Put the ice in a strong bag and pound with a mallet till it is evenly broken into bits the size of an egg. Put the ice in a pail till you have a quantity broken, and then measure; add the salt quickly to the ice and stir it well; then put the empty ice cream tin in the freezer with the cover on, and fasten on the top and handle. Pack the ice all around the tin tightly till it is even with the top. Then stand it away, covered with a piece of carpet or blanket, in a dark, cool place, for half an hour. There should be a thick coating of frost all over the inside when the cream is put in. While Jack was working in the laundry, Mildred and Brownie were reading the receipt their mother gave them, and getting out the spoons and sugar and other things they would need. "Are the berries washed?" asked Mother Blair. "Yes, I see they are; now, Brownie, you may put half of them at a time into this big bowl, and crush them with the wooden potato-masher till they are all juicy. And, Mildred, here is the rule for making one quart of plain white ice-cream; all you have to do is to add any kind of fruit or flavoring to this, and you can change it into whatever you want." "Just like a fairy's receipt!" said Brownie. "Exactly!" said their mother. "Now, Mildred, multiply this rule by five." PLAIN ICE-CREAM 3 cups of milk. 1 cup of sugar. 1 cup of cream. Flavoring. Put the cream, milk and sugar in a saucepan on the fire, and stir till the sugar is melted and the milk steams, but does not boil. Take it off and beat with the egg beater till it is cold; add the flavoring and freeze. FRUIT ICE-CREAM 1 quart of fruit, or enough to make a cupful of juice. 1 small cup of sugar. Mash the fruit, rub it through a sieve, add the sugar, and stir into the cream just before putting it into the freezer. "You see what an easy rule this is. You can use fresh raspberries or pineapple or peaches in summer-time, and in winter you can use canned fruit. If the fruit is sour, of course you must take a little more sugar than if it is very sweet. And when juice is very sour indeed, like currant or cherry juice, do not use it for ice-cream. And when you want to make chocolate ice-cream you put in--" "Do let me write that down, Mother, please, because I perfectly love chocolate ice-cream," interrupted Mildred. CHOCOLATE ICE-CREAM Make the plain ice cream as before; while still on the stove add 3 squares of unsweetened chocolate, grated. 1/4 cup of sugar. 2 teaspoonfuls of vanilla. Put the vanilla in last, just before freezing. It took only a little while to mix the cream and cool it, and then Brownie had the berries all ready to go in; so Mildred called to Jack to know if the two freezers were ready. Jack was reading "Treasure Island" in a corner of the laundry, and it took three calls to rouse him.