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FRANKLY A DREAM '.§y FRANK FILSONL (Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.) Chllde strode out of the casino at Monte Carlo exultantly, conscious that a thousand eyes were watching him with envy. Two hours before he had entered with fifty francs in his pocket, the only money he possessed in the world. He haa broken the bank--he had made a hundred thousand francs, or twenty thousand dollars In Ameri­ can money. He had achieved 'a rec­ ord. for he had thrice backed winning numbers in a single sitting. He had never had more than live hundred . dollars In his life. He planned his future as he strode through the palm gardens. He would leave Monte Carlo the following morn­ ing. He would go home, buy an es­ tate, settle down, marry, perhaps-- "Pardon, monsieur!" The figure lurched against' him 4ftinkenly. As Chllde stepped aside another man sprang at him from the shrubbery. He struck clumsily, how­ ever. Childe's fist shot out. The man, struck squarely upon the Jaw, col­ lapsed upon the ground. His com­ panion took to his heels. Chllde, with a hasty glance at the prostrate ruffian, made his way hastily back to his ho­ tel, a little place run by a scoundrelly Levantine, but the best that Childe bad been able to afTord. • He did not like the idea of spending another night there, but no matter. In the morning he would be gone. As­ suring himself that his winnings were Intact, he entered, ascended the stairs, and flung himself down on his bed, fully dressed. An hour later he was aroused by a knocking at the door. He thrust his head out cautiously. The landlord Try Me," Answered Chllde. and two gendarmes stood in the pas­ sage. "A little error, doubtless, monsieur," muttered the landlord. "Monsieur Chllde?" inquired the gendarmes. "Well, gentlemenf "You are under arrest." A pair of revolvers simultaneously covered him. Childe shrugged his shoulders. "AB you wish," he said indifferently. "What is the charge?" "The sergeant will explain that, monsieur." Accompanied by the men, Childe descended the stairs, crossed the de­ serted road, apd, after many turns, found himself outside a disreputable station house. Inside was an official at a desk, yawning. "This is the murderer," announced one of the gendarmes. "What?" cried Chllde. "You are accused of the niurder of a citizen of Monaco in the Palm Gar­ dens," explained the sergeant. "If you have any valuables you will hand them over and receive an acknowl­ edgment" "But the fellow attacked me--" Childe began. "Doubtless monsieur will convince the court as to that," explained the sergeant. Ten minutes later Childe, his money gone, with a receipt in his pocket as sole security for It, was pacing his narrow cell gloomily. However, he felt sure that on the following day he would be able to explain to the court and be acquitted. He cursed Monte Carlo with all his heart. case of assault, and unfortunately the fellow, in falling, struck the base of his skull and received a concussion which brought about death within a few minutes. If I were you I would ask to see Signor Martino--* Who in thunder's that?" ashed Chllde. "Our consul. Italian gentleman, but veVy faithful, and hell do all he can to<have your case brought before the state department." "All right," said Childe. • That afternoon iSignor Martlno, very bland, unctuous, and affable, ap­ peared. He listened to Childe's story with profound regret. Of eourse he would do hiB best, but--- The "but" meant a month of wait­ ing. The only consolation which the prisoner found- was that his counsel felt sure he would be acquitted. And, in fact, when the day of the trial ar­ rived, Childe felt more than recom­ pensed for his Journey in the thought that the following day would oee him safe aboard a Mediterranean steam• ship with hts money In his pocket The sergeant listened sympathetic^ ally and permitted him to look at his roll of bills In a safe behind the desk. "Courage, Monsieur Childe," he said. "Tonight should see you a free man." The gendarmes ted him under a covered way into the court room. It was a little place, dingier than the station house, and the Judge upon the bench appeared an untrustworthy person, in Childe's view. He was ap­ parently chewing garlic, and he heard the prosecutor, a gaunt man looking like a bandit, with unpleasant nod- dings of the head. The witnesses, consisting of the second rufBan, and the wife and child (female) of the dead man, who screamed for Justice, did not add to Childe's comfort. Worse still, his consul, Signor Martlno, put in an ap­ pearance only when the case for the defense began. The proceedings lasted two hours. The Judge, without summing up, pro­ nounced a verdict of guilty. Chllde was sentenced to be guillotined the following month. "I can do no more tor you, my friend," explained his consul with a shrug. "But I will come and talk with you tonight." That night Childe, pacing his cell like a maniac, received a visit from the consul. A movement was on foot, he said, to have the sentence com­ muted to penal servitude for life. "f suppose you scoundrels want my money!" snarled Chllde. "Monsieur Childe," replied the con­ sul, "when you have offered an apol­ ogy, through the Jailer, I will return to you." live days later he came again Chllde had apologised. "Good luck, my friend," he cried, "You see, your sentence is arouslnj difficulties. The cost of importing a guillotine would be prohibitive, and the law does not permit us to seques­ trate your money. Would you be will­ ing to escape across the border to­ night if your cell were unlocked ?" "Try me," answered Chllde. At midnight the consul, at the cell door, thrust a bundle of bills Into Childe's hand. "A carriage waits," he said. "You will reach Italy by five In the morn­ ing. Here is your money. No thanks. I have done my duty." Chllde set hie foot on the Btep of the carriage, which started off. He stumbled, fell, and felt himself clutch­ ing at the earth. Someone was lifting him. He opened his eyes, to find himself still in th« palm gardens. Dawn was In the sky Beside him stood two gendarmes. "Monsieur has had an accident?" they inquired, not very sympathetical­ ly, glancing at his clothes. Childe rose and shook himself. He plunged his hand Into his pocket. He brought out fifty francs, all he had In the world. "Why--I must have gone to sleep In the gardens," he muttered, turning away. He walked rapidly into the town. At tl\e head of the wharf, where the steamship office stood, he paused and thought. "I'm mighty glad I saved this to get home Instead of plunging at the Casino," he said cheerfully. aee him--an American. Childe's heart leaped up. Immediately he began to expound the situation. However, the lawyer took a gloomy view of the case. "We have no preliminary process here," he told him. "Your case will 4Dme up at the next sessions, In a ttonth's time. It is difficult to per- Buade a native court, you know, in Why Qlass Cracks. You have learned by experience that cold water will crack a hot glass, or hot water a cold glass. But did you know that a thick glass will crack much more readily under such treat- , aaent than a thin glass? When hot %ater strikes cold glass, for example, the heat of the water is quickly com- Ipunicated to the glass next it, caus- , tbg the glass to expand. If the glass Is thin, the heat is quickly communi­ cated to both sides of the glass so ; i jffaal they expand together without v damage. But if the glass is thick the beat is slow in getting through and tiie side next the hot water expands so much more rapidly than the other side ,|hat the glass is cracked.--The Ameri- tri "'"(ban Boy.. A Painting. What is a painting? It is the lan­ guage of the artist in "which he ex­ presses his thought, conception of mind, or emotion of heart. Where a writer expresses himself in words, the artist expresses himself In colors, lights and shadows. An author's de­ scription of a place, person or object is but a word picture, while the artist's canvas -stares us in the face, so to speak, flashing the subject continually before our eyes until we can grasp its The next morning a lawyer came to every meaning, without so much as Kept Him 8upplled. Wife--How in the world can yon af­ ford to buy those expensive cigars? Husband--I don't buy them. Wife--Dear me: You don't to say any friend of /yours is rich inough to f<glve yon such cigars, do Jou? . Husband--Well. ab; not exactly. turning a page. Thanks to Gilbert Stuart and his wonderful conception of the portrait of George Washington, it would take a paragraph or more tc describe George Washington's mouth or nose, where Gilbert Stuart tells it to us in a few strokes of his masterful brush.--"Art in American Homes," Elliot A. Haaseman, in National Mag­ azine. That young man who has got so emit ten with our daughter- Wife--Huh! No more than she Is with him. Husband--Well, he's an agent or something for a big firm of cigar im­ porters, and generally has his pockets full of their best samples. Well, after we go to bed and the lights are t^urned down, he takes theoi out of his pock­ ets and puts 'em on the mantelpiece-- to keep 'em from getting crushed, 1 suppose. Then, when it comes to leaving, between the desire to skip without making any noise at such a late hour and the pain of saying good- by to our daughter, he forgets all about them. I tell you, dear, our daughter has been a pretty,heavy ex­ pense, but she's sort o' pay in' for hejr- aelf now. JMfe. Shertoek Holmes. Mrs. Brown (to Mrs. Jones, who has also been to Bee a son off in troop­ ship)--Well, I'm sure they'll be start­ ing soon, because both funnels are smoking; and you see, my dear, they couldn't want both fu&o^U -fol lunch.--London Punch. • • - -r W' UTON1C T T * v'x'S "" W THL wCHWARZENBLRGPLATZ, VIENNA, HEN Petrograd was a swamp and Berlin was a straggling procession of huts in the midst of a hopelessly mel­ ancholy sand waste, Vienna was an age-old defensive outwork of western civilization. Vienna was a vil­ lage before the Christian era, an out­ post of Roman civilization, and within its walls one of the noblest'of the Ro­ man emperors died--Marcus Aurellus, in the year 180, and the password which he gave from his deathbed was "Aequanimitas." When Europe, re­ adjusted to renewed efforts of civiliza­ tion after an infusion of Germanic blood, started* again with freshened strength upon its destiny, Vienna be­ came the guaranty of its security to­ ward the East, says the National Ge­ ographic Society. Vienna has its charma of age, of beautiful ^situation and of a delightful folk-character. It lies some two miles distant from the "Blue Danube," upon the river Wien, which gives the city its name. It, is builded in two con­ centric circles; within, the old town, with its public buildings and private residences, still the aristocratic heart of the empire; and without, the resi­ dential and manufacturing suburbs. Where the old fortifications once stood now rUns one of the most impressive boulevards to be found the world around--the Rlngstrasse. Splendor of the Rlngstrasse. In massive lengths, there stretches around this street such an array of structures as have probably never been equaled upon a single thorough­ fare before. There are vistas of un­ surpassed architectural splendor along this demarcation of old and new Vi­ enna, and the solid stone and masonry piles are brought into a friendly re­ lief by the broad avenue, handsome into the heavy lethargy and depression of the stern business of war. The Vi­ ennese have spent centuries in prac­ ticing under all conditions the. arts of happiness. They have learned to mock at overearnestness, at fearfulness, at the serious courting of dreariness In the guise of duty. Friendliness, sentiment, beauty, grace and music on every hand con­ spire to make Vienna the "Lotus-flow­ er City" of the earth. "There is only one Imperial city," the Viennese say, "and that city is Vienna." Enjoyment Under Protection. In this city there is pleasure on every hand, and all ill chance is elimi­ nated by the government. A man may not be robbed by cab drivers, hotels, shopkeepers, or by his servants. He may not walk over railway tracks, and It Is Illegal for him to block the path of street traffic to his and Its detri­ ment; In other words, he la without thp law when successfully exposing himself to the dangers of Vehicular collision. A jealous system of laws and of police regulations are iatt at every turn for his protection. Berlin has a Luna park, brougbt to the capital on the Spree by an Ameri­ can. The same lavish use of bright paints and brighter lights are found In it that characterize our original Lu»?a parks, but the shoot-the-chutes, tL.0 scenic railways and so on have been modified by the police until not even a thrill remains, much lesB an element of danger. Unter den Linden (Under the Lin­ dens) is the heart of Berlin. It is one of the most impressive avenues in the world; and, only about five-eighths of a mile in length, it is one of the very widest streets to be found in any oity (198 feet), and on its sides are BIRD's-EVE: VIEW or BERUN parks and large, airy squares. A city with such avenues as the Rlngstrasse must perforce react upon Its people, accustomed to dally associations with Its chaste beauty, to Inspire in them the elegance which Is Its own. Among the war capitals of Europe, Vienna, Franz Josefs Kaiserstadt, the home of pleasure and of the most sor­ rowing of emperors; product of the East and the West, with the one lis­ some and dreamy, with the other hope­ ful and sentimental; gray-wise, gra­ cious, light-hearted, brilliant Vienna-- according to the wondering reports of the correspondents--is the least in­ clined to break with gayety, to sink What Scandal Is. Of scandal, the New Republic writes: "There are few of us who do not enjoy this sense of really know­ ing what's what. It extends our ex­ perience, and gives us a vicarious Im­ portance. If we cannot live great passions, we can at least read about Mme Du Barry's boudoir; If we can­ not be smart, we can at least feel that we have an Insider's knowledge af the smart set. The moral earnest­ ness and deep attention which people will devote to discussing other peo­ ple's domestic affairs suggests that gossip is perhaps a genuine primi­ tive art in which there is interest through pity and frix privj* and Joy. One woman leaves her hush*® d; a hundred women chatter about It, and their passionate interest might make a cynic wonder whether they are not living through all the emo­ tions of a great adventure without the risk of moving away from their own steam radiators. Gossip is ex­ perience without responsibility. lb Is a means of taking part in inter­ esting or Important events without any of the risk that comes of being dfe "'ii .1: massed two double lines of massive architecture. It is a thoroughly cos­ mopolitan street, upon which every tongue is spoken and where each hu­ man variation may be seen. Berlin UeB upon the languid little Spee, a dull stream in the midst of a flat, melancholy sand waste. Though very new in both Its Imperial and metropolitan dignities, the city is yet a place of wonderful libraries, museums, art collections and statuary. Its streets, squares, granite buildings and parks are filled with some of the sculptor's and modeler's noblest work. For the most part, these plastic works breathe martial spirit. an actor in them. Gossip, in short, la the pleasure of the spectator at the business of life." New Glass Cutter. To facilitate the cutting of glass in any desired shape a device has been patented which consists of a base on one side of which is a metal groove that holds a sliding portion to which is attached a straightedge. The straightedge can be adjusted to any angle by loosening the set screw. The sliding member is made in the shape of a protractor and graduated accordingly. On the straightedge slides a member holding a piece of marking chalk. In use, the straight­ edge to Bet at right angles and Its sliding member is moved to fhe de­ sired width. By sliding the straight­ edge at right angles -aT chalkline la drawn on the glass. Kindly Suggestion. Tl4 agricultural department issuef a bulletin to the effect that "cucum­ ber diseases require attention."' They sure do. HIM the depart IN sat trieo Jamaica ginger? Creation Is Wholly the Art Jf Woman, and Really Her Life's Best Work. A home la not merely a house; It la an atmosphere; It Is a place of he- loved associations, where you can wear old clothes, and think old thoughts, and hear familiar voices without hearing them. You can be happy there, and be comfortably un­ happy, be thoroughly unpleasant even, and know that those you love will think no worse of you than they do already. Luxury cannot make a home, nor can books, or pictures, or rugs, or biic-a-brac. A^ cat, a canary, two geraniums, a Bible and an old rocking chair may make one of the loveliest homes in the world. At the same time a home Is not necessarily happy because It Is the house of pov­ erty, as some would have us believe. The art of creating home atmo­ sphere is wholly the art of woman, and she has none more charming. Mere care will not do it, or mere neatness and tidiness; indeed those things sometimes work the other way. The love of prettiness will not do it; good cooking will not do It, al­ though it. is a mighty help. Even be­ ing gay and merry, and kindly yourself is not quite enough, although it helps even more than the cooking. Suc­ cess in homemaking, AS in everything else, requires that you shall feel a real Joy In your work. If It Is a drag, if It Is an irksome duty, If your mind is on a thousand outside things that are not home, you cannot make home what it should be. Not that the home- maker should think of nothing else. That is neither desirable nor possible. But the woman whose first pleasure 1s to create that beautiful thing, home, will be a precious and permanent in­ fluence not only to her own family, but to all her household, to all her guests, to the whole community In which she lives.--Youth's Companion. HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES To Attain Beet Reeulte, Theee worth­ while Observances 8hould Be Kept 8trictly In Mind. 1. Use the freshest vegetables that can be procured. S. All fresh green vegetables should be placed in boiling Baited water. 3. All dried vegetables, such as beans, haricots, lentils, etc., should be placed In lukewarm water. 4. The use of plenty of water In the cooking of all sorts of cabbage and sprouts Is not only preservative of color; it Is also advantageous in reducing the disagreeable smell which cabbage water alwavs has. 5. Never allow vegetables of any kind to remain soaking in the water In which they were boiled; drain them at once when they are cooked. 6. It Is waste of money to buy old, dried vegetables, and a waste ot 'time to try to cook them. For Hot u»5cu!t5. Any hostess who prides herself on her delicious biscuits should not fell to keep them tasty by having them covered during the meal, so that they will retain the heat. An attractive cover can be made of white IlneSi hav­ ing a square center and four pointed ends. On one of the pointed pieces two biscuits might be embroidered, to make the design more realistic you can tint the biscuits brown and then outline the edges of them. Or, in place of using the design, embroider the words "Hot Biscuits" on the linen. Have such a cover ready for the next plate of hot biscuits you serve to your ffiends and enjoy the praise you will receive for your needlework and your culinary ability. Washing 8hawls. To wash knitted or crocheted shawls fold them as flat as possible and lay carefully In a pillow case, run through at intervals with basting thread to keep flat. Then they should be han­ dled like other flannel or woolen goods, says the Dallas News. If washed separately, observe the usual precautions for woolen goods, gently squeezing through the hands and keep­ ing the suds and rinsing water of the same lukewarm temperature. Take out of pillow case, but do not 'hang knitted goods up to dry. Put in the oven on a big platter, shaking and turning occasionally, or lay on a clean cloth In the sunshine. Jelly Jumbles. One-half cupful butter, one cupful sugar, one egg, one-half teaspoonful soda, one-half cupful sour milk, one- quarter teaspoonful salt, flour, currant jelly. Cream the butter, add sugar gradually, egg well beaten, soda mixed with milk, salt and flour to make a Boft dough. Chill and shape, using a round cutter. On the center of one- half the pieces put currant jelly. Make these small openings in remaining halves, using a thimble, and put pieces together. Press edges slightly and bake in a rather hot oven, that Jum­ bles may keep in good shape. Sour Cream Cookies. One egg beaten IJght, one heaping cupful sugar, one-half teaspoonful soda In one cupful sour cream, one-half cup-^ ful butter, and flavoring, and pastry flour to roll. Cream butter and sugar, add egg and the cream and whatever flavoring you prefer, then flour enough BO you can roll. Moisten top of cookiee with little milk and beaten yolk of egg. This makes them look nice, but may be omitted. Maitre d*Hotel Sauce. Make a teacupful of drawn butter; add to It the juice of a lemon, two tablespoonfuls of minced onion, three tablespoonfulB of chopped parsley, a teaspoonful of powdered thyme or summer savory, a pinch of cayenne and salt Simmer over the fire and stir well. Excellent with all kinds of flab. To Clean a Copper Kettle. To bring a copper kettle back to its first brightness, wash with soap and water, then make a paste of a knife powder and paraffin and scour well. Two or three cleanings, may be accessary to bring it back to Its orig­ inal brilliance. h * % The Bride and Her Maids / : Both the wedding gown and the wedding veil, according to the man- iates of the powers that be In making Vtyles, may be either long or .short, according to the fancy of the bride, the little, youthful maiden usually en- Joys very much the glory of the long- trained wedding gown, but if she would be original, or independent, she has an opportunity now to be correct; ly garbed In the most youthful of short skirts. For materials, chiffon, lace, voile and net, or satin, veiled ivith any one of the filmiest materials, seem to make the strongest appeal to the brides of thlB particular June. Em­ broidery of silver and seed pearls ap­ pears on the most splendid of wedding gowns and lace, especially if it be old and precious and has adorned the brides of the family before, comes in for worshipful attention. In the matter of the veil, few cap- like arrangements on the head appear as compared with more simple adjust­ ments. Orange blossoms or Jasmine flowers make the wreath and some veils fall over the face, reaching just below the chin or to the waist line at the front. At the back' the veil for the short dress may fall only to the knees. The splendid wedding gown shown in the picture is made with the con­ ventional long train, but Is cut "V" shaped at the neck. The bodice is veiled with chiffon and the tulle veil fall8> from a wreath of orange blos­ soms over the figure to the end of the flower-trimmed train. The bridesmaids' gowns are made of a thin material having graduated bands of satin around the full, straight skirts, the widest band forming the border at the bottom. The bodices of chiffon and Batin are made with round Dutch necks and flounces, lengthened I=*jh: 1 "5 v, at the back of the ana, extend fro#H\'- the short sleeves. ' 45 The maid of honor wears a girdle of flowers instead of satin and her bodice is draped with lace. All wear wid«j» brimmed hats, bordered with droopi|£ chiffon and trimmed with big roses at the front. All carry baskets with long > handles, filled with clusters of small blossoms. The handles are adorned with wide ribbon tied In bowa wltl|";.'- long ends. iiirf Queues on the Hate. .' Long, slim queues with bright beat# > on the one end and saucy little haU| on the other make Fifth ivenue 1^ New York look like the road to Man- dalay. There are cunning little hata shaped like pagodas which are trimmed with applied terra cotta chert ries. One of these hats has an unj derbrim of black patent leather braid and the black silk tassel on, top standi up straight. A black, tasseled ribbon streamer completes the hat. "The chin-chin" hat has a crown of shlrreq silk. The black milan rim covers both eyebrows and stops at nothing save the lashes. A queue of braided ribbon hangs at the back which has a tasael of jet beads at the end, reaching be*:,; low the waist. <--? -.•••u Dont Forget the Apron. In replenishing your wardrobe don¥?s forget to have at least one gown which can boast of an apron. For instance* on an afternoon gown of green soft taffeta attach a pointed uyiOu of the material, and at the proper placea have two little pockets. Have a two* Inch-wide belt at the top of the apron --this is to serve as the girdle of the dress--and let it run off into space in the form of apron strings, which aref to be tied In a pert bow. New Touches in Finishing Summer Blouses \ „ * . " • mi A group of three of the latest sum­ mer blouses pictured In the Illustra­ tion given here, shows some of the new finishing touches by which manu­ facturers accomplish variety in mak­ ing these waists. They are of pongee and crepe-de-chine. Machine hem­ stitching and buttons are the features depended upon for decoration, and occasional little oddities in the cut of collar and cuffs or yoke and body give individuality to the d^sigu. At the left a plain waist of pon­ gee, also made In crepe, has seams set together with machine hemstitching. The long, plain sleeves are finished at the wrist with a "hemstitched band instead of cuffs. Buttons are set on In groups and are often in red, green or black; the brightest of the green or red shades are used. At the right a dainty waist of crepe- de-chine is embroidered at each side with a flower spray in the shoulder seams, an insertion of Venetian lace ia set in. Hemstitched plaits down the front elaborate the model further, and the sleeves are long. The high collar is finished with hemstitching alBO. Round pearl buttons finish this model, which is dressier in character than the others. At the center a smart model la Pocket Atomizer. A recent novelty'is a pocket atom­ izer In the shape of a watch. The head or top has a small orifice, and the spray Is produced by pressing on the flexible metal sides. A miniature fun­ nel Is provided for the filling, which is done by unscrewing the head. Another atomizer consists of a small cylindri­ cal pump mounted on a cork so as to fit into any bottle and thus avoid han­ dling of the perfumes from one bottle to another. A plunge at the top serves to produce the spray from i itdtwi- shown having a plain round yoke. It is made of white crepe-de-chine and- the body is set to the yoke with hern^ stitching in black silk thread. In keeping with this novel Innovation the! small, round buttons are of black jet. • The odd collar and cuffs are cut with, points; the collar having three that- are hemstitched. Each point is fin*' ished with one of the jet buttons. * They are wired to support them, and turned back when the waist is worn.' Buttons decorate also the pointed cuffs. All stitching in this model ia|- done In black silk. sy JULIA BOTTOM LEY. ~ Cheap Oust Caps. • There Is no excuse for getting tharf1* hair dusty, for dust caps can be bought J in pretty prints In pink or violet and ; white for 12 cents each. These are really pretty cape, with . an elastic to keep them snug at the ! back, and a standing of ruchelike frill about the face. They are useful not only for sweeping and dusting, but for cooking. They keep any poaalhle dust from * the hair safely out of the way and ! they also keep the odors of cooking from entering the hair--where they would cling tenaciously. y* flee. The tube which descendsr into the liquid has a second or telescoping end &o that the tube can be extended down as far as the. bottom of the bottle and thus take up all the liquid.--Sci­ entific American. Be PcecWeak , Ur-JL J Be< doers rather than critics of the deeds that others do. Stand stoutly for your ideals; but keep In mind they can only be realiaed, even pafr tially, by practical methods A ac-wiw# meat.--THeow* Ito^ti^eli