Sometimes in the afternoon Margaret's aunts had tea and cakes
or wafers, and in summer they often had iced tea or lemonade.
This is the way Margaret made lemonade:

Squeeze four lemons, and add ten teaspoonfuls of powdered sugar;
stir till it dissolves. Add six glasses of water, and strain.
Pour in a glass pitcher, and serve with glasses filled half-full
of cracked ice. If you want this very nice, put a little shredded
pineapple with the lemons. Sometimes the juice of red raspberries
is liked, also.


Lemonade with Grape-juice

Make the lemonade as before, and add half as much bottled
grape-juice, but do not put in any other fruit. Serve with
plenty of ice, in small glasses.


Chocolate

2 cups boiling water.
2 cups of boiling milk.
4 teaspoonfuls 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