Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1918 — CAMOUFLAGE IN SICK ROOM [ARTICLE]

CAMOUFLAGE IN SICK ROOM

Amusing Little Trivialities That Will Tend to Take Invalid’s Mind Off His Sufferings. Anything which will take the invalid's mind off his or her sufferings is indeed a welcome gift. Bear this in mind, if you are planning to send over to the sick neighbor a bottle of grape Juice or your home-made wild cherry cordial. By just a little work and some patches you can camouflage that bottle into a comical doll. Tie a petticoat or dress around the neck of the bottle and a shorter cape over that Tie a piece of kid or cloth over the top of the bottle and mark out features on it with ink. -Then top the bottle with a little pasteboard toque -and you will have a doll calculated to bring a smile bluest invalid of your acquaintance. Other things "ban be hidden in the Dame way, even bottles of medicine for children will be better received than if allowed to stand uncovered on the beside table. Imagine how a little tot will wait for medicine time to come around if the bottle is a little Red Cross nurse and her head comes off in a fascinating manner when the cork is removed. Knowledge is power, but it can’t always provide straws for a drowning man to clutch at.