Scene—Louvain.

Imperial Patron of Art. "Don't trouble about architectural details; just get a broad effect of culture." [A well-known battle painter of Düsseldorf has been commissioned by the Kaiser to make studies of the present campaign.]


HIS FIRST VICTORY.

"Yes, I like the kit," she said, "and I'm glad you came to show yourself, because I've got a little present for you." He winced.

"I ought to say," he remarked, "that I have already received five barbed-wire-cutters, three vacuum flasks, eleven comforters, six writing blocks——"