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SPECIAL PHOTOGRAV URE SECTION Life in Amrit&ar.?A picturesque street linger of Amritzar. Many disorders have occurred there which have been iteroly suppressed by troops, but *till has not suppressed the singing voice of the itinerant troubadour. Salvaging Sub marine.? During some recent naval maneuvers off the Coast of Ireland, the submersible U. C. 5, sprang a leak and was put out of commission. The photograph shows a lighter bringing the crip pled undersea boat to port Makes Hazardous Jump.?During some recent air maneuvers at the Army Flying Field of Long Island, one of the spectacular features was the leaping from airplanes, thousands of feet in the air, of daring aviators via the parachute route. The photograph shows one of the aviaton after making a perilous jump. (Z3eIot?)-Two Daring Aviator*.?One 6f the thrif ling event* of an aerial meet held al Mitchell Field, Long Island, was the double parachute jump by two Army avi ators, who leaped from a swift-going plane thousand* of feet above the earth. So well was the jump timed that the two leapers shown in the photograph reached terra 6rm? almost simultaneously. The Historic Pilgrim Club Dinner.?An historical photograph taken during the Pilgrim Club's dinnerV at which Colonel George Harvey, American Ambassador to the Court of St. James, was the principal speaker. The photograph shows, from left to right: the Duke of Vork, Colonel Harvey, the Duke of Connaught, and the Brit ish Prime Minister, Mr. LJoyd George. A New Fad.?Monkeys arc coming into their own again, as is evidenced by the above photograph. Society ladies have discarded their Chows and their Griffins for the chatter ing company of the Marmoset. ?. . - .. - - ?. . -^??^Tgrvc.r?" . ? ?,'... ? >' ' - ?. ??*?. : -r. A Tractor Chaufferette.?Miss Elsa Green feels the thrill of driving a ponderous tractor: Miss Green has always been interested in driving motor vehicles and handles the tractor with the skill of a mechanician.* WORLD NEWS PICTURES