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an institution now started, called the Norland Institute, 

 16 Holland Park Terrace, London, W., and the princi- 

 pal will send all information if requested. It is for the 

 training of ladies as children's nurses on Froebelian 

 principles. I do not know much about it myself, but it 

 appears to be useful both for employers and employed. 

 So many women, though willing enough, are unfit for 

 any employment through want of training, and many 

 a young woman would be an excellent nurse for young 

 children who could never make a good governess or 

 school teacher. 



Nursery arrangements are much cleaner now than 

 they used to be. A well cared-for baby has its little 

 gums wiped out every day with a soft rag, which is 

 then burnt. This plan is safer than the soft little bit of 

 sponge sold for the purpose, as sponges are difficult to 

 keep perfectly clean, even if well washed and dried. 

 The following is the receipt for the mixture with which 

 this should be done, and which makes the baby smack 

 its lips : Mix one teaspoonful of powdered borax with 

 two teaspoonfuls of cold water, and add three ounces 

 of glycerine. Shake the bottle well, and the mixture 

 is ready for use. In the ease of a baby that has been 

 neglected, and when the mouth has become really bad, 

 it should be washed out with warm water several times 

 a day after food. 



There is still a strong prejudice in England against 

 boiling and sterilising mUk ; but, in the face of the 

 recent revelations as regards tuberculosis in cows, I 

 trust this will become less and less. The German 

 patents are to be got at all chemists'. Soxhlet's 

 apparatus is one of the best, I believe, but new steri- 

 lisers are constantly being brought out ; and, when 

 once understood, the process gives no more trouble 

 than any other careful preparation of babies' food. 



