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EDITOETAL. 
Sunday  Closing  Movement. — Since  our  last  issue,  the  Apothecaries 
of  Philadelphia  met  at  the  Hall  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  de- 
cided on  adopting  a  new  arrangement  of  the  time  of  closing  stores  on 
Sunday,  so  as  to  meet  the  wants  of  the  public  better  than  that  first  tried. 
The  following  communication  will  show  the  present  arrangement : 
The  Sunday  Movement  among  the  Apothecaries. 
It  is  well  known  that  a  movement  was  inaugurated  last  summer  with  a 
view  to  securing  to  the  Proprietors  and  Assistants  of  Drug  Stores,  a  suitable 
period  of  recreation  on  the  Sabbath.  A  paper  was  circulated  for  signatures 
among  the  druggists,  pledging  the  signers  to  conform  to  such  hours  as  might 
be  agreed  upon  at  a  meeting  to  be  held  agreeably  to  notice.  The  signatures 
of  a  large  majority  of  the  Pharmaceutists  and  retail  Druggists  being  obtained, 
a  meeting  was  held,  and,  after  full  discussion,  certain  hours  for  opening  and 
closing  were  fixed  upon,  an  address  was  issued  to  Physicians  and  the  public, 
and  the  arrangement  fairly  put  to  the  test.  From  the  first  it  became  appa- 
rent that  some  of  those  who  had  subscribed  to  the  paper,  and  then  pledged 
themselves  to  the  scheme,  had  no  serious  intention  of  changing  their  custo- 
mary business  arrangements  on  Sunday  ;  these  being  among  the  most  con- 
spicuous Pharmaceutists  of  the  city,  weakened  the  resolution  of  others  •  added 
to  this  defection,  was  the  fact  which  soon  became  apparent,  that  the  hours 
fixed  by  the  meeting  were  ill-advised,  and  constituted  too  radical  a  change 
from  the  long  established  custom.  A  meeting  was  therefore  held  on  the  22nd 
of  August  last,  at  which  it  was  resolved  to  canvass  the  whole  city,  except 
the  three  rural  wards,  and  ascertain  clearly  the  sentiment  of  the  entire  body 
of  retail  Druggists. 
Accordingly,  238  were  called  on,  of  whom  187  were  willing  to  con- 
form to  the  following  hours:  To  open  the  stores  on  Sunday,  except 
from  1  to  6  O'clock  in  the  afternoon,  during  which  hours,  and  the  latter  part  of 
the  evening,  they  would  close,  and  feel  at  liberty  to  absent  themselves;  51 
announce  themselves  as  unwilling  to  conform  to  the  arrangement.  After 
a  full  discussion,  it  was  at  a  subsequent  meeting  unanimously  resolved  to 
adopt  the  said  arrangement.  Committees  were  appointed  to  have  it  fully 
announced,  and  to  correspond  also  wdth  the  medical  organizations  in  regard 
to  it.  By  order  of  the  Committee. 
We  believe  this  plan  to  be  practicable,  after  physicians  and  the  people 
get  accustomed  to  it  and  use  a  little  forethought,  providing  needful  medi- 
cines in  the  forepart  of  the  day. 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association. — The  attention  of  the  mem. 
bers  of  this  Body  is  invited  to  the  following  notice  of  its  Executive  Com- 
mittee: 
NOTICE. 
To  the  Members  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
All  those  members  who  reside  out  of  the  cities  of  Boston,  New  York. 
Philadelphia,  Baltimore,  Cincinnati  and  St.  Louis,  who  are  entitled  to  the 
volume  of  Proceedings,  by  having  paid  their  annual  contribution,  will 
please  to  enclose  a  printed  card  or  clearly  written  address  to  the  wider- 
signed,  that  the  books  may  be  mailed  as  early  and  safely  as  practicable. 
In  the  cities  mentioned,  members  will  apply  to  Charles  T.  Carney, 
138  Washington  street,  Boston ;  Henry  Haviland,  23  John  street, 
New  York;  Wm.  Procter,  Jr.,  Philad'a ;  William  S.  Thompson,  Balti- 
