ripe fruit.

My canaries have hatched, but one egg broke, and one tiny birdling
died, but out of five eggs I have three fine young birds. Their
names are Ganarra, Goldie, and Downy. They are hopping around on
the perches now. The mother bird behaved so badly that I took her
out of the cage, and now the father takes care of the little ones.
Is such an action common on the father's part, or is my Neddy the
sweetest, dearest little bird in the world?

I have tried almost all the recipes sent to the cooking club, and
I send one myself, for white cake: Half a cup of butter; one cup
of sugar; the whites of three eggs; half a cup of sweet milk; one
and a half cups of flour; one tea-spoonful cream of tartar; half a
tea-spoonful soda. Beat the butter and sugar to a cream, and froth
the whites of the eggs before stirring in.

I think the Tree Album is very nice, and I would like to exchange
specimens of our trees for some of other localities as soon as I
have enough ready.

ALTIA R. AUSTIN,
Portland, Connecticut.

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ELIZABETHTOWN, ILLINOIS.

I varnish leaves with rosin. I sprinkle fine powdered rosin on the
leaf, and then pass a hot iron over it. The rosin melts and
spreads over the leaf, varnishing it beautifully. The method is
both cheap and easy.

Here is a recipe for cream candy for the cooking club: Three
pounds of sugar; one cup of rich cream. Stew until the syrup
candies when dropped in cold water. Flavor with lemon, and pour
into buttered tins, or pull, as you prefer.

EDITH L.

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Rodetta F. Bartlett and Margery R. H. send the cooking club recipes for
sugar-candy. We acknowledge them with thanks, but do not print them, as
they vary only slightly from recipes given in previous numbers.

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WATERVLIET CENTRE, NEW YORK.

Here is a recipe for citron cake for Puss Hunter's cooking club:
One tea-cup of sugar; two-thirds of a tea-cup of butter; two
tea-cups of flour; half a tea-cup of milk; one tea-spoonful of
soda dissolved in the milk; a little essence of lemon. Stir in
bits of citron cut thin, and bake in hearts and rounds.

I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE since Christmas, and I look eagerly for
it every week. I have two dolls, Nell