New York: Thousands cheer President Wilson as he starts speaking campaign in favor of administration program for increasing national defense. Stockholm: Picked soldiers of the Swedish Army guard the royal palace. Interesting motion pictures show the ceremonies as the guards are changed. New York: In a suburb, twenty-one stories above Broadway, on the roof of the Arona Building, children raise vegetables in a novel roof garden. Washington, D.C: Girls of the Western High School form a rifle club and will compete with boys for honors on the Target Range. Washington, D.C: Louis D. Brandeis, whose nomination for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court has aroused the interest of the entire country, poses for the Hearst-Vitagraph News. Quebec, Canada: Canadian athletes gather on the ice to contest in the ancient Scot game of Curling. Manchester, Mass: Dare-devil Jack Murphy plunges one hundred feet into the icy Merrimac River while spectators gasp. New York: Latest fashions in negligees and morning robes from leading Fifth Avenue designers. Portland, Texas: Big gas well catches fire and becomes a torch, throwing the flames 150 feet into the air, illuminating country for miles around. Washington, D.C: Ralph Coffin, member of the Washington Hunt Club, uses friend's automobile as obstacle and rides his pony, "Rabbit," in a daring leap over the machine. Sahara Desert: French army engineers rush work on strategic railway through the desert, designed to carry troops to the defense of the Suez Canal. Quebec, Canada: Canadians enlisted for overseas services drill on ice-covered ground and scoop trenches in snow drifts. Mr. Nobody Holme Buys a Jitney: Cartoonist T. E. Powers gives a graphic picture of his troubles.
—Moving Picture World synopsis