Morning journal and courier., 1892-06-04

peclally usetul, nave set or snelVes utteo in below it, supported by strong upright rising from the floor on each side. The shelves are of the same width as the man. tel, but shorter, as the supports are fast ened to the wood work below it. Curtains fall from 8 rod across the edge of the man. tel, and the mantel itself is covered with a straight scarf of the same, or some happi- ly contrasting material. All the wood work will be improved by coating of white enamel paint, or may be stained in imitation of cherry or oak. Place your your favorite bits of bric- a. brac upon the upper shelf-the original mantel-half draw the aiken curtains and congratulate yourself.
 If this scheme is not practicable there are always shoe boxes. Procure three of graduated sizes, paint, or stain them, or cover neatly with ingrain paper. Strips of split bamboo nailed to the edges of the boxes make very ornamental finish. Place the boxes one above another so that one side is straight and the other forms three steps, and upon these steps set pots of palms or ferns or Towering plants.
 VEIL CASES.
 Veils are various as to color, size, tex ture, and tint, and as they are greatly in favor she who wears them must need have large and interesting collection. The durability of these flmy trifles is not 8 thing to count upon and when one is taken off 1t should be carefully folded and laid away. Hence the veil case, perhaps the newest thing in fancy work. It is modelled upon the glove or handler chief case, with pockets in which the folded veils are placed or ribbon straps under which they are drawn. The ly embroidered, the more elaborate of some delicate shade of silk covered with boiling cloth, which may be painted or embroidered in gold or silver thread &C., cording to the makers fancy. pretty bit of summer needlework, dainty addi- tion to ones toilet possessions, and an acceptable gift to a veil-collecting friend.
 WOMEN AS PHARMAcIsTs.
 The employment of women in pharmacy is receiving some attention abroad as we'll as in the United States. A petition with numerous signatures in favor of admitting women to this profession was recently presented to the Prussian imperial diet. The demand was based upon historic right, as for centuries, and until the middle of the eighteenth century, the preparation of medicine was almost entirely in the hands of women; women apoth- ecaries after examination by learn ed physicians were given the right to compound and sell drugs, and many of them won high reputation in this busi ness. The petitioners argued that the profession of the pharmacist demanded no great bodily exertions or undue publicity; that it was as womanly a calling as that of the teacher or saleswoman, and that according to the testimony of physicians women are far superior to men in the full filment of all sanitary duties, in punctual obedience to a physician's orders, in dexterity and neatness.
 In Russia, Belgium and Holland women have passed creditable examinations in pharmacy, and in Paris a young lady has taken @ first-class degree. She will be the first woman chemist in Paris, though not in France, as at Toulouse there is lady already established in the business. In the United States quite @ number of wo men are engaged in the retail drug busi ness Some of them have taken the course of study prescribed by the colleges of pharmacy and fulfilled all legal obligations by registering before the state boards, others, in some states, received registra- tion on the passage of the pharmacy law from the fact that they had been in busi- ness 8 sufficient number of years prior to the enactment to prove their competency. A Woman's Pharmaceutical Association has been chartered at Spring field, Ills., for mutual benefit and to ar range @ pharmaceutical exhibit for the Worlds Fair. There are fifty three regis tered women pharmacists in the state and fifty assistants. The new Co-educational College of pharmacy in Brooklyn has four women students.
 This calling demands certain amount of scientific study and preparation which women have certainly the ability to mas ter, and there can be no inherent reason for objecting to her doing so. If there are objections, they fare of a narrow nature and based upon one-sided and bigoted prejudice" says writer in the Pharmaceutical Era. This is stating it strongly. There are a few objections which, however, apply only to the profes sion. The hours are long, there is some Sunday work to be done, and the business is, to many, an unwholesome one. But the woman druggist will probably be un- willing to give up her day of rest for the purpose of keeping the soda fountain fz- zing and the cigar lighter burning all day on Sunday, and few of them in our own city would set an excellent example to their brethren of careful attention to their reputable and legitimate business.
 HILARY.