A DEDICATION

To every other little bride
Who has a "Bob" to please,
And says she's tried and tried and tried
To cook with skill and ease,
And can't!—we offer here as guide
Bettina's Recipes!
To her whose "Bob" is prone to wear
A sad and hungry look,
Because the maid he thought so fair
Is—well—she just can't cook!
To her we say: do not despair;
Just try Bettina's Book!

Bettina's Measurements Are All Level

C=cup
t=teaspoon
T=tablespoon
lb.=pound
pt.=pint
B.P.=baking-powder

CHAPTERPAGE
I Home at Last[11]
II Bettina's First Real Dinner[14]
III Bettina's First Guest[17]
IV Bettina Gives a Luncheon[21]
V Bob Helps to Get Dinner[25]
VI Cousin Matilda Calls[28]
VII A New-Fashioned Sunday Dinner[33]
VIII Celebrating the Fourth[36]
IX Uncle John and Aunt Lucy Make a Visit[39]
X Ruth Inspects Bettina's Kitchen[42]
XI Bettina's Birthday Gift[46]
XII Bettina's Father Tries Her Cooking[49]
XIII Bob Helps With the Dinner[53]
XIV A Sunday Evening Tea[56]
XV A Motor Picnic[59]
XVI Bettina Has a Caller[62]
XVII Bob Gets Breakfast on Sunday[65]
XVIII Bettina Gives a Porch Party[69]
XIX Bettina and the Expense Budget[73]
XX Mrs. Dixon and Bettina's Experiment[77]
XXI A Rainy Day Dinner[81]
XXII Buying a Refrigerator[84]
XXIII Bettina's Sunday Dinner[87]
XXIV Bettina Visits a Tea-room.[90]
XXV Bettina Entertains Alice and Mr. Harrison [93]
XXVI Over the Telephone[97]
XXVII Bettina Has a Baking Day[100]
XXVIII Polly and the Children[103]
XXIX Bettina Puts Up Fruit[107]
XXX A Cool Summer Day[111]
XXXI Bob and Bettina Alone[114]
XXXII Bettina Attends a Morning Wedding[117]
XXXIII After the "Tea"[121]
XXXIV Bettina Gives a Porch Breakfast[124]
XXXV A Piece of News[127]
XXXVI Bettina Entertains Her Father and Mother[130]
XXXVII The Big Secret[133]
XXXVIII After the Circus[136]
XXXIX Mrs. Dixon Asks Questions[139]
XL A Telegram from Uncle Eric[143]
XLI Bettina Entertains State Fair Visitors[147]
XLII Uncle John and Aunt Lucy[149]
XLIII Sunday Dinner at the Dixon's[151]
XLIV A Rainy Evening at Home[154]
XLV Ruth Makes an Apple Pie[159]
XLVI Bettina Makes Apple Jelly[162]
XLVII After a Park Party[166]
XLVIII Bettina Spills the Ink[169]
XLIX Bettina Attends a Porch Party[171]
L A Dinner Cooked in the Morning[173]
LI A Sunday Dinner[176]
LII Bob Makes Peanut Fudge[179]
LIII Dinner at the Dixon's[182]
LIV A Good-bye Luncheon for Bernadette[185]
LV Bettina Plans an Announcement Luncheon[188]
LVI Ruth and Bettina Make Preparations[191]
LVII A Rainbow Announcement Luncheon[193]
LVIII An Early Caller[197]
LIX Ruth Comes to Luncheon[200]
LX A Kitchen Shower for Alice[205]
LXI A Rainy Night Meal[209]
LXII Alice Gives a Luncheon[212]
LXIII Motoring with the Dixons[215]
LXIV Ruth Makes Baking Powder Biscuits[218]
LXV Plans for the Wedding[220]
LXVI A Guest to a Dinner of Left-Overs[222]
LXVII A Handkerchief Shower[224]
LXVIII Just the Two of Them[227]
LXIX A Luncheon in the Country[229]
LXX A "Pair Shower" for Alice[232]
LXXI Bob Makes Popcorn Balls[235]
LXXII And Where Was the Dinner[237]
LXXIII Alice Tells Her Troubles[240]
LXXIV The Dixons Come to Dinner[242]
LXXV The Wedding Invitations[245]
LXXVI Hallowe'en Preparations[248]
LXXVII Hallowe'en Revels[250]
LXXVIII A Foretaste of Winter[255]
LXXIX Surprising Alice and Harry[258]
LXXX A Dinner for the Bridal Party[261]
LXXXI Rehearsing the Ceremony[264]
LXXXII After the Wedding[267]
LXXXIII A "Happen-in" Luncheon[270]
LXXXIV Uncle John a Guest at Dinner[273]
LXXXV During the Teachers' Convention[275]
LXXXVI A Luncheon for the Teachers[278]
LXXXVII Ruth Comes to Luncheon[281]
LXXXVIII The Hickory Log[284]
LXXXIX Some Christmas Plans[287]
XC After the Football Game[289]
XCI A Thanksgiving Dinner in the Country[292]
XCII Planning the Christmas Cards[295]
XCIII Harry and Alice Return[299]
XCIV The Firelight Social[302]
XCV Alice's Troubles[305]
XCVI Some of Bettina's Christmas Plans[308]
XCVII More of Bettina's Christmas Shopping[311]
XCVIII Christmas Gifts[313]
XCIX A Christmas Shower[316]
C Bettina Gives a Dinner[320]
CI Bob's Christmas Gift to Bettina[322]
CII A Christmas Breakfast[325]
CIII A Supper for Two[327]
CIV Alice Comes to Luncheon[331]
CV Ruth Stays to Dinner[334]
CVI How Bettina Made Candy[337]
CVII Ruth's Plans[339]
CVIII A Luncheon for Three[342]
CIX The Dixons Come to Dinner[345]
CX A Steamed Pudding[349]
CXI On Valentine's Day[352]
CXII Ruth Gives a Dinner for Four[354]
CXIII Alice Practices Economy[357]
CXIV A Company Dinner for Bob[360]
CXV Supper After the Theatre[363]
CXVI Washington's Birthday Plans[366]
CXVII An Afternoon with Bettina[368]
CXVIII A Washington's Birthday Tea[370]
CXIX Another Oven Dinner[373]
CXX Bob Makes Pop-Overs[376]
CXXI In March[379]
CXXII A Fireless Cooker for Aunt Lucy[382]
CXXIII The Dixons Drop in for Dessert[384]
CXXIV Ruth Passes By[387]
CXXV Bettina Entertains a Small Neighbor[389]
CXXVI A Sunday Night Tea[392]
CXXVII A Shamrock Luncheon[395]
CXXVIII At Dinner[397]
CXXIX An Anniversary Dinner[399]
CXXX Ruth Comes to Dinner[402]
CXXXI Mildred's Spring Vacation[407]
CXXXII Helping Bettina[410]
CXXXIII Helping with a Company Dinner[413]
CXXXIV Mildred's Day[415]
CXXXV Polly Comes for Mildred[418]
CXXXVI Mildred's Plans[421]
CXXXVII A Luncheon for Polly[424]
CXXXVIII Furs to Put Away[427]
CXXXIX Planning a Children's Party[429]
CXL The Party Circus[432]
CXLI Planning a Luncheon[435]
CXLII The New Car[437]
CXLIII In Housecleaning Time[441]
CXLIV Mrs. Dixon Happens in[443]
CXLV Engagement Presents[446]
CXLVI With Housecleaning Over[449]
CXLVII Spring Marketing[451]
CXLVIII Plans for the Wedding[453]
CXLIX Entertaining the Wedding Guests[455]
CL The Bridesmaids' Dinner[457]
CLI A Morning Wedding in June[459]
CLII The First Year Ends[461]

JUNE.

No, you cannot live on kisses,
Though the honeymoon is sweet,
Harken, brides, a true word this is,—
Even lovers have to eat.