=Vacation.= A vacation of at least one month should be given during the year. Less than a month is not sufficient time in which to recover the physical and nervous energy expended during the rest of the year. This holiday should be taken all at one time, rather than split up into shorter vacations, taken at intervals throughout the year. We all know that a week or two is not sufficient time in which to restore a thoroughly tired person; at the end of such a short period, one is just beginning to feel rested, and there has been no margin left over for amusement, which is a necessary part of all holidays. Strong emphasis must be laid on the fact that if a nurse expects to return to her work and continue it successfully for another year, she should use this vacation as a means of fitting herself for another year’s close contact with an infectious disease. She should return to work thoroughly rested, with her resistance increased by rest and recreation, not lowered by injudicious use of this time off duty. =Sick-Leave.= While a nurse is supposed to be sufficiently well and strong to go on duty every day, in all weathers and at all seasons of the year, a reasonable allowance for illness should nevertheless be made. Two weeks’ annual sick-leave is a good allowance. If a woman is off duty for longer time than that, needless to say her work must suffer and her patients must be neglected. If a nurse is constantly off duty for small ailments, this shows that she is not strong enough to undertake this arduous work. A fixed allowance for sick-leave, therefore, will tend to work automatically, and will eliminate the unfit, whose burden of work is otherwise added to that of the steady working members of the staff. In the case of acute illness, such as typhoid fever or appendicitis, it would be perfectly possible to appoint a substitute until the nurse was able to resume her duties. If no time has been taken off for sick-leave during the year, the two weeks should be added to the time granted for vacation. If exceeded during the year, the salary for every day thus lost should be deducted from the monthly salary. This procedure may seem harsh, but with a large staff it is necessary. It places a double incentive on keeping well, and nurses who would otherwise have been thoughtless and careless as to their health, will take excellent care of themselves, in order not to lose one day of their coveted vacation. In Baltimore, the municipality gives two weeks’ vacation, and two weeks’ sick-leave. If the sick-leave is unused, a reasonable vacation is the result. =Uniforms.= The question as to whether or not a nurse shall wear a uniform is one which usually excites much discussion. The one or two disadvantages of such a dress are more than offset by the numerous reasons in its favour. Two objections are usually raised to wearing it: by the nurse, because it makes her conspicuous; and by the patient, because the uniform makes him a target for neighbourly gossip.