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Everything in Mexico is of special significance just now. We present interiors of three very interesting drug stores, the first and second located in Durango; the third in Saltillo, State of Coahuila.

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Members of the St. Louis Naturalists' Club on an outing at the coal mines at Collinsville, Illinois. Dr. Whelpley on the left will be readily recognized. The third "miner" (left to right) is Dr. Leo Suppan, editor of the National Druggist; the fourth is Dr. Fred C. Simon, an ex-druggist now practicing medicine; and the sixth is J. W. Mackelden, of the editorial staff of Meyer Brothers Druggist.

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The John Coleman Company, Wheeling, West Virginia, maintain chemical, clinical, and bacteriological laboratories on the upper floors of their Chapline Street pharmacy building. Special attention is given to analyses, and examinations and tests of a highly scientific character are made for physicians. George J. Coleman is director. Our picture shows a section of the bacteriological laboratory.

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These cards are very effective-much more so than our photographic reproduction might indicate. The figures in each case were pasted on, one, at least, coming from a cover of the Saturday Evening Post. The cards are the work of Edwin P. Creutz, Wausa, Nebraska, who takes second place in our recent contest, winning the $10 prize.

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These Cards We Awarded Third Place.

D. R. Spiers, Middleton, New York, was awarded third place by our judges. These cards were done in colors, with the exception of the upper one, but the predominating shades were not always what might be termed "happy selections." The lettering is unusually good. We shall reproduce other cards in succeeding issues of the BULLETIN.

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We make it a rule in our store never to put articles in the windows or on the show-cases without suitable cards to accompany the display. The pulling power and selling ability of these cards cannot be overestimated, and since they are made during spare time-between customers, as it were-their cost is practically reduced to the cost of the cardboard and colors.

Some druggists may say that they could never make show-cards because they have no talent for lettering, or because they are deficient in penmanship. Such is not the case.

Natural aptitude is an asset in any profession or business, but in this particular instance the truth of the old saw "practice makes perfect" cannot be disputed.

But few tools are absolutely essential to the beginner. One each of Nos. 6, 10, 12 red sable riggers, some cardboard, some lettering inks, a yardstick or T square, together with lots of perseverance-these make a complete outfit for ordinary work.

*Mr. Black won the first prize of $15 in our recent Show-card Contest. The winning cards were reproduced in the May number of the BULLETIN.

By PERRY N. BLACK, PH.G., Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania

The cards pictured at the head of this brief article were used, with several others, to adorn the tops of the wall cases and offer suggestions to Christmas shoppers. They were made on eight-ply white cardboard with black letters, shaded in gray. The decorations are in natural colors-red and green.

In making these cards the first step was the lay-out, in pencil. Allowing for a generous margin all around the card, guide lines for the top and the bottom of the words were drawn, and the letters roughly sketched with faint one-stroke lines to get the spacing, and to see how long the words were when printed. Then the letters were filled in with a brush, those in the word "Mirrors" being done in the onestroke style, while those in the word "Cigars" were first outlined with the brush and then filled in.

The gray shading, placed at the left and bottom of the letters, was made by mixing white and black in suitable proportion to get the proper tone.

In each case the decoration was done in natural colors, and was simple in design. Effect was desired rather than detail.

We have more good show-cards for reproduction in early issues of the Bulletin.

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