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That reminds me of an experience of 

 a friend, who is now successfully cor- 

 ductine^ her own pharmacy: 



One of our numerous good nalurcd 

 brothers from the '"ould country" came 

 to her store, to get something to relieve a 

 cold. Upon entering and seeing a 

 woman to whom he must make his wants 

 known, he said, "Where's the druggist?" 

 She replied, "I am a druggist ; what do 

 you wish ?" After this remark an inspec- 

 tion was given her from head to foot, 

 then the man remarked: "Why! Km you 

 give me somethin' fer a cold?" "Yes," 

 she replied, "I certainly can." "Wa'al, I 

 dunno," he said, "I think I'd rather see 

 the druggist." "But I am a druggist," 

 she replied. "Wa'al, all right," said he, 

 "you may be, but wimmin never did 

 know nothin' nohow." 



Generally speaking, it is a difficult 

 matter to say just why women take up 

 pharmacy as a profession ; there are so 

 many reasons. 



The profession is a good one, and the 

 field for the woman pharmacist is not 

 overcrowded. The woman makes a good 

 pharmacist, for accuracy and cleanliness 

 are two very important factors, and the 

 average w^oman can compete more than 

 favorably with the average man in these 

 lines. 



All men acknowledge that housekeep- 

 ing belongs to women, but few of them 

 will acknowledge that housekeeping is an 

 art. Nevertheless, it is as much of an 

 art to keep the average home in a clean 

 systematic condition as it is to keep the 

 average pharmacy in like condition. 



I once heard this remark, which I 

 think true: "A good housekeeper should 

 make a good pharmacist." 



A successful pharmacist, be it man or 

 woman, is only successful as he is capa- 

 ble. 



Many a woman takes up pharmacy be- 

 cause she has relatives or friends who 

 need help that they feel they can trust 

 and depend upon. Many a woman has 

 "helped out"' these friends or relatives, 

 at different times, and has been found 

 willing and capable. Consequently a few- 

 words encourage her to fit herself to oc- 

 cupy a position of trust as well as re- 

 sponsibility. 



The average married woman who takes 

 up pharmacy, does so to help her hu;;- 

 band, to relieve him. For what husband 

 would not rather trust his business to a 

 competent wife than to a competent 

 stranger ? 



The young woman who takes up phar- 

 macy as a profession, who has never had 

 any experience in a pharmacy, does so 

 either because she is seriously minded, 

 and interested in learning how to be able 

 to help mankind, or as a primary step 

 towards taking up medicine as a profes- 

 sion, or because the field is not crowded, 

 and the demand for lady dispensers is 

 steadily on the increase. And the reason 

 the demand is increasing is because 

 women make good pharmacists. 



I wisht I was a little rock 



A-sittin' on a hill ; 

 A-doin' notl.in' all day long 



But just a-sittin' still; 

 I woudn't eat, I wouldn't drink, 



I wouldn't even v/ash ; 

 I'd set and set a thousand years, 



And rest myself, by gosh. 



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