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s THE FLESHERTON ADVANCE. IN A FRENCH CHATEAU [^ ) BY M. BETHAM-EDWARDS. (Author of " From an Islington Window," of Alsace," etc.) Hearts "Now, General," saiil liis friemi, aa he folded the slip aud replaced it ia his imcketbook, "do not, for a mo- ment, suppose that the riug ia ques- tion was a trap. Here ia its history â€" "My ancestors, as you know, be- longed to the Robe, in other words to the Law. My genealogical tree goes back muvli "further than even the celebrated puisoning epidemic of 1075, v.'hon dozens of poor deluded wretches, not a few, I 'vo no doubt, innocent enough, suffered the tortures of their leader, thv Muniiiise de Hrin\ illiers, which, as wrote another Marciuise, 'she endured »o prettily! ' In truth, alike the guilty and the innocent suf- fered bodily much more than their victims. At this period one of my ancestors ociupied the first Mugistrucy in the kinK<loni, lie wait indeed no less a personage than the I'rocureur du Roi. Well, a certain Court beiiuty, the daughter and heiress of a great house, had been drawn from reasons of jeal- ousy into the criminal net. Grave suspicions got wind concerning her, ancl but for her position, weiilth, per- sonal charms and my forerunners' ef- forts on her behalf, she would most certainly have shared the fate of the Marquise's accomplices. Anyhow she was acquitted after a short trial, and immediately afterwards it was an- nounced that she was about to enter s cloistered convent and take the veil." "You are surely romancing?" "When we have settled the BochOB, and you come to see me at homat I will get out the records of the trial iind you slmll peruse them. Hut to roiiclude. On the eve of her reception into a ('armelite uunnery she begged the I'rocureur du Koi to grant her an interview, which, of course, he did. Tailing on her kuo<>s, and pouring out thanks for liis services, she declared her innocence of any attempt iijion life. " 'Hut,' she said, taking from her bosom a small oval locket set round with pearls, in the midst of which lay :i magnilieent emerald ring, 'take this souvenir, never, I am sure, in your case, to jirove an engine of evil. The bezel contains dea<lly poison, but both ring auil jewel box are siife so long as you keep this tiny key. Nover en- trust it except to one who is as your second self.' "Thrusting her gift into his hands she hastened away, and two days later was published an account of her initia- tion, the shearing of her beantifiil liair and the rest, the pious world being thereby greatly edilied. My good great- great great uncle, who was a lover of a curio â€" as well as of a [iretty face â€" kept the horrible trinket â€" you know the rest. ' "It is a great pity that a few more sucli curios were not lying about in cliateaux this time last year." saiii the General drily, ''and that this espe- cial one did not fall into the proper haiida you know who.se It would have saved us a good deal of powder and shot." The End. lumiiHiiiHiimiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiii iHiiiiii initiiiiiiiiiiimii iiiiiiHiniiiiiiH de THE HISTORY - • _0F A NAME MOOBE. VAKIATIONSâ€" Moor, Mohr, Morris, Morice, Morrice, Fitzmorrls, Mori- arlty, Atmore. Atmoor, Morrison. BACIAL ORIGINâ€" AU European. SOtTECES â€" Variously a given name, descriptive of race, the name of a pagan Celtic god and geographically descriptive. The family name of Moore and its variations are so entangled and so gen- eral that lliougli they originated in virtually all of the countries of Eu- rope, and from a number of different sources, they must be considered as a single group. Perhaps the largest cla.ssification of the group traces back ultimately as a given name to a certain Christian mar- tyr, an officer of a Roman legion r(!- crnited of Thebans, who, being a Moor or Moroccan, bore the name of Mau- ritius. The heroic circumstances of his death and those of his companions at the hands of other Roman soldiery made the name popular among the Christians and was spread by them throughout Kurope. In Switzerland the name became Mauritz; in Italian, Maurizia; in Ger- man, Moritz; in old French, Mcurisse; in Anglo Saxon, Morris; aud in Nor- man as Maurice. Then, in virtually all these coun- tries, it gradually became adopte.l as a family name. Hut the name was also brought iiil') N'orth'jni Kuropeaa countries liy FCii- faring Moors tritmselves, soni.' of whom settled in Normandy, whence the name was brought into KiiL'laiid with William the Concpieror, and was later taki-n into Ireland by the Nor- man invaders. Hut in that country the name was already establislied as derived from the (.'elt's iianio for the god of war, Mavors, ami the clan name of Moriertagh (Moriartyj. In Wales it apjieared as Mawrrwyce, also from Mavors. And in England it also developed from the word moor, meaning swanijiy ground, whejico the variation A'nuire. Among the eatables consumed in one recent voyage of a giant Atlantic liner were 75,000 pounds of meat, 1,400 pounds of tea, 107,t)00 pounds of Hour and forty tons of potatoes. â€" ^-^^â€" ^â€" ^â€" ^^^^~^~^~~~^-~ » There is a shortage of celluloid but- tons, since Japan has refused to export camphor, of which the cidluloid is largely made. So close is the ex kaiser protected at Amerongen that the annual cost oi Ids guard alone is well over $10,000. Don't waste your time trying to dis- tinguish between a woman's "no" and "yes." To render pie crust flaky, try adding half a spoonful of vinegar to the cold water when mixing. WHY THE SKY SEEMS TO BE BLXJE. .Not one person in a hundred could ;;ive a satisfactory answer to the ques- tion. .\nd vet the e-f planatiun, as f;;iveu 1)V I'rof. W. II. Hragy, at the Koyal In- stitution of London, is (|uite simple. The blue sky, hu explained, is due to the interception by jjarticles in the atmosphere of the blue rays which form u part of tlif white light of tlie S.I111. The [larts of white lifjlit (on- veyed by loager red and yellow light manage to jump the many substances in the atmosphere ami arc »«*en at sunrise and sunset. The professor illustrated his mean- ing by showing a disc of liglit on the screen whicli, jias.siiig tlir(JUgh a bowl of water, became gradually rodder as the water got cloudier till at last, after an imitation of the sun in a No- vember fog, it faded away I'rof. Hragg has also revealed some of the mysteries of sound. If you put a stick ill a revolving howl of water, it sets up little whirlpools behind it. In the same way, the wind rushing past trees forms wliirlwinds on a small scale, and these cause those soiimls so a<lniii'ably dcscriheA by tlie irnitativf word "songliing." Himilar sounds are set up by teU-graph wires. Why is it that fishes make no dis- turbance when swiinming throujjh the water, although there is a rushing noise when a stone is flung in? Tliis is explained by the fact that, in the latter case, it is the filling of the cavity that is made, rather than the mere impact, which causes tlie noise, whereas the body of the fish is so sliajied that when it moves tliroujjh tlie water it leaves no sucli cavity lie hind it and therefore there is no dis- turbance. DESSERTS THAT NEED SUGAR. Compotes make wholesome and licious desserts. The foundation of these compotes is carefully boiled rice, served with preserved, stewed, dried or fresh fruits. A peach compote is delicious I'se the large canned peaches. Uoil a cup of riee eaiefiilly and drain. -Make a syriij) by boiling down tho juice from the peaches. Mold the rice into little bulls, flat..$n them onto in- li\idual plates, and place a half of a peach on top of each one. I'oiir the syrup over them and serve. Stewed pineapple /iiakes another very good sauce to serve over these little molds. , Raisin Compote â€" For a raisiu com- jiote boil s half cup ef seeded raisins till plump and add the juice of a lemon, .\iraiige the cooked rice in a |iyramiil in tlie centre of a shallow ilish and pour the raisins over it. This m a welcome change for the usual rice and raisins The rice can be boiled for a long time in a double boiler, then packed into a ring mold iind allowed to hard- en Jind get iee cold. Turn out onto a jilate and fill the centre with ennhed and sweetened berries. Serve with wliijiped cream. To cook the riee this way wash two- tliirds of a cup ainl steam with a cup ot boiling water in the double boiler until the riee has taken up all the water, then add a cup and a half of hot milk and a fourth of a cup yt sugar, ('i)iitiniie cooking until the rice is soft. This is very good made into a pyramiil v\'ith the halves of pre- served pears surrounding it, and cov- ered with pour juice. lilTTLE erward occasionally. Add ono-half tea- .>.poonful of vanilla -and turn into a serving dish Chill and serve with or without sugar aud thin cream. Dandelion Greens with Bacon. Urowu one cujifnl bread crumbs slightly in two tablespoons melted butter, add one pint dandelion greens conked as spinach, and chopped, with one tablespoon onion juice, one table- spoon vinegar or lemon juice, and salt and pepper. When the mixture ia hot form it into a loaf on a plate, gar- nish it with slices of hard-boiled egg, and place slices of liioiled bacon over the top. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Left-over spaghetti, if not other- wise seasoned, can be made into an excelleut pudding with eggs, milk and sugar. .Soup can be made from the water macaroni is boiled in by adding milk, an egg, a chopped onion aud celery salt. Keep your lettuce in a glass jar sealed tight and placed in a cool place. Vou need only to wash it and it is crisp aud fresh. To keei) ants from food â€" Put a fence of powdered chalk a few inches from the food and around it To keep off mosquitoes â€" Rub citron- ella oil on hands and neck. To remove grease spots â€" L'se cold water, a tablespov.nful of ammonia and soap to clean the cloth. To heat a tent oi cool nights â€" Fill a bucket with stones made hot by the eauiii fire. Invert in the tent and heat will radiate from it for a long time. To open a fruit jarâ€" Place a hot rock on toii of cover for a few min- utes. To remo\e burut taste from scorched vegetables or soup â€" Put in a few pieces of raw potato. News of Movies and Their Makers. BY WILLIAM WILLING. Lloyd Ingraham, Mildred Harris Chaplin's director, appeared in a new role last week as a witness in the cross-suit of Mary Miles Minter and the -\mericau Pilm company. Ingra- ham was called to testify on the va- garies of temperamental stars and told how they make the producers "stand around." Miss Minter won her case, getting a verdict of $4,000 for back salary. The company failed to prove its charge that she deliberately spoiled a film. Slalmon Cakes One small can of salmon, one cup bread crumbs, one cup cold mashed potatoes, one level teaspoon salt, half a teaspoon pepper, one small onion, four level teaspoons flour. Mi.\ all to- gether and if needed add a little nielt- 1 fat to make the mixture hold to- gether. Fry in fat for twenty min- utes or more, cookiug slowly. The breail crumbs must he rolled fire, and any liquid in the salmon tin poured ff and not used. LANTERNS LEND CHABM TO NIGHTS IN JAPAN. .Nights in .lapaii owe much of their charm to the lanterns which one no- tices unexpectedly at the end of dark lanes or at the entrance to houses and shops. The .lapanese lantern maker is always busy, cspeei.-illy so on the eve of a fesfival, when bis hulf-do/.eii or so apprcnlices are bent over their work un til late at night. In tlii' dark eorners of the .Iniiiiiii'se shop are collected lan- terns of every de.seriplion, from slim aud graceful ones with modest creeds, to tlie great fat and bulgy kind, splashed with bold black and red char- acters. Lanterns arc employed for the festi val of the " Kiawabiniki," or opening of the River Humiila, in duly, when half Tokio floats happily along in bouts t'l'stooiied with lanterns to view the fireworks. At thi' sauie time of the year oi'curs the ' ' ( ) lionmatsuri, " the Feast of Lnnterns, when everyiinc hangs a soft blue paper lantern iu a window to light back the spirits iif dead ancestors. They flutter on the siiinnier breezes almost ghostlike In delic'iey ami transparency. If a man is ruled by his feelings he is apt to travel in n zigzag course. Carrot and Bacon Hash. Chop coarsely enough cooked car- rots to make a oupful and a half. Add half the (|uantity of diced cooked po- tatoes, two tiny young onions, finely mineed; two sUees of cooked bacon. mineed, and two tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley. Season highly with salt, celery salt and paprika, moisten with a little cream, and turn into a frying pan containing two tablespoon- fuls of hot pork fat. On the principle of the vacuum or suction washer, nu excellent washer for fine shirt waists, laces and delicate fabrics may be made by using a heavy glass tumlder, or any funnel-shaped ciqi. Press the cup up and down on the clothes, and the suction will force out the dirt without the wear that rub- bing always produces. When cake tins are worn thin, scat- ter a little sand ovi'r the oven shelf before putting the tin in, and the cake will not burn iu baking. If a swollen sash sticks iu damp weather, and you have faith iu the window corils, draw them till you feel the weight strike the top of the slot, then abruptly let go. The sudden jerk will start the lower sash If it's the upper sash that sticks, this won't work, for you can 't get at the cords. Hammering on the sash at each side of the lock may start it. Don't mar the wood. Lay a file wrapped in a cloth along the sash to receive the blows. This difficulty demonstrates the importance of having little brass sock- ets sunk in the upper sash for a win- dow stick to catch in. The Frohman Amusement company is branching out. To its duo of stars, Ruth Clifford aud Jack Sherill, it has added Lillian Gish, who for the past ten years has been D. W. Griffith's leading woman. It is said that Miss Gish is to receive an annual salarv of $500,000 for three years. Maurice Tourneur claims to have made a great discovery in isaroara Hedford, a mid-western girl who is vis- iting in Los Angeles. She will appear in his first Hig .Six feature. Every year adds a new name to a list of the great motion picture direct- ors. This year it is Frank Borzage, whose ' 'Ilumorcsque, " a screen ver- sion of Fanny Hurst 's novel, is called l,y one critic "a picture which comes like an oasis in a desert of mediocri- ties." The feature had its premijre in New York the other day and was without exception praised by the crit- ics as a revelation of Borzage 's big capacities. Borzage is one of 'he youngest of the directors. Unwashable hangings should be hung out to blow clean without re- moving them from their rods. If there are two pillars on the back porch three feet apart, drive nails in them near the top, to rest the rods on so the hangings may fall full length Brush them from a stephulder as they hang. They won't be stretched out of shape or marred, as they might if hung over a line. An old bachidor is a man that no widow wanted to niarrv. Cooked Salad Dressing This is made without oil, and never cuVdles. Sift thoroughly together three teaspoons sugar, one teaspoon salt, one level teaspoon mustard. Be sure they are perfectly blended. In U double boiler put threeiiiiarters cup vinegar and one-<piarter cup cold wa- ter, adding a generous lumi) of butter, about the size of an egg. Beat thor- oughly three whole eggs or six yolks, and gradually beat into them the sift- eii dry ingredients. When the vinegar mixture has reached the boiling point boat iu the egg mixture, stirring con- stantly until it thickens, and is per- fectly smooth. Then remove from lire and set vessel immediately in a pan of cold water and stir a few min- utes. When cold and ri'ady to use, jilaiii or whipped cream may be add- ed. If for fruit salad, use mostly whipped cream, and always beat the dressing with a Dover beater juaf be- fore adding salad. Washable curtains shoubl be folded in quarters and left so through all the soaking and washing, unless the mate- rial is quite strong. Soak first in cold water. Warm water would set the gi me so the curtains would never come !MioH- wliate again. Change the water as often as luissible, using plenty of soap. When the first dirt disappears, use warm water, aud finally hot. After a long engagement as lead- ing woman for J. Warren Kerrigan, Fritzie Brunette has returned to the ranks of stars. She is to have tie most important role iu an all-star ci?'. in "The Devil to Pay," from tho popular novel by Nimo Green. Others in the cast will be Joseph J. Dowling, who played the name jiart in "Ti..- .Miracle Man," and Roy Stewart, lonc; a star in western pictures made by tlie Triangle company. No less than six stories from one scenario writer, II. H. Van Loav., :'re to be released within a month: "Tiio (^treat Redeemer," a Tourneur special; "Danger," all-star: "The Thud Kye," Pathe serial: "The Nobl-- man," with F.ugene O'Brien: "Fight- ing Job," with Harry Carey, :i'; I a new Hope Hampton picture. The young juvenile actor. Claries Gordon, has been cast for the n.ascu- liiie lead in ''Bonnie May," th." sec- oiiil of the Callaghan-Bcssie Love re- leases. Mr. Gordon is an Englishma.i :i'id lia^ been in this country fo' but a brief period. A LITTLE OF pRYTHING HOUSEHOLD SIMPIilCITY OF THE JAPANESE. The well-to-do Japanese, just 'be- cause they have very simply furnished houses, do not possess less, in the mat- ter of house furnishings, than well-to- do persons in other parts of the world. But they would think the conamon of most of our houses decidedly cluttered. Most of us think it necessary to have in evidence all of our possessions all the time. The Japanese displays a few of his possessions at a time. When he tires of tho<><^ on view, he gets out others from his storeroom and packs away those he is tired of. And the storeroom of a well-to-do Japanese holds far more in the way of treasures than do the drawing-rooms and libraries of many of our own rich countrynien. The Japanese have been the inspira- tion for much that is worth while in modern interior decoration. We appre- ciate Japanese prints and pottery, we have learned much from the Japanese sense of color. We take lessons ia ar- ranging flowers as the Japanese do. And, to some extent, we furnish our houses more simply than we used to â€" some of us with an obvious imitation of the Japanese. WHAT YOXm BLOOD TELLS THE DOCTOR. Physicians learn a great deal regard- ing the nature of a disease and its probable course from a careful exam- ination, microscopical and chemical, of a drop of the patient 's blood A rough estimate of richness of the blood is ob- tained by pricking the end of a finger with a needle and receiving the minute drop of blood on a piece of white blot- ting paper; the physician compares the red stain with a color scale and esti- mates the percentage of haemoglobin, which is the coloring matter of the red corpuscles. Blood examination is most often made to determine the number of cor- puscles, white and red, and the pro- portionate numbers of the different varieties of white corpuscles. In cer- tain diseases, especially the inflamma- tory ones, the white corpuscles are in- creased in number. Sometimes one kind, sometimes another, predominates; the significance of each has been learn- ed by observation. A microscopical examination of a drop of blood also determines the pres- ence or absence of such harmful micro- organisms as the malarial germ or the pus germ. « There is significance also iu the vary- ing alkalinity of the blood; that is de- termined by taking a definite quantity of diluted blood and adding to it drop by drop a standard solution of tartaric acid, taking the reaction constantly, and observing the exact instant that an acid reaction is obtained; by a simple calculation the physician determines the degree of alkalinity originally pres- ent. Thomas Meighan has gone east to do 'The Frontier of the Stars," at the â- astern Famous Plavers' studio. Acting is not the only talent of which Beatrice La Plante can boast. The little Parisienne actress is an .'idept at the art of modelin.; :iud sculp- ture. During her vacation she has been instructing Gloria Swansea in the use of the hammer and chiselâ€" and the molding of plasticine. Sandpaper placed under the food chopper when screwed to the table pre- vents slipping. It scours off spots on utensils, aud will polish fruit-can covers to look bright and new. Clara Kimball Young has completed work on Arthur Wing Pinero's "Mid- Channel," in which Ethel Barryniore scored one of her memorable stage successes. CHOCOLATE BLANC-MANGE. Put two sqiiari's unsweetened choco- late and two eiipfuls of cold milk in double boiler and bring to the scahl- ing point. Mix thoroughly one fourth ciijiful of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of cornstarch and one fourth ti'aspoon fill of salt and pour cm gradually, while stirring constantly, one-l'ourth cupful of milk. Add mixture, scalded milk anil chocolate, and cook in double boiler fifteen minutes, stirring coii- stantlv until mixture thickens, and afl- Sew small snaps close together on all openings of pillow cushion covers; no rip|ing or resewng as of old. When sewing on hooks and eyes, pin .1 tape measure where the hooks are to go and sew them on an inch apart. Then pin the tape measure on the op- ]ioste side and sew on the eyes. This is much simpler than measuring each separately. RAISIN PUDDING. Cook one cup of seeded raisins cut in pieces, three cujis of hot water, quarter teaspoon salt ami one-iiicli stick of cinnamon slowly for tweiitv minutes. Mix half cup of cornstare!i to a smooth consistency with a small •amount of cold water; add to the boil ing raisiu mixture from which the stick of cinnamon has been removed; eoidv in the doulile boiler forty min- utes, add thi- juice of one lemon, pour into a serving dish and chill. Serve with milk or cream. Discovered, a cinema beauty who can wield a needle! Out at tho Rolin studio Mildred Davis devotes her spare time to sewing on her spring dresses, dainty foulardes and ginghams in which the famed Harold of the eellii loid spectacles says she is prettier than ever. Can it be? For Anita Stewart's use, Harold MacGrath's story, "Drums of Jeopar- dy," has been purchased by Louis B. Maver. Work on "Just Out of College," the next Jack Pickford picture, which is being made under the direction of .\l Green, has commenced. "The Man Who Had Everything," the Pickford picture which Mr. Green has just com- pleted, will shortly be released. The Broadway musical comedy, ''La La Lucille," has been purchased by Cniversal as a starring lucdium for Eddie Lyons and Lee Moran. 'â- Red Potage," the novel from which Ida May Park is to make her first special production, is rapidly as- suming the shape of a complete see nario under the able hands of the fa- mous woman director. HOW TO HASTEN DECAY. Profs. Bordas and Bruers have been experimenting on an extensive scale and here announce that it is possible to hasten materially the disintegration of corpses by supplementing the action of the ferments of pufrofactiou within the cadaver by the action of similar ferments applied from without. The ferments of urea were found most efficient for tl»e purpose, espe- cially with moistun and warmth. The practical method j roposed is to line the grave or ditch w'th straw to keep in the heat from the microbian fer- meutation processes; the straw to be well watered with cultures of the fer- ments of urea. A horse was buried in new moist wheat straw watered every second day for six days with 30 liters of a bouil- lon culture of urea ferments. By the end of three weeks the skeleton was bare; all the flesh was gone except a few scraps, the joints had come apart and even the skin had disappeared, nothing but the tail being left intact, separate from the skeleton. Admission of a little air promotes the disintegra- tion. BUILDS ORCHESTRA FROM PARTS OF OLD AIRPLANES. An odd piece of salvaging was per- formed by a sergeant in tho .\llied Air Force in France, who has built an orchestra from various parts of old airplanes. â- . From the braces he made a set of chimes he suspended from the struts of an old plane. A xylophone was con- struuted from the aero tubing; this hangs from the stays of a disabled â-  ' Spad. " .\iuither instrument is fash- ioned of aluuiiuuiu tubes which the performer strokes with rosin-smeared gloves. Nobody wants to hear of your hard luck, aud few, envy beiug a common trait, care to hear of your success. Lucifer matches were first used England in January, 1834. JOE MARTIN- A Cagey Monkey HEY JOE' COME DOWN DE CUSTOM OFFICIAL WANTS TO INSPECT YO' BAGGAGE BEFO'I WE LANDS 1 t ' i \