You may be at a loss, Madam, for a way to amuse your convalescent child; he has recovered from his illness, but he must still stay a few days more in bed. With what, then, will you amuse him, and how?... His nerves may grow frayed at the feeling that he must keep to his bed while he is well again, and you will wear yourself out treating him and tending him. What is the way, then, to pass this period with the least possible fatigue and the greatest possible enjoyment?

Here is what some women do in

the West: perhaps you will find among these methods what suits your child's temperament and keeps him company — then you can choose and need not be at a loss:

Order first: Always begin by organiz-ing his day. There is a time for meals and a time for play, and likewise for bathing and sleep; and there is no harm in giving your child room to take part in this order: leave on his shoul-ders, for instance, the responsibility of swallowing his medicine, and put near

him a clock to remind him of its appointed hours — you will find in him a faithful "assis-tant"... Children, moreover, delight in their parents' praise, so do not forget to give him his due of it whenever he has earned it...

...And it goes without saying that the atmosphere of the room has its effect in shaping the spirits of the sick little one: a few flowers, or a pretty bedspread, or a brightly colored doll, and other such small things make the room's atmosphere companionable and cheerful. It is also nice for the walls of his room to be adorned with a few pictures, clear in line and of good size, so that their details do not pass beyond the patient's range of sight. And there is no harm in changing these now and then, by picking out some of what is published in the magazines — what-ever pleases you, of course — and setting it in a suitable frame or past-ing it onto a sheet of cardboard...

Meals: What makes meals easy to take is a special tray, raised so that it stands level over the patient's lap... Some of these trays are made in dif-ferent shapes and serve for reading, drawing, and the like as well... And if some member of the family is prac-ticed in handiwork, he can make a similar tray himself out of a sheet of plywood raised on wooden supports and covered with a pretty, washable cloth... And there is a way simpler than either, and free of any expense: balance a wooden board across two chairs on either side of the bed...

If the convalescence drags on, the patient rests most comfortably in a bed on the pattern of hospital beds, raised and lowered as the patient's need requires... And if he amuses himself with painting and uses colors or pastes, cover the bed with an old sheet and set near it a small wastebasket, and within reach of his