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Show FOR THE HOME NURSE. Ways and Means of Keeping the Young Convalescent Amused. During n long convalescence it Is very necessary to keep the patient's thought away from herself and with the wider world of afTairs and men. This la true whether the patient Is child or adult. Ono little girl, who was confined to her room for months', dressed dress-ed dolls for a children's hospital. When one was completed her mother took It to tho hospital nnd gave it personally per-sonally to somo child, coming home to relate tho whole "wondorfnl experience" experi-ence" to her own little Invalid. The trained nurso who was with them taught the child how to bandage, how to give a bath aud tnko n temper-aturo, temper-aturo, taking pains to explain to her why things were done. This not only made her willing to bo cared for, but sowed hi her mind the rudiments of nursing and encouraged tho interest that tins slnco made her a wonderful nurse. Another girl mado all sorts of dolls' hats, her favorite ono being a "mushroom "mush-room shape." fashioned from an orange or-ange peel and trimmed with quids of the reverso side of the same material. Tho only way for her to obtain tho bat material was to eat tho orange a method of forcing the appetite that is always permissible in sickness. A near rival to this was ono made of half an eggshell, the trimming painted on. The making of paper flowers. little May baskets or valentines will appeal to some children, while pasting the old fashioned scrap book is an obsolete joy that the child convalescent loves. |