Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-01-21
PHARMACY FOR WOMEN.
A New Academy Formed Under the Aus
spices of the Polytechnic Society to
Furnish n Course of Lectures
to the Fair Sex.

For some time past the profession of
pharmacy has been attracting much
attention, as affording scope for women
TO earn n livelihood. The work is
light and easy, and skilled and deli
cate manipulation, coupled with
knowledge, are required, rather than
strength. Moreover, there is about
the work of pharmacist retirement o!
the character which makes it espec-
! tally desirable for young ladies who
do not care to face the worlds brazen
stare, whilst circumstances necessi-
tate that they earn their own living
Louisville has been in the van
among those cities which have recog-
nized woman's especial fitness at the
prescription counter, and one of the
most prominent drug stores in the city
has several young lady clerks. Last
night IL Courier-JoWndI reporter, in "a
few minutes conversation with their
employer, learned that they had given
more than satisfaction, and that he
found in them the most efficient assist
ants he had ever had.
"They seem
TO LEARN FROM INTUITION
he said zone look or word suflices to
tell them volume, and when they
have matter in hand | am certain
that instructions will be positively
carried OUT
So great has been the success attend
ing the employment of these young
| ladies, that much interest has been de-
! veIoped III the opening up OF this en-
! ployment most appropriate to women,
aud the subject of providing more am
/ pie facilities for their instruction has
been for several weeks discussed
among the philanthropists of the city
AT last plan has been decided upon
and last night number of gentlemen
met at the Polytechnic Society's rooms
and, under the charter of that institu-
ton, organized an Academy of Phar-
macy, which will fill the need in the
direction of special instruction for wo-
men. This institution IL not in any
respect antagonistic to the college of
Pharmacy now established and SO
successful in Louisville. II is rather
complimentary to it. The principal
object of the academy is TO supply a
course of lectures which can be attend
ed by young ladies in the afternoon
and with fellow pupils OF only their
own sex.
| ihS IblN tcChHlc Iootlcly mus places
AT the disposal of the new organization
its library and all OF the society's ap-
paratus. The faculty will be composed
of the most prominent pharmacists in
the city, and the lectures will equal
those ofany institution in the country.
The incorporators of the new
academy will hsld another meeting on
Saturday to further perfect the details
of the academy. The ineorporators
are as follows; Theodore Harris, esq.
Colonel b II Young, Mr. Samuel
l. Avery, Mr.. James X Lemon. DIR
John a Octerlony, DR.. ] A Larrabee,
DR. Il = Iandell, DR. John Goodman,
Or Douglass Morton, DR. + b Scott,
Or L Morgan Vance, Rev DIR james A
Boyce, III Rev Thos & Dudley. Mr.
w Grant, Hon Charles Godshaw,
Chancellor | w Edwards. Mr. j c
King, Mr. w n Haldeman, Dir NJ L
Coomes DIR y A Grant, DIR Thomas w
Grant, DR. w Holland, Prof Thomas
w Tobin, Mr. w Il Belknap, Mr. G III
Cochran, Graham Wilder, Nlr Cary /
Warren. -LouispWe Cttojier-Jouyi!ott.