EDGES LEFT EXPOSED.
The operator holds in proper position one of the box-rings, and one of the round pieces of box-board, as the trimming paper is applied. After the trimming paper has been put on, strips of glazed paper, of the color desired, are pasted to the sides of the boxes and lids, leaving the edges of the trimming paper exposed.
Round, shouldered pill boxes with projecting edges are made in many different sizes, some as small as one and one-sixteenth inches in diameter, and with a depth as low as one-half of an inch. These boxes are trimmed and covered with papers of various colors, and beautiful effects are obtained when correct color schemes are chosen. White or gold trimming paper harmonizes well with all other colors of paper. A box covered with white trimming paper and bronze enameled paper, leaving four white edges, forms a pleasing color combination. Bronze and gold, light blue and white, red and gold, light blue and gold, are only a few of the many good color schemes which are being used.
Some of the fine, round, shouldered pill boxes with projecting edges are lined inside with silver, gold, colored or tin foil paper. Some of these boxes are covered entirely with gold paper, others are covered entirely with white or colored paper. Others again are covered with fancy embossed, or watered paper, after gold or silver trimming paper has been applied.
The tops of the lids for these boxes are not covered by the box-maker as a general rule. Druggists who buy these boxes paste their own printed round labels to the lids of the boxes as physicians’ prescriptions for pills, capsules, etc., are filled.
One can form some idea of the large number of round pill boxes which are being consumed in this country when considering the number of drug stores that are located in all sections of the United States. The demand for high grade round pill boxes is constantly increasing. At the present time, the supply of fine, hand-made pill and powder boxes is not equal to the demand, as only a few manufacturers are specializing in this class of product.
SHOULDERED MAGNESIA BOXES.
Among the other kinds of small paper boxes which are used extensively by pharmacists are plain, round, shouldered magnesia boxes, as they are termed in the trade. Round boxes of this variety are higher in form than the pill boxes which have been described, and they are used for holding other powders in addition to magnesia. (Insect powder, for example). Some boxes of this model have a depth of three inches, while the diameter of the lid is one and fifteen-sixteenths inches.
