"Do stay! We have a funny little dinner tonight, but I believe you'll like it. Bob had been rather over-worked at the office lately--and I tried today to think of some of his favorite dishes for dinner. I wanted to have a jolly little meal to take his mind off his worries. And it would help a lot if he could see you two people. Do stay! Do you care for blueberry tarts, Mr. Harrison? Well, that's to be our dessert!"
"My, that sounds fine!" said Mr. Harrison. "Couldn't we stay, after all?" he asked, turning to Alice.
"Well, if you really, truly want us," said Alice to Bettina.
"Why, of course I do! I'm delighted to see you! I think we're fortunate. Mr. Harrison, you are usually so busy that we scarcely dare invite you!"
"I suppose I ought to be at work today, but I'm taking a little holiday. I couldn't put my mind on business."
He was actually blushing, Bettina thought. Suddenly she found Alice's arms around her and Alice's laughing face hidden on her shoulder. "Don't, Harry! Let me be the one to tell her!"
And so Bob found them, all laughing and talking at once.
"Hurrah!" said he when he heard the news. "The best possible idea! Is dinner ready, Bettina? Get out some grape juice and we'll drink to the health and future happiness of Alice and Harry! I'm the man that made this match!"
Fish a la Bettina Rice Cakes Stuffed Tomato Salad Rolls Butter Iced Grape Juice Blueberry Tarts
1 C-medium white sauce 1-1/3 C-cooked fish 2 T-chopped pimento 2 T-chopped sweet pickle 1/2 t-paprika
Mix ingredients in order given, heat and serve on wafers.
1-1/2 C-boiled rice 1/2 t-salt 1 egg yolk 6 T-crumbs 4 T-fat (lard and butter mixed)
Mix the rice and salt with the egg. Shape into flat cakes, two and a half inches in diameter and one-half an inch thick. Roll in bread crumbs and sauté in hot fat until brown on both sides. (About eight minutes.) If the egg does not sufficiently moisten the rice, add one tablespoon of milk.
4 tomatoes 1 C-chopped cabbage 1/2 t-salt 1/4 t-paprika 4 T-salad dressing
Stuff fresh tomatoes with cabbage, seasoned, and mixed with salad dressing. Arrange the tomatoes on lettuce leaves and place one tablespoon salad dressing on the top. Add a small piece of green pepper or a sprig of parsley to the salad dressing.