led eggs," said Miss Betty, as quick as a flash. "Please let me
tell how!"

DEVILED EGGS

Boil three eggs for ten minutes; peel them, cut them in halves,
and put the yolks in a bowl; add

1/4 teaspoonful of salt.
1/4 teaspoonful of dry mustard.
1 pinch of pepper.
1 teaspoonful of oil.
1/2 teaspoonful of vinegar.

Mix well, fill the whites, press smooth with a knife, and put two
halves together.

"But three eggs are too many for Jack," complained Brownie. "He won't
need three; can't I have one for my lunch here?"

Miss Betty laughed, and said it would be easy for Mildred to make enough
for everybody instead of making three, as the rule said.

"If I just made one, I suppose I'd take pinches instead of
teaspoonfuls," said Mildred, thoughtfully. "I mean, I'd take just a
little of everything, enough to make the egg taste good?"

"Exactly!" said Miss Betty; "that is just the way a real grown-up cook
does. And, Mildred, when I had to take my lunch to school, I used to
have the best thing--salad. I had it when there were no real sandwiches,
only bread and butter; it was put in a little round china jar with a tin
top that screwed on, so it never spilled. But perhaps Jack doesn't like
salad."

"He just loves it," said Brownie; "he loves every single thing to eat
that there is!"

"Then he will surely 'just love' these things! Write them down,
Mildred."

CHICKEN SALAD

1/2 cup of cold chicken, cut in small bits.
1/2 a hard boiled egg, cut up.

Or use celery in place of the egg, or use both.

FRENCH DRESSING

2 teaspoonfuls of oil.
1/4 teaspoonful vinegar.
1 pinch of salt
2 shakes of pepper (paprika is best).

Beat the dressing well and mix with the chicken and egg.

Make more dressing if the salad is too dry.

LUNCHEON FRUIT SALAD

Cut a seedless orange in halves; take out the pulp with a spoon;
use alone, or mix with bits of banana or other fruit; or use
chopped celery and apple together. Add the dressing.

"There!" said Miss Betty, triumphantly, as Mildred read the receipts
aloud when she had copied them. "If Jack doesn't like those, he isn't
the boy I take him for. And you see, Mildred, when you have no salad for
him, you can sometimes put in a nice stalk of celery; and when you have
had the same fruit over and over, you can just give him a fruit salad. I
do believe I'll start on a long journey and take a whole week'