**I shall make a point of coming every other
day at least,'' said Father Blair. **I 'm so
proud of my family to-night! Those Went-
worths may be staying at the very best hotel in
town, but I know they don't have such suppers
there. ' '
** Don't you wish you could cook. Jack!" in-
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qtiired his mother, with a twinkle in her eye.
And then everybody laughed, and said : * * Dear
me, what good times we Blairs do have to-
gether T'
CHAPTER VI
mildbed's school paety
ONE day early in June, Mildred ran up to
her mother's room as soon as she came
home from school. She tossed her hat on the
bed, and dropped hei* books in an arm-chair.
'*0h. Mother!'* she exclaimed, out of breath,
* * do you suppose I could have twenty girls here
some afternoon for a little bit of a party? I do
so want to ask them right away, before exams
begin. They are my twenty most particular
friends, and some of them are going away just
as school closes, so, you see, I have to hurry. ' '
**0f course you may have them,'* said Mother
Blair. **But only twenty particular friends,
Mildred ? What about the rest of the class ? ' '
Mildred laughed. **Well, I mean these are
the girls I happen to know best of all, and I want
to have a kind of farewell before summer really
comes. What sort of a party shall we have.
Mother? I mean, what shall we have to eatf
**I should think strawberry ice-cream would
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be jnst the thing, with some cake to go with
it, and something cold to drink; is that about
what you had thought off
** Just exactly, Mother. But do you think we
can make enough ice-cream here at home for
twenty people! Wouldn't it be better to buy
it!''
*^0h, I am sure we can easily make it, and
home-made ice-cream is so good — ^better, I think,
than we could buy. We can borrow Miss
Betty's freezer, which holds two quarts, and as
ours holds three, that will be plenty. We count
that a quart will serve about seven, — ^more cook-
ing arithmetic, Mildred! If one quart will be
enough for seven people, how many quarts will
be needed for twenty!"
**The answer is that five quarts will be just
about right, ' ' laughed Mildred. * ' Perhaps some
of them will want two helpings. But, Mother,
if we have the party on Saturday, Norah will be
very busy, and who will make the cream!"
**We will all make it together, and Jack may
pack the freezers and turn them for us. And
Norah may make the cake for you on Friday, so
that wiU be out of the way. ' '
So, early on Saturday morning, Mildred and
Brownie began to hull strawberries for the
MILDRED ^S SCHOOL PARTY 93
party and put them away in bowls on the ice.
Then they made the table all ready on the
porch, putting a pretty little cloth on it, and
arranging plates and napkins ; glasses, for what
Brownie called the * ' nice-cold drinks, * ' were set
out too, and little dishes of the candy which
Father Blair had brought home and called his
contribution to the party; and in the middle of
the table they put a bowl of lovely red roses.
After an early luncheon, everybody went at
once to the kitchen. The berries were put on
the large table, and the cream and milk brought
from the refrigerator. The two freezers stood
ready in the laundry with a big pail for the
broken ice, a heavy bag, a wooden mallet, and
a large bag of coarse salt.
*^Come, Jack,'* his mother said, as he stood
picking out the biggest berries from the bowl
and eating them, **here *s some more man's
work for you ! We want you to break the ice
and pack these freezers for us. ' '
**What do I get for itT' Jack asked, pretend-
ing to grumble. **If the girls are going to eat
up all the ice-cream, I guess I won't bother
freezing it. ' '
**No, indeed, they are not going to eat it all
up," said Mother Blair. **I am counting on
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**I shall make a point of coming every other
day at least,'' said Father Blair. **I 'm so
proud of my family to-night! Those Went-
worths may be staying at the very best hotel in
town, but I know they don't have such suppers
there. ' '
** Don't you wish you could cook. Jack!" in-
90 THE FUN OF COOKINa
qtiired his mother, with a twinkle in her eye.
And then everybody laughed, and said : * * Dear
me, what good times we Blairs do have to-
gether T'
CHAPTER VI
mildbed's school paety
ONE day early in June, Mildred ran up to
her mother's room as soon as she came
home from school. She tossed her hat on the
bed, and dropped hei* books in an arm-chair.
'*0h. Mother!'* she exclaimed, out of breath,
* * do you suppose I could have twenty girls here
some afternoon for a little bit of a party? I do
so want to ask them right away, before exams
begin. They are my twenty most particular
friends, and some of them are going away just
as school closes, so, you see, I have to hurry. ' '
**0f course you may have them,'* said Mother
Blair. **But only twenty particular friends,
Mildred ? What about the rest of the class ? ' '
Mildred laughed. **Well, I mean these are
the girls I happen to know best of all, and I want
to have a kind of farewell before summer really
comes. What sort of a party shall we have.
Mother? I mean, what shall we have to eatf
**I should think strawberry ice-cream would
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be jnst the thing, with some cake to go with
it, and something cold to drink; is that about
what you had thought off
** Just exactly, Mother. But do you think we
can make enough ice-cream here at home for
twenty people! Wouldn't it be better to buy
it!''
*^0h, I am sure we can easily make it, and
home-made ice-cream is so good — ^better, I think,
than we could buy. We can borrow Miss
Betty's freezer, which holds two quarts, and as
ours holds three, that will be plenty. We count
that a quart will serve about seven, — ^more cook-
ing arithmetic, Mildred! If one quart will be
enough for seven people, how many quarts will
be needed for twenty!"
**The answer is that five quarts will be just
about right, ' ' laughed Mildred. * ' Perhaps some
of them will want two helpings. But, Mother,
if we have the party on Saturday, Norah will be
very busy, and who will make the cream!"
**We will all make it together, and Jack may
pack the freezers and turn them for us. And
Norah may make the cake for you on Friday, so
that wiU be out of the way. ' '
So, early on Saturday morning, Mildred and
Brownie began to hull strawberries for the
MILDRED ^S SCHOOL PARTY 93
party and put them away in bowls on the ice.
Then they made the table all ready on the
porch, putting a pretty little cloth on it, and
arranging plates and napkins ; glasses, for what
Brownie called the * ' nice-cold drinks, * ' were set
out too, and little dishes of the candy which
Father Blair had brought home and called his
contribution to the party; and in the middle of
the table they put a bowl of lovely red roses.
After an early luncheon, everybody went at
once to the kitchen. The berries were put on
the large table, and the cream and milk brought
from the refrigerator. The two freezers stood
ready in the laundry with a big pail for the
broken ice, a heavy bag, a wooden mallet, and
a large bag of coarse salt.
*^Come, Jack,'* his mother said, as he stood
picking out the biggest berries from the bowl
and eating them, **here *s some more man's
work for you ! We want you to break the ice
and pack these freezers for us. ' '
**What do I get for itT' Jack asked, pretend-
ing to grumble. **If the girls are going to eat
up all the ice-cream, I guess I won't bother
freezing it. ' '
**No, indeed, they are not going to eat it all
up," said Mother Blair. **I am counting on
94 THE FUN OF COOKING