r palace. The Grand
Duchess came to an open window, and was joined by her daughter,
the Princess Victoria, who is eighteen. Then the Grand Duke soon
came and stood behind them, and when the Heir Prince peeped over
his father's shoulder, the picture of the ducal family was
complete.

The Grand Duchess also visited our school in Freiburg, and asked
me several questions. She is very beautiful. She is about forty
years old, but her skin is as fine and smooth as wax. She looks to
be as good as she is beautiful. The Grand Duke is not less
handsome.

I and my sisters and brother all enjoy YOUNG PEOPLE so much, and
welcome it every week.

We have lived in Paris several years, and I have often seen going
through the streets the bath-tubs and boilers full of hot and cold
water that Paul S. speaks of in the Post-office Box of YOUNG
PEOPLE No. 39.

I will write another time about the curious houses in old
Frankfort.

ETHEL D. W.

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PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

We have not been so fortunate with our pets as other young people.
We had three rabbits and two guinea-pigs. The other morning, when
we went to feed them, the top of the hutch was broken, and nothing
was to be seen of the animals. We are pretty sure some dogs got
them in the night, from the way things looked. We are very sorry
to lose our pets.

ISABEL AND HELEN C.

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PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY.

I am ten years old, and I have one little brother. Papa is a
doctor, and Johnnie and I take long rides with him, and drive for
him. We have two horses, named Roxy and Bill. We have gold-fish
and turtles and frogs in the fountain in front of our door.

We like YOUNG PEOPLE very much, and jump for joy when it comes.

A. W. and J. R.

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ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.

I have been taking YOUNG PEOPLE for eight weeks, and find it very
interesting.

I have a little dog so small that mother can almost hold him in
the palm of her hand. I call him Dash. Whenever I go out in the
yard he runs after me, and tries to bite me. I have a little
brother who is always begging for peaches.

WILLIE H. F. B.

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HAMILTON, ONTARIO.

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