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 and she distrusts the treatment, watch her still closer, and resist all her attempts to inveigle you into permitting the use of things contrary to or different from those prescribed by your physician.

In looking up a nurse, and inquiring into her qualifica- tions from those who have had experience of her, it will be found useful to ask the following

Questions: — Is she a graduate? The foregoing facts seldom apply to a trained nurse. Is she strong and healthy? Is her breath offensive? Is she clean about her person? Does she keep the baby clean, and is she tidy in the nursery? Is she attentive to the mother? Is she gentle, kind, anticipating all wants, and supplying them with a willingness? Is nursing to her only an effort by which she makes a livelihood, or has she a natural adaptability for the calling? Is she a light or a sound sleeper? Does she snore? Has she such a habit of watching, that she can keep awake if necessary. Can she cook food or dainties for the mother? Did any accident ever happen through her carelessness? Is she truthful? Does she receive many visitors? Does she interfere with the household servants? Is she inquisitive or gossipy? In making these inquiries, see that your informant is reliable; for many people, through mistaken kindness, recommend the most objectionable servants.