"Well," said Mary Frances, "you see, it's like this: "When I my dolls invite to tea, It is a pretty sight to see The things one seldom gets to eat All on the table spread, so sweet; But to my dollies I explain. Don't eat too much — you'll have a pain. "Then, just to save them such a trial, I let them sit and look a while At cakes, and tarts, and candies, too. Then eat them up myself — wouldn't you? For thus they're saved from being ill. And I, likewise, a doctor's bill. But — just between you, dear, and me — They couldn't eat at all, you see." louses it's like thi^ ^S>>1 TJolIs cant make inemselves sick. The Dolls' Kitchen Party 107 And away ran Mary Frances to bring the dolls. '^It was a lovely Tea Party, wasn't it, Angle?'* sighed Mary Frances, putting her family to bed after it was all over. '^And you did 'behave a credit' to your mother. I feel sure now you will remember all I've taught you. Not one of you would eat soup from the point of a spoon, nor spread a whole slice of bread at once, nor leave your spoon in your cup, which is a great comfort to a mother. Only Peg, you poor child, you should not have spilled that cocoa down your best dress. But 'Children will be children,' I 'spose — and you're very dear children." ("I wouldn't have them, for the world, jealous of the Kitchen People — and I've neglected them shame- fully of late.") ''I'm not much taken with those things called 'dolls,' Aunty Rolling Pin," said Sauce Pan, seating himself on the edge of the top closet-shelf, and crossing one leg over his knee. "They're not much use." /Ifler itwQS ail oven ~TT They re not much use'.' 108 The Mary Frances Cook Book ''Ah/' sighed Aunty RoUing Pin, looking wise, "a doll's a doU, for aU that." ''Of course," said Sauce Pan, "but a doll's no good boiled!" "Well, no," admitted Aunty Rolling Pin, "the best, of course, are baked of -Gingerbread Cookies. I tablespoon ginger 5 teaspoon salt ^ teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon warm water- 3i doll < no good Doiled!" No. 19. 1 cup molasses^ 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons lard flour Warm the molasses. Put the butter and lard in a bowl. Pour over them the molasses. Dissolve soda in the warm water. Add to the molasses. Sift ginger, salt and | cup flour ✪ Gingerbread Cookies together. Sift into the molasses, beating well. If necessary, add more flour to make a soft dough. 6. Grease a shallow pan. 7. Roll the dough out \ inch thick. 8. Cut out with a little round cutter, dipping it into flour each time. Place cookies some distance apart on the pan. Bake about 10 minutes. Note. — Instead of rolling out, little spoonfuls may be dropped far apart on the pan and flattened with the bottom of a round tin cup. "TFie best, of course, areiaAeJ. J9 The Dolls' Kitchen Party 109 ^'Then you " ''Oh, Aunty Rolling Pin, nobody's doing a lesson. Besides, after it's baked, it's done!" cried Sauce Pan, impatiently. "So'm I!" smiled Aunty Rolling Pin. was a lovely It lei arty, wasnt CHAPTER XVII THE SICK NEIGHBOR TIary/inn no(^er is very ailing! (( M ARY ANN HOOPER is very ailing," saidf Aunt Maria at the lunch table. She had invited the children over to lunch that day. ''She needs nourishment more than anything else, I should say. That cook she has can't make a decent thing. No wonder she's weak!"

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"Well," said Mary Frances, "you see, it's like this: "When I my dolls invite to tea, It is a pretty sight to see The things one seldom gets to eat All on the table spread, so sweet; But to my dollies I explain. Don't eat too much — you'll have a pain. "Then, just to save them such a trial, I let them sit and look a while At cakes, and tarts, and candies, too. Then eat them up myself — wouldn't you? For thus they're saved from being ill. And I, likewise, a doctor's bill. But — just between you, dear, and me — They couldn't eat at all, you see." louses it's like thi^ ^S>>1 TJolIs cant make inemselves sick. The Dolls' Kitchen Party 107 And away ran Mary Frances to bring the dolls. '^It was a lovely Tea Party, wasn't it, Angle?'* sighed Mary Frances, putting her family to bed after it was all over. '^And you did 'behave a credit' to your mother. I feel sure now you will remember all I've taught you. Not one of you would eat soup from the point of a spoon, nor spread a whole slice of bread at once, nor leave your spoon in your cup, which is a great comfort to a mother. Only Peg, you poor child, you should not have spilled that cocoa down your best dress. But 'Children will be children,' I 'spose — and you're very dear children." ("I wouldn't have them, for the world, jealous of the Kitchen People — and I've neglected them shame- fully of late.") ''I'm not much taken with those things called 'dolls,' Aunty Rolling Pin," said Sauce Pan, seating himself on the edge of the top closet-shelf, and crossing one leg over his knee. "They're not much use." /Ifler itwQS ail oven ~TT They re not much use'.' 108 The Mary Frances Cook Book ''Ah/' sighed Aunty RoUing Pin, looking wise, "a doll's a doU, for aU that." ''Of course," said Sauce Pan, "but a doll's no good boiled!" "Well, no," admitted Aunty Rolling Pin, "the best, of course, are baked of -Gingerbread Cookies. I tablespoon ginger 5 teaspoon salt ^ teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon warm water- 3i doll < no good Doiled!" No. 19. 1 cup molasses^ 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons lard flour Warm the molasses. Put the butter and lard in a bowl. Pour over them the molasses. Dissolve soda in the warm water. Add to the molasses. Sift ginger, salt and | cup flour together. Sift into the molasses, beating well. If necessary, add more flour to make a soft dough. 6. Grease a shallow pan. 7. Roll the dough out \ inch thick. 8. Cut out with a little round cutter, dipping it into flour each time. Place cookies some distance apart on the pan. Bake about 10 minutes. Note. — Instead of rolling out, little spoonfuls may be dropped far apart on the pan and flattened with the bottom of a round tin cup. "TFie best, of course, areiaAeJ. J9 The Dolls' Kitchen Party 109 ^'Then you " ''Oh, Aunty Rolling Pin, nobody's doing a lesson. Besides, after it's baked, it's done!" cried Sauce Pan, impatiently. "So'm I!" smiled Aunty Rolling Pin. was a lovely It lei arty, wasnt CHAPTER XVII THE SICK NEIGHBOR TIary/inn no(^er is very ailing! (( M ARY ANN HOOPER is very ailing," saidf Aunt Maria at the lunch table. She had invited the children over to lunch that day. ''She needs nourishment more than anything else, I should say. That cook she has can't make a decent thing. No wonder she's weak!"

The Mary Frances cook book