day to day, was demonstrated in a practical manner by means of moving pictures, showing all phases of the many great producing industries depending on chemistry. For the first time were many of the important processes and products displayed to the general public. The government was represented by officials and leading chemists of America united in explaining the important bearing which the growth of chemistry has upon the war abroad and our own existence at home. The reports on the progress of American chemical engineering and the work of solving the problems of the chemical needs of the United States were very encouraging. Stress was laid on the shortage of chemists required in order to properly man the present lines of battle for supremacy in chemical industries. Every encouragement should be given young men and women who have the proper preliminary education and a desire to study with a view of making use of the knowledge in the commercial world.

A $2,000,000.00 Foundation for a Medical School.The Mayo Foundation, at Rochester, Minn., has become the absolute property of the University of Minnesota. The income from the investment is to be used perpetually for higher medical education, research and investigation. Particular attention will be given to contagious diseases in Minnesota and some of those found elsewhere. The present cash value of this foundation is something over $1,650,000. The Mayo brothers will support the work of the foundation until the interest from this endowment when added to the principal will amount to $2,000,000. After that the foundation will contribute to whatever work is accomplished. Physicians, the world over, contribute time, money, health and even life itself in an effort to stamp out disease. It is not often, however, that physicians are in a position to make such substantial contributions to public health as have been done by the Drs. Mayo. The large endowments for medical schools usually come, as did the one for the Washington University School, from members of the laity.

This Is a Chemist's War.-We do not mean that the chemists are making the war but the result of chemical work and inventions are the prime factors in offense and to some extent in defense in the prosecution of the war. The war has placed an army of chemists at work in an effort to manufacture medicinal chemicals and other commercial products which have previously been imported by the United States. This is another view of the chemist's work and one which will concern us particularly after the war. The success of the chemists in replacing goods which ordinarily come over the seas will be an important factor in deciding the more lasting and important industries which are expected to follow the establishment of peace. In this war, the United States may become more independent of foreign countries than ever before.

How We Jump at Conclusions.-We mense amount of time in needless discus

use up energy in working along round On the other hand, we are quick to jum sions without justification or a founda when we are under a strain of excitemen As a point in view, we call attention to ment report on the examination of court few samples were surgically unclean a tually contained tetanus bacilli. Howeve not the least ground for suspicion that germs had been intentionally placed in War conditions and general distress le papers to boldly announce that the ene government were responsible for the co of court plaster with bacteria of a pat ture.

Why Not Exempt Pharmacy Students' ernment after long consideration and muc has found ways and means of exempting medical students in actual attendance at s dental profession is now making a loud c justly so for like exemption. Pharmac also push their claim in order that student entered schools of pharmacy may con work until the end of the course. Phar much needed in the army and the navy. cist placed in the ranks deprives the gov just that much pharmaceutical service. 1 home have a right to demand that their ers and fathers be given the advantage of tical skill in the army and navy, the sa are in civil life at home.

The War Tax is Settled as Far as the Dr Concerned. By settled, we mean for the No one can predict what the future may if the war continues for considerable time taxes provided for by the recent Cong either directly or indirectly, a very large p goods handled in the drug trade. It is tant for every one in the retail jobbing facturing drug trade to become posted. BROTHERS DRUGGIST for October, page 33 tailed information regarding the new tax carefully.

The Offer List of the MEYER BROTHER will appear in the January, 1918, issue. enable our subscribers to obtain very attr ter and to take advantage of special sales new your subscription now and avoid m special number.

How the Retail Merchant Can Help Win See page 312 of MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIS ber.

The January, 1918, MEYER BROTHERS DR contain a number of special features, incl lists, special articles of a very practical the exploitation of St. Louis as a drug ce annual Offer List will appear in the Janua

STRAY ITEMS AND COMMENTS

Tonic.-Charles Reade, the novelist, was credited with having named a dog Tonic, because it was a mixture of bark, steal and whine.-[Medical Pickwick.

Keep Your Eyes on Your Chemicals. A clerk was arrested in St. Louis who had pilfered chemicals from various stores where he had been employed, the amount of goods "accumulated" invoiced about one thousand dollars.-[E. A. Sennewald.

Current Prices.-How many druggists read their prices current over frequently? Such drugs as Sage, Caraway, Fennel, Senna, Asafoetida and many others have advanced from fifty to over one hundred per cent. Look your lists over.-[E. A. Sennewald.

Honey is Honey was the assertion recently offered the writer, but that is a great misstatement. The flavor, aroma, and color of honey is very variable. It all originates from the flowers from which the nectar was gathered by the busy little honey bee. Honey from the flowers of some of the cacti family is not fit for table use, and dogwood blossom honey has a very bitter taste. The apiarist (bee farmer) leaves such honey with the bees to feed on during the winter and for brood rearing.

Today We Speak of Drug Stores and Pharmacies with the same meaning, but there can be no doubt but at some future time there will be both drug stores and pharmacies. The pharmacies will spend their entire time and energy along prescription lines, making biological assays and doing bacteriological work; while the drug stores will handle patent medicines, toilet articles, soda water, tobacco and other merchandise, and will be licensed as general stores. Under these conditions the pharmacies will be few, while the drug stores will be numerous.-[Elmer H. De Loura.

lodine Was First Discovered in the United States, in the water of the Congress Spring, at Saratoga, by William Usher. It was detected in the Kanawha saline waters by Emmet, and it occurs in the bittern of the salt works of western Pennsylvania. In different countries seaweeds are burned for the sake of their ashes, the product being a dark-colored fused mass called kelp. The deep sea fuci contain the most iodine, and when these are burned at a low temperature for fuel, as is the case in the Island of Guernsey, their ashes furnish more iodine than does ordinary kelp.

Too Busy to Read.-He is a familiar type-the fussy, fretful man who imagines that he is about the busiest fellow in town.

He often dumps in the waste basket unwrapped copies of business or technical magazines that contain valuable articles bearing directly on his problems. He fondly believes that he is too busy practicing to bother with what others are "preaching."

The trouble with this type of man is not learned that the real executive is th so plans his work as to leave a reasonabl time for reading and planning.

There are shoals and breakers ahead accumulation of new ideas cease. The m clares he has no time to read is unconscio tising his small calibre, his slavery to de rested development.-[Printer's Ink.

Sarsaparilla.-A writer in the Chemist gist gives some interesting details rega early use of sarsaparilla, when it was sti as possessing medicinal properties. He s tered into the old balsamum polychrestum don Pharmacopoeia, along with guaiacum of Peru, but it was speedily dropped "a nothing to the main intention." Decoctu rillae became official in 1788, apparently stance of Sir William Fordyce and a fev thusiastic believers in its virtue in ven plaints. The compound decoction, found famous Lisbon diet drink, but without the was introduced at the same time. Fulle before published a formula for a simple flavored with raisins and Spanish juice, no great faith in it, and only gave it in with common practice. Soon afterwards decoction was introduced into the Londo Dispensatory. At that time the mealy var to have been in most common use with us however, says of all the varieties known ably "they have got into esteem only, as things have done of very little worth, by ing a good price and being brought a grea

A Unique Collection.-There are many s unusual collections in this country, accoun are printed in The West from time to tin of the most unique collections belongs to a Ohio, man, according to the Columbus which says: "Every man to his hobby. In Ohio, there is a man whose chief joy is in a of newspaper titles. He has made a specia ping queer headings, and the assortment i teresting. Of course, there are plenty of 'Journals,' and 'Heralds' scattered over tl and there are 'Headlights,' 'Flashligh 'Eagles,' 'Owls,' 'Mirrors' and 'News-Let when it comes to 'Derricks,' 'Meddlers,' "7 'Flags' and Sunbeams,' the class is more 1 Hot Springs there is published 'The Arkans Cat,' and other titles just as unusual are: Hammer,' 'The Irrepressible,' 'The Siler and 'Gall.' Frequently it is possible to te title of a newspaper the state in which it is For instance, "The Chieftain' is in Oklal Rustler' and 'The Lariat' are in Texas, Breezes' in Montana, and "The Roundup' ing."

IN BRIEF

Every man should do his bit, no matter how bit

ter.

Your show windows should be as expressive as the human eye.

Sponges are about the swellest of all goods handled in the drug trade.

The Ohio Ph. A. is proud of its thousand paid up to date members.

Experience is a good teacher. It shows us what fools we used to be.

The A. Ph. A. has become a member of the American Metric Association.

Does the flashlight business point the way to larger profits in your store?

What is a store without a cash register? It is probably a store without cash.

Don't advertise a "money back" offer unless you mean to live up to the promise.

Carefully read the Market Review in each issue of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST.

The large sulphur reserves in the United States is sufficient even for war demands.

To touch a man's heart, sympathize with him. Το touch his pocketbook, flatter him.

A patent medicine is not patented, but every one knows what is meant by the term.

If you have waste space in your store it is to your shame. Manage to make use of it.

The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the fountain pen is apt to gush about it.

Anonymous communications do not receive the courtesy of even casual consideration.

There is no reason why even the fellow who shoots off his mouth shouldn't aim high.

Do you enclose a little advertising matter with every article wrapped up for a customer?

A flood of mineral oil has been exported this year. The total amount is astonishing in volume.

All things come to those who wait, but they will come sooner if you are too busy to wait for them.

Keep informed on the bone-dry laws. It doesn't pay to get mixed up with them.-[Pacific Drug Review.

The work for an army pharmaceutical corps can be advanced by asking your Congressman to endorse Bill No. 5531.

The New York State Ph. A. has followed the example of the Mo. Ph. A. and started the publication of a bulletin.

A pessimist is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black hat which is not there.-[E. W. Puckett, Ft. Wayne, Ind.

The formula disclosure ordinance of the New York City Health Department has been declared objectionable and invalid.

Impure sulphur is given as a cause of arsenic which has been found in hops. The sulphur is used in bleaching the hops.

Now the U. S. Department of Agriculture is explaining why eggs spoil. We consider it sufficient to know that they do spoil.

Do you frequently write to your friends in the United States service? Do not fail to remember those who are now in France.

Retiring President F. J. Wulling, of the A. Ph. A., was pictured as a boy on page 282 of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST for September.

The British Government has decided to permit the importation of chewing gum and the United States will meet the greater part of the demand.

The government says that the food saving campaign is not directed at the underfed. The question now is to decide when a person is really underfed.

National conventions of a business nature are being encouraged by the government. Those of a purely social or fraternal nature are being discouraged.

Secretary Houston, of the Department of Agriculture, urges women to preserve food. Women have long been putting up the preserves found in the household.

The growing of linseed in England is an industry which is being revived. It is now half a century since linseed was cultivated to any great extent in Great Britain.

Synthetic ammonia is now being successfully made by the United States government at the Soil Laboratory, at Arlington. Germany is making thousands of tons of ammonia synthetically.

New York State has a new liquor tax law. The Commissioner of Excise announces that spirit of camphor, etc., weaker than the U. S. P. requirement, I will not be classed as medicines.

Summer beverages are often made too sweet. They should carry noticeably less syrup than that served in the winter time. It is well to specialize on two or three tart summer drinks, such as lime, lemon, grape, and buttermilk beverages.

"The Value of Technical Magazines to the American Business Man," was the subject of an address at a recent meeting of the Federal Trade Commission. In no other line are trade journals of more value than in the drug business.

In a recent offensive in France over a comparatively small sector of front during a twenty-four hour bombardment, over 1000 carloads of ammunition were consumed by the guns. This is equivalent to 333 average freight trains of 30 cars each.-[Midland Druggist.

"The Chemistry of Bottle Washing," is the title of an article by Dr. Philip Asher in the Southern Pharmaceutical Journal. We learned to wash bottles and paste labels on the wall many years ago. It is interesting now to know just what chemical reactions took place.

IN BRIEF

Are you ready to meet prosperity half way? Are you keeping pace with the cost of drugs? Do you know that buttermilk is growing in popularity?

Do you have your share of the trade in photographic supplies?

"Sit tight, but do not be tight," says the Practical Druggist.

Do you really try to get more business on a profitable basis?.

We would like to hear of and from pharmacists in the army or navy.

Window displays are important, but do not neglect the inside of your store.

Now it is suggested to coin a 21⁄2-cent piece. Druggists are not looking for such trade.

The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy reports satisfactory conditions throughout the state.

In New York druggists took a prominent part in selling small liberty bonds to their customers.

Meyer Brothers Drug Company's picnic is but a memory. It is, however, a very pleasant one.

The National Exposition of Chemical Industries was held in New York City the week of September 24. Venezuelan products ready for export to this country are hides, skins, castor seeds, medicinal plants and starch.

Do you give proper attention to the problem of delivering goods to your customers? Have you tried a motor cycle car?

The Bulletin of the Missouri Pharmaceutical Association, edited by E. A. Sennewald, Ph. G., has made its appearance.

Alcohol is now being made from limestone. Perhaps in this way liquor can be extracted from the tombstone of a toper.

So far as we have been able to learn, all of the schools of pharmacy will open as usual this fall in spite of war conditions.

Unless you are advancing your retail prices to correspond with the cost of goods, there will be a decided attrition of profits.

How

Are we keeping pace with costs. Such is a pertinent question asked by the Bulletin of Pharmacy. about it in your retail drug store?

France has decided to carry letters for the United States soldiers postage free. No fee is being charged for money orders up to $10.00 in value.

The Stevens Bill is still under consideration by Congress. It is intended to prevent dishonest advertising and false pretenses in merchandising.

A government plant to cost $4,000,000 is being built for the purpose of separating nitrogen from the atmosphere and using it in the manufacture of nitrates.

Dr. H. H. Rusby, dean of the New York College of Pharmacy, is now in South America on his third

trip to that country for the purpose botany.

We often hear of congressmen having maiden speeches. It was, indeed, a ma which Miss Rankin made when she first in congress.

Do you have a backbone or a wishbon times requires a good backbone in order drug business pay. A wishbone is more than practical.

Wall's work on The Prescription was for some time. We are pleased to ann new edition is now on the market. C procured from this office.

Rubber gloves, such as are used by ph exceedingly scarce in France. It is lik government will come to the rescue by with this necessary article.

Water glass is extensively used in Ger preservation of eggs. Since the war, made that the water glass is of such a that it will not preserve eggs.

If the government increases the rate o "second-class" mail matter, why not p class" pharmaceutical journals? Our please understand this is not personal.

Each person registering at the Ill. P Wis. Ph. A. and at a number of other s ceutical conventions of 1917, paid one do tion fee. This is a step in the right dir

Tri-nitro-toluene is the chemical name one of the most powerful of explosives. be long before some candidate for regi be confusing t. n. t. with abbreviations scriptions.

The Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy ha have five special divisions on examination jects are: Pharmacy, Chemistry, Mat Botany and Bacteriology, Practical Posology, Toxicology, Chemical Problem tifications.

The government is accumulating sup sary for a million soldiers during twe time. These supplies cover everything shoe strings and from cots to candy. 1 list nothing is more difficult to estimat needs of medicines.

The Pill devotes an entire issue to the of the Wisconsin Ph. A. convention. W to find a word about the location of the are assured that it is "back to the lake i suppose that pharmaceutically speakin has but one lake and it is "the lake."

During the past few months the Medic School of Pharmacy united with the College of Pharmacy and the Northwe sity School of Pharmacy with the Illino School. It is rumored that other com be made before another year passes.