Brooklyn, N.Y: The reward of their toil is at last to be reaped and school children studying the tasks of rural life eagerly harvest the crops they planted. Subtitles: 1. A prize farmer; 2. One of the happiest moments in a boy's life. New ...See moreBrooklyn, N.Y: The reward of their toil is at last to be reaped and school children studying the tasks of rural life eagerly harvest the crops they planted. Subtitles: 1. A prize farmer; 2. One of the happiest moments in a boy's life. New Haven, Conn: In the presence of thirty-five thousand graduates and friends, Yale celebrates the two hundredth anniversary of the founding of the college in this city. Subtitle: 1. Hundreds participate in an allegorical pageant illustrating the history of the institution. New York City: Thomas A. Edison arrives to visit the National Exposition of electrical devices and instruments which he made possible as the master of this mysterious force. Las Cruces, New Mexico: Eighteen thousand National Guardsmen, comprising a large part of the militia now left on the border, engage in battle practice. Subtitles: 1. Getting accustomed to trench fighting; 2. General Morton and staff direct the troop movements; 3. Some of the boys receive an outdoor sermon from the village priest. Paris, France: Mrs. W.K. Vanderbilt, the noted American millionairess, devotes her time to aiding wounded Americans now fighting with the Allies. Salonica, Greece: Russian troops are now ready to take an active part in the Allies' campaign to liberate Serbia. Subtitle: 1. Soldiers of the Entente powers are to be seen everywhere on the streets of Salonica. The Battle of the Somme: The light field guns are an important factor in the great artillery duel, and the Allies keep them in readiness for an attack after huge howitzers have blasted an opening. Subtitles: 1. A battery waiting for the order to advance; 2. Infantry make their way to the front line through the connecting trenches. Most Advance Styles in Men's Smart Clothes for Fall and Winter (shown by courtesy of The Stein-Bloch Company, Rochester. N.Y.) The Ennyweather (Cravenette proofed) An extremely stylish overcoat for rain or shine. The Light-Weight Avebury. A coat combining jauntiness and dignity. The Dunmore. A smart belted ulster for street or motor wear. The Ormonde. Especially designed for the young athletic figure. Chicago, Ill: Suffragettes are out in large force to give a demonstration expressing their political feelings when President Wilson arrives in the Windy City. Subtitle: 1. Their banners are torn in riots that follow the demonstration. Los Angeles, Cal: The Hay-Chamberlain Act authorizing an increase in the National Guard is meeting with hearty response and one coast artillery corps of 900 men is quickly formed. Subtitles: 1. The new recruits pledge their country three years of active service and three years of reserve; 2. The coast defense guns which these men will learn to operate. Boston, Mass. (Boston only): Battery A of the Massachusetts crack corps of noted militiamen return from duty on the Mexican border. Subtitle: 1. Learning to be a soldier boy. San Francisco, Cal. (San Francisco only): Many beautiful floats are entered in a gala water pageant depicting the Landing of Columbus. Subtitle: 1. The float carrying the King and Queen of the Carnival. Written by
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