"Still, we must entertain," said Dolly inflexibly.
"Then try this:
| "Clam soup. |
| Creamed chicken; peas in crusts; sweet potato puff; tea. |
| Celery and nut salad with mayonnaise. |
| Little cakes filled with ice-cream." |
"Very good! And as I can make all those things, go right on while the inspiration holds."
| "Bouillon. |
| Fried oysters with sauce tartare; French fried potatoes; creamed celery. |
| Banana and peanut salad. |
| Chocolate mousse. |
| Coffee." |
"How do you make that salad?"
"Peel the bananas and cut them in halves crosswise; cut off also the pointed end to make each one look like a croquette; then roll them in chopped peanuts and lay them on lettuce. Pass mayonnaise with them."
"That's easy enough," Dolly said as she scribbled it down. "And that is the whole set already. I wish you would go on and do me a lot more, Mary; you do them like a lightning calculator."
"Why did I go to all the trouble to teach you that Game of Menus, I'd like to know, if this is the result? Not another one will I furnish you; just write out a lot yourself."
"Well, but don't rush away like that! Tell me how much these are going to cost?"