The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-05-21

| fully worthy and well qualified. No mat ter if he don't know the difference be- tween Fowler's solution and pinch of salts, he is full-fledged and trimmed with | wings like the rest of us as soon as the $2 and a slip of yellow paper Is forth coming.
 The law says propositions for member shir shall be made to the Executive Com mittee in writing. and they shall report their findings thereon Therefore. appl- cations hereafter will he referred in that manner. and the Executive Committee will report on applications before they are read out for action. l shall, however, rule that unless there are objections, all applicants shall have the privilege of the floor in all matters except actual voting until their application is passed upon
 The question of entertainment at our meetings is one that should have your consideration at this time. We have bnen accustomed to meet about once in five years at each prominent place, and it has been the custom for the local drug. gists to provide delightful banquet or some other equally attractive or expen- sive form of entertainment At Birming- ham last year 1t was expressly stated by you in resolution that hereafter we would meet only in the central points and that we would not tax the local drug gists for entertainment as our meetings would recur so often. The Montgomery druggists had already taken steps to en- certain us according to their gracious and liberal custom when this fact was made known to them. They. therefore amended their plans and determined to do Instead what will be announced by the local secretary. Your officers then had to consider whether they would order banquet or other entertainment, paying for 1t from the treasury or provide somer thing to be paid for by the members present and participating or to do neith- CT. We decided to do neither
 I hope you will again bring the matter up. and if you are not satisfied with the present status rescind or alter your pre- vious action or give your officers proper instructions
 Your attention is again called to the successful work of your secretary in getting out our proceedings and the substantial advertising patronage he se- cured. Were 1t not for this. your treas ury would be far from the condition it now is in, and our trIhing membership fee of N.00 per year would scarcely sus- tain us. Your secretary will tell you. however. that the matter of securing this patronage becomes more difficult and delicate each year and some relief should be suggested
 In selecting the three handsomest young men in the association as committee on queries and papers, your President felici- tates himself on happy stroke, This committee by thelr bandishments, have secured many desirable papers to be read to you. and you have a joy in store when their order of business is reached
 Interest in the questions of pure phar- macy have been rather lax in our meet ings recently and the commercial side has taken nearly all the time l would like to see either the secretary instructed or special individual appointed to have similar duties to the reporter on the Begun of Pharmacy of the American Pharmaceutical Association, Professor Diehl whose valuable report each year