-dinner  speakers. 

The  Whitall  Tatum  Company  entertained  the  senior  class 
at  its  glass  factories  at  Millville.  N.  J.  The  trip  was  made  in 
a  special  train  from  Camden  and  was  highly  enjoyable  and 
instructive.  After  the  visitors  had  been  shown  through  the 
various  departments,  a  luncheon  was  sen-ed.  Prof.  J.  P.  Rem- 
ington presided,  others  also  made  short  addresses  and  by  no 
means  the  smallest  feature  of  the  occasion  were  songs  by  the 
class.  Several  other  trips  of  this  character  to  nearby  manu- 
facturing establishments  are  scheduled. 

The  Athletic  Association  gave  a  highly  successful  play  and 
dance  at  Mercantile  Hall  March  18  for  the  benefit  of  the  or- 
ganization. Under  the  direction  of  its  president,  Henry  S. 
Godshail,  the  association  has  enjoyed  the  most  successful  year 
from  the  standpoint  of  activity  and  support  in  the  history  of 
the  college.  On  March  20  a  largely  attended  inter-class  ath- 
letic meet  was  held  at  the  Central  Y.M.C.A.  gymnasium. 

The  inter-class  dance  given  at  Lulu  Temple  was  an  im- 
portant factor  in  encouraging  the  social  spirit  in  the  college  as 
well  as  in  bringing  the  classes  in  closer  touch  with  each  other. 
It  marked  an  epoch  in  college  history.  More  than  200  students 
and  their  friends  attended. 

Early  in  April  the  weekly  botanical  classes  for  the  senior 
class  will  commence  under  the  direction  of  Professor  Kraemer. 


Sold  Laudanum  for  Toothaclie,  Charged  Witli  Homicide, 
J.  Jacobellis,  a  druggist  at  3Sth  street  and  Ninth  avenue 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City,  was  arrested  recently 
on  the  charge  of  homicide,  and  held  in  $1000  bail  for  examina- 
tion before  Coroner  Acritelli.  Mr.  Jacobellis,  it  is  alleged 
sold  a  few  doses  of  tincture  of  opium  in  a  cup  to  a  woman 
who  wanted  it  for  toothache.  The  woman  died  the  day  fol 
lowing  the  sale  from  pulumonary  congestion  and  oedema, 
which,  according  to  the  coroner's  physician,  were  produced  by 
the  laudanum.  The  hearing  is  scheduled  for  next  Monday 
morning. 


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[:Mareh  25,  1909 


SIMON  N.  JONES  PRESIDENT  LOUISVILLE  R.D.A. 

Chosen  at  Annual  Meeting  of  Association  in  Conven- 
tion City — Physicians  Invite  Joint  Meeting-. 

Louisville,  March  20. — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Louisville 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  was  held  at  Bruen's  Hotel  on 
Wednesday  night.  While  the  attendance  was  not  as  large  as 
usual,  this  can  be  accounted  for  because  the  notices  for  the 
meeting  were  not  delivered  until  the  morning  of  the  appointed 
time.  The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year : 
Simon  N.  Jones,  president ;  F.  V.  Simms.  vice-president :  Beu 
F.  Sauter.  secretary ;  William  Voteler,  treasurer. 

The  report  of  the  secretary  showed  that  about  80  per  cent 
of  the  retail  druggists  in  the  city  had  paid  both  local  and 
National  dues.     The  treasury  is  in  a  flourishing  condition. 

An  invitation  was  received  from  the  Jefferson  County  Med- 
ical Association  (composed  of  almost  the  entire  medical  pro- 
fession in  this  city  and  county)  requesting  the  druggists'  asso- 
ciation to  use  its  rooms  for  a  meeting  place  in  the  future 
and  referred  to  a  committee.  A  request  was  also  received 
from  the  same  organization  requesting  the  association  to  pre- 
pare and  place  on  permanent  exhibition  in  its  room  a  line  of 
U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations.  This  proposal  was  readily 
acted  upon  and  will  be  promptly  complied  with.  There  exists 
the  utmost  harmony  between  the  doctors  and  druggists  and 
this  will  be  productive  of  great  benefit  to  the  retailers  iu 
pushing  the  N.F.  propaganda  in  this  city. 


Big  Whisky  Dealer  Enters  Drug  Business. 

Chattanoog.\.  March  20.— Randolph  M.  Rose.  W.  L.  Frier- 
son,  Lewis  M.  Coleman.  C.  Mauasse  and  F.  Manning  have 
filed  an  application  asking  a  charter  for  the  Rose  Drug  Com- 
pany. The  capital  stock  of  the  corporation  is  set  out  as  |100,- 
000  and  by  the  terms  of  the  charter  application  the  business 
of  wholesale  and  retail  drug  dealers  and  manufacturers  will 
be  carried  on.  The  principal  offices  and  factories  will  be 
located  iu  Chattanooga. 

Randolph  Rose  is  one  of  the  best-known  business  men  of 
Chattanooga.  He  is  at  the  head  of  the  immense  whisky  busi- 
ness which  bears  his  name  and  has  its  principal  office  in  this 
city  with  branches  in  New  York  City,  Jacksonville  and  else- 
where. Mr.  Rose  was  one  of  the  first  men  engaged  in  this 
business  to  announce,  following  the  passage  by  the  Tennessee 
Legislature  of  a  State-wide  prohibition  bill,  that  he  would  not 
leave  Tennessee,  but  that  he  would  remain  here,  placing  his 
capital  and  abilities  in  other  chaunels. 


To  Sell  Human  Hair  and  Electric  Cooking  Utensils. 
Boston,  March  20. — The  Riker-Jaynes  Company,  already 
operators  of  eight  drug  stores  in  Boston,  and  planning  to  open 
another  on  April  1,  have  just  made  an  enlargement  to  the 
store  at  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Bedford  streets.  The 
entire  second  floor,  with  an  area  of  2600  square  feet,  has 
been  added.  The  space  will  be  used  for  new  departments,  in- 
cluding human  hair  goods,  the  truss  department,  with  a  room 
for  fitting,  and  a  complete  line  of  electric  cooking  utensils. 
This  one  store  of  the  Riker-Jaynes  Company  carries  .53  names 
on  its  pay  roll,  not  including  bookkeepers,  as  all  of  that  work 
is  done  at  the  head  office  at  Washington  and  Hanover  streets. 


TO  PUSH  PROPAGANDA  WORK  IN  ST,  LOUIS, 

President  Renner  Appoints  New  Committees  for  the  En- 
suing Year  for  Local  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 
St.  I-Ofis,  March  20.— The  first  meeting  of  the  St.L.R.D.A. 
under  the  new  officers  was  held  at  the  Southern  Hotel  March 
16  with  a  good  attendance,  and  a  large  proportion  remained 
for  the  luncheon.  At  the  adjournment,  it  was  announced  that 
in  an  effort  to  give  some  members  an  opportunity  to  attend 
for  whom  morning  meetings  were  not  convenient,  the  April 
meeting  would  be  held  at  Maurer's  Cafe,  Washington  avenue 
and  Third  street,  where  a  private  dining  room  had  been 
promised  with  a  Dutch  lunch  for  the  session. 

President  Renner  announced  the  following  committees : 
Price  Schedule — Executive  committee  and  otHcers. 
Telephone — E.   A.   Bernius,   chairman ;   Robert  Thebus,  George 
Hausiien. 

Entertainment— L.  A.  Seitz,  chairman;  J.  C.  Thumser,  Charles 
Halm,  A.  S.  Ludwig  and  Frank  Cloughly. 

Grievance — Ernst  Wiukleman,  Carondelet ;  Charles  Hahn  and 
,T  Hassebrock,  North  Side;  Richard  Krlng  and  Henry  0.  A. 
Huegel,  South  Side;  Martin  Noll  and  E.  M.  Plrner,  West  End; 
L.  A.  Seltz  and  A.  G.  Enderle,  Central. 

Secretary  William  Busch  has  undertaken  to  push  the 
propaganda  for  U.S.P.  preparations  and  announcements  were 
made  as  to  the  method  of  handling  the  correspondence  to  phy- 
sicians whose  names  were  supplied  by  druggists.  Without 
special  effort  the  collection  of  dues  was  surprising. 


The  Era's  Classified  Buyers'  Directory. 

One  of  the  most  important  features  of  the  Era's  Advertising 
Columns  is  the  Classified  Buyees'  Directory.  It  offers  to 
the  druggist,  jobber  and  manufacturer  an  unexcelled  oppor- 
tunity to  keep  in  touch  witli  manufacturers  of  all  lines  of  high 
class  goods  Buyers  of  the  drug  trade  are  readily  showing 
their  appreciation  of  the  value  of  this  medium,  and  all  manu- 
facturers and  jobbers  should  use  these  little,  live  liners  for 
letting  the  buyers  know-  that  they  are  in  business  and  the  kind 
of  goods  they  are  selling.  You  cannot  afford  to  miss  the  many 
good  special  offers  that  these  advertisers  are  making. 

Druggists  Invited  by  Rockland  County  Doctors. 
The  members  of  the  Rockland  County  Medical  Society  are 
to  hold  their  quarterly  nieeling  at  Suffern,  N.  Y.,  on  April  7. 
They  have  invited  the  druggists  of  the  county  to  meet  with 
thein  and  discuss  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  propaganda  campaign. 
Arrangements  are  under  way  to  have  several  prominent  speak- 
ers on  the  subject  give  views  from  each  of  the  professions. 


Simple  Appliances  Used  in  Lecture  on  Assaying. 

Piiilauei  riiiA.  March  20. — An  unusually  large  audience  on 
Tuesday  evening  attended  the  lecture  and  demonstration  iu 
the  post-graduate  course  arranged  by  the  Philadelphia  Branch 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  was  held 
at  Temple  University.  Dr.  H.  Evert  Kendig,  professor  of  the 
theory  and  ijractice  of  pharmacy  at  Temple  University,  was  the 
lecturer  and  his  subject  was  "Assay  Processes,  Their  Uses 
and  Practical  Value."  He  introduced  the  actual  work  of 
assaying  by  telling  of  the  original  meaning  of  the  word  and 
the  methods  to  which  assaying  was  applied  iu  ancient  times, 
and  the  drugs  which  it  was  possible  to  assay  and  thereby  de- 
termine their  alkaloidal  values,  using  in  demonstration  the 
simple  appliances  to  be  found  in  the  stock  or  laboratory  o£ 
nearly  every  drug  store.  He  then  took  up  the  assaying  of 
opium,  belladonna,  mercurial  ointment  and  pancreatin  accord- 
ing to  the  methods  given  in  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia.  Concisely 
and  dearly  he  showed  each  step  and  the  results  of  each,  the 
possibilities  and  the  liabilities  of  failure.  Upon  motion  put  by 
Henry  C.  Blair,  president  of  the  local  branch,  a  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  Dr.  Kendig. 


Pi  Theta  Sigma  of  B.C.P.  Holds  Successful  Dance. 

The  Gamma  Chapter  of  the  Pi  Theta  Sigma  Fraternity  of 
the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  held  its  second  annual 
dance  on  March  16.  at  Pouch  Mansion,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  There 
was  an  unusually  large  number  of  members  and  guests  present 
and  over  100  couples  were  on  the  floor  the  greater  part  of  the 
evening.  After  the  first  half  of  the  programme,  consisting  of 
nine  numbers  of  the  latest  popular  dance  music,  refreshments 
were  served.  Shortly  after  midnight  dancing  was  resumed 
and  continued  until  2  a.  m.  The  music  was  furnished  by  an 
orchestra  and  the  hall  was  decorated  with  pennants  of  the 
fraternity  and  the  college,  besides  other  flags  and  bimting. 

A  number  of  out-of-town  people  were  present  and  the  officers 
are  delighted  over  the  interest  displayed  by  the  members  in 
turning  out  in  such  numbers  and  the  enthusiasm  that  prevailed 
during  the  entire  evening.  The  arrangements  committee: 
Joseph  A.  Burgun,  chairman  ;  Harvey  O.  Dietrich.  Andrew  H. 
Philip.  Joseph  F.  Gennaro  and  Edward  Troy. 


Marriage  Mentions. 

— R.  E.  .\EWSUM  and  Miss  Cora  D.  Shiffer,  both  of  Coffeen, 
HI.,  who  were  recently  married  at  Hillsboro,  went  on  a  bridal 
trip  to  Philadelphia, 

— Garrett  Cruc.vx,  of  Jenkins'  Drug  Store,  Dayton,  Ohio, 
was  recently  married  by  a  minister  at  Covington.  The  happy 
bride  was  Miss  Maud  Waterhouse. 

— William  Nussbaum,  well-known  druggist,  formerly 
located  at  Merrill.  Wis.,  now  at  Elk  Mound,  Wis.,  was  married 
01)  March  17  to  Miss  Via  Du  Fano.  The  wedding  took  place 
at  Oconto. 


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U.  A.  BROWN  PRESIDENT  OF  LOUISIANA  CLERKS.      EASTERN  PENNSYLVANIA  DRUG  MEN  ORGANIZE 


Association    to    Establish    Sick    Benefits    and    Aid    the 
Orleans  Ph.A.  in  Pushing  Propaganda  Work. 

New  Orleans.  March  20. — Because  of  his  having  purchased 
the  Audubon  Drug  Store,  at  5214  Laurel  street.  W.  J.  Gagnet. 
who  at  the  January  meeting  was  elected  president  of  the 
Retail  Drug  Clerks"  Association  of  Louisiana,  has  resigned 
the  position.  Under  the  constitution  of  the  association  a 
member  becoming  a  proprietor  ipso  facto  ceases  to  be  an 
active  member  of  the^association,  but  is  eligible  to  honorary 
membership.  It  was  under  these  circumstances  that  Mr. 
Gagnet.  much  to  the  regret  of  the  members,  relinquished  the 
office  which  he  had  held  only  a  short  time. 

D.  A.  Browu.  prescription  chemist  of  the  Williams  Phar- 
macy, was  selected  as  the  best  man  to  succeed  to  the  position 
of  president.  Mr.  Brown  has  been  a  member  of  the  associa- 
tion since  its  foundation,  and  is  one  of  the  most  prominent 
prescription  men  iu  the  city.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Tulaue 
Medical  Department  and  was  with  the  Orpheum  Drug  Store, 
formerly  situated  in  St.  Charles  street.  He  was  formerly  sec- 
retary of  the  association  and  was  also  at  one  time  its  treasurer. 

On  account  of  the  uncertainty  of  Mr. 
Gagnet  holding  office,  several  important 
movements  which  the  association  started 
at  its  annual  meeting  have  been  delayed, 
but  now  that  ihe  full  corps  of  officers  has 
been  chosen  and  it  is  known  that  they 
will  hold  permanently,  these  mattei"s  will 
be  taken  up.  One  of  the  most  important 
of  these  is  the  plan  to  establish  a  benev- 
olent feature.  At  the  present  time  there 
is  a  death  benefit  paid,  but  no  sick  ben- 
efit. At  the  annual  meeting  it  was  pro- 
posed to  have  a  vote  on  the  proposition 
of  pa.ving  a  weekly  sick  benefit  of  §5. 
This  matter  has  been  well  canvassed,  but 
no  final  vote  has  been  taken.  It  will 
come  up  at  the  next  meeting. 

Another  movement  started  was  at  the 
March  meeting,  when  it  was  proposed 
that  the  R.D.C.A.  of  La.  assist  the  Or- 
leans Pharmaceutical  Association  in  its 
propaganda  work.  The  plan  tentatively 
proposed  is  that  the  local  association  un- 
dertake this  work  of  education  itself,  and 
conduct  a  vigorous  campaign  among  the 
physicians  of  the  city  to  begin  with,  and 
later  probabl.v  among  the  physicians  of 
the  whole  State. 


Berks  County  A.D.S.  Club  Organized  After  Enthusiastic 
Meeting  With  R.  W.  Dentler  President. 
Reading,  Pa.,  ilarch  20. — An  enthusiastic  and  iuteresting 
meeting  of  the  A.D.S.  druggists  of  Eastern  Pennsylvania  was 
held  at  the  Board  of  Trade  rooms  recently,  when  the  Berks 
County  A.D.S.  Club  was  organized.  Fifty  persons  were  in 
attendance,  including  visitors  from  Pittsburg,  Wilkes-Barre, 
Lebanon.  Lancaster,  Allentown,  Shenandoah,  Mahanoy  City, 
New  Holland  and  other  cities. 

Roy  W.  Dentler  was  chosen  acting  chairman.  Speeches 
were  made  by  the  following  leading  druggists :  Mr.  Otis, 
Binghamton,  X.  T. ;  Mr.  White,  Wilkes-Barre ;  Mr.  Frailey, 
Lancaster;  Mr.  Merritt,  Plains;  Mr.  Kazamas,  Shenandoah: 
Mr.  Timme.  Mahanoy  City ;  Mr.  Bergey,  Reading ;  Mr.  Cruel- 
ler. Shenandoah,  and  Harry  Kline,  Reading. 

After  the  speeches,  setting  forth  the  benefits  derived  from 
tlie  A.D.S.,  the  Berks  County  Club  was  formed,  with  these 
oHicers :  President.  R.  W.  Dentler,  633  Penn  street,  Reading; 
secretary,  C.  M.  Hain.  Fifth  and  Bingaman  streets ;  treas- 
urer, il.  Feather,  lOlS  Chestnut  street.  The  club  is  organ- 
ized to  promote  the  best  interests  of  the 
A.D.S.  members  and  to  be  a  help  frater- 
nally and  socially. 


MUSIC.  LECTURE  AND  FEAST. 


A  Druggist  42   Years. 
Saginaw.    Mich..    March    20. — One    of 
the  most   important   business   changes   to 
take  place  here  in  years  was  the  sale  of 

the  Prall  Drug  Company  to  Harry  Dolson,  of  St.  Charles. 
and  his  brother.  John  A.  Dolson.  of  Saginaw.  D.  E.  Prall. 
who  retires  from  the  retail  business  to  devote  his  time  to 
his  other  interests  here,  has  been  in  the  drug  business  for  42 
years,  starting  as  clerk  for  A.  A.  Dunk.  He  is  a  graduate  of 
Philadelphia  College.  John  A.  Dolson  is  a  well-known  phar- 
macist and  is  deputy  county  clerk.  Calvin  A.  Wadsworth  will 
remain  with  Mr.  Prall  in  his  other  business  interests. 


JOHN   V.  EITEL. 

ie-electert    President   of   the   Columbus, 

O..  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 


Enjoyable  Function  for  Pharmacists 
and  Physicians  in  Capital  City. 
Washington.  March  20. — The  District 
of  Columbia  R.D.A.  gave  an  original  get- 
together  function  on  March  l."5.  It  was 
held  in  Carroll  Hall  and  consisted  of 
musical  numbers  and  an  illustrated  lec- 
ture on  Yellowstone  Park. 

Three  musical  numbers  were  rendered 
by  Mesdames  Weller  and  Mullen  and  Mr. 
Eaton.  Their  services  had  been  courteous- 
ly given  at  the  solicitation  of  Druggist 
F.  P.  Weller.  E.  B.  Thompson,  who  gave 
the  lecture  on  Yellowstone  Park,  is 
a  skilled  photographer  in  the  Government 
service.  The  truly  beautiful  pictures 
were  of  Mr.  Thompson's  taking  and  col- 
oring and  his  descriptive  talk  proved  that 
he  was  thoroughly  familiar  with  the  won- 
ders of  nature  which  the  screen  so  vividly 
pictured. 

On  behalf  of  the  W.R.D.A..  W.  P. 
Herbst,  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
presented  Mr.  Thompson  with  a  handsome 
umbrella.  After  the  regular  programme 
President  A.  C.  Taylor  invited  those 
present  to  adjourn  to  the  parlors,  where  refreshments  were 
served  by  lue  ladies  of  Washington  Chapter,  W.O.N.A.R.D. 
Many  physicians  and  their  ladies  were  present  and  all  ex- 
pressed their  pleasure  with  the  treatment  received  from  their 
druggist  hosts  and  hostesses. 


Damages  for  Burns  Caused  by  Cleaning  Fluid. 
BtTFALO.  N.  Y..  March  20. — A  verdict  of  .?."p04  damages  has 
been  awarded  to  T.  P.  Mulloney.  who  sued  Edward  A.  Kingston 
for  $20,000.  Mulloney  claimed  that  the  druggist  failed  to 
warn  him  of  the  inflammable  nature  of  a  glove  cleaner  and 
that  when  he  tried  to  light  a  cigar  the  substance  caught  fire 
and  severely  burned  his  hands.  A  stay  has  been  granted  and 
Mr.  Kingston  will  probably  appeal. 


Bill  to  Make  Manufacturers  Pay  $1000  License. 
Madison.  March  20. — Wisconsin  druggists  are  fighting  with 
manufacturing  druggists  to  prevent  the  passage  of  the  bill  in 
the  State  Legislature  which  provides  that  manufacturing 
pharmacists  must  pay  a  license  of  $1000,  which  would  be 
prohibitory.  Little  fear  is  entertained,  however,  that  the  bill 
will  get  through  both  houses  of  the  Legislature,  judging  from 
the  opposition  which  it  is  meeting. 


Mr.  Eitel  Re-elected  President  of  Columbus  R.D.A. 

Con'MBis.  C.  Marcli  20. — At  the  n-oent  annual  meeting 
of  the  Columbus  Retail  Druggists'  Association  John  V.  Eitel 
was  unanimously  re-elected  president.  Other  officers  chosen 
were :  B.  F.  Lentz.  first  vice-president ;  C.  P.  Elder,  second 
vice-president ;  Charles  McElroy,  secretary,  and  J.  P.  Michael, 
treasurer.  The  board  of  directors  chosen  is  as  follows : 
A.  W.  Kiler,  J.  L.  Herpich,  Alma  Hatton,  F.  H.  Umbenhaur 
and  T.  C.  Haney. 

A  report  was  received  from  the  committee  having  in  charge 
the  installation  of  telephones  in  the  drug  stores  as  pay  sta- 
tions. It  was  to  the  effect  that  over  one-half  of  the  retail 
stores  are  now  supplied  with  pay  booths  and  others  are  being 
rapidly  installed. 


Tennessee  Valley  R.D.A.  is  Organized. 
Decatik.    Ala..    March    20. — The    Tennessee    Valley    Retail 
Druggists'    Association   was    organized    here    recently    and    the 
following  officers  were  elected :      President.   F.   R.   Reason,   of 
this  city :  secretary  and  treasurer,  D.  Boger.  of  Hartselle. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[March  25,  1909 


JACOB  DINERS  VIEWS  OF  "mDEPENDENCE." 

Would  Not  Aid  Secession  From  State  Association,  But 
is  Opposed  to  "Boss  Rule"  in  Legislation. 

In  an  interview  at  the  request  of  Jacob  Diner,  following  the 
recent  meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
at  which  there  was  a  hot  debate  over  the  Conklin  and  the 
All-State  pharmacy  bills.  Mr.  Diner  declares  that  in  the  ac- 
count of  the  meeting  as  published  in  the  Eka  of  March  18,  he 
was  misquoted  in  the  statement  that  "the  association  stajid 
independent  and  not  be  governed  by  the  State  or  any  other 
association." 

Mr.  Diner  dictated  the  following  as  representing  essentially 
the  meaning  of  what  he  said  at  the  meeting : 

"I  am  not  advocating  secession  from  the  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  I  am  merely  desirous  of  having  the  ex- 
pression of  the  members  on  the  vital  points  of  the  bill  before 
us,  namely :  appointment  by  the  Governor,  examination  by  the 
regents  and  limiting  eligibility  to  membership  on  the  board  to 
retail  pharmacists.  If  the  Manhattan  A.ssociation  instructs 
me  to  fight  for  these  points  I  will  do  so.  likewise  will  I  oppose 
them  if  the  instructions  are  to  that  effect.  If  the  bill  proposed 
or  about  to  be  introduced  by  the  State  Association  embodies 
these  points,  provided  the  Manhattan  indorses  these  points,  I 
will  stand  for  the  All-State  Bill  or  any  other  bill  containing 
these  provisions.  I  take  it  for  granted  that  all  should  be 
independent  enough  to  declare  their  views  and  be  independent 
to  define  their  position  ;  on  several  occasions  the  Manhattan 
has  stood  alone  and  independent.  The  time  has  come  to  de- 
clare our  independence  from  the  boss  rule  of  Dr.  William  Muir. 

"I  am  a  strong  adherer  of  the  State  Association  and  con- 
sider that  I  have  given  sufficient  proof  of  that  fact  on  num- 
erous occasions,  and  that  I  also  believe  in  harmony,  when  in 
1907,  as  a  candidate  for  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  at  which  time 
it  was  conceded  by  all  sides  that  I  was  reasonably  sure  of 
winning,  I  called  a  meeting  of  the  three  candidates  in  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy  and  there  for  the  sake  of  harmony 
withdrew  from  the  race  and  induced  the  other  contestant  also 
to  do  so,  leaving  Mr.  C.  O.  Bigelow  alone  in  the  field. 

"I  maintain  that  too  much  stress  has  been  laid  on  so-called 
harmony  for  the  purpose  of  permitting  one  or  two  men  to  run 
matters  pharmaceutical  to  suit  themselves,  rather  than  the 
large  majority  of  retailers,  and  it  is  to  be  deplored  that  men 
who  are  on  the  board  today  will  utilize  their  position  for  the 
purpose  of  influencing  votes  on  imijortaut  questions  coming  up 
before  pharmaceutical  associations." 


NEW  BY-LAWS  FOR  N.Y.  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 


Old  Officers  Re-elected  With  One  Exception,  Besides  the 
Filling  of  a  Vacancy  in  the  Board. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Columbia  University,  was  held  at  the  college  March  16.  The 
chief  business  transacted  was  the  election  of  officers,  the  reg- 
ular ticket  as  prepared  by  the  nominating  committee  being 
unanimously  adopted,  as  follows :  President,  Nicholas  Murray 
Butler ;  first  vice-president,  Charles  F.  Chandler ;  second  vice- 
president,  Herbert  D.  Robbins ;  third  vice-president,  William 
Jay  Schieffelin ;  treasurer.  Clarence  O.  Bigelow :  secretary. 
Thomas  F.  Main ;  assistant  secretary,  Edward  W.  Runyou  : 
for  trustees  to  serve  three  years,  Thomas  P.  Cook.  Arthur  H. 
Elliott,  Heironimus  A.  Herold,  Albert  Plant,  George  H.  Hitch- 
cock ;  trustee  to  serve  one  year,  F.  W.  Schooumaker.  All  were 
re-elected  with  the  exception  of  Mr.  Runyon,  who  takes  the 
place  of  Harry  B.  Ferguson,  and  Mr.  Schooumaker,  who  will 
serve  in  place  of  Dudley  T.  Larimore. 

The  by-laws,  as  amended  and  revised  by  a  special  committee 
to  make  them  conform  to  the  charter  and  the  regulations  gov- 
erning Columbia  University,  were  adopted.  Several  communi- 
cations were  read  and  the  death  of  several  members  announced, 
besides  other  business  of  a  purely  routine  character.  There 
was  a  large  attendance  and  Professor  Chandler  presided. 


Flags  Fly  in  Honor  of  Daughter's  Arrival. 

Detboit,  March  20. — Every  flag  on  the  laboratories  of 
Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.  waved  from  the  top  masts  all  day  re- 
cently in  honor  of  a  baby  girl  born  to  F.  C.  McLaughlin,  presi- 
dent and  treasurer  of  the  big  plant.  The  babe  is  his  eleventh 
child,  the  rest  of  whom  are  boys. 


FIRST  N.Y.R.D.A.  BALL  A  BIG  SUCCESS. 

Pharmacists  Present  From  All  Boroughs  in  the  City. 
May  Hold  Similar  Event  Every  Year. 

Over  nine  hundred  people  attended  the  recent  entertainment 
and  ball  given  by  the  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association 
at  Palm  Garden.  There  were  present  representatives  of  the 
trade  and  profession  from  all  the  boroughs  of  the  city  aud  the 
occasion  provided  a  means  for  bringing  together  a  large  num- 
ber of  pharmacists,  both  socially  and  professionally. 

The  dance  programme  was  preceded  by  an  entertainment 
consisting  of  selections  of  instrumental  music,  singing  and 
recitations,  all  the  numbers  being  rendered  in  a  most  accom- 
plished manner  by  professional  talent.  There  were  several 
encores  and  it  was  nearly  midnight  before  the  dancing 
commenced. 

The  grand  march  was  led  by  the  son  and  daughter  of  Jacob 
Goldbladtt,  president  of  the  association,  and  following  the  first 
couple  were  the  officers,  members  and  friends  of  the  organiza- 
tion. Music  for  the  dancing  was  furnished  by  an  orchestra 
of  12  pieces  and  dancing  was  enjoyed  until  after  5  a.  m..  with 
an  tmusually  large  number  remaining  until  the  last  dance. 

The  stage  was  beautifully  decorated  with  flags  and  flowers, 
and  a  feature  that  attracted  considerable  attention  was  the 
letters  N.Y.R.D.A.  hung  over  the  stage  and  illuminated  with 
electric  lights.  The  affair  was  a  success  financially  as  well  as 
socially  and  the  members  of  the  committee  were  all  unanimous 
in  their  declaration  that  the  success  certainly  warranted  the 
holding  of  a  similar  event  next  year.  The  committee  in  charge 
consisted  of  the  following  members :  Peter  Diamond,  chair- 
man ;  Joseph  Weinstein.  Sol.  Ruseuthal  and  JI.  Levy. 


DEMANDS  RESTORATION  OF  BUYING  RIGHTS. 


Retail  Association  of  Columbus  Passes  Strong  Resolu- 
tions Regarding  Relations  With  Proprietors. 
Columbus,  O.,  March  20. — At  a  meeting  of  the  Columbus 
Druggists'  Association,  held  on  March  9,  1909.  the  following 
resohitions.  read  by  A.  W.  Kiler,  were  unanimously  adopted : 

Whereas,  The  tripartite  agreement  was  entered  into  about  ten 
years  ago  for  the  purpose  of  protecting  all  three  branches  of  the 
drug  trade  against  aggressive  price  cutting  on  proprietaries;  aud. 

Whereas.  The  retailers  on  entering  into  the  said  agreement 
surrendered  certain  valuable  direct  buying  privileges  In  the  hope 
that  the  benefits  accruing  from  this  agreement  would  more  than 
offset  the  values  thus  surrendered;  and, 

Whi-reas,  The  said  tripartite  agreement  proved  disappointing 
in  that  the  principal  benefits  were  absorbed  by  others  than  re- 
tail.m-s:  and. 

WhiTcas,  The  courts  have  declared  the  said  agreement  in  re- 
straint of  trade  and  enjoined  the  same  under  penalty,  be  it 
therefore,  by  the  Columbus  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  in 
annual   meeting   assembled, 

Resolved.  That  we  demand  a  return  of  all  the  buying  privi- 
leges surrendered  by  us  when  we  entered  into  the  tripartite 
agreement  as  a  fair  proposition,  and  as  necessary  if  the  letter 
and  spirit  of  the  Indianapolis  injunction  decree  be  lived  up  to 
in  good  faith  by  the  parties  to  said  agreement. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  body  that  proprietors 
should  not  in  any  manner  discriminate  against  retailers  by  re- 
fusing to  sell  them,  singly  or  collectively,  at  identical  prices  and 
on  identical  terms  with  any  other  buyers. 

Resolved,  That  members  of  this  association  shall  hereafter 
give  preferential  treatment  to  the  goods  of  ALL  manufacturers 
who  not  only  protect  the  retail  selling  prices  thereof,  but  who 
shall  also  accord  to  the  retailers'  interests  the  just  buying  rights 
that  have  reverted  to  them  on  the  dissolution  of  the  tripartite 
agreement  by  the  Federal  courts. 


Manufacturing  Perfumers  to  Meet  April  13-15. 

The  1.5th  annual  meeting  of  the  Manufacturing  Perfumers' 
Association  will  be  held  on  April  13.  14  and  1.5  in  New  York. 
The  rooms  of  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Club  have  been  selected 
for  business  sessions,  while  the  banquet  will  take  place  at  the 
Plaza  Hotel.  The  president's  reception  will  be  held  at  Hotel 
Astor  on  the  evening  of  the  13th,  following  an  entertainment 
at  the  Astor  Theater,  where  members  and  their  friends  will 
witness  "The  Man  From  Home." 


Gimbel  Brothers  Will  Soon  Have  Store  in  New  York. 
Gimbel  Brothers,  the  large  department  store  concern,  opera- 
ting stores  in  Philadelphia  and  Milwaukee,  have  closed  nego- 
tiations for  the  lease  for  a  long  term  of  a  new  .$4.(X10.000  build- 
ing, which  will  be  erected  at  once,  in  New  York  City.  The 
store  will  be  located  ou  the  west  side  of  Broadway,  between 
32d  and  33d  streets,  in  what  is  known  as  the  Pennsylvania 
Tunnel  zone. 


March  25.  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  287 

UNITED  DRUG  CO.S  BOWLING  TEAM  WINS  BOSTON  WHOLESALE  DRUG    LEAGUE   CHAMPIONSHIP. 


Wiiiiiinp  tram:    Left  to  ripht   (atnnilinp).  W.  ./.  Snider,  R.  E.  Hadley,  J.  A.  Galviii;    (sitting).  C.   W.  Binrington.  A.  E.  Smith 

(Captain).  R.  F.  Hardy. 


Boston,  March  22. — The  United  Drug  Company's  bowling 
team  won  the  championship  of  the  Wholesale  Drug  League  of 
Boston  on  Wednesday  evening,  and  a  big  gallery  of  rooters 
saw  the  finish  of  the  series.  Between  200  and  .300  persons 
crowded  the  spectators'  space,  more  than  two-thirds  of  whom 
were  fellow  workers  of  the  winners  from  the  Roxbury  factory 
of  the  United  Drug  Company.  The  victory  was  secured  by  a 
lead  of  eight  strings  over  the  second  competitor. 

The  series  in  the  wholesale  drug  trade  have  proven  among 
the  most  popular  of  all  the  leagues.  The  games  started  Octo- 
ber 21.  and  have  continued,  with  but  a  single  interruption, 
every  week.  Wednesday  evening  has  been  the  date,  and  the 
new  Boston  AUe.vs.  at  167  Washington  street,  has  been  the 
place.  Eight  teams  composed  the  league,  as  follows  :  United 
Drug  Compan.v.  Eastern  Drug  Company,  Oilman  Brothers. 
Carter.  Carter  &  Jleigs  Co..  E.  L.  Patch  Company.  Hoagland- 
Curtis  Drug  Company,  all  wholesale  drug  houses,  and  Dean. 
Foster  &  Co.,  and  Fox,  Fultz  &  Co.,  dealers  in  druggists' 
glassware. 

Rivalry  has  been  strong  throughout  the  series,  especially 
between  the  United  Drug  and  Eastern  Drug  Company,  yet  an 
omen  of  the  victorj'  for  the  former  appeared  at  the  opening 
rolls  of  the  series,  when  the  two  teams  met  for  the  first  time. 
and  the  former  won  two  of  the  three  strings.  Carter,  Carter 
&  Meigs  Co.'s  team  was  a  strong  team  during  the  first  three 
months  of  the  series,  when  it  rapidly  dropped  behind. 

United  Drug  won  first  prize.  .$2.5,  taking  6.5  strings  and 
losing  only  19.  Oilman  Brothers  and  Eastern  Drug  Company 
tied  for  second  prize,  .$10,  each  having  won  57  strings  and  lost 
27,  and  a  roll  off  is  to  be  arranged  later  to  decide  this  point. 

There  is  also  a  tie  for  third  prize.  $5  for  the  highest  indi- 
vidual string.  Joseph  Ryan,  of  the  Carter.  Carter  &  Meigs  Co., 
and  Mr.  Brown,  of  Fox,  Fultz  &  Co.,  being  tied  at  128, 
Richard  Dick,  of  Carter.  Carter  &  Meigs  Co.,  wins  fourth 
prize,  .$5,  for  highest  three-string  total,  with  a  record  of 
324  pins.  He  also  holds  the  record  for  the  highest  single 
string,  but  under  the  rules  preventing  a  member  from  taking 
two  prizes,  he  elected  to  take  this  prize.  How  the  tie  between 
Ryan  and  Brown  will  be  settled  has  not  yet  been  determined. 
The  fifth  prize.  $5,  for  the  highest  average  for  the  season 
was  won  by  Frank  J.  Rostron.  of  the  E.  L.  Patch  Company, 
with  an  average  of  94.  It  is  probable  that  the  prizes  will  be 
awarded  at  a  banquet  which  it  is  proposed  to  hold  in  the 
near  future. 

United  Drug  Company  not  only  wins  the  champion.ship.  but 
on  the  night  that  the  matter  was  settled  H.  J.  Purple,  retail 
advertising  manager  for  the  company,  read  a  letter  from  the 
treasurer  of  the  company.  J.  C.  McCormick.  in  which  tne 
great   pleasure   of   the   company    was   expressed   at    the   team's 


success,  and  then  as  a  further  expression  of  this  satisfaction 
each  member  of  the  team  and  the  captain  was  presented  with 
a  $10  gold  piece  as  a  souvenir.  A  further  note  was  read 
from  President  Louis  K.  Liggett,  expressing  his  appreciation. 
Great  cheering  greeted  the  letters. 

The  final  standing  of  the  teams  was  as  follows  : 

Total 
Teams.  Won.        Lost.         Pinfall. 

United  Drug  Company 65  19  27.764 

Oilman  Brothers  57  27  26,805 

Eastern  Drug  Company 57  27  26,960 

Carter.  Carter  &  Meigs  Co 50  34  27.014 

E.  L.  Patch  Company   49  35  27.041 

Dean.  Foster  &  Co 27  57  2.5..522 

Hoagland-Curtis  Drug  Co 18  66  24.993 

Fox,  Fultz  &  Co 13  71  24,714 

The  officers  of  the  league  are :  William  H.  Forbes,  of  the 
E.  L.  Patch  Company,  president ;  George  W.  West,  of  the 
Eastern  Drug  Company,  treasurer ;  Lewis  D.  Thomas,  of  the 
Carter.  Carter  &  Meigs  Co.,  secretary. 

Another  drug  league,  composed  of  teams  from  the  six  Riker- 
Jayues  stores,  and  taking  their  name  from  the  street  number 
of  the  store,  has  held  a  series  which  has  been  running  since 
late  in  November. 


Mr.  Lascoff  to  Have  New  Store  on  Opposite  Corner. 

Following  a  dispute  over  the  amount  of  rent  with  his  land- 
lord. J.  Leon  Lascoff  has  shown  his  resourcefulness  by  leasing 
for  a  long  term  of  years  the  property  directly  acorss  from  his 
present  location.  Mr.  Lascoff  will  occupy  the  entire  building. 
The  location  is  on  the  northeast  corner  of  Lexington  avenue 
and  S3d  street.  Manhattan  Borough.  Xew  Tork  City.  There 
is  hardly  a  store  to  be  had  in  this  neighborhood,  which  fact 
led  his  landlord.  Mr.  Lascoff  asserts,  to  take  an  entirely  too 
magnified  view  of  values,  so  that  it  was  swiftly  becoming  a 
matter  of  having  to  pay  out  all  his  profit  as  rent.  On  the  new 
premises  he  will  save  33  per  cent  on  rent,  with  twice  the 
amount  of  room.  Alterations  are  now  going  on.  so  that  the 
drug  store  can  appear  in  a  new  dress  about  May  1.  A  Liquid 
fountain  will  be  installed.  The  laboratory  and  prescription 
department  will  be  features. 

Professor  Bernius  Will  Erect  a  New  Building. 
St.  Louis,  March  20.— Prof.  E.  A.  Bernius.  of  Barnes  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  has  bought  the  lot  at  Easton  and  Semple 
avenues,  across  the  street  from  his  pharmacy,  and  will  at 
once  build  a  $12,000  brick  building.  He  will  provide  a  40-foot 
front  for  his  store  and  have  another  to  rent,  in  addition  to 
flats  upstairs. 


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[March  25,  1909 


LETTER     BOX 


KENTUCKY  DRUGGISTS  DICTATE  APPOINTMENTS 

Governor  Must  Act  on  Recommendations  of  State  Ph. A. 

As  a  Result  of  Active  Organization  Work. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  a  recent  issue  of  one  of  the  pharmaceutical  journals  an 
entire  page  is  devoted  to  an  editorial  upon  "Legislative  as- 
saults upon  the  drug  trade."  The  article  gives  in  detail  a 
number  of  bills  that  have  been  introduced  in  the  legislatnres  of 
several  States  that  if  they  should  becoinr  laws,  will  surely  add 
to  the  trials  and  tribulations  of  the  retail  (lnui:ists  in  those 
States.  This  article  urges  that  the  dru;;;;ist,s  slmuld  be  on  the 
qui  vive  and  scan  earefull.v  the  proposed  laws.  But  the  natural 
question  is:    What  can  the  retail  druggist  do? 

For  five  or  six  years  the  N.A.R.D.  at  its  annual  meetings 
and  thi-ough  reports  of  its  executive  and  legislative  commit- 
tees have  been  urging  the  retail  druggists  to  be  more  active  in 
politics — to  take  a  more  aggressive  position  in  legislation. 
But  this  cannot  be  done  without  organization.  Where  the 
retail  drug  trade  is  organized  as  a  fighting  body — you  might 
call  it — no  troubles  exist,  but  unfortunately  the  States  that 
have  taken  up  the  question  of  thuroiiyh  organization  are  few 
in  number,  .vet  these  few  demonstrate  the  fact  that  they  can 
secure  favorable  legislation  or  defeat  inimical  legislation,  when 
they  summon  their  forces  to  the  fight. 

Let  tis  take  some  figures  to  show  what  can  be  accomplished 
by  organization.  The  annual  report  of  Secretary  Wooten  at 
Atlantic  City  showed  that  Illinois  had  the  greatest  number  of 
associations  afiiliated  with  the  N.A.R.D.,  then  came  Indiana 
and  then  Kentticky.  and  it  is  the  work  of  the  retail  druggists 
in  this  State  that  this  article  will  refer  to  particularly. 

Kentucky,  with  its  67  associations  (a  greater  number  than 
exists  in  either  of  the  much  more  popidous  States  of  New 
York,  Pennsylvania  or  Ohio),  can  confidently  assert  that  it  has 
shaped  legislation  affecting  the  retail  drug  trade  almost  to  their 
entire  satisfaction.  For  years  we  labored  tinder  the  same  dif- 
ficulties that  some  of  the  States  are  experiencing,  but  we 
confidentl.v  believe  that  there  is  no  danger  in  the  future. 

We  not  only  have  the  organization  but  we  have  the  system 
for  enforcing  our  just  and  reasonable  demands.  At  each 
annual  meeting  of  the  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  a 
legislative  committee  is  chosen,  one  member  of  which  resides 
at  the  capital,  Frankfort.  But  this  is  not  the  end  but  only  the 
fountain  head  of  the  system.  As  an  anxiliar.v  committee,  one 
prominent  and  influential  retail  druggist  is  selected  from  each 
State  Senatorial  district  as  a  member.  Politics  does  not  enter 
into  this  arrangement.  The  prosperity  of  the  retail  druggist 
and  the  freedom  from  unfair  and  unjust  laws  is  the  .sole  aim 
of  this  joint  committee. 

Results  have  shown  conclusively  that  each  member  of  this 
great  committee  can  be  depended  upon  for  work  when  the  oc- 
casion requires.  The  individual  member  knows  his  Senator,  is 
on  good  terms  with  his  representatives  in  tbe  Legislature,  and 
when  he  is  advised  that  a  letter  to  these  important  personages 
must  be  forthcoming,  it  comes,  and  is  supplemented  by  as  many 
other  communications  from  other  retail  druggists  in  his  sec- 
tion as  may  be  deemed  necessary.  This  is  what  organization 
can  accomplish — what  it  has  accomplished. 

Our  pharmacy  laws  are  as  nearly  perfect  as  we  could  ask — 
the  fee  for  registration  enables  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to 
send  inspectors  throiighout  the  State,  protecting  the  licensed 
pharmacists  and  punishing  those  who  are  practicing  pharmacy 
unlawfully.  The  fund  supplies  the  means  for  punishing  co- 
caine sellers  as  well  as  all  other  violators  of  the  laws.  The 
Board  of  Pharmacy  is  dictated  by  the  Kentucky  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  as  this  is  a  provision  of  the  law,  the 
members  of  the  board  must  be  recommended  by  the  association 
and  it  is  ohligatory  upon  the  Governor  to  appoint  from  the 
names  thus  furnished. 

Our  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Law  is  a  model  as  far  as  permit- 
ting unjust  prosecution  of  the  retail  druggist  is  concerned. 
No  druggist  can  be  prosecuted  for  the  first  offense,  but  after 
that,  beware.  We  have  one  representative  on  the  board  that 
is  appointed  by  the  Governor  to  formulate  the  rules  and  regu- 
lations for  administering  the  law  and  it  is  ohligatory  upon  the 


Governor  to  appoint  the  person  selected  by  the  Kentucky  Phar- 
maceutical Association . 

Let  the  druggists  in  other  States  get  in  line  in  this  way. 
Let  ihem  not  be  continually  looking  for  the  immediate  dollar 
bill  form  themselves  into  associations,  have  an  active  retail 
dnuuist  in  each  Senatorial  district,  and  their  troubles  will  not 
only  be  overcome  but  they  can  by  their  influence  and  by  pulling 
together  defeat  any  legislation  that  might,  if  enacted,  prove 
injurious  to  their  interests.  The  individual  druggist  is  help- 
less, but  combined  the  druggists  are  irresistible  in  State  affairs. 
This  is  not  theory.  Any  person  who  unows  anything  regard- 
ing pharmacy  legislation  in  Kentucky  can  vouch  for  these 
statements. 

Organization  is  the  only  protection,  but  organizations  and 
associations  cannot  be  maintained  and  made  influential  through 
good  wishes  and  sympathy — it  takes  mone.v — and  just  as  soon 
as  the  retail  druggists  of  the  different  States  wake  up  to  these 
facts  and  determine  to  support  and  be  members  of  their  Na- 
tional, State  and  local  associations,  pay  their  dues,  then  they 
will  have  a  force  and  power  in  all  legislation  at  their  command 
and  unwise  and  unjust  laws  can  be  prevented  or  defeated. 

Louisville.  Ky.  S.  N.  J. 


Drug  Stoi'es  in  Small  Communities. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  regard  to  the  questions  submitted  in  the  Eba,  page  198, 
March  4,  I  wish  to  state  as  follows : 

First :  "Can  you  tell  what  size  room  would  be  necessary  for 
a  drug  department  in  a  store  having  a  country  trade  of  3000 
people?" 

Country  towns  and  villages  in  the  United  States  in  the  ma- 
jority of  States  are  inhabited  by  foreign  people.  In  order  to 
decide  what  kind  of  a  drug  store  to  open  in  a  small  com- 
munity one  must  be  guided  by  the  following:  Owing  to  the 
fact  that  of  recent  .years  manufacturers  of  patent  medicines 
advertise  their  medicines  in  the  newspapers  and  periodicals  in 
the  United  States  in  villages  or  towns  of  400,  as  well  as 
cities  of  4,000,000  people,  you  will  be  asked  for  most  of  them. 
One  old  druggist  who  has  been  in  business  for  over  40  years 
stated  that  to  his  knowledge  there  are  35,000  patent  medicines 
on  the  market  and  you  must  choose  from  among  them.  In  a 
farming  town  you  will  have  to  carry  a  stock  of  horse  and 
other  animal  remedies,  butter  colors,  crude  drugs,  oils,  etc. 

In  a  suburb  or  factory  town  where  people  have  lived  in 
large  cities  .vou  will  have  to  carry  a  supply  of  many  of  the 
leading  "heavily  advertised  articles,"  also  the  newer  advertised 
remedies  known  as  "newspaper  remedies,"  such  as  kargon, 
toris,    marmola,   etc. 

In  a  town  where  foreign  population  predominates  you  will 
have  to  carry  many  of  the  remedies  to  which  they  have  been 
used  to,  such  as  "Anchor  Pain  Expeller,"  Severa's  Remedies," 
etc. 

Second :  "Would  it  be  necessary  to  use  more  than  one 
room  ?" 

It  is  not  necessary  to  use  more  than  one  room,  unless  one 
wishes  to  open  what  is  known  as  a  "general  country  store," 
but  if  it  is  to  be  used  for  a  drug  store,  one  room  about  2.5x40 
feet  is  suflicient.  The  room  should  not  be  leas  than  18x30 
feet.  In  furnishing  the  store  much  depends  on  the  following: 
If  in  a  farming  community  or  a  factory  town  the  furnishings 
need  not  be  very  elaborate,  but  if  in  a  suburb  of  a  large  city 
one  must  furnish  the  store  very  much  like  they  do  in  the  city. 

From  practical  experience  the  following  method  of  furnish- 
ing small  drug  stores  has  been  found  suflicient :  One  16-foot 
patent  wall  case:  one  16-foot  tincture  case  and  drawere; 
one  .5-foot  cigar  case ;  one  5-foot  waiting  case  or  counter ; 
one  counter  scale  and  weights,  show  globes,  paper-rack,  etc. ; 
a  10-foot  prescription  section  with  working  board,  shelves 
and  drawei-s  is  placed  in  the  rear  of  the  store ;  and  about 
$200  worth  of  prescription  or  laboratory  appliances,  such  as 
mortars,  funnels,  graduates,  spatulas,  etc. 

Third :  "What  is  the  usual  salary  of  a  registered  drug- 
gist in  the  country?" 

The  Era  states  that  salaries  vary  a  great  deal  from  $10 
to  $.35  per  week.  I  wish  to  state  that  it  would  be  advisable 
to  employ  a  young  man  at  a  salary  not  less  than  $20  per  week, 
for  one  who  works  for  $10  is  not  competent  to  manage  a 
drug  store  successfully.  Start  the  clerk  at  $20  and  increase 
his  salary  in  proportion  to  the  increase  in  your  business. 

Pittslurg,  Pa.  D.  N.  Robin. 


March  25.  1909; 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


ETHICS  OF  SELLING  ADVERTISED  BEMEDIES. 

Interesting  Discussion  oi  Dr.  Wiley's  Declaration  Re- 
garding Ambulant  Druggists  and  Stationary  Doctors. 

Philadelphia.  March  20. — One  of  the  most  interesting 
pharmaceutical  meetings  of  the  series  was  that  on  Tuesday  at 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  when  the  principal  topic 
discussed  was  that  introduced  by  the  presiding  officer.  George 
M.  Beringer :  "Formulas  for  Medicines  Which  May  Be  Dis- 
pensed by  Pharmacists."  In  the  course  of  a  recent  address. 
Dr.  Harrey  W.  WUey  declared  in  this  connection  that  the 
physician  should  be  an  ambulant  pharmacist  and  that  the  phar- 
macist should  be  a  stationary  physician,  and  it  was  on  this 
statement  that  the  discussion  hinged. 

■'There  are  several  difficulties,"  said  Mr.  Beringer,  "which 
confront  the  pharmacist  along  the  lines  of  his  acting  as  a 
physician  and  vice  versa.  The  practical  application  must  be 
extremely  limited,  in  my  opinion.  In  the  first  place,  who  is 
going  to  decide  what  is  a  minor  ailment  to  which  the  phar- 
macist might  administer,  as  has  been  sug- 


POSTAGE  STAMP  SALES  BENEFIT  DKUGGISTS. 


Will  Help  Entertain  at  Qulncy. 


"Patrons  will  come  in  and  ask  for  ad- 
vertised remedies  or  patented  articles  as 
the  result  of  their  own  diagnosis.  To  sup- 
ply this  demand,  I  do  not  believe  is 
counter  prescribing.  It  is  a  question 
whether  or  not  the  pharmacist  is  doing 
right  when  in  case  of  calls  of  this  char- 
acter, he  sells  the  cure-alls  and  other  pat- 
ent remedies  of  the  nostrum  class.  I 
hope  to  see  some  way  of  controlling  the 
sale  of  the  latter  by  legislation  either 
State  or  National.  There  should  be  some 
official  who  would  not  only  pass  upon  the 
formula  of  these  patented  articles  before 
they  are  advertised  but  upon  the  wording 
of  their  advertisements  about  to  be  pub- 
lished." 

In  the  opinion  of  Franklin  M.  Apple, 
the  druggist  should  confine  his  recom- 
mendations to  the  simple  remedies  on  the 
labels  of  which  the  formula  is  given,  sup- 
plementing this  with  the  advice  that  if 
this  remedy  is  not  effective,  the  patient 
should  return.  Then,  according  to  Mr. 
Apple,  it  would  be  apparent  that  the 
trouble  was  such  as  would  not  respond  to 
simple  remedies  and  the  patient  would  be 
most  likely  to  follow  the  advice  of  the 
conscientious  pharmacist  that  a  physiciap 
be  consulted. 

In  the  opinion  of  Harry  C.  Blair,  the 
physician  can  stop  this  self-medication, 
but  the  druggist  cannot.  He  said : 
"When  our  ph.vsicians  take  the  patient 
and  properly  diagnose  and  then  treat  the 
case,  then  the  condition  will  he  met  with, 
bnl  when  the  medical  man  guesses,  as  he  often  docs,  the  patient 
soon  finds  it  out  and  is  as  willing  to  let  the  druggist  do  the 
guessing  at  perhaps  less  cost.'' 

William  E.  Lee  declared  that  he  never  recommended  patent 
medicines  of  the  secret  formula  class.  "I  tell  them."  he  said, 
"when  they  ask  what  I  think  of  the  value  of  such  articles, 
that  I  do  not  know  anything  about  them,  that  I  have  them 
for  sale  and  that  the  price  is  so-and-so." 

William  L.  Clifife  said  that  if  the  druggist  would  square 
himself  with  his  own  conscience,  use  good  judgment  and 
upright  principles,  he  would  not  go  far  wrong  in  this  line  of 
work.  He  said  that  the  only  remedies  sold  in  his  store  were 
those  of  the  open  formula. 

Prof.  Henry  Kraemer  expressed  the  belief  that  it  was  a 
mistake  on  the  part  of  the  Federal  Government  to  give  serial 
nmnbers  to  manufacturers  of  nostrums  for  their  preparations. 

Joseph  W.  England  read  a  paper  in  which  he  gave  a  resume 
of  the  recent  literature  pertaining  to  "The  Enzymes  in  Milk." 
and  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer  gave  a  talk  and  demonstration  on 
methods  of  disinfection  and  the  technique  employed  in  the 
examination  of  sputum  for  tubercle  bacilli. 


Students  of  Northwestern  University  Vote  in  Affirma- 
tive in  Interesting  Debate  on  tlie  Subject. 
Chicago.  March  2^2. — The  Xorthwestem  School  of  Phar- 
macy Association,  at  its  meeting  on  Friday  night,  debated  the 
propriety  and  the  profit  of  druggists  in  selling  postage  stamps 
in  their  drug  stores,  with  special  stress  on  the  question  of 
whether  these  sales  are  of  any  benefit  to  the  store.  The  sub- 
ject was  debated  with  a  great  deal  of  interest  and  the  following 
resolution  was  adopted  :  "Resolved,  That  under  existing  con- 
ditions the  selling  of  postage  stamps  by  drug  stores  is  a  benefit 
to  the  store.'' 

A  great  many  good  points  were  made  by  the  positive  side  of 
the  question.  One  of  the  most  valuable,  and  one  that  has  not 
been  brought  out  before,  is  that  a  stamp  trade  brings  post 
card  patrons  to  the  store  and  gives  a  great  impetus  to  that 
line.  The  advertising  merits  of  having  the  druggist's  name 
printed  on  the  envelopes  which  enclose  the  stamps  were  brought 
out.  This,  it  was  stated,  is  of  great  value 
in  keeping  the  names  of  toilet  articles  be- 
fore the  public.  The  final  statement  in 
defense  of  the  stamp  selling  drug  store 
was  that  it  keeps  the  people  in  the  neigh- 
borhood. The  people  who  come  into  the 
store  to  buy  stamps  are  more  liable  to 
have  the  place  in  mind  when  they  need 
other  articles  in  the  drug  stock. 

Heldar  Helderson.  a  wide-awake  student 
from  Xorth  Dakota,  made  the  speech  of 
the  evening.  He  said  that  the  greatest 
fault  with  the  average  druggist  is  that  he 
aits  down  and  waits  for  business.  "If  he 
would  keep  busy,  perpetually  at  it,  even 
if  it  was  only  at  selling  postage  stamps  he 
would  be  happier,"  said  the  speaker.  "He 
would  bring  more  people  into  his  store. 
I.et  the  people  know  that  there  is  a  drug 
ston-  around  the  comer." 

The  graduation  exercises  of  the  North- 
western School  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held 
on  April  14.  Those  of  the  pharmaceutical 
chemistry  class  will  be  held  June  9.  Mr. 
Wooten  says  that  both  of  these  classes  are 
exceptionally  large  this  year. 


CHARLES  A-  BOEHME, 
member  of  the  hotel  t-ommittee  of  the 
Illinois  Pharmaoeutit-ai  Travelers'  .\sso- 
oiatioD.  is  a  representative  of  Hartz  & 
Bahnsen,  of  Rock  Island.  For  reserva- 
tions at  the  Qnincy  round-np  in  June 
pharmacists  in  his  territorv  should  con- 
•    suit  him. 


New  Kembers  for  Phila.  E.D.A 
Phit  \nn.PHiA.  March  20. — The  execu- 
tive committee  of  the  Philadelphia  Asso- 
ciation of  Retail  Druggists  yesterday  had 
the  pleasant  duty  of  acting  favorably 
upon  22  applications  for  membership. 
This  lai^  number  was  the  subject  of 
considerable  discussion  and  the  cause  for 
congratulation  and  much  credit  was  given 
Chairman  William  A.  Carpenter  and  F.  J. 
Austin.  J.  H.  Bailey.  Harry  Swain.  Nel- 
son Fry.  Ralph  Huas.  C.  L.  Dobson.  A.  R.  Hesske.  H.  C.  Clap- 
ham.  H.  J.  Siegfried,  J.  B.  Reynolds.  Russell  T.  Blackwood. 
B.  F.  Krehl.  F.  P.  Streeper.  of  the  membershij)  committee, 
who  have  accompanied  Representative  J.  H.  Barlow  through 
their  resijective  neighborhoods  and  called  upon  and  urged  their 
neighboring  druggists  to  join  the  organization. 

Another  important  action  was  the  passing  of  a  resolution  of 
indorsement  of  the  one-board  medical  bill  now  before  the  Penn- 
s.vlvania  Legislature.  It  was  decided  to  hold  the  next  meeting 
of  the  association  on  the  evening  of  April  2  at  the  Drug  Club. 
A  luncheon  will  be  served  at  the  close  of  the  meeting  and  a 
large  attendance  is  expected.  Recording  Secretary  N.  A. 
Cozens  was  c-onfined  to  his  home  on  account  of  illness  and  the 
duties  of  his  position  were  attended  to  bv  Treasurer  George 
W.  Fehr. 


The  woman  who  wants  "the  cheapest  you  have"  generally 
implies  that  it  is  for  a  poor  relation. 


Leeches  Imported  From  Sweden  by  the  Peck. 
Milwaukee.  March  20. — Milwaukee  still  has  use  for  leeches 
in  the  old-fashioned  art  of  blood-letting,  and  to  supply  this 
demand  Peters  &  Beeck  are  importing  the  leeches  by  the  pail- 
full  from  Sweden.  A  half  thousand  of  these  blood-sucking 
little  worms  are  packed  in  about  a  peck  of  black  dirt  and  in 
this  they  can  exist  for  about  six  months. 


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[ilareh  25,  1909 


TARIFF  BILL  DEBATE  BEGUN  IN  CONGRESS. 


Drugs  and  Chemicals  Schedules  Show  Reductions,  But 
the  Average  Does  Not  Make  Material  Difference. 

Wasuingtox.  M.Ti-ch  22. — Deb.ite  upon  the  Payne  Tariff 
Bill  has  begiin  and  will  continue  for  several  weeks  in  all  proba- 
bility. Now  that  printed  copies  of  the  bill  are  available  it  is 
found  that  there  has  been  a  great  deal  of  averaging.  Luxuries 
have  been  increased,  necessities  lowered  and  the  result  with 
reasonably  normal  trade  is  expected  to  be  an  increase  in  the 
customs  revenues  of  .$11,666,748  annually.  The  average  ad 
valorem  proposed  in  the  Payne  Bill  is  1.56  per  cent  greater 
than  the  present  average  under  the  Dingley  Law.  Schedule  A, 
drugs,  chemicals,  oils  and  paints,  shows  the  slight  reduction 
in  average  of  .34,  practically  one-third  of  one  per  cent. 

It  is  considered  here  that  as  at  present  revised  the  drug 
schedules  will  make  no  material  difference.  The  course  of 
Congress  will  be  watched  with  a  view  to  action  in  case  it  be- 
comes necessary  to  protect  the  drug  trade  interests.  It  is 
realized  that  the  present  bill  is  merely  a  draft  which  the 
House  is  likely  to  alter  and  amend  before  it  goes  to  the  Senate, 
where  further  alteration  and  amendment  are  certain  to  be 
made.  Then  there  will  have  to  be  concessions  by  both  branches 
of  Congress  before  the  measure  is  finally  passed  and  sent  to 
the  President. 

Among  the  more  important  of  the  proposed  changes  of  in- 
terest to  the  drug  trade  are  the  following : 

Perfumeries  and  toilet  articles  are  advanced  from  50  to  60 
per  cent  ad  valorem.  Fancy  soap  is  advanced  from  15  to  20 
cents  per  pound. 

Oxalic  acid  has  been  transferred  from  the  free  list  and  a 
duty  of  1  cent  a  pound  imposed. 

Coal  tar  dyes  or  colors  now  bearing  a  duty  of  30  per  cent 
are  advanced  to  3.5  per  cent  ad  valorem. 

Proposed  Reductions  in  Duty. 

Boracic  acid,  borax,  from  5  cents  to  2  cents  per  pound ;  re- 
ductions of  2  cents  jier  pound  are  made  on  gallic  and  tartaric 
acids,  borate  of  lime.  Reductions  of  .50  per  cent  are  made 
in  the  duty  on  salicylic  acid,  chloroform,  fruit  ethers,  oils,  or 
essences :  peppermint  oil,  whiting  and  paris  white,  dry ;  bi- 
chromate and  chromate  of  potash  and  santonin. 

Borate  of  lime  and  other  borate  material  is  reduced  from  4 
cents  to  1^4  cents  per  pound  and  from  3  cents  to  1  cent  per 
pound,  according  to  the  percentage  of  anhydrous  boracic  acid 
contained. 

Sulphuric  ethers  are  reduced  to  S  cents  per  pound  :  spirits 
of  nitrous  ether  to  20  cents  per  pound. 

Iodoform  from  .$1  to  7.5  cents  per  pound. 

Potash — Chlorate  of,  from  2%  cents  to  2  cents  per  pound. 

Plasters — Healing,  etc..  from  .35  per  centum  to  25  per 
centum  ad  valorem. 

Sulphate  of  soda,  or  salt  cake,  ur  niter  cake,  from  $1.2'>  per 
ton  to  $1. 

Strychnia,  or  strychnine,  from  30  cents  to  15  cents  iier  ounce. 

Sulphur,  refined  or  sublimed,  or  flowers  of,  from  $8  per  ton 
to  $6  per  ton. 

Sulphate  of  ammonia,  copperas,  licorice,  and  cottonseed  oil 
and  croton  oil  are  placed  on  free  list. 

Tannic  acid  or  tannin,  from  50  cents  to  35  cents  per  pound. 

Sponges,  from  40  per  cent  to  30  per  cent  ad  valorem. 

Spices,  which  are  now  largely  on  the  free  list,  are  assessed 
an  average  duty  of  30  per  centum  ad  valorem. 


Contingent  Tariff  and  Revenue  Clause  for  Cocaine. 

Contingent  upon  the  tinsteady  position  of  cocaine  as  regards 
Government  regulation  of  some  kind  expected  in  the  near 
future,  one  New  York  manufacturer  has  issued  the  following 
tariff  and  revenue  clause  which  applies  to  the  cocaine  con- 
tracts which  are  now  being  made : 

"In  case  of  any  change  in,  or  construction  of  the  tariff,  or 
the  imposition  of  an  internal  revenue  tax,  or  other  govern- 
mental action  which  will  affect  the  price  at  which  this  contract 
is  taken,  the  buyers  to  pay  or  receive  any  difference  brought 
about  by  these  changes." 


Seventh  Term  for  Popular  Up-State  Druggist. 
Sabatoga,  N.  T.,  March  22. — George  H.  Whitney  was  nomi- 
nated   for   member   of   the   Assembly   by   the   Republicans   of 
Saratoga  County,  in  convention  here,  today.     Mr.  Whitney  is 
now  serving  his  sixth  term  in  the  Assembly. 


CHARLES  H,  WOODARD  CALLED  BY  DEATH. 

Was  Prominent  as  a  Pioneer  in  the  Wholesale  and 
Retail  Drug  Trade  on  the  Pacific  Coast. 

Portland.  Ore.,  March  20. — Charles  H.  Woodard,  long  and 
well  known  in  Portland  and  prominently  connected  with  the 
wholesale  and  retail  drug  business,  died  recently  of  apoplexy. 

Mr.  Woodard  was  bom  in  western  New  York  and  came  to 
this  city  in  1865.  He  was  first  employed  with  Hodge  Califf 
&  Co..  a  retail  drug  firm.  When  he  started  in  business  for 
himself  he  opened  a  retail  drug  store  under  the  name  of  0.  H. 
Woodard  &  Co..  at  Front  and  Alder  streets,  which  at  the  time 
of  the  big  fire  was  destroyed.  He  then  opened  a  store  at  First 
and  Alder  streets  and  took  into  partnership  Mr.  Quiver,  now 
deceased.  His  partnership  with  Lewis  G.  Clarke  under  the 
firm  name  of  Woodward,  Clarke  &  Co.  was  formed  in  1880. 

From  1885  to  1895  he  was  also  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
drug  business  tinder  the  names  of  Reddington,  Woodard  &  Co., 
and  later  the  Snell,  Heitshu  &  Woodard  Co.  During  this  time 
he  disposed  of  his  holdings  in  the  retail  business  and  later  sold 
his  wholesale  interests  also  and  opened  a  surgical  instrument 
store,  which  he  afterward  sold.  During  the  past  few  years  he 
had  been  giving  his  time  to  private  ventures. 

Mr.  Woodard  is  survived  by  his  second  wife  and  a  daughter 
by  his  first  marriage.  Mrs.  F.  O.  Downing.  The  funeral  was 
held  from  the  Masonic  cathedral. 


Herman  H.  Hackendahl. 


Milwaukee.  March  20. — Herman  H.  Hackendahl,  secretary-  j 
treasurer  of  the  Hackendahl  Drug  Company  and  president  of 
the  Milwaukee  Druggists"  Association,  died  suddenly  of  heart 
failure  on  March  16,  aged  55.  His  sudden  demise  came  as  a 
great  shock  to  druggists  all  over  Wisconsin.  He  had  left  his 
store  at  11  o'clock,  apparently  in  good  health.  Fifteen  minutes 
later  he  reached  his  home  and  was  stricken  soon  after  he 
had  entered  the  house. 

Mr.  Hackendahl  was  a  pioneer  in  the  Milwaukee  drug  busi- 
ness. He  established  a  pharmacy  at  Third  and  National 
avenues  35  years  ago  and  has  been  in  active  business  ever 
since.  The  present  store  at  607  Jackson  street  was  opened  ' 
shortly  after  and  two  years  ago  the  first  establishment  was  i 
sold.  He  was  born  in  Milwaukee  and  is  survived  by  hiss 
widow,  two  daughters,  three  brothers  and  two  sisters. 

At   the   funeral    the   pallbearers   were    members   of   the   Mil- 
waukee   Retail    Druggists'    Association,    as    well    as    personal  , 
friends  of  the  deceased.     They  were  Robert  Dadd.  William  H. 
Barr.  H'.  L.  Schulz.  Edward  Shulz.  George  Kesten  and  Louis 
H.  Kressin.     Members  of  the  association  attended  in  a  body  . 
and  druggists  from  all  over  Wisconsin  were  present. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— Dr.  .1.  A.  R0C4EBS.  retired  physician  and  druggist,  died 
recently  of  paralysis  at  Kenton,  Ohio,  aged  89. 

— C.  A.  Tatloe.  owner  of  the  Taylor  &  Co.  drug  store  at 
North  Collins,  N.  Y..  is  dead,  aged  60.  He  is  survived  by  a 
wife,  two  daughters  and  one  son.  Eugene  Taylor. 

— P.'VUL  H.  Malochee,  a  well-known  druggist  of  New  Or- 
leans, died  recently  of  acute  Bright's  disease  after  a  brief 
illness.  He  was  40  years  old  and  leaves  a  widow  and  three 
children. 

— John  T.  Flavan  died  suddenly  of  apoplexy  at  Phoenix, 
Ariz.,  recently.  For  the  last  20  years  Mr.  Flavan  has  repre- 
sented Meyer  Brothers  Drug  Company,  of  St.  Louis,  and  the 
Richardson  Drug  Company,  of  Omaha,  visiting  practically 
every  hamlet  in  the  Rocky  Mountains  and  making  friends 
everywhere.     He  was  46  vears  old  and  leaves  a  wife. 


Boston  Interests  Busy  in  Detroit. 

Detroit,  ilaroh  20. — That  Louis  K.  Liggett,  president  of 
the  United  Drug  Company,  and  his  Boston  associates  will  not 
be  content,  as  far  as  their  Detroit  activities  are  concerned, 
with  securing  control  of  the  Gray  &  Worcester  drug  store,  is 
evident  from  the  announcement  made  that  they  have  pur- 
chased conti'ol  of  the  Loraine,  in  the  Majestic  Building. 

The  Loraine  is  the  city's  most  pretentious  establishment  in 
the  way  of  a  refreshment  parlor  and  candy  store.  By  the 
middle  of  April  it  will  be  transformed  into  a  general  drug  store 
with  candy,  luncheon  and  soda  features,  such  as  characterize 
the  older  Gray  v^  AYorcester  store. 


JIarch  25,  1909] 


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PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Granted  March  16,   1909. 

915.116 — Frank  Rumrill,  Boston.  Mass.     Bottle  stopper. 

915,273— Frank  R.  Dalev,  Parkersburs.  W.  Va.  Domestic 
stUl. 

915,349— Jesse  L.  Hitz.  Chicago.  111.     Tooth  brush. 

915,400 — Homer  T.  Taryan.  Toledo,  Ohio.  Process  for  re- 
moving turpentine  and  rosin  from  resinous  woods. 

915,401 — Homer  T.  Yaryan,  Toledo,  Ohio.  Process  for 
purifying  rosin. 

915,402— Homer  T.  Taryan,  Toledo,  Ohio.  Process  for  the 
treatment  of  rosin. 

915,43.5 — Julius  He6  and  Olga  He?,  Greenpoint,  X.  T.  Xon- 
refillable  bottle. 

915,441 — Arthur  A.  Johnson,  New  York.  X.  Y.  Xou- 
refillable  bottle. 

915,561 — Thomas  P.  Curry,  Danville,  Ky.  Capsule-filling 
machine. 

915,581 — Amos  L.  Forman,  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Bottle  crate. 

915,633— Emerson  R.  Strickler.  White  Plains.  X.  Y..  as- 
signor to  the  General  Chemical  Company.  Xew  York.  X".  Y.. 
a  corporation  of  Xew  York.     Sodium  sulfid. 

915,646 — Elmore  J.  Worst.  Ashland,  Ohio,  assignor  by 
mesne  assignments  to  Frank  C.  Dorment.  Detroit,  Mich. 
Atomizer. 

915,680 — Oscar  A.  H.  H.  Rosters,  Hemelingen,  and  Louis 
Otteman,  Bremen,  Germany.  Process  for  the  manufacture  of 
amids  of  higher  fatty  acids. 


Published  March   16,   1909. 

33,058 — Henry  Solomon  Wellcome.  London.  Eng.  Class  6. 
Pharmaceutical  preparations  in  which  extract  from  pinus 
pumilio  is  the  principal  ingredient,  for  use  as  a  stimulant  and 
disinfectant  for  aflfections  of  respiratory  organs. 

.34.906 — Knoll  &  Co.,  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine.  Germany. 
Class  6.  Medicine  for  effecting  and  increasing  birth-throes 
and  for  use  as  a  hemostatic. 

38,15-t — Julia  Colton,  Xewark,  X.  J.     Class  6.     Hair  tonic. 

38.345 — ^'oigt  &  Co.,  Chattanooga,  Tenn.  Class  6.  A  laxa- 
tive preparation. 

38,517 — Harry  Matusow.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  the  relief  of  rheumatism,  neuralgia,  pleurisy,  tooth- 
ache, sprains,  bruises,  stiff  joints,  all  local  inflammations  in 
any  part  of  the  body,  skin  affections,  etc. 

39.188 — The  Grasseli  Chemical  Company.  Cleveland,  Ohio. 
Class  6.     Arsenate  of  lead. 

40.317— Joseph  T.  La  Bauve,  Lake  Charles.  La.  Class  6. 
Remedy  for  skin  diseases. 


The  druggist  who  starts  off  by  saying:  "I  don't  kno%v  any- 
thing about  it"  sometimes  takes  an  hour  to  tell  what  he  does 
not  know  about  it. 


Fierce  Blaze  in  Stoddart  Store  in  Buffalo. 
BCTFFALO.  X.  Y..  ilarch  20. — Stoddart  Brothers'  big  drug 
store  in  Seneca  street  narrowly  escaped  total  destruction  by 
fire  at  6.30  a.  m.  Tuesday.  An  explosion  in  the  drying  kiln  of 
the  laboratory  is  believed  to  have  been  the  cause.  The  flames 
were  confined  to  the  upper  floors  and  the  retail  business  was 
not  interrupted.  Thomas  Stoddart  estimated  the  damage  at 
$2.5.000.  fully  insured.  The  Stoddart  Brothers  received  many 
congratulations  on  the  comparatively  small  damage. 


Copy  of  any  PATEXT  or  TRADE  MARK.  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks. 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St..  Washington.  D.  C. 


Where  is  John  Casimir  Wright? 
Fred  J.  Balzer.  of  74  Broadway,  this  city,  desires  informa- 
tion regarding  the  present  whereabouts  of  John  Casimir 
Wright,  of  St.  Thomas.  West  Indies,  who  was  a  student  of 
pharmacy  at  Jena  in  1865  and  after  that  proprietor  of  a  phar- 
mae.v  in  Xew  York. 


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[March  25,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


TARIFF  LEADING  MARKET  FEATURE. 

Prices  Advanced   on   Several   Articles   on   Which   It   is 

Proposed  to  Baise  Duty — Demand  Generally  Slow. 

New  York.  March  22. — There  is  uo  noticeable  improvement 
in  the  demand  for  drugs  aud  chemicals  and  while  the  jobbing 
demand  is  fairly  good  iu  some  lines,  slow  trade  is  reported. 
The  market,  however,  has  a  stead.v  undertone,  and  there  is  a 
number  of  articles  the  prices  of  which  have  been  advanced 
on  account  of  proposed  tariff  clianses.  These  articles  are  also 
only  offered  in  small  quautities.  the  trade  not  having  had  as 
yet  an  opportunity  to  digest  the  new  tariff  bill.  Opium  is 
higher  and  firmly  held,  while  quinine  remains  active  but  steady. 
Among  the  essential  oils  firmer  prices  are  quoted  for  anise, 
citronella,  clove,  bergamot,  lemon,  lavender,  orange  and  rose. 
Spices  also  have  a  tendency  toward  higher  prices. 

Opiom. — The  new  tariff  proposes  a  duty  of  $1.50  per  pound 
on  natural  or  crude  opium,  au  increase  of  .50c.  per  pound  to  tlie 
present  rate.  Dried  opium,  which  under  the  pi-esent  tariff 
pays  $1.00  per  pound  duty,  is  advanced  to  $2.00  in  the  pro- 
posed tariff  bill.  This  advance  is  already  reflected  in  the  prices 
of  granulated  and  powdered  opium,  which  are  now  quoted  at 
$4.75@$5.00  per  pound  for  natural.  $5.iu@$6.00  per  pound 
for  granulated  and  U.S. P.  powdered.  Offers  or  quotations 
for  case  lots  are  not  being  made. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  new  tai-ilt  measure  does  not 
make  any  changes  in  this  article,  which  remains  on  the  free 
list.  A  fairly  good  consuming  demand  is  felt  without  any 
changes  in  value.  The  shipments  of  cinchona  bark  to  Europe 
for  the  first  half  of  the  month  are  only  ISO.OOO  pounds,  a  very 
small  quantity,  and  should  the  shipments  for  the  second  half 
also  be  small,  it  will  not  be  surprising  to  see  an  advance  in 
the  price  of  this  article.  The  last  auction  sale  of  bark  in 
liOndon  was  on  March  10,  but  it  developed  no  material  change 
in  prices.  A  sale  of  Amsterdam  brand  of  quinine  will  take 
place  at  Amsterdam  on  March  23,  at  which  .50.000  ounces  will 
be  offered. 

Essential  Oils. — Under  the  present  tariff,  oils  of  anise, 
bergamot,  citronella,  lemon,  lavender,  orange  and  rose  are  ad- 
mitted free  of  duty,  but  under  the  new  tariff  a  rate  of  25  per 
cent  ad  valorem  is  proposed,  which  will,  if  the  bill  becomes  a 
law,  very  materially  advance  the  prices  asked  for  these  articles. 

Spices. — All  spices  are  now  on  the  free  list,  but  under  the 
new  tariff  30  per  cent  duty  is  proposed,  aud  this  will  affect  the 
price  of  oil  of  cloves.  Manufacturers  have  not  as  yet  made 
any  changes,  but  offer  only  in  moderate  quantities. 

Norwegian  Cod  Liver  Oil. — The  reports  from  primary 
markets  are  very  unfavorable  and  several  of  the  manufacturers 
have  advanced  their  prices  still  further,  and  oil  at  their  quoted 
prices  would  make  the  lay  down  cost  in  our  market  $24  per 
barrel.  Prices  on  the  different  brands  have  been  marked  up 
as  follows  :  Barrels,  each,  .$24fr/  .$27  :  half-barrels,  each,  $13.50 
@$15.00.  Cable  reports  of  the  fishing  up  to  March  15  are 
as  follows:  In  Lofoten,  6,000,0(M1  fish,  yielding  6720  barrels 
of  oil;  in  all  other  districts,  ir,..-,(iii.(Mi(i  lisli,  yielding  16,850 
barrels  of  oil.  For  the  year  lOds  ilinin^  ihe  same  period  the 
statistics  were:  In  Lofoten,  ."'),(;oo,UOO  fish,  yielding  S540 
barrels  of  oil ;  in  all  other  districts,  1.5,200,000  fish,  yielding 
20,640  barrels  of  oil. 

BucHU  Leaves. — The  short  leaves  are  still  quoted  at  30@ 
32c.  per  pound,  as  to  quantity,  but  the  market  has  a  decidedly 
firm  undertone  and  only  small  lots  are  available  at  the  inside 
figure.  Cables  received  from  Cape  Town  on  March  17  report 
the  season  now  at  an  end. 

Sodium  Benzoate. — Only  a  limited  consuming  outlet  exists 
for  this  article,  and  the  tone  of  the  market  is  again  easier,  with 
quotations  further  reduced  to  2S@29c.  per  pound  in  large 
quantities.  Even  these  figures  are  said  to  be  somewhat  nom- 
inal with  some  sellers. 

Santonin. — The  stock  in  foreign  markets  is  reported  to  be 
very  small,  and  the  works  in  central  Asia  have  wired  instruc- 
tions not  to  enter  into  any  contracts  for  future  delivery,  as 
they  are  unable  to  make  any  shipments  at  present  prices  and 
have  not  been  able  to  do  so  for  some  time   past.     The  new 


tariff  bill  propo.ws  a  change  in  the  duty  from  $1.00  to  50c. 
per  pound  ;  but  even  such  a  I'eduction  will  probably  not  have 
any  effect  on  the  price  of  santonin  for  some  time  to  come. 

Cannabis  Indica. — True  East  India  tops  are  firm  at  $1.15 
{(7)$1.20,  as  to  seller  and  quantity.  These  figures  are  said  to 
be  below  present  import  cost. 

Angostura  Tonka  Bean.s. — The  new  crop,  which  is  due 
here  iu  May,  is  said  to  be  of  large  proportions  and  of  excellent 
cpiality.  Thei-e  is  only  a  limited  inquiry  and  the  stock  in  this 
market  is  held  at  $1.00(5  $1.25  per  pound,  as  to  quantity  and 
seller. 

Lycopodium. — The  inside  quotation  has  been  marked  up  to 
3!)c.  per  pound  on  larger  quantities,  while  the  market  is  strong 
iu  sympathy  with  corresponding  conditions  abroad.  The  con- 
suming demand,  however,  is  light  and  unimportant.  Loudon 
reports  that  the  market  is  firmer  at  Is.  Sd.  for  treble-sifted. 

Beioswax. — The  market  is  firmer  under  an  improved  de- 
maud,  which  is  principally  from  bleachers,  ruling  quotations 
being  well  sustained  at  31i/^(<732V,c.  per  pound  for  ordinary 
pure,  and  SSC(i")'>c.  per  pound  for  selected,  as  to  quantity. 

Sassakkas  Bariv. — A  good  consuming  demand  exists  and 
values  are  maintained  at  ll@1.5c.  per  pound,  as  to  quantity 
and  quality. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  JIarch  13. — Business  continues  very  ipiiet  and  a 
larger  proportion  than  usual  of  the  drugs  offered  at  the  pnblic 
sales  were  withdrawn  without  attracting  bids.  The  supplies 
catalogued  were  fairly  heavy  and  well  assorted,  but  the  demand 
was  extremely  slack.  In  some  instances,  however,  higher 
values  were  recorded.  For  instance,  Buchu  Leaves  were  fully 
2d.  per  pound  dearei',  fair  green  round  selling  with  good  compe- 
tition at  11  %d.  to  Is.  Id.  per  pound,  the  demand  being  from 
buyers  for  the  United  States.  Long  leaves  realized  up  to 
5?4d.  per  pound.  Cape  Aloes  was  also  dearer,  but  few  bu.vers 
were  willing  to  pay  the  prices  wanted  by  the  selling  brokers; 
only  a  few  cases  sold,  the  highest  price  being  31s.  fid.  per  cwt. 
for  fair  and  a  bid  of  32s.  6d.  being  refused  for  liright  hard. 

Considerable  interest  was  attaching  to  an  offering  of  38  bags 
of  Cubebs  which  sold  at  70s.  per  cwt.  for  rather  stalky,  being 
cheaper.  Three  cases  of  Japanese  refined  Camphor  sold  at 
Is.  9d.  for  Vi  ounce  tablets.  Two  cases  of  cloudy  Balsam 
Copaiba  sold  at  Is.  Sd.  per  pound.  No  Sumatra  Gum  Benzoin 
sold,  but  for  Siam,  bean  and  pea  size,  part  shivery  block.  £12 
10s.  to  £12  15s.  per  cwt.  was  paid.  Cascara  Sagrada  was 
bought  in  at  37s.  6d.  per  cwt.  Ceylon  Coca  Leaves  were 
steady  at  8d.  to  SVid.  for  fair  green.  Cardamoms  were  easier. 
Cascarilla  sold  up  to  75s.  per  cwt.  for  fair  quill.  A  few  cases 
of  Dragon's  Blood  offered  without  reserve  realized  £6  7s.  6d. 
for  dull  lump.  The  small  supply  of  new  crop  .lamaica  Honey 
realized  higher  prices  up  to  29s.  6d.  per  cwt.  for  fair  brown 
syrup.  Guaiacum  was  irregular,  but  glassy  block  realized  7d. 
per  pound.  Sarsaparilla  was  in  small  supply  and  only  a  few 
bales  sold,  gray  Jamaica  at  Is.  4d.  per  pound  and  native  red 
at  Is.  Id.  per  pound.  Ipecacuanha  was  not  wanted  and  only  a 
few  bales  of  Carthagena  sold  at  4s.  3d.  to  4s.  4d.  per  pound. 
The  Senna  wich  was  to  be  offered  did  not  arrive  in  time  for 
the  sale.  Three  bales  of  Senega  sold  at  Is.  10i/4d.  per  pound 
for  rather  lean  bright. 

Privately  there  has  been  no  improvement  in  business  in 
drugs  and  chemicals.  The  principal  price-alteration  of  the 
week  has  been  in  morphine,  which  somewhat  unexpectedly  has 
been  reduced  3d.  per  ounce.  The  price  of  Codeine  remains  un- 
changed, but  a  reduction  is  exiiected.  Cod  Liver  Oil  is  firm. 
Gl.vcerin  is  steady.  Citric  Acid  is  easier  and  obtainable  from 
second  hands  at  is.  Id.  per  pound.  Camphor  is  firmer  and  in 
addition  to  that  which  sold  at  the  auction,  sales  have  also  been 
made  privately  at  the  same  price.  China  Crude  is  quoted  at 
140s.  per  cwt.  Quinine  is  very  quiet  but  steady.  American 
Peppermint  Oil  is  quiet  but  unchanged  in  price. 


Druggist  Will  Manage  High-class  Hotel. 
Cincinnati.  March  20.— Druggist  Louis  C.  Widrig.  of  Fifth 
and  Columbia  streets,  Newport,  Ky„  has  bought  the  Altamout 
Hotel,  in  the  Highlands,  near  Fort  Thomas,  Ky.,  for  $54,450. 
This  includes  hotel,  fixtures  and  land.  Mr.  Widrig  says  he 
will  manage  the  hotel  and  in  a  few  da.vs  will  open  it  to  the 
public.     It  is  the  classiest  suburban  hotel  in  the  city. 


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FOR  ERA  ALBUM. 

Fred  S.  Rogers.  Middletown,  X. 
McMonagle  &    Rogers, 
Ex-Pres.   X.  Y.  State  Pbar.  Ass 


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to  do  him  credit. 

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In  England  doubt  has  been  raised  regarding  the 
practicability  of  the  recommendation  of  the  Interna- 
tional Opium  Congress  that  drastic  measures  be 
taken  to  control  the  manufacture,  sale  and  distribu- 
tion of  this  drug  and  its  noxious  derivatives.  The 
Chemist  and  Druggist  considers  this  the  most  im- 
portant of  the  various  proposals  adopted,  as  indeed 
it  is,  but  quotes  the  opinion  prevalent  in  Britain  that 
"no  matter  what  the  restrictions  are.  China  will 
have  morphine  and  what  is  not  imported  through 
legitimate  channels  will  be  smuggled." 

This  opinion  is  based  upon  the  understanding  that 
already  the  importation  of  opium  into  China,  except 
for  medicinal  purposes,  is  prohibited.  The  same 
condition  is  now  effective  in  the  United  States  and  in 
our  Far  Eastern  possessions.  There  should  be  no 
trouble  in  controlling  the  proper  distribution  of  the 
narcotic  and  there  is  no  reason  why  the  Chinese 
authorities,  if  the\-  are  sincere,  cannot  control  the 
situation  in  the  same  effective  manner  as  the  Ameri- 
cans have  done  in  the  Philippines  and  will  do  in  this 
country  under  the  new  prohibitory  law  passed  by 
the  recent  Congress. 

"We  do  not  agree  with  the  British  view  tliat  pro- 
tective hedging  of  the  sources  of  production  will 
"seriously  prejudice  the  legitimate  output  and  uses 
of  the  alkaloid."  Prohibition,  effectively  enforced, 
will  reduce  the  output  and  official  observation  and 
control  will  be  necessary  to  prevent  the  misuse  of 
the  surplus  over  the  legitimate  supply  for  a  long 
time  to  come,  especially  until  the  ends  of  legitimate 
supply  and  demand  are  closer  together  than  they 
will  be  until  the  new  conditions  have  had  time  to 
adjust  the  discrepancy. 

TAXING  CIGAB  SELLERS  IN  NEW  YORK. 


So  man}"  druggists  in  New  York  State  sell  cigars 
that  it  would  be  well  for  the  legislative  committee  of 
the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  look  into 
the  conditions  and  merits  of  the  bill  recently  intro- 
duced at  Albanj^  by  Assemblyman  John  R.  Yale,  of 
Putnam  Count}',  which  in  its  original  form  would 
impose  an  extra  and  imnecessary  tax  upon  drug- 
gists in  the  State  who  operate  cigar  stands.  The 
druggists  are  only  indirectly  concerned  with  the 
attempt  to  tax  manufacturers  of  cigars,  but  in  the 
matter  of  imposing  a  tax  on  retailers  the  cigar- 
selling  druggists  would  suffer  more  than  the  retail 
tobacco  men,  for  the  latter  buy  larger  quantities 
and  have  a  wider  margin  of  profit. 

According  to  the  bill  every  dealer  in  a  cit}'  or 
borough  of  1.500.000  inhabitants  or  more  must  pay 
an  annual  tax  of  $100 ;  in  a  city  or  borough  of  be- 


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tveen  500,000  and  1.500,000,  $75;  between  50.000 
.  nd  500,000 ;  $50 ;  between  10,000  and  50,000,  $25 ; 

etween  5000  and  10,000,  $15 ;  between  1200  and 

000,  $10,  and  in  any  other  place,  $5. 
In  the  City  of  New  York  this  would  mean  a  loss  of 
$1  to  $2  a  week,  whether  the  druggist  did  a  thriving 
cigar  side-line  business  in  the  center  of  the  Borough 
of  Manhattan  or  had  a  limited  call  for  cigars  away 
out  in  the  bucolic  edges  of  Queens  and  Richmond 
Boroughs,  or  in  some  of  the  equally  small  settle- 
ments in  sections  of  BrookljTi  Borough.  The  bill  is 
calculated  to  drive  a  lot  of  the  small  cigar  retailers 
out  of  business,  just  as  it  would  cause  a  large  num- 
ber of  small  retail  druggists  to  close  their  cigar  cases. 
The  cigar  industry  is  now  sufficiently  taxed  with- 
out adding  anj^thing  more  to  the  burdens  of  the 
small  retailers,  the  margins  of  profit  for  those  who 
sell  good  goods  to  their  patrons  is  altogether  too 
close  and  the  bill  is  a  good  one  to  be  beaten.  There 
is  no  necessity  for  it,  it  is  not  a  fair  measure  and 
ought  to  go  to  the  legislative  graveyard. 

NOT  MUCH  DANGER  OF  A  STAMP  TAX. 


One  of  the  rumors  growing  out  of  the  tariff  situa- 
tion at  Washington  is  that  concerning  the  possible 
imposition  of  a  stamp  ta.x:  upon  proprietary  medi- 
cines and  other  articles,  following  in  a  way  the 
revenue-raising  method  adopted  during  the  Spanish 
war.  The  tarifE  bill  is  still  in  the  House  and  it  is 
doubtful  if  it  will  go  to  the  Senate  in  its  present 
form,  for  in  the  drug  and  chemical  schedules  there 
are  some  inconsistencies  and  incongruities  which  will 
no  doubt  be  corrected.  Aside  from  these  alterations 
the  bill  will  be  passed  along,  in  all  likelihood,  essen- 
tially as  it  is,  so  far  as  the  drug  trade  is  concerned. 
If  that  is  done  there  will  be  no  great  dissatisfaction. 

In  the  Senate  the  entire  subject  will  be  threshed 
out.  Senator  Aldrich  has  given  imofficial  notice  that 
he  will  oppose  any  stamp  tax,  inheritance  tax,  or 
resort  to  war  measures.  He  has  an  influential  fol- 
lowing and  will  no  doubt  be  able  to  defeat  any  effort 
to  vary  from  what  he  considers  a  proper  course  in 
dealing  with  the  tariff,  but  that  is  no  reason  why  the 
legislative  committees  of  the  druggists  should  cease 
to  keep  watchful  eyes  upon  the  progress  of  the 
Payne  bill. 


THE  GENESIS  OF  COUNTER-DISPENSING. 

President  Blair,  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A.,  in  a  recent  address  remarked:  "When  the 
medical  man  guesses,  as  he  often  does,  the  patient 
soon  finds  it  out  and  is  as  willing  to  let  the  druggist 
do  the  guessing  at  perhaps  less  cost." 

Guessing  is  not  the  only  way  in  which  medical 
men  have  given  the  incentive  to  the  public  to  prac- 
tice self-medication  and  seek  the  coimters  of  the  drug 
stores  for  remedies  for  their  ills.  Medical  societies 
have  taken  action  and  the  medical  press  as  a  unit 
has  been  decrying  the  original  cause  of  all  the 
trouble,  which  is  the  imfortimate  existence  of  some 
black  sheep  in  an  otherwise  distinguished  profession. 
In  so  saying  pharmacists  do  not  pretend  to  be  im- 
m\me  from  incompetents,  but  in  practical  work  the 


profession  of  pharmacy  is  better  able  to  protect  itself  ' 
and  the  public  from  the  mistakes  of  incompetents 
than  is  the  medical  profession. 

There  are  few  druggists  who  have  not  some  time 
encountered  graduates  of  medical  colleges  who  were  i 
in  every  way  utterly  unable  to  fulfill  their  selected  i 
mission  in  life.    There  has  undoubtedlj'  been  tens  of  I 
thousands  of  patients  who  have  measured  the  same  • 
sort  of  men  in  the  same  way.     With  a  majority  the  | 
inevitable  conclusion  must  have  been  that  it  was  - 
foolish  to  pay  money  to  a  medical  man  of  that  type.  ' 
Nobody  ever  hears  of  a  physician  who  is  "on  his 
job"  suffering  through  lack  of  practice,  nor  do  his 
patients  become  self-medicants  or  seekers  for  advice 
at    the    drug    stores    where    counter    dispensing   is 
permitted. 

The  average  citizen  will  go  first  to  the  physician 
with  his  ailments  and  continue  to  do  so  if  he  finds  : 
ho  is  treated  right — if  not  he  will  cut  out  the  extra  : 
expense  and  go  direct  to  the  drug  store.     It  almost 
always  depends  on  the  doctor  and  it  is  doubtful  if 
there  ever  would  have  been  any  of  the  professional 
ills  now  complained  of  if  all  medical  men  had  been  ■. 
for  years  back  up  to  the  standard  of  the  majority  of 
the  physicians  of  the  Twentieth  Century.     Getting 
right  down  to  the  crux  of  the  trouble,  the  origin  of  , 
the  evils  complained  of  by  the  physicians  is  directly  ' 
traceable  to  members  of  their  own  profession.     This  ' 
is  not  said  in  the  spirit  of  hostile  criticism,  but  in  all 
fairness  and  with  the  knowledge  that  the  leaders  in 
the  medical  world  are  doing  all  they  can,  with  energy 
and  diligence,  to  eliminate  the  cause. 

POLITICS  IN  APPOINTING  BOARDS. 


No  better  illustration  of  the  perniciousness  of 
entriLsting  the  appointment  of  boards  of  pharmacy 
to  politicians  can  be  found  than  the  exemplification 
just  now  being  given  in  Iowa,  where  the  Governor 
has  demanded  and  obtained  the  resignation  of  one 
member  and  is  seeking  to  dislodge  another  member 
on  the  groimd  that  they  charged  for  services  not 
rendered  to  the  State.  According  to  the  Iowa  papers 
the  board  members  have  been  very  active  in  practical 
politics  and  the  Ames  Times  sums  up  the  situation 
as  follows:  "The  larger  part  of  the  duties  of  this 
commission  in  the  past  has  been  to  work  polities. 
The  celebrated  flying  squadron  of  the  past  few  cam- 
paigns has  been  headed  by  members  of  the 
commission. ' ' 

As  if  to  substantiate  this  allegation  it  is  stated 
that  one  of  the  commissioners  charged  full  pay  for 
four  days  to  the  State  of  Iowa  while  he  was  at  the 
Chicago  convention  which  nominated  Taft,  in  addi- 
tion to  his  traveling  expenses.  Other  charges  of  the 
same  sort  are  made  and  they  are  inevitable  where  the 
board  drifts  away  from  pharmacy  and  its  members 
enter  the  realm  of  practical  politics.  All  pharmacy 
bills  hereafter  presented  should  make  it  mandatory 
on  the  appointing  power  to  obey  the  dictum  of  the 
State  pharmaceutical  associations.  While  most  Gov- 
ernors would  be  likely  to  make  good  appointments 
01!  their  own  account,  it  is  wise  to  guard  against  the 
exceptional  Governors.  No  high-minded  Governor, 
having  in  mind  his  own  immimity  from  temptation 


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to  appoint  imdesirables,  would  be  justified  in  refus- 
ing to  protect  pharmacy  and  the  public  from  the 
machinations  of  some  vmscrupulous  man  who  might 
succeed  him  in  the  executive  chair. 

It  is  understood  that  the  bill  introduced  in  the  Massa- 
chusetts Legislature  to  prohibit  the  dispensing  of  medicines  by 
physicians  has  been  withdrawn  on  account  of  the  great  oppo- 
sition offered  by  the  medical  profession.  The  bill  was  almost 
too  drastic  to  have  a  reasonable  chance  of  passage.  This  is 
really  a  matter  that  ought  to  be  regulated  by  common  sense 
fairness  exercised  in  consonance  with  circumstances  when 
individual  cases  are  presented  to  the  doctors. 


win  is  a  live,  active,  progressive  man,  a  worker  rather  than  a 
talker,  just  the  type  of  man  to  win  success,  as  his  fellow 
Ohioans  have  declared  through  their  action  in  electing  him  to 
the  presidency  of  the  Ohio  Society  of  California. 


The  bookseller  displayed  a  kind  of  muzzle — a  contrivance  of 
silk  and  wire  to  fit  over  the  mouth  and  nostrils,  says  the  Phil- 
adelphia Bulletin. 

"Reading  masks,"  he  said.  "Latest  thing  from  Paris.  It  is 
worn  at  the  Bibliotheque  Nationale  by  the  students  of  old 
books  and  manuscripts  to  prevent  the  inhalation  of  disease 
germs.  Those  aged  volumes  are  nests  of  germs.  In  the  great 
French  library  masked  readers  are  as  common  as  masked 
motorists  in  the  boulevards." 


Druggist,  to  sleepy  clerk :  "Tou  should  not  gape  in  a  cus- 
tomer's face  in  that  manner." 

Clerk :  "I  was  not  gaping.  I  was  only  advertising  our  new 
tooth  powder." 


To  secure  the  patronage  of  the  dear  gi-'s  always  advertise 
your  face  lotion  as  being  good  for  "chapped"  lips. 


When  President  Taft  next  visits  California,  which  he  is 
expected  to  do  later  on  in  the  current  year,  chief  among  his 
hosts  will  be  a  former  resident  of  the  President's  home  State 
who  went  West  years  ago  to  become  one  of  the  prominent 
druggists  of  the  Golden  Gate.  Edward  L. 
Baldwin  will  do  the  honors  by  virtue  of 
his  recent  election  as  the  president  of  the 
Ohio  Society  of  California,  one  of  the 
strongest  social  organizations  of  the  State, 
there  being  more  than  thirty  thousand  na- 
tives of  the  Buckeye  State  in  the  region 
which  many  of  them  have  called  the 
Paradise  of  the  Pacific.  Among  previous 
guests  of  the  Ohio  Society  were  President 
McKinley,  Vice-President  Fairbanks  and 
General  Funston,  with  scores  of  lesser 
lights  in  the  firmament  of  fame. 

In  promoting  the  growth  and  advancing 
the  influence  of  the  Ohio  Society  of  Cali- 
fornia Mr.  Baldwin  has  been  actively  as- 
siduous and  to  his  efforts  are  in  a  con- 
siderable measure  due  the  high  standing 
of  the  organization.  Born  in  Geneva, 
Ohio,  Mr.  Baldwin  began  the  struggle 
with  the  world  on  his  own  account  when 
only  17  years  of  age.  He  worked  his 
way  through  the  Spencer!  an  Business 
College  of  Ohio  and  taught  penmanship 
for  two  years.  His  first  acquaintance 
with  drugs  was  made  in  the  employ  of 
Frank  Hibbard.  Ludiugton.  Mich.,  and 
after  five  years  he  was  prepared  to  go 
into  business  for  himself,  his  first  field  of 
operations  being  at  Free  Soil,  in  the  same 
State.  Failing  health  forced  Mr.  Baldwin 
to  abandon  the  indoor  work  of  a  phar- 
macy and  he  went  on  the  road,  traveling  in  the  West  for 
several  years  for  various  drug  houses  of  Detroit. 

Settling  finally  in  San  Francisco,  in  1894,  Mr.  Baldwin 
purchased  control  of  the  Ferry  Drug  Company  and  has  since 
built  up  not  only  a  very  satisfactory  retail  trade,  but  an  ex- 
tensive business  in  the  manufacturing  and  wholesale  branches, 
with  an  additional  retail  store  at  333  Devisadero  street,  and 
headquarters  at  22  Market  street  for  the  firm  of  Edward  L. 
Baldwin  &  Co.  The  Ferry  Drug  Store,  which  is  at  20  Market 
street,  as  its  name  implies,  is  close  to  the  ferries  and  available 
for  the  patronage  of  the  thousands  of  commuters  who  daily 
use  the  boats  that  ply  upon  the  waters  of  the  ba.T. 

Mr.  Baldwin  has  been  an  active  organization  man,  has  held 
various  offices  in  the  San  Francisco  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion and  represented  it  in  the  convention  of  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  He  was  active  in  the  for- 
mation of  the  San  Francisco  Drug  Exchange,  a  buying  club 
which  achieved  considerable  success  but  which  afterwards 
was  disbanded,  as  the  discordant  relations  between  the  whole- 
salers and  retailers  were  satisfactorily  adjusted.  At  the  time 
of  the  earthquake  and  fire  Mr.  Baldwin  was  prominent  in 
aiding  his  fellow  druggists  and  giving  relief  to  the  public.  The 
Ferry  Drug  Store  was  one  of  the  first  to  be  ready  for  business 
and  the  co-operation  of  its  employees  in  the  work  of  treating 
the  afflicted  was  of  great  value.     Taken  altogether,  Mr.  Bald- 


George  J.  Charpiot,  of  Denver,  has  invented  a  phonographic 
safe  lock  which  he  says  can  be  opened  only  by  the  owner. 
Tests  in  the  presence  of  experts  seem  to  substantiate  the  in- 
ventor's claims.  Instead  of  a  knob  on  the  door  there  is  the 
mouthpiece  of  a  telephone.  A  delicate  needle  is  attached  to 
the  diaphragm,  the  end  of  the  needle  resting  in  a  groove  of  a 
sound  record  made  on  a  phonograph  cyl- 
inder. The  word  which  the  safe  is  locked 
on  is  thus  recorded  and  the  one  who  ut- 
tered it  must  repeat  it  before  the  safe 
will  open.  In  the  tests  a  dozen  men  tried 
to  imitate  the  voice  of  the  man  who 
locked  the  safe,  but  the  lock  would  re- 
spond only  to  the  right  man. 


HEE  E.\STER   HAT. 

He  smiles  to  see  her  don  it. 

And  he  is  happy  still ; 
For  though  he's  seen  the  bonnet. 

He  hasn't  seen  the  bill. 

— April  Lippincott's. 


The  poisons  mentioned  in  Shakespeare's 
works  are  the  subject  of  an  article  by 
Dr.  Carlaz  in  the  Revue  Scientifique. 
The  extensive  medical  knowledge  which 
Shakespeare  is  supposed  to  have  pos- 
sessed and  which  has  been  advanced 
by  the  Bacon  theorists  as  a  proof  in  sup- 
])ort  of  their  contentions  has  often  at- 
tracted the  attention  of  investigators, 
but  Dr.  Cartaz  seeks  to  prove  that  Shake- 
speare knew  no  more  than  his  contem- 
poraries, and  was  under  the  same  mis- 
apprehensions as  they  were  regarding  the 
potency  of  certain  philtres  and  poisons. 
When,  for  example,  the  ghost  of  Ham- 
let's father  .  says  that  Claudius  poured 
"the  juice  of  cursed  hebenon  [henbane]  into  the  porches 
of  his  ears"  it  should  be  poinled  out  that  this  juice  could  not 
possibly  penetrate  the  drum  of  the  ear.  But  the  belief  in  the 
deadliness  of  poison  thus  introduced  into  the  system  was  so 
general  at  the  time  that  Ambroise  Par4  was  accused  of  killing 
in  this  manner  King  Francis  II  of  France,  although  it  is  now 
certain  that  the  King  died  of  meningitis  caused  by  inflamma- 
tion of  the  internal  ear. 


B.\LD\VIN 
Fnmcisco. 


Then  again  when  Friar  Laurence  in  "Romeo  and  Juliet" 
gives  .Tuliet  the  portion  that  "shall  make  her  body  stiff,  stark 
and  cold,  appear  like  death."  it  can  only  have  been.  Dr.  Cartaz 
considers.  Datura  stramonium  (thorn  apple),  or  mandragora 
root.  The  latter  enjoyed  during  the  Renaissance  a  great 
vogue,  but  experiments  have  shown  that  the  awakening  from  its 
effects  is  accompanied  by  violent  nausea,  so  that  Juliet  w-ould 
have  met  her  lover  in  a  far  from  poetical  condition. 


Also  the  duration  of  sleep  induced  by  narcotics  never  ap- 
proaches 42  hours.  Dr.  Cartaz  thinks  that  Friar  Laurence 
added  hypnotic  influence  to  his  potion.  As  for  Romeo's  poison, 
of  which  the  apothecary  says  that  "if  he  had  the  strength  of 
twenty  men  it  would  despatch  him  straight,"  the  only  solution 
is   that   it   was   aconite,   as    Shakespeare   elsewhere   calls    the 


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;on  of  jealousy  as  powerful  as  aconite.     Or  perhaps  it  was 
of  the  mixed  poisons  resorted  to  by  the  Borgias. 


[ubby :     "What !     Tou  paid  fifty  dollars  for  that  Easter 

It's  monstrous — it's  a  sin  !" 
Yife   (sweetly)  :     "Xo  matter;  the  sin  will  be  on  my  own 
head  !" — April  Lippincott's. 


The  burning  of  sugar  in  the  sicli  room  has  long  been  prac- 
ticed, though  many  of  our  physicians  smile  when  it  is  done, 
regardless  of  scientific  tests  which  have  proved  its  efficacy, 
says  Harper's  Bazar.  The  tests  made  by  Professor  Trilbert, 
of  the  Pasteur  Institute  in  Paris,  prove  that  burning  sugar 
develops  formic  acetylene  hydrogen,  a  most  powerful  antiseptic 
gas.  Five  grains  of  sugar  were  burned  under  a  glass  bell 
holding  ten  quarts. 

When  the  vapor  had  cooled  bacilli  of  typhits,  tuberculosis, 
cholera,  smallpox,  etc..  were  placed  in  open  glass  tubes,  and 
within  half  an  hour  all  the  microbes  were  dead.  Is  it  a 
wonder  that  our  grandmothers  found  the  application  of  sugar 
smoke  to  cuts  and  wounds  a  marvellous  curative  agent'/ 


One  way  to  please  a  woman  patron  is  to  listen  to  her  tell 
a  lot  of  commonplace  facts'  and  make  believe  that  you  never 
heard  them  before. 


Dr.  Howe,  president  of  Case  School,  Cleveland,  never  fails 
to  express  his  vexation  when  he  has  a  student  call  the  zero  of 
mathematics  nothing.  One  of  the  students,  Morgenthaler  by 
name,  would  almost  invariably  read  an  equation  like  this. 
x+y=0,  as  follows:  "X  plus  y  equals  nothing."  One  day 
Dr.  Howe  lost  his  long-enduring  patience.  "See  here,  Morgen- 
thaler,  let  me  show  you  the  difference  between  zero  and 
nothing." 

With  this,  Dr.  Howe  wrote  a  big  0  on  the  blackboard. 
"This,"  he  said,  "is  zero."  Then  erasing  the  0.  he  added  : 
"And  this  is  nothing." — April  lAppineoW s. 


"Did  you  find  it  hard  to  think  of  something  to  say  when 
you  went  to  see  her  father';" 

"Well,  at  first  I  did,  but  it  wasn't  long  before  I  was  saying 
earnestly,  'Ouch,  quit  kicking !'  " 


An  indolent  journalist,  strolling  into  a  well-known  drug 
store  in  the  lower  part  of  the  city  recently,  says  the  Richmond 
Times-Dispatch,  obsen'ed  a  large  square  jar  upon  the  show 
case,  bearing  the  interesting  label,  "Genuine  dog  teeth."  His 
curiosity  aroused,  he  made  a  close  inspection.  It  needed  no 
Cuvier,  no  profound  student  of  comparative  anatomy,  to  see 
that  the  articles  in  the  jar  were  indeed  the  molars  of  canines. 
Very  perfect  they  were,  very  white  and  polished. 

"Are  these  kept  as  curiosities,"  asked  the  I.  J.  of  the  polite 
pharmacist,  "or  as  articles  of  commerce?" 

"As  articles  of  commerce,"  replied  the  P.  P.,  blandly. 

"Are  they  used  medicinally,  or  how?" 

The  P.  P.  gave  a  pitying  smile. 

"People  hang  them  around  their  babies'_  necks,  when  they 
are  teething  to  make  them  cut  their  teeth  white  and  regular." 

The  I.  J.  whistled.  Thus  was  one  of  the  occult  pages  of 
commerce  unrolled  before  his  gaze. 


The  druggist's  small  boy  had  a  boil  which  was  inconven- 
iently located  and  which  had  not  been  relieved  by  the  treat- 
ment directed  by  his  father.  The  boy's  mother,  looking  from 
a  window,  was  surprised  to  see  her  hopeful  seated  upon  a  can 
of  ashes.     "Willie.  Willie,  what  are  you  doing?"  she  called. 

"Well,  papa's  ethics  don't  do  no  good,  so  I  thought  I'd  try 
old  Job's  nawstrum  on  this  blamed  boil." 


One  of  the  last  things  in  the  world  which  one  would  expect 
the  glassworker  to  create  would  be  a  cannon,  yet  Messrs. 
Thomas  Webb  &  Sons,  of  Stourbridge.  England,  recently  built 
two  cannons  out  of  the  finest  cut  glass,  says  the  Strand  Maga- 
zine. The  guns  weigh,  with  their  timber.  40  pounds  each  and 
measure  24  inches  in  length.  They  wheel  easily  and  move  on 
their  trunnions  like  ordinary  cannon.  The  axletree  and  bear- 
ings are  of  ornamental  brass. 

The  creations  may  claim  to  be  of  some  historic  interest  in 
that  they  are  exact  models  of  the  famous  ordnance  with 
which  Major-General  Baden-Powell  successfully  defended 
Mafeking.     The  old  cannon  was  dug  up  in  that  place  during 


the  siege,  and  investigation  has  since  shown  that  this  old 
cannon  was  cast  in  Stafifordsinre  at  an  iron  works  within  ten 
minutes  walk  of  the  glassmaker's  establishment.  During  the 
siege  the  gun  was  known  as  the  "Lord  Nelson"  and  "Skipping 
Sally,"  the  officers  using  the  former  name  and  the  men  the 
latter. 


Dr.  W.  B.  Parks,  of  Atlanta,  told  the  American  Society  for 
the  Study  of  .\lcohol  and  Other  Drug  Narcotics  in  Washington 
recently  of  the  different  effects  of  alcohol  on  the  different 
races.  To  the  Englishman,  he  said,  alcohol  brought  repose 
and  comfort :  to  the  Frenchman  it  created  excitement  and 
interest ;  to  the  German  it  was  anaesthetic ;  to  the  Italian  it 
was  courage  and  force ;  to  the  Irishman  it  was  sense  enjoy- 
ment ;  to  the  American  alcohol  simply  gives  a  feeling  of  power 
and  capacity  without  any  pronounced  types. 

The  negro,  he  continued,  is  not  an  inebriate  as  a  race.  He 
drinks  to  quiet  excitement  and  to  give  relief.  The  Jew  is  not 
a  race  drinker ;  alcohol  to  him  i.s  simply  a  sedative.  The  Rus- 
sian takes  alcohol  in  the  place  of  food,  and  his  drinking  is  a 
very  marked  characteristic. 


forgive    her    mother    for 


Elsie— Helen     says    she'll     i 
marrying  again. 

Ethel — And  why  not? 

Elsie — Because    her   stepfather    can't    help    givi 
away.    Jiverybody  knows  he  isn't  as  old  as  she  is. 


Talking  post  cards  have  been  spoken  of  for  some  time  past, 
says  the  Lady's  Pictorial.  They  have  now  become  an  accom- 
plished fact  in  Europe,  though  they  are  hardly  likely  to  come 
within  reach  of  the  million  just  yet.  Happily  the.v  have  not 
reached  such  perfection  that  on  coming  down  in  the  morning 
one's  correspondence  will  hail  one  in  various  voices.  It  is 
ghastly  to  think  of  everybody's  post  cards  shouting  around  the 
table.  So  far  the  phonographic  message  card  can  only  be 
made  to  "speak"  by  taking  it  to  a  postal  center,  where  it  is 
placed  in  a  machine  which  sets  it  in  motion. 


"Each  of  my  hens  lays  an  egg  a  day.' 
"They  must  be  professionals." 
"No ;  lay  men." 


"An  earthquake,"  writes  Mr.  Frank  A.  Perret,  formerly 
honorary  assistant  at  the  Royal  Vesuvian  Observatory,  in  an 
article  on  "The  Messina  Earthquake"  in  the  April  Century. 
"is  an  undulating  vibration  of  the  ground  resulting  from  some 
sudden  movement  of  the  underlying  strata.  This  may  be 
produced  by  a  volcanic  explosion,  the  breaking  of  a  stratum  of 
rock  under  strain,  or  the  sudden  intrusion  of  lava  between  the 
strata  or  into  a  fracture,  the  types  respectively  known  as  vol- 
canic, tectonic  and  inter-volcanic.  My  own  impression  in 
experiencing  these  shocks  was  that  of  a  rubbing  together  of 
masses  under  pressure,  which  throws  the  adjoining  material 
into  vibration.  If  you  put  a  little  water  into  a  thin,  wide- 
mouthed  crystal  goblet,  wet  the  finger  tip  and  rub  it  aroimd 
the  rim,  a  sound  will  be  produced,  and  the  water  will  be  set 
in  vibration,  like  the  ground  waves  of  an  earthquake." 

The  fiance  of  a  Louisville  girl  has  been  spending  the  winter 
in  Florida  in  connection  with  his  father's  business  interests  in 
that  quarter. 

"Marie."  said  the  girl  to  a  friend  the  other  day,  "Walter 
has  just  sent  me  the  dearest  little  alligator  from  Florida !" 

"Dear  me !"  rejoined  Marie,  with  affected  enthusiasm. 
"And  how  shall  you  keep  him?" 

"I'm  not  quite  certain,"  was  the  reply,  "but  I've  put  him 
in  Florida  water  till  I  can  hear  further  from  Walter." — 
Harper's  Weekly. 


"How  is  he  getting  along?" 
"Pretty  fair." 

"Holding  his  own,  I  suppose?" 
"No,   not  as  much  as  he  used   to. 
now." 


He   is   married  to  her 


It  is  reported  that  there  is  an  alarming  increase  of  snakes 
in  the  prohibition  States.  Some  enterprising  "physicians"  (?) 
have  trained  rattlers  which  bite  the  patient  just  before  the 
prescription  for  a  "quart"  is  written.  There  is  no  fee  charged 
for  the  bite. 


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Wisconsin   Window  Display  Wins   Era  Cash  Prize  of  $5   This   Week. 


In  the  ERA'S  Prize  Competition 
this  week  the  $5  Cash  Prize  i$  awarded 
in  Contest  Xo.  2  to  F.  A.  Loetz.  tc-ith 
W.  R-  Doioncr's  Pharmaey.  802  Col- 
lege avenue,  Appleton,  Wis.,  for  the 
iest  vnndow  display.  Mr.  Loetz's 
identity  teas  not  known  to  the  judges, 
for  in  these  eontests  every  precaution 
it  taken  to  obtain  uniia^ed  judgment 
as  to  the  relative  merits  of  articles  or 
photographs  offered  in  competition  for 
the  various  prizes.  Full  details  re- 
garding the  Competition  will  he  found 
on  advertising  page  37  of  this  issue 
of  the  ERA  and  it  should  be  remem- 
bered that  the  contests  are  open  to 
everybody.  Mr.  Loetz  writes  n,5  fol- 
lows about  the  window: 

"This  was  a  display  we  made  last 
Labor  Day  and  consists  of  all  home- 
made cigars  and  also  all  union  made. 
The  tobacco  in  the  display  we  got  from 
the  different  manufacturers  of  cigars 
and  shows  the  tobacco  of  which  the 
different  cigars  are  made.  Each  bun- 
dle was  labeled  as  to  grade  or  kind, 
whether  filler,  binder  or  wrapper.  The 
cigars  themselves  needed  no  label  to 
tell  what  they  were,  as  they  were  well- 
known  brands,  locally. 

"I  send  you  an  extra  photo — printed 
dark — to     show      you      the      wording 
on  the  cards  attached  to  the  tobacco. 
At  the  timi'  of  this  display  we   sot   a 
very   nice   letter  from   the   local   Cigar 
Makers'   Union,   congratulating   us   on 
our  nice  display.     Some  time  after  this 
we    made    another    display    of    cigars, 
similar  to  this  one,  but  not  all  union 
;  cigars,  and   again  we  received   a  con- 
gratulating letter  from  the  Cigar  Makers'  Union,  saying  that 
we  had  a  fine  display  and  that  there  was  only  one  thing  that 
did  not  look  good  and  that  was  that  the  cigars  were  not  all 
union  made. 

"The  pictures  on  the  wall  show  parts  of  our  post  card  dis- 
play rack.  The  stands  on  which  the  cigars  and  tobacco  arc 
supported  we  had  made  specially  for  window  displays.  The 
stands  are  of  different  heights  and  the  shelves  are  movable, 
with  hinges,  so  that  we  can  raise  or  lower  them  or  put  them 
on  any  angle  by  using  a  bolt.  We  also  can  put  in  more  or 
fewer  as  we  see  fit,  in  order  to  make  our  display  attractive." 


Scientific  Section  of  Philadelphia  Branch  Organized. 
Philadelphia,  March  27. — Manufacturing  and  retail  in- 
terests as  well  as  the  colleges  of  the  city  were  represented  un 
the  11th  at  a  meeting  at  the  Drug  Club  called  by  President 
Harry  C.  Blair,  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a 
scientific  section  of  that  branch.  Joseph  L.  Turner,  connected 
iwith  the  laboratories  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company,  was 
elected  chairman  of  the  new  section  and  W.  A.  Pearson,  of  the 
ilaboratories  of  the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  was  chosen 
isecretary.  It  was  decided  to  meet  the  second  Thursday  of 
leach  month  to  discuss  topics  to  be  suggested  b.v  the  executive 
Icommittee,  which  comprises  the  chairman  and  the  secretary. 
,  The  aim  is  to  stimulate  work  iu  scientific  pharmacy  and 
allied  branches.  Any  one  is  eligible  to  membership  who  is  a 
member  of  the  A.Ph.A.  and  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch.  The 
new  organization  will  not  interfere  in  any  way  with  the  work- 
ings of  the  branch.  Meetings  will  be  held  from  October  to 
I'Jay,  inclusive. 

I       Montana  Ph. A.  Will  Meet  at  Bozeman  May  17. 

The  Montana  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  hold  its  19th 
annual  session  May  17  in  Bozeman  and  the  druggists  of  that 
city  are  planning  some  social  features  for  the  members,  their 
wives  and  friends,  hoping  to  make  the  meeting  one  of  the  most 
njoyable  held  in  Montana. 


A  Chance  Acquaintance. 

Bj'  Emma  Gary   Wallace. 

When  old  Dr.  Patholm's  only  son 
bought  out  tne  "Kirkvvood  Phar- 
macy," his  family  and  his  intimate 
friends  prophesied  all  kinds  of  suc- 
cess for  him,  and  to  be  perfectly 
frank — it  was  no  more  than  he  ex- 
pected for  himself. 

He  had  married  the  most  popular 
girl  in  his  set,  had  good  financial 
backing,  a  thorough  knowledge  of 
his  chosen  profession,  and  a  busi- 
ness stand  which  had  been  a  suc- 
cessfully managed  drug  store  for 
t\yenty-five  years.  There  seemed  to 
he  no  reason  why  he  should  not 
succeed. 

Perhaps  Ned  Patholm's  greatest 
failing  was  his  extremely  retiring 
disposition,  and  the  difficulty  with 
which  In-  iiiacle  iit-w  friends  and  acquaintances.  He  rather 
prided  himself  on  his  conservatism,  but  he  never  for  a  moment 
suspected  what  an  all-enveloping  mantle  he  had  made  out  of 
that  virtue.  If  any  one  had  ventured  to  hint  at  the  fact  that 
he  was  barely  on  speaking  terms  with  himself,  the  nicely 
balanced  chip  would  have  tumbled  right  off  his  shoulder. 
Human  Nature  Not  in  Evidence. 
As  time  went  on  his  wife  suspected  it  and  the  clerks  be- 
came absolutely  certain  of  it.  Even  the  old  customers  of  the 
store  were  conscious  of  a  curious  sense  of  disappointment. 
There  was  a  sort  of  mechanical  nickel-in-the-slot  air  about 
everything  and  everybody.  You  indicated  your  want,  put 
down  the  coin,  pushed  the  button,  took  the  goods  and  departed. 
There    was   no   one   who   seemed   glad   because   you    came   or 


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anxious   to   have   you   return.      The  personal   (icmciit   uas   en- 
tirely lacking. 

Young  Patholm  could  not  understand  why  his  sales  were 
steadily  falling  off.  He  carefully  reviewed  the  situation  and 
the  more  he  studied  it  the  gloomier  he  became.  It  was  like 
spending  a  week  of  valuable  time  going  over  and  over  endless 
columns  of  figures  to  find  the  hateful  two  cents  which  was  pre- 
venting a  balance.  If  he  could  have  put  his  finger  on  the 
trouble,  he  would  have  felt  almost  gay.  He  was  exceptionally 
cautious  in  his  buying,  and  only  asked  a  fair  living  profit  on 
his  sales.  His  laboratory  equipment  was  fully  adequate  to  all 
demands  and  the  people  of  the  neighborhood  were  prosperous. 
He  attended  to  business  personally,  seven  days  in  the  week 
and  from  twelve  to  fifteen  hours  a  day.  It  surely  was  not 
neglect  of  his  interests.  He  fully  believed  that  every  man 
must  work  out  his  own  business  salvation,  and  so  he  never 
wasted  time  attending  the  local  association  meetings  of  his 
brother  druggists  or  spent  good  working  hours  reading  what 
others  of  his  calling  were  about.  He  always  preserved  a 
dignity  of  demeanor  and  insisted  on  his  clerk's  doing  the  same. 


It  was  the  Patholm's  third  wedding  anniversary,  and  Ned 
reluctantly  consented  to  take  little  JNIrs.  Patholm  to  the  theater. 
She  had  urged  it  almost  appealingly,  and  argued  that  good 
dollar  seats  would  do  plenty  well  enough  now  that  they  were 
old  married  people,  in  fact  that  she  preferred  to  go  several 
times  in  a  modest  way  rather  than  to  have  one  "swell  time" 
in  the  midst  of  a  regular  Sahara  of  pleasureless  months. 
Either  Patholm  did  not  hear,  or  the  ideas  failed  to  percolate, 
for  he  gloomily  proceeded  to  secure  a  box. 

"We  go  so  seldom,"  he  replied  to  his  wife's  protest,  "that 
when  we  do.  I  propose  to  go  in  good  shape."  Patholm  was 
quite  right.     It  was  the  best  investment  of  his  whole  life. 

The  entertainment  was  a  musical  comedy,  requiring  con- 
siderable change  in  the  scenery  and  there  were  lengthy  be- 
tween-the-act  waits.  The  young  druggist  and  his  wife  were 
so  quiet  that  the  occupants  of  the  next  box  must  have  thought 
it  empty,  or  it  may  have  been  that  the  acoustic  properties 
of  that  part  of  the  building  were  exceptionally  fine,  for  the 
attention  of  both  was  suddenly  arrested  by  the  well-known 
voice  of  a  friend  of  theirs,  a  prominent  surgeon. 

"I  tell  you  what,  Bentwing,"  the  voice  was  saying,  "I  knew 
and  respected  Dr.  Patholm  when  Ned  was  in  knickerbockers, 
and  I  feel  badly  to  see  the  bo.v  losing  his  chance  the  way  he  is 
doing.  Everybody  is  so  thoroughly  on  the  alert  these  days 
for  a  first-class  business  opening  that  the  opportunity  to  find 
such  a  one  as  Ned  had,  is  a  rare  thing.  A  man  has  not  only 
to  have  the  opportunity  and  the  energy  to  seize  it,  but  he  must 
have  the  gumption  and  the  hard-headed  business  sense  to  steer 
it  after  he  gets  it.  If  he  hasn't  he  will  not  make  a  success 
of  any  undertaking  and  he  better  be  satisfied  to  be  mate,  and 
not  try  to  be  Captain. 

"Now  Ned  had  an  unusually  good  chance  there  in  the  Kirk- 
wood  Pharmacy.  Even  the  name  Patholm  inspired  confidence, 
for  the  whole  community  loved  and  respected  his  father,  but 
in  place  of  running  the  business  according  to  common-sense 
methods,  he  has  practically  encapsulated  himself." 

"That's  a  new  one  on  me,"  Bentwing  responded  lazily.  "I 
can  sort  of  imagine  what  the  condition  is,  but  please  turn  on 
the  illumination.  Doc." 

Dr.  Goodhue  laughed  good-humoredly. 

"Well,  for  example,  the  other  day  I  operated  on  a  girl  who 
had  appendicitis.  It  was  the  prettiest  sight  of  the  kind  I  ever 
saw.  The  condition  was  tuberculate,  and  the  whole  diseased 
region  was  partitioned  off  with  a  tough  wall  of  thick  mem- 
brane built  up  of  white  blood  corpuscles.  It  was  the  finest 
kind  of  a  fortification  thrown  up  by  that  grand  old  worker. 
Mother  Nature  to  prevent  further  infection,  and  to  localize 
the  trouble. 

"Ned's  so  fearfully  down  in  the  mouth,  that  he  practically 
infects  every  one  who  comes  near  him  with  the  blues.  Nature 
wisely  decrees  that  this  condition  shall  repel  people,  lest  they 
become  infected  likewise.  So  as  the  months  have  gone  on  he  has 
become  walled  in  by  his  own  reserve  and  morbid  tendencies. 
He  sticks  to  his  business  too  closely.  He  needs  the  red  blood 
that  comes  from  outdoor  air  and  the  cheerful  effect  of  contact 
with  his  fellows,  especially  those  of  his  own  business.  Why, 
I've  seen  mental  encapsulation  go  on  until  a  man  became  a 
perfect  mummy. 

"Customers   who   go   into   his   store    are   met    with    only    an 


inquiring  stare  or  a  formal  greeting.  I  lell  you,  Bentwing, 
people  like  to  be  called  by  their  name  if  thai  name  is  nothing 
more  aristocratic  than  Mud.  No  one  likes  to  feel  that  he  is 
patronizing  a  deaf  and  dumb  establishment  where  his  wants 
have  to  be  made  known  by  pantomime.  His  clerks  are 
afraid  to  laugh,  or  maybe  it  is  the  general  atmosphere  of  mel- 
ancholy that  surrounds  the  whole  place.  The  world  has  no  \ 
particular  use  for  martyrs  in  business.  It  prefers  to  deal  ] 
every  time  with  the  fellow  who  is  doing  well  and  who  enjoys 
doing  it. 

"Now  there  is  his  wife,  as  bright  a  little  womau  as  one  could 
find  in  a  twelvemonth,  but  he  lets  her  sit  moping  at  home  in 
place  of  stirring  himself  out  of  his  tracks.  Why,  it  is  busi-  '. 
ness,  if  nothing  more,  to  be  seen  among  folks,  to  take  one's  ] 
part  in  local  activities,  go  in  for  organization  work  of  a  bene- 
ficial kind,  and  to  keep  right  in  touch  with  the  latest  in  trade 
or  business  literature.  It  pays  both  in  dollars  and  sense.  To 
get  good  results  a  man  simply  must  maintain  a  harmonious 
balance  between  work  and  recreation." 

Bentwing  laughed.  "I  was  in  there  myself  the  other  day," 
he  said,  "while  a  Knight  of  the  Grip  was  showing  him  some 
goods.  Evidently  he  wanted  them,  but  his  sense  of  decision 
appeared  absolutely  palsied.  He  hesitated  and  quibbled  and 
wondered,  rattled  by  the  fear  that  they  might  not  sell,  that  it 
might  be  better  to  order  after  the  first  of  the  month,  and  after 
weighing  every  pro  and  con  on  a  knife-edge  balance  and  wast- 
ing an  hour  of  his  own  and  the  salesman's  time,  he  decided  to 
wait  until  the  next  trip  round  to  think  the  matter  over. 
Patholm  went  out  soon  after,  and  one  of  his  clerks  said  he ; 
actually  would  not  order  good  staple  goods  the  last  half  of  the 
month  if  he  could  possibly  avoid  it,  because  the  money  would 
be  called  soon."  , 

"There's  the  point  exactly,"  the  Doctor  resumed.  "His 
stock  is  not  kept  up.  and  he  hires  cheap  help  and  leaves  them 
just  where  he  finds  them  in  point  of  capability,  so  that  bis 
sales  are  uncertain.  The  clerks  themselves  often  need  en- 1 
couraging  and  guiding,  and  every  last  one  of  them  will  do 
better  work,  if  they  know  their  efforts  are  watched  and  appre- 
ciated.    It's  human  nature." 

"That  is  so,"  acquiesced  Bentwing ;  "that  is  one  secret  of 
the  other  druggist's  success,  I  mean  Cartyn  down  at  the 
Square.  His  clerks  are  given  a  salary  and  a  commission 
chance  besides.  He  told  me  about  it  himself.  He  didn't  want 
to  give  them  a  direct  interest  in  the  business,  and  yet  he 
figured  that  he  would  like  the  same  kind  of  service  that  such 
an  interest  would  give. 

"He  averaged  his  cash  sales  for  a  year,  also  his  cost  of 
help  for  the  same  time,  and  he  reckoned  that  any  way  he  could 
fix  it,  it  would  cost  money  to  boost  his  sales  much  above  that 
point.  If  he  could  increase  them  materially  he  could  afford  to 
pay  for  the  power  that  did  it.  He  laid  the  matter  before  his 
clerks  and  showed  them,  that  up  to  a  certain  point  their  work 
was  covered  by  their  regular  salary,  and  the  man  who  could 
make  himself  worth  more  to  the  firm  was  entitled  to  more  pay. 

"The  way  those  fellows  took  hold  was  a  caution.  There 
are  four  of  them,  you  know.  They  clubbed  together  and  are| 
paying  for  expert  instruction  in  different  branches  in  whiehl 
they  feel  they  are  weak.  Cartyn  placed  some  good  business- 
building  books  on  the  shelves  and  he  makes  those  men  feel  that 
he  has  a  personal  interest  in  their  success  each  month,  in  their 
morals,  and  their  future  prospects. 

"Does  it  pay  him?  Well,  I  guess  it  does.  You  couldn't 
chase  those  fellows  from  that  place.  Does  it  pay  numberless 
wide-awake  firms  to  make  their  help  feel  that  they  are 
reasonable  beings  with  bodies  worth  caring  for,  and  ideas 
worth  heeding?     It  certainly  does. 

"Cartyn  had  it  all  figured  out  before  he  made  them  the 
offer,  that  if  they  claimed  no  commission  he  was  no  worse  off-i 
and  if  they  did  he  certainly  was  a  great  deal  better  off.  Hisi 
store  is  as  neat  as  was.  not  just  on  the  surface  and  in  thcj 
front  part,  but  the  out-of-sight  and  behind-the-scene  places  as; 
well.  His  stock  is  in  apple-pie  order  and  his  custom  attended: 
to  right  up  to  the  Queen's  taste,  and  such  an  aggravating! 
thing  as  an  omission  on  the  Want  List  is  unknown.  It  mightj 
cause  the  loss  of  a  sale  later.  It  doesn't  pay  to  forget  at, 
Cartyn's.  j 

"I  happened  to  be  in  there  when  the  same  drummer  calledi 
that  Patholm  turned  down.  Cartyn  looked  over  the  goods.i 
called  up  a  couple  of  the  clerks — intelligent  looking  fellows — 1 
got  their  opinion  on  the  chance  of  creating  a  paying  demandj 
for  the  line,  made  his  decision  and  placed  his  order  in  exactly: 


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seven  minutes.  His  very  manner  inspired  confidence  in  those 
clerks." 

"Another  thing  at  which  I  hare  been  surprised,"'  tlie  Doctor 
said,  "is  that  neither  Ned  nor  his  clerks  seem  to  have  their 
stock  in  band,  and  before  the  article  called  for  is  located  the 
patient  is  well  or  the  customer  out  of  the  notion  of  buying. 
No  one  wants  to  wait  for  a  purchase  while  a  tracer  is  sent  out 
to  locate  it.  Even  his  advertising,  when  he  does  advertise,  is 
dead,  trite,  and  stereotyped,  a  mournful  obligation  disposed  of 
as  quickly  as  possible  from  a  sense  of  duty.  Cartyn's  advertis- 
ing has  a  personal  note  that  makes  one  feel  impressed  with  the 
sincerity  of  the  man  behind  it.  His  advertising  pulls.  When 
you  go  into  his  store  there  is  a  personality  everywhere  present. 
You  never  see  his  clerks  resting  on  the  show  cases  or  visiting 
together.  •  They  haven't  time.  If  there  is  a  lull  in  business 
they  are  getting  ready  for  the  time  when  business  comes." 

"If  Patholm  could  be  persuaded  to  bviy  a  couple  of  dozen 
mirrors,"  remarked  Bentwing,  "and  hang  them  around  his 
store  while  he  studied  the  downward  curves  of  his  own  face, 
it  might  help  him  to  'see  himself  as  others  see  him.'  " 

There  was  a  stir  in  the  audience,  instantly  the  lights  went 
out,  and  up  went  the  curtain.  The  melody  rollicked  happily 
up  and  down  the  scale.  Patholm  touched  his  wife  on  the  arm 
and  silently  they  slipped  out. 

"Wasn't  it  perfectly  awful?"  she  whispered  weakly  when 
they  reached  the  foyer. 

"Rubbed  it  in  pretty  good,  that's  a  fact,"  Patholm  agreed. 

"I'd  never  speak  to  either  of  those  horrid  men  again,"  his 
spouse  declared  loyally. 

They  had  reached  the  street.  Patholm  savagely  kicked  an 
offending  pebble  out  of  his  path. 

"I  don't  believe  a  single  word  they  said,  anyway,  Ned,"  his 
companion  remarked   comfortingly. 

Patholm  laughed.  It  was  a  happier  laugh  than  his  wife  had 
beard  for  many  a  day. 

"I  guess  it's  all  true,  whether  we  want  to  believe  it  or  not. 
Encapsulated,  eh?  Well,  the  way  they  pictured  me  out,  I'm  it ! 
What  I  need  is  more  red  blood,  cheerful,  healthy  red  blood. 
They  have  given  me  the  straight  •  tip.  What  my  business 
lacks  is  the  personal  element,  and  I  should  have  gone  to  the 
wall  if  I  had  not  got  it.  I  ought  to  be  grateful  to  Goodhue 
and  Bentwing  for  raking  me  over  the  coals  the  way  they  did 
tonight.  I  overhauled  everj-  part  of  my  business  except  my- 
self, and  it  looks  as  if  that  is  where  the  trouble  lies." 

There  was  a  dry  sob  at  his  side. 

'"Don't  you  fret,  little  woman,  criticism  may  hurt,  but  there 
are  times  when  it  and  the  surgeon's  knife  are  good  for  us. 
I  am  satisfied  that  the  box  paid  tonight  all  right,  for  it  cer- 
tainly introduced  me  to  a  chance  acquaintance  with  myself. 
Wait  a  year  and  see  if  I  do  not  profit  by  the  introduction. 

"Let's  have  lunch  somewhere,  I  may  as  well  begin  crawling 
out  of  my  shell  now  as  any  time.  Here  is  a  cheerful  looking 
place,  with  no  end  of  mirrors  about,  so  I  reckon  it  was  meant 
for  Patholm  and  Company,  and  their  ilk,  who  need  to  see 
themselves." 

And  in  the  bright-faced  couple  who  entered  the  Hallberg 
Cafg  it  would  have  been  difficult  to  recognize  the  occupants  of 
the  box  so  recently  vacated. 


Loisette. 


Chapter  6  Renominates  Mrs.  Lee  for  President. 

Phlladelphia,  March  27. — Preliminary  plans  for  what  is 
expected  to  be  the  most  successful  year  in  its  history  were  laid 
at  the  March  meeting  of  Chapter  6  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.  at 
the  College  of  Pharmacy.  Perhaps  the  most  interesting  item 
of  the  business  was  the  report  of  the  nominating  committee. 
This  report,  which  was  unanimously  adopted,  placed  the  fol- 
lowing  names  before  the  chapter  to  be  elected  at  the  April 
meeting :  President,  Mrs.  William  Estell  Lee ;  first  vice- 
'.  president.  Mrs.  N.  D.  Streeter ;  second  vice-president,  Mrs. 
Harry  G.  Comp ;  recording  secretary,  Mrs.  W.  T.  Burke ; 
corresponding  secretary,  Mrs.  Carl  W.  ShuU ;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
Josh  E.  Marsden. 

The  entire  harmony  of  the  membership  and  its  strength 
were  much  in  evidence  at  the  meeting.  It  was  announced 
that  the  treasury  was  in  excellent  condition  and  that  the 
membership  was  264.  Several  new  members  were  elected. 
Among  the  undertakings  before  the  entertainment  committee 
is  the  holding  of  a  dance  at  the  college  some  time  in  May. 
Delightful  features  were  vocal  solos  by  Miss  Helen  Voshage, 
accompanied  by  Miss  Amy  S.  Wells,  and  the  violin  solos  by 
Mr.  Alan  Lewry. 


"By  Joel  'Blanc. 

Business  was  so  dull  that 
the  poor,  down-trodden  drug- 
gist had  gone  out  for  a  four- 
hour  spin  in  his  six-cylinder 
car.  As  the  clerks  informed 
me  that  he  had  already  been 
gone  more  than  three  hours,  I 
waited,  hoping  that  his  chauf- 
feur might  give  me  a  joy-ride 
around  the  block.  While  I 
stood  close  lo  the  cage,  Lois- 
ette warbled  through  the  bars 
and  I  posed  to  listen.  I  al- 
ways do  listen  to  Loisette,  for 
wisdom  from  the  lips  of  oracles 
is  but  baby-talk  in  comparison 
with  the  wisdom  that  flows 
from  the  lips  of  lady  cashiers 
— and  from  the  bunch  of  puffs 
that  fill  her  bucket  hat  to  her  Cuban  heels  Loisette,  com- 
pared to  all  oilier  lady  cashiers  I  have  met,  is  silk  as  to 
gingham.  As  her  patronymic  is  McGurk,  it  ma.v  be  that  she 
changed  her  other  name  from  Liz  to  Loisette  when  she  became 
one   of  the  seven   original   peroxide   sisters. 

'"Take  the  number."  said  Loisette,  pointing  to  an  elderly 
lady  who  stood  at  one  of  the  counters.  "The  goods  in  that 
gown  cost  five  per  yard  at  least  and  it's  cut  on  the  bias ;  but 
because  she  isn't  a  doll-looker  and  has  hips,  that  fluffy  lip  of 
a  clerk  is  giving  her  the  goggle  glare  and  showing  her  two-bit 
hair  brushes.  Why,  I  can  tell  at  a  glance  that  she  inherited 
an  opera  box  and  has  credit  at  the  post-office. 

"I've  worked  at  me  profession  in  tonsorial  parlors,  picture 
shows,  restaurongs  and  merry-go-rounds,  and  I  never  seen 
such  a  lot  of  blindfolds  as  there  is  in  drug  stores.  Why,  if 
one  of  them  there  clerks  was  waiter  in  a  fine,  swell  feed  store 
he  couldn't  get  enough  tips  to  pay  for  washing  his  white 
fronts.  I  remember  one  night  when  a  little  bundle  of  fodder 
with  thistle-down  eye-brows  come  into  the  palm  room.  From 
his  drapery  .you  couldn't  tell  whether  he  was  a  divinity 
student  or  head  of  a  little  red  school  house,  but  when  the 
drum-major  got  him  set  to  one  of  Antoine's  tables,  that 
gargon  fairly  put  flowers  under  the  jaybird's  feet.  After  he 
had  eaten  about  glove  money  out  of  a  nine-dollar  order  of 
feeds  and  left  half  a  quart  of  bubbles  in  a  four-dollar  bottle, 
he  smiled  a  number  of  ten  yellow-back  into  Antoine's  palm. 
That  flossy  one  was  the  only  son  of  a  Texas  cattle  king  and 
he  was  chafed  under  the  pockets  from  the  bunches  of  engrav- 
ings what  he  had  in  his  clothes.  Of  course,  Antoine  had  the 
X-ray  eye  and  could  look  through  a  motor  coat  at  the  coat 
of  arms  tattooed  on  a  man's  back,  but  while  most  of  them 
ain't  in  Antoine's  class,  I  never  seen  a  waiter,  tonsorialist 
or  any  sort  of  tip  chaser  what  didn't  know  more  about  human 
nature  than  the  slickest  drug  sharp  what  ever  lived.  Perhaps 
they  need  the  tip  scheme  to  educate  them." 

Loisette  extracted  thirty-seven  cents  from  a  twenty-dollar 
bill  with  the  dexterity  of  a  magician  and  continued :  "Every 
man  in  this  store  has  a  different  standard  for  judging  people 
and  they  ain't  none  of  them  right.  The  kid  clerk  judges 
every  one  by  their  clothes.  The  second  clerk  is  only  decent  to 
them  what  is  meek  and  humble.  The  senior  clerk  ain't  got 
no  use  for  any  but  high-brows  and  the  boss  is  worst  of  the 
lot  because  he  will  kneel  on  a  doily  at  the  feet  of  any  one 
what  has  a  nickel  to  spend. 

"Now,  the  way  I  size  it  up  is  this — and  I've  measured  them 
all  from  the  near-silk  bluff  with  oysterless  pearls  in  her  wings 
to  the  little  meekly  with  a  petticoat  ruffle  of  bonds :  You 
never  don't  want  to  think  what  anybody  looks  like  when  the 
curtain  first  goes  up.  At  first  look  it's  almost  impossible  to 
tell  a  Friday  sale  directoire  and  paper  shoes  from  a  Fifth 
avenue  empire  and  twelve-dollar  suede  boots.  However,  after 
you  have  had  a  chance  to  see  whether  the  embroidery  is 
worked  on  or  woven  by  the  yard  you  can  put  down  either  a 
white  or  black  mark  for  clothes.  Next,  you  want  to  remember 
that  the  fact  ain't  no  Bradstreet  and  that  the  man  or  woman 
with  a  pink  cameo  visage  ain't  as  likely  to  have  money  as  them 
what    has    had    their   countenances    luished    into    humpy    brow 


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ridges  by  braiu  pressure  and  their  faces  generally  lumped  up 
by  emotions.  When  you  see  a  face  with  a  jaw  so  strong  that 
the  muscle  of  a  Marcel  waver  couldn't  make  it  wrinkle  and 
that  ain't  got  no  more  lines  around  the  eyes  than  there  is 
around  the  chin,  then  you  want  to  hold  your  breath  and  wait 
for  orders.  But  even  if  the  jaw  is  as  flat  as  a  straight-front 
corset,  if  the  eyes  look  like  sunbursts  on  account  of  the  many 
little  lines  that  twinkle  around  them,  then  you  have  a  cus- 
tomer that  can  be  persuaded,  if  you  handle  her  right. 

"Another  thing  in  which  you  druggists  ain't  basted  quite 
right  for  the  stitching,  is  this :  There  are  lots  of  people,  even 
some  good-lookers,  what  don't  want  to  be  taken  for  what  they 
look  like.  Now,  I  ain't  got  no  use  for  any  one  what  can't 
see  that  me  hair  is  a  different  color  at  the  roots  and  I  know 
that  Lady  Audrey's  Cream  don't  cover  all  me  freckles.  If  I 
had  to  get  a  position  on  me  looks  it  would  be  the  five-cent 
store  for  mine.  People  what  comes  into  a  store  for  a  buy 
should  fir-st  be  considered  by  what  they  ask  for  and  how  they 
ask  for  it  and  then  be  judged  as  to  whether  or  not  they  can  be 
persuaded  to  take  a  veil  with  the  hat.  And  you  can't  tell 
that  by  the  veil  she's  got  on,  neither ;  but  you  can  tell  it  by  the 
price  of  the  hat  she  buys  and  whether  or  not  she  asked  you 
to  change  the  trimming  to  make  it  a  dollar  less.  If  a  woman 
comes  in  here  for  a  free  sample  of  talcum  powder  the  quinces 
in  this  store  will  gush  all  over  her  if  she  has  a  gold  monogram 
on  her  wrist  bag  and  they  will  turn  up  their  noses  at  a  jolly 
old  fat  woman  who  buys  a  gross  of  nipples  to  present  to  the 
foundlings'  home. 

"Another  thing  that  all  hands  in  this  shop  falls  down  hard 
on  is  patience.  They  have  it  in  bundles  when  it  ain't  needed 
and  they  ain't  got  a  dime's  worth  of  it  in  their  music  rolls 
when  it  is  needed.  There's  a  seven-dollar-per-weeker  that  comes 
in  here  every  Saturday  night  at  the  rush  time  and  his  pur- 
chase is  never  more  nor  less  than  one  nickel  cigar.  He 
handles  all  there  is  in  the  box,  rolls  them  in  his  fingers,  smells 
them  and  takes  ten  minutes  to  dissipate  his  picayune,  and 
while  he  is  doing  it,  any  one  of  the  clerks  or  even  the  boss 
will  stand  and  smile  on  him  while  a  half  dozen  people  are 
waiting.  They  call  that  performance  'holding  trade.'  But 
if  a  bright,  snappy  woman  who  knows  what  she  wants  and 
proposes  to  have  it,  refuses  to  take  the  first  hot-water  bottle 
that  is  shown  to  her.  the  clerk  gets  snarly  and  tries  to  Aim 
flam  her. 

"As  I  had  reason  to  tell  one  of  me  gentlemen  friends  in 
explaining  why  I  stuck  me  hat  pin  through  his  arm,  "Famil- 
iarity breeds  contempt.'  The  sort  it  breeds  in  this  store  I 
ain't  never  seen  no  place  else.  There  is  people  what  comes 
in  here  almost  every  day,  who  has  been  coming  for  years  and 
buys  lots  of  the  best  goods.  When  one  of  that  sort  does,  the 
clerks  and  boss  treats  her  like  they  was  paying  her  alimony. 
They  growl  at  her.  never  show  her  nothing  new  and  act  just 
like  she  was  one  of  the  family.  But  if  some  one  comes  into 
the  neighborhood  because  it  is  cheaper  to  move  than  pay  rent 
and  ain't  got  nothing  but  a  little  easy  payment  furniture, 
every  one  in  the  store  will  two-step  around  her  and  offer  to 
deliver  a  cake  of  soap.  They  call  that  'Going  after  new  busi- 
ness.' But  say.  it's  the  people  what  pays  pew  rent  that  sup- 
ports the  church. 

"I  suppose  I  may  be  insulting  them  college  gents  by  com- 
paring them  with  waiters  and  barbers,  but  if  they  don't  earn 
no  more  than  waiters  or  barbers,  they  ain't  no  better  business 
men,  are  they?  You  can  study  books  all  your  life  and  you 
can  even  get  what  you  call  practical  experience,  but  if  you 
don't  study  human  nature  and  use  your  knowledge  of  folks, 
you  ain't  never  going  to  have  steak  a  la  Borderlaise  with 
mushrooms  .nnd  Nesselrode  pudding  for  lunch.'' 


Original  and  Selected 


UNIFORMITY  OF  "STANDARIZED"  TINCTURES,* 


Temple  University. 

Philadelphia.  March  27. — Final  examinations  in  the  senior 
and  junior  classes  in  the  department  of  pharmacy  commence 
May  1  and  both  students  and  faculty  are  busy  preparing  for 
them.  With  37  members,  the  seuior  class  this  year  will  be 
the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  department  at  Temple. 

— Dr.  John  R.  Minehart,  dean  of  the  department,  enter- 
tained the  senior  class  at  his  home  in  Germantown  recently. 
Music  and  readings  by  Mrs.  Minehart  were  delightful  features 
of  the  informal  entertainment  provided. 

— S.  A.  Decker  has  been  elected  president :  Edward  H.  New- 
ton, treasurer,  and  Otto  Tegge.  secretary  of  the  seuior  class. 
Committees  have  been  appointed  to  arrange  for  a  banquet  to 
follow  the  examinations. 


By  Charles  E.  Vanderkleed  and  L.  Henry  Bernegau. 

"Can  Uniform,  and  therefore  'Standardized'  Tinctures  he 
prepared  from  Assayed  Drugs,  without  assaying  the  Finished 
Products  f" 

The  above  question  is  not  merely  one  of  scientific  interest 
to  all  engaged  in  promoting  progress  in  professional  pharmacy, 
but  is  of  vital  importance  to  the  patient,  to  the  physician,  and 
to  the  pharmacist.  That  uniformity  of  medicinal  agents  is' 
necessary  to  the  scientific  practice  of  therapeutics,  no  one  will 
deny — but  aside  from  the  ethical  and  professional  considera- 
tion of  the  question  of  standardization,  the  question  is  of  much 
practical  importance  to  the  pharmacist,  not  only  because  of 
his  hearty  co-operation  in  placing  the  practice  of  pharmacy 
upon  a  scientific  and  professional  basis,  but  because  of  the 
necessity  of  upholding  the  various  State  and  National  laws 
which  now  compel  a  strict  adherance  to  the  standards  of  our 
Pharmaeopceia. 

Of  the  twenty  crude  vegetable  drugs  for  which  the  Pharma- 
copoeia gives  assay  processes,  eleven  appear  officially  in  the. 
form  of  tinctures,  and  in  each  case  the  assay  of  the  finished 
product  is  specified.  Thus  the  Pharmacopoeia  itself  has  already 
answered  our  question  in  the  negative,  since  in  each  of  these 
cases,  the  tincture  is  directed  to  be  prepared  from  an  assayed, 
drug,  and  it  is  obvious  that  the  Pharmacopoeial  Revision  Com- 
mittee would  not  direct  an  additional  assay  of  the  finished 
product,  thus  greatly  increasing  the  cost  of  the  preparation, 
if  it  were  not  deemed  a  necessity. 

It  would  appear,  therefore,  to  be  a  waste  of  time  to  argue 
this  question,  were  it  not  for  the  fact  that  many  pharmacists 
have  been  led  to  believe  in  the  safety  and  security  of  their 
position  in  purchasing  so-called  "assayed"  or  "standardized" 
drugs  and  preparing  tinctures  that  are  supposed  to  meet  with 
the  requirements  of  the  law,  without  reassaying  either  the 
drug  or  the  tincture.  The  object  of  the  authors  in  writing 
this  paper,  therefore,  is  to  point  out  the  fallacy  of  such  a  be- 
lief, and  to  save  from  possible  unpleasant  experiences  with 
those  who  are  expected  to  enforce  our  laws,  those  who  feel 
secure  in  their  ability  to  do  something  which  experience 
teaches  is  impracticable. 

Many  theoretical  reasons  for  variations  in  the  strength  of 
the  finished  products  made  from  different  lots  of  drugs  might 
be  given,  even  though  the  drugs  themselves  conformed,  at  the 
time  they  were  assayed,  to  the  standards  given.  Chief  among 
these  reasons  are  the  following : 

First. — The  drug  employed,  unless  very  recently  assayed, 
may  have  a  different  strength  from  that  given,  due  to  moisture 
variation,  deterioration,  or  other  cause. 

Second. — Faulty  manipulation  or  imperfect  percolation,  as 
well  as  differences  in  rate  of  flow,  and  in  temperature,  will 
cause  variation. 

Third. — The  given  assayed  strength  of  the  drug  may  have 
been  (and  probably  was)  determined  by  means  of  a  menstrnum 
such  as  ether,  chloroform  and  .ammonia  water,  yielding  af 
assay  figure  corresponding  to  the  total  alkaloidal  strength  of 
the  drug,  whereas  the  corresponding  tincture  is  made  with  an 
alcoholic  or  hydro-alcoholic  menstriuim  which  may  not  so 
completely  exhaust  the  drug  as  does  the  ether-chloroform 
mixture.  I 

Fourth. — Differences  in  cellular  structure,  and  in  fineness 
and  uniformity  of  the  powder,  may  yield  tinctures  of  differenli 
strengths  from  the  different  lots  of  the  same  drug,  which. 
when  assayed  by  means  of  an  ether-chloroform  mixture,  may 
have  assayed  exactly  alike. 

Naturally,  the  answer  to  the  first  of  these  four  reasonSij 
namely,  that  the  drug  may  have  a  different  strength  from  that 
given,  is  that  the  "assayed"  or  "standardized"  drug  employed] 
has  been  purchased  under  a  guarantee  of  its  strict  adherancti 
to  the  label.  Our  response  to  this  answer  is,  that  while  socb 
guarantee   would   be   ample   protection    to   the   pharmacist  in 


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:     selliug  the  drug  itself,  it  would  absolutely  cease  to  protect  him 
I     when  he  himself  converted  the  drug  into  a  tincture. 

The  answer  to  the  second  of  these  four  reasons  (namely. 
I  that  faulty  manipulation  or  imperfect  percolation  may  cause 
■  variation)  is.  that  the  skill  of  the  pharmacist  must  be  de- 
[  pended  upon  to  avoid  this  variation.  Our  response  to  this 
I  answer  is  that  a  study  of  the  results  of  assays  of  percolated 
I  products,  covering  many  years,  shows  that,  even  in  the  hands 
i  of  experts,  devoting  their  whole  time  to  the  process  of  perco- 
lation, different  lots  of  drugs,  which  themselves  assay  alike  or 
I  nearly  alike,  yield  products  which  vary  greatly  in  original 
'  strength  and  which  must  be  diluted  or  fortified  through  a  cou- 
I  siderable  range  in  order  that  the  finished  product  may  be 
!     brought  to  a  uniform  standard. 

The  natural  answer  to  the  third  of  the  four  reasons  given 
(camoly.  that  differences  in  the  exhausting  menstrua  em- 
ployed in  the  assay  of  the  drug  and  in  the  preparation  of  the 
tincture,  yield  differences  in  results)  is.  that  the  Pharma- 
copoeia is  supposed  to  take  this  into  consideration  in  formulat- 
ing directions  for  the  assay  and  for  the  preparation  of  the 
tincture.  Thus,  h.vosc.vamus.  which  must  yield  not  less  than 
0.08  per  cent  of  m.vdriatic  alkaloids  (by  means  of  the  chloro- 
form-ether assay),  is  supposed  to  yield  a  tincture  (made  with 
diluted  alcohol)  which  assays  0.007  Gm.  of  mydriatic  alka- 
loids in  100  Cc.  Our  response  to  this  answer  is  that  expe- 
rience on  a  large  scale  has  shown  that  this  official  allowance 
by  the  Pharmacopceia  does  not  always  work  out  accurately  in 
piactice,  the  variation  with  different  lots  of  drugs  sometimes 
being  more  and  sometimes  less  than  the  official  allowance. 
This  response  also  applies  to  any  possible  answer  to  the  fourth 
of  the  four  reasons  given  (namely,  that  differences  in  cellular 
structure,  and  in  the  fineness  and  vmiformity  of  the  powdered 
drug,  cause  variation  in  results).  With  regard  to  the  latter. 
while  it  is  true  that  the  Pharmacopoeia  specifies  the  fineness 
of  the  powder  to  be  employed,  the  microscope  readily  demon- 
strates that  one  No.  60  powder  may  differ  greatly  in  the 
amount  of  powdered  drug  finer  than  No.  60  contained  therein, 
from  another  lot  of  Xo.  60  drug. 

It  was  the  writers'  privilege  not  long  since  to  examine 
several  tinctures  made  by  pharmacists  (unknown  to  the 
writers  I  from  reputed  assayed  drugs  with  the  following  results  : 


U.S.P. 

Assayed,  Stand.. 

per  ct.     per  ct. 

I    Tinct.  aconite   0.0S34        0.045 

Tinct.    belladonna    ..0.0138        O.O.TO 
Tinct.  belladonna  ...0.0420        0.030 

Tinct.  eolcbicum 0.1420        0.040 

Tinct.  digitalis    0.0163 

Tinct.  nux  vomica. .  .0.0925        0.100 


Variation,   per  cent. 

85  overstrength. 

46  of  the   proper  strength. 

40  overstrength. 
250  overstrength. 

.35  below     adopted     stand- 
ard. 

92.5  of  the  proper  strength, 
nearly    correct. 

I  In  the  above  column  it  is  natural  that  the  tincture  of  nux 
vomica  should  not  have  varied  far  from  the  standard,  as  this 

I  is  supposed   to  be   made   from   the   standardized   solid   extract. 

I  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  almost  impossible  to  understand  how 
such  an  extreme  overstrength  could  be  reached  in  the  case  of 
tincture  of  colchicum.  uuless  some  mistake  had  been  made  in 
its  preparation.  It  is  possible,  however,  that  an  extremely 
strong  drug  made  into  tincture  according  to  the  U.S.P.  1890 
directions,  might  yield  a  preparation  assaying  as  high  as 
this  one. 

As  the  crude  "assayed"  drugs  from  which  the  above  tinctures 
were  made  were  not  submitted,  the  relationship  of  tincture 
strength  cannot  be  given.  Desiring  therefore  to  present  some 
data  along  this  line,  the  writers,  about  May  1.  1908.  pur- 
chased from  a  wholesale  house  in  Philadelphia,  two  samples  of 
powdered  aconite  root  in  pound  and  half-pound  packages. 
Portions  of  these  drugs  were  used  for  checking  the  assays,  and 
portions  were  employed  for  the  preparation  of  U.S.P.  tinc- 
tuTes,  which  were  made  from  them  in  small  amounts,  follow- 
ing accurately  the  proportions  and  directions  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia. The  following  tablet  summarized  the  results 
obtained  : 

Found 
Fineness  Declared       to        Assay  of    U.S.P. 
of  assay,     assay,     Tinct..    Stand., 

Drug.  powder,      per  ct.      per  ct.      per  ct.     per  ct. 

Aconite  root    (No.  1) No.  60  Do  0.S4  0.067  0.045 

Aconite   root    (No.  2) Very  fine  Not         0.43  0.043  0.045 

(About     given. 
No.  1201. 
Remarks : 
No.  1.  Tincture    obtained    was    50    per    cent    above    U.S.P. 


strength,  although  20  per  cent  below  strength  to  be  expected 
from  the  drug  assay.  Drug  itself  assayed  68  per  cent  higher 
than  stated  on  label.  Moreover,  although  purchased  May. 
1908.  the  directions  on  the  label  were  for  the  employment  of 
280  Gm.  drug  to  make  1000  Cc.  of  Tinct.,  U.S.P..  1890.  Had 
these  directions  been  followed,  a  tincture  assaying  at  least 
0.187  per  cent  would  have  been  obtained,  or  one  over  300  per 
ceut  above  present  U.S.P.  strength. 

Xo.  2.  Although  no  stated  assa.v  is  given  on  label,  this  drug 
is  stated  to  be  "prepared  from  selected  fresh  roof  and  direc- 
tions for  preparing  the  tincture  are  given  on  label  as  follows : 

"Powdered  aconite  root,  11  ozs. :  alcohol  sufficient  to  obtain 
2  pints." 

As  these  are  obviously  the  proportions  for  the  preparation 
of  the  old  1890  tincture  (although  a  diluted  alcohol  and  not 
all  alcohol  was  directed),  the  amounts  specified  in  the  present 
Pharmacopoeia  were  used.  The  extreme  fineness  of  the  pow- 
der, which  made  percolation  extremely  difficult  and  slow,  ap- 
parently caused  the  assay  of  the  tincture  to  measure  up  to  the 
assay  of  the  drug.  This  tincture  happened  to  come  out 
strictly  U.S.P. 

Conclusion  : 

These  results  show  that  great  variations  in  strength  of 
finished  preparations  as  compared  with  the  crude  drug  assays, 
are  often  obtained,  and  that  it  is  not  safe  to  accept  without 
verification,  the  reputed  "assayed"  strengths  of  crude  drugs 
as  stated  on  labels.  It  follows,  therefore,  that  uniform  and 
standardized  tinctures  canuot  safely  be  prepared  from  the 
"assayed"  drugs  on  the  market,  without  nssayins  and  stand- 
ardizing the  finished  products. 


THE  MAN  OF  THE  MOKTAR. 


By  J.  P.  Brashear,  Poet  Laureate  of  the  Tarrant  County 
(Texas)   Retail  Dniggists'  Association. 
The  poets  have  sung  of  the  warriors  of  old. 
And  many  and  thrilling  the  stories  they've  told  : 
But  my  feeble  voice  is  a-tune  all  the  while. 
To  the  man  of  the  mortar,  the  pestle  and  tile. 

His  watchwoi'd  is  caution — to  duty  he's   tied. 
And  many  the  times  that  his  patients  are  tried  ; 
But  he  picks  up  his  courage,  renewing  the  task. 
Of  answering  questions  the  people  may  ask. 
And  while  serving  their  wants,  is  forgetting  his  own. 
In  lending  his  talents,  his  time  and  his  phone. 

?,ow  he  turns  to  dispose  of  some  beggars  or  tramps. 
And  to  serve  the  dear  people  with  much-needed  stamps ; 
For  his  place  is  wide  open  while  others  are  closed. 
And  many  the  tasks  that  are  on  him  imposed. 

He's  a  man  full  of  wisdom,  as  all  people  know. 

Else  when  you  want  knowledge,  where  else  would  you  go? 

He's  the  most  indispensable  man  that  I  know. 

Not  even  excepting  the  "man  with  the  hoe." 


Silver  Anniversary  of  Class   of   1884. 

St.  Louis,  March  27.— The  St.  L.  C.P.  Class  of  1884  held 
the  first  annual  banquet  for  the  members  of  the  class  March 
12  at  Anscheutz  Hall,  that  being  the  silver  anniverdary  of 
the  graduation  exercises.  This  is  the  second  St.  Louis  class 
to  organize,  the  Class  of  '7.5  having  been  organized  for  a 
number  of  years.  Dr.  H.  Muetz  was  toastmaster  and  each 
member  of  the  class  told  something  of  the  days  since  he  was 
a  student  and  reminders  of  the  college  days  were  suggested 
in  the  talks  of  Profs.  O.  A.  Wall,  J.  M.  Good  and  Francis 
Hemm.  the  guests  of  honor. 

The  out-of-town  guests  were  Henry  Barth.  of  Lincoln, 
Neb. :  W.  H.  Fogas.  Mount  Vernon,  III. :  Charles  Meyer,  St. 
Charles.  Mo.  Greetings  were  received  from  Schuh.  Cairo, 
111. ;  A.  Gordron.  Palestine.  Colo. ;  H.  C.  Smiley.  Hot  Springs, 
Ark. ;  William  C.  Kempinsky.  Spokane.  Wash. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  :  George  C.  Berg,  presi- 
dent ;  Charles  Meyer,  first  vice-president ;  Otto  Ude,  second 
vice-president ;  Charles  Bierman,  treasurer ;  Oscar  Bausch, 
of  Meyer  Brothers  Drug  Company,  secretary.  An  effort  will 
be  made  to  have  at  least  a  greeting  to  be  read  from  every 
member  of  the  class  at  the  next  reunion,  if  the  actual  presence 
cannot  be  secured. 


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Publicity  and  Promotion. 

Circular  Letters. 

The  art  of  letter  writing,  whether  the  letter  be  intended  for 
one  or  many,  has  undergone  great  changes  within  a  few  years. 
Ten  years  ago  "a  good  letter"  for  use  in  the  business  world, 
or  even  in  social  correspondence,  was  stiffly  grammatical  and 
abounded  in  the  greatest  number  of  formal  or  set  phrases. 
The  art  of  letter  writing  was  a  Puritanical  art.  rigid  and 
precise.  Not  until  the  dawn  of  the  decade  commencing  with 
the  year  1S90  did  art  in  correspondence  begin  to  take  form, 
a  natural,  conversational  letter  previous  to  that  date  being 
generally  considered  as  affectedly  exaggerated.  We  looked 
for  the  elasticity,  the  resiliency  of  natural  expression  in  printed 
dialect,  but  in  correspondence  the  same  naturalness  of  pre- 
served expression  was  considered  vulgar. 

Present  oral  expressions  tend  to  show  the  evolution  of  what 
may  be  termed  an  American  language.  So  many  individuals 
are  bound  by  rule  and  rote  that  they  would  still  have  every 
used  expression  grown  carefully  from  a  Chaucerian  root,  for- 
getting that  the  purpose  of  language  is  to  express  present 
thought  and  not  to  embalm  dead  classics.  A  far  greater  num- 
ber appear  to  believe  that  a  given  thought  should  be  orally 
expressed  in  the  free,  vigorous  style  which  best  conve.vs  and 
defines  meaning,  and  yet  they  would  have  an  expression  of  the 
same  thought  through  the  art  inscriptive  or  the  art  preserva- 
tive stilted  and  almost  geometrically  precise.  This  is  illus- 
trated in  the  action  of 
the  man  who  has  oral- 
ly addressed  an  inti- 
mate for  years  a^! 
"Bob."  "Old  boy,"  ".Mv 
dear  fellow,"  or  in 
other  terms  equally  af- 
fectionate, but  who  in 
a  letter,  invariably 
addresses  his  friend  as 
"Dear  Sir,"  couching 
the  body  of  the  letter 
as  though  the  writer 
and  prospective  recip- 
ient had  never  come 
within  a  thousand 
miles  of  each  other, 
and  concluding  the 
same  with  "Tours 
truly.  Jonathan  Henr\  Smith  In  a  lesser  degree  the  same 
criticisms  may  be  applied  to  form  or  circular  letters.  The 
difference  between  an  advertising  adept  and  a  tyro  is  that  the 
adept  writes  as  most  people  talk  and  the  tyro  writes  as  no  one 
ever  talked. 

Two  Examples. 

Here  is  a  copy  of  a  fluent,  smooth  and  yet  penetrating  and 
convincing  circular  letter.  The  original  is  printed  in  two 
colors,  red  and  blue,  on  a  nine  by  twelve  inch  sheet  of  heavy, 
soft,  white  paper,  the  stock  being  not  unlike  a  drawing  paper. 
On  this  stock  the  tint  of  the  dark  blue  letters  sets  deep  and 
soft,  while  the  light  line  ornamentation  in  dark  red  seems 
almost  to  stand  in  relief.     The  letter  reads : 

"In  issuing  this  our  second  circular  letter  we  cannot  refrain 
from  expressing  our  thanks  to  the  many  kind  friends  who  have 
during  the  first  month  of  our  Kew  Tear  and  of  our  new  firm 
of  Perry  &  Son,  encouraged  us.  first,  by  word  of  mouth,  second, 
by  commendatory  letters,  and  last,  'The  best  of  all  the  game,' 
by  unusually  frequent  and  liberal  orders. 

"In  our  printing  about  this  store  we  have  tried  to  steer  clear 
of  the  use  of  big.  black  type  and  staring  headlines.  There  are 
so  many  good  things  in  and  about  the  store  that  if  we  under- 
took to  put  their  merits  in  big-faced  type  we  could  not  find 
room  to  say  this  February  word  for  our  Prescription  Depart- 
ment, which  we  have  got  in  the  finest  sort  of  shape.  Today  we 
can — we  trust  with  becoming  modesty — refer  you  to  its  equip- 
ment as  evidence  of  what  has  come  to  pass,  in  the  line  of 
changes  and  improvements  wrought  by  this  drug  store  of  ours. 
Aside  from  the  now  known  quality  of  our  drug  stock,  we 
make  it  a  special  point  to  deliver  prescriptions  anywhere  in  the 
21st  Ward.  Let  your  doctor  phone  us  your  hurry-up  orders 
and  we'll  do  the  rest.  We  say  this  about  the  prescription  de- 
partment just  to  picture  the  general  service  of  the  store. 


"If  you  should  be  the  least  bit  interested  in  Valentines,  we 
wish  you'd  come  in  and  see  the  splendid  offering  we  have 
provided  for  1909.  Some  great  beauties  we've  got ;  all  the  way 
from  a  post  card  to  the  handsomest  thing  in  book  form. 

"In  the  conduct  of  a  Drug  Store,  like  any  other  kind  of 
store,  the  question  of  price  is  always  an  important  one — to 
both  of  us.  A  whole  lot  of  us  dispose  of  this  question  by 
simply  making  the  statement :  'Our  prices  are  the  lowest.' 
It's  rather  an  unpleasant  subject  to  tackle,  but,  quality  con- 
sidered, we  believe  that  our  prices  will  talk  for  Perry's 
Pharmacy  against  equal  service  in  all  Philadelphia,  Good 
Service  means  a  great  deal — WITH  US — careful  attention, 
promptness,  helpfulness — even  down  to  the  bit  of  a  Valentine," 

At  the  top  of  the  letter  the  name  of  the  puarmacy  and  its 
location  and  the  names  of  the  firm  and  its  members  are 
enclosed  in  light  line,  double  rule  boxes  and  between  the  two 
boxes  is  a  light  line  scroll  ornament.  These  are  in  red,  as  are 
also  three  trefoil  ornaments  between  each  two  paragraphs. 
The  signature  ot  the  firm  closes  the  letter. 

Many  a  critic  would  raise  his  hands  in  holy  horror  at  the 
"we've  got,"  "you'd."  and  other  contractions,  words  and  uses 
of  capitals ;  but  give  such  a  critic  a  chance  and  he  would 
probably  turn  out  a  letter  printed  on  cheap  paper  at  the  top 
of  which  he  would  very  likely  have  a  letter-head  taking  up  a 
quarter  of  the  sheet.  Amidst  a  jumble  of  impossible  clouds 
and  improbable  cog-wheels  and  dear  little  birds  without  legs 
he  would  announce  himself  as  a  "wholesale  druggist."  when 
he  is  not  even  a  big  retailer.  The  heading  would  probably 
also  impart  the  startling  information  that  he  dealt  in  pure 
drugs,  stationery,  cigars  and  tobacco  (and  never  had  a  plug 
or  sack  of  tobacco  in  the  store)  and  also  compounded  prescrip- 
tions. Below  this  heading  he  would  have  the  printing  in  what 
he  considered  a  clever  imitation  of  typewriting,  a  type  im- 
pression which  looks  more  like  Sanscrit  than  typescript.  He 
would  use  the  first  line  of  the  limited  space  remaining  for 
"Dear  Sir,"  and  mail  all  the  letters  to  women.  Then  he 
would  go  on  thus : 

"We  respectfully  beg  to  announce  that  we  are  exceedingly 
grateful  for  the  liberal  patronage  that  has  been  bestowed  upon 
us  since  the  organization  of  this  firm  as  at  present  constituted. 

"We  have  the  most  complete  and  diversified  stock  of  any 
drug  store  in  the  city.  Prescriptions  carefully  compounded. 
Our  prescription  department  is  without  a  peer  and  is  in  charge 
of  skilled  graduates  who  compound  prescriptions  carefully  and 
have  their  diplomas  hung  on  the  wall.  We  handle  pure  drugs 
and  chemicals  only  and  guarantee  that  your  prescriptions  will 
be  carefully  compounded. 

"Our  stock  of  valentines  is  without  a  peer.  We  have  valen- 
tines at  all  prices  from  one  cent  up.  Our  valentines  are  very 
beautiful.  We  also  have  comic  valentines.  If  you  desire  to 
purchase  any  valentines  be  sure  to  inspect  our  valentines 
before  going  elsewhere  for  valentines. 

"Our  prices  are  the  lowest.  We  defy  competition.  We  will 
not  be  undersold.     Patent  medicines  at  less  than  cost." 

After  having  used  all  the  room  that  remained  below  his 
circus-poster  letter-head  our  ethical  grammarian  with  the 
multiplication-table  mind,  would  send  this  stuff  to  his  printer 
and  soon  again  be  yowling  "Advertising  does  not  pay !" 

An  entire  number  of  a  magazine  might  be  filled  with  model 
circular  letters  and  yet  be  of  no  more  help  to  our  readers  than 
by  the  presentation  of  the  above  contrasts.  The  make-up  of 
the  suppositious  second  letter  is  by  no  means  a  figment  of  the 
writer's  imagination.  It  is  a  composite  of  sentences  of  letters 
which  he  has  in  his  possession. 

If  druggists  would  write  as  they  talk — they  could  if  they 
would — even  repeating  some  of  the  grammatical  errors  and 
slang  Americanisms  of  their  speech,  their  advertisements  would 
"talk"  and  talk  convincingly. 

Be  natural  I  No  man  naturally  is  an  animated  Green's 
Grammar,  Webster's  Dictionary  and  Wright's  Rhetoric  in  one. 
Put  yourself  in  your  advertisements.  Green  and  Webster  and 
Wright  are  dead  and  a  mixture  of  their  mummies  always 
produces  just  such  a  jumble  as  the  second  of  the  letters  shown 
above. 


Her  Preference. 

"Well,  Maggie,  you  have  been  married  a  year.     How  do  yoii 
like  your  husband?" 
"Sober,   mum." 


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wmOOW  DISPLAYS  OF  VALUE  AS  A  MEANS  OF  EXPLOITING  MAGAZINES  AS  DRUG  STORE  SIDE  LINE. 

Attemiou  has  often  been  called  in 
the  Eka  to  the  value  of  magazines  and 
other  periodicals  as  side  lines  in  phar- 
macies, for  they  serve  the  double  pur- 
pose of  acting  as  a  magnet  to  draw 
new  patrons  to  the  store  while  at  tlir 
same  time  yielding  handsome  profiis 
on  their  own  account.  Xor  should  ii 
be  forgotten  that  they  afford  an  excel- 
lent means  of  relieving  the  monotony 
for  patrons  who  may  have  to  wait 
while  prescriptions  are  being  com- 
pounded. In  the  latter  instance  time 
passes  faster  and  the  dispenser  is  not 
under  suspicion  of  being  slow  iu  his 
work,  while  often  the  magazine  so  in- 
terests the  reader  that  its  purchase  is 
made  as  a  result  of  partial  perusal. 

One  of  the  druggists  who  is  a  firm 
believer  in  the  magazine  side  line  is 
D.  V.  Quigley.  manager  of  the  phar- 
macy of  Robert  W.  Terbell,  at  Painted 
Post,  N.  T.  Mr.  Quigley  has  fouml 
the  line  so  profitable  that  he  frequently 
makes  attractive  displays  of  the  maga- 
zines and  has  found  that  trade  has 
benefited  greatly  as  a  result.  This  is 
what  he  says  regarding  one  of  his  dis 
plays,  which  is  illustrated  herewith  : 

"/  consi(]rr  magazines  and  iietfs/xi- 
peri  first  class  both  as  a  side  li>i»  ami 
as  trade-getters.  I  have  fifty  customer.'' 
who  are  subscribers  for  one  Netr  Yorl: 
paper  which  brings  fifty  people  to  my 
store  each  day  (a.s  I  do  not  deliicr 
one)  and  fully  60  per  cent  purchase 
something  else.  I  find  magazines  first 
clots  also.  My  windoic  displays  in- 
crease their  circulation  200,  300  am! 
as  high  as  500  per  cent  and  that  is 
going  some.    I  thoroughly  believe  that 

no  other  side   line   can   equal   the  magazine  for  profit   or   a.s- 
advertising  for  your  drug  store. 

"I  enclose  the  only  picture  I  have  of  my  Good  Housekeeping 
magazine  contest  window  and  it  is  not  a  very  good  illustration. 
The  main  features  were  my  son  Harry  in  center  with  a  copy 
of  the  periodical  in  his  hand,  and  a  large  English  walnut 
suspended  in  the  center  window  over  which  a  sign  reads ; 
'Good  Housekeeping  all  in  a  Nutshell.'  I  take  great  pleasure 
in  arranging  my  windows  and  it  certainly  pays.  You  can  use 
any  part  of  this  letter  as  you  may  see  fit  and  I  trust  that  the 
retail  druggists  will  receive  much  benefit  from  your  assistaue" 
in  opening  the  eyes  of  those  who  do  not  know  the  value  of 
magazines  as  a  side  line  in  a  drug  store." 


QUESTION     BOX 


Graduates  of  Southern  School  of  Pharmacy. 
Atlanta.  Ga..  March  27. — Thomas  H.  Jeffries,  Grand 
Master  of  Masons  and  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the 
Southern  School  of  Pharmacy,  delivered  the  principal  address 
at  the  recent  graduating  exercises  of  the  latter  institution. 
Following  is  a  list,  of  the  graduates :  H.  K.  Bailev.  Alabama  : 
G.  M.  Bird,  Georgia:  S.  M.  Boynton,  Georgia:  E.  F.  Cox. 
Georgia:  R.  E.  Darnell.  Georgia;  G.  D.  EIrod.  Georgia: 
W.  W.  Fisher.  Tennessee :  K.  E.  Foster.  Georgia ;  T.  A.  Han- 
cock, Florida  :  H.  .Johnson.  Georgia  ;  E.  T.  Lassetter.  Georgia  ; 
G.  C.  Miller,  Florida  :  D.  V.  Stanley,  Arkansas :  Miss  Beatrice 
i  Tyler,  Georgia  :  B.  H.  Wagnon.  Georgia  :  A.  X.  Wood,  Georgia. 


Druggists  and  Postage  Stamps. 
It  is  rather  queer  that  the  entire  population  of  the  United 
States  of  America  expects  the  druggists  to  sell  postage 
stamiis.  It  is  not  a  fair  proposition  and  the  postal  authorities 
should  not  tolerate  it.  It  is  not  only  a  nuisance,  but  a  loss 
of  time  and  money  to  the  druggist.  It  would  be  easy  for  any 
one  to  buy  a  book  of  stamps  for  25  cents  at  a  substation  and 
have  stamps  on  hand,  instead  of  buying  one  at  a  time  from 
one  to  five  times  a  day  at  the  drug  store. — W.  J.  B..  in  Chiiarn 
Vewj. 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  (uniish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  difBculties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  AXOXrAIOfS  COMMUNICATIONS 
RECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

Iu  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  Issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Iodized  Oil. 

(P.  C. ) — "I  have  had  a  good  deal  of  trouble  compounding 
the  following  prescription.  I  wish  to  ask  your  assistance 
through  the  Question  Box : 

R. — lodum    gr.  xxx. 

Lanum  anhydrous    3  .jv. 

Oleum  goss.vpii,  q.  s ,5  vj. 

Aetheris  sulphuris    .3  jss. 

Misc.  ft.  oleum. 

'"I  have  trouble  in  keeping  the  iodine  in  the  mixture.  It 
turns  white  and  should  be  of  a  brown  color." 

However  compounded  this  mixture  (a  modified  form  of 
"iodized  oil")  will  eventually  become  decolorized  when  ex- 
posed to  the  action  of  light.  The  customary  procedure  is  to 
dissolve  the  iodine  in  the  ether  before  mixing  it  with  the 
anhydrous  lanoline  and  cotton-seed  oil.  The  mixture  is  then 
heated  on  a  water  bath  to  drive  off  the  ether  and  decolorize  it. 
This  process  has  been  objected  to  by  Hugounenq  (see  U.S. 
Dispensatory.  lOtli  edition)  on  the  ground  that  if  the  oil  be 
completely  deprived  of  the  odor  of  the  ether,  the  heatiug  must 


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be  continued  for  several  hours,  which  tends  to  render  I  he 
oil  quickly  rancid.  His  plan  is  to  rub  up  the  iodine  for  five 
or  six  minutes  in  a  porcelain  mortar,  with  a  small  portion  of 
the  oil,  and  gradually  add  the  remainder.  In  this  way  a  limpid 
red  liquor  is  obtained,  which  may  be  completely  decolorized  by 
exposure  to  the  sun's  rays,  the  resulting  product  not  being  any 
more  liable  to  become  rancid,  it  is  claimed,  than  the  pure  oil 
and  it  is  free  from  hydriodic  acid. 


Tasteless  Castor  Oil. 

(A.  E.,  Dr.  G.  A.  M.) — Formulas  for  this  preparation  have 
been  frequently  published  in  the  Eea.     Here  are  two  of  them : 
(1) 

Oil  of  anise 4  minims. 

Saccharin    1  grain. 

Alcohol,  90  per  cent 1  dram. 

Dissolve  and  add 

Castor  oil    4  ounces. 

(2) 

Pure  castor  oil   1  pint. 

Cologne  spirit   3  fl.  ounces. 

Oil  of  wintergreen   40  minims. 

Oil  of  sassafras   20  minims. 

Oil  of  anise   15  minims. 

Saccharin    5  grains. 

Hot  water,  a  sufficient  quantity. 
Place  the  castor  oil  in  a  gallon  bottle.  Add  a  pint  of  hot 
water  and  shake  vigorously  for  about  15  minutes.  Then  pour 
the  mixture  into  a  vessel  with  a  stop-cock  in  its  base,  and 
allow  the  mixture  to  stand  for  12  hours.  Draw  off  the  oil 
except  the  last  portion,  which  must  be  rejected.  Dissolve  the 
oils  and  the  saccharin  in  the  cologne  spirit  and  add  to  the 
washed  castor  oil.  The  alcohol  reduces  the  densit.v  of  the  oil 
and  the  washing  partly  removes  the  acrid  principles.  The 
sweetening  and  flavor  are  said  to  make  the  oil  comparatively 
palatable  for  children. 

Mosquito  Lotion. 

(A.  E.) — Under  the  above  title  "Pharmaceutical  Formulas" 
gives  these  formulas : 

(1) 

Insect  powder 1      ounce. 

Acetic  ether   14  ounce. 

Rectified  spirit   4      ounces. 

Macerate  three  days,  filter  and  add, 

Oil  of  lavender 15      minims. 

Rectified  spirit   to 5      ounces. 

(2) 

Formalin    15  ounces. 

Xylol   5  ounces. 

Acetone    4  ounces, 

Canada  balsam 1  ounce. 

Perfume,  a  sufficiency. 
Shake  the  bottle  and  apply  a  little  of  the  lotion  to  the  mos- 
quito bite  by  means  of  a  small  piece  of  cotton-wool. 


Stick  Cement, 

(O.  R. ) — There  are  numerous  formulas  for  cement  in  sticks, 
but  it  is  not  usually  customary  to  incorporate  a  lead  salt  as 
one  of  the  ingredients.  Of  the  formulas  we  have  at  hand  for 
making  a  cement  to  be  molded  into  sticks  the  following  are 
selected  : 

(1) 

White  glue  V2  pound. 

White  sugar   i/4  pound. 

Water   1      pint. 

Soak  the  glue  in  half  a  pint  of  water  for  24  hours,  then 
melt  on  a  water-bath,  adding  the  remaining  half-pint  and  the 
sugar.  Make  a  paper  mold  by  wrapping  stiff  paper  around 
a  rod  of  the  desired  size  and  pasting  the  edges.  Fit  a  plug 
into  one  end  of  this  mold  and  pour  in  the  glue  mixture.  When 
cold  cut  into  sticks  three  or  four  inches  long.  In  use,  the  end 
of  the  stick  is  melted  in  a  flame  and  rubbed  over  the  edges  to 
be  united,  these  being  pressed  firmly  together.  The  cement 
may  be  made  harder  or  softer  by  the  use  of  more  or  less  glue. 
This  resists  the  action  of  cold  water  for  a  considerable  time. 
(2) 

Orange  shellac %  pound. 

Gutta  percha  ^  pound. 

Melt  together  on  a  sand  bath  and  form  into  sticks.     These 


may  be  made  in  the  same  manner  as  directed  for  No.  1  and 
the  directions  for  use  are  also  the  same. 
(3) 
Isinglass  and  parchment  glue,  of  each  one  ounce ;  sugar  i 
candy  and  gum  tragacanth,  of  each  two  drams ;  add  to  them  J 
one  ounce  of  water ;  boil  the  whole  until  the  mixture  appears, . 
when  cold,  of  the  consistency  of  glue.  Then  form  into  small 
rolls  for  use. 


Ice  Cream  Powder, 

(W.  F.  D. ) — Powdered  gelatin,  either  alone  or  in  combina- 
tion with  glucose  or  cornstarch,  is  usually  employed  for  giving  1 
"body"  to  ice  cream.  A  formula  which  has  been  published 
under  the  above  title  is : 

Powdered  sugar   3%  pounds. 

Arrowroot    1      pound. 

Corn  flour   14      ounces. 

Mix  well.  Use  four  ounces  of  the  powder  with  every  pint 
of  milk,  making  a  paste  of  the  powder  and  a  little  of  the  milk, 
boiling  the  remaining  milk,  mixing  the  two  and  freezing  in 
the  usual  wa.y. 

In  some  of  the  States  the  food  laws  require  the  use  of  such 
substances  to  be  stated  on  the  ice  cream  so  made. 


Massage  Cream. 

(E.  E.) — Formulas  for  massage  cream  were  published  in 
the  EBjV  of  October  22  and  November  17,  190S,  pages  524  and 
760,  respectively.  We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the  pro-' 
prietary  articles. 

Kazor  Paste. 

(G.  P.  S.)— Trv  one  of  the  following:  ' 

(1) 

Finest  emery  powder   1      ounce. 

Spermaceti  ointment   1%  ounces. 

Olive  oil   %  ounce. 

Melt  the  ointment  and  stir  in  the  emery  powder.     This  is 
said  to  be  an  excellent  paste  for  putting  on  strops  and  keeping 
the  razor  sharp.     It  is  put  up  in  small  collapsible  tubes. 
(2) 

Black  lead    2      ounces.       ' 

Mutton  suet    3      ounces. 

Oil  of  bitter  almonds  2      minims. 

(3) 

Levigated  rouge   (ferric  oxide) 2      ounces. 

Putty  powder   %  ounce. 

Mutton   suet    3      ounces. 

Oil  of  peppermint   2      minims. 


Castile  Soap. 

(C.  B.  C.) — "I  have  two  gallons  of  olive  oil  which  has  be- 
come rancid.  Will  you  please  publish  a  receipt  in  the  Er4 
for  making  castile  soap  with  this  oil?" 

The  wisdom  of  attempting  to  make  an  olive  oil  soap  from  a 
rancid  oil  is  not  apparent.  However,  here  is  a  formula  froc 
an  English  source : 

Olive  oil    100  parts. 

Soda  lye,  sp.  gr.  1.33 50  parts. 

Alcohol  (90  per  cent )   30  parts. 

Heat  on  a  steam  bath  until  saponification  is  complete;  add 
300  parts  of  hot  distilled  water,  dissolve,  and  salt  out  bji 
adding  a  filtered  solution  of  sodium  chloride,  25 ;  sodium  car 
bonate,  5,  and  water,  80  parts. 


Thymophen. 

(W.  A.  S.) — According  to  Coblentz  ("Newer  Remedies,' 
4th  edition),  "thymophen"  is  an  anodyne  and  antiseptic 
liniment  manufactured  by  the  Sicco  Institute,  Berlin,  Ger 
many.    We  cannot  give  the  formula. 


Improved  Dover's  Powder. 

Albert  Early,  Carlisle,  Pa.,  sends  the  Eba  the  following: 
formula  which  he  believes  to  be  an  improvement  over  the' 
regular  formula  for  Dover's  powder  (power  of  ipecac  anc 
opium)  : 

Powdered  opium    1  grain. 

Powdered  ipecac    1  grain. 

Powdered  potassium  bromide   S  grains. 

He  says  that  physicians  who  have  used  the  powder  s( 
made  claim  that  the  potassium  bromide  is  superior  to  the  ok 
sulphate  or  the  sugar  of  milk  used  at  the  present  time. 


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— Feed  Ragatz,  of  Dubuque,  has  accepted  a  position  in  the 
pharmacy  of  Rolling  &  Kranz,  Bellevue,  Iowa. 

— WiixiAM  GiDDiXGS.  of  Ogden.  Utah,  has  returned  home 
from  a  two  months"  tour  of  southern  California. 

— Edgae  Caswell,  of  Gorham,  Me.,  was  a  recent  visitor  at 
Haverhill.  Mass.,  where  he  was  the  guest  of  James  Howard. 

— Pbof.  H.  H.  Rcsbt.  of  New  York,  was  the  guest  of  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  L.  F.  Kebler  at  their  Washington  home  on  March  26. 

— Feed  J.  Cabteb.  of  the  managing  force  of  Meyer  Brothers' 
Laboratory.  St.  Louis,  has  returned  from  a  trip  to  San 
Antonio. 

—Joseph  Le  Feitb,  of  Milwaulsee,  is  now  employed  as  pre- 
scription clerk  at  the  McDonald-Strassburger  Pharmacy,  at 
Green  Bay.  Wis. 

— Febnald  K.  Miles,  of  the  Dr.  Miles  Medicine  Company, 
of  Elkhart.  Ind..  was  a  visitor  in  New  York  drug  circles  for 
a  few  days  last  week. 

• — B.  C.  Habtz,  president  of  Hartz  &  Bahnsen  Co.,  of  Rock 
Island,  111.,  visited  friends  in  the  New  York  City  wholesale 
drug  trade  last  week. 

— C.  E.  WiXEGAB.  of  Babylon,  L.  I.,  has  launched  out  for 
himself,  having  purchased  the  store  of  Arthur  G.  Howell,  at 
Rockville  Center,  X.  Y. 

— SAMfEL  L.  Hilton,  Washington,  D.  C,  is  being  con- 
gratulated upon  the  rapid  recovery  of  his  wife,  who  has  been 
suffering  from  pneumonia. 

— Waed  H.  Lee,  recently  head  prescription  clerk  for  Wolff- 
Wilson  Drug  Company,  St.  Louis,  has  opened  a  store  at  2748 
Franklin  avenue,  St.  Louis. 

— John  A'an  Dale,  of  the  Pfeiffer  Chemical  force  of  city 
salesmen.  St.  Louis,  has  opened  a  store  in  the  St.  Charles  Rock 
road,  four  miles  from  St.  Louis. 

— C.  A.  VoGT,  of  12th  street  and  St.  Louis  avenue,  St.  Louis, 
has  sold  his  store  to  W.  J.  Wiese  and  will  move  to  Daven- 
port, Iowa,  to  go  into  business. 

— Raymond  Leeb.  of  Reading,  Pa.,  has  retired  from  business 
on  account  of  ill-health  and  taken  possession  of  a  farm  near 
Friedensburg.  where  he  will  recuperate. 

— William  G.  Cook,  traveling  for  the  New  York  Quinine 
&  Chemical  Works,  is  back  in  New  York  for  a  few  days,  after 
accomplishing  an  extensive  Western  trip. 

— G.  W.  Fechteb,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  was  severely  injured 
recently  by  being  thrown  from  a  buggy  when  a  horse  that  he 
was  driving  became  frightened  and  ran  away. 

— F.  C.  Hebeington,  president  and  treasurer  of  the  Bur- 
lington Drug  Company,  Burlington,  Vt„  was  a  caller  in  the 
wholesale  drug  trade  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— Max  Samson,  a  prominent  New  Orleans  druggist,  has 
been  appointed  by  Governor  Sanders  as  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Administrators  of  the  Louisiana  State  Insane  Asylum. 

— F.  G.  Tanck.  of  Delavau,  Wis.,  and  E.  E.  Grebel,  of 
Beaver  Dam,  Wis.,  were  among  the  druggist  visitors  at  the 
establishment  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  last  week. 

— Geobge  M.  Sibeet.  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  druggists 
of  Sumter,  S.  C,  has  resigned  his  position  in  China's  Drug 
Store  to  become  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  Baltimore  drug 
house. 

— HlGO  ViTS.  of  Manitowoc.  Wis.,  has  been  appointed 
purchasing  agent  for  the  Aluminum  Goods  Manufacturing 
Company,  recently  organized  to  include  all  of  the  leading 
aluminum  plants  of  the  country. 

— Hakby  a.  DocKtJii,  of  Wichita,  Kan.,  is  not  a  believer 
in  omens  of  ill-luck,  but  on  the  contrary  expects  to  have  all 
kinds  of  good  fortune  in  his  new  home  in  North  Lawrence 
avenue,  the  number  of  which  is  1313. 

— Edwin  Mlth,  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  Baltimore,  is  mourn- 
ing the  loss  of  his  mother-in-law,  Mrs.  Anna  Mary  Despeaux, 
who  passed  away  March  19  after  a  short  illness  at  her 
daughter's  home.  1S09  North  Broadway. 

— A.  A.  Mack,  the  new  registered  pharmacist  at  Crane's 
drug  store,  Portland,  Mich.,  is  a  graduate  of  the  Ontario  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  and  has  been  13  years  in  the  business.  He 
was  formerly  manager  of  a  drug  store  in  Richland. 

— R.  E.  Lee  Williamson  has  retired  from  Williamson 
&  Watts,  a  Baltimore  corporation  which  conducts  three  drug 


stores  in  the  Monumental  City,  and  has  taken  an  office  in  the 
Builders"  Exchange  Building  in  East  Fayette  street. 

— C'HAiiLEs  S.  I\-ES,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  has  sold  his  drug 
store  at  450  Hawley  avenue,  to  his  clerk,  Charles  F.  HoUey, 
and  will  locate  on  a  farm  in  Herkimer  County.  Mr.  Ives  re- 
tires from  the  drug  business  because  of  failing  health. 

— Adolf  Lange,  Leavenworth,  Kan.,  accompanied  b.v  his 
wife  and  returning  from  a  trip  around  the  world,  arrived  in 
New  York  last  week  and  after  spending  a  few  days  calling  on 
friends  in  the  metropolis  left  for  home  on  last  Thursday. 

— E.  M.  FoBMAN.  who  went  to  Baltimore  from  Centreville, 
Md.,  buying  the  retail  drug  store  at  St,  Paul  and  21st  streets, 
put  the  latter  up  at  public  auction  last  week,  but  it  was  with- 
drawn owing  to  the  insufficiency  of  the  highest  bid  received, 

— J.  H.  A.  Fink,  representing  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical 
Works,  of  St.  Louis,  has  just  returned  from  a  six  weeks"  busi- 
ness trip  to  Cuba  and  Porto  Rico,  Mr,  Fink  called  upon  a 
number  of  friends  in  the  New  York  drug  trade  last  Monday. 

— John  C.  Wallace,  a  well-known  pharmacist  of  New 
Castle,  Pa.,  was  a  visitor  last  week  at  the  Drug  Club  in  Phila- 
delphia and  discussed  legislation  pending  in  Pennsylvania 
which  effects  the  drug  trade,  to  an  interested  company  of 
fellow  pharmacists. 

— Pbof.  Charles  E.  F.  Mollet,  of  the  Department  of  Phar- 
macy of  the  Montana  Agricultural  College  at  Bozeman,  is 
highly  praised  in  an  article  recently  printed  in  the  Bozeman 
Republican-Courier,  which  devoted  three  columns  to  a  descrip- 
tion of  the  features  of  the  college. 

— F.  F.  Ravensckoft.  of  Union  Springs,  secretary  of  the 
Alabama  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  is  making  an  in- 
spection of  all  the  drug  stores  of  the  State  as  the  representa- 
tive of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  to  ascertain  if  the 
druggists  are  complying  with  the  pharmacy  laws. 

— Chicago  visitors  last  week  included  J.  A.  Larsh,  Rensel- 
ler,  Ind.;  E.  T.  Scott.  Westville,  Ind.:  J.  D.  Brown,  Joliet, 
111. :  W.  A.  Chiddel,  Crown  Point.  Ind. ;  H.  D.  Abbott,  Abbott 
&  Co..  Langdon.  N.  D. :  L.  C.  Meyer.  Sheboygan,  Wis. ;  J.  H. 
Vadhin,  Bethany.  111.;  F.  L.  Mitchell,  Mitchell  <&  Smith,  Ma- 
son City,  Iowa. 

— Mabtin  Noll,  of  925  Goodfellow  avenue.  St.  Louis,  has 
just  returned  from  an  extended  health  trip  to  California  and 
was  so  charmed  with  the  country  that  about  the  first  thing  on 
his  return  was  to  visit  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley  and  enlist  to  go 
with  the  A.Ph.A.  party  to  Los  Angeles,  so  that  Mrs.  Noll 
may  make  the  trip. 

— Mb.  and  Mbs.  Wtmond  H.  Bradbubt.  Washington, 
D.  C.  entertained  informally  at  their  Park  Road  residence  on 
March  26.  Among  those  present  were  Dr.  and  Mrs.  L.  F. 
Kebler.  President  C.  A.  Taylor,  of  the  D.C.R.D.A.,  and  wife, 
Mrs.  Henry  Evans  and  daughter  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Leyden 
White  and  son.  of  New  York. 

— Samuel  B.  DAV^s,  owner  of  a  chain  of  stores  in  Phila- 
delphia, entertained  Capt.  Ellis  Parker,  of  Beach  Haven, 
N  J.,  companion  on  many  a  fishing  trip,  in  the  Quaker  City 
last  week  and  incidentally  had  the  captain  substantiate  many 
fish  stories  and  tales  of  exciting  experiences  that  Mr.  Davis 
has  related  from  time  to  time. 

— CoBNELirs  Zechel,  enterprising  young  druggist  at  Pe- 
waukee.  Wis.,  has  moved  his  pharmacy  into  a  new  building, 
where  larger  and  more  modem  quarters  are  available.  A  new 
soda  fountain  is  also  being  installed  by  Mr.  Zechel.  who, 
although  he  has  been  the  owner  of  the  business  but  a  few 
months,  has  been  most  successful. 

— Me.  and  Mes.  Chables  Rehfcss.  Miss  Lebo.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Otto  Kraus,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  B.  Davis  and  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
L.  H.  Davis,  all  well  known  in  the  retail  trade  of  Philadel- 
phia, spent  a  day  last  week  at  Seaside  Park,  N.  J.  They  were 
shown  around  by  Mayor  Haag.  of  the  seashore  resort,  and  L. 
Wickham,  a  Philadelphia  druggist,  who  is  an  extensive  prop- 
erty owner  at  Seaside  Park. 

— Geobge  H.  Johnson,  who  represents  the  Boston  house  of 
Thomas  C.  Riley  &  Co.,  and  one  of  the  best-known  traveling 
salesmen  among  the  drug  trade,  was  recently  elected  exalted 
ruler  of  the  Boston  Lodge  of  Elks.  The  election  was  of  much 
more  than  local  interest,  while  in  the  lodge  itself  the  election 
brought  out  the  great  number  of  674  members  to  vote.  Mr. 
Johnson's  friends  everyw'here.  and  especially  in  the  Traveling 
Men's  Auxiliary  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  organizers,  and  is  now 
one  of  the  officers,  have  since  showered  him  with  congratula- 
tions on  his  notable  victory. 


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OBITUARY. 


Board   Examinations 


Pennsylvania. 

Habbisbubg,  March  27. — The  February  examination  by  the 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  was  attended 
by  40  applicants  for  registered  pharmacists'  certificates  and 
6-5  applicants  for  registered  qualified  assistants'  certificates. 
Twenty  passed  for  registered  pharmacists  and  33  for  registered 
qualified  assistants.  Examiners  present  were  Louis  Emautiel, 
Pittsburg ;  L.  L.  Walton,  Williamsport ;  George  D.  Stroh. 
Pittston ;  Christopher  Koch,  Philadelphia,  and  Charles  T. 
George.     The  following  were  the  successful  applicants : 

Registebed  Puaemacists. — Samuel  V'igderman.  William 
F.  J.  Friedler.  Alexander  Livingston,  William  C.  Crist,  Eugene 
P.  Morton,  A.  H.  Martin,  all  of  Philadelphia;  Edward  C. 
Reif.  Jr.,  Pittsburg ;  Albert  R.  Flanigan,  Williamsport ;  Edwin 
L.  Study,  Tyrone ;  L.  W.  Hall.  Sunbury ;  Louis  E.  Kern. 
Johnstown ;  Walter  F.  Huebner,  Johnstown ;  William  A.  Sey- 
bert,  Hazleton ;  Stowe  Shoemaker,  Lock  Haven ;  Joseph  L. 
Pennock,  Coatesville ;  0.  L.  Meadows.  Grafton :  Claude  H. 
Kratzer,  Allentown ;  Edgar  R.  Buzzell,  Phillipsburg;  Lee  F. 
Mauger,  Pottstown ;  William  K.  Ehrenfeld,  Greensburg, 

Registered  Qualified  Assistant  Phakmacists. — Ells- 
worth R.  Jones.  C.  W.  Greeninger,  William  Borgos,  John  L. 
Kooker.  Jr.,  Ludwig  Zoerb,  Robert  D.  Bricker,  Charles  E. 
Corkhill,  Marshall  P.  Snyder,  James  C.  Faheny.  Anthony  G. 
Cavenas,  James  H,  Pauley,  Edwin  P.  Runyan,  all  of  Philadel- 
phia :  Jesse  J,  Rosen,  Pittsburg ;  Edward  B.  Weaver,  Will- 
iamsport :  Fred  W.  Mellville,  Scranton ;  Charles  G.  Cone. 
South  Bethlehem :  John  R.  Rupert,  Lewistown ;  C.  Raymond 
Moyer,  Reading ;  Joseph  H.  Bickert.  Huntingdon ;  William  C. 
Harris,  West  Chester ;  Norman  H.  Thomas,  Hazleton ;  Robert 
E  Hemminger.  George  E.  Ritchey,  Jacob  C.  L.  Ritchey,  all 
of  Carlisle. 

The  next  meeting  for  the  examination  of  applicants  will  be 
held  in  Pittsburg  and  Philadelphia  on  May  21  and  22.  All 
applicants  for  examination  should  apply  to  Charles  T.  George, 
secretary,  not  later  than  ten  days  before  the  meeting  of  the 
board  for  necessary  blanks  and  information. 


Texas. 

Gonzales,  March  27, — Secretary  R,  H,  Walker  announces 
the  following  list  of  applicants  who  were  successful  at  the 
meeting  of  the  Texas  Board  of  Pharmacy,  held  recently  in 
Fort  Worth,  and  who  were  granted  certificates : 

Cektificates, — C.  A.  Christian,  Lindale :  W.  E.  Saucier. 
Houston ;  E.  B.  Powers,  Rock  Island  ;  H,  A.  Johnston.  Whar- 
ton;  J.  H.  Gallagher,  San  Antonio;  C.  P.  Zeitfuss.  Rockdale: 
Ed.  B.  Moseley,  Jr..  W.  D.  Butler,  E.  E.  Crawford,  D.  G. 
Gorman,  Leon  Weinberg.  Fort  Worth ;  G,  C,  Thomsen,  Waco. 

Assistant  Cektificates. — E.  H.  von  Rosenberg,  Dallas: 
Q.  E.  Carter.  Walhalla;  J.  H.  Rogers.  Dallas;  T.  A.  Mar;in. 
Midland ;  W.  A.  Martin.  Dallas ;  H.  W.  Lingsweiler.  Fort 
Worth. 


Eastern  Brancli,  New  York. 
The  following  candidates  passed  the  examination  for  licensed 
pharmacists  at  the  February  meeting  of  the  Eastern  Branch 
of  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  at  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy  :  Louis  T.  Blatz,  I.  J.  Blumenkranz. 
E.  E.  Coleman,  A.  A.  Heller,  F.  P.  Hoffmann,  D.  Levy,  W,  U. 
Meier,  I.  P.  Ringler,  S,  Rubenstein,  B,  H,  Schubert,  T.  S. 
Terrky,  E.  A.  Tietze,  E.  Tomati,  P.  Galante,  I,  Karpe,  S.  P. 
Lichtman,  G.  Marrocco,  M.  J.   Feely. 


New  Officers  for  Seabury  &  Johnson  Elected, 
At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  directors  of  Seabury  &  Johnson, 
Dr,  Henry  C.  Lovis,  who  has  been  secretary  and  treasurer, 
pro  tem,  was  elected  president,  which  office  has  been  vacant 
since  the  death  of  George  J.  Seabury,  which  occurred  on 
February  13.  Other  officers  elected  were :  Secretary,  Edgar 
L.  Benjamin ;  treasurer,  John  B.  Dakin. 


William  J.  Harrison,  Druggist  and  Senator. 
Lakewood,  N.  J.,  March  27, — William  J.  Harrison,  State 
Senator  from  Ocean  County,  died  in  his  home  here  recently 
of  acute  pneumonia.  He  was  5"  years  old  and  unmarried. 
He  was  president  of  the  People's  Bank  of  Lakewood  and  be- 
longed to  the  Masonic  and  many  fraternal  orders.  He  was 
postmaster  of  Lakewood  for  nine  years,  a  member  of  the  Dem- 
ocratic County  Committee  and  represented  the  county  in  the 
Assembly  in  1902.  He  was  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  busi- 
ness and  was  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State  Ph.A. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— Mrs.  J.  H.  Stein,  wife  of  the  Reading  (Pa.)  pharmacist, 
is  dead,  aged  62. 

— Stephen  R.  Thoma,  formerly  in  the  drug  business  in 
Fairfield,  Iowa,  is  dead. 

— Asa  G.  Luce,  retired  druggist,  Utica,  N.  Y.,  is  dead, 
aged  78.     A  widow  and  two  sons  survive. 

— Db.  Henby  Clay  McCobmick,  of  Pen  Argyl,  Pa.,  is  dead, 
aged  6.5.     A  widow,  son  and  other  relatives  survive. 

— William  H.  Fulleb,  aged  78,  is  dead  in  Skowhegan,  Me., 
where  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  more  than  40 
years. 

— William  E,  Wixstead,  of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  is  dead, 
after  a  long  illness.  Industry  and  affability  won  for  him  a 
host  of  friends. 

— Charles  H.  Steele,  of  Steubenville,  Ohio,  is  dead,  aged 
50,  as  the  result  of  a  murderous  attack  made  on  him  in  his 
home  by  a  robber. 

— William  Alwabd.  a  pioneer  druggist  of  Montana,  who 
was  one  of  the  partners  of  the  Bozeman  firm  of  Rocher  & 
Alward,  died  recently. 

— Edward  Zueckxer,  of  Birmingham.  Ky.,  is  dead,  aged  70. 
He  came  from  Saxony  in  1861  and  his  father  was  a  noted 
pharmacist.     He  was  unmarried. 

— Francis  Pares  Brown,  for  28  years  in  the  employ  of 
Church,  Dwight  &  Co..  New  York,  died  recently  of  heart 
disease  at  his  home  in  Brooklyn  Borough. 

^Geobge  W.  Darling,  Whitefield,  N.  H.,  is  dead,  aged  62. 
He  was  prominent  in  public  affairs,  belonged  to  many  societies 
and  was  formerly  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 

— Richard  Graham,  of  Graham  &  Wortham,  Corvallis, 
Ore.,  is  dead,  aged  63.  A  widow  and  six  children  survive.  He 
was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  went  to  Oregon  by  ox  team  in  1863. 

— Bert  E.  King,  who  conducted  a  pharmacy  at  Battle 
Creek,  Mich.,  is  dead  of  tuberculosis,  aged  34.  He  formerly 
was  in  the  drug  business  in  Mason.  Mich.,  and  once  managed  a 
pharmacy  for  Travis  &  Baker,  in  Fowler. 

— Db.  Milton  Sawyer  Woodman,  of  West  Lebanon,  N.  H., 
is  dead,  aged  59.  Latterly  he  had  devoted  his  attention  to  his 
medical  practice.  He  was  prominent  in  public  affairs  and 
active  in  Masonry.     A  widow,  son  and  daughter  sur\'ivc. 

— William  Hl^y  Weeks,  manufacturer  of  chemicals,  aged 
31,  died  recently  at  his  country  home,  White  Plains,  N.  Y.  He 
spent  his  early  life  in  Philadelphia  and  won  recognition  for 
his  original  investigations  in  chemistry.  For  30  years  he  had 
resided  in  New  York  City. 


New  Uptown  Hegeman  Store  Will  Open  in  September. 
A  new  Hegeman  store  will  be  opened  in  Sepiemher  at  Broad- 
way and  S6th  street,  in  the  Benard  Apartment  Building,  which 
is  to  be  the  largest  of  its  kind  in  the  world. 


Bankruptcy  for  Store  H,  W,  Atwood  Founded. 
A  petition  in  bankruptcy  has  been  filed  against  the  Atwood 
Drug  Company,  which  has  a  drug  store  at  8-50  Broadway,  near 
13th  street.  New  York  City,  by  these  creditors :  Carrie  h. 
Atwood,  $.3600  on  notes;  Albert  H.  Bullard,  .$20,  and  the 
Lillibridge-Weeks-Thurlow  Company,  $72.  It  is  alleged  that 
the  company  is  insolvent,  made  preferential  payments  to 
various  creditors,  of  which  $200  was  to  McKesson  &  Robbina, 
and  on  March  26  admitted  in  writing  inability  to  pay  its  debts. 
Judge  Hough  appointed  Jesse  Watson  receiver  with  a  bond  of 
.$2000  and  authorized  him  to  continue  business  for  ten  days. 
The  assets  are  estimated  at  $3000.  The  business  was  estab- 
lished 43  years  ago  by  Hermon  W.  Atwood,  who  died  in  1897, 
and  was  subsequently  carried  on  by  his  daughters,  Mabel  J, 
and  Carrie  L.  Atwood,  as  the  Atwood  Pharmacy  until  the 
present  company  was  incorporated,  April  10,  1903,  with  cap- 
ital stock  of  $10,000.  Joseph  F.  Griffin  was  president  of  the 
company  and  George  B.  Wray  vice-president  until  October, 
1004,  when  Mabel  J,  Atwood  became  president  and  treasurer 
,nnd  Carrie  L.  Atwood  vice-president  and  secretary. 


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NEW  METHODS  IN  MANUFACTURE  OF  BOTTLES. 

Suspension  Agents  for  Emulsions  Also  Discussed  at  the 
March  Meeting  of  the  Baltimore  Branch,  A.Ph.A. 

Baltimoke,  March  27. — The  March  meeting  of  thi'  I'alii- 
more  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
held  at  the  Hotel  Caswell,  resolved  itself  into  a  symposium  of 
various  processes  related  directly  or  indirectl.v  to  the  drug 
trade.  P.  I.  Heinsler  described  how  some  of  the  '49  blue 
bottles  are  made.  As  president  of  the  Maryland  Glass  Cor- 
poration he  has  lately  taken  up  and  studied  thoroughly  the 
methods  of  glass  manufacture,  and  he  gave  an  extended  review 
of  the  development  of  glass  manufacture  since  the  first  known 
production  of  vitreous  substances  down  to  the  present  perfec- 
tion of  the  glass-blower's  art.  He  gave  the  general  composition 
of  the  most  used  glasses,  the  means  and  methods  of  coloring, 
tempering  and  blowing,  and  a  detailed  account  of  the  manu- 
facture of  bottles,  dwelling  especially  on  the  use  of  the  me- 
chanical processes,  whereby  far  greater  uniformity  is  secured. 
and  which  do  away  with  some  of  the  dif- 
ficulties formerly  encountered  in  bottle 
manufacture. 

H.  A.  Brown  Dunning,  who  has  been 
experimenting  for  several  years  to  deter- 
mine, if  possible,  which  suspending  agent 
or  agents  gave  the  most  satisfactory 
emulsion  of  fixed  oils  for  extemporaneous 
use  or  for  keeping  purposes,  stated  the 
results  attained.  He  said  he  had  found 
that  the  "phosphatic"  type  of  emulsion 
stood  long  storage  the  best,  aud  was  even 
when  fresh,  the  most  palatable.  Acacia 
produces  a  very  smooth  and  perfect  emul- 
sion, but  separation  soon  takes  place. 
This  product  he  considers  the  best  for 
extemporaneous  use.  The  proportions  of 
acacia  and  water  directed  in  the  N.F.,  Dr. 
Dimning  found  more  satisfactory  than  the 
proportions  generaly  used,  i.  e. :  one- 
fourth  as  much  acacia  and  one-half  as 
much  water  as  oil.  Tragacanth  gave  the 
most  permanent  suspension,  but  the  emul- 
sion was  not  so  smooth  as  with  acacia. 
Tragacanth  should  be  combined  either 
with  acacia  or  glyconin,  as  it  prevented 
separation.  The  use  of  12  grains  of  trag- 
acanth in  place  of  dextrin  gave  a  much 
better  N.F.  emulsion  of  cod  liver  oil  with 
extract  malt.  Saponin  in  proportion  of 
1-16  grain  to  the  ounce  was  the  most  per- 
fect emulsifying  agent,  but  its  use  could 
not  be  recommended  until  its  medicinal 
effect  is  better  known.  Irish  moss  emul- 
sions were  smooth  and  white,  but  not  so 
desirable  as  the  acacia  emulsion.  Dextrin 
emulsions  were  unsatisfactory  in  almost 
every  respect.  Ten  per  cent  alcohol, 
eight  minims  of  a  solution  of  potassium 

hydroxide  to  the  ounce,  and  sufficient  salicylic  acid  to  sat- 
urate the  aqueous  portions  of  the  emulsion,  were  used  as 
preservatives,  but  all  the  above-mentioned  emulsions  became  un- 
salable after  storage  for  some  time,  either  through  oxidation, 
fermentation,  with  the  development  of  a  sour  taste  or  excessive 
separation,  although  the  "phosphatic"  type  was  found  to  stand 
the  storage  best.  Acacia  emulsion  became  sour  more  readily 
if  syrup  was  present. 

It  was  the  sense  of  the  meeting  that  no  official  emulsions 
of  cod  liver  oil,  castor  oil,  or  petroleum  should  be  kept  more 
than  four  days  before  use. 

Letters  were  read  from'M.  I.  Wilbert  inviting  the  members 
to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  and  also 
inviting  the  Baltimore  Branch  to  meet  jointly  with  the  Wash- 
ington Branch  in  May. 

Otto  Raubenheimer,  in  a  letter,  called  attention  to  the  pro- 
posed joint  meeting  of  the  Eastern  branches  in  Atlantic  City 
in  June,  coincident  with  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Medical  Association.  Secretary  E.  F.  Kelly  was  instructed 
to  obtain  further  details  of  these  meetings  and  to  advise  the 
members  as  to  complete  arrangements. 


A  Popular  Illinois  Traveler. 


VANCE  BUCKER, 
of  Chicago,  is  a  member  of  the  enter- 
tainment committee  of  the  Illinois  PUar- 
maceutical  Travelers'  Association  and  is 
active  in  preiiaring  plans  to  make  the 
forthcoming  meeting  of  the  Illinois 
State  Ph. A.  at  Quincy  a  success.  He 
represents  the  National  Lead  Co. 


Eba  "Want  Advs."  will  work  wonders.     Try  one. 


CHICAGO  BRANCH  OBJECTS  TO  FAKE  "ADVS." 

National   Formulary   Discussed   and   Educational   Cam- 

paig-n  for  Prerequisite  Legislation  is  Proposed. 

Chicago,   March  27. — Considerable   interest  was   manifested 

in  the  subjects  discussed  at  the  ilarch  monthly  meeting  of  the 

local  branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  held 

in    Xorthwestern    University.      The    Branch    went    on    record 

against  the  publication  of  advertisements  of  fake  prescriptions 

in  prominent  newspapers  by  adopting  the  following  resolutions  : 

"Whereas.   Reputable  Chicago  newspapers  are  accepting  ads. 

in   the  nature   of  prescriptions  which  are   exploited   as   cures 

supposed  to  have  originated  from  some  celebrated  specialist : 

and, 

"Whereas.  These  so-called  prescriptions  usually  contain  some 
secret  nostrum,  which  involves  a  deception  on  the  public  and 
makes  the  druggist  a  party  to  a  fraud  ;  and, 

"Whereas,    Many  of  these  prescriptions  contain  whisky,  gin 
or  some  other  spirituous  liquor  as  a  part  of  the  formula,  there- 
fore, oe  it 

"Resolved,  That  the  Chicago  Branch 
of  the  A.Ph.A.  deplores  the  action  of  the 
Chicago  newspapers  in  accepting  these 
fake  ads.  and  calls  upon  them  to  submit 
these  preparations  to  the  Illinois  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  and  State  Board  of 
Health  for  an  opinion  before  admitting 
them  to  the  advertising  columns  of  the 
papers." 

The  principal  topic  of  the  programme 
related  to  the  proposed  revision  of  the 
National  Formulary,  Professor  Hallberg 
briefly  outlining  the  work  of  some  of  the 
subcommittees  regarding  formulas  that 
should  be  dropped  and  formulas  that 
should  be  admitted  or  improved,  also  fla- 
vors aud  coloring. 

Jlr.  Boehm  asked  why  it  was  proposed 
It.  leave  morphine  out  of  syrup  of  white 
pine  compound.  Mr.  Avery  said  that  this 
syrup  was  frequently  prescribed  without 
morphine.  Mr.  Yeomans  said  it  was 
especially  desirable  to  leave  out  the  mor- 
phine because  the  syrup  was  frequently 
prescribed  for  children.  Professor  Hall- 
berg said  that  there  was  no  necessity  for 
the  morphine,  that  the  chloroform  gave 
all  the  sedative  properties  required,  and 
that  when  he  published  the  first  formula 
he  included  the  morphine,  a  fact  which 
soon  he  regretted,  realizing  that  it  was  a 
mistake  and  that  he  had  always  since 
made  the  preparation  without  morphine, 
stating  the  fact  on  the  label. 

President   Oldberg   said    that   both    the 
Pharmacopceia    and    National    Formulary 
should  be  revised  in  such  a  way  as  to  give 
the  pharmacist  a  chance  to  make  his  own 
prescriptions  with  no  greater  trouble  and   with  no  more  ap- 
paratus than  is  absolutely  necessary. 

Mr.  Boehm  referred  to  syrup  of  rhubarb  and  potassium  and 
some  of  the  elixirs,  and  said  that  he  believed  it  would  be  a 
great  advantage  if,  instead  of  using  the  fluidextracts,  the  crude 
drugs  were  employed,  as  the  amount  of  menstrua  is  ample  for 
a  thorough  extraction  of  such  drugs  and  tends  to  give  a  more 
stable  preparation  than  where  fluidextracts  are  used. 

Otto  Bruder  read  a  paper  embod.ying  suggestions  for  the  im- 
provement of  the  N.F.  and  comprising  among  other  features 
information  as  to  preservation,  desirable  additions  and  prepara- 
tions that  should  be  dismissed. 

H.  H.  Harrison  said  in  regard  to  flavors  that  not  only  would 
the  large  manufacturers  secure  fresher  and  better  volatile  oils 
than  the  retail  pharmacists  were  able  to  obtain,  but  that  they 
used  various  other  substances  as  well,  several  of  the  synthetics 
being  cited  as  examples. 

Theodore  C.  Scheips  exhibited  a  chocolate  syrup  of  phenol- 
phthalein  that  he  had  prepared  to  meet  the  demand  of  similar 
preparations  recently  introduced,  also  a  syrup  of  apricot  which 
he  had  found  to  be  the  basic  flavor  of  a  certain  cough  remedy 
largel.v  advertised  to  the  medical  profession. 

Charles  H.  Avery,  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  made 


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[April   1,  1909 


a  report  of  what  was  done  at  the  recent  committee  meeting. 
He  said  that  some  opposition  had  developed  among  the  drug- 
gists in  the  smaller  cities  throughout  the  State  to  the  proposed 
prerequisite  features  of  the  amendments  and  it  was  quite 
evident  that  some  of  the  druggists  did  not  understand  the  sit- 
uation. The  objection  generally  made  was  the  consequent 
increase  in  the  clerks'  wages.  It  was  apparent  that  the  op- 
ponents of  the  proposition  did  not  understand  that  if  the 
proposed  amendments  were  incorporated  in  the  law  the  privi- 
leges of  the  registered  assistant  pharmacists  would  be  increased 
and  competent  clerks  provided  in  this  way.  However,  the 
.committee  which  represented  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A.,  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  and  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  did  not  deem  it  best  to  undertake  to 
secure  the  amendment  of  the  law  at  this  time,  but  rather  to 
enter  into  a  campaign  of  education  with  a  view  of  bringing 
the  matter  clearly  before  the  druggists  of  the  State  so  that 
they  might  thoroughly  understand  it. 

Mr.  Avery  said  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  proposed  to  make 
the  examination  for  full  registration  more  rigid  and  inquire 
into  the  qualifications  of  the  applicants  more  thoroughly.  He 
was  of  the  opinion  that  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  possessed 
authority  beyond  that  it  had  heretofore  used  in  regard  to 
examining  into  the  qualification  of  candidates  as  to  what  their 
preparation  for  the  examination  had  been. 

President  Oldberg  considered  the  qualification  of  applicants 
as  fully  as  important  as  their  answers  to  the  questions  sub- 
mitted in  the  examination.  These  qualifications  should  include 
a  statement  of  their  educational  preparation ;  what  studies  had 
been  pursued,  what  text  books  employed  and  similar 
information. 

Next  meeting  occurs  on  Tuesday  evening,  April  29. 


Illinois  School  Alumni  Elects  Officers. 

Chicago,  March  27. — The  Alumni  Association  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy  held  its  annual  election 
last  night  with  this  result :  President,  Dr.  A.  W.  Baer,  '85 ; 
first  vice-president,  Lotus  L.  Huston,  '07 ;  second  vice-presi- 
dent, Frances  E.  AVells,  '05 ;  third  vice-president,  E.  J.  Kar- 
lovsky,  '03 :  secretary-treasurer,  A.  H.  Clark,  '04 ;  historian, 
Charlotte  E.  Stimson,  '00. 

The  historian.  Miss  Stimson,  presented  a  very  interesting 
report.  Arrangements  for  the  alumni  banqtiet  at  the  Palmer 
House  on  commencement  eveuing,  April  29,  were  discussed. 

The  class  of  1884  will  celebrate  the  25th  anniversary  of  its 
graduation  by  a  reunion  in  Chicago  on  commencement  day  and 
the  members  of  the  class  will  have  a  separate  table  at  the 
alumni  banquet. 

Professor  Day  invited  the  alumni  to  attend  the  botanical 
excursions  which  will  start  from  the  college  every  Tuesday  at 
1  p.  m.  during  May  and  on  the  fii-st  Tuesday  in  June. 


C.R.D.A.  Will  Resist  Strained  Law  Interpretation. 

Chicago.  March  27. — The  executive  board  of  the  C.R.D.A. 
held  a  special  session  recently  to  consider  the  dram  shop  law 
as  it  affects  druggists  owing  to  some  new  phases  that  have 
come  to  light.  It  was  decided  to  offer  shelter  under  the  legis- 
lative wing  of  the  Chicago  association  to  all  druggists  who 
might  be  charged  with  violation  of  this  law.  The  meeting 
was  called  by  President  Yeomans  when  it  was  known  that 
charges  had  been  filed  against  several  members  of  the  asso- 
ciation. It  seems  that  a  druggist  can  be  charged  with  violation 
of  the  State  dram  shop  law  even  if  he  has  faithfully  lived  up 
to  the  city  ordinances.  That  position  will  be  combatted  by  the 
association  lawyers. 


Special  Train  for  Pharmacists,  Chicago  to  Quincy. 

Chicago.  March  27. — The  Burlington  Railroad  is  contem- 
plating putting  on  a  very  fine  special  train  for  the  accommo- 
dation of  pharmacists  who  attend  the  convention  of  the  Illinois 
A.Ph.A.  and  the  I.P.T.A.  at  Quincy  the  second  week  in  June. 
Drug  men  in  charge  believe  this  is  another  point  added  to  the 
many  others  to  make  the  attendance  at  the  convention  go  above 
all  other  preceding  ones.  The  train  will  leave  Chicago  at  8 
a.  m.  and  make  a  straight  run  for  Quincy. 


QUESTION  AS  TO  BOARD'S  LEGAL  STATUS. 

Illinois   Pharmacists   in   Quandary   as   Law   Makes  No 

Provision  for  Hold-over  of  Members  of  State  Body. 

Chicago,  March  27. — Registered  pharmacists,  assistants  and 
apprentices  who  have  been  given  certificates  by  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  since  January  1  are  wondering  what  their 
legal  status  is,  since  it  has  been  called  to  their  attention  that 
one  of  the  members  of  the  board  legally  went  out  of  office 
December  31,  1908,  although  he  still  continues  to  act  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  and  signs  all  certificates  issued  by  that  body. 
Charles  H.  Avery  is  the  member  of  the  board  whose  standing 
is  questioned. 

In  regard  to  the  make-up  of  the  board,  the  law,  after  pro- 
viding for  the  appointment  of  the  five  members  by  the  Gov- 
ernor, says  :  "Persons  so  appointed  shall  hold  their  olfices  for 
five  years,  and  the  terms  of  office  shall  be  so  arranged  that 
one  shall  expire  on  the  31st  of  December  of  each  year." 

The  law,  unlike  those  relating  to  other  State  boards,  does 
not  state  that  the  member  whose  term  expires  shall  continue  in 
office  until  the  appointment  of  his  successor.  Mr.  Avery  ad- 
mits this,  but  claims  he  continues  in  office  by  custom. 

This  situation  not  only  puts  in  question  the  legality  of  the 
certificates  issued  by  the  board  this  year,  but  also  all  the  other 
acts  of  the  board  since  January  1. 

Mr.  Avery  was  president  of  the  board  in  1908.  It  is  a 
custom  of  the  board  to  elect  the  member  whose  term  expires 
next  to  the  presidency.  The  present  head  of  the  board  is 
John  B.  Michels,  of  El  Paso,  III.,  whose  term  expires  De- 
cember 31,  1909. 

Another  angle  to  the  situation  is  furnished  by  the  fact  that 
Mr.  Avery  is  president  of  the  American  Druggists'  Fire  Insur- 
ance Company.  He  is  also  Illinois  agent  for  the  company, 
which  insures  only  the  propert.v,  stock  and  fixtures  of  druggists. 

While  no  question  of  Mr.  Avery's  competency  as  a  member 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmac.v  has  been  raised,  many  drug- 
gists have  questioned  the  propriety  of  his  holding  the  oflice 
in  view  of  his  connection  with  the  insurance  company. 


Chicago  Notes.  , 

— Chicago  druggists  will  no  longer  collect  gas  bills  for  the 
local  companies  for  a  small  commission.     Considerable  agita-    I 
tion  has  been  going  on  around  C.R.D.A.  headquarters  recently    i 
against    druggists    acting    as    agents    of    the    gas    companies. 
People's  Gas  Light  &  Coke  Co.  have  made  arrangements  to 
have  accounts  paid  at  various  ofiices  of  its  own  in  the  city. 
Thus  a  long-time  side  interest  of  the  Chicago  druggists  has    i 
passed  away. 

— The  Northwestern  University  School  of  Pharmacy  has  i 
organized  a  ball  team.  A  game  is  scheduled  with  a  team  of 
the  law  department  of  the  university  for  April  10  on  the 
Lincoln  Park  grounds.  Games  are  being  arranged  with  teams 
of  technical  schools  and  colleges  of  the  city  and  the  faculty 
is  i-eported  pleased  over  the  new  development  in  class  spirit. 

— In  electing  new  aldermen  for  the  Chicago  City  Council, 
the  C.R.D.A.  has  cast  an  eye  over  the  candidates  and  is  now 
boosting  those  men  who  have  helped  put  bills  or  ordinances 
through  the  body  that  the  Chicago  druggists  espoused.  John 
Downey,  of  the  29th  ward,  and  Michael  Mclnerny,  of  the  30th 
ward,  are  receiving  the  support  of  the  druggists. 


Where  to  Find  Analytical  Chemists. 
Beginning  with  this  issue  of  the  Era  new  index  headings 
have  been  added  to  The  Classified  Buyers'  Directory — "Soda 
Checks  and  Pokeb  Chips"  and  "Consulting  and  Analyt- 
ical Chemists."  Druggists  who  are  called  upon  for  names  of 
expert  analysts  for  the  examination  of  foods,  drugs,  waters, 
sputum,  blood  and  the  assaying  of  ores  should  take  advantage 
of  the  expert  services  offered  by  these  chemists.  Many  new 
names  have  also  been  added  under  some  of  the  other  headings. 
Busy  buyers  will  find  these  Classified  Ads.  of  great  value. 


Will  Have  One  of  the  Finest  Stores  in  New  Jersey. 

Newabk,  N.  J.,  March  27. — C.  O.  Padelford  will  move  from 
280  to  283  Park  avenue  about  April  1,  where  he  will  have  one 
of  the  finest  drug  stores  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey. 


Working-  for  the  Saratoga  Springs  Bill. 
Sybacuse,  March  27. — A  representative  of  the  Saratoga 
Springs  Business  Men's  Association  is  making  a  tour  of 
the  cities  of  northern  New  York  in  an  effort  to  develop  a 
sentiment  favorable  to  the  Brackett  Bill,  now  pending  at 
Albany,  which  empowers  the  State  to  acquire  the  mineral 
springs  at  Saratoga  and  maintain  them  as  a  State  reservation 
for  the  benefit  of  the  people  for  all  time  to  come. 


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VICTORY  WON  BY  THE  MASSACHUSETTS  BOARD.         BIG  SHAKE-UP  IN  LOUISIANA  STATE  BOARD. 


Governor's   Recommendations   Rejected   in   Legislature 

and  New  Pharmacy  Law  Doubtful  of  Passage. 

I         Boston.  March  29. — The  Massachusetts  Board  of  Registra- 

i     tion  in  Pharmacy  has  triumphed  in  its  contest  with  Governor 

j     Draper, over  the  question  of  reorganizing  and  consolidating  the 

I     four  professional    registration    boards   of   pharmacy,    medicine, 

j     dentistry  and  veterinarj'  medicine.     The  recommendation   for 

'     the  consolidation  was  made  in  the  Governor's  inaugural  ad- 

I     dress  in  January  to  the  Legislature.    The  committee  on  public 

health,  to  whom  was  referred   that  part   of  the   message,   re- 

j     ported  adversely  on  the  Governor's  recommendation.     But  the 

I     friends  of  the  Governor  rallied  in  the  House  of  Representatives 

I     when   the   matter   came   up.      Debate   began   last    Wednesday 

,     afternoon    and   was   continued    Thursday,    when    a    vote    was 

reached. 

Representative  Weeks,  of  Everett,  was  the  leader  of  the 
Governors  friends.  He  said  the  present  separate  organization 
of  the  registration  boards  should  be  abol- 
ished and  all  four  boards  consolidated  in 
the  interest  of  both  efficiency  and  econ- 
omy. Dr.  Oliver,  of  Athol,  chairman  of 
the  committee  which  reported  adversely 
on  the  measure,  made  a  strenuous  oppo- 
sition to  the  bill,  pointing  out  the  fallacy 
of  hoping  for  greater  efficiency  by  central- 
izing the  powers  of  four  professions  in  ihe 
hands  of  a  single  executive  at  the  meager 
salary  of  $2500.  which  the  bill  proposes 
to  pay.  Dr.  Oliver's  opposition  was  so 
intense  that  one  of  the  Democratic  rep- 
resentatives could  not  refrain  from  calling 
attention  to  the  Republicans  who  were 
opposing  the  Governor's  recommendation 
now,  when  but  a  few  weeks  ago,  when  it 
was  made,  they  vigorously  applauded  it. 

Representatives  Saunders,  of  Clinton : 
Montague,  of  Boston,  and  Coleman,  of 
Nantucket,  spoke  in  opposition,  all  em- 
phasizing the  impracticability  of  such  a 
consolidation,  and  the  unwisdom  of  at- 
tempting to  have  a  single  channel  for  the 
registration  and  supervision  of  members 
of  four  widely  different  professions. 

When  the  question  came  to  a  vote  the 
opposition  was  so  overwhelming  to  the 
Governor's  bill  that  not  even  a  division 
was  called  for. 

The  new  pharmacy  bill  has  struck 
something  of  a  snag,  and  the  probability 
is  that  it  will  not  go  through  as  at  first 
reported.  After  having  passed  the  two 
branches  of  the  Legislature  to  the  very 
last  stage — the  enactment  of  it  in  the 
Senate — it  was  quietly  held  up  by  the 
president  of  the  Senate  and  remained  in 
his  pigeonhole  for  a  week  or  more.  Fol- 
lowing the  defeat  of  the  Governor's  Bill 
for  reorganizing  the  registration  boards 
of    medicine,    pharmacy,     dentistry     and 

veterinary  medicine,  the  Senate  moved  to  reconsider  the  phar- 
macy bill. 

Section  5  of  the  bill,  which  provided  that  the  public  statutes 
relating  to  the  advertising  of  licenses  and  the  giving  of  bonds 
therefor,  should  not  apply  to  druggists"  licenses,  was  the  point 
of  attack.  It  was  moved  in  the  Senate  that  this  section  be 
stricken  out.  The  amendment  passed  without  opposition,  and 
then  the  bill  as  amended  was  sent  to  the  House  for  concur- 
rence.    There  it  now  is. 

This  new  amendment,  therefore,  restores  the  two  expenses 
which  the  new  pharmacy  bill  revoked,  and  which  provided  for 
turning  more  money  into  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  with- 
out increasing  the  expense  to  the  druggists.  The  net  result 
of  the  new  bill,  so  far  as  expense  is  concerned,  is  to  increase 
the  cost  of  the  druggists'  license  $4,  that  being  the  increased 
sum  required  for  the  certificate  of  fitness  from  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Notwithstanding  this  item,  druggists  as  a  whole  are  rather 
satisfied  with  the  new  bill  as  being  an  improvement  over  the 
present  law. 


Helped  Rebuild  San  Francisco 


Governor  Sanders  Disregards  Recommendations  of  State 
Ph.A.  and  Ajspoints  Entirely  New  List  of  Members. 
New  Orleans,  March  27. — The  greatest  surprise  that  New 
Orleans  druggists  have  had  in  a  long  time  came  to  them  re- 
cently when  Governor  Sanders  announced  the  personnel  of  the 
new  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  It  was  generally  believed  by 
druggists  in  the  city  and  all  over  the  State  that,  following  the 
policy  of  his  predecessors.  Governor  Sanders  would  act  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  Louisiana  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  appointing  the  new  board.  But  he  did  not  do 
this.  The  recommendation  of  the  association  was  forwarded 
to  him  by  Secretary  F.  C.  Godbold,  of  the  State  board,  but  in 
the  appointments  just  announced  it  was  completely  ignored. 
Not  one  of  the  old  board,  not  even  Mr.  Godbold.  who  has  been 
secretary  since  18SS,  is  reappointed.  The  new  members,  all  of 
ihera  strong  men  in  the  trade,  are  as  follows:  Gustave  See- 
mann.  Peter  Rupp,  Fred  Earhart  and  M.  M.  Bradburn,  all  of 
New  Orleans ;  E.  L.  McClung,  Natchi- 
toches ;  W.  A.  Allen,  Monroe :  Paul 
Eckles,  Crowley ;  Charles  W.  Outhwaite, 
New  Iberia,  and  E.  H.  Walsdorf,  of  New 
Orleans,  the  latter  in  place  of  .1.  R.  Oli- 
vier, who  failed  to  qualify. 

The  old  board  which  is  thus  replaced 
consisted  of :  Max  Bernstein,  Shreve- 
port  ;  T,  J.  Maguire.  Baton  Rouge ;  T.  J. 
Labbe,  St.  Martinville :  E.  L.  Aaron, 
Alexandria ;  F.  D.  Buckingham,  Shreve- 
port :  Adam  Wirth,  William  Levy.  C.  D. 
Sauvinet  aud  F.  C.  Godbold,  all  of  New 
Orleans. 

The  commissions  of  the  old  board  ex- 
pire April  20,  which  is  before  the  next 
examination,  but  the  new  board  will  take 
possession  this  week  and  will  conduct  the 
May  examinations. 

"I  have  been  secretary  of  the  board 
since  1888,"  said  Mr.  Godbold.  "I  have 
thus  attained  my  majority  and  am  con- 
tent to  step  down  and  out." 


TO  FIGHT  FOR  SLOT  'PHONES. 


li.  E.  MILLER, 
of  San  Fraiii-isro,  who  played  a  cou- 
spicuoiis  part  in  the  restoration  of  that 
city  after  the  earthquake  and  Are  of 
1906.  Is  president  of  the  Owl  Drug  Co.. 
which  has  added  to  its  chain  of  phar- 
macies by  opening  its  fifth  San  Fran- 
ci.sco  store.  The  new  pharmacy  is  in 
the  Phelan  Building.  77S  Market  street, 
and  is  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the 
country.  Mr.  Miller's  company  also  has 
three  stores  in  Oakland  and  three  In 
Los  Angeles,   making  eleven   altogether. 


Druggists  in  St.  Louis  "Will  Ai^peal 
to  Public  Utilities'  Commission. 
St.  Louis,  March  30. — This  city  now 
has  a  public  utilities'  commission  and  it 
is  entirely  possible  that  one  of  the  first 
cases  that  will  be  taken  before  it  is  the 
grievance  of  the  Retail  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation against  the  Kinloch  Telephone 
Company. 

E.  A.  Bernius,  chairman  of  the  St.L. 
R.D.A.  telephone  committee,  is  taking  up 
his  work  with  earnestness.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  last  year  when 
William  Busch  was  chairman.  These 
two  and  the  other  members  succeeded  in 
carrying  the  demand  for  slot  machines  up  to  President  Orth- 
wein.  of  the  company,  and  getting  a  final  Vefusal  of  slot  ma- 
chines. Heretofore  the  committees  have  been  compelled  to 
accept  promises.  Mr.  Busch  changed  that  sort  of  thing  when 
he  brought  Wilhelm  Bodeman,  of  Chicago,  here  to  attend  one 
of  the  meetings  and  arouse  enthusiasm.  He  had  Manager 
Reber,  of  the  Kinloch  Company,  at  the  same  meeting,  but 
Mr.  Reber  was  in  a  half-defiant  and  half-conciliatory  mood. 

Then  Mr.  Busch  played  his  trump  card  and  asked  for  a 
meeting  with  the  president  and  directors.  President  Orthwein 
said  he  would  not  rent  the  machines  on  the  market  for  the 
druggists  and  would  not  give  them  slot  machines  even  if  he 
secured  control  of  a  machine.  Inasmuch  as  the  Kinloch  now 
has  some  slot  machines  in  operation,  the  druggists  think  they 
have  a  fairly  good  case  for  the  commission. 


Price  'War  Raging  Over  Patent  Medicines. 
Syeactjse,   N.   Y.,   March   27. — A   cut-rate   war   on   patent 
medicines  was  inaugurated  in  this  city  a  month  ago  and  has 
since   developed   rapidly. 


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[April  1,  1909 


LETTER     BOX 


Medicine  Plants  Blooming  in  Sunny  Texas. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Spring  is  upon  us  down  here  and  while  the  East  and  the 
North  on  Inauguration  Day  were  in  the  grasp  of  a  fierce 
blizzard  the  temperature  in  Sherman  was  about  90°  F.,  with 
all  kinds  of  fruit  trees  in  bloom  and  the  air  heavy  with  per- 
fume. All  my  perennials  in  my  drug  plant  garden  are  coming 
out  and  growing  fast,  while  the  annuals  I  have  resown. 
Blessed  thistle,  borage,  parsley,  benne  and  marigold  seed  and 
the  wild  plants  are  pushing  up  all  over  the  prairies  and  in  the 
woods.  I  will  begin  to  harvest  hoarhound  about  April  1,  and 
from  that  time  on  the  different  plants  will  come  in  quick  suc- 
cession. The  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  at  Washington  is 
sending  me  a  great  variety  of  new  seeds  and  plants  to  be  tried 
out  in  this  latitude.  Our  Congressman  is  still  at  work  on  the 
proposition  of  getting  a  Drug  Plant  Experiment  Station  here 
at  Sherman  and  it  looks  as  if  he  might  succeed.  The  Eba 
seems  to  have  a  great  circulation,  as  I  am  getting  letters  from 
all  over  the  country  in  regard  to  my  work  here  and  the  writers 
all  begin  by  referring  to  what  they  have  read  in  your  columns. 
I  am  particularly  happy  today  in  that  I  have  with  me  Mr. 
Sady  Mishino,  a  very  learned  and  distinguished  Japanese  trav- 
eler who  is  now  touring  Texas.  He  speaks  English  fluently,  as 
well  as  sevei'al  other  languages,  and  is  correspondent  for  sev- 
eral leading  Japanese  papers.  He  seemed  much  interested  in 
my  garden.  Tours  truly, 

Sherman,  Tex.,  March  S.  1909.  3.  Long. 


Prefers  Young  Women  to  Boys  or  Men. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  calculating  woman's  part  in  the  pharmacy  of  the  future 
we  must  consider  her  place  on  the  commercial  as  well  as  the 
professional  side  and  in  this  consideration  we  can  only  surmise 
how  many  channels  she  may  successfully  navigate.  In  the 
Washington  (D.  C.)  Drug  Exchange  young  women  are  used 
for  all  but  heavy  labor.  Stock  keeping  and  order  filling  are 
done  exclusively  by  them,  and  so  far  as  I  am  aware,  this  is  the 
only  wholesale  establishment  in  the  country  where  such  work 
is  done  by  women.  It  is  true  that  the  "Exchange"  is  a  co- 
operative concern  owned  and  managed  by  retail  druggists,  yet 
it  is  a  model  wholesale  house  and  not  a  very  small  one  either. 
According  to  Manager  Bradbury,  the  saving  in  per  capita 
salary  is  not  great ;  but  effectiveness  of  service  through  cleanli- 
ness, order,  quiet  and  reliability  make  the  ser\ice  of  these 
young  women  much  cheaper  than  would  be  the  service  of 
boys  or  men.  That  is  to  say :  the  woman  does  more  for  a 
dollar  and  does  it  better. 

If  the  retailers  who  are  responsible  for  this  innovation  can 
purchase  merchandise  cheaper  from  their  co-operative  concern 
than  from  regular  jobbers,  the  difference  in  character  of  help 
is  probably  one  of  the  causes  contributary  to  the  effect  and 
suggests  that  unless  male  helpers  in  the  drug  world  bestir 
themselves,  many  of  them  may  ultimately  be  replaced  by 
women.  Observeb. 

Philadelphia.  March  19. 


Brown  and  Nolte  Win  Bowling  Marathon. 

PniL.^DELPHiA.  March  20. — The  event  of  the  week  in  local 
drug  circles  was  the  six-hour  Marathon  bowling  contest  for 
two-men  teams  that  took  place  this  afternoon. 

The  match  was  won  by  P.  P.  Brown  and  H.  A.  Nolte  by  the 
score  of  2039.  Brown  bowled  a  stronger  game  late  iu  the 
contest  and  steadily  cut  down  the  lead  that  had  been  held  by 
Secretary  Frank  W.  Smith  and  Treasurer  L.  H.  Davis,  of  the 
club,  from  almost  the  beginning  of  the  contest.  The  latter 
scored  2023.  The  other  teams  and  their  scores  were :  Bu- 
chanan and  Hulls,  1923  ;  McCullough  and  Jolley,  1861 ;  French 
and  Duffy,  1832,  and  Miller  and  Schulte,  1821.  Buchanan 
made  the  high  score,  200,  and  Davis  was  second  with  199. 
The  entrance  money,  instead  of  being  divided  in  cash,  will 
probably  be  invested  in  a  cup  emblematic  of  the  club  cham- 
pionship, which  will  be  contested  for  regularly.  Mr.  Nolte 
also  won  the  silver  cup  in  the  individual  handicap  bowling 
tournament,  beating  out  a  large  field  of  contosi.Tiits. 


OPIUM  REGULATIONS  ARE  PROMULGATED. 

Conditions  Under  Which  the   Drug  May  Be  Imported 

for  Medicinal  Purposes,  in  Effect  Beginning  Today, 

Washington,  March  27. — New  regulations  affecting  the 
trade  in  opium  were  issued  by  the  Treasury  Department  to- 
day. The  regulations  are  intended  to  carry  out  the  recent  Act 
of  Congress  which  prohibits  the  importation  of  opium  except 
for  medicinal  purposes,  and  will  be  effective  on  and  after 
April  1.  They  are  considerably  extended  beyond  those  that 
were  submitted  to  the  Treasury  Department  by  the  New  York 
custom  ofiicials  which  were  drawn  up  at  a  conference  of  the 
officials  and  the  importers  held  in  New  York  a  short  time  ago. 

Under  Regulation  1,  the  term  "opium"  covers  all  forms  of 
opium.  Regulation  2  defines  "preparation"  as  meaning  any 
product  containing  opium,  while  Regulation  3  includes  as 
derivatives  the  following  alkaloids,  their  salts  or  combinations, 
obtained  either  directly  or  indirectly,  and  other  alkaloids 
obtained  from  opium  as  it  may  be  found  necessary  to  include 
in  the  future :  Morphine,  codeine,  dionine,  diacetyl  morphine, 
heroine,  peronine.  their  chlorides,  sulphates,  phosphates,  etc., 
or  preparations  containing  the  above. 

The  term  "for  medicinal  purposes"  is  defined  in  Regulation  4 
as  meaning  opium,  its  preparations  and  derivatives,  such  only 
as  are  used  for  the  treatment,  mitigation  or  prevention  of 
disease  of  man  or  other  animal. 

Regulation  .5  prohibits  the  delivery  of  any  opium,  prepara- 
tion or  derivative  except  for  medicinal  purposes  and  the 
seizure  and  destruction  of  smoking  opium  or  other  illegal 
importation. 

Regulation  6  pertains  to  the  importation  and  entrance  for 
immediate  transportation  in  bond  and  for  consumption  or  for 
warehouse.  The  importation  is  limited  to  the  following  ports 
and  at  no  others :  Baltimore,  Boston,  Chicago,  Detroit,  New 
Orleans,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  San  Francisco,  Seattle,  St. 
Louis,  Honolulu  and  San  Juan. 

A  form  for  the  declaration  of  the  owner  or  ultimate  con- 
signee that  the  importation  is  made  in  good  faith  and  according 
to  the  regulations  is  provided  under  Regulation  7. 

The  following  quantities  and  articles  are  covered  in  Regula- 
tion 8:  The  entire  importation  must  go  to  the  appraisers' 
warehouse  for  examination  and  the  subsequent  deliver}'  of 
crude  or  unmanufactured  opium,  in  quantities  or  packages, 
must  not  contain  less  than  100  pounds ;  morphine  and  its 
salts  either  singly  or  assorted  less  than  50  ounces ;  codeine, 
heroine,  dionine,  diacetyi  morphine,  their  salts  or  any  other 
derivative  of  opium  or  its  salts  not  otherwise  provided  for, 
either  singly  or  assorted,  not  less  than  25  ounces.  The  ap- 
praisers' report  must  show  that  the  goods  are  of  such  quality 
and  purity  as  to  fit  them  for  medicinal  purposes. 

Regulation  9  provides  for  the  payment  of  the  duties,  which 
shall  not  be  refunded  on  opium  removed  from  bonded  ware- 
houses. 

Under  Regulation  10  importers  must  keep  separately  from 
all  other  records,  a  record  of  all  sales  of  imported  opium  and 
derivatives  or  preparations  of  opium,  showing  the  names  of 
purchasers,  their  place  of  business,  date  of  sale,  and  name  and 
quantity  of  article  sold,  which  record  shall  be  open  for  the 
inspection  of  the  proper  custom  officials. 

The  penalty  for  violating  this  law  is  the  loss  of  the  pro- 
hibited drugs  and  a  fine  ranging  from  $50  to  $5000,  or  im- 
prisonment not  to  exceed  two  years,  or  both. 


Mr.  Ramsey  Denies  Hegeman-Kiker  Consolidation. 

Concerning  the  rumors  which  have  been  persistent  in  the 
trade  during  the  past  three  months,  that  a  consolidation  was 
to  take  place  between  the  Hegeman  Corporation  and  the  Riker 
Drug  Company,  George  Ramsey,  directing  manager  of  the 
Hegeman  interests,  denied  emphatically  the  truth  of  the  rumors 
to  an  Era  representative  last  Tuesday. 

When  asked  if  negotiations  had  been  or  were  pending  along 
the  lines  of  a  consolidation  with  the  Riker  Drug  Company.  Mr. 
Ramsey  said :  "You  can  say  for  me  that  these  rumors  are 
absolutely  false.  There  are  not  any  negotiations  going  on  nor 
have  there  been  any,  and  as  to  the  report  that  papers  were 
signed  last  Monday  consummating  the  matter  such  a  thing  is 
utterly  absurd,  as  I  did  not  sign  any  such  papers." 

A.  H.  Cosden,  manager  of  the  Riker  Drug  Company,  was 
otit  of  town,  so  that  he  could  not  be  interviewed  on  the  subject 
by  the  Era  representative. 


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NETJRALGYLINE   CO.   ABSORBS  THIRD  PATENT  MEDICINE  CONCERN— THE  STERLING  REMEDY  CO. 


H.    F.    BEHKENS 
of  Wheeling.  W. 


Major  H.  L.   KRAMER, 
of  Kramei",   Ind. 


A.    H.   DIEBOLD. 
of  Wbeeliug,  W.  Va. 


Wheeling,  W,  Va.,  March  27. — H,  F. 
Behrens,  Jr.,  W,  E.  Weiss  and  A.  H.  Die- 
bold  have  returned  from  Attica,  Ind., 
after  closing  the  big  deal  by  which  the 
Neuralgyline  Company  absorbs  the  Ster- 
ling Remedy  Company.  A  million  and  .-i 
half  was  involved.  The  successful  con- 
clusion makes  the  Xeuralgyline  Com- 
pany one  of  the  largest  patent  medicine 
concerns  in  the  world.  The  Xeuralgyline 
Company  has  controlled  the  J.  W.  James 
Company  and  the  Knowlton  Danderine 
Company  for  several  years. 

During  their  stay  at  Attica  and  after 
the  details  of  the  transfer  had  been  ar- 
ranged, a  complete  reorganization  of  the 
Sterling  Company  was  made  and  an  elec- 
tion of  officers  held.  H,  L,  Kramer,  the 
originator  of  Cascarets,  remains  president 
of  the  company.  H,  F.  Behrens,  Jr.,  was 
chosen  vice-president.  A.  H.  Diebold,  for 
some  time  past  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
Neuralgyline  Company,  was  elected  to  the 
same  office  in  the  acquired  concern,  and 
W,  E.  Weiss,  general  manager  of  the 
Neuralgyline  Company,  now  holds  the 
same  position  in  the  Sterling  Company. 

Mr.  Weiss  stated  that  the  Attica  plant 
will  be  continued  in  operation  for  a  time 
until  the  local  factory  can  be  enlarged. 
This  work  of  enlargement  will  be  done  on  an  extensive  and 
elaborate  scale  and  will  involve  the  outlay  of  a  large  sum  of 
money.     It  will  be  begun  as  soon  as  possible. 


of  \\'licel 


Sterling  Company  Put  in  at  ?1, 500,000. 

Attica,  Ind..  March  27. — The  Sterling  Remedy  Company, 
of  this  city,  and  the  Xeuralgyline  Company,  of  Wheeling, 
have,  for  the  purpose  of  effecting  savings  in  the  general  admin- 
istration of  business  on  more  economical  lines,  made  a  combi- 
nation of  their  interests,  with  the  active  management  of  the 
two  companies  passing  into  the  hands  of  the  Xeuralgyline 
Company.    The  Sterling  was  put  in  at  the  price  of  $1,500,000. 

A.  H,  Deibold,  the  new  treasurer  of  the  Sterling  Remedy 
Company,  will  reside  in  Attica,  and  will  soon  move  his  family 
to  this  place. 

Mr.  Kramer  expects  to  take  the  first  rest  that  he  has  had 
since  he  was  14  years  old.  He  will  devote  some  time  to  a  trip 
to  Joplin,  Mo,,  where  he  will  look  after  his  mining  interests, 


:ind  then  some  time  this  summer  he  ex- 
pects to  take  Mrs.  Kramer  and  go  to 
Europe,  He  will  move  his  residence  from 
Attica  to  Chicago. 

As  to  the  plans  for  the  future  of  the 
Sterling  Remedy  Company,  that  is  purely 
.1  matter  of  detail,  with  which  the  active 
managers  of  the  company  will  cope.  As 
H>  whether  the  Sterling  will  be  moved 
from  Attica,  it  will  not  at  least  for  six 
months,  according  to  -Jr.  Deibold.  If  time 
.■iliall  show  that  economy  of  management 
demands  that  the  Sterling  be  moved,  it 
may  leave  here. 

In  case  it  should  go,  Mr.  Kramer  ex- 
liects  to  convert  the  building,  which  he 
personally  owns,  into  headquarters  for 
the  advertising  department  of  the  Indiana 
Springs  Company,  which  was  not  affected 
hy  the  transfer  of  the  Sterling,  He  has 
plans  for  the  erection  of  another  big  hotel 
at  the  Springs,  costing  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  $300,000, 

Mr.  Kramer  was  the  originator  of  Cas- 
carets and  Xo-To-Bac,  two  of  the  prin- 
cipal remedies  manufactured  by  the  Ster- 
ling Company,  In  an  inlen'iew  he  said : 
"The  Xeuralgyline  Company  occupies 
just  as  important  and  successful  a  posi- 
tion in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  its 
product — Danderine.  Its  famous  trade-line  'Danderine  Grows 
Hair  and  We  Can  Prove  It'  is  as  well  known,  almost,  as 
'They  Work  While  You  Sleep,'  which  helped  to  popularize  and 
make  Cascarets  so  famous. 

"Everything  will  be  done  on  the  part  of  the  new  manage- 
ment, not  only  to  carry  out  our  past  plans  and  policies,  but  to 
make  them  stronger.  This  will  not  only  apply  to  increasing 
our  advertising  appropriation  and  making  it  more  effective, 
but  it  means  also  the  co-operation  with  the  retailer  in  every 
way  that  he  may  get  the  full  benefit  of  the  advertising,  result- 
ing in  increased  sales.  I  have  been  in  this  work  for  many,  many 
years :  the  business  has  grown  to  be  a  vast  one — the  details 
many,  and  I  am  getting  along  in  life,  I  desire  to  shape  my 
matters  now,  so  that  this  business,  in  passing  into  the  man- 
agement of  younger  hands,  will  be  conducted  along  lines  that 
will  ensure  for  it  continued  success, 

"The  effect  of  this  consolidation  will  permit  me  to  gradually 
retire  from  the  every-day  grind  of  detail  work.     I  have  been 


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[April  1,  1909 


in  the  harness  since  I  was  14  years  of  age.  I  waut  to  look 
over  the  world  and  see  some  o£  the  people  that  live  in  it — to 
know  more  about  how  they  live.  Then,  again,  I  have  a  num- 
ber of  other  large  enterprises,  particularly  some  mining  indus- 
tries, that  involve  construction  and  development  work.  This 
is  a  line  of  work  that  I  most  heartily  enjoy.  It  gives  me  the 
out-of-door  life." 


The  Four  Men  Concerned  in  the  Deal. 

Portraits  are  herewith  given  of  the  four  men  chiefly  con- 
cerned in  the  consolidation.  Mr.  Kramer  won  success  through 
originating  No-To-Bac  and  the  Cascarets  Candy  Cathartic  and 
advertising  the  same  liberally.  When  he  ran  his  first  little 
advertisement  20  years  ago  his  capital  was  less  than  $100  and 
the  order  was  written  by  himself  on  a  rented  typewriter.  In 
the  last  year  his  advertising  appropriation  was  $400,000. 

Major  Kramer  also  scored  another  business  success  in  the 
Moor-Mud  baths  at  Mudlavia,  Ind.,  which  he  originally  ex- 
ploited. Now  there  is  a  town  there  called  Kramer  in  his  honor 
and  a  .$400,000  plant  of  hotels,  cottages,  bath  houses,  etc.  Mr. 
Kramer  is  now  46  years  old  and  has  been  in  active  life  since 
he  was  14  years  old. 

Mr.  Weiss  is  well  and  favorably  known  in  business  and 
social  circles  in  the  city  of  Wheeling,  being  general  manager 
of  one  of  the  large  business  enterprises  in  that  city,  and  also 
a  member  of  its  Board  of  Trade  and  leading  clubs.  He  was 
born  in  Canton,  Ohio,  and  for  several  years  clerked  there  in  a 
retail  drug  store.  In  1S94  he  matriculated  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  and  graduated  with  the  class  of  1896. 
Immediately  after  leaving  college,  Mr.  Weiss  went  into  the 
retail  drug  business  in  Sistersville,  W.  Va.,  where  he  was  also 
largely  interested  in  the  oil  business.  His  business  ventures  in 
that  city  were  successful  and  profitable,  but  having  his  mind 
on  the  possibilities  in  the  proprietary  medicine  field,  he  went 
to  Wheeling  in  1900,  and  there  organized  the  Neuralgyline 
Company,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $2.5.000,  for  the  manufacture 
of  Neuralgyline. 

In  1903  the  capital  stock  of  the  company  was  increased  to 
$100,000.  and  the  compan.v  purchased  the  business  of  the  J.  W. 
James  Company,  of  East  Brady,  Pa.,  manufacturers  of  Dr. 
James'  Miniature  Headache  Powders.  In  1906  the  capital 
stock  was  increased  to  $.500,000,  and  the  company  assumed 
ownership  and  control  of  the  Knowlton  Danderine  Company, 
manufacturers  of  Danderine.  having  offices  and  laboratories 
not  only  in  this  country  but  also  in  Canada  and  abroad.  Now, 
the  capital  stock  of  the  Neuralgyline  Company  has  been  in- 
creased to  $1,000,000,  and  the  Sterling  Company  added  to  the 
list. 

Mr.  Weiss  is  general  manager  not  only  of  the  Neuralgyline 
Company  but  also  of  its  several  allied  companies.  With  all 
his  responsibilities,  he  is  modest  and  unassuming  and  dislikes 
to  be  brought  into  the  "lime  light."  He  is  of  a  genial  disposi- 
tion, and  makes  friends  right  and  left,  besides  keeping  close  to 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  Drug  Club,  of  the 
Proprietary  Association  of  America  and  of  the  West  Virginia 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  is  an  earnest  worker 
for  the  welfai-e  of  drug  trade  and  proprietary  interests. 

Mr.  Diebold  was  born  in  Canton.  Ohio.  After  finishing  his 
college  course  he  was  associated  with  his  father  in  conducting 
the  business  of  the  Diebold  Safe  &  Lock  Co.  In  1900  lie  be- 
came identified  with  the  Neuralgyline  Company  as  secretary 
and  treasurer.  Mr.  Diebold's  duties  in  connection  with  the 
several  allied  companies  which  he  represents  have  taken  him 
from  coast  to  coast  in  this  country,  also  to  England,  Germany 
and  France.  While  abroad  a  couple  of  years  ago,  he  estab- 
lished branch  offices  and  laboratories  in  England. 

In  temperament.  Mr.  Diebold  is  quiet  and  conservative,  and 
aside  from  his  arduous  business  duties,  spends  most  of  his  time 
with  his  family  at  his  home  in  Forest  Hill  road.  East  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  in  which  city  he  has  a  wide  acquaintance  in  busi- 
ness and  social  circles. 

Mr.  Behrens  was  born  and  raised  in  Wheeling.  After  com- 
pleting a  course  at  Washington  and  Jefferson  College,  of  Wash- 
ington, Pa.,  he  spent  some  time  abroad,  both  in  Germany  and 
France,  giving  particular  attention  to  the  study  of  languages. 
Mr.  Behrens  became  prominently  identiiied  with  large  corpo- 
rate interests  in  Pittsburg  and  Wheeling,  and  at  the  present 
time  is  director  in  two  of  Wheeling's  leading  banks.  His 
presidency  of  the  Neuralgyline  Company  dates  from  its  incep- 
tion. His  success  is  attributed  to  his  faithful  attention  to 
detail  w-ork,  and  to  his  energy  and  push. 


Fusible  Core  Hot  Water  Bottle. 
The  Walpole  Rubber  Works,  with  factories  at  Walpole, 
Mass.,  and  general  offices  at  18.5  Summer  street,  Boston,  Mass., 
have  perfected  and 
worked  out  a  process  by 
which  it  is  possible  to 
make  hollow  molded 
rttbber  goods  of  one 
piece  of  rubber.  A  full 
description  of  this  proc- 
ess was  given  in  the  ad- 
vertisement on  page  23 
of  last  week's  issue  of 
the  Eba.  In  the  Glea- 
son  Fusible  Core  Proc- 
ess (patented)  a  fusible 
metal  core  that  liquefies 
or  melts  at  the  same 
temperature  that  rubber 
vulcanizes,  is  construct- 
ed, and  the  uncured 
rubber  is  then  formed 
over  the  core  in  the 
shape  of  a  bottle.  The 
bottib  Is  then  put  into 
the  mold  and  subjected 
to  2000  pounds  per 
square  inch  hydraulic 
pressure  during  the  cur- 
ing process,  thereby 
producing  a  bottle  of 
absolute  uniformity  of 
thickness  and  strength, 
and  entirely  in  one 
piece.  The  rubber  is 
cured  under  heat  from 
the  exterior  to  the  inte- 
rior, the  core  being  fused  or  liquefied  and  poured  out  after  the 
bottle  is  removed  from  the  mold.  In  water  bottles  made  by 
this  process  there  are  no  cemented  seams  to  give  way  under 
the  action  of  hot  water ;  there  is  no  overcure  or  second  cure 
which  is  always  injurious  to  rubber.  According  to  Mr.  Glea- 
son,  vice-president  and  general  superintendent  of  the  Walpole 
Rubber  Works,  this  is  the  only  practical  process  for  making 
hollow  rubber  articles  of  a  defined  mechanical  strength.  Every 
bottle  is  made  from  high  grade  Para  rubber,  and  tested  under 
steam  pressure  before  shipment.  The  red  color  remains  perma- 
nent and  does  not  bloom  or  change  its  shade.  The  Fusible 
Core  Hot  Water  Bottles  are  guaranteed  for  two  years  and 
there  are  many  reasons  why  you  should  investigate  their 
merits  before  placing  j-our  order  for  goods  of  this  character. 


Reduction  in  Prices  of  Post  Cards. 

The  E.  C.  Kropp  Company,  of  Milwaukee,  have  recently 
improved  their  facilities  for  the  manufacture  of  Post  Cards 
and  are  now  able  to  produce  the  same  high  grade  goods  at  a 
considerabl.v  lower  cost.  As  a  result  of  this  economy  in  pro- 
duction they  are  giving  the  trade  the  benefit  by  reducing  prices. 

The  Hand  Colored  Cards  manufactured  by  this  firm  are 
classed  among  the  best  hand  colored  cards  manufactured  in  the 
United  States.  The  method  followed  is  original  and  capable  of 
yielding  the  very  best  results.  Many  of  the  Hand  Colored 
Cards  contain  six  or  eight  colors  and  when  the  cards  are 
finished  they  are  carefully  inspected  and  counted.  No  imper- 
fect cards  are  ever  delivered  to  a  customer.  The  E.  C.  Kropp 
Company  also  manufacture  other  styles  of  cards,  samples  of 
which  will  be  sent  for  the  asking. 


Stewart's  Facial  Cream. 
In  a  recent  communication.  W.  D.  Stewart,  manufacturer 
of  Stewart's  Facial  Cream,  Waterbury,  Conn.,  writes  as  fol- 
lows :  "You  may  be  interested  to  know  that  the  sales  of 
Stewart's  Facial  Cream  are  increasing  every  day.  The  drug- 
gists throughout  the  Eastern  States  have  taken  hold  of  our 
proposition  in  fine  style,  and  the  popularity  of  the  article  is 
assured.  When  the  driaggists  do  their  part  by  distributing  our 
advertising  matter  so  that  the  people  will  receive  it.  it  means 
immediate  and  most  satisfactory  sales  for  the  druggists.  The 
preparation  gives  perfect  satisfaction,  and  I  am  anxious  to 
have  at  least  one  live  druggist  in  every  town  accept  otir  special 
advertising  proposition." 


April  1,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  313 

1909  AND  1910  CLASSES.  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY.  WINONA  TECHNICAL    INSTITUTE.   INDIANAPOLIS. 


1,  Dean  John  U.  Gertler;  2,  Prof.  A.  f.  HaUcr 


Indianapolis.  March  27. — The  students  of  the  Winona 
School  of  Pharmacy  will  count  St.  Patrick's  Day.  March  17. 
1909.  as  the  red-letter  day  in  their  calendar.  On  that  day  84 
of  these  students  were  the  guests  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.  In  the 
'  afternoon  the  class,  accompanied  by  its  instructors,  visited  the 
'  Lilly  plant  and  the  wholesale  drug  houses  of  the  Daniel 
Stewart  Company.  Ward  Brothers.  Moouey-Miller  and  A. 
'  Kiefer  Drug  Company,  and  at  6  p.  m.  there  was  a  banquet  at 
the  Claypool  Hotel,  the  students  and  other  guests  nuni- 
i  bering  101. 

I  The  only  woman  member  of  the  class.  Mrs.  Albert  Schil- 
I  linger,  of  this  city,  occupied  a  place  of  honor  at  the  banquet 
j  board,  being  seated  at  the  head  of  the  table  next  to  the  toast- 
master.  Charles  J.  Lynn,  general  manager  of  the  Lilly  plant, 
who  gracefully  presided  in  the  absence  of  Josiah  K.  Lilly,  who 
I  is  now  in  California.  John  S.  Wright,  manager  of  advertising, 
officiated  as  master  of  ceremonies. 

Besides  the  students  there  were  among  the  guests  Prof. 
W.  C.  Smith,  of  Winona  Technical  Institute ;  Prof.  J.  H. 
Gertler.  dean  of  the  Pharmacy  School ;  Prof.  A.  S.  Haller.  of 
the  chair  of  chemistry :  Fowler  Manning  and  Randolph 
Rhodes,  wholesale  druggists,  of  Chattanooga.  Tenn. :  William 
Scott.  Barret  Moxley,  F.  A.  Fisher  and  Dr.  H.  E.  Barnard. 
Chief  of  the  Indiana  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Commission. 

The  toasts  were  all  informal,  but  the  responses  were  witty 
and  clever  and  set  the  table  in  a  roar.  The  pharmacy  boys 
were  well  to  the  front  as  the  dinner  went  on.  They  have 
a  yell  which,  when  let  loose,  is  a  blood-curdling  paralyzer. 
And  they  let  it  loose.  It  is  a  yell  in  chemical  combination 
with  a  howl,  a  wild,  uncaimy  yawp  that  even  the  Russian 
alphabet  with  its  46  letters  could  not  frame  to  pronounce. 
The  boys  are  very  proud  of  this  yell  and  when  they  let  it  loose 
they  manage  in  some  mysterious  way  to  incorporate  the  name 
of  Lilly  in  its  barbaric  cadences. 

In  the  evening  the  entire  company  attended  the  Grand 
Opera  House.  It  was  a  vaudeville  performance  and  the 
students  who  had  made  up  their  minds  to  applaud  everything 
would  have  set  the  best  drilled  corps  of  French  claqueurs  crazy 
with  the  brilliancy  of  their  achievement. 

The  Lilly  company,  as  a  souvenir  of  the  day.  had  the 
students  and  their  instructors  photographed  in  a  group  picture. 


i  American  Color  Co.'s  Easy  Dye  in  Tubes. 

I  The  American  Color  Company.  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  has  a 
I  special  introductory  proposition  for  retail  druggists  who  wish 
I  to  make  money  and  to  sell  goods  that  will  please  their  cus- 
I  tomers.  full  particulars  of  which  are  given  on  advertising 
!  page  13  of  this  issue  of  the  Era.  The  offer  holds  open  until 
j  April  1.^  and  enables  the  druggist  who  takes  advantage  of  it 
j  to  make  100  per  cent  profit  on  his  investment.  The  Easy 
I  Dyes  manufactured  by  the  American  Color  Company  are 
I  unique  from  the  fact  that  they  are  put  up  in  tubes,  are  espe- 
■cially  recommended  for  home  use.  stencil  work,  textiles  and 


fabrics  of  all  kinds.  The  dyes  can  be  made  in  hot  or  cold 
water  and  come  in  20  different  colors.  Druggists  should  take 
advantage  of  this  extraordinary  offer,  using  the  blank  forming 
part  of  the  Company's  advertisement  on  page  13.  There  is 
money  in  the  proposition. 


Holiner  Harmonicas  and  Accordeons. 
Hohner  Harmonicas  and  Accordeons  offer  to  the  druggist 
a  most  profitable  side  line,  the  returns  from  their  sale  coming 
in  without  any  great  effort  on  the  part  of  the  seller.  The 
manufacturer  of  these  instruments.  M.  Hohner.  47.")  Broad- 
way. New  York,  in  his  advertisement  on  page  33  of  this  issue 
of  the  Era.  calls  attention  to  the  display  stand  he  offers  to 
the  drug  trade  for  selling  these  instruments.  The  display  con- 
sists of  twelve  Harmonicas,  in  all  keys,  and  so  attached  to  the 
stand    that    they    may    be   easily   reniovi-d    nnd    rejilaced.    as   the 


case  may  be.  1  n  II  'i  i  \  i  i  "H  as  showii  iu  the  ac- 
companying illustiation,  louiain^  a  iiuiubor  of  improvements. 
The  ke.vboard,  lo  which  the  reed  plates  are  directly  attached, 
is  artistically  made  up  and  securely  fastened  to  a  beautifully 
designed  panel  by  means  of  thumb-screws,  which  may  be  re- 
moved, thereby  permitting  the  player  to  dissect  the  accordeon 
in  a  few  moments  and  to  readjust  any  temporary  disarrange- 
ment. In  this  accordeon.  Mr.  Hohner  states,  the  use  of  bees- 
wax has  been  entirely  eliminated,  leather  being  substituted 
in  its  place.  Read  Mr.  Hohner's  advertisement  and  write  for 
catalogue   Xo.   4. 


Druggist  Dalton  Will  Take  a  Rest. 
Steacuse.  N.  Y..  March  27. — Thomas  W.  Dalton.  after  a 
business  career  of  22  years  in  Syracuse,  has  sold  his  drug 
store  in  South  Salina  street,  in  the  heart  of  the  retail  district, 
to  the  Weld  Drug  Company,  of  Geneva,  and  the  Weld-Dalton 
Drug  Company  has  been  incorporated.  R.  G.  Weld  is  man- 
aging the  store  and  Mr.  Dalton  retains  a  financial  interest. 
For  the  present  he  has  not  decided  what  he  will  do  after 
taking  a  long  needed  rest.  He  will  take  a  Western  trip.  Mr. 
Dalton  has  been  an  active  member  of  the  New  I'ork  State 
Ph. A.  and  was  first  vice-president  in  1S91. 


314 


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[April  1,  1909 


BUSINESS   RECORD 


Changes   in   Ownership,   New   Drug-   Stores,    Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Supplement  to  The  Era  Druggists'  Directory. 


ALABAllA — AxBEBTViLLE — Hood  Drug  Company  have  opened 
their  new  store  here. 

ARKANSAS — Ola — Ola  Drug  Company,  incorporated  with  a 
capital  of  $10,000. 

CALIFORNIA — Los  Angeles — Aikens  Pharmacy,  16th  and 
Georgia  streets,  have  moved  to  Calexico,  Cal. 

COLORADO— Denvee— Van  Zandt  &  Bray,  Colfax  and 
Marion  streets,  have  dissolved  partnership. '  T.  R.  Bray 
will  continue  business  as  the  Capitol  Hill  Drug  Store. 

CONNECTICUT— Beacon  Falls— Victor  Anderson  has  been 
succeeded  by  W.  H.  Watson. 
Naugatuck — Stephen  Gladding,  22  Church  street,  has  been 
succeeded  by  T.  J.  Parks.     Style  of  firm  to  be  Parks  Drug 
Company. 

FLORIDA — De   Funiak   Springs — De   Funiak   Drug   Com- 
pany  is   the   style   of  the   new   drug  store  here.     D.   H. 
Simmons,  proprietor. 
De  Land — Walters  Pharmacy  has  been  succeeded  by  B.  J. 
Eccles  &  Co. 

GEORGIA — Albany — Geise  Drug  Company  have  been  suc- 
ceeded by  Mitchell-Thornton  Drug  Company. 

ILLINOIS— Chicago— P.     J.     Frobrich.     1742     West     19th 
street,  has  been  succeeded  by  V.  T.  Freligh. 
East  St.  Louis — Henry  F.  Bader,  Main  street  and  Broad- 
way, has  been  succeeded  by  Charles  F.  Merker. 
PoNTiAC — J.  S.  Murphy  Drug  Company  has  been  succeeded 
by  Frank  J.  Butler  Company. 

INDL\NA — Albany — Thomas  F.  Barrett ;  store  destroyed  bv 
fire :  loss,  $3500 ;  insurance  on  stock,  $2500. 
Indianapolis — J.  A.  Conkey,  726  North  Senate  street,  has 
been  succeeded  by  S.  L.  Stout. 

IOWA — Atlantic — J.  B.  Jones  is  the  new  proprietor  of  the 
Atlantic  Drug  Company. 
Des  Moines — The  Lee  Miller  Drug  Company  have  opened 

a  new  store,  corner  Seventh  and  Locust  streets. 
Hawkeye — A.  H.  Brooks  has  been  succeeded  by  H.  H.  Sorg. 
Red  Oak — Red  Cross  Pharmacy  has  been  succeeded  by  Hiue 
&  Larson. 

KANSAS — Topeka — F.  M.  Curtis,  732  Kansas  avenue  ;  store 
damaged  by  fire. 

KENTUCKY — Cbofton — Brasher  &  McCord  have  been  suc- 
ceeded by  Brasher  &  Croft. 
Stanfoed — Dr.   W.   B.    McRoberts   has   been   succeeded   by 
Shugars  &  Tanner. 

MARYLAND — Baltimore — Owen  C.  Smith  has  sold  his  store 
at  1200  Penn  avenue  to  Abell  A.  Wilson. 

MASSACHUSETTS— PiTTSFiELD—Durgin  &  McManus,  163 
North  street,  have  dissolved  partnership.  McManus 
Pharmacy,  incorporated,  will  be  the  style  of  firm  to 
continue  business. 

MICHIGAN — COBUNNA — C.  M.  Peacock  has  been  succeeded 
by  the  Albert  Pharmac.y,  John  Albert,  proprietor. 

MONTANA — Glasgow — Glasgow  Drug  Company,  incorpo- 
rated :  capital  stock,  $10,000. 

NEW    JERSEY— HoBOKEN— Charles    Schmidt,    633    Willow 
avenue,  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  here. 
Jersey  City — Herman  J.  Lohmann,   Harrison  and  Monti- 
cello  avenues ;   store  damaged   by  fire ;   loss,   $500 ;   fully 
insured. 

NEW  YORK — Auburn — The  Odell  Drug  Company,  incor- 
porated ;  capital  stock,  $10,000. 
Bltfalo — Stoddart  Brothers,  84-SS  Seneca  street,  whole- 
sale and  retail  druggists ;  store  damaged  bv  fire  to  the 
■  extent  of  $25.000 ;  fully  insured. 
New  Yoek  City — Snow  &  Yeomans  will  open  a  new  drug 
store  in  the  Washington  Irving  Building,  151st  street  and 
Broadway. — J.  J.  Sosnor  will  open  a  new  store  at  150th 


street  and  Eighth  avenue  about  April  1. 
Syracuse — T.  W.  Dalton,  Kirk's  Block,  has  been  succeeded' 

by  the  Weld-Dalton  Drug  Company. 
Warsaw — The  Warsaw  Drug  Company  is  the  style  of  the 
new  drug  store  opened  in  the  Post-Office  Block. 
.NORTH  DAKOTA— Linton— John  J.  Flaherty  has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  Linton  Drug  Co.,  Carl  Vorlauder,  manager. 
\' ALLEY  City — F.  L.  Ulm  has  been  succeeded  by  the  Seig- 
fried  Pharmacy. 
OHIO — Cincinnati — Milton  J.   Ullmann  has  opened  a  new 
drug  store,  at  corner  Burnet  and  Erkenbrecher  avenues, 
Avondale. 
Cleveland — Rosengarten    &    Feuer,    1621    Euclid    avenue, 
have  moved  their  stock  to  10,503  Superior  avenue  East.     \ 
Laueelvllle — Otto  A.  Koch  has  opened  a  drug  store  at  the  I 

old  S.  D.  Povenmire  location. 

Zanesville — A.  P.  Rogge  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at 

Market   and    Third    streets. — H.    M.    Widney,    Main   and 

Seventh  streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  G.  E.  Schwint. 

PENNSYLVANIA — Allentown — Nagle    &    Danowsky,    708 

Hamilton  street,   has  been  succeeded  by  Dr.   Thomas  S.  I 

Nalge.  j 

Bradford — J.  F.  Leonard  &  Son,  35  Mechanic  street ;  store 

damaged  by  fire. 
Carlisle — B.  F.  Emrich  has  been  succeeded  by  William  R. 

Shearer. 
Johnstown — Shaffer-Davis   Company    have   opened   a   new 

drug  store  here. 
Philadelphia — Lawndale  Pharmacy,  H.  A.  Kalbach,  pro- 
prietor, 6425  Second  street,  has  been  succeeded  by  Arthur 
H.  Martin. 
SOUTH  CAROLINA— Johnston— Johnston  Drug  Company; 

store  damaged  by  fire. 
TENNESSEE— Knoxville—F.    B.    Sharp.    Gay    and    Wall 
streets,  has  been  succeeded  by  Lotspeich  Pharmacy. 
Lebanon — McDonnold-Wooten-Lester   Company    have   been 
succeeded  by  Lester-McCartney  Company. 
TEXAS — Arlington — Arlington  Drug  Company  ;  store  dam- 
aged by  fire  ;  loss,  $.500. 
UTAH — JIUERAY — G.  H.  Lyon  &  Co.  have  moved  into  their 

new  store  at  State  street  and  Second  avenue. 
VERMONT — Brandon — Barken     &     Evans     have     dissolved 
partnership.      The    Barken    Pharmacy    will    continue   tne 
business  at  the  old  stand. 
WEST  VIRGINIA— Thurmond— Dr.  J.  W.  Mankin  has  re- 
bought  the  store  he  sold  to  Bradley  Drug  Company ;  style 
of  firm  will  be  Mankin  Drug  Company. 
WISCONSIN — Manitowoc — Schmidt    Brothers:    store   dam- 
aged by  fire  ;  insured. 


TTiJ-to-Date  Quarters  for  Old  Jersey  City  Pharmacy. 

Shortly  after  April  1  the  Eugene  Hartnett  drug  store  at 
Montgomery  and  Warren  streets,  Jersey  City,  will  cease  to  be 
a  landmark  in  as  far  as  the  location  is  concerned.  Recently 
Mr.  Hartnett  decided  that  better  accommodations  were  needed 
for  his  business  and  leased  the  premises  at  21  Newark  avenue 
running  through  to  128  Montgomery  street,  a  block  away  from 
the  present  location  and  in  the  heart  of  the  business  district 
The  new  quarters  are  more  than  twice  the  size  of  those  now 
occupied  and  several  departments  will  be  extended,  but  the 
prescription  department  will  still  be  the  leading  feature.  For 
more  than  50  years  the  comer  which  Mr.  Hartnett  vacates  has 
been  a  drug  store,  William  King  locating  there  in  1859.  After 
conducting  the  store  for  23  years  he  sold  it  to  Mr.  Hartnett, 
who  has  had  it  over  27  years.  More  than  336,000  prescrip- 
tions are  on  record  in  the  books  as  having  been  compotmded 
there. 


R.  K.  Smither's  Drug  Store  Incorporated. 
Buffalo,  March  27. — A  certificate  of  incorporation  has 
been  filed  at  the  County  Clerk's  office  in  Buffalo  by  the  R.  K. 
Smither  Drug  Company,  of  this  city.  The  capital  stock  is 
$12,000.  Robert  K.  Smither,  John  G.  Gottwein  and  Paul  M. 
Burgdorf  are  the  directors. 


Pharmacy  in  a  Department  Store. 
Sybacuse,    March   27. — The   Hunter-Tuppen   Company  has 
established  a  pharmacy  in  its  department  store  at  South  Salina 
and   East  Fayette  streets.     Silas   Smith,   at  one  time  in  the 
Yates  Pharmacy,  is  pharmacist. 


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Granted  March  23,   1909. 

915,725 — Thomas  Baines,  Sr.,  and  Edmund  L.  Baines,  Phil- 
adelphia. Pa. ;  said  Edmund  L.  Baines  assignor  to  said  Thomas 
Baines.  Sr.    Machine  for  filling  bottles  or  other  receptacles. 

915,781 — Edward  D.  Marshall,  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa.  Hair 
tonic. 

915,864 — William  O.  Kaiser,  Burlington,  Iowa.  Ointment 
mill. 

9x5,917— Peter  L.  Wilbur.  New  York,  N.  T.     Syringe. 

915.946— Qarleton  Ellis,  White  Plains.  N.  Y.,  and  Karl  P. 
McElroy.  Washington,  D.  C.     Process  of  making  aldehydes. 

915.959 — Ernest  Herrmann,  Paris,  France,  assignor  to  the 
Compagnie  Internationale  la  Norgine,  Paris,  France.  Process 
of  extracting  iodin. 

915.977 — Domingo  Lodigiani,  Mexico,  Mexico.  Process  of 
obtaining  strong  aqueous  solutions  of  creosote. 

915.992— Felix  Mueller  and  George  W.  Gwinn,  New  York. 
N.  Y.,  assignors  to  the  Standard  Stopper  Company,  New  York, 
N.  X.,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.     Capping  machine. 

916,198 — Henry  P.  Roberts,  Boston,  Mass.  Device  for  seal- 
ing bottles. 


Anti-Drug  Vendors'  Bill  Beaten  by  Only  One  Vote. 

BOZEMAX.  March  27. — The  pharmacists  of  Montana  failed 
to  accomplish  during  the  recent  legislative  assembly  some  of 
the  desired  legislation,  viz :  a  pure  food  and  drug  law  and  a 
drug  vendors'  law.  similar  to  the  Ohio  law,  the  latter  having 
been  lost  in  the  Senate  by  one  vote. 


Published  March  25,  1909. 

o7,186 — The  Ozo  Remedy  Company,  New  Brighton,  Pa. 
Class  6.  A  medicinal  remedy  for  sore  throat,  tonsilitis,  hoarse- 
ness, and  all  diseases  of  a  similar  nature  affecting  the  mouth 
and  throat,  etc. 

37,642 — Castruccio-Amestoy  Company,  Los  Angeles.  Cal. 
Class  46.     Italian  olive  oil. 

37,846— G.  W.  Carnrick  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class 
G.  Remedy  for  indigestion  and  disorders  of  metabolism  re- 
sulting therefrom. 

38,iSS— E.  D.  Sawkins.  Baltimore,  Md.  Class  6.  Hair 
tonic,  hair  coloring  material,  and  a  milkweed  lotion. 

39,941 — Laine  Chemical  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class 
6.  Tablets  in  the  nature  of  a  hepatic  stimulant,  antizymotic, 
uric-acid  solvent  and  eliminant. 

40,348- Solomon  Baruch,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Vag- 
inal suppositories. 

40,349 — Eleto  Company,  New  York.  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Talcum 
powder. 

40,423— Young  &  Bokemyer,  Baltimore,  Md.  Class  6.  A 
tonic  for  the  hair  and  scalp. 

40,486 — Herman  Toser  Company,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Class  6, 
Bitters. 


Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS.  Attorney,  908  G  St..  Washington.  D.  C. 


Opposition  to  Poison  Labels  on  Paint. 
St.  Louis,  March  27. — Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  dean  of  St. 
Louis  C.P.,  was  one  of  a  delegation  to  appear  before  the  Mis- 
souri Assembly  Public  Health  Committee  to  argue  against  a 
proposed  law  requiring  the  word  "poison"  to  appear  on  all 
paint  labels  attached  to  paint  containing  above  a  certain  per- 
centage of  white  lead.  Dr.  Whelpley's  argument  was  that 
such  use  would  cheapen  the  word  poison,  as  no  one  thinks  of 
eating  paint  or  using  it  for  medicine. 


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[April  1.  19UU 


The  Drug  Markets 


GENERAL  MARKET  STEADY  AND  FIRM. 

Quotations  Without  Change  of  Consequence  'Except  in 
Articles  Affected  by  Tariff  Agitation. 

New  Tobk,  March  29. — Since  the  introduction  into  Con- 
gress of  the  new  tariff  bill  the  attention  of  the  trade  has  been 
given  to  the  discussion  of  its  merits  pro  and  con  ;  and  while 
there  are  many  opinions  regarding  the  bill  the  majority  of 
the  people  in  the  trade  believe  that  changes  in  the  present 
draft  will  surely  be  made  and  that  a  measure  of  some  kind 
will  be  adopted  as  soon  as  the  two  houses  of  Congress  can 
come  to  an  agreement.  Articles  in  the  drug  and  chemical  line 
which  are  affected  by  the  proposed  changes  have  been  quite 
active  at  higher  figures,  which  are  firmly  maintained  in  an- 
ticipation of  the  new  rates  becoming  effective.  Opium,  oxalic 
acid,  dandelion  root,  cacao  butter,  oils  of  anise,  bergamot. 
citronella,  lavender,  lemon,  orange  and  rose  are  firmly  held 
owing  to  the  proposed  increased  rates  of  duty. 

Opium. — The  market  is  very  firm  at  $4.50  per  pound  in 
case  lots  and  a  number  of  cases  have  changed  hands  at  this 
price.  Granulated  .and  powdered  are  also  firm  at  §5..50  per 
pound.  The  Smyrna  market  is  firm  with  some  sales  reported 
for  our  country.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  to  Jlarch  22  amount 
to  2023  cases,  as  against  1253  cases  for  the  same  period  last 
year;  and  in  Constantinople  1929  cases  as  against  409  cases 
for  the  same  period  last  year.  The  stock  in  Smyrna  is  now 
about  1910  cases,  against  1883  cases  last  year,  and  in  Con- 
stantinople 170  cases,  against  107  at  the  same  period  last 
year. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  market  in  this  article  is  without 
any  new  features,  there  being  still  a  fairly  good  consuming 
demand  at  unchanged  prices.  The  last  auction  sale  of  Am- 
sterdam brand  of  quinine,  which  took  place  at  Amsterdam  on 
March  23,  went  off  at  florins  10.85,  as  against  florins  10.82 
averaged  at  the  previous  sale.  The  whole  quantity  offered, 
50,000  ounces,  was  sold. 

NOBWEGIAN  Cod  Liveb  Oil. — Primary  markets  are  decid- 
edly higher  owing  to  unfavorable  reports  of  the  catch,  which  is 
said  to  be  unsatisfactory.  There  are  plenty  of  fish  being  taken, 
but  the  livers  are  gradually  becoming  smaller  and  leaner,  yield- 
ing now  only  48  to  52  per  cent  of  oil  as  against  54  per  cent 
at  the  beginning  of  the  season.  The  catch  to  March  22  is  as 
follows:  In  Lofoten.  8.000.000  fish,  producing  8,700  barrels 
of  oil:  in  all  other  districts,  21,300,000  fish,  yielding  21,380 
barrels  of  oil.  In  1908  to  the  same  date  the  records  were  as 
follows :  In  Lofoten,  7,600,000  fish,  yielding  11.086  barrels  of 
oil;  in  other  districts,  20,300,000  fish,  yielding  27,140  barrels 
of  oil. 

Castob  Oil. — This  article  is  slightly  easier  and  quotations 
have  been  reduced  %c.  per  pound,  depending  on  quality  and 
sizes. 

Oxalic  Acid. — There  is  more  inquiry  for  this  article,  partly 
owing  to  the  proposed  duty  in  the  new  tariff  bill  of  Ic.  per 
pound.  Prices  have  advanced  in  sympathy  to  7c.  per  pound 
in  cask  lots,  but  this  price  will  have  to  be  further  advanced  if 
the  duty  is  added. 

Asafetida. — There  is  a  good  demand  for  this  article,  but 
good  quality  is  very  scarce  both  here  and  abroad.  The  demand 
for  powdered  has  increased  very  largely  and  some  difliculty  is 
met  in  supplying  demands.  There  seems  to  be  considerable 
difliculty  in  producing  a  powdered  asafetida  which  will  com- 
ply with  U.S. P.  requirements,  for  while  the  test  made  from 
the  gum  resin  itself  will  show  50  per  cent  solubility  in  alcohol 
and  only  15  per  cent  yield  of  ash,  it  has  been  found  almost 
impossible  to  make  the  powder  conform  to  the  U.S. P.  require- 
ments as  regards  ash,  as  assays  made  from  several  lots  show 
but  52  per  cent  solubility  in  alcohol  and  over  24.6  per  cent 
of  ash. 

Chamomile  Flowebs. — Recent  arrivals  of  Hungarian  have 
sold  well  and  only  a  few  cases  are  left,  which  are  being  held 
at  35c.  per  pound  in  cases  of  110  pounds.  New  crop  will  not 
be  in  the  market  before  the  latter  part  of  May  or  June. 

Essential  Oils. — The  primary  market  for  bergamot,  lemon 
and  orange  has  further  strengthened  itself  and  the  tendency 
is  still  upward.     Considerable  excitement  prevails  in  the  mar- 


ket for  oil  of  bergamot,  owing  to  a  rumor  that  the  strong  gales  i 
which  have  prevailed  of  late  have  damaged  the  trees  to  an  | 
extent  that  may  curtail  production.  In  the  meantime  holders ! 
in  the  primary  markets  decline  to  give  quotations.  The  mar- 
ket here  is  firm  but  without  any  change  in  value. 

A'ANiLL-4  Be.^ns. — This  article  is  in  good  consuming  de- 
mand, the  increased  activity  being  attributed  by  some  to  the 
fact  that  manufacturing  consumers  are  apprehensive  of  the ' 
possibility  of  a  duty  being  imposed  when  the  tariff  law  is  | 
changed.  The  market  has  a  firm  undertone  and  quotations 
are  well  sustained  at  $2.75(5  .$4.50  for  whole  Mexican.  $2.25@  ■ 
$2.50  for  cut,  $2.00'g$2.50  for  whole  Bourbon,  $1.85@$2.00 
for  cut  and  $1.00@$1.25  for  Tahiti,  according  to  quantity. 

Canada  Balsam  of  Fik. — The 'available  spot  stock  is  too' 
small  to  admit  of  any  but  jobbing  transactions.  There  is 
some  consuming  inquiry  and  values  are  decidedly  firm  at  $6.50 
@6.75  per  pound,  as  to  quantity  and  seller.  : 

CuBACAO  Aloes. — The  market  is  fairly  steady  at  6%@  j 
7%c.  per  pound,  as  to  quantity  and  seller,  with  a  number  of 
sales  reported  at  the  inside  figure.  It  is  claimed  that  the 
available  stock  of  1908  crop  has  been  bought  up  and  there  is 
no  more  to  come  forward  from  primary  sources  of  supply. 

Shobt  Buchu  Leaves. — Goods  of  desirable  quality  continue 
firm  at  31@32c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities,  and  further 
improvement  in  values  is  predicted.  Sales  during  the  past 
week  aggregated  over  75  bales,  and  the  spot  stock  is  under 
good  control. 

Venice   Tibpentine. — The   spot   stock   of   true   quality  is 
said  to  be  well  concentrated,  and  with  European  sources  re-  • 
ported   depleted,    prospects   are    regarded    more    favorable   for 
higher  prices.     In  large  quantities  the  current  basis  is  21@ 
22c.  per  pound. 

Lavender  Flowebs. — On  the  spot,  the  prices  are  un- 
changed and  steady  at  15@16c.  for  ordinary  and  20@22c.  tor 
select,  as  to  quantity.  Primary  markets  show  an  easier 
tendency  owing  to  an  expected  large  yield  of  new  crop  and 
bids  are  solicited  for  shipment. 

Cacao  Blotter. — The  prospects  of  an  increased  duty  of  2c. 
per  pound  have  stimulated  keener  buying  interest,  particularly 
in  bulk  for  consuming  account.  Cables  from  primary  markets 
report  heavy  buying  for  this  country,  presumably  in  anticipa- 
tion of  new  tariff  schedules. 


London  Drug  Market 


London.  March  20. — Although  business  continues  to  be 
restricted  to  a  very  small  scale,  prices  generally  are  well  main- 
tained. Owing  to  the  influenza  epidemic  and  to  the  prevalence 
of  other  maladies  due  to  the  long  continued  inclement  weather, 
pharmacists  have  experienced  busier  times  and  in  due  course 
the  steady  consumptive  demand  must  lead  to  brisker  business 
in  the  wholesale  trade.  Following  on  the  reduction  in  the 
price  of  Jlorphine.  makers  of  Codeine  have  reduced  their  price 
5d.  per  ounce.  Although  the  state  of  the  opium  market  barely 
justifies  a  further  reduction  in  the  price  of  Morphine,  it  is  not 
impossible  that  makers  may  deem  it  expedient  td  make  a  fur- 
ther concession  to  meet  the  competition  of  a  Continental 
maker,  outside  the  Convention. 

There  has  been  some  movement  in  the  Cod  Liver  Oil  market. 
Early  this  week  prices  advanced  considerably,  a  dealer  who 
had  oversold  having  found  it  necessary  to  cover :  at  the  time 
of  writing  the  market  is  easier  at  about  72s.  6d.  per  barrel 
c.  i.  f.  for  first,  non-freezing  Norwegian.  Camphor  is  dearer 
and  business  has  been  done  at  Is.  7d.  per  pound  for  2li-ponnd 
Japanese  slabs :  crude  China  is  firm  at  140s.  per  cwt.  Essence 
of  Lemon  is  tending  firmer  and  4s.  per  pound  is  quoted  for 
"spot."  American  Peppermint  Oil  is  steady  at  Ss.  lid.  per 
pound  for  H.G.H.,  and  6s.  3d.  for  Wayne  County  in  tins. 
Menthol  is  dull.  At  the  auction  of  Cinchona  bark  held  in 
London  this  week  the  small  supply  of  less  than  500  packages  i 
was  offered  and  less  than  half  sold  at  steady  rates.  | 


Druggist  Thorpe  Invades  Liverpool. 
Syracuse.  Jlarch  27. — George  E.  Thorpe,  proprietor  of 
the  Yates  Pharmacy,  has  extended  his  business  to  the  village 
of  Liverpool,  five  miles  north  of  Syracuse,  where  he  has  estab-. 
lished  a  branch  store  with  a  complete  line  of  drugs  and  a  soda 
fountain.     Garfield  Plews  is  manager. 


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Re  Photographs  for  "Era  Album" 

Illustrated  Section 

Each  subscriber  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  It  the  firm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
partners  and  clerks  may  have  their  portraits  included  for  $1.50 
each.  To  secure  all  of  the  Album  sections  one  must  be  a  sub- 
scriber to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

In  sending  photographs  be  sure  that  each  one  is  distinctly 
labeled  with  the  name,  address,  business,  profession  or  occupa- 
tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. .\  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  tlie  back  of  j-our  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good  specimen : 


FOK 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 
JIcMonag 

.  Middletown 
le  &   Rogers, 

N. 

Y. 

Ex- 

Prvs.   N.  Y 

State  Phar. 

Ass 

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scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  %vith  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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For  Era  Album  90  WiLLIAM   St.,  New  YoRK. 


Two  weeks  ago  we  had  occasion  to  note  with  satis- 
faction that  the  Payne  TariiJ  Bill  contained  a  provi- 
sion embodjing  one  of  the  chief  points  in  patent  law 
reform  sought  by  the  organized  druggists  of  the 
country,  namely  the  reciprocal  treatment  of  patentees. 
Surely  there  is  no  injustice  in  treating  inventive 
citizens  of  foreign  countries  on  precisely  the  same 
plane  of  conditions  that  are  imposed  upon  our  own 
citizens  who  seek  patents  abroad. 

It  seems,  however,  that  some  wiseacres  at  Washing- 
ton have  discovered  a  provision  in  an  international 
treaty  subscribed  to  in  1887  which  provides  that  none 
of  the  signatory  Powers  should  during  the  life  of  the 
treaty  make  any  discrimination  in  patent  laws  be- 
tween its  own  citizens  and  those  of  the  other  Powers 
subscribing  to  the  treaty.  As  a  consequence  the 
patent  provision  in  the  Payne  measure  has  been 
stricken  out.  In  the  condition  of  tariff  legislation  at  ■ 
Washington  if  anything  further  is  done  an  appeal 
will  have  to  be  made  to  the  Senate. 


PRINCIPLE  VIOLATED  BY  GREAT  BRITAIN. 


Wliether  the  patent  law  clause  violates  a  treaty  or 
not  is  doubtful  and  only  an  appeal  to  the  courts,  in 
the  event  of  enactment,  would  determine  the  validity 
of  the  law.  Without  going  into  the  subject  ex- 
haustively there  are  two  or  three  points  to  be  con- 
sidered. Great  Britain  now  discriminates  against 
foreigners ;  Americans  in  other  countries  have  found 
semi-unofficial  obstructions  that  amount  practically 
to  the  same  thing;  if  foreigners  who  have  always 
been  treated  in  this  coimtry  with  more  than  courtesy 
find  cause  to  complain  of  legislation  let  them  seek 
relief  in  the  courts. 

It  is  too  late  now  to  appeal  to  the  House  to  let  the 
patent  law  clause  go  through,  but  the  druggists  and 
others  who  are  interested  in  this  legislation  will  do 
well  to  bombard  the  Senators,  both  from  their  own 
States  and  others,  with  ui-gent  requests  for  its  re- 
insertion in  the  Tariff  Bill.  The  argument  can  be 
made  that  in  the  execution  of  the  law  it  will  be  a 
matter  for  judicial  determination  whether  it  in- 
fringes upon  the  rights  of  any  person. 

WILL  REQUIRE  UNITED  EFFORT  TO  WIN. 


We  do  not  believe  that  anj-  foreign  Power  will  ever 
object  to  the  law  if  it  be  enacted  and  the  moral  effect 
will  be  of  inestimable  importance  to  Americans  who 
may  seek  patents  in  other  countries.  So  many  reasons 
have  been  printed  so  often  showing  the  necessity  for 
legislation  of  this  nature  that  it  is  not  necessary  now 
to  repeat  them.     It  is  evident  that  some  extremely 


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powerful  influences  ai-e  at  work  to  defeat  the  wishes 
of  the  N.A.R.D.  and  it  will  require  the  united  sup- 
port of  the  retail  druggists  to  help  their  officers  and 
legislative  committee  in  secviring  a  restoration  to  the 
bill  of  this  much  desired  provision.  Everybody  in- 
terested should  get  busy  immediately. 

THE  USE  AND  ABUSE  OF  THE  GUARANTT. 


Senator  Heyburn's  bill  introduced  in  Congress 
amending  the  provisions  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  of  June  30.  1906.  is  intended  to  prevent  the 
abuse  of  the  Federal  guaranty  by  manufacturers 
and  others  who  have  sought  to  convey  the  impression 
that  the  articles  labeled  were  guaranteed  by  the  Gov- 
ernment, instead  of  by  the  makers.  When  the  Act 
was  under  final  consideration  the  Era  pointed  out 
that  the  guaranty  would  be  accepted  by  the  public, 
with  few  exceptions,  as  a  Government  indorsement 
and  in  actual  practice  this  has  proved  to  be  the  case. 
Unscrupulous  persons  have  so  printed  their  labels  as 
to  carry  out  this  idea  with  even  more  force  than  was 
conveyed  by  the  plain  statement  contained  in  the 
original  legend  as  formulated  in  the  Regulations. 

The  abuse  of  the  legend  has  become  so  notorious 
that  legislation  on  the  subject  was  inevitable  and 
objection  to  it  will  not  be  made  by  honest  manufac- 
turers. The  penalty  of  a  fine  of  not  more  than  $1000, 
or  imprisonment  of  not  more  than  a  year,  or 
both,  is  by  no  means  severe  for  persons  who  make 
fraudulent  representations  regarding  foods  or  medi- 
cines, whether  in  connection  with  the  Government's 
efforts  to  secure  purity  or  in  their  own  guaranty. 
While'  the  measure  may  not  be  passed  at  this  ex- 
traordinary session  of  Congress  it  will  eventually 
become  a  law  and  any  persons  in  tlie  drug  trade  who 
are  in  a  position  to  be  affected  can  safely  alter  their 
course  in  the  future  to  conform  to  the  change  which 
they  must  make  through  force  of  law  and  should 
they  persist  in  violating  the  common  business  prin- 
ciple of  correctly  representing  the  quality  and  char- 
acter of  the  goods  thev  manufacture  or  sell. 


INTEREST  IN  ORGANIZATION  WORK. 

With  the  auodunrements  that  are  now  beginning 
to  be  made  of  the  forthcoming  annual  meetings  of  the 
State  pharmaceutical  associations  the  old  problem 
of  arousing  interest  in  the  conventions  is  again  up- 
permo.st  in  the  minds  of  pharmacists  who  realize  the 
value  of  these  organizations  to  all  who  participate 
in  their  benefits.  In  this  connection  a  timely  publi- 
cation is  made  on  page  325  of  this  issue  of  the  Era 
of  a  paper  read  before  the  Utah  association  by  Mr. 
Eddy,  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of  that 
organization.  Too  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  im- 
portance of  pharmacists  becoming  members  both  of 
their  local  and  State  associations,  for  in  no  other  way 
can  they  present  a  solid  front  to  legislative  and  other 
foes  who  look  upon  druggists  as  the  legitimate  objects 
of  legislation  that  is  often  vicious,  arbitrai'v  and 
unjust,  as  well  as  unnecessary  for  the  public  good. 

As  " S.  N.  J. "  aptly  says  in  the  ' ' Letter  Box, "  "so 
many  law  makers  consider  the  retail  drug  store  a 
veritable  gold  mine  *  *  *  f]-,a^  Q^\y  ]yy  united 
effort  can  we  get  this  fallacy  out  of  their  minds  and 


secure  justice  for  our  profession."  All  readers  of 
this  note  who  are  not  association  members  should 
hasten  to  take  steps  to  broaden  their  scope  of  useful- 
ness by  taking  steps  to  strengthen  the  hands  of  those 
who  are  working  for  the  benefit  of  all  pharmacists. 

GETTING  RID  OF  THE  ITINERANTS. 


Illinois  is  the  first  State  which  offers  a  solution  of  j 
the  elimination  of  what  most  retail  druggists,  espe- 
cially in  the  small  towns  and  villages,  have  fouud  to 
be  their  wor.st  competitors.  Legislation  is  jiending 
and  sought  in  numerous  States  to  drive  the  itiner- 
ants out  of  business,  but  nowhere  are  conditions  so 
favorable  to  the  success  of  the  movement  as  in  Illi- 
nois. In  that  State  no  itinerant  can  do  business 
without  a  permit  issued  by  the  State  Board  of 
Health,  but  the  State  Board  of  Health  not  being 
compelled  to  issue  licenses,  has  refused  to  do  so,  leav- ; 
ing  the  itinerants  without  a  shadow  of  legal  right  to  I 
do  business  in  the  State.  Even  city  licenses  are 
worthless,  for  the  State  law  is  superior  to  any  local 
ordinances. 

If  the  Illinois  druggists  wish  to  .send  their  non- 
rent  paying  competitors  away  from  the  field  all  they  i 
have  got  to  do  is  to  enforce  the  law.     The  Illinois ' 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  its  meeting  in  Quincy 
in  June,  can  make  an  appropriation  to  provide  for 
enforcing  the  law.     The  Chicago  Retail  Druggists' 
Association  probably  already  has  the  matter  well  in 
hand  and  other  local  associations  can  aid  in  the  cru- 
sade.   The  doctors  on  the  State  Board  of  Health  are  \ 
more  than  willing  to  do  their  share.     It  seems  to  be  - 
"up  to"  the  druggists  to  do  some  police  and  de- ' 
tective  work. 


New  York,  Iowa  and  some  other  States  have  been  having 
their  troubles  in  relation  to  their  State  boards  of  pharmacy, 
but  it  has  been  left  for  Governor  Sanders  of  Louisiana  to  • 
"shake  "em  up"  with  celerity  and  neatness,  for.  as  noted  in  the 
last  KR.'i,  he  has  cleaned  the  slate  of  the  old  board,  ignored 
the  State  Ph. A.  and  appointed  an  entirely  new  set  of  members 
of  bis  own  selection.  We  are  without  reasons  for  this  sweep- 
ing action,  but  the  men  who  failed  of  reappointment  are  of 
such  high  character,  personally,  professionally  and  officially, 
that  no  doubt  the  Governor  is  one  of  a  class  of  men  who 
make  changes  without  any  reason  except  to  make  a  change. 
The  new  members  are  above  criticism,  but  it  is  to  be  regretted 
that  the  Executive  pursued  the  course  of  disregarding  the 
communication  of  the  State  association.  '. 


Under  the  new  pharmacy  law  just  enacted  in  Oklahoma  the 
Governor  is  not  required  to  appoint  board  of  pharmacy  mem- 
bers from  a  list  furnished  by  the  State  association,  but  is 
empowered  to  select  the  board  from  the  association's  mem-  , 
bership.  It  is  to  be  assumed  that  the  association  guards  its 
portals  against  the  unworthy,  but  there  would  be  better  results 
probably  if  the  members  had  a  voice  in  the  selection  of  ap- 
pointees, instead  of  being  mere  eligibles.  The  reason  given 
for  making  the  change  was  that  in  presenting  the  lists  an 
appearance  of  favoritism  was  shown  for  the  adherents  of  one 
political  party,  but  we  are  inclined  to  the  opinion  that  the 
complaint  was  based  on  grounds  more  fancied  than  real.  , 


Ban  against  the  importation  of  all  but  medicinal  opium  is 
growing  stronger  on  the  American  continent,  Canada's  new 
prohibitory  law  having  gone  into  effect  on  April  1.  Its  pro- 
visions are  about  the  same  as  our  law  a^d  its  enforcement 
will  greatly  aid  in  the  determination  of  our  own  Government 
to  exclude  the  lianned  drug. 

The  opium  regulations  adopted  at  Washington  to  enforce  the 
new  iH-uliiliiiory  law  are  applicable,  of  course,  to  its  importa- 


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tion  and  to  interstate  commerce,  but  cannot  be  expecied  to 
entirely  remedy  the  evil  without  the  support  of  legislation  by 
the  various  States.  Some  of  the  States  now  have  laws  dealing 
with  this  subject  which  are  fairly  satisfactory,  but  uniformity 
would  be  desirable  and  some  movement  in  that  direction  might 
well  occupy  the  attention  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  at  its  forthcoming  meeting  in  Los  Angeles. 


Tariff  discrepancies  at   AVashington  now  turn  out  to  have 

been  what  the  politicians  call  "little  jokers" — that  is  to  say 

j  errors  purposely   made   and   intended   to   accomplish   different 

I  results  from  those  ostensibly  intended.     It  will  be  just  as  well 

I  for  the  National  legislative  committees  to  keep  a  watchful  eye 

on  the  bill  as  it  worms  its  way  through  Congress. 

"WTiat  did  Druggist  Swifter  do  when  the  prescription  he 
compounded  killed  old  Hardphz?" 

"Added  'M.D.'  to  his  name  and  signed  the  death  certificate 
himself." 


Of  the  great  number  of  men  who  have  done  their  best  for 
the  advancement  of  commercial  pharmacy.  C.  R.  Cosby,  man- 
ager of  the  Xew  York  branch  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co..  manufactur- 
ing pharmacists,  of  Indianapolis,  is  a  t.vpical  representative. 
By  persistent  effort  and  making  the  most 
of  his  opportunities  he  has  achieved  not 
only  success  but  has  acquired  the  reputa- 
tion of  a  worker  who  has  produced  results. 

Mr.  Cosby  has  always  been  an  ardent 
believer  in  the  expansion  of  American 
trade  and  to  him  there  is  no  field  for  the 
study  of  the  manufacturer  of  this  country 
more  important  than  that  of  Latin-Amer- 
ica. For  years  he  has  been  a  close  student 
of  conditions  affecting  the  drug  trade  in 
Mexico  and  the  Spanish-American  coun- 
tries. He  has  traveled  extensively,  and 
possessing  a  thorough  knowledge  of  the 
Spanish  and  French  languages,  he  has 
been  able  to  get  in  close  touch  with  the 
conditions,  methods  and  demands  of  the 
peoples  of  these  countries. 

"In  all  of  them."  Mr.  Cosby  says,  "vast 
commercial  possibilities  await  the  manu- 
facturer who  will  awaken  to  his  oppor- 
tunity. Heretofore  the  manufacturer  or 
merchant  of  the  United  States  has  been 
too  occupied  with  home  trade  conditions 
on  the  one  hand.  or.  on  the  other,  with 
the  possibilities  of  commercial  expansion 
in  Europe  or  Asia,  that  he  has  almost 
entirel.v  overlooked  the  wealthy  countries 
in  our  neighborhood  to  the  south  of  us. 
That  there  is  a  grand  opportunity  await- 
ing our  manufacturers  is  evident  from  the 
fact  that  these  great  nations  have  unlim- 
ited undeveloped  resources  and  yet  in  1907  their  average  foreign 
trade  amotmted  to  $1.513.41.5.000.  of  which  the  share  of  this 
country  was  barely  one-seventh.  During  the  same  period 
the  countries  of  South  America  sold  us  much  more  than  we 
sold  them  by  a  balance  of  nearly  $60,000,000.  But  the 
present  outlook  is  encouraging  and  with  the  awakening  that 
IS  going  on  at  home  as  to  the  desirability  of  supplying  these 
foreign  markets,  I  believe  we  shall  soon  reap  our  full  share 
of  the  reward." 

Mr.  Cosby  is  of  the  opinion  that  considerable  benefit  will 
result  from  the  distribution  of  the  Spanish  translation  of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 

"It  must  not  be  supposed,  however,"  he  said,  "that  the 
Pharmacopceia  in  Spanish  per  se  will  create  a  demand  for 
American  products  any  more  than  the  translation  of  a  foreign 
pharmacopceia  distributed  here  would  create  a  demand  in  this 
country  for  foreign  products.  The  real  work  must  be  done  by 
those  who  are  expecting  to  profit  by  the  sale  of  their  products, 
and  on  them  rests  the  burden  of  demonstrating  the  superiority 
of  our  methods  and  our  goods.  Most  of  the  physicians  and 
pharmacists  of  Central  and  South  America  have  been  educated 
in  European  countries  and  it  is  natural  that  they  .should 
adhere  to  the  methods  that  are  most  familiar  to  them.  It  is 
not  likely  that  they  will  adopt  our  formulas  and  standards 
until  a  real  need  for  them  has  been  shown.     It  still  rests  with 


the  men  in  the  field  to  popularize  the  products  represented  by 
our  Pharmacopceia." 

Mr.  Cosby  is  a  native  of  Iowa,  where  has  was  born  in  1881. 
His  early  life  was  spent  largely  in  the  Western  and  Rocky 
Mountain  States,  where  he  followed  surveying  for  some  time. 
Later,  as  a  civil  engineer  aud  deputy  county  surveyor  of  .lefler- 
son  County,  Ind.,  he  was  engaged  in  the  compilation  aud  pub- 
lication of  new  maps  and  records  of  that  part  of  the  country. 
He  became  connected  with  the  wholesale  house  of  SchnuU  & 
Co.,  of  Indianapolis,  and  later  with  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  where  he 
served  for  some  time  in  the  various  departments  of  the  labora- 
tories. In  1901  he  was  sent  to  Xew  York  as  assistant  to  Charles 
.1.  Lynn,  then  manager  of  the  company's  Xew  Y'ork  branch. 
When  Mr.  Lynn  became  general  manager  at  the  home  office 
in  Indianapolis  in  1906  Mr.  Cosby  was  promoted  to  manager 
of  the  Xew  York  branch.  Personally.  Mr.  Cosby  possesses  a 
splendid  physique,  which  he  attributes  to  his  early  out-door 
activities  as  a  surveyor.  He  takes  an  interest  in  the  work  of 
all  local  pharmaceutical  organizations  and  is  a  member  of  the 
Drug  and  Chemical  Club  and  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  Xew  York  Board  of  Trade  and 
Transportation. 


That  the  span  of  human  life  might  be  lengthened  five  to 
fifteen  years  if  the  proper  steps  were 
taken  to  wipe  out  preventable  diseases 
and  discover  incipient  stages  of  diabetes 
and  tuberculosis,  was  the  declaration 
made  recently  by  Dr.  Buruside  Foster,  at 
a  meeting  of  the  Association  of  Life  In- 
surance Presidents.  As  a  means  of  bring- 
ing about  the  ideal  condition  he  recom- 
mended that  the  life  insurance  companies 
examine  their  policy  holders  ever.v  five 
years  to  ascertain  their  physical  condition. 
Dr.  Foster  is  editor  of  the  Medical 
■lounial.  of  St.  Paul,  Minu..  aud  he  came 
here  to  address  the  life  insurance  officers. 
He  said  that  the  United  States  could,  if 
it  wished,  stamp  out  typhoid  fever  just 
as  effectively  as  Havana  stamped  out  .vel- 
low  fever. 

"The  problems  of  the  control  of  the  dis- 
eases of  mankind  are  not  very  different 
from  the  problems  of  the  control  of  the 
diseases  of  beasts,"  said  Dr.  Foster.  "Are 
not  its  citizens  at  least  as  great  an  asset 
to  a  nation  as  its  hogs?  The  government 
undertook  the  matter  of  protecting  the 
lives  of  its  hogs  and  cattle  because  the 
people  demanded  it.  When  the  people  de- 
mand it  it  will  also  undertake  to  protect 
the  lives  of  its  citizens.  The  medical  pro- 
fession has  for  years  been  pleading  for 
governmental  aid  in  their  efforts  to  wipe 
out  preventable  diseases.  It  has  pleaded 
to  deaf  ears.  Many  persons  die  of  kidney  disease,  of  tuber- 
culosis, of  cancer  aud  diabetes  and  of  other  diseases  every 
.vear  and  many  millions  of  dollars  are  paid  by  the  life  insur- 
ance companies  which  have  issued  policies  on  the  lives  of  these 
persons  who  were  sound  when  the  policies  were  issued  and 
who  might  have  lived  much  longer  and  paid  many  more  annual 
premiums  if  the  diseases  which  caused  their  deaths  had  been 
recognized  and  properly  treated  in  their  earliest  stages." 

Dr.  Foster  brought  on  a  livel.v  discussion.  Opposition  to 
his  five-year  plan  was  expressed  by  F.  E.  Wells,  medical  ex- 
aminer of  the  Equitable :  Oscar  H.  Rogers,  of  the  Xew  York 
Life,  and  Thomas  H.  Millard,  of  the  Metropolitan. 


•'Sick  deadbeats  and  drunks."  as  he  classes  them,  will  not 
be  doctored  any  more  by  Dr.  J.  Dobsou.  of  Wiusted.  Conn., 
who  has  sent  word  of  his  intention  in  a  circular  letter. to  his 
patients.  He  has  on  his  books  numerous  accounts  marked 
"X.G."    Dr.  Dobson's  letter  reads  : 

"I  am  growing  old.  and  it  is  neither  wisdom  nor  prudence 
for  me  to  wear  out  myself,  horse  and  teams,  driving  over  these 
hills  in  all  sorts  of  weather,  giving  the  best  of  service  and  the 
costliest  medicines  to  people  who  are  not  willing  to  pay. 
Therefore.  I  wish  to  announce  that  henceforth  every  one  must 
be  placed  on  the  same  footing,  and  all  business  must  be  on 
the  spot  cash  basis.     No  more  credit,  no  more  deferred  pay^^ 


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ments,  and  no  more  dea(ll)fats  will  be  allowed,  nor  will  any 
drunks  be  attended.  Wlieu  I  am  called  it  must  be  clearly 
understood  that  payment  is  to  be  made  at  every  visit." 


W.  F.  Doty,  United  States  Consul  at  Tabriz,  furnishes  some 
interesting  facts  on  the  extent  to  which  chemical  dyestuffs  are 
supplanting  those  of  vegetable  origin  in  Persia. 

"The  large  carpet  importing  houses,"  he  writes,  "have  done 
their  utmost  to  guard  against  coal  tar  preparations,  and  pre- 
sumably most  of  their  Oriental  rugs  are  about  what  they  are 
represented  to  be.  Naturally,  the  price  of  such  rugs  is  above 
that  of  the  products  in  which  chemical  dyes  are  employed.  In 
Persia  there  are  some  well  established  rug  exporting  firms 
that  loudly  cry,  'Back  to  the  vegetable  dyes.'  It  is  to  them 
the  credit  is  given  that  a  royal  edict  was  issued  more  than 
eight  years  ago  forbidding  the  introduction  of  aniline  coloring 
material.    This  law,  however,  is  not  enforced." 


There  are  a  few  druggists  who  seem  to  believe  that  business 
enterprise  is  reflected  in  the  use  of  advertisements  that  out-lie 
a  circus  poster. 


Albany  Evening  Journal  recently  sent  its  sporting  editor 
to  "cover"  the  smoker  of  the  Albany  Drug  Club,  the  result 
being  an  amusing  story  in  which  facts,  sporting  phrases  and 
humor  all  strove  for  the  supremacy.  To  the  reader  who  was 
not  present  and  who  is  devoid  of  sporting  blood  it  is,  however, 
difBcult  to  realize  what  actually  happened,  except  that  every- 
body had  a  most  enjoyable  evening. 


It  was  Mabel's  birthday,  and,  moved  by  childish  curiosity, 
she  suddenly  asked :  "Mamma,  tell  me  what  time  in  the  day 
was  I  born?" 

"At  2  o'clock  in  the  morning,  dear." 

"And  what  time  was  I  born  at?"  asked  her  brother  Jack. 

"At  7  o'clock." 

"Huh !  My  birthday's  longer'n  yours,"  cried  Mabel 
exultiugly. 

"Well,"  said  Jack,  puzzled  for  his  answer  for  a  moment  only, 
^'what's  the  use  of  being  born  before  it's  time  to  get  up?" 


During  one  of  the  banquets  of  the  Church  Congress  in 
I.iOndon  a  certain  Bishop  had  as  his  left  hand  companion  a 
clergyman  who  was  completely  bald,  says  Success.  During 
dessert  the  bald-headed  vicar  dropped  his  napkin  and  stooped 
to  pick  it  up.  At  this  moment  the  Bishop,  who  was  talking 
to  his  right  hand  neighbor,  felt  a  slight  touch  on  his  left  arm. 
He  turned,  and  beholding  the  vicar's  pate  on  a  level  with  his 
elbow,  said :     "No,  thank  you  :  no  melon." 


"How  do  you  know  you  talked  sensibly  to  your  wife?" 
"She  wouldn't  listen  to  me." 


What  is  said  to  be  the  first  instance  on  record  of  articular 
tuberculosis  caused  by  excessive  devotion  to  typewriting  work 
is  reported  from  Antwerp.  A  correspondence  clerk  in  a  whole- 
sale business  house  there  consulted  a  doctor  recently  about  a 
pain  in  his  right  hand.  Upon  examination  the  doctor  found 
the  hand  to  be  affected  with  tuberculosis  and  needing  amputa- 
tion above  the  wrist.  The  only  reason  that  could  be  discovered 
for  the  existence  of  the  disease  was  the  abnormally  heavy 
amount  of  typing  work  habitually  done  by  the  patient.  The 
operation  was  successfully  performed  and  the  clerk  has  re- 
tained his  employment,  having  taught  himself  to  work  his  ma- 
chine with  the  left  hand  only. 


"It  amuses  me  to  hear  Hopperdyke  say  he  is  a  man  of  few 
words." 

"Well,  he  is,  but  he  can  talk  you  to  death  with  the  few  he 
does  know." 


How  long  would  it  take  you  to  make  a  pair  of  boots,  do  you 
think?  You  probably  had  not  better  begin  it,  especially  if 
you  need  them  soon.  Even  a  cobbler  in  the  old  days,  working 
with  his  assistant,  would  spend  a  day  and  a  half  making  a 
pair  of  boots.  And  the  cost  would  be  about  $4.  But  now,  of 
course,  shoes  are  made  by  machinery,  and  it  is  astonishing  to 
hear  how  quickly  they  are  made,  says  the  Chicago  News.  It 
takes  just  four  minutes  to  make  a  pair  of  boots !  And  the 
labor  cost  is  35  cents.  Of  course,  no  one  makes  the  whole  boot 
nowadays.    There  are  a  hundred  different  men  making  different 


parts  of  it,  and  each  one  does  the  same  thing  over  and  over 
again,  and  each  man  learns  to  do  his  particular  work  especially  i 
well  and  quickly.  And  you  should  see  the  buttons  sewed  on ! 
A  boy  takes  the  part  of  the  shoe  where  the  buttons  are  to  go 
and  fits  it  into  a  machine,  throws  in  a  handful  of  buttons  quite 
carelessly,  turns  the  machine,  and  in  no  time  out  comes  the 
piece  of  leather  with  all  the  buttons  exactly  in  the  right  place. 
No  wonder  some  factories  turn  out  ten  thousand  pairs  of  shoes 
in  a  day ! 


"He  has  always  been  a  great  wanderer,  hasn't  he?" 
"Yes,  in  his  mind." 


A  sign  of  the  times  is  the  following  advertisement  culled 
from  a  London  paper  recently : 

LADY  is  liesirous  of  engagement  as  chauffeuse  to  lady  or 
gentleman ;  splendid  driver,  understands  all  cars ;  age  29 ;  town, 
country  or  abrojid ;  state  full  particulars.     Apply,  etc. 


The  Russian  Government  has  rejected  the  Washington  State 
Department's  application  that  American  business  men  belong- 
ing to  the  Jewish  faith  should  be  allowed  to  transact  business 
in  Russia.  The  commercial  treaty  between  the  two  govern- 
ments contain  a  clause  that  citizens  of  each  country  may  travel  i 
freely  in  the  other  on  their  lawful  affairs.  Russia's  treaty  adds 
the  proviso :  "Subject  to  existing  regulations."  These  regu- 
lations prohibit  immigration  of  foreign  Jews  into  Russia. 

The  American  Government  applied  in  the  closing  days  of 
Roosevelt's  Presidency  to  have  the  proviso  struck  out.  The 
Russian  Foreign  Office  has  refused  the  application.  • 


It's    useless    to    try    to    drown    your    troubles    in    the   cnp. 
Troubles  are  expert  swimmers  ! — Lippincott's. 


The  fact  that  China  is  in  dire  need  of  modern  medicine  was 
brought  out  by  Dr.  Charles  T.  McArthur,  formerly  of  Hong 
Kong,  a  recent  visitor  in  Milwaukee. 

"Modern,  enlightened  medicine  is  rapidly  gaining  a  strong 
foothold  in  China  and  the  Celestials  are  beginning  to  realize 
their  great  need  of  it,"  said  Dr.  McArthur.  "The  number  of 
native  practitioners  with  foreign  training  is  rapidly  increasing 
and  practically  every  missionary  physician  in  China  has  a 
medical  school  for  natives.  The  result  is  that  the  whole  lump 
of  Chinese  medical  ignorance  will  soon  be  enlightened.  At 
present,  the  amount  of  unrelieved  suffering  which  could  be 
relieved  under  proper  medical  care  is  appalling. 

"The  Chinese  are  favorable  to  the  patent  medicine  business, 
if  it  can  be  brought  within  their  reach.  They  take  naturally 
to  such  a  method  of  treating  disease  and  remedies  advertised 
in  China  as  they  are  in  the  United  States  would  have  a 
tremendous  sale.  The  field  for  patent  medicine  msinufacturera 
is  certainly  promising  in  China." 


The  nice  thing  about  having  a  clerk  who  is  engaged  to  be 
married  is  that  there  is  always  some  one  in  the  store  to 
make   it  look   busy. 


Mrs.  Maud  Pepoon,  wife  of  Henry  Pepoon,  a  farmer  in  Bine 
Clay  Creek.  Arkansas,  got  up  one  morning  and  at  once  pro- 
ceeded to  search  her  husband's  trousers,  as  was  her  custom, 
but  instead  of  finding  the  usual  collection  of  small  change  she 
grasped  a  giant  bullfrog.  Her  wild  shriek  awakened  her  hus- 
band, who  leaped  from  his  bed,  intending  to  tell  her  it  was  all 
a  joke,  but  she  already  had  rushed  out  of  the  door  and  into 
the  adjoining  woods,  still  screaming  in  her  fright,  says  the 
Chicago  Inter  Ocean. 

Pepoon  pursued  her,  and  both  might  have  been  running  yet 
had  not  their  wild  flight  been  suddenly  halted  by  a  black  bear 
rushing  furiously  at  them  from  the  opposite  direction.  The 
Pepoons  whirled  instantly  and  rushed  for  their  dwelling,  the 
bear  still  after  them  and  gaining  in  the  run.  Just  as  they 
neared  the  clearing  they  noticed  that  their  house  was  on  fire, 
probably  due  to  overturning  a  kerosene  lamp  in  their  h.asty  exit. 

In  order  to  escape  the  bear  both  jumped  into  a  well,  from 
which  they  were  rescued,  more  dead  than  alive,  after  neigh- 
bors shot  the  bear.  The  dwelling  was  burned  to  ashes.  Pepoon 
is  too  excited  to  admit  that  he  put  the  frog  in  his  pocket  to 
break  his  wife  of  a  bad  habit.  He,  however,  has  coined  a 
moral  like  this : 

"It's  cheaper  to  let  your  wife  search  your  pockets  than  to 
scare  her  with  a  bullfrog." 


April  8.  1909]  THE     PIIAR:\IACEUTICAL     ERA  *  321 

Paper  on  Good  Window  Dressing  Gives  Jerseyman  Era  Cash  Prize  of  $10. 


!  In  Contest  Xo.  1,  of  the  ERA'S  series  of  Cash  Prize  Com- 
\  petitions,  the  judges  this  week  have  awarded  the  cash  prize  of 
i  $10  to  Daniel  F.   WettUii,   Pharm.D.,   Tiew   York   College  of 

I'harmacy,  00.  Mr.  Wettlin  is  with  Charles  Uolzhauer,  the 
■prominent  pharmavist   of  Xewark,   S.  -J.,   whose   store  is   at 

Broad  and  Market  streets,  in  the  center  of  the  business  and 
'  shopping  district.  This  contest  w  for  the  best  article  on  any 
i  business  subject  of  value  to  retail  druggists.     Full  details  of 

this  competition,  which  is  open  to  all.  will  be  found  on  adver- 
!  tising  page  .il  of  this  issue  of  the  ERA.  Mr.  Wettlin's 
'irinning  paper  is  as  follows: 

Getting-  Results  From  Window  Displays. 
By  Daniel  F.  Wettlin.  Pharm.D.,  yexcark.  y.  .J. 
I  The  criterion  of  the  value  of  a  window  display  is  the  direct 
I  results  which  may  be  obtained  from  it.  Of  course,  all  good 
I  advertising  has  au  indirect  value,  which  in  the  very  nature 
'of  things  cannot  be  estimated  with  exactness.  But  the  fact 
remains  that  if  a  given  display  shows  favorable  direct  results, 
the  indirect  results  are  sure  to  follow  in  its  wake.  Every 
display  has  some  sort  of  results.  They  may  be  good,  bad  or 
indifferent,  but  whatever  they  are,  the  salient  points  should  be 
remembered,  and  the  best  way  to  remember  a  thing  with 
accuracy  is  by  putting  it  in  writing ;  therefore,  records  should 
be  kept  of  window  results,  just  as  a  salesman  keeps  a  record 
of  his  work.  A  record  kept  in  the  following  manner  I  find 
very  useful,  and  requires  only  a  few  moments  after  each  dis- 
play to  keep  right  up  to  date : 

FORM  OF  WINDOW  DISPLAY  RECORD. 


Description 


Photograph  records  are  of  great  value,  and  a  scrap  book 
filled  with  pictures  of  displays,  either  your  own  or  cuts  taken 
from  periodicals,  make  a  very  valuable  reference  book. 

To  properly  arrange  a  display,  I  believe  that  it  is  necessary 
to  feel  that  you  are  fitting  out  a  salesman  to  bring  in  "orders." 
Too  many  window  dressers  err  in  this  one  salient  point.  A 
certain  large  firm  that  are  good  advertisers  generally,  hired  a 
valuable  window  to  display  the  article  they  were  selling,  and 
.the  results  fell  absolutely  flat,  and  why?  They  had  a  beautiful 
display  arranged  by  a  professional  window  dresser.  It  would 
stop  the  average  passer-by.  and  he  would  admire,  but  then 
pass  on.  He  did  not  get  a  definite  idea  of  the  value  or  use  of 
I  the  article,  consequently  did  not  see  its  application  to  his 
I  personal  needs.  There  rpust  be  that  something  about  a 
1  window  display  which  will  not  only  attract,  but  convince  and 
jsell.  To  draw  a  pretty  picture  is  the  Alpha  and  Omega  of  too 
I  many  window  dressers,  and  especially  of  those  who  belong  to 
'  the  non-professioual  class.  A  pretty  picture  in  a  window  that 
!  does  not  tell  something  in  a  convincing  way  represents  merely 
I  a  waste  of  time  and  good  material. 

;  The  methods  of  attracting  attention  are  as  varied  as  the 
:  number  of  things  that  are  mysterious,  unusual  or  unique.  The 
quack  "doctor"  will  exhibit  his  powers  of  mesmerism,  or 
i  have  strange  animals,  or  handle  with  impunity  naturally  dan- 
■  gerons  snakes,  etc.  These  are  his  methods  of  attracting  atten- 
',  *Jon,  to  enable  him  to  tell  the  story  that  will  finally  draw  the 
money  from  the  pockets  of  his  hearers.  Today,  when  a  good 
'  salesman  approaches  you,  he  does  not  begin  by  presenting  a 
cold  bare  business  proposition.  His  first  object  is  to  arouse 
your  interest  in  the  thing  he  wants  to  sell.  To  do  this  he  may 
resort  to  mesmerism,  if  he  be  clever,  but  he  does  not  extract 
a  snake  from  his  pocket  and  demonstrate  his  ability  as  a 
snake-charmer.     Rather  his  methods  are  refined  and  you  like 


his  genial  manner.  Your  interest  aroused,  he  then  shows  why 
you  need  that  particular  article  he  is  selling,  and  then  if 
conditions  are  right,  he  makes  the  sale. 

A  good  window  display  is  a  silent  salesman.  It  attracts 
.attention,  and  it  convinces  onlookers  that  they  need  the  article 
displayed.  It  brings  direct  results.  Such  displays  are  usually 
the  most  difficult  to  get  up.  because  they  require  original  ideas 
and  often  much  work,  but  they  pay.  They  pay  in  every  store 
that  caters  to  retail  trade,  and  there  is  no  exception  to  prove 
the  rule.  To  be  sure,  results  will  be  far  greater  in  a  store 
located  where  greater  numbers  of  people  pass  every  day,  but 
wherever  there  is  a  store  that  can  do  any  business  at  all,  then 
it  pays.  It  pays  because  seven  people  out  of  ten  are  anxious 
to  obtain  a  bargain,  whether  they  need  it  or  not.  they  buy 
anyway — if  the  article  is  presented  right,  and  one  doubtful 
customer  made  by  these  means  is  worth  a  great  deal  in  indi- 
rect results  which  will  follow. 

The  display  which  I  will  describe  sold  19  dozen  pairs  of 
rubber  gloves  in  two  weeks.  Previous  to  the  display  there  had 
not  been  a  pair  of  gloves  in  the  store  in  over  a  year,  so  that  the 
results  attained  were  entirely  the  outcome  of  the  display, 
coupled  with  one  insertion  of  the  accompanying  ad.  in  the 
best  evening  paper  in  the  cit.v. 

The  main  feature  of  the  display  was  two  right  gloves  held 
together  as  in  a  hand-shake.  These  were  designated  "Glad 
Hands."  and  below  them  was  a  statement  which  read,  "Wear 
rubber  gloves  while  doing  housework,  and  ,vou  will  always 
have  '(ylad  Hands."  "     Above  tliis  .ind  susjiended  from  the  ceil- 


DO  YOU  KEEP  HOUSE? 


"fiLAD  HANDS"  result  if  you  wear  RUBBER  GLOVES 


HoQsewort  vdW  soil  any  woman's  banils.  an 
the  more  delicate  the  skin  the  more  quickly  do  ih 
hands  become  rained.  We  have  secured  a  lot  c 
brand  newgltvesof  good.  liea%-y  quality.  Ever; 
pair  etmrante^ed  to  be  perfect.     While  they  las; 

HGLZHAUER'S  DRUG  STORE,  Cor,  irkof  &  Bread 


49c 


ing  was  a  large  sign  which  read  "Superior  Quality  Rubber 
Gloves.  49  cents."  At  one  side  of  the  window  and  not  shown 
in  the  photograph  was  a  smaller  sign  on  an  easel  with  the 
plain  bold  statement  that  the  gloves  were  not  damaged  nor 
seconds,  and  that  every  pair  were  strictly  guaranteed  to  be 
perfect.  Gloves  were  displayed  on  glass  shehes  arranged  on 
the  floor  of  the  window.  In  order  to  have  the  goods  stand  up 
and  show  their  form,  an  ordinary  mineral  water  glass  was  used, 
over  which  the  glove  was  drawn,  then  blown  up.  The  Glad 
Hands  were  fixed  in  the  same  manner,  but  mounted  on  pieces 


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[April  8,  1909 


of  soft  wood,  which  fitted  inside  the  glass  aud  held  it  firmly. 
The  other  end  of  this  arm  was  fastened  to  the  frame  work  on 
the  back  of  the  sign.  Crepe  tissue  was  used  to  form  the 
sleeves.  In  order  to  give  the  proper  effect  and  to  set  the  gloves 
off  in  strong  contrast,  a  curtain  was  made  of  dark  colored  ma- 
terial aud  hung  from  a  wire  fixed  at  the  top  and  back  of  the 
sign,  aud  bent  to  form  a  semi-circle. 

You  will  notice  that  the  word  "guaranteed"  was  used  iu  one 
of  the  signs.  I  believe  that  this  word  is  one  of  the  most  val- 
uable assets  that  an  advertiser  has  at  his  command,  and  yet 
it  is  a  word  that  is  abused  aud  played  with  more  than  any- 
thing else  I  know  of  iu  the  advertising  line.  It  must  uot  be 
used  in  a  general  sense,  but  it  should  be  the  center  of  all  the 
force  of  expression  aud  positiveness  of  assertion  that  one  can 
command.  To  merely  state  that  you  guarantee  a  certain 
article  means  absolutely  nothing  to  the  average  person  that 
pfisses  a  show  window.  But  to  assert  in  unequivocal  terms 
that  the  article  is  absolutely  perfect  in  every  particular,  and 
that  .vou  are  not  only  willing,  but  glad  to  refund  the  price 
paid  if  the  article  is  uot  exactly  as  represented,  then  I  say, 
you  are  making  a  statement  that  is  one  of  the  strongest  selling 
points  I  know  of.  You  would  not  put  up  a  prescription  nor 
sell  five  cents  worth  of  salts,  if  you  were  not  satisfied  that 
it  was  all  that  it  should  be. 

Exactly  the  same  principle  should  apply  to  merchandise.  If 
there  is  one  class  of  tradesmen  that  should  have  more  confidence 
in  the  thing  he  sells  than  auy  other  tradesman,  then  that 
man  is  the  druggist.  Don't  buy  what  you  are  not  willing  to 
stand  by,  even  if  it  is  only  a  fountain  syringe.  One  of  the 
most  rapidly  growing  department  stores  that  I  know  of  has 
for  its  slogan,  "Money  back  for  any  unsatisfactory  purchase"  ; 
of  course  they  mean  it.  This  attitude  taken  by  a  store  creates 
a  confidence  iu  its  customere.  and  it  is  just  this  relation  that 
all  business  men  are  striving  for  as  a  prelude  to  success. 

It  is  surprising  how  few  "come  backs"  there  are  with  this 
plan,  if  managed  properly.  In  the  case  of  our  rubber  glove 
sale,  we  had  a  great  many  pairs  exchanged  because  of  error 
in  selecting  the  proper  size,  but  only  two  pairs  were  returned 
as  unsatisfactory.  One  of  these  was  actually  imperfect,  but 
the  other  case,  I  believe,  was  an  imposition  on  the  liberality 
of  our  plan.  In  every  case,  however,  the  customer  was  sat- 
isfied, and  the  store  was  a  gainer  by  the  deal. 

Getting  results  from  window  displays  is  merely  the  appli- 
cation of  the  simple,  time-worn  principles  of  salesmanship  as 
applied  to  displays.     They  may  be  summed  up  as  follows : 

1.  Attract  attention. 

2.  Convince. 

3.  Make  good. 


Curiosities  of  Old  Prescription  Files  in  Lafayette. 
Lafayette  (Ind. )  Sunday  Times,  of  recent  date  devotes  more 
than  two  columns  to  an  interesting  historical  sketch  of  the 
Hogan  Drug  Company,  wholesale  druggists  of  that  city, 
dating  back  to  1842.  Thomas  W.  Hogan,  the  president,  point- 
ed out  to  the  writer  the  interesting  features  of  the  old  pre- 
scription files  and  furnished  much  information  of  local  his- 
toric value.  Among  the  peculiarities  of  physicians  of  years 
long  gone  was  that  of  Dr.  Jewett,  of  whom  it  is  related  that 
if  he  wrote  a  prescription  for  anyone,  the  ingredients  of  said 
prescription  being  nice  and  pleasant  to  the  taste,  he  would 
always  add  some  neutral  drug  that  was  bitter  to  the  palate.  He 
would  make  the  statement  that  when  a  medicine  was  swallow- 
ed there  was  a  mental  attitude  toward  it  that  made  it  effect- 
ive for  good,  if  it  was  unpleasant.  His  own  mind  was  far  in 
advance  of  his  day.  for  he  believed  greatly  in  the  power  of 
mental  suggestion.  While  psychology  and  mental  suggestion 
as  sciences  had  not  as  yet  been  formulated,  still  the  principles 
of  these  sciences,  as  yet  crude  and  of  a  shape  indefinite,  were 
nevertheless,  taking  possession  of  broadly  original  and  re- 
flective minds,  not  bound  down  to  hard  and  fast  rules  of 
an  inelastic  professionalism. 


Meetings  of  the  New  York  Section,  S.C.L 
At  the  March  19  meeting  of  the  Xew  York  Section  of  the 
Society  of  Chemical  Industry  the  evening's  programme  was 
as  follows :  G'.  W.  Thompson.  "Dutch  Process  White  Lead" ; 
E.  C.  Klipsteiu,  "The  Influence  of  Chemistry  on  the  Utiliza- 
tion of  Quebracho."  Illustrated  with  lantern  slides ;  J.  P.  H. 
Perry.  "Reinforced  Concrete  Industrial  Buildings."  Illus- 
trated with  lantern  slides.  The  election  of  officers  will  be 
held  April  2:5. 


Why    Medicines    Sometimes    Fail. 

"By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

This  is  a  great  age.  Xo  one 
doubts  it  for  a  single  moment. 
Truly  the  Public — the  great,  nov- 
elty-seeking Public— pays  its  money 
and  takes  its  choice  of  auy  one  of  a 
dozen  different  roads  which  are 
supposed  to  lead  to  the  town  of 
Good  Health. 

Healiug  vibrations  may  be 
bought  by  mail  at  one  dollar  per  so 
many  vibs.  The  occult,  the  weird, 
aud  the  speculative  are  regularly 
revived  and  rub  elbows  with  newer 
theories  of  healing.  Some  are  hyp- 
notically fantastic  and  others  en- 
tirely reasonable  and  progressive. 
We  may  have  our  food  raw  or 
cooked,  pre-digested  or  natural.  It 
may  be  grown  above  or  below 
ground,  aud  we  may  eat  of  the  flesh  pots  of  Egypt  to  reple- 
tion or  diet  strenuously,  so  that  according  to  an  ancieut  priest- 
hood, our  bodies  may  sit  lightly  about  our  souls ;  or  what  is  a 
great  deal  less  poetical,  we  may  go  down  to  the  corner  drug 
store  and  get  a  dose  of  good,  honest,  cold-pressed  castor  oil 
made  into  a  liquid  sandwich  with  a  sarsaparilla  or  a  lemon 
soda  and  continue  our  way  of  thinking,  rejoicing. 

Yes,  it  is  a  great  age,  and  what  with  the  multiplication  of 
medical  schools,  recognized  and  unrecognized,  the  various 
healing  sciences,  physotherapy,  the  profusion  of  advertised 
remedies,  the  sensational  itinerant  medicine  vender,  who  has 
his  field  of  influence  and  public  uncertainty  concerning  the 
possible  purity  of  drugs  and  foods — the  august  Court  of 
Public  Opinion  has  become  confused. 

It  questions  closely  the  efficacy  of  everything,  even  the 
old  reliable  remedies  which  have  bridged  over  many  a  yawning 
chasm.  Confusion  leads  to  questioning.  Superficial  question- 
ing which  comes  from  lack  of  true  understanding  of  a  subject 
leads  to  doubt,  and  doubt  means  loss  of  confidence.  Now,  as 
the  basis  of  all  btisiness  is  confidence,  the  loss  is  a  serious  one, 
of  a  more  threatening  nature  if  long  continued,  than  a  tem- 
porary panic,  which  readjusts  itself  with  the  restoration  of 
confidence. 

There  is  no  use  ignoring  the  vast  following  that  believers  in 
non-medication  have  gained  in  the  last  decade,  aud  nine  out' 
of  ten  of  them  will  argue  logically  and  convincingly  to  the  lay 
mind  at  least,  that  medicines  too  frequently  fail  in  the  effects 
they  are  expected  to  have. 

It  is  often  a  matter  of  surprise  to  physicians  aud  to  phar- 
macists why  tried  and  true  remedies  do  apparently  fail,  when 
there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  the  diagnosis  has  been| 
correct,  the  proper  remedies  prescribed  and  the  greatest  skill 
and  accuracy  brought  to  bear  in  the  compounding.  Idiosyn-' 
crasies  ou  the  part  of  the  patient  are  argued,  and  other  remc-l 
dies  tried  with  equally  discouraging  results.  Another  drug-i 
gist  is  patronized  and  the  seeds  of  lack  of  confidence  between  j 
the  twin  professions  are  sown,  as  well  as  in  the  minds  of  the! 
patient  and  family.  Practitioner  aud  pharmacist  have  beeni 
conscientious  and  no  error  of  judgment  has  been  made,  and' 
yet  too  often  the  effects  are  not  justified  by  the  hopes  of| 
either.     Why? 

There  is  a  reason  so  simple,  why  in  many,  many  cases  medi-| 
cines  fail,  that  its  very  simplicity  seems  to  have  caused  it  to] 
be  persistently  overlooked.  jToo  often,  the  medicines  are  not. 
given,  in  the  h^omes  as  they  are  directed  to  be  taken.  ' 

This  is  by  no  manner  of  means  true  in  all  cases,  hut  it  is' 
true  in  enough  cases  to  be  a  serious  menace  to  uniform  results. 
Unless  critical  illness  invades  the  home — and  even  then 
various  circumstances  may  prevent  the  employment  of  a; 
trained  nurse — the  house-mother  usually  attends  to  the  giving' 
of  the  medicine,  except  in  cases  where  the  patient  is  able  to| 
attend  to  it  himself,  and  in  the  crowd  of  detail  and  distracting 
cares  which  surround  her.  medicines  are  often  given  in  hap- 
hazard manner.  Many  people  do  not  have  the  respect  for  thei 
medicines  they  are  handling  that  they  ought  to  have,  and  too! 
frequently  the  necessity  for  a  definite  system  of  contimiedl 
action   to  urromiiUsh   a  rjifcn   purpose  is  overlooked.     I.abora- 


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tory  research  may  show  that  certain  elements  and  combina- 
tions of  elements  have  an  unvarying  action  upon  the  human 
'  system,  but  up  to  date  no  laboratory  research  has  shown  by 
what  means  such  action  may  be  obtained  if  the  medicines 
prescribed  are  left  in  a  bottle  on  a  shelf.  Metabolism  is  diffi- 
cult under  such  circumstances. 

These  cases  are  much  commoner  than  is  generally  supposed, 

and  they  are  not  confined  to  any  part  of  the  country,  either. 

;  Possibly  the  very  paradox  of  the  idea  has  kept  it  from  being 

I  suspected,  but  if  one  stops  to  reflect  how  difficult  it  is  to  get 

;  any   service,    however    simple,    performed    exactly    right,    the 

wonder  will  disappear, 
j      Recently  a  well-educated  woman — as  far  as  books  go — was 
given    a    prescription    calling    for    a    four-ounce    mixture    of 
essence  of  pepsin  and  tincture  of  nux  vomica.     The  medicine 
'.  was  to  be  taken  three  times  a  day  in  teaspoonful  doses.     It 
j  lasted  considerably  over  a  month,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
;  the  patient   reflectively  viewed   the   remaining  half-ounce   and 
j  complained  that  either  the  doctor  did  not  understand  her  case 
or  the  drugs  had  not  been  first  quality,  she  rather  suspected 
I  the  latter,  as  the  mixture  had  a  most  disagreeable,  bitter  taste, 
and  she  had  received  no  benefit  from  it.     That  woman  was 
not  educated  in  that  most  important  branch  of  knowledge,  the 
necessity  for  system,  and  so  she  lost  confidence  in  her  drug- 
gist, blaming  him  for  that  for  which  she  was  to  blame  herself. 
A  dozen  tablets  to  be  given  every  half-hour  until  taken,  be- 
ginning at  9  a.   m..  does   not   mean,   as   many  interpret,  one 
along  during  the  day  as  it  happens  to  some  handy,  with  per- 
haps three   or  four   left   in   the   box   and   never   taken.     The 
patient  has  a  restless  night,  the  fever  continues,  and  doctor 
or  druggist,  or  both,  are  condemned. 

The  methodical,  painstaking  individual  who  will  attend  to 
such  matters  properly,  without  having  particular  and  frequent 
attention  called  to  the  importance  of  it,  is  the  exception. 
What  avails  the  skill  and  knowledge  back  of  material  means, 
if  such  means  are  handled  irrationally? 

A  mother  with  money  and  the  advantages  of  travel,  was 
heard  recently  to  lament  that  the  medicines  prescribed  for  her 
child  afflicted  with  urinary  incontinence  had  been  unavailing. 
She  had  consulted  several  physicians,  and  now  meditated 
engaging  the  services  of  a  magnetic  healer.  "And  there,"  she 
said  mournfully,  "is  a  whole  shelf  full  of  medicines,  that  I 
have  paid  my  good  money  for,  and  Johnny  no  better  than  he 
was  in  the  beginning." 

When  questioned  as  to  the  reason  for  her  frugality  in  keep- 
ing them  on  the  shelf  instead  of  giving  them  to  Johnny,  as 
directed,  she  looked  injured,  and  declared  "that  one  mortal 
could  not  be  expected  to  remember  everything,  and  it  was  not 
likely  that  they  would  have  done  any  good,  anyway.  No  im- 
provement had  been  noticed  from  any  given."  and  in  a  burst 
of  parental  solicitation  she  decided  to  grasp  at  the  last  straw, 
and  send  away  for  an  advertised  remedy  of  entirely  unknown 
origin.  Probably  that  joined  the  shelf  assortment,  too.  If 
so  let  us  rejoice. 

Scarcely  a  week  passes  that  some  serious  result  does  not 
occur  from  home  carelessness  in  the  handling  of  medicines. 
Sometimes  dispensing  doctors  do  not  have  the  time  to  label 
their  remedies,  and  patients  forget  the  directions  or  get  them 
quite  differently  in  mind  than  was  intended. 

A  woman  with  a  weak  heart  who  took  powders  of  acetanilid 
and  codeine  every  half-hour  instead  of  powders  containing  one- 
tenth    grain    of    calomel    each,    explained    weakly    when    the 
alternate  doses  of  brandy   and   strong  coffee   had   pulled   her 
1  together  again,  that  she  hadn't  bothered  to  put  on  her  glasses 
I  to  read   the   labels.      If  every   person   had   the   proper   respect 
,  for  the  medicines  in  their  handling,  prescriptions  would  not  be 
i  handed  around  the  neighborhood,  nor  would  medicines  be  given 
I  internally  which  had  been  in  the  house  for  indefinite  periods. 

A  case  of  this  kind  is  still  fresh  in  mind.     A  bright  young 

'  man  felt  symptoms  of  a  complaint  from  which  he  had  suffered 

a  couple  of  years  previously,  and  going  to  the  cupboard  he 

I  found  about  one-third  of  a  bottle  prescribed  for  him  at  that 

i  time.    He  drank  some  of  the  bottle  and  went  out  to  milk.     Not 

I  returning,  his  family  went  in  search  of  him  and  found  him 

I  dead  by  the  side  of  the  first  cow.     Doctor  and  druggist  were 

called  upon  to  explain    Examination  and  analysis  of  the  bottle 

and  remaining   contents   showed   that    the   original    cork    had 

been  replaced  by  a  very  defective  one,  evaporation  and  chem- 

-  ical  change  had  taken  place,  and  the  unmeasured  dose  of  this 

1  different  and  stronger  mixture  had  proved  fatal.     Ignorance 

I  is  no  excuse  in  the  eyes  of  the  laws  of  Nature,  and  patients 


suffer  and  by  reactionary  effect,  confidence  in  applied  medical 
science  suffers  also. 

People  do  not  need  to  be  frightened.  They  did  not  have 
to  dance  on  the  third  rail  in  order  to  learn  that  it  was  wise 
to  treat  it  with  the  respect  of  distance.  Neither  are  they 
deterred  from  riding  on  the  electrics  by  the  sign,  "Dangerous, 
Keep  Off."  They  have  learned  a  wholesome  deference  for  the 
power  which  they  do  not  understand  that  whirls  them  on  to 
their  destination. 

What  can  be  done  about  it?  Guard  cannot  be  mounted  over 
every  prescription  dispensed  until  it  is  all  used,  but  an  occa- 
sional word  of  advice  may  be  given,  embodying  the  truth  that 
close  prescribing  and  accurate  dispensing  are  entirely  de- 
pendent for  results  upon  the  faithfulness  with  which  the 
directions  are  followed. 

And  the  women-folk  of  the  drug  trade — those  fortunate 
ones  who  understand,  can  be  of  inestimable  help  in  dissemi- 
nating among  their  sisters,  in  circles  of  friends,  in  clubs,  and 
wherever  opportunity  presents,  the  incontrovertible  fact  that 
medicinal  plants  and  material  means  were  given  us  by  a  wise 
Creator,  for  the  healing  of  the  Nations,  if  rightly  used.  That 
the  home  administration  must  be  systematic,  conscientious, 
and  of  first  importance,  if  the  blessing  of  Good  Results  is  to 
follow. 


Winter's  Prog-ramme  at  College  in  Kichmond. 
Richmond.  Va..  April  3. — The  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion of  the  University  College  of  Medicine  has  held  meetings 
regularly  each  month  this  winter  and  much  interest  has  been 
shown  by  both  students  and  faculty.  The  following  is  a 
record  of  the  winter : 

October — Address,  "History  of  Pharmacy,"  Dr.  Eoshier  W. 
Miller.   Dean. 

November — Discussion,  "The  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and 
Virginia  Drug  Laws,"  Prof.  George  E.  Barksdale.  The  follow- 
ing students,  representing  their  respective  States,  discussed 
the  influence  of  the  National  drug  laws  on  State  legislation; 
S.  O.  Blair.  West  Virainia:  W.  M.  White,  North  Carolina;  L.  H. 
Botts,  Florida. 

December — "Ethical  Pharraaey"  wns  discussed.  T.  E.  Carper 
discussed  the  relation  of  proprietor  to  clerk;  W.  A.  Maiden  dis- 
cussed the  relation  of  proprietor  to  public. 

January — .\ddress,  "Household  Chemistry,"  Prof.  W.  F.  Rudd. 
Paper.   "Household  Cleaning  Preparations."   F.  V.   Fletcher, 

February — Address.  "Coal  Tar  Products  and  Their  Official 
Derivatives."  A.   Bolenbaugh. 

March — Debate,  "Resolved,  That  the  rractice  of  pharmacy 
should  be  limited  to  the  sale  and  dispersing  of  only  those  sub- 
stances used  for  the  prevention  or  mitigation  of  di.sease." 
.\fflrmative.  H.  M.  Pettus,  L.  W.  Burbage.  M.  H.  Hoffman,  R.  B. 
Shelor;  negative,  P.  M.  Massie.  U.  E.  Monroe,  C.  L.  Coleman, 
W.   T.   Johnson. 

The  officers  are:  President.  F.  D.  Cr.l'iepper :  vice-presi- 
dent, L.  T.  Ford  ;  secri'tary  and  treasurer,  W.  L.  Grimes. 


New  Chapter  Has  a  Promising  Future. 
Stbacuse.  N.  y.,  April  3. — The  Syracuse  Chapter  of  the 
W'.O.N.A.R.D.,  a  wide-awake  orsanizatiou  representing  75 
families,  held  a  meeting  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce.  The  auxiliary  was  organized  for  the  purpose  of 
assisting  the  Syracuse  R.D..\..  but  as  .vet  has  not  decided 
what  line  of  work  it  will  take  up.  The  organization  includes 
in  its  membership  the  wives  of  druggists  aud  women  clerks. 
Only  routine  matters  of  business  were  considered.  Miss  Effa 
J.  Lawton.  pharmacist  at  James  E.  Jones'  drug  store,  at  415 
Pond  street,  read  a  paper  on  "Women's  Clubs."  In  the  near 
future  the  women  hope  to  develop  a  plan  to  promote  the 
interests  of  the  druggists.  Mrs.  W.  B.  Bissell  is  president, 
Mrs.  George  E.  Thorpe  secretary  and  Mrs.  H,  W.  Greenland 
treasurer. 


Timely  Topics  Discussed  by  Ohio  Druggists. 

Cleveland.  April  3. — The  March  meeting  of  the  Northern 
Ohio  Druggists'  Association  was  held  at  the  Cleveland  School 
of  Pharmacy,  with  President  Schneurer  in  the  chair.  After 
routine  business  the  session  was  devoted  chiefl.v  to  discussion 
of  prescriptions.  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations. 

The  absurdity  of  making  window  displays  of  goods  whose 
prices  are  unprotected  was  brought  up,  as  it  had  been  several 
times  before.  A  report  was  made  concerning  a  physician  who 
complained  because  his  prescription  for  spiritus  juniperi 
compositus  was  not  filled  by  dispensing  gin.  This  rai.sed  the 
familiar  problem  of  Hoffmann's  Drops  vs.  Hofl'mann's  Ano- 
dyne, and  lastly  the  confusion  regarding  the  man.v  varieties  of 
syrup  of  hypophosphites  was  discussed.  All  present  added 
to  their  fund  of  information. 


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A""  Double  or  Not. 


Bj'  Joel   "Blanc. 

It  is  a  strange  fact  that  the 
more  peculiar  looking  an  indi- 
vidual may  be,  the  more  sup- 
posed doubles  he  has.  As  it 
has  been  stated  that  all  China- 
men look  alike,  and  with  fully 
as  much  truth,  it  may  be  said, 
that  all  one-eyed  men  look 
alike.  The  traveling  man  of 
peculiar  appearance  finds 
many  evidences  of  the  truth  of 
this  statement.  Should  he 
have  a  hair-lip  or  have  suf- 
fered any  disfiguring  affliction, 
he  will,  wherever  he  goes,  be 
told  of  other  men  who  "look 
exactly  like"  him.  However, 
when  one  comes  face  to  face 
with  his  claimed  doubles  it 
will  generally  be  found  that  the  resemblance  is  only  in  a 
similarity  of  facial  disfigurement,  that  observers  have  noted 
only  the  mark  of  affliction  and  ignored  all  other  physical  char- 
acteristics. In  my  years  on  the  road  I  had  a  number  of  per- 
sonal experiences  of  this  nature. 

In  spite  of  the  foregoing,  I  did  have  one  experience  which 
leads  me  to  believe  that  I  actually  did  have  a  perfect  double, 
and  yet  I  cannot  be  positive  in  my  belief.  It  happened  in  the 
days  when  I  was  selling  that  little  old  pill,  the  sort  that  so 
many  of  you  boys  have  bought  from  me.  To  be  exact,  it  was 
during  the  yellow  fever  scourge  of  '87. 

When  I  reached  Decatur,  Ala.,  the  mail  from  farther  south 
was  already  being  punched  full  of  holes  and  fumigated  before 
delivery.  Birmingham  was  under  shot-gun  quarantine  and  by 
the  time  I  reached  Florence  via  Tuscumbia  and  Sheffield  the 
scare  was  in  full  swing.  As  a  result,  I  was  locked  up  in 
Florence  by  a  cordon  of  armed  sentries  who  surrounded  the 
town,  for  be  it  known  that  a  shot-gun  quarantine  keeps  those 
who  are  in  a  town  from  leaving,  just  as  rigorously  as  it  keeps 
others  from  coming  in.  Having  previously  had  some  un- 
pleasant experiences  with  quarantine  in  Florida  and  Missis- 
sippi, I  resignedly  accepted  the  inevitable  and  settled  down 
for  an  indefinite  stay  in  Florence. 

I  had  arrived  in  Florence  Wednesday  night.  When  I 
learned  on  Thursday  morning  that  I  was  trapped,  the  train 
upon  which  I  came  in  being  the  last  one  that  was  permitted 
to  enter,  I  simply  laid  in  a  stock  of  periodicals  and  settled 
myself  to  spend  the  first  day  in  reading.  Before  this,  however, 
I  had  called  on  Jim  Milner  and  the  other  druggists,  but  under 
the-  circumstances  had  sold  nothing.  I  then  left  my  watch 
with  Andrew  Brown,  the  jeweler,  for  him  to  replace  a  broken 
main-spring  with  a  new  one.  It  rained  hard  all  day  Thursday 
and  up  to  Friday  evening,  so  I  did  not  leave  the  hotel.  Friday 
night  I  went  over  to  Brown's  for  my  watch.  When  I  entered 
the  store  and  asked  for  m.v  ticker.  Brown  looked  at  me  in 
amazement  and  said,  "Why,  you  got  it  this  noon !"  Despite 
my  emphatic  denials.  Brown  insisted  that  I  had  come  in  about 
noon,  that  he  had  handed  me  the  watch  before  I  could  ask  for 
it,  that  I  had  taken  it,  proffered  a  ten-dollar  bill  in  payment 
for  the  repairs,  accepted  my  change  and  walked  out.  Brown's 
son  Robert  sustained  his  father  by  declaring  that  he  had  wit- 
nessed the  entire  transaction.  Thinking  that  I  had  better 
keep  quiet  until  I  should  have  time  to  consult  a  lawyer,  I 
mentally  decided  to  first  attempt  to  unravel  the  mystery,  and 
returned  to  the  hotel.  In  the  lobby  a  group  of  men  stood 
before  the  desk  in  earnest  conversation  with  the  proprietor  of 
the  house.  Later  I  learned  that  the  group  was  made  up  of  the 
sheriff,  Campbell,  the  banker,  and  some  of  the  town  mer- 
chants. I  was  in  such  a  dazed  condition  that  I  could  not  be 
sure  that  they  glanced  at  me  suspiciously,  but  it  seemed  to  me 
that  they  did. 

Throwing  myself  into  a  chair,  I  sank  into  a  troubled  reverie 
which  was  soon  broken  by  the  voice  of  the  proprietor  who  had 
advanced  toward  me,  accompanied  by  the  other  men.  What 
Connor,  the  hotel  man,  told  me  was  this  :  Among  the  deposits 
made  at  Campbell's  bank  during  the  day,  a  number  of  counter- 
feit  ten-dollar  bills   had   been   discovered.      Investigation   dis- 


closed the  fact  that  nearly  every  store  along  the  main  street 
had  taken  in  a  counterfeit  ten-dollar  bill  during  the  day. 
Further  investigation  led  a  number  of  storekeepers  and  theii 
clerks  to  declare  that  I  had  entered  their  stores,  made  a  trivial 
purchase  and  in  each  case  proffered  a  ten-dollar  bill,  receiving 
the  necessary  change  in  each  transaction.  While  proprietoi 
Connor,  his  clerk  and  the  porter  declared  that  I  had  not  lefi 
the  house  until  night,  so  far  as  they  knew,  the  storekeepers  and 
their  clerks  unhesitatingly  identified  me  as  the  man  whc 
had  passed  the  counterfeit  money. 

In  a  little  while  the  hotel  office  was  thronged  with  a  curiouE 
crowd.  The  noise  of  argument  had  also  drawn  many  from  thf 
nearby  bar.  Just  as  Sheriff  Crow  had  expressed  his  intention 
of  immediately  removing  me  to  jail,  a  long,  raw-boned  native 
came  from  the  bar  and  pushed  his  way  through  the  crowd  in 
order  to  find  out  what  the  excitement  was  about.  As  his  eyes 
rested  upon  me  he  gave  a  scream  and  then  yelled,  "Good 
Lawd  !  He's  done  come  back.  He's  dead  an'  livin'  too,  an'  I 
shot  him  with  both  bar'ls,  blowed  his  face  off  an'  throwed 
him  in  the  river."  Ashen  white,  trembling  convulsively,  the 
man  thrust  his  hand  into  his  pocket,  drew  forth  and  handed  me 
my  watch!  "Take  it,  take  it !"  he  exclaimed.  "It  must  be  a 
hant.  laik  you-all — an'  this,  take  this,  too !"  He  extended 
towards  nie  a  roll  of  bills,  the  tens  of  which  proved  to  be 
counterfeit.  Then  the  man  attempted  to  flee ;  but  the  crowd 
closed  around  him  and  he  was  soon  subdued. 

Of  course,  this  raw-boned  native  had  not  received  the  watch 
from  Brown,  had  not  passed  the  counterfeit  money  and  wasi 
not  the  one  who  had  been  mistaken  for  me.  From  his  half-i 
drunken,  half-crazy  ravings  we  were  able  to  piece  out  the  storyi 
which  told  us  how  he  had  become  connected  with  the  case. 

The  man,  a  shiftless,  n'er-do-well  named  Bloss,  had  volun- 
teered for  quarantine  dutj'  and  had  been  put  on  guard  at  the 
Florence  end  of  the  railroad  bridge  which  spans  the  Ten- 
nessee River  at  this  point.  He  declared  that  shortly  after 
sunset  I  had  approached  him  and  endeavored  to  bribe  him  to 
let  me  pass  over  the  bridge.  When  he  refused,  I  had,  so  he 
declared,  rushed  past  him  and  started  to  run  across  the  bridge. 
He  thereupon  fired  both  barrels  of  his  shot-gun,  killed  me 
instantly  and  nearly  blew  my  head  away.  Thus  far  Bloss  had 
acted  within  the  law.  but  when  he  reached  the  body  and  felt^ 
a  watch  in  one  of  the  pockets  of  the  clothing,  cupidity  got  the 
best  of  him  and  he  took  everything  he  could  find.  Then  he 
made  his  greatest  mistake  b.v  throwing  the  body  into  the 
swiftly  rushing  river.  He  went  back  on  post  and  remained 
on  duty  until  relieved  by  another  quarantine  guard.  By  this 
time  Bloss'  conscience  had  become  awakened  and  he  decided 
that  the  only  way  to  quiet  it  was  to  come  into  town  and  use 
his  ill-gotten  wealth  to  get  drunk.  So  far  as  I  know,  there 
was  never  any  confirmation  of  Bloss'  story  except  the  poo! 
of  blood  that  was  found  upon  the  bridge,  and  never  having  seen 
the  man  I  cannot  say  how  much  he  really  looked  like  me.  It 
was  proven  that  he  had  passed  counterfeit  money  in  several! 
towns  between  Nashville  and  Florence.  In  Columbia  he  had 
acted  as  a  book  agent,  it  was  said,  and  had  a  horse  and  biiggy 
of  his  own.  Possibly  he  had  a  pal  with  the  horse  at  the  other 
end  of  the  bridge,  but  how  and  when  he  got  into  Florence  and 
wh.y  he  took  such  a  fool's  chance  in  trying  to  get  out  of  the| 
town  will  never  be  known.  That  he  was  dressed  like  me  wasi 
certain,  but  there  was  nothing  remarkable  in  that,  as  I  wore  a| 
blue  serge  suit,  black  tie  and  derby  hat.  i 

The  evidence  of  his  resemblance  to  me  was  so  unanimous 
and  exact  that  I  am  forced  to  confess  that  the  man  must  have] 
borne  a  remarkable  likeness  to  me. 

I  have  often  wondered  what  sort  of  a  scrape  I  would  have 
gotten  into  if  Bloss  had  not  shot  the  crook,  and  I  am  under 
the  impression  that  some  of  the  Florentines  still  believe  that  I, 
passed  those  counterfeit  bills. 


Remembered  Brutal  Murder  of  Venerable  Druggist.  ■ 
Boston,  April  3. — Druggists  in  the  Massachusetts  Legis- 
lature recently  showed  that  they  remembered  the  murder  of 
venerable  Charles  A.  Bushee,  of  Somenille,  who  one  stormy 
Sunday  night  a  year  ago  was  brutally  beaten  and  robbed  in 
his  drug  store  by  three  young  toughs.  The  Legislature  was 
asked  this  year  to  allow  juries  in  capital  cases  to  report  ver- 
dicts of  guilt.v  in  the  first  degree  with  these  words  added: 
"without  capital  punishment."  On  the  roll  call  on  the  bill 
Druggists  Bonney.  of  Wakefield  ;  Thompson,  of  Somerville,  and i 
Whittemore,  of  Somerville.  all  went  on  record  against  the 
amendment  and  helped  to  kill  the  bill. 


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AROUSING   INTEREST   IN    THE    WORK    OF    THE 
STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.* 

By  Wynn  L.  Eddy,  of  Brigham  City,  Utah. 

"What  metlwd  ean  be  suggested  to  stimulate  interest  among 
those  memhcrs  of  the  association  who  never  attend  its  meet- 
ings, and  do  not  realise  the  value  of  such  gatheringsf" 


j       The  subject  of  this  paper  is  one  that  has  received  more  or 

less  attention  from  the  active  members  of  every  association, 

'  both  social  and  commercial,   that  has  reached  any  degree  of 

efficiency  in  its  particular  field  of  action. 
;       The  first  point  for  consideration  in  this  question  is :    why 
I  will  a  man  join  the  association,  pay  his  fees,  and  yet  never 
I  attend  its  meetings?    At  first  thought  you  may  not  agree  with 
'   me  when  I  state  that  it  is  almost  entirely  a  matter  of  selfish- 
:   ness ;  later  you  will  arrive  at  the  conclusion  that  it  is  selfish- 
ness, because  he  is  willing  to  pay  money  to  be  considered  one 
'    of  a  "live  bunch,"  yet  still  will  put  forth 
!   no   personal    effort   for   the   general    good. 
That  so  many  are  willing  and  anxious  to 
reap  the  benefits  of  concerted  action,  but 
will   not  give   their   personal   attention   to 
The   proper  way   to  stimulate   interest 
among  members  of  this  kind  is  to  prove 
the  work,  is  the  basis  of  the  entire  trouble, 
to   them    that    they    lose    more    by    being 
absent  from   the   meetings   than   they   can 
possibly  hope  to  gain  in  the  same  time  by 
their  best  efforts  at  their  individual  work. 
You.  no  doubt,  feel  this  to  be  true  or  you 
would  not  be  present  at  this  time.     The 
best   method    to   thoroughly   impress   this 
upon  the  absent   members  is   our  desire. 
Have  you  a  method?     Many  of  you  prob- 
ably  have   a   better   method   than    I   can 
suggest.    If  you  have  no  method  to  accom- 
plish  this  "particular   object,   now   is   the 
time  to   get   one,   for   upon   you   as   indi- 
viduals depends  the  life  and  efiiciency  of 
this  association. 

The  method  I  have  is  to  advertise.  Ad- 
vertise the  benefits  of  the  association  to 
druggists  as  a  whole,  but  more  especially 
to  advertise  the  benefits  of  the  meetings 
to  druggists  individually.  If  you  have 
something  the  other  fellow  wants  to  ex- 
change for  something  you  need  you  can 
adopt  some  means  to  let  him  know  it. 
This    is    advertising,    whether    it    be    by 

bill-board,  booklet,  letter,  newspaper  or  word  of  mouth.  Xow 
we  have  the  good  each  individual  receives  b.v  being  present  at 
our  meetings  to  exchange  for  the  presence  of  the  absent  mem- 
bers. Our  pleasure  and  profit  derived  from  this  meeting  will 
have  no  efl'ect  upon  them  unless  they  hear  of  it,  therefore  I 
would  advise  that  this  association  have  the  proceedings  of  this 
meeting  printed  in  pamphlet  form  and  that  the  secretary  he 
directed  to  send  a  copy  to  every  member :  also  that  several  of 
the  leading  drug  journals  receive  a  general  synopsis  of  our 
actions  and  a  complete  report  of  the  pleasant  entertainment 
extended  to  us  by  our  fellow  druggists  of  Provo  and  surround- 
ing towns.  The  journals  will  be  pleased  to  publish  it  as  news 
and  thus  it  will  reach  many  members  not  here. 

The  membership  committee  might,  with  propriety,  extend  its 
sphere  of  action  and  write  each  member,  not  here,  stating  that 
their  absence  was  noted  and  expressing  a  hope  that  they  can 
arrange  their  affairs  to  meet  with  us  next  year ;  or  better  stilh, 
have  the  president,  who  has  labored  so  assiduously  for  the 
welfare  of  the  association  the  past  year,  perform  this  diplo- 
matic service. 

The  above  suggestions,  if  well  executed,  only  begin  our 
campaign.     The  major  part  of  this  advertising  of  the  benefit 

*Read  before  the  Utah  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


WTXN  L.  EDDY, 
of  Brigham  City.   Utah 


of  the  meetings  to  the  individual  member  must  be  performed 
by  personal  effort.  Continued  personal  effort  in  the  endeavor 
to  impress  the  value  of  attending  the  meetings  upon  the  mem- 
bers who  never  come.  If  you  can  show  by  your  enthusiasm 
that  attending  the  meetings  of  this  association  has  renewed 
your  courage  to  tackle  the  problems  of  life,  exalted  your  hope 
in  the  future  of  your  business  and  presented  you  with  ideas 
that  give  an  impetus  to  your  trade  that  cannot  be  withstood 
by  all  the  petty  efforts  of  your  non-attending  competitors, 
then  our  desire  will  be  fulfilled  and  the  non-attending  members 
will  be  sitting  on  the  front  seats  at  our  first  meeting  next  year. 
Begin  now.  if  you  have  not  already  done  so,  to  pay  par- 
ticular attention  to  the  points  and  suggestions  advanced  at 
this  meeting.  Get  them  in  concrete  form  and  where  appli- 
cable use  them  in  your  business.  Brush  up  in  the  use  of  the 
English  language,  if  getting  a  bit  rusty,  in  order  to  be  able 
to  tell  in  a  fitting  manner  the  benefits  and  pleasures  of  this 
meeting.  It  will  renew  the  good  done  you  and  stimulate  the 
interest  of  those  not  present,  when  properly  presented  to  them. 
Take  an  active  part  in  politics.  Xour  time  and  energy 
cannot  be  better  spent.  Not  as  a  politician  or  party  man.  but 
as  a  wide-awake  citizen  interested  in  the  civic  welfare  of  your 
particular  community.  Never  before  was  there  a  greater 
interest  manifested  by  the  public  in  sanitary  and  health  regu- 
lations than  at  the  present  time.  The  pharmacist  leaves  it 
all  to  the  physician.  This  is  neither 
proper  nor  right. 

The  prohibition  problem  will  soon  be 
presented  to  the  people  of  Utah.  It  is 
a  question  of  very  material  interest  to  the 
druggist.  Study  it,  take  one  side  or  the 
other  and  be  able  to  give  your  reasons 
in   a   dignified,   agreeable   manner. 

Other  questions  may  arise  in  your  com- 
munity that  are  of  importance  to  you  as 
a  druggist  and  a  citizen.  If  so,  meet  them 
fairly  and  come  out  squarely  in  the  right 
that  you  may  gain  honor  and  your  neigh- 
borhood profit  thereby. 

And  last,  but  not  least,  be  loyal  to  the 
association.  Give  it  credit  for  the  as- 
sistance it  has  rendered  to  you.  Support 
its  committees,  answer  their  letters,  spend 
some  time  and  personal  attention  in  the 
labor  of  the  committee  on  which  you  may 
he  appointed.  Do  these  things  iluit  you 
may  become  a  bigger  man  and  a  better 
druggist,  that  this  association  may  be  a 
greater  power  in  the  State  and  accom- 
plish more  good  than  ever  hoped  for  in 
the  fondest  expectations  of  the  most 
enthusiastic  member  present ;  that  those 
absent  will  fully  realize  the  value  of  such 
gatherings  and  be  stimuKated  in  interest 
to  such  an  extent  that  nothing  could  keep 
them  away  from  our  meeting  a  year  hence. 


BUILDING  UP  A  PRESCRIPTION  BUSINESS.* 

By  Charles  H.  Frantz,  Bay  City,  Mich. 

Endeavor  and  effort  in  the  building  up  of  a  prescription 
business  covers  a  very  wide  field  of  work.  The  modern  drug 
store  with  its  many  "side  lines"  that  have  become  practically 
integral  parts  of  the  drug  business,  if  not  of  the  drug  store, 
give  much  opportunity  for  the  display  and  feature  work,  so 
much  so  that  the  up-to-date  drug  store  little  resembles  the 
shop  we  used  to  know  where  labeled  bottles  in  orderly  rows 
gave  a  sedate  air  that  we  all  remember.  The  prescription 
business  is  often  permitted  to  suffer  under  the  stress  of 
present-day  couditions.  often  being  subordinated  to  the  con- 
fectionery, stationery  and  sundry  lines,  the  soda  fountain,  the 
lunch  features,  the  cigar  stands,  etc.  At  the  same  time  the 
prescription  business  is  still  and  always  will  be  the  basis  of  a 
drug  store,  and  it  should  be  and  can  be  held  as  the  first  con- 
sideration without  injury  to  the  other  departments. 

It  is  the  department  upon  which  the  public,  ill  with  real  or 
imaginary  ills,  looks  with  the  most  critical  eye,  to  say  nothing 


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of  the  physician  who  is  the  mainstay  of  the  iirescriptix>n  room. 
While  there  are  varying  conditions  in  the  different  localities, 
there  are  plenty  of  rules  that  must  be  observed  in  building  up 
a  prescription  business.  Undoubtedly  the  first  requisite  is  to 
cultivate  the  personal  acquaintance  of  the  physicians  and  to 
inform  them  of  your  prescription  department  and  its  clerks. 
Instill  into  them  the  confidence  of  yourself  and  your  clerks. 
The  prescription  room  is  generally  the  "behind-the-scenes"  of 
the  drug  store  and  it  should  be  kept  scrupulously  clean  and 
attractive,  while  the  physician  should  be  solicited  to  inspect 
the  department  at  all  times.  Never  substitute.  Always  give 
just  what  the  doctor  orders  on  his  prescription.  If  he  specifies 
P.,  D.  &  Co.'s  make  of  any  preparation,  give  it ;  if  he  orders 
Wyeth's  give  him  Wyeth's,  and  if  he  wants  Fairchild's  be 
sure  and  give  him  that.  By  following  this  method  it  will  take 
but  little  time  to  gain  the  physician's  confidence  for  yourself, 
your  clerks  and  your  store,  and  it  is  productive  of  good  with 
the  patients,  for  such  a  practice  metes  out  full  justice  to  all 
concerned. 

I  do  not  think  that  it  is  good  policy  to  be  too  aggressive  in 
accepting  agencies  from  patent  medicine  houses  that  antag- 
onize the  physicians  with  their  newspaper  copy.  It  has  been 
my  experience  that  where  you  are  appointed  an  agent  for  a 
concern  that  guarantees  to  cure  dyspepsia,  catarrh,  rheu- 
matism, etc.,  over  your  name,  guaranteeing  to  refund  the 
money  if  it  does  not  cure,  you  are  antagonizing  the  physician, 
even  though  you  may  not  know  it.  If  a  patent  medicine  house 
creates  a  legitimate  demand  for  its  wares,  I  believe  it  is  good 
business  to  stock  the  article  to  a  reasonable  degree  and  hand  it 
out  when  it  is  asked  for.  The  rule  against  substitution  applies 
here  as  well  as  elsewhere,  not  only  on  moral  grounds,  but  be- 
cause when  a  house  creates  a  legitimate  demand  for  its  wares 
through  newspapers,  etc.,  I  believe  it  ought  to  receive  proper 
consideration  in  handling  its  wares,  providing,  of  course,  they 
are  put  into  your  hands  at  the  regular  $2,  $4,  $6  and  $8  basis, 
or  better. 

Whenever  we  get  hold  of  a  new  product  in  our  prescription 
room,  which  in  our  judgment  is  a  good  thing  for  the  physician 
to  know,  we  do  not  hesitate  to  call  his  attention  to  it.  I  have  in- 
Tariably  found  that  the  ph.vsician  appreciates  and  prescribes  it 
for  at  least  a  trial,  whenever  ne  has  an  opportunity  to  do  so. 
I  do  not  think  it  is  particularly  good  policy  for  a  druggist  to 
throw  his  influence  to  any  particular  physician  when  all  things 
are  equal.  Fortunately  I  am  in  touch  with  the  majority  of 
the  best  men  in  our  city.  When  asked  for  the  name  of  a  good 
physician  it  is  a  simple  matter  to  mention  a  goodly  number 
and  a  prospective  patient  will  almost  invariably  maSe  his  own 
selection  and  ask  your  opinion,  which  may  be  then  given  with 
less  appearance  of  favoritism. 

Prescriptions  by  telephone  are  desirable  and  profit  adders. 
It  is  worth  while  to  get  "next"  to  the  physicians  and  request 
them  to  telephone  their  prescriptions,  and  then  to  make  a 
special  effort  to  fill  such  prescriptions  quickly,  securely,  and 
attractively  as  you  would  do  for  a  waiting  customer,  with,  of 
course,  quick  delivery.  The  physician  will  invariably  throw 
his  business  to  the  druggist  who  serves  him  best  on  telephone 
orders  and  that  much  sooner  and  in  preference  to  sending 
prescriptions  through  the  regular  channels,  via  patient  or 
messenger,  because  he  telephones  to  save  time  and  trouble. 

The  same  rule  holds  good  where  patients  telephone  re- 
orders, etc.  Druggists  who  have  not  had  the  experience  nor 
made  any  efforts  in  the  direction  of  telephone  service  will  be 
surprised  at  the  result  if  they  will  only  cultivate  this  business. 


QUESTION     BOX 


Profitable  Meeting  of  Northern  Ohio  Branch. 
Cleveland,  April  3. — The  March  meeting  of  the  Northern 
Ohio  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  held 
at  the  residence  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hopp,  proved  to  be  one  of 
the  most  successful  in  the  history  of  the  branch.  Curiously 
enough,  the  discussions  of  processes  and  preparations  brought 
up  by  the  members  in  an  impromptu  manner  were  possibly 
more  important  than  were  the  set  papers  of  the  evening, 
although  all  present  gained  much  valuable  information  from 
the  timely  paper  on  "Oil  of  Lemon"  given  by  Professor  Fell. 

Use  of  Compound.  Microscope  in  Pharmacy. 
The  Washington  City  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  will  meet  on 
April  13.     The  subject  for  discussion  will   be  :      "The   Use  of 
the    Compound    Microscope    in    Pharmacy."      Papers    will    be 
read  by  Burton  J.  Howard  and  W.  W.  Stockburger. 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discnsa 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  i  rcscription  work, 
dispensing  difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  AXONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
RECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION  ;  neither  do  we  qnswer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Dyeing  Straw  Hats. 

(T.  G.  S.) — "Will  you  kindly  print  in  your  Question  Box 
column  a  formula  for  coloring  or  varnishing  straw  hats  black. 
The  formulas  in  my  possession  are  not  satisfactory,  as  they 
will  either  rub  off  or  water  will  make  1:hem  run." 

We  have  had  no  practical  experience  in  dyeing  of  this 
character.  The  plan  generally  followed,  we  are  told,  is  that 
of  coating  the  hats  with  a  solution  of  varnish  in  which  a  suit- 
able aniline  dye  has  been  dissolved.  A  German  trade  journal 
has  recommended  the  following  combinations,  from  which  you 
may  select  one  which  will  probably  answer  your  purpose. 

For  dark  varnishes  prepare  a  basis  consisting  of  900  grams 
of  orange  shellac,  22.5  grams  of  sandarac,  225  grams  of  Manila 
copal,  55  grams  of  castor  oil  and  nine  liters  of  wood-spirit. 
To  color,  add  to  the  foregoing  amount  alcohol-soluble  coal-tar 
dyes  as  follows :  Black,  55  grains  of  ivory-black  (modified  by 
blue  or  green).  Olive  brown,  15  grams  of  brilliant-green,  55 
grams  of  Bismark  brown  R.  8  grams  of  spirit  blue.  Olive  green, 
28  grams  of  brilliant-green.  28  grams  of  Bismark  brown  R, 
Walnut,  .55  grams  of  bismuth  brown  R,  15  grams  of  nigrosin. 
Mahogany,  28  grams  of  Bismark  brown  R,  which  may  be 
deepened  by  a  little  nigrosin. 

For  light  colors  prepare  a  varnish  as  follows :  Sandarac, 
1350  grams ;  elemi.  4.50  grams ;  resin,  450  grams ;  castor  oil, 
110  grams ;  wood  spirit,  9  liters.  For  this  amount  use  dyes 
as  follows :  Gold,  55  grams  of  chrysoidin,  55  grams  of  aniline 
yellow.  Light  green,  55  grams  of  brilliant-green.  7  grams  of 
aniline  yellow.  Blue.  .55  grams  of  spirit-blue.  Deep  blue,  55 
grams  of  spirit  blue,  .55  grams  of  indulin.  Violet,  28  grams  of 
methyl  violet.  3  B.  Crimson,  55  grams  of  safrauin.  Chestnut, 
55  grams  of  safranin,  15  grams  of  indulin. 

A  similar  process  from  an  English  work  is  the  following 
under  the  title  : 

Straw  Hat  Reviver. 

Shellac    4  ounces. 

Sandarac     1  ounce. 

Gum  thus   1  ounce. 

Methyl   spirit    1  pint. 

In  this  dissolve  aniline  dyes  of  the  requisite  color,  and 
apply.     For  white  straw  white  shellac  must  be  used. 

Licorice  Gum  Drops:  Jujubes. 

(Todd) — The  old-fashioned  licorice  gum  drops  used  to  allay 
tickling  coughs  and  to  remove  hoarseness,  were  simply  a  mix- 
ture of  extract  of  licorice,  gum  arable  and  sugar,  made  into  a 
paste  with  water,  additional  flavor  being  added  by  those  who 
preferred  it.     Here  is  a  formula : 

Extract  of  licorice  6  ounces. 

Gum    arable    6  ounces. 

White  sugar   12  ounces. 

Dissolve  in. 

Water    q.  s. 

Jujubes,  as  sold  by  confectioners,  are  made  from  the  best 
picked  gum  arable  and  sugar  and  only  the  inferior  kinds  con- 
tain gelatin.  According  to  the  author  of  "Pharmaceutical 
Formulas,"  the  common  proportions  are : 

Gum  arable    32  pounds. 

Sugar    14  pounds. 

Water    2  gallons. 

These  are  warmed  by  steam  heat  until,  with  occasional  stir- 
ring, the  gum  and  sugar  are  dissolved,  then  strained.  Some 
makers  dissolve  the  gum  alone  in  the  water,  strain,  then  add 
the  sugar,  and  heat  until  it  is  dissolved.     Solution  effected,  the 


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preparaliou  must  be  steadily  heated  until  it  attains  a  proper 
pourable  consistency.  When  it  is  approaching  this  point,  the 
coloring  and  flavoring  materials  are  added,  the  whole  well 
mixed,  and  poured  to  the  depth  of  about  one-half  inch  or  so 
into  oiled  tin  trays  (jujubes  boxes),  or,  if  to  be  in  the  form 
of  pastilles,  the  thick  syrupy  liquid  is  poured  into  molds  made 
in  trays  nf  farina.  These  trays  are  next  put  into  the  drying 
rooms  for  a  period  varying  from  four  to  six  or  seven  weeks. 
In  this  way  "voice  jujubes"  are  made,  the  coloring  being 
cochineal  and  a  trace  of  licorice,  the  flavors  capsicin  with 
traces  of  tolu,  prunes,  etc.,  and  "delectable  jujubes"  are  similar 
without  the  capsicin,  and  glycerin  pastilles  have  two  pounds  of 
glycerin  added  to  the  above  quantities  of  gum  and  sugar.  The 
last-mentioned  pastilles  are  often  coated  with  a  plain  solution 
of  gelatin  to  pre%-ent  them  sticking.  This  is  done  in  exactly 
the  same  way  pills  are  coated  with  gelatin.  The  crystalliza- 
tion of  gum  goods  is  done  by  putting  the  jujubes  in  special 
crystallizing  tins  and  filling  the  tins  with  a  blood-warm  syrup 
consisting  of  24  pounds  of  sugar  and  a  gallon  of  water.  At 
the  end  of  12  hours  (more  or  less,  according  to  the  crystalliza- 
tion desired)  the  syrup  is  drained  off  and  the  jujubes  dried. 
Glyco-gelatin  pastilles  are  made  with  either  of  the  following 
bases : 

(1) 

Refined  gelatin  1      ounce. 

Glycerin   (by  weight)    2%  ounces. 

Ammoniacal  solution  of  carmine  a  sufliciency. 

Orange-flower  water   2%  ounces. 

The  gelatin  is  soaked  in  the  water  for  two  hours,  then 
heated  on  the  water  until  dissolved.  The  carmine  solution  is 
added  after  cooling. 

(2) 

Transparent  French  gelatin   4      ounces. 

White  sugar   4      ounces. 

Glycerin    21^2  ounces. 

Water  sufficient  to  make 16      ounces. 

Prepare  in  the  same  way  as  Xo.  1.  This  mass  may  be 
flavored  with  20  minims  of  oil  of  lemon,  and  for  some  combi- 
nations a  small  amount  of  citric  acid  is  a  decided  improvement. 
The  medication  of  pastilles  is  accomplished  by  melting  one 
ounce  of  the  glyco-gelatin  on  a  water  bath,  adding  the  medicine, 
previously  rubbed  to  a  thick  syrup  with  glycerin,  if  powder, 
stirring  until  nearly  cool,  and  forming  into  square  or  round 
pastilles. 

To  Cement  Wood  to  Iron. 

(D.  N. ) — To  cement  wood  to  iron,  a  technical  work  gives 
these  formulas : 

(1) 
Mix  together  four  parts  of  carpenter's  glue  and  one  part  of 
Venice  turpentine. 

(2) 
Give  the  iron  a  coat  of  best  white  lead  paint,  allow  to  dry 
hard  and  coat  with  Russian  glue  dissolved  in  water  containing 
a  little  vinegar  of  acetic  acid. 

(3) 
Add  tannin  to  a  solution  of  glue  until  the  glue  becomes  ropy. 

(4) 
Gutta  percha,  20  parts;  dissolve  in  a  mixture  of  carbon 
bisulphide,  50  parts ;  oil  of  turpentine,  10  parts,  and  add  pow- 
dered asphaltum,  20  parts.  After  standing  a  few  days  the 
mixture  become  homogeneous.  If  too  thin  it  may  be  evapo- 
rated until,  when  cold,  it  is  of  the  consistency  (^f  honey. 
(5) 

Gutta  percha   Ki  parts. 

India  rubber 4  pans. 

Pitch    2  pans. 

Shellac    1  part. 

Linseed  oil   -  parts. 

Reduce  the  solids  to  small  pieces,  mix  with  the  linseed  oil 
and  melt  all  together. 

TJiymophen. 

(W.  A.  S. ) — In  further  reply  to  your  query,  this  journal, 
April  1,  1909,  page  304,  E.  H.  Gane.  of  this  city,  writes  us 
that  the  "term  thymophen  has  been  applied  by  Dr.  E.  C.  Kirk, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  to  a  preparation  composed  of  equal  parts 
by  weight  of  crystallized  phenol  and  thymol.  Rubbed  together 
in  a  mortar,  these  two  form  a  syrupy  liquid  which  is  largely 
used  by  dentists  in  treating  exposed  pulps  of  teeth,  and  as  a 
root-canal   dressing.      It   is   not  escharotic  and   is.   of  course. 


highly  efficient  ^.s  a  germicide.  If  you  will  look  over  a  file 
of  the  Dental  Cosmos  you  will  find  a  note  on  the  value  of  the 
preparation." 


"A.B.C."  Gargle. 

(A.  B.  R.) — We  are  unable  to  find  a  formula  for  a  j;argle 
under  the  above  title  in  any  of  the  reference  works  at  our 
command.     Can  some  reader  supply  the  information'.' 


"Oil  of  Man." 

(X.  Y.  Z.) — "Can  you  tell  me  what  'oil  of  man'  is?  An  old 
Englishman  wants  it.     He  used  to  get  it  in  England." 

Xearly  two  years  ago,  in  reply  to  the  query  "what  is  oil  of 
man,"  used  by  English  horse-breakers  and  tamers,  we  stated 
that  we  were  unable  to  give  a  definite  answer  to  the  question, 
although  the  name  might  be  a  local  synonym  for  oil  of  rhodium, 
which  is  used,  it  is  said,  by  farriers,  horse  tamers  and  jockeys 
for  quieting  unruly  horses.  Various  fictitious  oils  are  also 
employed,  a  mixture  of  oils  of  sandalwood  and  rose  or  rose 
geranium  being  substituted  for  oil  of  rhodium.  We  have  no 
additional  information  to  give  on  this  subject.  It  is  possible 
that  by  closely  questioning  the  Englishman  you  can  get  a  line 
upon  the  uses  of  the  "oleum  hominis,"  which  may  give  you  a 
clue  to  its  identity.  In  the  meantime  we  submit  the  query  to 
the  readers  of  this  journal  and  hope  that  some  of  them  may 
solve  it. 

Remedy  for  Excessive  Perspiration. 

(J.  C.  J.) — We  are  not  familiar  with  the  proprietary  prep- 
aration. However,  some  formulas  for  remedies  recommended 
for  use  in  the  treatment  of  this  complaint  w'ere  published  in 
the  Eea  of  December  31,  1908,  page  834.  A  formula  for  a 
satisfactory  foot  powder,  said  to  be  especially  effective  for 
counteracting  perspiration,  is  the  following : 

Carbolic  acid   1  part. 

Dried  alum  4  parts. 

Starch    200  parts. 

French  chalk  4  parts. 

Oil  of  eucalyptus 2  parts. 

A  soluble  antiseptic  powder  may  be  constructed  along  the 
line  of  the  "pulvis  antisepticus"  of  the  National  Formulary, 
which  may  be  used  as  a  dusting  powder,  or  in  2  per  cent  solu- 
tion. This  powder,  according  to  the  "Physician's  Manual  of 
the  U.S.P.  and  X.F.,"  is  similar  in  composition  to  various 
antiseptic  powders  of  more  or  less  secret  composition  sold 
under  trade  names. 

We  believe  that  either  of  these  formulas  will  answer  your 
requirements,  but  the  choice  of  which  one  you  will  do  best  to 
exploit  must  rest  with  you. 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

Graduates  for  March,  1909. 
Matriculation  Examination 

No.  Grade,  p.c. 

.5600.     Clive  Stanley  Smith,  Taunton,  Mass 98 

5772.     Bertha  Grossman,  Sealy,  Texas  98 

5799.     Harrv  Promisloff,' Philadelphia.  Pa 95 

5806.     Anna  M.  Stafrin.  Dallas.  Ore 98 

5810.     Otis  O.  Hocker,  Monroe.   Ind 98 

5857.     John  A.  Crook.  Des  Moines,  Iowa 96 

6001.     Milton  W.  Paris.  Fulton,  Ky 95 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a  short 
time.  A  large  and  very  handsomely  engraved  diploma,  printed 
on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's  name  engro.ssed, 
especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be  furnished  to  all  those 
who  request  it  for  .$2.  Those  desiring  the  latter  should  for- 
ward the  necessary  fee  to  Toe  Ph.'  "•.maceitic^l  Er.a. 


Prescott  Fund  Aids  Tlniversity  of  Michigan  Senior. 

Ann  Akbok.  April  3. — The  trustees  of  the  Prescott  Memo- 
rial Sholarship  Fund  which  exists  for  the  puri)0se  of  loaning 
money  to  capable  and  deserving  students,  met  at  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  in  order  to  incorporate  and  transact  necessary 
business.  The  present  trustees  of  the  fund  are  J.  W.  T.  Knox, 
J.  O.  Schlotterbeek,  F.  W.  R.  Perry,  Charles  F.  Mann,  D.  E. 
Prall  aud  E.  E.  Calkins.  One  trustee  is  chosen  annually  by 
the  Michigan  Pharmaceutical  .issociation  and  serves  five  years. 
A  loan  was  made  recently  to  one  of  the  most  promising  young 
men  of  the  senior  class. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[April  8.  1909 


WRINKLES  TO  ATTRACT  PASSERS-BY. 

Signs   of   Spring. 

With  the  coming  of  the  lialmy  spring  days  all  humanity  gets 
out-doors  and  all  eyes  begin  to  look  for  new  things.  This 
tendency  on  the  part  of  everybody  suggests  that  now  is  the 
time  to  find  new  wrinliles  to  attract  the  attention  of  the 
passers-by.  A  sign  which  protrudes  directly  from  the  center 
of  the  glass  of  the  show-window  is  rather  startling,  even  though 
it  be  very  simple. 

Thus,  take  two  pieces  of  heavy,  stiff  cardboard,  each  16  x  6 
inches  in  size.  At  one  end  of  each  piece  fold  back  a  flap  one 
inch  wide  and  at  the  unfolded  ends  join  the  two  pieces  together 
with  a  strong  hinge  of  fibrous  card  paper  or  muslin  fastened 
with  glue.  If  a  card  32  inches  long,  or  equivalent  to  the 
length  of  both,  pieces  is  procurable,  a  simple  fold  may  take  the 
place  of  the  hinge.  When  hinged  and  folded  as  directed,  the 
figure  becomes  V-shaped,  and  when  inverted  and  erected  on  the 
ends  will  stand  on  the  one-inch  folds  with  the  folds  turned 
to  the  inside  of  the  V.  Letter  the  two  sides  of  the  V-figure 
as  may  be  desired.  For  lettering,  such  phrases  as  the  following 
may  be  used :  "A  pointer  on  Spring  Medicines :  Try  our 
Sarsaparilla."  Or,  trim  the  window  with  house-cleaning  helps 
and  on  the  sign  letter  "Time  for  These,"'  and  add  a  hand  with 
index  finger  pointing  to  the  window  display.  After  the  sign  is 
lettered,  cover  the  outside  surface  of  the  one-inch  flaps  with 
glue  or  cement  and  press  them  to  the  outside  of  the  window 
glass  until  they  adhere,  the  sign  being  so  placed  that  it  will 
extend  over  the  walk. 

Another  Pointer. 

An  even  more  striking  sign  is  secured  by  making  a  cone  or 
funnel  of  cardboard,  cutting  teeth  in  the  edge  of  the  base  or 
open  end  of  the  cone,  thus  bending  the  teeth  in  and  lettering 
the  cone  ;  now  fasten  the  sign  to  the  glass  with  glue  or  cement 
placed  upon  the  teeth. 

Additional  attractiveness  may  be  given  to  signs  of  this  type 
by  fastening  a  few  long,  narrow,  brightly  colored  ribbons  to  the 
end  of  the  sign.  The  fluttering  of  the  ribbons  in  the  breeze 
will  attract  the  attention  of  those  approaching  from  a  distance. 

Just  an  Eye-Catcher. 
A  simple  and  yet  effective  method  of  causing  people  to  pause 
and  look  into  the  window  is  to  take  ten  or  fifteen  strips  of 
narrow,  say  one-quarter-inch  ribbon,  each  of  a  different  color, 
glue  one  end  of  each  piece  of  the  ribbon  to  a  small,  circular 
piece  of  cardboard  and  then  cement  the  card  to  the  window 
glass.  The  ribbons  become  fluttering  interrogation  points  to 
the  average  obsen-er  and  the  eye  glances  to  the  contents  of  the 
window  for  an  answer  to  the  question  they  suggest. 

Pushing  Out. 
Take  a  cardboard  container  of  any  article  that  you  are  driv- 
ing, say  a  boxed  soap.  Take  one  of  the  soap  boxes  and 
cleanly  cut  it  into  two  equal  parts,  the  box  being  cut  when  the 
cover  is  on.  Arotind  the  inside  of  the  cut  edges  of  each  part 
glue  a  few  angles  of  cardboard  so  that  they  will  be  in  the  same 
position  as  the  fastening  flaps  of  the  previously  described  signs. 
When  dry.  fasten  both  halves  of  the  box  to  the  window  glass 
by  cementing  one  part  to  the  inside  of  the  glass  and  the  other 
part  to  the  outside.  Fasten  the  halves  of  the  box  in  such  a 
position  that  the  cut  edges  will  seem  to  meet  and  thus  make 
the  box  appear  as  if  it  had  been  thrust  through  the  glass. 
Below  this  place  a  sign  lettered  similar  to  the  following  :  "It 
is  almost  like  throwing  this  soap  away  to  sell  it  at  this  price." 

To  Add  to  the  Deception. 

The  attractiveness  of  this  sign  may  be  greatly  enhanced  by 
making  it  appear  as  if  the  glass  around  the  box  were  really 
broken.  There  are  two  methods  of  doing  this.  For  the  first 
method  either  a  point  of  soap  or  a  paint  made  of  whiting  and 
water  may  be  used  to  make  a  maze  of  fine  lines  close  to  and  on 


ali  sides  of  the  box  ;  the  lines  being  made  on  the  inside  of  the 
glass  to  simulate  a  mass  of  cracks.  From  the  first  lines  drawn 
run  long,  waving  lines  in  every  direction,  some  of  which  are 
made  to  meet  at  their  ends  so  as  to  form  long,  irregular,  spear- 
like points,  thereby  making  it  appear  as  if  the  glass  were  ■ 
cracked  in  all  directions. 

The  second  method  is  more  complicated  and  also  more  decep- 
tive. Place  a  large  sheet  of  heavy  paper  upon  the  floor  of  the 
window  and  upon  it  a  sheet  of  glass.  The  paper  should  be 
large  enough  to  make  it  possible  to  fold  the  edges  upward  and 
over  the  glass  so  as  to  almost,  if  not  quite,  cover  it.  After  the 
paper  is  so  folded  place  another  sheet  of  paper  on  top  of  the 
first  sheet  and  the  glass.  Now  take  a  hammer  and  strike  a 
quick,  hard  blow  over  the  center  of  the  glass  so  as  to  shatter  it. 
The  paper  having  now  served  the  object  of  keeping  the  broken 
glass  from  scattering,  the  top  piece  should  be  removed  and  the 
edges  of  the  lower  piece  unfolded.  With  invisible  cement  or 
light  glue  fasten  the  pieces  of  glass  to  the  inside  of  the  window 
glass  and  around  the  apparently  protruding  box,  each  piece  of 
glass  being  in  a  position  corresponding  to  the  one  it  occupied  in 
the  unbroken  sheet,  so  far  as  may  be  possible.  Do  not  use 
the  pieces  of  glass  which  show  the  square  edge  of  the  un- 
broken sheet.  If  the  breaking  blow  has  left  the  outside 
pieces  very  large,  these  should  be  broken  separately  so  as  to 
secure  plenty  of  glass  for  the  purpose  without  having  to  use 
the  square  edges,  which  would  thus  destroy  the  deception. 
Glass  thus  broken  and  fastened  may  be  used  around  all  objects 
which  are  so  adjusted  as  to  appear  to  be  sticking  through  the 
window  glass. 

An  Awful  Kick. 

Take  an  old  shoe  that  is  in  fairly  good  condition,  a  woman's 
laced  shoe  being  preferable.  Saw  it  cleanly  into  two  parts 
at  a  slight  angle.  Start  the  saw  at  the  top  a  little  below  the 
lower  lace  e.velet  and  finish  the  cut  at  the  widest  part  of  the 
sole.  Stuff  both  parts  with  cotton,  packing  the  cotton  into  ! 
the  parts  in  layers.  The  two  or  three  layers  nearest  the  cut 
edge  should  be  coated  with  glue  to  give  rigidity,  but  without 
using  enough  glue  to  add  greatly  to  the  weight  of  the  filling. 
The  last  layer  of  cotton  should  be  liberally  treated  with  glue 
and  pressed  flush  with  the  cut  edge  of  the  shoe  so  that,  when 
dry,  there  will  be  a  smooth,  hard  surface  by  which  to  cement 
the  parts  of  the  shoe  to  the  window  glass.  To  secure  a  smooth 
surface  it  is  best  to  set  and  dry  this  glue-treated  surface  under 
the  pressure  of  a  piece  of  glass  that  has  been  coated  with 
vaseline. 

When  both  parts  are  dry  fasten  to  the  window  glass  in  the 
manner  outlined  for  the  adjustment  of  the  soap  box.  Have  the 
larger  or  heel  part  of  shoe  outside.  Bring  up  the  ends  of  the 
laces  or  ties,  which  should  have  been  left  in  the  shoe,  and 
cement  them  to  the  window  glass  so  that  they  will  act  as 
additional  supports  for  the  large  part  of  the  shoe.  Do  not 
cement  them  for  their  entire  length,  but  leave  the  ends  hang- 
ing loose.  If  thus  adjusted,  few  will  notice  that  the  shoe  is 
partly  suspended  from  the  ties.  This  adjusted  shoe  may  be 
used  with  especial  fitness  for  advertising  corn  cures.  In  con- 
nection with  it  signs  like  the  following  may  be  used:  "When 
your  foot  feels  as  if  it  was  full  of  broken  glass  it's  time  to 
use  our  corn  remedy"  :  or.  "She  was  bound  to  get  our  com 
remedy,  however  hard  she  had  to  kick  for  it." 

For  general  advertising  the  shoe  may  be  used  for  other 
announcements  as,  "She  had  no  kick  coming  about  the  price 
of  this  soap" ;  or.  "Fifty  dollars  reward  to  the  woman  who 
can  put  this  shoe  on  without  removing  it  from  where  it  is." 


Honesty,  Profit-Sharing  and  Commissions. 
Detroit,  April  3. — Joseph  Helfman,  secretary  to  the  gen- 
eral manager  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  before  the  Detroit  Credit 
Men's  Association,  talked  about  "The  Growing  Pains  of  a 
Great  Business."  His  most  emphatic  point  was  that  dis- 
honesty never  pays  in  the  long  run.  He  had  considerable  to 
say  of  the  profit-sharing  plan,  declaring  that  while  it  is  de- 
sirable in  a  small  business,  it  is  indispensable  to  a  big  one. 
He  expressed  the  opinion  that  the  commission  system  is  better 
than  the  salary  basis  for  traveling  men,  because  thereunder 
there  is  less  temptation  to  laziness. 


Burglars  Pilfer  Druggists'  Money   Drawer. 
Yale.  Mich.,  April  3. — Burglars  recently  entered  the  Palace 
Drug   Store  of  Pollock  &  Hennessy  and   stole  $-50  from  the 
money  drawer. 


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— L.  M.  MoxEOE.  of  New  Canaan.  Conn.,  was  a  caller  in  the 
Xtw  York  City  trade  last  week. 

— N.  J.  FiNLEY,  of  Glen  Cove,  L.  I.,  N.  T.,  was  a  visitor 
in  the  New  York  City  trade  a  few  days  ago. 

— CH.4RLES  B.  AxLisoN,  of  Pipestone.  Minn.,  has  gone  to 
Gayville,  S.  D.,  to  take  charge  of  a  drug  store. 

— Willis  L.  Mix,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  spent  a  day  last 
week  in  calling  upon  the  trade  in  New  York  City. 

— S.  H.  Cahbagan  and  W.  .J.  Carr,  of  the  New  York  branch 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  were  recent  visitors  in  Detroit. 

— D.  O.  Pattebsok.  cashier  at  H.  D.  Dwight  &  Co.'s  drug 
store,  Syracuse,  N.  Y..  was  recently  confined  to  his  bed  by 
illness. 

— G.  W.  MuTTEB,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  of  Detroit,  Mich., 
was  a  visitor  at  the  New  York  branch  of  the  firm  several 
days  aga 

— E.  A.  McFaddex,  of  Hackensack,  N.  J.,  called  upon 
friends  in  the  New  York  City  trade  during  the  forepart  of 
the  week. 

— R.  E.  MiLLEB,  manager  of  the  Owl  Drug  Company,  of 
San  Francisco.  Cal.,  was  a  caller  recently  in  the  New  York 
City  drug  trade. 

— A.  C.  Koch,  who  formerly  represented  Wm.  R.  Warner 
&  Co.  in  Chicago,  has  taken  a  position  as  Chicago  manager 
of  the  Vril  Company. 

— William  R.  Hamilton,  auditor  for  the  Armstrong  Cork 
Company,  was  a  I'liiladelphia  visitor  last  week,  before  con- 
tinuing on  to  Baltimore. 

— MEL^^N  H.  Pebkixs,  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  is  recovering 
from  an  attack  of  illness  which  recently  confined  him  to  his 
home  in  Prospect  street. 

— Peteb  Axselmi,  formerly  associated  with  Strosnider  & 
Jenkins  in  Williamson,  has  accepted  a  position  with  George  S. 
Landon  &  Co.,  Pocahontas,  Va. 

— Rene  Bibschow,  of  Milwaukee,  is  now  employed  as  pre- 
scription clerk  at  the  McDouald-Strassburger  Pharmacy  dur- 
ing the  illness  of  Mr.  Strassburger. 

— Samvel  Robert.s.  formerly  representing  Sharp  &  Dohme 
in  northern  Illinois,  has  resigned  and  taken  a  position  as  city 
salesman  for  Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co.,  Chicago. 

— F.  L.  BSUENING,  who  has  been  with  the  Chicago  branch  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  for  a  number  of  years,  resigned  April  1  to 
go  into  the  brokerage  business  with  his  father  at  Milwaukee. 

— James  D.  Baetleit,  manager,  and  F.  P.  O'Brien,  assist- 
ant manager  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
visited  Detroit  last  week  to  attend  the  Joseph  Helfman 
banquet. 

— Fbed  Atkinson,  representing  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  in  up- 
per New  York  State,  has  returned  to  the  New  York  branch  of 
the  firm  after  doing  special  work  in  that  territory  for  some 
time  past. 

— ABTHtJB  A.  Hall  has  returned  to  Provo,  Utah,  after  an 
absence  of  several  months  in  Pleasant  Grove,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  drug  business.  He  will  be  with  the  Moore 
Drug  Company. 

— A.  J.  HoRLiCK,  of  Racine,  W'is.,  who  is  in  the  field  for  re- 
election as  mayor  of  Racine  on  the  Republican  ticket,  is 
practically  assured  of  his  re-election,  owing  to  the  withdrawal 
of  the  opposing  candidate. 

— Halcomb  Beach,  of  Lacona,  Oswego  Count.v.  N.  V..  has 
accepted  a  position  in  George  E.  Thorpe's  Yates  Phaiiuacy.  in 
Syracuse,  and  will  clerk  there  for  a  while  preparatory  to 
entering  the  Buffalo  College  of  Pharmacy. 

— Peof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  dean  of  the  Department  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College,  Philadelphia,  has 
closed  his  home  at  Lansdowne  and  has  taken  apartments  near 
the  college.  Mrs.  Stanislaus  is  spending  some  time  at  Atlantic 
City. 

— Thomas  V.  Wooten,  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  North- 
western University,  Chicago,  will  serve  as  a  member  of  the 
reception  committee  at  the  entertainment  of  Jacob  M.  Dickin- 
son, Secretary  of  War,  by  the  Southern  ( 'lub,  of  that  city,  on 
April  10. 

— T.  W.  Dalton,  of  Syracuse,  whose  intention  to  take  a 
rest   was  announced  in  last  week's  Eba,   with   his  son,   who 


is  also  a  pharmacist,  will  visit  Texas  this  week.  Mr.  Dalton 
and  son  sojourned  in  New  York  City  for  a  few  days  en  route 
to  the  South. 

— Joseph  Helfman.  assistant  to  the  general  manager  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit,  completed  25  jears"  continuous 
service  with  the  company  Thursday,  and  in  honor  of  the  event 
gave  a  dinner  to  several  of  his  associates  in  the  Hotel  Cadillac, 
Thursday  evening. 

— Db.  H.  H.  Rusbt.  president-elect  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  and  dean  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy,  will  deliver  an  address  before  the  North  Carolina 
Ph.A.  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  latter  organization  at 
Greensboro  June  23-25. 

— Roreet  M.  Dadd,  proprietor  of  the  Dadd  Pharmacy, 
Grand  avenue  and  Second  street,  Milwaukee,  and  one  of  the 
best  known  pharmacists  in  the  city,  will  soon  leave  with  Mrs. 
Dadd  for  a  trip  through  Europe.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dadd  will  be 
absent   about  two   months. 

— Peof.  John  Uri  Lloyd,  of  Cincinnati,  recently  delivered 
an  address  to  the  graduating  class  of  the  Georgia  Eclectic 
College  of  Medicine  and  Surger.v,  at  Atlanta.  While  there  he 
was  entertained  bv  numerous  druggists,  headed  by  President 
W.  S.  Elkin,  of  the  N.A.R.D. 

— Miss  Bebth.\  Landon,  who  is  a  contestant  for  a  prize 
pony  and  trap  offered  by  a  local  newspaper,  is  a  daughter  of 
Francis  P.  Landon.  of  Keystone,  and  a  niece  of  George  S. 
Landon,  of  Pocahontas,  Va.  Miss  Landon  is  very  popular 
and  expects  to  win  the  contest. 

— C.  C.  Hay.  of  Como,  Miss.,  whose  place  of  business  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  December  last,  will  again  embark  in  the 
drug  business  with  E.  W.  Dimond  as  partner.  Mr.  Dimond 
is  a  graduate  of  the  St.  Louis  Co'lege  of  Pharmacy  and  both 
partners  are  registered  as  pharmacists  in  Mississippi. 

— Chicago  drug  trade  had  the  following  out-of-town  drug- 
gists last  week :  H.  J.  Stiger.  of  Stiger  &  Crossman.  Toledo, 
Iowa ;  C.  J.  Rouser.  Lansing,  Mich. ;  R.  A.  Abbott.  Muskegon, 
Mich. :  E.  Woolse.v,  of  Engel  &  Woolsey,  Hartford,  Mich. ; 
N.  S.  Swain,  of  the  Swain  Company,  Kansas  Cit.v,  Mo. 

— Dr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  chairman  of  the  Citizens' 
Union,  was  one  of  the  speakere  at  a  hearing  in  Albany  re- 
centl.v  before  the  Senate  Cities'  Committee,  in  which  the  pro- 
posed new  charter  for  New  York  City  was  the  subject  of  con- 
sideration.    Dr.  Schieffelin  spoke  in  favor  of  the  charter. 

— Grant  Stevens,  who  recently  sold  his  drug  store  at 
Adams  and  Woodward  avenues,  Detroit,  has  bought  the  drug 
business  of  Dr.  R.  S.  Dupont,  170  Michigan  avenue,  one  of 
the  oldest  retail  drug  establishments  in  the  city.  Dr.  Dupont 
will  hereafter  devote  his  time  exclusively  to  his  practice. 

— Pbof.  C.  H.  Kimbebly,  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  Col- 
lege, spent  a  pleasant  hour  with  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  who 
stopped  off  in  Philadelphia  recently  on  his  way  from  New 
York  to  Washington.  Professor  Kimberly,  during  the  summer 
vacation,  is  connected  with  the  United  States  Bureau  of 
Chemistry, 

— Charles  A.  Dbefs,  son  of  Charles  A.  Drefs,  a  Buffalo 
(N.  Y. )  druggist,  has  been  elected  pi'esident  of  the  Philo- 
mathean  Literary  and  Debating  Society  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  and  was  unanimousl.v  chosen  as  representative 
of  the  society  on  the  university  debate  committee.  At  its  last 
meeting  Mr.  Drefs  was  awarded  second  prize  in  the  annual 
oratorical  contest. 

— W.\LTEB  1.  Drew,  treasurer  of  the  Maine  State  Ph.A..  has 
recently  sold  his  drag  store  in  Portland  to  B.  F.  Dudley,  of 
Gardiner,  and  will  become  the  traveling  representative  of  a 
wholesale  drug  house.  Mr.  Drew  has  been  identified  with  the 
drug  business  for  30  years  and  succeeded  A.  S.  Hinds  as  pro- 
prietor of  the  pharmacy  which  he  has  just  sold. 

— John  T.  Collins,  manager  of  the  Collins  Drug  Company, 
Newburyport,  Mass..  recently  had  a  house-warming  at  his  new 
home,  in  Titcomb  street,  at  which  200  friends,  including  75 
Elks,  were  present.  Mr.  Collins  was  presented  with  a  beauti- 
ful Morris  chair  and  an  entertainment  followed  in  which  local 
talent  participated.     There  was  a  bounteous  feast. 

— Dr.  Hab\'EY  W.  Wiley,  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of  Chem- 
istry, of  the  Department  of  Agriculture.  Washington,  D.  C, 
delivered  an  address  upon  pure  food  legislation  before  the 
Associated  Clubs  of  Domestic  Science  at  Hotel  Astor.  New 
Y'ork  City,  last  Saturday.  Dr.  Wiley  urged  the  adoption  of 
pure  food  State  laws  to  supplement  the  National  act,  which 
he  said  onl.v  controlled  the  interstate  commerce  phase  of  the 
situation. 


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PHARMACY  BILL  WOULD  CHANGE  STATE  POLICY      WILL  BE  BIG  EVENT  FOR  CHICAGO  DRUGGISTS. 


Keasou  Why  Massachusetts  Measure  Was  Halted  When 
Near  Passage — Insist  on  Notices  and  Bonds. 

BoSTOX,  April  ~j. — Si'uatur  C.  D.  B.  Fisk.  chairmau  of  the 
legislative  committee  ou  liquor  law,  exiJlaiued  to  a  representa- 
tive of  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  today  the  reason  why  he 
offered  the  amendment  to  the  new  pharmacy  bill,  after  the 
matter  had  passed  both  branches  and  was  in  the  enacting 
stage. 

"A  serious  mistake  had  been  made  in  that  bill,"  said  the 
Senator.  "A  provision  had  been  inserted  which  changed  the 
whole  policy  of  the  State  in  its  regulation  of  the  sale  of 
liquor.  Ever  since  the  present  law  has  been  on  the  statute 
books  it  has  been  the  policy  of  the  State  to  require  the  appli- 
cant for  a  license  to  sell  liquor  to  advertise  the  application  in 
some  newspaper  published  in  the  town  or  county  where  the 
application  was  made.  In  other  words,  the  State  has  required 
publicity  as  one  of  its  policies  in  the  regulation  of  the  busi- 
ness. Then  as  another  precaution,  or  as  a  guarantee  that  the 
license,  if  granted,  shall  be  faithfully  obsers'ed,  the  State  has 
required  that  the  applicant  shall  file  a  bond. 

"Perhaps  those  are  two  of  the  most  important  features  of 
the  liquor  license  regulation  in  this  State.  Now  what  hap- 
pened in  the  new  pharmacy  bill?  In  some  manner  a  section 
was  inserted  providing  that  neither  should  the  applicant  for  a 
druggist's  license  advertise  the  application,  nor  should  he  be 
required  to  furnish  a  bond  for  the  faithful  observance  of  the 
condition  of  the  license.  Perhaps  that  crept  into  the  bill,  and 
succeeded  in  passing  both  branches  of  the  Legislature  because 
the  bill  was  reported  from  the  committee  on  public  health  in- 
stead of  the  committee  on  licjuor  law,  to  which  committee  the 
matter  ought  to  have  gone  if  any  change  in  the  liquor  law 
was  contemplated. 

"The  committee  on  liquor  law  of  course  handles  all  matters 
affecting  the  conduct  of  the  business  in  this  State.  There- 
fore a  change  in  the  policy  of  the  State  regarding  druggists' 
licenses,  which  appeared  to  be  innocent  enough  to  the  committee 
which  reported  the  bill,  became  a  precedent  which  to  the  com- 
mittee on  liquor  law  appeared  one  of  much  danger. 

"When  it  was  called  to  my  attention  I  saw  at  once  that  a 
mistake  had  been  made,  and  that  the  Legislature  could  not 
have  known  of  the  change  in  the  State's  policy  which  the  phar- 
macy bill  involved.  I  moved  to  amend  the  bill  by  striking  out 
the  clause  which  exempted  druggists  from  either  advertising 
their  application  or  from  furnishing  a  bond.  When  I  called 
it  to  the  attention  of  the  Senate,  the  amendment  was  adopted 
unanimously. 

"I  met  Dr.  Oliver,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  public 
health,  on  Friday,  and  he  agreed  that  the  amendment  proposed 
by  me  would  be  perfectly  satisfactory  not  alone  to  him.  but  to 
his  committee,  and  that  it  would  pass  the  Legislature  un- 
doubtedly without  opposition  and  in  its  present  form.  I  un- 
derstand that  the  bill  in  its  amended  form  is  also  satisfactory 
to  the  druggists  who  petitioned  for  the  legislation  and  to  the 
State  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmac,v." 


One  Robber  Convicted — Another  Still  at  Liberty. 

Boston.  April  3. — Eighteen  months  in  jail  was  the 
sentence  imposed  upon  John  Currier  for  breaking  into  the 
Boulevard  Pharmac.v  in  Maiden  February  27.  Later  the 
Federal  authorities  will  press  their  charge  against  him  for 
breaking  into  a  postal  station. 

The  police  have  also  been  bafiHed  thus  far  in  their  attempts 
to  apprehend  the  thief  who  entered  the  drug  store  of  Maurice 
O'Donnell,  at  Inman  square,  Cambridge,  and  who  walked  off 
with  130  money  order  blanks  and  the  official  die  with  which 
the  orders  must  be  stamped.  The  postal  authorities  are  still 
following  that  case. 


Eta  Chapter  Members  Enjoy  Annual  Dinner. 
Boston,  April  3. — A  merry  company  of  50  assembled  at  the 
Hotel  Epicure  for  the  annual  dinner  of  Eta  Chapter,  Phi  Chi 
Fraternity  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.  E.  A. 
Ray,  W.C.C.,  presided  at  the  business  meeting,  while  Prof. 
0.  F.  Nixon,  of  the  faculty,  was  toastmaster.  The  speakers 
were  Prof.  Elie  H.  La  Pierre.  Dr.  Henry  J.  Perry,  R.  Albros 
Newton,  A.  H.  Tripp,  all  of  the  faculty ;  George  L.  Burroughs, 
of  the  alumni  association  :  11.  F.  Gerald,  W.  Lee  Campbell. 
A.  M.  Darling,  W.  A.  Hurllmrt  and  T.  Dangelmeyer. 


Elaborate  Plans  Being  Made  for  Minstrel  Show  to  Be 
Held   Next   Thursday  in   Y.M.C.A.   Auditorium. 

Chicago,  April  ."i. — Plans  for  the  minstrel  show  to  be 
given  by  members  of  the  Social  Drug  Club  at  the  Y.M.C.A. 
Auditorium  ou  the  evening  of  April  15  are  progressing  satis- 
factorily. The  first  full  dress  rehearsal  was  held  at  a  meeting 
of  the  club  at  the  Sherman  House  today  and  the  final  work 
before  the  show  is  given  will  now  be  rapidly  pushed  in  a 
manner  that  will  insure  another  of  the  successes  for  which 
the  organization  is  noted. 

JIany  prominent  druggists  will  be  present  and  a  box  will 
be  occupied  by  Thomas  H.  Potts,  secretary  of  the  N.A.R.D., 
and  party.     It  is  expected  that  all  the  seats  will  be  sold. 


Joint  Meeting  in  Chicago  a  Success. 
Chicago.  April  3. — The  joint  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the 
Chicago  Medical  Society  was  held  Wednesday  evening  in  the 
Northwestern  University  Building  with  a  large  attendance. 
There  was  an  interesting  display  of  pharmaceutical  prepara- 
tions and  a  number  of  entertaining  speeches  were  made. 
Among  the  speakers  were  Dr.  Frank  G.  Billings  and  Dr. 
Fantus,  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons. 


Northwestern  Commencement  Next  Wednesday. 
Chicago,  April  3. — The  graduates  in  pharmacy  of  the 
Northwestern  University  School  of  Pharmacy  will  be  given 
their  degrees  at  exercises  to  be  held  at  the  university  building 
on  April  14.  The  class  numbers  57  students.  The  principal 
address  of  the  day  will  be  delivered  by  Dr.  Edward  Kremers, 
the  dean  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin  School  of  Pharmacy. 
The  subject  of  the  address  will  be  "Pharmacy's  Contribution 
to  Civilization." 


Chicago  Notes. 

— Chicago  Chapter  of  the  W.O.N. A.R.D.  holds  its  annual 
meeting  on  April  13  for  the  election  of  officers. 

— Rochester  Germicide  Company  has  leased  quarters  at  212 
Washington  street  for  two  years  at  an  annual  rental  of  $1200. 

— Illinois  State  Board  of  Health  is  seeking  an  appropria- 
tion of  $23,000  from  the  Legislature  to  be  used  in  the  free  dis- 
tribution of  antitoxin. 

— Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  will  hold  its  quar- 
terly meeting  Tuesday  evening,  April  13,  in  the  assembly  hall 
of  the  Northwestern  University  Building. 

— Walter  Staatman,  patent  medicine  manufacturer,  and 
Mrs.  Dorothea  Vallaquette  have  been  indicted  on  charges  made 
by  Mrs.  James  C.  Hoskins,  a  wealthy  Chicago  widow,  who 
lost  $3000  that  she  invested  in  Staatman's  business. 

—Drug  Store  of  Lee  Stahlfield,  2843  Wentworth  avenue, 
was  held  up  one  night  last  week,  the  thieves  getting  $45  from 
the  cash  register.  Mr.  Stahlfield  and  two  customers  were 
covered  with  a  revolver  by  one  of  the  robbers  while  the  other 
rifled  the  cash  drawer. 

— F.  A.  Lemke,  a  druggist  at  1501  Harrison  street,  was 
playing  cards  with  four  friends  in  a  room  back  of  the  store 
one  evening  last  week  when  hold-up  men  entered  the  place. 
The  highwaymen  got  away  with  $125  in  cash,  four  gold 
watches  and  the  contents  of  the  cash  register. 


Plans  of  the  A.Ph.A.  Branch  at  New  Orleans. 

New  Orleans,  April  3. — Organization  for  the  New  Orleans 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was 
completed  recently  when  the  branch  adopted  the  report  of  its 
committee  on  by-laws  and  constitution  and  mapped  out  the 
scope  of  the  local  organization's  work.  At  the  next  meeting 
several  samples  will  be  submitted  and  scientific  work  started. 
It  is  also  likely  that  the  branch  will  take  part  In  the  propa- 
ganda work. 


Druggists  Vote  Against  Woman  Suffrage. 
Boston.  April  3. — Every  druggist  in  the  Massachusetts 
Legislature  went  on  record  on  the  question  of  amending  the 
constitution  so  as  to  permit  woman  suffrage,  and  all  of  them 
were  opposed  to  the  innovation.  Messrs.  Bonney,  of  Wake- 
field :  Bouvier,  of  Fall  River,  and  Whittemore.  of  Ashland, 
voted  against  the  proposition,  while  Thompson,  of  Somerville, 
was  paired  In  opposition. 


April  8,  1909]  THE     PHARMACErTICAL     ERA  :^31 

OFFICERS  OF  NEW  YORK  STATE  PHARMACY  BOARD  WHICH  GOVERNOR   PROPOSES  TO  REORGANIZE. 


Albany.  April  3. — About  32  pharma- 
cists were  present  at  the  hearing  on  the 
Conklin  Pharmacy  Bill  before  the  Assem- 
bly Committee  of  the  Legislature  on 
March  30.  The  legislative  committee  of 
the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation was  not  represented,  but  Presi- 
dent Peter  Diamond  appeared  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  measure,  urging  the  committee 
to  defer  action  until  the  All-State  Bill 
could  also  be  considered,  explaining  that 
this  measure  would  be  introduced  within 
a  week  and  would  differ  materially  in 
some  respects  from  the  Conklin  Bill. 

J.  Roeraer.  in  speaking  for  a  delegation 
from  Westchester  County,  said  that  they 
were  opposed  to  the  bill  and  in  fact  to 
any  hill  which  was  not  altogether  dif- 
ferent from  the  present  pharmacy  law, 
especially  in  the  matter  of  fines,  which. 
in  their  opinion,  should  not  be  used  for 
the  maintenance  of  the  board.  They  also 
desired  a  bill,  stated  Mr.  Roomer,  which 
should  contain  provisions  defining  defi- 
nitely the  powers  and  duties  of  inspectors. 
Mr.  Diner  and  Mr.  Conklin  were  accused 
of  bad  faith  by  the  Westchester  delega- 
tion, because  a  number  of  submitted  sug- 
gestions from  this  delegation  had  been 
ignored  and  left  out  of  the  bill.  It  was 
stated  by  some  of  the  Westchester  druggists  present 


any  consideration.  Dr.  Wood  also  sug- 
gested that  the  druggists  get  together  and 
work  under  the  State  Association  and 
that  when  a  bill  which  represented  the 
factions  from  all  over  the  State  was  pre- 
sented the  committee  would  take  cogni- 
zance of  such  a  measure. 

From  the  questions  of  several  members 
of  the  Assembly  committee  it  was  evident 
that  they  preferred  a  non-divided  board, 
and  would  not  consider  favorably  any  bill 
which  divided  the  State  into  sections,  as 
does  the  present  law. 

There  were  present  five  or  six  Brooklyn 
Borough  druggists,  including  W.  F.  Crea- 
gau  and  T.  Lamb ;  a  Westchester  County 
representation  of  about  ten.  besides  U. 
Wiesendanger  and  J.  Roemer:  Jacob 
Diner  and  George  H.  Hitchcock,  of  the 
Borough  of  Manhattan.  New  York  City. 


WARREN    L.    BRADT.   Alb:i 
Secretary-Treasurer. 


that  in 

conference  with  Mr.  Diner  and  Mr.  Conklin  at  the  time  the 
bill  was  drafted,  they  were  led  to  believe  that  their  suggestions 
would  be  included. 

Mr.  Conklin  replied  to  this  accusation  and  said  that  he  did 
not  intend  to  do  gratis  legal  work  and  the  introduction  into 
the  bill  of  the  features  demanded  by  the  Westchester  delega- 
tion would  have  involved  such  a  considerable  amount  of  detail 
that  they  should  have  secured  the  aid  of  an  attorney  to  look 
after  their  interests. 

U.  Wiesendanger  stated  that  the  Westchester  druggists  were 
willing  to  work  in  harmony  with  the  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  provided  some  good  measure  could  be  produced. 

Finally  Dr.  Gary  H.  Wood,  chairman  of  the  Assembly  com- 
mittee, made  a  statement  to  the  efEect  that  the  matter  of  the 
bill  appeared  to  be  a  factional  fight  among  the  druggists  and 
that  from  the  mass  of  evidence  submitted  to  the  committee  he 
did  not  believe  the  committee  was  justified  in  giving  the  bill 


All-State  Bill  Introduced. 
Albany.  April  6. — The  All-State  Phar- 
macy Bill  which  has  the  approval  of  the 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  was 
introduced  in  the  Assembly  by  Assembly- 
man Brown  today.  Tomorrow  Senator 
Witter  will  introduce  it  in  the  Senate. 
President  Peter  Diamond  and  the  legisla- 
tive committee  of  the  State  Association 
had  a  s'.u :r;  corference  with  the  Governor  yesterday  before  the 
bill  was  introduced,  and  Mr.  Hughes  expressed  his  approval 
of  the  measure.  The  Commissioner  of  Education  also  has 
L'iven  his  approva^.  The  members  will  be  appointed  by  the  Re- 
gents from  a  list  submitted  by  the  State  Association  of  double 
the  number  of  members  required  for  the  board  which  in  the 
measure  is  nine.  The  bill  provides  that  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy shall  enforce  the  law  and  the  board  will  also  conduct  the 
examinations  under  the  supervision  of  the  Regents.  The 
Whitney-Wainwright  Bill  is  incorporated  in  the  new  bill. 


Disinfectant  Killed  Him  Just  the  Same. 

Milwaukee.  April  3. — Declaring  that  nothing  which  he 
drank  could  harm  him.  Rudolph  Sturm,  a  well-known  butcher, 
recently  swallowed  the  contents  of  a  vial  of  disinfectants  and 
died  in  less  than  an  hour. 

'"Oh.  it  wouldn't  hurt  me."  declared  Sturm,  and  drank  the 
poisonous  liquid  before  anybody  could  prevent  him. 


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[AprU  8,  1909 


Board   Examinations 


GOV.  SANDERS  ADDRESSES  LOUISIANA  BOARD. 

Average  Required  at  Examinations  Raised  to  75  Per 
Cent — Charles  W.  Outhwaite  President. 

New  Okleans.  April  3. — The  uew  Louisiaua  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  has  formally  organized  aud  taken  over  the  affairs 
of  the  old  board,  the  latter  being  represented  at  the  meeting 
by  F.  C.  Godbold,  for  21  years  its  secretary ;  Adam  Wirth 
and  W.  M.  Levy. 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows :  Charles  W. 
Outhwaite,  New  Iberia,  president;  Fred  A.  Earhart,  New 
Orleans,  secretary ;  M.  M.  Bradburn,  New  Orleans,  chairman 
finance  committee :  Gustave  Seemahn,  chairman  examining 
committee.  Other  members  of  the  new  examining  committee 
are :  Peter  Rupp  and  JI.  M.  Bradburn,  New  Orleans ;  Paul 
Eckles,  Crowley.  Other  members  are  W.  A.  Allen,  Monroe ; 
E.  L.  JloClniis-,  Natchitoches:  E.  H.  Walsdorf,  New  Orleans. 

The  WW  .  N;iiiiiiialion  was  fixed  for  May  7-8,  and  a  resolu- 
tion was  11,1^-1  .1  niiuiring  candidates  to  make  application  at 
least  ten  days  i>iior.  It  was  also  decided  to  raise  the  required 
average  for  registered  pharmacists  from  70  to  7.5  per  cent. 
The  60  per  cent  retiuired  of  candidates  for  qualified  assistants 
was  not  changed. 

Governor  Sanders  addressed  the  board,  speaking  briefly  of 
the  duties  which  it  had  to  perform  and  the  necessity  of  con- 
ducting the  board's  affairs  openly  and  without  partiality. 

The  Teutouia  Bank  &  Trust  Co.  was  made  the  board's  fiscal 
agents.  The  books  and  other  affairs  of  the  old  board  were 
found  in  excellent  shape. 

Michigan. 

Grand  R.vpids,  April  .3. — The  following  have  passed  the 
recent  examination  held  here  by  the  Michigan  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  for  registered  druggists :  V.  J.  Burg,  Chelsea ; 
R.  S.  Hannah,  Windsor,  Ont. ;  S.  A.  Klukeski,  Grand  Rapids ; 
R.  H.  Kolb,  Uniouville :  E.  D.  Curtz,  Hastings ;  Joseph  Lake, 
Saginaw :  F.  C.  Lee,  Grand  Rapids ;  J.  A.  Leever,  Bangor ; 
R.  D.  Matthews,  Grand  Rapids ;  R.  I.  Parrish,  Kalamazoo ; 
W.  J.  Rosier,  Jr.,  Saginaw ;  Robert  Ryder,  Adrian ;  J.  H. 
Westerfelt,   Holland ;  A.  U.  Axelsou.  Hancock. 

These  passed  the  examination  as  registered  pharmacists : 
E.  W.  Austin,  Midland  :  H.  S.  Bowen,  Adrian  ;  R.  A.  Cosier, 
Marshall :  A.  J.  Hall,  Calumet ;  George  Ireland,  Almont ; 
Charles  King.  Big  Rapids ;  A.  H.  Knuth.  Manistee ;  E.  A. 
Lake.  Nashville  :  F.  E.  Lohrstorfer.  Port  Huron ;  A.  C.  Mc- 
Loskey.  Alma  ;  H.  R.  Miller,  Hastings :  O.  E.  Oie,  Munising ; 
C.  S.  Schwarze,  Detroit ;  D.  R.  Westendorf,  Mount  Clemens ; 
H.  W.  Bowman,  Almont;  O.  A.  Eaton,  Kalamazoo;  B.  Mc- 
Ilhargy,  Harbor  Beach ;  N.  V.  McPhersou,  Hart ;  C.  G. 
Ranger.  Morenci ;  G.  H.  Raycrott,  Alma ;  J.  W.  Pemberton, 
Howard  City. 


Massachusetts. 

BOSTOM,  April  5. — The  March  examinations  for  registration 
as  pharmacists  proved  to  be  unusually  severe  for  the  79  appli- 
cants, for  less  than  22  per  cent  succeeded  in  passing.  Not  a 
single  applicant  in  the  class  of  14  who  took  the  examination 
March  29  succeeded  in  meeting  the  demands  of  the  State 
board.  Two  other  classes  consisted  of  16  each,  one  of  15  and 
one  of  IS.     The  list  of  successful  applicants  follows : 

Pharmacists. — .Samuel  J.  Barron,  Boston ;  Fortunat  M. 
Beauvais.  Holyoke ;  Peter  F.  Murray,  Boston ;  Phil  S.  Staley, 
Lynn ;  John  Walker,  Jr.,  Winchester ;  Guy  W.  Cole,  Boston ; 
Joseph  C.  Cornwell.  Pittsfield ;  Matthew  C.  Fleming,  Pitts- 
field  ;  Frederick  B.  Flittner,  Boston  ;  William  C.  B.  Merriam, 
Springfield ;  Louis  E.  Bragg,  Worcester ;  Andrew  T.  Frost, 
Clinton ;  Louis  A.  Lebbossier,  East  Weymouth ;  George  L. 
Dow,  Lowell ;  Robert  J.  Perry,  Boston ;  Emile  J.  Pheulpin. 
Waltham ;  Lloyd  H.  Webster,  Grafton. 

Assistant  Pharmacists. — Walter  E.  Cunningham.  Low- 
ell ;  Max  M.  Daiu,  Boston  ;  Henry  F.  Murray,  Boston  ;  Frank 
E.  Potter,  Boston ;  John  F.  Smith.  Boston ;  Ivan  C.  Thom, 
Waltham ;  Guy  K.  White,  Boston ;  William  F.  Barnstead, 
Boston ;    Ernst   A.    Carlson,    Brockton ;    Henry    J.    Chenette, 


Brockton  :  Walter  L.  Douglas,  Cambridge ;  Harry  L.  Hussey, 
Boston ;  John  J.  Lee,  South  Boston ;  Ernest  G.  Lundberg, 
('ampbelle ;  (ieorge  A.  Rivers,  New  Bedford ;  Alfonso  Gaeta, 
Boston;  J.  M.  Raoul  Gravel,  Fall  River;  William  T.  Hunter, 
Fall  River ;  Carl  Krotki,  Boston ;  Harry  M.  Macdonald,  Scit- 
uate ;  George  F.  Martin,  Chelsea  ;  Walter  L.  Merrill.  Newton  ; 
Frederick  L.  Mitchell,  Richford,  Vt.  ;  Harold  L.  Pettingell, 
Boston;  Edward  T.  A.  Welch,  South  Boston;  Samuel  S, 
Broadbent,  Worcester ;  Daniel  F.  Callahan,  Woburn ;  Ernest 
A.  Doyle,  Boston ;  Solomon  Feldman,  Boston :  William  H, 
French,  North  Adams ;  Charles  E.  Grise.  Springfield ;  Wni.  E. 
AIcLaughlin,  Woburn ;  Thomas  J.  Sullivan.  West  Somerville ; 
Wallace  E.  Young,  Taunton :  Ernest  A.  Johnson,  Lowell ; 
C.  M.  Aivazian,  Boston  ;  Roy  S.  Bence,  Pittsfield  ;  William  J, 
CuUinan.  Lowell ;  Charles  E.  Hanson,  Southbridge ;  Vernon 
Laing,  Cambridge:  Joseph  XJ.  La  Salle,  Fall  River;  Gustaf 
Peterson,  Fitchburg ;  John  E.  Rock,  Boston ;  Charles  L, 
Smith,  Boston. 


North  Dakota. 

Fargo.  April  3. — More  than  75  young  men  took  the  recent 
examination  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  successful 
candidates  were  : 

Reoistered  Pharmacists. — H.  N.  Bjornson,  Ashley ; 
William  Baertsch,  Marion :  Allen  H.  Crawford,  Westhope ; 
A.  E.  Crum,  Hansboro ;  G.  A.  Christianson,  Leeds ;  Harold 
Collins,  Langdon ;  J.  F.  Delury,  Cando ;  D.  E.  Diles,  Leeds; 
F.  J.  Edelman,  Harvey;  A.  S.  Flath,  Churches  Ferry:  F.  D. 
Harlioldt,  Fargo ;  Fred  N.  Hall,  Fargo  :  Oscar  L.  Hempstead, 
Sandstone,  Minn. ;  H.  N.  Hewett,  Minto ;  Richard  H.  Juers, 
Han-ey ;  E.  C.  Kuising,  Jackson,  Minn.  :  W.  A.  Knoll.  Har- 
vey ;  B.  B.  Lenhart,  Fargo ;  J.  R.  Leeper,  St.  Johns ;  D.  C. 
Miller,  Minnewaukan  ;  Arthur  McDonald,  Minneapolis,  Minn. ; 
Ralph  E.  Nix,  Harvey ;  W.  J.  Orchard,  Dickinson ;  R.  A, 
Burt,  Hope ;  A.  J.  Spielman,  Garrison :  Perry  L.  Stanton, 
New  Rockford ;  Charles  N.  Sheldon,  Rugby ;  Joseph  N.  Sim- 
mer. Grand  Forks  ;  Carl  Vorlander,  Linton. 

Registered  Assistants. — Arthur  Anderson,  Thompson  ; 
F.  J.  Bergham,  Ryder;  C.  Baglein,  Hillsboro;  William  F. 
Crowley,  Fargo :  J.  J.  Gilchrist,  Langdon ;  G.  P.  Manning, 
Hansboro ;  George  J.  McCabe,  Jamestown ;  G.  M.  Noyes, 
Gackle ;  Cora  I.  Norris,  Detroit,  Minn. ;  R.  C.  Olson,  Colum- 
bus ;  C.  N.  Parker  and  S.  H.  Short,  Lisbon ;  D.  L.  Thompson, 
Esmond ;  E.  Thompson,  Devils  Lake ;  J.  L.  Thiesdein,  Valley 
City ;  R.  S.  Turner,  Lisbon ;  C.  W.  Ware,  Abercrombie ;  L.  J. 
Wilker,  Hensel,  and  R.  L.  Ward,  Fargo. 


Alabama. 

Birmingham,  April  3. — Secretary  Edward  P.  Gait  an- 
nounces that  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Alabama-  Board  of 
Pharmacy  30  persons  applied  for  examination  and  of  that 
number  the  following  were  successful :  .  Percy  Y.  Ashford, 
Bolton,  Miss. ;  Samuel  T.  McKnight.  Birmingham,  Ala. ;  E.  C. 
Miller,  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  Guyton  Hall,  Quincev,  Fla. ;  W.  C.  Ab- 
bott, Trilby,  Fla.;  H.  K.  Bailey,  Slocum,  Ala.;  O.  C.  Rush, 
Meridian,  Miss. ;  A.  .7.  Collier,  Ozark.  Ala. :  A.  J.  Morris,  Jr., 
Newton.  Ala. ;  J.  C.  McFarland,  Decatur,  Ala. :  Charles 
Smyrl,  New  Decatur,  Ala. ;  Dr.  T.  E.  Callen,  Gadsden,  Ala. ; 
J,  B.  Stone.  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.;  J.  T.  Eubauks,  Tallassee.  Ala.; 
G.  H.  Severage.  Whistler,  Ala. ;  Adain  Lewin,  Mariana,  Fla. ; 
Charles  M.  Sims,  Searight,  Ala. ;  H.  B.  McGahey,  Tuscaloosa, 
Ala. :  James  H.  Loften,  Troy,  Ala. ;  Roderick  G.  Lander,  Mo- 
bile, Ala. ;  Samuel  Sevier,  Wylan,  Ala. ;  B.  L.  Wheat,  Atlanta, 
Ga. ;  F.  Williams,  Montgomery,  Ala. ;  W.  H.  Gaudy,  Pratt 
City,  Ala. 

The  next  meeting  occurs  at  Gadsden,  Ala..  June  S-9. 


Rhode  Island. 
Providence.  April  3.— At  the  March  meeting  of  the  Rhode 
Island  State  Board  of  Pharmac.v  nine  candidates  were  ex- 
amined. The  following  were  successful :  Joseph  B.  North, 
Woonsocket ;  Henry  O.  Tanquay,  Wooiisocket ;  James  L. 
Perkins.  Providence  ;  Charles  M.  Bennett,  Providence ;  Alfred 
Parent,  Providence  ;   Salvatore  Belli,  Providence. 


Wyoming. 
Chetenne,  April  3. — The  new  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
recently  appointed  by  Governor  Brooks,  has  organized  as 
follows :  R.  A.  Hopkins,  Cheyenne,  president ;  F.  H.  Eggle- 
stone,  Laramie,  vice-president ;  C.  B.  Gunnell,  Evanston, 
secretary. 


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EASTERN  A.PH.A.  MEMBERS  GETTING  TOGETHER     "CAPTURE"  AND  PROPOSED  RECAPTURE  OF  U.S.P. 


Atlantic  City  Session  Meeting  With  Favor  and  Annual 
Convocation  at  Los  Angeles  Very  Attractive. 

Baltimore.  April  3. — Arrau;:fments  are  being  made  for  a 
delegation  of  members  of  tbe  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  Association  to  attend  the  meeting  on 
April  6  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch.  The  Washington  and 
New  Tork  branches  have  also  been  invited  lo  go,  and  it  is 
hoped  that  the  Boston  Branch  will  be  represented  at  the  meet- 
ing, which  will  discuss  especially  the  expediency  of  holding 
sessions  of  the  Eastern  branches  of  the  A. Ph. A.  at  Atlantic 
City  next  June,  simultaneously  with  the  deliberations  of  the 
American  Medical  Association. 

Prof.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  who  proposed  the  June  gathering, 
states  that  he  feels  greatly  encouraged  over  the  manner  in 
which  the  idea  has  been  received.  There  has  come  to  him  a 
letter  from  Professor  Hallberg,  secretary  of  the  section  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  on  pharmacology  and  thera- 
peutics, expressing  the  opinion  that  such 
a  joint  meeting  is  entirely  feasible,  and 
that  the  section  would  so  arrange  its  work 
as  to  have  the  druggists  present. 

Charles  B.  Whilden.  secretary  of  the 
California  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
writes  that  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
Los  Angeles  will  be  one  of  exceptional  in- 
terest, and  that  the  trip  alone  will  repay 
those  who  attend  for  the  outlay  and  time 
expended.  Mr.  Whilden  dwells  on  the 
beauties  of  California  scenery  and  the  ex- 
cellence of  the  Pacific  Coast  climate,  and 
he  also  points  out  that  the  meeting  affords 
an  exceptional  opportunity  for  strength- 
ening the  association  in  the  Western 
States. 


Honored  by  Fellow-Scientists. 


PROPAGANDA  IN  WASHINGTON. 


Columbia    District   Association    Now 
Working  in  Effective  Manner. 

W.iSHiNGTON.  April  .3.— The  D.C. 
E.D.A.  continues  its  activity  in  the  U.S.P. 
and  N.F.  propaganda.  The  first  two  blot- 
ters of  the  series  to  be  mailed  to  physi- 
cians have  already  gone  out.  They  are 
beautifully  printed  on  fine  stock  and  bear 
no  resemblance  to  the  average  "advertis- 
ing blotter." 

The  first  blotter  deals  with  Liquor  An- 
tisepticus  Alkalinus,  N.F.,  and  the  second 
with  Elixir  Terpini  Hydratis  Cum  He- 
roina,  N.F.  Following  the  title  there  is  a 
description,  formula  and  dosage.  Then 
the  physician  is  told  why  he  should  pre- 
scribe the  preparation  and  informed  that 
any  member  of  the  organization  will  fur- 
nish him  with  a  sample  of  any  U.S.P.  or  N.F.  preparation  he 
may  desire. 

The  D.C.R.D.A.  is  proving  that  it  meant  what  it  said  when 
it  announced  three  months  ago  that  it  had  "taken  a  new  lease 
of  life."  The  various  committees  are  working  harmoniously 
and  effectively  under  the  following  chairmen  :  Membership. 
Paul  Pearson :  finance.  H.  C.  Easterday ;  telephone.  S.  L. 
Hilton ;  legislation,  W.  S.  Richardson :  education.  F.  M.  Cris- 
well ;  preparation  of  samples.  Lewis  Flemer ;  early  closing, 
Charles  J.  Fuhrmau  :  joint  meetings,  Frank  C.  Henry ;  mail 
order  evil,  Charles  B.  Campbell :  N.A.R.D.,  W.  S.  Wagner ; 
entertainment,  F.  P.  Weller :  press  and  printing,  Frank  T. 
Stone ;  price  protection.  George  W.  Hurlebaus. 


JO.SEPH  I>.  TUKNER, 
of  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Fellow-scientists    have   recognized   the 
ability  of  cue  of  the  youngest  of  their 
number  in  electing  Jlr.  Turner  as  chair- 
man   of    tbe    recently    formed    Scientilie 
Section    of   the   Philadelphia    Branch    of 
the   A.Ph.V.      He    is    in    charge   of    the 
research  laboratories  of  the  H.  K.  Mul- 
ford    Company. 


$100,000  Fire  Caused  by  Explosion  of  Chemicals. 
Minneapolis,  April  3. — Damage  estimated  at  $l(Xi,000 
was  done  the  stock  and  fittings  of  the  Minneapolis  Drug  Com- 
pany by  an  explosion  of  chemicals  on  the  sixth  floor  of  its 
plant  and  the  consequent  breaking  loose  of  a  thorough  sprink- 
ling system  over  all  six  floors.  The  explosion  is  said  to  have 
occurred  when  John  C.  Walker,  a  chemist,  opened  a  container 
of  barium,  a  supposedly  non-explosive  substance. 


Physicians  and  Pharmacists  Discuss  Revision,  Stand- 
ards, Government  Supervision  and  Propaganda. 
PuiLADELi'iiiA.  April  3. — Before  a  large  audience  of  physi- 
cians and  plKU-macists  at  the  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
County  Medical  Society,  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  dean  of 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  chairman  of  the 
Revision  Committee  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  re- 
plied to  the  charge  made  by  Dr.  Henry  Lefl'man.  a  previous 
speaker,  that  the  pharmacists  had  "captured  the  Pharmaco- 
p«eia''  and  declared  that  it  was  only  when  the  physicians  had 
abandoned  the  fortress  that  the  pharmacists  had  entered  and 
taken  possession.  In  this  claim  he  was  ably  seconded  by 
George  M.  Beringer,  of  Camden,  N.  J. 

The  evening  was  devoted  almost  entirely  to  a  discussion  of 
the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  relations  of  the  pharmacist  and  the 
physician.  The  title  of  Dr.  Leffman's  paper  was  "The  Capture 
ot  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  Suggestions  for  its  Recapture."  He 
discussed  the  large  representation  of  phar- 
maceutical interests  on  the  Committee  of 
Revision  and  the  small  proportion  of  rep- 
resentatives of  the  medical  profession  and 
advocated  a  complete  reorganization  of 
the  system  of  revision  and  publication. 
He  suggested  that  the  committee  should 
consist  of  representatives  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  the  Army,  the 
Xavy  and  the  Marine  Hospital  Service, 
and  that  the  revisions  should  be  made 
every  five  years  instead  of  every  ten 
yiars.  He  supported  the  plan  of  having 
the  Pharmacopceia  published  under  the 
supervision  of  the  United  States  Gov- 
ernment. 

In  replying.  Professor  Remington  criti- 
cized the  title  of  the  paper,  saying  that 
ill  no  case  was  it  the  capture  of  the  Phar- 
macopoeia nor  was  that  portion  of  the 
title  any  happier  "suggestions  for  its  re- 
capture." 

"It  is  the  abandonment  of  the  fortress," 
he  said,  "by  the  medical  profession  and 
of  the  pharmacists  entering  and  taking 
possession,  for  the  Pharmacopo'ia  had  to 
be  published.  The  pharmacist  and  the 
physician  have  never  been  arrayed  against 
each  other  as  such  and  as  any  one  could 
see,  the  Pharmacopoeia  w-as  made  up 
mainly  of  standards  for  the  preparation 
of  medicines,  giving  tests  for  the  identity 
and  purity  of  chemical  substances  used 
as  medicines.  It  was  undoubtedly  be- 
cause of  the  acceptable  character  of  the 
book  that  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of 
June  30,  1906,  adopted  it  as  its  standard." 
Continuing,  Professor  Remington  de- 
clared that  the  medical  profession  to  a 
very  large  extent  had  wandered  from  its  allegiance  to  the 
Pharmacopoeia  many  years  ago  and  had  worshipped  strange 
gods,  prescribing  proprietary  preparations,  specialties,  and  in 
some  cases,  nostrums.  This  custom,  he  said,  prevailed  to 
such  an  extent  that  many  of  the  younger  physicians  did  not 
know  what  the  Pharmacopoeia  w-as.  Under  these  conditions, 
he  said,  it  became  necessary  after  the  passage  of  the  Food  and 
Drugs  Act  to  organize  a  propaganda  to  make  the  physicians 
acquainted  with  the  Pharmacopceia,  to  visit  the  doctors  per- 
sonally and  show  them  Pharmacoposial  preparations  with 
which  they  should  have  been  perfectly  familiar  in  their  daily 
practice.  This  work,  according  to  Professor  Remington,  has 
spread  to  such  an  extent  that  practically  a  revolution  is  going 
on  throughout  the  country.     He  said  : 

"But  this  revolution  is  a  peaceful  one,  as  meetings  have 
been  held  in  the  large  cities  in  which  the  physicians  and  phar- 
macists have  sat  down  together  and  discussed  with  a  pipe  of 
peace  the  situation.  And  thousands  of  physicians  are  pre- 
scribing today.  Pharmacopoeia!  preparations  which  they  never 
previously  had  used  in  their  practice." 

Professor  Remington  further  stated  that  in  his  opinion  the 
Hcstiny  of  the   Pharmacopoeia  was  to  become  a   Government 


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book,  but  that  tlip  Government  would  undoubtedly  revise  the 
work  through  a  commission  composed  of  physicians,  pharma- 
cists, chemists,  botanists,  physicists,  importers  and  wholesale 
druggists  and  manufacturers,  who  would  be  selected  for  their 
expert  knowledge  and  their  recognized  ability  to  perform  the 
work.  He  said  every  effort  should  be  made  to  invoke  the  aid 
of  every  good  and  honest  interest  throughout  the  country  to 
make  the  work  as  successful  as  possible.  The  part  especially 
required  of  the  physician,  he  said,  would  be  the  forming  of 
titles  and  determining  what  drugs  and  preparations  should 
enter  into  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  what  should  be  dismissed, 
and  again  what  should  be  the  proper  doses. 

Other  speakers  were  B.  Frank  Hays,  who  urged  the  admis- 
sion of  tablet  preparations  to  the  Pharmacopoeia  :  Charles  H. 
La  Wall,  who  described  "The  Revision  of  the  National  For- 
mulary." and  Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  dean  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Pharmacy  of  the  Jledieo-Chirurgical  College,  who  out- 
lined a  code  governing  the  duties  of  the  pharmacist  and  the 
physician  in  relation  to  the  prescription. 


Spanish  Edition  of  TI.S.P.  Nearly  Ready. 

Philadki.phia.  April  3. — The  Spanish  edition  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  is  now  being  bound  and  it  is  expected 
that  within  a  week  it  will  be  ready  for  distribution  among  the 
Spanish-speaking  nations  for  which  it  is  intended.  The  first 
edition  will  number  2000  volumes,  but  judging  from  the  ad- 
vance orders,  it  is  believed  that  this  will  soon  be  exhausted 
and  another  edition  will  be  necessary.  It  will  be  sold  at  a 
fixed  price  to  everybod.v. 


DR.  WILEY  HITS  HARD  AT  "TONIC"  DRUGS. 


Certain  Proprietaries,  He  Declares,  Owe  Their  Popu- 
larity to  Alcohol,  a  Dangerous  Ingredient. 

Washington.  April  3. — Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley.  Chief 
Chemist  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  was  the  principal 
speaker  recently  before  the  second  session  of  the  Society  for 
the  Study  of  Alcohol  and  Other  Drugs,  which  is  holding  its 
semi-annual  conference  in  this  city.  Dr.  Wiley  criticized  cer- 
tain proprietary  drugs  sold  as  tonics,  of  which  alcohol,  he 
said,  was  the  chief  and  most  dangerous  ingredient. 

"The  good  effects  of  alcohol  in  quieting  the  system  are  at- 
tributed to  the  tonic  actions  of  the  drugs,"  said  Dr.  Wiley, 
"but  in  reality  this  action  is  narcotic  and  depressant,  covering 
up  and  concealing  the  damage  and  at  the  same  time  provoking 
a  craze  and  demand  for  continuation  in  the  future.  Alcohol  as 
a  preservative  and  a  narcotic  in  the  so-called  tonics  and  stimu- 
lants is  dangerous  because  of  the  unknown  effects  which  are 
sure  to  follow.  Many  drugs  now  on  the  market  owe  their 
popularity  entirely  to  the  alcohol  they  contain  and  this  in  the 
poorest  and  most  dangerous  forms." 

Pharmacy  Students  Visit  Indianapolis  Laboratories. 

LoriSvlLLE.  April  3. — Eli  Lilly  &  Co.  acted  as  the  hosts  to 
a  delegation  of  retail  druggists  ou  Wednesday.  The  party  was 
composed  mainly  of  students  from  the  Louisville  College  of 
Pharmacy,  with  several  of  the  professors  accompanied  by 
some  of  the  prominent  retailers.  A  chartered  car  left  this 
cit.v  over  the  Louisville  &  Indianapolis  Railway  at  8  a.  m.. 
arriving  at  Indianapolis  at  noon.  The  visitors  were  taken  to 
the  Board  of  Trade  restaurant  for  luncheon  and  then  repaired 
to  the  laboratory,  where  all  of  the  different  departments  were 
inspected.  Dinner  was  served  at  the  Claypool  Hotel,  after 
which  the  start  was  made  on  the  return,  arriving  here  about 
midnight.  All  are  loud  in  their  praises  of  the  attraction  and 
hospitality  shown  them. 


Druggists  Guests  at  Rockland  County  Joint  Meeting. 
Xanuet.  N.  Y..  April  0. — A  pamphlet  has  been  issued  by 
the  officers  of  the  Rockland  County  Medical  Society  to  its 
members  calling  attention  to  the  joint  meeting  of  the  society 
with  the  pharmacists  of  Rockland  County  which  will  be  held 
tomorrow  afternoon.  The  programme  will  be  carried  out  at 
the  Lederle  Farm  after  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Medical 
Society.  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson.  o£  Brooklyn,  chairman  of 
the  propaganda  committee  of  the  New  York  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  will  be  the  speaker,  and  deliver  an  ad- 
dress on  "The  Relations  of  the  Physicians  and  the  Pharma- 
cists." After  a  general  discussion  refreshments  will  be  served. 
The  pharmacists  have  been  invited  as  guests  of  the  physicians. 


LARGE  GRADUATING  CLASS  AT  ATLANTA  C.P. 

Interesting  Exercises  in  the  Grand  Opera  House,  In- 
cluding a  Recitation  of  the  "Georgia  Girl." 

Atlanta.  April  3. — There  was  a  large  attendance  at  the 
very  interesting  commencement  exercises  of  the  Atlanta  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  at  the  Grand  Opera  House  on  Monday 
evening.  The  exercises  were  opened  with  an  invocation  by 
Rev.  Junius  W.  Millard.  Degrees  were  conferred  by  President 
Judge  Howard  Van  Epps.  Rev.  S.  R.  Belk  delivered  an  ad- 
dress with  "The  Building  of  a  Man"  as  his  subject.  The  dean, 
Dr.  George  F.  Payne,  read  his  report.  Miss  Clara  Wimberly, 
a  well-known  elocutionist,  recited  Harry  Stillwell  Edwards' 
"The  Georgia  Girl."  Music  for  the  occasion  was  furnished 
by  Professor  Card's  orchestra.  The  graduating  class  is  said  to 
be  one  of  the  best  in  the  history  of  the  institution.  Its  officers 
are  Lee  H.  Williams,  president ;  Frederick  A.  Swanberg.  vice- 
president  ;  Osmond  C.  Rush,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Follow- 
ing is  the  class  roster : 

Percy  Young  Ashford.  Mississippi :  William  Cassidy  Abbott, 
Florida :  Henley  Varner  Bayne,  Georgia ;  Hugh  Lee  Boyd, 
Mississippi :  Thomas  Carleton  Bomar,  South  Carolina ;  Her- 
man Murphy  Crowder,  Mississippi ;  Mike  Clein,  Georgia ; 
Philip  Cohen,  Georgia :  Raymond  H.  Carswell,  Georgia ;  Edwin 
Marvin  Carr.  Mississippi ;  Isaac  Earl  Dantzler.  South  Car- 
olina ;  Arthur  Aaron  Derrick.  Mississippi :  Lindsay  Franklin 
Dicken.  Mississippi ;  Herman  David  Flanagan.  Mississippi ; 
Benjamin  Franklin  Gilbert,  Mississippi :  Thomas  Lee  Graves, 
Mississippi :  John  Cleon  Hunter,  South  Carolina  :  Guyton  Hall, 
Florida  :  George  Samuel  Hiller,  Alabama :  Ernest  Elmer  Hag- 
land.  New  Hampshire;  Travis  Lambkin  Hagood,  Alabama; 
Charles  Terrell  Hardman.  Georgia ;  Thomas  Percy  Howard, 
Mississippi ;  A.  D.  Johns.  Jr..  Texas :  Samuel  Carlton  Lind- 
say. Mississippi ;  Alva  Herman  McDonald.  Georgia :  Otto 
Cleveland  McClendon.  Alabama:  William  Joseph  Maloy, 
Virginia;  Joshua  Grady  Mills.  Georgia;  El  Caney  Miller.  Ala- 
bama ;  Osmond  Conrad  Rush.  Mississippi :  Frederick  Albert 
Swauberg,  Colorado ;  John  William  Stewart.  Arkansas ;  James 
Henry  Souther.  Georgia :  Roy  Stephens,  Georgia :  Charles  M. 
Sims.  Alabama ;  Hugh  Joseph  Thompson.  Arkansas ;  George 
Anson  Tanner,  Georgia ;  James  Willis  Twiggs.  Jr..  Georgia ; 
Lee  Henderson  Williams.  Mississippi ;  Robert  Burns  Wise, 
Mississippi ;  Miss  Jessie  Wimberly.  Florida ;  Benjamin  Lucien 
Wheat.   Mississippi. 

Taking  the  degree  of  Ph.C. :  Charles  Slater  Vanzandt.  Mis- 
sissippi ;  taking  the  degree  of  Pharm.D. :  Marion  Sims  Dantz- 
ler. South  Carolina. 


Graduates  of  the  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Louisville.  April  3. — At  the  annual  commencement  exer- 
cises of  the  Louisville  College  of  Pharmac.v.  held  in  Trinity 
Methodist  Church,  diplomas  were  granted  as  follows :  A.  L. 
Parsons.  West  Virginia ;  J.  S.  Shaffer.  Indiana :  J.  E.  Curtis. 
Kentucky :  C.  H.  Standifor.  Texas ;  A.  S.  Newell.  Indiana ; 
G  D.  Baker.  Indiana  ;  W.  T.  Myers.  Pennsylvania  :  T.  T.  Gib- 
son. Virginia ;  J.  G.  Bently.  North  Carolina :  G.  R.  Garvin. 
Indiana  ;  P.  C.  Stackey,  West  Virginia;  Edgar  Austin.  Illinois; 
J.  D.  Brunvinett,  Kentucky ;  H.  M.  Garrison.  Kentucky ;  C.  I. 
Hughes.  Arizona ;  L.  T.  Terrell.  Kentucky  ;  J.  D.  Banta.  Ken- 
tucky ;  B.  F.  Tye,  Kentucky;  G.  G.  Fox,  Pennsylvania;  W.  F. 
Potter.  Virginia ;  C.  B.  Davis,  Kentucky ;  C.  W.  Lenhart. 
Illinois ;  J.  S.  Tamplin.  West  Virginia  :  J.  A.  Franze.  Ken- 
tucky ;  J.  L.  Russell.  Kentucky. 


"Get-Together"  Dinner  at  Drug  Club  This  Evening. 
Invitations  are  out  for  a  "Get-Together"  dinner,  of  the 
members  of  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Club  of  New  York,  to  be 
held  at  the  club  rooms  this  Thursday  evening.  According  to 
the  committee,  the  affair  is  to  be  informal  and  designed  for 
the  purpose  of  renewing  friendships  among  the  older  members 
and  making  the  acquaintance  of  the  newer  element.  Dinner 
will  be  served  between  6.30  and  10.30.  with  accommodations 
for  200  persons.  The  art  and  entertainment  committee  has 
charge  of  the  arrangements. 


Food  Decision  77  Amended  in  Decision  106. 

Board  of  Food  and  Drug  Inspection  at  Washington  has 
promulgated  Food  Inspection  Decision  106.  which  amends 
Decision  77.  defining  the  terms  "batch"  and  "mixtures"  as 
used  therein.     It  refers  chiefly  to  dyes. 


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April  S.  1909] 

NEW  CHEMISTRY  AND  PHARMACY  BUILDING  BEING  ERECTED  FOR  UNIVERSITY  OF  MICHIGAN. 


Anx  Arbok.  April  M. — (>\viii-  to  the 
increased  attendance  and  consetineut  over- 
crowding of  the  old  chemical  laboratory 
of  the  University  of  Michigan  the  Board 
of  Regents  awarded  contracts  some  time 
ago  for  a  new  and  larger  chemistry  and 
pharmacy  building,  which  will  cost  about 
$3011.000.  This  building  will  accommo- 
date from  800  to  1000  students  and  every 
effort  is  being  made  to  have  it  ready  for 
occupation  by  the  beginning  of  the  next 
school  year. 

The  building  is  located  in  North  Uni- 
versity avenue,  near  the  Barbour  and 
Waterman  gymnasium,  and  is  of  simple 
rectangular  form,  230  by  130  feet,  with 
two     interior     courts,     separated     by     a 

central  building  or  cross-bar.  The  exterior  is  of  iron-spot 
brick  with  Bedford  limestone  grade  and  belt  line  courses  and 
with  terra-cotta  cornice.  The  interior  is  of  reinforced  con- 
crete columns  and  floors  with  hollow  brick  partitions. 

Much  attention  has  been  paid  to  the  heating,  ventilating  and 
lighting  of  the  building,  and  to  the  electric  wiring  and  plumb- 
ing systems.  Other  features  will  be  the  lecture  rooms,  which 
will  seat  from  1.50  to  260  students,  and  the  library,  which  will 
be  a  handsomely  finished  room  having  shelving  capacity  for 
about  12.000  volumes,  or  nearly  twice  the  number  of  books  in 
the  present  chemical  laboratory.  A  food  and  drug  laboratory 
will  adjoin  the  office  of  the  Dean  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy 
and  other  research  laboratories  will  be  open  to  advanced 
pharmacy  students.  The  ends  of  the  building  will  be  occupied 
by  large  and  well  equipped  laboratories  which  will  be  used 
for  work  in  general  chemistry,  pharmacy,  qualitative  analysis, 
quantitative  analysis  and  organic  chemistry.  A  prescription 
room  equipped  to  accommodate  twice  the  present  prescription 
department  will  adjoin  the  pharmacy  laboratory  and  a  special 
laboratory  for  pharmacognosy  and  a  drug  museum  will  be 
located  on  the  third  floor.  It  is  intended  that  upon  occupation 
of  its  new  quarters  each  member  of  the  class  in  pharma- 
cognosy shall  own  a  drug  cabinet  of  about  250  specimens  for 
laboratory  as  well  as  home  use. 

Distilled  water  will  be  made  on  the  fourth  floor  and  hydrogen 
sulphide  generated  in  an  entirely  isolated  room  of  the  attic 
and  both  will  be  piped  to  all  parts  of  the  building.  In  addition 
to  the  usual  plumbing  for  water  and  gas.  independent  sets  of 
pipes  will  supply  steam  and  compressed  air. 


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SENATOR  HEYBURN'S  PURE  FOOD  BILL. 

Would  Prevent  Misrepresentation  as  to  Federal  Guar- 
anty But  is  Not  Likely  to  Pass  at  This  Session. 

Washington.  April  3. — Considerable  interest  has  lieen 
:iroused  here  over  the  reintroduction  by  Senator  Heyburn,  of 
Idaho,  chairman  of  the  Senate  Committee  on  Manufactures, 
of  his  bill  amending  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  so  that  the 
guaranty  label  cannot  be  used  to  make  fraudulent  representa- 
tions.    The  text  of  the  bill  is  as  follows  : 

Section  1. — That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  associa- 
tion of  persons  or  corporation  to  place  any  mark,  sign  or  in- 
signia upon  any  package,  label,  covering  or  wrapping  of  any 
article  of  food  or  medicine  stating  in  words  or  eftect  that  the 
contents  of  such  packages  are  guaranteed  under  the  Pure  Food 
and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30.  1906,  or  are  guaranteed  or  recom- 
mended in  any  manner  by  the  Government  of  the  United  States. 

Section  2. — That  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Act  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  51000  or  imprisoument  for 
not  more  than  one  year,  or  both,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

In  the  last  Congress  the  bill  was  favorably  reported  by 
Senator  Heyburn's  committee,  but  got  no  further.  At  this 
session  he  again  introduced  it.  with  a  number  of  other  bills, 
but  there  is  a  general  understanding  that  no  legislation  in 
addition  to  the  Tariff  Bill  will  be  attempted  at  the  special 
session  and  nothing  further  is  likely  to  be  done  with  it  before 
the  regular  session  convenes  in  December. 


Coming  Meeting  of  the  Oklahoma  Ph.A. 
Local  Secretary  William  E.  Delehaut,  of  Muskogee,  ex- 
pects a  large  attendance  on  May  18-20  at  the  annual  meeting 
in  that  city  of  the  Oklahoma  Ph.A.  and  Travelers'  Auxiliary. 
There  are  now  about  3000  druggists  in  the  new  State  and  the 
number  is  reported  to  be  constantly  increasing. 


N.Y.R.D.A.  EMBLEMS  ON  STORE  WINDOWS. 

Display  Aids  in  Killing  Traffic  in  Premiums  and  Turn- 
ing Trade   to  Ethical  Pharmacies. 

At  the  Ma-.eh  meeting  of  the  New  York  Retail  Druggists' 
Association  the  "premium  e\il"  was  agaiu  the  chief  topic 
under  discussion.  The  special  committee  which  has  had  the 
matter  in  charge  has  been  divided  in  several  subcommittees 
and  two  of  these  made  reports.  The  committee  on  emblems 
annotuiced  that  the  emblem  of  the  association  was  ready  for 
distribution  to  the  members  who  wished  to  place  them  upon 
their  windows,  showing  that  the  store  was  an  "association 
store."  where  no  premiums  were  handled.  A  number  of  mem- 
bers each  secured  an  emblem  and  have  placed  it  conspicuously 
on  the  door  pane,  where  the  public  cannot  fail  to  see  it  be- 
fore entering. 

The  committee  on  the  journal  which  is  published  by  the 
society  for  the  purpose  of  educating  the  public  and  assisting 
in  wipiug  out  the  premium  evil,  reported  very  gratifying  re- 
sults. A  number  of  instances  were  cited  where  customers  had 
been  reformed  from  the  habit  and  also  how  the  interest  taken 
by  many  people  living  in  the  district  was  aiding  the  com- 
mittee in  securing  patronage  for  the  anti-premium  stores. 

The  report  of  the  legislative  committee  was  made  by  Joseph 
Weinstein  in  place  of  Chairman  Peter  Diamond,  w'ho  was 
unavoidably  absent.  This  report  caused  a  discussion  on  the 
Conklin  Bill  and  also  other  pharmacy  legislatiou.  Stress  was 
laid  by  all  who  took  part  that  the  association  endorse  only 
such  legislation  as  emanated  from  the  New  York  State  Ph.A. 
and  members  of  the  legislative  committee  were  instructed  to 
insist  that  appointment  of  members  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
by  the  Governor  be  only  from  the  names  submitted  by  the 
State  association. 

By  unanimous  vote  |75  was  ordered  sent  to  the  treasurer  of 
the  New  York  State  Ph.A.  for  defraying  the  expenses  of  the 
annual  meeting  at  Richfield  Springs  next  June. 

The  following  pharmacists  were  elected  to  membership : 
M.  Kirschtein.  L.  Bailin,  H.  Morgensteiru,  Harry  H.  Rein- 
stein.  I.  Bleier.  H.  Strass  and  George  H.  Guth.  At  a  previous 
meeting  Jacob  Diner  and  H.  Gorodez  were  elected  membei-s. 


New  York  Druggist  Indicted  for  Selling  Cocaine. 

Giovanni  Valle.  a  druggist  at  .V2  MacDougal  street.  Borough 
of  Manhattan,  New  York  City,  who  was  arrested  about  four 
weeks  ago  charged  with  selling  cocaine,  was  indicted  by  the 
grand  jury  on  March  23  and  held  in  |1000  bail  pending  trial. 
Two  detectives  went  to  Valle's  home  and  there  purchased  a 
small  package  of  the  pulverized  cocaine,  at  the  same  time 
seizing  five  boxes  and  five  bottles,  which  also  were  found  to 
contain  the  same  substance.  It  is  said  that  Valle  only  dealt 
in  the  article  at  his  home  and  not  at  the  store. 


Banquet,  'Vaudeville  and  Paper  for  Three  D's. 
Kingston,  N.  Y.,  April  3. — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Asso- 
ciated Doctors,  Druggists  and  Dentists  of  the  city  of  Kingston 
and  vicinity  will  be  held  at  Hotel  Eichler  Tuesday  evening, 
April  13,  at  9  o'clock.  After  the  banquet  Dr.  James  J. 
Walsh,  of  Fordham  University,  will  speak  on  "Medicines," 
Physicians  and  Specialists,"  to  be  followed  by  a  vaudeville 
entertainment  furnished  by  the  Bijou.  Charles  L.  McBride 
is  president  and  George  H.  Clark.  D.D.S.,  secretary.   ' 


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[April  8,  1909 


DISPENSING  HABIT  OF  DOCTORS  GROWING. 

German  Apothecaries  Hear  That  Use  of  Nostrums  is  Not 
on  the  Decline — Arranging  for  Entertainments. 

A  large  portiou  of  the  meeting  of  the  German  Apothecaries' 
Society  held  last  Thursday  evening  was  given  over  to  the  dis- 
cussion of  the  prescribing  of  nostrums  by  physicians.  E.  C. 
Goettinff  thought  that  the  physicians  were  very  slow  to  recog- 
nize official  preparations,  considering  the  efforts  spent  by  the 
druggists  in  that  direction.  Mr.  Goetting  stated  that  there 
were  more  nostrums  prescribed  now  than  ever  before,  contrary 
to  the  opinion  of  a  large  number  of  pharmacists  who  believe 
that  the  practice  is  passing  out  of  existence.  A  number  of  the 
members  took  up  the  discussion  and  stated  that  the  physicians 
were  becoming  dispensers  to  quite  an  extent.  Xo  action  was 
taken  except  that  the  members  who  spoke,  all  announced  that 
they  were  combatting  these  practices  wherever  possible,  and 
looked  for  a  solution  in  the  closer  co-operation  of  the  physician 
and  the  pharmacist. 

There  was  no  action  taken  on  any  legislative  matters, 
George  Kleinau,  chairman  of  llie  legislative  committee,  an- 
nouncing that  the  new  All-State  Bill  had  not  as  yet  been 
introduced,  and  there  were  no  bills  requiring  attention.  Presi- 
dent Hirseman  stated  tliat  in  any  new  bill,  he  favored  having 
only  active  pharmacists  appointed  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Otto  E.  Gilbert,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
announced  that  all  the  arrangements  w-ere  being  completed  for 
the  entertainment  to  be  given  in  the  society's  rooms  on  April 
29  and  that  as  previously  annotmced,  Carl  Hauser.  the  famous 
German  humorist,  would  certainly  appear.  Mr.  Gilbert  stated 
that  a  musical  programme  would  also  be  carried  out  and  due 
to  the  fact  that  the  entertainment  would  be  a  rather  complete 
affair,  no  "kommers"  for  the  members  would  be  held  until 
September  or  October.  An  informal  outing  to  Piels,  in  East 
New  York,  was  also  under  consideration  by  the  committee, 
said  Mr.  Gilbert,  while  the  annual  summer  outing  would  be 
reported  upon  at  the  next  meeting. 

Treasurer  Robert  Lehman  stated  that  the  expenses  in  con- 
nection with  the  last  annual  ball  were  $45  less  than  those  of 
the  previous  year.  President  Hirseman  complimented  Mr.  Gil- 
bert, chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee,  for  its  success. 

C.  F.  Schleussner.  ex-president  of  the  society,  called  atten- 
tion to  the  celebration  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  on 
April  15,  at  which  time  the  mortgage  clearing  the  institution 
of  debt  will  be  burned.  Mr.  Schleussner  made  several  compli- 
mentary remarks  concerning  the  college. 

A  communication  from  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  was  read 
expressing  the  hope  that  all  the  members  had  enjoyed  the 
evening  of  his  recent  visit  to  the  society  as  well  as  he  had 
himself.  The  members  were  also  shown  a  copy  of  Professor 
Remington's  "Practice  of  Pharmacy."  bound  in  sheep,  which 
was  presented  by  the  author  to  the  society. 

A  communication  from  the  widow  of  Dr.  Charles  W.  Volney 
contained  the  information  that  Dr.  Volney  died  on  February 
28.  She  thanked  the  society  for  the  friendship  shown  her 
husband.  Dr.  Volney  has  lectured  before  the  society  several 
times  and  was  to  have  entertained  the  members  in  May.  A 
letter  of  sympathy  was  sent  to  Mrs.  Volney. 

A  letter  of  condolence  was  also  sent  to  Emil  Roller,  chair- 
man of  the  scientific  committee,  expressing  sympathy  for  the 
death  of  his  mother  on  March  9. 

Herman  Ridder,  vice-president  of  the  Hudson  Celebration 
Committee,  in  a  letter  invited  the  society  to  take  part  in  the 
celebration.  No  action  was  taken,  but  E.  C.  Goetting,  presi- 
dent of  the  Riding  Club,  which  is  composed  of  members  of  the 
verein,  stated  in  a  humorous  way  that  the  riding  club  would 
probably  turn  out.  Mr.  Goetting  also  strongly  advised  Presi- 
dent Hirseman  to  join  and  stated  that  ladies  were  eligible  to 
membership.  Members  of  the  club  were  very  enthusiastic  over 
the  sport,  said  Mr.  Goetting,  and  had  just  taken  their  first 
ride  in  a  body  through  Central  Park. 

A  check  was  ordered  sent  to  the  United  German  Societies, 
which  the  verein  recently  joined. 

Emil  A.  Bischof  was  proposed  for  membership. 

Following  the  meeting  lunch  was  served. 


MANY  ICELESS  FOUNTAINS  FOR  LOUISVILLE. 

Diugg-ists  All  Seem  to  Be  Installing  New  Apparatus 
for  the  Coming  Summer  Season. 

Louis vii-LE,  April  3. — This  city  appears  to  have  gone  wild 
on  the  subject  of  "Iceless"  soda  fountains,  as  turn  where 
you  will  or  wherever  you  go,  you  find  a  new  one.  Some 
comparatively  new  fountains  are  being  disposed  of  at  very  low 
prices  to  make  room  for  the  newest  in  that  line.  Only  re- 
cently the  Newman  Drug  Company  put  in  a  "Liquid."  and 
the  new  store  that  is  to  be  opened  in  Fourth  avenue  under 
the  Seelbach  has  contracted  for  one  of  the  same  make. 

The  City  Hall  Pharmacy  received  and  put  up  one  of  the 
latest  designs  of  a  Becker  last  week  and  to  judge  from 
the  genial  smiles  of  the  boys  who  run  the  place  they  are  not 
only  w-ell  pleased  with  their  selection  but  think  they  have 
the  only  apparatus  in  Louisville. 

The  Krieger  Drug  Company,  at  Second  and  Market  streets, 
has  just  set  up  a  Puffer.  The  Krieger  store  at  Second  and 
Jeffei'son  streets  is  installing  a  Marietta  "Iceless"  made  in 
Indianapolis.  The  two  stores  are  owned  by  the  Krieger 
Brothers,  and  naturally  each  of  them  believes  he  has  selected 
the  best  that  can  be  offered  in  the  Iceless  line. 

Several  other  stores  are  figuring  on  the  new  style  foun- 
tains and  it  looks  as  if  every  drug  store  that  makes  a  specialty 
of  the  soda  water  business  will  be  equipped  with  a  new 
apparatus  before  the  summer  season  is  well  under  way. 

Vene  A.  Coleman,  hustling  representative  of  the  J.  Hunger- 
ford  Smith  Company,  is  making  his  usual  call  on  the  trade  in 
this  section.  He  is  a  "native"  and  gets  the  loyal  support  of 
the  local  trade,  both  wholesale  and  retail. 


$4000  License  to  Sell  Near-Alcoholic  Beverages. 

Am.\rillo,  Tex..  April  3. — Deputy  Sheriff  Frank  Bucking- 
ham is  authority  for  the  statement  that  sale  is  rather  slow 
in  the  new  soft  drink  occupation  licenses  recently  created  by 
the  State  Legislature.  The  act  creating  necessity  for  the 
occupation  tax  provides  that  if  a  person  shall  engage  in  the 
sale  of  frosty,  tin-top,  2  per  cent  or  other  similar  drinks,  he 
shall  pay  a  license  of  $2000  to  the  State,  $1000  to  the  county 
and  $1000  to  the  city,  making  a  total  of  $4000. 

While  the  Dispensatory  Drug  Act  is  not  repealed  in  this 
law,  this  later  act  of  the  State  Legislature  proposes  to  strip 
the  establishments  operating  under  the  Drug  Act  of  other 
sources  of  revenue  than  the  legitimate  sale  of  prescription 
whisky.  So  far  none  of  the  licensed  houses  under  the  Drug 
Act  have  seen  fit  to  invest  the  necessary 


New  Fountains  in  Milwaukee  Pharmacies. 

Milwaukee,  Wis.,  April  3. — Several  druggists  in  and  about 
Milwaukee  are  preparing  for  the  coming  season  in  the  soda 
fountain  line  by  installing  new  equipment. 

Henry  Gerboth,  well  known  Milwaukee  druggist,  is  installing 
a  modem  new  fountain  at  his  branch  pharmacy  at  43d  and 
Clyburn  streets,  and  expects  a  big  business.  Cornelius  Zechel, 
who  recently  moved  into  his  new  building  at  Pewaukee,  is 
putting  in  a  new  fountain  which  will  be  a  winner,  judging  from 
indications.  The  McDonald-Strassburger  Drttg  Company,  at 
Green  Bay,  has  remodeled  an  adjoining  store  to  be  used  as  a 
new  ice  cream  parlor,  the  seiring  to  be  done  from  the  usual 
fountain. 


Another  Victory  for  Massachusetts  Pharmacists. 
Boston,  April  3. — The  committee  on  education  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Legislature  has  reported  adversely  on  the  bill  which 
would  place  all  technical  and  professional  schools  under  the 
supervision  of  the  State  Board  of  Education.  Had  the  bill 
passed  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  now  said  to 
have  the  largest  endowment  of  any  school  of  pharmacy  in  the 
country,  it  would  be  placed  under  the  supervision  of  the  State 
Board  of  Education.  The  bill  aroused  much  hostility,  and  at 
the  hearing  before  the  legislative  committee  there  was  over- 
whelming opposition. 


Publishing  Company  to  Be  Dissolved. 
Milwaukee,   Wis.,   April   5.- — The   Pharmaceutical  Review 
Publishing    Company,     of    Milwaukee,     has     filed     notice     of 
dissolution. 


Jail  and  Bankruptcy  for  Selling  Liquor. 
Ltxdex,  Wash.,  April  3. — C.  Landall,  druggist,  convicted 
of  running  a  "blind  pig,"  and  who  is  serving  a  30  days' 
sentence  in  jail,  has  had  also  to  close  his  store  and  go  into 
bankruptcy.  His  liabilities  are  $4000  and  his  nominal  assets 
nearly  the  same. 


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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Granted  March  30,  1909. 

916,425 — Walter  L.  Ellingwood.  New  York.  N.  Y.  Bottle- 
fillins  apparatus. 

916.450— William  H.  Keller.  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  assignor  to 
Caloris  Manufacturing  Company,  a  corporation  of  Delaware. 
Vessel  for  the  conveyance  or  storage  of  liqitids. 

916.485 — Major  D.  Porter,  Lewiston.  X.  Y.     Container. 

916.49.5— John  H.  Seymour.  Whitney  Point,  N.  Y.  Process 
and  apparatus  for  making  calcium  carbid. 

916..532 — Hans  Christensen,  Canton,  Ohio,  assignor  to  the 
Miller  Pasteurizing  Machine  Company,  Canton,  Ohio,  a  cor- 
poration of  New  Jersey.  Apparatus  for  pasteurizing  or  ster- 
ilizing liquids. 

916..59S — Thomas  M.  Richards,  Alton.  111.  Bottle-finishing 
machine. 

916.692 — Richard  von  Foregger,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
to  the  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical  Co.,  New  York,  N.  T., 
a  corporation.     Topical  remedy. 

916,701 — Chriss  Hansen,  Columbia,  Nev.  Non-refil!able 
bottle. 

916.S14 — David  A.  Williams.  Represa.  Cal.,  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  Charles  Murray,  Represa.  Cal.    Bottle  seal  and  closure. 

916.815 — David  A.  Williams,  Represa,  Cal..  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  Charles  Murray,  Represa.  Cal.  Bottle  casing  and 
closure. 

916.900 — Gustav  Teichnew,  Nuremburg.  Germany.  Process 
tor  electrolytically  producing  peroxid  of  hydrogen. 


Published  March  30,  1909. 

SS.OSS-'The  Mother  Siegels  Syrup  Company,  Now  York. 
N.  Y.  Class  6.  Tablets  for  indigestion  and  all  stomach  and 
liver  disorders. 

38,268— Frank  V.  B.  Gildersleeve,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
A  pharmaceutical  preparation  used  as  a  remedy  for  ijyorrhea- 
alveolaris  and  as  a  general  mouth  wash. 

39,604 — The  Amulet  Chemical  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Class  6.     Talcum  powder  and  tooth  paste. 

39.913— Farbenfabriken  of  Elberfeld  Company.  New  York, 
N    Y.     Class  6.     A  bactericide  and  antiseptic. 

.39.914 — Farbenfabriken  of  Elberfeld  Company.  New  York, 
N.  Y'.     Class  6.     An  anesthetic. 


Iowa  Druggist  Burns  His  Liquor  License. 
Pleasanton.  la..  April  3. — A  imique  meeting  took  place 
here  recently  to  determine  whether  it  was  a  benefit  to  the  town 
to  continue  the  sale  of  liquor  at  the  local  drug  store.  The  meet- 
ing was  called  by  the  proprietor  A.  M.  Hagg.  It  was  com- 
posed mostly  of  business  men.  Arguments  were  presented,  both 
pro  and  con.  and  even  an  experienced  temperance  lecturer  could 
have  gained  points.  After  the  flow  of  oratory  had  ceased  a 
vote  was  taken,  and  all  but  three  voted  to  discontinue  the  sale 
of  liquor.  Among  the  three  dissenting  votes  was  one  cast  by  a 
minister.  When  the  matter  was  finally  decided,  Mr.  Hagg 
produced  the  Government  license  and  a  match  was  applied  to 
it  As  the  last  of  the  paper  disappeared  in  smoke,  a  rousing 
cheer  was  given  by  those  in  favor  of  prohibition,  but  outside 
the  building,  where  were  gathered  the  antis,  many  groans  dis- 
turbed the  quiet  night  air. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act.  and  Valid  Patents. 
6.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  90S  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Pharmacy  Law  Changes  in  Oklahoma. 

Guthrie.  Okla.,  April  3. — Governor  Haskell  has  approved 
the  Bryan  Act  amending  the  law  regulating  the  practice  of 
pharmacy.  The  new  law  does  not  change  the  requirements 
for  registration  but  increases  the  number  of  members  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  from  three  to  five.  It  also  repeals 
the  provision  of  the  old  law  which  provided  that  the  Governor 
should  select  the  membership  of  the  State  board  from  a  list  of 
ten  names  submitted  to  it  by  the  State  association.  Under  the 
new  law  the  Governor  may  choose  the  membership  of  the  State 
board  from  the  entire  membership  of  the  association. 

Some  Republicans  claim  that  the  new  law  gives  the  Demo- 
crats an  advantage  claiming  that  Republicans  controlled  the 
association  and  that  the  names  of  Democrats  were  not  often 
submitted  to  the  Governor  from  which  he  could  make  his 
appointments.  Under  the  new  law  the  Governor  has  no  limi- 
tations as  to  whom  he  shall  appoint  as  members  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy. 


Students'  Meeting  at  New  York  Branch  Monday  Night. 
A  symposium  of  the  essentials  of  the  leading  foreign  phar- 
macopoeias will  be  the  programme  for  the  meeting  of  the  New 
York  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  on 
Monday  evening.  This  meeting  is  called  for  8.30,  a  half  hour 
earlier  than  usual,  as  it  is  proposed  to  entertain  students  of  the 
various  colleges  of  pharmacy  located  in  the  metropolitan  dis- 
trict. Physicians,  pharmacists  and  clerks  have  also  been  in- 
vited to  attend.  Following  are  the  pharmacopoeias  that  are  to 
be  considered  and  the  names  of  the  gentlemen  who  are  to 
present  outlines  of  the  same:  Austrian,  Otto  Raubenheimer; 
British,  Prof.  H.  J.  Lohmann  ;  French  Codex,  C.  A.  Mayo ; 
Japanese,  Keizo  Woo,venaka  ;  German,  W.  C.  Alpers  :  Russian, 
Joseph  Weinstein ;  Spanish.  Hugh  Craig ;  Swiss,  Dr.  Joseph 
L.  Mayer. 


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LETTER     BOX 


Kentucky's  Law — Importance  of  Organization. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  my  recent  letter,  printed  in  the  Era.  March  2.5.  pase  288, 
regarding  organization  and  the  laws  which  affect  retail  drug- 
gists in  this  State,  I  notice  that  I  have  made  two  minor  errors 
in  my  statements  which  I  want  to  correct.  The  Pure  Drug 
Law  specifies  that  the  Kentucky  Pharmacetitical  Association 
shall  name  one  member  of  the  board — hence  the  Governor  has 
nothing  to  do  with  the  appointment. 

Another  error  was  in  the  statement  that  a  person  could  not 
be  punished  for  a  first  oiTeuse.  It  should  have  been  followed 
by  the  words :  "That  in  case  of  the  first  charge — shall  be 
notified  of  the  findings  and  be  given  a  hearing  within  1.5  days 
before  a  report  is  made."  etc. 

In  my  opinion  the  Era  could  do  no  more  beneficent  work 
than  to  continue  the  agitating  of  organization  as  the  only 
safety  for  the  retail  druggist.  So  many  of  our  law-makers 
consider  the  retail  drug  store  as  a  veritable  gold  mine  and 
prone  to  put  us  in  the  class  with  multimillionaires  and  robber 
barons  that  only  by  united  effort  can  we  get  this  fallacy  out 
of  their  minds  and  secure  justice  for  our  profession. 
Tours  very  truly. 

Louisnlle.  March  SO.  S.  X.  .J. 


Medicinal  Plant  Industry  in  Nebraska. 
Editor  The  Pharmaccutual  Era: 

I  feel  that  I  ought  to  write  you  and  tell  you  about  my  ex- 
perience in  raising  medicinal  plants  on  a  ten-acre  tract  of 
ground  adjoining  Omaha,  Xcb. 

Of  course  the  altitude  and  climate  are  not  available  at  this 
point  for  the  raising  of  everything  in  medicinal  plants  and  I 
met  with  some  disappointment  in  trying  it.  I  expect  to  do 
better  this  year,  however,  having  gained  by  the  experience  of 
the  past  year. 

I  set  out  100  plants  each  of  the  following  :  Sal  muscatelle, 
sennine,  corpula,  castolax.  pilocressin.  salva-cea.  rootbear.  foot- 
easelle,  banene,  antiphlogtericide,  baeco-cura.  kargon  and 
chocolax. 

00  account  of  the  previous  Legislature  the  comitry  was 
very  "dry''  around  here  and  much  boot-legging  had  to  be  done 
to  keep  things  moist.  Then  we  were  bothered  with  the  insect 
known  to  medicinal  plant  raisers  and  botanists  as  the 
pullemupitis  afterdarkenis. 

1  was  unable  to  get  a  purchaser  for  any  of  my  crop,  despite 
the  writing  1  did  to  all  the  drug  handlers  of  this  and  other 
continents.  Many  of  them  wrote  me  to  consult  a  specialist  in 
diseases  of  the  upper-thinkum.  some  wrote  me  to  go  hence 
(particulars  of  where  on  demand),  and  others  refrained  from 
replying  at  all — seemingly  being  too  busy  with  other  matters. 
I,  however,  found  a  market  by  putting  the  goods  in  on  com- 
mission with  some  of  the  second-hand  dealers  who  disposed  of 
them  to  curio  buyers  who  bought  them  under  the  impression 
they  were  good  for  warts  and  epilepsy  when  used  at  the  dark 
of  the  moon  in  conjunction  with  the  incantations. 

If  there  was  a  better  market  for  my  products  I  would  make 
another  payment  on  the  land  and  continue  more  seasons  at  the 
business. 

Any  one  desiring  to  go  into  the  raising  of  medicinal  plants 
can  obtain  slips  of  any  of  the  above  mentioned  plants  by  writ- 
ing me  in  a  plain  envelope  and  "nclosing  .$10. 

I  also  raised  some  corn  and  potatoes,  for  which  I  found  a 
ready  sale  indirectly — that  is,  I  fed  the  same  to  some  hogs  I 
had  on  the  place  and  then  sold  the  hogs.  Animals  of  any  char- 
acter can  be  turned  loose  among  the  above  stated  plants  with 
the  assurance  to  yourself  they  -will  not  eat  them. 

Many  of  my  neighbors  called  during  the  season,  but  they 
seem  to  take  my  efforts  with  a  great  deal  of  fun  and  ridicule. 
I  was  prepared  for  this,  as  all  workers  in  advance  knowledge 
have  to  bear  the  brunt  of  ridicule  and  discouragement. 

With  this  extended  and  detailed  description  of  my  medicinal 
plant  emporium  I  finish.  With  the  season's  compliments  and 
the  assurance  you  have  one  of  the  best  drug  journals  extant,  I 
am,  Medicinally  Plant  Farm  Life  Tours, 

Omaha,  Neb.  John  Medplakt. 


FIRST  AID  STATIONS  IN  NEW  YORK  STORES, 

Twenty-nine  Druggists  Interested  in  Ambulance  Ser- 
vice 'Which  Replaces  That  of  Roosevelt  Hospital. 

During  the  past  month  29  drug  stores  in  the  Boroughs  of 
Manhattan  and  the  Bronx  have  installed  equipments  for  first 
aid  stations  as  provided  by  the  National  Volunteer  Emergency 
Service  to  its  members.  From  what  can  be  learned  probably 
as  many  more  will  join  the  service  and  secure  equipments 
before  very  long,  as  the  druggists  now  members  state  that 
progress  is  being  made  very  rapidly. 

The  action  of  the  service  in  establishing  these  first  aid 
stations,  follows  the  withdrawal  of  the  Roosevelt  Hospital 
ambulances,  which  occurred  on  March  1,  and  in  order  to  have 
an  efficient  substitute  in  the  place  left  open  in  this  field  the 
service  has  decided  upon  this  method  of  first  aid  stations, 
whicli  is  patterned  after  the  St.  John's  Ambulance  Corps,  of 
England. 

lirig.-Gen.  F.  E.  Davis,  in  an  interview  at  the  New  Tork 
headquarters  a  few  days  ago,  stated  that  while  the  organiza- 
tion was  over  nine  years  old  it  was  just  recently  that  the 
pharmacists  had  been  actively  appealed  to  for  participation, 
due  in  a  measure  to  the  lack  of  opportunity  to  use  their 
services  until  the  recent  chance.  General  Davis  went  on 
further  and  stated  as  follows : 

"The  service  is  a  National  organization  and  its  purposes  are 
designed  not  to  supplant  but  to  supplement  health  measures, 
sanitary  societies  and  public  utilities  already  established  and 
to  provide  the  means  of  supplying  deficiencies  in  personal  and 
equipment  wherever  a  volunteer  service  may  be  of  advantage, 
either  in  peace  or  war.  To  best  accomplish  the  aims  it  has 
adopted  a  military  form  of  organization.  The  object  of  the 
drug  store  stations  is  to  relieve  the  hospitals  which  are  greatly 
overcrowded  and  when  possible  place  people  who  have  been 
injured  in  their  own  homes  under  the  supervision  of  their  own 
physician. 

"The  duty  of  the  druggist  who  is  a  member  of  the  service  is 
to  get  into  communication  with  the  patient's  family  physician 
and  it  is  then  up  to  the  doctor  to  say  what  he  wants  done  with 
the  case.  If  he  directs  the  case  transferred  to  the  home  of  his 
patient  he  promptly  summons  an  ambulance  from  headquarters, 
and  it  is  done  without  expense  either  to  the  doctor  or  patient. 
The  doctor  will  feel  grateful  to  the  druggist  for  his  work  and 
the  druggist  will  incidently  secure  the  physician's  prescription, 
besides  possibly  the  trade  of  the  patient.  Every  station  is 
provided  with  a  regular  army  litter,  emergency  bag,  lantern, 
poncho,  pair  of  blankets  and  a  rubber  pillow.  The  membership 
fee  is  $3  per  year  for  druggists  and  $5  for  physicians,  while  the 
organization  is  purely  a  philanthropic  affair  and  no  one  gets 
paid  for  services." 


BUFFALO  EVENS  UP  WITH  ROCHESTER. 


Second  Inter-City  Session  Includes  Bowling  and  a 
Banquet  With  Toasts  and  Interesting  Speeches. 

Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  April  3. — The  druggists  of  this  city  had 
as  their  guests  recently  a  party  of  about  forty  of  their  brothers 
from  Rochester.  Six  weeks  ago,  when  the  Buffalonians  went 
to  Rochester  for  a  good  time,  they  were  beaten  in  a  spirited 
bowling  match.  Just  to  even  matters,  they  beat  the  Rochester 
men  in  three  straight  games  that  lasted  ali  afternoon  and  into 
the  evening.  Each  of  the  eight  alleys  at  Foss'  was  kept 
busy.     Totals:     Buffalo,  2532:  Rochester,  2.391. 

Following  the  bowling,  an  excellent  meal  was  served  at  the 
Hotel  Broezel.  James  A.  Lockie  presided  at  the  speech- 
making  end  of  that  affair.  Among  those  who  responded  to 
toasts  were  W.  F.  Whelan,  who  welcomed  the  visitors ;  M.  H. 
Page,  who  tried  to  excuse  himself  for  moving  from  Buffalo  to 
Rochester ;  R.  K.  Sraither,  who  amusingly  reviewed  some  of 
his  experiences  as  an  alderman  :  George  Hahn,  who  talked  a 
little  "shop" ;  Thomas  Stoddart.  who  dwelt  on  his  favorite 
theme,  Buffalo's  railway  terminals:  Julius  A.  Grass,  a  lawyer, 
and  Dr.  Guy  L.  McCutcheon. 


Cahoon-Lyon  Company  Buys  Another  Store. 
Buffalo,   April   5. — The   Cahoon-Lyon   Drug   Company,   of 
Buffalo,  has  bought  the  drug  store  and  business  at  367  William 
street,  this  city,  many  years  occupied  by  Charles  E.  Martzloff. 
New  fixtures  and  a  new  front  will  be  installed. 


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BUSINESS   RECORD 


Cbanges  in   Ownership,   New    Drug   Stores,    Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Sapplement  to  The  Era  Druggists'  Directory. 

ALABAMA — Seliia — V.     D.     Young    Drug    Company     have 
opened  a  new  store  here. 
WiNFiELD — Hill   &    HoUis   have   dissolved   partnership   and 

Dr.  R.  L.  Hill  will  conduct  the  business  alone. 
WooDLAWN — F.  AI.  Wood,  formerly  proprietor  of  the  Second 
Avenue  Drug  Store,  has  been  succeeded  by  L.  R.  Shiflett. 
ARKANSAS — De  Queen — Jones  &  Alston,  proprietors  of  the 
Model  Drug  Company,  have  sold  out  to  Latimer  Brothers. 
Style  of  firm  will  remain  tbe  same. 
Little  Rock — H.  A.   Mashburn  &  Bro.  Co.,  incorporated, 
is  the  style  of  the  new  drug  store  at  707  West  Seventh 
street ;  capital,  $3500. 
CALIFORNIA — Wheatland — Dr.  W.  A.  Patterson  has  been 
,    .succeeded  by  W.  M.  Crilley. 

Woodland — F.    Von    Jochumseu    has    been    succeeded    by 
James  Roseberry. 
COLORADO — Colorado   Springs — George   W.    Tate,   Opera 
House  Block,  is  the  new  proprietor  of  the  Opera  House 
Pharmacy. 
Wrat — Dr.  Thomas  Barr  has  been  succeeded  by  Brown  & 
Roberts. 
CONNECTICUT— Waterbury— Stephen   Gladding,   Jr.,   will 

open  a  new  drug  store  at  75'>  North  Main  street. 
DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA— Washington— R.  K.  Helphen- 
stine.  14th  and  R  streets  N.  W..  has  been  succeeded  by 
W.  S.  Richardson. 
FLORIDA — Milton — Dr.    W.    E.    McDougal    has    been    suc- 
ceeded by  Hilson  Brothers. 
O'Brien — Dr.  J.  H.  Reynold  ;  store  destroyed  by  fire ;  loss. 
.$1000. 
ILLINOIS— Chicago— O.  J.  Duke,  93.5  North  Halsted  street, 
has  been  succeeded  by  Olaf  Olesen. 
Momence — Roden  &  Cone  have  dissolved  partnership.     Mr. 
Roden  will  continue  the  business  with  L.  S.  Cooke.    Style 
of  firm  to  be  Cooke  &  Roden. 
INL>IANA — CoLUiiBUS — Hauser    &    Parker    have    been    suc- 
ceeded by  Hauser  &  Updegraff. 
Vincennes — Duesterberg   &   Kramer   will    open    their   new 
drug  store  about  April  15. 
IOWA — EsTHERViLLE — Anderson  Drug  Company  is  the  style 
of  the  new  drug  store  here. 
Greene — -Birney  Drug  Store  has  been  succeeded  by  L.  JI. 

Snow. 
Lehigh — Nelson    Drug    Company    has    been    succeeded    by 

M.  I.  Little. 
Winthrop — E.    E.    Collins   has   been   succeeded   by   E.   W. 
Gaylord. 
KANSAS — Cuba — G.    R.   Thomason    has   been   succeeded    by 

Milbum  Reed. 
KENTUCKY — Fulton — Irby    Brothers  :    store   destroyed    by 
fire. 
Louisville — Treber  Drug  Company.   Broadway  and  Third 

avenue,  has  been  succeeded  by  Buschemeyer  Brothel's. 
Robard.s — William  B.  Eblen  :  store  destroyed  by  fire. 
MASSACHUSETTS— WOBURN—F.    P.    Brooks   has   sold   his 

store  at  361  Main  street  to  W.  S.  Davis. 
MICHIGAN — Detroit — Gray    &    Worcester    have    opened    a 
new  drug  store  in  the  Ma.1estic  Building,  formerly  occu- 
pied  by   the   Lorain   Confectionery   Store. — R.   A.   Carmi- 
chael  lias  sold  both  his  stores  here.     One  at  1022  Champ- 
lain  street  to  Sepull  &  Travis  and  one  at  933  Champlain 
street  to  J.  H.  Webster. 
Eaton  Rapids — Wilcox  &  Godding  have  been  succeeded  by 
O.  C.  Palmer. 
NEW  JERSEY— Newark— J.  D.  McCreery,  formerly  of  New 

York  City,  is  now  located  at  250  Walnut  street. 
NEW  YORK— Brooklyn— C.  E.  Slausen,  1169  Liberty  ave- 
nue, has  been  succeeded  by  William  Hanson. 


Clifton  Springs — C.  N.  Bryant  has  been  succeeded  by 
N.  B.  Briggs. 

CooPERSTOWN — Brazee  &  Bodin  have  dissolved  partnership. 
H.  L.  Brazee  will  continue  the  business  alone. 

Corning — The  partnership  heretofore  existing  under  the 
firm  name  of  Cole  &  JIatthews  in  the  cities  of  Corning 
and  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  has  dissolved.  L.  V.  Cole  will  con- 
tinue the  business  at  Corning  and  L.  N.  Matthews  the 
store  at  135  East  Water  street,  Elmira,  N.  Y. 

Troy — Stovers   Pharmacy,   Fulton   and   Fourth   streets,   has 
been  succeeded  by  Grady  Drug  Company. 
OHIO— Canton— Eby    Drug    Company,    120    North    Market 
street,   has   been    succeeded   by   the    Square   Drug   Store. 
Kays  &  Ogden,  proprietors. 

Toledo — Rex   &    Katzenmeyer,    2202   Ashland    avenue,    are 
the  new  proprietors  of  the  Economical  Drug  Company. 
PENNSYLVANIA— Aixentown— Dr.    W.    D.    Lithgow    will 
open  a  new  drug  store  at  Sixth  and  Washington  streets 
May  1. 

Bradford — J.  F.  Leonard  &  Son,  35  Mechanic  street ;  store 
destroyed  by  fire.  Mr.  Leonard  states  he  will  resume 
business  at  a  new  location  in  a  short  time. 

Canonsburg — J.  M.  Donaldson  has  succeeded  J.  B.  Donald- 
son, lately  deceased. 
TENNESSEE — Covington — The  Covington  Drug  Company  is 
the  style  of  the  new  drug  store  here.     McDougal  &  Alex- 
ander, managers. 

Paris — Kirk  &  Tyson  is  the  style  of  the  new  drug  store 
opened  here. 
TEXAS — Abilene — Bradfield   Drug   Company,   incorporated  ; 
capital  stock,  $8000. 

Moffat — John  Taylor  has  succeeded  George  E.  Wilson  & 
Son. 

Paris — Palace  Drug  Company,  incorporated  ;  capital  stock, 
$15,000. 

YOAKITM — Palace    Drug    Company    has    been    succeeded    by 
F.  F.  Schwab. 
WASHINGTON — Bellingham— S.   I.  Carr;  store  destroyed 

by  fire ;  loss,  $3000 ;  fully  insured. 
WISCONSIN — Bikchwood — Mrs.   B.   E.   Taylor   has   opened 
a  new  drug  store  here. 

Madison — Badger  Pharmacy  is  the  name  of  the  new  store 
opened  at  1320  University  avenue. 


Only  20  Per  Cent  of  Drugs  Adulterated. 
Boston.  April  3. — In  the  monthly  bulletin  of  the  State 
Board  of  Health  the  statement  of  the  work  of  the  board  under 
the  Food  and  Drug  Inspection  Act  it  is  shown  that  81  per  cent 
of  all  drug  samples  taken  during  February  and  analyzed  were 
found  to  be  pure.  The  board  also  found  that  about  33  per  cent 
of  the  samples  of  olive  oil  analyzed  was  adulterated.  Other 
drugs  adulterated  were  spirit  of  camphor  and  spirit  of  pepper- 
mint. These  proprietary  medicines  were  found  to  violate  the 
law :  Caff.-Aaalid  Headache  Powders.  White  Pine  Expec- 
torant with  Tar,  and  Az-ma-Syde.  The  analyses  showed  that 
the  headache  powders,  made  by  George  H.  Hill,  of  Ayer,  con- 
tained acotanilid  and  the  ingredients  were  not  marked  on  the 
main  label.  The  expectorant,  which  is  made  by  a  firm  in 
Cambridge,  contained  alcohol  which  was  not  marked  on  the 
label,  while  the  Az-ma  Syde.  made  by  the  Asthma  Remedy  & 
Manufacturing  Co..  of  Tremont  Temple.  Boston,  contained 
cocaine. 


Picnic  Outing  Planned  for  Next  J'uly. 

Milwaukee.  Wis..  April  3. — Milwaukee  druggists  will  tear 
themselves  away  from  the  dull  routine  of  business  some  time 
next  July  and  revel  in  a  picnic  outing,  according  to  a  decision 
reached  at  the  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Milwaukee  Retail 
Druggists'  Association.  The  exact  place  of  the  outing  has  not 
as  yet  been  decided  upon,  although  Cedarburg  and  other  ham- 
lets surrounding  Milwaukee  were  suggested. 

Dr.  Edward  Kremers,  dean  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  at  the 
I'niversity  of  Wisconsin,  addressed  the  druggists.  He  outlined 
much  of  the  valuable  and  practical  training  which  his  depart- 
ment is  offering  to  the  future  druggists  and  urged  druggists  to 
co-operate  with  the  State  by  employing  and  aiding  registered 
pharmacists  who  are  graduates  of  the  university. 

Resolutions  of  condolence  were  adopted  to  be  sent  to  the 
family  of  the  late  Herman  H.  Hackendahl,  president  of  tbe 
association. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[April  8,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


JOBBING  LOTS  STILL  CHIEF  FEATURE. 

Uncertainties  of  Tariff  Legislation  Checking  Business 
in  a  Large  Way,  But  Market  Kemains  Firm. 

New  Yoek.  April  .5. — The  uncertainties  existing  in  relation 
to  tlie  changes  which  will  be  made  and  the  date  of  the  passage 
of  the  proposed  tariff  bill  tends  to  check  business  in  a  large 
way,  and  while  the  regular  jobbing  business  is  of  fair  propor- 
tions, the  market  has  a  quiet  appearance  without  any  changes 
of  note,  although  some  articles  are  scarce  and  more  firmly  held. 

Opium. — The  latest  cables  from  Smyrna  state  that  if  the 
crop  continues  to  suffer,  prices  will  doubtless  rise  very  much, 
as  the  stock  in  Smyrna  is  small  and  qualities  assaying  above 
11  per  cent  very  scarce.  Three  hundred  cases  of  this  stock  are 
qualities  containing  6  to  7  per  cent  of  morphine ;  700  cases, 
9  to  10  per  cent  of  morphine ;  400  cases,  10%  to  11%  per  cent 
morphine.  The  quotations  in  our  market  are  unchanged  at 
$4.50,  and  at  which  sales  of  cases  are  being  made.  The 
arrivals  in  Smyrna  to  April  2  amount  to  2046  cases. 

Quinine  Suxphate. — The  regular  auction  sale  of  bark  at 
Amsterdam  last  Thursday  went  off  at  an  advance,  the  unit 
being  3.25  Dutch  cents,  as  against  3.10  Dutch  cents  at  the 
previous  sale.  Seven-eighths  of  the  quantity  offered  was  sold. 
The  bark  shipments  for  March  are  small,  being  only  840,000 
pounds.  The  price  of  quinine  remains  unchanged,  but  a  bet- 
ter demand  is  being  felt.  If  the  bark  shipments  for  the  next 
few  months  are  small,  the  price  of  quinine  is  likely  to  advance. 

NOBWEGIAN  Cod  Liveb  Oil. — Cables  to  March  29  in  regard 
to  the  fishing  are  as  follows:  In  Lofoten,  12,000,0<10  fish, 
yielding  12,520  barrels  of  oil ;  in  other  districts,  27,000,000 
fish,  yielding  27.000  barrels  of  oil.  The  figures  for  the  year 
1908  to  same  date  are  :  In  Lofoten,  9,700.000  fish,  yielding 
13,300  barrels  of  oil;  in  all  other  districts,  25,800,000  fish, 
yielding  32,.500  barrels  of  oil.  The  total  output  is  5500  bar- 
rels less  than  last  year,  which  has  caused  the  price  to  advance 
from  the  lower  figures  prevailing  earlier  in  the  season.  There 
is  a  good  demand  in  the  local  market  and  prices  are  being 
firmly  maintained. 

Tonka  Beans. — Owing  to  very  light  stocks,  the  Angostura 
variety  has  advanced  sharply  to  .$1.60@$1.75  per  pound.  Para 
are  unchanged  and  are  held  at  40@.50c.  per  pound.  The  new 
crop  of  Angostura  will  not  be  in  the  market  for  several  months 
and  in  the  meantime  prices  are  not  likely  to  decline  but  may 
further  advance. 

Jalap  Root. — This  article  is  very  scarce  and  with  a  good 
demand  prices  have  advanced  to  50@55c.  per  pound  for  whole 
and  57@62c.  for  powdered. 

Coumaein. — Quotations  have  been  advanced  and  prices  are 
very  firm.  $3.30@$3.55  are  the  quotations,  according  to  size 
of  order,  the  inside  figure  being  for  200  pound  lots  and  the 
higher  price  for  quantities  less  than  25  pounds. 

Ctjeacao  Aloes. — There  is  a  fairly  good  demand  with  sales 
reported  at  6?4e.  in  large  quantities.  The  market  lacks 
strength  and  it  is  said  dealers  are  inclined  to  give  concessions. 

Essential  Oils. — The  market  is  generally  quiet  but  steady, 
anise  being  firmer  in  tone  with  some  sellers  asking  $1.25  in 
large  quantities,  although  several  buyers  say  that  they  can  buy 
inside  of  this  price.  The  rush  of  shipments  in  anticipation 
of  a  duty  has  caused  a  scarcity  abroad,  but  the  situation  in 
the  Jocal  market  is  less  pressing. 

CiTEic  Acid. — Manufacturers  reduced  their  prices  on  citric 
acid  2c.  per  pound  last  Friday.  The  various  citrates  were 
also  reduced  in  sympathy,  the  reduction  amounting  to  Ic.  per 
pound. 

Camphob. — Japanese,  in  ounces,  is  extremely  scarce,  the 
spot  stock  being  almost  exhausted.  In  large  quantities  50c.  is 
the  ruling  quotation  for  the  limited  supply  available. 

SuNFLOWEB  Seed. — The  foreign  is  nominally  unchanged  at 
3@3i4c.  per  pound,  in  fair  sized  quantities.  There  has  been 
an  arrival  of  domestic  striped  and  cleaned  which  is  held  at 
4@4y2C. 

Quince  Seed. — There  is  a  somewhat  better  supply  and  ths 
market  is  easier  in  consequence.  The  revised  quotations 
show  a  reduction  to  85@90c.  per  pound,  according  to  quality 
and  quantity. 


Senna  Leave.s. — This  article  is  meeting  with  an  exceedingly 
good  demand  and  a  large  business  is  reported  in  both  Aleiao- ' 
dria  and  Tinnevelly  at  full  quoted  prices. 

Bucuu  Leaves. — Short  leaves  of  desirable  quality  continue 
firm  at  SI'S  32c.  per  pound,  as  to  grade  and  quantity,  and 
further  improvement  in  values  is  predicted.  Sales  in  the  local 
market  during  the  past  week  amounted  to  over  75  bales  and 
the  spot  stock  is  under  good  control. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  March  27. — Small  supplies  were  brought  forward 
at  this  week's  drug  auctions  and  the  demand  was  very  limited, 
in  fact  less  interest  than  usual  was  taken  in  the  goods  cata- 
logued. There  were,  however,  one  or  two  exceptions.  Thus  a 
good  demand  was  evinced  to  secure  the  small  offerings  of 
Buchu  Leaves  and  eight  bales  of  good  green  rounds  sold 
readily  at  lid.  to  Is.  per  pound,  while  for  mixed  leaves  6d. 
per  pound  was  paid.  Cape  Aloes  was  very  firm  and  for  good 
bright  hard  a  bid  of  32s.  6d.  was  refused,  the  broker  wanting 
33s.  per  cwt.,  but  for  another  lot  almost  as  good,  32s.  Gd.  was 
accepted,  and  for  fair  bright  hard  31s.  to  31s.  6d.  was  paid. 
Fair  liver,  slightly  dark  Curacoa  realized  42s.  6d.  per  cwt.  and 
medium  37s.  6d.,  lower  quality  selling  on  the  same  basis. 
Zanzibar  Aloes  was  bought  in. 

Ipecacuanha  was  barely  steady  and  five  bales  of  fair  plump 
Rio  sold  at  5s.  to  5s.  2d.  per  pound.  Jamaica  Honey  sold  well 
at  firm  prices.  Two  cases  of  Balsam  Tolu  sold  at  10%d.  per 
pound  (subject),  for  hard,  fair  flavor.  Coca  Leaves  and 
Oascara  Sagrada  were  neglected.  One  case  of  Camphor,  Cey- 
lon crude,  sold  at  125s.  per  cwt.  Eight  cases  of  Rhubarb  sold 
without  reserve  at  Is.  to  Is.  Id.  for  flat  small  to  bold  high 
dried.  About  200  cases  of  Tinnevelly  Senna  sold  at  steady 
rates,  the  quality  being  poor  and  prices  ranging  from  l%d. 
to  3%d.  per  pound.  Sarsaparilla  realized  steady  rates,  gray 
Jamaica,  Is.  4d.  to  Is.  5d. ;  native,  lid.  to  Is.  2d.,  and  Lima, 
Is.  to  Is.  2d.  per  pound.  Sumatra  Gum  Benzoin  was  easier, 
fair  almondy  seconds  selling  at  £6  15s.  per  cwt.  CardamomB 
were  steady.     Wax  was  dull  of  sale. 

Privately  there  is  no  improvement  in  business,  with  the  ex- 
ception that  there  has  been  a  better  demand  from  America  for 
a  few  articles  which  are  threatened  by  the  revised  tariff.  The 
most  important  price  alteration  is  a  reduction  of  20s.  per  cwt. 
in  the  price  of  Sodium  Bicarbonate  which  takes  effect  April  1. 
Citric  Acid  is  quiet  and  unchanged.  Camphor  is  dearer  and 
Is.  Sd.  per  pound  has  been  paid  for  Japanese  refined  in  one- 
ounce  tablets  and  Is.  7V2'J.  for  2iA-pound  slabs.  A  small  busi- 
ness has  been  done  in  American  Oil  of  Peppermint  at  8s.  9d. 
to  8s.  lOVod.  per  pound  for  H.G.H.,  and  6s.  IVod.  to  6s.  3d. 
for  Wayne  County  tin  oil.  Small  sales  of  good  Oil  of  Star 
Aniseed  have  been  made  at  4s.  .5d.  per  pound.  Jamaica  Ginger 
advanced  Is.  to  2s.  per  cwt.  at  the  spice  sales.  The  London 
Opium  market  is  quiet  and  prices  of  the  alkaloids  remain  un- 
changed. Balsam  Peru  is  scarce  and  wanted.  Cod  Liver  Oil 
has  not  materially  altered  since  last  week  and  the  value  is 
from  70s.  to  72s.  per  barrel,  c.  i.  f.,  for  pressed  Norwegian. 
Essence  of  Lemon  is  steady  at  late  quotations.  Second-hand 
holders  of  Santonin  are  asking  17s.  6d.  per  pound. 


No  Tax  on  Bay  Kum  When  Used  for  Toilet  Purposes. 

In  Treasury  Decision  No.  1475.  just  issued  by  John  G, 
Capers,  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue,  a  decision  is  made 
regarding  the  handling  of  bay  rum  for  toilet  purposes,  which 
is  as  follows : 

"Since,  however,  bay  rum  when  kept  and  sold  only  for  toilet 
purposes  is  not  regarded  as  distilled  spirits,  and  may  be  sold 
in  either  wholesale  or  retail  quantities  without  the  payment 
of  a  special  tax.  the  ruling  in  question  does  not  apply  to 
persons  who  are  neither  wholesale  nor  retail  liquor  dealers, 
and  who  are  handling  bay  rum  in  good  faith  for  toilet  purposes 
only,  and  such  persons  may  keep  bay  rum  in  stock  in  ni>- 
stamped  containers  of  more  than  five  gallons  and  may  reduce 
imported  bay  rum  above  proof  to  proof  without  incurring  any 
liability  under  the  internal  revenue  laws." 


First  Home  of  Big  Concern  to  Be  Apartment  House. 

Detroit,  April  3. — The  first  home  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
has  just  been  sold  for  $15,000  and  will  be  remodeled  into  an 
apartment  house. 


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Ex-Pres.  N.  Y.  State  Phar.  J 


When  additional  photographs  of  partners  and  clerks  are 
sent,  each  one  should  have  written  on  it  the  name  of  the  sub- 
scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

In  forwarding  photographs  for  the  Album,  see  that  they  are 
distinctly  addressed  as  follows: 

The  Pharjiaceuticuj  Era, 

For  Era  Album  90  WiLLIAM   St.,  New  YoRK. 


Senator  Heyburu,  in  a  eommunieation  to  the  Era, 
confirms  the  view  taken  by  us  of  his  Pure  Pood  and 
Drugs  Law  guaranty  bill  and  sends  us  a  copy  of  the 
bill  which  he  has  reintroduced  as  Senate  Bill  1461, 
showing  that  the  omission  of  a  few  words  permitted 
an  entirely  different  construction  to  be  placed  upon 
the  purpose  of  the  measure  than  he  intended.  The 
corrected  bill  is  reprinted  in  full  below  in  order  to 
correct  misapprehension  regarding  its  proposed 
effect : 

A  BILL  to  prevent  fraudulent  representations  as  to  Govern- 
ment guaranties  of  foods  and  medicines. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of 
the  United  States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled.  That  it 
shall  be  unlawful  for  any  person,  association  of  persons,  or 
corporation  to  place  any  mark,  sign,  or  insignia  upon  any  sign, 
package,  label,  covering,  or  wrapping  of  any  article  of  food  or 
medicine  stating  in  words  or  effect  THAT  THE  CONTENTS  OP 
SUCH  PACKAGE  ARE  GUARANTEED  BY  THE  GOVERN- 
MENT OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  under  the  Pure  Food  and 
Drugs  Act  ot  June  thirtieth,  nineteen  hundred  and  six,  or  are 
guaranteed  or  recommended  In  any  manner  by  the  Government 
of  the  United  States. 

Section  2.  That  any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  Act  shall  be  fined  not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or 
imprisoned  tor  not  more  than  one  year,  or  both,  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  court. 

It  will  be  seen  that,  as  the  Era  said,  the  object  of 
the  legislation  is  merely  to  prevent  unscrupulous 
manufacturers  from  declaring  that  their  products 
are  guaranteed  hy  the  Government,  or  that  they  are 
guaranteed  or  recommended  by  the  Government. 
Proper  use  o|  the  guaranty  is  not  prohibited,  nor  is 
mention  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  in  a  legiti- 
mate way  prevented. 

REVISED  ALL-STATE  BILL  A  GOOD  MEASURE. 


Out  of  all  the  turmoil  attending  the  preparation  of 
biUs  to  carry  out  Governor  Hughes '  idea  of  reorgan- 
izing the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  there 
has  come  what  is  called  the  All-State  Bill,  intro- 
duced in  the  Assembly  by  Charles  P.  Brown,  of 
Cortland.  This  bill  has  the  approval  of  the  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  and  of  the  Governor  and 
his  advisers.  A  survey  of  its  provisions  shows  that 
there  is  little,  if  anything,  to  be  desired  by  pharma- 
cists who  have  in  mind  the  welfare  of  the  profession 
and  the  safety  of  the  public. 

One  of  the  chief  perils  dreaded  in  the  reorganiza- 
tion of  the  board  was  that  of  making  it  a  political 
football,  but  this  has  been  happily  averted,  with  the 
concurrence  of  the  Governor  who  also  believes  that 
a  body  of  this  impoi'tance  to  the  public  health  should 
not  be  tainted  with  politics.  The  board  is  to  he  re- 
duced from  15  to  nine  members,  with  a  secretary 
who  is  not  a  member,  making  a  much  more  wieldy 
body  than  at  present. 

The  first  nine  members  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
Regents  of  the  University  from  the  membership  of 


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the  present  board,  thereby  in  a  way  preserving  and 
continuing  the  excellent  quality  of  its  personnel. 
Thereafter  annually  the  New  York  State  Pharnia- 
eeutieal  Association  is  required  to  send  six  names  to 
the  Board  of  Regents,  from  which  list  the  latter 
shall  appoint  three  members.  Qualifications  are  that 
the  appointees  shall  be  licensed  pharmacists  who 
have  legally  practiced  pharmacj-  in  this  State  for  at 
least  ten  years. 

SOME  NEW  FEATTJBES  OF  THE  BILL. 


As  to  expenses,  the  Legislature  is  required  to 
make  annual  appropriations,  but  pending  the  avail- 
ability of  such  appropriations  the  collections  by 
fees,  fines,  etc.,  may  be  expended  for  legitimate  ex- 
penses, therebj'  legalizing  the  present  system,  the 
continuance  of  which  will  greatly  aid  the  board  in 
enforcing  the  law. 

A  new  feature  is  an  examination  for  apprentice's 
certificates  open  to  applicants  more  than  15  years  of 
age.    The  fee  required  will  be  only  $1. 

Another  new  provision  is  the  recognition  of  the 
certificates  of  other  boards  of  pharmacy,  the  limita- 
tion being  the  natural  one  of  requiring  that  the 
standards  of  such  boards  shall  not  be  inferior  to 
those  of  New  York  State  and  providing  for  a  fee 
of  $25. 

In  the  matter  of  examinations  it  is  provided  that 
the  practical  examinations  shall  be  conducted  by  the 
members  of  the  board,  who  are  technically  desig- 
nated as  examiners,  while  the  written  examinations 
shall  be  conducted  by  the  regents. 

Pure  drug  legislation,  embodying  the  provisions 
of  the  Whitney-Wainwright  Act,  which  failed  to  be- 
come a  law  last  year  through  lack  of  executive  ap- 
proval, is  included  and  if  the  bill  is  passed  will  un- 
doubtedlj'  receive  the  Governor's  approval,  as  it  is 
imderstood  that  his  previous  objections  were  not  to 
the  chief  aims  sought  in  the  act.  but  rather  to  the 
means  of  enforcing  it.  In  a  word  his  objection  was 
that  the  act  gave  too  much  power  to  a  body  not  a 
direct  part  of  the  State  government.  The  All-State 
Bill  eliminates  this  reason. 

Pharmacists  who  have  read  the  bill  have  said  that 
it  is  an  excellent  measure  and  in  its  present  shape 
its  passage  would  tend  to  elevate  the  educational  and 
professional  aspect  of  pharmacy  in  the  State. 

OWNERS  OF  MORE  THAN  ONE  DRUG  STORE. 


An  esteemed  correspondent  of  the  Era  raises  an 
interesting    question    in    the    connnunication    which 
follows : 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Here  is  an  idea  for  the  progressive  Era  to  fulfill :  Ascertaiu 
who  are  the  druggists  in  each  of  the  States  in  the  United  States 
owning  three  retail  stores  or  more? 

The  answers  will  tend  to  show  how  far  the  co-operative  idea, 
as  worked  out  in  this  way,  has  been  taken  advantage  of  by  retail 
druggists  and  would  afford  interesting  comparisons  of  the 
progress  made  in  the  drug  trade  in  the  Northern,  Southern  and 
Pacific  States.  E.  P.  H. 

The  suggestion  is  a  good  one,  but  its  scope  might 
weU  be  extended  to  include  retail  druggists  who 
own  and  operate  more  than  one  store  in  the  various 
States  of  the  Union.  The  expansion  of  the  business 
of  retail  druggists  in  this  way  is  one  form  of  co- 


operation, of  which  there  are  several.  A  retail  drug- 
gist with  a  number  of  stores  is  enabled  to  make 
larger  purchases  and  at  better  terms  than  would 
several  druggists  each  operating  the  same  stores 
separately,  but  leaving  that  aside  the  question  is 
worth  seeking  an  answer :  How  manj'  druggists  in 
various  sections  operate  more  than  one  store?  Of 
these,  how  manj-  stores  does  each  conduct  ?  The  Era 
will  be  pleased  to  receive  answers  from  any  of  its 
readers  who  may  be  interested. 

TARIFF  BILL  IN  THE  SENATE. 


As  expected  the  Senate  has  made  numerous 
changes  in  the  Payne  Tariff  Bill  as  passed  by  the 
House  at  Washington.  In  the  chemical  and  drug 
schedule  the  bill  as  reported  h\  the  finance  commit- 
tee makes  cjuite  a  number  of  reductions  and  the  en- 
tire measure  is  more  in  line  with  taxing  luxuries 
higher  and  necessities  lower  than  was  the  schedule 
passed  by  the  House.  Coal  tars,  dyes  and  colors,  for 
instance,  are  reduced  from  35  to  30  per  cent  ad 
valorem  and  a  number  of  articles  are  placed  on  the 
free  list.  Perfumery  is  increased  from  20  per  cent 
to  25  per  cent  ad  valorem.  The  revision  is  by  no 
means  finished  and  further  amendments  are  due  to 
be  made  in  the  Senate  before  the  bill  is  passed  and 
sent  back  to  the  House. 

The  Senate  finance  committee  declares  that  its 
present  draft  will  furnish  ample  revenue  without  im- 
posing an  inheritance  tax  and  that  provision  of  the 
Payne  Bill  is  eliminated.  In  this  situation  there 
does  not  seem  to  be  any  occasion  for  reviving  the 
war  stamp  tax  on  medicinal  preparations,  bank 
checks,  etc.,  which  has  been  feared  in  some  quarters. 

PATENT  PROVISION  SHOULD  BE  RESTORED. 


Druggists  and  others  interested  should  lose  no 
time  in  appealing  to  the  Senate  to  restore  section  41 
of  the  PajTie  Tariff  Bill  which  provides  for  the  recip- 
rocal treatment  of  patentees,  as  between  Americans 
and  foreigners.  The  section,  as  heretofore  noted  in 
the  Era,  was  stricken  out  in  the  House,  but  the 
reasons  given  do  not  appear  to  have  been  adequate. 

Letters  should  be  sent  bj*  the  druggists  of  the  sev- 
eral States  to  their  United  States  Senators  at  Wash- 
ington urging  them  to  use  their  influence  to  have 
the  provision  restored.  If  any  doubt  exists  as  to  its 
legality,  tell  the  Senators  that  the  courts  can  decide 
the  question  if  anybody  ever  raises  it.  The  section 
is  based  on  the  principle  of  fair  play  and  no  foreign 
nation  can  object  to  it  with  any  degree  of  decency. 

Seeing  ourselves  as  others  see  us  through  uncolored  glasses 
and  without  prejudice  is  the  picture  given  by  the  editor  of  the 
Cedar  Rapids  Gazette  in  connection  with  the  recent  defeat  of 
legislation  that  was  sought  to  divorce  the  retail  drug  trade  in 
Iowa  from  the  liquor  traffic.  Druggists  everywhere  will  find 
the  article  worth  reading  on  general  principles,  aside  from  its 
local  informative  value,  so  it  is  reprinted  on  page  34S  of  this 
issue  of  the  Eba. 


Value  of  organization  was  strikingly  exemplified  recently  in 
the  case  of  Druggist  Movitt  who  succeeded  in  fighting  off  a 
blackmailing  suit  through  the  active  support  of  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists'  Association.  As  usual  in  such  cases  a  small 
boy  was  the  purchaser  and  the  claim  was  made  that  he  was 
given   something   he   did   not   ask   for.   the   plaintiff  contending 


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that  "bitter  salts"    (the  German  name  for  epsom  salts)    was 
I        ordered,   whereas   the   druggist    maintained   that  saltpeter   was 
!        called  for  and  dispensed.     The  suii  dragged  along  for  months 
and  the  defendant  would  have  ben  forced  to  settle,  or  go  to 
'       considerable  expense  but  for  the  timely  and  active  efforts  of 
the  association,  whereby  he  won  a  verdict  of  no  cause  of  action. 
The  C.R.D.A.  has  a  way  of  giving  practical  help  to  its  mem- 
bers that  is  pleasant  to  behold. 

That  Great  Britain  needs  a  new  Poisons  Law  is  quite 
evident  from  the  statistics  showing  9.557  deaths  from  the 
I  accidental  and  unauthorized  administration  of  poisons  in  the 
last  decade.  One  thousand  deaths  a  year  in  England  and 
Wales  is  certainly  an  awful  toll  to  pay  for  carelessness  and 
perverseness  made  possible  by  inadequate  poison  laws. 


"I  left  the  Oklahoma  country  and  went  to  Alaska.  For 
seven  years  I  lived  in  the  interior  of  that  country,  most  of  the 
time  on  the  Yukon  River  and  its  tributary,  the  Tanana.  I 
pursued  various  lines  of  work  there,  prospecting,  wood-cutting 
and  fur  buying.  About  eighteen  months  ago  I  returned  to 
Oklahoma,  found  it  settled  by  farmers,  and  found  a  town  here 
which  was  not  in  existence  when  I  left,  bought  the  drug  busi- 
ness which  had  been  established  by  Dr.  W.  H.  Langston  and 
called  it  the  Savage  Drug  Company.  I  am  married  and  have 
one  son.  three  years  old,  who  was  born  at  Fairbanks, 
Alaska." 


"Old  Hunks  is  too  mean  to  live.'' 

"Oh.  I  don't  know.     If  he  thought  he  could  spite  more  peo- 
ple by  dying,  he'd  die." 


One  by  one  old  landmarks  disappear.  Now  the  British 
"chemist"  is  doomed,  according  to  our  London  correspondent, 
for  hereafter  as  applied  to  private  chemists  and  druggists  the 
old  designation  will  be  replaced  with  the  more  modern  and 
comprehensive  title  of  pharmacist. 


Lyman  H.  Savage,  of  Guymon,  will  go  down  into  history 
as  one  of  the  pioneer  druggists  of  Oklahoma,  whither  he  went 
in  the  summer  of  1SS4.  locating  at  what  was  then  Benton. 
At  one  time  it  attained  a  population  of  something  like  300 
inhabitants,  but  now  there  is  not  a  trace 
of  the  town  left,  and  none  except  the  old- 
timers  remember  much  about  the  place. 

It  was  here  that  Mr.  Savage  believes 
the  first  drug  store  in  Oklahoma  bad  its 
institution.  He  then  knew  of  none  oper- 
ating in  the  Territory.  He  was  but  17 
years  of  age  at  the  time  and  was  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  an  elderly  gentle- 
man, since  deceased.  Mr.  Savage  is 
modest  in  referring  to  his  adventures  in 
the  pioneer  line,  but  recentl.v  was  per- 
suaded to  tell  this  much  to  the  Era  : 

"About  18S4  my  father,  John  W.  Sav- 
age, and  myself  came  West  from  .  Cook 
Cotuity,  111.,  he  locating  at  Englewood, 
Kan.,  while  I  came  on  down  into  what 
was  then  called  No  Man's  Land  (Neu- 
tral Strip),  Public  Land  Strip  and  other 
names.  At  that  time  there  was  no  law 
over  it  as  it  belonged  to  no  judicial  dis- 
trict, but  when  Oklahoma  was  opened  for 
settlement  in  1889  by  Special  Act  of 
Congress  it  was  attached  to  Oklahoma 
for  special  judicial  purposes.  I  am  not 
sure,  but  I  think  it  was  in  the  fall  of 
1884.  B.  0.  Fowler,  formerly  of  Green- 
burg.  Ind..  a  man  of  60  years,  and  myself 
started  a  little  drug  store  out  on  the  prai- 
rie on  the  bank  of  the  Beaver  River.  Our 
house  was  made  of  sod  and  covered  with 
lumber  and  poles  and  dirt  on  top  of  that. 

Our  floor  was   made  of  slabs  of  rock  we  quarried   ourselves 
from  the  hills  near  there. 

"We  put  in  a  very  nice  stock  of  drugs  and,  considering  the 
sparsely  settled  condition  of  the  country  (being  nearly  all 
cowboys  and  cattlemen  then),  we  did  a  nice  business  from  the 
start.  We  cooked  our  own  meals  in  the  rear  of  the  store. 
There  are  many  queer  things  connected  with  this  little  State, 
one  of  which  I  will  mention.  In  the  spring  of  1886  we  found 
the  remains  of  a  man  under  the  bank  of  the  river.  His  body 
had  been  placed  just  under  the  edge  of  the  bank  and  the  dirt 
pushed  over  him,  but  the  water  had  washed  away  some  of  the 
dirt  and  left  part  of  the  remains  exposed.  We  held  sort  of 
an  inquest  and  found  nothing  in  the  man's  pockets  except  a 
few  watermelon  seed.  There  was  a  bullet  hole  in  the  back 
of  his  skull  and  his  hat  was  powder-burned.  We  buried  the 
remains,  except  the  skull,  and  that  we  placed  on  the  top  shelf 
oE  the  store,  and  there  it  remained  for  years.  We  never 
learned  the  identity  of  the  man. 

"A  number  of  vigilante  trials  were  held  at  our  store  and 
some  very  serious  things  occurred  several  years  later.  I  sev- 
ered my  connection  with  the  store,  but  Mr.  Fowler  remained 
there  until  the  roof  fell  in.  After  he  reached  the  age  of 
probably  70  years  he  was  stricken  with  paralysis  and  event- 
ually died  in  the  Soldiers'  Home  in  Kansas.  Mr.  Fowler  and 
myself  remained  close  friends  until  his  death  in  1899. 


The  word  "kerosene"  seems  to  have  been  first  used  in  the 
United  States  Patent  Xo.  12.612.  of  March  27.  1855.  granted 
to  Abraham  Gesner,  of  Williamsburg.  N.  Y.,  and  assigned  to 
the  North  American  Kerosene  Gas  Light  Company,  says  the 
ffrientific  American.  In  the  preamble  to  his  specification 
(Jesner  states  that  he  has  "invented  and  discovered  a  new  and 
useful  manufacture  or  composition  of 
matter,  being  a  new  liquid  hydrocarbon 
which  I  denominate  'kerosene.'  "  So  far 
as  we  are  aware,  and  so  far  as  the  Patent 
Ofliee  examiners  are  aware,  this  is  the 
first  instance  in  which  the  word  "kero- 
sene" was  suggested  as  a  trade  mark  or 
a  name  for  what  was  then  generall.v 
called  "rock  oil." 


LYMAN  H. 
of  Guymon. 


"The  uncared  for  human  mouth,"  said 
Dr.  Samuel  A.  Hopkins  at  the  Harvard 
.Medical  College,  according  to  the  Boston 
Herald,  "is  the  prize  bacterial  garden  of 
the  world,  and  all  the  conditions  are  there 
present  for  raising  a  banner  crop.  Upon 
the  condition  of  the  mouth,"  he  continued, 
"depends  the  proper  nutrition  of  the  body. 
If  the  teeth  are  decayed  or  so  sensitive 
through  decay  that  one  shrinks  from 
proper  mastication  the  person  who  has 
neglected  them  will  not  be  properly  nour- 
ished. Diseases  of  the  ear  and  e.ves,  as 
well  as  all  kinds  of  neurological  diseases 
— in  some  cases  even  tonsilitis — depend 
on  the  condition  of  the  teeth.  At  the 
Brookline  Grammar  School  cases  of 
mental  deficiency  have  been  traced  to  de- 
fects of  hearing,  vision  or  of  the  teeth, 
and  the  children  are  now  taught  to  take 
care  of  their  teeth. 

"Germany  has  established  infirmaries 
for  the  care  of  children  in  its  public  schools,  and  they  have 
shown :  First,  that  the  time  expended  in  putting  teeth  in 
order  is  far  less  than  that  lost  through  toothache  and  diseased 
teeth ;  second,  that  the  cost  of  keeping  teeth  in  order  is  more 
than  compensated  for  b.v  the  general  health  of  the  children ; 
and  third,  that  the  children  became  physically  stronger,  se- 
cured a  higher  average  of  results  in  study  and  were  un- 
doubtedl.y  happier." 

Dr.  Hopkins  showed  how  the  teeth  could  be  cared  for.  "Five 
minutes  spent  every  day  on  them."  said  he,  "will  keep  the 
teeth  in  good  condition.  They  should  be  brushed  after  meals, 
but  especially  at  bedtime.  The  food  should  be  well  masticated, 
and  the  mental  attitude  should  be  cheerful,  without  irritation, 
during  the  meal.  Proper  mastication  prevents  overeating  and 
leads  to  simple  diet." 


The  people  in  Siberia  buy  their  milk  frozen,  and  for  con- 
venience it  is  allowed  to  freeze  about  a  stick,  which  forms  a 
handle  to  carry  it  by.  says  the  Bakers'  Weekhj.  The  milkman 
leaves  one  chunk  or  two.  as  the  case  may  be.  at  the  houses  of 
his  customers.  The  children  in  Irkutsk  instead  of  crying  for  a 
drink  of  milk  cry  for  a  bite  of  milk.  The  people  in  winter 
time  do  not  say  "Be  careful  not  to  spill  the  milk."  but  "Be 
careful  not  to  break  the  milk."  Broken  milk  is  better  than 
spilled  milk,  though,  because  there  is  an  opportunity  to  save 


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the  pieces.  A  quai't  of  frozen  milk  on  a  stick  is  a  very  for- 
midable weapon  in  the  hand  of  an  angry  man  or  boy,  as  it  is 
possible  to  knock  a  person  down  with  it.  Irkutsk  people  bang 
their  milk  on  hooks,  instead  of  putting  it  in  pans,  though  of 
course  when  warm  spring  weather  comes  pans  or  pails  must 
be  used,  as  the  milk  begins  to  melt. 


She'll   marry   me   some   day   I   know, 
Although  she  vows  that  she  won't. 

For  when  1  was  asked  to  sing  tonight 
She  whispered,  "For  my  sake — don't." 

— Trenton  Times. 


American  medical  colleges  may  grind  faster  in  future  and. 
from  the  rawest  material,  turn  out  the  finished  product,  doctors 
of  medicine,  in  4100  hours  precisely.  It  is  not  worth  wliile 
reckoning  the  odd  minutes  and  seconds.  Dr.  Arthur  Dean 
Bevan,  professor  of  surgery  at  Rush  Medical  College,  Chicago, 
announced  recently  that  the  council  on  medical  education  of 
the  American  Medical  Association,  in  session  there,  will  recom- 
mend to  the  National  association  that  the  course  of  medical 
study  be  cut  to  4100  hours,  from  the  curriculum  of  5000  to 
6000  hours  in  vogue  at  most  colleges. 

Four  thousand  one  hundred  hours  is  about  six  months,  but. 
of  course,  the  time  during  which  lectures  are  delivered  will  be 
distributed  over  two  or  three  terms  of  college. 


It  takes  a  smart  druggist  to  make  a  fool  customer  believe 
that   he,   the   fool   customer,    is   smart. 


"The  last  flat  I  was  in,"  said  Mrs.  Mover,  according  to  the 
Pioneer  Press,  "was  equipped  with  an  automatic  button  which 
lit  the  gas  in  the  country  visitors'  room  after  they  had  blown 
it  out,  a  talking  machine  which  swore  at  the  janitor  when  the 
temperature  dropped  below  35  degrees,  and  a  bell  and  a  mirror 
which  registered  and  displayed  the  husband  of  the  lady  across 
the  hall  when  he  came  in  at  3  o'clock  in  the  morning  singing 
Bohemian  folk  songs  backward." 

"That's  nothing,"  replied  the  real  estate  agent.  "Every 
apartment  in  the  Half  Swelle  is  provided  with  a  sound  magni- 
fying apparatus,  enabling  you  to  hear  Mrs.  Plane  in  No.  29 
confront  her  husband  with  his  waning  love ;  with  an  iron 
garrote  concealed  in  the  front  door  and  which  seizes  collectors, 
canvassers,  policemen  and  assessors  by  the  neck,  slowly  chok- 
ing them  to  death  while  you  air  your  opinions ;  with  a  built- 
into-the-wall  kitchen  cabinet,  which  may  be  converted  into  a 
Carnegie  library,  a  piano  player,  a  folding  bed,  a  billiard  table, 
a  princess  dresser  and  a  Scandinavian  cook  who  was  kidnapped 
from  Stockholm  in  infancy  and  is  guaranteed  never  to  leave 
the  apartment  until  the  30th  of  February  or  the  crack  of 
doom." 


The  way  to  hear  money  talk  is  to  keep  quiet  and  hustle  on 
your  own  account. 


A  number  of  Indianapolis  schoolboys  with  a  number  of 
schoolgirls  as  their  aiders  and  abettors,  were  having  great  fun 
on  April  1  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  Benjamin  Harrison  pub- 
lic school.  They  had  secreted  themselves  behind  a  tight  board 
fence  and  had  placed  a  plump  poeketbook  very  temptingly  on 
the  sidewalk.  Of  course  there  was  a  drawback  attached  to  this 
prize  in  the  shape  of  a  string.  One  citizen  after  another  looked 
at  the  fat  poeketbook  and  remembering  the  day  each  shook 
his  head,  smiled,  and  wisely  passed  on. 

The  boys  and  girls  were  beginning  to  get  discouraged  when 
a  North  Delaware  street  druggist  came  along.  They  all  knew 
him,  they  had  bought  candy,  picture  postals  and  all  kinds  of 
things  at  his  store.  The  pleasure  of  fooling  this  "wise  guy," 
as  the  boys  irreverently  termed  him,  would  just  be  "immense," 
and  as  he  approached  the  bait  the  little  group  behind  the  fence 
was  in  a  titter  of  anticipation. 

He  came  nearer  and  nearer.  It  was  hard  to  keep  back  the 
laughter,  but  they  did.  Suddenly  he  stopped,  put  his  foot  on 
the  string  and  lifted  the  book.  There  was  yet  a  chance  to 
laugh.    They  would  wait  and  see  him  open  the  book. 

Now  it  so  happens  that  this  druggist  is  an  amateur  sleight- 
of-hand  man  and  quite  skillful.  He  opened  the  book.  To  the 
amazement  and  wonder  of  the  waiting  April-foolers  he  began 
to  take  from  that  book,  not  the  brown  paper  with  which  they 
had  stuffed  it,  but  money,  real  money !  One  bill  after  another 
came  from  its  magic  recesses  and  then  he  began  to  take  out 


silver  half-dollars  and  quarters  until  it  seemed  incredible  to  thp 
youngsters  that  there  really  should  be  so  much  money  in  the 
world.  And  how  could  they  have  overlooked  it ! 

After  emptying  the  poeketbook  of  this  great  store  of  wealth 
and   replacing  the  brown   paper,  he  dropped  the  book  to  the 
sidewalk  and  passed  on,  leaving  that  saddened  group  behind   '■ 
the  fence  vainly  trj'ing  lo  solve  the  deep  mystery. 


The   man   who  never  failed  at  anything  has  few  successes 
to   boast   of. 


Manufacturers  are  watching  with  interest  the  work  of  ex- 
perimentation in  the  engineering  department  at  the  University 
of  Wisconsin  in  regard  to  spruce  turpentine.  Efforts  are 
being  made  to  ascertain  whether  or  not  the  oil,  which  is  a  by- 
product of  pulp  manufacture,  can  be  used  to  advantage  as  a 
denaturing  agent  of  alcohol  in  its  various  applications  and  a 
fuel  for  internal  combustion  engines.  The  work  is  under  the 
charge  of  Prof.  W.  W.  Richter.  Samples  of  both  the  crude 
form  of  the  oil  and  the  rectified  were  obtained  from  a  paper 
plant  for  the  purpose  and  tests  made  in  the  chemistry  labora- 
tory show  that  85  per  cent  of  the  oil  is  not  turpentine  at  all, 
but  eymol,  a  substance  closely  related  to  the  benzol  used  in 
Germany  with  alcohol  to  overcome  the  disadvantages  of  the 
thermal  difference  between  alcohol  and  oil  as  a  fuel. 


"I  don't  see  where  all  those  people  get  their  money." 
"Visit  the  poor  and  you'll  know." 


It  is  doubtful  if  trade  will  ever  be  rid  of  the  dishonorable 
fellow,  for  the  makers  of  business  continually  change  and  the 
evil  is  always  present  and  mars  natural  tendency.  Wherever 
there  is  an  open  field,  unhampered  by  the  rules  and  regula- 
tions enforced  by  incorporated  commercial  bodies,  men  will 
practice  tricks  of  trade. — American  Grocer. 


NOTICE 


We  are  now  revising  the  Era  Price 
List  for  tlie  1909  edition  and  will 
thank  the  users  of  this  List  to  advise  us  of  any 
errors  or  omissions  which  they  may  have  noticed 
in  the  last  edition. 

Address,  ERA  PRICE  LIST, 

90  William  St.,  NEW  YORK 


"I'd  like  to  have  you  call  on  me,"  said  the  hearth  rug. 
"All   right,"   responded   the   mantel   clock.     "I'll   run   down 
next  Saturday." 


Sometimes  we  meet  a  man  who  says :  "Oh,  I  never  take 
the  time  to  read  trade  papers.  I  am  too  busy  looking  after  my 
own  business."  Such  a  man  does  not  wisely  look  after  his 
own  business.  He  is  neglecting  one  of  the  most  important 
needs  in  business,  his  purchasing. 

The  last  thirty  years  trade  papers  have  become  a  great 
factor  in  industrial  and  commercial  life,  and  one  of  their 
greatest  values  is  the  information  they  give  the  buyer  regard- 
ing what  and  where  to  buy. 

It  pays  to  know  where  to  buy.  By  keeping  posted  the 
shrewd  buyer  can  always  balance  the  proposition  of  competing 
sellers  and  is  in  the  position  of  being  able  to  nail  down  mis- 
statements or  unfair  arguments  of  salesmen  who  are  seeking 
his  order. 

The  limitations  of  space,  however,  prevent  the  advertiser 
telling  the  buyer  as  much  as  he  is  willing  to  or  as  much  as 
it  pays  the  buyer  to  know.  Hence  it  has  been  accepted 
wherever  trade  papers  are  read,  that  the  buyer  is  at  liberty 
to  ask  for  further  particulars  regarding  any  line  advertised 
and  the  advertiser  has  learned  the  wisdom  or  granting  such 
requests  in  the  most  liberal  spirit. 

It  pays  to  sit  down  after  every  paper  comes  in  that  is 
devoted  especially  to  your  work,  to  look  through  the  adver- 
tisements and  write  for  full  information  regarding  every  ap- 
pliance or  article  you  feel  you  should  know  more  about  than 
you  do  today. — Canadian  Manufacturer. 


A  French  professor,  sent  by  his  government  to  study  cancer 
in  Uruguay  and  the  Argentine  Republic,  has  returned  from 
Buenos  Ayres,  says  the  Herald.  He  said  he  was  surprised  at 
the  great  number  of  cases  o£  cancer  in  the  digestive  organs 
and  believes  that  certain  fishes  propagate  the  ger'ns  of  the 
disease. 


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The  Other  Side  of  the  Street. 


'By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Madam  hurried  breathlessly  into 
thp  store. 

"Do  you  know,"  she  announced. 
"I  have  made  a  discovery !" 

The  Apothecary  looked  up  with  a 
mild  expression  of  interest. 

"Something  rediscovered  or  just 
found'.'"  he  inquired,  glancing  long- 
ingl.v  back  at  his  beloved  weekly 
trade  magazine. 

"Just  found,  for  the  first  and  only 
time,  and  that  within  the  last  half- 
hour,  and  I  sincerely  believe  the 
aforesaid  discovery  will  make  for 
greater  prosperity." 

"Good,"  the  Apothecary  ejaciiiat- 
ed,  as  he  inserted  a  blotter  to  mark 
his  place,  laid  down  his  magazine 
and  sat  back  to  listen, 
"Vou  kiiow,"  Madam  explained,  "I  had  occasion  to  go  down 
on  Dawson  street  this  morning,  and  on  my  way  back  I  came 
up  Pierce  avenue,  and  down  the  other  side  of  the  street.  Posi- 
tively I  hardly  knew  the  place  from  that  direction.  It  looks 
altogether  different  both  from  the  avenue,  and  from  across  the 
way. 

"We  have  been  so  enthusiastic  over  our  new  fixtures,  the 
canopy  we  have  added  to  the  fountain,  and  our  special  adver- 
tising that  we  have  forgotten  all  about  outward  appearances. 
When  we  look  at  a  familiar  object  close  at  hand,  it  does  not 
stand  out  in  all  its  imperfections  and  ugliness  of  outline  as  it 
does  when  we  view  it  from  a  distance  and  observe  its  relation 
to  surrounding  objects.  I  discovered,  for  one  thing,  as  I  looked 
at  our  place  from  a  distance,  that  it  is  not  particularly  at- 
tractive.    The  entire  block  lacks  a  general  air  of  prosperity, 

"This  struck  me  with  such  surprising  force  that  I  followed 
right  on  down  the  street,  then  1  went  around  through  Cross 
street,  up  the  other  way  and  back  through  Park  road.  You 
know  our  best  paying  class  of  custom  comes  from  those  and 
the  adjoiuing  streets. 

"As  I  passed  the  Beacon  Apartment  House  a  family  was 
moving  in,  and  I  determined  to  assume  that  I  was  the  new 
woman  resident,  taking  a  leisurely  walk  about,  gathering  im- 
pressions of  the  vicinity  and  deciding  whether  I  shotild  do  my 
household  buying  up  this  way  or  farther  downtown." 
"And  what  was  your  decision?"  the  Apothecary  interrogated. 
"Guess,"  Madam  demanded. 

"Why.  you  decided  to  trade  in  this  locality,  of  course ; 
otherwise  how  would  our  fortunes  be  improved." 

"Wrong,"  Madam  declared.  "I  decided  to  go  the  other  way 
by  all  means." 

"If  that  is  your  discovery,  I  cannot  see  that  it  is  a  very 
cheerful  one,"  the  Apothecary  remarked  in  an  aggrieved  tone. 

Madam  laughed.  "But  that  only  led,  or  rather  forced  me  to 
the  real  discovery.  Stop — Look — Listen.  If  we  expect  to 
attract  people  to  us,  we  must  make,  not  only  our  building  at- 
tractive from  the  other  side  of  the  street,  but  we  must  make 
the  entire  neighborhood  attractive  as  well." 

"But  we  do  not  own  the  building,  nor  even  the  neighbor- 
hood," her  companion  objected. 

"No,  but  fortunately  our  voice  carries  as  much  weight  as 
that  of  any  one  else.  If  every  business  man  in  this  street 
would  approach  his  location  from  an  unaccustomed  direction, 
and  adopt  the  critical  attitude  of  an  uninterested  party  seeking 
a  place  where  the  outward  signs  indicated  good  service  inside, 
it  would  result  in  many  much-needed  local  improvements. 

"Our  own  building  stands  up  tall  and  forbidding,  painted 
in  the  most  pessimistic  shade  of  grey-brown.  It  should  be 
against  the  law  to  use  that  colored  paint  on  big  buildings.  It 
certainly  has  a  depressing  effect  on  people  and  things,  when 
such  a  mass  of  it  bulks  dismally  up  before  one.  The  paint,  I 
noticed  for  the  first  time,  was  peeling  off  in  patches — it  was 
canary-colored  before,  you  remember — and  from  the  avenue  or 
the  Park  road  it  gives  the  whole  place  a  sickly,  jaundiced, 
eruptive  appearance. 
"The  complexion  of  things   must  be  changed,  if  we  are  to 


expect  Prosperity  to  come  forward  and  plant  the  kiss  of 
approval  upon  our  noble  brows.  We  are  paying  a  good  rent 
and  there  are  five  other  stores  in  this  block,  not  to  mention 
over  twent.y  offices  above.  Tomorrow  I  shall,  with  your  ap- 
proval, circulate  a  courteously  worded  petition  to  the  landlord, 
among  these  reut  payers,  to  have  this  building  painted  and 
otherwise  improved.  Our  reputations  and  our  ability  to  pay 
the  rent  depend  in  a  great  measttre  upon  a  prosperous  exte- 
rior, and  we'll  tell  his  lordship  so.  Maybe  the  leopard  cannot 
change  his  spots,  but  we'll  do  our  best  to  change  ours. 

"Then  I  counted  uo  less  than  four  awnings  which  were  new 
last  summer,  and  that  had  remained  on  the  frames  all  winter, 
growing  rotten  and  weatherbeaten.  Those  awnings  were  not 
exactly  given  away  either.  This  coming  summer  we  shall  be 
protected  from  old  Sol's  rays  by  a  faded,  frayed-edged  affair 
that  will  doubtless  go  in  holes  before  the  season  is  over — 
serve  us  right,  too. 

"From  those  opposite  viewpoints  our  sign  is  positivel.v  funny. 
Instead  of  two  twenty  or  thirty  foot  signs  across  the  end  and 
front  of  our  place  of  business  there  is  one  absurd  little  bobbed- 
off  signlet  over  the  door,  so  dingy  that  one  would  have  to  put 
on  spectacles  to  read  it  ten  feet  away. 

"What,  they  cost  so  much  a  running  foot?  All  the  better 
then  they  could  be  made  exactly  to  suit  any  space.  It  is  as 
cheap  and  satisfactory  advertising  as  one  could  have." 

"How  did  the  new  window  trim  show  up?"  the  Apothecary 
inquired. 

"On  the  whole  the  effect  was  excellent,  but  viewed  from 
across  the  way,  the  window  looked  a  trifle  out  of  proportion 
and  bald.  The  plate  glass  extends  so  far  up  that  the  entire 
window  depth  is  too  much.  This  is,  on  the  whole,  a  good  fault, 
for  when  the  awning  is  dropped  it  still  leaves  plenty  of  window 
in  view," 

"There  are  many  ways  of  remedying  that,"  the  Apothecary 
suggested.  "The  Corner  Clothing  Company  has  placed  a  row 
of  carved  oak  window  panels  across  the  top  of  its  front  win- 
dow, but  the  effect  is  a  trifle  top-heavy.  I  noticed  another 
concern  the  other  day  that  had  lowered  its  window  height  by 
a  couple  of  rows  of  lightly  latticed  framework,  in  which  was 
set  plain,  oiled  paper,  so  one  of  the  clerks  told  me.  It  gave  a 
soft,  creamy  tone  which  harmonized  with  anything  put  in  the 
window." 

"Then  there  comes  ready  prepared  a  transparent  paper," 
Madam  added,  "which  may  be  applied  to  the  inside  of  the 
glass.  It  is  made  in  varied  designs  and  colors,  and  is  an  ex- 
cellent imitation  of  stained  glass.    The  cost,  too,  is  trifling." 

"What  else  did  you  discover?"  the  Apothecary  queried. 
"How  did  our  frontage  generally  compare  with  those  about 
us?' 

"Fairly  well,  no  better  and  no  worse,  except  for  the  new 
block  on  the  other  side  of  the  street,  that  puts  us  all  in  the 
shade.  One  thing  I  did  notice,  however,  was  that  the  roadway 
about  here  was  distinctl.v  untid.v.  Papers  were  flying  about, 
and  unnecessary  litter  reposed  in  the  gutter.  As  long  as  the 
■business  men  of  the  street  have  formed  a  'League  for  the 
Improvement  of  Local  Conditions,'  this  evident  lack  of  care 
can  readily  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  the  street  commis- 
sioners. Nothing  detracts  more  from  the  appearance  of  a 
locality  than  dirty,  untidy  streets, 

"Then,  too,  the  matter  of  lighting  ought  to  be  looked  after, 
as  more  light  is  sorely  needed,  and  that  could  be  best  attended 
to  by  the  League,  as  the  City  Department  would  give  more 
heed  to  the  request  of  a  bod.v  of  men  than  of  an  individual. 

"Another  thing  which  spoils  the  general  appearance  is  the 
variety  of  pavement.  Some  places  it  is  cement,  others  flag- 
stone unevenly  sunk  or  worn,  and  again  little  better  than  a 
cinder  track,  which  is  hard  to  walk  upon  and  disastrous  to 
light  clothing  in  damp  weather.  With  due  attention  to  this, 
uniformity  ought  in  time  to  be  gained  and  this  part  of  the 
town  be  as  easy  to  walk  along  or  wheel  a  baby  carriage  on  as 
the  finest  boulevard.  All  these  things  have  a  distinct  effect 
upon  business,  and  the  very  fact  that  the  League  has  been 
formed  shows  that  the  men  are  alive  to  the  infiuence  of  local 
conditions  upon  trade,  that  in  union  there  is  strength,  and  that 
if  they  do  not  take  an  interest  in  local  improvement,  others 
cannot  be  expected  to.  Besides,  in  this  as  in  everything  else, 
those  who  go  after  the  political  favors  usually  are  served  be- 
fore those  who  do  not." 

"There  is  a  business  meeting  of  the  League  tonight,"  the 
Apothecary  said,  "and  when  I  come  from  dinner,  I'll  try  your 
plan   of  taking  a  walk  and  approaching  from  some  unusual 


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quarter.  Let  me  see,  I'll  pretend  to  be  a  prospective  business 
purchaser  with  cash  to  pay  for  what  pleases  me  or  to  make 
any  suitable  changes,  and  I'll  see  how  the  view  from  the  other 
side  of  the  street  strikes  me." 

"Do  you  know,"  Madam  went  on,  "I  believe  we  are  so 
occupied"  in  getting  a  living  and  attending  to  our  daily  cares 
that  lots  of  us  do  uot  really  have  time  to  live  at  all.  If  we 
could  pause  ofteuer.  and  go  over  on  the  othtr  side  of  the  street 
and  look  calmly  upon  ourselves  and  our  lives,  many  things 
plainly  visible  to  other  people  would  at  once  become  apparent 
to  us. 

"When  we  think  that  we  have  been  generous,  it  probably 
appears  to  the  man  across  the  way  that  we  have  done  no  more 
than  we  ought  to  have  done  long  ago.  When  we  think  we 
have  been  brave  and  hopeful  and  helpful  to  others,  the  people 
across  the  street  may  see  clearly  what  we  have  overlooked, 
the  political  or  business  axe  which  we  thought  needed  grinding. 

"Ah,  these  people  across  the  way.  How  keen  their  e.yesight 
is !  Sometimes  they  persistently  misjudge  us  to  be  sure,  but 
the  only  way  to  do,  is  to  keep  radiating  the  real  propaganda 
spirit  in  spite  of  it  all,  the  spirit  of  'real  humanitarianism  and 
genuine  fraternalism,  entirely  separate  and  apart  from  finan- 
cial gain.'  " 

There  was  a  moment  of  silence,  the  clerks  in  the  front  store 
could  be  heard  busily  supplying  the  needs  of  an  ailing  populace. 

Madam  rippled  into  a  peal  of  laughter. 

"The  other  day,"  she  said,  "after  I  had  about  worried  my- 
self grey-headed  over  some  practical  means  of  curtailing  med- 
ical charity  to  the  well-to-do,  iu  the  hospitals  and  free  clinics. 
I  chanced  to  pick  up  a  current  magazine.  There  I  read  an 
account  of  some  charitably  minded  young  women,  who  during 
the  extreme  summer  heat  decided  to  take  some  poor  little  child 
to  the  beach. 

"They  chose  a  name  from  a  list  supplied  them  for  the  pur- 
pose and  went  in  search  of  the  waif.  To  their  surprise  the 
number  selected  brought  them  to  a  prosperous  looking  drug 
store  with  a  most  up-to-date  electric  sign.  The  child  they 
were  after  proved  to  be  the  druggist's  son,  dirty,  pallid,  un- 
kempt, ragged,  puny  and  illy  nourished.  Yes,  the  father  would 
consent  to  let  the  boy  go  with  the  .young  women  if  they  would 
pay  his  carfare,  and  bring  him  back.  No,  he  could  never  take 
the  child  himself,  he  must  remain  at  home  and  make  money — 
all  the  time  make  money. 

"That  surely,  too.  was  a  view  from  the  other  side  of  the 
street.  Such  views  may  not  always  please  us,  they  may  even 
be  in  a  measitre  misleading,  if  we  take  up  our  viewpoint  too 
far  away  to  see  and  interpret  the  signs  correctly,  but  it  is  by 
appearances  that  the  world  judges  us.  and  accords  us  confi- 
dence, patronage  and  justice — or  the  lack  of  them." 


Wanted — More  Words. 


Plans  for  the  Louisiana  Ph.A.  Convention. 

New  Orlean.s,  April  10. — Arrangements  have  been  practi- 
cally completed  by  the  committee  in  charge  for  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  annual  convention  of  the  Louisiana  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  which  will  be  held  here  May  11-14. 
There  will  be  many  social  features.  On  May  11  the  members 
will  be  entertained  at  luncheon  by  Sharp  &  Dohme.  and  that 
night  they  will  probably  go  in  a  body  to  the  annual  commence- 
ment of  the  New  Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy.  On  May  12, 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  will  be  the  host  at  luncheon,  and  that 
evening  a  smoker  will  be  given  at  the  New  Orleans  College  of 
Pharmacy.  On  May  13  practically  the  entire  day  will  be  spent 
on  a  boat  ride  to  a  nearby  sugar  plantation,  where  there  will 
be  a  ball  game  between  the  city  and  country  druggists,  and 
other  amusements.  A  band  will  be  taken  along  and  there  will 
be  dancing  on  the  steamer.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  convention 
on  the  night  of  May  14,  the  annual  banquet  will  be  given, 
probably  at  West  End. 

The  following  compose  the  committee  on  entertainment : 
John  E.  Scott,  chairman ;  Lucien  Lyons,  F.  A.  Dicks,  C.  C. 
Johnston,  William  Sbisa  and  George  S.  Hiimphreys.  The 
committee  has  been  holding  weekly  meetings  in  order  to  perfect 
its  plans. 


MicMg-an  Pharmaceutical  Travelers  Are  Active. 
Dr.  Lewis  W.  Knapp,  president  of  the  Michigan  Pharma- 
ceutical Travelers'  Association,  announces  that  a  more  elab- 
orate programme  than  heretofore  will  be  prepared  for  the 
entertainment  of  the  members  of  the  Michigan  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  at  the  annual  meeting  which  will  be  held 
this  year  on  June  22-24  at  Detroit. 


'By  Joel  'Slanc. 

<  >iiH  of  the  peculiar  faults 
of  the  present  age  is  lack  of 
definiteness  in  expression.  Be- 
fore entering  into  an  explana- 
tion of  what  is  meant  by  this 
statement,  it  may  be  well  to 
first  define  the  classes  of  in- 
dividuals to  which  the  follow- 
ing is  not  intended  to  apply. 
I  do  not  refer  to  those  who 
"talk  too  much  and  say  too 
little,"  or  to  those  who  lack 
the  power  of  expression. 
Neither  am  I  writing  of  those 
who,  as  they  speak,  balance 
themselves  upon  the  fence  in 
such  manner  that  they  may 
be  ready  to  fall  on  whichever 
side  offers  the  best  pasture 
and  who  are  intentionally  indefinite  for  policy's  sake ;  this 
article  has  nothing  to  do  with  moral  cowardice.  We  can  also 
dismiss  from  our  thoughts  those  who  purposely  speak  eva- 
sivel.v  and  seem  to  find  a  Satanic  joy  in  the  trouble  that  their 
prevarication  brings  to  others. 

Those  whom  I  accuse  of  word-lack  are  men  of  intelligence, 
fearless  sincerity  and   command,  yet  they  fail   to  use  an  ex- 
tensive and  expressive  vocabulary.     Among  them  may  be  found 
prominent  men  of  all  classes,  who  teach  the  masses,  who  mold 
public  opinion  and  are  leaders  in  official,  public  or  semi-public    , 
life.     I  refer  to  men  who,  in  a  broad  sense,  mean  all  that  they 
say  but  do  not  say  all  that  they  mean.     I  have  in  mind  the    i 
man  who  makes  such  a  statement  as,  "The  dyes  used  in  con- 
fectioner.v  are  poisonous,"  but  who,  when   pressed  for  details, 
honestly  replies  that  he  only  meant  certain  dyes  used  in  the 
cheapest   grades  of  candies.     When  the  true  situation  dawns   i 
upon  him  he  really  seems  amazed  to  find  that  his  hearers  or 
readers  did  not,  by  some  occult  method,  know  what  he  meant,   j 
but  did  not  say.     Such  a  man  is  neither  incompetent,  insincere, 
nor   untruthful ;    he   is   merely   a   victim   of   the   "quick-lunch 
language"  habit  of  the  period. 

There  are  a  number  of  contributory  causes  responsible  for  , 
this  language  demoralization.  Chief  among  them  is  our  Na- 
tional characteristic  of  attempting  to  crowd  a  da.v's  activities 
into  an  hour  of  time.  The  brevity  of  telephone  conversations  , 
and  the  skeleton  method  of  correspondence  which  results  from 
dictation  in  place  of  letter  writing  have  spread  a  harmful 
leaven  through  discourse  and  correspondence.  The  increased 
use  of  Americanisms  or  slang  js.  in  a  measure,  also  responsible 
for  this  condition.  Because  these  expressions,  when  accom- 
panied by  other  words  or  gestures  or  facial  expression,  contain 
so  much  definite  meaning  in  a  very  few  words,  we  have  come 
to  use  them  in  a  disconnected,  haphazard  manner  which  makes 
them  indefinite  or  misleading.  Lastly,  the  public  seems  to  be  - 
prejudiced  against  the  language  of  fruit  by  its  love  for  the 
language  of  flowers.  It  ridicules  the  definiteness  of  a  legal 
document  and  applauds  the  brilliant  creator  of  that  document 
who  speaks  from  the  platform  in  glittering  generalities  which 
act  upon  the  hearers'  minds  like  a  glare  of  white  light,  but  1 
which  utterly  lack  the  instructive  definiteness  of  the  spectrum. 
To  appreciate  what  a  great  evil  our  abbreviated  language 
has  become  one  should  con  a  few  of  our  laws,  our  sermons, 
our  newspapers,  our  periodicals  and  our  text-books.  Having 
done  so,  he  must  conclude  that  our  leaders  presuppose  the 
possession  of  telepathic  power  by  all  but  themselves.  Desirable  . 
laws  are  nullified  by  our  courts,  class  prejudices  are  fostered, 
commercial  interests  are  jeopardized  and  education  made 
superficial  by  this  jerky,  disjointed  modern  mode  of  expression. 
It  works  the  greatest  harm  when  used  by  those  of  whom 
it  may  be  said  that,  for  them,  "a  reporter  lurks  behind  every  i 
tree,"  Forgetting  that  the  interpretation  of  spoken  words 
depends  largely  upon  the  manner  in  which  they  are  spoken, 
the  man  of  authority  makes  statements  which,  when  printed 
verbatim,  appear  as  a  mere  code  communication  for  which 
each  reader  must  find  the  key  in  his  own  imagination.  It  mat- 
ters little  what  the  interpretation  may  be,  the  original  speaker 
honestly  declares  that  he  has  been  misquoted,  and  he  is  honest 


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in  his  declaration,  because  he  is  himself  ignorant  of  the  fact 
that  he  only  uttered  a  fraction  of  the  words  necessary  to 
express  that  which  he  thought. 

The  evils  which  this  paucity  of  language  have  brought  to  the 
drug  trade  and  to  pharmacy  are  evident  in  controversies  over 
pure  drug  laws,  pharmacy  legislation  made  inimical  through 
poorly  drawn  bills,  confusing,  contradictory  and  ineffective 
educational  standards  and  requirements,  and  even  in  the  faulty 
nomenclature  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formulary. 

It  may  be  human,  but  it  Is  not  truthful  for  any  man  to  say 
that  his  opponents  alone  are  guilty.  The  evil  has  become  a 
National  one  which  contaminates  the  lips  of  babes  and  finds 
its  end  in  the  epitaph.  This  degenerate  language  started  with 
a  deterioration  of  thought,  has  spread  until  it  has  infected 
every  artery  of  our  National  life.  Not  only  are  none  innocent, 
but  he  who  would  return  to  crystalline  erpression  finds  that 
general  conditions  make  it  exceedingly  difficult  for  him  to  do 
so.  Yet,  as  no  group,  organization  or  party  is  innocent,  he 
who  would  remedy  the  evil  must  first  eradicate  it  from  himself. 

There  is  no  more  striking  example  of  this  sin  of  many  omis- 
sions than  that  which  may  be  found  in  the  afiirmative  and 
negative  arguments  upon  the  National  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Law.  Both  sides  are  equally  culpable  in  the  use  of  expres- 
sions, which  through  their  brevity  and  generalities  force  the 
opposition  to  its  own  construction  of  their  meaning,  and  nat- 
urally tempt  it  to  interpret  according  to  its  own  interests, 
with  the  result  that  many  are  harmed  and  few  benefited,  and  ef- 
fectiveness is  thereby  delayed  by  disagreement  and  crimination. 

I  have  written  chiefly  of  this  belittlement  of  the  power  and 
beauty  of  language  by  those  of  station,  because  their  errors 
work  the  most  widespread  harm ;  but  the  evil  exists  to  a 
proportionate  degree  and  works  harm  in  a  corresponding  ratio 
among  all  men  in  all  walks  of  life. 

It  may  be  that  etymological  deficiencies  are  primarily  the 
cause  of  this  derogation  in  our  language.  We  know  that  lan- 
guage, like  a  deciduous  tree,  is  of  slow  growth  and  yet  rapid 
changes,  but  that  does  not  justify  us  in  permitting  our  tongue 
to  become  a  mere  dropper  of  dead  leaves !  Once  it  was  and 
again  may  be  made,  a  bearer  of  golden  fruit. 

The  diseased  thought  which  has  resulted  in  emasculated 
expression  did  not  work  a  change  of  the  people  by  the  tongue, 
but  a  change  of  the  tongue  by  the  people.  It  therefore  follows 
that  the  remedy  does  not  rest  with  reformative  cults  nor 
organizations,  nor  yet  with  educational  institutions.  The 
reform  must  commence  where  the  contamination  started — with 
the  individual. 

We  need  not  appeal  to  ourselves  to  work  a  self-reform  for 
the  good  of  others ;  we  need  take  no  such  an  exalted  plane  of 
self-appeal  as  that.  The  degeneration  has  found  its  only 
apology  in  the  statement  that  it  is  of  economic  value ;  a  time- 
saver  and  therefore  a  money-maker.  Freely  confessing  my  own 
deficiencies,  the  best  I  can  say  is  that  I  have  tried  to  show 
that  this  culled  language  in  which  only  the  culls  are  used, 
is  not  a  time-saver  and  money-maker ;  on  the  contrary  it  is  a 
time-waster  and  money-loser,  a  civic  weakener,  a  common- 
wealth corrupter,  a  breeder  of  national  discord  and  a  commer- 
cial and  professional  demoralizer,  therefore  it  is  not  good 
business. 

The  matter  of  lucidity  of  expression  should  be  considered 
by  the  individual  as  a  personal  question  of  dollars  and  cents. 
Such  a  consideration  is  worthy  because  it  cannot  be  tainted 
by  hypocrisy.  To  receive  your  money's  worth  in  what  you 
buy,  you  must  definitely  state  what  you  want.  To  receive 
just  profits  on  what  you  sell,  you  must  explicitly  describe  the 
merits  of  the  articles  to  be  sold.  If  you  would  have  your 
representatives  in  commercial  or  professional  organizations 
represent  your  true  interests,  you  must  make  them  thoroughly 
understand  what  these  interests  are.  You  cannot  expect  clear, 
effective  laws  unless  you  demand  them  in  clear,  effective 
language. 

In  conclusion,  it  may  be  %vell  to  state  that  the  user  of  clear 
and  terse,  yet  ample,  descriptive  English  need  not  of  necessity 
be  the  possessor  of  a  book-taught,  desk-bred  education.  Such 
language  is  at  the  command  of  every  one  who  knows  what  he 
wants  to  say  and  says  all  of  it. 


Original  and  Selected 


HOMEOPATHY. 


No  Refills  Subject  of  Agreement. 
Kaukatjna,  Wis.,  April  10. — Dru^sists  and  physicians  have 
made  an  agreement  whereby  residents  will  not  be  able  to  get  a 
prescription  refilled  without  first  securing  the  consent  of  the 
physician  who  wrote  it. 


By  C.  F.  Jesper,  M.P.S. 

In  presenting  an  explanation  of  what  homeopathy  is,  it  is 
important  to  state  at  the  outset  what  it  is  not.  It  is  not, 
as  popularly  supposed,  a  system  depending  upon  infinitesi- 
mally  small  doses.  The  dose  that  cures  is  the  correct  dose, 
whatever  it  may  be.  It  is  not  quackery,  as  there  is  no  secrecy 
whatever  about  it,  and  its  adherents  court  the  fullest  investi- 
gation of  its  principles  and  practice.  It  is  not  humbug,  as 
thousands  who  have  experienced  its  beneficial  treatment  can 
testify.  Nor  is  it  a  played-out  affair,  as  at  the  present  time  its 
disciples  are  more  numerous  than  ever,  and  they  are  daily 
increasing. 

The  essential  part  of  homeopathy  is  the  guiding  principle  or 
rule  treatment  enunciated  in  the  year  1810  by  Samuel  Hahne- 
mann, a  German  physician.  This  principle,  in  his  own  words, 
is  that  "in  order  to  cure  disease  in  a  mild,  prompt,  safe  and 
durable  manner,  it  is  necessary  to  choose  in  each  case  a  medi- 
cine that  will  incite  an  affection  similar  to  that  against  which 
it  is  employed."  This  doctrine  is  expressed  by  the  now  well- 
known  formula  Similia  similiius  curantur — "let  likes  be  treated 
b.v  likes" ;  that  is,  auy  disturbance  in  the  normal  functions  of 
the  body,  which  constitutes  disease,  is  to  be  treated  by  the 
administration  of  a  drug,  which,  if  taken  in  fairly  large  doses 
and  for  some  time,  will  produce  in  a  healthy  person  a  similar 
disturbance.  If  we  know  from  the  study  of  drug  effects  upon 
the  healthy  human  body  that  a  certain  medicine  has  the  power 
so  to  disturb  the  health  as  to  produce  an  exact  picture  of  the 
disease  in  hand,  reproducing  to  a  nicety  all  the  symptoms,  is 
not  this  then  the  medicine  which  would  appeal  to  the  plainest 
common  sense  as  being  the  one  which,  given  in  a  small  dose, 
would  so  act  upon  the  disease  as  to  assist  nature  in  its  repara- 
tive processes,  give  the  necessary  but  gentle  stimulus  to  the 
disordered  forces  of  the  body  and  accomplish  a  cure?  That 
drugs,  when  taken  by  healthy  persons,  do  produce  sets  of 
symptoms  which  correspond  closely  to  those  actually  occurring 
in  disease  is  a  definite  and  completely  proved  fact.  Such  a 
marvelous  correlation  of  drug  action  and  disease  cannot  exist 
by  mere  chance,  it  is  quite  evidently  subject  to  a  law — the  law 
of  Similia  s^imilibus  curantur — "Likes  are  cured  by  likes."  This 
is  the  motto  of  the  new  school  of  medicine,  and  the  treatment 
of  disease  under  this  law  is  known  as  "Homeopathy." 

Admitting  this  then  as  the  only  certain  guide  to  the  cura- 
tive treatment  of  disease,  what  is  our  next  step?  Clearly  it  is 
to  find  out  or  prove  what  are  the  effects  which  the  taking  of 
any  drug  produces  in  a  healthy  person,  and  to  record  these 
effects  or  symptoms,  so  that  the  symptoms  in  any  given  case 
of  disease  may  be  compared  with  the  records  of  these  drug 
provings.  and  the  remedy  which  has  produced  a  similar  set  of 
symptoms  to  those  which  are  present  in  the  case  in  hand  may 
be  easily  found  and  administered.  We  must  know  the  effects 
a  drug  produces  before  we  can  utilize  it  intelligently  as  a 
remedy.  Happily,  by  the  heroic  labors  of  Hahnemann  himself 
at  first,  and  later  of  his  disciples  and  followers  in  many  coun- 
tries— both  physicians  and  others — during  his  life  and  since 
his  death,  trials  or  provings  of  a  vast  number  of  drugs  have 
been  recorded — so  that  there  are  now  very  few  diseases  or 
natural  morbid  conditions  whose  parallel  or  similia  cannot  be 
discovered  among  the  medicines  which  constitute  the  homeo- 
pathic materia  medica.  It  is  upon  these  stores  of  symptom- 
records  that  the  homeopathic  physician  draws — noting  the 
various  symptoms  or  deviations  from  the  normal — even  the 
very  minutest  and  those  of  apparently  least  importance — 
which  present  themselves  in  the  case  to  be  treated,  and  then, 
b.v  careful  study  and  comparison  of  these  with  the  records  of 
the  drug  symptoms  he  is  able  to  prescribe  the  medicine  which 
will  "cure" — "cito,  tuto,  et  jucende."  The  word  "symptom" 
includes  everything  that  is  abnormal  or  out  of  the  ordinary 
condition  of  the  patient,  and  applies  to  mental  as  well  as 
bodily  conditions,  and  to  imaginary  as  well  as  real  sensations ; 
indeed,  subjective  symptoms  are  often  very  valuable  guides  to 
the  proper  remedy.  It  is  needful  to  guard  against  the  error  of 
selecting  the  remedy  by  the  correspondence  of  only  one  or  two 


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[April  15,  l9oy 


Bymptoms,  aud  it  is  not  necessary  to  a  cure  that  tue  patient 
sliould  have  all  the  symptoms  which  are  produced  by  a  given 
remedy,  but  it  is  necessary  that  all  the  patient's  symptoms 
should  be  included  among  those  produced  by  a  given  drug  in 
order  that  a  complete  cure  may  result.  That  is,  the  "totality 
of  the  symptoms"  is  to  be  the  first  consideration  in  prescribing. 

It  may  be  useful  to  show  how  this  mode  of  selecting  the 
remedy  works  out  in  practice.  Take,  for  instance,  diarrhoea. 
Many  drugs  cause  this  condition,  e.  g.,  aloes,  podophyllum, 
colocynth,  rhubarb,  but  each  one  causes  at  the  same  time 
other  symptoms  which  are  different  for  each  drug  and  entirely 
characteristic  of  it.  Thus  the  diarrhoea  produced  by  taking 
material  doses  of  aloes  is  accompanied  by  great  heat  of  the 
abdomen  and  occurs  chiefly  in  the  early  portion  of  the  day 
(about  5  to  10  a.  m. ).  That  caused  by  podophyllum  occurs  m 
the  night  or  very  early  morning,  also  after  taking  food,  and  is 
frequently  painless.  Colocynth  produces  a  peculiar  griping  as 
If  the  intestines  were  siiueezed  betewen  stones,  coming  up  into 
the  stomach  and  causing  nausea  ;  and  the  diarrhoea  caused  by 
rheum  is  accompanied  by  a  sour  smell  of  the  whole  body. 
Supposing  therefore  that  we  have  before  us  a  case  of  this 
complaint  to  which  we  desire  to  apply  the  homeopathic  prin- 
ciple of  treatment,  we  observe  closely,  what  are  the  most  char- 
acteristic accompanying  conditions  or  collateral  symptoms.  If 
we  find  that  the  diarrhoea  is  accompanied  by  heat  of  the  ab- 
domen, and  occurs  chiefly  in  the  early  morning,  or  that  there 
is  a  squeezing  griping  of  the  intestines,  or  a  sour  smell  of  the 
body,  we  administer  a  minute  dose  of  the  remedy — aloes,  podo- 
phyllum, colocynth,  or  rhubarb,  as  the  case  may  be — which  has 
been  found  to  produce  a  similarly  conditioned  diarrhoea.  In 
nasal  catarrh  or  cold  in  the  head  we  find  that  arsenic  has 
among  its  recorded  effects  a  catarrah  condition  with  soreness 
of  the  interior  of  the  nostrils  ;  mercury  is  known  to  bring  about 
a  fluent  catarrh  with  stuffy  condition  of  the  head ;  nux  vomica 
also  induces  this  condition,  but  there  is  pain  in  the  head  on 
coughing;  and  Pulsatilla  (Pulsatilla  pratensis — the  meadow 
anenome  or  wind  flower)  produces  a  bright  yellow  secretion 
with  loss  of  taste  and  smell.  Now  if  we  are  treating  this 
affection  and  find  that  any  of  these  (or  any  other)  characteris- 
tic features  are  present,  we  administer  a  minute  dose  of  that 
drug  which  has  been  found  to  produce  similarly  conditioned 
catarrh,  and  we  shall  be  gratified  with  an  entirely  satisfactory 
result. 

The  instance  just  given  of  small,  but  definite,  differences  in 
the  action  of  drugs  which  apparently  affect  the  body  in  the 
same  manner  are  merely  the  simplest  examples  of  the  law. 
Homeopathic  literature  teems  with  them,  and  its  practice 
is  conducted  by  constant  reference  to  them.  The  symptoms 
connected  with  such  remedy  are  constant,  and  though  these 
may  not  all  be  present  at  one  time  in  one  patient,  there  are 
always  sufiicient  characteristic  indications  to  guide  the  careful 
observer  to  the  correct  remedy. 

It  is  found  in  practice,  when  a  remedy  is  administered  in 
accordance  with  the  homeopathic  rule,  that  a  very  much 
smaller  dose  is  required  than  the  usual  allopathic  one,  and 
this  brings  us  to  the  "infinitesimal  dose."  The  "small  dose" 
and  the  "infinitesimal  dose"  are  not  homeopathy,  nor  an  es- 
sential part  of  the  homeopathic  principle.  This  essential 
rule  consists  in  the  fact  that  drugs  will  effect  cures  in  those 
instances  where  the  disease  symptoms  present  correspond  to 
those  which  the  drug  itself  will  produce  when  tried  in  health. 
At  the  same  time  the  small  dose  follows  necessary  practical 
consequence.  The  common-sense  course  as  to  this  matter  is, 
not  to  dogmatize  that  this  or  that  "cannot  possibly"  act,  but 
to  patiently  examine  and  test  the  matter  in  the  light  of  the 
very  latest  theories  and  discoveries  of  physical  science.  In  the 
face  of  all  that  is  known  about  radium  and  the  radio-active 
bodies  any  doubt  as  to  the  active  effects  of  infinitesimal  quanti- 
ties is  now  completely  out  of  court,  and  each  fresh  scientific 
investigation  in  this  direction  only  the  more  fully  establishes 
the  fact  of  their  action.  The  popular  objections  are  that  as  a 
bottleful  of  homeopathic  medicine  ma.v  be  taken  with  only 
slight  perceptible  taste,  and  as  there  is  scarcely  any  taste  of 
medicine',  it  is  therefore  not  "strong"  enough — also,  because 
it  cannot  do  any  harm  it  cannot  do  any  good.  Those  making 
these  objections  do  not  take  into  consideration  the  fact  that 
though  the  effect  of  a  small  dose  in  health  may  be  nil,  it  does 
not  follow  that  it  is  so  when  the  system  is  out  of  balance 
through  illness.  Homeopaths  find  that  as  a  matter  of  fact 
exactly  the  contrary  is  the  case.  In  a  condition  of  ill-health 
the  body  is  exceedingly  sensitive  to  the  action   of  medicines. 


and  especiallii  so  to  the  action  of  the  remedy  which  corresponds , 
most  closely  to  the  symptoms  present.  In  this  connection  an 
ounce  of  practical  experience  is  worth  tons  of  theory,  and 
there  is  no  need  for  massive  doses  which  merely  force  the 
more  prominent  symptoms  into  subjection  for  the  time  being, 
only  to  break  out  afresh  in  an  aggravated  form  when  the  im- 
mediate effects  are  exhausted.  To  use  a  homely  illustration, 
a  locked  door  with  the  key  lost  may  be  opened  by  smashing 
the  lock  with  a  sledge-hammer,  but  a  properly  fitted  key  will 
accomplish  the  desired  result  without  injury  to  the  delicate 
mechanism  of  the  lock. 

The  intention  has  so  far  been  taken  for  granted  that  only  . 
one  medicine  at  a  time  is  to  be  used.  It  is,  of  course,  obvious 
that  if  a  remedy  is  found  which  has  produced  all  the  symptoms 
which  are  present  in  the  case  in  hand,  it  is  the  only  one  re- 
quired by  the  circumstances  of  the  case,  and  the  dose  being 
small  it  will  therefore  not  require  any  "adjuvans"  or  "corri- 
gens,"  there  being  no  disadvantages  about  its  administration 
which  require  to  be  corrected. 

It  will  be  apparent  from  the  foregoing  remarks  that  the 
appeal  of  homeopathy  is  to  facts.  There  is  first  the  fact  of 
the  occurrence  of  disease — spontaneous  and  otherwise — but 
not  due  to  drugs.  There  is  next  the  fact  of  the  occurrence  of 
"disease,"  or  disturbance  of  the  system  from  the  action  of 
drugs  in  material  doses.  This  effect  may  be  called  "drug 
disease."  Here  is  as  far  as  the  allopath  has  got,  but  the 
homeopath  goes  one  step  further  and  discovers  the  most  cur- 
ious and  interesting  fact  that  "drug  diseases"  correspond 
exactly  with  "diseases" — that  is,  that  each  "disease,"  or  rather  ■ 
phase  of  disease,  has  its  counterpart  in  the  record  of  effects 
produced  by  some  particular  drug.  This  last  is  just  as  much 
a  fact  as  the  previous  facts,  there  is  no  theory  about  it,  and 
the  homeopath  says  why  not  make  use  of  this  fact. 

It  is  obvious  that  there  is  between  the  two  schools  of  medi- 
cine a  fundamental  difference  in  mode  of  thought  and  con- 
ception of  medicinal  action.  The  allopath  takes  the  "disease," 
diagnoses  it,  gives  it  a  name,  classifies  it,  labels  it,  and  puts  it 
into  its  proper  box  in  his  mind ;  whereas  the  homeopath  treats 
the  assemblage  of  symptoms  in  the  patient  without  reference 
to  any  nomenclature  of  disease.  A  disease  is  not  an  entity^ 
a  thing  that  materially  exists.  It  is  merely  the  name  for  a 
generally  recognized  and  tolerably  constant  assemblage  of 
symptoms.  Where  there  are  no  symptoms  a  condition  of 
perfect  health  exists,  consequently  if  the  symptoms  are  re- 
moved the  patient  is  cured,  and  the  homeopath  finds  that  the 
symptoms  are  removed  by  the  administration  of  the  drug  which 
produces  the  counterpart  of  these  symptoms,  so  there  is  no 
need  to  consider  whether  "stimulants,"  "depressants."  "diaphor- 
etics, "  "diuretics,"  or  any  other  so-called  class  of  medicines  is 
indicated — this  mode  of  thought  being  quite  foreign  to  homeo- 
pathic principle. 

In  concluding  this  necessarily  imperfect  sketch  of  the  homeo- 
pathic idea,  I  may  mention  the  following  books  bearing  upon 
the  subject :  "Homeopathy  Explained."  by  J.  H.  Clarke, 
M.D. ;  "The  Dictionary  of  Homeopathic  Materia  Medica,"  by 
J  H.  Clarke,  M.D.  (three  volumes)  ;  "Fifty  Reasons  for 
Being  a  Homeopath,"  by  the  late  Dr.  J.  C.  Burnett ;  "Manual 
of  Pharmacodynamics,"  by  Richard  Hughes.  M.D. ;  "The 
Homeopathic  League  Tracts,  Homeopathic  Publishing  Com- 
pany, Warwick  Lane,  E.  C. 


A  LAY  VIEW  OF  THE  FIGHT  BETWEEN  DRUG- 
GISTS AND  BOOZE  IN  IOWA. 


(From  the  Cedar  Rapids,  loua.  Gazette.) 
The  bill  proposed  by  George  H.  Boyson,  of  this  city,  prohib- 
iting the  selling  of  booze  in  drug  stores,  failed  to  pass  the 
House  this  week.  Those  who  had  given  the  question  sertous 
consideration  hardly  expected  that  the  bill  would  pass.  The 
idea  embodied  in  the  measure  had  not  been  before  the  Iowa 
public  long  enough  to  gain  the  favor  necessary  to  force  its 
passage  through  the  law-making  body.  But  the  bill  did  not 
fare  so  badly  after  all.  It  received  44  votes — with  11  of 
enough  to  pass.  There  were  48  votes  in  opposition,  showing 
that  with  a  full  vote  in  the  House  there  might  have  been  a 
chance  of  its  passage. 

The  Gazette  ventures  the  prediction  that  the  nest  General 
Assembly  will  take  away  from  the  druggists  the  privilege — if  , 
it  is  a  privilege — of  dispensing  liquors  in  any  form.     It  is  one 
of  the  movements  in  the  direction  of  temperance  that  seems 


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bouDd  to  win.  And  if  the  druggisis  are  barred  from  selling 
booze  the  Gazette  believes  it  will  be  a  good  thing  for  the  drug 
business.  Booze  has  been  the  means  of  attaching  a  stigma  to 
the  business  of  the  druggist — a  stigma  that  ought  to  be  re- 
moved, and  which  an  increasing  number  of  pharmacists  desire 
to  see  removed. 

Booze  is  hardly  a  necessity  to  the  success  of  the  business  of 
conducting  a  drug  store.  There  are  very  many  druggists  who 
have  made  a  splendid  success  of  the  business  without  selling 
a  drop  of  booze.  In  addition  to  the  regular  drug  supplies,  all 
druggists  nowadays  carry  many  side  lines  from  which  they 
reap  very  acceptable  profits.  Abandoning  booze  and  devoting 
their  time  and  space  to  a  variety  of  specialties  they  gain  a 
class  of  trade  that  they  would  not  gain  if  they  catered  to  the 
booze-loving  element. 

It  should  not  be  understood  that  all  druggists,  or  most  drug- 
gists, who  handle  liquor,  are  guilty  of  an  attempt  to  run  a 
booze  joint,  or  a  desire  to  evade  the  law  in  any  way.  Very 
many  of  them  try  very  hard  to  sell  liquor  only  as  the  law 
contemplates  they  should  sell  it.  But  the  very  fact  that  they 
handle  liquor  at  all  often  gives  them  the  name,  and  unjustly 
so,  of  being  liquor  venders.  So  it  would  seem  every  con- 
scientious druggist  would  be  glad  to  get  rid  of  the  whole  busi- 
ness. And  what  the  conscienceless  druggist  thinks  about  it 
does  not  excite  the  sympathy  of  any  one  who  has  the  moral 
right  to  offer  sympathy. 


SALE  OF  POISONS  IN  GREAT  BRITAIN. 


New  Regulations,   Effective  April   1,   Ex^jected  to  Re- 
duce tlie  Thousand-a-Year  Death  Rate. 
(From  the  Regular  London  Correspondent  of  the  Era.) 

London,  April  5. — The  number  of  deaths  due  to  poisoning 
is  sufficiently  great  to  be  a  question  for  public  concern  and 
any  serious  attempt  to  diminish  the  comparatively  high  rate 
of  mortality  from  this  cause  is  naturally  regarded  with  some 
degree  of  hopefulness.  During  the  last  ten  years  no  less  than 
9557  deaths  wore  caused  in  England  and  Wales  by  the  admin- 
istration, either  by  accident  or  with  suicidal  intent,  of  poison- 
ous substances.  From  this  calculation  the  deaths  due  to 
ansesthetics,  numbering  1500,  are  excluded,  for  no  amount  of 
restriction  on  the  sale  of  poisons  can  be  expected  to  be  fol- 
lowed by  any  diminution  in  the  number  of  cases  in  which 
drugs  used  for  the  purpose  of  producing  an  unconscious  state 
prior  to  operation  prove  fatal.  The  Poison  and  Pharmacy 
Act,  which  went  into  force  on  April  1,  has  for  one  of  its 
objects  the  better  control  of  the  distribution  of  poisonous 
drugs  and  there  is  ground  for  hope  that  the  effect  of  the 
"■peration  of  this  enactment  will  be  to  diminish  the  death 
Irate  due  to  poisoning  by  accident  and  to  create  an  improved 
Ifeeling  of  security  in  regard  to  the  supply  of  drugs. 
j  The  most  important  provision  of  the  Act  is  that  which  re- 
|)uires  that  all  premises  where  the  business  of  a  chemist 
ind  druggist  is  carried  on,  shall  be  under  the  management  of 
ji  person  who  has  passed  the  Pharmaceutical  Society's  exami- 
aation  and  whose  name  is  on  the  official  register.  The  result 
)f  this  provision  is  that  already  a  number  of  drug  stores 
)wned  by  unqualified  persons  and  one-man  companies  are  on 
he  market,  and  the  demand  for  qualified  managers  is  so 
leavy  that,  in  all  probability,  the  average  salary  of  the  quali- 
ied  assistnut  will  have  to  be  increased. 

Assistants  have  soon  recognized  the  advantages  under  the 
lew  legislation  and  a  trades  union  is  in  course  of  formation, 
he  first  general  meeting  in  connection  with  which  is  to  be 
leld  in  Birmingham  on  Good  Friday.  The  new  regulations 
vill  make  no  essential  difference  to  the  methods  of  the  best- 
i:nown  drug  companies,  for  they  already  employ  qualified 
'.ssistants.  In  future,  however,  there  will  be  this  distinction 
iietween  joint  stock  companies  and  private  chemists,  that  the 
latter  will  be  called  "pharmacists,"  a  title  which  companies 
'oay  not  exhibit.  At  present  this  title  is  little  known  to  the 
fublic.  but  in  a  few  years  it  is  probable  that,  so  far  as  the 
jrivate  chemist  is  concerned,  it  will  almost  entirely  replace 
'he  present  designation  of  "chemist  and  druggist.'' 

While  the  regulations  relating  to  the  sale  of  medicinal 
[Oisons  have  been  made  more  stringent  they  have  been  relaxed, 
15  some  extent,  in  the  case  of  poisons  used  in  agriculture  and 
jorticulture.  Some  five  years  ago.  as  a  result  of  complaints 
|iat  the  restrictions  on  the  sale  of  sheep  dips  insecticides 
nd  weed  killers  containing  arsenic  and  nicotine  was  a  source 


of  inconvenience  lo  farmers  and  gardenei's,  who  sometimes  had 
to  journey  long  distances  to  the  nearest  chemist  shop  to 
procure  their  supplies,  a  department  committee  was  appointed 
to  inquire  into  the  question.  The  committee  reported  that  the 
existing  facilities  for  obtaining  poisonous  compounds  used  in 
agriculture  and  horticulture  were  insufficient  and  recommended 
that  they  should  be  increased. 

Acting  on  this  recommendation,  the  legislature  has  em- 
bodied in  the  new  Act  a  provision  that,  in  those  districts 
where,  in  the  opinion  of  the  local  authority,  the  existing  facil- 
ities for  obtaining  these  particular  classes  of  preparations  are 
insufficient,  other  traders,  such  as  florists  and  seedsmen,  may 
be  granted  licenses  to  sell  them.  In  order  that  the  increase  in 
the  facilities  for  obtaining  the  compounds  indicated  may  entail 
the  minimum  of  risk  to  the  public,  the  proviso  is  made  that 
certain  regulations  as  to  the  packing  and  storage  of  the 
poisons  shall  be  complied  with.  County  Councils,  Town  Coun- 
cils and  Borough  Councils  have  been  made  lully  acquainted 
with  their  new  powers,  for  in  all  parts  of  the  country  appli- 
cations for  poison  licenses  have  been  submitted  while,  on  the 
other  hand,  lists  of  the  registered  chemists  have  been  supplied 
to  the  licensing  authorities,  so  that  they  may  be  able  to  judge 
whether  any  extension  of  the  existing  facilities  is  necessary. 

Mainly  on  the  recommendations  of  coroners,  regulations 
have  been  made  in  respect  of  the  sale  of  the  mineral  acids  and 
retailers  of  vitriol,  spirits  of  salts  and  nitric  acid  are  now 
required  to  label  the  bottles  containing  these  articles  with  the 
word  "Poisonous,"  as  well  as  their  name  and  address  and  the 
name  of  the  article.  Hitherto  the  sale  of  these  acids  has  been 
subject  to  no  restriction. 


Elkhart  Lake  Meeting  to  Be  Notable. 
MiLWAtJKEE,  April  12. — Plans  are  under  way  by  members 
of  the  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  making  the 
coming  annual  convention  of  the  body  at  Elkhart  Lake  one 
of  the  most  successful  in  the  history  of  the  association.  The 
motto  adopted  at  the  last  convention  was  "One  hundred  new 
members  and  an  attendance  of  .500  at  next  year's  gathering." 
W.  H.  Barr.  of  ililwaukee,  local  secretary  of  the  association, 
says  that  indications  now  are  that  the  attendance  will  be  more 
than  600,  Manager  Osthoff,  of  the  Hotel  Osthoff,  at  Elkhart 
Lake,  was  a  recent  Milwaukee  visitor,  and  announces  that  he 
can  accommodate  any  number  of  druggists. 


Scientific  Papers  for  the  A.Ph.A,  Meeting'. 
Charles  E.  Vanderkleed,  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
scientific  papers  of  the  A.Ph.A..  has  sent  a  request  to  the  mem- 
bers to  inform  him  whether  the.v  expect  to  attend  the  meeting 
in  Los  Angeles  and  if  they  will  contribute  one  or  more  papers 
to  be  read  at  this  section.  He  explains  his  request  by  sayiug: 
"It  was  decided  at  Hot  Springs  that  the  Section  on  Scientific 
Papers  was  to  be  allowed  hereafter  as  many  sessions  as  are 
necessary  to  read  and  fully  discuss  the  papers  that  are  pre- 
sented." Mr.  Vanderkleed's  address  is  200  First  avenue, 
CoUingswood,  X.  J. 


To  Entertain  Georgia  Pharmacists  at  Macon. 
Macon,  Ga..  April  10. — Elaborate  arrangements  are  being 
made  for  the  entertainment  of  the  members  of  the  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association  in  Macon  May  25  and  26.  one  month 
hence.  President  B.  S.  Persons,  Third  Vice-President  Horace 
Head  and  Secretary  Max  Morris  all  reside  in  Macon,  and  their 
attention  has  already  been  given  to  making  the  coming  sessions 
important  and  active. 


NEW  BOOKS. 


BAIRD,  H.  CARET.  The  practical  dry  cleaner,  scourer  and  gar- 
ment dyer;  comprising  dry,  chemical  or  French  cleaning,  etc. 
ed.  by  W.  T.  Brauut.  3d  ed..  rev.  and  enl. ;  11.  by  23  engrav- 
ings. Philadelphia:  Heury  Carey  Baird  &  Co.  c.  22-1-350  p. 
12°.  cl..  S2.50, 

BEDELL,  W.  LYON  D.  Practical  electro-plating:  a  guide  for 
the  electro-plater:  110  illustrations.  Newark,  N.  J.:  Hansom 
&  Van  Winkle  Co.     c.    08.  244  p.  12°,  cl.,  S2. 

BENNETT,  SIR  W.  H.  Injuries  and  diseases  of  the  knee-joint, 
considered  from  the  clinical  aspect.  New  York:  William 
Wood  &  Co.    250  p.  11.  pis.  12°.  cl.,  $2. 

MATTHEWS,  JOSEPH  MERRITT.  Laboratory  manual  of  dye- 
ing and  textile  chemistry.  New  York:  John  Wiley  &  Sons, 
c.  12-1-363  p  .  8°,  cl..  S3.50. 

MORRIS,  SIR  MALCOLM.  Diseases  of  the  skin:  an  outline  of 
the  principles  and  practice  of  dermatology.  New  and  enl.  ed. 
New  York:    William  Wood  &  Co.    792  p.  11.  pis.  12°,  el.,  $3.50. 


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QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  for-mulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharnaacy.  prescription  wort, 
dispensing  difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANONXMOUS  COJ.IMUNICATIONS 
RECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION:  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  prerious  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 


Treatment  of  the  Morphine  Habit. 

(O.  R.) — The  treatment  that  should  be  followed  for  the 
cure  of  the  morphine  haliit  is  a  subject  for  the  physician 
rather  than  for  the  pharmacist,  and  while  we  can  give  some 
formulas  that  have  been  recommended  by  eminent  physicians 
who  have  made  a  study  of  this  subject,  it  is  not  to  be  pre- 
sumed that  the  administration  of  such  remedies  is  all  that  is 
necessary.  In  the  langtiage  of  De  Costa,  "there  is  no  specific 
for  the  opium  habit."  and  others  equally  prominent  have  said 
that  "'no  agent  is  of  any  value  unless  strengthened  by  moral 
courage  and  perseverance  on  the  part  of  the  patient."  How- 
ever, the  follow-ing  prescriptions  are  quoted  by  Potter  as  useful 
in  combating  the  nervous  agitation  which  succeeds  to  the  final 
withdrawal  of  the  drug  : 

(1) 

Ammonium  bromide    %  ounce. 

Sodium    bromide    Va  ounce. 

Potassium   bromide    1      ounce. 

Fowler's  solution    1      dram. 

Syrup  of  tolu  1      ounce. 

Peppermint  water   IV2  ounces. 

Comp.  syrup  of  hypophosphites 3      ounces. 

Mix.     One  to  two  drams  in  water  thrice  daily. 
(2) 

Tincture  of  capsicum   4      drams. 

Potassium  bromide    4      drams. 

Aromatic  spirit  of  ammonia   3      ounces. 

Camphor  water,  enough  to  make G      ounces. 

Mix.  A  dessertspoonful  several  times  daily.  Instead  of  the 
bromide,  Fowler's  solution  (50  minims)  may  be  added;  or 
tincture  of  nux  vomica  (2  drams)  or  tincture  of  bitter  orange 
(5  drams)    (Ringer). 

(3) 

Tincture  of  nux  vomica   3  drams. 

Dilute  phosphoric  acid    5  drams. 

Syrup  of  wild  cherry   2  ounces. 

Water,  enough  to  make  4  ounces. 

Mix.     Two  drams  twice  daily  as  a  nerve  tonic   (Potter). 


Tests  for  Lead  in  Face  Powder. 

(R.  R.  H.) — We  have  never  examined  the  face  powder  you 
name.  However,  it  is  not  likely  that  any  ru'eparation  of  this 
character  contains  lead  acetate,  as  that  salt,  on  accouut  of  its 
tendency  to  effloresce  is  not  adapted  for  use  in  face  powders. 
Lead  carbonate  (white  lead)  would  be  the  most  likely  lead 
salt  to  be  suggested,  but  upon  hygienic  grounds  it  is  not  to 
be  recommended  on  account  of  its  tendency  to  produce  in- 
jurious effects  upon  the  health.  But  you  can  easily  determine 
by  a  few  qualitative  tests  whether  there  is  any  lead  salt 
present  or  not.  About  the  only  metallic  salts  or  compounds 
used  in  face  powders  are  very  light  forms  of  zinc  oxide  or 
hydroxide  or  other  basic  salts  of  bismuth. 


Pepsin  in  Acid  Mixtures. 

(W.  C.  T.) — "Is  not  pepsin  injured  by  close  contact  with 
hydrochloric  acid  and  also  by  alcohol?  Should  not  a  mixture 
of  pepsin,  if  possible,  be  diluted  further  before  mixing  it 
directly  with  dilute  hydrochloric  acid,  XJ.S.P.,  or  a  strongly 
alcoholic  tincture?     If  you  had  a  prescription  containing  all 


three  of  these  substances  would  you  mix  the  acid  with  the 
tincture  first  and  before  adding  it  to  the  pepsin?  The  U.S., 
Dispensatory  says  pepsin  is  not  active  in  liquids  above  30  i 
per  cent." 

According  to  the  best  authority  the  presence  of  hydro- 1 
chloric  acid  of  greater  strength  than  0.5  per  cent  (U.S.D.) 
inhibits  and  rapidly  destroys  the  proteolytic  activity  of  pepsin, 
and  as  a  general  proposition  mixtures  containing  both  of  the 
substances  should  be  compounded  by  diluting  the  acid  as 
much  as  possible  before  bringing  it  into  contact  with  the 
pepsin.  Notwithstanding  nearly  all  reference  works  state 
that  pepsin  is  rendered  inert  by  prolonged  contact  with  alcohol 
it  is  extensively  prescribed  in  combinations  of  this  character, 
the  various  elixirs  of  the  N.F.  in  which  pepsin  is  employed 
being  evidence  of  such  use.  In  many  of  these  preparations 
hydrochloric  acid  is  also  employed,  and  if  you  will  note  the 
N.F.  formulas  closely  you  will  find  that  in  their  manufacture 
the  pepsin  is  first  mixed  with  water  and  acid,  that  is,  the 
acid  only  comes  in  contact  with  the  pepsin  in  largely  diluted 
form.  Answering  your  second  question,  we  would  dilute  the 
hydrochloric  acid  with  the  tincture  before  mixing  it  with  the 
pepsin. 

Blond  and  Chestnut  Hair  Dye. 

(A.  G.) — For  a  "two  bottle"  blond  hair  d.ve.  try  the  follow- 
ing formula  from  "Pharmaceutical  Formulas"  : 
Bottle  No.  I. 

Potassium  permanganate   l'i<  dram. 

Water   1      ounce. 

Bottle  No.  II. 

Sodium  hyposulphite    20      grains. 

Water   1      ounce.         j 

The  hair,  free  from  grease  and  dry,  is  treated  with  No.  1 

allowed  to  dry.  and  then  similarly  treated  with  No.  2.  | 

Chestnut  Hair  Dye. 

Pyrogallic   acid    1      dram. 

Nitric  acid   5      minims. 

Rectified  -spirit   V2  ounce. 

Water,  enough  to  make 4      ounces. 

This  solution  will  keep  clear  for  a  long  time.  Directions 
Wash  and  thoroughly  rinse  the  hair,  when  dry  apply  the  dyi 
with  a  sponge.     This  should  be  repeated  daily. 

Potassium  Citrate  and  Spirit  of  Nitrous  Ether. 

(W.  C.  T. ) — "Please  answer  the  following  in  the  Qttestioi 
Box; 

Potassium   citrate    4  drams. 

Spirit  of  nitrous  ether  1  ounce. 

Water,  enough  to  make  3  ounces. 

"Can  you  suggest  any  method  of  mixing  that  will  preven 
separation  ?" 

In  compounding  this  prescription  the  potassium  citrate  wai 
dissolved  in  1%  ounces  of  water  and  the  spirit  of  nitrowi 
ether  added.  Almost  immediately  the  mixture  resolved  itsel 
into  two  distinct  laj'ers,  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  refusini' 
to  mix  with  the  aqueous  solution  of  potassium  citrate.  Thi; 
is  clearly  an  example  of  pharmaceutical  incompatibility  and  ii 
this  instance  the  dense  solution  of  potassium  citrate  formed  i: 
immiscible  with  the  strongly  alcoholic  spirit.  The  difficult; 
cannot  be  overcom'e  by  any  method  of  procedure. 

Will  Co-operate  in  Cultivating  Medicinal  Plants.  | 
Madison,  Wis..  April  10. — A  plan  of  co-operation  betweeii 
the  United  States  Bureau  of  Plant  Industry  and  the  Dei 
partment  of  Pharmacy,  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  ha! 
been  adopted,  the  purpose  being  to  provide  for  the  cultivatioij 
of  medicinal  plants.  Investigation  and  research  work  is  ti 
be  carried  on  in  connection  with  the  growing  of  plants  useo 
in  the  preparation  of  drugs  and  medicines,  and  experimenta 
work  will  be  conducted  in  this  connection. 

Government  Officials  Taking  Higher  Courses. 
Wasiii^;gtok,  .\pril  10,— Dr,  Henry  E,  Kalusowski,  dear, 
of  the  Washington  College  of  Pharmacy,  is  giving  his  attentioi 
to  preparations  for  the  forthcoming  final  examinations  am] 
graduation  exercises.  The  attendance  this  year  is  notable  fol 
the  number  of  men  of  high  attainments  who  are  taking  speeia' 
courses.  Among  them  are  prominent  government  officials  wh 
bear  such  degrees  as  Phar.D.,  M.A.  and  B.S. 


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moro  and  call  to  their  attention  facts  aboitt  retail  ch'uu'  busi- 
ness that  they  do  not  at  present  appreciate  or  realize  their 
value.     I  wish  you  ever.v  success  in  this  up-to-date  departure. 
Yours  respectfully. 
Fitvhhurrj,  Mass.  D.  Chas.  O'Connor. 


$5  CASH  PRIZE  rOR  BEST  WINDOW  DISPLAY. 

D.  Charles  O'Connor,  of  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  Carries  Off 
the  Award  by  Era  Judges  This  'Week. 
The  judges  in  the  ERA  Prize  Competition  this  week  have 
unanimously  atcarded  the  $3  pri:e  in  Contest  !Vo.  2  to  D. 
Charles  O'Connor,  of  FitcKburg,  Mass.,  for  the  window  dis- 
play published  on  this  page.  The  window  proved  a  big  draw- 
ing card  and  the  local  newspaper 
printed  the  folloioing  account  of  it: 

"The  west  window  of  the  White 
Drug  Store  has  brought  the  genial 
proprietor,  D.  Charles  O'Connor, 
many  words  of  commendation  the 
past  few  days,  both  on  account  of 
the  clever  and  skilful  arrangement 
of  the  display  and  also  for  the  won- 
derful amount  of  information  cun- 
tained  in  regard  to  the  apparatus 
and  conveniences  of  an  up-to-dati' 
chemical  laboratory  such  as  is  found 
at  the  White  Drug  Store.  The  win- 
dow is  a  miniature  laboratory  and 
interested  spectators  can  be  seen  at 
all  times  inspecting  and  studying  the 
many  things  used  to  carefully  pre- 
pare and  compound  prescriptions 
which  have  given  this  busy  store  a 
reputation  second  to  none. 

"The  window  contains  a  display 
of  chemists'  covers  and  flasks,  glass 
and  Wedgwood  mortars  and  pestles, 
metric  and  troy  weights,  and  a  scale 
which  will  accurately  weigh  l.'i-KMl 
of  a  grain,  percolators,  rubber  and 
glass  funnels,  metric  percolation 
jars,  graduates,  metric  and  apothe- 
caries' measures,  tripod,  Buuscu 
burner,  evaporating  dishes,  filter  and 

I   powder     papers,     finished     prescrip- 

I    tions.    prescription    cartons,    konseai 

I    machine    and    konseals,    suppository 

'    machine   and   molds,   pills   and   phar- 
maceutical  preparations   used  in   prescriptions 
of  the  window   is  a  sign  reading.   'Oui 


PUBLICITY  AND  PROMOTION. 

A  Model  of  Moderation. 

It  is  very  seldom  that  one  finds  a  store  which  possesses  so 
luiiuy  good  points  in  fixtures,  stock  and  management  as  to 
justify  a  description  of  the  entire  store.  However,  in  one  of 
our  medium  sized  cities  there  is  located  a  pharmac.y  in  which 
so  many  admirable  characteristics  blend  that  they  may  be 
best  explained  by  a  general  description  of  the  store. 

In  this  establishment  prescriptions  are  of  the  first  consid- 
eration and  yet  what  is  generally  referred  to  as  the  "commer- 


ABOKATORY 


In  the  front 
registered  pharmacist. 
19  years'  experience,'  and  another  in  the  back  reading,  'One 
registered  pharmacist.  17  years'  experience.'  The  wooden  case 
in  the  window  was  made  to  order  to  represent  the  shelf  bottle 
section  of  store,  containing  30  shelf  bottles,  4  oz.  size,  which  is 
Vis  of  the  size  displayed  in  the  front  of  the  store.  Another  in- 
teresting display  shows  the  pill  tile,  pill  roller  and  divider, 
with  a  batch  of  pills,  rolled  into  a  mass  cut  and  divided  into 
pills,  showing  clearly  and  interestingly  the  process  of  making 
pills,  which  is  entirely  unknown  to  the  great  majority  of 
people." 

Era's  Prize  Competition  Stimulating  to  Druggists. 

In  entering  this  window  in  the  Eea  Competition  Mr.  O'Con- 
nor writes  as  follows  regarding  both  the  display  and  the  series 
of  .contests : 
Prize  Editor,  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Inclosed  please  find  photograph  of  my  laboratory  window 
display.  It  caused  a  sensation  in  this  section  of  the  country. 
It  was  highly  complimented  by  the  physicians  and  proved  an 
education  to  the  general  public.  Every  minute  during  the  day 
and  evening  people  stood  outside  commenting  on  the  batch  of 
pills,  cultures  in  the  test  tubes,  konseals  or  some  article  or 
apparatus  that  composed  the  display.  Clipping  from  news- 
paper attached  describes  the  general  make-up  of  the  display. 

Tour  venture  of  awarding  prizes  as  outlined  in  the  Eka  is 
splendid  and  will  surely  stimulate  druggists  to  hustle  a  little 


us  iiiiiii 


fair  presentation  of  established  side  lines  and  the  presence  of  a 
soda  fountain.  The  store  is  located  in  a  residential  neighbor- 
hood among  those  who  may  be  called  "middle  class"  people. 
It  is  of  moderate  size,  about  20  x  40  feet,  located  on  a  corner 
and  the  upper  part  used  as  a  dwelling  by  one  of  the  two  pro- 
prietors. 

Walls  and  Fixtures. 

The  ceiling  and  walls  are  of  stamped  metal,  the  former 
painted  a  very  light  blue,  while  the  walls  are  white.  The  floor 
is  of  white  maple,  unpainted  and  kept  scrupulously  clean. 
With  the  exception  of  one  show  case,  all  of  the  woodwork,  in- 
cluding the  show-globe  pedestals  in  the  windows,  is  finished 
in   white  enamel. 

On  the  right  hand,  as  one  enters  the  store,  are  three  show 
cases  of  the  "silent  salesman"  t.vpe.  They  are  heavy  plate  glass 
and  each  contains  two  glass  shelves.  The  top,  ends  and  front 
are  fastened  together  with  cement  upon  ground  joining  sur- 
faces, there  being  neither  frame  nor  rivet  of  wood  nor  metal, 
nothing  but  glass  above  the  base  of  very  light  Tennessee  marble. 
Between  the  second  and  third  of  these  show  cases  is  located 
the  sales  counter,  with  top  of  marble  to  match  the  show  case 
bases.  The  front  of  this  counter  holds  two  glass-front  recepta- 
cles for  sponges  and  chamois.  These  are  hinged  at  the  bottom 
and  tilt  forward  to  throw  the  top  open.  The  aisle  side  or  back 
of  the  sales  counter,  is  occupied  by  foiu-  tiers  of  three  drawers 
each.  These  drawers  are  used  for  quick  senMce  goods  such  as 
postage  stamps,  stationery  for  sale  by  the  sheet.  light  proprie- 


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tary  articles,  sue!)  as  pills  nul  ijowders,  and  loady-to-dellver 
packages  of  cream  of  tartar,  boracic  acid  aud  other  counter 
drugs.  The  scales  are  at  one  extreme  end  of  the  counter, 
while  at  the  other  end  stands  a  three-roll  paper  rack  with  a 
twine  reel  on  top  of  it.  By  this  arrangement  the  greater  part 
of  the  counter  slab  is  left  clear  aud  is  kept  so. 
The  Wall  Cases. 

The  wall  behiud  the  show  cases  and  sales  counter  is  covered 
from  floor  to  ceiling  with  drawers  and  shelves.  Directly  be- 
hind the  sales  counter  and  plainly  visible  at  either  end,  are 
three  glass  door,  double-shelf  closets.  In  the  center  closet  flat 
plasters  are  kept :  iu  the  front  one  perfumes,  and  in  the  one 
to  the  rear  are  ink,  mucilage  and  package  d.ves.  The  dyes  are 
sorted  into  pigeon  holes.  It  is  the  policy  of  the  owners  not  to 
use  dye  selling  cases  or  other  advertising  containers  furnished 
by  manufacturers.  No  show  cards  or  other  advertising  matter 
are  exhibited  in  this  store,  except  t>"it  a  really  artistic  calen- 
dar or  other  hanger  may  be  suspend  A  for  a  few  days.  Propri- 
etary goods  are  shown  in  such  manner  as  to  merely  inform  the 
observer  that  they  are  to  be  had. 

To  return  to  fixtures  :  The  spaces  between  the  floor  closets 
are  occupied  by  drawers  with  brass  pulls  in  which  are  set  clear 
glass  plates.  These  plates  are  not  lettered,  but  bear  numbers 
corresponding  with  numbers  opposite  their  contents  as  listed 
in  the  store  stock  list  and  directory  kept  close  at  hand.  Above 
the  doors  comes  the  shelving  proper,  behind  sliding  glass  doors. 
Novel   Door  Arrang'einent. 

These  shelf  doors  roll  on  ball  bearings  at  the  bottom  and 
move  in  an  open  slot  at  the  top.  By  being  raised  upward 
slightly  and  the  bottom  pulled  forward,  each  door  may  be 
readily  lifted  out  for  cleaning.  The  space  between  this  shelv- 
ing proper  and  the  ceiling  is  filled  with  shelves  with  swinging 
glass-front  doors.  These  upper  sections  are  used  for  storage 
stock,  but  the  packages  are  always  clean  and  faced  and  make 
an  attractive  showing. 

From  the  end  of  the  last  show  case,  in  which  candy  is  kept, 
extending  at  right  angles  across  the  store,  is  the  soda  counter. 
The  end  of  the  counter,  which  comes  flush  with  the  candy 
case,  is  open  and  shelved.  Upon  these  shelves  are  kept  the 
original  packages  of  candy  and  various  sizes  of  paper  bags. 
Above  this  closet,  upon  the  end  of  the  counter,  stands  the  cash 
register,  which,  as  will  be  later  perceived,  is  placed  at  the 
center  of  the  store's  general  activities. 

Simple   and  Sanitary. 

The  soda  counter  proper  has  a  top  of  Tennessee  marble 
and  its  interior  is  completely  lined  with  zinc.  There  is  an 
enameled  sink  with  two  enameled  drip  boards  and  running 
water.  Behind  the  counter  stands  a  wall  fountain  of  light 
onyx  with  mirror,  and  canopy  top  of  wood  in  white  enamel. 
The  entire  floor  space,  underneath  and  between  counter  and 
fountain,  is  covered  with  heavy  sheet  lead  and  over  this  is  a 
movable  wooden  foot  rack.  There  is  no  drainage  outlet  what- 
ever, and  consequently  no  drain  pipes  to  become  clogged  and 
malodorous.  The  drippings  gather  on  the  leaden  floor  pan 
beneath  the  rack  and  are  frequently  mopped  up,  thereby  assur- 
ing cleanliness  by  the  absolute  necessity  of  it.  Beneath  the 
fountain  there  is  ample  cold  storage  room  for  suppositories, 
solution  of  hydrogen  peroxide,  citrate  of  magnesia  and  similar 
articles,  as  well  as  for  the  fountain  supplies. 
Ice  Cream  a  Feature. 

At  either  end  of  the  fountain  is  an  ice  cream  cabinet,  three 
flavors,  vanilla,  chocolate  and  strawberry  being  always  kept 
on  hand.  A  large  business  is  also  done  in  ice  cream  for  home 
consumption. 

Clean  and  Safe  Cigar  Lighter. 

Set  obliquely  to  the  farther  end  of  the  soda  counter  is  the 
cigar  case.  The  novel  feature  iu  connection  with  this  is  that 
the  cigar  lighter  consists  of  a  thin,  nickel  gas  pipe  run  through 
the  floor  against  an  outer  corner  of  the  case.  The  burner  has 
an  automatic  spring  shut-off  with  chain  pull,  so  that  the  flame 
is  kept  very  low  when  not  in  use.  No  alcohol,  dippers  or  other 
movable  lighters  are  used,  as  a  light  is  taken  directly  from  the 
gas  flame. 

Directly  behind  the  cigar  case  is  a  window,  and  farther 
along  on  the  same  side  a  large  bay  window.  Within  the  bay 
rests  the  only  floor  case  on  this  side  of  the  store.  The  case  is 
of  golden  oak  frame  with  top,  ends  and  front  of  glass.  The 
top  is  used  for  box  papeteries  and  the  bottom  holds  racks  for 
mineral   waters.      The   owners   say    that   the   display    of   these 


waters  has  largely  increased  their  sale. 

The  Prescription  Koom. 

In  a  consistently  ethical  pharmacy  such  as  this  the  com- 
pounding room  is  of  course  the  most  interesting  part. 

Back  of  the  fountain  the  store  is  divided  by  an  enclosed 
stairway  through  which  run  stairs  to  the  upper  floor  and  also 
down  to  the  cellar.  Then  comes  the  prescription  room,  which 
is  about  half  as  large  as  the  store  proper.  Against  the  right- 
hand  wall  is  the  dispensing  counter  with  marble  top.  Above 
it  are  four  narrow  shelves.  These  hold  only  non-poisonous  pre- 
scription chemicals  in  general  use.  Poisons  and  prescription 
specialties  are  kept  on  glass  enclosed  shelves  against  the  wall 
backing  the  stairway,  while  the  heavier  dispensing  drugs  and 
original  packages  are  on  the  open  shelves  against  the  opposite 
wall. 

Beneath  the  prescription  counter  are  the  usual  drawers  and 
closets  for  corks,  bottles,  boxes,  utensils,  and  so  on.  Among 
the  novelties  here  are  to  be  found  large  bulb,  measuring  drop- 
pers graduated  in  both  the  apothecary  and  metric  scales,  rubber 
scale  pans  which  one  of  the  proprietors  himself  made  by  cut- 
ting disks  from  a  sheet  of  hard  rubber,  softening  in  hot  water 
and  then  molding  to  required  concavity,  a  wooden  suppository 
slab  marked  with  three  scales:  U.S.P.,  1890  and  1900,  and  for 
vaginal  suppositories,  thus  assuring  uniformity  in  the  sizes  ot 
these  medicaments.  Capsules  are  wiped  with  gauze  dental 
napkins,  each  napkin  being  used  but  once  and  thrown  away ; 
but  in  this  immaculate  pharmacy  towels  are  not  unknown,  for 
a  laundry  company  supplies  50  clean  ones  per  week.  Machine 
folded  powder  papers  are  bought  ready  for  use.  Pill  and 
powder  boxes  have  unfinished  tops,  as  labels  adhere  more 
readily  when  placed  directly  on  the  strawboard.  In  the  comer 
between  the  prescription  counter  and  wall  is  located  an 
enameled  sink,  the  wall  above  it  being  covered  with  sheet 
copper. 

Labels  Written  on  Typewriter. 

In  the  center  of  the  room  stands  a  large,  heavy  table  which 
is  used  for  quantity  compounding.  Upon  its  end  nearest  the 
prescription  counter  rests  a  typewriter  upon  which  all  labels  , 
are  written.  A  novelty  used  in  connection  with  this  work  table 
is  a  glass  "pill  tile,"  which  is  about  24  x  36  inches.  Thfe  sur- 
face is  ground.  One  of  the  proprietors  ground  it  with  powdered 
emery.  Compartments  in  label  drawers  are  made  of  heavy  tin. 
the  bottom  being  made  of  the  same  metal.  This  prevents  the 
labels  from  absorbing  moisture  and  gumming.  The  partitions 
are  soldered  and  the  entire  tin  structure  may  be  lifted  from 
the  drawer  in  one  piece,  cleansed,  refilled  and  returned.  Beyond 
the  work  table  within  a  window  bay  is  a  model  oflice  with 
roll-top  desk,  files  and  other  modern  conveniences. 

This  store  is  not  new,  nor  is  it  an  experiment :  it  is  an  evolu- 
tion. Every  corner  of  it  is  as  clean  as  a  hospital  ward  and  so 
it  has  been  for  over  20  years.  It  looks  as  fresh  and  new  as  if 
it  had  not  been  open  for  more  than  a  week.  This  is  a  specimen 
of  an  ethical  pharmacy  in  fact ;  some  others,  so-called,  are  only 
theoretically  so. 


"The  Peelings"  to  Prove  Com  Cure's  Merits. 
Milwaukee.  April  10. — Druggists,  physicians  and  every- 
body have  been  gazing  in  wonderment  in  the  display  windows 
of  the  downtown  pharmacy  of  Peters  &  Beeck  ot  late.  Sur- 
rounding a  central  display  of  a  certain  well-known  corn  cure 
is  piled  high  a  substance  advertised  as  "the  peelings  which  we 
have  removed."  Careful  investigation  discloses  the  fact  that 
the  "peelings"  are  gum  tragacanth.  an  excellent  imitation. 
Not  only  is  the  display  one  of  the  most  unique  which  has  ap- 
peared in  Milwaukee  pharmacies  for  a  long  time,  but  it  has 
had  the  effect  of  materially  raising  the  price  of  gum  traga- ' 
canth,  so  much  of  the  substance  is  required  for  the  huge 
display.  The  advertised  corn  cure  is  also  selling  faster  than 
the  enterprising  druggists  can  secure  shipments. 


Do  not  snap  out  a  "thank  you"  at  every  patron.     Either 
say,  look  or  do  something  to  show  that  appreciation  is  real. 


"|\T/A'TrTp<T> We  are  now  revising  the  Era  Price 

■l-^^-' •■■ '■^■'^  List  for  the  1909  edition  and  will 
thank  the  users  of  this  List  to  advise  us  of  any 
errors  or  omissions  which  they  may  have  noticed 
in  the  last  edition. 

Address,  ERA  PBICE  LIST, 

90  William  St.,  NEW  YORK 


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Personal  Mention 


— R.  H.  Lackey,  of  Philadelphia,  was  an  Atlantic  City 
visitor  last  week. 

— Dk.  Theodore  Jacobs,  one  of  the  best  known  pharmacists 
in  Norristown.  Pa.,  will  retire  from  business. 

— O.  W.  Smith,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  left  last  ilonday  for  Detroit. 

— William  Thomson,  well  known  Oakland  avenue  druggist, 
Milwaukee,  was  presented  with  a  baby  girl  on  Palm  Sunday, 
April  4. 

— Hebbebt  Collins,  for  some  time  a  druggist  at  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  has  gone  to  Owosso  to  accept  a  position  in 
W   E.  Collins'  pharmacy. 

— E.  B.  HixsoN,  proprietor  of  the  Fifth  Street  Pharmacy, 
Long  Beach,  Cal.,  has  come  East  to  take  part  in  the  settle- 
ment of  an  estate  in  New  Jersey. 

— W.  A.  Pierce,  of  West  Chester,  Pa.,  has  returned  from  a 
delightful  as  well  as  beneficial  trip  of  six  weeks  duration  to 
Cuba  and  islands  in  that  vicinity. 

— John  Pastebnacki.  of  Chisholm.  Minn.,  recently  visited 
his  former  home  at  Stevens  Point,  Wis.  He  was  one  of  the 
heavy  losers  in  the  forest  fires  which  devastated  Chisholm 
last  fall. 

— Roy  Leab.  who  has  been  employed  in  the  Reburn  drug 
store,  Kalamazoo,  for  the  last  two  years,  has  bought  a  new 
drug  store  in  Centerville,  Mich.,  of  which  he  has  taken 
possession. 

— Charles  A.  Schafeb,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  is  making  many 
new  friends  by  sending  out  500  post  cards  each  month,  con- 
taining seasonable  hints  and  attractive  prices  on  goods  which 
he  carries. 

— L.  E.  Hyres.  who  formerly  was  a  member  of  the  sales 
force  of  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  has  purchased  the 
retail  drug  store  of  W.  C.  Wolfer,  at  Old  York  road  and 
Venango  street,   Philadelphia. 

— B.  S.  Lancaster,  who  has  been  acquiring  valuable  ex- 
perience as  the  manager  for  the  stores  of  J.  E.  Marsden  in 
Philadelphia,  has  purchased  from  the  latter  the  well  known 
pharmacy  at  22d  and  Market  streets. 

— Otto  Kbaus.  of  Philadelphia,  whose  good  stories,  good 
fellowship  and  other  characteristics  which  endear  him  to  a 
\  large  circle  of  friends,  is  now  dividing  his  time  with  the  big 
caroussel  which  he  owns  in  Fsirmount  Park. 

— W.  J.  Strassbdrger,  of  the  McDonald-Strassburger  Drug 
Company,  at  Green  Bay,  Wis.,  is  recovering  from  a  recent 
operation  for  appendicitis.  The  well  known  druggist  is  re- 
cuperating at  his  home  at  Appleton.  Wis.,  at  the  present  time. 

— James  W.  Maitland.  manager  of  the  sundry  department 
of  the  Alilwaukee  Drug  Company,  will  spend  two  weeks  of 
recuperation  at  West  Baden  Springs.  He  will  be  accompanied 
by  Hayes  Young,  perfume  salesman  for  the  Dabrooke  Per- 
fume Company. 

— Edward  F.  Pfaef,  formerly  in  the  retail  business  at  27.5 
Lenox  avenue.  Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City,  has 
accepted  a  position  as  representative  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  in  the 
northern  section  of  Manhattan.  Mr.  Pfaff  is  secretary  of  the 
New  Yorker  Deutscher  Apotheker  Verein. 

— Paul  Eckels,  one  of  the  members  of  the  new  Louisiana 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  many  friends  in  Philadelphia  who 
were  glad  to  hear  of  his  new  honors.  Mr.  Eckels  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in  1901  and 
was  afterwards  employed  in  several  prominent  stores  in  the 
Quaker  City. 

— Alonzo  Strong,  of  the  drug  firm  of  Strong  Brothers,  Reed 
City,  Mich.,  has  purchased  the  drug  business  of  Sahlmark  & 
Torberson,  who  have  bought  a  drug  store  in  Cadillac.  Mr. 
Strong  has  been  engaged  in  the  drug  business  for  the  past  ten 
years  and  has  been  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Strong  Brothers 
for  nearly  four  years. 

— H.  A.  Nolte,  of  Philadelphia,  who  is  also  the  proprietor 
of  one  of  the  largest  drug  stores  in  Atlantic  City,  is  par- 
ticularly pleased  with  the  outlook  for  business  at  the  shore 
during  the  coming  summer.  Mr.  Nolte  is  a  firm  believer  in  the 
soda  fountain  particularly  as  an  attractive  feature  for  the 
transient  trade  of  the  busy  season. 

— Roland  H.   Shinton,   formerly  in  the  retail  drug  busi- 


ness at  55th  and  Market  streets.  Philadelphia,  has  sold  his 
store  and  will  return  to  his  old  home  at  Carbondale,  Pa.,  to 
engage  in  the  business  of  a  mining  engineer.  His  successor, 
Albert  M.  Barnes,  a  well  known  drug  store  broker,  has  placed 
Arthur  W.  Crawford  in  charge  of  the  store. 

— M.  I.  Wileebt.  pharmacologist  of  the  Marine  Hospital 
Service,  Washington,  D.  C,  was  a  guest  at  the  meeting  of  the 
New  York  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion last  Monday  evening.  Mr.  Wilbert  also  attended  the 
meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  last  week,  and  called 
upon  a  number  of  his  old  friends  in  his  former  home  city. 

— Charles  Sheblak  has  sold  his  interests  in  the  Kamps  & 
Sacksteder  drug  firm  at  Appleton,  Wis.,  to  Charles  Sack- 
steder  and  will  assume  on  Ma.v  1  the  management  of  the 
Chicago  office  of  the  Frederick  Stearns  Drug  Company,  of  De- 
troit, Mich.,  for  which  he  was  at  one  time  a  traveling  repre- 
sentative. J.  Austin  Hawes  will  be  made  manager  of  the 
Kamps  &  Sacksteder  pharmacy. 

— Mabtin  I.  Wilbert.  formerly  of  Philadelphia  but  now 
of  Washington,  D.  C,  with  his  successor.  Ambrose  Huns- 
berger,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  Harry  C. 
Blair,  its  president,  were  the  guests  of  Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus, 
dean  of  the  department  of  pharmacy  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical 
College  at  a  dinner  at  the  French  Club. 

— E.  R.  Labned,  M.D.,  chief  of  the  experimental  labora- 
tories of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  is  spending  the  week  in  New 
York  City.  Dr.  Lamed  lectured  last  Monday  evening  at  the 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy ;  Wednesday  afternoon  at  the 
Eclectic  Medical  School ;  Wednesday  evening  at  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy.  The  programme  will  be  concluded  to- 
morrow evening  at  the  University  of  New  Jersey,  Jersey  City. 
The  title  of  Dr.  Lamed's  paper  is  "The  Practical  Application 
of  Bacteriology  to  the  Cure  of  Disease." 

— Chables  H.  La  Wall  entertained  a  party  of  personages, 
prominent  in  pharmaceutical  circles,  at  an  informal  dinner  at 
the  Drug  Club.  Philadelphia.  In  the  party  were  Dr.  Lyman 
F.  Kebler  and  Martin  L  Wilbert,  of  Washington ;  Charles  L. 
Meyer,  H.  A.  B.  Dunning  and  H.  P.  Hynson.  of  Baltimore; 
Otto  Raubenheimer,  of  Brooklyn ;  George  M.  Beringer,  Cam- 
den ;  Joseph  P.  Remington.  E.  Fullerton  Cook  and  Charles  H. 
LaWall.  Following  the  dinner  the  party  attended  the  meeting 
of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 

— Walteb  M.  Lowney,  president  of  the  Walter  M.  Lowney 
Company,  manufacturers  of  cocoa  and  coufectioner.v,  and 
Fred  L.  Carter,  president  of  the  wholesale  drug  firm  of  Carter, 
Carter  &  Meigs  Co.,  both  of  Boston,  are  taking  a  leading  part 
in  the  scheme  of  the  Boston  Merchants'  Association  to  in- 
crease the  trade  of  the  city.  They  are  members  of  a  com- 
mittee which  is  now  organizing  a  party  of  members  of  the 
association  who  will  tour  the  New  England  States  early  in 
May.  The  trip  will  occupy  four  days,  and  the  plan  is  to  have 
this  body  of  Boston  business  men  meet  the  members  of  the 
trade  organizations  of  the  various  cities  of  the  New  England 
States  and  explain  the  plan  for  mutual  co-operation  in  boom- 
ing New  England. 


Marriage  Mentions. 

- — Edwabd  Turner,  of  Indianapolis,  was  recently  married 
at  Fort  Wayne  to  Miss  Marion  Knight. 

— Dr.  Joel  J.  Babnett,  with  Sharp  &  Dohme.  will  wed 
Miss  Rachel  Palmer  Sills,  of  Baltimore,  this  month. 

— Edwabd  B.  Dayhoff,  a  druggist  of  Mercersburg,  Wash- 
ington County,  Md..  was  married  April  2  to  Miss  Anna  Mosser. 

— J.  C.  Look,  prominent  druggist  at  Shebo.vgan,  Wis.,  is 
engaged  to  marry  Miss  Mayme  Buckelmueller,  daughter  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Buckelmueller,  of  Milwaukee. 

— John  Paul  Lamb,  of  the  Baker  Drug  Company,  Win- 
chester, Va.,  and  Miss  Esther  Wise,  of  Cumberland,  were 
recentl.v  wedded  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents. 

— Weldon  Texas  Wall,  general  manager  of  the  Cabarrus 
Drug  Company,  Concord.  N.  C,  recently  married  Aliss  Katie 
Barringer.  daughter  of  a  clergyman  of  Mount  Pleasant. 

— William  L.  Sharpe.  representing  a  Kansas  City  firm  in 
Springfield,  Mo.,  and  Miss  Grace  Wood,  of  Mammoth  Spring. 
Ark.,  were  recently  united  in  marriage  at  the  bride's  home. 

— Ebert  W.  Hubbard,  who  went  from  Perth  Amboy,  N.  J., 
to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  where  he  is  connected  with  the  Sun  Drug 
Company,  was  recently  married  to  Miss  Martina  Marie  Chris- 
tensen,  who  crossed  the  continent  for  the  happy  event. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[April  15,  1909 


FIRST  COPY  OF  NEW  SPANISH  TJ.S.P.  EXHIBITED. 


Prof.   Eemington   Shows  It  at   Meeting  of   New   York 

Branch   After    Beading   of   Paj^ers    on   Pharmaco- 
poeias of  Other  Countries — Date  for  Joint  Ses- 
sion With  Doctors  Not  Yet  Determined. 

A  number  of  valuable  papers,  all  of  them  comprehensire 
and  instructive  reviews  of  various  foreign  pharmacopoeias, 
were  read  at  the  meeting  of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  last  Monday  evening. 
The  authors  made  comparisons  with  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopceia  and  it  was  the  unanimous  opinion  of  all  that  the 
U.S.P.  was  far  superior  to  any  of  the  pharmaceutical  works 
under  consideration  or  of  any  published  so  far.  It  was 
brought  out  that  the  revision  committee  of  the  U.S.P.  had 
taken  the  initiative  on  many  important  matters  in  the  phar- 
maceutical field  and  incorporated  them  in  the  Pharmacopoeia, 
whereas  the  majority  of  foreign  pharmacopoeias  still  clung  to 
conservatism  and  precedent,  remaining  decades  behind  scien- 
tific progress. 

William  C.  Alpers  predicted  that  the  time  would  come  when 
the  present  order  of  things  would  be  reversed  and  the  Euro- 
pean pharmacy  student  would  come  to  America  to  study 
scientific  pharmacy,  and  characterized  the  U.S.P.  as  a  living 
book,  the  quintessence  of  American  pharmaceutical  life.  In 
the  pharmacopeias  considered  it  was  a  noticeable  character- 
istic that  practically  all  tables  of  saturation,  alcohol  strengths, 
comparisons  between  various  standards  were  omitted,  while 
several  were  more  like  law  volumes  than  a  text  book  and  an 
authority  compared  with  the  U.S.P. 

Prof.  J.  P.  Remington,  chairman  of  the  revision  committee 
of  the  U.S.P.,  was  an  interested  listener.  Following  the  re- 
view of  the  Spanish  Pharmacopoeia,  Professor  Remington 
showed  the  members  the  first  complete  printed  copy  of  the 
Spanish  edition  of  the  U.S.P. 

He  declared  that  it  would  prove  of  great  value  in  bringing 
about  a  closer  affiliation  between  the  pharmacists  of  Latin- 
America  and  the  United  States,  while  the  publication  of  the 
edition  was  really  a  duty  which  the  United  States  owed  to  the 
Spanish-speaking  inhabitants  of  its  insular  possessions.  In 
view  of  the  commercial  prominence  of  New  York  City,  said 
Professor  Remington,  it  was  eminently  fit  that  the  work 
should  first  be  shown  in  the  city  having  predominance  in  for- 
eign trade. 

Following  are  the  pharmacopoeias  that  were  considered  and 
the  names  of  the  gentlemen  who  presented  the  outlines :  Aus- 
trian, Otto  Raubenheimer ;  British,  Prof.  H.  J.  Lohmann ; 
French  Codex  and  Mexican.  C.  A.  Mayo ;  Japanese.  Keizo 
Wooyenaka ;  German,  W.  C.  Alpers ;  Russian.  Joseph  Weiu- 
stein;  Spanish.  Hugh  Craig;  Swiss,  Dr.  Joseph  L.  Mayer. 

George  H.  Hitchcock,  chairman  of  the  propaganda  commit- 
tee, announced  that  May  13  had  been  set  as  a  date  for  the 
joint  meeting  with  the  New  York  Medical  Society.  However, 
it  was  found  that  on  this  date  would  take  place  the  com- 
mencements of  the  Xew  York  and  Brooklyn  Colleges  of  Phar- 
macy, so  the  matter  of  another  date  was  left  with  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock. At  least  four  papers  have  been  arranged  for  this 
meeting  and  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman  and  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby 
will  speak. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
pharmacy,  reviewed  the  month's  progress  as  shown  in  foreign 
pharmaceutical  and  chemical  publications. 

Announcement  was  made  by  President  Jacob  Diner  that 
the  proposed  meeting  of  the  Eastern  branches  at  Atlantic 
City  during  the  convention  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion had  been  discussed  at  a  conference  in  Philadelphia  by 
various  officers  of  the  branches  concerned,  and  the  conclusion 
reached  that  the  plan  had  better  be  abandoned,  although  the 
Philadelphia  Branch  was  to  give  its  exhibit  as  previously 
arranged. 

Ewen  Mclntyre  was  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the 
branch  amid  much  enthusiasm.  He  has  long  been  an  active 
worker  in  the  A.Ph.A. 

Joseph  Weinstein,  treasurer,  reported  a  balance  on  hand 
of  $49.30.     Fred.  Borggreve  was  announced  as  a  new  member. 


of  Camden,  chairman  of  the  delegation  from  the  A.Ph.A.  to 
the  A.M.A. : 

My  Dear  Sir :  I  venture  to  call  your  attention  to  the  facts  that 
your  own  and  Prof.  J.  X'.  Remington's  opposition  to  the  proposed 
informal  "getting  together"  ol  Eastern  members  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  AssociiUion  at  Atlantic  City,  during  the  annual 
convention  of  the  great  American  Medical  Association.  June  7-11 
next,  when  representative  pharmacists  of  the  East  might  be 
closely  associated  with  the  leading  medical  men  of  the  United 
States;  when  members  of  the  A.Ph.A.  could  attend  and  take 
part  in  the  proceedings  of  the  Section  on  Pharmacology  and 
Therapeutics:  when  these  same  members  would  be  able  to 
witness  the  working  and  effects  of  this  remarkable  organization, 
the  A.M.A. ;  when  a  joint  session  of  physicians  and  pharmacists 
might  be  arranged,  whereat  could  be  most  advantageously  dis- 
cussed the  U.S. P.  and  X.F.  and  the  propaganda  of  both — all  ol 
great  importance  and  of  vital  interest  to  pharmacy  and  phar- 
macists— this  opposition  together  with  your  silent  acceptance  of 
the  reference  of  this  whole  matter  to  you  and  your  delegation  at 
the  meeting  in  Philadelphia,  April  6,  places  the  responsibility  of 
what  may  follow  or  fail  to  follow  in  this  connection,  directly 
upon  you  and  Professor  Remington.  This,  you  and  he  are.  no 
doubt,  willing  to  assume  and  will  discharge  in  a  manner  cred- 
itable to  both. 

The  occasion,  so  closely  preceding  the  revision  of  the  U.S.P. 
and  N.P.,  offers  opportunities  for  good  and  effective  discussion 
far  outweighing  in  importance,  It  seems  to  me,  the  mere  success 
of  any  association's  meeting  or  the  interest  of  any  locality,  even 
if  any  such  matters  could,  by  any  possibility,  be  involved. 

Most  respectfully  yours,  HENRY  P.  HYNSON. 


Judge  &  Dolph  Company  Makes  Important  Purchase. 

St.  Louls.  April  12. — A  notable  transaction  in  the  local 
drug  trade  was  the  recent  purchase  of  a  majority  of  stock 
in  the  Raboteau  Drug  Company  by  the  Judge  &  Dolph  Phar- 
macal  Co.  The  purchaser  conducts  the  largest  downtown 
drug  store  in  the  city  and  the  Raboteau  Company  is  just 
moving  from  its  long  time  site  at  Broadway  and  Lucas  ave- 
nue to  Broadway  and  Washington  avenue,  where  one  of  the 
handsomest  sales  rooms  in  the  West  is  being  fitted. 

This  deal  will  give  Judge  &  Dolph  the  two  most  pretentious 
retail  drug  establishments  in  the  city,  and  although  only  five 
blocks  apart,  the  stores  will  not  in  a  sense  be  rivals.  Mr. 
Judge  said,  in  speaking  of  the  deal,  that  James  Gibson  will 
remain  with  the  Raboteau  store,  there  being  no  change  there 
except  that  his  company  had  bought  stock  in  ii. 


"Pay-as-You-Enter"  Cars  Are  a  Nuisance. 

Milwaukee,  April  10. — George  Harris,  druggist  of  Phil- 
adelphia, was  a  recent  Milwaukee  visitor.  Mr.  Harris  ex- 
pressed the  hope  that  Milwaukee  would  never  adopt  the  pay- 
as-you-enter  cars  for  the  sake  of  the  druggists  of  the  city. 

"Every  storekeeper  hates  to  be  bothered  by  people  asking 
him  to  change  bills  into  nickels  and  dimes  and  that  is  just 
where  these  cars  are  a  nuisance,"  said  Mr.  Harris.  "People 
seem  to  think  that  a  drug  store  is  just  there  for  the  purpose  of 
making  change.  Ever  since  the  pay-as-you-enter  cars  have 
been  in  operation,  and  they  pass  my  store,  we  have  been  be- 
sieged for  nickels.  The  sign  on  the  cars  asking  passengers  to 
have  the  exact  change  creates  a  great  demand  for  nickels  that 
would  soon  exhaust  our  supply  if  we  did  not  make  special 
provisions  for  the  rush." 


Explosion  Causes  $10,000  Chemical  Fire. 
Boston,  April  12. — Ten  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  chemi- 
cals went  up  in  smoke  Thursday  at  the  plant  of  Knox  & 
Morse,  225  Congress  street,  and  two  men  and  a  boy  who  were 
in  the  laboratory  where  the  fire  started  had  a  narrow  escape 
from  death.  From  some  unexplained  reason  an  explosion 
occurred  on  the  top  floor  where  a  quantity  of  disinfectant  was 
being  made.     The  damage  is  covered  by  insurance. 


New  Member  for  Green  Bay  E.D.A. 
Gbeen  Bat,  Wis.,  April  3. — H.  R.  Francois  was  admitted 
to  membership  in  the  local  druggists'  association  at  the  recent 
monthly  meeting  of  the  body.  Several  matters  of  interest  were 
up  for  discussion.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  A.  G. 
Neveu  Pharmacy. 


Places  Responsibility  for  Success  or  Failure. 
Baxtimobe,    April    12. — Prof.    Henry    P.    Hynson    has    ad- 
dressed the  following  open  letter  to  George  M.  Beringer.  P.M., 


T^I^'T'fP'l? We  are  now  revising  the  Era  Price 

^^'-' •■■  ■'■*-'*^  List  for  the  1909  edition  and  will 
thank  the  users  of  this  List  to  advise  us  of  any 
errors  or  omissions  which  they  may  have  noticed 
in  the  last  edition. 

Address,  ERA  PRICE  LIST, 

90  -William  St.,  NEW  YORK 


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SNAP  SHOTS  TAKEN  FOR  THE  ERA  AT  THE  JOINT  MEETING  AT  NANUET.  ROCKLAND  COUNTY.  N.  Y. 


CONKLIN  OPPOSES  THE  ALL-STATE  BILL. 


BOTH  PROFESSIONS  AT  LEDERLE  FARM. 


In  the  Absence  of  Assembly  Committee  Chairman  Au- 
thor of  Kival  Measure  Secures  a  Postponement. 
Number    of    Pharmacists    in    Albany    on 
Tuesday — Outlook  Considered  Good. 

Albany.  April  10. — Question  was  raised  in  the  Assembly 
yesterday  b.v  Mr.  Conklin.  of  New  York,  as  to  how  the  All- 
State  Pharmacj-  Bill  introduced  b.v  C.  F.  Brown,  of  Cortland, 
amending  the  public  health  law  relative  to  the  practice  of 
pharmacy,  had  found  its  way  to  the  calendar. 

Speaker  Wadsworth  announced  that  the  bill  had  been  re- 
ported to  the  desk  by  the  Public  Health  Committee,  of  which 
Mr.  Wood,  of  Jefferson,  is  chairman. 

Mr.  Ward,  of  New  York,  a  member  of  the  committee,  said 
the  bill  was  not  reported  at  the  meeting  of  the  committee  on 
Tuesday,  and  so  far  as  he  knew  there  had  been  no  meeting 
called  since  that  time. 

Majority  Leader  Merritt  suggested  that  criticism  of  the  com- 
mittee be  suspended  in  the  absence  of  Chairman  Wood,  and 
the  bill  went  over  until  Tuesday. 

Albany,  April  13. — A  number  of  pharmacists  are  here  to- 
day in  the  interest  of  the  All-State  Pharmacy  Bill.  The  out- 
look for  its  passage  is  good,  as  it  has  the  approval  of  the 
Governor  and  is  generally  endorsed  b.v  the  members  of  the 
New  Yolk  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


Downer  Pharmacy  Wins  First  Prize. 
(From  the  Appleton.   'Wig..  Crescent.) 

Downer's  Pharmacy,  of  this  city,  won  the  §5  cash  prize  last 
week  in  the  window  display  contest  held  by  The  Phakma- 
CEniCAL  Era.  a  druggists'  weekly  journal.  Druggists  from 
all  parts  of  the  United  States  compete  in  the  Eka  contests  and 
to  win  a  first  prize  means  to  get  ahead  of  hundreds  of  phar- 
macists in  the  big  cities. 

The  display  which  won  the  prize  was  in  Downer's  window 
last  Labor  Day.  It  consisted  of  home-made  and  also  union- 
made  cigars.  Tobacco  in  the  leaf  was  displayed  by  each 
dealer  represented  by  one  or  more  brands  of  Appleton  made 
cigars,  showing  from  what  kind  of  tobacco  the  cigars  are  made. 
The  local  cigar  makers'  union  congratulated  the  Downer  Phar- 
macy on  its  fine  display  of  all  home-made  and  union-made 
cigars.  The  photograph  in  last  week's  Era  is  a  good  reproduc- 
tion of  the  display. 


Druggists  on  the  Wrong  City  Ticket. 

St.  Louis.  April  12. — Local  druggists  and  allied  interests 
did  not  come  out  as  successfully  as  hoped  in  the  recent  city 
election.  It  was  a  Republican  day  and  the  druggists  were 
all  on  the  Democratic  ticket,  and  though  they  made  good 
races  comparatively,  they  were  all  sent  to  the  discard. 

L.  A.  Seitz.  president  of  the  St.L.C.P.,  was  a  candid.ate  for 
the  House  of  Delegates  in  the  Sixth  Ward,  W.  J.  Pfeiffer  in 
the  Tenth  Ward,  and  Herman  Fay,  of  Fay  &  Schuler,  manu- 
facturers of  druggists'  labels,  was  a  candidate  for  City  Coun- 
cil. Mr.  Fay  had  been  in  the  House  of  Delegates  for  two 
years  and  made  such  a  remarkable  record  that  he  led  the 
Council  tickc--,  which  is  voted  for  by  the  city  at  large. 


Joint    Meeting   of   Rockland   County   Pharmacists   and 

Physicians  Made   Interesting  by  an  Address  by 

Dr.  Anderson  and  Demonstrations  Showing 

Methods     of    Producing    Antitoxin. 

A  very  enthusiastic  meeting  was  that  of  the  pharmacists  and 
physicians  of  Rockland  County,  N.  Y..  on  April  7.  at  the 
Lederle  Antitoxin  Farm,  near  Nanuet.  The  Rockland 
County  Jledical  Society  had  as  their  guests  the  pharmacists 
of  the  district,  while  the  members  of  both  the  professions 
were  royally  entertained  by  the  Lederle  Antitoxin  Laborato- 
ries. About  40  physicians  and  pharmacists  were  present,  the 
medical  men  being  in  majority. 

A  feature  of  the  meeting  was  the  paper  of  Dr.  William  C. 
Anderson,  of  Brooklyn.  N.  T.,  chairman  of  the  propaganda  - 
committee  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  dean 
of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  physicians 
listened  intently  as  he  took  up  the  subject  of  dispensing  by  doc- 
tors and  counter-prescribing  by  the  pharmacists. 

"Due  to  lack  of  co-operation  and  consideration  between  the 
members  of  the  two  professions."  said  Dr.  Anderson,  "the 
non-ethical  physician  and  the  substituting  druggist  has  de- 
veloped, as  has  also  the  dispensing  doctor  and  the  prescribing 
druggist." 

Dr.  Anderson  stated  that  no  iron-bound  rules  could  be  laid 
down  to  regulate  prescribing  and  dispensing,  it  was  as  neces- 
sar.v  for  the  doctor  in  the  country  districts  to  carry  medicines 
and  do  a  great  amount  of  dispensing,  he  said,  as  well  as  it 
was  pertinent  for  the  druggist  to  answer  correctly  the  ques- 
tions of  his  customers  and  subsequently  sell  drugs  which  were 
not  restricted  by  law.  The  physicians  were  urged  to  return 
to  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the  National  Formulary  and  pre- 
scribe or  bu,v  their  supplies  of  these  preparations  from  the 
retail  druggist.  Such  a  procedure,  he  said,  would  rid  the  pro- 
fessions of  a  number  of  undesirable  practices,  but  when  all 
was  considered  the  solution  of  a  number  of  grievances  really 
hinged  upon  the  establishment  of  cordial  relations  through 
which  both  professions  would  have  much  to  gain,  while  a 
corresponding  loss  would  ensure  if  disharmony  prevailed  in- 
stead of  harmony. 

The  physicians  said  that  they  agreed  heartily  with  what 
was  brought  out  by  Dr.  Anderson  when  discussion  on  the 
paper  was  started,  a  number  expressing  their  desire  for  some 
understanding  as  to  what  should  constitute  the  rights  of  each 
profession  and  in  order  to  bring  this  about  resolutions  were 
adopted  by  the  Medical  Society  that  a  committee  of  three 
members  confer  with  the  druggists  with  a  view  of  establishing 
more  closer  relations  and  promote  an  understanding  which  will 
benefit  both  the  physicians  and  the  pharmacists  of  the  county. 
In  carrying  out  the  plan  a  joint  meeting  of  physicians  and 
pharmacists  will  be  held  at  least  once  a  year. 

Dr.  George  Leitner.  in  speaking  for  the  physicians,  said  that 
what  annoyed  the  doctors  more  than  counter-prescribing  and 
the  other  evils  was  the  traffic  in  various  remedial  agents 
owned  and  manufactured  by  companies  composed  of  retail 
druggists  who  acted  as  special  agents  for  this  class  of  goods. 
The  articles  covered  remedies  for  nearly  all  known  ailments. 
The  advertising  of  these  remedies  generally  was  of  a  character 


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[April  15,  1909 


that  induced  the  public  to  try  self-medicatiou.  aud  slight  the 
doctor,  and  was  a  curse  to  the  public  as  well,  he  declared. 
Dr.  I.eiluer  said  there  was  absolutely  no  excuse  for  the  ex- 
istence of  these  preparations  and  that  the  physicians  would 
rejoice  to  see  tkem  withdrawn,  and  would  gladly  co-operate 
with  the  pharmacists  in  working  toward  more  ethical  prin- 
ciples for  both  professions. 

Other  speakers  were  M.  J.  Sanford,  J.  C.  Dingman,  presi- 
dent and  secretary,  respectively,  of  the  Medical  Society,  and 
Dr.  Bogert ;  among  the  druggists  who  took  part  in  the  dis- 
cussion were  Ed.  G.  Egge.  of  New  City ;  Charles  Wan  Wagener. 
representing  .John  D.  Blauvelt,  of  Nyack,  and  II.  D.  Fink,  of 
Spring  Valley. 

At  adjournment  it  was  announced  that  a  number  of  demon- 
strations of  the  methods  e;iiployed  in  the  preparation  of 
antitoxin,  vaccine  and  antisera  had  been  provided.  F.  D. 
Bell,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Lederle  Antitoxin  Labo- 
ratories, and  Henry  S.  Livingston,  secretary  of  Schieffelin  & 
Co.,  showed  the  visitors  around. 

In  all  the  demonstrations  the  physicians  and  pharmacists 
present  were  much  interested.  The  toxin  room,  horse  stable, 
calf  stable,  quarantine  stables  and  storage  rooms  were  visited. 
The  absolute  cleanliness  of  each  apartment  was  commented 
upon  by  the  guests.  The  first  demonstration  was  the  removal 
of  vaccine  from  a  calf  that  had  previously  been  vaccinated. 
This  operation  was  performed  by  Dr.  Richard  Slee,  director 
of  the  laboratories  at  the  Lederle  Farm.  The  visitors  were 
impressed  with  precautions  taken  to  secure  the  vaccine  under 
as  nearly  aseptic  conditions  as  possible.  The  operators  were 
gowned,  sterile  instruments  used  and  the  operating  room 
thoroughly  cleaned. 

Another  interesting  demonstration  was  the  drawing  of  blood 
from  a  horse  under  treatment  for  the  production  of  diphtheria 
antitoxin.  This  operation  was  performed  by  Dr.  Herbert  F. 
Harms.  A  special  operating  room  is  provided  for  these  opera- 
tions. This  room  has  the  appearance  of  a  hospital  operating 
room,  being  finished  in  white  enamel.  The  horse  is  securely 
fastened  in  iron  stocks  and  when  the  skin  has  been  thoroughly 
cleansed,  a  canula  is  inserted  into  the  jugular  vein  and  the 
desired  amount  of  blood  drawn  into  sterile  bottles.  The  labo- 
ratories for  refining  antitoxin  are  located  in  New  York  City. 
The  manner  of  injecting  horses  under  treatment  was  also 
shown. 

At  the  conclusion  of  these  demonstrations  the  guests  were 
invited  to  the  home  of  Dr.  Slee,  where  refreshments  were 
served.  Each  guest  was  presented  with  a  beautiful  souvenir 
programme  and  pigskin  card-case,  provided  by  the  management 
of  the  laboratories.  A  convenient  telephone  call  index  was 
presented  with  the  compliments  of  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  selling 
agents  for  the  products  of  these  laboratories. 


THE  CIIAEGES  AGAINST  IOWA  BOARD  MEMBERS. 

Governor,  Unable  to  Remove  Commissioner,  Sends  Case 
to  the  Attorney-General  for  Court  Action. 

Des  Moines,  April  10. — Failing  in  his  efforts  to  summarily 
dismiss  Pharmacy  Commissioner  Bert  F.  Keltz,  whom  he 
charges  with  falsifying  his  accounts  to  the  State,  Gov.  B.  F. 
Carroll  has  demanded  that  Attorney-General  Byers  proceed 
against  Keltz  in  the  courts.  The  Governor  has  written  a  letter 
to  the  Attorney-General  and  made  public  a  statement  setting 
forth  some  of  the  charges  against  Keltz  and  reviewing  the  case 
of  former  Commissioner  Goss,  whose  resignation  was  tendered 
at  the  Governor's  request  some  weeks  ago. 

Governor  Carroll  declares  that  Keltz  promised  to  resign,  but 
failed  to  keep  his  promise.  The  Governor  cites  the  instance  of 
Keltz's  trip  to  Chicago  during  the  National  convention,  and 
says  that  his  accounts  for  per  diem  for  last  June  show  a 
charge  against  the  State  of  $5  per  day  during  the  days  he  was 
in  Chicago,  the  item  being  listed  as  follows  :  "Traveling  after 
venders,  and  office  work."  The  Governor  also  shows  that  on 
June  20  Mr.  Keltz  was  in  Webster  City  "riding  about  the  town 
in  an  automobile,"  and  attending  a  convention  held  there  that 
day. 

Commissioner  Keltz,  in  his  own  defense,  declares  that  he 
actually  did  work  for  the  State  when  he  was  in  Chicago,  that 
all  of  his  bills  were  correct  and  that  Governor  Carroll,  when 
State  auditor,  had  advised  members  of  the  board  to  charge 
for  a  full  day  in  cases  where  only  a  part  of  the  day  had  been 
used.  He  ascribes  the  Governor's  attack  to  personal  enmity 
due  to  Keltz's  course  in  favoring  the  nomination  of  another 
man  for  Governor. 

In  the  House,  Governor  Carroll's  Bill,  introduced  by  Mr. 
Grier,  to  abolish  the  board  was  defeated  by  a  vote  of  51  to  24, 
although  an  appeal  was  made  on  behalf  of  the  executive  to 
have  the  bill  passed. 


Medico-Chirurgical  College  at  Philadelphia. 

PHii..\DELi'niA,  April  10. — The  Alumni  Association  of  the 
Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College 
gave  a  reception  and  banquet  at  Mosebach's  Casino  April  7, 
at  which  the  members  of  the  senior  class  in  that  department 
were  guests  of  honor. 

— Committees  have  been  appointed  for  a  two-day  celebra- 
tion, June  4-5,  of  the  tenth  anniversary  of  the  organization 
of  the  department  of  pharmacy. 

— A  distinctly  scientific  programme,  highly  entertaining  and 
instructive,  was  rendered  at  the  March  meeting  of  the  Mortar 
and  Pestle  Club  of  the  college. 

— Commencement  will  be  held  on  June  5. 


F.  H.  Fenwick  President  of  Worcester  County  Ph. A. 

WoBCESTEB,  Mass.,  April  3. — The  annual  meeting  of  the 
Worcester  County '  Pharmacists'  Association  was  held  at  the 
Worcester  Automobile  Club  recently  and  the  following  officers 
were  elected:  President,  F.  H.  Fenwick;  \  ice-president, 
Walter  S.  Doane ;  secretary,  B.  C.  Cutler ;  treasurer,  F.  W. 
Bing ;  executive  committee,  H.  E.  Davis,  W.  H.  Goggin,  Albert 
W.  Andrews,  Frank  W.  Lavoine  and  M.  G.  Hirshon. 


Cost  $300  to  ■Violate  Pure  Drug  Law. 
Manhattan,  Kan.,  April  10. — George  B.  Harrop,  a  local 
druggist,  was  found  guilty  of  violating  the  Pure  Food  and 
Drugs  Act  by  adulterating  drugs  by  Justice  Porter  recently  on 
three  cotmts.  He  was  given  the  minimum  fine  of  $100  for  each 
count  and  costs. 


Many  Persons  Want  to  Get  Rid  of  Their  Whiskers. 

Columbus.  Ind..  April  10. — When  Joseph  Griner  brought 
suit  against  George  F.  Meyer,  a  Seymour  druggist,  for  .$5000 
damages  for  giving  him  an  ointment  which  is  alleged  to  have 
ruined  his  whiskers,  he  little  knew  of  the  free  advertising 
there  was  in  store  for  Meyer.  Now  the  Seymour  druggist  is 
receiving  letters  from  all  parts  of  the  country  from  people  who 
wish  their  whiskers  removed.  One  man  writes  from  Parkers- 
burg,  W.  Va.,  that  his  face  is  so  tender  shaving  is  "miserably 
painful."  If  the  Seymour  druggist  has  an  ointment  which 
will  remove  whiskers,  root  and  branch,  he  desires  some  of  it. 
"If  you  have  a  preparation  that  will  remove  hair  on  the 
face  it  is  just  what  I  want,"  writes  a  man  from  Indianapolis. 
An  Evansville  woman  encloses  stamps  for  a  sample.  She 
wants  something  that  will  rid  her  of  hair  on  the  face.  An- 
other inquiry  comes  from  Galveston,  Tex.  The  man  says 
barbers  alwa.vs  sneak  out  of  the  shop  when  they  see  him 
coming,  and  his  beard  is  too  heavy  for  him  to  shave  himself. 
He  wishes  some  of  the  remover. 


Programme  of  Botanical  Excursions  in  Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  botanical  excursions  for 
1909  will  be  held  as  follows : 

.\pril  28,  Darby  Creek,  take  cat  in  Walnut  street,  .iml  meet  at 
terminus  of  line  at  2  o'clock;  May  5,  Swartbmore,  take  Augora 
cur  in  Walnut  street,  and  meet  at  Angora  Junction  at  2  o'clock; 
May  12.  West  Chester  Road,  take  ear  in  Market  Street  Elevated 
Road,  aud  meet  at  terminus  of  line  at  2  o'clock;  May  19,  Horti- 
cultural Hall,  Fairmount  Park,  meet  at  hall  at  2  o'clock;  May 
26,  Crum  Creek,  take  Angora  car  in  Walnut  street,  and  meet  at 
Angora  Junction  at  2  o'clock. 


Electric  Mortar  and  Pestle  as  a  Sign. 
Stbacuse,  N.  Y.,  April  10. — C.  W.  Snow  &  Co.  have  a  large 
mortar  and  pestle  sign  with  a  row  of  electric  lights  around 
the  outer  edges  in  front  of  the  store  in  South  Warren  street, 
to  keep  up  with  other  merchants  who  are  making  electrical 
displays  in  that  thoroughfare. 


Wisconsin  Drug  Stores  in  Good  Condition. 
MiLWAUivEE.  April  10.— D.  M.  Walsh,  United  States  Pure 
i'ood  and  Drug  Inspector,  has  been  visiting  several  Wisconsin 
cities  and  towns  in  his  official  capacity.  Conditions  in  the 
drug  stores  of  the  State  were  found  to  be  very  satisfactory  by 
Mr.  Walsh. 


April  15,  1909] 


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JOINT  MEETING  HELD  IN  BALTIMORE. 


PLANS  FOR  COMING  ILLINOIS  PH.A.  MEETING. 


Drug  Exchange  Kepresented  and  the  Formulation  of  a 
Programme  for  the  Next  Legislature  Discussed. 

Baxtimore.  April  10. — Another  conference  of  representa- 
tives from  the  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  from  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, the  Baltimore  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  and  the 
Baltimore  Drug  Exchange  was  held  recently,  the  Drug  Ex- 
change sending  delegates  for  the  tirst  time.  William  M.  Fouch, 
president  of  the  Maryland  Ph. A.,  presided.  It  was  decided 
to  hold  other  joint  meetings  whenever  this  seemed  desirable, 
such  gatherings  to  be  called  by  President  Fouch  on  the  re- 
quest of  members  from  any  organization  wishing  to  have  the 
call  issued. 

The  proposed  joint  meeting  in  May  elicited  some  discussion. 
At  this  meeting  probable  legislation  to  be  brought  before  the 
Maryland  General  Assembly  at  its  next  session,  in  January, 
1910.  is  likely  to  receive  extensive  consideration.  A  com- 
mittee consisting  of  R.  E.  Lee  Williamson.  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly 
and  A.  C.  Meyer  was  named  to  arrange  a  programme. 

WANT  PRIVILEGES  RESTORED.  ^"^  ^^'"''^  '^^'"°^^  Traveler. 

Retailers  in  Baltimore  Decide  to  Re- 
vert to  Anti-Tripartite  Conditions. 

Baltimore.  April  10. — The  Baltimore 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  at  a 
meeting  Thursday  afternoon,  received  re- 
ports from  various  committees  and  dis- 
posed of  other  business,  discussing  among 
the  various  matters  the  programme  to  be 
arranged  for  the  proposed  joint  meeting 
of  pharmaceutical  bodies  here  nest  month. 

The  committee  on  membership  reported 
that  ten  new  names  had  been  added  to  the 
list  as  a  result  of  the  canvass  made  among 
the  druggists  of  the  city.  The  telephone 
committee  was  authorized  to  circulate  a 
petition  for  an  increase  of  the  pay  for  the 
maintenance  of  pay  telephones  in  drug 
stores,  while  the  legislative  committee  was 
Instructed  to  formulate  a  programme  for 
the  joint  meeting  of  druggists  and  allied 
interests. 

The  meeting  unanimously  indorsed 
David  R.  Millard  for  appointment  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  providing 
that  the  retailers  ask  for  the  restoration 
of  the  privileges  which  they  had  before 
the  tripartite  agreement  went  into  efiEecl 
in  the  way  of  price  concessions  when  pur- 
chases are  made  in  quantity.  The  re- 
tailers will  urge  that  they  be  placed  upon 
an  equality  with  the  jobber  in  this  respect, 
as  was  the  case  formerly. 


Important  Subjects  to  Be  Considered  and  Membership 
Roll  is  Expected  to  Reach  the  1300  Mark. 
Chicago.  April  10. — Judging  from  the  plans  which  have  been 
made  and  the  activity  displayed  by  the  officers  and  committee  of 
the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  coming  meeting  at 
Quincy.  June  15-17,  will  be  the  banner  meeting  in  the  history 
of  the  association.  Xot  only  is  the  association  fortunate  in 
having  an  exceedingly  active  local  secretary  in  the  person  of 
Charles  H.  Achelpohl.  but  the  vigilant  and  enterprising  officers 
of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association  have 
determined  to  break  all  records  in  the  entertainments  for  this 
meeting. 

The  full  meaning  of  this  determination  can  be  realized  only 
by  those  who  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Quincy  at  the  meeting 
there  two  decades  ago  and  have  also  witnessed  the  great  suc- 
cess which  the  tr.avelers  have  made  of  the  entertainment 
features  for  the  last  six  years. 

The    Illinois    Pharmaceutical    Association    is   in    prosperous 
condition,   with   the   largest   membership   it   has   ever   had.   not 
less   than    1100   pharmacists   beifig   repre- 
sented on  its  rolls. 

The  membership  committee  is  hard  at 
work  with  a  view  of  presenting  200  new 
members  for  election  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing. Among  the  most  important  subjects 
to  come  up  for  consideration  are  questions 
affecting  education  and  legislation  and 
the  much-talked  of  amendment  to  the 
Pharmacy  Law  so  as  to  require  a  system- 
atic pharmaceutical  training  prior  to  ex- 
amination by  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy. 

The  finances  of  the  association  are  in 
excellent  condition.  The  secretary  reports 
a  larger  number  of  members  than  usual 
who  have  paid  their  dues  for  the  current 
year  in  advance  and  there  is  every  indi- 
cation that  with  the  enthusiastic  support 
of  the  travelers  the  meeting  will  be  a 
record-breaker  in  attendance  and  enter- 
tainment as  well  as  in  business  transacted. 


EALPH  G.  SHIKLT, 
who  is  on  the  parade  committee  of 
the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Trav- 
elers' Association,  is  making  strenu- 
ous efforts  to  promote  the  success  of 
the  State  Ph.A.  meeting  in  Quincy 
in  .Tune.  He  represents  Bauer  & 
Black  in  the  Illinois  district. 


Lively  Contest  for  Vacancy  in  the  Maryland  Board. 

Baxtimobe.  April  10. — There  appears  to  be  an  active  rivalry 
for  the  vacancy  to  occur  next  month  on  the  Maryland  Board 
of  Pharmacy  with  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  Ephraim 
Bacon,  the  secretary.  Mr.  Bacon  is  reported  to  be  anxious  to 
succeed  himself,  and  is  making  strong  efforts  to  be  retained. 
The  candidate  of  the  Baltimore  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists is  David  R.  Millard,  who  was  at  one  time  on  the  board 
and  who  obtained  a  reappointment,  but  resigned. 

The  Maryland  Ph.A.  seems  not  to  be  committed  to  any  one. 
and  has  sent  in  the  names  of  three  available  candidates,  as  it 
is  required  to  do  under  the  law.  The  three  names  submitted 
are  those  of  David  R.  Millard.  Ephraim  Bacon,  the  present 
secretary,  and  Robert  S.  McKinney,  postmaster  of  Taney- 
town,  Carroll  County,  and  a  prosperous  druggist  there.  Mr. 
McKinney  has  many  friends  and  can  be  depended  upon  to  run 
a  swift  race.  Louis  Hergenrather,  of  Towson,  Baltimore 
County,  is  also  an  applicant. 

Much,  apparently,  depends  upon  the  constniction  of  the 
law  relating  to  sectional  representation.  If  a  druggist  must 
reside  in  the  section  to  which  he  is  accredited  and  be  engaged 
in  business  there,  some  of  the  present  aspirants  are  ineligible. 


New  Drug  Company  Formed. 
Chicago,  April  10. — The  Chicago 
Wholesale  Drug  Company  has  been  in- 
corporated, with  a  capital  stock  of  $20,- 
000.  to  engage  in  the  wholesale  and  retail 
drug  business.  The  incorporators  are 
Henry  P.  Sandkoetter.  Matthew  White, 
Conrad  H.  Sippel  and  Anthony  E.  Zuber, 
all  well  known  to  the  Chicago  trade.  The 
new  concern  expects  to  commence  busi- 
ness shortly  and  has  leased  quarters  at 
Wabash  avenue  and  Harrison  street.  Mr. 
Sippel  is  the  attorney  for  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists'  Association.  Mr.  Sand- 
koetter was  the  former  chairman  of  the  propaganda  commit- 
tee of  the  X.A.R.D.  Mr.  Zuber  is  a  trustee  of  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  and  Mr.  White  is  connected 
with  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the  American  Druggists'  Syndi- 
cate. It  is  generally  understood  in  the  trade  that  the  new 
concern  will  undertake  the  representation  of  this  line  after  it 
is  opened  for  business. 


Social  Drug  Club  Ready  for  Minstrels. 
Chicago.  April  10. — The  Social  Drug  Club  held  its  regular 
monthly  meeting  at  the  Sherman  House  today.  The  interest 
of  the  members  largely  centered  in  the  preparations  for  the 
forthcoming  minstrel  show  to  be  given  at  the  T.M.C.A.  Audito- 
rium on  April  lo.  The  success  of  this  affair  is  so  well  assured 
that  there  is  talk  of  giving  the  same  performance  at  Quincy 
in  June  during  the  State  convention. 


F,  W.  Meissner  Now  Chairman  Propaganda  Committee. 
Chicago.  April  10. — Fred  W.  Meissner,  of  Laporte,  Ind., 
has  been  made  chairman  of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  committee  of 
the  N.A.R.D..  in  the  place  of  Christopher  Koch,  of  Philadel- 
phia, who  resigned.     Franklin  M.  Apple,  of  Philadelphia,  sue- 


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[April  15,  1909 


ceeds  to  the  Tacancy  on  the  board  created  by  Mr.  Koch's 
resignation.  Mr.  Meissner  has  been  identified  with  the 
N.A.R.D.  since  its  organization  and  was  a  former  member  of 
the  National  executive  committee  and  also  a  member  of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention. 


Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  Commencement. 

Chic.\G0,  April  10. — The  annual  commencement  exercises 
of  the  University  of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held 
at  the  Central  Y.M.C.A.  Auditorium,  153  La  Salle  street, 
April  29.  at  2  p.  m.  The  speaker  of  the  day  will  be  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  Francis  G.  Blair.  The 
graduating  class  is  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  institution 
and  will  be  represented  by  G.  A.  Anderson,  salutatorian,  and 
Richard  Van  Dusen,  valedictorian.  President  Edmund  J. 
James,  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  will  confer  the  degrees. 

The  trustees  have  appointed  S.  C.  Yeomans  the  Chicago 
member  of  the  advisory  board  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by 
the  expiration  of  the  term  of  W.  K.  Forsyth. 

On  the  evening  of  commencement  day  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion will  give  its  27th  annual  banquet  and  reunion. 

A  special  feature  will  be  a  reunion  of  the  class  of  1SS4, 
which  will  celebrate  the  25th  anniversary  of  its  graduation. 
George  P.  Mills,  of  Evanston,  and  W.  W.  Albers,  of  Wausau, 
Wis.,  are  actively  at  work  in  promoting  the  success  of  this 
reunion.     Dr.  H.  H.  Rogers  will  act  as  toastmaster. 

On  April  14  the  Beta  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Gamma  Sigma 
Fraternity  gives  its  third  annual  banquet. 

On  April  23  the  students,  both  junior  and  senior  class, 
will  visit  the  laboratories  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  at  Detroit. 


Bevenue  Kuling  Causes  Much  Inconvenience. 
Chicago,  April  10. — A  new  ruling  of  the  Internal  Revenue 
Department  on  the  five-gallon  merchandise  package  of  alcohol 
is  causing  some  inconvenience  to  druggists  in  this  district. 
Up  to  a  short  time  ago  the  so-called  five-gallon  package  con- 
tained 4%  gallons  in  order  to  avoid  the  inconvenience  of  at- 
taching a  revenue  stamp  to  each  individual  package.  Without 
any  warning  came  the  notification  from  the  Government  that 
hereafter  all  five-gallon  packages  that  contained  less  than  five 
gallons  would  be  subject  to  seizure  if  it  did  not  have  on  it  a 
revenue  stamp.  The  ruling  does  not  increase  the  tax,  but 
simply  adds  to  the  trouble  and  expense  by  reason  of  the  addi- 
tional labor  involved  in  securing  and  placing  the  stamps. 


Live  Topics  Discussed  by  Chicago  Druggists. 
Chicago,  April  10. — The  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion will  hold  its  regular  quarter  meeting  April  13.  The  re- 
port of  the  committee  on  the  revision  of  the  constitution  and 
by-laws  will  be  the  principal  topic.  The  proposed  constitution 
contains  many  new  features  and  is  expected  to  incite  consid- 
erable discussion.  The  brokerage  question  and  the  matter  of 
new  stores  will  also  come  up  and  the  officers  will  submit  re- 
ports. The  pending  liquor  prosecutions  in  Illinois  will  also 
be  considered. 


Drug  Club  "Get-Together"  Dinner  Big  Success. 
Over  100  members  took  part  in  the  "Get-Together"  dinner 
of  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Club  of  New  York  on  April  7,  and 
the  event  was  a  success  from  start  to  finish.  The  dinner, 
which  was  planned  especially  for  the  newer  members  and  for 
the  promotion  of  general  good-fellowship,  served  its  purpose 
admirably.  Among  the  speakers  were  President  Edwin  H. 
Burr,  who  planned  the  novel  features ;  Vice-President  C.  B. 
Zabriskie,  Thomas  P.  Cook,  H.  B.  Harding  and  I.  F. 
Stone.  All  took  part  in  the  singing  of  songs  which  were 
printed  on  the  programme  and  a  number  expressed  a  desire 
to  see  similar  sessions  become  at  least  annual  affairs. 


Buried  Mrs.  Hall's  Mother  in  Michigan. 
George  C.  Hall,  of  Brooklyn.  Eastern  representative  of  the 
Zemmer  Company,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  with  his  wife  and  daughter 
returned  to  the  city  Saturday  evening.  March  26  they  took 
the  remains  of  Mrs.  Hall's  mother,  Mrs.  J.  D.  Mizner,  to 
Burr  Oak,  Mich.,  for  burial.  They  visited  Kalamazoo.  Mich. ; 
Erie,  Pa.,  and  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  before  their  return. 


KILLS  HIMSELF  TO  MEET  HIS  DEAD  WIFE. 

Veteran  Druggist  of  Cleveland  Never  Recovered  From 
Sorrow  Caused  by  Her  Suicide. 

Cleveland,  O.,  April  12. — Despondent  over  the  suicide  of 
his  wife  four  years  ago,  Albert  Petersilge,  57,  druggist,  re- 
cently ended  his  life  with  a  bullet. 

Petersilge  was  born  in  Stadtlim,  Germany,  and  came  to 
this  country  42  years  ago.  He  settled  in  Cleveland,  learned 
the  drug  business  and  eventually  started  in  business  for  him- 
self at  East  22d  street  and  Woodland  avenue,  S.  E.  For  28 
years  he  conducted  the  business  at  that  place  until  about  seven 
years  ago,  when  he  turned  it  over  to  his  son  Emil  and  retired. 

Afflicted  with  nervous  trouble,  the  wife  four  years  ago  re- 
tired to  her  room  one  day  and  ended  her  life  with  poison.  The 
wife's  tragic  death  had  a  depressing  effect  upon  the  husband. 
From  the  shock  of  it  he  never  entirely  recovered. 

Fits  of  despondency  came  upon  him  time  after  time  during 
the  past  four  years  and  made  him  long  to  end  his  troubles 
and  join  his  wife. 


Philip  A.  Calder,  of  Troy,  N.  Y. 

Tboy,  April  10. — Philip  A.  Calder,  president  of  Polk  & 
Calder  Drug  Co.,  and  the  oldest  active  druggist  in  this  city, 
died  recently  from  shock  resulting  from  a  fall. 

In  1S60  he  secured  a  position  with  Robinson  &  Green, 
wholesale  druggists,  and  after  19  years  was  admitted  to  the 
firm.  The  firm  underwent  several  changes  until  1897,  when 
the  present  concern  was  incorporated.  Mr.  Calder  was  a 
member  of  the  Commercial  Travelers'  Association  and  the 
Rensselaer  Society  in  New  I'ork.  The  survivors  are  his  widow 
and  two  sisters.     The  funeral  was  largely  attended. 

Easter  Monday  Wedding  Prevented  by  Death. 
Boston,  A-pril  10. — One  of  the  saddest  funerals  held  in 
Watertown  for  many  a  day  was  that  yesterday  of  Thomas  H. 
Smith,  employed  for  many  years  in  Sullivan's  drug  store.  He 
was  to  have  been  married  Easter  Monday.  The  cards  had  been 
sent  out  only  a  week  ago,  and  the  affianced  had  received  a 
linen  shower  from  her  many  friends.  Mr.  Smith  had  been  ill 
only  a  few  days. 


Druggists  Win  in  Pennsylvania  Senate. 
Habeisbubg,   April   12. — Senate   Bill   37(5.   opposed   by   Pa. 
Ph.A.  and  all  druggists,  has  been  defeated  in  the  Senate. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— J.  W.  McDougall,  Rock  Springs,  Wyo.,  is  dead. 

— Elihu  Bunkee,  of  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  is  dead  of 
apoplexy,  aged  76. 

— L.  G.  Schiiltz,  formerly  in  the  employ  of  the  Koepenick 
Drug  Company  and  well  known  among  Wisconsin  drug  clerks, 
is  dead  at  Fond  du  Lac  of  pneumonia. 

— Otto  G.  Schnepf,  of  Wheeling.  W.  Va..  is  dead,  aged  31. 
His  father  had  operated  the  pharmacy  to  which  he  succeeded 
at  his  parent's  death.    A  widow  survives. 

— Aubelius  Smith,  aged  46,  of  the  Smith  &  Grisham  Drug 
Co.,  Winfield,  La.,  is  dead,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  children. 
He  was  a  prominent  business  man  and  Mason. 

— Henbt  a.  Hunicke.  a  founder  and  former  president  of 
the  St.  Louis  Chemical  Society,  was  recently  killed  by  leaping 
from  the  window  of  a  hospital  where  he  was  awaiting  ac 
operation. 

— C.  L.  Shebwood,  one  of  the  best  known  druggists  in  south- 
western Michigan,  is  dead,  aged  71.  He  was  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness at  Dowagiac  for  40  years  and  was  connected  with  many 
fraternal  organizations. 

— Labs  L.  Rutlen,  a  pharmacist  at  the  O.  O.  Melaas  drug 
store,  Stoughton,  Wis.,  for  the  past  30  years,  is  dead  of  heart 
failure.  He  was  born  in  Norway  in  1840  and  settled  at 
Stoughton  in  1871,  when  he  became  associated  with  O.  N. 
Falk  in  the  pharmacy  business. 

— Fbank  a.  Weise,  for  28  years  in  business  as  a  druggist 
in  Nashville,  Tenn.,  is  dead,  aged  68.  Previously  he  had  served 
in  the  Federal  Army  in  the  Hospital  Department  and  after 
the  war  obtained  employment  in  Nashville  drug  stores,  later 
starting  in  business  for  himself.  He  was  born  in  Berlin,  Ger- 
many, and  came  to  America  when  16. 

— Henbt  Fischeb,  a  director  in  the  St.  Louis  C.P.,  member 
of  the  St.  Louis  R.D.A.  and  of  other  organizations,  is  dead. 
He  was  born  in  Germany  in  1845  and  came  to  this  country 
in  1861.  At  Fort  Wayne  he  was  connected  with  the  Meyer 
Bros.  Drug  Co.  and  later  went  to  St.  Louis.  A  widow  and  ■ 
two  children  survive.     His  body  was  cremated. 


April  15,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


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NEW  HEAD  FOR  GLENSIDE  GALENICAL  CO. 


61  NEW  MEMBERS— RECORD  BROKEN  IN  P.A.R.D, 


Frank    M.    Ramsey,    Formerly    With    the    William    R. 
Warner  Co.,  Now  President  and  General  Manager. 

Frank  M.  Ramsey,  who  has  rpcoutly  become  the  president 
and  general  manager  of  the  Glenside  Galenical  Company, 
Gleuside,  Pa.,  is  well  known  to  the  trade  as  one  of  the  most 
expert  pill  men  in  America,  his  experience  in  this  direction 
having  been  obtained  in  an  association  of  nearly  40  years 
with  the  house  of  Wm.  R.  Warner  Company,  of  Philadelphia. 
Pa.,  where  he  rose  from  errand  boy  to  general  manager,  a 
position  he  held  until  November  of  last  year,  when  he  with- 
drew, owing  to  changes  in  ownership  of  that  company. 

The  Glenside  Galenical  Company,  with  which  Mr.  Ramsey 
is  now  identified,  is  a  comparatively  new  addition  to  the  list 
of  manufacturing  houses,  and  Mr.  Ramsey  informs  us  that 
his  company  will  pay  especial  attention  to  the  manufacture  of 
private  formulas  for  the  trade  rather  than  to  attempt  a  full 
line  of  pharmaceuticals. 

Added  to  this  work  will  be  the  supplying  of  certain  articles 
put  up  for  the  trade,   ready  for  selling,  physicians'   supplies, 
specialties,   etc.     Mr.   Ramsey   is  hopeful  for  the   future  and 
believes     that     intelligent,     conscientious 
work  in  behalf  of  his  clients  will  surely 
merit  a  reputation  and  a  growing  quantity 
of  business. 


Easter  Bonnet  Burned  in  Drug-  Store. 
Baltimoee,  April  10. — A  tragedy  with 
an  Easter  bonnet  for  the  central  figure 
was  enacted  in  the  pharmacy  of  Thomas 
&  Thompson,  Light  and  Baltimore  streets, 
yesterday.  A  woman  was  standing  near 
the  cigar  counter  when,  by  an  unguarded 
movement,  her  Easter  hat  came  in  con- 
tact with  the  small  gas  jet  kept  burning 
for  smokers  to  light  their  perfectos.  There 
was  a  sudden  flare  and  in  the  twinkling 
of  an  eye  what  had  been  a  creation  of 
straw,  cherries,  lace  and  wax  was  trans- 
formed into  a  mass  of  unsightly  rubbish. 
Clerks  and  patrons  of  the  store  who  wit- 
nessed the  conflagration  were  uncertain 
as  to  whether  they  should  regard  the  oc- 
currence as  a  comedy  or  a  tragedy.  There 
were  a  few  sighs,  a  few  shouts  and  then 
laughter.  The  young  woman  who  had 
worn  the  hat  seemed  to  bear  the  misfor- 
tune with  equanimity. 


To  Burn  Mortgagee  Tonight. 

The  burning  of  the  mortgage  on  the 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  clearing 
the  institution  of  its  entire  debt,  will  take 

place  this  evening  with  special  ceremonies.  A  banquet  given 
in  honor  of  the  occasion  by  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical 
Society,  which  owns  the  institution,  will  be  a  feature. 

Outside  of  the  alumni  association,  the  trustees,  the  faculty 
of  the  college  and  the  officers  of  the  society,  a  number  of 
invited  guests  are  to  take  part  in  the  festivities  and  there  will 
be  speeches  by  prominent  pharmaceutical  men  from  all 
branches  of  the  trade  and  profession.  The  committee  on  ar- 
rangements has  been  making  preparations  for  the  event  for 
more  than  a  month  and  besides  the  illumination  of  the  entire 
building  the  banquet  room  will  be  handsomely  decorated  with 
the  college  colors.  Following  are  the  names  of  the  gentlemen 
on  the  committee  :  William  Muir,  Phar.D.,  chairman  ;  William 
0.  Anderson.  Phar.D.  ;  Frederic  P.  Tuthill,  Phar.D. :  Adrian 
Paradis.  Ph.G. :  Thomas  J.  France.  Ph.G. 


Fatal  Accident  Caused  by  Carboy  Breaking. 
Milwaukee.  April  10. — The  accidental  breaking  of  a  large 
carboy   of   oxalic   acid   at   the   plant   of   the    Pfister   &   Vogel 
Leather  Co.  will  probably  cause  the  death  of  Steve  Carolick, 
an  employee.     Just  how  the  accident  occurred  is  not  known. 


Druggist  Suffers  in  Bad  Fire  at  Lenox. 
Lenox,  Mass.,  April  12. — In  a  fire  yesterday  which  destroyed 
the  business  section  of  this  place  and  cost  six  lives,  the  phar- 
macy of  James  Cassidy  was  burned,  with  a  loss  of  $10,000. 


Proposed  Legislation  Considered  and  Suggestions  Made 
for  Advancing  the  Interests  of  Retailers. 

Philadelphi.4,  April  10. — The  admission  of  61  new  mem- 
bers and  the  discussion  and  action  on  the  proposed  amendments 
to  the  State  pharmacy  law  were  the  prominent  features  of  the 
quarterly  meeting  at  the  Drug  Club  of  the  Philadelphia  Asso- 
ciation of  Retail  Druggists.  It  was  not  only  a  largely  attended 
meeting,  but  an  exceptionally  interesting  one,  as  was  indicated 
by  the  fact  that  it  was  midnight  before  the  members  gathered 
at  the  luncheon  which  was  served  in  the  club  caf^. 

The  proposed  radical  change  in  existing  legislation  by  which 
the  proprietor  of  each  drug  store  in  Pennsylvania  will  be  taxed 
$2  annually  came  up  in  the  course  of  the  report  of  Chairman 
William  L.  Cliffe,  of  the  legislative  committee,  and  was  new 
to  most  of  the  members.  Other  amendments  to  the  pharmacy 
law  provide  for  the  paying  of  a  salary  of  $1500  per  annum 
to  the  members  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board,  the 
granting  of  permission  to  countr.v  storekeepers  to  sell  the  com- 
mon household  remedies ;  compelling  everj"  drug  store  in  the 
State  to  possess  a  United  States  Pharmacopceia  and  a  National 
Formular.v ;  permit  pharmacists  regis- 
tered in  other  States  to  register  in  Penn- 
sylvania, provided  that  the  standards  of 
the  other  commonwealths  are  equal  to 
those  of  Pennsylvania,  and  provided  also 
that  the  same  privilege  of  registration  is 
given  in  those  States  to  men  registered  in 
Pennsylvania  ;  compel  qualified  assistants 
taking  the  examination  for  registered 
pliarmacist  to  hand  over  the  q.  a.  cer- 
tificate before  they  can  receive  the  other, 
and  lastly  stipulating  upon  what  condi- 
tions the  license  of  an  applicant  may  be 
refused  or  revoked  by  the  State  board. 

But  it  was  on  the  section  providing  for 
the  payment  of  an  annual  tax  of  $2  by  the 
proprietor  of  every  store  in  the  State 
that  the  principal  discussion  took  place. 
Christopher  Koch,  Jr..  recently  appointed 
a  member  of  the  State  board,  announced 
that  he  was  the  sponsor  for  the  bill  and 
pluckily  took  the  floor  to  explain  and  de- 
fend the  measure  from  the  attacks  which 
c.Tme  from  all  sides.  He  declared  that 
with  this  assessment  feature  it  would  be 
pcissiMe  to  keep  an  authentic  record  of  the 
storeL  of  the  State  and  that  the  owners 
would  receive  protection  and  the  laws 
would  be  enforced  as  never  before.  He 
showed  how  it  would  be  necessary  for 
every  proprietor  to  comply  with  the  law 
before  he  received  his  license  to  conduct  a 
store  and  that  if  he  violated  the  law  there  would  be  no  hunt- 
ing of  evidence  and  he  w'ould  lose  his  license.  He  declared 
that  it  should  be  worth"  $2  for  every  druggist  as  an  insurance 
proposition  and  to  know  that  every  other  druggist  was  living 
up  to  the  law  the  same  as  he  was. 

On  the  question  of  salary,  he  said  that  as  it  was  proposed  to 
put  medical  inspectors  on  a  salary  of  $1,500  a  year,  it  was  only 
in  keeping  with  the  dignity  of  the  profession  of  pharmacy  that 
the  members  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board 
should  receive  a  similar  salary,  instead  of  $.5  a  day  as  is  now 
paid. 

William  E.  Lee  declared  that  it  was  class  legislation  and 
that  the  taxing  of  pharmacists  for  the  enforcement  of  a  law 
was  wrong  in  principle.  He  read  a  letter  from  L.  L.  Walton, 
the  Williamsport  member  of  the  board,  expressing  the  latter's 
disapproval  of  the  amendment  to  impose  the  tax  suggested. 
Mr.  Cliffe  said  he  was  in  favor  of  the  licensing  feature  and 
that  members  of  the  board  should  receive  the  salary  proposed, 
but  he  explained  that  the  Legislature  had  repeatedly  been 
urged  that  an  appropriation  was  necessary  to  successfully 
enforce  the  pharmacy  laws  and  that  for  that  as  well  as  other 
reasons  it  was  now  wrong  for  the  retail  drug  trade  to  accede 
to  a  proposition  to  go  down  in  their  own  pockets  and  pay  for 
the  protection  the  State  should  provide. 

Charles  Rehfuss  said  that  it  was  all  right  for  the  State 
board  to  get  a  line  on  every  drug  store  in  the  State  and  that 


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it  was  worth  $2  for  him  to  know  that  every  druggist  in  the 
State  was  living  up  to  the  law. 

"It  is  an  injustice."  he  continued,  "to  tax  the  druggists. 
but  if  there  is  no  other  wa.v,  why  1  say  pay  it.  One  of  the 
best  features  of  the  amended  bill  is  the  licensing  of  drug 
stores." 

Charles  Leedom,  Walter  Rothwell,  Charles  E.  King,  Dr. 
E.  K.  Boltz  and  others  also  opposed  the  taxation  feature  of  the 
amendments,  while  President  Frank  W.  Fluck  called  attention 
to  the  section  which  allows  the  license  of  a  store  to  be  revoked 
upon  the  conviction  of  the  licensee  of  any  violation  of  the  laws 
pertaining  to  pharmacy.  Mr.  Fluck  thought  that  this  should 
be  amended  so  that  this  penalty  should  be  imposed  only  when 
the  violation  was  of  a  criminal  nature. 

The  proposed  amendments  were  referred  to  the  legislative 
committee  with  approval  of  the  licensing  feature,  but  disap- 
proval of  the  taxation  fee  of  $2 ;  that  the  medicines  sold  by 
storekeepers  be  compounded  or  mixed  under  the  direction  of  a 
competent  pharmacist  and  that  licenses  be  revoked  upon 
failure  of  the  proprietor  to  renew  the  license  within  60  days, 
when  it  was  shown  that  he  conducted  his  store  without  com- 
petent help  or  when  the  proprietor  was  a  habitual  drunkard  or 
used  or  sold  illegally,  habit-forming  drugs. 

Great  enthusiasm  was  shown  by  the  meeting  when  Chair- 
man William  A.  Carpenter,  of  the  membership  committee,  read 
off  a  list  of  61  applicants  for  memberships  who  had  already 
received  favorable  action  by  the  executive  committee.  It  was 
the  long-distance  record  for  members  admitted  at  any  one 
meeting  of  the  association,  the  high  number  previousl,v  being 
28.  He  magnanimously  divided  credit  for  the  work  with 
Organizer  J.  H.  Barlow  and  F.  J.  Austin,  0.  H.  Bailey.  Harry 
Swain,  Nelson  Fry,  Ralph  Haus,  C.  L.  Dobson.  A.  R.  Hesske, 
H.  C.  Clapham.  H.  J.  Siegfried.  J.  B.  Reynolds,  Russell  T. 
Blackwood,  B.  F.  Krehl  and  F.  P.  Streeper,  the  other  members 
of  the  committee,  for  going  with  him  in  their  respective  neigh- 
borhoods and  soliciting  those  who  hitherto  had  withheld  their 
applications. 

Dr.  J.  Madison  Taylor  was  introduced  by  President  Fluck 
and  in  a  concise,  interesting  manner  discussed  the  large  mor- 
tality among  infants  and  recommended  to  the  druggists  that 
they  take  up  the  question  of  supplying  the  milk  diet  for 
children.  He  declared  that  the  place  where  this  food  could 
and  should  be  prepared  was  the  drug  store. 

President  Fluck,  in  reporting  for  the  ethical  preparations 
committee,  announced  that  a  booklet  on  "Expectorants"  would 
go  out  shortly  to  the  physicians  of  the  city  and  that  it  was 
proposed  to  send  out  matter  perhaps  as  often  as  twice  a 
month  between  this  and  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  of  the 
N.A.R.D.,  at  the  September  convention.  The  suggestion  was 
made  that  it  would  be  better  if  this  matter  received  from 
National  headquarters  be  kept  and  distributed  regularly  so  as 
to  cover  the  period  up  to  the  first  of  the  year.  Secretary  N.  A. 
Cozens  announced  that  thus  far  the  names  of  1300  physi- 
cians had  been  received  from  members  who  wished  this  litera- 
ture sent  to  the  medical  profession.  He  said  that  as  the  asso- 
ciation was  entitled  to  send  to  2000  physicians,  those  who  had 
not  sent  in  lists  should  do  so  at  once. 

A  suggestion  which  may  bear  fruit  was  that  the  association 
secure  men  to  make  inventories  of  the  stocks  of  retail  drug 
stores  at  small  cost.  The  necessity  of  such  an  inventory  was 
pointed  out  and  it  was  explained  that  such  a  plan  might  be  a 
source  of  profit  to  the  association  as  well  as  a  convenience  to 
members.  It  was  said  that  one  of  the  wholesale  houses  in  the 
city  sent  men  out  to  do  this  work. 

The  other  reports  of  committees  and  officers  showed  that  the 
association  was  in  a  most  health.y  condition.  It  was  announced 
that  the  pharmacists  in  the  Italian  quarter  of  the  city  would 
organize  soon  and  as  most  of  the  prospective  members  are 
already  affiliated  with  the  P.A.R.D.,  the  new  organization  will 
really  be  an  alBliation  of  the  larger  body. 


Board   Examinations 


Old-Tiine  Drug  Store  Changes  Hands. 

The  drug  store  which  was  established  about  .50  years  ago  at 
10  Greenwich  street  has  been  sold  to  Rudolph  Mielke,  M.D. 
During  the  past  19  years  it  was  owned  by  Bracklo  Brothers. 
Owing  to  the  death,  last  winter,  of  William  Eberhard  Bracklo, 
the  remaining  brother,  Herman  TJ.,  lost  all  interest  in  the  store 
and  determined  to  sell  it.  It  is  the  intention  of  Herman  II. 
Bracklo  to  take  a  trip  to  Europe.  Herman  H.  Breuer.  Ph.G., 
executed  the  transfer  and  a  new  lease  for  five  vears. 


Mississippi. 

JacivSON,  A]iril  !). — Of  102  applicants  for  certificates  to 
practice  pharmacy  in  Mississippi,  the  following  made  the 
required  grade  in  the  examinations  held  here  during  this 
week,  and  they  will  be  given  certificates ; 

Edward  A.  Richardson,  Holly  Springs ;  Dr.  C.  W.  Melton, 
Shaw:  H.  B.  McGill.  Greenville;  J.  A.  McNeill,  Ellisville; 
Earle  Wylie,  Ecru;  Lyman  Paden,  luka  ;  S.  J.  Gaddy,  Bond; 
C.  W.  Fountain,  Logtown ;  C.  E.  Jones,  Bolton ;  B.  H.  Dick- 
son, Jackson ;  Delma  Goode,  Myrtle  ;  Walter  F.  Fortenberry, 
Columbia;  F.  L.  Graves,  Meridian;  E.  E.  Hagland,  Atlanta; 
C.  S.  Stevens,  Ruleville ;  R.  A.  Fadely.  Vicksburg ;  Robert  W. 
Keyser.  Canton ;  C.  E.  Merrill,  Greenwood ;  D.  V.  Stanley, 
Fort  Smith,  Ark. ;  T.  J.  Ray,  Long  Beach ;  E.  R.  Wiggins, 
Natchez ;  J.  T.  Larsen,  New  Orleans ;  E.  L.  Gaudet.  Coving- 
ton, La. ;  C.  H.  Butler,  Natchez ;  Charles  Ferchaud.  Vicks- 
burg ;  C.  V.  Herrell  and  D.  C.  Pitts,  Hermanville ;  Jesse  M. 
Eley,  Montrose :  H.  L.  Boyd,  Kosciusko ;  Charles  Kette, 
Vicksburg :  J.  F.  Garter,  Scooba ;  J.  D.  Lynch,  Weir ;  C.  M. 
Reames,  Senatobia ;  F.  L.  Mangham,  luka ;  L.  C.  Callahan, 
Columbus ;  John  T.  McLain,  Cleveland. 

The  following  were  given  duplicate  certificates  to  replace 
others  lost  or  mislaid :  A.  D.  Culley,  Fa.vette ;  H.  B.  Clarke, 
Kosciusko ;  H.  Eastland,  Forest ;  L.  K.  Hubbard,  Hazlehurst. 

The  class  was  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  board  and  it 
was  also  remarkable  for  furnishing  relatively  the  smallest 
number  of  successful  candidates.  Secretary  Wilkinson,  of  the 
board,  has  left  for  his  home  in  Indianola  and  will  send  out 
the  certificates  from  there. 


Colorado. 
Denveb,  April  10. — At  the  March  examinations  of  the  Colo- 
rado State  Board  of  Pharmacy  the  following  15  candidates 
passed  as  registered  pharmacists :  Charles  L.  Barthen.  George 
McLeod  Bowman.  Harry  Frank.  Banks  Gayman,  Grace  Gris- 
wold.  John  F.  Harting,  A.  E.  Lindahl,  Henry  O.  Lutz.  George 
Mej'er,  J.  A.  Reynolds,  William  J.  Schils,  of  Denver;  Thomas 
B.  Crigler  and  William  Odau,  of  Boulder;  William  J.  Lacy,  of 
Grand  Junction ;  Carl  G.  Meyer,  of  Trinidad. 


New  Pharmacy  Law  in  Massachusetts. 

Boston,  April  12. — The  new  pharmacy  bill  has  been  signed 
by  Governor  Draper,  and  is  now  a  law.  it  having  taken  effect 
immediately  upon  its  passage.  The  bill  gives  the  Board  of 
Registration  in  Pharmacy  greater  power  over  the  druggists, 
not  alone  in  the  regulation  of  the  liquor  licenses,  but  as  to  the 
druggists'  conduct. 

Incidentally  it  raises  the  fee  to  druggists  for  the  certificate 
of  fitness  for  a  liquor  license  from  $1  to  .55,  and  guarantees 
that  the  board  in  the  future  will  be  self-sustaining. 


Maryland  University  Alumni  to  Banquet. 
Baltimoee.  April  10. — The  annual  banquet  of  the  General 
Alumni  Association  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  of  which 
the  graduates  in  pharmacy  form  a  part,  will  take  place  at  the 
Eutaw  House  on  the  22d  inst.,  and  will  be  attended  by  many 
of  Baltimore's  most  prominent  citizens.  Among  the  speakers 
will  be  Congressman  William  H.  Wiley,  of  New  Jersey. 
Eugene  L.  Hodson  is  the  representative  of  the  druggists  on  the 
committee  of  arrangements. 


Next  Meeting  of  North  Dakota  Board. 
Secretary  W.  S.  Parker,  of  Lisbon,  announces  that  the  next 
meeting  of  the  North  Dakota  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  be 
held  at  Fargo  on  June  15. 


"l^i^'X'T/^17 We  are  now  revising  the  Era  Price 

i"^V^XlV^Ii.  Ljgt  for  the  1909  edition  and  wUl 
thank  the  users  of  this  List  to  advise  us  of  any 
errors  or  omissions  which  they  may  have  noticed 
in  the  last  edition. 

Address,  ERA  PRICE  LIST, 

90  "William  St.,  NEW  YORK 


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JOSEPH   HELFMAN. 


ANNIVERSARY  DINNER   TO  "THE  OLD  GUARD."        FINE  WINDOW  DISPLAY  IN  PHILADELPHIA. 

Detroit.  April  10. — 
.To.seph  Helfmau.  sec- 
retary to  the  general 
manager  of  Parke,  Da- 
vis &  Co.,  first  con- 
nected himself  with 
the  house  in  1884.  On 
the  evening  of  Thurs- 
day. April  1.  he  gave 
a  "dinner  to  "The  Old 
Guard"  to  commem- 
orate the  25th  anni- 
versary of  his  original 
engagement  by  the 
firm.  The  guests  com- 
prised the  managing 
officers,  the  chief  ex- 
ecutives, representa- 
tives from  branch 
houses,  and  old  friends 
in  the  house  whose 
service  in  many  in- 
stances began  prior  to 
that  of  Mr.  Helfman"s. 
Those  present  from 
out      of      town      were 

James  E.   Bartlett  and   Frank  T.  O'Brien,  of  Chicago;   S.   H. 

Carragan.    Dr.    .Jokichi    Takamine    and    W.    J.    Carr,    of   New 

York :  W.  F.  Whelan.  of  Buffalo :  E.  J.  Ware,  of  Kansas  City. 

and  W.  M.  Grant,  of  Walkervillc.  Canada. 

The  dinner  was  given  in  the  Hotel  Cadillac,  and  the  toast- 
master  of  the  occasion  was  J.  C.  Spratt,  one  of  Mr.  Helfman's 

oldest  friends  in  the  house  and  manager  of  the  department  of 

traveling  service.     The   toast   list   follows :     "Jly   Secretary," 

E.  G.  Swift ;  "How  I     feel  when  I  pay  Helfman's  dividend.  " 

George  Hargreaves  ;  "Things  that  have  happened  since  1884." 

L.  C.  Fink :  "One  of  the  near  -J-lers."  J.  E.  Bartlett ;  "Back 

for  a  day  with  the  Old  Guard."  W.  F.  Whelan ;  "The  man  who 

has  quit  having  birthdays."  S.  H.  Carragan;  "Reminiscences." 

H.  B.  Mason. 
In  a  way  this  banquet  was  a  return  compliment  given  b.v 

Mr.  Helfman  to  the  hearty  send-off  accorded  him  in  very  much 

the  same  manner  a  year  ago.  when  a  banquet  in  the  same  hotel 

was  tendered  him  by  his  friends  in  the  house  just  prior  to  his 

departure  for  a   three   months'   tour   in   Europe.     During   the 

evening  many  sincere  compliments  were  paid  to  Mr.  Helfman's 

qualities  of  mind  and  heart,  and  his  many  abilities  were  singled 

out  for  enthusiastic  praise.     Teleirams  were  read  from  those 

imable  to  be  present,  and  one  came  from  President  Frank  G. 

Ryan,  whose  presence  in  the  South  prevented  him  from  attend- 
ing the  dinner. 
During  the   afternoon   a  set   of  beautiful   silver  tableware. 

comprising  54  pieces,  was  sent  up  to  Mr.  Helfman's  house^ 

the  joint  gift  of  the  guests  at  the  banquet.     His  office  at  the 

laboratory  was   also  decorated   with   flowers  in  honor  of  his 

anniversary. 


View  of  the  pharmacy  of  William  E.  Lee.  first  vice-president  of 
the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists. 


May  Have  Chain  of  Stores,  But  Not  Now. 
Stkacuse,  N.  Y..  April  10. — Articles  of  incorporation  have 
i  been  filed   by   the  Dwight-Xye   Drug   Company,   capitalized   at 
j  $45,000.  to  take  over  the  business  of  H.  D.  Dwight  &  Co..  in 

the  Bastable  Theater  building  at  South  Warren  and  East 
I  Genesee  streets.  This  store  is  very  popular  with  theater 
;  patrons  and  does  a  great  soda  fountain  business.  The  iii- 
j  corporation  papers  set  forth  that  the  company  may  operate 
1  other  stores,  but  Frederick  J.  Nye.  who  is  to  manage  the 
I  store,  said  the  company  would  confine  its  business  to  Syracuse 
1  for   the    present.      The    change    takes    effect    April    15.      The 

directors  are :    Henry  D.   Dwight.   Mr.   Nye,   Helen  A.   N.ve. 

Louis  P.   Lang  and   Miss   Emma   G.   Williams.     Mr.   Dwight 

will  not  take  an  active  part  in  the  business. 


INJUNCTION  AGAINST  PRICE  CUTTING  VACATED 

Manufacturers  Will  Appeal  to  Higher  Court  in  Effort 
to  Prevent  Continuance  of  the  Practice. 

Detboit.  April  10. — Judge  Murphy,  of  the  Wayne  Circuit 
Court,  has  handed  down  a  decision  in  the  case  of  the  W.  H. 
Hill  Company  vs.  Gray  &  Worcester,  denying  the  company's 
right  to  enjoin  the  defendant  concern  from  cutting  the  prices 
on  the  former's  products.  Accordingly,  the  injunction  granted 
by  the  Circuit  Court  about  a  .year  ago  has  been  dissolved.  The 
decision  is  of  considerable  importance,  especially  in  view  of  the 
rate  war  that  is  now  on. 

The  proceedings  grew  out  of  Gray  &  Worcester's  action  in 
cutting  the  price  of  a  certain  article  manufactured  by  the  Hill 
Company,  from  25  cents  to  20  cents,  thereby  terminating  its 
agreement  with  the  manufacturer.  The  latter,  of  course,  re- 
fused to  sell  the  firm  any  more  of  the  goods,  but  Gray  &  Wor- 
cester managed  to  get  them  from  a  private  source.  Suit  was 
then  brought  by  the  manufacturer  and  a  temporary  injunction 
was  granted  against  the  retail  firm. 

Attorney  Arthur  Webster,  representing  the  defendant,  con- 
tended that  the  agreement  in  question  was  in  violation  of  the 
State  Anti-Trust  Law,  and  Judge  Murphy  took  this  view.  The 
Hill  Company  will  probably  appeal  the  case  to  the  Supreme 
Court. 


Jersey  Druggist  Retires  After  30  Years. 
Charles  F.  Wood,  who  for  30  .years  conducted  the  drug  store 
j  at  Lower  Jamesburg,  N.  J.,  has  sold  to  Hallam  T.  Koons, 
j  N.Y.C.r.,  1901.  Mr.  Wood  will  take  a  much  needed  rest  on 
[his  new,  big  farm  which  has  six  large  buildings  and  is  one  of 
ithe  ideal  country  places  at  Heightstown,  N.  J.  Herman  H. 
'  Breuer,  Ph.G.,  was  the  broker. 


Marquette  to  Have  Alumni  Association. 
Milwaukee,  April  10. — The  first  steps  toward  the  organiza- 
tion of  an  alumni  association  among  the  graduates  of  the 
Pharmaceutical  Department  of  the  Marquette  University  were 
taken  at  a  recent  banquet  enjoyed  by  100  of  the  alumni  at  the 
Hotel  Gilpatrick.  J.  G.  Donnelly  made  a  witty  address  on 
"Drugs  of  the  Market."  R.  E.  W.  Sommers,  dean  of  the  De- 
partment of  Pharmacy,  spoke  on  the  influence  of  pharmacy  on 
general  civilization.  Other  speakers  included  Rev.  James 
McCabe,  president  of  the  university. 


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BRANCHES  HOLD  HIGHLY  INTERESTING  SESSION 


Valuable  Papers  Read  and  Status  of  the  Prescription  in 
Respect  to  Ownership  is  Fixed. 

Philadelphia,  April  7. — Representatives  of  the  New  Torii. 
Baltimore  and  Washingtou  Branches  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  last  evening  attended  the  meeting  of 
the  Philadelphia  Branch  at  the  College  of  Physicians.  The 
action  of  the  business  meeting  as  well  as  of  the  papers 
and  the  discussion  which  followed  made  it  one  of  the  most 
interesting  meetings  in  the  history  of  the  organization.  One 
feature  was  the  report  of  the  committee  on  the  declaration  of 
the  prescription  which  had  been  appointed  at  the  February 
meeting  and  which  consisted  of  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington, 
Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus  and  Franklin  M.  Apple.  Another 
important  topic  was  the  discussion  on  the  proposition  made  by 
Alartin  I.  Wilbert  to  organize  the  meeting  into  an  organization 
of  members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the 
object  of  which  would  be  to  meet  at  Atlantic  Cit.v  during  the 
convention  in  June  of  the  American  Medical  Association. 

The  motion  was  opposed  because  it  was  declared  that  it 
might  be  construed  as  an  indication  of  a  lack  of  harmony  be- 
tween the  Eastern  and  Western  members  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association.  It  was  decided  to  leave  the  mat- 
ter of  preparing  a  programme  to  the  Atlantic  City  delegation, 
of  which  George  M.  Beringer  is  chairman. 

Dr.  Lyman  F.  Kebler  gave  an  illustrated  talk  on  the  work 
he  is  doing  as  chief  of  the  Drug  Division  of  the  Bureau  of 
Chemistry,  showing  on  a  screen  the  various  nostrums  and 
dangerous  patents  which  hare  been  seized  and  put  out  of  busi- 
ness by  the  Government  since  the  passage  of  the  Food  and 
Drugs  Act,  The  analyses  of  these  specimens  in  nearly  every 
case  were  shown  on  the  screen  directly  beneath  the  preparation 
and  were  of  particular  interest  to  this  large  audience  of  pro- 
fessional and  scientific  men  and  women.  Advertising  claims 
in  particular  were  exploited  and  Dr,  Kebler  told  many  amus- 
ing and  some  pathetic  instances  which  had  developed  in  the 
investigation. 

George  W.  Hoover,  chief  of  the  Drug  Inspection  Laboratory 
at  Washington,  discussed  "Supervising  the  Importation  of 
Drugs."  After  reviewing  the  facilities  and  the  scope  of  the 
bureau  and  its  21  branches  he  noted  the  changes  which  had 
taken  place  both  in  the  quality  and  labeling  of  various  products 
which  are  imported  into  the  United  States  since  the  summer 
of  1907.  Steady  progress  along  these  lines  had  been  noticeable. 
he  said,  since  the  passage  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  In 
detail  he  mentioned  the  adulterations  that  had  been  coming  in 
and  then  the  misbranding  that  was  attempted  when  the  Gov- 
ernment officials  detected  these  adulterations  and  put  a  stop 
to  them, 

"The  Organization  and  Work  of  the  Hygienic  Laboratory" 
was  most  ably  discussed  by  its  chief.  Dr.  Murray  Gait  Hotter. 
He  told  of  the  facilities  and  the  workings  of  the  divisions  of 
pathology,  chemistry  and  bacteriology  and  of  the  value  of  the 
bulletins  on  research  that  were  being  published.  In  this  con- 
nection, he  said  that  the  digestive  criticism  of  the  last  revision 
of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  was  now  on  the  press  and 
would  comprise  a  book  of  about  1.50  pages. 

The  papers  were  discussed  by  C.  S.  Brinton,  C.  H.  Kimberly, 
Dr.  Seneca  Egbert,  M.  I.  Wilbert,  C.  H.  La  Wall,  J.  P.  Rem- 
ington, I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  Jacob  Diner,  of  New  York,  and 
Professor  Hynson,  of  Baltimore. 

The  report  of  the  special  committee  on  the  declaration  of  the 
prescription  was  as  follows : 

First. — The  prescription  Is  an  utterance  of  the  prescriber  who 
alone  should  direct  and  control  its  employment.  It  should, 
whenever  practicable,  carry  the  name  of  the  patient  and  If  a 
minor,  the  age  in  years  and  the  date  when  written. 

Second. — The  pharmacist  who  prepares  the  medicine  should 
retain  the  prescription  for  reference  as  a  record  of  his  services 
and  for  a  certain  limited  period,  not  less  than  five  years,  for  the 
protection  of  the  prescriber,  himself  and  his  patient.  The 
physician  when  delivering  the  written  prescription  should  im- 
press upon  the  patient  that  it  is  an  order  for  medicine,  subject 
to  the  following  conditions  and  limitations. 

Third. — The  medicine  prescribed  should  he  supplied  not  more 
than  once  on  the  same  prescription:  (1)  If  ordered  by  the  pre- 
scriber "not  to  be  repeated"  (N.  rep.) ;  (2)  It  containing  medic- 
inal substances  commonly  called  narcotics  or  habit-forming 
drugs ;  (3)  If  called  for  by  some  person  known  not  to  be  the 
original  holder  thereof:  (4)  A  declaration  to  this  effect  should 
appear  on  the  prescription  blank  over  the  doctor's  signature. 

Fourth. — No  copy  of  a  prescription  shall  be  furnished  to  the 
patient  (1)  if  the  physician  has  declared  such  prescription  not 
renewable;    (2)   If  it  contains  a  narcotic  or  habit-forming  drug. 


No  such  prescription  should  be  copied  upon  the  label.  Where 
copies  of  prescriptions  are  furnished,  they  should  be  written  on 
au  especial  blank,  containing  a  declaration  that  it  is  a  copy  of 
a  prescription  which  has  been  delivered  to  the  original  holder. 
The  copy  is  made  without  recourse  to  possible  error. 

This  report  was  accepted  and  ordered  forwarded  to  the 
Council  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  with  a 
favorable  recommendation.  Following  the  meeting,  the  mem- 
bers and  their  guests  adjourned  to  the  French  Club,  where  a 
reception  took  place,  followed  by  a  luncheon. 


Pleased  With  Reception  Given  Baltimoreans. 

Baltimore,  April  10. — The  Baltimoreans  who  attended  the 
recent  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  speak  in  the  highest  terms  of  the 
reception  accorded  them  and  the  hospitality  extended  by  the 
Philadelphia  contingent.  They  were  royally  entertained  at 
dinner  at  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Club  and  at  supper  in  the 
French  Club.  The  proceedings  proved  to  be  exceptionally  in- 
teresting and  everyone  was  glad  to  be  there.  The  Baltimore 
delegation  included  W.  A.  U.  Smith,  of  Sharp  &  Dohme ;  Dr. 
H.  P.  Hynson  and  H.  A.  Brown  Dunning,  of  Hynson,  West- 
cott  &  Co, ;  Charles  L.  Meyer  and  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly,  secretary 
of  the  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 


New  Yorkers  Entertained  at  La  Club  Francaise. 
Members  of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  who  at- 
tended the  last  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  were 
Jacob  Diner.  George  H.  Hitchcock,  Otto  Raubenheimer.  Dr. 
George  C.  Diekman  and  Hugo  Kantrowitz,  of  the  Apotheker 
Zeitung.  After  the  meeting  and  before  leaving  Philadelphia 
the  members  of  the  party  were  "lunched"  at  La  Club 
Francaise  de  Philadelphia. 


New  19th  Edition  of  United  States  Dispensatory. 

A  glance  at  the  index  of  the  new  19th  edition  of  the  United 
States  Dispensatory  shows  an  enormous  number  of  subjects 
that  are  discussed  in  this  work — some  20,000 — and  all  of  them 
are  handled  in  a  way  that  is  authoritative  and  informative,  the 
information  being  of  just  the  kind  needed  in  the  ever,v-day 
work  of  the  pharmacist.  The  additions  and  corrections  of  the 
latest  United  States  Pharmacopceia  and  the  National  For- 
mulary are  inserted  in  the  text,  and  every  effort  has  been 
made  by  the  authors  and  publishers  to  adapt  the  work  to  quick 
reference  and  to  the  need  of  the  busy  druggist. 

This  Dispensatory  is  a  splendid  example  of  the  book- 
maker's art  and  the  binding,  width  of  page,  style  of  type, 
paper,  etc.,  are  of  a  character  that  is  in  keeping  with  the 
scientific  information  presented.  The  book  is  a  handsome  im- 
perial octavo  in  size,  and  can  be  had  in  any  binding,  with 
patent  thumb  index  if  desired.  You  make  no  mistake  in  pur- 
chasing this  great  work.  Read  the  advertisement  of  the  pub- 
lishers on  another  page  and  write  to  your  wholesale  dealer  or 
to  the  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  for  terms 
and  information. 


The  Unique  Orange  and  Lemon  Press. 
The  juice  of  citrus  fruits  is  thought,  by  many,  to  be  more 
refreshing  than  any  other  fruit  in  the  world.  To  obtain  the 
juice  in  the  most  satisfactory  condition,  however,  it  must  be 
freshly  expressed  and  for  this  purpose  the  Unique  Orange  and 
Lemon  Press,  manufactured  by  the  Mosteller  Manufacturing 
Company,  12S  Indiana  street,  Chicago,  III.,  is  especially 
recommended.  It  is  claimed  that  this  little  machine  presses 
all  the  juice  from  lemons,  limes,  oranges,  grapefruit,  etc., 
retaining  all  the  pulp  and  seeds  and  producing  a  pure,  clear 
liquid.  All  parts  of  the  machine  coming  in  contact  with  the 
acid  of  the  juice  are  made  of  aluminum  and  are  non-corrosive. 
An  illustration  of  this  Unique  Press  appears  in  the  advertise- 
ment of  the  Mosteller  Manufacturing  Company  on  page  36 
of  this  issue  of  the  Era. 


Washington  Druggist  'Will  Install  New  Fountain. 

A.  T.  Bronaugh.  Seventh  and  P  streets  N.  W..  Washington, 
D.  C.  is  putting  in  a  new  front  in  his  store  and  giving  it  a 
general  renovation.  As  soon  as  the  heavier  work  is  done  he 
will  install  a  Green  counter  dispensing  fountain. 

Too  many  drug  trade  reformers  confine  their  reformative 
efforts  to  telling  the  other  fellows  how  to  reform. 


April  15,  1909]  THE     PHARIVIACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  April  6,   1909. 

917,062 — Robert  Head,  New  York.  N.  Y.,  assignor  by  mesne 
assignments  to  National  Lac  Casein  Company,  Portland,  Me., 
a  corporation  of  Maine.     Process  of  separating  casein. 
I      917,084 — Berthold  Lauer,  Paris,  France.     Cork-cutting  ma- 
chine. 
I       917,096 — Carl  Mezger  and  Albert  Weller,  Frankfort-on-tbe- 
I  Main,   Germany,   assignors  to  Vereingte  Chininfabriken   Zim- 
\  mer  &  Co..  G.  M.  B.  H.,  a  society  of  Germany.     Theobromin 
I  double  salts. 

917,155— Harry  E.  Sanders,  Zanesville,  Ohio.  Bottle-fill- 
ing apparatus. 

917,191 — Andriaan  P.  H.  Trivello,  Scheveningen,  Nether- 
lands. Process  for  obtaining  radio-active  bodies  from  uranium 
or  thorium,  etc. 

917,196 — Harry  R.  Vanaman,  Millville,  N.  J.     Bottle  cap. 

917,344 — John  A.  McAnulty,  Baltimore,  Md.  Bottle-cap- 
ping machine. 

917,.o02 — Emerson  H.  Strickler.  New  York,  N.  T.  Process  of 
making  phosphoric  acid  and  Glauber  salt. 

917.507— Otto  G.  Winckler,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Veterinary 
medicine. 

917,.509 — Frank  O.  Woodland,  Worcester,  Mass.  Label  sup- 
ply mechanism. 

917,531— Peter  Brown.  Troy,  Idaho.  Retort  for  the  de- 
structive distillation  of  resinous  woods. 

917,646 — George  H.  Newey,  Winterport,  Me.   Bottle  stopper. 

917,665 — Richard  L.  Sanders,  Mobeetie,  Tex.,  assignor  of 
one-fourth  to  George  O.  Mathews  and  one-fourth  to  J.  J. 
Long,  Mobeetie,  Tex.     Bottle. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks. 

Food  and  Drugs  Act.  and  Valid  Patents. 
6.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  90S  G  St..  Washington.  D.  C. 


917.675 — Genaro  Sparano.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Bottle  aud 
stopper  therefor. 

917.  694 — Harold  Wilson,  Conneaut,  Ohio,  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  Frederick  T.  Roosa,  Conneaut,  Ohio.  Combined  baud- 
age  and  dressing. 

917.706 — Henry  S.  Blackmore,  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y. 
Formic-aldehyde  containing  composition  and  process  of  mak- 
ing the  same. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  April  6,  1909. 

30,711 — The  Purrington  Company,  Northampton,  Mass. 
Class  6.  Tooth  powder,  tooth  paste,  liquid  dentifrice,  talcum 
powder,  foot  powder,  bath  powder,  etc. 

37,317 — James  A.  Lane.  Ukiah,  Cal.  Class  6.  A  remedy 
for  consumption  and  catarrh. 

38,561— Benedict  Weissman.  New  York.  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Medicines  to  prevent  venereal  diseases. 

31,131— The  Allen  &  Hanburys  Co.,  Ltd.,  Toronto,  Can. 
Class  6.     Cod  liver  oil  and  castor  oil. 

39,320 — Fairfield  Manufacturing  Company,  Inc.,  Guthrie, 
Okla.,  and  Philadelphia.  Pa.     Class  6.     Blood  tonic  for  horses. 

39,.533— Amos  H.  Gottschall.  Harrisburg,  Pa.  Class  6.  Lin- 
iment, pills,  salve,  vermifuge,  cough  balm,  a  medicinal  prep- 
aration for  dyspepsia,  ague,  etc. 

39.779— Claes  Julius  Enebuske,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
An  antiseptic  preparation  in  liquid  form  for  the  treatment  of 
all  kinds  of  skin  irritation. 


T.  H.  Newberry  Vice-President  of  Navy  League. 
Washington.  April  10. — Before  sailing  for  Europe  last 
week  former  Secretary  of  the  Navy  Truman  H.  Newberry,  of 
Detroit,  accepted  the  office  of  vice-pres'dent  of  the  Navy 
League  of  the  United  States,  succeeding  William  McAdoo. 
Gen.  Horace  Porter,  former  Ambassador  to  France,  is  the 
president. 


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THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[April  15,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


LOCAL  TRADE  CONTINUES  UNCHANGED. 


Some  Sections  of  Country,  However,  Show  Improved 
Conditions — No  Important  Changes  in  Staples. 

New  Yokk.  April  12. — Trade  locally  continues  quiet,  but 
business  with  some  sections  of  the  country  is  improving ;  a 
better  condition,  however,  is  looljed  for  as  the  season  advances. 
There  has  been  little  of  interest  to  note  since  our  last  report. 
Opium  is  a  trifle  easier  owing  to  competition  and  citric  acid 
is  also  lower  for  the  same  reason.  Cubeb  berries  are  higher. 
Balsam  of  fir,  Canadian,  is  very  scarce  and  very  firmly  held. 
Oil  of  cubeb  has  advanced  owing  to  the  advance  in  the  price 
of  cubebs.  Cacao  butter,  notwithstanding  the  proposed  in- 
crease in  duty  of  the  raw  article  is  lower.  Norwegian  cod  liver 
oil  is  steady  at  unchanged  values. 

Opium. — Primary  markets  do  not  furnish  any  information 
to  justify  a  wealier  marliet  here  and  the  lower  prices  reported 
can  only  be  attributed  to  competition  between  importers.  The 
arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  week  ending  March  19  amount  to 
2042  cases,  against  1354  cases  for  the  same  period  last  year. 
Total  arrivals  to  April  9  amount  to  2050  cases. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  market  is  unchanged  with  a 
fairly  good  demand  for  jobbing  quantities.  In  Batavia  on 
April  7,  the  monthly  sale  of  quinine  was  held  and  2400  kilos 
sold  at  florins  10.50,  which  is  the  same  price  as  that  realized 
at  the  previous  sale.  In  Amsterdam  on  April  S.  1400  kilos 
of  Amsterdam  brand  of  quinine  were  sold  at  florins  10.82, 
which  is  a  trifle  higher  than  the  unit  realized  at  the  previous 
sale,  which  was  florins  10.80. 

NoBWEQiAN  Cod  Lives  On,. — There  is  a  good  demand  at 
unchanged  prices,  but  primary  markets  are  not  quite  as  firm  as 
ten  days  since  owing,  it  is  believed,  to  better  conditions  in  the 
Lofoten  district.  Cable  advices  give  the  results  of  the  fishing 
up  to  April  5  as  follows :  In  Lofoten,  15,200,000  fish,  yielding 
15,820  barrels  of  oil ;  in  other  districts,  including  Lofoten, 
33,100,000  fish,  yielding  32,215  barrels  of  oil.  For  the  year 
1908  to  the  same  date  the  statistics  were  :  In  Lofoten,  12,600,- 
000  fish,  yielding  15,530  barrels  of  oil ;  in  other  districts,  in- 
cluding Lofoten,  30,200,000  fish,  yielding  37,000  barrels  of  oil. 
The  total  production  of  oil  this  year  in  comparison  with  the 
production  last  year  in  Lofoten  is  only  290  barrels  less ;  and 
if  the  fishing  continues  good  to  the  end  of  the  season,  the  total 
production  may  reach  that  of  last  year,  which  was  very  large. 

Dandelion  Root. — This  article  may  be  affected  by  the  new 
tariff.  New  shipments  consisting  of  4000  to  5000  pounds  of 
choice  quality  are  scheduled  to  arrive  within  a  few  days. 

Cubeb  Bebbies. — The  foreign  markets  are  much  higher  and 
good  berries  are  quite  scarce.  The  price  in  our  local  market 
has  advanced  in  sympathy,  and  prime,  sifted  and  stemless  are 
now  held  at  37e.,  and  38@43c.  for  powdered. 

Cassia  Buds. — This  is  one  of  the  articles  which  is  now  free 
of  duty  under  the  present  tariff,  but  the  new  tariff  proposes 
a  duty  of  30  per  cent  which,  if  adopted,  will  increase  the  cost 
materially  and  advance  prices  accordingly.  A  shipment  is  on 
board  a  steamer  soon  due  to  arrive,  and  will  be  offered  in  lots 
of  five  cases  of  66  pounds  each  at  23c.  per  pound  for  prompt 
acceptance. 

Benzoin,  Sumatba. — ^There  is  a  limited  spot  supply  and 
the  market  is  firm  with  a  fairly  good  consuming  demand  re- 
ported at  figures  within  the  quoted  range  of  31@3Sc.  per 
pound,  as  to  quantity  and  quality. 

Canada  Balsam  op  Fib. — Prices  have  again  advanced  and 
the  market  is  much  firmer  owing  to  steadily  diminishing  sup- 
plies. Dealers  in  large  quantities  are  now  quoting  $7.00@ 
57.10.  as  to  quantity,  while  the  jobbing  prices  are  $1.00@$1.10 
per  pound. 

Thymol.  The  market  is  quiet  and  dull  and  a  revision  of 
prices  shows  a  reduction  to  ?1.90@$2.00,  as  to  quantity  and 
seller. 

Vanilla  Beans. — Good  goods  are  meeting  with  an  im- 
proved demand  at  unchanged  prices,  but  the  market  is  firm 
owing  to  reports  of  extreme  drought  in  Mexico. 

Guir  Ababic. — Sorts  are  again  cabled  easier  at  primary 
sources  of  supply,   but  spot  quotations   remain   unchanged  at 


2C.  for  amber  and  13@14c.  per  pound  for  white,  as  to 
quantity. 

Chicle. — This  article  is  firm  with  round  lots  of  desirable 
grades  reported  scarce  for  prompt  delivery.  For  prime  Mexi- 
can in  carload  lots  the  nominal  quotation  is  46c.,  but  for  job- 
bing parcels  the  ruling  figure  is  50c. 

Cardamoms. — There  is  an  excellent  consuming  demand  and 
quotations  continue  firm  at  55@80c.,  according  to  grade  and 
quantity. 

SnoBT  BucHU  Leaves. — This  article  is  still  held  firmly  at 
31@32c.  for  desirable  grades,  and  the  situation  is  further 
strengthened  by  reports  from  primary  markets  to  the  effect 
that  as  the  season  is  now  closed  the  exports  show  a  shortage 
of  well  over  50,000  pounds,  or  about  25  per  cent  of  the  normal 
crop. 

Nux  VoMiCA.^ — Markets  abroad  are  reported  higher  and 
much  firmer  than  for  some  time  past  and  spot  quotations  in 
the  local  market  are  firm  in  sympathy  at  2%(5;3c.  per  pound 
in  large  quantities.  Considerable  business,  it  is  reported,  has 
been  transacted  at  the  inside  figure  during  the  past  week. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  April  3. — Business  in  the  drug  and  chemical  mar- 
kets is  slightly  better,  notwithstanding  the  near  approach  of 
the  Easter  holidays,  and  inquiries  have  been  coming  in  more 
freely.  As  was  not  unexpected,  makers  of  Morphine  salts  re- 
duced their  prices  3d.  per  ounce  this  morning,  hut  at  the  time 
of  writing  the  price  of  Codeine  is  unchanged.  The  London 
Opium  market  is  quiet  and  easier.  Camphor  is  firm  and  tend- 
ing dearer ;  further  business  has  been  done  in  1-ounce  tablets 
at  Is.  8d.  per  pound  and  there  is  a  scarcity  of  this  size  on  the 
spot ;  2%-pound  slabs  have  been  done  at  Is.  7d.  to  Is.  7%d. 
per  pound.  German  refined  has  been  advanced  one-half-penny 
per  pound  but  English  refined  is  unchanged.  Crude  China  is 
quiet  but  steady  at  140s.  per  cwt.  spot.  Quinine  is  in  much 
better  demand  and  a  fair  business  has  been  done  for  consump- 
tion from  second  hands  at  7i/sd.  per  ounce  for  the  German 
sulphate.  Cod  Liver  Oil  tends  easier.  Oil  of  Star  Aniseed  is 
dearer  and  4s.  6d.  per  pound  is  wanted  for  spot.  Cassia  Oil 
is  quoted  at  4s.  6d.  per  pound  for  80  to  85  per  cent.  American  j 
Peppermint  Oil  is  very  quiet  at  Gs.  l%d.  per  pound  for  Wayne  i 
County  oil  in  tins  and  8s.  9d.  for  H.G.H.  Japanese  demen- 
tholized  is  quoted  at  4s.  9d.  per  pound.  Essence  of  Lemon  is 
quiet  at  4s.  per  pound  for  good  brands. 

Oil  of  Bergamot  is  quoted  at  18s.  6d.  per  pound.  Citric 
Acid  is  dull  and  unchanged  in  price.  Balsam  Peru  is  dearer 
and  business  has  been  done  at  7s.  per  pound.  Ipecacuanha  is  . 
firm.  Cascara  Sagrada  has  been  in  better  inquiry  and  holders  ■ 
are  not  willing  to  sell  below  .S7s.  6d.  The  supply  of  Asafetida 
on  the  spot  is  small  and  owing  to  troubles  in  Persia  consign- 
ments are  not  coming  in.  At  the  Vanilla  sales  this  week  440 
tins  were  offered  and  the  bulk  sold  at  steady  rates. 


Routine  Matters  Considered  by  Drug  Trade  Section. 

Practically  only  roiline  business  was  considered  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York  Board  of 
Trade  and  Transportation  on  April  7.  Thomas  P.  Cook,  chair- 
man of  the  legislative  committee,  announced  that  at  the  hear- 
ing before  the  Assembly  Committee  of  the  State  Legislature 
on  the  Pilley  Bill,  relating  to  weights  and  measures,  it  was  ' 
brought  out  that  the  provisions  in  the  bill  conflicted  with  the 
National  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law.  The  sentiment  of  the  ' 
majority  of  interests  represented  at  the  hearing,  said  Mr. 
Cook,  showed  that  the  bill  could  serve  no  useful  purpose  and 
consequently  was  withdrawn.  Mr.  Cook  also  notified  the  | 
members  of  the  fact  that  the  Heyburn  Bill,  relating  to  the  i 
"guarantee  legend"  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  and  guar- 
anties by  the  Government,  had  been  introduced  in  Congress. 

The  topic  of  "Propositions  to  Promote  Ti-ade  With  Latin- 
America,"  which  was  to  have  been  introduced  by  Mr.  O'Neill, ' 
of  Johnson  &  Johnson,  was  laid  over  for  consideration  at  a  | 
future  meeting,  Jlr.  O'Neill  stating  that  he  was  unprepared, 
having  been  absent  from  the  city. 


Horse  Medicine  Fatal  to  Man. 
Waukesha,  Wis.,  April  10. — Because  he  took  horse  medi- , 
cine  by  mistake,  Charles  Williams,  aged  62  years,  a  wealthy  | 
farmer,  is  dead. 


The   Pharmaceutical   Era 


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Nobody  seems  to  know  what  is  going  to  happen 
Avith  pharmacy  legislation  at  Albany.  One  day  the 
All-State  Bill  seems  to  be  on  top  and  the  next  day 
the  C'onklin  Bill  is  passed  in  the  House.  First  Gov- 
ernor Hughes  is  said  to  favor  one  bill  and  soon  after- 
wards he  is  declared  to  be  unalterably  opposed  to  it, 
favoring  another  biU.  Now  the  ^Manhattan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  which  recently  raised  consid- 
erable dust  by  ignoring  the  New  York  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  in  endorsing  the  Conklin  Bill, 
has  again  jumped  into  the  arena,  recanted  as  to  the 
Conklin  Bill  and  passed  a  resolution  approving  the 
All-State  Bill  when  the  latter  has  been  amended  to 
suit  the  wishes  of  such  of  its  members  as  are  opposed 
to  the  appointment  of  any  members  of  the  old  board 
upon  the  new  board. 

Underneath  all  this  juggling  there  appears  to  be 
the  same  old  story,  the  persistent  seeking  for  public 
office  by  persons  who  place  tlieir  own  preferment 
above  the  benefits  that  may  come  to  pharmacy 
through  an  orderly,  decent  and  non-political  re- 
organization of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  If  the 
new  friends  of  the  All-State  Bill  are  as  sincere  as 
they  profess  to  be  they  will  withdraw  the  Conklin 
Bill,  which  they  formulated  and  fathered,  pass  the 
All-State  Bill  and  then,  with  other  members  of  the 
State  Ph. A.,  take  their  chances  at  the  proper  time 
for  appointment  to  office. 

A  KEMARKABLE  COURT  DECISION. 


Tor  Era  Album 


If  the  New  York  Court  of  Appeals  decision  in  the 
ease  of  Grocer  Gasau  is  what  it  appears  to  be  on  its 
face  there  is  presented  the  most  remarkable  situation 
of  a  grocer  being  permitted  to  sell  pharmacopceial 
substances  of  impure,  adulterated  or  otherwise  defi- 
cient standard  without  penalty  under  the  State  Phar- 
macy Law,  while  a  pharmacist  can  be  punished  for 
selling  the  identical  goods.  "While  the  court  makes 
comparisons  showing  the  absurdity  of  applying  the 
tests  and  operation  of  the  pharmacy  statute  to  chem- 
icals used  in  the  manufacture  of  gunpowder,  for  in- 
stance, even  the  layman  will  be  puzzled  to  satisfac- 
torily apply  the  precept  to  cream  of  tartar,  for,  as 
the  New  York  Times  pertinently  inquires.  Why 
should  adulterants,  whether  dangerous  or  inert,  be 
permitted  in  chemicals  that  are  to  be  ingredients  of 
food  any  more  than  they  should  be  tolerated  in  chem- 
icals or  other  substances  that  are  to  be  used  in  the 
preparation  of  medicines  ? 

It  is  noteworthy  that  all  of  the  inferior  courts  took 
the  view  that  the  .substances,  not  the  salesman,  were 
(in  trial  as  to  purity  and  potency,  which  .seems  to  be 


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the  rational  priueiple  of  common  sense  and  of  law. 
On  the  theory  evolved  in  the  high  court,  however,  it 
would  be  possible  to  upset  many  laws  which  deal 
with  the  commission  of  crime  and  set  up  classes  as 
to  who  may  or  may  not  legally  commit  murder  or 
other  offenses,  the  crux  being  in  who  does  it,  not  what 
is  done.  It  is  possible  that  the  issues  may  not  have 
been  presented  to  the  high  court  in  the  same  fullness 
of  view  that  obtained  in  the  lower  courts,  but  what- 
ever the  reason  it  is  regrettable  that  such  a  decision 
should  have  foimd  its  wav  into  the  court  records. 


STANDARDIZATION  OF  ANTITOXINS. 


Gratifying  evidence  is  shown  in  the  last  annual 
report  of  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  Public  Health 
and  Marine  Hospital  Service  of  the  progress  which 
has  been  made  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
viruses,  serums  and  toxins,  the  continued  improve- 
ment of  the  products  being  of  a  nature  to  call  for 
ofiScial  commendation.  Especially  in  the  matter  of 
the  standardization  of  diphtheria  antitoxin  has  the 
advance  been  notable  and  the  report  states  that  it 
has  now  become  a  matter  of  routine  in  the  Division 
of  Pathology  and  Bacteriologj'  of  the  Hygienic  Lab- 
oratory. Packages  of  diphtheria  antitoxin  purchased 
in  the  open  market,  when  examined  for  both  purity 
and  potency,  have  sliown  that  the  product  on  the 
American  market  "is  of  good  quality,  contains  at 
least  the  strength  claimed  for  it  and  may  be  relied 
upon  to  produce  its  maximum  effect  if  given  early 
in  the  disease." 

Besides  commending  the  American  manufacturers 
of  antitoxins,  the  report  disposes  of  numerous  eases 
which  were  brought  forward  by  physicians  who  sent 
samples  to  "Washington  for  examination  in  the  belief 
that  the  antitoxin  had  been  responsible  for  un- 
toward symptoms  in  patients.  The  investigations  in 
the  Hygienic  Laboratory  demonstrated  that  the 
serums  were  free  from  bacteria  contamination  and 
the  unsatisfactory  results  must  be  attributed  to  other 
causes  than  the  use  of  the  remedj'.  The  report  is  a 
subject  for  congratulating  our  manufacturers  of 
products  of  this  description. 


MUST  STUDY  THE  PHARMACOPOEIA. 


Dr.  Kepler's  commimication,  printed  on  page  '-iS-i 
of  this  issue  of  the  Er.\,  presents  in  a  forcible  man- 
ner the  necessity  for  the  study  of  the  Pharmacopceia 
and  Formulary  by  pharmacists  if  thej'  would  expect 
the  co-operation  of  physicians  in  discouraging  the 
use  of  proprietaries  and  other  remedies.  Dr.  Kepler's 
experience,  as  narrated  by  him,  serves  to  show  what 
many  enthusiastic  propaganda  workers  have  dis- 
covered elsewhere  in  their  efforts  to  interest  physi- 
cians in  a  return  to  the  old  method  of  writing 
prescriptions. 

Doctors  cannot  be  expected  to  take  much  interest 
in  the  propaganda  campaign  if  they  are  to  have  ex- 
periences similar  to  those  of  the  Boston  physician 
and  the  pharmacists  may  just  as  well  come  to  a  reali- 
zation of  the  fact  now  as  at  some  future  time.  Phar- 
macists must  know  their  own  profession  and  practice 
it  before  they  call  upon  others  to  recognize  methods 


and  [iractices  with  which  they  are  themselves  only 
slightly,  if  at  all  acquainted.  L'ufortunately  there 
are  too  many  druggists  of  the  kind  encountered  by 
Dr.  Kepler  and  they  form  a  serious  incubus  to  prog- 
ress. They  ought  all  to  awaken,  brush  up  in  their 
professional  Bible  and  get  in  the  front  ranks  of 
pharmaceutical  advance. 


THE  WORSHIP  OF  STRANGE  GODS. 


Some  telling  points  were  made  the  other  evening 
at  a  meeting  in  Philadelphia  when  Professor  Rem- 
ington replied  to  the  charge  made  by  a  physician 
that  the  "pharmacists  had  captured  the  Pharma- 
copceia"  and  urging  the  medical  men  to  go  to  work 
to  "recapture  it."  Instead  of  capture,  it  was  plainly 
a  case  of  desertion  and  as  the  professor  naively  calls 
it,  "a  wandering  away"  to  become  "worshippers  of 
strange  gods. ' '  The  pharmacists  merely  went  to  the 
rescue  of  the  precious  hook  and  preserved  its  in- 
tegrity and  life. 

In  the  discussion  it  was  made  plain  that  this  was 
the  real  situation,  for  had  it  been  otherwise  the  ex- 
tensive propaganda  which  is  now  in  progress  to 
educate  physicians  in  the  uses  of  the  Pharmacopoeia 
and  the  National  Formulary  would  not  be  necessary. 
The  meeting  showed  an  awakening  of  medical  in- 
terest in  the  U.S. P.  and  its  preparation,  as  well  as  its 
method  of  publication  and  probable  future,  that 
augers  well  for  concerted  supjiort  of  doctors  and 
druggists  in  an\'  movement  to  improve  and  render 
the  book  more  u-seful  to  both  professions. 

NO   CANADIAN   STAMP   TAX   IMPOSED. 


Con.siderable  uneasiness  and  micertainty  mani- 
fested in  certain  quarters  recently  regarding  the  sup- 
posed imposition  by  the  Canadian  Government  of  a 
stamp  tax  upon  propiietary  medicines  was  without 
justification,  for  the  new  law  which  became  opera- 
tive on  April  1  does  not  impose  such  a  tax. 

The  report  grew  out  of  the  existence  of  what  was 
called  a  "special  exemption  stamp"  which  was  used 
by  pharmacists  and  others  to  label  goods  on  hand  on 
April  1,  showing  that  they  were  exempt  from  the 
operation  of  the  law.  All  there  was  of  it  was  a  legend 
to  show  that  the  goods  were  on  hand  when  tlie  law 
became  operative,  a  provision  similar  to  that  which 
had  to  be  complied  with  in  this  coimtry  when  the 
Pui-e  Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  June  30,  1906,  went 
into  effect,  except  that  at  that  time  rubber  stamps 
and  ordinary  labels  were  used  instead  of  special  ex- 
emption stamps  purchased  of  the  government,  as  has 
been  the  case  in  Canada. 


Buruing  of  the  mortgage  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Phar- 
mac.v  marks  another  milestone  of  educational  progress  in 
pharmac.v  in  Xew  Xork.  Moreover  it  is  an  enduring  monu- 
ment to  the  devotion,  energy  and  ability  of  the  men  who  have 
been  responsible  for  its  success.  The  event,  as  described  in 
our  news  columns,  was  a  memorable  one  not  only  for  the 
participants  but  for  the  historians  of  American  pharmacy. 


Membership  committee  of  the  New  York  State  Ph.A.  is 
working  hard  to  recruit  the  ranks.  A  written  appeal  has  been 
sent  to  all  the  unalfiliated  pharmacists  in  Buffalo  and  Roches- 
ter calling  their  attention  to  the  recent  propaganda  meetings 
held   in  those  cities  and  urging  them  to  give  the  State  Ph.A. 


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needed  moral  and  finaucial  support  in  the  great  work  which 
is  bein^  done  for  the  benefit  of  retail  druggists.  Every  phar- 
macist should  belong  to  his  State  association. 


Seoretar.y  Walker,  of  the  Texas  State  Ph.A.,  lapses  into 
picturesque  reverie  in  pointing  out  the  beauties  of  San  An- 
tonio, where  the  association  will  meet  June  15-16.  "Every- 
thing from  a  hot  tomale  to  a  Oovernment  post"  will  be  as  free 
as  air  to  the  members,  in  addition  to  the  benefits  of  ripe 
pharmaceutical  experience  and  cultured  training  which  will 
be  in  evidence  at  the  business  meetings. 


Illinois  paper  refers  to  a  druggist  as  "being  again  at  the 
helm  of  his  drug  store."  A  diagram  and  picture  of  the  "helm" 
ought  to  be  supplied,  so  that  h'ss  fortunate  druggists  may  see 
what  a  drug  store  helm  looks  like.  Such  a  curiosity  ought 
not  to  be  hidden  in  Mound  City. 


gathering  of  distinguished  chemists  and  will  do  his  utmost  to 
secure  the  next  meeting  for  America.  Before  his  return  he 
expects  to  visit  Italy,  although  most  of  his  time  will  be  spent 
in  England.  His  previous  trip  across  the  Atlantic — the  20th — 
was  made  nearly  four  years  ago. 

As  stated  above,  Mr.  Plaut  is  the  senior  member  of  the 
wholesale  drug  firm  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  his  partner  being  his 
brother.  Joseph  Plaut.  This  firm  has  the  reputation  of  being 
one  of  the  most  progressive  in  the  drug  trade,  its  large  and 
recently  constructed  building  at  120  William  street,  being 
indicative  of  its  business  ramifications  which  extend  all  over 
the  United  States  and  to  many  foreign  countries.  Albert 
I'laut  has  been  connected  with  the  business  since  1877,  when 
he  began  as  a  boy  doing  his  daily  duty  to  the  best  of  his 
ability.  That  prosperity  came  his  way  is  evidenced  by  the 
fact  that  in  1886  he  was  admitted  to  the  firm,  becoming  its 
head  in  1898.     Success  has  been  his  because  he  deserved  it. 


A  true  salesman  is  never  a  tough  citizen. 


As  a  majority  of  the  readers  of  the  Eba  already  know, 
Albert  Plaut.  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  whole- 
sale druggists  of  Xew  York,  has  always  taken  a  great  interest 
in  legislative  matters  pertainin;^  to  the  drug  trade.  It  is  but  a 
few  months  ago  that  he  presented  at  the 
tariff  hearings  held  in  Washington  the 
only  argument  before  the  Ways  and 
Means  Committee  of  Congress  in  favor  of 
reduction  in  import  duties.  He  argued 
against  the  present  tariff  schedule  because 
he  believed  that  it  imposed  upon  many 
articles  specific  duties  which  are  abnormal 
and  prohibitive  in  most  instances,  arti- 
cles, which  in  his  opinion,  could  be  put 
into  the  same  general  class.  He  said  that 
the  entire  schedule,  so  far  as  it  affected 
drugs  and  chemicals,  "is  antiquated.  It 
is  not  fair,  it  is  unjust,  and  it  is  oppres- 
sive to  the  consumer,  and  the  consumer, 
in  most  instances,  means  the  retail  drug- 
gist." He  also  took  an  active  part  in  the 
work  which  preceded  the  enactment  of  the 
Federal  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  and  his 
voice  has  been  heard  on  nearly  all  of  the 
important  legislative  questions  that  have 
come  before  pharmacists  in  the  past  20 
years. 

As  a  member  of  the  National  Wholesale 
Druggists'  Association.  Mr.  Plaut  has 
filled  many  important  offices,  being  at  the 
present  time  the  chairman  of  the  board 
of  control  of  that  organization.  At  the 
last  meeting  of  the  association  he  em- 
phasized, in  one  of  his  characteristic 
speeches,  the  importance  of  drug  interests 
tindertaking  to  secure  proper  representa- 
tion in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention,  stating 
that  the  delegates  to  be  selected  by  the  incorporated  bodies 
entitled  to  such  representation  should  be  individuals  "who 
are  not  merely  academic,  but  who  are  broad-minded,  repre- 
sentative men.  who  will  properly  safeguard  drug  interests, 
not  mere  faddists,  osteopaths  and  others,  so  that  the  interests 
represented  shall  receive  due  consideration."  This  statement 
reflects  the  thought  of  one  who  has  studied  the  subject  from 
all  points  of  view,  and  it  is  perfectly  safe  to  say  that  Mr. 
Plant's  conclusions  were  those  of  all  of  his  hearers. 

It  would  be  difficult  to  enumerate  the  various  organizations 
to  which  Mr.  Plaut  owes  allegiance  or  to  which  he  is  a  con- 
tributing member,  but  his  name  will  be  found  on  the  rosters 
of  nearl.v  all  of  the  associations  identified  with  pharmacy — 
the  A.Ph.A.,  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry,  the  Xew  York 
College  of  Pharmacy,  and  the  Drug  Section  of  the  Xew  York 
Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation.  As  a  member  of  the 
New  Y''ork  Section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry,  he 
has  strongly  favored  the  movement  to  secure  the  next  meeting 
of  the  International  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry  for  Xew 
York.  As  is  well  known,  this  organization  will  hold  its  sev- 
enth convention  in  London,  from  Jlay  27  to  June  2.  under 
the  patronage  of  King  Edward  VII  and  the  vice-patronage  of 
the  Prince  of  Wales.  Mr.  Plaut,  who  is  at  present  traveling 
in   Europe   with    his   two   daughters,    expects   to   attend    this 


Dr.  Charles  L.  Dana,  of  New  York,  declared  before  the 
American  Academy  of  Political  Science  recently  that  alcohol 
is  a  direct  cause  of  insanity  in  the  general  population  in  about 
12  to  15  per  cent  of  cases.  It  is  an  important  associative 
cause  in  about  one-third  of  the  cases  of  paresis,  he  said. 

An  active  educational  propaganda  against  the  use  of  alcohol 
by  persons  under  30  years,  he  continued, 
would  do  more  good  than  attempts  to 
eliminate  it.  Almost  all  cases  of  drunk- 
eness  and  dipsomania,  he  said,  developed 
befiire  the  age  of  30  years. 


liCipzig  is  the  first  German  city  to  in- 
augurate a  system  of  bicycle  messenger 
girls.  They  are  dressed  in  a  uniform  of 
red.  trimmed  with  gold  braid  and  gold 
buttons,  and  wear  their  little  messenger 
caps  at  the  dangerous  angle  of  4.5  degrees. 
The  hat  is  held  securely  by  the  regulation 
band  which  passes  under  the  chin,  and 
also  does  away  with  the  necessity  of 
hat-pins. 


Addressing  about  1600  people  at  a 
union  meeting  of  the  Christian  Church 
at  Walla  Walla,  Wash.,  Dr.  Lyman 
Beecher  Sperry  declared  that  the  average 
life  of  the  human  race  possible  by  right 
living  can  be  extended  from  its  ptesent 
40  years  to  150  years,  and  he  elaborated 
his  theory  in  detail,  naming  the  cause 
that  has  brought  about  what  he  termed 
physical  degeneracy  in  the  race,  including 
intemperance  and  worry. 

"The    last    time    I    worried."    said   Dr. 
PL  \UT  Sperry,    "was   when    the    Russo-Japanese 

Yoi-k.    '  war  broke  out.     I  feared  that  that  little 

nation  just  awakening  into  consciousness 
would  be  crushed  by  those  Cossacks  and  annihilated.  Then  I 
bethought  me  that  I  was  not  called  upon  to  settle  it  and  that 
it  would  have  to  be  left  to  the  Japs,  the  Russians.  God  and 
Theodore  Roosevelt,  and  that  they  would  bring  it  out  all 
right." 


Irate  Father — It  beats  all  where  my  umbrellas  go  to.  I  left 
one  in  the  rack  last  night,  and  now  it's  gone. 

Willie — Alice's  beau  has  got  it. 

Alice— Why.  Willie  !     The  idea  ! 

Willie — Well,  last  night  when  he  was  going  home  1  heard 
him  say  that  he  was  going  to  take  just  one. 


It  has  long  been  known  that  milk  may  be  a  vehicle  for  the 
diphtheria  germ,  but  eggs  have  not  until  recently  been  sus- 
pected of  having  any  part  in  the  communication  of  this  noi- 
some malady.  A  recent  number  of  the  London  Lancet  contains 
a  startling  communication  from  Dr.  Sambon.  one  of  the  pro- 
fessors in  the  London  School  of  Tropical  Medicine,  in  which 
it  is  shown  that  fowls  as  well  as  birds  are  subject  to  diph- 
theria and  that  eggs  often  contain  virulent  germs  of  this 
disease  and  may  easily  be  the  means  of  spreading  the  disease. 
The  doctor  claims  that  he  has  even  found  active  diphtheria 
germs  in  an  egg  at  his  own  breakfast  table. 

In  view  of  these  facts,  says  Good  Health,  it  is  apparent  that 


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eggs  must  be  invariably  cdidved  lo  avoid  tlae  danger  of  infec- 
tion. Raw  eggs  are  unquestionably  quite  as  dangerous  as  raw 
mills,  or  possibly  even  more  so.  The  egg  is  doubtless  much 
more  often  a  source  of  serious  illness  than  is  generally  sup- 
posed. A  stale  egg  or  a  sick  or  infected  egg  may  be  the  cause 
of  sudden  nausea,  vomiting  and  purging,  the  real  cause  of 
which  may  not  be  suspected.  Certainly  the  egg  is  very  far  from 
being  the  safe  and  innocent  food  which  it  has  so  long  enjoyed 
the  reputation  of  being.  Various  species  of  germs  have  been 
found  inside  the  shells  of  eggs  which  were  apparently  per- 
fectly fi'esh.  It  is  known  that  germs  may  be  picked  up  and 
included  in  the  egg  during  its  transit  along  the  oviduct  of  the 
fowl  and  that  germs  may  penetrate  the  egg  after  it  is  laid. 


"Aw,  lefs  drop  the  argument." 

"Why?" 

"I've  sprained  my  brain." 

"How?" 

"Trying  to  follow  your  crooked  reasoning.' 


One  of  the  most  intere»ting  efforts  in  education  today  is  the 
school  at  Overbrook,  Pa.,  which  represents  the  greatest  achieve- 
ment thus  far  in  fitting  the  blind  child  to  overcome  his  handi- 
cap and  to  take  his  position  as  a  useful  citizen  in  the  world. 
The  story  of  Overbrool^  and  of  the  New  York  Association  for 
the  Blind,  as  illustrative  of  "The  Xew  Basis  of  Work  for  the 
Blind"  has  been  told  for  the  May  Century  by  Samuel  H. 
Bishop,  who  shows  that  this  new  basis,  and  the  fundamental 
inspiration  of  all  the  work  at  Overbrook,  is  hope.  The  concrete 
results  of  this  rapidly  broadening  work  both  at  Overbrook  and 
in  New  Xork  make  iuleresling  and  inspiring  reading. 


"If    a    man    is    naturally    had.    education    won"t    make    bin 
better." 

"No,  but  it  will  help  him  to  keep  out  of  jail." 


"Those  ladies  who  come  here  every  Sunday  afternoon  to 
hold  religious  services  are  very  kind,"  said  the  man  in  the 
hospital  ward  who  was  convalescing  from  t.vphoid  fever,  "but 
I  wonder  if  they  ever  give  any  thought  to  the  hymns  they 
select.  Two  or  three  times  a  week  something  is  carried  out 
of  here  covered  with  a  sheet.  We  hardly  need  a  town  crier 
to  tell  us  that  in  the  midst  of  life  we  are  in  death.  A  good 
part  of  the  time  it's  hard  to  think  of  anything  else.  On  Sun- 
day afternoons,  when  we've  listened  to  'Nearer,  My  God,  to 
Thee."  "I  Would  Not  Live  Always,"  and  a  few  more  hymns  like 
that,  we  are  so  blue  that  indigo  wouldnit  make  a  mark  on  us. 
It's  an  actual  ph.vsical  detriment.  There  used  to  be  h.vmns 
that  would  brace  a  fellow  up. 

"It's  lucky  for  us  the  organ  grinders  are  more  cheerful  in 
their  selections.  A  few  yards  of.  rag-time  are  as  good  as  a 
tonic." 


"My  parents  used  to  threaten  to  beat  some  sense  into  my 
head." 

"Those  idle  threats  that  parents  never  carry  out  should  be 
discouraged  in  every  possible  way." 


"I  call  the  whole  idea  a  bare-faced  prevarication."  sneered 
the  razor-man  sharply. 

"Such  methods  are  not  calculated  to  throw  rust  iu  any  per- 
son's eyes."  blustered  the  talcum-powder  salesman. 

"Why,  it  is  the  essence  of  narrow-mindedness."  declared  the 
man  with  the  sample  case  of  extracts,  with  a  show  of  strong 
feeling. 

"It  is  a  clean  case  of  open  violation  of  the  American  Con- 
stitution," frothed  the  soap  drummer. 

"Don't  get  a  hot-box,  fellows,  what  is  the  cause  of  all  this 
incompatibility,  anyway?"  inquired  the  representative  of  "The 
Strongest  Spices,"  who  had  just  dropped  into  the  smoker  at 
the  last  station. 

All  eyes  turned  reproachfully  upon  the  "Yellow  Star  Axle- 
Grease"  man  who  was  entrenched  behind  the  back  of  a  seat. 
Only  his  head  showed,  and  with  the  dusky-red  of  his  cheeks 
gleaming  through  a  shiny  coat  of  tan.  the  onlookers  were 
strongly  reminded  of  a  baked  apple. 

"Wall,"  he  explained  with  a  grin.  "I  had  no  sort  of  notion 
of  raisin'  a  cyclone  in  this  here  peaceful  environment,  but  jest 
fer  the  sake  of  sociability  I  told  the  gentlemen  as  how.  out 
our  way  it  was  proposed,  taint  no  law  .vet.  to  class  all  travel- 
ing salesmen  with  itinerant  venders,  an"  tax  'em  accordin'  and 


oblige  'em  to  wear  a  band  on  their  hats,  sayin'  as  how  their 
license  was  paid,  an'  they  was  free  to  be  turned  loose,  an* 
they  all  flared  right  up.  If  I  had  a-beeu  iu  an  automobile 
garage  I  should  a-been  scared.  To  hear  'em  a  person  would 
suppose  they  had  been  offered  a  personal  indignity,  instead 
of  a  distinguished  mark  of  government  approval.  Next  stop 
is  where  the  'Y'ellow  Star'  beams  temporarily.  So  long, 
pards."  With  this  lubricating  explanation  and  another  illumi- 
nating grin  he  rolled  out  of  the  car. 


"Pa,'"  asked  little  Willie,  "what  does  'food  for  the  gods' 
mean,  an.vway?" 

"Probably,"  replied  his  father,  who  was  a  patron  of  the 
drama,  "it  means  peanuts,  plug  tobacco  and  such  things." 


Cancer  may  be  effectually  cured,  according  to  an  address  by 
Dr.  James  G.  Mumford  recently  at  the  Harvard  iledical 
School. 

"Cancer  is  incurable,"  he  said,  "'only  if  you  make  it  so  by 
delay.  It  is  readily  curable  if  undertaken  b.v  a  properly  quali- 
fied surgeon.  Patients  come  too  late  to  the  surgeon,  partly 
because  they  are  ignorant.  The  early  symptoms  of  cancer  are 
trifling.  A  slight,  persistent  sore  on  the  tongue  or  lips ;  a 
painless  lump  in  the  breast;  an  occasional  slight  hemorrhage; 
a  slight  persistent  dyspepsia,  which  does  not  yield  to  treat- 
ment, such  are  the  symptoms  of  early  cancer. 

"Another  important  factor  is  the  patient"s  age.  Cancers 
rarely  occur  before  the  age  of  35.  They  are  not  common 
before  40.  Cancers  in  the  young  are  more  serious  than  in  the 
old.  Those  of  us  who  are  in  the  middle  period  of  life  must 
not  neglect  apparently  trifling  but  persistent  sores,  swellings 
and  bleedings. 

'"A  few  words  as  to  remedies  other  than  the  knife.  The 
X-rays  have  been  found  to  have  a  certain  value,  and  splendid 
work  in  this  field  has  been  done  in  the  hospitals  of  Boston. 
The  radium  rays  have  apparently  proved  even  more  effectual 
than  the  X-rays,  but  the  radium  method,  because  of  the  ex- 
pense of  radium,  is  not  yet  very  practical."' 


"Heat  expands  things." 

"I've  often  heard  of  people  contracting  a  cold.' 


A  chemical  discover.v  which  is  expected  to  make  wood  pulp 
and  paper  products  many  times  more  plentiful  and  much 
cheaper  than  they  are  at  present  was  recently  announced  at  the 
Minnesota  State  University  in  Minneapolis. 

The  discoverer  is  Dr.  George  B.  Frankfort  er.  professor  of 
chemistry,  who  has  worked  on  the  process  for  more  than  12 
years.  The  discovery  makes  possible  the  manufacture  of 
paper  from  fir  trees,  sawdust  and  waste  timber. 

The  pulp  for  paper  at  present  is  made  only  from  spruce. 
The  supply  of  fir  is  100  times  greater  than  the  supply  of 
spruce,'  and  Dr.  Frankforter  and  those  associated  with  him 
sa.v  the  new  pulp  process  will  be  more  economical. 

As  proof  of  the  value  of  his  discovery  Dr.  Frankforter 
shows  a  table  recording  his  experiment  with  one  cord  of  fir 
wood.  The  wood  cost  him  $7.50,  and  from  it  he  obtained  wood 
pulp  worth  $39,  turpentine  worth  $41.60  and  by-products 
of  a  lesser  value.  The  waste  that  is  now  burned  or  thrown 
away,  Dr.  Frankforter  says,  can  be  used  as  well  as  the  fresh 
cut  wood. 


Mrs.  D. — A  man  hates  to  explain  a  hockey  game  to  a  girl. 
Mrs.  W. — But  he  will  spend  three  hours  explaining  to  his 
wife  how  he  didn't  play  poker. — Trentan  Times. 


Iu  the  courts  of  Venice,  when  a  prisoner  is  about  to  be  con- 
demned to  death,  a  tall  and  ghostly  looking  individual,  dressed 
in  a  long,  black  gown,  walks  majestically  to  the  center  of  the 
court  room,  bows  solemnly  to  the  judge,  and  in  cavernoiK  voice 
pronounces  the  words,  "Remember  the  baker !"  Then  he  bows 
again  and  stalks  away,  says  the  Detroit  Free  Press. 

Three  hundred  years  ago  a  baker  was  executed  in  Venice  for 
a  crime  of  which  he  was  not  guilty.  When  his  innocence  was 
established  the  judges  who  condemned  him  gave  a  sum  of 
money  to  the  cit.v,  the  interest  on  which  was  to  be  devoted 
to  the  setting  up  and  perpetual  burning  of  a  lamp,  known  as 
the  "lamp  of  explanation."  in  the  palace  of  the  doges. 


The    clerk    wbn    does    his   own    work   well    has    no    time   to 
criticise  liis  (.inplciyer's  methods — nor  reason  to. 


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The  Capacity  for  Economy. 

:By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

When  one  of  our  great  American 
cities  was  yet  a  thriving  overgrown 
town  just  commencing  to  send  out 
ambitious  suburban  feelers  in  every 
directinu  two  men,  each  unknown  to 
till'  otlitT,  reconnoitered  for  the  most 
promising  drug  store   location. 

By  the  same  course  of  reasoning 
both  decided  that  Elmwood  had  a 
fuiuri".  That  because  of  the  order 
and  coherence  of  its  mapped  out 
plans,  its  natural  advantages  and  its 
cxcepiional  location,  it  was  sure  to 
expand  healthfully  and  at  no  distant 
time  become  an  integral  part  of  a 
great   and  flourishing  city. 

On  the  bi-oad  central  avenue, 
which  was  the  main  artery  of  the 
local  business  life,  each  secured  a 
corner  store  on  the  same  side  of  the  street,  and  as  luck  would 
have  it  exactly  one  short  block  apart.  Here,  with  a  happy 
college  life  just  behind,  a  hopeful  bride-wife  at  hand  for  cheer 
and  counsel,  and  an  untried  future  ahead,  the  young  proprie- 
tors opened  their  respective  stores  in  a  quiet,  unostentatious 
fashion,  in  the  early  summer.  The  fan-fare  of  advertising 
trumpets,  free  sodas  and  open  house  were  not  as  yet  demanded 
by  an  exacting  public,  although  the  essentials  of  ultimate 
success  were  as  fixed  in  that  day  as  in  this. 

Each  man  felt  a  bit  resentful  toward  the  other  because  of 
his  invasion  of  what  he  considered  his  especially  pre-empted 
territory,  consetiuently  there  was  no  exchange  of  courtesies. 
and  none  of  the  benefits  of  agreements  as  to  prices  and 
policies. 

The  proprietor  of  the  Up-the-Street  store  was  somewhat 
worried  over  the  narrow  cash  margin  left  after  his  business 
had  been  launched  and  he  talked  the  situation  over  very 
frankly  with  his  little  partner.  She  had  come  from  a  pecul- 
iarly sheltered  home,  but  the  cool,  keen  judgment  which  he 
knew  her  to  be  capable  of  exercising  had  given  him  profound 
respect  for  her  comprehensive  grasp  of  things.  As  she  had 
been  deeply  interested  in  the  purchase  of  stock  and  fixtures 
and  in  the  placing  of  the  goods  so  that  every  dollar's  worth 
should  have  the  effect  of  three,  and  had  opened  a  simple  set  of 
books  to  keep  close  tabs  on  the  income  and  the  outgo,  she  was 
at  least  in  possession  of  the  facts  governing  the  case. 
Facing  Crisis  as  Winter  Approaches. 
After  six  months  of  a  fairly  good  opening  trade  they  sat 
down  one  rainy  evening  to  not  only  face,  but  to  solve  the 
problem  of  meeting  the  winter's  maturing  bills  on  a  probably 
decreasing  volume  of  business.  The  country  was  in  a  condi- 
tion of  doubt  and  depression  following  a  change  in  the  political 
administi-ation  and  a  spirit  of  cautious  conservatism  pervaded 
the  atmosphere. 

The  winter  would  tell  the  tale.  It  was  the  time-log  upon 
which  the  teeter-board  of  their  fate  would  balance  up  or  down. 
If  business  could  be  increased  a  little,  they  would  go  up 
slightly,  or  even  if  the  weekly  average,  already  reached,  could 
be  maintained,  they  could  with  economy  preserve  their  balance, 
but  if  it  dropped  ever  so  little  their  credit  would  be  seriously 
strained.  They  had  reached  a  crucial  point  and  they  knew  it. 
To  them,  the  solution  seemed  to  lie  in  the  Wise  Expenditure 
of  every  dollar  of  their  money,  the  best  possible  use  of  every 
hour  of  their  time,  and  in  every  effort  to  increase  their  clien- 
tele of  customers.  They  determined  to  add  to  the  brilliancy  of 
the  window  lighting,  to  introduce  an  extra  line  of  attractively 
priced  fancy  goods,  and  to  let  people  know  about  it.  Hot  soda 
was  a  new  idea.  They  gave  a  number  of  surprisingly  good 
drinks  with  the  most  meager  equipment,  and  they  let  folks 
know  that.  too.  In  fact  they  kept  right  on  doing  things  and 
letting  people  know  that  the  best  and  most  up-to-date  service 
could  he  had  right  at  home. 

On  the  Watch  for  Selling  Suggestions. 
They  read  every  business  circular  that  came  to  them  eagerly, 
because  many  of  them  were  prepared  by  highly  paid  experts, 
and  they  gleaned  many  a  valuable  selling  hint  therefrom.   They 


read  their  one  business  journal  from  cover  to  cover.  They 
made  every  number  pay  them  at  least  the  value  of  the  entire 
subscription,  because  they  read  receptively,  measuring  them- 
selves, their  methods  and  their  results  by  its  standard  of 
progress  and  wisdom.  They  did  not  bother  their  heads  as  to 
whether  it  fitted  some  one  else's  case,  but  they  were  anxious 
to  know  where  and  how  it  fitted  them. 

They  took  pains  to  serve  every  one  promptly  and  to  either 
send  medicine  exactly  as  promised  or  to  offer  a  truthful  ex- 
planation of  inability  to  do  so.  If  the  patient's  need  was 
imperative  this  gave  opportunity  to  go  elsewhere  or  for  the 
physician  to  come  to  the  rescue  and  to  use  something  else, 
even  if  temporarily.  The  doctors  soon  remarked  upon  this 
conscientious  avoidance  of  delays  in  the  new  druggist's  service. 

The  children  were  not  especially  mindful  of  the  drug  store 
man.  but  they  loved  the  "drug  store  lady."  One  came  in  one 
day  and  eyed  her  curiously. 

"What  is  it,  little  one'.'"  was  the  kindly  inquiry. 

"I  was  jes'  wonderin',"  the  tot  returned,  "whether  youse 
was  goin'  to  stay  here  or  not.  The  new  barber  is  shut  up.  an' 
the  peanut  man  has  went,  an'  Ma.  she  says,  you  folks'll  soon 
peter  out,  too." 

The  drug  store  lady  laughed. 

"Run  right  home,  girlie,  and  tell  your  ilamma,"  she  said 
heartily,  "that  we  'uns  have  come  to  stay." 

Business  Increases  Faster  Than  Expenses. 

So  they  had.  When  spring  came,  they  found  that  while  they 
had  increased  their  running  expenses  somewhat,  that  on  the 
other  hand  they  had  increased  their  volume  of  business  20  per 
cent.  The  bills  had  been  promptly  met  and  tae  business  was 
rolling  along  merrily.  To  be  sure  everything  had  been  made 
to  count  for  the  most.  Heavy  paper  and  coarse  twine  had 
been  saved  and  a  regular  place  assigned  for  them.  Cloth 
sugar  bags  were  ripped,  not  cut,  then  washed  and  used  for 
coarse  strainers  or  dusters. 

Near  them  was  a  great  manufactory  of  delicately  poised 
weighing  machines,  and  they  knew  that  these  people  swept 
many  of  their  rooms  daily,  and  washed  the  sweepings  to  re- 
cover the  brass  filings  and  clippings.  Small  economies  in- 
creased the  ratio  of  profits  by  lessening  the  expenses. 

Economy  of  time  was  practiced  by  having  the  stock  and 
working  utensils  in  the  most  convenient  places  and  by  always 
having  them  in  those  places.  Manufacturing  was  started  in 
ample  time  to  replenish  the  stock.  There  was  no  one  to  bor- 
row from  in  an  emergency  and  it  taught  foresight.  Outside 
business  which  could  as  well  be  attended  to  in  half  a  day  was 
not  allowed  to  spoil  a  whole  day.  Important  business  papers 
were  kept  in  fire  and  burglar-proof  quarters,  and  in  fact,  all 
reasonable  precautions  taken  to  make  the  most  of  one  day 
and  to  insure  the  security  of  the  next.  In  every  particular 
they  strove  to  live  their  motto  of  Wise  Expenditure. 
Approaching  the  Rocks  of  Ruin. 

The  Down-the-Street  proprietor  watched  his  neighbors  with 
jealous  eyes.  He,  too.  was  beginning  to  feel  the  rub  when  the 
disagreeable  fall  weather  set  in.  He  thought  probably  that 
the  youngsters  up  the  street  were  too  addle-pated  to  recognize 
an  emergency  when  they  met  it.  He  was  too  proud  to  ac- 
knowledge to  his  wife  that  he  was  putting  in  to  a  narrow 
channel  with  dangerous  rocks  on  either  side.  What  did  a 
woman  know  of  such  things?  Her  sphere  was  the  smooth  and 
easy  one  of  domesticity. 

One  day  he  went  home  unexpectedly  early  for  his  mid-day 
meal  and  found  her  working  on  a  variegated  assortment  of 
store  neckties.  He  pretended  not  to  notice  them  or  her  ap- 
parent and  almost  apologetic  confusion,  but  he  went  back  to 
the  store  and  looked  over  his  assets  and  liabilities  and  decided 
that  the  situation  called  for  the  Strictest  Economy. 

Accordingly,  he  turned  off  all  the  window  lights  except  one 
at  each  end  of  the  straight  chandelier,  which  was  shaped  like 
an  inverted  letter  T.  He  cut  down  his  orders  and  omitted 
articles  called  for  but  occasionally.  He  refused  to  listen  to  the 
different  salesmen  with  their  varied  lines  of  holiday  goods, 
arguing  that  times  were  so  hard  that  people  would  not  buy 
and  the  left-overs  would  more  than  devour  the  profits. 

He  failed  to  renew  his  subscription  to  either  of  the  two 
trade  journals  he  had  taken,  declaring  to  himself  that  they 
were  not  much  good  anyway,  being  written  and  printed  for 
the  other  fellow  evidently,  as  nothing  in  them  ever  struck  his 
case — even  when  he  did  read  them.  He  closed  his  little  single 
draught-arm   fountain,   and   rather  regretfully   turned   off   the 


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silvery  spray  wbicli  had  fallen  continuously  upon  the  form  of 
the  gay.  dancing  nymph  beneath  the  oval  glass  on  top,  heeding 
not  her  look  of  dry-eyed  reproach. 

Prescriptions  Few,  Doctors  Seldom  Call. 
The  errand  boy  was  an  unwarranted  extravagance  and  he 
was  discharged.  Medicine  promised  at  a  certain  time  was 
frequently  hours  late.  If  an  ingredient  called  for  was  not 
on  hand  and  had  to  be  obtained,  neither  patient  nor  doctor  re- 
ceived any  explanation.  He  feared  they  might  think  his  stock 
incomplete.  Some  showed  immediate  irritation,  more  did  not, 
but  gradually  the  prescription  business  fell  off  and  only  rarely 
did  a  doctor  drop  in  for  a  friendly  chat. 

Small  economies  were  not  practiced  for  they  would  take  the 
time  of  a  high-priceu  man.  and  that  clearly  did  not  pay.  The 
little  partner  in  this  home,  now  openly  made  neckties  and 
turned  her  profits  into  the  household  treasury.  It  was  a 
source  of  revenue  not  to  be  scorned,  for  instead  of  getting 
them  all  cut  and  ready  to  put  together  from  a  firm  which 
furnished  material  easily  worn  and  frayed  and  the  slaziest 
kind  of  lining,  she  purchased  closely  woven,  durable  silk  and 
firm  linings  and  made  them  from  start  to  finish.  She  added  a 
distinctive  name.  "The  Madewell,"  and  secured  a  regular  out- 
let in  a  wholesale  store  in  the  nearby  city,  receiving  a  fair 
profit  on  both  time  and  goods.  Clearly  she  was  not  entirely 
devoid  of  business  ability. 

The  spring  came  and  found  the  Down-the-Street  proprietor 
barely  solvent,  even  with  the  quiet  help  which  he  received. 
He  had  practiced  what  he  considered  the  Strictest  Economy. 

Time  passed.  The  city  and  its  suburb  became  one ;  the 
latter  grown  lusty  with  well-to-do  homes,  fine  public  buildings, 
extensive  parks  and  a  prosperous  business  section. 
A  Contrast  of  Success  and  Failure. 
The  Up-the-Street  pharmacist  had  kept  step  with  the  rapid 
march  of  events,  and  w-as  genial,  successful  and  free  from  the 
tell-tale  lines  of  worr.v.  The  best  of  help  surrounded  him.  He 
considered  inefficient  help  an  unsatisfactory  expenditure  of 
good  money.  The  personal,  human  interest  he  had  always 
taken  in  his  help  and  the  absolute  fairness  with  which  he  had 
treated  them,  had  established  hearty  co-operation  and  secured 
long  terms  of  valuable  service.  The  numberless  exacting  de- 
tails of  the  business  were  shared  or  entirely  attended  to  by 
others,  although  he  maintained  a  general  oversight,  .yet  ample 
time  was  gained  for  sufficient  leisure  to  attend  to  the  larger 
issues. 

The  necessity  for  the  active  assistance  of  his  little  partner 
long  since  passed  away,  yet  she  maintained  that  best  of  all 
interests — a  genuine  heart  interest,  which  anticipated  the  time 
when  the  stalwart  son,  and  the  studious  daughter  would  share 
in  the  expanding  business,  so  splendidly  established  on  lines 
of  strictest  integrity.  The  Up-the-Street  store  was  an  up-to- 
date  one  in  the  best  sense  of  the  word,  and  that  through  the 
policy  of  Wise  Expenditure. 

The  same  sign  still  hung  above  the  store  Down-the-Street, 
although  the  dancing  nymph  was  silent  summer  and  winter 
now,  staring  stonily  at  antiquated  fittings,  cracked  show  bot- 
tles, an  almost  customerless  and  stockless  store,  and  a  furrow- 
lined,  white-haired  man,  who  still  amidst  his  decaying  sur- 
roundings bore  the  courtly  aspect  of  more  prosperous  days. 
Pathos  in  the  Picture. 
There  was  no  help,  and  meals  were  taken  from  the  manu- 
facturing table  in  the  dusty  laboratory.  Behind  a  dingy  cur- 
tain a  small  sleeping  apartment  could  be  seen. 

His  single  specialty — a  really  worthy  tonic — was  advertised 
pathetically  by  pasting  one  of  its  cheap  labels  over  the  name 
of  some  pictorially  advertised  remedy. 

To  all  purposes  and  intents  it  was  the  Down-and-Out  store 
and  still  he  lingered,  without  complaint  or  outward  show  of 
bitterness. 

A  small  patrimony  and  the  sale  of  the  necktie  business  had 
enabled  his  wife  to  purchase  an  interest  in  the  company  owning 
the  building,  barely  sufficient  to  give  him  a  rent-free  tenure 
for  life.  It  was  the  best  she  could  do.  even  with  her  un- 
bounded loyalty.  Care  and  midnight  oil  had  robbed  her  of 
youth  and  hope  and  then  silently  the  White  Death  had  crept 
from  the  ever-present  shadows  and  claimed  another  victim. 
The  interpretation  of  Strictest  Economy  had  indeed  been  too 
lavish,  for  upon  its  altar  had  been  laid  success,  happiness,  and 
human  life  itself. 

Economy  may  mean  expenditure,  and  vice  versa,  expenditure 
— Wise  Expenditure  may  be  the  Strictest  Economy. 


Sunlight,  Twilight  and  Dew. 


Vy  Joel  "Blanc. 


The  Man  Who  Laughed. 

It  was  nearly  daylight  of 
the  morning  after  election 
when  the  druggist  entered  his 
room.  A  voice  from  the  bed 
asked ;  "How  was  it,  John?" 
"Hullo,  Mother  !  Yon 
awake?  Oh,  the  Prohibs 
swept  the  county.  They  in- 
tend to  make  it  as  dry  as  Sa- 
hara. But  the  law  allows 
doctors  to  write  prescriptions 
for  the  stuff  and  I  suppose 
that  old  Doc  Boozer  and 
young  Doc  Graball  will  get 
rich — but  we  have  never  sold 
the  stuff  and  never  shall." 

"But  won't  it  hurt  us.  John? 
Suppose     some    of    our    good 
drug   customers    want   you  to 
sell  them  li(iuoi'.  what  will  you  do?" 

'Let  "em  slide.  Mother :  let  'em  slide !  Don't  you  worry. 
I'll  turn  huckster  and  peddle  parsnips  before  I'll  sell  booze — 
I  always  did  think  there  was  money  in  parsnips."  With  a 
hearty  laugh  the  druggist  started  to  disrobe. 

The  day  after  the  saloons  closed,  one  of  the  druggist's  oldest 
and  best  patrons  presented  a  "prescription"  (?)  for  a  pint  of 
whisky.  The  druggist  handed  back  the  paper  and  said: 
"Sorry,  but  1  haven't  a  drop  in  the  house.  Not  sorry  that  I 
do  not  sell  it,  but  sorry  that  I  am  expected  to." 

"Look  here.  John.  I  have  given  you  my  drug  business  for 
over  ten  years.  I  have  used  whisk.v  for  twenty  years  and 
have  never  been  drunk.  Do  you  expect  me  to  swear  off  now, 
just  because  the  cranks  have  shtit  up  the  saloons?" 

"1  know  you  are  a  good  man,  a  good  husband  and  father, 
but  that  is  not  the  point.  The  law  is  to  stop  the  liquor  busi- 
ness in  the  county  and  not  to  transfer  it  from  saloons  to 
druggists.  I  have  been  in  business  for  fifteen  year«  without 
becoming  a  law-breaker.  If  I  broke  the  spirit  of  the  law  to 
fill  that  fake  prescription,  could  you  trust  your  child's  life  in 
my  hands  the  next  time  it  was  sick  and  needed  medicine? 
But  say,  friend,  let  us  not  quarrel.  Come  have  a  soda.  Soda 
is  wetter  than  whisky  and  it  is  my  treat."  and  with  a  cheery 
laugh,  the  druggist  led  the  way  to  the  fountain.  In  similar 
manner  he  handled  a  number  of  whisky  applicants  during  the 
day. 

The  next  night,  about  a  dozen  men  entered  the  store  in  a 
body.  They  were  all  prominent  citizens,  but  several  of  them 
were  regular  patrons  of  the  druggist's  rivals.  Some  of  them 
were  known  as  militant  "drys"  while  others  were  prominent 
among  the  "wets."  The  druggist  was  astonished  to  have  each 
man  hand  him  a  whisky  prescription,  but  he  did  not  lose  his 
good  natured  nerve.  Holding  the  prescriptions  in  his  hand, 
he  said  :  "Gentlemen,  why  don't  you  chip  in  and  get  one 
prescription  for  a  barrel?  It  would  be  cheaper,  im  still 
doing  a  legitimate  drug  business  at  the  same  old  stand,  with 
soda  on  the  side.  Come,  I'll  set  up  the  soda  for  the  crowd — 
what'll  you  have?" 

Then  the  man  who  acted  as  spokesman  said :  I'John,  some 
of  us  are  'wet'  and  some  are  'dr.v'  and  we  are  opponents  on  the 
prohibition  question.  But  we  agree  that  the  issue  should  be 
tried  out  on  the  square.  We  heard  how  you  were  handling 
the  matter  and  we  came  to  try  you  out.  'Wet'  or  'dry.'  we 
are  all  with  you,  John,  and  we  are  going  to  help  .vou  prove 
that  a  real  drug  store  can  be  profitably  run  in  a  'dr.v'  town." 
And  prosperity  continued  to  smile  on  the  man  who  laughed. 

The  City  Beautiful. 
We  were  strolling  along  a  street  in  the  beautiful  city.  Mama 
and  the  little  fellow  and  I.  As  Mama  pointed  out  the  beauties 
of  our  surroundings  to  the  little  chap.  I  walked  on.  wrapped 
in  reverie,  my  memory  carrying  me  back  to  the  years  of  my 
wanderlust,  when  I  visited  the  city  frequently.  Raising  my 
eyes  I  saw  approaching  me  a  tall,  immaculately  garbed,  fine- 
looking  man  whose  eyes  met  mine.  His  face  was  unfamiliar, 
but  some  strange,  ethereal  vibrations  seemed  to  unite  us.  As 
we   reached   each   other   our  hands,    which   seemingly   of   their 


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THREE   ACTIVE    MEMBERS    OF   N.A.R.D.    PROPAGANDA  COMMITTEE,  INCLUDING  NEW  CHAIRMAN. 


PRAXKHX   M.   APPLE,    PhiladelpMa, 
New  Member  N.A.K.D.  Prop.  Committee. 


IRA  B.  CLAKK,  of  Nashville.  Tenii., 
iiemher  N.A.R.D.  Propaganda  Com. 


F.  AV.  JIEISSXER,  Laporte.  Tnd.. 
New  Chairman  N.A.R.U.  Prop.  Com. 


own  volition,  were  outstretched,  tlie  words  came,  "ilead  I'' 
"Joel  I"  With  the  hand-clasp  there  came  to  me  an  emotion 
such  as  I  had  never  before  experienced.  The  pressure  of  his 
palm,  the  light  in  his  eyes,  convinced  me  that  my  emotion 
was  but  »  likeness  of  his  owu.  As  we  gazed  into  each  other's 
faces  it  seemed  as  if  we  had  ouly  parted  yesterda.v,  but  in 
truth,  the  parting  was  over  twenty  years  ago — and  we  are 
only  entering  life's  twilight  now.  Only  when  my  eyes  turned 
and  rested  upon  the  loved  faces  of  wife  and  child  did  my 
thoughts  come  back  to  the  present  and  time  again  become 
measurable, 

"Who  was  he':"  My  own  dear  chum,  my  inseparable  com- 
panion during  the  brightest  five  years  of  my  boyhood.  The 
dnwn  of  manhood  spread  our  paths  apart  and  kept  them 
divergent  for  twenty  years  of  wandering  through  the  dark 
valleys,  over  the  bleak  mountain  tops  and  along  the  siuilit 
plateaus.  But  lime  means  notliing,  for  we  are  chums  again, 
just  as  though  we  had  ne\er  parted.     Such  is  friendship. 

His  nearness  to  me  seems  to  have  made  the  glory  of  friend- 
ship more  real  than  it  has  ever  been  before.  I  realize  that 
the  distance  and  time  annihilating  vibrations  that  kept  him 
and  me  united  in  sub-conscious  mind,  unite  me  to  many  more, 
to  friends  less  old,  but  no  less  dear — to  many  of  you  druggists 
who  are  scattered  o'er  this  broad  continent.  From  the  back- 
ward gaze  I  Juni  and  look  ahead  and  wonder  if,  after  another 
twenty  yeai-s,  when  we  are  old,  if  you  and  I,  my  friend,  my 
reader,  shall  meet  again.  Even  though  the  distances  shall 
never  again  be  spanned  by  material  transit,  we  are  and  always 
shall  be  friends,  friends  united  by  that  matter  ignoring  time — 
conquering  emotion  that  knows  neither  distance  nor  years. 

Thus,  we  who  dwell  in  friendship  dwell  in  the  City  Beau- 
tiful, Whether  blocks,  or  miles,  or  States,  or  continents 
shall  measure  the  material  distance  between  friends,  the  true 
spirit  of  fraternal  love  makes  of  all  the  earth  and  all  the 
realms  beyond,  one  City  Beautiful — and  its  name  is 
Friendship '. 

The  Man  'Who  Cried, 

He  was  one  of  the  charier  members  of  the  organization  and~ 
liad  sen-ed  it  officially  during  its  entire  life.  He  was  a 
strong  man,  and  when  niH>d  be,  a  stern  one.  Abuse  had  been 
his  and  he  knew  the  bitterness  of  ingratitude ;  but  still  he 
kept  on,  doing  his  duty  as  he  understood  it.  True,  he  had 
many  friends,  but  even  they  sometimes  criticized  him  un- 
fairly. Still  he  kept  on  the  even  tenor  of  his  way,  always 
under  marvelous  self-control,  never  exposing  his  wounds,  never 
bitter  or  resentful. 

For  all  of  his  years  of  untiring  labor  for  others  there  had 
been    no    material    reward,    and    in    his    heart    he    must    have 


known  that  the  measure  of  praise  which  came  to  him  was  but 
a  fraction  of  that  he  deserved.  Because  of  his  calm  de- 
meanor, because  of  his  measured  speech,  people  called  him 
cold.  His  courtliness  was  termed  affectation  and  many  who 
knew  not  the  meaning  of  fraternity,  eyed  him  suspiciously 
and  whispered  dishonor,  because  he  labored  without  pay. 

At  last,  when  the  Winter  of  Years  had  drifted  its  whiteness 
o'er  his  brow,  when  the  burden  of  unselfishness  had  commenced 
to  curve  his  shouldei-s,  he  laid  down  the  baton  of  authority 
and  returned  to  the  ranks. 

He  may  have  thought  it  was  mere  custom  which  prompted 
the  proposal  of  resolutions  of  regret  at  his  retirement,  and 
pi'obably  he  had  forgotten  the  matter  during  the  several 
months  that  elapsed  before  the  resolutions  were  framed;  but 
at  last  the  occasion  of  their  presentation  arrived. 

There  were  but  few  men  in  the  room,  only  the  officers  of 
(he  or.ganization  and  a  couple  of  gufests.  As  the  president 
read  the  resolutions  his  voice  seemed  far  away,  to  the  man 
for  whom  they  were  written.  Before  the  mirror  of  his 
memory  there  passed  vivid  pictures  of  every  campaign,  but  he 
no  longer  beard  the  din  of  strife.  He  no  longer  remembered 
the  wounds  of  in.iustice,  nor  the  anguish  of  ingratitude.  He 
knew  that  the  words  of  the  resolutions  spoke  the  tri'e  seuti- 
luents  of  ever.v  member  of  the  organization,  because  they  were 
sentiment.  He  realized  as  never  before  that  sentiment  is  the 
un(iuenchable  flame  in  the  heart  of  every  man,  that  however 
hard  the  exterior  may  be,  there  is  in  every  soul  the  pure, 
vibrant  flame  of  emotion ;  that  each  vibration  of  that  flame 
starts  responsive  vibrations  in  the  souls  of  all  those  who  have 
acted  together  in  labors  of  love ;  that  into  every  life  there 
comes,  for  at  least  one  fleeting  moment,  a  glorious  conception 
of  the  truth  of  the  brotherhood  of  man.  Such  a  moment  came 
to  him  when  the  last  word  of  the  resolutions  passed  the  presi- 
dent's lips.  For  one  sweetly  woqderful  moment  the  man  felt 
that  the  minds  of  all  his  fellows  were  in  emotional  harmony 
with  his  owu.  He  knew  that  his  labor  had  been  appreciated ; 
he  knew  that  to  him  had  come  the  greatest  reward  that  men 
can  give  to  man — Love  1  He  tried  to  speak,  but  the  words 
faltered  upon  his  lips — so  he  simply  cried  I  Weak?  Ah  no  ! 
The  strongest,  the  most  manly  moment  of  all  his  life  was 
when  he  cried.  No  act  in  all  his  career,  no  words  that  he  had 
ever  spoken  reflected  so  clearly  of  honor  and  unselfishness, 
strength  and  manhood,  as  did  his  freely  flowing  tears. 


New  Hampshire  Proceedings  Issued, 
Secretary   Herbert   K.  Riie.  of  Nashua,  has  issued   the  pro- 
ceedings  of   the   last   aiinual    meeting   of   the    New   Hampshire 
State  Ph. A. 


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[April  22,  1909 


Original  and  Selected 


NOTES  AND  OUERIES.* 

By  William  Duncan,  Ph.C,  F.C.S. 

CrysfaUlne  Bismuth  Carbonate. — Last  session  the  following 
query  was  discussed  : 

B — Liq-  bismuthi    1  ounce. 

Sodii  bicarb 2  drams. 

Aquam   ad.  6  ounces. 

Ft.  mist. 

Wh.v  does  the  above  precipitate?  In  the  discussion  it  was 
stated  that  the  mixture  had  shown  no  sign  of  precipitating  at 
the  end  of  three  months.  During  the  past  winter,  however. 
a  slight  separation  began — amorphous  bismuth  oxycarbonate 
depositing  The  mi.xture.  therefore,  in  the  course  of  time  does 
precipitate.  My  object  in  returning  to  the  query  is  to  draw 
attention  to  a  similar  mixture  which  was  prepared  at  the 
same  time : 

5 — Liq.  bismuthi   1  ounce. 

Potass,  bicarb 4  drams. 

Aquam ad.  6  ounces. 

Ft.  mist. 

Last  August  a  change  began — a  micro-crystalline  sediment 
forming.  Examination  proved  this  to  be  a  bismuth  carbonate, 
but  the  quantity  at  disposal  was  insufficient  to  permit  of  a 
quantitative  analysis  to  decide  whether  it  was  normal  car- 
bonate or  oxycarbonate.  This  is  the  first  time.  I  believe,  that 
a  bismuth  carbonate  in  crystalline  form  has  been  produced. 
Precipitation  in  both  mixtures  seems  to  follow  the  slow  con- 
version of  the  alkali  bicarbonate  into  carbonates,  the  strong 
alkalinity  of  the  latter  eventually  causing  decomposition  of  the 
bismuth  salt. 

OeUtinization  of  Tincture  of  Kino.—Yvom  1879  to  1903 
rarely  a  session  passed  without  this  subject  being  discussed. 
White's  work  on  kino  (P.  J.  (4).  vol.  xvi,  pages  644,  702) 
removed  our  hardy  annual.  After  much  experiment  White 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  gelatinizing  is  due  to  an 
enzyme,  and  recommended  heat  to  be  used  as  a  preventive  by 
destroying  the  enzyme.  I  believed  up  to  January  of  this 
present  year  that  a  sure  remedy  had  been  found,  but  the  two 
tinctures  I  now  exhibit  are  upsetting.  Both  were  made  on 
August  17.  190.3.  from  the  same  kino.  A  by  the  B.P.  method 
and  B  by  White's,  namely.  "Boil  the  kino  in  the  water  for  15 
minutes,  cool,  and  add  the  glycerin  and  alcohol,  and  finally 
adjust  with  water  to  the  desired  volume."  A  became  solid 
within  sis  weeks.  B  remained  in  perfect  condition  up  till 
January  last,  that  is  about  five  and  a  half  years.  The  latter 
has  been  opened  at  least  eight  times  every  year ;  probabl.v  much 
oftener.  as  it  has  been  used  as  a  class  demonstration  of  the 
superiority  of  White's  over  the  official  process.  But  last 
January  the  tincture  began  to  show  signs  of  change.  It  has 
gradually  got  thicker  until  now  it  is  almost  a  jelly.  I  may 
mention  I  have  seen  a  tincture  keep  perfectly  fluid  for  12 
years  and  suddenly  pass  into  a  solid  condition  in  the  course  of 
24  hours.  That  heat  is  a  remedy  I  still  believe,  but  to  be 
infallible  it  should  be  continued  for  an  hour  at  least,  and 
preferable  with  the  glycerin  in  the  water. 

Lead  in  Iodi4e  of  Iron  t^yrup. — The  following  query  is 
handed  in  with  a  request  to  explain  the  yellow  deposit  formed 
soon  after  compounding : 

B — Syr.  ferri  iodidi   

Aqua  menth.  pip ana.  1%  ounces. 

Misce. 

The  deposit  proved  to  be  lead  iodide.  Inquiry  elicited  the 
fact  that  the  syrup  had  been  extemporaneously  prepared  from 
a  commercial  liquor  ferri  iodidi,  but  how  it  came  to  contain 
lead  the  manufacturer  alone  can  answer.  It  might  be  due  to 
using  lead-enamelled  pans,  or  storing  in  a  dirty  bottle,  but  the 
quantity  found  suggested  that  either  lead-contaminated  iron 
filings  or  crude  iodine  had  been  used.  Solutions  of  iodides 
have  a  solvent   action   on  lead,   complex   salts   resulting,   and 

*Read  before  a  meeting  of  Edinburg  Chemists',  Assistants' 
and  Apprentices'  Association,  March  24.  1909.  and  reprinted 
from  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal. 


unless  the  lead  be  present  in  fair  amount,  a  dilution  of  the 
liquor  with  syrup  remains  quite  free  of  deposit.  When  water 
is  used  dissociation  of  the  double  iodide  at  once  follows,  and 
yellow  crystals  of  lead  iodide  fall  as  in  the  above  mixture. 
I  have  here  a  lead-contaminated  liquor  ferri  iodidi  to  demon- 
strate this.  On  adding  a  little  to  water  the  yellow  lead  iodide 
immediately  separates.  In  this  other  bottle  I  have  double 
iodides  of  lead  and  potassium,  which  you  see  is  a  white  crys- 
talline salt.  On  adding  it  to  water  dissociation  takes  place 
and  the  .vellow  lead  iodide  quickly  appears.  A  mixture  of 
lead  carbonate  and  anhydrous  potassium  iodide  has  been  sug- 
gested as  a  test  for  water  in  alcohol,  and  such  like  bodies; 
this  double  salt  appears  equally  sensitive. 

Blackening  of  the  Tongue  iy  Bismuth  Mii-tures. — Two  years 
ago  my  attention  was  drawn  to  a  peculiar  blackening  of  the 
tongue  following  the  taking  of  the  following  mixture  : 
have   a   solvent   action   on   lead,   complex   salts   resulting  and 
IJ — Glycerin!  acid,  pepsin  Ho  ounces. 

Tinct.  nucis  vom 2      drams. 

Liquor  bismuthi    ad.  4      ounces. 

A  black  patch  about  the  size  of  a  sixpence  was  noticed  the 
third  day  after  beginning  the  mixture."  the  patch  gradually 
increasing  in  size  until  a  strip  about  two  inches  long  and  one 
inch  broad,  l.ving  in  the  center  of  the  tongue,  was  quite  cov- 
ered with  apparently  bismuth  sulphide.  As  this  effect  did  not 
follow  the  taking  of  cachets  or  pills  of  bismuth  the  discolora- 
tion could  not  be  ascribed  to  absorption.  Normal  saliva  is 
said  to  contain  no  sulphur,  smoker's  invariably  does ;  but  the 
tongues  of  two  ladies  who  had  never  used  the  fragrant  weed 
blackened  even  quicker  than  the  smoker's.  On  the  other  hand, 
if  the  blackening  is  due  to  sulphur  in  the  saliva  why  is  it  re- 
stricted to  the  center  of  the  tongue?  Eructations  of  sul- 
phuretted gases  have  been  suggested.  But  after  observation 
on  a  number  of  self-sacrificing  patients,  the  conclusion  arrived 
at  is  that  the  blackening  is  only  in  cases  where  the  tongue  is 
foul,  the  mucus  under  this  condition  being  apparently  rich  in 
sulphur. 

A  Calcium  Lactate  Mixttnc. — Is  it  possible  to  turn  this  out 
without  any  undissolved  calcium  lactate? 
IJ — Calcii  lactat 3  drams. 

Glycerin    1  ounce. 

Tinct.  aurant 2  drams. 

Aquam ad.  6  ounces. 

Ft.  •  mist. 
Yes.  but  not  to  keep,  as  the  glycerin  and  alcohol  both  di- 
minish the  solubility  of  the  salt  in  the  water.  The  better  way 
of  dispensing  calcium  lactate  in  mixture  form  is  to  make  the 
salt  fresh  by  saturating  lactic  acid  with  calcium  carbonate. 
For  the  three  drams  prescribed  here  take  128  grains  of  calcium 
carbonate  and  allow  the  action  to  complete  in  the  cold.  Prove 
neutrality,  filter,  dilute,  add  the  glycerin  and  tincture,  and 
finally  adjust  with  water  to  the  six  ounces.  Following  t'nis 
method  the  mixture  was  obtained  quite  free  of  undissolved 
salt,  but  a  flocculent  precipitate  began  to  deposit  in  the  course 
of  an  hour.  Calcium  lactate  in  mixtures  has  been  giving 
trouble  of  late  from  its  solubility  in  water  diminishing  with 
age.  Prepared  in  the  cold  as  above  it  is  soluble  about  1  in  10 
in  cold  water  and  1  in  3  in  boiling  water.  The  lactate  is  an 
exception  among  the  calcium  salts  in  respect  that  it  is  more 
soluble  in  hot  water  than  in  cold.  It  is  almost  insoluble  in 
cold,  but  readily  in  hot  alcohol.  Age  or  prolonged  heat  lessens 
its  solubility.  A  molecular  change  evidently  takes  place  with 
formation  of  less  soluble  isomers,  as  in  the  case  of  calcium 
tartrates. 

Linitnentum  ChJoroformi  Oomp. — What  would  you  dispense 
for  Lin.  Chlorof.  Co.,  A.B.C.  liniment  or  chloroform  lini- 
ment? It  would  be  very  wrong  to  dispense  A.B.C.  liniment 
unless  one  knew  that  the  writer  intended  that  to  be  given. 
Failing  that  I  would  give  the  official  Linimentum  Chloroformi. 
Vnnecessary  .Addition  of  Mucilage  of  Acacia. — What  is  the 
intention  of  the  prescriber,  and  if  mucilage  should  be  added, 
how  much  in  the  following? 
5 — Sodii   salicyl 3      drams. 

Mucil.  acac q.  s. 

Tinct.   aurantii V2  ounce. 

Aquam ad.  6      ounces. 

Ft.   mist. 
Evidently  the  prescriber  had  other  things  in  his  mind  than 
those  ordered.     Possibly  the  sparingly  soluble  salicylic  acid. 
It  is  not,  as  a  rule,  judicious  to  worry  a  prescriber  over  trifles 


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like  this,     I'm  in  half  au  oiincv  and  mark  the  (luantity  on  Ihe 
prescription. 

Khat  is  Extractum  BvUadniinae? — What  extract  should  be 
used  in  the  following V 

B — Extract   belladon li/i  grains. 

Oi.   theol)rom q.  s. 

Ft.  suppos. 
That  depends.     If  you  know  the  prescriber  intends  the  alco- 
holic extract,  use  it.     Without  iliis  knowledge  dispense  what 
has  been  ordered — Extract,  belladon.  virid. 

.1    Phenazone    Mixture. — Can    the    following    be    dispensed 
without  precipitate? 

R — Potass,  citrat 3  drams. 

Phenazoni 1  dram. 

Liq.  ammon.  acel ad.  2  ounces. 

Ft.   mist. 
This  will  not  remain  clear,  but  with  two  drams  of  glycerin 
it  remains  free  of  crystals. 

Hcxamethylene   Tetraniine  in  a  Mixture. — How   should   the 
following  mixture  be  dispensed? 

5 — Ferri  sulph 1      grain. 

Quin.  sulph 1      grain. 

Acid,  sulph.  ammon 10      minims. 

Magnes.   sulph 20      grains. 

Hexameth.vlene  tetramiue   5      grains. 

Aquam ad.     V2  ounce. 

This  mixture  is  quite  incompatible  physically  and  chemi- 
cally, hexamethylene  tetramine  being  incompatible  with  alka- 
i  loids  and  acids  incompatible  with  it.  Two  or  three  drams  of 
I  powdered  aeacia  in  the  six-ounce  mixture  make  it  presentable. 
I  ■  A  Dispciisini]  Puzzle. — How  would  you  dispense  the  fol- 
I  lowing'.' 

1    5 — Menthol    -i  grains. 

Sp.  ammon.  aromat 2  drams. 

Sp.  chlorof 2  drams. 

Tinct.  card,  co 3  drams. 

Syr.  zingiber 2  drams. 

Aq.  menth.  pip ad.  1  ounce. 

Sig. :    One  dram  in  hot  water  when  required. 
This  is  a  poser.     If  you  cannot  consult  the  writer,  add  an 
additional  ounce  of  peppermint  water,  and  direct  two  drams 
to  be  taken  for  a  dose. 

Potassium  Bromide  and  Alkaloids  in  Mixture. — How  would 
.vou  dispense? 

B — Potass,  bromidi    2  drams. 

Cafifein.  cit 24  grains. 

Liq.  strychnin,  hydrochlor 36  minims. 

Ext.  cinchon.  liq 

Acid,  phosph.  dil.  of  each 2  drams. 

Aquam ad.  6  ounces. 

Ft.   mist. 
A  very  passable   mixture  may  be  made  by   triturating  the 
salts  with  two  drams  of  powdered  acacia  and  four  drams  of 
water  adding  !he  liquid  extract,  then  the  liquor,  aud   finally 
the  acid  well  uiluted.     Send  out  with  a  "shake"  label. 

Menthol   and    C'roton    Oil   in    Pills. — What   excipient    would 
you  suggest  for  the  following  pill? 

B — 01.  crotonis   . .    1      minini. 

Pulv.  opii 

Menthol,  of  each   %  grain. 

Ft.  pill. 
Beeswax  and  sufficient  powdered  liquorice.    Melt  1%  grains 
if  wax  for  each  pill,  add  the  oil,  and  combine.     To  the  cold 
mass  add  the  menthol,  then  the  opium  and  finally  the  liquorice 
|f  required. 

■    Liquor    Arsenicalis    with    Quinine    and    Strychnine    Hydro- 
I  AJorirfe. — How  would  you  dispense  the  following? 

B — Quin.   hydrochl 2  drams. 

Liq.  arsenicalis   2  drams. 

I        Liq.  strychnin,  hydrochl 2  drams. 

]        Ext.  glycyrrh.  liq 6  drams. 

'       Aquam ad.  6  ounces. 

Ft.    mist. 

This  should  be  dispensed  as  written.     The  querist  probably 

worried    over    the    incompatibility    of    the    arsenical    liquor 

'ith  the  quinine  salt  and  solution  of  strychnine,  but  the  liquo- 

ice  will  suspend  the  quinine,  and  there  is  sufficient  alcohol 


aud  water  in  the  mixture  to  keep  the  strychnine  in  solution. 

What  is  Magnesia' — Which  magnesia  should  be  used  aiul 
what  change  takes  place  in  the  following? 

B — Ferri  et  ammon.  cit 

Potass,  cit 

Magnesiae,  of  each   2      drams. 

Glycerin!    %  ounce. 

Infus.   calumbae    ad.  3      ounces. 

Ft.  mist. 
Heavy  magnesia  is  ordered,  but  the  light  is  more  diffusible. 
The  magnesia  will  in  time  decompose  the  scale  preparation, 
setting  free  ammonia  and  forming  less  soluble  magnesium  fer- 
ryl-eitrate.  This,  with  the  crystalline  magnesium  h.ydroxide 
produced  by  slow  h.ydration  of  the  exceis  of  magnesia  will 
tend  to  set  in  solid  block  similar  to  plaster  of  paris. 

A  Boric  Acid  Cream. — How  should  the  following  be  dis- 
pensed? 

B — Uug.  hyd.  oxid 

Adipis  lanae,  of  each 3  drams. 

Parafif.  moll,  alb 1  dram. 

Acid,  boric 16  grains. 

Pulv.  tragacanth   5  grains. 

Aq.  rosEe  cone 1  ounce. 

Ft.  cremor. 
Mix  the  tragacanth  with  the  melted  fats  in  a  heated  mortar 
and-  carefully  combine  with  the  rose  water  in  which  the  boric 
acid  has  been  previously  dissolved. 

Suhacetate  of  Lead  and  Soap  Liniment. — How  should  the 
following  be  dispensed? 

B — Liq.  plumbi.  subacet 2  drams. 

Lin.  saponis ad.  3  ounces. 

Ft.  lin. 
The  dispenser  should  approach  the  prescriber.  It  is  not  fair 
to  leave  him  in  ignorance  of  the  incompatibility,  and  although 
he  may  refuse  to  alter  at  your  request,  there  is  a  probability 
your  sincerity  will  save  others  from  worry.  Trituration  of  the 
liquor  with  two  drams  each  of  soft  soap,  glycerin  aud  olive  oil 
before  the  addition  of  the  liniment  has  been  tried.  The  best 
result  was  obtained  with  the  olive  oil  and  the  best  was  far 
from  elegant. 

A  Musk  Mixture. — What  would  .vou  do  with  the  following? 

B — Moschi 1      dram. 

Tinct.  digitalis   2%  drams. 

Sp.  ammon.  aromat ly^  ounces. 

Sp.  ether,  sulph 1      ounce. 

Vin.   ipecac    6      drams. 

Tinct.  cinchon ad.  6      ounces. 

Ft.    mist. 
Sig. :    Two  tablespoonfuls  in  a  little  water  every  four  hours. 
Approach   the   prescriber  secundum   artum,   and   if   intended 
get  payment  before  dispensing.     It  would  be  a  gracious  thing 
to    send    the    money    to    the    Benevolent    Fund    as    a    thank- 
offering. 

Oil  of  Cloves  with  Extracts. — How  would  you  dispense  the 
following? 

B— Ext.   belladon 

Ext.  nucis  vom.,  of  each   i^  grain. 

Jlorph.    mur 1-12  grain. 

P.  asafcetid 14  grain. 

01.   caryoph 1      minim. 

Ext.  hyoscy 2      grains. 

Stiffen  the  oil  with  a  grain  of  beeswax,  work  in  the  asafetida 
and  morphine,  and  then  the  extracts  previously  evaporated  to 
dryness  on  a  water-bath.  Liquorice  may  be  added  to  give 
plasticity. 


New  York  State  Ph.A.  at  Eiclifield  Springs  in  June. 

Edward  S.  Dawson,  secretary  of  the  New  York  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  announces  that  the  31st  annual  meet- 
ing will  be  heid  at  Richfield  Springs  June  29  to  July  2. 
Willard  A.  Smith,  of  Richfield  Springs,  is  the  local  secretary, 
and  his  assoi.iates  are  :  W.  H.  French,  Worcester ;  George  S. 
Slade.  Oueorta;  Charles  A.  Scott,  Cooperstown ;  William  H. 
Whitehead,  Herkimer ;  J.  V.  Downs.  Ilion  ;  Frank  H.  Howd. 
Mohawk ;  Charles  J.  Zipp,  Utica ;  J.  G.  Black,  Ricnfield 
Springs.  From  reports  received  from  members  of  the  Com- 
mercial Travelers"  Auxiliary,  Mr.  Dawson  predicts  that  the 
meeting  will  be  largely  attended. 


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THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerlis  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
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liver   oil,   or   iu   capsules.      It    is   also   possible   to   emulsify   it 
by  adding  a   little  oil  aud  acacia,  but  no  such   method  should  I 
hi"  employed  without  first  consulting  the  prescribe!-.  I 

As  a  suitable  adjuvant  to  creosotal,  the  following  mixture  , 
is  recommended  by  P.  I^oele   (Coblentz,  "Newer  Remedies")  ;  1 

Infus.  ipecacaunhas  0.05 — 9.5.0         | 

Liq.  ammon.  anis 5.0         j 

Syrupus  althaeae,  q.  s.,  ad 2(M).0 

M.D.S.     One   teaspoonful   with   15  drops  of  creosotal  fouri 
limes  a  day.  j 


Non-Absorbent  Floor  Cement. 

^^•    Q    Y  ) "riease  publish  in  your  columns  a  formula  tor 

making  'a  cement  pr,.ii:iration  for  floor  use  which  is  non- 
absorbent.  Ordinarily  rurtlaud  cement  and  sand  will  absorb. 
There  is  a  preparation  of  this  kind  on  the  market." 

It  is  stated  on  good  authority  that  the  intermixture  of  a 
certain  proportion  of  h.vdrated  lime  increases  the  water-tight- 
ness of  concrete,  one  of  the  formulas  recommended  for  maknig 
this  cement  being  as  follows:  I'ortlaud  cement,  1  part;  sand. 
"  parts-  stone.  4  parts;  hydrated  lime.  8  per  cent,  the  per- 
centage being  based  upon  the  weight  of  the  dry  hydrated  lime 
to  the  weight  of  the  dry  Portland  cement.  However,  for 
voiir  use  it  might  prove  satisfactory  to  maki.  the  cement  water- 
i.roof  by  following  one  of  the  processes  recommended  some 
years  ago  by  Dingler's  Polytechnic  Journal :  Rub  and  scrape 
the  surface  of  the  concrete  thoroughly  and  then  coat  it  with  a 
l.^ver— 3  to  4  mm.  thick— of  caoutchouc  glue,  spreading  it  on 
with  a  trowel.  When  dry.  an  outer  protective  coating  of 
cement  can  be  applied,  smoothed  over  with  a  steel  blade. 
When  the  operations  have  been  carefully  performed  the  con- 
crete   it  is  said,  will  be  impermeable  by  water. 

A  waterproof  coating  for  the  same  inirpose  may  be  made  as 
follows-  Mix  together  three  parts  of  pulverized  marble  and 
sandstone  in  equal  parts,  two  parts  of  burned  porcelain  clay 
with  two  parts  of  freshly  slaked  lime,  while  it  is  still  warm, 
adding  sufficient  water  to  bring  it  to  the  consistency  desired 
for  applying  with  a  brush.  In  this  way  a  wash  is  made  that 
forms  a" calcium  silicate,  which,  if  often  wetted,  after  a  time 
becomes  almost  as  hard  as  stone.  These  constituents  mixed 
to°-ether  make  a  base  to  which  any  colored  pigment  that  can 
bemused  in  conjunction  with  lime,  can  be  added.  It  should  be 
applied  quite  thickly  and  allowed  to  dry  for  24  hours,  after 
which  it  should  be  frequently  washed  with  clear  water,  which 
makes  it  waterproof. 

Eelease  of  Energy  Within  a  Prescribed  Time. 

/Q  E  1.'  )— -I  am  a  subscriber  to  your  magazine  and  wish 
to  inquire  if  you  know  of  any  ingredient  that  could  be  put 
into  a  full  bottle  (4  ounces)  of  carbolic  acid  that  would  cause 
it  to  explode  or  blow  out  the  cork  in  about  45  minutes. 

We  must  confess  that  we  are  unable  to  outline  any  scheme 
which  will  conform  to  the  limitations  prescribed  in  this  query. 
It  is  stated  that  bombs  are  constructed  with  clockwork  Ijy 
which  it  is  possible  at  a  .given  time  to  set  in  motion  certain 
agents  which  will  release  energ.v,  but  to  adapt  such  a  scheme 
to  the  problem  submitted  would  be  as  futile  as  it  would  be  im- 
practicable. If  our  correspondent  has  had  an  experience  with 
a  bottle  of  carbolic  acid  where  the  cork  was  blown  out  in  the 
time  he  names,  he  should  have  said  so.  It  is  reasonable  to 
suppose  that  such  a  result  might  be  brought  about  by  the 
-radual  elevation  of  the  temperature,  conditions  for  the  at- 
Tainment  of  which  are  of  frequent  occurrence.  With  the  con- 
se.,uent  expansion  of  the  liquid  it  is  not  difficult  to  imagine 
what  -would  happen. 

Creosotal  With  Syrup  Cocillana  Comp. 

(W  E  W  )— •■!  have  been  getting  a  prescription  tor  creo- 
sotal with  syr,  cocillana  comp.  I  <lo  not  think  it  will  mix. 
Can  it  be  mixed';"  .  , 

■V  clear  non-separable  mixture  of  creosotal  in  aqueous  solu- 
tions cannot  be  made,  as  the  creosotal  is  insoluble  in  water. 
Il  is  also  insoluble  iu  glyc.-rin  and  alcohol,  but  soluble  in  oils 
and  tor  this  reason  the  creosotal  is  best   given  along  with  cod 


Combustion  of  Sugar. 

(A.  S.) — -Will  .vou  please  state  iu  the  Question  Box  the 
(liemical  changes  which  sugar  undergoes  when  consumed  by 
tire.  I  know  that  a  teaspoonful  of  sugar  burned  on  a  shovel 
will  generate  a  very  active  and  powerful  gas  that  will  ipiickly 
expel  foul  air  from  an  ordinary  sized  room." 

A  note  on  the  burning  of  sugar  appeared  in  the  Eba  ot 
April  1,  1909,  page  296.  The  products  of  the  combustion  ol 
sugar  no  doubt  vary  considerably  with  the  conditions  undei 
which  the  combustion  is  effected.  According  to  Mulder,  tht 
action  of  heat  on  sugar  generates  humic  products ;  it  is  proba  | 
ble  that  caramel  and  assamar  are  only  modifications  of  humii 
acid,  i.  e..  more  or  less  deh.vdrated  carbohydrates.  Othei 
authorities  have  also  recognized  the  formation  of  humic  aeicj 
with  disengagement  of  formic  acid  when  sugar  sohuions  anj 
heated  to  160°  C.  Sugar  when  heated  for  a  long  time  bei 
I  ween  210°  and  220°  produces  a  mass  which  froths  up  auij 
becomes  continually  darker  and  darker  brow-n.  evolving  : 
large  proportion  of  water  containing  traces  of  acetic  acid  aii4 
volatile  oil  (this  contains  furfurol,  according  to  Volckcr) 
the  product  when  the  frothing  has  ceased  becoming  converter 
into  caramel,  unburat  sugar,  assamar,  etc.  At  a  still  highe 
temperature  an  inflammable,  gaseous  mixture  is  given  of 
consisting  of  carbon  monoxide,  marsh  gas,  carbon  dioxide,  et 
When  subjected  to  dry  distillation,  sugar  yields  aldehydi 
acetone,  acetic  acid,  tarry  products,  carbon  dioxide,  carbo 
monoxide  and  marsh  gas.-  That  there  is  a  slight  foundatio 
for  the  popular  belief  that  the  burning  of  sugar  in  a  sick  rooi 
will  remove  disagreeable  odors  is  borne  out  by  the  evidenc 
submitted  by  many  investigators. 


Brown  Hair  Dyes, 

(B.  W.  M.) — Formulas  for  a  chestnut  hair  dye  appear  c 
page  350  of  last  week's  Eba.  Here  is  another  formula  for  dy 
ing  the  hair  brown  ;  it  is  as  simple  and  harmless  as  any  v 
know  of ; 

Pyrogallie  acid    ^i  ounce. 

Solution  of  ammonia  -     drams. 

Rectified  spirit   : 1      ounce. 

Water     3      ounces. 

Dissolve  the  acid  in  the  spirit,  add  the  other  ingredieni 
and  mix. 

For  a  "two-bottle"  brown  d.ve,  the  following  formulas  ha 
been  recommended  : 

No.  1.     Mordant. 

Pvroaallic  acid   3  drams. 

Alcohol    3  fl-  o'lne'"'* 

^y ater    11  fl.  ounces 

No.  2.     Brown  D.ve. 

Silver  nitrate   1  av.  ounc( 

Ammonia  water,  q.  s.,  or  about 2  fl.  ouncei 

Sodium  carbonate   (sal  soda) 3  drams. 

Water,  q,  s..  or  about 10  fl-  ounces! 

Dissolve  the  silver  nitrate  in  S  ounces  of  wMter  and  ai 
ammonia  water  until  the  precipitate  which  is  formed  is  o 
solved;  dissolve  the  sal  soda  in  the  solution,  and  add  enoi-) 
water  to  make  12  fluidounces,  and,  after  standing  a  few  dai. 
decant. 

To  apply  this  dye  the  hair  is  first  washed  with  water  i 
which  a  little  soda"  has  been  dissolved  or  soap  suds  to  rem.; 
any  grease  or  oil,  the  mordant  is  then  applied  and  allowed') 
dry ;  the  dye  is  then  put  on  carefully  with  a  tooth-brush jr 
other  convenient  means  and  dried  by  fanning;  the  hair,  wl|i 
dry,  is  then  washed  with  soap  suds  to  remove  any  siiperiluf 
dye   and  dried.  '• 

Stains  on  the  skin  may  be  removed  by  rubbing  them  «P 
the  following  solution  : 

Potassium  sulphate   1  ounce. 

Water    ^  I""*- 

Dissolve. 


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E.  V.  McAllister,  manager  of  the  West  End  Pharmacy.  1059 
West  State  street,  Rociford.  111.,  the  same  heing  reproduced 
on  this  page.  The  pri:e  of  So  w-7nV7i  is  offered  in  Content  Xo.  .? 
for  the  iest  photograph  of  a  druggist's  shotc  icindow  or  any 
display  of  goods  in  a  drug  store,  is  therefore  awarded  to  Mr. 
MciUister. 

Regarding  the  window  display,  Mr.  McAllister  mentions  that 
it  was  designed  for  and  exhibited  on  Easter  of  this  year  and 
is  therefore  entirely  new  and  up-to-date.    The  background  was 


DIFFERENT  SORTS  OF  HANDY  HELPS. 


The  Handy  File. 


ajbMtWmWMMgWBCTtM 


K 


EEP  a  small,  triangular  file  in  one 
of  the  drawers  under  the  prescrip- 
tion counter.  Sharpen  the  smooth 
or  handle  end  to  a  keen  point. 
This  point  will  be  found  useful  for 
pxtracting  small  corks,  loosening 
metal  bottle  crowns  and  foil  caps, 
breaking  wire  cork  fastenings,  scrap- 
ing wax  or  paraffin  seals  and  for 
many  other  uses.  The  rough  or  file 
end  will  be  found  of  great  service  in 
I'xtractiug  cotton  or  lint  from  the  in- 
side of  bottles.  Place  the  end  against 
the  cotton  and  turn  the  file.  The 
file  teeth  will  catch  in  the  cotton  and 
hold    it    firmly,    so   that    it    may    be 

pulled  from  the  botth'.     The  file  end  also  makes  au   excellent 

swab-stick  for  winding  with  cotton  to  dry  the  insides  of  bottles, 

remove  small  particles  and  for  other  uses. 

Home-Made  Post  Card  Back. 
Across  a  picture  or  other  suitable  frame  stretch  a  strong 

linen  thread  as  follows  :     First  thread,  one-quarter  inch  from 


luuiir  of  old  porch  pillars.  L-alsomiiK-d  and  backed  with  print 
paper  upon  which  was  painted  a  marine  scene  and  stone  walls 
on  each  side  of  the  roadway  leading  to  the  water.  The  doll 
was  lent  by  Stewart  &  Co.  and  the  sign  "Mamma  buys  her 
patterns  at  Stewart's"  explains  itself,  as  it  was  used  with  a 
Ladies'  Home  Journal  display.  Other  goods  shown  in  the 
window  are  candies,  perfumery  and  toilet  articles  appropriate 
to  the  season,  while  ornamentation  is  supplied  with  nine  rab- 
bits, en  team,  chicks  and  Easter  eggs. 
Druggists    should    read    the    announcement    on    advertising 

:  page  37  of  this  number  of  the  Eba  regarding  this  Prize  Com- 
petition. It  is  proving  of  great  value  to  the  retailers  through- 
out the  country  in  the  way  of  affording  incentive  to  advertise 

t  through   window   displays,   in   the   newspapers   and   otherwise. 

1  The  competition  is  open  to  everybody,  regardless  of  whether 
the  competitor  is  a  subscriber  to  the  Eba  or  not. 


side  of  frame.  Stretch  the  second  thread  parallel  to  the  fii'st 
and  one-quarter  inch  beyond  it.  Then  run  the  third  thread 
parallel  to  the  second,  leaving  a  space  between  the  threads  of 
two  and  one-quarter  inches.  The  fourth  thread  should  parallel 
the  third  at  a  distance  of  one-quarter  of  an  inch  between  the 
threads.  Fill  this  frame  with  sets  of  four  threads  in  the  order 
outlined.  The  best  mode  of  adjustmeut  is  to  drive  small  tacks 
nearly  to  the  heads  in  the  top  and  bottom  of  the  frame  at  the 
indicated  distances  apart.  Over  these  tightly  stretch  a  con- 
tinuous thread  and  when  the  end  is  fastened  to  the  last  tack, 
drive  the  tacks  all  the  way  in  so  that  they  will  hold  the 
threads  firmly. 

To  place  the  cards :  Run  the  first  card  under  the  second 
and  thiid  threads  and  over  the  first  and  fourth  threads.  Run 
the  second  card  under  the  first  and  fourth  threads  and  over 
the  second  and  third  threads.    As  thus  placed  the  cards  will  be 


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[April  22,  1909 


woveu    in   between   the    threads   and   each    card   will    hold    the 
threads  tightly  against  the  cards  above  and  below  it. 

By  placing"  tacks  in  the  same  order  in  upper  and  lower 
window-sash  and  stretching  threads  thereon,  a  line  o£  postals 
may  be  displayed  almost  directly  against  the  window  glass.  Or 
the  threads  may  be  run  from  the.  bottom  of  the  window  to  the 
back  of  the  window  at  the  top.  or  to  a  strip  of  wood  located 
as  may  be  desired,  thus  permitting  a  slanting  display  to  be 
made.  "  Two  sets  of  threads  at  each  side  of  the  window  will 
permit  a  postal  display  that  will  not  interfere  with  a  general 
display  upon  the  window  floor. 

A  Dark  Closet  Help. 

Much  annoyance  in  selecting  goods  from  dark  closets  may 
be  saved  by  the  following  simple  scheme :  For  example,  roll 
bandages  are  often  kept  in  dark  closets  under  the  counter 
where  it  is  difficult  to  see  the  width  and  grade  markings  that 
are  printed  upon  the  boxes.  To  overcome  this  annoyance  cut 
large  numbers  from  calendai-s.  preferably  those  which  have 
been  printed  black  on  white,  so  that  a  square  of  the  white 
background  will  show.  Number  each  box  with  these  figures. 
Make  a  list  of  the  numbers  of  the  boxes  on  a  heavy  card  and 
opposite  each  number  give  the  contents  of  the  corresponding 
box.  Keep  this  card  hanging  conveniently  at  hand.  A  glance 
at  it  will  indicate  the  number  of  the  box  desired  and  one 
will  he  surprised  to  see  how  plainly  the  box  numbers  will  show 
in  any  but  a  totally  dark  closet. 

Stucco  Work. 

Stucco  or  plaster  of  paris  is  very  useful  for  simulating 
mountains,  snow-drifts  or  any  window  trim  of  a  similar 
nature.  Make  a  light  wood  or  heavy  wire  frame  of  any  de- 
sired shape.  Cover  with  window  screen  wire  or  two  or  three 
thicknesses  of  cheese-cloth.  Dip  the  covered  frame  in  a  thin 
solution  of  plaster  of  paris,  repeating  the  dipping  process  until 
a  plaster  deposit  of  the  desired  thickness  is  secured.  A  covered 
frame  of  this  nature  may  also  be  coated  with  glue,  sand,  saw- 
dust, mica  dust  or  powdered  glass  being  sifted  on,  as  may  be 
desired. 

Fly  Drums. 

However  carefully  a  drug  store  may  be  screened,  a  few  flies 
will  get  in.  and  how  to  exterminate  them  becomes  quite  a 
problem.  By  many  sticky  fly-paper  is  thought  to  be  the  best 
means,  but  it  does  not  add  to  the  attractiveness  of  a  store  to 
expose  sheets  or  ribbons  that  are  coated  with  dead  flies.  To 
prevent  such  a  morgue  exhibition  is  not  difficult. 

Roll  a  sheet  of  sticky  fly-paper  into  a  cylinder,  with  the 
sticky  side  in.  Roll  this  cylinder  in  one  thickness  of  crepe 
paper,  which  should  extend  about  two  inches  be.voud  the  open 
ends  of  the  fly-paper  drum.  Cut  the  protruding  edges  of  the 
crepe  paper  into  a  fringe  and  curl  each  tongue  of  the  fringe  in- 
wardly. Run  a  twine  or  ribbon  through  the  drum  and  sus- 
pend horizontally  from  the  lighting  fixtures,  top  of  shelving 
or  from  the  ceiling,  as  may  be  desired.  It  is  well  known  that 
light  paper  drapery  will  in  itself  draw  and  hold  flies.  The 
flies  are  attracted  to  the  fringe  of  the  drum  and  then  crawl 
inside,  where  they  are  caught  by  the  sticky  interior  and  kept 
out  of  sight. 

A  Stopper  Wrench. 

To  remove  flat-top  glass  stoppers  from  bottles,  take  a  piece 
of  moderately  hard,  non-resinous,  curly  grain  wood,  such  as 
maple  or  chestnut.  The  piece  should  be  six  inches  long  by 
two  by  three  inches.  In  the  center  of  the  two-inch  side  cut  a 
slot  of  sufficient  depth,  length  and  width  to  loosely  hold  the 
top  of  an  average  size  flat  glass  stopper.  Place  the  top  of  the 
tight  stopper  in  the  slot,  hold  the  bottle  with  the  left  hand, 
grasp  the  block  of  wood  firmly  with  the  right  hand  and  turn. 
Few  stoppers  will  resist  the  great  force  that  may  be  thus  put 
upon  them. 

For  Bound  Stoppers. 

Procure  an  eight-inch  piece  of  strong,  stiff  iron  or  steel  rod 
or  pipe  of  about  a  half-inch  in  diameter.  To  an  end  of  this 
securely  fasten  one  end  of  a  32-inch  piece  of  insulated  copper 
wire  of  about  the  size  used  for  general  incandescent  wiring. 
Xow.  smoothly  bind  the  entire  rod  with  two  or  three  thick- 
nesses of  insulating  tape,  adding  a  covering  of  tape  to  the 
wire  so  as  to  give  it  added  strength,  resiliency  and  clinging 
power.  To  remove  tight-  round-top  stoppers,  such  as  are 
to  be  found  in  the  average  salt-mouth  shelf  bottle,  proceed  as 
follows :     Place  the  end  of  the  rod  to  which   the  wire  is  at- 


tached against  the  waist  of  the  stopper.  Then  lake  two  or 
three  tight  turns  of  the  insulated  wire  around  the  stopper. 
Tightly  grasp  the  rod  and  the  loose  end  of  the  wire  in  the 
right  hand  with  the  bottle  in  the  left  hand  or  between  the 
knees.  Turn  the  rod  in  the  direction  that  will  cause  the  coils 
of  wire  to  tighten  around  the  stopper.  The  great  leverage 
thus  brought  to  bear  will  turn  the  majority  of  tight  stoppers. 
The  device,  it  will  be  seen,  works  on  the  same  principle  as  the 
pipe-fitter's  chain-and-rod  pipe  tongs. 

An  Anti-Splasher. 
Splashing  of  water  as  it  falls  from  the  faucet  upon  the  sink 
is  a  great  nuisance.  It  may  be  entirely  prevented  by  procur- 
ing a  piece  of  rubber  tubing  one  inch  in  length  and  of  a  size 
to  make  it  fit  tightly  over  the  end  of  the  faucet.  Next,  secure 
a  small  piece  of  fine  mesh,  brass  wire  netting.  Cut  out  two 
small  disks  of  the  same  diameter  as  the  end  of  the  faucet. 
Then  cut  another  disk  of  three  times  the  diameter.  Place  the 
two  small  disks  in  the  center  of  the  larger  disk  so  that  the 
meshes,  when  the  disks  are  in  place,  will  cross  each  other. 
Carefully  take  the  larger  disk  in  hand  and  press  it  over  the 
faucet  opening  so  that  the  small  disks  cover  the  outlet 
Gather  the  sides  of  the  larger  disk  around  the  faucet  and  over 
all  press  closely  the  rubber  tube.  With  fine  wire  securely 
bind  the  netting  to  the  rubber.  This  device  will  not  only  pre- 
vent splashing,  but  it  will  also  strain  the  water.  The  netting 
should  be  removed  every  few  weeks,  thoroughly  cleansed  and 
replaced.  Whenever  the  flow  of  water  appears  to  be  decreasing 
it  is  time  to  remove  the  appliance  and  cleanse  it. 


"Wanted — A  Man." — His  Qualifications. 
Ann  Abbor,  Mich..  April  17. — .1.  W.  T.  Knox,  advertising 
manager  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co..  addressed  the  Prescott 
Club  recently  on  the  subject :  "Wanted — A  Man."  Mr.  Knox 
endeavored  to  show  what  kind  of  .vouug  men  were  wanted  iu 
the  chemical  manufacturing  business  and  what  was  expected 
of  them.  The  most  notable  features  of  his  address  were  the 
enumeration  of  the  qualities,  initiative,  competency,  perse- 
verance, sincerity,  open-mindedness.  etc..  which  he  considered 
essential  to  the  success  of  every  young  man  entering  this  line 
of  btisiness,  and  the  diagram  by  which  he  represented  the 
workings  of  a  large  corporation.  The  latter,  which  was  in  the 
form  of  a  triangle,  was  divided  into  sections ;  the  sections 
represented  in  order  from  top  to  bottom  the  stockholders,  b'lard 
of  directors,  officers,  managers,  assistant  managers  and  lastly, 
at  the  base  of  the  triangle  the  clerks  of  the  making  ;ind  selling 
departments.  In  explaining  his  diagram  Mr.  Knox  remarked 
that  to  every  ten  good  men  ready  to  enter  the  making  depart- 
ment only  one  good  man  could  be  found  for  the  selling  de- 
partment. Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens  gave  a  short  sketch  of  the 
life  of  Dr.  Albert  B.  Prescott.  former  dean  of  the  department 
of  pharmacy,  and  after  whom  the  Prescott  Club  was  named. 


Penn.  Ph.A.  Offers  $20  Gold  Prize  for  Best  Paper. 

Phil.xdelphia.  April  17. — Interest  in  the  papers  and  dis- 
cussion at  the  coming  meeting.  Juue  22-24.  at  Bedford  Springs 
of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  stim- 
ulated by  the  offer  of  a  prize  of  $20  in  gold  for  the  most 
meritoriotts  paper,  pharmaceutical  apparatus  or  device  pos-  ! 
sessing  originality,  presented  dtiring  the  session.  This  prize 
will  be  awarded  this  year  for  the  work  presented  last  year  i 
and  hereafter  the  same  rule  will  be  observed.  j 

Chairman  Charles  H.  La  Wall,  of  the  committee  on  papers  i 
and  queries,  has  prepared  a  list  of  queries  for  the  guidance  of 
those  who  intend  to  submit  such  work.  The  other  members 
of  the  committee  are  E.  Fullerton  Cook.  Ambrose  Hunsberger. 
Clarence  L.  Bonta,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Fred  J.  Blumensehein. 
of  Pittsburg. 


Charity  Offer  Will  Aid  in  Advertising  Drug  Store. 

Hasilet,  N'.   C  ,  April  17. — A  local  pharmacy  recently  in- 
stalled a  beautiful  new  soda  fountain  and  originated  a  novel  | 
way  to  advertise  it.     The  fountain  was   turned  over  to  the  | 
Ladies'  Auxiliary  of  the  Y.M.C.A.  and  the  entire  proceeds  will  | 
be  given  to  that  organization,  in  return  for  which  the  benefic- 
iaries have  advertised  a  spring  opening.     The  fountain  as  well 
as  the  whole  store  has  been  decorated  with  cut  flowers  and 
plants.      A   committee   of   young   ladies   will   serve   the   drinks 
and  incidentally  boost  the  sales  by  assisting  the  young  men  to 
dispose  of  numberless  plates  of  ice  cream. 


April  22,  1909] 


THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     EKA 


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Personal  Mention 


— Benjamin  C.  Lanham,  Washington,  D.  C,  is  seriously 
ill  with  typhoid  fever. 

— E.  H.  FiENHOLD,  of  Philadelphia,  is  recovering  from  a 
long  siege  of  typhoid  fever. 

— Samuel  T.  Leigiiton.  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  was  a  recent 
visitor  at  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

— Joseph  B.  Boyle,  of  Westminster,  Md.,  is  recovering 
from  a  severe  attack  of  the  grip, 

— Austin  Snapp,  of  Guidon.  Ark.,  recently  visited  his 
parents  at  Jamestown  in  the  same  State. 

— AMONG  the  visiting  druggists  in  Baltimore  recently  were 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  L.  Miller,  of  Wa.vnesboro.  Pa. 

— Paul  Adams,  of  Cadiz,  Ky.,  has  gone  to  Sturgis  to  take 
a  position  in  one  of  the  pharmacies  at  that  place. 

— F.  E.  HoLLiDAT,  of  the  X.W.D.A.,  with  his  wife  and 
daughter,  recently  visited  Norfolk.  Old  Point  and  Washington. 

— Habry  Skillman,  advertising  manager  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich,,  was  a  New  York  City  visitor  during  the 
early  part  of  the  week, 

— William  C.  Wendt,  who  recently  sold  his  pharmacy  in 
Kaukauna,  Wis.,  has  become  a  traveling  salesman  for  a  St, 
Louis  wholesale  drug  house, 

— George  Riley,  who  covers  western  Ohio  for  Muth  Bros. 
&  Co.,  of  Baltimore,  was  called  home  last  week  by  a  telegram 
announcing  the  birth  of  a  daughter. 

— Mahlon  H.  Kline,  president  of  the  Smith,  Kline  & 
French  Co.,  Philadelphia,  was  a  visitor  in  the  New  York  City 
wholesale  trade  for  a  few  da.vs  last  week. 

— Miss  Mary  A.  F.4GAN,  who  recently  passed  the  Delaware 
examination  with  a  high  average,  is  now  an  assistant  in  Dr. 
Horace  Bradley's  pharmacy  in  Wilmington. 

— Stanley  E.  Parkill,  ex-mayor  and  druggist  of  Owosso, 
Mich.,  and  several  times  mentioned  as  Democratic  candidate 
for  Governor,  has  been  ill  for  several  weeks 

— FiNLEY  Page  Seibebt,  manager  of  a  pharmacy  in  Ger- 
mantown,  Philadelphia,  took  a  brief  vacation  recently,  during 
which  he  visited  his  parents  at  Hagerstown,  Md. 

— De.  Edwin  C.  Livingston,  a  druggist  at  3100  York  road, 
Baltimore,  has  been  confined  to  his  bed  for  three  weeks  with 
illness.     He  is  a  former  member  of  the  City  Council. 

— George  W.  Fehr,  treasurer  of  the  Philadelphia  Associa- 
tion of  Retail  Druggists,  with  Mrs.  Fehr,  on  May  14  will  cele- 
brate the  completion  of  15  years  of  happy  married  life. 

— WiLLi.\M  O.  Frailey,  of  Lancaster,  Pa.,  is  a  proud  grand- 
dad. His  son,  Henry  E.  Frailey,  who  is  connected  with  the 
A.D.S.,  became  the  father  of  a  nine-pound  girl  on  April  12. 

— J.  E.  Marsden.  one  of  the  most  active  members  of  the 
Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  has  disposed 
of  both  of  his  stores  in  that  city  and  will  take  life  easy  for  a 
few  months. 

— T.  M.  Burnett,  one  of  the  most  capable  druggists  of 
Clinton  County,  has  severed  his  connection  with  the  Egan 
pharmacy  and  taken  a  position  with  the  George  W,  Brown 
drug  store. 

— F.  E.  Falkenberg.  of  Chicago,  has  disposed  of  his  drug 
business  and  connected  himself  with  the  Chicago  Chocolate 
Company,  a  confectionery  manufacturing  establishment  that 
supplies  the  drug  trade. 

— J.  A.  MuLDOON  celebrated  on  April  12  the  2oth  anni- 
versary of  his  connection  with  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  Chicago. 
As  city  salesman  he  has  been  industriously  gathering  in  orders 
for  a  quarter  of  a  century. 

— K.\BL  H.  Graham,  of  New  York,  who  has  been  serving 
as  pharmacist  at  the  Marine  Hospital,  Maryland  avenue  ex- 
tended, Baltimore,  since  last  September,  has  been  transferred 
to  the  Savannah,  Ga,,  quarantine  station. 

— A.  Edwin  Schmidt,  a  druggist  at  Ann  and  Aliceanna 
streets,  Baltimore,  is  promoting  a  project  to  build  the  biggest 
apartment  house  in  the  eastern  section  of  the  city,  which  he 
hopes  to  fill  with  Polish  and  other  alien  tenants. 

— Frank  W.  Smith,  who  has  charge  of  the  territory  in 
and  about  Philadelphia  for  Eli  Lilly  &  Co..  was  a  recent 
Atlantic  City  visitor.  The  Easter  show  had  no  attractions 
for  Mr.  Smith,  whose  errand  was  strictly  business. 

— J.  H.  Stein,  one  of  the  best-known  advocates  for  organiza- 


tion for  the  retail  druggists  iu  Pennsylvania,  is  convalescent 
at  his  home  in  Reading  after  a  long  illness.  Ho  hopes  to  be 
able  to  attend  to  business  in  the  course  of  a  week  or  two, 

— John  G,  Godding,  treasurer  of  the  Massachusetts  College 
of  Pharmacy,  and  one  of  the  leading  druggists  of  Boston,  has 
been  elected  a  member  of  the  new  Merchants'  Association, 
which  the  Massachusetts  Legislature  has  just  incorporated, 

— W,  C.  Walters,  formerly  botanist  for  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  at 
Indianapolis,  but  now  a  member  of  the  sales  force  of  that 
company,  at  Baltimore,  was  a  recent  Philadelphia  visitor, 
Mr,  Walters  is  taking  a  special  course  at  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity, at  Baltimore, 

— William  T.  Burke,  chairman  of  the  executire  committee 
of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  accom- 
panied by  Mrs.  Burke,  is  celebrating  the  25th  anniversary  of 
their  w-edding  by  a  trip  by  water  to  Norfolk,  Va.  They  will 
be  absent  about  two  weeks. 

— Richard  P.  Wilkler,  of  the  export  department  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co,,  who  has  been  touring  Pennsylvania  for  recreation 
during  the  past  few  weeks,  returned  to  the  New  York  branch 
of  the  firm  last  Monday  preparatory  to  starting  on  his  South 
American  trip,  which  will  occupy  a  year  or  18  months. 

— Clarence  M.  Kline  and  Superintendent  J.  William 
Landis  will  act  as  hosts  to  the  members  of  the  senior  class 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  on  Thursda.v  next 
on  the  occasion  of  the  annual  visit  of  the  latter  to  the  labora- 
tories of  the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  Philadelphia. 

— Mr,  and  Mbs,  William  E.  Lee,  of  Philadelphia,  were 
Atlantic  City  visitors  last  week.  Mr.  Lee  is  first  vice-president 
of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  and  is 
active  in  the  State  and  National  bodies.  Mrs.  Lee  is  equally 
well  known  as  the  president  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  and  of 
Philadelphia  Chapter. 

— O.  W.  OsTEBLUND.  of  Philadelphia,  has  been  busy  for  the 
past  few  days  showing  his  brother,  John  A.  Osterlund.  the 
sights  of  the  Quaker  City.  The  latter  is  superintendent  of  the 
rolling  stock  of  the  Ferro  Car  Company,  of  Lisbon,  Portugal, 
and  is  enjoying  a  three  months"  leave  of  absence.  He  formerly 
resided  in  Philadelphia. 

— George  H.  Benkuardt,  formerly  one  of  the  star  bowlers 
on  the  crack  team  of  the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  in  the 
Philadelphia  Wholesale  Drug  Bowling  League,  has  forsaken 
the  game  in  the  interests  of  golf  and  has  been  making  some 
record  scores  on  the  course  of  the  Delaware  County  Field  Club. 
Mr.  Benkhardt  is  connected  with  the  Eskay's  Food  department 
and  also  looks  after  the  advertising  for  the  Smith,  Kline  & 
French  Co, 

— A.  R.  Hesske,  H,  J.  Siegfried  and  F,  P,  Streeper,  fellow- 
members  of  the  entertainment  committee  of  the  Philadelphia 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  with  their  automobiles,  have 
been  valuable  assistants  to  Chairman  William  A.  Carpenter  in 
scouring  the  city  iu  search  of  new  members  for  the  Philadel- 
phia organization.  Since  61  were  elected  at  the  April  meeting, 
more  applications  have  been  received,  largely  through  the 
efforts  of  this  "auto  corps." 

— Prof.  Aene  Oldbebg,  son  of  Prof,  Oscar  S.  Oldberg, 
president  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  is 
winning  laurels  in  the  School  of  Music  of  the  Northwestern 
Universit.v.  Chicago.  The  commencement  season  in  the  first 
week  in  .Tune  is  to  be  made  memorable  by  a  great  music  festi- 
val in  the  new  gymnasium  and  the  opening  number  of  the 
first  concert  of  the  festival  will  be  a  festival  overture  with 
choral  finale  written  for  the  occasion  by  Prof.  Arne  Oldberg. 

— W.  H.  Morrette.  of  Philadelphia,  is  the  proud  captain 
of  a  new  motor  boat  and  is  spending  his  spare  time  shad  fish- 
ing on  the  Delaware  River  in  the  vicinity  of  Philadelphia,  A 
company  of  friends  in  the  retail  drug  business  are  already 
looking  forward  to  the  annual  trip  in  quest  of  shad  as  his 
guest  and  the  delights  of  the  dinner  which  is  a  part  of  the 
programme  for  the  day.  It  is  expected  that  Thomas  H.  Potts, 
secretary  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  will  be  in  Philadelphia  at  the  time 
and  will  be  one  of  the  party, 

— Chabi.es  F.  Ripley,  of  Taunton ;  H.  C.  Wiggin  and 
James  F.  Finneran.  of  Boston,  were  delegates  from  the  Boston 
Druggists'  Association  to  the  big  mass  meeting  of  New  Eng- 
land commercial  and  business  bodies  held  April  13  in  Boston, 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Boston  Chamber  of  Commerce,  to 
protest  against  the  abolition  of  the  differentials  on  west-bound 
import  freight  rates  favorable  to  Boston,  F.  E.  Atteaux,  Allen 
Claflin  and  Frank  W.  Atwood  were  delegates  from  the  Amer- 
ican Society  of  Chemical  Industry. 


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[April  22,  1909 


MANHATTAN  ENDOKSES  ALL-STATE  BILL. 

Elimination  of  Old  Board  From  Reappointment  to  Be 
Insisted  Upon — New  Officers  Elected. 
The     two    pharmacj-     bills     which     aro 

pending  in  the  State   Lesislature  and   the 

election  of  officers  were  the  chief  matters 

considered    by    the    Manhattan    Pharma- 
ceutical Association  last  Monday  evening. 

With   the  elimination  of  several   features. 

the   All-State    Bill    was    unanimously    en- 
dorsed. 

Jacoli  Diner,  chairman  of  the  legislalivf 

committee,   outlined  the  provisions  of  the 

All-State  Bill   and   remarked   that   it  con- 
tained  a   so-called    "jokei',"   namely   what 

might    be   styled    the   perpetuation   of   the 

present  board.     The  bill   made  it   manda- 
tory  that   members   o£   the   new   board   be 

appointed  out  of  the  old  board.    Mr.  Diner 

said    this    seemed    to    him    an    undignified 

and  ill-advised  provision,  in   that  it  legis- 
lated the  old  members  into  office.     He  also 

asserted  that  the  All-State  Bill  was  nm 

the  Governor's  bill  as  had   been   heralded 

far  and  wide,  and  knew  on  good  authoritx 

that   the   Governor   disapproved   of   it    in 

several  ways.     During  this  announcemeni 

Mr.    Diner   was   called    to    the    teleph.jiii- 

and  when  he  returned  said  that  Mr.  C'ouk- 

lin,  who  drew  the  Conklin  Pharmacy  Bill. 

had  just  telephoned  him  from  Albany  that 

the  Governor  had  just  emphatically  stated 

that  be  disapproved  the  All-State  Bill. 
Dr.  George  C.  Diekman  and  C.  O.  Bige- 

low.  members  of  the  Eastern   Branch   of 

the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  both  said  that  they  disapproved 

of  this  provision. 

Mr.  Bigelow  stated  that  a  number  of  pharmacists  had  the 
impression  that  the  All-State  Bill  was  a  "board  bill"  drawn  by 
the  members  of  the  present  board.  He  said  that  the  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  as  a  board,  had  nothing  to  do  with  the  measure 
and  it  was  a  State  Association  Bill. 

Joseph  Weinstein,  secretary  of  the  Eastern  Branch,  stated 
that  the  provision  was  put  into  the  bill  as  to  vindicate  the  old 
board ;  that  there  had  been  so  many  conflicting  stories  con- 
cerning the  integrity  of  the  old  board  that  its  injection  was 
simply  to  see  if  the  Governor  was  acting  in  good  faith,  and 
demonstrate  that  he  had  no  personal  animosity  toward  the 
present  board.  Mr.  Diner  replied  that  the  matter  of  the  vindi- 
cation should  be  left  to  the  State  Association,  and  as  the 
association  met  in  June  and  the  appointments  were  not  to  be 
made  until  August  he  considered  there  was  ample  time  for 
such  a  proceedure.  W.  C.  Alpers  and  G.  II.  Hitchcock  also 
spoke. 

The  association  finally  decided  to  endorse  the  All-State  Bill, 
except  the  perpetuation  clause  and  with  an  amendment  that 
the  per  diem  of  the  members  be  stated  in  the  bill,  instead  of 
being  left  to  the  Commissioner  of  Education. 

Mr.  Diner,  on  a  question  of  personal  privilege,  declared  that 
Dr.  William  Muir,  president  of  the  Board  of  Phai-macy.  had 
used  his  position  to  intimidate  two  members  at  the  last  meet- 
ing during  the  vote  on  endorsing  the  Conklin  Bill.  At  least 
the  two  members,  whose  names  were  not  stated,  had  given  this 
as  a  reason  for  not  voting.     They  sat  near  Dr.  Muir. 

Amid  much  enthusiasm  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman  was  unani- 
mously elected  as  president  for  the  ensuing  year.  All  of  the 
other  officers  were  unanimously  elected  as  follows  :  First  vice- 
president,  Thomas  Latham ;  second  vice-president,  C.  K. 
Crowell ;  third  vice-president.  Charles  H.  Lowe  ;  secretary, 
B.  R.  Dauscha ;  treasurer,  George  H.  Hitchcock. 

Annoimcement  was  made  regarding  the  joint  meeting  of  the 
Xew  York  County  Medical  Society  with  the  New  York 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which 
will  take  place  on  May  19  at  the  Academy  of  Medicine. 

Treasurer  Hitchcock  reported  there  was  a  balance  of  $8.40 
in  the  treasury  after  the  payment  of  a  $125  scholarship  fee  in 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  An  appropriation  of 
$25  was  made  to  the  State  Association  for  use  at  the  coming 
meeting  in  Richfield  Springs.  The  resignation  of  F.  Wichelns 
was  accepted. 


GROCERS  NOT  AMENABLE  TO  PHARMACY  LAW. 

New  York  Court  of  Ajipeals  Decides  Against  Board  in 
the  Brooklyn  Borough  Cream  of  Tartar  Case. 

After  a  long  fight  the  United  Retail 
(Jrocers"  Association  has  obtained  for  one 
of  its  members  from  the  Xew  Y'ork  Court 
of  Appeals  a  decision  which  apparently 
deprives  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  of 
its  hitherto  unquestioned  and  long-exer- 
cised right  of  insisting  that  drugs  sold  by 
;;rocers  shall  meet  the  standards  of  purity 
laid  down  in  the  U.S.  Pharmacopii-ia. 

The  test  case  was  based  on  a  sale  of 
cream  of  tartar  by  Fred  Gasau,  a  grocer, 
who  objected  to  paying  a  fine  of  $25  on 
account  of  certain  impurities  found  in  it, 
claiming  that  substances  designed  for 
ordinary  domestic  uses  did  not  need  to  be 
as  pure  as  those  prepared  tor  medicinal 
puriioses.  .  The  decision  was  against  him 
in  the  Municipal  Court,  the  Supreme 
Court,  and  the  Appellate  Division,  but 
now  the  Court  of  Appeals  reverses  these 
deiisious.  assumes  original  jurisdiction, 
anil  declares  that  as  "it  is  a  matter  of 
(omnion  knowledge  that  the  chemicals  of 
the  apothecary  or  druggist  are  of  a  much 
hiiilier  grade  of  purity  and  strength  than 
till'  same  articles  when  used  for  other 
purposes,"  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  mvtst 
cease  its  prosecutions  under  the  statute 
ii|"in  which  it  has  collected  about  $500  in 
fines,  and  rely  on  the  other  laws  by  which 
ordinary  adulterations  can  be  penalized. 
In  commenting  on  the  case  the  New 
York  Times  says  :  "This  would  seem  to  settle  the  question, 
and  it  is  considered  a  great  victory  by  the  Grocers'  Associa- 
tion. The  public,  with  its  new  knowledge  as  to  the  needs  and 
possibilities  of  pure  foods,  may  take  a  somewhat  different  view, 
and  there  is  no  danger  in  prophesying  that  before  long  certain 
wise  manufacturers  will  be  advertising  that,  however  it  may 
be  with  other  brands  of  the  chemicals  used  in  cooking,  theirs 
are  fully  up  to  the  standards  of  the  Pharmacopoeia." 

Chief  Justice  Cullen.  speaking  for  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
says  it  would  be  absurd  to  insist,  for  instance,  that  sulphuric 
acid,  used  in  the  arts,  or  other  chemicals  that  assist  the 
laundress,  or  are  the  basis  of  gunpowder,  should  be  refined  to 
the  degree  required  by  doctors  when  they  use  the  same  sub- 
stances. That  argument  is  obviously  strong,  says  the  Times, 
but  it  is  not  at  all  clear  why  adulterants  dangerous  or  even 
inert  should  be  permitted  in  chemicals  that  are  to  be  ingre- 
dients of  food  any  more  than  of  medicine.  If  the  labels  told 
the  truth,  the  whole  truth,  and  only  the  truth,  most  people 
could  take  care  of  themselves,  but  it  a  thing  is  sold  under  a 
name  which  it  deserves  only  in  part,  there  is  some  danger  to 
health — and  much  to  the  pocket. 


Golden  Celebration  of  Wedding  in  County  Jail. 

Milwaukee.  April  17. — (*)range  Williams,  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Septicide  Company,  of  Milwaukee,  and  a 
well-known  former  druggist  of  Wisconsin,  with  his  wife,  has 
just  celebrated  his  50th  wedding  anniversary.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Williams  were  married  in  the  county  jail  at  Elkhorn,  Wis., 
not  because  either  party  was  confined  there,  but  because  the 
bride's  father  was  county  sheriff.  She  was  18  at  the  time  and 
he  was  22,  being  at  the  time  a  hustling  young  druggist  at 
Elkhorn. 


Matrimonial  Mentions, 

— Hakry  F.  Leed.s,  who  conditcts  a  pharmacy  at  Columbia 
avenue  and  Barre  street,  Baltimore,  was  married  April  11  to 
Miss  Clara  Hook. 

— Db.  William  H.  Prettie,  of  Long  Beach,  Cal..  was  mar- 
ried recently  at  San  Bernardino  to  Mrs,  Annie  L.  Heron,  of 
Los  Angeles,  by  Rev.  JIark  B.  Shaw,  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church. 

— Harry  Reed,  of  Huntingdon,  Pa.,  was  in  Baltimore  last 
week  for  the  first  time  in  29  years,  the  occasion  being  his 
wedding  trip.  He  and  his  bride  called  at  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.'s 
place  of  business. 


April  22.  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  379 

BROOKLYN  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY'S  MORTGAGE  BURNED  IN  ANCIENT  MORTAR  AT  BIG  MEETING. 


In  a  most  appropriate  manner  was  the  huniiug  of  the  morl- 
gajTP  on  the  Brooklyn  Collese  of  I'harmac.v  celebrated  last 
Thursday  evening.  A  banquet  was  held  in  honor  of  the  occa- 
sion in  the  as.sembl.v  room  of  the  college  and  present  as  in- 
vited guests  were  a  number  of  former  legislators,  men  high  in 
the  trade  and  profession,  besides  the  oflBcers  of  the  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  the  institution. 

Every  one  was  enthtisiastic  over  the  event  and  when  Dr. 
William  Muir  touched  the  match  to  the  document,  the  burning 
of  which  destroyed  all  evidence  of  indebtedness  against  the 
college,  the  scene  was  impressive  to  say  the  least.  It  can 
hardly  be  described,  only  those  who  were  present  can  appre- 
ciate fully  the  silent,  solemn  spirit  that  prevailed  for  a  moment 
as  the  paper  was  reduced  to  ashes,  and  the  burst  of  cheer  that 
followed    when   its   destruction    was   completi". 

The  mortgage  was  burned  in  a  mortar  made  of  antique  bell 
metal.  This  mortar  was  presented  to  the  college  by  Horatio 
X.Fraser.  It  was  made  in  (lerniany  in  1534  and  is  said  to  be 
the  oldest  mortar  in  Amerii'a.  The  ashes  were  later  her- 
metically sealed  in  this  mortar  and  a  suitable  inscription 
placed  upon  it  in  commemoration  of  the  event. 

Dr.  Muir,  as  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  college 
and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Kings  Count.v  Society,  was  the 
first  speaker  of  the  evening.  He  outlined  briefl.v  the  history 
of  the  society  from  its  inception,  in  1877,  down  to  the  present, 
describing  the  first  meeting  at  which  the  name  of  Long  Island 
Pharmaceutical  Society  was  adopted,  but  which  was  changed 
at  the  second  meeting,  February  27,  1877,  to  the  present  title. 
The  society  owed  its  formation  to  rumors  that  the  then  ex- 
isting pharmacy  law  of  New  York  City  was  to  be  extended  to 
the  then  city  of  Brooklyn,  said  Dr.  Muir,  but  which  was 
averted  and  a  separate  law  secured,  which  was  operative  until 
the  formation  of  the  State  board. 

Several  instances  were  cited  by  Dr.  lluir  relative  to  the 
initiative  of  the  society  in  important  matters,  such  as  the  pub- 
lication of  the  first  pharmaceutical  formular.v  and  the  founding 
of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Finally  he  reviewed 
the  work  of  the  societ.v  in  connection  with  establishing  the 
college,  describing  the  hard  struggle  for  funds  and  the  inde- 
fatigable work  of  the  members,  which  eventually  culminated  in 
the  building  of  the  present  institution  and  the  celebration  of 
the  evening. 

Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  dean  of  the  faculty,  reviewed  the 
history  of  the  college.  He  told  how  in  the  early  da.vs  the 
drug  clerks,  including  himself,  attended  lectures  in  Grenada 
Hall,  and  the  meager  facilities  offered,  which  by  great  sacrifices 
and  faithful  effort  on  the  part  of  the  members  of  the  society 
had  gradually  improved,  until  they  were  now  among  the  best. 
Dr.  Anderson  referred  to  his  note  book  used  at  the  first  lecture, 
on  November  .5.  1SS.5,  and  cited  the  following  epigram :  H-W, 
H-W,  H-W  =  Success.  The  letters,  he  said,  were  interpreted 
by  L.  T.  Perkins,  the  lecturer,  as  standing  for  hard  work. 
head  work  and  heart  work,  and  these  characteristics  had  al- 
vviivs   stood   out   prominently   in    the   history   of   all   connected 


with  luthir  the  society  or  the  institution,  ever  since  the  first 
lecture. 

Ex-Senator  .\rlhur  J.  Audett.  formerly  chairman  of  the 
Senate  committee  on  public  health,  and  instrumental  in  the 
passing  of  the  pre-requisite  clause,  and  ex-Senator  George  W. 
Wilson,  a  worker  in  behalf  of  the  amendment  of  the  college 
charter  establishing  the  post-graduate  course,  both  congratu- 
lated the  members  of  the  society  and  the  college  upon  the  at- 
tainment of  the  great  success  of  the  college.  Both  spoke  along 
humorous  lines,  telling  incidents  occurring  in  the  Legislature 
when  the  work  of  passing  these  bills  was  on. 

Dr.  Henry  L.  Taylor,  of  the  State  educational  department, 
expressed  himself  strongly  in  favor  of  having  the  surplus  funds 
of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  go  to  the  educational  institutions, 
as  under  the  present  law.  He  said  he  regretted  the  move  on 
foot  to  deprive  the  institutions  of  these  funds.  Among  others 
who  spoke  were  :  A.  Stewart  Walsh,  William  M.  Davis,  an 
ex-president  of  the  society:  William  L.  Perkins,  and  Rev.  Ed- 
ward Niles,  who  also  pronounced  the  benediction. 

President  Jacob  11.  Rehfnss  read  letters  of  congratulation 
from  Governor  Hughes,  ex-Senator  Thomas  C.  Piatt.  Senator 
Patrick  H.  McCarren,  William  McConnell,  secretary  of  the 
Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Trade,  besides 
a  number  of  other  cougratulations  and  regrets  from  invited 
guests  unable  to  attend.  A  telegram  expressing  the  congratu- 
lations of  the  German  Apothecaries"  Society  of  New  Y'ork  was 
also  read. 

Over  100  members  and  guests,  besides  memliers  of  the 
alumni  association,  were  seated  at  the  tables  and  the  room  was 
beautifully  decorated  with  large  American  flags  draped  from 
the  ceiling,  besides  the  college  flags  of  several  of  the  former 
classes  which  have  graduated  from  the  institution.  An  excel- 
lent nientt  was  served  and  the  guests  were  provided  with  red 
carnations  twined  with  yellow  crocuses,  representing  the  college 
colors.  It  was  after  1  a.  m.  before  the  speaking  ijrogramme 
was  finished,  while  the  majority  did  not  leave  imtil  after 
2  a.  m. 

The  menus  were  handsomely  printed  in  red  and  contained  a 
picture  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  One  unique  feature  of  the 
dinner  was  the  ice  cream,  which  was  served  in  the  shape  of 
skulls  and  crossboues. 

On  the  committee  of  arrangements  were  William  Muir, 
Phar.D..  chairman  :  William  C.  Anderson,  Phar.D. :  Frederic 
P.  Tuthill.  Phar.D.  :  Adrian  Paradis.  Ph.G.,  and  Thomas  J. 
France,  Ph.G. 


Kings  County  Society  Surprised  at  Size  of  Funds. 

It  was  a  surprise  to  a  number  of  the  members  of  the  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical  Society  to  learn  the  amount  of  funds 
on  hand  after  the  payment  of  all  bills  down  to  the  date  of  the 
last  meeting,  which  was  held  on  April  13. 

Following  the  reading  of  the  report  by  the  treasurer,  Oscar 
C.  Kleine.  the  showing  elicited  comment  from  a  number  of 
members  who  considered  the  financial  attainments  of  the  so- 


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[April  22.  1909 


ciety  and  the  college  as  nuprecedeuted  in  pharmaceutical  his- 
tory. The  society  account  showed  a  balance  of  $600.91  after 
the  payment  for  eight  months'  continuous  propaganda  work, 
involving  the  services  of  a  detail  man,  the  distribution  of 
thousands  of  N.F.  and  U.S. P.  preparations  and  a  large  num- 
ber of  copies  of  a  bound  manual  to  the  physicians  of  th> 
borough.  In  the  college  account  the  balance  amounted  to 
$4382.73  after  the  payment  of  nearly  $6700  for  the  cancella- 
tion of  the  mortgage  on  the  institution. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committor, 
announced  that  the  new  All-State  Pharmacy  Bill  had  been  in- 
troduced in  the  Assembly  at  Albany  and  that  its  chances  f-^r 
passage  were  very  bright,  in  that  -it  concurred  with  the  views 
of  the  Governor  and  the  commissioner  of  education.  The 
provisions  of  the  bill  were  explained  by  Dr.  Muir  and  a  r-i'so- 
lution  was  passed  approving  the  bill. 

The  following  were  elected  to  membership:  Abraham  .). 
Kramer,  Meyer  Strongin,  William  A.  Hoburg,  Jr.,  and  Ch. 
Zinklinder.  Applications  were  received  from  Hyman  Freid- 
land  and  Clarence  S.  Abrams.  Three  were  dropped  from  I  he 
rolls  for  non-payment  of  dues,  and  resignations  were  acci'pii'd 
from  William  Schroeder,  M.D.,  L.  A.  Behn  and  C.  .J.  Hei- 
tesheimer,  M.D.,  who  are  no  longer  connected  with  the  drug 
business. 

A  paper  entitled  "The  Use  of  Ampuls  in  the  Preservatiuu 
and  Dispensing  of  Hypodermic  Solutions"  was  read  by  C.  A. 
Mayo,  and  afterward  discussed.  Mr.  Mayo  gave  a  number 
of  practical  demonstrations  and  exhibited  a  large  variety  of 
manufactured  ampuls. 


OBITUARY  NOTES. 


— Osc.4K  King,  of  Cherry  Valley,  111.,  is  dead. 

— S.  Logan  Walthoub.  formerly  in  the  drug  business  in 
Scottdale,  is  dead  at  Greenburg,  Pa. 

— C.  II.  MiLLEB,  of  the  Phoenix  Drug  Company,  Alexandria, 
La.,  is  dead.     He  was  a  prominent  citizen. 

— T.  M.  Haynes,  one  of  the  best-known  druggists  in  eastern 
Texas,  died  recently  at  his  home  in  Palestine.  He  leaves  a 
widow  and  famil.v. 

— Mks.  Mamae  F.  Pearson,  wife  of  Paul  Pearson,  the 
Washington,  D.  C,  druggist,  is  dead  of  typhoid  fever.  Mrs. 
Pearson  leaves  one  child,  an  infant. 

— M.  S.  Kahn,  of  Libert.v  and  Lexington  streets,  a  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Baltimore  Retail  Association,  is  mourning 
the  death  of  his  father,  Samuel  Kahn,  who  died  April  16  at  the 
age  of  81  years. 

— George  H.  Fowler,  retired  druggist  and  well-known  pub- 
lic man,  is  dead,  aged  74,  at  his  home  in  Wauwatosa,  a  suburb 
of  Milwaukee.  He  was  married  in  1859  to  Miss  Lucy  Bree, 
of  Wauwatosa,  who  survives  him  with  three  sons. 

— Charles  W.  Fischeb,  who  died  recently  at  Stuttgart, 
Germany,  aged  64,  was  formerly  a  prominent  resident  of  San 
Jose,  Cal..  and  a  member  of  Fischer  &  Pellerano,  but  withdrew 
from  active  business  a  few  years  ago  to  spend  the  remainder 
of  his  life  in  his  old  home. 

— John  L.  \'.\tman,  of  Orange,  N.  J.,  died  recently  in 
Memphis,  Tenn.  Many  years  ago  Mr.  Yatman  kept  a  phar- 
macy in  Orange.  He  was  born  in  Fredon,  Sussex  County,  60 
years  ago.  His  brother,  the  Rev.  Charles  H.  Yatman,  the 
evangelist,  a  wife  and  two  daughters,  survive  him. 

— CHARLE.S  B.  WoODVvoBTH,  former  member  of  the  Indiana 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  a  leading  druggist  of  Fort 
Wayne,  is  dead,  aged  61.  He  was  a  public-spirited  citizen  and 
held  several  local  offices.  Two  sons  survive,  one  of  them, 
Benjamin,  having  for  several  years  been  associated  with  his 
father  in  business. 

— Mrs.  Mary  A.  Schaxl,  widow  of  John  Schall,  of  1020 
North  18th  street,  St.  Louis,  died  recently.  She  was  the 
mother  of  Edward  J.  Schall,  proprietory  buyer  for  Meyer 
Brothers  Drug  Company,  and  of  Charles  W.,  John  A.,  William 
J  and  Eugene  L.  Schall,  also  known  to  the  drug  trade,  and 
Mrs.  Joseph  Reemer. 

— Dr.  Albert  W.  Neupleld  died  recently  at  the  Mount 
Sinai  Hospital.  He  was  for  many  years  chief  pharmacist  of 
the  New  York  Dispensary,  a  graduate  of  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy, College  of  Ph.vsicians  and  Surgeons,  and  City  College 
of  the  City  of  New  York,  n  fellow  of  the  Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, and  a  member  of  the  New  York  Cbuuly  Medical  Society 
and  Harlem  Medical  Society. 


Illinois. 

Spkingfielu,  April  17. — At  the  March  meeting  of  the  Illi- 
nois State  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  Chicago,  31  out  of  a  class 
of  107  applicants  for  registered  pharmacist,  and  38  of  the  75 
candidates  for  assistant  pharmacist  passed  successful  examina- 
tions.    Their  names  follow  : 

Regi.stebed  Pharmacists. — Geor.ge  Afremow.  Ben  Aron, 
Frank  R.  Braune,  James  Case.y,  Edw.  J.  Comerford.  8.  V.  R. 
Gross.  C.  W.  Gaoth,  John  R.  Hall,  Otto  W.  Leininger.  Joseph 
Liebermann,  J.  F.  Mueller,  B.  E.  McGuire.  Frank  H.  Nie- 
me.ver.  William  E.  Ploetz.  John  AI.  Rambo.  Charles  E.  Seaton, 
John  J.  Staszak,  Chicago;  David  E.  Svvauson.  Harry  A.  Uu- 
derriner  and  F.  E.  Wells,  all  of  Chicago,  and  Fred  N.  Buer- 
kett,  Springfield ;  A.  F.  Cover,  Toulon  :  F.  L.  Frauuenhoff, 
Aurora;  St.  Clair  Madden,  Grayville ;  .Vrthur  \V.  F.  Mester, 
Quincy ;  T.  J.  McNamara,  Blue  Island:  O.scar  C.  Oberg,  Rock 
Island;  Samuel  N.  Rinde,  Berwyn  ;  Lester  Rink.  I'eoria,  aud 
Claude  E.  Tilton,  Fairmount, 

Assistant  Pharmacists. — H.  W.  Allen,  Heiuy  C.  Barthel, 
Conrad  A.  Berg.  Joseph  S.  Beym,  D.  F.  Biuanti.  Flo.vd  F. 
Bunch.  Walter  J.  Carrick.  Ben  G.  Chambers.  B.  Ross  Cool, 
Charles  R.  Crain,  David  Funt,  Louis  E.  Ilalperiu,  William  A. 
Herrick,  S.  S.  Horwitz,  A.  C.  Kaufmann.  C.  M.  Kowalski, 
Charles  Matey,  Alex  F.  Murawski,  Samuel  W.  Melton,  Robert 
H.  McVay,  William  A.  Perkins.  Arthur  P.  Reid.  William 
Schaffarzick,  Harry  G.  Skinner,  Johu  F.  Scott,  Charles 
Shipman,  Carl  Speckhart,  H.  S.  Spongberg,  Arthur  A. 
Sprague.  Joseph  C.  Streit,  Ralph  H.  Walker.  William  A. 
Werth,  all  of  Chicago,  and  John  S.  Benson.  Joliet ;  C.  E. 
Brown,  Hebron  :  Harley  M.  Carlisle.  Eldorado  ;  John  J.  Lev- 
itt, Cairo;  Charles  F.  Snyder,  Peoria,  and  Arthur  P.  Zimmer, 
Monmouth. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  board  in  Springfield  tor  the  exami- 
nation of  applicants  for  assistant  pharmacists  and  registered 
pharmacists  will  be  held  on  Tuesday.  May  2.").  at  0  a.  ni..  at 
the  State  House. 


Georgia. 

Monticello,  .Vpril  17. — Secretary  Charles  1).  .lordan 
announces  the  results  of  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Georgia 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in  Atlanta.  April  ,5  and  6.  Fift\-six 
applicants  presented  themselves  for  examination,  among  them 
being  one  lady  and  three  negro  men.  Fort.v  of  these  applicants 
were  successful,  the  following  receiving  druggists'  licenses : 

H.  B.  Baten,  Wilson,  N.  C. ;  H.  B.  Ba.vne,  Atlanta,  Ga. ; 
H.  T.  Benton,  Commerce,  Ga. ;  A.  S.  Brewster,  Newnan,  Ga. ; 
L.  N.  Brown,  Lyons,  Ga.  :  W.  E.  Butler,  Valdosta,  Ga. ;  Philip 
Cohen,  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  J.  L.  Cooley,  Sandersville,  Ga, ;  I.  H. 
Dent,  Atlanta,  Ga. ;  George  D.  Elrod.  Adairsville,  Ga. ;  T.  C. 
Fletcher,  Mayo,  Fla, ;  K.  E.  Forster,  College  Park,  Ga. ;  Guy- 
ton  Hall,  Quincy,  Fla.  :  E.  D.  Harris,  Elberton.  Ga. :  C.  M. 
Herndon,  Hartwell,  Ga. ;  Ben  Hill,  Pelham,  Ga. :  A.  W.  Early, 
Dawson,  Ga. ;  J.  H.  Johnston.  Washington,  Ga, ;  H.  Johnson, 
Jacksonville,  Fla.;  W.  L.  Maige.  Carrabelle,  Fla,;  J.  H.  B. 
Page,  Wrens,  Ga. ;  J.  C.  Payne,  Shellman.  Ga. ;  J.  K.  Saun- 
ders, Hartville,  S.  C. ;  J.  T.  Selman,  Douglasville,  Ga. ;  C.  L. 
Spear,  Waycross,  Ga. ;  J.  H.  Souther,  Blairsville,  Ga. ;  W.  J. 
Walker,  Montezuma.  Ga. ;  E.  C.  Welch,  Lumkin.  Ga. ;  H.  H. 
Harrison,  Jacksonville.  Fla. 

The  following  obtained  apothecaries'  licenses :  H.  L.  Ander- 
son, Bartow,  Fla. :  L.  S.  Archer.  Macon,  Ga.  ;  G.  M.  Bird, 
Metter.  Ga. ;  B.  H.  Hale,  Zebulon,  Ga. ;  Livingston  Henry, 
Macon,  Ga. ;  W.  J.  Maloy,  Madison,  Fla. ;  R.  C.  Robertson, 
Clayton.  N.  C. :  G.  A.  Tanner.  Douglas,  Ga. 

The  following  obtained  pharmacists'  licenses :  C.  E.  Brin- 
son,  Wrightsville,  Ga. ;  Miss  Jessie  Wimberly,  Gainesville, 
Fla. ;  F.  E.  Williams,  Macon,  Ga. 

The  Georgia  board  issues  three  grades  of  license  :  Druggist, 
from  75  to  85  per  cent ;  apothecary,  from  85  to  90  per  cent ; 
pharmacist,  from  90  to  100  per  cent.  These  three  grades  are 
used  to  designate  the  percentage  made  on  examination  and  the 
legal  rights  of  each  are  the  same. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  board  will  be  held  in  Macon,  Ga., 
Monday.  May  24.  this  meeting  just  preceding  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Georgia  I'harmaceutical  Association. 


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WASHINGTON  BRANCH  FAVORS  THE  MEETING. 


SCIENTIFIC  SECTION  PROVES  A  SUCCESS. 


Wants  All  Pharmacists  Invited  to   Be  Present  at  At- 
lantic City  During  Convention  of  the  A.M.A. 

Waseingtox.  April  IT. — Mce-President  S.  L.  Hilton  pre- 
sided at  the  April  meeting  of  City  of  Washington  Branch  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  "The  Use  of  the 
Compound  Microscope  in  Pharmacy"  was  discussed. 

Prof.  Butron  J.  Howard  described  the  compound  microscope 
and  discussed  the  nature  and  the  cost  of  the  apparatus  neces- 
sary for  work  in  connection  with  drug  analysis. 

W.  W.  Stockburger  discussed  the  use  of  the  microscope  in 
detecting  drug  adulterations,  and  expressed  gratification  at  the 
increased  interest  in  the  use  of  the  compound  microscope.  He 
discussed  the  economic  conditions  that  have  brought  about  the 
changes  in  the  method  of  making  and  marketing  drugs  and 
medicines  and  pointed  out  the  need  for  becoming  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  the  structural  characteristics  of  the  several 
drugs  and  their  adulterants.  He  enumerated  a  number  of 
drugs  and  their  adulterants  and  pointed  out  that  the  com- 
pound microscope  offered  a  ready  means  for  distinguishing 
between  them. 

Dr.  Motter  called  attention  to  the  need 
for  applying  the  microscope  in  a  practical 
way  and  pointed  out  that  the  meetings 
of  the  branches  offer  an  excellent  op- 
portunity for  developing  interest  in  the 
science  of  pharmacy. 

Professor  Kalusowski  called  attentioD 
to  the  unsatisfactory  nature  of  the  official 
descriptions  of  vegetable  drugs.  He  as- 
serted that  comprehensive  descriptions  of 
powdered  drugs  were  absolutely  necessary 
as  pharmacists,  at  the  present  time,  see 
only  the  powdered  or  comminuted  drugs. 
He  believes  the  time  has  come  when  pow- 
dered drugs  should  be  recognized  by  the 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Messrs.  Howard  and  Stockburger  were 
given  a  vote  of  thanks  for  their  interesting 
and  practical  presentation  of  the  subject. 

On  behalf  of  the  delegation  which  at- 
tended the  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A..  Dr.  Motter  made 
a  report.  After  considerable  discussion  it 
was  resolved  to  request  the  chairman  of 
the  A.Ph.A.  delegation  to  the  meetings  of 
the  Section  on  Pharmacology  and  Thera- 
peutics of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion to  organize  a  meeting  and  to  invite 
pharmacists  at  large,  irrespective  of 
A.Ph.A.    membership,   to   attend. 

M.  I.  Wilbert  reported  that  he  had  at- 
tended a  meeting  of  the  New  Xork  Branch 
of  the  A.Ph.A.,  at  which  the  newer  phar- 
macopoeias of  the  world  were  ably  dis- 
cussed. 

It  was  decided  to  devote  the  next  meet- 
ing to  a  joint  session  with  members  of 
Baltimore  Branch  for  discussing  some  of 
the  phannaceutical  problems  involved  in 
the  revision  of  the  National  Formulary. 


Successful  New  Orleans  Druggist 


FRED  A.  E.iEHART. 
new  secretary  of  the  Louisiana  State 
Board,  is  one  of  the  younger  New  Or- 
leans druggists  who  started  at  the  bot- 
tom and  is  now  the  owner  or  part 
owner  of  several  stores.  He  began  15 
years  ago  with  the  wholesale  house  of 
Finlay  &  Brunswig,  and  four  years 
later  entered  the  retail  trade.  He  now 
owns  a  store  at  Chippewa  and  Eighth 
streets  and  is  senior  partner  in  Earhart 
&  Berner.  at  Valence  and  Frefret 
streets.  He  is  a  member  of  the  A.Ph.A., 
the   Louisiana   State   Ph..4i.   and   the  Or- 


Representative  Attendance  and  Valuable  Papers  Mark 
the  Interest  in  Innovation  of  Phila.  Branch. 
PHrLADELPHiA,  April  17. — The  attendance  as  well  as  the 
discussions  were  features  of  the  initial  meeting  this  evening 
of  the  recently  organized  Scientific  Section  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  in 
Odd  Fellows'  Temple.  Those  who  participated  included 
prominent  chemists — some  of  them  connected  with  the  large 
manufacturing  houses — representatives  of  the  faculties  of  the 
local  colleges  of  pharmac.v  and  retail  druggists. 

The  first  paper  was  by  Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  whose 
subject  was  "Mechanical  Indicator  for  Judging  the  End  Re- 
action when  Estimating  Sugar  with  Fehling's  Solution."  He 
described  a  very  ingenious  anal.vtic  method  for  determining 
with  great  accuracy  the  point  when  all  of  the  copper  is  re- 
duced to  cuprous  oxide,  thus  rendering  the  results  comparable 
with  the  tedious  granimetric  determination. 

"Some  Suggestions  in  the  Examination  of  Medicinal  Chem- 
icals" was  the  subject  of  a  very  valuable  paper  by  Prof.  H.  B. 
Meade.  Attention  was  called  to  several 
inaccuracies  in  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopceia  and  suggestions  given  for  many 
improvements  in  this  connection.  A  plea 
was  also  made  for  tmiform  methods  in 
taking  melting  and  boiling  points. 

Prof.  C.  H.  I-aWall  gave  the  results  of 
hundreds  of  experimeuts  he  has  made  in 
the  course  of  his  study  as  to  whether 
formaldehyde  is  formed  when  solutions  of 
cane  sugar  are  boiled.  Hehuei's  milk  sul- 
phuric acid  test  for  formaldehyde  gave 
positive  results  iu  many  cases  and  this 
was  considered  a  group  test  rather  than 
an  absolute  test  for  formaldehyde  as 
shown  by  repeated  negative  results  with 
various  reliable  tests.  It  was  shown  that 
while  some  member  of  the  aldehyde  group 
probably  is  formed  when  solutions  of  cane 
sugar  are  boiled  it  is  very  certaiu  that 
formaldehyde  is  not.  According  to  Pro- 
fessor La  Wall,  the  interfering  body  which 
is  responsible  for  the  positive  result  with 
Hehners  milk  sulphuric  acid  test  may  oe 
formaldehyde.  When  the  latter  was  added 
to  control  these  experiments,  its  presence 
was  easily  detected  in  very  high  dilutions. 
Of  equal  interest  was  the  discussion  of 
these  subjects  led  by  Chairman  Joseph 
L.  Turner,  Secretary  W.  A.  Pearson  and 
Messrs.  Blair,  Wilbert,  Kimberly.  Stanis- 
laus. Graham,  Sindall  and  others. 


DEFICIENT  DRUGS  REJECTED, 


Pa,  Travelers  to  Entertain,  leans  Ph 

Philadelphia,  April  17. — President 
Frank  W.  Smith,  of  the  Traveling  Men's  Auxiliary  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  has  issued  a  call 
for  a  meeting  next  Thursday  of  the  executive  committee  at  514 
Arch  street,  when  plans  for  the  coming  meeting  at  Bedford 
Springs,  Pa.,  will  be  considered.  The  traveling  men  propose 
to  entertain  the  druggists  and  others  who  attend  on  at  least 
two  occasions,  and  just  what  form  this  entertainment  will 
take  will  be  decided  next  week.  Numerous  applications  for 
membership  will  also  be  acted  upon  and  a  report  received 
upon  the  progress  of  the  membership  campaign  in  the  in- 
terests of  the  State  association  that  is  being  carried  on  by  the 
traveling  men. 


The  druggist  who  is  everlastingly  telling  his  clerk  to  "get 
a  hump  on"  is  generally  an  old  dromedary  himself. 


Importers  Refuse  to  Accept  Hyoscy- 

amus  Not  Up  to  Standard. 

PniLADBXPHL\,   April   17. — The   failure 

of  a  large  proportion  of  the  importations 

of    hyoscyamus    at    this    port    recently    to 

conform    to    the    standards    of    the    U.S. 

Pharmacopoeia  has  resulted  in  the  export 

of  a  large  quantity  of  this  drug  and  the 

holding   of    other   portions,   pending    the   investigation    by    the 

Custom  House  officials.     A  peculiar  feature  of  the  case  is  that 

while  the  qualit.v  of  the  drug  offered  here  is  in  most  cases 

deficient   in   alkaloidal   value,   it   is   understood   that   at   other 

ports  the  leaves  conform  to  Pharmacopoeia!  standards. 

Analysis  indicates  that  in  most  cases  the  crop  is  an  old  one, 
although  it  is  admitted  that  if  the  investigation  was  followed 
up.  these  imports  might  show  the  presence  of  foreign  leaves 
and  other  articles  that  would  indicate  adulteration.  Authori- 
ties of  the  port  are  not  prepared  to  say  whether  or  not  these 
inferior  goods  have  been  offered  at  some  other  port  of  entry 
and  upon  being  refused  were  either  reshipped  to  Philadelphia 
or  sent  back  to  the  consignor,  who  then  put  them  into  other 
containers  and  forwarded  them  to  Philadelphia.  Practically 
all  of  the  drugs  imported  here  are  intended  for  the  local  mar- 


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1909 


ket  ;ui(l  are  maunfaetured  in  Philadelphia  or  the  immediate 
viciuity.  When  the  consignees  were  notified  of  the  fact  that 
certain  goods  did  not  conform  to  Pharmacopti-ial  standards, 
they  promptly  refused  to  -accept  them.  In  fact  the  officials 
here  report  a  general  disposition  on  the  part  of  the  trade  to 
co-operate  in  every  wa.v  with  the  Government  departments  in 
the  interest  of  pure  drugs. 


GREAT  ACTIVITY  IN  W.O.N.A.R.D.  CIRCLES. 

Delegates  Sent  by  Boston  Chapter  to  Other  Organiza- 
tions and  Aid  Given  Anti-Tuberculosis  Ci'usade. 

Boston".  April  lit. — Thursday's  meeting  of  the  P>oston  Chap- 
ter of  the  W.O.X.A.R.D.  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Vendome  and 
was  of  an  educational  character.  The  details  and  progress  of 
the  crusade  against  tnherculosis  and  the  means  of  participating 
in  the  great  movement  were  presented  b.v  two  speakers  from 
two  somewhat  different  standpoints.  Dr.  Eugene  Browning, 
president  of  the  Cambridge  Anti-Tuberculosis  Association,  and 
Mrs.  George  H.  Holderof  lledford.  chairman  of  the  depart- 
ment of  anti-tuberculosis  of  the  Massachusetts  Federation  of 
Women's  Clubs,  were  the  speakers. 

At  the  business  session  which  preceded  the  formal  addresses, 
Mrs.  .1.  G.  Godding  and  Mrs.  W.  H.  Henderson  were  elected 
delegates  to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Federa- 
tion of  Women's  Clubs,  with  which  Boston  chapter  is  allied. 
The  meeting  will  be  held  at  Springfield,  May  l!)-20.  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Stover  and  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Davis  were  elected  alternates. 
Mrs.  Henderson  and  Mrs.  Kidder  were  also  elected  delegates 
to  the  convention  which  is  to  be  held  next  week  in  Boston  in 
the  interest  of  boys. 

Five  o'clock  tea  was  served  at  the  conclusion  of  the  exer- 
cises, the  pourers  being  Mrs.  Henderson,  ilrs.  Kidder  and  Jlrs. 
Gammon.  Plans  were  set  in  motion  for  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  chapter  which  will  be  held  at  the  Hotel  Vendome  on 
May  27. 


Mrs.  Lee  Again  President  of  Philadelphia  Chapter. 

Philadelphi.\,  April  17. — Tlie  annual  election  and  the  re- 
ports of  officers  and  committees,  indicating  a  most  prosperous 
condition  of  affairs,  were  the  features  of  the  annual  meeting 
on  Tuesday  of  Chapter  6  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  at  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy.  As  there  were  no  other  nomi- 
nations, the  secretary  cast  the  ballot  for  the  ticket  already 
named,  as  follows :  President,  Mrs.  William  E.  Lee :  first  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  N,  D.  Streeter ;  -second  vice-president,  Mrs. 
Harry  G.  Comp ;  recording  secretary.  Mrs.  W.  T.  Burke ;  cor- 
responding secretary,  Mrs.  Carl  W.  Shull ;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
Josh  E.  Marsden, 

The  entertainment  committee  turned  over  .$200  as  the  pro- 
ceeds from  the  recent  entertainment  and  the  treasurer  an- 
nounced a  balance  of  ."i!4ri0.  Three  new  members  were  elected, 
bringing  the  membership  up  to  2U5.  The  next  event  will  be  a 
dance  at  the  college  on  May  7.  The  meeting  on  Tuesday  was 
followed  by  a  social  session,  during  which  the  piano  solos  by 
Mrs.  E.  W.  Gebhardt  and  the  vocal  solos  and  recitations  by 
Mi-s.   H.  A.  Xolte,  added  very  much  to  the  enjoyment. 


Euchre  Held  by  'Washington  Chapter — Picnic  Coming. 

Washi.\<;tox.  April  17. — Washington  Chapter.  W.O. 
N.A.R.D.,  gave  a  matinee  euchre  at  the  residence  of  its  presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Charles  J.  Fuhrman,  on  April  14.  There  was  a  good 
attendance  of  members.  Mrs.  J.  Leyden  White,  of  New  York, 
was  present  as  a  guest.  After  the  cards,  dainty  refreshments 
were  served.  The  winners  were :  Mrs.  W.  H.  Bradbury,  Mrs. 
Charles  J.  Fuhrman,  Mrs.  A.  C.  Taylor,  Mrs.  Walter  .Mac- 
donald.  Miss  Sarah  Richardson,  Mrs.  G.  C.  C.  Simms,  Mrs. 
Roger  Dtiffey.  Jliss  C.  Kubel.  Mrs,  E.  Kubel  and  Mrs.  J.  Ley- 
den White. 

On  the  following  day  the  monthly  meeting  was  held  at  the 
residence  of  President  Mrs.  Fuhrman.  Aside  from  routine 
business,  consideration  was  given  to  a  proposed  rummage  sale 
and  also  to  plans  for  co-operating  with  the  D.C.R.D.A.  in  a 
picnic  which  will  be  held  when  the  weather  is  sufficiently 
warm. 


C.R.D.A.  INCREASES  ITS  VALUE  TO  MEMBERS. 

President  Yeonians  Delivers  Stirring  Address  at  End  of 
Organization's   Most   Successful   Quarter. 

Chkago.  April  17. — The  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation held  its  quarterly  meeting  on  Tuesday  evening.  Presi- 
dent Yeomans  reviewed  the  work  of  the  organization  for  the 
ipiarter.  He  reported  a  substantial  condition  of  affairs,  to- 
gether with  satisfactory  progress  toward  simplifying  executive 
work.  He  prophesied  an  increased  value  from  the  services 
of  the  association  to  its  members  and  called  upon  them  tor  a 
proper  sense  of  individual  appreciation  for  the  principles 
that  underly  the  common  good.  He  referred  to  the  get-to- 
gether meetings  of  the  Chicago  Medical  Society  and  the  asso- 
ciation and  asked  members  to  foster  these  interests.  He 
condemned  cotuiter-iirescribing  and  stated  that  ph.vsicians  were 
discontinuing  the  tablet  dispensing  habit  as  a  result  of  the 
U.S.r.  and  X.F.  work.  He  praised  the  work  of  the  propa- 
ganda committee  of  .the  Chicago  association  and  condemned 
the  patent  medicine  business. 

Mr.  Yeomans  spoke  of  the  efforts  of  the  organization  to- 
wards restricting  the  increase  of  drug  stores  in  Chicago  beyond 
the  requirements  of  trade  and  cited  the  work  of  the  Retail 
Liquor  Dealers'  Association  in  having  enacted  an  ordinance 
restricting  the  licenses  pro  rata  to  the  population.  He  asked 
that  a  special  committee  be  appointed  to  look  into  the  matter 
of  having  such  a  measure  passed  relating  to  the  drug  stores 
in  Chicago.  The  liquor  licenses  are  based  on  a  one  to  five 
hundred  population  proportion  and  in  European  countries 
pharmac.v  restrictions  have  been  made  as  high  as  one  to  tea 
thousand  population.  Drug  stores  in  Chicago  at  the  present 
time  are  at  the  ratio  of  one  to  one  thousand  population. 

During  the  quarter  he  reported  that  the  organization  had 
prosecuted  more  than  twelve  cases,  some  of  which  were  set- 
tled out  of  court  and  others  were  successfully  brought  to  issue 
before  the  judges. 

Secretary  I.  il.  Light  stated  that  the  quarter  had  been  the 
most  successful  in  the  history  of  the  organization  owing  to 
the  fact  that  more  dues  were  paid  during  the  period  than  ever 
before  within  three  months.  He  said  the  get-together  dinner 
at  the  Auditorium  on  January  19  was  the  main  event  in  the 
work  of  the  secretar.v  for  the  period.  He  called  upon  the 
members  for  closer  co-oi)eration  on  all  common  matters.  The 
secretary's  financial  statement  showed  receipts  of  .$4069.30 
for  the  quarter  and  exjienditures  of  $"2077..')0,  leaving  a  bal- 
ance in  the  bank  of  $291->.46. 

Treasurer  Storer,  in  bis  report,  showed  receipts  for  the 
quarter  of  ^SllS.O.j  and  expenditures  of  .$2332.92,  with  a  bal- 
ance of  i$2780.1o  in  the  bank.  The  discrepanc.v  between  the 
two  reixu'ts  is  accounted  for  b.v  the  fact  that  there  was  con- 
siderable outstanding  financial  business  when  the  reports  were 
made  up. 

The  report  of  committee  on  reorganization  was  adopted  with 
some  debate  and  alterations.  The  new  constitution  does  not 
differ  ver.v  materiall.v  from  the  old  by-laws.  Considerable  un- 
finished business  went  over  to  a  special  meeting  on  April  27. 


American  Druggists'  Syndicate  Car  on  Fire, 
Indianapolis,  April   17. — American  Druggists'   Syndicate's 
Pullman  exhibition  car  has  arrived  here  safely.     At  Hamilton. 
Ohio,  it  caught  fire  and  had  a  narrow  escape.     Loss.  :?7."i. 


A,Ph,A.  Section  and  Boston  Retailers  Meet  Jointly. 

Boston,  April  19.— The  B.A.R.D.  and  the  Xew  England 
Section  of  the  A.Ph.A.  held  another  joint  meeting  Wednesday 
night   at   the   Hotel   Plaza. 

The  members  of  the  B.A.R.D.  assembled  earlier  in  the  after- 
noon at  the  JIassachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,  transacted 
routine  business,  elected  one  new  member,  and  adjourned  to 
the  Hotel  Plaza  in  Columbus  avenue,  where  the.v  became  the 
gnests  of  the  Xew  England  Section.  The  night  was  stormy, 
and  the  attendance  fell  somewhat  below  that  of  the  previous 
meeting,  but  the  numbers  were  still  above  the  average,  and 
showed  the  wisdom  of  again  holding  a  union  meeting.  C.  Her- 
bert Packard,  of  East  Boston,  president  of  the  Xew  England 
Section,  presided,  and  seated  beside  him  was  August  Thiel, 
proprietor  of  the  Ben  Brook  distillery,  and  a  graduate  of  the 
Chicago  College  of  Distilling  and  Blending.  Mr.  Thiel  was 
the  chief  after-dinner  speaker,  and  he  gave  a  most  interesting 
and  comprehensive  history  of  wine,  with  especial  reference  to 
the  pharmaceutical  use  of  wine  as  prescribed  by  the  U.S,P, 
and  the  X.F. 

A  general  discussion  followed  the  paper,  in  which  Charles 
Sawyer,  James  F.  Finneran  and  Prof.  Elie  H.  LaPierre  took 
part. 


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DIST.  OF  COIUMBIA  DRUGGISTS  HOLD  ANNUAL  MEETING— INTEREST   AND  ACTIVITY  INCREASE. 


Viet 


Washington.  April  17.— Tho  Washington  R.D.A.  held  its 
annual  meeting  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy  on  April  13. 
President  Augustus  C.  Taylor.  Secretary  Wymond  H.  Brad- 
bury and  Treasurer  H.  C.  Easterday  were  unanimously  re- 
elected. W.  S.  Richardson  was  chosen  vice-president  and  the 
following  executive  committee  was  elected :  Paul  Pearsou. 
Samuel  L.  Hilton.  C.  J.  Fuhrman.  W.  R.  Hill.  Louis  Flemer. 
G.  W.  Hurlebaus.  F.  P.  Weller.  ('.  G.  Gross.  C.  B.  Campbell, 
W.  P.  Herbst.  R.  W.  Duffey. 

Chairman  F.  P.  Weller.  of  the  entertainment  committee. 
made  a  report  dealing  with  the  recent  "get-together"  enter- 
tainment at  Carroll  Institute.  The  association  gave  the  com- 
mittee a  vote  of  thanks  for  its  successful  conduct  of  the  affair 
and  also  instructed  the  secretary  to  send  a  letter  of  thauks  to 
those  who  had  volunteered  their  ser\'ices  for  the  musical  and 
literary  features. 

The  secretary  and  treasurer  made  satisfactory  reports  deal- 
ing with  finances  and  other  matters  and  the  auditing  commit- 
tee certified  to  the  correctness  of  accounts. 

Chairman  Flemer.  of  the  propaganda  committee,  reported 
satisfactory  progress  and  named  six  popular  N.F.  and  U.S.P. 
preparations  which  his  committee  had  selected  for  immediate 
efforts. 

The  report  of  Chairman  Hilton,  of  the  telephone  committee, 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  some  other  cities  were  receiv- 
ing a  much  larger  portion  of  telephone  receipts  than  are  the 
druggists  of  the  District.  He  suggested  that  an  effort  be 
made  whereby  a  more  favorable  contract  might  be  arranged 
with  the  telephone  company. 

Dr.  W.  P.  Andrews,  of  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Co..  spoke  upon  the 
N.F.  propaganda.  He  interestingly  told  of  the  different  ways 
in  which  the  work  is  received  in  different  sections.  Dr.  An- 
drews' services  have  been  placed  at  the  command  of  the 
D.C.R.D.A.  for  several  weeks.  He  is  making  a  personal  can- 
vass of  the  local  physicians. 

J.  Leyden  White  (Joel  Blanc)  spoke  briefly  upon  the  sub- 
ject of  stimulating  attendance  at  organization  meetings  and 
described  some  methods  that  had  been  used  successfully  by 
organizations  elsewhere. 

The  Washington  Association  is  publishing  a  list  of  the  most 
generally  sold  U.S.P.  preparations  which  contain  alcohol, 
opium  and  other  drugs  whose  content  mi'st  be  given  on  all 
labels  in  the  District.  A  note  in  this  brochure  ad\ises  the 
members  to  use  "The  Era  Dose  Book"  as  their  guide  for 
ascertaining  the  percentages  of  the  prescribed  drugs. 

The  third  and  fourth  of  the  series  of  blotters  which  are  being 
sent  to  physicians  have  been  mailed.  The  third  gives  a  list  of 
N.F.  and  U.S.P.  preparations  commonly  known  by  more  than 
one  name  and  the  fourth  deals  with  essence  of  pepsin. 


Each  succeeding  meeting  of  the  Washington  Association 
shows  increased  and  hannonious  effectiveness.  "Scrnps"  seem 
to  have  gone  on  an  unlimited  leave  of  absenoi-. 


DR.  E.  F.  KELLY  SUCCEEDS  LONDON  MAN. 

Management  of  Sharp  &  Dohme  Laboratories  in  Balti- 
more Passes  From  Aubrey  T.  Hill,  After  Two  Years. 
Baltimore.  April  17. — After  having  been  with  Sharp  & 
Dohme  as  general  manager  for  two  years.  Aubre.v  T.  Hill,  of 
London,  manager  of  laboratories,  on  Tuesday  last  severed  his 
connection  with  the  house.  Before  connecting  himself  with 
Sharp  &  Dohme  Mr.  Hill  was  with  Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co., 
of  London,  in  a  similar  capacity.  During  Mr.  HilTs  incum- 
benc.v  a  number  of  changes  were  made  in  methods  and  person- 
nel and  some  of  the  older  employees  retired.  His  own  resigna- 
tion was  not  altogether  a  surprise. 

It  is  Mr.  HilTs  professed  purpose  to  return  to  London  and 
engage  in  the  retail  drug  business  there,  an  intention  which  he 
is  said  to  have  entertained  for  some  time  past. 

Mr.  Hill  is  succeeded  by  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly,  one  of  the  most 
popular  young  pharmacists  in  Baltimore,  who  has  been  with 
Sharp  &  Dohme  almost  since  his  graduation  from  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy  in  1002. 


PROSECUTING  THE  SELLERS  OF  COCAINE. 

Prison  Term  and  $500  Fine  for  New  York  Druggist  and 
Much  Official  Activity  in  Other  Localities 

Fred  Lo  Pinto,  a  druggist  of  200  Grand  street.  Manhattan 
Borough.  New  York  City,  was  sent  to  the  penitentiary  for 
11  months  and  29  days  by  Judge  O'Sullivan  in  Part  I.  Gen- 
eral Sessions,  last  week.  Lo  Pinto  was  found  guilty  of  selling 
cocaine,  and  the  police  say  he  is  one  of  the  most  persistent 
offenders  in  this  respect.    The  court  also  imposed  a  $500  fine. 

Detective  John  Maddock,  on  January  17  last,  went  to  Lo 
Pinto's  shop  and  purchased  $6  worth  of  the  drug.  It  was  said 
that  the  druggist  had  already  served  a  jail  sentence  in  B.uffalo. 
He  is  30  years  old. 

Victor  Harper,  a  druggist,  of  60  East  116th  street,  was  held 
recently  in  $500  bail  in  the  Harlem  court  on  a  charge  of  failing 
to  keep  a  record  of  the  names  and  addresses  of  purchasers  of 
cocaine. 


Served  Eight  Months  on  Cocaine  Charge. 
Norfolk.  Va..  April  17. — K.  D.  Taylor,  a  drug  clerk,  sent 
to  prison  for  two  years  for  violating  the  anti-cocaine  law.  has 
been  released  after  having  served  eight  months  ;  the  Appellate 
Court  decided  that  the  evidence  was  insufficient. 


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[AprU  22,  1909 


LETTER     BOX 


A   Scheme   of  Inland   Revenue. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

The  press  makes  reference  quite  freely  to  the  declared  pur- 
pose of  some  members  of  the  Congress,  now  sitting,  that  to 
offset  the  deficit  in  the  National  treasury  they  would  favor  a 
revival  of  the  Stamp  Tax  of  1S98.  at  least  on  medicines. 
Now,  there  is  no  more  reason  for  taxing  a  medicine  to  support 
the  Federal  Government,  because  it  is  a  medicine,  than  for 
taxing  shoes,  or  clothing,  or  machinery,  or  anything  else. 
The  Stamp  Tax,  when  iu  force,  worked  a  hardship  on  the 
retail  druggist  because  of  the  increased  wholesale  prices  asked 
by  many  proprietors,  which  could  not  be  added  to  the  retail 
price,  and  also  from  having  to  stamp  his  own  little  special- 
ties, having  only  a  limited  retail  sale. 

But.  there  is  a  basis  for  taxation,  if  needed,  which  would 
be  entirely  equitable,  and  would  be  no  burden  on  those  who 
paid  it.  Let  a  tax  be  laid  of  one-half  of  one  per  cent  on  the 
printed  retail  price  on  all  articles  having  the  protection  of  a 
Trade  Mark,  issued  by  the  United  States  Government.  This 
would  apply  to  a  great  variety  of  goods  which  have  an  enor- 
mous volume  of  business.  "  There  are  probably  no  figures 
available  on  which  to  predicate  an  estimate  of  the  returns 
from  this  sotirce,  but  it  would  very  likely  exceed  anybody's 
estimate,  and  if  the  tax  were  honestly  collected  and  admin- 
istered, there  would  never  again  be  a  deficit,  but  a  surplus 
instead.  It  might  very  well  be  made  a  permanent  tax  and 
for  a  distinctive  name  be  called  Inland  Revenue.  The  tax 
should  be  represented  iu  the  form  of  stamps,  to  be  printed 
in  the  necessary  fractions  of  a  cent  to  cover  articles  from  five 
cents  upwards.  The  sale  of  the  stamps  to  owners  of  trade 
marks  could  be  carried  on  by  the  Internal  Revenue  Depart- 
ment, under  regulations  prepared  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury.  There  could  be  no  evasion  by  those  liable  to  the 
tax  as  every  trade  mark  is  recorded  in  the  Patent  Office. 
For  the  purposes  of  this  act,  the  question  of  citizenship  is  not 
material.  Every  owner  of  a  United  States  trade  mark,  resi- 
dent or  non-resident,  citizen  or  alien,  who  manufactures  the 
article  in  this  country  for  domestic  or  export  trade,  should 
affix  the  proper  stamp  to  every  package.  The  stamping  should 
be  a  part  of  the  labeling  process.  Provisions  may  be  made  for 
private  design  stamps. 

There  is  ample  reason  and  warrant  for  such  a  tax  in  the 
circumstance  that  the  United  States  backs  the  owner  of  the 
trade  mark  and  punishes  infringers.  The  costs  of  such  suits 
might  properly  be  chargeable  against  the  fund  raised  by  the 
tax.  There  would  doubtless  be  a  strong  opposition  from  many 
wealthy  owners  of  trade  marks,  but  so  there  would  be  to  any 
imaginable  legislation  involving  a  tax  except  in  time  of  war. 
I  believe  if  this  form  of  tax  can  have  the  careful  consideration 
of  the  members  of  the  Congress,  they  will  concede  it  to  be 
right  and  reasonable  aud  just  to  all. 

The  person  or  firm  doing  the  largest  volume  of  business  in 
a  trade  marked  article  would  pay  the  largest  tax  and  the 
smallest  trade  would  pay  the  smallest  tax.  The  surplus  which 
would  inevitably  result  might  very  well  be  devoted  to  the 
purposes  of  Coast  Defence  or  similar  military  or  naval  use 
to  become  available  in  time  of  war.  Or,  the  surplus  might  be 
used  to  eliminate  some  other  form  of  taxation  ;  for  example, 
that  feature  of  the  Internal  Revenue  which  for  forty  years 
and  more  has  compelled  respectable  apothecaries  to  submit 
to  the  insulting  appellation  of  "Retail  Liquor  Dealer." 

Brooklyn,  'N.  Y.  Thos.  D.  McElhenie. 


Boston  Physician  Arraigns  Druggists. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Permit  me  to  lay  before  you  some  experiences  that  I  am 
having,  as  a  general  practitioner,  with  druggists  here  in  Boston. 

In  the  first  place,  druggists  in  this  section,  at  least,  have 
had  a  good  many  complaints  to  make  of  late,  that  general 
practitioners  wrote  for  proprietary  and  even  patent  medicines 
to  so  large  an  extent  that  they  almost  excluded  the  regular 
prescription  writing,  and  any  of  the  N.F.  or  U.S.P. 
preparations. 

They  made  the  claim  that  physicians  should  know  for  what 


they  were  writing ;  second,  that  they  should  not  permit  them- 
selves to  be  taught  by  any  sample  man,  or  drug  manufacturing 
house  what  they  should  prescribe ;  third,  that  the  doctors 
should  work  in  co-operation  with  the  druggists,  so  that  the 
druggists  could  fill  regular  prescriptions,  U.S.P.  and  N.F. 
prescriptions,  and  thus  enable  the  druggist  to  realize  a  larger 
percentage  of  profit  than  would  be  possible  if  he  were  filling 
prescriptions  for  proprietary  or  patent  medicines.  With  all 
of  the  above,  I  am  heartily  in  accord. 

Now  for  the  facts  :  I  write  for  a  prescription  of  Unguentum 
Resorcini  Comp.  N.F.  My  patient  takes  it  tp  one  of  the  best 
drug  stores  in  Boston,  and  it  is  filled  with  Resonal,  in  the 
original  package.  Another  patient,  has  my  prescription  for 
Glycerinated  Elixir  of  Gentian,  N.F.,  and  it  is  filled  by  one 
reputable  house,  with  Gray's  Glycerin  Tonic.  Comp. ;  the 
third  patient  of  mine  passing  over  the  counter  a  prescription 
for  Syrup  Hypo-phosphiti  Comp.,  U.S.P.,  is  handed  an  orig- 
inal package  of  Fellow's  Syrup.  These  are  only  three  in- 
stances, out  of  quite  a  large  number  that  have  come  under  my 
observation. 

I  will  just  mention  one  more  instance,  that  is  now  under  48 
hours  old.  A  prescription  of  mine  for  Elixir  Viburni  Opuli 
Comp.,  N.F.,  traveled  around  to  four  different  drug  stores, 
at  one  of  which  they  said  they  had  never  heard  of  it :  at  a 
second  it  was  called  a  patent  medicine,  and  two  others  said  it 
was  a  proprietary  to  fill  which  they  would  have  to  send  down- 
town to  the  jobber. 

My  patient  in  despair,  telephoned  me,  asking  me  what  to  do 
with  the  prescription.  Knowing  an  up-to-date  druggist.  I  told 
her  where  to  get  the  prescription  filled,  which  was  carefully 
and  immediately  done.  I  will  say  right  here,  that  this  state- 
ment that  I  have  made  is  a  fact,  and  I  have  the  names  of  the 
druggists,  if  they  should  be  required.  I  dislike  very  much  to 
make  such  an  arraignment  as  this,  but  I  believe  it  is  high  time 
that  our  druggists,  if  they  are  not  familiar  with  original 
U.S.P.  and  N.F.  preparations,  should  at  the  earliest  possible 
date  familiarize  themselves  with  the  same. 

The  druggist  can  hardly  expect  co-operation  with  the  intelli- 
gent physician  until  he  has  done  so.  I  am  well  aware  that 
there  are  many  so-called  physicians  that  prescribe  very  large 
numbers  of  proprietaries,  many  of  which  are  of  doubtful 
value,  but.  I  should  like  to  ask.  what  inducement  can  there 
be  for  a  physician  to  prescribe  old  line  pharmaceuticals,  when 
the  druggist,  to  whom  his  prescription  will  go  to  be  filled,  has 
an  utterly  inadequate  knowledge  of  standard  U.S.P.  and  N.F. 
preparations,  not  even,  as  I  have  shown  in  at  least  one  in- 
stance, knowing  or  recognizing  the  name  of  a  regular  N.F. 
formula. 

I  give  you  permission  to  regard  this  letter  as  a  private  or  as 
a  public  one,  as  you  may  see  fit.    Very  truly  yours, 

362  Commontcealth  wvenue.  Boston.  C.  O.  Keplee. 


The  Personnel  of  the  New  Louisiana  Board. 
Editor  The  Phannaceutii  al  Era: 

Referring  to  your  remarks  in  reference  to  the  recent  ap- 
pointment of  a  new  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  by  Governor 
Sanders.  I  will  say  that  the  appointments  are  most  excellent 
ones.  One  thing  about  them.  too.  is  that  they  are  in  no  way 
connected  with  any  pharmaceutical  college,  which  is  saying 
more  than  the  other  board  could.  No  one  having  a  connection 
of  any  kind  with  an  institution  of  that  class  should  hold  office 
of  this  character.  As  to  the  Louisiana  State  Phannaceutical 
Association,  its  membership  does  not  include  5  per  cent  of  the 
retail  druggists  and  pharmacists  of  the  State.  What  reason 
has  it  to  dictate  appointments? 

Xetc  Orleans.  La.  Will  T.  J.^ckson. 


A  Good  Way  to  Expedite  Shipments. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

I  have  found  that  I  could  expedite  shipments  and  save  con- 
siderable time  by  learning  from  my  local  freight  agent  th« 
best  route  of  shipment  and  specifying  on  m.v  order  that  it  be 
shipped  by  a  certain  route.  Please  call  attention  of  brother 
druggists  to  the  fact  through  your  columns. 

Lyons.  -Y.  V.  G.  T.  Getmas. 


New  Pure  Food  Bill  Likely  in  Wisconsin. 
M.\disox.  April  17. — Indications  are  that  a  new  pure  food 
bill   will  be  drafted  to  be  presented  to  the  Wisconsin  Legisla- 
ture at  llii-  present  session  by  the  committee  on  dairy  and  food. 


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TAEIFF,  INSURANCE  AND  FREIGHTS  DISCUSSED  BY  MANUFACTURING    PERFUMERS'  ASSC.  OF  U.  S. 


JOHN  BLOCKI,  Chkaso. 
i       Vlee-Pres.  Mfg.   Perfumers'  Assc. 

I     The   tariff   question   was   the   predomi- 

I  nant  topic  under  discussion  by  the  Manu- 
facturing Perfumers'  Association  of  the 
United  States  at  its  loth  annua!  conven- 

I  tion.    which    was    held    at    the    Drug    and 

j  Chemical  CJuIi.  100  William  street.  New 

I  York,     last     week.     President     Theodore 

iRicksecker.  in  his  address,  characterized 
the  matter  of  the  proposed  tariff  legisla- 

jtion    as    a    "buzz    saw"    and    the    hottest 

iQuestion   of  the   da.v.     The   work   of   the 

I  president  and  a  number  of  colleagues  on 
the  legislative  committee  in  opposing  the 
2.5  per  cent   proposed  duty  on   raw   mate- 

|rial  used  in  perfume  production  was  out- 

llined    in    the    message.      Mr.    Ricksecker 

(praised   the   Dingley   Act   and   announced 

|ihat  assurances  which  could  be  depended 
upon  had  been  given  the  association  that 

|the  essential  oils  would  be  retained  on  the 

|free  list.  Most  of  the  tariff  discussion 
took  place  at  a  general  executive  session 
M  Wednesday  and  a  long  address  was 
iven  on  the  subject  by  Alfred  G.  Wright. 
Life  insurance  was  again  recommended 
5y  the  president  as  was  also  the  min- 
mizing  of  the  prepayment  of  freight 
:osts  on  goods  to  a  basis  of  2  per  cent. 
ifith  a  penalty  of  a  cash  forfeiture  if 
violated  by  pledged  i"embers.  Referring 
0  the  past  year's  stagnation  in  general  business.  President 
flieksecker  said :  "Many  have  tried  to  fasten  a  share  of 
■psponsibility  for  the  business  depression  upon  our  honored 
'etiring  President,  but  when  time  allays  the  irritation  and 
cttles  the  dust  of  his  trivial  mistakes,  it  will  be  seen  that 
listory  has  written  the  name  of  Theodore  Roosevelt  high  in 
he  list  of  American  Presidents  and  as  a  leader  of  men  in  the 
"•orld's  moral  and  material  progress." 

The  report  of  Secretary  Wilbur  H.  Hyde,  of  Cleveland, 
howed  the  membership  to  be  as  follows :  Active  members. 
*,  associated.  .o7 :  honorary.  1:  total.  94.  This  is  a  gain  of 
ine  active  member  over  last  year  and  was  considered  a  good 
bowing,  as  the  total  resignations  amounted  to  nine  members, 
ollowing  are  the  names  of  the  firms  admitted  to  membership  : 
ictive,  John  Blocki  &  Son,  Chicago :  Seely  Manufacturing 
/ompany.  Detroit :  associated.  Talcum  Puff  Company,  Kettler- 
nus  Lithographic  Compan.v,  Hero  Fruit  Jar  Compan.v.  T.  W. 
temnler  Company.  Hazel  Atlas  Glass  Company.  B.  L.  Pope. 


WALTER  J.   HATHAWAY.   New   Xork, 
Elected  Secretary  Mfg.  Perfumers'  Assc. 

American  Stopper  Company,  and  Illinois  Glass  Company. 

Treasurer  Frank  B.  Marsh  reported  a  balance  on  hand  of 
.$3580.14.  which  is  smaller  than  last  year's  figures,  due  to  the 
extra  expenses  in  publishing  last  .vear's  large  proceedings  and 
the  greater  outlay  necessary  for  the  legislative  committee. 

All  the  reports  and  recommendations  of  the  officers  and  the 
standing  committees  were,  as  usual,  referred  to  the  committee 
on  resolutions,  of  which  James  E.  Davis,  of  Detroit,  is  chair- 
man. The  recommendations  were  taken  up  seriatum  at  the 
session  on  Wednesday  afternoon.  The  important  features  were 
as  follows : 

The  formation  of  the  committee  of  three  members  to  con- 
sider a  feasible  plan  of  life  insurance  and  report  at  the  next 
convention.  The  resolutions  to  form  this  committee  were 
adopted  last  year,  but  as  no  members  were  appointed  to  ser%e, 
the  recommendation  was  again  acted  upon  and  adopted  at  this 
meeting. 

The   recommendation  of  the   membership  committee   relative 


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to  the  changing  of  article  3  in  the  constitution,  so  as  to  admit 
to  active  membership  manufacturers  of  toilet  articles  who  are 
not  perfume  manufacturers.  This  matter  was  discussed  to 
some  length,  the  committee  arguing  that  the  association  now 
practicall.v  includes  all  manufacturers  eligible  to  membership 
under  the  constitution,  and  unless  such  a  change  is  made  the 
additions  of  members  will  be  a  slow  process.  The  proposition 
was  voted  down  as  it  was  thought  that  the  addition  of  other 
branches  not  strictly  in  the  perfumery  line  would  bring  about 
a  too  diversified  combination  of  interests  and  produce  an  un- 
wieldly  organization.  The  committee  announced  that  they 
only  recommended  the  plan  with  great  hesitancy.  A  phrase  of 
the  same  article  of  the  constitution  was  later  changed  to  read 
"toilet  preparations"  in  place  of  "toilet  articles." 

The  recommendations  of  the  committee  on  parcels  post  were 
the  same  as  last  year,  namel.v.  favoring  a  system  of  transmis- 
sion through  the  mails  of  liquids  and  semi-liquids,  that  would 
reduce  the  rate  of  postage.  This  recommendation  was  in- 
dorsed, but  several  voted  against  a  parcels  post. 

The  matter  of  publishing  a  supplement  to  the  regular  list  of 
trade  names  every  three  months,  recommended  by  the  com- 
mittee on  fraternal  relations,  was  indorsed  and  it  was  decided 
that  the  work  rest  with  one  man  who  should  thoroughly 
familiarize  himself  with  it. 

Minimizing  of  the  prepayment  of  freight  costs  to  a  rate  of 
2  per  Cent,  with  forfeiture  of  a  cash  penalty,  if  plan  was 
adopted  unanimously  or  by  90  per  cent  of  the  members.  There 
was  considerable  discussion  on  this  recommendation  and  many 
spoke  in  favor  of  adopting  the  plan  or  an  agreement  calling 
for  the  shipping  of  goods  f.  o.  b.  factory.  It  was  the  opinion 
of  several  that  while  such  a  proceedure  would  not  be  illegal, 
the  action  might  be  construed  by  the  courts  to  be  a  combina- 
tion in  restraint  of  trade.  The  president  called  upon  individual 
members  to  express  their  opinion  and  finally  it  was  decided  to 
appoint  a  committee  of  three,  of  which  the  president  will  be 
chairman,  to  promulgate  some  plan  and  report  at  the  next 
meeting. 

A.  B.  Calisher  brought  up  the  matter  of  giving  discounts 
and  bonuses  in  connection  with  the  discussion  on  the  freight 
proposition  and  stated  that  there  were  now  so  many  drains  in 
the  busiuess  that  it  would  be  a  simple  matter  to  make  it  un- 
profitable and  suggested  that  the  bonus  question  be  also  taken 
up  b.v  the  committee  in  considering  the  freight  matter. 

Prof.  J.  P.  Remington,  of  Philadelphia,  chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Revision  of  the  U.S.P..  addressed  the  convention 
upon  the  sub.ject  of  testing  essential  oils,  and  also  announced 
that  the  new  Spanish  edition  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  had  been 
completed  and  would  soon  be  ready  for  distribution. 

Wilbur  F.  Wakeman,  secretary  of  the  American  Protective 
Tariff  League,  addressed  the  convention  on  the  matter  of  the 
tariff.  He  stated  that  his  association  was  not  opposed  to  any 
good  plan  providing  for  the  looking  after  of  the  tariff  to  some 
extent,  but  did  not  favor  the  continual  watching  and  revision 
of  duty  rates,  as  it  was  certain  that  such  a  method  would  make 
business  unstable.  The  Payne  Bill,  said  Mr.  Wakeman,  would 
be  a  good  measure  and  that  the  greatest  confidence  could  be 
placed  in  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee. 

Percy  Strauss,  head  of  R.  H.  JIacy  c&  Co.,  of  New  York, 
told  the  members  in  a  very  entertaining  manner  about  the 
perfumery  business  as  viewed  by  the  department  stores.  He 
stated  that  from  his  estimates,  more  than  55  per  cent  of  the 
perfumer's  product  is  now  sold  through  the  department  stores 
and  that  he  stood  strongly  for  unrestricted  trade  and  con- 
sidered any  protective  price  policy  an  error. 

The  only  paper  read  at  the  convention  was  by  George 
Lueders.  It  was  an  exhaustive  report  on  musk  and  civet. 
The  paper  was  commented  upon  by  the  members  for  its  un- 
usual excellency  throughout,  and  Mr.  Lueders  was  tendered  a 
rising  vote  of  thanks. 

The  officers  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  are  as  follows : 
President,  J.  Clifton  Buck.  Philadelphia  :  vice-president,  John 
Blocki,  Chicago ;  second  vice-president,  Charles  W.  Jennings, 
Grand  Rapids ;  secretary,  Walter  T.  Hathaway,  New  York ; 
treasurer.  Frank  B.  Marsh,  New  York ;  executive  board.  Alfred 
G.  Wright,  Rochester ;  Henry  Dalley,  New  York ;  Theodore 
Ricksecker,  New  York. 

The  social  part  of  the  programme  was  in  charge  of  J.  M. 
Montgomery,  of  the  entertainment  committee.  On  Tuesday 
evening  a  theater  party  followed  by  a  supper  at  Hotel  Astor 
was  a  feature.  The  annual  banquet  was  held  at  Hotel  Plaza 
and  on  this  occasion  the  retiring  president  was  presented  with 


a  silver  cup  by  I'resident  Ruck  on  behalf  of  the  association. 
The  speakers  at  the  banquet  were  William  McCarroll.  of  the 
public  service  commission ;  former  Senator  Charles  A.  Towne, 
and  Charles  Batell  Loomis. 


REFEEEE  BOAKD  IS  DECLARED  LEGAL. 

Attorney-General  TJpliolds  the  Appointment  of  the  Ex- 
pert Body  by  the  Roosevelt  Administration. 

Washington.  April  17. — Attoruey-Geueral  Wickersham  has- 
rendered  a  decision  upholding  the  legality  of  the  appointment 
of  the  Referee  Board  of  Consulting  Scientific  Experts  which 
was  appointed  by  President  Roosevelt  to  pass  upon  several  r 
pure  food  rulings  by  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  Chief  Chemist 
of  the  Department  of  Agriculture. 

The  Attorne.v-General's  action,  which  was  announced  at  the 
Department  of  Agriculture,  really  establishes  the  Referee 
Board,  of  which  Dr.  Ira  Remsen,  of  Johns  Hopkins  Univer- 
sity, is  the  head,  as  the  Supreme  Court  on  food  products.  The 
board  was  in  session  at  the  time  at  Baltimore  and  heard  the 
arguments  of  New  Orleans  molasses  and  California  fruit  indus- 
tries in  favor  of  the  use  of  sulphurites  as  preservatives, ; 
which  has  been  forbidden  by  Dr.  Wiley. 

At  the  Bureau  of  Chemistry  no  statement  was  forthcoming, , 
but  no  secret  is  made  of  the  fact  that  the  establishment  of  the 
Referee  Board  was  regarded  as  opposed  to  Dr.  Wiley's  ideas 
on  the  subject  of  pure  foods  and  their  adulteration. 

President  Roosevelt  was  appealed  to  by  catsup  manufac- 
turers and  others,  who  declared  that  the  Wiley  ruling  against 
the  use  of  benzoate  of  soda  was  ruining  their  business. 

The  Referee  Board  was  the  result,  but  the  legality  of  its 
appointment  and  the  compensation  of  $25  a  day  and  expenses 
for  traveling  was  attacked  by  those  in  favor  of  radical  enforce- 
ment of  the  Pure  Food  Law.  The  question  was  referred  to 
the  Department  of  Justice.  The  statement  issued  by  the  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  says: 

"The  Attorney-General  points  out  that  the  statutes  of  the 
United  States  do  not  provide  for  the  creation  of  the  Bureau  of 
Chemistry  in  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  but  that  the 
existence  of  such  bureau  is  recoguized  in  the  appropriation 
acts.  The  Attorney-General  holds  that  the  Secretary  was 
authorized  to  accept  the  advice  of  this  board,  and  indeed  that 
it  was  necessary  for  him  to  have  recourse  to  the  disinterested 
and  unbiased  advice  of  eminent  and  expert  chemists  whenever 
a  serious  conflict  of  opinion  arose  as  to  the  deleteriousnesa 
of  any  particular  article  or  substance  added  to  food.  The 
decision  of  the  Attorney-General  that  the  board  is  legal 
means  that  the  work  of  the  board  on  the  wholesomeness  of 
sulphur,  saccharine  and  copper  salts  will  be  continued." 


Brug  Stores  Damaged  hy  Explosions  and  Fires. 

Mot'NT  Pleasant,  Mich.,  April  17. — The  drug  store  ol 
P.  Corey  Taylor,  in  Main  street,  caught  fire  in  the  basemen! 
and  quickly  communicated  to  casks  of  turpentine,  which  ex- 
ploded. Flames  rushed  up  the  elevator  shaft  to  the  first  and 
second  floors  of  the  building  and  so  den.se  was  the  smoke  that 
Mr.  Taylor  and  his  employees  had  to  run  for  their  lives.  Loss., 
$10,000;  insurance,  $9500. 

BiBMiNGHAM.  Mich.,  April  17. — Fire,  which  did  considerablf' 
damage  to  the  Cobb  drug  store,  was  caused  by  an  explosior 
caused  by  spontaneous  combustion  among  paints  and  oils.  Th( 
damage  was  covered  by  insurance. 


Patent  Medicine  Bill  Killed  in  Minnesota. 

St.  Paul,  April  17.— By  a  vote  of  .35  to  30  the  House  re 
cently  killed  J.  A.  Gates'  bill  regulating  patent  and  proprietar; 
medicines.  Donald  Robertson,  who  made  the  motion  to  kil 
the  bill,  is  a  druggist,  while  the  author  of  the  bill  is  a  doctor 

"Every  time  a  doctor  stands  for  a  bill  like  this  they  sa; 
he's  selfish."'  said  Dr.  Gates.  "If  a  doctor  were  selfish  hi 
would  want  his  people  to  drink  patent  medicine  all  the  timi 
because  they  have  to  come  to  the  doctor  to  get  cured  of  thi, 
harm  it  does." 


Wants  Duty  Imposed  on  Post  Cards. 
Mllwavkee.   April  17. — The   Federated  Trades  Council  o 
Milwaukee  will  petition  Congress  to  imjiose  a  duty  upon  pos 
cards  printed   in  Germany,  running  in  some  cases  lo  150  pe 
cent. 


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PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Granted  April  13,  1909. 

917,753 — Delbert  D.  Coombs,  Auburn,  Me.,  assignor  of  oue- 
lalf  to  Benjamin  F.  Sturgis,  Auburn,  Me.  Nursing  bottle 
voider. 

917,7.")$ — Emil  Fischer,  Berlin,  Germany,  assignor  to  Far- 
jentabriken  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld.  Germany. 
I  corporation  of  Germany.     Calcium  salt  of  dibrobehenic  acid. 

917,816 — Garry  P.  Van  Wye,  New  York,  >r.  Y.  Vacuum 
nsulated  bottle. 

917,828 — Richard  F.  Wolfenstein,  Berlin,  Germany,  assignor 
0  P.  Beiersdorf  &  Co.,  Hamburg,  Germany.  Process  for  the 
nanufaeture  of  soaps  containing  peroxids. 

I    917,914— Neal  C.  Van  Otternau.  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.     Bot- 
I  le  and  ticket  holder. 

I   917.934 — Johann  H.  Draeger,  Liibeck,  Germany,  assignor  of 
me-half  to  the  firm  of  Draegerwerk,  Heinr.  &  Bernh.  Draeger, 
jiibeck.  Germany,  and  one-half  to  Ernst  Wiss,  Griesheim-on- 
;  he-Main.  Germany.     Blow-pipe. 
I   918,2.34— Charles  F.  Welsh,  Detroit,  Mich.     Syringe. 

918,242— Frank  O.  Woodland,  Worcester,  ilass.  Wiper 
nechanism  for  labeling  machine. 

918.246— Garry  P.  Van  Wye,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Stopper 
or  vacuum  bottles. 

918,281— Edward  C.  Chambers,  Kansas  City.  Mo.  Tooth- 
leaning  device. 

918,372 — Peter  A.  Rohr,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Tooth-brush  case. 


Favor  New  Patent  Treaty  With  Germany. 

Wa.shi.ngton,  April  17. — The  Senate  Committee  on  Foreign 
lelatious  has  ordered  a  favorable  report  on  a  new  patent 
reaty  between  the  United  States  and  Germany.  Under  the 
.fisting  arrangement  an  American  who  patents  an  article  in 
lermany  or  a  German  who  patents  an  article  in  the  United 

tates  is  required  to  manufacture  the  article  in  the  country 
1  here  patented  within  three  years. 

The  new  treaty  eliminates  the  requirements  that  the  manu- 
'cture  of  the  article  must  be  in  the  country  issuing  the  patent, 
j'he  effect  of  this  is  to  permit  the  issuance  of  patents  by  either 
puntry  and  have  them  continue  in  force  if  the  article  patented 
'•'  manufactured  in  anotlier  country  and  imported. 

I      Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 
Food  and  Drugs  Act.  and  Valid  Patents. 
'  G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorne.v,  90S  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Published  April  13,  1909. 

35.032 — Farbenfabriken  of  Elberfeld  Company,  New  York, 
N.  Y.    Class  6.    A  sedative  and  hypnotic. 

35,034 — Farbenfabriken  of  Elberfeld  Company,  New  York, 
N.  Y.  Class  6.  An  antipyretic,  antineuralgic  and  anti- 
rheumatic. 

35,625— Mary  E.  Chichester,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Medicated  pads  and  plasters  for  Jhe  stomach,  liver  and  other 
parts  and  organs  of  the  human  system. 

36,993 — Anglo-American  Stock  Food  Company,  Chicago,  111. 
Class  6.     Stock  tonics. 

37.413— Cora  E.  Hopkins,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6.  Mouth 
wash. 

38,812 — The  Synvita  Medicine  Company,  Spencerville,  Ohio. 
Class  6.  Remedies  in  tablet  form  for  worms,  coughs,  diarrhoea, 
colic,  rheumatism  and  diseases  of  the  kidneys,  and  a  tonic  for 
the  blood,  nerves,  stomach  and  also  for  laxatives. 

39,108 — Charles  L.  Hopkins,  New  Orleans.  La.  Class  6. 
A  remedy  for  consumption  (tuberculosis),  muscular  rheuma- 
tism, inflammatory  rheumatism,  sciatica  and  lumbago. 

39,170 — Robert  Dregen,  Washington.  D.  C.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  coughs,  deep  colds  and  asthma. 

39.324— John  G.  Fambach,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Class  6.  Rem- 
edies for  coughs,  colds,  diseases  of  the  skin,  liver,  kidneys  and 
blood,  etc. 

39.756 — William  J.  Anderson,  Wiunipauk,  Conn.  Class  6. 
Tonics  and  restoratives  for  horses. 

39.978 — William  A.  La  Charty,  Downers  Grove.  111.  Class 
6.     A  remedy  for  the  liquor  and  tobacco  habits. 

40,311— John  A.  Brown.  Washington,  Kan.  Class  6.  Toilet 
cream. 

40.430— Hiram  J.  Ilamptou.  Tampa.  Fla.  Class  6.  A 
cancer  remedy. 


L.  E.  Warren  to  Investigate  Proprietaries. 
Hlllsdale.  Mich..  April  13. — L.  E.  Warren,  formerly  of 
this  place,  but  of  late  connected  with  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture at  Washington,  as  food  and  drug  chemist,  has  accepted 
a  position  with  the  Journal  of  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. His  work  will  be  largely  along  the  line  of  investigating 
proprietary  remedies  sold  to  physicians.  Mr.  Warren  is  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  where  he  was  an  in- 
structor in  the  pharmacy  department.  He  was  holder  of  the 
Stearns  fellowship  and  won  the  Ebert  prize  of  the  A.Ph.A. 
for  his  work  along  this  line. 


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April 


190!) 


The  Drug  Markets 


LEADING  ARTICLES  WITHOUT  CHANGE. 


Tai'ifiE  Still   Exerts  a  Depressing  Influence   on   the   De- 
mand— Essential  Oils  Back  on  Free  List. 

New  York,  April  19. — Nothing  of  special  interest  has  taken 
place  in  the  market  for  drugs  and  chemicals  during  the  past 
week,  and  the  market  presents  a  quiet  appearance  due  to  some 
extent  to  tariff  legislation.  The  leading  articles  are  without 
any  material  changes  and  steady  at  quoted  prices.  Opium, 
which  ought  to  be  higher,  owing  to  the  proposed  increase  in 
duty,  is  without  any  change,  and  until  it  is  definitely  settled 
as  to  just  what  the  duty  will  be.  present  quotations  will  likely 
remain  stationary.  Norwegian  cod  liver  oil  is  slightly  easier 
in  primary  markets  owing  to  more  favorable  results  of  the 
fishing,  but  our  market  is  unchanged  and  values  remain  about 
the  same.  Canada  balsam  of  fir  is  higher  owing  to  depleted 
stocks,  but  Oregon  is  easier  because  of  lack  of  demand. 

Opium. — Prices  remain  nominally  unchanged  at  .$4.3.5  for 
cases  and  up  to  .$4.90  for  smaller  quantities,  with  a  continued 
inactive  market  reported.  Powdered  is  finding  a  moderate 
jobbing  outlet,  but  the  demand  is  not  urgent  and  dealers  quote 
the  old  range  of  $5.65@$5.90,  as  to  quantity  and  seller.  The 
arrivals  in  Smyrna  to  April  16  amount  to  2047  cases. 

Quinine  Sutlphate. — This  staple  is  without  important  in- 
quiry and  only  a  small  routine  jobbing  business  is  reported, 
but  there  is  no  change  iu  market  conditions.  Manufacturers' 
prices  are  maintained  on  the  basis  of  14c.  per  ounce  for  bulk 
in  100-ounce  tins.  According  to  cables  received  recently  the 
bark  shipments  from  Java  for  the  first  half  of  the  cunviit 
month  are  940,000  pounds. 

Ergot. — During  the  past  «eek  there  have  been  new  arrivals 
of  choice  quality  Russian  ergot,  which  is  being  offered  in  large 
jobbing  or  manufacturing  lots  of  125-pouud  bales  at  SSc.  per 
pound.  There  is  also  choice  quality  of  Spanish  obtainabli'  in 
our  market  iu  150-pound  bales  at  42c.  per  pound. 

Essential  Oils. — In  the  Payne  Tariff  Bill,  oils  of  anisr. 
bergamot.  eitronella.  lavender,  lemon,  orange  and  rose,  were 
dutiable  at  25  per  cent  ad  valorem,  but  in  the  substitute 
tariff  bill  these  articles  are  all  placed  on  the  free  list.  The 
effect  of  this  has  been  to  weaken  the  market  for  the  moment 
and  prices  for  bergamot.  lemon  and  orange  are  easier. 

Acetic  Acid. — There  are  firmer  views  in  sympathy  with  the 
recent  advance  in  values  of  acetate  of  lime,  and  manufacturers 
have  marked  quotations  for  U.S.P..  36  per  cent,  up  to  .$4.S">C(( 
?5.3.5,  as  to  quantity.  For  28  per  cent  in  carboys  the  revised 
quotations  are  .$2..55ft2$2..80.  Other  descriptions  are  corre- 
spondingly higher. 

Glycerin. — Refined  quality  for  prompt  deliver.y  is  some- 
what steadier  and  none  of  the  leading  manufacturers  are  dis- 
posed to  quote  under  1.5c.  for  C.P.,  in  drums  and  barrels,  and 
16c.  for  cans.  Contracts,  however,  can  be  procured  at  lower 
figures,  it  is  said. 

TinnevellY  Senna. — This  article  continues  to  find  a  satis- 
factory consuming  outlet  aud  values  are  well  maintained  at 
5^/4(313%c..  as  to  quality  and  quantity.  The  better  grades 
are  said  to  be  exceedingly  .scarce  and  the  stock  of  prime  bold 
leaf  being  decidedly  small. 

Epsom  S.u:t. — Prices  are  a  shade  easier  and  the  revised 
quotations  are  7a(ciS5e.  for  bags  and  90c.@$1.75  for  barrels, 
the  latter  as  to  quality,  quantitj'  and  seller. 

AsAFETiDA. — A  good  inquiry  exists  and  values  are  firm  at 
23(3  26c.,  as  to  grade  and  quantity,  and  only  small  parcels  are 
available  at  the  inside  figure. 

BucHU  Leaves. — The  short  variety  of  desirable  quality  is 
steadily  held  at  31frt32c.  in  large  quantities,  and  a  fairly  good 
business  is  reported  at  full  prices. 

Foenugheek  Seed. — Prices  in  our  market  are  firm  in  sym- 
pathy with  corresponding  conditions  at  the  primary  sources  of 
supply,  and  spot  values  are  well  sustained  at  2%(S3c.,  as  to 
quality  and  quantity. 

Cascaba  Sagrada. — Increasing  firmness  has  characterized 
the  business  in  this  article  during  the  week,  during  which 
there  has  been  a  good  consuming  demand.  Dealers  have  been 
inclined  to  offer  sparingly  at  S^c.  for  new  and  9c.  for  old. 


Indications  are  considered  favorable  to  improvemem  in  values. 

Arnica  Flowers. — Prices  are  somewhat  irregular  aud  quo- 
tations show  the  wide  range  of  lift;  14e.,  as  to  quality,  quantity 
and  seller.  Some  business  has  been  reported  at  the  higher 
figure. 

Vanill.\  Beans. — Bourbons  are  again  higher  with  con- 
tinued activity,  and  spot  quotations  for  the  better  grades  have 
been  advanced  to  .$2..j0f(/ .$3.00,  as  to  quality  and  quantity. 
Cables  from  European  centers  of  distribution  report  steadily 
hardening  markets  abroad. 


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Independent  Printers. — A  subscriber  asks  for  names  and 
addresses  of  printers  of  druggists'  labels,  prescription  blanks, 
pill  boxes,  etc.,  outside  of  the  combine,  and  shall  be  pleaswl 
to  hear  from  subscribers  who  have  had  satisfactory  dealing 
with  such  concerns. 

A.  B.  &  Co.,  250  Tompkins  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

We  desire  to  have  Rheumacure  Liniment  listed  at  $2.00' 
per  dozen.     The  retail  price  is  25  cents. 

H.  Alpers,  '25  W.  42d  St.,  N.  T.  City 

"Bath  Delight"  is  a  new  toilet  preparation  we  have  placed 
on  the  market.  It  retails  for  10  cents  and  the  price  to  drug- 
gists is  SO  cents  a  dozen. 

S.  P.  Crandall  &  Co.,  53  East  53d  St..  N.  Y.  City. 

We  are  the  manufacturers  of  a  new  preparation  known  as 
"Crandall's  Kastroil,"  which  retails  at  35  cents.  Price  to  the 
trade  is  .$2.40  per  dozen. 

Dwa  Chemical  Co.,  31S  W.  34th  St..  N.  Y.  City.: 

We  are  placing  on  the  market  two  new  preparations:  Dwa 
Cream,  selling  .50  cents,  and  Guaiasol.  at  .$1.00.  Trade  prices 
are  $4..50  and  .$8.00.  respectively. 

Eckman  Manufacturing  Co., 

414  Arch  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa 
We  beg  to  announce  that  the  price  of  Eckman's  Alterative 
has  been  reduced  to  .$16.00  per  dozen. 

F.  Boder,  341  E.  136th  St.,  N.  Y.  City 

We  desire  to  list  "Ideal  Egg  Shampoo  Cream"  at  $1.50  per 
dozen.  This  cream  is  also  put  up  in  pound  packages.  Price 
$3.50  per  pound. 

P.  Ruckrich,  218  Ten  Eyck  St.,  Brooklyn.  N.  Yj 

The  iirice  of  Popp's  Swiss  Herb  Tea.  of  which  we  are  the 
manufacturers,  is  .$2.00  per  dozen.    Retail  price  is  25  cents. 

Tokalon  Company,  Syracuse,  N.  Y 

We  desire  to  have  noted  among  new  preparations  "Neal  '■ 
Olivine,"  of  which  we  are  the  proprietors.  Price  to  druggist? 
is  .$2.S0  per  dozen.     The  article  retails  at  35  cents. 


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Re  Photographs  for  "Era  Album" 

Illustrated  Section 

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representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  It  the  firm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
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tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  tlie  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good  specimen : 


FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 
McMonag 

Middletowii 
le  &   Rogers 

.N. 

Y. 

Ex-Pres.  X.  Y. 

State  Phar. 

Ass 

a. 

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scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

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have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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distinctly  addressed  as  follows: 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era, 
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Of  utmost  interest  to  all  pharmaceutical  associa- 
tions and  other  bodies  entitled  to  representation  in 
the  Pharmacopoeial  Convention  of  1910  is  the  call 
just  issued  by  the  secretary,  Dr.  Murray  Gait  Motter, 
for  the  appointment  of  delegates  to  the  convention. 
"While  the  convention  does  not  assemble  until  May  10 
of  next  j^ear  in  Washington  the  time  is  not  so  long 
as  it  seems,  for  the  meetings  this  year,  some  of  them 
within  a  few  weeks,  will  be  the  last  to  be  held  by 
most  of  the  organizations  entitled  to  participation 
prior  to  the  assembling  of  the  delegates.  These  ex- 
tracts from  the  constitution  show  the  qualifications 
for  membership : 

The  members,  in  addition  to  the  Incorporators  and  their  asso- 
ciates, shall  be  delegates  elected  by  the  following  organizations: 
Incorporated  Medical  Colleges,  and  Medical  Schools  connected 
with  Incorporated  Colleges  and  Universities;  Incorporated  Col- 
leges of  Pharmacy,  and  •Pharmaceutical  Schools  connected  with 
Incorporated  Uuiversities :  Incorporated  State  Medical  Associa- 
tions: Incorporated  State  Pharmaceutical  Associations;  the 
.'American  Medical  .Association,  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, and  the  .\merican  Chemical  Society ;  provided  that  no 
such  organization  shall  be  entitled  to  representation  unless  it 
shall  have  been  incorporated  within  and  shall  have  been  in  con- 
tinuous operation  in  the  United  States  for  at  least  five  years  be- 
fore the  time  fixed  for  the  decennial  meeting  of  this  corporation. 

Delegates  appointed  by  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United 
States  Army,  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States  Navy, 
and  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital 
Service,  and  by  the  organizations  not  hereinbefore  named  which 
were  admitted  to  representation  in  the  Convention  of  1900,  shall 
also  be  members  of  the  corporation.  Each  body  and  each  branch 
of  the  United  States  Government  above  mentioned  shall  be  enti- 
tled to  send  three  delegates  to  the  meetings  of  this  corporation. 

Careful  attention  should  be  given  to  complying 
with  the  constitutional  requirements  and  the  neces- 
sary data  and  credentials  should  be  promptly  mailed 
to  Dr.  Motter  at  Washington,  D.  C.  There  should 
be  a  full  representation  of  pharmaceutical  interests. 


ALL-STATE  BILL  AGAIN  AMENDED. 


As  this  issue  of  the  Era  goes  to  press  the  fate  of 
pharmacy  legislation  at  Albany  is  in  doubt.  The 
Assembly  has  passed  two  bills,  the  Conklin  measure 
and  the  All-State  Bill,  the  latter  being  desired  by  the 
pharmacists  of  the  State  and  introduced  by  Assem- 
blyman BrowTi,  himself  a  prominent  druggist  of  the 
interior  of  New  York  State.  The  Brown  Bill  has  been 
amended  in  the  Senate  to  meet  the  objections  of  some 
of  the  proprietors  and  wholesale  druggists  who 
feared  that  the  provision  for  suing  non-resident  man- 
ufacturers would  work  hardships  to  any  who  were 
accused  of  selling  or  marketing  misbranded  or  adul- 
terated products.  The  amendment  leaves  such  prose- 
cutions in  the  hands  of  the  Federal  authorities. 

The  Conklin  Bill  is  understood  to  have  little 
chance,  for  aside  from  the  fact  that  it  is  not  desired 
by  organized  pharmacy,  some  vital  defects  in  it  have 
been  discovered,  one  of  the  newest  being  its  failure 
to  provide  for  practical  examinations  of  applicants 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[April  29,  1909 


for  certificates  to  practice  pharmacy.  The  Brown 
Bill,  on  the  other  hand,  seems  now  to  meet  all  re- 
quirements and  tKe  belated  objection  of  the  whole- 
salers having  bdcn  met,  it  was  expected  that  this 
bill  would  pass  during  the  closing  hours  of  the  Legis- 
lature, which  adjourns  sine  die  this  week. 

L3GISLATI0N    AT    WASHINGTON. 

There  have  been  no  important  developments  in  re- 
lation to  tariff  legislation  at  Washington  during  the 
last  week.  The  Payne  Bill  is  still  pending  in  the 
Senate,  where  amendments  and  alterations  are  being 
made  almost  hourly  during  the  sessions.  The  drug 
and  chemical  schedule  has  been  changed  in  minor 
details,  but  the  merchants  in  the  trade  are  less  in- 
terested in  this  seesawing  between  the  two  branches 
of  Congress  than  they  are  in  getting  a  final  result, 
so  that  they  can  go  on  with  their  business  on  an  intel- 
ligent basis. 

Our  Washington  correspondent  notes  the  fact  that 
a  stamp  tax  on  medicines  is  not  probable,  explaining 
how  the  report  originated.  Another  feature,  one  to 
be  regretted,  is  that  there  seems  to  be  no  likelihood 
of  patent  reciprocity  legislation  before  next  Decem- 
ber, when  the  regular  session  begins.  It  was  hoped 
that  this  feature  could  and  would  be  restored  to  the 
Payne  Bill,  but  the  pressure  does  not  seem  to  be 
strong  enough  for  that  purpose. 

COMMITTEE  ON  N.A.R.D.   BEORGANIZATION. 


the  average  month  can  be  divided  into  three  parts  of 
ten  days  each. 

While  it  is  not  imperative  that  a  fixed  programme 
be  followed  the  setting  of  dates  and  keeping  a  calen- 
dar prevents  procrastination  which  sometimes  now 
carries  window  displays  beyond  their  original  time- 
liness. By  systemizing  the  work,  setting  dates, 
promptly  observing  the  calendar  and  making  window 
displays  attractive  much  can  be  done  to  increase 
trade  in  the  retail  drug  stores.  Mr.  Taylor's  paper 
will  be  found  on  page  399  of  this  issue  of  the  Era. 


Thoroughly  representative  is  the  membership  of 
the  committee  appointed  by  President  Elkin  of  the 
N.A.R.D.  to  consider  plans  for  the  reorganization  of 
that  association.  Those  chosen  are  men  with  ideas, 
experienced  in  organization  work  and  are  without 
exception  devoted  to  the  advancement  of  the  mental 
and  material  interests  of  the  retail  druggists  of  the 
country.  Some  of  them  have  contributed  to  the 
pages  of  the  Era  thoughtful  expressions  of  their 
views  upon  this  subject  and  that  they  will  give  care- 
ful consideration  to  whatever  is  presented  to  them 
and  to  any  ideas  which  may  originate  with  them  is 
an  absolute  certainty. 

The  report  of  this  committee  will  no  doubt  be  one 
of  the  most  interesting  to  be  presented  to  the  dele- 
gates at  the  forthcoming  convention  of  the  N.A.R.D. 
at  Louisville  in  September  next. 

WHY  NOT  A  SHOW  WINDOW  CALENDAR? 


Pharmacist  Taylor,  who  this  week  wins  the  Era's 
Cash  prize  of  $10  in  the  Competition  which  has  been 
in  progress  since  the  first  of  the  year,  offers  some 
valuable  advice  to  druggists  in  the  matter  of  system- 
izing the  care  of  show  windows.  He  suggests  a  cal- 
endar by  months  which  can  be  made  the  basis  for 
similar  calendars  for  use  in  any  locality,  changes 
when  necessary  being  made  to  suit  local  conditions 
and  variations  being  made  to  agree  with  the  weather 
or  for  other  reasons.  Druggists  who  prefer  to  change 
their  window  displays  often  can  iise  the  monthly 
calendar  as  a  basis  for  arranging  a  schedule  for  fort- 
nightly, or  weekly  changes,  or  the  thirty  days  of 


NOT  A  LICENSE  TO  SELL — MERELY  A  TAX. 


Numerous  protests  against  the  issuance  of  Fed- 
eral "licenses"  for  the  sale  of  liquors  in  prohibition 
territory  have  called  forth  Treasury  Decision  1484, 
which  will  be  interesting  to  druggists  and  others  par- 
ticularly in  dry  States.  Secretary  McVeagh  lays 
down  positively  the  fact  that  the  special  tax  stamps 
are  merely  receipts  for  the  tax  and  carry  no  privi- 
leges except  immunity  from  prosecution  for  non- 
payment thereof.    He  says : 

Your  attention  is  respectfully  called  to  the  fact  that  no  licenses 
tor  the  sale  of  liquors  at  any  time  or  place  are  issued  under 
the  provisions  ot  the  internal-revenue  laws. 

A  special  tax  is  imposed  under  said  laws  upon  all  persons 
who  engage  in  the  business  of  selling  liquors,  and  this  tai  must 
be  paid  by  every  person  who  does  engage  in  such  business, 
whether  in  accordance  with,  or  in  violation  of,  laws  of  the  State, 
but  section  .■?2i3.  Revised  Statutes,  expressly  provides  that  the 
payment  of  such  tax  'shaU  not  be  held  to  exempt  any  person 
fro'm  any  penalty  or  punishment  provided  by  the  laws  of  any 
State  for  carrying  on  the  same  within  such  State,  or  in  any 
manner  to  authorize  the  commencement  or  continuance  of  such 
trade  or  business  contrary  to  the  laws  of  such  State  or  m  places 
prohibited   by   municipal   laws."  ^       ..    .      t,,     t  i  „„„» 

Furthermore,  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  in  the  License 
Tax  Cases,  expressly  held  that  the  stamp  issued  evidencing  the 
payment  of  the  tax  "is  not  a  license,  but  merely  a  receipt  for  tke 
tax  and  carries  with  it  no  privilege  except  immunity  from 
prosecution  under  the  Federal  laws  for  non-payment  of  the  tax. 


MISREPRESENTATION  AND  EXAGGERATION. 


If  Lawj'er  Stafford  really  has  written  such  a  cir- 
cular as  is  printed  in  the  New  York  Journal  of  Com- 
merce concerning  the  pharmacists  of  the  State  he  is 
entitled  by  the  misrepresentation  and  exaggeration 
therein  contained  to  high  office  in  former  President 
Roosevelt's  ^Vnanias  Club.  He  is  quoted  as  saying 
that  the  retail  grocery  merchants  of  the  State  of  New 
York  are  now  free 

from  unlawful  and  infamous  prosecutions  that  have  prevailed 
for  vears,  enriching  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  by  over 
SIOO.OOO.  I  am  informed  that  they  have  fleeced  the  retail  gro- 
cery merchants  of  the  State  to  such  an  extent  that  they  now 
own  two  colleges  of  pharmacy  in  Manhattan  and  Brooklyn  aD- 
solutely  free  and  clear  from  incumbrance. 

The  actual  facts  are  that  about  $500  only  is  the 
amount  recovered  by  fines  imposed  on  grocers,  in- 
stead of  $100,000.  The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
does  not  o-rti  any  college  of  pharmacy  anywhere  andi 
never  did.  It  has  never  "fleeced"  any  grocers,  nor 
has  it  been  "enriched"  by  the  $500.  Such  libelous 
and  imtrue  statements,  calculated  to  bring  the  board 
into  disrepute,  should  be  resented  by  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy.  If  the  author  of  them  is  not  merelyi 
seeking  notoriety  he  will  apologize  as  publicly  as  he: 
has  made  his  untrue  accusations.  He  should  at  least 
be  given  that  opportimity,  although  the  course  ol 
action  of  the  mind  of  a  man  who  gloats  over  the 
prospective  immunity  of  grocers  from  punishment 


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if  they  sell  adulterated  articles  that  are  useful  both 
as  food  and  medicine  is  altogether  problematical. 

Druggists  everywhere  would  do  well  to  i;pte  the  fact  that 
under  the  ruling  of  the  Internal  Revenue  Department,  reported 
in  the  Era,  April  15.  page  35S.  stamps  are  required  on  five- 
gallon  packages  of  alcohol  even  if  they  contain  less  than  five 
gallons.  The  ruling  has  been  enforced  in  the  Chicago  district 
and  may  be  enforced  elsewhere.  As  the  ^uling  does  not  increase 
the  tax  it  would  be  better  to  go  to  the  trouble  of  having  the 
stamps  affixed  rather  than  run  foul  of  the  revenue  officers. 


law :  "The  grocers  would  have  been  forced  to  go  out  of  btisi- 
ness,  unless  they  qualified  under  examinations  and  obtained 
drug  licenses,  and  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  would  have 
become  one  of  the  strongest  trusts  in  America."  Puzzle  :  How 
could  it  have  been  done? 


It  is  estimated,  says  Tobacco,  that  each  adult  male  in  France 
smokes  30  ounces  of  tobacco,  and  contributes  ?2.50  to  the 
State  revenue  in  so  doing.  The  State  profit  is  large.  The 
revenue  from  tobacco  in  1907  was  almost  $75,000,000.  This  is 
over  ?1,500,000  more  than  the  revenue  of  1906,  and  12  times 
more  than  the  revenue  from  tobacco  in  the  year  of  Waterloo. 


Mr.  JlcEIhenie's  letter  regarding  a  scheme  of  inland  revenue 
which  was  printed  on  page  3S4  of  the  last  Eea  contains  sug- 
gestions that  are  at  least  entitled  to  serious  consideration.  If 
there  were  more  legislators  than  there  are  gifted  with  the 
Brooklyn  pharmacist's  ability  to  perceive  conditions  from  a 
practical  point  of  view  and  legislate  accordingly  the  result 
would  be  a  much  more  equitable  application  of  law  to  trade 
than  has  heretofore  existed. 


In  the  recent  appointment  of  Edward  Voss.,  Jr.,  of  Cin- 
cinnati, as  a  member  of  the  Ohio  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
Governor  Harmon  has  chosen  the  first  name  on  the  list 
recommended  to  him  for  appointment  by  the  Ohio  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association  at  its  meeting  at 
Cedar  Point  last  June.  Mr.  Voss'  ap- 
pointment was  originally  agitated  by  the 
Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Association  and 
it  was  due  largely  to  the  efforts  of  a 
committee  of  this  organization  that  the 
Governor  became  impressed  with  the 
availability  of  the  Cincinnati  pharmacist 
for  the  office,  for  Mr.  Voss  personally 
was  not  an  active  candidate  and  the  office 
went  to  him  without  effort  on  his  part. 

Mr.  Voss,  besides  being  one  of  the  lead- 
ing pharmacists  of  the  Queen  City,  has 
long  been  identified  with  association  work 
throughout  ilie  State,  in  addition  to  tak- 
ing an  active  interest  in  public  affairs, 
especially  so  far  as  they  affected  phar- 
macy commercially  or  professionally.  In 
the  various  associations  in  which  he  has 
been  a  conspicuous  worker  he  has  been 
honored  with  recognition  of  his  abilities 
in  laboring  for  the  common  good,  al- 
though he  has  been  almost  over-modest  in 
accepting  office.  Xow  only  39  years  of 
age.  his  membership  in  the  Ohio  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  in  which  he  is  a 
member  of  the  board  of  council,  dates 
back  to  1891,  a  period  of  18  years.  Mr. 
Voss  also  is  a  member  of  the  Ohio  Valley 
Druggists'  Association,  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  and  of  the 
National  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists, in  all  of  which  he  has  at  some  time  served 
capacities. 

Mr.  Voss  has  been  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  business  for 
26  years  and  was  graduated  in  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  the  class  of  1890.  Soon  after  graduation  he  went  into 
business  for  himself  and  is  at  present  a  member  of  the  firms  of 
Voss  &  Lakamp  and  Voss  &  Ehlers.  with  pharmacies  at  12th 
and  Vine  streets  and  at  McMillan  and  Vine  streets. 


"Can  I  serve  you  a  cup  of  cocoa?" 

"No !     I  don't  like  cocoa." 

"I  think  you  will  like  — 

"No.     I  don't  like  cocoa. 

"Yes." 

"Then  I'll  try  some." — American  Grocer. 


-  cocoa.    Won't  you  try  it?" 
It  makes  me  sick.    Is  it  free?" 


Paris  Figaro  says  that  Father  Maggieni,  director  of  the 
Seismic  Observatory  near  Sienna,  has  discovered  a  new  class 
of  waves  which  are  propagated  through 
the  earth  some  minutes  before  the  me- 
chanical waves,  which  are  the  first  mani- 
festations heretofore  known  of  earth- 
quakes. He  has  constructed  an  apparatus 
which  renders  the  new  waves  perceptible,, 
and  permits  the  foretelling  of  an  earth- 
quake. The  apparatus  was  tested  suc- 
cessfully on  April  11,  when  it  twice  an- 
nounced earthquakes,  which  occurred 
within  12  miles,  four  minutes  after  the 
apparatus  had  signalled  them. 


official 


As  an  educational  and  advertising  proposition  the  Pullman 
palace  exhibition  car  of  the  American  Druggists'  Syndicate 
which  started  from  New  York  on  March  20  for  a  year's  tour 
of  the  country  is  proving  a  great  success.  The  car  has  already 
gone  westward  beyond  Indianapolis,  stopping  at  many  impor- 
tant cities  en  route,  at  all  of  which  the  exhibit  attracted  the 
attention  of  laymen  as  well  as  druggists,  while  the  newspapers 
were  invariably  generous  in  giving  space  to  the  display.  Such 
enterprises  require  the  courage  of  conviction  that  they  will  be 
successful  and  in  this  case  the  verdict  has  already  been  given. 


There  is  in  this  city  the  head  of  a  dry 
goods  house  doing  about  $15,000,000  a 
year,  who  is  insistent  in  the  requirement 
that  every  public  or  private  statement  to 
a  customer  must  be  the  absolute  truth, 
says  the  American  Orocer.  A  bargain  of- 
fered or  price  reduction  asserted  must  be 
such  or  the  offender  is  sure  to  be  dis- 
charged on  the  spot.  One  day  he  found 
on  the  aisle :  "'Towels  reduced  to  three 
dollars  a  dozen."  He  called  the  buyer 
and  asked  :  "What  is  the  regular  price 
of  those  towels?"  "Three  dollars."  "Why 
do  you  put  them  out  as  a  bargajn?"  "Be- 
cause they  are  very  cheap  ;  cost  $2.90  and 
are  a  bargain."  "Take  that  sign  down 
and  never  announce  a  bargain  unless  it  is 
such  and  below  the  usual  price."  Old 
clerks  have  been  discharged  for  substitut- 
ing goods,  wjien  the  desired  article  was  out  of  stock,  without 
first  notifying  the  customer.  That  man  at  the  front  is  a  dis- 
ciplinarian, who  knows  that  every  cause  for  complaint  strikes 
at  his  leadership  and  the  honor  of  his  firm.  Cato  used  to 
assert  that  wise  men  profited  more  by  fools  than  fools  by  wise 
men  ;  for  that  wise  men  avoided  the  faults  of  fools,  but  that 
fools  would  not  imitate  the  good  examples  of  wise  men.  For 
that  reason  the  man  at  the  front  gets  rid  of  the  fools,  the  fel- 
lows who  watch  the  clock  and  have  no  other  interest  in  the 
business  beyond  getting  their  pay  envelope. 


Some  people  have  curious  conceptions  of  trusts,  druggists 
and  many  other  component  parts  of  our  existence,  as  witness 
the  following  remarkable  statement  made  by  Lawyer  Charles 
M,  Stafford,  who  won  the  Court  of  Appeals  decision  exempting 
grocers  from  the  operation  of  the  New  York  State  pharmacy 


Since  the  Russian  Government  enacted  the  law  requiring  the 
"Poison  Label"  to  be  attached  to  all  containers  of  vodka  (a 
strong  alcoholic  beverage),  numerous  cases  of  accidental  poi- 
soning have  been  reported  from  various  parts  of  the  Empire. 
There  is  a  large  portion  of  illiterates  in  Russia,  and  with 
them  the  "Poison  Label"  appearing  upon  vodka  bottles  has 
come  to  stand  for  vodka.  As  a  result  many  bottles  of  really 
poisonous  mixtures  are  drunk  by  these  people  under  the  im- 
pression that  any  bottle  bearing  the  "Poison  Label''  contains 
vodka.  This  emphasizes  the  danger  of  making  the  "Poison 
Label"  too  common. 


Professor   Hynson's   resolution   to   be   debated   at   a   future 
meeting  of  the  Baltimore  Branch  suggesting  the  restriction  of 


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[April  29,  1909 


preparations  described  in  the  U.S.P.  and  the  N.F.  and  the 
publication  of  a  General  Receipt  Book  to  contain  all  formulas 
dropped  from  those  books,  together  with  other  formulas  that 
may  be  useful  to  pharmacists,  will  no  doubt  give  rise  to  con- 
siderable discussion,  both  in  the  branch  and  outside  of  it. 
Views  will  naturallj'  differ  on  the  subject  and  the  arguments 
■on  both  sides  will  be  perused  with  interest. 


If  some  druggists'  wives  did  not  keep  the  homes  more  order- 
ly than  they,  the  druggists,  keep  their  stores,  what  a  chorus 
of  masculine  howls  there  would  be. 


Morgantown,  W.  Va.,  voted  to  go  "dry"  a  little  more  than 
a  year  ago  and  since  then  doctors  and  druggists  have  had  the 
greatest  rush  of  business  ever  known,  says  ine  Utica  Press. 
District  Attorney  Boyd  says  he  has  the  evidence  that  one 
prominent  physician  of  Morgantown  alone  has  written  10,000 
prescriptions  for  liquor  during  the  past  year.  Counting  Sun- 
days, the  number  of  whisky  prescriptions  written  by  this  one 
physician  roaches  27  a  day.  The  customary  price  that  is 
paid  for  these  prescriptions  is  $1  each,  so  that  the  physician 
made  $10,000  a  j'ear,  while  the  druggist  probably  made  half 
that  amount.  Similar  conditions  are  said  to  exist  all  through 
the  "dry''  districts  of  West  Virginia  and  Ohio.  Mr.  Boyd  says 
he  will  bring  action  against  several  physicians  and  druggists 
who  have  been  doing  a  wholesale  liquor  trade.  The  Pro- 
hibitionists will  be  satisfied  with  nothing  less,  but,  says  the 
Press,  it  is  doubtful  if  the  courts  will  prohibit  a  doctor  from 
giving  a  sick  patient  a  prescription. 


Jack  (cynically) — I  like  the  "soft  pillow  of  a  woman's 
mind." 

Orme  (calmly) — Yes,  the  ma.iority  of  men  do  bolster  their 
own  minds  up. 


Two  Fort  Smith  (Ark.)  cigar  dealers  have  inaugurated  a 
somewhat  novel  method  of  creating  a  demand  for  cigars.  They 
have  emplo.ved  good-looking  young  women  who  throw  dice 
with  the  skill  of  a  professional,  and  as  a  result,  the  custom  of 
the  stands  has  greatly  increased.  In  one  instance  the  cigar 
store  went  into  bankruptcy  for  want  of  patronage,  but  when 
the  man  of  progressive  ideas  came  along  and  put  a  good-looking 
young  woman  behind  a  stock  of  first-class  goods,  he  soon  found 
the  profits  returning. 


"Miss  Ethel,"  he  began,  "or,  Ethel — I  mean  I've  known  you 
long  enough  to  drop  the  'Miss,'  haven't  I?" 

She  fixed  her  lovely  eyes  upon  him  with  a  meaning  gaze. 

"Yes,  I  think  you  have,"  she  said.  "What  prefix  do  you 
wish  to  substitute?" 

Two  points  of  view — that  of  the  ecclesiast  and  that  of  the 
sociologist — give  weight  and  interest  to  the  two  articles  on  the 
startling  increase  in  divorce  and  its  significance,  contributed  to 
the  May  Century  by  Cardinal  Gibbons  and  Prof.  Edward  Als- 
worth  Ross,  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin.  Both  writers  see 
in  the  rising  tide  of  divorce  symptoms  of  a  great,  evil,  which 
calls  imperatively  for  the  vigorous  and  conscientious  effort  of 
society  at  large. 


A  rolling  stone  gathers,  no  moss  when  it  it  rolls  away  from 
the  moss-backs. 


Edward  Parran,  49  years  old.  of  St.  Louis,  is  a  human  slate. 
Letters  or  figures  written  on  his  back  with  a  blunt  instrument 
can  be  read  at  distance  of  20  feet.  Farran  is  a  patient  at  the 
City  Hospital,  where  his  peculiar  ailment  is  causing  general 
interest.  The  disease  from  which  he  suffers  is  known  as  urti- 
caria. It  is  characterized  by  a  redness  of  the  skin,  due  to  an 
inflamed  condition  of  the  tips  of  the  nerves.  It  is  said  to  be 
due  to  becoming  over-heated  and  then  rapidly  reducing  the  tem- 
perature of  the  body. 

Letters  written  on  Parran's  back  with  a  slate  pencil  or  the 
«nd  of  a  match  rise  in  welts  and  become  as  white  as  snow. 
They  remain  visible  for  an  hour,  and  then  gradually  fade  away, 
or  they  can  be  erased  with  a  wet  sponge.  Physicians  assert 
that  he  will  soon  recover  his  normal  condition. 


"In  the  matter  of  picture  post  cards  I  wish  people  living  in 
small  villages  were  not  quite  so  ambitious,"  said  a  gray-headed 
man  to  a  Srm  reporter.     "When  I  was  young  I  lived  in  the 


country.  I  was  well  acquainted  with  many  villages  and  small 
towns  in  the  Middle  West.  There  wasn't  a  fishing  brook  or  i 
a  picturesque  pond  or  a  bit  of  woodland  for  miles  around  that 
I  didn't  know  a  good  deal  better  than  I  have  ever  known  any 
book.  I'd  like  now  to  get  pictured  glimpses  of  those  old  spots 
occasionally.  The  people  living  there  do  remember  me  and 
send  me  messages  on  postals  now  and  then,  but  alas  for  their 
choice  of  cards !  Instead  of  pictures  of  the  places  I  loved  they 
buy  impossible  daubs  representing  some  corner  of  the  earth 
thousands  of  miles  away." 


"Why   is    it    more    women   cannot    discover    the    'secret   of 
success?'  " 

"Oh,  because  when  it  reaches  them  it  is  no  secret." 


Some  Milwaukee  druggists  were  "worked"  in  smooth  manner 
recently  by  an  interesting  individual,  apparently  about  80 
years  of  age. 

"I  would  like  to  purchase  some  of  your  best  foreign  wines," 
said  George  P.  Thorpe,  distinguished  looking,  wearing  a  frock 
coat,  silk  hat.  patent  leather  shoes,  white  hair  and  beard, 
as  he  entered  a  drug  store.  Thorpe,  in  every  case,  would 
insist  upon  sampling  two  or  three  different  brands,  and  then 
selecting  a  hamper  or  two,  would  tell  the  obliging  clerk  that  he 
would  send  his  secretary  around  later  for  the  goods.  It  was  a 
great  scheme,  but  the  old  man  visited  too  many  drug  stores 
and  the  police  arrested  him  on  the  charge  of  being  drunk. 
In  court,  Thori>e  claimed  that  he  was  a  scientist  engaged  in 
writing  scientific  articles  on  various  wines  manufactured  in 
different  parts  of  the  country  and  that  he  was  in  the  employ 
of  New  York  magazines.  He  was  on  his  way  to  St.  Paul,  he 
said,  at  the  time  of  his  arrest.  The  judge  gave  the  old  fellow 
one  hour  to  catch  the  next  train  for  his  destination,  but  cau- 
tioned him  to  keep  away  from  drug  stores  until  he  arrived  at 
St.  Paul. 


"Why  do  you  call  it  a  feminine  compliment?" 
"Becatise  there  is  a  sting  in  it." 


Here  you  are !  Shirts  made  of  pine  needles,  gowns  made  of 
nettles  and  boots  made  of  cactus  leather !  Pine  needles  from 
the  yellow  pine  of  Oregon,  turned  into  thread,  are  woven  into 
a  coarse  fabric  to  be  made  into  underwear.  The  ramie  of 
China,  grown  in  this  country  as  well  as  in  Germany,  affords  a 
strong  washable  fabric  of  a  silken  lustre,  and  in  France  is  made 
into  ramie  paper  and  used  for  bank  notes,  says  the  Hartford 
Times.  And  ramie  is  a  sort  of  nettle.  Then,  to  beat  the  nettle 
and  the  pine  needles,  comes  the  cactus,  once  despised,  but  now 
utilized  as  a  fruit  and  forage  plant  and  persuaded  to  yield,  in 
addition,  rope  and  leather,  a  leather  as  strong  as  that  derived 
from  the  horse  hide  or  cow  skin.  Do  not  say  that  all  this  is 
marvelous,  but  throw  the  credit  where  it  belongs,  and  it  be- 
longs to  James  Wilson.  "Derived  industries,"  he  calls  them, 
but  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture  quietly  encourages  them,  and 
when  you  come  to  think  of  it  you  will  not  wonder  that  the 
President  kept  him  in  the  Cabinet.  The  old  Scotchman  may 
yet  encourage  some  other  "derived  industries"  quite  as  odd. 


Milliner — There,  look  at  that.     By  tipping  the  hat  a  little 
to  the  left  it  makes  you  look  five  years  younger. 
Customer — Can't  it  be  tipped  a  little  farther? 


A  Home  Trader. — A  surgeon  in  a  Western  town,  engaged  to 
perform  an  operation  of  minor  character  upon  a  somewhat  un- 
sophisticated patient,  asked  him  if  he  were  willing  to  have  only 
a  local  aniEsthetic. 

"Sure,"  replied  the  other :  "I  believe  in  patronizing  home  in- 
dustry whenever  you  can." 

And  he  meant  it. — Lippincott's. 


A  pharmacy  law  is  not  always  fairly  judged  by  its  fruits — 
especially  by  those  who  are  compelled  to  swallow  its  sour 
grapes. 


The  man  who  wins  is  the  man  who  can  stick  to  the  disa- 
greeable job,  do  it  with  energy  and  vim ;  the  man  who  can 
force  himself  to  do  good  work  when  he  does  not  feel  like  doing 
it — in  other  words,  the  man  who  is  master  of  himself,  who  has 
a  great  purpose,  and  who  holds  himself  to  his  aim,  whether  it 
is  agreeable  or  disagreeable,  whether  he  feels  like  it  or  does  not 
feel  like  it — that  wins. — Success  Magazine. 


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A  Crisis. 


'By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

The  Apothecary  was  ill.  It  was 
typhoid  the  doctors  had  early  agreed 
and  Madam  was  hollow-eyed  from 
sleepless  nights  and  anxiety.  Fortu- 
nately business  had  been  exception- 
ally quiet  and  there  had  been  nothing 
extra  doing. 

The  days  dragged  wearily  by.  The 
crisis  was  at  hand.  The  anxious 
woman  scarcely  dared  face  the  pos- 
sibility ahead  and  dared  still  less  to 
turn  away  from  it.  Like  a  haunting 
spectre  it  robbed  her  of  all  power  to 
rest,  and  occasionally  there  flashed 
before  her  the  picture  of  a  dull,  col- 
orless waste  of  future  time  without 
Him.  The  lines  of  suffering  on  her 
own  face  deepened  as  the  crisis 
neared. 
Every  ihia;;  iiussihU^  was  anticipated  and  done.  The  doctor 
had  just  come  and  gone,  the  patient  was  resting  with  a  com- 
petent nurse  in  charge,  and  there  was  relief  in  action.  JIadam 
put  on  her  hat  and  hurried  down  to  the  store  for  the  first  time 
in  several  days.  As  she  sat  at  the  desk  in  the  tidy  little  office 
she  wondered  at  her  disinclination  to  tackle  the  pile  of  mail 
which  awaited  her.  If  the  next  three  days  were  only  safely 
passed  she  felt  that  no  difficulty  could  ever  daunt  her  again. 

There  was  a   tap  at  the  door.     It  was  Jacques,   the  head 
clerk,  and  back  of  him  stood  Timmerman,  the  next  in  rank. 
"Come  in,"'  invited  Madam  cordially. 

"Thank  you."  Jacques  returned.  "We  are  glad  to  hear  that 
the  Apothecary  is  no  worse  this  morning,  but  I  suppose  it 
will  be  a  long,  slow  pull.  Xou  see,  I — that  is.  we  thought 
I  perhaps  you  would — that  is  to  say,  .vou  really  ought  to  give 
us  each  a  slight  increase  in  wages.  We  are  working  extra 
time,  and  having  added  responsibilit.v — and  we  concluded  that 
you  would  be  only  too  glad  to  consider  the  subject  of  more 
pay."     Jacques  looked  virtuous,  Timmerman  ashamed. 

"Dee-lighted,"  Madam  responded,  gravely  looking  at  his 
with  clear,  steady  grey  eyes. 

Jacques  did  not  observe  this  fact  for  he  was  regarding  a 
crack  in  the  floor  anxiously,  but  Timmerman  saw,  and  won- 
dered that  he  had  never  before  noticed  what  clear,  steady 
eyes  they  were.  He  felt  decidedly  uncomfortable  and  wished 
keartily  that  he  had  never  allowed  himself  to  be  persuaded 
into  this  move. 

"We  thought.  '  Jacques  continued,  "that  you  would  feel  that 
as  the  Boss  is  not  likely  to  be  on  deck  for  some  time  that  it 
would  be  nothing  more  than  fair." 

"To  what  additional  sum  per  week  do  you  feel  that  you 
are  entitled?"  Madam  asked  quietly. 

Jacques  looked  at  her  uneasily.  He  did  not  quite  under- 
•tand  her  matter-of-fact  reception  of  his  offer  to  raise  his  own 
wages.     It  was  easier  than  he  had  expected. 

"Oh.  about  five  dollars  more  per.  would  be  all  right  for  me," 
he  returned  coolly. 

'"Granted,"  Madam  agreed,  "and  you,  Mr.  Timmerman?" 
"I'll   leave   it  entirely   to  you.   Madam,"  Timmerman  said, 
miserably.     "I — I — do  not  quite  know  whether  this  is  a  square 
deal  or  not."' 
Jacques  sniffed  with  audible  disdain. 

"Did  I  understand  that  you  wi.shed  an  increase  in  your  pay, 
Mr.  Timmerman?"  Madam  interrogated  evenly. 
Timmerman  dropped  his  head. 
"I'll  leave  that  to  you,"  he  replied. 

"Very  well,  consider  your  salary  raised  twenty-five  per  cent, 
or  in  the  same  proportion  Mr.  Jacques  has  raised  his.     Is  that 
all    you    wish,    gentlemen?"      There    was    a    steely    flash    in 
Madam's  eyes,  although  she  smiled  pleasantly. 
Both  assented  that  was  all  at  present. 

"May  I  ask  whether  you  anticipate  this  as  a  permanent 
mcrease  or  as  temporary  additional  compensation,  during  my 
husband's  illness?" 

"I've  never  stood  for  any   cuts,   so   far."'  Jacques   retorted 
airily,  "and  I  can  command  that  amount  any  day." 
"I  am  very  glad  to  hear  it."  Madam  returned  dryly. 


The  men  passed  out  leaving  the  door  ajar.  The  occupant 
of  the  office  arose  and  closed  it.  For  a  moment  the  steely  look 
hardened  her  whole  face  strangely.  Then  she  sat  down  in  the 
big  desk  chair  and  laughed  softly,  although  tears  shone  in  her 
eyes.     She  was  herself  again. 

"If  they  can  afford  to  do  it,"  she  declared  half  aloud, 
"surely  I  can  afford  to  let  them,  and  anyway  nothing  matters 
until  the  crisis  is  passed  in  safety." 

The  small  room  stifled  her,  and  at  the  thought  of  the  loved 
one   hovering  so  near  the   Borderland,   an   indescribable   fear 
tugged  at  her  heart.     What  had  this  hour's  absence  meant? 
************ 

She  had  just  reached  home  when  the  muffled  bell  sounded. 
It  was  Timmerman.  His  face  was  very  white,  but  he  looked 
her  squarel.v  in  the  eye. 

"May  I  see  you  for  a  few  moments?''  he  requested  in  a 
low  tone. 

"Come  in,"  Madam  said  simply. 

"I  have  come  to  tell  you,"  he  explained  almost  vehemently, 
"that  I  am  ashamed  of  what  1  did  this  morning.  I  am  sorry  I 
was  a  party  to  any  such  proceeding. 

"Even  if  the  Apothecary  had  not  been  the  good  friend  and 
counselor  to  me  that  he  has  been,  I  ought  uot  to  have  taken 
such  an  advantage  at  this  time.  I  do  not  want  any  'raise.'  I 
couldn't  touch  that  money.  I — well,  I  did  uot  realize  how 
contemptible  it  appeared  until  we  got  into  the  office.  Then  it 
came  to  me  how  squarely  I  had  always  been  treated,  and  I 
felt  meaner  than  ever.     It  sounded  plausible  enough  before." 

"Does  Mr.  Jacques  know  of  your  intention  to  tell  me  this?" 

"He  does." 

"Does  he  feel  the  same?" 

"He  does  not." 

"Certainly  you  are  entitled  to  pay  for  all  overtime  work, 
that  is  but  fair,  but  frankly.  Mr.  Timmerman,  I  had  not  ex- 
pected the  attitude  of  this  morning.  I  was  surprised.  How 
long  have  you  been  with  us?" 

"Six  years." 

"Mr.  Jacques  is  to  receive  notice  today  that  after  the  present 
month  his  services  will  not  be  required,  will  you  accept  his 
position  at  the  salary  he  received  previous  to  this  morning? 
I  might  add,  it  is  a  change  that  the  Apothecary  has  discussed 
before  his  illness." 

"But — "  Timmerman  stammered,  with  the  color  flaming  in 
his  cheeks. 

"Tou  can  do  as  you  please,  about  accepting  it,  Mr.  Timmer- 
man. but  there  will  be  a  vacancy.  One  hold-up  is  quite  suffi- 
cient. This  emergency  has  shown  me  two  types  of  men.  It 
has  shown  me  several  other  things  also." 

"If  Jacques  is  to  go,  I  shall  be  glad  of  the  promotion,"  Tim- 
merman managed  to  say  with  a  lump  in  his  throat,  "and  I'll 
do  m,v  best." 

"That  is  all  any  one  can  be  expected  to  do,"  Madam  replied 
gently,  "and  remember  that  there  is  only  one  thing  that 
entitles  an  employee  to  advancement,  and  that  is  the  proof  on 
his  part  that  he  is  capable  of  greater  things.  If  you  can  fill 
the  head  clerkship  and  show  us  where  our  volume  of  business 
may  be  increa.sed  or  our  expenses  can  be  wisely  reduced,  you 
will  increase  our  prosperity  and  have  a  right  to  expect  a  share 
in  it  by  demanding  more  pay.  If  you  can  neither  increase  our 
business  nor  decrease  our  expenses,  the  position  as  far  as 
money  is  concerned  is  likely  to  be  stationary.  It  should  never 
be  a  question  of  how  much  can  I  get,  but  of  how  much  am  I 
worth.  The  man  who  would  receive  more  must  look  to  it  that 
he  becomes  worth  more.  If  you  work  overtime,  you  are  enti- 
tled to  overtime  pay  rather  than  to  a  permanent  increase. 

"Employer  and  employee  must  rise  together,  each  one  con- 
tributing to  the  increased  prosperity,  and  benefiting  by  the 
results.  I  think  you  have  realized  this.  The  employee  who 
does  realize  it,  is  bound  to  progress,  and  the  employer  who 
recognizes  it,  is  likely  to  sift  his  help  until  he  gets  the  men 
and  women  who  will  help  themselves  by  helping  him." 

"Perhaps  if  you  would  talk  to  Jacques  as  you  have  to  me — " 
Timmerman  ventured. 

Madam  shook  her  head  firmly.  "It  will  be  quite  unneces- 
sary," she  remarked,  "our  ranks  will  not  be  broken,  I  know 
of  a  capable,  intelligent  young  woman  pharmacist  who  will 
take  the  place  3'ou  are  vacating. 

"Life  contains  many  crises.  Mr.  Timmerman  ;  they  come  to 
us  in  health  as  well  as  in  sickness,  and  it  is  our  duty  to  live 
up  to  the  best  that  is  in  us  every  day  according  to  our  light 
and  strength,  for  we  never  can  tell  when  our  measure  is  being 


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[April  29,  1909 


taken  for  greater  things.     I  am  sure  you  will  do  your  best, 
and  He  would  be  sure  of  it,  too." 

Timmerman  wrung  ber  hand  without  a  word.  The  door 
closed  and  down  the  steps  passed  a  man  with  a  widened  vision. 
A  man,  who  had  been  little  more  than  a  thoughtless,  impulsive 
boy  one  hour  before.  A  crisis  was  passed  in  Timmerman"s 
own  life. 


Doran's  Diamond. 


MRS.  WOOTEN  PRESIDENT  OF  CHICAGO  CHAPTER 

Succeeds  Mrs.  Thayer  After  a  Very  Successful  Year. 
Preparing  for  New  Period  of  Prosperity. 

Chicago,  April  24. — The  annual  meeting  of  Chicago  Chap- 
ter 2,  W.O.N.A.R.D..  was  well  attended.  The  retiring  presi- 
dent, Mrs.  Thayer,  gave  an  excellent  and  interesting  resume  of 
her  work.  The  recording  secretary,  Mrs.  Forbrich,  read  a 
report  filled  with  good,  practical  ideas.  This  was  followed  by 
Mrs.  Light's  report  as  chairman  of  the  reception  conunittee, 
and  Mrs.  Avery's  report  on  behalf  of  the  publicity  and  pro- 
motion committee. 

The  election  resulted  as  follows :  President,  Mrs.  Thomas  V. 
Wooten  ;  first  vice-president,  Mrs.  George  Lenz ;  second  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  E.  S.  Bernard ;  third  vice-president,  Mrs. 
George  Moyen ;  recording  secretary,  Mrs.  F.  H.  Starr;  treas- 
urer, Mrs.  Gustave  Frank ;  corresponding  secretary,  Mrs. 
William  Krizan :  chairmen  of  standing  committees :  Pro- 
gramme, Mrs.  I.  M.  Light ;  reception,  Mrs.  B.  A.  C.  Hoelzer ; 
publicity  and  promotion,  Mrs.  Charles  A.  Redig;  visiting  and 
flowers,  Mrs.  Louise  Berger ;  house  and  property,  Mrs.  Wm. 
W.  Klore. 

Mrs.  Wooten  expressed  her  thanks  for  the  honor  and  said 
she  hoped  for  the  hearty  co-operation  of  the  entire  member- 
Bhip.  She  urged  the  members  to  greater  activity  in  the  matter 
of  procuring  new  members  and  awakening  more  interest  among 
the  women  in  the  drug  world  to  their  work  as  helpmeets  to 
their  husbands  in  the  highest,  best  sense  of  that  word. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Mrs.  Thayer  for  her  pains- 
taking, conscientious  work  and  the  gracious,  womanly  way  in 
which  she  presided  during  her  incumbency.  A  similar  vote 
was  tendered  the  hard-working,  eflicient  secretaries,  Mrs. 
Forbrich  and  Mrs.  Bernard.  Thomas  V.  Wooten  was  thanked 
for  financial  and  other  aid  in  connection  with  the  card  party 
held  February  12. 

Refreshments  were  served.  The  attention  of  the  members 
was  called  to  the  fact  that  the  next  meeting.  May  11,  will  be 
the  last  for  the  season  and  an  excellent  programme  has  been 
provided.  Delegates  to  the  coming  convention  will  be  elected 
at  this  meeting  and  the  plans  of  the  new  officers  and  commit- 
tees will  be  well  mapped  out  and  presented  for  approval. 


Heir  to  'Weig'htnian  Millions  Honored  by  the  Pope. 

Rome,  April  22. — The  Pope  has  cotiferred  the  title  of 
Marchioness  on  Mrs.  Frederic  Cortland  Penfield,  of  New  Xork, 
in  recognition  of  her  benefactions  to  educational  institutions 
and  charities. 

[Mrs.  Penfield  was  Mrs.  Anne  M.  Weightman  Walker,  the 
winner  of  the  fight  begun  in  1905  for  the  fortune  left  by  her 
father,  William  Weightman,  of  Philadelphia,  head  of  the  chem- 
ical firm  of  Powers  &  Weightman.  Her  first  husband  was 
R.  J.  C.  Walker,  a  law.ver,  who  died  some  years  ago.  She 
married  Mr.  Penfield  on  February  26.  1908,  and  commemorated 
the  occasion  by  giving  away  about  $1,000,000  to  relatives  and 
to  charity.  She  has  long  heen  a  contributor  to  Catholic  chari- 
ties and  educational  institutions. — Ed.] 


Westchester  County  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Chappaqua,  N.  y..  April  24. — The  spring  meeting  of 
W.C.P.A.  was  held  at  Weskora  Hotel,  Ossining.  The  at- 
tendance was  unusually  good.  Two  new  members  were  ad- 
mitted. Legislative  matters  were  thoroughly  discussed,  with 
result  that  opposition  to  the  Conklin  Bill  was  approved. 

Messrs.  Schlesinger,  Wiesendanger,  Russell,  McCullough  and 
Farrington  were  chosen  delegates  to  N.T.S.Ph.A. 

Propaganda  work  is  occupying  much  attention  by  the  prop- 
aganda committee  and  results  are  manifest  in  many  parts  of 
the  county. 

A  resolution  in  effect  that  "we  as  an  association  are  op- 
posed and  condemn  what  is  characterized  as  counter-prescrib- 
ing" was  unanimously  approved. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  July  14. 


"By  Joel  static. 

Doran  is  one  of  the  finest 
specimens  of  manhood  I  have 
ever  seen.  Though  close  to  his 
fifty-seventh  birthday,  he  is  as 
sound  as  a  colt  and  his  two 
hundred  and  eighty-five  are 
pounds  of  stored  energy.  I 
never  knew  him  to  be  sick  but 
once,  and  of  that  ridiculously 
sublime  occasion  I  am  about 
to  write.  You  among  my 
readers  who  are  wives  have 
possibly  had  experiences  at 
least  similar  to  that  of  Mrs. 
Doran. 

Doran  was  always  a  man 
after  my  own  heart  in  so  far 
as  that  he  believed  that  run- 
ning a  drug  store  was  a  busi- 
ness ;  but  he  carried  his  commercialism  to  the  extent  of  con- 
tending that  human  sympathy  had  no  more  right  in  a  drug 
store  than  in  a  boiler  factory,  that  each  druggist  was  inevi- 
tably pitted  against  all  other  druggists  and  that  sentiment  and 
organizations  should  be  tabooed.  Doran's  partner  is  his  son 
Raymond,  as  fine  a  physical  specimen  as  his  father,  and  just 
as  good  a  business  man ;  but  Ray  is  tender-hearted  and  believes 
in  the  interdependence  of  mankind.  The  old  man  sa.vs  that 
Ray  is  "more  like  mother."  What  a  good  thing  it  is  for  the 
world  that  so  many  of  us  fellows  are  "more  like  mother." 

Considering  the  above,  you  can  imagine  my  amazement  and 
concern  when,  upon  entering  his  store  one  day,  I  saw  Doran 
approaching  from  the  rear,  leaning  heavily  upon  a  cane,  a  woe- 
begone expression  upon  his  face  and  every  outward  indication 
of  having  suffered.  My  amazement  was  doubled  when  he  spoke 
to  a  woman  patron  about  her  sick  child  and  with  tear-dimmed 
eyes  expressed  his  sympathy  for  her.  He  had  always  said  that 
to  a  successful  druggist  a  sick  human  being  should  be  the  same 
as  a  sick  horse,  and  he  seemed  to  live  up  to  that  theory.  Not 
that  he  was  brutal,  far  from  it !  He  was  hearty,  generous  and 
good-natured ;  but  personal  sympathy  and  real  fraternity 
seemed  to  be  lacking  in  his  character. 

While  still  confused  by  the  appearance  and  actions  of  Doran 
I  happened  to  glance  at  the  son,  who  stood  at  the  far  end  of 
the  store.  Upon  catching  my  eye  Ray  proceeded  to  do  a  noise- 
less double  shuffle  and  appeared  to  be  almost  strangled  with 
suppressed  laughter.  Before  I  could  pull  myself  together  the 
old  man  greeted  me  rather  coldly  and  left  the  store.  No  sooner 
had  the  door  closed  behind  the  ponderous  father  than  the 
equally  ponderous  son  grabbed  me  around  the  waist  and  at- 
tempted to  teach  me  a  new  variation  of  the  Salome  dance, 
while  Henry,  the  clerk,  indulged  in  a  series  of  facial  and  pedal 
gymnastics. 

"You  overgrown  kid,"  I  gasped ;  "I  see  nothing  to  laugh 
about.  What's  the  matter  with  the  old  gentleman?  He  ap- 
pears to  have  had  one  foot  in  the  grave." 

"I  guess  it  was  diamonditis,"  said  Ray,  and  thereupon  pro- 
ceeded to  let  off  several  thousand  horse-power  of  reserved 
laughter.  "But  don't  get  mad,  little  man.  I  did  not  intend  to 
fracture  your  wish-bone.  Here's  a  good  cigar.  Smoke  up  and 
I'll  tell  you  about  poor  daddy's  affliction."  Ray's  story  follows : 
"Monday  night,  while  at  the  table,  pop  took  a  drink  of 
coffee  and  it  seemed  to  go  the  wrong  way.  For  a  few  seconds 
he  spluttered  and  coughed  and  nearly  blew  his  dear  old  head 
off.  When  the  coughing  ceased  he  suddenly  gave  a  grab  at  his 
chest,  screamed  with  pain  and  declared  that  something  inside 
of  him  had  broken.  As  my  beloved  dad  had  never  been  sick  in 
his  life,  mother  and  I  naturally  commenced  to  throw  fits.  I 
yelled  into  the  store  for  Henry  to  telephone  for  the  doctor  and 
then  mother  and  the  hired  girl  and  I  got  pop  upstairs.  On 
every  step  of  the  stairs  and  all  the  time  we  were  getting  hii 
clothes  off,  pop  groaned  or  squealed.  First  he  said  his  Inngs 
were  closing  and  that  he  could  not  breathe.  Then  it  was  his 
heart  that  was  going  out  of  business.  At  the  top  of  the  stairs 
the  trouble  was  in  his  stomach  and  he  was  sure  he  had  been 
poisoned  and  when  I  was  taking  off  his  shoes  he  busted  » 
blood  vessel  in  his  hip — or  thought  he  did.     When  the  doctor 


April  29,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  395 

WISCONSIN  BOARD'S  NEW  PRESIDENT  AND  TWO   NEW  APPOINTEES     TO  BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY. 


EDWARD   WILLIAJIS, 

of  Madison, 

elected  president  of  the  Wisconsin  State 

Board  _of    Pharmacy,    is    a    prominent 


has  just  been  appointed  member  of  the 
Kansas  Board  of  Pharmacy  by  Gov. 
Stubbs.  He  is  a  prominent  druggist  and 
was  president  of  Kansas  Ph.A.  in  1906. 


WILLIAM  H.  FORTIN, 
of  Pawtuclset, 
recently  appointed  member  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Board  of  Pharmacy,   besides  be- 
ing  a    prominent   retail    pharmacist,    is 
the  inspector  of  milk  of  Pawtuclset  City. 


arrived  mother  was  holding  one  of  pop's  hands,  I  had  a  grip 
on  the  other,  the  hired  girl  was  pressing  a  hot-water  bottle  to 
his  feet,  Henry  was  holding  smelling  salts  to  his  nose  and 
Mose  was  over  in  the  corner  praying  to  his  rabbit's  foot. 
Meanwhile  my  venerable  sire  was  reminding  mother  that  she 
was  too  old  to  marry  again,  instructing  me  how  to  cash  in  his 
life  insurance  policies  and  warning  me  that  he  did  not  want 
any  quartette  at  the  funeral  to  sing  'There  is  a  fountain  filled 
with  blood.'  So  long  as  he  was  perfectly  quiet  there  did  not 
seem  to  be  any  pain ;  but  the  least  movement  brought  a  groan 
or  a  squeal  like  that  of  a  stuck  pig,  and  the  pain  was  never 
twice  in  the  same  place.  The  doctor  stethascoped,  tempera- 
tured  and  pulsed  him,  but  could  find  nothing  wrong.  There- 
fore he  concluded  that  pop's  condition  was  critical. 

"Well,  the  doctor  wrote  a  prescription  and  pop  insisted  upon 
reading  it.  It  contained  a  little  morphine  and  the  sufferer  im- 
mediately declared  that  we  were  trying  to  poison  him  for  his 
money.  Then  the  doctor  wrote  a  prescription  for  an  N.F. 
preparation  and  pop  declared  it  was  slops  and  that  the  M.D. 
had  sold  out  to  the  retail  druggists'  trust.  Neither  would  he 
take  a  proprietary,  because  it  was  a  nostrum  and  the  poor  old 
gent  actually  commenced  to  cry  and  wailed  that  he  was  near 
his  end  and  we  might  at  least  let  him  die  naturally.  At  last 
we  managed  to  get  a  bit  of  dope  into  him  and  he  quieted 
down. 

"But  such  a  night  as  we  had  of  it !    Pop  would  no  sooner  get 

to  sleep  than  he  would  make  some  slight  movement,  and  after 

each  one  he  would  awaken  with  a  scream.     And  say,  he  got 

dotty.     He  accused  mother  and  me  of  sticking  knives  in  him, 

of  burning  him  with  hot  irons,  and  so  on.     Within  a  few  hours 

he  had  everything  from  compound  fracture  of  the  left  tibia 

I  complicated   with   double   pleurisy,   to   hydrophobia.      Then   he 

I  commenced  to  call  himself  names.    He  said  he  had  been  a  hard- 

;  hearted,  cold-blooded  cuss  and  that  he  was  not  fit  to  die.     He 

I  bade  mother  farewell  about  every  ten  minutes  and  begged  me 

]  to  forgive  him  for  having  been  such  a  croo-el  parint.     He  said 

]  he  had  been  devoid  of  sympathy,  that  all  his  clerks  had  been 

I  underpaid  and  that  he  was  friendless,  and  it  served  him  right 

I  and  he  wanted  to  make  a  new  will  so  that  he  could  leave  a 

hundred  dollars  to  the  Z.A.R.D. 

"About  two  in  the  morning  he  said  that  he  was  hungry  and 

I  would  we  please  give  him  a  little  refreshment — his  last  meal 

\  »u  earth.    He  consumed  about  five  poimds  of  bread  and  butter. 

^  cold  ham  and  chow-chow  and  then  went  to  sleep.     I  persuaded 

mother  to  go  and  lie  down  while  I  watched  dad,  and  as  he 


had  not  awakened  at  dawn  I  went  down  to  make  myself  a  cup 
of  coffee  to  brace  me  up. 

"Upon  going  upstairs  I  glanced  through  the  doorway  to  see 
if  pop  was  still  asleep.  He  apparently  was  ;  but  just  as  I  was 
peeping  in  he  turned  over  and  woke  up  with  a  howl,  and  as  he 
did  so  he  put  his  hand  beneath  the  bed  covers  and  against  his 
hip.  When  he  pulled  his  hand  out  he  held  a  tiny  coil  of  gold 
wire  between  his  fingers.  Astonished?  Sa.v.  I  wish  you  could 
have  seen  his  face !  Pop  is  not  often  profane  :  but  gee !  he 
turned  the  wall-paper  yellow  that  morning.  Then  he  jumped 
out  of  bed  and  commenced  to  search  the  closet.  Beneath 
where  I  had  hung  his  clothes,  he  found  his  diamond  stud ;  it 
had  broken,  probably  when  he  strained  with  the  first  coughing 
fit.  The  stone  had  strayed  beneath  his  vest  into  his  trousers, 
while  the  spiral  had  worked  through  his  underclothing  and  for 
nearly  twelve  hours  that  bit  of  wire  with  its  two  sharp  ends 
had  stayed  right  close  to  pa,  wandered  over  his  anatomy 
and  punched  holes  in  his  cuticle — and  that  was  all  there  was 
the  matter  with  him.  I  skipped  without  being  seen  and  left 
the  pater  to  think  it  over.  He  does  not  yet  know  that  we  are 
on.  Say,  he  is  cute,  the  dear  daddies  is.  When  mother  went 
into  the  room  she  found  pop  considerably  improved  and  he 
was  amazed  when  she  found  the  two  parts  of  the  stud  right  on 
top  of  the  bed  clothes,  just  below  his  chin.  He  remained  in 
bed  two  days  and  I  love  him  for  putting  up  such  a  beautiful 
bluff.  And  it  is  evident  that  during  those  two  days  he  did  a 
tall  lot  of  thinking. 

"He  really  suffered?  Of  course  he  did  !  So  did  mother  and 
I ;  suffered  intensely — and  pop  suffered  profitably.  He  always 
declared  that  half  the  ills  of  life  were  imaginary  and  most  of 
the  sympathy  wasted.  Say,  he  had  the  imaginings  all  right 
and  he  knows  how  real  they  were.  He  is  still  keeping  up  the 
convalescent  bluff,  but  there  is  no  bluff  about  the  change  in 
the  man.  He  is,  as  he  has  always  said  of  me,  'more  like 
mother !' 

"He  almust  cut  you,  Joel,  because,  considering  the  way  he 
has  abused  the  organization,  he  was  ashamed  to  have  you 
know  where  he  was  goiug.  He  has  gone  to  the  meeting,  said 
he  was  going  to  join  the  Z.A.R.D.  and  pay  ten  years'  back 
dues.  But  God  bless  dear  old  dad  ;  the  experience  was  all  for 
the  best  and  all  of  us  will  be  benefited  by  his  suffering.  All 
those  parts  of  the  world  o'er  which  he  moves,  all  those  with 
whom  he  comes  in  contact,  will  be  brighter  because  all  of  the 
real  tenderness  of  his  being  has  escaped  from  its  self-im- 
prisonment." 


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QUESTION     BOX 


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Ink  Eradicator. 

(C.  W.) — The  following  formulas  have  been  recommended: 

(1) 
Immerse  blotting  paper  or  a  similar  material  in  a  hot,  con- 
centrated solution  of  citric  acid,  roll  it  into  a  pencil,  and  coat 
the  larger  portion  of  it  with  paper  or  lacquer.     Moisten  the 
eraser  with  water  and  rub  over  the  ink  to  be  removed.     Drop 
upon  the  ink  spot  a  drop  of  water  containing  chlorinated  lime. 
The  ink  immediately  disappears. 
(2) 
Mix   equal   parts   of  oxalic   and   tartaric   acids   in   powder. 
When  to  be  used,  dissolve  a  little  in  water.     The  solution  is 
poisonous. 

(3) 
Use  equal  parts  of  cream  of  tartar  and  citric  acids  in  solu- 
tion with  water. 

(4) 
Thick  blotting  paper  is  soaked  in  a  concentrated  solution  of 
oxalic  acid  and  dried.     Laid  immediately  upon  a  blot  it  takes 
it  out  without  leaving  a  trace  behind. 
(5) 

Tin  chloride   2  parts. 

Water    4  parts. 

To  be  applied  with  a  soft  brush,  after  which  the  paper  must 
be  passed  through  cold  water. 

(6) 
A  weak  solution  of  chloride  of  zinc. 

(7) 
To  remove  indelible  ink  (silver  nitrate)  stains,  wet  the  spot 
with  a  solution  consisting  of  five  parts  each  of  mercuric  and 
ammonium   chlorides   in  40  parts  of  water,  then  rub   lightly 
with  a  linen  rag. 

To  remove  anilin  ink  spots,  moisten  the  spot  with  a  strong 
solution  of  potassium  permanganate ;  after  a  few  minutes  the 
brown  stain  produced  may  be  destroyed  by  a  few  drops  of 
U.S.P.  sulphurous  acid.  Another  method  is  to  dissolve  7 
parts  of  sodium  nitrate  in  1.5  parts  of  dilute  sulphuric  acid 
and  .500  parts  of  water ;  let  stand  24  hours.  Apply  with 
camel's  hair  brush  ;  rinse  thoroughly. 

Potassium  Citrate  and  Spirit  of  Nitrous  Ether. 

(W.  C.  T. ) — In  further  reply  to  ,vour  querv,  this  journal, 
April  15,  1909.  page  350,  L.  R.  Shiflett,  of  Woodlawu,  Ala., 
takes  exception  to  the  statement  that  the  immiscibility  of 
potassium  citrate,  water  and  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  cannot  be 
overcome  by  any  method  of  procedure.  He  states  that  a  clear 
solution  may  be  made  which  will  stand  indefinitely  by  first 
mixing  the  water  with  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  and  then 
dissolving  in  the  mixture  the  potassium  citrate. 

We  would  like  to  hear  from  other  pharmacists  on  the  dif- 
ficulty arising  in  compounding  the  prescription,  which  is  as 
follows : 

Potassium  citrate    4  drams. 

Spirit  or  nitrous  ether  1  ounce. 

Water,  enough  to  make 3  ounces. 

Improving  the  Odor  of  Witch  Hazel. 

(B.  S.) — Kindly  give  me  a  formula  for  improving  witch 
hazel,  as  I  have  about  50  gallons  which  does  not  smell  so 
good  as  it  should  do." 

We  know  of  no  practical  process  which  can  be  used  for  this 
purpose.     In  the  first  place  we  know  nothing  of  the  probable 


cause  of  the  change  in  odor  or  condition  of  the  distilled  extract. 
If  the  sample  is  of  standard  alcoholic  strength  and  otherwise 
conforms  to  the  pharmacopceial  strength  it  might  be,  as  some 
one  has  suggested,  subjected  to  close  filtration  through  animal 
charcoal,  which  would  modify  the  odor,  the  filtered  liquid  being 
then  mixed  with  an  equal  quantity  of  freshly  distilled  extract. 
At  the  same  time  the  witch  hazel  with  the  "off  odor"  might 
be  kept  on  hand  and  used  in  liniments  and  the  like  where  the 
odor  would  not  interfere  with  the  character  of  the  preparation. 
Some  experimenting  is  necessary  to  determine  what  is  best  to 
be  done  under  the  circumstances. 


Antiseptic  Solution. 

(J.  O.  G.) — The  best  formula  of  this  character  that  we 
know  of  is  that  printed  in  the  last  revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia. Another  formula  from  an  English  source  and  p\ib- 
lished  under  the  title  of  "compound  spirit  of  thymol"  is  the 
following :  . 

Benzoic  acid  512  grains. 

Sodium  biborate    512  grains. 

Boric  acid  1024  grains. 

Distilled  water  48  ounces. 

Dissolve  with  the  aid  of  heat.     Then  add  the  following : 

Thymol   160  grains. 

Eucalyptol    30  minims. 

Oil  of  wintergreen   30  minims. 

Oil  of  peppermint  15  minims. 

Oil  of  white  th.vme  5  minims. 

Rectified  spirit   25  ounces. 

Color  with  10  drops  of  caramel  and  distilled  water  to  one 
gallon.  After  24  hours  filter  with  fuller's  earth.  Many  other 
formulas  of  a  similar  tj-pe  will  be  found  in  previous  volumes 
of  the  Eba. 


Perfumed  Toilet  Ammonia. 

(A.  A.  Ltd.) — The  Era  has  published  various  formulas  for 
so-called  "toilet  ammonia,"  one  of  which  may  be  found  in  the 
issue  of  March  26,  1908,  page  393.     Here  are  two  others : 
(1) 

Stronger  ammonia  water 6  ounces. 

Lavender  water   1  dram. 

Hard  soap   10  grains. 

Distilled  water  to  make     16  ounces. 

(2) 

Ammonia  water  250  Cc. 

Green  soap   120  grams. 

Oleic  acid    10  Cc. 

Oil  of  bay   1  Cc. 

Oil  or  rosemary  ; .  .       1  Cc. 

Oil  of  lemongrass 1  Cc. 

Water,  enough  to  make 1000  Cc. 

Dissolve  the  soap  in  500  Cc.  of  warm  water,  and  when  cool 
add  the  ammonia  water  and  the  oil ;  mix  by  agitation,  and 
lastly  add  the  oleic  acid  and  enough  water  to  make  1000  Cc. 

Ointment  of  Sulphurated  Potassa. 

(J.  J.  B.) — "Kindly  inform  me  how  to  compound  the  fol- 
lowing prescription ; 

Sulphurated  potassa    1^5  ounces. 

Hard  white  soap   S      ounces. 

Olive  oil    S      ounces. 

Oil  of  thyme   2      drams. 

"Please  publish  answer  under  my  initials." 
This  formula  is  almost  identical  with  those  used  by  3<!ral, 
Jadelot  and  other  Continental  physicians  years  ago  for  a  sul- 
phurated soap  liniment  or  ointment  in  the  treatment  of  scabies 
and  other  cutaneous  diseases.  To  compound  add  about  half  an 
ounce  of  water  to  the  soap,  in  fine  shavings  or  powdered  form, 
and  soften  on  a  water-bath.  Stir  in  the  olive  oil,  then  the  snl- 
phurated  potassa,  finely  pulverized,  lastly  ndding  the  oil  of 
thyme.  Agitate  thoroughly  until  a  uniform  soft  ointment 
mass  results.  As  this  preparation  alters  rapidly  when  ex- 
posed to  the  air,  it  should  be  freshly  made  when  wanted  for  use. 

Greaseless  "Vanishing  Cold  Cream. 

(F.  C.  A.) — Three  formulas  for  preparations  of  this  type 
were  published  in  the  Eka  of  January  21.  1909.  page  64. 

If  you  would  develop  your  store  boys  into  business  men  you 
must  be  manly  in  your  treatment  of  them. 


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THE  LABEL  AND  THE  LAW.' 


By  Charles  H.  LaWall.  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

The  most  important  provision  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act 
of  June  30,  1906.  and  the  one  which  has  stimulated  'more 
inquiries  in  the  trade  than  any  other  clause,  is  that  in  reference 
to  misbranding,  which  has  to  do  with  the  regulation  of  the 
labeling  of  foods  and  drugs  which  come  within  the  meaning 
of  the  Act. 

According  to  the  official  regulation  "the  term  label  applies 
to  any  printed  pictorial  or  other  matter  upon  or  attached  to 
any  package  of  a  food  or  drug  product  or  any  container  there- 
of, subject  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act." 

There  are  two  kinds  of  labels  recognized  infcrentially  by  the 
use  of  the  words  "principal  label"  to  describe  that  label  bear- 
ing all  statements   necessary   to  an   intelligent   understanding 
of  the  nature,   class  and  place  of  manufacture,  if  given.     A 
secondary  or  auxiliary  label  bearing  directions  for  preparing 
or    other    similar    information,    may    be 
placed  upon  the  package,  but  not  in  such 
a  way  as  to  be  confused  with  the  princi- 
pal label. 

The  underlying  principle  of  this  por- 
tion of  the  Act  is,  as  has  so  often  been 
said,  based  upon  common  honesty,  but 
as  there  seems  to  be  so  much  doubt  as 
to  what  is  or  is  not  allowable,  a  consid- 
eration of  the  subject  in  a  general  way 
appears  desirable. 

In  the  first  place,  necessary  descriptive 
phrases,  such  as  "artificially  colored," 
"preserved  with  sodium  benzoate,"  state- 
ments of  weight  or  measure,  etc..  should 
be  conspicuously  displayed  as  any  other 
reading  matter,  and  the  subterfuge  of 
printing  such  statements  in  microscopic 
letters  or  upon  an  inconspicuous  part  of 
the  package,  as  was  so  often  the  practice 
before  the  passage  of  the  Act,  is  no 
longer  tolerated. 

In  the  ease  of  imported  products,  when 
the  principal  label  is  in  a  foreign  lan- 
guage, all  necessary  information  must 
also  be  printed  in  English.  Examples  of 
the  justice  of  this  interpretation  are  to 
be  foinid.  particularly  in  the  case  of  olive 
[Oil.  Such  labels  as  "Huile  a  Manger"  or 
i"01io  per  Insalata. '  accompanied  by  the 
drawing  of  an  olive  branch,  or  some  other 
misleading  subject,  are  no  longer  per- 
missible, as  the  former  means  table  oil  and  the  latter  salad 
oil,  and  in  both  cases  the' product  consisted  of  some  other  oil 
than  olive  oil,  although  offered  and  sold  when  olive  oil  was 
isked  for  and  desired.  This  leads  to  a  consideration  of  the 
fact  that  "descriptive  matter  upon  the  label  shall  be  free  from 
iny  statement,  design  or  device  regarding  the  article  or  the 
ingredients  or  substances  contained  therein,  or  quality  thereof. 
5r  place  of  origin,  which  shall  be  false  or  misleading  in  any 
oarticular.  The  term  'design  or  device'  applies  to  pictorial 
natter  of  every  description,  and  to  abbreviations,  characters 
)r  signs  for  weights,  measures,  or  names  of  substances." 
j  In  the  case  of  olive  oil  no  better  example  could  be  given  of 
Ihe  flagrant  violation  of  this  provision,  as  about  50  per  cent 
•)f  the  adulterated  samples  collected  two  years  ago  in  Phila- 
jlelphia.  many  of  which  consisted  wholly  of  cottonseed  oil.  con- 
lained  illustrative  descriptive  matter  to  deceive  the  purchaser 
Into  the  belief  that  it  was  made  from  olives,  and  I  have  no 
loubt  that  the  judicial  determination  of  the  matter  would  re- 
;:ult  in  the  prohibition  of  the  use  of  such  trade  names  as 
'premier."  "superior,"  "superfine."  "extra,"  "XXX."  "alpha." 
tc,  when  used  in  connection  with  second-grade  products,  as  is 
iften  done,  even  at  the  present  time. 

I   *Proceedings  of  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


Prof.   CHARLES   H.   LaWALL, 
Philadelphia.  Pa. 


A  cereal  food  product,  for  some  time  sold  as  "Elijah's 
manna,"  with  a  picture  of  the  venerable  patriarch  being  fed 
by  ravens,  has  had  its  name  changed  to  one  that  is  not  cal- 
culated to  deceive  the  purchaser  into  the  belief  that  the  firm 
supplying  it  obtained  the  article  in  some  miraculous  manner. 
"An  article  containing  more  than  one  food  product  or  active 
medicinal  agent,  is  misbranded  if  named  after  a  single  con- 
stituent." This  prevents  the  use  of  such  a  term  as  "castor 
oil  pills."  unless  the  principal  therapeutic  agent  is  castor  oil. 
The  interpretation  of  the  law  provides  also  that  in  the  case  of 
drugs  the  nomenclature  employed  in  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia 
and  National  Formulary  shall  obtain.  In  connection  with 
this  provision,  attention  may  properly  be  called  to  the  use,  or 
rather  common  misuse  of  the  word  "compound,"  which  has 
been  employed  as  an  immunizing  term  by  many  manufacturers 
and  dealers,  in  such  an  elastic  manner  that  it  means  little  or 
nothing,  and  the  better  class  of  manufacturers  are  abandoning 
it  altogether,  except  in  such  instances  as  oflicial  preparations 
when  usage  makes  it  right. 

A    very    important    instance    of    the    misuse    of    this    word 

"compound"   came   under   the  writer's  observation   soon   after 

the   passage   of   the  Act.     A   certain   wholesale   liquor  dealer 

was  so  anxious  to  avoid  prosecution  or  even  criticism,  that  he 

had  stickers  printed  bearing  the  word  "compound,"  which  he 

affixed    to    every    bottle    of    goods    in    his    place,    even    "case'' 

goods,     which     had    been    guaranteed     to 

him    by   the   manufacturers.      Several    of 

the    latter,    when    they    discovered    what 

was    being    done,    raised    such    strenuous 

objections,  that  the  dealer  was  compelled 

ro    go    over    his    stock    and    remove    the 

stickers   from   all    bottles   to   which   they 

did  not  properly  apply. 

The  word  "compound"  is  only  permis- 
sible when  the  food  or  drug  mentioned 
specifically  by  name  is  present  in  a  pre- 
ponderating amount  by  percentage  in 
weight  or  volume  or  in  medicinal  effect. 
This  is  a  fair  interpretation  of  the  law, 
nnd  ill  order  to  effect  conformity  it  will 
1"  11.  rssary  to  change  the  names  of  sev- 
nii  "i  the  N.F.  preparations  where  this 
priuciple  is  violated. 

The  word  "artificial"  is  another  which 
has  been  misused  in  the  effort  made  by 
manufacturers  to  avoid  the  use  of  the 
correct  terms  "imitation"  or  "substitute." 
These  latter  certainly  express  the  true 
state  of  affairs,  but  the  truth  is  not 
always  relished  by  the  person  who  is 
trying  to  sell  the  goods.  One  instance 
when  the  use  of  this  word  was  advan- 
tageous was  seen  in  the  slum  sections  of 
Philadelphia,  where  penny  soda  water  is 
sold  made  from  syrups  flavored  with  arti- 
ficial esters  in  imitation  of  the  natural 
flavors.  After  a  crusade  several  years 
ago  to  prevent  the  sale  of  these  products  under  the  name  of 
the  pure  fruit  syrups,  the  dealers  put  up  signs  over  the  soda 
fountJiins  as  follows :  "All  of  our  syrups  are  guaranteed  to  be 
artificial."  and  a  thriving  business  was  soon  re-established 
among  the  foreigners,  who  thought  that  this  was  a  mark  of 
superior  excellence. 

There  are  three  classes  of  dealers  or  manufacturers  who 
must  be  considered  in  connection  with  the  interpretation  of  the 
label.  First,  there  is  a  large  and  growing  class  who  are 
desirous  of  having  their  labels  tell  the  truth,  and  the  whole 
truth,  and  who  spare  no  trouble  to  conform  to  the  exact  pro- 
visions of  the  law  in  this  respect,  which  is  not  always  such  an 
easy  matter,  as  will  be  explained  later  on. 

Second,  there  is  a  class,  diminishing  in  number,  who  exert 
every  effort  to  conceal  the  truth,  so  that  the  actual  nature  of 
the  product  is  kept  secret  as  far  as  possible.  .  Third  and  last, 
there  is  a  small  class  who  label  their  products  in  a  non- 
committal manner  admitting  of  varying  interpretations.  An 
example  of  a  firm  making  deliberate  misrepresentations  is 
found  in  the  ca.se  of  the  one  putting  on  the  market  "digesto 
coffee."  which  for  a  long  time  was  sold  as  "coffee,  with  all  the 
tannin  and  caffeine  removed,"  although  the  palpably  menda- 
cious statement  has  since  been  somewhat  modified. 

Another  example  was  observed  several  years  ago  in  Phila- 


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delphia.  wbeu  a  house  furuisliiug  colors  for  bakers  and  con- 
fectioners, put  up  a  package  of  a  substance  intended  for  color- 
ing cake  icing  in  imitation  of  chocolate,  marking  it  so  that, 
according  to  whether  you  read  it  horizontally  or  vertically,  it 
read,  "chocolate  paste-brown  color,"  or  "chocolate  brown- 
paste  color."  It  also  bore  the  words  "mineral  brown"  in 
minute  letters  on  an  inconspicuous  part  of  the  label.  An- 
other and  smaller  firm  purchased  a  can  of  this  material  for 
jobbing  purposes  and  relabeled  it  simply  "chocolate  paste." 
were  prosecuted  and  fined  for  violating  the  law.  and  in  turn 
entered  civil  proceedings  and  tried  to  collect  damages  from 
the  first  firm  for  misleading  them  in  regard  to  the  character 
of  the  product. 

The  best  way  to  clear  up  some  of  these  difficulties  is  to  make 
specific  examples  and  discuss  them,  and  as  the  same  principle 
applies  to  both,  food  and  drug  products  will  be  taken  up  in- 
discriminately. Take,  for  instance,  the  product  known  as 
"black  antimony."  It  is  a  worthless  mixture  of  coal  dust  and 
earthy  matter,  which  has  been  long  sold  in  the  trade  for 
veterinary  purposes,  and  which  is  still  sold  under  that  name 
by  some  dealers,  with  the  information  prominently  given  upon 
the  label  that  "This  preparation  contains  no  antimony  nor  any 
compound  thereof."  This  is  certainly  a  sincere  effort  on  the 
part  of  the  dealer  to  do  all  in  his  power  to  warn  the  trade 
of  the  nature  of  the  product,  and  yet,  by  a  strict  interpreta- 
tion of  the  spirit  of  the  law  even  such  a  label  is  illegal.  The 
better  way  would  be  to  discontinue  absolutely,  the  sale  of  an 
article  which  everybody  knows  is  worthless,  although  it  might 
be  more  properly  labeled  "coal  dust,  formerly  fraudulently 
called  black  antimony." 

"Oil  of  sweet  almonds,  so  called,  made  from  peach  kernels," 
is  another  example  of  the  same  kind:  it  might  just  as  well  be 
labeled  and  sold  as  "oil  of  peach  kernals"  without  explanation. 

Wines  are  now  being  designated  as  "types,"  such  as  Port 
type.  Tokay  type.  etc..  the  specific  names  being  understood  to 
properly  apply  only  to  those  products  where  the  geographical 
origin  agrees  with  the  recognized  names. 

The  word  style  is  also  used  in  a  similar  sense  in  "Boston 
style  baked  beans"  and  "Frankfurter  style  sausages."  etc. 
That  this  provision  is  being  enforced  was  recently  shown  by 
the  detaining  of  a  transatlantic  liner  at  the  moment  of  sailing 
because  of  a  consignment  of  so-called  "Bavarian  beer"  which 
was  wrongly  marked  as  to  its  place  of  manufacture. 

In  the  potted  meat  industry  we  have  an  instance  of  the 
effect  of  the  observance  of  the  law,  in  the  changing  of  the 
label  without  making  any  change  in  the  identity  or  quality 
of  the  product.  Potted  chicken,  potted  tongue  and  potted  ham 
are  now  labeled  "potted  meat,  chicken  flavor."  "tongue  flavor" 
or  "ham  flavor,"  according  to  the  kind,  and  the  additional 
statement  is  made  declaring  the  presence  of  cereals. 

The  host  of  imitation  jellies  are  now  correctly  labeled,  and 
it  is  common  in  the  cheaper  grades  to  see  such  labels  as  "apple 
jelly,  currant  flavor,  artificially  colored,"  to  describe  a  product 
which  several  years  ago  would  have  been  sold  as  straight,  pure 
currant  jelly. 

Vinegar  affords  the  dealer  who  belongs  to  the  non-commital 
class  a  good  field  for  his  labors,  for  in  spite  of  the  State  laws 
in  some  commonwealths,  requiring  the  package  to  be  plainly 
marked  as  to  whether  it  is  a  distilled  or  a  fermented  product, 
together  with  the  origin  if  it  belongs  to  the  latter  class,  there 
is  much  that  is  sold  by  the  misleading  terms  "white  vinegar," 
"white  wine  vinegar,  so  called"  or  "pickling  vinegar,"  all  of 
which  would  deceive  the  ordinary  purchaser. 

As  regards  corn  syrup,  the  Federal  authorities  have  sanc- 
tioned the  above  term  to  describe  the  product  commercially 
known  as  glucose,  and  the  principal  manufacturers  of  this 
delectable  substitute  for  cane  sugar  syrup,  while  they  are  care- 
ful enough  to  keep  within  the  law  as  regards  the  label  on  the 
package,  are  tising  misleading  illustrative  matter  in  their 
newspaper  advertising  as  applied  to  the  product,  showing  the 
picture  of  an  ear  of  corn,  for  instance,  accompanied  by  the 
phrase  "all  the  flavor  and  sweetness  of  the  corn,"  as  if  the 
flavor  and  sweetness  really  did  come  from  the  corn,  when  it  is 
a  matter  of  common  knowledge  that  the  product  is  prepared 
not  only  from  the  starch  of  the  corn,  but  that  the  husks,  cobs 
and  all  cellular  tissues  may  also  be  employed,  and  it  certainly 
would  have  been  preferable  to  have  authorized  the  use  of  the 
words  "cellulose  syrup."  as  correctly  desci-iptive  of  the  product 
now  known  as  "corn  syrup."  Certain  it  is  that  nine  out  of  ten 
consumers,  when  asked  as  to  their  ideas  of  what  corn  syrup 
really  is,  would  reply  that  it  is  a  syrup  made  from  corn,  as 


maple  syrup  is  made  from  the  maple  tree,  cane  syrup  from  the 
sugar  cane,  or  sorghum  syrup  from  the  sorghum  plant,  and 
when  such  a  state  of  affairs  exists  it  is  a  deception,  and  there- 
fore a  violation  of  the  spirit  of  the  law. 

It  is  in  connection  with  some  of  the  pharmaceutical  products, 
however,  that  the  greatest  difficulty  occurs.  Take,  for  in- 
stance, the  following:  A  bottle  is  labeled  "chloroform  liniment; 
each  fluidounce  contains  60  minims  of  chloroform."  While 
this  clearly  states  the  undoubted  facts  in  the  case,  it  is  a 
direct  violation  of  the  law,  for  the  official  name  "chloroform 
liniment"  is  used,  and  no  adequate  warning  is  given  the  in- 
tending purchaser  of  the  deviation  from  the  official  strength, 
which  should  be  144  minims  to  each  fluidounce.  The  correct 
way  to  label  such  a  preparation  in  conformity  with  the  Federal 
law  would  be  to  sa.y :  "Chloroform  liniment  containing  less 
than  half  the  amount  of  chloroform  than  the  U.S. P.  liniment," 
or  "containing  about  41  per  cent  of  the  amount  of  chloroform 
required  by  the  U.S. P.,"  or  in  some  similar  intelligible  manner 
indicating  the  exact  nature  of  the  deviation  from  the  official 
formula,  for  the  label  first  mentioned  would  be  accepted  by 
every  purchaser  as  an  evidence  that  it  was  full  standard 
strength.  A  prominent  wholesaler  recently  found  it  impossible 
to  obtain  phosphoric  acid  that  complied  with  the  U.S.P.  test 
for  heavy  metals,  and  therefore  labeled  packages  sent  out  as 
follows :  "Phosphoric  acid.  This  product  contains  a  slight 
excess  of  heavy  metals  by  the  U.S.P.  test,  otherwise  of  U.S.P. 
strength  and  quality." 

A  very  peculiar  condition  arises  in  connection  with  such 
prodticts  as  tincture  of  vanilla  or  tincture  of  Jamaica  ginger, 
where  there  is  a  deviation  from  the  alcoholic  strength  of  the 
menstruum  directed  by  the  U.S.P..  although  the  full  official 
quantity  of  the  drug  may  be  used.  In  such  cases,  the  resulting 
preparation  ma.v  be  quite  equal  to  the  official  preparation  In 
quality,  and  yet  it  would  be  illegal  to  designate  it  as  U.S.P. : 
it  seems  to  me  the  only  fair  method  would  be  to  make  the 
following  statement  clearly  :  "Tincture  of  ginger ;  made  with 
a  menstruum  containing  10  per  cent  (or  20  per  cent,  as  the 
case  might  be)  less  alcohol  than  that  directed  by  the  U.S.P.," 
and  where  there  is  any  deviation  in  the  quantity  of  drug  used  it 
should  also  be  plainly  stated  as  "tincture  of  ginger,  one-half 
the  U.S.P.  strength."  for  while  labeling  of  the  actual  strength 
might  be  literally  correct,  it  would,  as  in  the  case  of  the  chlo- 
roform liniment  mentioned  above,  mislead  the  purchaser  into 
the  belief  that  there  was  no  deviation  from  the  official  strength. 

It  is  unfortunate  that  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia,  Sth  revision, 
has  not  included  more  of  the  synonyms  for  commonly  used 
substances  in  the  body  of  the  work,  such  as  essence  of  pep- 
permint, essence  of  ginger,  extract  of  vanilla,  etc.  The  latter 
preparation  particularly,  almost  is  never  used  in  medicine,  and 
the  relation  of  the  formula  of  the  Pharmacopa?ia  leads  to  all 
kinds  of  misunderstandings  and  complications.  Under  the 
Federal  Act  it  is  not  proper  to  call  an  article  "extract  of 
vanilla"  unles  it  is  made  from  vanilla  bean  only,  and  of  a 
certain  specified  strength.  It  is  allowable  to  sell  extracts 
made  from  vanillin  and  coumarin,  however,  if  they  are  desig- 
nated as  "vanilla  substitute  flavoring,"  "imitation  vanilla 
flavoring."  or  some  other  similar  intelligible  title,  and  there  is 
no  doubt,  that  as  there  are  many  coijsumers  who  prefer  the 
flavor  of  the  imitation  articles,  there  is  a  large  market  for  a 
properly  labeled  article,  but  it  certainly  is  unfair  to  put  such 
a  product  up  and  call  it  "Mexican  vanilla  compound"  or  some 
other  misleading  title. 

Another  difficulty,  probably  greater  even  than  with  the 
pharmaceutical  products,  is  encountered  in  the  handling  and 
selling  of  sttch  food  products  as  are  often  sold  without  a  label, 
frequently  in  containers  brought  by  the  purchasers,  such  as 
table  syrup,  vinegar,  etc.  Just  as  palpahle  a  fraud  is  perpe- 
trated upon  the  consumer  who  goes  to  the  grocery  store  and 
asks  for  a  quart  of  molasses  or  of  cider  vinegar,  and  who  has 
delivered  to  him  a  quart  of  glucose  or  of  diluted  acetic  acid 
colored  with  caramel,  as  thotigh  the  package  were  plainly 
labeled,  and  at  some  future  time  the  laws  will  doubtless  pro- 
vide for  such  contingencies  in  some  adequate  manner. 

In  summarizing,  it  may  be  said  that  if  .vou  are  in  doubt  as 
to  the  exact  status  of  a  label  on  one  of  your  products,  place 
yourself  in  the  position  of  a  prospective  customer  who  knows 
nothing  of  the  product,  and  see  if  it  conforms  to  the  require- 
ment of  affording  such  a  customer  an  adequate  idea  of  the 
nature,  class  and  quality  of  the  article  without  any  misconcep- 
tion whatever.  If  it  answers  this  requirement  you  may  be  sure 
that  you  are  right  and  may  safely  go  ahead. 


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OVERUSING 
Vor  DRUGGISTS 


ARRANGING  WINDOW  DISPLAYS  FOR  SUMMER. 


Light  Line  Effects  Solve  Problem  Due  to  Small  Win- 
dows and  Produce  Attractive,  Catchy  Effects. 
Various  schemes  have  beeu  Jevised  to  display  goods  in  show- 
windows  during  the  season  of  the  year  when  flies  are  bother- 
some, and  this  is  considerable  of  a  problem  in  stores  having 
small  windows  or  windows  in  which  a  banked  display  would 
obstruct  ueeded  light.  To  overcome  these  difficulties  a  trim 
like  that  devised  by  W.  P.  Herbst,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  has 


proved   not   only   satisfactory   for   the   purpose,   but    it   aided 
greatly  in  the  disposal  of  a  gross  of  rubber  combs. 

The  general  character  of  this  display  is  shown  by  the  ac- 
companying illustration.  In  preparing  this  trim  tacks  were 
driven  around  that  part  of  the  window  frame  which  separated 
the  main  part  of  the  window  from  the  transom  and  at  a  cor- 
responding height  in  the  back  casing,  the  tacks  being  si.^ 
inches  apart.  From  these  tacks,  across  the  window  in  both 
directions,  was  tightly  stretched  No.  36  soft  iron  wire.  The 
wires  were  woven  under  and  over  each  other  so  that  they 
formed  a  firm  network  of  six  inch  meshes.  Where  the  window 
ceiling  is  of  wood  or  other  material  into  which  the  tacks  may 
be  driven  in  six  inch  squares  without  damage  to  the  ceiling. 


the  network  of  wire  may  be  omitted. 

To  each  intersection  of  the  cross  wires  a  wire  was  fastened 
of  sufficient  length  to  reach  within  a  few  inches  of  the  window 
floor,  the  hanging  wires  being  thus  separated  by  intervals  of 
six  inches.  Upon  these  suspended  wires  the  combs  were  hung. 
By  passing  the  wire  between  the  first  and  second  tooth  at  one 
end  of  the  comb,  stretching  it  downward  and  then  passing  it 
back  between  the  last  and  next  to  the  last  tooth,  the  weight  of 
the  comb  gave  the  thin  wire  such  a  tension  that  the  comb  re- 
mained in  place  without  coiling  or  knotting  the  wire  around 
the  comb.  Three  or  four  combs  were  hung  upon  each  wire 
and  as  they  were  at  irregular  distances  upon  the  nearly  invis- 
ible metal  threads  the  window  appeared  to  hold  showering 
combs.  Upon  the  bottom  of  the  window  combs  were  strewn, 
and  a  show  card  announced  the  bargain  price.  The  display 
consumed  six  spools  of  Xo.  36  wire,  costing  30  cents  per  dozen 
spools. 

A  Trellis  of  Brushes. 

Wires  arranged  in  the  manner  just  described  may  also  be 
used  for  tooth-brushes,  sponges  and  other  light  articles.  With 
proper  care  a  really  beautiful  display 
of  tooth-brushes  may  be  made  in  the 
following  manner :  Across  the  rear 
of  the  window,  near  the  ceiling,  fasten 
a  stiff  strip  of  wood  into  which  a  row 
of  tacks  have  been  driven  at  intervals 
of  six  inches  and  in  the  exact  center 
of  the  window  floor  place  a  strong 
screw-eye.  Run  a  taut  wire  from  each 
tack  to  the  screw-eye.  When  arranged 
the  wires  will  radiate  from  the  screw- 
eye  like  ribs  of  a  fan.  Across  these 
wires  fasten  tooth-brushes  in  the  for- 
mation of  ladder  rungs.  The  result  will 
be  a  fan-shaped  trellis  of  brushes.  Over 
this  trellis,  in  and  out  among  the 
brushes,  run  a  light  artificial  vine  of 
smilax,  or  other  small  leaves  or  small 
flowers,  such  as  violets,  may  be  used. 
Be  careful  not  to  use  enough  vines  or 
flowers  to  hide  the  brushes  or  give  the 
display  a  solid  appearance.  The  beau- 
ty of  the  display  depends  largely  upon 
its  airiness.  Display  tooth  prepara- 
tions upon  the  floor  of  the  window 
with  vines  lightly  twined  around  them. 
The  Web. 
For  the  following,  fine  brass  or 
tinned  wire  should  be  used.  Bright 
broom  wire  answers  nicely.  Run  wires 
from  the  top.  bottom  and  sides  of  the 
window  so  that  they  can  cross  exactly 
in  its  center.  If  the  sides  of  the  win- 
dow are  of  glass,  run  two  heavy  wires 
from  the  floor  to  the  ceiling,  one  at 
each  side  of  window,  and  fasten  the 
radiating  wires  to  them.  Weave  cir- 
cles of  wire  in  and  out  among  the  ra- 
diating wires  until  the  general  appear- 
ance is  that  of  a  spider's  web.  This 
web  may  be  used  for  several  attractive 
displays.  An  illustration  of  a  pretty 
female  head  may  be  cut  from  a  cal- 
endar and  fastened  over  the  center  of 
the  web,  and  then  at  the  intersections 
of  the  web  fasten  brilliantly  labeled, 
small  bottles  of  perfume  or  cakes  of 
soap.  Fasten  a  candy  box  at  the  center  of  the  web  and  over 
the  web  display  pictures  of  heads  of  children,  men  and 
women,  such  as  may  be  cut  from  show  cards  and  calendars. 
Place  the  picture  of  a  baby's  head  at  the  center  of  the  web 
and  round  about  it  fasten  nipples,  teething  rings,  pacifiers 
and  other  infant  goods.  Do  not  cover  the  web  too  thickly 
with  any  goods. 

The  Balancers. 
Stretch  five  or  six  wires  across  the  window  at  about  18 
inches  from  the  floor.  Take  a  large  cork  and  into  each  side 
of  it  force  the  blade  of  a  pocket-knife,  manicure  implement 
or  other  pointed  article.  Stick  these  articles  into  the  corks 
near  the  bottom  and   at   an   angle   of  45   degrees.      Into   the 


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bottom  of  the  cork  force  two  pins  nearly  to  their  heads  and 
just  far  enough  apart  for  the  taut  wires  to  go  between  them. 
If  the  articles  forced  into  the.  cork  are  of  sufficient  weight, 
•the  cork  will,  when  placed  upon  the  wire  with  wire  between 
the  pins,  balance  like  a  tight-rope  walker  and  the  vibrations 
of  the  building  will  keep  the  display  slightly  moving  at  all 
times.  If  desired,  butchers'  skewers  may  be  stuck  into  the 
cork  and  light  toilet  articles  hung  to  the  lower  ends  of  the 
skewers  by  means  of  short  pieces  of  twine.  Added  attractive- 
ness may  be  secured  by  brightly  painting  the  corks  and 
skewers  and  sticking  small  feathers  in  the  tops  of  the  corks. 

Those  who  possess  the  necessary  ingenuity  and  time  may 
carry  this  balancing  idea  farther  by  using  three  corks  instead 
of  one.  fastening  them  end  to  end  with  glue,  drawing  faces 
on  the  top  corks  and  then  dressing  the  cork  and  skewer  figures 
in  gaudy  robes  of  crepe  paper  in  imitation  of  Japanese 
acrobats. 

"Siftings." 

Take  a  strong  iron  hoop,  such  as  that  from  an  oil  or  alcohol 
barrel.  Stretch  wires  across  it  so  as  to  form  a  sieve  with  two 
or  three  inch  meshes."  Cover  the  hoop  with  ribbon  of  crepe 
paper  and  suspend  from  window  ceiling  or  stand  upon  paper- 
wrapped  legs  upon  window  floor. 

Upon  top  of  this  sieve  place  a  few  of  the  articles  that  are 
to  be  displayed,  such  as  tooth-brushes,  soaps  or  other  small 
goods.  Arrange  the  goods  so  that  they  will  appear  to  be 
sifting  through  the  meshes  and  place  a  pile  of  similar  articles 
beneath  the  sieve.  Use  a  large  show  card  with  lettering  sim- 
ilar to  the  following:    "SIFTINGS.     We  have  sifted  out  our 


tooth-brush  stock  and  taken  therefrom  all  the  small  lots  and 
such  goods  as  may  be  slightly  soiled,  but  otherwise  perfectly 
good.  On  these  siftings  we  have  sifted  out  the  prices  also  and 
offer  them  to  you  at  a  figure  less  than  their  original  cost. 
Come  in  and  look  them  over." 

"Skiddoo!" 

Stretch  a  few  wires  across  back  of  window  and  upon  these, 
with  small  bits  of  wire  fasten  tooth-brushes,  combs  or  other 
small  articles  so  as  to  form  the  figures  "23."  Below  this 
display  more  of  the  goods  and  the  following  card ;  "SKID- 
DOO !  23  for  ours.  We've  got  to  get  'em  out.  Bought  too 
many  of  these.  Prefer  their  room  to  their  company.  Tours 
for  23  cents  each.  Usually  sell  for  double  the  money." 
Floral  Shower. 

Arrange  wires  as  described  for  comb  display.  Cut  a  large 
number  of  three-inch  squares  of  crepe  paper.  Use  several 
brilliantly  contrasting  colors.  Gather  each  piece  in  the  center 
so  as  to  form  a  small  bow.  Fasten  at  intervals  along  wires 
by  twisting  the  wires  around  the  centers  of  each  piece.  Ar- 
range irregularly  with  colors  alternating.  On  the  floor  of  the 
window  arrange  a  light  display  of  brilliantly  wrapped  toilet  or 
other  goods.  Allow  sufficient  length  to  the  wires  to  permit  the 
bits  of  colored  paper  to  touch  and  lightly  trail  over  the  dis- 
played goods. 

If  you  wish  to  display  a  single  odor  of  perfume,  or  soap  or 
goods  of  single  flower  name,  use  a  corresponding  color  of  paper 
only,  thus :  White  for  white  rose,  violet  for  violet,  red  for 
carnation,  yellow  for  golden  rod,  and  so  on. 


ILLINOIS  PHAKMACIST  WINS  $10  CASH  PRIZE  OFFERED  IN  THE  ERA'S  COMPETITION  THIS  WEEK. 


In  the  ERA'S  Prize  Competition  this  week  the  judges  have 
awarded  the  $10  cash  prize  in  Contest  No.  1  to  J.  Earl 
Taylor,  Ph.G..  of  Dr.  J.  A.  Taylor  d  Son,  Oridley,  III.,  jor  a 
particularly  good  paper  upon  tlie  systematizing  of  the  care  of 
shoic  leindotcs  in  drug  stores  and  contaitiing  some  suggestions 
which  ought  to  prove  of  value  to  a  large  mimher  of  our  readers. 
His  contribution  follows: 

"System"  of  "The  Care  of  the  Show  Window." 
By  J.  Earl  Taylor,  Ph.G.,  Gridley.  III. 

System  is  a  word  we  often  flirt  with,  failing  to  do  justice 
to  the  value  represented  by  it.  By  system,  its  application  or 
omission,  does  our  profession  become  a  success  or  a  failure. 

We  should  appreciate  its  value  in  every  turn  of  our  busi- 
ness if  we  aim  to  be  with  the  leading  pharmacists  of  the  day. 
Not  only  to  one  line,  but  to  all  lines,  does  system  apply.  In 
cleaning  up,  in  bu.ving  goods,  in  salesmanship,  in  the  general 
conduct  of  our  business,  in  all  these,  system  is  absolutely 
essential. 

In  the  care  of  the  show  window  arises  a  need  for  system 
that  becomes  more  and  more  apparent  as  the  results  of  our 
efforts  show  in  a  material  way.  The  system  to  which  I  refer 
is  that  of  the  care  of  the  show  window  regarding  the  definite 
planning  ahead  for  displays  to  be  made.  Now,  a  plan  that 
proves  good  in  one  store  cannot  be  laid  down  as  an  unchange- 
able rule  for  another  business.  It  may  be  equally  effective  in 
another  store.  Tet  in  a  general  way,  the  good  ideas  of  one 
system  may  be  applicable  to  a  large  number  of  stores  if 
modified  by  one's  own  experience  and  adapted  to  one's  special 
case. 

"What  shall  I  use  as  a  trim  today?"  To  be  forced  to  this 
question  shows  a  lack  of  systematic  planning.  Such  procras- 
tination— making  the  plans  and  the  display  at  the  same 
minute,  leads  to  a  sad  end.  Time  has  not  been  used  to  the 
best  advantage.  Never  ask  yourself  such  a  question  for  it 
denotes  negligence  and  spells  failure. 

Prepare  ahead !  Live  up  to  a  financial  success.  A  man,  by 
honest  means,  can  no  more  attain  wealth  at  a  bound  than  he 
can  expect  results  in  a  minute  if  he  is  careless  or  indifferent 
to  such  a  valuable  silent  salesman  as  his  window  display. 
Plan  ahead.  Systematize  your  work,  be  up  and  doing!  Think 
for  yourself  and  if  your  business  does  not  give  you  time  to 
execute  ideas  you  may  easily  delegate  the  details  to  your 
assistant. 

For  the  sake  of  the  busy  man.  I  outline  a  calendar  of  win- 
dow displays  that  may  be  used  as  a  basis  for  future  work. 
I  have  many  times  added  to  the  list  as  necessity  demanded, 
or  as  the  wisdom  of  necessity  required.     The  following  table. 


kept  in  a  convenient  place,  may  be  found  of  considerable 
service.  It  is  composed  of  articles  that  will  suggest  displays 
applicable  to  your  locality  and  adapted  to  your  special  trade 
conditions : 

January. — Cold  cures,  cough  medicine,  chamois,  hot  water 
bottles,  stationery,  toilet  articles,  post  cards. 

February. — Cough  medicine,  cold  cures,  lozenges,  toilet  arti- 
cles, Washington's  Birthday  pennants,  arm  bands  and 
pennants. 

March. — Base  ball  goods,  Easter  trim,  perfumes,  marbles, 
St.  Patrick  cards,  spring  tonics, 

April. — Stock  food,  blood  medicine,  ball  goods,  April  Fool 
goods,  paints,  oils,  brushes,  varnishes,  house  cleaning  necessi- 
ties, ammonia,  disinfectants,  borax. 

May. — Spring  medicine,  household  necessities,  post  cards, 
sporting  goods,  souvenir  books,  photograph  supplies,  high 
school  trims. 

June. — Graduates,  paints,  tooth  brushes,  foot  powder,  tal- 
cums, brushes,  stationery,  high  school  class  window,  post  cards, 
fishing  tackle,  flags,  buntings. 

July. — Fourth.  Trim,  flags  and  buntings,  bandages,  tapes, 
court  plaster,  liniments,  talcum,  fly  poisons,  stock  foods,  baby 
articles,  post  cards,  sulphur. 

August. — School  supplies,  sundries,  diarrhoea  medicine,  toilet 
articles,  fly  paper,  foot  powder,  mosquito  lotions. 

September. — Corks,  spices,  household  needs,  cleaning  sun- 
dries, school  supplies,  post  cards.  Labor  Day  pennants. 

October. — School  supplies,  paints,  toilet  articles,  combs. 
brushes,  foot  ball  goods,  sheet  music  trim. 

November. — Hand  lotions,  rubber  goods,  hot  water  bottles, 
syringes.  Thanksgiving  trim,  stock  foods,  post  cards,  magazines. 

December. — Christmas  trim.  New  Year's  display,  stationery, 
books,  magazines,  post  cards,  hair  brushes,  hot  water  bottles, 
rubber  gloves,  soaps,  bath  powder,  decorations  for  Christmas, 
tissue  paper,  novelties,  crepe  paper  stickers,  music  supplies. 

There  are  many  other  things  to  be  added  to  these  lists,  such 
as  special  day  trims,  birthdays  of  great  men,  fair  days,  county 
fairs,  lodge  conventions,  class  meets,  etc.,  all  of  which  demand 
special  attention. 

You  should  have  your  window  displays  decided  upon  at 
least  a  month  ahead.  The  ease  with  which  the  material  will 
come  to  hand  and  the  way  details  will  work  themselves  out, 
if  given  the  time  to  mature,  will  surprise  you.  Whereas,  if 
you  leave  the  display  until  the  last  moment  everything  will  go 
wrong  and  your  ineffective  window  will  cost  you  double  worry 
and  work  that  it  should. 

Learn  to  systematize  your  work,  plan  ahead  and  the  work 
of  the  show  window  will  become  a  pleasure. 


April  29,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


401 


Personal  Mention 


— John  A.  Stevens  is  a  new  Sharp  &  Dohme  Chicago 
salesman. 

— KOBEET  H.  Blue  is  now  representing  Sharp  &  Dobme  in 
West  Virginia. 

— E0GENE  F.  CORDELL  is  uuw  on  Sharp  &  Dohme's  Balti- 
more city  sales  staff. 

— Ds.  A.  F.  Hebeing  is  now  doing  detail  work  for  Sharp 
&  Dohme  in  Chicago. 

— Gbandin  V.  Johnson,  of  Sea  Side.  X.  J.,  was  a  caller 
npon  the  trade  in  New  York  City  last  week. 

— W.  B.  KAUFilAN,  head  of  the  importing  department  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  is  still  on  the  sick  list. 

— Geoege  Chandleb,  of  the  Sisson  Drug  Company,  Hart- 
ford, Conn.,  was  a  New  York  City  visitor  last  week. 

— J.  Y.  Mdbpht  has  accepted  a  position  with  Sharp  & 
Dohme  and  is  representing  the  house  in  South  Carolina. 

— W.  J.  LeSaulnieb  is  now  calling  on  the  trade  and  doing 
detail  work  in  Indianapolis  and  Central  Indiana  for  Sharp  & 
Dohme. 

— OscAB  Paul  has  accepted  a  position  with  Sharp  & 
Dohme  as  salesman  in  Kentucky,  with  headquarters  at 
Louisville. 

— J.  E.  Felts,  of  Melbourne,  Ark.,  was  a  recent  visitor  at 
Little  Rock,  where  he  heard  William  Jennings  Bryan  deliver 
an  address. 

— Andrew  Sht:btsen  has  just  been  added  to  Sharp  & 
Dohme's  selling  force  in  Minnesota,  with  headquarters  at 
Minneapolis. 

— Petes  Daleiden,  formerly  in  a  Sheboygan.  Wis.,  phar- 
macy for  some  time,  is  now  located  at  the  Hipke  drug  store 
at  Center,  Wis. 

— A.  M.  King,  with  Sharp  &  Dohme,  has  recently  been  ap- 
pointed to  the  Ohio  territory  formerly  covered  by  W.  J. 
Shrader,  who  resigned. 

— William  B.  Strong,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  has  returned  from  a  business  trip 
to  Grand  Rapids.  Mich. 

— Guy  Smith,  a  popular  drug  .clerk,  formerly  with  F.  W. 
Herbst,  of  Columbus,  is  now  traveling  for  Sharp  &  Dohme  in 
central  and  southeastern  Ohio. 

— Henry  Heidessen,  formerly  connected  with  the  Hollister 
pharmacy  at  Madison.  Wis.,  is  now  located  with  the  O.  O. 
Melaas  drug  store  at  Stoughton,  Wis. 

— L.  H.  HoAGLAND,  proprietor  of  the  Van  Duersen  Phar- 
macy, New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  called  upon  friends  in  the  New 
York  City  wholesale  trade  last  week. 

— George  Hobkey,  formerly  with  the  Daniel  R.  Jones  phar- 
macy, of  Milwaukee,  is  now  associated  with  the  Kamps  & 
Sacksteader  drug  store  at  Appleton.  Wis. 

— Dr.  and  Mrs.  Louis  P.  Reimann.  of  Philadelphia,  are 
home  again  from  a  15  days'  visit  to  the  Bermudas.  They 
brought  many  rare  specimens  of  coral,  etc. 

— Haevey  Lichtenwaner.  manager  of  the  Sanitariuin 
Pharmacy  at  Battle  Creek.  Mich.,  was  a  recent  visitor  at  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company's  establishment. 

— J.  Ellwood  Lee  made  the  high  total  in  the  matches  last 
week  of  the  Philadelphia  Wholesale  Drug  Bowling  League. 
His  scores  for  three  games  were  202.  181  and  200. 

— William  Raiche,  well  known  traveling  salesman,  for- 
merly with  the  Roemer  Drug  Company,  of  Milwaukee,  is  now 
with  the  Daniel  R.  Jones  pharmacy  at  Milwaukee. 

— Percy  Sharp,  ex-president  of  the  Wisconsin  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  was  a  recent  Milwaukee  visitor.  Mr. 
Sharp  is  a  well  known  druggist  at  Oconto  Falls.  Wis. 

— Eenest  J.  McCrillis  has  become  registered  pharmacist 
in  Charles  L.  Eddy's  drug  store  in  Franklin.  N.  H.  Herman 
Morrison  also  has  accepted  a  position  in  the  same  pharmacy. 

— Dr.  Henry  H.  Rusby.  president-elect  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  was 
the  guest  of  honor  and  principal  speaker  at  the  spring  meeting 
of  the  Hudson  River  Schoolmasters'  Club  at  Albany  last  week. 

— J.  H.  Barlow,  formerly  N.A.R.D.  organizer  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, but  now  the  local  representative  of  the  Philadelphia  As- 
sociation of  Retail  Druggists,  was  a  Washington  visitor  a  few 
days  ago. 

— I..  <>.  Crenelle,  of  Crenelle  &  Schanck,  Allenhurst  and 


Lakewood.  N.  J.,  was  a  caller  in  the  New  York  City  wh'oiesale 
trade  last  week  buying  supplies  for  the  coming  season  at 
Allenhurst. 

— R.  E.  Doohttle,  Chief  of  the  United  States  Pure  Food 
and  Drug  Laboratory,  of  New  York,  is  in  Nashville,  Tenn., 
superintending  the  installation  of  the  new  laooratory  in  the 
Custom  House  in  that  city. 

— Dr.  Lyman  F.  Kebler,  chief  of  the  Drug  Laboratory, 
Department  of  Agriculture.  Washington,  D.  C,  was  a  visitor 
in  New  York  City  during  the  fore  part  of  this  week,  fulfilling 
some  business  engagements. 

— J.  F.  MiNNicH,  head  of  the  local  sales  department  of  the 
J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Company,  St.  Louis,  has  returned  to  his 
desk  from  Chicago,  where  he  spent  a  week,  having  been  called 
there  b.v  the  death  of  his  brother. 

— Ira  Antonides.  Jr..  of  Atlantic  Highlands,  N.  J.,  was  a 
New  York  City  visitor  last  week.  Mr.  Antonides  reports  that 
the  business  men  of  the  Jersey  coast  resorts  are  optimistic  on 
the  outlook  for  the  coming  season.     ■ 

— Col.  A.  H.  Hollister,  of  the  Hollister  Drug  Company, 
and  manufacturer  of  Rocky  Mountain  Tea,  Madison,  Wis.,  has 
been  elected  a  director  of  the  Forty  Thousand  Club,  an  enter- 
prising commercial  organization  of  Madison. 

— W.  J.  Worthing,  who  for  years  has  represented  Sharp 
&  Dohme  in  West  Virginia,  has  been  transferred  to  Ohio,  with 
headquarters  at  Toledo.  He  now  covers  the  territory  formerly 
looked  after  by  R.  E.  Richey.  who  has  resigned. 

— E.  H.  Wolff,  of  the  Wolff-Wilson  Drug  Company.  St. 
Louis,  has  just  purchased  a  building  lot  in  Waterman  avenue, 
near  Union  boulevard,  in  the  heart  of  the  residence  district  of 
that  city,  and  has  announced  that  he  will  build  there  a  $.30,000 
residence. 

— S.  H.  Carbagan,  assistant  manager  of  the  New  York 
branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  distinguished  himself  on  the 
links  of  the  Dyker  Meadow  Golf  Club  last  Thursday  in  the 
first  game  of  the  season  held  by  the  Drug  and  Chemical  Golf 
Association. 

— P.  E.  Herman  was  the  unanimous  choice  of  the  field  men 
for  the  position  of  district  sales  manager  for  Sharp  &  Dohme 
in  Ohio  and  Kentucky,  made  vacant  by  the  death  of  Frank 
N.  Pike.  Mr.  Herman  is  a  deservedly  popular  salesman 
among  the  druggists  in  his  territory. 

— O.  V.  Willett,  who  has  been  with  Showers  &  Phillips, 
Elizabethtown,  Ky.,  for  the  last  four  years,  has  been  compelled 
on  account  of  ill-health  to  go  to  Louisville  for  medical  treat- 
ment, after  which  he  will  probably  go  West  to  locate.  He  is 
succeeded  by  J.  H.  Wooldridge,  of  Clarkson. 

— H.  C.  Lansingeb,  for  several  jears  in  charge  of  the  ad- 
vertising and  publishing  departments  of  Dr.  D.  Jayne  &  Son. 
Philadelphia,  has  resigned  to  engage  in  the  printing  business. 
J.  Maxwell  Bullock,  the  general  manager,  will  answer  in- 
quiries in  the  future  in  the  departments  mentioned. 

— Miss  Ivalyn  H.  Seldon,  of  Fond  du  Lac.  Wis.,  was 
one  of  the  successful  candidates  granted  a  registered  pharma- 
cist's certificate  at  the  recent  State  examination  held  at  Madi- 
son. Miss  Seldon  was  formerly  employed  at  the  Theater 
Pharmacy  and  at  the  Kremer  drug  store  at  Fond  du  Lac.  and 
of  late  has  been  attending  the  School  of  Pharmacy  at  .Mar- 
quette University. 

— Frederick  Grunewald.  well  know  n  in  the  drug  trade  and 
formerly  connected  with  Parke,  Davis-  &  Co.,  as  representative 
in  Baltimore,  arrived  in  New  York  City  last  Monday  from 
Colon,  where  he  is  engaged  with  the  Panama  Railroad.  Mr. 
Grunewald  is  renewing  acquaintances  in  New  York  City  this 
week  and  intends  also  to  spend  a  week  in  Baltimore  before  re- 
turning to  the  Isthmus. 

— M.  J.  Arendeas.  city  salesman  for  J.  S.  Merrell  Dr\ig 
Company,  St.  Louis,  is  chief  promoter  of  one  of  the  strongest 
amateur  base  ball  teams  of  that  city.  The  team  is  the  central 
attraction  of  young  men's  club  Mr.  Arendeas  had  devised  and 
is  strictly  an  amateur  organization,  the  players  all  living  in 
the  Compton  Heights  neighborhood  and  they  play  ball  for  the 
love  of  the  sport  and  without  admission  fee  to  their  games. 

— Ernest  Carbonne.  a  prominent  Philadelphia  druggisi. 
was  considerably  surprised  when  he  went  to  meet  his  wife, 
who  was  a  passenger  on  the  Holland  American  liner  Ryndham. 
from  Rotterdam  to  New  York,  to  learn  that  on  the  voyage 
twins  were  born  to  Mrs.  Carbonne.  Both  the  mother  and  the 
little  ones  were  able  to  greet  the  surprised  husband  and  father 
at  the  dock.  After  spending  a  few  days  in  New  York,  tbe 
happy  family  returned  to  Philadelphia. 


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THE    PHARMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[April  29,  1909 


WILL  SEND  DELEGATES  TO  A.MA.  MEETING. 

Secretary  of  Section  on  Pharmacology  Asked  by  Balti- 
more to  Make  i:'rogram  Interesting-  to  Pharmacists. 
Baltimore,  April  24. — At  the  last  meeting  of  Baltiuiuri- 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  M.  S. 
Schimmel  read  a  paper  on  National  Formulary  preparations, 
with  special  reference  to  elixirs,  and  William  J.  Lowry  ad- 
dressed the  branch  on  srauular  effervescent  salts. 

Resolutions  authorizing  the  president  to  send  five  delegates 
to  the  meeting  of  the  Section  on  Pharmacology  of  the  Ameri- 
can Medical  Society  when  it  meets  in  Atlantic  City  in  June, 
was  adopted,  and  the  president  was  also  directed  to  urge  that 
as  many  druggists  go  from  Baltimore  as  can  get  away,  the  pur- 
pose being  to  show  appreciation  of  the  courtesy  and  to  estab- 
lish closer  relations  between  the  physicians  and  druggists.  The 
secretary  was  instructed  to  communicate  with  the  chairman 
of  the  Section  on  Pharmacology  and  request  that  in  arranging 
the  program  the  latter  be  made  as  interesting  for  pharma- 
cists as  possible.  An  effort  is  also  to  be  made  to  have  the 
section  arrange  a  special  session  for  the  druggists,  at  which 
physicians  and  druggists  can  meet  jointly. 

Secretary  Charles  L.  Meyer  feeling  indisposed  Dr.  H.  P. 
Hynson  made  a  report  on  the  visit  of  Baltimoreans  to  the 
recent  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch.  Mr.  Lowry,  who 
is  vice-president  and  chairman  of  the  executive  committee, 
presided. 

The  following  was  offered  by  Professor  Hynson  for  discus- 
sion at  a  future  meeting  of  the  branch  and  for  discussion  at 
the  coming  meeting  of  the  Maryland  Ph. A. : 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  sense  of  the  Baltimore  Branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A.  that  the  Ninth  Revision  o{  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia 
should  not  contain  formuhis  for  oompouud  preparations  and 
should  present  matter  relating  to  simples  and  preparations  of 
simples,  only;  that  the  National  Formulary  should  contain  only 
such  formulas  for  compound  preparations  as  are  consistent  with 
prevailing  advanced  knowledge  of  chemistry,  pharmacology, 
pharmacy  and  therapeutics  and  that  all  titles  therein  contained 
should  be  true  to  content  and  in  accord  with  accepted  medical 
and  pharmaceutical  ethics.     It  is  further 

Resolved,  That  the  parent  body  be  requested  to  consider  the 
advisability  of  publishing  a  General  Receipt  Book,  with  fre- 
quent supplements  to  contain  all  formulas  dropped  from  the 
IJ.S.P.  and  N.F.  and  such  other  formulas  as  may  be  useful  to 
pharmacists. 


$1000  Verdict  for  a  Girl's  Finger. 

A  jury  before  Judge  Schmuck  in  the  City  Court,  New  York 
City,  recently  returned  a  verdict  in  favor  of  Betty  Abrams  for 
$1000.  The  verdict  represented  the  value  the  jurors  placed 
upon  half  of  the  first  finger  of  the  right  hand  of  the  girl.  It 
was  against  John  JI.  Halper,  formerly  a  druggist  at  140th 
street  and  Lenox  avenue.  Goldwater  Brothers  now  occupy 
the  store  and  are  in  no  way  concerned  in  the  litigation. 

In  her  complaint  the  plaintiff  set  forth  that  on  August  24, 
1904.  she  went  to  the  defendant's  drug  store  to  buy  a  solution 
of  carbolic  acid,  with  which  to  bathe  au  injured  finger.  She 
said  that  she  asked  for  a  2  per  cent  solution  and  that  when 
she  dipped  her  finger  into  the  acid  her  hand  was  badly  burned 
and  that  it  became  necessary  to  have  her  forefinger  on  her 
right  hand  amputated  at  the  second  joint. 

Mr.  Halper  denied  any  responsibility  for  the  plaintiff's  in- 
juries and  set  forth  that  whatever  injuries  she  sustained  were 
due  to  her  own  carelessness. 


■Verdict  of  $8464  for  Prescription  Error. 
Mrs.  Mary  Edith  Dreyer,  of  Bronx  Borough,  New  York 
City,  wife  of  August  Dreyer,  a  hat  and  cap  manufacturer, 
was  given  on  Monday  a  verdict  of  $8000  against  Edward  P. 
Miller,  a  druggist,  of  Tremont  avenue,  as  damages  for  a  mis- 
take in  the  dispensing  of  two  prescriptions.  Mr.  Miller  was 
also  mulcted  of  .?464  in  a  suit  brought  by  Mr.  Dreyer,  being 
the  amount  of  the  doctor's  bill  he  had  to  pay  for  treatment 
of  his  wife. 


Druggist  Garver  Sues  for  $15,000  Damages. 
Bloomington,  111.,  April  24. — Christian  Garver  has  filed  a 
suit  for  $15,000  damages  against  the  Bloomington'  &  Normal 
Railway  &  Light  Co.  for  injuries  received  by  being  struck  by 
a  car  on  December  12.  Mr.  Garver  received  injuries  from 
which  he  has  not  recovered.  He  was  confined  to  the  house  for 
some  weeks  and  is  still  walking  with  a  cane  as  a  result  of 
the  fall. 


COL.  LOWES  FRIENDS  CELEBRATE  50TH  YEAR. 

Friends  Banquet  Popular  New  Englander  and  Present 
Him  With  a  Solid  Gold  Hunting  Case  'Watch. 

Boston,  April  24. — Covers  were  laid  for  50  guests  tonight 
in  the  large  dining  hall  of  the  Hotel  Plaza  at  the  compli- 
mentary banquet  to  Col.  John  W.  Lowe,  Boston  representative 
of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  of  Indianapolis,  and  the  purpose  of  the 
banquet  was  the  celebration  of  the  50th  birthday  anniversary 
of  the  guest  of  the  evening.  L.  E.  McCusick,  of  the  Carter, 
Catter  &  Jlcigs  Co..  presided,  and  during  the  four  hours  which 
followed  the  first  course  of  the  excellent  dinner  fun  and  mer- 
riment was  at  a  high  pitch.  It  was  wholly  a  stag  party,  yet 
to  show  that  Mrs.  Lowe  was  not  forgotten  the  committee  sent 
out  to  the  Lowe  home  in  Roxbury  a  beautiful  bouquet  of  roses. 

Speaking  was  informal,  but  everybody  told  how  much  they 
thought  of  the  genial,  lovable  qualities  of  the  guest,  and  the 
words  came  both  from  those  who  were  his  rivals  on  the  road 
in  the  Massachusetts  district,  as  well  as  from  his  regular  cus- 
tomers by  whom  he  swears,  as  they  swear  by  him.  AmoDg 
the  letters  of  regret  read  were  one  from  Senator  Blakeslee  of 
New  Haven,  and  C.  J.  Lynn,  of  Indianapolis. 

Then  came  a  surprise  and  a  gift  for  the  guest  of  the 
evening,  in  the  presentation  of  a  solid  gold  hunting  case  watch, 
inscribed :  "Presented  to  John  W.  Lowe  on  his  50th  birthday 
by  M.  P.  Gould  and  Byron  C.  Gould,  1909."  P.  J.  Hartley, 
who  is  associated  with  Col.  Lowe  in  the  Boston  district,  was 
chairman  of  the  committee  which  organized  the  testimonial. 


UNITED  CIGAR  STORES  CO.  IS  EXPANDING. 

New  Corporation  Being  Formed  to  Secure  Capital  to 
Extend  Operations — Millions  Already  Invested. 

Regarding  the  formation  of  the  Corporation  of  United  Cigar 
Stores  this  statement  was  given  out  recently  at  the  general 
office  of  the  United  Cigar  Stores  Company,  44  'West  18th 
street,  New  York  City : 

"The  determination  of  this  enterprise  practically  to  double 
the  number  of  retail  cigar  stores  operated  by  the  company 
throughout  the  country  has  made  necessary  the  organization 
to  be  known  as  the  Corporation  of  United  Cigar  Stores.  To 
accomplish  this  end  largely  increased  capital  will  be  required, 
as  well  as  an  infusion  of  new  blood  in  the  management  of  the 
stores. 

"During  the  last  three  years  of  the  eight  years  of  existence 
of  the  present  company  real  estate  investments  involving  many 
millions  of  dollars  have  been  made,  either  in  the  outright  pur- 
chase of  desirable  property  or  by  long  term  leases. 

"The  incorporators  in  the  new  company  are  George  J. 
Whelan,  president  of  the  United  Cigar  Stores  Company; 
Elliott  Everett,  secretary  of  that  company ;  Louis  Biel  and 
Frederick  A.  Whelan,  vice-presidents  of  the  company,  and 
A.  B.  Duke." 


Laboratory  Equipment  Fund  Benefit  a  Success. 

Philadelphia,  April  24. — With  IGO  persons  in  attendance, 
the  euchre  and  dance  given  recently  for  the  benefit  of  the 
equipment  fund  of  the  laboratory  of  the  food  and  drugs  course 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  a  great  success 
from  a  financial  as  well  as  a  social  standpoint.  The  majority 
of  the  participants  were  identified  with  the  retail  drug  trade, 
while  the  popularity  of  Pi-of.  Frank  X.  Moerk.  who  presides 
over  the  new  laboratory,  was  indicated  by  the  presence  of  many 
students  in  that  course. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Moerk  were  assisted  by  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A. 
Carpenter,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto  Kraus,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  H. 
Ochse,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  W.  Fehr  and  other  friends. 
Nearly  100  prizes  were  distributed.  An  unexpected  feature 
was  the  presentation  by  a  well-known  manufacturer  of  a  num- 
ber of  boxes  of  his  best  chocolates  and  Otto  Kraus,  in  the 
capacity  of  auctioneer,  separated  more  money  from  the  guests 
as  the  result  of  his  expatiation  on  the  superior  quality  of  the 
goods  and  the  advantages  and  honor  of  being  a  purchaser. 


tJ.  of  W.  Seniors  "Visit  Drug  Establishment. 
A  party  of  12  seniors  from  the  chemistry  department  of  the 
University   of   Wisconsin,   under   the   charge   of   Prof.   E.  W. 
Kremers,  recently  visited  the  establishment  of  the  Milwaukee 
Drug  Company. 


April  29,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  403 

ST.  LOUIS  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  GEADUATES   50— FINE  BANQUET.   INTERESTING   EXERCISES. 


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FACULTY:  1,  O.  A.  Wall.  .Jr.;  2.  Dr.  O.  A.  W.1II :  .3.  Dr.  Eiino  Sander:  4.  Dr.  Wlielplpv  ;  f,.  Francis  Hemm ;  6.  Dr.  J.  M.  Good; 
7,  Dr.  C.  E.  Caspar! ;  8,  George  Lang:  9,  W.  H.  Lament;  10,  W.  K  Ilhardt;  11,  E.  P.  Cockrell.  STUDENTS:  1,  F.  C.  Buseher ;  2,  G. 
Weiselman;  3,  B.  O.  Windsor;  4,  A.  D.  Daily;  5,  H.  B.  Dyer;  6,  R.  G.  Eoekwood;  7,  A.  Dahmann;  8,  A.  Schulz;  9,  B.  H.  Reiss : 
10,  H.  C.  Rogers:  11.  .T.  L.  Jensen;  12.  L.  E.  Gholson  :  VA.  J.  A.  Gettin^'er:  ]4.  W.  J.  Gunn  ;  l.'i,  X.  .T.  Roemmick ;  16,  H.  P.  Weyb- 
rich;  17.  J.  H.  Tlirogmorton  ;  1,S,  O.  A.  Sr-liraut:  1!1,  Sidney  Levin;  20.  L.  H.  Hummel;  21,  R.  F.  Emerv ;  22.  M.  R.  Rojas ;  23,  E.  M. 
Sehafer;  24.  A.  C.  Schulte:  25,  R.  E.  Anderson;  26,  J.  A.  Mueller;  27,  R.  C.  Lehman;  28.  S.  .T.  McDuffle ;"  29,  F.  Sum;  30.  C.  J.  Wach- 
tel;  31,  J.  L  Gelly  ;  32,  E.  G.  Beck;  .33.  J.  E.  Wilkerson  ;  :«.  M.  E.  Hill:  35,  C.  O.  Dort;  :36,  E.  L.  Padberg;  37.  C.  Morgan;  38,  B.  D. 
Rohlfing:  .39,  L.  Lieberstein ;  40.  Miss  K.  O'Keefe;  41.  G.  L.  Berrv ;  42.  E.  F.  Oulvev :  4:i.  .T.  B.  Campbell;  44,  L.  H.  Ortgier; 
45,  F.  Wild;  46.  M.  E.  Ward;  47.  L.  W.  Anderson;  48.  Arlo  Branfh :  49.  F.  .1.  Becktold ;  50.  T.  Oppermann  :  51,  G.  H.  Grommet ; 
52,  P.  W.  Hummel;  53,  M.  A.  Scarborough;  54,  F.  M.  Adams;  55.  C.  T.  Buehler;  56,  J.  B.  Boehm. 

St.  Louis,  April  26. — Many  complimeuts  were  passed  upon 
the  49  young  men  and  one  young  woman  graduated  from  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  last  week.  There  had  been  the 
annual  banquet  tendered  the  class  by  the  faculty,  a  dance 
given  by  the  class  before  the  43d  annual  commencement  exer- 
cises, and  at  all  of  these  there  were  farewells  and  felicitations. 
The  faculty  openly  praised  the  class  standard  and  in  confi- 
dence gave  even  more  glowing  reports. 

Of  course  there  was  advice.  lots  of  it.  from  the  speakers  at 
the  banquet  and  from  Dr.  William  Homer  Warren,  dean  of 
Washington  University  Medical  Department,  the  speaker  of 
the  evening,  and  from  President  L.  A.  Seitz,  who  conferred  the 
degrees ;  from  Martin  J.  Noll,  president  of  the  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation, who  conferred  the  alumni  prize,  and  Prof.  Francis 
Hemm,  who  announced  the  college  honors ;  but  none  of  the 
speakers  was  greeted  with  greater  applause  than  Col.  C.  P. 
Walbridge,  of  the  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Company,  who  responded 
to  a  toast.  "Scholarships."  on  the  banquet  programme. 

Colonel  Walbridge  took  as  bis  texi  a  remark  of  the  toast- 
master.  Dr.  Robert  E.  Schlueter,  tljat  he  hoped  to  see  the 
day  when  real  pharmacy  would  be  divorced  from  commer- 
cialism to  at  least  the  extent  that  a  drug  store  could  be  recog- 
nized by  looking  in  the  front  windows  or  in  the  doors. 

"Gentlemen,  I  want  to  tell  you."  said  Colonel  Walbridge. 
"that  Dr.  Schlueter  will  not  see  his  ambition  satisfied  until  the 
druggist  asserts  himself  and  makes  a  reasonable  charge  for  his 


professional  services.  As  long  as  the  druggist  is  content  to 
let  a  doctor  get  $2  for  writing  a  prescription  and  he  fill  it  for 
30  Cents,  he  is  going  to  be  a  merchant,  and  not  a  very  highly 
respected  merchant  at  that.  When  be  chooses  to  assert  himself 
and  charge  a  fee  commensurate  with  his  ability  and  responsi- 
bility, then  and  then  only,  will  he  be  able  to  quit  selling  sun- 
dries, post  cards  and  telephone  calls." 

Dr.  C.  M.  Nicholson,  president  of  the  St.  Louis  Medical 
Society,  in  responding  to  the  toast  for  that  society,  took  issue 
with  Colonel  Walbridge  to  the  extent  of  blaming  the  willing- 
ness of  druggists  to  sell,  and  in  some  cases  recommend,  patent 
medicines  and  always  to  use  combinations  and  preparations 
put  forth  by  pharmaceutical  manufacturers. 

"As  long  as  you  are  willing  to  sell,"  he  said  to  the  class. 
"Somebody's  consumption  cure  and  Hetty  Green's  female 
complaint  remedies  you  will  not  be  other  than  merchants." 

The  commencement  exercises  took  place  at  Memorial  Hall. 
The  banquet  was  at  Hotel  Jefferson.  Never  was  a  droller  and 
more  loyal  toastmaster  than  Dr.  Robert  E  Schlueter.  who  has 
served  the  college  and  Alumni  Association  in  many  capacities. 
A  feature  of  the  banquet  not  on  the  programme  was  the  pre- 
sentation to  the  college  of  a  crayon  portrait  of  Edmond  P. 
Walsh,  who  was  one  of  the  college  officials  elected  in  1864  and 
who  has  been  continuously  connected  with  the  college  as  sec- 
retary, vice-president,  president  and  in  other  offices.  Dr.  H.  M. 
Whelpley.  dean  of  the  college,   introduced  Dr.   Schlueter  for 


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[April  29,  1909 


this  exercise,  and  Sol.  Boehm  made  the  presentation  speech. 
William  K.  lUhardt,  secretary  of  the  college,  accepted  on 
behalf  of  the  college,  in  the  place  of  President  L.  A.  Sietz. 
who  was  unable  to  speak  that  evening  because  of  throat 
trouble,  and  Mr.  Walsh  described  his  connection  with  the 
school  in  speaking  his  personal  thanks  for  the  honor.  Dr.  Enno 
Sander,  now  in  his  84th  year,  was  present  during  this  part 
of  the  exercises. 

The  complete  ijrogramme  of  toasts  follows  :  Class  valedictory, 
Louis  Henry  Ortgier ;  class  motto.  "Ne  Tentes,  Aut  Perfice," 
Julius  Benjamin  Boehm ;  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  Dr. 
Otto  F.  Clans,  ex-president ;  Omega  Phi  Society,  William 
Joseph  Gunn,  president :  Ph.G.  Class,  Frederick  Christian 
Buscher ;  Alumni  Association,  Martin  J.  Noll,  president :  Ph.B. 
Class,  Francis  John  Wild.  Jr. ;  Our  College  Days.  Augustus 
D.  Daily :  St.  Louis  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  Charles 
Renner,  president ;  Examinations  are  Over.  John  Anthony 
Gettinger:  The  College  Scholarships,  Col.  C.  P.  Wal- 
bridge ;  The  St.  Louis  Medical  Society,  Dr.  C.  M.  Nicholson, 
president :  The  Spanish  Edition  of  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia, 
Manuel  Daniel  Rojas ;  The  Pharmaceutical  Press,  Clyde  A. 
Jennings ;  The  Past  and  the  Future,  Arthur  Charles  Schulte. 

The  selection  of  Julius  Benjamin  Boehm,  a  son  of  Sol. 
Boehm,  the  veteran  treasurer  of  the  college,  as  one  of  the  two 
honor  gradutes  to  be  recommended  for  membership  in  the 
A.Ph.A.  with  dues  for  1909  paid  by  the  college,  was  following 
precedent.  He  is  the  third  of  the  Boehms  to  win  this  honor 
and  there  is  still  another  brother  yet  to  be  heard  from.  Criss 
Morgan,  of  Vandalia,  Mo.,  shared  this  honor  with  Mr.  Boehm. 
Other  honors  were : 

Senior  honorable  mention,  James  Lothrap  Jensen,  Salt  Lake 
City  ;  John  Anthony  Mueller.  St.  Louis  ;  George  Hubert  Grom- 
met,  Denver ;  junior  class.  Edward  Mallincki'odt  scholarship, 
awarded  to  Oscar  Frederick  Heitmeyer,  Jr.,  St.  Louis ;  Meyer 
Brothers  Drug  Company  scholarship,  awarded  to  Bettie  Prince 
Cousseus,  St.  Louis :  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Company  scholarship, 
awarded  to  Lloyd  Lucius  Crocker,  Ashland,  Ore. :  Alumni 
prize,  standard  work  on  pharmacy,  awarded  for  excellence  in 
examination  to  Earle  Carnahan,  Fort  Smith,  Ark. ;  honorable 
mention,  Abraham  Paul  Cohen,  St.  Louis ;  Mary  Ro,vster 
Cousseus,  St.  Louis ;  Benson  Price  Paine,  Van  Buren,  Ark. 


Fear  They  Will  Have  to  Pay  $50  Fines  Instead  of  $25.^ 

Some  Brooklyn  druggist,  who  has  evidentl.v  been  penalized 
by  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  fearful  that  next  time  he 
violates  the  law  he  will  have  to  pay  .$50  tines,  instead  of  $25 
fines,  masquerading  under  the  uom  de  anonymous  of  "Chair- 
man Retail  Druggists'  Committee,"  sent  out  the  following  mis- 
leading plea  last  week  in  behalf  of  druggists  who  do  not  like 
pure  drug  laws : 

Brother  Druggist:  You  are  earnestly  requested  to  write  .it 
ome  to  your  Senator  .lud  point  out  to  him  some  o(  the  MON- 
STROSITIES of  the  so-called  Brown  Drug  Bill  No.  2030  and  ask 
him  to  use  his  influeuce  to  defeat  the  passage  of  said  bill. 

The  hues,  penalties  etc.  derived  from  the  Druggists  are  to  be 
used  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  Board.  The  so-called  State 
Pharmaceutical  Associatiou  which  meets  once  a  year  is  to  select 
the  names  for  the  Regents  to  elect  as  members  of  the  Board. 

Fines  for  so  called  violations  are  to  be  .^50.00  and  shall  be 
deemed  to  be  as  many  violations  as  articles  sold.  Shall  the 
10.000  or  so  Druggists  in  New  York  stand  idly  by  and  permit 
such  a  bill  to  become  a  law? 

The  Brooklyn  Eagle  April  17  states.  The  Board  of  Pharmacy 
collected  .about  $100,000  in  fines  illegally  from  grocers. — Threats 
frightened  them  and  they  promptly  paid. 

What  are  the  druggists  to  expect?  if  the  tines  are  to  be  $30.00 
instead  of  $25.00  and  you  are  called  upon  to  pay  $50.00  for 
"each"  SAMPLE  of  VO.LATILE  and  UNSTAPLE  ARTICLE  you 
might  sell  to  the  Board's  Inspectors. — Penalties  to  be  recovered 
in  one  action.  Write  to  your  Senator  at  once,  do  not  delay. 
DELAY  MEANS  DEFEAT! 

CHAIRMAN  DRUGGISTS'  RETAIL  COMMITTEE. 


Deutsch.er  Apotheker  Verein  Entertainment  Tonight. 

An  entertainment  will  be  given  by  the  New  Yorker 
Deutscher  Apotheker  Verein  this  evening  in  the  club  rooms 
of  the  society.  Allaire's,  192  Third  avenue.  Borough  of  Man- 
hattan, New  Xork  City.  Members  and  their  ladies  are  in- 
vited. Carl  Hauser,  the  famous  German  humorist,  is 
scheduled  to  appear,  and  there  will  be  music  and  refreshments. 


PROPRIETARY  STAMP  TAX  NOT  LIKELY. 

False  Reports  of  Acti'vlty  in  the  Bureau  of  Printing 
and  Engraving — To  Confine  Revenue  to  Tariff. 

Washington,  .\pril  26. — Several  sensational  daily  papers 
have  published  the  statement  that  employees  of  the  Bureau  of 
Engraving  and  Printing  were  working  overtime  installing 
new  machines  and  otherwise  preparing  to  print  revenue 
stamps.  It  was  implied  that  the  activity  indicated  that  the 
restoration  of  stamp  taxes  had  been  fully  decided  upon  by  the 
legislators. 

The  Era  correspondent  is  informed  by  a  department  chief 
of  the  Bureau  of  Engraving  that  an  unexpected  consumption 
of  postage  stamps  of  high  denominations  made  an  unusual  de- 
mand upon  the  department  and  for  a  time  a  part  of  the  stamp 
printing  force  worked  two  hours  per  day  overtime,  but  this 
extra  work  ceased  several  days  ago.  The  chief  stated  that  he 
never  knew  of  a  case  of  making  preparations  for  any  work 
that  had  not  already  been  enacted  into  law  and  that  such  a 
proceeding  as  that  claimed  would  be  without  precedent. 

The  trend  of  discussion  in  legislative  circles  is  all  against 
the  imposition  of  a  stamp  tax.  Even  the  proposed  income  and 
inheritance  tax  will  probably  fail.  The  consensus  of  opinion 
is  that  the  tariff  law  should  provide  for  all  the  necessary 
revenue,  but  at  this  time  it  is  difficult  to  predict  what  the  out- 
come will  be  when  conference  committees  of  the  Senate  and 
House  get  together  for  the  purpose  of  finally  getting  the  Payne 
Bill  in  shape  so  it  can  be  passed  in  both  branches  of  Congress. 

The  chances  of  the  restoration  of  the  reciprocity  paragraph 
in  patents  to  the  Payne  Tariff  Bill  are  considered  slim.  Con- 
gressman Currier,  who  was  chairman  of  the  patent  committee 
of  the  last  Congress,  does  not  expect  any  legislation  in  relation 
to  patents  prior  to  the  regular  session  of  Congress  in  December. 


LOCAL  OPTION  LIKELY  ON  SUNDAY  OPENING. 

Druggists  Exempt  From  Bill  Passed  in  House  in  Mas- 
sachusetts and  Now  Pending  in  the  Senate. 

Boston,  April  26. — Substantial  progress  was  made  during 
the  past  week  by  the  Massachusetts  Legislatui'e  in  its  handling 
of  the  Sunday  law  and  the  sale  of  soda  water,  confectionery 
and  ice  cream.  The  committee  on  legal  affairs  concentrated  its 
efforts  on  a  single  bill,  and  reported  leave  to  withdraw  on  all 
the  other  ten  bills  which  sought  to  allow  the  same  rights  in 
slightly  varied  form. 

The  discussion  in  the  House  w-as  among  the  most  interesting 
of  the  session,  and  the  two  sides  lined  up  sharply.  One  provi- 
sion of  the  bill  is  that  outside  of  Boston  the  local  authorities 
in  each  city  and  town  must  first  vote  to  accept  the  Act  before 
licenses  may  be  issued  under  it  for  the  sale  of  ice  cream,  soda 
water,  confectionery  and  fruit  on  Sundays. 

When  some  of  the  opponents  of  the  bill  voiced  their  opposi- 
tion to  the  bill,  they  were  met  by  the  reply  that  each  city  and 
town  could  decide  the  matter  for  itself,  but  that  Springfield, 
for  instance,  did  not  want  Somerville  to  dictate  to  her,  as  to 
whether  such  sales  should  be  allowed  in  Springfield. 

The  argument  that  Sunday  was  being  commercialized  was 
also  presented.  On  a  rising  vote  the  bill  was  ordered  to  a 
third  reading  82  to  43.  Then  the  opponents  tried  to  place  the 
members  on  record  by  demanding  a  roll  call,  but  this  was  re- 
fused, and  the  bill  went  along  to  the  Senate. 

A  provision  of  the  bill  specifies  that  it  shali  not  apply  to 
druggists,  as  under  the  present  law  they  already  have  the  right 
to  sell  soda  water,  ice  cream  and  confectionery  on  Sunday. 


Professor  Christie  Accused  as  Swindler. 

Charles  G.  Christie,  formerly  professor  of  languages  at  St. 
Francis  College.  Brooklyn,  58  .vears  old.  giving  his  address  as 
276  Warren  street,  was  arrested  recently  charged  with  having 
passed  worthless  checks  for  small  sums  on  business  men  in 
Brooklyn.  Several  months  ago  Christie  was  arrested  on  a 
charge  of  issuing  fraudulent  Regents'  certificates,  and  the  case 
is  still  pending,  Christie  being  out  on  bond  of  $1000. 


A.D.S.  Car  Attracts  Attention  in  St.  Louis. 
St.  Louis.  April  2G. — The  A.D.S.  sample  car  has  been  here 
for  several  days  and   the  exhibit  of  pharmaceutical   prepara- 
tions   has    been    attracting   considerable    attention    from    local 
druggists  interested  in  that  syndicate. 


Opposed  to  the  Refilling  of  Prescriptions. 

Cincinnati.  April  26. — At  the  last  meeting  of  the  Cincin- 
nati Central  Drug  Clerks'  Association  an  interesting  paper 
deprecating  the  refilling  of  prescriptions  was  read  by  Frank 
Velteu,  after  which  refreshments  and  cigars  were  served. 


April  29,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  405 

PEESIDENT  ELKIN  PLACES  PROMINENT  DRUGGISTS  ON  COMMITTEE  ON  N.A.R.D.  REORGANIZATION. 


THOMAS    H.    POTTS,   ex    officio, 
Secretary  of  the  N.A.R.D. 


E.    BINGHAM,   chairman, 
of  Tuscaloosa,  Ala. 


THOMAS   D.   McELHENIE, 
Brooklyn  Borough,  New  York  City. 


Chicago.  April  26. — In  accordance  with  the  action  of  the 
last  annual  convention  of  the  Xational  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  passing  a  resolution  calling  upon  the  president  to 
appoint  a  special  committee  of  five,  with  Secretary  Potts  as 
an  ex  officio  member,  to  consider  plans  of  reorganization. 
President  Elkin  has  appointed  the  following  gentlemen  to 
serve :  W.  E.  Bingham,  of  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  chairman :  John 
V.  Eitel,  Columbus,  Ohio :  E.  B.  Heimstreet,  Janesville.  Wis. ; 
Thomas  D.  McElhenie.  Brooklyn.  X.  T. ;  Charles  D.  Sauvinct. 
New  Orleans,  La. 

The  results  of  the  work  of  the  committee  will  be  presented 
to  the  Louisville  convention  and  in  the  meantime  the  members 
are  hoping  to  hear  from  their  fellow  members  of  the  organiza- 
tion freely  as  to  suggestions  for  consideration  in  the  matter  of 
the  proposed  reorganization.  Secretary  Potts  already  has  many 
recommendations  to  turn  over  to  the  committee  and  he   is  ex- 


pecting  a    great    number    in    addition    now    that    the    body    is 
appointed  and  ready  to  get  busy. 

Blo'w  to  Private  Dispensaries  in  Chicago. 
Chicago.  April  26. — The  Health  Department  is  preparing  to 
deal  a  blow  to  the  private  dispensary  business  in  Chicago 
commencing  May  1.  At  that  time  licenses  will  be  renewed 
under  the  new  ordinances  and  the  authorities  have  decided 
that  they  will  only  authorize  such  places  as  are  connected 
with  hospitals,  medical  schools  or  under  satisfactory  private 
management. 


Second  Session  Necessary  to  Finish  Business. 
Chicago.    April   26. — The   special    meeting   of   the   Chicago 
^■■ptail    Druffixists'    Association    tomorrow    evening   was    made 
.  -sary  by  business  left  over  at  the  monthly  meeting. 


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THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[April  29,  1909 


NORTHWESTEKN'S  23D   COMMENCEMENT. 

Alumni  Banquet  Precedes  Graduating  Exercises  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy — Address  by  Dr.  Kremers. 

Chicago,  April  24. — The  23d  annual  banquet  of  the  alumni 
of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  Northwestern  UniTersity  was 
held  in  the  Union  Hotel.  Thomas  V.  Wooteu,  secretary  of  the 
faculty,  introduced  as  toastmaster  Charles  A.  Storer,  '88.  Dr. 
Theodore  H.  Patterson,  of  the  executive  committee,  led  the 
way  and  was  followed  by  a  large  number  of  the  alumni  who 
responded  to  toasts. 

In  assembly  hall  the  graduating  exercises  of  the  pharmacy 
class  were  held.  The  hall  was  tastefully  decorated  with  ferns 
and  cut  flowers,  the  music  being  of  a  high  order. 

Dr.  Edward  Kremers,  dean  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of 
the  University  of  Wisconsin,  delivered  an  address  to  the  gradu- 
ating class  on  the  subject,  "Pharmacy's  Contribution  to 
Civilization."  The  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy  was  con- 
ferred upon  the  following : 

Alva  Lee  Adams,  Winnetka.  III. ;  Arthur  Stanley  Arnold, 
Rockford,  111. ;  James  Warren  Beless,  Salt  Lake  City ;  Paul  A. 
Brecht,  Yankton,  S.  D. ;  William  Edward  Claypool,  Peoria ; 
Charles  Raymond  Crain.  Chicago ;  Glenn  Griffin  Dewey,  Poy 
Sippi,  Wis. ;  John  M.  Dodd,  Marion,  111. ;  Matthew  Marion 
Finlay,  Bowen,  III. ;  Chauncey  William  Gaeth,  Schuyler,  Neb. ; 
James  Patrick  Galligan,  Hegewisch,  111. ;  Walter  Edgar  Green, 
Salt  Lake  City ;  Charles  Bernard  Holmes,  Chicago ;  Arthur 
W.  Huff,  Bremen,  Ind. ;  James  Lester  Hyrup,  Odell,  111. ; 
John  Wesle.v  Jennings,  Port  Gibson,  Miss. ;  Charles  Augustus 
Loeffelbein.  Grand  Rapids,  Wis. ;  St.  Clair  Madden.  Grayville, 
111.;  Walter  I.  McElrath,  Chicago;  John  Leslie  McKibbin. 
Sheldon,  III. ;  Maurice  Carson  McLuen,  Guthrie  Center,  Iowa ; 
Sverre  P.  Nordvold,  Zumbrota,  Minn.  :  Louis  William  Oswald, 
Naperville,  111. ;  George  Otto  Panzer,  Hast-ngs.  Neb. ;  Alexan- 
der Constantine  Rizos,  Omaha ;  Foster  Rob  Rogers,  Kirtley. 
Wyo.  :  Bernardo  Samson,  Philippine  Islands :  John  Hunter 
Scholes,  Bradford,  111. ;  Charles  Edward  Seaton,  Hotchkiss, 
Colo. ;  William  C.  Schulze,  Racine ;  Albert  Lester  Shuits, 
Piano,  111. ;  Melvin  Dale  Sweetland,  Highland  Park ;  Neil 
Williamson  Tarbell,  Watertown,  S.  D. ;  Clifford  H.  Terry, 
Humboldt,  111.;  Walter  S._ Wagner,  Morris,  III.;  Roy  Warren, 
Bataria,  N.  T. ;  Daniel  Clark  Watson,  Parowan,  Utah  ;  Leslie 
Harwood  Wire,  Winslow,  111. ;  Guy  Kenneth  Wold,  Austin, 
Minn. 

The  honor  men  of  the  class  were  Matthew  JIarion  Finlay, 
Bowen  111.,  and  St.  Clair  Madden,  Grayville,  111. 

Graduation  exercises  for  the  pharmaceutical  chemist  class  of 
the  school  will  take  place  in  June. 


"BARBADOES  ALOES.  A  MISNOMER.' 


Interesting  Discussions  Upon  This  and  Qther  .  _ojects 
at  the  Pharmaceutical  Meeting  in  Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia,  April  '24. — One  of  the  most  interesting  fea- 
tures of  the  seventh  of  the  series  of  pharmaceutical  meetings 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  Tuesday  afternoon 
was  the  animated  discussion  on  the  topic  "Barbadoes  Aloes,  a 
Misnomer,"  introduced  by  George  M.  Beringer.  Mr.  Beringer, 
who  is  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  the  Pharmacopoeia  of 
the  A.Ph.A.,  explained  that  his  paper  was  one  that  was  based 
upon  an  investigation  and  report  made  by  Lehn  &  Fink,  of 
New  York.  Prof.  J.  P.  Remington,  who  was  the  chairman  of 
the  Revision  Committee  of  the  last  Pharmacopceia.  took  excep- 
tion to  some  of  the  statements  in  the  paper,  particularly  one 
which  declared  that  there  was  no  Barbadoes  aloe  on  the 
market.  The  U.S.  Pharmacopceia,  as  well  as  the  British  and 
others,  perpetuated  the  confusion  in  both  their  descriptions  and 
titles.  The  question  of  the  ruling  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act 
upon  an  article  with  a  geographical  name  which  was  mislead- 
ing, also  came  up. 

Prof.  Henry  Kraemer  said  that  just  such  discussions  as 
these  would  bring  out  errors  at  the  next  revision  of  the  Phar- 
macopceia, when  they  could  be  remedied  by  combining  the 
scientific  and  the  commercial  knowledge  of  those  interested. 

Charles  H.  LaWall,  in  an  interesting  paper,  discussed  a 
chemical  method  for  the  detection  of  small  quantities  of  cap- 
sicum in  ginger  ale  and  other  preparations  of  ginger. 

William  G.  Toplis  read  an  interesting  paper  upon  the 
progress  that  has  been  made  in  the  purification  of  the  drinking 
water  of  the  city. 


MINSTREL  SHOW  PROVES  A  GREAT  SUCCESS, 

Members  of  Social  Drug  Club  of  Chicago  Win  Laurels 
in  Entertainment  at  the  Y.M.C.A.  Auditorium. 

Chicago,  April  24. — The  minstrel  show  of  the  Social  Drug 
Club,  of  Chicago,  held  at  the  Y.M.C.A.  Auditorium  recently 
was  a  huge  success  in  every  respect  and  reflected  credit  upon 
its  promoters  as  well  as  upon  those  who  participated  and 
made  it  possible.  If  any  jokes  on  the  drug  trade  were  over- 
looked it  was  not  the  fault  of  the  interlocutor  and  end  men. 
The  chorus  was  fine,  as  were  the  soloists  and  the  pony  ballet 
was  one  of  the  features  of  the  evening.  The  following  were 
responsible  for  the  success  of  the  affair : 

Executing:  Staff. — Manager  of  advertising,  Charles  Ste- 
venson ;  musical  instructor,  Al.  W.  Brown ;  the  angel.  Hor- 
lick's  Malted  Milk  Company,  Racine,  Wis. ;  property  master, 
George  B.  Farrar :  keeper  of  wigs,  "Sunny"  Jim  Pfouts; 
stage  manager.  Dr.  M.  H.  Pritchard ;  press  representative, 
Col.  C.  M.  Carr ;  scenic  artist,  L.  P.  Larsen ;  ballet  master, 
Charley  Rice ;  chief  usher,  John  J.  Boehm ;  house  chemist, 
B  A.  C.  (Alphabet)  Hoelzer;  censor  of  telephone  calls,  Joseph 
F.  McDonald. 

Officers. — Herman  Fry,  president ;  W.  W.  Winberg,  first 
vice-president ;  W.  P.  Knoche,  second  vice-president ;  Charles 
H  Avery,  third  vice-president;  J.  F.  MacDonald.  treasurer; 
J.  M.  Schwalbe,  financial  secretary ;  B.  A.  C.  Hoelzer,  record- 
ing secretary ;  J.  J.  Boehm,  sergeant-at-arms. 

Enteetainment  Committee. — Charles  E.  Clarke,  chair- 
man ;  Walter  A.  Jungk.  Frank  J.  Hoey,  Charles  A.  Redig, 
Charles  Stevenson.  Phil  Hyman,  secretary. 


Students  Justify  the  Selling  of  Stamps. 

Chicago,  April  24. — At  the  meeting  of  the  Northwestern 
University  Pharmaceutical  Association  recently  there  was  a 
lively  discussion  by  the  students  regarding  the  selling  of  post- 
age stamps  by  the  druggists.     This  resolution  was  adopted : 

"Resolved,  That  in  existing  conditions  the  selling  of  postage 
stamps  in  drug  stores  is  beneficial  to  these  stores." 

The  meeting  was  presided  over  by  Percy  W.  Savage,  of 
Miles  City,  Mont.,  the  secretary  being  J.  Warren  Beless,  of 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  The  newly  elected  officers  were :  Pres- 
ident, Haldor  Haldorson,  of  Park  River,  S.  D. ;  secretary,  J.  P. 
Galligan,  Hegewisch,  111. 


Chicago  Notes. 

— The  Iron-Ola  Company,  of  Chicago,  has  surrendered  its 
charter  and  gone  out  of  business. 

— The  Tizit  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Chicago,  has  been 
incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $15,000,  to  manufacture 
and  sell  chemicals  and  chemical  compounds.  The  incorporators 
are :  Charles  A.  Fisher,  Albert  C.  Haines  and  William  0. 
Howard. 

— The  H.  Darwin  Mcllrath  Company,  of  Chicago,  has  taken 
out  papers  of  incorporation,  with  a  capital  stock  of  .$20,000. 
The  incorporators  are :  H.  Darwin  Mcllrath,  William  A.  Jen- 
nings and  P.  H.  Bishop.  The  concern  will  deal  in  drugs,  medi- 
cines and  chemicals. 


Prizes  Awarded  to  Boston  Bowlers. 

Boston.  April  26. — Members  of  the  Wholesale  Drug  League 
gathered  at  the  Quincy  House  on  Saturday  night  last  for  a 
banquet  as  the  windup  of  the  first  season  of  the  league,  and 
for  the  purpose  of  awarding  the  prizes.  William  H.  Forbes, 
president  of  the  league,  announced  the  winners  and  presented 
the  prizes.  As  has  already  been  announced  in  the  Era,  the 
championship  went  to  the  United  Drug  Company  team,  and  the 
second  prize  went  to  the  Eastern  Drug  Company  team.  Frank 
J.  Rostrom  got  the  prize  for  the  highest  individual  average 
for  the  season,  and  Robert  Dick  took  the  prize  for  the  highest 
three-string  score. 

Among  those  present  were  the  following :  William  H. 
Forbes,  Richard  Leahy,  Frank  J.  Rostrom,  John  B.  Small, 
James  Otis.  F.  W.  Herrett,  O.  A.  Speare,  W.  E.  Dugan,  J. 
Tobin.  T.  Storratt.  C.  H.  Rogers,  E.  F.  Fowler.  W.  H.  Hig- 
gins.  John  F.  Fultz.  P.  Connelly.  William  F.  Tennihan,  J.  E. 
Reardon.  Lewis  D.  Thomas,  Robert  Dick,  Harry  A.  Stearns, 
Ernest  S.  Barraud,  Albert  Whittaker,  Alfred  F.  Allen,  An- 
drew J.  Davis,  Harry  E.  Cook,  Robert  E.  McLaren,  Joseph  P. 
.Syan,  Charles  W.  Harrington.  William  J.  Snider,  Franklin  E. 
Collins.  Albert  E.  Smith. 


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PROMINENT  PENNSYLVANIA  DRUGGIST  DEAD. 

Jacob  H.   Redsecker,   Former  President  of  State  Asso- 
ciation, Was  Active  Until  End  Came  at  70. 

Lebanon,  Pa..  April  26. — After  an  ill- 
ness of  nearly  three  years,  Jacob  H.  Red- 
seeker,  Ph. SI.,  one  of  the  best  known  rep- 
resentatives of  pharmacy  in  Pennsylvania, 
died  on  Tuesday  at  his  home  in  this  city. 
He  was  about  70  years  of  age.  For  nearly 
half  a  century  Mr.  Redsecker  had  been 
connected  with  the  wholesale  and  retail 
drug  business  of  Dr.  George  Ross  &  Co., 
of  this  place,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  the  general  manager. 

Mr.  Redsecker  was  widely  known  for 
his  valuable  services  to  pharmacy  in  this 
State,  particularly  along  legislative  lines. 
Until  the  condition  of  his  health  pre- 
vented, he  was  a  regular  attendant  at  the 
annual  meetings  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  with 
Matlon  N.  Kline,  of  Philadelphia,  could 
always  be  depended  upon  to  enliven  the 
sessions  with  their  lively  repartee  and 
witty  rejoinders.  Every  year  he  por- 
trayed in  verse  not  only  important  events 
in  pharmaceutical  history  but  prominent 
personages  as  well  and  his  many  friends 
throughout  the  country  regard  as  one  of 
their  most  valued  possessions,  a  copy  of 
these  poems  which  Mr.  Redsecker  had 
bound  a  few  years  ago  and  presented  to 
them.  He  was  known  as  the  "poet 
laureate"  of  the  State  organization. 

He  was  president  of  the  Penn.Ph.A.  in  1897  and  a  member 
of  other  organizations  of  the  same  character  as  well  as  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 

The  Redsecker  prize  for  the  best  identification  of  botanical 
specimens  which  he  instituted  years  ago  in  connection  with 
Prof.  John  M.  Maisch.  has  aided  greatly  in  stimulating  botan- 
ical research  at  that  institution.  His  loss  will  be  greatly  felt 
in  pharmaceutical  circles  throughout  the  country  and  already 
many  messages  of  regret  and  sympathy  have  been  received  at 
his  home  from  friends  and  organizations  throughout  the  land. 
Mr.  Redsecker  was  never  married. 


The  late  JACOB   H.   EEDSECKER 
ol  Lebanon,  Pa. 


Funeral  of  John  H.  Haase. 
St.  Louis,  April  26. — A  funeral  much  out  of  the  ordinary 
was  that  of  John  H.  Haase,  former  president  of  the  Kaltwas- 
ser  Drug  Company.  Salena  and  Pestalozzi  avenues,  this  city, 
who  was  buried  at  Belleville.  Mr.  Haase  was  described  by 
his  friends  as  a  cynic  and  philanthropist.  In  his  will  he  pro- 
vided funds  to  pay  the  expenses  of  the  "Reinischer  Frohsinn," 
an  East  Side  singing  society,  to  his  funeral,  and  also  requested 
that  none  wear  mourning  but  that  all  come  in  ordinary  cloth- 
ing. He  also  selected  Dr.  Adolph  Hansing,  of  East  St.  Louis, 
as  the  orator  of  the  occasion.  He  provided  funds  for  refresh- 
ments after  the  service  was  over.  The  service  was  held  in  an 
Evangelical  Church  whose  pastor,  the  Rev.  Mr.  Lemhueis,  had 
been  a  personal  friend  of  the  deceased.  Mr.  Haase  lived  at 
3117  Lemp  avenue,  St.  Louis,  and  left  his  fortune  chiefly  in 
trust  for  his  sister  in  Germany,  but  added  a  bequest  of  $2000 
for  his  nephew,  Charles  Renner,  now  president  of  the  Kalt- 
wasser  Drug  Company,  and  president  of  the  Sl.L.R.D.A.  and 
a  director  of  the  N.A.R.D. 


MARYLAND  ALUMNI  AT  BANQUET. 

Event  Largely  a  Pharmaceutical  Affair,  Though  Other 
University  Departments  Are  Represented. 

Baltimore,  April  26. — Though  all  the 
departments  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land were  represented,  the  meeting  and 
banquet  of  the  General  Alumni  Associa- 
tion of  the  institution  last  Thursday  even- 
ing at  the  Eutaw  House  proved  to  be 
largely  a  pharmaceutical  affair.  The 
president  was  a  druggist,  the  toastmaster 
belonged  to  the  same  profession,  some  of 
the  speakers  were  men  connected  with 
the  drug  trade  in  one  capacity  or  another, 
and  pharmacy  furnished  as  many  diners 
as  any  of  the  other  departments  repre- 
sented in  the  university.  The  president 
of  the  Alumni  Association  is  John  B. 
Thomas,  of  the  Thomas  &  Thompson 
Drug  Co.,  and  he  appointed  Dr.  Henry  P. 
Hynson,  of  Hynson,  Westcott  &  Co.,  as 
toastmaster,  while  those  who  made  ad- 
dresses included  Prof.  Charles  Caspar!, 
Jr..  dean  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy 
faculty.  Lastly,  among  those  seated 
around  the  festal  board  were  George  A. 
Bunting,  Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  Prof. 
Daniel  Base,  J.  Edwin  Hengst,  Eugene 
W.  Hodson.  Dr.  John  F.  Hancock,  Wm. 
M.  Fouch,  David  R.  Millard,  J.  Emory 
Bond,  head  of  the  Baltimore  branch  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co, ;  J.  W.  Westcott,  of 
Hynson,  Westcott  &  Co. ;  Leroy  Oldham, 
of  the  H.  B.  Gilpin  Drug  Company ;  Dr. 
A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  and  others. 

The  business  meeting  resolved  itself  largely  into  a  discus- 
sion of  ways  and  means  of  raising  a  large  endowment  for  the 
university,  in  order  that  the  latter  might  be  able  to  carry  out 
some  of  the  ideas  of  expansion  and  improvement  that  have 
been  entertained  for  some  time  past.  There  was  also  talk  of  a 
change  in  administration.  The  present  system  of  a  board  of 
regents,  with  all  the  departments  represented,  is  looked  upon 
as  too  unwield.y,  since  the  board  meets  only  at  intervals,  and 
many  matters  calling  for  quick  action  must  be  deferred,  to  the 
detriment  of  the  institution. 

Just  how  the  money  is  to  be  raised  or  what  form  the  changes 
in  management  are  to  take  has  not  yet  been  decided.  Some 
time  ago  a  movement  was  started  to  raise  a  fund  of  $200,000, 
but  only  $20,000  of  this  amount  is  actually  in  hand  or  pledged. 
There  has  been  talk  of  making  an  appeal  to  Andrew  Carnegie, 
but  nothing  has  been  done  in  this  direction.  Dr.  Simon  Flex- 
ner,  of  the  Rockefeller  Institute  of  Medical  Research,  was  also 
talked  with,  but  the  matter  has  not  advanced  any  further. 


Colonel  Phijips  Again  Heads  Southern  Club. 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  April  24. — Col.  D.  D.  Philips,  president 
of  Berry,  Demoville  &  Co.,  of  Nashville,  was  unanimously 
re-elected  president  of  the  Southern  Drug  Club,  which  held 
the  final  sessions  of  its  bi-yearly  meeting  recently  at  the 
Gayoso  Hotel.  John  W.  Durr,  Jr..  of  Montgomery,  was  also 
unanimously  re-elected  secretary-treasurer  of  the  club. 

The  club,  which  is  composed  of  wholesale  druggists  from 
Tennessee,  Alabama.  Louisiana  and  Arkansas,  went  on  record 
as  favoring  the  National  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Laws,  but  is 
opposed  to  many  of  the  "freak"  measures  which  are  introduced 
in  some  legislatures. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— Thomas  B.  Johnston,  widely  known  salesman  and  former 
druggist,  died  recently  of  stomach  trouble  at  his  home.  Ger- 
mantown,  Philadelphia,  aged  66.  He  served  in  the  Ohio  126th 
Infantry  in  the  Civil  War.  A  widow  and  four  children 
survive. 

— Gustav  Bischoff,  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the 
New  Yorker  Deutscher  Apotheker  Verein,  died  recently  at  his 
home  at  401  East  139th  street,  Borough  of  Manhattan.  New 
York  City.  He  was  well  known  .nmong  the  German  element 
in  the  city  and  his  sympathetic  character  made  him  many 
friends. 


Marriage  Mentions. 

— James  Edwin  Keech.  of  Cumberland,  Md.,  was  married 
there  April  21  to  Miss  Mary  Agues  O'Neal. 

— F.  P.  Landon,  of  Keystone,  W.  Va.,  and  Miss  Nora 
Austin,  of  Crozet,  were  recently  married  at  the  home  of  the 
bride's  -parents.  The  wedding  trip  included  Washington  and 
Philadelphia. 

— F.  V.  Peekt,  of  the  Eli  Lilly  staff  in  Arkansas,  is  in  St. 
Louis,  on  a  protracted  visit  to  his  home,  the  occasion  being 
the  marriage  of  his  daughter.  Miss  Edith  Blanche  Perry,  to 
James  C,  Haynes.  of  St.  Louis,  April  21.  The  Perry  home  is 
ai  743  Aubert  avenue. 


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Board   Examinations 


Wisconsin. 

Madison,  April  24. — Tiie  long  and  faithful  service  of  Ed- 
ward Williams,  of  Madison,  was  rewarded  by  his  election  as 
president  of  the  Wisconsin  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  the 
annual  meeting  held  on  the  16th.  H.  G.  Ruenzel,  of  Mil- 
waukee, was  re-elected  secretary  and  treasurer.  Sixty-four  of 
the  91  candidates  who  took  the  examinations  were  granted 
certificates,  as  follows : 

Registered  Phabmacists. — Henry  G.  Schewe,  West  Bend ; 
Charles  F.  Haut,  Milwaukee ;  Carl  O.  Hahn,  West  Allis  ;  Har- 
Tey  A.  Schlintz,  Milwaukee ;  William  A.  Errickson,  Minne- 
apolis ;  John  Swenholt,  Madison ;  Alexander  G.  Black,  Mid- 
way ;  Miss  Ivalyn  H.  Seldon,  Fond  du  Lac ;  Alfred  F.  B. 
Mentzel,  Milwaukee :  Frank  C.  Behling,  Janesville :  C.  F. 
Wilske.  Columbus :  Glen  G.  Dewey,  Poysippi ;  Fay  V.  Kettner, 
Bloomington :  Charles  C.  Gielle,  Ashland ;  Albert  J.  Smith, 
Waukesha ;  Earl  R.  Donovan,  Appleton ;  George  H.  Puis, 
Sheboygan  :  Edward  C.  Lichte,  Burlington  ;  Eugene  J.  Ryan, 
Superior :  Rodney  O.  Lamphere,  Madison ;  Clayton  Larabee 
Tuttle,  Monroe :  Robert  J.  Bowen,  Brodhead :  Frank  C.  Bunt, 
Benton ;  Frank  L.  Walter,  Baraboo ;  Max  Krembs,  Milwau- 
kee ;  Arthur  P.  Stebbins,  Barron ;  Charles  F.  Muehlbach,  Mil- 
waukee :  Charles  F.  Kirst,  Two  Rivers ;  Paul  C.  Janke,  Mil- 
waukee :  Julius  C.  Look,  Milwaukee. 

Registered  Assistant  Pharmacists, — Charles  E.  Bacon, 
Stoughton ;  George  Later  Boundy,  Oconomowoc ;  Louis  Desse, 
Milwaukee ;  Arthur  F.  Netzel,  Brandon  ;  Sophus  Lyngh,  Chi- 
cago ;  H.  O.  Gray.  Jr.,  Oregon  ;  Obert  A.  Bergen,  lola ;  Her- 
man O.  Kresse,  Milwaukee :  John  Van  Leir,  Depere ;  John  C. 
Quixtner,  Durand :  Harold  Martins.  Osnkosh ;  Herbert  R, 
Bird,  Jr.,  Madison  :  Walter  Jestrassburger,  Green  Bay  ;  James 
A,  Power.  North  Fond  du  Lac ;  Walter  Gustav  Grimmer,  De- 
pere ;  Elery  L.  Priest.  Green  Lake ;  Walter  P.  Weber,  Water- 
town  ;  Jasper  E.  Simons.  Lodi ;  Herman  E.  Barganz.  Water- 
town  ;  Reinhold  A.  Zimmerman.  Watertown :  C.  F.  Mont- 
gomery, Milwaukee :  Edward  Fleming.  Janesville ;  H.  H.  Tur- 
ruttin,  Hayward :  John  Knuf.  Athens :  Amo  J.  Wolf,  She- 
boygan Falls ;  Frank  R.  Keating,  Milwaukee ;  Hugo  J. 
Luethy,  Milwaukee ;  F.  R.  Weiss,  Racine ;  Joseph  Maurer. 
Appleton ;  H.  A.  Smith,  Madison :  William  J.  Tomaschke, 
Neenah ;  Harry  H.  Hackbarth,  Wausau ;  Irwin  A.  Stempel, 
Wiitertown ;   Frank  V.   Ackerman,   Madison. 

The  next  examination  will  be  held  in  Milwaukee  on  July 
13  and  14.  Members  of  the  board  present  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing were :  Otto  J.  S.  Boberg,  Eau  Claire ;  G.  V.  Kradwell, 
Racine  ;  H.  B.  Allen,  Richland  Center. 


Montana, 

Butte  City,  April  24. — Ten  of  the  twenty-five  young  men 
who  took  the  last  examination  before  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy were  given  certificates  of  registration,  and  eight  more 
were  granted  assistants'  certificates  as  follows : 

Registered  Pharmacists. — F.  C.  Sheeran,  of  Butte ;  A. 
Crawford,  of  North  Dakota ;  C.  J.  Knox,  of  Big  Timber ;  A. 
C.  Hawley,  of  Harlowton ;  L.  C.  Scheu.  of  Glasgow  :  Benjamin 
Borreson.  of  Mondak ;  A.  W.  Lindstadt,  of  Butte :  G.  A.  Dunn, 
of  Big  Timber ;  William  F.  Fagan,  of  Anaconda,  and  Gus 
Swander.  of  Butte. 

Assistants.— J.  S.  Ellis.  Hillyard,  Wash, ;  Fred  Hornecker. 
Anaconda ;  N.  P.  Walters,  Jr.,  Helena ;  W.  W.  Harris,  Butte ; 
Fred  Cullen.  Livingston;  O.  E.  Potter,  Great  Falls;  Charles 
E.  Rice.  Butte,  and  Chester  E.  Pool,  of  Townsend. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Helena  in  October. 


District  of  Columbia. 

Washington.  April  24. — Secretary  S.  L.  Hilton  announces 
that  at  the  regular  quarterly  examinations  of  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  held  April  8-9.  the 
following  were  listed  as  the  successful  candidates  for  licenses 
to  practice  pharmacy :  Louis  Laubinger,  Philip  Robert  Wood. 
George  Robert  Crosen. 

The  A.Ph.A.  prize  awarded  to  the  applicant  who  makes  the 
best  examination  during  the  year  and  who  is  deemed  worthy 
by  the  board,  was  awarded  to  Morris  A.  Pozen. 


INTERSTATE  ASSOCIATION  OF  BOARDS  MEETS. 

Charles  H.  Avery  Chosen  President  and  A.  F.  Sala  Sec- 
retary at  Recent  Session  in  Louisville. 

Louisville.  April  24. — The  most  important  event  occurring 
locally  in  pharmaceutical  circles  recently  was  the  joint  meet- 
ing of  the  representatives  of  the  boards  of  pharmacy  of  the 
following  States :  Minnesota.  Wisconsin,  Indiana,  Illinois, 
Michigan  and  Kentucky.  The  conference  was  held  at  the 
Seelbach  Hotel.  Charles  H.  Avery,  of  Chicago,  was  chosen 
president,  and  A.  F.  Sala,  of  Winchester,  Ind.,  was  elected 
secretary  and  treasurer. 

The  principal  business  was  the  perfection  of  a  uniform 
system  of  reciprocal  and  interstate  registration.  At  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Kentucky  Legislature,  at  the  earnest  solicita- 
tion of  the  retail  druggists,  this  body  enacted  a  law  authoriz- 
ing the  Kentucky  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  grant  registration 
without  examination,  to  applicants  from  other  States  where 
the  examinations  and  regulations  were  up  to  the  standard 
observed  in  this  State.  All  of  the  States  represented  have 
similar  laws  and  it  is  believed  that  the  conference  will  result 
in  great  good  to  the  profession. 

Another  important  matter  that  came  up  was  the  considera- 
tion of  the  place  for  the  next  meeting  and  the  invitation  to 
attend  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  of  Minnesota  in 
the  third  w-eek  in  October  was  accepted.  An  invitation  was 
extended  to  the  Ohio  State  Board  to  join  the  association. 
President  Frost,  of  this  board,  was  in  attendance  and  the  in- 
vitation will  no  doubt  be  accepted. 

All  of  the  delegates  were  present  at  an  informal  dinner, 
given  by  the  Kentucky  members  after  the  business  session. 

The  largest  number  of  applicants  that  have  ever  applied 
for  examination  and  registration  in  the  history  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmac.v  were  present  at  the  last  meeting.  Eighty- 
four  applicants  were  in  attendance  when  the  board  was  called 
to  order.  This  number  was  approximated  in  1899  when  74 
applied.  The  representatives  of  the  boards  from  other  .Statee 
were  present  at  the  examination. 


Successful  Banquet  of  Medico-Chirurgical  Alumni. 

Philadelphia,  April  24. — Prominent  graduates  of  the  Med- 
ico-Chirurgical  College  of  Pharmacy  attended  the  annual  re- 
ception and  banquet  tendered  the  members  of  the  senior  class 
by  the  Alumni  Association  at  Mosebach's  Casino,  The  toast- 
master,  George  C.  Wilson,  delivered  the  address  of  welcome 
to  the  graduates  and  discussed  the  occasion  of  the  gathering. 
Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  dean  of  the  depirtment,  was  given 
a  great  ovation.  His  remarks  were  chiefly  upon  the  bright 
future  of  the  profession  of  pharmacy  in  America.  Others 
who  spoke  were  Professors  Fisher,  Meeker.  Ritter,  Hunsberger 
and  Dr.  Kelly,  of  the  college  faculty,  and  Messrs.  Lilly, 
Thayer.  Stover,  Aston,  RoshoD,  Moone.v,  Hume,  Gibbs  and 
McNeary.  Other  features  were  the  musical  selections  by  col- 
lege talent,  which  inchtded  a  piano  and  violin  solos  by  H,  P. 
Prout  and  songs  b.v  the  college  quartet,  composed  of  Messrs, 
Steiule,  Nidecker,  Geddis  and  McXeary.  Led  by  the  latter, 
the  gathering  at  the  close  stood  and  sang  the  favorite  "Chi" 
anthem. 


Hegeman  Employees  Enjoy  Dance  and  Reception. 

The  first  annual  reception  and  dance  of  the  Astor  Circle,  a 
social  organization,  composed  chiefl.v  of  Hegeman  employees, 
was  held  last  Thursday  evening  at  Palm  Garden.  Borough  of 
Manhattan.  New  York  City.  Over  200  members  and  their 
friends  were  in  attendance.  The  dance  programme  consisted 
of  two  parts  of  12  numbers  each.  E.  A.  Smith  was  floor 
manager,  assisted  by  J.  A.  Guerin  and  the  following  com- 
mittee :  Dr.  Brady,  chairman :  Dr.  Wyeth.  L.  A.  Millard. 
J  J.  Kerwin.  F.  A.  Malkowsky,  W.  J.  O'Shaugnessy.  S.  Smith, 
Dr.  Brooks,  R.  K.  Walsh,  R.  M.  Amador,  J.  M.  Engbarth, 
Dr.  Joseph  Mayer,  J.  M.  Shapiro. 


Cut  Out  Programme  Advertising  and  Ticket  Buying. 
Rome.  N.  T.,  April  24. — Druggists  and  Rome  merchants  to 
the  number  of  100  have  signed  an  agreement  not  to  advertise  in 
any  other  publications  than  the  daily  newspapers  and  regu- 
larly issued  periodicals.  The  plan  is  to  abolish  all  sorts  of 
programme  advertising  and  the  agreement  also  prohibits  the 
purchase  of  tickets  for  entertainments  and  forbids  making 
donations  to  fairs  and  bazaars. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


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ALPHONSE  MAJOR  CELEBRATES  63D  BIRTHDAY.     BOTANY'S  USE  IN  IDENTIFYING  CRUDE  DRUGS. 


Known  to   Every  Druggist  Through  His  Manufacture 
of  Cement — Industry  Over  30  Years  Old. 

Alphonse  Major,  who  is  known  to  practically  every  druggist 
in  the  United  States  through  his  roanufacture  of  Major's 
cement,  has  led  a  remarkably  active  and  industrious  life,  but 
not  many  of  his  friends  would  believe  that  he  has  been  so  long 
in  the  harness  as  appears  from  the  fact  that  only  last  month 
he  celebrated  his  63d  birthday.  In  honor  of  the  occasion  the 
veteran  had  a  new  photograph  taken  and  the  up-to-date  pre- 
sentment which, is  printed  on  this  page  will  be  viewed  with 
interest  not  only  by  his  friends,  but  by  many  who  have  known 
of  his  cement  for  years  and  are  familiar  with  the  old  label 
used  for  so  long  a  time  showing  Mr.  Major,  his  wife  and 
daughter,  used  on  the  boxes  in  connection  with  the  trade  mark. 
but  who  have  never  met  the  manufacturer. 

Mr.  Major  came  to  the  United  States  from  Canada  just 
after  the  close  of  the  Civil  War  and  in  1S76.  in  Washington, 
began  the  manufacture,  of  the  cement  which  has  since  become 
so  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  drug  trade  of  the  country. 
From  Washington  he  moved  to  Baltimore 
and  later  made  short  sojourns  in  several 
Pennsylvania  towns,  finally  settling  in 
New  York  City  in  1877. 

Mr.  Major's  life  shows  the  possibilities 
of  application,  industry  and  perseverance, 
when  possessed  by  a  young  man.  When  in 
1868  he  came  from  lower  Canada  to  this 
country,  with  his  knowledge  of  the  tin- 
smith's trade  as  his  only  asset,  he  found 
that  the  progress  which  was  being  made 
in  the  use  of  machinery  in  the  tin  indus- 
try in  the  United  States  had  caused  a 
diminution  in  the  demand  for  tinsmiths, 
so  he  promptly  sought  other  employment. 
It  was  about  this  time  that  Mr.  Major 
bought  a  receipt  for  making  cement  from 
a  man  known  as  Charlie  Thompson,  one 
of  the  greatest  street  fakirs  of  that  time, 
who  could  make  from  .?50  to  $100  a  day 
selling  goods  from  a  carriage  at  a  street 
corner.  The  price  paid  for  the  cement 
was  rather  unique,  being  a  pawn  ticket 
for  a  leather  traveling  bag  bought  in 
Galveston.  Texas. 

Mr.  Major  discovered  that  the  cement 
was  not  giving  complete  satisfaction. 
Realizing  that  if  it  could  be  well  made  it 
would  be  worth  putting  on  the  market, 
he   set    about    experimenting.      He    found  ALPHONSE 

that    certain    expensive    ingredients    used  " 

were  in  too  small  a  proportion  and  that 

other  component  parts  were  entirely  useless.  Remedying 
these  defects  Air.  Major  resumed  the  sale  of  the  cement  and 
found  it  satisfactory  in  every  respect.  Now  Major's  Cement 
is  a  household  word  all  over  the  United  States,  in  our  new 
possessions  and  in  many  foreign  countries. 


Good  for  Soda  Fountain  Owners  in  Michigan. 
Detboit.  April  24. — Nineteen  counties  in  Michigan  went 
"dry"  in  the  recent  spring  election  after  one  of  the  most  ex- 
citing local  option  campaigns  since  the  advent  of  the  tem- 
perance wave  that  has  swept  the  country.  This  means  that 
637  saloons  and  10  breweries  will  go  out  of  business  May  1. 
The  counties  voting  for  local  option  are :  Alcona,  Allegan, 
Benzie.  Branch,  Clare,  Calhoun,  Charlevoix,  Emmet,  Eaton, 
Genesee,  Hillsdale,  Livingston,  Ionia,  Isabella,  Jackson,  Kal- 
kaska, Newaygo,  Sanilac  and  Tuscola. 


President  'Whitney  Addresses  Syracuse  Chemists. 
Stkacuse.  N.  T.,  April  24. — The  Syracuse  Section  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  had  as  its  guest  at  the  last  meet- 
ing. Dr.  W.  R.  Whitney,  president  of  the  American  Society. 
Fritz  Reichmann,  State  Superintendent  of  Weights  and 
Measures,  told  how  spring  scales  were  operated  to  cheat  and 
defraud.  Prof.  H.  Monmouth  Smith  was  elected  a  delegate  to 
the  International  Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry  to  be  held 
at  London  next  month. 


Twenty  Times  as  Important  as  Chemistry,  Asserts  Prof. 
Rusby — Illustrations  by  Prof.   Kraemer. 

Philadelphia,  April  2G. — Botany  and  its  importance  from 
a  scientific  .as  well  as  a  commercial  standpoint  was  the  theme 
at  the  sixth  and  last  of  the  season's  series  of  lectures  and 
demonstrations  comprising  the  post-graduate  course  arranged 
by  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  on  Tuesday  evening 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  as  Prof.  H.  H. 
Rusby.  dean  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  in  empha- 
sizing the  relative  importance  of  botany  and  chemistry  in  the 
identification  of  crude  drugs  declared  that  owing  to  its  lack  of 
thoroughness,  much  of  the  work  that  had  been  done  in  botany 
had  been  thrown  away.  The  lack  ot  knowledge,  he  declared, 
o£  the  vegetable  world  was  everywhere  apparent  and  he  said 
that  while  he  did  not  mean  to  criticize,  he  could  go  through  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  find  plenty  of  cases  of  error 
simply  because  no  one  had  the  knowledge  that  was  necessary 
in  a  work  of  so  important  a  nature  as  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
Continuing  he  said  in  part : 

"There  have  been  marked  advances  in 
the  methods  of  recognizing  various  drugs 
in  powdered  and  crystallized  form,  but  in 
order  to  be  sure  in  many  cases,  it  is  neces- 
sary to  have  a  botanical  as  well  as  a 
chemical  examination.  Botany  is  just 
about  20  times  more  important  in  the  ex- 
amination of  crude  drugs  as  chemistry 
and  I  contend  that  there  should  be  just 
as  much  time  devoted  to  the  study  of  bot- 
any as  there  is  to  chemistry  in  our  schools 
and  colleges. 

"We  need  this  work  not  only  in  the 
application  of  the  standards  given  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia  but  even  more  in  the  cre- 
ation of  new  standards.  Even  yet  we  are 
stumped  in  the  identification  of  various 
crude  drugs  that  come  into  the  port  of 
New  l"ork.  We  cannot  in  many  cases 
find  the  necessary  information  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia,  for  the  knowledge  desired 
is  not  to  be  had  anywhere.  Take  balsam 
of  Peru  for  instance.  No  person  can  say 
positively  whether  or  not  it  is  absolutely 
pure.  Recently  an  importation  of  bella- 
donna leaves  came  into  New  York  which 
upon  examination  were  found  to  contain 
a  large  quantity  of  stems.  No  provision 
is  made  for  stems,  yet  upon  analyzing 
them,  we  found  that  stems  of  average 
'"  ^"J-  thickness  assayed  higher  than  the  leaves. 

Provision  therefore  must  be  made  in  the 
next  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  for  stems  of  certain 
thickness. 

"Again  long  buchu  leaves  are  thrown  out  when  many  physi- 
cians would  rather  have  them.  The  mistake  has  been  that 
the  investigation  was  not  exhaustive  enough.  What  is  needed 
is  work  along  botanical  lines  and  study  of  plant  life  in  its 
native  condition.  That  means  hardship  and  not  simply  sitting 
down  in  a  hotel  and  letting  a  native  bring  in  specimens  and 
accepting  his  word  for  the  character  of  the  specimen  and  the 
conditions  under  which  he  found  it.  But  well  will  it  pay  the 
pharmacists  to  study  botany.  Experts  are  needed  in  order 
that  the  work  done  by  chemists  shall  be  authoritative  and 
reliable." 

Prof.  Henry  Kraemer,  of  the  Philadelphia  C.  of  P.,  illus- 
trated his  lecture  with  enlarged  views  of  specimens  thrown 
upon  a  screen.  He  spoke  principally  of  native  plants  and 
those  which  he  was  growing  right  in  his  own  laboratories  or 
upon  the  roof  garden  which  is  one  of  the  features  of  the  col- 
lege. Plenry  C.  Blair,  president  of  the  local  branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A.,  presided  at  the  meeting,  which  was  largely  attended. 


Quigley  Bros.  'Will  Move  to  Flatiron  Building. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  April  24. — Quigley  Brothers  will  move 
May  1  from  their  present  location  at  206  South  Warren  street 
to  the  Flatiron  Building,  at  216  East  Genesee  street.  The 
latter  store  is  being  remodelled  and  a  new  front  is  being 
installed. 


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[AprU  29,  1909 


COCAINE  CONVICTIONS  IN  BALTIMORE. 

Sentence  Suspended  in  One  Case  and  Held  Up  in  An- 
other Pending  Appeal  of  a  Test  Case  to  Higher  Court. 

Baltimgee,  April  24. — Dr.  Ralph  J.  Schirman,  o£  701 
West  Fayette  street,  whose  interest  in  the  welfare  of  persons 
addicted  to  the  use  of  drugs  he  so  warmly  defended  in  the 
Criminal  Court  April  7,  when  arraigned  on  the  charge  of 
writing  prescriptions  for  cocaine  illegally,  that  Judge  Gorter 
decided  it  was  incompetent  for  the  court  to  determine  whether 
a  prescription  was  proper  or  otherwise,  was  convicted  last 
Thursday  of  a  similar  charge,  there  having  been  other  cases 
against  him.  Sentence  was  suspended  under  a  motion  for 
arrest  of  judgment. 

William  Kossberg,  druggist  at  90S  Frederick  avenue,  was 
recently  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  $100  and  spend  one  day  in 
jail,  the  penalty  having  been  made  light  in  consideration  of 
the  fact  that  the  Rossberg  case  is  treated  as  a  test.  Ross- 
berg's  attorney  took  an  appeal  to  the  Maryland  Court  of 
Appeals. 

"Would  Not  Hold  Druggists  on  Woman's  Evidence. 

BUTFALO,  N.  Y.,  April  24. — In  Police  Court  here  recently 
C.  E.  Clark,  a  druggist  at  90  Clinton  street,  and  Edward 
Johnson,  in  his  employ,  were  arraigned  on  a  charge  of  selling 
cocaine  to  persons  who  did  not  have  prescriptions  from  regu- 
larly licensed  physicians.  Jessie  Smith  testified  that  she  had 
bought  cocaine  from  Johnson  without  a  physician's  prescrip- 
tioB.  Johnson,  when  placed  on  the  stand,  said  that  if  the 
woman  bought  the  drug  from  him  he  gave  it  to  her  only  on  a 
physician's  order.  Judge  Nash  held  that  he  could  not  bold 
the  defendant  on  the  uncorroborated  testimony  of  the  Smith 
woman. 


Heavy  Fines  Are  Checking  Cocaine  Sales. 

Kansas  City.  April  24. — Following  the  imposition  of  a 
fine  of  $6500  on  Dr.  George  Schmitt,  druggist,  last  month  for 
unlawfully  selling  cocaine,  the  police  have  been  actively  at 
work  trying  to  catch  other  violators  of  the  law.  Frank 
O'Brien,  a  drug  clerk,  who  pleaded  guilty  and  was  fined  $1000, 
has  been  released  on  stay  of  execution  on  his  promise  to  quit 
Belling  the  drug.  The  police  are  determined  to  drive  every 
cocaine  seller  out  of  business  or  into  the  penitentiary. 


Arrested  Soon  After  Reopening  His  Branch  Store. 
Chicago,  April  24. — Two  hours  after  he  had  reopened  his 
drug  store  at  West  Randolph  and  Sangamon  streets,  which  he 
was  forced  to  close  a  year  ago  in  a  crusade  of  the  police 
against  sellers  of  cocaine,  Adolph  Brendeeke  was  arrested  re- 
cently on  a  charge  of  illegally  selling  cocaine.  He  was  released 
on  bonds  of  $400.  The  complainants  against  him  are  Mrs. 
Mary  Gyer,  28  years  old,  of  294  West  Madison  street,  and  her 
husband,  Albert  Gyer,  27  years  old,  a  carpenter. 


Three  Arrests  and  One  Prison  Sentence. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  April  24. — A  crusade  inaugurated  by  the 
police  department  against  the  peddling  of  cocaine  has  resulted 
in  three  arrests.  liOuis  A.  Mestler  was  indicted,  convicted  and 
is  serving  three  months  in  the  Onondaga  County  Penitentiary. 
William  Dings  was  tried  but  the  jury  failed  to  agree.  Dings 
is  in  jail  awaiting  a  second  trial.  A  third  arrest  has  recently 
been  made  and  the  prisoner  held  for  the  grand  jury. 


Fighting  the  Cocaine  Evil  in  San  Francisco. 
San  Fbancisco,  April  24. — California  Board  of  Pharmacy 
and  the  police  are  active  in  trying  to  suppress  the  traffic  in 
cocaine  and  opium.  A  number  of  arrests  have  been  made 
recently  and  the  following  have  each  been  fined  $100 :  Frank 
Forbes,  of  the  Abbey  Drug  Company ;  William  P.  Ryan,  clerk 
for  J.  H.  Gates. 


Defects  in  Indictments  Prevent  Prosecutions. 
Dallas,  Texas,  April  24. — Defects  in  the  indictments  have 
caused  cases  against  several  Dallas  druggists,  accused  of  un- 
lawfully selling  cocaine  and  morphine,  to  be  thrown  out  of 
court.  The  authorities  expect  to  force  a  suspension  of  the 
"dope"  trafiBc,  however. 


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changes  in  their  price  lists,  such  as  new 
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Two  Fined  in  Mississippi  for  Selling  "Dope," 
Jackson,  April  24, — A,  M.  Redmond,  a  negro  drug  clerk, 
employed  in  the  drug  store  of  Dr,   S.  D.  Redmond,  a  negro 


Information  Wanted. 

Name  and  address  wanted  of  manufacturer  of  Zan's  Rheu- 
matic Specific. 

A  subscriber  desires  to  get  in  touch  with  some  German  con- 
cern or  American  representative  of  German  concerns,  who 
handle  or  put  out  high  grade  coal  tar,  creosote  oils. 

Another  subscriber  is  inquiring  for  names  of  manufacturers 
or  firms  handling  rubber  aprons  fitted  with  metal  parts,  to  hold 
the  apron  in  place. 

If  any  of  our  readers  are  in  a  position  to  supply  any  of  the 
above  information,  we  would  appreciate  their  advices. 

Caementium  Sales  Co.,        120  Boylston  St.,  Boston,  Mass. 
Our  new  preparation  "Caementium"  is  a  25  cent  article,  and 
is  sold  to  druggists  at  $2.00  per  dozen. 

Chas,  R,  Doane,  20  Meserole  St„  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

We  desire  to  notify  the  trade  that  we  have  reduced  the 
price  of  Seidlitz  Powders  to  $17.00  per  gross. 

H,  Herron  Johnson  Co,,      1370  Lexington  Ave.,  N.  Y.  City. 
Wish  to  list  among  new  preparations  "Pil  Pax."     Price  is 
25c.  to  retail  trade  and  $2.00  per  dozen  to  druggists. 

Dr.  P.  F.  Hogan,  319  Third  Ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  1. 

Wish  to  have  you  list  "Old  Reliable  Cough  Remedy"  at  the 

following  prices  : 

Small  size,  25  cents  $2.00  per  dozen 

Medium  size,  .50  cents 4.00  per  dozen 

Large  size,  .$1.00 .  8.00  per  dozen 

Meyer  Levy,  53  Avenue  C,  N.  Y.  City, 

We  are  the  manufacturers  of  Xanotox.  Desire  to  have  this 
preparation  listed  at  $1.00  retail  and  $9.00  per  dozen. 

Protone  Company,  Detroit,  Mich, 

We  are  manufacturing  a  new  preparation   named  Protone. 

It  sells  at  $1.00  and  the  price  to  druggists  is  $S.OO  per  dozen. 

Ross  0.  McElroy,  472  Eighth  Ave.,  N.  Y.  City. 

We    are    manufacturing   a    new    preparation    "Kavo    San." 

Retails  at  $1.00  and  the  price  to  the  trade  is  $9.00  per  dozen. 

The  Mucol  Co.  (Inc.),  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

We  beg  to  announce  that  we  are  marketing  a  new  product 

Dental  Mu-Col  at  $2.00  per  dozen. 

physician  and  druggist,  and  a  relative,  was  recently  given 
a  fine  of  $75  on  a  charge  of  selling  cocaine.  Robert  Clark, 
white,  caught  making  a  sale  in  the  drug  store  of  Johnson 
Brothers,  was  given  a  minimum  fine  of  $10,  there  being  es- 
tenuating  circumstances. 

Druggists  Bow  to  Local  Option  Verdict. 
Gband  Junction,   Colo.,   April   24. — As   the   result   of   ihe 
local  option  election,  the  drug  stores  have  decided  not  to  sell 
any  whisky  for  any  purpose  whatsoever,  medicinal  or  othen\ise. 


April  29,  1909] 


THE    PHAEMACEUTICAL    ERA 
PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  April  20,  1909. 

•18,503 — Reinhold  Burger,  Berlin,  Germany.  Making 
double-walled  vacuum  vessels. 

918,589 — Raoul  P.  Pictet.  Germany.  Apparatus  for  separat- 
ing nitrogen  and  oxygen  from  mixtures  containing  them. 

918,762— Christian  W.  Meinecke,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  as- 
signor to  Whitall  Tatum  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a 
corporation  of  New  Jersey.     Atomizer  and  nebulizer. 

918,774 — Gustav  R.  Schimmel,  Detroit,  Mich.  Hypodermic 
needle. 

918,811— Frank  O.  Woodland,  Worcester,  Mass.  Label- 
affixing  mechanism. 

918,814 — Charles  R.  Barney,  Chicago,  111.,  assignor  to 
Handy  Manufacturing  Company,  Chicago,  111.,  a  corporation. 
Funnel. 

918.920 — Albrecht  Schmidt,  Heinrich  Kossner  and  Hans 
Balhorn,  Hochst-on-the-Main,  Germany,  assignors  to  Farb- 
werke  vorm.  Meister  Lucius  &  Briining,  Hochst-on-the-Main, 
Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany.  Highly  brominated  halo- 
gen indigoes  and  process  for  making  same. 

918,989 — George  B.  Frankforter,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Ap- 
paratus for  use  in  extracting  turpentine  and  resinous  matter 
from  resinous  wood. 

918,990 — George  B.  Frankforter,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  Process 
of  extracting  resinous  matter  from  wood. 

918,997— William  F.  Giles,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  of 
one-half  to  Frederick  C.  Norris.  Detroit,  Mich.  Process  of 
producing  from  straw  a  liquid  suitable  for  the  production  of 
alcohol. 

919,021 — Herman  Junge,  Baltimore,  Md.     Bottle  carrier. 

919,049 — Manuel  F.  Martinez.  Jerez  de  la  Frontera,  Spain. 
Process  of  purifying  potassium  tartrate. 

919,065 — Percy  E.  Page,  Asheville,  X.  C,  assignor  to  Tal- 
cum Puflf  Company,  Asheville,  N.  C,  a  corporation  of  North 
Carolina.     Powder  puff. 

919,079 — William  L.  Richards,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa.  Siphon 
pump. 

919,161 — Reinhold    Griiter,    Charlottenburg,    Germany,    as- 
signor to  Chemische  Werke  vorm.   Dr.   Heinrich   Byk.   Char- 
Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 

Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 
Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 

G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  90S  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


lottenburg,  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany.  Theophyllin 
compound. 

919,250 — David  Sarason,  Berlin,  Germany.  Bandage  and 
the  like. 

919,282 — Julius  Casaccia,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  assignor  to 
Martin  M.  Fennell,  San  Francisco,  Cal.     Non-refiUable  bottle. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  April  20,  1909. 

35,117— The  Wilson  Company.  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Hair  shampoo. 

37,842— Shoemaker  &  Busch,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6. 
Face  powder. 

40,297— William  E.  Steinback,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
A  medical  preparation  used  externally  as  a  remedy  for  rheu- 
matism, neuralgia,  pleurisy,  sciatica  and  all  pains  following 
colds. 

40,339— Ameen  F.  Haddad,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Per- 
fumery, face  powder,  toilet  powder  and  toilet  cream. 

40,4"56— Lafayette  R.  Beckley,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Medicinal  iridium. 

40,481- D.  R.  Bradley  &  Son,  Pleasantville,  and  New  York, 
N.  Y.  Perfumes,  toilet  water,  toilet  powder  and  sachet 
powder. 

40,609 — Marietta  Stanley  Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Class  6.    Tooth  powder. 

40,843 — Midwest  Chemical  Company,  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Class  6.     Insecticides. 


Not  to  Interfere  With  Rebuilding  Bangs  Factory. 

Boston.  April  24. — The  city  government  of  Everett  has 
taken  action  to  facilitate  the  rebuilding  of  the  big  factory  of 
the  C.  H.  Bangs  Druggists'  Fixture  Company  which  was 
burned  to  the  ground  a  few  weeks  ago.  Some  years  ago  the 
city  laid  out  a  street  which  if  built  would  run  through  the 
main  building  of  the  Bangs  factory.  So  long  as  the  building 
stood  and  the  city  government  took  no  further  action  the 
laying  out  of  the  street  appeared  to  make  no  difference,  but 
when  the  land  became  cleared  through  the  burning  down  of  the 
factory  Mr.  Bangs  found  he  could  not  rebuild  because  of  the 
projected  street.  The  aldermanic  committee  has  now  recom- 
mended that  the  projected  street  be  discontinued  so  that  the 
Bangs  company  may  rebuild  on  its  old  site. 


No  man  is  both  a  successful  advertiser  and  a  habitual  liar. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[April  29,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


IMPORTANT  DEVELOPMENTS  STILL  LACKING. 


Business  in  Jobbing  Quantities  Chief  Feature,  With 
Changes  in  Prices  Few  and  TJnimportant. 

New  York,  April  2G. — There  is  an  absence  of  any  important 
dcTelopments,  and  the  general  market  for  drugs  and  chemicals 
retains  an  uninteresting  appearance,  but  business  in  a  jobbing 
way  is  of  fairly  good  proportions  with  few  changes  in  ralues. 
Opium,  quinine  sulphate  aud  Norwegian  cod  liver  oil  are  quiet 
but  steady  at  unchanged  prices.  Rio  ipecac  root,  lycopodium. 
vanilla  beans,  Venice  turpentine,  Canada  balsam  of  fir  and 
German  fennel  seed  are  held  with  increasing  firmness  and  in 
some  quarters  higher  prices  are  quoted. 

OpitJii. — While  the  market  presents  a  quiet  appearance 
there  is  a  demand  from  jobbers  for  case  lots.  The  market  price 
is  $4.35  per  pound  for  cases,  and  for  smaller  lots  S'i.50@$4.75. 
Powdered  and  granular  lots  of  25  pounds,  are  held  at  §5.35 
and  smaller  quantities  at  .'?5.50@$5.75.  In  primary  markets 
there  is  no  material  change.  For  the  week  ending  April  2. 
the  arrivals  in  Smyrna  amounted  to  2045  cases,  against  1369 
cases  for  the  same  period  last  year.  The  stock  in  Smyrna  on 
March  31  was  1.563  cases,  against  1S28  cases  last  year,  and 
in  Constantinople  ISO  cases,  against  77  cases  last  year. 

QmNiNE  Sulphate. — There  is  little  of  interest  to  report 
concerning  this  article,  which  is  selling  only  in  a  routine  job- 
bing way.  In  London  on  the  20th  instant,  the  regular  bark 
auction  was  held  but  without  any  change  in  values.  In  Am- 
sterdam last  Tuesday  the  forty-first  public  auction  sale  of 
Ainsterdam  brand  of  quinine  took  place  and  50.000  ounces  were 
offered. 

Norwegian  Cod  Li\t:b  Oil. — Cable  advices  to  the  19th  in- 
stant give  the  results  of  the  fishing  as  follows :  In  Lofoten, 
16,700,000  fish,  producing  17,210  barrels  of  oil ;  in  other  dis- 
tricts, including  Lofoten,  37,900,000  fish,  yielding  35.150  bar- 
rels of  oil.  The  increase  in  the  production  of  oil  has  caused 
manufacturers  to  be  less  firm  in  their  views,  as  the  active 
consuming  season  is  on  the  wane  and  an  easier  market  looked 
for. 

Canada  Balsam  of  Fik. — The  stock  in  our  market  is  now 
very  much  reduced  and  prices  have  been  further  advanced  to 
$1.05@$1.15  per  pound.  New  crop  cannot  be  had  for  several 
months  to  come  and  the  present  prices  will  probably  be  main- 
tained while  the  stock  lasts,  or  may  possibly  be  still  further 
advanced.     Oregon  balsam  of  fir  is  unchanged. 

Lycopodium. — This  article  which  has  been  selling  at  very 
unprofitable  prices  to  producers,  is  now  in  a  better  position 
and  prices  are  now  much  firmer  in  our  market.  In  primary 
markets  a  change  has  also  taken  place  and  higher  prices  are 
looked  for. 

Vanilla  Beans. — The  crop  of  Mexican  and  Bourbon  is 
reported  to  be  a  small  one  and  much  higher  prices  are  looked 
for  as  the  season  advances.  The  trade  here  expects  a  material 
advance  in  values  as  soon  as  the  season's  consuming  demand 
sets  in. 

Ipecac  Root. — The  market  has  been  cleaned  up  of  all  cheap 
lots  of  the  Rio  variety  and  prices  have  been  advanced  to  $1.55 
@$1.70  for  whole  and  .?1.S5@$1.95  for  powdered.  Prices  for 
Carthagena  are  nominally  unchanged. 

Venice  Turpentine. — This  article  is  very  scarce  in  produc- 
ing countries  and  new  crop  will  not  be  available  before  August 
abd  September.  Stocks  here  are  quite  small  and  further  slight 
advances  on  quantities  are  noted,  which  shows  a  general  ten- 
dency to  harden  the  prices,  which  may  be  still  further  ad- 
vanced in  the  near  future. 

Santonin. — The  Payne  Tariff  Bill  proposed  a  reduction  of 
50c.  per  pound,  but  the  Senate  substitute  bill  proposes  a  $1.00 
per  pound  duty,  which  is  the  present  rate  under  the  Dingley 
Law,  and  this  will  probably  be  the  rate  of  duty  when  the 
tariff  law  will  have  been  passed.  The  stock  in  the  local  market 
is  still  very  low,  and  several  dealers  refuse  to  quote.  A  lead- 
ing importer  is  reported  as  announcing  that  nothing  could  be 
found  available  for  primary  shipment.  The  new  crop  of 
wormseed  has  been  received  at  manufacturing  centers  abroad. 
and  is  reported  to  be  of  inferior  quality.    The  market  here  is 


steady  at  $4.25@§4.50  per  pound  for  crystals,  and  $4.45@ 
$4.70  for  powdered,  both  as  to  quantity.  "^ 

Balsam  Peru. — Prime  quality  is  firmly  held,  and  dealers 
report  the  tone  of  the  market  as  growing  stronger,  but  limited 
quantities  are  still  available  at  the  old  range  of  $1.65@$1.70, 
according  to  seller  or  size  of  order. 

Balsam  Copaiba. — The  bulk  of  the  first  hand  holdings  of 
South  American  pure  have  been  taken  by  dealers.  Quotations 
are  unchanged  but  prices  are  more  firmly  held  at  47if!@50c., 
although  some  dealers  do  not  quote  less  than  the  outside  figure. 
For  Para,  57i2fS62%c.  is  asked,  according  to  size  of  order. 

Manna. — Small  flake  is  offered  more  freely  and  values  are 
slightly  lower  with  quotations  reduced  to  39@40c.,  as  to 
quantity  and  seller. 

Asafetida. — The  available  stock  continues  to  diminish  and 
dealers  offer  very  cautiously,  as  indications  favor  higher  values 
than  the  recent  advance  to  25@26c.  per  pound. 

German  Fennel  Seed. — Quotations  for  prime  have  been 
advanced  to  10',i'Sll%c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities  owing 
to  scarcity.     The  foreign  markets  are  also  reported  very  firm. 


London  Drug  Market 

London.  April  17. — This  week  has  been  shortened  by  the 
latter  end  of  the  Easter  holidays,  but  business  is  now  in  full 
sway  again.  Although  generally  speaking  the  demand  is  quiet 
there  is  a  fair  amount  of  healthy  enquiry.  Camphor  is  in 
strong  position  and  there  is  a  good  demand  for  1-ounce  Jap- 
anese tablets  which  are  practically  unobtainable  on  the  spot, 
the  nominal  price  being  Is.  8d.  per  pound,  but  buyers  are 
willing  to  pay  Is.  9d. ;  for  near  arrival  business  has  been 
done  up  to  Is.  7d.  per  pound.  In  2i^-pound  slabs  the  price 
is  Is.  7d.  per  pound.  German  refiners  have  advanced  their 
prices  for  flowers  to  Is.  9d.  per  pound.  China  crude  is  firm 
and  business  has  been  done  at  140s.  per  cwt.  Citric  acid  is 
quiet  and  easier  at  Is.  .5d.  per  pound  from  second  hands.l 
Essence  of  Lemon  is  firmer  and  a  fair  business  has  been  done, 
on  the  spot  at  4s.  6d.  per  pound  for  good  brands.  | 

Cascara  Sagrada  tends  higher  and  40s.  per  cwt.  is  asked. 
Japanese  Isinglass  is  dearer  and  for  good  fresh  Is.  10%d. 
per  pound  is  wanted.  The  demand  for  Jamaica  Ginger  con- 
tinues and  sales  have  been  made  at  prices  slightly  in  advance 
of  last  rates.  Cod  Liver  Oil  is  quiet  and  lower.  Saffron  is 
very  firm.  Gentian  Root  is  dearer  and  22s.  per  cwt.  is  asked 
"to  arrive."  Sales  of  Johore  Ipecacuanha  ex-auction  have 
been  effected  at  5s.  lOd.  per  pound.  Oil  of  Peppermint  con- 
tinues quiet  at  Ss.  9d.  per  pound  for  H.G.H.  and  6s.  l^d. 
per  pound  for  Wayne  County  oil  in  tins.  Oil  of  Star  Aniseed 
is  firm  at  4s.  6d.  per  pound. 

London,  April  10. — In  spite  of  the  circumstances  that  this 
is  more  or  less  of  an  "off"  week,  owing  to  the  Easter  holidays, 
a  drug  sale  was  held  on  Wednesday.  As  might  have  been  ex- 
pected, the  demand  was  extremely  slow,  a  holiday  feelingi 
being  in  the  air,  and  the  exceptionally  fine  weather  having 
tempted  many  people  out  of  town  a  day  earlier  than  usual. 
There  was  no  outstanding  feature  of  any  importance  in  con- 
nection with  the  sales,  but  it  is  worthy  of  note  that  over  50 
packages  of  Senna  were  bought  in.  for  it  very  rarely  happens  ^ 
that  any  of  the  offerings  of  this  article  pass  unsold.  The  offer- 
ings consisted  of  small  common  leaf,  of  which  part  sold  at 
late  rates,  but  for  the  other  part  of  which  the  selling  brokers 
asked  higher  prices.    Pods  were  dearer  at  4iod.  per  pound. 

Sumatra  Benzoin  was  in  fair  demand  at  easier  rates  and  47 
cases  sold  at  £6  to  £7  10s.  per  cwt.  for  fair  seconds,  and  £5 
for  ordinary  kinds.  Jamaica  Honey  was  in  fair  demand  at 
dearer  rates,  realizing  46s.  6d.  per  cwt.  for  fine  white  set.' 
Ipecacuanha  was  not  in  request  and  only  a  few  bales  of 
Matto  grosso  sold  at  4s.  7d.  to  4s.  9d.  per  pound  for  damaged,' 
5s.  2d.  being  wanted  for  good.  Coca  Leaves  were  slightly 
easier  at  S%d.  per  pound  for  good,  green  Ceylons.  Rhubarb 
was  in  small  request  at  steady  rates.  Sarsaparilla  was  firm 
at  Is.  4d.  per  pound  for  good  grey  Jamaica,  lid.  to  Is.  for 
native  and  Is.  Id.  for  Lima.  Cape  Argol  realized  37s.  per 
cwt.  for  grey  and  pinky  and  34s.  for  pinky.  East  African 
Guaza  was  knocked  down  at  2%d.  per  pound  for  dusty  sift- 
ings.  Cardamoms  were  rather  slow  of  sale  and  prices  tended 
easier.  Dragon's  Blood  was  firm  at  £12  10s.  to  £12  12s.  6d. 
per  cwt.  for  good  reboiled  lump.  One  case  of  Myrrh  sold  at 
£5  15s.  per  cwt.  for  pickings.  Jamaica  Wax  was  firm  and 
dearer,  realizing  up  to  £7  17s.  6d.  per  cwt. 


The   Pharmaceutical   Era 


PUBLISHED   EVERY  THURSDAY 


VOL.  XLI. 


NEW  YORK,  MAY  6,  1909 


No.  18 


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WORLDS  FAIR  IN  BOSTON  IN  1920. 

ilueh  interest  attaches  to  the  recent  announcement 
in  the  Boston  Herald  that  a  movement  has  been  be- 
gun to  commemorate  the  300th  anniversary  of  the 
landing  of  the  Pilgrims  and  the  founding  of  New 
England  by  a  "World's  Tercentennial  Exposition  to 
be  held  in  Boston  in  1920.  New  England  has  never 
had  an  event  of  the  character  and  importance  of  a 
world's  fair  and  with  its  resources  in  every  essential 
respect  more  ample  to  create  and  conduct  a  celebra- 
tion of  adequate  scope  and  dimensions  there  is  good 
reason  for  initiating  and  prosecuting  the  project  to  a 
successful  termination.  Eleven  years  is  none  too  long 
to  prepare  for  an  exposition  of  the  magnitude  which 
we  may  well  expect  to  see  in  the  City  of  Culture. 

Pharmacists  in  Boston  and  New  England  may  be 
depended  upon  to  aid  in  making  the  occasion  a  suc- 
cess. The  section  affords  avenues  for  historic  dis- 
play's in  pharmacy  and  the  drug  trade  generally  wiU 
welcome  the  opportimitj-  to  place  before  the  visitors 
such  exhibits  as  they  may  wish  to  present  for  the 
observation  of  such  a  high-class  of  the  people  as 
would  certainly  attend  this  or  any  similar  exposition 
in  Boston. 


ALL-STATE  BILL  WINS  IN  LEGISLATURE. 


While  Governor  Hughes  had  not  signad  the  act  of 
the  Legislature  reorganizing  the  New  York  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  at  the  time  of  closing  this  section 
of  the  Era  no  other  couree  than  approval  seemed  log- 
ically open  to  the  executive  and  it  maj-  safely  be  said 
that  New  York  will  have  a  new  law  regulating  the 
practice  of  pharmacy.  The  bill  was  prepared  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  Governor's  recommendations,  it 
was  altered  and  amended  to  meet  his  views  and  in 
fact  was  carefully  edited  bj'  the  Governor's  legal  ad- 
viser. "With  the  exception  of  an  amendment  made  at 
the  last  minute  relegating  the  prosecution  of  dis- 
honest non-resident  manufacturers  to  the  Federal  au- 
thorities, instead  of  penalizing  them  in  this  State,  the 
measure  as  finally  enacted  represents  the  best  thought 
of  the  Governor's  adviser  and  of  the  officers  and  leg- 
islative committee  of  the  New  York  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 

The  passage  of  ]Mr.  C.  F.  Brown's  AU-State  Bill 
was  effected  in  the  closing  hours  of  the  Legislature 
in  the  face  of  opposition  which  came  from  sources 
that  ought  to  have  aided  its  enactment,  but  which 
only  served  to  make  more  arduous  the  efforts  of  those 
interested  in  this  really  model  piece  of  pharmacy  leg- 
islation. The  All-State  Bill,  however,  had  the  sup- 
port of  the  great  mass  of  the  pharmacists  of  the 
State  and  tke  futility  of  endeavoring  to  defeat  it  was 


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May  6,  1909 


made  manifest  in  the  action  of  the  legislators,  for  the 
vietoiy  was  a  conspicuous  one  against  the  elements 
which  favored  taking  the  board  into  practical  party 
politics.  High  standards  of  membership  are  pro- 
vided, the  State  association  will  name  the  eligibles 
and  the  actual  appointments  will  be  made  by  the  Re- 
gents of  the  Universitj'  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

While  the  Era  favored  the  election  of  the  members 
by  the  pharmacists  of  the  State,  as  under  the  sj^stem 
just  discarded,  we  are  unable  to  see  any  possibility 
of  unworthy  men  being  forced  to  the  front  under  the 
new  method,  while  to  some  extent,  the  right  of  voting 
participation  by  the  pharmacists  of  the  State  is  re- 
tained in  the  provision  which  gives  the  State  Ph.A. 
the  nominating  power.  On  the  whole,  the  new  meas- 
ure is  a  distinct  step  in  advance  and  it  may  be  said 
that  the  integrity  of  the  board  is  permanently  pro- 
tected from  the  practical  politicians,  for  the  old  cry 
of  unconstitutionality  was  a  continuous  menace  of  a 
reorganization  which  might  be  made  on  lines  other 
than  the  admirable  ones  of  the  Brown  bill.  If  Gov- 
ernor Hughes  signs  the  act,  as  no  doubt  he  will,  he 
will  have  performed  a  service  of  high  importance  to 
pharmacy  and  to  the  people  of  this  commonwealth. 

NOT  A  VICTORY  FOB  THE  GROCERS. 


Careful  perusal  of  the  decision  of  Chief  Justice 
Cullen,  of  the  New  York  Coiirt  of  Appeals,  discloses 
that  the  judgment  of  reversal  in  favor  of  Grocer 
Gasau  and  against  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  was  based  upon  a  technicality  which  to 
the  lay  mind  had  no  substantial  foundation  in  fact 
or  in  law  and  one  which  could  hardly  have  served  its 
purpose  had  the  attention  of  tlie  court  been  directed 
to  the  statute  upon  this  branch  of  the  issue.  In 
other  respects  the  opinion  gives  evidence  of  apparent 
omission  to  acquaint  the  court  with  full  scope  of  the 
contentions,  for  Justice  Cullen  has  apparently  made 
a  careful  investigation  of  the  merits  and  on  the  face 
of  his  decision  it  is  improbable  that  he  omitted  to 
consider  any  arguments  that  were  presented  for  the 
information  and  consideration  of  the  court.  All  of 
which  explains  the  astonishment  with  which  the  deci- 
sion was  received  in  pharmaceutical  circles. 

The  crux  of  the  decision  is  found  in  the  opinion  of 
the  court  that  the  grocer  should  have  been  convicted 
under  section  164  of  the  Agricultural  law,  classing 
cream  of  tartar  as  food,  instead  of  under  the  phar- 
macy law,  the  court  holding  that  the  board  could  not 
prosecute  imder  the  former  law.  Instead  of  vindi- 
cating the  grocer  the  court  intimates  that  he  was 
probably  guilty.    The  opinion  says : 

It  is  very  probable  th.it  the  dcfeudant  sold  an  adulterated 
article,  and  it  is  also  quite  possible  that  in  so  doing  he  vio- 
lated the  law  and  subjected  himself  to  a  penalty  for  section 
164  ol  the  Agricultural  Law  (L.  1S93,  ch.  338.  as  amended  by  L. 
1903,  ch.  524)  defines  food  as  including  "all  articles  used  for 
food,  confectionery  or  condiments  by  man,  whether  simple, 
mixed  or  compound,"  and  by  section  41  of  the  Health  Law 
anyone  selling  adulterated  food  is  subject  to  a  penalty  of  $100. 

This  plaintiff,  however,  cannot  maintain  an  action  for  such  a 
penalty.  Its  authority  to  sue  is  limited  to  penalties  accruing 
under  Article  11  of  the  Public  Health  Law,  which  deals  with 
pharmacy.  The  question,  therefore,  is  whether  the  defendant 
violated  any  provision  of  that  article. 

The  case  might  be  very  summarily  disposed  of.  Section  41  of 
the  Health  Law  prescribes  that  it  shall  be  deemed  an  adultera- 
tion in  the  case  of  drugs: 

1.  If  when  sold  under  or  by  a  name  recognized  in  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia,  it  differs  from  the  standard  of  strength, 
quality  or  purity  laid  down  therein,  2,  If,  when  sold  under  or 
by  a  name  not  recognized  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia 
but    which    is    found    in    some    other    Pharmacopoeia    or    other 


standard  work  on  materia  medica,  it  differs  materially  from  the 
standards  of  strength,  quality  or  purity  laid  down  in  such  work. 
The  name  cream  of  tartar  under  which  this  article  was  sold 
is  not  recognized  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia.  There- 
fore, the  case  does  not  fall  within  the  first  section.  There  is 
no  proof  in  the  record  that  the  name  is  found  in  any  other 
Pharmacopoeia  or  standard  work  on  materia  medica.  Had  such 
proof  been  given,  then  the  standard  of  purity  and  strength 
would,  under  the  terms  of  the  statute,  depend  upon  the  standard 
prescribed  by  the  work  in  which  the  name  was  found,  and  not 
that  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  of  what  is  said  to  be 
its  equivalent,  potassium  bitartrate.  The  proof  is  therefore 
fatally  defective. 

The  court,  in  its  conclusion,  as  noted  above,  ap- 
parently ignores  section  192.  paragraph  j,  of  Article 
11,  which  in  defining  the  powers  of  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  gives  it  authority  "to  investigate  all  al- 
leged violations  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  or  any 
other  law  of  this  State  regulating  the  dispensing  of 
drugs,"  etc.  That  would  seem  to  dispose  of  the 
question  of  power. 

The  court  asserts  that  the  name  cream  of  tartar  is 
not  recognized  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 
An  inspection  of  this  book,  discloses  the  following 
item  in  the  index : 

Page 

Cream  of  tartar,  {Potassii  Bitartras,) 356 

Numerous  decisions  have  established  the  fact  that 
an  index  is  part  of  a  book  and  there  is  no  reason  why 
the  U.S,P.  should  be  any  exception  to  the  rule.  It 
would  seem  that  the  attention  of  the  court  was  not 
called  to  this  important  fact.  In  the  preface  of  the 
U.S. P.,  treating  of  synonj'ius,  the  editors  outline  the 
generally  policy  to  be  to  limit  the  number  as  much  as 
possible.  Cream  of  tartar  appears  to  have  been  one 
of  the  eliminations  in  the  main  body  of  the  book 
imder  this  policy,  but  its  presence  in  the  index  re- 
tains it  in  the  Pharmacopoeia. 

"What  the  the  court  considers  a  more  important  ob- 
jection is  that  imder  section  199  cream  of  tartar,  as 
sold  by  merchants,  is  exempt  from  action  by  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  again  omitting  to  take  cogni- 
zance of  the  provision  heretofore  quoted  giving  the 
board  power  to  prosecute  "under  any  other  law." 
In  construing  the  intent  of  the  legislators  the  court 
holds  (and  here  is  where  the  grocer's  attorney  sees 
his  great  "victory")  that  the  court  is 

of  opinion  that  the  various  excepted  articles  enumerated  in 
section  199,  when  not  sold  as  drugs  or  medicines,  are  not  re- 
quired to  conform  to  the  standard  prescribed  by  the  Phar- 
macopoeia  for  medicinal   prep;arations. 

The  court,  throughout  the  opinion  takes  ground 
against  adulteration  of  food  and  drug  products  and 
adds  significantl.y : 

If  adulterated  the  vendors  may  be  subject  to  other  statutory 
penalties,   but  not  to  those  imposed   by  Article  11. 

Summed  up  in  a  paragraph,  the  grocer  sold  adul- 
terated cream  of  tartar  and  should  have  been  penal- 
ized under  the  Agricultural  act  instead  of  the  Phar- 
macy law.  This  does  not  seem  to  be  much  of  a  vic- 
tory for  grocers  who  sell  adulterated  articles. 


A  NOVEL,  BtTT  POPULAR  INNOVATION. 


A  very  pretty  custom,  recently  inaugurated  by  the 
publishers  of  the  Era,  that  of  introducing  new  ad- 
vertisers to  the  readers  of  this  journal,  has  appar- 
ently become  popular  even  in  its  infancy.  Its  benefit 
is  not  at  all  one  sided,  either,  as  it  concerns  the  adver- 
tiser or  the  druggist,  for  it  enables  the  purchaser  to 
become  quickly  conversant  with  the  merits  of  the 
offerings  made  by  the  seller  in  a  way  which  estab- 


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415 


lishes  an  acquaintance  that  would  be  made  much 
more  slowly  through  the  usual  method  of  merely 
printing  the  formal  announcement  of  the  advertiser. 
In  business  done  through  advertising  in  the  trade 
journals,  as  well  as  in  the  ordinary  affairs  of  life,  as 
much  depends  upon  the  proper  introduction  of  busi- 
ness men  to  one  another  as  upon  the  circumstances 
under  which  persons  in  social  circles  become  ac- 
quainted. The  Era  has  set  about  the  performance 
of  this  duty  in  a  way  that  can  only  serve  to  bring 
our  readers  and  our  advertisers  closer  together. 

Michigan  druggists  are  finding  that  the  requirement  of  true 
and  correct  statements  of  their  liquor  sales  is  not  a  jolse.  One 
of  them  in  Van  Buren  County  has  been  arrested  on  a  charge 
of  perjury  and  the  authorities  are  gunning  for  evidence  against 
others. 


Though  still  a  very  young  man.  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly,  who  has 
just  been  made  manager  of  the  extensive  laboratories  of  Sharp 
&  Dohme  in  Baltimore  to  succeed  Aubrey  T.  Hill,  an  English- 
man with  the  prestige  of  having  been  drilled  in  the  establish- 
ment of  Burroughs  Wellcome  &  Co..  Lon- 
don, must  be  classed  with  the  most  capa- 
ble pharmacists  of  Baltimore.  The  pro- 
motion has  come  to  Dr.  Kelly  after  only 
a  few  years  of  which  he  made  excellent 
use.  By  faithful  performance  of  duty, 
by  untiring  endeavor,  by  devotion  to  the 
work  before  him,  and  by  unremitting  ef- 
fort to  master  all  the  details,  combined 
with  solid  learning  and  a  naturally  alert 
understanding,  he  soon  gained  the  confi- 
dence of  bis  employers  and  rose  rapidly 
in  their  regard,  so  that  when,  after  a 
little  more  than  two  years,  Mr.  Hill  de- 
cided to  return  to  London  and  engage  in 
business  there,  the  choice  of  those  in  au- 
thority naturally  fell  upon  the  youthful 
member  of  the  force  who  had  proved  so 
diligent  and  intelligent  in  the  performance 
of  his  labors. 

Dr.  Kelly  is  not  yet  30  .vears  old.  yet 
upon  him  now  rests  the  responsibility  for 
the  reputation  of  all  the  products  turned 
out  by  Sharp  &  Dohme.  He  was  born 
near  Carthage,  X.  C,  as  the  son  of  J.  E. 
Kelly,  a  well-known  teacher  of  the  Old 
North  State,  who  at  times  was  connected 
with  the  public  schools  and  also  conduct- 
ed a  private  institution.  Practically  all 
of  his  scholastic  training  was  received 
imder  the  tutelage  of  the  father,  who 
grounded  him  well  in  the  various  branches 
taught  in  his  own  school  and  gave  him  personal  instruction. 
It  was  only  natural  under  the  circumstances  that  the  son 
should  lean  toward  the  calling  of  the  father,  and  thus  it  hap- 
pened that  the  young  man  for  a  time  served  as  one  of  the 
instructors  in  his  father's  school.  He  might  have  made 
pedagogy  his  life  work,  for  that  matter,  had  not  an  uncle, 
Dr.  C.  B,  Warren,  of  Green  Cove  Springs,  Fla.,  intervened. 
Dr.  Warren,  a  physician,  owned  a  drug  store,  to  the  manage- 
ment of  which  he  could  give  no  attention,  being  completely' 
occupied  with  a  large  medical  practice.  It  so  happened  that 
Dr.  Warren's  clerk  had  given  notice  of  intent  to  leave,  and 
the  uncle  persuaded  young  Kelly  to  go  down  to  Green  Cove 
Springs  and  take  charge  of  the  store.     The  young  man  knew 

I  little   or   nothing   of    pharmacy,    but    with    the   confidence    of 
.vouth  he  assented  to  the  plan,  and  in  this  way  he  acquired  a 

I  fondness  for  the  pursuit,  which  was  destined  to  become  his 

j  life   profession.      In   order   to   meet   the   highest   requirements 
Mr.  Kelly  matriculated  at  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy, 

I  where  he  carried  off  honors  and  graduated  well  up  near  the 

;  head  of  the  class  of  1902. 

During  his  two  years  at  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy 
he  had  formed  a  strong  attachment  for  Prof.  Charles  Schmidt, 
one  of  the  faculty,  and  through  him  he  was  brought  under  the 
notice  of  Sharp  &  Dohme.  so  that  after  graduation  he  obtained 


a  position  in  the  stock  room  of  the  extensive  laboratories,  ex- 
ercising special  supervision  over  the  crude  drug  supply  depart- 
ment, which  had  not  before  been  under  any  one's  particular 
supervision.  There  Dr.  Kelly  at  once  prc-ed  his  value,  devel- 
oping the  department  and  properly  emphasizing  its  importance. 
Having  thus  improved  on  the  favorable  impression  he  had 
made,  he  went  up  step  by  step,  being  entrusted  with  more 
responsible  duties  and  steadily  rising  in  the  esteem  of  the 
corporation  heads. 

Everything  Dr.  Kelly  undertook  to  do  he  tried  to  do  well. 
With  him  there  was  no  slighting  or  indifference.  He  was  not 
content  to  perform  the  task  immediately  before  him.  but 
sought  to  promote  the  interests  of  his  employers  in  whatever 
way  he  could.  At  college  he  had  made  such  excellent  use  of 
his  time  that  he  was  invited  in  1904  to  become  an  instructor 
in  pharmacy,  a  position  for  which  his  early  pedagogic  training 
especially  fitted  him.  Upon  the  death  of  Professor  Schmidt, 
over  one  year  ago,  he  was  made  assistant  in  pharmacy,  being 
immediately  under  Prof.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.  The  position  he 
still  holds,  with  great  honor  to  himself  and  with  credit  to  the 
Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Maryland,  the 
old  college  having  been  merged  with  the  university. 

Dr.  Kelly's  disposition  to  be  a  working  member,  no  matter 
with  what  organization  he  might  become  affiliated,  caused  him 
to  be  singled  out  for  other  distinctions.  He  was  elected  sec- 
retary of  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy, the  body  which  holds  the  charter 
for  the  college,  though  its  teaching  func- 
tions have  been  transferred  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland.  Dr.  Kelly  has  now 
been  secretary  for  several  years  and  his 
fidelity  in  attending  to  the  details  of  the 
office  is  likely  to  make  him  the  permanent 
incumbent.  His  record  of  the  proceedings 
is  alwa.vs  up  to  date  and  the  work  is  done 
in  a  competent  manner.  In  addition.  Dr. 
Kelly  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Mary- 
land Pharmaceutical  Association,  his 
choice  being  dictated  by  a  purpose  to  have 
I  lie  duties  of  this  office  attended  to  with 
the  same  unfailing  regularity.  Dr.  Kelly's 
devotion  to  the  scientific  and  mercantile 
aspects  of  pharmacy,  furthermore,  im- 
pelled him  to  seek  membership  in  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
and  when  the  Baltimore  Branch  was 
formed  he  became  the  logical  secretary,  so 
that  he  holds  not  less  than  three  positions 
with  somewhat  similar  duties. 

Dr.    Kelly    also    is    affiliated    with    the 
General  Alumni  Association  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland  and  with  other  bodies. 
He  contributes  frequently  to  the  literature 
of  the   several   societies   and   he   takes   a 
prominent    part    in    the    deliberations   on 
pharmaceutical  subjects.     His  patriotism 
and   love  of  his  native  State  find  expres- 
sion in  affiliation  with  the  North  Carolina   Society  of  Balti- 
more and  he  is  not  less  popular  among  his  own  Tar  Heelers 
than  among  druggists. 

His  clerkship  in  his  uncle's  drug  store  proved  fateful  in 
more  directions  than  one,  for  it  was  during  his  sojourn  in 
the  Pineapple  State  that  he  became  acquainted  with  Miss 
Marian  Low,  who  w-as  prevailed  upon  to  change  her  name  to 
Mrs.  Kelly  when  the  young  man  had  found  himself,  so  to 
speak,  and  had  gained  a  firm  footing.  They  are  a  thoroughly 
congenial  and  happily  mated  couple,  and  reside  with  their 
young  son  in  North  Baltimore.  As  may  have  been  surmised 
from  Dr  Kelly's  various  offices,  he  is  of  a  singular  obliging 
disposition  and  consequently  he  has  much  work  thrust  upon 
him.  Of  a  modest,  almost  retiring  nature,  he  has  never 
sought  to  push  himself  forward,  and  all  the  honors  he  has  re- 
ceived have  come  to  him  unsolicited.  Amiability  is  one  of  his 
leading  characteristics ;  and  his  courteousness  is  not  of  a 
forced  type,  but  asserts  itself  spontaneously  as  part  of  the 
man.  Good  fortune  has  not  in  the  least  turned  his  head,  and 
he  bears  his  new  distinctions  with  the  same  unassuming  mod- 
esty which  he  displayed  as  a  student. 


A  "Pure  Shoe  Bill'  is  the  latest.     Says  the  Shoe  Retailer: 
The  bill  which  was  recently  introduced  in  the  Senate  of  the 


416 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  6,  1909 


Missouri  Legislature  providing  a  penalty  for  all  manufac- 
turers and  dealers  in  footwear  to  sell  the  same  if  any  substi- 
tute for  leather  enter  into  the  composition  of  a  shoe  which  is 
not  duly  stamped  showing  the  substitution,  is  not  meeting 
with  favor  by  many  of  the  leading  retailers  of  the  State.  The 
proposed  law  provides  that  each  substitution  for  real  leather 
be  stamped  on  the  sole  of  the  shoe,  so  a  customer  may  know  he 
is  not  getting  a  solid  leather  shoe.  Dealers  incline  to  the  idea 
that  it  is  all  nonsense  to  enact  such  a  law ;  that  if  such  a 
law  is  needed  it  should  be  a  National  and  not  a  State  law, 
since  it  gives  adjoining  States  having  no  such  legislation  an 
advantage. 


Tariff  revision  at  Washington  is  in  a  "to  be  continued  in 
our  next"  condition.  There  is  a  ray  of  hope  in  a  promise 
that  the  bill  will  be  ready  to  go  to  the  President  by  June  1. 
As  we  have  said  before :  the  sooner  the  revision  is  completed 
and  affected  business  men  are  relieved  of  the  suspense  the 
better  it  will  be  for  everybody. 


Surgeon  Major  C.  Dubruel  de  Broglio,  of  the  French  army, 
who  has  been  stationed  in  Tahiti,  Society  Islands,  for  three 
years,  left  New  York  recently  on  his  way  to  Paris,  where  he 
will  publish  in  a  French  medical  journal  the  details  of  his 
studies  of  tropical  diseases,  and  particularly  the  discovery  of  a 
cure  for  elephantiasis. 

"There  is  much  of  this  terrible  malady  in  the  Polynesian 
Islands,"  said  Dr.  de  Broglio  to  a  Herald  reporter,  "and  I  had 
opportunity  to  make  a  thorough  research.  As  a  result,  I  am 
convinced  that  the  idea  held  by  the  medical  world  for  so  long 
that  the  disease  is  incurable  is  incorrect,  and,  furthermore, 
that  the  theory  advanced  by  Sir  Patrick  Manson,  the  celebrated 
English  surgeon,  that  the  disease  is  caused  by  filaria,  a  slender 
parasitic  worm,  is  erroneous. 

"My  investigations  showed  me  that  the  disease  is  contagious 
and  infectious,  and  I  found  that  the  microbes  which  cause  it 
are  an  association  of  the  Stahylococci  family  and  a  new  one 
yet  undescrtbed.  I  experimented  with  many  rabbits  and 
chickens  and  found  that  injections  of  the  serum  produced  the 
disease  in  them. 

"I  was  successful  in  the  treatment  of  cases  of  the  disease 
by  antitoxin  treatment.  I  made  photographs  of  a  patient  in 
July  and  October  of  the  same  year.  In  the  first  instance  the 
legs  of  the  patient,  a  man,  was  swollen  beyond  any  resemblance 
to  their  original  shape,  one  ankle  being  as  large  as  the  leg  of 
an  elephant.  The  patient  had  an  air  of  apparent  hopelessness. 
When  the  second  photograph  was  taken  the  swelling  was 
greatly  reduced." 


As  the  debonair  drug  clerk  stepped  forward  to  vpait  on  her 
she  trained  her  guileless  blue  eyes  upon  him  and  said :  "I 
wish  you  would  give  me  a  sponge  bath,  please." 

The  clerk  was  for  a  moment  nonplussed,  but  at  last  managed 
to  say:     "Do  you  prefer  hot  or  cold  water,  miss?" — Herald. 


A  new  crime  has  been  invented  in  Ohio.  The  public  school 
superintendent  of  Columbiana  has  been  deprived  of  his  job 
for  "using  patent  medicines  to  excess."     What  next? 


Whether  or  not  an  optometrist  ma'y  properly  call  himself  a 
"doctor"  is  a  question  that  is  coming  before  the  optical  so- 
cieties now  that  2000  men  in  this  State  have  been  recognized 
as  optometrists  under  the  provisions  of  the  optometry  law 
which  went  into  effect  last  year,  says  the  New  York  Sun. 
About  one-half  of  the  total  number  of  these  men  are  practicing 
in  New  York  City  and  a  large  proportion  of  them  have  as- 
sumed the  doctor's  title  without  the  formality  of  obtaining 
a  degree  from  a  college  authorized  to  confer  it. 

The  Optometrical  Society  of  the  City  of  New  York  at  a 
meeting  held  recently  considered  an  amendment  to  the  by- 
laws prohibiting  members  from  styling  themselves  "doctors" 
on  their  office  signs,  cards,  letterheads  and  other  printed  mat- 
ter. Those  who  favored  the  amendment  argued  that  it  was 
necessary  in  order  that  dishonest  opticians  may  be  deterred 
from  posing  as  physicians  and  so  bring  discredit  upon  the  new 
profession  of  optometry. 

The  society  voted  down  the  amendment  but  decided  that  all 
members  using  the  title  "doctor"  must  accompany  it  when- 
ever it  is  written  or  printed  with  the  word  "optometrist." 
Failure  on  the  part  of  a  member  to  do  this  or  any  effort  to 
deceive  the  public  into  the  belief  that  he  is  a  medical   practi- 


tioner will  be  ground  sufficient  for  expelling  him  and  for  asking 
the  State  authorities  to  cancel  his  optometry  certificate. 

This  action  has  not  entirely  satisfied  those  who  are  op- 
posed to  the  use  of  the  doctor's  title,  so  the  question  is  to  be 
carried  to  the  convention  to  be  held  early  in  June  at  Albany 
by  the  Optical  Society  of  the  State  of  New  York  and  also  to 
the  National  convention  to  be  held  in  Atlauta,  Ga.,  on  June  21, 
by  the  American  Association  of  Opticians. 

Those  who  believe  in  the  optometrist  calling  himself  "doctor" 
say  that  dentists,  veterinarians,  pharmacists  and  chiropodists 
call  themselves  "doctors,"  and  claim  that  they  are  not  confused 
in  the  public  mind  with  the  medical  practitioner,  although  this 
is  by  no  means  true,  except  in  some  portions  of  the  South,  for 
the  idea  conveyed  to  the  average  mind  is  that  a  doctor  is  a 
doctor  of  medicine,  unless  there  be  the  qualification  or  ex- 
planation which  is  insisted  upon  by  optometrists  who  wish  to 
avoid  misleading  the  public. 

Optometrists  say  that  in  time  their  colleges  will  be  author- 
ized to  confer  the  doctor's  degree,  just  as  the  colleges  of  den- 
tistry and  pharmacy  now  do,  and  then  their  right  to  the  title 
will  no  longer  be  questioned.  They  are  to  celebrate  at  their 
coming  State  convention  the  passing  of  optometry  laws  in  20 
States,  seven  of  these  having  been  passed  this  year,  following 
New  York's  example. 

In  all  these  laws  the  optometrist  is  defined  as  a  man  who 
measures  the  power  of  vision  by  mechanical  means  and  fits 
eyeglasses  for  the  relief  of  the  eye's  defects.  He  is  thus  dis- 
tinguished from  the  optician,  who  merely  grinds  lenses,  and 
from  the  oculist,  who  treats  diseases  of  the  eye. 


Chief  Clerk :  "Here  comes  the  lady  who  wrote  those  articles 
on  'How  I  Live  Regally  on  Six  Dollars  a  Week.'  " 

Satan :  "Put  her  over  there  with  the  other  liars."- — 
LippincoW  s. 


Within  a  short  time  a  light  will  be  flashed  from  the  gray 
stone  beacon  on  Branford  Reef,  a  few  miles  beyond  New 
Haven  harbor,  in  Long  Island  Sound,  that,  if  successful,  may 
mark  a  new  departure  in  small  lighthouses  at  least  and  do 
away  with  hundreds  of  lighthouse  keepers  along  the  coast. 
For  years  the  dangerous  hidden  reef  which  only  shows  at  low 
water  has  been  marked  by  a  circular  stone  day  beacon  about- 
20  feet  in  height  surmounted  by  an  iron  cage  or  "daymark." 

Now  it  is  proposed  to  install  an  acetylene  gas  light  that 
can  be  seen  for  about  five  or  six  miles  by  masters  of  approach- 
ing vessels,  the  lighting  of  which  at  sunset  and  turning  down 
at  sunrise  will  all  be  done  without  human  aid  for  at  least  a 
year.  The  gas  will  be  lighted  and  extinguished  by  a  sun  valve. 
The  inventor  of  the  device,  M.  Dalen,  a  Swedish  engineer,  is 
now  in  this  country. 

The  Commercial  Acetylene  Gas  Company,  whose  president 
is  E.  G.  Benedict,  is  the  contractor  for  the  new  light,  and 
Major  Potter,  the  engineer  of  the  lighthouse  establishment  in 
Tompkinsville,  said  recently  that  if  the  light  is  successful  it 
will  be  kept  burning  without  care  for  a  whole  year  from  the 
battery  of  charged  gas  tanks. 


In  Iowa  even  the  burglars  are  taking  a  hand  in  trying  to 
prevent  druggists  from  selling  intoxicants.  Recently  they 
cleaned  out  the  entire  stock  of  a  Mason  City  druggist. 


In  a  Philadelphia  club  a  member  was  met  not  long  ago  by 
the  announcement  from  a  fellow  member  that  a  friend  of  both 
had  fallen  ill. 

"I  understand  from  the  physician,"  said  the  first  member, 
"that  Tom  has  brain  fever.  He'll  recover,  but  it's  thought 
his  mind  will  be  a  blank." 

"I  trust  the  diagnosis  is  incorrect,"  came  in  fervent  tones 
from  the  second  member,  "inasmuch  as  Tom  owes  me  a  hun- 
dred dollars." — May  lAppincott's. 


Mr.  Feathertop — Just  a  moment.  Miss  Tartun.     Let  me  tell 
you  what  I  think — 

Miss  Tartun — Certainly ;  I  can  wait  long  enough  for  that. 


The  outlook  upon  the  future  depends  upon  whether  we  view 
it  from  the  heights  of  hope  and  determination  or  the  valleys  of 
doubt  and  timidity. 


The  only  way  to  measure  the  value  of  a  theory  is  to  trans- 
form it  into  fact  by  intelligent  and  immediate  action. 


Mav  6.  1909] 


THE     PHARjMACEUTICAIi     ERA 


417 


The  Ways  and  Means  Committee. 


"By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Tlierc  are  a  good  many  Ways  and 
Means  Committees  in  existence,  as 
almost  every  organization  and  gov- 
ernment finds  it  expedient  to  have 
one.  The  members  are  generally  se- 
lected because  of  their  resourceful- 
ness, clear-headed  business  judgment 
anil  foresight. 

Milliards  have  no  place  on  any 
remilar  committee  of  this  kind,  but 
this  particular  Ways  and  Means  of 
which  I  am  about  to  write  is  by  no 
ni  ■•■uis  regular,  in  fact  it  is  decid- 
tilly  irregular,  and  while  its  members 
:i)!iiot  be  charged  with  lack  of  re- 
"  nrefulness  they  certainly  are 
IV  Hilling  in  foresight. 

Tlip  Committee  is  unique,  it  is  the 
largest  one  in  the  world,  as  the  mem- 
bership is  s.lf:i|. pointed  and  most  of  them  are  elected  for  life. 
This  is  especially  true  if  the  objects  are  realized  even  in  part. 
Each  member  or  group  of  members  works  on  an  independent 
plan,  following  a  go-as-you-please  gait,  and  in  consequence 
recruits  are  constantly  added. 

The  deeply  benevolent  purpose  of  each  and  every  active 
worker  is  to  find  some  plausible  way  of  separating  anybody 
who  happens  to  have  means — cashable  means — from  such  a 
questionable  possession.  The  risk  and  possible  loss  to  self 
are  ignored  with  a  fortitude  that  is  little  short  of  heroic. 

The  owner  of  a  fine  and  prosperous  drug  store  recently 
discovered  that  his  health  was  undermined  to  such  an  extent 
that  ah  immediate  and  prolonged  change  was  imperative.  He 
advertised  his  business  in  a  well-known  daily  paper.  We  will 
call  it  The  Comet,  not  because  its  name  was  really  anything 
like  that  or  because  of  its  likeness  to  one.  for  the  paper 
boasted  of  a  circulation  that  would  have  destroyed  utterly  the 
symmeiry  of  any  well-trained  comet,  but  rather  because  of  the 
speedy  and  extraordinary  results  obtained. 

The  store  owner  took  infinite  pains  with  the  wording  of 
his  copy,  the  style  of  type,  the  border  and  its  location  in 
The  Comet's  best  selling  column.  Even  newspapers  have 
choice  spots  of  location. 

Next  day  a  voluminous  mail  was  delivered  in  reply.  Every 
writer  seemed  to  be  a  member  of  the  Committee — although  no 
one  stated  that  fact — and  appeared  willing,  even  eager  to  do 
the  ailing  business  man  a  good  turn. 

He  was  offered  rich,  unimproved  orange  land,  and  earnestly 
recommended  to  make  his  own  improvements  as  a  means  of 
restoration  to  perfect  health  ;  shares  of  fabulously  rich  mining 
stock,  which  had  a  gleaming,  beckoning  future,  and  which 
could  now,  for  a  short  time  be  obtained  at  a  ridiculously  low 
figure :  undivided  shares  in  rubber  plantations  with  the  most 
elastic  tales  of  riches  just  ahead :  apple  orchards  where 
wealth  grew  rosy-cheeked  and  unassisted  in  the  glorious  sun- 
shine;  walnut,  eucalyptus  and  lemon  groves,  grape  and  fig 
lands  rushed  forward,  so  to  be.  enthusiastically  waitiug  to  be 
embraced  ;  there  were  opportunities  to  exchange  for  business 
property  which  had  only  the  trifling  dra-wbaek  of  litigation 
concerning  the  title ;  industrial  enterprises  that  manufactured 
everything  from  air-ships  and  their  supplies  to  corner-building 
lots  in  Cloudland,  and  air-castles  all  furnished  and  ready  to 
let  to  the  many  summer  tourists  who  were  planning  to  take 
the  numerous  air-lines. 

A  few  dozen  brokers  came  forward  and  confidentially  guaran- 
teed inside  deals — if  all  delays  were  eliminated.  Haste  seemed 
in  all  cases  necessary.  There  were  offers  difficult  to  classify. 
One  read : 

Mb.   XORB.ILT, 

Dear  Sir:  I  have  2500  watches  that  are  not  such  very 
good-lookers,  but  as  time-keepers  they  are  simply  grate.  One 
fine  driving  horse,  gentle  as  a  white  kiten,  also  one  buggy 
and  harness  both  still  servicible.  Although  this  here  property 
is  worth  a  good  deal  more,  I  will  take  your  drug-store  for  it. 
I  am  no  druggist,  but  the  woods  is  full  of  them  and  I  can  hire 
one  until  I  can  ketch  onto  the  business.  I  understand  the 
profits  in  the  business  is  all  that  can  be  desired. 


If  your  health  is  pore,  you  couldn't  find  a  finer  propositshun 
than  mine.  You  plan  out  a  fashunable  driving  tower,  pack 
your  stock  in  the  back  of  the  buggy — it  is  built  that  way — 
and  do  business  right  along  the  road.  Take  your  drug-store 
right  along,  only  in  another  form.  You  would  gain  helth 
and  probably  make  more  money  than  you  ever  seen  before. 
This  offer  is  only  open  for  three  days.  Yours  very  truly 
and  again :  J.  H.  P. 

Mb.  Nobbam  Deeb  : 

Seein  your  ad  of  a  nise  drug  stoar  in  the  cotnet  and  Awl  the 
fixins  And  good  Will  I  have  to  say  that  I  have  a  Piece  of 
copyrite  sheat  Music  I  will  exchange  for  the  stoar  if  it  is  as 
good  a  stoar  as  you  clame  it  is. 

I  am  riting  other  Parties  and  the  won  that  answers  me 
first  and  satisfaetury  will  get  the  Piece. 

I  ask  $20,000  for  Piece  if  soald  for  kash.  Plees  let  me  no 
your  decism  by  the  same  male  you  get  this. 

Yours  for  returns,  Mbs.  M.  M.  C. 

The  man  with  the  drug  store  to  sell  was  so  overcome  with 
the  generosity  of  his  many  correspondents  that  he  requested 
his  amiable  wife  to  act  as  his  private  secretary,  and  to  let  the 
Ways  and  Means  people  who  had  written  him  know  of  his 
entire  unwillingness  to  allow  them  to  make  such  sacrifices  on 
his  behalf.  But  for  once,  she  was  distinctly  disobliging,  de- 
clining to  waste  sarcasm  and  stamps  and  declaring  with  some 
show  of  reason  that  he  had  foolishly  attempted  to  market  a 
special  product  to  a  miscellaneous  public  and  that  he  must 
except  miscellaneous  replies.  That  if  she  wished  to  purchase 
a  piano  she  would  not  look  for  it  at  a  church  bazaar,  in  a 
fancy  notion  store,  or  even  in  an  Apothecary  Shop,  varied 
as  were  their  side  lines.  She  would  seek  the  normal  outlet 
for  such  goods — a  reliable  piano  store,  and  by  the  same  course 
of  reasoning  she  arrived  at  the  conclusion  that  any  person  with 
capital  and  the  educational  investment  to  handle  a  dnig  store 
successfully  would  naturally  look  in  the  selling  columns  of  a 
reliable  weekly  drug  journal.  A  weekly  one  should  be  selected 
because  of  .the  greater  frequency  to  repeat  the  proposition, 
and  that  moreover  an  advertisement  of  this  nature  would 
reach  out  and  make  a  stronger  appeal  to  the  class  of  people 
it  seemed  desirable  to  reach. 

The  next  week  this  plan  was  acted  upon  and  although  the 
mail  dwindled  amazingly  and  they  lost  lots  of  fun.  the  store 
was  soon  satisfactorily  placed,  which  was  really  more  to  the 
point.  The  owner  had  wanted  but  one  customer  and  he  found 
him  right  speedily. 

Then  there  is  a  large  contingent  of  this  extensive  Committee 
which  has  for  its  sole  working  capital  the  time  of  other  people. 
They  have  nothing  to  market,  and  apparently  iiothing  to  do 
but  to  hang  around  and  interfere  with  the  regular  business  of 
those  who  have  an  ambition  to  make  their  time  count  for 
something. 

Have  you  ever  met  the  active  member,  who  arises  about 
noon,  yawns  lazily  through  the  afternoon,  begins  to  come  to 
when  the  evening  commences  and  by  closing  time  is  as  wide- 
awake as  an  owl?  By  this  time  his  mind  is  alert  and  he  fre- 
quently decides  to  write  a  letter  and  makes  the  liberal  pur- 
chase of  a  sheet  of  paper,  an  envelope  and  a  stamp,  and  bor- 
rowing pen  and  ink  proceeds  to  indite  a  lengthy  epistle, 
without  noticing  that  the  window  lights  are  out  and  that  he  is 
the  only  obstacle  in  the  way  of  closing. 

He  is  usually  a  likable  chap,  too,  and  is  frequently  popular 
enough  to  be  the  President  of  the  local  Dilly-Dally  Club.  He 
has  not  the  slightest  idea  that  he  has  used  up  two  dollars' 
worth  of  time,  added  the  last  straw  to  a  long,  tiresome  day, 
and  only  given  in  return  the  profits  on  a  five-cent  cigar. 

Time  is  the  only  commodity  that  costs  us  nothing  to  get 
and  everything  to  lose.  If  it  means  nothing  to  the  Dilly-Dally 
Club — that  is  their  fortune — or  misfortune,  but  what  moral 
right  have  they  to  go  about  and  systematically  appropriate 
some  one  else's  valuable  time  without  their  leave  or  license. 

The  loss  of  one  hour  a  day  for  a  year  means  a  total  loss 
of  thirty-six  and  a  half  working  days  of  ten  hours  each. 
Over  one  month  of  valuable  time  lost  through  the  selfish 
thoughtlessness  of  people  whose  ways  and  means  of  spending 
time  and  seeking  entertainment  is  to  hang  around  and  talk. 
That  month  would  make  a  splendid  vacation,  or  it  would  ac- 
complish that  pet  scheme  which  has  waited  patiently  in  the 
background  for  years. 

These  time-vampires  care  little  for  their  own  prospects  and 
less  for  those  of  other  people.    It  is  stated  that  the  man  who  is 


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the  biggest  power  in  the  baulsing  world  today  lias  become  such, 
largely  through  his  ability  to  say  "No"  courteously  and  by 
his  manner  of  polished  finality  which  he  can  assume  without 
giving  offense  to  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  who  would 
devour  his  time  and  help  him  most  willingly  to  get  rid  of  the 
means  at  his  disposal. 

When  the  great  military  leader  Von  Moltke  was  aroused 
from  his  midnight  slumber  with  the  news  that  France  had 
declared  war,  he  is  reported  to  have  said,  "Look  in  the  upper 
right-hand  pigeon  hole  of  my  desk,  you  will  find  papers  there 
that  will  tell  you  what  to  do.'"  Then  he  turned  over  and 
proceeded  to  resume  his  interrupted  sleep. 

His  preparedness  gave  him  aljsolute  self-possession  and  he 
knew  that  the  best  use  he  could  make  of  his  time  was  to  get 
ready  to  carry  out  the  plans  he  had  so  successfully  prepared 
beforehand.  It  was  futile  to  waste  time  and  energy  in  pre- 
mature surmisings  and  pointless  discussion. 

It  does  not  mattei-  in  the  least  whether  the  particular 
scheme  of  the  Committee  is  in  the  form  of  a  stock  company 
which  agrees  to  purchase  liver-pads  and  selling-territory  from 
some  philanthropic  parent  company  upon  what  is  an  ap- 
parently fair  basis,  if  their  claims  can  be  substantiated,  a  fake 
jewelry  concern,  a  Magic  Cleanser  which  does  not  cleanse  at 
all  and  the  only  magical  property  about  it  is  the  speed  with 
which  its  promoters  disappear,  or  a  simple  overcharge  of  hours 
or  even  minutes  of  a  workingman's  time  because  his  em- 
ployer will  never  know,  it  all  amounts  to  the  same  thing.  It 
is  a  question  of  accepting  money  and  not  giving  value  received. 
There  is  no  basis  of  mutual  benefit,  which  is  the  dividing  line 
between  legitimate  and  questionable  business. 

It  is  generally  safe  to  assume  that  an  opportunity  (?) 
which  must  be  snapped  up  to  be  secured  without  sutficient 
time  for  investigation  better  be  let  entirely  alone.  The 
chances  of  losing  a  good  thing  are  much  less  than  of  securing 
a  poor  one. 

There  is  a  novel  and  valuable  line  of  insurance  known  as 
Use  and  Occupancy.  It  aims  to  reimburse  the  policy  holders 
for  actual  business  loss  he  is  made  to  suffer  by  loss  of  the 
occupancy  and  use  of  a  building  destroyed  by  fire.  Fre- 
quently the  loss  of  business  is  quite  as  heavy  as  the  loss  of 
property. 

There  is  likewise  an  insurance  against  the  wiles  of  the 
Ways  and  Means  Committee,  and  it  consists  ia.  keeping  in 
touch  with  the  publicity  given  to  the  schemes  aimed  to  entrap 
any  one  particular  class  of  business. 

A  druggist  who  decided  that  he  could  not  afford  to  renew 
his  subscription  to  the  magazine  that  served  him  best  in  this 
way,  was  left  unprotected.  Within  a  couple  of  months  he 
was  "taken  in"  to  the  extent  of  $42.50  by  a  scheme  that  had 
in  the  meantime  been  carefully  exploited  in  its  columns  and 
the  trade  warned  against.  He  decided  that  if  he  received  no 
other  benefit  of  any  kind  it  was  pretty  cheap  insurance  against 
the  wiles  of  this  too-often  smooth  and  honest-appearing  Com- 
mittee of  many  Ways  and  varied  Means. 


A  Tack  in  the  Foot. 


Rhode  Island  College  Juniors  Entertain. 

Providence,  May  1. — The  first  ball  of  the  junior  class  of 
the  Rhode  Island  College  of  Pharmacy  and  Allied  Sciences 
was  given  recently,  with  about  150  present.  In  the  receiving 
line  were  Prof,  and  Mrs.  Charles  H.  Daggett,  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Frank  E.  Lockwood  and  Dr.  and  Mre.  Francis  T.  Harrington. 
The  executive  committee  included  John  J.  Pastille,  chairman ; 
Miss  Lillian  Garrett.  Frank  McBride,  Owen  Hanoway,  Charles 
Gilson,  John  McGovern  and  Morris  Horowitz. 

The  floor  director,  Frank  McBride,  was  assisted  by  Clarence 
Doherty,  James  Matteson,  William  McKenna  and  William 
Potvin.  The  reception  committee  consisted  of  Ernest  Codere, 
Louis  Cella,  Fred  Gilbert  and  Dana  Maynard. 


Preparing-  for  Connecticut  Ph. A,  Convention. 
New  Havex.  May  1. — The  Traveling  Men's  Auxiliary  of 
the  Connecticut  Ph. A.  is  arranging  for  the  meeting  to  be  held 
at  the  Shoreham.  June  15  and  16.  The  following  committees 
were  appointed  :  Reception  committee,  F.  A.  Wolff,  president, 
chairman ;  E.  N.  Richardson,  secretary :  J.  Denby :  entertain- 
ment committee.  R.  F.  Isbell,  chairman ;  W.  W.  Sykes,  J.  J. 
Horan,  W.  H.  Newton,  J.  E.  Gary ;  badge  committee,  John 
Baker,  James  Kenny.  M.  F.  Hope,  chairman  of  the  local 
association,  and  Charles  Fleischner  were  present  representing 
the  Connecticut  Ph. A.  at  the  last  meeting. 


B>'  Joel  'Blanc. 

I  have  always  contended 
that  any  characteristic,  prob- 
lem, reward  or  injustice  in 
which  druggists  as  a  class  are 
concerned,  is  not,  in  its  ab- 
stract form,  a  thing  or  condi- 
tion bearing  upon  the  drug 
trade  alone,  but  as  a  charac- 
teristic or  condition  which 
relatively  concern  all  human- 
ity. Nearly  all  of  the  many 
druggists  to  whom  I  have  ex- 
pressed this  opinion  have 
agreed  with  me  and  yet,  with- 
in a  few  moments  after  such 
an  .  agreement,  any  one  of 
them  might  say  or  do  some- 
thing which  plainly  indicated 
that  in  his  customary  thought 
and  action  he  considered  the  men  who  populate  the  drug 
world  as  being  in  a  class  apart  from  the  general  run  of 
humanity,  or  rather  an  isolated  class  antagonizing  all  and 
opposed  by  all. 

I  will  concede  that  in  a  measure  the  members  of  every  trade, 
business  or  profession  live  within  a  narrow  world  of  their 
own,  and  in  their  sphere  they  act  and  speak  as  though  only 
chaos  extended  beyond  their  restricted  horizons.  While  the 
chief  thought  and  action  of  all  my  business  life  has  been 
within  the  domain  of  drugs,  peculiar  conditions  have  forced 
me  to  mingle  with  many  classes  of  men  in  many  places,  and 
after  careful  retrospection  I  am  forced  to  the  conclusion  that, 
with  a  few  exceptions,  druggists  do  live  in  a  narrower  world 
than  those  do  who  are  engaged  in  other  callings. 

The  effect  of  this  restricted  life  does  not  show  plainly  in  the 
individual,  for  it  cannot  be  gainsayed  that  among  druggists  as 
a  class,  individual  extremes  of  wealth  and  poverty,  intelli- 
gence and  ignorance,  and  refinement  and  vulgarity,  are  less 
noticeable  than  among  men  of  any  other  business  or  profession. 
But,  taken  as  a  whole,  I  believe  that  druggists  do  hold  them- 
selves more  aloof  from  the  great  world  than  any  other  class 
of  business  men.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  conceded  that  as 
professional  men  they  live,  think  and  act  upon  a  broader  plane 
than  do  those  of  many  other  professions.  Thus,  it  is  evident 
that  if  all  druggists  were  to  become  exclusively  professional 
and  secure  their  livelihood  as  chemists  and  prescriptionists  only, 
their  boundaries  of  thought  and  action  might  draw  even  closer 
without  detriment  to  themselves. 

At  the  same  time  there  is  a  definite,  if  not  obstructive,  line 
between  the  business  and  professional  duties  of  the  druggist- 
pharmacist  as  the  class  exists  today.  As  the  vast  majority 
of  drug  businesses  are  conducted  the  relative  material  im- 
portance of  the  positions  of  pharmacist  and  druggist  may  be! 
compared  to  the  differences  in  floor  area  behind  and  before 
the  prescription  counter.  My  readers  will  kindly  understand 
that  I  am  not  considering  any  present  effort  to  change  these 
relations  nor  am  I  considering  exceptions ;  I  am  merely  con- 
sidering the  vast  majority  of  drug  stores  as  revenue-earners  of 
the  present.  Granting  that  the  line  is  properly  drawn,  you 
must  concede  that  the  druggist  must  succeed  as  a  business 
man  if  he  is  to  have  the  contented,  clear  mind  that  is  neces- 
sary to  his  progress  as  a  scientific  pharmacist.  Therefore,  the 
power  of  mental  concentration  as  a  professional  man  is  de- 
pendent upon  his  successful  mental  expansion  as  a  business 
man. 

It  was  Marcus  Aurelius  who,  in  effect,  said  that  in  order  to 
grow  great,  a  man  must  first  realize  and  make  self-confession 
of  his  own  insignificance.  If  this  is  true  of  the  individual 
how  much  more  truly  it  must  apply  to  a  class  of  men.  Hu 
mility  and  vanity  may  be  so  very  near  akin  that  what  it 
called  one  may  be  the  very  essence  of  the  other. 

There  are  druggists  wlio  use  as  a  chorus  to  their  song  ot 
life  "I  am  only  a  druggist."  While  they  are  not  intentionally 
hypocritical,  their  modesty  is  at  the  same  time  a  sort  ot 
conceit,  for  it  very  often  plainly  implies  that  while  the  speakei 
is  conscious  of  the  littleness  of  his  world  he  considers  it  the 
world  of  the  elect,  a  world  upon  which  all  the  balance  of  thi 
universe    is   centering   either   its   praise   or   abuse.      It   is   thi: 


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difficulty  defined  characteristic  that  is  responsible  for  many 
of  the  hardships  of  the  druggists  collectively,  and  the  sooner 
they  awaken  to  their  own  littleness  in  world  consideration  and 
action,  the  sooner  will  they  commence  to  expand. 

If   we   could    rake   over   this   footstool   of   the   universe   and 
separate  each  trade,  commercial  and  professional  class  from  all 
others  and  in  one  pile  put  all  the  retail,  wholesale  and  manu- 
facturing druggists  of  the  earth,  we  could  keep  quite  cool  and 
comfortable  in  the  mid-morning  shadoi"  of  a  good-sized  labor 
,    union.     Intellectually   compared   with   some   other  classes,   our 
place  in  history  making  would  be  proportioned  to  a  period  on 
i   a  printed  page,  when  compared  to  the  metal,  textile,  farming 
■   or  transportation  interests  of  the  world.     We  are  financially 
as  a  grain   of   Sahara's   sand.      Comparatively   speaking,   we 
;   are  merely  one  of  the  countless  tacks  used  to  hold  a  strip  of 
1   gimp  on  the  footstool.     The   sooner  we  realize  our  tack-like 
proportions,  the  sooner  will  we  find  out  that  we  are  attracting 
I   about  as  much  attention  from  humanity  at  large  as  the  moving 
,    picture  business  does,  the  sooner  will  we  commence  to  grow 
j   into  a  nail  and  to  develop  a  hope  of  eventually  becoming  a 

spike. 
i  We  have  an  idea  that  the  public  is  putting  in  a  great  deal 
I  of  time  to  heap  injustice  and  misrepresentation  upon  us,  when 
!  in  fact,  what  we  are  really  thinking  of  as  the  public  is  none 
other  than  some  cult  or  party  much  smaller  than  ourselves, 
I  but  which  goes  into  the  world  that  we  hold  aloof  from  and  by 
:  so  going  forms  the  so-called  "public  opinion"  from  which  we 
suffer. 

Let  us  undeceive  ourselves  from  the  hallucination  that  our 
I  problems  are  world  problems.  They  are  not !  They  are  merely 
i  parts  of  humanity's  problems  and  unless  we  join  humanity 
I  in  helping  to  solve  the  general  problems,  we  have  no  right  to 
I  expect  that  the  little  parts  in  which  we  are  most  vitally  in- 
1  terested  will  attract  enough  attention  to  be  handled  with  in- 
I  telligent  fairness.  What  right  have  we,  as  a  whole,  to 
t  protest  against  legislative  injustice  when  we  hold  aloof  from 


the  political  world '^  What  right  have  we  to  wail  for  legislative 
representation  when  instead  of  voting  ior  a  man  because  he  is 
a  druggist,  we  vote  against  him  for  that  very  reason. 

How  do  we  know  that  the  medical  or  any  other  profession 
or  class  is  worthy  of  our  support  unless  we  go  into  the  world 
where  that  profession  finds  its  leaders?  What  right  have  we 
to  complain  of  an  anti-trust  or  other  National  law  or  to  say 
that  a  law  is  partially  enforced  when  we  as  a  whole  keep  our 
political  power  hidden  beneath  the  head  of  a  tack?  When  a 
blatant  demagoguge  assails  us,  can  we  expect  to  conquer  him 
with  a  mouse-like  squeak  from  some  dark  corner?  Why 
complain  of  long  hours  in  the  store  when  we  refuse  to  take 
either  thought  or  action  outside  of  it,  even  when  the  store  is 
closed?  Why  complain  that  worthy  .young  men  are  tempted 
from  clerkdom  by  inducements  of  the  outside  world  when  we 
refuse  to  go  into  that  outside  world  to  learn  to  equal  those 
inducements  by  learning  what  they  are? 

Let  us  break  away  from  the  littleness  of  our  own  com- 
mercial planet  by  acknowledging  the  littleness  and  thus  win  a 
breadth  of  mentality  that  will  fit  us  for  a  truly  self-defensive 
part  in  the  struggles  of  the  economic  universe.  Let  us  combat 
the  injustice  of  ignorance  by  going  into  the  world  where  that 
ignorance  is  bred  and  there  fight  the  battle. 

If  we  crawl  like  flies  around  a  decaying  apple,  is  it  any 
wonder  that  we  learn  to  believe  that  it  is  the  world  and  that 
all  the  world  is  corrupt?  Were  the  larv»  within  a  cocoon 
endowed  with  intellectual  faculties  it  is  easy  to  suppose  that 
it  possibly  believes  that  its  dark  cell  is  all  the  world  and  a 
gloriously  wonderful  world  at  that :  but  when  it  is  freed 
to  fly  on  gossamer  wings  o'er  the  beautiful  spring-clad  earth, 
it  would  not  only  learn  what  real  life  on  earth  is,  but  would 
glory  in  the  beauty  and  power  that  have  come  to  it  with  its 
own  rebirth.  So,  however  satisfactory,  beautiful  and  good  our 
own  little  world  may  be,  let  us  break  from  our  own  cocoons, 
not  selfishly,  not  vindictively,  not  despotically,  but  for  life, 
light  and  justice ! 


MEMBERS  OF  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSC.  OF  RICHMOND  UNIVERSITY  COLLEGE  OF  MEDICINE. 


Richmond,  Va.,  May  1. — The  Pharmaceutical  Association 
of  the  University  College  of  Medicine  closed  its  session  re- 
cently with  an  address  by  Dr.  George  E.  Barksdale.  The 
oflBcera  during  the  year  were ;  President,  F.  D.  Culpeper ; 
vice-president,  L.  T.  Ford ;  secretary  and  treasurer,  W.  L. 
Grimes.  During  the  session  a  valuable  series  of  addresses 
and  debates  have  been  held. 

Members  of  the  association  shown  in  the  group  picture  are : 
H.  J.  Davie,  W.  H.  Huffman,  R.  B.  Shelar,  H.  Huddle,  R.  E. 


Opposed  to  Stamp  Tax  on  Patent  Medicines. 
New  Orleans,  April  30. — The  Orleans  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, at  its  monthly  meeting,  went  on  record  as  opposing 
I  an  internal  revenue  tax  on  patent  medicines  and  instructed  the 
secretary  to  write  the  members  of  the  Louisiana  delegation 
in  Congress  asking  their  co-operation  in  opposing  such  a 
measure.  The  meeting  was  well  attended  and  reports  received 
showed  that  the  propaganda  work  is  bringing  good  results  to 
the  profession  in  New  Orleans. 


Monroe,  Prof.  A.  Bolenbaugh,  W.  A.  Maiden,  L.  H.  Botts, 
R,  L.  Gaddy,  W.  M.  White,  W.  M.  Ballard,  M.  M.  Stephenson, 
J.  B.  Perry,  W.  P.  Taylor,  P.  C.  Jones,  A.  L.  Winnie,  R.  M. 
Thompson,  L.  W.  Burbage,  R.  C.  Rice.  C.  R.  Butler,  L.  T. 
Ford,  R.  Royal,  L.  C.  Morgan,  R.  L.  Mason,  J.  W.  Wilson, 
C.  L.  Coleman.  H.  M.  Pettus,  F.  D.  Culpeper,  Miss  Louisa  M. 
Sheild,  W.  L.  Grimes,  P.  M.  Massie,  F.  P.  Fletcher  and  Prof. 
W.  F.  Rudd.  The  chairman  of  the  picture  committee  of  the 
class  was  F.  P.  Fletcher.  Jr. 

Taft  Authorizes  Chemists  to  Represent  TJ.  S. 
Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  Prof.  Charles  Baskerville,  Dr.  Lee 
Baekeland,  Prof.  W.  L.  Dudley,  Dr.  W.  H.  Nichols,  Prof. 
Morris  Loeb,  Albert  Plant  and  Dr.  Maximillian  Toch,  who 
will  attend  the  seventh  meeting  of  the  International  Congress 
of  Applied  Chemistry  which  will  be  held  in  London  May  27 
to  June  2,  have  been  appointed  by  President  Taft  to  represent 
the  Government  and  invite  the  Congress  to  hold  its  eighth 
meeting  in  the  United  States  in  1912. 


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Original  and  Selected 


COMMENTS   ON   SOME   FEATURES   OF   THE   NA- 
TIONAL FORMULARY  NOMENCLATURE.* 


By  I).  F.  Kebler,  Chief,  Division  of  Drugs,  TJ.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. 

It  is  with  the  utmost  reluctance  and  diffidence  that  I  un- 
dertake the  task  assigned  me  of  criticizing  the  nomenclature 
of  the  National  Formulary,  a  recognized  Federal  law  standard. 
I  have  a  keen  perception  of  the  high  ideals,  sterling  integrity 
and  noble  purposes  of  the  members  of  the  committee  which 
compiled  this  volume,  and  to  adversely  comment  on  the  work 
of  men  who  have  had  a  much  larger  exi^erience  in  some  lines 
than  I  have  had,  might  be  considered  impetuous  impertinence 
on  my  part.  I  feel,  however,  that  it  is  the  duty  of  every 
member  to  point  out  such  defects  and  shortcomings  as  come 
to  his  attention ;  otherwise  progress  would  indeed  be  slow. 
I  further  realize  that  there  are  few  members  in  the  pharma- 
ceutical profession  who  have  been  brought  so  intimately  in 
contact,  in  a  matter-of-fact  way,  not  only  with  the  excellent 
features  of  the  National  Formulary,  but  also  with  the  short- 
comings of  its  nomenclature,  as  the  writer,  and  it  is  some  of 
the  information  and  experience  gained  during  the  past  few 
years  that  I  desire  to  put  in  evidence. 

Many  changes  have  been  wrought  during  the  last  few  years. 
What  was  considered  permissible  to  a  certain  degree  ten  years 
ago — yea,  three  years  ago — might  be  in  violation  of  the  present 
law,  and  the  leading  association  of  the  pharmaceutical  pro- 
fession should  be  in  the  lead  in  rectifying  such  transgressions. 
The  argument  is  at  times  advanced  that  some  of  the  titles  may 
be  slightly  inconsistent  or  misleading  or  even  deceptive,  yet 
they  have  long  been  in  use  and  for  that  reason  are  entitled 
to  recognition.  This  hereditary  argument  is  interesting  but 
invalid.  In  this  communication  I  shall  utilize  largely  repre- 
sentative, practical  illustrations  met  with  in  my  work. 
Name  of  Drug  Versus  Its  Constituents. 

Soon  after  the  Federal  law  was  enacted  a  manufacturer 
desired  to  know  whether  the  use  of  the  name  "Mandragorin" 
was  permissible  under  the  Act.  He  was  advised  that  if  the 
preparation  was  mandragorin  in  fact,  prepared  from  man- 
dragora  root,  such  name  would  lie  considered  proper ;  other- 
wise, its  use  would  be  misleading  and  therefore  forbidden.  He 
then  informed  us  that  the  product  to  which  he  was  applying 
the  name  "Mandragorin"  is  a  mixture,  containing,  among 
other  ingredients,  the  alkaloids  present  in  mandragora  root, 
but  that  the  preparation  was  not  made  directly  from  this  root 
and  he  was  advised  that  the  use  of  the  name  "Mandragorin" 
for  such  a  mixture  was  improper.  The  Question  raised  in  con- 
nection with  this  product  was  the  authoritative  nature  of  the 
National  Formulary  and  whether  the  principles  embodied  in 
its  nomenclature  would  be  restricted  to  N.F.  preparations,  or 
if  they  would  be  applicable  to  other  products.  Attention  was 
called  to  the  fact  that  "Elixir  of  Cinchona"'  synonym  "elixir 
calisaya"  was  prepared  by  dissolving  salts  of  the  three  prin- 
cipal alkaloids  of  cinchona  bark  in  aromatic  elixir  and  coloring 
the  mixture  to  imitate  an  elixir  prepared  from  cinchona  bark 
proper.  Without  continuing  the  subject  further,  suffice  it  to 
say  that  the  name  "Mandragorin"  is  no  longer  applied  to  the 
mixture  in  question,  but  there  is  no  gainsaying  the  fact,  that 
the  manufacturer  here  has  a  good  basis  for  an  argument. 

A  moment's  refiection  will  convince  even  the  skeptic  that 
the  principle  in  question  would  open  the  field  for  innumerable 
improper,  if  not  absolutely  deceptive  and  misleading  practices ; 
for  example,  according  to  this  principle  it  would  be  perfectly 
proper  to  prepare  "Tincture  of  Nux  Vomica"  by  dissolving 
a  suitable  quantity  of  strychnin  sulphate  in  a  proper  strength 
alcoholic  solution  and  coloring  the  same  with  burnt  sugar. 
Again,  it  would  be  just  as  logical  to  dissolve  a  certain  amount 
of  vanillin  in  a  suitable  menstruum,  color  the  mixture  with 
caramel  and  call  the  product  "vanilla  extract."  Again,  a 
tablet  containing  any  aalt  of  the  alkaloid  berberin  could  justly 

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be  named  "Hydrastis  Tablet."  From  this,  it  is  only  a 'Step  t<, 
the  "formerly"  so-called  "bitterless  quinin"  preparations  whicl 
did  not  contain  any  quinin  at  all  but  cinchonin  or  possibl; 
some  other  cinchona  bark  alkaloid.  The  above  products  an 
plain  imitations,  the  sale  of  which,  in  the  case  of  drugs,  I 
declared  illegal  by  the  Federal  and  many  State  laws.  N' 
hesitation  would  be  entertained  in  bringing  a  prosecutioi 
against  a  dealer  of  such  commodities.  In  fact,  so-called  va 
nilla  extracts,  consisting  of  vanillin,  with  or  without  coumariu 
dissolved  in  a  suitable  menstruum  and  colored  in  imitation  o 
genuine  products,  have  been  adjudged  adulterated  and  .mis 
branded  by  the  courts  in  that  such  articles  were  not  rea 
vanilla  extracts,  but  imitations  designed  to  deceive  the  public 
A  case  of  this  character  is  reported  in  Notice  of  Judgment  Nc 
14  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture. 

Elixir  of  cinchona  is,  however,  only  one  of  a  number  o 
preparations  of  this  class  found  in  the  National  Formularj 
This  same  principle  underlies  eight  other  elixirs  of  which  th 
name  "cinchona"  constitutes  a  part  of  the  title.  Other  exam 
pies  are:  (1)  "Wine  of  Beef,  Iron  and  Cinchona,"  synonyi 
"Beef,  Wine,  Iron  and  Cinchona."  There  is  no  cinchon 
whatever  in  this  product,  but  it  is  represented  by  the  sul 
phates  of  quinin  and  cinchonidin.  (2)  "Tartro-Citric  Lemor 
ade."  This  preparation  is  a  sweetened,  aqueous  mixture  c 
tartaric  acid,  citric  acid  and  sodium  bicarbonate.  I  see  n 
good  reason  whatever  for  appending  to  this  product  the  nam 
"lemonade."  either  qualified  or  otherwise.  (3)  "Emulsion  c 
Peti-oleum."  This  product  does  not  contain  any  petroleui 
whatever,  but  "petrolatum  album."  The  chief  active  agen 
of  this  preparation  appears  to  be  the  expressed  oil  of  almonc 
Petroleum  proper  and  kerosene  are  believed  bj'  some  to  be  c 
service  as  remedial  agents,  but  the  writer  personally  question 
very  much  whether  any  medicinal  value  that  may  be  ascribe 
to  this  emulsion  is  due  to  the  petrolatum  it  contains.  Tb 
name  certainly  is  not  in  harmony  with  its  composition,  and  i 
therefore  misleading. 

Use  of  Word  "Compound." 

It  has  long  been  the  practice  to  name  medicinal  preparf 
tions  after  a  valuable  constituent,  even  though  such  constitt 
ent  is  only  one  of  a  number,  and  is  frequently  present  in  sma 
quantities  and  in  some  cases  not  at  all.  In  view  of  recec 
legislation,  it  soon  began  to  be  realized  that  such  names  wei 
improper  and  information  was  sought  relative  to  the  prope 
use  of  the  word  "Compound"  in  connection  with  certain  mi; 
tures.  It  is  clearly  evident  that  the  naming  of  a  preparatio 
after  a  constituent  which  is  either  not  present,  or  is  virtnall 
inactive  or  is  present  in  such  a  small  quantity  as  to  impai 
little  if  any  activity  to  the  product,  a  practice  formerly  nc 
uncommon,  with  or  without  the  use  of  the  word  "Compound, 
is  impi-oper  and  misleading.  This  subject  calls  to  mind  man 
improper  and  deceptive  names,  for  example,  "Castor  Oil  Pills 
and  "Castor  Oil  Tablets,"  with  little  if  any  castor  oil,  excet 
such  as  may  ^save  been  used  in  lubricating  the  machinery 
"Copaiba  Pearls"  with  only  a  nominal  amount  of  copaiba 
quinin  products  where  the  quinin  has  been  largely  substitute 
by  other  cinchona  alkaloids,  etc.  I  desire  also  to  direct  attei 
tion  to  a  protracted  correspondence  in  connection  with  a  S( 
called  "Rattlesnake  Oil  Liniment,"  the  object  of  which  w8 
to  justify  the  use  of  the  term  "Rattlesnake  Oil"  as  a  part  ( 
the  name  of  the  preparation.  The  reason  why  the  dealer  ws 
so  anxious  to  use  the  term  "Rattlesnake  Oil"  was  that  th: 
oil  is  believed  by  many  to  be  of  great  efficacy  in  the  treatmer 
of  rheumatism.  It  finally  developed  that  the  preparation  coi 
tained  one-third  of  1  per  cent,  or  one  ounce  of  the  oil  to  30 
ounces  of  the  finished  product.  This  amount  of  rattlesnake  o 
in  the  liniment  appears  certainly  to  be  small  justification  1 
name  the  preparation  "Rattlesnake  Oil  Liniment,"  either  witi 
or  without  the  word  "Compound,"  and  its  use  has  bee; 
discontinued. 

On  referring  to  the  National  Formulary  we  find  that  in  tl 
manufacture  of  "Compound  Syrup  of  Irish  Moss,"  only  opi 
tenth  of  1  per  cent,  or  one  part  in  1000,  of  Irish  moss,  whic 
at  most  possesses  only  demulcent  properties,  is  used.  If  tl 
name  "compound  syrup  of  Irish  moss,"  which  represents  sue 
a  trivial  amount  of  Irish  moss,  is  correct,  why  is  not  "Battl' 
snake  Oil  Liniment  Compound?"  As  can  readily  be  seen,  tl 
above  involves  a  very  important  principle.  The  Irish  mos 
preparation  may  be  a  comparatively  innocent,  and  some  oi 
says  "an  isolated  case,"  but  it  should  be  remembered  that 
is  practically  impossible  to  draw  a  line  of  demarcation  wht 


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I;  precedent  is  established.  This  is  exceedingly  difficult,  even 
irith  the  National  Formulary  preparations,  to  say  nothing 
ii£  the  host  of  proprietary  remedies  involving  this  principle. 
■  t  is  not  the  ninety  and  nine  that  give  the  trouble,  but  the  one 
■ilack  sheep.  Compound  syrup  of  Irish  moss  is,  however,  not 
he  only  offending  "compounded"  name  in  the  National  For- 
,aiilary.  as  will  shortly  be  seen. 

i  Attention  is  now  called  to  a  personal  interview  which  recently 
looi;  place  in  connection  with  a  headache  remedy  containing 
jhe  word  "celery"  in  its  title.  The  manufacturer  recognized 
,he  shortcomings  of  the  original  name  and  believed  that  the 
jddition  of  the  word  "compound"  would  rectify  the  dilBculty. 
■le  w"ell  realized  that  the  celery  present  in  the  product  did 
ot  constitute  any  material  portion  of  the  activity  of  the  drug. 
!ut  that  its  poteut  agents  at  different  limes  were  acetanilid 
ir  acetphenetidin  and  caftein  and  other  ingredients.  When 
|lie  question  was  raised  as  to  the  propriety  of  using  the  term 
I  celery"  in  the  name  of  this  mixture,  the  manufacturer  stated 
pat  a  large  proportion  of  the  commercial  value  of  the  prepara- 
ion  resided  in  this  word,  in  that  the  consumer  had  been  taught 
:om  youth  up  that  celery  was  a  valuable  remedial  agent  and 
le  elimination  of  this  word  from  the  name  of  the  product, 
mg  in  use.  would  mean  a  serious  loss.  Reference  was  then 
lade  to  the  National  Formulary  "compound  elixir  of  celery." 
hich  might  more  properly  be  called  "elixir  of  coca  and  kola 
impound."  The  headache  remedy  represented  a  substantial 
mount  of  celery  and  the  manufacturer  was  willing  to  increase 
if  necessary.  The  principle  involved  in  the  two  cases  is  ap- 
arently  the  same,  and  if  it  is  proper  in  one  it  is  difficult  to 
!e  why  it  is  not  in  the  other.  Another  National  Formulary 
reparation  referred  to  at  times  in  similar  cases  is  "compound 
Ills  of  colocynth."  It  can  readily  be  imagined  that  paral- 
lisms  of  the  above  character  may  at  times  become  em- 
jrrassing. 

After  considering  various  schemes  and  numerous  arguments 
resented  by  dealers  relative  to  the  origin  and  existence  of 
!oeptive  and  misleading  names  and  the  justifications  offered 
■r  using  the  word  "compound"  to  cover  up  the  defects,  it  was 
?cided  on  January  3,  1907,  to  address  a  letter  to  the  chair- 
an  of  the  National  Formulary  committee,  calling  attention 
'  the  abuses  which  took  shelter  behind  the  nomenclature  of 
le  National  Formulary,  particularly  in  connection  with  the 
ie  of  the  word  "compound,"  and  ask  that  the  committee 
ke  the  subject  under  advisement  and  define  its  attitude  on 
le  question.  In  reply,  on  February  21,  1907,  the  writer 
ceived  a  letter  from  the  chairman  containing,  among  others, 
e  following  paragraphs : 

"While  the  Committee  deprecates  and  would  disrountenance 
e  use  of  any  misleading  titles  whatsoever,  it  does  not  concede 
.It  such  exist  in  the  National  Formulary,  and  particularly  not 
•h  in  which  the  term   'compound"  is  used." 

■  Although  the  pharmaceutical  practice  is  not  strongly  defined 
id  while  manufacturers  do  not  always  adhere  to  the  generally 
(Cepted  limitations  of  the  word  'compound,'  yet  it  is  under- 
ood  that  the  dominant  medicinal  agent,  irrespective  of  its  mere 
'lantitative  relation,  gives  title  to  the  preparation,  and  that  the 
ber  Ingredients — the  synergic,  corrective  or  adjuvant — in  a 
mpound  preparation,  are  the  ones  that  come  under  the 
neric  title  'compound.'  " 

"As  regards  the  innovations  of  manufacturers,  the  Committee 
nnot  see  how  the  text  of  the  National  Formulary  can  be  held 
l)eing  conductive  to  the  innovation  of  fraudulent  titles,  sim- 
because.  in  connection  with  the  titles  of  preparations  there 
ly  appear  some  well  known  and  long  used  synonyms  that  are 
ghtly  inconsistent.  It  is  respectfully  submitted  that  manu- 
cturers  who  can  give  as  good  reasons  for  the  use  of  the  term 
)mpouDd'  as  has  been  herein  ottered,  may  he  allowed  its  use 
thont  jeopardy  to  the  public." 

From  the  above  it  was  quite  apparent  that  the  committee 
i  not  intend  to  give  much  relief  to  the  embarrassment.  It 
not  clear  what  is  meant  by  the  phrase  "slightly  inconsistent," 
t  the  committee  can  be  assured  that  manufacturers  with 
e  aid  of  their  attorneys  give  just  as  plausible  reasons  for 
e  names  they  are  using  as  any  that  have  yet  come  to  the 
:iter's  attention,  justifying  the  use  of  certain  National  For- 
tlary  names.  In  order  to  relieve  the  situation  it  was  neces- 
ry  to  issue  a  decision  limiting  the  use  of  the  word  "com- 
imd"  in  connection  with  mixtures,  and  the  following  prin- 
)les  were  set  forth  in  Food  Inspection  Decision  No.  63 : 
'In  no  case  can  a  preparation  be  named  after  an  ingredient 
drug  which  is  not  present.  The  word  'compound'  should  not 
used  in  connection  with  a  name  which  in  itself,  or  together 
th  representations  and  designs  accompanying  same,  would 
construed  as  a  form  of  misbranding  under  the  Act. 
I'lt  is  held  that  if  a  mixture  of  drugs  is  named  after  one  or 
■re  but  not  all  of  the  active  medicinal  constituents  (not 
'hicle)   present  In  a  preparation,  the  word   'compound'  can  be 


u.sed  in  connection  with  the  name,  (a)  provided  the  active 
constituent  after  which  the  product  is  named  is  present  in  an 
amount  at  least  equal  to  that  of  any  other  active  medicinal 
agent  present.  Example:  It  it  is  desired  to  make  a  mixture 
consisting  of  oil  of  sandalwood,  balsam  copaiba,  and  castor  oil, 
and  call  this  product  'Oil  ot  Sandalwood  Compound,'  the  oil  of 
sandalwood  should  constitute  at  least  33 1-3  per  cent  of  the 
entire  mixture.  Or  (b)  provided  the  potent  active  constituent 
after  which  the  product  is  named  is  present  in  sufficient  amount 
to  impart  the  preponderating  medicinal  effect.  Example:  If  a 
product  is  named  after  the  active  constituent,  strychnine,  the 
strychnine  or  one  of  its  salts  should  be  present  in  sufficient 
amount  to  produce  the  preponderatiug  medicinal  effect  of  the 
preparation." 

If  the  above  principles  were  adhered  to  there  would  be 
little  improper  use  of  this  word.  In  order  to  provide  for  con- 
tingencies that  were  constantly  arising  in  connection  with  the 
National  Formulary  nomenclature,  it  was  necessary  to  include 
in  this  Decision  the  following  paragraph  : 

"Or  (c)  provided  the  complete  quantitative  formula  as  out- 
lined in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and  National  Formu- 
lary, he  given  on  the  principal  label." 

The  latter  requirement  eliminated  controversies  relative  to 
the  improper  use  of  the  word  "compound"  in  connection  with 
trade  names  bearing  the  name  or  names  of  one  or  more  drugs. 
The  manufacturer  of  proprietary  remedies  seldom  voluntarily 
discloses  such  information  and  usually  resorts  to  some  other 
expedient.  This  proviso  in  Food  Inspection  Decision  No.  63 
cannot,  however,  be  construed  to  mean  that  when  the  quanti- 
tative working  formula  is  given,  any  form  of  compounded,  de- 
ceptive and  misleading  name  may  be  used. 

At  this  juncture  it  is  desirable  to  note  the  attitude  of  the 
highest  court  towards  deceptive  and  misleading  names,  by 
quoting  extracts  from  the  opinion  of  the  United  States  Su- 
preme Court,  in  Worden  versus  California  Fig  Syrup  Com- 
pany, 1902,  found  in  United  States  Reports,  volume  187,  page 
516,  et  cetera : 

"Upon  this  point  the  contention  of  the  plaintiff  is  that  its 
(the  company's)  preparation  is  not  a  syrup  of  figs,  since  it  con- 
tains only  a  very  small  percentage  of  the  juice  of  the  fig;  that 
the  laxative  ingredient  in  it  is  senna;  »  *  •  The  evidence 
shows  that  the  compound  is  not  a  syrup  of  flgs.  It  might  more 
properly  be  termed  a  'Syrup  of  Senna.'  if  the  words  were  in- 
tended to  be  descriptive  of  the  article.  But,  assuming  this  is 
not  a  syrup  of  flgs,  we  are  met  with  the  inquiry  whether  these 
words,  as  applied  to  this  preparation  are  not  deceptive." 

"The  popularity  of  this  medicine  arises  from  the  belief  in  the 
mind  ot  the  ordinary  purchaser  that  he  is  buying  a  laxative 
compound,  the  essential  ingredient  of  which  is  the  California 
fig,  whereas,  in  fact,  he  is  buying  a  medicine  the  active  property 
of  which  is  senna." 

"It  has  intended  the  public  to  understand  that  the  preparation 
which  it  sells  has,  as  an  important  medicinal  agent  in  its  com- 
position, the  juice  of  California  figs.  That  has  undoubtedly  led 
the  public  into  the  purchase  of  the  preparation.  The  statement 
is  wholly  untrue.  Just  a  suspicion  of  fig  juice  has  been  put  into 
the  preparation,  not  for  the  purpose  of  changing  its  medicinal 
character,  or  even  its  flavor,  but  merely  to  give  a  weak  support 
to  the  statement  that  the  article  sold  is  syrup  of  figs.  This  Is  a 
fraud  upon  the  public.  It  is  true,  it  may  be  a  harmless  humbug 
to  palm  off  upon  the  public  as  syrup  of  figs  what  is  syrup  of 
senna,  but  it  is  nevertheless  of  such  a  character  that  a  court  of 
equity  will  not  encourage  it  by  extending  any  relief  to  the 
person  who  seeks  to  protect  a  business  which  has  grown  out  of 
and  is  dependent  upon  such  deceit." 

"We  are  not  much  impressed  with  the  force  ot  this  attempted 
distinction.  Even  if  it  were  true  that,  at  the  time  the  medicine 
in  question  was  first  made  and  put  upon  the  market,  the  juice 
of  figs  was  so  largely  used  as  one  of  the  ingredients,  as  to  have 
warranted  the  adoption  of  the  name  'Syrup  of  Figs'  as  descrip- 
tive of  the  nature  of  the  medicine,  that  would  be  no  justification 
for  continuing  the  use  of  the  term  after  the  manufacturers  and 
vendors  of  the  medicine  ceased  to  use  fig  juice  as  a  material  in- 
gredient. Even  it  the  term  was  honestly  applied  in  the  first 
instance,  as  descriptive.  It  would  none  the  less  he  deceptive  and 
misleading  when,  as  is  shown  in  the  present  case.  It  ceased  to  be 
a  truthful  statement  of  the  nature  of  the  compound.  Nor  are  we 
disposed  to  concede  that,  under  the  evidence  in  the  present  case, 
the  term  'Syrup  of  Figs'  or  'Fig  Syrup'  was  properly  used  as 
descriptive  of  the  nature  ot  the  medicine  when  it  was  first 
made.  Then,  as  now,  the  operatjve  laxative  element  was  senna, 
and  the  addition  of  fig  juice  was,  at  the  best,  experimental,  and 
apparently  was  intended  to  attract  the  patronage  of  the  public 
by  holding  out  the  name  of  tlie  medicine  as  'Syrup  of  Figs.'  " 

"Upon  such  allegations  and  the  admissions  of  the  complain- 
ant's principal  witness,  some  of  which  are  hereinbefore  quoted, 
and  upon  the  entire  evidence  in  the  case,  and  in  the  light  ot  the 
authorities  cited  by  the  counsel  ot  the  respective  parties,  our 
conclusions  are  that  the  name  'Syrup  ot  Figs'  does  not.  in  fact, 
properly  designate  or  describe  the  preparation  made  and  sold 
bv  the  California  Fig  Syrup  Company,  so  as  to  be  susceptible 
of  appropriation  as  a  trade  mark,  and  that  the  marks  and  names, 
usecf  Ujiou  the  bottles  containing  complainant's  preparation,  and 
upon  the  cartons  and  wrappers  containing  the  bottles,  are  so 
plainly  deceptive  as  to  deprive  the  complainant  company  ot  a 
right  to  a  remedy  by  way  of  an  injunction  by  a  court  of  equity." 

(To  6e  Continued.) 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  6,  1909 


QUESTION     BOX 


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Liquid  Deodorant  for  Water  Closet. 

(T.  E.  B.) — Solutions  used  in  "drip  cans"  for  deodorizing 
and  disinfecting  water  closets  are  prepared  from  substances 
which  are  supposed  to  possess  aromatic  and  bactericidal  prop- 
erties. Various  tar  oils,  the  cresols,  chlorides  of  metallic  bases. 
etc.,  are  extensively  employed.     Here  are  some  formulas : 

(1) 

Coal  tar  2  ounces. 

Caustic  soda   2  drams. 

Water,  to  make 16  ounces. 

Dissolve  the  caustic  soda  in  4  ounces  of  warm  water,  add 
the  warm  water  and  agitate  thoroughly  for  a  few  minutes. 
Add  the  rest  of  the  water  and  set  aside  in  a  warm  place  for 
seven  days,  agitating  frequently.  Decant  the  aqueous  solution. 
filter  it  through  a  wetted  filter  paper,  washing  the  residue  with 
sufficient  water  to  make  up  10  ounces.  The  solution  may  be 
perfumed  by  adding  a  mixture  of  oil  of  turpentine  and  oil  of 
eucalyptus. 

(2) 

Thymol    1  part. 

Eucalyptol    4  parts. 

Boras    40  parts. 

Dissolve,  in, 

Glycerin     80  parts. 

Camphor  water   160  parts. 

Tar  water  410  parts. 

(3) 

Potassium  chloride .5  parts. 

Sodium  chloride  5  parts. 

Magnesium  chloride   5  parts. 

Zinc  chloride   , 3  parts. 

Aluminum  chloride    3  parts. 

Calcium  chloride   6  parts. 

Water,  sufficient  to  make  100  parts. 

Dissolve  and  saturate  with  methyl,  salicylate  and  oil  of 
eucalyptus. 

Ink  for  Branding  Stock. 

(E.  S.  D.  Co.) — The  only  formula  for  an  ink  for  branding 
stock  we  have  available  is  one  contributed  to  this  journal  some 
years  ago  by  Dr.  J.  H.  Oyster,  of  Paola.  Kan.    It  is  as  follows : 

Shellac     2  ounces. 

Borax    .2  ounces. 

Gum  arable  2  ounces. 

Water    25  ounces. 

Lampblack    sufficient. 

Boil  the  borax  and  shellac  in  the  water  until  dissolved. 
Remove  the  mixture  from  the  fire  and  when  cool  add  the  gum 
arable  and  sufficient  water  to  make  25  ounces,  then  add 
enough  lampblack  to  bring  I  he  whole  to  a  proper  consistence. 
For  red  ink  use  Venetian  red  instead  of  lampblack;  for  blue 
use  ultramarine. 


Wood  Fillers. 

(O.  R.) — There  are  many  kinds  of  wood  fillers,  from  thin 
glue  size,  linseed  oil  and  whiting,  up  to  scraping  varnish — a 
varnish  especially  made  for  a  filler.  Patent  fillers,  mainly  thin 
dilutions  of  shellac  or  other  resins,  in  wood  alcohol,  are  many 
in  number,  and  most  of  them  give  very  fair  restilts.  However, 
a  filler  that  is  said  to  give  almost  universal  satisfaction  for  gen- 
eral  purposes   is   one  composed  of  equal   parts  of   boiled   oil, 


Japan,  and  benzine,  thickened  with  the  best  whiting.  The 
Japan  is  added  both  to  serve  as  a  dryer  and  to  insure  more 
complete  filling  of  the  pores  of  the  wood. 

An  English  aii'liority  gives  the  following  for  a  "liquid 
filler":  Whliii.i;.  Li  ounces;  Japan,  %  pint;  boiled  linseed  oil, 
Vi  pint:  oil  of  turpentine,  %  pint;  corn  starch,  1  ounce;  mix 
well,  and  apply  to  the  wood.     Add  coloring  if  required. 

What  is  known  as  "American  wood  filler"  is  made  as  fol- 
lows :  Pulverized  starch,  by  weight,  3  parts ;  heavy  spar,  3 
parts;  siccative,  ¥2  part;  mix  with  enough  turpentine  to  the 
consistency  of  ordinary  varnish.  For  dark  woods  add  to  the 
siccative  %  to  %  part  of  umber.  Rub  across  the  grain  of  the 
wood  with  a  piece  of  felt  fastened  to  a  piece  of  wood.  Let  the  ■ 
wood  to  which  the  filler  is  applied  dry  about  eight  hours,  nib 
with  glass  paper,  then  polish  and  varnish. 

Liquid  Brass  Polish. 

(M.  G.  H.) — Trv  one  of  the  following: 
(1) 

Levigated  silica   10  pounds. 

Kerosene   5  gallons. 

Oleic  acid   2  gallons. 

Stearic  acid   2  pounds. 

(2) 

Powdered  kieselguhr   1  pound. 

Oleic  acid   1  pint. 

Benzole   2  pints. 

(3) 

Oxalic  acid   %  ounce. 

Rottenstone    10      av.  ounces. 

Kerosene    30      fl.  ounces. 

Paraffin   2      av.  ounces. 

Pulverize  the  o.xalic  acid  and  mix  it  with  the  rottenstone;: 
melt  the  paraffin,  add   to  it  the  kerosene,  and  incorporate  the 
powder ;  when  cool,  add  oil  of  mirbane  or  lavender  to  perfume. 
(4) 

Kieselguhr   56      pounds. 

Paraffin  oil  3      gallons. 

Methylated  spirit   , IV2  gallons. 

Oil  of  turpentine   %  gallon. 

Stronger  water  of  ammonia 3      pints. 

Pour  the  ammonia  into  the  oil,  methylated  spirit  and  turpen- 
tine, add  the  camphorated  spirit  and  mix  wtih  the  kieselguhr.  1 
To  prevent  settling  during  filling  into  bottles,  keep  well  agi- 
tated. The  color  may  be  tinted  red  by  using  a  little  sesqui- 
oxide  of  iron  and  less  kieselguhr.  Apply  with  a  cloth,  and  • 
when  dry  use  another  clean  cloth  or  brush  to  polish. 


Filling-  for  Cracks  in  Floors. 

(O.  R. ) — By  "crack  and  crevice  filler"  we  assume  you  wish 
a  formula  for  the  preparation  of  the  mixtures  that  are  com- 
monly used  in  filling  the  cracks  in  floors,  etc.,  and  we  give  the 
following  as  being  likely  to  anfewer  your  purpose: 
Putty  for  Floors  of  Soft  Wood. 

(1.)  For  floors  that  are  to  be  scrubbed:  Caseine,  1  part: 
water,  7  parts ;  spirit  of  ammonia,  %  part ;  burned  lime,  % 
part.  (2.)  Glue.  2  parts;  water.  14  parts:  cement.  7  parts; 
sawdust.  3  to  4  parts.  Both  putties  should  be  prepared  im- 
mediately before  they  are  to  be  used. 

Putty  for  Floors  Which  Are  to  Be  Lacquered. 

Glue.  2  parts;  water.  14  parts;  plaster  of  paris.  4  parts: 
litharge.  2  to  4  parts. 

The  Scientific  American  states  that  a  very  complete  filling 
for  open  cracks  in  floors  may  be  made  by  thoroughly 
soaking  newspapers  in  paste  made  of  1  pound  of  flour.  3  quarts 
of  water,  and  a  teaspoonful  of  alum,  thoroughly  boiled  and 
mixed.  Make  the  final  mixture  about  as  thick  as  putty,  and 
it  will  harden  like  papier  mache.  This  paper  may  be  used 
for  molds  for  various  purposes. 


Greek  Letter  Fraternities. 

(Interested  Subscriber)  writes:  "Will  you  kindly  advise 
me  through  your  Question  Box  of  the  names  of  Greek  Letter 
fraternities  in  the  United  States,  whose  membership  is  re-, 
stricted  to  those  following  the  chemical  sciences ;  also  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  respective  secretaries." 

Can  some  reader  supply  the  information? 


Do  not  force  your  clerks  to  look  to  outsiders  for  sympathy. 
Teach  them  to  come  to  you  for  advice  and  help — and  give  it 
to  them. 


May  6,  1909] 


THE     PHAR.MACEUTICAL     ERA 


423 


ADVERTISING 
PZ  DRUGGISTS 


Advertisement  Editing-. 
The  original  writing  of  an  advertisement  is  merely  tlif 
gathering  of  the  building  materials.  It  is  the  editing  that 
erects  the  structure  and  it  should  be  undertaken  in  an  en- 
tirely different  spirit  than  that  in  which  the  original  writius 
is  done.  The  first  writing  should  be  an  expression  of  the 
thoughts  just  as  they  come  to  mind  :  but  in  the  editing  an 
impersonal  point  of  view  should  be  taken  and  the  work  be 
done  in  a  comprehensive  and  analytical  manner.  The  editing 
should  be  more  than  the  mere  arrangement  of  language  or 
diction  ;  the  aim  should  be  to  produce  an  effective  typograph- 
ical picture.  To  successfully  accomplish  the  latter,  the  proof 
must  be  edited.  In  the  following  will  be  illustrated  some  of 
the  most  common  faults  of  retail  druggists"  advertisements, 
faults  which  are  largely  due  to  lack  of  proper  editing. 
Superfluity. 
Advertising  space  is  like  a  piece  of  valuable  real  estate 
upon  which  one  desires  to  erect  a  structure  which  will  yield 
the  greatest  possible  income  for  the  least  outlay.  One  does 
not  place  a  fine  structure  in  the  center  of  a  valuable  lot  and 
then  surround  it  with  coops,  kennels  and  lean-tos.  In  some  ad- 
vertisements superfluous  words  and  phrases  represent  the 
coops,  kennels  and  lean-tos.  As  an  instance,  an  otherwise 
good  advertisement  announces  an  event  for  "S  P,  M.  Saturday 

I  evening."     "S  P.   M."   is  always   evening,   and   therefore   the 
word  "evening"  as  used  in  the  expression   is  tautological  and 

•superfluous.     An  elegant  expression  would  have  been  simplv. 

j  -At  S  P.  M.  Saturday." 

In  announcing  a  sale  of  rubber  goods,  the  advertiser  named 

(sixteen   articles   and    used    the   word    "rubber"    in   connection 


with   each   article.      He   must   have   expected   a   patronage   of 
"rubber-necks." 

In  another  advertisement,  taking  up  a  double-column  square, 
eighteen-poiut  type  is  used  to  announce,  "Hard  rubber  combs. 
<Tlass  nursing  bottles.  Soft  rubber  nipples,"  and  various 
things  that  are  kept  in  every  drug  store.  Aside  from  the  fool- 
ishness of  a  mere  announcement  that  such  things  were 
stocked,  one  is  led  to  wonder  if  that  druggist  could  in  any  pos- 
sible way  sell  soft  rubber  combs,  wooden  nursing  bottles  or 
hard  rubber  nipples. 

Improper  Classification, 

Much  advertising  space  is  wasted  by  improper  classification. 
One  advertiser,  in  a  four-inch,  single-column  space  enumer- 
ated syringes  among  rubber  goods ;  farther  along  he  men- 
tioned syringes  and  then  announced  glass,  rubber  and  metal 
syringes  of  all  kinds.  Thus,  he  virtually  made  three  repeti- 
tions of  an  indefinite  statement  and  did  not  have  room  left  to 
state  a  single  price  or  other  bit  of  real  information  regarding 
syringes.  The  hashed-up  space  was  utterly  wasted  and  the 
advertiser  complained  of  lack  of  results.  Heterogeneous  classi- 
fication or  promiscuous  assembling  of  the  names  of  articles 
advertised  often  results  in  taking  many  inches  to  announce 
nothing  more  than  that  so-and-so  keeps  a  drug  store.  Even 
strict  material  classification  is  not  generally  good  advertising. 
Goods  made  of  a  certain  material  cover  too  wide  a  range  of 
use.  People  buy  an  atomizer  as  such,  not  because  the  atomizer 
represents  a  combination  of  glass,  metal  and  rubber. 
What  Everyone   Knows. 

Sometimes  advertisements  from  manufacturers  are  received 
which  contain  such  bald  statements  that  the  druggist  is  lead 
to  exclaim  :  "The  druggist  who  does  not  know  that  has  not 
enough  brains  to  understand  any  advertisement."  Just  so 
with  the  public.  The  farmer  who  does  not  know  that  "Paris 
green  is  for  killing  potato-bugs"  is  too  much  of  a  fool  to  know 
that  the  beetle  is  injuring  his  vines.  What  the  farmer  does 
want  to  know  is  the  price  and  quality  of  the  Paris  green. 
Excessive  Description. 

"We  have  D 's  perfumes  in  ten,  twenty-five,  seventy-five 

cent  and  one  dollar  sizes  with  plain  cork  and  fancy  glass  stop- 


ETHICAL  WINDOW  DISPLAY  ADVERTISING  COUGH  REMEDY  WINS  ERA  $5  CASH  PRIZE  THIS  WEEX, 


ira//er  E.  StaUsmith.  Pha'im.D..  119  Barney  street,  Wilkcs-Barre.  Pa.,  is  the  fortunate  winner  this  week  of  the  So  Cash 
Prize  in  the  ERA'S  Competitions,  the  judges  h<nnng  awarded  the  honor  to  him  for  the  accompanying  photograph  of  an  eth- 
ical window  display  of  a  cough  rcmidy  which  icas  forwarded  in  competition  for  Contest  ^fo.  2.  which  relates  to  the  iest  photo- 
graph of  a  druggist's  show  rcindow  or  any  display  of  goods  in  a  drug  store.  The  conditions  of  the  Competition  will  he  found  on 
advertising  page  37  of  the  ERA  of  April  29. 

Mr.  Stallsmith  says  :  "I  enclose  herewith  a  photograph  of  my  cough  cure  window  taken  at  night.  In  the  window  I  was 
manufacturing  my  White  Pine  Tar  and  Wild  Cherry  Cough  Syrup.  The  front  of  the  wiudow  contains  tin  trays  in  which 
the  various  drugs  entering  into  the  syrup  are  displayed,  with  a  card  bearing  the  name  on  each.  The  back  of  the  window  is 
filled  with  five  gallon  bottles  of  Pocona  Water  (the  finest  in  this  community),  also  sugar  in  25  pound  bags,  three  50  pound 
cans  of  glycerin  and  one  pound  cans  of  tar,  which  together  with  the  signs' displayed  make  a  striking  window  and  which  sold 
during  the  two  weeks  the  operation  was  going  on,  nearly  200  bottles  of  the  cough  syrup.  Trusting  you  will  enter  this  in  the 
Eba  Prize  Competition,  as  it  may  help  some  other  druggist  sell  his  goods.  I  am,  yours  truly, 

"Walter  E.  Stallsmith,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa." 


424 


THE     PHAEMACBUTICAL     ERA 


[May  6,  190^ 


pers.  boxed  and  without  boxes."     "We  have  D 's  perfumes 

from  ten  cents  to  a  dollar.    All  styles  :  plain  and  fancy,"  takes 
up  much  less  space  and  gives  all  the  necessary  information. 
Hot  Air  Space-Wasters. 

"X 's  candies  received  fresh  daily"  when  the  whole  town 

knows  that  you  do  not  get  a  shipment  per  month  ;  "The  big 
City  Druggist."  in  a  town  of  two  thousand  people ;  "We 
bought  fifty  gross  of  this  sarsapariila  compound,"  in  an  ad- 
vertisement for  a  store  that  would  hardly  hold  that  much ; 
"Must  get  rid  of  this  to  make  room  for  new  stock,"  when  even 
a  "faced"  stock  leaves  entire  shelves  empty ;  telling  about  "the 
biggest  drug  stock  in  the  State"  in  a  one-inch,  single-column 
space.  No  sane  druggist  would  allow  such  statements  to  ap- 
pear in  print  if  he  had  put  on  his  judicial  thinking-cap  for  a 
few  minutes.  It  is  a  strange  fact  that  some  druggists  who 
make  such  statements  are  otherwise  modest  and  truthful. 
They  remind  one  of  the  man  who  was  too  modest  to  \*ear  a 
colored  tie,  and  yet  expected  people  to  believe  that  the  hunk 
of  glass  in  his  shirt  bosom  was  a  diamond. 
Proof  Editing. 

John  Johnson  has  what  would  be  an  excellent  four-inch  ad- 
vertisement if  it  were  not  for  the  type.  The  body  of  the  ad- 
vertisement is  set  in  nothing  but  ten-point  type  and  there  is 
not  a  bit  of  rule  or  a  break  in  it  except  the  relatively  small 
amount  of  white  space  produced  by  the  use  of  many  leads. 
At  the  bottom  John  Johnson  has  his  name  in  big  black,  bold- 
faced type.  There  is  no  rule  between  Johnson's  name  and 
the  next  advertisement,  and  there  is  more  space  between  his 
name  and  the  body  of  his  own  advertisement  than  there  is  be- 
tween his  name  and  the  hardware  specialty  advertisement 
below.  Thus,  it  appears  that  "John  Johnson,  Druggist,"  is 
selling  lawn  mowers.  Possibly  somebody  brought  Johnson  a 
prescription  for  a  lawn  mower,  for  the  next  week  he  lined  the 
same  four-inch  space  with  a  fancy  border  a  half-inch  wide  and 
in  the  white  bull's-eye  within  this  frame  he  put  all  the  read- 
ing matter  that  had  been  scattered  over  the  entire  space  the 
previous  week.  John  is  one  of  the  many  who  expect  every 
type-setter  to  be  an  advertising  expert.  John  gets  his  adver- 
tising ideas  from  the  mailing  wrappers  of  drug  journals — he 
leaves  the  wrappers  on  the  journals. 

Fancy  Initials. 

Some  country  printers  seem  to  think  that  the  true  ideals  of 
their  art  can  be  most  easily  expressed,  and  that  usually  by 
means  of  square  or  fancy  scroll  initial  letters.  Some  of  these 
initials  look  like  Greek  monograms  and  others  remind  one  of 
the  game,  "Buitou,  button,  where's  the  button?"  The  drug- 
gist advertiser  should  taboo  puzzle  pictures. 
Those  Fool  Stock  Cuts. 

Just  why  a  fat,  black,  brownie  should  induce  a  man  to  buy 
a  new  truss  or  wh.v  an  impossible  vase  with  a  spavined 
unicorn  roosting  on  top  of  it  should  add  to  the  claims  of 
tasteless  castor  oil.  is  hard  to  tell.  Do  not  blame  such  things 
on  the  printer.  The  advertiser  has  the  right  to  select  the 
furniture  for  his  own  house. 

Battered  and  Dirty  Faces. 

The  hand  proof  cannot  be  expected  to  show  up  as  %vell  as 
an  imprint  produced  by  the  run  of  a  press,  but  if  the  face  of 
the  type  be  mashed  or  filled  with  last  year's  ink,  the  proof 
will  show  it.  If  the  advertiser  pays  for  such  typography  he 
has  only  himself  to  blame  if  "advertising  does  not  pay." 
Why  should  a  man  buy  damaged  advertising  goods  when  he 
refuses  damaged  drugs?  A  part  of  the  lack  of  effectiveness 
of  the  advertisements  printed  in  country  papers  is  on  account 
of  w-orn  type,  poor  ink  and  rickety  presses,  and  so  long  as  the 
space  buyers  meekly  patronize  such  plants,  they  alone  are  to 
blame.  If  your  local  printer  Will  not  produce  good  work  with 
good  tools,  get  your  printing  done  away  from  home. 

Mr.  Drug  Storist,  if  you  will  correct  your  advertisements 
as  carefully  as  you  correct  your  clerks  and  insist  upon  having 
as  good  a  "run"  from  your  printer  as  you  do  from  your  de- 
livery boy,"you  will  have  solved  one  of  the  problems  of  making 
advertising  pay. 


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New  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  Graduates  Eighteen 

The  graduating  exercises  of  the  New  Jersey  College  c 
Pharmacy  were  held  Monday,  April  2G.  in  Wallace  Hall 
Newark,  and  the  degree  of  graduate  of  pharmacy  was  con 
ferred  upon  IS  students.  A  number  of  prizes  were  awardei 
and  a  fine  programme,  consisting  of  addresses  to  the  memben 
of  the  class  by  well-known  speakers,  was  carried  out.  ^ 
feature  of  the  evening  was  the  awarding  of  the  scholarshii 
prize  to  Miss  Mabel  S.  Horning,  of  Roselle  Park,  who  be 
sides  leading  on  the  roll  of  honor  also  captured  three  othe! 
prizes  for  the  highest  average  in  as  many  subjects.  Followini 
are  the  members  of  the  graduating  class :  Adolph  R.  Alven 
of  Hoboken ;  Louis  C.  Arnold,  of  Newark ;  Louis  Bell,  of  New 
York ;  Mabel  Shipman  Horning,  of  Roselle  Park ;  Edgar  P 
Kastner,  George  W.  Kraeuter,  Bertha  Lewit  and  Max  Le 
witte,  of  Newark;  William  Francis  Lind.  of  Orange;  Thoma: 
F.  Maroney,  of  Bayonne  ;  Mendel  R.  Mendelsohn,  of  Newark 
George  Mezger,  Jr.,  of  Jersey  City ;  Hyman  Nisselson,  o: 
East  Orange ;  Adrian  E.  Nuremburg,  of  Brooklyn ;  Mortime;, 
P.  Popper  and  Charles  Rutkin,  of  Newark ;  Eric  Seifert,  o 
Jersey  City,  and  William  E.  Van  Eerde.  of  Paterson. 


Class  of  '06,  New  Jersey  C.P.,  Holds  Reunion. 

The  fourth  annual  reunion  of  the  class  of  '00  of  the  New 
Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  recently  at  Hotel  Broad 
Newark,  where  a  banquet  was  served  fallowing  a  tbeatei 
party.  Prof.  Adolph  F.  Marquier  addressed  the  class  on  th( 
subject  of  "The  Advancement  of  Pharmacy  and  the  Preseni 
Conditions."  Frederick  W.  Geimer,  president  of  the  class 
■  acted  as  toastmaster,  and  Meire  Olshin,  treasurer,  describee 
the  formation  of  the  Drug  Clerks'  Association.  Among  thosi 
present  were  Charles  Reide,  Bernard  Simon,  Jeremiah  Harris 
J.  Hain,  Frederick  W.  Geimer.  Prof.  Adolph  F.  Marquier 
Frank  Scholz,  DeWitt  Slee,  A.  Shechtman,  L.  Galluba,  M 
Olshin,  H.  Patterson,  J.  Arhents,  F.  Smith  and  Charles  Smith 


Baylor  IJniversity  Confers  Pharmacy  Degree. 
Dallas,  Texas.  April  30. — At  the  commencement  esercisf-- 
of  Baylor  University  held  last  evening  in  Bush  Temple  th< 
degree  of  Ph.G.  was  conferred  upon  the  following:  Birt  C 
Camp,  Curtis  A.  Christian.  H.  A.  Crofts.  Ollie  Morrison 
E.  B.  Powers,  Roger  Q.  Seely,  Charlie  Williams  and  Warret 
S.  Williams.  Prof.  E.  G.  Eberle,  dean  of  the  Pharmacy  De 
partment,  delivered  an  address. 


Maine  Ph.A.  'Will  Enjoy  Outing  at  Casco  Bay. 
Dr.  M.  L.  Porter,  of  Danforlli,  secretary  of  the  Maine  State 
I'h.A..  announces  that  a  day's  outing  to  Casco  Bay  will  be  a 
feature  of  the  forthcoming  annual  meeting,  which  will  be  held 
at  Portland,  June  29  to  July  1.  Other  entertainment  will  be 
provided  and  an  excellent  programme  of  papers  is  ready. 


Fine  Programme  for  'Washington  Branch  on  Tuesday 
"The  N.F.  and  the  Retail  Druggist,"  "Pharmacists  vs.  th( 
Internal  Revenue"  and  other  important  topics  are  on  nexi 
Tuesday  night's  programme  for  Washington  Branch.  A.Ph-A 
in  addition  to  technical  papers. 


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Personal  Mention 


— W.  E.  Wabn,  of  Kej-port,  N.  J.,  was  a  New  Tork  City 
visitor  last  week. 

— R.  L.  Johannes  has  joined  Sharp  &  Dohme's  forces  and 
has  been  assigned  to  southern  Kansas. 

— W.  H.  Xewton,  who  represents  Eli  Lilly  cS:  Co.  in  Con- 
necticut, visited  friends  in  New  Tork  City  last  week. 

— Richard  P.  Winkler,  of  the  export  department  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  leaves  on  Saturday  on  an  exploring  trip  in  South 
America. 

— Lewis  W.  Baibd,  Lilly's  salesman  in  the  Hudson  River 
territory,  was  a  visitor  in  the  Metropolis  last  Friday  and 
Saturday. 

— Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  recently  visited  Washington, 
where  he  was  a  witness  before  the  tribunal  which  is  endeavor- 
ing to  solve  the  momentous  question:     "What  is  whisky V 

— Manager  C.  H.  Goddaed  and  Prof.  William  C.  Anderson, 
of  the  A.D.S.,  were  recent  visitors  to  Washington  for  the  pur- 
pose of  interviewing  Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  of  "pure  food" 
fame. 

— Robert  M.  Dadd,  manager  of  the  Dadd  Pharmacy  at  Mil- 
waukee, was  made  chairman  of  the  sick  and  relief  committee 
at  the  recent  State  convention  of  the  T.P.A.  at  Fond  du 
Lac,  Wis. 

— F.  C.  Baenhardt,  northern  Michigan  representative  of 
the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  with  headquarters  at  Escan- 
aba,  Mich.,  called  upon  the  Milwaukee  offices  of  his  company 
last  week. 

— D.  A.  Haekison,  who  represents  Farrand,  Williams  & 
Clark,  of  Detroit,  along  the  line  of  the  Michigan  Central  Rail- 
road, has  been  elected  eminent  commander  of  Peninsular  Com- 
mandery  No.  8,  of  Kalamazoo,  Mich. 

•  — P.  R.  Dreyer.  who  has  been  connected  with  the  essential 
oil  trade  for  a  number  of  years,  left  last  Monday  as  special 
representative  of  Ungerer  &  Co.  to  cover  the  principal  sections 
of  New  York  and  the  New  England  States. 

— Db.  George  C.  Kilgore  and  H.  G.  Bitters,  special  repre- 
sentatives of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company,  are  spending  this 
week  at  the  Chicago  branch.  Dr.  Kilgore  entertained  the 
Chicago  representatives  at  a  dinner  on  Tuesday. 

— Fred  Eisold,  of  Athens ;  Ferdinand  Wendt,  of  Juneau, 
and  R.  L.  McDonald,  of  the  McDonald-Strassberger  Drug 
Company,  of  Manitowoc,  were  among  the  Wisconsin  druggists 
who  called  upon  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  last  week. 

— Otto  C.  Rhein.  manager  of  the  Hydrox  Chemical  Com- 
pany, of  Chicago,  became  very  ill  at  his  hotel  in  Cincinnati  a 
few  da.vs  ago.  and  was  taken  to  the  City  Hospital  in  a  dan- 
gerous condition.  He  has  since  recovered  and  has  returned 
home. 

— Charles  F.  Bartholomew,  son  of  John  Bartholomew, 
York  street,  Newport  (Ky. )  druggist,  has  returned  home  from 
the  Southern  University  of  California,  where  he  is  a  student 
of  theology. 

— T.  O.  McCoBKLE,  with  Grier  &  Grier,  Ninth  street  and 
New  York  aventie,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D.  C  is  preparing  a 
history  of  the  McCorkle  family  in  America.  He  wishes  to  get 
in  touch  with  all  those  of  that  name  who  may  be  connected  in 
any  way  with  the  American  drug  trade. 

— W.  W.  AXBEBS,  of  Wausau.  Wis.,  president  of  the  Wis- 
consin Pharmaceutical  Association,  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  2.5th  anniversary  celebration  of  the  Wausau  Liederkranz. 
He  was  treasurer  of  the  organization  for  many  years  and  has 
long  been  one  of  the  leading  and  active  members. 

— The  following  representatives  of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  at- 
tended the  Posting  Class,  conducted  by  N.  Nicolia  at  the  New 
York  branch  of  the  firm  last  Friday  and  Saturday ;  A.  D. 
Howell.  Joe  Litster.  C.  H.  Greer,  of  New  York  State ;  B.  Cool- 
ing, A.  J,  Stout  and  H.  K.  Mundorf,  of  Philadelphia. 

— Dr.  J.  Albert  Rosenheim,  well  known  to  the  drug  trade 
in  Philadelphia  and  vicinity  as  the  representative  in  that  city 
of  Bondy  &  Lederer.  of  New  York,  has  been  made  sales  man- 
ager for  Goldsmith  &  Arndt,  cigar  manufacturers  and  dis- 
tributors, of  Philadelphia.  Dr.  Rosenheim  was  formerly  presi- 
dent of  the  Retail  Drug  Clerks'  Association  of  Philadelphia. 

— R.  L.  Deer,  manager  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  the  H.  K. 
Mulford  Company,  has  returned  from  Minneapolis,  where  he 


assisted  in  establishing  a  new  branch  for  the  H.  K.  Mulford 
Company.  E.  V.  Clark,  for  many  years  in  charge  of  the 
Northwest  territor.v,  is  in  charge  of  the  Miimeapolis  branch. 

— Arthur  W.  Quan,  pharmacist  and  head  of  the  prescrip- 
tion department  for  many  years  at  the  Edwin  Sumner  phar- 
macy at  Madison,  Wis.,  has  formed  a  partnership  with  Her- 
bert R.  Bird  in  the  Badger  Pharmacy,  recently  established  by 
Mr.  Bird  at  1320  University  avenue,  Madison.  Members  of 
the  new  firm  have  long  been  friends. 

— Christopher  Koch,  Jr.,  of  Philadelphia,  recently  ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Exam- 
ining Board,  is  in  charge  of  the  prosecutions  that  are  being 
instituted  against  the  violators  of  the  State  Pharmacy  Law. 
Mr.  Koch  has  entered  upon  his  new  duties  with  a  vigor  and 
interest  that  is  being  highly  commended  by  the  exponents  of 
honest  pharmacy  in  the  Keystone  State. 

— Congressman  John  M.  Reynolds,  of  Bedford,  Pa.,  will 
make  the  address  of  welcome  to  the  members  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Pharmaceutical  Association  who  assemble  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  that  organization  at  Bedford  Springs.  Pa..  June 
22-24.  Charles  H.  Marcy.  the  local  secretary,  was  in  Phila- 
delphia recently  and  gave  glowing  accounts  of  the  prospects 
for  a  large  and  interesting  meeting  this  year. 

— Dr.  William  Simon,  professor  emeritus  of  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy,  has  just  returned  from  the  mountains 
of  North  Carolina,  where  he  did  some  climbing  in  compan.v 
with  Dr.  Edward  Hoffmeister.  a  Baltimore  dentist,  who  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Maryland  College  also.  Dr.  Simon  was  much 
improved  physically,  and  sa.vs  he  feels  better  than  he  has  for  a 
long  time,  an  assertion  ampl.v  borue  out  by  his  appearance. 

— Charles  J.  Lynn,  secretary  and  general  manager  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  gave  a  luncheon  at  the  New  York  Dnig  Club  last 
Saturday  to  a  number  of  the  compau.v's  local  representatives. 
The  salesmen  present  were  S.  W.  Abel,  A.  M.  Hopper,  S.  T. 
Douglas,  Edw.  F.  Pfafif.  Martin  H.  Kleine.  H.  L.  Winner,  of 
New  Jersey ;  W.  H.  Newton,  of  New  Haven  :  L.  W.  Baird, 
of  Newburg,  and  C.  R.  Cosby,  manager  of  the  firm's  New 
York  branch. 


Marriage  Mentions. 

— Geoege  T.  Cook,  druggist,  aged  22,  and  Dorothy  C.  Tut- 
hill,  of  496  Elwood  avenue,  both  of  Providence,  were  married 
by  Rev.  George  H.  Spencer  at  Everett.  Mass..  last  week. 

— Reinhaet  Zechel.  prominent  young  druggist  at  Mani- 
towoc. Wis.,  was  married  at  Milwaukee  last  week  to  Miss 
Lydia  Plantico.  of  Manitowoc.  The  wedding  was  something 
of  a  surprise  to  the  many  friends  of  the  couple. 

— Charles  A.  Becker,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Norfolk, 
Va..  was  married  April  28  to  Miss  Helen  M.  Rosendale,  of 
Baltimore,  at  the  residence  of  the  bride's  parents.  The  bride 
has  been  soprano  soloist  at  the  Catholic  Cathedral  in  Baltimore. 

— Theodore  ArousTUs  Richards.  Jr.,  a  traveling  salesman 
for  James  Baily  &  Son.  of  Baltimore,  was  married  recently  at 
Raleigh,  N.  C,  to  Miss  Lelah  Shaw  Douglass.  They  will  tnake 
their  home  at  Raleigh.  The  bride  is  an  artist  of  merit,  her 
paintings  being  much  admired. 

— Christian  Schertz.  proprietor  of  stores  at  1341  Elysian 
Fields  avenue  and  1242  St.  Roch  avenue.  New  Orleans,  was 
married  April  29  to  Miss  Helen  Pitkin  at  St.  Anna's  Episcopal 
Church.  The  bride  has  been  for  several  years  society  editor  of 
the  New  Orleans  Timcs-Democral. 

— Frederick  Sweet  Stearns,  of  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co., 
Detroit,  was  recently  married  to  Miss  Gertrude  Boyer  in  St. 
John's  Episcopal  Church,  Rev.  William  F.  Faber,  D.D..  offi- 
ciating. They  are  spending  their  honeymoon  in  California 
and  after  September  will  reside  at  Grosse  Pointe  Farms,  a 
fashionable  suburb. 

—Mb.  and  Mrs.  Sol  Boehm,  of  St.  Louis,  were  hosts  at  a 
notable  wedding  at  the  Southern  Hotel  in  that  city  when  Miss 
Blanche  Boehm,  their  daughter,  was  married  to  I.  I.  Spiro, 
of  Chicago.  Mr.  Boehm  never  does  things  by  halves  and  for 
that  reason  the  ceremony  was  held  in  a  hotel,  rather  than  at 
the  elegant  Boehm  home  in  Goodfellow  avenue. 

— Dr.  Joel  J.  Barnett.  head  of  one  of  the  departments  in 
the  laboratories  of  Sharp  &  Dohme.  Baltimore,  and  Miss 
Rachel  Sills  were  recently  married  at  Grace  P.  E.  Church  by 
Rev.  Arthur  Chilton  Powell.  C.  C.  Neal,  superintendent  of  the 
Sharp  &  Dohme  fluid  extract  department,  and  a  classmate  of 
the  groom  at  Maryland  C.P..  acted  as  best  man.  Among  the 
ushers  was  Mr.  McCartney,  of  the  New  York  office  of  Sharp 
&  Dohme. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  6,  1909 


GUESTION  OF  VERACITY  AT  C.R.D.A.  MEETING. 


NEW  RAMSDELL  STORE  IN  HOTEL  SAVOY. 


Various  Views  Expressed  Regarding  Letter  Written  by 
Chicago  Manager  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

Chicago,  May  1. — At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Chicago  lie- 
tail  Druggists'  Association  on  April  27  the  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
letter  incident  was  taken  up.  Some  time  back  Manager  Bart- 
lett,  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  wrote  to  a 
Chicago  customer  discussing  the  retail  price  situation  on  the 
firm's  products.  The  C.R.D.A.  organ  published  this  with  a 
criticism  of  the  firm.  In  bringing  the  matter  before  the  special 
meeting  Wilhelm  Bodemanu  did  not  approve  the  publication 
without  giving  the  firm  a  chance  to  explain  its  position. 

Mr.  Cannon,  of  the  executive  board,  asserted  he  had  seen 
a  letter  from  President  Ryan,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  approv- 
ing the  stand  Manager  Bartlett  had  taken.  Editor  Carr.  who 
received  the  letter  from  President  Ryan,  denied  that  he  has 
shown  it  to  Mr.  Cannon  and  fnrthermore  stated  that  Mr.  Ryan 
did  not  approve  Mr.  Bartlett's  position. 

Messrs.  Wells  and  Ladish  were  of  the  opinion  that  the 
editor  should  have  consulted  the  executive  committee  in  the 
matter,  while  Frank  Krammer  felt  that  the  attack  was  not 
as  severe  as  it  should  have  been.  The  issue  finally  seemed  to 
resolve  itself  into  a  question  of  veracity  between  Editor  Carr 
and  Mr.  Cannon.  The  incident  was  finally  referred  to  the  ex- 
ecutive board  for  such  action  as  may  be  deemed  expedient. 

A  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted  protesting  against 
thf  antitoxin  bill  pending  in  the  Legislature.  The  association 
will  send  a  committee  of  five  to  Springfield  to  appear  before 
the  House  Appropriation  Committee. 

Chairman  Holthoefer,  of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.P.  committee, 
reported  good  progress  in  his  province.  He  complained  that 
the  work  was  restricted  by  the  failure  of  some  druggists  to  do 
their  part. 

Chairman  Sandkoetter,  of  the  legislative  committee,  reported 
that  at  a  joint  meeting  of  the  legislative  committees  of  the 
C.R.D.A.,  the  Illinois  Ph. A.  and  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A.  it  was  decided  that  the  time  was  not  opportune  to 
press  the  bill  for  higher  requirements  for  registered  pharma- 
cists and  less  drastic  requirements  for  apprentices  and  as- 
sistant registered  pharmacists.  A  committee  was  appointed  to 
prepare  a  revision  of  the  present  pharmacy  law  to  be  sub 
mitted  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Illinois  Ph. A. 

President  Yeomans  submitted  his  brokerage  plan,  which, 
after  discussion  was  referred  to  the  executive  board.  The  plan 
for  the  drag  store  limitation  ordinance  was  discussed  and  re- 
ferred to  the  legislative  committee. 


C.K.D.A.  President  Wo  Longer  Executive  Chaii-nian. 
-  Chicago,  May  1. — The  newly  adopted  constitution  of  the 
Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  provides  that  the  presi- 
dent of  the  organization  shall  not  be  the  ex  officio  chairman  of 
the  executive  committee,  as  was  the  case  formerly.  Hereafter 
the  chairman  of  the  executive  committee  is  to  be  chosen  by  the 
committee  itself  from  among  the  trustees.  A  further  altera- 
tion in  the  constitution  is  that  the  president  will  not  hereafter 
appoint  the  supervisors,  but  that  they  will  be  elected  by  the 
druggists  of  the  respective  districts  of  the  city.  A  new  province 
has  been  given  the  supervisors  in  that  they  will  compose  the 
nominating  committee  on  oflicers.  By  these  changes  it  is  ex- 
pected that  the  general  body  of  the  organization  will  come 
into  closer  touch  with  the  work  that  is  being  carried  on. 


Illinois  Pharmacy  Board  in  a  Tangle. 
Chicago,  May  1. — Governor  Deneen's  appointments,  which 
have  been  again  held  up,  included  two  members  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy :  Joseph  F.  Shreve.  of  Jacksonville,  to 
succeed  himself ;  J.  B.  Michels,  of  El  Paso,  to  succeed  Bernard 
Schwartz.  Mr.  Shreve's  term  expired  on  January  1,  1908, 
more  than  a  year  ago,  and  Mr.  Schwartz  died  mor^  than  three 
years  ago.  Mr.  Avery's  term  expired  last  January,  but  the 
Governor  has  not  yet  got  around  to  considering  an  appoint- 
ment for  this  place. 


Chemical  Company  to  Build  Plant. 
Baltimobe,  May  1. — The  Davison  Chemical  Company, 
which  manufactures  sulphuric  acid,  will  build  a  large  plant 
at  Curtis  Bay,  on  land  next  to  the  Baltimore  Yacht  Club.  A 
$300,000  issue  of  first  mortgage  6  per  cent  bonds  has  been 
authorized  by  the  stockholders. 


Everything  of  the  Latest  in  Design  and  Improvement. 
Will  Sell  Contents  of  Old  Store  Soon. 

The  new  store  which  was  recently  opened  by  the  Ramsdell 
Drug  Company  in  Hotel  Savoy,  on  Fifth  avenue,  is  without 
a  doubt  one  of  the  finest  pharmacies  in  point  of  elegance  and 
beauty  in  Greater  New  York.  Under  the  personal  supervision 
of  Clifford  Ramsdell,  president  of  the  company,  which  is  the 
retail  successor  to  Daggett  &  Ramsdell,  the  store  has  been  a 
success  from  the  start,  and  the  visitor  is  at  once  impressed 
with  the  thorough  order  and  arrangement  which  prevails  in 
every  department. 

A  departure  from  the  usual  is  characteristic  throughout ; 
the  fixtures  are  unique,  the  goods  effectively  displayed,  while 
the  commercial  and  ethical  features  of  the  store  are  so  bal- 
anced that  the  one  does  not  suffer  at  the  expense  of  the  other. 
The  prescription  department  is  arranged  along  the  most  prac- 
tical lines.  The  shelf  bottles  and  containers  are  placed  in 
booths  within  convenient  reach  of  the  compounder  and  no  arti- 
cles used  in  dispensing  prescriptions  are  kept  outside  of  this 
department.  In  the  store  proper  only  specialties  and  merchan- 
dise, such  as  perfumes,  toilet  preparations,  etc..  are  displayed. 
The  basement  is  about  twice  the  area  of  the  store  and  extends 
to  the  curb  line  of  the  street.  Here  all  the  manufacturing 
and  cleansing  is  carried  on,  while  a  large  portion  is  used  for 
storing  stock.     It  is  as  neat  as  the  store. 

Regarding  the  discontinuation  of  the  34th  street  store,  Mr. 
Ramsdell  stated  in  a  recent  interview  that  the  change  of  loca- 
tion was  made  with  the  idea  of  being  better  able  to  handle 
more  conveniently  their  growing  uptown  trade  in  the  large 
residential  section  surrounding  Central  Park.  Mr.  Ramsdell 
also  stated  that  the  handsome  mahogany  fixtures  of  the  older 
store,  which  contained  three  separate  outfits,  as  well  as  the 
stock  and  an  Innovation  fountain,  would  be  offered  at  auction 
the  latter  part  of  this  month.  This  store  for  years  has  been 
noted  for  the  elegancy  of  its  appointments  and  the  sale  will 
undoubtedly  attract  considerable  attention  from  the  drug  trade 
of  the  entire  city  and  vicinity. 


Scientific  Section  Will  Consider  Ergot. 
Philadelphia,  May  1. — Prominent  physicians  and  pharma- 
cists will  be  the  guests  of  the  Scientific  Section  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  May  13  when  the  meeting  will 
be  devoted  to  the  consideration  of  ergot.  Dr.  H.  C.  Wood, 
Jr.,  will  discuss  "The  Chemical  Assay  of  Ergot"  ;  Dr.  Clarence 
A.  Hoffer  will  speak  on  the  "Physiological  Assay  of  Ergot," 
and  Dr.  Charles  E.  Vanderkleed,  whose  subject  will  be  "Some 
Notes  on  Ergot  Testing." 


Bravery  Costs  Wholesaler  a  Broken  Arm. 
Chicago,  May  3. — James  Stevenson,  of  Robert  Stevenson 
&  Co.,  suffered  a  fractured  arm  as  a  result  of  an  act  of 
bravery  at  a  fire  last  week.  The  confusion  alarmed  a  horse 
and  it  ran  away.  Mr.  Stevenson  grasped  the  bridle  and  held 
on  until  he  stopped  the  animal,  in  doing  which  he  was  thrown 
against  an  elevated  railroad  support,  breaking  his  arm. 


Druggist-Editor  Starts  His  Second  Newspaper. 
P.  E.  Dowling,  druggist  of  Eveleth,  Minn.,  for  the  last  13 
years,  has  disposed  of  his  pharmacy  to  Hayes  &  Casey,  of 
Chisholm,  and  will  devote  his  attention  hereafter  to  the  news- 
paper business.  He  has  been  the  owner  of  the  Eveleth  Star 
for  some  time  and  will  start  another  paper  to  be  called  the 
Gilbert  Booster. 


Petition  in  Bankruptcy  Against  Valhalla  Druggist. 

Valhalla,  N.  Y..  May  1. — A  petition  in  bankruptcy  has 
been  filed  against  William  A.  Holley.  a  druggist,  by  three 
creditors  whose  claims  amount  to  $3579.  It  is  alleged  that 
Holley  is  insolvent  and  on  December  21  made  an  assignment 
for  the  benefit  of  his  creditors  to  Celestine  J.  Reilly,  of  New 
Rochelle. 


President  Albers  in  New  Insurance  Company. 
Wausau,    ilay   1: — W.   W.   Albers,   president   of   the   Wis- 
consin  Pharmaceutical   Association,   is   one   of  the   organizers 
of  the  new  Wisconsin  Fire  Insurance  Company  which  is  being 
formed  here  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000. 


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WEST  VIRGINIA  PH.A.  MEETS  IN  MORGANTOWN  IN  JUNE— DRUGGISTS  WHO  WILL  GREET  MEMBERS 

MoBGAXTOwx.  May  1. — Preparations  are  be- 
ing made  to  entertain  the  members  of  the  Wesc 
Virginia  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  who 
will  meet  here  in  annual  convention  on  June 
2  and  3.  The  entertainment  committee,  pictured 
here%vith,  is  sending  post  cards  to  druggists 
bearing  their  pictures,  with  "Welcome"  in  big 
type  and  "Morgantown  Retail  Druggists"  Associ- 
ation" in  smaller  letters.  The  local  committee  is 
being  aided  by  the  Travelers'  Auxiliary,  and 
President  E.  Bruce  Dawson,  of  Wheeling,  is 
taking  an  active  interest  in  the  plans  for  making 
the  meeting  a  success. 

The  Morgantown  druggists  are  preparing  to 
entertain  over  200  visitors.  The  hotels  will  nor 
be  able  to  take  care  of  the  visitors  and  arrange- 
ments are  being  made  to  house  them  in  private 
rooms.  The  entertainers  are  planning  several 
features  for  the  convention.  The  business  ses- 
sions will  be  held  in  Commencement  Hall,  where 
lectures  will  be  delivered  by  prominent  druggists 
and  doctors.  On  the  evening  of  the  first  day  a 
banquet  will  be  given  and  on  the  evening  of  the 
second  day  the  convention  will  close  with  a 
ball.  An  automobile  trip  for  the  women  mem- 
bers and  the  wives  of  the  druggists  has  been 
arranged.  The  West  Virginia  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  con- 
duct an  examination  June  1,  the  day  preceding  the  convention. 

E.  W.  Harrison,  president  of  the  Travelers"  Auxiliary, 
makes  a  happy  report  of  nearly  100  members  now  afSIiating 
with  the  auxiliary,  which  speaks  well  for  the  officers,  and 
places  this  association  in  the  front  rank  of  similar  associations. 

T.  J.  Johnson,  field  representative  of  the  X.A.R.D..  was 
visiting  in  West  Virginia  recently  agitating  the  slot  telephone, 
which  means  revenue  for  the  retail  druggists  instead  of  ex- 
pense and  abuse  in  business. 

Clarksburg  Retail  Druggists"  Association  held  a  joint  meet- 
ing with  the  Harrison  Jledical  Association  recently,  when 
U.S.P.  and  N.F.  propaganda  work  was  the  main  subject  of 
discussion. 


From  }rjt  to 


Kentucky  Proceedings  Issued — Outing  Next  Month. 
The  Kentucky  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  hold  its  an- 
nual outing  this  year  at  Cerulean  Springs,  and  hundreds  of 
druggists  are  expected  to  be  present.  The  dates  are  June 
15-18,  which  is  just  before  the  formal  opening  of  the  popular 
health  and  pleasure  resort  for  the  summer.  Already  arrange- 
ments are  being  made  for  the  entertainment  of  the  guests. 
In  the  proceedings  of  the  190S  meeting,  just  issued  by  Sec- 
retary J.  W.  Gale,  is  given  a  list  of  the  registered  pharma- 
cists of  the  State. 


New  Branch  for  McMonagle  &  Rogers. 

MiDDLETOWN.  N.  X.,  May  3. — McMonagle  &  Rogers  have 
purchased  the  pharmacy  of  the  Hemion  Drug  Company  at 
Suffern,  N.  T..  and  will  conduct  it  as  a  branch  of  the  big 
store  at  Middletown.  This  will  make  the  third  branch  of  Mc- 
Monagle &  Rogers'  store. 

C.  Stanley  Meyers  has  resigned  his  position  with  D.  W. 
Dusenberry  to  accept  the  position  as  manager  of  an  extensive 
jewelry  department  which  is  to  be  opened  by  McMonagle  & 
Rogers  at  their  drug  store  in  Monroe. 


nyht.  Uont  loi'      '      1    Foidii:  W.  A.  Ream.  T.  J.  Cascn:  hack 
row:   Faiiton  Dtitt.  Gay  Dent,  Walter  H.  Hyers. 

HYDE  PARK  DRUGGISTS  PRAISED  BY  CHIEF, 

Police  Head  Declares  Conditions  in  Relation  to  Sale  of 
Intoxicants  "Were  Never  Better  Than  Now. 

Boston.  May  3. — Members  of  the  medical  profession  came 
to  the  support  of  the  dr\iggists  of  H.vde  Park,  one  of  the  Boston 
suburbs,  last  Tuesday  evening,  and  it  may  be  that  their  in- 
fluence will  be  sufiicient  to  offset  that  of  the  Anti-saloon 
lycague  of  Hyde  Park,  which  appeared  before  the  board  of 
selectmen  to  oppose  the  granting  of  sixth  class  liquor  licenses 
to  druggists.  The  opponents  of  the  druggists  were  clergymen 
and  members  of  church  men's  clubs. 

Just  as  things  seemed  to  be  going  the  way  of  the  opposition. 
Dr.  Charles  Sturtevant.  of  the  Hyde  Park  Medical  Club, 
said  that  he  was  authorized  by  the  Medical  Club  to  state  that 
the  board  favored  the  granting  of  sixth  class  licenses,  and 
would  oppose  the  granting  of  the  eighth  class  licenses,  the 
kind  which  the  opponents  preferred  should  be  granted,  if  at 
all.  Dr.  Sturtevant  empjiasized  the  fact  that  the  sentiment 
he  expressed  was  not  his  own  merely,  but  that  of  the  Medical 
Club. 

Thomas  F.  Fallon,  proprietor  of  two  drug  stores  in  Hyde 
Park,  denied  the  charge  of  the  opponents  that  it  was  possible 
for  a  person  to  obtain  all  the  liquor  desired  in  Hyde  Park  drug 
stores,  and  he  was  followed  by  the  chief  of  police  who  stated 
that  Hyde  Park  druggists  conducted  their  business  properly, 
and  that  conditions  were  the  best  they  had  been  in  the  eight 
.vears  he  has  been  chief  of  police. 

Meanwhile  the  selectmen  have  taken  the  matter  under  ad- 
visement, but  Druggist  Fallon  has  been  almost  criticized  by 
the  business  men  of  the  town  for  not  having  notified  them 
that  the  matter  was  to  come  up,  so  that  they  might  have  ap- 
peared in  behalf  of  the  druggists. 


N.  Y.  Deutscher  Apotheker-"Verein  Meets  Tonight. 

The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  New  Torker  Deutscher 
Apotheker-Verein  will  take  place  this  evening  at  the  club 
rooms,  192  Third  avenue.  The  feature  will  be  a  discussion  on 
the  preparations  of  the  National  Formulary.  The  subject  will 
be  introduced  by  E.  C.  Goetting.  The  entertainment  com- 
mittee has  partly  completed  arrangements  for  the  annual  sum- 
mer outing  which  will  take  place  at  Witzel's  Pavilion.  College 
Point,  on  July  8. 


Prof.  Coblentz  on  Pharmacopoeial  Bevlsion. 
Prof.  Virgil  Coblentz  will  be  the  speaker  of  the  evening  at 
the  meeting  of  the  New   York  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  to  be 
held   at   8.30   Monday,   May   10.      His   subject   will   be   "The 
Chemical  Work  of  the  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopceia."' 


College  of  Pharmacy  of  University  of  Iowa. 

— Alvin  H.  Kohl,  '09.  of  Mechanicsville.  enjoyed  a  visit 
from  his  father  recently. 

^W.  D.  Ralston,  '11,  of  Paullina.  enjoyed  a  visit  from  his 
father  and  mother  recently. 

— Alvin  H.  Kohl,  '09,  of  Mechanicsville,  represented  the 
Nu  Chapter  of  the  Phi  Chi  Fraternity  at  the  Grand  Council 
held  at  Chicago. 

— H.  E.  Van  Duzer.  city  solicitor  for  Hartz  &  Babnsen,  of 
Rock  Island.  111.,  recently  favored  the  students  with  a  second 
lecture  on  the  underlying  principles  of  successful  salesmanship. 

— M.  F.  Selleck,  ex-'07.  of  Onawa.  was  an  over-Sunday 
guest  in  Iowa  City  recently.  He  was  entertained  at  the  Sigma 
Chi  house.  His  brother,  E.  C.  Selleck,  ex-'OO,  is  now  located 
at  Milner.  Idaho. 

— Announcements  have  been  received  at  Iowa  City  of  the 
marriage  on  March  10  of  Miss  Josephine  Marie  Van  Stigt,  of 
Earlham,  to  Elmer  L.  Scar,  ex-"04,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
mother.  Mrs.  G.  Van  Stigt. 


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[May  6,  1909 


TWO  ATTACKS  ON  CONSTITUTIONALITY  OF  LAW. 

Federal  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  Upheld  iu  Test  Case 
in  Cbicago — Other  Just  Beg-un  in  Ohio. 

Chicago,  111.,  Jlay  1. — Federal  .Tudge  Sanboru.  iu  a  test 
case  questioning  the  constitutionality  of  the  Federal  Pure  Food 
and  Drugs  Act,  upholds  the  validity  of  the  law.  holding  that 
the  Crescent  Manufacturing  Company,  of  Seattle,  makers  of 
"Mapleiue,"  misbrauded  their  product,  inasmuch  as  this  sub- 
stitute for  maple  syrup  contained  no  maple  juices.  The  de- 
fense, aside  from  attacking  the  constitutionality  of  the  law, 
alleged  that  the  name  was  justified  by  the  flavor  of  the  product. 
"Mapleine"  consignments  in  various  parts  of  the  country  are 
said  to  be  in  jeopardy  of  seizure.     The  case  will  be  appealed. 

CiNCiKNATi,  May  1. — The  Corn  Products  Company,  of  Chi- 
cago, has  attacked  the  constitutionality  of  the  Federal  Pure 
Food  Law  in  an  answer  filed  iu  the  United  States  District 
Court  to  the  allegations  of  United  States  District  Attorney 
McPherson,  who  caused  the  United  States  Marshal  to  seize  46 
packages  and  bags  of  sugar  manufactured  by  the  company  and 
found  on  the  premises  of  the  Gerke  Brewing  Company,  in  this 
city.  The  Government  alleges  that  the  sugar  was  labeled 
"pure  sugar,"  whereas  it  was  adulterated.  The  seizure  was 
made  under  the  Pure  Food  aud  Drugs  Act. 

Referee  Board's  Legality  Officially  Promulgated. 

Washington,  May  1. — The  Secretary  of  Agriculture  has 
promulgated  as  Decision  107  of  the  department,  the  opinion 
of  Attorney-General  Wickersham  upholding  the  legality  of  the 
Referee  Board  of  Scientific  Experts,  as  reported  on  page  386 
of  the  Eha  of  April  22. 

Friends  of  Dr.  Wiley  who  had  threatened  injunction  pro- 
ceedings against  the  Secretary  to  prevent  him  from  adopting 
the  conclusions  of  the  Referee  Board  overruling  Dr.  Wiley  in 
the  administration  of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act,  have  decided 
not  to  go  into  the  courts. 


Commencement  of  Albany  College  of  Pharmacy. 
Albany,  X.  Y..  May  1.— State  Geologist  John  M.  Clarke, 
delivered  the  address  at  the  commencement  exercises  of  the  Al- 
bany College  of  Pharmacy.  The  .graduates  are  :  Gracia  Naomi 
Anscombe.  Saratoga :  Anna  Lucia  Caldwell,  Hagaman  ;  Charles 
Edgar  Collins,  Johnstown ;  Walter  Cook,  Troy ;  Howard 
James  Copeland,  Glencoe ;  Sister  John  Joseph  Duffy,  Troy ; 
Daniel  Cornelius  Fitzgerald,  Glens  Falls ;  William  Walker 
Gibson,  Albany;  Arthur  Lynn  Goldsmith,  Oneonta;  Paul  Au- 
gust Hespelt,  Johnstown  ;  LeRoy  George  Matthews,  Catskill ; 
Walter  Finn  Murdoch,  Flycreek ;  William  James  Murphy, 
Pulton ;  Harry  Sumner  Noel,  Williamstown,  Mass.  :  Logan 
Kniffen  Palmatier,  Albany ;  Frank  Smith  Park,  Woodhull ;  Ed- 
ward Charles  Retalick,  Albany ;  James  Louis  Roark,  St. 
Johnsville :  Gilbert  George  Roberts.  Schenectady ;  Elsie  Emma 
Sautter,  Albany :  Rocco  Spina,  Utica  ;  Philip  Swartz,  Albany ; 
Raymond  Ford  Wasserbach,  Albany. 


Graduates  Receive  Degrees  in  Jersey  City. 

On  April  2S  the  degree  of  graduate  of  pharmacy  was  con- 
ferred upon  the  young  men  who  have  been  students  in  the 
Department  of  Pharmacy.  University  of  the  State  of  New 
Jersey,  for  the  past  two  years.  The  commencemput  exercises 
were  held  at  the  Scottish  Rite  Temple,  Jersey  City,  and  an 
excellent  programme,  consisting  of  musical  numbers  and 
speeches  by  prominent  men,  together  with  the  conferring  of 
the  degrees,  was  carried  out.  The  officers  of  the  graduating 
class  were  as  follows :  President,  Max  W.  Friedman ;  vice- 
president,  William  S.  Kinkensieper ;  secretary,  Henry  F. 
Kuhn ;  treasurer,  Solomon  Jailer ;  sergeant-at-arms,  John  J. 
Parentini ;  editor,  Luke  C.  Hines ;  executive  committee,  Ed- 
ward Fisher.  George  E.  Ferber,  Isidore  Shnitter,  Leo 
Rosenbauer. 


The  Revolt  of  the  British  Drug  Clerks. 
London,  April  23. — Qualified  pharmaceutical  assistants 
have  not  been  slow  to  realize  that  the  New  Poisons  and  Phar- 
macy Act  improves  their  position,  for  every  drug  store  is  now 
required  to  be  under  qualified  management.  On  Good  Friday, 
a  meeting  was  held  at  Birmingham,  at  which  it  was  decided 
to  form  an  organization  under  the  name  of  "the  National 
Union    of    -Assistant    Pharmacists."      At    present    the    member- 


ship is  only  200  but  the  promoters  are  very  energetic  and  the 
membership  will  no  doubt  increase.  The  objects  of  the  Union 
are  various  but  the  principal  ones  are  the  fixing  of  a  minimum 
wage  tor  qualified  assistants  and  the  limitations  of  the  hours 
of  labor. 


Federal  Authorities  Prosecute  Wholesale  Druggist. 

John  W.  James,  of  Towns  &  James,  wholesale  druggists  of 
174  Fulton  street.  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  New  York  City,  was 
arrested  on  April  27  by  United  States  Marshal  James  Proctor 
and  arraigned  before  Commissioner  Morle  on  a  charge  of 
shipping  drugs  from  one  State  to  another  without  properly 
marking  the  ingredients  on  the  label.  Mr.  James  waived  ex- 
amination and  was  released  on  $500  bail  to  await  action  of 
the  Federal  grand  jury. 

The  complainant  in  the  case  is  Inspector  George  Adams,  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture,  who  charged  in  his  complaint 
that  Mr.  James  had  sent  from  New  York  State  to  Massa- 
chusetts three  one-pound  bottles  of  h.vdrogen  peroxide  which 
contained  acetanilid,  although  that  fact  was  not  noticeably 
displayed  on  the  label,  in  violation  of  the  Pure  Food  and 
Drugs  Law. 


Pharmacy  Legislation  in  Missouri. 
St.  Louis,  April  24. — Henry  O.  A.  Huegel,  of  Grand  and 
Park  avenues,  St.  I>ouis,  has  been  acting  chairman  of  the 
Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Association  legislative  committee 
while  the  bill  now  passed  by  the  House  of  Representatives 
and  with  excellent  prospects  of  passing  the  Senate,  was  in 
preparation  and  pending.  C.  M.  Wright,  of  Webb  City,  Mo., 
was  appointed  chairman  of  the  committee,  but  he  asked  Mr. 
Huegel  to  act  for  him  because  of  the  advantage  of  a  St.  Louis 
location  and  because  of  Mr.  Huegel's  interest  in  the  legisla- 
tion. Mr.  Huegel  has  been  very  energetic  in  getting  out  letters 
explaining  the  bill  and  checking  up  the  support  given  to  it. 


$500  Fine  Imposed  for  Selling  "Near  Beer." 
Pittsburg.  Pa.,  May  1. — The  sale  of  "Rikk, '  a  so-called 
near  beer,  has  been  frowned  upon  by  the  Superior  Court  of 
Pennsylvania,  Charles  H.  Bums,  a  druggist  of  Chester  County, 
being  refused  a  rehearing  after  having  been  convicted  in  his 
home  county  and  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  of  $500  for  violating 
the  Brooks  Law. 

Under  this  decision  all  druggists  and  others  purporting  to 
sell  non-intoxicating  beverages,  such  as  "Rikk,"  can  be  prose- 
cuted for  selling  liquor  illegally.  This  is  one  of  the  "near 
beers"  made  to  sell  in  local  option  districts,  and  an  analysis 
of  it  showed  that  it  contained  3.90  per  cent  alcohol. 


5000  Invitations  Sent  to  Meeting  of  Texas  Ph.A. 
GONZALE.s.  Texas.  May  1. — R.  H.  Walker,  secretary- 
treasurer  of  the  Texas  Pharmaceutical  Association,  recently 
sent  what  was  probably  the  largest  number  of  letters  to  be 
mailed  in  one  day  by  an  individual  in  the  history  of  the  Gon- 
zales post-office.  There  were  in  all  .5000  letters  addressed  to 
druggists  of  Texas,  notifying  them  of  the  meeting  of  the  asso- 
ciation which  takes  place  in  the  Alamo  City.  San  Antonio, 
June  15  to  17,  and  the  hatch  of  mail  was  hauled  to  the  post- 
office  in  a  delivery  wagon. 


Pittsburg  Druggist  Gets  Verdict  of  $40,000. 

The  jury  in  the  libel  suit  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court 
brought  by  Samuel  Dempster,  of  Pittsburg,  against  Col.  Wm. 
D.  Mann,  editor  of  Town  Topics,  tried  last  week  in  New  York 
City,  brought  in  a  verdict  for  $40,000  in  favor  of  the  plaintiff. 
The  suit  was  for  $100,000.  The  offensive  article  accused  Mr. 
Dempster  of  social  irregularities  in  his  home  town. 


Delegates  to  the  New  York  State  Ph.A. 
President  Butler,  of  Columbia  University  College  of  Phar- 
macy, has  appointed  the  following  delegates  to  the  New  York 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  meets  at  Richfield 
Springs  in  June  :  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  chairman :  J.  Leon 
Lascotf.  Thomas  P.  Cook,  Hugo  Kantrowitz  and  I^.  W. 
DeZeller. 


Live  Chickens  in  Easter  Window  Display. 
A.   L.  Moore,  of  Elm  Grove,  W.  Va.,   had  a  unique  Easter 
display    in    his    window,   consisting   of    two    white    Wyandotte 
hens  and  a  prize  winning  cockerel. 


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EECENT  ELECTIONS  OF  RETAIL  ASSOCIATIONS— THREE  ACTIVE    OFFICERS  OF  ORGANIZATIONS. 


J.   M.   MILLER,    Bloomington.    111., 
Pres.  McLean   County   Druggists'   Assc. 


F.  R.  BEASOX,  Decatur,  Ala  , 
President  Tennessee  Valley  H.D.A. 


Dr.  WILLOfGHBY   H.   REED, 
President    Norristown    (Pa.)    R.D^. 


NINETY  PER  CENT  OF  ELIGEBLES  MEMBERS. 


Excellent  Showing-  of  the  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion of  Montgomery  County,  Pennsylvania. 

XORBISTOWX.  May  1. — With  every  section  of  the  county 
represented,  tbe  annual  meeting  of  the  Montgomery  County 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  was  one  of  the  most  successful 
in  the  history  of  the  organization.  The  principal  feature  of  the 
business  was  the  election  of  officers,  which  resulted  as  follows : 
President,  Dr.  W.  H.  Reed,  Norristown ;  first  yice-president. 
M.  M.  Osborne.  Elkins  Park  :  second  vice-president.  Dr.  Theo- 
dore Jacobs,  Norristown ;  secreiary.  Joseph  Lowenburg.  Xor- 
ristown ;  treasurer.  Samuel  X.  Yeakle,  Norristown  :  executive 
committee,  chairman.  Walter  Rothwell,  Hatboro ;  W.  L. 
Harbaugh.  Haverford ;  T.  F.  McCoy.  Conshohocken :  M.  M. 
Osborne.  Elkins  Park;  G.  W.  Bailey,  Royersford ;  H.  R. 
Stallman,  Royersford. 

The  reports  of  the  officers  showed  that  approximately  90  per 
cent  of  the  druggists  of  the  county  were  members  of  tbe  asso- 
ciation in  good  standing  and  that  the  organization  in  all 
likelihood  continues  to  hold  the  record  in  the  N.A.R.D.  for 
having  the  largest  percentage  of  eligibles  in  one  county,  identi- 
fied with  the  association.  A  letter  was  sent  to  L.  L.  Walton, 
president  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Examining 
Board,  commending  him  for  liis  attitude  in  opposing  certain 
proposed  amendments  to  the  Slate  Pharmacy  Law. 

Delegates  to  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association 
meeting  at  Bedford  Springs  in  June  were  named  as  follows  : 
Thomas  F.  McCoy  and  Walter  Rothwell ;  delegates  to  the 
N.A.R.D.  convention  at  Louisville  in  September.  Walter  Roth- 
well and  Harry  R.  Stallman :  alternates.  Thomas  F.  McCoy 
and  George  Freshel,  of  Wyncote.  Dr.  Reed  presided  at  the 
annual  banquet  which  followed  the  business  meeting. 


•PROFITS  TOO  SMALL  IN  THE  DRUG  BTTSINESS." 

Distiller  Rose  Abandons  Intention  to  Enter  Into  the 
Wholesale  Drug  Trade.  But  Will  Make  Soap. 

Chatt.\xooga,  Tenn.,  May  1. — Randolph  Rose,  Chattanoo- 
ga's most  widely  advertised  distiller  and  liquor  dealer,  who 
announced  some  time  ago  that  he  would  go  into  the  wholesale 
drug  business  as  soon  as  prohibition  became  effective  in  Ten- 
nessee, stated  today  that  his  plans  had  been  changed  and  that 
he  would  be  the  head  of  a  company  to  build  a  §50.000  soap 
manufacturing  plant  in  Chattanooga  in  a  few  months.  The 
plant  will  employ  about  100  people. 

Mr.  Rose  states  that  after  a  careful  study  of  the  drug  man- 
ufacturing industry  he  has  decided  that  the  profits  are  too 
small. 


St.  Clair  County  Druggists  Elect  Officers. 

Belleville.  111.,  May  1. — At  the  recent  annual  election  of 
the  St.  Clair  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  held  in 
East  St.  Louis,  the  following  officers  were  elected  :  President, 
W  J.  Ridgeley,  East  St.  Louis :  vice-president.  J.  J.  Weln- 
gaertner.  Belleville ;  secretary.  Walter  J.  Kohl.  Belleville ; 
treasurer,  T.  A.  Wilson,  Lebanon.  The  meeting  was  very 
interesting. 


Heavy  Fines  for  Selling  Intoxicants. 

Galva.  111.,  May  1. — Five  hundred  and  ten  dollars  in  cold 
cash  was  the  price  paid  by  L.  B.  Mansell,  a  resident  of 
Chicago,  who  has  been  conducting  a  drug  store  in  this  city, 
as  the  penalty  for  the  illegal  sale  of  liquor  here.  Mr.  Mansell 
entered  a  plea  of  guilty  on  eight  counts. 

Marietta,  0.,  May  1. — Will  S.  Richardson,  prominent  drug- 
gist, was  fined  $200  and  costs  by  Mayor  McKinney  under  a 
charge  of  illegal  selling  of  intoxicating  liquors. 


J.  M.  Miller  Again  Heads  McLean  Cotmty  D.A. 
Bloomington,  111..  May  1. — In  addition  to  discussing 
various  matters  of  importance  the  McLean  County  Druggists' 
Association,  at  its  recent  annual  meeting,  elected  the  following 
officers  :  President,  J.  M.  Miller  ;  vice-president.  David  Hayes  ; 
secretary.  J.  L.  Bonnett :  treasurer.  Harry  L.  Frey ;  trustees, 
J.  J.  Qiiinn,  Fred  H.  Haering,  I.  L.  Walton. 


Burglar  Caught  and  Plunder  Recovered. 
St.  Cboix  Falls.  Wis..  May  1. — Isaacson's  drug  store  was 
recently  robbed  of  pocket  knives,  razors  and  watches  to  the 
value   of   more   than   §100.      Next   morning   the   burglar   was 
caught  at  Taylor  Falls  and  the  goods  recovered. 


Election  of  Davenport  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

DA^■E^'POBT,  Iowa,  May  1. — The  Davenport  Pharmaceutical 
Association  has  re-elected  Will  Lage  as  president.  J.  E. 
Klenze  is  vice-presidert.  Walter  Sledd  secretary  and  A.  Riepe 
treasurer. 


Northeastern  Druggists  Elect  Officers. 
Gadsden,  Ala.,  May  1. — The  Northeastern  Druggists'  As- 
sociation has  elected  the  following  officers  ;  President,  W.  P. 
Thompson,  Guntersville :  vice-president.  G.  W.  Walker.  At- 
talla :  secretary.  Lee  Whorton.  Gadsdeji :  treasurer,  James 
Nowlin,  Alabama  City. 


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THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  6,  1909 


LAST  ATTACKS  ON  MODEL  PHARMACY  MEASURE. 

Coterie    of    Brooklynites    Fear    That    Brown    Bill    Will 

Work  Injury  to  Them,  Because  Fines  Are  Doubled. 

Numerous  druggists  iu  Brooklyn  Borough  are  receiving 
roughly  printed  circulars  denouncing  the  Brown  Pharmacy 
Bill,  just  passed  by  the  Legislature,  and  asking  them  to  write 
to  the  Governor  to  veto  it.  In  order  to  give  weight  to  their 
attacks  they  are  using  the  name  of  the  "Greater  New  York 
Pharmaceutical  Society."  the  existence  of  which  is  shrouded 
in  mystery.  In  view  of  the  strong  support  given  the  Brown 
Bill  by  the  leading  pharmacists  of  the  State  and  by  all  of  the 
known  associations  the  attack  by  the  new  and  unknown  asso- 
ciation created  a  slight  ripple  of  surprise.  The  chief  fear 
seems  to  be  that  the  board  under  the  new  law  will  rigidly  en- 
force the  provisions  penalizing  druggists  for  violations  of  the 
statutes,  which  would  work  a  hardship  on  those  caught  not 
complying  with  the  law.  for  the  penalty  has  been  raised  from 
$25  to  $50.  Here  are  some  extracts  from  this  remarkable 
document : 

"The  Brown  Bill  arranges  for  a  reappointment  of  the 
present  members  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  by  the  Regents 
without  consulting  any  one,  then  the  members  for  the  Brown 
Board  of  Pharmacy  are  to  be  elected  by  the  Regents,  from  a 
list  selected  by  the  so-called  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association." 

"Afterwards,  the  so-called  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  directs  who  shall  be  appointed  from  their  own 
membership." 

"Give  the  new  BroAvn  board  an  opportunity  to  levy  tribute. 
Will  they  do  it?" 

In  regard  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  the  circular  states  as 
a  bona  fide  "fact"  the  erroneous  newspaper  statements  re- 
garding the  recent  cream  of  tartar  case,  repeating  the  untruth 
that  $100,000  was  illegally  collected  from  grocers  who  were 
"frightened"  by  threats  and  promptly  paid,  also  that  "thou- 
sands of  dollars  are  annually  collected  from  druggists  for 
technical  violations,  etc.."  and  that  when  the  board  has  need 
of  funds  any  druggist  can  easily  be  fined  on  a  technical 
violation.     Several  alleged  arguments  are  presented  as  follows ; 

"Why  should  the  Brown  Bill  place  10,000  or  12.000  pharma- 
cists in  the  State  of  New  York  under  the  control  of  the  so- 
called  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which 
only  meets  once  a*  year  and  is  virtually  owned  and  controlled 
by  a  few  members — 'some'  even  beg  contributions  for  it  from 
smaller  pharmaceutical  organizations?" 

"If  the  Brown  Pharmacy  Bill  becomes  a  law  what  are  the 
druggists  to  expect?  If  the  fines  are  to  be  $50  instead  of  $25 
and  the  druggist  is  called  upon  to  pay  $50  for  each  sample  of 
volatile  and  unstaple  article  he  might  sell  to  the  board's  in- 
spectors would  not  the  Brown  board  in  a  short  time  own  many 
of  the  drug  stores  in  New  York  State?" 

The  circular  bears  the  following  signatures :  E.  Wigren, 
Nevins  and  Schermerhorn  streets ;  George  Brower,  426  Court 
street ;  Albert  Leo.  123  Corona  avenue,  Corona ;  M.  Friedman. 
677  Evergreen  avenue :  M.  Kramer,  Bedford  and  Lexington 
avenues ;  S.  L.  Neier,  122  Schenectady  avenue :  C.  R.  Avery, 
84  Fourth  avenue ;  Gustave  E.  Biot,  468  Seventh  avenue ; 
A.  Sanntrock,  270  Irving  avenue ;  S.  Rubin.  961  De  Kalb 
avenue ;  Wm.  T.  Cr-agan,  425  Court  street ;  Emil  C.  Krausche, 
251  Wyckoff  aveniu  ;  N.  Broadman,  Maspeth,  L.  I. ;  Thomas 
Lamb,  84  Court  stieet ;  W.  Wiesendanger,  president ;  A.  H. 
Witze,  secretary. 

Some  prominent  Brooklyn  druggists  were  interviewed  re- 
garding the  circular  and  were  not  inclined  to  consider  it 
seriously.  Several  commented  upon  the  misspelling,  as  well 
as  the  crudeness  of  style  and  expression.  As  to  the  "Greater 
New  York  Pharmaceutical  Society,"  none  of  those  interviewed 
although  they  have  been  connected  with  drug  matters  of  the 
borough  for  a  number  of  years  knew  of  the  existence  of  the 
organization. 

The  Brown  Bill  has  been  indorsed  by  all  of  the  known 
pharmaceutical  associations  of  the  State  of  New  York. 


Hearing  on  the  Brown  Bill  Next  Tuesday. 
Albany.  N.  Y.,  May  H. — Governor  Hughes  has  decided  to 
give  a  hearing  to  the  advocates  and  opponents  of  the  Brown 
Pharmacy  Act  which  was  passed  by  the  Legislature  last  week. 
The  hearing  will  be  held  in  the  Executive  Chamber  at  the 
State  Capitol  on  Tuesday,  May  11,  at  3  p.  m. 


Formal  Opening  of  New  Home  of  Stewart  Company. 

Indianapolis,  May  3. — The  Daniel  Stewart  Company  has 
occupied  for  several  weeks  its  spacious  new  building,  specially 
designed,  as  recently  described  in  the  Eba,  to  meet  all  the 
modern  requirements  of  a  wholesale  drug  business,  but  tlJe 
"ofiicial"  opening  did  not  take  place  until  the  last  day  of  April. 
Flowers  and  plants  throughout  the  building  from  turret  to 
foundation  stone,  lively  music  by  an  orchestra,  the  glad  hand 
of  welcome  and  floral  and  other  favors  to  more  than  2000 
guests.  Not  only  was  every  Indianapolis  retail  druggist 
present,  but  guests  came  from  western  Ohio  and  eastern  Illi- 
nois. This  is  the  oldest  wholesale  drug  house  in  Indianapolis 
and  in  the  State,  having  been  established  in  1840,  so  that  early 
in  1910  it  may  celebrate  its  70th  birthday.  The  officers  of  the 
company  are:  William  Scott,  president  and  treasurer;  Mrs. 
Martha  Stewart  Scott,  daughter  of  the  late  Daniel  Stewart, 
vice-president,  and  Henry  L.  Brown,  who  looks  60  years  old 
but  will  be  80  in  a  few  weeks,  secretary.  The  secretary  has 
been  with  this  house  35  years. 


Druggist-Comi^troller  Recovery  From  Illness. 
Albany,  May  4. — Druggist  Charles  H.  Gaus,  Comptroller 
of  the  State,  who  has  been  seriously  ill  for  some  months,  is 
now  reported  to  be  mending  and  his  complete  recovery  is  ex- 
pected. Public  interest  in  Mr.  Gaus'  illness  has  been  height- 
ened during  the  past  few  days  owing  to  the  publication  in  a 
local  paper  that  an  effort  was  being  made  to  induce  him  to 
resign  while  the  Legislature  was  in  session,  to  prevent  the 
possibility  of  the  appointment  of  his  successor  by  the  Gov- 
ernor without  check  from  the  Senate.  The  report  brought 
forth  from  Mr.  Gaus  an  indignant  denial  and  he  states  that  he 
never  thought  of  resigning  and  expects  to  be  well  enough  to 
take  up  the  duties  of  the  office  in  a  short  time. 


Inventive  Druggist  Gives  First  Aid  to  Farmers. 
Albert  Izor,  a  retail  druggist  at  511  West  Washington 
street,  Indianapolis,  has  for  14  years  been  engaged  in  per- 
fecting a  binder  for  wheat  that  will  do  away  with  binding 
twine  (which  now  costs  the  farmer  from  30  to  50  cents  an 
acre)  and  will  bind  the  sheaf  for  practically  no  cost  and  make 
the  farmer  independent  of  the  binder  trust.  The  "straw 
binder,"  as  it  is  called,  is  woven  from  the  lower  part  of  the 
wheat  stem  and  will  pick  up  90  per  cent  of  the  bundles.  Mr. 
liior  during  all  his  years  of  experimenting  has  been  financially 
helped  by  Augustus  Kiefer,  of  the  A.  Kiefer  Drug  Company, 
Indianapolis. 


Notes  of  Highland  Park  College. 

— Fred  Barney.  '05.  was  a  recent  caller. 

— Mrs.  Rose,  nee  Miss  Dollimand,  was  a  recent  visitor. 

— Edna  Zook  has  a  position  with  Wehrle  Franck  at  Van 
Horn,  Iowa. 

— John  Becker  is  located  at  Hot  Springs,  S.  D.,  at  the  Bat- 
tlemount  National  Sanitarium. 

— Raymond  Wilson.  "0.5,  is  teaching  science  and  chemistry 
in  one  of  the  Council  Bluffs  high  schools. 

— Mrs.  E.  Ernst,  formerly  Miss  Anna  Wilson,  '99,  has  been 
elected  to  the  chair  of  materia  medica  and  pharmacy  in  the 
Medical  Department  of  Washburn  College,  Topeka, 


Miss  Dow  to  Have  Offices  Over  Bank. 
Cincinnati,  May  3. — Miss  Cora  Dow,  owner  of  nine  retail ' 
drug  stores  here,  has  engaged  a  suite  of  office  rooms  on  the 
second  floor  of  the  big  bank  and  ofiice  building  which  is  being 
erected  at  Seventh  and  Vine  streets. 


Clerks  Hear  About  Drug  Store   Indexing. 
Cincinnati,   May  3. — At   the   last   meeting  of  the  Cincin- 
nati Central  Drug  Clerks'  Association.  William  Brittain  read 
a  paper  on  "Drug  Store  Indexing."     A  social  session  followed. 


One  of  the  Evans'  Branches  Sold. 
Philadelphia,  May  3, — George  B.  Evans'  branch  store  &t 
2330  North  Front  street  has  been  sold  to  I.  S,  Reice,  of  919 
West  Girard  avenue. 


Druggist  Koerner  Now  at  Home  in  His  New  Building. 
Harry  Koerner,  of  Jefferson,  Wis.,  has  moved  his  pharmacy 
into  his  recently  completed  brick  building,  where  his  facilities 
are  much  improved. 


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MINSTREL  SHOW  A  HIT  IN  PHILADELPHIA. 

Druggists  in  Burnt  Cork  Delig-ht  Their  Audience  With 
Songs,  Jokes  and  Take-offs  of  Prominent  Men. 

Philadelphia.  May  1. — Representatives  of  the  drug  trade 
to  the  number  of  SOO  greeted  the  members  of  the  Philadelphia 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists  who  on  Monday  evening  last 
presented  a  minstrel  show  which  for  original  and  entertaining 
features  surpassed  anything  of  the  kind  ever  attempted  by  the 
trade  in  this  city.  When  the  curtain  rose,  it  disclosed  30 
dusky  singers,  seated  in  a  double  row.  Acting  as  interlocutor 
was  "Eddie"  Cassady.  while  on  either  end  were  Frank  W. 
Fluck.  Harry  G.  Comp  and  J.  H.  Barlow  as  "pigskin  tor- 
mentors." and  Tom  McGuire,  J.  G.  Howard  and  H.  A.  Xolte. 
The  tenors,  baritones  and  bassos  indued  C.  S.  Gill,  J.  A.  Gar- 
vey,  E.  J.  Strunk.  L.  H.  Davis,  M.  W.  Mansfield,  Otto  Kraus. 
R.  H.  Lackey.  E.  H.  Foley,  Joshua  Marsden,  E.  G.  Eshelman, 
Dr.  E.  K.  Boltz.  F.  M.  Apple,  Otto  Kraus,  Jr.,  W.  McMurtrie, 
W.  H.  Ricker  and  W.  M.  Montgomery. 

Opening  with  a  medley  to  the  music  of  a  large  orchestra, 
the  chorus  traveled  with  volume  and  harmony  and  when  J.  G. 
Howard  was  introduced  by  the  interlocutor  and  after  springing 
a  few  of  the  regulation  jokes,  sang  "Some- 
body Lied,"  he  received  an  ovation. 
James  A.  Garvey  made  a  similar  hit  in  a 
sentimental  ballad  and  then  the  P.A.R.D. 
organizer,  J.  H.  Barlow,  was  called  on. 
He  had  been  worrying  for  several  weeks 
over  the  possibility  of  forgetting  some  of 
his  jokes  and  the  verses  of  "Hinkey  Dee." 
but  he  carried  the  audience  by  storm  as 
he  put  on  the  gridiron  T.  H.  Potts. 
Charles  Rehfuss.  Otto  Kraus,  H.  C.  Blair, 
S.  W.  Strunk,  J.  E.  Marsden.  S.  B. 
Davis  and  a  few  more.  C.  S.  Gill  kept 
the  fair  ones  on  the  front  row  on  the 
anxious  bench  as  he  sang  to  first  one  and 
then  the  other.  "I  Wish  I  Had  a  Girl." 
but  the  laugh  was  on  him  later  when 
among  the  flowers  which  he  received  was 
a  huge  bouquet  composed  of  an  immense 
head  of  cabbage  embellished  with  a  col- 
lection of  early  spring  vegetables.  H.  A. 
Nolte  kept  the  audience  convulsed  with 
laughter  for  nearly  15  minutes,  as  did 
President  Fluck.  The  latter  also  made 
a  hit  with  his  song  "Broke."  "Tom"  JIc- 
Guire  who.  when  he  is  not  compounding 
prescriptions  at  26th  street  and  Lehigh 
avenue,  is  conducting  or  participating  in 
a  minstrel  show  or  theatricals,  in  the 
opinion  of  the  audience  had  something  on 
the  majority  of  the  professionals  in  min- 
strelsy. His  dancing,  his  jokes,  his  song 
"Alabam"  and  even  his  make-up  all  indi- 
cated ability  of  superior  quality.  The  first  part  of  the  pro- 
gramme closed  with  a  medley. 

The  second  part  consisted  of  a  scene  in  the  Drug  Club  where 
a  sketch  written  by  Frank  W.  Fluck  was  acted.  It  included 
some  clever  specialties  among  which  was  a  banjo  duet  by 
Messrs.  Comp  and  Montgomery  and  solos  by  Messrs.  Strunk 
and  Mansfield.  The  principal  character  was  Professer  Remis- 
laus — a  hit  on  Professors  Remington  and  Stanislaus — and 
taken  by  President  Fluck.     Dancing  followed. 

Not  all  of  the  hard  work  that  was  done  to  make  the  occasion 
a  success  was  applauded,  for  the  entertainment  committee  had 
been  working  day  and  night  in  the  interests  of  the  association. 
This  committee  consisted  of  the  following :  J.  E.  Marsden. 
chairman  :  S.  B.  Davis,  vice-chairman  ;  H.  A.  Nolte.  treasurer  ; 
E.  G.  Eshleman.  secretary :  G.  B.  Weideman,  W.  H.  Ricker. 
R.  H.  Lackey.  J.  A.  Garvey,  W.  H.  Sutton,  O.  Zion.  H.  G. 
Comp  and  Dr.  E.  K.  Boltz. 


PROMINENT    BOARD    MEMBERS    REAPPOINTED. 

Ephraim  Bacon,  of  Maryland,  and  Otto  J.  S.  Boberg,  of 
Wisconsin,  Named  by  Governors  for  New  Terms. 
Baltimoke,  May  1. — Ephraim  Bacon,  a  druggist  at  Calvert 
and  30th  streets,  this  city,  has  been  appointed  to  succeed  him- 
self as  a  member  of  the  Maryland  Board  of  Pharmacy  for 
another  period  of  five  years.  Mr.  Bacon  has  been  secretary 
of  the  board  for  several  years  past  and  the  reappointment  is  a 
tribute  to  him.  since  the  rivalry  for  the  place  was  quite  active. 
The  appointee  is  a  graduate  of  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy.  For  some  years  he  was  a  partner  of  Dr.  George 
W.  Truitt  in  the  retail  drug  business  at  Roland  Park,  a 
suburb,  but  now  he  conducts  the  store  at  the  place  mentioned. 
By  naming  him  the  Governor  really  gives  Baltimore  three 
out  of  the  five  members  of  the  board,  the  other  two  being  John 
A.  Davis,  the  treasurer,  and  Louis  Schulze.  This  leaves  the 
Eastern  Shore  with  one  member  and  western  Maryland  with 
one,  the  requirement  that  one  member  shall  come  from  the 
central  part  of  the  State  being  met  by  choosing  another  city 
man. 

Madison.  Wis.,  May  1. — Otto  J.  S.  Boberg.  well  known 
pharmacist  of  Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  has  been 
reappointed  by  Governor  Davidson  as  a 
member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
for  the  term  of  five  years.  The  news 
that  Mr.  Boberg  will  continue  on  the 
State  board  meets  with  the  hearty  ap- 
proval of  his  drug  trade  friends  about 
Wisconsin. 

Edward  Williams,  of  Madison,  was 
elected  president  of  the  State  board  at  the 
recent  annual  election  held  at  Madison, 
and  Henry  G.  Ruenzel,  of  Milwaukee, 
was  elected  secretary  and  treasurer. 


EPHRAIM  BACON.  Baltimore. 

Reappointed    member    of    the    Maryland 

State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 


Iowa  Board  Reorganized. 
Des    Moines,    May    1. — B.    F.    Keltz, 

State  Pharmacy  Commissioner,  has  re- 
signed, explaining  that  he  could  not  do 
good  work  while  at  outs  with  the  Gov- 
ernor. He  was  accused  of  irregularities 
in  collecting  his  per  diem,  and  was  asked 
to  resign  by  Governor  Carroll.  The  ex- 
ecutive council  has  withheld  $116.24  from 
Keltz's  per  diem  and  expense  bills  to 
cover  alleged  padding  in  bills  filed  since 
June,  1908. 

The  Governor  later  appointed  I.  W. 
Clements,  of  Marengo ;  David  E.  Hadden, 
of  Alta,  and  Harry  E.  Eaton,  of  Shenan- 
doah, members  of  the  State  Pharmacy 
Commission. 


Mrs.  Kebler  Gives  a  Tea. 
Washington.  May  3. — Mrs.  Lyman  F.  Kebler,  wife  of  Dr. 
Kebler,  chief  of  the  Drugs  Division,  Department  of  Agri- 
culture, gave  a  tea  at  her  Park  road  residence  Saturday  in 
honor  of  Mrs.  M.  I.  Wilbert  and  her  guest,  Mrs.  H.  Donnelly, 
of  Ardmore,  Pa.,  and  Mrs.  J.  Leyden  White  (Mrs.  Joel 
Blanc),  of  New  York.  There  were  piano  solos  by  Miss  Cathe- 
rine Evans  and  Miss  Mabel  Kebler,  violin  solos  by  Miss  Mary 
Evans  and  Master  Victor  Kebler  and  a  vocal  solo  by  Miss  May 
Thompson.  Miss  I^aura  Shaw,  a  niece  of  the  hostess,  presided 
and  was  assisted  by  the  younger  set.  Among  those  present 
were :  Mrs.  Edward  Yarnold,  Mrs.  Wilson  Thompson.  Mrs. 
W.  S.  Richardson,  Mrs.  Henry  Evans,  Miss  Eunice  Bradbury 
and  Miss  Ruth  Kebler. 


Change  in  Austria's  Patent  Law. 
The  London  Financial  Times  reports  that  by  an  enactment 
in  Austria  which  will  become  effective  in  June  patents  will 
be  revocable  at  the  expiration  of  three  years  from  date  of 
publication,  without  notice,  if  the  patentee  neglects  to  work 
the  patent  in  that  country  to  an  adequate  extent.  The  new 
law  is  similar  to  the  one  which  has  been  placed  on  the  statute 
books  in  Great  Britain. 


Uruguayan  Drug  Store  and  Pharmacy  Law. 
Vice-Consul  Charles  Lyon  Chandler,  of  Montevideo,  sends  a 
translation  of  a  law  recently  enacted  by  the  Government  of 
Uruguay  applying  to  the  drug  stores,  pharmacies  and  to  phar- 
macists of  that  country.  Two  years  after  the  promulgation  of 
this  act  it  will  not  be  lawful  to  introduce  into  Uruguay,  or  to 
sell  therein,  medicines  whose  sale  has  not  been  authorized  by 
the  National  Hygienic  Council.  Every  pharmacy  of  the 
country  is  to  be  inspected  at  least  once  a  year  by  a  pharmacist 
designated  by  the  National  Hygienic  Council.  The  full  trans- 
lated text  of  the  law  may  be  seen  at  the  Bureau  of  Manu- 
factures, at  Washington. 


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[May  6,  1909 


Board   Examinations 


Forline,  Samuel  PrarJclin,  O.  A.  Griffis,  J.  E.  Jones,  Emil 
Klinkowstroem.  Lars  Peter  Knos,  B.  W.  McCandless,  Steven 
D.  Nill,  T.  G.  Scales,  George  Blake  Stewart,  George  B.  Weiss. 


New  York — Middle  Branch. 

Albany,  May  1. — Secretar.v  Warren  L.  Bradt  announces 
that  at  the  Middle  Branch's  examination  April  21-22  there 
were  present  28  candidates.     The  following  were  successful : 

Phabmacists. — Leon  L.  Reed,  Candor ;  Thomas  A.  Weaver, 
Rome ;  John  P.  White,  Oneonta ;  Stephen  E.  Cook,  Green 
Island ;  Harr.v  S.  Noel,  Williamstown,  Mass. ;  James  L. 
Roark,  St.  Johnsville ;  Elsie  E.  Sautter,  Albany ;  Gracia  N. 
Anscombe,  Saratoga  :  Harold  H.  Mather,  Albany. 

Dbuggists. — Burr  U.  Rathbun,  Whitney's  Point ;  Frank  S. 
Park,  Woodhull ;  Douglass  R.  Spiers,  Walton ;  Logan  K.  Pal- 
matier,  Albany ;  Michael  J.  Brennan,  Waterbury,  Conn. ; 
Charles  F.  Mohan,  Albany. 


Missouri. 

St.  Louis,  May  1. — Charles  Gietner,  secretary  of  the  Mis- 
souri Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  announced  the  51  successful 
candidates  of  the  105  applicants  for  State  registration  who  ap- 
peared at  the  examination  held  in  Kansas  City  in  April.  Mr. 
Gietner  says  that  an  exceptional  number  of  elderly  men  are 
appearing  before  the  board,  man.v  of  them  having  been  em- 
ployed in  stores  where  a  registered  pharmacist  was  in  charge, 
but  are  now  getting  in  the  clear  for  more  strict  control  if  the 
proposed  bill  pending  in  the  Legislature  should  become  a  law. 
Mr.  Gietner  adds  that  as  a  rule  these  men  pass  good  examina- 
tions. The  next  regular  examination  will  be  held  at  Joplin, 
June  14,  the  occasion  being  the  meeting  of  the  Mo.Ph.A. 
October  11  an  examination  will  be  held  in  St.  Louis.  Those 
successful  at  Kansas  City  were : 

Kansas  City — Raymond  Alderich,  Frank  R.  Bryant,  L.  V. 
Davison,  Orville  Egbert,  W.  Cudhey  Eastmann,  James  0. 
Floumoy,  Wendell  E.  Green,  Charles  E.  Gilliland,  John  P. 
Hinker,  Harold  B.  Hedrick,  Fred  F.  Miller,  Clair  G.  Martin, 
Frederick  Melcher,  A.  T.  Meyers,  Leigh  Milligan,  P.  L.  Mul- 
len, William  J.  Mills,  E.  O.  McClanahan,  J.  C.  Neal,  R.  S. 
Parker.  Mrs.  Anna  Smith,  William  L.  Sharp. 

St.  Louis— E.  B.  Collard,  C.  L.  Marx. 

St.  Joseph— George  W.  Bennett,  J.  M.  Hepburn,  R.  W. 
Kinnison,  C.  J.  Wachendorfer. 

Other  Missouri  Cities — Robert  T.  Kaempfer,  Koshkonong ; 
Thomas  D.  McGee,  Worth  ;  Felix  J.  Papin,  Ste.  Genevieve ; 
E.  H.  Roper,  Mount  Vernon ;  Benjamin  M.  Scotten,  Sedalia ; 
Lawson  Stamper.  Sedalia ;  E.  G.  Starr,  Kirksville ;  Joseph 
Sharp,  Cole  Camp ;  G.  C.  Smith,  Sparta ;  Oreon  E.  Snow, 
Jacksonville ;  T.  Vickers,  Joplin ;  J.  W.  Wallace,  Macon ; 
Launt  Campbell,  Princeton  ;  J.  P.  Doyle,  East  Prairie  ;  L.  M. 
Edens,  Cabool ;  Raymond  A.  Edmonds,  Miami ;  Joseph  G. 
Gresham,  Queen  City ;  Frank  E.  Miller.  Thayer. 

From  Other  States — Charles  W.  Clarke,  Washington,  Kan. ; 
Ralph  V.  Jarrett,  Quincy,  111. ;  William  McDaniel,  Valley 
Falls,  Kan. ;  Charles  Warble,  Lawrence,  Kan. 


California. 

San  Fkancisco,  May  1. — Charles  B.  Whilden,  secretary  of 
the  California  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  announces  that  the 
following  applicants  were  successful  at  the  April  examinations  : 

Assistants. — Otto  W.  Berdrow,  Emile  A.  Simons,  Roy 
Alton  Stauffer,  Harold  Preston  Darling,  Benjamin  H.  Dill, 
E.  Allen  Heller,  Oke  Meyerhoffer,  Henry  L.  Pingel,  Delia  B. 
Rogers,  Ralph  H.  Glezen,  Adolph  Schulte,  Jr.,  Thomas  Frank- 
lin Ashley,  Leon  Brink,  Charles  Lincoln  Eb.v,  Harry  M.  Emes, 
James  R.  Filgate,  John  A.  Flynn,  Frank  Healy,  Frank 
McCarty. 

Licentiates. — Frank  Arrigo,  Jr.,  Perry  Leroy  Fallis, 
Jerome  J.  Green,  G.  L.  Irwin,  George  V.  Morrison,  Clara  E. 
Nichols,  Winona  M.  Nielsen,  Marvin  B.  C.  Rounds,  Charles 
Daniel  Taylor,  George  S.  Adams,  Ralph  C.  Amsden,  Donald 
J.  Buckley,  N.  W.  Clinger,  W.  Sinclair  Coleman,  W.  Bert 
Corner,  Arthur  Davis,  William  Francis  Hall,  Johannes  Jensen, 
Thomas  C.  Kenneally,  Hugo  G.  Lagan,  James  R.  Laird,  Earl 
A.  MacDonald,  Percy  E.  Mackey,  D.  B.  Martin,  Grover  C. 
Mathews.  Lewis  J.  Renshaw,  Ralph  H.  Rogers,  A.  L.  Sim- 
mons, Henry  RadclifEe  Wells. 

Cbedentiais. — A.  W.  Boggs,  Reuben  M.  Coffin,  Jabez  T. 
Crane,    George    E.    Cravens,    P.    M.    DesMarais,    Henry    H. 


APOPLEXY  TAKES  NEW  JERSEY  VETERAN. 

Eugene  Hartnett  Stricken  Just  After  Moving  Into  His 
New  Pharmacy,  the  Largest  in  Jersey  City. 

Eugene  Hartnett.  of  Jersey  City,  died  of  apoplexy  Sunday 
at  his  home.  2S9  York  street.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  on 
April  9,  1844,  and  came  to  America  with  his  parents  when  a 
small  boy.  He  started  in  the  retail  drug  business  in  New  York 
City  at  the  age  of  12  and  conducted  a  store  in  the  old  Bible 
House  for  many  years.  He  moved  to  Jersey  City  in  1883  and 
established  a  pharmacy  at  Warren  and  Montgomery  streets. 

On  Thursday  last  he  moved  his  business  to  21  Newark  ave- 
nue, where  he  opened  the  largest  drug  store  in  Jersey  City. 
While  sitting  at  his  desk  on  the  first  night  of  his  occupancy 
of  his  new  pharmacy  he  was  suddenly  stricken  with  apoplexy 
and  taken  home  in  a  coach.    He  never  regained  consciousness. 

Mr.  Hartnett  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  directorate  of 
the  Second  National  Bank  of  Jersey  City,  now  known  as  the 
Union  Trust  Company.  He  was  second  vice-president  of  the 
New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  a  member  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  of  New  York  City.  He  belonged  to  the 
Union  League  Chib  of  Jersey  City. 

Mr.  Hartnett  is  survived  by  his  wife  and  four  children, 
Maj.  Eugene  H.  Hartnett,  of  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  United 
States  Army;  Harriett  A.,  Emily  H.  and  Edward. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— R.  H.  Elmobe,  for  28  years  a  druggist  of  Red  Bluff,  Cal., 
died  recently,  leaving  a  widow  and  daughter. 

— James  R.  Wight,  assistant  secretary  of  the  General 
Chemical  Company,  Chicago,  is  dead  of  asthma,  aged  48. 

■ — Eugene  P.  Braun,  for  more  than  30  years  in  the  drag 
business  in  Mobile,  Ala.,  is  dead  of  paralysis.  A  daughter  and 
four  sons  survive. 

■ — Simon  J.  Hivelt,  for  many  years  Chicago  manager  of 
E.  H.  Sargent  &  Co.,  is  dead  after  a  long  illness  at  Riverside, 
III.     A  widow  survives. 

— Gabriel  Beakes  Dunning,  of  Newton,  N.  J.,  formerly  in 
the  retail  drug  business  and  for  a  long  time  Surrogate  of  Sus- 
sex County,  is  dead,  aged  65. 

— O.  G.  Hudson,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Springfield,  111., 
died  suddenly  of  heart  disease  recently  while  visiting  in  Lin- 
coln. He  was  34  years  old  and  leaves  a  mother,  brother  and 
sister.     He  had  two  drug  stores. 

— John  T.  Hillhouse,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  is  dead  of 
paral.vsis,  aged  68.  After  serving  in  the  Civil  War  he  entered 
the  drug  business,  opening  a  store  in  New  Haven  27  years 
ago.     A  widow  and  two  sons  survive. 

■ — Dr.  A.  D.  Scruggs,  who  died  recently  at  his  home  in 
Knoxville.  was  born  in  1842.  He  served  in  the  Confederate 
Army  and  graduated  from  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Phila- 
delphia, in  1867.  His  son,  D.  H.  Scruggs,  was  associated 
with  him  in  the  drug  business  at  Sweetwater,  Tenn.,  to  which 
place  he  had  soon  expected  to  move  his  family.  A  widow  and 
two  daughters  also  survive. 


Arranging  for  the  Trip  to  Los  Angeles. 
St.  Louis,  May  3. — Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  who  is  organizing 
the  A.Ph.A.  party  from  St.  Louis  for  Los  Angeles,  is  much 
encouraged  over  the  number  that  are  bespeaking  accommoda- 
tions. 'The  St.  Louis  party  will  leave  here  over  the  Missouri 
Pacific  and  proceed  by  the  Santa  Fe  route.  The  Eastern 
party  is  also  going  by  the  Santa  Fe  and  Dr.  Whelpley  is  now 
making  an  effort  to  get  them  to  make  their  route  via  St.  Louis 
so  all  will  go  on  together.  Otherwise  there  is  the  risk  of  not 
making  connections  at  Kansas  City. 


Graduates  of  1894  Will  Hold  Reunions. 

St.  Louis.  May  1. — The  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy 
class  of  1894  celebrated  its  15th  anniversary  by  a  meeting  of 
resident  members  during  the  1909  commencement  season  and 
organizing  with  intent  of  holding  annual  reunions.  The 
officers  are  Martin  J.  Noll,  925  Goodfellow  avenue,  president; 
William  Tritchler,  first  vice-president ;  Henry  Klosterman, 
second  vice-president ;  William  Pilkington,  secretary ;  Charles 
Stockhausen,  treasurer.  Mr.  Noll  is  anxious  to  hear  from  all 
members  of  the  class. 


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NEW  SUIT  TO  STOP  CUTTING  OF  PRICES. 


CHICAGO  BRANCH  DISCUSSES  N.F.  REVISION. 


Dr.  Miles  Medical  Co.  Starts  Legal  Proceedings  in  the 
IT.  S.  Court  Against  a  New  Jersey  Druggist. 
Xewabk.  X.  J.,  May  3. — Appearance  has  been  euten-d  on 
bebalf  of  the  defendant  in  the  otBce  of  the  clerk  of  the  I'nilMi 
States  Circuit  Court,  in  Trenton,  in  a  suit  brought  by  the  Dr. 
Miles  Medical  Company,  of  Elkhart,  Ind.,  against  Charles  W. 
Menk,  a  Market  street  druggist,  to  restrain  the  cutting  of 
prices  of  certain  proprietary  medicines  compounded  liy  the 
■complainant  company.     This  proceeding  will  be  followed,  it  is 

'  said,  by  a  demurrer  to  the  bill  by  Guild,  Lum  &  Tamblyn. 
counsel  for  the  defendant.     Notice  has  been  giyen  of  a  motion 

■  to  apply  for  a  temporary  injunction  in  Trenton, 

A  similar  suit  tried   in  the   Federal   Court  for  the   Eastern 

'  District  of  Kentucky,  on  a  bill  almost  identical  in  material 
allegations  with  the  one  here,  resulted  in  the  granting  of  an 
injunction   to   prevent   cutting   prices,   but   on   appeal    to   the 

'  United  States  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Sixth  Circuit 

I  the  decision  was   reversed.     The  case  has  since  been  carried 

]  to  the  United  States  Supreme  Court,  where  it  is  yet  pending. 

!      The  bill  against  Mr.  Menk,  filed  by  Mc- 

'  Dermott  &   Enright,   of  Jersey   City,   de- 

'  scribes  the  system  adopted  by  the  com- 
plainant company  "for  the  prevention  of 

'  price-cutting  and  the  consequent  demor- 
alization  of  its  trade."     Then  it  goes  on 

!  to  explain  that  "the  object  of  its  system 

j  of  contracts,   serial   numbers,   cards,   and 

'  stamping  is  to  identify  and  trace  sales  of 

I  its  goods,   control   the   sale   and   prevent 

I  price-cutting.      The   plaintiff   claims    this 

!  procedure  is  reasonable  and  lawful.  The 
installation   of  the   system,   the   company 

I  says,   cost    $20,000.    and    does    not   affect 

;  other  concerns.  According  to  the  bill, 
400  jobbers  and  wholesalers  and  more 
than  2.5.000  retailers  have  signed  the 
contract. 

The  bill  asserts  that  the  company  is 
entitled  to  maintain  its  system  and  con- 
tracts and  sales,  and  to  prevent  the  mar- 
keting of  its  product  except  in  conformity 

,  with  its  system.     The  defendant,  accord- 

'  ing  to  the  bill,  has  not  signed  the  con- 
tract, but  has  obtained  the  remedies  from 
agents,  who  have  executed  contracts  and 
sells  them  at  cut  prices. 


Will   Investigate   Proprietaries. 


Druggists  Enjoy  Shad  Fishing. 
Philadelphia.  May  1. — Such  trifles 
as  rain,  snow  and  hail  in  no  measure  af- 
fected the  enthusiasm  with  which  a  party 
of  well  known  figures  in  the  drug  trade 
on  Thursday  last  made  the  annual  pil- 
grimage to  the  shad  fishing  ground  at 
Bridesburg  in  response  to  a  warm  invi- 
tation from  William  H.  Morrette,  "the 
drussist"  of  Bridesburg.  The  latter,  be- 
sides being  an  all-round  good  fellow,  apparently  is  the  commo- 
dore of  the  fishing  fleet  aad  a  power  generally  in  his  com- 
munity, and  not  only  he  and  his  wife  contribute  to  the  enjoy- 
ment of  the  visitors  on  these  annual  trips,  but  his  friends  and 
even  Fred.  Reitz,  the  policeman-sportsman  of  Bridesburg,  help 
all  they  know  how. 

The  party  that  made  the  trip  on  Thursday  included  Thomas 
H.  Potts,  secretary  of  the  N,A.R.D.,  who  was  spending  a  few- 
days  at  his  home  here ;  Nathan  A.  Cozens,  secretary : 
George  W,  Fehr,  treasurer,  and  David  J,  Keese,  vice-president 

;of  the  P.A.R.D. ;  William  A,  Carpenter,  who  as  chairman  of 
the  membership   committee   of   the   latter   organization,   broke 

jthe  long-distance  record  at  the  April  meeting  with  61  applica- 

|uons;  William  H,  Sutton,  of  the  executive  committee;  H,  A. 

iKalbach,  N.  F.  Weisner,  H.  H.  Notter,  Z.  T.  Wobensmith  and 

IL.  H.  Davis.  Pinochle,  a  sail  to  Beverly,  N.  J.,  and  a  shuffle- 
board  tournament  in  which  Secretary  Potts  carried  off  the 
honors  as  usual,  were  follow-ed  by  an  elaborate  shad  dinner  at 
the  Morrette  homestead,  in  which  Mrs,  Morrette  demonstrated 

(that  she  could  prepare  shad  for  the  table  just  as  well  as  her 

jhnsband  could  catch  them. 


L.  E.  WARREN, 
of  Hillsdale.  Mich.,  chemist  and  later 
Pood  and  Drug  Inspector  at  Washing- 
ton, wliose  appointment  to  investigate 
proprietaries  for  the  Journal  of  the 
A.M.A.  was  recently  announced  in  the 
Era. 


Pittsburg  Branch's  Protest  Regarding  Internal  Reve- 
nue Interference  With  Druggists  is  Laid  Over. 
Chicago,  May  1, — At  the  April  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Branch  of  the  A. Ph. A.  the  programme  consisted  of  a  continua- 
tion of  the  discussion  on  the  revision  of  the  National  For- 
mulary, comprising  preparations  that  should  be  omitted,  criti- 
cism on  the  nomenclature  and  improvements  in  formulas. 
Professor  Hallberg  read  a  list  of  preparations  that  had  been 
proposed  for  admission,  including  the  follow-ing : 

Carbasus.  a  general  formula  for  the  preparation  of  aseptic 
cotton,  together  with  formula  for  such  medications  as  are  in 
common  use ;  a  similar  formula  for  medicated  cotton,  also 
borated,  mercurial,  etc. ;  a  general  formula  for  preparing 
sterile  solutii)ns  with  especial  reference  to  those  intended  for 
hypodermic  use.  The  latter,  it  was  thought,  would  be  very 
desirable,  since  there  are  no  directions  in  any  of  the  text- 
books or  general  works  of  reference  to  the  pharmacist  bearing 
on  this  subject. 

With  reference  to  the  criticism  that  has  appeared  on  the 
nomenclature  of  the  N.P.,  the  following 
principle,  adopted  at  the  last  meeting  to 
guide  in  the  revision,  was  read : 

That  nomenclature,  titles  and  synonyms 
should  be  in  conformity  with  the  U.S. P.. 
or  with  modern  ideas,  should  be  descrip- 
tive of  composition  and  that  therapeutic 
or  anatomical  titles  should  be  discouraged. 
The  recent  criticism  [see  page  429  of 
this  issue  of  the  Eba]  by  Dr.  Lyman  F, 
Kebler,  it  was  asserted,  was  of  no  great 
consequence,  since  in  some  instances,  as 
in  the  case  of  compound  anise  powder,  a 
synonym  for  anisated  powder  of  rhubarb 
and  magnesia,  left  the  question  of  whether 
or  not  the  oil  of  anise  w-as  not  as  impor- 
tant medicinally  as  the  other  ingredients, 
because  the  synonym  must  often  be  re- 
tained for  popular  use,  while  the  Latin 
title  should  be  more  carefully  selected. 

It  is  impracticable  to  avoid  the  use  of 
therapeutic  titles  for  some  of  the  old-time 
remedies,  such  as  cathartic  pills  and 
diarrhea   mixtures. 

How  would  it  be  possible,  for  example, 
to  frame  a  descriptive  title  for  anti-neu- 
ralgic pill  of  Brown-Sequard?  Again  in 
the  case  of  compound  powder  of  kino, 
while  the  mixture  contains  5  per  cent 
of  opium,  the  opium  is  not  named  in  the 
title,  first  because  it  is  taken  from  the 
British  Pharmacopoeia  where  it  appears 
under  this  name,  and  secondly,  it  is  not 
always  policy  to  name  a  preparation  con- 
taining opium,  in  writing  prescriptions, 
for  reasons  that  are  not  well  known,  but 
ethically  sound. 

It  is  believed  that  the  nomenclature  of 
the  N.F.  should  be  based  on  no  absolutely  hard-and-fast  lines ; 
that  is.  should  be  more  flexible  than  that  of  the  U.S. P.,  in 
which  the  titles  should  adhere  as  closely  as  possible  to  scien- 
tific terminology  as  well  as  orthography. 

T.  H.  Potts  suggested  that  the  criticism  on  the  N.F.  nomen- 
clature has  been  caused  by  the  apparent  violation  of  the  Food 
and  Drugs  Act,  which  required  that  potent  drugs  should  be 
named  on  the  label. 

Mr.  Schaper  suggested  that  a  formula  for  liquor  ammonise 
annisatus  is  highly  desirable,  since  it  is  extensively  used. 

T.  C.  Scheipe  inquired  why  Burow's  solution  did  not  appear 
as  a  synonym  for  liq.  alumini  acetatis.  adding  that  he  had 
received  prescriptions  for  it  under  this  name  and  had  had  some 
difficulty  in  finding  it. 

Mr.  Becker  referred  to  the  difficulty  in  making  this  solution 
in  larger  quantities,  it  being  often  called  for  by  the  gallon,  for 
irrigating  purposes,  when  Mr.  Scheipe  suggested  that  the  old 
German  method  of  preparation  by  interaction  of  lead-acetate 
and  aluminum  sulphate  in  solution  in  the  cold,  may  be 
preferable. 

Mr.  Schaper,  referring  to  the  difficulties  in  the  preparation 


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of  Uq.  cresolis  comp.  believed  that  if  50  per  cent  of  soft  soap, 
U.S.P.,  was  mixed  with  50  per  cent  cresol  it  would  expedite 
the  preparation  very  much  and  always  yield  a  satisfactory 
preparation.  Mr.  Becker  coincided  with  this,  provided,  how- 
ever, that  the  soap  must  be  U.S. P.  and  particularly  water-free. 

S.  K.  Sass,  speaking  of  the  cataplasma  kaolini,  said  that  by 
dissolving  boric  acid  in  glycerin,  first  he  found  it  more  easily 
mixed  and  in  reply  to  the  question  said  that  the  kaolin  was 
always  placed  near  the  stove  for  three  or  four  days,  so  that 
it  may  be  thoroughly  dried  and  thus  but  little  reaction  results 
when  the  glycerin  and  boric  acid  are  incorporated.  He  also 
asked  why  elixir  of  salicylic  acid  was  in  the  N.F.,  since  it 
was  so  very  irritant  and  could  not  be  taken  without  great 
difBculty.  He  proposed  that  the  compound  elixir  of  salicylic 
acid  be  introduced  into  the  N.F.  He  also  recommended  that 
glycerin  be  used  in  the  menstruum  for  the  compound  syrup  of 
pine ;  75  cc.  for  1000  of  the  syrup,  as  it  was  a  decided  im- 
provement. 

With  reference  to  the  compopnd  syrup  of  hypophosphites, 
he  advised  the  use  of  815  grm.  of  sugar  instead  of  750  grm. 
as  the  syrup  was  much  more  permanent  and  satisfactory.  He 
also  referred  to  the  use  of  lactic  acid  in  syrup  of  hypophos- 
phites ;  one  cc.  to  1000. 

Mr.  Hangeman  suggested  that  kaolin  may  be  heated  even 
to  redness,  when  upon  cooling  it  is  easily  finely  powdered  and 
that  the  admixture  with  glycerin  may  be  economically  ef- 
fected by  subjecting  the  mixture  of  kaolin  and  glycerin,  en- 
closed in  a  strong  bag  or  cloth,  to  pressure  in  a  screw  press 
or  letter  press. 

Mr.  Dvorak  exhibited  a  specimen  of  milk  of  bismuth  and 
also  essence  of  pepsin,  in  the  preparation  of  the  latter  a 
little  fresh  milk  having  been  added  instead  of  talc  as  a 
clarifying  agent,   expediting  filtration. 

Mr.  Schaper  has  used  muscatel  wine  instead  of  angelica  and 
found  that  powdered  pumice  had  worked  very  satisfactorily 
in  the  Alteration  of  essence  of  pepsin. 

Mr.  Hallberg  presented  a  resolution  forwarded  by  the 
Pittsburg  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  relating  to  "the  attitude  of 
the  Internal  Revenue  Department  towards  druggists  as  com- 
pounders and  rectifiers,"  the  particular  occasion  for  this  action 
by  the  Pittsburg  Branch  being  an  alleged  infraction  by  a  drug- 
gist in  the  making  of  beef,  iron  and  wine  slightly  different 
from  the  N.F.  formula.  The  resolution  was  left  over  for  the 
next  meeting  for  action. 

Mr.  Hallberg,  on  behalf  of  the  C.V.D.A.,  reported  the  pre- 
liminary programme  for  the  dedication  of  the  Ebert  Monument 
in  Graceland  Cemetery,  May  21. 

The  May  meeting  will  be  postponed  from  the  ISth  to  Friday 
the  21st,  so  that  the  branch  can  entertain  the  trustees  of  the 
U.S.P.C.  and  other  visitors  at  a  dinner  preceding  the  meeting. 


No  Damages  for  Dose  of  Wrong  Medicine. 

Pbovidence.  R.  I.,  May  1. — In  the  $8000  damage  suit 
against  Isaac  W.  Giles,  formerly  proprietor  of  the  Rhode 
Island  Drug  Company,  the  jury  at  East  Greenwich  returned 
a  verdict  for  the  defendant.  It  was  claimed  that  Joseph  L. 
Lizotte  went  to  the  pharmacy  with  a  prescription  from  Dr. 
Leary,  which  he  left  there  to  be  filled.  On  reaching  home  with 
the  parcel  he  took  some  12  or  14  grains  of  the  nitrate  of  silver, 
and  claimed  that  he  was  severely  injured  thereby. 

The  defence  introduced  testimony  to  the  effect  that  Dr. 
Leary  ordered  the  "nitrate  of  silver  from  the  drug  clerk  the 
same  day  that  Lizotte  went  to  get  his  prescription  filled,  and 
that  when  Lizotte  returned  for  his  medicine  he  asked  for  Dr. 
Leary's  prescription  without  producing  the  check  that  had 
been  given  to  him.  The  mistake  was  said  to  have  occurred 
by  the  clerk  giving  to  Lizotte  the  nitrate  of  silver  that  Dr. 
Leary  had  ordered  instead  of  the  preparation  made  up  from 
Dr.  Leary's  prescription  brought  to  the  store  by  Lizotte. 


Red  Cross  Sale  in  Department  Store. 
Milwaukee.  May  1. — The  first  Red  Cross  sale  of  pure 
drugs,  toilet  articles  and  liquors  ever  launched  by  any  big 
department  store  has  been  inaugurated  by  Gimbel  Brothers. 
Huge  piles  of  drugs  and  toilet  necessities  greeted  the  cus- 
tomers at  the  opening  day  of  the  sale  and  so  great  was  the 
demand  of  the  trade  that  additional  shipments  had  to  be  se- 
cured at  once.  Uniformed  clerks  like  nurses,  with  white 
aprons  and  Red  Cross  badges  on  the  sleeve,  waited  upon  the 
trade. 


BIG  CLASS  AT  CHICAGO  C.P.  COMMENCEMENT. 

Oldest  Living  Graduate,  Class  of  '60,  Present  at  the 
Exercises — Interesting  Features   of   Event. 

Chicago,  May  1. — The  49th  annual  commencement  of  the 
University  of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy  (Chicago  College 
of  Pharmacy)  was  held  in  the  Y.M.C.A.  Auditorium  with  a 
large  attendance  of  alumni  and  friends  of  the  school  and  were 
made  noteworthy,  especially  by  the  splendid  address  of  State 
Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  Francis  G.  Blair  and 
the  unusually  large  graduating  class. 

Dean  Goodman  presided  and  presented  the  salutatorian, 
Gustav  A.  Anderson,  who  extended  a  welcome  to  the  friends 
and  alumni.  President  James,  of  the  university,  conferred  the 
degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  upon  the  following : 

Gustav  .\doIph  Anderson,  Eockforrt ;  Lutber  Baker,  Astoria: 
Hugo  Frank  Beyermanu,  Chicago;  John  Kosmer  Cheleski,  Chi- 
cago ;  H.  Harry  Conners,  Bellevue,  O. ;  Augustus  F.  Cover,  Tou- 
lon;  Horace  Otto  Dahlln.  Pittsburg,  Pa.;  Anna  Eieher,  Chicago; 
Carl  David  Ekstrom,  Chicago:  Frederick  Louis  Franenhoff,  Au- 
rora; Schuyler  Van  Rensselaer  Gross,  Lake  Mills,  Wis.;  Jnlian 
Bulmer  Howell,  Du  Quoin;  John  George  Howly,  La  Crosse,  Wis.; 
Otto  William  teininger,  Chicago;  Otto  William  Lukasek,  Chi- 
cago; Thomas  Joseph  McN'amara,  Ottawa;  John  Joseph  Micha- 
lak, Chicago;  Grover  Cleveland  Montgomery,  Birds;  Frank  H, 
Niemeyer,  Dakota  City,  Neb. ;  Thomas  Osborne,  Chicago ;  Alex- 
ander Casimir  Peska,  Chicago ;  William  Ernst  Ploetz.  Sheboygan, 
Wis.;  Samuel  George  Prentice,  Chicago:  Clarence  Edward  Raetz, 
Appleton,  Wis.;  John  Myron  Eambo,  La  Moille;  Larry  Lewis 
Rummerfleld,  Roekport,  Slo. ;  Charles  Slipisman,  Chicago;  John 
Edgar  Sisk,  Marion;  Herbert  William  Smith.  Quincy ;  Matthew 
"iustave  Stahlfeld,  Chicago;  William  J.  Staman,  St.  Joe,  Ind.; 
David  Emanuel  Swanson,  Chicago;  Milton  White  Thompson,  Chi- 
cago ;  Harry  Aloys  Cnderriuer,  EfBugham ;  Richard  Van  Dusen, 
Allegan,  Mich.;  George  Kimmel  Voss.  Du  Quoin;  Henry  Venn, 
Chicago;  George  Carl  Wirth,  Duluth,  Minn.;  Clemence  Zimmer- 
mann,  Peoria;  Winfleld  Scott  Hubbard  (class  of  '04).  Grand 
Junction,  Colo.;  George  Leo  Detrick  (class  of  '05),  Chicago; 
Frank  Edmund  Blake  (class  of  '07),  Watseka ;  Floyd  Falconer 
Bunch  (class  of  '07),  Chicago;  Dee  Earl  Ellsworth  (class  of  '07), 
Chicago;  Jacob  Goodman  (class  of  '07),  Chicago;  Andrew  Vern 
Plummer  (class  of  '07),  Fennyville,  Mich.;  Bertha  Reisman  (class 
of  '07),  Chicago;  Frederick  Henry  Ruicker  (class  of  "07),  Chi- 
cago; Jesse  F.  N.  Buerkett  (class  of  '07),  Springfield;  Walter 
William  Doerr  (class  of  OS),  Chicago;  Otto  August  Fett  (class 
of  OS),  Chicago;  Otto  John  Lorenz  (class  of  'OS),  Chicago;  Ed- 
ward Emit  Luken  (class  of  '08).  Chicago:  Eugene  Lester  Miles 
(class  of  'OS),  Chicago;  James  Strachen  Miller  (class  of  'OS).  Chi- 
cago; Frederick  James  Lyons  (class  of  '08),  Chicago;  Herman 
Lawrence  Rauschert  (class  of  'OS),  Lake  Mills,  Wis. ;  Harry 
Garrison  Skinner  (class  of  'OS).  Tates  City;  John  Staszak  (class 
of  'OS),  Chicago;  John  Joseph  Urban   (class  of  '08),  Chicago. 

The  following  students  received  certificates  of  having  fin- 
ished the  course  successfully  and  will  be  awarded  the  degree 
when  th'e  experience  requirement  is  met : 

Mary  Leinbaugh  Anderson,  Dallas  City;  James  Elmer  Arkins, 
La  Salle:  Urban  Tolpert  Comes.  Chicago:  Charles  Patt  Eek, 
Chicago ;  Edward  George  Fingl,  Chicago ;  Louis  Evan  Halperin, 
Chicago;  Charles  Hibbe,  Chicago;  Victor  A.  Kremer,  Chicago; 
Leon  Arthur  Marks,  Chicago;  Joseph  Alfred  Merrill,  Chicago; 
Charles  Joseph  Mrazek,  Chicago ;  Edwin  Sidney  Myerson,  Chi- 
cago: Clarence  Julius  Oberg,  Chicago:  Vito  Pisani.  Chicago; 
Felix  James  Rat,ajik,  Chicago;  Rutherford  Gustavus  Rosenstonc, 
Cambridge;  Hallev  Ambrose  Smith,  Antloch ;  Charles  Stulik, 
Chicago. 

William  E.  Ploetz  was  awarded  the  Biroth  prize  microscope 
for  the  best  work  in  materia  medica  and  histology.  Harry  A. 
Underriner  was  awarded  the  Becker  prize  for  excellence  in 
theoretical  and  practical  pharmacy.  Frederick  L.  Frauenhoff 
was  awarded  a  membership  in  the  A.Ph.A.  for  excellence  in 
pharmacy,  and  Charles  Shpisman  also  a  similar  membership 
for  excellency  in  pharmacognosy. 

Honorable  mention  for  an  average  of  90  per  cent  or  above 
was  given  to  Frederick  Louis  Frauenhoff,  Schuyler  Van  Rens- 
selaer Gross,  William  Ernst  Ploetz,  Charles  Shpisman,  Harry 
Aloys  Underriner.  Charles  Patt  Eck,  Edward  George  Fingl 
and  Charles  Stulik. 

After  the  valedictory  address  by  Harry  A.  Underriner,  Dean 
Goodman  presented  the  only  living  member  of  the  first  grad- 
uating class,  1860,  Thomas  Whitfield,  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  known  pharmacists  in  Chicago. 

Dean  Goodman  referred  to  the  fact  that  the  highest  rating 
in  the  junior  class  this  year  had  been  made  by  Sister  Mary 
Benigua,  whose  scholarship  throughout  the  year  had  been  of 
the  highest  order. 


Iowa  Druggists    Organizing  New  Fire  Insurance  Co. 
Des    Moines,    May   1. — State   Auditor    Bleakley   has   been 
prevailed  upon  to  approve  a  druggists'   mutual  fire  insurance 
association,  which  it  is  reported  has  the  backing  of  Al.  Falk- 
enhainer,  a  Titonka  druggist. 


May  6.  1909] 


THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 

Granted  April  27,  1909. 

919,319 — Amos  Callesou,  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  Benjamin  Adriance.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.   Bottling  machine. 

919,335 — Emil  FLscher.  Berlin.  Germany,  assignor  to  Far- 
benfabriken  vorm.  Freitlr.  Bayer  &  Co..  Elberfeld,  Germany,  a 
corporation  of  Germany.   Magnesium  salt  of  dibrobenhenic  acid. 

919,376 — Elias  G.  Pearlman  and  Martin  M.  Pearlman,  Phil- 
adelphia, Pa.  Apparatus  for  recovering  zinc  compounds  and 
ammonia. 

919,406— Harley  W.  Warren.  Cuyahoga  Falls,  Ohio.  Sur- 
geon's glove. 

919.468— Edwin  C.  Royer,  Colwyn,  Pa.    Bottle. 

919,517 — Max  Anaeker,  Berlin,  Germany,  assignor  to  Amer- 
ican Thermos  Bottle  Company,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Double- 
walled  bottle. 

919,583— John  D.  Houck.  Toledo,  Ohio.     Coffee  percolator! 

919,614 — Christian  W.  Meinecke,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  as- 
signor to  Whitall  Tatum  Company,  New  York,  N.  X.,  a  cor- 
poration of  New  Jersey.     Hot  water  or  ice  bag. 

919,664 — August  V.  Westerlund,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  as- 
signor to  Westerhind-Luderer  Bottle  Company,  a  corporation 
of  New  York.     Non-refillab!e  bottle. 

919,066 — Thomas  J.  Whelan.  Hawthorn,  near  Melbourne. 
Victoria.  Australia.     Reversible  label  and  address  holder. 

919,68.5— Milton  B.  Biouke,  Chicago,  111.  Distilling  ap- 
paratus. 

919,759 — Victor  Perelzveich  and  Gustav  Roscnbusch,  Zurich, 
Switzerland.     Solidified  alcohol  and  process  of  making  same. 

919,762 — Curt  Philipp,  Dresden,  Germany,  assignor  to 
Chemische  Fabrik  von  Heyden  Aktiengesellschaft,  Dresden, 
Germany.     Process  of  producing  isobornyl  esters. 

919,832 — Henri  Diamanti  and  Charles  Lambert,  Paris. 
France.     Apparatus  for  recovering  vapors  from  volatile  liquids. 

919,872 — Charles  F.  Jenkins,  Washington,  D.  C.,  assignor 
by  mesne  assignments  to  Single  Service  Package  Corporation 
of  America,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.    Cap  for  bottles. 

40,087 — The  Crescent  Oil  Company.  Minneapolis,  Minn. 
Class  6.     Petrolatum  jelly. 

40,745— Practicum  Syndicate,  Ltd..  Splottland,  Cardiff, 
Wales.    Class  6.     A  veterinary  remedy  for  distemper  in  dogs. 


4tK94.5— D.  R.  Bradley  &  Son,  Pleasantville  and  New  York. 
X.  Y.  Class  6.  Perfumes,  toilet  water,  toilet  powder,  sachet 
and  talc  powder. 

41,239— Drew  Stranahan  Hussy  Company,  Boston,  Mass 
Class  6.     Disinfectants. 

919.875— GiLstavus  C.  Johnson,  Dillon,  S.  C.     Suspensatory 

919,918— Patrick   J.    McElroy,   Cambridge,   Mass..   assignor 
of  one-half  to  the  Randall-Faiehney  Company.  Boston,  Mass 
a  corporation  of  Massachusetts.     Syringe. 

919.937— Henry  A.  Olssou.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y..  assignor  to 
Multi-Seal  Manufacturing  Company,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  a  cor- 
poration of  New  York.     Bottle  closure. 

919.943— Peter  J.  Peterson,  Oakland,  Cal.  Liquid  measur- 
ing device. 

919,987- Richard  L.  Williams,  Birmingham,  Ala.     Bottle 

920,008— Albert  Baumgarten.  Freeport,  111. ;  Johanna 
Baumgarten,  executrix  of  said  Albert  Baumgarten,  deceased 
Cork  puller. 

920.048— Emery  J.  Goaman,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  assignor 
to  Sterling  Seal  Company,  a  corporation  of  Maine.  Bottle- 
sealing  machine. 

920.068— John  L.  Kilvan,  Boston,  Mass.  Combined  cover 
and  handle  for  milk  bottles  and  the  like. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Class  6. 


Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK.  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St..  Washington,  D.  C. 


Published  April  27,    1909. 

.34.635 — Parker  Chemical  Company.  Chicago,  111. 
A  solid  germicide  or  disinfecting  composition. 

35,907 — Claes  Julius  Enebuske.  New  York.  N.  Y.  Class  6 
Antiseptic  preparations  for  general  use  as  a  mouth  wash. 

36,617 — Farbwerke  vormals  Meister  Lucius  &  Brunin" 
Hochst-on-the-Main,  Germany.  Class  6.  A  medical  compound 
particularly  used  for  the  treatment  of  diseases  of  the  eye 
nose,  etc.,  and  in  surgical  operations  to  stop  the  flow  of  blood' 

37,061— Mi  If  ord  Chemical  Company,  Milford,  Del  Class  6 
A  preparation  for  the  treatment  of  rheumatism,  neuralgia    etc 

38,194— Erick  A.  Johnson.  Duluth.  Minn.  Class  6.  A  liquid 
remedy  for  eczema  and  other  diseases  of  the  skin,  a  tonic  and 
an  ointment. 

38.247- Crown  Distilleries  Company,  San  Francisco  Cal  ■ 
New  York,  N.  Y.,  and  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Class  6.  Wine  hav- 
ing medicinal  properties. 

39.135— Wyeth  Chemical  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class 
6.     A  hair  tonic. 

39.70.5— Sarah  Habbard.  New  Orleans,  La.  Class  6  A 
remedy  for  stomach  troubles,  Bright's  disease,  rheumatism 
neuralgia,  etc. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  6,  1909 


BUSINESS   RECORD 


Ckanges   in   Ownership,   New   Drug   Stores,   Incorpora- 
tions, Fires  and  Other  Commercial  Matters 
of  Interest  to  Wholesale  and  Retail 
Merchants. 


Supplement  to  Tbe  Era  Druggists'  Directory. 

CALIFORNIA— Diamond— Philip    &    Philip    have    opened    a 
new  drug  store. 
Los  Angeles — J.   G.  Vance   has  opened  his   new  store   at 

Eighth  and  Spring  streets. 
Mabtsville — Charette  Drug  Store ;  destroyed  by  fire. 
San  FR.iNCisco — S.  A.  McDonnell  &  Son  have  moved  from 
their  temporary  location,  at  1630  Fillmore  street,  to  the 
S.  E.  corner  of  Powell  and  Geary  streets. 
COLORADO— DENVEB—Neubert    Drug    Company.    16th    and 

Champa  streets ;  out  o£  business. 
GEORGIA — Union   Point — W.   O.   Fluker ;   store   destroyed 

by  fire. 
IDAHO — Teton  City — The  Dean  Drug  Company  have  opened 

a  new  store  here. 
ILLINOIS— Chicago— J.  S.  Link,  649  West  21st  street,  has 
been  succeeded  by  H.  Stulik. — H.  T.  Oelrich,  141  31st 
street ;  deceased. — H.  Sach's,  915  West  North  avenue, 
has  been  succeeded  by  Charles  I.  Powell. — Louis  A. 
Schmid.  4800  Ashland  avenue,  has  been  succeeded  by 
Lypski  &  Ruben.  Mr.  Schmid  has  opened  a  new  store  at 
844  South  Halsted  street. — F.  E.  Stolze  has  opened  a 
new  store  at  1951  North  Robey  street. 
Oak   Paek — J.   S.   Link  has  opened   a   new   store   at  6801 

West  12th  street. 
Palestine — W.  M.  DeLay ;  store  damaged  by  fire. 
St.  Liboet — Dr.  A.  M.  Kohl  has  opened  a  new  store  here. 
INDIANA — Coalmont — Miller  Drug  Company  has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  the  Co-operative  Drug  Company. 
Otterbein — Burns  &  Davis  Drug  Co.,   incorporated ;  capi- 
tal. $10,000.     Wholesale  and  retail. 
Paekeb — Dr.  Dedrick  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  here. 
Whiting — Whiting  Drug  Company  have  been  succeeded  by 
B.  N.  Boyer  &  Co. 
IOWA — Council   Bluffs — Schaefer  Cut   Price   Drug   Store, 
231  Main  street,  has  been  succeeded  by  William  Knoth. 
Maeshalltown — Alexander  Drug  Company  have  been  suc- 
ceeded by  Beinert  Drug  Company. 
Osage — Samson  &  Sanders  have  been  succeeded  by  W.  B. 
Lambersou  &  Co. 
MICHIGAN — AxrENA — Ware  Drug^Store  has  been  succeeded 
by  Foley  &  Stepler. 
CteNTEKViLLE — F.   E.   Lehr  has  been  succeeded  by  Roy  D. 

Lehr. 
South  Range — L.  A.  Lundahl  has  been  succeeded  by  Dr. 
Anderson. 
MINNESOTA— Chisholm—F.   H.  Gillie  has  opened  a  drug 
store,  corner  of  Lake  street  and  First  avenue. 
Vebnd.ile — W.  M.  Morell ;  store  destroyed  by  fire. 
NEW  HAMPSHIRE — Laconia— Clarence  W.  Plummer  Com- 
pany, incorporated  ;  capital  stock,  $2700. 
Newport — The    Willey    Pharmacy    will    be    succeeded    by 
Weeks  &  Seward,  of  Exeter,  N.  H. 
NEW   JERSEY — Beenarusville — George   W.   Burns,   incor- 
porated as  the  Somerset  Pharmacy ;  capital,  $10,000. 
ViNELAND — Baker  House  Pharmacy,  incorporated.     Joseph 
G.  Morris,  president  and  treasurer. 
NEW  YORK- Brooklyn— B.  H.  Mark,  8302  Third  avenue, 
has  moved  his  stock  of  drugs  to  9201  Fifth  avenue. 
Haines  Falls — Karl  E.  Hahn  has  opened  a  new  drug  store. 
MAELBOBOt'Cn — C.  S.  McCourt  has  opened  a  new  drug  store. 
NORTH    DAKOTA — Bismarck — Beardsley    &   Finney    have 
dissolved  partnership.     Bert  Finney,  buying  his  partner's 
interest,    will    continue    the    business    as    Finney's    Drug 
Store. 
Devil's  Lake — B.  J.  Ness  will  open  his  new  drug  store  here 
May  1. 
OHIO — Oxford — Clifford  Brown  has  opened  a  new  drug  store 
here. 
Wilmington — J.  J.  Parker  has  bought  the  Charles  HalVer 


stock  of  drugs  at  this  town  and  moved  it  to  Lynchburg, 
where  he  will  open  a  store. 
PENNSYLVANIA— Washington— The  City  Drug  Store  and 
H.  W.  De  Normandie  have  combined  their  stocks  at  157 
and  159  South  Main  street.  Style  of  firm  will  be  De 
Normandie  Drug  Store. 
RHODE  ISLAND — Woonsocket — F.  B.  Simmons  has  been 

succeeded  by  H.  W.  Hanson. 
SOUTH    DAKOTA— PiEBEE— Black    Hawk    Drug    Company 

have  been  succeeded  by  P.  L.  Vilas. 
TEXAS — Haewood — Dr.   L.   6.   Dexter  ;   store   destroyed   by 
fire. 
Midland — Midland  Drug  Company  and  Taylor  JDrug  Com- 
pany ;  stores  destroyed  by  fire. 
Strawn — Perrv-Walker  Drug  Company,  incorporated ;  cap- 
ital stock,  $5000. 
UTAH — Spanish    Forks — City    Drug    Store  ;    style    of   firm 

changed  to  City  Drug  Company. 
VIRGINIA — Alexa.ndbia — Ebbitt  House  Pharmacy,  incorpo- 
rated ;  capital  stock,  $6000.     Charles  O.  Rice,  proprietor. 
Nobfolk — The  Strole  Drug  Company,  incorporated,  are  now 
opened  in  their  new  store,  corner  of  Granby  and  Char- 
lotte streets. 
WISCONSIN — Beowntown — C.  A.  Allen  has  been  succeeded 
by  S.  C.  Helland. 
Fond  du  Lac — E.  E.  Drake  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  in 

the  new  Forest  Avenue  Hotel. 
Kaukauna — William  C.  Wendt  has  been  succeeded  by  the 

Pembleton  Drug  Company. 
M.4DIS0N — The   Luckey  Pharmacy  is  the  style  of  the  new 
drug  store  in  the  Trumpf  Hotel  Building.     C.  C.  Luckey, 
proprietor. 
Menasha — The  Barnett  Drug  Company  is  the  style  of  the 
new  drug  store  here. 


Price  Schedule  Adopted  by  St.  Louis  Association. 

St.  Louis,  May  1.— The  April  meeting  of  the  St.L.R.D.A.' 
was  given  over  to  consideration  o£  a  price  schedule,  which  was 
adopted  after  much  discussion.  The  prices  named  are  23,  47 
and  SO  cents.  The  schedule  has  previously  been  considered  by 
the  sectional  city  associations  and  also  by  the  downtown  men 
in  conference  with  the  price  committee  of  the  general  associa- 
tion, but  that  did  not  prevent  a  lively  discussion  which  ex- 
tended into  three  hours.  The  new  feature  of  the  list  is  the 
leaving  of  several  articles  on  an  "open  list"  which  can  be  used 
as  feelers  by  those  who  care  to.  No  territorial  lines  are  drawn 
in  this  list.  The  idea  met  with  much  favor  after  it  had  been 
thoroughly  considered. 


Local  Option  Litigation  Proves  Costly. 
Paw  Paw,  Mich.,  May  1. — Charles  H.  Van  Alstyne,  a 
South  Haven  druggist,  who.  it  is  alleged,  tried  to  evade  the 
local  option  law  in  Van  Buren  County,  is  in  a  heap  of  trouble 
as  a  result.  The  Supreme  Court  recently  affirmed  a  judgment 
for  $750  obtained  against  him  and  the  sheriff  has  just  collected 
the  amount  on  an  execution,  with  an  additional  $1.50  for  costs. 
Two  other  damage  suits  are  pending  against  Mr.  Van  Alstyne 
for  the  alleged  illegal  sale  of  liquor.  One  of  the  plaintiffs, 
Mrs.  Bertha  Kashiske,  asks  $10,000.  She  says  the  druggist 
illegally  sold  whisky  to  her  husband. 


Successful  Opening  of  Fine  Long  Island  Pharmacy. 

The  Raeder  Pharmacy  in  the  White  Building.  Cedarhurst, 
Long  Island,  which  was  recently  opened  is  one  of  the  finest  on 
the  Island.  On  the  opening  day  the  store  was  so  crowded  that 
it  was  difficult  to  obtain  entrance  and  secure  a  plate  of  ice 
cream,  which  was  served  "on  the  house"  to  every  customer, 
besides  numerous  varied  souvenirs.  A  feature  was  the  giving 
of  three  prizes,  of  an  aggregate  value  o£  $15.  E.  M.  Raeder 
is  the  proprietor  and  W.  B.  Meyers  is  manager  of  the  new 
store.    Mr.  Raeder  also  owns  a  store  at  Lawrence. 


Aguinaldo's  Neighbor  Visiting  New  Bedford. 
Boston.  May  1. — Hon.  William  J.  Bullock,  mayor  of  New 
Bedford  and  one  of  the  best-known  druggists  in  the  State,  is 
entertaining  this  week  his  nephew,  George  Whiting,  super- 
visor of  the  Munoz  Agricultural  School  in  Neuva  Ecija,  Phil- 
ippine Islands.  The  mayor's  guest  has  been  the  recipient  of 
much  attention,  because  for  many  months  he  was  next-door 
neighbor  to  Aguinaldo. 


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PROBLEMS  FOR  THE   PROPRIETORS. 

Four  days  instead  of  the  usual  two  days  will  be 
required  this  year  to  transact  the  business  of  the 
Proprietary  Association  of  America  which  is  in  ses- 
sion this  week  in  New  York  City.  The  meeting  is 
more  important  than  many  of  its  predecessors  and 
naturally  there  is  a  good  attendance,  for  the  subjects 
before  the  association  are  of  more  vital  moment  than 
any  of  recent  years  with  the  exception  of  the  occa- 
sion of  the  enactment  of  the  Pure  Drugs  Act  of  1906. 
In  fact  some  of  the  present  time  problems  are  more 
or  less  sequels  to  the  placing  of  that  law  upon  the 
Federal  statute  books. 

Objectionable  legislation  is  constantly  being  pre- 
sented to  legislatures  for  consideration  and  is  urged 
by  doctors  and  some  newspapers.  One  of  the  serious 
menaces  is  the  tendency  to  try  to  forbid  by  law  the 
publication  of  patent  medicine  advertisements  in  the 
newspapers.  Minnesota  already  prohibits  the  publi- 
cation of  advertisements  of  certain  kinds  of  medical 
goods  and  some  newspapers  in  other  States  do  not 
now  accept  advertisements  of  proprietary  remedies. 
This  tendency  towards  restriction  of  juiblieity  will 
no  doubt  receive  serious  attention  and  further  plans 
to  fight  it  will  doubtless  be  formulated.  The  great 
mass  of  the  people  are  not  ready  for  the  official 
banishment  of  ready-made  panaceas  for  their  ills. 

TOBACCO  TRUST'S  ITEW  MOVE. 


•  Two  events  of  interest  to  druggists  in  connection 
with  the  cigar  side-line  are  reported  in  our  news 
columns.  One  of  the  most  interesting  is  the  an- 
nouncement that  one  of  the  largest  of  the  prominent 
chains  of  drug  stores  has  decided  to  abandon  the 
sale  of  all  kinds  of  tobacco  and  use  the  space  for 
lines  closer  to  the  drug  trade  and  more  productive 
of  profit.  The  managers  are  thoroughly  practical 
business  men  and  their  example  will  set  other  drug 
store  owners  to  thinking. 

The  other  event  recalls  the  attempts  of  the  Tobacco 
Trust  to  invade  the  drug  trade  three  years  ago,  for 
methods  were  then  threatened  which  are  similar  to 
those  now  being  put  into  operation  in  New  York  by 
a  subsidiary  concern  of  the  octopus.  This  time  news- 
dealers who  do  not  sell  Trust  cigars  are  the  objects  of 
attack  and  no  concealment  is  made  of  the  intention 
to  force  them  to  stop  selling  anti-trust  goods.  The 
newsdealers  are  well  organized  and  the  fight  will  be 
a  hot  and  bitter  one.  , 


TALK   IS   NOT   ALWAYS   CHEAP. 


For  Era  Album 


Congress  is  demonstrating  in  the  slow  progress 
being  made  with  tariff  tinkering  that  the  old  saw 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  13,  1909 


"talk  is  cheap"  is  not  always  true,  foi*  the  situation 
at  Washington  is  keeping  the  importers  and  other 
merchants  affected  upon  pins  and  needles  of  uncer- 
tainty and  causing  serious  losses  to  many  of  them. 
The  debates  only  further  add  to  the  uncertaintj-  and 
the  newspaper  reports  from  day  to  day  present  a  pan- 
orama of  legislative  see-sawing  that  causes  everj^- 
body  to  wish  it  was  all  over.  Some  business  men 
realize  the  predicament  of  the  prisoner  who  said 
that  he  might  as  well  be  hanged  as  scared  to  death 
every  other  day. 

Aside  from  the  tariff  imeertainty  there  are  dis- 
turbing reports  regarding  the  possible  imposition  of 
inheritance,  income  and  other  taxes  to  make  up  for 
any  deficiency  in  the  tariff  schedules  as  finally 
adopted.  Some  of  the  States  already  have  inher- 
itance taxes  and  with  a  Federal  tax  added  only  the 
rich  would  have  much  of  anj^thing  left  of  bequests 
which  might  be  made  to  them.  An  income  tax  also 
would  operate  to  the  disadvantage  of  people  in  the 
middle  class  and  in  the  poorer  walks  of  life.  They 
woidd  have  to  pay  not  only  their  own  taxes,  but  in- 
directly the  taxes  of  the  rich  would  come  from  the 
same  sources.  The  lawmakers  at  Washington  should 
discard  theory  and  work  along  practical  lines,  giving 
all  the  chance  to  enjoy  citizenship  upon  terms  and 
conditions  of  comparative  equality. 

CLEARING  A  BKOOKLYN  MYSTERY ! 


The  cat  is  out  of  the  bag  in  Brooklyn  and  in  our 
news  pages  will  be  found  something  about  the  new 
"associations"  which  have  sprimg  into  existence  in 
that  borough  of  New  York  City  to  fight  against 
pharmacy  reform  in  the  shape  of  the  BrowTi  AU- 
State  Bill.  The  members  appear  to  have  gotten  to- 
gether because  they  did  not  like  the  old  associations 
and  felt  in  need  of  "protection"  against  the  machi- 
nations of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  wonder  is 
that  none  of  the  hundreds  of  members  of  the  regu- 
larly established  associations,  or  of  the  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  have  ever  found  it  necessary 
to  split  away  from  these  societies  in  order  to  obtain 
"protection."  However  that  may  be.  we  now  know 
something  about  the  authorship  of  the  furious  at- 
tacks upon  the  bill  which  doubles  the  penalty  for 
violating  the  law  relating  to  the  sale  of  impure  and 
adulterated  drugs. 

These  new  associations  change  their  names  so  often 
that  it  may  be  difficult  to  keep  track  of  them,  but  in 
the  case  of  the  association  which  is  conducted  with 
so  much  secrecy  that  even  the  names  of  its  members 
are  withheld  there  would  seem  to  be  occasion  for 
fui-ther  investigation. 

REORGANIZATION  OF  THE  IOWA  COMMISSION. 


That  the  Iowa  Pharmacy  Commission  was  in  need 
of  drastic  reorganization  was  made  evident  by  the 
bills  which  were  presented  for  payment  for  services 
which  it  is, claimed  were  never  given  to  the  State, 
besides  an  indulgence  in  the  activities  of  practical 
politics  which  caused  the  newspapers  to  comment  on 
the  ' '  flying  squadrons ' '  of  the  pharmacy  commission 
which  helped  to  make  nominations  for  public  office 
and  decide  elections.    The  new  commission  has  been 


appointed  to  enforce  the  pharmacy  law,  not  to  man- 
age political  campaigns,  and  we  believe  that  under 
the  careful  and  conscientious  leadership  of  the  new 
president,  Harry  E.  Eaton,  that  result  will  be 
accomplished. 

The  change  for  the  better  is  due  in  a  large  measure 
to  Mr.  Eaton,  who,  when  he  was  appointed  to  a 
vacanc}^  a  few  months  ago,  declined  to  be  a  party 
to  the  old  spoils  system  and  set  about  doing  his  duty 
as  it  should  be  done.  He  is  entitled  to  credit  for  the 
course  he  has  pursued  and  with  a  continuance  thereof 
the  Iowa  Pharmacy  Commission  will  be  rehabilitated 
in  the  public  esteem  as  a  body  of  professional  men 
working  solely  for  the  betterment  of  pharmacy-  and 
of  the  public. 

DEDICATING  THE  EBERT  MONUMENT. 


An  event  of  National  interest  will  be  the  dedica- 
tion on  May  21  of  the  monument  in  Graceland  Cem- 
etery, Chicago,  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Albert  E. 
Ebert.  No  finer  tribute  could  be  given  to  this 
"Grand  Old  Man  of  American  Pharmacy"  than  the 
observance  which  is  planned  for  the  formal  presen- 
tation of  this  memorial  by  the  Chicago  Veteran 
Druggists'  Association  to  the  estate  of  the  departed 
pharmacist. 

Friends  of  distinction,  including  officials  high  in 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  other 
bodies  representing  the  best  that  there  is  in  phar- 
macy, deans  of  pharmaceutical  institutions  and 
others  will  take  more  than  passive  interest  in  the 
ceremonies,  while  the  general  body  of  those  who  are 
expected  to  attend  will  form  an  assemblage  without 
precedent  of  its  kind  in  this  or  any  other  coimtry. 
But  better  than  any  monument,  better  than  the  best 
of  the  oral  tributes,  or  the  shaft  of  stone,  is  the  shin- 
ing example  which  the  distinguished  leader  set  by 
his  life  for  the  emulation  of  all  followers  in  his 
footsteps. 


REMEMBER  THE   19TH  OF  MAY. 


Pharmacists  in  New  York  City  should  bear  in 
mind  the  date  for  the  joint  meeting  of  pharmacists 
and  physicians  which  will  be  held  on  the  evening  of 
Maj'  19  at  the  Academ.y  of  iledicine  in  Manhattan 
Boroiigh  under  the  auspices  of  the  New  York  Branch 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  of 
the  New  York  County  Medical  Society. 

A  similar  meeting  a  year  ago  was  productive  of  a 
great  deal  of  good  in  the  way  of  a  better  imderstand- 
ing  between  the  practitioners  of  the  two  professions 
and  the  meeting  next  Wednesday  night  promises  to 
be  of  even  more  interest  and  importance.  There 
should  be  no  vacant  seats. 


TWO   COMMENCEMENTS  THIS  EVENING. 

Two  of  the  most  interesting  events  in  the  educa- 
tional circles  of  pharmacy  in  the  metropolitan  dis- 
trict will  occur  simviltaneously,  but  in  different  bor- 
oughs of  this  city,  tonight.  Large  classes  will  re- 
ceive their  diplomas  from  both  the  New  York  College 
of  Pharmacy  of  Cohimbia  University  and  the  Brook- 
hTi  College  of  Pharmacy.     Interesting  programmes 


May  13,  1909] 


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439 


have  been  prepared  and  the  attendance  at  each  event 
will  be  large  and  appreciative. 

Both  institutions  have  won  reputations  for  the 
thoroughness  with  which  instruction  is  imparted  to 
their  students  and  the  graduation  of  each  new  class 
is  reason  for  congratulating  the  members  of  the  fac- 
ulties, as  well  as  the  fortimate  young  persons  who 
have  had  the  benefit  of  the  tuition  given  in  these 
schools. 


for  and  which  has  been  less  arduous  than  the  constant  appli- 
eation  required  in  a  drug  store. 

Jlr.  Eaton  has  made  a  great  many  friends  and  the.v  look 
upon  his  choice'  as  head  of  the  pharmacy  commission  to  be  an 
opportunity  which  he  will  embrace  to  further  demonstrate  his 
briief  that  citizenship  entails  its  obligations  of  faithful  public 
service,  as  well  as  the  enjoyment  of  the  benefits  to  be  derived 
from  an  honest  and  conscientious  administration  of  those 
duties  by  others. 


Active  work  continues  on  the  part  of  the  membership  com- 
mittee of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
the  result  ought  to  be  apparent  in  a  much  longer  muster  roll 
at  Richfield  Springs  on  June  22.  The  conmiittee  is  sending 
out  letters  to  non-members,  pointing  out  the  advantages  of 
affiliating  with  the  association.  As  a  matter  of  direct,  personal 
benefit  no  pharmacist  can  afford  to  remain  outside  of  the  State 
association.  The  dues  in  New  York  are  only  .$2.  The  same 
statement  applies  to  all  pharmacists  in  all  of  the  States,  with- 
out reference  to  whatever  may  be  charged  for  dues. 


Few  boards  of  pharmacy,  even  some  that  have  been  domi- 
nated too  much  by  political  leaders,  have  been  able  to  pile  up 
such  an  unpleasant  record  as  has  been  left  behind  by  the  Iowa 
State  Pharmacy  Commission  of  lt)OS.  and 
in  some  respects  no  board  has  ever  come 
anywhere    near    approaching    it.      A    cul- 
mination came  when  one  of  the  commis- 
sioners  last   year  deserted   his   wife   and 
family  and  fled  from  the  State.     It  was 
then     that      Governor     Carroll      became 
aroused  and  made  an  investigation  which 
resulted  in  his  request  for  the  resignation 
of  two  other  members. 

In  filling  the  place  of  the  missing  drug- 
gist on  the  commission  the  Governor 
brought  out  of  private  life  a  man  who 
has  played  a  conspicuous  part  in  the 
reorganization  of  the  commission  and  who 
in  the  coming  struggle  for  the  respect  of 
the  citizens  has  been  made  the  leader. 
This  pharmacist.  Harry  E.  Eaton,  first 
went  into  the  board  last  December  and 
began  by  declining  to  participate  in  what 
has  been  characterized  as  the  "grafting" 
of  some  of  his  predecessors.  His  ideas  of 
enforcing  the  pharmacy  laws  and  serving 
the  State  were  different  from  those  others 
and  he  naturally  attracted  attention  by 
his  conformance  to  the  general  notions  of 
the  proprieties. 

When  Governor  Carroll  realized  the 
real  condition  of  affairs  he  promptly  de- 
manded the  resignations  and  finally  ob- 
tained legislation  which  gave  to  Iowa  this 
month    a    new    commission.      Mr.    Eaton 

was  renamed  as  one  of  the  members  and  at  the  organization 
was  made  the  president.  That  both  the  new  head  and  the 
other  members  of  the  commission  have  a  serious  task  con- 
fronting them  in  re-establishing  the  commission's  standing  is 
undisputed,  but  the  Governor  has  confidence  not  only  in  their 
ability  to  run  the  affairs  of  the  board  in  a  business-like  man- 
ner, but  he  has  faith  in  their  personal  and  moral  integrity. 

President  Eaton  is  a  druggist  of  experience  and  has  an  ex- 
cellent reputation  as  a  business  man.  His  first  experience  in 
the  drug  trade  was  in  1888  when  he  served  as  a  clerk  in 
Essex.  Iowa.  In  the  following  year  he  entered  the.  State 
University  at  Iowa  City,  where  he  continued  until  the  spring 
of  1892.  when  he  received  the  degree  of  Ph.G.  In  the  fall  of 
that  .year  Mr.  Eaton  went  to  Denver.  Colo.,  where  in  company 
with  Dr.  Moore,  he  established  a  new  drug  store  at  17th  and 
Downing  streets.  In  the  spring  of  1893  he  sold  his  interest 
to  his  partner  and  returned  to  Essex,  Iowa,  where  he  clerked 
for  two  years,  until  in  1895  he  again  embarked  in  business  for 
himself,  forming  the  company  of  Quist  &  Eaton,  which  con- 
tinued for  12  years.  A  year  ago  Mr.  Eaton  left  the  drug 
business,  except  for  occasional  temporary  service,  to  become 
connected  with  the  Henry  Field  Seed  Company,  of  Shenan- 
doah,  a   position   which   his   business  qualifications   fitted    him 


More  than  56,000.000  gallons  of  creosote  and  nearly  19.000,- 
0(X)  pounds  of  zinc  chloride  were  used  in  preserving  timber  in 
the  United  States  last  year.  Small  quantities  of  crude  oil,  cor- 
rosive sublimate,  and  other  chemicals  were  also  used.  These 
figures  are  based  upon  reports  to  the  United  States  Forest 
Service  of  44  firms  which  operated  64  timber  treating  plants. 
Assuming  that  on  an  average  one  gallon  of  creosote,  or  one- 
third  of  a  pound  of  zinc  chloride,  will  protect  a  cubic  foot 
of  timber  from  decay,  more  than  100,000.000  cubic  feet  of 
crossties.  piling,  poles,  mine,  and  other  timbers  were  given  a 
treatment  that  will  greatly  increase  their  life  and  usefulness. 
Never  since  timber  treating  began  on  a  commercial  scale 
in  the  United  States  has  the  domestic  supply  of  creosote  been 
equal  to  the  needs  of  the  industry.  With  the  rapid  develop- 
ment of  wood  preservation  in  recent  years,  the  insufficiency  of 
the  home  production  of  creosote  has  become  more  marked.  In 
lOOS  almost  seven-tenths — to  be  exact,  69 
per  cent — of  the  creosote  used  by  the 
tivniing  plants  was  imported,  and  but  31 
per  cent  was  obtained  from  domestic 
sources. 

Nearly  three-fourths  of  the  imported 
creosote  comes  from  England  and  Ger- 
many, some  is  obtained  in  Nova  Scotia, 
and  some  in  Scotland  and  Holland.  The 
domestic  creosote  used  by  the  treating 
plants  was  obtained  chiefly  in  New  York. 
Philadelphia  and  other  large  cities.  Cre- 
osote is  distilled  from  coal-tar  a  by- 
product in  the  manufacture  of  illumina- 
ting gas  and  coke  from  bituminous  coal. 
Not  more  than  20  per  cent  of  the  coke 
used  in  the  United  States  is  made  in  by- 
product ovens.  No  coal-tar  is  recovered 
from  the  bee-hive  ovens  in  which  most  of 
the  coke  is  made ;  consequently  the  total 
production  of  coal-tar  is  far  less  than  it 
would  be  with  more  conservative  op- 
erations. 


In  the  British  Navy  mice  are  employed 
as  signalling  agents  on  submarine  boats. 
If  any  leakage  of  naphtha  occurs  in  hid- 
den sections  of  the  boat  the  mice  give 
warning  by  incessant  squeaks,  to  sig- 
nalize the  presence  of  the  odor  which  they 
so  greatly  dislike,  says  the  Boston  Globe. 
An  allowance  is  actually  made  for  the 
.  maintenance  of  mice,  who  have  the  honor  of  being  carried  on 
King   Edward's   naval    list   and   of   increasing   the   admiralty 

estimates.  — 

One  year  has  elapsed  since  Surgeon  B.  L.  Wright.  U.S.N., 
treated  the  first  case  of  tuberculosis  at  the  naval  hospital  at 
Uas  Animas.  Colo.,  with  the  mercury  treatment,  the  surgeon's 
own  discovery.  During  that  time  statistics  of  the  hospital 
show  that  of  those  cases  where  marked  improvement  was 
noted  100  per  cent  took  the  mercury  treatment,  and  none 
took  routine  treatment  solely.  Of  the  fatal  cases,  31  per  cent 
took  the  mercurial  treatment  and  68  per  cent  took  the  routine 
treatment  only.  From  this  favorable  showing  Surgeon  Wright 
has  recommended  that  mercury  be  adopted  as  the  regular 
treatment  for  tuberculosis  at  Las  Animas,  making  it  com- 
pulsory at  the  discretion  of  the  hospital  staff.  Of  the  127 
tuberculosis  patients  at  the  hospital  at  present,  92  are  volun- 
tarily taking  the  mercurial  treatment. 


German  Apothecaries'  Society,  in  voting  $50  towards  the 
expenses  of  the  forthcoming  meeting  of  the  New  York  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at  Richfield  Springs,  follows  the 
new  custom  which  promotes  the  proprieties  by  making  the 
State  association  independent  of  contributions  from  those  with 


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[May  13,  1909 


whom  the  members  should  deal  only  as  individual  business 
men.  ?so  association  should  be  dependent  upon  advertisements 
or  contributions  from  wholesale  dealers  in  drugs,  or  manu- 
facturers, for  the  expenses  attending  their  annual  or  other 
conventions. 


The  annual  husband  fair  of  Europe  will  be  held  this  year. 
May  31,  at  Ecaussine-Lalaing  in  Belgium.  Special  trains 
will  be  run  from  Paris  and  from  all  the  chief  towns  of 
Flanders  and  Wallony.  The  unmarried  girls  of  the  pleasant 
little  Belgium  town  invite  bachelors  from  the  world  over  to  be 
their  guests  that  day. 

According  to  the  programme,  the  bachelors  will  muster  at 
the  railroad  station  at  2  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  and  march 
to  the  town  hall,  where  they  will  be  received  by  the  maids  of 
Ecaussine.  There  will  be  speeches  of  welcome  by  an  un- 
married girl  or  two  and  mutual  introductions.  Then  luncheon 
— champagne  and  Hainauit  cakes  and  other  good  things.  Con- 
certs, open  air  balls,  fireworks  fill  the  long  evening 
programme. 

This  husband  fair  has  become  one  of  the  "sights"  of  Europe. 
Numerous  American  parties  have  already  been  made  up  and 
will  motor  to  Ecaussine  in  time  for  the  fair.  Candidates  to 
matrimony  come  from  England,  Germany,  Italy,  Holland  and 
even  from  Australia. 

The  president  this  year  is  Mile.  Victorine  Cocke,  a  chestnut- 
haired  beauty  of  twenty.  She  has  mustered  a  phalanx  of  30 
young  girls,  all  ready  to  be  wooed  and  won. 


A  truly  successful  man  not  only  acknowledges  the  success  of 
his  rivals ;  he  also  concedes  his  obligations  to  them  as  his 
instructors. 


The  Paris  police  have  a  prisoner  in  custody  of  whose  guilt 
there  is  no  question,  but  it  will  probably  trouble  the  court  to 
decide  what  to  do  with  him.  says  the  Utica  Press.  Miguel 
Androval,  an  acrobat  attached  to  a  traveling  circus,  called  at 
a  large  establishment  and  asked  to  be  shown  some  jewelry. 
While  he  was  examining  the  goods  the  store  detective  observed 
the  head  of  a  tiny  monkey  emerge  from  Androval's  coat  pocket. 
Then  the  monkey's  paw  shot  out  and  while  the  salesman's 
attention  was  diverted  the  animal  seized  several  valuable  rings 
and  withdrew  to  its  hiding  place.  Androval  was  arrested, 
but  he  protests  that  he  did  not  steal  the  rings,  and  there  is  no 
legal  evidence  that  he  was  concerned  in  the  theft.  Tests  made 
after  the  arrest  proved  the  monkey  to  be  an  accomplished 
pickpocket  and  shoplifter. 

Clerks  should  beware  of  employers  who  overlook  faults  to 
save  the  trouble  of  correcting  them. 

Some  of  the  most  eminent  physicians  of  England,  inchiding 
those  of  the  King,  have  agreed  to  make  a  very  severe  test  of 
what  the  discoverer,  William  Doig,  claims  to  be  a  cure  for 
tuberculosis.  For  ten  years  past  Mr.  Doig  has  been  treating 
free  of  charge  persons  suffering  from  tuberculosis  of  the  joints, 
and,  according  to  the  evidence  of  various  hospital  physicians. 
he  has  had  considerable  success. 

Last  year  he  tried  his  treatment  on  a  patient  suffering  from 
tuberculosis  of  the  lungs  under  the  observation  of  a  well- 
known  London  ph.ysician.  This  case  has  been  certified  as 
cured,  a  fact  that  had  much  to  do  with  making  the  thorough 
test  as  planned.  It  has  been  decided  to  take  six  consumption 
cases  from  the  London  hospitals  and  allow  Mr.  Doig  to  treat 
them  under  the  closest  observation. 

The  Doig  treatment  consists  of  drawing  the  disease  from 
the  lungs  to  the  surface.  A  radius  of  inflammation  is  set  up 
from  the  surface  of  the  skin  to  the  lungs  by  means  of  chemical 
heat.  The  pus  travels  to  the  surface  through  this  ray,  which 
is  kept  open  and  all  the  pus  is  drawn  out  until  the  lung  is  clear. 


Her  Friend — I  don't  see  how  you  can  appear  in  such  a 
costume. 

Burlesque  Favorite — It's  very  easy  unless  you  happen  to  be 
lame.  All  you  have  to  do  is  to  walk  from  the  dressing  room 
to  the  stage. 


Progress  has  been  made  in  the  manufacture  of  paints  and 
varnish,  and  the  high  grade  quality  manufactured  in  this 
countr.v  stands  second  to  none,  says  the  Detroit  Free  Press. 
An  idea  of  the  proiiortions  of  this  industry  may  be  seen  when 


it  is  remarked  that  the  business  of  several  Detroit  manu- 
facturers amounts  to  very  large  sums  each  year. 

Sixty  years  ago  painters  ground  their  own  white  lead  and 
made  their  own  putty.  One  machine  these  days  turns  out  more 
putty  of  a  better  and  more  even  grade  than  all  the  hands  of 
all  the  painters  and  carpenters  then.  Formerly,  when  painters 
ground  their  own  colors  a  stone  slab  and  muller  formed  the 
entire  apparatus,  but  now,  when  grinding  has  become  a  sep- 
arate industry,  etEcient  machinery  has  been  devised  for  grind- 
ing and  its  collateral  operations. 

Everything  is  being  manufactured  for  the  consumer's  use  and 
comfort.  Formerly  the  carpenter  had  to  prepare  his  own  wax 
and  his  stains  for  the  wax  floors.  Today  he  is  shown  blocks 
of  wood  at  the  paint  store  finished  in  different  styles.  He  can 
buy  materials  to  duplicate  the  effects. 

So  has  the  artist  been  assisted.  In  the  old  da.ys  he  had  to 
make  his  own  canvas.  When  colors  were  first  put  up  they 
were  dealt  out  to  him  in  a  little  bladder.  The  artist  would 
prick  a  hole  in  the  skin,  squeeze  out  the  required  amount  of 
paint  and  tie  up  the  end  of  the  receptacle  with  a  string.  Now 
he  is  provided  with  collapsible  tubes. 

The  manufacture  of  paint  has  happily  become  modernized 
and  the  grade  infinitely  improved.  The  selling  price  is  cheaper 
for  the  quality  involved  than  ever  in  the  history  of  the 
industry. 


"Why  does  she  look  so  downcast?" 
"Her  son-in-law  has  lost  his  hearing.' 


No  oil  painting  can  be  hung  where  it  will  receive  the  proper 
natural  light  at  all  times.  It  is  the  same  with  human  nature. 
To  study  it  successfully  we  must  view  it  from  various  points 
at  different  times. 


"Bertie  says  he  has  even  his  hats  made  to  order." 
"Has  to.  I  suppose,  to  get  one  large  enough." 


A  Hartford  physician  praises  alcohol  as  electricity's  com- 
mercial rival.  There  is  a  vast  amount  of  hard  work  ahead 
for  the  inventors  before  electricians  will  take  to  alcohol  to 
any  extent. 


Stout — How  did  Fox  get  the  reputation  of  being  such  a 
profound  thinker'.' 

Slim — By  talking  on  subjects  that  nobody  understands  and 
thereby  avoiding  the  chance  of  having  his  arguments  definitely 
refuted. 


The  drug  business  may  be  compared  to  a  wheel  of  which 
ideas  represent  the  hub.  actions  the  spokes,  results  the  rim 
and  profits  the  tire.  Each  part  must  be  so  used  as  to  con- 
tribute to  the  strength  of  the  whole. 


Reggy — She    treated    me   just   awful,   doncher   know.      She 
hasn't  a  good  word  to  throw  at  a  dog. 

Peggy — Don't  anticipate,  Reggy ;  you  are  not  a  dog  yet. 


Irate  Citizen — I  am  going  to  kill  you,  sir,  for  calling  me 
a  liar. 

Westei-n  Editor  (calmly) — That  won't  change  my  opinion 
at  all. 


Dr.  Margaret  Buchanan,  of  London,  is  trying  to  interest  I 
women  in  Europe  and  America  in  pharmacy,  holding  that  it 
is  one  of  the  most  congenial  and  remunerative  occupations  open 
to  them.  Dr.  Buchanan  is  president  of  the  British  Association 
of  Women  Pharmacists,  and  she  sa.TS  all  experience  shows  that 
women  are  peculiarly  fitted  for  prescription  work.  She  invites 
women  to  the  work  in  a  long  article,  which  ends  as  follows: 
"The  handling  of  drugs,  known  perhaps  1500  .years  B.  C, 
which  formed  part  of  the  holy  oil  of  the  high  priest,  or  of  the 
embalming  spices  of  the  Egyptians,  is  a  link  with  ages  long 
past  which  has  its  imaginative  spur  to  all  women.  Other  drugs 
are  reminders  of  the  warm  air  of  the  West  Indies  and  of  the 
memory  of  those  plucky  explorers  of  the  New  World ;  and 
possibly  we  are  handling  at  the  same  time  the  newest  thing 
in  serums  or  toxins,  or  called  on  to  dilute  and  dispense  some 
substance  measured  by  minute  fractions.  The  human  interest, 
too,  is  large  and  varied,  and  the  woman  would  be  dull  and 
unsympathetic  who  would  not  distil  therefrom  some  sweetness  ( 
for  herself."  j 


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441 


The  Magician's  Wand. 


Sy  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

It  ji-as  a  dubious  looking  assort- 
ment. The  stock-room  had  not  had 
such  a  tfoing-over  in  years,  and  it 
wouldn't  have  had  it  now,  if  the 
Woman  Clerk  had  not  felt  in  her 
reins  the  restless  stirring  of  those 
house-cleaning  germs  peculiar  to  the 
eternal  feminine. 

Rows  of  well-ordered  shining 
shelves  marked  the  advance  of  the 
three  workers.  There  had  been 
some  undertone  grumbling  at  first, 
but  the  Woman  Clerk  was  so  ra- 
diantly happy  that  her  two  assist- 
ants gradually  became  infected  with 
tlie  same  spirit  and  forgot  to  joke 
stupidly  about  the  warpath  and  its 
iustless  trail.  Then,  too,  the  crowded  shelves  and  cluttered 
:losets  suddenly  became  roomy  and  self-respecting  as  the 
veeding  continued.  It  was  plain  that  the  work  could  not  be 
rusted  to  incompetent  hands  that  would  disarrange  the  stock 
lopelessly. 

■  Again  and  again  the  Woman  Clerk  paused  reflectively  by  the 
ong  table  loaded  with  an  increasing  pile  of  goods  of  most 
loubtful  salability. 

Money  Tied  TTp  in  tTnsalables. 
"That  stuff  represents  a  lot  of  money."  the  Proprietor  re- 
'narked,  as  he  came  in   and  viewed   the  collection,   "and  the 
jvorst  of   it   is,   it   has   been    tied   up   anywhere   from   twelve 
Qonths  to  twelve  years." 

"What  do  you  think  best  to  do  with  it?"  the  lady  addressed 
nquiringly. 

'  "Oh,  it  is  entirely  hopeless  for  the  most  part,"  he  replied, 
nothing  short  of  a  magician's  wand  would  turn  some  of  those 
loods  into  money.  Part  of  the  articles  might  be  sold,  if  they 
rere  displayed  long  enough  and  almost  given  away,  but  it  is  a 
'  uestion  if  the  amount  they  would  bring  woi:ld  equal  the  ex- 
lense  it  would  entail.  It  would  be  like  some  of  the  prize 
eceipts  in  the  cookery  columns  where  fifty  cents  worth  of  good 
aaterial  is  spoiled  to  use  up  five  cents  worth  of  left-overs.  I 
|now  for  I've  been  practiced  on."  and  with  a  chuckle  at  the 
lecollection  he  hurried  out. 

The  Woman  Clerk  looked  worried.  There  was  a  good  deal 
f  truth  in  what  she  had  just  heard,  and  yet  here  were  hair 
lUshes  of  substantia!  make  but  unattractive  appearance ; 
oilet  combs  of  a  peculiar,  speckled  color  which  had  not  proved 
It  all  salable;  ends  and  odds  of  lines  of  soaps  with  soiled 
i;rappers — one  lot  had  been  badly  spotted  by  the  breaking  of  a 
lOttle  of  some  dark  brown  liquid ;  talcum  powder  in  old- 
ashioned  ugly  boxes ;  almost  an  entire  purchase  of  com- 
lexioD  brushes  fearfully  and  wonderfull.v  made  which  no  one 
ver  had  the  courage  to  try ;  half  a  case  of  nursing  bottles  of 
shape  no  longer  popular ;  a  motley  collection  of  i  -.bber,  and 
ubber  goods  fittings ;  goods  that  were  unseasonable  and  never 
•ould  be  seasonable  again ;  several  dozen  packages  of  an 
ifant  food  for  which  the  call  had  suddenly  ceased,  etc.,  etc. 

Left-overs  Furnish  Food  for  Thought. 
Most  of  the  assortment  was  in  reality  as  serviceable  as  ever, 
nd  by  removing  soiled  wrappers  and  freshening  them  up  gen- 
rally  could  be  made  a  little  more  attractive.  The  Woman 
■lerk  estimated  that  the  furnishings  of  that  table  represented 
n  original  outlay  of  not  less  than  three  hundred  dollars.  She 
I'ent  home  that  night  and  gave  the  subject  of  those  store  left- 
jvers  most  careful  thought. 

I  It  surely  was  not  too  much  to  expect  that  goods  of  the 
haracter  of  those  under  observation  might  have  been  turned 
I  er  three  times  a  year.  If  the  entire  lot  represented  a  tie-up 
E  three  hundred  dollars  for  a  time  average  of  six  years, 
|>gether  with  the  loss  of  profits  to  be  derived  from  turning  the 
ock  over  eighteen  times,  it  was  evident  that  the  longer  it  was 
jllowed  to  lie  fallow  the  greater  must  be  the  sacrifice.  Better 
ir,  to  release  what  portion  of  the  investment  was  possible 
;ad  set  it  to  work  again,  than  to  allow  it  to  continue  building 
|p  additional  losses. 
Valuable  space  could  not  be  given   up  very  long  to  such   a 


collection ;  clearly  the  only  way  to  dispose  of  the  goods  to  any 
advantage  was  by  a  Sale.  The  Woman  Clerk  had  always  con- 
tended that  a  Sale  of  any  kind  must  have  a  logical  excuse  for 
taking  place  or  the  public  will  take  no  stock  in  it  at  all.  That 
if  a  merchant  with  an  article  readily  salable  for  one  dollar 
offers  it  for  fifty  cents  the  people  will  scoff  at  his  supposed 
philanthrop.y,  but  on  the  other  hand,  if  they  are  shown  some 
good  reason  why  he  is  willing  or  compelled  to  sacrifice  be- 
cause of  a  fortunate  purchase  or  fire  or  water  or  too  heavy  a 
stock  or  by  reason  of  being  hard  pushed  for  money,  then  those 
same  people  are  ready  to  fall  over  each  other  to  share  in  the 
benefit  forced  upon  them  by  a  kind  (?)  providence. 
Finding  a  Good  Excuse  for  the  Sale. 
Xo  better  reason  for  this  sale  could  be  found  than  a  simple 
statement  of  fact.    If  the  Proprietor  was  willing  it  should  be  a 


SPRING  CLEARANCE  SALE 

OF  STOCK-ROOM 

ENDS  AND  ODDS  AND  BROKEN  LINES 


The  next  and  most  difficult  part  would  be  to  get  people  in- 
terested. Here  the  Woman  Clerk  longed  to  try  an  experiment. 
She  had  always  noticed  that  ninety-nine  people  out  of  every 
hundred  were  simply  unable  to  resist  the  appeal  of  a  free  cash 
lvalue. 

She  remembered  the  time  a  noted  revivalist  had  come  to  the 
city  and  in  spite  of  fame,  eloquence  and  personal  magnetism 
was  unable  to  attract  other  than  audiences  of  insignificant 
size.  He  decided  to  employ  the  method  of  admitting  by  ticket 
only.  The  seating  capacity  of  the  hall  in  which  he  spoke  was 
five  thousand.  He  advertised  to  give  free  tickets  to  the  first 
five  thousand  who  would  apply  for  them  for  each  service.  No 
others  were  to  be  admitted.  People  who  had  not  dreamed  of 
going  before  hurried  downtown  to  be  among  the  lucky  number, 
and  if  events  turned  so  that  they  could  not  go  they  almost 
invariably  gave  them  to  some  one  who  could  and  urged  their 
use.  For  the  remainder  of  his  stay  the  revivalist  spoke  to  full 
houses.  The  advertising  schemes  employing  coupons  with  a 
cash  value  when  accompanying  an  order  are  eagerly  snapped 
up  for  the  same  reason.  Perhaps,  the  Woman  Clerk  reasoned, 
this  fondness  on  the  part  of  the  public  to  get  something  for 
nothing,  or  to  take  advantage  of  a  free  cash  value  could  be 
used  to  dispose  of  those  goods  to  everybody's  satisfaction. 

The  next  morning  she  was  at  the  store  early  and  when  the 
Proprietor  arrived  she  was  ready  to  lay  her  plan  before  him. 

"It  has  to  do  with  those  Clean-Ups,  I'll  wager,"  he  declared 
with  a  smile. 

"It  certainly  has,"  she  responded  with  animation.  "This 
is  my  plan.  We'll  use  dodgers.  I  know  the  dodger  is  in  ill- 
repute,  but  that  is  because  of  the  poor  quality  of  paper  and 
work  usually  employed  and  the  careless  manner  in  which  they 
.  are  distributed.  We  are  in  a  residential  neighborhood  and  it 
dodgers  were  well  printed  on  fairly  good  paper  and  placed  in 
addressed  sealed  envelopes  and  put  in  the  house  letter-boxes, 
they  would  bring  results.  My  plan  is  to  list  part  of  the  goods 
to  be  cleared  up,  such  as  brushes,  sponges,  disinfectants,  soaps, 
etc,  at  a  fair  retail  price.  At  the  bottom  of  each  dodger  there 
will  be  three  coupons  printed,  having  a  cash  value  of  twenty- 
five  cents,  fifty  cents  and  one  dollar,  respectively. 

Means  Bargains  at  Half  the  Usual  Price. 

"Each  coupon  is  to  be  accepted  as  half  payment  on  a  pur- 
chase of  twice  the  amount.  Coupons  to  be  presented  at  time 
of  sale.  The  rest  of  the  printed  matter  will  set  forth  attrac- 
tively and  briefly  the  opportunit.y  to  make  assortments  of 
household  necessities  at  half  price." 

"Do  you  know  that  the  Sunshine  Pharmacy  has  a  window 
full  of  such  goods  at  the  present  time?"  the  Proprietor 
inquired. 

"I  believe  our  idea  is  a  winner."  the  Woman  Clerk  re- 
marked confidently.  "People  having  those  coupons  will  pass 
that  store  to  come  here  to  use  them." 

"All  right,  go  ahead,"  the  Proprietor  answered ;  "we'll  test 
the  idea.  It  will  not  cost  a  great  deal.  I  heard  my  sixteen- 
year-old  daughter  longing  for  some  way  to  earn  some  money 
this  morning.  I'll  give  her  the  job  of  addressing  the 
envelopes." 

The  Woman  Clerk  went  straight  to  work.  She  prepared 
the  subject  matter  for  the  dodger  with  as  much  care  as  if  it 


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[May  13,  1909 


wei-f  a  bit  of  bigh-elass  advertising.  Superfluities  were  cut 
out,  uothing  was  ijaisrepreseuted,  and  yet  there  was  a  direct 
appeal  to  the  imagiuation  of  the  buyer.  The  copy  was  ap- 
proved and  sent  to  the  printer  with  the  instruction  not  to 
sacrifice  appearance  for  speed. 

Her  next  care  was  the  window.  In  the  center  she  stood 
an  old-fashioned  clock.  From  a  calendar  were  cut  the  names 
of  the  twelve  months,  plainly  printed.  Beginning  with  one 
o'clock  the  strip  bearing  the  word  January  was  pasted  over 
the  Roman  numeral  one,  and  so  on  until  the  names  of  the 
months  took  the  place  of  the  hours.  On  the  glass  door  below 
the  face  were  the  words  : 


Necessary  Articles  for  Every  Month 
in  the  Year,  CUT  in  TWO  in  PRICE. 


And  beneath  -that  was  a  dollar  bill  cleanly  cut  in  half  and 
each  part  fastened  lightly  to  the  glass  by  one  corner  with 
label  paste.  Of  course  later  this  bill  could  be  joined  with 
transparent  mending  paper  or  stage  money  might  have  been 
tised. 

Two  large  sign-cards  duplicated  the  dodger  and  in  the  en- 
larged coupons  of  each  were  fastened  a  bright  silver  quarter, 
a  new  half  dollar  and  a  crisp  one-dollar  bill.  The  rest  of  the 
window  was  given  up  to  displaying  the  most  salable  of  the 
goods  to  be  disposed  of  at  this  time. 

Experiment  Proves  a  Great  Success. 

The  Sale  was  to  commence  on  the  day  following  the  dis- 
tribution of  the  dodgers  and  to  last  three  days  only,  whether 
the  goods  were  sold  or  not.  People  began  to  come  at  eight  in 
the  morning,  by  ten  the  store  was  comfortably  filled  and  as- 
sortments were  made  to  bring  purchases  up  to  amounts  suffi- 
cient to  take  advantage  of  the  coupons.  When  the  Woman 
Clerk  got  away  to  dinner  about  an  hour  and  a  half  late,  she 
left  the  store  still  well  filled  and  she  was  interested  to  note 
that  the  Sunshine  Pharmacy  was  anxiously  devoting  its  entire 
energies  to  a  single  customer.  When  she  returned  an  hour 
later  a  huge  sign  in  their  window  announced  "Sweeping  Re- 
ductions on  These  Goods."    There  was  not  a  soul  in  sight. 

It  was  not  so  in  the  store  to  which  she  returned,  for  people 
were  still  buying.  By  night  the  goods  in  the  window  had  to  be 
used  to  piece  out  assortments  and  next  day  the  stock-room  was 
hastily  searched  for  more  "unsalables."  People  simply  could 
not  resist  those  free  cash  values.  Many  who  had  never  been 
in  the  store  before,  came  bringing  the  dodger  choicely  with 
them.  Before  noon  the  next  day  the  entire  lot  was  closed  out. 
People  had  recognized  two  things,  first  a  genuine  reason  for  a 
Sale  and  second  an  element  of  value  in  the  coupon  itself;  a 
count  of  the  coupons  returned  proved  this.  There  was  no 
doubt  that  their  use  had  increased  the  amotint  of  the  individual 
purchases.  The  returns  of  the  Sale  were  entirely  satisfactory 
considering  what  had  appeared  to  be  almost  a  dead  loss.  A 
very  fair  percentage  of  the  original  investment  was  released  to 
be  used  as  prudence  dictated. 

The  Woman  Clerk  was  pleased.  She  had  put  her  idea  to  the 
test,  and  had  proved  to  her  own  satisfaction  that  a  knowledge 
of  human  nature  may  be  a  very  practical  magician's  wand. 


'Fraid  Cat! 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 


Graduates  May,  1909. 
Matriculation  Examination 

No.  Grade,  p.  c. 

5595.  Chas.  D.  Myers,  Three  Oaks,  Michigan 96 

5679.  Ray  E.  Kiuue.  Springfield,  Vermont 98 

5719.  Elmer  J.  McGuire,  Kansas  City,  Missouri.  .     98 

5826.  Edith   Weller.   Tacoma,  Washington 98 

5893.  James  W.  Little,  Clinton,  Kentucky 96 

5828.  Amelia  Sonneuberg.  Baltimore,  Maryland,.     95 

5840.  Sister  M.  Carmelita,  Niagara  Falls.  N.  Y..     98 

5841.  Sister  M.  Regis.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y 98 

5876.  Samuel  A.  Wilson,  Baltimore,  Maryland,..     98 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a  short 
time.  A  large  and  very  handsomely  engraved  diploma,  printed 
on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's  name  engrossed, 
especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be  furnished  to  all  those 
who  request  it  for  the  sum  of  $2.  Those  desiring  the  latter 
should  forward  the  necessary  fee  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Eka. 


Bj'  Joel  "Blanc.  Jr. 

My  papa  is  the  awflust  fraid  cat  you  ever  seen.  A  yuther 
day  mama  and  me  and  papa  was  guwing  to  heer  the  Fillypeeno 
Konstabilary  Band  open  the  new  swell  drive  over  back  of  the 
White  House  ware  Bill  the  presydint  lets  Missis  Taft  keep  a 
cow  in  Teddys  tenus  cort.  Missis  Bill  and  her  husbau  and 
most  of  the  swells  cepting  us  went  in  nawtymubbles  but  we 
went  in  a  5  sent  trooley  and  walked  most  of  the  way.  After 
papa  gilletted  his  fase  two  get  his  beerd  off  he  looked  out  of 
the  windo  and  seen  a  little  teeny  clowd  over  the  part  of  the 
sity  ware  the  zoo  is  and  he  says  a  reign  is  coming  shure  and 
that  we  must  be  prepaired  for  it.  It  was  a  awful  hot  warm 
day  and  mama  slicked  up  her  chin  like  she  does  when  papa 
gets  nervus  and  she  says  her  and  me  aint  no  eskymoses  and  if 
papa  wants  to  talk  awl  our  spare  cloze  he  can  carry  them. 
Papa  says  he  will  do  it  rather  than  wrisk  the  lifes  of  his 
infunt  child  and  its  impechus  maternil  parint  and  get  hisself 
put  in  bad  for  a  yuther  dockter  bill  when  he  cant  pay  what  he 
alreddy  oes. 

Well,  to  draw  to  the  clothes  of  the  tragudy,  we  got  thare 
awl  write.  We  hat  to  walk  abowt  a  miled  from  the  trooley  to 
the  plaice  ware  the  Fillypeenoze  was  playing  at  sosietty.  Wen 
we  arroved  there  the  persfiration  was  digging  Panymaw  canals 
in  the  talkem  powder  on  papas  shave  and  he  was  swetting  pers- 
firation like  a  fello  at  the  June  bridle  awlter  what  cant  find 
the  wring.  Mama  and  me  just  ignoared  papa  after  we  seen 
that  he  paid  the  trooley  fare  awl  rite.  We  got  seets  and  herd 
them  sivilized  savidge  Fillypeenoze  play  a  knockturu  in  New 
York  fiat  what  was  writ  by  a  feller  named  von  Soup.  Then 
we  got  in  the  front  ro  and  seen  the  first  lady  of  the  land  when 
she  brung  Bill.  But  poor  papa  he  just  stood  on  the  outshirts 
— I  meen,  outskirts,  of  nowhare  a  holding  mamas  coat  and  my 
coat  and  his  own  coat  and  3  umbellers  and  he  had  his  artics  on 
and  he  had  mamas  rubbers  in  his  pistil  pockit  and  my  rubbers 
in  the  uther  side  of  his  pants  and  he  looked  like  a  cloze  horse 
or  a  wigmum  what  Injuns  lives  in  or  something  like  that 
and  the  persfiration  was  coming  out  of  his  artics  in  little 
catyracks  and  he  kept  his  i  on  that  clowd  and  it  never  dident 
rain  a  drop  for  a  weak  and  when  we  got  home  papa  he  was  a 
totil  reck  and  he  says  mama  and  me  has  conspyred  to  bring  his 
bald  spot  in  sorrow  to  the  creamatory.  But  if  papa  dident 
alwais  do  such  fool  thiijgs  as  that  me  and  mama  wood  call  in 
the  expurts  what  runs  millyunheir  bug  houses  cause  if  papa 
wasent  alwais  doing  crazy  things  we  wood  think  he  was  insane. 
Mama  says  that  papa  is  just  like  the  husbans  of  some  uther 
druggists  wifes  what  she  noze,  Thay  are  alwais  looking  for 
trubble  and  thay  get  what  is  coming  too  them  but  it  aint  never 
the  trubble  what  thay  is  looking  four  cause  when  thay  i» 
watching  a  clowd  what  may  be  a  April  shour  in  disgize  a 
sighklone  comes  along  and  hits  them  in  the  back  of  the  nek. 

We  come  here  to  get  to  a  place  ware  thay  is  so  much  non- 
partysin,  job  holding  polyticks  that  nobuddy  woodent  notis 
papa  and  knot  no  that  he  has  fayled  in  bout  sevinteen  uther 
plaices  and  mama  says  he  can  start  with  a  cleen  sheet  and 
uther  bedcloze  and  turn  over  a  new  leef  et  setery.  But  alreddy 
he  is  worrying  hisself  intwo  a  uther  grave  agen  and  doing 
awl  sorts  of  fool  things  as  yousyoual. 

When  we  started  the  new  fowntin  papa  says  we  must  keep 
down  the  presher  cause  he  is  frayed  that  some  of  the  pipes  may 
be  weak  in  thare  neez  and  uther  joynts  and  he  is  frayed  the 
blamed  thing  may  blow  up  and  murder  the  naberhood  dead  and 
so  when  we  run  soda  it  looks  like  somebuddy  has  throwed 
standerd  oil  on  the  trubbled  waters  cause  the  soda  is  as  flat 
as  the  Sarah  dessert  and  aint  got  no  more  life  in  it  than  the 
Spinks  of  Egipt  and  our  soda  bizness  is  kweered  for  keeps. 
Then  papa  is  worryed  cause  we  are  giving  two  much  water  for 
the  munny  and  he  turns  on  the  presher  and  blows  the  hole 
roof  off  of  the  celler  and  it  cost  a  hunderd  $$  to  repare  the 
damidges  and  papa  hat  to  pay  it. 

Then  a  feller  come  in  and  offered  papa  the  soul  agentsy  for 
a  new  spring  tonik  and  papa  says  he  is  fra.ved  it  wont  sell  and 
he  is  frayed  it  dont  kompli  with  Doc  Wily  and  he  is  frayed 
that  it  wont  be  advurtized  and  he  is  frayed  that  it  may  knead 
a  licker  lisens  to  sell  it  and  that  the  District  may  go 
prohibishen  and  the  feller  says  it  seams  that  papa  is  frayed  of 
evurthing  cepting  to  here  hisself  talk  and  the  feller  give  the 
agentsy  to  our  deerest  competeater  and  he  is  selling  hole 
slews  of   ii   and   mama   is  treeting  papa   like  he  was  only  a 


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cousin  and  papa  is  tareing  liis  last  hair  out. 

And  the  N.F.  soshiashim  tells  papa  he  better  make  up  a 
galluu  of  auntyseptacuss  alkali-Ike-cuss  and  papa  says  he  is 
frayed  it  wont  sell  and  he  will  make  up  six  ownces  and  he 
done  it  and  that  night  he  got  too  preskriijshuns  for  a  pint  eech 
and  he  aint  got  it  and  the  peeples  goze  to  our  deerest  com- 
petcater  for  it  and  gets  it  with  trading  stamps. 

And  a  boy  what  is  a  collidge  chum  comes  to  papa  and  he 
has  a  hole  fist  full  of  testymoneyals  and  eppytafs  and  things 
what  tells  what  a  brillyunt  honest  yuth  he  is  and  he  says  he 
will  work  for  us  for  4  $  a  weak  to  make  his  time  soze  he  can 
go  befour  the  bord  to  get  his  stiffycat  lisense  and  papa  says 
that  is  awful  cheep  but  he  is  frayed  he  cant  afford  a  uther 
clurk  and  he  is  frayed  the  paper  karaekters  what  the  boy  has 
may  be  forged  et  setery  and  the  boy  goze  away  and  the  next 
weak  when  mama  and  me  has  to  help  in  the  store  to  avoyd  the 
rush  papa  sends  for  that  boy  and  the  boy  sends  back  word 
will  papa  pleeze  go  to  the  warmest  part  of  the  infernal  revynoo 
regins. 

And  that  is  the  way  it  goze  with  poor  papa  awl  the  time  and 
if  it  waseut  for  mama  and  me  to  pertekt  him  agenst  the  advur- 
sity  of  fait  I  dont  no  what  wood  becum  of  him.  Mama  is 
alwais  warning  me  knot  to  be  like  my  mail  parint  and  she  says 
I  musteut  never  tell  the  outsighed  world  abowt  his  weeknesses 
but  must  perteck  his  good  name  agenst  awl  comers  and  the 
awlso  ran  in  the  Maryanthony  of  life.  So  I  spoze  I  cant  tell 
you  abowt  what  mama  says  but  as  neer  as  I  can  make  it  out 
it  is  that  papa  is  like  menny  uthers  what  goze  broke  semi 
anyoually  cause  they  aint  got  the  nurv  to  risk  a  $  do  make  a 
millyun  sents  to  put  in  the  bank.  Mama  says  that  peeples 
what  is  always  frayed  to  raze  the  dust  for  feer  a  few  speks 
will  lite  on  thare  noze  is  sure  to  get  under  the  pile  driver  and 
have  it  strike  a  mash  on  them. 

Mama  says  that  druggists  what  is  almost  as  bad  as  papa 
is  frayed  to  let  thare  wifes  have  ennything  but  rag  karpit  cause 
they  wood  haf  to  get  Pershin  rugs  on  the  installmint  plan  and 
dodge  the  kolleckters  and  the  rag  karpit  curls  up  at  the  edges 
and  thare  wifes  falls  over  it  and  brakes  the  lower  lim  of  her 
nee  and  it  costs  more  for  a  cork  leg  for  her  than  it  wood  for 
a  hole  roll  of  velvit  karpit  what  has  to  be  cut  arownd  the  gas 
log  place. 

Mama  says  thay  is  uthers  like  papa  only  not  kwite  so  bad 
as  him  what  is  frayed  to  stock  ennything  until  sumbuddy  asks 
for  it  with  a  shoot  gun  and  a  tomhawk  and  that  thay  is  uther 
druggists  what  is  fraj'ed  to  ask  for  a  desent  profit  on  ennything 
but  goze  along  selling  belo  cost  and  says  thay  is  bilding  up 
trade  and  will  raze  prices  buy  and  buy  and  thare  wifes  folks 
has  to  raze  munny  to  berry  them.  But  I  gess  I  must  clothes 
cause  mama  said  I  mustent  drag  my  maskuleen  parints  name 
in  the  myer  cause  as  long  as  he  maniges  to  put  up  a  bluf  and 
make  the  world  think  he  is  a  genus  and  captin  of  industree  and 
a  Napoleen  of  fineaunts  why  it  is  up  to  us  to  shine  in  the 
refJectid  glory  of  his  brass  front.  But  I  guess  I  will  haf  to 
clothes  abruptlee  cause  mama  says  that  fambly  fairs  shood  be 
sackrid  aud  never  reepeetid  so  that  the  ryeballed  throng  or 
highballed  throng  or  something  like  that  cant  drag  my  sires 
name  in  the  sawdust. 

P.S.N.B.  Speshul  notis :  When  we  rentid  this  store  the 
lanlord  says  the  rent  will  be  3  $  a  month  less  if  papa  will 
sine  a  least  for  5  years  but  papa  says  he  is  fraid  to  take  the 
risk  and  gesses  he  will  rent  from  munth  two  munth  and  just 
while  I  was  writing  the  landlord  comes  in  and  say  he  has 
least  the  store  for  ten  years  to  a  sawsidge  bueher  and  we  well 
haf  to  move  nex  weak.  Papas  wifes  folks  wont  haf  us  no  more 
I  so  I  dont  no  ware  to  tell  you  to  forword  my  male  but  He  let 
you  no  when  we  get  thare.     Wheel  soon  be  on  our  way. 


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Seidlitz  Powder  as  a  Synonym  for  Compound  Efferves- 
cing' Powder. 

(A.  C.  D. ) — The  effervescing  powder  of  sodium  bicarbonate, 
Rochelle  salt  and  tartaric  acid,  ordinarily  known  as  "Seidlitz 
Powder."  received  the  latter  name  from  the  Seidlitz  Saline 
Springs  of  Bohemia,  whose  aperient  properties  this  powder 
was  supposed  to  simulate.  In  no  other  particular,  however, 
does  the  powder  resemble  the  Seidlitz  mineral  water  which 
owes  its  purgative  properties  to  the  magnesium  sulphate 
which  it  contains.  The  water  of  the  Seidlitz  Springs  is  said 
to  have  been  discovered  by  Hoffmann  about  1725. 

We  are  unable  to  state  specifically  when  the  term  "Seidlitz 
Powder"  was  adopted  as  the  synonym  for  the  effervescing  pow- 
ders of  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia,  but  we  have  evidence  which 
leads  us  to  believe  that  it  was  about  the  beginning  of  the  last 
century.  In  1825  the  name  was  current  in  the  literature  of 
that  period.  Under  the  name  of  "Patent  Seidlitz  Powders," 
Paris  (Pharmacologia,  3d  x\merican  Edition,  from  the  8th 
London  Edition,  New  York,  1828)  gives  the  following  informa- 
tion, "these  consist  of  two  different  kinds  of  powders,  the  one 
contained  in  a  white  paper,  consists  of  2  drams  of  tartarized 
•■oda  and  2  scruples  of  carbonate  of  soda  ;  that  in  the  blue 
paper,  of  35  grains  of  tartaric  acid.  The  contents  of  the  white 
paper  are  to  he  dissolved  in  half  a  pint  of  spring  water,  to 
which  those  of  the  blue  paper  are  to  be  added ;  the  draught 
is  to  be  taken  in  a  state  of  effervescence.  The  acid  being  in 
excess  it  renders  it  more  grateful,  and  no  less  efficacious  as  a 
purgative."  Paris  also  quotes  from  the  Codex  Medicamenta- 
rius  of  Paris  that  "there  are  two  formulas  for  the  preparation 
of  a  water  which  may  resemble  that  of  Seidlitz,  the  one  dif- 
fering from  the  other  merely  in  the  proportion  of  sulphate  of 
magnesia."  We  should  also  state  that  Seidlitz  Salt  was 
formerly  used  to  some  extent  as  a  synonym  for  Epsom  salt 
or  magnesium  sulphate. 

Seidlitz  powders  became  official  for  the  first  time  in  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  of  1860  under  the  title,  "Pulveres 
Etfervescentes  Aperientes"  or  "aperient  effervescing  powders." 
This  title  was  continued  in  the  Pharmacopceia  of  1870,  but  in 
the  Pharmacopoeia  of  1880  the  title  was  changed  to  Pulvis 
Effervescens  Compositus  (compound  effervescing  powder) 
which  was  also  continued  in  the  revision  of  1890.  This  you 
will  note,  changes  the  grammatical  form  of  "powders"  to 
"powder."  In  the  present  Pharmacopceia  (8th  Revision),  the 
Latin  and  English  titles  appear  in  their  places  over  the  for- 
mula, but  the  synonym  "Seidlitz  powder"  has  been  relegated 
to  the  index  where  it  appears  with  a  reference  to  the  Latin 
title. 


Manufacture  of  Bug  Poison. 

(A.  B.  R.) — No  license  is  required  by  the  State  from  those 
who  would  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  "bug  poison."  and 
except  as  to  labeling,  the  pharmac.v  law  does  not  apply  "to 
the  sale  of  paris  green,  white  hellebore,  and  other  poisons  for 
destroying  insects,"  the  words  quoted  we  have  taken  directly 
from  Section  199  of  the  Public  Health  Law.  In  some  of  the 
cities,  however,  there  are  local  ordinances  which  prohibit  the 
manufacture,  sale  or  use  of  insecticides  which  emit  inflam- 
mable vapor  below  a  certain  temperature,  the  standard  for 
this  city  (New  York)  being  100°  F.  when  the  compound  is 
tested  in  the  open  air  or  in  a  closed  Tagliabue  pyrometer. 
This,  of  covirse.  rules  out  the  ordinary  mixtures  made  by  dis- 
solving na-ihthaline   in   bcnzin   or  products  made   with   certain 


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petroleum    solvents.      This   ordinance   does   not    apply    to    the 
manufacture  and  sale  of  such  old  "stand-bys"  as 
(1) 

Corrosive  sublimate   4      ounces. 

Sal  ammoniac    4      ounces. 

Water    i/i  gallon. 

(2) 

Alum,   powdered    100  parts. 

Lampblack    2  parts. 

Ethereal  oil  of  sage   1  part. 

This  can  be  used  either  as  a  powder  or  mixed  with  water 
into  a  paste  and  then  put  into  the  crevices  of  the  walls  and 
woodwork.     It  is  said  to  be  very  effective   (Drag.  Zeit.). 

Toilet  Water. 

(J.  F.  S. ) — The  term  "toilet  water"'  is  rather  elastic  and 

may  be  consistently  held  to  cover  a  wide  range  of  perfumed 
spirituous  preparations.     However,  the  following  are   typical 
formulas  for  the  more  common  preparations  of  this  class : 
Lilac  Water. 

Oil  of  bergamot  1%  drams. 

Oil  of  lemon 6  drams. 

Terpineol   2  drams. 

Oil  of  orange  2  drams. 

Oil  of  rosemary   2  drams. 

Tincttire  of  benzoin    1  ounce. 

Orange   flower   water    12  ounces. 

Alcohol,  to  make   1  gallon. 

Lavender  Water. 

Oil  of  lavender 4  drams. 

Oil  of  bergamot 1  dram. 

Oil  of  orange   2  drams. 

Oil   of   neroli    %  dram. 

Coumarin   ^4  dram. 

Tincture  of  benzoin 1  dram. 

Water  1  pint. 

Alcohol    7  pints. 

Florida  Water. 

Oil  of  lavender   2  drams. 

Oil  of  bergamot  1  dram. 

Oil  of  orange   %  dram. 

Oil  of  neroli   %  dram. 

Oil  of  cassia  1  dram. 

Oil  of  caraway  15  minims. 

Oil  of  spearmint  15  minims. 

Tincture  of  benzoin 1  ounce. 

Water  1  pint. 

Alcohol    7  pints. 

Violet  Water. 
(1) 

lonone 2  drams. 

Oil  of  sandalwood   4  drams. 

Oil  of  neroli   1  dram. 

Oil  of  bitter  almond 8  minims. 

Oil  of  spearmint 15  minims. 

Heliotropin    1  dram. 

Musk   (artificial  preferred)    2  grains. 

Tincture  of  civet   4  drams. 

Water   2  pints. 

Alcohol  6  pints. 

(2) 

Oil  of  sandalwood   4  drams. 

Oil  of  bergamot   4  drams. 

Oil  of  rose  geranium  (Algerian)    1  dram. 

Oil  of  neroli  1  dram. 

Oil  of  bitter  almond   15  minims. 

Musk  (artificial  or  natural)    1  grain 

Tincture  of  benzoin   4  drams. 

Powdered  orris  root 2  drams. 

Water    3  pints. 

Alcohol    5  pints. 

"Iodine  Petrogen  and  Iodine  Vasogen." 

(M.  C.) — Both  "petrogen"  and  "vasogen"  are  pharma- 
ceutical specialties,  the  first  named  being  manufactured  by 
John  Wyeth  &  Sons,  Philadelphia,  and  the  second  by  E.  F. 
Pearson  &  Co.,  Hamburg,  Germany.  We  cannot  give  the 
formula  for  either  preparation,  although  Coblentz  (Newer 
Remedies)  states  that  "vasogen  is  an  ointment  vehicle  claimed 
to   consist   of  oxygenated    hydrocarbons,    obtained    by   treating 


heavy  hydrocarbons  in  the  presence  of  alkalies,  with  oxygen 
under  pressure,  neutralizing  finally  with  oleic  acid.  Vasogen 
is  a  slightly  alkaline,  yellowish  brown,  thick  fluid  of  sp.  gr. 
0.890.  emulsionizing  with  water.  Used  as  a  vehicle  in  endermic 
medication." 

A  vehicle  which  possesses  similar  properties  to  the  last 
named  is  "liquid  saponated  petroleum"  or  "liquid  petrox,"  of 
the  National  Formulary,  "a  yellow,  oily  liquid  in  which 
iodine,  salol,  salicylic  acid  and  many  of  the  alkaloids  dissolve 
readily ;  which  mixes  with  chloroform  and  with  volatile  oils, 
and  which  forms  a  permanent  emulsion  with  water,  in  almost 
any  proportion,  before  and  after  such  addition."  The  N.F. 
also  gives  a  formula  for  a  similar  preparation  in  solid  form  to 
be  used  as  an  ointment  base,  by  substituting  hard  petrolatum 
for  the  liquid. 

Auburn  Hair  Dye. 

(O.  R.) — We  cannot  improve  upon  the  formulas  for  non- 
metallic  hair  dyes  for  dyeing  the  hair  a  chestnut  or  brown 
color,  given  in  the  Era  of  April  15  and  22,  1909,  pages  350 
and  374.  For  producing  darker  shades  we  can  do  no  better 
than  to  recommend  the  use  of  silver  nitrate  which  is  as  harm- 
less as  almost  any  dye  that  can  be  used  and  is  quick  in  action. 
Here  is  a  formula  which  has  been  recommended  by  a  manu- 
facturer for  a  "two  bottle"  dye  which  may  be  used  for  either 
black  or  brown : 

No.  1. 

Pyrogallic  acid   2  ounces. 

Distilled  water  80  ounces. 

Cologne  spirit,  95  per  cent 16  ounces. 

Mix.     For  large  bottle. 

No.  2. 

Silver  nitrate    4  ounces. 

Distilled  water 24  ounces. 

Ammonia  water,  16°,  q.  s.  or  about Bounces. 

Dissolve  the  silver  nitrate  in  the  distilled  water ;  add  the 
ammonia  water  slowly  with  frequent  shaking  until  the  precipi- 
tate first  formed  is  dissolved.     For  small  bottle. 

Solution  No.  1  may  be  dispensed  in  1  ounce  bottles  and  No. 
2  in  %  ounce  bottles.  To  apply,  first  clean  the  hair  from  all 
oil  or  grease,  by  washing  well  with  soap  and  water  and  well 
rinsing  the  hair  to  remove  the  soap,  then  when  dry  apply  the 
contents  of  the  large  bottle  thoroughly  (with  a  small  brush  is 
best),  then  when  again  dry  use  the  contents  of  the  small  bottle 
(with  another  brush,  a  tooth  brush  will  be  found  most  con- 
venient). If  a  brown  color  is  desired,  add  a  few  drops  of 
soft  water  to  the  contents  of  the  small  bottle.  When  the  dye 
is  well  set,  wash  with  clean  water.  If  the  skin  is  soiled  wipe 
it  off  immediately  with  a  wet  cloth.  This  hair  dye  is  instan- 
taneous in  its  effect  and  is  claimed  to  be  not  injurious  to  the 
hair.     Use  in  daylight. 


Hair  Colorer. 

(B.  N.  M.) — The  effect  of  pyrogallic  acid  solution  as  a  hair 
colorer  may  be  somewhat  darkened  by  combining  it  with 
sodium  hyposulphite,  as  in  the  following  lOrmula: 

Pyrogallic  acid    30      grains. 

Dilute  alcohol 1      ounce. 

Sodium  hyposulphite   %  ounce. 

Water    3      ounces. 

Dissolve  the  pyrogallic  acid  in  the  alcohol  and  the  sodium 
hyposulphite  in  the  water  and  mix  the  solutions.  See  also 
answer  to  "O.  R."  elsewhere  in  this  department. 


Books  on  Poisons  and  Their  Antidotes. 

(J.  W.  P.) — The  following  are  named  as  being  "medium 
priced"  standard  works  on  poisons  and  their  antidotes :  Ko- 
bert,  "Practical  Toxicology  for  Physicians  and  Students," 
$2.50:  Brundage.  "Manual  of  Toxicology,"  ?1.50;  Riley, 
"Nature.  Effects  and  Detection  of  Poisons  with  the  Diagnosis 
and  Treatment  of  Poisoning,"  $1.50. 


Was  He  a  Prophet? 
Laurence  Sterne  died  in  1768;  but  he  appears  to  have 
foreseen  what  it  would  oftentimes  mean  to  "compound"  a 
prescription  in  the  present  intellectual  age.  In  "Tristram 
Shandy"  he  used  the  following  words :  "Shall  we  forever 
make  new  books,  as  apothecaries  make  new  mixtures,  by  pour- 
ing only  out  cf  one  vessel  into  another?" 


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AVALON  BAY.  ON  FAMOUS  CATALINA  ISLAND.  WHICH  A.PH.A.  MEMBEKS  WILL  VISIT  NEXT  AUGUST. 


^rXr  .,    /^  pi    w    n^^^  ^i    I'  !'"  ^"'■"'."'"""fi'  ^'"  •A"ff'''<-'  convention  has  planned  a  tnp  to  these  ponderous  sea 

gardens,  ou  the  Paoific  Ocean.  The  distance  is  60  miles  from  Los  Angeles  and  of  it  .',0  miles  wHl  he  traversed  on  the 
ocean.  I  he  natural  leauttes  of  the  scene  are  said  to  completely  haffle  all  attempts  at  adequate  description. 
Los  Angeles,  May  8. — Local  pharmacists,  through  their 
-ommittees  chosen  for  that  purpose,  are  actively  arranging  for 
[becoming  conventions  of  the  California  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation and  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which 
Fill  be  held  in  Los  Angeles  iu  August.  The  dates  for  the  Staii- 
neeling  are  Friday  and  Saturday,  August  13  and  14,  and  the 
National  meeting,  Augnst  IG  and  20,  inclusive. 

The  railroads  have  made  special  rates  for  delegates,  the 
jound  trip  tickets  having  been  iixed  at  one  and  one-third  the 
jegular  charge  for  one  way  ticket.  A  large  sum  of  money  will 
,e  required  to  carry  out  the  plans  already  outlined  and  a  com- 
|aittee  is  at  present  at  work  securing  this  fund  to  which  many 

usiuess  houses  have  already  contributed. 

I  Hotel  Alexandria  has  been  selected  as  the  official  head- 
uarters,  and  special  rates  have  been  granted  by  the  manage- 
aent.  Other  hotels,  including  the  Lankershim,  Angelus,  Hay- 
.'ard,  \Yestminster  and  Hollenback,  have  also  given  special 
ates  to  the  delegates.  In  addition  the  Alexandria  has  con- 
[ributed  its  banquet  hall  as  an  exhibition  room. 

The  entertainment  committee,  of  which  Alden  W.  Skinner  is 
hairman.  has  arranged  for  one  day's  excursion  to  Catalina 
sland.  and  one  day  in  Pasadena,  with  numerous  short  trips  to 
eaches  and  the  near-by  missions. 

Business  sessions  will  be  held  in  Blanchard  Hall.  It  is 
inticipated  that  these  conventions  may  bring  about  the  largest 
athering  of  pharmacists  ever  held.  Numerous  inquiries  are 
rriving  daily  asking  for  information  as  to  local  accommoda- 
lions,  climatic  conditions,  railroad  rates,  etc.  T.  W.  .Tones, 
he  secretary,  at  300  North  Los  Angeles  street,  is  busil.^ 
Ingaged  executing  the  plans  of  the  executive  committee. 


Meetings  of  State  Associations. 

Arkansas  State  Ph. A.  is  in  session  this  week  at  Pine  Bluff, 
'he  local  druggists  made  preparations  to  give  the  visitors  a 
3yal  entertainment. 

Montana  Ph. A.  meets  next  Monday  at  Bozeman.  In  addi- 
on  to  the  regular  business  there  will  be  a  visit  to  the  Govern- 
lent  fish  hatcheries  at  Bridger  Canyon,  a  reception,  promenade 
and  concert,  pharmics'  ball,  smokgr.  refreshments  and  visit 
)  the  Pharmacy  School  of  Montana  University. 

Louisiana  Ph. A.  is  meeting  this  week  in  New  Orleans. 

Missouri  Ph.A.  will  meet  at  Joplin  June  15-lS.  Chairman 
i'.  B.  Kerns,  of  the  transportation  committee,  predicts  that 
lis  will  be  the  banner  meet  of  the  association. 


COMMENTS    ON    SOME    FEATURES    OF    THE    NA- 
TIONAL FORMULARY  NOMENCLATURE. 

By  L.  F.  Kebler,  Chief,  Division  of  Drugs,  V.  S.  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D.  C. 

(Continued  from  pai/e  Ji^O.  Era.  May  G.  1909.) 

Priority  in  Name. 

The  Federal  and  a  number  of  State  laws  specify  that  if 
an  article  is  sold  under  a  name  recognized  by  the  National 
I'ormulary,  such  article  is  adulterated  if  it  differs  from  the 
standard  of  strength  of  this  authority,  excepting  in  such  cases 
where  its  own  standard  of  strength,  quality  or  purity  is  plainly 
stated  upon  the  box,  bottle  or  other  container.  From  this  it 
follows  that  a  preparation  bearing  a  National  Formulary  name 
must  be  prepared  either  in  accordance  with  the  formula 
recognized  by  this  authority,  or  give  its  own  standard  of 
strength,  quality,  etc.,  upon  the  label.  If,  for  example,  "Es- 
sence of  Pepsin"  (or  "Pepsine")  should  be  prepared  by  any 
other  method  than  that  prescribed  by  the  National  Formulary. 
there  appears  to  be  only  one  course  left,  and  that  is  to  plainly 
state  its  own  standard  of  strength,  quality  or  purity  upon  the 
label.  Soon  after  the  enactment  of  the  law  several  manu- 
facturers who  had  marketed  preparations  under  certain  trade 
names  many  years  before  the  third  edition  of  the  National 
Formulary  was  published  raised  the  question  as  to  the  status 
of  such  names.  There  appears  to  be  no  difficulty  whatever  in 
supplying  authentic  information  to  the  effect  that  certain 
trade  names  had  long  been  in  use  by  certain  manufacturers  at 
the  time  the  titles  were  incorporated  in  the  National  For- 
mulary :  for  example,  "Phenol  Sodique"  according  to  United 
States  trade  mark  No.  45.704  has  been  in  use  since  1863 ; 
certainly  sufficiently  long  to  acquire  a  property  right  that  a 
court  in  equity  would  protect.  It  is  well  established  that  a 
proper  trade  mark,  whether  registered  or  not.  is  protected  by 
common  law  and  it  is  highly  questionable  whether  any  court 


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in  equity  would  eutcn:iiu  a  case  iu  criminal  prosecution  where 
such  a  trade  mark  had  been  appropriated  for  use  by  the  Na- 
tional Formulary,  and  subsequent  legislation  required  either 
that  the  manufacturer  disclose  the  nature  of  his  manufactur- 
ing process  or  employ  the  Xational  Formulary  formula.  It 
should  be  noted  that  in  "errata"  issued  by  the  committee  in 
1907  it  is  directed  to  strike  out  "Phenol  Sodiqu6("  but  whether 
this  will  relieve  the  difficulty  is  not  clear.  In  a  number  of 
instances  the  State  courts  have  held  that  in  case  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  is  specified  an  authority  by  law  the 
edition  in  force  at  the  time  the  law  was  passed  is  legal  and 
no  other. 

Another  trade  name  similar  to  the  one  above  found  its  way 
into  the  National  Formulary,  namely,  "Essence  of  Pepsin." 
This  name  cannot  be  trade-marked  in  the  United  States  be- 
cause of  its  descriptive  or  generic  character.  The  name,  how- 
ever, has  been  long  in  use  by  at  least  two  different  manu- 
facturers for  distinctive  products,  in  one  case  for  about  30 
years.  An  article  made  according  to  the  National  Formulary 
formula  is  furthermore  not  an  "Essence  of  Pepsin"  but  a 
solution  of  pepsin  and  rennin.  Many  labor  under  the  impres- 
sion that  owners  of  proprietary  remedies  deserve  little  con- 
sideration, but  1  submit  that  they  have  rights  which  should 
be  respected  and  which  are  deserving  of  at  least  a  square  deal. 
The  Federal  as  well  as  a  number  of  State  laws  are  mandatory 
relative  to  the  proper  use  of  National  Formulary  names  and 
those  directed  to  enforce  them  have  no  option.  It  is  the  plain 
duty  of  the  committee  to  apply  a  suitable  remedy. 

Geographical  Names. 

It  has  been  a  common  practice  to  use  a  geographical  name 
as  part  of  a  trade  name  even  though  the  preparation  to  which 
such  name  is  applied  has  no  connection  whatever  with  the 
geographical  locality  indicated  by  the  name.  For  example, 
"German  Diphtheria  Remedy,"  "Swedish  Asthma  Cure,"  "Jap- 
anese Oil,"  etc.  The  use  of  such  names  is  misleading  and  a 
number  of  regulations  were  promulgated  forbidding  their  use. 
One  regulation  permits  the  use  of  any  name  recognized  in  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  or  National  Formulary,  while 
another  forbids  the  use  of  a  geographical  name  in  connection 
with  a  drug  product  which  is  not  manufactured  or  produced  in 
the  place  where  such  name  indicates  that  it  is  manufactured  or 
pioduced.  On  referring  to  the  National  Formulary  we  find  two 
geographical  names,  viz.,  "Canada  Liniment"  and  "French 
Mixture,"  which  complicate  the  regulations  referred  to  above. 
There  appears  to  be  little  justification  to  retain  these  names. 

In  order  to  indicate  the  attitude  of  the  courts  relative  to  the 
improper  use  of  geographical  names,  many  years  before  the 
Food  and  Drugs  Act  became  effective,  extracts  from  several 
court  decisions  will  be  cited. 

In  Connell  vs.  Read.  ISSO,  128  Mass.,  p.  477,  an  effort 
was  made  to  establish  an  exclusive  right  to  the  words  "East 
Iiidian."  The  opinion  of  the  court  in  disposing  of  this  ease 
contains  the  following  statement : 

"The  conclusive  answer  to  this  suit  is  *  *  •  that  the 
plaintiffs  have  adopted  and  used  these  words  to  denote,  and  to 
indicate  to  the  public,  that  the  medicines  were  used  in  the  East 
Indies,  and  that  the  formula  for  them  was  obtained  there, 
neither  of  which  is  the  fact.  Under  these  circumstances,  to  main- 
tain this  bill  would  he  to  lend  the  aid  of  the  court  to  a  scheme 
to  defraud  the  public." 

In  a  Supreme  Court  decision,  Manhattan  Medicine  Co.  vs. 
Wood,  local  citation,  the  above  case  with  others  is  cited  with 
approval  in  the  following  language: 

"The  doctrine  enunciated  in  all  these  eases  Is  founded  in  hon- 
esty and  good  sense;  it  rebukes  fraud  and  encourages  fair  deal- 
ing' with  the  public.  In  conformity  with  it,  this  case  has  no 
standing  before  a  court  of  equity." 

The  United  States  Supreme  Court  (1883),  Manhattan  Med- 
icine Co.  vs.  Wood,  U.  S.  Reports.  108,  p.  218,  in  its  opinion 
relative  to  granting  the  exclusive  right  to  a  certain  trade  mark, 
says : 

"A  court  of  equity  will  extend  no  aid  to  sustain  a  claim  to  a 
trade  mark  of  an  article  which  is  put  forth  with  a  misrepre- 
sentation to  the  public  as  to  the  manufacturer  of  the  article. 
and  as  to  the  place  where  it  is  manufactured,  both  of  which 
particulars  were  originally  circumstances  to  guide  the  purchaser 
of  the  medicine. 

"It  is  admitted  that  whatever  value  the  medicine  possesses  was 
given  to  it  by  its  original  manufacturer,  Moses  Atwood.  He 
lived  in  Georgetown,  Massachusetts.  He  manufactured  the  medi- 
cine there  He  sold  it  with  the  designation  that  it  was  his  prep- 
aration, 'Atwood's  Vegetable  Physical  Jaundice  Bitters,'  and 
was  manufactured  there  by  him.  As  the  medicine  was  tried  and 
proved  to  be  useful,  it  was  sought  for  under  that  designation, 
and  that  purchasers  might  not  be  misled,  it  was  always  accom- 


panied with  a  label,  showing  by  whom  and  at  what  place  it 
was  prepared.  These  statements  were  deemed  important  in  pro- 
moting the  use  of  the  article  and  its  sale,  or  they  would  not 
have  been  continued  by  the  assignees  of  the  original  inventor. 
And  yet  they  could  not  be  used  with  any  honest  purpose  when 
both  statements  had  ceased  to  be  true.  It  is  not  honest  to  state 
that  a  medicine  is  manufactured  by  Moses  Atwood,  of  George- 
town, Massachusetts,  when  It  Is  manufactured  by  the  Manhattan 
Medicine  Company  in  the  City  of  New  York." 

The  extracts  contained  in  this  communication,  taken  from 
the  court  decisions,  are  clear,  succinct,  to  the  point  and  do 
not  need  any  comment. 

Suggestive  Therapeutic  Names  and  Habit- 
Forming  Drugs. 

A  number  of  preparations  are  named  either  after  some 
anatomical  portion  of  the  body  or  suggest  some  diseased  condi- 
tion ;  for  example.  "Pectoral  Tincture,"  "Mistura  Pectoralis," 
"Anti-Neuralgic  Pill,"  "Catarrh  Powder,"  etc..  Are  these 
suggestive  names  intended  for  the  benefit  of  the  physician  or 
the  druggist?  In  either  case  they  are  uncalled  for,  particu- 
larly in  view  of  the  fact  that  most  of  the  preparations  contain 
habit-forming  agents.  The  practice  of  concealing  these  in- 
sidious drugs  by  various  innocent  names  should  be  looked  upon 
with  disfavor.  In  my  opinion,  preparations  of  this  class  are 
responsible  for  man,T  cases  of  drug  addiction. 

Medicine  versus  Bracers. 

There  is  a  host  of  commodities  on  the  market  which  owe 
their  virtue  chiefly  to  the  alcohol  contained  therein.  They  are 
usually  sold  under  general  names,  such  as  medicinal  wines,  bit- 
ters, tonics,  vermouths,  etc.,  many  of  which  contain  only 
traces  of  certain  medicinal  agents,  such  as  extract  of  cinchona, 
gentian,  beef,  columbo,  various  combinations  of  iron,  etc.,  or 
very  small  amounts  of  one  or  more  of  the  cinchona  alkaloids. 
One  of  the  products  recently  examined  was  found  to  contain 
not  more  than  l-40th  of  a  grain  of  total  alkaloidal  matter  to 
the  fluid  ounce.  Another  preparation  contained  very  small 
amounts  of  cinchona  extract  and  iron  salts.  The  dealer  was 
requested  to  show  cause  why  his  preparation  should  not  be 
adjudged  a  misnomer.  One  of  the  arguments  presented  to 
justify  the  use  of  his  name  was  the  National  Formulary  "Beef, 
Wine  and  Iron"  product.  A  careful  comparison  showed  that 
the  amount  of  actual  iron  compound  present  in  the  product 
under  consideration  was  less  than  the  amount  represented  by 
the  National  Formulary  product  but  not  sufficient  to  warrant 
holding  one  misbranded  if  the  other  was  not.  The  former  was 
intended  largely  for  beverage  purposes  and  it  is  well  known 
that  the  Commissioner  of  Internal  Revenue  seriously  consid- 
ered classing  "Beef,  Wine  and  Iron"  as  a  beverage  also.  The 
point  raised  in  connection  with  these  two  products  is  an  ex- 
ceedingly important  one  and  requires  adjustment.  If  it  is 
permissible  to  add  simply  enough  of  an  agent  to  merely  suggest 
a  certain  physiological  action,  be  it  ever  so  remote,  primarily 
for  the  purpose  of  using  the  name  of  a  substance  possessing 
recognized  medicinal  properties,  in  conjunction  with  the  trade 
name  of  a  commodity,  one  helpful  feature  of  the  law  would  be 
largely  negatived  and  an  ever  increasing  number  of  so-called 
medicinal  products  of  the  most  absurd  character  can  be  placed 
upon  the  market.  When  it  is  remembered  that  the  best  ele- 
ment of  the  pharmaceutical  profession  is  making  strenuous 
efforts  to  remove  the  odious  name  "liquor  dealers"  from  their 
ranks  it  is  difficult  to  comprehend  why  ijroducts  of  the  t.vpe 
referred  to  above  should  be  retained  in  an  authorized  publica- 
tion of  any  pharmaceutical  organization.  The  above  should 
not  be  construed  in  any  manner  as  referring  to  liquor  proper 
when  sold  and  used  as  such  for  medicinal  purposes. 

In  conclusion,  I  desire  to  state  that  the  National  Formulary 
nomenclature  contains  many  excellent  features  which  are  not 
referred  to  in  this  communication,  because  its  chief  purpose 
is  to  call  attention  to  the  shortcomings  of  the  nomenclature, 
leaving  the  good  features  to  others.  I  fully  realize  that  the 
criticisms  are  largely  of  a  general  character,  but  if  carefully 
applied  will  rectify  many  undersirable  features  existing  at 
present. 


Her  Way. 

"I  can  always  beat  my  husband  in  an  argument." 
"Indeed  I     Tou  must  be  a  great  logician." 
"No  logic  about  it.     I  just  cry." 


The  mental  condition  of  the  successful  druggist  is  midway 
between  the  inert  and  the  volatile. 


May  13.  1909] 


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POST  CARDS  DEPICT  BEAUTIES  OF  NEW  STORE. 


Screen  Window  Trims. 

Recently  we  described  sever.il  window  trims  that  were  well 

'  adapted  for  warm  weather  use  in  windows  of  limited  area  or 

!  iu  windows  through  which  it  was  desirable  to  admit  the  light 

I  uikobstrncted.      Opposite    conditions    often    prevail    and    it    is 

sometimes  wise  to  lessen  the  glare  of  summer  sunlight  and  bj' 

so  doing  lessen  the  damage  which  may  be  caused  by  flies,  or 

fading  of  goods,  and  conduce  to  the  coolness  of  the  store.     We 

will  endeavor  to  give  a  few  descriptions  of  a  number  of  simple 

trims  of  the  class  indicated. 

Circle  Recesses. 
Cover  the  window  with  green  or  yellow  tissue  paper  set  close 
to  the  glass.  The  colors  suggested  are  the  tints  least  likely 
to  fade.  In  the  lower  part  of  the  window  within  the  average 
line  of  vision,  cut  circles  from  the  paper.  The  diameter  of 
these  circles  depends  upon  the  size  of  the  articles  to  be  exhib- 
ited behind  them.  Twelve  inches  behind  the  glass  make  a 
network  of  wire,  cord,  or  strips  of  wood,  sufficiently  close  to 
hold  a  contrasting  cover  of  tissue,  such  as  purple  or  orange. 
Upon  this  paper  backing  fasten  the  articles  to  be  exhibited, 
one  article  opposite  each  aperture  in  the  front  paper.  The 
articles  should  be  small  and  the  openings  so  far  apart  that 
only  one  object  may  be  seen  through  each.  Toilet  goods,  med- 
ical specialties  and  stationery  novelties  may  be  advantageously 
displayed. 

Fairyland. 
Cover  the  window  glass  with  irregular  pieces  of  contrasting 
tissue  of  brilliant  colors,  so  as  to  give  the  glass  a  stained 
or  mosaic  effect.  At  a  proper  height  for  easy  observation  cut 
an  eight-inch  circle  in  this  paper.  Over  the  floor  of  the  window 
make  irregular  piles  of  cigar  and  smaller  boxes  and  cover  them 
with  white  tissue  or  two  or  three  thicknesses  of  white  cheese- 
cloth. Press  the  paper  or  cloth  into  the  irregularities  of  the 
box  piles.  Next,  place  a  number  of  pocket  mirrors  or  broken 
pieces  of  looking  glass,  with  their  edges  so  covered  with  white 
paper  that  they  will  appear  as  pools  of  water  in  the  inter- 
stitial spaces  between  the  boxes.  In  other  interstices  place 
a  few  articles  of  small,  daintily  encased  merchandise  and  over 
ind  around  the  whole  entwine  artificial  vines  of  ivy.  morning 
glory  or  clematis.  Such  vines  may  be  bought  for  a  few  cents 
per  yard  and  used  repeatedly.  Over  all  scatter  mica  dust. 
Close  the  back  of  the  window  with  a  lath  trellis  painted  white 
ot  covered  with  white  paper,  and  entwine  it  with  artificial 
vines.  When  viewed  through  the  small  opening  this  display, 
under  the  various  colored  lights  reflected  by  the  many  tones 
of  tissue,  presents  a  most  beautiful  appearance. 

A  Bank  of  Disks. 

Secure  a  number  of  barrel  heads  or  other  wooden  disks  and 
cover  them  with  contrasting  colors  of  tissue.  Pleat  the  paper 
from  center  to  circumference  as  described  in  the  Era  of  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1909  (page  112).  Fasten  to  the  center  of  each  disk 
one  of  the  articles  to  be  exhibited.  The  exhibit  may  consist  of 
different  toilet  articles,  or  articles  of  a  similar  kind,  such  as 
bottles  of  a  drive  line  of  remedies  or  cakes  of  a  special  line  of 
soap.  Small  price  or  information  cards  may  be  attached  as 
desired.  Stand  a  row  of  these  disks  close  to  the  front  of  the 
window,  another  row  back  of  and  above  the  first,  and  upon 
stands  or  suspended  from  wires  continue  to  place  other  rows 
of  disks  until  they  are  banked  from  front  to  the  rear  top  of 
the  window. 

The  Bill-poster's  Dream. 

Cover  the  floor  of  the  window  with  excelsior  or  saw  dust 
dyed  green.  Upon  it  place  a  sleeping  doll  dressed  in  paste- 
spattered  overalls  and  shirt,  with  a  miniature  bucket  of  paste 
and  brush  by  its  side.  Make  a  cheese-cloth  covered  frame 
sufliciently  large  to  almost  close  the  back  of  the  window. 
Fpon  this  paste  all  sorts  of  advertisements  of  things  sold  in 
the  store.  Use  show  cards,  circulars,  calendars  and  magazine 
advertisements  and  covers,  anything  that  will  do  for  a  "bill." 


Prospective  patrons  could  scarcely  resist  such  an  invitation 
to  become  letter  acquainted  icith  E.  M.  Raeder  and  his  new 
pharmacy,  recently  started  at  Cedarhust,  L.  I.,  as  reported  in 
the  Era.  3/r.  Raeder  appears  in  the  picture.  W.  B.  Myers 
is  the  manager.     Only  one  corner  of  the  pharmacy  is  shown. 


Place  the  advertisements  in  irregular  mosaic  with  edges  over- 
lapping. So  far  as  may  be  possible,  arrange  them  to  make 
ridiculous  statements.  For  example  :  Paste  a  dog-soap  adver- 
tisement over  a  chewing-gum  poster  so  that  the  reading  will 
appear :     "Chew  Smith's  Dog  vSoap." 

When  the  bill-board  is  ready  fix  it  across  the  back  of  the 
window.  Use  a  show  card  on  which  appears  "The  bill-poster's 
dream,"  or  a  similar  phrase.  "He  is  a  little  mixed,  but  we 
have  everything  he  dreams  of.  Come  in  and  we  will  interpret 
the  dream  for  you," 

Big  and  Little. 

Take  any  line  of  goods  in  boxes  you  wish  to  drive  and  of 
which  you  have  a  large  stock.  Empty  boxes,  if  you  have  them, 
may  be  used  as  well  as  boxes  which  contain  goods.  Soaps  or 
cigars  answer  well,  or  you  ma.v  even  use  the  wooden  cases  of 
some  proprietary  specialty.  With  the  boxes  of  goods  or  con- 
tainers, such  as  we  have  suggested,  make  a  solid,  high  wall 
at  the  back  of  the  window.  Upon  this  wall  hang  a  large  card 
of  a  color  contrasting  with  the  prevailing  tone  of  the  wall. 
Letter  the  card  "Great  in  quality  and  quantity,  but  in  price 
really  insignificant.  Only — ".  Have  the  phrase  "Great  in 
quality  and  quantity"  in  large  letters ;  "but  in  price"  in  even 
larger  letters,  and  the  words  "really  insignificant"  and  "Only" 
in  very  small  letters.  Beneath  the  Only"  fasten  a  coin  or  coins 
to  represent  the  price. 

Hot  and  Cold. 

Upon  the  glass  of  the  upper  left-hand  corner  of  the  window 
paint  the  single  interrogative  word  "HOT?"  with  red.  water 
paint.  Make  the  letters  at  least  a  foot  high.  Cover  all  of  the 
window  glass  with  a  dark,  contrasting  paper,  such  as  purple 
or  olive.  From  the  lower,  right-hand  corner  cut  a  12-inch 
square  of  t"his  covering  paper.  Take  a  wooden  box  measuring 
12  inches  across  the  inside  and  line  it  with  white  crepe  paper 
and  whisps  of  cotton  upon  which  mica  dust  has  been  scat- 
tered.   On  the  bottom,  or  back,  of  the  interior  of  the  box.  letter 


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the  one  word  "COLD !'"  Within  the  box  stand  a  soda  glass 
with  dummy  contents  such  as  has  been  described  several  times 
in  both  the  Era  and  The  Soda  Fountain.  Place  the  box  and 
its  contents  so  that  the  open  side  o£  the  box  corresponds  with 
the  edges  of  the  paper  where  the  square  was  cut  out. 

If  desired,  the  box  may  be  lettered  "Cool  ofif!"  and  toilet 
waters  and  other  bathing  requisites  may  be  used  in  place  of 
the  soda  glass. 

Keep  It  Dark. 

Directly  against  the  window  glass,  at  a  proper  height  for 
close  inspection,  fasten  a  single  package  of  some  very  small 
article  to  be  advertised.  This  may  be  a  com  plaster,  headache 
powder,  or  some  other  small  specialty.  Beside  this  fasten  a 
small  or  calling  card,  lettered  "Keep  it  dark !  This  corn  cure 
really  cures  and  it  only  costs — ".  Attach  a  dime  to  the  card  to 
show  the  cost.  After  the  article  and  card  are  fastened  to  the 
glass,  drape  the  entire  window  with  black  or  dark  paper 
or  cloth. 

A  "Waterfall  Window. 

A  Savannah  druggist  had  his  window  so  arranged  that  it 
was  one  of  the  sights  of  the  city.  The  floor  of  the  window 
was  lined  with  sheet  lead  and  the  edges  turned  up  and  soldered 
at  the  corners  so  as  to  form  a  tank  or  aquarium  about  nine 
inches  deep.  The  outlet  pipe  was  connected  so  that  it  per- 
mitted the  water  level  to  stand  about  an  inch  from  the  top  of 
the  tank. 

Across  the  top  of  the  window,  set  close  to  the  glass  was  a 
thin,  perforated  pipe  with  the  perforations  so  placed  that  the 
minute  streams  that  issued  therefrom  struck  the  glass  with 
a  downward  flow  and  prevented  splashing.  When  turned  on 
there  was  a  thin,  rippling  film  of  water  constantly  flowing 
over  the  glass.  At  the  bottom  of  the  window  the  water  flowed 
into  the  tank,  the  edges  being  so  turned  against  the  frame  that 
the  water  could  not  pass  between  glass  and  lead. 
A  Beautiful  Sight. 

In  the  center  of  the  tank  was  an  ornamental  rockery,  with 
aquatic  plants  surrounding  it  and  gold  fishes  swimming  in  the 
water.  Above  the  inner  edge  of  the  tank  a  long,  narrow  box 
held  growing  vines.  These  vines  were  trained  up  the  sides 
of  the  window  and  then  allowed  to  droop  from  the  ceiling  a  few 
inches  behind  the  film  of  flowing  water.  Whether  viewed 
from  within  or  without  the  store,  the  sight  was  truly  beautiful. 

In  cold  weather  the  fishes,  plants  and  rockery  were  re- 
moved, the  water  turned  off  and  the  window  used  for  general 
purposes. 


The  Battle  for  Success. 


Thoma^t  Tieeje.  Jr..  Winj  Era  .^S  Trize. 


Mrs.  Calver  Visits  Cincinnati  and  Pittsburg. 
Cincinnati,  May  8. — Mrs.  Nanette  Calver,  of  Washington, 
D.  C,  official  organizer  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  spent  several 
days  here  recently,  having  come  here  to  address  the  members 
of  Queen  City  Chapter,  and  to  inspect  its  work.  The  meeting 
was  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  organization  here,  all 
the  members  and  many  of  their  friends  and  prospective  mem- 
bers wishing  to  hear  Mrs.  Calver's  address.  Mrs.  Calver 
spoke  of  the  good  work  which  is  being  accomplished  by  the 
Philadelphia,  Chicago,  St.  Louis,  Boston,  Mobile  and  other 
chapters  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  along  literary  and  other  lines, 
and  complimented  the  Cincinnati  members  upon  the  work  they 
have  accomplished.  The  chapter  announced  that  it  expects  to 
broaden  the  scope  of  its  literary  work  next  winter.  Mrs. 
Calver  was  entertained  by  Mrs.  Otto  Greenland,  an  officer  of 
the  local  chapter,  and  enjoyed  her  visit  very  much.  She  left 
Cincinnati  Monday  for  Pittsburg  and  other  way  points  on  her 
return  home.  The  local  chapter  has  decided  to  attend  in  a  body 
the  N.A.R.D.  convention  in  Louisville  in  September. 


Commencement  of  Mercer  School  of  Pharmacy. 

Macon,  Ga.,  May  8. — Dean  M.  A.  Clark  delivered  the  ad- 
dress at  the  recent  commencement  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy 
of  Mercer  University.  Diplomas  were  awarded  to  E.  T. 
Arnold,  Philomath,  6a. ;  H.  C.  Bamett,  Commerce,  Ga. ;  P.  H. 
Carmichael,  Goodwater,  Ala. ;  J.  L.  Green,  Wilmington,  N.  C. ; 
Livingston  Henry,  Macon ;  I.  G.  Prim.  Salitpa,  Ala. ;  J.  B. 
Warthan,  Warthan,  Ga. ;  G.  W.  Williams,  Juliette,  Ga. 

The  Bayne  medal  in  materia  medica,  given  by  S.  E.  Bayne, 
of  Macon,  and  the  faculty  medal  for  general  excellence,  were 
both  won  by  G.  W.  Williams.  The  speakers  from  the  class 
were  Messrs.  Green,  Henry  and  Williams.  The  graduating 
class  attended  a  banquet  given  by  the  faculty  in  honor  of  the 
jraduating  young  men. 


In  Contest  'No.  4  of  the  ERA'S  Cash  Prize  Competitions 
this  week  the  judges  have  unanimously  awarded  the  cash  prize 
of  $5  to  Thomas  Reese.  Jr.,  of  J,09  West  Berrien  street.  Savan- 
nah, Ga.  This  contest,  as  will  be  observed  by  reference  to 
advertising  page  33,  is  for  the  best  article  of  practical  helpful 
value  to  drug  clerks.  Mr.  Reese's  prize  article  is  concise  and  to 
the  point.    It  is  as  follows: 


A  man  starting  out  with  a  mortar  and  pestle  to  battle  for 
success  must  carry  ambition  and  honesty  with  him. 

Winning  his  employer  is  his  goal,  for  therein  lies  his  success. 

As  getting  customers  is  the  chief  way  of  gaining  the  appre- 
ciation of  his  employer,  a  drug  clerk  should  fortify  his  battle- 
field  (the  store)   to  wage  his  campaign  to  get  customers. 

Cleanliness  is  the  fortification  he  must  employ;  ability  and 
attention  will  finish  his  conquest  as  a  victory. 

Nobody  appreciates  attention  more  than  the  lady  customer, 
and  unusual  stress  should  be  laid  in  showing  her  this. 

Such  attention  as  opening  and  closing  the  doors,  and  proffer- 
ing the  wrapping  of  packages  (of  convenient  size)  bought 
elsewhere  with  packages  purchased  of  him  are  remembered  by 
the  drug  store's  best  advertisers,  the  ladies. 

Children  should  be  treated  with  as  much  consideration  as 
the  older  customers,  then  the  future  will  make  them  good 
adult  customers. 

Modesty  is  admired  by  refined  people. 

Accuracy  is  another  customer  winning  possession. 

No  more  time  should  be  taken  than  is  absolutely  necessary 
to  properly  fill  a  prescription,  as  customers  are  generally 
anxious  to  return  to  their  sick  ones  as  soon  as  possible,  not- 
withstanding how  slight  their  illness  might  be.  In  fact,  cus- 
tomers like  quickness  intelligently  used  in  all  work. 

Being  able  to  wrap  neatly  is  of  great  benefit,  as  people  often 
buy  articles  from  a  drug  store  solely  because  of  the  expectancy 
of  a  neat  package. 

The  great  customer  winner  confidence,  is  hard  enough  to 
gain  without  the  handicap  of  a  lack  of  sobriety. 

A  drug  clerk  who  thoroughly  understands  the  line,  can  by 
the  ready  answers  as  to  the  nature  of  the  drug,  habitat,  dose 
and  last  but  by  no  means  least  the  price  when  goods  are  de- 
livered makes  a  satisfied  and  call  again  patron. 

Abstinence  from  smoking  while  in  the  store  should  be  main- 
tained as  smoking  is  offensive  to  many,  and  it  must  be  remem- 
bered that  smoke  remains  in  the  store  to  nauseate  long  after 
the  tobacco  is  in  ashes. 

As  he  is  liable  to  lose  the  chance  of  making  a  customer,  the 
drug  clerk  should  not  let  his  stock  run  low,  which  can  be  pre- 
vented by  frequent  recourse  to  the  want  book. 

The  show  window  when  properly  dressed  is  a  magnet  that 
attracts  people  into  the  store.  So  if  time  is  available,  window 
dressing  is  a  help. 

A  drug  clerk  cannot  win  his  employer  if  he  does  not  show 
confidence  in  him  who  enables  him  to  earn  his  daily  bread,  and 
gives  him  the  reward  of  merit  %vhen  reward  is  due,  and  the 
drug  clerk  should  defend  him  at  all  times. 

Using  that  precious,  unregainable  (when  lost)  time  the 
employer  pays  him  for  in  useless  talk  to  friends,  is  poor  taste 
to  win  his  employer  by. 

A  conscientious  regard  as  to  profit  on  all  goods  pushed 
should  be  had. 

Punctuality  is  also  appreciated  by  the  employer,  and  upon 
the  arrival  of  the  hour  that  he  is  expected  to  start  to  work,  a 
drug  clerk  should  let  that  hour  find  him  on  hand  ready  for  work. 


City  Chemist  a  St.  Louis  C.P.  Trustee. 
St.  Louis,  May  10. — Thomas  A.  Buckland,  city  chemist  and 
an  alumnus  of  St.L.C.P..  was  elected  a  trustee  of  that  institu- 
tion at  the  annual  meeting  this  month.  He  succeeds  Henry 
Fischer,  who  death  was  noted  in  the  Era  a  few  weeks  ago. 
There  were  no  other  changes  at  the  annual  meeting.  L.  A. 
Seitz  is  president ;  Dr.  R.  E.  Schlueter.  vice-president ;  Wm.  K. 
Illhardt,  recording  secretary;  Sol.  Boehm.  treasurer;  Dr.  J.  C. 
Falk.  corresponding  secretary ;  Edward  Mallinckrodt.  Thomas 
A.  Buckland,  Edmund  P.  Walsh,  Dr.  O.  F.  Claus,  H.  F. 
Rohlfing  and  Theo.  Hagenow.  trustees. 


May  13,  1909] 


THE     PHAR]\L\CEUTICAL     ERA 


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Personal  Mention 


— Walter  JIcCubdy,  of  Lane,  S.  D.,  is  happy  in  the  pos- 
session of  a  new  automobile. 

— Caxvin  Kablins  has  accepted  a  position  with  H.  F. 
Burke,  of  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 

— Samuel  Bridges,  pharmacist  at  Crystal  Falls,  Mich.,  was 
a  recent  visitor  at  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company. 

— John  S.  Davis,  formerly  of  New  Brighton.  Pa.,  has 
accepted  a  position  with  A.  AY.  Tetrick,  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 

— Walter  Myers,  of  Morgantown,  W,  Va.,  has  purchased 
an  automobile  and  is  getting  more  enjoyment  out  of  life  than 
formerly. 

— Charles  A,  Smith,  manager  of  the  Jacobs  Pharmacy 
Company,  of  Atlanta,  Ga.,  visited  several  friends  while  in  New 
York  City  last  week. 

— JoHK  Robinson.  Southern  representative  of  the  Powers- 
Weightman-Rosengarten  Company,  was  a  caller  in  the  New 
York  trade  last  week. 

— Cabl  G.  Buchta,  formerly  in  charge  of  a  pharmacy  at 
Clinton,  Wis.,  is  now  connected  with  the  drug  store  of  J.  F. 
Collins,  at  Lodi,  Wis. 

— W.  E.  Day,  whose  pharmacy  was  recently  burned  at  Hop- 
kinton,  Mass.,  will  travel  in  New  England  for  the  Chamber- 
lain Medicine  Company. 

— Charles  J.  Lynn,  general  manager  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co., 
was  in  Chicago  recently  making  one  of  his  periodical  visits  to 
the  local  Lilly  branch  house. 

— Leo  Hannon,  formerly  connected  with  the  O.  N.  Falk  & 
Sons  pharmacy,  at  Stoughton,  Wis.,  will  soon  enter  the  employ 
of  a  druggist  at  Neenah,  Wis. 

— J.  T.  Dosteb,  president  of  the  Doster-Northington  Drug 
Company,  Birmingham,  Ala.,  visited  friends  in  the  New  York 
City  wholesale  trade  last  week. 

— Vebn  J.  Fuller,  proprietor  of  the  Pepin  Pharmacy,  at 
Pepin,  Wis.,  was  a  recent  guest  at  the  home  of  his  brother, 
O.  L.  Fuller,  at  Merrillan,  Wis. 

— Lee  Dunn,  a  druggist  of  Masontown,  Pa.,  will  spend  his 
spare  time  this  summer  in  automobiling,  as  he  has  recently 
purchased  a  fine  new  touring  car. 

— C.  V.  Newell  has  been  engaged  to  represent  Sharp  & 
Dohme  in  southern  Iowa,  and  B.  W.  T.  Tobin  will  represent 
the  same  firm  in  southern  New  Jersey. 

— A.  J.  Keabcheb,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
is  in  a  hospital  in  that  city  as  the  result  of  injuries  sustained 
in  an  accident  in  his  store  a  few  weeks  ago. 

— Dan  M.  Chambliss,  manager  of  the  W.  D.  Kuhlman  & 
Co.'s  stores  of  Knoxville,  Tenn.,  was  in  Indianapolis  recently 
and  visited  the  laboratories  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co. 

— Henry  Schewe,  employed  in  the  Weichman  Pharmacy, 
at  Wausau,  Wis.,  was  a  recent  visitor  at  Merrill,  where  he  was 
formerly  connected  with  H.  E.  Kluetz.  druggist. 

— Frank  Bland  has  resigned  his  position  with  the  H.  B. 
Gilpin  Company  and  will  hereafter  be  found  at  the  Bland, 
Harrison  Company's  store  in  Clarksburg,  W.  Va. 

— August  Weingartneb,  a  druggist,  1751  Wrightwood  ave- 
nue, Chicago,  was  knocked  down  by  an  automobile  in  Clark 
street  last  week,  but  fortunately  escaped  serious  injury. 

— Lawrence  Kellmubry,  formerly  with  the  John  H.  Shee- 
han  Company,  wholesale  druggists  of  Utica,  and  lately  in 
Buffalo,  is  now  a  traveling  salesman  for  Daniel  Sabine. 

— Julius  Look,  of  Milwaukee,  formerly  with  the  Herman 
Emmerich  pharmacies  at  Milwaukee,  is  now  doing  relief  work 
at  the  drug  store  of  Frank  Kretlow,  at  Rhinelander,  Wis. 

— W.  A.  Caperton,  manager  of  the  traveling  service  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  has  returned  to  Indianapolis  from  one  of  his 
regular  visits  to  the  Lilly  salesmen  and  jobbing  trade  of  the 
Southeastern  States. 

— Eugene  Ringleb,  for  many  years  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  on  the  west  side  of  Saginaw,  Mich.,  but  now  retired, 
recently  celebrated  his  S4th  birthday.  He  is  in  good  health  and 
active  for  his  years. 

— D.  E.  Bbansome,  the  hustling  chairman  of  the  entertain- 
ment committee  of  the  Drug  Club  of  Philadelphia,  announces 
an  entertainment  and  dance  for  the  members  and  their  friends 
at  the  club  house  on  the  evening  of  May  19. 

— J.  A.   Rexboat  has  been   made  drug  clerk  at   the  J.   E. 


Wilkinson  pharmacy,  at  Walworth,  Wis.,  taking  the  place  of 
Claude  Algyr,  who  was  obliged  to  resign  because  of  ill-health. 

— George  H.  Brueir,  a  Pittsburg  pharmacist,  with  his  wife, 
was  called  to  Mount  Clemens,  Mich.,  recently  on  account  of  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Brueur"s  father,  L.  A.  Guiette,  a  prominent  cit- 
izen and  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  that  section. 

— John  Hadley,  Jr.,  of  the  Opera  House  Drug  Company, 
at  Superior.  Wis.,  is  taking  a  three  months'  course  iu  phar- 
macy at  Minneapolis.  Mr.  Hadley  later  expects  to  take  the 
examinations  before  the  Wisconsin  and  Minnesota  boards. 

— Db.  William  Jay  Schieffelin,  president  of  the  Citizens' 
Union,  was  among  those  present  at  the  meeting  held  in  this 
city  on  Tuesday  to  start  a  movement  for  the  election  of  an 
anti-Tammany  Ma.vor  at  the  next  New  York  City  election. 

— C.  E.  Curtis  has  succeeded  R.  L.  Winchester  as  manager 
of  Sharp  &  Dohme's  St.  Louis  branch  office.  Mr.  Winchester 
resigned  to  devote  his  time  and  energy  to  the  further  develop- 
ment of  some  valuable  mining  property  near  Phoenix.  Ariz. 

— A.  R.  MiLBY.  who  for  years  conducted  a  pharmacy  at 
Lexington  street  and  Fremont  avenue,  and  later  served  as 
manager  for  the  Reservoir  street  store  of  Downes  Brothers  in 
Baltimore,  has  accepted  a  clerkship  with  Dr.  George  W. 
Truitt,  in  Roland  Park,  a  suburb. 

— J.  M.  MiLLEB,  who  was  recently  elected  president  of  the 
McLean  County  (III.)  Druggists'  Association,  is  a  prominent 
pharmacist  of  Bloomington,  having  been  in  business  in  that 
city  for  30  years.  He  is  54  years  old  and  his  drug  trade 
experience  dates  back  for  40  years. 

— Dr.  Louis  Hergenb.\theb,  Jr.,  a  druggist  of  Towson, 
Baltimore  County,  cut  a  big  figure  at  the  annual  convention  of 
the  Baltimore  County  Volunteer  Firemen's  Association  on 
Wednesday  of  last  week.  He  turned  out  in  the  parade,  and 
was  elected  treasurer  of  the  association. 

— William  Low.  regarded  as  the  dean  of  retail  druggists  in 
western  Pennsylvania,  as  far  as  length  of  time  in  the  business 
is  concerned,  has  disposed  of  his  store  at  Mount  Lebanon,  Pa., 
to  L.  B.  Finley.  He  was  also  the  proprietor  of  a  grocery  and 
filled  the  office  of  postmaster  at  Mount  Lebanon. 

— Clabence  M.  Kline,  who  has  charge  of  the  laboratory  of 
the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co..  of  Philadelphia,  and  is  a  son 
of  Mahlon  N.  Kline,  president  of  the  company,  was  painfully 
but  not  seriously  injured  recently  by  being  thrown  from  the 
carriage  he  was  driving  when  his  horse  ran  away. 

— Thomas  Voegeli.  of  Minneapolis,  and  ex-president  of  the 
N.A.R.D.,  was  a  visitor  in  New  York  City  last  week  and  called 
upon  many  friends  in  the  trade.  Mr.  Voegeli  is  a  member  of  a 
committee  of  business  men  from  Minneapolis,  out  investigating 
various  water  works  systems  of  a  number  of  eastern  cities. 

— H.  R.  Saunders,  head  of  the  promulgation  department 
of  the  New  York  branch  of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.,  with  which 
house  he  has  been  connected  for  more  than  13  years,  recently 
resigned  to  take  a  similar  position,  together  with  that  of 
assistant  manager,  with  the  Hoffmann-LaRoche  Chemical  Com- 
pany, New  York  City.  Mr.  Saunders  enters  upon  his  new 
duties  on  i.iay  17. 

— Louis  K.  Liggett,  president  of  the  United  Drug  Com- 
pany, of  Boston,  recently  gave  a  dinner  to  Detroit  friends  and 
business  associates  at  the  Pontchartrain  Hotel.  Mayor  Breit- 
meyer  was  among  the  25  guests.  The  occasion  for  the  dinner 
was  the  opening  of  a  new  store  in  which  the  company  is 
interested  in  Detroit.  President  Liggett  at  one  time  resided  in 
Detroit  and  has  many  friends  there. 

— W.  H.  Lamont,  of  St.  Louis,  chairman  of  the  entertain- 
ment committee  of  the  Missouri  Pharmaceutical  Travelers' 
Association,  spent  several  days  in  Joplin  last  week  looking 
over  the  arrangements  for  the  Mo.Ph.A.  meeting  which  will 
be  held  there  June  15  to  IS.  Every  indication  is  for  an  excel- 
lent meeting  and  many  strange  faces  are  expected  among  the 
attendants,  as  this  is  the  first  session  to  be  held  in  that  part 
of  the  State  for  a  number  of  years. 

— A.  J.  Stephens.  Lou  Treat  and  George  M.  Dorrance.  of 
New  York ;  C.  A.  McCormick,  E.  Ross,  L.  Leitheiser.  J.  Car- 
berry  and  E.  Morris,  of  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  with  D.  E. 
Brausome  and  A.  Swisher,  of  Pennsylvania,  representative  of 
the  financial  department  and  the  general  superintendent's  office 
of  Johnson  &  Johnson,  constituted  a  jolly  party  which  last 
Friday  laid  aside  the  cares  of  business  and  spent  three  days  at 
Mr.  Dorrance's  bungalow  at  Branchville,  near  Silver  Lake. 
N.  J.  The  trip  was  made  in  several  big  touring  cars.  Mr. 
Treat  this  year  was  the  guest  of  honor. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  13,  1909 


PURE  FOOD  LAW  DECISION  IS  FAR-REACHING. 

"Mapleine"  Case  Relating  to  Misbranding',  Regardless 
of  Purity,  Considered  of  Great  Importance. 

Chicago,  ilav  10. — The  jury  iu  the  "Mapleiue"  suit,  here- 
tofore reported  iu  the  Era,  has  found  a  verdict  against  the 
manufacturers,  by  direetiou  of  Judge  Sanborn  in  the  United 
States  District  Court,  which  is  expected  to  have  a  far-reaching 
effect  in  the  enforcement  of  the  Federal  Pure  Food  and 
Druss  Act. 

When  a  suffix,  such  as  '•ine."  is  added  to  the  name  of  a 
food  product  to  designate  some  otlier  food  product  which  con- 
tains no  part  of  the  product  bearing  the  name  to  which  the 
suffix  has  been  added,  the  derivative  name  cannot  be  legally 
allowed  on  the  container  and  the  product  so  named  is  mis- 
branded,  according  to  the  result  in  this  case. 

The  case  grows  out  of  the  seizure  of  10,800  bottles  of 
Mapleine  at  the  AV.  H.  Nicholas  &  Co.  docks,  Chicago.  The 
bottles,  which  were  contained  in  300  cases  of  three  dozen 
bottles  each,  were  shipped  by  the  Crescent  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Seattle,  to  the  Louis  Hilfer  Company.  Chicago, 
agents  of  the  Crescent  Company,  who  are  the  manufacturers 
of  Mapleine.  The  entire  shipment  was  declared  misbranded 
and  ordered  condemned,  but  the  execution  of  the  judgment  was 
withheld,  pending  the  (>0  days'  time  allowed  for  appeal. 

The  case  presents  a  new  phase  in  the  food  controversy 
and  has  a  most  important  bearing  on  the  future  enforcement 
of  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  It  also  forms  a  precedent  which 
in  the  future  may  be  used  in  governing  the  sale  of  many  kinds 
of  commercial  products. 

The  trial  by  jury,  a  rather  unique  departure  in  such  cases, 
was  demanded  by  the  defendants,  who  endeavoured  to  prove 
that  the  suffix  "ine"  conveyed  the  impression  that  the  product 
was  an  imitation,  which  was  all  they  claimed  for  Mapleine. 
They  admitted  that  the  product  contained  no  particle  of 
maple,  but  was  a  substitute  used  to  give  a  maple  flavor. 

The  Government  admitted  that  the  product  was  harmless, 
and  the  trial  of  the  case  was  based  entirely  on  the  implied 
meaning  of  the  suffix  "ine."  Hence  the  chemical  composition 
of  the  product  did  not  enter  into  the  case  at  all.  The  main 
question  involved  was  how  far  a  manufacturer  may  go  in 
using  the  name  of  a  food  product  by  adding  a  suffix  such  as 
"ine"  to  that  name,  and  using  the  derivative  word  of  two  or 
more  syllables  thus  formed  as  the  name  of  another  food 
product  which  may  contain  little  or  none  of  the  product  des- 
ignated by  the  word  when  used  without  the  suffix. 

Attorneys  Long  and  Lannon.  representing  the  company, 
vigorously  attacked  the  constitutionality  o£  the  Food  and 
Drugs  Act  in  general,  especially  in  relation  to  the  provision 
in  Section  S  governing  misbranding.  The  court  held  the  law 
constitutional  and  so  instructed  the  jury. 

It  was  indicated  that  an  appeal  will  be  taken  based  on  a 
technical  ground  growing  out  of  the  court's  charge  to  the 
jury,  which  involved  the  purity  of  the  product,  wherein  there 
was  no  testimony  on  either  side  bearing  on  the  purity,  and,  it 
was  declared,  the  labeling  was  the  only  point  involved. 


Maryland  Druggists'  Joint  Meeting  on  May  20. 
Baltimore.  May  8. — The  projected  joint  meeting  between 
the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  Baltimore 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  Bal- 
timore Drug  Exchange  and  the  Baltimore  Retail  Druggists' 
Association  will  be  held  May  20  in  the  rooms  of  the  Mer- 
chants' and  Manufacturers'  Association,  and  promises  to  bring 
out  a  large  attendance.  President  William  M.  Fouch,  of  the 
Maryland  Ph. A.,  is  expected  to  preside  and  legislative  matters 
will  doubtless  be  the  principal  subject. 


Can  Sell  Pure  Alcohol  to  Druggists. 
Lynchburg,  Va.,  May  8. — .Judge  Christian,  in  the  Corpora- 
tion Court  here,  on  an  appeal,  decided  on  Tuesday  that  the 
Strother  Drug  Company,  a  wholesale  house,  is  not  breaking 
the  Byrd  Law  by  selling  pure  alcohol  to  druggists  to  be  used 
in  compounding  drugs. 


Baltimore  Wins  in  Bowling  Tournament. 
The    tournament    of    the    Inter-City    Drug    Trade    Bowling 
League  held  at  Atlantic  City  last  week,  resulted  in  victory  for 
the    Baltimore    team,    the    standing    being :      Baltimore,    first ; 
Philadelphia,  second,  and  New  York,  third. 


EBERT  MONUMENT  TO  BE  DEDICATED  MAY  21. 

Prominent  Pharmacists  From  Various  Sections  of  the 
Country  Will  Participate  iu  the  Ceremonies. 

Clllc.\GO,  May  8. — The  monument  erected  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  to  the  memory 
of  the  late  Albert  E.  Ebert  will  be  dedicated  at  the  grave  in 
Graceland  Cemetery  on  May  21,  at  2  p.  m.  Jlr.  A.  E.  Ebert 
was  born  in  Bavaria.  Germany,  December  23.  1840,  and  died 
in  Chicago  November  20,  1906. 

The  programme  includes  the  presentation  of  the  monument 
by  the  president  of  the  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association. 
O  F.  Fuller,  and  its  acceptance  on  behalf  of  the  trustees  of 
the  Ebert  estate,  by  Dr.  T.  N.  Jamieson.  naval  officer  at  the 
port  of  Chicago.  An  acceptance  on  behalf  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  made  by  the  president. 
Prof.  Oscar  Oldberg,  dean  of  Northwestern  University  School 
of  Pharmacy. 

The  following  brief  addresses  will  be  delivered  :  "The  Trus- 
tees U.S.  Pharmacopoeia]  Convention."  by  Dr.  Henry  M. 
Whelpley,  St.  Louis ;  "The  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion," by  the  president,  J.  E.  Huber.  Peoria ;  "The  Chicago 
College  "of  Pharmacy,"  by  Prof.  Carl  S.  N.  Hallberg ;  "The 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,"  by  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Rem- 
ington ;  "The  Pharmacists  of  America,"'  by  Prof.  J.  H.  Beat, 
Pittsburg. 

The  exercises  will  close  with  an  address  by  the  historian  of 
the  Chicago  V.D.A.,  Wilhelm  Bodemann. 


Secretary  Potts  at  Rock  Island  Meeting. 
Chicago,  May  8. — Secretary  Potts,  of  the  N.A.R.D..  and 
George  P.  Mills,  the  chairman  of  the  State  U.S. P.  and  X.F. 
committee,  attended  the  first  get-together  meeting  of  the  Rock 
Island  County  iledical  Society  and  the  Rock  Island  County 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  at  Rock  Island  May  6.  After 
a  very  excellent  banquet  those  present  discussed  the  relations 
between  physicians  and  druggists  from  their  different  points  of 
view  and  every  one  present  profited  from  the  talks.  The  meet- 
ing was  considered  very  successful  from  every  standpoint. 


New  Medical  Journal  in  Chicago. 
Chicago,  May  S. — A  new  medical  journal  of  a  unique 
character  has  appeared  in  the  Chicago  field.  Its  title  is 
Hygiene,  Diet  and  Long  Life.  Dr.  Karl  von  Klein  is  the 
managing  editor  and  Dr.  Horace  Bird  Frost  is  the  associate 
editor.  Its  object  according  to  editorial  announcement  is  "to 
be  the  medium  between  the  medical  profession  and  the  laity, 
teaching  the  duty  of  the  public  to  the  physician  and  of  the 
physician  to  the  public." 


Actress  Gets  Judgment  for  Loss  of  Voice. 

Chicago,  May  S. — Miss  Grace  Reals,  an  actress,  has  secured 
a  verdict  for  $5000  damages  against  A.  W.  Adamick,  a  druggist, 
at  233  North  Clark  street,  for  an  injury  to  her  vocal  chords 
alleged  to  have  been  caused  through  a  mistake  iu  the  filling  of 
a  prescription  for  her  by  one  of  Adamick's  clerks.  She  alleged 
that  ammonia  was  mixed  with  castor  oil.  Miss  Reals  sued  for 
125,000  damages.     The  case  will  be  appealed. 


Druggists  to  Oppose  Pree  Antitoxin. 
Chicago,  May  S. — The  following  special  committee  has  been 
appointed  by  Chairman  Sandkoetter,  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  C.R.D.A.,  to  appear  before  the  'appropriations 
committee  of  the  Legislature  in  opposition  to  the  free  antitoxin 
bill :  S.  C.  Xeomans,  T.  ^.  Cannon,  James  P.  Crowley,  I.  M. 
Light  and  Mr.  Sandkoetter. 


Two  Store  Ownership  Not  a  Success. 
Chicago,  May  8. — The  South  Park  Drug  Company,  opera- 
ting two  stores,  one  at  35th  street  and  South  Park  avenue,  and 
the  other  in  43d  street,  have  been  closed  on  a  chattel  mortgage. 
The  43d  street  store  has  been  taken  over  by  H.  C.  Michaels,  a 
former  Chicago  druggist. 


Ladies'  Night  for  Social  Drug  Club. 
Chicago,  May  S. — The  Social  Drug  Club  is  arranging  for  a 
"ladies'  night"  May  24  at  the  Masonic  Temple  drill  hall.    The 
programme    will    consist    of   a    vaudeville    performance,    after 
which  there  will  be  a  dance. 


May  13,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  451 

TWO  MEMBERS  OF  N.A.R.D.  PROPAGANDA  COMMITTEE— CHAIRMAN  OF   CHICAGO  R.D.A.  WORKERS. 


W.  C.  CORDON.  Wheeling.   W.  Va.. 

member    proi.;i;:aud:i    i.-ummittee    of    the 

Niitioual  Assc.  Retail  Druggists. 


J.  B.  SCHMIDT.  Oninh.T.   Xeb.. 
mber    proijagauda    committee    of    tlie 
National  Assc.  Retail  Druggists. 


MANUFACTURERS  ARGUE  AGAINST  BROWN  ACT.     BROOKLYN  OPPOSITION  TO  PHARMACY  REFORM. 

New   Associations   Formed   to   Fight   Against   the   All- 
State  Act  of  the  Legislature — Protests  Sent  to  the 
Governor    at   Albany — Secret    Meetings   Held 
by     Mysterious     Protective     Association. 

Following  the  open  attack  on  the  Brown  All-State  Phar- 
macy Bill  in  a  circular  which  was  distributed  among  the 
Brooklyn  druggists  last  week  by  the  new  Brooklyn  Greater 
New  York  Pharmaceutical  Society,  as  reported  in  last  week's 
Era.  a  meeting  for  the  purpose  "of  taking  further  and  imme- 
diate action  against  this  bill  was  held  Wednesday  evening  of 
last  week  over  Cunningham's  beer  saloon.  State  and  Smith 
streets.  Brooklyn. 

Thomas  Lamb,  of  S4  Court  street,  and  H.  P.  Hill,  vice- 
president  of  the  society  and  associated  with  the  Paddock 
Drug  Company,  of  392  Gates  avenue,  were  prominently  active 
in  looking  after  the  details  and  enlisting  the  co-operation  of  the 
other  members.  Besides  Messrs.  Lamb  and  Hill,  the  numbers 
present  were  reinforced  by  eight  other  members,  among  whom 
were :  George  J.  Duerr,  60  Wyckoff  street :  P.  S.  Gehris,  72 
Henry  street;  S.  L.  Neier,  122  Schenectad.v  avenue:  S.  Rubin, 
961  DeKalb  avenue,  and  Andrew  H.  Witze,  secretary,  asso- 
ciated with  Mr.  Lamb. 

After  a  discussion  regarding  the  most  effective  method  to  tise 
to  defeat  the  bill,  it  was  decided  to  have  copies  of  the  following 
letter  printed  and  sent  to  every  drug  store  in  Kings  County, 
together  with  a  request  that  the  druggist  sign  and  mail  the 
same  to  Governor  Hughes : 
Goi:  Ohas.  E.  Hughes,  Executive  Mansion,  Albany,  y.  Y. 

Excellent  Sir. — The  passing  of  the  Brown  Bill  by  the  Assembly 
and  the  Senate  is  a  great  disappointment  to  me.  as  I  believe  it 
to  be  to  my  fellow  druggists,  inasmuch  as  it  provides  that  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  shall  be  appointed  from  men  named  by  the 
organization  to  which  so  few  of  us  belong.  This  denies  to  us 
any  voice  in  the  selection  of  men  who  will  have  supe'rvision 
over  our  business. 

The  use  of  Wood  alcohol  in  medicinal  preparations  which 
would  be  made  legal  in  this  State  by  said  bill  is  I  believe  detri- 
mental to  our  profession  and  harmful  to  the  public. 

You  are  earnestly  petitioned  to  use  your  executive  power  in 
vetoing  this  bill.     Respectfully, 

The  following  resolution,  carrying  the  signatures  of  the 
president  and  secretary  and  the  seal  of  the  society,  was 
unanimously  adopted  and  a  copy  ordered  sent  to  the  Governor : 

Resolved,  that  we  the  members  of  the  Greater  New  York  Phar- 
maceutical Society  do  unanimously  protest  against  the  act  of 
the  Senate  and  Assembly  known  as  Assembly  Bill  22S5  intro- 
duced by  Mr.  C.  F.  Brown,  believing  that  it  would  injure  the 
best  interests  of  the  druggists  foT  the  following  reasons: 

First. — The  bill  provides  that  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  shall  be 
appointed    from    men    named    by    the    New    York    State    Pharma- 


Large  Delegation  of  Representative  Pharmacists  From 

All    Over    the    State    Supports    the    Measure    at 

Hearing  Before   Governor  Hughes,   Held 

at  Albany  on  Tuesday  Afternoon. 

Albany.  May  11. — A  large  and  representative  assemblage 
of  pharmacists  from  all  parts  of  the  State  appeared  this  after- 
noon at  the  hearing  given  the  Brown  All-State  Pharmacy  Act 
by  Governor  Hughes,  most  of  them  favoring  the  enactment. 

Representatives  of  the  manufacturers  and  of  the  new 
Greater  New  York  Society  appeared  against  it.  The  opposi- 
tion was  first  heard.  Assemblyman  Conklin.  whose  similar 
bill  was  defeated,  argued  that  the  Brown  Bill  was  loosely 
drawn  and  would  permit  the  free  sale  of  cocaine.  Charles 
M.  Woodruff,  of  Detroit,  attorney  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
representing  the  drug  manufacturers,  argued  against  the  Act 
on  account  of  the  effect  of  the  guaranty  clause  and  will  sub- 
mit a  brief  later.  Thomas  P.  Cook,  of  the  Drug  Trade  Sec- 
tion of  the  New  York  Board  of  Trade,  opposed  the  measure 
for  similar  reasons.  Wm.  A.  Jenner,  of  the  Anti-Narcotic 
League,  and  Messrs.  Creagau.  Lamb,  Gehris  and  Hill,  of  the 
Brooklyn  Greater  New  York  Ph. A.,  also  appeared  in  protest. 

In  support  of  the  Brown  Act.  which  was  declared  to  be  a 
model  of  pharmac.v  legislation  and  a  great  advance  in  reform, 
fhere  appeared  among  others,  the  following  pharmacists: 

Peter  Diamond,  of  New  York  City,  president  of  the  New 
York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association ;  Dr.  William  Muir, 
of  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  representing  the  State  Ph.A.  and  Kings 
Coimty  Pharmaceutical  Society ;  Thomas  Stoddard,  of  Buffalo, 
for  and  with  resolutions  passed  by  the  Erie  County  Ph.A. 
favoring  the  measure ;  Fred  S.  Rogers,  ex-president  State 
Ph.A.,  for  Orange  County  Ph.A.  :  Felix  Hirseman.  president 
of  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society  of  New  York  City ; 
George  Page,  representing  Rochester  R.D.A. ;  Chas.  L.  Mc- 
Bride,  ex-president  State  Ph.A.  and  for  Kingston  Drug  Club ; 
H.  C.  Connolly,  Jr.,  of  Kingston,  for  the  Ulster  County  Drug 
Club ;  E.  S.  Dawson,  president  Syracuse  R.D.A. :  Frank  Rich- 
ardson, treasurer  State  Ph.A..  for  Cambridge  pharmacists : 
Warren  L.  Bradt,  for  the  Albany  Drug  Club ;  George  Kleinau, 
for  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society  of  New  York  City. 

The  reform  features  of  the  bill  were  exploited  by  those  in 
favor  of  the  measure.  It  was  denied  that  the  sale  of  narcotics 
would  be  made  free  and  the  objections  to  the  guaranty  clause 
made  by  the  manufacturers  were  answered  by  the  statement 
that  they  were  not  well-founded.  One  of  the  objections  made 
by  the  opponents  that  the  bill  was  unconstitutional  in  giving 
the  appointing  power  to  the  Regenis  was  ridiculed. 


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[May  13,  1909 


ceutical  Association,  the  membership  of  which  comprises  a 
very  small  portion  (about  16  per  cent)  of  the  active  retail  drug- 
gists iu  the  State.  This  fact  deprives  the  large  majority  of 
druggists  the  right  to  a  voice  or  vote  iu  the  selection  of  the 
men  who  regulate  their  profession. 

Second. — The  bill  permits  the  use  of  methyl  or  wood  alcohol 
in  medicines  or  toilet  preparations  for  external  use  (sec.  237 — 
adulterations). 

Third.— Under  sec.  240,  (violations,)  a  druggist  may  be  sued 
for  any  number  of  violations  before  he  has  had  the  knowledge 
that  he  has  committed  one  offense:  and,  be  it  further — 

Resolved,  that  the  Greater  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Society 
do  as  a  body  and  individually,  petition  the  Governor  to  use  his 
powers  to  prevent  the  bill  becoming  a  law. 

S.  L.  Gehris,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  an- 
nounced that  he  would  attend  the  hearing  on  the  bill  and 
appointed  Messrs.  Lamb  and  Hill  to  accompany  him  to  Albany. 
The  opinion  was  expressed  that  possibly  it  would  be  a  wise 
thing  to  take  along  a  good  speaker,  and  it  was  decided  to 
secure  the  attorney  of  the  society,  Peter  P.  Smith,  to  prompt 
the  members  and  also  make  a  strong  argument  against  the  bill. 


president.  392  Gates  avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. ;  Frank  Parker, 
second  vice-president.  Islip,  N.  Y. ;  Thomas  Johnston,  third 
vice-president.  Frccport,  N.  Y. ;  S.  Rubin,  treasurer,  961 
DeKalb  avenue,  Brooklyn  ;  A.  W.  Witze,  secretary.  84  Court 
street.  Brooklyn  :  Peler  P.  Smith,  attorney,  44  Court  street. 
Brooklyn. 


Brooklyn  Retail  Druggists'  Protective  Association. 

Following  the  stir  that  has  recently  developed  in  pharma- 
ceutical circles  and  the  activity  on  the  part  of  a  number  of 
Brooklyn  Borough  druggists,  especially  in  the  lower  down- 
town district,  it  has  been  learned  that  in  the  Retail  Druggists'  . 
Protective  Association  there  really  centers  the  powers  which 
have  brought  about  considerable  of  the  commotion  in  connec- 
tion with  the  opposition  to  pharmacy  reform  at  Albany. 

This  association  is  composed  of  40  to  50  members,  according 
to  the  statement  of  Thomas  Lamb,  who  is  the  treasurer  and 
the  only  member  known  as  officially  connected  with  it.  Names 
of  the  other  members  are  kept  secret  as  well  as  all  that  trans- 
pires at  the  meetings  which  have  been  held  at  frequent  inter- 
vals during  the  winter.  The  purpose  of  the  association,  as 
stated  by  the  treasurer,  is  simply  to  fight  so-called  technical 
violations  brought  by  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  against  members 
and  to  take  care  of  other  matters  which  could  not  be  divulged. 
Mr.  Lamb  stated  that  checks  were  pouring  in  and  that  there 
was  a  neat  sum  in  the  treasury. 

In  giving  a  history  of  the  organization,  Mr.  Lamb  said  that 
it  was  a  continuation  of  the  Campaign  Committee  of  the 
Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  some  five  mouths 
ago  placed  in  nomination  as  a  candidate  for  a  member  on  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  the  name  of  William  T.  Creagan.  This 
committee,  however,  has  been  abolished,  as  it  was  considered 
that  more  eSicient  work  could  be  accomplished  by  working 
more  "on  the  quiet,"  as  it  might  be  stated.  The  following 
were  the  officers  of  this  committee  :  Samuel  Rubin,  manager ; 
Emil  C.  Krausche,  poll  clerk,  and  Thomas  Lamb,  secretary. 

About  January  1,  by  a  resolution,  the  committee  resolved 
itself  into  the  Retail  Druggists'  Committee,  and  became  a 
secret  organization.  At  a  meeting  held  on  April  29,  it  was 
decided  to  adopt  the  name  of  the  Retail  Druggists"  Protective 
Association,  because  of  being  more  in  harmony  with  the  pur- 
pose of  the  association.  At  this  meeting  a  number  of  druggists, 
pledged  to  certain  principles,  were  admitted  to  membership. 
The  place  of  meeting  of  the  association  is  not  made  public. 

One  of  the  matters  brought  about  by  the  Retail  Druggists' 
Committee  was  the  organization  of  the  Greater  Xew  York 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  which  was  incorporated  February  18 
by  the  following,  all  of  whom  are  drug  clerks :  Andrew  H. 
Witze,  James  F.  A.  Dawsen,  Charles  G.  W.  Reid.  Charles  L. 
Webb  and  Henry  M.  Borchers.  There  are,  however,  a  number 
of  proprietors  who  are  members,  and  it  seems  dominate  the 
society. 

It  is  claimed  that  the  society  has  125  active  members  scat- 
tered about  in  all  of  the  various  counties  under  the  jurisdiction 
of  the  Eastern  Branch  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  only 
licensed  pharmacists  of  these  counties  are  eligible  to  member- 
ship. The  purpose  of  the  society  is  to  secure  the  privilege  to 
vote  for  candidates  for  membership  on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
It  has  been  stated  that  a  number  of  its  members  were  unable 
to  secure  recognition  of  their  views  on  some  matters  in  the 
Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  Kings  County 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  therefore  formed  the  new  associa- 
tion. There  is  only  one  regular  meeting  a  year,  that  being 
on  the  first  day  of  January,  when  officers  are  elected.  The 
monthly  meetings  which  have  been  held  are  known  as  special 
meetings. 

Following  are  the  names  of  the  officers :  Ulrich  W^iesen- 
danger,  president,  Yonkers,  N.  Y. ;   Henry  P.  Hill,  first  vice- 


21ST  STORE  OF  RIKEB  CHAIN  IN  BOSTON. 

Useful  Souvenirs  for  Patrons  at  the  Opening — Oil 
Paintings  Above  the  Fountain. 

Boston,  May  S. — The  eighth  drug  store  in  the  Riker-Jaynes 
group  in  Boston,  aud  the  21st  in  the  chain  throughout  the 
country  of  this  combination,  was  opened  today  at  128  Tremont 
street,  opposite  the  Park  street  entrance  to  the  Subway. 
Liberal  advertising  had  its  reward,  aud  the  store,  spacious 
though  it  is,  was  packed  full  of  people  all  day  long.  Souvenirs 
were  given  away  to  every  purchaser.  The  scheme  was  as 
follows :  To  every  purchaser  of  goods  to  the  amount  of  25 
cents,  was  given  a  small  box  of  Foss'  chocolates ;  to  every 
purchaser  of  goods  at  the  toilet  counter  to  an  amount  of  25 
cents  was  also  given  a  box  of  tooth  powder ;  to  every  pur- 
chaser of  25  cents'  worth  of  goods  at  drug,  patent  medicine  or 
sick  room  supply  counters,  was  also  given  a  cake  of  violet 
soap,  while  at  the  cigar  counter  every  purchaser  of  25  cents' 
worth  of  goods  was  given  a  10-cent  cigar. 

William  J.  Coughter,  who  was  assistant  manager  of  the 
Bedford  street  store  of  the  Riker-Jaynes  Company,  has  been 
appointed  manager  of  the  new  store.  Over  30  clerks  were 
employed  on  the  opening  day.  The  soda  fountain,  of  original 
design  and  of  the  iceless  system,  made  by  the  L.  A.  Becker 
Company,  of  Chicago,  is  a  feature.  It  has  a  30-foot  counter 
and  is  12  feet  high.  It  is  largely  of  onyx,  with  the  numerous 
pillars  of  onyx  supported  and  capped  with  bases  and  capitals 
of  bronze.  Large  mirrors  occupy  the  back,  while  above  them 
are  oil  paintings.  The  counter  top  is  of  onyx,  and  the  side  of 
pavanazzi  marble,  while  the  base  is  of  alps  green  marble.  All 
the  doors  to  the  cabinet  are  of  wired  glass.  Umbrellas  form 
one  of  the  lines  of  the  new  store. 


Preparing  for  Massachusetts  Ph.A.  Meeting. 
Boston,  May  10. — The  annual  convention  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  held  again 
this  year  at  the  New  Ocean  House,  Swampscott,  under  the 
same  delightful  auspices  as  last  year.  The  dates  will  be  June 
22  to  24.  The  Traveling  Men's  Auxiliary  will  also  hold  their 
annual  convention  at  the  same  place  and  time,  and  at  meeting 
of  the  executi%-e  committee  held  Saturday  plans  were  pro- 
jected for  making  the  entertainment  feature  a  bigger  thing 
even  than  that  of  last  year,  when  the  traveling  men  fairly 
astounded  the  druggists  by  the  wealth  and  cordiality  of  their 
reception.  The  committee  is  as  follows :  George  H.  Thomp- 
son, chairman :  Thomas  F.  Mullen.  Fred  P.  Wright.  D.  E. 
Lochm.an.  C.  H.  Thompson.  W.  H.  Henderson.  F.  S.  Levis, 
M.  E.  Murray,  J.  A.  Baader,  C.  H.  Perry  and  Chas.  H.  Field. 


N.'y.C.P.  Commencement  at  Carnegie  Hall  Tonight. 

At  the  commencement  exercises  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy,  Columbia  University,  this  evening,  M.  P.  Gould, 
of  New  York,  will  deliver  the  address  to  the  students.  Rev. 
Edwin  F.  Hallenbeck,  minister  at  the  Fiflh  Avenue  Presby- 
terian Church,  will  offer  prayer,  opening  the  exercises  of  the 
evening.  The  degree  of  Ph.G.  will  be  conferred  upon  about 
70  students,  who  have  completed  the  two  year  course.  The 
students  of  the  food  class  do  not  graduate  until  June  and  have 
the  degrees  conferred  at  the  university  exercises.  As  usual, 
the  exercises  will  be  held  at  Carnegie  Hall,  Seventh  avenue 
and  57th  street.  Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City.  The 
graduates  will  enter  at  8.30  o'clock. 


B.C.P.  Commencement  and  Alumni  Beception  Tonight. 

The  commencement  exercises  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy  will  be  held  this  evening  at  the  Baptist  Temple. 
Third  avenue  and  Schermerhorn  street.  Brooklyn.  Between 
50  and  60  graduates  will  receive  the  degree  of  Ph.G..  while  the 
Phar.D.  degree  will  also  be  conferred  upon  some  of  the 
students  of  the  advanced  classes.  Immediately  following  the 
exercises,  the  Alumni  Association  will  hold  its  annital  dinner 
at  Cafg  Raub,  Nevins  street  and  Flatbush  avenue.  The  dinner 
will  be  followed  by  a  dance. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


453 


TOBACCO  TRUST  FIGHTS  THE  NEWSDEALERS. 

United   Cigar   Stores   Company,   a   Subsidiary   Concern, 

Inaugurates    Methods    Similar    to    Those    Which 

Were  Practiced  Against  Independent  Dealers 

and  Once  Menaced  the  Retail  Druggists. 

The  American  Tobacco  Company  has  gone  into  the  busi- 
ness of  newsdealing  in  New  York  City,  says  the  Editor  and 
Puiliiher,  and  the  small  dealers  who  have  spent  years  build- 
ing up  their  small  trades  are  intensely  aroused.  They  say 
they  are  face  to  face  with  destruction,  for  they  cannot  alone 
combat  the  millions  of  capital  in  the  Tobacco  Trust. 

The  United  Cigar  Stores  Company,  which  is  a  subsidiary 
concern  of  the  American  Tobacco  Company,  has  commenced 
the  invasion  of  the  newsdealers'  field  by  opening  five  stores 
in  the  Riverside  and  Harlem  sections  of  Manhattan. 

It  is  said  they  propose  to  open  200  stores  in  New  York 
where  magazines  and  periodicals  will  be  sold  together  with 
cigars  and  tobacco.  With  each  purchase  of  a  periodical,  "cer- 
tificates" or  "coupons"  are  given  the  purchaser  exactly  as  in 
the  purchase  of  cigars,  cigarettes  and  tobacco.  The  same 
coupons  are  used  for  cigars  and  maga- 
zines. The  great  majority  of  the  small 
cigar  stores  have  managed  to  keep  alive 
against  the  competition  of  the  Trust  by 
selling  periodicals  and  stationery.  It  is 
not  concealed  that  the  purpose  of  the 
United  Cigar  Stores  Company  in  going 
into  the  news  business  is  to  kill  all  com- 
petition in  the  cigar  business. 

The  newsdealers  held  a  meeting  and 
asked  the  American  News  Company  to 
state  its  attitude  toward  the  newcomers. 
The  company  declared  itself  strongly  op- 
posed to  the  Tobacco  Trust  entering  the 
news  field.  General  Traffic  Manager 
Dean,  of  the  American  News  Company, 
is  quoted  as  follows  by  the  Editor  and 
Publisher: 

"The  United  Cigar  Stores  Company  is 
operating  its  newsdealing  stores  under 
the  firm  name  of  Davis  &  Cline.  When 
this  was  called  to  our  attention  by  the 
publishers,  we  immediately  stopped  sup- 
plying them  with  periodicals.  The  pub- 
lishers do  not  want  the  retail  price  to  be 
cut.  The  United  Cigar  Stores  Company, 
by  giving  free  'coupons.'  is  actually  cut- 
ting the  price. 

"They  show  that  they  do  not  care  about 
the  profits  on  the  sales  of  periodicals. 
They  only  care  about  the  cigars.  The 
newsdealers  say  that  the  Tobacco  Trust, 
by  this  move,  is  attempting  to  cut  the 
heart  out  of  their  business  and  drive  them 
out  entirely. 

"I  do  not  know  where  the  United  Cigar 
Stores  Company  is  getting  its  supplies  of 
periodicals.  We  have  tried  to  trace  the 
source  of  the  supply,  but  cannot  find  out 
but  a  few  stores,  the  supply  is  inconsiderable." 

"If  the  charter  of  the  United  Cigar  Stores  Company  limits 
its  business  to  the  selling  of  tobacco,  will  there  be  litigation 
over  the  practice  of  selling  periodicals  in  those  stores V" 

"I  imagine  there  will  be." 


PHILADELPHIA  A.R.D.  FOR  PURE  DRUG  ACT. 


An   Active   Illinois  Pharmacist. 


E.  A.  RIDGELY,  Ph.G., 
proprietor  of  Ridgely's  Prescription 
Pharmacy,  East  St.  Louis,  111.,  was  re- 
cently elected  president  of  the  St.  Clair 
County  R.D.A.  He  takes  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  welfare  of  his  fellow  drug- 
gists and  spares  no  efforts  in  further- 
ing the  work  of  the  organization. 

At  present,  with 


Biker  Drug  Company  to  Quit  Retailing  of  Cigars. 

Announcement  has  been  made  "by  the  Riker  Drug  Company 
that  it  will  stop  the  retailing  of  cigars,  cigarettes  and  tobacco 
in  its  stores  as  soon  as  the  present  stock  of  this  class  of  goods 
is  disposed  of.  It  is  said  that  the  space  in  the  various  stores 
required  for  the  transaction  of  the  cigar  business  was  not 
bringing  as  large  returns  as  those  devoted  strictly  to  the  dis- 
play and  retailing  of  drug  merchandise,  and  it  is  understood 
that  the  other  departments  are  to  be  extended  into  the  extra 
space  afforded  by  this  change. 

Bad  Failure  of  a  Virginia  Druggist. 
Norfolk,  May  8. — P.  Gatling,  pharmacist,  has  filed  a  peti- 
tion in  voluntary  bankruptcy.   Liabilities,  $7621.43  :  assets.  $75. 


Association    Overrides    Executive    Committee's    Action 
and  Urges  Governor  to  Sign  Measure — Fight  With 
Newspapers      Not      Settled — Progress      Made 
for    Propaganda — To     Name     Delegates. 
Phil.4  DELPHI  A.    May   S. — The   newspaper  situation   and    the 
straighteniug  out  of  a  rather  embarrassing  tangle  caused  by  the 
association  endorsing  the  Pure  Drug  Bill  now  in  the  hands  of 
Governor  Stuart  for  his  signature  or  veto  and  the  executive 
committee  later,  asking  him  to  veto  it,  were  the  features  of  the 
May  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gist's held  yesterday  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy. 
The  attendance  was  above  the  average  for  there  had  been  gen- 
eral discussion  prior  to  the  meeting  on  both  questions. 

When  the  Pure  Drug  Bill  (House  Bill  225)  came  before 
the  meeting  in  February,  the  association  endorsed  it  and  in- 
structed its  legislative  committee  to  work  for  its  passage. 
This  was  done  and  the  bill  passed  both  houses  with  little 
opposition.  At  the  April  meeting  of  the  executive  committee, 
upon  the  representation  that  the  bill  was  sol-ely  in  the  interests 
of  the  jobber  and  the  manufacturer,  the 
executive  committee  passed  resolutions 
iirginz  the  Governor  to  veto  it. 

When  the  legislative  committee  heard 
..£  this  action,  the  members  expressed 
ihemselves  emphatically  and  the  result 
was  that  yesterday  Chairman  William  L. 
riift'e  moved  that  the  report  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  referring  to  House  Bill 
L'25  be  referred  back  with  instructions  to 
I'.scind  its  action.  After  much  discussion 
iliis  motion  prevailed  and  in  the  interests 
'it  time,  a  telegram  was  ordered  sent  to 
Governor  Stuart,  informing  him  that  the 
original  action  of  the  P.A.R.D.  endorsing 
I  he  bill  had  been  reafiirmed.  canceling  the 
protfst.  Another  motion  which  was  carried, 
■lirected  that  a  committee  of  three,  consist- 
ing of  Frank  W.  Fluck,  president  of  the 
association  ;  William  T.  Burke,  chairman 
of  the  executive  committee,  and  Theodore 
Campbell,  of  the  legislative  committee, 
wait  upon  the  Governor  and  explain  how 
this  reversal  of  the  position  of  the  asso- 
ciation came  about. 

The  opposition  to  the  bill  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  executive  committee,  it  ap- 
peared, resulted  from  the  claim  that  but 
six  preparations,  viz.,  those  of  opium, 
ioiline,  peppermint,  camphor,  ginger  and 
ethyl  nitrit,  had  to  be  made  according  to 
the"  U.S.P.  and  N.F.,  and  that  all  other 
preparations  could  be  made  up  as  the 
manufacturer  pleased,  provided  the  per- 
centage was  stated  on  the  label.  The 
stipulation  on  these  six  drugs  was  made 
because  they  were  the  preparations  com- 
monly sold  by  couutry  store-keepers  and 
others  having  no  knowledge  of  the  ingredients.  For  other  prep- 
arations such  as  were  not  generally  sold  by  others  than  druggists 
the  latter  would  be  guided  entirely  by  the  statement  on  the 
label.  It  was  claimed  that  there  were  practically  no  prepara- 
tions regarded  as  household  remedies  and  which  were  generally 
sold  b.v  druggists,  which  were  not  included  in  the  above-named 
preparations. 

It  was  this  bill,  as  explained  by  Mr.  Cliffe,  which  was  orig- 
inally framed  in  1907  by  representatives  of  practically  all  of 
the  pharmaceutical  institutions  and  organizations  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  denied  that  the  jobber  and  the  manufacturer  had 
received  any  more  consideration  in  the  work  for  the  bill  than 
that  to  which  they  were  entitled  as  parties  interested.  The 
retail  interests  had  predominated  in  the  personnel  of  the  com- 
mittee and  it  was  the  public  and  the  retail  druggist  that  had 
received  first  consideration.  The  situation  was  thoroughly 
discussed  by  Theodore  Campbell,  Charles  Rehfuss.  S.  B.  Davis, 
W.  T.  Burke,  F.  M.  Apple,  S.  W.  Strunk  and  others. 

The  majority  of  the  90-odd  branch  offices  of  the  newspaper 
that  has  broken  away  from  the  contract  between  the  dailies 
and  the  druggists  who  received  want  advertisements  on  a  com- 


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mission  of  25  ppr  cent,  uo  commission  on  any  one  ad.  to  be 
less  tljan  71-.  rents  per  insertion,  were  represented  either  by  tlie 
proprietors  or  by  their  expression  when  Chairman  Charles  Reh- 
fuss,  of  the  telephone  and  press  committee,  reported  on  the  mat- 
ter. It  was  evident  that  not  only  were  the  agency  members  stand- 
ing solidly  in  opposition  to  any  change,  but  that  the  news- 
papers needed  the  assistance  of  the  druggists  and  that  the  atti- 
tude of  the  papers  was  by  no  means  unalterable.  The  impres- 
sion prevailed  very  strongly  that  if  the  druggists  stood  together 
in  their  opposition  to  any  reduction  in  commissions  the  news- 
papers would  see  the  danger  of  injuring  their  business  by  the 
methods  proposed. 

Secretary  X.  A.  Cozens  read  several  letters  from  physicians 
showing  the  high  regard  they  have  for  the  propaganda  move- 
ment. Chairman  J.  E.  Marsden  announced  that  the  profits 
on  the  recent  entertainment  would  be  slightly  over  .$400. 
ir>formation  which  was  greeted  with  applause.  It  was  an- 
nounced that  the  Italian  pharmacists  of  the  city  had  organized 
and  wished  to  be  recognized  and  to  affiliate  with  the  P.A.R.D.. 
as  au  organization.  The  request  was  referred  to  the  executive 
committee. 

Harry  R.  Binns  was  elected  to  membership  and  the  resigna- 
tion of  B.  C.  Waterman,  who  has  retired  from  business  and 
who  made  a  generous  cash  contribution  to  the  association,  was 
accepted.  Delegates  to  the  Penus.vlvania  Ph.A.  will  be  named 
at  the  June  meeting  of  the  P.A.R.D.  The  nominating  commit- 
tee will  meet  during  May  to  name  the  delegates  to  the  N.A.R.D. 
convention. 


EEVISION  INFORMATION  FOR  N.  Y.  BRANCH. 


DRUGGISTS  AND  SALESMEN  ENJOY  ATHLETICS. 

Opening  Day  of  Season  of  Philadelphia  Association  is 

Well  Attended  and  Proves  Thoroughly  Enjoyable. 

PniL.iDELPHi.i.  May  S. — Ivtail  druggists  and  the  salesmen 
who  supply  them  took  a  day  off  on  Tuesday  to  attend  the 
opening  events  of  the  summer  season  of  the  Philadelphia  Drug 
Athletic  Association  on  Stenton  Field.  The  aim  of  this 
organization  is  to  get  the  hard-working  druggist  away  from 
the  confinement  of  his  store  and  give  him  an  opportunity  to 
take  needed  exercise  in  the  fresh  air  with  congenial  com- 
panions. It  was  evident  by  the  size  and  the  enthusiasm  of 
the  gathering  on  Tuesday  that  these  policies  are  most  popular 
with  the  retailers. 

The  principal  event  was  a  ball  game  in  which  the  original 
players  were  early  relieved  by  substitutes,  who  in  turn  were 
replaced  by  others,  for  there  were  few  besides  "Charley" 
Willis  who  were  able  to  last  an  entire  game.  The  latter 
pitched,  batted  and  circled  the  bases  with  his  accustomed  skill. 
.John  B.  Scheuhing,  attired  in  a  natty  uniform,  started  off  well 
in  his  effort  to  take  off  20  pounds  during  the  summer,  while 
W.  A.  Johnson  was  just  as  well  satisfied  with  the  result  of 
his  opening  attempt  to  take  on  that  amount  of  avoirdupois 
before  October  1.  The  rendition  of  "Barbara  Freitchie"  be- 
tween the  innings  by  John  Duff.v,  the  veteran,  in  his  well- 
known  masterly  manner,  was  all  the  more  impressive  by  the 
declaration  by  Mr.  Duffy's  press  agent,  Edward  T.  Hahn,  that 
"John  knew  the  heroine  of  the  poem  when  she  was  a  little 
girl."  One  of  the  busiest  and  most  popular  men  on  the 
field  was  "Honest  John"  Kelley,  who  in  addition  to  his  duties 
as  secretar.v.  acted  as  steward. 

These  outdoor  meetings  will  be  held  every  Tuesday  afternoon. 
During  the  past  year,  the  association  lost  by  death  its  presi- 
dent. W.  Fred.  Steinmetz.  one  of  its  most  popular  and  active 
members,  and  his  successor  has  not  yet  been  elected.  Dr.  A.  T. 
Pollard  is  the  treasurer  of  the  associaticn.  which  has  about 
100  hundred  members. 


Preparing  for  Commencement  Phila.  C.  of  P. 
Phjladelphia.  May  S. — Arrangements  are  already  being 
made  for  the  reception  of  prominent  alumni  of  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  from  all  over  the  country  who  will  attend 
the  annual  commencement  exercises  which  start  on  Sunday, 
May  16,  with  the  baccalaureate  sermon  to  the  SSth  graduating 
class.  As  usual,  this  sermon  will  be  preached  at  the  Church 
of  St.  Luke  and  the  Epiphany  by  the  rector.  Rev.  David  M. 
Steele.  From  then  on  until  Thursday  afternoon,  there  will  be 
meetings  and  exercises  in  which  the  alumni  will  participate. 
Thursday  the  commencement  exercises  proper  will  be  held  in 
the  Academy  of  Music  at  8  p.  m.  A  feature  of  the  week  will 
be  an  exhibit  at  the  college  of  articles  of  particular  interest  to 
pharmacists. 


Interesting   Discourse   by   Professor   Coblentz — Invita- 
tions Beceived  to  Attend  Meeting  of  Pharma- 
cists at  Atlantic  City  During  Convention 
of  A.M.A — Joint  N.   Y.    Meeting. 

Some  of  the  difiiculties  encountered,  together  with  a  number 
of  interesting  facts  involved  in  a  revision  of  the  chemical 
features  of  the  Pharmacopoeia,  were  ably  presented  by  Pro- 
fessor Virgil  Coblentz.  chairman  of  the  section  on  chemicals  of 
the  U.S.P.  Revision  Committee,  at  the  meeting  of  the  New 
York  Branch  of  the  American  Phai-maceutical  Association  last 
Monday  evening. 

Professor  Coblentz's  introductory  remarks  related  to  the 
text,  and  the  difficulty  of  preparing  this  so  that  it  would  be 
practical  and  concise.  As  to  atomic  weights,  he  explained 
that  at  the  time  of  the  last  revision  the  majority  of  eminent 
chemists  considered  that  the  adoption  of  hydrogen  as  1  instead 
of  ox.vgen  as  16  would  be  the  better  unit  to  use,  and  the  former 
was  therefore  adopted  as  the  standard  for  the  Pharmacopoeia 
by  the  revisers.  However,  said  the  speaker,  this  standard  will 
probably  be  reversed  in  the  next  edition  as  oxygen  as  16  is 
coming  into  genera!  use. 

The  attitude  of  the  manufacturers  toward  the  revision  com- 
mittee previous  to  the  enactment  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs 
Act  was  commented  upon  and  Professor  Coblentz  said  that  it 
was  either  indifferent  or  antagonistic,  but  that  the  condition 
of  affairs  had  changed  considerably  during  the  past  three 
years  and  now  the  manufacturing  interests  were  extending 
valuable  assistance  in  every  way  and  working  in  co-operation 
with  the  committee. 

Several  tests  for  the  detection  of  impurities  in  various  chem- 
icals, especially  those  for  arsenic,  were  explained  in  detail, 
and  Professor  Coblentz  stated  that  several  of  the  best  tests 
were  too  sensitive  for  the  use  of  the  pharmacist  and  required 
expert  chemists  to  accurately  carry  them  out.  He  intimated 
that  some  of  these  tests  would  be  dropped  or  modified  in  the 
next  revision. 

Afterward  the  subject  was  discussed  and  Dr.  George  C. 
Diekman  stated  that  in  regard  to  the  relegation  of  synonyms 
to  the  index  he  thought  that  this  act  of  the  revision  com- 
mittee a  very  unwise  one,  and  the  system  had  proven  in 
several  instances  to  be  a  handicap  for  the  work  itself  as  well 
as  the  people  who  had  to  use  it.  Professor  Coblentz  coincided 
with  Dr.  Diekman  in  the  matter,  as  did  several  other  members 
who  expressed  opinions. 

The  subject  of  the  relegation  of  all  formulse  from  the  Phar- 
macopoeia to  the  National  Formulary  and  the  U.S.P..  to  be 
kept  as  a  book  of  simples,  which  was  recently  discussed  at  the 
Baltimore  Branch,  was  also  brought  up  and  several  phases  of 
the  subject  were  brought  out  b.v  Chairman  Jacob  Diner,  who 
highly  favored  such  a  course.  Otto  Raubenheimer.  a  member 
of  the  Revision  Committee  of  the  National  Formulary,  in  a 
humorous  way  stated  that  he  opposed  it  on  the  ground  that 
the  members  of  the  committee  would  have  to  burn  too  much 
midnight  oil. 

William  C:  Alpers  declared  that  the  phenol  on  the  market 
at  present  required  more  water  for  liquefaction  than  that  in 
common  tise  several  years  ago.  It  was  stated  that  the  dif- 
ference was  due  to  the  present  product  being  made  artificially 
from  benzol  while  the  acid  made  by  the  older  process  from 
coal  tar  contained  more  cresols  rendering  the  cr.vstals  softer. 

Several  communications  relating  to  the  coming  meeting  in 
Atlantic  City  at  the  time  of  the  A.M.A.  convention  and  a  tele- 
gram from  the  Philadelphia  Branch  inviting  the  members  of 
the  New  York  Branch  were  read.  The  section  of  pharma- 
cology of  the  A.M.A.  is  to  meet  on  June  10  and  the  Philadel- 
phia Branch  the  following  day.  Members  were  invited  to  take 
in  both  meetings. 

George  H.  Hitchcock,  chairman  of  the  special  committee  on 
the  joint  meeting  of  the  branch  with  the  New  York  County 
Medical  Society  reported  that  all  the  arrangements  were  com- 
plete for  the  meeting  which  would  be  held  in  the  Academy 
of  Medicine  May  19.  commencing  at  S.30  p.  m.  The  an- 
nouncements were  being  printed,  said  Mr.  Hitchcock,  and  about 
2400  would  be  sent  to  the  members  of  the  Medical  Society, 
while  arrangements  would  be  made  to  supply  the  various 
pharmaceutical  associations.  Treasurer  Joseph  Weinstein  re- 
ported a  balance  on  hand  amounting  to  $46.3.'>. 


May  13,  1909]  THE     PHARIMACEUTICAL     ERA  455 

EECENT    APPOINTMENTS    MADE    TO    BOARDS    OF    PHARMACY    IN  LOUISIANA   AND    WISCONSIN. 


GUSTAVE  SEEMAXN,  New  Orleaos, 

Chairman    examining:    committee    of    tUe 

new  Louisiana  State  Board  of  Phar. 


EDW.   H.  WALSDORF,  New  Orleans, 

rei-ently    appointed    a     meml:)er    of    the 

Louisiana  State  Board  of  Pbarmaey. 


OTTO  J.   S.  BOBERG,  of  Eau  Claire, 

whose      reappointment      to      Wisconsin 

Board  was  announced  in  the  Era. 


NEW  BOARD  AND  NEW  DRUG  LAW  IN  IOWA. 

Commissioner  Eaton  Elected  President — Druggists 
Must  Hereafter  Number  Liquor  Sales  Consecutively. 

Des  Moines,  May  S. — At  tlie  organization  meeting  held  by 
the  new  Iowa  Pharmacy  Commission,  Harry  E.  Eaton,  of 
Shenandoah,  was  elected  president  and  Clarence  W.  Larson 
secretary.  The  latter  is  not  a  member  of  the  board.  The  other 
two  new  commissioners  are  David  E.  Hadden,  of  Alta.  and 
1  W.  Clements,  of  Marengo.  Resolutions  were  adopted  prais- 
ing ilie  retiring  secretary,  C.  W.  Phillips,  who  was  not  a 
candidate  for  reappointment. 

Commissioner  Hadden  is  a  scientist  of  considerable  note. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Royal  Astronomical  Society  of  London, 
a  fellow  of  the  Iowa  Academy  of  Science,  and  a  contributor  to 
scientific  journals.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Morningside  College 
at  Sioux  City. 

Receipts  of  the  commission  for  the  year  ending  April  30 
reach  .$34,567,  an  increase  of  $1655.50  over  those  of  last  year, 
according  to  the  figures  of  Expert  Accountant  Charles  Heer. 
Itinerant  vendors'  licenses  at  $100  each  yielded  $28,000.  The 
next  largest  item  was  4392  annual  renewals  at  $%,  .$4392. 

Senator  Hammill's  bill  requiring  druggists  to  number  con- 
secutively all  applications  for  liquor  has  been  signed  by  the 
Governor,  the  last  of  the  temperance  measures  to  pass  through 
his  hands.  It  provides  that  after  July  1  the  numbered  appli- 
cations must  be  filed  each  month  with  the  county  auditor, 
and  they  must  correspond  with  stubs  to  be  kept  by  the  drug- 
gists open  to  inspection  at  any  time. 

By  looking  over  tlie  numbered  applications  a  county  attorney 
will  be  able  to  discover  just  how  much  liquor  has  been  sold  by 
each  druggist,  and  how  many  times  sales  have  been  made  to  the 
same  person.  The  bill  specifies  the  form  or  application  that 
must  be  used.     Unknown  applicants  must  have  witnesses. 

No  more  misbranded  or  adulterated  drugs  can  be  sold  in  Iowa 
without  risk  of  prosecution.  The  Newberry  Pure  Drug  Act 
gave  druggists  until  April  1.  1909.  to  dispose  of  goods  not  com- 
plying with  the  law,  and  it  is  now  in  full  force.  Under  the 
Iowa  law  any  preparation  containing  alcohol  must  state  the 
exact  amount  on  the  package.  A  similar  provision  is  made  as 
to  morphine,  chloroform,  opium,  acetanilid,  heroin,  chloral 
hydrate  and  cannabis  indica.  A  penalty  is  provided  for 
removing  the  contents  of  a  package  and  replacing  them  with 
another  preparation  or  for  placing  auy  misleading  statements 
concerning  ingredients  on  the  label.  The  sale  of  any  prepara- 
tion containing  wood  alcohol  or  denatured  alcohol  is  absolutely 
prohibited.  A  penalty  of  not  exceeding  $100  is  provided  for 
violation  of  any  provision  of  the  law. 


Board   Examinations 


New  York — Western  Branch. 

Buffalo,  May  8. — Secretary  George  Reimaun  anuounces 
that  at  the  last  examination  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
I'harmacy  held  in  Buffalo,  April  21  and  22,  the  following  were 
granted  licenses  to  practice  pharmacy  in   New   York  : 

Pharmacists. — Henry  P.  Diehl,  Buffalo :  Damon  W.  Wal- 
rath,  Syracuse;  Grace  W.  Wilson.  Buffalo. 

Druggists. — A.  H.  Bender,  P.  S.  Demers,  W.  W.  Farnum, 
H.  P.  Hawks,  G.  B.  Heckman,  A.  F.  Hendrickson.  A.  G.  Hoff- 
man, B.  C.  Leenhuis,  L.  H.  Rice,  H.  II.  Rider.  F.  G.  Rounds, 
Nathan  Sandler,  H.  A.  Trotter.  B.  M.  White,  all  of  Buffalo, 
and  H.  S.  Mosher,  of  Niagara  Falls,  and  ('.  F.  Weed,  of 
Batavia. 


Virginia, 

Roanoke,  May  8. — Of  82  applicants  only  the  following  22 
passed  the  recent  examinations  of  the  Virginia  State  Board 
of   Pharmacy  : 

Registered  Pharmacists. — M.  Y.  Pence,  Charlottesville ; 
G.  N.  Harrison,  Petersburg ;  P.  D.  Williams,  Sowers ;  W.  G. 
Overstreet,  Roanoke ;  A.  L.  Winne.  Manchester ;  R.  C.  Rice, 
Marion. 

Assistant  Pharmacists. — L.  B.  Jones,  Charlottesville; 
J.  A.  Florence,  Manassas ;  C,  R.  C.  Johnson,  Manassas ;  R.  H. 
Behiler.  Rocky  Mount ;  P.  C.  Wray,  Danville ;  R.  L.  Ives,  Nor- 
folk ;  Harry  G.  Murphy,  Norfolk :  Joseph  A.  Catlin,  Norfolk ; 
S.  D,  Hope,  Jr.,  Norfolk ;  Horace  C.  Hiidle,  Norfolk ;  Percy 
M,  Massie,  Richmond ;  Robert  A.  Klor,  Newport  News ;  Wm. 
P.  Harrison,  Richmond ;  H.  J.  Davie,  Norfolk ;  S.  S.  Bowman, 
Harrisonburg,  and  J.  B.  Perry,  Macon,  N.  C. 


Minnesota. 

St.  P.^ui..  May  8. — Eleven  candidates  for  full  registration 
as  pharmacists  passed  the  April  examination  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  L^niver- 
slty  of  Minnesota.  Twenty-five  others  passed  the  examination 
for  assistant  registration.  The  list  of  successful  candidates 
follows  : 

Full  Registration. — Harry  Broachirmer,  St.  Paul ;  John 
A.  Bush,  Eyota ;  V.  J.  Ha.ydon,  Minneapolis :  August  E.  Jaehn, 
Minneapolis  ;  Charles  M.  Jacobson.  Hankinson.  N.  D. ;  W.  A. 
King.  Minneapolis  ;  S.  M.  Kennedy,  Minneapolis  :  R.  R.  Lam- 


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bert,    Royalton ;    N.    L.    Larson,    Minneapolis ;    A.    E.    Lenz, 
Osakis  ;  L.  R.  Lord,  Miuneapolis. 

Assistant  Keqisteation. — Rudolph  Berglund,  Minneap- 
olis ;  R.  E.  Butterfueld.  Minneapolis  ;  W.  A.  Bohland,  St.  Paul ; 
E.  A.  Holton,  Elgin;  M.  J.  Hodapp,  Mankato;  W.  A.  Kerker, 
Minneapolis ;  Miss  Cora  I.  Norris,  Detroit ;  R.  O.  Pfefferle, 
New  Ulm ;  Miss  A.  M.  Remes,  New  Prague ;  J.  M.  Sansby, 
St.  Paul :  W.  H.  Schram,  Herman  ;  William  Nelson.  Minne- 
apolis ;  C.  W.  Zemlin,  Minneapolis ;  John  A.  Anderson,  St. 
Paul ;  E.  A.  Bierersdorf,  Minneapolis ;  A.  H.  Clements,  Min- 
neapolis ;  F.  F.  Couche.  Winona ;  E.  A.  Engebretson,  Hen- 
dricks ;  A.  R.  Hall,  St.  Hilaire ;  F.  H.  Hubbard,  Minneapolis ; 
B.  Jansen,  Minneapolis ;  E.  E.  Komstaduis,  Hoffman ;  E.  H. 
Perry,  Minneapolis ;  F.  W.  Riesland,  Milaca  ;  Le  Roy  Sweet, 
River  Falls,  Wis. 


Oklahoma. 

Abdmobe,  May  8. — Secretary  J.  C.  Burton  announces  that 
at  the  April  examination  conducted  by  the  Oklahoma  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  there  were  38  applicants  for  registration 
as  pharmacists.  The  following  were  successful :  M.  J.  Buford, 
Sulphur  Springs,  Texas ;  R.  L.  Bowyer,  Chickasha ;  I.  L. 
Cummings,  Oklahoma  City ;  J.  P.  Cox,  Ardmore ;  Joe  M. 
Davis,  Hugo ;  Guy  W.  Elkins,  Hackett,  Ark. ;  M.  S.  Faulkner, 
Oklahoma  City ;  Edward  L.  Henry,  Westville ;  William  M. 
Hamilton,  Buckner,  Ark.;  Earl  L.  McBride,  Stillwater;  Jesse 
C.  Mooney,  McLoud ;  Paul  M.  Moomaw.  Booneville.  Ark. ;  Ben 
F.  Payne,  Caddo;  H.  C.  Phimmer,  Oklahoma  City;  F.  M. 
Pearson,  Oklahoma  City ;  William  C.  Pendergraft,  Carney ; 
J.  J.  Reed,  Hulbert ;  O."  B.  Sheiry,  Shawnee ;  O.  N.  Stogsdill, 
Waukomis ;  E.  C.  Sherer,  Coalgate ;  R.  E.  Sawyer,  Bokchito ; 
James  W.  Twiggs,  Choestoe,  Ga. ;  O.  S.  Thompson,  McAlester ; 
H.  W.  Weedn.  Norman  ;  Glenns  S.  Webber,  Oklahoma  City. 

The  board  granted  registration  on  diplomas  from  recognized 
schools  of  pharmacy  to  the  following :  Schooley  D.  Ault, 
Charleston,  W.  Va. ;  James  C.  Andrews.  Carl  Junction,  Mo.; 
Allen  P.  Bethel,  Pittsburg,  Pa. ;  George  R.  Bible,  South  Pitts- 
burg, Tenn. ;  Otto  W.  Bergmeyer.  Dayton,  Ky. ;  William  A. 
Crawford,  Forest  City.  Mo. ;  Frederick  J.  Cermak,  Cleveland, 
Ohio ;  A.  Stinson  Coody,  Osyka,  Miss. ;  Marion  S.  Dantzler, 
Elloree,  S.  C. ;  Morris  Dunn,  Oakdale,  Pa. ;  M.  D.  C.  Dunaway, 
Concordia,  Kan.  ;  O.  L.  Ferrell,  Gilmer,  Texas ;  Paul  Grace, 
Grayville,  111. ;  Guy  Hall,  Wilkinsburg,  Pa. ;  Joseph  B.  Hecker, 
Kansas  City,  Mo. ;  Charles  R.  Housh,  Hobart ;  Aurie  Kirksey, 
Cache ;  C.  L.  Katz,  Anthony,  Kan. ;  Netaniah  Link,  Oklahoma 
City ;  W.  L.  McBeth,  Charlotte,  N.  C. ;  J.  E.  McDonnell,  Sid- 
ney, Iowa ;  Charles  L.  Perry,  Peebles,  Ohio ;  E.  S.  Patten, 
Carbondale.  111.;  G.  O.  Steyh,  Burlington,  Iowa;  J.  W. 
Stewart,  Spadra,  Ark.;  R.  W.  Shaffer, .  Basin,  Wyo. ;  R.  C. 
Wright,  Parsons,  Kan.  ;  J.  R.  York,  Kingsfisher. 

An  examination  will  be  held  at  Muskogee  on  May  18. 


Montana. 

Helena.  May  8. — At  the  April  examination  of  the  Montana 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  20  of  the  24  applicants  were  suc- 
cessful, as  follows : 

Phaejiacists. — F.  C.  Sheeran,  of  Butte ;  A.  Crawford,  of 
North  Dakota ;  C.  J.  Knox,  of  Big  Timber ;  A.  C.  Hawley,  of 
Harlowton ;  L.  C.  Scheu,  of  Glasgow ;  Benjamin  Borreson,  of 
Mondak:  A.  W.  Lindstadt,  of  Butte;  G.  A.  Dunn,  of  Big 
Timber ;  William  F.  Fagan,  of  Anaconda ;  Gus  Swander,  of 
Butte.  , 

Assistants. — J.  S.  Ellis,  Hillyard,  Wash. ;  Fred  Hornecker, 
Anaconda ;  N.  P.  Walters,  Jr.,  Helena ;  W.  W.  Harris,  Butte ; 
Fred  CuUen,  Livingston;  O.  E.  Potter,  Great  Falls;  Charles 
E.  Rice,  Butte ;  Chester  E.  Pool.  Townsend  ;  S.  L.  Burnveld, 
Butte. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Helena  in  October. 


Indiana. 
Vaxpabaiso,  May  3. — A.  F.  Heineman,  secretary  of  the 
Indiana  Board  of  Pharmacy,  announces  that  the  following 
qualified  as  registered  pharmacists  at  the  April  examination : 
G.  D.  Alward.  Ann  Arbor;  Sam  W.  Applegate.  South  Bend; 
Carl  Baker,  Greenville,  Ohio ;  Harvey  R.  Belton,  John  G.  Bor- 
rey,  Indianapolis ;  Edw.  W.  Brandt,  LaFayette,  Ind. ;  K.  A. 
Brewer,  Greenwood,  Ind. ;  Hubbs  E.  Brown,  Ada,  Ohio ;  Thos. 
L  Cantrell,  Valparaiso ;  Ralph  S.  Cosner,  Greencastle,  Ind. ; 
H.  B.  Crabbs,  Ada  ;  W.  F.  Darnell,  Indianapolis ;  Harry  Dick- 
son,  Jamestown,    Ind. ;    Charles   Ditman.    Indianapolis ;    R.   J. 


Drew,  Argos,  Ind. ;  Robert  Etter,  R.  R.  Feagans  Indianapolis ; 
Andrevi'  Eraser,  Elkhart ;  Herman  J.  Fritz,  Indianapolis  ;  H.  A. 
Gladish,  Oakland  City,  Ind. ;  Cecil  Gough,  Muncie ;  A.  F. 
Hazinskey,  South  Bend ;  Frank  D.  Hastings,  Indianapolis ; 
Alice  Held,  Martin  C.  Hoban,  South  Bend ;  R.  E.  Hoover, 
LaFayette,  Ind. ;  Arthur  Illingsworth,  Muncie ;  L.  Interblitzen, 
Indiana  Harbor,  Ind. ;  Walton  Joachines,  Belmont,  111. ;  Au- 
gust L.  Johnson,  Lancaster,  Ohio;  George  W.  Johnson,  D.  A. 
Keffer,  Indianapolis ;  Charles  J.  King,  Terre  Haute ;  Charles 
E.  Phelps,  Indianapolis ;  Thurman  E.  Porter,  Parker,  Ind. ; 
Marti  Regadanz.  Fort  Wayne ;  Carl  E.  Reichel,  Indianapolis ; 
Earl  S.  Ritter,  LaFayette ;  J.  C.  Roe,  Valparaiso ;  Herman 
Riebling,  Indianapolis ;  Roy  Skinner,  Hudson,  Ind. ;  Frank 
W.  Smelker,  Lake  Odessa,  Mich.;  Byron  B.  Thorpe,  Michigan- 
town,  Ind. ;  Lawrence  P.  Upton,  Evansville ;  S.  D.  Weldy,  No- 
blesville,  Ind. ;  E.  E.  Williamson,  Ward  Wilson,  Indianapolis ; 
H.  H.  Woodruff,  Bone  Gap,  111. ;  Carlos  A.  Wooley,  Ada,  Ohio. 
Registebed  Assistant  Phabmacists. — E.  C.  Crider,  Jess 
Dunwoody,  LaFayette;  Earl  Forrest,  Huntington,  Ind.;  Chas. 
Jones,  Mitchell,  Ind. ;  John  A.  Kahn,  Michigan  City,  Ind. ; 
Bessie  Koon,  Logansport ;  Harry  C.  Matthews,  South  Bend ; 
H.  B.  Miller,  Martinsville,  Ind. :  Albert  M.  Mitchell,  Terre 
Haute;  C,  C.  Riddlin,  Fred  Schoeneman,  Indianapolis;  Earl 
Shields,  Bainbridge,  Ind.;  James  E.  Stoops,  Greencastle,  Ind.; 
Oren  A.  Walker,  Lerna,  111. 


Vermont. 
Baeee,  May  8. — D.  F.  Davis,  secretary  of  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  has  given  out  the  names  of  the  successful  candi- 
dates, who  recently  took  the  examinations  at  Montpelier.  Cer- 
tificates as  registered  pharmacists  have  been  granted  to  J.  F. 
Beaulac,  of  Montpelier ;  Harry  P.  Woodman,  of  Barre ;  A.  G. 
Vincent,  of  Burlington,  and  James  W.  Field,  of  Hinsdale,  N.  H. 


New  Hampshire. 
CoNCOBD,  May  8. — Secretary  Frank  H.  Wingate,  of  the  New 
Hampshire  State  Pharmacy  Board,  announces  that  of  the  class 
of  12  present  at  the  recent  examination,  all  being  in  the  senior 
grade,  only  these  two  were  successful :  Ernest  E.  Hagland,  of 
Manchester,  and  Edward  W.  Clark,  of  Boston. 


California. 

Secretary  Whilden  announces  that  the  next  meetings  of  the 
California  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held  at  Loa 
Angeles  July  19  and  at  San  Francisco  July  26. 

Governor  Gillett  has  reappointed  H.  O.  Buker,  of  Fresno, 
as  a  member  of  the  board. 


Maine. 
Lewiston,  May  8. — The  following  list  of  successful  candi- 
dates out  of  the  16  who  recently  apfjeared  before  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  for  examination  has  been  announced :  J.  Fred 
Riley.  Bangor ;  Ernest  W.  Everard.  Bath :  Orrin  L.  Miller, 
Carmel. 


Aids  in  Enforcement  of  Local  Option  Law. 
Lansing,  Mich.,  May  8. — The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  is 
making  an  effort  to  assist  in  the  enforcement  of  the  local  option 
law  which  recently  went  into  effect.  With  that  end  in  view, 
Inspector  F.  L.  Henderson  and  his  aides  have  been  touring  the 
State. 


Charges  Not  Sustained  Against  Druggist  Breitman. 
David  Breitman,  a  druggist  at  156  Vernon  avenue,  Brooklyn, 
who  was  arrested  some  time  ago  on  a  charge  of  felonious  as- 
sault and  held  in  $1500  bail,  on  the  charge  of  having  com- 
pounded a  prescription  of  ten  times  the  strength  specified  by 
the  physician,  was  recently  discharged  and  pronounced  inno- 
cent of  any  negligence  in  connection  with  the  filling  of  the 
prescription.  It  was  alleged  that  the  prescription  called  for 
only  one  tablet  of  morphine  and  atropine,  with  the  directions 
"take  at  once,"  but  was  compounded  by  Breitman  with  ten 
tablets,  which  the  patient  swallowed. 


Burglar  Walks  Away  With  Telephone  Cash. 
Deteoit,  May  S. — The  drug  store  of  J.  Lipsinski,  156 
Gratiot  avenue,  was  entered  by  a  burglar,  who  climbed  in 
through  a  transom,  unlocked  the  door  and  walked  out  with 
two  telephone  cash  boxes,  which  he  broke  open  and  rifled  in  the 
alley.     He  secured  only  a  small  sum. 


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PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  May  4,  1909. 

920.121 — Arthur  J.  Farmer.  Detroit,  Mich.  Means  for  ex- 
tracting the  contents  of  bottles. 

920,150 — Charles  F.  Jenkins,  Washington,  D,  C,  assignor 
by  mesne  assignments  to  Single  Service  Package  Corporation 
of  America,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Liquid-holding 
paper  vessel. 

920.184 — Albert  L.  Rudolph,  Jr.,  Camden,  N.  J.  Non- 
refillable  bottle. 

920.224 — Friedrich  S.  Valentiner,  Leipzig-Plagwitz,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  the  firm  of  Valentiner  &  Schwarz.  Leipzig- 
Plagwitz.  Germany.     Process  of  manufacturing  nitric  acid. 

920,300 — Emil  Fisher,  Berlin,  Germany,  assignor  to  Farben- 
fabriken  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld,  Germany,  a 
corporation  of  Germany.  Strontium  salt  of  dibrom-behenic 
acid. 

920.33.5 — Louis  S.  Hughes,  Joplin,  Mo.,  assignor  to  Picher 
Lead  Company,  Joplin,  Mo,,  a  corporation  of  Missouri.  Method 
of  manufacturing  litharge. 

920..336 — Louis  S.  Hughes.  Joplin,  JIc,  assignor  to  Picher 
Lead  Company.  Joplin.  Mo.,  a  corporation  of  Missouri.  Method 
of  manufacturing  zinc  osid. 

920.337 — Louis  S.  Hughes.  Joplin.  Mo.,  assignor  to  Picher 
Lead  Company,  Joplin,  Mo.,  a  corporation  of  Misouri.  Method 
of  manufacturing  zinc  oxid. 

920,338— Charles  A.  Hunt,  Jr.,  Lexington,  N.  C.  Bottle 
stopper. 

920.550— William  S.  Dorman,  Brooklyn.  N.  X.  Bottle- 
neck-forming tool. 

920,562 — Paul  O.  E.  Friedrich,  New  York,  N.  T.,  assignor 
to  Caloris  Manufacturing  Company,  a  corporation  of  Delaware. 
Heat  and  cold  non-conducting  bottle  or  receptacle. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade   Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS.  Attorney,  90S  G  St.,  Washington,  D,  C. 


920.564 — Sigmund  L.  Goldman,  Chicago,  111.,  assignor  to  E. 
Goldman  &  Co.,  Inc.,  Chicago,  III.,  a  corporation  of  Illinois. 
Bottle-soaking  machine. 

920,590— Michael  Loftus,  Chicago,  111.    Non-refillable  bottle, 

920,598 — Bulow  W.  Marston,  Shreveport,  La.     Insecticide. 

920,601 — Otto  Jleurer.  Cologne,  Germany.  Process  of  mak- 
ing metal  sulfates. 

920.610 — Ignacy  Moscicki,  Freiburg,  Switzerland.  Process 
and  apparatus  for  producing  oxids  of  nitrogen  by  means  of  a 
rotary  flame. 

920,622 — Michael  Nester,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  Turn  table  for 
bottle  molds. 

920,771 — John  Melisch,  Granite  City,  111.,  assignor  of  one- 
fifth  to  Steve  Santha.  one-fifth  to  Alek  Ory.  one-fifth  to  Steve 
Lazlo  and  one-fifth  to  Charles  Hedrich.     Bottle  closure. 

920.791 — August  Tonini,  Grand  View,  Ind.     Bottle  strainer. 

920,794 — Georg.  Waldmann,  Geestemiinde,  Germany.  Closure 
for  bottles. 

920,824— Eva  J.  Clark,  Glendive,  Mont.     Face  bleach. 

920,881 — Johannes  Reitz,  Schmargendorf,  near  Berlin,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  the  firm  of  Paul  Simon,  Plauen,  Germany, 
Radium  compound  and  process  of  making  the  same. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  May  4,  1909. 

33.693— Luke  H.  Logan,  Loco.  Okla.  Class  6.  Remedies 
for  catarrh,  lung  trouble,  head  ailments  and  stomach  trouble. 

36,36o — Vereingte  Chininfabriken  Zimmer  &  Co.,  Ges.  mit 
beschriinkter  Haftung,  Frankfort-on-the-Main.  Germany.  Class 
6.  A  remedy  for  arterio-sclerosis  and  attendant  diseases  and 
a  diuretic. 

37.421 — George  N.  Payette,  Washington,  D.  C.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  the  treatment  of  eczema  and  other  skin  diseases. 

38.444— Arthur  H.  Leach.  Chicago,  111.  Class  6.  Remedies 
for  excessive  alcoholism. 

38,786 — Vereingte  Chininfabriken  Zimmer  &  Co.,   Ges.   mit 


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beschrankter  Haftung,  Fraukfort-on-the-Main,  Germany.  Class 
6.     A  remedy  against  gonorrhea  and  cystitis. 

39,012 — Edgar  Levy.  Natchitoches,  La.  Class  6.  A  tonic 
and  stimulant  for  the  hair  and  scalp. 

39,057— Eletro  Company,  New  York.  N.  T.  Class  6.  Toilet 
ammonia. 

39,058— Eletro  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Sea 
salt  for  the  bath. 

39,059— Eletro  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Toilet 
water. 

39,069 — Same  as  preceding. 

39,213— Wallace  A.  Briggs.  Sacramento,  Cal.  Class  6. 
Tooth  washes,  tooth  paste,  tooth  powder. 

39,221— Frank  G.  Ramey,  Dallas,  Tex.  Class  6.  A  remedy 
for  asthma  and  catarrh. 

39,960 — Lemarc  Pharmaceutical  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Class  6.     A  remedy  for  catarrh  and  headache. 

40,371— E.  W.  Vacher,  New  Orleans,  La.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  croup. 

40,416— Julius  Roder,  Union  Hill,  N.  J.  Class  6.  Pharma- 
ceutical preparation  for  treatment  of  the  hair. 


FORTY  DRUG  STORES  EXPECTED  TO  CLOSE. 


Police  Chief  Predicts  a  Great  Diminution  in  Pharma- 
cies Under  New  Kansas  Prohibition  Law. 

ToPEKA,  May  8. — "There  will  not  be  over  ten  drug  stores  in 
town  a  month  after  the  new  prohibition  law  goes  into  effect," 
said  Chief  R.  W.  Eaton  recently.  "At  present,  there  are 
nearly  50,  41  of  which  have  permits  to  sell  liquor.  Three 
druggists,  all  of  which  are  alleged  to  have  been  carrying  on  an 
extensive  liquor  business,  have  left  the  last  week,  ^nd  many 
more  are  preparing  to  close  out  their  stocks, 

"On  Jitne  1  there  will  be  a  host  of  bargains  in  Kansas  drug 
stores,  A  real  estate  man  told  me  today  that  he  has  300 
Kansas  drug  stores  listed  with  him  for  sale.  The  hasty  man- 
ner in  which  the  druggists  are  quitting  the  business  proves 
conclusively  that  a  large  part  of  them  have  lived  entirely  from 
their  liqtior  trade." 


Mr.  Dawson  Again  President — Changes  in  Syracuse, 
Syracuse,  N,  Y..  May  10, — The  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion met  Friday  in  annual  session,  Edward  S,  Dawson  was 
re-elected  president,  E.  L.  Weston,  vice-president,  and  George 
E.  Thorpe,  secretary  and  treasurer,  Herbert  Walker,  George 
Hourigan  and  H,  F.  Plum  were  elected  an  executive  committee. 
The  past  few  weeks  have  witnessed  more  than  an  ordinary 
number  of  changes  in  the  drug  business  in  this  city.  P,  B. 
Sherman  has  moved  his  stock  from  the  corner  of  East  Adams 
and  South  State  street  to  Savannah,  N,  Y,,  and  the  Price  Drug 
Company  has  established  a  store  at  Grape  and  Cedar  streets, 
Weston  &  Cook,  who  have  a  store  in  the  Empire  House  block 
in  North  Salina  street,  have  established  a  second  store,  located 
at  Court  and  Spring  streets.  H.  D.  Dwight  &  Co.  has  been 
transferred  to  the  Dwight-Nye  Drug  Company ;  Thomas  W. 
Dalton's  store  to  the  Weld-Dalton  Drug  Company,  and  Charles 
S.  Ives'  store  to  his  head  clerk,  Charles  F.  Holley,  Robert 
Bodden,  who  had  a  store  at  709  South  Geddes  street,  now  has 
the  store  at  Midland  avenue  and  West  Colvin  street,  formerly 
conducted  by  R.  B.  Jones. 


Veteran  Druggist  Champions  Patent  Medicines. 

Madison,  Wis.,  May  S. — Patent  medicines  came  in  for  more 
than  their  share  of  opposition  at  the  recent  annual  conference 
of  the  Dane  County  physicians  and  druggists  held  at  Turner 
Hall,  In  fact,  patent  medicines  would  have  received  the  worst 
of  the  discussion  had  it  not  been  for  Edwin  Sumner,  the  vet- 
eran Madison  druggist,  who  acted  as  a  stanch  champion 
against  the  onslaughts  of  the  doctors. 

Dr.  M.  P.  Ravenel,  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  mar- 
shaled the  opposing  forces  with  a  paper  on  patent  medicine 
advertising  in  which  careful  aim  was  directed  toward  fraudu- 
lent information  offered  to  the  unsophisticated  concerning 
causes,  symptoms,  seriousness  and  results  of  ailments  and 
diseases.  The  relation  of  the  druggist  to  the  physician  and 
vice  versa  was  ably  discussed  by  Mr.  Sumner. 


PROPRIETARY  ASSOCIATION  IN  SESSION. 

Membership  is  Now  212,  Including  168  Actives — Busi- 
ness All  to  Be  Finished  Within  the  Four  Days. 

The  27th  annual  meeting  of  the  Proprietary  Association  of 
America  was  called  to  order  by  President  Frank  J.  Cheney,  in 
the  East  ball  room  of  Hotel  Astor,  New  York,  last  Tuesday 
morning,  shortly  after  11  o'clock.  President  Cheney  made  no 
formal  address,  but  in  a  few  remarks  requested  prompt  trans- 
action of  business  and  called  the  attention  of  the  members 
to  the  fact  that  it  was  the  intention  to  clean  up  all  pending 
matters,  for  which  purpose  the  time  of  meeting  had  been 
extended  to  four  days,  instead  of  two. 

The  report  of  Secretary  Orient  C.  Pinckney  showed  a  total 
membership  of  212,  of  which  168  are  active,  and  44  associate 
members.  During  the  year  the  following  firms  were  admitted 
to  membership  :  Orator  F.  Woodward,  Le  Roy,  N.  Y. :  C.  G. 
Hanford  Manufacturing  Company,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  The 
Judge  &  Dolph  Phar.  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  It  was  stated  that 
there  were  several  applications  for  membership  to  be  acted 
upon  by  the  executive  committee  at  this  meeting.  The  resig- 
nations of  Andrew  Jergens  Company,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and 
Olney  &  McDaid,  Clinton,  Iowa,  were  reported. 

President  Cheney  appointed  W,  A.  Talbot,  of  Warren,  Pa„ 
chairman  of  the  nominating  committee  which  is  to  report 
this  morning  the  names  of  the  candidates  for  next  year's 
officers, 

Tuesday  afternoon  was  devoted  to  the  reports  of  the  various 
committees  and  several  informal  discussions. 

David  Watson,  president  of  the  Proprietary  Association  of 
Canada,  addressed  the  meeting  yesterday  on  the  subject  of  the 
Canadian  Proprietary  Act  and  explained  a  number  of  dis- 
puted phases  of  the  law. 

There  is  a  fair-sized  attendance,  and  considerable  work  has 
been  accomplished,  so  an  early  adjournment  is  looked  for 
tomorrow.  The  informal  dinner  is  to  take  place  tomorrow 
evening. 

The  officers  of  the  association  whose  terms  expire  this  year 
are :  President.  Frank  J,  Cheney,  Toledo.  Ohio ;  first  vice- 
president,  John  W.  Kennedy,  Chicago ;  second  vice-president, 
A.  H.  Beardsley,  Elkhart,  Ind.  ;  secretary  and  treasurer, 
Orient  C.  Pinckney.  New  Y'ork. 


Medicine  Company  Sued  for  Death  Damages. 

Milwaukee.  May  8. — Suit  will  be  started  at  once  by  She- 
boygan County  against  a  patent  medicine  company  of  Jackson, 
Mich.,  to  recover  damages  for  the  death  of  Martin  Hilger,  aged 
24  years,  of  Adell,  Wis,,  alleged  to  have  been  caused  by  the 
taking  of  a  medicine  advertised  by  the  Michigan  company. 

It  was  revealed  at  the  inquest  of  Mr.  Hilger  that  he  had 
given  up  treatment  under  his  family  physician  after  receiving 
circulars  of  the  mar\'elous  cures  made  by  the  patent  medicine 
in  question.  It  is  claimed  that  he  sent  for  several  bottles  of 
the  mixture  and  began  taking  the  doses  as  directed,  but  that 
he  continued  to  fail  rapidly,  according  to  the  testimony  of 
witnesses  at  the  inquest.  An  investigation  by  the  coroner  and 
relatives  of  the  deceased  revealed  the  fact  that  the  physician 
"  at  the  head  of  the  medicine  company  was  not  registered  and  at 
the  advice  of  the  Michigan  State  Board  of  Health,  suit  will  be 
brought  by  the  coroner  of  Sheboygan  County. 


Fort  Worth  University  Has  Commencement. 
FoBT  WoBTii,  Tex..  May  8. — At  the  graduating  exercises  of 
the  Medical  and  Pharmacy  Departments  of  Fort  Worth  Univer- 
sity held  in  St.  Paul's  M.  E.  Church  on  Tuesday  evening,  the 
degree  of  Ph.G.  was  conferred  upon  the  following  students 
who  had  successfully  completed  the  course  of  study :  Harry 
T.  Thornberry,  Young  R,  Anderson,  Robert  M,  Russell,  John 
T,  Carlton,  William  David  Butler,  Edward  E.  Crawford  and 
J    Howard  Christian. 


To  Oblige  the  Patron. 
"Waiter,  there's  a  chicken  in  this  egg !" 
"Right,  sir.     I'll  fetch  a  knife  and  fork,  sir." 


Prof.  Jurrjens  Made  Laboratory  Assistant. 
Madison,  May  8. — John  C,  Jurrjens.  a  graduate  of  the 
School  of  Technology,  Amsterdam,  Holland,  has  been  made 
laboratory  assistant  in  the  department  of  feed  and  fertilizer 
inspection  in  the  College  of  Agriculture  at  the  University  of 
Wisconsin.  Professor  Jurrjens  has  specialized  in  sugar  chem- 
istry and  has  held  the  position  of  chemist  in  sugar  factories 
in  Austria,  Germany  and  at  various  points  in  the  United 
States. 


May  13,  1909] 


THE    PHAEMACEUTICAL    ERA 


459 


GEBMAN  APOTHECAKIES  DISCUSS  THE  N.F. 

Paper  by  E.  C.   Goetting  and  Otto  Raubenheimer  Dis- 
plays Samples  of  Preparations  to  Be  Included  in 
the    New    Edition — All-State    Pharmacy    Act 
of    Legislature    TTnanimously    Approved. 

The  meeting  of  the  New  Yorker  Deutscher  Apotheker-Ve- 
rein,  held  last  Tuesday  evening,  was  one  of  interest  from. start 
to  finish.  The  subject  under  consideration  was  an  exhaustive 
paper  on  the  preparations  of  the  National  Formulary,  pre- 
sented by  E.  C.  Goetting,  and  which  was  afterward  actively 
discussed  by  a  large  number  of  the  members  present,  among 
them  several  who  took  a  leading  part  in  the  compiling  of  the 
original  work,  the  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Formulary,  which 
subsequently  developed  into  the  National  Formulary. 

Emil  Roller,  chairman  of  the  scientific  committee,  introduced 
Mr.  Goetting  after  a  brief  reference  to  the  importance  of  the 
subject,  which  he  referred  to  as  especially  timely,  due  to  the 
fact  that  revision  was  now  going  on  and  recommendations 
together  with  criticisms  of  value  to  the  revisers  could  be  dis- 
cussed. Mr.  Goetting  reviewed  in  a  most  exhaustive  manner 
the  history  of  the  work  from  its  inception  down  to  the  present 
and  quoted  opinions  and  various  views  written  about  the 
work  by  eminent  pharmacists  and  scholars.  Mr.  Goetting 
also  stated  that  there  were  different  opinions  as  to  whether 
the  book  was  recognized  by  law  and  stated  that  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  supplement  the  other  parts  of  it  were. 

Most  of  the  members  who  took  part  in  the  discussion  coin- 
cided with  Mr.  Goetting  regarding  what  he  brought  out  in  his 
paper.  President  Felix  Hirseman  and  W.  C.  Alpers,  as  well 
as  others,  favored  a  revision  of  the  Formulary  at  least  every 
three  or  four  years,  considering  that  period  lengthy  when  it 
was  considered  that  the  book  should  contain  the  newer  medi- 
cines. The  injection  into  the  Formulary  of  imitations  of 
proprietary  remedies  was  strongly  condemned,  and  H.  L. 
Rehse  referred  to  a  lecture  held  several  years  ago  ■  before  the 
society  in  which  the  speaker  expressed  the  opinion  that  there 
were  too  many  professors  on  the  revision  committee  and  too 
few  practical  pharmacists,  and  this  view  was  indorsed  by  a 
number  of  members. 

Otto  Raubenheimer,  the  New  York  member  of  the  National 
Formulary  Revision  Committee  was  present,  and  exhibited  a 
number  of  samples  of  preparations  to  be  included  in  the  forth- 
coming edition  of  the  work.  Mr.  Raubenheimer  stated  that 
he  attended  the  recent  meeting  of  the  revisers  in  Philadelphia 
and  outlined  what  was  accomplished.  Through  Mr.  Rauben- 
heimer, invitations  were  given  the  members  by  Professor  Rem- 
ington to  attend  the  annual  convention  of  the  American  Medi- 
cal Association  in  Atlantic  City  on  June  11. 

Mr.  Roller  requested  members  to  join  the  scientific  commit- 
tee, of  which  he  is  chairman,  and  Mr.  Alpers,  Mr.  Goetting. 
Mr.  Raubenheimer  and  Carl  F.  Sehleiissner  did  so. 

A  communication  from  President  Peter  Diamond,  of  the 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  relative  to  the 
All-State  Pharmacy  Bill,  evoked  a  discussion  on  the  merits  of 
the  bill.  George  Kleinau,  chairman  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee, offered  several  objections  to  the  measure  but  withdrew 
opposition  on  being  informed  by  Dr.  Alpers  the  meaning  of 
the  paragraphs  which  did  not  suit  him  at  first.  President 
Hirseman  stated  that  he  was  heartily  in  favor  of  the  measure 
and  also  believed  that  it  would  be  signed  by  the  Governor. 
The  bill  was  finally  unanimously  indorsed,  after  a  strong 
recommendation  by  President  Hirseman. 

Otto  P.  Gilbert,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
announced  that  arrangements  were  being  made  for  the  annual 
summer  outing  of  the  society,  at  Witzel's  Pavilion,  College 
Point,  L.  I.,  on  July  8.  The  committee  will  visit  the  pavilion 
on  June  10  for  an  informal  outing  and  requested  the  members 
to  attend. 

Dr.  Alpers  urged  all  members  to  be  present  at  the  joint 
meeting  between  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  and  the  New  York  County  Medical 
Society  in  the  Academy  of  Medicine,  on  May  19.  The  tentative 
programme  of  the  papers  to  be  presented  at  this  meeting  was 
read  by  Dr.  Alpers. 

An  invitation  written  in  a  humorous  style  from  William 
Bodemann,  of  Chicago,  requesting  the  members  to  be  guests 
of  himself  and  John  Blocki,  referred  to  as  the  two  Dromio 
secretaries  of  the  Chicago  V.D.A.,  on  Jamieson  Day,  June  21, 


elicited  considerable  laughter.  President  Hirseman  advised  the 
members  to  accept  the  invitation. 

The  memory  of  Gustav  Bischoff  was  honored  by  the  mem- 
bers, who  rose  in  a  body  while  President  Hirseman  made  sev- 
eral remarks  and  gave  some  reminiscences  of  the  life  of  the 
deceased,  who  was  the  messenger  and  collector  of  the  society 
for  more  than  23  years. 

A  warrant  for  $50  was  ordered  sent  to  the  treasurer  of  the 
State  Association  to  help  defray  expenses  during  the  coming 
meeting  at  Richfield  Springs.  Emil  A.  Bischof,  of  Bay  Side, 
L.  I.,  was  elected  a  member. 


OBITUARY. 

Conrad  D.  Maurer. 
Philadelphia,  May  8. — Conrad  D.  Maurer,  head  of  D. 
Maurer  &  Son,  manufacturers  of  insect  powders,  died  at  his 
home  at  Abington  on  Wednesday,  aged  46.  Too  close  attention 
to  business  is  attributed  by  his  friends  as  the  primary  cause  of 
his  breakdown  two  weeks  ago.  Originally  the  business  was  at 
119  Race  street,  but  as  it  grew  the  present  building  at  329 
North  Eighth  street  was  purchased.  He  is  survived  by  his 
widow  and  two  children. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— H.  J.  Aethuk.  Webster  City,  Iowa,  is  dead. 

— W.  H.  Collins.  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  is  dead,  aged  60. 

— H.  F.  C.  BiEEMANN,  Taylor,  Texas,  is  dead.  He  was 
from  Indiana  and  leaves  a  wife  and  child. 

■ — Bunting  S.  Hankins.  retired.  Bordentown,  N.  J.,  is 
dead,  aged  78.     He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  children. 

— Db.  Francis  Henet  Puthoff,  Civil  War  veteran  and 
former  druggist,  is  dead  at  Hamilton,  Ohio,  aged  68. 

— De.  Henet  Maeshall  Pinicabd  is  dead  in  Washington, 
D.  C,  aged  72.     He  was  a  Confederate  Veteran  and  a  Mason. 

— Feedeeick  G.  Corbin,  formerly  of  Biughamton,  N.  Y., 
is  dead  in  Brooklyn,  aged  53.  A  widow  and  three  children 
survive. 

— Edwaed  C.  Pabamoee,  a  widely  known  chemist  of  Phila- 
delphia, is  dead  as  the  result  of  injuries  sustained  by  being 
struck  by  an  automobile. 

— CHAELE.S  Dunham  Deshleb,  who  died  recently,  aged  90, 
at  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.,  was  a  druggist  early  in  life,  but 
became  a  newspaper  man. 

— Fbank  a.  Sidles,  retired,  is  dead  in  Lincoln,  Neb.  He 
went  West  from  Peuusylvania  in  1871  and  was  68  years  old. 
A  widow  and  two  sons  are  left. 

— C.  A.  LANDEUii,  DeFuniak  Springs,  Pla.,  is  dead.  Ma- 
sons and  Confederate  Veterans  attended  his  funeral.  A 
widow  and  six  children  survive. 

— Walter  L.  Rush,  prominent  druggist  of  Bessemer,  Ala., 
is  dead,  aged  42.  He  recently  resigned  as  mayor  on  account  of 
ill-health.     He  leaves  a  widow  and  four  children. 

— Dr.  David  H.  Milleb,  for  40  years  engaged  in  the  drug 
business  in  Franklin,  Ind.,  is  dead,  aged  67.  He  served  in 
the  Civil  War  and  leaves  a  widow  and  married  daughter. 

— W.  W.  CUBBISON,  for  many  years  proprietor  of  a  drug 
store  in  New  Castle,  Pa.,  is  dead  of  pneumonia.  He  had  been 
fire  chief  and  held  other  offices.  A  widow  and  three  children 
survive. 

— Major  Julius  G.  Rathbun.  aged  75  years,  long  one  of 
the  best-known  druggists  in  New  England,  died  in  the  home  of 
his  daughter,  Mrs.  Charles  G.  Stone,  in  Hartford,  Conn., 
recently.  Besides  the  daughter,  a  widow  and  one  son  survive 
him. 

■  — William  W.  Kneeshaw,  a  veteran  druggist  of  Philadel- 
phia, died  at  his  home  at  Wissahickon,  aged  66.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  class  of 
1866,  and  was  formerly  in  the  chemical  firm  of  Kneeshaw, 
Norris  &  Co.     His  widow  and  two  daughters  survive  him. 


Baltimore  Men  at  Medical  Association  Meeting. 

Baltimore.  May  8. — The  local  branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  represented  at  the  meet- 
ing of  the  section  on  pharmacology  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  in  Atlantic  City  by  Dr.  John  F.  Hancock,  Dr. 
E.  P.  Kelly,  the  secretary  of  the  branch  ;  William  M.  Fouch, 
Charles  L.  Meyer  and  H.  A.  B.  Dunning.  These  five  were 
appointed  delegates  of  the  branch.  Some  other  Baltimoreans 
are  expected  to  go,  however. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  18.  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


FEW  NEW  FEATURES  SINCE  LAST  REPORT. 


Opium  Higher  in  Primary  Markets,  But  Lower  Here 
Owing  to  Competition — Inquiry  Good  on  Quinine. 

New  Yobk.  JIa.v  10. — JIarket  conditions  are  practically  as 
noted  in  our  last  report,  and  general  business  continues  of 
moderate  volume.  Opium  is  easier  here,  but  higher  in  primary 
markfets.  Serpentaria  root  is  scarce  on  the  spot,  and  with  a 
good  demand,  tendency  is  upward.  Juniper  berries  of  good 
quality  are  decidedly  firmer,  with  sales  of  large  lots  at  ad- 
vanced prices.  Insect  powder  is  more  active,  and  conditions 
are  favorable  for  a  higher  market.  Citric  acid  is  easier  in 
the  open  market,  but  manufacturers"  prices  are  unchanged. 
Refined  camphor  is  in  demand  but  no  change  in  prices ;  Can- 
nabis indica  is  firmer,  and  an  advance  in  values  may  be  looked 
for.  Buchu  leaves,  short,  are  tending  upward ;  Norwegian  cod 
liver  oil  quiet.  Sulphate  of  quinine  is  unchanged,  but  there 
is  some  inquir.v  for  good-sized  lots. 

Opium. — Cable  advices  from  Smyrna  report  the  weather  as- 
unfavorable  for  the  crop,  and  the  market  there  is  fully  10  to 
15  cents  per  pound  higher.  Our  own  market,  however,  is 
weaker,  owing  to  competition,  and  the  price  for  case  lots  for 
the  present  is  .$4.25  per  pound,  but  this  may  be  advanced  at 
any  time.  Powdered  and  granulated  remain  at  §5.25  per  pound 
for  lots  of  25  pounds  or  over.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the 
week  ending  April  16  amount  to  2047  cases,  against  1378  cases 
at  same  period  last  year. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — Manufacturers"  prices  are  unchanged, 
and  the  demand  has  been  confined  to  jobbing  parcels  only,  and 
while  there  has  been  some  inquiry  for  5000-ounce  lots,  no 
orders  have  been  reported  as  being  executed  for  these  lots. 
The  regular  monthly  sale  of  cinchona  bark  was  held  in  Am- 
sterdam last  Friday,  and  the  unit  price  reported  3.20.  as 
against  3.15  for  the  previous  auction.  The  quantity  sold  was 
said  to  be  three-fourths  of  the  offerings,  and  since  the  sale 
went  off  firmer  it  is  inferred  in  some  local  circles  that  the 
remainder  was  withdrawn.  The  trade  does  not  look  for  any 
material  change  in  value.  The  shipments  of  cinchona  bark 
from  Java  to  Europe  for  the  month  of  April  amount  to  1,280,- 
000  pounds,  against  1,305,000  pounds  for  the  corresponding 
month  last  year. 

NoRVSTiGiAN  Cod  Liver  Oil. — The  market  is  very  quiet, 
which  is  not  unusual  for  this  season  of  the  year.  There  is  no 
change  in  value,  and  an  active  market  is  not  looked  for  until 
the  fall  season.  The  total  yield  of  all  the  fisheries  in  Norway 
to  the  3d  instant  amount  to  45,700,000  fish,  producing  38,035 
barrels  of  oil.  The  result  as  compared  with  previous  years 
is  as  follows.  1907.  38,500,000  fish,  producing  32,040  barrels : 
1908,  37.800,000  fish,  producing  42.330  barrels. 

Buchu  Leaves,  Short. — The  market  is  not  well  supplied 
and  consequently  prices  have  an  upward  tendency.  The  quo- 
tations are  at  present  32@3.5c.  per  pound  in  bale  lots  for 
green,  as  to  grade  and  seller.  At  the  regular  drug  auction 
in  London  last  Thursday,  only  seven  bales  were  offered,  and 
nearly  all  was  purchased  for  American  account  at  Is.  3d. 

Vanilla  Beans. — An  active  demand  continues  with  strong 
markets  reported  for  all  descriptions,  and  similar  conditions 
are  noted  at  primary  sources  of  supply.  Advices  received 
recently  from  Mexico  indicate  unfavorable  weather  conditions 
for  the  1909-10  crop,  owing  to  drought,  and  it  is  estimated 
that  the  output  will  be  only  25  per  cent  of  the  preceding  crop. 

Cannabis  Indica. — Under  the  influences  of  decidedly 
stronger  markets  abroad,  local  dealers  recently  advanced 
prices  to  $1.25  for  prime  East  India  tops  and  report  sales  at 
this  figure. 

Juniper  Berries. — A  limited  stock  is  still  available  at 
4@4%c.,  as  to  quantity,  but  the  tendency  is  upward,  as  there 
is  a  fairly  good  consuming  demand,  and  supplies  of  desirable 
grades  are  steadily  diminishing. 

Citric  Acid. — Owing  to  keen  competition  among  sellers 
this  article  is  easier.  Manufacturers  continue  to  quote  39c. 
per  pound  for  barrels  and  30  lie.  for  kegs,  but  there  figures  are 
more  or  less  nominal,  as  business  is  being  done  by  second 
hands  on  a  lower  basis. 


Asafetida. — Desirable  grades  are  reported  very  firm  at  25 
@26c.  in  large  quantities,  and  bids  only  a  shade  under  the 
inside  figure  were  recently  refused. 

Menthol. — A  better  demand  is  reported  and  the  tone  of  the 
market  is  slightly  firmer.  Quotations,  however,  are  unchanged 
at  $2.15@$2.20,  as  to  brand  and  quantity.  All  cheap  lots 
recently  offered  are  said  to  have  been  bought  up. 

Balsam  Fir.  Canada. — This  article  is  again  higher  and 
now  held  at  $7.50  per  gallon  in  5-gallon  cans.  Oregon  balsam 
is  in  better  supply  and  the  market  is  lower,  the  price  tor 
barrels  being  now  90c.  per  gallon  ;  in  5-gallons  cans.  $1.00  per 
gallon,  inclusive. 


DRUG  TRADE  SECTION  OPPOSES  BROWN  BILL. 

Fear    Expressed    That    State    Guaranty    Would    Work 

Hardship  to  Accused  Jobbers  and  Manufacturers. 

The  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  Tork  Board  of  Trade 
and  Transportation  at  its  meeting  on  May  .5  discussed  legisla- 
tion. As  certain  provisions  of  the  Brown  Pharmacy  Bill  relat- 
ing to  the  guaranty  of  proprietary  medicines  were  objectionable 
to-the  jobbing  and  manufacturing  trade  it  was  decided  to  offer 
opposition  to  the  measure  at  the  public  hearing  announced  to 
take  place  on  May  11. 

The  members  of  the  section  are  opposed  to  what  is  known 
as  the  "State  Guaranty,"  which  they  say  will  necessitate  an 
additional  guaranty  on  their  goods  if  properly  enforced,  in 
conjunction  with  the  National  guaranty.  The  sponsors  of  the 
bill,  however,  state  that  a  guaranty  on  the  invoice  will  be 
all  that  is  necessary  in  order  to  live  up  to  the  provision  if  the 
Act  becomes  a  law. 

The  feature  relative  to  having  all  articles  under  U.S.P. 
names  of  the  strength  specified  in  the  Pharmacopoeia,  and 
allowing  no  deviation  even  if  so  stated  in  the  label,  as  is  per- 
missible under  the  National  law,  is  also  one  that  confiicts  with 
the  views  of  the  manufacturing  interests  who  want  the  pro- 
vision affecting  this  matter  to  be  similar  to  the  Federal  Pure 
Food  and  Drugs  Act. 

The  manufacturers  also  contend  that  there  is  a  possibility 
of  other  States  enacting  legislation  along  the  same  line  which 
would  require  them  to  secure  different  guarantees  in  every 
State  in  order  to  do  business.  When  the  Brown  Bill  was 
amended  in  the  Senate  and  the  provision  stricken  out  requiring 
outside  manufacturers  to  appear  in  New  York  courts  to  defend 
violations  it  was  thought  by  the  local  interests  acting  for  the 
manufacturers,  that  the  chief  objectionable  features  had  been 
eliminated,  but  on  a  closer  study  of  the  bill  the  manufacturers 
say  that  the  amendment  did  not  relieve  them  from  require- 
ments with  which  it  will  be  impossible  to  conform. 

Relative  to  propositions  submitted  to  the  section  by  G. 
0"Neill  to  establish  a  special  committee  to  promote  trade  with 
Latin-America  the  executive  committee  to  whom  the  matter 
had  been  referred  reported  adversely  to  the  appointment  of 
such  a  committee,  as  it  was  considered  an  undertaking  imprac- 
ticable of  accomplishment  at  the  present  time. 
\  Thomas  P.  Cook  presided  in  place  of  Chairman  George  W. 
Kemp,  who  was  unable  to  attend. 

Chairman  Kemp  has  appointed  a  committee  to  revise  the 
official  tares.  This  committee  consists  of  Irving  McKesson, 
of  McKesson  &  Robbins ;  Joseph  H.  Velsor.  of  Peek  &  Velsor : 
S.  M.  Monneypenny,  of  National  Aniline  &  Chemical  Co. 


Took  Overdose  Strychnine,  Summons  Aid  With  Pistol. 
Herman  Powers,  a  research  chemist,  and  graduate  of  the 
New  Tork  College  of  Pharmacy,  recently  saved  his  own  life 
in  a  most  novel  manner.  Powers  had  been  ill  for  several 
months  and  one  evening  last  week  was  taking  strychnine 
under  the  care  of  a  physician.  He  largely  increased  the  dose 
himself  and  became  too  weak  to  summon  aid.  Before  becom- 
ing unconscious  he  managed  to  secure  his  pistol  and  fire 
several  shots,  which  attracted  attention  so  that  an  ambulance 
was  secured  which  took  him  to  a  hospital  where  antidotes  were 
administered.  The  physicians  say  that  it  was  a  narrow 
escape.     Powers  was  formerly  a  druggist. 


Druggist  Wartman  an  Advocate  of  City  Parks. 
The  Bay   View  Civic  Club,  of  Milwaukee,   recently  held  a 
successful  meeting  at  the  Wartman  Pharmacy,  the  proprietor 
of  which  is  interested  in  the  work  of  outdoor  art  and  is  advo- 
cating park  improvement  for  his  section  of  the  city. 


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Re  Photographs  for  "Era  Album" 

Illustrated  Section 

Each  subscriber  to  Tlie  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  If  the  tirm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
partners  and  clerks  may  have  their  portraits  included  for  $1..50 
each.  To  secure  all  of  the  Album  sections  one  must  be  a  sub- 
scriber to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

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labeled  with  the  name,  address,  business,  profession  or  occupa- 
tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good  specimen : 


FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 
JIcMonag 

Middletown 
le  &  Rogers 

N.   Y. 

Ex-Pres.  N.  Y. 

State  Phar. 

Assn. 

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scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

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have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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distinctly  addressed  as  follows : 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era, 
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For  Era  Album 


It  is  a  hopeful  sign  that  the  Proprietary  Associa- 
tion of  America  is  awakening  to  the  fact  that  too 
much  secrecy  and  too  much  aloofness  is  standing  in 
the  way  of  the  advancement  of  the  interests  of  its 
members  and  that  means  are  being  devised  to  remedy 
this  ill  advised  condition.  At  the  session  just  ended 
in  New  York,  which  was  as  secret  as  any  of  its  pre- 
decessors, resolutions  were  passed  proclaiming  the 
importance  of  publicity  and  arranging  for  an  aggres- 
sive campaign  for  elevating  the  business  and  raising^ 
the  qualifications  for  membership  in  the  association. 
This  ought  to  have  been  done  years  ago  and  it  would 
have  done  no  harm  to  have  shown  evidence  of  sin- 
cerity last  week  by  opening  the  doors  of  the  conven- 
tion to  the  newspaper  men. 

Retail  druggists  have  always  viewed  the  secret 
meetings  of  the  proprietors  as  being  productive  of 
compact  of  and  by  the  manufacturers  that  might  be 
expected  to  work  to  the  disadvantage  of  the  retailers. 
Whether  true  or  false  in  this  suspicion  the  secrecy 
gave  color  to  the  thought  and  the  refusal  to  give  any 
information  even  to  the  trade  journals  set  the  drug- 
gists to  conjuring  up  what  might  have  happened, 
when  the  simple  telling  of  the  truth  would  have  pre- 
vented all  misunderstanding. 


INTRODUCING   PROPRIETARY    REMEDIES. 

Both  clumsy  and  costly  is  the  old  way  of  introduc- 
ing patent  medicines  to  the  general  public  through 
the  means  of  enormously  expensive  advertising  cam- 
paigns in  the  newspapers.  The  new  way  is  exactly 
the  reverse,  for  it  is  as  simple  as  it  is  inexpensive  and 
contemplates  the  use  of  the  natural  agent  in  intro- 
ducing remedies,  the  same  being  the  retail  druggist. 
In  one  of  its  forms,  that  of  selling  the  goods  at  auc- 
tion to  the  druggists  of  the  country  there  is  offered  an 
excellent  way  of  making  attractive  profit  producing 
inducements  to  druggists  who  are  invariably  inclined 
to  push  the  remedies  of  the  proprietors  who  work 
the  hardest  to  fill  the  pockets  of  the  retailers  with 
the  increment  of  wealth. 

One  concern  that  has  tried  the  new  auction  method 
of  introduction  has  found  that  it  pays  better  to  give 
the  money  to  the  retail  druggist  rather  than  to  pay 
it  to  the  newspapers  for  advertising.  It  is  a  custom 
that  can  be  used  with  equal  advantage  by  the  manu- 
facturers of  old  remedies  as  well  as  by  the  promoters 
of  new  articles.  Those  emploj'ing  it  are  in  the  posi- 
tion of  enjoying  some  advantage  over  their  rivals  by 
practically  paying  their  selling  agents  more  for  their 
services  and  it  need  not  require  a  wise  mind  to 
discern  the  inevitable  results.  The  value  of  general 
newspaper  advertising  for  medicines  has  never  been 


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[May  20,  1909 


absolutely  demonstrated.  No  donbt  some  sales  arr 
made  solely  through  this  medium,  but  the  great  bulk 
of  the  public  is  only  influenced  in  a  collateral  way 
by  these  announcements.  Almost  everybody  who 
Axants  a  remedy,  advertised  or  unadvertised,  goes  to 
the  drug  store  to  obtain  it  and  is  more  often  than  not 
amenable  to  the  advice  of  the  druggist.  The  drug- 
gists themselves  sell  fully  90  per  cent  of  the  pro- 
prietary medicines  and  as  a  matter  of  fact  these 
retailers  should  enjoy  the  profits  instead  of  the  news- 
pai)ers.  There  is  food  for  thought  in  all  of  this  for 
the  proprietors  who  are  now  bent  on  "elevating  the 
business. ' ' 


HOW  TO  ACHIEVE  A  REPUTATION. 


In  the  drug  trade,  manufacturing,  wholesale  and 
retail  alike,  one  of  the  chief  factors  in  continued  suc- 
cess is  reputation.  It  is  a  jewel  of  intrinsic  worth, 
it  can  never  be  fully  measiired  by  the  money  stand- 
ard, but  it  is  as  indispensable  as  the  air  we  breathe. 
Acquiring  a  good  reputation  is  a  work  of  long  con- 
tinued effort,  especially  in  business.  Essentials  of 
equal  importance  are  fair  dealing  and  advertising. 
Neither  alone  can  win.  In  the  matter  of  advertising 
the  Era  has  aided  many  important  firms  in  obtaining 
the  recognition  which  reputation  gives  to  those  who 
accjuire  it.  In  all  efforts  in  that  direction  the  best 
means  is  constant  iteration.  In  a  terse  epigram, 
which  strikes  a  key-note  in  successful  advertising, 
Arthur  Hrisbane.  the  famous  New  York  editor,  savs: 


Reputation 

is 
Repetition. 


These  three  words  give  both  cause  and  effect  in  a 
nutshell  explanation  of  the  pre.senee  in  our  advertis- 
ing columns  week  after  week,  year  after  year,  of  the 
announcements  of  the  leading  merchants  who  have 
trade  dealings  with  the  retail  druggists  of  the  coun- 
try. No  more  tritefnl  truth  has  ever  been  so  con- 
cisely expressed. 

A  TYPE   OF  THE  UNIVERSITY  REGENTS. 

The  recent  election  i)y  the  Legislature  of  Chester 
S.  Lord  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the 
L'niversity  of  the  State  of  New  York  is  of  particular 
interest  to  pharmacists  in  view  of  the  relation  which 
that  body  will  liave  to  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  if  the  Governor  approves  the  new  Phar- 
macy Act.  ]\Ir.  Lord  was  born  in  Seneca  Coimty. 
New  York,  his  father  having  been  a  Presbyterian 
clergyman  and  a  fighting  chaplain  in  the  Civil  War, 
serving  in  the  110th  Regiment.  Chester  Lord  finished 
his  education  in  Hamilton  College,  '73.  and  after  a 
short  service  on  newspapei"s  in  Oswego,  LTtica  and 
Syracuse  came  to  this  city.  In  1880  he  was  made 
managing  editor  of  the  N'ew  York  Sun.  a  post  which 
he  continues  to  hold.  ;\Ir.  Lord  is  one  of  the  few  men 
who  have  made  conspicuous  successes  of  whom  it  may 
be  said  that  he  has  thousands  of  friends,  but  no  ene- 
mies. Able  to  a  supreme  degree,  he  has  been  both 
kind  and  just  in  his  intercourse  with  others.     The 


Sim  is  a  inoinunent  to  iiis  untiring,  conscientious  and 
wcll-dircct<'il  efforts. 

Willi  men  like  Chester  S.  Lord  on  the  Board  of 
Regents  there  is  much  more  than  a  mere  assurance 
that  appointments  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  be 
well  considered  and  eminentlv  satisfactorv. 


INTERNAL   REVENUE   AND  THE   DRUGGISTS. 


ilr.  Pritchard,  of  Pittsburg,  by  his  paper  on  the 
Internal  Revenue  Department  and  the  clruggists,  has 
brought  forth  from  the  Acting  Commissioner  a  very 
direct  and  comprehensive  statement  of  the  relations 
of  the  two  in  the  matter  of  dispensing  alcoholic  coni- 
pounds,  as  will  be  foimd  on  page  477  of  this  is,sue  of 
the  Er.v.  The  fact  that  the  department  is  not  a 
police  bureau,  but  is  solely  a  medium  for  the  collec- 
tion of  revenue,  is  clearly  set  forth  and  at  the  same 
time  the  communication  describes  what  mu.st  be  done 
to  enable  druggists  to  avoid  conflict  with  the  law  in 
the  handling  of  articles  containing  alcohol. 

One  notew(n-thy  result  of  the  controversy  is  the 
declaration  of  Washington  City  Branch  against  the 
use  of  "booze"  in  all  medicines.  The  position  taken 
is  emjihatic  and  if  followed  by  a  large  number  of 
druggists  will  do  much  to  clear  away  the  clouds 
created  by  the  traffic  in  alcoholics  and  near-alcoholics 
which  is  carried  on  by  many  of  them  under  the  guise 
of  selling  legitimate  medicines. 

STRANGLING  THE  BROWN  ACT? 


If  Jacob  Diner's  prophecy  that  the  Brown  Phar- 
macy Reform  Act  will  be  choked  to  death  in  the 
Executive  Chamber  shall  be  fulfilled  nobody  will  be  | 
greatly  surprised,  although  thousands  of  earnest  i 
workers  for  the  betterment  of  professional  conditions 
will  be  grievously  disappointed.  With  practical  poli- 
ticians arrayed  against  it.  with  men  who  fear  the 
imposition  of  penalties  opposed  to  it  and  with 
wounds  made  by  secret  thrusts  in  what  ought  to  be 
the  house  of  its  friends  there  will  be  cause  for  wonder 
if  the  measure  survives  all  of  the  assaults  upon  it 
and  becomes  a  law. 

But  perhaps  Mr.  Diner,  who  is  credited  by  many 
with  the  paternity  of  the  ill-fated  Conklin  Bill,  may 
be  looking  through  opaque  glasses,  for  the  Brown 
Act  was  drawn  to  meet  Governor  Hughes'  wishes, 
was  submitted  to  him  for  approval  several  times  and 
was  revised  mider  his  direction  before  it  was  pre- 
sented for  passage  in  the  Legislature.  If  he  shall 
now  see  any  faults  in  the  Act  it  will  be  due  to  the 
activities  of  the  opponents  of  the  reforms  which  the 
measure  seeks  to  bring  inta  existence. 

If  the  "Mapleine"  Pure  Food  Law  decision,  reported  in  thi' 
hist  issue  of  the  Er.\.  is  appealed  to  a  higher  court  the  result 
will  be  watched  with  interest,  for  the  verdict  marks  a  new 
step  forward  in  the  fight  against  adulterations.  Purity  of 
product  was  conceded  and  the  oul.v  issue  was  whether  the 
label  was  misleading,  which  the  jury  decided  in  the  affirmative. 


I'ropaganda  work  by  the  New  York  State  Pli.A.  is  progress-  > 
ing  satisfactorily  if  the  recent  up-State  meetings  of  ph.vsicians 
and  druggists  can  be  taken  as  a  criterion.  Under  the  leader- 
ship of  Dr.  Anderson  the  results  obtained  are  distinctly 
practical. 


Dr.  Wih'V,  who  sailed  for  England  last  week,  will  be  a  uota- 


:\I;iv  -20.  UX)9] 


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hlo  ti.Kure  in  the  Cliemical  Consivss  to  be  held  in  Lomlon. 
It  is  by  no  means  surprisius  to  learn  that  he  is  expected  to 
divide     the     honors     with     Kins     Edward     in     opening     the 

sreat   gatlierins'. 


lioekfonl  (Ill.t  is  ^rowinf:  better,  if  we  are  to  jiidjie  by  tin 
decrease  of  licnior  sales  by  dnmsisis  in  that  city.  For  Manl 
the  number  was  til'S  less  tliaii  in  the  eorrespoudins  niontli  ol 
liMlS. 


water,  which  l)ecomes  impregnated  and  is  supposed  to  kill  the 
Hy  that  sips  it.  is  not  a  great  success,  for  the  fly.  even  if  it 
takes  the  poison,  lives  long  enough  to  get  behind  a  picture  or 
something  else  out  of  sight,  where  it  lies  indefinitely  after 
death. 

But  tight  the  Hy  in  the  house  as  you  would  a  pest,  for  that 
is  exact Iv  what  it  is. 


One  effect  of  Canada's  new  law  prohibiting  the  distribution 
of  samples  of  medicine  either  by  messengers  or  through  the 
mails  will  be  either  a  considerable  saving  of  money  to  the 
manufacturers  or  its  availability  for  other  and  more  valuable 
forms  of  publicity.  It  is  doubtful  if  the  promiscuous  scatter- 
ing of  free  samples  has  ever  been  really  remunerative. 

The  worst  enemies  of  a  book,  theory  or  drug  are  those  who 
claim  infallibility  for  it. 


Willard  A.  Sniilh.  of  Kiclificld  Springs.  N.  Y.,  who  is  the 
local  secretary  for  the  forthcoming  meeting  of  the  New  York 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  that  interesting  point. 
was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  organization,  his  con- 
nection with  it  dating  back  to  1879.  Mr.  Smith  has  been  an 
earnest  worker  in  behalf  of  the  associa- 
tion and  for  the  elevation  and  advance- 
ment of  pharmacy,  as  is  also  shown  l>y 
the  fact  that  his  membership  in  llie 
American  I'harmaceutical  Association 
dates  back  to  l.SSO.  Mr.  Smith  needs  no 
introduction  to  the  pharmacists  of  the 
State  and  they  all  are  expecting  I  he 
hearty  greetings  that  will  be  extended  by 
him  and  his  asso<-iates  to  the  sojourners 
at  pleasant  Richfield  Springs  during  the 
convention  i)eriod  of  .Tune  22-2."i. 

Associated  with  Jlr.  Smith  on  the  com- 
mittee, as  heretofore  annoiniced  in  the 
Efa,  are  W.  II.  French,  of  Worcester; 
George  S.  J^lade.  of  Oneonta  ;  Charles  A. 
Scott,  of  Cooperstown :  Wm.  II.  \Yhitc- 
head.  of  Herkimer:  .T.  V.  Downs,  of 
Ilion:  Frank  II.  Ilowd.  of  Mohawk: 
Charles  .1.  Zipp.  of  Clica  :  .1.  G.  Black, 
of  Richfield  Springs.  The  membership 
committee  also  is  working  vigorously  to 
recruit  the  ranks,  and  taken  altogether 
the  coming  convention  of  the  New  York 
State  Pliarmaceutical  Convention  at 
Richfield  Springs  next  month  promises  to 
be  one  of  the  largest,  most  interesting  and 
Vjest  in  its  historv.  As  the  showmen 
would  say  :  "The  report  of  the  legislative 
committee  alone  will  be  well  win-Ill  Ihc  .^y  ^  SMITH 
price  of  admission."  Lo<-m1  Seci-et.irv  fo 
New    Yorlv    State    I 


American  girls  who  \vc,-ir  imtTs,  curls,  switches,  rats  and  so 
forth  will  be  interested  to  know  that  these  contrivances  are 
made  mostly  from  the  hair  of  Chinamen,  gathered  in  the 
interior  of  China  and  exported  from  Hong  Kong.  Interesting 
also  is  the  fact  that  the  vogue  of  false  hair  has  increased  to 
such  an  extent  in  America  that,  while  in  1907  there  were  -56.- 
133  pounds  of  human  hair  shipped  from  China,  in  190S  the 
shipments  increased  lo  207.214  pounds. 

These  facts  are  made  luiblic  in  a  special  report  of  Vice- 
Cousul  General  Stewart  .1.  Fuller,  of  Hong  Kong.  After  quot- 
ing the  figures  given  above.  Jlr.  Fuller  says :  "In  1907  all 
the  hair  was  stored  before  shipment,  but  in  1908  the  demand 
was  so  much  greater  that  a  heavy  proportion  of  the  shipments 
were  fumigated  and  disinfected  instead  of  being  stored." 


One  hundred  immense  floats,  w-hich.  it  is  said,  will  surpass 
the  splendor  of  any  ancient  or  modern  spectacle,  are  to  be 
displayed  in  the  processions  attending  the 
IIudsou-Fulton  celebration  in  New  Y"ork 
City  this  autumn.  As  a  part  of  the  cele- 
bration, which  will  commemorate  the 
:'iOOth  anniversary  of  the  diseover.\'  of  the 
Hudson  River  and  the  100th  anniversary 
of  the  application  of  steam  to  navigation 
by  Fulton  on  the  same  river,  one  his- 
lorical  pageant  and  a  carnival  parade 
will  be  held  on  Tuesday,  September  28, 
.ind  another  on  Saturday  night.  October 
2.  Kach  parade  will  have  50  immense 
lloats.     The  first  TiO  are  nearly  finished. 


n.\S  FRIENDS. 

Don'l    fool    yourself." 
■I   won'l.      1  don't   have  to.' 


With    each    succeeding    .vear    scientists  "  ''  ' 

are  giving  more  attention  to  the  house  fiy 

as  a  menace  to  health,  and  in  New  .Tersey  the  Department  of 
Labor  has  gone  so  far  as  ro  issue  an  order  that  on  or  before 
May  20  of  each  year  all  bakeries  in  the  State  shall  have  doors 
and  windows  screened  so  as  to  keep  flies  from  coming  in  con- 
tact with  foodstuffs  in  course  of  preparation.  The  Legisla- 
ture of  Kansas  has  enacted  a  law  of  similar  purport. 

In  dealing  with  flies  the  first  <'ousideratiou  is  to  keep  them 
off  the  premises,  and  to  do  this  screens  are  all  important.  In 
addition,  this  precaution  may  be  .supplemented  by  keeping  the 
rooms  dark,  for  darkness  forces  a  fly  to  seek  a  safe  lauding 
place,  in  which  he  will  remain  until  be  sees  daylight  again. 

But.  in  spite  of  all  this,  flies  will  enter  the  house,  and  they 
must  be  caught.  L'nsigbtly  as  it  is.  the  old-fashioned  fly  paper 
is  the  most  effective  thing  that  comes  for  the  purpose.  The 
sweetened,  sticky  stuff  is  a  certain  lure  to  the  insects,  and 
they  never  escape  from  the  entanglement.  The  paper  has 
its  drawbacks,  for  many  a  time  and  oft  have  the  grown-ups 
of  the  house  inadvertently  placed  hands  or  elbows  on  it.  and 
baby  has  often  glued  the  mess  to  its  hands  or  face.  One  ex- 
cellent way  of  meeting  these  ob.iections  was  described  under 
the  caption  "Fly  Drums"  in  the  Era  of  April  22.  page  376. 

The   poisoned   black  paper   which   is   placed   in   a   saucer  of 


Having  re.iected  the  American  (piick- 
liuich  wllb  scorn,  the  Londoner  is  to  be 
"iven  an  opportunit.v  of  tr.ving  the  Brit- 
ish ijuicker  lunch — in  other  words,  the 
automatic  cpiarter-liinch.  as  supplied  by 
the  New  Automatic  Food  Supply  Com- 
pany. This  British  invention  consists  of 
a  machine  which,  when  a  shilling  is  in- 
serted, delivers  a  papier  mache  tray  con- 
taining a  meal  of  several  courses  and  the 
necessar.v  condiments  and  table  imple- 
Richtield  Soriir's  ments.       Each    machine    holds    30    trays, 

I-  the  meeting  iTf  the      which    the    customer   may    inspect    before 
Mianiiaceutical    Asso-      purchasing.      The    machine    tests    the    in- 
ane — -_...  serted  coin,  and  if  it  is  a  bad  one  cuts  it 
in  halves  and   throws  out  the  pieces. 
The    menus    include    salmon,    salmon    ma.vonnaise.    oysters, 
cutlets,  chops,  steaks  and  sausages.     In  the  summer  there  will 
be  ices,  fruits  and  cream,  and  cooling  drinks.     The   machines 
are  to  be  installed,  for  a  start,  on  race  courses,  in  music  halls, 
railroad  stations,  trains  and  big  city  offices. 


The  clief  of  one  of  the  leading  hotels  in  Berlin  slates  ibat 
kangaroo  flesh  is  the  delicacy  now  most  in  demand  by  pam- 
pered palates.  As  the  carcasses  have  to  be  brought  from 
Africa,  and  never  can  be  procured  in  large  (ptantities.  ex- 
orbitant prices  are  charged  for  a  portion. 


( )ne  of  the  man.v  novelties  exhibited  at  the  Chicago  electric 
show  was  the  time-a-phone.  Attached  to  one  of  the  posts  of  a 
booth  was  a  small  device  about  the  size  of  a  watch  case,  but 
looking  like  a  small  telephone  receiver.  This  receiver  was 
connected  to  a  small  green  cord  of  insulated  wire,  says  the 
Philadelphia  Record.  When  this  device  was  held  to  the  ear 
and  a  button  pushed  the  listener  could  hear  the  exact  lime 
of  day. 

A  set  of  musical  chimes  strike  the  hour,  a  set  of  double 
gongs  give  the  quarters  and  a  high  pitched  bell   tolls  oft'  the 


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minutes.  To  a  man  in  the  dark  the  time-a-plione  tells  the  time 
to  a  minute.  It  is  planned  to  use  this  invention  in  hotels 
where  each  room  will  be  provided  with  one  of  the  instruments, 
connected  to  a  master  clock  in  the  basement.  The  time-a- 
phone  is  placed  under  a  pillow,  and  any  patron  wishing  to 
know  the  hour  has  only  to  apply  the  receiver  to  the  ear  and 
press  a  button. 


Every  ambitious  drug  store  clerk  will  find  something  worth 
his  while  in  the  following  words  from  a  recent  issue  of  the 
Grocery  World,  which  are  in  the  main  even  more  applicable 
to  the  retail  drug  trade  than  to  the  grocery  business : 

"One  of  the  first  things  I  am  reminded  of  is  the  use  of  the 
telephone  and  the  many,  many  customers  and  friends  of  the 
store  that  are  lost  each  year  by  reason  of  the  treatment  they 
have  received  over  the  'phone. 

"I  have  been  in  stores  all  over  the  country,  and  the  impa- 
tience displayed  by  some  clerks  when  taking  orders  or  answer- 
ing questions  about  deliveries,  is  something  awful.  A  cus- 
tomer won't  stand  for  it.  You  shouldn't  expect  him  to.  You 
wouldn't  .vourself.     It's  the  unpardonable  sin. 

"It  is  not  only  necessary  not  to  be  gruff,  or  short,  or 
show  signs  of  impatience,  but  it  is  absolutely  necessary  for 
the  good  of  the  business,  which  means  your  good,  to  go  out 
of  your  way  to  be  just  as  pleasant  as  possible  over  the  'phone. 

"The  customer  likes  it — the  chances  are  you  will  hear  of  it, 
for  people  will  naturally  boost  if  you  please  them,  and  they 
can't  help  but  say  to  their  friends  or  to  the  boss,  'It's  a 
pleasure  to  give  an  order  to  so-and-so  over  the  'phone,'  or 
something  to  that  effect.  And  little  things  like  this  coimt 
big  in  your  favor. 

"I  talked  with  a  clerk  once  with  whom  I  am  pretty  well 
acquainted  who  had  just  been  guilty  of  knocking  the  store  and 
himself  over  the  'phone,  and  tried  to  show  him  the  error  of  his 
ways.  He  replied :  'If  you  knew  the  man  I  was  talking  to 
you  would  have  been  just  as  gruff.  And  we've  got  a  half 
dozen  more  just  like  him.' 

"We  went  into  it  a  little  deeper  then,  and  he  admitted  that 
he  was  badly  out  of  line.  He  had  never  tried  to  be  a  little 
more  than  pleasant  with  any  of  them  over  the  'phone. 

"Sometimes  a  customer  will  complain  of  his  treatment  over 
the  'phone,  and  in  rare  cases  the  trouble  is  remedied,  but  more 
frequently  the  customer  says  nothing,  but  simply  quits  trading 
with  you  and  goes  elsewhere. 

"There  are  two  ways  of  talking  to  a  customer  over  the 
'phone — a  right  way  and  a  wrong  way !  When  you  answer  a 
ring  don't  grab  the  receiver  and  yell  'well?'  or  'what  is  it?' 
Never  imder  any  circumstances  address  a  person  over  the 
'phone  any  different  than  you  would  if  you  met  them  face  to 
face  in  the  store. 

"The  proper  way  would  be  to  say,  with  a  rising  inflection 
of  the  voice,  either  '.yes?'  or  (according  to  the  spirit  of  the 
store),  'hello!'  or  'what  can  I  do  for  you?'  or  'what  is  it, 
please?'  or  something  equall.v  polite  and  agreeable  to  listen  to. 
Be  sure  to  remember  the  rising  inflection. 

"You  are  certain  to  find  that  the  customer's  reply  will  be 
just  as  polite  and  agreeable.  The  rest  of  your  conversation, 
whatever  may  be  the  subject,  should  be  along  the  same  lines. 
Even  if  he  is  as  mad  as  mad  can  be,  your  gentlemanly  and 
polite  manner  in  opening  the  conversation  drives  his  mad 
away.  In  straightening  out  the  kick  your  battle  is  already 
half  won. 

"If  you  are  in  doubt  about  the  system  working,  just  try 
it  out. 

"It  pays  to  make  friends  over  the  'phone,  and  it's  easier 
done  than  in  the  store." 


H.  Cordon  Selfridge,  of  Chicago,  whose  great  stores  at  a 
single  bound  have  taken  a  premier  position  in  the  forefront 
of  Loudon's  finest  establishments,  has  taken  such  an  uncom- 
promisingly firm  stand  on  the  "tipping"  question  that  some- 
thing very  like  a  revolt  began  to  spread  among  the  employees, 
especially  among  those  in  the  tea  room  and  restaurant.  On 
pain  of  instant  dismissal  every  penny  pocketed  was  instantly 
^o  be  disgorged. 

The  employees  protested  and  threatened  to  walk  out  in  a 
body.  Mr.  Selfridge  insisted  and  asked  whether  they  preferred 
losing  permanent  situations  for  the  uncertainty  of  a  few 
charitable  coppers.  Gradually  the  Selfridge  argument  pre- 
vailed and  a  pile  of  coppers  and  small  silver  was  placed  on  a 
table.    Altogether  some  $30  was  collected,  which  was  promptly 


sent  by  Mr.  Selfridge  to  a  prominent  children's  charity.  This 
welcome  destination  for  the  "tips"  inspired  the  waitresses  and 
now,  when  any  momentary  tribute  to  the  excellence  of  the  ser- 
vice is  left  behind,  it  is  promptly  dropped  into  a  box  and 
devoted  to  Mr.  Selfridge's  pet  charity. 


Four-year-old  Paul  Montfort,  who  was  killed  recently  by 
falling  through  a  window  of  a  South  Side  elevated  train  to 
the  sidewalk  in  Chicago,  was  known  among  his  friends  as 
"the  most  photographed  boy  in  America." 

His  father,  A.  W.  Montfort,  is  a  photographer,  who  does  a 
large  amount  of  commercial  work,  and  whenever  a  firm  wished 
a  baby  boy's  picture  to  advertise  its  goods  Mr.  Montfort  used 
his  little  son  as  a  model.  Some  of  the  firms  using  the  boy's 
picture  are  National  advertisers,  and  thus  the  face  of  the  lad 
has  looked  from  streets,  newspapers,  magazines  and  billboards 
upon  residents  of  hundreds  of  cities  and  towns.  In  one  of  his 
most  widely  known  poses  the  boy  is  smiling  as  a  brand  of 
soothing  powder  is  being  shaken  over  him.  In  another  noted 
pose  he  is  playing  with  a  safety  razor  and  laughing.  Millions 
of  persons  have  seen  his  picture  taken  while  seated  upon  a  tin 
bath  tub  amusing  himself  with  a  cake  of  soap. 


Some  druggists  are  so  busy  discovering  the  weaknesses  of 
their  clerks  that  they  have  no  time  to  discover  and  develop 
their  own  strength. 


To  recent  volcanic  disturbances  is  attributed  the  appearance 
of  "the  well  of  death"  in  a  stream  near  Puebla.  Mexico.  The 
Mexicans  are  terrorized  by  it.  The  place  has  been  knoven  as 
a  bathing  resort  for  many  years,  bijt  recently  when  a  man 
jumped  in  for  a  swim  he  sank  and  was  drowned  almost  im- 
mediately. Two  peons  on  the  bank  jumped  in  to  save  him  and 
also  perished.  Investigation  disclosed  that  a  gas  spring  has 
broken  out  in  the  bottom  of  the  pool  and  the  waters  are  full 
of  its  poison.  Now  th'e  natives  avoid  it  as  if  it  were  a  devil's 
creation. 


Though  "one-half  the  world  doesn't  know 
How  the  other  half  lives,"  no  doubt 

The  feminine  half  of  that  half 
Is  doing  its  best  to  find  out. 


Boston  Herald  gives  the  following  interesting  account  of 
liquor  sold  in  a  "dry"  Massachusetts  city :  "With  the  close  of 
Worcester's  first  year  of  no  license  the  police  liquor  squad  has 
made  a  report  of  liquors  brought  into  the  city  by  express  com- 
panies;  also  the  number  of  sales  of  liquor  made  at  the  license 
drug   stores,   of   which    there   were   seven   until    May   1. 

"The  figures  show  that  the  shipments  of  liquors  by  express 
through  wholesale  dealers,  who  have  an  agreement  out  of  the 
city  for  shipments,  average  650  cases  and  130  eight-gallon  kegs 
of  beer  a  day  for  306  days.  Sundays  and  holidays  being  elim- 
inated. Added  to  these  figures  are  1.50  gallons  of  hard  liquors, 
all  being  classed  under  the  head  of  whisky. 

"The  slips,  from  the  licensed  drug  stores  show  that  to  per- 
sons who  signed  for  the  liquor  to  be  used  for  medicinal  pur- 
poses there  were  116,000  sales,  which  the  police  say  mean  29,- 
OSO  quarts,  87,243  pints." 


A  druggist  who  is  doing  business  on  a  tallow  candle  standard 
may  have  plenty  of  "gas,"  but  it  is  never  of  the  illuminating 
sort. 


The  Radium  Institute  of  Heidelberg  will  be  the  first  to  com- 
mence acttial  work,  as  an  endowment  has  been  secured  for  it, 
and  it  is  to  be  opened  for  work  before  the  end  of  the  year. 
Radio-active  material  is  close  at  hand,  as  there  are  sedi- 
mentary deposits  in  the  springs  iu  Krcuznach,  from  which 
radium-containing  substances  can  be  obtained. 


The  London  County  Council  has  taken  a  dislike  to  ragtime 
music  and  has  barred  it  from  the  programmes  of  the  park 
bands.  To  make  up  for  the  loss  of  these  popular  items  the 
public  is  to  be  supplied  with  gramaphone  performances.  The 
Council  is  spending  several  hundred  dollars  per  season  on  the 
hire  of  talking  machines  and  records. 


The  drug  store  clerk  who  talks  about  the  ease  with  which 
he  fools  women  patrons  is  the  one  who  fools  away  a  great 
deal  of  time  with  them. 


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465 


The  Prosperity  of  Zwebend. 


'By  Emma  Gary   Wallace. 

The  rooky  island  of  Zwebend  had 
been  independent  such  a  little  while 
that  strong  men  bent  zealously  over 
their  labors  in  order  to  supply  the 
public  need,  and  thrifty  women 
toiled  cheerfully  at  their  housewifely 
tasks. 

Each  worker  for  the  public  good 
ihose  him  a  Cell  in  which  to  work, 
entirely  apart  from  his  fellows,  and 
fearing  further  distractions  placed 
the  windows  quite  too  high  for  any 
purposes  of  outside  observation.  In 
this  condition  of  isolation  they  la- 
bored with  great  industry  from 
week's  end  to  week's  end,  until  many 
nf  the  strong  men  became  less  strong 
luij  ail  lijukcil  Ilk.'  uiuo  vegetation  which  had  grown  under  a 
Mard.  A  strange  and  mysterious  ailment  began  to  develop 
livhich  the  men  of  much  learning  pronounced  to  be  the  fear- 
|;ome  disease  known  as  Grouch. 

I  The  products  of  this  system  of  individual  labor  were  of 
rarying  degrees  of  excellence.  Some  of  it  was  carelessly 
I  ilanned  and  executed  in  a  slip-shod  manner.  Some  of  it  was 
pxceedingly  good  and  honestly  wrought,  but  few — very  few 
'noduced  their  best.  ''What  is  the  use?"  the  majority  in- 
huired,  "these  stupid  Zwebenders  will  never  know  the  dif- 
ference, much  less  appreciate  our  most  highly  skilled  efforts  I" 
I  Just  at  a  time  when  ennui  had  overtaken  all.  a  fine  traveler 
lippeared  wearing  a  gold-laced  coat,  a  hat  with  a  long  white 
I'eather,  and  riding  a  coal-black  steed.  He  stopped  at  each 
I>11,  shook  hands  heartily  w-ith  its  lone  occupant,  wiped  away 
I  frequent  fear  of  sympathy,  and  then  drawing  forth  from  his 
rapacious  saddle-bags  attractive  samples  of  whatever  style  of 
roods  his  host  had  been  in  the  habit  of  making,  urged  in 
lulcet  tones  the  advantages  of  buying  from  him.  He  pointed 
hese  out  so  convincingly  and  in  such  a  charming  manner  that 
lis  hearers  were  invariably  impressed  and  they  straightway 
lought  and  then  sat  them  down  to  rest. 

Next  came  a  tall  silent  man.  who  although  quietly  attired, 
ilso  rode  a  dark  horse.  He  cantered  slowly  along,  pausing 
tt  the  Cell  doors  and  gazing  earnestly  into  each.  In  some  of 
hem  he  saw  men  who  regarded  him  sleepily,  in  others  those 
vho  were  entirely  indifferent  to  his  presence,  and  in  still 
ithers  those  who  appeared  altogether  too  busy  to  give  him  a 
uought. 
"Those  who  are  asleep  have  no  trade  to  lose."  he  murmured, 
those  who  are  indifferent  do  not  care,  and  those  who  are  so 
ushed  that  they  cannot  even  glance  up  should  be  willing  to 
hare  with  others  and  even  be  grateful  for  the  assistance." 
At  the  Inu  where  he  paused  for  refreshment  he  registered 
s  the  Prince  Serve-All.  Philanthropy  Park.  Continuing 
is  journey  he  came  unto  his  own  estate  and  calling  forth  his 
teward  gave  orders  for  the  erection  of  a  Mammoth  Emporium, 
.'hich  was  to  offer  under  one  vast  roof  all  the  wares  offered 
y  the  small  bazaars.  He  than  created  a  brand  new  office  and 
electing  a  proper  incumbent  caused  him  to  be  called  the  Lord 
f  Publicity.  This  personage  was  instructed  to  let  every  per- 
on  on  the  island  know  that  the  new  Emporium  was  to  be 
cocked  with  absolutely  the  best  and  lowest  priced  goods  on 
arth,  and  that  each  dame  who  did  herself  the  honor  to  deal 
ith  the  Emporium  should  have  her  picture  enlarged  free  of 
ost.  There  would  be  a  trifling  and  not-worthy-to-be-men- 
ioned  charge  for  a  massive  frame  of  dazzling  brightness. 

Now  as  the  homes  of  the  islanders  were  exceedingly  bare, 
l'"en  to  baldness,  and  as  the  strong  men  and  the  pale  men  and 
3e  men  with  the  awful  disease  Grouch  were  seldom  at  home 
-for  which  latter  fact  the  Lord  be  praised — and  all  on  ac- 
Dunt  of  the  habit  they  had  formed  of  staying  continuously  at 
le  Cells,  the  women  took  great  heed  of  this  fine  offer. 
It  was  a  pious  and  worthy  object,  the  dames  decided,  to  make 
teir  homes  beautiful  by  getting  Something  for  Nothing.  So 
•ell  did  the  Lord  of  Publicity  do  the  work  assigned  to  him 
lat  the  Emporium  aisles  were  promptly  blocked  with  an  eager 
irong. 
The  silent   Prince  Serve-All   rubbed  his   hands  gleefully  and 


prepared  a  new  gift  (?),  when  all  should  have  secured  the 
"speaking  likeness."  To  be  sure,  some  complained  that  the 
pictures  looked  strangely  alike  and  insisted  that  they  were 
inartistic,  but  they  were  silenced  by  the  argument  that  art 
could  not  improve  on  nature.  Others  grumbled  that  the  frames 
quickly  taruished  and  the  goods  were  no  better  nor  cheaper 
than  those  in  the  little  bazaars,  and  yet  the  throngs  continued 
to  come,  grumblers  and  all. 

Many  of  the  keepers  of  the  Cells  did  not  see  the  crowds 
going  thitherward  nor  that  their  own  wives  and  daughters 
were  among  the  number.  Again  a  stranger  came.  It  was  an 
emissary  of  the  honorable  government  of  Zwebend.  who  an- 
nounced a  heavy  tax  on  all,  that  the  roads  to  the  Emporium 
might  be  made  more  passable.  Then  indeed  some  awoke  and 
wailed  loudly  finding  not  the  wherewithal  to  pay  the  tax  to 
pave  the  way  to  their  competitor's  door. 

Many  men  with  gold-laced  coats  now  traveled  the  country 
and  more  Emporiums  were  opened  and  the  man  became  rich 
and  powerful  who  composed  the  beautiful  song. 

Pray,  make  not  for  yourselves  the  goods  you  can  buy. 
You  can't  do  as  well,  howe'er  hard  you  may  try. 
The  day  of  things  that  are  home-made  is  over. 
The  ready-made  user  lives  in  deep  clover. 

So,  it  was  not  strange  that  skilled  hands  lost  their  cun- 
ning and  more  taxes  were  demanded  for  more  roads  to  the  new 
Emporiums.  Great  was  the  discouragement  in  the  land  and 
some  declared  that  the  knife  was  not  only  being  driven  deep 
into  the  vitals  of  commerce  but  that  it  was  being  twisted 
ruthlessly  around. 

Then  arose  six  or  seven  of  the  suffering  ones  and  cried  out : 

"Truly,  alone  we  are  Weak,  but  united,  who  can  measure 
our  strength !" 

Some  answered  heartily  to  the  call,  many  sulked  behind 
closed  doors  and  beneath  cob-web  hung  windows.  A  jealous 
one  said  sneeringly :  "He  who  talks,  would  feather  his  own 
nest  I"  Some  vowed  that  "It  was  better  to  let  well-enough 
alone."  Others  said  indignantly :  "We  have  endorsed  these 
wild  ideas  three  whole  weeks  and  we  have  received  no  appre- 
ciable benefit,  we  will  have  no  more  of  it."  Still  others,  "Why 
should  we  pay  eleven  gold  pennies  a  year  to  support  a  forlorn 
hope,  and  that,  too,  when  our  children  need  shoes?" 

Those  who  labored  heeded  not,  and  lo,  as  they  worked  their 
own  sense  of  hopelessness  slipped  away  like  a  garment.  They 
called  in  the  workers  in  wood  and  stone  and  had  their  win- 
dows lowered  so  that  they  could  see  out  and  the  sun  could 
shine  in  upon  them. 

They  found  some  willing  to  labor  for  the  common  good  and 
they  found  many  more  who  ;ivere  like  horses  in  a  burning 
building,  refusing  to  be  led  out  of  danger  into  safety.  The 
keepers  of  the  Emporiums  and  the  men  in  the  gold-laced  coats 
at  first  paid  little  heed  to  the  agitation,  but  after  a  time  it 
was  noticed  that  they  redoubled  their  efforts  to  hold  their  own 
and  this  encouraged  the  little  band  of  earnest  men  mightily, 
and  they  were  often  heard  to  whistle  and  sing. 

Qualit.v  products  with  service  to  match 
Pulls  the  stout  string  of  Prosperity's  latch. 

The  women  ceased  to  be  fascinated  with  the  smirking  pic- 
tures and  the  scratchy-voiced  talking  machines,  and  having 
listened  to  their  husbands  and  fathers  they  said :  "These  are 
indeed  strange  times.  Can  it  be  possible  that  the  high  stand- 
ards of  Zwebend  have  been  thus  lowered?  We  women-folk 
will  likewise  awake  and  form  a  Circle  which  shall  embrace 
every  woman  on  this  green  island,  and  such  was  their  earnest- 
ness that  they  did  it  right  speedily. 

"Now."  said  they,  "we  will  appoint  a  Committee  of  Seven 
of  the  fairest  minded  dames  of  Zwebend,  and  shall  ask  them  to 
establish  a  'White  List,'  and  nowhere  else  shall  we  purchase 
our  hominy  or  linsey  woolsey  or  the  Hiera  Picra  for  our 
children  than  of  these  good  men  and  true  whose  names  appear 
on  this  honorable  List.     This  List  shall  be  our  guarantee." 

At  first  many  laughed,  others  pranced  excitedly  to  and  fro 
in  their  offices,  but  in  three  weeks  SO  per  cent  of  the  retail 
dealers  of  Zwebend  had  complied  with  the  requirements  of  the 
"White  List,"  and  the  other  20  per  cent  were  so  nearly  dead 
with  the  Grouch  by  this  time  that  it  did  not  matter  about 
them  anyway. 

Trade  being  thus  turned  into  its  normal  channels,  the 
organization  for  the  Readjustment  of  Business  Conditions  and 


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THE     PHAR^MACEirnCAL     ERA 


1!)09 


Ilie  .MiiiiilHiiiUKi'  iif  rulilii'  Coufideuoe  beoanie  so  strous  \hal 
nmili  ;;ootl  was  acconiiilislied  for  themselves  and  for  others. 

They  came  to  see  that  the  man  who  lives  in  a  Cell  with 
the  w-iudows  too  high  to  see  out  of,  is  little  better  than  a  blind 
man.  That  to  consider  self  alone  is  iisiiallj-  to  be  left  to  self — 
and  too  often  the  comiian.v  is  none  of  the  best.  That  the  i>nlilir 
f^ood  often  demands  temporary  sacrifice  to  insure  fuiun 
safety.  That  the  most  symmetrically  rounded  personalities  ean 
never  be  developed  by  isolation.  That  the  best  work  is  done 
by  the  best  equijjped,  and  proper  equipment  calls  for  the  asso- 
ciation of  a  Bkotiieriiood  of  United  Interest. 

The.v  also  recognized  that  merchant  princes,  middle-men  and 
taxes  all  have  a  part  in  the  evolution  of  conditions.  That  if 
an  individual  goes  to  sleep  or  sits  calmly  by  while  some  one 
else  appropriates  his  means  of  support,  he  has  no  one  to 
blame  but  himself.  That  Progress,  Publicity  and  Preparedness 
are  all  in  the  same  class,  and  that  the  help  of  the  women  who 
are  the  buyers  for  the  homes  is  not  to  be  underestimated. 

The  evil  da.vs  had  passed  forever  in  Zwebend,  simply  be- 
cause its  people  had  awakened  to  the  Power  of  Organization. 
Xo  legitimate  business  could  be  hardshipped  if  it  complied  witli 
the  regulations  of  the  "White  List." 

Long  live  tlie  Prosperit.v  of  Zwebend. 

FORMER  PUPILS  HONOR  LATE  PROF.  PARRI3H. 

Interesting  Exercises  at  Pressntation  of  Picture  to 
Philadelphia  C.P.,  of  Which  He  Was  President. 

I'iiir,.\DELPiii.\,  May  !.">. — In  the  presence  of  many  former 
pupils  of  Prof.  Edward  Parrish,  who  died  in  1S72,  and  who 
at  that  time  was  president  and  professor  of  pharmacy  at  the 
Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  on  Jlonda.v  gathered  at  the 
college  to  honor  his  memor.v  as  well  as  to  participate  in  the 
exercises  which  marked  the  presentation  of  a  large  crayon  por- 
trait of  Professor  Parrish  by  Prof.  James  il.  Good,  of  the  St. 
Louis  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  same  day  a  part.v  consisting  of 
representatives  of  three  generations  of  descendants  of  the  well- 
known  educator,  as  well  as  former  associates,  attended  the 
anniversary  of  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  Swarthmore 
College,  of  which  institution  Professor  Parrish  was  the  first 
president. 

The  formal  presentation  of  the  picture  was  made  by  Pro- 
fessor Good.  It  was  accepted  by  President  Howard  B.  French. 
Prof.  H.  P.  H.vnson,  of  the  Baltimore  College  of  Pharmacy, 
paid  a  beautiful  tribute  to  the  memory  of  Professor  Parrish 
and  referred  to  his  accomplishments.  Thomas  McElhenie,  of 
Brooklyn,  a  former  pupil,  and  Thomas  Wiegand,  librarian  of 
the  college,  gave  some  interesting  reminiscences  of  40  years 
ago,  while  members  of  the  Parrish  family  from  Brooklyn  also 
spoke  brieflj-. 

Professor  Parrish  was  elected  to  the  chair  of  materia  medica 
at  the  College  of  Pharmac.v  in  1864.  In  1867  he  became  pro- 
fessor of  theory  and  practice  of  pharmac.v,  which  position  he 
held  until  his  death  at  Fort  Sill.  Indian  Territor.v,  in  1872, 
when  he  was  succeeded  by  Prof,  .Tosejih  P.  Remington,  the 
present  dean.  He  was  widel.v  known  as  the  author  of  Par- 
rish"s  Practical  Pharmacy. 


Prescriptions  Compounded  While  the  Trains  Pass. 
SYB.\cf.SE.  N.  Y..  May  1.5. — George  E.  Thorpe,  proprietor  of 
the  Yates  Pharmacy,  has  ac(iuired  a  rapidl.v  growing  popularity 
with  New  York  Central  railroad  trainmen  who  apparently 
seem  to  know  where  to  stop  to  have  a  prescription  filled  when 
in  a  hurry.  Four  times  recently  trainmen  have  jtimped  off  the 
front  end  of  an  eastbound  passenger  train  in  front  of  Mr. 
Thorpe's  store  and  run  in  to  have  a  prescription  filled  in  a 
hurry.  Each  time  the  man  had  his  purchase  in  his  pocket 
when  he  jumped  onto  the  rear  end  of  his  train.  One  prescrip- 
tion contained  four  drugs.  A  fifth  prescription  Mr.  Thorpe 
had  to  refuse  because  of  a  sliort  train  and  a  lengthy  pre- 
scription. 


Wedgewood  Club  Entertains  Dr.  Caspari. 
Baltimore.  May  1."). — At  the  Wedgewood  Club"s  last  monthly 
social  session  Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr..  was  the  guest  of  honor 
and  made  an  address,  others  following  with  remarks  in  a  light 
vein.  .Tohn  B.  Thomas  presided.  Charles  Ste.ver,  Jr.,  the 
Baltimore  representative  of  the  Whitall  Tatum  Company,  was 
initiated  to  the  entertainment  of  all  the  Wedgewoodites  who 
have  gone  through  the  mill. 


Sky-Lights  and  Brick- Bats. 

TBy  Joet  Utanc. 

<  hire  iM'on  a  time  tliere  was 
a  husky  youth  who  was  eu- 
jcying  himself  by  throwing 
brick-bats  upon  the  roof  of  his 
home.  .\fter  having  thrown 
an  unusi'ally  large  slice  of 
baked  clay,  he  rushed  into  the 
hottse  to  get  a  slice  of  bread 
and  'lasses.  He  got  the  slice 
all  right  I  The  slice  of  brick 
crashed  through  the  sk.v-light 
and  fell  through  the  stair-way 
.iust  in  time  to  take  a  slice  out 
of  the  .voung  athlete's  scalp, 
keeping  him  under  the  ipflu- 
erce  of  its  forceful  anesthetic 
while  a  peck  of  falling  glass 
traced  a  map  of  Boston  on  his 
phiz.  This  reminds  me  of 
seme  druggists  who  are  very  glib  in  handling  the  "clerk  prob- ) 
lem."  I  shall  now  interrogatively  and  hypothetically  proceed; 
to  exhibit  a  choice  collection  of  broken  sk.v-lights. 

A  number  of  years  ago  there  was  a  bo.v  who  was  clerking, 
or  rather,  "boying,"  in  one  of  the  Mississippi  Valley  cities. 
He  appeared  to  be  a  bright  chap  and  I  came  in  contact  with  ; 
him  often  enough  to  watch  him  grow.  For  a  year  he  worked 
for  six  dollars  per  month  because  he  was  being  "prepared  for 
college"  by  his  emplo.ver.  From  all  I  could  see  and  learn,  the 
"preparing"  consisted  of  delivering  packages  and  cleaning  the 
store.  At  the  end  of  the  year  the  boy  entered  college  and  his 
wages  were  reduced  to  five  dollars  per  month  on  account  of 
thi'  time  used  in  college  attendance.  But  it  did  not  matter 
nuich  aliout  the  pa.v.  for  the  boy's  mother  had  some-money  and 
was  determined  that  he  should  be  a  professional  man  and  she 
considered  it  a  rare  privilege  to  have  her  boy  employed  by  one 
who  spoi'ted  Phar.D.  after  his  name.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
the  boy  left  college.  He  could  not  keep  up  with  his  classes 
and  his  employer  told  him  that  he  could  pass  the  board  just  J 
as  well  after  he  had  made  his  time  by  two  years  more  service 
in  the  store.  Other  druggists  said  that  the  boy  would  have 
had  as  much  pharmaceutical  training  in  a  glue  factor.v  as  he 
received  under  that  Phar.D.  He  went  before  the  board  and 
failed,  and  then  tried  and  failed  again.  Then  he  jumped  the 
traces  and  secured  a  position  with  a  law.ver  who  was  neither 
a  grouch,  a  grafter  nor  a  "skin."  That  boy  came  out  of  law  , 
school  as  an  honor  man  and  is  now  a  brilliant  lawyer  with  a 
large  practice.  Does  the  histor.v  of  this  case  prove  that  com- 
petent young  men  are  tempted  from  the  drug  bvisiness  by 
shorter  hours  or  that  the  employer  of  this  boy  was  merely  a 
grafter  of  cheap  labor? 

I  have  in  mind  the  dean  of  a  small  college  of  pharmacy 
who,  at  the  time  of  which  I  write,  was  the  occupant  of  the 
chair  of  commercial  pharmacy.  He  was  supposed  to  teach 
the  young  men  how  to  keep  store.  The  dean's  own  store  was 
looked  upon  as  a  joke  b.v  many  and  as  a  shame  by  a  greater 
number.  The  front  part  of  this  store  was  kept  in  only  fair 
condition  ;  but  the  back  room,  which  was  nearly  as  large  as 
the  front,  was  indescribably  filthy.  Every  student  in  the 
college  knew  what  sort  of  storekeeping  was  done  by  his 
dean.  Will  you  tell  me  that  examples  of  this  kind  have  noth- 
ing to  do  with  making  clerks  "disorderly,  unclean  and  gen- 
erally deficient  in  business  knowledge,"  as  they  are  said  to  be? 
In  another  part  of  the  country  I  heard  a  druggist  say  that 
clerks  as  a  class  were  so  deficient  in  chemistry  that  urinal.vsis 
was  beyond  most  of  them.  The  man  who  made  the  statement 
was  a  trustee  of  a  college  with  a  toilet  room  so  unsanitary  and 
unclean  that  it  would  not  have  been  tolerated  in  a  railway 
station.  In  this  room  was  gathered  the  material  for  instruc- 
tion in  "practical  work"  in  urinal.vsis,  the  manipulations  being 
performed  with  ancient,  heavy,  acid-stained  hydrometer  jars  i 
through  which  the  readings  of  the  urinometer  scale  could  not 
have  been  seen  with  a  microscope  and  a  search-light.  Is  not 
that  which  is  permitted  in  a  college,  virtually  taught?  May  I 
ask  if  pharmaceutical  etchies — But  iierhaps  we  had  better 
pass  this. 

Some   time   ago    I    read   a    letter   in    which    the    writer   com- 
plained that  clerks  do  uol   take  n   lively  interest   in  tlic  nffairs  ^ 


May  I'll.  1909J 


THE     PHARJIACEUTICAL     KKA 


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of  tlieir  employers,  that  they  resent  instnictiou  and  avoid  the 
acquirement  of  knowledge  of  business  details  and  that  their 
only  thought  is  to  avoid  both  mental  and  physical  effort  so  far 
as  that  may  be  possible. 

The  gentleman  who  made  this  accusation  keeps  no  books 
except  upon  his  check  stubs  and  his  memoranda  of  credit  sales 
are  dotted  down  in  a  ten-cent,  manila  paper  scratch  book. 
He  has  no  cash  register,  his  stock  has  never  been  inventoried, 
he  has  no  store  index  or  any  stock  system,  he  never  cheeks 
prices  on  his  merchandise  invoices  and  he  tells  travelers  not 
to  call  between  11  and  3  or  after  .5.30.  because  he  is  trying 
"to  make  up  for  the  rest  and  recreation  he  lost  when  he  was 
a  clerk."  Will  some  one  kindly  tell  me  what  sort  of  business 
instruction  such  a  man  is  qualified  to  impart? 

Some  months  ago  a  certain  successful  druggist  complained 
that  clerks  were  becoming  specialists  and  were 'unwilling  to 
make  themselves  generally  useful  as  he  claimed  he  had  to  do 
when  he  was  a  clerk.  This  druggist  has  a  large  business  in  a 
small  city.  He  employs  from  six  to  eight  hands.  He  has 
two  registered  men  and  two  qualified  assistants  at  all  times 
and  says  that  his  prescription  business  demands  them.  He 
rarely  keeps  a  clerk  for  three  months  or.  to  be  exact,  it  is 
rarely  that  a  clerk  stays  with  him  three  months.  In  his  store 
there  is  a  work  table  upon  which  there  are  at  all  times  labels 
to  ,be  trimmed,  specialty  materials  to  be  assembled,  drugs  to 
be  measured  into  counter-sales  packages,  and  so  on.  Em- 
ployees are  expected  to  be  occupied  every  minute  while  on 
duty,  and  as  there  is  generally  a  shortage  of  help  registered 
man.  assistant,  soda  dispenser,  boy  and  colored  porter  are 
compelled  to  work  side  by  side  at  that  work  table.  Will  those 
gentlemen  who  are  in  favor  of  a  post-graduate  course  in  phar- 
macy kindly  inform  me  if  such  a  course  should  include  bottle- 
capping,  cork-pressing,  powder-folding  and   label-trimming? 

A  member  of  a  board  of  pharmacy  states  that  evidence  of 
the  general  deficiency  of  clerks  is  shown  by  their  low  averages 
in  practical  pharmacy  in  board  examinations.  I  have  seen 
this  board  member  jam  a  filter  paper  into  a  funnel  without 
folding  it.  I  have  seen  him  use  an  acid-tainted  graduate  for  a 
prescription  containing  an  alkali  and  then  get  in  a  rage  about 
"impure  drugs."  In  his  store,  the  blades  of  the  spatulas  are 
as  black  as  the  handles.  Mortars,  graduates  and  pill  tiles  are 
dumped  into  the  sink  and  left  there  until  wanted  and  the  sink 
faucet  furnishes  all  the  "aqua  destillata"  that  is  used  in  the 
store. 

I  was  fairly  familiar  with  the  criticisms  heaped  upon  those 
who  may  be  said  to  have  been  included  in  the  past  generation 
of  clerks  and  they  were  criticized  just  as  much  as  the  present 
generation  is.  But  although  many  of  them  are  now  store 
owners  they  appear  to  have  forgotten  past  criticisms.  Were 
they  better  than  the  present  generation?  Did  the  majorit.v  of 
them  experience  some  miracle  of  rebirth  when  they  became 
store  owners?  Did  the  topers  become  saints  and  the  dopers 
become  deities?  If  the  standard  of  intelligence  of  the  clerks 
of  l."i  and  20  years  ago  was  no  higher  than  the  standard  of 
clerks  of  today,  is  it  safe  to  assume  that  the  standard  of  the 
druggists  of  today  is  relatively  higher  than  the  standard  of 
clerks  when  the  druggists  were  clerks  or  of  clerks  now? 

Is  not  the  standard  of  the  instructed  dependent  upon  and 
controlled  by  the  standard  of  their  instructors?  Is  a  faculty 
better  than  its  college  or  a  business  better  than  its  owner? 

If  the  human  product  of  pharmaceutical  theor.v  is  inferior  to 
the  ideals  of  the  theorists,  who  is  responsible,  the  theorists  or 
the  product?  Does  the  druggist  who  does  not  train  his  minor 
help  properly  expect  some  other  druggist  to  properly  train 
senior  help  for  him?  If  the  store  training  and  the  college 
training  fail  to  balance  each  other  is  not  one  or  the  other  det- 
rimental instead  of  advantageous  to  the  candidate  for  board 
examination?  Is  not  each  generation  molded  by  the  example 
of  its  teachers  as  well  as  by  the  character  of  their  instruction? 
Is  it  not  human  for  the  boys  to  copy  the  practices  of  the  men 
who  pay  them  rather  than  to  follow  the  theories  of  the  in- 
structors whom  they  pay? 

Is  it  not  true  that  clerks  as  a  class  suffer  by  comparison 
with  their  exceptional  degenerates  while  druggists  as  a  class 
profit  by  comparison  with  their  exceptional  paragons? 


QUESTION     BOX 


TBB  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  tbeir  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
qnestions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
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Syrup  of  Garlic;  Syrup  of  Onion. 

(W.  H.  CI — Syrup  of  garlic  was  formerly  official  in  the 
U.S. P.  of  l.S!X1  and  the  formula  appears  in  the  appendix  of 
the  X.F.  (See  page  229).  A  so-called  "artificial  syrup  of  gar- 
lic" ma,v  be  made  from  the  following  formula,  credited  to 
Thomsonian  practice  : 

Tincture  of  asafetida   1  fl.  dram. 

Concentrated  acetic  acid    fi  fl.  drams. 

Simple   syrup    16  fl.  ounces. 

According  to  King's  American  Dispensatory,  a  s.yrup  of 
onions  is  often  prepared  extemporaneously  for  coughs  by  slic- 
ing one  or  two  onions,  and  laying  the  slices  tipon  each  other 
with  sugar  between.  This  is  set  b.v  the  fire  in  a  saucer  or  glass 
vessel,  and  kept  there  until  the  juice  of  the  onion  and  the 
sugar  have,  by  the  aid  of  heat,  formed  a  syrup  in  the  vesseL 
It  may  be  given  freely. 

Lotion  for  Removing  Freckles, 

(X.  W.  R.)— Try  one  of  the  folhuviuL- : 

(11 

Ammonium   chloride    2  drams. 

Zinc    sulphocarbolate    20  grains. 

Gl.vcerin     2  fl.  ounces. 

Orange   flower  water    .T  fl.  ounces. 

Elder  flower  water  to    20  fl.  ounces. 

(2) 

Mercuric   chloride    10  grains. 

Glycerin     2  fl,  drams. 

Rectified    spirit     2  fl.  ounces. 

Rose   water  to 20  fl.  ounces. 

(3t 

Lactic    acid    1  fl.  dram. 

Gl.vcerin     2  fl.  drams. 

Ammonium   chloride    30  grains. 

Boric    acid     l.~>  grains. 

Tincture   of   orris    1  fl.  ounce. 

Tincture  of  benzoin    2  fl.  drams. 

Elder  flower  water  to    2(1  fl.  ounces. 

Mix  the  tinctures  and  pour  them  into  the  elder  flower 
water  in  which  the  other  ingredients  have  been  dis.solved. 


Druggists  Guests  of  the  Doctors, 
I     Covington,  Ky.,  May  l.j. — Druggists  were  among  the  guests 
[at    the    recent    joint    meeting    of    the    Campbell    and    Kenton 
[County  Medical  Societies.     F,  C.  Hauscr,  of  this  city,  read  an 
interesting  paper  on  the  "United  Stales  Pharraacopo'ia. " 


Thymol  as  a  Taenicide, 

(,J.  M.  Y.  I — "Will  you  kindly  pulilish  in  the  Question  Box 
of  the  next  Kax  what  vehicle  is  the  best  to  use  iu  the  admin- 
istration of  thymol  to  infants  from  one  to  five  .years  old.  I 
desire  to  know  in  what  liquid  the  th.vmol  could  be  used  most 
favorabl.v.  The  child  is  the  victim' of  tai>eworm  and  I  would 
like  to  know  the  maximum  dose  for  an  infant  two  years  old." 

This  seems  to  be  a  case  for  the  physician  rather  than  the 
pharmacist,  for  while  thymol  as  an  anthelmintic  is  especially 
recommended  for  the  destruction  of  the  tapeworm,  its  use  is 
attended  with  some  danger.  The  usual  method  of  administra- 
tion outlined  by  medical  authorities  is  for  the  patient  to  begin 
b.v  taking  four  teaspooufuls  of  castor  oil  in  the  evening,  fol- 
lowing it  the  next  morning  by  two  drams  of  thymol,  well 
triturated,  in  12  doses,  l.T  minutes  apart,  and  giving  20 
minutes  after  the  last  dose  four  teaspooufuls  more  of  castor 
oil.  Of  course,  this  dosage  is  recommended  for  an  adult,  but 
according  to  Roth  (Modern  Materia  Medical  "such  largo 
doses  are  risky,  even  when,  as  is  recommended,  their  adminis- 
tration is  combined  with  stimulants  such  as  rum  or  brandv,  iu 


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order     to     prevent     <t     loweriug     pulse,      temperature     and 
respiration." 

Thymol  may  be  suspended  with  acacia  in  almost  any 
aqueous  syrupy  liquid,  but  its  administration  should  be  under 
the  direction  of  a  competent  physician.  The  average  adult 
dose  as  given  Liy  the  Pharmacopoeia  is  two  grains ;  on  the 
basis  of  Young's  rule  for  computing  the  dosage  for  children 
the  average  dose  of  thymol  for  an  infant  two  years  old  would 
be  two-sevenths  of  a  grain. 

Face  Powders. 

(J.  S.) — "Fatty"  face  powders  have  a  small  percentage  of 
fat  mixed  with  them  in  order  to  make  the  powder  adhere  to 
the  skin.  "Pharmaceutical  Formulas"  gives  the  following  for- 
mula for  "lanoline  toilet  powder  which  is  good  and  workable, 
and  fairly  typifies  the  manner  in  which  any  powder  may  be 
made  'fatty.'  It  is  theatrical  people  generally  who  require 
this  class  of  powder." 

Anhydrous    lanoline    1  dram. 

Magnesium  carbonate   (light)    3  drams. 

Ether 4  drams. 

Put  the  lanoline  in  a  mortar  and  dissolve  in  the  ether,  add 
the  magnesia,  and  mix  well.    Dry  and  add  the  following : 

French  chalk   2      ounces. 

Starch    1%  ounces. 

Boric  acid  1      dram. 

Perfume    a  sufficiency. 

Mis  well.    A  good  perfume  is : 

Coumarin   2      grains. 

Otto  of  rose 2      minims. 

Here  are  two  formulas  of  the  type  of  face  powders  in  gen- 
eral use : 

(1) 

Zinc  oxide   3      pounds. 

Precipitated   chalk    —  .18      pounds. 

Talcum    3%  pounds. 

Rice  flour 6      pounds. 

Perfume 4      ounces. 

For  flesh  tint  color  with  a  little  carmine,  while  brunette  is 
produced  by  burnt  umber.  This  should  be  bolted  through 
cloth  to  get  the  best  results. 

(2) 

Precipitated   chalk    23  parts. 

Powdered  talcum 24  parts. 

Bismuth  subcarbonate 7  parts. 

Zinc  oxide  17  parts. 

Corn  starch   30  parts. 

Oil  rose  (or  rose  geranium  to  suit). 

Compound  Elixir  of  Glyceropliosphates. 

(D.  H.  H.) — The  following  formula  which  appeared  in  the 
Ee.\  last  year  produces  an  elixir  which  contains  no  sugar : 

Calcium  glycerophosphate    128  grains. 

Sodium  glycerophosphate   128  grains. 

Iron  glycerophosphate    16  grains. 

Manganese  glycerophosphate    16  grains. 

Quinine  glycerophosphate   8  grains. 

Strychnine  glycerophosphate    1  grain. 

Glycerin    ■ 4  ounces. 

Alcohol     1  ounce. 

Lactic  acid    4.5  minims. 

Water,  sufficient  to  make 1  pint. 

Rub  the  calcium  glycerophosphate  to  a  smooth  paste  with 
1  ounce  of  glycerin ;  add  3  ounces  of  water  and  30  minims  of 
lactic  acid.  Dissolve  the  iron  and  manganese  glycerophos- 
phates by  heat  in  1  ounce  of  water,  to  which  15  minims  of 
lactic  acid  has  been  added.  In  this  solution  dissolve  the 
quinine  salt  and  add  the  whole  to  the  calcium  glycerophos- 
phate solution.  The  sodium  glycerophosphate  is  dissolved  in 
about  one  ounce  of  hot  water ;  the  strychnine  glycerophosphate 
is  also  dissolved  in  a  little  water,  and  both  are  added  to  the 
above  solution.  The  remainder  of  the  glycerin  and  all  of  the 
available  water  and  alcohol  are  mixed  and  then  added  to  the 
solution  of  the  glycerophosphates. 

Fined  ?200  and  Jailed  for  Sixty  Days. 
St.  Johns,   Mich.,  May  15.— Clifford  U.   Smith,   an   Elsie 
druggist,  pleaded  guilty   in  Circuit   Court  to  having  violated 
the  local  option  law,  and  was  sentenced  by  Judge  Searl  to  60 
days  in  the  county  jail  in  addition  to  paying  a  fine  of  $200. 


THE  COMPAEATIVE  COLOR  VALUE  OF  TURMERIC 

By  W.  A.  Pearson,  Philadelphia. 

Turmeric  enters  our  market  in  two  forms,  as  "fingers"  and 
as  "splits."  The  so-called  fingers  are  the  rootlets  and  the 
splits  are  the  roots. 

Four  samples  were  furnished  us  by  Mr.  H.  B.  French. 
No.  1,  splits  :  No.  2,  Pubna  fingers ;  No.  3,  Madras  fingers ; 
No.  4,  Pubn;i  fingers  from  another  firm. 

The  samples  were  powdered  separately.  The  splits  gave  a 
yellowish  brown  powder.  The  powders  from  the  Pubna  fingers 
were  both  brownish  red  and  a  much  deeper  shade  than  either 
of  the  other  varieties.  The  powder  from  the  Madras  fingers 
was  of  a  bright  yellow  color  and  of  much  superior  appearance 
to  any  of  the  other  samples. 

Five  grams  of  the  powder  from  each  sample  was  placed  in  a 
Gordin  extraction  percolator  and  extracted  with  alcohol,  about 
125  cubic  centimeters  was  required  in  each  case.  The  perco- 
lates were  all  made  to  a  volume  of  125  cubic  centimeters  and 
the  colors  compared. 

The  tincture  from  sample  No.  1  splits  is  the  least  colored 
of  all  and  resembles  the  tincture  made  from  sample  No.  3 
Madras  fingers  in  intensity  and  color,  with  the  exception  that 
it  has  a  slight  greenish  shade  and  is  not  so  bright  a  yellow. 

The  tincture  from  sample  No.  3  Madras  fingers  is  a  beautiful 
bright   yellow.      The   tinctures   from   both   samples   of   Pubna  | 
fingers  were  of  a  brownish  red  appearance  and  the  color  was 
about  two  and  one-half  times  as  intense  as  the  other  two. 

The  Madras  fingers  are  of  a  much  higher  price  and  gave  a 
better  color  to  alcohol,  but  only  about  two-fifths  as  intense  as 
Pubna  fingers.  The  color  of  the  powdered  Madras  fingers  is 
also  more  desirable. 

"  We  have  been  informed  that  powdered  turmeric  is  now  on 
the  market  artificially  colored  with  a  yellow  aniline  dye.  This 
adulteration  could  undoubtedly  lie  detected  by  applying  the 
double  stain  test  given  in  Official  and  Provisional  Methods  of 
Analysis  of  the  Association  of  Official  Agricultural  Chemists, 
and  by  noticing  the  characteristic  changes  with  boric  acid  and 
ammonia. 


AROMATIC  ELIXIR. 


By  Balph  E.  Johnston,  Phar.D.,  Bucyrus,  Ohio. 

Aromatic  elixir  is  officially  recognized  in  the  U.S. P.  as  an 
aromatic,  sweetened,  spirituous  preparation,  containing  com- 
pound spirit  of  orange  1.2  per  cent,  syrup  37.5  per  cent, 
alcohol  23.8  per  cent  and  water  37.5  per  cent.  This  elirir 
has  an  agreeable  taste  and  odor,  and  was  introduced  into  the 
U.S.P.  to  be  used  as  a  pleasant  vehicle  with  therapeutic  value 
almost  nil. 

While  this  elixir  was  intended  to  be  used  in  U.S.P.  and 
N.F.  preparations  and  in  prescription  work  simply  as  a 
pleasant  and  harmless  diluent,  it  is  actually  true  that  in 
many  instances  the  principal  activity  of  the  elixir  is  due  to 
the  alcohol  and  this  has  often  proved  injurious.  This  objec- 
tion has  also  prevented  an  extensive  oSicial  recognition  of 
elixirs,  the  U.S.P.,  8th  Revision;  recognizing  but  three,  only 
one  of  which — elixir  of  iron,  quinine  and  strychnine  phos- 
phates, is  intended  to  be  used  for  its  therapeutic  value. 

Aromatic  elixir  contains  23.8  per  cent  of  alcohol  and  this 
proportion  of  so  active  an  ingredient  will  at  once  be  reoo|- 
nized  as  rendering  it  objectionable  for  use  as  a  harmless 
diluent  and  vehicle.  With  this  thought  in  view,  a  series  _  of 
experiments  were  conducted  to  develop  a  preparation  which 
should  be  equally  as  efficient  as  the  official  aromatic  elixir, 
yet  one  which  should  contain  so  small  a  proportion  of  the 
objectionable  ingredient  as  possible.  ' 

First  a  quantity  of  aromatic  elixir  was  made  according  TO 
the  U.S.P.  and  used  as  a  standard  for  comparisons.  Then 
1000  Cc.  of  elixir  (Sample  No.  1)  was  made  in  every  respect 
according  to  the  official  formula  for  aromatic  elixir  except 
that  glycerin  was  used  in  place  of  the  alcohol.  This  prep- 
aration was  found  to  be  very  sweet  and  syrupy,  and  decidedly 
unpleasant  to  the  taste. 

Sample   No.   2  was   made  in  a  manner  entirely  foreign  to 


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the  U.S.P.  method.  Instead  of  making  a  solution  of  the 
compound  spirit  of  orange  and  the  alcohol  and  to  this  adding 
the  syrup  in  small  portions  at  a  time,  and  afterwards  adding 
the  water  and  mixing  the  talc  with  this  liquid  and  filtering, 
the  method  was  changed  by  adding  the  compound  spirit  of 
orange  to  the  talc  and  triturating  thoroughly.  To  this  was 
added  the  glycerin  (23S  Cc. )  in  several  portions,  triturating 
after  each  addition.  In  like  manner  the  syrup  (375  Cc. )  and 
finally  the  water  (375  Cc.)  were  in  turn  incorporated  with 
the  solution.  The  liquid  was  then  filtered  through  a  wetted 
filter.  Lastly  the  filter  was  washed  with  a  mixture  of  one 
volume  of  glycerin  and  three  Tolumcs  of  distilled  water.  In 
making  the  elixir  in  this  manner  the  method  was  found  to  be 
very  expeditious,  simple,  practicable  and  altogether  satis- 
factory, producing  as  fine  a  preparation  as  the  U.S.P.  method 
and  that  in  considerably  less  time. 

This  method  of  manufacture  being  found  to  produce  such 
satisfactory  results,  it  then  remained  to  find  the  right  propor- 
tions of  glycerin,  alcohol  and  water  to  be  used  in  attaining 
the  desired  purpose  of  making  a  preparation  which  should 
contain  the  least  possible  alcoholic  contents.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  elixir  was  reriuired  to  contain  enough  alcohol  to 
make  its  "keeping  qualities"'  permanent  and  its  taste  agree- 
able. In  order  to  ascertain  this  point  a  large  number  of 
samples  of  aromatic  elixir  were  made.  Four  were  made  by 
adding  the  glycerin  to  the  U.S. P.  formula ;  that  is.  glycerin 
was  added  to  12  Cc.  compound  spirit  of  orange  to  make 
250  Cc,  then  syrup  (375  Cc. )  was  added  to  this  solution  in 
divided  portions,  the  mixture  being  agitated  after  each  addi- 
tion, after  which  there  was  added  to  it  in  the  same  manner,  a 
mixture  of  glycerin,  alcohol  and  water  in  various  proportions, 
as  follows : 

Sample  Xo.  4.  Alcohol  5  per  cent,  glycerin  20  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

Sample  Xo.  5.  Alcohol  10  per  cent,  glycerin  15  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

Sample  Xo.  6.  Alcohol  15  per  cent,  glycerin  10  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

Sample  X'o.  7.  Alcohol  20  per  cent,  glycerin  5  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

The  talc  was  then  added  to  this  liquid,  the  solution  filtered 
through  a  wetted  filter,  the  first  portions  of  the  filtrate  being 
returned  to  the  filter  and  run  until  a  transparent  liquid  was 
obtained.  The  filter  was  then  finally  washed  with  a  mixture 
of  alcohol,  glycerin  and  water  in  the  same  proportions  as  those 
used  in  the  previous  sample,  to  make  1000  Cc.  Xone  of  these 
four  samples  (Xos.  4,  5,  6  or  7)  were  found  to  be  as  aro- 
matic or  nearly  so  satisfactory  as  Sample  Xo.  2,  which  was 
made  according  to  the  "revised''  method. 

Four  more  samples  were  then  made  according  to  this 
"revised"  method,  the  ingredients  varying  only  in  the  quanti- 
ties employed.  In  these  samples  the  compound  spirit  of 
orange  was  added  directly  to  the  talc,  triturated  thoroughly, 
the  syrup  added  to  make  375  Cc.  and  finally  adding  glycerin, 
alcohol  and  water,  not  in  a  mixture,  but  in  proportions  as 
used  in  the  previous  lot  of  four  samples,  as  follows : 

Sample  Xo.  8.  Glycerin  20  per  cent,  alcohol  5  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

Sample  X'o.  9.  Glycerin  15  per  cent,  alcohol  10  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

Sample  Xo.  10.  Glycerin  10  per  cent,  alcohol  15  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

Sample  Xo.  11.  Glycerin  5  per  cent,  alcohol  20  per  cent, 
water  75  per  cent. 

These  solvents  were  added  in  the  order  named,  the  solu- 
tion, after  each  addition,  being  triturated  thoroughly.  It  was 
then  filtered  and  the  final  product  brought  up  to  the  required 
amount  (lOCK)  Cc.)  by  mixing  the  glycerin,  alcohol  and  water 
in  the  proportion  previously  used. 

In  order  to  test  the  "keeping  qualities"  of  these  prepara- 
tions a  "bacteriological"  method  was  used.  In  this,  con- 
formity to  the  conditions  which  these  elixirs  would  be  under 
in  the  average  drug  store,  was  the  principal  object.  This  was 
accomplished  by  testing  about  5  Cc.  of  each  of  the  last  eight 
samples  of  elixirs  and  one  sample  of  the  U.S.P.  aromatic 
elixir  in  as  many  test  tubes.  Six  specimens  were  taken  from 
each  of  these  nine  elixirs.  Two  of  these  six  specimens  were 
inoculated  with  a  spore-producing  organism,  two  were  inocu- 
lated with  an  organism  which  would  produce  a  mold  growth. 
using  Bacillus  subtilus  for  this  purpose,  while  the  remaining 
two  were  not  inoculated.     Six  specimens  of  each  of  the  nine 


elixirs  were  taken,  making  a  total  of  54  test  tubes  in  the 
lot.  These  were  then  plugged  with  cotton  and  put  into  a 
closet,  where  they  were  kept  at  a  temperature  of  30°  C.  for 
two  months.  Two  specimens  of  each  sample  were  used  for 
comparison  so  that  one  would  act  as  a  check  on  the  other. 

Another  lot  of  these  specimens,  each  selected  from  the  nine 
samples  of  elixirs,  was  treated  in  the  same  manner,  in  sterile 
test  tubes  only,  the  object  being  simply  to  ascertain  if  steriliz- 
ing the  container  enhanced  the  keeping  qualities  of  the 
contents.  These  experiments  not  being  conducted  "under  drug 
store  conditions,"  but  little  stress  was  put  on  the  results. 

At  the  end  of  two  months,  after  having  been  kept  in  the 
heated  closet  continually,  the  specimens  were  taken  out  and 
the  following  results  noted :  Samples  Xos.  4.  5,  6  and  7  were 
all  found  to  have  developed  mold  growth  in  both  of  the  speci- 
mens which  had  been  inoculated  with  the  spore  and  the  B. 
subtilis.  while  the  specimen  which  was  not  inoculated  also 
showed  a  mold  growth  but  not  to  such  a  marked  degree. 
These  specimens  ranked  from  a  very  pronounced  mold  growth 
to  one  not  so  noticeable,  the  growth  apparently  depending 
upon  the  per  cent  of  alcohol  each  contained,  the  quantity  of 
mold  decreasing  as  the  alcoholic  strength  increased. 

The  other  series  of  specimens,  Xos.  S,  9,  10  and  11,  showed 
far  better  results.  These  contained  besides  the  syrup  and  com- 
pound spirit  of  orange,  alcohol  5,  10.  15  and  20  per  cent,  and 
glycerin  20,  15,  10  and  5  per  cent,  respectively,  and  water  75 
per  cent,  used  in  the  menstruum.  The  first  one  (containing  5 
per  cent  of  alcohol)  was  a  little  cloudy  from  mold  growth,  but 
all  of  the  others  were  in  excellent  condition,  showing  that  they 
had  withstood  the  tests  and  were  permanent  preparations. 

Sample  X'o.  9  was  the  first  one  containing  the  least  amount 
of  alcohol  to  come  through  these  series  of  tests  in  a  perfect 
condition.  This  was  taken  as  the  basis  of  the  final  experi- 
ments which  contained  12  Cc.  of  the  compound  spirit  of 
orange,  363  Cc.  of  syrup,  and  alcohol  10  per  cent,  glycerin 
15  per  cent  and  water  75  per  cent,  to  make  1000  Cc. 

With  one  more  step  overcome,  a  large  number  of  elixirs 
were  made  in  order  to  improve  their  aromatic  properties.  In 
all  of  these  preparations  the  "improved"  formulas  with  the 
above  percentages  of  alcohol,  glycerin  and  syrup  were  used. 
Oils  of  cinnamon,  clove,  nutmeg,  orange,  lemon,  cardamom, 
etc..  were  used  in  all  possible  proportions  and  combinations 
in  order  to  take  the  place  of  the  compound  spirit  of  orange. 
The  aromatic  qualities  of  these  preparations  were  tested  by 
numerous  "martyrs  of  the  cause"  who  happened  to  come  into 
the  laboratory.  As  a  result  of  these  tests  the  consensus  of 
opinion  was  that  the  aromatic  qualities  of  the  compound 
spirit  of  orange  used  in  the  official  preparation  could  hardly 
be  improved  upon. 

Finally,  in  summing  up  all  of  these  points  the  following 
formula  and  method  of  preparing  an  "improved"  aromatic 
elixir  is  submitted : 

Compound  spirit  of  orange 12     Cc. 

Purified    talc    30     Gm. 

Syrup    363     Cc. 

Glycerin    93.7  Cc. 

Alcohol     62.5  Cc. 

Water     468.7  Cc. 

Mixture   of   alcohol   10   per   cent,   glycerin 
15   per  cent  and  water  75  per  cent   to 

make    1000     Cc. 

To  the  30  Gm.  of  talc  add  the  compound  spirit  of  orange. 
Triturate  thoroughly  and  then  add  the  syrup  in  several  por- 
tions, triturating  the  mixture  after  each  addition.  In  the 
same  manner  add  the  glycerin,  alcohol  and  finally  the  water. 
When  thoroughly  mixed,  filter  the  liquid  through  a  wetted 
filter,  returning  the  first  portions  of  the  filtrate  until  a  trans- 
parent liquid  is  obtained.  Lastly  wash  the  filter  with  a 
mixture  of  alcohol  10  per  cent,  glycerin  15  per  cent,  and 
water  75  per  cent,  until  the  product  measures  1000  Cc. 


A  Popular   Dye. 

A  small  boy  was  one  day  sent  for  a  pennyworth  of  indigo 
dye.  He  stopped  to  play  marbles  on  the  way,  and  quite  for- 
got what  he  was  sent  for.  As  he  was  determined  to  get  it, 
he  went  into  the  chemist's  shop  and  said  to  the  assistant : 

"What  have  people  been  dyeing  with  lately,  please?" 

"Influenza,"   was   the   answer. 

"Ah !  that  must  be  it,"  said  the  boy.  "Please  give  me  a 
penn'orth  !" — Illustrated  Bits. 


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LETTER     BOX 


"Question  of  Veracity  at  C.K.D.A.  Meeting." 
Editor  The  I'huimitivutiiul  Era: 

In  .vour  issue  of  the  6th  instaut  .vou  publish  au  article 
doted  Chicago.  May  1,  stating  in  part  as  follows :  "Mr. 
Cannon,  of  the  executive  board,  asserted  he  had  seen  a  letter 
from  President  R.van.  of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co..  approvin;;  the 
.stand  taken  b.v  Manager  Bartlett."  In  this  your  wortliy  < 'lii- 
cago  informant  has  misstated  the  facts. 

Mr.  Cannon,  however,  did  state  that  he  had  seen  a  coiiij 
of  a  letter  written  by  President  R.van.  of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co., 
in  which  Mr.  Ryan  had  endorsed  the  action  of  Mr.  Bartlett. 
The  article  further  states  that  Mr.  Carr  denied  that  Mr.  Ryan 
approved  Mr.  Bartlett's  position.  The  undersigned  can  hardly 
believe  that  so  careful  a  man  as  Mr.  Carr  would  make  such  a 
statement  under  any  circumstances  and  particularly  when  lu' 
knows  that  the  tacts  are  out. 

I  quote  you  in  part  from  an  article  written  by  Mr.  (_'arr  and 
intended  for  Xotes  publication,  but  later  suppressed  by  Mr. 
Potts,  as  follows  :  ".A'ofe*  wrote  P..  D.  &  Co.,  requesting  a 
statement."  President  Ryan  responded.  He  said :  "For  our 
Cascara  Tablets,  .">  grain,  the  druggist  pa.ys  the  jobber  24 
cents.  Most  fair  minded  druggists  will  testify  that  a  charge  of 
65  cents  when  an  unbroken  bottle  of  tablets  costing  24  cents 
is  simply  handed  out  over  the  counter  is  too  much." 

Mr.  Bartlett  sa.vs  in  his  letter  to  Mr.  Born,  which  has  since 
become  notorious  as  the  "P.  D.  Letter"  :  "Any  druggist  who 
charges  you  6.5  cents  for  100  Tablets  in  our  original  bottles, 
overcharges  you."  Now,  kind  reader,  if  Mr.  Ryan  does  not 
sustain  Mr.  Bartlett.  what  does  he  doV 

The  writer  would  lastly  call  your  attention  to  the  statement 
of  your  Chicago  informant  which  proves  his  total  disregard 
for  the  truth.  He  sa.vs  :  "The  incident  w-as  finally  referred 
to  the  executive  board  for  such  action  as  may  be  deemed 
expedient."  What  actually  happened  at  this  stage  of  the  pro- 
ceeding was  this :  It  was  voted  on  motion  of  Mr.  Cannon  to 
concur  in  the  action  of  officers  in  connection  with  the  pnbli- 
cation  of  the  "P.  D.  Letter."  There  was  but  one  dissenting 
vote  on  this  proposition.  In  conclusion.  I  would  respectfully 
commend  the  author  of  .vour  information  to  the  tender  mercies 
of  Theodore  Roosevelt  for  final  disposition  as  a  ranking  mem- 
ber of  the  Ananias  Club.     Yours  trul.v. 

Chicayo.  M<ni  ID.  T.  F.  Cannon. 


"Wanted — A  Man." — Qualifications  a  la  Oswego. 

Editor  The  I'haniKKiiitiral  Era: 

Noticing  the  very  interesting  address  delivered  before  the 
Piescott  Cluli  at  Ann  Arbor  of  a  successful  man  in  the  drug 
trade  I  am  moved  to  ask  you  to  insert  the  enclosed  advertise- 
ment for  me.  A.  B. 

Oswego,  y.  \. 

MAN  wanted:— A  THINKING  DOEK. 

I  want  to  hire  a  mau— I  want  him  to  know  more  than  I  do 
but  he  must  be  tactful  so  that  he  doesn't  let  me  know  that  he 
THINKS  he  knows  more;  also  he  must  be  a  good  salesman  and 
sell  more  of  My  Remedies  than  I  do  :  I  want  one  who  is  a  quick, 
handy  man  anywhere,  one  who  never  loses  his  temper,  must  be 
a  good  dresser  and  mixer  but  of  course  I  expect  him  to  work 
the  same  hours  that  I'  do.  I,  personally,  never  have  time  to 
mix   much  because  I'm  always  tending  to  business. 

I  don't  want  a  seedy  man  or  one  that  has  been  long  out  of  a 
job;  it's  the  steady  worker  that  does  the  most.  I  don't  want  a 
m.nn  just  from  college — they're  too  smart  and  haven't  had  long 
enough  experience:  I'd  like  one  that  had  been  a  manager  or  head 
man  in  some  hiu  City  store  so's  I  could  really  learn  from  him. 
I  think  OKivlir,  ii;,,i  the  mau  who  wrote  about  things  sometimes 
almost  as  iii\  ..ii^hi  to  he.  might  do.  hut  I  don't  suppose  he's 
sot  a   X.   V     -i.ii-    li..Mme. 

I  don't  v.. lilt  ,iii\  failures,  or  any  sickly  fellows,  but  I  want 
a  good  live  JIAN."  one  that  knows  when  to  t.ilk  and  when  to 
shut  up  and  if  I  <an  get  such  a  man— why  darn  the  expense,  I'll 
go  as  high  as  fifteen  dollars  a  week.    Address.  Me.  HERE. 

Mr.  Bacon  Resides  in  Roland  Park. 
Editor  The  Phartiiaccutiral  Em: 

On  page  431  of  your  issue  of  May  6  I  tind  au  article 
written  in  reference  to  m.vself  which  is  misleading.  It  stated 
that  our  Governor  gives  Baltimore  three  members  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  leaving  out  the  central  part  of  the  State. 
I  wish  you  would  correct  that  in  your  next  issue,  as  I  live  at 
Roland  Park.  Baltimore  Cotuily,  Md.,  and  have  lived  there  for 


the  last  ten  years,  with  the  exceiition  of  about  in\r  ji-af.  and 
theu  in  21si  street.  Baltimore  City. 

Roland  Park.  ild.  EPHBAIM   Bacon. 

I  The  Eka  correspondent  did  not  say  specifically  that  the 
Governor  had  given  three  members  of  the  board  to  Baltimore, 
but  mentioned  the  fact  that  Mr.  Bacon  conducts  drug  stores 
both  in  Baltimore  and  in  Roland  Park,  which  is  a  suburb  of 
Baltimore.  Mr.  Bacon's  residence  is  in  Roland  Park.  He  has 
given  most  excellent  service  in  the  board  and  the  question  of 
residence  with  such  a  pharmacist  ought  not  to  be  material. 
—En.  I 


Sees  Trouble  Ahead  in  the  Propaganda  Evolution, 
Editor   The  Eharmaeeiitiial  Era:, 

I  do  not  believe  in  the  N.F.  propaganda  and  base  m.v  reasons 
for  such  disbelief  upon  admissions  made  by  its  warmest 
sttpporters.  ' 

I  was  recently  in  a  cottnl.v-seat  which  has  six  drug  stores 
and  17  physicians,  and  the  ph.ysicians  dispense  to  such  an 
extent  that  the  druggists  do  not  average  one  prescription  a 
day.  (Due  of  the  druggists  of  this  town  declares  that  it  is 
possible  to  convince  the  ph.ysicians  that  it  they  would  stop  dis- 
pensing and  write  prescriptions  tor  N.F.  preparations  that 
they  would  secure  as  patients  a  large  numlier  of  those  who 
now  buy  patent  medicines  from  the  druggists.  But  this  drug- 
gist acknowledges  that  the  additional  patients  which  the  doc- 
tors would  thtis  gain  wotvld  not  yield  so  great  an  income  as 
is  now  received  from  the  medicines  which  the  doctors  them- 
selves dispense.  I  do  not  believe  the  physicians  Avill  go  into 
any  such  self-sacrificing  scheme. 

I  \vas  recently  in  a  city  which  has  about  200  druggists  aud 
in  which  it  ifs  claimed  that  the  N.F.  propaganda  is  making 
great  headway.  I  know  that  many  N.F.  prescriptions  are 
being  written  in  that  cit.v.  However,  the  leader  of  the  propa- 
ganda acknowledges  that  about  a  third  of  the  druggists  are  too 
ignorant  or  too  slothful  to  make  their  own  preparations.  He 
sa.vs  that  they  are  bu.ying  the  N.F.  preparations  which  they 
dispense  and  he  acknowledges  that  such  purchased  prepara- 
tions are  tull.v  as  good  and  even  more  uniform  than  the  store- 
made  preparations.  This  gentleman  furthermore  acknowl- 
edges that  the  small  druggist  can  buy  the  manufactured  N.F. 
preparations  just  as  cheap  as  he  can  make  them. 

Finally,  this  propagandist  sa.vs  that  when  au  N.F.  prepara- 
tion of  a  certain  make  is  prescribed  that  he  feels  in  honor 
bound  to  dispense  that  make. 

Considering  these  admissions  and  the  well-known  fact  that 
large  and  reputable  proprietary  manufacturers  are  already 
soliciting  physicians  to  prescribe  certain  brands  of  N.F. 
preparations  and  also  considering  the  fact  that  the  propa- 
gandists are  urging  physicians  to  prescribe  N.F.  preparations 
in  place  of  well-known  proprietaries  which,  it  is  claimed,  are 
similar  to  or  precisely  like  the  N,F,  preparations,  I  can  only 
reach  one  conclusion,  and  that  is :  The  N.F.  preparation  is 
already  becoming  a  proprietar.v  with  its  advertising  value  de- 
pendent upon  the  name  of  the  maker  instead  of  a  trade  marked 
name ;  that  it  will  be  prescribed  as  a  proprietar.v  with  the 
make  specified  :  that  man.v  druggists  do  not  now  and  never 
will  consider  it  except  as  a  proprietary  and  that  as  a  pro- 
prietary it  will  be  sampled  to  and  sold  to  self-dispensing  phy- 
sicians. The  obvious  conclusion  is  that  this  propaganda  will 
merely  result  in  adding  more  proprietaries  to  the  stocks  of  the 
already  over-burdened  druggists  and  make  it  easier  and  more 
profitable  for  the  self-dispensing  physicians  to  contintie  their 
practices.  Yours  truly, 

Ottiimira.   loira.  DofBTINO   TlIQMAS. 


Thirty-fi.ve  Graduates  at  Kansas  City. 
Kans.\s  City,  May  l.'i. — Thirty-five  graduates  were  given 
diplomas  at  the  24th  annual  commencement  of  the  Kansas 
City  College  of  Pharmacy.  Rev.  G.  P.  Baity,  pastor  of  the 
Westport  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church,  delivered  the  address. 
The  names  of  the  graduates  follow  : 

.Toseph  Ammatelli.  Frank  B.  Bengelman.  .lames  E.  Biir-kiier. 
Frank  K.  Cole,  Benson  C.  Culp.  Earle  E.  Dewesse.  Charles  P. 
Dvkes.  Herbert  P.  Eastman.  George  T.  Fram-k.  .Joseph  Freed- 
mau.  Benjamin  A.  Gillespie.  Ralph  E.  Gray.  .Vrchihald  A.  Hale. 
Samuel  A.  Hamshaw.  Harohl  B.  Hedrick.  John  P.  Hinkle.  Rus- 
sell L.  Hodge.  .John  M.  Hogaii.  "Elmer  E.  Jone.s.  Otto  H.  Keuther. 
Linwood  U.  Kinder.  Clair  G.  Martin.  Lathrop  L.  Milligau.  Jny 
C.  Ncal.  Randolph  S.  Parker.  Philip  S.  Pope.  Hal  T.  Robertson.. 
Salvatore  A.  Romeo.  Amos  Saunders.  George  A.  Scott.  Daisy  B. 
Thomas.  Walter  T.  Walker,  William  C.  White.  George  M.  Whit- 
ney, ,Tohn  R.  'n'illiams. 


Mmv  20.  ]<)Uf|l 


THE     l'HAH.MA('Kl"T[C'AL     ERA 


471 


1  "Cuttiiig-"  and  Cutting, 

j  As  .1  seneral  proposition  we  do  not  believe  in  price-cutting 
I  nor  do  we  believe  in  advertising  prices  of  goods  which  bear  a 
'  printed  price  and  which  are  supposed  to  cost  all  druggists 
.  the  same  price  for  the  same  quantity.  In  fact,  it  is  only  upon 
'  such  goods  that  real  cutting  can  be  done.  Neither  do  we 
I  helieve  that  retail  druggist  readei-s  should  be  advised  to  aid 
',  their  giant  competitors  by  a  taboo  placed  upon  the  mouey- 
!  making  advertising  methods  used  by  their  competitors.  .\ 
i  careful  perusal  of  the  advertisements  of  the  so-called  "cutters" 
'  shows  that  much  of  their  loudly  acclaimed  "cutting"  is  not 
I  cutting  at  all.  How  far  these  advertisements  deceive  the 
I  public  we  do  not  know ;  bvit  so  far  as  the  deception  may  go.  it 
I  is  often  self-deception,  for  many  of  the  strongest  and  most 
I  alluring  statements  made  in  such  advertisements  are  noi 
untruthful  in  fact,  and  therefore  they  are  not  in  themselves 
!  deceptive.  Really,  the  value  of  these  advertisements  is  owing 
'  chiefly  to  the  fact  that  the  men  who  write  them  understand 
type-setting  and  a  great  part  of  the  merit  of  such  advertise- 
ments lies  in  their  typographical  make-up. 

In    ihis   article   an   effort   will    be    made   to   describe   some   of 


the    profitably    peculiar    points    of    such    advertisements    and 
readers  must  judge  for  themselves  whether  this  class  of  adver- 
tising is  worthy  of  being  employed   by  them. 
Free  Lime  Water. 
-Vs  part  of  a  full  page  advertisement  appeared  the  following: 


:    LI  HE   WATER    GIVEX  AWAY 
:       Free!     Any   quantity!     Free!        : 
:        We  only  rliarge  for  the  bottle        : 
* * 

"We  only  charge  for  the  bottle"  was  in  10-point,  the  other 
lines  in  36-point  type.  The  "charge  for  the  bottle"  was  10 
cents  a  pint  and  17  cents  for  a  ipiart.  Here  is  another  of 
similar  make-up : 


Han<}  and  Fare   Lritionx  lit  Cut  /' 


This  line  was  set  in  bold-faced  type  and  following  it  were 
enumerated  several  of  the  largely  sold  face  preparatious  iritli- 
out  mention  of  price.     Then  followed  : 


Handi  Lotion 
RegnJar  2oe. 


Facio  Lot  in 
tiro  for  Joi: 


"Handi "  and  "Facio"  were  the  names  of  the  druggist's  own 
preparations  and  he  probably  put  them  up  expressly  to  sell  at 
half  the  printed  price,  which  would  still  permit  him  to  make 
a   good   profit :    but  the  staple   preparations   which   were   men- 


WINDOW  DISPLAY  ILLUSTRATING  THIS  FORM  OF  ADVERTISING  FOR  DRUGGISTS  TAKES  $5  PRIZE. 


Ill  the  ERA'S  f'axh  Prize  Competition  this  week  the  judges  Iwvc  awarded  the  $o  eash  priec  in  Contest  Xo.  .i  to  B.  A. 
Cueny.  druyyint  and  pharmacist.  '/OS  Main  street,  Xorth,  Cheboygan,  Mich.  Mr.  Vueny  submitted  the  accompany  photograph 
of  a   nindow  display   which   was  prepared  by  his  clerks,    George  Guile  and  Anthony  Roshek.     Mr.  Cueny  writes  as  follows: 

"The  window  represents  a  miniature  blacksmith  shop,  with  three  moving  figures.  One  man  is  employed  pumping  the  bet- 
lows,  another  is  hammering  on  the  auL-il  and  the  third  is  shoeing  a  horse.  The  goods  displayed  are  stock  foods  placed  on  the 
floor  of  the  irimhnr  anil  iilio  at  the  sides  of  the  shop  to  the  roof,  making  the  background.  The  power  to  run  the  figures  is 
furnish'il  by  <i  1-I(l1h   II. P.  inntor,  geared  to  reduce  the  speed.     1  hope  this  window  vnU  interest  ERA  readers." 


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[May  20,  1909 


tioned   iu   tlu'  advert iseiiipnt  were  sold  at  '2'. 
sizes. 


cents  for  25-cent 


:  ROSE  OR  VIOLET  TALCUM  23  CENTS  A  POVXD 
:  Contains  four  times  as  much  as  the  average  2o-ccnt 
:  box.     Whv  pay  for  a  fancy  box? 

:  WE  WEIGH  IT  BEFORE  YOUR  EYES 


And  the  druggist  weiglied  the  package  before  the  cus- 
tomer's eyes  and  it  weighed  IS  ounces.  They  explained  that 
the  box  weighed  two  ounces.  That  performance  made  an  ex- 
cellent impression.  The  box,  a  tight,  mill-board,  slip  cover 
box,  was  cheap,  and  the  perfumed  talc  had  been  bought  in 
bulk.  Over  500  pounds  were  sold  in  a  week  and  it  gave  a 
liberal  profit. 

*  STANDARD  CATARRH  REMEDIES  AT  * 
:  CUT  PRICES  : 
:  Among  others  is  DOBELL'S  SOLUTION.  Doctors  : 
:  prescribe  it  : 
:                              A  full  pint  for  SO  cents  : 

*  * 

How  is  that  for  a  "cut  price"?     Examine  the  following: 

* * 

:  30  cents  for  a  full  bottle — 100 — Blaud's  Iron.  Pills.  : 
:  A  blood  tonic.  One  bottle  may  do  you  more  good  : 
:  than  a  dozen  bottles  of  $1  Sarsaparilla.  Bat  if  you  : 
:  prefer  Sarsaparilla,  we  sell  dollar  size  for  69  cents        : 

* * 

Can  you  not  sell  Blaud's  Pills  at  that  price?  Can  you  not 
make  money  on  your  own  Sarsaparilla  "at  69  cents  for  dollar 
size" ? 

Is  the  following  entirely  untrue?  Can  you  not  avoid  even 
the  appearance  of  prevarication,  meet  the  price  and  make 
money  ? 


Other  druggists  prefer  to  sell  Castile  Soap  by  the 
cake.  They  can  charge  a  higher  price  that  way  than 
by  the  pound  and  they  Kay  that  thty  have  to  charge 
for  the  waste  and  labor  of  cutting.  Why  not  cut  it 
yourself  and  see  if  there  really  is  any  waste.  We  are 
offering 

GENUINE  IMPORTED  CASTILE  SOAP 
AT  23  CENTS  PER  POUND  BY  THE  BAR 


A  department  store  manager  thought  it  worth  while  to  give 
two  inches  of  double-column  space  to  the  following : 

*  COUGH  CURES  AT  AMAZING  PRICES 


:        (Several    leaders    were    named    at    average    prices 

:  of  45  cents  for  50-cent  sizes  and  23  cents  for  25-eent 

;  sizes.) 

:  SPECIAL!!  SPECIAL!! 

:  We  have  purchased  a  larqc  quantity  of  the 

:  GENUINE  BROWN  MIXTURE 

:  which  we  offer  at  the  before  unheard  of  price  of  J/O 

:  cents  for  the  full  pint  size.     This  is  an  old,  reliable 

:  and  much  used  cough  remedy. 


Are  you  not  willing  to  make  and  sell  brown  mixture  at  that 
price? 

Not  So  Much  Baiting  as  Formerly. 

If  readers  will  carefully  peruse  the  so-called  "cut-rate"  drug 
advertisements  of  department  store  and  store-chains  of  the 
present,  they  will  find  that  the  naming  of  well-known  proprie- 
taries as  baits  has  largely  passed.  In  the  average  two-column 
or  larger  advertisement,  old-line  goods  or  those  now  being 
boomed  have  but  little  space  given  to  them.  When  they  are 
advertised  with  price,  it  is  rarely  that  they  are  quoted  ex- 
tremely low. 

The  competing  druggist  is  apt  to  pay  more  attention  to  a 
single  line  in  eight-poiut  type  announcing  some  staple  dollar 
patent  at  67  cents  than  he  is  to  two  inches  devoted  to  a  non- 
secret.  Not  so  with  the  public,  however.  The  very  make-up^ 
of  the  advertisement  proves  that.  Aggressive  advertisers  have 
learned  by  experience  that  they  sell  most  of  that  which  they 


most  prominently  advertise.  If  the  consumer  demands  some- 
thing other  than  the  prominently  advertised  article  the  demand 
is  for  a  well-known  article,  no  matter' what  the  price  may  be. 

The  character  of  the  bait  has  therefore  been  reversed. 
Instead  of  using  the  widely  known  specialty  to  make  trade  for 
non-secret  substitutes,  it  is  the  non-secrets  that  are  advertised 
so  that  whether  the  sale  be  for  the  advertised  article  or  a  well- 
known  patent,  a  profit  can  be  made. 

Substitution  Not  the  Real  Object. 

Public  agitation  in  the  lay  press  and  otherwise,  has  made  it 
exceedingly  difficult  to  substitute  against  trade-marked  goods, 
especially  in  the  larger  stores.  • 

The  successful  advertiser  of  today  advertises  only  what  he 
wants  to  sell  and  that  only  at  the  price  he  is  willing  to  sell. 
He  may,  it  is  true,  advertise  a  leader  or  so  at  less  than  actual 
cost ;  but  the  object  is  not  to  sell  substitutes  for  it,  but  to 
induce  sales  in  other  lines. 

If  there  is  any  class  of  druggists  who  should  not  advertise, 
they  are  the  ones  who  sneer  at  side  lines.  An  examination  of 
over  a  hundred  large  advertisements  of  department  and  other 
stores  of  "cut-rate  drugs"  shows  an  average  of  SO  per  cent  of 
the  space  given  to  confectionery,  cigars,  stationery,  fancy 
goods  and  things  in  no  way  used  as  remedial  agents  within  or 
upon  the  human  body. 

A  superior  quality  of  genius  and  rare  intelligence  were  not 
required  to  make  up  an  advertisement  that  consisted  merely 
of  a  schedule  of  well-known  patent  medicines  at  cost  prices  or 
less,  for  such  as  was  the  custom  eight  or  more  years  ago. 
Today,  however,  the  advertising  of  the  cutters  shows  the  work 
of  real  experts  and  the  retail  druggists  who  feel  such  competi- 
tion should  carefully  study  the  advertisements  of  these  experts. 

The  individual  must  judge  for  himself  how  much  of  these 
methods  he  can  conscientiously  and  profitably  adapt  to  his  own 
use.  There  seems  to  be  little  doubt,  however,  that  some  drug- 
gists are  permitting  an  artificial  standard  of  pharmaceutical 
and  commercial  ethics  to  make  their  advertising  ineffective. 


Informal  Supper  Ends  Dancing:  Season. 
Philadelphia,  May  8. — The  Druggists'  Dancing  Class 
which  has  been  such  an  important  and  enjoyable  a  factor  in 
the  many  social  events  of  the  retail  drug  trade  of  Philadelphia 
during  the  past  winter,  last  evening  held  its  final  session  and 
disbanded  for  the  summer.  An  informal  supper  was  served. 
Professor  and  Mrs.  Fricke,  who  have  been  so  successful  in 
instructing  the  druggists  how  to  "skip  the  light  fantastic," 
were  the  guests  of  the  members.  The  successful  termination 
of  this  new  feature  of  the  social  life  of  the  drug  trade  in  this 
city  reflects  great  credit  upon  the  committee,  Mrs.  Charles  and 
Mrs.  J.  E.  Marsden,  ably  assisted  by  Mrs.  William  E.  Lee, 
president  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  as  well  as  of  Chapter  No.  6, 
of  this  city. 


Local  Handbook  an  Advertising'  Medium. 
Thomas  Ross,  proprietor  of  the  Economical  Drug  Store, 
Elgin,  111.,  has  compiled  and  had  printed  a  complete  hand- 
book of  Elgin  containing  100  pages.  It  is  full  of  valuable 
information  and  contains  four  maps  of  Elgin  and  vicinity,  and 
will  be  valuable  especially  to  autoists  and  visitors.  It  is 
neatly  made  up  and  is  bound  with  a  handsome  cover. 


Roses  Frozen  in  a  Block  of  Ice. 
A.  E.  Curtis,  of  Rock  Falls,  111.,  recently  arranged  a  novel 
window  display  for  his  pharmacy,  consisting  of  a  large  bunch 
of  roses,  tied  with  a  dainty  ribbon  and  frozen  in  a  huge  block 
of  ice.  A  drain  pan  was  arranged  to  catch  the  water  that 
dripped  from  the  melting  ice  display. 


Alligators  Used  to  Advertise  a  Pharmacy. 
Salmon  &  Darrow,  of  Columbus  Junction,  Iowa,  have 
originated  a  new  scheme  for  advertising  their  pharmacy. 
They  have  secured  two  large  alligators  about  six  feet  long 
which  attract  the  attention  of  every  stranger  who  visits 
Columbus  Jimction. 


The  New  School. 
The  doctors  used  to  bleed  mankind 
For  every  ill  that  they  could  find, 
But  now  they're  wiser,  so  'tis  said. 
And  "bleed"  the  pocketbook  instead. 
— Trenton  Times. 


May  20,  1909] 


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Personal  Mention 


— E.  C.  Yetto  now  represents  Sharp  &  Dohme  in  northern 
Illinois  and  Indiana. 

— Fred.  J.  Carter,  of  Me.ver  Brothers  Drug  Company  labo- 
ratory. St.  Louis,  was  a  recent  New  York  visitor. 

— F.  P.  O'Brien,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  Chicago  branch, 
is  home  from  a  short  spring  vacation  spent  in  Wisconsin. 

^Edward  Pitrowski.  of  Pitrowski  &  Kowalski.  Grand 
Rapids,  Mich.,  is  recovering  from  a  recent  operation  for 
appendicitis. 

— O.  C.  Stockmeyer,  a  former  druggist  at  Two  Rivers. 
Wis.,  now  located  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  was  a  recent  visitor 
at  Two  Rivers. 

— Milton  Wren  has  resigned  his  position  with  the  Luken- 
bach  Pharmacy  at  Marinette  and  is  now  connected  with  a  drug 
store  at  Neenah,  Wis. 

— E.  J.  Gaixowat  is  a  recent  addition  to  the  sales  force 
of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.,  and  is  covering  the  territory  in  and 
about  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

— George  Koehler,  who  has  been  in  the  employ  of  a  phar- 
macy at  Wausau,  Wis.,  has  resigned  and  will  accept  a  travel- 
ing salesman  position  at  Milwaukee. 

— Walter  Lukenbacii.  a  former  resident  at  Oconto.  Wis., 
and  lately  employed  in  a  Chicago  wholesale  house,  is  now  con- 
nected with  his  father's  pharmacy  at  Oconto. 

— C.  H.  DeFoed,  formerly  representing  Parke.  Davis  &  Co. 
in  Connecticut,  is  now  devoting  his  energies  to  the  Progressive 
Drus  Company,  of  his  home  city.  New  Haven. 

— Haert  T.  Carves,  of  Farrand.  Williams  &  Clark.  Detroit, 
has  just  returned  from  South  Londonderry,  Vt.,  whither  he 
was  called  by  the  serious  illness  of  his  father. 

— Hon.  Charles  L.  Dean,  ex-mayor  of  Maiden,  Mdss.,  and 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  Dean,  Foster  &  Co..  has  been  elected 
a   member  of  the  Boston  Merchants'   Association. 

— Dr.  J.  Harvey  Spbuance.  candidate  for  the  Democratic 
nomination  for  mayor  of  Wilmington,  was  for  12  years  a 
member  of  the  Delaware  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

— C.  S.  Cameron,  a  well-known  Philadelphia  druggist,  is 
serving  his  neighboi-s  and  fellow-citizens  as  the  president  of 
the  Fifty-second  Street  Business  Men's  Association. 

— Max  Houck  Matthes.  son  of  a  Shenandoah  druggist. 
and  a  nephew  of  Paul  W.  Houck.  has  been  appointed  an  as- 
sistant engineer  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Health  Department. 

— E.  T.  CrRTis  recentl.v  succeeded  R.  L.  Winchester  as 
manager  of  Sharp  &  Dohme's  St.  Louis  branch.  He  is  a 
brother  of  C.  E.  Curtis,  who  represents  the  same  concern  in 
Chicago. 

— W.  C.  SnuBTLEFF,  of  Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co..  and 
F.  L.  De  Witt,  of  Fuller  &  Fuller.  Chicago,  are  in  St.  Louis 
attending  a  meeting  of  the  Supreme  Council  of  the  Royal 
Arcanum. 

— W.  W.  Soixidat,  sales  manager  for  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons, 
was  a  recent  visitor  to  Washington,  and  he  toured  the  parks 
and  drives  of  the  National  capital  in  the  motor  car  of  Druggist 
S.  L.  Hilton. 

— Frederick  C.  Kurz,  druggist  at  Rush  street  and  Walton 
place,  Chicago,  has  gone  West  for  a  time  on  account  of  his 
wife's  health.  In  his  absence  the  business  is  in  charge  of 
Adolph  Reoden. 

— Clarence  Raetz.  a  recent  graduate  of  the  College  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  visited  at  his  home  in 
Appleton,  Wis.,  last  week.  Mr.  Raetz  has  accepted  a  position 
with  a  Chicago  drug  firm. 

— James  Stevenson,  of  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.,  is  spending 
a  few  days  at  French  Lick  Springs,  Ind.,  recuperating  after 
his  exciting  experience  when  he  broke  an  arm  in  stopping  a 
runaway  horse,  as  reported  in  the  Era  of  May  6. 

— E.  W.  McKeown,  who  was  manager  tor  the  Bancroft 
store  at  Park  Place  and  Washington  avenue,  Borough  of 
Brooklyn,  this  city,  for  nine  years,  is  now  with  Bernhard  von 
Rappaport.  Rogers  and  Lefiferts  avenues.  Brooklyn. 

— Albert  Bond  I>ambert,  president  of  the  Lambert  Phar- 
macal  Company,  St.  Louis,  and  widely  known  as  an  aeronaut, 
has  been  ill  at  his  home  for  ten  da.vs  from  a  very  painful 
attack  of  neuritis,  complicated  with  an  attack  of  the  grip. 

— TnOMAS  VoEGELl,  of  Minneapolis,  was  recently  a  visitor 


to  the  National  capital.  He  is  a  Park  Commissioner  of  his 
home  city  and  visited  Government  officials  in  connection  with 
matters  concerning  the  water  supply  for  Minneapolis  parks. 

— Wilbur  B.  Humphreys,  president  of  the  Humphreys' 
Medicine  Company,  of  Baltimore,  has  returned  to  his  desk 
after  a  trip  to  Chicago,  111.,  where  he  spent  two  weeks,  hav- 
ing been  called  there  in  regard  to  establishing  a  branch  oflice. 

— E.  F.  Townsend,  a  former  druggist  of  Detroit,  Mich., 
has  returned  from  a  sojourn  of  several  months  in  Florida, 
much  improved  in  health.  He  will  engage  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness out  in  Michigan  as  soon  as  he  can  find  a  desirable 
location. 

— WiLLi.\M  G.  Cook  is  the  happy  father  of  a  sou  which  was 
born  last  week.  Mr.  Cook  is  all  smiles  and  reports  that 
mother  and  child  are  both  doing  very  nicel.v.  Congratulations 
are  also  being  showered  upon  Thomas  P.  Cook,  who  is  now 
grandfather. 

— Mrs.  Adelaide  M.  Godding,  wife  of  J.  G.  Godding,  one 
of  Boston's  best-known  druggists,  and  who  is  president  of 
Boston  Chapter  No.  1,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  has  been  elected  vice- 
president  of  the  Daughters  of  New  Hampshire,  whose  head- 
quarters are  in  Boston. 

— Henry  Ruenzel,  well-known  Milwaukee  druggist  and  a 
member  of  the  Wisconsin  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  been  elected 
vice-president  of  the  Milwaukee  Western  Electric  Railway 
Company,  a  corporation  which  will  erect  a  new  line  from  Mil- 
waukee to  Beaver  Dam,  Wis. 

— S.  J.  Clark,  of  Cornwall,  N.  Y.,  is  not  only  a  druggist 
and  a  dentist  but  devotes  some  of  his  time  to  raising  poultry. 
One  recent  achievement  of  his  hennery  was  the  hatching  of 
13  chickens  from  12  eggs,  a  case,  his  neighbors  say,  of  there 
having  been  twins  in  the  bunch. 

— Dr.  W.  B.  Christine,  a  prominent  physician  and  phar- 
macist of  Philadelphia,  with  Frank  W.  Smith,  secretary  of  the 
Drug  Club,  was  among  the  Philadelphians  who  visited  Atlantic 
City  and  witnessed  the  matches  rolled  in  the  annual  tourna- 
ment of  the  American  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association. 

— B.  W.  T.  Tobin  is  in  charge  of  the  offices  opened  by 
Sharp  &  Dohme  at  510  Arch  street.  Philadelphia.  John  L. 
Wertz  has  been  selected  to  succeed  Mr.  Tobin  as  traveler  in 
southern  New  Jersey.  H.  F.  Ross  and  J.  E.  Douglass  are 
newly  appointed  Philadelphia  salesmen  for  the  company. 

—Franklin  M.  Apple,  Dr.  J.  A.  Bolin,  Dr.  A.  S.  Erney, 
Dr.  C.  H.  Gubbins,  H.  A.  Nolle  and  G.  S.  R.  Wright,  were 
well-known  Philadelphia  druggists  named  to  act  as  vice-presi- 
dents at  a  mass  meeting  of  the  citizens  to  protest  against  the 
withdrawal  of  the  six-for-a-quarter  tickets  by  the  Philadel- 
phia Rapid  Transit  Company. 

— A.  C.  Meyer,  of  Meyer  Brothers  Drug  Company,  and 
George  R.  Merrell  and  Merrell  T.  Walbridge,  of  the  J.  S. 
Merrell  Drug  Company:  Charles  E.  Lane,  of  the  Allen-PfeifEer 
Chemical  Company,  all  of  St.  Louis,  were  among  the  business 
men  of  that  city  who  started  last  Sunday  to  tour  the  South- 
west on  a  special  train  in  the  interests  of  the  jobbing  trade. 

— John  Coleman,  the  Wheeling  (W.  Va.)  pharmacist,  is  in 
Philadelphia  this  week  attending  the  graduation  of  his  son, 
George  J.,  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  where  the 
yoimg  man  has  won  high  honors,  including  a  $200  micro- 
scope offered  for  the  highest  average  in  chemistry.  George 
will  have  charge  of  the  chemical  laboratory  in  the  Coleman 
Pharmacy. 

— Dr.  Albert  Oettincer.  who  for  22  years  conducted  a 
retail  drug  store  at  967  North  Fifth  street,  Philadelphia,  has 
retired  from  business  and  will  in  the  future  devote  his  atten- 
tion to  Christ's  Home  for  Children,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the 
founders  and  most  active  supporter.  The  institution  recently 
attracted  considerable  attention  by  refusing  a  State  appro- 
priation, preferring  to  carry  on  its  work  entirely  by  the  vol- 
untary subscriptions  of  an  appreciative  public. 

— In  recognition  of  his  appointment  as  a  member  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board,  the  faculty 
of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Medico-Chinirgical 
College,  of  Philadelphia,  tendered  a  reception  and  dinner  to 
Christopher  Koch.  Jr.,  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford  Hotel.  Dr. 
I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  dean  of  the  department,  presided,  and  those 
present  were  Dr.  George  H.  Meeker,  Dr.  Seneca  Egbert,  C.  H. 
Kimberly,  C.  E.  ^■anderkleed,  Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart,  Joseph  L. 
Turner.  W.  F.  Ritter,  Willard  Graham,  W.  A.  Pearson,  F.  A. 
Genth  and  Ambrose  Hunsberger.  J.  G.  Carruth,  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees,  was  also  present. 


474 


THE     PHARMACEITUAL     VAi\ 


20.  1909 


BROOKLYN  COLLEGE  OF  PHAR.  COMMENCEMENT.      PROPAGANDA  WORK  IN  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

Working-  Also   for   Better   Remuneration   for   Handling 

Telephone  Business — Joel  BJanc  Honorary  Member. 

W'A.siiI.MiroN.  .Mny  ]."i.— The  District  uf  ( 'uliiinliia  Ituiail 
Dnis^ists'  Associatiou  liekl  its  regular  moutlily  meeting  Tues- 
(l;iy.  May  f).  A  larse  and  enthusiastic  numlier  were  present, 
'ilie  report  of  committee  on  preparation  of  samples  was  taken 
I'l)  and  tile  recommendations  of  the  committee  discussed  as  to 
methods  of  preijaratiou  of  the  sis  X.F.  preparations  selected 
for  [jropasauda  work  at  the  present  time.  It  was  recommended 
that  no  coloring  matter  be  used  in  making  these  preparations 
except  where  directed  in  the  formula  propel-,  in  order  to  insure 
uniform  appearance  of  these  preparations  in  the  District  of 
Colivmhia. 

The  concensus  of  opinion  was  that  Elix.  (Jent.  (ilyc.  was  too 
sweet  and  that  the  use  of  saccharin  therein  was  not  wise.  But 
no  changes  seemed  possible  until  the  formula  was  officially 
changed. 

Chairman  S.  L.  Hilton,  of  the  telephone  committee,  reported 
that  the  resolutions  in  favor  of  increased  remuneration  for 
druggists  had  been  sent  to  the  telephone  eompan.v.  but  thus 
far  there  had  been  no  time  to  carry  negotiations  farther.  He 
also  stated  that  copies  of  the  resolutions  had  been  sent  lo  the 
Baltimore  R.D.A.  .and  plans  were  being  formed  whereby  tlie 
two  cities  might  co-operate  in  telephone  matters. 

There  was  sotue  discussion  upon  the  low  prices  made  by 
some  Washington  druggists  and  there  were  those  who  sug- 
gested retaliation.  However,  decisive  action  was  deferred  to 
enable  Chairman  Hnrlebatis  to  hold  further  cimfereuces  with 
the  disagreeing  parties. 

Mr.  Hilton  made  a  motion  that  the  first  honorary  member- 
ship of  the  organization  be  conferred  upon  J.  I.eyden  White 
(Joel  Blanc).  The  motion  was  unanimously  carried.  Mr. 
White,  who  was  present,  acknowledged  the  honor  iu  an  appro- 
priate speech,  saying  he  would  feel  more  at  home,  if  jiossible. 
now  that  he  is  one  of  the  association. 


Degrees  Conferred  by  Dr.  Anderson  on  Seventy-four 
Graduates  in  Baptist  Temple. 

Brooklyn  College  of  I'harniary.  class  of  ISUI'.I.  held  its  ISth 
annual  commencement  in  the  Baptist  Temple,  iu  that  borough. 
on  Thursday  evening.  May  13.  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson, 
dean  of  the  faculty,  conferred  the  degree  of  fJraduate  in  Phar- 
macy on  t>S  members  of  the  graduating  class,  among  them 
being  four  ladies,  and  also  conferred  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Pharmacy  on  six  members  of  the  post-graduate  class. 

Alexander  Jabrow  won  the  post-graduate  gold  medal  for 
haTi?ig  the  best  general  average  of  his  class.  The  senior  gold 
medal  was  awarded  to  Paul  Rademacher.  who  also  won  the 
junior  silver  medal  last  year:  the  senior  silver  medal  for 
second  general  standing.  Zachary  Sagalowitz  ;  the  senior  bronze 
medal.  Boris  Malisofif.  The  Anderson  gold  medal,  offered  an- 
nually by  Dr.  Anderson,  for  the  highest  standing  in  the  theory 
and  practice  of  pharmacy,  was  won  by  Miss  Elvira  Kalkbreu- 
ner.  and  the  alumni  prize  by  Nathan  Kanrrowitz. 

The  honor  roll,  comprising  those  members  who  have  at- 
tained a  general  average  of  90  points  or  over  for  the  year,  and 
in  the  final  examinations,  is  as  follows  : 

Elvira  Kalkbrenner.  Pasquale  .\quaro.  Philip  Barasch,  Israel 
Bass.  Frank  J.  Beck,  Myer  Briggiii,  Louis  Cooper.  Edwiu  C.  Gay 
(valedictory),  Victor  Gayda,  Louis  H.  (ioldstein.  Alexander  Holz- 
berg.  Nathan  Kantrowitz.  .\I;i\  l,c\y,  .Morris  Lipsehitz.  Ralph 
B.  Litchmau.  Davis  Litviii,  r.'ii-  Nhihsott.  Herman  Nishnevitz. 
Paul  liademacher,  Zachary  Siu.i  lnw  ii ',  Meyer  Shepord,  .Tacoli 
Spector.   Nathan   .Spector.   .Sannici    won 

Hon.  Norman  S.  Dike,  in  an  address  to  the  graduates,  paid 
an  excellent  compliment  to  the  profession.  He  said  :  "In 
the  course  of  my  oiiicial  duties  as  a  judge  with  criminal  juris- 
diction. I  have  been  called  upon  many  times  to  pass  sentence 
upon  'rich-man.  poor-man,  beggar-man.  thief,  doctor,  lawyer, 
merchant  chief.'  but  I  have  iiercr  had  to  sentence  a  pharma- 
cist." The  music  was  excellent,  the  soloists  being  Mme.  Maris 
Stoddart  and  Mme.  Mulford-Hunt.  sopranos :  Mr.  Paul  Du- 
fault.  tenor,  and  Mr.  Frank  Croxton.  bass.  Kleine's  Orchestra 
furnishing  the  instrumental  mu.sic. 

Edwin  C.  Gay,  the  valedictorian,  chose  as  his  topic  "True 
Success,"  and  delivered  a  very  timely  address.  The  following 
is  a  list  of  the  graduates  : 

Post-Oraduate  Class— David  Baker.  Henry  Branower.  Nathan 
Goldberg,  Richard  L.  Heaslip.  .\lexauder  Jabrow,  Philip  Jliniu- 
berg. 

Graduates  of  Pharmacy — Isabella  M.  Bondeu.  Emma  M.  Jaeke. 
Elvira     Kalkbrenuer,     Sarah     Rosenstein.     Samuel    Adler, 
o.   Philip   Bara  ^ 

jam 


Altschule.   Pasquale  Aqii 
.T.    Beck.   Edward    W.    ' 
Meyer    Briggin,    Abrai 
Denny.    Natl 


alaiHl.  David   R.    F 


'oheii.  Edv 
Klleiil.er'.' 
Ivhvin   r 


ch.  Israel  Bass.  Frank 
Berner,  Louis  Borker, 
Cook,  Louis  Cooper, 
ph  F.  Esposito.  Karl 
Victor  Gayda.  .Joseph 
i--in;iii.   Keren   R.  Hay- 


niiisUy.  Nathan  Kaa- 
iittt'  Lappat,  Samuel 
Ualph  P.  Litchmaii, 
.laiinlkin.  .Joseph  M. 
sliiievitz.  .\udrew  H. 
n.  I'aal  Kademaeher. 
eiistein.  Philip  Rudy, 
uiiii  Silliersteiu.  Leo- 
;pector.  Max  Spitzer. 
t.    TuriiUull,    Paul    H. 


F.  Geunero.  L.cii-  II  c  ^.-iiKtcin,  1'1-iiik  <^n 
niina,  David  II.  i-  lil..'i^  AIc\,i  h.I.t  II. 
,T<.iies.  Israel  .l..~.|.li>li.  i  ..  .I,.~.|.]i  II  K.n 
trowitz.  Frank  s.  Kuii.c.  Ilciinaii  M.  Kr..|.f 
I.eventlial,  .Max  Lew.  .M.uiis  I.ipsrhiiz. 
David  Litvin.  Boris  Mails.. IT.  S..I..in..ii  . 
^Undel,  Thomas  A.  Murpliv.  M.-nnaii  .\i 
Philip.  Philip  H.  Pi.Ii.-r,  l;.-.ii:wiii]i  ijuce 
.Joseph  Reifman,  Max  Kn^-.iii.  Il..iiry  I!ul 
Zachary  Sagalowitz,  .M.yci  sii.|..ir.l,  nen.i: 
jionl  Sisselman,  ,Iac«>i.  sp..  i..r.  Nathan  : 
Louis  Stemple,  Michael  K.  Troy,  Howe  1 
Wagner,   Samuel   Wolf,  Mo.ses  I.  Zetlin. 

Following  the  exercises,  the  Alum.ni  Association  held  its 
annual  dinner  at  Caf4  Raub,  Kevins  street  and  Flatbush  ave- 
nue. The  covers  w-ere  raised  at  11.30  and  all  present  had  an 
enjoyable  time.  William  II.  Weygant  acted  as  toastmaster. 
Dancing  followed. 

Penobscot  Valley  Druggists  in  Session. 
IJA-N'ciOK,  Me.,  Ma.v  15. — At  the  recent  annual  meeting  of  the 
Penobscot  Valley  Pharmaceutical  Association  the  following 
officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year:  Charles  A.  Fowler, 
piesident:  Ara  Warren,  vice-president;  F.  H.  Tupper,  sec- 
retary and  treasurer ;  C.  H.  Davis,  member  of  executive 
committee.  The  meeting  was  well  attended  and  the  members 
enjoyed  a  banquet. 


Planning  to  Go  to  N.A.R.D.  Meeting  at  Louisville. 

EvAN.sviLLE.  Ind.,  May  l."i. — At  an  enthusiastic  meeting  of 
retail  druggists  Tuesda.v  night  it  was  decided  to  charter  a 
steamboat  and  attend  the  N.A.R.D.  convention  in  Louisville, 
September  5,  with  a  big  delegation  from  all  parts  of  southern 
Indiana  and  the  adjacent  towns  in  Illinois  and  Kentucky.  A 
band  will  be  secured  and  the  delegation  will  sleep  aboard  the 
steamboat  during  the  week  they  are  in  Louisville. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  awaken  interest  in  the 
project.  Louis  Tepe,  John  F.  Petersheim  and  Theodore  Gerke 
were  appointed.  This  committee  will  visit  all  nearby  towns 
and  urge  druggists  to  join  the  Evansville  delegation.  The 
officers  of  the  local  association  are:  John  Wyttenl)a<.h.  pres- 
ident, and  Louis  Tepe.  secretary. 

Norman  H.  Colby  Elected  President. 
.Maxciiestkk.  N.  II,.  .May  1.5. — At  the  recent  l^.'ith  annual 
meeting  of  the  Manchester  R.D.A.,  L.  G.  Gilmau,  of  East 
Manchester,  presided,  and  the  followdug  officers  were  chosen  : 
President,  Nonnan  H.  Colby,  Jamesville  ;  vice-i)resident.  Leon 
D.  Tufts ;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Fred  G.  Porter ;  executive 
committee,  A.  J.  Precourt,  J,  H,  Marshall  and  Henry  Boire, 
of  this  city  proper ;  Charles  G.  Dunnington,  East  JIanchester, 
and  J.  Albert  Marshall,  West  Manchester.  The  membership 
of  the  association  is  large  and  the  financial  condition  is  good. 


Alabama  Druggists  Elect  Officers. 
Fl.OREKCE.  Ala..  May  1.5. — The  druggists"  association  of 
Florence.  Sheffield  and  Tuscumbia  met  recently  in  the  Tri- 
Cities  Park  aiul  elected  the  following  officers  for  the  coming 
year :  James  Miller,  of  Florence,  president ;  G.  M.  Drisdale. 
of  Tuscumbia,  vice-i>resident ;  A.  D.  Givens,  of  Tuscumbia, 
treasurer;  R.  W.  Butler,  of  Sheffield,  secretary. 


Automobile  Proves  an  Unwelcome  Visitor. 
Pratt.  Kan.,  May  15. — A  tew  days  ago  a  large  automobile 
dashed   into   Harry   Schuh's   Red   Cross   Drug   Store   without 
waiting  for  any  ceremony.     The  machine  smashed  through  the 
door  and  damaged  the  fixtures  inside  .$300. 


Retailers  of  Temple  Meet  to  Organize. 
Ti-;mple.  Tex..  May  15. — A  meeting  of  the  retail  drugsists 
of  the  city  was  held  recently  with  a  full  attendance  to  effect 
a  local  organization.  Fred  P.  Hamill  was  elected  president 
and  C.  L.  Reynolds  secretary.  A  committee  composed  of  J.  J. 
Booker  and  J.  V.  Dallas  was  appointed  to  draft  a  constitution 
and  set  of  by-laws. 


May  20.  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  475 

COMMENCEMENT  OF  COLUMBIA  UNIVERSITY  COLLEGE  OF  PHAKMACY  AND  SENIOR  CLASS  OF  1909. 


Carufsie  Hall  was  a  sceiic  of  s|ilciiilor  last  Thursda.v  even- 
ing, on  the  oooasion  of  the  7!ttli  anuual  oommencement  e,x- 
pioi.ses  of  the  \p\v  York  College  of  Pharmae.v  of  Columbia 
University,  and  man.v  favorable  impressions  were  carried 
awa.v  by  those  who  saw  the  programme  carried  out  and  the 
class  of  1909  pass  into  history. 

The  large  audience  cheered  as  the  graduates  entered.  I'l-ayer 
was  offered  by  the  Rev.  Dr.  Edwin  F.  Harlenbe<k.  Vice- 
president  Prof.  Charles  F.  Chandler  briefly  reviewed  the  his- 
tory of  the  institution  and  told  about  the  present  satisfactory 
condition  of  the  college  and  the  advantages  to  pharmacists  of 
being  among  the  ranks  of  university  men.  The  college,  said 
Professor  Chandler,  had  graduated  over  2500  trained  phar- 
macists. The  degree  of  Graduate  of  Pharmacy  was  con- 
ferred upon  the  members  of  the  class  by  Professor  Chandler, 
following  the  reading  of  the  roll  by  Secretary  Thomas  F. 
Main  : 

Graduates — i  Residents  of  New  York  City  where  not  otherwise 
specified.) — Maurice  Ackerman ;  Le  Roy  E.  Adams.  Phiiufield, 
N.  J.:  Otto  .\lpers;  Fred  E.  Earth.  Greenpoint.  L.  I.:  .Tames  J.  A. 
Bauman,  Maurer,  N.  J.:  Francis  L.  Bean.  McGraw.  X.  Y. ;  Samuel 
Bernstein.  Louis  F.  Boehme ;  Ernst  F.  A.  Bottcher.  Mad.seliurg. 
Prussia,  Germanv  :  James  J.  Brady.  Woodeliffe,  X.  ,1.;  George  I. 
Branower;  Solomon  Branower;  Chirence  J.  Brett.  Newport. 
N.  Y. :  Jacob  Burstan.  Middletown,  Del.:  Alexander  Cohen:  .\tira- 
ham  Cooper:  Stanley  D.  Cornish,  Carmel.  X.  Y. :  Leonard  I)i 
Xolfo:  Jacob  Egerman.  Yonkers,  X.  Y. :  Jacob  Etler .  Jacob 
Feldman.  Gerald  Frucht ;  Vincenzo  Giacalone:  Harry  Gluckman  . 
Max  Golob.  Joseph  Gordon;  Hyman  Grodinsky;  Joseph  Guanii: 
Lewis  Gussman,  1426  DeKalb  avenue,  Brooklyn  ;  Herman  H.-isan  : 
Chester  A.  Heuss.  Ossining;  Samuel  Hindes:  Nelson  Y.  Hull. 
Plainfleld,;  Ralph  C.  Jennings,  Summit:  George  Johnson.  Jr.. 
West  New  Brighton,  S.  L  ;  Benjamin  Karpman  ;  John  J.  Kinder- 
garn;  Kurt  B.   Klebe,   Yonkers ;  Mortimer  V.  Kleinmanu :   Emile 


Krapf:  Anthony  Lacovara ;  Frances  Levltch.  Brooklyn:  Isiilor 


t  Hol.okeu;  Leon  J. 
\  Mrl'.rlili..  Kntherford.  N.  J.; 
I  ..l-"ii  .lames  P.  Mi-Manns, 
!■  X'mIi  .\linkin.  Brooklyn; 
.  I  mil  A.  Muudaro;  Willi.im 
ti-s.  I'at.Tson:  Samuel  I'earl- 
luieth    H.    Prvur.    \Va].|.i  i.u-.TS 


Lichtenstein  :  Se 
Corry.  Pa.:  Mum-  1.  .u 
John  .M.  .McFa  ]  I  .  I 
Towners.  N.  Y  \ 
Wilson  B.  Morn--  I.  I  i- 
.Muster.  Paterson  ;  lahva 
mutter.  Dominick  M.  Pi 
Falls.  X.  Y. ;  Coiistaiiti 
.Morris  Regelson  :  .Michael  HosenbUnn  :  XiV-liohis  Salinitr.. :  S.itm- 
uel  W.  Saloman ;  Isi<lor  A.  Saphiro;  John  Scavo ;  Moses  Sobel, 
Xewburg,  N.  Y". :  John  .\.  SteCfens.  Brooklyn;  Raymond  J.  Stock- 
hammer;  Herman  J.  Stockhoff.  Rutherford.  X.  J.;  Samuel  Strol- 
ler; Frank  P.  Strehl,  Paterson;  Leon  Tartak,  Nicholas  Tow. 
Siegfried  Tow:  Meyer  Tuman.  Brooklyn;  Frances  Ulanoff: 
Harvey  Weinsehenk.  Flushing;  Frieda  C.  .A..  Westermayr.  I*ort 
Chester.  X.  Y. ;  Benn  Windt.  Solomon  Zevie. 

H.  A.  Herold.  im  ^idi.nt  of  the  Alumni  Association,  award. d 
the  alumni  prize-.  .  Mii-i-iin;;  of  gold,  silver  aud  bronze  ni.-.lal-. 
to  the  three  stuih'iiis  Ijaving  attained  the  highest  aviTaL^o. 
They  were  Siegfried  Tow  aud  Nicholas  Tow.  to  whom  w.-n- 
awarded  the  gold  and  silver  medals,  respectively,  and  Leon 
.J.  Lindsle.v.  who  received  the  bronze  medal. 

There  was  much  cheering  following  the  announcenipui  of 
each  name  on  the  roll  of  honor,  which  was  read  b.v  Dr.  Anion 
Vorisek.  On  this  roll  were  the  names  of  the  13  students 
whose  general  averages  were  the  highest  duriu.p:  the  last 
c<mrse  of  study.     Their  names  and  percentages  follow  : 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  20,  1909 


to  employ  long  hours  iu  thinking  rather  than  manual  labor, 
and  cited  examples  of  successful  persons  in  the  pharmaceutical 
field  and  in  other  callings  who  had  progressed  by  using  their 
brains. 

Considerable  enthusiasm  was  shown  when  Dr.  George  C. 
Diekmau  awarded  the  trustees'  prizes  of  $100  each  to  the 
students  qualifying  as  the  highest  in  the  following  subjects : 
Materia  mediea  and  pharmacognosy,  pharmacy  and  chemistry. 
The  presentation  of  the  first  two  were  made  to  Siegfried  Tow 
and  Nicholas  Tow,  respectively,  and  evoked  great  applause 
from  the  audience,  as  did  also  the  award  of  the  chemistry 
prize  to  George  I.  Branower. 

Preceding  benediction  and  the  distribution  of  flowers  which 
completed  the  programme.  John  A.  Steffens  delivered  the  vale- 
dictory address,  bidding  the  faculty,  trustees  and  oflicers  fare- 
well, as  well  as  dwelling  both  on  reminiscences  and  possibilities 
of  the  future. 

The  stage  was  beautifully  decorated  with  flowers,  palms 
and  the  class  and  national  colors.  On  the  edge  were  numer- 
ous bouquets  and  floral  designs,  the  presents  of  friends  to 
members  of  the  class.  Music  was  furnished  by  the  Seventh 
Kegiment  Band.  The  commencement  committee  was  com- 
posed of  Hieronimus  A.  Herold,  Ph.G.,  chairman ;  William  C. 
Alpers,  D.Sc. :  Thomas  P.  Cook,  William  H.  Ebbitt,  Ph.G. ; 
Charles  S.  Erb.  Ph.G. 

The  students  who  are  taking  the  Food  and  Drug  Course 
were  among  the  numbers  on  the  stage,  but  they  will  not 
graduate  until  June,  when  the  regular  university  commence- 
ment will  be  held.  They  are :  Edwin  M.  Davis,  Elizabeth ; 
George  A.  Geiger,  West  Orange ;  Charles  F.  Gaspard,  New 
York  City ;  Laura  B.  Hornby,  Phillipsburg ;  Edgar  A.  Prosser, 
New  York  City. 


Prizes  Awarded  to  New  York  College  Juniors. 

The  annual  reception  given  to  the  junior  class  by  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Columbia  Univei-sity  College  of 
Pharmacy  was  held  in  the  lecture  room  Wednesday  evening 
of  last  week.  There  were  over  700  present  and  an  excellent 
programme,  consisting  of  musical  numbers  by  the  Columbia 
University  Philharmonic  Orchestra,  together  with  features  by 
professional  talent,  was  carried  out. 

The  roll  of  successful  juniors  was  read  by  Dr.  F.  A.  Leslie 
and  the  roll  of  honor  by  Dr.  George  C.  Diekman.  The  fol- 
lowing alumni  prizes  were  awarded  to  the  three  highest :  A 
torsion  balance,  copy  of  the  National  Dispensatory  and  a 
copy  of  Culbreth's  Materia  Mediea.  The  names  of  the  stu- 
dents on  the  roll  of  honor,  with  their  percentages,  are  as 
follows  :  Walter  Regnault,  9.5.42  ;  Earl  W.  Blake.  93.08 ;  Alviu 
Kuhlmann,  92.50 ;  Samuel  Baron,  01.92 ;  Alexander  Lamouree, 
89.00;  F.  Yappa,  88.33;  C.  R.  Hanks,  88.17;  H.  T.  Cart- 
wright,  80.08;  C.  W.  Lindsley.  85..50 ;  Herman  Vogel,  84.25; 
Arthur  E.  Cole,  83.75 ;  Harry  B.  Hansen,  83.50 ;  L.  H.  Rich- 
less,  83.17. 

Dancing  followed  at  the  close  of  the  entertainment  pro- 
gramme and  refreshments  were  served. 


University  College  of  Medicine,  Richmond. 

Richmond.  Va.,  May  18. — At  llic>  commencement  of  the 
University  College  of  Medicine  iu  the  Academy  of  Music 
this  evening  the  address  was  by  Joseph  D.  Eggleston,  Jr., 
Slate  superintendent  of  education.  Dr.  Stuart  McGuire,  the 
president,  conferred  the  degrees.  The  graduates  in  pharmacy 
are : 

Degree  of  Ph.G. — Samuel  Otis  Blair,  St.  Albans,  W.  Va. ;  Jacob 
T.  Blount,  Ayden,  N.  C. ;  Harry  M.  Buioh,  Danville,  Va. ;  E. 
CiMwley  Williams,  Amherst.  Va. 

Deijree  of  Ph.B. — W.  Marion  Ballard,  Copeland,  Va. ;  Landon 
W.  Biirhage,  Como,  N.  C. ;  Charles  Reddin  Butler,  Salemburg, 
N.  C. ;  Frank  D.  Culpepper,  Spring  Hope,  N.  C. ;  Frederick  F. 
Fletcher,  Jr.,  Richmond,  Va. ;  Lacy  Thornton  Ford,  Roseville, 
W,  Va. ;  Pereie  M.  Massie,  Bryant,  Va. ;  Jloger  E.  Monroe,  Pur- 
i-ellville,  Va. ;  J.  Brame  Perry,  Macou.  N.  C. ;  Henry  Magnum 
Pettus,  Chase  City,  Va. ;  Ralph  Mortimere  Thompson,  Purcell- 
ville,  Va. ;  Landon  L.  Wightman,  Edlnburg,  Va.;  John  Walter 
Wilson,  Lewisburg,  W.  Va. 

Class  officers— E.  C.  Williams,  president;  S.  O.  Blair,  vice- 
president;  H.  M.  Burch,  secretary  and  treasurer. 

Gasoline  Explosion  Wrecks  Pharmacy. 
ToMAH,  Wis..  May  15. — The  explosion  of  a  gasoline  lamp  at 
the  Bosshardt  drug  store  recently  narrowly  missed  starting  a 
serious  fire.  As  it  was,  the  entire  prescription  department 
of  the  pharmacy  was  destroyed  and  the  rest  of  the  building 
was  saved  by  the  timely  arrival  of  the  fire  department. 


TWENTY-THREE  AT  MASSACHUSETTS  C.  OF.  P. 

Extremely  Interesting  Exercises  at  Graduation  of  New 
Class — Attendance  at  Hop  More  Than  400. 

Boston,  May  15. — Twenty-three  young  men  and  women 
filed  upon  the  platform  of  the  assembly  hall  of  the  Massachu- 
setts College  of  Pharmacy  Thursday  afternoon  and  received 
from  the  hand  of  President  Irving  P.  Gammon  the  degrees 
which  represented  that  their  efforts  in  college  had  been  suc- 
cessful. Eighteen,  among  whom  were  two  .voung  women, 
received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy,  and  five  received 
the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist. 

The  address  of  welcome  at  the  class  exercises  was  fittingly 
spoken  by  Daniel  Oliver  Wolff,  of  Boston,  the  class  history 
was  told  by  Walter  Adam  Kruszyna,  of  North  Adams ;  the 
class  oration  was  by  William  Alexander  Burlbert,  of  Province- 
town  ;  the  class  poem  by  Winthrop  Morris  Quinlan,  of  Need- 
ham  ;  the  class  prophecy  by  John  Grant  Molineaux,  of  Somer- 
ville ;  the  class  will  by  Frank  Graham  Sherman,  of  Calais, 
Me.,  and  the  farewell  address  was  by  Lloyd  Henry  Webster,  of 
Grafton.  Musical  selections  were  interspersed,  an  orchestra 
playing  the  opening  and  closing  numbers,  and  the  graduates 
singing  two  class  songs.  One  of  these,  "Boys  from  M.C.P.," 
was  to  the  tune  of  "Solomon  Levi,"  and  the  other,  "Alma 
Mater,"  was  sung  to  the  tune  of  "  "Juanita." 

Light  refreshments  were  served  in  an  adjoining  hall  at  the 
close  of  the  class  exercises  and  half  an  hour  later  the  com- 
pany and  grades  assembled  for  the  formal  and  dignified  com- 
mencement. Hon.  Robert  Luce,  of  Somerville,  gave  the  ad- 
dress, in  which  he  called  attention  to  the  peculiar  temptations 
which  would  beset  the  graduates  who  were  about  to  enter  the 
profession  of  druggist,  and  that  the  temptation  would  come 
from  the  victims  of  drug  and  liquor  habits,  who,  for  money, 
would  tempt  them  to  give  them  more  of  the  things  which 
were  causing  ruin. 

William  H.  Puffer,  of  Milton,  called  the  roll  of  graduates 
and  each  received  from  President  Gammon  the  coveted  parch- 
ment. Music  brought  the  exercises  to  a  close.  The  list  of 
gradiiates  is  as  follows,  the  added  honor  of  having  taken 
elective  courses  in  bacteriology,  in  addition  to  the  requirements 
for  graduation,  being  mention  in  the  case  of  Miss  Cullinen : 

Degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy — Thomas  Leslie  Aiken,  Maurice 
Brody,  Katherine  Maud  Cullinen,  Robert  Aloysius  Grimes, 
William  Alexander  Hurlbert,  Walter  Adam  Kruszyna,  John 
Grant  Moliueaux,  Winthrop  Morris  Quinlan,  Naglb  Ibrahim 
Saad,  Prank  Douglas  Salisbury,  Jennie  Hosmer  Sargent,  Frank 
Graham  Sherman,  Philip  Monroe  Smith,  Leon  Albert  Thompson. 
Clarence  Hathaway  Upton,  Lloyd  Henry  Webster,  Charles 
Walter  White,  Daniel  Oliver  Wolff. 

Degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist — Peter  Philip  Mitchell,  Elos 
Albert  Ray,  Arthur  Winfleld  Scott.  Lewis  Olds  Tayntor.  Howard 
Graves  Tuttle. 

The  graduating  class  became  the  guests  of  the  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  the  college  in  the  evening,  at  a  dinner  given  at 
Young's  Hotel,  which  was  attended  by  about  150.  President 
William  H.  Doherty  presided  and  addresses  were  made  by 
Hon.  William  J.  Bullock,  mayor  of  New  Bedford,  and  by 
Robert  Luce.  Vocal  and  instrumental  music  formed  iiart  of 
the  programme. 

On  the  night  before,  Wednesday,  the  class  of  1009  held  the 
commencement  hop  in  Horticultural  Hall.  It  was  a  magnifi- 
cent success,  the  attendance  reaching  400.  The  patronesses 
were  Mrs.  Irving  P.  Gammon,  Mrs.  J.  W.  Baird,  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Puffer,  Mrs.  Elie  H.  LaPierre,  Mrs.  J.  G.  Godding,  Mrs.  P.  S. 
Schmidt,  Mrs.  W.  F.  Saw.ver,  Mrs.  H.  J.  Perry,  Mrs.  C.  A. 
Stover,  Mrs.  Arthur  Tripp,  Mrs.  T.  J.  O'Brien  and  Mrs.  C.  F. 
Nixon.  The  hop  committee  consisted  of  Daniel  O.  Wolff, 
Frank  G.  Sherman.  Miss  Jennie  H.  Sargent.  William  H. 
Hurlbert  and  John  H.  Crowley.  Other  committee  members 
were  as  follows :  Reception,  L.  A.  Thompson,  George  A. 
Bridges,  Thomas  Aiken,  C.  W.  White  and  H.  G.  Tuttle;  ex- 
ecutive, E.  A.  Ray,  Walter  A.  Kruszyna  and  L.  H.  Webster. 


Druggist  Saves  a  Boy  From  Drowning  in  River. 
D.^LTON,  Mass.,  May  17. — Charles  H.  Cooper  last  Wednes- 
day plunged  into  the  Housatonic  River  and  rescued  Martin 
Fox,  aged  10,  who  had  fallen  into  the  stream  while  fishing  for 
trout.  The  current  at  the  point  of  accident  is  very  swift 
and  the  lad  would  surely  have  drowned  had  not  the  druggist, 
who  is  an  expert  swimmer,  made  his  leap  into  the  stream 
without  waiting  to  divest  himself  of  any  clothing.  Mr. 
Cooper's  friends  consider  him  a  candidate  for  a  Carnegie  medal. 


May  20,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


477 


A.  B.  HUESTED.  VETERAN  DKUGGIST.  EETIRES.      STRONG  ACTION  AGAINST  "BOOZE"  MEDICINES. 

Dr.   Wiley  and  Internal  Revenue   Officers  Discuss  Mr. 
Pritchard's  Attack — No   Liquors   in  Phai-macy. 
Washixgtox.  May  1.5. — The  May  meeting  of  the  Washing- 
ton  City    Branch,   A. Ph. A.,   was   devoted   to   a   discussiou   of 
National    Formulary   questions,    not    the    least    interesting   of 
which  was  the  desirability  of  eliminating  from  the  up-to-date 
pharmac.v,  certainly  from  the  pages  of  the  National  Formu- 
partner  Edward  Loeb,  brother  of  William  Loeb,  Jr.,  Collector      lary,   every   preparation   that   might   be   classified   as   "booze" 


Had  Been  in  the  Business  Since  1856  in  Albany  and 
Was  an  Organizer  and  President  of  the  N.Y,Ph.A. 
AXB.\N-T.  N.  T..  May  1.^.— A.  B.  Huested  &  Co.  will  be 
dissolved,  and  Mr.  Huested.  head  of  the  house,  is  to  take  a 
long  rest.  His  son.  James  E.  Huested,  also  of  the  firm,  is 
at  present  undecided  as  to  his  future.  G.  V.  Dillenbeck,  the 
third    member,    is    to    continue    the    business,    having    as    his 


of  the  Port  of  New  York. 

The  name  of  Huested  has  long  been  identified  with  the  drug 
business  in  this  city.  The  first  store  was  at  Hudson  avenue 
and  Eagle  street.  For  the  past  21  .years  it  has  been  at  State 
and  Eagle  streets.  Recently  it  was  visited  by  a  fire,  which 
did  damage  to  the  extent  of  $10,000.  The  insurance  was 
$8000. 

In  1856  Mr.  Huested  became  a  drug  clerk  in  the  store  of 
Dexter  &  Nellegar.  at  State  and  Pearl  streets,  and  remained 
there  for  four  years,  when  he  took  up  the  study  of  medicine. 
At  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  enlisted 
in  the  113th  Infantry  (Seventh  Heavy  Artillery),  and  left 
for  the  front  as  hospital  steward.  He  was 
mustered  out  in  1863  and  returned  to 
Albany,  where  he  finished  his  course  in 
medicine,  graduating  from  the  Albany 
Medical  College.  He  again  entered  the 
army  and  became  first  ,ieutenant  and  as- 
sistant surgeon  in  the  25th  Cavalry.  He 
served  with  this  command  until  1866, 
when  he  was  discharged  at  the  expiration 
of  the  regiment's  service.  He  entered  the 
retail  drug  business  in  1SG7. 

Mr.  Huested  was  one  of  the  charter 
members  and  was  the  second  president  of 
the  New  York  State  Ph.A.  He  also  was 
president  of  the  old  New  York  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  and  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  A.Ph.A.   since   ISTO. 


KINGS  COUNTY  SOCIETY  MEETS. 

Changes    in    By-Laws   Proposed    and 
Paper  Read  by  Mr.  Raubenheimer. 

Adrian  Paradis,  reporting  for  the  com- 
mittee on  supervision  of  the  Brooklyn 
College  of  Pharmacy  at  the  meeting  of 
the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety held  Tuesday,  May  11.  announced 
that  a  very  satisfactory  condition  of  af- 
fairs had  prevailed  in  the  institution  for 
the  class  year  just  concluded.  Mr.  Para- 
dis stated  that  there  would  graduate  6S 
students   from   the   senior   class   and   six 

from   the   advanced   three-year   course,   besides   a   class   of  91 
juniors  had  been  advanced  to  the  second  year. 

The  trustees  and  faculty  of  the  college  were  complimented 
by  President  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss.  of  the  society,  for  the  good 
showing.  Mr.  Paradis  also  stated  that  the  trustees  of  the 
college  fdvored  amending  Article  5  of  the  by-laws  relating 
to  the  election  of  officers  and  introducing  a  resolution  that  the 
number  of  officers  be  increased  from  9  to  12,  and  abolishing 
the  office  of  third  vice-president.  Under  the  rules  the  subject 
was  laid  over  to  be  acted  upon  at  the  next  meeting. 

Oscar  C.  Kleine  requested  the  members  to  attend  the  joint 
meeting  of  the  New  York  branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  with  the 
New  York  County  Medical  Society  and  outlined  the  tentative 
programme  agreed  upon  by  the  committees  in  charge. 

The  report  of  the  treasurer,  Mr.  Kleine,  showed  the  balance 
in  the  societv  account  to  be  §447.84  and  the  college  treasury 
$2817.47. 

Otto  Raubenheimer,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  phar- 
macy and  a  member  of  the  N.F.  Revision  Committee,  read  a 
paper  entitled,  "Suggestions  as  to  the  Improvement  of  U.S. P. 
and  N.  F.  Formulje."  He  stated  that  descriptions  of  galenical 
preparations  should  be  included  in  the  next  Pharmacopoeia 
and  the  temperature  of  making  determinations  reduced  from 
25°  to  15°  because  it  was  difficult  to  secure  apparatus  grad- 
uated to  conform  with  the  higher  temperature.  An  inter- 
esting discussion  followed  the  reading  of  the  paper. 


F.  P.  HAMILL,  Temple.  Tex., 

elected  president  of  new  Temple  Retail 

Druggists'   Association. 


medicine. 

A  communication  from  B.  E.  Pritchard,  of  Pittsburg,  en- 
titled "The  Pharmacist  vs.  the  U.  S.  Internal  Revenue  De- 
partment." in  which  the  latter  was  accused  of  dealing  un- 
fairly with  retail  druggists,  was  read  and  a  set  of  five 
resolutions,  emanating  from  the  Pittsburg  Branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A..  were  submitted  for  discussion  and  approval. 

The  communication  was  discussed  by  Messrs.  Hilton.  Brad- 
bury. Mankin  and  Dr.  Wiley,  who  denounced  "alcoholic 
fakes."  P.  S.  Talbert.  a  representative  of  the  Internal  Rev- 
enue Department,  read  a  communication  from  Deputy  Com- 
missioner J.  C.  Wheeler,  which  is  as  follows  : 

"This  office  acknowledges  receipt 
through  yon  of  copies  of  an  article  which 
appeared  in  the  Western  Pennsylvania 
Retail  Druggist,  a  paper  read  before  the 
Pittsburg  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A..  and  res- 
olutions adopted  by  said  Pittsburg 
Branch. 

"The  matter  under  consideration  re- 
lates to  the  action  of  this  ofiice  in  en- 
forcing the  law  requiring  the  payment  of 
special  tax  by  liquor  dealers.  That  law 
defines  such  dealers  as  'every  person  who 
sells,  or  offers  for  sale,  foreign  or  do- 
mestic distilled  spirits,  wines  or  malt 
liquors.'  It  will  be  noted  that  there  is  no 
question  of  alcoholic  percentages,  or  use 
to  which  the  spirits  sold  are  to  be  put, 
but  every  person  who  engages  in  such 
business  must  pay  the  tax,  including 
druggists,  unless  they  bring  themselves 
within  the  exemption  under  Section  3246 
R.  S.,  by  first  compounding  the  wines  or 
spirits  into  medicines. 

"This  office  has  uniformly  held  that  in 
order  to  secure  the  benefit  of  this  exemp- 
tion the  spirits  or  wines  used  mtist  be 
compounded  with  drugs  Sufficient  in  char- 
acter and  amount  to  have  a  therapeutic 
effect  other  than  would  be  obtained  by  the 
use  of  spirits  or  wine  uncompounded,  and 
sufficient  to  render  the  compound  unsuit- 
able for  use  as  a  beverage. 

"It  is  a  fact,  known  to  every  person  in 
the  slightest  degree  cognizant  of  existing  conditions,  that  the 
spread  of  prohibition  has  induced  unscrupulous  manufac- 
turers to  place  upon  the  market  numerous  alcoholic  compounds 
insufficiently  medicated  to  render  them  unfit  for  use  as  bev- 
erages, to  be  sold  for  such  use  in  places  where  liquors  cannot 
be  openly  purchased,  under  the  guise  of  medicines. 

"It  seems  hardly  necessary  to  state  that  it  is  this  change 
of  conditions  which  has  forced  this  office  to  take  cognizance 
of  the  situation  and  to  scrutinize  more  closely  the  alcoholic 
patent  and  proprietary  preparations  on  the  market,  and  not 
the  unworthy  motives  attributed  to  the  officers  of  this  bureau 
by  the  author  of  the  address. 

"His  ire  appears  to  have  been  especially  aroused  by  the 
action  of  this  office  relative  to  the  widely  sold  preparation 
known  as  Beef,  Wine  and  Iron.  A  number  of  samples  of  this 
compound  were  forwarded  to  this  office,  which  on  analysis  were 
found  to  contain  little  beef  or  iron,  and  which  were  in  fact 
little  more  than  a  poor  quality  of  port  wine.  In  view  of  the 
widespread  manufacture,  sale  and  use  of  this  compound,  it  was 
deemed  necessary,  in  the  interests  of  druggists  as  well  as  this 
office,  to  fix  a  standard  of  what  would  be  considered  sufficient 
medication  in  such  a  preparation.  Analyses  were  therefore 
made  of  samples  of  the  preparation,  as  put  out  by  some  of 
the  leading  manufacturing  chemists,  and  also  of  samples  pre- 
pared according  to  the  formula  given  in  the  U.S.  Dispensatory. 
Based  upon  the  results  of  these  analyses,  it  was  held  in  Treas- 


478 


THE     PHAR:\IAt'Er'TICAL     ERA 


I  Jlav  20.  1!)09 


liry  Decisiou  lo.'iS;.  not  iliul  lii^ff.  Wine  and  Iron  sUoiilil  he 
made  in  accordance  with  tlie  forumla  in  the  National  Formu- 
lary, as  stated  in  the  newspaper  clipping,  but  that,  in  order  to 
be  classified  as  a  medicine,  it  should  contain  at  Irast  the  per- 
centaies  of  Lieef  and  iron  which  that  formula  called  for. 
Official   Standard   is   the   U.S.P. 

"Tlie  unestioji  of  what  constitutes  suBicient  medication  of 
spirit.s  or  wine  to  change  its  character  and  render  it  unsuit- 
able for  u.se  as  a  beverage  is  a  ver.v  difficult  one  to  determine 
in  man.v  cases,  and  in  order  to  be  perfectl.v  fair  and  impartial 
to  all.  this  office  has  adopted  as  a  rule  of  guidance  the  prin- 
ciple that  in  a  medicinal  compound  an  ordinar.v  dose  should 
contain  at  least  approximatel.v  a  U.S.P.  dose,  either  singly 
or  in  combination,  of  some  drug  or  drugs  recognized  by  materia 
medica  as  having  a  genuine  medicinal  value,  and  giving  a  ther- 
apeutic effect  apart  from  the  ordinary  effect  of  the  spirits  or 
wine  used,  and  that  the  percentage  of  alcohol  present  should 
be  no  more  than  is  necessary  to  extract  the  properties,  and 
preserve  or  hold  them  in  solution,  since  the  use  of  alcohol 
noticeabl.v  in  excess  of  the  amount  necessary  naturall.v  creates 
the  presumption  that  it  is  used  for  its  own  sake,  and  not  for 
the  legitimate  ptirposes  indicated. 

"The  paper  submitted  seems  to  admit  an  axiomatic  tmth 
that  the  Executive  Departments  are  created  for  the  purpose 
of  enforcing  all  laws  upon  the  statute  hooks. 

As  to  Attacks  Upon  Public  Officers. 

"It  is  an  easy  matter  and  quite  poi)uIar  with  some  people 
to  assail  executive  officers  for  performing  their  sworn  duty, 
especiall.v  when  such  officers  are  not  in  a  position  to  defend 
themselves.  This  is  common  in  cases  where  enforcement  of 
the  laws  comes  in  conflict  with  the  unlawful  practices  of 
persons  acting  in  utter  disregard  of  consequences  in  violation 
of  existing  statutes. 

'The  Internal  Revenue  laws  are  enacted  for  the  purpose  of 
securing  revenue  for  the  support  of  the  Government.  They 
are  not  police  laws  aimed  to  correct  the  morals  of  the  people. 
This  is  left  for  local  authorities.  State,  count.v  and  municipal. 
In  the  execution  of  the  Internal  Revenue  laws  no  interference 
■with  local  authorities  is  intended  or  permitted. 

"The  slurs  cast  upon  executive  officers,  direct  and  indirect, 
in  the  paper  sent  me  can  be  ascribed  to  one  of  two  conditions, 
malicious  misrepresentation  or  lack  of  knowledge  of  what  the 
writer  is  talking  about. 

Unbiased  Treatment  of  All  Taxpayei-s. 

"Impartiality  in  the  collection  of  Internal  Revenue  taxes 
is  a  cardinal  principle  with  the  Internal  Revenue  Bureau  and 
all  concerned  in  the  administration  of  the  laws.  All  ta.x-payers 
look  alike  to  and  are  so  treated  by  Internal  Revenue  officers. 
When  the  law  provides  exemption  of  any  particular  class  from 
taxation  those  exemptions  are  as  carefvilly  guarded  as  possible 
in  order  that  the  favored  class  ma.v  have  the  tull  benefit. 

"The  law.  while  requiring  every  person  who  sells  or  offers 
for  sale  foreign  or  domestic  distilled  spirits,  wines  or  malt 
liquors  to  pa.v  special  tax  as  retail  liquor  dealer,  makes  an  ex- 
emption in  the  case  of  apothecaries  as  to  wines  and  spirituous 
liquors  which  they  use  exclusively  in  the  preparation  or  mak- 
ing up  of  medicines.  If  undue  advantage  is  sought  to  be 
taken  by  reason  of  this  specific  exemption  it  becomes  the  duty 
of  revenue  officers  to  use  their  best  efforts  to  protect  the 
interests  of  the  Government." 

The  question  was  freely  discussed  and.  on  motion,  the  fol- 
lowing resolutions  were  approved  : 

Would  Divorce  Liquors  and  Pharmacy. 

"Itesolved.  That  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors,  whether 
simple  or  compounded,  for  beverage  purposes,  should  be  entirely 
divoned  from  the  practice  of  pharmacy,  and  that  it  is  the  duty 
of  members  of  the  A. Ph. A.  to  give  their  efforts  to  the  accom- 
pjishment  of  this  end. 

"Kesolved,  That  we  recognize  the  propriety  and  justice  of 
such  proper  regulative  measures  .-is  may  be  necessary  to  prevent 
the  surreptitious  sale  of  alcoholic  liquids  for  beverage  pur- 
poses under  the  disguise  of  medi<-inal  or  pharmaceutical  com- 
pounds, and  that  the  members  of  this  branch  will  give  then- 
aid  and  support  toward  the  enactment  and  enforcement  of  all 
JDSt  laws  for  this  purpose." 

The  second,  third  and  fourth  paragraphs  of  the  Pittsburg 
resolutions  were  rejected  and  the  members  of  Washington 
City  Branch  went  on  record  as  being  opposed  to  the  sale  of 
any  alcoholic  liquids  that  could  l)e  or  are  used  for  beverage 
purposes,  quite  irrespective  of  what  they  might  be  sold  for 
in   good   faith. 

A    vote    of    ilianics    was    cxlcnilcd    lo    DeiuUy    Commissiom-r 


.1    C.  Wheeler  and  to  .Mr.  Taiiu-rt  for  their  courtesy  in  defining 
the   methods  of  the   Internal   Ucvenue  Department. 

"Commerciar'  Alcohol  Defined  by  Dr.  Wiley. 

.\  member  inquired  regarding  the  differehce  betweu  ah-ohol 
and  so-called  "commercial"  alcohol,  asserting  that  some  dealers 
mark  all  of  the  alcohol  furnished  to  retail  druggists  com- 
mercial. 

Mr.  Talbert  explained  the  revised  regulations  regarding 
alcohol  and  pointed  out  that  the  material  that  is  usually 
labelled  "commercial"  consists  of  the  heads  and  tails,  or  the 
beginning  and  the  end  of  the  ordinary  run  of  a  still. 

Dr.  Wiley  pointed  out  that  "commercial"  alcohol  does  not 
respond  to  all  of  the  tests  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  the 
pharmacist  should  not  allow  himself  to  be  imposed  upon.  He 
asserted  that  for  but  a  slight  increase  in  price  it  is  possible  lo 
secure  a  spirit,  or  pure  alcohol,  that  will  comply  with  all  of 
the   requirements  of  the  U.S.P. 


SUGGESTIONS  FOR  BETTERMENT  OF  THE  N.F, 


Valuable  Papers  Read  on  Subjects  Pertinent  to  Revi- 
sion at  May  Meeting  of  the  Washington  Branch. 

Wa.shington,  May  1~>. — Valuable  papers  were  read  at  the 
May  meeting  of  the  Washington  City  Branch  of  the  A.PIi.A. 
One  of  these  was  by  Lewis  Flemer.  whose  subject  was  "The 
use  of  fluidextracts  in  elixirs  of  the  National  Formulary  and 
some  suggestions  on  the  National  Formular.v  in  general."  in 
the  course  of  which  he  pointed  out  that  the  three  cardinal 
requisites,  for  all  medicinal  products,  from  a  pharmaceutical 
point  of  view,  should  be  uniformity  in  potency,  permanency 
and  appearance.  He  doubts  if  all  or  any  of  these  require- 
ments can  be  obtained  in  elixirs  if  fluidextracts  are  used  in 
their  preparation. 

Augustus  Carrier  Taylor  presented  a  _communication  on 
"Some  Superfluous  Preparations  in  the  N.F.."  in  the  course 
of  which  he  pointed  out  a  number  of  actual  or  apparent  dupli- 
cations of  formulas  and  asserted  that  the  National  Formulary 
could  be  much  simplified  by  eliminating  all  of  the  formulas 
that  are  but  seldom  used  or  for  which  no  distinct  need  is 
evidenced. 

M.  I.  Wilbert  presented  a  communication  on  "Some  of  the 
changes  that  have  been  proposed  by  the  Committee  on  the 
National  Formulary,"  in  which  he  pointed  out  that  unless  the 
pharmacists  of  this  countr.y  took  an  a(;tive  interest  in  and 
co-operated  in  the  revision  of  the  National  Formulary  this 
book  cannot  be  made  more  representative  of  the  best  in  Amer- 
ican pharmacy  and  will  not  reflect,  as  it  should,  the  most  ad- 
vanced practices  in  the  science  of  medicine. 


Invitation  to  Atlantic  City  Meeting  is  Accepted. 
W.\suiNaTO>'.  May  1.5. — An  invitation  from  Philadelphia 
Branch  to  the  members  of  the  Washington  City  Branch  to 
take  part  in  the  meeting  of  the  former  in  Atlantic  City,  during 
the  week  of  .lune  7,  was  accepted  with  thanks  at  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Washington  Branch. 


Massachusetts  Likely  to  Legalize  Sunday  Soda  Water. 
Boston.  May  l."i. — The  bill  to  permit  the  sale  of  soda  water, 
confectionery  aiul  fruit  on  Sunda.vs  had  a  most  unusual  ex- 
perience this  week,  at  the  hands  of  the  State  Senate.  The 
House  had  passed  the  bill  by  a  large  majority,  after  a  debate 
which  ranks  as  one  of  tbe  warmest  of  the  session.  The  bill 
came  up  in  the  Senate  on  Wednesday,  when,  without  a  word 
of  debate  the  bill  was  refused  a  passage.  Before  night  the 
ears  of  the  Senators  were  made  to  tingle,  and  on  Thursday  a 
motion  to  reconsider  was  made  and  carried,  and  then  the 
Senate  passed  the  bill  to  be  engrossed  by  a  vote  of  21  to  1^. 
It  is  generally  expected  now  that  the  bill  will  become  a  law. 


Directory  Swindlers  Are  Under  Arrest. 
MiLw.vi  KKE.  May  l.j. — With  the  capture  of  Frank  Burlon 
and  Charles  Neff.  the  Milwaukee  police  believe  that  they  have 
secured  two  of  the  principals  of  an  organized  band  of  swind- 
dlers  who  have  been  operating  in  large  cities  of  the  United 
States,  gaining  thousands  of  dollars  b.v  employing  the  "direc- 
tory swindle."  Few  druggists  were  "roped  in"  by  the  game, 
but  the  F.  Dohmen  Compan.v.  wholesale  druggists,  were  the 
losers  for  the  price  of  a  small  advertisement  in  the  fake 
"direct<u-y." 


May  20.  1909] 


THE     PHAR-AIACEUTICAL     ERA 


479 


ASSEMBLYMAN  CONXLEN  HITS  STATE  BOARD.       PROPRIETORS  RE-ELECT  THEIR  OLD  OFFICERS. 


Tells   Manhattan   Ph. A.    That   Health   Department    and 

Regents  Will  Replace  Board  of  Pharmacy — Cream 
of  Tartar  Case  Explained  by  Lawyers — Dele- 
gates    to     Los     Angeles     and     Richfield. 

Assenibl.vmau  Robert  S.  ('onklin  made  a  short  adiUvss  re- 
lating to  the  recent  agitation  in  pliarmaceutical  legislation  to 
the  members  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
its  meeting  last  Monda.v  evening.  He  referred  to  the  contro- 
versy over  his  bill  as  being  a  most  unfortunate  matter  and 
predicted  that  developments  would  now  lie  in  the  direction  of 
placing  the  inspecting  and  police  power  of  the  Board  of 
I'harmac.v  under  the  Health  Department  and  the  examining 
branch  in  the  hands  of  the  Regents. 

Jacob  Diner,  chairman  of  tlie  legislative  committee,  reported 
that  the  Conklin  Bill  had  died  a  lingering  but  not  peaceful 
death  in  committee  and  b.v  inside  information  he  had  learned 
that  the  Brown  Bill  was  being  slowl.v  and  silently  choked  to 
death  in  the  executive  chamber. 

George  H.  Hitchcock  predicted  that  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
would  not  make  many  more  prosecutions,  for  he  had  learned, 
he  asserted,  that  steps  would  be  taken  to 
have  some  other  State  department   usurp 
this  function  of  the  board. 

Counsel  for  the  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Jerome  Steiner  and  Henr.v  A.  Petersen. 
explained  the  recent  decision  of  the  fourl 
of  Appeals  in  the  grocers"  cream  of  tar- 
tar case,  declaring  that  had  the  case 
been  prosecuted  as  a  violation  of  Sectiou 
1(14  of  the  agricultural  law  the  defendant 
would  probably  have  been  fined  .$100  as 
provided  in  Sections  40  and  41  of  the 
public  health  laws.  This  was  the  decision 
of  the  court,  which  simply  held  the  de- 
fendant immune  from  prosecution  as  nor 
being  a  violator  of  the  pharmacy  law. 
The  board  could  give  evidence  of  violation 
to  the  department  of  health,  said  Mr. 
Steiner.  and  treat  the  grocer.v  cases  in 
that  manner. 

The  portions  of  the  Brown  Act  and 
also  those  of  the  Conklin  Bill,  relating; 
to  adulterations  were  declared  by  counsel 
to  be  very  defective  and  under  the  provi- 
sions, the.v  stated,  it  would  be  almost  im- 
possible to  seoire  conviction  for  adul- 
teration, while  a  pharmacist  could  easily 
comply  with  the  law  and  if  he  wanted 
also  easily  violate  it  and  remain  immune 
from  prosecution.  The  present  phar- 
macy law  was  a  much  superior  measure 
to  the  Brown  Act.  said  Mr.  Steiner.  it 
was  easier  to  secure  convictions  than  it 
would    be   under   the   new   Act.   should    it 

become  a  law.  A  resolution  was  adopted  that  the  association 
recommend  to  the  State  organization  that  the  various  iucon- 
gruities  and  imperfections  in  the  pharmacy  laws  be  remedied 
as  soon  as  possible,  and  a  careful  revision  be  made  so  that  a 
pharmacist  would  not  be  placed  at  any  disadvantage,  com- 
pared with  a  grocer,  in  the  sales  of  chemicals  and  other  arti- 
cles enumerated  under  Section  199  of  the  present  liharmacy 
law. 

The  following  committees  were  appointed  by  President  Diek- 
man  :  Legislative.  Jacob  Diner,  chairman :  Joseph  Weinstein. 
Charles  S.  Erb :  finance.  Messrs.  Emelin.  Bakst.  Porr :  trade 
interests.  Messrs.  Alpers.  Congleton.  Porr:  grievance,  Messrs. 
Weinstein.  Blomeier.  Collins :  membership.  Messrs.  Lascoff. 
R.  K.  Smith.  Ebbitt :  press.  Messrs.  Tobin.  Timm.  Spriggs : 
entertainment.   Messrs.   Berger.   Borggreve.   Klingman. 

The  delegates  appointed  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  New 
York  State  Ph. A.  at  Richfield  Springs  are :  C.  O.  Bigelow. 
J.  Diner.  J.  L.  Lascoff.  G.  H.  Hitchcock.  L.  Berger.  Those 
appointed  delegates  to  the  A.Ph.A.  convention  are  Dr.  William 
C   Alpers,  C.  6.  Bigelow.  Arthur  C.  Searles. 

It  was  decided  to  dispense  with  the  meetings  during  tln' 
months  nf  June.  .July  and  August. 


Druggists   find    Era's   Prire   List 


be  invalnalile 


More   Publicity  Favored — President  Watson,   of  Cana- 
dian  Association,    Explains    New    Dominion    Law. 
Advertising    Subjects    Discussed — Not    Much 
to      Fear      by      Honest      Manufacturers. 
One  of  the  most  important   matters  acted  upon  by  the  Pro- 
prietary Association  of  America,   al    its  27th   annual   meeting, 
held   at    Hotel   Astor.    New    York    City,   last   week,    related   to 
extending  the  scope  of  work  of  the  association  in  a  way  that 
is   calculated    to   bring   about    many   effective    results.      It    is 
undei-stood    that    an    aggressive    campaign    for    elevating    the 
proprietary   business   will   be   instituted   and   the   qualifications 
for  membership  in  the  association  also  will  be  materially  raised. 
In   other  words,   the   members   intend   to   place   their   business 
above    reproach    and   beyond    attack    from   every    side.      Econ- 
omies   in    advertising    and    continuance    of    friendly    relations 
between   the   association   and   newspaper   publishers,    and   the 
bringing    about    of    such    plans    as    will    enable    press    repre- 
sentatives   to    obtain    whatever    information    they    may    desire 
from  the  association  itself  and  its  members.     Resolutions  were 
unanimously  adopted  in  this  direction  and  J.  A.   Patton.  sec- 
retary of  the  Chattanooga  Medicine  Com- 
Iian.v.  Chattanooga.  Tenn..  was  appointed 
I 'lairman   of  a   committee   with   jiower   to 
appoint   sub-committees   which   are   to  be- 
r.  me  active  at  once. 

In  order  to  clean  up  all  business  it  was 
niiuounced  at  the  time  of  calling  the  meet- 
ing that  a  four  da.vs  meeting  would  be 
1  ■Id  if  found  necessary,  but  raattei-s  were 
1  astened  and  ad.iournmeut  was  taken  late 
Wi'duesday    afternoon.      There    were    no 

•  nii-rtainment  features  outside  of  the  sev- 
.r;il  addresses.  The  informal  dinner  was 
.  liniinated  because  the  majority  of  the 
nii'mbers  left  before  any  arrangements 
I  niild  be  made  and  those  remaining  de- 
.  iiled  that  their  ntimber  was  too  small 
f  ir  such  an  affair. 

(Jeorge  L.  Douglass,  counsel  for  the 
association,  occupied  the  entire  session  of 
Wednesday  forenoon  and  gave  an  extend- 

•  ■■]  resume  of  legislative  matters,  covering 
:ill  of  the  important  bills  and  acts  of  the 
various  State  legislatures  during  the 
past  year.  Mr.  Douglass  dwelt  upon  the 
importan<-e  of  securing  uniform  food  and 
ilnig  legislation  and  called  attention  to 
-everal  important  acts  relating  to  the  ad- 
\ertising   of   proprietar.v   remedies. 

The  work  accomplished  at  the  Chicago 
headquarters  was  reported  by  Mr.  Doug- 
lass and  E.  F.  Kemp,  chairman  of  the 
press  committee.  Regarding  publicity 
and  advertising  the  opinion  prevailed  that 
inasmuch  that  publishers  were  not  opposed  to  proprietary 
medicine  advertising  when  a  product  was  placed  on  the  market 
in  good  faith  and  by  reliable  manufacturers,  no  concern  need 
be  entertained  in  that  direction.  It  was  brought  out  that  as 
a  general  rule  the  tendency  was  toward  clean,  consenative 
advertising  cop.v  in  all  lines  of  business  and  that  the  adver- 
tising used  by  proprietar.v  houses  was  on  par  with  that  em- 
plo.ved  in  other  lines  of  trade.  Mr.  Douglass  was  presented 
with  a  handsome  gold  watch  at  the  session  on  Wednesda.v 
afternoon.     J.  A.  Patton  made  the  speech  of  presentation. 

David. Watson,  president  of  the  Canadian  Proprietar.v  Arti- 
cles Association,  exjdained  various  provisions  of  the  new 
Canadian  Patent  and  Proprietary  Medicine  Act.  It  was  the 
opinion  of  Mr.  Watson  that  the  Act  had  considerably  im- 
proved the  proprietary  business,  placing  it  on  a  better  basis 
than  ever  before  because  of  strict  regulation  of  a  beneficial 
nature  to  legitimate  manufacturers. 

According  to  Mr.  Watson's  interpretation  of  the  guaranty, 
the  law  will  not  permit  the  sale  of  goods  in  Canada  bearing  a 
t'uited  States  guarant.v.  and  in  regard  to  samples,  Mr.  Watson 
explained  that  with  the  exception  of  supplying  a  person  at 
liis  own  request  either  personall.v  or  b.v  mail,  this  pr.actice 
was  absolutely  prohibited.  The  ban  was  on  against  indis- 
criminate sampling  either  by  distributicin  by   means  of  agents 


FKAXK   .7.   THENEY.   of  Toledo.   O.. 
lio    was    re-elected     president    of    the 
Proprietary  .Association  of  America. 


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[May  20,  1909 


or  through  the  Dominion  mails,  said  Mr.  Watson. 

L.  S.  Levee,  secretary  of  the  Canadian  Proprietary  Articles 
Association,  also  addressed  the  committee  and  a  few  of  the 
members  on  the  subject  ot  trade  conditions  in  Canada.  Mr. 
Levee  stated  that  the  Dominion  was  enjoying  an  era  of  pros- 
perity and  that  the  influx  of  people  of  the  better  classes  con- 
tinued unabated.  He  looked  for  an  extensive  business  in  the 
near  future  and  said  that  a  good  impetus  had  been  given  to 
trade  in  the  development  of  the  farm  land  of  the  country. 

The  officers  whose  terms  expired  wei'e  all  re-elected  with  the 
exception  of  H.  E.  Bucklen,  president  of  H.  E.  Bucklen  & 
Co.,  who  is  replaced  by  J.  H.  McFatrick,  M.D.,  of  the  Murine 
Eye  Remedy  Company,  both  of  Chicago.  The  officers  and 
members  of  the  executive  committee  are  as  follows :  Presi- 
dent, Frank  J.  Cheney,  Toledo,  Ohio ;  first  vice-president,  John 
W.  Kennedy,  Chicago ;  second  vice-president,  A.  H.  Beardsley, 
Elkhart,  Ind. ;  secretary  and  treasurer.  Orient  C.  Pinckney, 
New  York ;  executive  committee,  Frank  J.  Cheney,  John  W. 
Kennedy,  A.  H.  Beardsley,  Orient  C.  Pinckney,  John  R. 
Hinds,  Baltimore :  R.  R.  Land,  Binghamton,  N.  Y. ;  D.  M. 
Newbro,  Detroit ;  T.  W.  Chelf,  Richmond,  Va. ;  J.  A.  Patten, 
Chattanooga ;  William  H.  Gove,  Lynn,  Mass.,  and  J.  H. 
McFatrick,  M.D.,  Chicago. 

An  informal  address  was  delivered  to  the  members  at  one 
of  the  sessions  by  F.  E.  HoUiday,  of  the  National  Wholesale 
Druggists'  Association. 

The  advertising  conditions  of  today  and  those  of  the  past 
were  interestingly  reviewed  by  J.  T.  Wetherald,  of  the  Chester 
Kent  Company,  of  Boston.  Mr.  Wetherald  also  told  about 
numerous  of  his  experiences  in  the  handling  of  various  patent 
medicine  advertising. 

The  executive  committee  passed  upon  various  recommenda- 
tions and  applications  for  membership,  which  were  laid  over. 

Several  of  the  officers  expressed  themselves  as  well  satisfied 
with  what  had  been  accomplished  and  intimated  that  consid- 
erable good  would  result  from  the  meeting  as  there  was  a  rep- 
resentative attendance  and  members  took  much  interest 
throughout. 


Board   Examinations 


PHILA.  BRANCH  TO  MEET  AT  ATLANTIC  CITY. 

Sug-gestions  Wanted  for  Formulary  Revision — Interest- 
ing' Papers  are  Discussed  at  the  May  Meeting. 

Philadelphia,  May  15. — Every  member  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be 
asked  to  submit  suggestions  relative  to  changes  to  be  made  in 
the  National  Formulary  at  the  coming  revision.  This  course 
was  decided  upon  at  the  final  meeting  before  the  summer 
recess.  The  committee  on  National  Formulary  was  in- 
structed to  send  out  a  circular  letter  immediately  and  it  is 
expected  that  the  replies  will  be  of  considerable  value  in  the 
work  of  revising. 

It  was  also  decided  to  hold  a  meeting  of  the  local  branch 
at  Atlantic  City  in  connection  with  the  exhibit  of  U.S.P.  and 
N.F.  preparations  there  during  the  coming  annual  meeting  of 
the  American  Medical  Association.  Members  of  other  branches 
as  well  as  the  visiting  physicians  will  be  invited  to  attend  the 
meeting.  In  reply  to  a  communication  from  the  Philadelphia 
County  Medical  Society  it  was  decided  to  lake  up  the  subject 
of  the  declaration  of  the  prescription  upon  which  the  local 
branch  has  already  committed  itself,  each  organization  being 
represented  by  special  committees. 

The  committee  of  the  local  branch  consists  of  Prof.  Joseph 
P.  Remington,  Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus  and  Franklin  M. 
Apple. 

Upon  motion  of  William  L.  Cliffe,  a  committe  will  be  ap- 
pointed to  draft  suitable  resolutions  upon  the  death  of  Jacob 
H.  Redsecker. 

The  topic  of  the  evening  was  "Some  Additions  and  Correc- 
tions in  the  Coming  Edition  of  the  National  Formu'ary,"  and 
the  following  interesting  programme  was  discussed :  "The 
Compdund  Powder  of  Pepsin  and  the  Compound  Elixir  of 
Pepsin  of  the  National  Formulary,"  by  George  M.  Beringer ; 
"The  Syrups  of  the  National  Formulary,"  by  Prof.  E.  Fuller- 
ton  Cook,  and  "Foreign  Formularies  Compared  with  Our 
National  Formulary,"  by  Otto  Raubenheimer,  of  Brooklyn. 
Mr.  Raubenheimer  exhibited  the  formularies  of  nearly  every 
country  in  the  world  and  in  a  most  interesting  manner  dis- 
cussed their  features  and  compared  them  with  that  publica- 
tion in  the  United  States. 


Illinois. 

Springfield,  May  15. — At  the  April  meeting  of  the  Illinois 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  in  Chicago,  30  out  of  a  class  of  80 
applicants  for  registered  pharmacist,  and  40  of  the  71  candi- 
dates for  assistant  pharmacist  passed  successful  examinations. 
Their  names  follow : 

Registered  Pharmacists. — Francis  L.  Abbott,  G.  A.  An- 
derson, Bruno  A.  Bolz,  Leo  E.  Elliott,  Clyde  Gardner,  Aaron 
Gekofsky,  Edward  H.  King,  Abraham  Kohn,  Michael  L. 
Leon,  Otto  J.  Lorenz,  C.  A.  Loeffelbein,  Paul  L.  Matthaei, 
Thomas  Osborne,  Adolph  V.  Pavlicek,  Hans.  C.  Petersen, 
Andrew  V.  Plummer,  Samuel  G.  Prentice,  Herman  L.  Raus- 
chert.  Alexander  C.  Rizos,  Herbert  W.  Smith,  M.  A.  Stahl- 
feld,  Emmet  B.  Switzer,  M.  W.  Thompson,  James  A.  Toomey, 
Richard  Van  Dusen,  G.  R.  Waskow  and  John  W.  Zea,  all  of 
Chicago ;  A.  L.  Adams,  Winnetka  ;  Ralph  H.  Walker,  Kanka- 
kee, and  Abbie  N.  Thorsen,  Newark. 

Assi.stant  Pharmacists. — Arthur  S.  Arnold,  George  Eck- 
hardt,  Charles  F.  Fruehling,  Edw.  C.  Gleunon,  Raymond  Gree- 
ley, James  S.  Honeyman,  H.  Frank  Isted,  Adolph  M.  Kishon, 
Chris  W.  Lee,  Harold  J.  Lincoln,  Solomon  Loseff,  Sophus 
Lyngh,  Irvin  H.  Miller,  Edward  Millei',  J.  J.  Michalak.  Wm. 
J.  Mueller,  Walter  I.  McEbrath,  Olof  H.  Ohlson,  Edw.  J. 
Pelikan,  Martin  A.  Roth,  Felice  J.  Savoie,  Rose  P.  Schmid, 
Wm.  A.  Schoen,  Walter  C.  Seibert,  Charles  A.  Shutan,  T.  C. 
Stiles,  Earl  E.  Sweet,  James  B.  Simpson,  Abraham  Victor, 
D.  T.  Walker  and  Oscar  Woltersdorf,  all  of  Chicago;  C.  C. 
Cummiugs.  Lena;  Joseph  D.  Ernest,  Joliet ;  Cyril  C.  Folkrod, 
Quincy ;  Lloyd  Goveia  and  Henry  A.  Herter,  Springfield ; 
M.  A.  Lapjansky,  Toluca  ;  Jacob  Sanford,  Du  Quoin ;  Brewer 
C.  Sawyer,  Springfield ;  George  A.  Williams,  Gardner. 

The  next  meeting  for  the  examination  of  assistant  pharma- 
cists and  registered  pharmacists  will  be  held  in  Springfield 
on  Tuesday,  May  25.  The  following  meeting  for  the  examina- 
tion of  assistant  pharmacists  will  be  held  in  Chicago  on  Tues- 
day. July  1.3.  An  examination  will  be  conducted  the  follow- 
ing day,  July  14,  for  registered  pharmacists.  The  next  ap- 
prentice examinations  throughout  the  State  will  be  held  on 
Friday,  July  2. 


South  Dakota. 

Dell  Rapids,  May  15. — The  results  of  the  examination 
recently  held  at  Brookings  by  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
were  as  follows : 

Passed  as  licentiates  in  pharmacy  with  full  registration 
and  relative  standing :  Edward  Hoffelt,  Estelline ;  Christian 
Flugum,  Watertown  ;  Guy  S.  Abbott,  De  Smet ;  A.  N.  Clement, 
Flandreau ;  N.  J.  Sauter,  Minneapolis ;  Mrs.  Jean  M.  Kenas- 
ton,  Bonesteel ;  F.  M.  Wilson,  Brookings ;  J.  A.  Bush,  Roches- 
ter, Minn. ;  E.  R.  Buck,  Brookings ;  P.  J.  Eulberg,  Dell 
Rapids;  I.  E.  Hambly,  Miller;  W.  C.  Voight,  Corona;  L.  J. 
Crosby,  Hitchcock ;  H.  J.  Werner,  Wesley,  Iowa ;  J.  W. 
McCaritry,  Meadow  ;  J.  W.  McCann.  Dallas ;  M.  E.  Crockett, 
Bird  Island,  Minn. ;  G.  A.  Rumrill,  Madison ;  E.  S.  Bowman, 
Clarinda,  Iowa ;  F.  R.  Gibson,  Esmond ;  H.  C.  Trowbridge, 
Minneapolis ;  Roy  Woodman.  Mitchell ;  B.  T.  Dott,  Salem ; 
J.  L.  Walker,  Bird  Island,  Minn.;  C.  T.  Schweitzer, 
Mapleton. 

Passed  as  assistants :  L.  F.  Chladek,  Tyiidall ;  Neil  Thomp- 
son, Watertown ;  H.  C.  Smith,  Raymond ;  Seeley  Bennett, 
Aberdeen ;  Earl  Owen,  Vienna ;  Ed.  Schenkenberger,  Avon ; 
O.  R.  Hiltibridle,  Miller;  M.  P.  Even,  Humboldt;  Miss  A. 
Austin,  Milbank. 


California  Board  Aids  Anti-Opium  Fight. 
San  Francisco,  May  15. — Inspired  by  a  desire  to  act  in 
harmon.y  with  the  Federal  Government  in  suppressing  the 
smoking  of  opium  in  this  country,  the  State  Pharmacy  Board 
caused  inquiries  to  be  made  of  Collector  of  the  Port  Stratton 
as  to  the  exact  amount  of  the  drug  arriving  just  before  the 
law  prohibiting  its  importation  went  into  effect  on  April  1. 
Under  the  recent  State  law  any  one  found  with  smoking 
opium  in  his  possession  after  May  1  is  guilty  of  a  misde- 
meanor, and  it  is  the  purpose  of  the  board  to  search  all  drug 
shops  of  the  Oriental  quarter  and  enfore   the  statute. 


May  20,  1909] 


THE    PHAKMACEUTICAL    ERA 
PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Granted  May  11,  1909. 

920,902— Thomas  H.  Bartlett,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.   Hair  tonic. 

920,931— George  A.  Donnelly,  Chicago,  111.  Dispensing 
apparatus. 

920,968— George  J.  Lewis,  St.  Paul.  Miun.  Perfumed  pin- 
cushion. 

921,000 — Isaiah  L.  Roberts.  Lockport,  N.  Y.  Manufacture 
of  water,  acid  and  alkali-proof  articles. 

921,009— William  L.  Schulz,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Non-refilla- 
tle  bottle. 

921.055 — Moses  Aliber,  Des  Moines.  Iowa,  assignor  of  one- 
fourth  to  Edward  D.  Lewis,  Chicago.  III.     Bottle  stopper. 

921,130 — Benjamin  F.  Lockwood.  Frewsburg,  N.  Y.  Syringe. 

921,2.51— Elton  M.  Howell,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Process  of 
■extracting  essences  and  tinctures  from  vanilla  beans. 

921.329 — Oskar  Zahn,  Berlin.  Germany.  Process  of  mak- 
ing sodium  sulfate  and  sulfuric  acid. 

921,387- Edward  E.  Etter,  Turtle  Creek,  Pa.  Nursing 
bottle. 

921.654 — Henry  Pein,  Jersey  City,  X.  J.,  assignor  by  direct 
and  mesne  assignments  to  United  Centadrink  Manufacturing 
•Company,     liquid   measuring  apparatus. 


Claim  Pineapple  Extract  Was  Not  Pui-e. 
ilOBlLE.  Ala.,  May  15. — Affidavits  have  been  filed  in  Ihe 
United  States  Court  against  the  Mobile  Drug  Company, 
<;harging  it  with  a  violation  of  the  Pure  Food  Laws.  It  is 
alleged  that  the  company  sold  an  extract  of  pineapple  to  be 
pure,  and  that  an  examination  by  a  chemist  showed  it  to  be 
otherwise.  This  is  the  first  arrest  in  this  district  under  the 
Pure  Food  Law. 

Only  One  Pharmacy  Open  Each  Sunday. 
BozEMAN.  Mont.,  May  15. — An  arrangement  has  just  been 
completed  by  the  Bozeman  drug  stores  by  which  all  but  one 
will  be  closed  each  Sunday.  Formerly  all  the  drug  stores  kept 
open  during  certain  hours  on  Sunday.  Hereafter  only  one 
of  the  stores  will  be  open.  The  owners  will  agree  during 
the  week  as  to  which  store  shall  be  kept  open. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act.  and  Valid  Patents. 
■G.  H.  DAVIS.  Attorney.  90S  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


Published  May  11,  1909. 

36,818— C.  D.  Smith  Drug  Company.  St.  Joseph,  Mo.  Class 
6  Insecticides  and  disinfectant  used  for  destroying  lice  and 
other  vermin,  a  powder  for  killing  lice,  mites  and  cock- 
roaches, preservative  for  meats,  a  remedy  against  flies  and 
mosquitoes  and  a  dip  remedy  for  live  stock. 

37.478 — Odorless  Chemical  Company,  Providence,  R.  I. 
Class  6.  Cleansing,  deodorizing,  antiseptic  toilet  wash  for  ex- 
ternal application. 

38.627— Amanda  Moffett,  Gordon,  Wis.    Class  6.     Salve. 

38.87(3 — Waterbury  Chemical  Company,  Des  Jloines,  Iowa. 
Class  6.  Tonics,  diuretics,  antiseptics,  cathartics,  poultices, 
and  remedies  for  asthma,  bowel  irregularities,  external  pains 
and  eczema. 

39,068— Eleto  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Toilet 
cream. 

39,689 — The  King  Manufacturing  Company,  Topeka,  Kan. 
Class  6.  A  poultry  powder,  a  hog-cholera  remedy  and  a  condi- 
tion powder. 

40,091— Louis  A.  Mackintosh,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Class  6. 
System  tonic  and  blood  purifier. 

40,463— F.  E.  Atteaux  &  Co..  Boston,  Mass.,  and  Jersey 
City,  N.  J.  Class  6.  Hj-posulfite  of  soda  and  sulfid  of 
sodium  in  their  various  crystalline  forms  as  chemicals  for  tech- 
nical purposes  in  the  industrial  arts  and  manufactures. 

40.528— F.  W.  Hovey  &  Co.,  Worcester,  Mass.  Class  6. 
A  remedy  for  rheumatism,  colds,  earache,  ague  in  the  face, 
dysentery,  corns,  felons,  chapped  hands,  sprains,  lame  joints, 
want  of  sleep,  weak  back,  and  bites  and  stings. 

40,570 — Herman  Faul,  Baltimore,  Md.  Class  6.  A  cough 
remedy. 

40,687 — Pond's  Bitter?  Company,  Chicago.  III.  Class  6. 
Ginger-gin,  a  remedy  for  diseases  of  the  bladder  and  kidneys. 

41,248 — Sharp  &  Dohme,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  and  Baltimore, 
Md.     Class  6.     A  granular  effervescent  salt. 

41,.336 — Rochester  Germicide  Company,  Inc.,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.     Class  6.     Disinfectants. 

41,337 — Same  as  preceding. 

41.34.5 — Rochester  Germicide  Company,  Inc.,  Rochester, 
N.  Y.     Class  6.     Insecticides. 


Bright  Thing  to  Do. 
"Would  Columbus  know  what  to  do  with  a  modern  boat?" 
"Sure.     Sell   it  to  the  trust." 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


-May  20.  190^ 


ACTIVE  UP-STATE  PROPAGANDA  WORK. 


Big  Attendance  of  Both  Doctors  and  Druggists  at  Ban- 
quet in  Olean — Meetings  Soon  in  Other  Places. 

More  than  50  phariuaeists  and  pliysicians  from  Olean,  Sala- 
manca, Portville  and  several  other  places  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  were  present  at  a  bancpiet  held  in  Olean  on  Tuesday 
evening  of  last  week  for  the  imrpose  of  a  joint  discussion  on 
U.S. P.  and  X.F.  iin'paralions.  The  doctors  were  suests  of 
the  druggists. 

The  subject  was  introduced  by  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  of 
Brooklyn,  chairman  of  the  jh-opaganda  committee  of  the  New 
York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  dean  of  the  Brook- 
lyn College  of  Pharmacy,  who  read  a  paper  entitled  "The  Re- 
lation of  the  Pharmacist  to  the  Physician." 

A  reply  to  this  paper  on  behalf  of  the  physicians  was  made 
by  Dr.  Edward  Torrey,  of  Olean.  who  stated  that  he  indorsed 
the  propaganda  work  being  carried  on  by  the  pharmacists. 
In  a  general  discussion  following  the  banquet,  those  taking 
part  expressed  theiuselves  also  in  the  same  vein  as  Dr.  Torrey. 

There  was  exhibited  a  line  of  T'.S.P.  and  X.F.  preparations 
made  by  the  Olean  druggists  which  won  favorable  comment 
several  times  during  the  evening,  the  physicians  declaring 
that  they  were  on  par  with  those  from  various  supply  and 
manufacturing  houses.  The  physicians  were  a  unit  in  ex- 
pressing themselves  in  favor  of  returning  to  more  ethical  con- 
ditions and  stated  it  was  their  opinion  that  the  work  was  of 
great  benefit  to  the  patient,  physician  and  pharmacist. 

The  tables  were  decorated  with  carnations  and  greens  and 
during  the  banquet  music  was  furnished  by  an  orchestra. 
F  R.  Brothers,  chairman  of  the  committee  of  the  local  drug- 
gists, acted  as  toastmaster.  The  following  ladies  were  present : 
Dr.  S.  P.  Colgrove.  Salamanca :  Dr.  Mary  Jepson.  Olean ; 
Miss  Gertrude  Keenan  and  Miss  Anna  Hearons,  of  Olean, 
pharmacists. 

Arrangements  are  now  under  way  for  the  holding  of  meet- 
ings at  Auburn,  Ithaca  and  Corning  during  the  latter  part  of 
this  month.  These  meetings  will  be  held  under  the  auspices 
of  the  State  association  with  the  propaganda  committee  in 
charge. 


One  Dead,  One  111 — Took  Medicines  Improperly. 
JIiLWAUKEE.  Wis..  Alay  1'). — I'ills  eaten  by  mistake  caused 
the  death  of  one  child  in  Wisconsin  last  week  and  nearly  re- 
sulted in  the  death  of  oue  other.  Edna  Carlson,  the  two-year- 
old  daughter  of  a  farmer  living  near  Beloit.  died  from  eating 
pills  which  she  thought  were  candy.  The  two-year-old  son  of 
Frank  Lupker,  also  of  Beloit.  dis('0vered  a  bottle  of  morphine 
pills  and  the  work  of  several  doctors  were  required  to  save 
his  life.  In  neither  case  was  the  blame  attached  to  the  dis- 
tribution of  free  medicine  samples. 


Druggist's  Baby  Dies  of  Acid  Burns. 
.Murray  Goldstein,  the  year-and-a-half-okl  sou  of  Leo  C. 
Goldstein,  druggist  at  107  Avenue  (_'.  Manhattan.  Xew  York 
City,  recently  picked  up  a  bottle  of  carbolic  acid  from  the  floor 
of  his  father's  pharmacy  and  toddled  out  in' the  street  with  it  in 
his  arms.  The  baby  was  a  block  away  from  the  store,  when  he 
held  the  bottle  above  his  head,  the  stopper  came  out  and  the 
acid  poured  over  his  face.  Several  persons  standing  near 
heard  the  child's  screams  and  physicians  were  called,  lint  he 
died  shortly  afterward. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— .JON.^TIIAN  .ToXE.s.  former  dni^^isi  until  1N.S4.  and  later  a 
well-known  pastor  of  Ma/.nnianie.  Wis.,  is  dead,  aged  77  .vears. 
of  apoplexy. 

— J.4MES  Emricii.  probably  the  oldest  active  druggist  in 
northern  Ohio  when  he  retired  recently,  is  dead  of  rheumatism 
of  the  heart  at  his  home  in  Sandusk.v.  aged  SO. 

— Louis  M.  Maanen.  a  druggist,  is  dead  at  his  home,  660 
Washington  street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  lie  was  boi-n  in  Germany 
and  studied  chemistry  in  Heidelberg.  He  had  to  give  up  all 
business  two  years  ago  because  of  ill-health.  He  was  .5.3  vears 
old. 

— Richard  E.  Calahan,  of  Wyandotte.  Mich.,  died  sud- 
denly of  apoplexy.  Friday,  at  the  age  of  .57.  He  had  been 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  in  Wyandotte  .for  30  years.  He 
came  to  this  countr.v  from  Ireland  with  his  parents  when  six 
years  old.     He  never  married. 


CHICAGO  RETAILERS  PUSHING  PROPAGANDA. 

Association  Votes  $500  More  for  Work  and  Closes  the 
Bartlett  Letter  Incident  With  Dr.  Helfman. 

Chicago.  May  1.5. — The  executive  board  of  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  met  at  the  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity Building  May  11.  Otto  Neithammer,  treasurer  of  the 
U.S. P.  and  N.F.  Comnrittee,  made  a  rei>ort  showing  the  ex- 
cellent progress  of  the  work  and  as  the  appropriation  had 
been  about  exhausted  he  requested  an  additional  ifiiOO.  This 
was  unanimously  voted.  Chairman  Ilolthoefer.  of  the  com- 
mittee, also  made  a  statement  about  the  work  of  the  commit- 
tee and  said  that  the  physicians  were  more  alive  to  the  benefits 
of  the  movement   than   many  of  the  druggists. 

Dr.  Helfman.  of  I'arke,  Davis  &  Co..  appeared  before  the 
board  by  invitation  to  explain  the  position  of  the  firm  in  rela- 
tion to  the  so-called  Bartlett  letter  incident.  Dr.  Helfman 
stated  that  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  had  about  .SOOO  products  in 
their  catalogue  and  on  not  one  of  these  was  there  a  price  fixed 
at  which  the  retailer  should  sell.  President  Y'eomans  asked 
Dr.  Helfman  about  the  firm's  discounts  and  the  speaker 
stated  that  preferred  customers  who  had  qualified  by  a  .$.500 
purchase  during  a  single  year  received  40  per  cent  off  the  list; 
others  who  had  made  larger  purchases  receive  something  more 
while  the  other  trade  bought  on  the  basis  of  25  per  cent  off. 

Dr.  Helfman  maintained  that  no  sales  were  made  to  doctors 
direct,  liut  were  alwa.vs  billed  through  the  preferred  customers 
whom  the  doctor  nominated.  As  a  remedy  to  prevent  future 
controversies.  Dr.  Helman  said  he  would  recommend  to  the 
house  that  a  letter  be  sent  to  all  branch  managers  stating 
the  position  of  the  firm  in  such  clear  terms  that  such  another 
instance  as  the  present  could  not  arise.  The  discussion  re- 
sulted to  the  satisfaction  of  all  concerned  and  the  matter  is 
now  considered  at  an  end. 


Druggists  Have  a  Base  Ball  League. 
Chicago.  May  17. — II.  R.  Herzberg,  president  of  the  Chi- 
cago Retail  Druggists'  Base  Ball  League,  states  that  six 
clubs  compose  the  league  and  the.v  will  play  ball  every  Thurs- 
day afternoon  in  Washington  Park  on  the  South  Side  and  on 
St.  Vincent's  grounds  on  the  North  Side.  Nines  representing 
the  North.  South  and  West  Sides,  as  well  as  Englewood  and 
the  Social  Drug  Club,  are  entered. 


Drug  Trade  Outlook  is  Encouraging. 
Chicago.  May  17. — Representatives  of  a  number  of  jobbing 
drug  houses  were  in  Chicago  during  last  week,  coming  from 
Illinois.  Wisconsin  and  Iowa.  They  took  the  opportunity  to 
meet  together  and  discu.ss  the  general  outlook  which  they 
found  encouraging  and  satisfactory. 


Convicted  on  Second  Trial  of  Selling  Cocaine. 
Chicago.   May  17. — Adolph   Brendecke.   the   dniggist.   in  a 
second  trial,  has  been  found  guilt.v  of  selling  cocaine  in  viola- 
tion of  the  law  and  has  been  fined  .$200  and  costs.    A  new  trial 
has  been  di'nianded  and  arguments  will  be  made  on  May  2"2. 


Big  Riker  Store  for  Pennsylvania  Tunnel  Zone. 
The  William  P..  Riker's  Sons  Company  last  week  leased  for 
a  term  of  21  years,  with  renewal  privileges  the  building  at  433 
and  435  Seventh  avenue.  New  York,  and  a  small  house  at  168 
West  34th  street,  the  entire  parcel  surrounding  the  southeast 
corner  of  the  thoroughfares  mentioned.  It  is  understood  that 
the  rental  considerations  will  amount  to  between  .$25.01X1  and 
.$30.0(X)  ])er  year.  The  buildings  are  old  ones  and  will  prob- 
ably be  replaced  by  a  modern  structure  which  will  contain  a 
large  drug  store.  The  Riker  interests  do  not  take  possession 
until  .lanuai-v  lilKl.     . 


Detectives  Catch  Three  Cocaine  Vendors. 

Oscar  K.  .Vllen.  of  4  Doyers  street,  Manhattan  Borough, 
New  York  City,  was  arrested  last  Sunday  on  a  charge  of 
giving  away  cocaine  and  held  in  .$.500  bail  tor  examination. 
Allen  was  shaking  some  crystals  from  a  bottle  labelled  cocaine, 
onto  a  paper  held  by  a  man  who  lives  in  the  same  building. 
Two  detectives  were  in  hiding  and  secured  the  bottle  and  con- 
tents, and  analysis  is  being  made  of  the  crystals  to  ascertain 
their  composition.  Last  week  two  other  arrests  were  made  in 
the  same  building,  as  reported  on  page  484  of  this  issue  of 
the  Era. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


483 


London  Drug  Market 

Effect  of  the  Budget  on  Piices. 

LoXDO.N,  May  1. — (Delayed  in  transmisnion.) — The  one 
topic  of  conversation  is  the  Budget,  and  the  proposals  out- 
lined by  the  Chancellor  of  Exchequer  on  Thursday  will 
result  in  a  material  advance  in  the  prices  of  a  large  number 
of  dnigs  and  medicinal  preparations.  In  addition  to  the  cus- 
toms and  excise  duties  now  payable  on  spirit  there  will  be  an 
additional  dut.v  of  3s.  9d.  per  proof  gallon,  but  on  perfumed 
spirit  the  dut.v  will  be  6s.  per  gallon  and  on  liqueurs,  cordials, 
mixtures  and  other  preparations  entered  in  such  a  manner  as 
to  indicate  that  the  strength  is  not  to  be  tested,  5s.  5d.  per 
gallon.  The  result  of  this  increase  in  duty  will  be  an  advance 
in  the  price  of  tinctures,  spirituous  preparations  and  all  prep- 
arations in  which  pure  spirit  is  used  in  the  manufacture. 
Ether  (  B.P.  S.G.  .735)  has  been  advanced  from  .5s.  to  Os.  5d. 
per  pound:  ether  (Purif.  B.P,  S.G.  .720)  from  .5s.  Sd.  to 
7s.  2d.  i)er  poimd ;  ether  (rectified,  S.G,  ,7-50),  4s.  lOd.  to 
6s.  2d.  per  pound  :  Acetic  ether,  3s.  3d.  to  3s.  lOd.  per  pound. 
Compound  spirits  of  ether,  sweet  spirit  of  nitre,  and  aromatic 
spirit  of  ammonia  have  been  raised  in  proportion.  Infusions 
have  beeu  advanced  2d.  per  pound,  rectified  tinctures  lOd.  per 
pound,  decoctions  4d.  per  pound,  liquid  extracts  in  proportion. 
In  addition  to  the  increased  tax  on  Spirit  the  customs  duty 
on  certain  articles  in  the  manufacture  of  which  spirit  is  used 
has  been  jiroportionately  raised  :  the  old  and  new  duties  are 
as  follows  : 

Old  Scio 

Customs  duly.  Customs  duty. 

Chloral   hyilrate,   pound Is.     4d.  Is.     9d. 

Chloroform,  pound    3.s.     3d.  4s.     4d. 

Collodion,  gallon   £1     t5s.     3d.  £1  14s.  lid. 

Acetic  ether,  pound Is.  lid.  2s.     7d. 

But.vric  ether,  gallon 16s.     .5d.  £1  lis.  lOd. 

Sulphuric  ether,  gallon £1     7s.     5d.  £1  16s,     6d, 

Ethyl   iodide,  gallon 14s.     3d.  19s, 

Ethyl   liromide,   pound Is.     Id.  Is.     5d. 

Ethyl  chloride,  gallon 16s.     .5d.  £1     Is. 

Iud\istrial  alcohol  is  not  affected  b.v  the  new  tariff  and  the 
above  may  therefore  be  regarded  as  protective  taxes. 


Predicted  Advances  Materialize — Consternation  in 
Market, 

LoxrO-X,  May  8. — The  advance  in  the  customs  and  excise 
duty  on  spirits  of  wine  and  the  consequent  advance  in  the 
prices  of  all  spirituous  preparations  mentioned  in  the  last 
report,  has  caused  considerable  consternation  among  pharma- 
cists and  from  all  parts  of  the  country  the  Chancellor  of 
Exchequer  has  received  requests  to  grant  a  special  rebate  on 
all  spirit  used  in  medicines.  The  Chancellor  of  Exchequer 
would  no  doubt  be  willing  to  do  this  if  it  were  shown  that 
there  was  a  way  of  doing  it  without  running  a  ver.v  great  risk 
of  loss  to  the  Revenue  as  a  result  of  the  use  of  medicinal 
spirit  for  other  purposes.  It  has  been  suggested  that  tinctures, 
etc..  should  be  manufactured  in  bond,  but  retailers  are  not 
keen  on  this  proposal,  for  it  would  be  impracticable  for  them 
to  take  advantage  of  such  a  concession.  At  a  representative 
meeting  of  manufacturers  held  this  week  it  was  decided  by  a 
large  ma.iority  not  to  approach  the  Chancellor.  In  many  di.s- 
tricts  idiarmacists  have  decided  to  advance  the  price  of 
tinctures  2  cents  per  ounce. 

The  price  of  Chloroform  made  from  dut.v-paid  spirit  is  now 
5s.  Sd.  per  pound,  but  the  price  of  Chloroform  made  from 
Methylated  Spirit  is  unchanged.  Chloral  H.vdrate  has  been 
advanced  to  4s.  Id.  per  pound  (of  which  Is.  9d.  is  customs 
duty).  Apart  from  prices  affected  by  Budget,  changes  in 
Talue  have  l)een  few.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  the  Con- 
vention which,  for  some  yeai-s  past,  has  regulated  the  selling 
prices  and  terms  of  Morphine  and  its  salts  has  come  to  an 
end.  ,ind  makers  are  consequentl.v  free  to  quote  their  own 
figures  to  intending  bu.vers.  Makers  are  therefore  asking  for 
enquiries  and  in  the  course  of  a  few  days  we  shall  see  how 
the  market  is  likely  to  go,  for  as  the  arrangement  has  only 
just  terminated  it  is  hardly  possible  to  give  any  idea  of  the 
trend  of  prices  at  present.  On  the  spot  a  small  business  has 
been  done  in  Opium  at  barely  steady  prices  for  shipping  kinds: 
druggists'   kinds,  however,  tend  dearer.    The  Camphor  market 


is  quieter  and  the  spot  price  for  China  crude  is  145s.  i>er  cwt. 
Business  has  been  done  in  1-ouuce  Japanese  tablets  at  Is.  9d. 
per  pound, 

American  Peppermint  Oil  is  (piiet  at  8s.  9d.  per  pound  for 
H.G.H.  and  6s.  3d.  for  Wayne  County  in  tins.  Essence  of 
Lemon  is  easier  at  about  3s.  7d.  per  pound  "spot."  A  small 
business  has  been  done  in  Menthol  at  7s.  Id.  per  pound  for 
"Kobayashi."  Bucbu  Leaves  are  badly  wanted  and  high  prices 
would  be  realized  for  any  good  green  offered.  Cod  Liver  Oil 
is  dull.  Gum  Tragacanth  is  in  good  demand  for  Persian  kinds 
at  full  prices.  Orris  Root  is  again  dearer  at  37s.  6d.  for  good 
bold  Florentine.  Quinine  continues  quiet.  Cream  of  Tartar 
tends  easier. 

At  the  Spice  sales  forced  sales  of  Jamaica  Ginger  were  made 
at  about  2s.  per  cwt.  cheaper.  Oil  of  Cloves  is  lower  at  3s.  2d. 
per  pound.  Higher  prices  are  expected  to  be  asked  for  the  new 
crop  of  French  Lavender  Oil  when  it  comes  along,  and  the 
same  applies  to  Oil  of  Neroli.    Shellac  is  lower. 

Fairly  heavy  supplies  were  brought  forward  at  this  week's 
drug  auctions,  the  main  feature  of  which  was  the  large  offer- 
ing of  Sarsaparilla.  of  which  1.50  packages  were  catalogued. 
Notwithstanding  the  large  supply  good  prices  were  obtained 
and  gray  Jamaica  realized  up  to  Is.  .5d.  per  pound,  native  up 
to  Is.  2d.  and  Lima  up  to  Is.  Id.  Honey  was  also  in  good 
supply  and  practically  all  sold  at  firm  prices.  Cape  Aloes  was 
in  small  supply  and  not  in  request  and  only  one  lot  sold.  For 
Curacoa  34s.  per  cwt.  was  realized  for  dark  brown.  Soft  to 
liquid  Zanzibar  in  skins  sold  cheaply  at  30s.  per  cwt.  Balsam 
Tolu  sold  cheaply  at  9%d.  per  pound  for  fair  hard  slightly 
drossy.  Of  Cascara  Sagrada  100  bags  (1907)  sold  at  40s.  per 
cwt,  Dominician  Cassia  Fistula  realized  17s.  6d.  per  cwt. 
Guaza  realized  .5s.  per  pound  for  fair  Bombay  tops.  Gamboge 
sold  at  £14  las.  per  cwt,  for  fair  Slam  pipe,  part  blocky. 
Ipecacuanha  realized  .5s.  Id.  to  .5s.  2d.  per  pound  for  Rio. 
Gentian  Root  sold  at  19s.  per  cwt.  for  fair.  Tinnevelly  Senna, 
of  which  2.50  bales  were  offered,  sold  at  laten  rates  for  common 
specky  leaf,  but  find  bold  realized  up  to  7d.  per  pound,  good 
greenish  4%d.  and  fair  3d.;  fair  pods  sold  at  4d.  to  4%d.  per 
pound.  Gum  Benzoin  was  slow  of  sale.  Cardamoms  were 
easier  for  Ce.ylons  but  dearer  for  Indian.  A  case  of  Cloudy 
Balsam  Copaiba  sold  at  Is.  Sd.  per  pound.  Jamaica  Wax  was 
2s.  6d.  to  us.  per  cwt. 


DRUG  IMPORTEES  GET  BENEFIT  OF  DOUBT, 

Federal  Pure  Drugs  Act  Governs  in  Case  of  Conflict 
With  the  Customs  Act  of  1848  in  Philadelphia. 

rnii,.\pKLPiil-\.  Ma.v  15. — Complications  on  thi>  henbane 
question  which  had  been  caused  by  the  holding  up  of  several 
importations  of  that  drug  by  the  Customs  House  officials  be- 
cause it  was  found  upon  analysis  that  it  did  not  conform  to 
the  standards  of  the  U.S.P.  has  been  adjusted  for  the  time 
being  at  least  by  the  Importers  placing  themselves  under  bond 
and  certifying  that  the  importations  in  (piestion  were  not  to  go 
into  the  open  market  but  were  to  be  made  up  into  tinctures 
and  other  preparations  at  ouce. 

This  decision  conforms  with  the  regulations  of  the  Pure 
Food  and  Drugs  Act  of  1906,  but,  it  is  declared,  is  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  ruling  of  the  Act  of  1S4S.  which  would  have  made 
it  impossible  for  any  drugs  that  did  not  conform  to  Pharma- 
copoeia! standards  to  come  in  at  any  port  of  the  United  States. 

The  solution  of  the  matter  is  entirely  satisfactory  to  all 
concerned,  although  some  claim  that  this  inconvenience  to 
importers  must  eventually  be  done  awa.v  with,  as  it  Is  not 
always  possible  to  get  certain  drugs  which  meet  all  the  Gov- 
ernment requirements. 


Big  Seizure  of  Cactus  Beans  is  Burned. 

Laredo,  Tex.,  May  5. — William  H.  John.son,  chief  special 
officer  of  the  United  States  Indian  Office,  recently  seized  200,- 
000  peyote  cactus  beans,  known  as  the  mezcal  bean,  which 
had  been  shipped  from  Mexico  to  the  Indian  tribes  in  this 
country,  at  the  little  town  of  Los  Ojuelo,  30  miles  from 
Laredo.  He  has  condemned  and  destroyed  them,  paying  $2.-50 
per  thousand. 

These  beans  have  been  shipped  under  the  name  of  Japanese 
buttons.  They  are  not  only  a  strong  intoxicant,  but  produce 
partial  anaesthesia  as  well.  The  Government  will  prosecute 
in  the  future  any  one  found  selling  this  peyote,  the  penalty 
being  two  years  in  the  penitentiary. 


484 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  20.  190» 


The  Drug  Markets 


DEMAND  ROUTINE  AND  FOR  JOBBING  LOTS. 


Normal  Business  for  This  Season  of  Year  Yet  Un- 
reached; Tariff  a  Restraining-  Influence. 
New  Toek,  May  IT. — Nothing  of  special  interest  or  im- 
portance has  transpired  in  the  drug  and  chemical  marliet 
during  the  week  with  the  exception  of  an  advance  in  glycerin 
and  jalap  root.  Other  leading  articles  are  practically  un- 
changed, but  holders  generally  are  firm  in  their  views  with 
no  disposition  shown  to  reduce  quotations.  There  is  a  fairly 
good  demand  for  seasonable  goods  in  a  jobbing  way,  but  little 
inquiry  for  large  parcels.  Conservatism,  due  to  the  uncer- 
tainty of  tariff  legislation,  is  generally  noted  and  it  is  hoped 
that  Congress  will  soon  be  able  to  agree  on  the  schedules. 

Opium. — The  market  has  a  quiet  appearance,  but  there  is 
some  inquiry  for  case  lots,  and  sales  are  being  made  at  $4.25 
per  pound.  Powdered  and  granulated  in  lots  of  2.5  pounds 
are  held  at  $5.25  per  pound.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the 
week  ending  April  23  amount  to  20.50  cases,  against  1392 
cases  at  same  period  last  .year.  About  150  cases  have  changed 
hands  in  Smyrna.  125  of  which  are  for  this  country.  The 
market  there  is  very  firm  with  no  disposition  shown  to  dis- 
pose of  further  lots  at  the  moment,  and  unless  favorable  news 
concerning  the  crop  should  be  received,  an  easier  market  can- 
not be  expected. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  monthly  sale  of  cinchona  bark 
held  in  Amsterdam  on  the  6th  instant  went  off  at  unchanged 
prices.  About  seven-eighths  of  the  quantity  offered  was  sold 
at  3%,  Dutch  cents.  In  Batavia  last  Thursday  about  120,000 
ounces  of  Java  brand  of  quinine  were  sold  at  florins  10.50, 
the  same  as  previous  sale  in  April. 

Cod  Liver  Oil,  Norwegian. — There  is  no  change  in  quo- 
tations, but  the  primary  markets  are  easier  owing  to  the  good 
result  of  the  fishing.  Cable  reports  to  10th  instant  give  the 
total  yield  as  48,700,000  fish,  producing  39.050  barrels  of  oil. 
As  compared  with  previous  years  the  figures  are  as  follows : 
1907,  40,900.000  fish,  producing  34,360  barrels  of  oil;  1908, 
39,000,000  fi^h,  producing  42,870  barrels  of  oil.  The  total 
product  this  year  to  the  10th  instant  is  now  only  3820  barrels 
less  than  last  year,  and  as  the  fishing  will  be  continued  until 
late  in  June  there  is  a  probability  of  the  total  yield  being 
equal  to  the  year  1908.  which  was  a  record-breaker. 

CiTBic  Acid. — The  demand  is  quite  active,  probably  owing 
to  the  expected  increase  in  the  consumption  as  the  season  ad- 
vances. Manufacturers  are  holding  firmly  at  39c.  per  pound 
for  crystals  in  barrels,  and  39  Vic  per  pound  for  kegs. 
There  does  not  seem  to  be  any  probability  of  a  decline  in  price 
at  the  present  time,  as  crude  material  is  reported  higher. 

Glycerin. — The  market  is  very  firm  and  higher  prices  may 
be  established  later  on.  The  demand  is  unusually  good  for 
this  season  of  the  year  when  a  quieter  market  is  generally 
looked  for.    A  slight  advance  has  been  made  on  drums. 

Jalap  Root. — An  advance  to  43c.  per  pound  in  200-pound 
bales  has  been  made  and  it  is  the  lowest  market  price  at  the 
present  time.  Some  holders  are  asking  50c.  per  pound,  and 
the  general  market  ma.v  move  up  to  this  figure.  There  is  very 
little  stock  outside  of  a  few  holders. 

BucHU  Leaves. — As  intimated  in  previous  reports,  an  ad- 
vance has  taken  place.  Choice  green  leaves  are  held  at  35c. 
per  pound  by  the  bale,  an  increase  of  about  3c.  per  pound. 

Santonin. — Crystals  are  scarce,  and  much  difficulty  is  ex- 
perienced in  obtaining  supplies  from  the  primary  market  for 
prompt  delivery. 

PicHi  Herb. — After  a  long  period  of  dullness  there  has 
been  quite  an  active  demand  for  this  article,  which  has  ad- 
vanced from  18c.  to  30c.  per  pound ;  and  as  the  market  is 
being  cleared  of  all  cheap  lots  it  is  now  very  firmly  held  at 
30c.  per  pound  in  bales  of  112  pounds. 

Cannabis  Indica. — An  advance  in  the  price  of  this  article 
tor  which  there  has  been  an  unusually  large  demand  may  be 
looked  for.  The  market  in  India  is  much  higher  and  the  Lon- 
don market  without  stock. 

Balsam  Peru. — A  stronger  market  is  noted  owing  to  light 
available    supplies,    and    also    to   scarcity    in    the    country    of 


production.  Local  dealers  have  advanced  quotations  for  prime 
to  $1.70@$1.75,  as  to  quantity. 

CoLOCTNTn. — Spot  prices  are  firm  but  unchanged  at  23@ 
28c.  for  Trieste,  U.S. P.,  but  the  London  Market  is  stronger 
with  the  bulk  of  the  stock  held  at  advanced  prices. 

B.4LSA1I  OF  Fir. — The  market  for  Oregon  balsam  is  -firmer, 
arid  after  making  sales  of  several  barrels  at  90c.,  the  sellers 
advanced  their  quotation  to  $1.00  and  for  cans  to  $1.10. 
Canada  balsam  is  unchanged  and  continued  scarcity  influ- 
ences a  decidedly  strong  feeling  among  holders  of  the  limited 
stock,  as  they  can  offer  only  in  a  small  way  at  the  ruling 
quotation  of  $7.50  in  large  quantities. 


TREASURY  RULINGS  REGARDING  ALCOHOL. 

"Alcoholic  Compounds"  Need  Not  be  Stamped  on  Porto 
Eican  Product — Five-Gallon  Decision  Modified. 

Two  Internal  Revenue  rulings  recently  issued  are  of 
interest  to  the  drug  trade.  Treasury  Decision  1481.  provides 
that  "tax-paid  stamps,  issued  for  alcohol  or  other  uncom- 
pounded  distilled  spirits,  brought  from  Porto  Ricn.  are  not 
required  to  have  marked  thereon  the  words  'alcoholic  com- 
pounds.' "     The  decision  says  in  part : 

You  are  informed  that  these  distinctive  tax-p.iirt  stamps  are 
required  by  regulation  issued  pursuant  to  an  Act  entitled  "An 
Act  to  impose  a  tax  on  alcoholic  compounds  coming  from  Porto- 
Rico,  and  for  otlier  purposes,"  approved  February  4.  1009, 
and  are  not  intended  to  be  so  distinctively  marked  for  aloobol, 
or  other  uncompounded  spirits,  brought  from  Porto  Rico,  as  all 
such  spirits  are,  under  the  provisions  of  Section  3  of  the  Act 
of  April  12,  18'JO  (known  as  the  Foraker  Act),  taxable  as  dis- 
tilled spirits,  the  same  as  If  produced  in  the  IFulted  States, 

Ordinarv  tax-paid  stamps,  having  Imprinted  thereon  the 
words  "Porto  Rico,"  or  the  letters  "P,  R."  heretofore  prescribed, 
may  therefore  be  used  for  all  such  uncompounded  spirits;  and 
the  collector  of  your  district  will  be  so  notified. 

Treasury  Decision  1489  modifies  Decision  1476  requiring 
"all  packages  capable  of  containing  5  gallons  or  more  of 
spirits  to  be  stamped."  So  many  protests  have  been  made  that 
Acting  Commissioner  Williams  has  issued  this  modification: 

This  office  is  unwilling  to  enforce  a  regulation  which  is  not 
an  imperative  requirement  of  the  law  and  which  the  interests  ol 
the  Government  do  not  seem  at  this  time  to  absolutely  demand, 
the  ruling  is  hereby  modified  and  glass  and  earthenware  con- 
tainers, wicker  covered  or  otherwise,  will  be  exempted  from 
the  operation  of  T.  D.  1476. 

It  should  be  understood,  however,  that  the  law  will  he  rigidly 
enforced  in  the  case  of  any  unstamped  container  of  5  gallons  or 
more  which  is  found  filled  with  distilled  spirits  to  its  full 
capacity. 

Of  course,  also  in  any  ease  where  there  is  reason  to  believe- 
the  spirits  are  untaxpaid  they  will  be  subject  to  seizure  and 
forfeiture  without  regard  to  the  kind  of  container. 


Three  Arrests  Follow  Raids  on  Cocaine  Vendors. 

Detectives  of  the  Health  Department  of  New  York  City  re- 
cently made  three  arrests  in  connection  with  raids  on  alleged 
vending  places  of  cocaine  in  the  Chinatown  district.  Borough 
of  Manhattan.  Following  the  purchase  in  a  Pell  street  apart- 
ment of  what  is  alleged  to  be  cocaine  by  a  lobb.vgow  whom  the 
detectives  furnished  with  a  marked  dollar  bill,  a  woman  known 
as  Hattie  Smith  was  seized  and  25  bottles  labeled  cocaine 
and  valued  at  $200  were  found  in  a  hollowed-out  place  in  a 
window  sill.  The  woman  was  held  in  default  of  $10tH)  bail  on 
the  charge  of  selling  cocaine.  The  detectives  are  looking  for 
a  negro,  George  Patterson,  who  is  alleged  to  be  an  accomplice 
of  the  woman. 

The  other  two  arrests  were  those  of  Chu  Wah,  of  4  Doyers 
street,  and  George  Murray,  a  janitor,  of  42%  Division  street, 
who  were  also  held  in  $1000  bail  each  for  trial  on  charges  of 
selling  cocaine. 


Will  Be  No  Overproduction  of  Ginseng. 
Wausau,  Wis.,  May  15. — That  there  will  soon  be  an  over- 
production of  ginseng  is  a  popular  fallacy  in  the  opinion  of 
J.  H.  Koehler.  president  of  the  Wisconsin  Ginseng  Gardens. 
The  reports  show  that  the  quantity  of  ginseng  exported  in  the 
year  ending  June  1,  1858  was  2.25  times  as  much  as  that  ex- 
ported in  1908. 


Bill  to  Print  Formulas  on  Paint  is  Killed. 
Lansing.  Mich.,  May  15. — The  Watei-s  Bill,  requiring  paint 
manufacturers  to  print  on  the  labels  on  packages  of  their 
products  the  formula  of  the  contents,  has  been  killed  in  the 
House.  It  was  alleged  that  the  bill  would  benefit  the  so-calle4 
"white  lead  trust," 


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Illustrated  Section 

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FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 
McMonag 

Middletown 
le  &   Rogers 

X.   Y. 

Ex-Pres.  N.  Y. 

State  Phar. 

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to  do  him  credit. 

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In  disapproving  the  Brown  Pharmacy  Reform 
Act.  as  reported  in  our  news  columns  on  page  498,. 
Governor  Hughes  says  it  is  unnecessary  to  consider 
any  objections  to  the  measure  except  the  one  whicb 
gives  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion the  privilege  of  nominating  a  list  of  pharmacists- 
from  which  the  Board  of  Regents  shall  appoint  mem- 
ber.s  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  That  seems 
to  be  the  vital,  paramount  objection  in  the  mind  of 
the  executive,  an  objection  overshadowing  all  of  the 
good  features  of  this  reform  measure. 

The  Governor 's  course  is  quite  as  incomprehensible 
as  was  his  disapproval  a  year  ago  of  the  Whitney- 
Wainwright  Act  which  provided  for  up-to-date  legis- 
lation in  the  sale  of  drugs.  His  reason  for  disap- 
proving that  measure  was  that  a  board  elected  by 
the  pharmacists  of  the  State  was  not  a  proper  body 
to  enforce  the  pure  drugs  provisions  of  the  Whitney- 
Wainwright  measure.  Now  he  objects  to  the  Brown 
Act  because  he  does  not  believe  in  the  policy  of 
entrusting  the  power  of  enforcing  the  law  to  "per- 
sons designated  by  a  private  organization,"  meaning 
the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

At  this  time  extended  comment  is  unnecessary,  but 
these  questions  are  bound  to  arise:  Why  does  the 
Governor  object  to  having  the  pharmacists  of  the 
State,  either  in  local  incorporated  organizations, 
or  through  its  State  association,  have  a  voice  in  main- 
taining the  high  standard  of  this  important  board? 
Are  not  the  practical  politicians,  who  want  the  spoils 
of  office,  reall.y  behind  all  of  this  opposition  to  meas- 
ures which  would  take  the  board  out  of  party  poli- 
tics ?  Or  can  it  be  that  prospective  law  breakers  are 
interested  in  tearing  down  the  safeguards  that  should 
protect  the  integrity  and  ensure  the  efiSciency  of  the 
board  ? 


TWO  SIDES  OF  PROPAGANDA  MOVEMENT. 


For  Era  Album 


Both  friends  and  critics  of  the  f  .S.P.  and  N.F. 
Propaganda  will  peruse  with  interest  Mr.  Kaczoro- 
ski's  paper  read  before  the  Louisiana  State  Ph.A. 
this  month  and  printed  on  page  494  of  this  issue  of 
the  Era.  While  all  will  not  agree  with  much  that 
is  said  by  the  New  Orleans  pharmacist  there  are 
several  suggestions  which  he  makes  that  are  food 
for  thought.  Theoretically  the  propaganda  work  is 
a  good  thing  and  should  aid  in  advancing  the  inter- 
ests of  both  the  professions  of  medicine  and  phar- 
macy, but  in  practice  there  are  many  difSculties  to 
confront  the  pi-opagandists. 

As  a  basic  principle  education  of  the  physicians 
must  be  considered  and  there  is  a  hopeful  augury 
in  that  respect  in  the  expansion  of  the  curriculums  of 


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[May  27,  1909 


the  leading  medieal  colleges.  To  break  the  old  timers 
of  their  bad  habits  is  a  difficult  task,  particularly  at 
long  range  and  thi-ough  pedagogic  application  of 
principles.  Local  effort  of  the  friendly,  co-operative, 
personal  nature  is  almost  invariably  essential  to  suc- 
cess in  conducting  a  crusade  of  this  kind,  for  unless 
diplomaticall.y  approached  professional  men  in  any 
lines  are  not  eager  to  admit,  in  fact  they  will  rarely 
confess,  that  men  in  other  professions  are  qualified  to 
assume  a  pedantic  or  dictatorial  attitude  when 
pi'eaehing  to  them  that  methods  taught  in  their  alma 
maters  were  all  wrong. 

Properly  approached,  the  average  physician  is 
willing  to  listen  to  argument  presented  in  a  courteous 
and  convincing  manner  bj'  an  acquaintance,  but  the 
same  man  is  likeh-  to  resent  being  bombarded  with 
stock  literature  emanating  from  strangers  and  infer- 
entially  reflecting  upon  his  professional  attainments. 
Primarily  the  best  results  are  based  upon  the  phar- 
macists' efforts  with  physicians  of  their  acquaint- 
ance and  next  through  the  conferences  or  get-together 
meetings  arranged  under  local  auspices,  or  by  city, 
county  or  State  associations,  these  assemblages  af- 
fording the  pei'sonal  introductions  which  are  essential 
in  most  cases  to  the  advancement  of  propaganda 
work.  Campaigns  conducted  on  these  lines  have  been 
ver^-  successful  in  New  York  State  and  the  propa- 
ganda committee  of  the  State  Ph'.A.  has  made  re- 
markable progress  through  the  activit}',  earnestness 
and  diplomacy  of  its  members. 


THE  INTERNAL  REVENUE  AND  DRUGGISTS. 


Commissioner  Wheeler's  letter  anent  the  Beef, 
Wiue  and  Iron  controversy,  published  on  page  477 
of  the  last  Eea,  furnished  a  clear  and  comprehen- 
sive exposition  of  the  relation  of  the  Internal  Rev- 
enue Department  to  the  druggists  of  the  coimtry,  as 
well  as  to  the  citizens  and  taxpayers  generally.  It 
reiterates  what  has  been  said  before  and  should  be 
carried  in  mind,  that  the  department  is  merely  an 
agency  of  the  Government  for  the  collection  of  taxes 
and  that  it  is  not  a  moral  censor,  nor  a  police  power. 
Its  function  in  the  matter  of  imposing  and  collecting 
a  tax  upon  the  use  and  sale  of  alcohol  and  its  com- 
poimds  is  simply  to  see  that  the  Government  gets 
what  the  law  provides  shall  be  paid  in  the  way  of 
rcveniie.  In  doing  this  Jlr.  Wheeler  makes  it  clear 
that  there  is  no  disposition  to  impose  any  hardships, 
but,  on  the  contrary,  fairness  and  impartiality  are 
"cardinal  principles"  with  all  concerned  in  the  bu- 
reau in  the  enforcement  of  the  law. 

In  dealing  with  the  Beef,  Wine  and  Iron  matter 
the  commissioner  throws  new  light  on  the  causes 
which  led  to  the  promulgation  of  Treasury  Decision 
1358.  There  is  not  much  that  can  be  said  in  defense 
of  druggists  or  others  who  palmed  off  inferior  brands 
of  port  wine  with  little  or  no  medicinal  content  as  be- 
ing a  curative  agent  and  it  appears  to  have  been  im- 
positions of  this  kind  prepared  for  use  as  beverages 
which  provoked  the  order.  The  status  of  the  real 
article,  used  medicinally  and  not  as  a  beverage,  does 
not  appear  to  have  been  disturbed,  for  the  communi- 
cation points  out  that  pharmacists  by  compounding 
the  wines  or  spirits  into  medicines,  bring  themselves 


within  the  exemption  provided  by  Section  3246  R.  S., 
but  to  secure  the  benefit  of  this  exemption  the  spirits 
or  wines  must  be  compoimded  with  drugs  sufficient 
in  character  and  amoimt  to  have  a  therapeutic  effect 
other  than  would  be  obtained  by  the  use  of  spirits  or 
wines  uncompounded,  and  sufficient  to  render  the 
eompoimd  imsuitable  for  use  as  a  beverage. 

So  long  as  di-uggists  or  others  shall  undertake  to 
evade  the  revenue  or  local  option  laws  by  selling 
tonics  and  other  preparations  containing  alcohol  in 
quantities  sufficient  to  furnish  the  means  of  intoxi- 
cation just  so  long  will  there  be  trouble  of  this 
description.  If  a  druggist  wishes  to  sell  Beef,  Wine 
and  Iron  or  any  similar  preparation  let  him  compl.y 
with  the  Formulary  requirements  and  with  any  local 
or  other  laws  governing  the  sale.  Except  in  wide- 
open  communities  there  is  danger  in  catering  to  the 
alcoholic  trade,  for  the  tendency  toward  hea'vy  fines 
and  jail  sentences  for  doing  a  liquor  business  is 
growing  throughout  the  country. 

SELLING    PERIODICALS   IN    PHARMACIES. 


With  the  approach  of  the  vacation  season  special 
attention  is  freshly  directed  to  the  seasonable  de- 
mand for  magazines  and  periodical  literature  and  the 
peculiar  adaptability  of  the  average  pharmacy  for 
satisfactorily  handling  this  attractive  and  profitable 
side-line.  We  have  on  several  occasions  pointed  out 
the  many  advantages  to  be  derived  by  pharmacists 
from  carrying  magazines  in  stock  for  their  patrons 
and  many  drug  stores  have  installed  this  feature,- 
All  that  has  previously  been  said  applies  at  the 
present  time,  hut  with  the  additional  argument  that 
the  approaching  summer  season  will  witness  a  larger 
sale  than  heretofore  for  light,  interesting  and  enter- 
taining literature  of  the  magazine  variety. 

In  our  advertising  pages  some  timely  and  perti- 
nent announcements  are  made  this  week  by  the 
American  News  Compan.v  and  by  the  Ladies'  Home 
Journal,  both  of  which  are  commended  to  the  con- 
sideration of  druggists  who  sell  periodicals  as  well 
as  to  those  who  have  yet  to  be  introduced  to  this 
side-line.  To  the  latter  we  would  add  that  there  is 
no  time  like  the  present  to  make  the  phmge  into  this 
branch  of  trade. 


If  the  meeting  of  the  Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Association 
the  other  night  restores  harmony  in  the  ranks  of  the  druggists 
of  that  borough  there  will  be  cause  for  congratulation.  Evi- 
dence of  a  disposition  to  "let  the  dead  bury  the  dead"  was 
noticeable.     Let  the  outsiders  do  the  lighting. 


A  wasted  winter  at  Albany  has  taught  some  of  the  phar- 
macists that  when  the  politicians  are  after  spoils  one  excuse 
is  as  good  as  another. 


According  to  one  who  is  iu  a  position  to  speak  with  author- 
ity, the  two,  four,  eight  propaganda  of  the  N.A.R.D.  has  cost 
the  druggists  a  great  deal  more  than  it  has  benefited  them. 
This  individual  states  further,  that  in  his  judgment  fully 
twenty  proprietary  preparations  have  been  advanced  to  con- 
form to  this  schedule  where  one  has  been  reduced,  and  the 
unfortunate  part  of  the  matter  is  that  most  of  the  preparations 
advanced  were  not  large  sellers  and  were  generally  sold  by 
druggists  at  their  full  retail  prices,  so  that  the  additional  cost  I 
comes  out  of  the  druggists'  profits,  ^ 


It  is  doubtful  if  Congress  will  go  any  further  than  it  has 
in  the  way  of  paternalism  for  denatured  alcohol  and  the  two 


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487 


bills  recently  introduced,  one  providing  for  a  bounty  and  the 
other  for  a  new  experimental  station,  will  probably  rest  in 
committee,  to  which  they  have  been  consigned  with  the  under- 
standing that  nothing  will  be  done  prior  to  the  regular  session 
which  assembles  in  December.  Meanwhile  the  denatured  alco- 
hol industry  is  making  strides,  the  April  production  having 
reached  444,965  gallons,  a  gain  of  43  per  cent  over  a  year  ago. 
\Yith  this  exhibit  of  increase  there  does  not  appear  to  be  any 
necessity  for  giving  a  bounty  to  the  producers. 


Seriugal  da  Boca  do  Rio  Zinho  for  Senor  Jos6  Maria  Dias 
Pereira.  who  owns  plantations  in  the  Acre  region  and  sends 
2.")0  tons  of  rubber  annually  to  Para.  It  took  25  days  to 
tran-sport  the  big  ball  from  the  plantation  to  the  river  bank  of 
tlie  Acre  and  it  was  the  only  cargo  of  a  small  boat. 


The    druggist    who    boasts    that    his    first    impressions    are 
always  right,  is  merely  bull-headed. 


"The  Two  Largest  Diamonds  in  the  World" — both  found 
within  the  last  twenty  years — are  the  stones  known  as  the 
Excelsior  and  the  Cullinan.  The  romantic  story  of  their  find- 
ing, cutting,  and  disposition  has  been  written  for  the  June 
Century  by  Dr.  George  Frederick  Kunz,  gem  expert  and  one 
of  the  authors  of  "The  Book  of  the  Pearl." 


"It  is  astonishing  to  note  how  some  men  can  imbibe  the 
most  fiery  liquids  as  easily  as  the  average  citizen  cau  toss 
down  a  glass  of  lemonade."'  said  Capt.  George  F.  Rainey, 
of  Del  Rio,  Tex.,  at  the  Hotel  Kernan,  says  the  Baltimore 
American.  "I  have  a  neighbor  who  is  so  used  to  drinking 
whisky  of  extraordinary  high  proof — 130 — that  when  he 
indulges  in  that  blistering  essence  of  rye  he  follows  it  up  with 
a  glass  of  100  proof — the  standard — as  a  'chaser.'  quite  as 
most  men  take  water  to  mitigate  the  ardent  stuff.  In  my 
country  it  is  no  uncommon  thing  for  old  frontiersmen  to  drink 
alcohol  that  has  been  slightly  diluted,  and  I  have  seen  not  a 
few  who  could  pour  the  raw  article  down  their  throats  in 
seeming  enjoyment." 


It  does  not  pay   to  be   too   busy.     Intelligent  actions  only 
follow  the  devotion  of  time  to  intelligent  thought. 


As  a  pharmaceutical  center  Baltimore  has  claimed  and  still 
can  claim  many  pharmacists  whose  influence  has  extended 
far  be.vond  her  geographical  boundaries. 
A  list  of  their  names  would  be  a  long  one. 
Init  it  would  be  sure  to  include  that  of 
Dr.  Henry  P.  Hynson,  of  the  retail  drug 
firm  of  Hynson,  Westcott  &  Co.,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, professor  of  commercial  phar- 
macy in  the  Mar.vland  College  of  Phar- 
macy, president  of  the  American  Con- 
ference of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties,  ex- 
president  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  ex-president  of 
the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, in  fact,  any  complete  record  of  his 
professional  affiliations  would  take  up 
more  space  than  is  usually  devoted  to 
such  enumerations  in  the  Era. 

With  all  the  duties  devolving  upon 
him  as  a  member  and  officer  of  these 
many  organizations,  he  still  devotes  much 
time  to  the  practical  affairs  of  a  success- 
ful retail  drug  business.  His  friends  also 
say  that  he  is  a  big  man  in  Baltimore 
County  and  de  facto  mayor  of  Roland 
Park,  a  palatial  suburb  in  which  he  lives. 
Only  recently  he  was  made  foreman  of 
the  Baltimore  County  Grand  Jury  for 
the  May  term,  his  duties  for  the  present 
requiring  his  presence  most  of  the  time 
at  Towsou.  the  county  seat. 

Professor  Hynson  is  a  native  of  the 
Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland  and  prac- 
tically has  been  identified  with  pharmacy 
most  of  his  life.  He  graduated  from  the  Maryland  College 
of  Pharmacy  in  1877,  winning  both  the  first  college  prize  and 
the  alumni  prize.  Besides  conducting  a  drug  business  he  deliv- 
ered lectures  before  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  and 
the  Women's  Medical  College,  later  becoming  a  member  of 
the  faculty  of  his  alma  mater,  the  Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy. In  this  position  he  has  devoted  much  energy  to  im- 
pressing upon  his  students  the  value  of  a  thorough  mastery 
of  business  detail  and  practical  drug  store  work.  In  a  bio- 
graphical sketch  it  would  be  difficult  to  name  the  predomi- 
nating characteristics  of  Professor  Hynson's  personality,  but 
his  versatility  aud  interest  in  the  progress  of  pharmacy  are 
reflected  in  the  many  papers  he  has  each  year  presented  to 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  other  organiza- 
tions with  which  he  is  affiliated. 


Sir  Robert  Ball,  in  an  address  on  "Modem  Views  of  the 
Origiu  of  the  Earth"  at  the  University  College,  London,  re- 
cently, said  that  the  general  truth  of  the  nebular  theory  of  the 
origin  of  the  earth  was  becoming  more  aud  more  firmly 
aocei)ted  every  day.  The  great  difficulty  about  it  was  the 
enormous  periods  of  times  they  were 
called  upon  to  consider.  They  could  look 
through  the  universe  and  see  objects  here 
and  there  which  exhibited  various  phases 
through  which  our  own  s.rstem  had  gone 
in  its  transformation  from  the  original 
fire  mist  to  the  form  in  which  they  now 
had  it.  The  existence  of  the  whole  hu- 
man race  was  but  a  flutter  compared  to 
the  stupendous  periods  which  geology 
opened  up  to  their  vista. 

The  fire  mists  flattened  dovvu  and  con- 
tracted and  began  to  revolve,  and  then  tC 
lake  spiral  form.  In  the  central  part  of 
the  spiral  nebulae  the  suu  formed.  It 
was  now  generally  believed  that  the  sun 
and  the  earth  all  formed  part  of  a  spiral 
uelmlae. 

The  theory  of  Dr.  Herman  Swoboda.  a 
noted  Viennese  physician,  that  all  men 
suffer  from  physical  exhaustion  at  regu-  ■ 
larl.v  recurrent  periods  of  23  days,  or 
multiples  thereof,  and  that  nearly  all 
natural  deaths  occur  at  one  of  these  crit- 
ical periods,  is  attracting  much  attention 
in   I^ondon. 

Dr.  Swoboda  says  that  men  suffer  one 
of  these  "bad  days''  without  having  com- 
mitted any  excess  of  any  kind.  A  "bad 
day"  comes  to  a  man  without  any  appre- 
ciable external  cause.  He  may  suffer 
fiom  headache,  palpitation  of  the  heart,  indigestion,  nervous 
excitability  or  lassitude.  An  eminent  London  specialist  says 
Dr.  Swoboda's  theory  is  consistent  with  his  own  experience 
and  observation. 

"Is  he  given  to  blowing  his  own  horn;" 
"Oh.  no.    He  has  a  chauffeur." 


A  substitute  for  oyster  shells,  ground,  for  stimulating 
the  egg-laying  proclivities  of  the  American  hen,  is  being  sought 
by  Prof.  J.  G.  Halpin,  of  one  of  the  departments  of  the 
University  of  Michigan,  and  Dr.  Alfred  C.  Lane,  head  of  the 
geological  survey. 


A  rubber  ball  weighing  lllS  pounds,  the  biggest  in  the 
world,  was  shown  in  the  window  of  a  rubber  company  in 
Broadway,  New  York,  recently,  on  its  way  to  the  first  rubber 
exhibition  in  London.  It  had  been  exhibited  previously  in 
Para.  It  was  prepared  by  the  rubber  cutter  Henrique  I.  Dos 
Santos  and  his  two  sons,  both  under  age,  and  they  used  SOO 
bottles  or  1860  pounds  of  rubber  juice  or  milk  to  make  the 
prize  ball.     Dos  Santos  and  his  boys  are  experts  and  work  in 


The  absent-minded  professor  returned  home  one  evening, 
and.  after  ringing  his  front  doorbell  for  some  time  to  no  effect, 
heard  the  maid's  voice  from  the  second-story  window :  "The 
professor  is  not  in." 

"All  right."  quietly  answered  the  professor;  "I'll  call  again." 
And  he  hobbled  down  the  stone  steps. — June  Lippincott's. 


Among  the  German  Crown  Prince's  most  treasured  posses- 
sions is  a  scrapbook  containing  over  a  thousand  pages  oi 
adverse    newspaper   criticism.      The    first    .500    pages    are    in- 


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[May  27,  1909 


scribed  with  a  gold  lettered  heading  "I  hope  I  am  not  like 
this !"  Some  of  t!ie  most  outspoken  comments,  says  the 
Gentlewoman,  are  accompanied  by  marginal  notes  in  the 
Prince's  own  handwriting — such  as  "the  enemy's  voice  is  no 
less  interesting  than  the  friend's." 

The  second  and  third  parts  of  the  book  deal  respectively 
with  the  Crown  Princess,  her  children  and  the  Grand  Duchess 
Anastasia,  the  Princess'  mother.  This  volume  is  considered 
of  too  private  a  nature  to  be  available  to  all  and  sundry, 
so  it  is  sealed  by  a  massive  lock,  keys  of  which  are  possessed 
only  by  the  Crown  Prince  and  his  wife. 


Dr.  Fox :  "Now,  my  dear  sir,  I  can't  cure  ,vou  unless  you 
promise  to  do  everything  I  tell  you." 

Mr.  Sickleigh  :     "I  t>romise." 

Dr.  Fox :  "Good  !  Now,  first  of  all,  pav  me  mv  last  year's 
bill." 


Someone  has  well  said  that  "advertising  should  contain  little 
black  matter,  more  white  matter,  but  a  great  deal  of  gray 
matter."  It  is  pathetic  to  see  how  many  advertisers  crowd 
their  space  in  order  to  economize,  not  realizing  that  less  text, 
more  display,  and  selected  material  will  "pull"  infinitely  more. 


Judge — What?     Aren't  you  the  man  I  let  off  yesterday  on 
your  promise  to  keep  sober? 

Prisoner — Yes,  your  honor.     I  celebrated  the  event. 


A  feature  of  a  recent  convention  in  New  York  was  some 
interesting  information  about  the  oyster  industry.  Said  A.  F. 
Merrill,  of  this  city,  president  of  the  National  Oystermen's 
Association  : 

"During  all  the  investigations  at  Washington  of  oysters 
from  the  Gulf  of  Mexico  to  the  State  of  Massachusetts,  the 
oysters  which  carried  the  best,  had  the  best  flavor  and  showed 
the  best  condition  at  the  end  of  the  long  journeys,  came  from 
within  a  radius  of  100  miles  of  New  York. 

"In  rovind  numbers  there  were  handled  in  the  State  of  New 
York  last  year  4,000,000,000  bushels  of  oysters,  valued  at 
$5,275,000,  and  the  total  amount  of  money  invested  in  the 
industry  is  estimated  at  $10,000,000. 

"In  1875  there  was  shipped  by  one  concern  to  California, 
3250  barrels  of  oysters.  In  1007  there  was  shipped  by  the 
same  concern  to  California  66,000  barrels  of  oysters.  The 
greater  portion  of  this  seed  came  from  Long  Island  Sound, 
whereas  formerly  they  were  caught  in  Staten  Island  Sound." 


Mrs.  Jones — And  she  told  me  not  to  mention  it  to  a  living 
being. 

Mr.  Jones — Huh !    And  you  tell  it  to  me. 

Mrs.  Jones — Yes.     She  said  nothing  about  dead  ones. 


Consul  General  William  H.  Michael,  of  Calcutta,  reports 
that  there  are  eight  paper  mills  in  operation  in  British  India, 
and  that  most  of  the  white  and  blue  foolscap  and  much  of  the 
blotting  paper,  note  paper  and  envelopes  used  in  the  govern- 
ment offices  are  obtained  from  the  Indian  mills.  Nevertheless, 
the  native  mills  produce  only  about  one-third  of  the  entire 
amount  consumed,  and  this  in  spite  of  the  fact  that  India  has 
better  and  cheaper  raw  materials  than  most  paper  manufac- 
turing countries. 


The  fellow  who  brags  of  his  college 
And  all  his  great  learning's  a  bore ; 

The  man  who  is  "proud  of  his  knowledge" 
Is  badly  in  need  of  some  more. 


Considerable  surprise  and  great  interest  have  been  caused 
throughout  England  by  the  discovery  in  Cornwall  of  large 
quantities  of  pitchblende,  from  which  radium  is  produced,  after 
the  extraction  of  uranium,  says  the  Boston  Globe.  Here- 
tofore the  tailings  from  the  Cornwall  mines  have  been  regarded 
as  useless,  but  it  has  recently  been  found  that  the  residuum 
is  the  mother  of  radium. 

Pitchblende  ore  is  chiefly  obtained  in  the  Erz-Gebirge,  in 
Bohemia,  and  so  valuable  are  the  finds  that  the  Austrian  Gov- 
ernment has  prohibited  further  exportation  from  that  countr.v. 

The  process  of  extracting  radium  from  the  ore  is  extremely 
tedious  and  expensive,  tons  of  pitchblende  yielding  only  the 
minutest  quantity  of  the  precious  metal,  which  is  theoretically 
worth  $30,000,000  a  pound.     The  total  world  production  thus 


far  has  not  equalled  one  grain,  or  l-480th  of  a  pound.  To  be 
appreciably  cheaper  it  must  be  derived  from  uranium  minerals, 
when  obtainable  in  large  quantities  from  surface  deposits.  The 
Cornish  mines  are  already  fitted  with  machinery  for  the  treat- 
ment of  the  residuum  as  ore,  and  the  company  contemplates  the 
treatment  of  pitchblende. 


"I  believe  in  sticking  to  my  job,"  remarked  the  sheet  of 
fly-paper  complacetitly. 

"I  don't,"  retorted  the  glass  graduate,  "my  theory  is  to  have 
a  rattling  good  i  ime,  so  here  goes !"  and  he  took  a  header  into 
the  stone  sink. 


A  society  having  for  its  purpose  the  extermination  of  such 
rich  land  owners  and  merchants  as  have  incurred  the  enmity 
of  its  members  has  been  formed  at  Manzanillo,  Mexico.  When 
the  death  of  a  person  has  been  determined  upon  the  members 
meet,  and  from  a  basket  of  lemons  each  takes  one  in  turn  until 
a  marked  lemon  is  taken  out.  The  man  who  draws  this  lemon 
is  the  one  to  slay  the  selected  victim.  The  lemon  is  then  sent 
to  the  doomed  person  as  a  notice  that  he  is  to  die.  Com- 
missario  Politico  Nicasia  Gonzales,  of  the  town  of  San  Jos6 
del  Gonzales,  was  the  first  victim  of  the  society.  Juan  Chacar 
Ria  has  been  arrested  as  his  assassin. 


"I'm  two  edged,"  bragged  the  spatula. 

"And  a  dull  proposition  at  all,"  sneered  the  lance. 


"Did  you  ever  meet  any  one  more  conceited  than  Bragg  is?" 
"Well,   there's   one   thing  about   him.     He   certainly   has  a 
loyal  tongue." 
"Loyal   tongue?" 
"Yes.     It's  always  saying  nice  things  about  its  owner." 


Some  clerks  appear  to  believe  that  they  can  increase  their 
pharmaceutical  knowledge  b.v  studying  the  "form  sheets"  of 
horse  racing. 


One  of  the  most  curious  instances  of  longevity  is  found  in 
Miss  Louisa  Courtenay's  "Notes  of  an  Octogenarian,"  says  the 
Denver  News  Times.  A  witness  in  a  will  case  in  which  Bellen- 
den-Ker,  the  great  English  conveyancer,  was  engaged,  waa 
asked  if  he  had  any  brothers  or  sisters.  He  replied  that  he 
had  one  brother  who  died  150  years  ago.  The  Court  ex- 
pressed incredulity  and  documentary  evidence  was  produced  in 
support  of  the  statement. 

This  showed  that  the  witness'  father,  who  was  married  first 
at  the  age  of  19,  had  a  son  who  died  in  infancy.  The  father 
married  again  at  the  age  of  75,  and  had  a  son  who  lived  to 
appear  in  the  witness  box  at  the  age  of  94,  and  made  the  above 
startling  statement, 

Friedrich  Theil,  a  peasant  of  Rauda,  in  Saxony,  whose 
leisure  hours  have  been  devoted  to  the  study  of  Greek,  Latin, 
Hebrew,  Sanskrit,  Arabic  and  Gaelic,  is  75  years  old.  He  is 
beginning  to  study  the  English  language.  Theil  is  in  corre- 
spondence with  some  of  the  leading  philologists  of  the  day. 


As  a  result  of  the  almost  bloodless  conflict  with  Spain,  the 
actual  hostilities  of  which  lasted  less  than  six  weeks,  the 
United  States  iiaid  in  1908  $3,471,157  in  pensions,  with  as- 
surance of  an  annual  increase  for  many  years  to  come,  and 
the  rolls  of  the  Pension  Oflice  today  bear  the  names  of  24,000 
pensioners,  over  19,000  of  whom  are  invalids  and  survivors  of 
this  war.  More  than  18,000  addition  claims  are  now  pending,  i 
although  the  total  of  the  Cuban  army  of  invasion  was  only 
20,000  men.  lu  1907  the  United  States  paid  in  pensions  a 
total  of  $146,000,000.  For  1908  the  appropriation  was  in- 
creased to  $151,000,000. 

In  all  the  wars  in  which  the  United  States  has  engaged 
disease  has  been  responsible  for  more  than  70  per  cent  of  the 
mortality,  more  than  one-half  of  which  could  have  easily  been 
prevented  through  organization  and  preparedness.  ] 

Preventable  di.sease,  more  than  wounds,  swells  the  pension 
lists.     Through  the  Mu.seum  of  Safety  and  Sanitation,  it  will     ' 
be  shown  how  to  lessen  this  loss.     Statistics  of  the  Pension 
Office  prove  that  if  this  unnecessary  loss  had  been  avoided  the 
saving   in   pensions    alone   would   have    paid   the   cost   of   the 
resulting  wars  every  25  years.     Aside  from  the  sorrow  of  the     i 
homes  made  desolate,  consider  the  economic  value  of  the  70     I 
per  cent  of  lives  now  uselessly  sacrificed  that  might  be  saved     1 
as  bread-winners  in  industrial  pursuits. 


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THE     PHAR.MACEUTICAL     ERA 


489 


The  Anton  Partnership. 


"By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Jeremiah  Anton  had  held  forth  at 
the  same  old  stand  for  forty  years. 
For  some  reason  or  other  he  felt 
that  the  change  in  his  local  sur- 
roundings and  the  change  in  business 
methods  generally  were  a  sort  of  per- 
sonal affront  to  himself,  and  that 
only  as  he — Jeremiah  B.  Anton — 
.stood  his  ground  and  waved  the  flag 
of  defiance  at  the  grand  march  of 
the  endless  procession  of  modem 
ideas,  did  he  prove  his  loyalty  to  his 
own  somewhat  meagre  success  of 
earlier  years. 

Business  was  not  even  what  it 
used  to  be.  however,  and  that  fact 
coupled  with  the  scarcity  of  satis- 
factory help  caused  Juliet  Anton  to  enter  her  name  as  a 
student  of  pharmacy.  In  this  decision  she  received  no 
parental  encouragement,  neither  did  she  meet  any  special  oppo- 
sition. Having  inherited  her  father's  temperament  of  dogged 
persistence  together  with  his  native  love  for  the  business,  she 
pursued  the  course  she  had  undertaken  with  studious 
earnestness. 

In  the  meantime  clerks  came  and  went  and  Jeremiah  Anton 
found  himself  taking  his  meals  in  his  store  with  irritating 
frequenc.v.  Sam.  the  errand  boy,  was  the  only  one  who 
seemed  to  stay  "put"  with  Anton,  and  even  he  referred  non- 
chalantly to  his  employer  as  "The  Headsman,"  "The  Exe- 
cutioner" and  "The  Annihilator"  when  that  worthy  was  well 
out  of  hearing.  Sometimes  Sam  was  at  a  loss  to  understand 
his  own  long  and  uninterrupted  term  of  favor,  but  he  had 
a  theor.v.  up  to  which  he  lived  with  praiseworth.v  diligence. 
This  theory  consisted  in  never  doing  anything  unless  specific- 
ally directed  to  do  so,  and  then  in  doing  his  level  best  and  that 
without  any  unnecessary  delay.  He  had  learned  some  lessons 
by  watching  his  superiors  in  ofiice  come  and  go.  Sam  stayed. 
There  was  Albright,  for  example,  who  had  come  highly 
recommended  and  he  certainly  was  brimful  of  enthusiasm. 
He  was  chock  full  of  what  Anton  called  new-fangled,  fool 
ideas  and  he,  Anton — did  not  propose  to  be  dragged  at  the 
tail  of  any  such  an  uncertain  kite.  He  had  done  business  on 
the  ground  forty  years  and  was  strenuously  opposed  to 
attempting  air-ship  methods  now. 

Albright  had  rearranged  the  contents  of  the  shelves  in  the 
Back  Room  in  what  he  considered  a  sane  and  logical  order. 
The  confusion  to  others  had  been  fairly  good  order  to  Anton 
who  had  made  room  for  new  purchases  as  occasion  demanded. 
When  he  lost  a  sale  because  he  couldn't  lay  his  hand  on  the 
article  wanted,  he  was  provoked,  and  when  the  very  next  cus- 
tomer likewise  went  out  without  having  her  simple  want 
supplied,  he  was,  in  the  graphic  but  inelegant  language  of 
Sam,  "Fit  to  be  tied." 

The  new  clerk  returned  from  supper  just  in  the  nick  of 
time  to  receive  a  somewhat  heated  statement  of  his  own 
errors  of  ommission  and  commission.  He  listened  quietly 
without  removing  his  coat,  requested  his  pay  and  departed 
with  the  parting  shot,  "As  an  annihilator  of  honest  enthusi- 
asm, Mr.  Anton,  I  hope  never  to  meet  your  equal — Good 
evening.'' 

The  next  man  found  the  stock  manufacturing  in  urgent 
need  of  attention,  but  the  working  apparatus  was  wholly 
inadequate  to  the  performance  of  good  work.  He  pointed  this 
out  gently  to  his  employer  and  received  the  assurance  that  it 
had  been  good  enough  for  him  for  40  years,  that  it  would  do 
a  while  longer,  and  that  it  was  a  deal  easier  to  call  on  new 
things  than  to  pay  for  them,  besides  much  of  the  stuff  could  be 
bought  about  as  cheaply  as  made  anyway.  The  subject  was 
dropped,  Margat  deciding  that  he  had  no  call  to  worry  about 
it  if  the  owner  did  not. 

When  he  proposed  a  regular  window  cleaning  day  with  a 
series  of  window  trims,  advertising  the  store's  Own  Specials, 
Jeremiah  Anton  expressed  fresh  disapproval  at  the  wasteful- 
ness of  time  and  goods  likely  to  be  involved,  and  declared  that 
if  people  wanted  a  liniment  or  a  tonic,  they  had  tongues  in 
their  heads  to  come  in  and  ask  for  them,  and  that  if  they 


failed  to  do  so  it  was  not  his  fault,  and  as  for  spending  a  good 
half-day  a  week  washing  and  dressing  a  window  it  was  ridicu- 
lous, and  an  idea  probably  concocted  by  a  parcel  of  folks 
who  rather  play  than  work  any  day. 

Margat  proposed  no  more  innovations.  When  the  window 
became  altogether  too  shabby,  it  was  cleaned  and  anything 
handy  put  in  to  fill  up  space.  He  did  what  came  his  way  and 
was  as  leisurely  about  it  as  possible.  "No  use  tiring  one's 
self,"  he  confided  to  Sam.  "An.vthing  I'd  propose,  he'd  kill 
from  force  of  habit.  Might  as  well  take  it  easy.  That  is  what 
he  seems  to  want  and  pay  goes  on  just  the  same."  Sam 
grinned.     He  had  heard  that  argument  before. 

It  was  the  calm  before  the  storm  and  when  the  sky  cleared, 
Margat  found  himself  hunting  for  another  place,  smarting 
from  a  sense  of  injustice  at  the  final  thought  of  the  kind  of  a 
recommendation  he  might  expect  to  receive. 

The  next  comer  was  a  popular  fellow  with  his  numberless 
friends,  to  whom  he  was  fond  of  giving  inside  prices,  and  he. 
too,  soon  lost  his  head.  Then  came  the  Smasher.  He  worked, 
Anton  said,  "like  all  possessed,"  but  a  trail  of  costlj'  breakages 
blazed  his  path.  The  smashing  of  the  second  show  case  was 
the  last  straw  that  fractured  the  none-too-patient  camel's 
back.  It  had  been  so  unnecessary  to  slam  down  the  great, 
heavy  pile  of  Sunday  newspapers  on  the  fragile  glass  surface 
as  though  it  had  been  made  of  iron. 

Anton  dined  sumptuously  off  the  ofiice  desk  for  a  week. 
Juliet  was  graduated  and  although  nothing  could  have  dragged 
the  acknowledgement  from  him,  Jeremiah  Anton  was  heartily 
glad  that  his  daughter  had  elected  to  study  pharmacy.  She 
was  daily  expected  home  and  would  doubtless  need  a  couple 
of  days  to  rest,  after  which  he'd  see  what  sort  of  mettle  she 
was  made  of. 

Contrary  to  his  expectations,  the  very  nest  morning  after 
her  arrival  she  appeared  at  the  store,  end  he  noticed  with 
admiration  with  what  quiet  confidence  she  bore  herself,  and 
observed  for  the  first  time  how  firmly  her  mouth  and  chin 
were  molded. 

"I  have  come  to  ta'k  business."  she  said.  "Are  you  willing 
to  consider  taking  a  partner.  Father?" 

Jeremiah  Anton  drew  in  his  own  bearded  chin,  and  looked 
over  his  glasses  with  astonishment. 

"I've  got  along  forty  years  without  any  partner,  and  I 
reckon  I  can  pull  along  without  one  the  rest  of  the  way.  I'm 
neither  a  chicken,  exactly,  nor  yet  in  my  dotage,  and  so  we'll 
drop  that  idea  for  good  and  all.  I  am  in  need  of  help,  however, 
and  I'll  hire  you  at  the  same  rate  I  paid  that  last  one,  the 
Smasher,  a  regular  battering  ram  he  was,  too." 

His  daughter  shook  her  head  firmly.  "I  shall  be  satisfiea 
with  whatever  interest  in  the  business  you  think  is  fair,"  she 
said,  "and  I  am  willing  to  put  in  one-half  of  Grandmother 
Anton's  legacy  to  me.  but  I  must  have  an  interest  if  I  am  to 
stay,  or  in  fact  to  come  at  all.  Dempster  across  the  Square 
is  advertising  for  a  capable,  trusty  assistant.  1  believe  I  am 
both.  He  pays  more  than  you  can  afford  to,  and  if  I  am  to 
be  merely  a  clerk  here  on  a  most  uncertain  footing,  the  propo- 
sition does  not  appeal  to  me  at  all." 

Anton  snorted  with  indignation  and  paced  impatiently  back 
and  forth. 

"What  put  such  a  crazy  notion  as  a  partnership  into  your 
head''"  he  demanded. 

•  Juliet  Anton  opened  her  hand-bag  without  a  word  and  drew 
therefrom  a  carefully  folded  paper.  When  opened  out  it  was 
about  fotir  feet  long  and  it  was  dated  some  five  years  before. 
Stepping  to  the  wall  she  hung  it  upon  the  nail  sacred  to  the 
office  calendar.  Her  astonished  parent  advanced  to  inspect 
this  strange  document. 

To  the  left  were  the  names  of  all  help  employed  in  the 
intervening  time  and  who  had  been  cither  discharged  or  who 
had  left  of  their  own  volition.  To  the  right  was  a  brief 
analysis  of  the  qualifications,  virtues  and  failings  of  each,  also 
the  real — not  the  assigned — reason  why  the  business  relation- 
ship had  been  severed. 

Sometimes  it  hit  the  employer  and  sometimes  the  employee. 
Evidently  the  writer  had  spoiled  no  story  for  relationship 
sake.  Juliet  Anton  smiled  as  she  watched  her  father  read 
line  after  line.  She  almost  wished  that  she  h.id  not  been 
quite  so  brutally  frank  in  some  cases,  but  she  knew  that  she 
had  told  the  truth.  How  good  to  her  he  had  always  been ! 
The  money  to  keep  her  in  college  had  pulled.  She  knew,  too 
well,  how  hard  it  had  been,  and  yet  he  had  spared  her  little 


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[May  27,  1909 


legacy  intact.  Bless  his  rough  ways.  He  should  have  the 
benefit  of  it  now.  even  if  it  had  to  be  forced  upon  him. 
Perhaps — 

"Well,  what  about  it?"  her  father's  tone  was  vibrant  with 
accustomed  resistance.  Had  she.  too — his  little  curly-headed 
Juliet — turned  against  him  with  the  rest ! 

The  despairing  note  of  that  tone  struck  home  to  the  girl's 
heart.  For  a  brief  moment  it  flashed  upon  her  how  a  surgeon 
must  feel,  who  for  measures  of  future  health  must  inflict 
present  suffering. 

"Father."  she  said  evenly,  "some  of  these  men  merited 
exactly  what  they  got.  Some  did  not.  Encouragement,  guid- 
ing and  a  real  personal  interest  would  have  steadied  many  of 
them.  If  you  had  takfn  pains  to  understand  them  or  had 
allowed  them  to  come  near  enough  to  understand  you,  it  might 
have  made  your  business  way  much  easier.  One  by  one  they 
were  dropped,  and  every  time  you  sent  away  a  good  man,  or 
one  in  whom  the  possibilities  for  good  existed,  you  strength- 
ened competition  against  yourself  by  weakening  your  own 
position. 

"I  do  not  propose  to  join  that  list,  nor  yet  to  be  unhappy 
in  my  chosen  work.  The  business  needs  much  new  equip- 
ment to  bring  it  up  to  date.  We  must  get  out  of  some  of  the 
deeply  worn  ruts  that  have  given  our  competitors  the  ad- 
vantage, but  it  will  take  money  and  energy  to  do  it,  and 
unless  we  are  ready  to  work  together  in  a  spirit  of  hearty 
co-operation  there  is  small  hope  of  success.  I  believe  that  the 
opportunity  is  as  good  for  us  right  here  as  for  any  retail 
druggist  in  this  city.  Let  us  go  in  together  and  develop  it.  I 
shall  be  ready  to  listen  to  the  wisdom  of  your  experience,  and 
I  shall  expect  you  to  listen  to  my  plans  for  practical  im- 
provement.    Do  I  stay?" 

There  was  a  twinkle  in  the  old  man's  eyes.  "How  much 
interest  do  you  want,  Jule?"  he  asked,  using  the  pet  name 
she  had  not  heard  for  years. 

"Whatever  you  say.  Daddy,"  she  responded  happily.  "It 
isn't  the  amount  of  my  interest  I  care  nearly  so  much  about 
as  it  is  security  for  some  of  my  pet  ideas.  I  don't  propose  to 
have  them  annihilated,  and  I  just  want  .you  to  watch  the 
bank  account  of  Jeremiah  Anton  and  Company  grow. 

"No  more  Back  Store  meals,  Daddy  mine ;  your  latest  in- 
cumbent has  come  for  keeps !" 

And  Jeremiah  Anton  passed  out  into  the  Front  Store  to 
wait  on  a  customer  who  could  have  been  taken  care  of  equally 
well  by  the  junior  clerk.  He  wanted  to  hide  the  pride  and 
delight  which  fairly  radiated  from  his  rugged  countenance. 
Juliet  was  his  own  daughter,  a  chip  of  the  old  block,  he  told 
himself,  and  he  was  no  end  proud  that  the  metal  rang  true. 


Gathering  of  the  Gods. 


"Shall  Our  Children  Become  Phai-macists?" 

Washington,  May  22. — The  May  meeting  of  Washington 
Chapter  No.  4,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  was  held  at  the  residence  of 
the  president,  Mrs.  Charles  J.  Fuhrmau,  on  the  20th.  The 
chapter  received  a  new  member,  Mrs.  Boyer.  Favorable  col- 
lection of  dues  was  reported.  "The  children  of  druggists"  was 
the  topic  of  conversation.  In  leading  the  discussion  Mrs. 
Fuhrman  was  earnest  in  expressing  her  desire  that  her  sons 
should  become  pharmacists.  She  stated  her  belief  that  by  the 
time  her  boys  should  graduate  that  present  progress  would 
have  led  to  a  realization  of  the  best  ideals  of  real  harmony  and 
professional  independence.  Other  members  voiced  their  agrees 
ment  in  this  belief.  The  frank  conference  which  followed  Mrs. 
Fuhrman's  expression  of  bright  optimism  was  of  real  value  to 
those  present  and  gave  them  a  broader  outlook  upon  the  field 
of  organization  effort.  Refreshments  were  served,  after  par- 
taking of  which  the  meeting  adjourned  subject  to  the  call  of 
the  president  for  the  purpose  of  electing  delegates  to  the 
National  convention  in  Louisville. 


Respectfully  Declined. 

Uncle  Zebulon  was  on  a  visit  to  his  nephew  in  the  big  city, 
and  the  two  had  gone  to  a  restaurant  for  dinner.  They  had 
given  their  order  and  were  waiting  for  it  to  be  filled  when  the 
younger  man,  who  had  been  glancing  at  a  paper  that  lay  on 
the  table,  said : 

"By  the  way,  uncle,  did  you  ever  have  cerebro-spinal 
meningitis?" 

"No,"  replied  Uncle  Zebulon,  after  a  few  moments'  mental 
struggle  with  the  question,  "and  I  don't  want  any.  I'd  rather 
have  fried  liver  and  bacon  any  day." — Philadelphia  Ledger. 


'By  Joel  'Blanc. 

At  the  end-  of  each  Olym- 
piad or  four  years.  Jupiter 
gathers  the  gods  around  his 
throne  on  Mount  Olympus  to 
listen  to  reports  upon  their 
labors  for  the  four  years  just 
closed.  For  each  Olympiad  he 
assigns  them  to  some  particu-  ' 
lar  field  for  investigation  and  [ 
correction. 

On  this  particular  occasion  ' 
the  gods  were  slow  to  gather  ' 
and  as  they  arrived  it  could 
be  seen  that  they  were  worn 
and  weary  and  extremely  ill- 
natured.  For  four  years  they 
had  been  on  that  planet  of 
'  discord  known  as  "The  Drug 
World." 

Icarus  was  the  only  (inc  who  smiled.  Jupiter,  noting  his 
good  nature,  remarked  that  for  once  the  wax  must  have  kept 
his  wings  on. 

"Oh,  no,"  replied  Icarus.  "I  came  up  in  the  elevator  called 
Pharmaceutical  Ethics.  It  makes  it  as  easy  to  reach  your 
Olympian  throne  as  to  ascend  to  a  convention  hall  on  the  top 
of  a  Louisville  hotel." 

After  Jupiter  called  the  meeting  to  order  with  a  new 
thunderbolt  gavel  which  Vulcan  had  just  forged  for  him, 
Venus  made  trouble  by  darting  down  the  side  of  the  mountain 
to  embrace  a  handsomely  dressed  mortal  who  was  ascending 
between  Scylla  and  Charybdis.  Vehus  was  always  looking 
for  a  new  beau.  This  one  was  named  Drummer  and  though 
he  smiled  upon  Venus,  he  could  not  escape  from  between  the 
Scylla  called  "Boss"  and  the  Charybdis  called  "Customer." 
As  they  led  Drummer  up  the  mountain  they  alternately 
pummelled  him  and  at  the  same  time  listened  to  the  fish 
stories  which  he  told  them. 

When  the  assemblage  was  at  last  in  order  Prometheus  took 
the  floor  and  announced  that  he  had  brought  a  bos  containing 
al!  the  Drug  Trade  Problems.  Prometheus  was  a  pretty  slick 
individual,  so  he  put  down  the  box  and  skipped.  When  Jupiter 
saw  the  box  he  turned  pale,  for  he  himself  had  loaded  it  and 
sent  it  to  Prometheus  as  a  punishment  for  stealing  fire  from 
the  chariot  of  the  sun.  Before  Pluto  could  get  the  box  down 
cellar  in  Hades,  Prometheus'  sister-in-law.  Pandora,  prompted 
by  a  woman's  curiosity,  opened  the  box  and  out  swarmed 
many  noxious  and  venomous  insects  and  reptiles.  Among  them 
were  Cut  Prices,  Self-Dispensing,  Best  Quantity  Discounts, 
Substitution  and  Dues  Collections.  Poor  Pandora  was  all 
stung  up  and  V.enus  was  bitten  on  the  hip  by  the  serpent  called 
Bargain.  Although  Venus  and  her  sisters  have  worn  the 
armor  called  Corsets,  ever  since  that  time.  Bargains  still 
pursue  and  sting  them.  Pandora's  Box  looked  so  much  like 
a  crate  of  vegetables  and  other  hats  that  Juno  said  the  whole 
business  was  a  trick  of  mean  man.  So  she  took  all  the 
goddesses  into  the  sun-parlor  and  organized  a  suffragette  so- 
ciety known  as  the  W.O.N.A.R.D. 

After  Neptune  had  restored  order  by  turning  the  hose  on 
Helen's  beau  P.iris,  who  was  scheming  to  be  made  an  honorary 
member  of  the  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  Morpheus  took  the  floor  and 
petitioned  the  throne  to  permit  him  to  change  his  name  some 
more.  He  said  that  he  had  no  sooner  registered  in  a  Chicago 
hotel  that  an  old  mortal  named  Bodemann  had  him  pinched 
for  peddling  dope  and  that  after  Phebeter  bailed  him  out  he 
wandered  into  Chinatown  and  was  all  smoked  up.  He  said 
that  all  his  party  had  had  trouble.  Icelus  had  gotten  into  a 
fight  with  each  of  the  seventeen,  "one  and  only  originators" 
of  the  Iceless  Soda  Fountain.  Somnus  was  mistaken  for  a 
breakfast  food  and  carted  off  to  the  Department  of  Agri- 
culture where  they  distilled  him  into  a  new  sort  of  "Imitation 
Whisky"  or  saw-dust  alcohol,  and  Oneirus  was  haled  before 
the  medical  society  for  selling  spectacles  without  an  M.D.'s 
license  because  he  tested  eyes  with  a  machine,  instead  of  with 
ten  days  of  atropin  at  four  dollars  per  day. 

"I,"  said  Bacchus,  "have  a  grievance  not  unlike  that  of 
Morpheus.      I,   too.   have   suffered   for  my  name ;   for  two  of 


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491 


them,  iu  fact.  I  landed  upon  the  mortal  plauet  in  a  province 
named  Prohibition  and  when  I  sent  my  cards  into  the  drug- 
gists they  sent  back  word  for  me  to  sneak  in  through  the  back 
door  and  keep  my  eyes  open  for  strange  beings  known  as 
'Drys'  and  a  vauderille  actress  named  Carrie  Nation.  But  the 
populace  approached  me  with  strange  winks  and  grimaces  and 
when  I  attempted  to  cheer  them  with  the  juice  of  the  grape 
a  magician  called  Magistrate  transformed  me,  first  into  a 
blind  tiger  and  then  into  a  blind  pig.  So  I  fled  to  New  York 
and  in  that  part  which  is  in  both  Europe  and  Asia  and  called 
East  Side  I  took  one  of  my  other  names,  that  of  Bromius. 
The  intoxicated  ones  of  the  populace  tried  to  swallow  me,  mis- 
taking me  for  something  called  Bracer  and  they  asked  if  my 
family  was  either  Seltzer.  Lithia  or  Caffein." 

While  Bacchus  was  still  speaking  there  was  a  chorus  of 
barks  and  yelps  from  the  rear  and  with  the  -cry  of  "Dog  fight," 
the  gods  rushed  off  to  bet  on  the  scrap.  As  might  have  been 
expected,  the  trouble  came  from  Cerberus,  that  pup  of  Pluto's. 
As  usual,  its  three  heads.  Retailer.  Wholesaler  and  Manu- 
facturer, were  quarreling  as  to  which  one  should  wag  the  tail 
named  Public.  The  fight  was  ended  when  Esculapius  and 
some  other  doctors  cut  off  the  tail  and  ran  away  with  it. 

Scarcely  had  order  been  restored  when  a  mild-eyed  Centaur 
named  Chiron  trotted  up  to  the  throne.  This  was  the  great 
physician  who  instructed  Esculapius  and  Achilles.  Said 
Chiron,  '"Great  disappointment  awaited  me  on  the  Drug 
World.  I  had  supposed  that  druggists  had  something  to  do 
with  phj'sicians  and  that  ph.vsicians  had  something  to  do  with 
prescriptions.  Great  was  my  error !  I  found  that  the  science 
of  medicine  consisted  of  tablets  and  politics  and  impossible 
surgical  operations  for  newspaper  purposes  only.  I  found 
that  the  science  of  pharmacy  was  concerned  chiefly  with  forc- 
ing the  manufacturers  to  sell  to  retailers  at  jobbers'  prices. 
and  at  the  same  time  keeping  the  wholesalers  and  manufac- 
turers from  selling  to  the  public  and  the  physicians  at  re- 
tailers' prices.  When  I  mentioned  that  there  seemed  to  be 
something  slightly  inconsistent  iu  the  science  I  was  told  that 
I  was  only  an  old  horse  and  that  I  had  best  go  and  eat  grass. 
However,  there  was  a  new  light  dawning  before  I  left.  The 
organ  of  the  National  Retail  Druggists"  Association  was  vocif- 
erously demanding  a  'Return  to  first  principles."  As  I  originated 
the  first  principles  and  as  they  consisted  of  dried  blood  of  a 
strangled  infant,  pickled  toads'  eyes,  powdered  monkey  teeth 
and  candied  lizards'  tails  and  other  infallible  simples,  I  hope 
to  see  them  incorporated  in  the  next  Pharmacopoeia  along 
with  pepsin  and  serums." 

Castor,  the  god  of  Laxatives ;  Amalthea,  the  real  discoverer 
of  malted  milk,  and  Aristaeus,  the  discoverer  of  the  process  for 
extracting  the  oil  of  olives,  had  been  appointed  a  Committee 
on  Pure  Drugs.  Jupiter  asked  for  their  report.  Aristaeus 
said  that  all  they  had  found  out  was  that  a  Pittsburg  coucern 
was  paying  for  half-page  spaces  in  the  papers  to  print  a  new 
version  of  ""Ben  Bolt."  the  refrain  of  which  was : 

"We  don't" 
"Ben  zoate." 

Amalthea  added  that  they  had '  discovered  that  some  one 
named  Wiley  was  "One  of  the  57."  Jupiter  asked  if  Wiley 
was  a  pickle.  Castor  replied  that  he  most  certainly  was  not. 
He  said  that  a  number  of  embalmers  had  endeavored  to  hand 
lemons  to  Wiley,  but  that  he  was  still  a  large  jar  of  well- 
preserved  Ginger. 

When  Castor  had  finished,  Jupiter  noticed  a  long  procession 
of  Shades  coming  from  the  cafS.  Their  spokesman  came  for- 
ward and  addressed  the  throne  thus :  "Most  High  of  the 
Enthroned !  Great  god  of  gods !  I  am  the  persimmons  of  this 
bunch.  Get  off  the  throne  and  let  me  sit  there.  We.  the 
Shades  whom  you  see  were  Earth  Members  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists, the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  National 
Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  the  Proprietary  Association 
of  America  and  the  Board  of  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia. 
We  never  had  a  joint  meeting  in  The  Drug  World,  which  the 
physicians  owned,  and  we  have  therefore  decided  to  hold  one 
right  here  and  now.  You  with  your  gods,  goddesses  and 
godlets  may  occupy  the  top  gallery  if  you  think  that" — 
But  already  the  gods  were  tumbling  over  each  other  to  get  out 
of  danger.  Apollo  slid  down  the  elevator  cables.  Saturn  hid 
behind  the  radiator  and  Jupiter  disappeared  via  the  fire- 
escape.  Only  Mars,  the  god  of  war.  remained.  He  was  used 
to  it. 


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Emulsion  of  Balsam  Fir. 

(S.  E.  M.)— Some  mouths  ago  Dr.  J.  T.  Davidson  con- 
tributed to  an  exchan.ge  the  following  formula  for  a  balsam 
of  fir  emulsion  which  he  highly  recommended.  A  stock  balsam 
mixture  consisting  of  balsam  of  fir.  1  part ;  Venice  turpentine. 
1  part,  and  olive  oil.  2  parts,  is  first  prepared.  Then  take 
of  this — 

Balsam  mixture   48      minims. 

Oil  of  wintergreen   30      minims. 

Powdered   acacia    3  .  drams. 

Spirit  of  chloroform   4      drams. 

Tartar   emetic    V2  grain. 

Diluted  hydrocyanic  acid    6      minims. 

Syrup    12      drams. 

Water,  enough  to  make 8      ounces. 

Make  an  emulsion.  The  proportion  of  balsam  mixture  may 
be  varied  somewhat  to  meet  individual  requirements. 


Carbon  TetracUoride. 

(S.  E.  M.) — Carbon  tetrachloride  which  has  come  to  the 
front  in  recent  years  as  a  solvent  and  cleaning  fluid,  may  be 
obtained  from  almost  any  jobber.  For  a  description  of  it  and 
its  properties  we  can  do  no  better  than  to  reprint  the  follow-' 
ing  notes  by  Gane  and  Webster  in  a  recent  issue  of  Drug 
Topics : 

As  found  in  commerce  it  is  a  heavy,  colorless,  transparent 
liquid,  usually  having  a  rather  objectionable  odor  due  to  the 
presence  of  sulphur  compounds  of  carbon  derived  from  the 
bisulphide  from  which  it  is  manufactured.  When  these  are 
removed  the  liquid  has  an  odor  somewhat  resembling  that  of 
chloroform.  Its  specific  gravity  is  about  1.62,  so  that  a  gallon 
of  it  will  weigh  about  13  pounds.  It  boils  at  77°  C.  (170° 
F.)  and  does  not  freeze  even  below  zero.  It  is  non-inflam- 
mable, in  fact,  the  vapor  acts  as  a  fire  extinguisher  and  it  has 
been  recommended  as  a  filler  for  the  hand  grenades  used  in 
putting  out  small  fires.  Carbon  tetrachloride  is  insoluble  in 
water,  diluted  alcohol  and  glycerin.  It  is  readily  soluble  in 
acetone,  glacial  acetic  acid,  carbolic  acid  solutions,  alcohol, 
fusel  oil.  chloroform,  carbon  bisulphide,  benzole,  ether,  aniline, 
oleic  acid,  turpentine,  kerosene  and  petroleum  oils,  and  in 
fixed  and  volatile  oils.  It  is  one  of  the  best  solvents  and  is 
used  largely  as  a  solvent  for  fats  in  laboratory  work  and  in 
the  arts,  especially  in  the  manufacture  of  oil  cake.  It  dis- 
solves oils.  fats,  resins,  some  waxes,  gutta  percha,  caout- 
chouc, cerasin,  stearic  acid,  varnishes,  paints,  asphaltum,  coal 
and  pine  tar,  pitch,  and  some  soaps.  It  may  also  be  used 
to  dissolve  certain  organic  compounds  like  menthol,  thymol, 
camphor,  salicylic  acid,  etc.  It  is  not  decomposed  by  aqueous 
caustic  alkali  nor  by  strong  acids,  but  alcoholic  caustic  alkalies 
convert  it  into  potassium  chloride  and  carbonate.  It  is  coming 
largely  into  use  as  a  solvent  for  many  of  the  so-called  varnish 
gums  "and  we  give  herewith  the  solubility  of  the  most  impor- 
tant :  Dammar,  elemi,  gutta  percha.  Venice  turpentine, 
readily  soluble  in  the  cold  ;  copal,  kauri,  softened  but  not  dis- 
solved, as  with  other  solvents ;  benzoin,  sandarac,  shellac,  in- 
soluble, but  soluble  in  a  mixture  of  equal  parts  of  alcohol 
and  carbon  tetrachloride :  anime,  dragon's  blood,  very  slightly 
soluble. 

Carbon  tetrachloride  is  used  to  some  extent  also  to  reduce 
the  inflammability  of  other  solvents.  It  is  unburnable  itself 
and  mixtures  of  turpentine  or  kerosene  with  an  equal  volume 
of  the  tetrachloride  cannot  be  ignited   under  ordinary  condi- 


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tions.  An  addition  of  60  per  cont  renders  gasoline  uninflam- 
mable at  ordinary  temperatures.  Retail  druggists  find  a  ready 
sale  for  this  substance  as  a  cleaning  agent  for  clothing  of 
various  kinds.  A  great  advantage  is  that  it  does  not  affect 
even  the  most  delicately  colored  fabrics.  The  purified  product 
has  further  been  recommended  as  a  solvent  for  use  in  disin- 
fecting the  hands  of  surgeons  prior  to  operations.  Its  pene- 
trating power  insures  thorough  disinfection,  especially  if  about 
1  per  cent  of  iodine  be  dissolved  in  the  tetrachloride  and  the 
hands  well  brushed  with  the  solution.  For  pharmaceutical 
purposes  in  general  it  may  be  used  in  place  of  chloroform, 
except  for  internal  use. 

Compound  Elixir  of  Sumbul. 

(G.  E.  D.) — According  to  the  Standard  Formulary  two 
quite  dissimilar  mixtures  are  dispensed  under  the  name  of 
"compound  elixir  of  sumbul."     You  can  take  your  choice  • 

Fluidextract  of  sumbul 2      fl.  ounces. 

Fluidextract  of  scullcap   1      fl.  ounce. 

Fluidextract  of  valerian   2      fl.  drams. 

Alcohol    1      fl.  ounce. 

Adjuvant  elixir  to  make   16      fl.  ounces. 

Purified  talcum  i,^  av.  ounce. 

Mix  the  fluidextracts  and  the  alcohol,  add  the  talcum,  shake 
well,  then  add  the  elixir,  shake  again,  and  filter.     Each  fluid- 
dram  represents  7%  grains  of  sumbul,  about  2  grains  of  scull- 
cap and  about  %  grain  of  valerian. 
(2) 

Fluidextract  of  sumbul   2  fl.  ounces. 

Alcohol    1  fl.  ounce. 

Elixir  of  ammonium  valerianate 8  fl.  ounces. 

Simple  elixir   5  fl.  ounces. 

Mix  the  flitidextract  and  alcohol,  add  the  two  elixirs,  and 
filter  through  talcum.  Each  fluiddram  represents  1  grain  of 
ammonium  valerianate  and  represents  7%  grains  of  sumbul. 

Glove  Cleaner. 

(P.  W.) — Try  one  of  the  following: 
(1) 

Curd  soap    1      ounce. 

Water    4      ounces. 

Oil  of  lemon   y„  dram. 

French   chalk    a  sufficiency. 

_  Shred  the  soap  and  dissolve  in  the  water  by  heat,  add  the 

oil   of   lemon,   and   make   into  a   stiff  paste   with   the   French 

chalk.     If  desired,  the  oil  of  lemon  and  chalk  may  be  omitted, 

and  replaced  by  finely  powdered  orris  root. 

(2) 

White   soap    4%  drams. 

Hot   water   2%  drams. 

Rub  into  a  paste  and  add. 

Solution  of  chlorinated  soda   2%  drams. 

Water  of  ammonia   20  "  minims. 

Put  the  glove  upon  the  hand  and  apply  the  paste  with  a 
piece  of  flannel,  rubbing  the  kid  from  wrist  to  tip  of  fingers. 

Heading'  an  Obscure  Prescription. 

(B.  B.  F.) — We  cannot  satisfactorily  reproduce  the  pre- 
scription you  submit,  owing  to  I  he  fact  that  it  is  faintly  writ- 
ten in  pencil.  However,  we  are  satisfied  that  the  following 
is  a  correct  solution : 

Fluidextract  of  glycyrrhiza   3  drams. 

Ammonium  chloride    vi  drams. 

Water,  enough  to  make 3  ounces. 

Directions,  one  teaspoonful  every  4  hours. 
This  prescription  closely  follows  the  type  laid  down  by 
many  authorities,  and  Hare  in  particular  (Practical  Thera- 
peutics), who  states  that  ammonium  chloride  is  preferably 
given  with  licorice  and  water  to  mask  the  taste.  Mixtures 
of  ammonium  chloride  are  frequently  employed  in  the  treat- 
ment of  bronchitis,  the  object  being  to  stimulate  the  bron- 
chial tubes  and  increase  the  volume  of  liquid  poured  out, 
thereby  easing  the  inflammation  of  the  mucous  membrane  of 
the  bronchia. 


Original  and  Selected 


SUPERNUMERARY  FORMULAS  OF  THE  NATIONAL 
FORMULARY.^ 


Viavi  Cerate. 
(W.  .T.  H.)— We 

prieiary  article. 


cannot   ;;ivo  you   ilie  formula  for   Ihc   pro- 


By  Augustus  Carrier  Taylor,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  says  :  "Medicine  appropriates  every- 
thing from  every  source  that  can  be  of  the  slightest  use  to 
au.ybody  who  is  ailing  in  any  way  or  like  to  be  ailing  from 
any  cause.  It  learned  from  a  monk  how  to  use  antimony, 
from  a  Jesuit  how  to  cure  agues,  from  a  friar  how  to  cut  for 
stone,  from  a  soldier  how  to  treat  gout,  from  a  sailor  how  to 
keep  ofl:  scurvy,  from  a  postmaster  how  to  sound  the 
eustachian  tube,  from  a  dairy  maid  how  to  prevent  small  pox, 
and  was  taught  the  use  of  lobelia  by  the  American  savage. 
It  stands  ready  today  to  accept  anything  from  any  theorist, 
from  any  empiric  who  can  make  out  a  good  case  for  his  dis- 
cover.v  or  his  remedy." 

During  one  of  the  meetings  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  'way  back  in  the  '70s,  a  speaker  alluded  to  the 
then  growing  delusion  as  the  "elixir  nuisance."  This  expres- 
sion, coming  entirely  from  the  pharmaceutical  side  of  the 
question,  meant  that  a  detail  man  from  any  one  of  the  manu- 
facturing establishments  would  capture  a  certain  number  of 
physicians  by  his  smart  logic  and  his  samples,  and  thereby 
create  a  demand  which  the  pharmacist  was  called  upon  to 
supply.  This  nuisance  grew  from  special  formula  elixirs  until 
demands  were  created  for  special  formula  syrups,  emulsions, 
solutions,  pills,  tablets  and,  worst  of  all.  mixtures  of  every 
conceivable  nature.  The  detail  man  had  taught  the  physician 
a  new  school  of  medicine,  "Price  List  Therapeutics." 

It  is  not  hard  to  show  that  the  success  of  this  nuisance  was 
due  to  two  factors,  extensive  advertising,  and  a  certain  con- 
venience to  the  physician  in  having  his  prescription  written 
and  put  up  for  him  by  a  manufacturer  who  thus  supplied  him 
with  his  materia  medica  as  well  as  with  the  therapeutics  upon 
which  it  was  to  be  applied. 

It  was  the  cupidity  of  trade  and  not  true  therapeutics  that 
caused  the  National  Formulary  to  be  published  in  1887  by  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Another  great  factor 
to  give  use  to  the  necessity  of  publishing  the  National  For- 
mulary was  the  enormous  development  of  the  United  States. 
The  vast  increase  in  population  has  brought  to  our  shores  a 
great  variety  of  people  from  every  country  in  the  world.  They 
have  brought  with  them  ideas  of  every  kind. 

You  must  expect  to  feel  the  influence  of  the  German  Pharma- 
copoeia in  a  section  settled  by  Germans;  of  the  British  Phar- 
macopa?ia  in  an  English  settlement,  and  so  of  the  Codex  where 
you  find  the  French  predominating.  These  people  are  all 
acquainted  wiih  one  or  more  preparations  authorized  by  these 
books,  and  demand  them  when  they  arrive  in  this  country. 
Demand  governs  supply.  It  is  business  for  the  pharmacist  to 
supply  that  demand.  This  has  caused  a  great  confusion  and 
duplication  of  formulas  under  different  names.  A  condition 
that  existed — not  having  a  law  to  enforce  the  adoption  of  our 
National  standard — was  responsible  for  a  great  deal  of  the 
confusion.  Since  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  has  made  the  Phar- 
macopeia and  the  National  Formulary  oflicial.  we  may  effect 
more  radical  changes  in  the  future  editions  of  these  books. 

The  first  edition  of  the  National  Formulary  contained  nearly 
500  formulas  for  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  preparations 
needed  to  supersede  the  many  private  formulas  then  in  use. 
That  committee  did  well  to  keep  the  number  down  to  500.  I 
would  have  expected  5000. 

This  book  is  to  supply  the  needs  of  physicians  and  pharma- 
cists of  this  vast  country  of  ours,  not  of  one  State,  city  or 
section  of  a  city.  In  a  recent  paper  read  before  this  branch, 
a  writer  referred  to  Comp.  Elix.  of  Tar  as  a  formula  he 
thought  should  be  dropped  because,  as  he  said,  he  had  not  had 
a  call  for  it  in  ten  years.  In  my  section,  it  is  very  popular, 
and  called  for  almost  daily.  I  mention  this  to  call  attention 
to  the  difliculty  of  selecting  what  formulas  should  be  dropped 
from  the  National  Formulary  at  the  next  revision.     But  while 

*Read  at  the  meeting  of  the  Citv  of  AVn^iliingtou  Branch  of 
the  A.Ph.A..  held  May  11,  1900. 


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studying'  this  book  during  the  U.S. P.  and  X.F.  propaganda 
work  as  carried  on  by  the  D.C.R.D.  Association.  I  have  run 
across  a  few  formulas  that  I  think  are  superfluous.  In  a  ver.v 
humble  wa.v.  I  beg  to  offer  these  few  suggestions  to  the  Re- 
vision Committee  through  the  medium  of  this  paper. 

The  first  formula  in  the  book,  Aromatic  vinegar,  I  do  not 
believe,  was  ever  prescribed  by  a  physician,  unless  it  was 
"Woodbury,  the  beauty  doctor."  I  take  the  stand  that  the 
National  Formulary  is  going  to  become  more  and  more  a  text 
book  in  the  medical  schools,  a  therapeutic  text  book,  a  book 
that  is  to  show  the  young  student  how  to  write  prescriptions 
for  combinations  of  various  remedies,  a  book  of  suggestions  on 
prescription  writing,  rather  than  a  book  of  set  prescriptions. 

If  I  am  right,  formulas  of  this  kiud  have  no  place  in  this 
book.  This  article  belongs  to  a  large  class  of  toilet  prepara- 
tions that  the  pharmacist  will  have  demands  for  from  the 
public,  and  he  must  know  how  to  prepare  them.  Possibl.v  we 
need  a  third  book — a  druggist's  receipt  book,  or  are  we  to 
continue  the  Appendix  and  relegate  all  such  formulas  to  that 
part  of  the  book?  I  favor  dividing  the  Formulary  into  two 
parts  and  designating  them  as  Parts  1  and  2. 

In  speaking  with  a  professor  of  therapeutics  in  one  of  the 
medical  schools  of  the  District  on  the  subject  of  more  attention 
being  paid  to  the  National  Formulary  in  his  branch  of  teach- 
ing, he  said :  "Simplify  the  book,  separate  the  part  you  want 
the  physician  to  know  from  that  which  is  of  no  interest  to  him. 
We  hesitate  to  give  the  medical  student  anything  more  to 
learn." 

Following  close  upon  the  formula  for  aromatic  vinegar  is 
one  for  saccharated  citric  acid.  This  is  strictly  a  pharmacist's 
working  formula,  and  belongs  in  Part  2 ;  likewise  saccharated 
tartaric  acid,  saccharated  sodium  bicarbonate,  all  of  the  fluid- 
extract,  unless  it  is  the  compound  fluidextracts  of  buchu  and 
stillingia.  cochineal  coloring,  and  a  number  of  others  through- 
out the  book. 

Compound  tincttire  of  benzoin,  TJ.S.P.,  is  a  simplified  prep- 
aration intended  to  replace  traumatic  balsam,  Turlington's 
balsam.  Friar's  balsam,  and  is  sold  as  such  in  nine-tenths  of 
the  pharmacies.  This  formula  should  be  discarded,  retaining 
the  above  names  as  synonyms  of  the  compound  tincture  of 
benzoin. 

The  N.F.  formula  for  boroglyceride  should  follow  the 
TJ.S.P.  formula  as  an  alternative  process,  and  be  dropped  from 
the  Formulary. 

Of  collodions,  we  find  four  in  the  PharmacopcEia  and  four 
in  the  Formulary.  They  should  all  be  in  the  Formulary.  This 
situation  is  continually  confronting  you  in  a  study  of  these 
two  books,  and  I  would  like  to  state  right  here  that  I  favor 
removing  all  compounds  from  the  U.S. P.  This  separation  of 
similar  formulas  in  some  cases  borders  on  a  dangerous  situa- 
tion, for  example  :  In  the  Pharmacopoeia  we  have  liquor  sodii 
arsenatis,  dose  3  minims,  a  one  per  cent  solution  of  the  dried 
salt.  In  the  Formulary  we  have  liquor  sodii  arsenatis,  Pear- 
son, just  one-tenth  as  strong.  If  necessary  to  retain  both  of 
these  formulas,  which  I  do  not  recognize  the  need  of.  they 
surely  should  be  in  the  same  book,  so  that  the  physician  can- 
not miss  being  made  aware  of  the  existence  of  both. 

Compound  decooiion  of  aloes  should  be  relegated  to  the 
Appendix  or  Part  2,  as  I  will  continue  to  call  it  throughout 
this  paper. 

The  formula  for  elixir  adjuvans,  U.S.P..  is  fluidextract  of 
licorice  1'20  cc.  to  SSO  cc.  simple  elixic.     Elixir  licorice.  N.F.. 


is  12')  cc.  fluidextract  licorice.  ST.")  cc.  simjjle  elixir.  They  are 
almost  identical,  and  one  or  the  other  could  be  dropped  without 
being   missed. 

JIust  we  continue  to  have  elixir  of  phosphate  of  iron  and 
elixir  of  pyrophosphate  of  iron,  which  are  therapeutically 
identical? 

But  that  brings  us  to  another  more  serious  confusion  of 
formulas.  We  have  in  the  Pharmacopoeia,  elixir  of  phosphate 
of  iron,  quinine,  and  strychnine  containing  1-60  gr.  strychnine 
to  the  fluiddram.  while  in  the  Formulary  we  have  elixir  of 
iron,  quinine  and  strychnine  containing  1-128  gr.  strychnine 
to  the  fluiddram.  With  this  great  variance  in  strength  of 
such  a  potent  ingredient  as  str.vchnine,  I  think  it  rather  dan- 
gerous, to  say  nothing  of  the  confusion  that  must  arise  in  the 
mind  of  the  physician  who  wishes  to  use  one  or  the  other  of 
these.  Mr.  Flemer.  as  chairman  of  one  of  the  committees  of 
the  District  of  Columbia  R.D.  Association,  has  made  some 
inquiry  among  physicians  to  determine  which  they  intend  w-hen 
writing  for  elix.  iron.  quiu.  and  strychnine,  or  elix.I.Q.  and  S.. 
and  finds  that  almost  to  a  man  they  have  wanted  the  elixir  of 
the  phosphates  of  iron,  quinine  and  strychnine.  U.S. P.  I  trust 
both  N.F.  formulas  will  be  dropped  at  the  next  revision. 

We  have  elixir  of  hypophosphites,  and  syrup  of  hypophos- 
phites.  The  solution  is  an  agreeably  flavored  preparation  con- 
taining glycerin  instead  of  sugar,  very  similar  to  the  syrup, 
but  differs  a  little  in  strength,  and  should  replace  the  elixir, 
allowing  the  latter  to  be  dropped.  I  would  make  the  same 
recommendation  as  to  compound  syrup  of  hypophosphites, 
U.S. P.,  and  compound  solution  of  hypophosphites,  N.F. 

We  have  formulas  for  solution  of  phosphorus,  dose  10 
minims,  representing  1-150  gr.  phosphorus;  spirit  of  phos- 
phorus, dose  8  minims,  representing  1-100  gr.  phosphorus,  and 
elixir  of  phosphorus,  dose  1  fluiddram,  representing  1-60  gr. 
phosphorus.  The  trouble  with  all  liquid  preparations  of  phos- 
phorus is  the  fact  that  phosphorus  soon  decomposes  and  you 
have  simply  a  solution  of  phosphoric  acid.  This  condition  is 
least  likely  to  occur  in  the  spirit  of  phosphorus.  I  recommend 
that  the  spirit  be  retained  and  that  the  other  two  formulas 
be  dropped.  A  weaker  preparation  can  be  made  extempo- 
raneously by  simply  adding  the  spirit  to  some  of  the  elixir.  Of 
the  liquid  preparations  of  pepsin,  we  have  essence  of  p  >i)sin, 
glycerite  of  pepsin,  aromatic  solution  of  pepsin,  elixir  of  pepsin, 
and  wine  of  pepsin.  The  two  solutions,  as  well  as  the  wine 
and  elixir,  are  simply  dilutions  of  the  glycerite.  In  the  case 
of  the  first  three,  some  extra  hydrochloric  acid  is  added ;  could 
we  not  direct  the  ph.ysician's  attention  more  towards  the 
glycerite,  and  let  him  form  his  prescriptions  therefrom,  thereby 
doing  away  with  these  four  unnecessar.v  formulas? 

Solution  of  strychnine  acetate,  N.F..  is  about  l-5th  of  1  per 
cent  in  strength,  while  the  British  Pharmacopoeia  gives  solu- 
tion strychnine  hydrochloride  with  a  synon.vm  "solution  of 
strychnia,''  a  one  per  cent  solution.  It  would  be  better  not 
to  have  any  oiSeial  solution  of  strychnine,  but  impress  upon 
the  physician  the  necessity  of  always  specifying  the  strength 
desired  when  writing  for  simple  solutions  of  such  strong 
remedies. 

Mistura  rhei  composita,  N.F.,  and  mistura  rhei  et  sodii, 
U.S.P.,  differ  very  little  in  combination.  We  can  get  along 
without  the  N.F.  formula. 

Syrupus  sennae  aromaticus,  N.F.,  contains  senna,  rhubarb 
and  jalap ;  syrupus  sennse  compositus,  N.F.,  contains  senna, 
rhubarb  and  frangula.     Find  which  of  these  two  is  preferred 


Group  of  Viih-crtrify  of  .V u  In 


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by  the  doctor  and  drop  the  other. 

I  submit  a  list  of  preparations  of  which  rhubarb  is  the 
important  ingredient,  and  in  most  cases  the  only  important 
ingredient :  Extract  of  rhubarb  :  fluidextract  of  rhubarb  :  tinc- 
ture of  rhubarb ;  aromatic  tincture  of  rhubarb :  aqueous  tinc- 
ture of  rhubarb :  vinous  tincture  of  rhubarb ;  tincture  of  rhu- 
barb and  gentian  :  elixir  of  rhubarb ;  elixir  of  rhubarb  and 
magnesia  acetate  :  compound  mixture  of  rhubarb ;  mixture  of 
rhubarb  and  soda ;  powder  of  rhubarb  compound ;  anisated 
powder  of  rhubarb  and  magnesia ;  compound  pills  of  rhubarb. 

I  think  at  least  half  of  these  formulas  could  be  dispensed 
with,  but  if  nothing  better,  put  most  of  them  in  Part  2. 

In  the  titles  for  the  Dermatologic  Pastes,  I  think  the  names 
of  Unna  and  Lassar  should  be  omitted ;  that  is,  instead  of 
Pasta  Ichthyoli  Unna,  it  should  read  Pasta  Ichthyoli.  The 
physician  writes  for  Unna's  Paste  or  Lassar"s  Paste,  com- 
pelling the  pharmacist  to  call  up  the  physician  to  find  out 
which  paste  is  intended. 

Syrup  of  morphine  sulphate,  N.F.,  is  not  entitled  to  a  place 
in  the  Formulary  for  the  same  reasons  that  I  gave  for  drop- 
ping the  solutions  of  strychnine. 

There  is  no  reason  for  continuing  the  formula  for  fluid- 
extract  of  cascara.  bitterless,  of  the  N.F.,  when  the  formula 
for  fluidextract  cascara,  aromatic,  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  is 
almost  identical.  The  U.S. P.  formula  contains  magnesium 
oxide  instead  of  lime  as  called  for  by  the  N.F.  formula. 

We  have  elixir  of  cascara  and  elixir  of  frangulae — a  useless 
duplication  of  formulas.  While  at  this  point.  I  would  recom- 
mend that  fluidextract  of  juglans  be  omitted  from  the  formula 
for  compound  elixir  of  cascara.  A  fortified  elixir  is  in  demand, 
but  this  will  never  be  popular  while  it  contains  juglans.  Like- 
wise elixir  of  gentian  with  tincture  of  chloride  of  iron,  and 
elixir  of  gentian  and  iron  phosphate  are  therapeutically 
identical. 

Elixir  of  coca  is  never  used.  The  doctor  writes  for  the  fluid- 
extract  or  for  cocaine.  If  he  wants  a  weaker  preparation,  he 
has  it  in  the  wine  of  coca.  U.S.P.,  or  the  aromatic  wine  of 
coca.  N.F.  I  even  think  the  N.F.  wine  of  coca  is  a  useless 
duplication.  Magendie's  solution  of  morphine :  The  fact  that 
this  solution  requires  the  addition  of  salicylic  acid  to  preserve 
it,  should  be  enough  to  condemn  the  formula.  The  hypodermic 
tablet  has  displaced  such  solutions,  and  even  if  we  need  a 
hypodermic  solution  of  morphine,  it  should  be  and  can  be 
freshly  prepared,  and  the  doctor  should  state  the  strength 
desired. 

We  have  aromatic  syrup  of  yerba  santa  and  aromatic  elixir 
of  yerba  santa — both  intended  chiefly  as  vehicles  for  quinine. 
The  syrup  disguises  the  taste  of  quinine  better  than  the  elixir, 
because  of  the  very  small  amount  of  alcohol  that  it  contains. 
That  being  the  case  I  would  discard  the  elixir. 

If  I  was  writing  a  temperance  paper.  I  would  devote  a  good 
deal  of  time  to  the  wine  of  beef  and  wine  of  beef  and  iron, 
both  convenient  tipples  and  that  is  all. 

A  thing  that  often  occurs  to  me  when  preparing  N.F.  prep- 
arations is  the  need  for  better  vehicles.  I  believe  this  point 
needs  close  observation  during  the  next  revision ;  I  believe 
we  need  a  class  of  preparations  to  be  designated  as  vehicles. 


TJ.S.P.  AND  N.F.  PKOPAGANDA  RUN  MAD.* 

By  A.  0.  Kaczoroski,  Ph.G. 

After  considering  all  that  has  been  said  and  done  in  reference 
to  this  much  vaunted  Propaganda  work,  I  am  prompted  to  take 
issue  with  those  who  look  upon  it  as  a  panacea  for  everything 
that  is  wrong  in  the  drug  business  at  the  present  time._  In 
taking  up  this  discussion,  I  do  not  wish  to  speak  disparingly 
of  any  individual  or  set  of  individuals,  because  I  believe  that 
those  "who  have  taken  part  in  the  work  have  done  their  best, 
but  I  simply  wish  to  point  out  to  the  advocates  of  this  work 
the  absolute  fallacy,  impracticability  and  injustice  of  the 
entire  methods  pursued  and  ultimate  object  aimed  at. 

Before  entering  into  the  discussion  proper,  however.  I  want 
to  say  that  there  is  one  great  fault  with  druggists,  and  that  is 
they  are  too  prone  to  follow  a  few  leaders  who  happen  to  stand 
higii  in  association  matters,  and  they  do  not  give  their  indi- 
vidual thought  to  subjects  which  come  up  for  consideration. 
In  other  words,  they  allow  a  few  individuals  to  do  their  think- 
ing and  to  execute  matters  in  which,  perhaps,  a  great  many  do 


*Read    before    the    Louisiana    Pharmaceutical    Association 
New  Orleans,  May  11-14,  1900. 


not  concur,  and  simply  because  they  will  allow  themselves  to  i 
be  led.  Now  this  does  not  only  apply  to  propaganda  work,  but 
to  everything  pertaining  to  association  matters,  and  particu- 
larly as  applies  to  the  workings  of  this  association.  In  other 
words,  gentlemen,  have  an  opinion  of  .vour  own,  and  do  not 
allow  yourselves  to  be  led  by  others,  unless  you  really  believe 
as  they  do.  If  you  would  only  practice  this  doctrine  of  think- 
ing, speaking  and  acting  for  yourselves,  I  predict  that  we 
would  have  a  greater,  more  influential  and  better  association 
than  you  have  ever  dreamed  of  before. 

Now,  to  go  back  to  the  subject  matter  of  this  paper,  I 
want  to  say  that  there  are  three  fundamental  reasons  why  the 
propaganda  work  cannot  be  successful.  In  the  first  place. 
gentlemen,  you  must  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that  doctors  are 
constituted  the  same  as  anybody  else,  and,  therefore,  do  not  like 
to  be  told  what  they  should  do  and  what  they  should  use  in  the 
practice  of  their  profession,  any  more  than  you  would  like  for 
them  to  tell  you  how  to  conduct  your  business.  This  being 
the  case,  I  hold  to  the  opinion  that  you  cannot  expect  to  go  to 
physicians  who  have  been  practicing  medicine  for  years  and 
get  them  to  take  up  the  study  of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.  and 
familiarize  themselves  with  something  which  should  have  been 
taught  to  them  as  students.  Do  not  lose  sight  of  the  fact  that 
doctors  are  governed  by  what  they  have  been  taught  at  college, 
and  also  by  keeping  up  with  current  literature  as  obtained 
through  the  medical  journals  of  this  country  and  of  Europe ; 
that  is  the  reason  why  the  pharmaceutical  houses  spend  so 
much  money  to  introduce  their  specialties  by  ad%'ertising  in 
such  mediums.  I  claim,  therefore,  that  the  only  practical  way 
of  introducing  those  two  standard  works  to  the  medical  profes- 
sion is  by  tlie  combined  efforts  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation and  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  which 
should  see  to  it  that  these  works  are  adopted  as  text-books  by 
every  school  of  medicine  in  this  country  and  thereby  educate 
the  future  doctors  to  formulating  their  own  prescriptions.  This. 
I  say.  is  the  only  practical  way  to  proceed  with  a  work  of 
this  kind,  and  those  behind  the  scheme  should  not  try  to 
accomplish  wonders  in  a  day  by  adopting  the  plan  of  pharma- 
ceutical houses  of  detailing  the  doctors  and  only  making  a  faint 
attempt  at  accomplishing  results.  In  other  words,  tnis  work  is 
i:ot  different  from  any  other,  and  therefore  you  must  begin  at 
the  beginning  and  instill  into  the  embryonic  doctor  that  which 
.vou  think  is  right  and  which  ought  to  be  part  of  his  make-up. 

Had  this  work  been  started  ten  years  ago  in  the  manner 
I  have  described,  .vou  would  have  today  a  large  percentage  of 
practicing  physicians  following  your  plan  and  who  would  be 
thoroughly  familiar  with  it  in  every  detail.  But  instead  of 
doing  that,  .vou  rush  in  on  a  campaign  of  education  only  to 
meet  with  failure  and,  worse  yet,  to  have  your  very  motive  and 
sincerity  questioned,  as  was  done  a  short  time  ago  right  herf- 
in  this  city,  and  that  editorially  by  the  New  Orleans  Medical 
and  Surgical  Journal.  Now,  I  have  no  doubt  that  some  of 
you  will  say  that  if  the  pharmaceutical  houses  do  detail  work 
successfully,  why  can  we  not  do  it?  In  ansAver  to  the  question 
I  will  say,  because  they  are  original  in  what  they  detail,  be- 
cause .vou  have  not  gone  at  it  in  the  right  way,  and  because 
you  have  no  money  back  of  the  movement :  three  very  good, 
reasons,  I  btlieve.    So  much  for  the  introduction. 

We  now  come  to  the  next  obstacle  in  the  way  of  success,  and 
that  is  originality.  Remember,  I  said  a  moment  ago  that  the 
specialty  houses  were  successful  in  their  work  because  tbey 
were  original.  What  a  contrast  between  that  and  what  the 
propagandists  are  attempting.  You  go  to  the  doctor  and  tell 
him  that  he  should  not  prescribe  proprietary  i-emedies.  but  youi 
offer  him  instead,  as  a  substitute,  an  imitation  of  the  real 
article  which  you  condemn,  and  you  actually  expect  a  prac- 
titioner to  discard  remedies  which  he  has  used  for  .vears  with 
good  success  and  adopt  your  imitations,  just  simply  becansf' 
you  present  them. 

Now,  gentlemen,  above  all  things,  let  us  be  fair  and  just  to 
those  who  originally  devised  and  discovered  those  new  formulas 
and  give  them  credit  for  their  discovery,  the  same  as  you  would 
expect  to  receive  if  you  had  a  preparation  which  was  beins 
used  by  the  medical  profession,  but  do  not  condemn  such  renif 
dies  and  then  ask  to  have  the  same  thing  prescribed  und' i 
another  name. 

In  other  words,  the  editors  of  the  U.S.P.  and  N.F.,  with  all  j| 
due  respect  to  their  high  attainments,  should  be  original ;  tbey  !| 
should  not  rely  on  imitations  of  standard  proprietary  remedies.  | 
to  make  the  works  as  successful  as  they  would  like  to  have  I 
them.     Tou  must  either  recognize  or  ignore  those  remedies,  andjl 


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I  tell  you  that  the  physicians  will  never  ignore  or  discard 
them,  because  they  have  merit,  have  given  results  and  that  is 
what  counts  with  practitioners.  Remember,  too.  that  no  article 
is  imitated  unless  it  possesses  merit,  and  the  moment  you  imi- 
tate it  you  acknowledge  it  to  be  good. 

I  am  one  of  those  who  believe  in  giving  credit  where  credit 
belongs,  and  therefore  I  cannot  approve  of  this  propaganda 
movement  which  consists  chiefly  in  knocking  meritorious  arti- 
cles and  offering  poor  imitations  as  substitutes.  Xoii  know  as 
well  as  I  do,  that  all  those  remedies  have  come  to  sta.v,  so  have 
the  pharmaceutical  houses  with  all  their  specialties.  So  that 
in  order  to  get  the  co-operation  of  our  medical  friends  we  must 
offer  them  something  original  and  not  lay  stress  on  the  fact 
that  most  of  our  formulas  are  intended  as  substitutes  for 
standard  proprietary  remedies.  When  we  do  that  we  defeat 
the  very  object  that  we  aim  to  accomplish,  by  admitting  that 
these  very  remedies  possess  merit.  I  want  to  emphasize  the 
fact,  that  I  believe  in  the  N.F.  as  much  as  any  of  you.  but  I 
do  not  believe  in  copying  all  the  most  prominent  proprietary 
preparations  and  then  openly  boasting  of  it.  At  any  rate,  there 
is  no  limit  to  where  this  thing  will  end :  the  object  being. 
evidently,  to  imitate  any  new  preparation  which  doctors  seem 
to  take  to  and  accordingly,  to  discourage  investigation  and 
research  instead  of  encouraging  them. 

Can  it  be  possible  that  we  are  going  backward  instead  of 
fonvard,  and  becoming  imitators  instead  of  originators?  Don't 
you  know  that  this  condition  of  which  you  complain  is  a 
natural  condition  which  you  cannot  stop,  but  one  which  will 
continue  to  grow  in  spite  of  your  efforts  to  curtail  it?  Wake 
up  to  the  fact  that  we  are  doing  business  in  an  advanced  age 
and  according  to  advanced  methods,  and  do  not  expect  to  carry 
on  your  business  as  your  forefathers  did.  Do  not  be  blind  to 
the  fact,  that  as  long  as  pharmaceutical  or  specialty  houses 
continue  to  put  up  high-class  preparations  and  to  place  them 
before  the  phj-sicians  in  the  proper  way  with  their  reputation 
back  of  them,  that  preparations  will  be  very  much  in  demand, 
because  doctors  will  not  hesitate  to  specify  what  they  want, 
any  more  than  you  will  when  you  give  out  your  daily  wants. 

The  next  reason  why  you  will  not  meet  with  the  success 
you  anticipate  is.  that  while  you  have  made  a  feature  of  sub- 
stitutes for  well-known  and  largely  used  proprietary  remedies, 
your  Formulary  contains  but  an  infinitesimal  part  of  the  num- 
ber of  such  preparations  used  by  the  medical  practitioners  of 
today ;  therefore,  even  if  it  was  the  intention  of  doctors  to 
discontinue  the  use  of  all  such  remedies,  you  could  not  ofl'er 
a  substitute  for  each  and  every  one  of  these  preparations,  and 
as  a  consequence  j-our  efforts  would  only  be  in  vain.  Therefore, 
I  reiterate  what  I  have  said  before,  that  I  cannot  approve 
of  this  work,  and  in  the  name  of  justice  and  fair  play  I 
challenge  any  of  you  to  tell  me  that  those  remedies  should  not 
be  used  because  they  are  not  good,  or  not  reliable.  In  con- 
clusion. I  will  say  that  whatever  you  do.  confront  the  issue, 
but  speak  the  truth. 


Should  TTnite  Against  Enemies  of  Scientific  Progress. 

Boston.  May  22. — That  even  the  medical  profession  in 
Massachusetts  with  its  society  dating  back  for  more  than  a 
century  and  a  third,  is  not  as  strongly  organized  as  it  should 
be.  was  the  opinion  expressed  by  former  President  Charles  W. 
Eliot,  of  Harvard  University,  in  an  address  made  to  the  Med- 
ical Alumni  Association  last  night.  He  declared  that  a  strong 
need  existed  for  every  member  of  the  profession  to  organize 
and  co-operate  in  the  movement  against  persons  and  cults  who 
oppose  the  progress  of  medicine  and  surgery.  President  Eliot 
said : 

"There  are  new  obstructions  to  scientific  progress  in  medi- 
cine, new  groups  of  persons  who  actually  oppose,  and  the  pro- 
fession needs  to  work  as  one  body  against  these  opponents  of 
medical  and  surgical  progress.  This  is  often  difiicult  because 
the  opponents  are  often  called  'humanitarians.'  It  is  for  the 
medical  profession  to  show  that  the  members  composing  it  are 
the  real  humanitarians.  The  obstacles  to  scientific  progress 
must  be  subdued,  and  this  can  only  be  done  by  reaching  the 
public  through  the  channels  of  instruction." 


New  Members  of  Kings  County  Society. 
At   the   last    meeting   of    the   Kings   County    Pharmaceutical 
Society,    Clarence    S.    Abrams    and    Hyman    Friedland    were 
elected  to  membership,  and  aj^plicatious  received  from  Tracv 
E.  Clark  and  John  J.  Gillen. 


Home-made   Racks  and  Stands. 

From  his  inspection  of  dry  goods,  jewelry  and  other  stores, 
the  druggist  has  learned  that  an  almost  endless  variety  of 
novel  and  beautiful  racks  and  stands  for  the  exhibition  of 
goods  in  interiors  as  well  as  windows  may  be  purchased. 
Much  as  he  would  like  to  possess  them,  the  average  druggist 
feels  that  they  are  beyond  his  means.  However,  a  little  cheap 
material,  ingenuity  and  a  little  labor  may  produce  home-made 
substitutes  which  will  answer  every  purpose. 
Pyramid  Bases. 

As  an  aid  in  the  erection  of  pyramids  of  bottles  either  in 
windows  or  upon  counters  or  floor,  the  following  simple  con- 
trivance will  be  found  of  great  use.  From  a  good,  unwarped 
12-inch  board,  one-half  inch  in  thickness,  cut  triangles  with 
12-inch  sides.  To  keep  these  from  warping  after  being  put  to 
use.  glue  to  each  side  a  cleat  of  sufficient  length  and  one-half 
by  one-quarter  inch  thick.  The  triangular  forms  may  be 
finished  to  match  the  store  tistures  by  sand-papering  and 
staining.  Or,  they  may  be  covered  with  gold  paint  or  even 
temporarily  covered  for  each  separate  use  with  crepe  paper. 
In  the  same  way,  make  other  triangles  with  nine  and  six  inch 
sides.  To  use,  place  three  bottles  so  as  to  serve  as  legs  for 
the  largest  triangular  shelf.  Upon  this  shelf  place  three  bot- 
tles as  legs  for  the  nine-inch  triangular  shelf,  and  again  on  the 
latter  stand  three  bottles  to  support  the  smallest  or  six-inch 
triangular  shelf.  Of  course,  the  spaces  between  the  bottle 
legs  may  be  filled  with  olher  bottles  of  the  same  size,  with 
smaller  bottles,  or  with  other  goods.  Two  of  these  wood 
triangles  placed  edge  to  edge  will  form  a  diamond-shaped 
pyramid.  Three  of  them  placed  around  a  fourth  will  form  a 
three-pointed  star  pyramid  "and  so  on  in  endless  variety  aud 
size. 

For  malts,  mineral  waters  and  other  heavy,  round  bottle 
goods  a  very  firm  and  attractive  pyramid  may  be  made  by  bor- 
ing in  each  corner  of  each  triangle  a  hole  large  enough  to 
admit  the  neck  of  the  bottle  aud  thus  permit  the  triangles  to 
rest  upon  the  shoulders  of  the  bottles.  In  boring  the  holes  in 
triangles  of  various  sizes  they  should  be  so  placed  that 
when  pyramided  the  bases  of  the  second  tier  of  bottles  will 
stand  within  the  necks  of  the  first  tier  and  the  third  within 
the  seond. 

A  Mushroom  Rack. 

Take  a  10-inch  piece  of  broom-stick  or  wood  of  about  the 
same  dimensions.  Round  off  the  ends  and  sand-paper  care- 
fully. Lengthwise  around  this  stick  fasten  eight  pieces  of  one- 
eighth  inch  brass  or  coppered  iron  wire.  Do  not  use  copper 
wire.  For  appearance  sake  brass  wire  is  preferable ;  but  if  it 
is  not  procurable  use  copper-coated,  stiff  iron  wire.  If  the 
latter  cannot  be  procured,  plain  iron  wire  may  be  used  and 
gilded.  These  strips  of  wire  should  be  30  inches  long  and 
fastened  around  the  stick  at  equal  intervals  with  small  wire 
staples.  The  wires  should  extend  six  inches  beyond  one  end 
of  the  stick  and  14  inches  beyond  the  other  end.  Bend  the 
six-inch  ends  outwardi.v  in  one-quarter  circles  so  as  to  form 
feet  which  collectively  form  a  firm  stand  for  the  rack.  Bend 
the  14-inch  ends  outwardly  in  one-half  circles  and  turn  the 
points  upward  so  as  to  form  small  hooks.  Either  gild  or 
bronze  the  stick  to  match  the  wires.  Brushes,  combs,  cutlery 
and  other  light  articles  may  be  suspended  from  the  hooks 
to  produce  a  most  attractive  display.  If  considered  desirable 
the  number  of  wires  may  be  increased  until  the  stick  is  covered, 
and  by  making  them  of  different  lengths,  two  or  even  more 
tiers  of  the  hanging  arms  may  be  made.  When  not  in  use 
the  wires  may  be  turned  in  the  staples  and  brought  close 
together,  thereby  permitting  the  stand  to  be  stored  in  a  small 
sijace. 

An  Adjustable  Stand. 

-Take  a  piece  of  broom-stick  eight  inches  long  or  any  other 

length  suitable  for  the  purpose.    Take  a  disk  of  wood  one  inch 

thick   and   five   inches   in   diameter.    Fasten   the   stick   to   the 


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center  of  the  disk  with  a  single  screw  or  glue,  preferably 
both.  The  disk  forms  the  base  of  the  stand.  To  the  other 
end  of  the  stick  screw  a  washer  of  the  same  diameter  as  the 
stick.  Sandpaper  and  paint,  stain  or  gild  the  whole.  Take 
several  pieces  of  one-eighth  inch  copper  wire,  about  eight 
inches  long.  Bend  each  wire  one-quarter  of  an  inch  from  one 
end  so  as  to  form  a  square  or  right-angled  hook.  Loosen  the 
screw  in  the  washer  just  enough  to  permit  two-  or  more  wires 
being  passed  beneath  the  washer  and  the  end  of  the  stick  ; 
when  the  wires  are  properly  adjusted  tighten  the  screw  so  as 
to  hold  them  firmly  in  place.  To  hold  a  box  of  stationery 
extend  one  wire  from  one  side  of  the  stick  and  two  wires 
from  the  opposite  side,  in  such  a  manner  that  their  hook  ends 
will  be  about  four  inches  apart.  Before  tightening  the  screw 
see  that  the  distance  between  the  hook  of  the  single  wire  and 
the  hooks  of  the  other  two  wires  are  the  same  as  the  length  of 
the  box  to  be  held.  When  the  screw  is  tightened  the  box  may 
be  put  in  place  by  springing  the  hooks  over  its  upper  and 
lower  ends.  The  copper  wires  may  be  bent  so  as  to  hold  the 
exhibited  articles  at  any  desired  angle,  or  so  as  to  face  the 
glass  of  the  window  or  outside  edges  of  the  show-case.  When 
properly  adjusted  the  wire  hooks  may  be  snapped  around 
circular  or  rectangular  slabs  of  glass  or  pieces  of  cardboard 
or  wood  to  hold  them  in  horizontal  position,  thereby  forming 
small  tables  or  shelves  upon  which  small  articles  may  be 
exhibited. 

Adjustable   Shelves. 

Get  from  a  blacksmith  a  four-foot  iron  rod.  one-half  inch  in 
diameter.  For  this  make  a  heavy  base  as  follows :  Take  or 
make  a  circular  cardboard  box  or  mold,  its  inside  dimensions 
being  eight  inches  across  and  four  inches  deep.  Place  this 
mold  on  a  level  surface  and  then  swing  the  rod  above  it  so 
that  it  hangs  in  a  perfectly  perpendicular  position,  with  its 
lower  end  just  over  and  close  to  the  exact  center  of  the  bottom 
of  the  mold.  Carefully  pour  in  plaster  of  paris  paste  and 
allow  to  set  so  that  it  well  hold  the  rod  in  proper  position ; 
allow  the  base  to  become  perfectly  dry  before  moving  the  rod 
or  tearing  away  the  mold. 

Cut  six  or  more  shelves  of  the  desired  dimensions  from 
half-inch  wood,  and  preferably  in  graduated  sizes.  The  largest 
may  be  12  x  IS  inches  and  the  smallest  4x6  inches.  Across 
the  grain  of  each  of  these  shelves  glue  two  thin  cleats  to 
strengthen  and  keep  them  from  warping. 

In  the  exact  center  of  each  shelf  bore  a  hole  an  inch  in 
diameter.  Make  a  number  of  hardwood  wedges  an  inch  long 
and  tapering  from  a  sharp  edge  to  a  half  inch  base.  Slip  the 
top  of  the  iron  rod  through  the  hole  in  the  largest  shelf.  Hold 
the  shelf  at  the  desired  height  from  the  base  and  wedge  it  into 
position  with  two  of  the  wedges,  one  on  either  side  of  the 
rod  and  inside  of  the  hole.  The  wedges  should  point  upward 
and  the  shelf  be  forced  down  upon  them  by  alternately  tapping 
the  sides  with  a  hammer.  It  is  not  necessary  to  use  great 
force  in  fixing  the  wedges  because  the  weight  of  the  exhibited 
goods,  when  properly  distributed  upon  the  shelf,  will  maintain 
the  pressure  upon  the  wedges.  Above  the  first  shelf  arrange 
other  shelves  in  graduated  sizes  and  at  such  distances  apart 
as  may  be  necessary  to  admit  the  goods  to  be  exhibited.  Paint 
or  gild  the  whole  contrivance. 

With  a  single  rod  and  base  a  variation  of  the  display  may 
be  effected  by  having  circular  as  well  as  square  shelves.  An 
arm  rack  also  may  be  made  by  causing  small,  hardwood  disks 
to  take  the  place  of  shelves  and  attaching  to  them  extending 
wire  or  wooden  arms. 


A-B-C's  for  Drug  Clerks. 


Attractive  Exhibit  of  Herbs  and  Medicinal  Plants. 

Boston,  May  24. — The  show  windows  of  the  Woodward 
Drug  Company  at  102  Tremont  street  have  been  attracting 
unusual  attention  the  past  week  by  reason  of  a  most  credit- 
able and  educational  exhibit  of  herbs  and  medicinal  plants. 
The  display  included  the  plants  in  their  growing  state,  and  in 
the  commercial  form,  and  then  in  the  manufactured  state, 
either  as  a  poAvder  or  extract.  Countries  the  world  over  con- 
tributed to  the  display.  Rolls  of  sarsaparilla.  Peruvian  bark, 
cardamoms,  gum  of  benzoin,  pots  of  opium,  Ceylon  cinnamon, 
aloes  in  the  gourd,  licorice,  nux  vomica,  sage,  tansy,  hops, 
elm  bark.  The  standard  preparations  of  the  drugs  and  herbs 
as  made  by  Squibb  and  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  were  also  shown. 


G.   W.  Hastte  Win-t  the  Bra'j  jSS  Cash  "Prize. 

In  the  ERA'H  Cash  Prize  Competition  this  wetk  the  judges 
have  awarded  the  $o  Cash  Prise  in  Contest  No.  4  to  George 
W.  Hague,  of  Freeport,  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  for  his  paper  of 
suggestions  to  drug  clerks.  Mr.  Hague  has  boihd  his  ideas 
down  into  small  compass,  thereby  making  each  one  tell  its 
story  eoninnringly,  so  that  all  drug  clerks  may  at  a  glance 
easily  absorb  pointers  that  may  be  wholly  or  in  part  new  to 
them.  Every  drug  clerk  should  read  the  paper,  whether  he 
thinks  he  need  to  do  so  or  not: 


Practical  Helpful  Hints  for  Drug  Clerks. 
By  George  W.  Hague,  Freeport,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
How  may  the  drug  clerk  improve  his  position  and  at  the 
same  time  be  of  greater  service  to  his  employer?  This  ques- 
tion I  will  endeavor  to  answer,  but  not  in  the  same  old  worn- 
out  way  that  they  all  say,  "Be  honest,  be  steady,  be  faithful," 
and  a  lot  of  other  axioms  that  every  boy  ought  to  know.  We 
will  assume  that  the  clerk  is  honest,  sober,  polite  to  customers, 
of  average  ability,  and  desires  to  make  himself  more  valuable 
to  his  employer.    This  is  my  advice  : 

1.  Learn  the  location  of  every  item  in  your  employer's  store. 

2.  Learn  the  price  of  every  item  in  the  store,  so  that  you 
can  give  it  to  customers  right  off  the  reel. 

3.  Learn  the  names  of  the  customers. 

The  clerk  who  possesses  these  qualifications  to  a  greater 
degree  than  the  employer  really  holds  the  latter  at  his  mercy. 
A  clerk  with  these  qualifications  can  do  as  much  work  as  two 
salesmen.  An  employer  can  trust  his  store  to  the  clerk's  keep- 
ing without  worrying.  It  is  an  insult  to  customers  to  trade 
with  a  store  for  a  long  time  and  then  not  to  have  any  one 
enough  interested  in  them  tb  remember  their  names.  These 
are  only  a  few  of  the  good  arguments. 

Now,  next  in  importance  to  the  above,  comes  some  other 
outside  ability,  which,  does  not  in  any  way  conflict  with  what 
has  been  previously  mentioned,  and  its  importance  I  will  rate 
as  follows  : 

a.  Learning  to  speak  some  foreign  language. 

b.  To  make  attractive  displays   (windows  and  show  cases). 

c.  To  write  advertisements. 


a.  Comparatively  few  pharmacists  realize  the  value  of  con- 
trolling some  foreign  trade.  Foreigners  usually  pay  in  cash, 
seldom  ask  credit  and  want  goods  delivered.  Lastly,  they 
always  patronize  those  who  can  speak  their  language. 

b.  The  value  of  window  and  show  case  dressing  is  too  well 
known  to  reipiire  any  explanation  at  this  time. 

c.  To  be  able  to  write  advertisements  for  your  employer  will 
in  all  probability  increase  your  earning  capacity  100  per  cent. 
This  is  a  thing  very  few  can  do,  neither  clerk  nor  proprietor, 
and  if  a  clerk  can  accomplish  this,  he  will  soon  outgrow  his 
place  in  a  small  store. 

Conclusion. — There  are,  perhaps,  as  many  ungrateful  propri- 
etors as  clerks,  but  this  does  not  exonerate  the  clerk  from  doing 
his  duty.  Two  wrongs  do  not  make  a  right.  You,  as  drug 
clerks,  ought  always  to  do  your  best  work,  even  if  it  is  not 
appreciated  by  the  boss.  Some  other  druggist  is  doubtless 
watching  you.  A  clerk  might  become  lazy,  indifferent  or  care- 
less, but  he  is  hurting  himself  more  than  his  employer.  If  your 
position  does  not  suit  you,  or  if  your  employer  is  unreasonable, 
get  another  position ;  but  do  your  duty  and  fulfill  your  end  of 
the  contract  before  you  leave. 


Trouble  conquers  the  man  who  looks  for  it  fearfully.     Yet 
one  must  look  to  find  where  trouble  lies  in  order  to  overcome  it. 


Druggists  in  Legislature  Divided  on  8-Hour  Question. 

Boston,  May  24. — Druggists  in  the  Massachusetts  Legis- 
lature were  divided  the  past  week  on  the  question  of  sustain- 
ing the  Governor's  veto  of  a  bill  to  make  eight  hours  a  legal 
day's  work  for  public  employees.  Although  all  four  druggists 
are  Republicans,  as  is  the  Governor,  they  went  on  record  as 
divided  on  the  question.  Representative  Bonuey,  of  Wake- 
field, voted  to  pass  the  bill  over  the  veto,  while  Representatives 
Bouvier.  of  Fall  River,  and  Whittemore.  of  Ashland,  both 
voted  to  sustain  the  veto.  Representative  Thompson,  of  Som- 
erville,  who  is  still  on  the  sick  list,  was  absent  and  was  un- 
recorded. The  veto  was  sustained  by  a  vote  of  90  to  r26, 
although  among  the  96  in  opposition  were  not  less  thau  42 
Republicans. 


May  27,  1909] 


THE    phar:\iaceutical    era 


497 


Personal  Mention 


— Jamks  K.  I'oimkr  has  returned  to  Pittsburs  from  an  ex- 
tfusivo  triij  Soulli  and  West. 

— CiiARLKs  A.  Schilling  has  recently  opened  a  new  phar- 
macy in  Franktown  avenue,  Pittsburg. 

— S.  B.  Davis,  of  Philadelphia,  spent  a  day  with  relatives 
and  friends  at  Millville.  N.  J.,  last  week. 

— Chables  E.  Ringer,  having  sold  his  drug  store  in  Pitts- 
burg, is  rusticating  in  Texas  and  Oklahoma. 

— Db.  H.  M.  Wiielpley,  of  St.  Louis,  was  the  guest  of 
Chicago  friends  last  week,  including  Sunday. 

— J.  W.  ScoFiELD.  secretary  of  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  Chi- 
cago, is  in  Mount  Clemens,  Mich.,  for  a  short  stay. 

— Frank  Ryan,  president  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit, 
visited  the  New  York  branch  of  the  firm  last  Monday. 

— Mbs.  C.  G.  Buchta,  wife  of  the  druggist  who  recently 
located  with  J.  F.  Collins  at  Lodi,  Wis.,  has  also  moved  to 
Lodi. 

— MiEBS  BuscH,  of  Philadelphia,  spent  several  days  recently 
in  Asbury  Park,  N.  J.,  on  business  for  his  house,  Shoemaker  & 
Busch. 

— John  S.  Muth,  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  Baltimore,  re- 
turned last  week  to  his  desk  after  spending  ten  days  at 
Atlantic  City. 

— R.  R.  BoGGS,  who  looks  after  the  interests  of  Frank  M. 
Prindle  &  Co.,  in  Pennsylvania  and  vicinity,  was  a  Pittsburg 
visitor  last  week. 

— A.  F.  Menges,  druggist  at  Madison,  Wis.,  is  erecting  a 
handsome  eight-room  house  which  will  be  ready  for  occupanc.v 
by  early  summer. 

— Charles  Kaenatz,  formerly  druggist  with  the  L.  S. 
Walker  Company,  at  Almond,  Wis.,  is  again  connected  with 
the  establishment. 

— Clarence  Helland,  formerly  in  charge  of  Dr.  Helland's 
pharmacy  at  Mount  Horeb,  Wis.,  is  now  connected  with  a 
drug  store  at  Fort  Atkinson,  Wis. 

— Charles  J.  Lynn,  general  manager  and  secretary  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  has  returned  to  Indianapolis  from  one  of  his 
regular  visits  to  the  New  York  branch. 

— Luke  B.  Cueean,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  wife  spent  a 
vacation  recently  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  A.  Halloran,  of 
Rutledge  street,  Brooklyn  Borough,  this  city. 

— Geoege  M.  Keech,  for  the  past  three  years  pharmacist 
at  W.  H.  Draper's  store  in  Gouverneur,  N.  Y.,  has  accepted  a 
position  with  C.  C.  Herrick  &  Co..  at  Watertown. 

— A.  VON  Tbott,  well  known  former  druggist  of  Milwaukee, 
has  returned  to  Milwaukee  after  a  six  weeks'  visit  with  his 
son  in  Alabama.     Mr.  von  Trott  is  greatly  improved  in  health. 

— James  H.  Ai,l.\n,  president  of  this  year's  graduating 
class  of  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  has  accepted  a 
position  to  represent  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  in  North 
Carolina. 

— Mahlon  N.  Kline,  president  of  the  Smith,  Kline  & 
French  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  last  week  attended  and  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  proceedings  of  the  International  Peace 
Conference  at  Mohonk,  N.  Y. 

— Oscar  Crocker,  pharmacist  at  the  City  Drug  Store  at 
Superior,  Wis.,  has  returned  from  Spooner,  Wis.,  where  a 
house  on  his  farm  was  recently  burned.  Another  residence 
is  now  being  erected  by  Mr.  Crocker. 

— George  H.  Benkiiardt,  who  is  identified  with  the  Smith, 
Kline  &  French  Co..  of  Philadelphia,  greeted  old  friends  among 
the  physicians  who  last  week  attended  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Maryland  Medical  Society  at  Baltimore. 

— Henry  H.  Lamb,  representing  the  Michigan  Drug  Com- 
pany, while  in  West  Alexandria,  Ohio,  recently  discovered  fire 
in  a  building  adjoining  a  hotel  and  by  his  promptness  in  giv- 
ing the  alarm  prevented  a  disastrous  conflagration. 

— F.  C.  Humphries,  who  has  been  doing  special  work  for 
the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  in  Baltimore  and  other  South- 
eastern cities,  has  been  transferrt  d  to  Richmond,  Va.,  to  suc- 
ceed A.  T.  Gray,  who  is  going  into  business  for  himself. 

—  L.  L.  Walton,  of  Williamsport  :  Dr.  Charles  T.  George, 
of  Harrisburg,  and  Christopher  Koch,  of  Philadelphia,  mem- 
bers of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board, 
on  Friday  last  entertained  about  35  pharmacists  of  that  city 


at  a  luncheon  at  the  Bingham  Hotel.  The  guests  had  acted 
as  examiners  at  the  State  Board  examinations  at  the  College 
of  Pharmacy  on  that  day. 

— J.  W.  Pbyor,  of  Barneveld,  Wis.,  and  Mr.  Herris,  of 
Ilerris  Brothers,  Muskegon.  Mich.,  were  among  the  visitors 
at  the  establishment  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  last 
week,  with  headquarters  at  Manistee.  Mich.,  accompanied  Mr. 
Herris. 

— J.  K.  Lilly,  president  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co. ;  William  Scott, 
president  of  the  Daniel  Stewart  Company,  and  John  N.  Carey, 
of  the  Stewart-Carey  Glass  Manufacturing  Company,  all  of 
Indianapolis,  are  enjoying  their  annual  May  fishing  trip  at 
Lake  Wawasee. 

— Prof.  Henry  Caehartt,  head  of  the  department  of  physics 
at  the  University  of  Michigan,  has  resigned  and  the  title  of 
professor  emeritus  of  physics  has  been  bestowed  on  him.  He 
is  the  first  one  to  make  application  to  the  Carnegie  Foundation 
Fund  at  the  university. 

— William  B.  Strong,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  was  a  member  of  the  committee 
of  the  Merchants'  and  Manufacturers'  Association  of  Milwau- 
kee which  entertained  a  party  of  450  Michigan  visitors,  headed 
by  Governor  Warner,  of  Michigan. 

— F.  E.  Stewart.  M.D.,  director  of  the  scientific  depart- 
ment, and  Charles  E.  Vanderkleed,  Phar.D.,  chief  chemist  of 
the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company,  attended  the  recent  meeting  of 
the  American  Therapeutic  Society  at  New  Haven,  Conn.  Dr. 
Stewart  read  a  paper  on  the  "Standardization  of  Materia 
Medica  Products." 

— William  S.  Peaece,  retired,  of  Waukegan,  111.,  and 
wife  recently  celebrated  the  56th  anniversary  of  their  wed- 
ding, which  occurred  in  Chicago.  The  planting  of  an  arbor 
vitae  tree  was  the  feature.  Children  and  grandchildren  at- 
tended. Mr.  Pearce  is  S6,  hale  and  vigorous,  and  Mrs.  Pearce 
is  some  ten  .years  younger. 

— Miss  Helen  Ryan,  daughter  of  Frank  G,  Ryan,  of 
Detroit,  who,  with  her  father,  attended  the  commencement 
exercises  last  week  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
was  the  guest  of  10  ladies  of  Philadelphia  at  a  box  party  at 
the  Forrest  Theater.  The  hostesses  were  the  wives  of  fellow- 
graduates  with  Mr.  R.van  in  the  class  of  'S4. 

— Joseph  Healy,  manager  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company's 
New  York  branch,  has  been  elected  president  of  the  New  I'ork 
section.  Georgetown  University  Alumni  Association.  In  addi- 
tion to  being  an  alumnus  of  this  well-known  university,  Mr. 
Healy  is  also  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy and  takes  an  active  interest  in  the  New  York  section  of 
the  alumni  of  that  institution. 

— J.  Hal  Bobbitt.  president  of  the  Bobbitt  Chemical  Com- 
pany, of  Baltimore,  is  a  proud  man  these  days,  his  son,  L.  B. 
Bobbitt,  a  sophomore  in  the  Johns  Hopkins  University,  hav- 
ing won  the  $.50  prize  offered  in  the  name  of  the  International 
Arbitration  Conference  for  the  best  essay  on  international 
arbitration  by  a  student  of  an  American  college  or  university. 
The  award  and  presentation  were  made  last  week. 

— Charles  Rehfuss.  of  Philadelphia,  a  well-known  figure 
in  pharmaceutical  circles,  has  successfully  qualified  as  the 
pilot  of  the  motor  boat  Carolyn  and  expects  to  spend  his  sum- 
mer vacation  in  navigating  the  waters  of  Baruegat  Bay  in  the 
vicinity  of  Seaside  Park,  N.  J.  Other  members  of  the  same 
crew  are  "Rear-Admiral"  Samuel  B.  Davis  and  "Steward" 
Otto  Kraus,  both  prominent  Philadelphia  druggists. 

— C.  S.  McCandless.  who  has  represented  the  Crown  Cor- 
dial Company  for  many  years,  making  his  home  in  Pittsburg, 
will  move  to  Newnan,  Ga.,  after  June  1  and  give  his  entire 
attention  to  the  States  of  Georgia,  Florida  and  Alabama, 
where  he  also  has  traveled  during  the  last  1.5  years.  Afier 
two  years  of  severe  illness  from  various  kinds  of  fever  he 
hopes  to  regain  his  former  health  in  the  sunny  South. 

— William  L.  Cliffe,  of  Philadelphia,  entertained  the  fol- 
lowing alumni  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  at  a  luncheon  at 
the  Drug  Club,  of  which  he  is  the  president :  Frank  G.  Ryan, 
Detroit;  A.  L.  Ballinger,  Meadville,  Pa.;  J.  J.  Coleman, 
Wheeling,  W.  Va. :  J.  F.  Williams.  Burlington,  N.  J.-  W.  J.' 
Kell.v.  Chester,  Pa.  :  W.  H.  H.  Headley,  Bristol,  Pa. ;  A.  J. 
Wenner,  Wilkes-Barre,  Pa. ;  Joseph  Crawford,  Lansdowne. 
Pa.,  and  C.  B.  Lowe,  F.  X.  Moerk  and  W.  A.  Rumsey,  of 
Philadelphia.  All  of  these  men  who  are  prominent  figures 
in  pharmaceutical  circles,  were  fellow-members  with  Mr.  Cliffe 
of  the  class  of  '84  of  the  college  and  all  of  them  were  present 
ai  the  commencement  exercises  last  week  of  their  alma  mater. 


4.')8 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  27,  1909 


GOVERNOR  DISAPPROVES  THE  BROWN  ACT. 


Calls  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 

"a    Private    Organization"    and    is    Unwilling    to 

Entrust  it  With  a  Voice  in  Naming  Members 

of     the     State     Board     of     Pharmacy. 

Albany.  May  25. — Goveruor  Hughes  has  written  a  memo- 
randum disapproving  Assemblyman  Brown's  Pharmacy  Re- 
form Act,  which  was  passed  by  the  Legislature  last  month. 
The  effect  is  to  continue  the  present  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
in  office  for  at  least  another  year  and  jjostpone  the  enactment 
of  the  pure  drug  legislation  which  the  pharmacists  of  the  State 
have  been  trying  to  secure  for  several  years  and  which  passed 
the  Legislature  of  1908,  but  was  disapproved  by  the  Governor. 

The  disapproval  of  the  Brown  Act  comes  as  a  surprise  to 
those  who  have  watched  this  measure,  for  it  was  only  intro- 
duced after  repeated  conferences  with  the  Governor  and  his 
legal  adviser  and  was  imderstood  to  meet  all  of  his  objections. 
The  provision  to  which  the  Governor  makes  especial  objec- 
tion, it  is  imderstood,  was  inserted  with  his  approval,  if  not 
at  his  suggestion,  "to  show,*'  as  he  has  been  quoted,  that  he 
"entertained  no  personal  feeling  against  the  members  of  the 
old  board,"  or  against  other  pharmacists. 

The  memorandum  of  disapproval  is  as  follows : 

In  my  annual  message  to  the  Legislature  at  the  beginning-  of 
the  last  session  I  recommended  the  revision  of  the  laws  relating 
to  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  proptr  aniemlments  to 
secure  such  additional  restrictions  with  regard  to  the  sale  of 
drugs  as  might  be  advisable.  It  was  pointed  out  that  our 
present  system  of  .supervision  was  faulty,  and  that  wbile  it  was 
not  intended  to  criticize  the  present  members  of  the  board  it 
was  not  compatible  with  a  proper  theory  of  State  administration 
that  there  should  be  a  State  board  exercising  important  State 
powers  which  was  not  properly  accountable  to  State  authority 
and  over  the  selection  of  members  of  which  the  State  had  no 
proper   control. 

The  present  bill  provides  for  a  new  Board  of  Pharmacy  to 
consist  of  nine  examiners  to  be  designated  l)y  the  Regents  of 
the  State  University.  While  so  tar  as  examinations  and  licenses 
are  concerned  it  might  be  proper  to  have  the  board  constituted 
in  this  way.  the  advisability  of  investing  such  a  board  of  ex- 
aminers with  the  broad  powers  provided  for  in  the  bill  is  open 
to  serious  question. 

It  is  provided,  however,  that  the  first  examiners  are  to  be 
designated  from  the  members  of  the  present  board  and  that  in 
appointing  their  successors  the  appointments  by  the  Regents 
"shall  be  made  from  the  names  of  six  candidates  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Regents  by  the  Pharmaceutical  Association." 
Thus  the  powers  given  by  the  bill  are  to  be  exerciser!  by  a 
private  organization.  1  do  not  believe  in  this  policy.  Even  so 
tar  as  examinations  and  licenses  are  concerned  it  is  open  to  one 
of  the  objections  upon  which  I  disapproved  the  optometry  bill 
of  two  years  ago,  which  provided  that  the  Board  of  Examiners 
in  Optometry,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Board  of  Regents,  should 
be  selected  from  those  nominated  by  the  Optical  Society.  In 
the  light  of  this  objection  it  is  unnecessary  to  consider  the  other 
groiuids  which  have  been  urged  bv  those  who  have  opposed  the 
bill. 


he  has  since  conducted  successfully.  A  widow  survives.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  was  frequently 
honored  by  local  pharmaceutical  societies. 


OBITUARY. 


Former  President  Jacob  H.  Stein,  of  Pennsylvania 
Ph. A.,   Succumbs  After  Wife's   Death. 

RE.A.DING,  May  22. — Grieving  over  the  loss  of  his  wife,  a 
scm-in-law  and  a  brother,  all  of  whom  died  within  four  months, 
.Tacob  H.  Steiu.  Reading's  oldest  druggist,  passed  away  at 
his  home.  1407  Hill  road,  on  Monday.  His  age  was  6.3 
years. 

Mr.  Steiu  entered  Mercersburg  College  in  1860.  Some 
months  later  he  secured  a  position  in  the  drug  store  of  Dr. 
Joseph  L.  Lemberger,  at  Lebanon.  In  this  way  he  received 
much  practical  experience  in  the  business.  Later  he  attended 
Philadelphia  C.P.,  from  which  he  graduated  in  1869.  He 
was  among  the  honor  men  of  his  class. 

After  spending  several  months  traveling  through  the  West, 
he  settled  in  Reading,  in  1870,  and  two  years  later  opened 
hi.s  own  pharmacy.  At  one  time  he  owned  five  drug  stores. 
Mr.  Stein  was  president  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Ph. A.  in 
1890-91.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  A.Ph.A.  since  1S78. 
Three  daughters  survive. 


Cancer  of  Tongue  Kills  Rexall  Druggist. 
Centeali.\.  III..  May  22. — Will  J.  Blythe  is  dead  of  cancer 
of  the  tongue,  which  ailment  developed  while  he  was  attend- 
ing the  Rexall  meeting  last  August.  He  was  born  in  Pal- 
myra. 111..  June  1,6.  1860.  In  1879  he  entered  the  employ  of 
Ward  Brothers,  wholesale  druggists.  Indianapolis,  aud  in 
1881  he  bought  the  store  of  Dr.   Roberts,  iu  Centralia,  which 


Druggist's  Bride  a  Suicide. 
Washington,  May  22. — Mrs.  Violet  G.  Nelson,  who  was 
married  only  six  weeks  ago  to  Dr.  John  H.  Nelson,  a  druggist 
at  First  and  C  streets,  northwest,  gathered  her  letters  and 
other  mementoes  prized  by  her  together  last  Thursday,  burned 
them  iu  a  bath  tub  and  then  took  a  fatal  dose  of  poison. 
She  left  no  explanation.  Her  body  was  found  by  a  brother- 
in-law.  It  is  believed  her  mind  was  affected.  She  was  35 
.years  old  and  had  been  a  trained  nurse.  On  the  evening  be- 
fore her  death  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Nelson  visited  friends,  aud  at 
that  time  she  seemed  to  be  iu  excellent  spirits. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— De.  a.  H.  Roscoe,  formerly  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  died 
recently  at  his  former  home,  Goodlettsville,  aged  87. 

— Tbustbuji  H.  Bailey,  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  is  dead,  aged  61. 
Until  four  years  ago  he  was  engaged  in  the  drug  business. 

— M.  M.  Maxson.  who  for  35  years  had  conducted  a  drug 
store  at  Hudson.  Mich.,  is  dead  after  an  illness  of  less  than 
one  week.     He  was  born  in  Centerville,  N.  Y.,  in  1831. 

— Henby  James  Hayden,  a  druggist  in  Chicago  before  the 
great  fire  and  afterwards  a  pension  attorney  in  Washington, 
died  recently  aud  was  buried  at  Indianapolis.     He  was  62. 

— Mas.  Eliza  H.  Wells,  wife  of  E.  W.  Wells,  pioneer 
druggist  of  Eureka.  Cal.,  died  recently.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wells 
went  from  Pennsylvania  to  California  about  35  years  ago. 
Willard  Wells  is  their  sou. 

— Milton  Culbeetson,  traveling  salesman  for  E.  R. 
Squibb  &  Sons,  of  this  city,  was  found  dead  in  bed  recently 
iu  a  hotel  iu  Woodland,  Cal.  While  the  coroner  thought 
death  might  have  been  due  to  poison  there  was  no  reason 
given  for  suicide.  Mr.  Culbertson's  home  was  in  San  Fran- 
cisco and  he  is  highly  spoken  of  by  his  employers.  He  was 
formerly  a  city  salesman  for  Meyer  Brothers  Drug  Company 
in  St.  Louis. 


MARRIAGE  MENTIONS. 


— Guy  B.  Kinney,  representing  the  crude  drug  department 
of  the  Chicago  branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  is  to  be  married 
on  June  1. 

— Iea  Sweet,  a  former  resident  of  Big  Spring,  Wis.,  now 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Crocket,  Texas,  was  married 
recently  to  Jliss  Hortense  LeGroy,  of  Crocket. 

— B.  J.  ScHALL,  proprietary  buyer  for  Meyer  Brothers,  St. 
Louis,  and  Mrs.  Sehall,  have  announced  the  wedding  of  their 
daughter.  Miss  Leonora  Rebecca  Sehall,  to  Jeremiah  J. 
Murphy,  a  merchant  of  that  city. 

— Joseph  Cottebel,  a  well  known  young  Pittsburg  drug- 
gist, made  two  important  moves  recently.  One  was  his  mar- 
riage to  Miss  Luella  Doverspike  and  the  other  his  purchase 
of  the  Daniel  C.  Baker  pharmacy  at  Oakmont,  Pa. 

— John  Dettby,  who  graduated  with  honors  last  week  from 
the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  also  stepped  from  the 
ranks  of  single  blessedness  the  day  before  commencement. 
Mrs.  Dettry  was  formerly  a  leader  iu  the  younger  social  set 
in  Germantowu,  Philadelphia.  The  young  husband  is  assistant 
manager  in  the  pharmacy  of  Chai'les  Rehfuss. 

— Eakl  Donovan,  of  Appleton,  Wis.,  recently  a  student  iu 
the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  Marquette  University,  at  Milwau- 
kee, was  wedded  more  than  six  months  ago  to  Miss  Laura 
Hayes,  a  popular  young  lady,  also  of  Appleton,  but  the  secret 
was  kept  until  Mr.  Donovan  passed  the  examinations  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 


Kiver  Outings  of  St.  Louis  Pharmacists. 
St.  Louis,  May  24. — The  first  outing  given  by  the  Si.L. 
C.P.A.A.  was  a  boat  excursion  May  20  and  such  a  pleasant 
trip  was  enjoyed  that  arrangements  were  immediately  con- 
cluded for  a  second  and  similar  outing  June  24.  The  first 
outing  of  the  St.L.R.D.A.  will  be  a  boat  excursion  .June  6. 
L.  A.  Seitz  is  chairman  of  the  R.D.A.  entertainment  commit- 
tee. The  entertainment  committee  of  the  A. A.  is :  W.  H. 
Lament,  chairman  :  Hy.  O.  A.  Huegel,  Theod.  F.  Hageuow. 
Henry  F.  Sum.  Eugene  H.  Kurtz.  Robert  .J.  Pfeffer,  J.  C. 
Thumser,  Dr.  Otto  F.  Clauss,  Lorenz  A.  Seitz.  Charles  W. 
Stockhausen. 


May  27,  1909]  THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL     ERA  499 

LOUISIANA  STATE  PH.A.  WITHDRAWS  FROM  NA.R.D.— CONDEMNS  GOVERNOR.  ENDORSES  BOARD. 


E.    L.   MiCT.rxr;.    Natchitoches, 

Elected     Presideut     of     the     Louisiana 

State   Pharmaceutical  Association. 


An.\M    WIRTH.    New    Oi-lenns, 
Retiring     President     o£     the     Louisi:i 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 


nEO.  W.   JIcDUFF.   New  Orleans, 

Re-elected    Recording    Secretary    of   the 

Louisiana  State  Pharm.  Assc. 


Xew  Obleans,  May  22. — One  of  the  most  important  annual 
meetings  of  the  Louisiana  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
ever  held  occurred  last  week  in  the  rooms  of  the  New  Orleans 
College  of  Pharmacy,  which  had  been  decorated  for  the 
occasion.  Adam  Wirth,  the  president,  introduced  Mayor 
Martin  Behrman,  who,  on  behalf  of  the  city,  welcomed  the 
members.  A.  di  Trapani,  chairman  of  the  executive  commit- 
tee, delivered  a  response.  Speeches  were  made  by  F.  C.  God- 
bold,  president  of  the  New  Orleans  Branch  A. Ph. A. ;  Lucien 
Lyons,  representing  the  National  "Wholesale  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation ;  John  E.  Scott,  on  behalf  of  the  N.A.R.D. ;  M.  Stol- 
zcnthaler,  vice-president  of  the  Orleans  Ph. A.,  and  F.  A. 
Dicks,  of  the  N.W.D.A,  The  addresses  of  welcome  were 
answered  by  M.  Bernstein,  of  Shreveport. 

The  following  new  members  were  elected :  C.  A.  H.  Otto. 
H.  J.  Bangoras.  F.  A.  Hendricks.  G.  A.  Flash,  A.  .>L  Menen- 
dez.  Thomas  E.  Schafer,  New  Orleans ;  Ferrier  Pierre 
Blanchard.   Donaldsonville,   and   Max  Wolfson,   New  Orleans. 

The  following  were  accepted  as  delegates  from  the 
X.W.D.A. :     Lucien  E.  Lyons,  Arthur  D.  Parker.  F.  A.  Dicks. 

Addresses  were  made  by  J.  S.  McDonald,  of  the  Bell  Tele- 
phone Company,  Chicago  ;  H.  V.  Arny,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  a 
charter  member  of  the  L.S.P.A.,  and  a  communication  was 
received  from  Secretary  T.  W.  Jones,  of  the  Los  Angeles 
R.D.A..  sending  the  greetings  of  that  body. 

The  annual  report  of  President  Wirth  was  read  and  re- 
ferred to  the  following  committee :  George  V.  Claren,  M. 
Bernstein  and  Dr.  A.  Noha. 

•At  2  p.  m.  the  members  w-ere  the  guests  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.  at  their  store,  522  Common  street.  Manager  S.  G. 
Steiner,  City  Representative  A.  E.  Breslin  and  the  following 
representing  the  hosts :  C.  L.  Kerr.  F.  J.  Offer.  Henry  J. 
Gonzales,  N.  H.  Boerg.  Refreshments  were  served  by  these 
young  ladies :  Misses  Coralie  Schuber,  Grace  Barrow,  Mary 
Cannon.  Nora  Gschwing.  Bessie  Dolan,  Anita  Tesson.  Aimee 
Tesson.  Irene  .Johnson,  Katie  Kennedy.  Alma  Bartchey  and 
Irene  Discon.  Speeches  were  made  by  President  Wirth,  Mr. 
Steiner.  Mr.  Breslin  and  M.  Bernstein.  The  last  named 
gentleman,  overcome  by  the  presence  of  so  many  young 
women,  forgot  his  speech  of  thanks  and  confined  himself  to 
explaining  why  he  is  a  bachelor  and  bald. 

On  the  second  day.  Dr.  D.  Harvey  Dillon,  president  of  the 
State  Board  of  Health,  which  is  charged  with  enforcing  the 
pure  drugs  code,  outlined  the  policy  of  the  board  to 
be  one  which  will  inflict  no  hardships  on  the  drug  trade,  and 
urged  the  druggists  to  co-operate  with  the  board  in  securing 
the  enforcement  of  the  law,  particularly  in  regard  to  the  sale 
of  narcotics  except  on  a  physician's  prescription.     Dr.  Ham- 


ilton I'.  Jones,  chemist  of  the  State  Board  of  Health,  spoke 
of  the  operation  of  the  pure  drugs  code,  explaining  several 
technical   violations   for  the   information   of  the   members. 

J.  A.  Gtjidry.  chairman  of  the  committee  on  adulteration 
and  deterioration  of  drugs,  and  the  committee  on  president's 
address,  reported.  The  latter  endorsed  President  Wirth's 
suggestion  regarding  early  and  Sunday  closing,  and  recom- 
mended adopting  the  suggestion  making  members  of  2.5  years' 
standing  honorary  life  members. 

A  paper,  read  by  A.  O.  Kaczoroski  regarding  the  propa- 
ganda work,  was  discussed  at  length.  (It  appears  on  page 
494  of  this  issue  of  the  Era. — Ed.  ) 

The  executive  committee  reported  on  the  conditions  for  the 
•Vrthur  D.  Parker  prize  for  the  best  essay  on  propaganda 
work,  and  recommended  votes  of  thanks  to  I.  L.  Lyons  &  Co.. 
I'arker-Blake  Company.  Finlay,  Dicks  &  Co..  Sharp  &  Dohme, 
Eli  Lilly  Company,  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  and  the  New  Orleans 
College  of  Pharmacy. 

George  V.  Claren  reported  for  the  committee  on  trade 
interests,  and  H.  V.  Amy  read  a  paper  on  "Synthetic  and 
Natural  Perfumes." 

Luncheon  was  served  by  Sharp  &  Dohme.  at  their  store, 
I  he  firm  being  represented  by  Manager  J.  A.  Wellington,  J.  P. 
Ipser.  J.  T.  Davis,  J.  A.  Ipser,  William  Dexheimer.  Joseph 
Seeley.  Jake  Seeley,  Cornelius  Masson.  Charles  Beagle.  Harry 
Baxter.  Tom  Baxter  and  Misses  Lydia  Leroy  and  L.  Court- 
ney. Speeches  were  made  by  Messrs.  Wellington,  Wirth, 
Bernstein  and  others. 

A  smoker  at  the  New  Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy,  ar- 
ranged by  a  committee  of  which  W.  J.  Sbisa  was  chairman, 
was  an  interesting  feature.  The  following  were  on  the  pro- 
gramme :  W.  E.  Berryman.  H.  Michel.  Jack  Ryan.  J.  F.  Ross, 
Ike  Samuels.  W.  J.  Sbisa.  M.  Gonzales,  (ieorge  Krumm.  Ed. 
Fitzgerald.  Harry  White.  Joseph  Ipser,  "Billy"'  Summers, 
Chris.  Schricver,  Louis -Smith  and  others. 

On  the  third  day  the  members  and  their  friends  boarded  the 
steamer  St.  James  and  went  30  miles  up  the  Mississippi  River 
to  a  sugar  plantation,  where  the  day  was  spent  picnicking. 
The  arrangements  for  the  outing  were  in  the  hands  of  John 
E.  Scott,  chairman ;  C.  D.  Sauvinet,  George  S.  Humphreys, 
Adam  Wirth,  George  V.  Claren,  George  W.  McDuff,  J.  b! 
Baltar.  A.  di  Trapani  and  W.  J.  Sbisa. 

Two  features  of  the  day  were  games  of  base  ball  between 
the  country  and  city  members  and  between  the  married  and 
single  ladies.  The  men's  country  team  w'as  composed  of 
B.  H.  May.  Ryan  Sbisa,  Jack  Ryan,  E.  Rennyson,  .T.  Harly. 
A.  E.  Breslin,  Dr.  P.  Deverges.  J.  T.  Baltar,  L.  E.  Blanchard! 
(r    G.  Dautrey,  W.  M.  Levy,  J.  E.  Dicorte.     The  city  men's 


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[May  27,  1909 


team  was  composed  of :  J.  Vigo.  P.  C.  Weilbailier.  Irvine 
Lyons,  A.  Corgot.  A.  Diiclos.  Ed.  Dannemann,  H.  J.  Gonzales. 
J.  Lisso,  Ben  Sbisa,  George  W.  .McDuff. 

The  married  ladies'  team  was  composed  of  Mmes.  W. 
Kuhnell.  A.  Tropler.  N.  Stevens,  J.  Berry.  \V.  Mason,  J. 
Diipre,  A.  Toledauo.  J.  McCarthy,  S.  di  Trapani.  L.  di  Tra- 
pani.  A.  di  Trapani.  The  .voung  ladies'  team  was  composed 
of:  Misses  A.  DeLanzac,  J.  Moss,  M.  E.  Tesson,  G.  Szabary, 
J  Tranchina,  B.  Dolan,  Irene  Johnson.  N.  McDuff,  ,  E. 
Petagon. 

One  of  the  principal  discussions  of  the  last  day  of  the  meet- 
ing was  on  the  report  of  the  committee  on  president's  address. 
The  address  condemned  Governor  Sanders  for  disregarding  the 
recommendation  of  the  association  relative  to  the  appointment 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  A  compromise  resolution 
was  adopted  endorsing  the  new  Board  of  Pharmacy  hut  inn- 
demning  the  Governor  for  disregarding  the  recommendations 
of  the  association. 

The  association  decided  to  withdraw  from  the  X.A.R.D. 
because  of  excessive  per  capita  taxes. 

A  paper  on  "Specific  Examination  of  Water"  was  read  by 
Mr.  Lobenhofifer. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  and  committees  and 
delegates  named  :  President,  E.  L.  McClung.  of  Natchitoches  ; 
first  vice-president,  John  E.  Scott,  of  New  Orleans ;  second 
vice-president,  Joe  Baltar,  of  New  Orleans :  treasurer,  George 
S.  IJrown  (re-elected):  recording  secretar.v.  George  W. 
McDuff  (re-elected)  ;  corresponding  secretary.  J.  W.  Patter- 
son: executive  committee  (all  re-elected),  A.  di  Trapani,  C.  D. 
Sauvinet,  George  V.  Claren.  M.  Stolzenthaler  and  J.  N.  W. 
Otto :  delegates  to  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeial  Convention,  Dr. 
Philip  Asher.  F.  C.  Godbold  and  Adam  Wirth ;  alternates. 
J.  A.  Legendre,  A.  O.  Kaczoroski.  M.  T.  Breslin ;  delegates 
to  the  A^Ph.A.,  M.  Bernstein,  Dr.  Philip  Asher  and  F.  C. 
Godbold ;  delegates  to  the  N.W.D.A.,  F.  A.  Dicks,  A.  D. 
Parker  and  J.  W.  Phillips. 


NEW  ORLEANS  COLLEGE  COMMENCEMENT. 

Dean  Asher  Praises  Anti-Patent  Medicine  Crusade  of 
the  N.A.K.D. — Educational  Facilities  Increased. 

New  Orleans.  May  22. — The  ninth  annual  commencement 
of  the  New  Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy  took  place  at  Tulane 
Theater  before  a  large  audience,  including  members  of  the 
Louisiana  State  Ph.A.  Following  a  preliminary  address  of 
welcome,  Philip  Asher,  M.D.,  dean  of  the  college,  introduced 
■George  M.  Eldredge,  of  Louisiana,  who  delivered  the  saluta- 
tory for  the  graduating  class.  Regarding  the  question  of 
pharmaceutical  education.  Dean  Asher  said : 

"In  recent  ,vears  it  has  become  evident  that  the  standard 
of  pharmaceutical  education  must  be  raised ;  the  march  of 
progress  has  demanded  that  the  pharmacist  be  given  his 
proper  position  in  the  community." 

As  a  result  of  increased  attendance.  Dean  Asher  said  I  hat 
the  college  had  been  able  to  add  much  new  equipment,  and 
the  dispensary  had  been  greatly  facilitated  in  its  work.  During 
the  year  more  than  2000  prescriptions  were  filled  by  members 
of  the  senior  class.  He  applauded  the  N.A.R.D.  for  its  work 
against  the  use  of  patent  medicines  and  urged  that  the  asso- 
ciation  be   supported. 

Degrees  were  conferred  upon  the  following : 

G.  J.  Comeaux,  George  M.  Eldredge.  A.  V.  Gremilliou,  C.  Kette. 
S.  D.  Stuart,  J.  M.  Montgomery,  O.  Holloway,  A.  L.  Lamlry. 
M.  J.  Vallon,  H.  C.  Thomas,  A.  R.  Taylor.  J.  A.  Kelly,  S.  Lopez. 
J.  A.  Triche,  L.  C.  Siess,  E.  B.  Toup.  A.  Domestevez. 

Certiflcates— J.  A.  Nelson.  F.  A.  Perot,  E.  Caflero,  E.  C.  Ellzey, 
E.   Rothinghouse,  A.   L.   Frank,   N.   Parmentel,  Jr. 

Alumni  gold  medal,  presented  by  J.  R.  Angell.  to  F.  A.  Kelly, 
of  Texas:  faculty  medal,  presented  by  .Tules  Lazard,  M.D..  to 
B.  S.  Beall.  of  Mississippi:  L.S.P.A.  medal,  presented  by  Mike 
Bernstein,  to  George  M.  Eldredge,  of  Louisiana :  certiUcate  of 
membership  in  L.S.P.A.,  presented  by  Dean  Asher,  to  L.  C. 
Siess  for  scholarship. 

The  address  was  delivered  by  H.  Garland  Duprc,  Speaker 
of  the  Louisiana  House  of  Representatives.  He  declared  that 
the  pre-requisite  graduation  clause  which  the  pharmacists  last 
year  sought  to  have  incorporated  in  the  pharmacy  law.  should 
be  enacted,  and  urged  that  the  pharmacists  persist  until  the 
law  be  so  amended.  He  promised  his  assistance  in  any 
effort  tending  to  elevate  the  business  of  the  pharmacist,  which, 
he  declared  has,  in  the  eyes  of  the  world,  ceased  to  be  a  mere 
business  and  is  now  a  profession.  The  valedictory  address 
was  delivered  by  Joseph  A.  Nelson. 


BIG  CLASS  AT  PITTSBURG  UNIVERSITY  S.P. 

Dean  Whelpley,  of  St.  Louis,  Delivers  Address  and 
Chancellor  McCormick  Confers  the  Degrees. 
PiTTSBUKG,  May  22. — At  the  annual  commencement  ex- 
ercises of  the  University  of  Pittsburg  School  of  Pharmacy  at 
Carnegie  Hall,  94  young  men  and  one  young  woman  received 
diplomas  for  having  successfully  completed  the  two-year  course 
of  the  school.  Chancellor  S.  B.  McCormick.  in  his  address, 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  graduating  class  this  year 
is  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  university. 

Dr.  Henry  Milton  Whelpley,  dean  of  the  St.  Louis  College 
of  Pharmacy,  delivered  the  address  to  the  class  on  "Keep 
Abreast  of  the  Times." 

The  valedictory  was  delivered  by  Daniel  Webster  Livengood, 
who  ranked  fourth  among  the  honor  students.  The  class  roll 
was  called  by  Vice-Dean  James  H.  Beal,  and  the  degrees  were 
conferred  by  Dr.  McCormick.  Miss  Hettie  Edna  Byers,  of 
San  Francisco,  is  the  only  young  woman  graduate  of  the  class. 
The  male  members  are  : 

Graduates  in  Pharmacy — Howard  Bergert.  Clarence  Russel 
Bonar,  James  Otto  Cunningham,  Walter  Lovell  Green,  Lloyd 
Curtis  Harlan.  Samuel  Willard  Patton  and  Samuel  Sehlup.  Jr. 

Pharmaieutical  Chemists — Robert  Clifford  Hartoug,  Edward 
Monroe  Nelson  and   Albert  Ora  Stephenson. 

Certiflcates  of  Profleiency — Stanley  Foster  Caldwell,  John 
Elliott  Hamilton,  Marmaduke  Mamaux,  Joseph  Charles  Rovenskv 
and  Albert  Alvin  Wohlweod. 

Graduates — Artliur  Wayne  Aiken,  Leslie  Earl  Albert,  Howard 
,Tohu  Alexander,  William  Charles  Arnold,  Earl  Bailey,  Alfred 
Conrad  Boerner.  James  ErroU  Brown.  M.D..  Arnold  Johnston 
Burkett.  Edgar  Reed  Burns.  Robert  Franklin  Campbell,  Frank 
Patch  Carter.  Harry  Adams  Counell,  Jacob  Crantz,  Ray  Johnson 
Crowthers,  William  Daunemiller.  Willis  Curtis  Dice,  Wallie  Val- 
entine Eiler.  Jr..  John  Joseph  Eiben,  Louis  Emanuel,  Jr..  Stew- 
art Patterson  Ferner,  Frank  Fleckenstein,  John  Frank  Gra- 
bowski,  Grover  Cleveland  Garber,  Frank  Roger  Griffith,  Charles 
Jacob  Grove,  Emil  August  Grodecour,  Samuel  Joseph  Hanuum, 
Clarence  Edwin  Hartman,  Wilson  Donelson  Hartman.  Edward 
Francis  Heinrich.  James  Harrison  Henderson,  Morris  Honig- 
berg,  Leon  Horwitz.  Frank  Elton  Hulme.  Thomas  Francis  Jack- 
son, Charles  Emil  Klesliug,  C.  C.  Kuenzig,  Arthur  Benjamin 
Lawrence.  Ralph  Li|)ton,  Daniel  Webster  Livengood,  Oscar 
Hunter  Levier.  Rudolph  Alexander  Lundgren,  Ralph  Marine, 
Alfred  Russell  Marshall,  Frank  Henry  Mervis,  Halsey  Crawford 
JlcClelland.  Harry  Alexander  McGlumphy,  Charles  Clair  Osburn, 
Richard  Coulter  Osterwise,  Edmund  Thomas  Parrish,  Clarence 
LeRoy  Payne,  Harry  Wilson  Pegg,  Robert  Lee  Peel,  Harry 
Edgar  Pontius.  Edward  William  Pyfer.  Raymond  William 
Schoonover.  Saul  Seegman,  J.  Raymond  Shaub,  Isadore  Spann, 
Fred  Earl  Silvens.  Floyd  Howard  Soult,  Charles  Phillip  Sohn, 
.Tames  Sutton  Sutton,  Paul  Thomas  Squitieri.  Edgar  Allen  Swart. 
Raymond  LeRoy  Thomas.  Frank  Glenn  Thompson,  Robert 
William  Timms.  William  Edgar  Vance,  Charles  Frederick  Weyels, 
Burford  Cecil  Wiudom.  Theodore  Frelinghuysen  White,  John 
Herman  Wurdack,  Robert  Oliver  Yonng,  Harry  Andrew  Fowler, 
Chester  Merle  Raisley. 

Chancellor  McCormick  awarded  the  J.  H.  Beal  scholarship 
prize  to  .John  Herman  Murdock,  who  will  receive  the  income 
of  a  $5000  endowment. 


Commencement  of  Barnes  College. 

St.  Louis.  May  22. — The  usual  round  of  banquets  and 
class  meetings  preceded  the  annual  commencement  of  the 
Barnes  College  of  Pharmacy,  but  these  exercises  take  place 
in  connection  with  those  of  the  medical  school.  The  bacca- 
laureate address  was  by  Rev.  Dr.  William  F.  Andrews  and  the 
diplomas  were  delivered  at  the  Odeon.  Dean  Friedewald 
and  other  members  of  the  faculty  all  have  a  good  word  for 
this  class  and  each  of  those  graduated  had  a  position  waiting 
for  him.     Those  receiving  diplomas  were : 

Graduates  in  Pharmacy — Henry  A.  Altheide,  Peter  J.  Basler, 
Martin  M.  Bradley,  William  J.  Bade.  Charles  A.  Jost,  Lillian  K. 
Kohlberg,  H.  J.  Lander,  Thomas  B.  Mansfield.  Martin  Mehrle, 
Virgil  H.  Newell.  George  M.  Rinehart.  Charles  F.  Remington, 
C.  E.  Orchard,  Frederick  H.  Rosenberg,  Alex.  H.  Shore,  C.  F. 
Vornholt,  E.   B.  Windsor. 

Bachelor  in  Pharmacy — Earl  R.  Began,  Ralph  Cook,  James 
M.  Dulaney,  Frances  Catherine  Hameister,  John  Olsen,  Frederick 
Bock,  Robert  S.  Wilson. 

There  is  still  a  prospect  that  the  college  will  "become  a 
department  of  Missouri  State  University.  At  last  report,  half 
a  dozen  juniors  had  enrolled  for  next  year. 


Dinner  for  Seniors  After  Plant  Inspection. 
The  senior  class  of  the  Indiana  University  School  of  Medi- 
cine in  Indianapolis  recently  visited  the  laboratory  of  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.  A  half-day  was  spent  in  inspecting  the  plant. 
At  6  p.  m.  the  class  and  officers  of  the  faculty  were  guests  of 
Eli  Lilly  &  Co.  at  a  dinner  at  the  Claypool  Hotel. 


May  27,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


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JOINT  MEETING  IN  NEW  YORK  A  FINE  SUCCESS.      THIS  IS  NOT  COLONEL  ROOSEVELT  IN  AFRICA. 


Interesting    Papers.    Profitable    Discussions    and    Con- 
vincing- Demonstrations  Mark  the  Proceedings  at 
Academy  of  Medicine — Physicians  Recognize 
Importance    of    Propaganda    Movement. 
There    was    a    large    and    very    enthusiastic    attendance    of 
physicians  and   pharmacists  present   at   the  joint   meeting   of 
the   New   York   Cottnty   Medical   Society  and   the   New   York 
Branch     of    the     American     Pharmaceutical     Association     on 
Wednesday    evening.    May    19,    in    Hoosic    Hall,    New    York 
Academy  of  Medicine. 

The  programme  carried  out  consisted  of  papers  and  pra. 
tical  demonstrations,  all  bearing  upon  the  efficiency  and  relis 
bility   of  professional   pharmacy,   the   standard   remedies,   anH 
also    the    ability    of    the    pharmacist    to    meet    the    physician's 
demands  in  the  proper  compounding  of  reliable  drugs. 

The  first  speaker  of  the  evening  was  Dr.'  R.  A.  Hatcher. 
who  in  his  paper  entitled  "The  Sufficiency  of  the  Standard 
Remedies  for  the  Prescriber,"  reviewed  a  number  of  official 
remedies  and  compared  them  to  various  proprietaries  in  the 
same  therapeutic  class.  The  impression  of  most  physicians 
regarding  the  pharmacists  were  that  it  was  beyond  the  latter's 
domain  to  prepare  a  proper  preparation  or  any  equal  to  tbosi' 
placed  on  the  market  by  manufacturing  houses,  said  Dr. 
Hatcher,  but  it  had  been  generally  proven,  he  contended,  that 
many  preparations  of  the  pharmacists  were  superior  to  the 
vast  number  of  proprietary  remedies.  Dr.  Hatcher  stated 
that  there  was  need  of  a  careful  study  of  the  best  of  the 
standard  remedies,  but  no  necessity  for  any  more  new  ones ; 
and  he  predicted  that  the  physician  who  continued  to  use  the 
various  secrets  and  nostrums  would  finally  find  himself  out- 
distanced by  his  colleagues  who  prescribed  standard  medicines. 
Dr.  W.  A.  Bastedo  treated  the  subject  of  "The  Physician's 
Demands  of  the  Retail  Pharmacist."  and  enumerated  several, 
such  as  proper  checking,  honesty  and  an  ethical  attitude 
toward  patients.  Dr.  Bastedo  thought  that  the  medical 
student  of  today  would  come  to  appreciate  good  pharmacy  to  a 
much  greater  extent  than  his  predecessor,  as  he  was  being 
taught  the  underlying  principles  of  pharmacy  and  would 
consequently  discriminate  closer  than  when  lacking  in  this 
knowledge.  The  physician  was  glad  to  welcome  the  facilities 
of  the  pharmacist,  said  Dr.  Bastedo,  as  extemporaneous  pre- 
scribing would  expand  the  doctor's  therapeutic  skill  and 
benefit  him  in  that  direction. 

Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby,  as  drug  expert  for  the  United  States 
Government,  forcibly  brought  out  the  necessity  of  the  Pure 
Food  and  Drugs  Law  by  describing  conditions  which  existed 
before  the  enactment  of  this  law.  "The  importation  of  spu- 
rious and  adulterated  drugs,"  said  Dr.  Rusby,  "was  the  rule 
rather  than  the  exception  only  a  few  years  ago,  and  the 
pharmacist  was  not  always  to  blame  for  the  quality  of  his 
medicines  in  those  times,  as  it  was  impossible  even  for  the 
largest  manufacturers  to  get  the  drags  wanted."  A  great 
improvement  could,  however,  be  noted  in  the  quality  of  drugs 
now  being  imported,  said  Dr.  Rusby,  and  the  violators  had 
either  been  driven  out  or  reformed,  conditions  being  reversed. 
The  application  of  the  law  to  both  food  and  drugs  together 
with  the  objects  contemplated  by  its  enactment  were  inter- 
estingly but  briefly  outlined  by  Dr.  Rusby. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman  spoke  concerning  the  educational 
and  practical  requirements  demanded  of  candidates  before 
they  are  licensed  to  practice  pharmacy.  The  qualifications 
of  ten  years  ago  and  those  of  the  present  were  compared  by 
Dr.  Diekman,  and  the  standing  of  the  influential  factors, 
such  as  the  American  Conference  of  Faculties,  which  had 
brought  about  the  higher  standard,  was  exploited.  Dr.  Diek- 
man summed  up  by  declaring  that  the  trained  pharmacist  of 
today  was  much  better  prepared  than  ever  before  to  meet  the 
demands  of  the  physician.  The  established  qualifications,  be 
added,  were  continually  being  raised  and  the  physician  could 
now  place  all  confidence  in  the  graduated  pharmacist. 

Following  the  reading  of  the  papers,  practical  demonstra- 
tions in  extemporaneously  preparing  tablets,  cachets,  tablet 
triturates  and  various  other  pharmaceuticals  by  simple  ap- 
paratus were  made  by  Jacob  Diner  and  J.  Leon  Lascotf  with 
the  mortar,  pestle,  and  tablet  triturate  machine.  The  samples 
were  passed  around  the  room  for  inspection.  Mr.  Diner  com- 
mented upon  the  simplicity  of  the  apparatus  used  and  empha- 
sized  that   elaborate   machinery,   the   slogan   of   many   a   pro- 


That  former  President  Theodore  Roosevelt  is  not  the  only 
mighty  hunter  is  prored  by  the  aeeompanying  illustration 
which  shoifs  a  retired  Xew  York  pharmacist,  L.  F.  W.  Sciiert, 
a  member  of  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society,  standing  be- 
side a  vanquished  denizen  of  the  forests  of  Quebec.  Mr.  Seifcrt 
is  one  of  tin:  titelve  members  of  the  Sascginata  Hunting  Club 
which  controU  a  tract  of  250  square  miles  in  the  Promnce  of 
Quebec  about  400  miles  northeast  of  Montreal  and  near  Lake 
Sascginata.     Mr.  Seifcrt's  home  is  on  City  Island,  this  city. 


prietor,  was  not  vital  to  the  making  of  good,  palatable  and 
elegant  products. 

Dr.  William  C.  Alpers  discoursed  regarding  incompatibles 
and  prepared  a  number  of  prescriptions  taken  from  his  flies 
and  showed  results  obtained  by  compounding  some  commonly 
prescribed  combinations.  How  man.v  incompatibles  could  be 
reconciled  and  presentable  and  useable  mixtures  obtained 
by  the  use  of  various  inactive  substances  was  also  shown  by 
Dr.  Alpers. 

There  was  a  short  discussion  at  the  conclusion  of  the  offi- 
cial programme.  Dr.  Egbert  LeFevre,  dean  of  the  faculty, 
Bellevue  Medical  College,  stated  that  the  demand  among 
medical  men  was  along  the  line  of  wanting  the  best  of  phar- 
maceutical service  and  he  declared  he  had  been  impressed 
with  what  had  been  presented  in  the  papers  and  demonstra- 
tions at  the  meeting.  Remarks  were  made  by  several  other 
physicians  who  coincided  with  Dr.  LeFevre  in  their  views  on 
ethical  pharmacy  and  the  instructiveness  of  the  matters 
brought  out  at  the  meeting. 

Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  propaganda  com- 
mittee of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
told  of  the  general  movement  throughout  the  whole  country 
for  a  return  to  more  ethical  codes  for  both  the  professions. 

George  H.  Hitchcock,  of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the 
A. Ph. A.,  was  chairman  of  the  committee  in  charge  of  arrange- 
ments, and  H.  Seymour  Houghton,  president  of  the  New  York 
County  Medical  Society,  presided.  The  pharmacists  were  the 
guests  of  the  physicians.  . 


NEW  BOOKS. 


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HASLUCK,  PAUL  NOONCREE.  ei'.  The  handyman's  enquire 
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THE    PHAEMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[May  27,  1909 


BROOKLYN  PHAEMACISTS  GETTING  TOGETHER. 


Assemblyman  Conklin,  Dr.  Muir  and  Others  Discuss  the 
Work  at  Albany  Which   Ended  Abortively — Dis- 
position  to    "Let   the    Dead   Bury   the    Dead" 
and     Fight     in     the     Common     Cause. 

What  was  evidently  intended  to  be  a  rousing  indignation 
meeting  against  the  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  and  the 
legislative  committee  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
was  that  held  last  Monday  evening  by  the  Brooklyn  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  The  outcome,  however,  was  contrary 
to  the  expectations  of  some  of  the  members  in  that  undoubt- 
edly a  much  more  harmonious  condition  was  brought  about 
than  has  existed  in  Brooklyn  pharmaceutical  circles  for  a 
number  of  months  past. 

Present  by  invitation  was  Assemblyman  Robert  S.  Conklin, 
whose  pharmacy  bill  was  killed  in  the  Senate  committee,  and 
who  struck  a  responsive  chord  by  declaring  that  the  subject  of 
the  two  pharmacy  bills  was  past  history  and  that  there  was 
a  willingness  to  let  the  dead  bury  its  dead.  Mr.  Conklin 
explained  that  he  was  inspired  solely  by  the  recommendations 
of  the  Governor  in  his  message  relative  to  pharmacy  legisla- 
tion and  subsequently  informed  a  number  of  his  constituents 
in  his  district,  whom  he  had  kept  posted  on  legislative  matters, 
of  his  intention  to  draft  and  introduce  a  bill  in  accordance 
with  the  recommendations  of  the  Governor. 

Although  Mr.  Conklin  stated  that  he  enjoyed  the  personal 
acquaintance  of  a  number  of  druggists  in  his  district  he  said 
to  begin  with  he  was  entirely  in  ignorance  of  the  various 
organizations  of  pharmacists  in  both  the  local  and  State  fields. 
Mr.  Conklin  stated  that  he  had  no  more  than  introduced  his 
bill,  when  he  comnienced  to  learn  a  number  of  things  to  his 
advantage.  Later  he  comprehended  that  the  support  of  these 
were  essential,  and  was  given  to  understand  that  the  Manhat- 
tan association  would  back  his  bill.  The  Whitney-Wainwright 
Pure  Drug  Act  was  incorporated  as  an  amendment  to  his  bill 
■  at  the  request  of  Jacob  Diner,  said  Mr.  Conklin,  and  other 
pharmacists  also  made  a  number  of  suggestions,  some  of 
which,  however,  he  would  not  allow  to  become  part  of  his  bill. 

Mr.  Conklin  also  picked  out  alleged  weak  points  in  the 
Brown  Act,  making  a  short  criticism  of  the  provisions  relating 
to  the  sale  of  narcotics,  appointments,  disfranchisement  of 
present  licentiates,  etc. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  president  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
and  a  member  of  the  State  association's  legislative  committee, 
which  drafted  the  Brown  Bill,  replied  to  Mr.  Conklin  and 
criticized  the  Conklin  Bill,  dwelling  especially  on  the  point 
that  it  did  not  provide  for  practical  examinations.  Mr.  Conk- 
lin said  that  the  part  relating  to  examinations  he  had  taken 
from  the  Medical  Law.  Dr.  Muir  then  reviewed  the  history 
of  the  compiling  of  the  Brown  Act,  naming  the  various  in- 
terests consulted  which  he  stated  represented  the  pharmacists 
of  the  entire  State  as  completely  as  was  possible  under  present 
conditions. 

Later  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  Dr.  Muir  and  William  T. 
Creagan.  the  candidate  for  membership  on  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy from  the  Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Association,  became 
engaged  in  a  controversy  over  the  inspectors  employed  by  the 
board.  Mr.  Creagan  took  the  position  that  the  board  was 
responsible  for  the  doings  of  its  inspectors  and  offered  to  give 
damaging  evidence  of  graft  and  other  inconsistencies  of  these 
employees.  When  requested  for  this  information  Mr.  Creagan 
did  not  produce  other  than  what  was  known  generally,  and 
which  occurred  some  years  ago.  The  board,  said  Dr.  Muir. 
had  eliminated  the  inspector  named  by  Mr.  Creagan,  and  did 
so  as  soon  as  the  man  was  found  out. 

Relative  to  the  proper  manner  in  which  any  future  phar- 
macy bills  should  be  drawn,  Jlr.  Creagan  laid  particular  stress 
upon  his  opinion  that  the  legislative  committee  of  the  State 
association  should  draw  such  bills  and  then  submit  them  to 
the  local  associations  for  approval.  Dr.  Anderson  opposed 
this  idea,  stating  it  would  be  impossible  to  secure  results  and 
claimed  that  the  State  association  was  the  only  proper  and 
effective  place  where  a  consistent  argument  could  be  held  and 
a  decision  reached  beneficial  to  all.  Mr.  Creagan  claimed  that 
the  proper  results  could  not  be  obtained  at  the  meetings,  as 
claimed  by  Dr.  Anderson,  because  only  four  per  cent  attended 
or  had  a  voice  or  vote.  To  this  Dr.  Anderson  replied  that 
attendarcu  in  the  local  associations  was  always  less  than  even 


four  per  cent,  and  therefore  they  could  not  claim  the  right  to 
regulate  legislation,  and  in  order  to  make  the  plan  of  Mr. 
Creagan  really  consistent  such  a  bill  would  have  to  be  sub- 
mitted to  every  retail  druggist  in  the  State,  at  present  an 
impossibility. 

Charles  Heimerzheim  condemned  in  very  strong  terms  the 
circulars  which  had  been  distributed  without  signatures  rela- 
tive to  the  Brown  Act  and  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  S.  Rubin, 
treasurer  of  the  Greater  Xew  York  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, explained  that  the  matter  was  taken  up  after  the  first 
unsigned  cards  were  sent  out  and  a  decision  reached  to  attach 
names,  thus  to  show  that  the  previous  cards  emanated  from 
the  same  source. 

Mr.  Heimerzheim  also  took  issue  with  Mr.  Creagan  as  to 
various  slurring  remarks  made  by  the  latter  in  a  charge  that 
the  pharmaceutical  workers  at  Albany  were  lobbyists.  Mr. 
Heimerzheim  thought  the  term  a  degrading  one  to  apply  to 
any  one  and  said  he  felt  much  offended  that  a  pharmacist 
would  use  the  expression  against  a  member  of  the  same  pro- 
fession. A  short  discussion  took  place  as  to  the  appropriate 
use  of  the  word  and  finally  Mr.  Conklin  was  asked  to  give 
a  definition  of  what  lobbying  really  was.  In  a  good-natured 
way  Mr.  Conklin  cleared  the  atmosphere  and  expressed  him- 
self in  a  way  which  left  no  doubt  as  to  the  use  of  the  term 
and  that  it  usually  indicated  some  degree  of  degradation. 

With  the  exception  of  a  few  who  spoke,  the  remarks  were 
principally  confined  to  what  should  be  done  and  the  maimer 
of  its  accomplishment.  Dr.  Anderson  made  a  strong  appeal 
for  harmony  in  all  sections,  declaring  that  the  profession  had 
enemies  in  plenty  on  the  outside,  which  necessitated  combined 
strength  from  the  inside  to  overcome,  and  suggested  that  as 
many  of  the  members  as  possible  attend  the  State  Association 
meeting,  together  with  the  advice  that  the  fight  be  devoted 
more  to  fundamentals,  than  petty  details.  These  remarks 
seemed  to  meet  with  a  hearty  accord,  and  the  expressions 
which  followed  with  few  exceptions  all  favored  such  a  pro- 
cedure, the  outcome  of  which  was  that  the  association  decided 
that  three  delegates  be  appointed  to  attend  the  coming  meeting 
of  the  State  organization. 

There  were  present  at  the  meeting  a  number  of  the  leading 
spirits  of  the  Greater  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
which  issued  the  circular  attacking  the  Brown  Act  and  the 
Board  of  Pharmac.v.  This  organization  had  its  birth  from 
the  Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Association's  campaign  commit- 
tee working  for  the  election  of  William  T.  Creagan  to  the 
board.  From  this  campaign  committe  sprang  the  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Committee,  which  issued  the  first  unsigned  cards  re- 
ferred to  by  Mr.  Heimerzheim.  From  the  last  named  com- 
mittee, the  Retail  Druggists'  Protective  Association,  a  secret 
organization,  received  its  breath  of  life,  but  as  far  as  known 
has  not  propagated  as  yet. 


Three  Joint  Meetings  in  State  This  Week. 
Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  propaganda  com- 
mittee of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
and  dean  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  will  deliver  an 
address  at  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Cayuga  County  Medical 
Society  and  the  pharmacists  of  Auburn  this  evening.  The 
druggists  are  the  guests  of  the  medical  society.  For  tomorrow 
evening  the  druggists  of  Corning  have  invited  the  physicians 
to  attend  a  meeting  also  to  discuss  the  propaganda,  with  Dr. 
Anderson  as  speaker.  A  meeting  at  Ithaca  was  addressed  by 
Dr.  Anderson  last  evening. 


Cocaine  Seller  Refuses  to  Tell  Names  of  Principals. 

William  Lewis,  colored,  of  Brooklyn,  was  recently  sentenced 
in  the  Kings  County  Court  to  serve  a  term  of  imprisonment 
of  500  days  and  pay  a  fine  of  $.500  on  the  charge  of  selling 
cocaine.  He  pleaded  guilty  at  a  hearing  and.  intimated  that 
he  would  involve  certain  Manhattan  interests  for  whom  he  had 
been  acting.  Suddenly,  however,  he  refused  to  say  anything 
further  about  his  principals,  even  with  the  threat  of  a  heavy 
sentence.  Non-payment  of  the  fine  will  keep  him  in  prison  for 
almost  three  years. 


Fire  Damages  a  Drug  Store  $1500. 
CoxsACKiE,  N.  Y..  May  15. — Fire  in  the  building  occupied 
by  the  Jordan  Marsh   Drug  Company  Thursday  evening  did 
damage  to  the  firm  to  the  extent  of  S1500.     Origin  unknown ; 
insured. 


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PHILADELPHIA  C.  OF  P.  GRADUATES  128. 


PHILADELPHIA  SHAD-FISHERS  AT  BRIDESBURG. 


Large  Attendance  of  Prominent  Alumni  From  All  Over 

the    Country — A   Busy   Week   for   All    Concerned. 

Long    List    of    Winners    of    Valuable    Prizes 

and     Enthusiasm     at     the     Exercises. 

Philadelphia,  May  21. — Prominent  alumni  from  all  over 
the  countr.v  last  evening  assembled  in  the  Academy  of  Music 
to  witness  the  e.tercises  held  in  connection  with  the  SSth 
annual  commencement  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy. The  class  numbered  128  young  men  and  women.  Fol- 
lowing a  prayer  by  Rev.  Floyd  W.,  Tomkins.  Prof.  Samuel 
P.  Sadtler,  in  the  absence  of  Dean  Remington,  summoned  the 
students  to  the  stage,  where  in  sections  of  about  40.  they  wero 
presented  with  their  diplomas  by  the  president,  Howard  B. 
French. 

Prolonged  applause  greeted  Professor  Sadtler's  statement 
that  the  coveted  president's  cup.  awarded  to  the  class  sur- 
passing in  general  excellence,  the  record  of  the  previous  holder 
of  the  cup.  had  been  won  this  .vear  by  the  Class  of  '09.  An- 
other class  trophy  was  the  cup  offered  for  similar  excellence 
by  N.  H.  Martin,  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne,  England,  in  memory 
of  English  and  American  pharmacists. 

The  present  day  opportunities  for  choosing  a  vocation,  for 
acquiring  one  dnd  for  its  application,  were  discussed  in  a 
most  interesting  manner  by  the  Hon.  William  Gardner,  ot' 
Michigan,  the  orator  of  the  occasion.  He  paid  a  graceful 
tribute  to  Frank  G.  Ryan,  '84,  who  was  seated  upon  the  staKe 
and  declared  that  he  was  proud  to  call  him  a  fellow-citizen  of 
the  Commonwealth  of  Michigan.  Mr.  Ryan  was  a  former 
member  of  the  faculty  of  the  college. 

The  various  college  prizes  for  proficiency  in  the  respective 
branches  were  awarded  as  follows : 

Procter  prize,  a  gold  medal  and  certificate,  for  highest  general 
average  with  meritorious  thesis,  awarded  to  Jlitchell  Bernstein. 

William  B.  Webb  memorial  prize,  gold  medal  and  certificate 
for  highest  general  average  in  the  t)ranches  of  chemistry,  oper- 
ative,  pharmacy  and   specimens,   to  Allen   C.   Keim. 

Pharmacy  prize,  gold  medal,  offered  by  Prof.  J.  P.  Reming- 
ton, for  original  pharmaceutical  work,  awarded  to  Richard 
Williams  Cuthliert,  .Tr. 

Chemistry  prize.  $2.5.  offered  by  Prof.  Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  tor 
knowledge  of  chemical  quantitative  analysis,  awarded  to  Sin- 
clair Sartorius  Jacobs. 

Materia  Medica  prize,  $25,  offered  by  Prof.  Clement  B.  Lowe, 
for  best  examination  in  materia  medica  and  recognition  of 
materia  medica  specimens  with  a  meritorious  thesis,  awarded  to 
Charles   Selburn   Herron. 

Microscopical  Research  prize,  a  Zentmayer  microscope,  offered 
by  Prof.  Henry  Kraemer.  for  most  meritorious  thesis  involving 
original   microscopic  work,  awarded   to  George  Joseph   Coleman. 

Analytical  Chemistry  prize,  $25.  offered  by  Prof.  Frank  X. 
Moerk,  for  the  best  work  in  qualitative  and  quantitative 
analysis,  awarded  to  .Tobn  Moser,  Jr. 

Operative  Pharmacy  prize.  $20  in  gold,  offered  by  Prof.  J.  P. 
Remington  for  tbe  best  examination  in  operative  pharmacy, 
awarded    to  Miss  Mabel   Charlotte   .Starr. 

Maisch  prize.  $20  in  gold,  offered  by  Jacob  H.  Redsecker,  of 
Lebanon,  Pa.,  for  bistological  knowledge  of  drugs,  awarded  to 
William   Raymond   Klopp. 

Theoretical  Pharmacy  prize,  a  troemner  agate  prescription 
balance,  offered  by  ^lahlon  N.  Kline,  for  best  examination  in 
theory  and  practice  of  pharmacy,  awarded  to  John  Elias  Faisou 
Hicks. 

Commercial  Training  prize,  $20  in  gold,  offered  by  Prof.  J.  P. 
Remington  to  graduate  who  passed  best  examination  in  com- 
mercial training  at  final  examination,  awarded  to  Charles  Sel- 
burn  Herron. 

Instructors'  prize,  $20,  offered  by  the  instructors  of  the  col- 
lege, for  the  highest  term  average  in  pharmacy,  chemistry  and 
materia  medica.  awarded  to  David  Lee  Houck. 

Pharmacy  Quiz  prize,  one  year's  membership  in  A.Ph..\.. 
offered  by  Prof.  Charles  H.  LaWall.  for  best  term  work  in 
theory  and  i>ractice  of  pharmacy,  awarded  to  D.   L.   Houck. 

Kappa  Psi  Fraternity  prize,  gold  medal,  offered  by  Eta 
Chapter,  to  the  graduate  making  highest  general  average  during 
his  or  her  senior  year,  awarded  to  Mitchell  Bernstein. 

Sixteen  States  and  two  foreign  countries  are  represented 
by  the  members  of  the  class.  Pennsylvania  leading  with  77. 
The  graduates  and  degrees  are  as  follows : 

Doctors  in  Pharmacv — Pennsylvania:  W.  E.  Andrew.  H.  M. 
Beaman.  H.  H.  Bell.  M.  Bernstein.  F.  L.  Black,  Z.  E.  Bolin, 
M.  A.  Bossert,  E.  G.  Brown,  R.  L.  Bush.  R.  W.  Cuthbert.  Jr.. 
G.  A.  Dapp,  J.  Davidowitch.  H.  C.  Diivis.  P.  M.  Davis.  J.  F. 
Dettrev.  P.  C.  Dosch.  C.  Evans.  J.  R.  Fulton,  H.  S.  Godshall. 
H.  M.  Greim,  B.  C.  Haines.  K.  F.  Haines.  A.  M.  Hall.  D.  E. 
Haller.  J.  R.  Harner.  G.  C.  Harvev,  C.  S.  Herron,  C.  S.  Hersh, 
C.  E.  Hoffman,  D.  L.  Houck.  R.  T.  Hunter,  Jr.,  A.  C.  Keim, 
F.  J.  Keim.  Jr.,  S.  Kleckner.  W.  R.  Klopp,  H.  J.  Krum.  A.  W. 
LeVan,  G.  M.  LeVan,  Miss  Helen  Frances  Loughlin,  W.  Matbew- 
son.  E.  A.  May,  J.  E.  Mich.ael.  R.  J.  Moeschlin,  R.  H.  Moonev, 
E.  A.  Murray,  E.   A.   Noedel,   W.   H.   Obergh,   H.   W.   Ott.   S.   A. 


Party  of  Philiul.  Ipin.i.s    ,;,„    , //„    r,^,i.  >i    lU    /;'.     :;..i- 

rette  at  Brideshurg  ami  put  in  the  day  shad  fishing  on  tlic 
Delaware  River.  See  ERA.  May  6.  page  J/S.S.  Left  to  right, 
top  rote:  Captain  Samuel  Peters,  A'.  A.  Cozens.  W.  E.  Mor- 
rette,  T.  H.  Potts.  .Y.  F.  Weisner^  W.  A.  Carpenter.  H.  H. 
'Setter,  Z.  T.  Wobensmith  and  3.  A.  Kalbach.  Lower  row: 
W.  H.  Sutton,  D.  J.  Reese,  G.  W.  Fehr  and  L.  H.  Davis. 


Pearson,  F.  A.  Pfeiffer,  A.  A.  Piatt.  L.  W.  Reudelhuber,  F.  E. 
Riegner.  W.  R.  Seidell,  W.  H.  Siemon,  J.  S.  Simpers,  J.  W. 
Smith,  B.  Stelner.  R.  A.  Stofflet,  C.  Stoner,  H.  E.  Strauss,  G.  S. 
Tregellas.  J.  F.  Tripple,  M.  E.  Trout.  J.  A.  L.  Vink,  R.  B.  A. 
Wissler.  R.  J.  Wotring.  W.  A.  Yeakle. 

New  Jersev:  F.  C.  Beck,  W.  F.  Cramer,  Jr.,  H.  I.  Carr,  G.  S. 
Dunbar,  J.  T.  Hughes,  R.  H.  Quering,  J.  Rigg,  H.  S.  Zahn  ;  New 
York;  M.  R.  Cady,  G.  R.  Gallinger.  A.  Hutson,  E.  L.  Kelly. 
J.  A.  JlcCann.  J.  L.  McMahon ;  Ohio :  F.  G.  Ebner.  La  Verne 
English.  J.  A.  Gorry,  C.  E.  Schlenker,  J.  E.  Wright,  R.  L. 
Mundhenk:  Russia:  Miss  J.  Block,  P.  Cantor,  Mrs.  L.  L.  Man- 
delbaum.  Miss  L.  Perzin :  Maryland:  J.  H.  Allen.  H.  W.  Eakle. 
1.  Lichtenstein.  H.  E.  Young:  Connecticut:  W.  H.  Pond,  Miss 
Mabel  C.  Starr;  North  Carolina:  C.  B.  Gallant.  D.  H.  Hage; 
Massachusetts:  J.  R.  Mahony ;  West  Virginia;  G.  J.  Coleman, 
J.  Moser,  Jr.:  Iowa:  F.  S.  Bonnell;  Florida:  L.  B.  Curtis;  Utah: 
W.  E.  Ferron ;  Texas:  E.  R.  Jones:  Kentucky:  W.  K.  Kinnear. 

Pharmaceutical  Chemists — Pennsylvania:  Miss  A.  E.  Bigart, 
H.  D.  Kresge.  S.,  Rosenberg;  Kew  Jersey:  R.  B.  Grom,  J.  K. 
Prickitt,  N.  W.  Sollenberger ;  New  York:  F.  P.  Van  Inwegen; 
Russia:  Miss  A.  Feinstein ;  North  Carolina:  J.  E.  F.  Hicks; 
Massachusetts :  R.  C.  Pittsinger ;  Mexico :  A.  L.  Guerra ;  Georgia : 
S.  S.  Jacobs. 

Proficiency  in  Chemistry — Pennsylvania :  W.  H.  Free.  H.  J. 
Hallowell.  D.  J.  Jones,  C.  D.  Klingensmith.  L.  W.  Walz ;  Con- 
necticut:   M.    L.   Hartwig. 

Pure  Food  and  Drug  Course — Pennsylvania:  M.  M.  Becker; 
Oregon :  E.  S.  Rose. 

Throughout  the  week  the  graduates  and  visiting  alumni 
have  been  kept  busy  attending  the  various  other  events  that 
are  so  important  and  interesting  during  commencement  week. 
On  Sunday  afternoon,  the  senior  class  marched  to  the  Church 
of  St.  Luke  and  the  Epiphany  and  listened  to  the  baccalau- 
reate sermon,  preached  by  the  rector,  the  Rev.  David  M.  Steele. 

The  Alumni  Association  on  Monday  afternoon  held  its  an- 
nual meeting  and  in  the  evening  tendered  a  reception  to  the 
Class  of  '09.  The  election  of  officers  was  the  principal  feature 
of  the  business  meeting  and  resulted  as  follows : 

President.  Clarence  H.  Campbell ;  first  vice-president,  David 
J.  Reese;  second  vice-president.  O.  W.  Osterlund;  recording 
secretary.  Joseph  W.  England ;  corresponding  secretary,  John 
W.  Frey :  new  members  board  of  directors,  Warren  H.  Poley, 
John  J.  Bridgeman  and  Paul  L.  McConomy. 

The  class  oration  was  delivered  by  Frederick  Eli  Reiguer, 
the  class  poem  was  read  by  Jesse  Thornley  Hughes,  the  class 
history   by   Zera   Exley   Bolin.   the   class   horoscope   by   John 


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THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL    ERA 


[May  27,  1909 


E.  F.  Hicks  and  the  valedictory  by  Cliarles  Elbert  Hoffman. 
Association  prizes  were  awarded  as  follows,  the  last  eight  be- 
ing for  best  examinations : 

Gold  medal  for  best  general  average,  class  of  1909.  to  Mitchell 
Bernstein ;  silver  medal  for  best  general  average  in  examination, 
John  Albert  Butler;  bronze  medal  for  best  general  average  in 
first  year  examination.  Pierce  Kay  Carpenter;  pharmacy.  John 
E.  F.  Hicks ;  chemistry,  David  Lee  Houck ;  materia  medica, 
Charles  Selburn  Herron ;  general  pharmacy,  Allen  Christian 
Keim;  operative  pharmacy.  Miss  Mabel  Charlotte  Starr;  analyt- 
ical chemistry,  David  Lee  Houck ;  specimens,  Mitchell  Bernstein  ; 
dispensing  pharmacy,   Kichard  Williams  Cuthbert,   Jr. 

Under  the  direction  of  Prof.  C.  B.  Lowe,  students  and 
visitors  on  Tuesday  morning  visited  many  points  of  liistorical 
interest  from  a  pharmaceutical  standpoint.  In  the  afternoon 
the  final  of  the  series  of  pharmaceutical  meetings  of  the 
season  was  held  at  the  college. 

Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  presided  at  the  alumni  dinner 
at  the  Hotel  Walton  in  the  evening  and  among  those  who 
spoke  was  Thomas  S.  Wiegand,  '44,  the  oldest  living  graduate 
and  present  librarian ;  Frank  G.  Ryan,  president  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  of  Detroit ;  Joseph  Jacobs,  Atlanta.  Ga. ;  Dr. 
J.  H.  Small  and  Warren  H.  Poley,  Philadelphia :  George  W. 
Lupt,  New  York ;  Dr.  A.  B.  Fleming,  Tamaqua,  Pa. ;  C.  H. 
Bogert  and  J.  H.  Allen,  of  Baltimore,  the  latter  being  presi- 
dent of  the  graduating  class. 

On  Wednesday  the  annual  field  day  was  held  at  the  athletic 
grounds.  A  feature  was  the  nail-driving  contest  which  was 
won  by  Miss  Anna  Loughlin.  Harry  S.  Godshall,  president  of 
the  College  Athletic  Association,  distinguished  himself  par- 
ticularly by  breaking  the  college  record  for  the  high  jump 
by  clearing  the  bar  at  5  feet  5%  inches.  In  the  afternoon, 
under  the  direction  of  Dr.  Adolph  W.  Miller,  there  was  a 
botanical  excursion  to  Horticultural  Hall,  Fairmount  Park. 
In  the  evening  the  students  formally  said  good-by  to  their 
instructors  at  the  banquet  given  by  tlie  faculty  in  the  college 
museum. 


Brancli  of  Philadelphia  Alumni  Formed  in  New  York. 

A  permanent  organization  of  alumni  members  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  residing  in  the  Metropolitan 
district  was  formed  at  a  meeting  of  graduates  which  convened 
at  Haufbrau  Haus,  Broadway  and  .30th  street.  Manhattan 
Borough.  New  Tork  City,  on  May  IS.  William  H.  Raser 
acted  as  temporary  chairman,  and  the  following  officers  were 
elected :  President.  Caswell  A.  Mayo ;  vice-president.  Samuel 
W.  Fairchild ;  treasurer.  Horatio  N.  Fraser ;  secretary,  Joseph 
Healy.  These  officers,  together  with  three  additional  members, 
Jacob  H.  Rehfuss,  George  W.  Hackenberger  and  E.  A.  Mc- 
Fadden,  were  constituted  a  committee  with  power  to  prepare  a 
constitution  and  b.v-laws. 

During  the  serving  of  a  supper,  telegraph  and  telephone 
messages  were  exchanged  with  the  alumni  meeting  in  progress 
in  Philadelphia.  The  rooms  were  decorated  with  the  college 
colors  and  a  phonograph  dispersed  speeches  dictated  for  the 
meeting  by  members  of  the  faculty  and  the  president  of  the 
alumni  association.  A  very  enjoyable  evening  was  spent  by 
those  in  attendance,  who  were  : 

William  H,  Raser,  'OS;  Thomas  D.  McElhenie,  '72;  Horatio 
N.  Fraser,  '72;  Henry  J.  Schmidt,  '73;  J.  Le  Roy  Webber,  '76; 
Dr.  Robert  A.  Kempel,  '76;  David  Costelo,  '79;  F.  W.  Carpenter, 
'79;  Eugene  A.  McFadden.  '79;  E.  H.  Hammer.  '79;  B.  B. 
Hamlin,  Jr.,  'SI;  Virgil  Coblentz,  '82;  H.  E.  Rosenzweig.  'S5 ; 
J.  M.  Malatesta,  M.D.,  'So;  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  '87;  L.  A.  Neiman, 
'87;  George  W.  Hackeuberger,  '90;  Milton  F.  Schuak,  '91;  Marl- 
borough Hall,  '91;  Edw.  T.  N.  Stein,  '91;  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss,  '93; 
Joseph  Healy,  '93;  George  R.  Christ,  '94;  W.  A.  Sprenger,  M.D., 
'94;  W.  J.  Geety,  '94;  John  A.  Seitz,  '99;  Robert  C.  Pursell,  '01; 
Reyben    Warshowsky,    '04. 


Mr.  Ryan  Gives  Dinner  to  Old  Friends. 

Philadelphia,  May  20. — Frank  G.  Ryan,  formerly  as- 
sistant to  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy,  but  now  president  of  Parke,  Davis  & 
Co.,  in  addition  to  playing  the  host  at  a  dinner  to  a  company 
of  prominent  Philadelphians  on  Monday  night,  incidentally 
played  a  joke  on  this  same  company.  He  contrived  to  have 
invitations  issued  to  about  40  friends  to  be  present  at  a 
gathering  at  Bayer's  Cafg.  The  fortunate  ones  were  under  the 
impression  that  the  occasion  was  the  celebration  of  the  anni- 
versary of  the  birth  of  Harry  L.  Stiles,  vice-president  of  the 
P.A.R.D. 

There  was  no  little  merriment  and  surprise,  therefore,  when 
Mr.  and  Miss  Ryan  appeared  and  the  toastmaster.  Prof.  Frank 
X.  Moerk.  announced  that  Mr.  Ryan  had  wished  to  spring  a 


little  surprise  upon  the  friends  who  gave  him  a  farewell  dinner 
when  he  relinquished  his  position  at  the  college  nine  years 
ago  and  departed  for  Detroit  to  accept  a  position  in  the  phar- 
maceutical department  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  Those  present 
were  : 

Frank  G.  Ryan,  Miss  Helen  Ryan,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  William  L. 
Cliffe,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Leedom,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  J.  McFcr- 
ren,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theodore  Campbell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clarence 
Campbell,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  A.  Rumsey,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jacob 
B.ier,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  C.  Perry,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Frank  X.  Moerk, 
Mr  and  Mrs.  P.  K.  E.  Stedem,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A.  J.  Standi,  .Mr. 
and  Mrs.  L.  A.  Wolcott,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  O.  Me.ver,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  H.  L.  Stiles,  Miss  Helen  Iliiutcr,  Miss  Helen  Campbell, 
Miss  Edith  Muhlenberg,  Miss  Minritf  Staudt,  Miss  Kathleen 
Perry,  Miss  Catharine  Stedem.  r[.ii;k  H.  Moerk,  Heury  H. 
Stiles,  Morrison  H.  Stiles,  William   Hol.ig  and  J.  H.  Habu. 


Forming'  a  Branch  of  Phila.C.P.  Alumni. 
Stbacuse.  N.  Y.,  May  22. — Syracuse  members  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
have  planned  to  organize  a  permanent  Syracuse  branch  of  the 
alumni.  Tuesday  night  they  held  a  banquet  at  the  Hub  Cafe, 
simultaneously  with  feasts  for  resident  members  in  all  of 
the  larger  cities.  David  Stolz,  of  Stolz  Brothers,  has  been 
asked  to  serve  as  chairman  of  the  organizing  committee.  The 
Syracuse  graduates  are :  Edward  S.  Dawson,  Jr.,  '74 ;  Fred 
H.  Fox,  '.54 ;  W.  B.  Bissell.  '8.5  ;  W.  B.  Bunker,  '91 ;  F.  J. 
Nye,  '92 ;  C.  E.  Ames,  '93 ;  Louis  Stolz.  '00 ;  David  Stolz,  '03 ; 
William  Ross,  '04  :  Harry  Plum,  '0.5 :  JIandoll  Light,  '08. 


Winona  Technical  Institute's  1909  Class. 

Indi.^nafolis,  May  22. — The  graduation  exercises  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Winona  Technical  Institute  will 
be  held  Saturday,  May  29.     The  following  are  the  graduates : 

Carl  Becker.  A.  S.  Burns,  John  G.  Borry,  Ralph  R.  Case, 
Charles  Dittmau.  Robert  Etter.  Herman  J.  Fritz,  Forrest  B. 
Graves.  Clifford  Hebble,  W.  H.  Lang.  Herman  Reibling,  H.  L.  J. 
Stfiitfelt.  C.  E.  Spencer.  Ward  Wilson,  all  of  Indianapolis; 
\\'illi,ir  F.  Darnell,  H.  A.  Dickson,  Glenn  Roberts,  all  of  James- 
town, Ind. ;  Heury  T.  Beckman,  Lake  City,  Minn.;  William  Reid 
.Vdams.  West  Mid'y,  Mass. ;  Charles  Andrews,  Cooperstown, 
Jlich.;  Carl  Johnson,  New  Richmond,  Ind.;  George  Johnson, 
Chester,  W.  Va. ;  Coleh  Roy  McCnlloch.  Ypsilauti,  Mich. ;  James 
Redington,  Yorktown,  Ind.;  Charles  N.  Reed.  Enid.  Okla ;  Charles 
E.  Phelps,  Kokomo,  Ind.;  Delos  Garner,  Lebanon.  Ind.;  Henry 
J.  Kochert,  Wheeling,  W.  Va. 


Thirteen  Graduates  at  Marquette. 
Milwaukee,  Wis.,  May  22. — Graduation  exercises  will 
soon  be  held  at  Marquette  University  and  a  large  number 
will  be  graduated  from  the  various  departments.  The  follow- 
ing will  be  granted  diplomas  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy  (for- 
merly Milwaukee  Medical  College  School  of  Pharmacy)  : 

A.  G.  Black.  O.  Bergen,  R.  A.  Dreyer,  P.  Gisher,  R.  M. 
Hadley,  A.  E.  Kienth,  S.  Kerston,  George  E.  Lindow,  M.  J. 
McGovern,  A.  1^.  Schneider,  O.  Stockinger,  W.  L.  F.  Schnlz  and 
B.    Van    Ensel. 


Graduates  of  Shaw  TTniversity  at  Raleigh. 

Raleigh,  N.  C.  May  22. — At  the  recent  commencement  of 
Shaw  University  the  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy  was 
conferred  upon  the  following  class: 

Henry  C.  Blue,  Shelley  O.  Brown,  L.  Gladstone  Bnrwell, 
Heury  H.  Jackson.  George  T.  Jones,  Charles  L.  Mallette,  Hiram 
A.  J.  Moseley.  George  T.  Riley,  Boston  C.  Sharp,  William  A. 
Smith,  James  B.  Webb,  Henry  J.  Whitehead. 


Burglars  Make  Good  Haul  in  La  Crosse  Store. 
La  Ckosse,  Wis.,  Jlay  22. — Burglars  recently  made  a  good 
haul  by  ransacking  the  pharmacy  of  Charles  Euler,  State 
street  and  West  avenue.  The  thieves  made  their  entrance 
with  a  skeleton  key  and  worked  undisturbed.  Besides  rifling 
the  cash  drawer  of  $.5..50,  they  got  away  with  more  than 
S25  worth  of  stock. 


Beefsteak  Supper  for  Detroit  Chemists. 
Detboit,  May  22. — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Society  of 
Detroit  Chemists  will  be  held  Alav  '28.  Papers  will  be  read 
by  Dr.  A.  B.  Lyons.  Dr.  C.  H.  Merrill,  J.  W.  Matthews,  F.  G. 
Wheeler  and  Charles  Lament.  A  beefsteak  supper  will  be 
served. 


Wisconsin  Pharmacist  Sent  to  an  Asylum. 
Tomahawk.    Mny    22. — John    Hilt,    registered    pharmacist, 
has  been  adjudged  insane  and  has  been  taken  to  the  Northern 
Hospital  for  the  Insane  at  Oshkosh.     He  is  34  and  unmarried. 


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PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  May  18,   1909. 

29.620— Mystic  Wine  of  Life  Company.  Bristol.  Tenn.  Glass 
G.  Remedy  for  dyspepsia,  iieadache,  constipation,  indigestion, 
pains,  etc. 

30,583 — Miller  Manufacturing  Company,  Lincoln,  Xeb. 
Class  6.     A  remedy  for  warts  and  moles. 

35,062 — Otto  W.  Tanke,  Chicago,  111.  Class  6.  Hair-tonic 
for  dandruff. 

3S..505 — Jlerrick  Medicine  Company,  Waco,  Texas.  Class  6. 
A  remedy  for  diarrhea,  indigestion,  cholera  infantum  and 
summer  complaint  in  children. 

38,583 — Frank  Thomas  Edward  Souter,  London,  England. 
Class  6.  Preparations  for  the  prevention  of  sickness  on  sea, 
on  trains  and  the  like. 

38,990— Sherman,  Werner  &  Co.,  Lima,  Ohio.  Class  6. 
Cold-cream  and  face-powder. 

39,072— Eleto  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Toilet 
water. 

39,184 — Hegeler  &  Brunings,  Fett-und  Seifenwerke,  A.  G., 
Aumund.  Germany.  Class  6.  Wool-was,  toilet  cream,  oint- 
ments and  emulsions. 

39,348— Ida  Z.  Koon,  Columbia,  S.  C.  Class  6.  A  remedy 
for  hydrophobia. 

39..524 — Abbott  Alkaloidal  Company,  Chicago,  111.  Class  6. 
A  medicine  to  be  used  in  acidosis,  rheumatism,  gout,  etc. 

40.304 — Friedrich  August  Yolkraar  Klopper,  Dresden-Leub- 
nitz,  Germany.    Class  6.    A  venereal  remedy. 

40.407— Ernst  Bischoff,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Alka- 
loidal solutions  used  for  injections  in  veterinary  practice. 

40,575 — Henry  O.  Theobald,  Binghamton,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
A  hair  tonic  and  shampoo. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrishted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


40.O79— L.  A.  Beebe,  Yonkers  and  New  York.  N.  Y.  Class 
0  Porous  plasters,  corn  plasters,  foot  plasters,  pile  remedy, 
tooth  powder,  sachet  powder,  etc. 

41.538 — Mrs.  Nettie  Harrison  Company,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.     Class  6.     Hair  and  scalp  preparations. 

41,540 — Mrs.  Nettie  Harrison_  Compjiny,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.     Class  6.     Face  creams  and  face  powders. 

41,567— Mulhens  &  Kropff,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Per- 
fume and  toilet  water. 


PATENTS. 


Granted  May  18,  1909. 

921,809 — Johnson  C.  Davis,  Concord,  N.  C.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

921.898— Edward  E.  Schultz,  Chenoa.   111.     Can  filler. 

921.899 — Pauline  I.  Schenberg,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
to  Perfected  Powder  Puff  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a 
corporation  of  New  York.     Powder-puff  box. 

921.907 — Frank  J.  Stayton.  Madisonville,  Ohio,  assignor  to 
A.  Nielen  &  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  a  copartnership.  Per- 
colator. 

921,908— Frants  C,  StOckel,  Copenhagen,  Denmark.  Bottle 
closure. 

921.927 — Edith  M.  Waterman,  and  Nettie  Brown,  Centralia, 
Wash.     Hair  tonic. 

921,444 — Rudolph  Berendes,  Elberfeld,  Germany,  assignor 
to  Farbenfabriken  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld,  Ger- 
many, a  corporation  of  Germany.  Alkyl  esters  of  methylene 
citric  acid. 

921,975 — Ludwig  Glaser,  Berlin  Germany,  assignor  to  Gen- 
eral Electric  Company,  a  corporation  of  New  York.  Process 
of  obtaining  nitric  acid  from  gas  mixtures  containing  oxids 
of  nitrogen. 

922.003 — Constantin  Krauss,  Westeregeln,  Germany,  as- 
signor to  Gesellschaft  fiir  Stickstoffdiinger,  Gesellschaft  mit 
beschriinkter  Haftung,  Weteteregeln,  Germany.  Process  of 
making  ammonia. 

922.031 — John  D.  Pennock,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  the 


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Solvay  Process  Company,  a  corporation  of  Xew  York.  Method 
of  making  sodium  sulfate. 

922.040 — Paul  Rehlander,  Charloltenburg.  Germany,  as- 
signor to  Chemische  Fabrik  auf  Actien  (vorm.  E.  Schering). 
Berlin.  Germany.     Aralkyl-para-aminophenol. 

922,002 — Simon  Strauss,  Chicago,  111.  Non-refillable  dis- 
pensing can. 

922,125— Paul  O.  E.  Friedrich,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  assignor 
to  Caloris  Manufacturing  Company,  a  corporation  of  Delaware. 
Casing  for  vacuum  bottles. 

922,133— Byron  B.  Goldsmith,  New  York,  N.  T.  Thermo- 
plastic compound  of  proteids. 

922,159 — Dewis  Landau,  San  Francisco.  Cal.  Stopper  for 
bottles  containing  aerated  liquids. 

922,167 — Paul  Leinbrock,  Copitz,  near  Dresden,  Germany. 
Closure  for  bottles  and  like  vessels. 

922,174 — John  G.  Lyman,  Philadelphia,  Pa.    Vacuum  bottle. 

922,244 — Otto  Becher,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Ameri- 
can Metal  Cap  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  corporation  of 
New  York.     Bottle  and  jar  closure. 

922,286— Lewis  Kalling,  Baltimore,  Md.  Sealing  cap  for 
bottles. 

922,307 — Charles  E.  Michael,  Fostoria,  Ohio.     Atomizer. 

922.326— Cortez  R.  Perry  and  Charles  M.  Finch.  San 
Francisco.  Cal. ;  said  Perry  assignor  to  said  Finch.     Filter. 

922,331 — Thomas  M.  Quarles,  Washington,  D.  C,  assignor 
of  one-half  to  David  B.  Chamberlain,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Hypodermic  syringe. 

922.335 — Jean  Rivifere.  Pittsburg,  Pa.     Antirefillable  bottle. 

922,363— Garry  P.  Van  Wye,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
to  William  Boj^ce  Morrison,  New  Y^ork,  N.  Y.  Vacuum  in- 
sulated bottle. 

922,364 — Same  as  preceding. 

922.369 — George  Walker,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Homer  T.  Yaryan,  Toledo,  Ohio.  Process  of  extracting  resin 
and  turpentine. 

922,409 — Walther  Feld,  Honningen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany. 
Process  of  recovering  hydrocyanic  acid. 

922,413— Paul  O.  E.  Friedrich.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  assignor 
to  Caloris  Manufacturing  Company,  a  corporation  of  Dela- 
ware.    Vacuum  nursing  bottle. 

922,435 — John  E.  Lee,  Conshohocken.  Pa.  First-aid  package. 


Delegates   to   N.A.B.D.    Convention   Nominated. 

Philadelphia,  May  22. — The  executive  committee  of  the 
Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  at  its  meeting 
yesterday,  recommended  the  payment  of  the  balance  of  $500 
on  the  dues  for  1909.  guaranteed  to  the  N.A.R.D.  Prior  to 
the  meeting,  the  nominating  committee  met  and  the  following 
names  were  placed  in  nomination  as  delegates  and  alternates 
to  the  N.A.R.D.  convention  at  Louisville  in  September : 

Frank  W.  FlHck.  William  T.  Burke.  Charles  Rehfuss,  W.  E. 
Supplee,  Joshua  Marsden.  W.  E.  Lee,  W.  A.  Carpenter,  G.  W. 
Fehr,  Charles  Leedom,  D.  J.  Reese.  H.  A.  Nolte,  Samuel  B. 
Davis,  Theodore  Campbell.  J.  N.  G.  Long,  D.  G.  Potts.  N.  A. 
Cozens.  S.  W.  Strunk,  R.  H.  Lackey,  H.  C.  Blair,  A.  T.  Pollard, 
S.  C.  Henry,  11.  T.  Blackvi-ood,  O.  W.  Osterlund,  F.  M.  Apple, 
Ambrose  Hunsberger.  Christopher  Koch,  W.  L.  Cliffe.  C.  G. 
Neely.  G.  W.  Weidemann,  N.  S.  Steltzer,  W.  H.  Elcker  and 
W.    H.    Sutton. 

The  next  monthly  meeting  of  the  association  will  be  held 
on  the  evening  of  June  4  at  the  Drug  Club.  Additional  nomi- 
nations will  then  be  made  and  the  delegates  and  alternates 
elected. 


Frank  A.  Malkovsky  Purchases  Pliarniacy  in  Brooklyn. 
The  William  A.  Van  Duzer  Pharmacy,  957  Fulton  street, 
Brooklyn,  has  been  succeeded  by  Frank  A.  Malkovsky.  who 
for  a  considerable  time  was  in  charge  of  one  of  the  depart- 
ments of  Hegeman  &  Co.  at  200  Broadway  and  who  also  has 
served  on  the  advertising  staff  of  the  Era.  Mr.  Malkovsky 
is  a  capable  and  experienced  druggist  and  that  he  will  make 
a  success  of  his  new  venture  is  the  desire  of  his  many  friends 
in  the   metropolitan  district. 


Receiver  for  the  Walter  K.  Schmidt  Company. 
Gkand  Rapids.  Mich..  May  22. — Alleging  that  the  Walter 
K.  Schmidt  Company,  drugs  and  photo  supplies,  has  been 
mismanaged ;  that  the  assets  have  been  greatly  diminished ; 
that  the  liabilities  have  been  increased,  and  that  the  cor- 
poration is  unable  to  meet  its  objigations,  as  well  as  that  the 
value  of  the  stock  has  been  destroyed,  Henry  Huber.  Sr., 
George   M.   Leonard,   Alfred   E.   Terpening,    Mathias   Richard 


and  Fred  J.  Frueb  have  tiled  a  petition  for  the  dissolution  of 
the  company.  Mathias  Richard  has  been  appointed  temporary 
receiver  with  bonds  of  $20,000.  The  schedule  attached  to  the 
petition  shows  assets  amounting  to  $49,428.41.  The  company 
must  show  cause  why  it  should  not  be  dissolved,  on  August  30 
next,  at  10  a.  m.  The  petition  sets  up  that  the  stock  of  the 
company  is  divided  into  40.000  shares  of  $10  each.  All  is 
fully  paid  in.  The  record  of  accounts  and  bills  payable  foots 
up  to  $45,500.51,  of  which  .?37.764.15  is.  in  notes  of  the 
company,  oustanding  and  $7736.36  open  accounts  payable. 
The  liabilities  are  almost  all  in  very  small  accounts  and  in- 
clude the  supply  houses  with  which  business  has  been  done. 


GAS  VS.  ELECTRICITY  FOR  ADVERTISING  USES. 

Representatives  of  Both  Systems  Make  Claims  of  Su- 
periority at  Boston  Druggists'  Meeting. 

Boston.  May  24. — The  May  meeting  of  the  B.A.R.D.  was 
held  on  Wednesday,  a  week  later  than  usual  on  *ccount  of 
the  commencement  exercises  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of 
Pharmac.v.  and  the  programme  was  of  a  novel  character. 
L.  D.  Gibbs,  special  agent  of  the  Edison  Electric  Illuminating 
Company  of  Boston,  gave  an  address  on  the  development  and 
commercial  use  of  electricity,  with  especial  reference  as  to  its 
use  as  an  advertising  factor  for  retail  business  men.  He  was 
followed  by  Mr.  Fritz,  special  agent  of  the  Boston  Consoli- 
dated Gas  Company,  who  from  statistics  undertook  to  show 
that  the  retail  store-keeper  could  get  more  light  and  more 
advertising  power  from  a  smaller  outlay  for  the  use  of  gas 
than  he  could  by  electricity. 

James  F.  Finneran,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee, 
spoke  of  the  progress  of  legislation  affecting  pharmacy.  His 
report  was  clear,  comprehensive  and  encouraging. 

Prof.  E.  H.  LaPierre  spoke  of  one  of  the  theses  which  had 
been  presented  at  the  final  exams  at  the  Massachusetts  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  on  the  preparation  of  tincture  of  iodine,  and 
pointed  out  how  nearly  universal  in  Boston  was  the  prepara- 
tion of  an  article  conforming  to  the  U.S.P.  The  student 
had  sent  to  a  large  number  of  drug  stores  and  obtained  small 
quantities  of  the  tincture,  all  of  which  had  been  analyzed, 
with  the  result  that  the  anal.yses  showed  a  remarkable  degree 
of  uniformity  with  the  U.S.P.  requirements.  Not  so  satis- 
factory results  were  found  in  the  analysis  of  a  number  of 
suppositories.  In  some  of  the  samples  containing  plumbi- 
acetate  it  was  found  that  the  preparation  had  not  been  well 
mixed,  and  that  some  of  the  suppositories  from  the  same 
druggist,  and  in  the  same  prescription,  showed  an  unevenness 
in  the  percentage  of  plumbiacetate,  indicating  careless  or 
unthorough  methods  of  mixture. 

Charles  H.  Davis,  secretary  of  the  association,  spoke  of  the 
need  of  co-operation  on  the  part  of  the  druggists  to  raise  the 
professional  standard,  and  that  more  attention  should  be 
directed  to  the  professional  side  rather  than  to  the  commer- 
cial side. 


Brooklyn  and  Jersey  City  Stores  for  Hegeman  Co. 

Two  new  stores  which  will  be  opened  by  the  Hegeman 
Corporation  about  July  1,  will  mark  the  invasion  of  Brooklyn 
and  New  Jersey  territory  by  this  concern.  The  Brooklyn 
Borough  store  will  be  located  at  1095  Broadway,  corner  of 
Dodworth  street.  A  long  term  of  lease  has  been  secured  on  the 
three-story  brick  building  on  this  corner  and  extensive  altera- 
tions will  be  commenced  at  once.  The  Jersey  City  store  will 
be  located  in  Newark  avenue,  directly  opposite  Keith  & 
Proctor's  Theater.  Another  store  will  also  be  started  about 
July  1,  at  the  corner  of  Tremont  and  Washington  avenues. 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City,  for  which  the  building 
is  now  being  remodelled.  The  store  at  ISOth  street  and  St. 
Nicholas  aventie  was  opened  a  few  weeks  ago  and  is  in  charge 
of  Mr.  Mytrott. 


To  Sell  Soda  Water  on  Sundays  in  Massachusetts. 

Boston.  May  22. — Governor  Draper  has  signed  the  bill  to 
permit  the  sale  of  soda  water,  ice  cream,  confectionery  and 
fruit  on  Sundays.  The  bill  provides  for  the  granting  of  a 
license  of  $5  to  a  dealer  in  these  articles  on  week  days  to  keep 
his  store  open  on  Sundays.  There  is  a  referendum  on  its 
acceptance  in  the  bill,  so  that  outside  of  Boston  the  city 
council  must  accept  the  Act.  and  in  towns  a  majority  of  the 
voters  at  a  town  meeting. 


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PENNSYLVANIA'S  NEW  PURE  DRUGS  LAW. 

Provision   Which   Brought  About  Criticism  and   Oppo- 
sition  Not  Antagonistic   to   Interests   of  Retail 
Druggists — State  Pharmaceutical   Exam- 
ining Board  the  Enforcing  Power. 

Philadelphia,  May  1.5. — The  "Pure  Drug  Act,"  while 
characterized  by  those  opposed  to  it  ps  a  "measure  solely  in  the 
interests  of  the  jobber  and  the  manufacturer"'  and  designed  to 
"prevent  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  adulterated  or  mis- 
branded  drugs,  defiuing  the  word  'drug,'  prescribing  penalties 
for  violation  of  the  Act  and  the  means  for  its  enforcement," 
has  been  signed  by  the  Governor  and  is  now  a  law.  It  be- 
comes effective  October  1.  1909.  The  law  is  of  particular  im- 
portance to  all  departments  of  the  drug  trade  and  practically 
every  organization,  institution  and  interest  identified  with  the 
drug  trade  in  Pennsylvania,  had  a  voice  in  its  preparation. 

This  law  is  the  outcome  of  a  conference  of  representatives 
of  the  interests  affected  which  was  held  at  the  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  this  city  prior  to  the  1907  session  of  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Legislature.  The  general  outline  of  the  bill  was  agreed 
upon  and  it  was  introduced  at  that  session  only  to  be  with- 
drawn when  opposition  developed  on  the  question  as  to  the 
manner  of  its  enforcement.  In  practically  the  same  shape  it 
was  reintroduced  at  the  1909  session,  and  was  passed.  Just 
prior  to  its  approval  by  the  Governor,  opposition  developed 
among  some  retail  interests  in  this  city  largely  because  of  the 
following  provisions  of  Section  3 : 

That  for  the  purpose  of  this  Act  an  article  shall  be  rieemed 
to  be  adulter.Tted. 

First:  If  a  drug  is  sold  under  or  by  any  name  recognized  by 
the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  the  National  Formulary  or  the 
American  Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia  it  differs  from  the  stand- 
ard of  strength,  quality  or  purity  as  determined  by  the  test  or 
formula  laid  down  by  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  the  Na- 
tional Formulary  or  the  American  Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia, 
provided  that  no  drug  defined  in  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeia, the  National  Formulary  or  the  American  Homeopathic 
Pharmacopoeia  except  official  preparations  of  opium,  iodine,  pep- 
permint, camphor,  ginger  and  ethyl  nitrit  shall  be  deemed  to  be 
adulterated  under  this  provision  if  the  standard  of  strength, 
quality  or  purity  be  plainly  stated  upon  the  bottle,  box.  or  other 
container  thereof,  although  the  standard  may  differ  from  that 
determined  by  the  test  or  formula  laid  down  by  the  United 
Slates  Pharmacopoeia,  the  National  Formulary  or  the  American 
Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia. 

Second :  If  its  strength  or  purity  fall  below  the  professed 
standard  or  quality  under  which  it  is  sold. 

The  idea  was  to  enable  country  storekeepers  to  sell  the 
common  household  remedies,  even  though  they  had  no  scien- 
tific knowledge  of  the  preparations,  and  it  was  argued  that  due 
precautions  were  taken  by  making  it  obligatory  that  such 
preparations  containing  the  sis  above-mentioned  drugs  be  of 
standard  strength.  Other  preparations,  such  as  are  not  sold 
by  storekeepers  but  are  handled  by  druggists  and  others  with 
scientific  knowledge,  may  under  the  new  law  be  of  lesser 
strength,  provided  the  proportion  of  the  drugs  it  contains  are 
stipulated  on  the  labels.  This  was  the  principal  point  at  which 
the  opposition  was  aimed.  It  was  claimed  that  this  provision 
was  solely  in  the  interests  of  the  jobber  and  the  manufacturer. 
This  was  denied  most  earnestly  by  the  committee  of  the  organ- 
izations which  had  been  working  for  the  passage  of  the  bill. 

Section  4  has  to  do  with  misbranding  and  stipulates  that 
an  article  will  be 

regarded  as  misbranded  when  all  drugs,  the  package  or  label  of 
which  shall  bear  any  statement  or  design  or  device  regarding 
such  article  or  the  ingredients  or  substance  or  substances  con- 
tained therein  shall  be  false  or  misleading  In  any  particular, 
and  if  it  be  an  imitation  of  or  offered  for  sale  under  the  name 
of  another  article  or  if  the  contents  of  the  package  as  originally 
put  up  shall  have  been  removed  in  whole  or  in  part  thereof  and 
other  contents  shall  have  been  placed  in  such  package  or  if  the 
package  fail  to  bear  statement  on  the  label  of  the  presence  of  any 
alcohol,  morphine,  opium,  heroin,  cocaine,  alpha  or  beta  eucaine, 
chloroform,  cannibis  indica,  chloral  hydrate,  acetanilide,  phenac- 
etlne,  antypyrine  or  any  derivative  or  any  preparation  of  any 
such  substances  contained  therein,  provided  that  nothing  in  this 
paragraph  apply  to  the  filling  of  written  prescriptions  furnished 
by  practicing  physicians,  dentists  and  veterinarians  and  kept  on 
file  by  pharmacists  or  as  to  such  preparations  as  are  specified 
and  recognized  in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  National 
Formulary  and  the  American  Homeopathic  Pharmacopoeia  which 
are  made  in  accordance  therewith  and  are  sold  under  titles 
designated  therein. 

The  enforcement  of  the  law  will  be  in  the  hands  of  the  State 
Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board  and  for  each  violation  of 
the  law  where  guilt  is  proven,  the  fine  shall  be  .?50.  For  sub- 
sequent convictions,  the  penalties  are  heavier. 


Section  10  has  to  do  with  the  responsibility  of  the  manu- 
facturer, the  wholesaler  and  the  jobber,  and  is  as  follows : 

That  in  case  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  at  any  hearing  before 
the  State  Board  or  under  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed 
thereby  that  the  dealer  from  whom  any  adulterated  or  mis- 
branded  article  shall  have  been  purchased  or  procured,  pur- 
chased the  same  from  any  manufacturer,  wholesale  dealer  or  job- 
ber who  has  given  a  guarantee  thereof  to  the  dealer  that  the 
same  is  not  misbranded  or  adulterated  within  the  meaning  of 
this  Act,  and  if  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  that  the  said  dealer 
has  kept  and  preserved  the  article  in  question  in  precisely  the 
same  condition  as  to  quality  and  purity  as  when  it  was  so  pur- 
chased by  said  dealer,  then  and  in  that  case  the  said  Board  shall 
direct  proceedings  to  be  commenced  against  the  manufacturer, 
wholesale  dealer  or  jobber  in  the  proper  county  for  the  collection 
of  the  penalty  provided  for  violation  of  this  Act,  and  if  the 
penalty  shall  thus  be  collected  from  said  manufacturer,  whole- 
sale dealer  or  jobber,  no  further  proceedings  shall  be  com- 
menced or  continued  against  the  dealer  from  whom  the  article 
in  question  had  been  purchased  or  procured,  provided  the  sale 
of  said  article  be  discontinued  by  said  dealer. 

Section  11  provides  that  the  misbranding  provisions  of  the 
Act  shall  not  apply  to  the  distribution  or  sale  of  or  to  the 
possession  with  intent  to  distribute  or  sell  b.v  any  dealer  of 
such  drugs  as  were  in  such  dealer's  stock  in  Pennsylvania  on 
October  1,  1909,  provided  that  the  package  or  other  container 
in  which  said  drugs  shall  be  contained  shall  be  plainly  and  con- 
spicuously marked  with  the  words  and  figures  "On  Hand 
October  1,  1909." 

In  Section  13  (the  closing  section)  all  Acts  or  parts  of  Acts 
inconsistent  with  the  new  law  are  repealed. 


CAN'T  SELL  DENATURED  ALCOHOL  FOR  BATHING 

Internal  Revenue  Ruling  Declares  Use  is  Against  the 
Law — Can  be  Used  to  Manufacture  Paint. 

W.ASHixGTON.  May  22. — Acting  Commissioner  of  Internal 
Revenue  Robert  Williams.  Jr.,  in  Treasury  Decision  1495, 
declares  that  denatured  alcohol  may  not  be  sold  to  be  used  for 
bathing  purposes.     He  sa.vs  in  part : 

"The  use  of  alcohol  for  bathing  purposes  does  not  appear 
to  be  such  as  is  enumerated  in  Section  1,  but  is  rather  author- 
ized for  which  penalties  are  prescribed  under  Section  2,  since 
the  only  object  of  bathing  the  body  with  alcohol  must  be  to 
obtain  its  medicinal  effect  upon  the  skin. 

"No  penalties  are  prescribed  in  the  Act — and  manifestl.y 
the  Government  could  not  follow  a  person  into  his  home  to 
see  whether  he  used  completely  denatured  alcohol  either  for 
drinking  or  for  medicinal  purposes.  Xet  the  uses  are  both 
obviously  contrary  to  the  purpose  and  intent  of  the  law,  and 
the  aim  is  to  prevent  them,  so  far  as  it  is  possible  to  do  so, 
by  the  penalties  imposed  in  Section  2  upon  manufacturers  or 
dealers  who  knowingly  furnish  denatured  alcohol  £or  beverage 
or  medicinal  use. 

"I  am  of  the  opinion,  therefore,  that  completely  denatured 
alcohol  cannot  lawfully  be  sold  for  bathing  purposes,  or  for 
an.v  medicinal  use  whatsoever." 

The  Commissioner  has  decided  that  denatured  alcohol  may 
be  used  in  the  manufacture  of  liquid  paints.  In  a  letter  (T. 
D.  1496)   to  the  collector  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  he  says: 

"You  are  informed  that  formula  No.  1  (to  100  gallons  of 
alcohol  add  5  gallons  of  approved  wood  alcohol)  is  hereby 
authorized  for  use  in  the  manufacture  of  liquid  paints." 


New  York  Bowlers  Entertain  at  Terrace  Garden. 

The  38th  annual  meeting  of  the  Thursday  and  Friday  Bowl- 
ing Clubs,  composed  of  members  of  the  German  Apothecaries' 
Society,  held  at  Terrace  Garden  Bowling  Alleys,  New  Tork, 
on  the  evenings  of  May  20-21,  was  characterized  by  good 
bowling,  a  good  banquet  and  a  good  time  generally.  The 
programme  included  singing  and  recitations  and  the  award 
of  the  annual  prizes,  the  recipients  of  the  latter  being  Messrs. 
Swann,  Frasch  and  Albert,  members  of  the  Thursday  Club, 
and  Messrs.  Hasselbach,  Bruns  and  Siemann.  of  the  Friday 
Club. 


Government  Regulations  for  Sale  of  Viruses. 
Washington,  May  22. — Under  date  of  May  11  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury  has  promulgated  the  new  regulations 
prepared  by  a  board  of  ofBcers  composed  of  the  surgeon-gen- 
erals of  the  Army,  Navy  and  Public  Health  departments  for 
the  sale  of  viruses,  serums,  toxins  and  analogous  products  in 
the  District  of  Columbia  and  to  regulate  interstate  traffic  in 
the  same. 


508 


THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[May  27,  190^ 


The  Drug  Markets 


TENDENCY  MOSTLY  TOWARD  HIGHER  PRICES 


Spot  Quotations  Very  Firm  on  Seasonable  Articles. 
Alcoliol  Advanced  4  Cents  per  Gallon. 

New  Tobk,  May  24. — General  conditious  surrounding  the 
market  for  drugs  and  chemicals  are  without  new  features,  but 
a  moderate  consuming  demand  continues  for  seasonable  arti- 
cles and  the  changes  which  have  taken  place  during  the  week 
show  a  higher  range  of  prices.  Grain  alcohol  has  advanced 
4c.  per  gallon,  but  there  is  no  change  yet  in  the  price  of  com- 
mercial alcohol,  though  an  advance  may  be  expected  in  the 
near  future.  Asafetida  shows  increasing  firmness,  and  the 
tendency  is  toward  higher  prices  as  stocks  are  small,  and 
owing  to  the  troubles  in  Persia,  no  shipments  are  known  to 
be  on  the  way.  Opium  is  unchanged,  but  firmly  held  with  a 
better  demand  for  consumption  and  manufacturing  purposes. 
Norwegian  cod  liver  oil  is  quiet,  but  without  any  change  in 
value. 

Opium. — Primary  markets  report  large  sales  for  America, 
about  200  cases  having  been  purchased  for  shipment  to  this 
country,  resulting  in  an  advance  in  the  Smyrna  market  equal 
to  about  1.5c.  to  20c.  per  pound.  Information  received  con- 
cerning the  new  crop  is  less  favorable,  and  unless  timely 
showers  of  rain  occur,  the  crop  is  likely  to  be  seriously  dam- 
aged. The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  week  ending  April  30, 
amount  to  2050  cases,  as  against  1385  cases  at  the  same 
period  last  year,  and  in  Constantinople  2039  cases,  as  against 
442  cases  at  the  same  period  last  year.  The  stock  in  Smyrna 
at  present  is  1326  cases,  against  1826  last  year,  and  in  Con- 
stantinople 162  cases,  against  76  cases  on  the  same  date 
last  year.  Cases  are  held  at  .?4.25  per  pound ;  lots  of  50 
pounds,  $4.27%  per  pound ;  lots  of  25  pounds,  $4.30  per 
pound,  and  smaller  quantities,  $4.40(5  $4.50  per  pound.  Gran- 
ulated and  powdered  in  lots  of  25  pounds  are  held  at  $5.25 
per  pound. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  sale  of  Amsterdam  brand  of 
quinine  in  Amsterdam  on  the  14th  instant  was  a  trifle  higher 
than  the  previous  sale,  and  50,000  ounces  were  sold  at  florins 
10.56,  as  against  florins  10.50  at  the  previous  sale  on  April 
28.  In  London  on  the  ISth  instant  the  regular  monthly  sale 
of  bark  took  place,  but  there  was  no  change  in  value.  The 
local  market  is  unchanged. 

Cod  Liver  Oil,  Norwegian. — The  market  is  quiet,  but 
without  any  material  change  in  value.  Cable  reports  give  the 
result  of  the  catch  and  production  of  oil  to  the  17th  instant 
as  follows:  Total  catch.  50,600.000  fish,  producing  39,815 
barrels  oil.  The  result  of  the  two  previous  years  were  as 
follows:  1907,  42,600,000  fish,  producing  35,730  barrels  oil; 
1908,  40,800,000  fish,  producing  44,266  barrels  oil.  The  pro- 
duction of  oil  during  the  last  week  has  not  been  large,  and  the 
difference  between  this  year  and  1908  is  4451  barrels  less. 

Glycerin. — This  is  not  the  season  of  the  year  to  look  for 
higher  prices,  but  the  market  has  been  steadily  advancing 
during  the  past  few  weeks,  owing  to  a  good  demand  for 
manufacturing  purposes  and  higher  cost  of  crude  material, 
and  the  tendency  is  still  upward.  The  price  for  barrels  is 
17c.  per  pound  ;  plain  cans,  18c.  per  pound,  and  patent  cans, 
18%c.  per  pound. 

Citric  Acid. — The  demand  is  increasing,  and  all  cheap  lots 
have  been  taken  out  of  the  market.  Crystals  in  barrels  is  now 
held  at  40c.  per  pound  and  kegs  at  40%c.  per  pound. 

Cannabis  Indica. — As  intimated  in  our  last  report,  an 
advance  has  taken  place,  and  $1.50  per  pound  is  now  being 
asked,  with  lower  prices  contingent  upon  arrivals  of  new 
stock,  due  in  a  few  months. 

Papain. — Cases  of  about  50  pounds  are  offered  at  $4..50 
per  pound.     This  article  has  been  scarce  for  some  time. 

Matico  Lea^'es. — There  has  been  a  better  demand  for  leaves 
of  good  quality,  and  the  price  has  advanced  to  20c.  per  pound. 
Some  holders  ask  22c.  per  pound. 

Asaeetida. — Increasing  firmness  is  shown  under  steadily 
diminishing  stocks  at  all  distributing  points  both  here  and 
abroad.  Considerable  business  between  jobbers  has  been 
reported  with  over  30c.  paid,  and  quotations  for  U.S. P.  have 


advanced  lo  .">2(Si35c.  per  pound  in  large  lots,  with  the  ten- 
dency still   upward. 

Chamomile  Flowers. — On  the  spot,  quotations  for  the 
Hungarian  variety  are  steadily  held  at  37@40c.  per  pound 
for  desirable  descriptions.  The  tone  of  the  market  is  firm, 
owing  to  reports  from  abroad  to  the  effect  that  weather  con- 
ditions have  been  unfavorable  to  the  new  crop  and  that  open- 
ing i)rices  are  likely  to  be  comparatively  high. 

JuisiPER  Berries. — Firmness  in  the  foreign  markets  is  re- 
poi'ted  and  the  spot  market  is  strong  in  sympathy.  There  is 
a  fair  consuming  demand  and  quotations  for  desirable  grades 
are  well  sustained  at  4@4%c.  per  pound,  as  to  quantity, 
quality  and  seller. 

BucHU  Leaves. — Cables  report  that  at  the  recent  drug 
auction  in  London,  about  20  bales  were  offered  and  sold  at 
Is.  4d.,  which  is  said  to  equal  about  35c.  laid  down  here.  This 
is  the  general  spot  quotation  for  prime  green,  and  in  some 
quarters  a  40c.  market  is  predicted.  Most  holders  are  quoting 
35@36c.,  with  no  tendency  to  shade  prices,  all  cheap  lots 
having  been  bought  np  and  the  available  stock  is  under  good 
control. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  May  15. — The  market  has  been  without  special 
feature  this  week  and  business  has  been  unusually  quiet.  Not- 
withstanding the  termination  of  the  Morphine  Convention  an- 
nounced in  last  week's  report,  prices  are  unchanged  and  in 
view  of  the  uncertainty  of  the  Opium  market,  any  material 
decline  in  the  value  of  Morphine  is  not  looked  for  immediately. 
The  position  of  Codeine  is  unaffected  by  the  breaking  up  of  the 
Morphine  Convention.  In  spite  of  the  near  approach  of  the 
principal  consuming  season  Citric  Acid  tends  easier  and  the 
demand  for  Tartaric  Acid,  on  the  other  hand,  is  improving. 
Essence  of  Lemon  is  quiet  at  3s.  7d.  per  pound  "spot"  for 
good  brands. 

Cubebs  are  scarce  on  the  spot  and  £5  5s.  per  cwt.  is  men- 
tioned as  the  price  of  small  quantity  available.  Cascara 
Sagrada  is  quoted  at  45s.  per  cwt.,  but  no  business  has  been 
done  above  42s.  (id.  Although  there  are  sellers  of  second-hand 
Glycerin  below  oflicial  prices,  makers  are  very  firm.  A  small 
lot  of  Buchu  Leaves  which  appeared  on  the  market  was 
eagerly  bought  up  at  Is.  3d.  per  pound  for  good  round  green. 
For  good  yielding  Jalap,  the  spot  price  is  Is.  9d.  to  Is.  lid. 
per  pound.  Oil  of  Male  Fern  tends  dearer.  Crude  China 
Camphor  is  somewhat  easier  but  refined  Japanese  continues 
scarce  and  one-ounce  tablets  are  quoted  Is.  9d.  per  pound 
spot.  Peppermint  Oil  is  quiet ;  there  are  buyers  of  Wayne 
County  Oil  in  tins  at  6s.  per  pound  but  sellers  want  6s.  3d. ; 
a  small  business  has  been  done  in  Japanese  dementholized  at 
4s.  Sd.  per  pound  for  "Kobayashi." 


Gets  $2000  Verdict  for  Commissions. 
Baltimore,  May  22.^Luther  W.  Hopkins  has  obtained  a 
verdict  for  $2000  damages  against  Charles  Willms  in  the 
Superior  Court  in  his  suit  to  recover  commissions  alleged  to 
be  due  for  getting  Mrs.  Greenleaf  Johnson  to  invest  $40,000 
in  the  Willms  Sanitary  Company,  which  was  organized  re- 
cently to  manufacture  sanitary  appliances.  Mr.  Willms  con- 
tributed his  patents,  and  his  sou,  Carl  Willms,  the  sum  of 
$40,000.  Mr.  Hopkins  contended  that  he  was  employed  by 
Mr.  Willms. 


Medical  Graduates  Guests  at  Lilly  Branch. 

The  senior  class  of  the  Eclectic  Medical  and  Surgical  Col- 
lege of  Kansas  City  were  recently  guests  of  the  Kansas  City 
branch  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.  The  college  graduates  22  physicians 
this  year. 

The  senior  class  of  the  University  Medical  College  of  Kan- 
sas City  was  also  entertained  at  the  branch.  O.  B.  Dickinson, 
the  branch  manager,  did  the  honors  of  the  occasion,  which  in- 
cluded refreshments. 


A  Simple  Matter. 
"Does  a  dentist  have  much  trouble  in  collecting  his  bills?" 
"No,"  answered  the  expert  in  teeth.     "A  man  usually  see& 

that  his  last  account  is  paid  before  he  has  more  work  done. 

He  takes  no  chances  on  an  unfriendly  disposition." 


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Illustrated  Section 

Each  subscriber  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
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graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  If  the  firm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
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scriber to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

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graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good  specimen :  ' 


FOR 

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n. 

When  additional  photographs  of  partners  and  clerks  are 
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scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  reciuire  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
.■Vlbum,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

In  forwarding  photographs  for  the  Album,  see  that  they  are 
distinctly  addressed  as  follows : 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 

For  Era  Album  90  WiLLIAM   St..  New  YoRK. 


On  another  page  we  publish  a  communication  from 
Prof.  Stevens  in  which  he  advocates  the  formation 
of  a  Division  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society.  Upon  its  face  the  plan, 
as  set  forth  by  Prof.  Stevens,  has  an  attractive  ap- 
pearance, but  in  the  light  of  the  objections  raised  by 
the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  there  would  seem  to  be  the 
necessity  for  giving  the  subject  the  most  thoughtful 
consideration  before  the  movement  assumes  such 
shape  that  retreat  would  be  inexpedient  for  those 
interested  in  the  formation  of  the  proposed  division. 

No  doubt  many  pharmaceutical  chemists  will  feel 
that  there  should  be  no  limit  to  the  number  of  organ- 
izations devoted  to  the  enrichment  of  the  literature 
of  research  and  discovery  in  their  field,  but  there 
will  arise  the  contention  that  there  is  a  possibility 
of  lack  of  real  fruitfulness  in  a  division  of  effort, 
while  the  point  raised  in  Philadelphia  that  the  move- 
ment threatens  the  future  usefulness  and  standing 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  enti- 
tled to  the  attention  which  its  importance  in  possi- 
bilities certainly  warrants.  The  subject  is  one  which 
we  commend  to  the  serious  meditation  of  the  phar- 
maceutical chemists  of  the  country. 

MINNESOTA'S  NEW  ADVERTISING  LAW. 


Executive  approval  having  been  given  the  act 
passed  by  the  Minnesota  Legislature  to  prevent  the 
publication  of  certain  kinds  of  medical  advertise- 
ments the  measure  is  now  a  law  and  will  be  enforced, 
it  is  said,  by  the  authorities.  While  it  does  not  inter- 
fere with  legitimate  remedies  for  proper  purposes 
there  is  a  question  whether  it  may  not  be  the  entering 
wedge  for  subsequent  legislation,  so  that  these  pro- 
visions will  be  read  with  interest: 

Anv  person  publishing,  distributing  or  causing  to  be  dis- 
tributed or  circulated  any  of  the  advertising  matter  herein 
prohibited   shall  be  guilty   of  a   misdemeanor   and   punished   as 

The  production  of  any  advertisement  or  advertising  matter 
published  or  distributed  contrary  to  the  provisions  of  this  Act 
shall  be  of  itself  prima  facie  evidence  of  the  guilt  of  the  person 
or  persons  advertising  to  cure  any  such  disease  herein  above 
mentioned,  or  of  the  p"Viblishers  who  publish  any  matter  such  as 
is  herein   prohibited. 

Penalties  for  violations  of  the  law  are  fines  of  from 
$50  to  $500,  or  a  maximum  sentence  of  six  months 
in  jail.  

LOS  ANGELES  MEETING  OF  THE  A.PH.A. 

That  there  will  be  a  large  attendance  at  the  forth- 
coming meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  Los  Angeles  the  third  week  in  August 
is  a  foregone  conclusion,  for  the  far  western  scene 
of  convention  will  afford  an   opportunity  for  hun- 


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dreds  of  pharmacists  to  be  present  who  have  in  sev- 
eral recent  years  been  unable  to  make  the  long  Jour- 
neys required  to  reach  the  cities  in  which  the  sessions 
have  been  held.  Witli  the  California  Ph. A.  in  session 
at  the  same  place  practically  on  the  eve  of  the 
A.Ph.A.  convention  there  should  be  a  generous  ac- 
cession to  membership  from  that  quarter,  while  the 
attendance  by  the  pharmacists  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
will  no  doubt  be  sufficiently  large  to  show  their  ap- 
preciation of  the  selection  of  a  city  so  convenient  for 
them  and  thereb>-  prove  the  wisdom  of  holding  the 
1909  meeting  in  Los  Angeles. 

Eastern  members  should  make  more  than  ordinary 
efforts  to  go  to  Los  Angeles  and  the  present  moment 
is  the  time  to  decide  and  formulate  plans  by  those 
who  have  not  yet  decided  the  question.  The  trans- 
continental trip  is  well  worth  the  experience  in  itself 
alone,  the  expense  in  these  days  is  not  restrictive  and 
the  programme  of  mental,  visual  and  physical  enter- 
tainment will  in  addition  well  repay  all  who  attend 
the  annual  gathering  of  the  A.Ph.A.  in  what  may 
well  be  called  the  Garden  City  of  Golden  California. 


QUIZ  MASTER  INTRODUCED  TO  ERA  READERS. 


On  page  513  of  this  issue  of  the  Era  the  Quiz 
Master  makes  his  bow  once  more  to  our  readers,  to 
many  of  whom  he  needs  no  introduction,  recalling, 
as  they  will,  how  valuable  his  advice,  suggestions  and 
compilations  proved  to  them  in  attaining  their  pres- 
ent standing  in  the  profession  when  this  department 
was  some  years  ago  a  feature  of  this  journal.  To 
students,  apprentices  and  drug  clei'ks  the  training 
made  possible  through  the  kindly  offices  of  the  Quiz 
Master  is  of  more  than  ordinary  value,  for  in  seek- 
ing answers  to  the  queries  propounded  by  him  there 
is  the  incentive  to  pursue  research  further  than  many 
would  go  if  merely  following  the  beaten  path  of 
study  in  pharmacy. 

Interest  in  this  department  will  by  no  means  be 
confined  to  the  neophytes,  for  many  pharmacists  who 
have  long  since  received  the  finishing  touches  of  their 
education  will  from  time  to  time  find  the  questions 
suggestive  of  ideas  for  investigation  on  their  own 
accotmt,  either  through  curiosity  or  for  the  mere 
love  of  delving  in  their  libraries  seeking  further 
information.  Bvit  the  department  is  primarily  for. 
the  benefit  of  the  j^ounger  generation  who  are  grow- 
ing up  to  be  pharmacists  and  to  them  we  now  in- 
troduce the  Quiz  Master,  commending  his  section  of 
the  Era  to  them  as  an  educational  aid  both  inter- 
esting and  instructive. 


like  the  cards  printed  in  America  by  candidates  for 
office  at  the  regular  political  elections. 

At  first  gasp  the  custom  gives  the  American  more 
or  less  of  a  shock,  due  perhaps  to  the  prohibition  of 
personal  advertising  by  some  of  the  medical  and 
legal  societies  as  being  unethical  and  therefore  un- 
professional, but  on  second  thought  the  declaration 
of  principles  set  forth  in  this  way  through  legitimate 
trade  journals  by  candidates  for  professional  honors 
seems  both  proper  and  sensible,  besides  being  in- 
formative and  instructive.  No  better  plan  could  be 
adopted,  probably,  to  show  enthusiastic  interest  in 
the  welfare  of  pharmacy,  so  here  is  success  to  the 
advertisers ! 


HOW  THEY  DO  IT  IN  ENGLAND. 


A  recent  issue  of  the  London  Pharmaceutical  Jour- 
nal contained  the  advertisements  of  three  pharma- 
cists who  are  candidates  for  election  to  che  Pharma- 
ceutical Council.  One  announcement,  made  by  the 
president  of  the  Thames  Valley  District  Druggists' 
Association,  occupies  an  entire  page  and  sets  forth 
clearly  and  in  detail  to  the  members  of  the  British 
Pharmaceutical  Association  his  views  upon  subjects 
that  will  likely  come  before  the  council.  The  other 
advertisements  are  smaller,  but  urge  the  support  of 
the  members  for  similar  reasons.    All  are  verv  much 


PAPERS  AT    THE   STATE   ASSOCIATIONS. 


This  .year's  crop  of  valuable  papers  at  meetings 
of  the  various  State  pharmaceutical  associations 
promises  to  be  larger  than  ever  before.  The  custom 
of  preparing  sets  of  subjects  for  papers,  which  is  in 
vogue  with  many  of  the  associations  including  Penn- 
sylvania, New  York,  Wisconsin,  Missouri  and  others, 
is  a  very  helpful  means  of  inducing  members  with 
ideas  to  break  the  ice  of  discussion  and  contribute 
their  experiences  for  the  benefit  of  their  fellow 
pharmacists. 

New  members  are  often  modest  and  backward  and 
fearing  that  they  may  intrude  or  violate  the  propri- 
eties in  some  way  remain  longer  in  the  background 
than  would  be  the  case  if  they  were  given  encourage- 
ment by  their  elders  to  participate  in  the  proceed- 
ings. This  custom  of  preparing  sets  of  suitable 
topics  is  more  than  an  invitation  to  prepare  papers 
for  consideration ;  it  is  at  once  an  incentive  to  do  so 
and  it  instructs  the  new  members  in  the  range  of 
subjects  that  ma.y  properly  be  handled  by  them  for 
the  edification  of  the  attendants  at  the  sessions  of  the 
associations. 


Federal  authorities  at  Washington  appear  to  have  won  an 
even  greater  victory  than  was  at  first  apparent  in  the 
"Mapleine"  misbranding  case  in  which  the  manufacturers 
were  convicted  despite  the  conceded  purity  of  the  product,  as 
reported  on  page  450  of  the  Era  of  May  13.  The  defendants 
have  concluded  not  to  appeal  from  the  Chicago  decision  and 
have  been  permitted  to  brand  their  food  as  provided  under 
the  Federal  regulations.  The  case  is  an  object  lesson  of  the 
futility  of  fighting  against  the  provisions  of  the  National  Pure 
Food  and  Drugs  Act.  An  interesting  account  of  the  suit  will 
appear  in  the  June  number  of  The  Soda  Fountain. 


General  regret  will  be  felt  for  the  death  of  Joseph  Long  at 
his  home  in  Sherman.  Texas,  for  people  were  at  last  beginning 
to  appreciate  the  great  value  of  the  medicinal  plant  cultiva- 
tion experiments  which  had  been  conducted  during  the  last 
few  years  by  this  patient,  modest  and  unassuming  citizen. 
The  seeds  sown  by  Mr.  Long  will  in  more  ways  than  one  form 
a  monument  of  his  devotion  to  practical  theories  for  the 
elucidation  of  which  he  was  peculiarly  fitted  by  the  traits  of 
character  which  we  have  mentioned. 


That  Arkansas  University  is  to  have  a  chair  of  pharmacy 
is  a  fresh  indication  of  the  tendency  of  State  educational  insti- 
tutions to  recognize  the  importance  of  pharmacy  as  a  profes- 
sion and  the  necessity  of  providing  for  the  instruction  of 
students  who  are  attracted  by  its  possibilities  both  profession- 
ally and  commercially. 


O'Neill,  Neb.,  is  going  to  put  a  stigma  on  all  druggists  who 
make  a  practice  of  selling  liquor  except  upon  legitimate  physi- 
cians' prescriptions.     In  doing  so  the  drug  stores  that  offend 


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will  be  placed  in  the  beer  and  whisky  saloon  class  and  will  be 
compelled  to  pay  the  full  license  fees  which  are  collected  from 
groggeries.  There  will  be  no  chance  for  masquerading  and 
the  druggists  who  cut  out  the  grog  end  will  be  the  ultimate 
winners. 


plane  carrying  the  largest  number  of  passengers.  The  chief 
event  will  be  the  competition  for  the  International  Cup  of 
Aviation,  which  is  the  Derby  of  the  Air.  The  stewards  of  the 
meeting  are  all  French,  but  contestants  from  almost  all  parta 
of  Europe  have  already  entered. 


Approval  by  Governor  Hughes  of  the  Act  of  the  Legisla- 
ture converting  the  springs  of  Saratoga  into  a  State  park  or 
reservation,  with  provision  for  a  bond  issue  of  ?600.000  to 
cover  the  cost  of  purchasing  the  necessary  land,  means  that 
New  York  State  will  have  a  great  spa  which  should  equal  if 
not  eclipse  similar  resorts  in  Europe  and  elsewhere.  Phar- 
macists in  Saratoga  County  have  been  active  in  promoting 
this  public  improvement  and  are  to  be  congratulated  upon  the 
success  of  their  efforts. 


Another  "sausage  scandal''  has  been  engaging  the  attention 
of  the  Criminal  Court  in  Berlin.  A  sausage  maker  named 
Loewy,  in  a  very  large  way  of  business,  has  been  fined  $250 
for  transporting  enormous  quantities  of  sausages  made  of 
horse  flesh  to  Munich.  Gottingen.  Brunswick  and  other  places 
famous  for  the  manufacture  of  the  higher  class  sausages, 
having  them  dressed  up  there,  and  forwarding  them  as  the 
real  article  all  over  Germany  and  to  foreign  countries  as  well. 


When  a  woman  buries  a  husband  who  was  an  invalid  for 
ten  years  you  cannot  blame  her  for  looking  for  a  second  hus- 
band among  doctors,  druggists  or  millionaires. 


Teacher :  "What  do  you  mean  by  the  "quick  and  the 
dead' ?" 

Boy :  "Well,  the  quick  get  out  of  the  way  of  the  motor- 
cars, and  the  dead  don't !" — June  Lippincotfs. 


It  is  better  business  to  be  held  up  by  your  customers  once 
in  a  while  than  to  hold  your  customers  up  all  the  time. 


Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens,  of  the  University  of  Michigan  School 
of  Pharmacy,  whose  features  are  delineated  on  this  page  of 
the  Eba,  has  long  been  known  both  as  a 
practical  pharmacist  and  an  educator. 
Recently,  however,  he  has  further  extend- 
ed his  acquaintance  by  his  work  in  the 
American  Chemical  Society  as  chief  ab- 
stracter in  charge  of  pharmaceutical  lit- 
erature used  in  the  society's  publications. 
As  chairman  ot  a  committee  he  has  ap- 
pealed to  the  pharmaceutical  chemists  of 
the  country  upon  the  advisability  of  form- 
ing a  division  of  pharmaceutical  chem- 
istry of  the  American  Chemical  Society. 
and  his  advocacy  of  the  plan  is  now  being 
discussed  with  considerable  interest  by 
pharmacists,  not  all  of  whom  seem  to  be 
in  favor  of  the  scheme.  But  whatever 
may  be  the  outcome,  the  motive  which 
has  prompted  Professor  Stevens  and  the 
members  of  his  committee  cannot  be  con- 
strued to  mean  that  the  work  of  the 
A. Ph. A.  has  not  been  satisfactory,  or  that 
its  membership  fails  to  take  a  sufficient 
cognizance  of  this  important  branch  of 
chemical  work.  There  is  no  doubt  that 
if  such  a  division  of  the  society  is  estab- 
lished that  there  will  be  drawn  into  it 
many  pharmaceutical  chemists  who  are 
not  now  members  of  the  older  organi- 
zation. 

Professor  Stevens  has  long  been  known 
as  one  of  the  earnest  and  hard-working 
men  in  pharmacy  and  but  few  so  ardently 
desired  to  place  the  calling  upon  a  broad  and  solid  basis. 
Graduating  from  the  University  of  Michigan  in  1875,  he 
opened  a  store  of  his  own  in  Detroit  which  he  conducted  with 
success  until  1S87.  when  he  was  called  to  take  the  chair  of 
practical  pharmacy  in  his  alma  mater.  While  in  the  retail 
business  he  served  as  first  president  of  the  Detroit  Pharma- 
ceutical society,  In  1S94  he  filled  the  presidential  chair  of  the 
Michigan  Pharmaceutical  Association,  an  organization  in 
which  he  still  feels  no  small  degree  of  interest  and  of  pride. 
In  1905  he  returned  from  a  two  years'  absence  in  Europe, 
taking  the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy  in  the  meantime, 
his  major  study  being  pharmacognosy  under  the  directorship 
of  Professor  Tschirch  in  the  University  of  Berne.  Dr.  Stevens 
has  been  a  frequent  contributor  to  pharmaceutical  literature. 


Lack  of  public  demand  for  pasteurized  milk  has  caused  the 
discontinuance  of  the  use  of  pasteurized  machines  by  many  of 
the  milk  companies  and  one  of  the  largest  experimental  plants 
in  New  Xork  City  is  now  being  dismantled.  It  was  only  a 
months  ago  that  the  agitation  concerning  the  heating  and  cool- 
ing of  milk  was  the  cause  of  hasty  prep- 
arations on  the  part  of  certain  firms  to 
meet  the  applications  for  the  specially 
treated  milk  which  they  believed  to  be 
imminent.  For  a  time  there  was  evidence 
of  such  a  demand,  and  that  certain  of  the 
companies  have  found  there  is  no  longer 
any  such  feverish  anxiety  over  the  milk 
question  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that 
costly  apparatus  which  was  made  for  the 
pasteurizing  process  is  now  lying  idle. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  merits  of  pas- 
teurization are  being  freely  urged  by 
several  of  the  large  corporations  which 
have  invested  considerable  sums  in  ap- 
paratus and  are  charging  an  enhanced 
price  for  the  product,  which  has  the  neat- 
ly printed  guarantee  of  innocuousness  on 
the  paper  cap.  The  constant  agitation  of 
the  supposed  necessity  of  pasteurization 
was  depended  upon  to  induce  the  public 
to  insist  upon  a  brand  that  has  known  a 
heat  of  at  least  150°  F. 

By  the  companies  and  firms  which  have 
been  obliged  on  account  of  the  falling  off 
of  the  public  demand  to  discontinue 
pasteurization  the  whole  matter  is  looked 
upon  in  accordance  with  business  prin- 
ciples. An  oflicial  of  one  of  the  largest 
companies   said : 

"We  simply  discontinued  the  process 
because  many  of  our  important  customers 
declared  they  did  not  wish  to  have  their  milk  treated.  The 
question  of  expense  was  not  considered,  for  we  could  very 
easily  pasteurize  all  the  milk  and  would  not  lose  anything 
through  the  introduction  of  more  apparatus. 

"There  is  a  certain  taste  in  milk  which  is  destroyed  by 
pasteurization.  Raw  milk  must  have  that  rich  flavor  which 
is  so  characteristic  or  it  cannot  be  sold.  The  pasteurization 
kills  that  taste. 

"For  business  reasons,  if  the  public  insisted  upon  it  we 
would  supply  the  pasteurized  article,  although  we  would  much 
prefer  to  sell  the  raw  material  and  let  the  mothers  pasteurize 
it  to  suit  themselves." 


Arbor. 


Aeronauts  are  already  gathering  for  the  "Aviation  Week," 
which  is  to  be  held  near  Rheims  in  Champagne  from  August 
22  to  29.  The  field  chosen  is  the  military  ground  in  the  Plain 
of  Betheny.  Over  $40,000  in  prizes  will  be  given  during  the 
week. 

Nothing  so  important  has  ever  taken  place  in  the  history  of 
aeronautics  since  the  first  men  began  to  fly.  There  will  be 
all  kinds  of  competitions — for  height,  for  speed,  for  turns, 
landing   contests   for   spherical    balloons,    prizes   for   the    aero- 


The  Berlin  Medical  Society  states  in  its  report  on  appendi- 
citis, that  the  number  of  the  cases  is  markedly  increasing,  and 
that  in  the  city  of  Berlin  the  number  has  doubled  within  less 
than  ten  years. 


Sweet — What  is  meant  by  the  grave  and  the  gay? 
Weeks — Must  refer  to  that  deceased  octogenarian  and  his 
pretty  young  widow. 


Professor  Wolff  announced  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Berlin 
Medical  Society,  that  photography  by  means  of  Roentgen  rays 


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[June  3,  1909 


is  the  most  reliable  method  known  of  diagnosing  tuberculosis 
in  the  very  first  stages.  In  cases  in  which  the  usual  symp- 
toms of  incipient  tuberculosis,  such  as  loss  of  weight,  night 
sweats,  and  irregular  breathing  do  not  occur,  the  Roentgen 
photograph  indicates  the  slightest  change  in  the  lung  tissue 
with  absolute  accuracy.  This  method  of  diagnosing  the  dread 
disease  has  even  superseded  the  serum  injection  with  tuber- 
culine,  which,  until  now,  has  been  considered  almost  infallible. 

But  numerous  cases  have  recently  been  recorded  in  which 
the  reaction  from  the  use  of  tuberculine  showed  negative 
results,  and  nevertheless,  a  slight  affection  of  the  lungs  had 
already  taken  place.  A  Roentgen  photograph,  however,  leaves 
absolutely  no  doubt  as  to  the  presence  of  tubercular  germs, 
and  if  they  are  not  pictured  on  the  negative,  there  need  be 
no  cause  for  alarm. 

Dr.  Wolff  urged  the  practical  application  of  this  photo- 
graphic method  in  all  cases  of  lung  catarrh  which  had  given 
the  slightest  cause  for  suspecting  tuberculosis,  as  the  safest 
preventive.  Numerous  lantern  slides  illustrated  the  successful 
experiments  that  had  been  made. 


He  (passionately) — I  never  have  loved  before. 
She — Dear  me !     And  you're  almost  twenty-one,  too.     How 
your  education  has  been  neglected,  hasn't  it? 


"That  boy,"  said  the  second-hand  book  dealer,  nodding 
toward  a  freckled-faced  lad  swishing  a  feather  duster  around 
promiscuously,  "is  a  wonder  in  his  way." 

"Well,  I  don't  care  what  he  is  in  his  way,"  responded  a 
testy  customer  who  frequented  the  shop,  according  to  the 
Chicago  Inter  Ocean,  "so  long  as  he  doesn't  get  in  mine, 
which  he  does  every  time  he  can." 

"I  know,  I  know,"  sighed  the  dealer,  "but  what  am  I  to  do? 
He  is  my  only  stepson  and  he's  got  to  have  a  job.  Yesterday 
I  gave  him  a  copy  of  'Dr.  Syntax'  to  put  where  it  belonged 
and  did  he  do  it?  Oh,  yes,  he  did  it — nit.  I  found  it  today 
over  there  among  those  books  marked  'Medical.'  " 

The  testy  customer  grunted  with  a  sort  of  satisfaction. 

"But  that  is  nothing  to  what  he  did  a  month  ago,"  the 
dealer  went  on.  "One  day  he  came  to  me  with  a  copy  of  'The 
Reign  of  Law'  and  asked  where  he  should  put  it.  'Don't  you 
know  where  it  should  go?'  said  I,  provoked  that  a  boy  of  his 
size  didn't  know  a  novel  by  the  feel  of  it.  "I  wasn't  sure,' 
said  he,  'whether  it  ought  to  go  under  the  head  of  "Meteor- 
ological" or  "Legal."'  Now,  what  do  you  think  of  that?  He 
ought  to  know  enough  to  go  in  out  of  the  rain,  oughtn't  he?" 

The  testy  customer  grunted  again  and  chuckled. 

"Let  him  alone,  let  him  alone,"  he  said.  "He'll  be  a  fine 
lawyer  one  of  these  days." 


Teachers  throughout  the  country  have  been  invited  by  the 
United  States  Forester  to  co-operate  with  the  Forest  Service 
in  an  effort  to  obtain  more  definite  knowledge  of  the  charac- 
teristics of  the  most  important  forest  trees  of  the  United 
States.  To  do  this  it  will  be  necessary  to  obtain  a  large 
number  of  volunteer  observers  who  will  collect  material  on 
the  time  of  leafing,  blossoming  and  fruiting  of  the  various 
kinds  of  forest  trees.  On  request,  the  Forest  Service  will  be 
glad  to  send  forms  upon  which  to  record  data  and  a  pamphlet 
containing  full  instructions  as  to  the  nature  of  the  observations 
and  how  they  are  to  be  made. 


President  Taft  delivered  two  addresses  at  the  Howard  Uni- 
versity last  week,  one  to  the  graduating  class  and  the  other 
at  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  university  library 
building,  which  is  to  be  constructed  with  money  given  by 
Andrew  Carnegie.  The  President  at  the  corner-stone  laying 
insisted  on  spreading  mortar  all  over  the  top  of  the  massive 
piece  of  granite.  A  silver  trowel  was  handed  him  to  perform 
this  service.  Much  to  the  amusement  of  the  crowd  he  dipped 
the  trowel  into  a  bucket  at  least  20  times,  leaving  little  for 
the  masons  who  were  assigned  to  the  task. 

"Come  up  here.  Ballinger,"  he  said,  addressing  the  Secretary 
of  the  Interior,  "and  help  me  out  with  this  job." 

Secretary  Ballinger  smiled,  shook  his  head  and  let  his  chief 
finish  the  work. 


Here  is  a  translation  of  one  of  M.  Perrin's  fables.  Perrin, 
says  the  Cincinnati  Commercial  Trihunc.  was  a  French  author 
who  lived  many  years  ago.  His  little  fables,  popular  a  hun- 
dred years  ago  and  much  used  in  schools,  are  frequently  ex- 


cellent, although  they  seem  to  have  been  forgotten  of  late 
years.     This  one  is  entitled  "The  Carpenter  and  the  Ape" : 

An  Ape  sat  attentively  watching  a  Carpenter  who  was  split- 
ting a  piece  of  wood  by  means  of  two  wedges,  which  he  drove 
alternatively  into  the  split.  The  Carpenter  went  to  dinner, 
leaving  his  work  nearly  finished.  The  Ape,  wishing  to  become 
a  wood  splitter  itself,  went  up  to  the  piece  of  wood  and  took 
out  one  wedge  without  putting  in  the  other,  in  such  a  manner 
that  the  wood,  no  longer  having  anything  to  hold  it  apart, 
closed  together  again  quickly,  catching  the  foolish  Ape  by  the 
two  forepaws  and  holding  it  there  until  the  Carpenter  came 
back.  He.  without  ceremony,  knocked  the  Ape  down  for 
having  meddled  with  his  work. 

Never  meddle  in  the  affairs  of  others  without  taking  a  great 
deal  of  precaution. 


Lord  George  Hamilton,  presiding  at  a  meeting  of  the  Lon- 
don Municipal  Society,  declared  that  the  conditions  in  certain 
large  English  towns  were  producing  a  degenerate  class,  both 
morally  and  physically,  and  that  unless  this  could  be  stopped 
our  position  among  the  great  nations  of  the  world  must  be 
a  declining  one. 


Now  sing  a  song  of  summertime 
And  raise  a  joyful  shout — 

The  season  of  the  speckled  boy 
And  of  the  freckled  trout. 

— June  Lippincott's. 


Tobacco  records  that  Julia  O'Brien,  who  died  recently  at 
St.  Francis  Home  and  who  had  lived  to  be  303  years  old, 
attributed  her  long  life  to  her  regular  devotion  to  her  pipe 
for  more  than  three-quarters  of  a  century.  Mrs.  Nellie  Ryan, 
at  10.3.  gave  similar  testimony  in  West  Hoboken  a  few  days 
ago.  Other  recent  witnesses  to  the  same  purpose  were  Aunt 
Lorita  Cox.  aged  106,  of  Bangor.  Me.,  and  the  SeiSora  Lugarda 
de  la  Rodega,  aged  129,  whose  home  was  near  Los  Angeles. 
This  association  of  tobacco  and  years  for  femininity  has 
reached  as  far  as  the  country  is  wide. 

Possibly  the  daily  newspapers  scoffed  with  too  ready  cour- 
tesy the  other  day  at  Dr.  Rachel  Skidelsky's  prescription  of 
cigarettes  for  woman's  nerves,  says  Tobacco.  For  this  prac- 
titioner's sole  mistake  may  have  been  that  she  did  not  go  the 
whole  smoke  and  name  the  pipe  instead  of  the  cigarette. 


"Is  it  possible,  doctor,"  asked  the  garrulous  widow,  "that 
one  can  be  talked  to  death?" 

"Certainly,  madam.  Have  you  not  buried  three  husbands 
yourself?" 


"I  have  often  wondered,"  said  a  man  who  rambles  all  over 
town  looking  for  bargains,  according  to  the  Boston  Herald, 
"how  the  small  merchants  in  the  side  streets  and  out  of  the 
retail  districts  manage  to  make  their  living.  I  know  some- 
thing about  it  now. 

"A  year  ago  I  went  into  a  little  store  to  buy  an  article 
that  cost  me  12  cents  when  I  finally  got  it.  The  first  time  I 
made  my  want  known  the  merchant  said  that  he  had  never 
kept  the  article,  although  it  was  in  his  line.  He  thanked  me 
for  calling  his  attention  to  it.  He  supposed  that  would  not 
do  me  any  good,  but  he  would  get  it,  for  the  chances  were 
that  some  one  else  would  ask  for  it. 

"I  did  not  call  again  for  several  days,  and  when  I  did  I 
went  out  of  my  way  ten  blocks.  He  knew  me  as  soon  as  I 
entered  his  store.  He  said  he  ordered  the  article  and  expected 
it  any  day.  He  asked  me  to  leave  my  address,  saying  that  he 
would  send  the  article  as  soon  as  he  received  it. 

"What  was  the  result?  I  have  been  going  out  of  my  way 
ever  since  for  anything  in  his  line  just  because  the  merchant 
had  been  so  obliging.  We  became  very  well  acquainted  and 
one  day  I  told  him  how  I  had  become  one  of  his  customers. 

"  'Why,'  he  replied,  'that  is  the  way  I  get  my  trade.  If  I 
didn't  try  to  accommodate  people  who  came  in  here  I  would 
have  had  to  close  up  my  place  long  ago.'  " 


An  attentive  clerk  is  desirable  if  his  attention  is  given  im- 
partially to  all  patrons,  but  not  if  it  is  bestowed  exclusively 
upon  pet  patrons  among  the  dear  girls. 


Some  druggists  can  generate  almost  enough  gas  with  their 
mouths  to  charge  a  soda  fountain. 


June  3,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


513 


The  Antidote  Factory. 


A  MONTHLY  SERIES  OF  PRACTICAL  AND  EDITCA- 

TIONAL     QUESTIONS    FOR     DRUG     CLERKS 

AND  STUDENTS,  WITH  THREE  CASH 

PRIZES  EACH  MONTH  FOR  THE 

MOST   CORRECT  ANSWERS. 


Published  Weekly  with  a  New  Series  Each  Month 


THREE  FRIZES  of  $5.00,  $3.00  and  $3.00  respectirely,  will  be 
paid  each  month  to  the  three  persons  gabmittins  the  largest 
number  of  correct  answers  to  each  series  of  qnestions.  This 
competition  is  open  to  all  who  may  desire  to  compete. 

ANSWER  BT  NUMBERS  and  write  your  answers  upon  letter 
size  paper  (one  side  only),  with  your  Name  and  Address  at 
TOP  of  each  sheet.      Also  number  your  sheets. 

Ar.L,  .ANSWERS  for  each  montii's  series  of  questions  must 
b«  with   us  not  later  than  the  20th  of  the  following  month. 

WE  INVITE  our  readers  to  send  us  their  questions  for  pub- 
lication in  this  department;  particularly  those  connected  with 
the  practical   work  of   drug  clerks. 

ALL,  COUMUNICATIONS  relating  to  this  department  should 
b«  kept  separate  from  other  correspondence,  and  addressed  to 

The  Quiz  Master 

Care  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  90  William  St.,  New  York 

June  Series  1909. 

1 — What  is  the  reason  for  using  glass  or  rubber  stoppers  for 
bottles  containing  Ammonia  Water? 

2 — What  is  meant  by  filtration,  and  of  what  importance  is 
the  process  to  pharmacists? 

3 — Why  in  cleaning  pharmaceutical  utensils  is  it  best  to 
separate  those  containing  oily  or  greasy  substances  and  wash 
them  separately? 

4 — What  would  you  dispense,  if  a  customer  called  for  Red 
Precipitate?  Give  some  of  the  medicinal  uses  of  this 
substance. 

5 — What  is  the  objection  to  measuring  Spirit  of  Camphor 
in  a  graduate  wet  with  water? 

6 — What  is  the  appearance  of  Licorice  Root,  and  for  what 
is  it  used?     How  does  it  taste? 

7 — How  much  U.S. P.  Tincture  of  Opium  would  you  sell 
for  ten  cents,  if  the  retail  price  upon  the  stock  bottle  was 
marked  $1.50  per  Oj? 

8— What  is  the  difference  in  chemical  composition  between 
Rochelle  Salt  and  Epsom  Salt? 

9 — How  would  you  prepare  a  Seidlitz  Powder  to  be  taken 
immediately  by  a  customer  in  the  store? 

10 — Why  is  it  of  special  advantage  at  this  time  of  the  year 
to  be  posted  upon  the  method  of  preparation,  dose  and  medic- 
inal uses  of  Solution  of  Magnesium  (titrate? 

11 — What  is  meant  by  U.S. P.  preparations  and  U.S.P. 
strength  ? 

12 — What  two  systems  of  measuring  liquids  are  found  upon 
many  graduates  used  in  stores? 


Druggist  Denton  Wins  Prize. 
(From  the  Springfield,  Mo..  Leader.) 
C.  E.  Denton,  the  South  street  druggist,  has  received  the 
prize  from  The  Soda  Fountain,  the  leading  trade  paper  of 
the  country,  offered  for  the  best  soda  fountain  recipe.  Mr. 
Denton  won  it  on  his  Frozen  Cocoannt  Ball  formula,  over  a 
large  number  of  competitors. 

Frozen  Cocoanut  Ball  is  one  of  Denton's  popular  specialties 
and  has  from  the  start  been  a  favorite  with  Springfield  people. 


"By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

It  was  a  balmy  spring  morning. 
The  soft  clear  sunshine  searched  out 
the  dusty,  cobwebby  office  comers 
and  by  very  contrast  shewed  the 
dingy,  work-a-day  shabbiness  of  it  all. 
The  click  and  rumble  of  the 
presses  came  through  the  frequently 
opened  door :  the  building  vibrated 
dully  but  unceasingly.  The  City  Ed- 
itor was  out  of  sorts  Inwardly  he 
protested  against  the  necessity  for 
work  on  such  a  glorious  day  ;  audi- 
bly his  remarks  were  tinged  with 
biting  sarcasm. 

"A  lady  of  leisure,  eh.  Miss  Cala- 
mus," he  remarked  laconically,  as  he 
strolled  along  by  her  desk,  "well, 
here  is  an  assignment  tor  you.  We  must  have  something 
local  and  newsy  for  the  Sunday  edition ;  do  not  return  until 
you  have  secured  it.  We  haven't  given  the  druggist-people 
any  attention  for  some  time,  and  the  advertising  manager 
has  just  reported  that  a  couple  of  our  biggest  medicine  con- 
tracts are  about  up.  He  intimates  that  the  right  articles  at 
this  juncture  will  clinch  the  renewals.  Get  the  point?" 
Miss  Calamus  nodded. 

"At  the  Club  last  night,  a  hint  was  dropped  about  an  Anti- 
dote Factory  that  was  being  run  out  on  the  edge  of  Nowhere. 
Locate  it  and  write  it  up." 

Miss  Calamus  adjusted  an  immense  hat  before  a  tiny  mirror, 
drew  on  her  gloves  and  sallied  forth.  She  had  not  the  re- 
motest idea  in  which  direction  to  head,  so  she  entered  her 
fa%'orite  pharmacy  and  called  for  a  glass  of  soda  water. 

"Do  you  happen  to  know  of  an  Antidote  Specialist  in  the 
city?"  she  inquired  politely  as  she  sipped  her  beverage  with 
evident  relish. 

The  soda  dispenser  grinned.  "I've  heard  of  such  a  person 
or  place  out  at  the  end  of  the  Bloomingdale  street  car  line," 
he  responded,  "haven't  had  occasion  to  go  there  myself  as  yet 
though." 

Miss  Calamus  smiled  amiably.  She  had  found  her  clue. 
Something  like  an  hour  later,  as  the  Bloomingdale  car  slowed 
down  near  the  end  of  the  road,  the  conductor  began  banging 
the  seats  over  noisily. 

"Do  you  happen  to  know  of  a  drug  store  in  this  neighbor- 
hood?" she  inquired  between  the  bangs. 

"You  don't  mean  the  Antidote  Factory,  do  you?"  the  man 
returned,  pausing  with  a  half-turned  seat  in  his  hand. 
The   reporter  from  the   Search-Light   assented   eagerly. 
"You  follow  this  here  street  until  you  come  to  that  there  tall 
buildin'  yonder,  then  turn  to  the  right.     It  is  just  around  the 
corner." 

The  motorman  eyed  her  curiously."  "You  can't  miss  it, 
lady,"  he  assured  her,  "it  is  just  around  that  corner." 

"Spirit  of  Jupiter!"  he  ejaculated,  as  he  watched  the  girl 
walking  briskly  away  in  the  direction  indicated,  "Who  would 
ever  suppose  she  needed  an  antidote  for  anything." 

"Maybe  it  is  fer  some  of  her  folks,"  the  conductor  ven- 
tured, "sort  of  absent-treatment  like,  you  know." 

"With  a  Fluffy  Ruffles  like  that,  it  is  more  likely  to  be  a 
case  of  heart-trouble  of  her  own,"  he  chuckled  as  he  made 
preparations  to  start. 

The  reporter  had  reached  the  yellow  building  and  turned 
the  corner.  Unexpected  signs  of  activity  met  her.  People 
whose  appearance  proclaimed  them  residents  of  other  localities 
were  coming  and  going.  Several  automobiles  waited  in  front 
of  the  small  drug  store  which  boasted  but  one  nine-pane  win- 
dow. The  sole  decoration  of  this  window  was  a  large  card 
which  bore  the  singular  announcement : 


A  little  temper  now  and  rhen  is  helpful  to  the  best  of  men. 


:        ANTIDOTES   OF   ALL   KINDS 
:            CONSTANTLY   IN   STOCK  : 

*  * 

Without  further  hesitation  the  girl  opened  the  door  and 
entered.  The  store  was  surprisingly  roomy,  well-stocked  and 
as  neat  as  a  new  pin.  Evidence  of  the  personality  of  a 
master-hand  were  immediately  felt  as  well  as  seen.     A  cus- 


514 


THE     PHAEJIACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  3,  1909 


tomer  was  being  waited  on  by  a  slender,  scliolarly  appearing 
man  with  clear,  blue-gray  eyes,  finely  chiseled  features  and 
head  noticeably  high  above  the  ears.  Others  were  in  line  and 
so  the  SearchrLight's  ambassador  would  be  compelled  to  wait 
her  turn. 

"I  should  like,'"  the  customer  said  anxiously,  "an  antidote 
for  the  deadly  habit  of  putting  off  until  tomorrow  the  duty 
to  which  I  ought  to  attend  today." 

The  man  behind  the  counter  looked  grave. 

"I  have  the  remedy,"  he  said,  "but  the  directions  and  re- 
quirements are  so  exacting  that  few  who  have  contracted 
this  unfortunate  habit  can  ever  be  induced  to  persevere  in 
its  cure." 

"But,"  complained  the  customer,  "the  habit  has  cost  me 
some  of  the  finest  opportunities  of  my  life.  The  advantage 
it  has  given  the  other  fellow  has  always  enabled  him  to 
outdo  me.  No  matter  how  painstakingly  I  plan  my  busi- 
ness moves,  some  one  else  is  sure  to  be  just  enough  ahead,  so 
that  it  appears  that  I  am  always  the  follower  and  never  the 
leader." 

"The  remedy,"  the  Apothecary  said,  "lies  in  the  daily 
administration  of  the  given  number  of  units  of  this  wonderful 
serum  of  Will-Power.  The  system  assimilates  it  and  changes 
it  into  Decision  and  Initiative.  After  .you  have  used  the 
contents  of  this  tube  the  remedy  hereafter  lies  within  your- 
self, never  without.  Your  success  depends  upon  what  you 
actually  do,  not  upon  what  you  plan  to  do,  or  even  what  you 
think  you  can  do." 

"I'll  try  it,"  the  man  said  earnestly,  as  he  took  his  medi- 
cine and  turned  slowly  away. 

A  little,  thin,  sharp-featured  woman  stepped  up  to  the 
counter  next. 

"I  want  an  antidote  for  worry,"  she  said  crisply,  "my 
husband  has  never  amounted  to  a  great  deal,  and  I  expect  he 
never  will.  I've  worried  steady  night  and  day  for  the  last 
fifty  years,  and  it  hasn't  done  a  mite  of  good.  Now  I  have 
got  so  in  the  habit  of  it  that  I  cannot  help  it.  I  worry  for 
fear  we'll  come  to  want.  I  worry  for  fear  he'll  lose  his  place. 
I  worry  for  fear  the  house  will  burn  and  the  company  refuse 
to  pay  the  insurance,  though  why  I  should  care,  I  don't 
know,  with  as  crusty  a  landlord  as  we  have.  It  is  getting  on 
my  nerves,  and  I  want  an  antidote." 

The  man  behind  the  counter  looked  at  her  sadly.  "This  is 
serious,  most  serious,"  he  declared.     "You  have  children?" 

"Lots  of  'em." 

"I  suppose  you  fret  and  scold  I'" 

"Can't  help  it !"  the  woman  snapped,  "and  my  husband 
is  mean  enough  to  insist  that  scolding  or  naggin',  as  he  calls 
it,  is  just  a  woman's  way  of  swearing.  No  wonder  I  am 
worried  to  death." 

"My  dear  woman."  the  Apothecary  cried  in  a  distressed 
tone,  "I  fear  your  case  is  chronic,  and  it  will  take  a  very 
long  time  to  effect  any  marked  improvement.  Worry  belongs 
to  a  most  unlovely  brood,  of  which  impatience,  auger,  unjust 
estimates  of  others,  envy  and  hatred  are  also  membei-s.  They 
were  all  hatched  out  by  the  old  hen  Fear.  Excuse  me.  but 
you  are  largely  responsible  for  your  partner's  failure  in  life." 

"I'd  like  to  know  how?"  she  demanded.  "I've  urged  that 
man  to  do  different,  no  matter  what  he  did,  I  made  a  point  to 
urge  that  he  do  something  different,  and  if  I  do  say  it  as 
shouldn't,  he  never  has  got  a  bit  conceited.  I've  kept  right 
on  showing  him  what  we'd  most  likely  come  to.  I'm  dis- 
couraged." 

"Doubtless  he  is,  too."  the  Antidote  maker  responded  dryly. 
'When  your  children  went  to  school  how  were  they  instructed 
in  the  art  of  writing?" 

"Why,  by  means  of  copies,  and  every  last  one  of  'em  writes 
a  different  hand.  Some  round,  some  vertical,  some  angular. 
and  some  with  a  queer,  tipsy  slant.  Just  as  that  particular 
teacher  happened  to  write."' 

"Exactly.  They  imitated  the  copy  or  picture  presented  for 
them  to  follow,  and  my  good  woman,  your  husband  has  done 
the  same.  Your  copy  was  continually  before  him,  and  it  was 
a  copy  in  some  form  of  Fear.  Fear  of  failure.  Fear  of 
poverty.  Fear  of  everything  until  you  both  became  hypno- 
tized by  its  ugly  form.  Worry  is  no  virtue,  it  is  rather  a 
grievous  fault.  I  have  here  the  antidote.  It  is  the  combined 
essences  of  Courage,  Absolute  Justice  to  all,  and  Optimism. 
Take  this  as  directed  three  times  a  day,  and  when  the  deadly 
attacks  are  imminent  do  not  hesitate  to  repeat  with  greater 
frequency.     When  you  have  absorbed  this  medicine  into  your 


system,  it  will  cause  you  to  change  the  copy  you  are  setting 
for  those  about  you.  Remember  that  the  remedy  lies  within— 
it  is  the  assembling  of  the  elements  of  success.  It  is  what  you 
ate.  not  what  you  think  you  are." 

The  woman  moved  away  without  a  word.  There  was  a 
dazed  look  on  her  face  as  of  being  awakened  from  unpleasant 
sleep. 

The  next  customer  was  a  pale  man  with  the  many  lines  and 
curves  of  his  face  sagging  heavily  downward. 

■'I  am  a  brother-in-arms,"  he  said  frankly,  "I  came  out 
of  curiosity,  but  I  am  interested,  and  I  want  an  antidote  for 
the  effect  of  long  hours,  a  remedy  for  the  treadmill  of  the 
druggist's  endless  work.  Our  clerks  leave  us  for  positions 
with  greater  promise  of  leisure,  and  we  are  always  strangers 
to  our  own  families." 

The  Apothecary  smiled  as  he  extended  his  hand  in  cordial 
fraternal  greeting.  "I  found  the  remedy  some  time  ago, 
purely  by  accident.  I  prepare  it  in  pill  form.  I  will  gladly 
give  you  the  formula.  Five  grains  of  Independence  of  Action, 
two  grains  of  Ability  to  Organize,  two  grains  of  Enthusiasm 
and  one  grain  of  the  solid  extract  of  Letting-go.  It  is  not 
enough  to  know  what  ought  to  be  done,  it  is  the  doing  that 
counts." 

The  next  customer  had  been  waiting  for  some  time  before 
the  show  case  of  toilet  articles.  She  was  noticeably  plain,  and 
deep  scars  marred  the  smoothness  of  her  countenance. 

"I  desire  an  antidote  for  extreme  plainness,"  she  said  m 
a  low  tone.  "I  am  so  tired  being  common-place,  I  long  to  be 
beautiful   and   popular." 

The  Antidote  maker  looked  at  her  keenly  as  he  handed  her 
a  semi-transparent  porcelain  jar.  "I  doubt  me  if  you  need 
an.vthing  of  the  kind,"  he  said,  "are  you  not  the  druggist's 
widow  who  came  to  us  when  we  were  poor,  and  alone — 
strangers  in  a  strange  place?  Was  it  not  you  who  nursed 
our  little  maid  Calendula  back  to  life?  Was  it  not  you,  who 
gave  of  your  own  smooth,  white  skin  to  save  that  young 
mother's  life  who  had  been  so  fearfully  burned?" 

The  customer  did  not  reply,  but  the  tears  trembled  upon 
unusually  long,  silken  lashes. 

"I  was  sure  you  were  she,"  the  man  said  simply.  "The 
cerate  which  I  have  given  you  is  Self-Appreciation.  Few, 
very  few  need  it.  Apply  it  to  your  beautiful  scars  and 
remember  that  beauty  is  vastly  more  than  skin  deep.  True 
beauty  lies  within,  not  without.  It  is  siceetness  of  purpose 
and  unselfishness  of  service,  which  in  the  long  run  count,  not 
simply  admiration  for  these  qualities." 

The  woman  was  no  longer  stooped  and  old.  She  went  forth 
with  head  erect  and  eyes  shining.  She  had  found  her 
antidote. 

The  reporter  from  the  Seareh-IAght  came  next. 

"There  is  a  man  in  our  office,"  she  said,  "one  of  those 
in  authority,  and  he  has  the  most  disagreeable  temper.  I'd 
like  to  get  an  antidote  for  his  failing." 

The  Apothecary  smiled  happily.  "Funny,"  he  said,  "but 
no  one  ever  came  for  an  antidote  for  bad  temper  for  them- 
selves. It  is  always  some  one  else,  and  unfortunately  my 
remedies  are  efficacious  only  when  given  direct.  But  how 
about,   j-ourself — what  about   your  own   disposition?" 

Miss  Calamus  smiled  and  blushed.  "Why  they  used  to  say 
that  it  was  fairly  sweet,  but  of  late  the  business  I  am  in 
wears  upon  me,  and  the  man  of  whom  I  spoke  does  not  seem 
to  realize  that  to  get  the  most  out  of  his  help,  he  ought  to 
make  them  feel  the  joy  of  a  common  interest,  and  the  enthu- 
siasm of  real  progress.  He  delights  in  making  every  one  feel 
a  groveling  inferiority."  Evident  the  reporter  had  a 
grievance. 

The  Apothecary  smiled.  "I  have  a  room,"  he  said,  "into 
which  I'll  ask  you  to  step,  excuse  me  while  I  call  my  wife, 
she  always  assists  me  when  I  am  obliged  to  use  the  Chamber 
of  Emotions.     It  is  well  that  no  others  await  me." 

An  elderly  woman  with  a  face  of  singular  charm  imme- 
diately appeared.  Together  they  entered  a  small  room,  com- 
pletely lined  with  sheets  of  lead.  The  Antidote  maker  ex- 
plained that  electric  conductors  passed  through  a  galvano- 
meter and  at  a  point  below  entered  the  earth.  The  galvano- 
meter was  so  adjusted  and  so  sensitive  that  the  electric  dis- 
charges from  the  mind  could  be  accurately  measured — joy, 
grief,  anger,  pleasure,  anticipation  and  regret. 

"I  am  sorry  to  be  compelled  to  tell  you,"  the  operator 
explained,  "that  irritability,  indignation  and  impatience  are 
all  varying  forms  and  degrees  of  anger.     The  instrument  here 


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measures  these  degrees  so  that  the  physician  may  prescribe 
accurately,  for  you  must  know  that  the  emanations  of  an 
angry  person  are  deadly  poison.  Violent  angers  causes 
curious  pathological  changes.  An  angry  mother  has  killed 
her  nursing  babe,  unreasoning  anger  has  been  known  to 
destroy  hearing,  even  life  itself.  Ah.  you  are  simply  irri- 
table, you  need  a  preventive  remedy.  If  you  could  but  see 
some  one  in  this  Chamber  highly  excited,  I  am  sure  the 
object  lesson  would  be  sufficient.  The  damage  wrought  is 
invariably  way  out  of  proportion  to  the  cause. 

"As  it  is,  you  must  be  fitted  with  glasses,  the  lenses  of 
which  will  enable  you  to  detect  the  false  from  the  true,  the 
weakening  points  of  habit  from  the  strengthening  ones,  and 
remember  the  true  source  of  vision  lies  within,  not  without. 
Every  temptation  resisted  adds  the  very  strength  of  the  temp- 
tation to  your  own  resistive  powers." 

"The  price?"  Miss  Calamus  asked  quietly,  as  she  stepped 
from  the  lead-lined  Chamber. 

"  'It  is  without  money  and  without  price," "  the  Antidote 
maker  responded.  "The  profits  of  my  regular  business  are 
more  than  sufficient,  and  the  Antidote  research  is  merely  m.v 
philanthropic  side-line.' 

Just  before  noon  >Iiss  Calamus  entered  the  office  of  the 
Search-Light.  The  City  Editor  looked  surprised  to  see  her 
so  soon.  He  frowned,  but  a  second  look  at  the  face  of  the 
reporter  did  not  betoken  failure  on  her  part. 

"Well,"  he  remarked  brusquely,  "I  don't  suppose  you  got 
an  item  worth  a  picayune,  did  you'' ' 

The  little  reporter  only  settled  her  glasses  in  place,  and 
smiled  at  the  rasping  tone,  as  she  passed  over  the  notes  she 
had  made  on  htr  way  back  to  town. 

The  City  Editor's  eyes  sparkled. 

"Good,"  he  exclaimed.  "Great.  Counter-prescribing,  eh. 
We  can  rub  it  into  the  whole  lot  of  them  on  that  score.  That 
ought  to  hold  the  advertising  of  the  Cut-Rate  Health  Insti- 
tute and  the  Woolscrap  Remedy  Company.  Not  many  would 
have  twigged  this  as  I  did.  Nothing  like  a  nose  for  news. 
I'll  send  Sam  out  this  afternoon  to  get  some  pictures  of  the 
place.  Really.  Miss  Calamus,  you  have  done  very  well — that 
is,  for  you." 


Human  Icebergs. 


Frank  J.  Herty,  PU.G.,  Goes  to  Mobile. 

Washington.  May  22. — Frank  J.  Herty,  Ph.G..  for  more 
than  four  years  senior  pharmacist  at  the  H.vaienic  Laboratory 
of  the  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hospital  Service,  was  given 
an  unusual  surprise  Thursday  when  he  was  requested  to  see 
some  people  in  the  newly  completed  library  of  the  laboratory. 
He  found  there  the  chiefs  of  the  several  divisions  and  their 
assistants  and  learned  that  they  had  gathered  to  express  to 
him  their  appreciation  of  his  services  and  to  assure  him  of 
their  esteem  and  respect.  As  a  tangible  evidence  of  this  ap- 
preciation he  was  presented  with  an  elaborately  fitted  traveling 
bag. 

Mr.  Herty  has  been  in  the  service  since  1895  and  has  served 
successively  at  Savannah,  Ga. :  in  Porto  Rico,  at  Vineyard 
Haven,  Boston,  and  since  1904.  at  the  Hygienic  Laboratory. 
Washington.  He  has  been  relieved  from  duty  at  this  station 
and  ordered  to  report  at  the  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hos- 
pital Service  station  at  Mobile.  Having  been  bom  and  raised 
in  the  "Cotton  States,"  this  order  meets  his  approval,  though 
his  associates  at  the  laboratory  might  perhaps  feel  slighted 
at  the  alacrity  displayed  by  him  in  accepting  the  new  post. 


Graduates  of  University  of  Minnesota. 

St.  Pali..  May  29. — Following  is  the  graduating  class  of 
the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Minnesota : 

Emil  M.  Buddie.  Calvin  Guy  Bngbee.  Hans  Christian  Colby, 
Archie  George  Doty,  Charles  Oscar  Diessner.  William  Alexander 
Erlckson.  Theodore  W.  Fratzke.  Xathalia  L.  Gjerdingen.  Ever- 
hard  Louise  Green,  Joseph  E.  Hawlish,  Horace  Leonard  Ham- 
ilton, Walter  G.  Hohn.  Elmer  Lawreuce  Hovedt.  M.  Grace  Heath, 
Albert  Edward  Kleiubuzen.  Albert  I.  Leikvold,  Emil  Lueile 
Lyman.  Hazel  Maxwell.  Agnes  C.  Peyton,  Nelson  William  Root, 
Carl  Rudolph  Rierson,  Artbur  Frederick  Sievert,  Harry  W. 
Speidel,  Harold  Artbur  Tyrholm. 


Too  Much  of  It. 

The  Doctor — So  there's  bad  blood  between  you  and  the 
new  cook  already,  is  there? 

The  Professor — Well,  to  tell  the  truth,  she  does  serve  the 
steak  too  rare. 


7*1'  Joel  'Blanc. 

The  clerk  was  talking:  "To 
tell  the  truth,  that  boss  of 
mine  is  one  of  the  best-in- 
formed men  I  ever  met.  When 
it  came  to  buying  the  new- 
fixtures,  he  showed  a  practi- 
cal knowledge  of  cabinet-mak- 
ing that  truly  astonished  me. 
He  knew  just  what  he  wanted, 
knew  how  to  describe  what  he 
wanted  and  secured  it  at  rock- 
bottom   prices." 

I  asked ;  "Did  you  let  him 
kuow  that  you  appreciated  his 
luinsual  ability?" 

Immediately  the  expression 
on  the  clerk's  face  changed. 
"Of  course,  I  did  not  I  You 
know  what  a  cold  proposition 
he  is.  a  regular  iceberg.  He  never  gives  me  a  word  of  praise. 
Why  should  I  praise  him,  and  perhaps  get  sat  on  for  my 
trouble?" 

This  is  an  illustration  of  everyday  relations  between 
men,  not  only  between  employers  and  employed  but  between 
fathers  and  sons,  professional  coworkers  and  between  business 
partners.  The  icebergs  drift  over  the  seas  of  life  and  instead 
of  being  melted  and  blended  in  the  sun-warmed  waters,  the 
warm  currents  turn  cold  and  all  humanity  suffers. 

In  the  case  which  the  foregoing  incident  illustrates,  I  know 
that  the  "iceberg"  is  really  a  man  of  warm  sympathies,  tender 
emotions  and  generous  instincts.  Like  many  others,  his  nature 
is  that  of  a  commercial  and  social  duality.  The  most  promi- 
nent of  his  dual  selves  is  coldly  emotionless  and  therefore 
seemingly  hard.  Possibly  his  father  was  one  of .  that  large 
class  of  parents  who  erroneously  believe  that  a  child's  char- 
acter should  be  forged  instead  of  molded  :  one  of  those  who 
do  not  realize  that  it  takes  a  strong  father  to  praise  his  own 
child,  and  even  a  stronger  one  to  apologize  to  his  own  son. 

The  majority  of  those  men  who  are  known  as  "cold  propo- 
sitions" are  in  fact  yearning  for  a  little  praise  and  longing 
for  that  which  they  themselves  do  not  know  how  to  give. 
The  few  words  of  commendation  that  come  to  them  are  so 
scattered  through  the  years  that  when  such  sun-shafts  do 
pierce  their  cold  exteriors  they  do  not  know  how  to  express 
themselves,  and  the  warm  ripples  that  for  a  moment  have 
laved  the  boundaries  of  their  souls  are  chilled  and  recede 
before  they  can  be  reflected  from  either  lip  or  eye.  This  is 
peculiarly  and  pathetically  true  of  those  who.  from  wrong 
training  in  earlier  life,  have  been  led  to  cultivate  a  frigid 
business  exterior,  when  in  social  life  their  true  kindliness  of 
disposition  is  ever  in  evidence.  Of  all  humanity  there  is  none 
who  tread  a  darker  path  than  that  they  follow.  Of  all  the 
things  that  man  can  give  to  man  there  is  nothing  so  empty, 
so  pathetically  sad,  as  loveless  respect. 

Whether  they  be  bonds  of  blood  or  only  those  of  financial 
cointerest  of  dependence  that  join  the  one  or  more  to  the 
human  iceberg,  his  path,  especially  iu  the  commercial  world, 
is  one  of  sombre  solitude.  Massive  and  grand,  reflecting  his 
own  mental  proportions  in  the  self-gathered  clouds  above  him 
and  in  the  self-created  currents  of  the  waters  that  surround 
him,  he  drifts  on  in  his  loneliness,  drawing  others  in  his  wake 
but  gathering  none  into  the  ice-walled,  yet  warm,  cavern  of 
his  heart. 

Once  I  stood  upon  the  deck  of  a  ship  and  watched  a  giant 
iceberg  as  it  drifted  by.  Like  a  mountain  of  veined  onyx  it 
majestically  drifted  southward.  Hardly  a  ripple  did  it  make 
as  it  rose  "and  fell  upon  the  Atlantic's  swelling  bosom,  but 
the  might  of  its  weight,  the  force  of  its  cold  power  awed  me 
and  with  that  awe  there  came  a  sense  of  fear :  yet  I  knew  that 
as  that  iceberg  drifted  gulfward  it  would  slowly,  almost  im- 
perceptibly and  yet  surely  disappear.  Its  power  exerted  for 
no  good,  its  weight  bearing  no  virtue,  even  until  the  last 
crystal  of  it  was  blended  in  its  Creator's  waters  it  would  be 
ic^ — nothing  but  ice !  Majestic,  yet  fearful,  brilliant,  yet  mourn- 
ful— ice  :  nothing  but  ice  ! 

And  so  do  these  men  of  ice  drift  o'er  the  commercial  seas. 


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Upon  their  frozen  lives  may  be  often  reflected  the  mirage 
of  success.  Wealth  may  be  theirs,  the  scepter  of  deserved 
power  may  rest  within  their  hands,  their  lives  may  be  pure 
and  clean ;  they  may  be  masters  of  their  passions  and  worthy 
in  their  pleasures ;  and  yet  they  command  only  honor  without 
love,  fear  merged  in  pity.  Onward  they  drift,  and  yet  until 
the  last  drop  of  blood  has  ceased  to  circulate,  until  that  in- 
calculable something  called  Soul  is  again  blended  in  the  All 
from  which  it  came  the.v  are  ice,  only  ice !  Pity  them ! 

Thousands  of  others  have  used  pen  and  Up  to  condemn  these 
human  icebergs.  Millions  have  unwarrantedly  feared  them — 
and  few  have  loved  them  I  Every  continent  has  acknowledged 
their  power,  every  age  has  followed  their  lead,  but  few  have 
walked  hand  in  hand  with  them  and  none  have  laughed,  loved 
and  lived  for  them !  Mine  be  the  purpose  to  appeal  for  them. 
I  plead  for  light  and  love  for  them. 

If  we  will  but  compare  them  with  instances  of  sad  child- 
hood which  we  see  about  us,  with  the  struggles  of  youth  in  the 
world's  glare,  with  the  sorrows  of  early  manhood  and  the 
bitterness  of  age,  with  the  Nation  nurtured  greed  for  gold,  we 
can  but  wonder  that  the  heart  of  humanity  is  really  as  warm 
as  it  is  and  that  there  are  so  few  human  icebergs. 

We  do  not  know  how  cruel,  how  dissipated  or  how  miserly 
the  parents  of  such  a  one  may  have  been.  We  may  not  be 
able  to  imagine  how  the  man  was  scourged  by  a  taskmaster 
in  the  early  school  of  adversity.  We  do  not  know  how  bare  a 
pittance  may  have  been  the  only  offering  from  one  who  was 
even  colder  than  he  himself  has  ever  been.  We  do  know,  that 
some  time,  somewhere,  when  the  years  were  few,  when  char- 
acter was  forming,  that  great  Error  crept  into  his  being,  that 
it  shrivelled,  compressed  and  embittered  him  and  now,  when 
he  longs  for  the  light  of  love,  he  does  not  know  how  to  seek 
it,  or  how  to  accept  it  when  it  is  proffered. 

We  do  not  illumine  our  light-houses  to  guide  the  mariner 
'neath  the  clear  noon  sky ;  we  do  not  light  a  candle  to  look  for 
sunbeams,  yet  we  carry  the  light  of  our  lives  to  where  light  is 
and  we  take  the  warmth  of  our  love  to  where  the  flame  of 
love  is  burning.  Natural  this  may  be  and  not  unpraiseworthy, 
but  can  we  not  turn  our  illumined  faces  toward  and  reflect  the 
love-light  into  the  dark  places,  even  though  those  dark  places 
be  the  crags  and  hollows  of  great  mountains  of  ice  that 
tower  above  and  control  us?  If  we  dash  our  tears  of  disap- 
pointment, resentment  and  anger  against  these  icebergs  we  but 
add  the  ice  of  frozen  tears ;  but  if  we  send  our  sunbeams  of 
love  upon  them,  even  though  they  be  but  needles  of  light 
against  mountains  of  ice,  the  surfaces  are  at  least  softened 
in  tiny  spots.  Nor  can  we  tell  how  far  or  how  deep  the  sun- 
beam may  penetrate  into  the  heart  of  the  ice.  It  may  be 
reflected  from  plane  to  icy  crag  and  thrown  from  one  to 
another  of  many  clouded  mirrore  of  a  frozen  soul,  each  of 
which  may  be  a  magnifying  lens,  a  burning  glass.  And  the 
last  reflection  may  turn  the  tiny  sunbeam  to  a  flame  that  will 
burn  in,  and  for  the  first  time  in  years  it  will  illumine  the  real, 
the  better  heart  of  the  man. 

If  we  will  persistently  and  yet  gently  throw  our  sunbeams 
of  fraternal  love  upon  just  one  of  these  human  icebergs  we 
will  surely  help  ourselves  and  be  repaid.  Though  the  man  of 
ice  may  not  turn  a  brighter,  kindlier  side  to  us,  it  may  be 
that  he  will  reflect  our  sunbeams  into  even  darker  lives  than 
his  own  and  at  last  return  them  to  us  as  halos  of  refulgent 
glory. 

It  is  so  easy  to  criticize,  so  simple  to  abuse.  Oaths  live  on 
the  lips,  but  laughter  must  be  gathered  from  the  entire  being. 
If,  even  only  occasionally,  we  can  turn  anger  to  pity,  hate  to 
love,  we  do  so  much  to  keep  ourselves  from  the  regions  of 
heart-cold,  which  even  the  best  of  us  will  sometimes  reach. 
Let  us  try  to  remember  that  it  is  not  always  those  who  are 
materially  beneath  us  that  most  need  our  help.  I  sometimes 
think  that  when  the  Master  said  :  "A  little  child  shall  lead 
them"  that  he  may  have  had  in  mind,  among  others,  those  who 
o'ershadow  us  in  power  and  station  and  in  material  posses- 
sions, and  yet  who  in  many  ways  may  be  sad-hearted,  lone- 
some, pitiful  children.  So.  though  they  may  lead  us  o'er  the 
money-paved  highways  of  life,  it  is  for  us  to  lead  them  in 
quiet  paths  to  cool  springs  of  manly  love.  We  who  have 
found  something  brighter  than  gold  should  persistently,  unsel- 
fishly and  patiently  reflect  its  rays  upon  the  human  icebergs 
so  that  they  may  know  from  us  the  joy  of  mingling  in  the 
warm  Gulf  streams  of  life  and  not  let  one  of  them  drift  into 
the  silent  river,  while  still  an  iceberg. 


Original  and  Selected 


THE  STANDAKDIZATION  OF  ERGOT. 


The  Scientific  Section  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  devoted  its  second  meet- 
ing exclusively  to  the  consideration  of  ergot.  Dr.  Clarence  A. 
Hofer  and  Dr.  H.  C.  Wood.  Jr.,  who  have  been  investigating 
the  intricate  problems  of  ergot  for  some  months,  presenting 
the  results  of  their  research. 

Dr.  Hofer  spoke  of  "The  Standardization  of  Ergot  Phys- 
iologically." He  outlined  the  physiological  constituents  and 
their  difference  in  activity.  The  unreliability  of  the  cocks- 
comb test  was  referred  to  and  the  details  of  his  experiments 
given  to  warrant  the  conclusion  that  it  could  not  be  intelligently 
used.  The  method  recommended  for  standardization  is  based 
upon  the  continued  rise  of  blood  pressure,  using  dogs,  weigh- 
ing five  to  ten  kilograms. 

The  dog  is  given,  hypodermieally,  about  0.05  gm.  of  mor- 
phine sulphate  and  five  minutes  later  lightly  etherized  for 
operation.  The  ether  is  removed  and  the  cannulas  are  put 
in  place.  After  ten  minutes,  if  the  blood  pressure  is  constant, 
he  said,  a  quantity  of  the  specimen  is  injected  into  the  ex- 
ternal jugular  vein  and  the  blood  pressure  observed  for  at  least 
ten  minutes.  If  no  marked  rise  of  pressure  follows  this  dose, 
another  dog  should  be  given  an  injection  twice  as  large. 

Three  or  four  tests  on  each  specimen,  he  explained,  should 
be  made,  and  the  average  rise  of  the  pressure,  ten  minutes 
after  the  intravenous  injection,  taken  as  the  figure  of  potency ; 
an  elevation  of  25  mm.  or  more,  may  be  provisionally  accepted 
as  the  standard  for  an  active  preparation.  Many  charts  and 
actual  tracing  were  shown  to  illustrate  the  method. 

Dr.  H.  C.  Wood,  Jr.,  presented  "A  Chemical  Jlethod  for 
the  Assay  of  Ergot,"  and  stated  that  some  chemical  method 
was  desired  because  of  ease  of  application  and  the  estimation 
of  some  definite  active  principle.  He  was  inclined  to  believe 
that  the  measure  of  the  active  desirable  principle  was  sphace- 
linic  acid,  a  resinous  principle,  and  proposed  the  following 
simple  method  of  extraction  for  its  estimation : 

Ten  cubic  centimeters  of  the  fluidextract  are  diluted  with  20 
cc.  of  water  and  shaken  with  several  10  cc.  portions  of  benzol, 
until  the  benzol  is  colorless.  Three  or  four  extractions  are 
usually  suflScient.  The  benzol  is  evaporated  to  dryness,  care- 
fully dried  at  about  40°  C,  and  the  residue  weighed. 

The  results  of  the  blood  pressure,  physiological  method,  and 
the  above  chemical  method,  compare  very  favorably. 

The  main  objection  to  the  chemical  method,  he  said,  was 
that  the  residue,  after  extraction  with  benzol,  is  not  absolutely 
inert,  but  this  may  be  caused  by  other  principles  of  minor 
importance.  The  resinous  extract  is  a  golden-yellow  color, 
but  on  standing  three  or  four  days  in  dilute  alcohol  becomes 
green  and  is  still  active,  the  green  resin  may  be  a  purer  form. 

Tests  for  the  resin  have  been  tried.  With  dilute  sodium 
hydroxide  and  boiling,  a  cherry-pink  is  produced  and  later 
becomes  brick-red  corresponding  to  the  properties  Jacoby  at- 
tributed to  sphacelotoxin.  While  this  method  is  not  ideal, 
the  results  obtained  by  it  seem  to  be  comparable  with  the 
results  obtained  by  the  physiological  method. 

Prof.  C.  E.  Vanderkleed  read  a  paper  on  "Some  Notes  on 
Testing  Ergot."  He  first  defined  the  objection  of  pharma- 
ceutical testing  as  a  means  of  measuring  therapeutic  activity. 
While  many  methods  used  may  be  properly  criticized,  he  said, 
the  present  methods  must  be  used  until  more  accurate  ones  are 
devised.  The  process  of  evolution  is  proceeding  rapidly.  The 
three  important  reasons  of  testing  were  given  as  follows : 
1.  Any  method  that  determines  some  chemical  principle  capable 
of  being  estimated,  and  which  bears  a  definite  relation, to  the 
physiological  action  is  valuable.  2.  To  guard  against  toxicity 
and  inertness.    3.  To  value  commercial  drugs. 

These  tests  may  be  made  by  two  important  methods,  chem- 
ically or  biologically. 

"In  the  assay  of  ergot,"  continued  Dr  Vanderkleed,  "many 
methods  have  been  suggested.  The  total  extractive  has  been 
long  proposed,  but  it  may  easily  be  shown  that  inert  drug 
gives  about  the  same  amount  of  extractive  as  the  potent  drug. 
The  Swiss  Pharmacopoeia  states  that  the  fluidextract  should 
contain  16  per  cent  of  extractive,  but  this  is  required  perhaps 


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ouly  to  insure  the  total  extraction  by  tlie  menstruum  used. 
Tlie  total  alkaloids  have  been  determined  and  recommended  as 
a  method  of  value.  Englehardt  proposes  the  slight  modifica- 
tion of  shaking  the  drug  with  an  extra  portion  of  ether  in  an 
acid  solution. 

"Various  physiological  methods  have  been  proposed,  as  the 
method  of  Houghton.  Many  competent  pharmacologists  recog- 
nize the  unreliability  of  the  cockscomb  as  a  quantitative 
test,  but  believe  it  is  an  excellent  qualitative  indication  of 
activity.  Dr.  Crawford  says  it  leaves  much  to  be  desired. 
Dr.  Edmunds  thinks  the  gap  between  man  and  chicken  is  too 
wide  for  comparison  of  results.  The  results  obtained  with 
the  total  alkaloid  method  have  been  compared  with  the 
cockscomb  method  and  the  chemical  method  of  Dr.  Wood's 
has  been  compared  with  the  blood  pressure  method,  but  all 
of  the  methods  have  been  compared  along  with  the  direct 
action  on  the  uterus." 

Reference  was  also  made  to  the  work  of  Dohme  and  Craw- 
ford and  the  more  recent  work  of  Barger,  Carr,  Dale.  Vahlen 
and  Kratz.  Barger  and  Dale,  he  said,  think  that  the  propor- 
tion of  ergotine  and  ergotoxin  exist  in  a  constant  proportion 
of  three  of  the  former  and  one  of  the  latter,  and  that  the  esti- 
mation of  either  constituent  is  advantageous. 

A  table  was  presented,  showing  the  relation  of  the  cocks- 
comb test  to  the  total  alkaloid  method.  A  series  of  verj- 
valuable  results  showing  the  advantage  of  other  menstmua 
than  the  one  used  in  making  the  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia  fluid- 
extract  were  given  as  follows :  A  drug  showing  0.2  per  cent 
comutine  was  made  into  fluidextract  by  four  method.s — 

(1.)  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia  method.  This  preparation  tested 
0.1  per  cent  of  comutine  and  contained  15.5  per  cent  ex- 
tractive. 

(2.)  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia,  except  75  per  cent  alcohol  was 
used.  This  preparation  tested  0.16  per  cent  comutine  and 
contained  13.8  per  cent  extractive. 

(3.)  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia  method,  except  that  95  per  cent 
alcohol  was  used.  This  preparation  tested  0.18  per  cent  comu- 
tine and  contained  6  per  cent  extractive. 

(4.)  U.S.  Pharmacopoeia  method,  except  drug  was  at  once 
mascerated  with  95  per  cent  alcohol.  This  preparation  tested 
0.137  per  cent  cornutine  and  cotnained  15.5  per  cent  ex- 
tractive. 

These  samples  are  being  tested  by  Dr.  Wood  both  chemicall.v 
and  physiologically. 

Dr.  Henry  Beates.  in  discussing  the  papers,  said  that  the 
whole  literature  of  therapeutics  must  be  revised,  for  accurate 
and  rational  medication  can  only  follow  careful  research. 
The  practitioner  has  had  to  do  a  great  deal  of  physiological 
testing  at  the  bedside  and  found  that  he  has  had  to  depart 
from  impirical  methods,  if  the  best  results  were  to  be  obtained. 


SNAPSHOT  IN  DR.  STEVENS'  OFFICE.  ANN  ARBOR, 


Druggists  Will  Have  a  Room  in  Doctors'  New  Building', 
Baltimoee,  May  29. — The  new  building  of  the  Maryland 
Medical  and  Chirurgical  Faculty,  in  Cathedral  street,  was 
dedicated  recently.  Some  distinguished  guests  were  in  at- 
tendance, among  them  Dr.  William  Osier,  regius  professor  at 
Oxford,  The  event  is  of  interest  to  druggists  because  of  the 
fact  that  they  were  asked  to  subscribe  to  the  building  fund, 
their  allotment  being  fixed  at  S5000.  In  consideration  of 
contributing  this  amount  they  are  to  enjoy  the  use  of  a  room 
in  the  building  for  their  meetings,  and  they  will  also  have  the 
benefit  of  getting  into  close  touch  with  the  medical  profession. 
Dr.  G,  Milton  Linthicum  has  been  chosen  president  of  the 
faculty. 


Changes  of  Faculty  at  Mercer  University. 
Macon,  Ga.,  May  29. — Mercer  University  School  of  Phar- 
macy is  to  lose  members  of  the  faculty  at  the  end  of  the 
present  term,  the  formal  resignation  of  Prof.  M.  A,  Clark, 
for  five  years  dean,  was  sent  in  to  President  Jameson,  to  take 
effect  with  the  conclusion  of  the  work  of  the  present  year. 
Ben  S.  Persons,  president  of  the  Georgia  State  Ph.A.,  who 
has  been  a  lecturer  on  materia  medica,  also  leaves  this  time. 
A.  J.  Ayers,  who  has  had  active  charge  of  instruction  in  the 
school,  is  already  out,  having  accepted  a  position  in  New  York. 


'•  .■^. 

-"TF^M 

r'W- 

>•' 

Pro/,  Jnlius  O.  Schlotterheck.  to  the  ripht.  is  than  of  the 
i<rhool  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Vnivcrsittj  of  Michigan.  Be  is 
calling  on  Prof.  Alviso  B.  Stevens  (seated  lehind  his  desk)  of 
the  same  department. 


QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  wort, 
dispensing  difficulties,  etc.  Eequests  tor  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
BECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  Issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

Tasteless  Castor  Oil, 

(E.  D.  Co.) — Various  formulas  for  the  so-called  "tasteless" 
castor  oil  have  been  printed  in  previous  volumes  of  this 
journal.  To  help  you  out  we  reprint  the  following  from  the 
Canadian  Formulary: 

Gluside    7%  grains. 

Sodium  bicarbonate   7%  grains. 

Chloroform    150      minims. 

Oil  of  pimento   75      minims. 

Oil  of  cassia  75      minims. 

Oil  of  cloves  75      minims. 

Castor  oil,  sufficient  to  make 40      fl.  ounces. 

Dissolve  the  gluside  (saccharin)  in  the  chloroform;  add  the 
sodium  bicarbonate,  then  add  the  oils  (which  have  been  pre- 
viously mixed)  and  shake  vigorously.  As  s^id  above,  there 
are  other  formulas,  but  this  is  the  only  one  of  an  official 
character  that  we  recall. 


Needed  the  Money, 
"He  says  he  has  written  a  novel  with  a  purpose." 
"What  is  the  purpose?" 
"I  think  it  is  dollars  and  cents." 


Elixir  of  Lactated  Pejasin, 

(G.  G.  P.) — "I  am  enclosing  formula  for  elixir  of  lactated 
pepsin.  I  have  made  this  up  in  several  ways,  but  on  filtering 
I  find  the  process  rather  slow,  most  of  the  powdered  drugs 
apparently  being  left  on  the  filter.  For  this  reason  I  would 
appreciate  a  suggestion  from  you  as  to  the  best  method  of 
preparing  this  elixir." 

The  enclosed  formula  is  as  follows : 

Powdered  pepsin   12S  grains. 

Pancreatin    64  grains. 

Diastase    9  grains. 

Muriatic  acid    6  drops. 

Compound  tincture  of  cardamom   2  ounces. 

Lactic  acid    12  drops. 

Glycerin   2  ounces. 

Aromatic   elixir,   enough   to   make 16  ounces. 

This  formula  is  a  modification  of  the  well-known  "com- 
pound  digestive  elixir"   of  the   National   Formulary,   the   prin- 


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cipal  objection  to  which  is  that  the  ferments,  pepsin,  pan- 
creatin  and  diastase  in  liquid  combinations  mutually  destroy 
one  another.  This  objection  was  recently  emphasized  by  the 
members  of  the  Council  on  Pharmacy  and  Chemistry  of  the 
American  Medical  Association,  who  advised  its  removal  from 
the  N.F.  Preparations  containing  the  ferments  named  are 
claimed  by  many  to  have  no  therapeutic  value  whatever,  yet, 
notwithstanding  this  fact,  they  are  extensively  prescribed  by 
physicians.  The  formula  submitted  cont.nins  a  greater  quan- 
tity of  alcohol  than  the  N.F.  preparation  and  which,  no  doubt, 
interferes  with  the  solution  of  the  ferments.  Our  advice 
would  be  to  follow  the  N.F.  formula.  Filtration  of  pepsin 
solutions  is  accelerated  by  the  incorporation  of  purified  talc. 

Carbolic  Sheep  Dips. 

(L.  Z.  L.) — The  following  are  typical  formulas  taken  from 
"Pharmaceutical  Formulas"  : 

(1) 

Soap     1  pound. 

Crude  carbolic  acid    1  pint. 

Water    ». 50  gallons. 

Dissolve  the  soap  in  a  gallon  or  more  of  boiling  water,  add 
the  acid,  and  stir  thoroughly. 

(2) 

Tobacco    13%  pounds. 

Soda     8      pounds. 

Freshly  slaked  lime   4      pounds. 

Soft  soap    8      pounds. 

Crude  carbolic  acid    (.")0  per  cent) 4      pounds. 

Water    66      gallons. 

(3) 

Crude  carbolic  acid   3      pounds. 

Caustic  lime    2      pounds. 

Potash     6      pounds. 

Soft  soap    6      pounds. 

Water    TO      gallons. 

Mix  and  boil. 


Calox  Tooth  Powder. 

(G  &  G.) — The  "oxygen  forming  principle"  in  "Calox" 
tooth  powder  is  calcium  [jeroxide  which,  in  contact  with 
moisture,  is  claimed  to  liberate  free  oxygen.  We  cannot  give 
you  the  formula  but  some  information  regarding  the  composi- 
tion of  this  tooth  powder  may  be  obtained  by  reference  to 
V  S.  Patents  Nos.  760.397.  granted  May  17,  1904,  and  802,- 
009,  granted  October  17.  190.5.  under  which  the  same  is  manu- 
factured and  which  would  seem  to  prevent  the  use  of  calcium 
peroxide  in  the  preparation  of  dentifrices  by  any  other  man- 
ufacturer. Trade-marked  rights  are  also  claimed  in  the  name 
"calox." 

Calcium  peroxide  occurs  as  a  white  crystalline  powder, 
almost  insoluble  in  water,  and  may  be  kept  in  a  dry  state 
indefinitely.  Like  some  other  peroxides,  it  decomposes  with 
the  evolution  of  oxygen  when  stirred  with  water  or  in  contact 
with  organic  substances. 


Wants  It  Written  in  Eng-lish. 

P.  A.  Lignell  Company,  Superior,  Wis.,  sends  to  this  depart- 
ment the  following  note  which  shows  the  kind  of  competi- 
tion some  druggists  have  to  meet :  "A  little  girl  came  into 
the  store  and  handed  in  a  prescription  for  'Perox.  H.ydrogen, 
4  oz.',  with  directions.  She  said  :  'Please  write  this  in  Eng- 
lish, so  I  can  get  it  filled  at  the  10-cent  store.  They  can't 
fill  it  the  way  it  is  written.'  A  true  story ;  the  incident 
happened   today." 


N.A.R.D.  Cost  Mark. 

(H.  D.  Co.) — "Please  give  us  the  N.A.R.D.  cost  mark? 
This  is  the  first  time  we  have  had  any  use  for  it.  several 
prescriptions  having  come  to  us  during  the  last  few  days 
with  this  mark  upon  them  and  we  are  not  acquainted  with  it." 

The  word  adopted  by  the  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  as  a  cost  mark  is  "p-h-a-r-m-a-c-i-s-t",  the  several 
letters  in  the  order  in  which  they  appear  in  the  word  repre- 
senting the  figures  "1.  2.  3,  4,  5,"  etc.  Thus,  the  amount 
charged  for  a  prescription  market  "ml"  would  be  50  cents. 


Theory  and  Practice 


Determination  of  Succine  Acid  in  Fermented  Liquids, 
in  Presence  of  Other  Fixed  and  Volatile  Acids. 
The  following  is  recommended  as  being  a  rapid  and  fairly 
accurate  process :  A  known  volume  of  the  solution  is  treated 
with  a  small  quantity  of  gelatin,  neutralized  with  ammonia, 
acidified  with  a  large  excess  of  acetic  acid,  and  treated  with 
barium  chloride.  The  solution  is  allowed  to  stand  for  a  short 
time  to  allow  of  complete  precipitation,  and  then  filtered,  the 
filter  being  subsequently  well  washed.  The  filtrate  is  heated 
to  boiling  and  treated  with  a  considerable  excess  of  lead  ace- 
tate, whereby  any  albuminoid  substances  and  tannins,  not  pre- 
cipitated by  the  gelatin,  are  thrown  out  as  well  as  phosphates 
and  tartaric  and  citric  acids,  provided  that  sufBcient  excess  of 
lead  salt  has  been  added  ;  malic  and  succinic  acids,  if  present, 
pass  into  the  solution.  The  solution  is  now  filtered,  the  filter 
being  washed  with  water  slightly  acidified  with  acetic  acid. 
The  filtrate  is  treated  with  hydrogen  sulphide  to  remove  lead, 
filtered,  then  heated  to  boiling  to  expel  the  b.vdrogen  sulphide. 
The  solution,  which  now  contains  free  malic  and  succinic  acids, 
is  acified  fairly  strong  with  sulphuric  acid,  and  treated  while 
boiling  with  such  an  excess  of  potassium  permanganate  that 
at  the  end  of  the  operation  the  liquid  remains  at  least  five 
minutes  without  becoming  discolorized.  In  this  way  malic 
acid  and  any  trace  of  tartaric  acid  are  destroyed.  The  boil- 
ing solution  is  decolorized  with  a  small  quantity  of  potassium 
bisulphite,  the  sulphuric  acid  being  removed  by  a  slight  ex- 
cess of  barium  chloride.  The  filtered  solution  is  concentrated, 
made  slightly  ammoniacal  and  treated  with  excess  of  alcoholic 
barium  bromide  and  with  three  volumes  of  95  per  cent  alcohol. 
The  precipitated  barium  succinate  is  collected  on  a  filter, 
washed  with  alcohol  of  at  least  60  per  cent  strength  and 
ignited.  The  amount  of  barium  carbonate  thus  obtained  is 
then  determined  with  N-10  hydrochloric  acid  (Bull.  Assoc. 
OMm.  Slier,  et  Dist..  through  jniirn.  Soc.  Chem.  Jnd.). 


Alkali,  Alkaloid  and  Chloroform  in  Mixture. 

Wyatt,  in  a  paper  read  before  the  Liverpool  Chemists'  As- 
sociation recently,  gave  the  .following  prescription  as  an  ex- 
ample of  an  extremely  dangerous  class  of  mixtures,  viz. :  those 
containing  an  alkali,  an  alkaloidal  tincture,  and  excess  of 
chloroform  : 

Sodium  bicarbonate  2  drams. 

Oil  of  cajuput    24  minims. 

Tincture  of  nux  vomica  2  drams. 

Comp.  tincture  of  chloroform   3  drams. 

Glycerin     1  ounce. 

Water,  enough  to  make   6  ounces. 

The  amount  of  tincture  of  chloroform  ordered  is  equal  to  six 
drams  of  spirit  of  chloroform,  fifteen  ounces  of  chloroform 
water,  and  this  excess  of  chloroform  is  capable  of  falling  to 
the  bottom  of  the  bottle  and  carrying  with  it  in  solution  the 
whole  of  the  alkaloids  from  the  tincture  of  nux  vomica,  so 
that  the  patient  by  carelessly  shaking  the  mixture  might  have 
the  whole  of  these  alkaloids  at  one  dose.  It  is  most  important 
to  put  a  "shake"  label  on  these  mixtures,  and  to  add  a  dram 
or  two  of  acacia  mucilage  as  well,  so  as  to  reduce  this  danger 
to  a  minimum. 


Youthful    Ingenuity. 
"I  want  another  box  of  pills  like  I  got  mother  yesterday." 
"Did  your  mother  say  they  were  good?" 
"No — but  they  just  fit  my  air-gun." — Fliegende  Blaetter. 


Formic  Acid  as  an  Impurity  in  Glacial  Acetic  Acid. 

The  occurrence  of  formic  acid  as  an  impurity  in  glacial 
acetic  acid  is  frequent ;  of  six  samples  of  "chemically  pure" 
acid  examined  five  contained  formic  acid  up  to  0.5  per  cent. 
The  best  method  for  determining  the  amount  of  the  impurity 
is  that  of  Wegener.  Ten  cc.  of  the  acid  is  heated  on  the 
water  bath  with  50  cc.  of  strong  sulphuric  acid,  which  de- 
composes the  formic  acid  into  carbon  monoxide  and  water. 
The  air  in  the  apparatus  is  first  displaced  by  carbon  dioxide 
and  the  mixture  warmed  for  an  hour.  The  carbon  dioxide  is 
then  absorbed  by  potassium  hydroxide.  100  cc.  of  carbon  mon- 
oxide are  equivalent  to  0.2056  gm.  of  formic  acid  (Apoth.  Zeit., 
Pharm.  Journ.). 


Every  druggist   should   be   a   discoverer  searching  for  new 
fields  of  effort  within  the  confines  of  his  own  store. 


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Outdoor  Advertising. 

This  is  the  season  of  the  year  when  druggists  will  do  well 
to  give  some  thought  to  paint,  paste  and  tacks.  Outdoor  ad- 
vertising may  be  done  to  advantage  by  all  druggists  except 
those  in  the  very  large  cities.  Wherever  there  is  farmer  or 
suburban  trade  worth  going  after,  painted,  posted  and  tacked 
signs  are  deserving  of  consideration.  Of  course  there  are 
some  who  have  tried  this  sort  of  advertising  and  declared  it 
"don't  pay."  The  only  reply  to  such  a  statement  is  that  as 
in  all  other  advertising,  success  depends  upon  how  and  not 
upon  what  is  done. 

Card  Tacking. 

Card  signs  tacked  upon  trees,  telegraph  poles,  fences  and 
sheds  offer  many  advertising  advantages  if  the  cards  are 
worded,  made  and  placed  properly.  When  cards  are  so  long 
that  they  encircle  a  telegraph  pole  or  tree  of  corresponding 
average  size,  the  people  driving  or  walking  past  them  must 
take  both  fore  and  aft  views  to  decipher  the  lettering,  an  effort 


they  will  seldom  make.  No  card  should  be  over  12  inches 
broad  if  it  is  to  be  tacked  to  a  cuned  surface.  If  absolutely 
necessary,  the  height  may  be  greater  than  the  breadth,  but 
such  an  enlargement  should  be  made  only  for  the  purpose 
of  increasing  the  size  of  letters  and  not  to  increase  their 
number. 

Cards  made  by  the  local  printer  are  seldom  worth  having. 
The  average  printer  has  not  the  proper  stock  for  sign  cards. 
Tacking  cards  should  be  purchased  from  houses  making  a 
specialty  of  them.  Such  houses  have  stock  and  methods  of 
finishing  cards  that  will  stand  as  much  weather  wear  as  a  tin 
sign  will.  The  stock  is  known  as  "Irouboard."  The  trouble 
with  most  of  the  tacking  cards  used  by  retail  merchants  is  that 
the.v  contain  too  much  lettering.  Such  cards  should  contain 
only  such  amount  of  printing  that  "those  who  run  may  read." 
Druggists  who  have  been  most  successful  with  tacking  cards 
have  used  those  of  moderate  size  and  have  placed  thereon  the 
name  of  some  specialty  or  leader  with  only  the  druggist's  name 
and  address  below.  Thus,  "Paris  green.  The  best  is  at 
Downer's  Drug  Store.  Mitchellville,"  or  "Balmoline  for  Sun- 
bum  at  Hitchen's  Pharmacy,  Avondale." 

Cards  should  be  tacked  at  a  height  of  from  10  to  1.5  feet 
from  the  ground.  Use  very  large,  flat-headed  tacks  and  plenty 
of  them.  First  place  a  tack  in  the  center  of  the  top  edge,  one 
in  corresponding  position  at  the  bottom  and  then  stretch  the 
ends  tightly  and  tack  them.  When  tacking  large  cards  use 
one  tack  in  center  of  card  to  prevent  "bell.ving."     Avoid  white 


WINDOW  DISPLAY  ILLUSTRATING  ADVERTISING  OF  DRUGGIST'S  PREPARATIONS  TAKES  $5  PRIZE, 


In  thr  ERA'S  Cash  Prize  Competition  this  !rrrk  the  juilif  s  hare  auanled  the  So  eash  prize  in  Conlist  \o.  2  to  Charles 
W.  Menk.  pharmae-ist.  106  Market  street,  yewark,  S.  J.  llr.  Menk  submitted  the  accompanying  photograph  of  a  icindow  dis- 
play. Be  writes  as  follencs:  "TTe  are  this  day  mailing  you  the  picture  of  a  imndow  designed  and  trimmed  by  C.  W.  Menk, 
Jr.  In  the  back  was  placed  a  large  globe,  in  front  the  different  barks  and  roots  contained  in  SarsapariUa ;  from  each  root 
there  extended  a  ribbon  to  the  country  from  which  the  drug  was  procured.  In  frcmt  of  the  globe  was  placed  a  sign  'The 
Ingredients  for  ilenk's  SarsapariUa  come  from  all  parts  of  the  Globe.'  Many  people  stopped  to  read  the  names  of  the  roots 
and  then  folloiced  the  ribbons  to  see  where  th^^y  came  from." 


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[June  3,  1909 


and  light  shades  in  card  and  lettering.  Do  not  haVe  fancy 
letters  or  ornaments.  Use  a  plain  block  letter  on  a  contrast- 
ing background.  Prime  colors  are  best ;  violet  on  red  or 
orange  on  green  ai"e  good  combinations.  Do  not  use  a  variety 
of  cards  in  either  colors  or  wording.  The  virtue  of  card 
advertising  lies  largely  in  repetition.  It  is  far  better  to  place 
the  cards  thickly  along  one  or  two  roads  than  to  scatter  the 
same  number  over  the  county.  As  all  advertising  should  be 
collective  and  accumulative,  it  is  best  to  use  the  cards  to 
advertise  some  specialty  or  leader  that  you  are  also  adver- 
tising or  planning  to  advertise  in  other  ways. 

When  cards  are  used  in  towns  they  should  be  placed  on 
barns,  sheds  and  high  closed  fences  in  preference  to  placing 
them  upon  the  single  boards  of  open  fences.  There  is  a  not 
uncommon  idea  that  only  one  card  should  be  tacked  upon  a 
single  shed  or  barn.  This  idea  is  wrong.  It  is  not  wasteful, 
but  on  the  contrary,  adds  to  effectiveness  to  place  a  number 
of  cards  together  in  a  group.  If  they  are  arranged  in  pattern 
such  as  star  or  diamond,  all  the  better. 

Fence  and  Wall  Painting. 

Much  that  has  been  said  in  regard  to  tacking  cards  applies 
to  painting.  Simplicity,  repetition  and  durability  should  be 
sought  after.  Do  not  hire  a  would-be  artist  for  this  work, 
for  you  or  your  clerk  can  do  it  better.  Cover  the  space  you 
have  selected  with  a  few  large  letters.  Do  not  letter  upon  an 
unpainted,  weather-beaten  background.  Mark  off  the  surface 
of  the  whole  sign  and  cover  it  thickly  with  a  good,  opaque 
paint  and  then,  when  thoroughly  dry,  letter  upon  the  painted 
surface.  Never  use  more  than  two  colors.  Do  not  paint  on 
fence  rails  or  open  fences.  Do  not  paint  upon  any  surface 
giving  less  than  12  square  feet.  Choose  surfaces  that  are  least 
exposed  to  direct  sunlight.  Do  not  go  into  sign  painting 
schemes  whereby  your  advertisement  will  appear  on  one 
square  of  a  large  checker-board  with  15  or  20  other  adver- 
tisements around  it. 

Don't  Stand  for  Graft, 

In  connection  with  this  subject  it  may  be  well  to  digress 
from  the  general  topic  and  warn  druggists  against  paying  for 
cards  in  hotel  writing  desks,  barroom  clocks,  post-office  direc- 
tory boards  and  such  schemes.  As  a  general  thing  they  are 
merely  "hold-ups"  and  have  little  or  no  advertising  value. 
Paste  and  Paper. 

Poster  work,  as  generally  understood,  is  beyond  the  reach 
of  retail  druggists.  However,  if  one  is  pushing  a  specialty, 
it  may  be  good  business  for  him  to  have  a  thousand  or  so  of 
plain  and  yet  brilliant  single  sheet  posters  printed.  He  should 
not  endeavor  to  put  them  all  up  at  once.  In  fact,  it  may  not 
bo  wise  to  have  any  of  them  placed  on  permanent  bill-boards. 
Temporary  fences  around  excavations,  sheds  and  scaffolds  in 
connection  with  new  buildings  and  all  such  temporary  struc- 
tures afford  surfaces  which  are  likely  to  attract  much  more 
attention  from  the  public  than  any  permanent  bill-board  will 
do.  It  is  well  to  secure  control  of  such  surfaces  and  post  your 
paper  upon  them. 

On  such  structures  effectiveness  may  be  added  to  by  placing 
the  posters  in  combination  groups,  as  suggested  for  cards. 

On  circus  days,  during  fairs,  and  at  such  other  times  as 
there  are  unusual  throngs  in  town,  it  may  be  good  business 
to  have  a  large,  prominent  wall  covered  with  white  paper  and 
a  sign  lettered  thereon  with  water  paint.  Different  tones  of 
patent  kalsomines  or  other  wall  finishes  answer  well  for  this 
purpose.  Or  for  special  occasion  work  of  this  nature,  one 
may  cut  large  letters  from  colored  paper  and  paste  them  upon 
the  white  surface.  One  druggist  who  has  been  very  successful 
with  this  sort  of  wall  work  covers  the  surface  with  a  plain 
wall  paper  and  letters  it  with  cut-outs  from  gaudily  contrast- 
ing wall  paper.  For  the  letters  he  uses  floral  and  other 
papers  of  brilliant  patterns. 

Barrel-head  Signs. 

A  Gulf  Coast  druggist  kept  all  the  barrel  heads  that  came 
into  his  possession,  cleated  them  together,  painted  and  then 
lettered  them  with  a  large  stencil  made  for  the  purpose.  He 
filled  in  the  open  joints  of  the  stenciled  letters  and  thus 
secured  neat  signs.  These  were  nailed  to  trees  along  the 
country  roads  and  proved  to  be  very  effective  advertisements. 
Paste  Flyers. 

A  West  Virginia  druggist  who  has  been  very  successful  with 
a  specialty  of  his  own  always  has  on  hand  a  number  of  small 
posters  about  6  x  24  inches.     They  merely  give  the  name  and 


use  of  his  remedy.  These  posters  are  kept  for  special  occa- 
sions and  temporary  structures  and  are  then  plastered  thickly 
upon  them.  They  are  placed  on  fences,  watering  troughs,  ash 
barrels,  sheds  and  any  place  where  one  will  stick.  Wherever 
one  is  pasted  flat  another  is  attached  to  it  at  one  end  so  that 
it  will  flap  in  the  breeze  and  thus  attract  additional  attention. 


DRUGGIST  WOULD  CLEAN  STATE  CAPITOL. 


As  Comptroller  of  New  York,  Mr.  Gaus  Is  Going  to 
See  That  All  Hands  Perform  Their  Duties. 

In  a  recent  issue  the  New  York  Press  had  the  following 
about  a  successful  Albany  druggist  who  is  now  one  of  New 
York's  State  officers ;  "State  Comptroller  Charles  A.  Gaus 
was  Mayor  of  Albany  for  five  terms,  and  before  that  was 
Street  Commissioner  for  one  term.  Although  not  a  politician 
in  any  sense  of  the  word,  he  is  one  of  those  men  politicians 
are  lucky  to  find,  and  Gaus  has  been  the  best  find  William 
Barnes,  Jr.,  ever  made  in  Albany.  As  Mayor  he  was  indus- 
trious, upright,  tactful  and  courteous  to  all,  with  a  happy 
faculty  of  avoiding  friction,  picking  out  the  road  of  least 
resistance  and  winning  friends. 

"Gaus  is  a  descendant  of  the  old  patroons,  an  Albanian  to 
the  manor  born  ;  and  all  the  Albanians  have  enough  of  the 
love  of  Dutch  ancestry  left  in  them  to  feel  very  complacent 
about  it  when  one  of  their  number  fills  the  chair  of  Harmanus 
Bleecker  as  Mayor  of  Albany.  The  fact  that  Gaus'  gaunt 
physiognomy  comports  with  a  comfortable  armchair  and  a 
flagon,  after  the  manner  of  Hendrik  Hudson's  followers,  has 
given  an  impression  at  times  that  he  is  easy-going  and  perhaps 
indifferent.  Such  misconceptions  always  end  with  a  rude 
awakening. 

"Not  long  after  Gaus  took  ofBces  on  the  lower  floor  of  the 
old  State  House  one  of  the  officials  overhead  sent  a  requisition 
for  help  to  have  his  rooms  cleaned.  There  is  a  janitor  in  the 
building  who  has  charge  of  seven  scrubwomen.  ■  The  Comp- 
troller thought  this  force  ample  for  the  purpose,  and  sent  for 
the  janitor.  After  a  sharp  calling  down,  he  told  the  janitor 
that  if  there  were  any  more  complaints  he  himself  would  take 
command  of  the  scrubbing  force  early  some  morning  and  see 
what  it  could  do.  'I  may  not  meet  the  expectations  of  every 
one  in  the  discharge  of  my  duties  as  Comptroller,'  he  said, 
'but  I  have  no  doubt  that  I  should  be  able  to  keep  the  building 
clean.     That's  a  good  start  at  any  rate.'  " 


Should  Study  Advertisements  of  Their  Employers. 

If  the  store  you  are  connected  with  advertises,  and  if  it  is 
an  up-to-date  concern  of  course  it  does,  it  is  highly  essential 
that  every  man  behind  the  counter  should  study  the  advertise- 
ments and  know  all  about  the  goods  advertised,  so  as  to  be 
able  to  talk  about  them  to  the  best  advantage  when  called  for. 

It  is  the  usual  custom  of  daily  newspapers  to  furnish 
advance  proots  of  all  advertisements  to  the  store  that  adver- 
tises, and  the  clerks  should  secure  one  of  these  proofs  and 
thoroughly  familiarize  themselves  with  the  advertisement 
before  it  reaches  the  general  public. 

It  certainly  makes  the  clerk  appear  at  a  manifest  disad- 
vantage if  a  customer  comes  into  the  store  and  refers  to  some 
particular  offer  that  has  been  mentioned  in  an  advertisement 
and  finds  that  the  clerk  is  not  thoroughly  familiar  with  the 
matter. 

How  much  more  effective  it  would  be  if  the  clerk  had  all 
the  details  of  the  advertisement  and  of  the  particular  goods 
advertised  at  his  tongue's  end  and  was  ready  to  talk  earnestly 
and  effectively  concerning  them. — Tobacco. 


Capitol  Reproduced  "With  Many  Cakes  of  Soap. 

In  the  show  windows  of  a  Scranton  store  is  a  fine  reproduc- 
tion of  the  National  Capitol,  made  from  more  than  10,000 
cakes  of  soap,  according  to  a  local  paper.  It  is  a  very  remark- 
able piece  of  work  and  gives  one  a  very  good  idea  of  what  the 
famous  building  is.  In  the  toilet  goods  department  of  the 
same  store  is  a  reproduction  of  the  Martha  Washington  monu- 
ment which  is  also  made  from  similar  cakes  of  soap. 

Every  important  detail  of  the  Capitol  is  well  presented  to 
view.  The  front  elevation,  the  mammoth  arch  of  triumph,  the 
chariot  of  progress,  the  ornamental  columns  of  liberty,  the 
great  hall,  flanked  with  smaller  halls  running  through  the 
entire  building  are  shown. 


June  3,  1909] 


THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


521 


Personal  Mention 


— Geokge  W.  Shaw,  of  Rochester,  N.  H.,  was  a  recent  vis- 
itor to  friends  at  Dover  in  the  same  State. 

— A.  A.  Lawbence,  of  Lawrence  &  Merritt,  Cuba,  N.  T., 
made  a  business  visit  to  Olean  a  few  days  ago. 

• — OsCAB  Mtebson  will  leave  shortly  for  Colombia,  South 
America,  where  he  will  represent  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

— Chables  W.  Faixas,  of  Petoskey,  Mich.,  made  a  trip 
recently  to  Florida,  combining  business  with  pleasure. 

— C.  S.  Staeeett,  of  Denver,  has  gone  to  Laramie,  Wyo.. 
where  he  is  now  pharmacist  at  A.  H.  Cordiner's  pharmacy. 

— W.  H.  Snyder,  representing  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  as  detail 
man  in  New  Jersey,  resigned  from  their  employ  on  June  1. 

— H.  W.  Hackbaeth.  formerly  located  at  Wausau.  Wis., 
is  now  connected  with  the  Herman  Klurtz  pharmacy  at  Mer- 
rill, Wis. 

— A.  A.  CtJl.\'EB,  formerly  of  Momence,  III.,  but  now  making 
his  home  in  Minnesota,  was  a  recent  visitor  to  friends  in 
Kankakee. 

— O.  M.  Nelson  has  gone  from  Faribault  to  Red  Wing. 
Minn.,  to  take  charge  of  the  store  of  the  Reliance  Drug 
Company. 

— L.  P.  Mebkitt,  of  Mayville,  N.  T.,  has  purchased  a  fine 
touring  automobile  and  will  make  an  extensive  trip  for  health 
and  pleasure. 

— J.  T.  Andbew,  of  Bowling  Green,  Ky.,  recently  suffered  a 
slight  stroke  of  paralysis,  but  at  last  advices  was  well  on  the 
road  to  recovery. 

— Geoege  Fosteb,  formerly  of  Morrison,  has  moved  to  Paw 
Paw.  Ill,,  where  he  is  now  registered  pharmacist  in  W.  A. 
Pratfs  drug  store. 

— John  P.  Diehl,  Jb.,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  is  a  candidate 
for  the  Democratic  nomination  for  alderman  in  the  14th 
ward  of  that  city. 

— Fbank  Mdreay,  of  Rhame,  N.  D.,  has  gone  to  Grove 
City,  Minn.,  where  he  has  taken  charge  of  the  pharmacy  of 
Lofstrom  Brothers. 

— Geobge  L.  Dodglass,  of  Chicago,  counsel  for  the  Pro- 
prietary Association  of  America,  was  a  visitor  in  New  York 
City  last  Thursday. 

— J.  F.  Meyeb.  former  prescription  clerk  at  the  Dunlap 
pharmacy  at  Waukesha,  Wis.,  has  gone  to  Chilton,  Wis.,  where 
he  will  open  a  new  pharmacy. 

— Db.  Loevenhabt.  professor  of  pharmacology  and  toxi- 
cology at  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  is  engaged  to  Miss 
Minnie  Goldsmith,  of  Madison. 

— J.  K.  McDowell,  of  Tecumseh,  Neb.,  who  recently  sold 
his  interest  in  a  pharmacy  to  his  partner,  has  become  the 
agent  for  several  makes  of  automobiles. 

— C.  R.  McDodgall.  of  Harvey,  111.,  was  operated  on  at 
Blue  Island  Hospital  recently  for  enlargement  of  the  glands 
of  his  neck.    He  was  doing  well  at  last  reports. 

— D.  JuDSON  Thomas,  W.  H.  McGarrah  and  Dr.  W.  E. 
Keller,  of  Scranton,  composed  a  fishing  party  which  recently 
exploited  the  streams  in  the  Stroudsburg  region. 

— G.  B.  Ryland,  of  the  May  Drug  Company,  Pittsburg,  and 
his  wife  and  daughter  were  recent  visitors  at  the  home  of  his 
parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  S.  H.  Ryland,  at  Meyersdale,  Pa. 

— Clayton  Tuttle,  a  druggist  of  Tomah,  Wis.,  is  assist- 
ing at  the  Taylor  Drug  Store  at  Sparta,  Wis.,  during  the 
absence  of  Mr.  Taylor,  who  is  enjoying  a  short  vacation. 

■ — Elmeb  F.4LK.  of  Stoughton,  Wis.,  recently  visited  friends 
at  Boscobel  and  Soldiers'  Grove,  Wis.  At  Boscobel  the  drug- 
gist was  met  at  the  train  by  a  contingent  of  his  friends. 

— Augustus  S.  Smtth,  with  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.,  New 
York  City,  is  back  at  his  desk  after  an  absence  of  several 
weeks  caused  by  the  death  of  his  father,  late  of  Bethlehem.  Pa. 

— E.  A.  Gengleb,  for  a  number  of  years  with  Mallinckrodt 
Chemical  Works,  St.  Louis,  has  bought  the  Spring-Laclede 
Pharmacy,  at  the  comer  of  the  avenues  appearing  in  the  name, 
in  St.  Louis. 

— C.  R.  Cosby,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of  Ell 
Lilly  &  Co.,  left  last  Saturday  for  Indianapolis,  where  he  will 
visii  the  home  office  of  the  firm.  Mr.  Cosby  expects  to  return 
within  a  week. 

— S.   H.   C.\ebagan,   assistant    manager  of   the   New    York 


branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  left  last  Friday  for  a  holiday 
sojourn  in  Saratoga,  N.  Y.  Mr.  Carragan  took  along  his 
golfing  paraphernalia. 

— Dr.  George  P.  Earth,  a  graduate  of  the  School  of  Phar- 
macy of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  class  of  ISO.o,  has  been 
chosen  e.xamining  physician  for  the  Milwaukee  public  schools 
at  a  salary  of  $3800. 

— F.  H.  Eggleston  and  wife,  of  Laramie,  Wyo.,  have 
started  on  an  eastern  trip  which  includes  a  visit  to  New  York 
and  their  presence  at  the  graduation  of  their  daughter  at 
Vassar  College  this  month. 

— John  P.  Reymond,  for  30  years  Kansas  City  manager 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  will  retire  from  business  on  full  pay. 
He  will  apply  himself  to  his  books  and  curios  in  his  workshop 
at  his  home,  4422  Main  street. 

—J.  A.  Laeson.  senior  member  of  Larson  &  Bruehler,  of 
Beresford,  S.  D..  recently  received  painful  injuries  through 
falling  in  his  bath  room.  Several  ribs  were  broken  and  his 
condition  for  a  time  was  serious. 

— Thomas  Ross,  who  recently  sold  his  drug  store  in  Elgin, 
III.,  will  make  his  future  home  in  the  Pacific  Northwest.  Mrs. 
Ross  and  daughter.  Miss  Pansy,  have  already  gone  to  Port- 
land, Ore.,  where  a  son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Ross  resides. 

— Db.  Lyman  F.  Kebleb,  chief  chemist  of  the  Division  of 
Drugs,  United  States  Department  of  Agriculture,  has  recently 
returned  to  Washington  from  a  professional  trip  to  Chicago, 
While  there  he  attended  the  Ebert  memorial  banquet. 

— Robert  Habeemann,  of  Ne^v  York  City,  has  just  been 
appointed  from  the  civil  service  list  as  pharmacist  at  the 
hospital  of  the  Soldiers'  Home,  in  Bath,  N.  Y.  He  succeeds 
Otto  Tannahauser,  who  lately  resigned  and  removed  to  British 
Columbia. 

— George  Baetell,  of  Seattle.  Wash.,  has  returned  home 
from  an  extended  trip  which  included  Kansas  City,  Houston, 
Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco.  His  tour  was  largely  to 
arouse  interest  in  the  forthcoming  Alaska- Yukon-Pacific 
Exposition. 

— Chables  E.  King,  member  of  the  Philadelphia  R.D.A., 
and  in  business  for  23  years  at  2401  Master  street,  was  asked 
by  the  Pennsylvania  State  Board  of  Pharmaceutical  Ex- 
aminers to  assist  in  the  practical  examination  at  the  Philadel- 
phia College  of  Pharmacy  on  May  21. 

— William  W.  Baetlett,  former  president  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Pharmaceutical  Association,  was  a  member  of  the 
reception  committee  which  entertained  the  delegates  to  the 
recent  Church  Congress  which  was  held  in  Boston  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

— Fbank  W.  Smith,  secretary  of  the  Drug  Club  of  Phila- 
delphia and  president  of  the  Traveling  Men's  Auxiliary  of  the 
Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Association,  surprised  his 
friends  last  week  when  he  appeared  minus  his  flowing  mous- 
tache.   Many  declared  that  he  looked  20  years  younger. 

— William  Reading,  of  Norristown,  Pa.,  has  not  taken  a 
vacation  nor  lost  a  day  on  account  of  illness  for  24  years. 
During  that  time,  however,  he  has  had  opportunity  to  pursue 
his  studies  and  investigations  in  botany  and  natural  history 
by  excursions  on  Sunday  afternoons,  early  in  the  morning 
and  in  the  evening. 

— Paul  Grace,  who  for  the  past  two  years  was  manager  of 
the  A.  F.  Madden  drug  store,  Grayville,  111.,  severed  his  con- 
nection with  that  institution  recently  and  accepted  a  position 
with  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  as 
traveling  salesman.  His  territory  will  be  northern  Illinois 
with  headquarters  at  Chicago. 

— Leon  Bboyee,  well  known  to  the  drug  trade  through  his 
long  connection  with  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works,  St. 
Louis,  has  been  putting  in  his  spare  hours  studying  Black- 
stone.  He  is  a  member  of  the  graduating  class  of  the  Benton 
College  of  Law,  whose  commencement  exercises  are  to  be  held 
in  St.  Louis  this    (Thursday)    evening. 

— Geoege  T.  Graves,  a  pharmacist  formerly  employed  by 
Robinson  &  McFarland,  Mishawaka,  Ind.,  who  left  the  drug 
business  to  occupy  a  homestead  in  Montana,  has  written  a 
letter  in  which  he  declares  that  next  to  Mishawaka  his  shack, 
five  miles  from  Round  Up,  on  Willow  Creek,  is  the  finest 
place  in  the  world  to  live.  Together  with  his  brother  from 
Albion.  Ind.,  Mr.  Graves  left  Indiana  two  months  ago  to 
take  up  a  claim.  After  spending  three  weeks  looking  over  the 
country  they  found  some  fine  land  and  each  have  filed  on  a 
quarter  section.  He  believes  that  his  locality  is  going  to  be 
the  garden  spot  of  Montana. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  3,  1909 


ERIE  COUNTY  MOURNS  FOR  CHARLES  0.  RANO. 


Former  President  of  New  York  State  Pli.A.,  Promiuent 
in  A.Ph.A.  and  Active  Worker  for  Pharmacy. 

BUTFALO.  May  29. — Charles  Orlando  Rauo.  a  well-known 
Buffalo  druggist,  is  dead  of  apoplexy,  aged  65.  For  a  long 
time  Mr.  Rano  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Amherst  and  Niag- 
ara streets  and  later  another  at  Niagara  and  Carolina  streets. 
He  was  also  secretary  of  the  Buffalo  Pen  Company.  H.  O. 
Sickler,  treasurer  of  the  concern,  went  to  call  on  Mr.  Rauo 
and  was  surprised  to  find  him  dead  in  a  chair.  Mr.  Rano  is 
survived  by  his  wife,  who  had  been  visiting  in  Michigan,  a 
daughter  and  two  sons. 

Mr.  Rano  was  cne  of  the  early  members  of  the  New  York 
State  Ph.A..  having  joined  in  ISSO,  and  was  its  president  in 
1S03.  He  had  been  a  member  of  the  A.Ph.A.  since  18(36  and 
was  prominent  for  years  in  the  deliberations  of  that  body, 
besides  having  long  been  identified  with  the  Erie  County  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  which  he  served  as  president  and  in 
many  other  capacities.  He  was  secretary  of  the  old  Erie 
County  Board  of  Pharmacy  during  its  existence. 

Mr.  Rano  was  a  graduate  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy and  was  a  curator  of  the  Buffalo  College  of  Pharmacy. 
He  was  genial  and  helpful  to  others  and  possessed  a  magnifi- 
cent physique,  standing  (5  feet  2  inches  in  his  stockings  and 
weighing  225  pounds. 

The  Erie  County  Ph.A.  has  taken  the  following  action : 

Charles  O.  Rano  was  for  many  years  prominently  identified 
w"*.h  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  Buffalo  and  Erie  County  and 
was  ever  ready  to  contribute  his  efforts  towards  the  elevation 
of  our  profession.  His  worth  was  recognized  by  his  fellow 
pharmacists  and  the  community  at  large  by  his  elevation  to  the 
ofhces  of  president  of  the  Erie  County  and  New  Yorli  State 
Pliarmaoeutical  Associations  and  by  repeated  reappointments  to 
the  position  of  secretary  of  the  Erie  County  Board  of  Phar- 
macy. In  the  latter  capacity  during  a  term  of  years  much  in 
connection  with  the  enforcement  of  the  law  was  necessarily  dele- 
gated to  him  and  he  performed  the  duties  of  his  oiEce  in  a 
manner   which   won   the  respect  of  all   concerned. 

The  members  of  the  Erie  County  Pharmaceutical  Association 
in  special  meeting  assembled  mourn  his  sudden  demise  and  ex- 
tend their  sincere  sympathy  to  his  bereaved  family. 


Joseph  Long,  Pioneer  in  the  Cultivation  of  Medicinal 
Plants,   Dead   at   His  Home   in   Texas. 

■J.  Long,  well  known  to  Era  readers  tor  his  letters  on  the 
cultivation  of  medicinal  plants,  died  at  his  home  in  Sherman. 
Texas,  after  an  illness  of  two  weeks,  following  an  attack  of 
the  grippe.  He  was  a  native  of  Ohio  and  settled  in  Sherman 
about  30  years  ago.  He  had  acquired  considerable  property 
and  for  the  last  six  years  had  been  engaged  in  the  cultivation 
of  medicinal  plants  and  in  the  work  of  demonstrating  the 
financial  possibilities  of  growing  such  crops  in  Texas.  Only 
recently  he  had  succeeded  in  interesting  the  United  States 
Government  in  establishing  an  experiment  farm  in  his  neigh- 
borhood. For  many  years  Mr.  Long  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Hood  Medicine  Company.     He  was  56  years  of  age. 


Bead  a  Letter  and  Then  Shot  Himself. 
Winston-Salem.  N.  C.  May  20.— John  W.  Hill,  aged  21, 
a  traveling  salesman  for  a  drug  house  in  Chattanooga,  Tenn., 
committed  suicide  recently  by  shooting  himself  through  the 
head  with  a  pistol,  near  Kapp's  Mill,  Surry  County.  Hill 
stopped  at  the  home  of  J.  H.  Thompson  for  his  mail  and 
dinner.  After  reading  a  letter  he  walked  off.  remarking 
"Good-by"  to  a  friend.  An  hour  later  he  was  found  lying  on 
a  rock  near  the  Yadkin  River,  with  a  bullet  hole  in  his  head 
and  a  pistol  clinched  in  his  right  hand. 


Drug  Clerk  Meets  Death  on  Elevated  Structure. 
James  H.  Morton,  a  drug  clerk  employed  in  Brooklyn,  was 
injured  to  an  extent  on  the  platform  of  the  125th  street  ele- 
vated station,  in  Manhattan  Borough.  New  York  City,  Tues- 
day of  last  week,  so  that  his  death  occurred  in  the  Harlem 
Hospital  several  hours  later.  Morton  was  trying  to  board  a 
train  just  as  the  gates  shut  and  was  caught  between  the  plat- 
form and  the  car  while  the  latter  was  in  motion.  He  leaves 
a  widow  and  three  children. 

Obituary  Notes. 
— Richard  Koethe.  well  known  Milwaukee  druggist.  2405 
Walnut  street,  passed  away  on  May  24  after  a  short  illness 


as  a  result  of  a  paralytic  stroke.  He  was  born  in  Germany 
in  1857  and  went  to  Milwaukee  in  1883.  Mr.  Koethe  was  a 
member  of  the  Wisconin  State  Ph.A. 

— Dr.  S.  R.  Bass,  prominent  druggist  of  Campbellsville, 
Ky.,  died  recently  of  rhevimatism.  aged  73.  He  was  a  leading 
citizen. 

— F.  E.  Phaneuf.  of  Hudson,  Mass.,  is  dead  of  cancer  of 
the  stomach,  aged  47.  A  widow  and  daughter  survive.  He 
was  a  member  of  many  fraternal  orders. 

— John  L.  Beauchain,  secretary  of  the  Moxie  Nerve  Food 
Company  and  superintendent  of  the  Boston  factory,  is  dead. 
He  was  born  in  Three  Rivers,  Quebec,  in  186S.  He  entered 
the  employ  of  the  company  as  a  salesman  in  1886.  Ten  years 
later  he  secured  an  interest  in  the  company,  and  became  one 
of  its  directors.     Mr.  Beauchain  was  a  consistory  Mason. 

— Morris  L.  Holton,  retired,  but  until  two  years  ago  of 
the  firm  of  Holton  &  Adams,  died  of  apoplexy  in  his  home  at 
Monroe.  Orange  County,  N.  Y.,  on  May  15.  Mr.  Holton  was 
well  known  in  the  drug  trade,  having  traveled  for  McKesson  & 
Robbins,  Hall  &  Ruckel  and  other  pharmaceutical  houses, 
having  been  later  identified  with  McCafferty  &  Holton.  He 
was  74  years  of  age. 

— Augustus  Cunningham,  for  20  years  the  proprietor  of 
a  drug  store  in  Inman  square,  Cambridge,  Mass..  died  sud- 
denly Friday  at  his  summer  home  in  Nahant.  He  had  not 
been  in  good  health  for  a  year,  and  a  few  weeks  ago  went  to 
Nahant  in  the  hope  of  gaining  rest.  He  was  a  native  of 
Nova  Scotia.  45  years  of  age,  and  is  survived  by  a  wife,  two 
sons  and  a  daughter.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Ph.A. 


LOT  OF  MINERAL  WATER  SEIZED, 


Misbranding  Charged  by  Government  Against  the 
Thomas  Taggart  Company,  of  Indiana. 

Baltimore.  May  29. — Thirty-four  cases  nf  mineral  water 
from  the  French  Lick  Springs  in  Indiana,  tlie  company  con- 
trolling which  has  Thomas  H.  Taggart,  the  well-known  Dem- 
ocratic politician,  as  president,  were  seized  today  by  the 
Government  at  Camden  Station  under  condemnation  proceed- 
ings brought  by  the  Federal  authorities.  Violation  of  the 
Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  is  charged. 

Each  case  contained  two  dozen  bottles  of  the  mineral 
water.  The  allegation  is  made  that  each  of  the  cases  was 
misbranded  "Two  Dozen  Quarts  Pluto  Concentrated."  The 
bottles,  it  is  charged,  held  only  an  average  of  one  and  three- 
fifth  pints,  instead  of  the  quart  which  they  should  have  con- 
tained, according  to  the  label. 

As  will  readily  be  seen,  the  case  is  of  great  interest  to  bot- 
tlers of  all  kinds.  If  the  proceeding  against  the  Thomas 
Taggart  Company  results  in  conviction  the  manufacturers  and 
distributors  of  all  other  mineral  waters,  and  of  every  variety 
of  beverages  can  be  prosecuted  if  the  bottles  they  use  are 
found  not  to  contain  the  precise  quantity  stated  on  the  label. 


Adulteration  and  Misbranding  of  Lithia  Water. 
Notice  of  Judgment  No.  59.  issued  under  the  Pure  Food 
and  Drugs  Act,  deals  with  the  confiscation  of  7.5  bottles  of 
liquid  labeled  "Basic  Lithia  Water."  The  judgment  is  that 
the  liquid  so  labeled  is  not  lithia  water,  that  it  is  not  qualified 
for  medicinal  purposes  and  does  not  possess  the  curative 
properties  set  forth  upon  the  label,  in  addition  to  which  it  is 
adulterated  with  the  presence  of  the  colon  group  of  organisms, 
being  unfit  for  human  consumption  and  deleterious  to  health. 


N.    Y.    Deutseher   Apotheker-Verein   Meets   Tonight. 

At  this  evening's  meeting  of  the  New  Yorker  Deut.scher 
Apotheker-Verein.  which  will  be  the  last  of  the  season  until 
September,  Assemblyman  Robert  S.  Conklin  will  address  the 
members  on  pharmaceutical  legislation.  Henry  A.  Petersen,  of 
Steiner  cSc  Petersen,  counsel  for  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  will 
precede  Mr.  Conklin.  explaining  the  present  pharmacy  law. 
The  usual  lunch  will  be  served  following  adjournment. 


Considerate  Robber  Only  Steals  Cigars. 
Detroit.  Mich..  May  15. — It  was  a  very  considerate  robber 
who  broke  into  the  Economy  Drug  Store,  High  and  Beauhien 
streets,  last  night.     He  took  only  a  box  of  cigars. 


June  3,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  523 

AKKANSAS  PH. A.  DISCUSSES  OWNERSHIP  OF  PRESCRIPTION;  APPROVES  A.PH.A.LIGUOR  RESOLUTION 


O.  O.  LOIPKIN.  of  Pine  Bluff. 

newly  elected  president  of  the  Arkiiusas 

State  Pharmateiitkal  Association. 


K.  A.  WAKKEX.  of  Clarksville. 
elected   first  vice- president  of  the  Ar- 
kansas Pharmaceutical  Assc. 


F.  G.  SCHACHLEITER,  Hot  Springs, 

retiring  president  of  the  Arkansas  State 

Pharmaceutical  Association. 


Pine  Bluff,  May  30. — The  27th  annual  convention  of  the 
Arkansas  Association  of  Pharmacists  was  largely  attended  and 
was  very  successful,  there  being  about  200  delegates  and  vis- 
itors, including  a  number  of  ladies  who  accompanied  their 
husbands  and  fathers,  here.  The  sessions  were  held  at  the 
Bluff  City  Club. 

Mayor  W.  L.  Toney  formally  turned  the  city  over  to  the 
visitors  in  his  address  of  welcome  and  the  response  was  made 
by  Dr.  John  B.  Bond,  of  Little  Rock.  E.  G.  Eberle,  of  Dallas. 
Texas,  also  addressed  the  convention.  President  Frank  C. 
Schachleiter.  of  Hot  Springs,  delivered  his  annual  address. 
in  which  he  reviewed  the  work  of  the  association  during  the 
past  year  and  made  some  interesting  reports. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  discussions  during  the  after- 
noon session  resulted  when  President  Schachleiter  asked  the 
question:  "Who  owns  the  prescription?"  Several  prominent 
druggists  were  on  their  feet  in  an  instant  and  the  interroga- 
tion resulted  in  a  discussion  in  which  the  subject  was  aired 
from  every  standpoint. 

W.  L.  Dewoody,  of  this  city,  contended  that  the  prescription 
belonged  to  the  patient  until  it  was  placed  with  the  druggist, 
in  trust,  to  be  held  for  his  own  protection.  He  said  the  drug- 
gist can  give  the  patient  a  copy  of  the  prescription  if  it  is  de- 
sired. He  was  at  a  loss  to  establish  ownership  of  what  he 
termed  the  "wire  prescription"  or  those  sent  to  the  druggist 
over  the  telephone.  Such  orders  placed  a  big  responsibility 
on  the  prescription  clerk. 

J.  F.  Dowdy,  of  Little  Rock,  declared  that  the  patient  does 
not  pay  for  the  prescription,  but  for  professional  services.  He 
also  argued  that  the  prescription  was  the  property  of  the 
druggist.     A  copy  could  be  given  the  patient,  if  desired. 

Dr.  John  B.  Bond,  of  Little  Rock,  expressed  the  same 
opinion.  He  contends  that  the  prescription  is  the  property 
of  the  druggist  and  that  the  original  shotild  remain  in  his 
custody.  The  patient  has  the  right  to  demand  a  copy  of  the 
ptescriptiou  and  it  shall  be  given  him  by  the  druggist,  unless 
the  physician  requests  that  the  prescription  be  not  refilled. 

Henry  Weimer,  of  Hot  Springs,  took  issue  with  the  previous 
speakers,  declaring  that  in  his  opinion  the  prescription  was  the 
pioperty  of  the  patient  :  that  the  patient  pays  the  physician 
for  the  prescription  and  when  he  does  it  belongs  to  him  and 
not  the  druggist.  M.  A.  Eisle.  of  Hot  Springs,  said  that  from 
a  common  sense  standpoint  the  druggist,  the  doctor  and  the 
patient  should  settle  the  matter  among  themselves.  It  is  a 
question,  he  said,  that  had  never  been  satisfactorily  settled  in 
the  United  States  Supreme  Court  and  he  compared  the  matter 
to  perpetual  motion,  which,  he  said,  would  never  be  solved. 

President  Schachleiter  named  A.  G.  Bedell,  W.  T.   Brasher 


and  A.  C.  Parse  as  a  committee  on  fraternal  relations,  with 
instructions  to  visit  the  Arkansas  doctors  when  they  meet  in 
this  city  in  annual  session  and  assure  them  of  the  harmonious 
relations  and  good  feeling  that  exist  between  the  druggists  and 
the  physicians. 

The  liquor  question  was  settled  by  the  association  by  the 
adoption  of  a  resolution  indorsing  the  resolution  adopted  by 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in  which  the  sale  of 
liquor  in  any  form  is  prohibited  except  for  medical  purposes. 

Dr.  J.  P.  Runyan.  of  Little  Rock,  addressed  the  convention 
on  the  value  of  the  chair  of  pharmacy  which  has  been  installed 
at  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  Little  Rock,  and 
urged  the  druggists  to  co-operate  with  the  college  to  make  it  a 
success. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing  year: 
O.  O.  Lumpkin,  Pine  Bluff,  president :  R.  A.  Warren.  Clarks- 
ville, first  vice-president ;  Horace  Crawford,  Brinkley,  second 
vice-president;  Miss  Mary  A.  Fein,  Little  Rock,  secretary- 
treasurer  :  A.  W.  Stahl,  member  of  the  executive  committee ; 

F.  G.  Schachleiter,  Hot  Springs.  John  B.  Bond,  Sr,.  and  W.  l', 
Dewoody.  Pine  Bluff,  delegates  to  the  United  States  Pharma- 
copoeial  Convention,  which  meets  in  Washington,  D.  C,  with 
J.  D.  Hodges,  Little  Rock,  alternate. 

Fort  Smith  was  selected  as  the  place  for  holding  the  next 
convention  and  the  date  fixed  was  May  2,  1910, 

The  members  of  the  Arkansas  Pharmacists'  Travelers'  Asso- 
ciation also  held  their  annual  meeting  and  elected  the  following 
officers  to  serve  for  the  ensuing  year :  Nat  Harrison,  of  Xash"^ 
ville.  Ark.,  president ;  J.  C.  Brown,  of  Little  Rock,  first  vice- 
president  :   W.  L.  Carr,  of  Pine  Bluff,  second  vice-president ; 

G.  W.  Murphy,  of  St.  Louis,  third  vice-president ;  B.  F. 
Lewis,  of  Little  Rock,  treasurer,  and  I.  W.  Kurtz,  of  St.  Louis, 
secretary.  The  Travelers  held  a  little  convention  of  their 
own  during  the  pharmacists"  meeting  and  had  a  big  time. 
A  street  parade,  headed  by  a  brass  band,  was  one  "of  the 
features  of  the  week's  programme.  The  members  of  the  phar- 
macists' auxiliary  are  known  as  the  "White  Cap  Brigade." 

The  visitors  were  entertained  by  a  reception  and  dance  at 
Bluff  City  Club  the  first  night  and  a  banquet  was  served  at 
the  same  place  the  next  evening.  The  ladies  were  entertained 
with  a  card  party  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  W.  L.  Dewoody  and 
with  a  musical  at  the  home  of  Mrs.  J.  H.  Mann.  Field  sports 
at  Forest  Park  also  proved  an  attraction. 

The  committees  in  charge  were  as  follows : 

General   Committee^— W.   L.  Dewoodv.  chairman. 

Arrangements— J.  H.  Mann,  chalrm'an :  T.  J.  McComb  W  T 
Brasher.  .\.  G.  Bedell.  B.  C.  McCammon.  J.  C.  Reno 

Reception— W.  L.  Carr.  chairman  ;  A.  C.  Parse,  J.  H  \ncrnm 
.T.  H.  Watkins.  M.  B.  Barker,  W.  S.  Ballard.  E.  T.  Rucker,  Phil 


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[June  3,  1909 


F.   Crutcber,  Fred  C.  Berbig,  Albert  Bacon,  C.   K.  Healy,  C.  E. 
Counts,  D.  I.  Mills,  Henry  Smitb. 

Entertainment — W.  T.  Seawell,  cbairman;  O.  O.  Lumpkin, 
N.  E.  Brigbtwell,  Noel  McCain,  L.  M.  Bobbitt,  R.  S.  Toler, 
F.  A.  Pattison,  Hugb  Rj-land.  J.  W.  Everett,  I.  W.  Kurtz,  T.  M. 
Liebig,  Ike  Kaufman,  Sorrells  Dewoody,  James  Whittit,  A.  H. 
Pendergras.  E.  Apperson. 


MARYLANDEKS  TO  MEET  AT  OCEAN  CITY. 


Majority  Sentiment  in  Pharmaceutical  Association 
Favored  Going  to  the  Seaside. 

Baltimore,  May  29. — It  has  been  finally  decided  to  hold 
the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation at  Ocean  City,  instead  of  the  Blue  Mountain  House 
in  the  Blue  Ridge.  It  had  come  to  be  regarded  as  a  kind  of 
unwritten  law  that  if  the  association  met  one  summer  in  the 
mountains,  the  next  gathering  would  go  to  the  seashore  or 
some  other  part  of  the  State,  in  order  that  all  portions  of 
Maryland  might  receive  recognition.  Under  this  arrangement 
the  next  meeting  ought  to  have  gone  to  the  mountains.  But 
so  many  members  showed  a  preference  for  the  seashore  that 
the  committee  finally  determined  to  change  the  programme, 
and  Ocean  City,  ^Maryland's  only  seacoast  city,  was  chosen. 

The  Hotel  Plimhimmon  has  been  selected  as  headquarters, 
and  the  sessions  will  be  held  there,  likewise  the  indoor  diver- 
sions. The  sessions  will  begin  June  22.  continuing  until  the 
25th.     Legislation  will  receive  special  attention. 


Important  Subjects  on  Missouri  Ph.A.'s  Programme. 

St.  Louis,  May  29. — The  programme  for  the  Missouri 
Ph.A.  meeting  at  Joplin  June  15  to  18  has  been  completed 
as  far  as  the  entertainment  features  are  concerned  and  the 
outline  of  papers  and  queries  sent  the  members  by  Prof. 
Francis  Hemm  in  soliciting  contributions  to  the  scientific 
side  of  the  four  days  meeting  promises  very  well.  The  study 
of  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  will  be  continued  and  legislative  affairs, 
now  that  the  State  has  a  new  law,  will  come  in  for  a  large 
point  of  discussion.  State  Representative  Theo.  F.  Hagenow, 
who  engineered  the  legislation,  will  be  present  to  outline  to  the 
association  the  course  that  must  be  pursued  to  win  the  points 
lost  in  this  law,  the  chief  of  which  is  the  anti-itinerant  ven- 
ders clause. 

The  entertainment  is  largely  in  charge  of  the  entertainment 
committee  of  the  Missouri  Ph.  Travelers'  Association.  W.  H. 
Lamont,  manager  in  St.  Louis  for  Eli  Lilly  «&  Co.,  and  chair- 
man of  this  committee,  was  in  Joplin  a  few  days  ago  and 
completed  local  arrangements.  The  Connor  Hotel  will  be 
the  headquarters.  Mrs.  W.  E.  Price  will  extend  the  formal 
greeting  to  the  ladies. 

On  Tuesday  the  first  session  will  be  held  in  the  hotel  parlors 
and  Mayor  Guy  Humes  will  greet  the  pharmacists  and  Sec- 
retary H.  M.  Whelpley  will  respond  for  the  association  at 
the  request  of  President  D.  V.  Whitney,  of  Kansas  City. 


Special  Pullman  to  Pennsylvania  Ph.A.   Meeting. 

Philadelphia,  May  29. — Extensive  preparations  have  been 
made  by  the  Traveling  Men's  Auxiliary  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Ph.A.  for  the  meeting  at  Bedford  Springs,  June  22  to  24.  In 
addition  to  various  plans  for  entertainment  on  one  afternoon 
or  evening  of  the  session,  a  plan  to  have  the  members  of  the 
auxiliary  from  this  section  go  on  a  special  Pullman  car,  has 
been  decided  upon.  It  is  expected  that  other  Philadelphians  will 
avail  themselves  of  this  opportunity  to  go  to  Bedford  Springs 
under  such  agreeable  conditions  and  a  jolly  party  is  assured. 
The  train  will  leave  Broad  Street  Station  at  11.35  p.  m.,  on 
June  21,  but  the  car  will  be  open  from  9  o'clock.  Secretary 
A.  L.  Wolcott,  of  the  auxiliary,  at  514  Arch  street,  is  making 
reservations  for  the  car  and  it  is  urged  that  members  and 
others  who  desire  to  make  the  trip  under  these  conditions  at 
the  usual  rate  communicate  immediately  with  him. 


Daily  Paper  for  "Wisconsin  Association. 
Milwaukee,  May  29. — The  publication  of  a  daily  paper 
during  the  sessions  of  the  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion at  Elkhart  Lake,  June  22  to  25,  will  be  a  novel  feature. 
It  will  be  issued  by  the  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Travelers' 
Association  and  will  include  the  daily  programme  and  a 
running  fire  of  jokes  upon  attending  druggists  and  traveling 
men.  Present  plans  are  for  making  the  paper  a  permanent 
affair  to  be  published  monthly  by  the  traveling  men.     W.  H. 


Barr,  of  Milwaukee,  local  secretary,  has  issued  a  neat  postal 
announcement  of  the  coming  convention  to  druggists  and  trav- 
eling men  of  the  State.  He  is  confident  that  the  attendance 
this  year  will  reach  the  600  or  700  mark. 


Vaudeville  Performance  for  Massachusetts  Ph.A. 

Boston,  May  29. — The  executive  committee  of  the  Travel- 
ing Men's  Auxiliary  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  has  made  arrangements  for  the  convention 
nest  month.  It  was  decided  to  give  a  vaudeville  performance 
in  the  big  garage  of  the  Ocean  House  at  Swampscott  on  Tues- 
day evening,  June  22.  and  to  follow  this  with  a  Dutch  supper. 


CHEMISTS'  EXHIBITION  IN  LONDON. 

American  Exhibitors  Again  Among  Firms  Represented 
at  15th  Annual  Show  in  Horticultural  Hall. 

London,  May  22. — The  Chemists'  Exhibition  which  was 
held  last  week  in  the  Horticultural  Hall  was  as  successful  as 
any  of  its  14  predecessors,  and  the  organizers,  the  British  and 
Colonial  Druggist,  succeeded  in  getting  together  as  exhibitors 
something  like  a  hundred  firms.  There  was  a  good  attend- 
ance of  pharmacists,  especially  during  the  last  three  days. 
Provincial  pharmacists  who  are  subscribers  to  the  paper  in 
question  have  part  of  their  railway  fare  paid  by  the  pro- 
prietors, while  those  living  in  London  are  provided  with  a 
coupon  which  is  exchanged  for  cab  fare  on  the  holder  alight- 
ing from  a  cab  at  the  doors  of  the  exhibition. 

Among  the  American  firms  exhibiting  were  the  following: 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  who  gave  special  prominence  to  their 
euthymol  preparations,  glaseptic  nebulizers  and  sprays,  pep- 
sin preparations  and  other  selections  from  the  firm's  well- 
known  standard  products.  Chesterman  &  Streeter.  of  Phila- 
delphia, showed  through  their  European  agents,  Howison  & 
Co.,  Ltd.,  a  selection  of  hard  rubber,  leather,  elastic  and  wire 
trusses,  suspensories,  shoulder  braces  and  abdominal  sup- 
porters. The  Seamless  Rubber  Company,  of  Xew  Haven. 
Conn.,  who  were  also  represented  by  Messrs.  Howison,  had 
a  varied  display  of  appliances,  including  Kelly's  operating 
and  obstetrical  cushions,  bed  pans  with  inflated  ring  and  tube 
outlet,  stomach  tubes,  urinals,  surgical  gloves,  atomizers,  etc. 

The  Charles  H.  Phillips  Chemical  Company  showed  their 
well-known  '"milk  of  magnesia,"  digestible  cocoa  and  "phos- 
pho-muriate  of  quinine."  F.  J.  Stokes  Machine  Company 
had  a  display  of  pharmaceutical  machinery,  including  Stokes' 
Automatic  Water  Still  and  the  "Eureka"  hand  tablet  machine. 


Year's  End  at  Medico-Chirurgical  College. 

Phil.\delpiiia,  May  29. — The  commencement  exercises  of 
the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  will  be  held  in  the  Academy 
of  Music  June  5  at  9  a.  m.  Chauncey  M.  Depew,  United 
States  Senator  from  Xew  York,  will  be  the  orator  of  the 
occasion. 

The  bi-ennial  reunion  of  the  class  of  '07,  Pharmacy,  will 
be  held  on  Friday  at  the  college.  It  will  be  followed  by  a 
banquet  at  the  Bellevue-Stratford  at  7  o'clock  the  same 
evening. 

Prof.  Carl  S.  X.  Hallberg.  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  will 
deliver  an  address  on  "The  Recent  Propaganda  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  American  Med- 
ical Association"  at  the  tenth  anniversary  celebration  of  the 
Pharmaceutical   Alumni  Association. 


Pharmacy  Chair  for  University  of  Arkansas. 
Little  Rock,  May  29. — A  chair  of  pharmacy  will  be  in- 
stalled at  the  University  of  Arkansas  under  an  Act  passed 
by  the  recent  Legislature,  despite  the  fact  that  the  Act  does 
not  carry  an  appropriation  providing  for  the  salary  of  the 
professor  of  pharmacy,  according  to  President  Tillman,  of 
the  university.  The  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  the  State 
has  agreed,  it  is  understood,  to  furnish  the  $5000  necessary  to 
pay  the  salarj'  for  two  years.  The  university  will  furnish 
the  room  for  the  department  and  go  as  far  as  possible  with- 
out any  appropriation  toward  furnishing  all  other  things 
necessary  to  make  the  department  a  success. 


New  Building  on  Old  Drug  Store  Site. 
The  Dr.  Faneher  drug  store  at  Racine.  Wis.,  is  being  moved 
from   its   former  location   in   State  street  to   Marquette  street. 
A  modern  new  structure  will  be  erected  at  the  former  stand. 


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MISSISSIPPI  BOARD  OF  PHARMACEUTICAL  EXAMINERS.  WHICH  IS  NOW  DOING  VIGOROUS  WORK. 


Jackson.  May  29. — The  present 
Mississippi  State  Board  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Examiners  is  making  a  vigor- 
ous effort  to  improre  the  standard  of 
pharmacy  as  practiced  in  this  State. 
The  present  board,  the  members  of 
which  appear  in  the  accompanying 
illustration,  effected  an  organization 
on  March  12,  190S,  by  the  election  of 
J.  B.  Small  president,  and  L.  H.  Wil- 
kinson, Jr.,  secretary.  The  crusade 
against  the  non-registered  druggists  of 
the  State  began  with  the  organization 
meeting  and  has  been  vigorously 
pushed  since.  The  general  average  on 
examinations  required  by  this  board  is 
75  per  cent,  and  with  this  raise  in 
grade  average  comes  an  equal  raise 
in  the  standard  of  pharmacy  in  Mis- 
sissippi. 

Throughout  the  commonwealth  dru^ 
store  after  drug  store  was  opened  and 
run  by  parties  totally  incompetent  to 


compound     prescriptions     or    dispense    Left   to   right:    J.   B.   Bryan.   Amory;  L.   H.    Wilkinson,   Indianola,   secretary   of   the 


poisonous     drugs.     It     is     this     class 

mostly  sought  by  the  State  Board  of 

Pharmacy.     Hundreds   of  the   leading 

citizens  of  the  State,  besides  the  registered  pharmacists,  have 

joined  in  ihe  good  work  and  are  rendering  valuable  assistance 

to  the   board   in  putting  an   end   to  the   malpractice  existing 

within  Mississippi  borders. 

The  board  promises  to  stop  this  practice  whenever  and 
wherever  they  find  the  law  is  being  violated.  The  people  of 
the  State  generally  have  taken  great  interest  in  the  good  work 
being  accomplished,  knowing  they  are  directly  and  vitally 
benefited. 

Secretary  Wilkinson,  upon  whom  a  vast  amount  of  detail 
work  has  devolved,  has  proved  himself  to  be  as  untiring  as 
he  has  been  assiduous  in  prosecuting  the  campaign  mapped  out 
by  the  board. 


board;    (seated)    J.   B.   Small,    Winona,  president;  E.  B.  Welllorn,  Co- 
luvfibia;  Oliver  Eastland,  Lake. 


BALTIMORE  DRUGGISTS  IN  JOINT  MEETING. 


Discuss  Legislative  Matters,  Hear  Discourses  on  Con- 
certed Action  and  Telephones  and  Have  Luncheon. 
Baltimobe,  May  29. — The  joint  meeting  of  the  Maryland 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  Baltimore  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  the  Baltimore  Drug 
Exchange  and  the  Baltimore  Retail  Druggists'  Association 
last  Thursday  evening  brought  out  a  large  attendance  and 
resulted  in  a  most  profitable  interchange  of  ideas. 

The  meeting  was  called  by  President  William  M.  Fouch, 
for  the  conference  committee,  which  constitutes  a  sort  of 
central  body  and  was  suggested  to  take  the  place  of  con- 
solidation, which  was  deemed  inexpedient.  The  gathering 
was  of  an  informal  nature.  A.  C.  Meyer,  of  the  Exchange, 
urged  the  adoption  of  the  Federal  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law 
for  the  State  instead  of  the  Maryland  statute  on  the  sub- 
ject, arguing  that  the  former  was  more  equitable,  effective  and 
practical,  besides  promoting  uniformity  throughout  the  coun- 
try, which  was  a  very  important  consideration,  especially  to 
the  manufacturers,  who  would  necessarily  be  injured  by  a 
diversity  of  legislation,  being  put  to  much  extra  expense  and 
interfered  with  in  the  distribution  of  goods. 

R.  E.  Lee  Williamson,  secretary  of  the  R.D.A.,  talked  of 
the  value  of  co-operation.  He  outlined  the  reasons  which 
prompted  the  formation  of  the  conference  committee  and 
pointed  out  that  this  committee  could  do  much  good  by  lining 
up  the  entire  fraternity  in  the  support  of  any  movement  de- 
signed to  promote  the  general  interest. 

Dr.  John  F.  Hancock  discoursed  on  fraternal  relations, 
counseling  harmony  and  amity  among  the  druggists,  while 
H.  A.  B.  Dunning  spoke  of  good-fellowship  and  the  fraternal 
feeling.  He  stated  that  much  was  to  be  gained  by  concerted 
action  and  by  avoidance  of  discord,  and  he  advised  that  drug- 
gists endeavor  to  lay  aside  all  differences  and  meet  each  other 
in  a  spirit  of  sincerity  and  good  will. 

M.  S.  Kahn,  as  chairman  of  the  committee  on  telephones, 
proceeded   to   advocate  a  general   lining  up   in   behalf  of  the 


movement  to  get  a  larger  proportion  of  the  receipts  from  pay 
telephones  established  in  drug  stores.  He  stated  that  Balti- 
more druggists  got  less  than  those  of  any  other  large  city  in 
the  country,  their  compensation  being  only  10  per  cent,  while 
that  of  Chicago  members  of  the  profession  was  50  per  cent 
and  of  various  other  Western  cities  33 1-3  per  cent.  This 
city,  he  explained,  demanded  25  per  cent,  which,  he  thought, 
was  a  very  modest  proposal  and  one  that  took  into  account 
fully  the  local  conditions.  Mr.  Kahn  said  that  the  pharma- 
cists had  it  within  their  power  to  compel  concessions  if  they 
brought  their  undivided  influence  into  play. 

Others  making  addresses  were  John  B.  Thomas,  president 
of  the  R.D.A. ;  Charles  J.  B.  Swindell,  of  the  Swindell  Glass 
Works,  and  Joseph  F.  Hindes,  president  of  the  Emerson  Drug 
Company. 

An  excellent  buffet  luncheon  and  cigars  were  served  to  put 
the  druggists  in  a  good  humor,  the  committee  of  arrange- 
ments having  provided  abundantly  for  the  comfort  of  those 
at  the  meeting.  Similar  gatherings  are  to  be  held  from  time 
to  time. 


Wisconsin  Druggists  Meet — E.  B.  Heimstreet  to  Retire. 

Janesvuxe.  May  29. — Rock  County  druggists  enjoyed  a 
good  dinner  recently  at  the  Hotel  Myers,  the  following  dele- 
gates being  present :  J.  M.  Farnsworth,  C.  A.  Smith,  Beloit ; 
E.  C.  Ryall,  Clinton ;  H.  D.  Stappenbeck,  Edgerton  ;  George 
E.  King,"  E.  O.  Smith,  E.  B.  Heimstreet,  J.  P.  Baker,  H.  E. 
Kanous,  Otto  Smith,  Janesville ;  W.  P.  Clarke,  Milton  ;  W.  H. 
gates  being  present :    J.  M.  Farnsworth,  C.  A.  Smith,  Beloit ; 

"How  to  regulate  the  sale  of  paris  green  to  avoid  accident" 
was  the  principal  theme,  but  other  subjects  of  interest  to  the 
profession  were  taken  up.  E.  B.  Heimstreet  gave  the  members 
a  surprise  when  he  stated  that  he  intended  to  retire  from 
business  and  that  his  drug  store  must  be  sold  before  July  1. 

The  association  will  meet  the  first  week  in  August  at  Yost's 
Park  for  an  all  day  meeting,  to  which  the  ladies  are  invited. 
J.  P.  Baker,  C.  A.  Smith,  H.  E.  Ranous,  George  E.  King  and 
H.  D.  Stappenbeck  were  appointed  a  committee  of  arrange- 
ments for  the  picnic,  while  J.  M.  Farnsworth,  Frank  Van 
Wart  and  C.  H.  Jones,  of  Beloit,  were  appointed  a  committee 
to  furnish  refreshments. 


Child's  Mother  Found  Through  Prescription  Label. 
Milwaukee,  May  29. — A  prescription  number  on  a  medi- 
cine bottle  was  the  clue  which  recently  led  to  the  discovery  of 
a  young  woman  who  left  her  child  at  a  boarding  house  in  this 
city  and  never  called  for  it.  The  Milwaukee  detectives  worked 
Janesville,  Mount  Horeb  and  Madison  on  the  case  which  at- 
tracted wide  interest.  The  clues  to  Janesville  and  Mount 
Horeb  were  found  by  the  discovery  of  a  labeled  bottle  of  medi- 
cine. One  label  was  pasted  over  the  other  and  the  first  was 
steamed  off  and  the  lower  one  read. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  3.  1909 


NEW  PLAN  OF  DIVISION  OF  AM.  CHEM.  SOCIETY. 


Prof.    Stevens,   as   Chairman   of   Committee,   Advocates 

Formation    of    Pharmaceutical    Division    of    the 

Society  and  Points  out  Advantages  Which 

He  Believes  Would  be  the  Result. 

Editor  The  Pharniihxiitiral  Era: 

The  American  Chemical  Society  has  adopted  the  plan  of 
organizing  its  members  into  divisions,  each  division  to  have 
charge  of  different  subjects  as,  Organic  Chemistry.  Agricultural 
and  Food  Chemistry,  etc.  The  president  of  the  society  has 
appointed  the  undersigned  committee  to  consult  with  the  phar- 
maceutical chemists  of  the  country  upon  the  advisability  of 
forming  a  Division  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry. 

If  the  various  branches  of  chemistry  are  to  be  represented 
by  separate  divisions,  surely  the  interests  and  professional 
standing  of  pharmaceutical  chemists  demand  that  a  Division 
in  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  be  included.  Such  a  division 
would  give  to  the  pharmaceutical  chemists  of  the  country  an 
opportunity  to  become  acquainted  and  exchange  ideas.  It 
would  give  them  an  organization  of  their  own  for  the  reading 
of  papers  and  discussion  of  live  topics  of  interest  and  impor- 
tance. Supported  by  the  great  body  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society,  composed  of  about  4000  American  chemists,  it  would 
give  a  stimulus  and  afford  a  prestige  never  before  presented  to 
Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  in  this  country.  By  such  co-opera- 
tion Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  would  be  advanced  and  would 
be  more  highly  regarded  by  chemists  in  other  branches  of  our 
science,  and  many  chemists  engaged  in  our  work  at  present 
without  affiliations,  would  be  drawn  to  our  society. 

The  organization  of  such  a  division  would  follow  the  lines 
already  successfully  established  by  other  divisions  and  the  by- 
laws of  the  Division  of  Industrial  and  Engineering  Chemistry 
may  be  regarded  as  a  suitable  model  for  the  Division  of  Phar- 
maceutical Chemistry.  The  Journal  of  Industrial  and  En- 
gineering Chemistry  exemplifies  also  what  may  be  accomplished 
by  a  division  devoted  to  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry,  the  recent 
articles  on  synthetic  preparations  being  especially  valuable. 

The  society  now  publishes  three  valuable  journals,  including 
one  devoted  exclusively  to  abstracts  covering  all  chemical  lit- 
erature. This  one  journal  alone  is  worth  the  price  of  mem- 
bership, as  it  enables  one  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  advance 
of  chemical  science.  All  three  journals  are  sent  to  members 
without  additional  charge.  Present  members  incur  no  extra 
expense  by  the  formation  of  this  division  and  new  members 
in  this  division  enjoy  the  benefits  of  full  membership  in  the 
American  Chemical   Society. 

Will  you  kindly  consider  this  a  personal  appeal  and  whether 
you  are  a  member  or  not,  please  answer  the  enclosed  questions 
at  your  earliest  opportunity.  By  so  doing  the  necessity  of 
writing  you  again  will  be  removed.     Respectfully  yours. 

Ann  Arbor,  May  21.  1909.  A.  B.  Stevens. 

The  committee  mentioned  is  composed  of  John  M.  Francis, 
Edward  Kremers,  B.  L.  Murray,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  A.  B. 
Stevens,  chairman,  and  the  questions  to  be  answered  are  as 
follows : 

Are  you  in  favor  of  forming  a  Division  of  Pharmaceutical 
Chemistry,    in    the  American   Chemical   Society? 

Will  vou  attend  the  meetings  in  Detroit  June  29,  30  and  July 
1.   2? 

Will  you  contribute  a   paper  for  this  meeting? 

State  the  name  and  address  of  any  whom  you  think  may  be 
interested  in  the  formation  of  sucli  a  division. 

Suggest  some  subject  for  discussion  or  investigation. 


Strong  Opposition  to  the  Movement  in  Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia,  May  29. — The  executive  committee  of  the 
Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion has  declared  unanimously  against  the  proposition  to  form 
a  division  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  in  the  American  Chem- 
ical Society.  The  members  expressed  the  opinion  most  em- 
phatically that  the  proposed  move  would  tend  to  disrupt  the 
scientific  sections  of  the  local  branches  and  the  secretary  was 
instructed  to  communicate  with  the  other  local  branches  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  ask  them  to  take 
similar  action  regarding  the  proposition.  The  subject,  while 
not  one  that  came  officially  before  the  Philadelphia  Branch, 
was  presented  to  the  majority  of  the  individual  members  in  a 
letter  sent  out  by  Prof.  A.  B.  Stevens,  of  Ann  Arbor,  Mich., 
in  which  the  project  was  strongly  urged. 

A  letter  drafted  by  Joseph  L.  Turner,  the  secretary,  was 
approved  and  sent  to  Professor  Stevens.     The  letter  reviewed 


the  formation  of  the  scientific  sections  of  the  A. Ph. A.  branches 
and  continues  : 

The  reasons  which  decided  in  favor  of  our  aifiliation  with  the 
A.Ph..V.  were  as  follows:  Practically  all  the  pharmaceutical 
chemists  of  the  country  are  members  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  but  not 
all  of  them  are  members  of  the  American  Chemical  Society.  The 
work  carried  on  by  the  scientific  section  of  the  first  named  body 
is  most  creditable  and  this  section  gives  the  A.Ph.A.  a  prestige 
and  a  standing  which  any  other  organization  of  pharmacists 
lacks  completely.  By  organizing  an  independent  society  or 
affiliating  ourselves  with  the  .American  Chemical  Society  we 
would  have  deprived  the  A.Ph.A.  of  that  element,  taken  away 
many  members  who  are  pharmaceutical  chemists  and  not  phar- 
macists, thus  seriously  injuring  a  body  in  the  successful  ex- 
istence of  which  every  pharmacist  and  pharmaceutical  chemist 
is  deeply  interested  and  which  is  of  great  benefit  to  the  pro- 
fession  in   general. 

The  above  mentioned  fact  that  the  majority  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical chemists  are  already  members  of  the  A.Ph..\.  obviates 
the  necessity  of  enlisting  new  members,  the  membership  already 
existing.  By  organizing  them  locally,  we  could  achieve  all 
those  purposes  which  we  desire  to  achieve  by  organizing  a  new 
society.  That  our  presumption  was  correct  was  shown  by  the 
success  with  which  our  meetings  have  met. 

The  formation  of  a  Division  of  P'harmaceutical  Chemistry  of 
the  American  Chemical  Society  does  not  seem  to  be  the  proper 
thing.  The  same  reasons  which  were  opposed  to  such  a  move 
previous  to  our  organization  of  the  local  scientific  section,  are 
also  valid  now.  Although  we  are  members  of  the  American 
Chemical  Society,  we  are  also  members  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  and  our 
loyalty  to  the  latter  organization  should  not  only  prevent  our 
injuring  this  body  in  any  way  but  what  is  more,  we  should 
concentrate  our  efforts  toward  making  the  A.Ph.A.  the  foremost 
scientific  organization  of  those  who  are  connected  with  phar- 
macy in  one  way  or  another.  Our  aim  should  be  not  to  make 
pharmacy  a  purely  commercial  pursuit  but  all  of  us  who  are 
able  to  do  it,  must  apply  our  energies  towards  the  elevation 
of  pharmacy  as  a  science  primarily  and  as  a  profession 
secondarily. 

By  organizing  a  division  of  the  American  Chemical  Society, 
we  'will  deprive  the  A.Ph.A.  of  a  very  valuable  membership  and 
possibly  of  a  very  important  section.  But  furthermore,  the  for- 
mation of  a  division  does  not  answer  the  very  purpose  for 
which  the  organization  of  such  a  division  is  designed.  Question 
No.  2  of  the  circular  letter  seems  to  indicate  that  you  propose 
to  hold  only  one  meeting  yearly.  The  scientific  section  of  the 
.A.Ph.A.  accomplishes  this  very  same  purpose  most  admirably 
and  1  do  not  see  in  your  move  any  progress  whatsoever. 

What  we  need  are  monthly  meetings  of  pharmaceutical  chem- 
ists where  important  and  live  topics  can  he  discussed  at  once, 
without  waiting  a  whole  year  for  a  cliance  to  present  a  paper 
on  a  subject  at  a  meeting  where  time  for  the  discussion  must 
necessarily    be   very    limited. 

Experience  shows  that  scientific  sections  of  local  branches  give 
ample  opportunity  to  satisfy  pharmaceutical  chemists  in  every 
respect.  Establishment  of  such  sections  in  all  cities  where 
branches  exist  will  contribute  more  toward  the  progress  of 
pharmaceutical  chemistry  than  any  other  organization.  Such 
sections  will  unite  the  chemists  locally  and  only  such  a  form  of 
organization  will  give  them  "opportunities  to  become  acquainted 
and  exchange  ideas."  No  society  with  one  or  two  meetings  a  year 
can  satisfy  this  demand  for  close  contact  of  members  of  the 
same   profession. 

And  I,  in  my  turn,  beg  you  to  consider  this  as  a  personal 
appeal  not  to  start  a  movement  which  may  become  detrimental 
to  the  interests  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  and  at  the  same  time  would  not 
fulfill  the  expectations  of  all  those  interested  in  the  movement. 

A  feature  of  the  discussion  was  upon  the  presence  of  the 
name  of  Joseph  P.  Remington,  of  this  city,  on  the  committee. 
When  the  scientific  section  was  organized.  Professor  Reming- 
ton was  one  of  its  most  ardent  supporters  and  the  local  mem- 
bers are  interested  to  know  his  reasons  for  apparently  backing 
a  movement  which  they  believe  to  be  detrimental  to  the 
A.Ph.A.  and  its  affiliations  in  this  city.  Professor  Remington 
is  now  in  the  West  and  his  views  on  the  question  it  was  unable 
to  secure  at  the  time  of  the  meeting. 


Oppose   Accountant   Bill — Druggist  an  Alternate. 

Milwaukee,  May  29. — The  Milwaukee  Association  of  Credit 
Men  has  adopted  resolutions  condemning  the  certified  ac- 
countant bill  pending  before  the  Wisconsin  Legislature  on  the 
ground  that  it  is  monopolizing  ability  and  would  put  the  work 
in  the  hands  of  a  few  men. 

Edward  Eoemer,  of  the  Roemer  Drug  Company,  was  elected 
as  one  of  the  alternates  to  the  coming  National  convention  of 
the  National  Association  of  Credit  Men. 


Temple  University's  Commencement. 
Philadelphia,  May  29. — The  Alumni  Association  of  Tem- 
ple University  will  hold  an  all-day  celebration  June  4.  The 
commencement  exercises  will  be  held  in  the  Academy  of  Music 
on  Satarday  at  2  p.  m.  Leslie  M.  Shaw,  formerly  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury,  will  make  the  address  to  the  graduates.  The 
first  day  class  in  pharmacy  at  Temple  will  be  graduated 
this  year. 


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DEDICATION  OF  THE  ALBERT  E.  EBERT  MONUMENT  AND  GROUP  OF  PARTICIPANTS  IN  CEREMONIES. 


From   Irft  to  right: 


Lro  EIM.  William  Bodemann,  Murray  Gait  Matter.  Charles  E.  Duhmc,  I[.  J/.   Whelpley,  F.  W.  Meissner, 
Joseph  P.  Remington,  Oscar  Oldberg,  Edward  Kremers,  O.  F.  Fuller. 


DistlngTiished  Pharmacists  Among-  the  Speakers. 

Chicago.  May  29. — Ahaut  300  pharmacists  and  numerous 
ladies  were  present  on  tlie  occasion  of  the  dedication  of  the 
monument  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Albert  E.  Ebert 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists"  Asso- 
ciation. The  ceremonies  occurred  on  the  afternoon  of  the 
21st  in  Gracelaud  Cemetery,  where  the  distinguished  pharma- 
cist is  interred.  Those  present  included  the  trustees  of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia!  Convention  who  were  in  the 
city  holding  a  meeting. 

After  a  luncheon  given  to  the  out-of-town  visitors  at  the 
Union  Hotel  the  journey  was  made  to  the  cemetery.  Arriving 
there.  O.  F.  Fuller,  the  veteran  president  of  the  C.V.D.A., 
presented  the  monument  to  the  trustees  of  the  Ebert  estate, 
the  shaft  being  accepted  on  their  behalf  by  Dr.  T.  N.  Jamieson, 
naval  officer  of  the  port  of  Chicago  and  old-time  druggist,  who 
turned  it  over  to  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
which  will  be  its  custodian  in  perpetuity.  Prof.  Oscar  Old- 
berg, president  of  the  A.Ph,A,,  accepted  the  trust  in  a  graceful 
speech. 

Addresses  were  also  delivered  by  Professor  Hemington.  of 
Philadelphia  C.P..  Professor  Ebert's  alma  mater:  by  Pro- 
fessor Hallberg.  of  the  University  of  Illinois  C.P.,  in  founding 
which  Professor  Ebert  played  an  important  part ;  by  Pro- 
fessor Kremers.  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  for  the  phar- 
macists of  America  ;  by  W.  K.  Forsyth  for  the  Illinois  Ph.A. : 
and.  lastly,  by  William  Bodemann,  successor  of  Professor 
Ebert  as  historian  of  the  C.V.D.A.  and  prominent  in  the  work 
of  causing  the  monument  to  be  erected  to  his  friend's  memory. 

The  addresses  were  filled  with  reminiscences  and  eulogies 
of  the  "Grand  Old  Man  of  Pharmacy.'"  In  the  evening  the 
Chicago  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  gave  a  banquet  to  prominent 
out-of-town  participants  in  the  ceremonies  and  again  the 
speakers  told  of  their  love  for  the  departed  pharmacist  and 
recounted  the  efforts  which  he  had  made  in  behalf  of  higher 
development  in  pharmacy.  The  life  history  of  Professor  Ebert 
was  practically  told  anew.  The  event  was  one  of  the  most 
interesting  and  impressive  which  has  ever  occurred  in  this 
section  in  connection  with  pharmacy.  The  monument,  an 
illustration  of  which  appears  on  this  page,  is  of  unpolished 
granite,  with  a  bronze  tablet  suitably  inscribed. 


Officers  Elected  by  Chicago  Veterans. 

CniciGO,  May  29. — At  their  annual  meeting  last  week  the 
Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  elected  officers  for  the 
ensuing  year.  W.  C.  Crassly  was  chosen  president ;  W.  K. 
Forsyth,  vice-president ;  O.  F.  Fuller,  honorary  president  for 
life.  John  Blocki  and  W.  Bodemann,  the  two  secretaries, 
had  previously  been  elected  to  office  for  life. 

The  trustees  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeial  Conven- 
tion were  all  elected  associate  members  of  the  association,  as 
were  Leo  Eliel,  Dr.  Oldberg  and  T.  H.  Potts.  Professors 
Whelpley  and  Kremers  had  previousl.v  been  associate  mem- 
bers, so  that  having  been  voted  in  with  the  Pharmacopceial 
body,  they  are  now  doubly  members  of  the  C.V.D.A. 


Pharmacopoeial  Trustees  in  Session. 
Chicago,  May  29. — The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention  met  at  the  Congress  Hotel 
here  Friday  and  Saturday.  The  meeting  was  for  the  purpose 
of  working  upon  the  report  of  recommendations  for  the  Phar- 
macopoeia. The  sessions  were  entirely  executive  and  nothing 
will  be  given  out  on  the  subject  till  the  report  is  submitted  to 
the  convention  proper. 


Dean  Meeker  Guest  at  Banquet. 
Philadelphia,  May  29. — Anticipating  his  departure  for 
Europe  on  June  5,  Prof.  George  H.  Meeker,  dean  of  the  de- 
partment of  pharmaceutic  chemistry  at  the  Medico-Chirurgical 
College,  with  Mrs.  Meeker,  was  the  guest  of  a  number  of  his 
friends  at  a  farewell  banquet  at  the  French  Club.  Dr.  I.  V.  S. 
Stanislaus  was  the  toastmaster  and  those  present  were  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Meeker,  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Seneca  Egbert.  Prof,  and  Mrs. 
P.  A.  Genth.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christopher  Koch.  Jr.,  Prof,  and 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Shaw.  Prof,  and  Mrs.  C.  E.  Vanderkleed, 
Prof,  and  Mrs.  Ambrose  Hunsberger.  Jlr.  and  Mrs.  U.  Gilbert 
Ruff,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  E.  Marsden.  H.  C.  Blair,  Joseph  L. 
Turner  and  guest  and  Dr.  William  W.  McNeary  and  guest. 


New  Abode  for  a  Pharmacy  of  Antigo. 
The  E.  E.   Williams  pharmacy  at  Antigo,  Wis.,   will  soon 
occupy  a  new  location  in  the  Langlade  National  Bank  building. 


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[June  3,  1909 


Board   Examinations 


Massachusetts. 

Boston,  May  29. — A  list  of  57  candidates  who  had  suc- 
cessfully passed  the  .required  examinations  for  registration 
was  announced  yesterday  by  the  State  Board  of  Registration 
in  Pharmacy.  Of  this  number  29  receive  certificates  as  reg- 
istered pharmacists  and  28  receive  certificates  as  assistants. 
The  percentage  of  successful  candidates  was  unusually  large, 
the  total  number  having  been  81,  showing  the  percentage  of 
successful  candidates  to  be  70.  Following  are  those  to  whom 
were  granted  certificates : 

Registebed  Pharmacists. — Jeremiah  E.  Connell,  Bos- 
ton ;  Edward  G.  Grotty,  Westfield ;  Francis  J.  McEnelly,  Mil- 
ford  :  Daniel  J.  Purcell,  Boston ;  Emil  H.  Trumpold,  Boston ; 
Pierre  N.  Brunelle,  Lowell ;  Andrew  R.  Newton,  Boston ; 
Herve  D.  Parthenais,  Lowell ;  Oliver  B.  Small,  Norwood ; 
Charles  W.  White,  Boston ;  George  H.  Boden,  Cambridge ; 
Alvan  B.  Chamberlain,  Boston ;  Charles  W.  Craft,  Somer- 
ville ;  Beverly  N.  MacCready,  Boston ;  Joseph  E.  Mello,  New 
Bedford ;  Samuel  Philbrook,  Lynn ;  Anthony  C.  Ventrone, 
Providence,  R.  I. ;  Ray  F.  Webster,  Lowell ;  August  H.  Boehm, 
Springfield ;  Benjamin  F.  Connor,  Boston ;  Maurice  B.  Moore, 
Cambridge ;  William  A.  Phillips,  Boston ;  Alphonse  B.  Saul- 
nier,  Fall  River ;  Guy  K.  White,  Boston ;  Carl  A.  E.  Alms- 
trom,  Cambridge ;  Leon  I.  Chester,  Boston :  William  A.  Hurl- 
bert,  Cambridge ;  Joseph  Martin,  Boston ;  Frank  G.  Sherman, 
South  Braintree. 

Assistants. — Durward  C.  Adams,  Lowell ;  George  Bent- 
ley,  Fall  River ;  Stephen  T.  Brooks,  Turners  Falls ;  Albert 
H.  P.  Byers,  Lynn :  Herman  N.  Collins,  Attleboro ;  Henry  B. 
Crockett,  Lowell ;  Louis  L.  DeSorgher.  Boston  ;  John  J.  Kane, 
North  Attleboro;  Clarence  M.  Lewis,  South  Framingham ; 
James  F.  Maynard,  Boston ;  Otto  A.  Wruck,  Holyoke ;  Edward 
Columbus,  Whitman  ;  Edward  J.  Linnahan.  Waverly ;  Sydney 
Wheinwald,  Boston  ;  Walter  J.  Tremblay,  Northampton  ;  Roland 
G.  Wright,  Jr.,  Maiden ;  George  H.  Freeman,  Waltham ; 
Michael  F.  Kirby,  Fall  River ;  James  F.  Quealy,  Hyde  Park ; 
Louis  D.  Turgeon,  Lowell ;  Hector  Jacques,  Boston :  Romio 
A.  Bonin.  Woonsoeket.  R.  I. ;  Ambrose  Donahoe,  Fitchburg; 
MacDonald  Smith,  Worcester ;  Henry  Barone,  Boston ;  Jacob 
Chertkower.  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  Harold  W.  Eugley,  Marlboro ; 
Mark  Shaw,  Lynn. 


Kentucky. 

FaANKFOBT,  May  28. — At  the  April  meeting  of  the  Kentucky 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  in  Louisville,  the  following  applicants 
passed :  John  D.  Archer,  Corbin ;  E.  R.  Bader,  Hamilton, 
Ohio :  J.  A.  Branhauser,  Doub's  Point ;  H.  B.  Crumnutt, 
Huntington.  W.  Va. :  Winn  Davis,  Glasgow ;  H.  H.  Dunn, 
Morrow.  Ohio ;  William  Fredrick,  Louisville ;  J.  F.  Gallaher, 
Franklin.  Ohio:  R.  H.  Gerhard.  Cincinnati:  J.  B.  Hatfield, 
Louisville ;  E.  J.  Hemenway,  Covington ;  S.  S.  Lawrence, 
Portsmouth,  Ohio ;  R.  H.  Lowery,  Salem :  G.  J.  Payne,  Cin- 
cinnati ;  H.  H.  Pennywitt,  Huntington,  W.  Va. ;  W.  C.  Per- 
kins, Rocky  Hill  Station ;  I.  R.  Pope,  Latonia ;  J.  D.  Quinn, 
Frankfort :  H.  W.  Ratterree,  Louisville ;  B.  G.  Roadcap, 
Goshen.  Va. :  C.  W.  Scott,  Louisville ;  George  Sintz.  Cincin- 
nati ;  S.  A.  Stirn,  Cincinnati ;  G.  A.  Triplett,  Bellevue ;  A.  C. 
Wells,  Latonia :  J.  E.  Welsheimer,  Cincinnati ;  G.  C.  Williams, 
Louisville. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Dawson  Springs,  July  13. 
Applications  must  be  filed  with  the  secretary,  J.  W.  Gayle, 
Frankfort,  at  least  ten  days  before  that  time. 


New  Jersey. 

Bbidgeton,  May  28. — Governor  Fort  has  reappointed  David 
Strauss,  of  Newark,  as  a  member  of  the  New  Jersey  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  for  a  term  of  five  years.  The  next  exam- 
inations will  be  held  in  Trenton  on  July  15  and  16.  The 
results  of  the  April  examinations  are  announced  as  follows  by 
Secretary  Henry  C.  Jorden. 

Registered  Puaemacists. — Mitchell  Bernstein.  Philadel- 
phia ;  James  F.  Bourne,  Atlantic  City :  James  C.  Brigadell. 
Atlantic  City :  Edward  A.  Burroughs.  Metuchen ;  John  A. 
Butler,  Collingswood :   Byram   E.  Coleman,  Boonton :   Charles 


A.  De  Rosa,  New  York ;  David  A.  Eolis,  Frenchtown,  N.  J. ; 
John  Fortmann,  Weehawken :  Richard  P.  Fitzpatrick,  Mount 
Holly;  Humber  J.  Grassi,  New  York;  Edgar  P.  Kastner, 
Newark ;  Floyd  B.  Kempte.  Mount  Holly ;  Hallam  T.  Koons, 
Jamesburg,  N.  J. :  John  Leffler,  New  York :  Max  Lewitte, 
Newark :  Joseph  A.  McCann,  Greenwich,  N.  Y.  :  William  D. 
Meier.  Butler.  N.  J. ;  Benjamin  Meyer,  Newark :  Paul  E. 
Nielsen.  New  York :  Ernest  A.  Xoedel,  Atlantic  City ;  Fred 
Plum.  Atlantic  City  ;  Mortimer  Popper,  Newark ;  Isaac  Ras- 
kind.  New  York  ;  Isidor  F.  Ringler,  New  York ;  Morris  Rudo- 
miner,  Newark :  Joseph  R.  Schnorbus,  Trenton. 

Reglstebed  Assistants. — Louis  C.  Arnold,  Newark  ;  Arthur 
H.  Carrington.  Camden ;  William  S.  Finkensieper,  West  Ho- 
boken :  Emanuel  Gerber,  Newark :  Edward  M.  Givens.  High- 
lands. N.  J.  ;  Morris  J.  Hodes,  Newark ;  Mabel  S.  Homing, 
Roselle  Park ;  Floyd  B.  Kempte,  Mount  Holly ;  Raymond  S. 
Killenberger,  Perth  Amboy ;  William  C.  Lloyd,  South  Orange ; 
William  F.  Ruther,  Jr..  Newark:  John  W.  Smith,  Troy,  Pa. 


Nevada. 

Carson  City,  May  28. — Secretary  F.  J.  Steinmetz,  of  the 
Nevada  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  announces  that  at  the  semi- 
annual meeting  of  the  Nevada  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  held 
at  Reno,  May  5,  permanent  certificates  were  granted  to  Wm. 
H.  Hoeschler,  La  Crosse,  Wis. :  Wm.  H.  Otto,  Goldfield,  Nev. ; 
Charles  S.  Briggs,  Rawhide,  Nev. ;  Wm.  J.  Robertson,  Gold- 
field,  Nev. :  Ed.  L.  Forsyth.  Rawhide,  Nev.  ;  H.  F.  Otte,  Mont- 
pelier.  Idaho ;  James  H.  Ketchersid,  Kingston,  Mo. ;  Francis 
E.  Carpenter,  Valparaiso.  Ind. :  Wm.  F.  Milz,  Cresco,  Iowa ; 
Fred.  C.  Fergen.  Cresco,  Iowa ;  Wm.  Boeling,  Virginia  City, 
Nev. ;  Warren  M.  Cave,  American  Fork,  Utah ;  Abb.  B.  Hosey, 
Leadville.  Colo. :  Merton  Bell,  Carson  City,  Nev. :  Lyman  A. 
Kipner,  Kingston,  Mo. 

Robert  L.  Prouty,  of  Tonopah,  was  elected  secretary  to 
succeed  Mr.  Steinmetz.  who  resigned  the  office. 


Louisiana. 

New  Orleans.  May  28. — The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
has  announced  the  result  of  the  examination  May  7-8  at  the 
New  Orleans  College  of  Pharmacy.  There  were  45  applicants 
and  of  that  number  the  following  passed : 

Registered  Pharmacists. — Lewis  J.  Baumann,  Moise 
Clarence  Conn.  Paul  F.  Dastrique,  Antonio  Donestevez,  John 
J.  Dubourg,  Charles  E.  Frechon,  Mrs.  John  E.  Jahn,  F.  H. 
Kelly,  Theodore  L.  Miller,  Emile  Julius  Pons,  Steve  D. 
Stuart,  A.  R.  Taylor,  Robert  Cade  Taylor,  Michel  T.  Vallon. 

Qualified  Assistants. — Raoul  Beariel,  Jake  Blum,  H. 
Custer  Naylor.  Jacob  Smith  Segura.  Oliver  H.  Van  Horn. 


Iowa. 

Des  Moines,  May  28. — The  new  State  Pharmacy  Com- 
mission has  completed  marking  the  papers  for  those  who  took 
its  first  examination,  which  is  said  was  the  hardest  ever 
given  to  would-be  druggists  in  Iowa.  Out  of  a  class  of  57 
only  five  passed,  so  Secretary  C.  W.  Larson  reports.  The 
five  successful  ones  are  George  Philip  Steyh,  of  Burling- 
ton:  W.  R.  Reed,  of  What  Cheer:  Alfred  Nuttall  and  Boy 
McPhee,  of  Des  Moines :  Don  C.  Rawson.  of  Kalona. 


Doctors  and  Druggists  Play  Base  Ball. 
H.  D.  Delskamp  has  been  elected  president  of  the  Doctors' 
and  Druggists'  Base  Ball  League  of  St.  Louis  for  the  season, 
and  two  games  are  now  being  played  each  Thursday  after- 
noon at  Kulage's  and  the  Association  parks.  Other  oflicers 
are  H.  L.  Bremser,  treasurer ;  A.  W.  Klosterman,  secretary. 
The  captains  of  the  teams  are :  Dr.  I.  J.  Harris,  George 
Gibson,  H.  D.  Delskamp  and  A.  W.  Klosterman. 


One  Tear  in  Prison  for  Cheating  at  Regents'  Exams. 
S.  G.  Christie,  of  Brooklyn  Borough,  New  York  City,  who 
was  arrested  some  time  ago  on  a  charge  of  helping  young  men 
to  fraudulently  secure  certificates  as  having  passed  the  Re- 
gents" examinations,  was  sentenced  to  one  year  in  the  peni- 
tentiary for  the  offense.  Christie  was  a  professor  in  a 
Brooklyn  school. 


Drug  Clerk  Given  Five  Years  for  Assault. 
Carlisle,  Pa..  May  29. — Louis  Spealmau,  a  drug  clerk  of 
Harrisburg,  has  been  sentenced  to  five  years  in  Eastern  Peni- 
tentiary for  assaulting  C.  F.  Reitling,  a  jeweler. 


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PATENTS.  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  May  25,  1909. 

922..53S — Eduard  Sprongerts.  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  Vereingte  Chininfabriken  Zimmer  &  Co., 
G.  M.  B.  H..  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Germany.  Santalol  esters. 

922.564 — Kenneth  M.  Chance,  London,  England,  assignor  to 
The  British  Cyanides  Company,  Ltd.,  London,  England.  Man- 
ufacture of  sulfocyanides. 

922,571 — Bernard  Gallagher,  Lynn,  Mass.  Machine  for  fill- 
ing bottles. 

922,596 — John  J.  Kessler,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Varnish  gum 
and  producing  same. 

922.692 — Byron  B.  Goldsmith,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Thermo- 
plastic keratin  compound. 

922,698— Walton  Harrison,  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.     Siphon. 

922,702 — George  W.  Jopson,  Meriden,  Conn.,  assignor  of 
two-thirds  to  Herman  W.  Hubbard  and  Floyd  E.  Hubbard. 
Meriden,  Conn.     Can-opener  and  bottle-capper. 

922,758 — Arthur  J.  Farmer,  Detroit,  Mich.  Means  for  ex- 
tracting contents  of  bottles. 

922,766 — Fritz  Hoffman,  Elberfeld,  Germany,  assignor  to 
Farbenfabriken  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co.,  Elberfeld,  Ger- 
many, a  corporation  of  Germany.  Anhydrid  of  acyl  salicylic 
acid. 

922,896 — Chapman  D.  Henriques,  Newark,  N.  J.,  assignor 
to  Gotham  Can  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  corporation  of 
New  York.     Can. 

922.974 — George  A.  Thornhill,  London,  England,  assignor 
to  The  Machine  Labeling  Company,  Ltd.,  London,  England. 
Bottle-labeling  machine. 

922.982— Charles  K.  Volckening,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Stem 
for  bottle-washing  brushes. 

922,995 — Lorenz  Ach  and  Theodor  Sutter,  Mannheim,  Ger- 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protective  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  6  St.,  Washington.  D.  C. 


many,  assignors  to  C.  F.  Boehringer  &  Soehne,  Mannheim- 
Waldhof,  Germany.  Salicylic  acid  derivative  and  process  of 
making  the  same. 

922.998 — Carl  A.  Anderson,  Vista  Grand,  Gal.,  assignor  of 
one-half  to  Edward  M.  Stehn,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Non- 
refiUable  bottle. 

923,012 — Carl  Bosch  and  Ahvin  Mittasch,  Ludwigshafen-on- 
the-Rhine,  Germany,  assignors  to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda 
Fabrik.  Ludwigshafen-on-the-Rhine,  Germany,  a  corporation 
of  Germany.     Production  of  cyanid  and  cynamid. 

923.088^Francis  L.  Stewart,  JIurraysville,  Pa.,  assignor 
of  one-half  to  Samuel  E.  Gill,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Utilization  of 
maize-ears  for  the  production  of  alcohol. 

923,096— Frederick  W.  Wild,  Jr.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  assignor 
to  Burt  Machine  Company,  a  corporation  of  Delaware.  Label- 
ing machine. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  May  25,  1909. 

34,903— Ramon  Velez.  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Vegeta- 
ble compound  extracts  to  be  mixed  with  other  substances  in 
the  preparation  of  remedies  for  the  treatment  of  diseased  and 
disordered  conditions  of  the  blood,  kidneys,  etc. 

35,615 — Solomon  Marculescu,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  A 
toilet  cream. 

35,974 — Olof  Johanson,  New  York.  N.  Y.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  rheumatism. 

37,320 — Joseph  J.  Thomas,  Houston,  Texas.  Class  6.  An 
external  application  used  as  a  remedy  for  itch,  eczema,  tetter, 
bites  or  stings  of  insects,  etc..  and  a  remedy  in  the  form  of  an 
injection  for  gonorrhea  and  gleet. 

39.396— The  Wood  Chemical  Company,  Helena.  Ark.  Class 
6.     Ointments. 

39.432 — Gardner  Pharmaeal  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Class  6.     Uterine  tonic. 

39,601 — Pearson's  Antiseptic  Company,  Ltd.,  London,  Eng- 
land.    Class  6.     A  combination  of  eugenol  and  albumen  for 


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use  as  a  medical  preparation. 

40,035 — Tlie  Father  Morriscy  Medicine  Company,  Ltd., 
Chatham,  New  Brunswick,  Canada.  Class  6.  A  tonic  for 
coughs,  hoarseness,  bronchitis,  asthma  and  all  lung  troubles. 

40..506 — Marietta  Stanley  Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Class  6.     Hair  tonic  and  shampoo  preparation. 

40,611— Lannman  &  Kemp,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
Liniments. 

41,073 — Arch  Stanford,  Carmine,  Texas.  Class  6.  A 
liniment. 

41,236— Ada  B.  Bradley,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Class  6.  A 
remedy  for  constipation. 


Change  in  Registration  of  Labels  and  Prints. 
Edward  B.  Moore,  Commissioner  of  Patents,  has  issued  a 
notice  that  the  Act  approved  March  4,  1909.  entitled  "An  Act 
to  amend  and  consolidate  the  Acts  respecting  copyrights," 
which  will  take  effect  on  July  1,  1909,  repeals  the  Act  ap- 
proved June  IS,  1S74,  under  Section  3  of  which  labels  and 
prints  have  been  registered  in  the  United  States  Patent  ofBce. 
The  registration  of  labels  and  prints  in  the  United  States 
Patent  Office,  therefore,  will  cease  with  the  issue  of  June  29, 
1909.  Applications  for  the  registration  of  labels  and  prints 
will  not  be  filed  in  the  Patent  Office  after  June  25,  1909,  and 
any  received  at  the  Patent  Office  after  that  date  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Register  of  Copyrights,  Library  of  Congress. 


MRS.  C.  A.  STOVER  HEADS  BOSTON  CHAPTER. 


Organization  Holds  Successful  Annual  Function  at  End 
of  Mrs.  Godding's  Three  Pi-esidential  Terms. 

Boston.  May  20. — The  annual  meeting  of  Boston  Chapter 
No.  1,  W.O.N.A.R.D..  was  held  yesterday  at  the  Hotel  Ven- 
dome  and  proved  not  only  to  be  a  most  delightful  occasion  in 
itself  as  a  successful  social  function,  but  also  as  a  fitting 
climax  to  the  three  terms  of  sen'ice  which  almost  the  entire 
board  of  officers,  with  Mrs.  Adelaide  M.  Godding  as  president, 
have  seen. 

Mrs.  Godding  presided  at  the  luncheon  with  which  the  cele- 
bration was  opened.  The  tables  were  decorated  with  pink 
carnations  and  pink  roses,  and  plates  were  set  for  40.  In 
beginning  the  postprandial  exercises,  Mrs.  Godding  took  occa- 
sion to  review  the  growth  of  the  organization  during  the  three 
years  of  its  existence,  and  to  speak  with  especial  satisfaction 
of  the  delightful  harmony  which  has  prevailed,  and  of  the 
steady  and  substantial  growth  of  the  Boston  organization,  as 
well  as  of  sister  organizations  all  over  the  country.  She  an- 
nounced that  she  would  not  again  be  a  candidate  for  the 
position  of  president,  and  then  bespoke  for  her  successor  the 
same  kind  and  generous  spirit  of  co-operation  of  which  she 
had  been  the  recipient  for  these  three  years. 

Mrs.  Annie  Kidder  was  presented  as  toastmistress  and  she 
filled  the  position  with  cleverness  and  brilliancy,  some  of  the 
guests  paying  her  the  compliment  of  saying  she  was  the  best 
toastmistress  they  had  ever  seen.  Toasts  were  responded  to 
as  follows :  "Our  Annual  Luncheon,"  Mi-s.  Alice  Wheeler : 
"The  National  Organization."  Mrs.  Jennie  Waterhouse ; 
"Pharmacy,"  Mrs.  Nellie  Connolly ;  "The  Present,"  Mrs. 
Martha  Morey :  "Our  Officers,"  Mrs.  Gertrude  Gammon :  "The 
Future,"  Mrs.  Adelaide  M.  Godding. 

The  annual  business  meeting  followed,  in  which  all  officers 
submitted  reports,  and  all  of  which  were  encouraging.  Officers 
were  elected  as  follows : 

President.  Mrs.  Roxa  K.  Stover,  wife  of  C.  A.  Stover,  of 
Billings  &  Stover,  Cambridge;  first  vice-president,  Mrs.  Anna 
E.  Griffin,  wife  of  L.  W.  Griffin,  of  S.  Webster  &  Co.,  Brighton  ; 
second  vice-president,  Mrs.  Josephine  L.  Christie,  wife  of  James 
W.  Christie,  of  Haverhill ;  recording  secretary,  Mrs.  Martha 
Morey.  wife  of  A.  C.  Morey,  of  Brookliue:  corresponding  sec- 
retary. Mrs.  Annie  Kidder,  wife  of  Alliert  W.  Kidder,  of  Cam- 
bridge; treasurer,  Mrs.  Gertrude  K.  Ernst,  wife  of  Frank  F. 
Ernst,  of  Jamaica  Plain :  auditor,  Mrs.  Nellie  Connolly,  wife  of 
Fred  W.  Connolly,  of  Connolly  .Sr  Davis,  Dorchester:  directors, 
Mrs.  Adelaide  M.  Godding,  wife  of  John  G.  Godding,  of  J.  G. 
Godding  &  Co.,  Boston ;  Mrs.  Bertha  Hubbard,  wife  of  Fred  A. 
Hubbard,  of  Newton ;  Mrs.  Caroline  Henderson,  wife  of  William 
Henderson,  of  Maiden ;  Mrs.  Sarah  Finneran,  wife  of  James  F. 
Finneran.  of  the  Woodward  Drug  Company,  Boston ;  Mrs. 
Adeline  Partridge,  wife  of  Edward  Partridge,  of  Newton,  and 
Mrs.  Llllie  M.  Connolly,  wife  of  F.  J.  Connolly,  of  Eoxbury. 

The  luncheon  arrangements  were  in  charge  of  Mrs.  Annie 
Kidder  and  Mrs.  M.  A.  Boyden.  Among  others  present  were : 
Mrs.  J.  F.  Tupper,  Miss  Ratigan.  Mrs.  William  D.  Wheeler, 
Mrs.  D.  A.   Edmunds,  Mrs.  J.  Arthur  Bean,  Mrs.  Josephine 


Kidder,  Miss  Minnie  McAfee.  Mrs.  John  Lowe,  Mrs.  Moore, 
Mrs.  Elie  H.  LaPierre,  Mrs.  H.  C.  Blatchley,  Miss  Beatrice 
Whitney,  Mrs.  William  Hamlin.  Mrs.  M.  J.  Mclntyre,  Mrs. 
Florence  Arrington,  Mrs.  Gertrude  Gammon,  Mrs.  Charles  H. 
Davis.  Mrs.  Amelia  Kilburn,  Mrs.  Lilla  Staples,  Mrs.  M.  A. 
Bovden,  Mrs.  Jessie  Waterhouse  and  Mrs.  J.  H.  Green. 


Mrs.  Claus  Elected  President  of  St.  Louis  Chapter. 

St.  Louis,  June  1.— St.  Louis  Chapter,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  has 
elected  the  following  officers  for  the  coming  year :  Mrs.  Otto 
F.  Claus,  president ;  Mrs.  W.  F.  Ittner,  first  vice-president ; 
Mrs.  F.  Fricke,  second  vice-president ;  Mrs.  Richard  Kring, 
secretary  ;  Mrs.  Martin  J.  Noll,  corresponding  secretary ;  Mrs. 
A.  S.  Ludwig.  treasurer,  Mrs.  Theo.  F.  Hagenow  declining  re- 
election. 

The  reports  of  officers  reviewed  a  successful  and  pleasant 
.year  with  splendid  prospects  for  the  coming  year.  Mrs.  F.  M. 
Haverman  and  Mrs.  F.  E.  Layton  were  elected  to  membership. 

A  feature  of  the  recent  social  campaign  of  the  chapter  was 
a  dance  at  the  beautiful  Liederkranz  Hall,  at  which  more  than 
100  couples  were  present.  The  arrangements  were  in  charge 
of  the  president.  Mrs.  Claus.  A  member  of  the  club  was 
hostess  to  the  ladies  and  their  friends. 

The  Stoddard  Travel  Lectures,  as  read  by  one  of  the  mem- 
bers, continue  to  be  an  interesting  feature  of  the  monthly 
meetings.  The  members  study  up  on  the  countries  in  advance 
and  quite  a  lively  discussion  frequently  follows.  The  tour 
of  the  world  will  be  completed  in  this  way. 


Outing  at  "The  Orchard"  of  Philadelphians. 

Philadelphia.  May  29. — What  will  doubtless  be  the 
greatest  out-door  gathering  of  the  drug  trade  of  this  city  and 
vicinity  that  has  ever  taken  place,  is  scheduled  for  June  18, 
when  Chapter  No.  6.  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  the  Drug  Club  and  the 
Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  will  hold  an 
outing  at  The  Orchard,  the  beautiful  summer  home  of  the 
Athletic  Club  of  Philadelphia,  on  the  hanks  of  the  Delaware 
River  a  few  miles  below  this  city.  A  special  train  will  convey 
the  majority  of  the  picnickers,  but  many  more  will  run  down 
by  trolley  and  in  automobiles. 

There  will  be  numerous  athletic  sports  and  games  for  which 
some  very  handsome  prizes  have  been  provided  both  for  the 
old  and  young,  fat  and  lean,  women  and  men.  At  6  o'clock  a 
big  course  dinner  will  be  served  on  the  lawn  under  the  grand 
old  trees  and  later  there  will  be  dancing.  It  will  practically 
be  a  holiday  for  the  trade  in  this  city  for  everybody  that  is 
anybody  in  the  trade  here  is  identified  with  or  interested  in 
one  of  the  three  organizations  and  of  course  they  all  have 
friends. 


Outings  of  Druggists'  Organizations. 

The  District  of  Columbia  R.D.A.  will  hold  an  excursion  and 
field  day  on  July  9.  It  will  be  a  "get-together"  affair  for  both 
doctors  and  druggists.  The  entertainment  committee  is  hard 
at  work  arranging  details  and  making  elaborate  plans  for  a 
general  good  time  for  all  participants. 

St.  Clair  County  (111.)  R.D.A.  will  hold  its  first  public 
picnic  in  Priester's  Park.  Belleville,  June  27.  for  which  invi- 
tations will  be  sent  to  all  societies  of  druggists,  dentists  and 
doctors  in  southern  Illinois. 

Lorain  (O. )  druggists  have  planned  an  outing  to  be  held 
during  the  coming  week. 


Miss  Cora  Dow  Takes  Over  Two  Serodino  Stores. 
Cincinnati,  May  29. — Miss  Cora  Dow.  head  of  the  nine 
Dow  drug  stores  in  Cincinnati,  has  just  completed  a  deal 
whereby  she  has  taken  over  the  two  Serodino  drug  stores. 
She  is  said  to  have  paid  Serodino  Brothers  .$20,000.  She 
comes  into  possession  of  the  lease  and  the  stock  of  the  drug 
store  at  Fifth  and  Main  streets,  and  the  stock  of  the  store  at 
Sixth  and  Race  streets.  She  is  operating  the  Main  street 
store  along  with  her  string  of  pharmacies,  but  has  leased  the 
Sixth  and  Race  street  store  site  to  a  clothing  firm.  She  has 
retained  all  of  the  Serodino  employees  of  the  two  stores. 


New  Pharmacy  for  Fond  du  Lac. 
The    entire    stock    for   the    new    Forest    Avenue    Pharmacy 
opened  at  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  was  furnished  by  the  Milwaukee 
Drug  Company.      R.   A.   Bechaud.   manager  of  the   new  store, 
was  in  Milwaukee  recently  purchasing  the  slock. 


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RECEIVERSHIP  ASKED  FOR  SANITOL  COMPANY. 

President   Luyties   Denies   Allegations   of   Complaining' 

Stockholders,  Asserts  Company  is  Prosperous  and 

Will    Fight    Proceedings — Only    29    of    8000 

Stockholders   Appear    in    the    Litigation. 

St.  Louis,  May  29. — Herman  G.  C.  Luyties.  president  of 

the   Sanitol   Chemical   Laboratory   Company,   blames   Eastern 

brokers  and  discharged  employees  for  a  suit  filed  in  the  local 

Circuit  Court  asking  a  receivership  for  the  company  and  the 

remoral  of  Mr.  Luyties  as  president  and  director ;  George  A. 

Bowman,  vice-president  and  director,  and  Robert  E.  Bowman. 

secretary    and   treasurer.      Mr.    Luyties    added    in   his    public 

statement  that  he  thought  the  cases  unimportant  as  only  29 

of  the  8000  stockholders  were  identified  with  the  suit  and  one 

of  these  owns  but  $20  worth  of  stock. 

Charges  are  submitted  in  the  bill  that  President  Luyties 
has  spent  much  of  his  time  in  pleasure  trips;  that  he  disposed 
of  tour  trade  marks  to  the  company  for  §200,000  of  stock : 
that  he  got  the  company's  stock  at  §5  per  share,  whereas  the 
par  value  was  $10 ;  that  stock  was  used  and  money  was  bor- 
rowed for  the  payment  of  dividends :  that  he  was  a  member 
of  a  real  estate  company  which  sold  the  Sanitol  Building  at 
Boyle  and  Laclede  avenues  to  the  company,  and  that  his 
salary  was  raised  from  $6000  to  .550.000  a  year. 

The  affairs  of  the  Sanitol  Company  have  been  much  talked 
about  since  the  remarkably  successful  advertising  campaign 
of  two  years  ago  when  much  stock  was  sold  to  druggists  who 
became  interested  in  the  affairs  of  the  company  through  the 
business  created  by  the  coupon  redemption  scheme.  Of  recent 
months,  the  local  feeling  has  been  much  more  friendly  to  the 
company  and  few  complaints  were  heard. 
Mr.  Luyties  in  his  statement  says : 

"There  is  no  reason  why  a  receiver  should  be  appointed. 
The  company  is  in  good  shape  and  is  getting  along  nicely, 
though,  of  course,  business  lately  has  not  been  as  good  as  in 
our  banner  year.  1907.  I  don't  care  to  go  into  the  details  of 
a  complaint  of  this  character.  If  the  creditors  of  the  company 
were  dissatisfied,  it  would  be  a  different  matter,  but  they  are 
not.     Our  bills  are  being  paid  promptly. 

"If  it  were  necessary  to  appoint  a  receiver  I,  as  the  heaviest 
stockholder,  would  be  the  person  most  interested  in  bringing 
such  an  action.  I  am  satisfied  with  the  way  in  which  the 
company  is  progressing  and  a  great  majority  of  the  stock- 
holders— dentists  and  druggists  all  over  the  United  States — 
are  also  satisfied.  These  dentists  and  druggists  earned  their 
stock  out  of  the  profits  which  they  made  on  the  sale  of  prep- 
arations made  by  the  Sanitol  Chemical  Laboratory  Company." 
Mr.  Luyties'  attorney,  Albert  Arnstein.  said : 
"As  Mr.  Luy(,ies  has  said,  there  is  no  good  reason,  no  justi- 
fication, for  this  suit.  Denial  will  be  entered  to  all  the  allega- 
tions. I  would  not  stoop  to  answer  the  charge  that  Mr.  Luy- 
ties spends  much  of  his  time  in  riotous  living,  and  pleasure 
trips.    That  charge  is  beneath  notice. 

"As  to  the  allegation  that  Mr.  Luyties  took  $200,000  of  the 
company's  stock  for  four  trade  marks,  I  need  only  state  that 
this  exchange  was  approved  by  the  board  of  directors.  The 
sale  of  the  property  at  Boyle  and  Laclede  avenues  to  the  com- 
pany was  effected  at  the  actual  value,  and  with  the  approval 
of  the  board.  The  charge  that  the  amount  of  capital  stock 
paid  in  was  incorrectly  reported  is  false.  Mr.  Luyties  made 
an  affidavit  that  one-half  of  the  increase  to  the  capital  stock 
was  paid  in,  and  this  averment  was  absolutely  true.  The 
other  allegations,  involving  wrongdoing,  we  deny.  The  com- 
pany is  solvent.  It  is  not  at  all  embarrassed.  The  assets 
greatly  exceed  the  liabilities.  The  company  is  in  a  prosperous 
condition." 

The  company  was  organized  in  February,  1897,  with  a 
capital  stock  of  $5000.  The  capital  subsequently  was  increased 
to  $200,000,  then  to  $700,000,  then  to  $1,000,000.  and  in 
April,  1908.  to  $3,000,000.  Half  of  the  increase  was  paid  in, 
making  the  total  outstanding  capital  $2,000,000. 

The  29  stockholders  who  ask  for  a  receivership  own  stock 
in  the  company  to  the  par  value  of  $20,000,  according  to  their 
attorneys,  Jamieson  &  Thomas. 

The  plaintiffs  are :  Mrs.  Charles  Rehfuss.  Henry  S.  Morris. 
E.  M.  Haedrick,  Nelson  Fryd.  W.  B.  Maratta,  E.  C.  Palmer. 
Clifford  D.  Beale.  C.  L.  Card.  John  P.  Sager.  P.  E.  Dunwoody. 
Frederick  Sauers.  S.  E.  Gilbert.  J.  F.  Wassels,  I.  B.  Gilbert. 
H.  0.  Hewish.  William  C.  Marsh.  J.  F.  Mayer,  C.  H.  Scar- 


borough. Kate  H.  Chandler,  Emma  Early,  William  H.  Sand, 
C  A.  Summers,  George  C.  Anthony.  H.  B.  McFadden,  J.  G. 
Lane.  George  T.  Williams,  Henry  Curtis,  T.  F.  CUftord, 
Augustus  J.  P.  MuUer. 


C.  A.  STORER  HEADS  NORTHWESTERN  ALUMNI. 


Committee  Appointed  at  Annual  Meeting  to  Arrange 
for  Students'  Club  Room  at  University. 

Chicago,  May  29. — The  Alumni  Association  of  the  North- 
western University  School  of  Pharmacy  held  its  annual  meet- 
ing yesterday.  Charles  A.  Storer  was  elected  president ; 
Ralpii  H.  Smith,  first  vice-president;  M.  M.  Finlay,  second 
vice-president ;  F.  H.  Eisner,  third  vice-president ;  George  D. 
Oglesby,  secretary ;  H.  F.  Shaper.  treasurer.  The  trustees 
chosen  were  George  C.  Hanson  and  Thomas  V.  Wooten. 

The  members  discussed  the  question  of  providing  a  stu- 
dents' club  room  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  perfect 
arrangements  for  the  use  of  a  room  in  the  university  building. 
The  reports  of  the  retiring  officers  showed  the  association  to 
be  in  a  good  condition  in  every  way  and  it  was  decided  to 
organize  branch  associations  in  other  States  where  former 
students  of  the  school  are  now  located. 


Mr.  Rowley  is  Chairman  of  C.R.D.A.  Board. 
Chicago.  May  29. — The  executive  board  of  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists"  Association  has  elected  James  P.  Rowley 
chairman  under  the  newly  adopted  constitution.  A  number  of 
Chicago  jobbers  had  been  invited  to  meet  with  the  board  on 
this  occasion,  but  as  only  one  of  the  number  was  present  the 
invitation  is  to  be  renewed  for  a  later  date.  President  Teo- 
mans.  of  the  association,  was  not  present  owing  to  the  serious 
illness  of  his  father.  Vice-President  Larsen  occupied  the 
chair. 


Chicago   Notes. 

— W.  C.  Shurtleff,  president  of  Morrisson,  Plummer  &  Co., 
has  returned  from  a  ten  days'  visit  to  St.  Louis. 

— H.  P.  Phelps,  of  the  special  preparation  department  of 
Parke.  Davis  &  Co..  Detroit,  spent  last  week  in  Chicago. 

— Julius  Levy,  a  drug  clerk  employed  by  O.  G.  Stolz.  60 
Rush  street,  was  arrested  recently  on  a  charge  of  robbing  the 
cash  register. 

— The  Douglas  Park  Druggists'  Association  gave  a  "grand 
May  ball"  Wednesday  evening,  ilay  26.  at  Pilsen  Turner  Hall, 
S21  South  Ashland  avenue. 

— James  R.  Stevenson,  of  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.,  has  re- 
turned from  a  visit  to  French  Lick  Springs,  where  he  went 
to  recover  from  the  effects  of  a  broken  arm. 

— Monday  evening.  May  24.  was  ladies'  night  at  the  Social 
Drug  Club,  the  entertainment  being  held  in  the  drill  hall  of  the 
Masonic  Temple.  The  programme  included  a  vaudeville  per- 
formance, a  dance  and  a  supper. 

— Keystone  Chemical  Company,  of  Chicago,  has  been  in- 
corporated with  a  capital  stock  of  $2,500.  to  manufacture  and 
deal  in  chemicals.  "The  incorporators  are  John  C.  Farwell, 
Lee  Cohen  and  Andrew  William  Little. 

— The  Nicine  Chemical  Company,  of  Chicago,  has  been 
incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $2500,  to  manufacture 
and  sell  chemical  preparations.  The  incorporators  are  Calvin 
T.  Hood.  Frank  R.  Crane.  Jr..  and  Frank  F.  Gazzolo. 

— June  23  has  been  chosen  as  the  date  for  the  annua!  ex- 
cursion of  the  employees  of  the  Chicago  branch  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.  The  steamer  Theodore  Roosevelt  has  been 
engaged  for  the  occasion  and  the  outing  will  be  to  Michigan 
City  and  return. 

— The  Rethaler  Surgical  Supply  Company  has  taken  out 
articles  of  incorporation  with  a  capital  stock  of  $25,000,  to 
manufacture  and  sell  surgical  instruments  and  appliances.  The 
incorporators  are  Louis  Rethaler,  Frederick  Mueller  and 
Edward  W.  Everett. 


Messrs.  Heineman  and  Evans  Form  Baltimore  Drug  Co. 
Stevens-Harmonson  Company,  of  Baltimore,  wholesale  drug- 
gists, have  been  succeeded  by  the  Baltimore  Drug  Company. 
Charles  J.  Heineman  and  A.  T.  Evans  are  interested  in  the 
new  concern,  and  were  formerly  connected  with  the  Heineman- 
Evans  Company,  which  some  months  ago  was  succeeded  by  the 
Henry  S.  Wampole  Company. 


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[June  3,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


TRANSACTIONS  MOSTLY  IN  JOBBING  LOTS. 


General  Market  Steady  With  Price  Fluctuations  TTnim- 
portant  and  Limited  to  a  Few  Articles. 

New  Tork,  ilay  31. — Although  no  material  increase  is 
noted  in  the  demand  for  drugs  and  chemicals,  the  market  has 
ruled  firm  with  fluctuations  in  values  limited  to  a  small  num- 
ber of  articles.  Opium  is  steady  but  quiet.  Quinine  is  un- 
changed with  only  a  moderate  consuming  demand.  Nor- 
wegian cod  liver  oil  is  easier,  and  a  shade  lower.  Citric  acid 
is  in  better  demand  at  unchanged  prices.  Camphor  is  more 
actlTe.  but  without  any  change  in  value.  Oil  almonds,  sweet. 
is  higher.  Balsam  copaiba,  both  South  American  and  Para, 
is  a  trifle  lower.  Jalap  root  is  firm  at  the  recent  advance  in 
value,  and  without  any  prospect  of  a  decline  in  the  near 
future.  Chamomile  flowers,  Hungarian,  are  scarce,  and  firmly 
held  at  a  higher  range  of  prices. 

Opium. — There  is  no  material  change  in  this  market,  and 
the  generally  quoted  price  for  case  lots  is  $4.2.5  per  pound, 
although  in  some  qnarters  .$4.20  is  being  named  with  an  inti- 
mation that  $4.15  would  be  accepted.  The  market  is  in  an 
unsettled  condition,  and  an  upward  change  in  value  may 
take  place  at  any  time.  Reports  from  primary  markets  say 
that  rain  is  still  needed,  and  while  there  have  been  showers 
in  some  districts,  much  more  is  needed  to  insure  the  successful 
outturn  of  the  crop.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  week 
ending  May  6  amount  to  205S  cases,  as  against  1387  cases  at 
same  date  last  year. 

Quinine  Suuhate. — The  demand  does  not  exceed  actual 
requirements,  and  the  market  presents  a  very  quiet  appear- 
ance. The  next  sale  of  cinchona  bark  will  be  held  in  Amster- 
dam on  June  10. 

Cannabis  Indica. — The  market  is  very  firm  at  $1.50  per 
pound,  and  even  higher  prices  are  expected  to  prevail,  as  it  is 
reported  that  the  government  in  India  is  endeavoring  to  stamp 
out  the  trafBc  in  the  article. 

Aconite  Root. — There  is  a  shipment  in  port  which  is  held 
at  11  cents  per  pound  for  single  bales  and  in  lots  of  five  bales 
of  about  200  pounds  each,  at  10  cents  per  pound.  There  has 
been  some  inquiry  for  this  article  which  has  been  scarce  on 
the  spot. 

Flaxseed. — A  sharp  advance  has  taken  place  in  whole  and 
ground  seed,  and  prices  for  whole  seed  have  been  advanced 
to  $7..o0  per  barrel,  and  ground  in  barrels  to  4c.  per  pound. 
A  further  advance  is  not  unlikely. 

Cod  Liveb  Oil,  Nobwegian. — The  market  for  this  article 
is  quiet,  and  quotations  have  been  slightly  reduced.  The 
trade,  however,  does  not  look  for  much,  if  any,  lower  prices. 
Cable  reports  give  the  result  of  the  catch  and  production  of 
oil  to  the  24th  instant  as  follows  :  Total  catch,  51,700,000 
fish,  producing  40,370  barrels  of  oil.  The  result  of  the  two 
previous  years  are:  1907.  43,900.000  fish,  producing  36,650 
barrels  of  oil ;  1908,  42,.500,000  fish,  producing  45,610  barrels 
of  oil.  The  production  of  oil  during  the  past  week  has  been 
small,  and  the  difference  between  this  year  and  last  is  now 
5240  barrels   less. 

Chamomile  Flowers,  Hungarian. — The  price  will  un- 
doubtedly be  very  high  this  season  and  it  is  expected  that 
good  flowers  will  sell  as  high  as  50c.  per  pound  before  the 
arrival  of  new  crop,  a  month  or  more  hence.  The  small  quan- 
tities on  hand  in  the  local  market  are  being  held  at  40c. 

Citric  Acid. — The  demand  is  active,  but  there  is  no  change 
in  manufacturers'  prices.  Crystals  in  barrels  are  held  at  40c., 
and'  in  kegs  at  40%c.  per  pound. 

Ipecac  Root.- — On  a  steamer  soon  due  there  is  an  invoice 
of  Rio.  which  is  held  to  arrive  at  $1.35  per  pound,  in  large 
lots.  For  Carthagena  in  single  bales,  $1.00  per  pound  is 
being  asked. 

Jalap  Root. — Stocks  are  closely  held  and  50c.  per  pound 
in  large  lots  is  practically  the  minimum  price  quoted.  The 
primary  situation  is  also  reported  as  very  unpromising. 

Tonka  Beans. — The  Angostura  variety  for  immediate  de- 
livery is  nominally  unchanged  at  $1.40@4l-45,  as  to  quantity 
and  seller.     The  arrival  of  a  consignment  of  269  barrels  and 


51  hogsheads  of  new  crop  last  week  relieved  the  stringency 
to  some  extent,  and  dealers  expect  a  decline  in  prices. 

Elm  Bark. — Bundles  of  select  bark  are  fairly  steady  at 
13@15c.  per  pound,  as  to  quality  and  quantity.  An  improved 
inquiry  is  noted  with  sales  of  13iAc.  for  fair  grades  in  large 
quantities. 

Gum  Ar.\bio. — Sorts  have  been  cabled  higher  from  abroad 
but  no  change  has  taken  place  in  the  local  situation  and 
business  continues  of  average  volume,  with  dealers  quoting 
8@9i4c-  for  amber,  and  13@14e.  for  white,  as  to  grade  and 
quantity. 

Valencia  Saffron. — The  market  is  firm  at  $7.2o@.$8.00, 
as  to  quality  and  seller,  and  sales  have  been  reported  at  the 
inside  figure.  Indications  favor  higher  prices,  as  the  outlook 
for  new  crop  is  said  to  be  very  poor. 

Cdbeb  Berries. — Spot  quotations  for  the  better  grades 
have  been  advanced  to  23@25c.,  as  to  quality,  the  higher 
figure  being  for  fair  grades.  Powdered  is  quoted  at  24@26c. 
in  large  quantities.  The  markets  abroad  have  also  advanced 
and  are  very  firm. 


London  Drug  Market 


London.  May  27. — There  was  an  improved  tone  at  this 
week's  public  sale  of  drugs,  but.  unfortunately,  this  does  not 
indicate  that  things  generally  are  brighter,  as  the  better  de- 
mand was  due  to  the  fact  that  the  next  auctions  will  not  be 
held  for  four  weeks,  and  buyers  therefore  found  it  desirable 
to  secure  supplies  with  that  circumstance  in  view.  The 
offerings  were  moderate  in  quantity  and  prices  on  the  whole 
were  fairly  well  maintained.  There  was  an  exception,  how- 
ever, in  the  case  of  Gum  Benzoin,  of  which  about  00  cases 
sold  at  easier  rates — namely,  £6  to  £6  10s.  per  cwt.  for  fair 
seconds  and  £5  5s.  to  £5  15s.  for  thirds.  Thirty-three  bales  of 
Buchu  Leaves  were  offered  and  sold  with  competition  at  full 
prices,  good  green  round  leaves  selling  at  Is.  3d.  to  Is.  4d.  per 
pound,  and  oblongs  at  5^4d.  to  6%d. 

Rio  Ipecacuanha  was  firm  at  5s.  3d.  per  pound,  but  there 
were  no  bids  for  Carthagena.  Senna  was  steady.  Cardamoms 
were  slow  of  sale  and  easier.  Cape  Aloes  was  firm  at  late 
rates.  Balsam  Tolu  was  barely  steady  at  9%d.  per  pound 
for  fair.  Jamaica  Honey  was  in  good  request  at  steady  rates. 
Dragon's  Blood  was  not  wanted.  Myrrh  was  lower.  70s.  per 
cwt.  being  accepted  for  native-picked  Aden.  Cuttlefish  Bone 
was  in  large  supply  and  cheaper  at  4d.  to  4%d.  per  pound 
for  good  bold.  Sarsaparilla  was  firm  for  gray  Jamaica,  but 
barely  steady  for  native.  Cascara  Sagrada  was  firmly  held, 
42s.  6d.  per  cwt.  being  refused  for  1904  crop.  Cassia  Fistula 
realized  16s.  6d.  per  cwt.  for  good  West  Indian.  Sixteen  bags 
of  Florentine  Orris  Root  sold  without  reserve  at  34s.  6d.  to 
35s.  for  good.  Quince  Seed,  of  which  eight  bags  were  offered 
and  sold,  realized  Is.  lid.  per  pound. 

Privately,  business  in  the  drug  and  chemical  markets  is 
dull.  Morphine  is  nominally  no  lower  in  value  than  it  was 
before  the  Convention  broke  up  and,  in  view  of  the  firmer 
tendency  in  the  Opium  market,  any  material  change  in  the 
price  is  not  expected  at  present.  On  the  spot  a  fair  business 
has  been  done  in  Opium  at  at  firm  rates.  Although  it  was 
understood  that  the  termination  of  the  Morphine  Convention 
would  not  affect  makers  of  Codeine,  one  maker  is  acting  inde- 
pendently but  has  not  reduced  his  price.  A  fair  business 
has  been  done  in  Balsam  Copaiba  at  2s.  per  pound  for  B.P. 
Gl.ycerin  continues  firm  and  in  good  demand.  China  crude 
Camphor  is  quiet  at  145s.  per  cwt.  Refined  continues  firm 
with  enquiries  for  one-ounce  Japanese  tablets  for  America. 
Peppermint  Oil  is  quiet  and  unchanged.  The  heavy  supply 
of  1235  packages  of  Jamaica  Ginger  was  offered  at  the  spice 
sales  and  less  than  200  found  buyers  at  slightly  easier  rates, 
good  bold  hard  selling  at  68s.  per  cwt.  and  fair  to  good 
bright  at  62s.  to  65s. 

At  the  Isinglass  auctions  740  packages  were  offered  of 
which  about  one-half  sold  at  generally  steady  rates.  At  the 
Cinchona  Bark  sales  only  515  packages  were  offered  and  the 
bulk  sold  at  firm  rates,  the  average  unit  being  fully  last  Dutch 
sale  parity.  At  the  Vanilloes  sale  369  tins  were  offered  and 
practically  all  sold  with  good  competition  at  an  advance  of 
Is  6d.  to  2s.  per  pound  for  fine  beans,  and  at  an  advance  of 
Is.  to  Is.  6d.  for  the  other  qualities. 


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photograph. 

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Without  knowing  more  about  the  ease  than  the 
decision  of  the  Appellate  Division  of  the  New  York 
Supreme  Court  there  is  such  opportunity  for  grave 
injustice  being  done  to  a  pharmacist  that  the  Era 
commends  the  matter  to  the  attention  of  the  German 
Apothecaries'  Societ.y  as  being  more  able  than  other 
organizations  or  individuals  to  make  inquiries  and 
take  action  which  would  either  right  a  grievous 
wrong  or  hasten  punishment  for  an  offense  which  is 
wpugnant  to  all  decent  men. 

Albert  JMaj-er,  a  pharmacist,  was  sentenced  to  from 
If)  to  20  years  in  Sing  Sing  Prison  (practically  a  life 
sentence,  as  he  is  more  than  60  years  old),  for  an 
alleged  assault  upon  a  boy  of  14.  The  conviction 
upon  which  this  sentence  was  based  has  been  set 
aside  by  the  higher  court  and  a  new  trial  ordered  on 
the  groimd  that  the  defendant  did  not  have  a  chance 
to  obtain  justice,  even  the  "atmosphere"  against 
him  in  the  lower  court  being  criticized  by  the  justice 
who  wrote  the  opinion.    A  new  trial  is  ordered. 

It  is  said  for  Mayer  that  he  is  a  pharmacist  of 
good  repute  in  his  native  country,  Germany,  from 
whence  he  came  to  America  in  1893  as  a  delegate  to 
the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago,  a  fact  which  ought 
to  indicate  that  he  had  lived  a  proper  life  and  was 
respected  by  his  fellow  pharmacists.  Of  his  subse- 
quent career  we  have  little  information  at  this  time, 
but  we  shall  endeavor  to  learn  the  true  facts.  In 
this  research  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society  can 
be  of  great  assistance.  If  Mayer  is  innocent,  as  the 
Judges  of  the  Appellate  Division  seem  to  believe  is 
possible,  if  not  probable,  a  monstrous  injustice  has 
already  been  done  to  him.  If  he  is  guilty,  the  law 
will  have  to  take  its  course. 


NO  MYSTERY  ABOUT  THE  BROWN  BILL. 


One  of  the  opponents  of  pharmacy  reform  in  New 
York  State  prates  about  the  "'mystery"  due  to  the 
withholding  of  the  Bro-mi  Pliarmacy  Bill  from  in- 
troduction in  the  Legislature  for  two  or  three 
months.  While  pharmacists  generally  know  that 
there  was  no  mystery  at  all  about  the  delay  in  intro- 
ducing the  bill,  it  may  be  weU  to  state  that  the 
reason  was  simply  up  to  Governor  Hughes,  who  held 
conferences  with  the  members  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  who  on  account  of  his  numerous  engagements 
and  more  pressing  duties  was  forced  to  postpone 
appointments  which  he  had  made  to  meet  them. 

Another  complaint  of  "mystery"  urged  by  some 
one  hanging  onto  the  coat  tails  of  progress  and  try- 
ing ineffectually  to  keep  pharmacy  in  the  old  rut  is 
that  some  gentlemen  who  had  aided  in  drafting  the 


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[June  10,  1909 


bill  in  January  failed  to  recognize  the  ' '  child ' '  when 
it  was  passed  in  April.  There  is  nothing  wonderful 
about  this,  for  the  bill  was  submitted  several  times 
to  the  Governor  and  changes  were  made  at  his  sug- 
gestion. When  the  draft  became  apparently  of  suf- 
ficient stability  to  have  copies  printed  it  was  again 
gone  over  by  the  Governor's  legal  adviser  and  im- 
portant changes  were  made.  In  this  shape  it  was 
introduced.  If  it  did  not  then  represent  the  wishes 
of  the  Governor  the  blame  must  rest  upon  him  and 
his  legal  adviser,  not  upon  the  friends  of  pharmacy 
reform  and  the  advocates  of  pure  drug  legislation. 

In  Albany,  as  in  other  political  and  legislative 
headquarters,  "it  is  not  always  what  you  see  but 
what  you  don't  see"  that  does  the  business  and  the 
persons  who  asked  the  question  when  the  Whitney- 
Wainwright  Act  was  vetoed  a  year  ago  repeating 
the  query :  ' '  Who  killed  Cock  Robin  1 ' '  The  answer 
is  far  away  from  Assembljonan  Conklin,  j\lr.  Diner, 
or  the  Brooklyn  contingent.  At  the  same  time  no 
stones  should  be  thrown  in  attempts  to  hit  any  of 
the  suspects  in  the  wholesale  drug  district,  or  in  the 
Citj'  Club.  It  would  not  be  fair.  Even  this  is  not 
a  mystery. 

AMERICA  WINS  THE  CHEMICAL  CONGRESS. 


Decision  by  the  Seventh  Congress  of  Applied 
Chemistry  to  hold  the  eighth  congress  in  the  United 
States  is  quite  as  much  a  recognition  of  the  pre- 
eminent progress  made  in  this  country  in  recent 
years  in  chemical  research  in  all  its  branches  and 
the  practical  application  of  the  results  to  the  benefit 
of  the  profession  and  the  public  as  it  is  of  the  efforts 
of  the  New  Tork  and  Washington  delegates  who 
carried  to  London  the  invitation  of  President  Taft 
to  meet  in  Washington  in  1912.  To  the  delegates 
much  credit  must  be  given,  for  in  their  efforts  they 
constantly  forced  to  the  front  ^vithout  ostentation 
the  powerful  force  that  has  developed  in  this  coun- 
try in  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  progress. 

More  than  3,000  chemists  attended  the  recent  con- 
gress and  its  success  scientifically  was  in  proper  pro- 
portion. The  pharmaceutical  division,  jiidging  by 
our  London  correspondent's  report,  was  predomin- 
ated by  Americans.  There  is  a  significance  in  this 
fact  which  will  readily  be  appreciated  by  our  readers. 
It  means  that  the  congress  of  1912  wiU  bring  to  this 
country  many  bright  men  from  foreign  countries 
who  will  try  to  vie  with  our  leaders  in  this  line  of 
research  and  endeavor  to  offer  something  new  that 
will  be  worth  while  in  the  development  of  pharma- 
ceutical chemistry. 

MINNESOTA'S  SILVER  JUBILEE. 


More  than  ordinary  interest  attaches  to  the  meet- 
ing of  the  Minnesota  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion at  Tonka  Bay  next  week,  for  it  will  be  the  silver 
jubilee  assemblage  of  the  organization.  With  only 
half  a  dozen  older  associations  in  existence,  Minne- 
sota may  well  claim  to  be  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the 
National  field.  With  little  precedent  to  guide  them, 
but  a  knowledge  of  conditions  and  the  disposition 
to  better  them,  the  prime  movers  diligently  sought 
the  means  and  bravelj'  overcame  opposition,  with  a 


result  that  the  practice  of  pharmacy  was  placed  upon 
a  proper  legal  plane  in  Minnesota. 

This  association,  like  many  others,  was  largely  in- 
spired by  the  necessity  for  protection  in  a  commer- 
cial way  through  appropriate  legislation,  in  Minne- 
sota's case  the  creation  of  a  board  of  pharmacy 
being  the  first  achievement.  With  the  development 
of  pharmacy  the  State  associations  have  aU  come  to 
consider  the  professional  side  as  being  also  of  great 
importance  and  at  most  of  the  annual  sessions  the 
papers  read  are  well  worth  listening  to  by  all  the 
members.  As  time  and  opportunity  arrived  the 
scope  and  iisefuLness  of  the  State  associations  wiU 
further  broaden  and  it  is  a  duty  owing  to  them  and 
to  themselves  that  every  pharmacist  should  be  en- 
rolled with  the  organization  in  which  he  or  she  is 
entitled  to  membership. 

NEW  COPYRIGHT  LAW  IN  EFFECT  JULY  1. 


After  three  years  of  labor  by  the  patent  commit- 
tees of  the  House  and  Senate,  with  additional  delib- 
eration in  Congress,  the  Smoot-Currier  CopyrighJ 
Law  becomes  effective  on  Saturday,  July  1  next. 
The  measure  consolidates  and  revises  previous  legis- 
lation and  it  is  believed  by  its  framers  to  come  as 
near  being  a  model  law  as  is  possible,  although  per- 
sons whose  ideas  were  rejected  are  naturally  disap- 
pointed. This  law  substantially  as  enacted  will  un- 
doubtedly govern  copyright  procedure  in  this  coun- 
try for  a  long  time  to  come,  as  legislators  will  re- 
luctantly approach  any  tinkering  with  a  law  which 
had  been  prepared  with  such  great  care  after  such 
a  long  period  of  inquiry,  investigation  and  consid- 
eration of  the  interests  now  or  likely  to  be  afiieeted 
in  the  future. 

One  of  the  chief  provisions  is  lengthening  the  life 
of  a  copyright,  the  term  being  extended  on  the  ex- 
tension period,  so  that  the  protected  article  wiU  be 
safe  for  56  years  instead  of  42  years,  the  provision 
applying  to  existing  as  to  future  copyrights.  Numer- 
ous other  changes  have  been  made  and  the  treatment 
of  the  question  of  the  reproduction  of  music  by  me- 
chanical means,  which  is  a  recent  problem,  is  an 
experiment  which  will  be  watched  with  interest,  for 
it  is  about  the  only  portion  of  the  new  law  which  is 
not  based  upon  long  observation  and  ample  expe- 
rience. It  is  impossible  to  go  into  the  subject  of  all 
of  the  changes  in  this  issue  and  it  will  be  advisable 
for  those  who  are  affected  by  the  law  to  obtain  copies 
of  it,  or  seek  specific  information,  regarding  its  effect 
upon  their  interests.  One  of  the  changes,  however, 
of  special  interest  to  the  drug  trade,  is  that  after 
June  25  applications  for  the  registi'ation  of  prints 
and  labels  will  no  longer  be  received  at  the  Patent 
OfSce,  but  must  be  sent  to  the  Register  of  Copy- 
rights, Washington,  D.  C. 

"Why  do  men  with  a  common  interest  allow  themselves  to 
be  so  blinded  b.v  selfishness  as  to  refuse  to  co-operate  with 
others  to  promote  the  general  welfare?"  is  a  question  asked 
by  the  editor  of  the  American  Grocer,  who  thus  discourses 
upon  a  topic  of  pertinent  interest  in  the  drug  trade ;  "That 
is  as  hard  to  solve  as  to  explain  why  the  human  family  avoid 
the  development  of  their  higher  over  their  animal  nature.  We 
are  given  brains  to  develop  and  excercise,  but  somehow  it  is 
difficult  for  the  average  man  to  get  in  the  habit  of  thinking 


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535 


in  the  right  direction.  If  we  can  succeed  in  getting  grocers, 
big  and  little,  thinking  on  the  benefits  of  organization  for  their 
community,  for  their  business  and  for  society  in  general,  our 
aim  will  be  accomplished." 


"This  is  a  drug  in  the  market,"  grumbled  the  convalescent 
man,  when  he  received  the  Apothecary's  bill. 


The  St.  Ives  Consolidated  Mines,  Ltd.,  has  sent  to  its 
shareholders  a  report  on  its  Cornwall  property  by  Sir  William 
Ramsay,  F.R.S.,  consulting  chemist  to  the  British  Radium 
Corporation.  Speaking  of  the  ores  he  has  examined  Sir 
William  says :  "They  are  fully  equal  in  their  productiveness 
tor  radio-active  materials  and  uranium  compounds  to  any 
pitch-blende  which  ever  came  under  my  notice  from  any  part 
of  the  world."  He  recommends  the  immediate  installation  of 
a  plant  for  the  extraction  of  the  valuable  constituents  of  the 
company's  ore. 


Welch,  "and  I  have  got  to  get  it  towed  to  my  garage  in  East 
Orange.  I  have  only  $10  and  it  will  cost  me  ^2r>  in  all.  I  do 
not  want  the  women,  who  have  been  my  guests  today,  to  know 
that  I  have  no  money,  and  I  should  like  to  get  $1.5.  I  will 
leave  this  watch  with  you,  and  my  valet  will  be  over  and  get  it 
the  first  thing  in  the  morning." 

The  man  pulled  out  what  looked  like  a  massive  gold  watch 
and  Mr.  Welch  did  not  have  the  slightest  doubt  that  he  was 
as  he  represented  himself  to  be,  a  broker.  Any  way,  Mr. 
Welch  gave  him  $1.5  and  the  man  thanked  him  profusely. 

Mr.  Welch  looked  at  the  m.issive  watch  an  hour  later.  It 
was  a  combination  of  brass  and  tin,  worth  30  cents,  warranted 
not  to  run  alone  and  to  stand  anywhere  without  hitching. 
Mr.  Welch  told  his  story  to  the  police,  and  a  general  alarm 
was  sent  out  for  a  suave  automobilist  with  three  well-dressed 
women  in  a  touring  car. 


When  a  druggist  finds  that  his  son  lacks  ordinary  common 
sense  he  warns  the  boy  of  the  hardships  of  the  drug  business 
and  makes  a  doctor  or  a  lawyer  of  him. 


Hon.  Gorham  D.  Oilman,  senior  member  of  the  wholesale 
drug  firm  of  Oilman  Brothers,  of  Boston,  reached  his  S7th 
birthday  on  May  29,  and  as  a  part  of  its 

observance,   the   venerable    merchant   and      

publicist  took  part  in  the  after-dinner  dis- 
cussion on  Hawaiian  affairs  at  the  regular 
meeting  of  the  Twentieth  Century  Club. 
With  but  one  exception,  and  that  one 
being  the  Bev.  Dr.  Edward  Everett  Hale, 
Mr.  Oilman  is  the  club's  oldest  member. 

Having  formerly  resided  in  Hawaii  and 
carried  on  business  there  for  20  years, 
and  having  also  served  as  Hawaiian 
Consul  in  Boston  for  several  years,  Mr. 
Oilman  was  able  to  speak  with  authority. 
The  occasion  was  the  return  home  of  Rev. 
Charles  F.  Doll,  president  of  the  Twen- 
tieth Century  Club,  after  a  visit  of  three 
months  in  Hawaii,  and  as  a  prelude  to 
his  account  of  his  visit,  Mr.  Oilman  spoke 
of  Hawaiian  affairs,  saying  : 

"Those  islands  are  the  only  spot  where 
a  pound  of  bread,  a  gallon  of  water  or  a 
ton  of  coal  can  be  obtained  in  a  voyage 
between  the  western  shores  of  America 
and  those  of  Japan,  China  or  the  Phil- 
ippines. They  are  invaluable  as  an  oul- 
station  of  the  United  States,  for  no  war 
vessel  has  yet  been  constructed  which 
can  carry  sufEcient  coal  for  a  trip  across 
the   Pacific,  except  by  recoaling  there. 

"There   are   no   more   kind-hearted   and 
generous    people    in    the    world    than    the 
Hawaiians,  and  their  honesty  is  so  well 
known    that   I   never  locked  my  door  durin 
lived  there." 

Mr.  Oilman  extolled  the  work  of  the  missionaries  and  said 
that  "to  the  missionaries,  and  especially  the  women  among 
them,  should  be  given  all  the  credit  for  what  Hawaii  is  today. 

"The  most  serious  question  now  is,"  he  said,  "whether  the 
Hawaiian  people  are  capable  of  self-government.  It  is  doubt- 
ftil  if  a  legislature  composed  of  them  would  be  able  to  enact 
proper  laws  at  present,  but  I  believe  this  problem  can  be 
worked  out  in  time." 

Mr.  Oilman  is  a  native  of  Maine,  but  has  made  his  home  in 
Massachusetts  for  most  of  his  life.  He  has  served  many  years 
in  public  life  both  for  city.  State  and  nation.  He  has  also 
been  active  in  trade  and  business  affairs,  and  has  been  honored 
in  many  ways. 


George — If  I  had  an  airship  I'd  fly  away  and  seek  my 
fortune. 

Howard — If  you  had  an  heirship  your  fortune  would  come 
to  you. 

The  presence  of  3000  delegates  at  the  International  Congress 
of  Applied  Chemistry  in  London  testifies  to  the  extraordinar,v 
development  of  industrial  chemistry  within  a  quarter  of  a 
century  as  a  popular  and  lucrative  pro- 
fession, says  the  New  York  World.  By 
the  census  of  1870  there  were  in  the 
United  States  752  metallurgists,  assay- 
ers  and  practising  chemists.  By  1880 
their  number  had  nearly  trebled.  By 
InOO  it  was  4.503,  and  in  1900.  S.S47  per- 
-nns  were  returned  as  engaged  in  these 
i- cupations.  Today  no  great  industrial 
corporation,  no  mill,  no  city,  can  dis- 
pense with  the  aid  of  chemists.  They 
are  to  be  found  in  a  thousand  factory 
laboratories,  testing  steel,  flour,  sugar,  oil, 
analyzing  water  and  milk,  wine  and 
whisky.  Mr.  Carnegie  has  acknowledged 
his  debt  to  his  chemists.  One  aniline- 
color  works  in  Germany  employs  a  corps 
of  320  trained  chemists. 

They  are  industry's  consulting  experts. 
In  a  sense  they  hold  the  world's  commer- 
cial future  in  their  hands.  It  is  they 
who  b.y  wresting  secrets  from  nature  by 
the  aid  of  their  test-tubes  and  retorts 
supply  the  basis  on  which  great  fortunes 
are  built.  Thev  are  not  alone  the  manu- 
facturers' best  allies ;  they  are  also  part 
of  the  public's  best  defenders  against 
adulteration  and  disease. 


Hon 


the  20  years   I 


;  1 1. .MAN. 


Mrs.   Matthews  bought   a  French   cook- 
'■  ^''is*-  book.     The   book   told   her,   among  other 

things,  how  to  make  ragouts  and  farcies 
and  navarins  out  of  left-over  steak,  the  ends  of  roasts,  cold 
vegetables  and  so  forth.  This  was  delightful.  Hash,  which 
Matthews  hated,  would  be  banished,  and  yet,  as  before,  noth- 
ing would  be  wasted  in  the  Matthews  home. 

So  one  evening  she  set  her  hungry,  tired  husband  down  to 
a  paper-frilled  novarin  a  I'Escoffier.  The  dish  looked  grand 
from  the  outside,  and  the  man's  wan  face  lit  up  at  sight  of  it, 
but  as  soon  as  he  lifted  the  lid,  the  joy  faded  from  his  eyes. 
"Ask  the  blessing,  please,  George,"  his  wife  reminded  him. 
"I  think,  dear."  George  answered  wearily,  "we've  blessed 
everything  here  before." 


"He  is  thinking  of  making  his  will." 

"What's  he  got  to  leave?" 

"Nothing,  btit  it  sounds  like  prosperity  to  talk  about  it.' 


A  pretty  woman  can  get  credit  and  leave  the  druggist  with 
the  impression  that  he  thrust  it  upon  her. 


Raymond  Welch,  manager  of  the  Boisnot  drug  store  at 
Broadway  and  7Sth  street,  Manhattan,  was  turning  on  the 
lights  the  other  evening  when  a  touring  car  with  three  women 
and  a  man  stopped  at  the  door. 

"My    machine    has    broken    down,"    the    man    said    to    Mr. 


London's  most  awe-struck  visitor  recently  was  an  old  man 
from  Iceland,  who  was  enabled  to  make  the  visit  which  he 
has  wished  for  all  his  life  owing  to  the  vagaries  of  a  fin  whale. 
The  creature,  which  belongs  to  a  race  both  valuable  and  ner- 
vous, ran  ashore  near  the  Icelander's  home  and  was  promptly 
dispatched.  The  proceeds  of  its  sale  gave  the  finder  the  money 
for  the  trip. 

"So  many  of  our  people  talk  about  going  to  England,"  he 


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[June  10,  1909 


declared,  "but  few  go.  We  are  not  rich,  for  it  is  part  of  our 
creed  to  supply  the  needs  of  others  before  we  serve  ourselves. 
Iceland  is  one  of  the  few  places  in  the  world  where  nobody  can 
starve. 

"You  are  surprised  that  I  speak  English — but  almost  every- 
body does  in  Iceland  !  Would  you  believe  that  we  know  our 
Shakespeare  better  than  the  average  EnglismanV  It  is  part 
of  our  education,  and  we  owe  it  not  to  our  schools,  but  to 
what  we  have  learned  from  our  fathers." 


"What  is  it  a  sign  of,"  asked  the  innocent  maid,  "when  a 
young  man  begins  to  tell  a  girl  his  troubles?" 

"It  is  a  sign  that  he  will  soon  ask  her  to  share  thi'm." 
answered  the  pretty  widow. 


Frank  Wentworth,  a  member  of  the  Newton  Club,  a  scien- 
tific organization  of  Winsted,  Conn.,  says  that  2,000,000  years 
hence  the  wheel  and  steam  turbine  will  be  combined  in  the  new 
human  whose  method  of  locomotion  will  be  on  wheels  elevated 
from  the  present  ball  and  socket  joint. 

The  waste  of  tissue  will  be  provided  for  by  nourishment  by 
absorption  through  the  joint  or  rather  pivot,  and  they  will  be 
driven  by  hot  air,  exactly  after  the  manner  of  steam  turbine, 
the  air  issuing  from  orifices  in  the  axles  and  impinging  on  the 
blades  in  the  wheel.  The  present  respiratory  system  will,  of 
course,  be  entirely  superseded. 

The  speed  of  the  new  man  will  be  about  40  miles  an  hour. 
The  evolutionist  does  not  say  how  the  thing  will  be  brought 
about. 


"Why  do  you  keep  two  automobiles?" 

"I  use  the  second  one  to  bring  along  the  things  I'm  likely  to 
need  in  keeping  the  first  one  in  running  order." 


It  will  not  be  necessary  hereafter  for  persons  bitten  by 
rabid  dogs  in  Louisville  (Ky. )  to  go  elsewhere  in  search  of  a 
madstone,  for  Emanuel  Meyer,  Representative  in  the  Legisla- 
ture from  the  50th  district,  and  associated  with  his  brother, 
Samuel  Meyer,  in  the  drug  business  at  13th  and  Walnut 
streets,  is  the  proud  possessor  of  two  of  the  stones,  which  were 
sent  to  him  by  an  admirer  in  Morgan  County. 

The  madstones  are  of  a  dark  brown  color  and  were  the  first 
ever  discovered  in  Morgan  County.  They  are  highly  prized. 
as  they  have  been  tested  and  their  eSiciency  fully  established. 
it  is  said,  one  in  a  case  of  rabies  and  the  other  tor  a  copper- 
head snake  bite.  Both  have  the  characteristics  of  the  genuine 
madstone,  in  that  the  outlines  of  a  dog  are  plainly  discernible 
on  each,  a  bulldog  on  one  and  a  foxhound  on  the  other.  Out 
in  the  State  to  own  a  madstone  is  a  great  distinction,  and 
people  who  have  been  bitten  by  dogs  travel  man.v  miles  to 
visit  the  fortunate  owner  of  one  for  its  application  to  the 
bite.  After  the  stone  adhering  and  then  falling  off,  it  is  said 
that  the  victim  will  experience  no  ill-effects  from  the  bite  of  a 
rabid  dog. 

"Has  your  automobile  frightened  any  horses?" 
"No,"  answered  the  novice.     "But  every  now  and  then  some 
borse  turns  suddenly  into  the  road  and  gives  me  a  scare." 


James  Lightbody.  who  was  famous  as  a  college  athlete  and 
who  recently  began  a  journalistic  career  in  Berlin,  is  confined 
to  his  bed  with  a  dislocated  knee,  the  result  apparently  of  a 
simple  accident  in  his  room.  He  had  won  several  running 
races  at  an  athletic  meeting  in  Berlin  two  days  previously  and 
met  with  no  accident  on  the  field.  He  threw  his  knee  out  of 
joint  while  seated  in  his  room  by  simply  tossing  one  leg  over 
the  other.  His  condition  is  so  serious  it  is  feared  that  he 
never  will  be  able  to  compete  in  races  again. 


"He  seems  to  be  very  fond  of  music,"  said  an  auditor. 
"He  isn't,"  answered  Miss  Cayenne,  "or  he  would  not  try 
to  sing." 


Astronomers  from  all  parts  of  the  world  met  in  Paris  last 
month  to  take  part  in  the  International  Congress  of  the  Map 
ot  the  Sky,  under  the  presidency  of  the  director  of  the  Paris 
Observatory.  The  compilation  of  this  map  is  one  of  the  most 
colossal  and  at  the  same  time  most  delicate  tasks  ever  at- 
tempted by  men  of  science.  Seventeen  observatories — those 
of  Greenwich,  Rome,  Catania.  Helsingfors,  Potsdam,  Oxford, 
Bordeaux,   Toulouse.   Algiers.   San   Fernando.   Tacubaya.    San- 


tiago de  Chile,  Cordeba  (Argentina),  Perth,  Capetown,  Syd- 
ney and  Melbourne  have  been  at  work  in  their  respective 
spheres  for  the  past  22  years  charting  the  portion  of  the 
heavens  under  their  observation,  by  means  of  photography. 

No  fewer  than  22.054  negatives  have  been  taken,  and  over 
2000  of  them  have  now  been  engraved  on  copper.  When  com- 
pleted, the  map  will  give  the  exact  position,  measurements  and 
size  of  5,000.000  stars  of  the  first  to  the  eleventh  magnitude, 
and  of  50,000,000  down  to  the  fourteenth  magnitude. 

The  principal  use  of  the  map  and  catalogue  will  be  to  deter- 
mine by  scientific  comparison  many  of  the  laws  of  celestial 
mechanics  which  have  hitherto  bafiied  exact  examination,  and 
to  correct  errors  which  have  crept  into  the  mass  of  calcula- 
tions made  by  different  astronomers. 


"Grouty  surprised  his  wife  on  her  birthday  anniversary  with 
a  novel  gift." 

"Indeed!     What  did  he  give  her?" 
"A  pleasant  look." 


It  was  raining  as  it  has  before  in  the  spring,  and  the  man 
who  had  hurried  into  a  shop  which  deals  in  garments  and 
contrivances  for  inclement  weather  had  asked  for  a  98-cent 
umbrella,  says  the  Providence  Tribune. 

"1  want  a  cheap  umbrella,"  he  said.  "I'm  through  carrying 
expensive  umbrellas  for  the  benefit  of  unscrupulous  people." 

"All  right,"  replied  the  salesman,  cheerfully,  "but  a  98-cent 
umbrella  isn't  cheap,  you  want  to  bear  that  in  mind,  my  friend. 
It  isn't  cheap  if  you  lose  it  or  have  it  stolen  the  first  crack 
out  of  the  box ;  a  10-cent  umbrella  wouldn't  be  cheap  if  you 
were  that  careless  with  it  and  it  isn't  cheap  if  you  don't  lose 
it      Why? 

"Because  it's  no  good.  It  isn't  made  to  last  and  it'll  torment 
you  half  to  death.  The  catch  that  keeps  it  shut  comes  off; 
the  ribs  break  or  bend  so  that  it'll  give  you  an  argument  every 
time  you  try  to  open  it ;  it'll  leak  the  third  or  fourth  time  you 
carry  it  and  the  handle  comes  loose.     It's  a  shabby  affair." 

"I  guess  you're  right."  said  the  man  thoughtfully.  "I've 
never  had  much  luck  with  cheap  umbrellas.  Give  me  one  of 
those  dollar-and-twelve-cent  umbrellas." 


Mother — Stop  that,  Willie !     Do  you  expect  me  to  speak  to 
you  every  five  minutes  about  that? 

Willie — Oh.  no !     You'll  get  tired  after  awhile. 


They  have  a  strange  way  of  combating  the  evils  of  alco- 
holism in  Holland ;  in  fact,  the  methods  of  the  Anti-alcoholic 
League  would  suggest  at  first  sight  that  they  rather  encour- 
aged drinking  than  otherwise.  The  league  undertakes  for  cer- 
tain fixed  fees  to  look  after  the  safety  of  those  who  have  im- 
bibed not  wisely  but  too  well,  thus  no  doubt  making  consid- 
erable revenue  from  a  failing  whose  eradication  is  supposed 
to  be  the  sole  object  of  its  existence. 

When  the  officials  of  the  league  come  upon  a  man  whose 
ambulatory  movements  are  a  matter  of  speculation  from  one 
moment  to  another  they  undertake  instead  of  ducking  him  in 
the  nearest  dike  to  escort  him  home  for  the  sum  of  75  centimes. 
Should  he  wish  assistance  in  negotiating  the  rougher  parts  of 
the  journey  he  can  pay  another  25  centimes  to  secure  the 
bestowal  of  extra  care.  If  his  legs  have  passed  beyond  bis 
control  1  franc  50  centimes  will  purchase  an  easy  journey  in 
a  seat  carried  by  two  stalwart  attendants. 

The  next  grade  of  transportation  is  a  humble  wheelbarrow 
with  a  rug,  price  1  francs  75  centimes,  specially  recommended 
for  those  whose  backbones  have  a  nasty  habit  of  throwing 
themselves  out  of  the  perpendicular  when  their  owners  have 
overindulged  themselves.  So  the  tariff  progresses  until  finally 
we  come  to  the  donkey  cart,  a  conveyance  de  luxe  provided  at 
2  francs  50  centimes  for  those  intoxicated  persons  whose 
obesity  renders  them  more  than  ordinarily  incapable  of  helping 
themselves. 


"Of  course  she's  not  a  pretty  baby  now.  Our  only  hope 
is  that  as  she  gets  older  she'll  grow  handsomer." 

"Yes.  I  guess  there's  nothing  for  you  to  do  but  believe  in 
'age  before  beauty.'  " 


One  of  madam's  latest  fads  is  to  perfume  the  flowers  on 
her  hat.  Now.  if  she  would  only  use  Paris  green  to  sprinkle 
on  the  spinach  and  other  vegetables  which  she  plants  upon 
her  hat  good  times  would  come  to  the  drug  business. 


June  10,  1909] 


THE    PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


537 


Striking  a  Balance. 


'By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

It  was  not  until  millions  were  lost 
by  indifferent  and  uncertain  methods 
in  farming,  that  the  Government 
awoke  to  the  real  economic  necessity 
for  teaching  the  farmer  the  science 
of  agriculture. 

Now,  Government  bulletins,  ex- 
I"riment  stations,  multitudes  of 
t  rade  papers  and  numerous  agricul- 
iiiral  schools  teach  the  would-be  hus- 
liaudman  how  to  test  his  seeds  to 
I  lei  ermine  their  powers  of  germina- 
tion, how  to  rotate  his  crops  so  that 
the  soil  may  not  become  exhausted, 
how  to  mill  his  feed  through  the 
dairy  and  test  the  milk  for  butter- 
fat  and  the  means  of  making  the 
best  use  of  the  fertilizer — in  short,  he  is  being  taught  the 
science  of  intelligent,  concentrated  energy. 

Already  the  tide  is  turning.  Agricultural  lands  are  being 
eagerly  sought.  Legalized  standards  of  quality  and  purity 
have  materially  improved  market  prices  and  prosperity  bulks 
big  for  the  future.  And  all  because  the  man  behind  the  plow 
is  learning  to  strike  a  balance  between  the  debit  and  the  credit 
sides  of  systematic  effort,  and  having  found  that  balance  to 
analyze  it  and  to  understand  its  relation  to  his  own  bank 
account. 

Whether  it  ever  will  be  possible  for  the  Government  to  take 
the  same  position  in  regard  to  commercial  pursuits  is  doubt- 
ful. Should  Uncle  Sam  appoint  business  examiners  and  ex- 
pert lecturers  to  pass  upon  and  advise  concerning  mercantile 
ventures,  even  as  he  does  upon  banking  concerns  and  agri- 
cultural matters,  there  would  go  forth  a  hue  and  cry  of  inter- 
ference with  personal  liberty.  And  yet  slip-shod  mercantile 
methods  are  likewise  a  gigantic  menace  to  public  prosperity. 

Unnecessary  National  Loss. 

According  to  reliable  financial  authority  77.5  per  cent  of 
al!  business  failures  occurring  in  the  year  1908  were  due  to 
the  direct  faults  of  those  who  failed,  as  against  22.5  per  cent 
of  those  whose  failures  were  brought  about  through  causes 
over  which  they  had  no  control. 

If  to  the  names  of  those  who  failed  through  preventable 
means  could  be  added  the  names  of  those  who  barely  kept 
afloat  and  of  those  who  made  but  mediocre  use  of  their  time, 
capital  and  opportunities,  the  list  would  be  simply  appalling. 

There  is  as  great  National  loss  and  waste  here  as  there 
was  through  improper  tillage  of  the  soil,  and  in  all  probability 
as  there  is  through  the  devastation  of  our  timber  lands  and 
forestry  resources.  There  is  a  direct  re-action  upon  the  com- 
munity, the  Nation,  and  the  industrial  and  commercial  place 
we  are  able  to  hold  among  other  world  Powers. 

A  wise  person  guards  his  health  so  carefully  that  ordinarily 
preventable  disease  has  no  terror  for  him,  and  should  he  be 
attacked  by  maladies  beyond  his  power  to  prevent  or  control, 
he  seeks  skilled  assistance  to  correct  or  combat  the  difficulty. 
The  far-sighted  individual  likewise  watches  over  the  daily 
health  of  his  business  enterprise,  by  constant  observation,  by 
regularly  sizing  up  conditions,  and  in  most  cases  no  one  is 
better  prepared  to  act  as  the  business  doctor  than  the  propri- 
etor himself,  providing  he  is  willing  to  Face  the  Facts. 

This  cannot  be  done  during  the  rush  of  business  hours,  nor 
yet  in  the  company  of  others.     It  is  absolutely  essential  that 
it   all    be    thought    out    in   quiet    and    the    credit    or   censure 
placed  exactly  where  it  belongs  regardless  of  sentiment. 
Saved  a  Tottering  Enterprise. 

Not  many  years  ago.  ten — to  be  exact,  a  book-keeper  came 
to  a  small  town  to  work  for  a  paper  company.  He  soon  saw 
that  his  employers  were  much  worried.  He  was  a  quiet  sort 
of  a  fellow,  and  after  watching  affairs  for  awhile,  he  concluded 
that  he  was  likely  to  be  out  of  a  job  before  long,  unless  some 
way  was  found  to  steady  the  tottering  enterprise.  He  did 
considerable  thinking  all  by  himself  in  the  quiet  of  summer 
evenings.  He  took  long  walks  and  did  much  figuring.  Later 
he  went  to  his  superiors  and  told  them  modestly  his  opinion 


as  to  why  their  returns  were  so  unsatisfactory,  and  he  pointed 
out  the  remedy.  They  were  wise  enough  to  listen  and  to  heed. 
The  threatened  failure  was  averted  and  prosperity  smiled 
upon  them. 

To-day  that  young  man,  not  yet  thirty-five  years  of  age 
is  drawing  a  salary  of  some  ten  thousand  dollars  a  year  and 
he  has  still  a  prospect  of  more.  Where  ever  a  business  in  the 
chain  is  not  up  to  the  mark,  he  goes  and  faces  the  facts.  He 
finds  out  the  WHY,  prescribes  the  remedy  and  business  after 
business  is  restored  to,  or  placed  upon  the  foundation  of 
sound  financial  health.  That  young  man  had  no  exceptional 
opportunities  of  any  kind,  but  he  took  the  occasion  to  do  for 
others  what  they  failed  to  do  for  themselves.  He  does  nothing 
that  the  men  at  the  heads  of  those  businesses  might  not  do 
themselves  if  they  used  the  same  time,  study,  and  disposition 
to  succeed  that  he  brings  to  them.  Too  many  drift.  They  do 
not  take  time  to  strike  a  true  balance.  They  shirk  facing 
the  facts. 

The  Value  of  Location. 

Every  business  must  be  constantly  located — most  of  the 
ones  that  fail  are  not.  at  least  until  it  is  too  late.  They  have 
a  street  and  number  to  be  sure,  but  they  have  little  idea  of 
their  real  location  on  the  chart  of  business  health.  There  is 
no  compass  in  constant  daily  use  by  which  to  adjust  the  best 
course  of  action. 

It  is  a  matter  of  frequent  remark  that  almost  every  city  and 
town  contains  many  small  stores,  especially  drug  stores,  which 
bear  the  unmistakable  evidence  of  the  struggle  for  existence. 
Part  of  these  sooner  or  later  become  submerged,  some  manage 
to  hold  their  own  and  to  produce  a  living,  and  still  others 
forge  steadily  ahead  becoming  great  oaks  of  commercial  and 
professional  strength.  Practically  the  same  door  is  open  to 
all,  with  its  outside  precinct,  its  threshold  and  its  magic 
beyond. 

The  first  class  of  stores  usually  accept  the  returns  of  a 
busy  season  as  a  special  dispensation  of  Providence  to  be 
enjoyed  lest  it  be  not  repeated —  and  they  stay  without.  The 
second  class  will  pay  bills  with  the  money  and  anxiously 
lo»g  for  continued  prosperity,  lingering  on  the  threshold.  The 
last  division  will  analyze  the  situation,  foster  the  conditions 
which  have  proved  profitable,  and  enter  squarely  through  the 
open  door. 

The  up-to-date  farmer  who  has  a  big  crop  of  potatoes  or 
corn  this  .year  should  not  be  satisfied  with  that  fact  alone. 
He  should  know  what  is  necessary  to  repeat  his  success.  If 
the  unusual  yield  is  because  of  having  mixed  lime  with  the  cold, 
damp  land  thus  warming  and  drying  it  and  assisting  ger- 
mination, he  should  not  rest  until  he  has  discovered  the  cor- 
rect proportions  to  use  and  the  time  to  use  it.  Theory  is 
not  sufficient.     It  must  be  tested  and  followed  up  by  application. 

Currents  of  Trade. 

There  are  as  definite  currents  of  trade  and  good  will  as 
there  are  of  wind  and  tide.  It  is  the  part  of  wisdom  to  locate 
and  make  the  most  of  them ;  to  realize  that  the  tomorrow 
of  business  is  exactly  what  the  foresight  and  courage  of  today 
make  it.  It  is  not  a  thing  of  chance.  It  is  the  result  of  the 
cultivation  it  receives,  skillful   or  otherwise. 

Plenty  of  people  disregard  these  currents  and  counter 
currents  and  find  fault  with  not  being  in  the  right  place  in 
life.  They  bemoan  unfortunate  surroundings  and  insurmount- 
able difficulties  not  realizing  that  if  they  but  FILL  the  place 
in  which  God  has  placed  them,  they  will  do  well  but  no 
more  than  their  duty ;  and  that  only  as  they  become  splendidly 
worthy  of  greater  things  can  they  hope  to  overflow  their 
present  position  and  be  borne  upward  upon  the  tide  of  merited 
advancement. 

Calling  a  Halt. 

In  the  suburb  of  a  small  city  there  was  a  drug  store  which 
was  perilously  near  failure.  It  was  an  uncomfortable  fact 
that  had  to  be  faced  by  the  brother  and  sister  who  jointly 
owned  the  business.  As  children  they  had  known  no  stronger 
compulsion  than  their  own  desires.  An  unpleasant  duty  was 
something  to  be  turned  away  from,  and  they  had  never  been 
trained  in  the  clear-cut  art  of  finishing  things  undertaken. 

Together  they  canvassed  the  situation.  They  found  that 
they  were  frightfully  behind.  There  had  been  a  sort  of  con- 
tinuous performance  from  month  to  month.  Money  had  been 
received  and  paid  out  as  seemed  convenient  or  used  for  per- 
sonal pleasure.   There  had  been  none  of  the  quiet  sizing  up  that 


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makes  for  comprehension  of  the  details  of  today  aud  security 
for  tomorrow.  ^ 

They  were  overwlielmt^d  with  the  injustice  they  had  been 
caused  to  suffer  by  bein;:  allowed  to  go  into  business  and  not 
understand  i(s  sterner  principles.  They  determined  to  right 
about  face  and  make  as  dignified  a  retreat  as  possible.  It 
was  a  hard  rub  for  awhile  but,  as  they  said,  there  was  only 
one  way  to  do.  and  that  was  to  DO  IT.  Today  they  have  a 
business  which  is  honestly  prosperous  and  there  are  no  loose, 
frayed  ends  to  be  found  anywhere.  In  a  locked  drawer  is  a 
neatly  written  card  which  has  grown  little  by  little  in  its 
wisdom,  and  every  day  is  gauged  by  its  measure : 

"We  May  Prevent 
Incompetence  in   any  department.     Has  there   been   any   loss 

from  this  cause  today? 
Inexperience  in  the  general  management  of  the  business.     Has 
every  effort  been  made  to  profit  by  our  own  past  experience 
and  that  of  others? 
Vmrise  granting  of  credit,  or  las  methods  of  collection. 
Vnilcr  Capitalisation-  of  Money 

Efficiency 
Courtesy 

Good-will,    sufficient   for   holding   old 

customers  and  gaining  new  ones. 

"Neglect  of  business  because  of  doulitful  habits   of  employers 

or   employees.      We   owe    our   customers   this   insurance   of 

safety. 

Personal   extravagance.      If   indulged    in.    has    it   been    worth 

while? 
Any  questionahlc  transactian  which  will  not  bear  the  search- 
light of  high  principle. 
Jeopardizing   our  growth   by   not   expending   the   correct   pro- 
portion of  effort  to  gain  our  share  of  public  patronage. 
Danger  from  disaster  and  the  failure  of  others  by  being  reason- 
ably safeguarded.     Are  we?" 

HaTe  we  built  well  and  cemented  into  place  in   the  wall  of 

Prosperity  the  brick  of  today's  business? 
Has  this  balance  been   conscientiously  struck? 
If    not.    WHY    NOT?      Disregarding    unfavorable    conditions 

simply    increases    their   potenc.v    for   ill.      Face   the   Facts! 

Strike  the  correct  Balance! 


Original  and  Selected 


INTERNATIONAL  CONGRESS  OF  CHEMISTRY. 


Delegates   Elected  to   W.O.N.A.R.D.    Converitloii. 

Philadelphia.  June  5. — One  of  the  most  interesting  meet- 
ings of  the  year  was  the  May  session  of  Chapter  Xo.  6, 
W.O.N.A.R.D.,  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  In  addition  to  a 
delightful  entertainment  programme,  considerable  business 
was  transacted.  Perhaps  the  most  important  was  the  selec- 
tion of  delegates  and  alternates  to  the  annual  convention  of 
the  National  organization  at  Louisville  in  September.  The 
election  resulted  as  follows :  Mesdames  Lee,  Gano,  Shull, 
Hoffecker,  Peacock,  Potts.  Burke,  Clapham.  Henry,  King. 
C.  Moore.  Morrette.  Streeter.  Fehr,  Miss  Haydock  aud  Mrs. 
Hetrick.  Alternates,  Mrs.  Lyons,  Miss  Morrison.  Mesdames 
Reese.  Stadelman,  Comp,  Kraus,  Eckels,  Steltzer.  Zion,  Miss 
Kessler,  Mesdames  Neely,  Allen,  Cuthbert,  Hunsberger, 
McCoy,   Rehfuss. 

This  was  the  last  meeting  of  the  chapter  until  October  and 
the  reports  from  officers  and  committees  showed  a  most  en- 
couraging condition.  The  treasurer  announced  a  balance  of 
$500,  which  does  not  include  a  fund  of  $200  in  the  hands  of 
the  entertainment  committee.  This  amount  will  be  devoted 
exclusively  to  social  purposes.  The  entertainment  programme 
included  a  piano  solo  by  Mrs.  Gebhart,  the  reading  of  an 
original  poem  by  Mrs.  Gano  and  a  second  poem  by  Harry  G. 
Comp  which  was  read  by  the  president,  Mrs.  William  E.  Lee : 
violin  solos  by  Mr.  Whitehead  and  an  address  by  Thomas  D. 
McElhennie.  of  Brooklyn,  who  was  attending  the  exercises 
at  the  college  held  in  connection  with  the  presentation  of  a 
portrait  of  the  late  Prof.  Edward  Parrish  to  the  institution  by 
Prof.  James  M.  Gould,  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. 


Massacliusetts  Druggist  Jailed  on  Liquor  Charge. 

Worcester,  June  5. — Donald  J.  Grenier,  proprietor  of  a 
drug  store  at  Canterbury  and  Grand  streets,  was  sentenced 
to  three  months"  imprisonment  and  to  pa.v  a  fine  of  .$150,  and 
Jean  L.  Gravel,  his  clerk,  was  fined  $100  on  the  charge  of 
liquor  keeping,  in  the  Superior  Court  recently. 


Section  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry. 
(From   Our  Regular  Correspondent) 

London,  June  2. — For  the  first  time  since  its  formation  the 
International  Congress  of  Chemistry  has  held  its  triennial  ses- 
sion in  London,  the  honorary  president  being  Sir  Henry 
Roscoe  and  the  acting  president  Sir  William  Ramsay.  This, 
the  seventh  international  congress,  was  honored  by  the  pat- 
ronage of  His  Majesty  the  King  and  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of 
Wales  and  was  opened  on  May  27  and  remained  in  session 
until  June  2. 

In  the  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  Section,  of  which  N.  H. 
Martin  was  president,  a  number  of  useful  papers  were  con- 
tributed, among  the  most  valuable  being  those  from  the  United 
States.  The  following  are  brief  abstracts  from  some  of  the 
papers : 

"Chemistry  of  the  L'nited  States  Pharmacopoeia  from  1820 
to  1909"  was  the  subject  of  a  paper  by  Joseph  P.  Remington, 
Ph.M.,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Revision.  The  author  i 
demonstrated  how  a  study  of  the  U.S.P.  for  the  first  edition 
in  1S20  to  the  last  in  1909,  showed  the  changes,  and  records  ! 
the  developments  in  pharmaceutical  chemistry  during  that  | 
period,  aud  commented  on  the  influence  of  organic  chemistry 
in  the  last  20  years,  seen  in  the  introduction  of  synthetic 
chemical  substances.  Referring  to  the  great  improvements  in 
methods  of  manufacturing  and  the  introduction  of  more  accu- 
rate chemical  tests  for  identity  or  purity,  the  author  remarked 
that  these  facts  denoted  the  great  progress  in  applied  chemistry 
and  the  greater  perfection  of  methods  of  manufacture.  If 
the  chemical  substances  used  in  1S20  and  1S30  were  to  be 
offered  for  sale  in  the  United  States  in  the  year  1909  they 
would  be  rejected  without  question  as  not  sufficiently  pure  for 
medicinal  use.  The  agitation  which  is  now  taking  place 
throughout  the  world  tor  still  greater  purity  was  one  of  the 
signs  of  educational  advancement. 

"The  Toxicity  of  Acetanilid  Mixtures"  was  dealt  with  in  a 
paper  by  Worth  Hale,  of  the  Public  Health  and  Marine  Hos- 
pital Service.  Washington.  The  author  dealt  with  a  series  of 
experiments  undertaken  at  the  H.vgienic  Laboratory  to  deter- 
mine to  what  extent  the  toxicity  of  acetanilid  could  be  affected 
by  administering  it  in  combination  with  certain  other  drugs, 
particularly  caffeine.  In  experiments,  upon  both  warm  and 
cold  blooded  animals,  caffeine  was  found  to  exert  a  fairly 
marked  antagonistic  effect  so  far  as  the  heart  rate  was  con- 
cerned, but  it  had  only  a  very  slight  action  upon  the  lessened 
contractile  power  of  the  heart  muscle.  The  antagonism  was 
so  very  imperfect  that  it  was  probably  of  very  little  value  in 
relieving  the  heart  distress  of  acetanilid  poisoning,  despite  the 
popular  belief  in  its  efficacy. 

"Organic  Compounds  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia" 
was  the  subject  of  a  paper  by  Samuel  P.  Sadtler  (member  the 
Committee    of    Revision)    in    which    the    author    showed    the     l 
progress  in  the  use  of  synthetic  and  organic  compounds  and 
the  advances  made  in  this  class  of  medicines. 

"Proposed  International  Standards  for  the  Physiological 
Assay  of  the  Heart  Tonics  of  the  Digitalis  Series"  were  dealt 
with  by  E.  M.  Houghton.  Ph.C.  M.D.  (Detroit).  The  author 
stated  that  the  heart  tonics  of  the  digitalis  series  were  among 
the  most  important  classes  of  medicinal  substances  used  in 
therapeutics  in  all  civilized  nations,  it  was  extremely  desirable 
that  uniform  standards  be  adopted.  Such  standards  should  1 
be  based  upon  the  physiological  action  of  the  crude  drug  or 
its  equivalent  fluid  preparation.  As  a  means  of  determining 
or  adopting  proper  standards,  the  author  deemed  it  desirable 
that  an  international  committee  be  appointed,  consisting  of 
three  or  more  members  from  each  country  desiring  to 
participate. 

"The  Solubilities  of  the  Salicylates  of  the  U.S.  Pharma- 
copoeia in  Aqueous  Ethyl  Alcohol  Solutions  at  25°  C."  was 
the  subject  of  a  communication  from  Atherton  Seidell,  who 
had  determined  the  solubility  curves  of  salicylic  acid,  phenyl 
salic.vlate,  ammonium  salicylate,  sodium  salicylate,  lithium 
salicylate  and  strontium  salicylate  in  alcohol  solutions  varying 


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TRIO  OF  ACTIVE  NEW  ORLEANS  PHARMACISTS  WHO  ARE  OFFICERS  OF  LOUISIANA  §TATE  PHA. 


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JOHN  E.   S>COTT.    New   Orleans. 

elected   first  vice-president  of  the 

Louisiana  State  Pharm.  Assc. 


JOS.  T.  BALTA 
elected  second 

State  PUarmaceu 


R.  New  Orleans, 
president   Louisiana 
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JOHN   W.   PATTERSON.    New   Orleans, 
elected    corresponding   secretary    Louis- 
iana State  Pharmaceutical  .\ssc. 


in  concentration  between  0  and  100  per  cent  C2H5OH. 

"Progress  in  the  Standardization  of  Pliarmacopceial  Drugs" 
was  commented  upon  b.v  A.  B.  Lyons,  M.D.  (member  of  the 
Committee  on  Revision).  The  author  recalled  that  1-5  years 
ago  only  a  few  drugs,  opium,  cinchona  and  nux  vomica,  were 
required  by  leading  pharmacopceias  to  be  stated  standard 
strength,  while  today  the  principle  has  been  extended  to  in- 
clude the  following :  Aconite,  areca,  belladonna,  cantharides. 
cevadilla,  coca,  colchicum,  filix  mas,  gelsemium,  granatum. 
guarana,  hydrastis,  hyoscyamus,  ipecacuanha,  kola,  physos- 
tigma,  pilocarpus,  scopola,  stramonium  and  veratrum.  and 
there  are  also  on  the  market  standardized  preparations  of  con- 
vallaria,  digitalis,  ergot,  lobelia,  podophyllum,  sanguinaria, 
strophanthus  and  other  important  drugs.  Proceeding,  the 
author  stated  that  assays  of  crude  drugs  and  galenical  prep- 
arations were  necessarily  difficult,  but  it  was  reasonable  to 
require  that  the  limit  of  possible  error  should  not  be  greater 
than  perhaps  10  per  cent  above  or  below  the  ideal  standard. 
He  criticized  the  assay  processes  for  several  drugs  and  made 
suggestions  thereon,  and  expressed  the  view  that  it  was 
highly  desirable  that  standards  for  the  same  drug  should  be 
made  the  same  in  all  countries. 

"The  Standardization  of  Potent  Drugs"  was  considered  in 
a  paper  by  P.  W.  Squire  and  C.  JI.  Caines.  The  authors  set 
forth  the  standards  which  had  been  fixed  by  the  international 
agreement  respecting  the  unification  of  the  Pharmacopoeial 
Formulas  for  Potent  Drugs  signed  at  Brussels  in  1906,  and 
showed  how  far  foreign  pharmacopoeias  issued  since  the  pro- 
posal had  adopted  these  standards.  The  paper  also  dealt  with 
standards  generally,  and  reference  was  made  to  the  additions 
and  corrections  in  the  U.S.P.,  which  were  considered  to  be 
necessary  when  the  National  Food  and  Drugs  Act.  1906.  estab- 
lished the  Pharmacopoeia  as  the  authority  by  which  the  purity 
or  otherwise  of  drugs  was  to  be  decided. 

"The  Necessity  for  the  Application  of  Botanical  Knowledge 
to  the  Chemical  Investigations  of  Plants"  was  the  subject  of  a 
contribution  by  E.  M.  Holmes  (curator  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society's  Museums).  The  author  suggested  that  as  chemical 
investigations  of  plant  products  were  often  founded  upon  the 
material  obtainable  in  commerce,  the  material  used  should  be 
guaranteed  pure  by  a  competent  botanist  and  histologist  before 
it  was  subjected  to  chemical  analysis. 

"Organic  Arsenic  Compounds"  was  the  subject  of  a  paper 
by  W.  Harrison  Martindale,  Ph.D.,  in  which  be  reviewed  the 
numerous  relatively  non-toxic  organic  arsenic  compounds  which 
have  been  tried  in  therapeutics  up  to  the  present  time. 

"Variations  in  the  Activity  of  Certain  Toxic  Drugs"  were 
dealt  with  by  P.  McEwan  and  G.  P.  Forrester.    The  authors 


referred  to  the  diverse  opinions  on  the  valuation  of  certain 
drugs  of  European  origin,  especially  aconite,  belladonna,  digi- 
talis and  henbane,  which  illustrate  pharmacologically  distinct 
classes  and  showed  that  there  was  need  of  inquiry  in  respect 
to  them.    The  paper  dealt  comprehensively  with  the  subject. 

PLANS  FOR  THE  ATLANTIC  CITY  MEETING. 

Papers  of  Interest  to  Physicians,  as  Well  as  to  Phar- 
macists,  on  Philadelphia  Branch's  Programme. 

Philadelphia.  June  5. — In  connection  with  its  exhibition 
of  drugs  and  pharmaceutical  processes  at  the  convention  ot 
the  American  Medical  Association  in  Atlantic  City,  the  Phil- 
adelphia Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
will  hold  a  scientific  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  presenting  and 
discussing  papers  on  topics  relating  to  the  U.S.P.,  N.F.  and 
N.N.R.  The  meeting  will  be  held  on  Friday  morning.  June 
11,  and  will  be  in  charge  of  the  officers  of  the  Philadelphia 
Branch. 

Secretary  Ambrose  Hunsberger  furnishes  the  following  par- 
tial list  of  papers  that  will  be  presented :  "U.S. P.  and  N.F. 
Preparations  versus  Nostrums."  by  Otto  Ranbenheimer,  of 
Brooklyn:  "The  Relation  of  the  N.N.R.  to  the  U.S.P.,"  by 
M.  I.  Wilbert.  of  Washington  :  "Improvements  in  the  N.F.," 
bv  George  M.  Beringer,  of  Camden:  "The  Tests  of  the 
U.S. P.,"  by  Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  of  Philadelphia. 

Other  papers,  the  titles  of  which  have  not  yet  been  an- 
nounced but  which  are  related  to  the  foregoing  topics,  will  be 
presented  bv  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
Prof.  H.  P.  Hynson,  of  Baltimore./  The  various  papers  will 
be  discussed  by  prominent  pharmacists  and  physicians  attend- 
ing the  convention. 

Invitations  to  attend  this  meeting  are  extended  to  all  who 
are  interested  in  improving  the  standard  formulas  for  medic- 
inal preparations. 

"Wanted — A  Picture  of  Dr.  Theo.  Fay. 
The  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  is  quite  anxious  to 
secure  a  picture,  print  or  photo,  of  Dr.  Theo.  Fay.  professor 
of  chemistry  in  the  early  seventies  and  the  dean,  H.  M.  Whelp- 
ley.  222  South  Broadway,  St.  Louis,  will  appreciate  any  hint 
as"  to  the  whereabouts  of  a  picture. 

Prescott  Club  Elects  Officers  for  Next  Semester. 

Ann   Abbob.   June   5. — The   Prescott   Club   has   elected   the 

following  officers  for  next  semester  :     President,  A.  W.  Frame  ; 

vice-president.  E.  T.  Maynard :  secretary,  A.  F.   Schlichting ; 

treasurer.  F.  F.  Ingram;  press  representative,  S.  Greenbaum. 


540 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  10,  1909 


Harrowed  and  Rolled. 


"By  Joel  "Blanc. 

It  happened  this  morning. 
When  I  came  into  the  room, 
Mama  threw  up  her  bands  in 
horror,  son  rolled  on  the  floor 
in  a  paroxysm  of  laughter  and 
then  asked  if  he  should  send 
for  the  "amberlance."  M.v 
face  felt  as  though  it  had  been 
carved  by  a  harrow,  smoothed 
by  a  steam  roller  and  then 
seared  with  hot  irons.  As  the 
actions  of  my  independent  de- 
pendents indicated  that  my 
mugiognomy  looked  as  it  felt, 
I  turned  and  gazed  in  the  mir- 
ror. From  below  either  ear 
and  meeting  at  the  point  of 
my  temperamental  chin  there 
was  a  wide  band  of  white  that 
looked  almost  like  the  bandage  that  is  sometimes  used  to  keep 
shut  the  mouth  of  a  voluble  corpse.  Above  this,  my  mustache 
dripped  brilliantinc.  liquefied  pomade  and  witch  hazel.  My 
erstwhile  brilliant  orbs  were  clouded  by  veils  of  soap-induced 
tears  and  above  all  my  massive  brunette  brow,  in  contrast 
with  my  chin,  seemed  like  a  thunder  cloud  above  a  white- 
capped  bar.  Last  and  most  gruesome,  adown  my  neck,  be- 
neath the  band  of  white,  my  life  blood  ebbed  in  coral  rivulets. 
I  had  been  boss-barbered ! 

The  visit  was  by  no  means  the  first  that  T  had  made  to 
that  barbersorial  parlor,  but  on  previous  occasions  I  had  been 
renovated  by  either  one  of  the  three  mere  day-wagers  and  had 
come  away  refreshed  and  calmed.  This  particular  morning, 
however,  it  was  my  fate  to  be  "next"  for  the  first  chair,  the 
one  presided  over  by  the  boss.  Now,  it  stands  to  reason  that 
the  man  who  is  bright  enough  to  become  owner  of  a  shop 
knows  how  and  can  shave  and  cut  just  as  well  as  his  hire- 
lings. But  be  this  as  it  may,  all  the  while  I  was  in  that 
operating  chair  the  boss  was  bossing.  He  divided  his  gaze 
between  me  and  the  occupants  and  operators  of  the  three 
other  chairs.  Anon  the  boss  hung  his  razor  over  my  ear, 
with  the  edge  inward,  while  he  rung  up  the  register  and  took 
in  the  coins.  He  watched  and  managed  every  shave  except 
the  one  he  was  perpetrating  upon  me.  He  tried  to  look  west 
under  my  left  ear  and  at  the  same  time  tried  to  keep  a  stead- 
fast gaze  to  the  east,  to  prevent  any  one  of  his  workmen 
from  knocking  down  a  tip.  While  he  was  chatting  pleasantly 
with  one  of  his  "owns-his-own-mug"  patrons,  his  bossness 
scarified  the  left  gable  of  my  jaw  and  in  trying  to  repair  the 
damage  and  at  the  same  time  pay  the  gas  bill,  he  jammed  a 
styptic  pencil  into  my  right  eye.  Thus  I  bled,  and  at  the  first 
opportunity  fled. 

Did  you  ever  notice  that  while  many  men  have  favorite 
barbers  and  will  pass  several  turns  to  wait  for  "Henry"  or 
"Jacob,"  that  it  is  seldom,  if  ever,  that  any  one  appears  who 
craves  the  service  of  the  boss? 

The  relation  of  the  foregoing  incident  is  intended  to  gently 
and  inoffensively  load  up  to  the  statement  that  the  antics  of 
the  demon  boss  barber  are  merely  kittenish  ways  when  com- 
pared with  the  high  old  hurricanatics  of  some  drug  store 
owners.  While  the  damage  was  not  corporeal,  I  have  been  a 
sad  and  silent  witness  on  numerous  occasions  of  harrowing 
and  rolling  by  retail  druggists.  The  most  inefficient  salesmen 
I  have  ever  seen  in  retail  drug  stores  have  been  the  men  who 
owned  them.  In  using  the  word  inefficient,  I  draw  a  little 
closer  definition  than  old  Noah  did,  for  I  do  not  mean  in- 
capable. It  is  possible,  even  probable,  that  these  salesmanical 
gymnasts  were  first-rate  salesmen  when  they  were  clerks, 
but  the  family  tree  of  the  Buttinsky  clan  became  dead  wood 
when  these  druggists  became  store  owners. 

For  heaven's  sake,  gentlemen,  if  you  have  a  clerk  let  him 
clerk !  Even  if  he  is  not  entirely  fit,  do  not  magnify  and 
expose  his  unfitness  by  going  into  fits  yourself.  Druggists 
who  are  in  all  ways  thoroughly  capable,  sometimes  show  a 
lack  of  simple  common  sense  in  their  performances  behind  the 
counter.  In  trying  to  be  the  .whole  show  they  certainly  do 
make  a  holy  show  of  themselves. 


If  you  are  pretending  to  wait  upon  a  customer,  Mr.  Drug 
Boss,  for  pity's  sake  wait  on  him  and  do  not  expect  him  to 
wait  while  you  are  helping  .your  clerks  to  serve  several  other 
patrons.  Druggist  Fidgets  treats  his  clerks  as  if  they  were 
automatons  with  their  machinery  out  of  whack.  He  tells  the 
Senior  to  show  the  lady  that,  instructs  the  Junior  how  to 
wrap  this  package  and  yells  at  the  Boy  to  give  less  of  that 
candy  for  a  dime.  In  one  breadth  he  informs  the  patron  be- 
fore him  that  the  price  of  the  perfume  is  40  cents  an  ounce 
and  assures  another  party  that  he  has  something  fire  for 
bugs.  He  goes  to  the  back  of  the  store  to  secure  the  articles 
demanded  by  three  different  people  and  when  he  does  come 
forward  he  gives  sticky  fly  paper  to  the  woman  who  wanted 
quinine  pills,  gives  the  pills  to  the  woman  who  came  for  a 
nursing  bottle,  and  hands  the  nursing  bottle  to  a  grouchy  old 
bachelor.  He  yells  at  the  clerk  who  has  just  sold  an  article, 
marked  in  plain,  half-inch  figures,  "How  much  did  you  charge 
for  that?"  Just  as  two  people  take  seats  at  the  fountain  he 
orders  the  dispenser  to  go  down  cellar  and  open  a  case  of 
mineral  water.  When  a  clerk  is  quietly  and  genteelly  showing 
rubber  goods  to  a  woman  who  stands  at  the  far  end  of  the 
counter,  he  butts  in  and  at  the  top  of  his  voice  tells  her  all 
that  the  clerk  has  just  told  her,  and  if  some  one  goes  out 
without  making  a  purchase,  he  chases  her  clear  through  the 
door  to  find  out  what  was  wrong  with  the  clerk — and  he  does 
find  out  that  the  party  only  came  in  to  ask  the  way  to  the 
post-office. 

The  strangest  thing  about  this  stripe  of  druggist  is  that 
outside  of  his  store  he  is  cool,  calm  and  dignified.  In  relations 
with  all  but  his  clerks  and  patrons,  he  is  respectful  and  non- 
interfering.  Neither  may  it  be  said  that  this  sort  of  druggist 
is  invariably  penny-pinching  and  in  fear  that  a  dime  purchase 
may  remain  unmade.  He  is,  as  a  general  thing,  anxious  to  be 
fair  and  just  with  both  patrons  and  clerks.  In  fact,  the 
trouble  is  that  he  is  over-anxious. 

Such  a  man  drives  business  away  from  his  store.  That 
which  in  reality  is  but  a  sincere  desire  on  his  part  to  please, 
becomes  by  his  insistence  and  manner  irritating  and  grates 
upon  the  ner%-es.  Commendible  in  intention  as  his  zealousness 
is  it,  in  efl:ect,  gives  one  the  impression  of  attempting  to  force 
people  to  accept  what  they  do  not  want.  Although  he  may  at 
heart  really  trust  his  clerks,  his  continual  suggestion  and 
persistent  comment  make  the  purchasing  public  lose  confi- 
dence in  the  clerks  and  consequently  in  the  business  and  its 
owner  also. 

Far  be  it  from  me  to  deny  the  value  of  the  personal  element 
in  the  retail  drug  business.  It  is  a  mighty  valuable  asset, 
but  the  personal  element  that  makes  the  lasting  impression 
is  not  one  which  scratches  its  characteristics  upon  everyone 
and  everything  around  it.  A  man's  personality  should  have 
its  impressions  transferred  to  others  with  a  brush,  not  with 
a  harrow  and  roller.  A  truly  controlling  personality  is  one 
which  makes  its  magnetism  felt  as  a  silent  force,  not  one 
which  flies  hither  and  thither  like  one  of  those  impish  little 
fire-works  called  a  "nigger  chaser." 

Another  way  this  sort  of  druggist  gets  himself  into  trouble 
is  by  his  over-zealous  effort  to  be  sociable  and  sympathetic. 
He  gets  an  idea  into  his  head  that  he  must  have  something 
of  a  personal  nature  to  say  to  every  one  who  enters  his  store 
and  the  first  thing  he  knows  he  is  mixed  up  in  gossip  and  has 
a  woman  with  a  horse-whip  and  a  man  with  a  gun  after  him. 

We  know  that  at  the  presentation  of  every  play  on  the 
stage  there  is  a  man  in  the  wings  with  a  prompt  book.  We 
do  not  see  him  and  rarely  do  we  hear  his  voice,  but  we  know 
that  he  is  there.  Suppose  that  he  flitted  around  the  stage  re- 
peating a  few  lines  for  one  actor,  adjusting  the  head-dress  of 
another,  giving  the  orchestra  leader  his  cue  and  spent  the 
rest  of  his  time  yelling  at  the  scene-shifters,  electricians  and 
supes,  would  we  not  think  that  he  was  spoiling  the  whole 
show  by  making  a  holy  show  of  himself?  Well,  that  is  just 
the  sort  of  a  performance  that  many  druggists  give.  It  is 
true  that  the  same  antics  are  indulged  in  by  grocers,  butchers, 
jewelers,  clothiers,  hatters,  barbers  and  misrepresentatives  of 
many  other  classes  of  tradesmen.  We  know  that  the  drug 
store  man  is  not  pleased  with  this  kind  of  service  when  he  gets 
it  from  the  Jack-in-the-box  keeper  of  another  sort  of  store. 
Then  why  should  he  expect  the  same  antics  to  appeal  to  his 
patrons?  How  can  druggists  break  themselves  of  this  objec- 
tionable habit?  By  remembering  that  the  way  to  make  clerks 
competent  to  attend  to  their  own  business  is  to  show  them 
that  you  Imow  how  to  attend  to  what  is  strictly  your  business. 


June  10,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


541 


A  JIONTHLY  SERIES  OF  PRACTICAL  AND  EDXJCA- 

TIO-VAL     QUESTIONS     FOR     DRUG     CLERKS 

AND  STUDENTS.  WITH  THREE  CASH 

PRIZES  EACH  MONTH  FOR  THE 

MOST   CORRECT  ANSWERS. 


Published  Weekly  with  a  New  Series  Each  Month 


THREE  PRIZES  of  S5.00.  $3.00  and  $J.OO  respwtively.  will  be 
p.iid  lacli  month  to  tbe  three  persons  submitting  the  larKest 
nliniher  of  corrert  answers  to  each  series  of  questions.  This 
competition  is  open  to  all  who  may  desire  to  compete. 

.ANSWER  BY  NUMBERS  and  write  your  answers  upon  letter 
size  paper  cone  side  only),  with  your  Name  and  -Address  at 
TOP  of  each  sheet.     .\lso  number  your  sheets. 

ALl-  ANSWERS  (or  each  month's  series  of  questions  must 
be  with  us  not  later  than  the  20th  of  the  following  month. 

WE  INVITE  nnr  readers  to  send  us  their  questions  for  pub- 
lication in  this  department:  particularly  those  connected  with 
tbe   practical   work  of   drug  clerks. 

.\LI.  COMMUNIC.VTIONS  relating  to  this  department  should 
be  kept    separate  from  other   correspondence,   and   addressed    to 

The  Quiz  Master 

Care  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  9a  William  St.,  New  York 

June  Series  1909. 

1 — What  is  the  reason  for  using  glass  or  rubber  stoppers  for 
bottles  containing  Ammonia  Water? 

2 — What  is  meant  by  filtration,  and  of  what  importance  is 
the  process  to  pharmacists? 

3 — Why  in  cleaning  pharmaceutical  utensils  is  it  best  to 
separate  those  containing  oily  or  greasy  substances  and  wash 
them  separately? 

4 — What  would  you  dispense,  if  a  customer  called  for  Red 
Precipitate?  Give  some  of  the  medicinal  uses  of  this  substance. 

5 — What  is  the  objection  to  measuring  Spirit  of  Camphor 
in  a  graduate  wet  with  water? 

6 — What  is  the  appearance  of  Licorice  Root,  and  for  what 
is  it  used?     How  does  it  taste? 

7 — How  much  U.S. P.  Tincture  of  Opium  would  you  sell 
for  ten  cents,  if  the  retail  price  upon  the  stock  bottle  was 
marked  $1.50  per  Oj? 

8 — What  is  the  difference  in  chemical  composition  between 
Rochelle  Salt  and  Epsom  Salt? 

9 — How  would  you  prepare  a  Seidlitz  Powder  to  be  taken 
immediately  by  a  customer  in  the  store? 

10 — Why  is  it  of  special  advantage  at  this  time  of  the  year 
to  be  posted  upon  the  method  of  preparation,  dose  and  medic- 
inal uses  of  Solution  of  Magnesium  Citrate? 

11 — What  is  meant  by  U.S.P.  Preparations  and  U.S.P. 
Strength? 

12 — What  two  systems  of  measuring  liquids  are  found 
upon  many  graduates  used  in  stores? 

13 — Why  should  camphor  be  kept  in  a  closely  covered 
container? 

14 — What  is  the  purpose  of  the  divided  scale  at  the  top  of 
the  pill  tile? 

15 — What  is  the  difference  between  spirits  turpentine  and 
oil  turpentine? 

16 — How  would  you  clean  a  graduate  in  which  glycerin  was 
dispensed? 

IT — What  is  the  meaning  of  an  official  preparation? 
18 — What  systems  of  weights  are  used  in  dispensing  pre- 
scriptions? 


19 — What  causes  stoppers  sometimes  to  blow  out  of  am- 
monia water  bottles? 

20 — What  change  will  carbolic  acid  crystals  undergo,  if 
exposed  to  the  air  for  some  time? 

21 — What  is  wanted  when  a  customer  calls  for  sal  tartar ; 
paregoric;  sweet  spirit  of  nitre? 

22 — What  is  the  average  dose  of  Epsom  salt,  and  what  are 
the  medicinal  properties  of  this  salt? 

23 — Why  should  hydrochloric  acid  be  handled  with  care, 
and  be  kept  in  glass-stoppered  bottles? 

24 — What  is  meant  by  a  chemical  element? 

2.5 — What  is  distilled  water?  Why  should  it  be  used  in 
prescription  work? 

26 — What  is  the  best  solvent  for  quinine  sulphate ;  potas- 
sium iodide;  mercuric  chloride? 

27 — Why  are  prescriptions  generally  written  in  Latin? 

28 — How  many  minims  in  a  teaspoonful  and  how  many 
teaspoonfuls  equal  a  fluidounce? 

29 — How  many  grains  in  an  apothecary  dram ;  in  an  apoth- 
ecary pound? 

30 — What  would  be  an  aid  in  reducing  camphor  to  a  fine 
powder  ? 

31 — What  is  meant  by  a  crude  drug? 

32 — What  is  a  pill  exeipient  and  name  three  in  general  use? 

33 — What  is  a  fluidextract?     Do  they  vary  in  strength? 

34 — What  what  three  kingdoms  are  drugs  obtained? 

35 — How  would  you  dispense  an  aqueous  or  alcoholic  liquid 
prescription  containing  bismuth  subnitrate? 

.36 — What  is  blue  ointment?     Is  it  official? 

37 — What  effect  does  carbolic  acid  have  upon  the  hands? 

38 — What  are  the  two  solvents  mostly  used  in  pharmacy? 

39 — What  are  the  ingredients  of  Basham"s  mixture? 

40 — What  is  the  opium  strength  of  laudanum;  of  paregoric? 

41 — What  is  the  official  English  name  for  golden  seal ;  sweet 
flag;  flax  seed;  pink  root? 

42 — How  would  you  clean  a  pill-tile  quickly  and  thoroughly, 
after  making  an  ointment  upon  it? 

43 — Why  should  rubber  tubing  never  be  left  for  any  length 
of  time  with  sharp  bends  in  it? 

44 — What  is  a  corrosive  substance? 

45 — At  the  prescription  counter,  why  is  it  always  best  to 
clean  the  soiled  utensils  as  soon  as  possible  after  using? 

46 — What  is  the  objection  to  dispensing  rancid  ointments? 

47 — What  is  a  common  name  for  cypripedium ;  for  matri- 
caria;  for  quillaja  ;  for  pilocarpus? 

4.8 — What  is  an  antidote? 

49 — What  is  the  unit  of  weight  in  the  metric  system?  How 
many  grains  in  this  unit? 

.■)(> — For  what  do  the  following  abbreviations  stand :  aa  ; 
t.i.d. :  p.r.n. ;  post,  cib.? 


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Jtme.  and  all  who  desire  to  compete  for  the  prizes 
should  see  that  their  answers  are  received  by  me 
not  later  than  July  20. 

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instructions  given  at  the  head  of  this  page.  If  you 
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answers  cannot  be  considered. 

It  is  my  intention  to  publish  the  correct  answers  to 
each  series  of  questions  in  a  subsequent  issue,  the 
dates  of  which  will  be  annoimced  later. 

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subscribers  are  already  manifesting  in  this  depart- 
ment. The  letters  so  far  received  are  most  encour- 
aging, and  the  indications  are  that  these  questions 
will  prove  of  material  help  to  the  young  men  in  drug 
stores  who  are  ambitious  to  become  proficient  in  the 
practice  of  pharmacy. 

The  Quiz  ^L\ster. 


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QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
qnestioDS  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
KECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  In 
tbis  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  ttiis  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
Information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 

N.A.R.D.  Cost  Mark. 

(H.  D.  Co.  I — The  N.A.R.D.  cost  mark  is  the  word 
"P-H-A-R-il-O-C-I-S-T."  not  ■pharmacist."  as  the  types  made 
us  sa.v  in  our  reply  to  your  quer.v  in  last  week's  issue  of  the 
Eba.  page  518.  As  before  stated,  the  several  letters  in  the 
order  in  which  they  appear  in  the  word  represent  the  figures 
••1.  2,  3,  4.  .5,"  etc. 


Gas  IgTiiter. 

(E.  C.  G.) — We  do  not  recall  the  previous  description  of 
the  Japanese  "fire  sticks"'  to  which  you  refer,  but  most  of  the 
"self-lighting  bodies"  for  coal  gas  are  the  outcome  of  Dobe- 
reiner's  discovery  that  spongy  platinum  is  capable  of  igniting 
a  mixture  of  hydrogen  with  oxygen  or  atmospheric  air.  Coal 
gas,  how'ever,  cannot  be  ignited  b.v  spong.v  platinum,  even 
when  the  latter  is  incandescent.  Rosenfeld  in  18SS  discov- 
ered that  a  warm  platinum  w-ire  becomes  incandescent  when 
held  at  the  point  of  commingling  of  air  and  coal  gas ;  by  com- 
bining one  or  more  platinum  wires  with  some  spongy  platinum, 
he  invented  the  first  "self-lighter"  for  coal  gas.  Spongy  plat- 
iuum  soon  loses  its  highly  porous  character  if  exposed  much 
to  the  heat  of  the  flame,  but  this  depreciation  is  minimized  by 
using  a  porous  refractory  support  for  the  finely  divided  plat- 
inum. To  accomplish  this  end  inventors  have  used  different 
materials.  One  dipped  "pills"  of  asbestos  or  meerschaum  into 
platinum  chloride  solution,  dried  them,  and  reduced  the  chlo- 
ride to  metallic  platinum  by  means  of  reducing  gases.  These 
pills  were  used  in  combination  with  a  platinum  wire,  on  Rosen- 
feld's  principle.  Another  inventor  dissolved  platinum  chloride 
and  thorium  nitrate  together,  and  by  dipping  into  this  a  cot- 
ton fabric  which  had  been  woven  with  fine  platinum  wires, 
and  then  burning  out  the  cotton,  an  effective  body  was  ob- 
tained, consisting  of  platinum  wires  intertwined  with  a  mix- 
ture of  thoria  and  platinum  black.  Butzke  stitched  such  a 
body  to  the  top  of  an  incandescent  mantle  and  in  addition 
applied  an  "igniting  line"  of  iridium  from  the  top  to  the  Ijot- 
tom  of  the  mantle. 

Some  other  general  information  on  this  subject  may  be 
found  in  the  Eka  of  January  10,  1907,  page  35, 

Compound  Syrup  of  White  Pine. 

(A.  C,  Ltd.) — A  standard  formula  for  compound  syrup  of 
white  pine  may  be  found  in  the  National  Formulary,  and  the 
preparation  made  from  it  is  the  only  one  entitled  to  the  name 
without  other  designation  under  the  Federal  Food  and  Drugs 
Act.  For  the  sake  of  uniformity  you  should  use  the  N.F. 
preparation,  but  a  formula  in  which  fluidextracts  are  employed 
is  the  following : 

Fluidextract  of  white  pine  1  fl.  ounce. 

Fluidextraet  of  wild  cherry   1  fl.  ounce. 

Fluidextract  of  bloodroot  56  minims. 

Fluidextract  of  spikenard 64  minims. 

Fluidextract  of  balm  of  gilead  buds 64  minims. 

Fluidextract  of  sassafras  bark 32  minims. 

Morphine  sulphate   3  grains. 

Chloroform    64  minims. 

Purified  talcum    2  drams. 

Sugar 12  troy  ozs. 

Water,  enough  to  make   16  fl.  ounces. 

Mix  the  fluidextracts  with  about  six  ounces  of  water  and 
the  purified  talcum  and  stir  or  agitate  about  15  or  20  minutes. 
Transfer  the  mixture  to  a  wetted  filter,  and  when  the  liquid 


ceases  to  drop  from  the  funnel,  wash  the  contents  of  the  filter 
with  water  until  eight  ounces  of  filtrate  have  been  obtained. 
In  this  dissolve  the  sugar  and  the  morphine  sulphate  by  agi- 
tation and  add  enough  water,  previously  passed  through  the 
filter,  to  make  with  the  chloroform  when  added  to  the  syrup, 
16  fluidounces.  Lastly  add  the  chloroform  and  shake 
thoroughly. 

Color  Change  of  Apomorphine  Hydrochloride. 

(T.  D.  C.  * — "Will  you  kindly  explain  why  an  aqueous 
solution  of  terpin  hydrate,  heroin  and  apomorphine  hydro- 
chloride should  turn  blue  on  standing  for  a  few  days?  I  have 
had  a  mixture  returned  in  this  condition." 

The  color  change  noted  in  this  mixture  is  primarily  due  to 
the  apomorphine  hydrochloride,  a  subject  that  was  discussed 
at  some  length  in  this  department  of  the  Eea  November  15, 
1906,  page  457.  The  dispensatories  also  give  some  informa- 
tion. Apomorphine  hydrochloride  is  very  susceptible  to  de- 
composition on  standing  in  solution,  a  condition  that  is  further 
accentuated  if  the  glass  bottle  which  contains  the  solution  be 
slightly  alkaline.  Aqueous  solutions  of  apomorphine  also 
become  green  and  decompose  on  standing,  but  this  may  be 
prevented  by  adding  a  few  drops  of  hydrochloric  acid. 

French  Snuff:  Freezing  Lotion. 

(J.  M.  G.)  —"Please  inform  me  through  the  Question  Box 
something  about  a  preparation  called  'French  snuff,'  which 
produces  severe  sneezing,  and  another  preparation  called  by 
various  names,  chiefly  'Hurry-up.'  and  used  as  a  freezing  lotion 
on  animals." 

We  know  of  no  specific  preparations  under  the  names  given. 
If  a  tobacco  snuff  is  wanted,  here  is  a  formula  that  has  been 
printed  under  the  name  "French  snuff"  : 

Boil  dried  prunes,  8%  pounds ;  juniper  berries,  1  pound ; 
tamarinds,  il'n  pounds;  syrup,  3%  pounds;  salammoniac,  8% 
ounces  ;  salt  of  tartar,  1  pound,  and  common  salt,  12%  pounds, 
in  6  gallons  of  water,  and  then  add  %  gallon  of  French  brandy 
and  lYo  quarts  of  wine  vinegar.  Moisten  as  much  tobacco 
powder  as  possible  with  this  mixture  and  pack  the  finished 
snuff  in  tin  foil.     The  snuff  improves  with  age. 

By  a  "freezing  lotion"  we  assume  that  some  of  the  quickly 
evaporating  liquids  used  in  spray  solutions  to  produce  local 
anaesthesia  is  intended.  Of  these,  carbon  disulphide,  rhigo- 
lene,  chloride  of  ethyl  and  other  ethereal  compounds  have  been 
emplo.yed.  Rhigolene  boils  at  about  18°  C.  and  is  said  to  be 
well  adapted  for  producing  congelation  of  the  blood  in  surgical 
operations.  According  to  the  National  Standard  Dispensatory, 
H.  J,  Bigelow  claims  that  by  evaporation  of  rhigolene  in  a  com- 
mon spray  atomizer  a  temperature  of  — 9°  C.  can  be  produced 
and  hence  it  w^ould  seem  to  be  well  adapted  for  any  purpose 
where  a  great  degree  of  cold  is  desired. 

Ethyl  chloride  as  a  local  anaesthetic,  as  is  well  known,  is 
sprayed  upon  the  part  which  is  to  be  anaesthetized,  being 
driven,  from  a  glass  tube  which  contains  it,  through  a  fine 
opening"  at  the  end  of  the  tube,  the  heat  of  the  hand  causing 
sufficient  vaporization  to  produce  pressure  and  to  cause  free 
escape  of  the  liquid.  Its  rapid  evaporation  as  it  strikes  the 
skin  produces  a  momentary  redness,  followed  by  the  sudden 
appearance  of  a  white  spot,  which  is  due  to  freezing  taking 
place,  and,  while  this  lasts,  the  incision  is  made.  Of  course, 
such  anaesthesia  is  useful  only  in  minor  surgical  operations. 

Removing  Sweat  Stains  From  Silk. 

(E,  M.  S.) — Sweat  stains  may  be  removed  from  most  fab- 
rics by  first  applying  a  strong  solution  of  soda  and  subse- 
quently rinsing  the  fabric  with  water.  A  preparation  made 
according  to  the  following  formula  has  also  been  recommended 
for  the  purpose ; 

Oleate  of  ammonia   2  ounces. 

Solution  of  ammonia    2  ounces. 

Ether     1  ounce. 

Benzine     5  ounces. 

Chloroform     1  ounce. 

Mix  the  solution  and  oleate;  shake  well  and  add  the  ether; 
shake  and  add  five  ounces  of  benzine ;  agitate  thoroughly. 
Allow  to  stand  for  a  few  minutes  and  shake  at  intervals,  when 
a  mixture  having  the  consistency  of  cream  and  showing  but 
little  tendency  to  separate  will  result. 

The  only  noticeable  thing  about  some  druggists  is  that  they 
never  seem  to  notice  anything. 


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Advertising  Value  of  Antiseptic  Precautions. 

Careful   inspection   of  present  day  conditions,   coupled   with 
a  little  retrospection,  will  convince  the  observer  that  this  is 
an  age  of  personal  as  well  as  public  cleanliness.    In  our  larser 
cities,  side-walk  expectoration  has  decreased  amaziugly.  even 
where  there  is  no  law  regarding  it. 
Sanitary  toilet  con%-eniences  in  public 
buildings,  parks  and  commercial  es- 
tablishments,   are    no    longer    unfit 
topics    for    public    conversation    and 
the    increased    cleanliness   of   the   in- 
dividual, the  home,  the  place  of  busi- 
ness and  public  meeting  places  give 
convincing  proof  that  pure  food  and 
other  purity  laws  are  expressions  of 
the  will  of  the  vast  majority  of  the 
people. 

The  wisdom,  even  the  necessity  of 
cleanliness  in  and  around  drug  stores 
is  now  generally  conceded ;  but  the 
advertising  value  of  antiseptic,  hy- 
gienic and  sanitary  details  is  not 
fully  appreciated.  A  few  years  ago. 
when  individual  envelopes  for  tooth 
brushes  first  came  into  use,  few 
even  among  druggists  thought  of  the 
real  significance  of  their  use.  To- 
day the  ordinary  layman  understands 
the  antiseptic  value  of  placing  a 
piece  of  parafiin  paper  between  a  roll 
of  gauze  and  its  outer  wrapper. 

Paraffin   Paper. 

Few  druggists  realize  the  advertis- 
ing value  of  using  parafiin  paper  as 
an  intermediate  wrapper  for  articles 
that  may  possibly  become  contami- 
nated by  dust,  moisture  or  in  any 
way  be  infected  by  germ  life.  Those 
who  use  such  paper  for  wrapping  all 
surgical  appliances  make  of  every 
package  so  wrapped  a  first  class  and 
far-reaching  announcement  of  store 
cleanliness  and  scientific  precision. 

A  Michigan  druggist  keeps  each 
hair  brush  in  his  stock  wrapped  in 
thin  parafiin  paper.  The  wrapping 
is  so  done  that  the  paper  may  be 
slipped  from  over  the  bristles  and 
back  of  the  brush,  to  exhibit  it,  while 
the  handle  remains  wrapped.  Even 
better  might  be  the  protection  af- 
forded by  parafiin  or  tissue  paper 
sacks  for  the  brushes. 

Cut  castile  and  all  other  unwrap- 
ped soaps,  plasters,  brushes  of  all 
varieties  for  use  upon  the  human 
body,  manicure,  surgical  and  dental 
instruments,  trusses  and  suspenso- 
ries should  be  enclosed  in  paraffin 
paper  for  delivery. 

Gauze  Napkins. 
Dental  napkins  of  antiseptic 
gauze  cost  but  a  trifie  and  their  in- 
telligent use  has  a  great  advertising 
value.  It  is  well  to  line  with  anti- 
septic napkins  each  tooth  brush, 
comb,  instrument  and  soap  tray  be- 
fore placing  goods  therein.  In  one 
successful  ethical  pharmacy  it  is  the 
rule  for  all  salesmen  to  handle  such 


goods  as  those  enumerated  with  a  dental  napkin  coming  be- 
tween the  fingers  and  the  article  of  merchandise  being  ex- 
hibited. Such  handling  by  the  salesman  also  has  the  advantage 
of  keeping  the  prospective  purchaser  from  handling  the  goods. 
It  is  human  for  every  intelligent  individual  to  wish  to  believe 
that  articles  intended  for  use  upon  the  persou  are  dainty  and 
pure.  A  judicious  and  deft  use  of  dental  napkins  will  very 
greatly  help  in  giving  the  desired  impression. 
Sterilization. 
Whether  there  is  more  scare  than  sense  in  the  general  ideas 
of  the  havoc  wrought  by  germs,  no  one  can  say,  but  we  are 
merely  discussing  the  advertising  value  of  catering  to  the 
present  general  trend  of  public  opinion.  One  need  not  smile 
when  he  considers  the  real  business  value  of  thoroughly  boiling 

TOILET  ARTICLES  WINDOW  WINS  $5  ERA  CASH  PRIZE  THIS  WEEK. 


In  the  ERA  S  tank  i'nzr  iijmintiiiun  tin  juiltns  this  link  huie  det-idtd  to 
award  the  So  Cash  Prize  in  Contest  .No.  2  to  C.  H.  Hutsenpiller,  window  dresser 
for  T.  P.  Taylor  d-  Company.  216  Fourth  avenue.  Louisville.  Ky.  The  window,  which 
is  illustrated  herewith,  produced  excellvnt  results  both  in  stimulating  trade  and  in 
comment.  It  also  shows  what  druggists  can  do  in  the  way  of  icindow  displays 
advertising  toilet  articles.  Under  the  heading  "A  Unique  Window"  the  local  paper 
makes  the  following  comment:  "A  display  that  has  attracted  a  great  deal  of  atten- 
tion, from  the  fact  that  it  is  different  from  the  many  window  displays  usually  seen 
in  drug  stores,  can  be  seen  in  Taylor's  Drug  Store  at  458  Fourth  avenue.  A  hand- 
somely gowned  woman,  standing  before  her  dressing  table,  putting  on  the  finishing 
touches  preparatory  to  making  a  social  call — a  stylish  hat.  cloak  and  gloves  ready  lO 
be  donned.  The  box  of  American  Beauties  is  evidence  that  she  may  be  expecting 
company.  In  all.  it  is  well  arranged  to  call  attention  to  the  numerous  toilet  articles, 
which  are  tastefully  displayed."     The  Taylor  Company  has  two  stores. 


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all  nursing  bottles,  drying,  polishing  and  placing  a  cork  in 
them,  and  then  separately  wrapping  each  in  tissue  paper. 
This  is  what  a  New  England  druggist  does  and  he  almost 
controls  the  nursing  bottle  trade  of  his  town. 

This  druggist  not  only  sells  from  sample  cards  and  books, 
such  as  have  been  previously  described  in  the  Eba,  but  he  also 
sells  nursing  bottles,  syringes  and  numerous  other  articles 
from  samples.  He  sells  nipples  from  a  sample  card  and  his 
stock  of  these  goods  is  kept  ready  for  delivery  in  antiseptic 
form.  He  has  his  boy  use  odd  moments  for  separately  wrap- 
ping each  nipple  in  a  bit  of  paraffin  paper  by  twisting  the 
edges  and  turning  them  into  the  opening  of  the  nipple. 
A  Few  Bits  of  Cotton. 
This  enterprising  Yankee  has  a  pledget  of  cotton  placed  in 
the  joint  end  of  every  fountain  and  bulb  syringe  tube,  and 
over  the  outlets  of  all  such  tubes  a  bit  of  cotton  is  wrapped 
and  held  in  place  with  a  rubber  band.  It  is  also  the  practice 
of  this  druggist  to  call  the  attention  of  the  public,  both  in 
print  and  by  word  of  mouth,  to  his  precautionary  measures. 
"Germ  Proof  Washrags." 
A  druggist  who  believed  that  he  was  "stuck"  on  a  large 
quantity  of  washrags  adopted  the  suggestion  of  one  of  his 
clerks  and  enclosed  each  rag  in  a  semi-transparent  envelope 
and  then  sealed  each  envelope  with  red  wax — using  plenty  of 
wax.  These  "antiseptic,  germ  proof  washrags  in  hermetically 
sealed  packages"  sold  rapidly  at  1.5  cents  or  two  for  25  cents. 
The  former  price  had  been  10  cents. 

Counter  Packages. 
The  enterprising  druggist  of  the  present  does  not  weigh  out 
each  ounce  or  pound  of  counter  drugs  as  called  for.  He  has 
his  salts,  cream  of  tartar,  acetic  acid,  and  so  on,  ready  put  up 
in  neat  boxes  or  packages  of  various  sizes.  If  he  does,  as  he 
should  do,  put  such  goods  in  boxes,  he  will  add  much  to  their 
attractiveness  and  also  at  the  same  time  secure  great  adver- 
tising by  wrapping  each  box  in  transparent  bond  paper, 
shrunken  on  and  pasted.  The  method  of  placing  such  wrap- 
pers was  described  in  the  Era  some  weeks  ago. 

The  druggist  who  serves  counter  goods  so  wrapped  should 
and  honestly  can  advertise  that  his  drugs  are  put  up  in 
moisture,  dust  and  germ  proof  packages. 

The  Cleanliness  of  Glass. 
The  inherent  cleanliness  of  glass  is  fully  comprehended  by 
the  general  public.  Therefore  its  unusual  use  as  a  counter 
is  of  great  advertising  value.  A  bunch  of  quill  toothpicks,  a 
small  face  sponge  or  chamois  enclosed  in  a  salt-mouth  bottle 
that  is  tightly  sealed,  will  sell  for  twice  as  much  as  without 
the  bottle.  The  woman  who  comes  in  to  purchase  one  nipple 
will  generally  buy  half  a  dozen  or  even  a  dozen  in  a  sealed 
glass  package — and  pay  for  the  package. 
Aluminum  Cases. 
A  certain  druggist  built  up  a  very  large  prescription  busi- 
ness by  using  extreme  care  in  making  all  his  packages  "anti- 
septic." All  his  prescription  packages,  whether  bottles  or 
boxes  are  first  wrapped  and  sealed  in  paraffin  paper  before 
being  inclosed  in  the  outer  wrapper.  This  druggist  is  liked 
by  physicians  because,  aside  from  his  pharmaceutical  ex- 
pertness  and  trustworthiness,  his  packages  are  such  as  to 
give  the  patient  added  respect  for  the  physician.  One  of  this 
pharmacist's  special  hobbies  and  one  that  has  proved  a  fine 
advertisement  is  to  enclose  all  suppositories,  soft  capsules  and 
uncoated  pills  in  aluminum  boxes.  The  boxes  are  labeled 
with  the  information  that  the  package  is  an  "antiseptic,  germ 
proof  aluminum  suppository,  capsule  or  pill  case,"  as  the 
case  may  be. 

All  the  world  is  dodging  germs  and  the  arerage  husky  six- 
footer  is  more  afraid  of  a  microbe  than  he  is  of  a  wild  bull. 
Bear  this  in  mind  and  use  your  legitimate  ski'l  and  business 
ability  to  make  this  universal  thought  of  the  day  a  profitable 
advertising  asset. 


Sunday  Closing  Movement  in  New  Jersey 
Patebson,  June  5. — A  State-wide  programme,  having  for 
its  object  the  ultimate  closing  of  drug  stores  on  Sundays,  had 
its  inception  at  the  May  meeting  of  the  Paterson  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  A  number  of  pharmacists  from  Newark. 
Jersey  City  and  Elizabeth  were  present,  and  pledged  their 
support  in  the  closing  movement.  Steps  were  taken  to  have 
an  association  formed  in  Newark  on  lines  similar  to  the  Pat- 
erson organization. 


WORKING  UP  THE  PROFITS  IN  POST  CARDS. 

New  York  Drug  Firm,  by  Means  of  Better  Displays  and 
TJp-to-date  Methods,  Builds  Enormous  Business. 

Those  acquainted  with  the  picture  post  card  department  of 
Reid,  Teomans  &  Cubit,  140  Nassau  street,  Manhattan  Bor- 
ough, New  York  City,  will  not  be  surprised  to  learn  that  the 
little  additional  space  recently  secured  by  altering  the  entrance 
to  this  busy  store,  has  been  appropriated  to  the  card  depart- 
ment for  display  purposes.  Almost  one  whole  side  of  the 
store  is  now  devoted  to  this  line  of  goods  which  are  so  ar- 
ranged, both  in  regard  to  price  and  subject,  that  any  certain 
card  can  be  located  at  a  moment's  notice. 

As  a  matter  of  fact  the  firm  was  the  first  in  the  downtown 
district  to  attempt  a  display  differing  from  the  conservative 
methods  in  vogue  preceding  the  "craze."  The  beginning  was 
made  with  hangers  in  the  window  and  two  small  racks  in  the 
rear  of  the  store,  with  sales  averaging  25  to  50  cents  a  day. 
The  results,  however,  after  the  cards  were  given  a  conspicuous 
place  indicated  the  possibilities  of  the  business  and  aggressive 
methods  were  at  once  planned  and  carried  into  efifect  as 
required. 

In  two  years  the  average  daily  sales  of  cards  have  gradually 
crept  to  over  the  $30  mark ;  and  to  be  exact  the  sales  from 
January  1  to  December  31,  1907,  amounted  to  $9084.41.  Last 
year's  figures  were  even  higher.  The  following  figures  are 
of  interest  as  showing  the  amount  of  sales  during  holidays : 
Easter,  1908,  10  days,  $486;  Easter,  1909,  10  days,  $500.40; 
Christmas  and  New  Year's,  1907,  10  da.vs,  $1156.08;  Christ- 
mas and  New  Year's,  190S,  10  days,  $1277.92. 

The  window  and  a  large  frame  in  the  doorway  are  always 
in  use  for  displays.  In  the  store  there  are  about  40  revolving 
racks,  one  alone  holding  11,200  cards.  On  the  top  of  two 
large  cases,  pyramids  have  been  built  with  800  spaces.  Be- 
sides these  displays  there  are  52  large  drawers  full  of  stock 
alphabetically  arranged  by  card  system  and  a  large  stock  of 
"season  cards"  on  the  second  floor. 

The  cards  are  of  all  varieties,  the  price  ranging  from  1  cent 
to  75  cents.     Over  200  city  views  are  in  one  collection  alone. 

Mr.  Yeomans  in  speaking  of  the  methods  used  in  this  de- 
partment stated  that  conspicuousness  was  the  leading  feature 
next  to  quality  and  appropriate  goods. 

"For  convenience  of  customers  all  cards  are  neatly  priced 
and  an  expert  who  is  posted  in  every  detail  connected  with 
the  business  is  in  constant  charge,"  said  Mr.  Yeomans.  "We 
do  not  pay  much  attention  to  any  cards  that  take  up  much 
room,  for  instance,  the  folding  cards,  which  also  require  time 
and  attention  to  explain  to  the  buyer.  Every  Saturday  a 
'special'  from  broken  lots  or  older  cards  is  put  out  in  order 
to  secure  room  for  new  goods  and  attract  trade  for  the  regular 
lines." 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 


Graduates  June,  1909. 
Matriculation  Examination 

No.  Grade,  p.  c. 

.5874.  Homer  D.  Jaggers,  Santa  Rosa,  Cal 95 

5881.  Charles  J.  Goetze,   Baltimore,  Md 98 

5898.  John  A.  West,  Deming.  W'ash 98 

5908.  Paul  N.  Clancy,  Syracuse,  N.  Y 98 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a  short 
time.  A  large  and  very  handsomely  engraved  diploma,  printed 
on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's  name  engrossed, 
especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be  furnished  to  all  those 
who  request  it  for  the  sum  of  $2.  Those  desiring  the  latter 
should  forward  the  necessary  fee  to  The  Phabmaceutical  Era. 

Candle  Burning  Contest  a  Good  Advertisement. 
Henry  Seefeldt  has  been  awarded  the  first  prize  for  guessing 
the  exact  time  which  the  big  candle,  displayed  in  the  windows 
of  the  Eberle  Pharmacy,  Milwaukee,  took  to  be  consumed. 
The  candle,  50  inches  long  and  weighing  eight  pounds,  burned 
120  hours  and  30  minutes.  The  contest  aroused  considerable 
interest. 


Has  the  Raw  Material. 
"Not  every  man  is  made  a  fool  of,"  remarked  the  observer  of 
men  and  things,  "but  every  man  has  the  raw  material  in  him." 


June  10,  1909] 


THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 


545 


— Rat  Scheetz,  of  Bath.  Pa.,  was  a  recent  visitor  to  his 
mother  in  Pottstown. 

— J.  B.  PrNE  commenced  his  duties  as  a  representative  for 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  in  Connecticut  last  Monday. 

— N.  J.  FiNLET,  of  Glen  Cove,  L.  I.,  N.  T.,  was  a  caller  in 
the  New  York  City  wholesale  trade  a  tew  days  ago. 

■ — R.  L.  Canter,  formerly  in  business  at  Wilkinsburg,  is 
now  identified  with  the  May  Drug  Company,  of  Pittsburg. 

— J.  Fbank  Lehb,  president  of  the  St.  Cloud  Pharmacy 
Company,  of  Philadelphia,  is  improving  slowly  after  a  severe 
illness. 

— C.  J.  Helland,  of  Mount  Horeb,  Wis.,  has  accepted  a 
position  at  the  Eighmy  Brothers  pharmacy  at  Fort  Atkin- 
son, Wis. 

^E.  A.  Keifee,  manager  of  the  Henwood  Pharmacy,  bcran- 
ton.  Pa.,  was  in  New  York  City  last  week  renewing  ac- 
quaintances. 1VT  A  TJ  T-i 

W.  S.  Elkin.  Jr.,  of  Atlanta,  president  of  the  N.A.K.D., 

has  been  elected  president  and  general  manager  of  the  Bowden 
Lithia  Springs  Water  Company.  .,,,_. 

—Samuel  K.  Fischeb,  a  well  known  Philadelphia  pharma- 
cist, %vho  recently  sold  his  store,  has  planned  to  take  an  ex- 
tended trip  to  the  Pacific  Coast. 

—Bert  Mullin,  of  the  drug  firm  of  Hargrove  &  Mullin. 
Rushville,  Ind.,  is  being  urged  by  his  friends  for  the  Repub- 
lican nomination  for  City  Clerk.  «     -      , 

—Edward  F.  Pfaff,  of  the  New  York  City  staff  of  sales- 
men of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  has  returned  from  a  visit  to  the  home 
ofi5ec  of  the  concern  in  Indianapolis. 

—James  Nichols,  a  Cincinnati  druggist,  has  been  appointed 
as  a  clerk  in  the  adjutant  general's  office  at  Columbus,  Ohio. 
by  Governor  Harmon.     He  has  assumed  his  new  duties. 

— Geoboe  Koehlek,  formerly  connected  with  the  Ivamps  i^ 
Sacksteder  Drug  Company,  of  Appleton.  is  now  travelins 
salesman  for  the  Roemer  Drug  Company,  of  Milwaukee. 

—Dr.  R.  H.  Gibson,  formerly  of  the  United  States  Marine 
Hospital  Service,  has  been  appointed  manager  of  P.  L. 
Cusach's  store,  Baronne  and  Canal  streets.  New  Orleans. 

-^7  T  Wells,  of  the  Columbus  Pharmacal  Company.  Co- 
lumbus', Ohio,  is  being  pushed  forward  by  numerous  citizens 
for  the  nomination  for  mayor  of  the  city  on  the  Republican 

J  M  SCHORPP,  a  well  known  Philadelphia  druggist,  ac- 
companied by  his  wife,  celebrated  the  fifth  anniversary  of 
their  wedding  by  an  extended  trip  to  various  points  of  interest 
in  Pennsylvania. 

—Louis  Dohme,  president  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  Baltimore, 
was  a  New  York  City  visitor  during  the  forepart  of  this 
week.  He  was  accompanied  by  W.  A.  Sailer,  head  of  the 
firm's  sales  department. 

—Oscar  H  Lichtenberg  has  been  secured  as  pharmacist 
by  J  W  Bovnton  &  Son  at  Stevens  Point,  Wis.  Perry  E. 
Boynton  will  'leave  for  Milwaukee  in  a  short  time  to  complete 
his  course  in  pharmacy.  ,.    ,     t 

—George  Mackie  has  just  returned  to  New  York  from 
an  extensive  western  trip  in  the  interest  of  the  importing  de- 
partment of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  Mr.  Mackie  also  covered  a 
large  area  of  Canadian  territory. 

— O  M  Lenigeb.  of  Danville.  Pa.,  has  built  a  model  house- 
boat in  which  to  spend  his  summer  vacation  on  the  river.  The 
boat  draws  but  five  inches  of  water  and  will  be  propelled  by 
an  eight  horse-power  gasoline  engine.  ^  ^^  '  „,  , 

— R  H  Walker,  of  Gonzales,  secretary  of  the  Texas  btate 
Board 'of  'pharmacy,  has  been  selected  to  represent  that  body 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  National  Association  of  Boards 
of  Pharmacy  at  Los  Angeles  in  August  _ 

—George  F.  Swarts.  member  of  the  Illinois  Ph.A.  and 
Pioneer  druggist  of  Freeport,  has  just  celebrated  the  40th 
anniversary  of  his  beginning  in  his  present  pharmacy  as 
proprietor.    He  has  sold  drugs  now  for  48  years. 

-De  H  D  Hattert,  of  Logansport.  who  recently  sold  his 
nharmacv  and 'retired  from  active  business,  was  a  pioneer  phy- 
sician and  pharmacist  of  Cass  County,  Indiana.  He  is  G4 
years  old  and  believes  that  he  has  earned  a  rest. 

— Db.  Julius  A.  Koch,  dean  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of 


Pharmacy,  is  spending  the  spring  months,  accompanied  by  his 
two  sisters  and  two  daughters,  touring  through  France,  Switz- 
erland and  Prussia,     The  party  will  return  in  July. 

— W.  B.  Kaufman,  of  New  York,  head  of  the  importing 
department  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  returned  to  his  duties 
last  Jlonday  after  a  long  absence  due  to  serious  illness.  A 
large  bouquet  of  roses  in  honor  of  the  occasion  was  placed 
on  his  desk  by  the  employees. 

— Clarence  H.  Campbell,  the  recently  elected  president 
of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, was  a  New  York  visitor  last  week.  With  Mrs.  Camp 
bell,  he  was  the  guest  of  his  brother,  L.  H.  Campbell,  a  promi- 
nent patent  attorney  of  this  city. 

— Dr.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  dean  of  the  department  of 
pharmacy  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College  of  Philadelphia, 
was  the  guest  recently  of  his  friend.  Harry  C.  Blair,  a  promi- 
nent pharmacist  of  Philadelphia,  at  his  summer  home  on  the 
Delaware  River,  at  Edgewater  Park,  N.  J. 

— Louis  K.  Liggett,  of  Boston,  who  has  been  president  of 
the  United  Drug  Company  of  that  city  since  1903,  was  guest  of 
honor  at  a  dinner  given  by  Minnesota  and  Wisconsin  repre- 
sentatives of  the  company  recently  at  the  Hotel  Nicollet,  iu 
Minneapolis.     Thomas  Voegeli  was  toastmaster. 

— Chrlstian  Widule,  assistant  postmaster  of  Milwaukee 
and  well  known  druggist,  celebrated  May  31  as  the  60th  anni- 
versary of  the  landing  in  Milwaukee  of  his  parents,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Gottlieb  Widule,  after  coming  to  this  country  from 
Silicia,  Germany.    Both  of  the  parents  are  now  dead. 

— G.  A.  Stall  and  Clarence  G.  Neuhauer.  members  of  this 
year's  graduating  class  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy,  Uni- 
versity of  Maryland,  are  employed  at  the  pharmacy  of  Hynson, 
Westcott  &  Co.,  Baltimore,  and  were  presented  with  gold 
signet  rings  by  their  employers  in  honor  of  their  graduation. 

— Nath.an  a.  Cozens,  secretary  of  the  Philadelphia  Asso- 
ciation of  Retail  Druggists,  will  spend  the  summer  amid  rural 
surroundings  at  Haddonfield,  N.  J.  Secretary  Cozens  is  a 
native  of  New  Jersey  and  his  most  enjoyable  vacations  are 
those  which  aie  spent  amid  the  surroundings  of  his  boyhood 
days. 

— D.  M.  Penick,  president  of  the  Strother  Drug  Company, 
of  Lynchburg.  Va.,  who  is  recuperating  from  a  serious  acci- 
dent, and  is  now  at  his  farm  in  Amherst  County,  reports  that 
fully  a  ton  of  honey  will  be  taken  from  the  bees  kept  on  his 
place.  The  largest  amount  taken  in  any  .year  heretofore  was 
1000  pounds. 

— Pbof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  was  a  St.  Louis  visitor 
recently,  stopping  there  for  a  half  day  enroule  home  from 
the  Kansas  Ph.A.  meeting,  to  which  he  went  from  the  Ebert 
monument  unveiling  in  Chicago.  A  dozen  or  more  local  phar- 
macists met  Mr.  Remington  during  his  slay  in  St.  Louis  and 
formed  a  jolly  party  at  luncheon. 

— William  B.  Strong,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
party  from  the  Merchants'  and  Manufacturers'  Association  of 
Milwaukee  which  took  the  annual  outing  of  the  organization 
this  week.  The  trip  this  year  was  made  by  boat  to  Luding- 
ton.  Mich.,  thence  down  the  western  coast  of  Michigan  by  rail. 

— Harry  C.  Blaib,  president  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch 
of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association ;  Prof.  C.  S.  N. 
Hallberg,  of  the  University  of  Illinois ;  Christopher  Koch,  Jr.. 
and  Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart,  of  Philadelphia,  have  been  given 
certificates  of  honorable  membership  in  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Medico-Chirurgical 
College  of  Philadelphia. 

— S.  C.  Jamison,  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century 
prominently  identified  with  the  retail  drug  business  in  Pitts- 
burg, has  severed  his  connection  with  the  firm  of  Hewitt  & 
Jamison.  L.  E.  Hewitt  will  continue  the  business  while  Mr. 
Jamison  will  devote  his  time  to  his  duties  as  coroner  of  Alle- 
gheny County.  He  is  seeking  a  renomination  and  has  been 
assured  the  support  of  his  friends  in  the  drug  business  as 
well  as  a  large  number  of  his  fellow  citizens. 

— Joseph  P.  Remington,  dean  of  the  Philadelphia  College 
of  Pharraac.v.  is  taking  a  well  earned  rest  with  his  family  at 
their  summer  home  at  Longport,  N.  J.  Professor  Remington, 
who  but  recently  returned  from  attending  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Kansas  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  the  Ebert  memo- 
rial services  at  Chicago,  declares  that  the  past  winter  has  been 
one  of  the  most  strenuous  in  his  pharmaceutical  career  as  the 
many  calls  that  were  made  upon  him,  necessitated  his  frequent 
absence  from  the  city. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  10.  1909 


KINGS  COUNTY  SOCIETY  RE-ELECTS  OFFICERS. 


Dr.   TutMU  Declines  as  Candidate  for  Board  of  Phar- 
macy and  Dr.  Anderson  is  Endorsed  for  Member. 
Woman    is    a    Delegate    for    First    Time 
to     Pharmacopoeial      Convention. 

The  satisfaetor.v  condition  of  affairs  pertaining  to  tiie  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy  was  forcibly  brought  to  the  attention  of  those  who 
were  present  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  society  last  Tues- 
day afternoon  when  the  reports  of  the  various  officers  and 
committees  were  read. 

President  Jacob  H.  Rehfuss  presented  separate  reports  for 
society  and  college  and  dwelt  upon  the  matters  conducive  to  the 
advancement  of  both,  together  with  comments  in  regard  to 
their  past  and  future.  One  feature  was  the  cancellation  of 
the  last  vestige  of  debt  on  the  institution  by  the  payment 
within  the  year  of  over  $6500,  making  the  society  sole 
owner  of  the  plant  worth  upwards  of  $70,000.  He  recom- 
mended that  the  board  of  trustees  take  action  in  extending 
the  facilities  of  the  college,  so  as  to  meet  demands  which 
were  imminent,  stating  that  the  session  just  ended  had  shown 
that  extra  accommodations  were  necessary. 

The  faculty  and  members  of  the  board  of  super\-ision  were 
given  credit  by  Mr.  Rehfuss  for  the  excellent  showing  and 
growth  of  the  institution  as  evidenced  by  the  larger  number 
of  students  and  the  healthy  state  of  affairs  both  from  a  finan- 
cial and  educational  point  of  view. 

In  the  report  bearing  on  work  and  progress  the  steady 
normal  growth  of  the  society's  membership  and  general  ac- 
tivity of  the  organization  were  indicated.  Attention  was 
called  to  the  fact  that  at  every  meeting  from  two  to  four  mem- 
bers had  been  admitted  and  that  nearly  every  eligible  phar- 
macist in  the  borough  was  now  a  member. 

A  recommendation  that  the  compensation  of  the  treasurer 
be  increased  from  $50  to  $100,  embodied  in  the  report,  was 
later  adopted  by  the  society.  Propaganda  work,  the  legislative 
committee,  the  committee  on  pharmacy,  were  also  given  due 
consideration  in  the  report,  mostly  in  the  way  of 
commendation. 

Treasurer  Oscar  C.  Kleine  announced  the  total  receipts 
by  the  college  as  $21,963.62  and  expenditures  of  $19,389.49; 
while  the  society  receipts  had  amounted  to  $8632.14  with  dis- 
bursements of  $8242.27. 

Secretary  Andrew  E.  Hegeman.  in  his  report  on  member- 
ship, stated  that  at  present  there  were  489  active  members, 
and  that  the  average  attendance  at  meetings,  of  which  ten 
were  held,  had  been  40. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  super- 
vision, summarized  the  student  roll  of  the  last  session  of  the 
college.  The  enrollment  showed  109  juniors.  75  seniors  and  9 
post  graduates. 

Dr.  Muir,  as  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee,  stated 
that  the  importance  and  advantage  of  organization  had  never 
been  better  illustrated  than  during  the  recent  controversy 
over  pharmaceutical  legislation.  He  reviewed  the  agitation 
for  reorganzation  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  resulting  in  the 
conferences  leading  up  to  the  birth  of  the  Brown  Act,  de- 
signed to  meet  the  demands,  and  also  gave  a  history  of  both 
the  Act  and  the  Conklin  Bill  in  the  Legislature 

The  influences  behind  the  Conklin  measure  could  only  be 
surmised,  said  Dr.  Muir,  and  it  was  opposed  b.y  the  members 
of  the  State  legislative  committee  because  appointments  were 
left  entirely  with  the  Governor,  a  provision  which  some  time 
might  subject  pharmacy  to  political  juggling,  while  no  practical 
examinations  nor  funds  to  carry  on  the  work  were  provided  for. 
The  Brown  Act  did  not  meet  the  approval  of  the  wholesale 
contingent,  said  Dr.  Muir,  they  being  opposed  to  a  certain  guar- 
anty feature,  while  other  influences  were  also  brought  about 
to  secure  its  defeat. 

Several  other  bills  of  minor  importance  which  died  in  com- 
mittees were  also  commented  upon  and  in  summing  up  Dr. 
Muir  advised  the  retail  druggists  to  stand  united  through  the 
State  Association,  in  making  demands  and  in  use  of  their 
efforts  in  the  future. 

Otto  Raubenheimer,  chairman  o£  the  committee  on  phar- 
macy, declared  that  with  the  U.S.P.,  recognized  in  Alaska  and 
the  Spanish  edition  in  the  Philippine  Islands,  while  the  West 
Indies  and  Mexico  were  also  now  in  a  position  to  be  provided, 
the   sun   never   more   could   set    on    the    Pharmacopa?ia   of   the 


United  States.  The  subjects  and  papers  read  during  the  year 
were  outlined  in  the  report,  which  contained  recommendations 
that  a  post-graduate  course  of  study  be  established  by  the 
society.  It  was  advised  that  the  college  and  society  be  each 
represented  by  three  members  of  the  faculty  and  practical 
pharmacists  at  the  next  U.S. P.  convention.  An  appropriation 
was  asked  for  the  mailing  and  printing  of  cards  and  circulars 
to  members  regarding  improvements  that  should  be  made  in  the 
N.F.  The  recommendations  were  adopted  with  exception  of 
the  first,  which  was  later  withdrawn  by  Mr.  Raubenheimer, 
it  being  considered  inadvisable  to  conduct  such  a  course  as 
one  now  exists  in  the  college. 

John  G.  Wischerth,  chairman  of  the  trade  matters  com- 
mittee, in  charge  of  the  propaganda  work  conducted  hy  the 
society,  recommended  that  the  work  be  continued  on  similar 
lines  as  in  the  past,  with  vigorous  efforts  to  extend  and  con- 
duct the  campaign  upon  a  larger  scale.  Mr.  Wischerth  said 
that  the  value  of  the  work  done  by  those  in  charge,  including 
about  $800  spent  in  cash,  could  easily  be  estimated  at  $1500. 
The  major  part  of  the  service  had  been  gratis  and  about  $500 
out  of  the  $800  had  been  collected  especially  for  the  work, 
while  the  remainder  was  contributed  by  the  society.  The  ex- 
pressions of  members  were  all  to  the  effect  that  the  work  had 
been  extremely  beneficial  in  increasing  profits  and  all  were 
desirous  of  having  the  campaign  resumed. 

A  damper  was  put  upon  the  otherwise  enthusiastic  meeting 
by  the  announcement  of  Dr.  Frederick  P.  Tuthill  that  he  must 
insist  that  his  resignation  be  accepted  as  a  candidate  for  re- 
election to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  Dr.  Tuthill  was  indorsed 
by  acclamation  at  a  meeting  of  the  society  last  January.  He 
said  he  was  impelled  to  decline  on  account  of  business  circum- 
stances and  because  of  the  light  in  which  he  had  been  placed 
by  continual  jibbering  incompatible  with  his  position  as  a 
representative  of  a  certain  large  manufacturing  house. 

The  declination  was  accepted  with  much  regret  and  several 
members  who  stated  that  they  had  opposed  the  election  of  Dr. 
Tuthill  to  the  board  five  years  ago  said  they  were  now  in 
hearty  accord  together  with  numerous  others  for  his  re-election, 
proclaiming  him  as  fair  minded  and  just  throughout  his  term 
which  they  had  watched  with  great  interest. 

Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  dean  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy,  was  unanimously  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
by  Dr.  Tuthill's  withdrawal.  Dr.  Anderson,  in  his  speech  of 
acceptance,  outlined  his  platform  and  pleaded  for  a  clean  cam- 
paign. The  election  will  take  place  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy  on  June  24.  William  F.  Creagan,  nominated  by  the 
Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Association,  is  the  opposing 
c-indidate. 

An  amendment  was  unanimoiisl.v  adopted  to  the  constitution 
abolishing  the  oSice  of  third  vice-president  and  providing  for 
three  additional  trustees.  William  F.  Maass,  who  held  the 
abolished  oflice,  was  elected  to  the  board  of  trustees.  The  other 
two  new  members  elected  to  this  board  were  Charles  E. 
Heimerzheim  and  John  G.  Wischerth.  The  oBicers  were  all 
re-elected  and  are  as  follows : 

President,  Jacob  H.  Kehfuss;  first  vice-president,  Clarence  O. 
Douden;  second  vice-president,  Henry  B.  Smith;  secretary,  An- 
drew E.  Hegeman:  treasurer.  Oscar  C.  Kleine;  elective  trustees, 
William  Jlulr,  Benjamin  Rosenzweig,  William  H.  Bussenschutt, 
W.  F.  Maass,  Charles  E.  Heimerzheim.  J.  G.  Wischerth,  Thomas 
J.  France,  William  J.  Hackett,  J.  H.  Droge,  Adrian  Paradls, 
Charles  L.  Gesell,  Charles  A.  Kunkel ;  committee  of  supervision 
and  examination.  William  Muir,  chairman;  William  H.  Bus- 
senschutt, Thomas  J.  France,  Adrian  Paradls.  Andrew  E. 
Hegeman;  librarian.  Thomas  F.  Raymow ;  counsel,  William  L. 
Perkins. 

The  delegates  elected  to  attend  the  various  meetings  and 
conventions  of  other  organizations  are  as  follows : 

American  Pharmaceutical  Association — Wm.  C.  Anderson.  Otto 
R.iubenheimer,  Thomas  J.  Keenan.  H.  W.  Schimpf.  J.  H. 
Rehfuss. 

New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association — Wm.  Muir.  O.  C. 
Kleiue,  A.  Paradis.  W.  H.  Bussenschutt.  Joseph  Kahn. 

New  Jersey  State  Pharmaceutical  Association — F.  P.  Tuthill, 
Charles  Heimerzheim.   W.   H.   Bussenschutt. 

United  States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention — Otto  Raubenheimer, 
Adrain  Paradis.  Miss  Catherine  C.  Mahegan  and  three  of  the 
faculty  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy. 


New  York  A.Ph.A.  Branch  Meeting  Monday  Evening. 
At  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  on  Monday  evening 
Frederick  E.  Niece  will  read  a  paper  on  "The  Pharmacist,  the 
Future  Clinical  Chemist."  and  conduct  experiments  in  clinical 
chemistry.  The  discussion  will  be  opened  by  George  A.  Fergu- 
son and  Joseph  L.  Mayer.   The  meeting  will  be  held  at  8.30. 


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LAW.  LEGISLATION  AND  OUTING  DISCUSSED. 

Busy  Meeting  of  German   Apothecaries'  Association — 
Newspaper  Beporter   Sues   Druggist — Outing. 

The  greater  part  of  the  meeting  of  the  New  Yorker 
Deutscher  Apotheker-Verein  held  last  Thursday  evening  was 
devoted  to  legislative  matters.  Present  were  Assemblyman 
Robert  S.  Conklin.  Jerome  Steiner  and  Henry  A.  Petersen, 
the  two  latter  being  counsel  for  the  Board 
of  Pharmacy.  Mr.  Conklin  adt'ressed 
the  members  on  pharmaceutical  legisla- 
tion in  general  while  Messrs.  Steiner  and 
Petersen  dwelt  especially  upon  the  recent 
cream  of  tartar  decision  of  the  Court  of 
Appeals. 

Mr.  Conklin  declared  his  sincerity  to- 
ward pharmacists  and  said  the  object  of 
his  bill,  introduced  in  the  last  session  of 
the  Legislature,  was  to  improve  condi- 
tions and  regulate  the  practice  of  the  pro- 
fession in  such  a  manner  as  to  place  it 
on  a  higher  plane.  He  told  how  the  Gov- 
ernor's recommendations  as  to  reform'  in 
the  laws  pertaining  to  pharmacy  had 
prompted  him  to  draw  a  measure  which 
in  his  estimation  would  meet  require- 
ments.    He  was  given  hearty  applause. 

Messrs.  Steiner  and  Petersen  described 
how  a  wrong  opinion  had  been  spread 
broadcast  in  regard  to  the  Gasau  Grocery 
Case,  which  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  lost 
in  the  Cour*^  of  Appeals.  The  counsel 
said  that  prosecution  had  been  made  tin- 
der the  wrong  law,  hence  the  board's 
failure  to  win  the  case  and  had  proceed- 
ings been  conducted  under  the  Agricul- 
tural Law  a  favorable  verdict  would  un- 
doubtedly have  been  secured. 

Dr.  William  C.  Alpers  questioned  coun- 
sel as  regards  the  status  of  the  pharma- 
cist in  the  sale  of  commercial  and  U.S. P. 
hydrochloric  acid,  wishing  to  know  it  a 
distinction  had  ever  been  made  where 
two  grades  of  similar  substances  were 
involved.  Counsel  stated  that  no  dis- 
tinction had  ever  been  made  nor  was 
there  a  parallel  case  on  record  from 
which  deductions  could  be  drawn,  but  it 
was  to  be  inferred  that  the  pharmacist 
would  always  dispense  the  U.S. P.,  unless 
otherwise  directed. 

Messrs.    Kleinau,   Rehse,   Kessler.   Gil- 
bert,  Hirseman,   Raubenheimer,   Goetting 
and  Alpers  took  part  in  the  discussion  on 
Mr.  Conklin's  address  and  the  points  brought  out  by  counsel 
in  the  Gasau  case. 

President  Hirseman  announced  that  William  Bischoff,  a 
grandson  of  the  late  messenger  of  the  society,  Gustav  Bischoff. 
had  been  appointed  to  the  office  formerly  held  by  his  grand- 
father. 

George  Jarchow  announced  that  he  had  received  a  notice 
from  the  Bureau  of  Combustibles  in  regard  to  containers  for 
benzine  and  wished  to  be  informed  if  the  bureau  had  authority 
to  determine  the  kind  of  container  that  should  be  used.  Mr. 
Jarchow  said  that  the  bureau  had  notified  him  to  keep  the 
benzine  in  tin  cans,  whereas  he  preferred  glass  bottles.  Mem- 
bers told  him  the  bureau  had  the  authority  to  determine  the 
point  at  issue. 

George  Bley  reported  that  a  suit  for  damages  had  been 
instituted  against  him  by  an  Evening  Journal  reporter  who 
was  expelled  from  his  store  following  an  accident  case  which 
was  brought  to  his  establishment.  He  said  that  proper  request 
had  been  made  to  the  reporter  to  leave  with  the  crowd  which 
thronged  his  store  but  to  no  effect,  so  force  was  used.  The 
members  showed  great  interest  in  the  case  and  several  stated 
that  they  considered  Mr.  Bley's  action  justifiable. 

Otto  P.  Gilbert,  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee, 
reported  about  the  annual  outing  scheduled  for  July  8.  at 
College  Point,  L.  I.  Mr.  Gilbert  predicted  that  the  members 
would  have  an  enjoyable  time. 


Phi   Gamma   Sigma   Fraternity, 


CARL  R.  DANIELSOX.  Th.a.. 
of  Chicago,  was  recently  elected  Su- 
preme Grand  Master  ,of  the  Plii  Gamma 
Sigma  (Pharmacy)  Fraternity.  He  was 
born  at  Spencer.  Iowa.  Dec.  16,  1SS5.  is 
a  member  of  Nortliwestern  University 
Alumni  Association,  Illinois  State  Ph. A., 
etc.  He  is  Past  Grand  Master  of  Alpha 
Chapter.  Mr.  Danielsou  is  prescrip- 
tionist  at  Hodges'  Pharmacy,  51st  street 
and   Grand    Boulevard.    Chicago. 

Other  officers  elected :  Supreme 
worthy  master.  Henry  F.  Hauth,  Wav- 
erly.  Iowa ;  supreme  scribe,  Herbert  S. 
McDill,  Port  Nechcs,  Texas;  supreme 
treasurer,  Herbert  W.  Smith,  Quincy. 
The    annual     reunion    will    be    held    in 

Seattle,    Wash.,   in   September   next. 


"WILL  MEET  IN  WASHINGTON  CITY  IN  1912. 

Dr.   Wiley  Welcomed  at  Seventh   Congress  of  Applied 
Chemistry — Many   Important   Subjects   Discussed. 
London.  June  2. — The  invitation  presented  by  Ambassador 
Reid   on   behalf   of   the   American   delegates,   to   hold   the   next 
triennial    meeting    of    the    International    Congress    of    Applied 
Chemistry  in  Washington,  was  accepted  by  acclamation  at  the 
last  session  of  the  Congress,  on  Wednes- 
day.    Prof.  E.  W.  Morley,  of  West  Har- 
ford, Conn.,  was  unanimously  selected  to 
lie  honorary  president  of  the  1912  gather- 
ing in  Washington  and  Dr.  W.   H.  Nich- 
ols,   of    New    York,    was    made    acting 
president. 

The  congress  closed  its  labors  by  adopt- 
ing a  mass  of  resolutions  advising  inter- 
national inquiry  and  action  in  the  matter 
of  many  of  the  subjects  discussed.  Sev- 
enteen divisions  were  made  of  the  con- 
gress, and  in  each  some  special  branch  of 
the  chemical  industry  was  considered  and 
papers  read  and  discussed. 

In  the  section  of  Pharmaceutical  Chem- 
is;try  (see  page  53S  of  this  issue  of  the 
Ek.\),  presided  over  by  N,  H.  Martin,  a 
number  of  papers  were  contributed  by 
Americans,  while  the  United  States  dele- 
gation was  a  strong  one  numerically  and 
otherwise. 

The  section  on  legislative  matters  was 
presided  over  by  Dr.  Hugo  Schweitzer,  of 
New  Y'ork,  and  upon  his  motion  a  reso- 
lution was  unanimously  adopted  to  ap- 
point a  committee  to  consider  and  draft 
proposals  for  joint  international  patent 
and  trade  mark  legislation.  These  pro- 
posals will  be  drawn  with  a  view  to  estab- 
lish also  international  rules  and  regula- 
tions for  the  benefit  of  inventors,  and  are 
to  be  discussed  and  further  acted  upon 
when  the  congress  meets  in  Washington. 
Dr.  Harvey  W.  Wiley,  chief  of  the 
Bureau  of  Chemistry,  Department  of  Ag- 
riculture, made  a  stirring  address  in  re- 
plying for  the  United  States  to  the  ad- 
dress of  welcome  delivered  by  Sir  Henry 
Roscoe.  honorary  president  of  the  con- 
gress. Dr.  Wiley  dwelt  upon  the  benefits 
of  chemistry  to  mankind  and  the  general 
importance  of  the  science,  remarking  that 
if  what  chemistry  conferred  were 
withdrawn,  the  world's  population  would 
soon  be  half  starved  and  half  clothed. 
The  prevention  and  elimination  from  commerce  of  various 
species  of  fraud  and  misrepresentation,-  because  of  the  chem- 
ists ability  to  detect  them,  was  also  mentioned  by  Dr.  Wiley. 
Nathan  Straus,  of  New  York,  in  a  communication  urged  the 
congress  to  exert  its  influence  in  assisting  the  cause  having 
for  its  object  the  prevention  of  tuberculosis  and  other  milk- 
borne  diseases.  He  gave  results  of  the  American  method  of 
pasteurization,  stating  that  its  efiiciency  had  been  practically 
demonstrated  in  the  saving  of  thousands  of  human  beings  from 
these  infectious  diseases. 

The  congress  was  formally  inaugurated  by  H.R.H.  the 
Prince  of  Wales,  and  was  the  first  held  in  London.  It  was 
also  the  largest  in  numerical  strength  of  the  seven  held  so  far, 
there  being  over  3000  delegates  in  attendance.  The  pro- 
gramme provided  for  four  days  full  itinerary  besides  a  round 
of  brilliant  social  functions  concluding  with  a  mammoth  ban- 
quet at  the  Crystal  Palace  attended  by  over  2000  of  the  guests. 


A  Purpose. 

Every  department  in  the  Eka  is  intended  to  serve  some 
useful  purpose.  The  purpose  of  the  Quiz  Master  is  educa- 
tional and  to  assist  drug  clerks  or  apprentices '  in  becoming 
better  informed  about  the  drug  business.  A  few  spare  mo- 
ments consumed  in  answering  the  Quiz  Master's  questions  will 
be  time  well  spent  and  cause  renewed  interest  in  every-day 
drug  store  work. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


IJuue  lU,  1909 


23  NEW  PHARMACISTS  RECEIVE  DIPLOMAS. 

TTiiiversity  of  Maryland  Holds  Its  Annual  Commence- 
ment at  the  Academy  of  Music. 

Baltimobe,  June  5. — The  Academy  of  Music  was  thronged 
on  Monday  by  friends  of  graduates  of  the  several  departments 
of  the  University  of  Maryland,  with  the  graduates  of  the  De- 
partment of  Pharmacy  well  to  the  front.  The  playhouse  was 
prettily  decorated,  and  among  those  present  were  the  members 
of  the  several  faculties  and  many  prominent  citizens.  The 
class  in  pharmacy  was  the  54th  to  be  sent  out  and  in  point  of 
standing,  as  well  as  in  promise  for  the  future,  it  compared 
most  favorably  with  any  of  those  that  have  gone  before. 

Prayer  was  offered  by  Rev.  J.  W.  Sutton,  of  Baltimore ; 
the  address  to  the  graduates  was  by  John  Allan  Wyeth,  M.D., 
IjL.D.,  of  New  Yorlj ;  the  conferring  of  degrees  by  Bernard 
Carter,  provost  of  the  university,  and  the  address  to  the 
graduates  was  delivered  by  Francis  K.  Carey,  a  Baltimore 
attorney.     The  graduates  in  pharmacy  are  as  follows : 

Maryland — William  Frederick  Gakenheimer,  Miss  Augusta 
Kramer.  Mlch,<iel  Metz  Mareokl.  Ralph  Arthur  Nattans,  Clarence 
George  Neubauer,  Itoliert  Winder  Pilson,  William  Harry  Smith, 
George  Alexander  Stall.  John  Benjamin  Thomas.  .Jr..  Henry 
FJdward  Wieh,  Lawrence  Soper  Williams  and  Edward  Fayssoux 
Winslow. 

South  Carolina — Edward  Cecil  Prierson,  Douglas  William 
Brown,    Leland    Mt-Duffle    Kennedy. 

North  Carolina— Daniel  Clyde  Disk,  Frank  Maner  Salley. 

Florida — Henrietta  J.  F.  Baerecke. 

Virginia — George  Henry   Hinton. 

West  Virginia — Leahmer  Meade  Kautner. 

Massachusetts— George  Kenyon. 

Delaware — Robert  Lee  Swain. 

Bohemia — Jaroslav  Jerry  Toula. 

These  were  the  prize  winners : 

Gold  medal,  offered  by  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  for  gen- 
eral excellence  in  the  entire  course,  Jaroslav  Jerry  Toula  ;  hon- 
orable mention.  Robert  Lee  Swain,  Henry  Edward  Wich,  Will- 
iam Frederick  Gakenheimer;  Simon  prize,  for  superior  work  in 
analytical  chemistry,  Robert  Lee  Swain  ;  gold  medal,  for  supe- 
rior'work  in  practical  chemistry,  Henry  Edward  Wich;  gold 
medal,  for  superior  work  in  vegetable  histology,  George  Alex- 
ander Stall;  junior  class  awards,  gold  medal,  for  general  ex- 
cellence, Herbert  H.  Wilke ;  honorable  mention,  Waldo  A.  Werck- 
shagen,  Roy  N.  Bierley,  Arthur  G.  Tracy,  Nelson  G.  Dinener 
and  Edward  A.   Fairey. 


DRUGGIST  AND  WOMAN  FOR  HEALTH  BOARD. 


Pharmacy  Students  Receive  TJniversity  Degrees. 

At  the  155th  commencement  of  Colufnbia  University  on 
June  2  seven  candidates  received  the  degree  of  pharmaceutical 
chemist  and  five  the  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy.  The  candi- 
dates were  presented  by  Dr.  Henry  Hurd  Rushy,  dean  of  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  Columbia  University  and  the 
degrees  conferred  by  Dr.  Nicholas  Murray  Butler,  president  of 
the  university.  The  students  from  the  College  of  Pharmacy 
assembled  in  the  library  with  the  other  candidates  and  the 
customary  march  was  made  to  the  gymnasium,  where  the  ex- 
ercises were  held,  before  a  large  audience.  The  title  of  Dr. 
Butler's  address  was  "Integrity.  Moral  and  Intellectual." 
The  Max  J.  Breitenbaeh  prize  of  $200  and  the  Kappi  Psi  prize, 
a  gold  medal,  were  both  awarded  to  John  Alfred  Steffens,  while 
the  factulty  graduation  prize  went  to  John  Henry  Heclier. 

Those  receiving  the  degree  of  pharmaceutical  chemist  were : 
Francis  Leonard  Bean,  Ralph  Crawford  Jennings,  Emile 
Frederick  Kraff,  Leon  Jesse  Lindsley,  Kenneth  Bruce  Pryor, 
John  Alfred  Stellens,  Miss  Frances  Ulanoff.  The  doctor  of 
pharmacy  degree  was  conferred  upon ;  Augustin  Blanco  .v 
Geigel,  Ph.C. ;  Thomas  di  Giovanna,  Ph.C. ;  Walter  Robert 
Eimer.  Ph.C. ;  Miss  Asuncion  Estrada,  Ph.C. ;  John  Henry 
Hecker,  Ph.C. 

Nearly  1200  degrees  in  all  were  conferred  by  the  university 
at  this  year's  commencement. 


Extensive  Repairs  Authorized  for  N.Y.C.P. 

At  the  trustees'  meeting  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy, Columbia  University,  held  Tuesday  evening  of  last 
weeli,  the  board  passed  upon  an  extensive  specified  plan  of 
repairs  and  improvements  to  be  made  to  the  entire  plant. 
The  work  will  be  commenced  at  once  in  order  to  have  the 
institution  in  shape  for  the  fall  term.  It  is  understood  that 
a  large  sum  was  appropriated  and  that  every  little  detail  will 
receive  attention. 

A  leave  of  absence  was  granted  to  William  Mansfield, 
Phar.D.,  professor  of  pharmacognosy,  and  Dr.  Mansfield  left 
for  Europe  last  Saturday,  where  he  expects  to  pursue  a  course 
of  study  in  Vienna  during  his  stay  abroad. 


Ohio  Valley  Association  and  Members  of  W.O.N.A.R.D. 

Make  Recommendations  to  Cincinnati's  Mayor. 

Cincinnati,  ,Tune  5. — The  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion is  using  its  every  effort  to  persuade  Mayor  Markbreit 
to  name  a  druggist  as  one  of  the  members  of  the  new  Board 
of  Health,  and  if  possible  to  name  a  member  of  the  O.V.D.A. 
The  members  of  Queen  City  Chapter,  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  are  also 
trying  to  secure  the  appointment  of  a  woman  on  the  Board 
of  Health.  It  is  argued  by  the  O.V.D.A.  that  there  repeatedly 
come  up  for  solution  vital  questions  of  health  and  that  a  drug- 
gist would  be  eminently  able  to  solve  many  of  these  for  the 
benefit  of  the  public  good. 

The  W.O.N. .\.R.D.  claims  that  a  woman  on  the  board 
could  do  many  things  toward  maintaining  the  general  health 
which  a  man.  because  of  his  sex,  could  not  do.  They  claim  a 
woman  could  better  secure  the  attention  and  confidence  of 
women  in  the  poorer  families  and  that  their  instructions  as  to 
hygiene  and  the  prevention  of  disease  or  the  treatment  of 
illness  would  be  more  regarded  and  carried  into  effect  with 
better  grace  than  if  given  by  a  male  health  officer. 


Ohio  Druggists  Punished  for  Selling  Cocaine. 

Cincinnati,  June  5. — The  Ohio  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
has  revoked  the  druggists'  licenses  of  W.  W.  Mowrer  and 
S.  E.  Vail,  of  Alliance,  and  has  reprimanded  A.  J.  Morris,  a 
druggist  of  Alliance,  on  a  charge  of  selling  cocaine  illegally. 

George  J.  Dickinson,  a  druggist  of  Malta,  Ohio,  was  cited 
to  appear  before  the  board  at  its  October  meeting  to  show 
cause  why  his  license  should  not  be  revoked.  He  is  charged 
with  loaning  his  license  to  another.  It  appears  that  he  left 
his  place  of  employment  and  allowed  his  certificate  to  hang 
on  the  wall  in  a  prominent  place  in  the  store,  and  the  pro- 
prietor, who  is  said  to  have  had  none,  is  claimed  to  have  con- 
tinued to  do  business  on  the  strength  of  it. 


Aristolochites  Take  in  Ten  Junior  Pharmics. 
Ann  Aeboe.  ,Tune  5. — At  their  recent  annual  initiation  the 
following  men  were  taken  into  the  senior  pharmic  society,  the 
Aristolochites :  E.  T.  Maynard,  B.  E.  Kuyers,  A.  W.  Frame, 
H.  R.  Carey.  D.  H.  Parr,  A.  F.  Schlichting,  A.  W.  Jones, 
E.  L.  Holden.  R.  P.  White,  and  G.  S.  Jay.  A  banquet,  at 
which  President  Fern  L.  Shannon  presided  as  toastmaster, 
was  given  in  honor  of  the  new  members.  The  following  toasts 
were  on  the  programme :  "The  School  and  the  Society."  Dr. 
J.  O.  Schkitterbecli;  "Mixers,"  W.  D.  Munz ;  "Aristolochia 
Serpentaria,"  E.  J.  Kennedy,  Jr. ;  "A  Pharmaceutical  Prob- 
lem." Dr.  A.  B.  Stevens ;  "College  Organizations,"  C.  F.  Ram- 
say ;  "The  Doings,"  the  initiates. 


Drug  Clerks  of  Norfolk  Have  Organized. 

Norfolk.  June  5. — A  meeting  of  the  Virginia  Association  of 
Drug  Clerks  held  at  0  Charlotte  street  recently  was  largely  at- 
tended and  it  was  agreed  that  a  committee  consisting  of  G.  H. 
Snellings,  chairman  ;  S.  D.  Hope,  Frank  Colenda,  Jr.,  H.  H. 
Johnson.  Harry  Smith  and  A.  S.  Cross  should  call  upon  the 
proprietors  and  drug  clerks  and  request  their  co-operation.  It 
was  decided  not  to  form  a  permanent  organization  until  a 
subsequent  meeting,  at  which  time  the  constitution  and  by-laws 
would  be  adopted. 


Prof.  Avery  New  Chancellor  of  Nebraska  University. 
The  successor  of  Dr.  E.  Benjamin  Andrews  as  chancellor  of 
the  University  of  Nebraska  is  Prof.  Samuel  Avery,  who  has 
been  the  head  of  the  department  of  chemistry  since  1905. 
Chancellor  Avery  was  born  in  an  Illinois  town  in  1805,  and 
he  was  educated  at  Doane  College,  the  University  of  Nebraska 
and  the  University  of  Heidelberg.  There  are  notable  prece- 
dents for  a  chemist  becoming  the  head  of  a  university  in  the 
cases  of  President  Eliot,  of  Harvard,  and  President  Remsen, 
of  Johns  Hopkins. 


Examination  for  Chemical  Assistant  in  Dairying. 

On  June  30  an  examination  will  be  held  for  chemical  assist- 
ant in  dairying  to  fill  two  vacancies  in  the  Department  of 
Agriculture.  Applicants  should  apply  for  application  form 
304  and  special  form  to  the  United  States  Civil  Service  Com- 
mission, Washington,  D.  C. 


Juiit'  10.   1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  549 

MEMBERS  GRADUATING  CLASS  PHARMACY  DEPARTMENT  TEMPLE    UNIVERSITY,  PHILADELPHIA. 


HIGH  IDEALS  ARE  URGED  BY  DR.  MAC  ARTHUR.      "GET  MARRIED."  DR.  DEPEW  TELLS  GRADUATES. 


At  Annual  Commencement  of  Temple  University  De- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  is  Given  Dean  Minehart. 

Philadelphia.  Jiiue  5. — Twenty-seven  graduates  in  phar- 
macy and  six  graduates  in  pharmaceutical  chemistry  this 
afternoon  received  the  coveted  sheepskins  when  the  annual 
commencement  exercises  of  Temple  University  were  held  in 
the  presence  of  a  large  gathering  at  the  Academy  of  Music. 
The  conferring  of  the  degrees  was  performed  by  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Russell   H.  Conwell.  president  of  the  university. 

In  his  address  to  the  graduates  the  Rev.  Dr.  Robert  Stuart 
MacArthur  emphasized  the  value  of  right  living  and  stalwart 
bodies  for  professional  men  as  well  as  the  choosing  of  high 
ideals.  A  high  ideal,  he  said,  was  vastly  greater  than  a  lofty 
idea,  the  former  being  the  sum  of  all  noble  ideas.  He  said 
that  "vhile  the  ideal  might  not  be  attained,  the  result  would 
be  correspondingly  high  in  proportion  to  the  end  sought  for. 
The  highest  ideal  of  the  human  race,  he  said  in  closing,  is 
Jesus  Christ  and  he  urged  his  hearers  to  lead  clean.  Chris- 
tian lives. 

Dr.  John  R.  Minehart.  dean  of  the  department  of  pharmacy, 
awarded  the  prizes  and  made  the  announcements.  The  dean's 
gold  medal  for  the  highest  general  average  in  the  senior  class 
was  awarded  to  Daniel  Cubicciotti  with  honorable  mention 
to  John  O'Neill  Casey  and  Bernard  Fishman.  The  permanent 
alumni  membership  for  the  highest  average  in  pharmacognosy 
was  won  by  John  O'Neill  Casey  with  honorable  mention  to 
Abraham  Boonin.  The  degree  of  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  was 
conferred  upon  Dean  Jlinehart. 

Graduates  in  Pharmacy — James  A.  Alexander,  Delware:  Abra- 
ham Edward  Boonin.  Pennsylvania:  John  Harvey  Botwright, 
England:  Franklin  Irving  Bu£fet.  Marvlnnd  :  Harry  Clav  Camp- 
bell, B.S.,  V.M.D..  M.D.,  Pennsylvania;  John  O'Neill  Casey. 
Pennsylvania:  Daniel  Cubicciotti.  Italy:  Samuel  Austin  Decker, 
Pennsylvania;  Etta  DeVoe,  Michigan;  Charles  Clayton  Eberly. 
Pennsylvania:  Bernard  Fishman.  Russia:  Louis  Franlslin  Flinli- 
man,  Russia:  Gertrude  Greenburg,  Pennsylvania;  Gerald  Joseph 
Harrigan,  Pennsylvania;  Harold  Beacon  Lane,  Ohio;  Franli 
Edwin  Lentz.  V.M.D..  Pennsylvania :  Maurice  Valentine  Med- 
vene.  Pennsylvania;  Edmund  Harrison  Newton,  Pennsylvania; 
Mollie  Nichols.  Penusylvania ;  Edgar  S.  Nyman,  Pennsylvania: 
Aaron  Rosenblatt,  Russia;  Hyman  Sohr,  Pennsylvania:  Otto 
Emil  Tegge,  Pennsylvania :  Samuel  Vigderman,  Pennsylvania ; 
Horace  Wallace.  New  fork;  Sarah  Catharine  White,  Pennsyl- 
vania;  Charles  Bitzer  Winger,   Pennsylvania. 

Degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist — Nathaniel  H.  Anthony, 
Pennsylvania;  Max  Poiin.  Pennsylvania;  Hoy  Mahlon  Sellers. 
Pennsylvania:  William  Van  Reed  Seltzer.  Pennsylvania;  Otto 
Strock.   Germany :  Martha   Young,   Pennsylvania. 


Supper  for   Cleveland   C.P.    Graduates. 

Cleveland,  June  5. — A  supper  was  recently  given  by  the 
faculty  of  the  Cleveland  School  of  Pharmacy  (Department  of 
Pharmacy,  Western  Reserve  University),  at  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  to  the  graduates,  who  are  Glenn  Forest  Coleman, 
John  Anton  Jarmnzewski.  Charles  John  Slezck.  of  Cleveland ; 
Omar  Jose,  of  Ira.  Ohio ;  Walter  Howard.  Peake,  of  Oberlin. 
Ohio ;  Mark  Emmet  Treat,  of  Morgantown,  W.  Va.  These 
gentlemen  are  the  first  students  of  the  school  to  receive  the 
university  degree  of  pharmaceutical  chemist,  which  will 
be  conferred  upon  them  at  the  university  commencement  on 
June  17. 

The  A.Ph.A.  membership  for  best  record  in  pharmacy,  and 
the  alumni  medal  for  highest  general  average  were  both  won 
by  Glenn  Forest  Coleman. 


Russia,  Eg3rpt  and  Italy  Have  Representatives  in  Big 
Class  at  the  Medico-Chirurgical  College. 

Philadelphia,  June  5. — Graduates  in  pharmacy  from  the 
Jledico-Chirurgical  College  showed  by  prolonged  applause 
their  appreciation  of  the  words  of  wisdom  as  well  as  of  the 
many  witticisms  which  fell  from  the  lips  of  Senator  Chauncey 
M.  Depew,  of  New  York,  when  he  delivered  the  doctorate 
oration  today  at  the  29th  annual  commencement  in  the 
Academy  of  Music. 

"Get  married,"  was  one  of  pointers  which  the  speaker  gave 
to  the  young  pharmacists  who  occupied  seats  in  the  parquet 
before  him.  "Don't  marry  until  you  are  ready,  for  it  is 
wicked  to  ask  any  young  woman  to  share  your  lot  unless  you 
can  support  her  and  yourself.  But  don't  be  misled  by  waiting 
until  you  get  too  much  money.  It  is  amazing  what  little 
a  couple  can  live  on  with  a  fair  amount  of  economy  and  still 
acquire  that  greatest  of  American  institutions,  a  home. 

"Don't  waste  your  time,  either.  You  will  have  plenty  of 
time  during  the  next  few  years.  Put  in  your  spare  time  in 
reading  and  studying  in  your  professional  line,  but  have  a 
hobby,  for  they  tell  me  that  all  brain  cells  have  certain  func- 
tions and  like  exercising  muscles,  if  you  stick  too  closely  to 
one  end  and  one  aim.  you  will  become  narrow  and  useless. 

"Don't  hesitate  to  expose  fraud  in  your  profession  not  only 
for  your  own  sake,  but  for  that  of  your  profession  and  of  the 
public.     Be  courageous,  stick,  dig  and  save." 

Senator  Depew  was  interrupted  b.v  a  wave  of  merriment 
when  he  declared  that  the  graduates  knew  more  today  than 
they  ever  would  know  again  and  that  for  the  next  30  years 
the  world  would  be  making  them  realize  that  they  knew  less 
and  less  until  the  time  would  come  when  it  would  be  possible 
for  them  to  give  their  hatters  a  standing  order  for  hats  of  a 
size  that  would  be  the  same  for  the  rest  of  their  lives. 

The  degrees  were  formally  conferred  by  Henry  F.  Walton, 
president  of  the  college.  Dr.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus,  dean  of  the 
department  of  pharmacy,  made  the  announcements  and  awarded 
the  prizes  to  the  49  graduates  in  his  department.  Dr.  George 
H.  Meeker,  dean  of  the  department  of  pharmaceutical  chem- 
istry, performed  the  same  ofiice  in  that  department.  In  the 
former  the  prizes  were  awarded  as  follows : 

Faculty  gold  medal  for  highest  general  average  in  senior 
class,  Ernest  Arthur  Aston;  Professor  Stanislaus  gold  medal 
for  highest  average  in  pharmacy,  Edmund  C.  H.  Steiule;  Pro- 
fessor Meeker  prize,  membership  in  the  A.Ph.A..  tor  highest 
average  in  chemistry,  Ernest  Arthur  Aston  ;  Alumni  Association 
gold  medal  for  the  highest  average  in  operative  pharmacy, 
Edson  C.  B.  Holland ;  Alumni  Association  certificate  of  life 
membership,  Paul  S.  Pittenger;  honorable  mention.  E.  Arthur 
Aston.  M.  H.  Cowperwaite,  Harry  L.  Goldberg,  William  C.  Kess- 
ler,  E.  C.  B.  Holland  and  E.  C.  H.  Steinle. 

Faculty  gold  medal  for  highest  general  avernge  in  the  junior 
class  in  "pharmacy,  Michael  Waschke,  with  honorable  mention  to 
William  A.  Bentz,  M.  W.  Brenner,  Max  Baum,  Edwin  B.  Blair, 
Samuel  Brahin,  M.  Cotcher,  Benjamin  B.  Cook,  Bruno  B.  Dra- 
piewski,  Francis  E.  Eitnier,  M.  Ginsburg,  Samuel  Freedman, 
C.  Roy  Johnson,  Conrad  C.  Mayer,  Morris  R.  Ost,  L.  A.  Ruth, 
I.  Spiers.  John  A.  Simpson,  John  J.  Shovlin,  Elias  Israelvitz, 
E    J.  McCormick  and  Harry  Farber. 

The  graduates  in  pharmacy  are  as  follows : 

Ernest  Arthur  Aston.  Pennsylvania;  Charles  Albert  Bar- 
ron. Jr.,  Pennsylvania;  Herman  Howard  Bram,  Penn- 
svlvania;  Jacob  Eshleman  Charles.  Pennsylvania;  John  Armour 
Clewell,  Pennsylvania;  Carl  Straw  Cooper,  Pennsylvania;  Mil- 
ton Harold  Cowperthwaite,  New  Jersey ;  Robert  John  Deitcher. 
Pennsylvania:  John  Philip  Dippre,  Pennsylvania ;  Joseph  Clinton 


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Dreibelbis.  Pennsylvania;  Arthur  Henry  Edwards,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Franli  Egendorf.  New  YorlJ ;  Alfred  Mellersh  Evans, 
Pennsylvania;  Mayer  Feldman,  Russia;  David  Franklin  Fisher, 
Pennsylvania ;  Elmer  Heller  Geddis,  Pennsylvania ;  Jacob  Cook 
Gibbs,  Pennsylvania;  Earl  Vincent  Godfrey,  New  Jersey;  Harry 
Leonard  Goldberg,  Russia;  Samuel  Joshua  Goldberg,  Pennsyl- 
vania; John  Cell  Grove,  Pennsylvania;  Robert  Fields  Harper. 
Pennsylvania;  John  Thomas  Harrison,  Pennsylvania;  Edson 
Burns  Clifford  Holland,  Pennsylvania;  Amos  Jones.  Pennsyl- 
vania; Charles  Albert  Jones.  Canada;  William  Conrad  Kessler. 
Pennsylvania;  Charles  Henry  Kline,  Jr..  Pennsylvania;  Jacob 
Buren  Leedy.  Pennsylvania;  Nathan  Mayer  Levey,  Russia; 
Arthur  Lewis,  Pennsylvania;  William  Frederick  Longendyke, 
Pennsylvania;  Levi  Hoffman  Lukens,  Pennsylvania;  James 
Joseph  McAleer,  Pennsylvania;  Hudson  Owen  Mann,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Joshua  Eugene  Marsden,  Pennsylvania;  Arnold  Walde- 
mar  Nidecker,  Pennsylvania;  Paul  Stewart  Pittenger,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  Edward  Milton  Rentschler,  Pennsylvania ;  Ulysses  Gil- 
bert Ruff,  Pennsylvania;  Percy  Horine  Schultz,  Pennsylvania; 
Milton  Bailey  Schwartz,  Pennsylvania ;  William  Harvey  Scott, 
Pennsylvania:  Calvin  Dietrich  Shuman.  Pennsylvania;  William 
Silverman,  Pennsylvania;  Thomas  Roman  Slattery,  Pennsylva- 
nia; Edmund  Charles  Henry  Steinle,  Pennsylvania;  Columbus 
Irvin  Whitaker,  Maryland ;  Alvin   Norton   Wilcox,   Pennsylvania. 

Doctors  of  Pharmacy — Carl  Svante  Nicanor  Hallberg,  Ph.G., 
Illinois;  William  Wilson  MacNeary,   Ph.G..   Ph.C,  Ireland. 

The  gold  medals  for  the  highest  general  averages  in  the 
department  of  pharmaceutical  chemistry  were  awarded  to 
Elmer  Washington  Scargle  in  the  senior  class  and  to  William 
Hoy  Stoner  in  the  junior  class.    The  graduates  are  as  follows : 

Graduates  in  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry — William  Lawrence 
Baker.  Ph.G.,  New  Jersey;  Lew  Reed  Dunfee.  Ph.G.,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Walter  Ray  Fralic,  M.E.,  Pennsylvania;  Samuel  Miller 
Greenawalt,  Ph.G..  Pennsylvania ;  John  Harper,  Pennsylvania ; 
Joseph  Stanislaus  McHale,  Pennsylvania;  Hadyn  Parry  Prout, 
Ph.G..  Pennsylvania :  Christ  Alphonse  Roney,  Pennsylvania ; 
Elmer  Washington  Scargle.  Pennsylvania;  Paul  Leon  Semmel, 
Pennsylvania;  De  la  Rav  Signor,  Pennsylvania;  Lewis  Booker 
Whitehead.   Ph.G.,   Virginia. 

Doctors  of  Pharmacy — Frederick  Augustus  Genth,  MS.,  Penn- 
sylvania;   Lorenzo    Carlucci,    Ph.G.,    Ph.C,    Italy. 

On  Friday  the  graduates  in  pharmacy  and  chemistry  with 
members  of  the  alumni  association  of  those  departments  as 
well  as  many  prominent  pharmacists  of  the  city  listened  to  an 
address  by  Prof.  C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  of  Chicago,  in  the  college 
amphitheater.  Professor  Hallberg  was  the  guest  of  Dean 
Stanislaus  the  greater  part  of  the  week.  The  same  evening, 
the  alumni  of  all  the  departments  participated  in  a  banquet 
at  the  Bellevue-Stratford  Hotel.  Nearly  500  persons  were 
present.  Henry  F.  Walton,  president  of  the  college,  pre- 
sided, and  those  who  made  addresses  were  Governor  Stuart, 
of  Pennsylvania ;  Lieutenant-Governor  Robert  S.  Murphy, 
Senator  Depew,  Mayor  Reyburn,  of  Philadelphia :  Col.  Wm. 
Potter,  president  of  Jefferson  Medical  College ;  Father  De- 
lurey.  of  Villanova  College  :  Dr.  Edmund,  of  the  State  College 
of  Agriculture,  and  Professor  Hallberg.  It  was  the  largest 
gathering  of  the  kind  that  has  ever  been  held  in  Philadelphia. 


Pharmacy  Degrees  Conferred  by  Buffalo  TIniversity. 
BuFFAio,  N.  T.,  June  5. — Degrees  of  bachelor  of  pharmacy 
were  given  to  the  following  students  at  the  annual  commence- 
ment of  the  University  of  Buffalo  this  year : 

Earle  Riley  Alderman.  George  Wright  Annis.  Frank  Russell 
Belliotti,  John  Peter  Boyle,  James  Coleman  Cottrill.  George  P. 
Cunningham,  Ernest  Lewis  Fiala.  Leo  E.  Frey.  Martin  John 
Garland.  Royal  T.  Gulley.  John  Gerald  Hart,  Gilbert  Bork  Heck- 
man,  Henry  A.  Johantgen.  Edwin  Kirby  Maurise.  John  Francis 
O'Brien.  Arthur  John  Owen,  Daniel  E.  Skudwich.  Clifton  Palmer 
Smith,  Ray  A.  Sprague,  Homer  A.  Trotter,  Harold  Edwin  Wal- 
ters, David  H.  Weinstein  and  Nicholas  Joseph  White. 

The  honor  roll  was  headed  by  Clifton  Palmer  Smith  with 
a  percentage  of  92.25.  Others  mentioned  were  Earle  Riley 
Alderman,  Gilbert  Bork  Heckman,  Daniel  Skudwich  and 
James  Coleman  Cottrill. 

Richard  F.  Morgan  was  given  a  degree  of  doctor  of  phar- 
macy and  Charles  William  Bullock.  Henrietta  F.  Griggs,  Claire 
Mildred  O'Brien  and  Emma  B.  Wilson  became  analytical 
chemists. 


Dishonest  Clerk  Sent  to  Prison. 
Milwaukee.  June  5. — Charged  with  "touching"  the  cash 
register  at  repeated  intervals  for  the  puipose  of  replenishing 
his  own  pocket,  Stephen  Eliaszewick.  a  new  clerk  employed 
at  the  pharmacy  of  Max  Szarzynski,  has  been  sentenced  to 
30  days  in  the  house  of  correction.     He  came  from  Chicago. 


Board  Examinations 


Washington. 

Spokane.  June  3. — Following  are  the  names  of  those  appli- 
cants who  passed  at  the  recent  examination  held  by  the  Wash- 
ington State  Board  of  Pharmacy : 

J.  W.  Peterson,  Toppenish,  Wash. ;  Arthur  C.  Johnson, 
Spokane;  H.  Specht,  Pomeroy ;  A.  F.  Kohlenberg,  Seattle; 
J.  F.  Goltz.  Spokane ;  William  E.  Mortiude.  Kennewick, 
Wash. ;  Robert  C.  Thompson,  Spokane ;  W.  F.  Crowley,  Spo- 
kane ;  E.  C.  Ramsdell,  Spokane  ;  Anton  Ringe,  Spokane ;  T.  V. 
Safverin,  Spokane ;  Don  Francis,  Everett ;  J.  A.  Dempsey, 
Sprague  ;  J.  H.  Miindt,  Chelan  ;  R.  M.  Ayres.  Spokane ;  A.  A. 
Melgaard,  Spokane ;  J.  M.  Glasgow.  Hunters,  Wash. ;  C.  V. 
Derilets,  Spokane ;  E.  E.  Garlich,  Centralia ;  Carl  Strauss, 
Spokane ;  Joseph  Hart,  Spokane ;  James  S.  Ellis,  Hillyard ; 
George  H.  Retzer,  Walla  Walla:  Charles  Rigney,  Dayton; 
George  A.  Heaton,  Spangle ;  Robert  L.  Neal,  Pomeroy ; 
Henry  Parker.  Dayton ;  C.  H.  Oilman,  North  Yakima ;  O.  C. 
Richards,  Goldendale ;  P.  L.  Arthur,  Tacoma ;  Mrs.  Pwanda 
Safverin,   Spokane. 

Oklahoma. 

MU.SKOGEE.  June  3. — At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Okla- 
homa Board  of  Pharmacy,  held  in  Muskogee  May  18,  the  fol- 
lowing named  persons  made  the  required  grade  and  were 
granted  certificates  as  registered  pharmacists :  George  M. 
Adams,  Tishomingo,  Okla. ;  J.  M.  Bartley,  Pr.vor  Creek ;  I.  K. 
Garrett,  Pauls  Valley ;  J.  C.  Haffner,  Frederick  ;  C.  A.  John- 
ston, Byron :  John  J.  Muhlherr,  Orlando ;  John  G.  Miller, 
Gushing. 

The  following  met  the  requirements  of  the  board  and  were 
granted  registration  on  diplomas :  E.  L.  Aaron,  Alexandria, 
La.;  C.  V.  Aderhold,  Douglasville,  Ga. ;  E.  H.  Brown,  Ada, 
Ohio;  R.  O.  Billman,  Tulsa;  M.  V.  Decker,  Kipton,  Ohio; 
H.  G.  Farris.  Moline ;  A.  B.  Hosey,  Leadville ;  A.  J.  Lough- 
man,  Oklahoma  City;  R.  H.  Patterson.  Philadelphia. 

The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Enid  on  July  13-14.  Appli- 
cations for  registration  should  be  filed  with  the  secretary, 
J.  C.  Burton.  Stroud.  Okla.,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  meet- 
ing.   Application  blanks  furnished  on  request. 


Virginia, 
Richmond,  June  5. — The  Board  of  Pharmacy  of  Virginia 
determined  at  its  last  meeting  that  it  would  hold  hereafter 
quarterly  meetings.  Examinations  will  begin  at  9  a.  m.  on 
the  fourth  Tuesday  of  April,  July,  October  and  January  of 
each  year  at  Richmond,  Va. 

Arkansas. 
Little  Rock.  June  5. — Governor  Donaghey  has  appointed 
J.  A.  Gibson,  of  Little  Rock.,  as  a  member  of  the  State  Phar- 
macy Board,  to  succeed  W.  L.  Dewoody.  of  Pine  Bluff,  whose 
term  expired  May  26. 


New  Liquor-Poison  Law  in  Wisconsin. 
Ashland,  June  5. — Druggists  here  are  complying  with  the 
State  law  by  filing  the  list  of  sales  of  poison  and  liquor  dur- 
ing the  past  year.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  law.  the  date, 
buyer's  name,  substance  purchased,  quantity  purchased  and 
for  what  purpose  has  to  be  filed.  Report  has  it  that  the  drug- 
gists of  Asland  are  offering  the  most  complete  data  .vet  fur- 
nished by  the  druggists  of  northern  Wisconsin. 


Mr.  Dempster's  Libel  Verdict  Reduced  to  $20,000. 

Samuel  C.  Dempster,  the  Pittsburg  druggist  who  recently 
obtained  a  verdict  for  $40,000  against  Town  Topics,  of  New 
York,  for  libel,  will  recover  only  half  that  sum,  the  court 
having  reduced  the  verdict  to  $20,000  on  the  ground  that  the 
larger  sum  was  excessive. 


Potted  Plants  Sale  as  an  Attraction. 
A  sale  of  potted  plants  that  was  unique  in  its  way  was  car- 
ried  on   recently   by   the   Johnson   Creek   Drug   Company,   at 
Jefferson.  Wis. 


Permit  to  Sell  Liquor  Revoked  and  Heavily  Fined. 

Central  City.  Iowa.  June  5. — Judge  Ellison,  at  Cedar 
Rapids,  has  finod  il.  J.  Murray  $300  and  costs  and  revoked 
his  permit  tor  violating  an  injunction  which  forbid  him  to 
sell  liquors  in  his  drug  store. 


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551 


NEW  DRUG  LAW  IN  MISSOURI.  MEMBERS  OF  THE  NEW  IOWA  STATE  PHARMACY  COMMISSION. 

Eepresentative  Hagenow's  Co-operation 
With.  Physicians  is  Conunended. 

St.  Louis,  June  0. — The  new  pharmacy 
law  recently  approved  by  the  Governor  was 
introduced  by  Theo.  Hagenow,  one  of  the 
St.  Louis  representatives,  who  was  active  iu 
securing  its  enactment.  The  new  law  is 
about  what  has  been  attempted  at  each  ses- 
sion of  the  Legislature  for  20  years,  but  this 
session  is  the  first  at  which  there  has  been 
a  druggist  member  who  has  whole-heartedly 
supported  advanced  legislation.  Mr.  Hage- 
now has  also  acted  with  the  foremost  physi- 
cians of  the  State  in  promoting  desirable 
measures  and  discouraging  such  objectiona- 
ble legislation  as  came  before  the  House.  At 
a  recent  pharmac.v  banquet  Dr.  Xichelson, 
president  of  the  St.  Louis  Medical  Society. 
said  that  he  regarded  Mr.  Hagenow's  intel- 
ligent and  active  support  of  the  ph.vsicians' 
interest  one  of  the  greatest  advances  toward 
closer  fellowship  between  the  professions  of 
anything  that  had  ever  occurred  in  Jlissoiiri. 

The  law  provides  for  registration  of  phar- 
macists and  assistants,  also  that  the  board 
may  license  without  examination  men  in 
tillages  of  less  than  500  persons  to  practice 
pharmacy  in  that  village  when  no  regular 
applicants  appear  for  license  from  that  com- 
munity. It  ic  made  unlawful  for  any  ex- 
cept these  to  fill  prescriptions  or  sell  inhib- 
ited drugs.  Annual  re-registration  is  provided.  Diplomas  from 
approved  schools  are  recognized  in  lieu  of  examinations  and 
restricted  exchange  of  license  with  other  States  is  provided. 

A  board  of  five  members  is  created  and  it  is  provided  that 
one  shall  be  appointed  each  year  from  a  list  of  five  names 
recommended  by  the  Missouri  Ph.A.  All  shall  be  registered 
pharmacists  and  one  shall  serve  as  secretary  at  an  annual 
salary,  the  other  members  receiving  $5  for  each  day  actually 
engaged  and  their  expenses.  The  secretary  is  made  an  agent 
for  prosecution  of  violations. 

The  fees  are  :  For  examination  as  pharmacist.  $3 ;  assistant, 
?5 ;  renewal  of  either  license,  $1 ;  application  for  village 
license,  $2.. 

Prescriptions  are  ordered  preserved  five  years  and  physi- 
cians have  access  to  copies  of  their  own  at  any  time,  also 
persons  for  whom  they  were  written,  except  on  a  contrary 
order  from  the  physician.  A  poison  register  is  also  ordered. 
Holders  of  licenses  are  exempt  from  jury  duty. 

The  bill  as  originally  written  contained  a  clause  that  was 
expected  to  stop  the  vendors  throughoi't  the  country  districts, 
but  the  pressure  brought  to  bear  upon  representatives  by 
these  men  and  a  class  of  country  doctors  was  too  strong  and 
that  section  was  dropped  to  save  the  rest  of  the  bill.  Mr. 
Hagenow  believes,  however,  that  the  fight  made  this  time  has 
greatly  strengthened  the  cause  and  a  bill  to  that  effect  two 
years  hence  will  be  passed,  if  properly  supported  by  the 
Missouri  Ph.A.  The  peddlers  seemed  especially  strong  with 
the  country  representatives. 


.   W.   CLEMENTS,  c.f  Mareii!.'0. 
i(    the    lii'W    memi.eis    ..f    tlie    lev 
State    I'liarmaoy    Commission. 


D.Win  E.  HADDEX.  of  Alta. 
(if   the    new    members   of    the    Iowa 
Stiite    Pharmacy   Comn 


PROPAGANDA  WORK  IN  NEW  YORK  STATE. 


Earthquake  Damages  Drug  Stores  in  Wisconsin. 
MrLWAiJKEE,  June  5. — Considerable  damage  resulted  to  the 
drug  stores  of  Wisconsin  from  the  recent  slight  earthquake 
which  passed  over  the  eastern  portion  of  the  State.  Reports 
from  Beloit,  Janesville,  Racine,  Kenosha,  Elkhom,  Delavan 
and  other  points  say  that  heavy  losses  were  sustained  by 
drug  stores  on  account  of  bottled  goods  being  knocked  from 
the  shelves.  At  the  Horlick  Malted  Milk  Company's  plant  at 
Racine  the  shock  seemed  to  be  especially  strong  and  no  little 
damage  was  done. 


Growth  of  German  Potash  Industry. 
Consul-General  Richard  Guenther  writes  from  Frankfort 
that  the  potash  production  of  Germany  at  present  represents 
about  750,000,000  marks  ($178,500,000)  of  capital  and  em- 
ploys 28,000  miners  and  work  people.  The  yearly  sales  of 
potash  are  $24,000,000,  the  trade  being  controlled  by  a  trust. 


Dr.  Anderson  Addresses  Several  Enthusiastic  and  Well 
Attended  Meetings  of  Doctors  and  Druggists. 

Three  very  enthusiastic  and  satisfactory  joint  meetings  were 
held  at  Ithaca.  Auburn  and  Corning  on  May  26,  27  and  28, 
respectively.  Between  .50  and  60  physicians  and  pharm.icists 
were  present  at  each  and  addresses  were  made  by  Dr.  William 
C.  Anderson,  chairman  of  the  propaganda  committee  of  the 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  dean  of  the 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy.  At  all  of  the  three  meetings 
the  physicians  expressed  desire  for  other  meetings  of  the  same 
nature  and  stated  that  they  were  perfectly  willing  to  co- 
operate with  the  druggists  for  more  ethical  practices  on  the 
part  of  members  of  both  professions. 

At  the  Ithaca  meeting  practically  all  the  physicians  and 
pharmacists  of  the  district  were  in  attendance.  The  druggists 
gave  the  physicians  a  reception  and  luncheon  preceding  the 
discussion.  Judson  B.  Todd,  a  member  of  the  State  Pharmacy 
Board,  acted  as  toastmaster.  The  discussion  was  formally 
opened  by  Dr.  Anderson,  who  delivered  an  address  on  "The 
Duties  of  the  Physician  and  the  Pharmacist."  Response  was 
made  by  Dr.  I.  M.  Unger,  president  of  the  County  Medical 
Society.  John  G.  Brooks,  chairman  of  the  local  propaganda 
committee,  and  his  father,  Arthur  B.  Brooks,  also  spoke.  Be- 
fore adjournment,  which  did  not  take  place  until  2  a.  m., 
nearly  every  one  in  attendance  had  expressed  himself  on  the 
subject.  The  physicians  iu  particular  took  an  active  part  in 
the  discussion  and  seemed  extremely  favorable  toward  more 
ethical  principles  by  the  physician  and  a  general  obsen-ance 
of  tlie  rights  and  duties  of  members  of  both  professions. 

The  Auburn  meeting  was  held  at  the  instigation  of  the  phy- 
sicians who  invited  the  pharmacists  to  meet  the  members  of 
the  County  Medical  Society  and  participate  in  a  discussion  on 
general  propaganda  work.  After  the  reading  of  a  paper  by 
Dr.  Anderson,  the  physicians  criticized  quite  severely  the 
methods  used  by  pharmacists  in  lending  their  recommendations 
to  patent  medicines  by  permitting  their  naces  to  appear  under 
these  advertisements  in  the  public  press.  The  pharmacists 
asserted  that  they  were  perfectly  willing  to  desist  from  this 
practice.  Another  point  argued  by  the  physicians  was  the 
refilling  of  their  prescriptions  handed  from  one  person  to 
another,  and  at  times  the  discussion  on  this  matter  grew  quite 
heated.  Each  side  expressed  confidence  that  points  had  been 
brought  out  beneficial  to  all  and  that  a  better  understanding 
would  prevail  in  the  future,  also  that  frequent  consultations 


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[June  10,  1909 


or  meetings  be  encouraged  so  that  if  any  differences  arose  a 
consistent  settlement  could  be  made. 

A  banquet  was  given  by  the  Corning  druggists  to  the  phy- 
sicians at  the  City  Club,  and  the  local  druggists  had  the  satis- 
faction of  entertaining  a  very  large  number  of  physicians,  in- 
cluding several  from  some  of  the  larger  cities  near  Corning. 

Owing  to  unfavorable  conditions  and  the  great  extent  to 
which  dispensing  is  practiced  in  this  section,  there  were 
serious  forebodings  as  to  the  outcome  of  this  meeting.  Both 
the  physicians  and  the  pharmacists  seemed  to  attend  the 
meeting  with  a  feeling  of  doubt  as  to  its  value,  but  following 
Dr.  Anderson's  address,  however,  and  an  extended  argument 
on  the  course  pursued  by  the  physicians,  the  atmosphere 
suddenly  cleared  and  results  are  expected  to  equal  those  of 
any  meeting  held  during  the  year.  The  physicians  freely 
acknowledged  that  they  were  going  backward  very  rapidly 
from  a  professional  standpoint  and  stated  they  would 
gladly  accept  a  remedy  to  improve  conditions.  They  applied 
numerous  questions  to  Dr.  Anderson  and  the  other  druggists 
present  in  reference  to  substitution,  counter-prescribing  and 
sale  of  patent  medicines  in  drug  stores,  all  of  which  were  sat- 
isfactorily   answered. 

The  Corning  pharmacists  decided,  as  did  thoss  of  the  other 
places  where  meetings  were  held,  to  present  each  physician  in 
the  locality  with  a  manual  of  the  U.S. P.  and  the  N.F.,  pub- 
lished by  the  American  Medical  Association.. 

It  was  proposed  by  the  physicians  that  steps  be  taken  to 
either  admit  the  local  druggists  into  the  County  Medical  So- 
ciety or  that  an  organization  of  the  two  professions  be 
formed  where  frequent  discussions  could  be  had. 

The  guests  included  Clifford  H.  Calkins,  of  Elmira;  A.  S. 
Van  Winkle,  of  Hornell,  and  a  prominent  physician  friend  of 
the  latter.  Dr.  Parker.  Mr.  Van  Winkle  stated  that  he  as 
well  as  Dr.  Parker  attended  out  of  curiosity  and  with  the  be- 
lief that  no  good  could  result  from  any  joint  conference. 
However,  assurances  were  given  by  both  of  these  gentlemen 
that  the  evening's  discussion  had  evoked  a  desire  on  their 
part  to  have  a  meeting  in  their  territory  and  arrangements 
were  at  once  begun  between  Dr.  Parker  and  the  County 
Medical  Society  to  secure  Dr.  Anderson  as  speaker  for  the 
prospective   meeting. 


COST  $20  TO  BE  KIND  TO  A  STRANGER. 


Boston  Firm  Disclaims  Any  Responsibility  for  Former 
Employee  Who  Borrowed  Money  of  Druggist. 

Edgar  D.  G.  Foltz,  employed  with  W.  A.  Shannon,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, Pa.,  is  anxious  to  locate  a  traveling  salesman,  J.  A. 
Murphy,  who  claimed  to  represent  the  Willis  H.  Lowe  Com- 
pany, Boston,  Mass.,  to  obtain  repayment  of  a  draft  for  $18.50, 
with  protest  fees  of  $1.54  added— a  total  of  $20.04.  Murphy 
called  at  the  pharmacy  to  sell  goods,  became  acquainted  with 
Mr.  Foltz  and  borrowed  various  sums  from  him,  as  alleged, 
finally  giving  the  draft  in  payment.  The  draft  was  "refused" 
by  the  Lowe  company,  according  to  the  certificate  of  protest, 
dated  April  S,  made  by  the  National  Shawmut  Bank,  of 
Boston. 

On  April  29  the  Era  received  the  following  letter  from 
J.  A.  Murphy  in  reply  to  a  request  for  an  explanation : 

"If  justice  is  to  be  done  you  will  please  wait  until  I  see 
you  in  person,  which  I  will  do  on  Friday  or  Saturday"  (April 
30  or  May  1).  He  did  not  appear,  nothing  has  been  heard 
from  him  since  and  a  letter  written  subsequently  to  his  last 
address  was  returned  as  undelivered  by  the  postal  authorities. 

The  Willis  H.  Lowe  Company,  under  date  of  April  28, 
wrote  as  follows  to  the  Eba  : 

"J.  A.  Murphy  is  not  at  present  connected  with  us  in  any 
■capacity.  He  has  sold  goods  for  us,  in  the  past,  on  commis- 
sion, paying  his  own  expenses.  We  are  in  no  way  responsible 
for  his  financial  transactions." 

Meanwhile  Mr.  Foltz  is  apparently  out  $20  for  being  ac- 
commodating to  a  comparative  stranger;  at  least  no  other 
sequel  to  his  acts  of  kindness  is  in  sight  after  the  expiration 
of  two  months. 


Not  So  Sweet. 
And  the  breast  to  heave  and  the  soul  to  grieve 
Yes,   parting   is   such   sweet   sorrow. 

For  the  eyes  begin   to  fill 

When  you  part  with  .your  last  dollar  bill. 


MODEL  MANAGERS  OF  MARYLAND  PHARMACIES 

In    the    United    Drug   Company's   Southern    Expansion 
TTse  is  Made  of  Two  Very  Capable  Pharmacists. 

Baltimoke.  .lane  .5. — Among  the  Baltimore  ilnig  stores 
that  enjoy  a  large  measure  of  prosperity  are  the  Williamson  & 
Watts  pharmacies  at  Howard  and  Franklin  streets  and  at 
Baltimore  and  Eutaw  streets.  Both  stores  were  established 
upon  a  firm  basis  before  they  became 
a  part  of  the  United  Drug  Compa- 
ny's chain  of  establishments,  the 
Eutaw  street  stand  having  been  long 
devoted  to  the  drug  business  and 
having  enjo.ved  a  wide  reputation 
even  before  Williamson  &  Watts 
took  hold  of  it. 

The  Howard  street  store  was  en- 
tirely the  creation  of  Williamson  & 
Watts,  the  place  having  been  leased 
by  them  after  the  erection  of  the  new 
building  on  that  "orner.  Primarily, 
both  places  owe  their  success  to  the 
initiative  and  the  progressiveness  of 
the  members  of  the  old  firm,  but  that 
this  success  has  been  continueji  and 
MARION  L.  ELLIOTT,  emphasized  is  due  to  the  fortunate 
choice  by  Mr.  Williamson  of  man- 
agers. Not  being  able  to  look  after  every  detail  himself,  he 
looked  around  for  capable  young  men  to  attend  closely  to  the 
sales  end  of  the  business.  For  the  Baltimore  street  store  he 
selected  Marion  L.  Elliott,  who  has  managed  the  establishment 
since  the  firm  opened  there,  14  .years 
ago.  He  is  about  40  years  of  age 
and  was  born  and  raised  in  Balti- 
more. He  got  his  first  taste  of  the 
drug  business  with  Mr.  Hieron.vmus. 
at  Gilmor  and  Lexington  streets.  He 
has  a  great  faculty  for  making 
friends  and  enjoys  a  large  measure 
of  popularity,  besides  being  a  most 
capable  and  conscientious  manager, 
who  looks  after  details  and  keeps  af- 
fairs well  in  hand.  Mr.  Elliott  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy.  The  Eutaw  street  store 
offers  problems  unlike  few  other 
pharmacies  in  Baltimore,  but  Mr. 
Elliott  has  shown  the  knack  of  mas- 
tering them  and  adopting  methods 
which  appeal  particularly  to  the 
class  of  patrons  who  make  up  the  large  majority  of  purchasers 
there. 

Mr.  Williamson's  choice  for  the  Howard  street  store  fell 
upon  A.  L.  Litsinger,  a  young  Baltimorean,  not  so  many  years 
out  of  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy.  Mr.  Litsinger  had 
given  indications  of  special  business  ability  in  the  employ 
first  of  Druggist  Milby,  in  Fremont  avenue,  then  as  clerk  tor 
Moore  &  Copper,  in  Lexington  street,  between  Park  avenue 
and  Howard  street,  whose  name  has  since  disappeared  from 
the  roster  of  drug  firms,  and  still  later  in  the  Field  pharmacy 
at  Pikesville.  The  expectations  entertained  of  him  were 
found  not  to  have  been  misplaced.  In  the  larger  field  at 
Howard  and  Franklin  streets,  with  a  previously  untried  clien- 
tele to  attract,  and  with  theater  audiences  to  look  after,  he 
proved  his  worth  as  a  capable  salesman.  Mr.  Williamson 
came  to  rely  implicity  upon  him.  When,  in  February  last, 
Mr.  Williamson  retired  from  Williamson  &  Watts  and  it  be- 
came necessary  to  find  some  one  to  take  care  of  certain  details 
of  the  Lexington  street  store  of  the  corporation  and  to  fill 
the  post  of  secretary  of  the  company,  Mr.  Litsinger  was 
chosen.  He  is  about  34  years  old  and  took  charge  of  the 
Howard  street  store  some  six  years  ago.  Wallace  J.  Smith, 
the  new  general  manager  brought  here  by  the  United  Drug 
Company  from  Holyoke,  Mass.,  has  found  his  services  of  value 
in  maintaining  that  continuity  of  method  so  essential  to  unin- 
terrupted  growth. 


LITSINGER. 


Contradictory,    But   True. 
The  Hairbrush — It  is  impossible  to  be  in  two  places  at  once. 
The  Alarm  Clock — I  can  go  off  and  stay  right  where  I  am. 


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TRAVELERS  WHO  ARE  HUSTLING  TO  MAKE  A  SUCCESS  OF  ENTERTAINMENT  OF  ILLINOIS  PH.A. 


W.  E.  SCHMIDT, 
with  the  Hcehschild-Kelter  Co.,  is  a 
member  of  the  parade  committee  of  the 
Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  As- 
sociation which  win  provide  one  of  the 
big  features  at  the  convention  in  Qulncy 
next  week  of  the  Illinois  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association. 

Banners  for  Quincy  Parade. 
Chicago,  June  5. — Tbe  simultaneous 
meetings  of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical 
Association  and  the  Illinois  Pharmaceu- 
tical Travelers'  Association  at  Quincy 
this  month  are  exciting  great  interest 
among  the  trade.  The  banners  which  are 
to  be  carried  in  the  parade  at  Quincy 
have  been  on  display  this  week  at  the 
offices  of  Robert  Stevenson  &  Son.  The 
minstrel  troup  of  the  Social  Drug  Club, 
of  Chicago,  will  attend  the  meeting  and 
give  a  performance. 


JOHN  A.  MULDOOX, 
of  Chicago',  has  been  with  the  Fuller  & 
Fuller  Co.  for  twenty-live  years  and 
enjoys  the  distinction  of  being  the 
pioneer  salesman  to  use  an  automobile 
to  call  on  his  patrons,  having  started 
the  custom  eight  years  ago.  He  is  on 
the  I.Ph.T.A.   hotel  committee. 


Chicago  Notes. 

— James  Hirschfield  has  bought  the 
pharmacy  of  A.  E.  Fletcher  at  62  Canal- 
port  avenue. 

— W.  A.  Rennan  has  purchased  the 
drug  business  of  the  Heinemann  Drug 
Company  at  211  Webster  avenue. 

— A.  E.  Techter  has  succeeded  the  drug 
firm  of  Stoltz  &  Grady  at  104  North 
Clark   street. 

— Central  Chemical  Manufacturing 
Company  of  Chicago  has  surrendered  its 
papers  of  incorporation  and  gone  out  of 
business. 

- — O.  J.  Hartwig,  Milwaukee  avenue,  is 
enlarging  his  store  and  the  improvements 
will  give  him  a  frontage  of  50  feet. 

— Out-of-town  druggists  visiting  Chicago  during  the  week 
included  the  following:  F.  L.  Bernard,  of  F.  G.  Bernard  & 
Son,  Chatfield,  Minn. :  J.  M.  Coryell,  Union  Mills,  Ind. ;  M.  R. 
Zaegel.  Sheboygan,  Wis. ;  C.  B.  Stiger,  of  Stiger  &  Crossman, 
Toledo,  Iowa :  W.  F.  Mangus,  Moberly,  Mo. ;  J.  W.  Evans, 
Clinton,  Iowa. 


WALTER  R.  KREMBS. 
with  the  O.  F.  Schmidt  Chemical  Co..  is 
the  official  artist  of  the  Illinois  Pharma- 
ceutical Travelers'  Association.  He  de- 
signs all  of  the  convention  covers  and 
promises  that  the  one  for  the  "round- 
up "  at  Quincy,  June  15-17,  will  eclipse 
all  previous  efforts. 

$200,000  Suits  Against  A.M.A. 

CiiiCAfiO,  June  5. — The  Organic  Chem- 
ical Mfg.  Company,  of  Philadelphia,  and 
its  president,  S,  Lewis  Summers,  have 
brought  suit  for  .$100,000  each  against 
the  American  Medical  Association.  The 
suit  is  the  result  of  controversies  over 
certain  pharmaceutical  preparations 
made  by  the  plaintiff  company  and  be- 
cause of  certain  articles  published  in  the 
Jonrnal  of  the  American  Medical  Asso- 
ciation, which  it  is  alleged  damaged  the 
business  of  the  company  and  the  reputa- 
tion of  its  president. 


Woman  Druggist  is  Accused. 
CoLDWwTER.  Mich..  June  5. — Branch 
County  has  the  novel  experience  of  hav- 
ing a  woman  druggist  arrested  on  a 
charge  of  illegal  liquor  selling.  Mrs. 
Tressa  H.  Paulson,  owner  of  the  Bronson 
drug  store,  is  the  accused  person.  Her 
husband,  also  a  druggist,  was  previously 
arrested  but  was  acquitted. 


FRANK  J.  HOEY,  of  Chicago, 

with  the  Gazzolo  Drug  &  Chemical  Co.. 

is     secretarv     and     treasurer     of     the 

"Illinois   Ph.T.A. 


Not  Even  on  Prescriptions. 
Ithaca.  Mich.,  June  5. — At  a  recent 
meeting  of  the  members  of  the  Gratiot 
County  Druggists'  Association  at  Alma  a 
formal  resolution  was  adopted  binding  all 
druggists  not  to  sell  liquor  even  on  pre- 
scription of  physicians  after  the  expiration  of  their  govern- 
ment licenses  June  30. 


Druggist   Halper   is   Honorably   Acquitted. 
Victor  Halper,  a  druggsit  of  60  East  116th  street,  Manhat- 
tan  Borough,   Xew   York   City,    who   was   recently   accused   of 
failing  to  keep  proper  records  of  sales   of  cocaine,  was  hon- 
orably discharged  by  the  magistrate. 


Milwaukee  Man  'Works  Off  a  Forgery. 
Racine.  Wis.,  June  5. — The  Red  Cross  Drug  Company 
was  the  loser  to  the  extent  of  $32..50  by  the  clever  forgery  of 
one  C.  V.  Seerup,  a  resident  of  Milwaukee.  Seerup.  who  had 
been  employed  and  lived  in  Racine  for  a  short  time,  made  the 
check  out  to  his  own  order  and  signed  a  fictitious  name. 
Acquaintance  with  the  clerks  of  the  pharmacy  made  the  rest 
easy  and  Seerup  has  disappeared  with  the  cash.  The  police 
are  hot  on  the  trail. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTIC.IL     ERA 


[June  10,  1909 


MASSACHUSETTS  MOURNS  JOHN  H.  MANNING. 

Former  President  of  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  Prominent  in  Professional  and  Civic  Affairs. 

Boston,  June  .5. — Johu  H.  Manning,  a  prominent  druggist 
of  western  Massachusetts,  died  recently  at  tlie  Corey  Hill  Hos- 
pital, Brookline.  after  a  brief  illness.  His  home  was  in  Pitts- 
field,  and  two  weeks  ago  he  was  moved  across  the  State  for  the 
purpose  of  receiving  the  most  skillful  surgical  treatment.  An 
operation  was  performed  for  gallstones,  but  the  expected  relief 
was  not  produced. 

In  1885  Mr.  Manning  was  appointed  a  member  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Pharmacy  Commission,  and  he  was  reappointed  in 
1891.  He  was  president  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  in  1SS7.  and  for  most  of  the  time  since 
he  had  served  on  the  committees  on  questions  and  papers,  and 
on  congressional  legislation.  He  was  twice  a  delegate  to  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  also  twice  to  the 
American  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Congress  in  Washington. 

Mr.  Manning  was  born  in  Ellington.  Conn.,  July  23,  1846. 
and  lived  there  until  1856,  when  his  father,  who  was  a  physi- 
cian, moved  to  Pittsfield,  and  bought  the  Old  Comer  Drug 
Store.  The  son  attended  the  Pittsiield  public  schools  and 
Wesleyan  Academy,  graduating  from  the  latter  in  186.5.  Mean- 
while his  father  had  died,  in  1863,  and  his  mother  had  con- 
tinued the  business  herself.  Upon  graduation  he  joined  his 
mother  in  the  conduct  of  the  store,  and  in  1872  bought  it  and 
conducted  it  for  the  next  38  years. 

Mrs.  Manning  and  three  of  the  children  survive  him.  The 
children  are  Mrs.  George  Hubbell,  of  Pittsfield ;  Mrs.  Herbert 
P.  Ward,  of  Springfield,  and  John  P.  Manning,  of  Pittsfield. 

Mr.  Manning  was  a  communicant  of  St.  Stephen's  Episco- 
pal Church  and  held  membership  in  many  fraternal  associa- 
tions, including  the  Masons,  Red  Men,  Royal  Arcanum  and 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution.  He  also  held  various  civic 
offices,  being  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Highway  Com- 
mission at  the  time  of  his  death. 


Reinhold  van  der  Emde,  Former  Druggist. 

Reinhold  van  der  Emde.  founder  and  president  of  the  Tork- 
ville  Bank  and  active  for  years  in  charitable  and  philanthropic 
movements  in  New  York  City,  died  of  heart  failure  last  week 
at  his  country  place,  Bedford.  Westchester  County. 

Mr.  van  der  Emde  was  born  in  Germany  in  1842.  and  in 
his  youth  studied  pharmacy  in  Switzerland.  He  came  to  this 
country  in  1869  and  established  a  drug  store  at  the  Bowery 
and  Second  street,  Manhattan  Borough.  He  built  a  large 
business  and  soon  went  into  banking.  In  1893  he  founded 
the  Torkville  Bank,  of  which  institution  he  was  president 
until  his  death.  The  bank's  new  building  at  Third  avenue 
and  85th  street,  which  is  generally  looked  upon  as  a  model 
for  banking  houses,  was  designed  under  the  direction  of 
Mr.  van  der  Emde. 

Mr.  van  der  Emde  was  a  trustee  of  the  German  Savings 
Bank  and  an  officer  in  several  German  charitable  organiza- 
tions. He  was  a  director  of  the  German  Hospital,  the  Isabella 
Home  and  an  officer  in  the  Deutsche  Gesellschaft  and  the  Ger- 
man Liederkranz.  He  was  a  member  of  the  German  Apothe- 
caries' Society,  and  was  always  active  in  social  affairs  that 
were  organized  by  leading  members  of  German  society  in  this 
city.    He  left  a  widow. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— HOBACE  Geeelet  Chaxdleb,  formerly  of  Montfort,  Wis., 
died  recently  in  Mobile,  aged  37. 

— Thomas  A.  Johnson,  of  the  Cooper-Johnson  Drug  Com- 
pany, Franklin,  Tenn.,  is  dead,  aged  31.  A  widow  and  child 
survive. 

— Henet  Tanneb,  37,  a  drug  clerk,  is  dead  of  pneumonia 
at  his  home,  1012  Saratoga  street,  Newport,  Ky.  He  leaves 
a  widow  and  one  child. 

— Geoege  T.  Milleb,  of  Hillsboro,  New  Mexico,  died  on 
the  24th  ultimo,  leaving  a  widow  who  expects  to  continue  the 
business  under  husband's  name. 

— Hebbekt  H.  Aemstbong.  a  graduate  of  New  York  C.P.. 
died  recently  at  Kearny,  N.  J.,  aged  44,  leaving  a  widow  and 
two  children.  He  formerly  lived  in  Wilkes-Barre.  Pa.,  but 
for  a  number  of  years  was  in  the  drug  business  in  Newark, 
N.  J. 

— J.  J.  ScHUBEBT,  president  of  the   Schubert  &  Schneider 


Drug  Co.,  Kankakee,  III.,  died  on  June  2,  after  a  brief  illness. 
He  was  one  of  the  veteran  druggists  of  the  State  and  was 
well  known  throughout  the  fraternity,  being  a  member  of  the 
Illinois  Ph.A. 

• — William  C.  Teisee,  a  prominent  and  popular  druggist  of 
Jacksonville,  Fla.,  is  dead,  aged  4.5,  leaving  a  widow  and 
daughter.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  connected  with  the 
Southern  Drug  Manufacturing  Company,  but  recently  went 
into  business  for  himself. 

— Feank  a.  Henet,  Jr.,  aged  52,  is  dead  in  Louisville, 
where  he  was  a  prominent  druggist,  having  been  for  years  of 
the  firm  of  Renz  &  Henry  and  latterly  at  the  head  of  the 
Henry  Drug  Company  and  the  Henry  Pharmacal  Company. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  two  daughters. 

— Emile  T.  Diez.  for  17  years  owner  of  a  store  at  Magazine 
and  Peniston  streets.  New  Orleans,  died  recently  at  Withams- 
ville,  Ohio,  where  he  had  gone  in  the  hope  of  recovering  his 
health.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Tulane  University.  He  leaves 
a  brother,  Leon  B.  Diez,  a  druggist  of  Magazine  street  and 
Louisiana  avenue ;  one  sister  and  a  half-brother. 


NEW  PURE  DRUG  LAW  IN  WISCONSIN. 


Referee  Board  Attacked  in  the  Legislature  Prior  to 
Passage  of  Act  by  an  Overwhelming  'Vote. 

Madison,  .Tune  5. — The  pure  food  bill  which  was  recently 
passed  in  the  Wisconsin  Legislature  has  been  signed  by  the 
Governor  and  has  been  published  as  a  law.  The  Act  amends 
Sections  46(10  to  4601  of  the  Statutes  relating  to  foods  and 
drugs  and  aims  to  prevent  anything  in  the  nature  of  adul- 
teration. In  the  way  of  definition,  it  is  explained  that  in  the 
case  of  drugs  an  article  shall  be  deemed  to  be  adulterated : 

"First,  if  when  sold,  or  offered  or  exposed  for  sale  or  had  in 
possession  with  intent  to  sell,  under  or  by  any  name  recog- 
nized in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  or  National  For- 
mulary, it  differs  from  the  standard  of  strength,  quality  or 
purity  laid  down  in  the  latest  edition  thereof,  current  at  the 
time  when  such  drug  is  sold  or  offered  or  exposed  for  sale  or 
had  in  possession  with  intent  to  sell ;  second,  if  its  strength, 
quality  or  purity  falls  below  the  professed  standard  under 
which  it  is  sold ;  third,  if  it  contains  wood  alcohol  except 
when  intended  for-external  use  only  and  so  labeled." 

The  law.  which  designates  benzoate  of  soda  as  a  substance 
deleterious  to  public  health,  was  passed  by  the  Assembly 
by  an  overwhelming  vote.  A  sharp  debate  arose  when  an 
effort  was  made  to  postpone  action. 

"President  Roosevelt  told  J.  Q.  Emery,  Wisconsin  Dairy 
and  Food  Commissioner,  that  the  finding  of  the  special  com- 
mittee that  benzoate  of  soda  was  not  injurious  to  health  was 
the  one  time  when  he  had  been  fooled  by  Standard  Oil,"  said 
Speaker  Bancroft.  "The  finding  of  the  committee  was  worth- 
less, because  the  committee  was  packed.  One  of  the  three  was 
a  chemist  from  the  famous  kerosene  oil  university  at  Chicago, 
and  another  was  from  the  corn  syrup  system  which  is  domi- 
nated by  Standard  Oil." 


New  York  Chemists'  Club  May  Build  New  Home. 

The  building  of  a  handsome  club  house  in  the  near  future 
is  under  consideration  b.v  the  members  of  the  Chemists'  Club, 
of  lOS  West  55th  street.  Manhattan  Borough,  New  York  City. 
Several  weeks  ago  a  large  plot  at  ,50  to  54  East  41st  street, 
adjoining  the  southeast  corner  of  Madison  avenue,  was  sold  to 
Mrs.  Robert  Hewitt,  of  Ardsley-on-Hudson.  Later  the  prop- 
erty was  ostensibly  bought  by  Wesley  Thome,  but  it  was 
learned  recently  that  the  purchase  was  made  with  a  view  of 
turning  it  over  to  the  chemists.  Members  say  that  no  action 
on  the  construction  of  the  building  will  be  taken  until  the 
return  of  Prof.  Morris  Loeb,  of  Columbia  University,  president 
of  the  club,  who  is  now  in  London  attending  the  International 
Congress  of  Applied  Chemistry,  Plans  for  the  building,  how- 
ever, have  been  completed  by  Warren  &  Wetmore,  architects. 


Jersey  Delegate  Elected  to  N.A.R.D.  Convention. 
Mount  Holly,  N.  J.,  June  .5. — At  the  quarterly  meeting 
of  the  Burlinston  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  Frank 
S.  Hilliard.  of  Vincentown,  was  elected  delegate  to  the  an- 
nual convention  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  which  will  be  held  in  Louis- 
ville September  6-11,  E.  R.  Sparks,  of  Burlington,  was 
elected  alternate. 


June  10,  ]909]  THE     PHAEMACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  June  1,  1909. 

923,136— Reinhold  Berger,  Berlin,  Germany.  Making 
double-walled  Tacuum  bottles. 

923,201 — Morris  H.  Petigor,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Dispensing 
pump. 

923,214 — Swan  Tevander,  Toledo,  Ohio,  assignor  to  Ameri- 
can Can  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  corporation  of  New 
Jersey.     Screw  cap  nozzle  for  cans. 

923,232 — Adolph  Woolner.  Jr.,  and  AladSr  LSssloffy,  Peoria, 
111.,  assignors  to  Woolner  Distilling  Company,  Peoria,  111.,  a 
corporation  of  Illinois.     Process  for  making  alcohol. 

923,236— George  T.  Altenberg,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Double- 
walled  Tessel. 

923,387— Frank  B.  Turner,  Ocala,  Fla.     Turpentine  cup. 

923,501— Edward  Ermold,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Bottle-labeling 
machine. 

923.618 — Samuel  E.  Blizard.  Franklin.  Ind.  Liquid 
measure. 

92.3.635 — Ernst  Erdmann.  Halle-on-the-Saale.  Germany,  as- 
signor to  Actien  Gesellschaft  fur  Anilin  Fabrikation.  Hair 
dye. 

923,761 — Oskar  Boeters  and  Richard  Wolffenstein,  Berlin, 
Germany.     Process  of  producing  nitro  compounds. 

923,768 — Arthur  W.  Clark,  Conshohocken,  Pa.,  assignor  to 
Johnson  &  Johnson,  New  Brunswick.  N.  J.,  a  corporation  of 
New  Jersey.    Manufacture  of  surgical  ligatures. 

923,776 — Samuel  Danielewicz,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Filtra- 
tive  inhaler. 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protectire  Trade  Marks. 

Pood  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


923.779 — William  H.  Doble,  Quincy.  Mass.  Package-filling 
machine. 

923.7S1 — William  W.  Dryden,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Prescrip- 
tion balance  or  scale. 

923.791 — Hubert  Henn,  Berlin,  Germany,  assignor  to  Amer- 
ican Thermos  Bottle  Company,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Double- 
walled  vessffl. 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  June  1,  1909. 

39.132 — The  Allen  &  Hanburys  Co.,  Toronto,  Montreal, 
Canada.  Class  46.  Infant's  Milk  Food,  malted  cereal  food  for 
infants,  milk  cocoa  for  invalids,  a  pancreatized  milk  and  cereal 
food  for  infants  and  invalids,  etc. 

39,400 — Marietta  Stanley  Company,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
Class  6.  A  cosmetic  to  remove  tan,  moth  and  sunburn  and 
to  beautifv  the  complexion. 

41.412— W.  S.  Ward,  Camp  Point,  111.  Class  6.  A  veter- 
inary remedy. 

41.430 — Emergency  Laboratories.  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6. 
A  remedy  for  eruptional  skin  diseases. 


Jury  Verdict  TIpliolds  Proprietary  Contract. 

Little  Rock,  Ark.,  June  5. — The  jury  which  heard  the  tes- 
timony in  the  case  of  the  Hessig-Ellis  Drug  Company,  of  Mem- 
phis, against  Read's  Drug  Store  awarded  the  plaintiff  a  verdict 
of  $580.56.  which  was  the  full  amount  sued  for.  An  appeal 
to  the  Supreme  Court  will  probably  be  taken. 

The  suit  involved  the  interpretation  of  a  contract  by  which 
Mr.  Read  bought  a  proprietary  remedy.  The  contract  called 
for  advertising  in  a  certain  way  and  the  defendant  claimed 
the  selling  company  had  not  lived  up  to  the  spirit  of  the  con- 
tract. The  plaintiff  contended  that  it  had  lived  up  to  both  the 
letter  and  the  spirit  of  the  contract. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  10,  1009 


The  Drug  Markets 


ACTIVITY  LACKING  BUT  DEMAND  STEADY. 


Tendency  Has  Been   Upward  With   Business   Good   in 
Jobbing  Lots — Opium  Firmer  and  Higher. 

New  Xoek,  June  7. — Although  no  particular  activity  has 
been  noted  in  the  market  for  drugs  and  chemicals  during  the 
■  past  week,  there  continues  to  be  a  steady  jobbing  demand 
without  any  discouraging  features  in  the  general  outlook. 
Opium  is  firmer  and  higher.  Asafetida  scarce  and  tending 
upward.  Balsam  fir,  Oregon,  is  held  at  higher  figures.  Gly- 
cerin is  in  a  strong  position,  and  a  further  advance  in  price'~ 
is  looked  for.  Citric  acid  is  in  demand  with  a  very  strong 
market  at  quoted  prices.  Camphor  is  active,  but  without 
any  change  in  manufacturers'  prices.  Cantharides,  Russian, 
is  firmer  in  primary  markets,  but  unchanged  iu  our  own. 
Jalap  root  is  firm,  and  values  are  well  sustained. 

Opium. — The  market  is  much  firmer,  and  holders  who  have 
been  offering  at  $4.15  per  pound  are  now  holding  at  $4.25 
per  pound,  but  powdered  and  granulated  are  unchanged.  Pri- 
mary markets  report  active  buying  with  heavy  sales  for 
America  at  advancing  prices,  with  important  demands  un- 
filled. The  weather  continues  dry  and  a  good  percentage  of 
the  plants  have  dried  up.  The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the 
week  ending  May  14  amount  to  2067  cases,  against  1387  cases 
at  the  same  period  last  year. 

QuiNiKE  Sulphate. — There  is  a  steady  market,  but  with- 
out any  new  features,  and  manufacturers"  prices  are  un- 
changed on  the  basis  of  14c.  per  ounce  for  100-ounce  cans. 
The  sale  of  Amsterdam  brand  of  quinine  in  Amsterdam  on 
the  1st  instant  was  without  any  change  in  value ;  50,000 
ounces  were  sold  at  florins  10.50.  the  same  as  at  the  previous 
sale.  The  bark  shipments  for  the  month  of  May  amounted 
to  1,320,000  pounds. 

Cod  Liver  Oil,  Nobwegi.\n. — Cable  advices  give  the  result 
oC  the  catch  and  production  of  oil  to  the  1st  instant  as  fol- 
lows: Total  catch,  52,700,000  fish,  producing  40.670  barrels 
of  oil.  The  result  in  the  year  190S  was  as  follows ;  44,300.000 
fish,  producing  47,238  barrels  of  oil.  The  production  during 
the  past  week  has  been  only  300  barrels,  which  shows  quite  a 
falling  off,  and  the  total  result  as  compared  with  last  year 
shows  a  deficiency  of  6568  barrels.  .  Primary  markets  are 
quiet  but  firm,  and  lower  prices  are  not  looked  for. 

Gltceein. — Manufacturers  have  advanced  their  prices  to 
16c.  per  pound  for  the  article  in  drums,  17c.  in  plain  cans 
and  17%c.  in  patent  cans.  The  tendency  is  upwards,  and  one 
of  the  largest  manufacturers  refuses  to  quote. 

Chamomile  Flovi^ers,  Hungarian. — There  is  a  shipment 
on  a  steamer  soon  due  to  arrive.  The  lot  is  reported  to  be 
a  prime  one  and  will  be  offered  at  3Sc.  per  pound,  in  cases 
of  110  pounds  each.  Advices  received  from  different  producing 
sources  agree  that  only  a  small  quantity  will  be  gathered  this 
season,  hardly  suflicient  to  meet  the  world's  demand. 

Cantharides,  Russian. — In  the  producing  districts  stocks 
seem  to  be  greatly  reduced,  and  are  held  at  very  much  higher 
prices.  However,  some  houses  here  have  a  good  supply  at 
present  and  still  continue  to  quote  at  60c.  per  pound  in  cases 
of  about  200  pounds. 

St.  Ignatius  Beans. — This  article  has  been  out  of  mar- 
ket for  a  long  time,  but  an  arrival  of  about  500  pounds  is 
expected  shortly  by  a  local  dealer.  Subject  to  previous  sale 
it  will  be  offered  at  50c.  per  pound. 

Woemseed,  Levant. — Dealers  expect  to  see  an  advance  iu 
the  price  of  this  article,  as  first  hand  stocks  in  primary  markets 
are  reported  as  entirely  cleared  up.  One  house  which  has 
a  supply  on  hand  is  offering  bales  of  200  pounds  at  6c.  per 
pound ;  lots  of  5  to  10  bales  at  5%c.,  and  lots  of  25  bales  at  5c. 

Asatetida. — Increasing  firmness  is  shown,  owing  to  light 
available  supplies  and  continued  absence  of  offers  from  pri- 
mary markets.  The  small  stock  of  U.S. P.  in  the  local  market 
is  held  at  50@60c.  per  pound,  as  to  seller,  and  still  higher 
prices  are  predicted. 

BucHtJ  Leaves. — The  short  are  firmer  and  some  holders 
have  advanced  their  quotations  to  37c..  although  others  are 
still  willing  to  sell  in  a  limited  way  at  35@36c.  per  pound 
for  large  quantities.     The  outlook  is  considered  favorable  for 


fr.rther  improvement.  Cables  from  London  report  resales  of 
stocks  tliere  at  the  equivalent  of  36c.  laid  down  here. 

Caffeine. — Manufacturers  have  reduced  their  prices  and 
the  market  is  easier  than  for  some  time.  Bulk,  as  to  quantity, 
is  held  at  $3.10@$3.25  per  pound,  the  inside  figure  being  for 
25-pound  lots. 

Balsam  of  Fib. — Prices  are  higher  for  Oregon  owing  to 
stronger  primary  markets.  Local  dealers  have  advanced  quo- 
tations to  $1.10  in  barrels  and  .?1.20  in  cans. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  May  29. — This  has  been  a  quiet  week  and  until 
the  Whitsuntide  Holidays  are  well  over  business  will  be 
practically  at  a  standstill.  Changes  in  value  have  been  few, 
the  most  important  being  an  advance  of  £5  per  ton  in  the  price 
of  refined  Glycerin  which  is  now  quoted  at  78s.  6d.  per  cwt. 
for  best  quality  in  tins  and  cases  and  lower  for  large  wholesale 
quantities.  Citric  Acid  continues  in  quiet  demand,  but  the 
market  is  steadier.  For  Buchu  Leaves  Is.  6d.  per  pound  is 
asked  for  the  quality  which  sold  in  the  last  auctions  at  Is.  3d. 
to  Is.  4d.  Business  has  been  done  in  Rio  Ipecacuanha  at  5s. 
3d.  per  pound.  Menthol  is  firmer  at  7s.  4d.  per  pound  after 
a  small  business  at  7s.  3d.  English  Oil  of  Sweet  Almonds  is 
2d.  per  pound  dearer  at  Is.  lOd.  per  pound.  Camphor  is 
steady  but  quiet,  refined  Japanese  being  quoted  at  Is.  Od.  per 
pound  for  ounce  tablets.  American  Peppermint  Oil  is  quiet, 
but  Japanese  dementholized  is  rather  dearer  at  4s.  lOd.  per 
pound  "spot."  Essence  of  Lemon  is  lower  at  3s.  3d.  per 
pound.  On  the  spot  holders  of  Opium  are  firmer  in  their 
views,  but  buyers  are  not  anxious  to  come  forward  at  the  mo- 
ment. The  position  as  regards  Morphine  and  Codeine  is 
unchangerl. 

Anniversary  Celebration  of  Entei'prising  Pharmacist. 

Bernhard  von  Rappaport,  who  owns  two  drug  stores,  one 
at  Nostrand  avenue  and  Clarendon  road,  the  other  at  Rogers 
and  I^efferts  avenues,  Flatbush,  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York  City,  last  week  celebrated  his  third  business  anniversary 
in  gala  attire  and  prosperous  style.  During  four  days  of 
the  week  visitors  to  his  stores  were  made  to  feel  the  success 
which  has  come  to  him  by  the  enjoyment  of  some  delicious 
dish  or  drink  from  his  soda  fountains  or  a  delightful  box  of 
candy,  free  of  charge.  Each  purchaser  received  a  souvenir, 
choosing  from  a  list  which  included  boxes  of  confections, 
perfumery,  soaps,  toilet  powders,  etc. 

Mr.  Rappaport  is  a  strong  Era  man.  perusing  both  its 
news  and  advertising  pages  each  week  in  quest  of  helpful 
hints,  new  propositions  and  ideas  in  order  that  he  might 
be  able  to  supply  every  want  of  his  large  patronage  and  keep 
his  stores  fully  abreast  of  the  times. 


Fire  Damages  Plant  of  Milwaukee  Drug  Company. 

Milwaukee.  June  5. — The  Milwaukee  Drug  Company  suf- 
fered a  loss  of  more  than  $8000  recently  when  fire  badly 
damaged  a  stock  of  stationery  and  dry  chemicals  valued  at 
$15,000,  which  were  stored  in  warerooms  in  the  Seaman 
Building,  317-319  Milwaukee  street.  The  loss  was  partly 
covered  by  insurance.  The  entire  third  floor  of  the  building 
was  used  by  the  wholesale  drug  company  as  an  overflow  store- 
room and  the  drug  company  was  the  heaviest  loser  of  all  the 
occupants  of  the  building.  A  new  carload  of  tablets  had  just 
been  stored  in  the  •  structure  by  the  company  and  it  is  said 
that  this  was  a  total  loss.  Considerable  damage  was  done 
by  water  to  the  stock  in  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company's 
building  adjoining  and  only  the  hard  work  of  the  fire  depart- 
ment saved   the  structure. 


Pressed  Too  Hard  by  Their  Creditors. 
Cincinnati.  June  5. — The  Globe  Chemical  Company  and 
the  Ohio  River  Chemical  Company,  which  are  engaged  in  the 
buying  and  selling  of  heavy  chemicals,  have  been  placed  in  the 
hands  of  Griffith  L.  Resor  as  receiver,  on  an  order  of  the 
Superior  Court.  The  appointment  was  asked  for  by  Louis  C. 
Grote.  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  concerns,  who  claims 
the  companies  are  solvent  but  that  because  of  money  strin- 
gency and  inability  to  realize  on  stock,  the  companies  are 
unable  to  meet  the  pressing  demands  of  creditors. 


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Re  Photographs  for  "Era  Album" 

Illustrated  Section 

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representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  If  the  Arm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  other 
partners  and  clerks  may  have  their  portraits  included  for  $1.50 
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scriber to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

In  sending  photographs  be  sure  that  each  one  is  distinctly 
labeled  with  the  name,  address,  business,  profession  or  occupa- 
tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good  specimen : 


FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 
McMonag 

.Middletown 
le  &   Rogers 

.N. 

Y. 

Ex-Pres.  X.  Y. 

State  Phar. 

Ass 

n. 

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scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  tlie 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  ns  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

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have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

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DOCTORS  NOW   IN  THE  BENZOATE  FIGHT. 


Somewliat  unexpected,  but  not  altogether  surpris- 
ing, is  the  action  taken  by  the  American  Medical 
Association  in  entering  the  benzoate  of  soda  con- 
troversy and  training  its  big  guns  against  all  pre- 
servatives in  foods.  The  resolutions  form  a  most 
emphatic  endorsement  of  Dr.  Wiley's  position,  the 
Referee  Board  of  Experts  is  thoroughly  discredited 
and  moreover  the  presentation  of  the  resolutions 
personally  to  President  Taft  by  a  delegation  of  prom- 
inent physicians  is  an  indication  that  this  powerful 
association  does  not  propose  to  permit  the  sentiment 
adopted  to  rest  dormant  in  its  minutes.  The  resolu- 
tions are  so  terse,  vigorous  and  striking  that  no  room 
is  left  for  comment : 

Resolved.  That  the  American  Medical  Association  respectfully 
urges  upon  Congress  the  necessity  of  amending  the  National 
Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Act  in  the  following  particulars,  viz. : 

1.  To  prohibit  absolutely  and  unqualifiedly  the  use  of  benzoate 
of  soda  and  similar  preservatives  in  the  preparation  and  preser- 
vation of  foods  destined  for  interstate  commerce. 

2.  To  provide  for  a  system  of  Federal  inspection  of  all  estab- 
lishments engaged  in  the  preparations  of  foods  destined  for 
interstate  commerce,  stich  inspection  having  for  its  specific  ob- 
ject (a)  the  prevention  of  employment  in  them  of  persons  af- 
llieted  with  a  contagious,  infectious  disease;  (b)  the  prohibition 
of  the  use  of  preservatives,  such  as  benzoate  of  soda,  and  (c) 
the  prevention  of  the  utilization  of  unclean  and  offensive  waste 
productions,  which  now,  by  the  use  of  such  preservatives,  are 
branded  as  foodstuffs  and  sent  through  the  channels  of 
commerce. 

3.  To  provide  that  the  interpretation  and  construction  of  the 
law  shall  rest  with  the  courts  of  the  country. 

With  such  powerful  influences  now  engaged  in  the 
anti-preservative  campaign  some  interesting  devel- 
opments may  be  looked  for  when  Congress  convenes 
in  regular  session  in  December. 


■BURN  THIS  LETTER" — "BURN  THE  LEDGER. 


For  Era  Album 


Students  of  the  diplomatic  phases  of  political  his- 
tory in  America  will  never  forget  the  famous  "burn 
this  letter"  which  practically  cost  James  G.  Blaine 
the  Presidency  of  the  United  States,  to  be  elected  to 
which  high  ofBce  he  had  in  1884  even  a  better  ap- 
parent chance  of  election  than  some  other  repre- 
sentatives of  his  party  who  have  been  successful.  In 
drugdom  at  the  present  time  there  may  be  a  para- 
phrase of  the  Blaine  episode  in  some  of  its  aspects. 
In  a  lawyer's  implied  order  to  "burn  that  ledger" 
we  find  that  the  president  of  a  successful  chemical 
manufacturing  concern  loses  practically  in  a  moment 
an  increase  of  salary  amounting  to  $50,000  a  year, 
without  his  knowledge  or  consent,  so  far  as  the  evi- 
dence now  indicates.  Moreover  the  stockholders  who 
object  to  the  burning  of  ledgers  are  trying  to  wrest 
the  presidency  from  the  incumbent  who  jumped 
from  $6000  a  "year  to  $25,000  a  year  and  quickly  to 
a  $75,000  basis,  figuring  the  last  $25,000  increase 
payable  in  $10  shares  at  $5  each  as  being  what  the 
trade  would  consider  an  equivalent  in  view  of  divi- 


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dends  that  have  been  declared  by  the  corpoi'atiou. 

Elsewhere  in  this  issue  a  remarkable  story  is  told 
of  the  developments  up  to  date  in  the  Sanitol  litiga- 
tion. It  will  surprise  thousands  of  druggists  who 
have  become  stockholders  in  the  company,  it  will 
enlighten  those  who  have  received  invitations  to 
transform  their  stock  certificates  into  "mdse.",  with 
the  values  carefully  figured  out  in  advance.  It  will 
interest  particularly  the  stockholders  who  were  in- 
formed that  "no  dividends  were  likely  to  be  paid  in 
the  near  fiiture" — but  of  course  they  really  would 
not  expect  it  when  it  became  necessarj-  to  jump  the 
president's  salary  from  $6000  a  year  by  quick  stages 
to  approximate!}'  $75,000  a  year.  The  trouble  with 
so  many  people  is  that  they  are  unreasonable.  If 
they  were  not  so,  the  Sanitol's  lawj^er  probablj' 
would  not  have  canceled  the  last  salary  increase,  as 
the  evidence  seems  to  show.  The  compan.y  has  had  a 
reasonably  successful  career  and  the  indications  are 
that  its  future  existence  will  be  greatly  benefited  by 
the  proceedings  which  are  pending  in  St.  Louis. 


IMPORTANT  DECISION  AS  TO  LABELS. 


On  page  575  appears  some  account  of  a  recent 
decision  of  importance  to  manufacturers  of  pharma- 
ceutical preparations  and  to  proprietors  of  patent 
and  other  remedies,  including  druggists  wlio  buy 
compoimds  in  buUv  and  after  receiving  the  same  do 
the  work  of  bottling,  labeling  and  otherwise  prepar- 
ing the  articles  for  the  market.  In  the  ease  in  ques- 
tion the  court  held  that  it  was  not  necessary  to  ex- 
hibit the  alcoholic  content  on  the  container  of  the 
goods  in  bulk,  so  long  as  the  labels  on  the  smaller 
bottles  or  packages  in  which  the  goods  were  sold  to 
the  public  were  in  conformity  with  the  law. 

The  decision  means  that  there  will  be  no  further 
Federal  interference  in  eases  of  a  druggist  or  other 
person  having  his  medicines  compoimded  and 
shipped  to  him  in  bulk  by  a  manufacturing  pharma- 
cist in  another  State,  provided  there  is  no  sale  in 
bulk.  The  decision  is  a  victory  for  the  pharma- 
ceutical manufacturers. 


NEWS  VALUE   OF  AN  ADVERTISEMENT. 


A  fact  which  many  advertisers  overlook  in  pre- 
paring their  copy  for  publication  is  the  possible  news 
value  of  the  annoimcements.  Persistent  and  con- 
tinued publicity  is  an  essential  of  success,  but  its 
aid  is  best  invoked  when  the  advertisements  are 
given  what  may  be  called  news  interest.  The  adver- 
tiser may  not  have  something  new  to  sell,  but  the  old 
story  can  be  told  in  new  phraseologj',  keeping  the 
chief  points  well  in  the  foreground  and  the  effect 
cannot  fail  to  be  superior  to  that  produced  by  mere 
duplication  of  previous  statements  concerning  the 
wares  to  be  sold. 

It  is  for  that  reason  that  the  Era  has  pursued  the 
poUey  of  eordiallj'  inviting  its  advertisers  to  change 
their  announcements,  making  no  extra  charge  for 
resetting  the  type.  The  result  is  that  our  advertis- 
ing pages  are  more  attractive  to  our  readers  and 
they  turn  with  more  than  ordinary  interest  to  that 
department,  a  fact  which  benefits  them  and  advances 


the  value  of  the  advertising  to  those  who  make  the 
annomicements.  The  introduction  of  new  adver- 
tisers to  our  readers  is  a  further  step  in  the  direction 
of  increasing  the  news  interest  in  everj-  department 
of  the  Era  and  it  appears  to  be  greatly  appreciated 
by  all  who  are  concerned. 

PAYING  THE  DOCTORS  BY  THE  YEAR. 


In  one  of  the  discussions  at  the  recent  meeting  of 
the  American  Academy  of  I\Iedicine  at  Atlantic  City 
the  speakers  favored  the  adoption  of  the  contract 
physician,  wherebj'  families  with  small  incomes,  espe- 
cially wage  earners,  could  pay  an  annual  fee  of  $3 
or  $5  for  attention  and  also  the  adoption  of  some 
plan  whereby  the  family  could  be  insured  for  the 
amount  of  a  physician's  bill. 

The  growing  practice  of  a  family  physician  turn- 
ing over  a  patient  to  a  specialist  and  overcharging, 
the  physician  and  the  specialist  dividing  the  fee, 
was  condemned  as  professional  grafting,  as  were  also 
all  fee  splitting  plans.-  The  speakers  recognized  the 
burden  of  physicians'  bills  and  also  the  ob.jeetion  of 
the  average  person  to  summoning  a  physician  in  the 
early  stages  of  an  illness  because  of  the  fear  of 
exorbitant  bills. 

This  is  a  recognition  of  the  principle  of  Chinese 
civilization  which  is  to  pay  the  doctor  while  the  per- 
son is  in  good  health,  but  to  stop  doing  so  during 
illness.  While  the  eilect  upon  the  drug  trade  of  a 
similar  custom  in  this  country  would  probably  be  of 
small  account,  nevertheless  it  is  likely  that  such  a 
system  would  work  very  much  to  the  benefit  of  the 
great  mass  of  people  who  are  either  poor  or  in  mod-. 
erate  circumstances,  while  it  would  provide  the 
doctors  with  incomes  of  more  stability  and  certainty. 

PROGRESS  OF  STANDARDIZATION  MOVEMENT. 


Dr.  Stewart's  paper  on  the  "Standardization  of 
Materia  IMedica  Products,"  which  was  read  before 
the  American  Therapeutical  Society  and  portions  of 
which  are  reprinted  on  page  563  of  this  issue  of  the 
Era,  is  an  important  contribution  to  the  literature 
upon  this  important  subject.  The  agitation  in  be- 
half of  standardization,  in  which  the  doctor  has  been 
an  earnest  and  effective  worker,  has  been  making 
rapid  progress  imtil  the  time  has  come  when  there 
ought  to  be  a  practical  consideration  of  ways  and 
means.  How  is  it  going  to  be  done  and  who  is  going 
to  do  it  ? 

Suggestions  are  made  in  this  paper  as  to  the 
courses  which  may  well  be  pursued  in  the  future  de- 
velopment of  standardization  and  they  are  com- 
mended to  the  attention  of  the  various  pharmaceu- 
tical associations.  This  is  a  matter  which  deserves  a 
share  of  the  time  of  the  convention  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at  Los  Angeles  in 
August. 


The  man  who  is  shrewd  enough  to  sell  ice  in  summer  and 
coal  in  winter  would  run  his  fountain  the  year  around  and 
make  it  pay :  if  he  was  a  druggist. 


Educational  in  scope,  informatiTe  in  its  results  and  wit 
sharpening  in  some  of  its  puzzling  queries,  the  Quiz  Master's 
department  of  the  Eba  will  be  found  of  high  value  not  only 


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to  the  .younger  generation  in  pharniary.  but  to  those  who  have 
been  in  the  business  for  periods  lous  euough  to  warrant  an 
application  of  the  freshening  and  brightening  process.  This 
week  the  Quiz  Master  will  be  found  on  advertising  page  20. 


Dr.  Wiiey  must  have  felt  highl.v  elated  when  he  heard  of 
the  hearty  endorsement  given  to  him  aud  his  work  by  the 
American  Medical  Association  at  Atlantic  City  last  week. 
The  growing  strength  and  importance  of  the  A.M.A.  gives 
to  the  Father  of  the  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  an  ally  of 
such  force  and  power  that  his  future  efforts  will  probably  be 
less  hampered  by  obstacle  throwers  than  heretofore. 


The  development  of  the  slot  machine  idea  has  taken  further 
strides  in  New  York.  Many  of  the  big  hotels  and  some  of  the 
larger  drug  stores  have  now  installed  slot  machine  typewriters. 
For  10  cents  and  a  press  of  the  button  you  are  confronted 
with  a  standard  typewriter  and  paper  which  can  be  used  for 
half  an  hour. 


The  fact  that  a  druggist  in  a  "dr.v"  town  has  a  trade  in 
fishing  tackle  does  not  justify  him  in  selling  distilled  "bait." 


Largely  because  of  its  geographical  position.  Los  Angeles 
Cal.,  is  becoming  one  of  the  recognized  centers  of  the  wholesale 
distribution  of  drugs,  and  in  connection  with  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation which  convenes  in  that  city  on 
August  16  it  is  very  much  in  the  public 
eye.  Among  the  men  whose  aggressive 
action  and  vigorous  efforts  brought  about 
the  enthusiasm  necessary  to  securing  the 
meeting  for  the  metropolis  of  the  SouHi- 
west.  was  L.  X.  Brunswig,  president  of 
the  Brunswig  Drug  Company.  He  has 
been  identified  with  the  wholesale  drug 
business  for  the  past  40  .vears  and  is 
among  the  best  known  men  in  the  trade. 
A  native  of  France,  he  came  to  this 
country  a  youth — the  architect  of  his  own 
fortunes,  and  his  career  of  successes  has 
been  so  marked  as  to  deserve  chronicling 
in  the  commercial  records  of  the  South- 
western Empire.  He  first  became  a  fat- 
tor  in  the  wholesale  trade  at  Fort  Worth, 
Texas,  in  1877.  Later  he  was  a  junior 
partner  in  the  firm  of  Finley  &  Bruns- 
wig, of  New  Orleans,  which  change  oc- 
curred in  188.3.  Assuming  the  manage- 
ment of  the  house,  he  added  to  its  prestige 
and  trebled  the  volume  of  its  trade  within 
a  very  few  years. 

In  1888  the  firm  determined  li> 
reach  out  for  the  business  of  the  Pacific 
Coast  and  in  conjunction  with  F,  W, 
Braun,  organized  the  F,  W.  Braun  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Braun  became  resi- 
dent    partner.      In    1894    Mr.    Brunswig 

purchased  the  interests  of  his  partner,  Mr.  Finle.v,  This  was 
subsequent  to  the  incorporation  under  the  laws  of  California, 
in  1903,  of  the  F.  W,  Braun  Company,  which  was  composed 
of  Mr.  Braun  and  ilr.  Brunswig,  and  was  conducted  as  a 
close  corporation. 

In  1903  it  became  necessary  for  Mr.  Brunswig  to  retire 
from  active  business  for  a  period  on  account  of  his  health, 
and  he  disposed  of  his  interests  in  New  Orleans,  retaining 
only  his  connections  in  California.  Late  in  the  year  1904  Mr. 
Brunswig  went  to  Los  Angeles  and  divided  the  management 
of  the  business  with  Mr.  Braun.  In  May,  1907,  Mr.  Bruns- 
wig purchased  Mr.  Braun's  interest  and  changed  the  style  of 
the  company  to  its  present  name — The  Brunswig  Drug  Com- 
pany. This  prosperous  corporation  is  officered  as  follows : 
L.  N.  Brunswig,  president ;  W.  M.  Gray,  vice-president ; 
C.  M.  Gair,  secretary,  and  G.  A.  Champion,  manager  of  the 
San  Diego  branch. 

The  Brunswig  Drug  Company  is  a  representative  distrib- 
utor for  the  Pacific  Coast  and  the  Southwest.  It  has  ware- 
house consignments  from  the  principal  manufacturers  of  pat- 
ent medicines  and  specialties  for  many  of  the  jobbing  centers 
on  the  Pacific  Coast  and  for  points  in  Arizona  and  New 
Mexico,  as  well  as  the  major  part  of  the  interior  of  Calitoi-nia 


and  the  mining  regions  of  Nevada.  It  also  controls  a  large 
and  growing  trade  throughout  the  provinces  of  the  Republic 
of  Mexico. 

The  San  Diego  branch  of  the  house  handles  the  business  of 
the  southern  portion  of  California,  and  of  the  province  of 
Lower  California,  in  Mexico.  Within  the  past  two  .years  this 
company  has  completed  and  equipped  an  up-to-date  laboratory, 
for  the  production  and  manufacture  of  such  goods  as  are  de- 
manded by  the  retail  pharmacists  of  the  region.  It  has  a 
full  line  of  laborator.v  products,  second  to  none  in  the  country, 
including  compressed  hypodermic  and  triturate  tablets,  va- 
rious granular  salts,  chemicals  aud  pharmaceuticals,  besides 
a  very  interesting  assortment  of  toilet  preparations  and  requi- 
sites. The  company  is  the  pioneer  on  the  coast  in  the  manu- 
facture of  h.vdrogen  peroxide. 

The  house  carries  on  an  aggressive  selling  and  promoting 
campaign  throughout  the  enormous  region  of  which  Los  An- 
geles is  the  natural  center  aud  the  resultant  increase  of  the 
business  shows  that  it  is  most  successful. 

Mr.  Brunswig  will  be  a  prominent  personality  at  the  com- 
ing meeting  in  Los  Angeles,  and  his  interesting  experiences 
as  a  pioneer  in  the  development  of  the  distributing  business 
of  a  region  that  is  attracting  the  attention  of  the  world  will 
prove  entertaining  to  the  hundreds  of  men  in  the  trade  who 
have  long  known  of  his  successes  and  w-ill  be  gratified  at  the 
"pporlunity  of  forming  an  acquaintance,  with  one  who  com- 
bines the  graces  of  the  French  with  the 
bountiful   hospitality  of  the   great   West. 


"There  is  no  telling  what  profit  these 
cocaine  vendors  make  after  they  have 
mixed  the  drug  with  sugar  and  other 
ingredients,  though  the,y  will  never  get 
it  up  to  the  price  at  which  it  was 
originally  sold  by  the  trade,"  said  a 
druggist  of  Richmond  (Va.)  recently  in 
discussing  the  capture  of  two  dealers  in 
Manchester.  "Cocaine  can  be  bought  to- 
day for  about  $3.50  an  ounce,  wholesale. 
Back  in  the  eighties  when  it  was  first 
discovered,  it  was  about  as  costly  as 
radium,  for  the  price  then  was  $1..50  a 
srain,  or  about  $600  an  ounce.  One  day 
a  man  came  into  my  store  with  a  physi- 
i-ian's  prescription  for  two  ounces,  and  I 
promised  to  get  it  for  him.  Just  before  he 
went  out,  however,  he  remarked  that  it 
might  be  a  good  idea  to  get  a  line  on  the 
cost,  the  clerk  informing  him  that  the 
bill  would  be  in  the  neighborhood  of 
.$1000. 

"I'm  not  ready  to  mortgage  my  home," 
he  said,  "and  I  guess  I'd  better  not  get 
it."  and  he  did  not.  Later  on  the  price 
decreased,  but  long  before  the  drug  came 
into  popular  use  b.v  fiends.  The  illegal 
traffic  seems  to  have  been  pretty  well 
broken  up  in  Richmond,  the  new  la\v  hav- 
ing had  a  deterrent  effect.  Still  the  vendors  who  peddle  it 
have  to  take  long  chances,  and  naturall.y  they  charge  heavily. 
With  adulteration  the  profits  get  up  to  that  point  where  there 
is  no  telling  what  percentage  is  made. 

The  long  suffering  corner  drug  store  clerk  suppressed  a 
groan  when  the  customer  who  never  bought  anything  but 
stamps,  handed  him  a  dollar  bill  and  asked  him  for  a  one-cent 
stamp. 

"What  are  you  doing?"  the  customer  asked  presently,  hear- 
ing much  rattling  of  change.  "Giving  me  all  pennies  in 
change  ?" 

"Not  quite  all,"  he  answered,  as  he  handed  her  the  change 
in  pennies,  with  the  exception  of  one  lone  and  solitary  nickel. 
—New  York  Press. 


L.    N.   BRDNSWH;. 
of  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 


The  manufacture  of  a  cough  mixture  from  the  blood  of  a 
sparrow  got  a  coolie  into  trouble  the  other  day,  says  the 
Shanghai  Mercury.  Sunday  he  was  found  in  the  Sinza  district 
with  a  couple  of  poles,  a  tin  of  bird  lime  and  ten  sparrows  in 
his  possession.  The  man  was  brought  up  at  the  mixed  court 
charged  with  having  cruelly  ill-treated  the  birds,  and  in  the 
course  of  the  case  it  transpired  that  the  coolie  was  catching 


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THE     PHAEMACBUTICAL     ERA 


[June  17,  1909 


the  sparrows  in  order  to  sell  them  to  medicine  dealei-s.  The 
reason  he  wished  to  keep  them  alive  was  that  the  medicine 
shops,  who  made  a  sort  of  cough  mixture  out  of  their  blood, 
would  not  buy  them  if  they  were  dead.  The  coolie  was  cau- 
tioned and  his  gear  confiscated. 


He — Well,  I've  found  out  one  thing.     You  have  no  heart. 
She — Oh,  come  now.     How  can  a  man  without  brains  know 
anything  about  anatomy? 


"I  say   that  you   should   teach   yourself  to   take   things   as 
they  come." 

"But  I  much  prefer  to  knock  them  as  they  go."' 


Judge  George  F.  Lawton,  of  the  Middlesex  Probate  Court, 
told  me  a  story  the  other  day,  relates  a  writer  in  the  Boston 
Herald,  of  an  American  minister  who  was  spending  his  sab- 
batical year  traveling  abroad.  Arriving  in  London  he  made 
«very  effort  to  get  an  intimate  view  of  the  two  branches  of 
Parliament  in  session. 

Of  course,  no  stranger  is  allowed  on  the  floor  of  the  House 
of  Lords,  but  the  minister,  not  knowing  this,  and  with  the 
usual  amount  of  American  push,  tried  to  make  his  way  in. 
There  is  a  rule,  however,  that  servants  of  the  various  lords 
may  be  admitted  to  speak  to  their  masters. 

Seeing  the  minister  walking  boldly  in,  the  doorkeeper  asked : 

"What  lord  do  you  serve?" 

"What  lord?"  replied  the  astonished  American,  "the  Lord 
Jehovah !" 

For  a  moment  the  doorkeeper  hesitated  and  then  admitted 
him.     Turning  to  an  assistant  standing  near  by,  he  said : 

"He  must  mean  oue  of  those  poor  Scotch  lairds." 


Ethel — You  would  hardly  know  Reginald  since  he  got  back 
from  Europe.   He  lost  all  his  money  there  and — 

Elsie — Hardly  know  him !     Why,  I  shan't  know  him  at  all. 


It  is  always  a  mistake  to  hoard  things  that  are  not  neces- 
sary and  have  passed  their  usefulness,  says  a  writer  in  the 
Rochester  Herald.  To  sacrifice  convenience  to  sentiment  is 
wrong.  The  little  bootie  that  Jack  wore  when  he  was  a  baby 
may  have  a  sentimental  association  for  the  mother,  but  every 
time  Jack  sees  it  he  feels  grouchy  and  sore  about  it.  The 
fact  is  that  Jack  has  no  further  use  for  the  thing. 

There  are  so  many  women  who  cannot  part  with  father's 
old  uniform,  if  he  ever  had  any :  with  the  haircloth  parlor 
furniture  set  that  belonged  to  mother  and  which  has  been 
accumulating  dirt  and  filth  in  the  cellar  or  the  garret  for 
more  years  than  the  children  can  remember. 

There  are  many  ways  of  avoiding  hoarding,  than  which  there 
is  no  home  practice  more  unsanitary.  The  best  way  is  to 
start  in  to  clean  house  with  an  eye  only  for  the  things  you 
actually  have  use  for.  Gather  everything  else  together  and 
ship  it  awa.y.  Your  house  will  be  cleaner  and  your  own  health 
as  well  as  that  of  all  the  other  members  of  the  family  will 
benefit  by  your  action. 


She — Why  is  it  a  woman  never  looks  at  the  man  she's 
marrying  when  at  the  altar? 

He — I  do  not  know,  but  I  do  know  she  keeps  lier  eye  on  hira 
pretty  well  after  the  wedding. 


"The  ultimate  consumer,"  the  scapegoat  of  the  tariff  discus- 
sion in  Congress,  is  being  enlightened  on  many  questions 
thrdugh  the  publication  of  facts  brought  out  in  debate.  Some 
of  this  knowledge  brings  no  joy  to  the  heart  of  the  "ultimate 
consumer,"  for  he  finds  that  in  many  instances  he  has  been 
deceived. 

Apropos  of  the  discussion  in  the  Senate  regarding  the  neces- 
sity for  protecting  the  American  cotton  seed  oil  industry. 
Special  Agent  Julien  L.  Erode,  of  the  Department  of  Com- 
merce and  Labor,  has  sent  information  from  Marseilles, 
France,  that  the  American  "ultimate  consumer"  has  been 
using  his  own  cotton  seed  oil  for  his  salad  dressing  in  the 
belief  that  it  was  "pure  olive  oil"  from  France.  Mr.  Brode 
adds,  in  a  kindly  spirit,  that  the  French  pure  food  law  and 
the  short  crop  of  olives  is  going  to  boost  the  price  of  real  olive 
oil  for  the  "ultimate  consumer." 

Those  Southern  Senators  who  opposed  the  placing  of  a  duty 
on  cotton  seed  oil,  contended  that  the  industry  needed  no  pro- 
tection on  the  ground  that  there  was  no  competition  abroad  : 


but  Mr.  Brode  gives  a  list  of  oils  which  he  claims  compete 
with  the  American  oil.  France  imports  about  one-fifth  of 
the  cotton  seed  oil  shipped  out  of  the  United  States. 

"The  strict  French  pure  food  law,"  adds  Mr.  Brode,  "which 
has  been  in  effect  for  about  a  year,  is  having  its  effect  on  the 
market.  Mixed  oil  was  sold  formerly  as  olive  oil,  but  is  not 
so  sold  now.  This  further  curtails  the  supply  and  confines  the 
demand  more  directly  to  the  best  grades  of  olive  oil." 


Just  as  soon  as  a  druggist  feels  that  he  is  making  enough 
to  properly  support  his  family,  fate  brings  twins  or  the 
measles.  ' 


One  of  the  tiniest  books  in  the  world — a  volume  so  small 
that  it  can  and  has  been  worn  as  a  watch  charm — is  owned 
by  Peter  J.  Collison,  of  339  Adams  street,  Brooklyn.  The 
book  is  an  English  dictionary,  containing  364  pages  and  the 
definitions  of  14,000  words.  In  a  dispatch  to  the  New  York 
Herald  recently  it  was  announced  that  George  Martin,  of 
246  Allen  avenue,  Columbus,  Ohio,  had  found  one  of  these 
dictionaries.  It  was  believed  to  be  the  only  one  in  the  United 
States  until  Mr.  Collison  announced  that  he  had  come  into 
possession  of  one  of  the  volumes  20  years  ago. 

The  dictionary  was  published  by  Robert  Maclehose,  of  153 
West  Nile  street,  Glasgow,  and  was  dedicated  to  a  Mrs. 
Kendal.  The  publisher  stated  in  the  preface  that  the  work 
was  undertaken  "in  appreciation  of  kindly  encouragement 
given  to  the  production  of  tiny  articles,  of  which  she  has  a 
unique  collection." 

The  dictionary  is  less  than  one-third  of  an  inch  in  thick- 
ness, is  three-quarters  of  an  inch  in  width  and  one  and  one- 
sixteenth  inches  in  height.  The  volume  is  enclosed  in  a  silver 
case,  in  the  cover  of  which  is  a  magnifying  glass,  as  the  print 
is  too  fine  to  be  read  by  the  naked  eye.  The  book  was  pub- 
lished after  photographic  plates  had  been  made  of  the  364 
pages,  which  were  set  in  large  type. 

In  addition  to  being  an  extraordinary  specimen  of  the  art 
of  printing,  the  book  is  of  value  because  it  contains  many 
words  that  cannot  be  found  in  the  average  dictionary.  Words 
with  the  meaning  of  which  all  are  familiar  have  been  omitted. 
In  their  places  are  printed  words  found  in  scientific  and  legal 
literature,  as  well  as  many  words  now  obsolete. 

"After  looking  in  vain  for  the  definition  of  some  unusual 
word  in  the  average  dictionary,  I  have  often  found  it  in  my 
watch  charm  dictionary,"  Mr.  Collison  said.  "The  book 
was  presented  to  me  20  years  ago  by  a  friend,  who  picked  it 
up  while  in  Scotland.  It  is  the  only  copy  I  ever  saw  and  I 
doubt  if  there  are  many  in  this  country." 

Nearly  1000  dogs  were  on  view  at  the  two  days'  show  of 
the  Toy  Dog  Society  at  the  Crystal  Palace.  London.  The 
society  offered  a  liberal  list  of  premiums,  the  money  value 
of  which  was  about  $10,000.  King  Charles  spaniels,  pugs, 
Maltese  and  Yorkshire  terriers  and  Pomeranians  were  the 
strong  features  of  the  show. 


As  a  matter  of  imperative  necessity,  Postmaster-General 
Hitchcock  has  decided  to  discontinue  the  new  green  special 
delivery  stamp  and  return  to  the  familiar  blue  stamp  showing 
a  special  delivery  messenger  boy  mounted  on  a  bicycle.  In 
the  great  rush  with  which  the  mails  must  be  handled,  many 
letters  bearing  the  new  stamp  have  escaped  treatment  as 
special  delivery  matter  because  of  its  similarity  in  size  and 
color  to  the  one-cent  stamp.  In  some  instances  delay  in  de- 
livery of  such  letters  has  caused  serious  loss  to  the  public 
and  embarrassment  to  the  Postoffice  Department. 

The  old  design  w-ith  the  boy  on  a  wheel  is  distinctive  and  so 
well  known  to  postoflice  and  railway  mail  clerks  that  it 
attracts  instant  attention  and  a  letter  bearing  it  is  expedited 
by  every  employee.  The  issuance  of  the  blue  stamp  will  begin 
at  once.  The  discarded  stamp  showing  the  winged  hat  of 
mercury  entwined  with  an  olive  branch,  is  one  of  the  most 
artistic  ever  printed,  but  the  stamp  is  smaller  than  the  old 
special  delivery  stamp,  and  this  fact,  with  its  green  color, 
caused  it  to  be  mistaken  for  the  regular  one-cent  stamp. 


You   cannot   expect    to    make    people   climb    on    your    soda 
water  wagon  if  you  run  it  like  a  brewery  dray. 


A  clerk  who  makes  himself  look  like  a  poison  label  should 
be  kept  in  a  dark  poison  closet. 


Jime  17.  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


561 


The  Caution  of  Cummins. 


Sy  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

Cummins  had  a  badly  sprained  an- 
kle, and  that  was  no  trifling  matter 
for-  a  man  of  his  avoirdupois.  He 
fretted  and  fumed,  had  a  telephone 
extension  placed  b.v  the  side  of  his 
couch  and  was  absolutely  certain 
that  everything  would  go  to  rack 
and  ruin  in  his  enforced  absence.  It 
was  bad  enough  to  be  laid  up  right 
in  the  golden  spring  days  without 
the  added  knowledge  that  a  new 
and  undeniably  attractive  drug  store 
was  being  opened  up  on  the  opposite 
comer  below  his  own. 

On  the  piazza  roof  outside  his 
window  an  anxious  mother-robin 
h«pped  to  and  fro  eyeing  him  sus- 
piciously, lest  perchance  he  should  cast  envious  eyes  upon 
the  snug  little  nest,  she  was  building  in  an  overhanging  tree. 
After  each  return  trip  had  added  another  hair  or  bit  of  grass 
to  the  walls  of  the  tree-home,  the  bird  would  return  to  her 
shingly  promenade  to  make  certain  that  no  immediate  harm 
menaced  the  safety  of  her  property.  Cummins  found  himself 
watching  the  bird  with  nervous  irritability. 

"Wastes  half  her  time  watching  me,"  he  grumbled  to  his 
wife,  "and  the  other  half  of  the  time,  the  little  fool  is  too 
scared  to  do  her  work  well.  If  she  doesn't  tend  to  her 
knitting  and  bind  that  nest  more  firmly  to  the  crotch  of  the 
tree,  the  first  hard  storm  will  make  a  wreck  of  it.  Like  as 
not  after  ihe  young  birds  are  hatched  at  that,  serve  her 
right,  too." 

His  wife  laughed  softly.  She  knew  that  the  irritability 
was  merely  skin  deep,  and  that  the  great  heart  of  Cummins, 
tender  as  that  of  a  woman,  would  truly  grieve  if  the  little 
home  and  its  hopes  were  dashed  to  the  ground. 

"Do  you  know  that  bird  reminds  me  of  you,  John,"  she 
declared  gaily. 

"Thanks,  awfully,"  her  partner  in  bliss  acknowledged 
grimly,  "so  I  am  a  fussy  old  bird,  am  I?  Well.  I  can  tell 
you  this,  if  I  were  as  lively  as  that  robin,  you'd  see  me 
hopping  right  along  down  to  the  store,  to  get  things  freshened 
up  before  that  addle-pate  across  the  way  gets  his  sign  out. 
I  would  have  given  any  sane  man  with  brains  enough  to  run 
a  drug  store  the  credit  for  more  practical  common  sense  than 
to  open  another  store  where  it  is  plain  enough,  there  is  barely 
picking  for  one.  and  here  I  am."  he  continued  in  an  aggrieved 
tone,  "shut  up  like  a  toad  in  a  well." 

Little  Mrs.  Cummins  laid  down  her  embroidery. 
"John."  she  said  firml.v.  "vou  certainly  do  remind  me  of 
that  bird.  You  have  spent  half  of  the  time  for  the  last  month 
watching  that  man  down  the  street,  and  the  other  half  you 
have  been  too  scared  and  fretted  to  make  plans  for  yourself. 
There  certainly  is  a  big  territory  here  to  draw  from,  and  the 
new  man  had  no  way  of  knowing  what  a  small  percentage  of 
the  trade  comes  to  the  local  merchants.  It  seems  highly 
probable  that  the  more  of  a  business  center  it  becomes,  the 
more  there  is  to  attract  people  this  way. 

"Never  mind  the  other  man.  He  may  be  no  more  to  be 
feared  in  a  business  way  than  you  are  to  be  feared  by  that 
mother-robin.  Better  tend  to  our  own  knitting  and  make 
some  independent  plans,  not  only  to  keep,  but  to  increase  our 
trade  this  summer." 

John  Cummins  looked  his  amazement.  If  the  Dresden  china 
figure  on  the  mantel  had  recited  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence he  could  not  have  been  more  astonished.  In  the 
eight  years  of  their  married  life  she  had  never  before  mani- 
fested the  least  concern  as  to  financial  conditions.  It  surely 
must  be  that  her  interest  in  the  local  Chapter  work  of  the 
druggists"  women  folk  was  bearing  fruit. 

"What  would  you  suggest?"  he  inquired  cautiously. 
"First  of  all."  she  returned  promptly,  "I'd  forget  all  about 
that  young  chap  across  the  street,  unless  I  could  help  him  in 
some  way.  He'll  need  it  before  he  gets  the  experience  you 
have  had.  and  in  the  meantime,"  she  added  enigmatically. 
"I'd  row  with  both  hands." 


Her  companion   looked  at  her  enquiringly. 

"You  remember  last  summer  at  the  lake,  how  hard  it  was 
for  me  to  pull  both  oars  at  once,  and  that  if  I  pulled  on  the 
right  one  steadily  we  went  in  a  circle,  and  if  I  pulled  on  the 
left  one  steadily  we  also  went  in  a  circle.  It  was  when  I 
learned  to  pull  a  steady  stroke  evenly  with  both  hands  that 
we  went  straight  ahead? 

"Last  year,  for  six  months  you  pulled  the  professional  oar 
and  not  seeing  immediate  and  overwhelming  results,  you  de- 
cided you  were  traveling  in  a  circle  and  after  drifting  for 
awhile  you  swung  over  to  the  commercial  oar  and  have  pulled 
ever  since  with  considerable  vigor  on  that  one,  and  still  jou 
complain  of  not  making  any  permanent  advancement.  What 
is  the  matter  with  pulling  on  both  oars  at  the  same  time,  and 
by  all  logic  and  precedent  it  ought  to  mean  a  straight  ahead 
course  regardless  of  the  other  craft  about  us." 

Cummins  drummed  on  the  window  sill.  "It  sounds  logical 
enough."  he  said  thoughtfully.  "Can  you  suggest  anything 
practical?" 

"Possibly  you  will  not  consider  it  practical,  but  my  idea  of 
business  competition  is  to  compete  directly  for  the  trade  you 
want  to  get  and  not  to  prepare  to  do  battle  royal  with  the 
other  fellow.  You  have  estimated  that  we  do  not  get  over 
o  per  cent  of  the  trade  of  this  neighborhood.  Why  not  bid 
for  50  per  cent,  and  if  you  could  help  the  other  fellow  to  get 
the  other  50  per  cent,  it  would  be  a  long  step  toward  driving 
undesirable  rivals  out  of  the  business.  It  is  because  trade 
wanders  so  that  we  get  so  little." 

Mrs.  Cummins  was  called  to  the  'phone.  Cummins  was 
left  to  himself  and  as  he  reviewed  the  past  two  years  he  felt 
that  the  criticism  he  had  received  had  been  justified.  He  had 
failed  to  pull  his  oars  together. 

Perhaps  he  had  been  over-cautious  as  well.  There  had 
been  a  time  when  the  store  now  occupied  by  his  rival  had 
stood  vacant  and  some  one  had  suggested  that  he  rent  it 
in  order  to  control  the  nature  of  its  occupancy,  but  he  had 
hesitated,  and  while  he  hesitated  the  new  man  came  and 
made  a  prompt  decision.  He  had  feared  to  spend  much  in 
advertising,  regarding  it  in  the  light  of  a  speculation.  The 
various  plans  advanced  by  the  local  Association  for  increasing 
prestige  and  business  he  had  usually  waited  to  see  tried  out 
by  some  one  else  before  he  would  consider  them,  it  indeed  he 
bothered  with  them  at  all. 

Mrs.   Cummins   returned. 

"It  is  the  pioneer."  she  said,  intuitively  continuing  his  own 
line  of  thought,  "who  reaps  rich  rewards,  and  while  it  is  wise 
to  be  conservative,  it  is  well  not  to  confuse  timidity  with 
caution.  Real  caution  really  is  precaution — the  preventing 
of  undesirable  results,  and  the  securing  of  desirable  ones. 
In  our  own  case  the  wisest  caution  would  be  to  increase  our 
present  patronage  even  at  the  expense  of  some  suitable  and 
telling  advertising,  and  to  regard  the  money  so  spent  as  an 
investment." 

"What  was  Winters  doing  at  the  store  when  you  called 
this  morning?"  her  husband  asked  abruptly. 

"Bottling  vanilla,  and  it  smelled  perfectly  delicious.  If 
people  knew  how  much  superior  druggists'  vanilla  is  to  the 
stuff  ordinarily  sold  under  that  name,  you'd  have  every  woman 
who  keeps  house  within  reach  of  the  store  buying  it  for  her 
cakes  and  creams." 

Cummins  looked  at  her  reflectively.  "Perhaps  it  can  be 
brought  about,"  he  said. 

There  was  plenty  of  time  to  figure  and  plan  before  he  was 
able  to  hobble  down  to  the  store,  and  he  held  numerous  con- 
sultations with  Winters.  The  week  that  the  new  pharmacist 
announced  for  his  opening  chanced  to  be  the  anniversary  of 
Cummins'  own  business  beginning  in  that  neighborhood,  and 
although  he  had  never  noted  the  occasion  before,  he  deter- 
mined to  do  so  now. 

Accordingly,  he  sent  out  neat  announcements  in  the  form 
of  a  personal  letter,  stating  that  the  Tenth  Anniversary  of 
the  establishment  of  the  Cummins  Pharmacy  would  be  cele- 
brated during  the  entire  week  of  June  2S.  It  called  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  ten  years  of  faithful  conscientious  service 
were  one-fourth  of  the  business  life  of  the  average  man  and 
that  the  record  for  efficiency  and  reliability  which  had  been 
established  would  be  maintained.  It  invited  inspection  of  the 
Prescription  Department  and  solicited  patronage.  It  called 
attention  to  the  soda  fountain  and  its  perfect  s.vstem  of 
sanitary  service.  It  asked  for  suggestions  as  to  how  any 
part  of  the  store  service  could  be  improved  to  meet  the  needs 


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Jime  17,  1909 


and  wishes  of  the  people.  Each  housekeeper  calling  during 
the  week  would  he  presented  with  a  sample  bottle  of  Cum- 
mins' Extract  of  Vanilla,  sufficient  to  season  a  large  cake  and 
a  dessert.  Each  gentleman  would  receive  a  trial  tube  of 
Cummins'  Preservative  Tooth  Paste,  and  each  young  lady  a 
dainty  corsage  sacliet.  Children  accompanied  by  older  per- 
sons would  receive  a  Bubble  Blower  which  would  make  bub- 
bles without  using  soap  at  all.  These  gifts  were  to  express 
the  good-will  of  the  store  and  to  make  the  occasion  one  to  be 
remembered  and  looked  for  each  year. 

Attractive  notices  of  the  Anniversary,  in  a  more  profes- 
sional vein  were  sent  to  all  physicians  likely  to  be  interested. 
These  letters  also  asked  for  suggestions  for  improving  thi- 
store's  service,  so  as  to  better  meet  the  doctor's  and  his 
patients'  needs. 

Special  decorations  were  planned,  extra  values  arranged 
where  possible,  and  every  one  thoroughly  imbued  with  the 
spirit  of  making  each  person  so  welcome  that  the  visit  would 
be  soon  repeated.  There  was  a  quiet  dignity  everywhere  which 
gave  confidence,  and  many  new  friends  were  gained. 

Perhaps  the  "new  man"  profited  by  the  crowds  that  came. 
Cummins  did  not  have  time  to  watch,  for  the  weather  was 
kind  and  the  week  proved  a  record-breaker.  The  added  profit 
from  the  increased  business  of  the  first  two  days  paid  thi" 
additional  expenses  of  the  week,  including  the  extra  help.  A 
registration  book  gave  a  reliable  mailing  list,  and  the  frank 
suggestions  made  by  customers  and  physicians  gave  the  other- 
side-of-the-counter  viewpoint  of  some  things.  They  revolu- 
tionized Cummins'  own  ideas  of  service  in  many  cases  and 
established  a  relationship  with  his  public  that  he  had  never 
enjoyed  before. 

It  was  Saturday  morning,  and  Cummins  looked  up  from 
arranging  some  goods  to  find  a  manly,  young  fellow  with  a 
frank  attractive  countenance  standing  in  front  of  him.  He 
instantly  recognized  him  as  the  "new  man"  from  the  corner 
below. 

"Mr.  Cummins,  I  believe?"  he  said  courteously.  "I  have 
taken  the  liberty  of  calling  to  congratulate  .vou  upon  your 
Tenth  Anniversary  and  to  hope  that  when  I  have  been  in 
business  as  long,  tiiat  people  will  speak  of,  and  feel  as  kindly 
toward  me  as  they  speak  of  and  feel  toward  you." 

John  Cummins  grasped  his  hand  cordially.  "Thank  you," 
he  returned  in  a  voice  strong  with  feeling.  "Thank  you,  there 
is  room  for  us  both,  Mr.  Presmore,  there  is  room  for  us  both." 

"I  am  so  glad  you  feel  that  way,  Mr.  Cummins,  and  I  wish 
to  assure  you  that  I  deeply  appreciate  your  kindness  in  send- 
ing me  one  of  your  splendid  Announcements." 

A  puzzled  look  flitted  over  John  Cummins'  face,  but  the 
stranger  did  not  notice  it. 

"I  trust  you  will  come  down  and  see  me  soon,"  he  said. 
"I  should  value  your  opinion  highly  upon  my  arrangement." 

There  was  a  few  minutes  more  of  friendly  chat  and  both 
men  felt  when  they  parted  that  not  only  had  cordial  relations 
been  established,  but  that  each  had  discovered  a  sincere  liking 
for  the  other.  The  week  was  proving  an  eye-opener  to  the 
man  who  had  watched  the  robin  so  impatiently.  He  even 
watched  his  wife  with  a  new  interest  as  she  came  into  the 
store. 

"Did  .vou  send  Presmore  one  of  our  Announcements?"  he 
asked. 

"I  did,"  she  replied.  "Perhaps  I  ought  to  have  told  you 
first." 

"You  thought  I'd  object?" 

She  nodded. 

"I  am  very  glad  you  thought  of  it,"  he  responded  simply ; 
"possibly  I  should  not  have  felt  that  way  then,  though." 

"And  I  have  thought  of  something  else,"  the  little  woman 
said  with  suspiciously  misty  eyes.  "I  believe  the  Angel  of  the 
Records  has  closed  the  ten-chapter  volume  of  'The  Caution  of 
Cummins,'  and  will  entitle  the  new  one  just  being  opened  'The 
Courage  of  Cummins.'  Isn't  it  fine  to  be  able  to  see  that  as 
the  years  pass,  we  are  growing  broader  and  better.  I'm  proud 
of  our  Anniversary,  John." 

"So  am  I,  so  am  I,"  agreed  the  blond  giant  behind  the 
counter ;  "but  I  am  prouder  of  the  woman  who  has  been  the 
real  inspiration  of  'The  Courage  of  Cummins.' " 


Weighing  a  Stain. 


Twin  Marks. 
"Death  loves  a  shining  mark." 

"Yes,    and    the    poor   doctors    hate    to   see    him    go,    losing 
thereby  an  easy  mark." — Trenton  Times. 


"By  Joel  "Blanc. 

Sometimes  The  Chemist  per- 
mits me  to  look  on  while  he  is 
doing  his  wonder  work.  Of 
course.  I  have  to  keep  quiet 
:ind  avoid  getting  in  the  way 
and  when  I  behave  and  re- 
member that  "those  best  do 
sirve  who  only  watch  and 
wait"  The  Chemist  sometimes 
adds  wonder  words  to  his 
wonder  work. 

A  few  days  ago  I  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  laboratory  while 
The  Chemist  was  analyzing 
siveral  samples  of  alcohol.  He 
iipiik  a  small,  porcelain  evap- 
oriWing  dish,  washed  it  three 
times  with  warm  water,  twice 
with  distilled  water  and  then, 
like  a  wizard  waving  a  wand,  dried  it  above  a  Bunsen  flame. 
Xext.  the  dish  was  placed  upon  the  balances,  carefully 
weighed,  then  into  it  was  poured  50  cubic  centimeters  of  alco- 
hol and  placed  above  the  flame  to  heat.  As  the  dish  became 
heated  the  alcohol  rapidly  evaporated.  The  sense  of  sight 
showed  me  that  a  change  was  taking  place  as  the  line  of 
liquid  sank  lower  and  lower  against  the  porcelain.  At  last 
there  was  nothing  left  in  the  dish  but  a  trace  of  solid  matter 
upon  its  bottom,  only  a  small  brown  stain.  All  the  power  for 
either  good  or  evil  had  passed,  except  a  small  brown  stain 
that  the  ball  of  my  thumb  might  have  covered.  Then  The 
Chemist  placed  the  dish  upon  the  scales  again  and  weighed 
the  stain.  It  weighed  one-half  of  one  centigram.  Then,  look- 
ing at  me  with  smiling  face,  he  poured  a  few  drops  of  distilled 
water  upon  the  stain  and  said.  "It's  gone !"  And  gone  it 
was.  All  the  impurities  of  50  cubic  centimeters  were  washed 
away  to  be  forever  lost  in  a  few  drops  of  pure,  cold  water. 

As  I  walked  away  through  the  leaf-roofed  alley  of  trees, 
with  no  sound  to  disturb  me  except  the  tick-tap  of  my  stick 
upon  the  p.ath,  m.v  glance  roved  from  one  bowered  window 
through  which  I  saw  the  apparently  moving  apex  of  the 
Washington  Monument  to  another  leaf-bordered  opening  which 
disclosed  the  Liberty  on  the  dome  of  the  National  Capitol 
where  it  seemed  to  float  in  the  air  above  the  cloud-toned  stone. 
My  thoughts  still  dwelt  upon  the  tiny  brown  stain  that  my 
wonder-working  friend  had  gathered  from  such  great  bulk, 
and  which  had  been  weighed  and  banished  forever  from  the 
sight  of  man. 

How  much  like  the  spirit  distilled,  is  the  spirit  of  man. 
How  tiny  the  stains  of  trouble  and  injustice  really  are  when 
we  analyze  them  and  then  wash  them  away  with  a  few  drops 
of  the  clear  water  of  reason.  Because  we  know  that  the  im- 
purities are  within  and  permeate  through  all  the  spirit,  we 
allow  ourselves  to  believe  that  all  of  life  is  darkened.  We 
refuse  to  be  self-analysts,  we  refuse  to  concentrate  the  im- 
purities in  a  tiny  stain  and  then  wash  it  away — at  least,  some 
of  us  do. 

However,  there  are  men,  many  of  them,  who  analyze  the 
spirit  of  existence,  just  as  the  chemist  analyzes  alcohol.  They 
are  the  men  who  are  just,  successful  and  happy. 

We  may  meet  one  man  who  embarked  in  business  when  he 
was  very  young  and  failed,  who  has  let  the  little  stain  of  that 
failure  impregnate  his  whole  life  and  make  of  all  his  life  a 
failure.  Another  man  has  experienced  even  a  greater  failure 
in  his  earlier  years,  but  he  has  analyzed  it,  concentrated  it  to- 
one  small  stain,  studied  that  stain  and  after  having  gathered 
a  lesson  of  profitable  experience  from  it,  washed  it  out  of  his 
life  and  commenced  anew. 

On  one  hand  we  meet  a  man  who  is  crushed  by  the  burden 
of  physical  affliction,  who  bemoans  his  fate  and  finds  in  s.vm- 
pathy  only  an  added  load,  who  grieves  because  he  is  forced  to 
work.  On  the  other  hand,  we  find  one  of  even  greater  physical 
afflictions,  but  who,  through  analysis,  finds  thinly  veiled  bless- 
ings within  them.  For  him,  sympath.v  is  the  strengthening 
tonic.  In  the  necessity  of  labor  he  finds  proof  that  his  afflic- 
tions must  be  light  or  he  would  not  be  able  to  labor.  Where 
one  man  grieves  because  a  sense  is  dulled,  another  man  suffer- 


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ing  the  same  afflictiou  glorifies  God  for  the  divine  law  of  com- 
pensation which  takes  the  strength  of  a  lost  sense,  multiplies 
it  and  adds  it  to  another  sense.  Here  is  a  man  who  bemoans 
the  responsibility  of  parentage  and  yet,  when  the  hand  of  suf- 
fering is  laid  upon  oue  of  his  little  ones,  he  would  have  his 
responsibilities  trebled  rather  than  that  oue  of  his  little  flock 
should  pass  away.  The  self-analytical  father,  seeing  the  dark 
stain  of  possible  loss  when  its  probability  is  remote,  washes 
the  stain  away  and  is  joyful  in  his  parental  burdens  all  the 
time. 

Many  of  us  who  are  self-analysts  analyze  wrongly.  Instead 
of  analyzing  to  find  the  impurities  and  eradicate  them,  we 
analyze  to  find,  increase  and  preserve  them.  We  are  prone  to 
look  on  the  bright  side  of  others'  lives  and  the  dark  side  of  our 
own.  If  we  were  as  quick  to  note  the  characteristics  of  the 
man  who  over-rides  his  deprivations  and  afflictions  as  we  are 
of  him  who  wastes  his  blessings,  we  would  reap  much  happi- 
ness for  ourselves.  When  we  see  a  man  who  has  had  all  the 
educational  advantages  and  wasted  them  we  flatter  ourselves 
that  we  would  have  accomplished  wonders,  if  such  advantages 
had  been  ours.  How  much  more  would  we  profit  if  we  would 
but  note  and  study  the  man  who.  deprived  of  the  education 
of  schools,  has  wrung  an  education  from  borrowed  books,  from 
study  of  humanity  and  the  teaching  of  nature  through  ob- 
servation. 

Dejectedly,  we  say  that  "tomorrow  never  comes."  If  we 
will  but  look  backward  in  our  own  lives  we  will  see  that  many 
joyful  tomorrows  have  come  and  gone.  Memory  teaches  us 
that  the  woes  of  childhood  and  youth  were  just  as  heavy  and 
just  as  great  at  the  time  of  their  occurrence  as  are  the 
sorrows  of  the  maturer  years.  But  that  same  memory  also 
teaches  us  that  the  bright  tomorrows  did  come ;  that  in  their 
light  the  troubles  of  youth  were  proved  to  be  only  tiny  stains, 
and  that  a  few  drops  of  the  water  of  courage  from  the  foun- 
tain of  time  did  wash  them  all  away. 

The  happiest  men  I  know  are  those  who  through  failure  and 
troubles  of  the  younger  years  did  learn  to  analyze  themselves 
aright.  I  have  known  young  men  who  were  sympathized  with 
so  much  that  it  made  them  mad  and  they  determined  to  cease 
to  deserve  sympathy  by  ceasing  to  do  that  which  appealed 
for  it — and  they  succeeded.  Those  men  carried  25  years  of 
age  as  a  back-bending  load.  Today  they  carry  40  years  or 
more  of  youthful  vigor  and  hope  in  the  dimples  of  smiles. 

It  is  almost  ridiculous  and  yet  it  is  a  fact,  that  some  men 
seem  to  find  a  sort  of  melancholy  happiness  in  comparing 
themselves  with  the  world's  great  failures.  Others,  those  who 
realize  how  much  spirit  it  takes  to  hold  even  a  little  human 
stain,  glory  in  their  little  successes  and  line  their  quiet  paths 
of  life  with   laughter. 

Even  some  of  the  best  self-analysts  make  the  mistake  of 
doing  all  their  analyzing  on  the  highway,  holding  out  to  all 
the  passers-by  the  evaporating  dish  of  the  soul  and  saying. 
"See  how  small  my  stain  is."  We  should  remember  that  the 
real  minuteness  of  the  stain  is  proven  only  by  its  weight. 
If  we  spread  it  where  the  public  can  judge  of  it  only  by  the 
sense  of  sight  it  does  not  seem  small,  but  large.  The  labo- 
ratory for  self-analysis  should  be  behind  the  double  locked 
doors  of  conscience.  Only  there  may  the  stains  be  properly 
weighed  and  speedily  washed  away. 

The  more  we  analyze  ourselves  the  more  we  see  the  neces- 
sity of  laboratory  cleanliness.  We  see  that  in  the  majority  of 
eases  the  substance  of  the  stains  is  not  of  inherent  impuri- 
ties. Most  of  it  is  foreign  matter  put  into  the  dish  by  our 
own  carelessness,  our  own  wrong  thought. 

So  let  us  analyze  our  characters,  our  own  sorrows  and 
joys,  our  own  souls,  with  the  fearless  fairness  that  we  analyze 
a  chemical  substance.  Let  us  condense  the  impurities  to 
stains  and  then  with  the  water  of  life  wash  them  all  away. 
When  such  an  analysis  is  completed,  the  pure  spirit  of  labor. 
hope,  confidence  and  love  may  arise  supreme  within  us  and 
guide  us  onward  and  upward  o'er  a  path  of  light. 


Taking  a  Cheerful  View  of  a  Horror. 

The  knack  of  looking  at  the  bright  side  of  things  was  never 
developed  to  such  perfection  as  in  the  case  of  a  man  who, 
after  a  railroad  accident,  telegraphed  to  his  friend's  wife : 

"Tour  husband  killed  in  railway  accident ;  head,  both  arms 
and  legs  cut  off." 

But  later  this  correction  was  received  : 

"First  report  exaggerated  ;  your  husband  killed ;  head  and 
legs  cut  off,  but  only  one  arm." — Pick-Mc-Vp. 


THE  STANDARDIZATION  OF  MATERIA  MEDICA 
PRODUCTS.* 

By  F.  E.   Stewart,  Ph.G.,  M.D.,  Philadelphia. 

Au  important  factor  in  materia  medica  standardization  is 
the  determination  of  the  botanic  identity  of  the  species  of 
medicinal  plants  employed  in  the  manufacture  of  pharma- 
ceutical preparations.  Dr.  H.  H.  Rtisby.  of  Xew  York,  pres- 
ident of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  dean  of 
the  New  Tork  College  of  Pharmacy.  Columbia  tTuiversity,  in 
his  lecture  delivered  before  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  April  20.  1909,  stated 
that  a  large  part  of  the  work  represented  by  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeia  is  valueless,  owing  to  the  failure  on  the 
part  of  investigators  to  identify  the  species  of  plants  used  in 
their  researches. 

For  example,  it  has  been  ascertained  that  in  a  certain  spe- 
cies of  apocynum  there  resides  a  glucoside  equal,  if  not  supe- 
rior, to  digitalin  as  a  remedy  in  the  treatment  of  heart  affec- 
tions. Tet.  because  the  discoverer  of  this  principle  did  not 
describe  the  species  of  apocynum  in  which  this  glucoside 
resides,  no  one  knows  today  just  where  to  look  for  it.  After 
citing  a  number  of  other  instances  to  prove  the  enormous  value 
of  botanic  standardization,  he  stated  it  probable  that  the  next 
revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  would  include  methods  for  the 
botanical  standardization  of  a  number  of  the  medicinal  plants. 

Owing  to  the  development  of  microscopic  methods,  botanic 
standardization  can  be  readily  applied  to  powders,  and  adul- 
teration may  often  be  detected  more  readily  in  powders  than 
in  the  drugs  themselves.  By  microscopic  means  species  can 
often  be  determined  on  account  of  peculiarities  of  cell  struc- 
ture and  the  presence  or  absence  of  crystals.  At  one  time  the 
presence  of  acicular  crystals  of  calcium  oxalate  in  certain 
amounts,  was  regarded  as  evidence  of  purity  in  belladonna 
root.  Now  it  is  known  that  the  crystals  came  from  poke  root 
used  as  au  adulterant,  and  the  amount  of  crystals  present  is 
a  measure  of  adulteration,  not  purity. 

What  do  you  suppose -would  be  the  therapeutic  effect  from 
a  mixture  like  the  following?  Dr.  Rusby  related  an  instance 
where  a  lot  of  stramonium  was  submitted  to  him.  which  chem- 
ical assay  demonstrated  to  contain  0.25  per  cent  mydriatic 
alkaloids  as  required  by  the  Pharmacopoeia,  but  ocular  inspec- 
tion showed  the  presence  of  other  than  stramonium  leaves. 
Botanic  standardization  of  the  powdered  leaves  then  demon- 
strated that  the  stramonium  had  been  fortified  by  using 
belladonna  leaves ;  that  the  addition  had  raised  the  alkaloidal 
content  of  the  mixture  too  high  :  then,  to  correct  this,  a  poor 
lot  of  hyoscyamus  leaves  was  added,  which  brought  the  alka- 
loidal strength  to  the  standard  of  the  Pharmacopoeia.  It  is  not 
necessary  to  say  that  the  port  of  New  Tork  rejected  the 
consignment. 

I  think  that  I  have  furnished  you  with  sufficient  evidence 
to  prove  that  the  subject  of  materia  medica  standardization 
incltides  a  much  wider  field  than  is  usually  supposed  to  belong 
to  it;  that  it  embraces  the  fixing  of  standards  for  determining 
the  identity,  source  or  genesis,  physical  and  chemical  proper- 
ties, physiological  and  therapeutic  action,  and  the  methods  of 
preparing,  dispensing  and  applying  materia  medica  products  in 
the  practice  of  medicine  and  pharmacy ;  that  it  includes  the 
application  of  these  standards  in  the  practice  of  the  pharma- 
cologic arts,  namely,  the  arts  of  pharmacognos.v.  pharmacy, 
pharmacodynamics,  and  therapydyuamics :  that  it  includes 
the  study  of  methods  of  introducing  new  materia  medica 
products  to  science  and  brands  of  the  same  to  commerce ;  that 
it  includes  the  protection  of  capital  invested  in  materia 
medica  commerce  by  patents  either  on  products  or  processes, 
or  both ;  that  it  includes  the  protection  of  the  public  from 
fraudulent  substitution  by  the  use  of  trade  marks  and  brand 
names  whereb.v  the  brands  of  manufacturers  can  be  distin- 
guished from  each  other  and  specified  by  physicians  and  phar- 
macists wishing  to  obtain  the  advantages  of  special  skill  in 
the  pharmacologic  arts :  that  it  also  includes  a  study  of  the 


♦Portion  of  a  paper  I'ead  before  the  American  Therapeutical 
Society,  May  6,  1909. 


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[June  17,  1909 


advertisins;  queslion  in  its  relations  with  medical  and  pbar- 
maceiitical  journals.  For  all  of  these  subjects  relate  to  the  ma- 
teria mediea  and  hare  standards  of  their  own,  ethically,  pro- 
fessionally, and  commercially,  and  each  subject  dovetails  into 
the  other  to  such  an  extent  that  it  is  impossible  to  cai'ry  out 
any  systematic  plan  of  materia  mediea  standardization  with- 
out considering  the  subject  from  the  broadest  possible  point  of 
view. 

The  final  question  which  we  are  to  consider  briefly  is  em- 
braced by  the  question,  Who  is  to  do  the  work  of  standard- 
ization? Theoretically  we  have  a  profession  of  pharmacy  con- 
sisting of  retail  druggists,  graduates  of  colleges  of  pharmacy, 
having  as  its  function  the  selection,  preparation,  preservation, 
compounding  and  dispensing  of  medicines  to  meet  the  de- 
mands of  the  medical  profession  for  materia  mediea  products. 
and  also  the  legitimate  demands  of  the  publi"  ^r  domestic 
medicines.  Theoretically  the  practice  of  pi  ^r-macy  includes 
the  selecting  of  all  the  crude  material  and  manufacturing  all 
the  preparations  of  the  same  used  in  treating  the  sick,  includ- 
ing what  are  known  as  chemicals,  galenicals,  and  extempora- 
neous pharmaceutical  preparations.  Practically  no  such  pro- 
fession exists.  For  a  long  time  retail  druggists  have  not 
manufactured  their  chemicals,  eitlier  inorganic  or  organic. 
Little  by  little  the  manufacture  of  galenicals  has  drifted  out 
of  their  hands  and  into  the  laboratories  of  the  large  manufac- 
turing houses.  Extemporaneous  pharmacy  has  dwindled  down 
to  small  proportions.  Read.v-made  preparations,  such  as  pills, 
tablets,  capsules,  etc.,  have  taken  the  place  of  the  extempora- 
neous prescriptions.  The  retail  druggist  has  thus  become,  to  a 
great  extent,  a  mere  bander  down  of  ready-made  goods.  This 
is  due  in  part  to  a  want  of  proper  education  of  the  medical 
profession  in  materia  mediea,  therapeutics,  and  prescription 
writing.  In  part  it  is  due  to  the  development  of  standardiza- 
tion as  applied  to  medicinal  drugs,  chemicals,  and  preparations 
of  the  same.  While  the  future  will  doubtless  show  a  decline  in 
the  use  of  ready-made  prescriptions  on  account  of  the  tendency 
of  the  profession  to  prescribe  with  greater  accuracy,  the  time 
will  never  come  when  the  ideal  of  a  pharmaceutical  profession 
of  retail  druggists  will  be  realized.  The  subject  of  standardi- 
zation will  continue  to  develop,  and  as  it  does  so  the  demand 
for  skilled  botanists,  chemists,  and  physiologists  will  increase. 
To  become  reall.v  skilled  in  any  one  of  these  departments  as  a 
branch  of  pharmacology  requires  a  preliminary  university 
training  and  a  post-graduate  course  in  medicine,  botany  and 
pharmaceutical  chemistry,  with  special  training  in  the  par- 
ticular branch  specialized. 

Colleges  of  pharmacy  are  not  turning  out  this  class  of  men. 

The  National  Syllabus  Committee,  representing  the  colleges 
and  boards  of  pharmacy,  has  issued  a  pamphlet  containing 
their  proposed  course  of  study  designed  to  fit  retail  druggists 
to  practice  the  pharmacologic  arts  in  a  professional  manner. 
The  plan  is  ideal,  but  it  is  doubtful  whether  it  can  ever  be 
realized  to  any  great  extent  so  far  as  the  retail  druggists  are 
concerned,  for  reasons  just  stated,  and  because  the  manu- 
facturing and  standardization  of  materia  mediea  products  on 
a  large  scale  can  be  effected  with  much  greater  economy  than 
it  is  possible  to  secure  when  the  practice  is  conducted  on  a 
small  scale. 

The  large  manufacturing  houses  have  come  to  stay,  and  it 
therefore  becomes  important  for  the  profession  to  investigate 
their  methods  of  doing  business.  Is  the  practice  of  the  phar- 
macologic arts  to  be  carried  on  as  a  side  line  by  great  com- 
mercial houses  engaged  in  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  nos- 
trums, under  their  own  labels,  under  the  labels  of  retail  drug- 
gists, or  under  the  labels  of  the  large  patent  medicine  concerns 
for  which  the  said  commercial  houses  are  doing  the  work? 
Or  is  the  practice  to  be  conducted  by  graduates  of  medicine 
and  pharmacy  co-operatively  associated  with  capitalists  and 
conforming  with  scientific  and  professional  requirements? 
These  are  important  questions  for  the  medical  profession  to 
decide.  The  Supreme  Court,  in  its  decision  in  the  Syrup  ot 
Figs  case,  already  quoted,  has  pointed  out  the  way. 

Who  is  to  do  the  work  of  fixing  the  standards?  Theoret- 
ically the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  profession  assemble  in 
congress  every  ten  years  to  appoint  a  committee  for  revising 
the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  consisting  of  a  list  of 
medicinal  drugs,  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations 
used  by  the  medical  profession  for  treating  the  sick,  with 
formulae  for  their  preparation,  and  standards  for  determining 
their  identity,  character,  purity  and  strength.  Invitation  to 
this   congress,    known   as   a    Pharmacopoeial    Convention,    has 


recently  been  issued  by  Dr.  Murray  Gait  ilotter,  secretary  of 
the  convention,  which  will  assemble  May  10  next  year,  at 
Washington,  D.  C.  The  following  extracts  from  the  constitu- 
tion show  the  qualifications  for  membership  : 

"The  members,  in  addition  to  the  incorporators  and  their 
associates,  shall  be  delegates  elected  by  the  following  organiza- 
tions :  Incorporated  Medical  Colleges,  and  Medical  Schools 
connected  with  Incorporated  Colleges  and  Universities ;  In- 
corporated Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  and  Pharmaceutical  Schools 
connected  with  Incorporated  Universities ;  Incorporated  State 
Medical  Associations ;  Incorporated  State  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociations ;  the  American  Medical  Association,  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  the  American  Chemical  So- 
ciety ;  provided  that  no  such  organization  shall  be  entitled  to 
representation  unless  it  shall  have  been  incor|)orated  within 
and  shall  have  been  in  continuous  operation  in  the  United 
States  for  at  least  five  years  before  the  time  fixed  for  the 
decennial  meeting  of  this  corporation. 

"Delegates  appointed  by  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United 
States  Army,  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States  Navy, 
and  the  Surgeon-General  of  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital 
Service,  and  by  the  organizations  not  hereinbefore  named, 
which  were  admitted  to  representation  in  the  Convention  of 
1900,  shall  also  be  members  of  the  corporation.  Each  body 
and  each  branch  of  the  United  States  Government  above  men- 
tioned shall  be  entitled  to  send  three  delegates  to  the  meetings 
of  this  corporation." 

For  the  first  thirty  years  of  its  history  the  National  Con- 
vention for  revising  the  Pharmacopoeia  was  a  rnedical  body. 
In  IS.jO  colleges  of  pharmacy  were  first  permitted  representa- 
tion. Decade  by  decade  the  pharmaceutical  representation  has 
increased,  until  in  the  Convention  of  1900  it  was  slightly  in 
the  ascendency  over  medical  representation.  The  Committee 
on  Revision,  appointed  by  the  last  Convention,  consisted  of 
26  members,  19  of  whom  represented  pharmaceutical  colleges, 
and  only  two  of  whom  were  practicing  physicians.  The  phar- 
macopoeia resulting  from  the  labors  of  this  committee  is 
acknowledged  to  be  superior  to  almost  any  other  pharmacopoeia 
in  the  world.  Therefore  no  serious  fault  is  to  be  found  with 
the  work  of  the  committee.  But  the  conditions  existing  dem- 
onstrate a  great  lack  of  interest  in  the  pharmaeoiiceia  on  the 
part  of  the  medical  profession.  The  question  is.  How  can 
the  interest  of  the  medical  profession  in  the  National  Standard 
be  stimulated?  It  is  my  belief  that  the  way  to  stimulate  the 
interest  of  physicians  in  the  pharmacopoeia  is  through  the 
medium  of  standardization  of  materia  mediea  products,  and 
the  sending  out  of  literature  on  this  subject  by  the  Committee 
for  Revising  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  also  by  the 
various  departments  at  Washington  interested  in  the  identifi- 
cation and  standardization  of  drugs,  by  the  Council  on  Phar- 
macy and  Chemistry,  and  by  the  manufacturing  houses  engaged 
in  the  pharmacal  and  chemical  industries. 

1  believe  that  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  journals 
should  take  up  this  subject  for  discussion.  It  is  evident  that 
it  would  be  unsafe  to  throw  upon  the  ed\icational  channels  of 
the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  professions  to  a  discussion  of 
advertised  materia  mediea  products  without  the  establishment 
of  a  strong  Central  Committee,  Board  of  Control.  Bureau  of 
Materia  Mediea,  or  Pharmacologic  Society — call  it  what  you 
please — representative  in  character,  having  as  its  function  the 
co-operative  classification  and  standardization  of  the  newer 
materia  mediea,  the  censorship  of  advertising,  the  promotion 
of  professional  and  commercial  interest,  and  the  protection  of 
the  public  from  dishonest  commercial  exploitation. 


New  York  Ph.A.  May  Act  on  Slanders. 

SYRACUSE.  N.  T..  June  12. — Druggists  in  this  city  are  loud 
in  their  protests  against  a  statement  made  by  a  drug  com- 
pany in  circular  letters  to  every  doctor  in  the  city,  claiming 
that  incompetency  and  dishonesty  exist  behind  the  prescrip- 
tion counters  in  many  pharmacies. 

George  E.  Thorpe,  chairman  of  the  State  committee  on 
trade  relations  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, has  prepared  a  lengthy  statement  on  the  subject  and 
will  present  it  at  the  State  convention,  at  Richfield  Springs. 
The  letters  claim  that  in  order  to  increase  their  profits  drug- 
gists in  filling  prescriptions  substitute  cheaper  preparations 
from  containers  bearing  genuine  labels.  It  is  expected  that 
the  State  organization  will  take  action.  The  letter,  it  is 
alleged,  was  sent  out  because  druggists  preferred  to  patronize 
other  manufacturers. 


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president   of    Los    Angeles    K.D.A.    and 

chairman  of  executive  committee  which 

bus   the   arrangements   in   charge. 


T.  W.  JONES,  of  Los  Angeles, 
local    secretary   of   A. Ph. A.    for   coming 
convention ;    secretary    of    Los    Angeles 

-Retail  Druggists'   Association. 


-Mrs.  FLETCHER  HOWARD,  president 
of  the  Ladies'  Auxiliary  which  will  help 
entertain  the  fair  sex  at  the  A.Ph.A. 
convention  in  Los  Angeles  in  August. 


QUESTION     BOX 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  subscribers 
and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas,  and  to  discuss 
questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  diflSculties.  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
acknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANONTilOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
RECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  In 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  issues 
which  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 


Lotion  for  Excessive  Perspiration. 

(C.  A.  W.  and  L.  M.  K.) — We  cannot  give  you  the  formulas 
for  the  proprietar.T  preparations.  However,  here  are  several 
formulas  for  lotions  which  have  been  recommended  for  external 
application  in  the  treatment  of  sweaty  hands  and  to  correct 
the  odor  of  excessive  perspiration,  etc. : 

(1) 

Solution  of  formaldehyde 3  drams. 

Rose  water,  enough  to  make S  ounces. 

To  be  applied  morning  and  evening  and  allowed  to  dry  on. 

(2) 

Boracic  acid .35  grains. 

Solution  of  formaldehyde 20  minims. 

Alcohol 2  drams. 

Rose  water 2  ounces. 

Water,  enough  to  make   8  ounces. 

(3) 

Boracic  acid   2  drams. 

Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel 4  ounces. 

Rose  water   4  ounces. 

Use  externally. 


Purifying  Common  Wool  Fat. 

(W.  B.  C.) — How  can  I  make  the  common  wool  fat,  which 
is  dark.  light  in  color,  and  have  it  remain  so?" 

For  the  purpose  of  purification   crude   wool   fat   is   treated 


with  weak  alkali  solutions  and  the  resulting  emulsion  centri- 
fuged.  whereby  an  aqueous  soap  solution  is  obtained,  on  which 
a  creamy  la.ver  of  fairly  pure  wool  fat  is  found  floating.  The 
I  ream.T  layer  is  removed  and  treated  with  calcium  chloride, 
after  which  the  fat  is  separated  and  dehydrated  by  fusing  in 
the  presence  of  unslaked  lime.  Acetone  is  emplo.ved  to  extract 
the  pure  wool  fat  from  this  mixture,  and  yields  the  same  upon 
subsequent  distillation  of  the  solvent.  Sometimes  purification 
is  effected  by  repeated  treatment  with  water  in  a  centrifugal 
machine.  Unless  you  have  a  considerable  quantity  of  wool 
fat  to  deal  with  it  will  not  probably  pay  you  to  attempt  afly 
"purification"   method. 

Bottle  Capping:  Mixture. 
(T.  &  S.)  — 

(1) 
.Soak  7  pounds  of  good  gelatin  in  10  ounces  of  gl.vceriu  and 
tlO  ounces  of  water,  and  heat  over  a  water  bath  until  dissolved, 
and  add  any  desired  color.  Pigments  ma.y  be  used,  and  various 
tints  can  be  obtained  by  the  use  of  aniline  colors.  The  result- 
ing compound  should  be  stored  in  jars.  To  apply  liquefy  the 
mass  and  dip  the  cork  and  portion  of  the  neck  of  the  bottle 
into  the  liquid.  It  sets  very  quickly. 
(2) 

.Shellac    3      ounces. 

Venice   turpentine    l^^  ounces. 

Boric   acid    72      grains. 

Powdered  talcuih   3      ounces. 

Ether    6      fl.  drams. 

Alcohol     121.2  fl.  ounces. 

Dissolve  the  shellac,  turpentine,  and  boric  acid  in  the  mixed 
alcohol  and  ether,  color  with  a  spirit  soluble-dye,  and  add 
the  talcum.  During  use  the  mixture  must  be  agitated 
frequently. 

Remedies  for  Drunkenness. 

(L.  M.  K. ) — Some  formulas  and  other  information  were 
published  in  the  Era  April  20,  1905,  page  447,  which  see.  In 
the  Alkaloidal  Clinic  some  years  ago  the  editor  gave  the  fol- 
lowing information  in  reply  to  a  query  "Is  there  anything 
which  can  be  given  to  chronic  drinkers,  unknown  to  them, 
which  will  give  them  a  distaste  for  alcohol?" 

"Hyoscyamine  or  atropine  pushed  to  saturation  will  cause 
distaste  for  liquor,  but  the  thing  to  do  is  to  give  apomorphine 
in  the  whisky  and  at  the  same  time  put  the  patient  on  atro- 


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[Jiuie  37,  1909 


pine  or  hyoscyamine  until  the  throat  is  dry.  Where  a  man 
will  use  no  effort  of  his  own  to  assist,  it  is  practically  impos- 
sible to  cure  the  drink  habit,  but  anyone  can  be  cured  promptly 
if  he  will  place  himself  under  medical  care  and  desired  to  be 
cured. 

"Fluid  hydrastis.  5  to  10  drops,  is  often  given  in  the  patient's 
coffee  and  sometimes  causes  a  distaste  for  liquor ;  chiefly  by 
relieving  the  debility  which  causes  the  desire  for  stimulants. 
One  of  the  most  widely  advertised  'secret  remedies'  consists 
of  hydrastis.  If  you  can  push  eliminative  and  tonic  treatment 
and  medicate  with  apomorphine  such  liquor  as  the  patient 
does  take  (or  give  him  straight  liquor  and  a  shot  of  apomor- 
phine just  after  it),  there  is  no  difficulty  in  stopping  the 
desire.  Quassin,  hydrastin  and  strychnine  nitrate  are  the 
best  tonics.  Lupulin  relieves  the  irritable  stomachs  of  drunk- 
ards. Atropine,  1-500  grain,  every  three  or  four  hours  will 
make  all  liquor  'taste  bad.'  " 

Of  course,  this  information  is  for  the  physician  and  he  alone 
should  assume  responsibility  for  treating  these  cases. 

Polish  for  Brass. 
(T.  &  S.)  — 

(1) 

Levigated  tripoli  40  pounds. 

Soft  paraffin    8  pounds. 

Japan  wax   2  pounds. 

Kerosene    1  gallon. 

Oleic    acid     %  gallon. 

This  mixture  forms  a  paste.  For  a  liquid  polish  the  fol- 
lowing is  recommended  : 

(2) 

Levigated  silica 10  pounds. 

Kerosene    5  gallons. 

Oleic  acid 2  gallons. 

Stearic  acid  2  pounds. 

Polishing  Cream. 

Denaturized   alcohol    400  parts. 

Spirit  of  sal  ammoniac  75  parts. 

Water    ISOparts. 

Petroleum  ether   80  parts. 

Ked  or  white  bole   50  parts. 

Calcium  carbonate  100  parts. 

Add  as  much  of  the  powders  as  desired.  Oil  of  mirbane 
may  be  used  for  scenting. 

Manufacturers  of  brass  probably  use  different  media  for 
brightening  their  goods.  However,  it  is  stated  that  articles 
of  brass  can  be  polished,  after  pickling,  in  the  lathe  with  em- 
ployment of  a  polish  consisting  of  shellac,  dissolved  in  alcohol, 
1000  parts ;  powdered  turmeric,  1000  parts  ;  tartar.  2000  parts  ; 
oxgall,  50  parts,  and  water,  3000  parts. 


Reduce  to  powder  and  percolate  with  a  menstruum  composed 
of  3  volumes  of  alcohol  and'5  volumes  of  water  until  48  fluid- 
ounces  of  liquid  have  passed.  Of  this  half  strength  fluid 
extract  2  fluidounces  are  sufficient  to  make  1  gallon  of  root 
beer.  Or,  exhaust  the  above  drugs  with  the  menstruum  indi- 
cated, add  enough  water  to  make  6  gallons,  and  start  fermen- 
tation with  1  pint  of  yeast. 


Boot  Beer  Syrup. 

(G.  &  G.)— Try  one  of  tlie  following: 
(1) 

Extract  of  root  beer  5  ounces. 

Soda  foam    1  ounce. 

Syrup  to  make    1  gallon. 

Color  with  caramel. 

(2) 

Fluidextracl  of  false  sarsaparilla 10  drams. 

Fluidextract  of  pipsissewa   10  drams. 

Fluidextract  of  wintergreen 4  drams. 

Fluidextract  of  licorice  4  drams. 

Oil  of  wintergreen  30  minims. 

Oil  of  sassafras   15  minims. 

Oil  of  cloves  8  minims. 

Alcohol     10  ounces. 

This  makes  a  root  beer  extract  which  may  be  mixed  with 
syrup,  or  it  may  be  diluted  with  9  gallons  of  water  containing 
1  gallon  of  refined  molasses,  and  charged  in  a  fountain.  If  it 
is  preferred  to  use  a  fermented  article,  add  the  water  and 
molasses,  using  warm  water,  also  1  quart  of  yeast,  and  keep 
in  a  warm  place  until  fermentation  is  complete. 
(3) 

Sassafras    4  ounces. 

Yellow  dock   4  ounces. 

Pimento     4  ounces. 

Wintergreen    4  ounces. 

Wild  cherry  bark   2  ounces. 

Coriander  seed    2  ounces. 

Hops    1  ounce. 


Hair  Restorer. 

(C.  L.  B. ) — We  cannot  give  you  the  formula  of  the  pro- 
prietary article.  However,  here  is  a  formula  which  is  typical 
of  many  of  the  lead  and  sulphur  preparations  recommended 
for  "renewing"  the  hair : 

Lead  acetate    ' 1%  drams. 

Milk  of  sulphur  (calcareous)    3      drams. 

Glycerin     %  ounce. 

Heliotrope   perfume    2      drams. 

Water,  to  make   10      ounces. 

Mix  the  powders  intimately  and  rub  up  with  the  glycerin, 
gradually  add  the  water,  and  lastly  the  perfume. 

In  commenting  on  this  formula,  the  author  of  "Pharmaceu- 
tical Formulas"  states  that  precipitated  sulphur  does  not  mix 
well  with  water,  and  for  that  among  other  reasons  the  cal- 
careous variety  is  here  ordered.  But  if  it  be  preferred  pure 
precipitated  sulphur  may  take  its  place,  using  only  half  the 
quantity  and  "killing"  it  with  spirit  before  adding  the  glyce- 
rinated  water. 

A  formula  for  a  "transparent  restorer."  taken  from  \  the 
same  authority,  is  the  following : 

Lead  acetate   1      dram. 

Saturated  solution  of  sodium  hyposulphite,  a  sufficiency. 

Gl.vcerin    1      ounce. 

Rectified  spirit    V2  ounce. 

Rose  water,  to  make   20      ounces. 

To  the  lead  salt  dissolved  in  2  ounces  of  water,  add  the 
solution  of  hyposulphite  until  the  precipitate  formed  is  redis- 
solved.  Continue  to  add  half  as  much  more  hyposulphite, 
then  the  rest  of  the  ingredients. 

This  preparation  should  be  bottled  as  soon  as  it  is  made, 
a  drop  of  ether  being  put  on  the  surface  of  the  liquid  in  each 
a  few  seconds  before  the  cork  is  put  in.  Blue  or  amber 
colored  bottles  should  be  used.  The  lead  sulphide  which  is 
in  solution  is  very  prone  to  precipitation,  even  in  the  bottles, 
especially  when  these  are  exposed  to  air  and  sunlight,  and  it  is 
advisable,  therefore,  to  bottle  it  as  directed,  also  to  serve  it 
as  recent  as  possible. 

State  Pharmaceutical  Meetings  This  Month. 

June  9,  Alabama,  Gadsden :  9,  Florida,  Gainesville ;  8, 
Nebraska,  Lincoln ;  9,  New  Jersey,  Lake  Hopatcong. 

June  14,  Idaho,  Boise ;  16,  Minnesota,  Tonka  Bay ;  15,  Illi- 
nois, Quincy ;  15,  Kentucky,  Cerulean  Springs ;  15,  Missouri, 
Joplin;  15,  Texas,  San  Antonio;  15,  Connecticut,  the  Shore- 
ham,  Morris  Cove. 

June  22,  Massachusetts,  Swampscott;  22,  Indiana.  French 
Lick  Springs ;  22,  Michigan,  Detroit ;  22,  New  York,  Richfield 
Springs ;  22,  Pennsylvania,  Bedford  Springs ;  23,  Colorado, 
Estes  Park ;  23,  North  Carolina,  Greensboro ;  22,  Marj'land, 
Ocean  City ;  22.  Wisconsin,  Elkhart  Lake  ;  22,  Vermont,  Lake 
Bomoseen. 

June  29,  Maine,  Portland ;  29,  New  Hampshire,  the  Wiers. 

American  Chemical  Society  at  Detroit  Next  Week. 

Detroit,  Mich.,  June  12. — The  summer  meetings  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  will  be  held  here.  June  20  to 
.July  2,  in  Central  High  School.  A  complimentary  smoker  will 
be  held  at  one  of  the  clubs  or  hotels  on  the  evening  cf  June  29. 
A  trip  of  inspection  to  the  big  laboratories  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.  will  be  another  feature  and  there  will  be  a  moonlight 
boat  ride  vmder  the  auspices  of  the  company.  June  30.  The 
convention  will  end  with  a  trip  to  Ann  Arbor  and  a  b.inquet 
in  Detroit  in  the  evening. 


Washington  Chapter  Selects  Delegates. 
Washington.  June  12. — At  a  called  meeting  of  Washington 
Chapter.  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  held  at  the  residence  of  Mrs.  R.  W. 
Duffey  on  June  11.  the  following  were  chosen  as  delegates  to 
the  National  Convention  to  be  held  in  Louisville  in  September: 
Mrs.  Charles  J.  Fuhrman,  Mrs.  W.  S.  Richardson,  Mrs. 
Walter  McDonald  and  Mrs.  A.  C.  Taylor. 


June  17.  1909] 


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567 


Neglect  of  Staples  in  Advertising. 
The  advertising  tendencies  of  the  age  go  to  two  extremes  : 
Advertising  new  goods  and  novelties  exclusivel.v.  or  using 
valuable  advertising  space  and  effort  for  bald  statements  that 
are  common  knowledge  even  with  children.  With  druggists, 
the  latter  faulty  extreme  has  been  most  common.  Thousands 
of  dollars  have  been  wasted  on  "Drugs  and  medicines.  Sta- 
tioner.v  and  fancy  goods.  Prescriptions  carefully  compounded" 
advertising  foolishness.  Cutters  and  department  stores  have 
not  only  gone  to  the  other  extreme,  but  their  extremely  low 
margins  of  profit,  coupled  with  their  advertising  of  new  goods 

PRESIDENT  TAFTS  VISIT  TO  CHARLOTTE  ENABLES  DRUGGISTS  TO  WIN  ERAS  CASH  PRIZE  OF  $5. 


almost  exclusively,  has  forced  llieui  to  turn  stock  so  rapidly 
and  add  new  lines  so  continuously  that  the  buying  public  finds 
it  next  to  impossible  to  seure  a  duplicate  of  an  article  pur- 
chased a  few  weeks  previously. 

Within  the  last  few  months,  prominent  newspapers  and 
magazines  have  contained  a  number  of  communications,  edi- 
torials and  news  articles  in  which  this  difficulty  of  obtaining 
what  one  may  desire  has  been  most  vigorously  and  rebelliously 
condemned. 

Insulting  the  Conservative. 

The  insolence  with  which  the  sales  people  sa.v  "We  are  out 
and  won't  have  any  more,"  "Aw,  that's  out  of  date,"  and 
similar  expressions,  are  turning  many  of  the  very  best  class 
of  patrons  against  the  extreme  advertisers. 

Druggists  may  take  advantage  of  this  tendency  to  get  back 
at  those  who  have  been  their  most  bitter  trade  enemies.  By 
this  statement  it  is  not  intended  to  imply  that  new  goods  and 
novelties  should  be  neglected,  nor  is  any  return  to  the  easy 
methods  of  our  daddies  advised. 

For   instance,    one   may   see   drug   store   windows   and   drug 


7"  the  i'AM'.S'  Cash  P>i:c  Comprtitioii  this  icerl:  the  juihii  x  have  (hiUhil  In  make  the  So  ea^h.  award  in  Citiitrxt  Xo.  2  to 
Mr.  Sh^ppard.  of  Woodall  &  Sheppard.  of  Charlotte.  \.  C.  for  the  handsome  imndow  which  is  herewith  reproduced.  Pharma- 
cist Sheppard  writes  to  the  ERA  as  follows: 

"Enclosed  you  will  find  photograph  of  a  window  that  "made  good'  so  far  as  sale  of  goods  was  concerned  and  at  the  same 
time  caused  considerable  favorable  comment  here.  The  sub.iect  was  planned,  designed  and  executed  by  myself.  The  occasion 
calling  for  such  a  window  was  the  visit  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  to  our  city  on  May  20.  our  Fourth  of  July  in 
Charlotte.  The  people  here  declared  their  independence  of  the  mother  country  a  little  over  a  year  previous  to  the  Philadelphia 
declaration.  We  believed  with  many  visitors  in  the  city  that  we  would  sell  candy,  soda  water  and  cigars,  and  so  planned  our 
show  windows  and  outside  displa.v  cases  for  this  line  of  goods. 

"We  send  ,vou  both  window  displays,  one  of  candy  display  at  special  prices  for  the  occasion  and  the  other  for  soda  water  dis- 
play. A  barrel  of  limes  in  the  center  of  the  window,  with  three  saucers  of  imitation  ice  cream  on  a  plate  glass  shelf  are  seen 
ou  one  side.  Ice  cream  representing  three  flavors,  vanilla,  chocolate  and  strawberry,  was  made  of  plaster  paris  and  colored. 
The  photograph  of  this  window  is  poor  but  we  send  it  with  the  other.  We  have  recently  opened  up  our  new  store  room  and 
have  one  of  the  handsomest  stores  in  the  South." 


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THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL     ERA 


IJnne  17,  1909 


store  advertisements  almost  daily  in  which  fountain  syringes 
are  featured,  and  yet  there  is  a  large  percentage  among  the 
patrons  of  every  druggist,  especially  among  the  elderly  folks, 
who  prefer  a  bulb  syringe  and  will  never  be  persuaded  to  use 
any  other  as  long  as  they  live.  Not  long  ago  a  patron  asked  a 
clerk  in  a  large  department  store  for  a  bulb  syringe  and  was 
informed  that,  "We  ain't  got  Bone.  Them  ain't  no  good.  A 
fountain  syringe  is  what  you  want." 

Do  you  not  think  it  would  be  to  your  advantage  to  make  a 
window  display  of  both  fountain  and  bulb  syringes  and  have 
a  show  card  to  read  something  like  this  ? : 

* * 

:       Fountain  syringes  arc  considered  the  most  modern  : 

:  of  all  forms;  but  there  are  many  who  prefer  the  older  : 

:  lulb   style.     What   one   has   been   accustomed   to   for  : 

:  years  is  often  best.    We  carry  a  complete  line  of  both  : 

:  bulb  and  fountain  syringes.    It  is  not  mir  policy  to  : 

:  endeavor  to  force  new  ideas  upon  our  patrons.  : 


■   WE  TRY  TO  HAVE   WHAT   YOV   WANT  AND    : 
GIVE  YOV  WHAT  YOV  ASK  FOR. 

As  we  must  concede  that  the  majority  of  patrons  desire  the 
new  goods,  we  are  confronted  by  the  difficulty  of  profitably 
carrying  old  fashioned  goods  for  a  very  limited  demand.  In 
fact,  in  commenting  upon  some  line  that  is  considered  "dead." 
the  druggist  is  often  heard  to  say :  "I  must  get  rid  of  that 
stuff.  I  have  one  regular  patron  for  it,  but  that  is  more  of 
it  than  he  will  buy  in  five  years."  However,  every  druggist 
who  has  had  drive  sales  of  old,  supposedly  dead  stock,  knows 
that  in  many  cases  the  purchasers  of  such  old  goods  were 
former  users  of  them  and  in  connection  with  such  sales  it  is 
not  unusual  to  hear  the  remark :  "I  have  not  seen  any  of 
that  for  years,"  or  "I  tried  all  over  town  to  get  that,"  or 
similar  remarks. 

Advertise  to  increase  the  old  as  well  as  to  make  the  new. 

The  foregoing  rehearsal  of  facts  suggests  the  following  as 
being  the  proper  course  to  pursue  :  That  for  which  there  is 
a  limited  and  conservative  demand  should  be  advertised  just 
as  vigorously  as  new  goods  are  advertised.  If  there  is  a  half 
dozen  of  an  old  remed.v  in  stock  for  which  you  have  one  or 
two  regular  customers,  keep  it  to  the  foreground  where  others 
who  have  used  it  in  the  past  may  learn  that  you  have  it  and 
be  tempted  to  return  to  the  use  of  it.  Much  of  the  so-called 
"dead  stock"  would  never  have  become  dead  if  it  had  not  been 
shoved  into  a  dark  corner  as  soon  as  the  demand  for  it  com- 
menced to  fall  off. 

A  Conservative  List. 

Go  over  your  stock  and  make  a  list  of  all  the  articles  that 
are  supposedl.v  dead,  of  decreasing  sale,  or  of  which  there  is 
an  article  for  corresponding  use  in  new  or  improved  form. 
Publish  a  partial  or  entire  copy  of  this  list  as  an  advertise- 
ment in  either  newspaper,  folder  or  flier.  In  connection 
with  such  advertising  announce  that  these  are  staple  goods, 
but  that  the  bargain  stores  have  largely  abandoned  their  sale 
to  force  more  profitable  and  less  meritorious  articles  upon  the 
public.  Do  not  cut  the  prices  or  offer  the  goods  as  shop-worn 
or  as  bargains.  See  that  your  advertisements  of  taem  are  so 
couched  as  to  appeal  to  and  do  reach  the  elderly  and  con- 
servative classes  of  people. 

Old  Time  Drugs  and  Herbs. 

In  line  with  the  foregoing  a  window  display  may  be  made 
that  will  be  vei-y  attractive.  In  the  window  place  samples 
of  old-time  articles  such  as  flaxseed,  mustard  seed,  Epsom 
salt,  tansy,  pennyroyal  and  so  on.  In  connection  with  each, 
display  some  modern  plaster  or  other  proprietary  specialty 
which  may  be  and  often  is  used  in  place  of  the  'simple." 
Use  -a  show  card  similar  to  following  : 

:       We  here  exhibit  old  and  new  style  goods  intended  : 

:  for  the  same  curative  or  other  purposes.    Whether  the  : 

:  ready-made   plasters,    poultices,   salves   and   teas   are  : 

:  better  than   the  old  style  home-made  articles  we  do  : 

:  not  know.   We  are  inclined  to  think  that  they  are  not.  : 

:  At  any  rate,  it  is  our  business  to  provide  what  people  : 

:  want.    Here  are  the  goods,  both  old  and  new.    And  : 

:  of  both,  the  very  best.  : 

* * 

Go   slow    in    stocking    new    goods    that    depend    upon    your 


advertising  for  their  sale,  even  though  they  be  semi-staples 
such  as  tooth  preparations,  liniments,  plasters  and  rubber 
goods.  It  is  far  better  to  re-order  goods  for  which  there  is 
already  a  demand.  That  demand,  no  matter  how  light  it  may 
be,  shows  that  the  public  has  found  some  merit  in  the  goods 
and  that  finding  saves  you  time  in  talking  and  explanation, 
as  well  as  in  direct  advertising.  Your  own  experience  has 
taught  you  that  the  patron  who  knows  what  she  wants  and 
repeatedly  wants  and  purchases  the  same  goods  is  the  most 
satisfactory  of  all  around  customers.  While  in  one  sense, 
variety  is  necessary  to  satisfy  and  thus  hold  trade,  more  trade 
is  lost  by  a  lack  of  stock  of  articles  previously  supplied  than 
can  ever  be  made  by  showing  and  pushing  fads. 
Be  Careful  of  "Style." 
Remember  that  not  all  people  are  slaves  of  fashion.  There 
are  many  desirable  customers  who  become  disgusted  when  told 
that  "something  just  as  good"  is  "the  latest  style."  This  is 
especially  true  of  the  drug  business.  If  the  .younger  genera- 
tion is  willing  to  buy  the  goods  that  its  parents  bought,  by  all 
means  encourage  it  in  doing  so.  You  can  get  better  prices  and 
profits  with  less  talk  and  labor  on  the  old  line  ffoods  than  upon 
an.v  others. 


NEW  ASSOCIATION  FORMED   IN  VIRGINIA. 


T.  A.  Miller,  President  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
Presides — H.  G.  Whitehead  Chosen  President. 

Richmond,  Va.,  June  12. — The  Virginia  Pharmacists'  Asso- 
ciation was  organized  last  month  in  the  hall  of  the  Medical 
College  of  Virginia.  The  organization  has  for  its  purpose  the 
creating  of  good  fellowship  among  the  members  of  the  pro- 
fession, elevating  pharmacy  from  a  scientific  standpoint,  and 
encouraging  the  raising  of  the  standard  of  the  examinations 
for  licenses.  The  movement  originated  with  the  graduates  of 
the  Universit.v  College  of  Medicine  and  the  Medical  College 
of  Virginia.  Any  druggist  in  Virginia  holding  a  diploma  is 
entitled  to  membership.  Twenty-seven  practitioners  were 
present  at  the  meeting. 

T.  A.  Miller,  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  presided  at 
the  meeting  as  temporary  chairman.  H.  G.  Whitehead,  of  this 
city,  was  elected  president ;  A.  E.  Dorsey,  vice-president ; 
W.  F.  Rudd.  secretary,  and  Miss  Maude  Lambert,  of  Roanoke, 
treasurer,  of  the  new  organization.  The  executive  committee 
is  composed  of  R.  B.  Parker,  N.  Thomas  Ennett  and  W.  F. 
Rudd. 


National   College  of  Pharmacy  Commencement. 

Washington,  June  12. — The  88th  annual  commencement 
of  George  Washington  University,  of  which  the  National  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  is  a  part,  was  held  at  the  Belasco  Theater, 
Washington,  D.  C,  on  the  morning  of  June  9.  The  large 
auditorium  was  thronged  with  the  relatives  and  friends  of  the 
graduates,  the  latter  occupying  seats  on  the  center  aisle  of 
the  orchestra,  while  the  faculty  and  guests  of  honor  were 
seated  upon  the  stage.  Music  was  furnished  by  the  famous 
Marine  Band. 

After  orations  by  two  honor  graduates  and  the  president's 
address,  the  deans  of  the  various  departments  conferred  the 
degrees.  Dean  Kalusowski  conferred  the  degree  of  Phar.D. 
upon  Irene  Nellie  Richardson,  District  of  Columbia;  Ray  T. 
Bailey,  District  of  Columbia  ;  T.  Quinn  Jones,  Missouri ;  B.  V. 
Pa.vne,  Virginia,  and  Chauncey  C.  Reese,  Maryland. 

The  memorial  scholarships  of  the  National  College  of 
Pharmacy  were  awarded  as  follows :  John  A.  Milburn  schol- 
arship to  Edward  V.  Payne,  William  S.  Thompson  scholarship 
to  Naomi  Elizabeth  Richardson  and  the  Edward  T.  Fristoe 
scholarship  to  Willard  Day  Boyer. 

In  the  evening  the  famous  ball  and  reception  rooms  of 
Rauscher's  were  the  scene  of  a  reception  tendered  to  the 
graduates  and  their  guests  by  President  Needham  and  the 
faculties.  After  the  reception  dancing  continued  to  a  late 
hour,  only  interrupted  by  the  serving  of  a  dainty  buffet  lunch 
in  the  assembly  rooms. 


Gratiot  County  Druggists  Elect  Officers. 
Alma,     Mich.,     June    12. — Gratiot     County    druggists,    at 
their  annual  meeting  here  recently,  elected  officers  as  follows : 
President,  H.  J.  Crawford.   Ithaca  ;  secretary,  Roy  Cowdrey, 
Ithaca ;  treasurer,  H.  G.  Gilleo,  Pompeii. 


June  17,  1909] 


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569 


Personal  Mention 


— B.  S.  Mathison,  Bromo  Seltzer  representatiye,  called 
upon  the  Milwaukee  trade  recently. 

— Philo  H.  Ozanne.  formerly  oi  Somers,  Wis.,  has  pur- 
chased the  Wakelin  Pharmacy  at  Phcpnix,  Ariz. 

— W.  A.  Babe,  formerly  in  the  drug  business  at  Oshkosh. 
Wis.,  will  soou  go  on  the  road  for  John  Wyeth  &  Brother. 

— Stewart  Lindsay,  well  known  young  druggist  at  Xew 
Holstein,  Wis.,  was  recently  married  to  a  young  lady  at 
Plymouth.   Wis. 

— Fkank  Ackebman.  formerly  with  a  pharmacy  at  Madi- 
son, Wis.,  has  become  connected  with  the  Charlesworth  Phar- 
macy at  Kaukauna,  Wis. 

— Fred.  K.  Ferxald,  secretary  of  the  Dr.  Miles  Medical 
Company,  Elkhart,  Ind.,  called  upon  friends  in  the  New  Xork 
City  drug  trade  last  week. 

— Frank  CroDY,  well  known  in  the  drug  trade  and  New 
York  City  salesman  for  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.,  was  married  last 
week  to  Miss  Fannie  Mulrenan. 

— Nicholas  Crasser,  drug  clerk  at  the  W.  H.  Barr  phar- 
macy, Milwaukee,  recently  met  with  serious  injury  as  a  result 
of  a  collision  with  his  bicycle  and  an  automobile. 

— AxEX  Black,  of  La  Crosse,  Wis.,  a  recent  graduate  of 
Marquette  University  (Milwaukee  Medical  College),  has  re- 
sumed his  position  at  the  Lien  Pharmacy  at  La  Crosse. 

— H.  A.  Nolte.  of  Philadelphia,  was  a  visitor  at  Wildwood, 
X.  J.,  where  he  is  preparing  to  open  his  drug  store.  Mr. 
Nolte  also  conducts  stores  in  Philadelphia  and  Atlantic  City. 
— Ward  Gilbert,  formerly  of  Milton  Junction,  Wis.,  now 
proprietor  of  a  drug  store  at  Melrose,  Wis.,  was  in  Janesville 
recently  as  a  delegate  to  the  session  of  the  Grand  Lodge, 
LO.O.F. 

— Secretary  Potts,  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  spent  last  week  in 
St.  Paul  and  Minneapolis,  where  he  attended  meetings  in 
each  of  the  twin  cities  of  local  and  State  organizations  of 
druggists. 

— O.  W.  Smith,  manager  of  the  New  York  branch  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  left  last  Monday  for  Detroit  and  attended  the 
annual  outing  of  the  employees  of  the  concern  which  took 
place  yesterday. 

— O.  P.  Ross  and  H.  A.  Somerville.  representatives  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  in  central  New  I'ork  State  and  Albany, 
respectively,  were  visitors  at  the  branch  in  New  York  City 
several  days  ago. 

— Charles  W.  Whittlesey  and  A.  D.  de  Bussyj  president 
and  secretary,  respectively,  of  the  Charles  W.  Whittlesey  Com- 
pany, New  Haven,  Conn.,  were  recent  visitors  in  New  York 
City  wholesale  circles. 

— W.  S.  Mayhew,  '06,  University  of  Illinois  School  of  Phar- 
macy, and  Miss  Bertha  M.  Gould  were  married  at  the  resi- 
dence of  the  bride's  parents  at  Flora,  111.,  on  June  2.  The 
young  couple  will  reside  at  Forrest,  111. 

— Herman  Emerich,  well  known  druggist  of  Milwaukee, 
will  soon  open  a  new  pharmac.v  near  Milwaukee-Downer  Col- 
lege. A  new  building  which  is  being  erected  for  the  new 
establishment  is  fast  nearing  completion. 

— M.  Levy,  representative  of  Bruen.  Ritchey  &  Co.  in 
Florida,  has  been  recreating  in  New  York  City  for  the  past 
few  weeks  while  visiting  the  home  offices  of  the  house.  Mr. 
Levy  will  return  shortly  to  the  fields  of  his  endeavors. 

— Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Leyden  White  (Joel  Blanc),  of  New 
York,  were  the  guests  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  S.  Richardson  and 
their  daughters  at  the  reception  of  the  graduates  and  faculties 
of  George  Washington  University,  held  in  Washington  on 
June  9. 

— Russell  T.  Blackwood,  of  Philadelphia,  has  sent  out  a 
neat  announcement  to  the  patrons  of  his  store  informing 
them  of  his  intention  to  join  the  movement  to  less  the  hours 
of  Sunday  work  in  drug  stores  by  closing  from  1  to  6  on 
that  day. 

— John  Fulton,  Jr.,  who  had  been  identified  with  the  drug 
trade  for  many  years,  and  recently  with  the  National  Spice 
Company,  is  now  associated  with  the  Archibald  &  Lewis  Co., 
Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City,  and  will  devote  his 
attention  particularly  to  the  firm's  drug  department. 

■ — Frank  W.   Smith,   president   of   the   Philadelphia   Drug 


Club,  and  representative  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  and  Walter  V. 
Smith,  of  Val  H.  Smith  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  were  New 
York  City  visitors  last  week,  en  route  home  from  Lake 
Hopatcong,  where  they  attended  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

— Professors  Hallbebg  and  Puckner,  of  the  University 
of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy,  attended  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Medical  Association  at  Atlantic  City,  taking  an 
active  part  in  the  proceedings,  Professor  Puckner  as  secretary 
of  the  Council  on  Pharm.acy  and  Chemistry,  and  Professor 
Hallberg  as  secretary  of  the  Pharmacologic  Section. 

— William  O.  Fbailey,  Jr.,  son  of  William  O.  Frailey,  of 
Lancaster,  Pa.,  the  well-known  organization  worker,  was 
among  the  recent  sight-seeing  visitors  to  the  National  capital. 
Mr.  Frailey  was  accompanied  by  his  bride,  their  marriage  hav- 
ing been  solemnized  in  Lancaster  on  June  10.  Mr.  Frailey 
is  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  Class 
of  1908.     He  is  associated  with  his  father  in  business. 

— Edward  H.  Wolff,  of  the  Wolff-Wilson  Drug  Company, 
St.  Louis,  and  Mrs.  Wolff  will  depart  in  a  few  days  for 
Europe  to  be  gone  until  September.  Mr.  Wolff,  as  part  of  the 
preparation  for  his  trip,  purchased  a  $30,000  residence,  which 
he  will  occupy  on  his  return.  The  residence  is  at  462.0  Lindell 
Boulevard,  the  show  part  of  the  city.  Recently  Mr.  Wolff 
bought  a  building  lot  with  intent  of  constructing  a  residence, 
but  gave  that  up  as  too  much  trouble. 

— Samuel  B.  Davis,  a  prominent  Philadelphia  druggist, 
with  his  wife,  celebrated  the  third  anniversary  of  their  wed- 
ding at  Seaside  Park,  N.  J.,  where  they  are  spending  the 
summer  months.  Their  guests  on  the  festive  occasion  were 
their  fellow  members  of  the  "Arkades,"  which  organization 
has  taken  a  large  cottage  at  the  shore  and  were  as  follows :  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Otto  Kraus,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Charles  Rehfuss,  Miss 
Leonette  Rehfuss  and  Mr.  and  Mrs.  L.  H.  Davis. 

— Albert  Bond  Lambert,  of  St.  Louis,  was  much  dis- 
gusted with  his  part  in  the  Indianapolis  balloon  races,  although 
his  craft,  St.  Louis  III,  made  the  creditable  record  of  being 
in  the  air  26  hours  and  10  minutes  and  traveling  32.5  miles. 
Mr.  Lambert  was  compelled  to  land  because  his  physical  condi- 
tion as  a  result  of  his  recent  illness  made  it  impossible  to 
remain  in  the  air  in  the  intense  cold  in  high  altitude  another 
night,  else  he  is  confident  he  and  his  associate  would  have 
won  out. 

— Richard  P.  Winkler,  traveling  in  Latin-America  for 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has  reached  Panama  and  writes  to  a 
friend  in  New  York  City  that  the  heat  in  the  latitudes  of  the 
Isthmus  is  intense ;  also  that  reports  coming  in  from  Guaya- 
quil, Ecuador,  for  which  he  intended  to  leave  shortly,  are  to 
the  effect  that  yellow  fever  and  the  bubonic  plague  are  playing 
havoc  with  the  population  in  the  city.  The  medical  authori- 
ties of  the  Isthmithian  Canal  Commission,  he  states,  have  ad- 
vised him  to  abstain  under  all  circumstances  against  can- 
vassing Gua.vaquil  at  the  present  time. 

— Mr.  and  JIhs.  William  H.  Morrette,  of  Bridesburg, 
Philadelphia,  were  agreeably  surprised  a  few  days  ago  to 
receive  a  handsome  dinner  set,  the  gift  of  the  party  of  friends 
who  on  April  29  last  were  their  guests  on  a  shad  fishing  party. 
Accompanying  the  gift  was  a  card  conveying  the  well  wishes 
of  Thomas  H.  Potts  (secretary  of  the  N.A.R.D.).  George  W. 
Fehr,  L.  H.  Davis,  D.  J.  Reese,  H.  A.  Kalbach,  W.  A.  Car- 
penter, N.  S.  Steltzer,  N.  A.  Cozens,  Z.  T.  Wobensmith, 
H.  A.  Netter,  W.  H.  Sutton  and  N.  F.  Weisner.  These 
friends  all  declare  that  Mr.  Morrette's  superior  as  druggist, 
host,  sportsman  and  good  fellow  generally  does  not  exist. 


Medicine  Makers  Fight  Misbranding  Charge. 
Cincinnati,  June  12. — Deputy  U.  S.  Marshal  McGuire  went 
to  Dayton,  Ohio,  a  few  days  ago  and  seized  eight  casks  of 
medicine  on  the  charge  made  by  the  Government  that  it  was 
misbranded,  the  labels  allegedly  not  showing  the  percentage  of 
alcohol  used  in  the  liquid.  The  Prescription  Products  Com- 
pany has  served  notice  on  LTnited  States  Attorney  McPherson 
that  it  will  resist  the  seizure  and  confiscation  of  the  goods. 


Divorce  for  Druggist  Husband  From  Dentist  Wife. 

Milwaukee,  June  12. — That  his  wife  earns  more  than  he 
does,  is  the  contention  made  by  Marcus  Robbins.  a  Milwaukee 
druggist,  who  was  granted  a  divorce  recently  from  his  wife. 
Marie,  a  dentist  in  New  York.  The.v  w'ere  married  in  189.S 
and  separated  the  same  year.  Voluntary  separation  for  five 
years  was  alleged  and  the  wife  interposed  no  defense. 


570  THE     PHAKMACEUTICAL     ERA  [June  17,  lOOiJ 

GEOEGIA  PHAKMACISTS  ENJOY  BARBECUE  ON  HIGH  BLUFF  AT  ANNUAL  CONVENTION  AT  MACON. 


T,  B.   lUCE,  of  Greensboro. 

elected    president   of    tbe    Georgia    State 

Pliarmaceutical  Association. 


T.   H.   BKANNEN.  of  Atlanta, 

tliird  vice-president   Georgia   Ph. A.   and 

president  Atlanta  Ad.  Men's  Club. 


.r.  T.  SHUPTRIXE.   of  Savannah. 

re-elected  treasurer  of  the  Georgia  State 

Pharmaceutical  Association. 


Macon,  June  12. — Druggists  from  all 
parts  of  the  State  were  in  attendance  at 
the  34th  annual  meeting  of  the  Georgia 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  last 
month.  An  interesting  programme,  in- 
cluding discussions  of  various  questions 
important  to  pharmacists,  was  carried  out 
and  Ben  S.  Persons,  of  Macon,  presided. 

The  concluding  session  was  held  at  the 
plant  of  the  Central  Georgia  Power  Com- 
pany at  Lloyd  Shoals,  where  the  dele- 
gates had  been  invited  by  W.  J.  Massee. 
president  of  the  power  concern,  to  attend 
a  barbecue  and  to  view  the  construction 
of  the  big  dam.  Both  feast  and  mammotli 
pile  of  cement  were  heartily  enjo.ved.  In 
fact  the  barbecue  was  pronounced  by  all 
to  be  the  best  ever,  and  the  Macon  drug- 
gists who  are  accustomed  to  good  barbe- 
cue, say  they  never  tasted  finer.  It  wa.s 
served  on  the  high  bluff  that  towers  1.50 
feet  above  the  bed  of  the  river  on  the 
west  side.  From  this  eminence  there  is  a 
magnificent  view  of  the  river. 

A  number  of  addresses  were  made  and 
the  oSicers  for  the  year  were  named. 
Athens  got  the  next  convention. 

The  officers  chosen  at  the  concluding 
session  were  Thad  B.  Rice,  of  Greensboro, 
president ;  Joel  P.  Walker,  of  Monte- 
zuma, first  vice-president ;  John  S.  Mont- 
gomery. Jr.,  of  Thonmsville.  second  vice-president ;  Thomas  H. 
Branneu,  of  Atlanta,  third  vice-president ;  Max  Morris,  of 
Macon,  secretary,  and  J.  T.  Shuptrine.  of  Savannah,  treasurer. 

The  names  of  five  prominent  druggists  were  submitted  to  be 
turned  over  to  the  Governor  so  that  he  may  select  a  member 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  succeed  S.  10.  Bayne,  of 
Macon,  whose  term  soon  expires.  These  were  S.  E.  Bayne. 
Xi.  E.  Pellew,  J.  Peacock,  Cornelius  Vason  and  John  R.  Parr. 

The  delegates  to  the  N.A.R.D.  Convention  at  Louisville  arc 
Messrs.  Shuptrine,  of  Savannah,  and  George  D.  Case,  of 
Millidgeville. 

Mallory  H.  Taylor  and  his  associates  on  the  arrangements 
committee  worked  assiduously  and  successfully  to  entertain  the 
members.  In  addition  to  the  barbecue  and  trip  to  the  big  dam. 
there  was  an  evening  at  the  Crump's  Park  Casino  and  an  au- 
tomobile ride  for  the  ladies,  besides  liberal  dispensations  of 
true  Macon  hospitality  for  everybody. 


JOEL  P.  W.\LKER,  of  Montezuma, 

first  vice-president  of  the  Georgia  State 

Pharmaceutical   .Vssooiation. 


MAX  MOREIS,  of  Macon, 

re-elected  secretary  of  the  Georgia  State 

Pharmaceutical  .Association. 

Doctors  to  Be  Guests  at  Druggists'  Outing. 
Washington,  June  12. — The  regular  monthly  meeting  of 
the  District  of  Columbia  Retail  Druggists'  Association  was 
held  at  the  National  College  of  Pharmacy  on  Tuesday.  Dr. 
F.  P.  Weller.  chairman  of  the  entertainment  cojnmittee,  re- 
ported that  arrangements  for  the  annual  outing  and  field  day 
at  Marshall  Hall  had  been  made  for  Friday,  July  9.  The 
ph.ysicians  of  the  city  and  their  families  will  be  invited  as 
their  guests  that  the  day  may  be  made  a  grand  success.  Mr. 
Adams,  representing  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists, was  present  and  will  be  in  the  cit.v  for  a  few  days  in 
(he  interests  of  the  National  Association. 


Physician  Fined  $80  for  Selling  Drugs. 
Cle\tsland,   June   12. — For  selling  drugs  without   being  a 
legally  registered  pharmacist.  Dr.  John  A.  Vincent  was  this 
week  fined  $20  e.ich  on  four  counts  by  a  justice. 


June  17,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  571 

HUNTING  FOR  A  MISSING  MILLION  OF  SANITOL  MONEY. 


S\vorn  Statement  in  March  Declares  it  Was  Paid  Up  in  Lawful  Currency, 
but  Protective  Committee  of  Stockholders  Fails  to  Find  It. 


President's  Salary  Raised  From  $25,000  to  $50,000.  but  Decreased  on  Advice  of 

Counsel  Months  Later— Ledger  Rewritten  and  Minutes  Destroyed  to  Conceal  the 

Act— Old  Book  Burned  in  Furnace     Sweeping  Charges  of  Mismanagement 

and  Waste  are  Made  and  Startling  Evidence  is  Given  by  Present  and 

Past  Employes  in  Receivership  Proceedings  in  Missouri. 


A  legal  quest  for  a  million  missing  dollars,  a  ledger  burned 
in  the  furnace  of  a  chemical  laboratory  to  conceal  an  irregu- 
lar $25,000  a  year  salary  increase,  which  by  its  alleged  con- 
ditions would  have  given  the  president  of  a  corporation  a 
salary  of  practically  $75,000  a  year  (the  $25,000  increase 
being  payable  in  stock  at  one-half  of  par),  are  a  few  of  many 
startling  features  of  a  lawsuit  which  affects  the  8000  druggists. 
dentists  and  others  who  are  stockholders  in  the  Sanitol  Chem- 
ical Laboratory  Company,  of  St.  Louis.  The  Sanitol  Com- 
pany has  been  doing  an  excellent  business,  it  manufactures 
articles  that  are  in  general  demand  among  druggists  and 
dentists  for  their  trade  and  it  has  a  large  and  well-equipped 
plant  in  St.  Louis,  with  a  branch  in  Toronto,  for  the  Cana- 
dian trade. 

The  recent  application  for  a  receiver  for  the  company, 
reported  in  the  Era  of  June  3,  was  not  altogether  a  surprise 
to  some  of  the  stockholders,  for  there  have  been  eruptions  of 
dissatisfaction  during  the  last  year  that  culminated  in  Phila- 
delphia last  October  in  the  formation  of  a  stockholders'  pro- 
tective committee.  The  story  of  the  development  of  the  com- 
pany in  its  recent  relations  to  its  stockholders,  as  shown  in 
evidence  already  taken  in  the  courts  of  Missouri,  together 
with  affidavits  and  statements  of  what  is  yet  to  come,  is  of 
sufficient  interest  to  place  it  in  the  high  finance  series  of  Wall 
Street,  where  worthless  railroads  are  unloaded  on  innocent 
purchasers  at  the  rate  of  $100,000  a  mile  or  more,  but  Sanitol 
itself  cannot  be  put  in  that  class.  If  the  statements  that  are 
being  made  in  this  case  are  true  the  New  York  wizards  are  in 
a  back  number  class. 

If  the  claims  that  are  made  are  true  the  Sanitol  good.s  which 
are  so  popular  are  not  made  in  accordance  with  the  formulas 
for  which  $200,000  was  credited  as  being  paid,  which  valuation 
was  afterwards  raised  as  being  an  element  of  the  good  will  to 
$900,000.  Nor  does  the  expansion  rest  there,  for  at  the  stock- 
holders' meeting  last  December  an  effort  was  made  to  increase 
this  valuation  to  the  neat  sum  of  $1,900,000,  but  this  attempt 
appears  to  have  been  defeated  temporarily  at  least  by  the 
efforts  of  the  Minority  Stockholders'  Protective  Committee, 
which  was  also  successful  in  passing  a  resolution  to  have  the 
books  examined  by  an  expert  accountant. 

That  the  present  litigation  was  started  and  is  being  fought 
to  a  finish  is  due  primarily  to  T.  Franklin  Gifford,  D.D.S..  of 
Camden,  N.  J.,  a  prominent  and  respected  dentist  of  the  Phil- 
adelphia district,  who  left  a  large  practice  to  enter  the  employ 
of  the  Sanitol  company  and  who  discovered  later  on  that  con- 
ditions were  not  just  what  he  considered  to  be  for  the  best 
interests    of   stockholders    outside    of    those    in    control    in    St. 


CORPORATION  LAWS  OF  MISSOURI. 


FUTURE  OF  THE  SANITOL  COMPANY. 


:  Sec.  2011.  False  entries  in  books  of  corpora- 
:  tions,  third  degree. — Every  person  who,  loith  in- 
:  tent  to  defraud,  shall  make  any  false  entries,  or  shall 
:  falsely  alter  any  entry  made  in  a  hook  of  accounts 
:  kept  hy  any  moneyed  corporation  icithin  this  State, 
:  or  in  any  book  of  accounts  kept  iy  any  such  corpora- 
:  Hon  or  its  officers,  and  delivered  or  intended  to  be 
:  delivered  to  any  person  dealing  tcith  such  corpora- 
:  tion,  by  which  any  pecuniary  obligation,  claim  or 
:  credit  shall  be  or  shall  purport  to  be  created,  increased. 
:  diminished  or  discharged,  or  in  any  manner  affected, 
:  shall,  upon  conviction,  be  adjudged  guilty  of  forgery 
:  in  the  third  degree.     (R.  S.  1SS9,  Sec.  S6J,S.) 


"Mr.  Morris,''  said  an  ERA  man  to  the  chairman 
of  the  Protective  Committee,  "what  is  the  outcome  to 
be,  the  disruption  and  toindup  of  the  company?" 

"Not  at  all.  We  expect  icith  the  help  of  the  courts 
of  Missouri  to  place  the  company  on  a  sound  busi- 
ness basis,  with  men  in  control  who  will  not  raise 
their  salaries  at  the  rate  of  $25,000  a  year,  who  will 
not  promote  excessive  increases  of  capital  stock  to  de- 
crease the  value  of  the  holdings  of  the  8000  druggists 
and  dentists  loh/)  hace  invested,  who  loill  not  burn 
the  books  of  the  corporation  and  who  will  not  jeopar- 
dise their  liberty  by  violating  the  law  against  for- 
gery. We  propose  to  get  for  all  of  the  stockholders 
what  belongs  to  them  and  we  shall  compel  restitu- 
tion from  those  who  have  that  which  belongs  to  the 
stockholders.  With  the  evidence  so  far  taken  there 
is  no  fear  of  the  future,  but  we  want  the  support  of 
every  druggist  and  dentist  and  ice  warn  them  against 
turning  in  their  stock  for  merchandise..  The  safe 
and  wise  thing  to  do  is  to  join  the  Protective 
Committee." 


Louis.  But  the  discovery,  or  at  least  the  events  following, 
came  from  the  attempt  to  establish  a  market  in  Philadelphia 
for  dealing  in  Sanitol  stock.  Mr.  Gifford  early  in  June  of  last 
year  approached  Henry  S.  Morris,  a  dealer  in  investment 
securities  at  868  Drexel  Building  in  that  city,  with  a  proposi- 
tion to  buy  apd  sell  Sanitol  stock,  which  Mr.  Gifford  repre- 
sented could  be  purchased  at  a  low  figure  and  sold  at  a  higher 
figure. 

ilr.  Morris  knew  about  the  Sanitol  preparations  and  Mr. 
Gifford's  arguments  seemed  convincing,  so  that  an  agreement 
was  made  between  the  two  whereby  Mr.  Morris  was  to  supply 
the  capital  to  purchase  the  stock  and  he  agreed  to  pay  Mr. 
Gifford  25  per  cent  of  the  net  profits  resulting  from  the  trans- 
actions in  Sanitol  stock.  Mr.  Gifford  furnished  a  list  of  the 
stockholders  and  Mr.  Morris  wrote  to  all  of  them  offering 
to  buy  and  sell  the  Sanitol  stock. 

The  outlook  seemed  promising  until  on  July  17  Mr.  Morris 
sent  to  the  Sanitol  Company  at  St.  Louis  77  shares  of  Sanitol 
stock  which  he  asked  to  have  transferred  to  his  name.  There 
was  more  than  apparently  necessary  delay  in  replying  and  it 
was  not  until  14  days  later  that  he  was  able  to  obtain  the 
transfer  certificate.  This  delay  led  Mr.  Morris  to  ask  for  a 
copy  of  the  company's  by-laws,  and  while  he  was  in  the  in- 
quiring mood  he  supplemented  the  request  with  a  further  one 
in  which  he  said  he  would  like  to  have  a  financial  statement 
of  the  company's  affairs. 

At  first  the  request  was  answered  by  a  letter  stating  that  the 
by-laws  and  financial  statement  were  being  sent  under  separate 
cover,  but  the  "separate  cover"  package  never  arrived  and 
Mr.  Morris  fears  that  in  the  light  of  information  given  in  the 
following  letter  on  Sanitol  stationery  there  never  was  any 
"separate  cover"  sent : 

Mr.  Henry  S.  Morris,  Philadelphia, 

Deab  Sib  :  *  *  *  we  expect  to  make  up  a  state- 
ment for  you,  but  we  are  unable  to  send  you  an  intel- 
ligent one  until  the  end  of  our  fiscal  year,  Nov.  30. 

In  regard  to  the  condition  of  our  business,  will  say 
it  has  been  quiet  during  the  last  few  mouths,  but  are 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


I  June  17.  1909 


pleased  to  state  that  since  the  1st  of  Avigust  there 
has  been  a  substantial  increase.  We  are  enclosins 
a  cop.T  of  the  by-laws. 

Our  Mr.  Lu.vties  will  probably  visit  Philadelphia 
and  will  take  this  opportunity  of  forming  your  ac- 
quaintance..    Yours  very  truly. 

SAXITOL  CHEMICAL  LABORATORY  CO.. 

R.  E.  Desmond. 

Mr.  Morris  opened  his  eyes  very  wide  when  he  read  the 
belated  reply  that  an  "intelligent"  financial  statement  could 
not  be  given  and  decided  to  make  an  investigation  before  he 
went  further  in  carrying  out  his  contract  with  Mr.  Gifford. 
He  did  not  then  know  the  reason  for  the  refusal  of  informa- 
tion, but  within  this  month  evidence  has  been  given  in  the 
Missouri  proceedings  to  show  that  the  company's  bookkeeper 
was  then  actively  at  work  in  secret  falsifying  the  general 
ledger  and  writing  a  new  one.  the  old  one  being  burned  after- 
wards in  the  compan.v's  furnace.  Without  knowing  this.  Mr. 
Morris,  in  a  thoroughly  practical  way  wrote  to  the  Secretary 
of  State  of  Missouri  for  a  copy  of  the  company's  charter  and 
the  reports  on  file  made  by  its  officers. 

As  already  stated  in  the  Era  the  company  was  organized  in 
1S97  with  a  capital  stock  of  $5000.  which  was  increased  by 
easy  gradations  to  .?1.000,000,  until  in  March,  1908.  it  was 
increased  to  $3,000,000.  The  company's  president,  Herman 
C.  G.  Luyties.  as  chairman  of  the  stockholders'  meeting,  swore 
in  the  certificate  that  half  of  the  increase,  namely  $1,000.(KX). 
"has  been  actually  paid  up  in  lawful  money  of  the  United 
States  and  is  in  the  hands  of  the  board  of  directors  of  said 
company."  This  statement  was  sworn  to,  according  to  the 
Missouri  records,  on  March  30,  1908. 

That  is  the  $1,000,000  that  the  minority  stockholders  are 
using  the  courts  to  locate. 

On  July  14.  1908.  R.  E.  Desmond,  the  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  company,  swore  to  a  report  made  to  the  Secretary 
of  State  in  which  he  gave  the  amount  of  capital  stock  sub- 
scribed as  $3,000,000  and  the  amount  of  capital  stock  paid  up 
as  $2,000,000,  that  being  another  trace  of  the  now  missing 
$1,000,000. 

Minority  Prevents  Passage   of  $1,000,000  Increase  in 
Valuation  of  Formulas,  Etc. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  company  in  St.  Louis  on 
December  7.  1908.  the  minority  stockholders  were  in  evidence 
to  the  extent  of  having  a  resolution  passed  calling  for  a  thor- 
ough examination  of  the  company's  books  by  an  expert  ac- 
■countant  and  preventing  the  passage  of  a  resolution  increasing 
the  valuation  of  the  good  will,  formulas,  trade  marks,  etc.. 
from  the  previous  $900,000  to  the  sum  of  $1,900,000.  Just  a 
jump  of  a  clear  million !  This  might  be  the  missing  million 
which  appeared  in  the  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  State  and 
failed  to  appear  in  the  financial  statement  of  November  30. 

Analyzing  the  company's  statement  the  Protective  Committee 
undertakes  to  show  that  there  is  a  deficit.   The  committee  say.<= : 

WHAT   THE   COMPANY   HAS. 

All  assets,  including  machinery  and  appliances, 
furniture  and  fixtures,  equity  in  real  estate 
and  buildings,  cash  ($5000),  Canada  branch, 
inventorv  of  mdse.,  ins.,  etc.,  accounts  re- 
ceivable"      $313,377.20 

Liabilities,  including  notes  payable  at  bank,  due 

for  mdse.,  accounts  payable   125,847.40 

Balance  $187..5'29.86 

WHAT  THE  COMPANY   SHOULD   HAVE. 

Paid  into  the  treasury  April  1,  1908,  according  to 

sworn  statement  of  Mr.  Luyties $1,000,000.00 

Net  earnings  after  dividends  have  been   paid  in 

1907-1908    372,838.04 

Total    $1,372,838.04 

Making  an  arithmetical  calculation  the  committee  figures 
"a  deficit  of  $1,185,308.18  for  the  years  1907-1908  only"  and 
asks  over  the  signature  of  Dr.  E.  Carlton  Palmer,  1311  North 
Broad  street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. :  "Also,  where  are  the  assets 
of  the  past  ten  years  and  what  have  become  of  them?" 

Dr.  Palmer  is  one  of  the  original  Sanitol  protectors,  who 
became  interested  in  the  movement  last  October  and  signed 
the  now  famous  endorsement  of  Dr.  Gifford.  after  the  latter 
had  left  the  employ  of  the  company,  owing  to  the  discoveries 


made  l>y  Broker  Morris  and  their  effect  upon  the  interests 
of  Dr.  Gifford's  Philadelphia  friends  who  had  become  in- 
terested in  the  company  b.v  the  purchase  of  its  stock. 

Others  signing  that  endorsement  of  October  17,  1908,  were : 
Dr.  C.  L.  Card,  Dr.  J.  G.  Lane,  Dr.  H.  B.  McFadden,  Dr.  J. 
!■:.  Duuwoody,  Dr.  W.  B.  .Marratta.  Dr.  Clifford  D.  Beal.  all 
of  Philadelphia;  Henry  Curtis,  of  Camden;  Harry  B.  Leeds 
and  A.  D.  Cuskaden,  of  Atlantic  City ;  Alfred  S.  Marshall, 
Frank  Maier  and  P.  L.  Wilkins,  Woodbury,  N.  J. ;  Charles 
Maier.  Gloucester  City,  N.  J. ;  William  H.  Gano,  Philadelphia ; 
Dr.  Earl  T.  Beale,  Souderton,  Pa, ;  Dr.  ^'illiam  Seaton  and 
Dr.  Robert  F.  Moore,  Wilmington,  Del. ;  Dr.  S.  Eldred  Gilbert, 
Philadelphia. 

These  gentlemen,  with  one  exception  either  druggists  or 
dentists,  formed  the  nucleus  of  the  present  Stockholders'  Pro- 
tection Committee,  of  which  Mr.  Morris  is  now  chairman. 
The  membership  has  increased  to  more  than  1.50  and  it  is 
constantly  growing.  Druggists  desiring  to  join  the  committee 
can  write  to  Mr.  Morris  at  his  office  in  the  Drexel  Building, 
Philadelphia. 

Twenty-nine  Plaintiffs  Holding  2239  Shares  Seek  In- 
junction Against  Present  Officers. 

In  the  action  for  a  receiver,  which  also  seeks  an  injunction 
against  the  continuance  in  office  of  President  Luyties,  Secretary 
Desmond  and  Director  Bowman,  there  are  29  plaintiffs.  The 
names  have  already  been  printed  in  the  Era.  One  owns  8.58 
shares,  another  .528  shares  and  all  but  four  own  more  than 
10  shares,  running  up  to  197  shares.  The  total  shares  rep- 
resented in  the  complaint  number  2239  and  a  fraction. 

The  complaint  sets  forth  a  history  of  the  organization  of 
the  company  and  alleges  that  the  present  directors  are  dum- 
mies, one  of  them  being  called  a  "puppet"  of  President  Luyties. 
Mismanagement  and  misconduct  are  charged  and  specifications 
are  given.  For.  four  "formulas  or  alleged  trade  marks"  it  is 
alleged  that  Mr.  Luyties  caused  $200,000  in  stock  to  be  issued 
to  himself,  the  complaint  declaring  that  "  said  formulas  were 
of  no  value  whatever  and  were  shortly  thereafter  abandoned 
and  other  formulas  substituted  in  lieu  thereof." 

The  complaint  charges  that  in  connection  with  the  increase 
of  stock  from  $.500,000  to  $1,000,000  a  false  statement  was 
made  to  the  effect  that  50  per  cent  of  the  increase  had  been 
paid  into  the  hands  of  the  board  of  directors,  when  such  was 
not  the  case. 

The  complaint  tells  of  the  raise  of  President  Luyties'  salary 
on  April  1.  1907,  from  $6000  a  year  to  $25,000  and  asserts 
that  he  did  no  more  for  the  latter  sum  than  for  the  former, 
the  increase  amounting  to  a  "waste  of  the  assets  of  the  com- 
pany." Next  comes  the  charge  that  at  an  unknown  date  in 
1907  Mr.  Luyties  "fraudulently  induced  and  procured  the 
minority  of  the  directors  to  increase  his  salary  from  $25,000 
to  $50,000  per  annum,  and  did  during  a  portion  of  the  time 
thereafter  take  stock  of  said  company,  at  $5  a  share,  on 
account  of  payment  of  his  said  salary,  whereas  at  the  same 
time  he  required  other  subscribers  to  said  stock  to  pay  $10 
in  cash  per  share  tlierefor;  that  the  receipt  of  said  $.50,000 
per  annum  as  salary  by  the  said  Luyties  was  excessive  and 
beyond  reason  and  constituted  the  wasting  of  the  assets  of  the 
said  company." 

Old   Ledger    Destroyed   to    Conceal    Fraud;    Dividends 
Paid  in  Violation  of  the  Law. 

Next  the  rewriting  of  the  ledger  is  cited  and  the  destruction 
of  the  old  book  is  mentioned  as  having  been  done  to  prevent 
the  discovery  of  fraudulent  entries.  The  directors  are  accused 
of  paying  dividends  out  of  the  capital  in  violation  of  the 
Missouri  law. 

The  complaint  refers  to  the  missing  million  dollars  next. 
The  statement  is  made  that  in  an  affidavit  filed  with  the 
Secretary  of  State  on  or  about  April  1.  1908.  Mr.  Luyties 
testified  that  50  per  cent  of  the  increase  of  capital  stock  from 
$1,000,000  to  .$3,000,000  had  been  actually  paid  up  in  lawful 
money  of  the  United  States  and  was  in  the  hands  of  the  board 
of  directors,  when  such  statement  was  not  true.  The  propo- 
sition to  increase  the  valuation  of  the  trade  marks,  good  will, 
etc..  from  $900,000  to  $1,900,000  is  called  "fictitious  and  in- 
tended to  deceive  the  creditors  and  stockholders  of  the 
company." 

On  March  28.  1908.  Mr.  Luyties  is  accused  of  "fraudulently" 
inducing  the  directors  to  borrow  from  him  $50,000  and  pledge 
all  the  bills  receivable  of  said  company  for  securing  the  pay- 


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ment  thereof,  "thereby  depriving  said  company  of  the  legiti- 
mate income  from  conducting  its  business." 

The  complaint  charges  that  excessiye  prices  were  paid  by 
the  Sanitol  Company  to  the  Brotherhood  Realty  Company,  in 
which  Herman  C.  G.  Luyties  was  largely  interested,  for  real 
estate. 

Mr.  Luyties.  it  is  next  set  forth,  in  1907  and  1908  employed 
agents  to  sell  the  company's  treasury  stock,  sharing  in  the 
commissions,  that  dividends  were  declared  for  the  purpose  of 
promoting  sales  of  the  stock  and  that  he  "caused  said  com- 
pany to  engage  in  a  stock  jobbing  business  in  buying,  selling 
and  dealing  in  its  stock."  Another  allegation  is  that  in  the 
first  five  months  of  1909  Mr.  Luyties  and  the  directors  "caused 
the  company  to  purchase  its  own  stock  and  did  deliver  mer- 
chandise belonging  to  said  company  in  payment  therefor." 

The  relief  asked  of  the  court  is  that  a  receiver  be  appointed 
and  that  the  defendants,  Herman  C.  G.  Luyties.  president ; 
George  A.  Bowman,  vice-president,  and  Robert  E.  Desmond, 
secretary  and  treasurer,  be  removed  from  those  offices  and 
enjoined  from  interfering  with  the  management  of  the  Sanitol 
Company.  The  complaint  was  verified  by  Augustus  J.  R. 
Muller.  until  a  short  time  ago  chief  chemist  for  the  company. 

Jamison  &  Thomas  are  the  attorneys  of  record  and  the 
action  is  pending  in  the  Circuit  Court  of  the  city  of  St.  Louis. 

In  fighting  for  what  they  consider  their  rights  the  members 
of  the  Stockholders'  Protective  Committee  have  had  a  strenu- 
ous time.  Efforts  to  conduct  their  campaign  through  a  firm 
of  St.  Louis  lawyers  proved  unsatisfactory.  Finally  Mr. 
Morris  jumped  on  a  train  and  went  to  St.  Louis  where  he 
took  personal  command  of  the  situation,  relieved  the  law  firm 
in  question  from  further  connection  with  the  case  and  retained 
Jamison  &  Thomas,  who  are  pushing  the  suit. 

It  is  a  curious  circumstance  that  the  expert  accountant 
engaged  at  the  instance  of  the  Protective  Committee  to  inves- 
tigate the  books  of  the  Sanitol  Company  is  the  same  expert 
who  helped  or  advised  the  Sanitol's  bookkeeper  when  the  latter 
rewrote  the  ledger  to  remove  traces  of  the  $.50,000  salary 
payments  made  on  account  of  President  Luyties.  On  that 
account  the  expert's  report  is  awaited  with  much  interest  by 
the  Protective  Committee. 

"This  expert  was  recommended  to  the  minority  stockholders 
by  their  former  counsel,"  said  Mr.  Morris,  "and  is  making  the 
investigation  practically  at  their  instance.  President  Luyties 
is  reported  to  have  been  greatly  pleased  with  the  selection  of 
the  expert,  remarking  after  the  annual  meeting :  'Arnstein 
is  a  wonder :  he  can  do  an.vthing.  He  got  the  same  man  to 
examine  the  books  who  helped  to  fix  them.'  "  Mr.  Arnstein 
is  the  counsel  for  Mr.  Luyties  and  the  other  defendants. 


TAKING  TESTIMONY  IN  THE  SANITOL  CASE. 


Bookkeeper  Werbe  Tells  About  Writing'  a  New  Ledger 
Which  Was  Made  to  Look  Like  an  Old  Book. 

As  a  part  of  the  proceedings  for  a  receivership  for  the  San- 
itol Company  depositions  of  witnesses  are  being  taken  by 
F.  J.  McMaster,  as  special  commissioner,  at  his  office  in  the 
Third  National  Bank  Building,  St.  Louis.  These  depositions 
are  taken  in  shorthand,  afterwards  transcribed  and  signed  by 
the  witnesses.  The  appearances  are  Jamison  &  Thomas  for 
the  plaintiff  and  Albert  Arnstein  for  the  defendant.  The 
evidence  so  far  taken  is  of  extraordinary  interest  to  the  stock-  ■ 
holders,  but  the  St.  Louis  and  other  newspapers  have  pub- 
lished nothing  concerning  the  hearings  and  very  little  about 
the  suit,  despite  the  fact  that  it  concerns  something  like  8000 
persons. 

The  first  witness  was  H.  A.  Werbe,  bookkeeper  for  the 
Sanitol  Company,  called,  sworn  and  examined  on  the  part  of 
the  plaintiffs.  He  is  49  years  old  and  has  been  working  for 
the  Sanitol  Company  since  August,  1906.  He  testified  regard- 
ing his  assistants,  their  names  and  duties.  Personally  he  kept 
the  pay-rolls,  in  addition  to  the  general  ledger.  Accounts 
with  customers  were  kept  by  the  subordinates.  The  stock 
certificate  book  was  kept  by  a  woman,  who  was  not  under  his 
control.  > 

Q.  Did  yon  ever  do  any  work  on  any  of  these  books  at  any 
other  place  than  in  the  general  office?    A.  Yes,  sir. 

Q.  Where  at?  A.  I  worked  in  Mr.  MuUer's  ofliee  some  time 
along  August  or  September.  1908.  for  two  or  three  weeks. 

This  opened  the  evidence  regarding  the  ledger.  Mr.  Werbe 
answered  questions  categorically  and  volunteered  nothing  ma- 


terial. The  room  was  away  from  the  general  offices  and  was 
a  part  of  the  laboratory,  in  fact  the  work  was  done  in  Chief 
Chemist  Muller's  private  laboratory,  beginning  while  he  was 
away  in  Canada.  Paper  was  pasted  over  the  glass  partition  to 
prevent  observation  by  an.vbo'dy  except  those  who  might  know 
that  Mr.  Werbe  was  in  this  secluded  part  of  the  building.  He 
testified  that  he  was  engaged  in  rewriting  the  general  ledger 
of  the  company  from  December.  1906,  to  August,  1908.  The 
old  ledger  was  copied  into  the  new  one,  the  pages  of  which 
were  the  same. 

Q.  The  entries  of  the  accounts  in  the  new  ledger  corresponded 
with  those  in  the  old  ledger?     A.  With  two  or  three  exceptions. 

Q.  "With  two  or  three  exceptions."  What  exceptions  were 
there?     A.  A  couple  of  accounts  that  I  wanted  to  alter. 

Q.  Wljat  accounts  were  they?  A.  Mr.  Luyties"  account,  the 
stock  account  and  the  office  pav-roll  account. 

Q.  What  Mr.  Luyties?     A.  Mr.  Herman  C.  G.  Luyties. 

Q.  In  what  respect  did  you  enter  that  account  in  the  new 
ledger  different  from  what  it  .appeared  in  the  old  ledger? 
A.  Well,  it  affected  Mr.  Luyties'  account  so  far  as  salary  was 
concerned. 

Q.  Well,  what  were  the  different  changes  that  you  made,  what 
was  the  salary  credited   in   the  old   ledger? 

A.  The  salary  credited  in  the  old  ledger  up  to  that  time  had 
been  on  a  basis  of — that  is  part  of  the  time,  possibly  four  or 
five  months,  something  like  that — was  on  a  basis  of  $30,000  a 
year,  and  in  the  new  ledger  I  credited  it  on  the  basis  of  $26,000 
a  year. 

Q.  The  last  entry  or  credit  for  salary  for  Herman  C.  G. 
Luyties  in  the  old  book  was  $50,000  a  year?     A.  Yes,  sir. 

Q.  And  in  writing  it  in  the  new  ledger  you  changed  it  to 
$25,000  a  year?     A.  Yes,  sir. 

A.  .\s  I  understood  it,  the  salary  was  based  on  $50,000  a  year, 
with  the  anderstanding  that  he  was  to  take  a  certain  portion  of 
that  salary  out  in  stock.  »  •  «  j  think  it  was  abont  $6  a 
share.     That    was   my   understanding. 

Q.  Is  there  anything  in  the  new  book  to  show  that  he  had 
taken  any  stock  at  $5  a  shar^  on  account  of  his  salary  ?  A.  No, 
sir. 

Q.  Did  the  old  book  show  it?  The  old  ledger?  A.  I  think 
it  did. 

Mr.  Werbe  said  that  Secretary  Desmond  had  instructed 
him  to  credit  President  Luyties  with  the  .$.50,000  a  year 
salary  about  February,  1908,  that  in  August,  1908,  Mr.  Des- 
mond had  instructed  him  to  change  it  baik  to  $25,000  a  year. 
In  rewriting  the  book  the  stock  charged  to  Mr.  Luyties  had 
been  changed  to  a  basis  of  $10  a  share.  Witness  admitted 
that  the  footings  had  been  changed  and  the  changed  totals  ran 
all  the  way  through.  Regarding  the  fate  of  the  old  ledger  he 
said  the  last  he  saw  of  it  he  had  handed  it  to  Mr.  Desmond. 

Asked  as  to  conversations  with  Chemist  Muller  about  the 
changes  about  substituting  the  new  for  the  old  ledger,  this  is 
part  of  the  testimony : 

Q.  Did  you  not  state  to  him  at  thai  time  that  you  would  rub 
your  hands  over  the  pages  so  as  to  make  it  look  like  an  old 
ledger?     A.  I   might  have. 

Q.  Then  you  did,  did  you,  rub  your  hands  over  the  pages  and 
made  it  look  like  an  old  ledger?     A.  Yes,  sir. 

Mr.  Werbe  developed  a  poor  memory  regarding  help  which 
plaintiff's  counsel  sought  to  show  he  had  received  in  fixing 
the  books  from  Mr.  Kribben,  an  expert  accountant  who  after- 
wards became  the  official  investigator.  Nor  did  he  remember 
if  he  had  been  present  at  the  Sanitol  plant  one  Sunday  when 
Mr.  Kribben,  Mr.  H.  C.  G.  Luyties,  Mr.  Desmond  and  Mr. 
Arnstein  were  there  at  a  time  when  he  was  finishing  work  on 
the  ledgers. 

On  cross-examination  by  Mr.  Arnstein,  representing  the 
defendants,  the  witness  admitted  further  changes  in  the  books. 

Q.  You  also  stated  that  the  reduction  of  the  credit  for  salary 
from  $50,000  to  $35,000  per  annum  in  that  stock  account  made 
a  change  in  the  stock  account  b.v  pricing  the  stock  from  $5  to 
$10  a  share.  Did  it  not  also  reduce  the  number  of  shares?  A, 
Naturally  it   would  about  one-half. 

Q.  So  that  it  reduced  the  number  of  shares  that  were  credited 
to  Mr.  Luyties'  account?  .\.  Yes,  sir.  •  •  •  Yon  see,  for  in- 
stance, he  got  100  shares  of  stock  at  $5  a  share,  instead  of 
that  he  was  given  50  shares,  and  the  charge  so  far  as  money 
was  concerned  was  the  same. 

Robert  Emmet  Desmond,  the  next  witness,  aged  40,  testified 
that  he  had  been  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Sanitol  Com- 
pany since  December.  1906,  and  had  been  secretary  for  two 
years  before  that.  He  became  a  director  when  elected  treas- 
urer. Regarding  the  rewriting  of  the  ledger  he  was  unable 
to  say  who  originated  the  idea. 

Q.  Whom  did  you  take  it  up  with  before  you  took  It  up  with 


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Mr.  Werbe?  A.  1  took  it  up  when  I  found  out  that  a  state- 
ment had  been  made  by  Dr.  GitEord  that  $50,000  was  being  paid 
Mr.  Luyties  a  year,  took  it  up  with  Mr.  .Arnstein.  «  »  «  j 
asked  him  what  about  it?  He  wanted  to  know  if  Mr.  Luyties 
had  ever  been  voted  a  salary  of  ¥50,000  and  In  looking  over  the 
minutes,  no  such  record  appeared,  and  the  ledger  showing 
that  his  salary  was  credited  with  $50,000,  a  change  had  to  be 
made. 

Q.  You  took  it  up  with  Mr.  Arnstein  before  you  took  it  up 
with  Mr.   Luyties?     A.  Yes,   sir. 

Mr.  Desmond  admitted  giving  the  order  to  tlie  bookkeeper 
to  make  tlie  change,  but  was  unable  to  recall  whether  he 
talked  with  Mr.  Luyties  on  the  subject  prior  to  that  time. 
The  witness  admitted  having  signed  the  minutes  of  a  meeting 
at  which  Mr.  Luyties'  salary  was  increased  from  $25,000  to 
$50,000.  Mr.  Luyties  also  had  signed  it,  but  Dr.  Bowman  did 
not  sign  it.  Thereafter  until  the  conversation  with  Mr.  Arn- 
stein, resulting  from  Dr.  Gifford's  statement,  the  .$50,000  was 
credited  to  Mr.  Luyties.  The  order  to  Bookkeeper  Werbe  fol- 
lowed a  conference  with  Mr.  Arnstein.  When  the  subject  first 
came  up  Mr.  Luyties  was  out  of  town. 

Q.  Do  you  remember  seeing  Mr.  Luyties  going  into  the  private 
laboratory  of  Mr.  Muller  during  the  time  that  Mr.  Werbe  was 
doing  the  work  of  changing  the  books?  A.  I  won't  state  posi- 
tively that  I  saw  Mr.  Luyties  going  in  there,  but  1  believe  he 
was  in  there  quite  a  number  of  times. 

Mr.  Desmond  said  his  salary  had  been  $5000  a  year  for 
two  years  prior  to  that  time  it  was  $3000.  Dr.  Bowman, 
the  vice-president,  received  .$35  a  week.  He  visited  the  labo- 
rator.v  once  a  week,  consulted  with  various  people,  but  so  far 
as  witness  knew  took  no  part  in  the  manufacture  of  the 
preparations. 

The  witness  admitted  btiming  the  old  ledger,  which  he  had 
received  from  the  bookkeeper,  after  a  talk  with  Mr.  Arnstein 
and  Mr.  Luyties,  in  the  course  of  which  it  was  decided  that 
the  "old  ledger  should  disappear."  No  express  directions 
were  given  to  him  but  as  the  two  announced  their  conclusion 
that  the  book  should  vanish  he  took  the  hint  and  burned  it  in 
the  furnace. 

Mr.  Desmond  testified  that  50,000  shares  of  stock  appear- 
ing in  the  minute  book  as  having  been  sold  to  Mr.  Smith  had 
been  paid  for  with  $500,000  in  cash,  but  he  could  not  remem- 
ber what  had  become  of  the  $500,000. 

More  witnesses  are  to  be  examined  and  preliminary  affida- 
vits indicate  that  the  testimony  will  be  of  even  greater  interest 
than  that  already  given. 

How  the  Spring  Campaign  to  Eliminate  Dissatisfied 
Stockholders  Was  Conducted. 
One  of  the  side-lights  on  the  controversy  is  furnished  by  the 
active  campaign  of  the  Sanitol  officers  in  attacking  the  oppo- 
sition by  endeavoring  to  purchase  the  stock  held  by  dissatisfied 
stockholders.  A  letter  was  sent  to  Alfred  S.  Marshall,  a  drtig- 
gist  of  Woodbury,  N.  J.,  who  signed  the  endorsement  of  Dr. 
■Gifford.  written  on  Sanitol  stationery  and  dated  St.  Louis, 
April  14,  1909,  which  read  as  follows  : 

"We  have  been  led  to  infer  that  you  desire  to  dis- 
pose of  your  Sanitol  stock.     You  hold  102  shares. 

"We  are  in  a  position  to  place  a  limited  amount  at 
.$5   a   share.      Or   send   an   order   for   Sanitol    mdse. 
.$673.20   at    list    prices,    which    at   discount    on    that 
quantity  nets  $.510." 
Another  letter  to  Mr.  Marshall  dated  St.  Louis.  April  27. 
1909,   after   stating   that   business   had   been   affected    by   the 
hard  times,  continued  as  follows : 

"No  Sanitol  dimde'nds  have  been  paid  so  far  this 
year  and  no  date  has  been  set  for  the  payment  of  th^ 
next  dividend.     It  is  probable  that  no  dividend  mil 
be  declared  in  the  near  future." 
About  that  time  Sanitol  stock   (par  value  $10),  was  selling 
in  the  Philadelphia  market  at  $2.60.    Other  stockholders,  how- 
ever,   received    letters    making   a   similar   proposition.      These 
letters  were  printed   and   blanks  and   addresses   were   filled   in 
by  typewriter.     In   circular  form  the  recipient  is  advised  to 
push    Sanitol   goods   and   in   one   particular   case,    that   of   Dr. 
T.  C.  Edwards,  of  Gainesville,  Texas,  the  blanks  are  so  filled 
in  as  to  offer  him  '"a  bill  of  goods  of  $25.50  (sold  to  patients 
brings  $40.50).     You  can  send  check  or  if  you  desire  to  dis- 
pose of  your  5.10  shares  of  Sanitol  stock  we  could  sell  this 
for  you  at  such  a  figure  that  the  net  proceeds  realized  will 
be  sufficient  to  pay  the  amount  due  for  the  mdse."     The  re- 
cipient is  advised  to  enclose  check  or  stock. 

These  invitations  to  push  Sanitol  preparations  seem  to  have 
been  so  arranged  as  to  make  a  $5  per  share  price  on  the  stock 


held  by  each   individual  and  a  great   many  are  said  to  have 
taken  advantage  of  these  offers. 
The  Other  Side  of  the  Story. 

In  the  Ee-\  of  June  3,  page  531,  were  printed  statements 
by  Mr.  Luyties  in  which  both  he  and  Mr.  Arnstein,  his 
attorney,  made  answer  to  the  preliminary  charges.  Eba  sub- 
scribers who  are  interested  will  find  these  statements  in  their 
files  and  they  should  read  what  both  gentlemen  llavo  to  sav. 


"ROOM  FOR  BOTH."  SAYS  PROF.  REMINGTON. 

Sees  No  Objection  to  Formation  of  Division  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Chemistry  by  the  A.C.S. 

Philadelphia,  June  12. — Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington  fails 
to  agree  with  his  fellow  members  of  the  local  branch  of  the 
•  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  who  hold  that  the 
proposed  division  of  pharmaceutical  chemists  in  the  American 
Chemical  Society  would  tend  to  disrupt  the  scientific  sections 
of  the  A.Ph.A.  He  says  that  both  organizations  are  far  too 
large  and  powerful  and  that  their  work  is  such  that  neither 
would  interfere  with  the  functions  of  the  other  in  the  step 
contemplated.  He  has  communicated  his  views  to  the  members 
of  the  executive  committee  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  who 
last  week  declared  against  the  proijosition.     He  says : 

"lu  my  opinion,  a  great  good  may  be  accomplished  now  that 
the  officials  of  the  American  Chemical  Society  are  encouraging 
the  formation  of  a  pharmaceutical  section.  It  does  not  neces- 
saril.r  mean  the  severing  of  the  connection  with  the  Philadel- 
phia Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The 
monthl.v  meetings  could  be  kept  up  as  heretofore  and  much 
benefit  will  undoubtedly  accrue  by  the  establishment  of  friendly 
relations  between  the  chemists  of  the  American  Chemical  So- 
ciety and  the  pharmaceutical  chemists  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association. 

"And  aside  from  this,  every  movement  which  will  aid  in 
making  a  better  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  by  meeting  and 
discussing  the  various  problems,  can  but  result  in  good.  The 
invitation  to  form  a  section  in  the  American  Chemical  Society 
now  comes  officially  from  the  secretary  and.  in  my  opinion,  it 
would  not  be  wise  now  to  refuse  co-operation.  The  analytical 
chemists  in  Philadelphia  are  active  and  enthusiastic  and  if 
they  are  willing,  a  practical  way  of  aiding  both  associations 
can  easily  be  found." 


Winona  School  of  Pharmacy's  Commencement. 
INDIANAPOLLS.  June  12. — The  fifth  annual  commencement 
of  the  Winona  School  of  Pharmacy  was  held  on  the  college 
campus.  Dr.  Paul  H.  Hanus,  of  Harvard  University,  delivered 
the  address  and  dwelt  on  the  importance  of  a  thorough  edu- 
cation. In  the  evening  a  banquet  was  held  at  the  Grand 
Hotel,  at  which  an  alumni  association  was  formed.  Prof. 
J.  H.  Gertler  acted  as  toastmaster  and  gave  a  short  history 
of  the  school.  Short  talks  were  given  by  several  of  the  old 
graduates.  The  following  officers  were  elected :  A.  F.  Haller, 
president ;  S.  R.  Barnett.  vice-president ;  C.  A.  Stark,  sec-^ 
retary ;  William  Klamm.  treasurer ;  C.  H.  Becker,  publicity ; 
Philip  Littell,  Harlan  Carter  and  Harry  Weed,  constitution 
and  by-laws.  L)tiring  the  past  year  135  students  have  enrolled 
in  the  school.  (The  list  of  the  1909  graduates  was  printed 
on  page  504  of  the  Era  of  May  27.) 


Hegeman  &  Co.  to  Build  Big  Warehouse  Uptown. 

As  soon  as  the  frame  building  which  now  stands  on  the 
site  of  66  and  68  West  132d  street.  Borough  of  Manhattan, 
New  York  City,  is  torn  down,  Hegeman  &  Co.  will  commence 
the  erection  of  a  six-story  warehouse  on  the  plot.  The  com- 
pany recently  secured  a  21  .vears'  lease  of  the  propert.v  and 
work  will  be  commenced  very  shortly.  The  building  will  at 
first  be  devoted  entirely  to  storage,  but  the  installation  later 
on  of  a  plant  for  the  manufacture  of  ice  cream  for  the  up- 
town branches  is  also  under  consideration. 


Ebert  Tablet  Beplica  for  Lecture  Hall. 

The  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  has  presented 
to  the  University  of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy  a  bronze 
replica  of  the  memorial  tablet  of  the  Ebert  monument  and  it 
will  be  suitably  placed  in  the  pharmac.v  lecture  hall  of  the 
school.  The  class  of  1909  has  contributed  the  remainder  of 
the  class  funds  amounting  to  $35  to  the  Alumni  Ebert  Fund. 


June  17.  1900] 


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SOCIAL  DRUG  CLUB  FORMED  IN  NEW  ORLEANS.      IMPORTANT  DECISION  AS  TO  DRUG  SHIPMENTS. 


Expected  to  Fill  a  Long'-felt  Gap  in  Association  Work. 
Officers  Elected — Club  House  Later. 

New  Orleans.  June  12. — Auotlier  important  orgauizatiim 
of  druggists  was  added  to  the  existiug  organizations  when  the 
New  Orleans  Social  Drug  Club  was  formed  at  a  well  attended 
meeting  in  the  rooms  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  object 
of  the  new  organization  is  indicated  by  its  name.  The  other 
associations  here  exist  principally  for  the  purpose  of  working. 
This  is  to  be  purely  a  social  organization,  and  the  intention 
of  the  organizers  is  to  have  three  or  four  social  events  an- 
nually. If  conditions  permit,  these  affairs  will  be  given  more 
frequently.  Business  meetings  will  take  place  every  quarter. 
but  special  meetings  may  be  held  on  the  call  of  the  president. 
During  the  interim  between  meetings  the  question  of  social 
affairs  will  be  in  the  hands  of  the  entertainment  committee. 
which,  thereby,  is  made  one  of  the  most  important  parts  of 
the  organization. 

Tiiere  were  75  druggists  in  attendance  on  the  first  meeting, 
antl  almost  every  line  of  business  was  represented.  After 
forming  a  temporar.v  organization  a  com- 
mittee on  constitution  and  by-laws  was 
appointed.  It  reported  shortly  aftei-- 
wards.  submitting  a  constitution  and  bv- 
-laws  following  very  closely  the  Chicago 
club.  The  constitution  provides  that  an\ 
person  interested  in  the  drug  business  i*- 
eligible  to  membership.  This  leaves  the 
doors  open  to  retailers,  wholesalers,  pie 
scription  clerks,  salesmen  in  retail  stoies 
drug  drummers  and  salesmen,  and  in  fact 
every  one  interested  in  the  business 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  in  the 
following  being  chosen  :  President.  Joseph 
Ipser ;  vice-president.  H.  Gonzales ;  treas- 
urer, Paul  Weilbacher;  recording  secre- 
tar.v,  H.  J.  Bourgeois ;  financial  secretary. 
Dr.  N.  Caire ;  sergeant-at-arms.  E.  B. 
Briggs ;  trustees.  August  Flash,  W.  E. 
Hotter,  R.  Angel,  R.  F.  Grace,  F.  E. 
Weilbacher:  chairman  of  the  entertain- 
ment committee,  George  S.  Humphreys. 

It  is  planned  by  the  club,  as  soon  as  the 
membership  permits,  to  secure  rooms  of 
its  own.  It  is  hoped  to  have  a  member- 
ship of  several  himdred. 


Sly  Burglars  TTse  Fly  Paper. 
-Milwaukee.  June  12. — Fly  paper  as  a 
part  of  their  kit  was  used  recently  by 
ingenious  burglars  who  broke  iuto  the 
drug  store  of  J.  E.  Xoung,  1130  Slate 
street.     The    thieves,    who    robbed     two 

saloons  and  a  millinery  store  besides  the  pharmacy,  have  not 
yet  been  apprehended  by  the  police.  In  all  these  robberies,  a 
new  trick  in  the  gentle  art  of  house-breaking  was  emplo.ved. 
The  burglars  used  a  sheet  of  fly  paper  in  effecting  entrances 
and  so  successfully  did  the  trick  work  that  two  places  on  the 
same  police  beat  were  entered  and  not  the  slightest  disturbance 
was  effected.  It  has  been  found  that  the  burglars  pasted  a 
sheet  of  the  sticky  paper  on  the  glass  of  the  upper  half  at  the 
spot  where  the  catch  is  fastened  to  the  frame.  Then  a  slight 
tap  from  a  steel  punch  easily  pokes  a  neat  hole  through  the 
glass  and  the  paper  holds  the  broken  particles  together  so  that 
no  noise  is  made.  Then  a  wire  hook  is  inserted,  the  catch  is 
unfastened  and  the  "'fly  paper"  burglars  find  the  rest  of  their 
work  easy.  About  $50  worth  of  razors  and  $5  in  cash  was 
secured  at  the  Young  Pharmacy. 


F.  A.  CHAPA.  S.TH  Antonio.  Tex., 

elected   president  of  the  San  Antonio 

Pharmaceutical  Association. 


Western  Pennsylvania  Druggists  Elect  Officers. 

PiTTSBiRG.  June  12. — The  annual  election  of  the  Western 
Pennsylvania  Retail  Druggists'  Association  resulted  as  follows : 
President.  P.  P.  Knapp ;  vice-president,  Peter  G.  Walter ; 
secretary.  B.  E.  Pritchard  ;  treasurer.  B.  P.  Welsch  ;  directors. 
William  G.  Schirmer.  William  Dice,  Louis  Emanuel,  Edward 
J.  Kretz,  Richard  Mierzwa,  H.  L.  Lohmeyer,  R.  W.  Henderson, 
S.  W.  Covell.  Clarence  M.  Dorsey.  H.  M.  Thompson.  W.  S. 
Erskine,  L.  E.  Hewitt,  W.  J.  Forl-est,  S.  A.  Stright,  F.  J. 
Brehm,  J.  H.  Phillips  and  L.  B.  Hughes. 

The  organization  is  in   a   prosperous  condition. 


Liquid  Extracts.  Etc.,  When  Shipped  in  Bulk  and  Not 
for  Sale,  Need  Not  Declare  Alcoholic  Content. 
Detkoit.  June  12. — Several  of  the  large  proprietors  of 
patent  medicines,  dentifrices,  toilet  preparations,  etc..  instead 
of  doing  their  own  compounding,  prefer  to  entrust  their  for- 
muliE  to  some  manufacturing  pharmacist  who  makes  in  quan- 
tities and  ships  in  bulk,  to  be  bottled,  labeled  and  marketed 
in  the  warehouse  of  the  proprietor  as  the  demands  of  his  trade 
require.  This  saves  the  proprietor  quite  an  investment  in 
apparatus  and  skilled  labor  which  must  lie  idle  the  greater 
part  of  the  time. 

A  shipment  of  this  kind  made  from  Detroit  to  Wheeling, 
W.  Va.,  was  seized  at  the  latter  place  under  the  Federal 
Food  and  Drugs  Act  on  the  claim  that  it  was  misbranded,  the 
casks  containing  the  liquid  bearing  no  statement  of  the  alcohol 
content.  The  consignee  intervened,  and  C.  M.  Woodruff,  of 
this  city,  recently  argued  the  matter  before  the  Federal  Court 
at  Wheeling,  claiming  that  under  the  Act  of  June  30,  1906, 
interstate  shipments  were  subject  to  seizure  only  when  intro- 
duced into  another  State  for  sale.  Judge 
Dayton  has  just  rendered  an  opinion  sus- 
taining this  claim,  the  cause  being  enti- 
tled. "The  United  States  of  America  vs. 
65  Casks  of  Liquid  Extracts." 

The  opinion  will  be  of  wide  interest  as 
setting  the  limitations  of  a  section  of  the 
law  in  which,  as  the  court  records  in 
this  district  will  show,  many  of  our  citi- 
zens are  interested.  Judge  Dayton  says : 
"The  defense  relied  upon  to  the  effect 
that  this  liquid  extract  was  not  shipped 
in  these  casks  for  the  purpose  of  sale 
thus  in  bulk  but  was  so  shipped  to  the 
owner  thereof  from  one  State  to  another 
for  the  purpose  of  bottling  into  small 
packages  suitable  for  sale  and  when  so 
bottled  it  is  admitted  the  bottles  were 
labeled  so  as  to  express  the  content,  of 
alcohol  and  comply  with  the  requirements 
of  the  Act.  The  language  of  the  statute 
is,  'An.v  person  who  shall  ship  or  de- 
liver for  shipment  from  any  State  or  Ter- 
ritory or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  any 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, or  to  a  foreign  country,  or  who 
shall  receive  in  any  State  or  Territory 
or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  any  other 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia or  foreign  country,  and  having  so 
received  shall  deliver  in  tinirokeii  origitial 
packages,  for  pay  or  otherwise,  or  offer 
to  deliver  to  any  other  person,  any  such 
article  so  adulterated  or  misbranded  within  the  meaning  of 
this  Act,  or  any  person  who  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  in  the 
District  of  Columbia  or  the  territories  of  the  United  States 
any  such  adulterated  or  misbranded  food  or  drugs,  or  export 
or  offer  to  export  the  same  to  any  foreign  country,  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor.'     (Sec.  2.) 

"Again  'any  article  of  food,  drug  or  liquor  that  is  adul- 
terated or  misbranded  within  the  meaning  of  this  Act,  and  is 
being  transported  from  one  State.  Territory,  District  or  in- 
sular possession  to  another  for  sale,  or,  having  been  trans- 
ported, remains  unloaded,  unsold,  or  in  original  unbroken 
packages,  or  if  it  be  sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  District  of 
Columbia  or  the  Territories,  or  insular  possessions  of  the 
United  States,  or  if  it  be  imported  from  a  foreign  country  for 
sale,  of  if  it  is  intended  for  export  to  a  foreign  country,  shall 
be  liable  to  be  proceeded  against  in  any  district  court  of  the 
United  States  within  the  district  where  the  same  is  found 
and  seized  for  confiscation  by  a  process  of  libel  for  condemna- 
tion' These  provisions  must  be  construed  strictly  in  favor  of 
the  accused.  So  construed,  I  am  persuaded,  they  must  be  held 
to  mean  that  anyone  owning  an  adulterated  or  misbranded  food 
or  drug  product  who  ships  to  another  in  another  State  such 
product  is  guilty ;  that  anyone  having  received  such  product 
so  shipped  from  another  State  by  the  owner  or  seller  thereof 
who  shall  in  the  State  where  so  received  deliver,  or  offer  to 
deliver  such  product  to  another  in  the  original  package,  for 
pay  or  otherwise,  shall  be  guilty ;  that  any  person  who  has 


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[June  17,  1909 


received  such  a  product  from  auj-  other  State  who  sells  or 
offers  it  for  sale,  whether  in  the  original  package  or  not  in 
the  District  of  Columbia,  or  the  territories  is  liable. 

"Congress  has  no  power  except  in  the  District  of  Columbia 
and  the  territories  to  prohibit  one  from  manufacturing  adul- 
terated food  and  drug  products ;  it  has  no  power  to  prevent 
obe  anywhere  from  personally  consuming  such  products ;  it 
did  have  power  to  suppress  the  manufacture  of  such  in  the 
District  of  Columbia  aud  the  territories  and  by  this  Act  has 
done  so ;  it  had  the  further  power  to  restrict  in  the  course  of 
commerce  transportation  from  State  to  State  of  such  products 
and  it  has  done  so ;  it  had  the  power  after  such  product  was 
received  from  another  State  to  restrict  its  sale  in  the  original 
package  and  it  has  done  so ;  it  did  not,  in  my  judgment,  have 
power  to  restrict  one  from  manufacturing  in  one  State  such 
product  and  removing  it  from  that  State  to  another  for  the 
purpose  of  personal  use  and  not  sale  or  for  use  in  connection 
with  the  manufacture  of  other  articles  to  be  legally  branded 
and  so  manufactured.  *  *  *  it  seems  clear  that  the  trans- 
portation of  this  liquid  was  solely  to  the  bottles  made  in 
Wheeling  instead  of  the  transportation  of  the  bottles  to  the 
liquid  manufactured  in  Detroit,  and  that  it  was  so  bottled  in 
Wheeling  and  properly  branded  before  any  sale  or  disposition 
of  it  was  effected.  Under  such  circumstances  I  am  con- 
strained to  hold  that  the  six  casks  must  be  surrendered  to 
respondent  and  the  libel  dismissed." 


DUES  OF  CHICAGO  R,D,A,  MAY  BE  MADE  $25, 

Jobbers  Called  to  Account  for  Infringing  on  Trade  of 
Betailers — Brokerage   Plan   on   Trial — Outing. 

Chicago,  June  12. — The  monthly  meeting  of  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  was  held  on  the  afternoon  of 
June  8  at  the  Northwestern  University  Building.  There  was 
not  only  a  good  attendance  of  members  but  representatives 
of  leading  Chicago  jobbing  houses  were  present  by  invitation. 
These  included  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  Xlorrisson,  Plummer 
&  Co.,  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.,  Peter  Van  Schaack  &  Co.  and 
Numiston,  Keeling  &  Co. 

The  reason  for  the  invitation  extended  to  the  jobbers  was 
for  the  purpose  of  bringing  to  their  attention  the  complaint 
of  the  druggists  against  the  sale  of  drugs  and  sundries  by  the 
jobbers  to  certain  people  at  retail.  J.  F.  Cannon  spoke  for  the 
druggists  and  stated  that  in  their  view  it  was  not  fair  for  the 
jobbers  to  cater  to  any  character  of  retail  trade.  He  felt 
that  the  wholesalers  and  retailers  should  get  together  and 
devise  a  plan  that  would  divide  the  wholesaler  from  the 
retailer. 

The  representatives  of  the  jobbers  present  each  iu  turn 
presented  their  views  showing  the  difficulties  of  the  situation 
from  their  standpoint  and  assuring  the  druggists  that  it  was 
a  business  that  they  did  not  want,  but  was  one  which  was 
forced  upon  them  by  conditions  over  which  they  had  no 
control  and  that  the  returns  from  it  were  not  sufBcient  to 
warrant  the  trouble  involved,  but  that  it  had  been  a  business 
necessity. 

Mr.  Yeomans  pointed  out  that  large  Chicago  jobbers  in 
other  trades  carrying  many  lines  had  rules  that  prohibited 
a  buyer  in  one  line  of  goods  buying  at  wholesale  in  any  other 
line. 

After  a  very  free  exchange  of  opinions  B.  A.  C.  Hoelzer 
formulated  the  opinions  of  the  retailers  in  stating  that  they 
felt  the  jobbers  should  eliminate  small  cash  sales  and  should 
not  sell  to  private  individuals  at  all  and  also  that  sales  to 
manufacturing  consumers  should  be  limited  to  their  business 
requirements  and  not  include  goods  for  personal  use. 

In  a  general  way  the  jobbers  accepted  this  proposition  b\it 
asked  for  further  time  in  order  to  confer  together  and  act 
unanimously  on  the  question  when  action  was  taken.  The 
jobbers  will  be  heard  from  again  at  a  later  meeting. 

Chairman  Sandkoetter,  of  the  legislative  committee,  re- 
ported as  to  the  progress  made  at  Springfield  against  the 
proposed  free  antitoxin  bill  and  proposed  certain  further 
amendments  to  the  present  law.  The  committee  will  present 
to  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Convention  at  Quincy  next 
week  its  demand  for  college  educational  qualifications  for  full 
registered  pharmacists. 

Secretary  I.  M.  Light  reported  as  to  the  annual  excursion 
and  it  was  decided  that  the  same  should  take  the  form  of  a 
boat  trip  to  South  Haven,  Mich.,  on  July  15. 

President   Yeoman's  plan  of  buying  and  selling  stores   for 


members  on  a  brokerage  basis  was  given  a  favorable  vote,  it 
being  decided  to  give  the  project  a  trial. 

Some  proprietary  questions  were  discussed  and  then  the 
matter  of  establishing  downtown  headquarters  was  taken  up, 
but  the  members  felt  that  a  change  was  not  necessary  at  the 
present  time. 

On  the  question  of  membership  dues  the  expression  of  the 
meeting  was  favorable  to  the  project  to  increasing  them  to 
$25  per  annum  after  December  30,  1909,  but  a  referendum 
will  be  taken  on  the  question  before  the  next  meeting  when  it 
is  expected  that  the  matter  will  be  finally  decided. 


BALTIMORE  VETERANS  IN  PHARMACY, 

Entertained  at  the  Home  of  Dr.  John  F.  Hancock,  and 
May  Form  an  Association. 

B.4XTIM0RE,  June  12. — It  is  seldom  that  so  many  of  the 
leaders  of  pharmacy  in  Baltimore  meet  as  were  brought  to- 
gether Wednesda.v  evening,  June  2,  at  the  home  of  Dr.  John  F. 
Hancock,  in  St.  Paul  street,  where  some  25  of  the  foremost 
druggists  of  the  city  assembled  and  were  entertained  by  him. 
The  idea  came  to  Dr.  Hancock  to  have  the  oldest  and  most 
prominent  pharmacists,  who  have  made  signal  contributions  to 
science,  as  his  guests  at  a  sort  of  reunion,  and  he  was  prompt 
to  act  on  the  idea,  no  other  incentive  or  special  occasion  being 
needed.  Accordingly,  invitations  were  sent  out  and  found 
gratified  acceptance. 

The  company  included  A.  P.  Sharp,  one  of  the  founders  of 
Sharp  &  Dohme ;  Dr.  Richard  Sappiugton.  perhaps  the  oldest 
pharmacist  in  active  exercise  of  his  profession  here ;  H.  A. 
Elliott,  Charles  E.  Dohme,  also  of  Sharp  &  Dohme;  Dr. 
Charles  Caspari.  Jr.,  Dr.  D.  M.  R.  Culbreth,  Dr.  H.  P.  Hyn- 
son.  Dr.  Daniel  Base,  John  B.  Thomas,  of  the  Thomas  & 
Thompson  Co. ;  John  G.  Beck,  general  manager  of  the  Calvert 
Drug  Company ;  David  R.  Millard,  of  Morgan  &  Millard ; 
J.  Edwin  Hengst,  William  M.  Fouch.  president  of  the  Mary- 
land Ph.A. :  Charles  H.  Ware,  Louis  Schulze,  Owen  C.  Smith, 
J.  W.  Westcott.  of  Hynson,  Westcott  &  Co. ;  Charles  Morgan, 
of  Morgan  &  Millard ;  Dr.  H.  A.  B.  Dunning,  of  Hynson, 
Westcott  &  Co. ;  Eugene  L.  Hodson,  and  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly, 
manager  of  laboratories  for  Sharp  &  Dohme. 

Some  very  interesting  reminiscences  of  the  early  days  of 
pharmacy  in  Baltimore  were  recounted  by  Mr.  Sharp,  Dr. 
Sappington,  Mr.  Elliott  and  Mr.  Dohme,  and  the  guests  were 
entertained  with  substantials.  Dr.  Hancock  being  assisted  in 
doing  the  honors  by  his  son,  James  E.  Hancock,  and  his 
daughters,  Misses  Mamie,  Dessie  and  Lillie  Hancock.  It  is 
thought  that  the  gathering  will  lead  to  the  formation  of  a 
Veterans'  Association,  patterned  after  those  in  some  other 
cities. 

One  of  the  most  active  men  in  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy  for  many  years,  and  until  its  absorption  into  the 
University  of  Maryland,  the  treasurer,  Samuel  Mansfield, 
was  unable  to  attend  the  reunion,  owing  to  pressure  of  busi- 
ness.    He  is  still  hale  and  hearty. 


Degree   of  Ph.  Chemist  Conferred   on   Four. 

Chicago,  June  12. — Simple  exercises  held  at  the  University 
of  Illinois  School  of  Pharmacy  marked  the  close  of  the  first 
course  leading  to  the  degree  of  pharmaceutical  chemist.  The 
degree  was  conferred  by  Dean  Goodman  on  four  candidates, 
Charles  Wesley  Brown,  Elmer  Eldorado  Cassin.  DeLancey 
Thomas  Gunning  and  Henry  August  Langenhan.  Dean  Good- 
man addressed  the  members  of  the  class  briefly  calling  their 
attention  to  the  great  field  afforded  the  pharmaceutical  chemist 
and  expressing  the  hope  that  the  members  of  this  first  class 
might  fully  grasp  these  opportunities  and  make  a  name  for 
themselves  and  their  class. 


Presidents  Rusby  and  Elkin  to  Visit  North  Carolina. 
Raleigh,  N.  C.  June  12. — Announcements  containing  the 
programme  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  North  Carolina 
Pharmaceutical  Association  at  Greensboro,  June  23  to  25,  have 
been  sent  out.  The  sessions  will  be  held  at  the  Benbow  Hotel 
and  Dr.  H.  H.  Rusby,  president-elect  of  the  A.Ph.A.,  as  well 
as  W.  S.  Elkin,  president  of  the  N.A.R.D.,  are  expected  to  be 
the  guests  of  the  association  and  make  addresses.  Max  Payne 
is  the  local  secretary.  Special  rates  have  been  secured  at  the 
hotels  in  Greensboro,  and  regular  convention  rates  will  be 
granted  by  the  railroads. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  June  8,   1909. 

923,822 — Frank  C.  Dorment,  Detroit,  Mich.,  assignor  by 
mesne  assignments  to  Da£f  Remedy  Company,  Chicago,  111.,  a 
corporation  of  Illinois.     Atomizer. 

923,846— Oliver  P.  Hurford,  Chicago,  III.  Process  of  ex- 
tracting nitrogen  from  air. 

923,879 — Emil  Xeugebauer,  Weisbaden,  Germany.     Siphon. 

923,895— Emmett  P.  Ryeburg  and  Walter  T.  Bryan,  Kan- 
sas City.  Mo.     Closure  for  receptacles. 

923,898— Adolph  Schiller.  Schoneburg,  near  Berlin,  Ger- 
many.    Bottle-blowing  machine. 

923,916— George  C.  Westry,  Murray,  Utah.  Method  of 
thionous  precipitation. 

923,967 — Charles  Glaser,  Baltimore,  Md.  Process  of  pro- 
ducing camphene. 

923,999 — Andrew  P.  Riggs,  Seattle,  Wash.    Hair  tonic. 

924,129 — Jacob  Barrow,  Windfall,  Ind.  Can-labeling  ma- 
chine. 

924,136 — Gabriel  A.  Bobrick,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Process 
for  the  liquefaction  of  gases  and  separation  of  air  into  com- 
mercial oxygen  and  nitrogen. 

924,137 — Gabriel  A.  Bobrick,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  assignor 
by  mesne  assignments  to  United  States  Liquid  Air  &  Oxygen 
Co.,  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  a  corporation  of  California.  Appa- 
ratus for  liquefaction  of  gases. 

924,138— Oscar  A.  Boehm,  New  York,  N.  T.  Vacuum- 
insulated  bottle. 

924,211 — Sylvanus  L.  Wottring,  Prospect,  Ohio,  assignor  to 
Wottring  &  Sutphen  Co.,  Prospect,  Ohio,  a  firm.  Fire  extin- 
guisher bottle  closure. 

924,230 — James  A.  Home.  Oregon  City,  Ore.,  assignor  of 
one-third  to  George  C.  Brownell,  Oregon  City,  Ore.    Antifraud 

Copy  of  any  PATENT  or  TRADE  MARK,  10  cents. 
Author  of  copyrighted  work  on  Protectiye  Trade  Marks, 

Food  and  Drugs  Act,  and  Valid  Patents. 
G.  H.  DAVIS,  Attorney,  908  G  St.,  Washington,  D.  C. 


bottle. 

924.276 — Alfred  Roesch,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Chas. 
J.  Tagliabue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Bulb  protector  for  ther- 
mometers. 

924,299— Daniel  Westcott,  Salem,  N.  J.  Non-refiUable  at- 
tachment for  bottles. 

924,304 — Paul  Askenasy  and  Martin  Mugdan,  Nuremburg, 
Germany.     Process  of  making  dichlorethylene. 

924,319— Peter  C.  D.  Castle,  Bebington,  assignor  to  Gum 
Tragasol  Supply  Company,  Ltd.,  Hooton,  England.  The  ex- 
traction of  gum. 

924,333— Gustavus  B.  Fletcher,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Non- 
refillable  bottle. 

924,343— Samuel  B.  Goff,  Camden,  N.  J.  Device  for  affix- 
ing labels  to  bottles. 

924.344— Samuel  B.  Goff,  Camden.  N.  J.    Bottle-filler. 

924,.3.59— Ellen  Kearney,  New  York.  N.  Y.    Hair  tonic. 

924,360 — Georg  Kirkegaard.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Imperial  Stopper  Company,  a  corporation  of  Maine.  Bottle- 
filling  and  capping  machine. 

924,367— Otto  M.  Morris,  Spring  Lake  Beach,  N.  J.  Sus- 
pensory bandage. 

924,375 — Jeremiah  L.  Peters,  Allentown,  Pa.  Stopper-lock 
for  bottles. 

924,383— Ida  Schikorra,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Douche  or  bed 
pan. 

924,428 — Georges  M.  A.  Claude,  Paris,  France.  Process  of 
separating  oxygen  from  air. 

924,449 — Cura  Gentsch,  Vohwinkel,  near  Elberfeld,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  Farbenfahriken  vorm.  Friedr.  Bayer  &  Co., 
Elberfeld,  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany.  New  resin- 
like  product. 

924,494 — Hugo  Noerdlinger,  Arnaldo  Caroselli  and  Ludwlg 
Berg,  Florsheim-on-the-Main,  Germany,  assignors  to  the  firm 
of  Chemische  Fabrik  Florsheim,  Dr.  H.  Noerdlinger,  Florsheim- 
on-the-Main,  Germany.     Process  of  preparing  pure  lactic  acid. 

924,496 — Stylit  Paulard.  Paris,  and  Nicolas  Grillet,  St. 
Fons,  near  Lyon,  France,  assignors  to  Societe  Chimique  des 
Usines  du  Rhone,  Paris,  France.     Closure  for  vessels  charged 


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with  volatile  liquids  under  pressure. 

924,532 — Robert  Brown,  Jr.,  Ilford,  England,  assignor  to 
N.  R.  Capsule  Syndicate,  Ltd.,  London,  England.  Bottle 
stopper. 

924,55.5 — Charles  F.  Jenkins,  Washington,  D.  C,  assignor 
b.v  mesne  assignments  to  Single  Service  Package  Corporation 
of  America,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Method  of  making 
paper  bottle  closures. 

924,596 — James  M.  Blashfield,  Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  assignor 
of  one-half  to  Peter  V.  Blashfield,  Marshall,  Mich.  Appliance 
for  relief  of  headache. 


REISSUE. 


Granted  June  8,   1909. 
12,971 — Heinrich     Koppers,     Essen-on-the-Ruhr,    Germany. 
Process  of  obtaining  ammonia  and  tar. 


TRADE  MARKS. 

Published  June  8,  1909. 

32,120— William  Jackson  Thurmond,  Dallas,  Texas.  Class 
6.  A  medicinal  remedy  for  catarrh,  ozena,  bronchitis,  catarrhal 
consumption,   coughs,   etc. 

34,131— J.  A.  Folger  &  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.  Class  6. 
Cream  of  tartar. 

39,055— Eleto  Company,  New  York,  N.  X.  Class  6.  Anti- 
septic and  healing  solution. 

39,063— Eleto  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Class  6.  Sachet 
powder. 

39,064 — Eleto  Company,  New  Y^ork,  N.  Y.   Class  6.   Cologne. 

39,308 — Van  Scoy  Chemical  Company,  Mount  Gilead,  Ohio. 
Class  6.  Medicines  for  internal  and  external  application  for 
the  alleviation  of  rheumatism  and  other  muscular  afflictions. 

39,537 — Josephine  Dumas,  North  Fayette  township,  Alle- 
gheny County,  Pa.  A  remedy  for  stomach  troubles,  sunstroke, 
headache,  sore  throat,  colds,  coughs,  fever,  la  grippe,  diarrhoea 
and  d.vsentery. 

39,780 — Franz  Fritsche,  Hamburg,  Germany.  Class  6. 
Salves,  ointments,  powders  and  tablets  for  coughs  and  colds. 

40,187 — New  Granucci  Grocery  Company,  San  Francisco. 
Cal.     Class  46.     Lucca  olive  oil. 

40,358 — Leroy  S.  Brown,  Boston,  Mass.  Class  6.  A  medi- 
cine to  counteract  the  effect  of  liquor  on  the  human  system. 

40,844 — Otto  P.  Litzenberger,  Converse,  Ind.  Class  6.  Jled- 
icines  for  children. 

40,914 — Hessig-Ellis  Drug  Company,  Memphis,  Tenn.  Class 
6.  A  remedy  for  grippe,  coughs,  diphtheria,  catarrh,  sore 
throat,  croup  and  scarlet  fever. 

40,971 — Margaret  Gavin,  Heme  Bay,  Kent,  England.  Class 
6.  Face  cream,  toilet  powder,  tooth  paste,  liquid  preparations 
for  cleaning  teeth,  hair  tonics. 

41,940— Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.  Class  6. 
Hemostatic,  astringent  and  cardiac  stimulants. 

41,941— Frederick  Stearns  &  Co..  Detroit,  Mich.  Class  6. 
Serums. 


Druggist  Accused  of  Selling  Morphine. 
BAI.TIMOBB,  June  12. — Dr.  A.  C.  Huthwelker,  a  druggist  at 
218  North  Greene  street,  was  arrested  tonight  by  several  city 
detectives  on  the  charge  of  selling  morphine  without  a  physi- 
cian's prescription.  Captain  Pumphre.v,  chief  of  the  detective 
force,  had  received  several  complaints  about  druggists  violating 
the  narcotic  law  and  detailed  the  detectives  on  the  case.  They 
induced  Estella  Harris  and  Walter  Wyatt  to  purchase  the 
drug,  which  the  detectives  allege,  they  got,  paying  50  cents 
for  a  bottle.  Dr.  Huthwelker  was  released  on  bail  for  the 
action  of  the  Criminal  Court.  He  can  be  sent  to  jail  on  con- 
viction under  the  city  ordinance  in  question. 


New  Cuhan  Law  Requires  Registration  of  Specialties. 
Article  47  of  the  new  Cuban  Pharmacy  Law  requires  that 
any  specialty  in  order  to  be  sold  in  the  Republic  of  Cuba, 
must  be  previously  registered  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of 
Health  and  Public  Welfare.  The  wholesale  house  of  Jose 
Sarra.  Havana,  in  a  circular  to  the  trade  in  the  United  States, 
auuouuce  that  they  shall  be  pleased  to  undertake  the  registra- 
tion of  products  of  firms  who  are  willing  to  submit  them  a 
letter  of  authorization  and  a  detailed  descriptive  list  of  the 
specialties  affected  by  the  law. 


NEW  LIST  OF  TAXABLE  ALCOHOLIC  MEDICINES. 

Internal   Kvenue   Commissioner   Issues   New   Schedule, 
Omitting  Some  Remedies  on  Account  of  Compli- 
ance    by     Maker     With     Oflficial     Require- 
ments and  Adding  Other  Compounds. 

Washington,  June  11. — T.  D.  1505  relating  to  Alcoholic 
medicinal  preparations  for  the  sale  of  which  special  tax  is 
required  was  issued  yesterday  by  Acting  Commissioner  of 
Internal  Revenue  Williams.  It  gives  a  list  of  alcoholic  medic- 
inal preparations,  which  have  been  examined  and  held  to  be 
insufficiently  medicated  to  render  them  unfit  for  use  as  a 
beverage. 

Special  tax  will  be  required  for  the  sale  of  any  of  the  prep- 
arations named,  even  though  such  sales  are  for  medicinal  use. 
The  liabilities  of  dealers  for  sales  for  medicinal  use  of  any 
of  the  preparations  marked  with  an  asterisk  (*)  will,  how- 
ever, be  held  to  date  from  and  after  the  publication  of  this 
decision. 

The  names  of  most  of  the  preparations  heretofore  published 
in  Circulars  713  and  727  will  be  found  included  in  this  list, 
the  only  exceptions  being  those  the  manufacturers  of  which 
have  revised  their  formulas  to  meet  the  Department's  require- 
ments. Special  tajp  will  not,  therefore,  ie  required  for  the 
sale  for  mediiinal  use  of  any  alleged  medicinal  eompound  not 
on,  this  list  until  the  Commissioner  has  ieen  communicated 
with,  and  specific  instructions  given. 

It  having  been  found  in  various  instances  that  there  are 
several  preparations  of  the  same  name  on  the  market,  the 
names  of  the  manufacturers  of  the  preparations  examined  are 
given,  and  it  should  be  understood  that  only  the  preparation 
as  compounded  by  the  manufacturer  whose  name  is  given  is 
embraced  in  this  list.    The  list  follows : 

LIST   OF    ALCOHOLIC    MEDICINAL    PHEI'A RATIONS. 
*.\bbott's  Aromatic  Bitters,  C.  W.  Abbott  &  Co..  Baltimore.  Md. 

.\merlcan  Alimentary  Elixir,  American  Drug  Store,  1115  Canal 
street.    New   Orleans,    La. 

Angostura  Aromatic  Tincture  Bitters,  E.  R.  Behlers,  St.  Lonis. 

Aromatic  Bitters.  Hanigan  Bros..  Denver,  Colo.  (Mo. 

♦Aromatic  Stomach  Bitters,  Pfeiffer  Chemical  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

Aroma  Stomach  Bitters,  J.  S.  Smith  &  Co.,  Burlington,  Iowa. 

Atwood's  La  Grippe  Specific.  Excelsior  Medicine  Co.,   Chicago. 

Augauer  Bitters,  Augauer  Bitters  Co..  Cliicntro. 

Augauer  Kidney-Aid,  Augauer  Bitter-   i^-       I'lii.ico. 
*.\raericau  Elixir,  Beggs  Manuf.icturi!  _    •         '  '       mo. 

Belvedere  Stomach  Bitters,   Loewy  I'li^    ■  rjiimore. 

Bismark  Laxative  Bitters,  C.  Lango  ,\    i    i     '  ii   :i-'0. 

Bismark's  Eoyal  Nerve  Tonic,  R.  A.  Smiui  >v   Cn.,  Pana,  III. 

Blackberry,  Karles  Medicine  Co..  .Vberdeeu.  s.  D. 

Blackberry  Cordial.  International  Extract  Co..  Philadelphia. 

Blackberry  Cordial,  Irondequoit  Wine  Co..   Rochester,   N.   Y. 

Blackberry  Cordial,  Strother  Drug  Co..  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Blackberry    &    Ginger    Cordial,    Standard    Chemical    Co.,    Fort 

Black  Tonic.  Albert  Niggemann,  St.  Louis.  (Smith.  Ark. 

*Bloodlne.  Bloodine  Corporation.  Maiden.  Mass. 

Bonekamp  Stomach  Bitters.  Geo.  J.  Flxmer,  Springfield.  III. 

Bonekanip  Bitters,  J.  S.  Smith  &  Co.,  Burlington,  Wis. 

Botanic  Bitters,  F.  E.  Mayhew  &  Co.,   San   Francisco.  Cal. 

Bradenberger's     Colocynthis,     Standard     Chemical     Co..     Fort 
Smith,   Ark. 

Brown's  Utryme  Tonic,  A.  E.  &  E.  V.  Brown  Co.,  Mobile,  Ala. 

Brown's    Aromatic    Cordial    Bitters,    Chas.    Leich    &    Co..    sole 
agents.  Evansville.  Ind. 

Brown's  Vin  Nerva  Tonic.  Brown  Chemical  Co..  Nashville.  Tenn. 

Brod's  Celery  Pepsin  Bitters,  Jno.  Brod  Chemical  Co..  Chicago. 
•Buckeye  Bitters,  Geo.  Albert.  Milwaukee.  Wis. 
•Bitters,  The  Atlantic  Vineyard  &  Wine  Co.,  Philadelphia. 
•Carpathian  Bitters.  L.  J.  Sulak  Land  Co..  West,  Texas. 
•Clarke's  Rock  Candy  Cordial.  Colburn,  Birks  &  Co..  Peoria,  111. 

Clifford's  Cherry  Cure.  Standard  Chemical  Co..  Fort  Smith.  Ark. 

Clifford's  Peruvian   Elixir.  Standard   Chemical  Co..   Fort  Smith, 

Cinchona  Bitters,  Morris  &  Dickson  Co.,  Shreveport  La.       [Ark. 

Crescent  Star  Jamaica  Ginger,  Gulf  Mfg.  Co.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Coca  Wine.  American  Drug  Store,  1115  Canal  St.,  New  Orleans. 
•Colombo  Elixir,  Colombo  Elixir  Co.,   Philadelphia. 

Cooper's  Nerve  Tonic,  MuUer  &  Co..  Baltimore. 

Colasaya.  Zwarts  Pharmacy  Co.,  St.  Louis. 
•Clayton  &  Russell's  Stomach  Bitters,  Adams  &  Co.,  N.  T.  City. 

Dandelion  Bitters,  Beggs  Manufacturing  Co.,  Chicago. 
•Dandy  Bracer,  Dandy  Bracer  Co..  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Brown's  Blackberry  Cordial.  Texas  Drug  Co.,  Dallas.  Texas. 

Dr.  Brown's  Tonic  Bitters,  Brown  Chemical  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Dr.  Bouvier's  Buchu  Gin.  Dr.  Bouvier's  Specialty  Co.,  Louis- 
•Dr.  Bergelt's  Alagen  Bitters.  Imported.  [ville.  Ky. 

Dr.  Fovpler's  Meat  and  Malt.  Meat  &  Malt  Co..  Louisville.  Ky. 

Dr.  Gray's  Tonic  Bitters,  Central  Botanical  Co..  Cherry  Creek, 
N.  Y. 
•Dr.  Hobson's  3  Star  Peruvian  Tonic  Compound,  Pfeiffer  Chem- 
ical Co.,  St.  Louis. 

Dr.  Hortenbach   Stomach  Bitters,  Dr.  Hortenbach.  Minneapolis. 

Dr.  Hopkin's  Union   Stomach  Bitters,   F.    S.  Amidon,   Hartford, 

Dr.  Hoffman's  Golden  Bitters,  F.  Trandt,  St.  Louis.  [Conn. 

Dr.     Rattinger's    Bitters,     Rattlnger's    Medical    Co..     Sapplng- 
ton.    Mo. 


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Dr.   Sterkis   Ohio   Bitters,   Dr.   V.   Steiki   &   Co.,    New  Philadel- 
phia.  Ohio.  „    „  .         ^,      ,^,,. 
Dr    Wormes  Gesundheit  Bitters,  J.  D.  Heimsoth,   Chicago. 
DeWitts  Stomach  Bitters.  E.  C.  DeWitt  &  Co.,  Chicago. 
Duliounet   Wiue,   Imported. 

Dubonnet,    Imported.  ,„,  .  ,       „       „     ■      »        xt    i- 

Duffy's  Malt  Whisky,  Du£Ey  Malt  Whisky  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  \. 
Ducro's  Alimentary  Elixir,  Imported. 

Elixir  of  Bitter  Wine.  Pleasant  Tonic  Bitters  Co.,  Chicago. 
•Elixir  of  Bitter  Wine,   V.  Bokr,  Chicago. 
Elixir  Calisaya,   Eeid.  Yeomans  &  Cubit,  New  York  City. 
Eucalyptus  Cordial,  Zwartz  Pharmacy  Co.,  St.  Louis. 
Ferro   China   Bascal    (Manufacturer's   name   not   stated ;   appar- 
ently imported).  „  ^   ,  „     -r 
•Ferro-China-Citro  Bitters,  G.  Citro  &  Co.,  Hoboken,   N.  J. 
Ferro  China  Bissleri  (Felice  Bissleri),  Imported. 
•Ferro  China   Universale,   Imported. 
Ferro  Qnina  Bitters.  D.  P.  Kossi.  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Fine  Old  Bitter  Wine.   Struzynski  Bros.,  Chicago. 
•Folger's  Aromatic  Bitters,  M.  D.  Folger  &  Sons,  Grand  Rapids, 
•F.  Miller  &  Go's  Stomach  Bitters.  [Mich. 
•German   Stomach  Bitters,  Geo.   Kuerrers,   Granite  City,   111. 
Gastrophau.   Edward   Eimsa,   Chicago. 

Gentian  Bitters,  Evans  Smith  Drug  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Kan. 
Genuine   Bohemian   Malted   Bitter   Wine  Tonic,   Edward   Rimsa. 

Chicago. 
Gilbert's  Eejuvenatlng  Iron  &  Herb  Juice.  Gilbert  Bros  &  Co.. 
Ginger  Tonic.  Loewv  Drug  Co..  Baltimore.  [Baltimore. 

Ginseng  Cordial.  American  Ginseng  Medical  Co.,  Syracuse,  N.^. 
Glycerin  Tonic  (Elixir  Pepsin),  W.  P.  Underbill,  Concord,  N.  H. 
Green's  Chill  Tonic.  M.  V.  Green.  Son  &  Co.,  Selma,  N.  C. 
Greiner's  Blackberry  Cordial,   Greiner-Kelley  Drug  Co.,   Dallas. 

Texas. 
Harrison's  Quinine  Tonic,  I.  X.  L.  Chemical  Co.,  Chicago. 
Health  Bitters,  H.  Bitzegeio,  Chicago. 
Herbs  Bitters,  Herb  Medicine  Co.,  Reading,  Pa. 
•Herb  Bitters,  Otto  F.  Lenz.  Petersburg,  III. 
Herbton,  Hooper  Medical  Co..  Hillsboro.  Texas. 
•Hindu  Tonic.  Hindu  Tonic  Co..   Chicago. 
•I.  X.  L.  Bitters,  I.  X.  L.  Chemical  Co.,  Chicago. 
•Indian  Stoniacb  Bitters.  Dr.  D.  Winegardner,  Hanna,  Okla. 
•Iron  Peptol,  The  Wm.  Brooks  Medicine  Co.,  Russellville,  Ark. 
Jack  Pot  Laxative  Bitter  Tonic.  J.  B.  Scheuer  Co.,  Chicago. 
•Jaffe's  Intrinsic  Tonic,  Jaffe  Wine  Co..  Sacramento.  Cal. 
Jerome's  Dandelion   Stomach   Bitters,  Jerome  Chemical  Co.,   St. 

Louis. 
•Johnston's  Cherry   Elixir.    Parker-Blake  Co.,   New   Orleans. 
Juniper  Kidney  Cure,  Juniper  Kidney  Cure  Co.,  Ft.  Smith,  Ark. 
Juni-Kola.   Beggs  Manufacturing  Co.,  Chicago. 
Jones  Stomach  Bitters,  Natchez  Drug  Co..  Natchez,  Miss. 
•Karle's    German    Stomach    Bitters,    Karle   German    Bitters   Co., 
Aberdeen.    S.   D. 
Katarno,    Katarno   Co..   New   York   City. 
•Kalsbader  Stomach  Bitters,  Jos.  Landshut.   Pittsburg.  Pa. 
Kola  Wine.  Reid.  Yeomans  &  Cubit.  New  York  City. 
K.  K.  K..  Morris  &  Dickson  Co..  Shreveport.  La. 
Kola  and  Celery  Bitters,  Milburn  &  Co..  Baltimore. 
Ivreuzberger's    Stomach    Bitters.    R.    Kreuzberger.    Logansport, 
Kndros.  A.  M.  Hellmann  &  Co..  St.  Louis.  find. 

•Ko-Ca-Ama,  The  Wm.  Brooks  Medicine  Co..  Russellville,  Ark. 
Laxa   Bark  Tonic,  Natchez  Drug  Co.,  Natchez,  Miss. 
Lee's    Celebrated    Stomach    Bitters,    Lee's   Anti-Trust   Medicine 

Co..  .Toplin,  Mo. 
Lemon  Ginger,  Ballard  Snow  Liniment  Co.,  St.  Louis. 
Magen  Bitters.  A.  J.  Wabersky.  Chicago. 
•McCorrison's    Compound    of    Golden     Seal,    O.    S.    McCorrison. 
Meta  Multa.  Bernheim  Distilling  Co..  Louisville,  Ky.  [Union,  Me. 
Miod  Honev  Wine.  Struzvnski  Bros.,  Chicago. 
Milburn's  Kola  &  Celery  Bitters.  Milburn  &  Co.,  Baltimore. 
Mikado   Wine   Tonic.   Mikado   Medicine   Co.,    West   Manchester. 
•Natona  Iron  Tonic,  The  Natona  Co..  Mobile.  Ala.  [N.  H. 

Newton's  Nutritive  Elixir.   Parker-Blake  Co.,   New  Orleans,   La. 
Neuropin.  J.  B.  Scheuer  Co..  Chicago. 
•Novak's  Stomach  Elixir.  Jno.  Novak,  Chicago. 
Obermueller's  Bitters.  Jos.  Bollenbeck,  Madison,  Wis. 
O'Hare's  Bitters,  O'Hare  Bitters  Co..  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
Old  Dr.  Scroggin's  Bitters,  A.  J.  Ad.ve,  Ad.veville,  Ind. 
Old   Dr.   Jacques  Stomach  Bitters,   D.    F.   Giles  &  Co.,   Concord, 
•Orange  Bitters,  A.  L.  .loyce,  Traverse  Cit.v,  Mich.  [N.  H. 

Our  Ginger  Brandy,  Rex  Bitters  Co..  Chicago. 
Ozark   Stomach   Bitters.   Lee's  Anti-Trust  Medicine  Co..   Jonlin, 
Panama  Bitters,   Richardson  Drug  Co..  Omaha.  Neb.  [Mo. 

Pepsin  Stomach  Bitters  (E.  L.  Arp).     Imported. 
Peptonic    Stomach    Bitters.    Ross,    Flowers   &   Co.,   Chicago   and 
•Perrigo's  2.jc.  Bitters.  L.  Perrigo  Co..  Allegan,  Mich.  [New  York. 
Pioneer   Ginger   Bitters,    Dr.    Koehler   Medicine   Co.,   Appleton, 

Wis. 
•Pond's  Kidney  &  Liver  Bitters.  Pond's  Bitters  Co.,  Chicago. 
•Pond's  Ginger  Brandv.  Pond's  Bitters  Co..  Chicago. 
•Pond's  Rock  &  Rye.  Pond's  Bitters  Co.,  Chicago. 
Quinquina   Dubonnet.     Imported. 
Royal  Pepsin  Tonic,  L.  it  A.  Scharff,  St.  Louis. 
Rockandy  Cough  Cure. 

Rimsovo  Malto-Sove  Vino  Chino,  Ed.  Rimsa,  Chicago. 
Scheetz  Bitter  Cordial,  Percy  R.  Hentz.  Pittsburg,  Pa. 
•Stoughton  Bitters,  A.  L.  Joyce.  Traverse  City,  Mich. 
Smart  Weed,  Francis  Cropper  Co.,  Chicago. 
Sirena   Tonic.    Sirena   Manufacturing   Co.,    New  York   City. 
Smith's  Bitters,  Van  Natta  Drug  Co.,  St.  Joseph,  Mo. 
Steinkonig's  Stomach   Bitters,  Adam  Stelnkonig,  Cincinnati. 
St.  Rafael  Quinquina.     Imported. 
Strauss  Exhilarator,  Wm.  H.  Strauss,  Reading,  Pa. 
Tatra.  B.  Zeman,  Chicago. 
Tolu  Rock  and  Rye. 

•Trinidad  Bitters,  F.  R.  Leonori  &  Co.,  New  York  City. 
True's  Magnetic  Cordial.  Standard  Chemical  Co.,  Ft.  Smith,  -irk. 
U-Go.   Fritz  T.   Schmidt  &   Sons,   Davenport,   Iowa. 


Uncle  Josh's  Dyspepsia  Cure,  Dr.  Worthington's  Drug  Co.,  Bir- 

Vin  de  Michael.     Imported.  [mingham,  Ala. 

Warner's  Stomach  Bitters.  Warner,  Friday  &  Co.,  Sioux  City,  la. 
•Webb's  A   No.  1  Tonic.   Webb's  Co-operative  Co.,   Sacramento, 

Westphalia  Stomach  Bitters,  E.  R.  Behlers,  St.  Louis.  [Cal. 

White's  Dyspepsia  Remedy,  W.  L.  White  &  Co.,  Louisville,  Ky. 

William's  Kidney  Relief,  Parker-Blake  Co.,  New  Orleans,  La. 

Zeman's  Medicinal  Bitter  Wine,  B.  Zeman,  Chicago. 
•Zien  Stomach  Bitters.  Zieu  Bros.  Co..  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
•Zig  Zag.   Walker's  Tonic  Co..   Paducali.   Ky. 


NEWS  OF  THE  STATE  BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY. 


L.  "W.  Miller  Elected  by  New  York  'Western  Branch — 

Eastern's  Election  Occurs  in  Brooklyn  Next  "Week. 

Warren  L.  Bradt.  of  Albany,  secretary,  has  issued  a  call  for 
the  semi-anuual  meeting  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  to  be  held  at  the  Earlington  Hotel.  Richfield 
Springs,  June  26  to  28.  As  will  be  noted  the  first  session 
is  on  the  Saturday  preceding  the  regular  meeting  of  the 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

President  Felix  Hirseman,  of  the  New  Yorker  Deutscher 
Apotheker-V^ereiu  has  issued  a  card  notifying  the  yerein's 
Brooklyn  members  of  the  election  for  a  member  to  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  in  place  of  Frederic  P.  Tuthill,  whose 
term  expires  December  31.  1909.  The  election  will  take  place 
next  Thursday,  June  24.  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy, 
265  Nostrand  avenue,  Brooklyn.  There  are  two  candidates  in 
the  field.  Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  dean  of  the  Brooklyn  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  nominated  by  the  Kings  County  Pharma- 
ceutical Society,  and  William  T.  Creagan,  nominated  by  the 
Brooklyn  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Niagara  F-^lls.  June  12. — At  a  meeting  of  the  druggists  of 
Western  New  York,  held  at  Buffalo  Wednesday  L.  W.  Miller 
of  the  Miller-Strong  Drug  Company  of  this  city  was  elected 
as  a  member  on  the  Western  Branch  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  The  term  of  office  is  five  years.  Mr.  Miller's 
opponent  was  Mr.  Cushing,  of  Lancaster. 

Appointments  Made  by  Gov.  Gillett  in  California. 

Sax  Fb.\ncisco.  June  12. — Governor  Gillett  has  completed 
his  appointment  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  for  the  next  four 
years.  The  members  are  as  follows :  E.  T.  Off,  Pasadena ; 
H.  O.  Buker,  Fresno:  C.  B.  Whilden,  Alameda,  to  succeed 
A.  L.  Leber;  J.  O.  McKown,  Livermore :  G.  M.  Sutherland, 
Alameda:  E.  J.  Molony,  San  Francisco;  H.  J.  Finger,  Santa 
Barbara,  to  succeed  R.  S.  Oakford. 

As  now  planned  the  next  meeting  of  the  board  for  exami- 
nation will  be  held  in  Los  Augeles  during  the  week  com- 
mencing July  19  and  in  San  Francisco  during  the  week  com- 
mencing .Tul.v  2G. 

Mr.  Whilden  has  been  the  very  efficient  secretary  of  the 
board,  without  being  a  member  of  it.  His  appointment  by 
Governor  Gillett  is  a  recognition  of  his  active  efforts  in 
behalf  of  pharmacy. 


Mr.  Taylor  Reappointed  to  District  of  Columbia  Board. 
WAsniXGTOX.  June  12. — Through  Secretary  Hilton,  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  Board  of  Pharmacy,  the  Commissioners 
of  the  District  announce  the  appointment  of  Augustus  Carrier 
Taylor,  to  serve  five  years  from  July  1,  1909.  This  is  a  re- 
appointment and  is  no  surprise  to  the  druggists  of  the  Dis- 
trict. There  was  no  other  candidate.  In  fact,  in  the  popular 
usage  of  the  word,  Mr.  Taylor  was  not  himself  a  "candidate." 
His  services  had  proven  so  eminently  satisfactory  to  the  public 
and  pharmaceutical  interests  of  Washington  that  no  other 
name  than  his  was  mentioned.  Mr.  Taylor  is  president  of  the 
D.C.R.D.A.  and  active  in  Washington  Branch.  A.Ph.A. 


California  Bride  for  Michigan  Druggist. 
CixcixxATi.  .June  12. — After  12  years  of  correspondence  by 
mail.  George  W.  Tyler,  62,  a  druggist  of  Paw  Paw,  Mich.,  and 
Josephine  Adams.  63.  of  Auburn,  Cal.,  were  united  in  marriage 
June  3  by  the  Rev.  Napoleon  Carlisle,  of  Covington,  Ky.  They 
met  in  (3olumbus,  Ohio,  a  few  da.ys  ago,  the  bride-elect  hav- 
ing journeyed  from  her  home  in  California  to  wed  Mr.  Tyler 
there.  They  could  not  secure  a  license  there  because  they  are 
first  cousins.  Then  they  came  to  Cincinnati,  and  were  refused 
a  license  here,  but  somebody  informed  them  that  being  first 
cousins  does  not  prevent  marriage  in  Kentucky,  They  went 
to  Covington,  Ky.,  as  happy  as  two  birds,  and  were  soon  made 
man  and  wife. 


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THE     PHARMACPJUTICAL     ERA 


[June  17,  1909 


The  Drug  Markets 


DEMAND  AND  PRICES  REMAIN  STEADY. 


Business  Shows  No  Material  Increase  While  Only  Frac- 
tional Price  Changes  are  Noted. 

New  York,  June  14. — Business  in  drugs  and  chemicals 
shows  no  material  increase,  but  some  fractional  price  advances 
are  noted.  The  demand  for  seasonable  goods  has  been  retarded 
by  cool  weather,  but  an  improved  demand  is  looked  for  with 
the  approach  of  a  warmer  season.  Opium  is  firm,  but  without 
any  new  feature.  Glycerin  is  higher,  menthol  is  advancing, 
quinine  is  unchanged,  Norwegian  cod  liver  oil  is  steady  at 
quoted  prices,  Hungarian  chamomiles  are  scarce,  with  an  up- 
ward tendency,  and  angelica  seed  is  very  scarce  and  extreme 
prices  are  asked  for  the  small  lots  obtainable.  Ergot  is  dull 
with  an  easier  market  for  Russian  and  Spanish.  Jalap  root 
maintains  its  strong  position,  but  with  values  unchanged. 
Camphor  is  in  fairly  good  demand  for  the  season,  but  there 
is  no  change  in  prices. 

Opium. — There  is  some  demand  for  single  cases,  and  such 
orders  are  being  filled  at  $4.25  per  pound.  In  primary  mar- 
kets there  is  no  change,  but  the  weather  on  the  whole  has  been 
favorable,  owing  to  more  frequent  showers  in  many  districts. 
The  arrivals  in  Smyrna  for  the  week  ending  May  21  amount 
to  2068  cases,  against  1387  cases  at  same  period  last  year. 

Quinine  Sulphate. — The  market  is  in  the  same  unchanged 
condition  with  the  demand  limited  to  actual  requirements. 
Manufacturers'  prices  are  unchanged  on  the  basis  of  14c. 
per  ounce  for  100-dunce  cans. 

The  only  feature  of  any  interest  has  been  the  Amsterdam 
quinine  bark  sale  which  was  held  last  Thursday,  and  which 
went  off  at  a  slightly  lower  basis ;  a  considerable  portion  of 
the  offerings,  it  was  reported,  being  unsold.  Cables  give  the 
sales  as  17..500  kilos  at  3.10  Dutch  cents,  this  comparing  with 
3.20c.  for  the  previous  sale.  The  sale  has  had  no  effect  on  the 
price  of  quinine  in  the  local  market. 

Cod  L,I^'ER  Oil.  Norwegian. — The  primary  markets  are 
firm,  but  without  any  change  in  value.  Manufacturers  do  not 
seem  inclined  to  make  any  concessions,  and  it  is  believed  that 
the  lowest  value  has  been  reached.  The  total  to  7th  instant 
is  53,800,000  fish,  producing  42.336  barrels  oil.  The  result 
in  the  year  1907  to  June  13  was  4.5,400.000  fish,  producing 
37,950  barrels  oil,  and  in  the  year  1908  to  June  9  was  44,- 
500,000  fish,  producing  47,645  barrels  oil.  This  shows  a  fall- 
ing off  of  5309  barrels,  comparing  with  the  result  of  1908.  but 
an  increase  of  4386  barrels  as  compared  with  the  result  of 
the  year  1907. 

Chamomile  Flowers.  Hungarian. — The  latest  reports 
confirm  previous  ones  that  the  crop  will  be  small,  and  higher 
prices  may  be  expected.  New  crop  of  good  quality  is  still 
offered  to  arrive  the  latter  part  of  this  month  at  38c.  per 
pound  in  cases  of  about  110  pounds.  On  the  spot  42c.  to  45c. 
is  the  asking  price  for  old  crop,  but  not  much  of  good  quality 
is  to  be  had  at  these  prices. 

Gltcerin. — Manufacturers  have  again  advanced  their  price 
to  16c.  per  pound  in  drums,  17%c.  per  pound  in  plain  cans 
and  17%c.  per  pound  in  patent  cans. 

Menthol. — This  article  is  doing  better  in  our  market,  owing 
to  firmer  markets  abroad,  and  reports  of  a  partial  failure  of 
the  crop.  This  article  has  been  selling  at  unprofitable  prices 
for  some  time  past,  but  it  looks  now  as  if  price  would  advance 
still  more,  as  the  stock  in  the  local  market  has  been  very 
much  reduced,  and  is  much  smaller  than  it  was  on  January  1. 

Ipecac  Root. — Rio  and  Carthagena  high  test  are  offered 
at  $1.35  per  pound  for  the  former  and  $1.00  for  the  latter. 
The  foreign  markets  are  higher  with  a  good  demand,  and  the 
tendency  seems  to  be  toward  higher  values. 

St.  Ignatius  Beans. — In  a  late  report  attention  was 
called  to  a  lot  of  about  500  pounds  which  was  offered  to 
arrive,  at  50c.  per  pound.  A  portion  of  this  lot  has  been  sold, 
and  now  only  200  pounds  remain,  for  which  60c.  per  pound 
is  asked. 

Cascara  Sagbada. — There  is  a  somewhat  better  inquiry  and 
the  tone  of  the  market  is  firm  with  prices  well  sustained  at 
8%@9c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities,  as  to  grade. 

Abnica  Flowers. — On  the  spot  prime  flowers  are  held  at 


ll@12c.  per  pound  and  prices  in  primary  markets  for  new 
crop  for  shipment  are  said  to  be  advancing  in  view  of  the 
unfavorable  weather  conditions  in  growing  sections. 

Senna.  Tennevellt. — A  good  consuming  demand  exists 
and  prices  are  firm  at  7@13%c.,  as  to  grade  and  quantity. 
Several  sales  of  prime  broad  leaves  have  been  reported  at 
even  higher  figures. 


London  Drug  Market 

London,  June  5. — The  Whitsuntide  holidays  interfered  with  f 
the  business  of  the  week  and  consequently  the  dullness  which  ■ 
has  prevailed  of  late  has  been  more  pronounced  than  ever. 
English  refiners  of  Camphor  have  reduced  their  prices  one 
penny  per  pound,  bells  being  now  quoted  at  Is.  lid.  and 
flowers  at  Is.  lOd. ;  the  market  for  crude  Chinese  is  very  quiet 
at  142s.  6d.  per  cwt.  spot ;  Japanese  refined  also  tends  easier, 
spot  price  of  1-ounce  tablets  being  Is.  8i4d.  per  pound  and 
of  2%-pound  slabs  Is.  7d.  The  prices  of  Ammonium  and 
Sodium  Bromides  have  been  rearranged  and  are  one  half- 
penny per  pound  dearer  but  the  price  of  Potassium  Bromide 
is   unchanged. 

Notwithstanding  that  the  principal  consuming  season  for 
Citric  Acid  is  with  us,  the  demand  is  singularly  dull  and  the 
prices  of  Citrates  have  been  reduced  by  one  penny  per  pound. 
Tartaric  Acid,  on  the  other  hand,  is  in  good  demand  at  late 
rates.  There  are  buyers  of  "Kobayashi"  Menthol  at  7s.  3d. 
per  poimd  but  no  sellers  below  7s.  4d..  the  stock  being  very 
low.  American  Peppermint  Oil  is  very  quiet  at  unchanged 
rates.  Japanese  Peppermint  Oil  is  firm  at  4s.  lOd.  per  pound. 
Essence  of  Lemon  is  lower  at  from  about  3s.  per  pound  and 
business  has  been  done  at  16s.  9d.  per  pound  for  Essence  of 
Bergamot  but  no  more  is  offered  at  this  figure.  Oil  of  Star 
Aniseed  is  steady  at  4s.  5d.  per  pound.  Glycerin  is  firm  at  the 
lat9  advance.  Rio  Ipecacuanha  is  now  held  for  5s.  6d.  per 
pound,  being  three  pence  per  pound  higher.  Opium  is  very 
quiet  and  Morphine  and^  Codeine  are  unchanged. 


Cost  $750  to  Change  Mind  About  Sale. 

Newark.  N.  J..  June  12. — A  verdict  of  $750  was  returned 
by  the  jury  in  the  Supreme  Court  that  heard  the  trial  of 
Edward  C.  Rauney's  action  for  $2500  for  alleged  breach  of 
contract  against  George  Temple  and  his  wife,  Mrs.  Mae  K. 
Temple,  of  210  Clinton  avenue.   The  jury  exonerated  the  wife. 

Temple  is  the  owner  of  a  drug  store  at  the  address  given. 
On  September  19,  1908,  according  to  the  story  of  the  plaintiff, 
who  is  a  New  Yorker,  he  made  an  agreement  to  sell  it  and  its 
contents  to  him  for  $4500.  After  a  certain  amount  had  been 
paid  down  Temple  backed  out,  and  the  suit  was  brought 
before  Judge  Heisley. 

It  was  testified  in  the  course  of  the  trial  that  Temple  did 
a  business  of  $1000  a  month  and  that  the  property  was  worth 
nearly  $6000.  The  defense  was  that  the  Newark  druggist, 
after  having  made  inquiries  about  Ranney,  decided,  according 
to  Edward  Kenny,  the  local  man's  lawyer,  to  have  a  guarantee 
that  the  money  would  be  all  paid. 


Mayor  and  Legislators  Guests  of  Druggists. 

St.  Louis,  June  14. — At  the  June  meeting  of  the  St.L. 
R.D.A.,  Mayor  Kriessman  and  the  St.  Louis  delegation  in  the 
recent  State  Assembly  will  be  guests  of  the  association.  This 
is  a  part  of  the  legislative  programme,  the  thanking  of  those 
who  aided  the  passage  of  the  bill  for  a  new  State  law  and  the 
opening  wedge  for  some  city  legislation. 

The  request  from  the  city  will  be  for  a  carbolic  acid  ordi-  | 
nance  similar  to  that  in  force  in  New  York  and  for  an  anti-  * 
vendors"  act.  The  druggists  of  the  city  are  very  tired  of  the 
reflections  cast  their  way  when  an  epidemic  of  carbolic  acid 
suicides  is  under  way  but  at  present  they  have  no  protection 
except  that  with  which  they  surround  themselves.  Such  sales 
do  not  necessarily  go  on  the  poison  book. 

The  vendors'  nuisance  is  becoming  quite  pronounced  in  the 
city.  It  is  reported  that  the  number  of  women  peddling  tablets 
for  all  sorts  of  ailments  and  of  known  and  secret  formulas  is 
very  large.  Several  of  these  women  make  heavy  sales,  as 
their  purchase  of  money  ordei-s  from  the  druggists  show. 

A  dinner  in  honor  of  Mr.  Hagenow  and  his  associate  legis- 
lators has  been  ou  the  cards  for  some  time,  but  this  is  the  first 
good  opportunity. 


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Illustrated  Section 

Each  subscriber  to  The  Pharmaceutical  Era  is  entitled  to 
representation  in  this  work,  and  is  invited  to  send  us  his  photo- 
graph. "We  do  not  require  a  subscription  from  each  partner 
and  clerk.  If  the  firm  or  proprietor  is  a  subscriber,  the  Pther 
partners  and  clerks  may  have  their  portraits  included  for  ?1.50 
each.  To  secure  all  of  the  Album  sections  one  must  be  a  sub- 
scriber to  The  Era  in  his  own  name. 

In  sending  photographs  be  sure  that  each  one  is  distinctly 
labeled  with  the  name,  address,  business,  profession  or  occupa- 
tion of  the  person,  written  clearly  on  the  back  of  your  photo- 
graph. A  good  plan  is  to  write  it  on  a  printed  label  and  stick 
it  on  the  center  of  the  back  of  your  photograph.  Here  is  a 
good  specimen : 


FOR 

ERA 

ALBUM. 

Fred 

S.  Rogers 
McMonag 

Middletown 
le  &    Rogers 

X. 

Y. 

Ex-Pres.  N.  Y. 

State  Phar. 

Ass 

a. 

When  additional  photographs  of  partners  and  clerks  are 
Bent,  each  one  should  have  written  on  it  the  name  of  the  sub- 
scriber who  sends  it,  as  well  as  the  name  of  the  person  in  the 
photograph. 

Cabinet  Photographs  Only 

The  style  of  photograph  we  require  is  the  so-called  "Cabinet" 
size,  with  the  head  about  two  inches  long.  If  other  sizes  are 
furnished  they  interfere  with  our  plans  for  keeping  the  faces 
uniform,  also  prevent  us  from  classifying  the  cuts  by  localities. 

In  view  of  the  great  amount  of  work  we  are  assuming,  to 
have  each  of  our  subscribers  properly  represented  in  this 
Album,  we  feel  that  we  are  not  asking  too  much  when  we 
request  each  subscriber  to  supply  us  with  the  size  and  kind  of 
a  photograph  which  will  facilitate  our  work  and  best  enable  us 
to  do  him  credit. 

In  forwarding  photographs  for  the  Album,  see  that  they  are 
distinctly  addressed  as  follows : 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era, 

For  Era  Album  90  WiLLIAM   St..  New  YoRK. 


Druggists  who  do  not  possess  Government  tax 
stamps  and  who  wish  to  avoid  conflict  with  the  Fed-. 
eral  authorities  should  go  over  their  stocks  and  as- 
certain if  they  are  carrying  any  of  the  taxable  al- 
coholic remedies  listed  in  the  latest  circular  on  the 
subject  issued  by  the  Internal  Revenue  Department 
and  published  on  page  578  of  last  week's  Era.  One 
of  two  things  must  be  done.  If  the  druggist  wishes 
to  carry  and  sell  these  preparations  he  must  pay  his 
Government  tax :  but,  if  not,  the  quicker  he  discards 
the  contraband  the  less  likelihood  will  there  be  of 
arrest  and  fine. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  some  remedies  which  ap- 
peared in  previous  lists  are  not  given  in  this  one, 
the  manufacturers  having  changed  their  formulas 
to  comply  with  the  law.  A  similiar  policy  will  no 
doubt  be  pursued  by  other  proprietors,  although 
it  is  doubtful  if  all  can  be  persuaded  that  this  wiU 
be  to  their  best  interests. 


PROCRASTINATION  AT   WASHINGTON. 


July  is  almost  here  and  the  tariff  revision  dis- 
cussion is  still  dragging  along  in  the  Senate  at  Wash- 
ington, with  little  prospect  of  a  quick  settlement, 
while  side  issues  in  the  shape  of  income  taxes  and 
taxes  upon  the  profits  of  corporations  are  being 
injected  into  the  situation,  to  say  nothing  of  inherit- 
ance taxes  and  other  possibilities. 

In  aU  of  this  agitation  to  provide  ways  and  means 
for  running  the  Government  the  fact  seems  to  be 
overlooked  that  there  is  room  for  a  reduction  of 
expenses  in  Nation,  States  and  most  municipalities. 
The  country  just  at  present  is  infested  with  myriads 
of  taxeaters  whose  sole  thoughts  appear  to  be  the 
despoliation  of  property  owTiers.  It  would  be  a 
very  welcome  sight  to  the  average  citizen  if  some 
leader  should  appear  who  would  cut  down  the  public 
expenses,  bring  about  conditions  which  prevail  in 
private  business  establishments  and  give  the  tax- 
payers fair  value  for  their  money. 

UNAUTHORIZED    USE    OF    PHOTOGRAPHS. 


That  the  only  safe  way  to  use  pictures  of  persons 
for  trade  or  advertising  purposes  is  by  first  obtain- 
ing the  written  consent  of  the  subject  is  made  evident 
by  recent  court  decisions,  a  fact  of  which  druggists, 
both  wholesale  and  retail,  as  well  as  manufacturers, 
will  do  well  to  take  notice.  Restrictions  as  to  the  use 
of  photographs  for  trade  purposes  without  the  con- 
sent of  the  owner  are  becoming  more  stringent  and 
the  tendency  in  that  direction  cannot  be  better  shown 
than  in  the  recent  decision  of  the  Court  of  Appeals 


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[June  24,  1909 


in  New  York  State  (Wyatt  vs.  McCreery)  wherein 
the  constitutionality  of  the  statute  is  upheld.  This 
law  goes  further  than  some  others  in  making  the 
offense  a  criminal  one,  subjecting  the  offender  to 
prosecution  for  misdemeanor.  While  that  provision 
was  not  at  issue  in  the  litigation  mentioned  the  view 
taken  by  the  court  practically  sustained  its  con- 
stitutionality in  conjimction  with  other  questions 
which  were  affirmatively  disposed  of  in  the  decision. 
There  are  so  many  vainglorious  people  and  other 
willing  subjects  for  personal  illustrations,  both  in 
and  out  of  trade,  that  advertisers  can  afford  to  pass 
by  probable  trouble  makers  who  refuse  to  give  their 
written  consent  to  the  use  of  their  pictures.  By 
adopting  this  policy  litigation  can  be  avoided  and 
unnecessary  expense  prevented,  to  say  nothing  of 
escaping  the  annoyances  which  come  with  contro- 
versies of  this  nature. 


ERA   1909  PRICE  LIST  WILL  SOON  BE  READY. 


Thoroughly  revised,  reset  in  clean  type  and  more 
complete  than  ever  before,  the  Era's  1909  Price 
List  is  now  in  press  and  copies  of  it  will  be  ready 
for  early  distribution,  unless  some  unexpected  delay 
occurs.  Great  care  and  attention  have  been  be- 
stowed upon  the  work  of  preparation,  with  the 
object  of  confirming  and  continuing  the  reputation 
for  reliability  which  has  been  won  by  this  indis- 
pensable reference  book. 

The  alphabetical  arrangement  of  the  proprietary 
goods  in  Part  2  has  been  made  imiform  throughout, 
with  numeroiis  cross  references  referring  to  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  manufacturers  in  Part 
3,  a  feature  which  is  not  found  in  any  other  general 
price  list  issued  for  the  drug  trade  and  which  gives 
the  Era  Price  List  a  practical  value  which  is  greatly 
appreciated  by  the  buyers,  as  well  as  by  the  manu- 
facturers. 

Part  4  shows  a  gratifying  increase  in  the  number 
of  price  lists,  affording  evidence  that  the  manufac- 
turers are  beginning  to  appreciate  the  importance 
of  having  their  price  lists  in  this  section  of  the  Era's 
Price  List.  A  special  index  of  these  manufacturers' 
price  lists  is  published  therein  and  reference  is  made 
under  each  firm's  name  in  Part  3  for  those  whose 
lists  are  published  in  Part  4.  Already  stamped  with 
the  approval  of  the  trade  the  Era  Price  List  needs 
no  further  introduction  to  the  druggists  of  the 
country. 


EDUCATIONAL  TREND  IN  PHARMACY. 


Somewhat  surprising  statements  are  contained  in 
the  annual  report  of  the  United  States  Commis- 
sioner of  Education  which  has  just  come  to  hand. 
Comparing,  as  he  does,  education  in  pharmacy,  medi- 
cine and  dentistry,  he  finds  that  the  former  made  a 
far  better  showing  than  the  latter  in  1908.  While 
medical  graduates  dropped  to  4802,  below  the  num- 
ber of  fifteen  years  ago,  and  dentistry  graduates 
were  only  6519,  a  falling  off  of  2000  from  1902, 
there  were  5567  graduates  in  pharmacy,  a  gain  of 
520  over  the  previous  year.  There  was  a  decrease 
also  in  schools  of  medicine  and  dentistry,   but   an 


increase  of  four  schools  of  pharmacy,  bringing  the 
niunber  up  to  75.  The  commissioner  is  unable  'to 
determine  the  reasons  for  these  unexpected  condi- 
tions, but  hazards  the  guess  that  the  increase  ill 
pharmacy  is  more  apparent  than  real,  presenting 
his  deductions  as  follows: 

"Instead  of  young  men  depending  entirely  upon 
shop  experience  for  their  knowledge  of  pharmacy,  as 
was  the  custom  very  generally  not  many  years  ago, 
it  is  probable  that  more  of  them  now  enroll  them- 
selves in  schools  of  pharmacy,  where  they  expect  to 
receive  systematic  and  valuable  instruction  in  a 
much  shorter  time  than  when  behind  the  counter. 
If  this  be  the  correct  explanation  of  the  increased 
number  of  students  in  pharmacy,  there  will  prob- 
ably be  a  more  competent  addition  each  year  to  the 
pharmaceutical  profession,  but  only  about  the  usual 
quota  of  new  members." 

We  cannot  agree  entirely  with  the  commissioner, 
for  during  the  last  twenty  or  thirty  years  since  the 
enactment  of  pharmacy  laws  made  school  educa- 
tion essential,  although  not  always  obligatory,  the 
growth  in  schools  of  pharmacy  has  been  gradual  and 
healthful,  the  year  1908  being  far  too  late  to  offer  in 
comparative  analysis  with  the  old  conditions  when 
pharmacists  acted  as  instructors  in  their  stores  for 
students  who  also  were  their  clerks.  The  present  in- 
crease must  be  ascribed  to  the  increasing  demand  for 
competent  pharmacists  and  to  the  improvement  of 
educational  facilities  which  has  been  rapid  and 
notable  in  recent  years.  With  rare  exceptions  it  is 
no  longer  possible  to  obtain  the  necessary  education 
simply  by  attendance  in  a  pharmacy  and  under  the 
tuition  of  one  man — although  such  experience  is  both 
desirable  and  necessary.  The  schools  therefore  are 
getting  the  full  normal  numbers  of  recruits  in  the 
profession  of  pharmacy  and  so  it  is  likely  to  con- 
tinue for  years  to  come. 


A    DECADE    WITHOUT    ADVERTISEMENTS. 


General  Secretary  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  has  again 
issued  the  annual  notice  required  by  action  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  meeting 
at  Put-in-Bay,  September,  1899,  "that  no  advertise- 
ments shall  be  solicited  or  accepted  for  any  of  the 
publications  or  programs  issued  in  the  name  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association." 

During  the  ten  years  that  this  resolution  has  been 
in  force  the  association  has  grown  in  membership, 
gained  enormously  in  prestige  and  sustained  an  ac- 
cession of  prosperity  that  proves  the  wisdom  of  the 
course  adopted  by  the  members  a  decade  ago.  It  is 
an  example  which  all  State  associations  may  follow 
to  their  ultimate  advantage  and  those  that  have 
already  abandoned  the  solicitation  of  contributions 
and  the  annual  canvass  for  advertisements  are  so  well 
pleased  with  the  results  of  the  change  that  they  will 
never  return  to  the  old  system. 


Collese  commencement  season  is  now  at  an  end  and  several 
thousand  new  pharmacists  have  been  given  the  sheepskins 
that  make  them  members  of  the  profession.  They  should  not 
consider  their  education  finished,  but  should  view  the  future 
as  offering  greater  opportunities  for  the  acquisition  of  knowl- 
edge and  for  perfecting  themselves  in  the  duties  of  their  life 


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583 


work.  Oue  of  the  first  duties  should  be  to  joiu  the  A.Ph.A. 
and  the  State  and  local  organizations.  The  expense  is  small 
and  the  benefits  intellectually  and  commercially  are  great. 


Northern  Ohio  pharmacists  have  taken  up  the  cudgels 
against  the  exploitation  of  proprietary  medicines  by  advertise- 
ments of  recipes  couched  in  misleading  language.  In  this 
they  are  co-operating  with  the  doctors  and  with  unity  of 
purpose  and  plenty  of  energy  they  are  likely  to  win  their 
campaign. 


American  Sledical  Association,  in  its  wonderful  growth. 
furnishes  an  example  which  the  pharmacists  of  the  country 
should  view  with  emulative  effort.  On  May  1  last  the  A.M.A. 
had  a  membership  of  33.935,  a  gain  in  numbers  of  2592 
within  the  year  ending  at  that  date.  The  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  ought  to  be  a  close  rival  to  the  A.M.A. 
in  size  of  membership.  If  you  are  not  a  member  of  the 
A.Ph.A.  you  can  contribute  .vour  mite  toward  that  glorious 
end  by  taking  your  pen  in  hand  and  sending  for  an  application 
blank  to  some  member  or  to  Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr..  gen- 
eral secretary,  109  Aisquith  street,  Baltimore,  Md, 


In  pharmaceutical  interest  in  Baltimore  the  recent  dinner 
of  veterans  given  by  Dr.  John  F.  Hancock  has  rarely  been 
surpassed.  Alpheus  P.  Sharp,  one  of  the  founders  of  Sharp 
&  Dohme,  was  probably  the  oldest  man 
there.  He  was  bom  in  Winchester,  Va.. 
86  years  ago  and  went  to  Baltimore  when 
only  14  .years  old  to  enter  the  employ  of 
Roberts  &  .Atkinson,  retail  druggists,  who 
were  located  wb^re  Baltimore  and  Hanover 
streets  now  cross,  the  pharmacy  being 
located  just  across  the  way  from  the  old 
Indian  Head  Tavern,  one  of  the  most 
famous  hostelries  of  the  time.  He  re- 
mained with  this  firm  four  years  and 
then  accepted  a  position  with  Charles 
Caspari,  the  father  of  Prof.  C.  Charles 
Caspari,  the  dean  of  the  Department  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Mary- 
land and  permanent  secretary  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical   Association. 

Mr.  Caspari,  Sr.,  conducted  a  drug 
store  in  North  Gay  street,  which  ranked 
with  the  leading  pharmacies  of  those 
da.vs.  In  this  establishment  .voung 
Sharp  spent  the  next  five  years,  laying 
the  foundation  for  those  sterling  quali- 
ties which  were  to  lead  on  to  great 
achievements  in  after  life  and  forming 
that  character  destined  to  make  a  strong 
impression  upon  the  history  of  American 
pharmacy.  There  he  became  acquainted 
with  Louis  Dohme  and  Charles  E. 
Dohme,  German  youths,  who  were  also 
making  their  way  in  the  world  from 
humble  beginnings,  and  this  acquaint- 
ance soon  ripened  into  a  fast  friendship  that  has  endured 
ever  since  and  proved  to  be  of  the  greatest  moment  in  the 
lives  of  all  three. 

Young  Sharp  was  the  first  matriculate  of  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy,  entering  the  institution  away  back  in 
1841.  He  applied  himself  to  the  studies  with  such  avidity 
and  exhibited  such  tenacity  of  purpose,  such  energy  and 
extraordinary  capacity  that  he  received  his  degree  in  the 
following  year.  At  the  expiration  of  the  five  years  with 
Charles  Caspari  Mr.  Sharp  opened  a  drug  store  on  his  own 
account  on  the  southwest  corner  of  Pratt  and  Howard  streets. 
a  move  likewise  fraught  with  momentous  consequences.  It 
was  only  natural  that,  having  established  himself,  he  should 
think  of  his  close  friends,  the  Messrs.  Dohme,  and  soon  they 
were  prevailed  upon  to  cast  their  fortunes  with  him.  The 
rise  of  the  young  and  exceedingly  virile  firm  after  that  was 
rapid  and  steady.  Not  even  the  Civil  AVar,  with  its  unsettle- 
ment,  could  check  the  progress  made.  New  ideas  were 
promptly  taken  up  when  their  utility  had  been  demonstrated, 
but  a  sound  conservatism  marked  the  course  of  the  firm, 
thoroughness  and  reliability  being  placed  above  other  mere 
expediency.  In  course  of  time  Sharp  &  Dohme  became  one 
of  the   leading  manufacturers   of  pharmaceutical   products   in 


ALPHEUS  P.  SHARP, 

retired  member  of  manufacturing  house 

of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  Baltimore,  Jid. 


the  country,  Mr.  Sharp's  untiring  push  being  a  most  potent 
factor  in  the  progress  made  and  the  phenomenal  success 
attained. 

About  20  years  ago  Mr.  Sharp  retired  from  active  work,  but 
he  retained  a  large  interest  in  the  firm,  which  subsequently 
became  a  stock  corporation,  and  up  to  the  present  time  he 
shows  a  keen  concern  in  its  affairs.  He  has  an  office  in  the 
building  and  appears  there  as  regularly  as  though  he  were  still 
managing  the  establishment.  There  he  receives  his  mail  and 
goes  over  his  various  business  matters.  In  spite  of  his  86 
years  he  walks  erect,  with  all  of  his  faculties  undimmed  and 
keeping  up  with  the  developments  of  the  period.  He  reads 
the  papers  carefully  and  is  well-informed  on  a  great  variety 
of  topics.  He  has  never  used  glasses  and  his  eye  sight  is 
wonderfully  preseried. 

Of  exceptional  pharmaceutical  interest  is  the  fact  that 
Mr.  Sharp  read  the  first  scientific  paper  submitted  to  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  fourth  annual 
meeting,  in  1855.  This  identical  paper  he  read  nearly  fifty 
years  later,  in  1902,  and  it  is  preserved  among  the  docu- 
ments of  the  A,Ph.A.  not  only  because  of  its  historical  value, 
but  on  account  of  its  deep  scientific  worth. 

Mr.  Sharp  still  holds  membership  in  the  American  Pharma^ 
ceulical  Association.  He  became  afiiliated  in  the  beginning 
witli  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  gave  his 
alma  mater,  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  his  earnest 
support.  His  busy  life  .left  him  little 
time  for  social  diversions,  being  made  up 
largely  of  close  application  to  the  busi- 
ness of  Sharp  &  Dohme  and  to  keeping 
up  with  scientific  pursuits.  But  he  man- 
aged to  gratify  his  love  of  country  life, 
a  reminder  of  his  boyhood  days,  by  ac- 
quiring a  farm  on  the  eastern  shore  of 
Maryland,  where  he  spends  part  of  the 
time.  He  is  a  student  of  the  science  of 
agriculture,  and  has  contributed  exten- 
sively to  agricultural  papers.  Even  now 
he  sends  articles  to  various  publications 
devoted  to  farming  and  to  the  daily 
papers  on  topics  that  appeal  particularly 
to  him.  He  has  also  dipped  extensively 
into  the  study  of  geology  and  shows  a 
broad  knowledge  of  earths  and  of  geo- 
logical formations. 

Mr.  Sharp's  wife  died  fifteen  years  ago 
and  he  makes  his  home  with  his  son, 
Hon,  George  M.  Sharp,  a  judge  of  the 
Baltimore  Supreme  Bench,  at  2105  St. 
Paul  street.  Another  son,  who  was  con- 
nected with  a  Philadelphia  drug  house, 
died  years  ago.  The  venerable  octo- 
genarian believes  implicitly  in  the  gos- 
pel of  work  and  of  water.  He  is  a  total 
abstainer  and  his  views  on  the  latter 
subject  are  as  pronounced  as  those  on 
artificial  fertilizers  and  the  use  of  nitro- 
gen to  enrich  the  soil.  He  enjoys  the 
undivided  esteem  of  all  who  know  him,  and  may  be  regarded 
as  the  Nestor  of  the  drug  trade  in  Baltimore,  being  the  oldest 
member.  Of  his  class  at  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy 
he  is  the  sole  survivor. 


Another  veteran  at  Dr.  Hancock's  dinner  was  Dr.  Sap- 
pington,  who  is  also  over  SO  years  old,  has  been  located  in 
Gay  street  for  60  years  and  is  still  actively  engaged  in  the 
exercise  of  his  profession,  his  present  location  being  at  the 
southwest  corner  of  Gay  street  and  City  Hall  Plaza,  where 
he  can  be  found  every  day.  Another  guest  H.  A.  Elliott,  until 
a  few  years  ago,  conducted  a  pharmacy  at  Pine  and  Lexington 
streets,  and  has  held  high  positions  in  the  profession.  He 
has  served  as  vice-president  of  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy,  being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  institution.  Not 
far  behind  in  age  is  Charles  E.  Dohme.  one  of  the  active 
members  of  Sharp  &  Dohme.  Of  late,  however,  his  health 
has  not  been  very  good,  in  which  respect  he  is  at  a  disadvan- 
tage as  compared  with  his  older  colleagues. 


An  Italian  physician  who  exposed  fresh  vaccine  virus  to  the 
emanations  of  radium  for  varying  periods  and  then  made  use 
of  it  in  vaccinating  children  found,  says   U  Policlinico,  that 


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there  was  no  effect  on  the  action  of  the  virus  produced  by  the 
exposure  to  the  rays,  but  that  the  pustules  produced  by  the 
Tirus  were  entirely  free  from  any  septic  suppuration ;  there 
was  no  inflammatory  area  and  no  fever.  He  iinds  that  this 
is  an  efficient  method  of  purifying  vaccine  virus,  but  on 
account  of  the  expense  of  radium  not  one  that  can  be  com- 
monly followed. 


Daughter — Mother,  could  I  love  two  men  at  the  same  time'; 
Mother — Not  if  one  of  them  gets  wise. 


The  quantity  of  helium  present  is  thought  by  R.  J.  Strutt 
to  bear  a  definite  relation  to  the  age  of  radio-active  rocks. 
Prom  the  ratio  of  the  helium  to  the  uranium,  says  the  Cleve- 
land Plain  Dealer,  he  has  estimated  the  time  necessary  to 
accumulate  the  former — that  is,  the  age  of  the  stratum.  His 
provisional  results  show  an  age  of  225,000  years  for  the 
English  Pliocene,  3,080,000  for  the  upper  green  sand  of  the 
Cretaceous,  3,950,000  for  the  lower  green  sand  and  141,000,- 
000  for  the  hematite  covering  limestone  of  the  carboniferous. 


Edith — Has  she  any  accomplishments? 

Marie — Yes ;  one.     She  can  blush  without  trying. 


P.  W.  Ekstrand,  of  Salina,  Kan.,  when  he  turned  in  the 
report  of  the  liquor  sales  made  by  his  firm  to  the  probate  judge 
for  the  month  of  May  recently,  announced  that  the  druggists 
of  Salina  have  of  their  own  accord  established  a  "black  list" 
of  certain  persons  whom  they  found  to  be  regular  customers 
of  the  various  drug  stores  for  liquor. 

"We  kept  an  eye  open  for  the  fellows  who  were  regular 
visitors  at  the  different  drug  stores,  and  as  fast  as  we  could 
catch  one  going  from  store  to  store  to  buy  more  whisky  we  put 
him  on  our  'black  list,'  every  druggist  in  the  city  having  such 
a  list,  and  we  had  a  good  many  of  them  on  our  lists,  too." 


"Did  Mrs.  Oglamug's  husband  leave  her  well  provided  for?" 
"He  left  her  fabulously  rich." 
"How  do  you  know?" 

"I    see    by    the    latest    society    news    she    is    to    be    married 
again." 


Plans  for  a  "sane  Fourth  of  July  in  Chicago  have  been 
progressing  quietly.  About  300  applications  for  permits  to  sell 
fireworks  have  been  received,  but  only  one  has  been  granted. 
Pire  Marshal  Horan  said  he  was  investigating  each  applica- 
tion to  see  that  each  place  proposed  for  a  stand  for  explosives 
meets  the  requirements  of  the  ordinances.  The  one  permit 
granted  is  for  an  open-air  stand  in  Washington  Heights,  pro- 
tected by  a  solid  brick  wall.  Other  localities  might  well 
follow  Chicago's  example. 


Two  letters  from  Swinburne  to  the  American  critic,  Ed- 
mund Clarence  Stedman,  have  been  published  in  the  literary 
supplement  of  the  London  Times.  Referring  to  Browning's 
"cherished  dogma"  regarding  the  personal  immortality  of  the 
soul,  Swinburne  wrote  in  1874  that  he  thought  Landor  "would 
have  agreed  with  me  that  any  matter  so  utterly  incognizable 
is  one  on  which  it  is  equally  unreasonable  to  have  or  wish  to 
have  an  opinion." 

Speaking  of  his  Greek  and  Prench  poems  he  says,  "The 
latter  I  do  consider  part  of  my  serious  work.  ...  I  con- 
fess that  I  take  delight  in  the  metrical  forms  of  any  language 
of  which  I  know  anything  whatever,  simply  for  the  metre's 
sake,  as  a  new  musical  instrument." 


The  fate  of  the  celebrated  Heine  monument,  which  the  late 
Empress  Elizabeth  of  Austria  erected  to  her  favorite  poet  in 
the  gardens  of  her  estate  "Achilleion,"  on  the  Island  of 
Corfu,  has  at  last  been  decided,  and  it  will  most  probably -find 
a  home  in  Hamburg.  When  the  German  Emperor  bought  the 
palace  after  the  tragic  death  of  its  original  owner,  it  was  at 
once  made  known  that  the  Kaiser  did  not  care  to  keep  the 
statue  on  his  grounds,  and  was  looking  for  someone  to  buy  it. 
The  reasons  for  the  step  are  that  the  Kaiser  neither  approved 
of  Heine  as  a  man,  nor  felt  any  sympathy  or  appreciation 
for  him  as  a  poet. 

Herr  Campe,  the  owner  of  a  prominent  publishing  house  in 
Hamburg,  which  has  issued  the  most  celebrated  edition  of 
Heine's  works  has  bought  the  monument  for  $2,500,  and  states 
that   he    is   willing    to    present    it    to    the    city    provided    the 


authorities  offer  a  suitable  location  for  it.     The  statue  is  now 
on  its  way  to  Hamburg. 

A  story  is  being  told  in  England  of  the  severely  practical 
disposition  of  the  Duchess  of  Connaught.  It  is  to  the  effect 
that  when  the  King  conferred  upon  the  Duke  the  rank  of 
field  marshal,  and  conveyed  the  intimation  to  him  in  an  auto- 
graph letter  addressed  to  the  Duke,  whose  name  was  followed 
by  the  coveted  letters  "F.  M.."  the  Duke  was  highly  delighted. 
The  Duchess,  however,  asked  if  it  meant  any  increase  in  pay, 
and  on  being  told  that  it  did  not.  remarked  that  she  did  not 
think  much  of  a  promotion  that  conferred  no  equivalent  im- 
provement in  one's  financial  position. 


Archaeological  explorations  near  Pompeii  have  resulted  in 
the  discovery  of  a  large  Roman  villa,  containing  pictures 
which  are  believed  to  be  Roman  masterpieces,  some  fine  sculp- 
tures, and  chests  filled  with  gold  and  silver.  The  Govern- 
ment has  ordered  the  suspension  of  the  work  of  exploration, 
and  troops  have  been  sent  to  guard  the  discovery. 


Hitt — Well,  it's  just  this  way.  The  man  who  can  go  out 
hunting  day  after  day  and  not  care  whether  he  gets  anything 
or  not  has  the  right  stuff  in  him. 

Witt — Yes,  especially  when  he's  hunting  for  woriS,  eh? 


The  use  of  electricity  in  furthering  the  growth  of  crops  has 
been  practically  demonstrated  on  numerous  estates  in  the 
vicinity  of  Berlin  by  some  prominent  scientists,  who  are  con- 
tinuing the  experiments  made  some  thirty  years  ago,  first  by  a 
Dane,  Professor  Lemstrom,  and  more  recently  by  the  English 
scientist.  Sir  Oliver  Lodge.  The  improvements  made  by  the 
Germans  are  concerned  chiefly  with  apparatus  of  high  voltage, 
by  means  of  which  the  electric  current  is  passed  through  the 
plowed  field,  without  endangering  or  disturbing  the  farmer  at 
his  work.  A  field  which  is  to  be  subjected  to  this  new  elec- 
trical treatment  is  provided  with  several  telegraphic  poles  on 
either  side,  connected  with  wires.  The  air  underneath  these 
wires  is  heavily  charged  with  electricity,  resembling  the  con- 
dition of  the  atmosphere  preceding  a  thunderstorm. 

A  comparison  between  a  field  thus  artificially  stimulated 
and  one  left  to  the  ordinary  run  of  nature  shows  a  jnarked 
increase  in  the  size  of  the  individual  plant,  a  more  rapid 
growth,  and  a  more  abundant  crop,  as  its  product. 


To  detect  a  hostile  fleet  or  single  ship  at  sea  on  a  dark 
night,  especially  when  a  great  distance  away,  is  no  easy 
matter,  even  with  searchlights.  The  French  naval  authorities 
now  believe,  according  to  a  dispatch  from  Toulon,  that  they 
have  discovered  a  precious  auxiliary  in  a  luminous  shell 
recently  invented,  and  with  which  experiments  have  been 
made  with  great  secrecy.  The  shell,  according  to  a  description 
given,  is  fired  at  a  high  angle,  and  when  it  bursts  it  scatters 
luminous  balls  over  a  large  part  of  the  horizon,  enabling  one 
to  discover  a  ship  within  a  radius  of  sixteen  or  eighteen  miles. 


There  recently  appeared  in  the  columns  of  the  New  York 
Times  a  statement  that  Prof.  Voyle  of  Berkeley  University 
had  succeeded,  by  the  removal  of  cyanamide  in  producing 
a  non-intoxicating  whisky.  Believing  that  if  such  was  the 
case  it  would  be  one  of  the  greatest  blessings  conferred  upon 
the  human  race,  but  that  it  was  too  good  to  be  true,  a  reader 
wrote  to  Prof.  Voyle,  asking  him  if  he  had  been  misquoted 
and  received  from  him  the  following  reply : 

"The  papers  used  the  word  'whisky'  when  it  should  have 
been  'alcohol.'  Whisky  of  today  is  not  the  simple  product 
of  years  ago,  but  a  rectified,  blended  composition  that  may 
or  may  not  respond  to  the  reagents  used  on  pure  alcohol  to 
remove  the  poison  that  intoxicates.  When  the  cyanamide 
is  removed  from  alcohol  the^alcohol  is  then  reduced  to  the 
strength  of  whisky  and  does  not  intoxicate,  but  has  its  full 
strength  and  beneficial  effect,  and  is  a  rich,  refreshing,  ex- 
hilarating food,  which  is  needed  by  many  people ;  and  all 
wines  and  liquors,  when  unadulterated,  can  be  treated  so  as 
to  reduce  or  remove  the  intoxicant.  I  intend  to  publish 
further  information  to  correct  errors." 


An  agriculturalist  asserts  that  if  castor  beans  are  planted 
near  and  trained  up  the  side  of  the  house  or  verandas  they 
will  drive  away  the  mosquitoes  so  that  the  house  will  be  free 
from  them  all  the  summer. 


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The  Best  Americanism. 


"By  Emma  Gary  Wallace. 

The  best  Americanism  means  the 
largest  all-around  service  in  every 
line  of  inaustry,  and  the  best  service 
calls  for  skilled  workers  with  well- 
rounded  personalities  and  the  capac- 
ity for  constantly  looking  ahead  to 
bigger  and  better  things.  It  calls 
for  co-operation,  and  recognizes  the 
dignity  of  work  well  done. 

It   distinguishes  service   from  ser- 
vility.    It  means  a  comfortable  com- 
petence  obtained   through   honorable 
channels  for  ourselves  and  for  those 
dependent     upon     us.     Its     esoteric 
spirit   is  felt   in   the  great   wave   of 
approval   for   right   and   disapproval 
for  wrong  that  is  sweeping  over  the 
land ;   in   the   earnest   plea  of   the   times  for  honest   business 
methods,   for  quality   goods,   and   for  moral   advertising.      By 
these  excellent  fruits  shall  we  be  known. 

America  is  demanding  not  only  better  service,  but  the  best 
obtainable  service  everywhere,  and  Americans  are  responding 
by  meeting  the  demands  in  full  and  by  voluntarily  raising  the 
standards  still  higher.  Perhaps  there  is  no  broader,  more 
promising  fitl?'  anywhere  for  the  ambitious,  than  that  of  the 
chemistry  of  today  and  tomorrow.  Its  importance  is  becom- 
ing more  widely  acknowledged,  and  its  future  is  full  of 
promise. 

Wide  Fields  of  Service. 
Industrial  chemistry  searches  for  the  hidden  secrets  of 
nature,  and  when  they  are  found  it  makes  practical  applica- 
tion of  them  for  the  better  service  of  mankind.  The  maximum 
illuminating  power  of  glass,  the  possible  by-products  of  waste 
materials,  a  more  enduring  enamel  for  steel  than  is  at  present 
known,  the  utilization  of  corn-stalks,  an  inexpensive  means  of 
manufacturing  diastase  so  that  a  scientific  fodder  for  animals 
may  be  produced  commercially — these  are  but  a  few  of  the 
connecting  links  between  science  and  commerce.  Already  the 
laboratory  has  changed  the  history  of  more  than  one  concern 
from  bankruptcy  to  opulence  by  better  methods  and  by  the 
transformation  of  waste  materials  into  valuable  assets.  The 
knowledge — the  know  how — is  not  sufficient.  We  are  con- 
stantly reaching  still  further,  compacting  knowledge,  and  then 
applying  the  principles  gained  in  the  laboratory,  to  every-day 
use.  That  is  wisdom  in  its  purest  essence.  As  energy  is  more 
potent  than  theory,  so  is  wisdom  more  powerful  than 
knowledge. 

Hygenic  chemistry  in  the  laboratory  of  the  home  kitchen 
or  even  the  factory  kitchen  means  an  understanding  of  foods 
that  build  up  and  maintain  the  greatest  working  energy  with 
the  least  waste.  It  means  a  nation  of  people  physically  fit  and 
mentally  iinbefogged.  It  has  come  to  mean  this  and  more, 
"  for  the  subject  has  speedily  broadened  itself  until  the  names 
of  Domestic  Science  and  Household  Economics  are  no  longer 
sufficiently  descriptive,  and  the  more  inclusive  nomenclature 
of  Euthenics — the  art  of  right  living — is  taking  its  place. 
Civic  sanitation,  the  nourishing  of  the  growing  body  of  the 
child,  the  influence  of  different  foods  upon  work,  and  all  other 
contributory  influences  to  the  happy  and  the  healthy  home 
are  duly  considered. 

Analytical  chemistry  leads  still  farther  into  the  realms  of 
life  and  its  mystic  forces.  It  brings  us  face  to  face  with  the 
restless  nitrogen  atom,  and  with  other  marvellous  elementary 
substances  and  their  combinations.  The  nature  of  a  combina- 
tion that  has  been  made  once,  may  be  foretold,  but  a  new  or 
chance  combination  may  hold  untold  possibilities.  From  the 
success  of  chemistry  in  steadily  increasing  the  list  of  synthe- 
sized products  of  nature,  it  is  to  be  confidently  expected  that 
in  time  the  problem  of  living  matter  itself  will  be  solved,  and 
that  will  mean  the  greater  mastery  of  disease  and  its  pre- 
ventive treatment.  Surely  a  splendid  service  even  in  its  par- 
tial completeness. 

The  land  of  Chemistry  contains  the  fairyland  of  science. 
Here  we  meet  strange  infinitesimal  forms  of  benevolent  or 
malevolent   import :    sterile    liquids   whose   crystals    refuse    to 


wheel  unerringly  into  place  unless  the  crystallization  germ  is 
present.  Catalytic  forces,  fascinatingly  mysterious.  No  Ara- 
bian Nights  ever  presented  such  a  series  of  marvels  and  the 
Chemist  is  the  modern  Munchausen. 

Social  Service  and  Interdependence. 

In  a  single  school  in  New  York  City  there  are  assembled  the 
children  of  twenty-nine  different  nationalities.  Here,  side  by 
side,  these  children  are  taught  by  a  wise  and  generous  govern- 
ment the  fundamentals  of  real  education,  the  value  of  effi- 
ciency and  the  necessity  of  honesty.  They  are  taught  their 
duty  to  themselves,  to  each  other,  and  love  for  the  glorious 
Stars  and  Stripes.    Truly  the  best  Americanism. 

In  boasting  of  our  independence,  we  sometimes  lose  sight 
of  our  great  interdependence,  for  truly  "no  man  liveth  unto 
himself."  A  famine  in  India  changes  the  price  of  stocks  in 
Wall  Street.  The  condition  of  the  Delta  at  the  mouth  of  the 
River  Nile  affects  our  cotton  crop.  Much  that  contributes  to 
our  comfort  and  caters  to  our  sense  of  the  luxurious  comes 
from  foreign  lands,  the  result  of  long  and  patient  toil. 

Any  catalogue  of  oils,  gums,  balsams  and  barks  will  show 
how  much  we  owe  to  our  world-neighbors,  and  to  the  pioneers 
who  have  gone  into  the  unexplored  wilds  of  foreign  lands — 
even  our  brave  missionaries  themselves,  for  they  have  given  us 
valuable  additions  to  our  therapeutic  drugs.  It  has  been  said, 
that  the  man  who  reads  a  primer  wants  a  shirt  and  soon  his 
wife  will  want  a  broom.  Uganda,  that  powerful  African  mon- 
archy that  was  exploited  at  such  terrible  odds,  will  soon  im- 
port carpet-sweepers  and  other  modem  conveniences.  Com- 
merce is  created  and  promoted.  By  the  law  of  Compensation, 
an  outflowing  current  of  material  blessings  must  inevitably 
result  in  starting  in  the  opposite  direction  a  counter  current 
of  equally  good  things. 

If  there  was  no  higher  motive  than  that  of  commercial  gain, 
the  $7,500,000  spent  annually  on  foreign  missions  pay  far 
bigger  dividends  to  our  national  prosperity  than  the  $15,000,- 
000  spent  yearly  at  home  on  chewing  gum,  or  the  $1,744,447,- 
672  spent  on  spirituous  liquors.  The  same  statistics  tell  us 
that  $27,.500,000  spent  on  drugs  are  more  than  offset  by  the 
$75,476,032  expended  for  patent  medicines.  Americans  are 
ready  to  spend  for  their  own  needs,  fancied  or  real,  but  they 
need  education  upon  the  science  of  Value  Received. 

We  may  say  flippantly  that  it  matters  not  to  us,  how  our 

fellows  about  us  spend   their  money,   but   that   is   a  shallow 

evasion.    It  does  matter.    By  the  great  law  of  Interdependence 

we  are  obliged  to  be  in  no  small  measure  our  brothers'  keeper. 

The  TJnselfishess  of  Service. 

It  is  the  unselfishness  of  real  service  that  is  making  us  a 
great  nation.  One  notable  example  of  this  is  the  case  of  that 
eminent  scientist.  Dr.  C.  W.  Stiles,  who  has  braved  ridicule, 
discouragement  and  a  trackless  waste  of  uninvestigated  condi 
tions  to  prove  that  no  less  than  two  million  of  our  Americai 
citizens  are  sufferers  from  a  strange,  and  long-seated  infection 
now  known  as  the  hook-worm  and  aptly  called  "the  Americai 
murderer." 

He  has  succeeded  in  showing  that  much  of  the  apparen 
shiftlessness,  inability  to  get  ahead,  and  the  general  ill-healtl 
of  the  so-called  "crackers,"  "sand-hillers,"  and  the  peculia 
freakish  tendency  of  the  "dirt-eaters,"  are  due  to  this  infec 
tion,  which  saps  vitality,  ambition  and  finally  life  itself. 

The  agricultural  and  industrial  loss  in  a  single  State  i 
estimated  at  thirty  million  dollars  every  year.  What  must  b 
the  toll  in  human  lives !  Investigation  has  shown  the  futilit 
of  the  vast  consumption  of  miscellaneous  patent  medicine: 
and  pointed  out  the  remedy  to  be  nothing  more  difficult  tha 
Epsom  salts  and  thymol,  and  even  these  to  be  necessary  fc 
but  a  comparatively  short  time. 

It  is  this  same  spirit  of  helpful,  disinterested  service  thf 
has  led  to  the  remedying  of  wide-spread  evils,  the  while  w 
learned  to  keep  our  own  door-yards  clean.  It  has  led  to  r 
forms  of  all  kinds,  all  the  way  from  village  improvemei 
societies  to  the  great  anti-tnberculosis  movement.  The  tn 
American  not  only  believes  in  doing,  but  he  Does,  H 
doctrine  is  one  of  faith  and  actual  result-giving  works.  The: 
is  still  much  to  be  done  and  much  to  be  learned,  and  such 
the  disposition  of  the  true  American  that  whatever  comes 
his  hand  to  do,  he  will  do  with  his  might — that  is  if  he  is  I 
live,  wide-awake  American  citizen.  | 

He  will  unite  himself,  heart  and  soul  with  the  onward  mov| 
ments  of  his  calling,  and  partake  of  their  spirit  of  progre^ 
and  uplift.     It  there  are  conditions  of  which  he  does  not  "" 


lot  Mm^ 

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prove  he  will  do  his  utmost  to  improve  them,  even  if  that 
utmost  is  little.  He  will  scorn  to  stand  back  and  grumble  at 
what  others  are  honestly  trying  to  do,  and  which  misht  be 
more  satisfactorily  accomplished  if  he  did  not  withhold  his 
help  and  encouragement. 

He,  or  she  for  that  matter,  will  continually  increase  the 
present-day  degree  of  serviceability,  for  only  as  efficient  ser- 
vice is  rendered  in  the  most  approved  style  and  in  the  most 
conscientious  manner,  is  it  worthy  of  us,  and  the  Best 
Americanism. 


Science  at  Hyena. 


Big'  Time  Expected  at  N.  Y.  State  Association  Meeting. 

Arrangements  are  now  all  completed  for  holding  the  meet- 
ng  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
Eichfield  Springs,  beginning  nest  Tuesday,  June  29.  and 
concluding  July  2.  From  all  reports  the  attendance  bids  fair 
to  be  large  and  it  is  expected  that  many  interesting  matters, 
especially  of  a  legislative  nature,  will  come  up  and  be 
threshed  through.  M.  R.  INIaudclbaum.  chairman  of  the  trans- 
portation committee,  announces  that  he  has  arranged  with  the 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  Railroad,  which  runs 
direct  to  Richfield  Springs  without  change,  for  a  rate  of  fare 
and  three-fifths  on  the  certificate  plan.  The  full  fare  going 
from  New  York  will  be  $5.55  and  by  obtaining  a  trunk  line 
certificate  and  having  it  validated  by  the  agent  at  the  meeting 
on  either  June  30  or  July  1,  visitors  will  be  entitled  to  a 
return  fare  of  $3.3.5.  or  total  transportation  cost  of  $8.90. 
This  rate  is  available  going  June  2~j  to  30,  inclusive,  with 
return  limit  to  July  6.  By  leaving  the  New  York  City 
terminals  of  the  Lackawanna  Railroad  at  either  West  Twenty- 
third  street.  Christopher  street  or  Barcliiy  street,  on  Monday, 
June  28,  at  10  a.  m.,  Richfield  Springs  will  be  reached  by 
6:50  p.  m.  On  this  train  special  coaches  have  been  arranged 
for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  party  and  also  a  dining  car  serv- 
ing meals  a  la  carte. 

The  headquarters  will  be  at  the  Earlington  Hotel,  where  a 
special  rate  has  been  made  at  $3  per  day   (American  plan). 

The  local  and  ladies'  auxiliary  committees  have  prepared  a 
fine  entertainment  program  and  features  will  be  walks,  boat 
and  trolley  trips,  a  card  party  and  a  dinner  at  Five  Mile 
Point.     The  banquet  is  scheduled  for  Friday  evening. 


C.   H.   Packard  President  Massachusetts  C.P. 

Boston.  .lune  10. — The  annual  nieelings  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts College  of  Pharmacy  were  held  last  week.  The  choice 
for  president  fell  on  C.  Herbert  Packard,  of  East  Boston, 
former  president  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Ph. A.,  and  the 
present  head  of  the  New  England  section  of  the  A.Ph.A. 
Other  officers  elected  were  as  follows :  Linville  H.  Smith,  of 
Jamaica  Plain,  first  vice-president ;  Herman  Heinrich,  of 
Holyoke,  second  vice-president ;  Lyman  W.  Griffin,  of  Brigh- 
ton, secretary ;  John  G.  Godding,  of  Boston,  treasurer ;  Max 
Creamer,  of  Boston,  auditor:  Lyman  W.  Griffin,  Max  Crea- 
mer, and  Frederick  A.   Hubbard,  of  Newton,   trustees. 

Thomas  Doliber  was  elected  a  trustee  of  the  trust  funds  for 
the  term  of  five  years,  and  Charles  L.  Davis,  of  Newburyport, 
was  elected  to  the  same  board  for  three  years,  to  fill  the  un- 
expired term  of  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  who  resigned  on  account 
of  ill  health. 

The  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  is  in  a  most  excel- 
lent condition.  It  has  assets  of  $333,394  in  excess  of  lia- 
bilities. 

Mr.  Doliber  has  been  connected  with  the  school  since  1867. 
when  he  entered  as  a  student,  and  was  graduated  in  1869.  He 
was  president  in  1872-4,  and  was  treasurer  in  1881-2. 

Resolutions  were  adopted  on  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Shep- 
pard, which  expressed  regret  at  the  loss  of  "a  valued  and 
earnest  worker."  Mr.  Sheppard  had  been  actively  connected 
with  the  school  since  1868. 


Election  of  Cincinnati  C.P.  Alumni. 
Cincinnati.  June  10. — Members  of  the  Alumni  Association 
of  the  Cicinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  have  elected  the  follow- 
ing officers  for  the  year :  William  Henry  Gansz.  president ; 
William  F.  Schuchardt,  first  vice-president :  J.  Frank  Galla- 
gher, second  vice-president ;  Fred  Kotte,  treasurer :  M.  Klai- 
ber,  Jr.,  secretary.  The  directors  are  Charles  A.  Apmeyer  and 
Lonis  Kettermann.  Speakers  at  the  meeting  were  Julius 
Greyer,  Dr.  John  C.  Otis,  Prof.  Charles  T.  P.  Fennel.  Prof. 
Charles  Apmeyer,  William  Henry  Gansz  and  Fred  Kotte. 


'By  Joel  'Blanc. 

"Well,"  said  the  old  miner, 
"I  done  told  you-all  how  them 
soovyneer  postals  of  Mustard's 
give  the  civic  pride  of  Hyena 
Slope  some  considerable  set- 
back. Us  Hyenas  ain't  no 
more  than  rekivered  our  dig- 
nity an'  aplum  than  this  here 
Doc  Bullwinkle  packs  in  from 
the  cattle  accommodation  what 
puts  him  off  at  Jaggers  City, 
that  same  metropolis  consistin' 
of  a  six-car  sidin',  a  burro  cor- 
ral an'  one  s'loon.  When  this 
same  Bullwinkle  informs  the 
welcomin'  populace  of  the 
Slope  that  he  have-  come  for 
his  health  and  furthermore, 
when  he-all  convinces  us  that 
it  are  to  avoid  the  steel-trust  smoke  of  Pittsburg  what  was 
sulphurizin'  his  gizzard  into  the  tubercolossal,  we  gives  that 
medical  sharp  our  honest,  horny  pams.  Some  previous  to 
Bullwinkle  the  only  invalids  what  seeks  our  peerless  health 
resort  was  fleein'  from  the  sherifE,  alleymony  or  a  lynchin' 
party,  or  some  similar  debilitatin'  climatic  conditions. 

"This  Bullwinkle  havin"  been  a  board  of  health  in  Okahump- 
kee  or  Terry  Hut  or  some  similar  place  an'  got  away  with  it,  he 
says  he  are  well  fixed  in  dust  an'  that  while  he  are  in  our  midst 
a  gettin'  new  pipes  for  his  lungs  from  the  surroundin'  atmos- 
phere, sand-storms  an'  other  higeenic  advantages  of  our  hell- 
baked  desert,  that  he  will  devote  hisself  to  the  uplift  an' 
general  salvation  of  we-all  Hyenas.  This  here  bone  tinker 
charters  three  out  of  the  five  bed-rooms  of  the  Grand  Colo- 
nade  Hotel  and  proceeds  to  unpack  the  machinery  from  his 
trunks  as  soon  as  Greazer  Jose  gets  'em  packed  over  from 
Jaggers  City.  When  us  common  council  an'  other  prom'nint 
citizens  views  them  contraptions  we-all  don't  know  what  them 
their  tools  is.  Bateye  Bings  says  he  seen  somethin'  like 
them  in  the  assay  office  over  to  Pheonix.  Stutteriu'  Smith 
takes  a  half  hour  to  ask  if  they  ain't  a  new  style  faro  layout 
an'  Mayor  Lingo  Driggers  is  some  fearful  that  this  here 
Bullwinkle  party  are  a  scientific  Roosian  Anarchist  from 
Warsaw,  Indiany,  an'  that  them  implements  is  some  new- 
fangled bumbs  to  blow  up  the  dignity  an'  pants  of  the  reform 
administration  of  the  Slope.  The  scientific  lunger  blasts  Stut- 
terin's  hopes  an'  cams  Lingo's  fears  by  describin'  the  things 
as  a  Mike  O'.Scope  (which  are  probable  named  after  the  in- 
ventor), a  sentryfudge  (what  looks  like  a  foldin'  buzz-saw), 
an'  other  agercultural  implements  like  what  are  used  by  a 
man  named  Kebler  what  are  boss  ranchman  on  Jim  Wilson's 
farm  in  Washington,  D.  C. 

"For  the  next  week  this  here  Bullswiggle  party  goes  around 
town  admirin'  the  populace  an'  other  live-stock  an'  eondemnin' 
everything  else.  He  says  we  are  fine  specimens  of  nature's 
noblemen,  queenly  wimen  an'  mules  an'  that  our  worst  enemy 
are  Mike  Robes.  Whereat  Pinkeye  Peters  gets  a  rope  an' 
wants  to  know  where  abouts  at  Mike  are.  Bullswiggle  prog- 
nosticates that  Mike  Robes  are  merely  the  cognomen  of 
various  different  worms  that  infests  our  bein's,  our  feed,  drink 
an'  plug  terbacker  here  an'  heretofore,  an'  that  if  we  don't 
eradicate  'em  some  sudden  they  will  also  infest  our  hereafter 
an'  that  right  previously  soon.  Bullhiggle  don't  know  how 
clost  he  are  to  the  hereafter  when  he  soliloquizes  that  our 
sewer  system  which  are  two  foot  deep  an'  open  to  the  sun-lit 
heavings,  ain't  sanitary.  An'  when  he  says  that  the  soda, 
chewin'-gum  an'  snake-oil  linament  at  Mustard's  Palace  Phar- 
macy are  poppylated  by  them  Mike  Robes  our  bon  vivauts  are 
some  prone  to  dessicate  that  there  BuUpickle,  because  Mus- 
tard are  the  most  popular  man  in  Hyena  Slope — 'ceptin' 
Parson  Tom.  But  Bulljiggle  do  seem  to  have  it  in  for 
Mustard  an'  Doc  Pender,  who,  as  you-all  knows,  are  Mus- 
tard's side-pardner  an'  medical  Salvationist  of  the  Slope. 
Billwunkle  says  that  Pender  don't  know  nothin'  about  intox- 
icatedcoligy,  higeen,  theeryphewticks  an'  some  sim'lar  things 
an'  that  he  couldn't  write  a  prescription  for  Aurora  Borealis 
an'  Digitalis  q.  s.  to  make  twenty  cubic  gas  meters  to  save 
his  dust  bag.     An'  this  Bullbingle  further  says  that  Mustard 


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are  only  a  druggist  an'  that  all  druggists  is  substituters. 
grafters,  igneramuses.  short-card  sharps  an"  claim  jumpers. 
Doc  Pender  is  for  shootin'  up  this  BuUwrinkle  some  per- 
forated, but  Mustard  restrains  his  professional  enthusiasm. 
Little  Mustard  ain't  no  ice-foot  an'  we-all  ain't  seein'  why  he 
takes  a'l  the  aboose  so  cam-like. 

"Bullsprinkle  tells  us  Slopeites  we  only  needs  a  few  things 
to  make  our  metropolis  a  mart  of  commerce,  centre  of  civiliza- 
tion an'  fucher  hub  of  the  universe.  He  says  that  all  we  needs 
is  a  board  of  health,  a  tubercollossal  sanytarium,  a  money- 
sipial  charity  hospital,  a  pest  house,  a  free  clinic,  a  free 
dispensary  an'  a  public  auutytoxin  stable  an'  free  vacine  calf 
shed,  so  as  folks  can  put  a  pail  out  with  the  milk  pitcher  an' 
get  their  auntytoxius  an'  virus  by  the  quart,  free  gratis  for 
nothin'.  Bullriddle  says  that  most  of  our  citizenry  was 
sufferin'  from  streptococo.  cholera  germs,  leprosy,  yellow 
fever  skeeters,  black  plague.  Mike  Robes,  ticks  an'  sleepin' 
sickness,  an'  don't  know  it.  Bulldinky  says  the  air  we 
breathe  are  freighted  with  dormant  activity,  that  our  drinkin' 
water  ought  to  be  biled  to  extract  the  fusel  oil  an'  that  its 
use  for  bathin'  is  likely  to  produce  ennui. 

"In  two  weeks  after  that  there  savong  arove,  most  of  us 
Slopers  thinks  we  has  apendixexictus.  dyspepsy,  scorbutic 
anemir,  double  sorosis  of  the  liver,  cyanide  of  the  solar  per- 
plexus  an'  trigonometry.  So  when  this  student  of  our  inner 
lodes  an'  levels  announces  that  he  are  going  to  give  a  free 
lecture  in  the  Grand  Opry  House  over  Ikey  Greenstein's  pants 
pressin'  emporium,  the  vox  populi  hails  the  event  with  loud 
aclaim.  When  Bullchicle  adds  that  he  will  give  a  movin' 
picture  show  in  which  he  will  exhibit  livin'  Mike  Robes  dan- 
cin'  the  Salome  dance  an'  all  the  seven  thousand  an'  eighty 
two  germs  pcrformin'  in  the  greatest  show  on  earth,  we-all 
jest  enthuses  into  the  opry  house. 

"Bulltinkle  have  induced  the  Grand  Colonade  Hotel  to 
wash  its  extry  sheet  an'  that  sheet  he  have  stretched  behind 
the  foot-light  candles.  At  the  back  of  the  room  he  have  put  a 
whisky  barrel  on  a  table  an'  atop  of  this  Ifell  tower  he  have 
a  magic  lantern  with  his  Mike  O'Scope  sorto  grafted  on  soze 
the  light  shines  through  Mike's  spectickles.  When  the  conger- 
gatiou  an'  poll-tax  list  are  all  assembled  the  lamps  are  put  out 
an'  the  show  starts.  The  things  what  Bulltiddle  shows  on  that 
sheet  are  sure  some  horrible.  He  shows  a  piece  of  cheese 
what  ain't  got  nothin'  left  but  the  holes  an'  the  maggots  an' 
he  says  it  are  the  left  aorta  of  the  small-pox.  He  shows  us 
every  sort  of  wiggliu'  varmint  from  a  boa  constructor  to  a 
Chink  dragon.  After  the  first  picture  he  says  we  ought  to 
make  him  the  board  of  health  at  two  thousand  a  year.  After 
the  second  picture  he  is  goin'  to  run  our  charity  hospital  for 
three  thousand.  After  the  tenth  picture  the  whole  conger- 
gation  is  moanin'  with  anguish  an'  agonizin'  from  bein'  afflicted 
with  at  least  sixteen  kinds  of  worms  an'  by  popular,  dispairin' 
vote  Bullbuzzer  have  been  chosen  for  seven  different  offices 
at  a  total  salary  of  eighteen  thousand  a  .year.  Then  Perfesser 
Bullnickle  says  he  will  show  his  last  picture  an'  that  it  are 
the  chef  doover  of  them  all.  By  my  old,  seared  soul,  that 
sure  was  the  chamber  of  horrors  on  a  hotel  sheet  I  They  was 
worms,  snakes,  bugs,  lizzards  an'  sea-serpents.  They  made 
the  combined  night-mare  an'  delicious  tremenduous  look  like 
a  funeral  procession.  'My  sufferin'  friends.'  says  Ballwaddle, 
'what  .vou-all  sees  are  just  the  magnified  reflection  of  one  drop 
of  whisky  !' 

■'After  I'm  done  dead  I'll  hear  them  shrieks  of  anguish 
what  split  the  shingles  on  the  roof  an'  the  splashin'  of  tears 
upon  the  floor.  Swigger  Swanson  bellered  like  a  he-veal. 
Brownbottle  Buggins  keeled  over  in  a  dead  faint.  While  my 
own  heart  seemed  bustin'  with  anguish,  remorse  an'  a  forever- 
to-be-unsatisfied  thirst,  I  seen  Mustard  an'  Doc  Pender  a 
sneakin'  through  the  gloom  to'rds  Bullbeagle.  Sudden-like 
they  are  a  crash  an'  Mustard  yells  'Light  the  lamps !'  When 
the  lamps  are  lit  Mustard  are  holdin'  up  a  flat  bottle  an'  it's 
full  of  livin'  worms  an'  other  varmints  an'  some  of  them  are 
six  inches  long.  The  Ifell  tower  an'  magic  lantern  are  on  the 
floor,  Pender's  foot  are  just  follerin'  Bullfaker's  coat  tails 
through  the  door  an'  Mustard  sa.vs.  holdin'  up  the  bottle : 
'That's  the  one  drop  of  whisky  what  he  done  showed  you !' 

"We  never  seen  that  high  scientist  again,  but  I  have  alwa.vs 
been  a  little  s'picious  of  Mustard  an'  Doc  Pender  an'  that 
bottle  of  worms." 


Original  and  Selected 


MISTUKA  RHEI  ET  SODAE.  U.S.P.* 


By  Thos.  D.  McElhenie,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
At  the  last  joint  meeting  of  physicians  and  pharmacists  at 
.  the  Academy  of  Medicine  in  New  York,  one  of  the  medical 
men  in  his  remarks  used  the  title  "Mistura  Rhei  et  Sods  sine 
Glycerinum."  This  expression  was  new  to  me.  I  have  never 
seen  a  prescription  written  in  that  way  but  I  have  dispensed 
in  the  last  30  years  many  gallons  of  a  mixture  which  might 
be  regarded  as  answering  that  description,  not  because  gly- 
cerin was  left  out,  but  because  it  was  not  put  in.  The  for- 
mula, so  far  as  I  know,  originated  with  my  old  friend  and 
family  doctor,  the  late  Dr.  Thos.  M.  Rochester.  He  never 
wrote  "Mist.  Rhei  et  Sodae,"  but  always  transcribed  the  for- 
mula in  detail  as  follows : 

IJ — Sodii  bicarb 3ij 

Tinct.   rhei    f5ij 

Aq.  cinnamomi fSJ 

Aq.  menthEe  pip ad  fSiij 

M. 
The  doctor's  contention  was  always  that  the  use  of  glycerin 
promoted  acidity  of  the  stomach,  a  condition  which  the  mix- 
ture is  intended  to  relieve. 

The  above  formula  has  an  excess  of  sodium  bicarbonate  and 
is  always  dispensed  as  a  "shake"  mixture.  I  make  it  up  by  the 
gallon  and  probably  dispense  five  gallons  of  it  to  a  half  pint  of 
the  U.S.P.  or  N.F.  mixtures.  My  practice  is  to  drop  on  the 
bicarbonate  in  a  gallon  bottle  the  essential  oils  needed  for  the 
aromatic  waters,  but  in  somewhat  smaller  quantit,v,  as  none  is 
lost  by  filtration.  Then  add  gradually  7  pints  of  hot  water  and 
shake  to  dissolve  the  bicarbonate  ;  when  cool,  add  the  tincture 
of  rhubarb  and  enough  water  to  complete  the  required  volume. 
For  purposes  of  comparison  I  have  brought  samples  of  Mist. 
Rhei  et  Soda;,  U.S.P.,  Mist.  Rhei  Comp.,  N.F.,  and  Mist.  Rhei 
et  Soda>,  "Dr.R." 

If  gl.vcerin  be  objectionable  in  an  antacid  mixture,  as  I 
believe  it  is,  I  would  propose  that  this  formula  replace  that 
now  in  the  Pharmacopceia  under  the  same  title,  leaving  the 
N.F.  formula  to  stand  for  those  prescribers  who  want  glycerin 
used.  Worked  out  to  the  usual  U.S.P.  quantity  of  1000  Cc. 
the  formula  would  be  as  follows :  2 

1  Gallon.  1000  Cc.       ' " 

■      Oil  of  caraway   20        minims  0.308  Cc. 

Oil  of  peppermint   20        minims  0.308  Cc. 

Sodium  bicarbonate  10  2-3  ounces         87.5      grams 

Hot  water    7        pints  850.0      Cc. 

Make  a  solution  and  add 

Tincture  of  rhubarb 10  2-3  fJ.  ounces     87.5      Cc. 

Water  enough  to  make. . .   1        gallon         1000      Cc. 

♦Read  before  the  New  York  Branch,  A. Ph. A.,  June  14, 1909. 


THE  MORE  RADICAL  REVISION  OF  THE  PHAR- 
MACOPOEIA.* 


The  druggist  who  is  always  moaning  about  bad  luck  would 
holler  for  the  cops  if  good  luck  tried  to  get  in. 


Henry  P.  Hynson,  Pharm.  D.,  Baltimore. 

At  the  May  meeting  of  the  Baltimore  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A. 
there  was  offered  and  accepted,  for  future  discussion,  the 
following  resolutions  : 

"Resolved,  that  it  is  the  sense  of  the  Baltimore  Branch  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  that  the  Ninth 
Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  should  not  contain  for- 
mulas for  compound  preparations  and  should  present  matter 
relating  to  simples  and  preparations  of  simples,  only ;  that 
the  National  Formulary  should  contain  only  such  formulas 
for  compound  preparations  as  are  consistent  with  prevailing 
advanced  knowledge  of  chemistry,  pharmacology,  pharmacy 
and  therapeutics  and  that  all  titles  therein  contained  should 
be  true  to  content  and  in  accord  with  accepted  medical  and 
pharmaceutical   ethics."     It   is  further 

"Resolved,   that  the   parent   body   be  requested   to  consider 


Read  before  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  A.Ph.A. 


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[June  24,  1909 


the  advisability  of  publishing  a  General  Receipt  Book,  with 
frequent  supplements  to  contain  all  formulas  dropped  from 
the  U.S. P.  and  N.F.  and  such  other  formulas  as  may  be 
useful  to  pharmacists." 

Probably,  before  discussing  the  resolution,  it  will  be  well 
to  ascertain  what  effects  would  hare  been  produced  upon  the 
present  Pharmacopoeia,  had  the  rule  relating  thereto  been 
followed  by  the  last  Committee  on  Revision. 

Certainly,  "cataplasm  of  kaolin,"  "antiseptic  solution"  and 
"compound  acetanilid  powder"  would  not  have  been  intro- 
duced and  the  old  timers,  "compound  syrup  of  sarsaparilla," 
"compound  mixture  of  glycyrrhiza"  and  "compound  infusion 
of  senna"   would   have  been   dismissed. 

A  broad  construction  and  liberal  following  of  the  resolution 
would  have  suggested  that  slight  changes  be  effected  in  a 
number  of  titles  and  formulas,  whereby  these  might  have  been 
made  to  comply  with  this  new  rule.  Two  per  cent  of  camphor 
would  have  been  omitted  from  the  cerate  of  lead  subacetate. 
Solution  of  iodine  in  solution  of  potassium  iodide,  of  sufficient 
strength,  need  not  and  should  not  have  been  called  compound 
solution  of  iodine  and,  as  it  would  not  have  occurred  to  any 
one  that  four-tenths  per  cent  of  potassium  nitrate  and  thirteen 
per  cent  of  citric  acid  enhanced  or  changed  the  medicinal 
value  of  a  hundred  per  cent  (so-called)  solution  of  sodium 
phosphate,  this  might  have  been  more  appropriately  styled 
"concentrated"  solution.  The  mixture  of  freshly  precipitated 
ferrous  carbonate,  containing  myrrh,  lavender  and  rose  flavor- 
ings, did  not  need  to  be  called  compound  iron  mixture.  It  may 
be  seriously  wondered  if  the  serpentaria  would  have  been 
missed  from  the  "compound"  tincture  of  cinchona,  which  is 
aromatized  by  the  orange  peel.  There  are  ten  other  articles 
whose  formulas  or  titles  might  have  been  changed  to  their 
seeming  advantage,  leaving  them  more  consistent  with  the 
practices  of  the  times,  namely :  pills  of  iron  and  mastic ;  com- 
pound chalk  powder,  compound  effervescing  powder,  the  com- 
pound spirits  of  orange  and  of  juniper ;  the  compound  tinc- 
tures of  cardamom,  gentian,  gambir  and  lavender ;  troches  of 
glycyrrhiza  and  opium ;  making  fourteen  that  might  have  been 
so  treated. 

Besides  the  six  articles  cited,  about  thirty-two  others  would, 
undoubtedly,  have  been  omitted.  These  are  compound  resin 
cerate ;  confection  of  senna  ;  elixir  of  the  phosphates  of  iron, 
quinine  and  strychnine ;  emulsion  of  cod  liver  oil  with  hypo- 
phosphites  ;  compound  fluidextract  of  sarsaparilla ;  glycerite 
of  the  phosphates  of  iron,  quinine  and  strychnine ;  soap  lini- 
ment ;  solution  of  iron  and  ammonium  acetate ;  mixture  of 
rhubarb  and  soda ;  compound  powder  of  glycyrrhiza ;  powder 
of  ipecac  and  opium ;  compound  morphine  powder ;  compound 
jalap  powder ;  compound  rhubarb  powder ;  the  syrups  of  iron, 
quinine  and  strychnine,  phosphates ;  hypophosphites  ;  hypophos- 
phites,  compound ;  squills,  compound ;  rose  water  ointment : 
compound  spirit  of  ether ;  the  tinctures  of :  aloes  and  myrrh  : 
benzoin,  compound ;  ipecac  and  opium ;  opium,  camphorated, 
with  seven  formulas  for  pills.  This  means  that  some  forty  or 
less  additional  titles  and  formulas  would  have  remained  in  the 
National  Formulary  or  would  have  found  place  therein  and 
that  there  would  have  been  three  per  cent  less  titles  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Any  one  who  has  garbled  a  good  sample  of  acacia  under- 
stands the  wonderful  effect  the  removal  of  one  or  two  per  cent 
of  objectional  matter  has  upon  the  remainder,  knows  how 
greatly  the  product  is  improved  by  the  slight  loss  which  bears 
an  infinitesimal  relationship  to  the  enhanced  value  secured. 
The  question,  whether  or  not  there  is  really  sufficient  value 
in  these  articles  to  compensate  for  the  detracting,  retarding 
and  confusing  effects  their  presence  in  the  Pharmacopoeia 
produces,  should  be  carefully  and  truthfully  considered.  It 
does  not  appear  wise  to  offer  argument  upon  either  side  at 
this  time.  The  whole  subject,  however,  will  be  more  clearly 
considered  if  we  fix  in  our  minds  just  what  the  Pharmacopoeia 
of  today  should  be.  Is  it  to  be  an  authority  as  to  standards, 
alone,  standards  of  identity  characteristics,  standards  of 
pharmaco-dynamic  or  adjuvant  worth,  standards  of  relative 
potency,  or  is  it  to  be  a  book  of  both  standards  and  sugges- 
tions? Its  chemistry  and  pharmacy  must  be  beyond  reason- 
able question,  but  it  can  scarcely  presume  to  establish  thera- 
peutic standards  or  even  attempt  to  do  so,  when  so  little  has 
been  done  to  make  such  standards  possible. 

Contemplation  of  the  more  radical  revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia brings  to  the  front  a  number  of  most  interesting 
questions.     One   broad   and   far-reaching  in   its   effects   would 


seem  to  require  earnest  thought :  it  is :  Will  the  admission  or 
dismissal  of  an  article  depend  upon  its  local  use  or  disuse  or 
even  upon  its  national  use  or  disuse?  Would  it  not  be  more 
consistent  with  truth  and  progress  that  its  place  in  the 
Pharmacopoeia  should  be  dependent  upon  its  proven  phar- 
maco-dynamic value,  whether  used  much  or  little? 

The  more  radical  revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  suggests 
the  use  of  the  English  title  as  the  chief  title,  putting  the 
Latin  title  in  the  secondary  place.  Such  a  revision  would  also 
have  placed  under  the  matter  relating  to  a  principal  article 
all  its  preparations,  as  sub-divisions,  in  alphabetical  order. 
Physicians,  teachers  and  students  would  surely  approve  this 
change,  if  manufacturers  might  not.  An  index  of  the  text 
would  then  be  useless  and  the  omission  of  this  would  make 
it  possible  to  utilize  the  thirty-four  pages,  now  so  used,  for 
publishing  as  complete  a  list  of  synonyms  as  might  be  com- 
piled. 

One  more  effect  of  such  a  revision  would  be  the  removal  of 
all  matter,  between  the  reverse  of  the  title  page  and  page  1, 
to  the  back  of  the  book  and  make  it  and  the  proposed  list  of 
synonyms  a  part  of  the  appendix.  There  would,  necessarily, 
be  an  index  to  the  appendix,  but  to  this  only. 

To  all  these  changes  there  may  be  very  good  objections  and, 
mayhaps,  insurmountable  objections,  yet,  it  is  hoped  they  are 
of  such  a  character  as  to  claim,  at  least,  the  passing  thought 
of  today,  which  is  often  the  treatment  tomorrow  consideration 
must  receive. 


NOTES  ON  ESSENTIAL  OILS. 


Aloe  Wood  Oils. 

Jloszkowski  has  published  a  few  short  notes  on  the  subject 
of  the  Javanese  scented  wood  Kaju  garu  (Kaju  gaharu^es.g\e 
wood).  In  Sumatra  the  tree  which  yields  the  "eagle  wood" 
is  locally  known  as  Karas.  a  fine  tree,  often  reaching  a  height 
of  40  meters,  with  a  smooth,  grey  bark  and  a  splendid  um- 
brageous crown.  In  general,  Moszkowski's  statements  with 
regard  to  the  wood  and  the  method  by  which  it  is  obtained 
agree  with  those  of  Boorsma.  On  the  other  hand,  Gilg.  who 
examined  a  branch  without  blossoms  or  fruit  gathered  by 
Moszkowski,  classifies  the  plant  botanically  as  a  new  species 
of  aquilaria  (Aqmlaria  Moszkowskii)  which  is  stated  to  be 
most  nearly  allied  to  Aquilaria  malaccensis  Lam.  and  AquUaria 
grandiflora  (Lour.)  Gilg,  whereas  according  to  Boorsma  the 
Kaju  garu  of  Java  is  derived  from  Gonj/sfyUis  Miqueliarm* 
T.  et  B. 


Elemi  Oil. 

The  name  elemi.  properly  speaking  appertains  only  to  the 
balsam  from  Canarium  luzonicum,  which  is  produced  exclu- 
sively in  the  Philippines,  and  from  which  it  is  possible  to 
obtain  from  25  to  30  per  cent  of  essential  oil.  Occasionally, 
however,  the  name  is  also  applied  to  similar  balsams  of  other 
derivation,  the  name  of  the  country  of  origin  being  added  in 
that  case.  Elemi  from  Southern  Nigeria,  of  which  the  botani- 
cal origin  is  unknown,  varies  in  color  from  white  to  pale 
yellow  and  yellowish  green :  and  the  samples  examined  at  the 
Imperial  Institute  were  of  fairly  solid  consistency,  and  mixed 
with  brown  spots  and  vegetable  residue.  A  sample  gave  0.6 
per  cent  of  ash,  acid  no.  .55.3.  sap.  no.  71.9,  and  the  essential 
oil  yielded  amounted  to  S.l  per  cent.  This  oil  was  of  a  straw 
yellow  color  and  contained  ample  proportions  of  phellandrene. 
A  second  sample  gave  0.53  per  cent  ash,  acid  no.  37.8,  sap. 
no.  46.2,  and  contained  4.4  per  cent  of  essential  oil. 

Uganda  elemi,  from  Canarium  Schioeinfurthii,  also  exam- 
ined at  the  Imperial  Institute,  was  white  to  pale  yellow  and 
contained  a  considerable  admixture  of  dark  spots  and  wood, 
giving  it  a  dirty  appearance.  The  resin  contained  0.3  per 
cent  ash,  acid  no.  29.4.  sap.  no.  44.8  (these  data  being  de- 
termined from  a  clean,  picked  sample).  Steam  distillation  of 
this  sample  yielded  11.2  per  cent  of  a  pale,  straw-colored  oil 
containing  a  large  proportion  of  phellandrene.  According  to 
these  data,  African  elemi  generally  resembles  Manila  elemi, 
but  it  yields  a  much  smaller  proportion  of  volatile  oil  than 
does  the  latter.  Possibly,  if  African  elemi  were  carefully 
gathered  and  treated,  it  might  compete  with  Manila  elemi,  but 
as  the  demand  is  only  small  it  might  be  difficult  to  find  an 
outlet  for  large  quantities,  should  they  be  brought  to  market. 


*  Schimmel's  Semi-annual  Report. 


June  24.  19091 


QUESTION     BOX 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  539 

■1  OFE  OF  CALIFORNIA'S  MANY  BEAUTY  SPOTS. 


THE  OBJECT  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  out  subscribers 
and  their  clerlis  with  reliable  and  tried  for-mulas,  and  to  discuss 
qnestions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy,  prescription  work, 
dispensing  difficulties,  etc.  Requests  for  information  are  not 
aeknowledged  by  mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS 
BECEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  questions  in 
this  department  from  non-subscribers. 

In  this  department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
Information  published  in  previous  issues  of  The  Era.  Copies  of 
these  may  be  obtained  at  10  cents  each,  except  a  few  Issues 
wbich  are  out  of  print,  for  which  we  charge  25  cents  each. 


Rheumatic  Elixir. 

(H.  B.  McG. ) — We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the  pro- 
prietary article.  Why  do  you  not  put  up  a  preparation  of 
.vour  own  and  exploit  it  as  such?     Here  are  three  formulas: 

(1) 

Salicylic  acid    640  grains. 

Sodium   bicarbonate    480  grains. 

Glycerin     4  ounces. 

Distilled   water    4  ounce.s. 

Make  a  solution  and  add : 

Potassium    iodide    256  grains. 

Fluidextract  of  cimicifuga   4  drams. 

Fluidextract  of  gelsemium   4  drams. 

Comp.  spirit  of  orange  1  dram. 

'^.'eo'iol     4  ounces. 

Simple  syrup,  enough  to  make 16  ounces 

Mix. 

Potassium  bromide    240  "rains. 

Potassium    iodide    240  grains! 

Wine  of  colchicum  seed    1  fl.  ounce. 

Syrup  of  orange   2  fl.  ounces. 

Compound  spirit  of  orange   1  dram. 

.^  ^'"    5  fl.  ounces. 

.Mix.    Dose :    A  teaspoonful  3.  4  or  5  times  a  day. 
(3) 

I  luidextract  of  buchu   6V>  fl.  drams. 

Fuidextract  of  barberry  bark   3%  fl.  drams! 

Fuidextract  of  juniper  berries  3y^  fl.  drams. 

Sodium  salicylate    160      grains 

Simple  syrup   1      g.  ounce. 

f.'cohol    1      fl.  ounce. 

fMmple  elixir  to  make 16      fl.  ounces. 

Mix  all,  let  stand  for  24  hours,  and  filter  through  purified 
talcum.  Each  fluiddram  contains  1%  gr.  sodium  salicylate 
and  represents  3  grains  of  buchu,  and  1%  grains  each  of  bar- 
berry bark  and  juniper  berries. 

Greek  Letter  Fraternities. 

(Interested  Subscriber)— In  reply  to  vour  query  in  the 
Eba  of  May  6,  1909,  page  422,  requesting  the  names  of  Greek 
Letter  fraternities  in  the  United  States  whose  membership  is 
restricted  to  those  following  the  chemical  sciences,  a  corre- 
spondent calls  our  attention  to  the  following  information  which 
appeared  in  a  recent  issue  of  Science : 

"During  the  present  school  year,  a  council  of  Phi  Lambda 
Upsilon,  a  national  honorary  chemical  society,  has  granted 
three  charters;  the  first,  in  Chicago,  as  the  Chicago  Alumni 
Chapter;  the  second  in  New  York  City,  as  the  Columbia  Uni- 
versity Chapter,  and  the  third  in  Ann  Arbor,  as  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  Chapter.  The  society  was  founded  at  the 
University  of  Illinois  in  1899.  It  has  for  its  fundamental 
object  the  promotion  and  investigation  of  all  branches  of  pure 
and  applied  chemistry.  Active  membership  is  limited  to 
graduate  and  advanced  undergraduate  students,  except  in  the 
case  of  the  student  having  the  highest  average  grade  of  the 
sophomore  year.  The  election  of  men  is  based  primarily  upon 
their  scholastic  standing  and  promise  of  research  ability. 
Among  the  honorary  members  of  the  society  are  Professors 
W.  A.  Noyes,  C.  F.  Chandler,  S.  L.  Bigelow,  Louis  Kahlen- 
burg,  H.  C.  Sherman,  E.  D.  Campbell.  S.  W.  Parr,  M  T 
Bogert,   H.   S.   Grindley,   S.   M.   Babcock,   R.   H.   Chittenden 


^  l%is  is  a  vieto  of  the  famous  Magnolia  Avenue,  Riverside, 
California,  one  of  the  most  attractive  drives  in  Southern 
California.  This  double  drive  is  seven  miles  long  and  is  lined 
by  palms,  eucalyptus  and  peppers.  Magnolias  are  planted  at 
the  street  crossings  and  the  glossy  foliage  and  beautiful  white 
flowers  of  these  trees  add  much  to  the  beauty  of  the  Drive. 
Riverside  is  not  far  from  Los  Angeles  and  is  described  as  one 
of  the  prettiest  towns  in  America.  There  are  six  fine-looking 
pharmacies  in  Riverside  and  their  owners  expect  to  entertain 
a  number  of  the  delegates  to  the  A.Ph.A.  convention  at  Los 
Angeles  in  August. 


G.  G.  Hopkins,  A.  P.  Matthews.  Drs.  I..  W.  Andrews,  A    G 
Mann  and  T.  J.  Bryan." 

Moth  Powder. 

(S.  Co.)—  ui 

Tar  camphor   32  ounces. 

Colocynth     8  ounces. 

Snuff    2  ounces. 

Insect  Powder    6  ounces. 

"<"""^     4  ounces. 

Filler     16ounces. 

Oil   turpentine    2  ounces. 

Mix  all  the  powders  well  together,  spread  out  on  a  sheet 
of  paper  and  sprinkle  the  oil  evenly  over  the  whole.  Thea 
mix  again  and  pass  through  a  fine  sieve.  It  should  be  put  in 
a  tight  package,  preferably  the  usual  insect-powder  cans.  The 
•filler"  is  usually  bran,  sawdust,  corn  meal,  etc.  If  desired, 
perfume  can  be  added  to  this  powder,  oil  of  cedar  being  very 
appropriate,  and  also  adding  materially  to  its  efficacy 

<-* 

Camphor    4  ounces. 

Benzoin     1  ounce. 

Black  pepper    2  ounces. 

Cedar  sawdust 5  ounces. 

Mix  after  reducing  the  solids  to  a  coarse  powder 
(3)  .     ' 

Camphor     2%  ounces. 

Insect   powder    2Y>  ounces. 

Xaphthalin 1   "  ounce. 

Carbolic   acid    y^  ounce. 

Mix  all  together,  the  solids  being  in  coarse  powder,  and 
pack  in  canisters. 

Moth  Cakes. 

Cedar  dust   1  ounce. 

Camphor     1  ounce! 

Cassia  powder    1  ounce. 

Orris   powder    1  ounce. 

Oil  of  -lemon   10  minims. 

Powdered   myrrh    2  drams. 

Powdered  curd  soap    ; .  .   2  drams! 

Mix.  adding  siifEcient  rectified  spirit  to  mass  and  press  into 
cakes. 


590 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  24,  1909 


LETTER     BOX 


WOULD  AID  IN  IMPROVING  PHARMACOPOEIA. 

Prof.     Remington     Writes     Eeg-arding     Usefulness     of 

Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  Division  of  the  A.C.S. 
Editor  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

The  article  on  page  526  of  The  Pharmaceutical  Eba 
seems  to  call  for  a  personal  explanation,  particularly  owing  to 
the  following  sentences : 

"A  feature  of  the  discussion  was  upon  the  presence  of  the 
name  of  Joseph  P.  Remington  on  the  committee.  When  the 
scientific  section  was  organized,  Professor  Remington  was  one 
of  its  most  ardent  supporlers  and  the  local  members  are  inter- 
ested to  know  his  reasons  for  apparently  backing  a  movement 
which  they  believe  to  be  detrimental  to  the  A.Ph.A.  and  its 
affiliations  in  this  city.  Professor  Remington  is  now  in  the 
West  and  his  views  on  the  question  it  was  unable  to  secure 
at  the  time  of  the  meeting." 

I  am  always  glad  to  give  the  Era  "a  reason  for  the  faith 
that  is  in  me."  I  wrote  to  Professor  Stevens  before  leaving 
for  the  West  a  letter  from  which  the  following  is  an  extract : 

"If  such  a  division,  while  helping  the  Pharmacopoeia,  will 
be  friendly  toward  the  chemists  who  are  now  interested  in  the 
A.Ph.A.,  I  see  nothing  ahead  but  valuable  co-operation.  If 
the  movement  is  hostile  to  the  A.Ph.A.  and  the  members  are 
going  to  work  against  this  association,  I  do  not  believe  it 
would  be  to  the  best  interests  of  either  pharmacy  or  chemistry. 
I  really  believe  that  a  spirit  of  co-operation  between  the  two 
bodies  could  be  fostered  and  in  that  case  nothing  but  good 
would  result." 

Now  I  make  no  excuses,  but  stand  exactly  where  I  have 
always  stood,  i.  e.,  for  a  letter  Pharmacopoeia. 

The  Committee  of  Revision  are  receiving  help  and  sugges- 
tions from  all  sides  and  none  which  are  more  appreciated  than 
that  from  the  chemists  of  the  United  States.  Many  general 
chemists  are  now  giving  their  attention  and  study  to  Pharma- 
ceutical Chemistry,  the  Food  and  Drugs  Act  being  a  moving 
cause. 

I  do  not  believe  that  the  scientific  sections  connected  with 
the  branches  of  "the  A.Ph.A.  need  be  injured  in  any  way  by 
the  forming  of  the  division  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  in 
the  American  Chemical  Society. 

The  scientific  section  of  the  Philadelphia  branch  of  the 
A.Ph.A.  is  a  very  active,  able  body  of  young  men  who  are 
zealous  and  jealous  for  the  success  of  the  A.Ph.A.  I  honor 
them  for  it  and  it  is  true  I  have  been  one  of  its  most  ardent 
supporters  and  they  all  know  now  that  I  still  continue  to  be. 
but  I  see  no  reason  why  I  should  not  permit  my  name  to  be 
associated  with  a  movement  which  will  bring  a  great  honor  to 
American  Pharmacy  like  the  formation  of  a  division  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  which  seeks  now  to  recognize 
Pharmaceutical  Chemistry  as  an  important  branch  of  general 
chemistry,  and  I  believe  that  it  will  be  no  hardship  for  the 
able  and  active  members  of  the  scientific  section  o£  the  Phila- 
delphia branch  of  the  A.Ph.A.  to  belong  to  both  organizations. 
In  my  opinion  it  need  not  be  detrimental,  injurious  or  destruc- 
tive to  either.  The  Philadelphia  branch  section  can  still  con- 
tinue to  hold  its  monthly  meetings  and  discussions  and  thus 
secure  that  personal  contact  and  debate  which  is  so  helpful  and 
still  be  able  to  furnish  one  paper  annuaUy  to  the  American 
Chemical  Society  and  this  section  will  form  a  binding  link 
which  will  greatly  aid  in  the  future  in  improving  the  Pharma- 
copceia  and  increasing  the  respect  for  pharmaceutical  attain- 
ments which  will  greatly  uplift  pharmacy.  In  fact  I  believe 
that  I  have  more  confidence  in  the  ability  of  the  chemists  of 
the  Philadelphia  branch  than  they  seem  to  have  themselves. 
It  is  not  a  question  of  disloyalty  whatever  and  there  is,  so  far 
as  I  know,  not  the  slightest  intention  on  the  part  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  to  injure  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  nor  detract  in  any  way  from  its  usefulness. 

Lonijport.  X.  J.  Joseph  P.  Remington. 


you  describe  as  being  unique.  This  sale  of  potted  plants  may 
have  been  unique  in  its  way,  but  it  certainly  did  not  convey 
to  the  minds  of  the  people  who  purchased  from  this  firm  or 
who  noticed  the  display  that  pharmacy  was  a  profession. 
This  sale  was  probably  quite  as  attractive  as  the  sale  of  fake 
gold  jewelry  by  the  pharmacist. 

Pharmacy  is  losing  caste  constantly  and  has  no  claim 
whatever  to  be  classed  among  the  professions.  Recently  in 
Norfolk  I  saw  little  tables  in  the  center  of  an  alleged  phar- 
macy, from  which  chicken  and  lobster  salads  were  sold  at 
10  and  15  cents,  and  there  were  signs  all  over  the  store  about 
food,  egg-nogg,  cigars  and  all  sorts  of  things.  The  druggist 
in  selling  postal  cards,  cigars,  candies,  jewelry,  potted  plants, 
etc.,  etc.,  encroaches  upon  the  legitimate  business  of  other 
concerns  and  absolutely  destroys  the  confidence  which  the 
public  might  have  in  the  druggists  and  the  drug  stores  prop- 
erly conducted  and  run  in  a  dignified  manner.  It  seems  to  us 
that  the  attention  of  the  good  druggist  might  be  called  to 
this  matter,  and  that  their  time  could  be  quite  as  well  spent 
in  doing  something  to  take  pharmacy  out  of  the  rut  that  it 
is  rapidly  getting  into  in  making  foolish  formulas — nearly 
all  of  which  are  substitutes  for  old  and  well-known  remedies. 

It  would  be  interesting  to  know  how  many  pharmacists 
there  are  in  this  countiry  who  make  their  tinctures  from  drugs ; 
it  would  be  interesting  to  know  how  many  pharmacists  there 
are  who  make  and  dispense  preparations  under  their  own 
name,  or  who  make  anything.  Perhaps  the  time  will  come 
when  pharmacy  will  be  regulated  the  same  as  in  Germany — a 
pharmacist  to  a  certain  number  of  inhabitants :  then  he  will 
not  aspire  to  a  larger  clientele  and  be  tempted  to  substitute 
and  carry  a  stock  of  goods  which  have  no  business  whatever 
in  a  drug  store. 

Graduate  of  Philadelphia  C.  P. 
and  a  Retail  Druggist  for  30  Years. 

(While  all  druggists  naturally  will  not  agree  with  the 
writer  of  the  above  letter,  it  is  to  be  regretted  that  in  ex- 
pressing his  ethical  views  he  has  not  the  courage  to  sign  his 
name   to  the   letter. — Ed.) 


Closes  on  Holidays — No  Stamps  on  Sundays. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

Having  closed  on  Sundays  for  twenty-three  years  I  have  now 
added  the  five  holidays  to  my  list.  As  you  will  note  on  the 
enclosed  folder  I  have  also  adopted  another  reform,  that  is, 
"no  stamps  on  Sunday."  If  you  wish  to  note  these  items  for 
the  encouragement  of  others  I  shall  not  object. 

Philadelphia.  Pa.  Fraternally  yours,       C.  E.  King. 

Mr.  King's  announcement  is  as  follows  : 

"P.  S. — Store  closed  on  Sunday,  Memorial  Day,  July  4th, 
Thanksgiving.  Christmas  and  New  Year's  Day,  from  1  to  6 
P.  M.  Store  open  Weekdays  7.30  to  10.30,  Sundays,  S  to  1 
and  6  to  10." 


Likes  "The  Antidote  Factory." 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

I  have  just  finished  reading  in  the  current  number  of  your 
magazine  "The  Antidote  Factory,"  and  wish  to  express  my 
appreciation.  This  is  the  most  beautifully  written,  lovable 
little  article  I  have  read  in  many  and  many  a  day.  Its  writer 
is  given  to  great  understanding  of  human  nature.  In  other 
words,  to  use  the  vernacular  of  the  sunset  people,  she  "Hyu 
cumtux."  May  other  articles  follow  from  the  same  author. 
Very  sincerely  yours,        Thos.  H.  Rogers. 

Dallas,  Ore.,  June  13. 


Baltimoreans  at  the  A.  HI.  A.  Meeting. 
Baltimore.  June  19. — Hardly  arrived  home  from  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  A.  M.  A.  at  Atlantic  City,  where  he 
attended  the  meetings  of  the  Section  on  Pharmacology  and 
Therapeutics.  Dr.  Henry  P.  Hynson  started  for  Omaha.  He 
went  at  the  invitation  of  the  Nebraska  Ph. A.  to  deliver  an 
address  at  the  annual  meeting  of  that  body.  He  was  one  of 
three  Baltimoreans  to  attend  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion gathering.  The  other  two  were  Dr.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr., 
and  Dr.  E.  F.  Kelly,  of  Sharp  &  Dohme. 


Potted  Plants,  Lobster  Salad,  Etc.,  in  Pharmacies. 
Editor  The  Pharmaceutical  Era: 

In  your  issue  of  June  10  we  note  an  item  entitled  "Potted 
Plants  Sale  as  an  Attraction"  by  a  certain  drug  firm,  which 


Jumping  at  Conclusions. 

'What  a  debt  we  owe  to  medical  science,"  he  said  as  he 
put  down  the  paper. 

"Good  gracious!"  she  exclaimed.  "Haven't  you  paid  that 
doctor's   bill   yet?" 


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Midsuminer  Advertising. 

In  this  season  of  vacations,  numerous  holidays  and  long 
evenings  the  sale  of  periodicals  is  greatest.  Every  periodical 
that  leaves  your  store  should  be  a  bearer  of  an  advertising 
messase  from  you.  The  mere  rubber-stamping  of  periodicals 
is  of  questionable  advertising  value.  The  following  plan  has 
proven  successful  many  times :  Prepare  a  circular  of  a  size 
slightly  smaller  than  the  leaf  of  the  smallest  standard  peri- 
odical which  you  sell.  This  should  be  printed  on  both  sides, 
on  good  book  paper,  at  least  as  good  as  the  paper  in  the  adver- 
tising pages  of  the  magazines.  Place  one  of  these  circulars 
between  the  leaves  of  each  periodical  as  soon  as  a  lot  of  pub- 
lications is  received.  Do  not  merely  slip  the  circular  in.  but 
touch  the  edge  of  each  with  a  paste  brush  and  then  place  it  in 
the  magazine  so  that  the  paste  covered  edge  will  adhere  be- 
tween the  pages  at  the  back  of  the  periodical.  Be  careful  of 
the  location  of  the  insert.  Do  not  place  it  in  the  general 
advertising  section  of  the  magazine  or  between  the  pages  over 
which  runs  the  continuation  of  a  single  article.  If  it  should 
be  so  placed  the  reader  who  is  following  the  thread  of  a  story 
will  barely  notice  the  circular  and  may  resent  its  intrusion. 
Place  each  sheet  so  as  to  follow  the  end  of  a  reading  article. 
Paper  Napkins. 

In  the  season  of  picnics  and  outings,  printed  paper  napkins 
are   au   excellent   advertising   medium.      One    may   place   them 


conspicuously  on  sale  at  net  cost  and  indirectly  profit  thei-eby. 
While  it  is  well  to  sell  them  and  have  a  publicly  announced 
price,  the  enterprising  druggist  will  find  it  profitable  to  present 
liberal  quantities  of  them  to  churches,  institutions  and  socie- 
ties which  are  to  hold  open-air  picnics  or  fetes.  The  druggist's 
advertisement  should  be  printed  upon  the  napkins  prominently 
and  in  a  color  or  colors  and  general  design  iu  harmony  with 
the  decorative  printing  already  upon  the  napkins.  It  is  best 
to  have  the  printing  done  by  the  manufacturer  or  importer 
from  whom  the  napkins  are  purchased. 
Advertising  Fans. 

Many  of  the  cheap,  crude,  advertising  fans  that  are  offered 
to  advertisers  are  comparatively  worthless.  It  takes  more 
than  a  rough  stick  and  a  piece  of  card  to  make  a  real  fan. 
The  advertising  value  of  a  fan  depends  upon  its  permanence 
and  real  utility.  A  printed  fan  is  one  of  many  advertising 
mediums  that  must  be  a  "repeater"  if  it  is  to  pay.  While 
split  bamboo  and  folding  Japanese  fans  are  seemingly  expen- 
sive, they  are,  in  the  long  run,  the  best  fan  advertising 
mediums. 

Going  Away  or  Coming  In. 

If  you  are  in  a  large  place  many  of  your  patrons  are  going 
away  for  a  little  while  at  least.  You  should  endeavor  to 
induce  them  to  take  a  liberal  supply  of  their  accustomed  toilet 
and  health  requisites  with  them.  Get  up  a  plain,  neat  four- 
page  folder  that  will  slip  into  a  six-inch  envelope.  On  the 
front  page  print  something  similar  to  the  following : 

"Are  you  going  away  for  comfort  or  inconvenience?  Truly, 
'there's  no  place  like  home'  for  the  little  things  that  make  life 
easy.  How  aggravating  it  is  not  to  be  able  to  procure  the 
soap,  perfume,  face  preparation,  hair  dressing  or  other  toilet 
requisite  or  even  medicine  to  which  one  has  been  accustomed. 
Let  us  make  up  for  you  a  little  assortment  of  the  things  you 
will  want  while  away  and  which  very  likely  you  will  be  unable 


PATRIOTIC  WINDOW  DISPLAY  CAPTUIIES  THE  $5  PRIZE  THIS  WEEK  IN  THE  ERA  COMPETITION. 


The  judges  in  the  Era's  Prize  Competition  have  decided  to  award  the  $5  Cash  Prize  this  week  to  E.  V.  McAllister,  of 
the  West  End  Pharmacy,  1059  West  State  street,  Rockford,  111.,  for  the  photograph  of  a  Memorial  Day  window  display 
which  he  submitted  in  Contest  No.  2.  While  the  design  is  particularly  adapted  to  Memorial  Day.  it  offers  suggestions  which 
could  be  utilized  for  Independence  Day  and  not  many  variations  from  the  model  would  be  required  to  make  something  like 
it  of  appropriate  attractiveness  for  the  Fourth  of  July.  The  card  in  the  window  bearing  this  legend,  is  timely  and 
rhythmical :     "Xavigate  the  skies,  do  battle  on  land  or  sea.  but  get  surgical  supplies  at  West  End  Pharmaas>'" 


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[June  24,  1909 


to  procure  when  you  most  desire  them.  Look  over  the  reminder 
list  on  the  other  pages,  check  off  what  you  desire  and  then  bring 
this  list  to  us  as  your  purchasing  memorandum.  Of  course, 
we  have  hundreds  of  staple  needfuls  and  novelties  that  are 
not  enumerated  on  this  list.  This  is  only  a  memory 
stimulator." 

On  the  other  pages  of  the  folder  print  a  list  of  the  toilet 
requisites,  medical  staples  and  novelties  for  which  you  have 
the  greatest  demand.  You  will  of  course  feature  the  good 
sellers  among  your  own  preparations.  When  preparing  the 
list  for  mailing,  try  to  remember  some  listed  article  or  articles 
used  by  each  individual  and  place  a  blue  pencil  mark  againsc 
the  names  of  such  articles.  Thus,  if  you  are  mailing  a  folder 
to  Miss  Kate  Simpson  and  remember  that  she  is  a  regular  con- 
sumer of  Onebudy's  Massage  Cream,  Twobudy's  Talcum  Pow- 
der and  Threebudy"s  Cough  Syrup,  place  a  blue  mark  against 
each  of  these  items  on  the  list.  When  she  sees  the  marks  she 
will  be  reminded  that  she  needs  these  articles  and  also  will  be 
pleased  with  the  proof  that  you  remember  her  purchases  and 
thus  show  appreciation  of  her  patronage. 

Transient  Trade  in  Summer  Besorts. 
If  you  are  located  in  one  of  the  smaller  places  to  which 
people  come  for  their  summer  outings,  then  it  is  for  you  to  go 
after  the  transient  trade.  If  there  is  a  resort  hotel  in  or  near 
your  town  it  is  well  to  make  from  the  hotel  register  a  list  of 
the  daily  arrivals  and  addressed  to  names  on  such  list  deliver 
to  the  hotel,  sealed  envelopes  or  packages  of  advertising  matter 
or  samples,  properly  addressed  for  placing  in  the  key  boxes. 
There  are  few  things  that  more  directly  appeal  to  summer 
visitors  than  souvenir  postals  of  local  views  with  the  neat  and 
short  advertisement  of  the  druggist  printed  thereon.  Another 
"puller"  is  a  ticket  good  for  one  glass  of  soda,  mailed  or  de- 
livered to  each  new  arrival.  A  druggist  in  the  Wisconsin  lake 
region  purchased  a  number  of  neat,  quarter-pound  candy 
boxes.     On  the  cover  was  printed  a  local  view  and  below  this 

the  words  "M 's  welcome  to  Lake  P ."     One  of  these 

boxes,  filled  with  choice  candy  and  bearing  a  neat  card  with 

the   words:     "Compliments   of   S.   F.   M ,   Druggist,"   was 

delivered  to  each  new  arrival  at  the  big  hotel. 

For  Stay-at-homes. 

In  this  age  of  electrical  rapid  transit,  thousands  of  towns 

have  their  "trolley  parks"  and  other  suburban  resorts.     The 

druggist  may  use  them  to  advantage  in  the  way  of  premium 

advertising.   One  druggist  offered,  for  a  certain  number  of  days, 

a  free  ride  on  the  resort  merry-go-round  with  each  can  of  his 

talcum  powder.    This  proved  so  advantageous  that  during  the 

son  he  offered  with  different  specialties  free  tickets  for  every 

Taction    at    the    park.      Diniggists    may    arrange    with    the 

1-    leTs  of  park  amusements  to  purchase  tickets  in  quantities 

a  very  liberal  discount.     It   is  best  to  have  some  distin- 

;    shing  mark  on  the  tickets  so  used  or  even  better  to  have 

.  '  m   especially   printed   and  dated   for  use   within   a   certain 

;     iod.     By  so  doing  the  druggist   need   pay  for  only   those 

laally  used  and  returned  to  him  by  the  amusement  proprietor. 

Open  Air  Concert. 

L  Kansas  druggist  evolved  an  advertising  scheme  from  which 

iucre  were  no  direct  returns,  but  which  satisfied  him  as  having 

paid  liberally,  indirectly.    This  plan  is  especially  recommended 

to   those   who  sell   phonographs  and   records.     A  phonograph 

with  a  concert  horn  was  mounted  on  a  large  toy  wagon.     At 

front  and  back  there  were  uprights  which  held  a  muslin  sign 

lettered  thus :     "We  ask  for  no  money.     This  concert  is  being 

given  with  the  compliments  of  D 's   Pharmacy.    All   that 

a  good  drug  store  should  have  and  also  a  fine  line  of  phono- 
graphs and  records."  The  druggist  hired  one  of  the  town's 
handy  men  to  pull  this  musical  outfit  around  the  streets  of  the 
town  in  the  evening,  when  people  were  sitting  upon  their  steps 
and  porches.  The  wagon  was  stopped  before  the  houses,  a 
record  adjusted  and  a  short  concert  given. 

It  is  suggested,  that  as  a  phonograph  plays  automatically 
when  started,  that  the  man  in  attendance  might  hand  matter 
or  samples  to  the  listeners. 


ADDRESSED  BY  RHODE  ISLANDS  GOVERNOR. 


Largest  Class  Turned  Out  by  College  of  Pharmacy  and 
Interesting  Exercises,  Banquet  and  Dancing. 

Providence,  June  19. — The  Rhode  Island  College  of  Phar- 
macy and  Allied  Sciences  held  its  commencement  exercises  at 
Roger  Williams  Park  Casino.  The  class  of  '09  is  the  largest 
the  college  has  graduated.  President  James  O'Hare,  Ph.C, 
presided  and  introduced  Governor  Pothier  as  the  first  speaker. 
Lawrence  V.  Calder  acted  as  marshal. 

Governor  Pothier  spoke  briefly  and  confined  his  remarks 
to  some  solid  advice  in  which  he  urged  his  listeners  to  strive 
for  the  best  places  in  their  field  of  endeavor. 

Prof.  John  P.  Sutherland,  M.D.,  dean  of  the  Boston  Univer- 
sity School  of  Medicine,  spoke  on  the  opportunities  of  young 
men,  and  his  remarks  were  instructive  and  interesting. 

Prof.  John  E.  Groff,  Ph.G.,  Ph.C,  awarded  the  prizes.  The 
William  O.  Blanding  and  Hall  &  Lyon  Co.  prizes  of  $25  in 
gold  each  and  the  Daggett  bronze  medal  for  the  highest  gen- 
eral average,  highest  standing  in  operative  pharmacy  and 
highest  standing  in  the  theory  and  practice  of  pharmacy  were 
awarded  to  Albert  Whitman  Claflin.  Miss  Lillian  Gertrude 
Garrett  received  the  George  L.  Claflin  scholarship  for  a  full 
tuition  in  the  senior  year  for  attaining  the  highest  general 
average  in  the  junior  year.   Degrees  were  conferred  as  follows : 

Graduates  in  Pharmacy — Mrs.  Bertha  Lister  Robinson  and 
Albert  Whitman  Claflin,  cum  laude;  Thomas  Henry  McKenna, 
William  Shallcross,  Amedee  Mounsey,  Jr.,  Charles  Henry  Flan- 
agan, Ernest  Albert  L'Esperance.  Ovila  Joseph  Arthur  Dufault, 
Henry  Irving  Hough,  Jr.,  John  Raymond  Hlckey,  John  Bernard 
McGorty,  Wilfred  Charles  Lambert,  Albert  Humbert  Jackvony 
and  James  William   Farron. 

Pharmaceutical  Chemist — Joshua  Farron,  Ph.G.;  Albert  Zur- 
linden,  Ph.G.;  William  Leo  Garrett,  Ph.G.;  Samuel  Lewis  Pearl, 
Ph.G.,  and  Anthony  Caesar  Ventrone,  Ph.G.;  George  Smith 
Morgan,  honorary. 

An  informal  reception  was  held  by  the  graduates  and  fac- 
ulty, followed  by  a  dinner.  Prof.  Charles  H.  Daggett  acted  as 
toastmaster  and  Mayor  Fletcher  was  the  principal  speaker. 
Others  who  spoke  were :  Edwin  E.  Calder,  A.M.,  Ph.C,  dean 
of  the  college ;  John  E.  Groff,  Ph.G.,  Ph.C. ;  Francis  M.  Har- 
rington, M.D.,  and  Albert  'OTiitman  Claflin,  president  of  the 
seniors.     Dancing  followed  the  banquet. 

The  officers  of  the  class  of  1909  are :  President,  Albert  W. 
Claflin ;  vice-president,  Thomas  H.  McKenna ;  secretary,  Ev- 
erett M.  Polsey ;  treasurer.  Mrs.  Bertha  L.  Robinson ;  class 
day  committee,  Albert  W.  Claflin,  Ernest  L'Esperance,  Thomas 
McKenna,  Mrs.  Bertha  L.  Robinson  and  William  Shallcross. 


BOOK  REVIEWS, 


PROCEEDINGS     OF     THE     .\MERICAN     PHARMACEUTICAL 
ASSOCIATION    at    the    fifty-sixth    annual    meeting    held    at 
Hot    Springs,    Ark.,    September,    1908,    also    the    constitution, 
by-laws   and    roll    of   members.     8   vo.     1203    pages.     Balti- 
more:   Published    by    the    Association. 
This  volume  is  up  to  its  usual  high  standard  of  excellence. 
The    frontispiece    is    a    portrait    of    the    late    Henry    Martin 
Whitney,  president  of  the  association  1S97-1S9S  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  council   from   1S92-1895   and   189S-1901.     Accord- 
ing  to   the   secretary   the    membership   of   the    association   to 
September   190S   was   2151,   206   new    members   having   been 
elected  since  the  1907  meeting.    Among  the  interesting  features 
of  the  report  are  several  papers  and  discussions  relating  to 
pure  food  and  drugs  and  the  section  devoted  to  pharmaceutical 
education  and  legislation. 

DESK    BOOK    OP    FACTS    FOR    PHYSICIANS    AND    PHAR- 
MACISTS.    Compiled   by   Ralph   Walsh.   M.   D..   Washington, 
D.  C.     12   mo.   cloth.   202   pages.     Published   by   the  author. 
$1.50. 
This  little  book  contains  a  list  of  the  newer  remedies  with 
doses,  medicinal   properties,  etc.,   also  tables  of  poisons   with 
antidotes,  the  more  important  incompatibilities  and  other  in- 
formation  to  which  the  busy  physician  and  pharmacist  fre- 
quently wish  to  refer. 


Aiitomobile  Injures  Woman  Pharmacist. 
Stbacuse,  N.  Y.,  June  19. — Miss  Theresa  Haas,  pharma- 
cist at  William  Muench's  drug  store  in  North  Salina  street, 
was  knocked  down  by  an  automobile  recently  and  had  her 
collar  bone  broken,  while  the  Knights  Templar  State  con- 
clave was  in  progress. 


Graduating  Class  Washington  State  College. 

PuLLM.iN,  Wash..  June  19. — At  the  recent  commencement 
of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  State  College  of  Wash- 
ington the  following  class  was  graduated  : 

Ernest  Oliver  Crump,  Clarence  E.  Goff,  Lillie  D.  Kyllonen, 
Leon  G.  Little,  George  T.  McMahon,  Ray  L.  Price,  Virgil  Rod- 
ney Smith,  E.  H.  Thompson,  Hal  E.  Turneaure,  J.  Roe  Turner, 
Geo.  Wash.  Westacott,  Thomas  M.  Wright,  Jesse  P,  Laird. 


June  24,  1909] 


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593 


Personal  Mention 


— Charles  E.  Vandebkleed.  head  chemist  of  H.  K.  Mul- 
ford  Company,  was  a  visitor  in  New  York  last  week. 

— H.  K.  MuLFOBD.  vice-president  of  H.  K.  Mulford  Com- 
pany, has  gone  with  his  family  to  his  camp  in  the.Berkshires. 

— WnxiAM  P.  RiTCHET,  of  Bruen,  Ritchey  &  Co.,  New 
York  City,  is  spending  a  month  in  Canada  with  the  hook  and 
line. 

— F.  W.  Cooke,  druggist  at  Ripon,  Wis.,  one  day  recently 
gave  half  of  the  proceeds  from  his  soda  fountain  to  the 
Woods  Park  Association. 

— Charles  E.  Hatwabd,  superintendent  of  the  H.  K. 
Mulford  Company's  laboratories,  will  spend  the  summer  with 
his  family  at  Ocean  City,  N.  J. 

— Milton  Campbell,  president  of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Com- 
pany, has  bought  an  estate  in  Calvert  County,  Maryland,  and 
moved  there  early  in  the  month. 

— Pbof.  John  Uri  Lloyd,  of  Cincinnati,  took  part  in  the 
thirty-ninth  annual  session  of  the  National  Eclectic  Medical 
Association,  June  18,  at  Chioaco. 

— Joseph  Healt,  manager  of  H.  K.  Mulford  Company's 
New  York  branch,  left  on  Tuesday  for  a  visit  to  the  labora- 
tories of  that  company  in  Philadelphia. 

— Lotns  Weichmann,  well  known  druggist  at  Wausau, 
is  one  of  the  incorporators  of  the  Wisconsin  BMre  Insurance 
Company,  recently  organized  at  Wausau. 

— D.  G.  ^\"iEE  and  his  bride  spent  several  days  of  their 
honeymoon  in  New  York  City  last  week.  Mr.  Wise  is  one  of 
Sharp  &  Dohme's  star  Southern  salesmen. 

• — George  JtmiscH,  of  Ames,  has  been  elected  pharmacy 
lecturer  and  instructor  in  materia  medica  in  the  department 
of  veterinary  science  at  the  Iowa  State  College. 

— Dr.  George  Hargbeaves,  of  Alexandria,  Jamaica,  W.  I., 
sailed  for  London,  Eng.,  Wednesday  of  last  week.  Enroute 
from  Alexandria  he  visited  several  friends  in  the  New  York 
City  drug  trade. 

— WiLLLiM  H.  Heyl,  of  W.  H.  Heyl  &  Co.,  Bermuda,  W.  I., 
was  a  caller  in  New  York  City  last  week,  passing  through  the 
city  on  his  way  to  the  Southern  States,  where  he  expects  to 
spend  several  weeks. 

— James  O'Donnell,  the  Washington  (D.  C.)  druggist,  was 
an  active  member  of  the  committee  in  charge  of  "Button  day," 
the  occasion  being  the  sale  of  Taft  buttons  for  the  benefit  of 
public  play  grounds. 

— J.  Victor  Henkel  and  Edgar  J.  Young,  of  Lancaster. 
Pa.,  were  groomsmen  at  the  marriage  of  their  friend,  Wm.  O. 
Frailey,  Jr..  a  fellow  graduate  of  the  class  of  1908  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy. 

^J.  H.  Rehpuss,  president  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy,  and  a  prominent  druggist,  is  spending  his  spare 
time  in  automobiling  as  he  has  recently  purchased  a  com- 
modious Franklin  touring  car. 

— Richard  Mterstein,  associated  with  the  foreign  depart- 
ment of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  is  to  leave  New  York  City 
shortly  for  Colombia,  S.  A.,  in  which  territory  he  will  look 
after  the  interests  of  the  house. 

— Db.  Geobge  D.  Rosekgarten,  vice-president  of  the  Pow- 
ers-Weightman-Rosengarten  Co..  of  Philadelphia,  has  been 
elected  a  director  of  the  Girard  National  Bank,  one  of  the 
oldest  financial  institutions  in  that  city. 

— Prof.  Francis  Hemm,  of  St.L.C.P.,  who  has  sold  his 
store  at  Grand  and  Arsenal  streets,  St.  Louis,  to  Theo.  Becker, 
will  spend  the  summer  in  the  West  traveling  with  his  son, 
whose  health  demands  a  change  of  climate. 

— H.  D.  Hutton.  of  the  firm  of  Hutton  &  Hilton.  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  is  enjoying  a  salt  water  trip  along  the  Atlantic 
Coast.  Starting  from  Norfolk,  Mr.  Hutton  will  visit  points 
as  far  north  as  Halifax.  Mr.  Button's  mother  accompanies 
him. 

— Dr.  J.  A.  Rosenheim,  recently  appointed  sales  manager 
for  Goldsmith  &  Arndt,  cigar  manufacturers  of  Philadelphia, 
entertained  members  of  the  firm  and  the  sales  staff  at  a  dinner 
at  the  Drug  Club  of  Philadelphia  of  which  he  is  an  active 
member. 

— George  H.  Whipple,  of  Bridgeton,  N.  J.,  is  receiving  the 
congratulations  of  his  many  friends  upon  the  recent  marriage 


of  his  youngest  daughter.  Miss  Ada  Whipple,  to  Henry  Town- 
send,  of  the  Cumberland  Glass  Co.  The  young  couple  are  en- 
joying an  automobile  honeymoon. 

— Mbs.  Otto  F.  Claus.  president  of  the  St.  Louis  chapter 
of  W.O.N.A.R.D.,  and  her  daughter  Estelle.  departed  last 
week  for  a  three  months'  tour  of  Europe.  Both  Mrs.  and 
Miss  Claus  have  been  regular  attendants  of  the  Mo.Ph.A. 
conventions  and  were  greatly  missed  at  that  gathering. 

— Among  the  druggist  visitors  at  the  Milwaukee  Drug 
Company  this  week  were :  R.  C.  Albers,  manager  of  the 
North  Side  Drug  Company,  Sheboygan,  Wis. ;  John  Donploss 
and  wife  of  Wausau,  Wis. ;  John  W.  Berdelman.  Amherst. 
Wis. ;  Dr.  Borden,  Plaintfeld,  Wis. ;  W.  Pierce,  Plover,  Wis. : 
Frank  Adamski,  Manistee.  Mich. 

— H.  T.  Mebeiman.  of  the  Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  and 
A.  M.  Duesher,  druggist  at  Birnamwood,  Wis.,  are  planning 
on  a  western  trip  which  they  will  take  in  the  near  future. 
The  Seattle  exposition  will  be  visited  and  San  Francisco. 
Los  Angeles,  Salt  Lake  City,  and  Denver  will  be  a  few  of  the 
other  points  which  will  be  visited. 

— William  B.  Strong,  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Milwaukee  Drug  Company,  and  L.  A.  Lange,  of  the  Yahr  & 
Lange  Drug  Company,  have  returned  from  the  recent  trip  to 
Michigan  taken  with  the  Merchants'  and  Manufacturers'  As- 
sociation of  Milwaukee.  Both  called  upon  the  Michigan 
trade  and  believe  that  the  junket  was  a  valuable  one. 

— Prof.  James  H.  Beal,  of  Scio,  Ohio,  a  Pharmacopoeia! 
trustee  and  vice-dean  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy, 
was  the  guest  of  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley.  Saturday,  and  was  met 
by  a  number  of  St.  Louis  pharmacists.  Prof.  Beal  was  to 
have  been  a  guest  of  the  Missouri  Association  this  year  but 
could  not  get  away  from  home  in  time  for  the  meeting.  He 
has  accepted  another  invitation  for  next  year. 

— Otto  Kraus,  who  divides  his  time  between  his  Philadel- 
phia drug  store,  his  caroussel  in  Fairmount  Park  and  his  spm- 
mer  home  at  Seaside  Park,  N.  J.,  on  Monday  celebrated  the 
anniversary  of  his  birth  at  the  latter  place.  As  usual,  Mr. 
Kraus  was  the  life  of  the  party  of  friends  who  enjoyed  the 
elaborate  dinner  prepared  under  the  supervision  of  his  good 
wife.  Years  apparently  make  no  difference  in  this  jolly  Phila- 
delphia druggist,  who  declares  that  a  man  is  only  as  old  as  he 
feels. 

— Charles  Leedom,  a  prominent  organization  worker  of 
Philadelphia,  has  been  elected  vice-chairman  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  He  succeeds  Joshua  E. 
Marsden,  who  has  sold  his  stores  and  is  now  spending  some 
time  at  his  old  home  at  Towanda,  Pa.  Accompanied  by  Mrs. 
Marsden,  Mr.  Marsden  expects  to  visit  the  Alaska- Yukon 
Exposition  at  Seattle  and  other  points  of  interest  in  the 
West.  He  may  decide  to  again  embark  in  the  retail  drug 
business  if  he  sees  a  good  opportunity  in  the  course  of  his 
travels. 


Marriage    Mentions, 

— F.  C.  Hauseb,  of  Covington,  Ky.,  was  married  recently 
to  Miss  Lillian  M.  Brown,  daughter  of  the  late  County  Judge 
Martin  Brown,  of  Newport,  Ky. 

— Chas.  H.  Dawson  and  Miss  Pearl  Hall  were  married  at 
the  home  of  the  bride's  parents.  Hastings,  Mich.,  by  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Van  Auken.  The  couple  will  live  in  Ann  Arbor,  where 
the  bridegroom  is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Dawson  Bros.. 
druggists. 

— George  W,  Stangmann,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Mt. 
Auburn,  Cincinnati,  was  married  last  week  to  Miss  May  Anna 
Dinkle,  of  Hamilton,  Ohio.  Rev.  G.  Z.  Mechling,  of  Hamil- 
ton, performed  the  ceremony.  The  bridal  pair  will  reside  in 
Harrodsburg,  Ky. 

- — Frank  L.  Black,  a  popular  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of 
Hynson,  Westcott  &  Co.,  Franklin  and  Charles  streets,  Bal- 
timore, has  entered  the  ranks  of  the  benedicts,  having  mar- 
ried Miss  Alice  Evelyn  Riehter,  on  June  9.  Rev.  John  B. 
Ensor.  of  Madison  Avenue  M,  E,  Church,  performed  the 
ceremony.  Mr.  Black  is  back  again  at  work  after  a  trip 
to  Atlantic  City. 

— Rurus  G.  Hinton,  of  New  York,  associated  with  the 
special  formula  department  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  is  to  be 
married  soon  to  Miss  Caroline  Clark,  of  Hartford,  Conn., 
and  daughter  of  President  Clark  of  the  Aetna  Fire  Insurance 
Company.  A  reception  given  at  Miss  Clark's  home  last 
week,  to  announce  the  engagement,  was  an  event  in  Hart- 
ford society  circles. 


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[June  24,  1909 


FIGHTING  FOR  CONTROL. 

Affairs    of    Upjohn    Co.,    of    Kalamazoo. 
Mich..  Taken  to  Court     Fannily  Differ- 
ences Said  to  be  the  Cause. 

Kalamazoo,  Mich.,  June  19. — A  bitter  fight  for  control  of 
the  stock  of  the  Upjohn  Company,  manufacturing  chemists, 
has  been  temporarily  held  up  by  an  injunction  issued  by 
Judge  Knappen  in  circuit  court. 

Dr.  J.  T.  Upjohn,  treasurer  of»  the  company,  and  Dr. 
Frederick  Upjohn,  vice-president  and  New  York  represent- 
ative, are  lined  up  on  one  side,  while  Dr.  William  E.  Upjohn, 
president  of  the  company,  constitutes  the  opposing  force. 

Family  differences  oiitside  of  business  and  involving  social 
relations  also  are  reported  to  have  become  so  acute  that  the 
brothers  have  not  spoken  to  each  other  for  montns  beyond 
the  necessary  words  of  business. 

Both  sides,  it  is  claimed,  have  for  a  long  time  exerted  their 
efforts  to  secure  supremacy  in  the  company.  The  brothers 
have  a  controlling  interest  in  the  business  since  it  was 
started.  Some  of  the  stock,  however,  has  been  in  other  hands 
and  the  present  trouble  is  said  to  have  begun  when  Dr.  Wil- 
liam E.  Upjohn  tried  to  secure  a  sufiicient  amount  of  stock, 
held  in  the  treasury,  to  give  him  control  of  the  concern. 

When  the  two  brothers  learned  of  the  efforts  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam E.  to  overcome  their  supremacy,  they  took  the  matter 
into  court  for  adjustment. 

The  injunction,  it  is  said,  prevented  matters  from  reach- 
ing a  crisis  on  the  date  when  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
company  was  scheduled  to  be  held,  but  which  was  adjourned 
for  30  days,  when  the  injunction  is  returnable. 

The  Upjohns  are  reticent,  but  Dr.  J.  T.  Upjohn  is  credited 
with  the  statement  that  through  purchases  of  certain  out- 
standing stock  he  and  his  brother,  Dr.  Frederick  L.,  are  now 
in  control  of  the  affairs  of  the  company. 

The  injunction  prevents  voting  the  stock  in  any  direction 
until  after  the  present  difficulties  are  adjudicated. 

It  is  stated  that  the  present  troubles,  which  grew  out  of 
differences  of  long  standing,  will  not  result  in  a  reorganization 
of  the  company,  although  a  decision  in  favor  of  either  side  will 
likely  result  in  the  case  going  to  a  higher  court  for  adjustment. 

The  company  is  on  an  excellent  financial  basis. 


Bride  and  Groom  Escape  in  Automobile. 

MiLWAlTKEE.  June  19. — That  "the  best  laid  plans  of  mice 
and  men  gang  'aft  astray"  is  the  opinion  of  Ottmar  T.  Beck. 
well  known  Milwaukee  druggist.  For  two  years  revenge  had 
looked  sweet  to  Mr.  Beck,  but  just  as  he  was  about  to  grasp 
it.  he  was  foiled.  Alvin  E.  Peters,  partner  of  Mr.  Beck,  was 
to  have  been  the  object  of  the  revenge,  but  he  fdiled  the  well- 
laid  plans  by  marrying  Miss  May  Fogg  30  hours  before  the 
time  originally  set.  Immediately  after  the  ceremony,  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Peters  slipped  out  of  the  city  in  an  automobile  on  their 
wedding  trip,  leaving  Mr.  Beck  a  sadder  but  a  wiser  man. 

Cause  for  Druggist  Beck's  thirst  for  revenge  was  due  to  the 
fact  that  Mr.  Peters  was  the  leader  of  a  party  of  friends  who 
two  years  ago  kidnapped  him  from  his  bride  of  a  few  hours 
and  kept  him  in  dire  captivity  for  two  long  days. 


Riker's  Camera  Man  a  Suicide. 
Salama  du  Ghan,  an  Arabian,  50  years  old,  who  was  at  the 
head  of  the  photographic  department  of  Riker's  drug  stores  in 
New  York  City,  killed  himself  Sunday  night  in  the  darkroom 
of  the  Riker  store  at  Eighteenth  street  and  Fifth  avenue, 
Manhattan,  by  taking  cyanide  of  potassium.  Du  Ghan  was 
once  a  guide  in  Egypt  and  was  a  skilled  linguist.  He  was  a 
lecturer,  but  this  year  he  could  get  no  engagements.  He  leaves 
a  widow.     She  said  that  of  late  he  had  been  despondent. 


North  Dakota  Dry  for  July  Anyway. 
Fargo,  June  19. — Liquor  cannot  be  sold  legally  in  North 
Dakota  during  the  month  of  July  as  all  druggists'  permits 
expire  on  July  1  and  druggists  cannot  make  applications  for 
permits  under  the  new  law  until  after  that  date.  As  it  takes 
thirty  days  to  secure  a  permit  under  the  new  law.  all  drug- 
gists will  be  compelled  to  discontinue  sales  of  liquor  for  a 
month  at  least. 


LIVELY  CONTEST  FOE  STATE  BOARD  MEMBER. 

Pharmacists  in  Brooklyn  Borough  Straining  Every 
Effort  in  Election  Which  is  in  Progress  Today. 

The  campaign  for  the  election  of  a  Brooklyn  member  to 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  which  takes  place  today  at 
the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  has  been  going  along 
lively  for  the  past  week. 

The  campaign  committees  of  the  various  pharmaceutical 
organizations  in  the  borough  have  had  several  meetings  and 
have  also  issued  letters  to  every  druggist  setting  forth  the 
qualifications   of  the   respective  candidates. 

Dr.  William  C.  Anderson,  dean  of  the  Brooklyn  College 
of  Pharmacy  is  the  choice  of  the  Kings  County  Pharma- 
ceutical Society  and  has  the  backing  of  a  large  following  as- 
sociated with  the  society  and  its  college. 

William  T.  Creagan  is  the  candidate  of  the  Brooklyn 
Pharmaceutical  Association  and  is  also  indorsed  by  the 
Greater  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Society. 

During  the  past  few  days  members  of  the  campaign  com- 
mittees have  been  making  individual  calls  upon  the  eligible 
voters  in  their  districts  and  listed  those  who  need  relief  clerks 
or  have  limited  time.  All  such  will  be  provided  with  the 
necessary  help,  switched  from  place  to  place  in  automobiles 
in  charge  of  the  several  committees  and  it  is  safe  to  predict 
that  a  large  vote  will  be  polled,  while  an  exciting  time  also 
appears  evident  judging  from  the  high  tension  and  the  activity 
displayed  on  both  sides. 


Interborough  Phar.  Association  Elects  Officers. 
The  nominating  meeting  of  the  Interborough  Pharmaceutical 
Association  was  held  last  Saturday  in  the  New  York  College 
of  Pharmacy.  There  was  a  very  large  and  enthusiastic  at- 
tendance. Following  are  the  names  of  the  officers  voted  upon 
and  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  at  the  annual  meeting 
held  yesterday :  President,  A.  J.  Bauer,  Manhattan  Bor- 
ough :  iirst  vice-president.  Dr.  Thos.  Raymo ;  second  vice- 
president,  Chas.  Keale ;  third  vice-president,  H.  B.  Cook, 
all  of  Brooklyn ;  secretary.  Dr.  Curt  P.  Wimmer,  Manhattan 
Borough ;  treasurer,  G.  F.  Hammond,  Brooklyn ;  directors, 
H.  A.  Herold.  Manhattan  Borough ;  Dr.  Henry  Goeckel,  Man- 
hattan Borough  ;  William  Hoburg,  Brooklyn ;  Lawrence  Zurlo, 
Brooklyn.  An  assessment  of  twenty-five  cents  was  levied  upon 
the  members. 


Chemists  'Will  Be  Elaborately  Entertained. 

Detboit,  June  19. — The  Society  of  Detroit  Chemists  has 
elected  the  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year :  President, 
Dr.  F.  T.  F.  Stephenson  ;  vice-president.  L.  D.  Vorce ;  secre- 
tary,  H.  C.  Hamilton  ;   treasurer,  W.  D.  Mainwaring. 

The  society  has  its  plans  well  in  hand  for  the  reception 
and  entertainment  of  the  delegates  to  the  national  convention 
of  the  American  Chemical  Society,  which  will  be  held  here 
June  28  to  July  2.  An  attendance  of  nearly  400  is  looked  for. 
and  something  elaborate  in  the  way  of  entertainment  is 
planned.  The  local  society  has  secured  the  use  of  the  Central 
High  School  auditorium   for  the  convention. 


Receiver  for  a  Drug  Store  in  Baltimore. 
Baltimobe,  June  19. — A  decree  was  signed  last  Thursday 
in  the  Circuit  Court  by  Judge  Heuisler,  appointing  Edward 
L.  Ward  receiver  for  the  drug  store  of  Christian  6.  Lat- 
terer.  The  petitioner  in  the  case  was  Louis  F.  Franz,  who 
alleges  that  he  owns  the  store,  but  that  Latterer,  who  is  his 
brother-in-law.  has  taken  possession  of  the  place  and  refuses  to 
surrender  it.  Mr.  Franz  says  he  bought  the  store  on  August 
10,  1903,  for  $3000,  and  put  Latterer  in  charge  because  he  is 
not  a  licensed  druggist.  Latterer,  he  avers,  contributed  only 
$50  to  the  acquisition  of  the  place. 

Misbranded  Mineral  Waters  to  be  Exposed. 
Washington.  D,  C,  June  19. — The  chemists  of  the  De- 
partment of  Agriculture  are  now  devoting  much  of  their  time 
to  the  analysis  of  many  so-called  mineral  waters.  The 
progress  thus  far  made  shows  that  many  of  the  widely  sold  and 
advertised  waters  do  not  contain  the  medicinal  properties 
claimed  for  them.  Others  have  been  found  which  are  entirely 
devoid  of  any  medicinal  substances  whatever.  So  soon  as  the 
examinations  are  completed  action  will  be  taken  under  the 
misbranding  clause  of  the  Pure  Food  Law. 


GROUP  PICTURE  OF  THE  NEW  JERSEY  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION.  LAKE  l^^i-JcONtt. 


June  24,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


Mount  Arlington,  N.  J.,  Juoe  19. — The  thirty-ninth 
annual  meeting  of  the  Xew  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association 
recently  held  at  Lake  Hopatcong,  was  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful in  recent  years  and  evidenced  clearly  the  greater  in- 
terest which  pharmacists  in  general  are  taking  in  organ- 
ization work,  while  the  ethical  and  professional  features  were 
fully  up  to  the  standard  of  former  years,  there  being  a  large 
number  of  very  valuable  papers  submitted  devoted  to  prac- 
tical technical  subjects.  About  175  members  and  their  friends 
attended  the  sessions  which  were  held  in  Hotel  Breslin. 

President   George   H.   Horning,   in  his  address,   commended 


the  propaganda  campaign  of  the  N  A  R  D  ,  and  recommended 
that  the  annual  dues  be  contributed  to  aid  in  financing  the 
work  and  also  the  appointment  of  a  special  committee  to  assist 
the  N.A.R.D.  contingent  in  covering  the  smaller  local  fields. 
The  recommendations  were  adopted,  as  was  also  Mr.  Homing's 
declaration  against  any  increase  in  either  the  annual  dues  or 
initiation  fees. 

Secretary  Frank  C.  Stutzlen  announced  in  his  report  that 
the  association  membership  was  as  follows :  Active.  626 ; 
associate,  80 ;  honorary,  17 ;  total,  723 ;  not  included  in  this 
report  but   elected   later  were  37  active,  10  associate,  and  5 


GEORGE    H.    HORNING,    of   Elizabeth, 

retiring    president    of    the    New    Jersey 

State    Pharmaceutical   Association. 


GEO.    M.    ANDREWS,    of    Woodstown, 
newly  elected   president  of  the   New  Jer- 
sey   State    Pharm.    Assc. 


FRANK    C.    STUTZLEN,    of   Elizabeth, 

for  the  twelfth  time  elected  secretary  of 

the   New  Jersey   State  Pharm.   Assc. 


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[June  24,  1909 


honorary    members.      During    the    year    4    resignations    were 
accepted  and  the  deaths  of  9  members  recorded. 

Treasurer  James  C.   Field   submitted   a  detailed  statement 
showing   total  expenditures  of  $1859.54   and   a  balance   in   as- 
sets amounting  to  $1657.41,  exclusive  of  about  $700  lost   in 
rhe    Monmouth   Trust   Co. 
Would  Co-operate  With  State  Medical  Association. 

David  Strauss,  chairman  of  the  legislative  committee  sub- 
mitted a  very  complete  report  containing  several  important 
recommendations  which  were  approved.  Mr.  Strauss  requested 
that  the  committee  be  empowered  to  expend  sufficient  funds 
to  keep  every  member  posted  on  the  various  bills  coming  up 
in  the  legislature,  contending  that  this  method  would  bring 
results  when  required.  Another  important  feature  recom- 
mended in  the  legislative  report  and  also  adopted  was  that  the 
committee  be  permitted  to  combine  or  confer  with  the  legis- 
lative committee  of  the  State  Medical  Association. 

In  the  report  of  the  trade  interests'  committee,  the  work 
during  the  year  in  connection  with  the  agitation  for  the  tele- 
phone slot-machine  was  well  covered,  and  Stephen  D.  WooIIey. 
chairman,  advised  that  the  campaign  to  make  the  slot-telephone 
more  general,  be  vigorously  continued  and  that  it  again  be 
the  principal   task  of  the  committee  this  year. 

The  committee  on  awarding  the  U.S. P.  prize  presented 
annually  by  the  A.Ph.A.,  for  the  best  paper  presented  at  the 
State  meeting  announced  Henry  Schmidt  of  Elizabeth  as 
winner.  The  title  of  Mr.  Schmidt's  paper  was  "Practical 
Application  of  the  Propaganda  for  Reform  in  Using  Ethical 
Preparations  Instead  of  Nostrums,"  and  was  read  at  the 
meeting   last   year. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  free  scholarship  in  the  New 
Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  announced  that  9  men  and  1 
woman  were  candidates  at  the  examination  which  was  won 
by  Edward  Fotheringham  with  an  average  of  84  2-5. 

In  the  matter  of  adding  a  pre-requisite  clause  to  the  phar- 
macy law  there  was  a  spirited  discussion  and  finally  power 
was  given  the  legislative  committee  to  draft  such  a  measure 
which  will  be  submitted  to  the  executive  committee  for  ap- 
proval. Instructions  were  given  the  committees  to  have  the 
bill  introduced  at  the  next  session  of  the  legislature. 
Interesting  Lectures  and  Excellent  Papers. 

A  very  interesting  feature  of  one  of  the  sessions  was  the 
address  of  Dr.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  of  Philadelphia,  who  was 
later  elected  to  honorary  membership,  on  "First  Aid  to  the 
Injured  and  Hemorrhages."  Dr.  Lowe  interspersed  his  re- 
marks by  practical  demonstrations,  showing  how  to  apply 
bandages  and  check  flows  of  blood  :  also  dwelling  at  length 
on  the  use  of  antiseptics.  The  address  was  a  very  exhaus- 
tive one  on  the  subject  and  covered  many  phases  of  special 
importance  to  the  pharmacist  in  treating  accident  cases. 

Following  are  the  titles  and  the  names  of  the  authors  of 
the  papers  presented  at  the  regular  sessions ;  "The  Rapidity 
of  Volatilization  of  Camphor,''  by  Charles  H.  LaWall ;  "The 
Self-Adjusting  Pill-Roller  and  Finisher."  by  Walter  Ruch : 
"Syrup  of  Horehound,"  by  George  M.  Beringer ;  "and  the  fol- 
lowing five  by  Dr.  Philemon  E.  Hommel,  "Should  Phen- 
olphtalein  be  Recognized  by  the  U.S. P.  as  a  Therapeutic 
Agent,"  "Linimentum  Champhora,"  "Capsella  Bursa  Pas- 
toris,"  "The  Senna  Syrup,"  and  "Should  Glyceritum  Ulmi 
Become  Official." 

The  following  papers,  submitted  to  the  committee  on  U.S.P. 
revision  were  also  presented  and  read  before  the  meeting : 
"Oflicial  Synonony,"  by  George  M.  Beringer ;  "Ointments 
and  Cerates,"  by  George  H.  White ;  "Troches  That  are  Ofli- 
cial and  Some  That  Should  Be,"  by  George  M.  Beringer.  Jr.. 
and  H.  D.  Kresge ;  "Compound  Tincture  of  Gentian,"  by 
Bloomfield  Hulick ;  "Some  of  the  Syrups  of  the  U.S.P.  and 
the  N.F.."  by  George  M.  Beringer  and  George  M.  Beringer. 
Jr. ;  "Notes  "on  the  Volatile  Oils  of  the  U.S.P.,"  by  Charles 
H.  LaWall;  "Plasters  of  the  U.S.P.,"  by  Fred  B.  Kilmer; 
"Some  of  the  Improvements  Proposed  in  the  Revision  of  the 
N.F.,"  by  George  M.  Beringer. 

The  following  were  elected  to  honorary  membership :  Dr. 
A.  B.  Lyons,  of  Detroit,  Mich  ;  Prof.  Wm.  M.  Searby,  of  San 
Francisco,  Cal. ;  Prof.  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  of  Louisville,  Ky. ; 
Dr.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  of  Philadelphia,  and  Prof.  Oscar  Old- 
berg,  of  Chicago. 

The  date  and  place  of  holding  the  next  meeting  were  not 
definitely  decided  upon,  but  the  matter  was  referred  to  the 
executive  committee  with  power.     Cape  May  seemed  to  have 


the  preference  of  the  delegates  and  will  probably  be  chosen 
if  suitable  arrangements  can  be  made.  The  ofiicers  chosen 
for  the  ensuing  year  are  : 

President,  George  M.  Andrews,  Woodstown  ;  first  vice-president, 
T.  S.  Armstrong,  Plainfield;  second  vice-president,  Henry 
Schmidt.  Elizabeth;  secretary,  Frank  C.  Stutzlen,  Elizabeth; 
treasurer,  James  C.  Field,  Plainfield;  executive  committee,  T.  S. 
Armstrong,  G.  H.  Whipple,  E.  R.  Sparks,  Edw.  Ziegler,  Chas. 
\V.  Holzhauer;  legislative,  H.  A.  Jorden,  Lewis  W.  Brown, 
Stephen  D.  Woolley,  .Joseph  G.  Smith,  David  Strauss;  trade 
interests,  S.  D.  Woolley,  John  C.  Gallagher,  Jos.  G.  Smith; 
publication,  George  H.  Horning.  Frank  C.  Stutzlen,  E.  J.  Sayre, 
David  Strauss,  W.  P.  Rich ;  queries,  Dr.  P.  E.  Hommel,  George 
M.  Beringer,  Jr.,  Henry  Schmidt,  A.  F.  Marquler ;  U.S.P.,  Geo. 
M.  Beringer.  H.  J.  Lobmann,  C.  H.  LaWall ;  adulterations,  A.  F. 
Marquier,  Chas.  F.  Dare,  George  F.  Deacon ;  U.S.P.  prize,  E.  B. 
Jones,  E.  R.  Sparks.  George  H.  White;  publicity.  Frank  C.  Stutz- 
len, George  M.  Beringer,  L.  L.  Staehle :  memorials,  H.  A.  Jorden, 
H.  M.  Smith,  Edw.  Ziegler;  membership,  W.  P.  Rich,  Theo. 
Drake,  .Tos.  G.  Smith ;  delegates  to  the  U.S.P.  convention,  George 
M.  Beringer,  H.  J.  Lohmanu,  G.  H.  White;  alternates,  E.  B. 
Jones.  Charles  Holzhauer,  Harry  H.  Deakyne. 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  Report. 

Secretary  Henry  A.  Jorden  reported  on  the  doings  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  for  the  past  year  stating  that  the  law 
had  been  vigorously  enforced  but  the  number  of  violations 
showed  a  decrease  compared  to  the  number  of  the  previous 
year.  Out  of  578  applicants  for  licenses  who  were  examined, 
1G4  had  been  suc-cessful,  bringing  the  total  of  registered  men 
in  the  State  up  to  2425,  of  which  137  were  qualified  assist- 
ants and  2308  registered  pharmacists. 

Treasurer  David  Strauss  reported  receipts  of  $4701.40  and 
disbursements  amounting  to  $3867.21,  with  a  balance  turned 
over  io  the  State  Treasurer  of  $834.19. 

The  reorganization  of  the  board  for  the  ensuing  year  re- 
sulted in  the  election  to  the  presidency  of  George  H.  White, 
of  Jersey  City,  and  the  re-election  of  Henry  A.  Jorden,  of 
Bridgeton,  and  David  Strauss,  of  Newark,  as  secretary  and 
treasurer  respectively. 
Organization  of  an  Auxiliary  by  the  Fair  Sex. 

The  Women's  Auxiliary  was  organized  the  evening  pre- 
vious to  the  calling  of  the  meeting,  with  a  membership  of  .30. 
and  will  act  both  as  an  adjunct  to  the  State  association  and  in 
connection  with  similar  auxiliary  bodies  throughout  the  United 
States  at  the  national  conventions.  The  officers  elected  were : 
President,  Brs.  George  H.  White,  of  Jersey  City ;  first  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  Henry  A.  Jorden,  of  Bridgeton ;  second  vice- 
president,  Mrs.  Frank  C.  Stutzlen.  of  Elizabeth ;  secretary. 
Miss  B.  Areta  Johnson,  of  Penns  Grove ;  treasurer,  Mrs. 
Stephen  D.  Woolley.  of  Ocean  Grove.  The  ladies  took  a 
prominent  part  in  the  entertainment  features  during  the 
meeting  and  demonstrated  their  ability  to  please  in  no  little 
degree.  Great  enthusiasm  was  shown  in  the  new  organization 
and  its  success  is  undoubtedly  assured. 
Winners  in  the  Sporting  Events. 

The  prize  winners  in  the  various  sports  were  as  follows  : 
Ladies'  bowling,  first  prize,  Mrs.  Frank  C.  Stutzlen,  second. 
Mrs.  Louise  L.  Staehle ;  baseball,  druggists,  batting  prize, 
David  Strauss ;  fielding  prize,  F.  C.  Stutzlen ;  salesmen,  W. 
N.  Passapae,  H.  J.  Edgar ;  standing  board  jump,  first,  Harry 
W.  Crooks ;  second,  W.  P.  Webber ;  third,  R.  S.  Sherwin ; 
fourth,  W.  N.  Passapae ;  100-yard  dash,  first,  W.  J.  Caughey ; 
second,  W.  P.  Webber ;  third,  W.  N.  Passapae ;  fourth.  J. 
Pinkinson ;  putting  12-pound  shot,  first,  Chas.  W.  Holzhauer; 
second,  H.  W.  Crooks;  third,  F.  M.  Egger;  fourth,  W.  S. 
White ;  pitching  quoits,  first,  A.  B.  Crooks ;  second,  H.  W. 
Crooks ;  third,  J.  D.  Case ;  fourth,  R.  S.  Sherwin. 


Druggists  Decorate  for  Knights  Templar. 
Sykacuse,  N.  X.,  June  19. — Druggists  were  in  no  way 
outdone  by  other  merchants  in  the  way  of  decorating  for  the 
Grand  Commandery  of  the  Knights  Templar  this  week.  C.  W. 
Snow,  of  C.  W.  Snow  &  Co.,  a  member  of  Central  City  Com- 
mandery No.  2.5,  was  one  of  the  active  Sir  Knights  who  served 
on  the  committees  that  made  the  event  a  big  success.  There 
were  4000  Knights  Templar  in  the  city  and  thirty  visiting 
bands  were  in  the  parade.  The  druggists  found  the  conclave 
a  great  boom  to  business.  Almost  without  exception  the  stores 
'  were  well  decorated  and  in  front  of  many  of  the  pharmacies 
were  large  electrical  designs  in  varied  colored  lights,  showing 
different  Knights  Templar  emblems.  Thousands  of  people 
from  the  surrounding  towns  came  in  to  witness  the  big  parade 
and  soda  dispensers  and  drug  clerks  were  kept  busy  waiting 
on  them. 


June  24  1909]  THE    PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  597 

ALABAMA  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION  DEMANDS  MAKING  OF  NEW  PHARMACY  LAWS. 


JOHN  T.  ROE,  of  Mobile, 

first  vice-president  of  the  Al.ibama  State 

Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Gadsden,  Ala..  June  19. — Samuel  A. 
Williams  presided  at  tbe  recent  2Sth 
annual  convention  of  the  Alabama  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  which  was 
well  attended  and  proved  very  .successful. 
The  addresses  of  welcome  were  delivered 
by  Mayor  W.  T.  Murphree  and  W.  P. 
Thomason  of  Guntersville,  president  of 
the  Northeast  Alabama  Druggists'  asso- 
ciation. The  response  was  made  by  J. 
T.  Roe  of  Mobile. 

Dr.  C.  L.  Murphree  of  Gadsden  read 
a  paper  on  U.S.P.  and  N.P.  preparations. 

A  discussion  of  the  pharmacy  laws 
of  the  state  was  precipitated  over  the 
appointment  of  a  special  committee,  con- 
sisting of  W.  E.  Bingham  chairman,  C. 
T.  Ruff  and  S.  A.  Williams,  to  draft  a 
pharmacy  bill  which  would  incorporaii- 
the   ideas   of   the   druggists   of   Alabama. 

Mr.  Bingham  scored  the  country  mer- 
chant and  physician  for  selling  morphine, 
cocaine  and  their  derivatives  and  the 
travelling  salesmen  who  abetted  the  prac- 
tice. He  explained  the  trouble  with  the 
present  law  and  the  manner  of  its  pas- 


Decidedly  the  liveliest  feature  was  the 
talk  of  P.  C.  Candidus,  of  Mobile.  All 
Mobilians  lead  up  to  the  prohibition 
question  no  matter  what  the  discussion 
and  Mr.  Candidus  was  no  exception.  "In  plain  English,"  he 
said,  "that  legislature  was  a  set  of  fools.  They  went  to  Mont- 
gomery with  that  prohibition  business  in  their  beads  and 
never  took  the  proper  notice  of  other  important  matters."  He 
wanted  two  bills,  one  a  general  pharmacy  law  and  the  other 
to  cover  the  sale  ot  poison. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows :  Lee  Whorton  of  this  city, 
president :  J.  T.  Roe,  of  Mobile,  first  vice-president ;  W.  P. 
Thomason,  of  Guntersville,  second  vice-president :  W.  E. 
Bingham,  of  Tuscaloosa,  secretary ;  F.  F.  Ravencroft,  of 
Union  Springs,  treasurer.  All  of  these  gentlemen  accepted 
the  honors  in  brief  speeches  expressing  their  appreciation. 

The  naming  of  a  delegate  to  the  meeting  of  the  N.A.R.D. 
at  Louisville  was  left  to  the  president.  The  1910  meeting 
will  be  held  at  Mobile,  in  June,  during  the  Confederate  re- 
union. 

The  entertainment  features  were  interesting  and  the  visitors 


LEE  WHORTON.  of  Gadsdeu, 

elected  president  of  the  Alabama  State 

Ph.irmaceutioal  Association. 


W.  P.  THOMASON,  of  Guntersville. 

second  vice-president  of  .\labama   State 

Pharmaceutical  Association. 


F.    F.    R.WENSCROFT,   Dniou    Springs, 
re-elected    treasurer    of    Alabama    State 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 


W.   E.   BINGHAM,  of  Tuscaloosa, 
-elooted    secretary    of    Alabama    State 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 


had  a  royal  good  time.  There  was  an  evening  concert  of  the 
Alabama  State  Music  Teachers'  Association,  a  banquet  and 
reunion,  an  outdoor  entertainment  at  Elliott  Park  and  a  re- 
ception for  the  ladies  of  the  association  at  the  home  of  Mrs. 
E.  H.  Cross  in  Turrentine  avenue.  Lee  Whorton  was  chair- 
man of  the  local  committee  and  was  ably  assisted  by  his 
fellow   pharmacists. 


W.  C.  Kirchgessner  is  Chosen  President. 
Gb.^nd  Rapids,  Mich.,  June  21. — The  Grand  Rapids  Drug 
Club,  which  now  includes  nearly  every  druggist  in  the  city, 
has  elected  the  following  officers :  President,  W.  C.  Kirch- 
gessner; secretary,  William  Tibbs ;  treasurer,  Roland  Clark; 
directors,  John  de  Kruif,  Henry  Reichel,  O.  A.  Fankboner. 
It  was  decided  at  the  meeting  to  attend  the  annual  convention 
of  the  Michigan  State  Ph.A.  in  a  body,  going  to  Detroit  this 
week  by  special  car  via  Michigan  Central. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  24,  1909 


DRUGGISTS  UPHOLD  OHIO  STATE  BOARD. 

Cedar  Point  and  Los  Angeles  Meetings  Are  Discussed. 
Officers  Nominated  to  Be  Voted  on  in  July. 

Cleveland,  June  19. — President  Schnem-er  presided  at  the 
June  meeting  of  the  Northern  Ohio  Druggists'  Association 
which  was  held  in  the  lecture  room  of  the  Cleveland  School 
of  Pharmacy.  The  members  decided  that  all  retail  druggists 
should  uphold  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  ridding  the 
calling  of  illegitimate  and  unfair  competition. 

The  Cedar  Point  meeting  of  the  Ohio  association  was  dis- 
cussed, and  ways  and  means  of  getting  a  large  delegation  from 
Cleveland  were  considered.  The  annual  outing  was  then  taken 
up  and  the  president  was  authorized  to  appoint  a  committee  to 
take  entire  charge  of  the  matter. 

A  letter  from  the  Los  Angeles  R.D.A.  contained  an  urgent 
invitation  to  partake  of  California  hospitality  at  the  meeting 
of  the  A.Ph.A.  next  August.  It  was  agreed  that  every  drug- 
gist who  can  do  so  should  take  this  opportunity  of  seeing  the 
great  Westernland.  Prof.  J.  H.  Beal,  it  was  stated,  is  gather- 
ing a  carload  from  Ohio  and  Cleveland  will  prooably  be  rep- 
resented in  the  party. 

Officers  for  next  year  were  nominated  as  follows :  For 
president,  J.  H.  Sauer  and  J.  G.  Schneurer ;  for  tirst  vice-presi- 
dent, A.  L.  Flandermeyer  and  J.  G.  Reed  ;  for  second  vice- 
president,  Emil  ji'etersilge ;  for  secretary,  H.  V.  Arny ;  for 
treasurer,  George  J.  Hoehn.  Votes  will  be  counted  at  the 
July  meeting. 


Commencement  of  Cincinnati  C.P. 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  June  19. — A  very  successful  graduation 
of  the  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  was  celebrated  at  the 
Grand  Hotel.  Addresses  were  delivered  by  Professor  C.  T.  P. 
Fennel,  Professor  John  Uri  Lloyd,  Dr.  F.  B.  Dyer,  Superin- 
tendent of  the  Cincinnati  schools ;  Dr.  G.  Strobach,  Stanley 
Bowdle  and  Dr.  John  Otis.     The  graduates  are : 

Ellis  Robert  Bader,  James  Cleveland  Blake,  Alfred  D.  CoDley, 
Amos  F.  Creager,  John  Luke  Duffey,  Harley  H.  Dunn,  William 
Ed.  Foertmeyer,  J.  Frank  Gallaher.  Albert  Frank  Haefner, 
Edwin  James  Heminway,  Charles  Bruen  Johnson,  Johu  James 
Kennedy.  Louis  Kettemann,  Mark  Allen  Kidd,  Albert  Paul 
Km  use,  Flovd  Leroy  Mathews,  Erma  Mabel  Moore.  Guy  James 
Paviie,  III  "R.  Pope,  Stanley  Ed.  Roth,  Edward  C.  Schaefer, 
William  H.  Schuchardt,  George  Sintz.  Anna  Smedley,  Benjamin 
Franklin  Steinle.  Shelby  A.  Stirn,  William  Amos  Todd,  Trenner 
W.  Tompkins,  Gordon  A.  Triplett.  Albert  Curtis  Welles,  Jesse 
E.  Welsheimer.  and  Judson  T.  Wilkes. 

Mathias  Klaiber,  Jr.,  and  Edwin  N.  Niederhofer  were  given 
the  degree  of  pharmaceutical  chemist.  Erma  Mabel  Moore,  of 
Wesl  Manstield,  Ohio,  was  awarded  the  prize  in  botany. 
Mark  Allen  Kidd.  of  Batavia,  Ohio,  was  given  the  college 
medal,  and  other  prizes  were  awarded  to  Louis  Kettemann,  of 
Cincinnati ;  Harley  H.  Dunn,  of  Morrow,  Ohio ;  Shelby  A. 
Stirn.  Ottsville,  Ohio ;  Jesse  E.  Welsheimer,  Greenfield,  Ohio : 
Albert  Curtis  Welles,  Latonia,  Ky.,  and  J.  Frank  Gallagher, 
of  Franklin,  Ohio.  A  college  supper  by  the  faculty  to  the 
graduating  class  was  a  feature  of  the  evening. 


Enforcing  Ohio  Pure  Drug  Law. 

Columbus,  June  19. — Druggists  all  over  Ohio  have  received 
from  the  State  Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner  a  letter  specif- 
ically setting  forth  what  the  department  will  recognize  as  the 
standard  in  certain  drugs  and  articles  of  sale,  and  also  call- 
ing attention  to  the  misbranding  of  patent  or  proprietary 
medicines. 

Regarding  the  matter  of  what  shall  be  delivered  when  Hoff- 
man's anodyne  is  called  for,  regarding  which  there  has  been 
mtich  confusion  and  an  inability  to  agree  among  druggists, 
the  letter  says  that  in  the  future  this  must  be  taken  as  mean- 
ing compound  spirits  of  ether  and  nothing  else,  and  druggists 
are  warned  that  the  department  will  recognize  no  other 
preparation. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  fact  that  druggists  must  keep  in 
stock  sweet  spirits  of  nitre  in  accordance  with  the  provisions 
in  (he  eighth  edition  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  and 
that  it  must  be  stored  in  small  vials  remote  from  light  or  fire. 


Ohio  Travelers  to  Entertain  State  Ph.A.  Members. 

Toledo,  June  19. — Secretary  P.  W.  C.  Diebel,  of  the  Ohio 
State  Ph.T.A.,  has  sent  out  programmes  of  the  entertainment 
prepared  by  that  association  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Ohio   State   Ph.A.   at   Cedar  Point  July  13   to   Hi.     Judging 


from  the  large  increase  in  membership,  this  year's  meeting 
will  prove  a  record-breaker.  The  travelers  are  again  giving  the 
boat  ride  that  proved  so  successful  last  year  and  those  who 
were  fortunate  enough  to  take  it  are  still  talking  about  the 
fine  ride.  The  boat  will  leave  Cedar  Point  and  pass  up  one 
side  and  down  the  other  of  all  islands  of  any  size,  Put-in-Bay, 
Middle  Bass,  Famous  Gibraltar,  Ballast  Isle,  Sugar  Island, 
Old  Hen  and  Chickens,  Pelee  Island,  and  North  Bass,  a  dis- 
tance of  60  miles.  A  special  feature  of  this  year's  entertain- 
ment will  be  the  amusement  furnished  the  children,  one  after- 
noon being  given  to  them  by  the  Cedar  Point  Company. 


Banquet  and  Election  of  Minnesota  TT.C.P.  Alumni. 

MiNNE.\POLis.  June  19. — The  fifteenth  annual  meeting  of 
the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  State 
University,  was  held  at  the  college  building.  The  following 
officers  were  elected  :  President,  Nelson  W.  Root,  '09 ;  vice- 
president,  Emily  L.  Lyman,  '09 ;  secretary,  A.  E.  Lovdahl, 
'08;  treasurer,  .V.  G.  Erkel,  '02;  delegates  to  the  General 
Alumni  Association,  A.  G.  Erkel  and  Oscar  Blosmo,  '08 ; 
Alumni  Weekly  representative,  Gustav  Bachman  ;  delegate  to 
the  Minnesota  State  Ph.A.,  Dean  F.  J.  Wulling ;  toastmaster, 
Frederic  K.  Butters ;  poet,  Theo.  Fratzke,  '09 ;  sergeant-at- 
arms,  Harry  W.  Speidel.  '09.  Resolutions  were  passed  pledg- 
ing support  of  the  faculty  in  its  endeavor  to  remodel  and 
thoroughly  equip  the  newly  acquired  Millard  Hall. 

The  fifteenth  annual  banquet  occurred  at  the  Nicollet  Hotel. 
About  forty  were  present.  A.  G.  Erkel  acted  as  toastmaster. 
The  speakers  were  Nelson  W.  Root,  '09 ;  Richard  H.  Puhl, 
'08;  B.  H.  Nichols.  '96,  and  W.  F.  Passer,  '04.  A.  E.  Lov- 
dahl, '08,  read  a  paper  by  Irving  Robitshek,  '05.  in  which  the 
writer  cited  instances  illustrating  that  the  training  students 
receive  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  fits  them  for  responsible, 
original  and  research  work. 

Miss  Halverson  and  Miss  Foster  gave  piano  selections. 
Dean  Wulling  spoke  on  the  future  of  the  college. 


Minnesota  TJniversity  C.  P.  Commencement. 
Minneapolis,  June  19. — At  the  fifteenth  annual  com- 
mencement of  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  University  of  Min- 
nesota in  the  University  Armory.  Prof.  Maria  L.  Sanford, 
who  retires  after  thirty  .vears  of  active  service  in  the  College 
of  Science.  Literature  and  the  Arts,  delivered  the  com- 
mencement address.  She  was  introduced  b.v  President  North- 
rop, She  dwelt  particularly  upon  the  University  as  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  development  of  the  State  and  its  people. 
The  exercises  were  interspersed  with  music  by  a  military  band. 
The  names  of  the  graduates  appeared  in  the  Era  of  June 
3,  page  515. 


Vigo  County  Druggists  Name  Officers. 
Terre  H.iLTTE.  Ind..  June  19. — Electing  officers  for  the  ensu- 
ing year  and  hearing  reports  that  showed  the  organization  to  be 
in  a  prosperous  condition,  claimed  attention  at  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Vigo  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association  in 
the  Commercial  Club  rooms.  Officers  elected  were :  Burton 
Cassidy,  West  Terre  Haute,  president;  Otto  Kadel,  vice- 
president  ;  Fred  Black,  secretary,  and  Bert  Raines,  treasurer. 
President  Cassiday  appointed  C.  Averitt  and  W.  C.  Buntin  on 
the  executive  committee.  Later  the  members  went  to  a  ball 
game  in  Athletic  Park. 


State  Prison  Sentence  for  Perjury. 
Jackson,  Mich.,  June  19. — Johu  C.  Berridge  has  been 
received  at  the  prison  from  Van  Buren  County  on  a  sentence 
of  from  eighteen  months  to  five  years  for  perjury  in  swearing 
to  false  reports  to  sales  of  liquor.  Berridge  is  a  druggist,  the 
first  to  receive  a  State  prison  sentence  for  violation  of  the 
liquor    laws. 


Burglars  Stole  Money  and  Metal. 
Baltimore.  June  19. — A.  B.  Gl.ascock,  who  conducts  a  drug 
store   at  3123  West   North   avenue,   formerly   the   property   of 
Harry  Farrow,  was  robbed  of  $27  in  money  and  some  weights 
on  the  night  of  June  15. 


Drawback  Allowance   on  Pills. 
Washington,    June    19. — The    Treasury    Department    has 
granted    a   drawback   on    pills    and    tablets   manufactured   by 
Sharp  &  Dohme.  Baltimore,  with  the  use  of  imported  sugar. 


June  2-i,  1909] 


THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


599 


VALUE  OF  CLINICAL  AND  MEDICAL  CHEMISTRY- 

F.   E.   Niece  Urg-es  Upon  Pharmacists  the  Advantages 
of  Adding  This  Specialty  to  Regular  Business. 

The  subject  of  chemical  and  bacteriological  analysis  as  an 
adjunct  to  the  profession  of  pharmacy  and  especially  adapted 
as  a  line  for  the  retail  druggist  was  discussed  at  the  meeting 
of  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  of  June  14.  A  paper.  "The  Pharmacist,  the 
future  Clinical  Chemist,"  devoted  to  its  consideration,  was 
read  by  Frederick  E.  Niece,  who  supplemented  his  remarks 
with  numerous  demonstrations  and  experiments  showing  how 
some  phases  of  the  work  should  be  done. 
He  advised  the  pharmacists  to  make  all 
haste  in  turning  their  efforts  toward 
securing  the  necessary  apparatus  with 
which  to  do  urine,  sputum,  milk  and 
various  other  analyses,  before  this  line 
of  work  was  absorbed  by  the  large  com- 
mercial   laboratories. 

The  value  of  clinical  and  medical  chem- 
istry, said  Mr,  Niece,  was  just  becoming 
appreciated  and  was  really  an  out- 
growth of  pharmaceutical  chemist  r.v,  and 
would  in  time  yield  lucrative  returns 
to  the  pharmacist  who  grasped  the  op- 
portunity and  secured  a  clientele  of  phy- 
sicians, who  as  a  class  were  more  than 
willing  to  turn  over  this  work  to  a  care- 
ful   pharmacist. 

Ten  plates  containing  cultures  secured 
from  candy,  soda  water,  ice  cream  sand- 
wiches. Croton  water,  air  and  various 
other  sources,  were  shown  and  com- 
mented upon  by  Mr.  Niece,  From 
microscopical  observation  and  subsequent 
determinations,  Mr.  Niece  quoted  figures 
showinjr  a  larger  number  of  bacteria  in 
distilled  water  than  in  Croton  water, 
while  in  one  quart  of  pasteurized  milk, 
obtained  from  a  large  dealer  in  the 
Bronx,  his  calculation  showed  50.615.000 
bacteria.  A  stained  slide  of  tubercular 
bacilli  was  also  prepared  and  the  speci- 
mens were  viewed  by  those  present 
through  the  microscope  fitted  with  an  oil- 
immersion  lens. 

Passing  from  the  subject  of  bacteri- 
ology, various  tests  were  carried  out  on 
samples  of  urine  for  albumin,  urea, 
sugar,  acetone,  indican  and  blood.  Be- 
sides the  tests,  the  working  of  various 
apparatus,  of  which  there  was  a  table- 
ful, was  also  explained  by  Mr.  Niece 
and  his  assistant,  W.  A.  Williams. 

Both  gentlemen  were  requested  to  ap- 
pear before  the  branch  again  when  their 
time  permitted,  and  much  enthusiasm 
was   shown   when    a   vote   of   thanks   was 

given  to  them.  The  paper  was  ably  discussed  by  Dr.  Joseph 
Ma.ver  and  Otto  Raubenheimer,  who  concurred  with  Mr.  Niece 
that  the  time  is  ripe  for  the  development  of  this  branch  of 
work  by  the  pharmacist  in  conjunction  with  his  other  duties 
as  a  pharmaceutical  chemist.  An  extended  discussion  was 
prevented  b.v  the  limited  time. 

Thos.  D.  McElhenie  read  a  short  but  very  interesting  paper 
on  "Mistura  Rhei  et  Sodae,  U.S. P.,"  which  appears  on  page 
587  of  this  issue  of  the  Era,  In  the  discussion  of  the  paper, 
Mr,  Raubenheimer  objected  to  the  preparation  of  this  mixture 
by  using  hot  water  to  dissolve  the  sodium  bicarbonate. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman.  chairman  of  the  committee  on 
pharmacy,  reviewed  and  criticized  several  articles  from  for- 
eign journals  and  submitted  a  very  complete  report  on  the 
month's  progress  in  pharmac.v. 

George  H.  Hitchcock  reported  on  the  recent  joint  meeting  of 
the  branch  with  the  County  Medical  Societ.v,  and  announced 
that  the  papers  read  at  the  meeting  were  scheduled  to  appear 
in  the  July  issue  of  the  Journal  of  the  New  York  State  Medi- 
cal Association. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman,  Hugo  Kantrowitz  and  Hugh  Craig 
were  appointed  delegates  to  the  N.Y.S.Ph.A.  meeting. 


HOSPITALITY  FOR  N.A.R.D.  DELEGATES 


Favors  New  Michigan  Association 


New  Features  Planned  to  Make  Louisville  Convention 
of  More  Than  Usual  Interest — Big  Crowd  Expected. 
Louisville,  June  19. — Preparing  for  the  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  to  be 
held  here  the  week  beginning  September  6,  a  meeting  was 
held  at  the  Commercial  Club  recently  by  the  executive  com- 
mittee for  the  purpose  of  perfecting  plans  for  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  visitors. 

The  executive  committee  is  formed  of  the  chairmen  of  the 
various  committees  in   this  city.     Those  composing  the  com- 
mittee  are    Simon   N.    Jones,   chairman ; 
Charles    P,    Prick,    E.    H.    Wittelshofer, 
Horace    Taylor,    T.    P.    Taylor.    E.    G. 
Isaacs,  Curt  Krieger  and  Paul  J.  Kranz. 
Entertainment    is    being    outlined,    and 
I  the  knights  of  the  pestle  and  mortar  ex- 
pect to  show  the  visiting  members  a  fine 
time. 

One  example  of  Kentucky  generosity 
will  be  the  furnishing  of  elaborately  en- 
graved and  quite  expensive  badges  to 
each  of  the  1500  members  expected  to 
attend  the  convention,  while  in  the  case 
of  other  conventions  the  badges  were  sold 
to   those   attending   conventions. 

Twenty-eight  booths  occupied  by  manu- 
facturing druggists'  supplies  will  glitter 
in  a  blaze  of  illumination  on  The  Seel- 
bach  roof  garden,  and  the  carnival  fes- 
tivities will  be  held  there,  besides  other 
entertainments   in   the   city. 

In  order  that  all  exhibitors  may  have 
equal  opportunities  of  displaying  their 
goods  to  the  best  advantage,  each  of  the 
booths  will  front  upon  a  spacious  aisle. 
The  committee  on  exhibits  has  deter- 
mined not  to  place  an.v  exhibits  in  the 
convention  hall  proper,  and  this  has  re- 
duced the  number  of  available  spaces. 
The  booths  will  be  erected  free  of  cost 
to  exhibitors,   except   their  own   decorat- 


H.  J.  CRAWFORD, 
of  Ithaca.  Mich.,  recently  elected  presi- 
dent of  the  Gratiot  County  R.D.A.,  is 
cashier  of  the  Commercial  State  Bank, 
in  addition  to  his  pharmacy  interests. 
The  association  has  voted  to  take  out 
no  Federal  liquor  tcx  certllicates  after 
July  1,  and  to  cut  out  its  sale  entirely. 
President  Crawford  said  recently : 
"The  reorganization  of  the  Gratiot 
County  druggists  is  contemplated  as  a 
nucleus  for  a  State  organization  of  the 
retail  druggists  of  Michigan.  With  all 
due  respect  to  the  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  wh.it  we  need  in  Michigan 
is  an  organization  of  business  men, 
men  with  energy  and  brains  enough  to 
protect  themselves  from  such  laws  as 
our  recent  liquor  measure." 


ing. 


Everything  indicates  that  the  attend- 
ance at  the  convention  will  be  large, 
especially  from  the  surrounding  States 
and  from  points  south  of  the  Ohio  River. 
Only  one  convention  has  been  held  in 
this  territory — at  Atlanta — and  a  great 
deal  of  effective  organization  work  has 
been  done  by  the  N.A.R.D.  during  the 
last  three  years  in  the  Southern  States. 
Reports  from  such  extreme  points  as 
Texas  and  Florida  indicate  an  unusual 
representation    from    these    sections. 

The  local  hotel  committee  suggests  to 
all  members  who  contemplate  attending 
that  they  communicate  direct  with  the 
several  hotels  and  reserve  their  rooms  as  soon  as  possible. 
However,  if  upon  arrival  in  Louisville  they  do  not  secure 
the  kind  of  accommodations  they  desire,  the  local  hotel  com- 
mittee will  be  in  a  position  to  take  care  of  them  in  first-class 
boarding  houses,  apartments,  etc.  The  official  headquarters 
of  the  meeting  will  be  at  the  Seelbaeh  Hotel.  All  meetings 
of  the  association,  ladies'  auxiliary  and  exhibits  will  be  held 
there. 

The  publicity  committee  of  the  L.A.R.D.  announces  that 
there  will  be  many  new  features  introduced  which  will  de- 
tract from  the  usual  monotony  of  conventions. 

At  the  close  of  the  convention  there  will  be  an  opportunity 
of  seeing  the  famous  Mammoth  Cave  of  Kentucky,  which  is  a 
comparatively  short  distance  from  the  convention  city.  There 
will  be  special  railroad  rates. 


Druggist  Fined  for  Selling  Cocaine. 
Buffalo.  N.  Y..  June  19. — C.  Eugene  Clark,  a  Clinton 
street  druggist  who  pleaded  guilty  to  the  charge  of  selling 
cocaine  without  a  physician's  prescription,  was  recently  fined 
.$200  by  Justice  White  in  Criminal  Term  of  Supreme  Court, 
Clark  paid  the  fine. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  24,  1909 


GALA  DAY  FOR  PHILADELPHIA  DRUGGISTS. 


Annual  Outing  and  Field  Day  at  "The  Orchard"  Proves 
to  Be  a  Very  Enjoyable  and  Successful  Affair. 

Philadelphia,  June  19. — The  annual  outing  and  field  day 
of  the  drug  trade — the  joint  effort  of  Chapter  No.  6,  W.O.N. 
A.R.D..  the  P.A.R.D..  and  the  Drug  Club— at  Essington 
yesterday  was  quite  the  success  anticipated.  "The  Orchard" 
at  Essington  along  the  Delaware  River  a  few  miles  below 
Philadelphia  is  the  summer  home  of  the  Athletic  Club  of 
Philadelphia  and  is  famed  for  its  beauty,  its  many  enjoyable 
facilities  and  its  cuisine.  Needless  to  say  the  representatives 
of  the  drug  trade  enjoyed  all  of  these  attractions  to  their 
utmost  and  from  the  time  the  special  train  pulled  out  of  the 
station  at  Twenty-third  and  Chestnut  Streets  at  10.15  a.  m., 
until  the  last  good  nights  were  said  there  was  not  a  dull 
moment. 

Shortly  after  lunch,  the  game  of  ball  between  the  retail 
druggists  and  the  members  of  the  Drug  Athletic  Association 
was  announced.  ATilliam  A.  Johnson  marshalled  the  forces 
of  the  latter  and  Frank  W.  Fluck.  president  of  the  P.A.R.D., 
captained  and  pitched  for  the  "pill  rollers."  Although  there 
was  some  clever  playing  on  both  teams,  from  the  standpoint 
of  the  spectators,  the  umpiring  of  Edward  T.  Hahn  and  C.  M. 
Fletcher  was  the  feature.  "Eddie"  opened  the  game  by  an- 
nouncing in  a  clever  speech  that  he  wished  to  present  to  Cap- 
tain William  "Annanias"  Johnson,  a  pair  of  gloves  to  wear 
during  the  game.  The  latter  were  of  the  kind  worn  by  pall- 
bearers but  they  were  accepted  in  the  same  spirit  as  marked 
the  presentation.  The  superior  training  of  the  athletes  was 
too  much  for  the  druggists  and  the  latter  lost. 

Next  came  the  turn  of  the  ladies  who  showed  no  little  skill 
and  wonderful  activity  in  the  series  of  contests  that  had  been 
arranged.  In  the  potato  race,  Mrs.  H.  Ross  won  over  a  large 
field  of  contestants.  Mrs.  Frank  W.  Fluck  took  the  egg  and 
spoon  race  with  an  ease  and  grace  which  captivated  the  spec- 
tators. She  was  second  in  the  potato  race.  Mrs.  J.  J.  Kelly 
was  second  in  the  egg  and  spoon  race  and  Mrs.  Dobson  was 
third.  The  latter  won  the  candle  race  with  Mrs.  Brown 
second  and  Mrs.  Fluck  third.  The  race  for  misses,  fifty  yards, 
was  an  exciting  event  and  was  won  by  Miss  Whisler  with 
Miss  Miller  second  and  Miss  Hahn  third.  A  similiar  sprint 
for  the  married  women  was  won  by  Mrs.  Kelly  with  Mrs. 
Dobson  second  and  Mrs.  Miller  third.  Mrs.  Brown  won  the 
shufBeboard  match,  with  Miss  Hahn  second,  Mrs.  Hammocker 
third  and  Mrs.  Reid  fourth. 

Some  of  the  matrons  were  backward  in  admitting  their 
avoirdupois  by  entering  the  stout  women's  race.  The  ease 
with  which  Mrs.  Fred  R.  Keller  won  over  some  of  her  lighter 
opponents  provoked  great  applause.  Mrs.  George  W.  Fehr 
was  second  and  Mrs.  Philip  GoU  was  a  close  third.  Mrs. 
Fehr  showed  her  muscle  in  the  next  event,  the  nail  driving 
contest,  winning  by  a  fraction  of  a  second  from  Mrs.  Frank  W. 
Smith  and  Mrs.  Kelly.  The  courtesy  race,  in  which  couples 
had  to  "run  a  bit,  smoke  a  bit  and  eat  a  bit"  was  very  ex- 
citing as  well  as  the  most  laughable.  Charles  Leedom  was  the 
dark  horse  and  with  Mrs.  Osterlund  as  a  partner  he  easily 
carried  off  first  honors.  J.  H.  Barlow  and  Miss  Hahn  were 
second,  while  Eddie  Hahn  with  Mrs.  Willis  would  have  won 
had  it  not  been  for  his  well-known  generosity.  In  this  in- 
stance Mr.  Hahn  lost  a  few  seconds  by  stopping  to  give  an 
imaginary  tip  to  a  visionary  waiter. 

Then  the  men  had  an  inning.  In  the  fat  men's  race.  Ham- 
mocker  galloped  home  in  front  of  Landis  and  Fletcher.  Wil- 
liard  Smith  showed  a  clean  pair  of  heels  to  O.  W.  Osterlund 
and  C.  S.  Gill,  his  nearest  opponents  in  the  thin  men's  race. 
Barlow  and  Fletcher,  who,  it  is  said,  had  been  practicing  all 
spring  in  a  narrow  alley,  won  the  three-legged  race.  Ham- 
mocker  left  portions  of  bis  anatomy  along  the  trail  in  the 
barrel  race  but  won  in  convincing  if  not  graceful  style.  Goll 
won  the  nail  driving  contest  for  the  men,  with  Crawford  sec- 
ond and  Treasurer  Fehr  of  the  F.A.R.D.  third.  Harry  C. 
Blair,  president  of  the  Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  surprised  the  spectators  by  win- 
ning the  prize  for  accuracy  in  throwing  the  baseball.  His 
throw  from  center  field  to  the  home  plate  would  have  made 
any  professional  ball  tosser  envious.  Frank  Fluck  demon- 
strated his  hitting  ability  in  the  fungo  hitting  contest,  which 
he  won  with  little  truoble. 

The   judges   were   D.   J.    Resse,    Frank    W.    Smith,    J.    H. 


Barlow  and  C.  S.  Gill  and  their  decisions  were  accepted 
without  question.  The  sports  consumed  two  hours  and  it 
was  a  tired  and  hungry  bunch  that  gathered  in  the  banquet 
hall  of  the  club,  where  a  big  circular  table  fairly  groaned  with 
the  good  things  which  the  menu  contained. 

After  dinner  Frank  W.  Smith  presented  the  prizes.  One  of 
the  busiest  members  of  the  party  was  D.  E.  Bransome,  who  in 
the  capacity  of  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee  of 
the  Drug  Club  as  well  as  a  member  of  the  Athletic  Club  of 
Philadelphia  had  double  duty  to  perform.  In  the  evening 
there  was  dancing  and  it  was  with  regret  that  the  party  heard 
the  call  of  "train  time." 


NEW  YORK  R.D.A.  SUPPORTS  STATE  BODY, 

Members  Insist  that  State  Association  Should  Have  a 
Voice  in  Selecting  Pharmacy  Board  Members. 

A  special  meeting  called  for  the  purpose  of  instructing  dele- 
gates on  various  legislative  matters  likely  to  be  brought  up  at 
the  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  was  held  by  the  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  As- 
sociation last  Friday  evening. 

The  association  pledged  its  unqualified  support  on  legislative 
affairs  to  the  State  body  and  -the  delegates  were  instructed 
to  bring  notice  of  this  action  before  the  annual  meeting  next 
week.  In  regard  to  the  selection  of  members  to  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  the  delegates  were  instructed  to  express 
only  their  approval  of  such  legislation  in  which  the  pharma- 
cists would  retain  some  control  or  supervision  and  to  strongly 
oppose  any  efforts  to  bring  about  the  election  or  appointment 
of  members  for  the  board  in  such  a  manner  as  might  subject 
it  to  political  juggling. 

In  view  of  the  laws  of  some  States  that  pharmacies  can 
be  owned  only  by  licensed  pharmacists  and  also  the  law 
recently  signed  by  Governor  Hughes  relative  to  prohibiting 
corporations  from  doing  a  law  business  unless  owned  by 
lawyers,  the  association  went  on  record  as  favoring  legisla- 
tion in  this  State,  to  permit  the  ownership  of  retail  drug  stores 
only  by  licensed  pharmacists. 

A  resolution  was  also  passed  urging  those  not  already  mem- 
bers o£  the  State  association  to  join  at  once. 

Peter  Diamond  submitted  the  final  report  on  the  present 
legislative  session  and  dwelt  at  length  upon  the  vetoing  of 
the  Brown  Act,  also  giving  a  general  review  of  the  situation 
with  regard  to  the  future  as  well  as  the  past. 

Following  are  the  naimes  of  the  members  appointed  dele- 
gates to  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association : 
Dr.  Joseph  Weinstein,  chairman ;  Peter  Diamond,  M.  Lucas, 
J.  Goldbladtt,  M.  Dluglash,  L.  B.  Epstein,  M.  Zagat,  H. 
Glassman,  J.  K.  Bernhard,  Ch.  Brikovsky,  A.  Katzman,  B. 
Miller. 

Adam  A.  Moskiewitz  was  elected  to  membership  and  Dr. 
K.  Rosahn  elected  to  honorary  membership. 

Treasurer  Weinstein  reported  a  balance  on  hand  of  $326, 
and  §75  was  contributed  to  the  State  Association. 

A  lunch  was  served  following  the  meeting. 


Oflacers  Elected  by  Charleston  R.D.A. 
Charleston.  W.  Va.,  June  19. — At  the  last  meeting  of  the 
Charleston  R.D.A.  the  following  newly  elected  officers  were 
installed  :  J.  C.  Hall,  president ;  F.  G.  Klostermeyer,  treas- 
urer, and  W.  C.  Price,  secretary.  Reports  from  the  delegates 
who  attended  the  meeting  of  the  State  Ph.A.  at  Morgantown 
were  heard.  Remarks  were  made  by  Messrs.  Hall,  Krieg  and 
Price.  The  report  of  the  committee  sent  before  council  to 
have  the  druggists'  license  reduced  to  the  old  amount  of  $25, 
was  received.  The  committee  had  been  successful  in  its 
efforts.  A  resolution  was  adopted  asking  the  co-operation  of 
the  physicians  of  the  city. 


Boston  Elects  Delegates  to  N.A.E.D.  Convention. 
Boston.  June  21. — John  J.  Tobin,  of  South  Boston,  J. 
Arthur  Bean,  of  Somerville,  and  Col.  John  W.  Low,  of  the 
Eli  Lilly  Company,  were  elected  delegates  from  the  B.A.R.D. 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  association  at  the  Massachusetts 
College  of  Pharmacy  the  past  week,  to  the  N.A.R.D.  conven- 
tion at  Louisville.  One  new  member  was  elected.  The  com- 
mittee on  entertainment  reported  that  the  annual  outing  of 
the  B.A.R.D.  would  be  held  on  July  21,  at  some  point  to  be 
announced  later,  but  probably  at  Bass  Point,  Nahant. 


-June  24,  1909]  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 

PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS.  ETC. 


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PATENTS. 


Granted  June   15,   1909. 

924,654— Arthur  C.  Fox,  New  York,  N.  Y.    Alcohol  lamp. 

924,848— Charles  O.  Smith,  Quoque,  N.  Y.     Bottle. 

925,120 — Henry  W.  Maurer,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
Taylor  Instrument  Companies.  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  a  corpora- 
tion of  New  York.     Thermometer. 

925.135 — Franklin  Rudolph,  Winnetka,  III.,  assignor  to 
American  Can  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  corporation  of  New 
York.    Jacket  can. 

925,145 — George  C.  Weber,  Chicago,  III.  Opening  device  for 
receptacles. 

925,178 — Herbert  V.  Hardman,  Belleville,  N.  J,,  assignor  to 
Rubber-Bound  Brush  Company,  Belleville,  N.  J.,  a  corporation 
of  New  Jersey.     Brush. 

925,253 — Norman  L.  G.  Whitehouse,  Lewisham,  London. 
Eng.  Process  of  making  ammonia  and  chlorin  or  hydrochloric 
acid. 

925,330— Sidney  J.  Graham  and  Albert  E.  Fowler,  Trout 
Lake,  British  Columbia,  Canada.     Siphon. 


REISSUES. 


Granted  June  15,  1909. 
-Conrad    Hubert,    New    York,    N.    Y. 


Closure    for 


TRADE  MARKS. 


Published  June  15,  1909. 

13,220 — Ednur  Pharmacal  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Kamps- 
ville.  111.,  assignor  to  Ednur  Pharmacal  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo., 
a  corporation  of  Missouri.  Class  6.  A  remedy  for  dyspepsia, 
biliousness  and  diseases  of  the  liver. 

34,591—1.  H.  Lewkowicz,  Sharon,  Pa.  Class  6.  Tooth 
powder,  tooth  paste  and  tooth  wash. 

34.860 — Acme  Remedy  Company,  Piqua,  Ohio.  Class  6. 
Ointment  used  as  a  remedy  for  tetters,  piles,  eczema,  scro- 
fulous ulcers,  burns,  scalds,  cuts,  etc. 

35,917 — William  Cooper  &  Nephews,  Berkhamsted,  England. 
Class  6.     A  liquid  disinfectant. 


37,824 — Blue  Ribbon  Remedy  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Class  6. 
Poultry  powder. 

39,161 — The  Natona  Co..  Mobile,  Ala.  Class  6.  Iron  tonic, 
tablets  for  the  treatment  of  dyspepsia  and  indigestion,  cough 
syrup  and  antiseptic  salve. 

39,637^Mechling  Brothers  Manufacturing  Company,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.  and  Camden,  N.  J.  Class  6.  Hyposuliite  of  soda 
and  sulfid  of  sodium. 

39,786— Scott-Brown  Manufacturing  Co.,  Oakland,  Cal. 
Class  6.     Scalp  remedy. 

40,428— J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co..  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Class  6. 
Liniment. 

40,556— William  F.  Page,  Rogersville,  Ala.    Class  6.    Salve. 

40,922 — Union  Wholesale  Liquor  Co.,  Chicago,  III.  Class  6. 
Bitter  wine  touic. 

41,641— Crude  Oil  Products  Company,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Class 
6.     Hair  tonic  and  liniment. 

41,938— Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit,  Mich.  Class  6. 
Baby  powder,  perfumery,  face  powder  and  face  cream. 

42,028— Ogden  Pharmacal  Co.,  Ogden,  Utah.  Class  6. 
An  ointment  for  topical  treatment  of  inflammations  generally, 
sore  throat,  headache,  catarrh,  earache,  rheumatism,  bruises, 
cold  sores,  chapped  hands,  piles,  burns,  etc.,  etc. 


American  Medical  Association's  Officers. 
Following  its  custom  of  selecting  its  president  a  year  in 
advance  of  his  installation,  the  A.M. A.  at  Atlantic  City  named 
Dr.  William  H.  Welch,  professor  of  pathology  at  the  Joans 
Hopkins  Medical  School.  The  other  officers  chosen  were : 
Vice-presidents,  Robert  Wilson,  of  Charleston :  Charles  J. 
Kipp,  of  Newark ;  Alexander  Lambert,  of  New  York,  and 
Stanley  P.  Black,  of  Pasadena,  Cal. ;  general  secretary,  man- 
ager and  editor  of  the  Medical  Jovrnal,  George  H.  Simmons, 
of  Chicago ;  treasurer,  Frank  Billings,  of  Chicago ;  trustees, 
M.  L.  Harris,  of  Chicago ;  C.  A.  Daugherty.  of  Indiana ; 
William  T.  Councilman,  of  Harvard ;  C.  E.  Cantrell,  of  Texas, 
to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  Dr,  Happel's  death. 


Will  Have  Branch  23  in  Syracuse. 
Stkacuse.   N.   Y.,   June  19. — The   Post  Office   Department 
will  on  July  1  establish  Substation  23  of  the  Syracuse  Post 
Office  at  Stolz  Bros.'  pharmacy,  at  205  East  Genesee  street. 


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THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA 


[June  24,  1909 


New  York — Eastern  Branch. 

Following  are  the  names  of  successful  candidates  who  passed 
the  May  examinations  held  by  the  Eastern  Branch  of  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy.  Address,  Borough  of  Manhattan,  New  York  City, 
where  not  otherwise  specified  : 

Phabiiacists. — Maurice  Ackerman,  Otto  Alpers.  Isaac  Alt- 
schule,  Pasquale  Aquaro,  Philip  Barasch,  Israel  Bass.  James 
J.  A.  Bauman,  Maurer,  N.  J. ;  Francis  L.  Bean,  Middletown, 
N.  Y. ;  Frank  J.  Beck,  Edward  W.  Benjamin,  Brooklyn ;  Na- 
than Berner,  Samuel  Bernstein.  Louis  Borker,  Brooklyn ; 
Ernst  F.  A.  Bottcher.  George  I.  Branower,  Clarence  J.  Brett, 
Meyer  Briggin,  Brooklyn :  Abram  Cohen,  Brooklyn ;  Alex- 
ander Cohen.  Abraham  Cooper,  Louis  I.  Cooper.  .John  E. 
Denny,  Brooklyn ;  Nathan  Ellenberg,  Brooklyn ;  George  Erger, 
Brooklyn ;  Karl  Faaland,  Brooklyn ;  Jacob  Feldman,  David 
R.  Eraser,  Gerald  Frucht,  Victor  Gayda,  Vincenzo  Giacalone, 
Jersey  City,  N.  J. ;  Harry  Gluckman,  Max  Golob.  .Joseph 
Gordon,  Hyman  Grodinsky,  Joseph  Guardi,  Frank  Gusman, 
Brooklyn ;  Lewis  Gussman,  Brooklyn :  Carl  A.  Hansen.  Her- 
man Hasan,  Keren  A.  Hayunga,  David  Herehberg,  Samuel 
Hindes,  Alexander  Holzberg,  William  H.  Hulse,  Yonkers, 
N.  Y. ;  Charles  G.  Judge,  Nathan  Kantrowitz,  Brooklyn  :  Ben- 
jamin Karpman.  Thomas  P.  Kerwin.  Kurt  B.  Klebe,  Yonkers, 
N.  Y. ;  Mortimer  V.  Kleinman,  Anthony  M.  Lacovara,  Morris 
Lipschitz,  Leon  J.  Lindsley,  Corey,  Pa. ;  Ralph  P.  Litchman, 
David  Litvin.  Morris  Loew,  Boris  Malisoff,  Brooklyn ;  An- 
thony Martoceio,  Joseph  M.  Mindel.  Noah  Minkin,  Brooklyn ; 
Wilson  B.  Morrison,  Herman  S.  Nishnevitz,  Edward  B.  Oates, 
Jr.,  Paterson,  N.  J. ;  Samuel  Pearlmutter,  Dominick  Mar- 
tocci-Picsulli,  Philip  H.  Pitcher,  Brooklyn ;  Constantine  G. 
Psaki,  Benjamin  Queen,  George  C.  Reed,  Morris  Regelson, 
Joseph  Reifman,  Y'onkers,  N.  Y. ;  Michael  Roenblum,  Max 
Rosoff.  Henry  Rubinstein,  Philip  Rudy,  Zachary  Sagalowitz, 
Nicholas  Salinitro,  Henry  Schwartz,  Meyer  Shepord,  Ben- 
jamin Silberstein.  Brooklyn ;  Marc  Singer,  Leopold  Sisselman, 
Sister  Mary  Jeanette  (Emma  M.  Jacke),  Jamaica,  L.  I.; 
Sister  Mary  Mildred  (Isabelle  M.  Bonden),  Brooklyn;  Mas 
Sloane,  Jacob  Spector.  Nathan  Specter,  Max  Spitzer,  Brook- 
lyn ;  Louis  Stemple,  Brooklyn ;  Samuel  Stoller,  Leon  Tar- 
tak,  Nicholas  Tow.  Siegfried  Tow,  Meyer  Truman,  Brooklyn ; 
Howe  R.  Turnbull,  Brooklyn;  Harvey  Weinschenk,  Flushing, 
L.  I. ;  Frieda  Westermayr.  Port  Chester,  N.  Y'.  :  Benn  Windt, 
Samuel  Wolf,  Moses  I.  Zetlin,  Brooklyn ;  John  J.  Mantte, 
Henry  A.  M.  Ramsey. 

Deuggists. — Charles  C.  Becker,  Stapleton,  S.  I.  ;  Ixjuis 
Bell,  Solomon  I.  Branower,  Lee  W.  Twiggar,  Ossining,  N.  Y. ; 
Henry  L.  Vincent.  Three  Mile  Bay.  N.  Y. 

The  following  successfully  passed  the  examinations  held  on 
June   16  and   17  at   the   New   York   College   of  Pharmacy: 

Phaemacists — LeRoy  R.  Adams,  Plaiufield,  N.  J. ;  Samuel 
Adler,  Charles  W.  Ballard,  Leonard  DiNolfo,  Nelson  Y.  Hull. 
Joseph  H.  Kaminsky.  Brooklyn  ;  John  J.  Kindergan,  Charles 
Lutz,  Jr.,  Charles  Parker,  Moses  Sobel,  Eide  F.  Thode.  Paul 
H.  Wagner,  Cornelius  Zeisler,  Wm.  W.  Geety,  Theo.  A.  Jost, 
Mt.  A'ernon. 

Deuggists — George  Baer,  Alexander  M.  Bell.  David  Ras- 
coe,  Jacob  L.  Seader.  James  P.  McMannus,  Caesar  LaGam- 
bina,  Frank  Leverich,  Peekskill. 


Ohio. 

Columbus,  June  12. — The  following  passed  the  examina- 
tion as  registered  pharmacists  at  the  May  examination  held 
by  the  Ohio  Board  of  Pharmacy :  M.  B.  Kauffman,  Frank  H. 
Buck,  Roscoe  B.  Johnson,  Edward  N.  Webb,  Arthur  W.  Block, 
Arthur  C.  May,  Columbus ;  David  Lesser,  John  F.  Bartelt, 
Will  Nikolaus,  Walter  J.  Reis,  Charles  Slezak.  George  L. 
Bader,  William  Rigelhaupt,  Walter  F.  Meyer.  Mark  E.  Treat. 
Walter  H.  Peake,  John  A.  Jarmuzewski,  S.  J.  Sternicki,  Glenn 
F.  Colem,an,  Omar  C.  Joss.  Cleveland  ;  Frank  J.  Kelly,  Wm. 
H.  Schuchhardt,  Floyd  L.  Matthews,  Louis  Kettemann. 
George  Sintz,  Guy  J.  Payne.  J.  Harry  Bruker,  Cincinnati ; 
Walter  Klappich,  Charles  E.  Conn,  Toledo ;  Glenn  G.  Arnold, 
Carl  F.  Sattler,  Lewis  D.  Brady,  Mansfield;  Earl  H.  Reese. 
Lancaster ;  Thomas  J.  McRoberts,  Xenia ;  George  A.  Mercer, 


Prairie  Depot ;  J.  F.  Gallaher,  Franklin ;  J.  E.  Welsheimer, 
Greenfield  ;  Paul  S.  Shipps,  Zanesville ;  Albert  C.  Wells,  Lato- 
nia,  Ky. ;  Benj.  H.  Covert,  Loudonville :  P.  Rottman,  Millers- 
burg  ;  D.  S.  Patterson,  Weston ;  P.  H.  Ohly,  Sandusky ;  Cecil 
V.  Jones.  St.  Paris ;  Wm.  0.  Thatcher.  Circleville ;  Clyde  G. 
Byrd,  Lima ;  A.  Scheffel  Herzer.  McConnelsville ;  John  R. 
Funk,  Hamilton ;  C.  M.  Liggett,  Cardington ;  Shelby  A.  Stim, 
Ottoville ;  Wm.  H.  McElroy,  Newcomerstown  ;  Ear!  Richards, 
Beverly;  Harley  H.  Dunn,  Morrow;  M.  Morris.  Paulding; 
Charles  S.  Geese,  Alliance;  Wm."^'.  Alexander,  Letart  Falls; 
John  H.  Lease.  Salem  ;  Arthur  R.  Davis.  Jeffersonville ;  Milton 

B.  Crafts,  Chagrin  Falls;  Clyde  E.  Wager,  Wauseon ;  Fred  A. 
Saywell,  Hudson;  R.  H.  Clinehens,  Piqua ;  S.  J.  Hannum, 
Salineville;  Carl  E.  Schmidt,  Canton;  C.  A.  Wooley,  Mount- 
ville ;  Wm.  A.  Foertmeyer,  Milford  ;  Loren  L.  Fogg,  Zanes- 
ville ;  Joseph  R.  Bock.  Chillicothe ;  H.  R.  Crabbs,  Ada ;  Mark 
A.  Kidd,  Batavia ;  RoUand  Arnold,  Bellaire ;  Judson  T. 
Wilkes.  Charleston,  W.  Va. ;  Allen  J.  Heuschling,  Bellevue,  Ky. 

Satisfactoby  Assistants. — John  W.  Lee,  Peter  E.  Kern, 
W.  E.  Duffee.  H.  D.  Mathews,  Edgar  C.  Austin.  Glenn  G. 
Howell,  Columbus ;  Ferd.  P.  Silber.  Amos  F.  Creager.  Cin- 
cinnati ;  Aubrey  Goldrick,  Stephen  Gregus,  Frank  F.  Deubel, 
Cleveland  ;  Eva  F.  Robertson,  Toledo ;  Roscoe  C.  Himes,  Vera 

D.  Hardman.  George  M.  Swigart,  Selma  L.  Schmidt,  Dayton; 
Cecil  C.  Cole,  Canton  ;  Allen  G.  Piersol.  Bellaire ;  Howard  M. 
Bergert.    Canton :    Thomas    G.    McCormick,    Mount    Vernon ; 

C.  A.  Wagner,  Windham;  A.  F.  Sealover,  Zanesville ;  H.  F. 
Hosfeld.  Tiffin  ;  John  M.  Galbreath.  Coshocton  ;  K.  E.  Shau- 
wecker.  Canal  Dover;  A.  W,  Barton,  Cumberland;  M.  K. 
Larkworthy,  Gallon ;  Otis  Bradford.  Aberdeen ;  Herbert  Lu- 
cas, Circleville;  Allen  G.  Piersol,  Greenville;;  Leon  P.  Shinn, 
Huron ;  H.  G.  Metzger,  Shelby ;  Anna  H.  Smedley,  North 
Bend  ;  Francis  D.  Davis,  Newark ;  George  H.  Wilson,  Steu- 
benville. 

The  following  made  a  grade  high  enough  to  entitle  them  to 
the  assistant's  certificate  on  their  pharmacist  examination,  if 
they  desire  to  accept  the  same :  George  E.  Scanlon.  W.  P. 
Braunlich,  Cleveland  ;  P.  M.  Rockwell,  Albert  Haefner,  Roy 
H.  McClung,  James  C.  Blake,  Walter  J.  Fallon,  D.  L.  Haw- 
kins, R.  H.  Gerhard,  Cincinnati ;  Louis  A.  Klei,  G.  Flickinger, 
Toledo ;  Ermal  M.  Moore.  LaVerne  English.  West  JIansfield ; 
John  R.  Clark.  Cambridge ;  C.  F.  Thomas,  Springboro ;  H.  Z. 
Brower,  Farmersville ;  W.  M.  Dannemiller,  Canton ;  Thomas 

E.  Webb,  Warren;  F.  M.  Keeley,  Joliet,  111.;  R.  B.  Court, 
Mantua;  F.  C.  Christofferson,  Logan;  Ellis  R.  Bader.  Ham- 
ilton ;  C.  E.  Hudson.  Canton ;  George  W.  Pike,  Lisbon  ;  Edw. 
C.  Schaefer,  Portsmouth ;  Benj.  F.  Steinle,  Sidney ;  Lewis 
Myers,  Columbus  Grove ;  Carl  C.  Bechtel,  Orrville ;  Claude  G. 
Ranger,  Morenci,  Mich. ;  G.  A.  Triplett.  Bellevue,  Ky. 

There  were  162  applicants  for  registered  pharmacist.  73 
were  successful,  30  passed  as  assistants  on  such  examination 
and  one  was  absent.  There  were  64  applicants  for  assistant 
examination,  35  were  successful,  27  rejected  and  two  absent. 


Illinois. 

Speingfied.  June  19. — At  the  May  meeting  of  the  Illinois 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  1.5  out  of  a  class  of  43  applicants 
for  registered  pharmacist  and  19  of  the  25  candidates  for 
assistant  pharmacist  passed  successful  examinations.  Their 
names  follow  : 

Registeeed  Phaemacists. — John  E.  Austin,  John  C.  Bo- 
rowski,  George  L.  Detrick,  George  Eekhardt,  P.  Gonorovsky, 
Ralph  M.  Gray,  Arthur  W.  Huff  and  Maurice  Kogan,  all  of 
Chicago ;  Ernest  C.  Cazel,  Wilmette ;  J.  K.  Elder,  Murray- 
ville ;  Earl  W.  Gsell.  Evanston ;  Louis  H.  Ortgier,  East  St. 
Louis ;  Leon  A.  Phulibert,  Highland ;  H.  J,  Hearrington,  Hen- 
ning ;  A.  C.  Musgrave.  Hutsonville. 

Assistant  Phaemacists. — Oliver  J.  Adams,  Grayville ; 
Harry  L.  Deck,  Girard ;  Otto  Hohenstein,  Carl  W.  Holz, 
Springfield :  Ben  J.  James,  Litchfield  ;  Wm.  E.  Meyer.  Quincy ;' 
L.  Nierstheimer.  Bloomington ;  Benj.  H.  Reiss,  East  St.  Lonis; 
John  L.  Tuscher,  Springfield ;  Kurt  H.  Wendler,  Nashville ; 
C.  D.  Witter,  Maple  Park  ;  Joseph  J.  Barrash.  Robert  II.  Cald- 
well. Benj.  Feldman.  I.  M.  Kahanovske,  Arthur  D.  Langdon, 
Felix  J.  Ratajik,  Jerry  E.  Rimsa  and  Max  Stine,  all  of 
Chicago. 

The  next  meeting  for  the  examination  of  assistant  pharma- 
cists will  be  held  in  Chicago  on  Tuesday,  July  13.  On  the 
following  day  (Wednesday),  July  14,  an  examination  will  be 
conducted  for  registered  pharmacists.  The  next  apprentice 
examinations  throughout  the  State  will  be  held  July  2. 


June  24.  1909^  THE     PHARMACEUTICAL     ERA  603 

DELAWARE  PHARMACEUTICAL  SOCIETY  HOLDS  SUCCESSFUL  ANNUAL  MEETING  AT  WILMINGTON. 


WILTJAJI   POOLE,    Wilmington, 

retiring  prtFident  of  tbe  Delaware  State 

Pharmaceutical  Association. 


BEXJ.    H.    MATTHEWS,    of    Milford. 

elected  president  of  the  Delaware  State 

Pharmacentlcal  Association. 


WrLMiXGTON,  June  19. — At  the  recent 
23d  annual  meeting  of  the  Delaware 
Pharmacutical  Societv.  which  was  held 
in  the  parlors  of  the  Clas'ton  House,  the 
attendance  was  large.  Vice-President 
.Tames  T.  Challenger,  of  New  Castle, 
presided  at  the  sessions  in  the  absence  of 
President  William  Poole,  of  this  city. 
The  Rev.  W.  G.  Koons  welcomed  the 
delegates  and  opened  the  sessions  by 
prayer.  N.  B.  Danforth,  of  this  city,  re- 
sponded. The  reports  of  the  officers 
showed  the  society  to  be  in  excellent 
condition. 

Delegates  were  appointed  as  follows : 
To  the  meeting  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  at  Los  Angeles 
in  August,  H.  K.  Watson,  of  Wilming- 
ton :  to  the  meeting  of  the  revision  of  the 
United  States  Pharmacopoeia  at  Wash- 
ington on  May  10,  1910,  H.  J.  Walson. 
of  Delaware  College;  W.  F.  Dunn,  of 
Smyrna  ;  William  Poole,  of  Wilmington  : 
alternates,  Thomas  Donaldson,  of  Wil- 
mington ;  J.  O.  Bosley,  of  Wilmington, 
and  J.  T.  Challenger,  of  New  Castle.  To 
attend  the  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Pharmaceutical  Association  on  June  23. 
H.  P.  Brown,  G.  O.  Hancock,  and  Erd- 
man  Hoffman,  all  of  Wilmington.  To  the 
Philadelphia  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
J.  M,   Harvey,  of  Wilmington. 

The  following  officers  were  elected 
thews,  of  Milford ;  vice-presidents,  F,  J.  Harmonson,  for  New 
Castle  County ;  H.  R.  Jones,  for  Kent  County,  and  W.  F. 
Haines,  for  Sussex  County :  treasurer,  J.  O.  Bosley.  of  Wil- 
mington :  secretary,  F.  H.  Gray,  Wilmington ;  executive  com- 
mittee, H.  P.  Brown,  Wilmington;  E.  R.  AUabaud.  Wil- 
mington ;  W.  R.  Keys,  Clayton. 

Under  the  law,  it  is  the  duty  of  the  society  to  nominate 
several  members,  one  of  whom  is  appointed  by  the  Governor. 
as  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  each  year,  as  a 
vacancy  exists.  This  year  the  term  of  Dr.  W.  F.  Haines, 
of  Seaford,  expires,  and  the  society  nominated  R.  M.  Kauff- 
man,  Seaford ;  W.  F.  Dunn.  Smyrna ;  Norman  C.  Downes. 
Wilmington ;  J.  O.  Bosley.  Wilmington.  These  names  will 
be  forwarded  to  Governor  Pennewill. 

After    the    meeting    had    adjourned,    the    members    boarded 


FEANK    H.    liR.^Y.    of    Wilmington, 
secretary    of    tbe    Delaware    State    Phar- 
maceutical   .Association. 

special  electric  cars  and  went  to  Brandy- 
wine  Springs  Park,  where  they  spent  a 
pleasant   afternoon. 

"What  Is  Whisky?" 
Washington.  D.  C,  June  19. — Your 
correspondent  is  reliably  informed  that 
the  recent  pronunciamento  from  the  At- 
torney General  which  assumed  to  state 
what  whisky  really  is,  is  being  met  by  a 
flood  of  protests  which  are  being  sent 
directly  to   President  Taft. 

These  protests  are  largely  <rom  State 
:ir.(i  local  officials  and  from  others  who 
1 1  live  no  financial  interest  in  the  con- 
Moversy.  Political  leaders  in  the  pro- 
l;i!iition  movement  are  also  antagonizing 
:i.>  Attorney  General's  finding,  for  ob- 
i.iiis  and  not  necessarily  unworthy  rca- 

-"IIS. 

There  is  no  probability  of  President 
Taft  rendering  the  final  decision  until 
after  the  return  of  Dr.  Wiley  from 
Europe.  The  doctor  is  expected  to  reach 
W."ishington   early   in   July. 


Obituary  Notes. 

— JoHK  W.   F.  WiLLSON,   who  retired 

a  few  years  ago  from  active  work,  after 

JOHN   O.   BOSLEY.   Wilmington.  a    career    of    more    than    50    years    as    a 

re-elected    treasurer    of    the     Delaware     druggist,   with   a   store  at   Broadway   and 

State   Pharmaceutical   Association.  Dorchester    street.     South     Boston,     died 

President,  B.  H.  Mat-      recently  at  the  age  of  83.     He  was  a  native  of  Portsmouth, 

N    H     and  his  father  was  the  founder  of  Zions  HeraM,  the 

organ  of  the  New  England  Methodists.     He  was  a  graduate 

ot  Wilbraham  Academy.     He  leaves  three  children. 

— Wm.  H.  Scott,  oldest  druggist  in  Richmond,  Va.,  is  dead. 
He  had  held  public  office  and  leaves  three  children. 

Db  W  T  Blythe,  who  for  a  number  of  years  represented 

Sharp  &  bohme,  died  on  the  20th  inst.  at  his  home  at  Oak 
Cliff,  Tex.  ^,       .     :,     ;,      . 

—John  Beebt,  retired,  Biddeford,  Me.,  is  dead,  of  pneu- 
monia. He  had  invented  and  patented  laboratory  apparatus. 
A  widow  and  two  children  survive. 

—John  J  Goodlad.  for  many  years  a  druggist  m  Jersey 
Citv  died  recently  at  his  home,  233  Fifth  street.  He  was  57 
years  old,  and  was  bom  in  England.  A  widow  and  a  daughter. 
Mrs.  Douglas  Story,  survive  him. 


604       COLLEGE   Or    /nf^y       rpjjj,    PHARMACEUTICAL 

The  Drug  Markets 


ERA 


[June  24,  1909 


PRICES  FIRMEE  AND  TENDING  UPWARDS. 

Business  Continues  of  Average  Volume,  With  Demand 
Limited  to  Meet  Current  Requirements. 

New  Xobk,  June  21. — General  conditions  of  the  marlset  are 
unchanged,  but  business  continues  of  about  average 
volume,  with  the  demand  limited  to  small  parcels  to 
meet  current  requirements.  The  changes  have  been  few  and 
unimportant,  with  the  exception  of  menthol  and  glycerin, 
which  are  higher.  Opium,  quinine  and  Norwegian  cod  liver 
oil  are  quiet  but  steady.  Insect  flowers  and  insect  powders  are 
tending  toward  higher  values.  Asafetida  shows  increased 
firmness. 

Opium — Primary  markets  continue  firm  with  no  indication 
on  the  part  of  the  principal  holders  to  make  any  concessions. 
Regarding  the  new  crop,  the  news  is  that  rain  is  required 
again  in  some  districts,  but  there  is  nothing  alarming  in  the 
situation,  and,  according  to  all  accounts,  the  outturn  will  be 
about  6500  to  7000  cases,  including  800  cases  from  the 
Salonica  district.  Jobbers  continue  to  quote  cases  at  $4.25 
per  pound. 

Quinine  Sulphate — In  Batavia  on  the  17th  instant,  about 
120,000  ounces  of  Java  quinine  realized  florins  10.20,  which  is 
a  slight  decline,  and  the  lowest  point  it  has  reached  at  any 
time  in  the  past.  The  decline,  however,  is  so  slight  it  will 
not  affect  the  price  of  the  standard  brands,  which  are  held  at 
14  cents  per  ounce  in  100  ounce  cans. 

Insect  Flowees — Advices  from  producing  markets  con- 
firm to  a  gr  at  extent  the  general  reports  about  a  small  crop, 
and  in  consequence  prices  for  all  the  different  qualities  have 
rapidly  advanced,  and  at  the  present  time  are  held  at  high 
figures.  Open  flowers  would  cost  today  26  cents  per  pound, 
half-closed  32  to  35  cents  per  pound,  and  closed  42  to  45  cents 
per  pound.  The  prices  for  all  grades  were  materially  advanced 
last  Thursday. 

Glycerin — Manufacturers  have  again  advanced  their  prices 
and  now  hold  drums  at  17  cents  per  pound,  plain  cans  18 
cents  per  pound,  and  patent  cans  at  18%  cents  per  pound. 

Dragon's  Blood — This  article  in  reeds  has  become  quite 
scarce  ir  this  and  foreign  markets,  and  the  price  has  been 
advan.  'd  to  7o  and  88  cents  per  pound,  as  to  quantity  and 
quality . 

Asafetida — There  is  a  good  inquiry  for  this  article,  but 
spot  stock  of  good  quality  is  very  scarce  and  none  is  being 
offered  at  the  present  time  except  in  a  small  way.  The 
demand  for  powdered  is  active,  and  dealers  are  behind  in 
filling  orders,  owing  to  difliculty  experienced  in  getting  the 
substance  powdered,  as  it  takes  time  and  the  operation  cannot 
be  hurried  without  injuring  the  product.  Jobbers  announce 
that  they  have  a  good  stock  of  whole  asafetida  at  the  mill,  and 
hope  in  a  short  time  to  be  well  supplied  with  the  powdered 
variety 

Menthol — The  market  continues  to  advance,  and  cases  are 
now  held  at  $2.50  per  pound.  It  would  cost  to  import  above 
this  figure  at  the  present  time,  and  a  still  higher  market  may 
be  expected.  There  is  a  continued  good  inquiry,  together 
with  stronger  markets  abroad,  London  cables  recently  report- 
ing an  advance  there  to  Ss  6d.  Dealers  in  the  local  market 
refuse  to  shade  prices. 

Cod  Liveb  On, — Norwegian — Manufacturers  are  firm  in 
their  views,  and  there  is  not  any  probability  of  lower  prices, 
but  on  the  contrary,  dealers  look  for  a  better  market,  and 
higher  values  later  in  the  season. 

Chamomile  Flowers — Hungarian — The  ruling  quotation 
for  prime  quality  is  45c.  per  pound  in  large  quantities,  and 
spot  stocks  are  extremely  scarce.  New  crop  for  shipment 
is  firmly  maintained  at  unchanged  figures  for  No.  1  quality, 
but  for  second  grade  a  slightly  lower  range  of  prices  is  named. 

Canthabides — Prices  for  Russian  are  firmer  owing  to 
cables  of  stronger  primary  markets,  and  spot  quotations  for 
prime  files  have  been  advanced  to  60  and  62  cents  per  pound 
as  to  quantity  and  grade. 

Balsam  Fib— Oregon  continues  firm  at  $1.25  to  $1.35  in 
large  lots  and  as  to  style  of  package.  Sales  of  barrels  have 
been  reported  at  the  inside  figure.     Canada  is  quiet  but  steady 


at  $7.00  to  $7.10  per  pound,  and  advices  from  primary 
sources  are  to  the  effect  that  there  is  very  little  as  yet  ob- 
tainable in  producing  districts. 

Curacao  Aloes — Quotations  are  maintained  at  6%  to  7 
cents  per  pound  and  sales  in  a  jobbing  way  are  reported  at  the 
inside  figure.     There  is  a  moderate  consuming  inquiry. 


London  Drug  Market 

LONDOJJ,  June  12. — There  has  been  an  improved  tone  in 
the  market  this  week  which  it  is  hoped  will  be  maintained, 
for  business  has  been  exceedingly  dull  for  a  very  long  time. 
The  main  feature  of  the  week  has  been  the  activity  in  Menthol, 
due  to  unfavorable  crop  accounts,  considerable  sales  having 
been  made  at  advancing  prices  up  to  8s  per  pound  having 
been  paid  for  Kobayashi.  Japanese  dementholized  peppermint  oil 
has  also  been  active  and  spot  business  has  been  done  up  to  5s 
per  pound.  On  the  other  hand  American  peppermint  oil  is  quiet. 
Camphor  has  been  quiet  and  prices  are  nominally  unchanged. 
Oil  of  Star  Aniseed  is  1  penny  per  pound  cheaper  at  4s  4d 
per  pound  spot.  Cubebs  are  very  scarce  and  after  ousiness  at 
105  per  cwt. ;  holders  are  asking  115s.  At  the  spice  sales 
there  were  heavy  offerings  of  Jamaica  Ginger  and  300  pack- 
ages, about  one-Sfth  of  the  offerings,  sold  at  steady  rates  on 
the  whole  but  slightly  easier  in  some  cases.  Business  has 
been  done  in  Buchu  leaves  at  Is  5%d  per  pound  for  good 
round  green. 

Opium  is  steady  on  the  spot  but  in  view  of  crop  reports  from 
Smyrna  there  is  a  probability  of  a  weaker  tendency  in  mor- 
phine and  codeine.  Glycerin  continues  firm.  Jalap  is  quoted 
high,  good  testing  tubers  being  held  for  2s  per  pound.  Re- 
ports received  here  from  the  South  of  France  are  to  the  effect 
that  the  crops  of  Lavender  and  Neroli  will  be  below  the 
average.  The  reports  to  hand  regarding  the  English  medicinal 
crops  are  on  the  whole  favorable. 


Chewing  Gum  Interests  Merge  With  Large  Capital. 
The  Sen  Sen  Chiclet  Company  was  incorporated  under  the 
laws  of  Maine  with  a  capital  of  $6,700,000  last  week,  for  the 
purpose  of  taking  over  the  business  of  six  of  the  largest 
factories  of  chewing  gum  in  the  United  States  and  Canada. 
The  interests  merged  are :  T.  B.  Dunn  Company,  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y. ;  Frank  H.  Fleer  Company,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa. ;  C.  R. 
Somerville,  of  London,  Ontario ;  The  After  Dinner  Gum  Com- 
pany, of  Rochester,  N.  Y. ;  Grove  Company,  of  Salem,  O.,  and 
George  B.  Curtis  Company,  of  Portland.  Me.  The  otBcers 
of  the  new  concern  are :  T.  B.  Dunn,  of  Rochester,  chairman 
of  the  board  of  directors ;  F.  H.  Fleer,  of  Philadelphia,  first 
vice-president ;  A.  P.  Leighton,  mayor  of  Portland,  second 
vice-president,  and  C.  R.  Somerville,  of  London,  Ont.,  secre- 
tary. Announcement  has  been  made  by  the  New  York  brokers 
who  brought  about  the  merger,  that  there  has  already  been 
a  large  subscription  to  the  securities  of  tne  company  by 
directors  of  the  American  Chicle  Company,  but  that  there  will 
be  further  offerings  to  the  public. 


Mixture   Explodes — Druggist   Badly   Hurt. 

Kansas  City,  June  19. — While  compounding  a  prescrip- 
tion in  his  si  ore  at  15th  street  and  Troost  avenue  recently, 
Harley  High  was  badly  injured  by  an  explosion  of  the  chemi- 
cals which  he  was  mixing  in  an  evaporating  dish.  His  right 
hand  was  badly  hurt,  and  powdered  chemicals  were  blown  into 
his  face.  Mr.  High  was  suffering  so  greatly  that  he  could  not 
tell  how  the  explosion  occurred.     No  one  else  was  near. 

The  injured  man  was  treated  at  the  residence  of  Dr.  W.  T. 
Singleton,  Jr.,  directly  across  the  street.  It  was  found  neces- 
sary to  amputate  the  right  thumb  at  the  first  joint.  The  great 
mass  of  powder  which  had  been  blown  into  Mr.  High's  face 
was  picked  out.  He  was  taken  to  his  home,  3214  Chestnut 
street.    Fire  which  resulted  caused  $900  loss. 


Oriental  Magic  to  Advertise  a  Drug  Store. 
In  Louisville,  Ky.,  recently  Frank  Hertle  resorted  to 
Oriental  magic  to  advertise  his  new  drug  store  in  the  Seelbach 
Block.  "A  famous  exponent  of  black  art"  did  the  demon- 
strating and  the  plan  attracted  large  crowds  to  the  new 
pharmacy. 


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