Beat the egg whites thoroughly, add the sugar, flour, salt and baking powder. Mix well, add the dates, nuts and vanilla. Pile lightly in a well-buttered baking-dish. Place the dish in a pan of hot water and bake thirty minutes in a moderate oven. Allow the pudding to remain in the oven a little while after the heat is turned off. If cooled slowly, it will not fall. The pudding may be baked in individual moulds if preferred, and may be served with whipped cream.
CHAPTER CXXXVIII
FURS TO PUT AWAY
"A PENNY for your thoughts!"
Bettina started in surprise. "Why, Ruth, I didn't see you coming up the walk!"
"I knew you didn't. But what on earth are you doing out here on your front steps? Enjoying the weather?"
"Indeed I am! Isn't it a wonderful spring day? But my thoughts weren't very poetic, I must admit. I was just wondering if it was too early to put away my furs for the summer. I'm always tempted to do that when the first signs of spring appear, and then I'm generally sorry a few days later."
"I'll have to put mine away soon, too. Do tell me, Bettina, just how you go about it."