IDEAS OF ECONOMY '
Sta,—We are asked to economise to the best of our ability, so it seems strange and quite inexplicable why the Government or the Q.A.I.M.N.S. should decide at the end of the war to change the uniform from grey and scarlet to khaki. All the sisters who have recently volunteered for the Far East had all the uniforms necessary, but even though only signing on for a year were tolo to scrap all their grey and get khaki. The coupons by no means meet the bill, and the outlay in expense far exceeds the use they will have of a year's wear.
The uniform of a nurse should be pleasing to the eye of patients, but the white overall or "mortuary gowns" issued to the Q.A.I.M.N.S. are ugly and dowdy.
At any social function in Italy it compared most unfavourably with the smart American outfit. Something of a smarter cut and design could
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