New Orleans, La: Armless, he's driving auto across continent. Frank E. Fithen finds his affliction no handicap in guiding his six-cylinder car. Subtitle: A postcard for the "Missus." New York City: Weds girl who nursed him in war hospital....See moreNew Orleans, La: Armless, he's driving auto across continent. Frank E. Fithen finds his affliction no handicap in guiding his six-cylinder car. Subtitle: A postcard for the "Missus." New York City: Weds girl who nursed him in war hospital. Capt. Stecanovitch, Serbian officer, takes as bride Miss Valeria Bastlova, who saved his life in Balkan war. Chicago, Ill: Pastor gets surplus potato crop for poor. Rev. Johnston Myers bridges gap from overcrowded bins to empty stomachs. Subtitles: Children carrying potatoes home. Rev. Johnston Myers. Chicago. Ill: Daring steeplejack descends 23 stories hand over hand on rope from hotel roof. Subtitle: Edmund von Kaenel. New Orleans, La: Use novel method to obtain recruits. Members of Washington Battery show workings of gun of increasing enlistments. Llandudno, Wales: Lloyd-George reviews regiment of Welshmen on St. David's Day. Subtitle: Lloyd-George in foreground, wearing derby hat. Dover, England: This baby boy wins the sleeping championship. Even the destruction of his perambulator by a Zeppelin bomb failed to awaken him. Subtitle: The baby and his parents. His father is Quarter-Master Sergeant Radjon. Paris, France: Secondary school students' hearts are in their drills while war goes on. Subtitle: Minister Sarrant salutes the flag. Winchester, England: Too young to fight, still they can help. Boy Scouts aid Kitchener's army by building huts and stables. Near Przemysl, Austria, Remarkable photographs by Mr. Ercole, staff correspondent of Pathe News of the big Russian siege guns that caused the surrender of the Austrian stronghold. Subtitle: Some Cossacks who took part in the siege of Przemysl. Cartoon: Teasing the eagle, a favorite Mexican pastime. "He's so tame he'll eat out of my hand." Written by
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