INQUIRY INTO ORIGIN OF LITERATURE OF PERFUMERY 209 popular books addressed to the English ladies, instructing them in the home' manufacture of perfumes, flavors, and beauty preparations. 6. The early literature of essen- tial oils and of the chemistry of per- fume materials had its forerunner in the literature of distillation, and was therefore linked with works on intoxicating beverages. /lcknowledgment: The writer is indebted to Miss Florence E. Wall for her personal aid in the prepara- tion of this paper to Richard S. Wormset, dealer in rare books, who obtained many of the books men- tioned herein, and obtained infor- mation on others to several previous writers, and trade and scientific journals whose bibliographical data have proved helpful. CHICAGO SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS The Chicago Society of Cosmetic Chemists has elected the following oflqcers for 1949: President: S. D. Gershon, Ph.D. (Pepsodent Division, Lever Brothers Co.) 1/ice-President: E. L. Rose, B.S. (Kathryn Inc.) Secretary: S. Kramer, Ph.D. (Marcelle Cosmetics Inc.) Treasurer: H. •[. White, B.A. (Swift & Co., Research Laboratories) (Company aflqliation stated for identification purposes only.) The first regular dinner meeting of the Chicago Society of Cosmetic Chemists in the year 194:9 will be held on Tuesday, •[anuary 11, 6:30 p.m., at the Electric Club in the Civic Opera Bldg. Mr. Wm. E. Lieb, M.S., Chemist, Allen B. Wrisley Company, will give a Report on the Papers presented at the December meetings in New York of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists and of the Scientific Section of the Toilet Goods Association. This report will offer an unprecedented opportunity to obtain up-to- date information to the many cosmetic chemists of the Chicago region who are unable to attend all of the New York meetings. The Chicago Society of Cosmetic Chemists is proud to initiate this valuable service to its members. The Chicago Society of Cosmetic Chemists was formed with the intention of becoming a Section of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists. Final plans are now being arranged.--Ed.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS* By DR. CURT P. WIMMF. R New York, N.Y. MORV. T•A• twenty-five years have elapsed since the writer of this paper undertook to offer special courses of instruction in the com- position, manufacture, and action of toilet preparations given as exten- sion courses in the form of evening classes in the Columbia University College of Pharmacy. In so far as the writer is aware, this was the first attempt at sys- tematic instruction in the subject of cosmetics in any university or col- lege in the United States. Indeed, the writer was often given to under- stand by certain administration officials, that such instruction was not entirely desirable since the sub- ject of cosmetics was then looked upon with slight suspicion as not sufficiently dignified to be included in the subjects taught by a great in- stitution. The implication was that the black deed of a Mme. Toffana or of the Marquise de Brinvilliers who taught the ladies of the Middle Ages, in five easy lessons, how to poison their husbands with cos- metic preparations, had not yet * Presented at •he December 6• 1946• Meeting, New York City. been forgotten, or, that the finger of scorn pointed to the girl who rouged her lips or dyed her hair. We have come a long way since the days of thirty years ago. The cosmetics industry has grown by leaps and bounds it occupies a most respected place in the economy of our nation no longer is a second- ary position assigned to it in the estimation of business or scientific circles. The reasons for the remarkable change in the opinion of the public concerning cosmetic work and cos- metic preparations are too numerous to be discussed at this opportunity, but at least one cause is pertinent to my discussion. Manufacturers of cosmetics saw fit, either by compul- sion owing to governmental regula- tions or by voluntary action, to place the preparation of their prod- ucts under the supervision of trained chemists and allotted to them, or to scientific institutions, sums of money for research, expecting from these steps improvement of their products in composition, manufacture, ap- pearance and, last but not least, in effectiveness. In this expectancy 210