There are three ailments or more which I hope to treat of in papers succeeding this. One is incipient consumption and its fresh air cure, another rickets and bandy legs, and a third scrofula, a disease of the glands, but, of course, from constitutional causes. Scrofula used to be called King’s Evil; and, although one suffering therefrom may do much good by strict adherence to the laws of health, medical advice should in all cases be sought for. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. STUDY AND STUDIO. ROSEMARY.—1. We have sent your quotation to “Our Open Letter Box.”—2. For icing, consult the February number of THE GIRL’S OWN PAPER, p. 264. You will find many receipts for cakes there and elsewhere in our magazine. This is not literary! but we cannot divide a letter. It is better, if possible, for our correspondents to send separate letters for questions on cookery, health, toilet, etc. A. DAWSON.—We should think _Twenty Minutes_, by Harriet L. Childe-Pemberton might suit you, or _The Witch’s Curse, and Other Plays_, by Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (Miss Alcott). French’s catalogue (Covent Garden, Strand, London) contains all sorts of plays for young and old, and might prove a help. IDA.—We should advise you to get _Chambers’s Book-keeping by Single and Double Entry_, published at 1s. 6d. You might also take correspondence lessons in the subject. Apply to King’s College, London (Ladies’ Department), the University Correspondence College, 32, Red Lion Square, W.C., or to one of the private addresses occasionally given here. BLACKBERRY.—Your lines in their beginning recall the hymn— “There’s a Friend for little children Above the bright blue sky”; but they are not written in any metre, and do not rhyme, so they can scarcely be called verse. The writing of lines of different lengths below each other does not constitute metrical composition. SOFIE ABELSBERG.—You write a good English letter. You should not say “Since three years I study,” but “I have studied for three years”; and you use “yet” wrongly. You should say “I still make mistakes.” These are common errors for a foreigner, and we congratulate you on expressing yourself so well. We insert your request. NIL DESPERANDUM.—We are very sorry for you, as it is quite true that the profession of teaching music is overstocked in London. We are sure it is far wiser to go into the provinces, but we cannot tell you of any special town where you would find an opening. It is best to inquire among friends if possible, or your late teachers might be able to suggest something. Perhaps some reader may help you. We should think that in a case like yours the Teachers’ Guild, 74, Gower Street, might be useful. The High Schools all over England employ visiting music-mistresses.