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142 white silk baby's bonnet and a white coat trimmed with fur and a little fur foot robe to keep her feet warm while on these daily airings.

When she returns she has her dinner served by a special waiter. She is two years old and eats everything. Her dinner consists of soup, hot roast beef and gravy, fresh bread, oranges, apples, pineapples or bananas for dessert. Dinah rolls her brown eyes with pleasure when a banana is given her. I think that it is her favourite fruit.

She takes her soup with a spoon and is learning to handle a knife and fork. She insists on having a napkin.

She is very fond of eggs and eats two for her breakfast every morning. She holds the egg in her hand and after chipping off the end lifts it to her mouth and drinks it.

Dinah takes bread and milk for her supper. She eats it from a bowl with her own silver spoon.

For several months Dinah suffered from that dreaded disease, infantile paralysis, but, thanks to medical science and her wonderful nurse, she has recovered. During her illness she was confined in a large airy room with two little dogs