was looked upon as being of low standard by our Sister States, but now, I am proud to say, our Board ranks as one of good standing.

We should feel greatly honored today by having Prof. Joseph P. Remington, of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, as our guest. He is a very busy man, but he laid his pressing work aside, to be with us. Your president is one of his old pupils and naturally feels at home when he has one of his teachers present.

We should not fail to thank the Traveling Men's Auxiliary which has taken charge of the entertainment features of this convention. The members have worked very hard to make it a success, and I am sure it will be a success.

In conclusion, I extend my sincere congratulations to each and every member of our Association, to the traveling men, to the ladies present and to all who have helped to make this meeting a success. I have had the honor of being your President during the past year and I am very grateful for the honor. I may have made mistakes as I am only human, but I assure you, I have tried to fulfil the duties of my office to the best of my knowledge and ability. Again I thank you.

Suitor: "I have no bad habits. I don't smoke nor drink."

Father: "Neither does my daughter." -Woman's Journal.

N. A. R. D. Convention Entertainment.

Retail druggists throughout the country will be interested in the details of the entertainment which has been planned by the local committee for the delegates who will attend the annual convention in Philadelphia, the week of August 17th, of the National Association of Retail Druggists. They promise to surpass in their scope and variety anything in the previous history of the national body, if not in the annals of the city. Of course, their announcement will prove a strong incentive to attend on the part of retail druggists and their wives from all over the United States.

The first formal event will be the officers' reception and ball, to be held in the magnificent ballroom of the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, the scene of so many notable gatherings, on Monday evening, August 17th. It is believed that this function will be an event unsurpassed in pharmaceutical history, on account of the number and prominence of the men and women in the drug trade who will be present.

And of equal importance, although, perhaps, more from a commercial standpoint, will be the drug show in the historic Clover and Red Rooms, on the same floor and in close proximity to the ballroom. This annual exhibition has become each year a more and more important feature of the national conventions. Never before have the manufacturing interests displayed the same amount of interest in this show, a fact that has stimulated the committee to exceptional effort in its arrangement and decorative features. In educational features alone the exhibition this year promises to be a wonderful enlightenment, not only to the druggist, but to the representatives of the medical profession and the public generally, who will be the guests of their druggistfriends at the show. Many of the exhibitors plan to launch new goods and new policies on this occasion.

An automobile tour for the ladies at the convention is in prospect for Tuesday afternoon. It will comprise visits to points of interest throughout the city and vicinity, and of course, a spin through Fairmount Park. The men will be engrossed in the business sessions of the convention, and no counter attrac

tions for them will be staged on this day.

On Wednesday the ladies will be the guests at the reception in beautiful Egyptian Hall in the John Wanamaker store. A tour of the building and a special organ recital in the Court of Honor are additional features of this occasion thus far arranged.

Thursday will be "Scottissue Day," when every person registered at the convention will be the guest of the Scott Paper Company on a trip down the Delaware River to the company's model plant at Chester. One of the most commodious river steamers has been chartered for this occasion, which promises to be as interesting to natives of Philadelphia as it will certainly prove to be to the hundreds of visitors. The boat will clear about noon. Luncheon will be served on board, after which there will be an entertainment. The big industrial establishments and points of historic interest along the river front in Pennsylvania and New Jersey will be described by guides en route to the Scott Company's big plant. There the visitors will witness the interesting processes employed in turning out the varied lines of toilet papers, paper towels, table cloths and other sanitary specialties, distributed to the public through the retail drug trade.

A hydroplane race in which some of the fastest boats in the East will participate is the latest feature announced by the Philadelphia Committee. This thrilling event has been arranged by the Scott Paper Company.

No boat that has not made a record of 34 miles an hour will be eligible to enter this contest. The prize will be a handsome trophy offered by the Scott Company. Hydroplane races are international in importance and it is understood that some of the flyers that will later contest in the international events will be seen in this event over the Delaware River course at Chester, for the exclusive entertainment of those attending the convention. It is believed that new records will be made for hydroplanes that day under circumstances that promise to prove as exciting as they are novel for the majority of the spectators.

On the return trip a stop will be made at League Island Navy Yard, whose importance as a naval base is unsur

passed, and which at that time will be the temporary anchorage of at least one of every type of vessel that helps to comprise the country's great navy. The scenes of activity on board and ashore as these sea-fighters, some fresh from Mexican waters, where they have helped to make history, are prepared for further activities and departure for foreign stations, promise sights and thrills never to be forgotten to every patriotic man and woman. Another number on the program for the same day is the visit to League Island Navy Yard, where the boat will stop

guides. Arms and trophies from all of the country's wars are but a few of the interesting relics to be found about the yard. The boat will reach the city on the return trip about 7 o'clock that evening.

Friday will be "Wampole Day, when the delegates will again be the guests of one of the city's foremost manufacturing concerns identified with the drug trade, Henry K. Wampole & Company, at Willow Grove Park. Special cars will leave the hotel in the morning for Willow Grove, carrying the visitors over a special route, calculated to show

on the way home from the visit to the plant of the Scott Paper Company. An effort is being made now to have a number of drills on the water and ashore as well as a tour of the yard and through some of the huge battleships now stationed there. This program, of course, will depend upon the amount of time the visitors have at their disposal, but the visit to the famous naval station promises to be intensely interesting, particularly to visitors from the interior of the country. Everything will be thrown wide open by the yard officials who will also provide bluejackets and marines as

the city and its environs in most attractive form. The Wampole Company, with the co-operation of the local committee, has arranged for the distribution of coupons which will entitle the visitors to admission to all of the amusement features of the park as well as dinner at the Casino. There will be no hour set for the latter service, those who have registered at the convention visiting the Casino at any hour that may suit them, and presenting their coupons. Of course, there will be a special fountain display and special music, while reserved seats will be provided for all.

Still another possibility of "Wampole Day" is that the convention will formally close at Willow Grove Park. If the business is not concluded on Thursday at the regular session at the BellevueStratford Hotel, then, rather than interfere in the slightest degree with the program for "Wampole Day," it will be announced that the business will be continued at Willow Grove Park on the following day, when the theatre. will be the scene of the deliberations. The time of return from the park will be a matter of choice to the individual.

registration at previous conventions will be shattered. In its work, thus far, the committee has been most cordially received by representatives of all departments of the trade, and this feeling, doubtless, will be manifested later in the attendance. Philadelphia druggists always have been leaders in organization movements, and this co-operative spirit we aim to demonstrate the week of August 17th next to a degree never before considered.

Another important concession that the local committee has secured is the

The committee wishes it clearly understood that the participants in all of these entertainment features will only be those who register at the convention. Registration privileges will be accorded every retail druggist and to those affiliated with the drug trade. Those who register, of course, will be admitted to the drug show, while those who do not will have to present a ticket, which can be secured from the committee. The sessions of the convention will be open to all who care to attend.

And, of course, with such a wealth of entertainment features, the local committee believes that records for

privilege of going up into the clock tower of the City Hall at any time between 9 and 4 o'clock each day of convention week, 400 feet above the street, while some of the more venturesome can even secure the privilege of looking out over the city from the rim of the hat of the immense statue of William Penn, which surmounts City Hall. This is the highest point in the vicinity and one can see for many miles into Pennsylvania and across its neighbor, New Jersey; from no other viewpoint securing so comprehensive an idea. of the great area of the City of Homes and its suburbs.

Allied with the Philadelphia Convention Committee in the furthering of plans for the entertainment of the hundreds of visitors during the week of August 17, is the Traveling Men's Auxiliary, the Executive Committee of which is holding meetings regularly and delegating to sub-committees, various lines of special work, suggested by the committee. President Edward T. Hahn and Secretary J. H. Barlow are meeting weekly with the Convention Committee of retail druggists and the part played by the traveling men promises to be an important one. They will act as guides for the strangers in the city, meeting them at the railroad terminals and escorting them to their hotels. Each hotel will have its quota of salesmen, identified by badges, who will at all times be ready to escort the visitors to places of historic interest, the shopping districts, restaurants and other points. which they may wish to visit.

Chairman Charles Rehfuss of the Convention Committee has sent a letter to all of the exhibitors at the Drug Show, asking that each one feature the coming convention by printed announcements on their letterheads, on their envelopes or by special inserts in correspondence being sent daily to the drug trade. The mutual-benefit features of this plan, it is believed, will immediately be appreciated by these concerns and generous co-operation is anticipated.

The principal hotels in proximity to the Bellevue-Stratford and their rates are as follows:

BELLEVUE-STRATFORD:

$2.50 to $4.00 for single room

$3.50 to $5.00 for single room with bath. $3.50 to $5.00 for double room.

$4.50 to $8.00 for double room with bath.

WALTON (one block away):

$1.50 to $2.00 for single room.

$2.00 to $3.00 for single room with bath. $2.50 to $3.00 for double room.

$3.00 to $4.00 for double room with bath.

NEW HANOVER (five blocks away):

$1.00 per day up, per person, without bath. $1.50 per day up, per person, with bath.

STENTON (two blocks away):

$2.00 for single room.

$3.00 for single room and bath.
$1.50 per person in double room.

$2.50 per person in double room with bath.

WINDSOR (four blocks away):

$1.00 and $1.50 per person, without bath. $2.00 and $2.50 per person, with bath. $1.00 for each extra person in room. VENDIG (three blocks away):

Single room, shower bath, $2.00.
Double room, shower bath, $3.00.
Single room, tub bath, $3.00.
Double room, tub bath, $4.00.
ADELPHIA (two blocks away):
Single room with bath, $3.00.
Double room with bath, $5.00.
NEW BINGHAM (five blocks away):
Single room, without bath, $1.50.
Single room, with bath, $2.50.
Double room, without bath, $2.50.
Double room, with bath, $4.00.

The

There being no local committee, the entertainment was cared for entirely by the members of the Illinois Pharmaceutical Travelers Association, who lived up to their established reputation as royal entertainers. The usual opening addresses were dispensed with. Association got down to business at the very first session and listened to an excellent address by President Ralph E. Dorland, sometimes called the "boypresident" and the "boy-orator," of the I. P. A. President Dorland is but thirty-four years old, but has had wide experience in association work and his presidential address, as well as the skillful manner in which he handled the Convention, was widely commented upon. He especially urged the druggists to get into politics to make themselves felt as a political factor, to the end that the interests of pharmacy might be conserved in both state and national legislation. He urged the formation of local organizations and the cordial sup