are those beefsteak ends; all you have to do is
to follow your rule, and they will make as good sandwiches as anything
else."

"But, Mother, if you had nice roast-beef slices, you would not chop
those up, would you?"

"No, indeed! I would make sandwiches of plain bread and butter and put
the slices of meat in by themselves. But chopped meat makes better
sandwiches than slices of meat between bread."

"But what do you make sandwiches out of if you don't use meat? I think
plain bread and butter is horrid for lunches."

"Oh, there are plenty of other things to use; see, here are your next
rules:"

EGG SANDWICHES

1 hard-boiled egg, chopped fine.
1 teaspoonful of oil.
3 drops of vinegar.
1 pinch of salt.
1 shake of pepper.

Mix well and spread on buttered bread.

"And then sometimes you can have:"

CHEESE SANDWICHES

Spread thin buttered brown bread with cream cheese; sprinkle with
a very little salt and pepper. Sometimes add chopped nuts for a
change.

"Or, here are these:"

LETTUCE SANDWICHES

Spread some very thin white bread; lay on a leaf of lettuce;
sprinkle with a very little oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper, as in
the egg sandwiches.

SARDINE SANDWICHES

Drain off all the oil from a little tin of sardines; skin each
fish, take out the bones, and mash smoothly, adding a teaspoonful
of lemon juice; spread on white buttered bread.

"And then, when you have no cake or cookies for lunch, you can have two
or three sandwiches with meat and two more like these:"

SWEET SANDWICHES

Spread buttered bread with a very little jam or jelly; or with
chopped dates or figs; or with scraped maple sugar; or with
chopped raisins and nuts; or with a thick layer of brown sugar.

"Those are just as good as cake, and better, I think," said Mother
Blair, as Mildred finished copying them all down. "And now, what comes
next in a lunch, after sandwiches?"

"Cake," said Mildred, promptly.

"Yes, sometimes, but not always. What else can you think of that would
be nice?"

Mildred said she thought gingerbread might be good, or perhaps
doughnuts; but she could not think of anything else.

"Oh, I can think of ever so many things," said her mother. "But we will
put down the gingerbread first; and, by the way, what do you think Betty
calls it? This:"

"PERFECTLY LOVELY" GINGERBREAD

1 cup of molasses.
1 cup of shortening (butter and la