Bettina's Celery and Eggs (Three portions)
1 C-cooked diced celery
2 hard-cooked eggs sliced
2/3 C-vegetable white sauce
1 T-butter
3 T-fresh bread crumbs
Add the sliced hard-cooked eggs and cooked celery to the white sauce. Mix well. Pour the mixture into a well-buttered baking dish. Cover with the crumbs which have been mixed with melted butter. Bake in a moderate oven until a delicate brown. (About twenty minutes.)
CHAPTER XLIX
BETTINA ATTENDS A PORCH PARTY
"WELL, what have you been doing today?" asked Bob, after he had finished an account of events at the office.
"I've been away all afternoon, Bob, at the loveliest little porch party at Alice's! You know her porch is beautiful, anyhow, and her party was very informal. She telephoned to five of us this morning, and asked us to come over and bring our sewing; the day was so perfect. She served a delicious little luncheon from her tea cart, very simple but so good! And the beauty of it was that she had made everything herself! She didn't tell the girls, but she whispered it to me. Of course, if she had told the others, she would have given herself away; they are a little suspicious of her now because she is seen everywhere with Harry!"
"He told me he wished they could announce it right away! He doesn't like to make a secret of it."