meal and one cup of sugar, and, if it is too stiff, a little more
warm water. Let this mixture rise overnight. In the morning stir
it down with a spoon to get the air out, and put it in the pans.
I let it rise in the pans about two hours before I put it in the
oven. This recipe will make two good-sized loaves. Do all the
mixing with a spoon, as it makes it sticky if you touch your hands
to it. I wish Puss Hunter, if she tries it, would tell me if she
has success.

ROSIE W. R.

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I am eleven years old. I like YOUNG PEOPLE very much. I have a
flower garden of my own, and two pets--a canary named Phil, and a
cat. My bird will not sing. Can any correspondent tell me what to
do for it? My papa has a pet crow. It is very funny.

I would like to exchange pressed flowers with any little girl in
the West.

DOTTY SEAMAN,
Richmond, Staten Island, New York.

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I have been taking YOUNG PEOPLE from the first number, and I like
it ever so much.

I have a little brother named Charlie, and he is a great favorite
with everybody. He is very sharp for a little boy three years old.
Last year we spent the summer in Cincinnati, and mamma took
Charlie to the circus. When the procession came out he said, "Oh,
mamma, look at the elephant, and the camel behind him!" Mamma
thought he did not know what a camel was, so when they came around
again mamma said, "There is the elephant, Charlie; and what is
behind him now?" Charlie did not answer, so mamma asked him again.
Then he looked up at her, and said, in a very droll tone, "His
tail."

I am collecting stamps, and would gladly exchange with any readers
of YOUNG PEOPLE. I am twelve years old.

HARRY STARR KEALHOFER,
Memphis, Tennessee.

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If any birds' egg collector of California or the Western States
will exchange eggs with me, I will be much pleased. I will send
one dozen different kinds for as many of his. They are as follows:
Chaffinch, quail, kingbird, crested jay, brown thrush,
mocking-bird, sparrow, cat-bird, bluebird, peewee, swamp
blackbird, wren. I will be obliged if any boy will send me his
address, and a list of the varieties he is willing to exchange for
mine.

HA