Alice.
Bridgeport, Connecticut.
My mamma raised four canaries this spring. The first one mamma had to feed, and it is very tame. We are training it to do tricks. When our birds are sick and do not sing, mamma gives them "Dr. Gunning's Universal Bird Tonic," and it always restores their song.
I have two gold-fish. I did have three, but one died, and I buried it in the yard, under the Madeira vines.
Blanche T. S.
San Jose, California.
I tried Louisa W.'s recipe for Everton taffy, only I added half a tea-cupful of water. I like it very much.
Here is a recipe for white candy: Two cups of white crushed sugar; three-quarters of a cup of water; one table-spoonful of cream of tartar. Boil quickly, trying a little in water occasionally until it crisps. Then add half a tea-spoonful of soda. Pour it in a buttered pan until it is cool enough to pull. I am ten years old.