the management will surely arise, be the professions in that direction never so loud. [Sidenote: Bed Linen] The amount of linen required per bed will depend somewhat on the character of the work done in the hospital. Where only acute cases are handled, and emergency work is done, the supply must needs be greater, as the average number of patients entirely confined to bed will be greater. Six pairs of sheets and pillow covers for each bed is a fair amount to begin with. That number of sheets is often needed for one patient in a day, but taking the average patient in the average ward, that amount will usually be sufficient, even to provide for the extra demand in special cases. A half-dozen draw sheets for each bed in the ward are also necessary. Six face towels and four bath towels per bed is a fair estimate. Two spreads for each bed and two pairs of blankets will be sufficient for the ordinary ward, but a few extra blankets should be provided for each ward, for the use of patients who require extra heat. This estimate is based on the supposition that linen sent to the laundry Monday morning will be returned at the latest by Wednesday morning following. Every well equipped hospital has its supply of gowns for the use of any patient who needs them or cares to use them. They are best made to order of firm bleached muslin, without trimming of any kind. For ease in management they should be open all the way and should fasten in the back. Tape fastenings will be found most satisfactory, as buttons are constantly torn off in the mangle. [Sidenote: The Room] The linen room should be really a room—not a closet. Special cupboards or closets for each ward or department will be needed, but the general linen room has special needs that do not apply to the ward closets. Plenty of light is a necessity. A work-table, a sewing machine, and a gas stove on which an iron may be heated, should be in it, besides the shelves and cupboards needed for the hospital linen supply. To this room new linen should be sent to be marked. [Sidenote: Marking Linen] It will be found that a uniform system of marking linen will save time in sorting. Sheets may be marked on the wrong side at the corner of the top end, pillow covers an inch above the hem close to the seam, towels in the corner of one end just above the hem, table-napkins and tray cloths diagonally across the corner. Blankets and spreads may be marked by a tape sewn diagonally across the corner. [Sidenote: Linen Accounting]