and where parents and children gather, friends neighbors intermingle and join around the festive board to partake of a meal provided by the neighborhood. It is where lad and lassie meet, and where the young all enjoy themselves. In fact, it is a place where all gather to learn of the advancements made during the past year. We regret that we are unable to bring the products of our labor before you at the fair, so we invite you to call and inspect our goods and learn of the bargains we have to offer. A country or nation which is threatened with invasion from an enemy finds its safety in the union and courage of its people. The heads of the great trusts realize that in union there is strength and, by united efforts, have raised the price of the necessities of life beyond the poor. We have anticipated these exorbitant prices by procuring our goods before war was declared, and thereby enabled to undersell our competitors, as you will learn by visiting our store. Blank & Co. While it is a fact that there is more nourishment to be found in grass than potatoes, it is no reason why man should eat hay because it is cheaper than potatoes. Blank can save you money on potatoes. Pens were first made in Egypt and were made of a kind of reed. The ancients did not seem to know that good pens could be made from goose quills. One Isadore, who died in 636, mentions both reeds and feathers as suitable for pens. Swan quills as being even better than goose quills, were referred to in 1520. Steel pens were invented in the first part of the nineteenth century. People were slow to use them, because mettle was not sufficiently elastic. Perry cut slits in steel pens in 1830, and that settled the goose quills. However, the improvement has continued until we now have pens made of gold with a supply of ink at hand-a fountain with a perfect flow. Call at Blank's and be convinced. As it is impossible to have a rule which will apply to all cases-time, place and conditions playing a part so is it impossible to have ready prepared ads. which will answer every purpose. Such being the case, I would not confine myself altogether along the line I set forth in my examples, as it is necessary to have something new each issue, and a plain statement of fact, as, Blank would call your attention to, etc., may be in order. The idea is to make people think of Blank when they think of supplies and, to get the trade, it is well to keep your hook baited. And, to put it as the Southern Corbonator and Bottler gives it to us, "keep fishin'": Hi Somers was the durndest cuss, For catchin' fish-he sure was great! He never use to make a fuss About the kind of pole er bait, Er weather, neither; he'd just say, "I got to catch a mess today." An' toward the creek you would see him slide I says one day to Hi, says I, "How do you always ketch 'em, Hi?" An' "chucklin" says, "I jest keep fishin'. " USEFUL NOTES To Clear Out Odor of Formalin.-When hyde gas is used for fumigating a room may be cleared out by letting ammonia ev spraying the room with it.-[The Trained Wild Strawberry Flavor.-The addition drops of the oil of bitter almonds to a quar ary strawberry syrup gives a palatable in the flavor of the wild strawberry, says Fountain. Substitute for Spirit Lamp.-A five-grain hexamethylene-teramine (urotropin) plac plate and lighted, says the Southern Phar Journal, will burn with a clear smokeless ing sufficient heat to boil, say, a sample of test tube. Silver-Polishing Leather.-Take soft cha about a foot square and saturate with a mi drams of white castile soap, 2 drams of rouge, and 21⁄2 ounces of water. Dry the leather in the air, gently manipulating it ing so as to render it soft.-[Journal N. A. Simple Syrup, Improved.-An Eastern whose vanilla and chocolate syrups are th of his competitors, according to the Bulleti macy, says that the secret of the distinct lies in the kind of sugar used. Instead of employing ordinary granulated the preparation of his syrups, he uses a mi parts of brown sugar with 10 parts of g sugar. The result is a flavor just a little ordinary. Try it. Mixing Bottles. It is a good idea to ke two stoppered bottles preferaby wide mout uated for mixing liquids. Convenient sizes a 40-oz. shop around and a one-gallon sw (which is less clumsy than a Mag. Cit. bot the latter I paid a neighboring sweet deale prisingly low price of a shilling, with wellglass stopper. Now to graduate them. Th with a diamond, but don't mark direct as you Paste a strip of paper up the side,place upon that you think is level, and mark the pap measure. Check one of the markings by t bottle round and seeing if it is still true height of the liquid. Mark the 40-oz. bottle visions and the large one in half-pints. After the bottle on its side and mark the glass v mond from the paper scale which can then off. The graduations can be marked in Rom als; it is easy to write figures with a wheel but V's and I's are easy. The small bottle i ful for many purposes, but chiefly for makin ing solutions. The larger one finds ample ties for service in the mixing of own prep cough mixtures, tonics, hair washes, etc.ceutical Journal. QUIZ DEPARTMENT Read This Before You Ask a Question. Many questions are thrown in the waste basket each month on account of the correspondents failing to give name and address. The editor has a large basket for such questions. Write questions on separate sheets and on but one side of the paper. No questions I will be answered by mail. Spell out in full every word; never abbreviate the names of medicines. Depilatories.-There is always a demand for hair removers and many are the formulas extant. This fact suggests that formulas do not always prove satisfactory. We copy the following on the subject of depilatories from the Standard Formulary, published by G. P. Engelhard & Co. Depilatories are preparations for removing hair. They are usually in the form of powder, which should be in impalpable condition. The main or active ingredient is usually sulfid or sulfihydrate of one of the alkalies or alkaline earths, although the older depilatories were made with caustic alkalies. In using these depilatories they should be made into thin paste with water, applied in a thin layer to the skin, allowed to remain a few minutes and then scraped off with a blunt instrument, when the hair will have softened sufficiently to remove without pain. All these preparations give out the disagreeable odor of sulfuretted hydrogen, strontium sulfid least 50. These preparations readily lose sulfid and unless tolerably fresh they are of little value for the removal of hair. Too long contact of depilatories with the skin should be avoided, as they are liable to cause erosions and even ugly sores. To avoid any bad aftereffect, the skin should be thoroughly cleansed and then anointed with a bland oil. These preparations are used mainly for ladies for the removal of hair from the face. In the Orient women use them also to remove hair from other portions of the body as the axillae and pubis. The longer hair should be cut off with a scissors before applying the depilatory. Besides the sulfids, other preparations are used as depilatories, such as iodin in combination with collodion or solium ethylate but the sulfids are the safest and most satisfactory for ordinary use. 1. Prepare sulfuretted baryta (barium sulfid) by making heavy spar (natural barium sulfate) and charcoal into a still paste by means of linseed oil, forming this mass into cylindrical rolls and subjecting it in a crucible to the heat of a coal fire. The dark gray coke, after pulverizing, is then made up as follows: Crude sulfuretted bartya, Zinc oxid, Starch, parts 2 part 1 part 1 With the aid of water this powder is converted into a soft paste and applied to a hairy skin in a layer as thick as a straw. After drying (about ten minutes), the pellicle is scraped off with a paper knife, or similar blunt instrument, and with it the hair. The face should be washed clean and anointed with some bland oil. Ordinary barium sulfid may be used in place of the sulfuretted bartya. The zinc oxid may be omitted if desired. 2. Another method of using barium sulfid is as follows: In using, mix one teaspoonful of the powder into a paste with 3 teaspoonfuls of water, and apply to the parts with an ordinary shaving brush in a moderately thick and even layer. After four or five minutes the parts should be moistened with a sponge, when after another five minutes the parts should be moistened with a sponge, when after another five minutes, the hair can be removed by washing off the mass. For the success of a depilatory powder containing barium sulfid it is highly important that the sulfid be as fresh as possible and it must not have become oxidixed by exposure to air. Reduce all to fine powder and mix well. A small amount of aromatic oils, such as lemon and peppermint, may be incorporated with this powder to disguise its odor. This should be kept in well-stoppered bottles, as like other sulfids, it is readily decomposed by the atmosphere. In using this make a paste with water, apply lightly to the skin, leave for about 10 minutes, then remove with water. 4. Calcium sulfhydrate is prepared for use as a depilatory in the following manner: Take 2 parts of freshly-slaked lime from which the gritty particles have been removed and mix it with 3 parts of water. Through this pass a steam of sulferetted hydrogen which may be made in the usual manner, i. e., from iron sulfid and sulfuric acid. A pasty, bluish-green mixture is obtained which is non-caustic and serves well as a depilatory. It should be preserved in widemouthed, amber-colored, well-stoppered bottles as the carbon dioxid of the air decomposes it quickly. It is to be applied in a thin layer to the skin by means of a satpula or spoon handle. After 5 minutes, remove it with the aid of tepid water and a towel, using gentle friction. This preparation is practically the same as the one known as Boettger's and Martin's depilatory. N. A. R. D. The National Association of Retail Druggists held its nineteenth annual convention in Cleveland, the week of September 18. It was born in St. Louis, October 11, 1898. The war gave the convention a timely topic and was discussed from every angle that affects the retailers and only such are members of the N. A. R. D. They are urged to raise their prices to the public in keeping with the increased cost to the trade. The war tax on the drug trade and particularly on alcohol was much discussed but that is now a settled matter, as Congress has since acted. Legal matters have long attracted the attention of the Association, and the delegates to the Drug Trade Conference will hereafter have greater power than in the past. The present double standard for official preparations permitted under the Food and Drugs Act was condemned. This has been a subject of discussion for some time. The action of the Board of Trustees of the U. S. P. C. in urging Congress to legalize as standards the U. S. P. IX and the N. F. IV was endorsed. Patent rights of citizens of enemy countries will be abrogated if the advice of the N. A. R. D. is followed by Congress. The proposed pharmaceutical corps in the army was approved and co-operation with the A. Ph. A. and other organizations in this work provided. The proposition to establish a home for aged and enfeebled pharmacists failed of endorsement. It was felt that the time was not propitious for such a plan. The desirability of such a home was not questioned. The W. O. N. A. R. D., as usual, came in for a prominent part during the convention week. All over the country the women are taking an interest in the work of their husbands and brothers. The N. A. R. D. proposes greater activity in state and local organizations. The value of these associations is realized and will henceforth be used to a greater extent than ever before in building up the N. A. R. D. Full prices were endorsed by approving of the Stevens-Ashurst Bill and the activities of the American Fair Trade League. To put mail order houses out of business has long been the ambition of the N. A. R. D. Those publications which refuse mail order house advertisements were endorsed. Special mention was made of the Butterick Publishing Co., which concern has done much excellent work. Trading stamps, coupons and other like devices were again condemned. Window displays are the subject of much consideration in the retail drug trade. They frequently pre sent missed opportunities. The N. A. R. to see to it that the members utilize wind to the fullest extent and in a very practic An effort will be made to standardize & and see how uniform they can be made the country. This is a very practical mo should appeal to the entire retail trade. Compulsory health insurance, which is n in England and which threatens the Uni has been analyzed and the objectionab given great prominence through the w James H. Beal. The N. A. R. D. discuss ject and condemned compulsory health i "Pharmacists in politics" has been ad the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST for more t ter of a century. Little by little, pharr learning that they have a place in politics. also distinguishing between pharmacists and politicians in pharmacy. The N. A. greater activity on the part of pharmac political field. The N. A. R. D. has had its ups and do the past two decades. The ups, however, out, and the organization is in a better than ever before. The general administration, as far as tive committee is concerned, remains pra changed. The association, however, has eral secretary, caused by the resignation H. Potts, who will continue identified wit trade, but in other lines. The new secre Henry, is an exceptionally strong man and the drug interests. The new president is we recall, the first editor to occupy the chair. He is in the full vigor of life and k ested in the welfare of the drug trade. V for W. H. Cousins a very useful administ The location of the 1918 meeting will by the Executive Committee. Detroit is lime light, but Cleveland is working fo visit. The official family for 1917-18 is as foll President, Walter H. Cousins, Dallas, Tex. First Vice-President, Otto E. Muhlhan, Cleveland, Second Vice-President, W. B. Cheatham, San Fra Third Vice-President, A. A. Bradley, Williston, N. Secretary, Samuel C. Henry, Philadelphia, Pa. Treasurer, Grant W. Stevens, Detroit, Mich. Members of the Executive Committee: James F. I ton, Mass., chairman (re-elected for three years) Harding, Cincinnati, Ohio (has one year of his te Charles H. Huhn, Minneapolis, Minn. (has one yea to serve); James P. Crowley, Chicago, Ill. (has tw term to serve); Theodore F. Hagenow, St. Louis, years of his term to serve); Robert J. Frick, L (elected for three years). W. O. N. A. R. D. Officers: President, Mrs. Juli schneider, Chicago, Ill. (re-elected); 1st vice-presid ma Frick, Louisville, Ky.; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. S Milwaukee, Wis. (re-elected); 3rd vice-president Hoenny, St. Louis, Mo. (re-elected); 4th vice-presid V. Brendle, Wilmington, Del. (re-elected); 5th viceEdward Ferger, Indianapolis, Ind.; financial secreta Lee, Philadelphia, Pa. (re-elected); corresponding secretary, Mrs. L. O. Wallace, Auburn, N. Y. (re-e urer, Mrs. J. C. Otis, Cincinnati, Ohio (re-elected), of the board of directors, Mrs. F. E. McBride, You (re-elected). N. W. D. A. The National Wholesale Druggists' Association held its forty-third annual meeting at Chicago the week of October 1. The attendance was very large and the work was carried on in an earnest manner. This is the first meeting of the N. W. D. A. since the United States entered the World's War. Perhaps no other calling has been affected as much as the drug business by the war. Conditions resulting from the war were reflected all along the line of committee reports and convention discussions. Among delegates from other organizations was D. W. Bole, ex-president of the Canadian Wholesale Druggists' Association. He is now president of the National Drug & Chemical Co., of Montreal, Can. It was found that Canada and the United States have problems much in common, resulting from this great war. The N. W. D. A., like the A. Ph. A. and the N. A. R. D., decided to become a member of the American Metric Association. The war is partly responsible for the increased interest in adopting, the world over, a uniform standard of weights and measures. The proposition to have a federation of all drug bodies in the United States, made by F. J. Wulling, while president of the A. Ph. A., was presented to the N. W. D. A. by W. A. Hover, chairman of the delegation from the A. Ph. A. It was referred to the Board of Control and will be reported on and discussed at the 1918 meeting. The Butterick Publishing Co. was endorsed by the N. W. D. A., as it has been by the N. A. R. D., on account of denying the use of its advertising columns to mail order houses. The entertainment was in the hands of Charles E. Matthews, well known for his ability in handling such arrangements. The 1918 meeting will be held in New York City, beginning with October 7. The officers for 1917-18 were reported by the Nominating Committee as follows, and unanimously elected: President, Charles E. Bedwell (E. E. Bruce & Co.), Omaha, Neb. First vice-president, Robert H. Bradley (Walding, Kinman & Marvin Co.), Toledo, Ohio. Second vice-president, Saunders Norvell, New York, N. Y. Third vice-president, H. C. Risher (Behrens Drug Co.), Waco, Tex. Fourth vice-president, William C. Miller (Bodeker Drug Co.), Richmond, Va. Fifth vice-president, Clarence E. Hope (Gilman Bros. Co.), Boston, Mass. Members of the Board of Control: Arthur D. Parker (ParkerBlake Co.), New Orleans, La. (chairman); G. R. Merrell (J. S. Merrell Drug Co.), St. Louis, Mo.; L. D. Sale (Western Wholesale Drug Co.), Los Angeles, Cal.; F. C. Groover (Groover-Stewart Drug Co.), Jacksonville, Fla., and H. D. Faxon (Faxon & Gallagher Drug Co.), Kansas City. The committee recommended the appointment of F. E. Holliday as secretary, and of the Title Guarantee & Trust Company as treasurer. THE CLOVE is the dried and unexpanded bud of a tree technically known to botanists as the caryophyllus aromaticus. Mix the oil, acid and thymol intimately; add the talcum gradually and in divided portions, mixing well after each addition; then incorporate the starch, mix and sift. A remedy in paste form that has been recommended consists of carbolic acid, 30 grains; burnt alum, 2 drachms; talcum, 2 drachms; orris root, 1 ounce; corn starch, 10 ounces; violet extract, 2 fluid drachms; glycerine, enough to make a paste. Liquid Soap.-We are indebted to Martin I. Wilbert, the late pharmaceutical chemist, for a practical formula for making surgical liquid soap quite cheaply. The formula is as follows: ONE ON THE EDITOR THE EDITOR OF MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST SHOWN HIS DOUBLE AT THE 1917 A. PH. A. MEETING A Tale of Two Drug Stores formed a prominent and very amusing part of the entertainment given by the local drug trade during the A. Ph. A. meeting at Indianapolis, the week of August 27. The editor of the MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST innocently took his usual seat in the front row, along with such associates as William Mittelbach, H. C. Christensen, Charles Gietner and John Culley. The second row was occupied by candidates for the first row, such as J. A. Koch, William B. Day and Otto F. Claus. Charles H. LaWall and W. H. Cousins headed a large section of the audience who realize that nature never intended them for the bald-headed row. During all these years, the treasury has been full and it was impossible to accept annual contributi who importuned to the treasurer to accept their however, as the receipts from the National Formula devoted to the revision of this classic volume, we are to accept contributions from a limited number of We are forced to limit contributions to five dollars during which members have been deprived of the making annual contributions. Contributions will be the order of their receipt until the treasury is filled. to be among the few fortunate members you should h a money-order or certified check for $50.00 to Your Obedient Servant and Collaborator, "It is rare to find any one who can res sinuating flattery of this insidious panegyi ter along these lines, such as I could writ would collect 90 per cent of all your acco letters are graduated by easy steps up to, down to, number fifty, which reads as follow Dear Sir: I have already written you forty-nine hesitate to waste any more paper on such a worthless, dishonest, contemptible scoundrel. For ten years, y joyed all the privileges of membership in the A. Ph. all its valuable publications and yet you have bee mean, vile, corrupt and nefarious to pay one cent there is even a microscopic spark of honor left ins villianous carcass, send at once a money-order or ce for $50.00 to Yours scornfully, HENRY M. W The Hairs of His Head are Numbered. The program announced "A Tale of Two Drug Stores." This was a prescription in two doses. Dose 1 was Tobias Pittenweem's Apothecary Shop, located on a prominent corner in Philadelphia at the present time. The proprietor had difficulty in collecting his bills. While brooding over the situation, A. J. Holmes, of the local drug trade, entered the drug store "made up" so true in likeness to the editor of MEYER BROTHERS DRUGGIST that he was at once recognized by the audience and, for the first time the editor really saw himself as others see him. The actor addressed Apothecary Tobias Pittenweem as follows: "Let me say that you can make a success of this business. You can collect every cent that is due you and at the same time make such friends of people who are now in your debt that they will give you all their business in the future. Moreover, they will never again ask you for credit. I run a collection agency which is different from all other collection agencies. I started this agency in 1908 in connection with my work as treasurer of the A. Ph. A. For this purpose, I composed a series of fifty letters-the first of which reads as follows: My dear Friend and Fellow-Laborer: I recall with pleasure the years of devoted service which you have given to the great American Pharmaceutical Association and this without an opportunity for making any financial contribution to the association in which you have been so actively interested. PURELY PERSONAL S. E. Ewing, secretary of Nebraska Boar macy, is one of the most obliging of offici Julius H. Riemenschneider, of Chicago, man of the combined delegations from Illi N. A. R. D. He is recognized as a level-h wherever he is found. M. Noll, Atchison, one of the best know cists of Kansas and a member of the Pharmacy, is still talking about the wond ing of the A. Ph. A. at Tanapolis wh tended. J. F. Whitley, of the Winnfield Drug Co., La., is the new president of the Louisiana Pharmacy. Mr. Whitley is a very practic cist, with a thorough training, and takes a of the work which the board has in hand. The Southern Pharmaceutical Journal its ninth birthday with the September, Editor and owner W. H. Cousins received sincere congratulations from representativ macy in its various branches. The journa our most welcome exchanges. WHY HE DID NOT SUCCEED.-He did n customers' needs in view, but bought which he liked the best himself, or which would bring the largest profits. |