Fill the kettle half-full of fresh, cold water, because you cannot make good tea with water which has been once heated. When it is very hot, fill the teapot and put it where it will keep warm. When the water boils very hard, empty out the teapot, put in the tea, and pour on it the boiling water; do not stand it on the stove, as too many people do, but send it right to the table; it will be ready as soon as it is time to pour out--about three minutes. If you are making tea for only one person, you will need two teaspoonfuls of tea, as you will see by the recipe, and two small cups of water will be enough. If for more, put in a teaspoonful for each person, and one cup of water more. GINGER BEER 4 gallons water. 4 lbs. lump sugar. 4 oz. ginger. 3 oz. cream of tartar. 4 lemons. Bruise the ginger and slice the lemons; take out the pips, then put all the ingredients into a pan and pour over the boiling water. Let it stand until it is luke-warm, then add one tablespoonful of fresh barm put on a piece of toasted bread to remain on the top. If this is done at night it will be ready to bottle next morning. LEMONADE Slice up six lemons and pour over them three quarts of boiling water and enough sugar to taste. Can be used when cold. CHOCOLATE 2 cups of boiling water. 2 cups of boiling milk. 4 teaspoonfuls of grated chocolate. 4 teaspoonfuls of sugar. Scrape the chocolate off the bar, mix it with the boiling water, and stir till it dissolves; mix the milk and sugar in them and boil for one minute. If you wish to have it nicer, put a small teaspoonful of vanilla in the chocolate-pot, and pour the hot chocolate in on it when it is done, and have a little bowl of whipped cream to send to the table with it, so that one spoonful may be put on top of each cup. COCOA 6 teaspoonfuls of cocoa. 1½ cups of boiling water. 1½ cups of boiling milk. 1 tablespoonful of powdered sugar. Put the cocoa into the boiling water and stir till it dissolves, then put in the boiling milk and boil hard two minutes, stirring it all the time: take from the fire and put in the sugar and stir again. If you like it quite sweet, you may have to use more sugar. PART III _DINNER AND TEA DISHES SAUCES AND SWEETS_ At first, of course, Margaret could not get dinner all alone; indeed, it took her almost a year to learn how to cook everything needed--soup, vegetables, meat, salad, and sweets; but at first she helped the cook, and each day she cooked something. Then she began to arrange very easy dinners when cook was out, such as cream soup, beefsteak or veal cutlets, with potatoes and one vegetable, and a plain lettuce salad, with a cold sweet made in the morning. The first time she really did every single thing alone, Margaret’s father gave her half a crown; he said it was a “tip” for the best dinner he ever ate. SOUPS STOCK FOR ORDINARY SOUP