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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I    February,  1907. 
Detroit,  co-editor  of  the  Bulletin  of  Pharmacy,  who  gave  a  timely 
and  interesting  address  on  the  subject :  "  Four  Things  Every  Drug- 
gist Should  Know  About  His  Business."  This  paper  was  published 
in  full  in  the  January  issue  of  this  Journal,  p.  10. 
Henry  C.  Blair  sent  a  paper  on  "  A  Special  Form  of  Check  for 
Paying  Bills,"  which  was  read  in  the  absence  of  the  author  by 
Edwin  L.  Newcomb,  P.D.,  and  published  in  the  January  issue  of 
this  Journal,  p.  21. 
E.  Fullerton  Cook,  P.D.,  read  a  paper  on  "  A  Simple  System  for 
Personal  Accounts  "  which  was  illustrated  by  some  models  of  appara- 
tus that  he  had  made.    (See  p.  36  of  the  January  number.) 
Clarence  L.  Bonta,  P.D.,  read  a  paper  having  the  title  "  The 
Retort  Courteous."  The  paper  was  devoted  to  a  consideration  of 
the  principles  underlying  successful  advertising  and  was  illustrated 
with  a  number  of  charts  and  specimens  of  advertisements. 
These  several  papers  were  discussed  by  the  following  persons  :  A. 
J.  Staudt,  William  L.  Cliffe,  Warren  H.  Poley,  Thomas  H.  Potts, 
Charles  H.  Rehfuss,  E.  R.  Gatchell,  Henry  Kraemer,  M.  I.  Wilbert, 
C.  B.  Lowe,  David  Potts,  and  the  chairman. 
Mr.  Staudt  called  attention  to  the  double-page  loose-leaf  ledger 
used  by  F.  P.  Streeper  of  Chestnut  Hill,  Philadelphia,  for  rendering 
his  monthly  bills.    He  said  : 
"  By  inserting  a  carbon  sheet  under  the  folded  page  the  ledger 
entry  and  bill  that  goes  to  the  customer  are  made  at  one  writing. 
It  is  preferable  to  use  a  manifolding  fountain  pen  with  a  firm  point, 
which  are  specially  made  for  working  carbon  copies,  or  as  Mr. 
Streeper  uses  the  system  his  stenographer  makes  the  entry  each 
day  on  the  typewriter,  which  makes  a  very  neat  bill  to  send  to  the 
customer.  By  posting  the  charge  slips  daily  the  customer's  bill  is 
always  ready,  or  at  the  end  of  the  month  by  simply  tearing  the  top 
sheet  off  at  the  perforation  the  bills  are  at  once  ready  to  be  mailed 
to  the  customer.  After  the  bill  which  is  sent  to  the  customer  is 
paid  the  remaining  sheet  is  removed  from  the  live  ledger  to  a  dead 
ledger  and  filed  for  reference  purposes." 
M.  H.  Webster  and  R.  C.  Pursel  presented  a  paper  on  "  The 
Estimation  of  Strychnine  in  Nux  Vomica  by  the  Nitric  Acid  Pro- 
cess."   (See  p.  1  of  the  January  number.) 
Henry  Kraemer, 
Secretary. 
