HYGIENIC PROTECTIVE SUGGESTIONS. 



think about it, must impress them as all wrong. 



We can never tell just where we may encounter 



a communicable disease, just as likely on the Jewelry and 



street cars as anywhere else. How dreadful to Not*'un*i°o"mf 



carry its germs back to some poor sufferer with 



already enough to bear! Lfet our uniform 



then be sacred to the sick-room alone, but let 



us ahvays wear it there. When one sees a nurse 



on duty wearing rings, bracelets, fancy collars 



and pins, one stands aghast ! 



Have a street dress which is simply but taste- 

 fully made and quickly donned. Wear hygienic 

 waists, and skirts suspended from the shoulders Dress Sensibly, 

 rather than from the hips. Wear sensible- 

 looking, neat hats. , Nothing is much more 

 unprofessional than a nurse in a hat on the 

 "flower garden" order, or who is adorned with 

 neck chains, rings, "bangle" bracelets, and 

 so forth, whose skirts sweep the streets and 

 gather up dust and bacteria as they sweep. 

 When it comes to exercising in garments that 

 constrict the chest and abdominal muscles, it 

 is quite out of the question. How can the 

 abdominal or pelvic organs remain healthy 

 when thrown into unnatural positions by pres- 

 sure of tight corsets, waist bands or dragging 

 skirts? How can the nurse who goes out in 

 cold or wet weather only half clad expect to be 

 healthy? Any young woman is deserving of 

 censure who goes out in ufiseasonable weather 

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