SIX CHRISTMASES IN BED.
Gertrude Hows, a girl of twentythree. of New York-City, was rejoicing last December because, w.tb Christmas only a week away, she i ad nothing worse the matter with ior than a whitlow on one of her lingers. The whitlow may have to be operated on, but by contrast that is uothing compared with Miss Hows’ other Christmas experiences. Miss Hows is known as the girl with the Christmas hospital "habit. She has been in hospital from vari m-a causes twelve times in six years, and her last six Christmas Days have oe-ni spent in an atmosphere of iodofor n. She has become- expert in hosmt&l etiquette, and knows what to export when she enters one, whether it is to have a sore finger dressed ov to undergo an operation for appendicitis.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3768, 1 March 1913, Page 3
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135SIX CHRISTMASES IN BED. Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 3768, 1 March 1913, Page 3
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