The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
BOWERY'S CALL FOR DRUGS.
1T TAKES QUEER FORMS AND ~
eRELTEST AT NI6HT.

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800
Eat of Bears, Horses and Dogs and OIL .
Snakes aud Skunks II Demand Amou0
tho East side Ropuiaaion-Love PhiltsrI
Wantod-Muselo Needed By Druggists
III. r,ovory apo,h.cary = poriod Of greatest com
,.o,c,,I activity il a, njsht BY day the prescrip
,I,, busno.. and tho ..ie Of patent modicines
,o,i,, ..t,oco and o,bor thing, ioor along in dull
,.v rtih .-,dom An Interruption Of sufbciont m O
,,,n, t,,ly 10 v.ke IN. moo Of tho mortar an,
h,r,l, r,ut from the time the s,in sinks in III,
,,-t until tho most deiinuuent lark In piping II,
un,u,ip.i lay ,ho,e oompoundors arc very busJ
men indood ana Tho proats of tho nigh, moro thar
maj, I'm for tho loeeo, of tho day. So Il hos com,
.bou, ,bn, po., of the drug shops in ,ho Bowcry
,,m.in opc-, ali nirh, and advertise that fact con
.pic,ou,iv o.. the sauo erus which appriso DOS
.ile cu,,omsr, that medical adyioo h served fire.,
nth ..oh puroha., az druaa
-rb, Bov,rx. from the apothocarys point Of
yisr,- said q dnrk in an all night drug shop 70
x5tor. 4. an aI,ore,hor different place al nigh,
from what 1, In In tho day -timo There 10 practc-
ally nothing doing during the day, and tho GUS
tanners who diff In aIo dooorous and generally
Yonso, able In their dem ends Thoy aro usually
m.p and women with prescriptions TO be nliod or
.,,,nr,re attracted BIZ tho window displnys and In
.,, a anne small article Of personal oonyonionoa
A. vounS ren and vomsn who want drfnkp Of soda
u,na~r But ~ srfrht Ill lids IN dinuont Rnrulax
o,ro,crs thrunr the drur stores and ank for al
,or. al qu,rr cenodiea some Of which sxtss only
In ne tu,axtnanon, but which wo have 10 pre>snd
ar, .otusi md Other customer ooms In search u
n.roocor and deadly druxn As ths time rocs BIZ
IA. rr,,cr,zttsn trade declino, until u ooasoa and
u. Trade In harmless remedies much In vogue
amonr those living on the Bowory who amend
h, le..or ailments without recourse 70 profession
ourhtare furnish gratis with every dose which also
sooe down with O dull thud"
ITS no easy lob, this ciorkinr In an all night
drug shop- he continued earnestly, rolling up his
ssooyo and exhibiting an arm which would win
apr,rovnl in prise riuR for Il roo uiros a. much
muscle as knowledge al pharmacy. A oiork has
rot 10 have plenty Of nsrvo and tho courage 10
sssort himseL Many Of DO customers who drift
In hero In tho smA hours are drunk or opium
crazed mor and women whom IL Ia necessary 70
ojo,t in order 70 keep up our reputation for TO
.psc,abinty. Al-nieht clerks arc subject 70 every
s,ylo Oh abuso and nsolenoo artistic and inartisto
and tho challenges VIC reocive TO combat arc TOO
many 10 keep record Of Without tho assistance Of
private secretaries To DO oven small shakes OF Q
success in this business tho pill roller must DO
something Of a linEuist Our regular customers
are Hebrews Germans Italians, Frcnchmon,
Poles Hungaians and even Greeks, and wo must
be able to converse httio In ovuy ono Of thnir
languages and read character readily In ordor 70
avoid giving ahront 10 prospective customers by
hterrogaung thcm In languages ohor hAn lhoir
own, Tor ndi on those foreigners arc V0y sonhuVo
on mo eupoc' OF INC iaheaiono
why Is IL thh1 our ousiness dooa not uaVe unui
mighty That's easily explained fou 500 mo
great majority OF regular customers arc a. work
from morning 10 nlght ana got no opportunity 70
attend 10 Their Ills OF tho Ailments OF thsir relatives
and friends unui night. Ihcn mo drug shop al
most anywhere on tho cast slde 70 q sort OF eonHps
exchange for the women who like to run around
afez the evening meal for ituo castor oil or pop
pernint for the baby and swap news with ono or two
u their friends whom they arc almost certain 10
find there ANY evening after soven o'clock you
will hnd small streams OF customers pouring Into
the Bowory drug shops MOST OF mo women Will
DO carrying oabies' VINO arc nrouShs In 70 dorvo
benefit from tho free medical advice wo give. A
little later the men. most OF whom arc ind ustrious
mechanics and laborors will drop IN for chat with
the all night clerk for no Is apt TO oo tho oonhdant
OF the neaghborhood- and tho repository OF moro
hopes and fears than thnre arc dollars in savings
bank. After them como tho young women clerks
m tho big department stores and employees Of tho
great factories or sweat shops, and the young mon
who usually follow moro or less closely in their
wake
-rTbs proacription buainon. IN kept boou,ng
along Al lively RAFT until about ten ooloek and
very remarkable indeed arc some OF tho thn9s W.,
nut up Home remedies equally weird. 40 far AZ
their application is concerned are also In ereat do
mand, and ye must know in parcellinR them out
Jus, how much to a fraction of hairs beadth our
competitors rive in a tumbler or the purchnaer's
own phial for a nickel or dime Should We nut In
less than our nearest rival docs then away Roes
our trade TO him. II, on the other hand In At
Of recklessness OF generosity should put In moro
OF q certain commodity than our competitors l
would establish preC edent from which II would DO
impossible to reccde without ruinous consequence
Therefore you will find that nearly all Of the Bow
cry pharmacies employ scouts from time TO time to
mako the rounds OF the neighborhood and ascer-
tain competitions proea
1T is necessary 10 keep In stock full lines Of
remedies popular in the remote countries whence
our customers hail Many Of these medicines arc
so extraordinary that doubt II there Is apoth-
Ary on the west sido WHO has ever heard Of them.
Dog lard is one OF the most popular Of the strange
remedies The Hung and many OF the Ger
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