Of equal importance is it to have a “clothes chute” on every floor, connecting with the sorting room in the basement. This will render unnecessary large receptacles for soiled linen. The storing of quantities of soiled bed and body linen in the vicinity of the hospital ward for even a few hours can never be anything else but injurious. The atmosphere cannot be pure while soiled linen is there to give off its impure odors. Very dirty linen should be rolled in a separate bundle. Pins should be removed and disinfection attended to before being sent to the laundry. Clothing belonging to patients should be plainly marked with the owner’s name. In most cases it will prove more satisfactory to all concerned for the hospital to decline to be responsible for laundering articles of personal wear for any patient. There is always danger of their being lost or torn. [Sidenote: Buying Beds] The ward beds should be of uniform height and style and well coated with enamel paint. In buying beds several important points are to be considered. If beds are offered which require two men, and a hammer, and a box of bolts and a wrench, to get them adjusted, they should not be considered, even if listed at a dollar each. They are dear at any price, when one considers the prices that prevail in the labor market, the strain on human patience, and the fuss that the moving of such a bed to another room or ward entails. It is a mistake, too, to buy beds without inquiring the length. Six-foot patients are not uncommon, and these find it very distressing when put in a bed that is too short. The bed should be at least six feet four inches in length. In all hospital beds, there should be some kind of bar at the foot, that will keep the mattress from slipping down. Some hospitals have attempted to remedy this defect in beds by having boards sawed and placed as foot boards, but these are unsightly, and if the right kind of bed is bought such makeshifts will not be necessary. Before ordering a quantity of beds, it is well to get a trial bed, and thus be sure of the quality of mesh in the wire mattress, and that other details are satisfactory. No beds without back rests should be purchased, for in the majority of cases a back rest will be necessary. Separate back rests must be purchased and stored when not in use, and these are rarely as satisfactory as when attached to the bed. It is well, also, to look closely into the plan of the back rest. Some have a round iron rod across the lower edge If such a thing is there, a sensitive, nervous patient will discover that rod, and worry till she or it is removed.