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Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 
I  Am.  Jour.  Pharro. 
I  November,  1906. 
Mr.  Christopher  Koch  said  that  he  thought  it  impracticable  to 
close  on  Sunday.  Such  a  practice  would  engender  the  animosity  of 
physicians  and  cause  an  increase  in  self-dispensing.  He  expressed 
the  belief  that  the  only  rational  solution  of  the  question  was  by 
legislation.    Compel  all  stores  to  close. 
Mr.  Clarence  H.  Campbell  thought  education  preferable  to  legis- 
lation and  recounted  his  experience  with  his  physicians  and  cus- 
tomers. By  securing  their  co-operation  and  explaining  to  them  the 
need  for  closing  on  Sunday  he  believed  his  week-day  business  had 
actually,  been  increased  materially. 
Mr.  J.  K.  Thum  asserted  that  it  is  well  known  that  monotony  is 
unfavorable  to  the  higher  forms  of  life.  Unless  the  pharmacist 
respects  himself  he  is  sure  to  lose  the  respect  of  his  customers  (see 
page  514). 
Mr.  Harbold  said  that  the  druggist  has  lost  the  respect  of  the 
public  because  he  stoops  to  the  level  of  the  menial.  As  the  apothe- 
cary at  one  of  the  large  local  hospitals  he  could  not  see  why  drug- 
gists could  not  close  earlier  in  the  evening  as  well  as  close  their 
shops  for  the  greater  portion  of  Sunday  afternoons. 
Mr.  Hugh  Campbell  said  that  he  had  been  brought  up  in  a  store 
where  Sunday  closing  had  been  observed  and  had  always  observed 
it  himself.  He  did  not  believe  that  he  had  lost  either  trade  or 
friends  and  certainly  felt  that  he  had  gained  respect. 
Prof.  I.  V.  S.  Stanislaus  said  that  he  could  but  reiterate  what  had 
been  said  before :  "  Unless  the  pharmacist  learns  to  respect  himself 
he  cannot  exact  the  respect  of  his  customers." 
Mr.  A.  J.  Staudt  called  attention  to  the  present  widespread  need 
for  competent  help  in  pharmacy  and  expressed  the  opinion  that 
shorter  hours  would  prove  doubly  helpful  in  that  it  would  increase 
the  hours  for  rest  of  the  proprietor  and  attract  better  and  more 
competent  people  to  take  up  the  practice  of  pharmacy. 
Professor  Kraemer  moved  that  a  joint  committee  of  three  members 
each  be  appointed  by  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  the 
Philadelphia  Branch  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  to  further 
consider  the  question  of  "  Shorter  Hours  and  a  Day  for  Rest  "  and 
to  report  at  a  future  meeting. 
Mr.  Potts  moved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  accorded  to  Dr.  Law- 
rence F.  Flick  and  the  Rev.  David  M.  Steele  for  their  interesting 
communications.    These  motions  were  unanimously  adopted.  The 
