. The Canadian nurse . JULY. 1939. The Dream Came True/ The King and Queen of our vastBritish Empire stopped to chat with thepatients and staff! What a day of cele-bration for the University of AlbertaHospital! The joy that Their Majestiesbrought to the hearts of the disabledveterans and crippled children was toogreat for words—was as deep as tears. Picture the hospital lawns dotted withclumps of cool shade trees and beds ofnewly-planted flowers brilliant in theafternoon sunshine. Add to this musicplayed by boys bands with all the zestthey could muster, and the hum ofseven hundred thrilled and
. The Canadian nurse . JULY. 1939. The Dream Came True/ The King and Queen of our vastBritish Empire stopped to chat with thepatients and staff! What a day of cele-bration for the University of AlbertaHospital! The joy that Their Majestiesbrought to the hearts of the disabledveterans and crippled children was toogreat for words—was as deep as tears. Picture the hospital lawns dotted withclumps of cool shade trees and beds ofnewly-planted flowers brilliant in theafternoon sunshine. Add to this musicplayed by boys bands with all the zestthey could muster, and the hum ofseven hundred thrilled and excitedpeople. Veterans in beds and deckchairs, children in cots and wheelchairs,uniformed nurses, some in white othersin pink or blue, uniformed orderlies andhousekeeping staff, relatives, photo-graphers, and eighty-five farm boys whohad helped convey the patients from the 376 wards, filled the grounds. Uniformedmembers of the i7th Cavalry FieldAmbulance lined the driveway whileacross the street hundreds of peoplewatched from
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