Philadelphia, Pa: "Piano Marathon" is latest sport. Endurance test for continuous playing lasts 65 hours and 7 minutes. Marblehead, Mass: Hydroplane built to control torpedo by wireless has first test. Brocton, Mass: Inaugural shoes for ...See morePhiladelphia, Pa: "Piano Marathon" is latest sport. Endurance test for continuous playing lasts 65 hours and 7 minutes. Marblehead, Mass: Hydroplane built to control torpedo by wireless has first test. Brocton, Mass: Inaugural shoes for President Wilson. Making the shoes which he will wear when he takes the oath of office on March 4th. Washington, D.C: M. Ljoubomir Michaelovitch, First Serbian Minister to the United States. Kingsland, N.J: Munition plant blows up. Shakes six states. Four million dollars' loss. Subtitle: The streets of this little village resemble a European battlefield. Washington, D.C: Suffragists "picket" the White House. The President is reminded daily that women would vote. New London, Conn: The Spanish submarine Isaac Paral. Passing through Cape Cod Canal. Will load munitions here. New York City: Pontine Coat designed and made by Royant of Paris. Hat of same material. Subtitles: Posed exclusively for the Mutual Weekly by Miss Sybil Carmen of The Midnight Frolic. Bag carried on walking stick to give parasol effect. The bag of Pontine to match hat and coat. Hosettes are the latest novelty for walking, beach and boudoir. (Courtesy Aristo Hosiery Co., Inc., N.Y.) New York City: What the men will wear. (Courtesy Nat Lewis, haberdasher, New York) Subtitles: Walking suit, black and white English stripe trousers, white flannel waist coat, Oxford gray cutaway coat. Motor coat and cap to match. Mustard colored unfinished worsted box pleat in back. A field post office. Handling Tommy Atkins' mail at the front. New York City: A dog chauffeur. Trained collie drives an automobile through city traffic. Traveling at 500 miles an hour a possibility. Chicago may become a suburb of New York. Congress of scientists discuss plan. Dewey funeral. San Francisco, Cal: Forest rangers entertained by city firemen. Woodsmen see how city fires are fought. Stevens Point, Wis: Almost plunged into frozen river. Engineer killed. Rainier National Park: "Mountaineer" Club enjoys hike. Twelve feet of snow covers Paradise Valley. Written by
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