JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 303 Society, the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, the Textile Research Institute, the Textile Institute of England, the American Institute of Chemists, the Fiber Society, the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Society of Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Lambda Up- silon, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the Scientific Manpower Commission. All meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at Henrici's Restaurant in the Merchandise Mart. NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER NEWS A MONTI4L¾ newsletter has been inaugurated by the New England Chapter. The first issue in April contained information on member ac- tivities, technical news, and other various comments and news items. The objective of the publication is to strengthen the Chapter and stimulate greater member participation and interest in the activities of the Chapter. On March 23, Mr. Mark Litchfield of the Legal Department of the Gil- lette Safety Razor Company spoke on "A Manufacturer Looks at Product Liability." A record attendance of 55 turned out to hear this most in- teresting and pertinent discussion. On April 9 the New England Chapter sponsored its second annual Ladies' Night with 75 members and guests enjoying a delicious meal and splendid entertainment by comedian, Myron Cohen. The meeting was held at the Monticello Restaurant in Framingham. Door prizes were drawn and leather evening purses were given to each lady present. A grand time was had by all! NEW YORK CHAPTER NEWS ]'HE TOPIC discussed at the March 1st meeting was "The Use of Dye Intermediates in the Dyeing of Hair." This paper was presented by Solomon Stein who for the past thirty-four years has been the Chief Chemist and Dyer of the Superior Fur Dyeing Company. Although most of Mr. Stein's work has been with animal skins, his vast information on the techniques employed to obtain uniform dyeings on skins of varying shades has direct application to dyeing of human b air.

304 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS "The dyeing of fabrics and furs is an ancient one shrouded in secrecy," Mr. Stein said, "and for centuries these secrets were passed from generation to generation." Even today, when vegetable and most wood dyes are no longer used, a great deal of secrecy surrounds the use of oxidation dyes. Mr. Stein indicated that perhaps some of the techniques, formulas and modifications used in fur dyeing might be applicable to modern hair tinting. He described the shades obtainable from various intermediates under different conditions of concentration, pH and combination with each other. Many of the phenols, diamines, aminophenols and naphthoI intermediates are common to both industries. Unlike the hair dyes, fur dyes are often used with iron and chrome mordants to alter the shade and hue, as well as to increase the fastness of the dye. A major problem in the fur industry is the unnatural fading of the colors with time. Mr. Stein described some of his efforts to over- come the undesirable red shade which develops, and indicated that pyrogal- lic acid in the initial formula helps stimulate the natural color fading. The annual Ladies Night was held on April 18th at the Hotel George Washington in the Regency Room. Dr. Veronica Conley, Director of the Department of Nursing of the American Medical Association presented the results of her studies among four groups of women--physicians' wives, nurses, health magazine subscribers and average women--in an attempt to characterize resistance to claimed skin rejuvenators. This study focuses on estrogen containing products because of the nature of the advertising claims and because the public has been the target for over two decades of conflicting mass media messages from manufacturers and health educators. Dr. Conley has tried to estimate the relative influence of these two forces on the behavior of the four sample groups. In doing this, she has obtained answers to such questions as how average women and health oriented nurses and physicians' wives compare in the knowledge of the safety and efficacy of estrogen containing products. She has explored other aspects which might contribute to resistance such as how the four groups compare in their willingness to use new prod- ucts , how they rate themselves as judges of cosmetics and how they view the women who would use a claimed skin rejuvenator. Dr. Conley recently resigned as Secretary of the American Medical Association's Committee on Cosmetics to assume her new position as Director of the Department of Nursing. She received her A.B. degree from Boston University where she majored in biology and took the pre-med course. She holds Masters degrees from Yale University and the University of Chicago and was awarded her Ph.D. degree in adult education from the University of Chicago. Dr. Conley is the author of a seven-year monthly series entitled "Beauty and Health" which appears in Today's Health, an A.M.A. lay publication.