A SURPRISE GIFT.
PHEASANTS FROM THE KING. The patients at a- London nursing home had a pleasant surprise. It. was there that Princess Atarie of Greece had an operation, and the King, to show his appreciation of the kindness and skill with which his kinswoman had been treated, sent enough pheasants from Sandringham to provide a game course for each invalid as well as Ihc staff. The matron of the home, .Miss lleywood, is a very interesting personality. There is a legend, that she never sleeps—at any rate she seldom goes Lo bed before 2.30 a-m.. and patients see her, brisk and cheerful, by nine in ttic morning. As a surgical nurse she lias an enviable reputation, but in spile of the exigencies of her work she finds time to look after her prize Chinci Ila and blue Persian cats, besides a number of fine Bn moved dogs. How many matrons have “spare” time (the term requires quotation marks 'because their work leaves so little of it) hobbies? For instance, the matron of a big hospital for children In Chelsea is often seen working industriously in the hospital garden—often sticking to her task until after dark,
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Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17973, 19 March 1930, Page 8
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196A SURPRISE GIFT. Waikato Times, Volume 107, Issue 17973, 19 March 1930, Page 8
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