| Cream of corn soup. |
| Frenched chops; purée of cucumber; potato croquettes; iced tea. |
| Lettuce with peppers stuffed with string-beans; cheese balls. |
| Ginger ice. |
"Just make a memorandum of that cucumber purée," said Mary as Dolly finished. "You cook the cucumbers soft in just a tiny bit of water; then season well, put them through the sieve, and serve very hot, a spoonful on each plate. It is very good indeed. The salad, too, is nice. Fill green pepper shells with tiny cooked beans, and pour French dressing over; on top of each put one white cream cheese ball, and stand on a lettuce leaf. The ice is just a plain lemon water ice, with preserved ginger cut up in it."
"Now the next one," said Dolly.
"Well, suppose we have two for each season. This will do for another summer one:
| "Cubes of watermelon in glasses. |
| Soft shell crabs; fried tomatoes; potatoes. |
| Yellow tomato salad on lettuce. |
| Raspberry ice; sponge cake. |
| Iced coffee." |
"Suppose you can't get crabs; what do you do then?"
"Tell the grocer to order them for you in tins; they come with the shells thrown in at about thirty or forty cents a big can, which holds enough for a whole family. Instead of having the soft-shelled crabs fried, devil the canned meat and serve in the shells; it's perfectly delicious."
"And whatever is yellow tomato salad? I never ate such a thing."