1/4 cup of milk.
1/2 of a beaten egg.
1 teaspoonful of butter.

Mix the potato with the milk and salt and heat it, beating it
well. Then stir in the butter after warming it till soft, and last
the egg. Put in a small dish and bake in a hot oven till brown.

"I think it would be nice to bake this in one of the small brown
earthenware dishes, Brownie; they always look well on the table, and a
tin or agate pan wouldn't do at all; you know you must serve it right in
the pan you bake it in."

"Isn't it funny, you have one-half an egg in the potato and one-half in
the rice patties, Mother. Do you do that on purpose?"

"No, it just happened to be so, but it's an economical thing, Brownie,
because eggs are so high now-a-days that one has to remember to use them
carefully. The sandwiches come next. What kind do you think would be
best?"

"Not cheese, Mother; dolls and children don't eat cheese; I know
_that_! And not nut; nor ham; nor hard-boiled egg. I can't think of any
kind that would do."

"White bread and brown bread put together, just with plain butter, you
know; I think those would be lovely for children."

"So they would; I can make those. And we can cut them out in little,
little circles."

"I think you could use an egg cup and press it down hard; that would
make little circles."

"Just the thing. Now comes the cocoa, and I can make that all alone; may
we use the little after dinner coffee cups to drink it out of? We'll be
very careful."

"Well, if you'll be _very_ careful indeed," Mother Blair said,
hesitating.

"Oh, yes, we'll be just awfully careful. And what about jelly?"

"You can have a glass of jelly out of the closet made over for you in
this way:"

MADE-OVER JELLY

A glass of currant jelly warmed in a saucepan till it melts.
1 teaspoonful of granulated gelatine.
1/2 cup of cold water.
2 tablespoonfuls of boiling water.

Put the gelatine into the cold water, stir it well and let it
stand for ten minutes; then stir again and add the boiling water
and the hot jelly; stir till it is smooth and strain through a
coarse bag into two or more small glasses. Put on ice till firm.

"While the jelly is melting you get the rest of the things ready and
then it takes only a moment to put them all together. Norah always has a
bag because she washes out and puts away those that the table salt comes
in. When you have used it don't forget to wash