USUALLY, when mother’s friends call on her in the afternoon, she serves
them with tea and wafers or cakes. Perhaps she lets you help her. Now
when your friends come to see you, very likely mother will sometimes be
willing for you to make a pitcher of lemonade, or a few jam sandwiches,
for them. Try to serve these very daintily on a tray, using the napkins
which you have all ready.
Here is a very valuable secret. When mother says, “No, I can’t let you
get your refreshments ready yourself,” do you know the reason? She is
afraid you will not do it tidily, and that she will have to set the
kitchen in order after you have finished. So put the sugar box back in
its place, don’t leave the breadboard out, and set everything back just
where you found it.
Then I’m sure that the next time you ask mother she will say, “Yes.”
So if she allows you to make lemonade, or cocoa for your friends, here
are the recipes:
For one glass of lemonade take the juice of half a lemon, mix with two
teaspoons of sugar, and add one cup of water. To make fruit lemonade
add a few strawberries, or cherries, or bits of pineapple, or slices of
orange to the lemonade.
For one cup of cocoa, mix a teaspoon of cocoa with a teaspoon of sugar,
and then mix with one tablespoon of boiling water. Stir it well till
the lumps are all out. Put a half pint of milk over the stove (being
careful not to burn it), when it “wrinkles” on the top, pour the cocoa
in, and let it boil a few minutes, stirring so that it will not scorch.