Show NEW INVALID COMFORTS I Ideal Chairs Currying Chairs Night Lamps anti Sittiii Ui > Filloiis Some onewas it Tom Cringe said that it was worth while going through the yellow fever to enjoy the delights of convalescence and in like manner it may be said that a smart fit of illness ill-ness is not too large a price to pay for having the sole and undisputed right to occupy for a couple of weeks a properly turned out invalids chair such an one as I saw the other day made ready as a surprise for one who I I R T INVALID CHAIR AND SPIRAL PILLOW had been suffering many months and had still a weary time of convalescence ahead i This chair is really all that the heart could wish for Its springs are of the easiest and most approved French make In form it is not so remarkable perhaps being a large low and deep arm chair with a convenient foot rest concealed under the frame work which pulls out and transforms the chair with the addition of a few more cushions cush-ions into a fine easy lounge when to lie down seems the one thing desir din d-in life But in conveniences and contrivances it excels a yachts cabin It is fitted up with all manner of things which can add to the occupants comfort and happiness hap-piness Every appliance is at hand with scarcely the trouble of moving or what is worse still to an independent independ-ent spirit weakened and nervous from diseaseasking for help to find book work or writing materials It has a reading desk attached to its broad well cushioned right arm A small table working on a swivel and easily pushed aside when not needed is fastened to its left arm A graceful lamr4vnd inwrought in-wrought iron with a pretty bowl and gay shade is fastened at the left side of its well upholstered back A roomy receptacle for holding book work and various odds and ends opens from the inside of one arm A delightful writing writ-ing pad supplied with all that heart could wish is its opposite neighbor THE SPIRAL PILLOW Another comfort lately introduced for the use of invalids is the clever invention inven-tion of a lady who was persuaded to try her hand at patents by the force of circumstances While nursing her husband during along a-long illness she felt the necessity of providing some comfortable support for his head and finally devised an arrangement ar-rangement of spiral wires set in a supporting sup-porting frame which gives a soft spring back and is adjustable to any portion We have all at various limes sudgelled our brains in clumsy endeavors en-deavors to make the temporary sitting sit-ting up a restful change I went yesterday to see a friend who is convalescing con-valescing from a severe illness hut not yet strong enough to bear the fatigue of a change to the sofa and found her simply revelling in the possession I pos-session of one of these delectable inventions in-ventions A CARRYING CHAIR Still another new invalids comfort which is also the result ofa womans wit is a very simply constructed hair > designed ior the purpose of carrying a I patient from the bed to the sofa or i from room to room It consists of I strips of canvas which are easily i slipped under a patient and when lifted forms a canvas chair either in an i upright position or a recumbent one This contrivance is without doubt the very least fatiguing method yet discovered I dis-covered for moving an invalid as it j j entails no exertion whatever on the part of the sufferer and is a boon in the way of changing the physical and moral atmosphere for a brief space I Apart from the suffering one of Uie greatest trials to bear in a long illness is the dead monotony of being shut up within a limited space of four walls however attractive and cheerful the room may be a change to one of ess agreeable aspect and surroundings brings with it a sense of repose and rest Many invalid chairs have been j patented but all of them necessitate I I more or less exertion or a disturbance on the part of the patient A NEW NIGHTLAMP I If I wanted to make a useful and at the same time pretty gift to a sick friend I know of nothing likely to be more acceptable than a new night lamp which was shown me yesterday It is made in the shape of a candle which fits into a low Queen Anne all j ver candlestick The candle forms the receptacle for the oil there is a little crystal globe on top and a tiny frame which supports a dainty little silk shade such as is used on the dinner i table cadelabre The light is soft and I I I clear and the lamp is warranted to burn all night ISABEL DUNDAS I |