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Charles  Caspari,  Jr. 
f  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
December,  1917. 
which  passed  through  his  hands  in  connection  with  this  office,  he  set 
a  standard  which  is  a  marked  tribute  to  his  diversity. 
When  Maryland  adopted  a  Pure  Food  and  Drugs  Law  in  1910, 
Dr.  Caspari  was  turned  to  as  the  man  to  act  as  the  first  food  and 
drugs  commissioner,  to  inaugurate  the  operations  of  the  law  and  to 
organize  the  necessary  machinery  to  carry  out  its  provisions.  His 
work  here,  so  unlike  in  its  scope  any  other  he  had  undertaken,  was 
an  honor  to  his  beloved  profession,  and  he  not  only  protected  the 
public  from  fraud,  but  markedly  raised  the  standard  of  the  food 
and  drug  products  of  the  state,  at  the  same  time  gaining  the  admira- 
tion of  those  concerned  for  his  fairness  and  impartiality. 
Dr.  Caspari  was  interested  in  all  matters  of  public  and  individual 
welfare  and  most  of  these  interests  were  known  only  to  his  close 
friends. 
His  family  life  was  particularly  happy.  Mrs.  Caspari  was  Miss 
Leslie  V.  Heinichen,  of  Fredericksburg,  Va.,  and  it  is  a  great  regret 
to  all  who  have  known  of  their  happy  life  together  that  Dr.  Caspari 
was  not  spared  to  celebrate  their  golden  anniversary.  They  were 
married  in  1874,  and  to  them  were  born  seven  children,  five  daugh- 
ters and  two  sons,  six  of  whom  are  living. 
"  Work  was  the  motif  of  his  life,"  not  to  gain  but  to  accomplish, 
and  this  unflagging  industry,  with  his  exceptional  training,  ripe 
scholarship,  broad  experience  and  natural  ability,  assured  success 
beyond  the  usual  in  all  he  undertook,  and  made  great  impress  on  all 
with  whom  he  came  into  contact,  particularly  his  many  students. 
A  virile  man,  of  charm  of  manner,  of  true  modesty,  of  innate  re- 
finement, of  simplicity  of  life,  of  obvious  honesty  in  intent  and  act, 
who  did,  to  the  best  of  his  power,  his  duty  as  he  saw  it,  without 
favor  and  without  claiming  infallibility ;  who  was  frank,  without 
rancor,  and  expected  equal  frankness ;  he  would  be  the  first  to 
acknowledge  any  such  frailties  as  made  him  human. 
