DONT'S—FOR HOSPITAL VISITORS
.. Attached to the door of one of the wards in an English hospital _is the following list of questions which visitors, are requested not to aßk patients: Where were'you wounded? " ' Did it hurt? Which hurt most—going jn or coming; out?, . . ' ' Did you see any Germans? . Do you.want; to go hack? flow many did you kill? What are the tanks like? ■. It would not be at all amiss if the same "list,, with, additions, was tacked .011 to the ward doors of our own military .hospitals. (suggests an Australian writer). Morbid curiosity appears'to outweigh very often what is genuine : sympathy on the part of the" quesand women are the worst offenders, strangely enough. " 'My face is my fortune, sir,' she said." There is a girl in America at the present .time, Ann. Haviland, who is ame to paraphrase that old-song sentiment into.." 'My..nose has brought me fortune, sir,' she said." When she was a tiny toddler her mother, discovered that Ann, if blindfolded, could define and name any flower in the home garden by smelling it. This gift she developed as she grew up. Then Dr. ..Charabot, a . great French perfumer, watchecl her one day mixing in a.scent, .laboratory,., and that was the beginning of Aun's rapid climb, on the' ladder of. success. He took her to, Paris, and taught her-all ho knew. Now she is an' artist in perfumes. She knows 400 different scents, and can tell the ingredients merely by catching a whiff. She owns her own laboratory, and designs and concocts special perfumes of delightful subtlety for an immense clientele..' . .... Aprons are coming into fashion again, and the revivals are certainly "dainty." It is a far. cry to the little black satin affair worn by our mothers; an oblong or square design, . with it's stiff sprays of crewel-worked flowers, and a black lace edging in cords, to the airy, fairy trifles which have - popped up again after a Rip van Winkle' nap of a generation or so. The frillier and the fussier your afternoon apron the' smarter it is, and quite the last word i« exemplified in soft cheno silk of the old'pompadour era, furbished with knots of ribbon and a serap of good lace. They are easily made, and there is no limit to tho number of designs and shapes which they may as- ' sume. Certain it is, however, that the afternoon apron is in high favour. It is said that Queen Mary has succumbed to its fascination, a fact vouched for by a woman who has been privileged to walk and chat within the inner circle. The Royal "pinnies" are charming, and in all probability are the suggestion of Princess Mary, who is quite a smartly modern young woman.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 124, 12 February 1918, Page 2
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456DONT'S—FOR HOSPITAL VISITORS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 124, 12 February 1918, Page 2
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