THIN BREAD AND BUTTER.

Have a loaf of good home-made bread, yesterday's baking, cut off
the crust, then butter the loaf and cut the slice in this way,
buttering first and cutting afterwards. The slice can be made
_very_ thin and dainty, and the thinner it is, the better. A
patient will sometimes relish this when tired of all kinds of
toast or crackers.




VI

THE NURSE AS RELATING TO HER OWN TRAINING SCHOOL AND TO HER FELLOW
NURSES


Always be loyal to your own school and hospital. It may not have
been in every respect perfect; but it is not necessary to tell
strangers of its imperfections: probably those in authority are
just as sensible of its short-comings as you are, and perhaps they
work harder than you do to right its wrong; in any case it does no
good to tell others of the things you disapproved. It may indeed
be that your criticism is one-sided and unfair, that the very
rules you hated and found hard to keep are the wisest ones, and,
if you let strangers see that you disapprove of these wise
regulations, the opinion they will form of your intelligence will
certainly not be flattering to you.