TIMELY TOPICS

The New Year.

Another year is past and gone,

One we cannot recall:

Another page is added to our lives,

The past a memory, that is all.

Hot Oyster Malt.-Malted milk, 2 tablespoonfuls; extract of oyster bouillon, 2 tablespoonfuls; place in a mug and add enough hot water to fill, stirring in the meantime. Season with celery salt and serve with graham wafers. A spoonful of whipped cream may be added.

Standard Hot Cocoa.-Cocoa, 8 ounces; cornstarch, 1 ounce; sugar, 5 pounds; water, 5 pints. Dissolve the starch in the water brought to a boil and then add the cocoa previously mixed with the sugar. Serve 1 ounce to a cup, fill with hot water and top with whipped cream.

Hot Egg Orange.-One to 11⁄2 ounces orange syrup, 1 egg, 1⁄2 ounce cream, hot water enough to fill an 8ounce mug. Mix the syrup, egg and cream together in an egg shaker as in making cold egg drinks, add the hot water, and mix all by pouring back and forth several times from shaker to mug.

The Pope's Opinion of the War. He condemns the war and says it is the logical result of the view that "material good is the only object in life." Ways should be found, he says, to instill into human hearts a greater love and faith, so that such horrible crimes as this war will become impossible.

Care of Windows in Winter. A good formula: A thin layer of paste, made of water, glycerine and sugar, in equal parts, with a small quantity of coumarin (obtainable from Irage drug stores); spread this paste over the glass. It will not affect the transparency and will often prevent the precipitation of moisture.

Rain Obscured Windows are taken as a matter of fact during wet weather. The British Medical Journal claims that such windows can be kept clear by spreading a very thin layer of the following mixture oyer the glass:

Place a little of the mixture on gauze over the glass, always in a downward direction.

Do You Show Seasonable Goods in Season?-Displays should be devoted largely, if not entirely, to goods that are in season at certain times of the year. Staple articles that are always in season or, more correctly speaking, never in a special season, will not answer such a demand. Seasonable goods are more likely to be purchased on account of having the attention of the customer attracted by goods. Make your advertisements seasonable and use your show windows for up-to-date exhibits.

Holiday Advertising should be carefully studied and judiciously executed. R. A. Doyle, of East Prairie, Mo., makes use of the following announcement:

You are going to be a Santa Claus, too. You will give presents this Christmas-of course. Now is the time and this is The Opportunity for economical, satisfactory Christmas buying that nobody can afford to miss. Come to us for Beautiful Presents and you will be both pleased and satisfied. Our new line is bright, clean and fresh, and contains the very latest in Original and Novel Attractions. Our New holiday stock offers in great variety really desirable and useful presents for people of all ages and is a most popular stock in every respect because of its choice selections, trustworthy values and fair prices. If you are asking where you can buy the best and cheapest this season, you will get your answer by looking through our large and superior line of attractions and compare qualities and prices with others. Right gifts for everybody. We have provided for all requirements and the variety we show in innumerable articles of varying price makes the selection of appropriate gifts easy and you can count on getting exactly the right thing. See our fine holiday display. "Just what you want" is our welcome to Christmas buyers-Come and be pleased.

About What it is Coming to!-Business Letter Form for 1915. Model No. 1, Quoting Price for Goods.

Smith Manufacturing Co., Rochester, N. Y.

Gentlemen:

Referring to your letter (see Postal Regulations pa. 126 pp. 44) of the 28th, we (a corporation organized under the laws of Ohio, certificate filed in the office of the secretary of New York State, New York) beg to advise you that we can quote the price of $20, (see United States Revised Statutes, laws of 1914, sec. 18) per ton, carload lots, (see Interstate Commerce ruling 256; see also dicta in 128 U. S. 264; Brown v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, 168 Pa. 267). This quotation if special to you (see ruling of department of justice in the Matter of Brown Milling Company) and is made subject to our right to claim immunity (see N. Y. Penal Code, pp. 48). If you receive a better quotation from any other of our competitors, you will, of course, advise us under the authority of the U. S. Revised Statutes, pp. 2247, sub. 2. We shall be glad to fill your order (subject to rule laid down in leading case of Jackson v. Cobb, 126 U. S. 232) and will ship according tc your instructions (see rule 37, New York Public Utility Commission).

Yours very truly,

J. P. JONES, President Jones Manufacturing Company.

State of Ohio, County of Fairfield, ss:

J. P. Jones, being duly sworn, deposes and says: That he has submitted the foregoing letter to his counsel and has been advised that it is legal. That deponent is not a director of any bank, trust company or transportation company. That the Jones Manufacturing Company has never had its charter forfeited, nor has deponent ever been indicted by either state or federal grand jury.

P. P. WHITE, Notary Public. -[From New York Sun.

WHEN you make up your mind to do a thing start at once-delay is dangerous.

STUDENT REMINISCENCES

Expressions Awakened by the St. Louis College of Pharmacy SemiCentennial, November 10 and 11, 1914.

Emile Gibson, Ph. G., St. Charles, Mo.-While I was a student at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy with that bunch of 1902-3, we had a smallpox scare. I do not think any of the students were sick, but we were all examined for vaccination. When I was eight years old, I was vaccinated and it took with a vengeance. I have a beautiful large, red scare and will carry it for life. When the health officer was examining the students, I had to fall in line with the rest. When he saw my arm, he said, "You have just been vaccinated. Go ahead." I did not hesitate or take time to explain to him how many years had elapsed since I was vaccinated.

E. GIBSON, PH. G.

H. N. FORCE, PH. G.

You fellows

H. N. Force, Cotter Ark.-It is the comical rather than the serious and useful that usually clings to one's mind. Of the many useful and interesting months spent in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy during my student days there is one month that stands out with most vivid impressions. This was while "baching" with three medical college friends in one large room on Olive street. In our efforts to economize we concluded to do our own cooking. who have tried it can best imagine the results-the various weird concoctions, decoctions, incinerations, and near-to explosions of the old gasoline stove. It was a good thing we did not have a parrot! The outbursts of language caused by the eccentricities of that stove were something awful. Dr. John was of the opinion that the early part of every forenoon was made especially for sound sleep. One morning Dr. George started to light the fire in the stove while Dr. John snored peacefully on only a few feet away. As usual, the stove became contrary, and after a few doleful sputters, refused to work at all. This put the finishing touch to Dr. George's patience. He drew back and with a few choice words delivered that old stove a kick that would have done justice to a Missouri mule. Dr. John got up! The English language utterly fails to describe that getting upit needs the assistance of a motion picture company. He confessed afterward that he thought the stove had exploded, and the rapidity of his flight from the middle of the bed to the center of the floor was fairly amazing. He was scared, there was no use denying that, and when he was fully awake and took in the situation, there was one decidedly sheepish young

doctor slowly dressing while the rest of us sobered up enough to start breakfast.

George H. Grommet, Ph. G., Detroit Mich.-I sincerely trust that every alumnus retains the same respect and admiration that I have for the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, my Alma Mater.

G. H. GROMMET, PH. G.

"Here's to St. Louis,

The City of heat,

Where they boil out pharmacists,
On Locust Street."

J. G. Flint, Ph. G., Decatur, Ill.-My college life at the St. Louis College of Pharmacy was rather bare of interesting incidents, as I was very hard at work during the two years, endeavoring to reach a point where I dared appear before the examining board, when the end of course should come, and I have not yet forgotten with what fear and trembling I approached the examination in chemistry, which was the first examination given us that year. After getting through with that examination, I did not feel so nervous in regard to the others, and have often thought since that Dr. C. O. Curtman knew about as well as any teacher that I ever had how to find out whether a student knew what he was talking about without embarrassing him with puzzling questions, and irrelative subjects.

I often think of every member of the faculty, and always with feelings of satisfaction and pleasure. They certainly were a fine lot of instructors, and if any success has attended my life in later years in pharmaceutical matters, it was certainly largely due to Dr. C. O. Curtman, Dr. O. A. Wall and Professor J. M. Good.

When I was at the College of Pharmacy I was a little farther along in life than most of the boys, and I had been married for three or four years. During the first winter, we had a little baby girl born to us, and that very much disturbed our home repose for a little while. In fact, for two nights I had not slept any and then went to a lecture. If I remember correctly, Professor Good lectured on Infusions and Decoctions that night, and I was so sleepy I could not give proper attention to what he was trying to tell us. Like all other students, I had my book in which to take down lecture notes, which I was in the habit of copying off into another book, the next day. The next day after this lecture in question, when I went to copy my notes, I found two pages of unintelligible scribbles with the word baby written down fourteen times on the two pages. I have not been able to make any infusions or decoctions by the instructions that I gathered at that lecture. But how time flies! That little baby girl now has a son that can eat salt off of the top of my head, and I am almost forced to believe that within twenty years from now I will be ranked among men who are growing old.

WAR TAX

Carefully Read and Leisurely Study the government law, the local regulations and the later comments made by editors on this emergency measure which so vitally affects the drug trade. Pharmacists had anticipated practical freedom from the effects of the war tax but find themselves put to much trouble and considerable expense. Pharmacists have had sufficient experience with the internal revenue on liquors and tobacco to know that it is necessary to live up strictly to the letter of the law. The government is in no way lenient and cannot be hoodwinked by subterfuges. Some one has suggested labeling "for medicinal purposes" articles like witch hazel water, which may be toilet preparations, subject to tax, or therapeutic agents, free under the law. The government has already anticipated such evasions and positively announces that it is the use which is made of an article that determines its classification. Mislabeling will cause a pharmacist as much trouble under the internal revenue bill as it does manufacturers under the Food and Drugs Act. There are many phases of the law which require careful study and consideration. In fact, it is diffi cult to make a move without meeting with legal restrictions. As an example, a pharmacist is not permitted to stamp such things as chewing gum and put up in packages containing assortments from different manufacturers. It is stated, however, that it is legal to place in one package or container different lots of chewing gum from the same manufacturer.

Carbolated vaseline is the subject of frequent inquiry from our readers. It is not only generally but as far as we can learn exclusively a therapeutic agent. As such, it is not subject to a tax.

The Necessity for Keeping a Careful Record of the Sales in different departments is brought out by the new internal revenue tax. The lecturer on Commercial Pharmacy in the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, Alfred W. Pauley, has laid special stress on the business-like methods which should be followed in determining the expense and profit or loss on each side line handled. Tobacco is a side line and the part that it plays in the gross sales and the net revenue of the business should be determined at the end of each year. Those dealers who have not handled tobacco to the extent of $200.00 between July 1, 1913, and June 30, 1914, are exempt from the special war tax. In order to escape the tax, it is necessary to take oath, accompanied by a reasonable statement of fact. The careless pharmacist will not be in a position to determine what sales were made and may be obliged to pay the tax when actually entitled to avoid it. Beginning with the new year, is a good time to turn over a new leaf and carefully record the purchases, the sales and the expense of doing business for each side line in the store.

C. A. Stohrer, Ph. G., is making a very efficient president of the Chicago Veteran Pharmacists Association.

Samuel L. Hilton is the new member of the Council of the A. Ph. A. to represent the Washington, D. C., Branch.

W. R. Montgomery, Butte, Mont., secretary of the Montana Board of Pharmacy, is much interested in his work and gives careful attention to every detail. J. F. Llewellyn, Mexico, Mo., is the ranking member of the A. Ph. A. in date of membership in the state of Missouri. He has been a member for forty

six years.

President C. A. Mayo, of the A. Ph. A., attended the November 19 meeting of the Baltimore Branch and gave an address on "The Work and Play of the A. Ph. A."

W. W. Ellis, of Fernwood, Secretary of the Mississippi Board of Pharmacy, is a very active officer, constantly keeping in view the welfare of his calling in that state.

Professor W. C. Alpers, Sc. D., Dean of the Cleveland School of Pharmacy and president-elect of the A. Ph. A., was tendered a complimentary dinner, December 2, by many of his friends.

Dr. James H. Beal, in company with Professor W. B. Day, recently visited Scio, Ohio, and superintended the shipping of a carload of A. Ph. A. property to the Lloyd Library, Cincinnati.

F. W. Nitardy, of Denver, was a delegate from the Colo. Ph. A. to the Detroit meeting of the A. Ph. A. in 1914. He presented his state association with a very interesting, detailed report of the occasion. Charles Gietner, president of the Missouri Board of Pharmacy, is one of the three members of the Advisory Examination Committee of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

Professor J. P. Remington suffered the loss of his cottage at Longport, N. J., during the storm in December. It is being rebuilt and will be ready for occupancy in the spring. The property was fully insured.

Dr. Linwood A. Brown, Lexington, Ky., one of the newly elected vice-presidents of the A. Ph. A., to be installed at the 1915 meeting, is drug chemist in the Food and Drug Department of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.

Oh, tradesman, in thine hour of eee
If on this paper you should ccc,
Take our advice and now be yyy,
Go straight ahead and advert iii;
You'll find the project of some uuu,
Neglect can offer no ex qqq;
Be wise at once, prolong your d aaa,
A silent business soon de kkk.

NECROLOGY

Pauley. Ferdinand C. Pauley died at his home in St. Louis, December 4, after a long illness. He was a member of the Mo. Ph. A. and a brother of Alfred W. Pauley, of St. Louis.

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Chapman.-Theodore S. Chapman died Luke's Hospital, St. Louis, December 12. man was widely known for his business sagacity and charitable work. He served as first food commissioner of Illinois.

Hilton. Mrs. Samuel L. Hiltor died, December 2, after a long illness. The bereaved husband, who is treasurer of the U. S. P. C. and long established in the drug business, has the sincere sympathy of his very large circle of pharmaceutical friends.

Merrell. George Merrell, president of the Wm. S. Merrell Chemical Co., of Cincinnati, died, December 12. He was one of the best known members of the wholesale drug trade. He joined the A. Ph. A. in 1897 and was interested in advancing the welfare of his calling.

Longstaff.-Wililam J. Longstaff died at his home in Detroit, November 5, after an illness of more than a year. He was a retail pharmacist for twenty years, but more recently a commercial traveler for the Crystal Soap Co. For fourteen years, Mr. Longstaff was employed in the store of William Hall.

Schneider.-William Schneider, of St. Louis, was killed, December 6, by a fall from a second-story window at the home of his son, William A. Schneider. He had been suffering from heart disease and apoplexy and, no doubt, an attack caused the fall resulting in his death. He was for many years in the drug business at Alhambra, Ill.

Whitelaw. Robert H. Whitelaw, founder of Whitelaw Brothers, dealers in paints, oils, and drugs, of St. Louis, died, December 13, after several months' illness from paralysis. He was active in the public affairs of St. Louis for more than half a century. He was interested in historical and art movements in Missouri.

Boyd. Dr. G. W. Boyd died at his home in Washington, D. C., November 21. He was the oldest member of the District of Columbia Medical Society and in rank of membership, the oldest member of the A. Ph. A. in the District. He was prominent in educational affairs and particularly interested in pharmacy. He graduated from the National College of Pharmacy of Washington in 1880.

Hance.-Edward H. Hance, founder of the firm of Hance Brothers & White, pharmaceutical manufacturers, of Philadelphia, died in that city, December 14, following an operation. He was eighty-one years of age. Mr. Hance was born in Philadelphia, graduated by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1854, a member of the institution since 1857, for many years treasurer of the Philadelphia Drug Exchange, a director of the Germantown Hospital and active in many other lines. Mr. Hance was a member of the

Union League, which played such an important part in the history of the country during the Rebellion. Mr. Hance was a member of the A. Ph. A. since 1857.

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT

The Chicago V. D. A. was host to the visiting Executive Committee of the N. A. R. D., during the recent meeting in Chicago.

Illinois Board.-At the November meeting, held in Chicago, the following applicants passed successful examinations:

Registered Pharmacists.-Corol C. Coleman, Aurorą; Thos. J. Gancy, Jr., East St. Louis; Wm. R. Huff, Granite City; C. Paul Johnson, Chicago; J. C. Jordan, Chicago; Samuel Lebovitz, Chicago; Wm. A. Liesch, Chicago; Otto V. Levy, Chicago; Henry C. Maynard, Chicago; Asa T. Marshall, Chicago; Philip J. Naber, Freeport; Anton Nesnidal, Chicago; Bernice A. Ostrowski, Hammond, Ind.; Francis A. Pankam, Chicago; Henry Peters, Peoria; Oscar E. Rudelius, Rockford; Nathan Schwartz, Chicago; Isadore J. Shure, Chicago; Clarence J. Strubel, Chicago; Harvey B. Saunreds, Chicago; Harry L. Stryker, Pecatonica; Adrian Ton, Chicago; Sidney B. Trippett, Chicago; F. A. Thomure, Granite City; Clio Vavra, Chicago; Lillian Vorsanger, Chicago; Warren A. Wall, Chicago; John S. Wilson, Centralia. Assistant Pharmacists.-Saml. I. Alexander, Chicago; Edward A. Barwig, Chicago; Jacob Bernan, Chicago; Abraham J. Block, Chicago; Leonard H. Brelus, Chicago; Jos. C. Butts, Chicago; Aug. E. Claus, Moline; Isaac DeKoven, Chicago; L. W. Donaldson, Chicago; Wm. J. Friedl, Chicago; R. F. Fraser, Chicago; David K. Hirsh, Chicago; Anthony Kartanas, Chicago; Edenek Koller, Oak Park; Rudolph Krebs, Chicago; W. L. Krauskup, Chicago; Jos. J. Ligman, Chicago; David A. Lofgren, Chicago; Benj. Lewis, Chicago; Leo G. Marr, Chicago; Wm. Michlick, Chicago; Raleigh P. Mullins, Robinson; Herman Manheim, Chicago; Hans A. Nelson, Peoria; Frank C. Niemeyer, Chicago; Nathan Osherenko, Chicago; Ray P. Pfeiffer, Woodstack; Wilfred L. Sadkin, Maywood; Maurice Barnatzky, Chicago; Harold F. Seeger, Beardstown; Peter Sinush, Chicago; Louis L. Stitzer, Chicago; Louis B. Thiede, Chicago; Samuel Tobin, Chicago. Local Registered Pharmacist.-Walter B. Fox, Chandlerville. The next meeting of the board for the examination of applicants for registered pharmacist and assistant pharmacist will be held in Springfield on Tuesday, January 19, 1915.

The next meeting of the board in Chicago for the examination of applicants for registered pharmacist will be held on Tuesday, March 16, 1915, at 9 o'clock in the morning at 31 West Lake street. On Thursday, March 18, 1915, an examination will be held for applicants for assistant pharmacist.

The next apprentice examinations throughout the state will be held on Friday, January 8, 1915.

TRAINED LEADERSHIP IN HEALTH ADMINISTRATION.— Health administration in this country lags largely for want of trained leadership. The call to public health is loud and clear. Preventive medicine is the watchword of the hour and the people are asking: "If disease is preventable, why is it not prevented?" They are not satisfied with promises, but demand results; this is as it should be. It is now recognized that the orthodox training leading to the degree of M. D. does not necessarily fit a man for the position of health officer. The average practitioner learns little concerning vital statistics, sanitary engineering, water purification, sewage disposal, disinfection, forensic medicine, and the making and breaking of health laws. The public health officer looks on disease in the large, and is less interested in the individual case, which is the chief concern of the practicing physician.-[M. J. Rosenau in Vermont Med. Month.

TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

Knoebel. Thomas Knoebel, Ph. G., died at his home in East St. Louis, Ill., January 3, at the age of fiftyfive years. He had been troubled with heart disease for more than a year past. Mr. Knoebel was born in Belleville, but located in the drug business in East St. Louis in 1881, being one of the pioneer pharmacists of the state and counted as one of the five first business men of East St. Louis. He was much interested in public affairs and at one time a candidate for mayor. He was for years president of the Board of Education. He was ex-president of the Ill. Ph. A., a member of the A. Ph. A. and of the St. Louis College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated. He was president of the Knoebel Drug Co. The business will be continued by his widow and his son.

THOMAS KNOEBEL, PH. G.

NEWS FROM HERE AND THERE

Fine & Colson, of Boulder, Col., gave attention to the post card business when it started as a fad, about twenty years ago. They have kept up with the times. Eben G. Fine, of the firm, is an amateur photographer with professional ability and enthusiasm. He was particularly active in photographic work during the A. Ph. A. meeting at Denver. A set of lantern slides from his negatives were used in various parts of the country at A. Ph. A. branch meetings.

H. K. Doodale.

W. C. Syminton.

F. M. Earnhart.

H. M. Moore.
Lee J. Mohr.

J. H. Hildreth.

A. N. Ellis..

Edward J. George.
A. B. Maurer.
Will M. Martin.

F. Von Herman.
Mr. Kelly.
Wm. Adler.
James Thompson

Mr. Humphrey Walter Meyer H. E. Seibert.

H. Lazare

Pres. The Torsion Balance Co., New York.
Osborn Paper Co., Marion, Ind.

The Buckeye Stamping Co., Columbus, O.

. Mosteller Novelty Co., Chicago.

The Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co., Camden, N. J.

Bates Bros., Athol, Mass.

.Davol Rubber Co., Providence, R. I. .Taylor Instrument Co., Rochester, N. Y. The N. Y. Consolidated Card Co., New York. The Mechanical Rubber Co., Cleveland, O. The Miller Rubber Co., Akron, 0. ..American Thermo-Ware Co., New York. ....Whitcomb Envelope Company Division, Worcester, Mass.

The Star Rubber Co., Akron, 0.

.The Rubber Products Co., Barberton, 0.
St. Paul, Minn. (Seibert Poison Fly Paper,
Fly Killer, etc.)

Bauer & Black, Chicago.

Millard E. Heise..... Langfeld Bros. & Co., New York and Phila.
Mr. Coe
..Coe Mfg. Co., New York, N. Y.

Wm. V. McGettigan.. Wm Horn & Bro. Inc., Philadelphia.

USEFUL NOTES

Cement for Marble.-Portland cement, 12; slaked lime, 6; sand, finely powdered, 6; infusorial earth, 1; water glass solution, q. s. Mix the powders well and add sufficient of the water glass solution to make a thick paste. Apply cold to the broken edges. The cement sets firmly in twenty-four hours, and the joint is said to be as strong as any other part of the stone. -[Pract. Drugg., through Bull. Pharm., July, 1914, 304.

To Mend a Marble Fountain Ornament.-Twelve parts Portland cement.

Six parts slaked lime.

Six parts sand, very finely powdered.
One part infusorial earth.
Water-glass solution, q. s.

Mix the powders well and add sufficient waterglass to make a thick paste. Apply cold to each piece of the fracture and match them as exactly as possible. The cement sets firmly in twenty-four hours, and the joint is said to be as strong as any other part of the stone.-[Practical Druggist.

To Powder Chloretone.-It has been found difficult to powder chloretone finely enough to make a smooth ointment. It becomes so electrified upon trituration that it sticks to mortars, pestles and spatulas and, when scraped off, flies in every direction excepting the one intended. As it was prescribed in an ointment, for rectal injection, it was not thought advisable to use alcohol or similar solvents to facilitate its incorporation. The substance can, however, be made into a very smooth paste by rubbing upon a tile with a few drops of expressed oil of almond, before incorporating with the other ingredients. [Geo. M. Beringer, Jr., in Proceedings N. J. Ph. A.

Squeakless Shoes.-A remedy for squeaky shoes is given in the following communication which was sent to the editor of the New York Sun and published in that newspaper:

"Squeaky shoes are an abomination, but they may be easily cured. The remedy I apply was given me years ago by an old German cobbler and it has never failed. Everybody ought to know and use it.

"Take a fairly rough new brick, the newer the better, and rub the soles vigorously from the toes downward, never upward, being careful not to abrade the polished edges. With some sharp instrument, a knife will do, make many traverse and crosswise cuts, not too deep, on the soles. Put water into an old wash boiler to the depth of a little less than the thickness of the soles and set the shoes in it, gently to avoid splashing, and let them stand overnight. In the morning rub the soles energetically twenty minutes with a woolen rag dipped in a mixture made of one part sweet oil, one part asafoetida and one part gasoline. Then take the shoes down cellar and throw them into the furnace."