San Diego, Cal: Miss Tiny Broadwick sails in army aeroplane at aviation station and floats 1,400 feet to earth in parachute. New York: Letters addressed to Santa Claus from children of New York made into bust of Kris Kringle by Santa Claus Association. Brookline, Mass: Society women visit children's hospital and present fruit to sick children on orange day. New York: Columbia University baseball squad starts practice on its own field. Venice, Cal: Barney Oldfield wins 301 Venice Grand Prize auto race, making entire distance without a stop. Catania, Sicily: Festival of St. Agatha draws a vast crowd from all parts of Italy. New York: Latest fashions are posed for the Hearst-Selig News Pictorial exclusively by Lucile, Lady Duff-Gordon. New York: Children's bread line forms outside Hotel De Gink, and hungry little ones are fed. Lisbon, Portugal: Portuguese troops depart for Port West Africa, to defend colony against threatened German invasion. Lowicz, Russian Poland: Red Cross corps in eastern war theater improvise ambulances out of carts and carriages to remove wounded to rear. Toronto, Ont: Troops ready to be sent to England as the second contingent of the Canadian expeditionary force are reviewed by the people of Toronto.
—Moving Picture World synopsis