y one tell me if the flamingo is of any use?

Here is a recipe for the cooking club. Marble cake--light part:
One and a half cups of white sugar; half a cup of butter; half a
cup of sweet milk; the whites of four eggs; two and a half cups of
flour; half a tea-spoonful of soda; one tea-spoonful of cream of
tartar or one tea-spoonful of baking powder; beat the eggs and
sugar together, mix the cream of tartar with the flour, and
dissolve the soda in the milk. Dark part: One cup of brown sugar;
half a cup of molasses; half a cup of sour milk; the yolks of four
eggs; two and a half cups of flour; half a tea-spoonful of soda;
half a tea-spoonful of clove and of cinnamon. Put a layer of the
dark batter in the pan, then a layer of light, until the pan is
full.

I should like to exchange pressed flowers with any little girl in
California.

MYRTA GATES,
Clarion, Wright County, Iowa.

Everything has its uses in the great economy of nature, and although we
can not always see why it is necessary for certain things to exist, we
may be sure that they were all created for some purpose. The flamingo,
however, is useful as an article of food. In certain parts of Egypt and
the East roast flamingo is considered very delicate eating, and in
ancient times a stew of flamingo tongues was a royal dish. It is also a
very beautiful bird. Travellers say there is no sight more magnificent
than a flock of scarlet flamingos wading in the green waving water
grasses, hunting for their breakfast in the morning sunlight. The
flamingo, if it could speak, might answer your question in the words of
Mr. Emerson, the poet:

"Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing,
Then beauty is its own excuse for being."

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

I am nine years old, and I wish to send the cooking club a recipe
for "one-two-three-four cake": One cup of butter; two cups of
sugar; three cups of flour; four eggs; half a cup of milk; the
grated rind of one lemon; a pinch of salt; one tea-spoonful of
royal baking powder.

CLARA S. A.

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NEW YORK CITY.

I have taken YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and I think it is
a very nice paper. I like to read about the pets of the other
children, and I will tell them about a pet cat I had when we lived