Latest Pictures from the Seat of War: Scenes at Meaux and on the banks of the Marne; a wrecked bridge; troops returning to Lierre after fighting at Termonde; the battlefield of Vareddes; Belgian gun-dogs, the soldiers' four-footed friends;...See moreLatest Pictures from the Seat of War: Scenes at Meaux and on the banks of the Marne; a wrecked bridge; troops returning to Lierre after fighting at Termonde; the battlefield of Vareddes; Belgian gun-dogs, the soldiers' four-footed friends; Capelle-au-Bois after the battle. Prominent society leaders of Washington, D.C. wear and exhibit cotton gowns at National Style Show. Shaft to Gen. Wadsworth is unveiled at Gettysburg battlefield. "N.Y.U." students and many prominent educators observe "University Day" at New York City. Two spectacular conflagrations destroy valuable property. Fashionable Riding School burns at Boston, Mass. causing $100,000 loss. Destruction of Grand Central Station at Houston, Tex., entails loss of $50,000. "Fire prevention" in Chicago, Ill., is visualized in unique manner by burning frame and brick structures as object lessons. Mayor Mitchel and his cabinet review first observance of "Fire Prevention Day" in New York City. Interesting and unique balloon flights are held simultaneously in the east and the west. The Boston "Braves" wallop the Philadelphia "Athletics" in four consecutive games, winning the 1914 Pennant and the World's Championship. Clubwomen of Los Angeles, Cal., collect and ship 15,000 "garments of love" with messages of peace to the warring nations of Europe. Written by
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