The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-15 00:00:00

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Tits Bills for the

gistratioci of Chemists
referred by the Howe
we may take advantage -_
point whisk seems to have been altogether over
looked in the House and by the promoters of both
11/11011011111. The Pharmaieutical Society and the
United Chemists and Druggists are understood to
exclude women from their examinations, and,
though a oonsiderable proportion of the shops in the
trade are kept by women, no provision is made in
sitherßill for testing their qualifications. Parliament
will ontainly not countenance any putting down of
a respectable and wen-qualified class of trades-
people ; and doubtless,. all that is necessary is
that the facts should be brought under the notice
of the committee.
According to the Census, about one-fourth of
the women of Ragland who live by their industry
live by the profile of shopkeeping end other enter-
pries' of that oleos ; and of these several hundreds
are chemists and druggists. There oan be no oc-
cupation more appropriate for them, end there
can be no reason whatever for excluding them
from a business which, if it is suitable for them,
must be advantageous to their neighbours.
It must be by mere oversight that they
are virtually excluded by the providona of
both Bills, by no provision being made for
their being tested and reglitered. Hitherto so
many of the trade have practised without having
passed an examination, that women have not
felt much injured by their exclusion from that
test ; but if henceforth no chemiands ist can
follow the trade without having eed and
registered, the hardship will be such as Parliament
will surely refuse to inflict. It will not indi-
rectly deprive several hundreds of respectable
tradeswomen of their occupation and mesas of
living. As it will hardly be questioned that
women are able to learn as much as it is necessary
for chemist. and druggists to know, while their
dispensing ability has never been questioned, all
that is necessary is that, in the new measure, the
examining body shall be required to admit to
examination applicants of both sexes, without

distinction.
It is probably enough to point out what
is wanted ; for the days are happily put
when people of either sex can be pre-
vented by law, through jealousy or prejudioe,from
opening shops and conducting trade according to
their ability. In some branches of manufacture
and art men play the tyrant still ; but, now that
half a million of our countrywomen are conducting
by their own industry establishments founded on
their own capital, there can be no fear that the
one class of chemists and druggists will be put
down by law, if the Legislature can be timely put
in mind of its duty.

Cbe Court.

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