Letters: Sep. 24, 1928

Cygnets

Sirs:

Young dogs are "pups," young chickens "chicks," young rabbits "bunnies," can you tell us what the young of swan are called?

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JAMES H. MCGUIRE Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.

TIME must decline hereafter to answer questions, such as this, which do not pertain to the news. When swans or cygnets become cygnificant (such as would be the death of the red-billed black swan in the garden of the Pena Palace at Cintra, Portugal) TIME will tell, will answer questions on the subject.−ED.

My Countree

Sirs:

I have gotten my issue of TIME for this week and...

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