The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-16
WOMEN DRUG CLERKS
According to Male Authority They a;
Satisfa cti IN tn EmuIova-s

according to Male Authority They Give
Satisfaction to Employers.
"Why don't you employ female drug
clerksP" asked Washington reporter
OF druggist the other day.
THAT has been tried in some cities. e"
was the reply, land has worked very
we'll; but somehow female drug clerks
have not yet become a fixture in Wash
lngton. l never had but one applica-
ton for a position by woman, and
she was a graduate of a Chicago COL
iege OF pharmacy. din't employ her.
not because had any objection to talk
ing female clerk, but because | had
no vacancy. don't know of but one
druggist in the city who has employed
woman behind his counter, and she
was at the soda fountain"
lis she still therep" asked the re-
porter.
mo. don't think she was a sue
cess. I've no doubt she attended to
her duties, but you know men are Pc
culiar. Some like to kick and swear
at the clerk, and they can't do that at
a woman"
''But the regular business of COM
pounding prescriptions, said the re-
porter Cant a woman do that as
we'll as man?''
IL see no reason why she shouldn't.
She is quick and apt to acquire knowl-
edge, she has good memory, is care
full in making her measures and can
certainly mix the pills, powders or So
lutiOns that may be ordered. A wom-
an, too, is naturally neat and would be
OF value so far as the fancy articles
usually for sale in a drugstore 90.
But don't you know drug clerks life
is an awful hard one? stay in this
store from nine o'clock in the morn
ing until after midnight, and | am on
my feet nearly all the time. Now,
that would be very wearing Oh a wom-
an. and doubt if many of them have
the physical endurance to stand such
tour of duty day in and day out right
through the year.
Still" he continued. as the reporter
jOtted down some notes, Il have no
doubt that many women, if they should
graduate in pharmacy. could manage
drug store as successfully as a man
more so than a good many men-but
then she would have male clerk, and
don't you forget it."
why 500"
Because she would put more con-
fidence in man than she would in one
of her own sex. That's the way with
women. But there is one other diff
ficulty that stands in the way of a
wOman's success rs drug clerk. By
a great many people we are considered
i'm the light of a physician, and men
and women, too, consult us just the
same rs they would a regular DOCTOR
The majority of women have not as
much confidence i'm female as in
male physician, even in regard to their
own peculiar ailments. don't know
hat this should be, but it is, and you
see how it would operate against a
female drug clerk so far as her own
sex is concerned, while men, of course.
would not consult her at all. All these
obstacles may be removed in time, and
we may have many female drug clerks,
but it will not be this year. Wash
ingtOn Star.
Lots of Enthusiastically you
have any amusements out here?" Kan
san-.1 should say. Had fight ovei
the county seat last week, and three
men were killed; hung TOUR horse
thieves yesterday. and tonight we are
going to take couple of fellows out
and whip the hide off of them. | guess
we have our share of amusements,
taking it the year through "-Drake's
Magazine