To make something that we can eat! Surely it is always delightful to do this, and never quite so nice as when it is a stormy day, and one is - well - ten or twelve years old. My aim has been to give in this little book a few simple rules and receipts, which may serve as a beginning, and help small folks to have their fun without troubling mother and the cook too much; yet I trust that these directions may prove useful to them even when they are grown-up housekeepers.

The selection is made with a view to economy and a child's diet.

Things To Have

Tablespoons, teaspoons, measuring cup,

Bowls, plates, knives, all polished up.

Egg-beater, lifting knife, baking tin,

Sauce-pans, bread-board, rolling-pin;

A double-boiler, a chafing-dish,

A wooden spoon I know you'll wish.

A flour sifter, a cutter, too;

A clock to show when the cooking 's through.

An apron to do the cooking in,

And hands scrubbed clean before you begin!