ARE THE ALLIES REALLY WINNING?

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1433, 5 August 1915, Page 4

ARE THE ALLIES REALLY WINNING?

Once more in Life, for August, Dr. Fitchett gives us a wonderful review of the fighting of the month In Europe and on the sea. In the course of one section of this review Dr Fitchett frankly admits that the month has been one of disappointments. In bis usual vigorous and picturesque style Dr Fitchett then outlines the fighting of the month on both fronts and in Gallipoli. Having done so, he proceeds to point out the bright spots in the landscape and to analyse the disappointments. The result is that he shows us very clearly that in reality the balance during tire month has tipped in the Allies’ favour. It is a practical aud heartening pronouncement that gives the reader a wonderfully clear-eyed view of the war. Readers of this August issue of Life will notice that the. KditoMs by no means devoting his entire space to the war; on the contrary, we find such illustrated articles as “Morrissey of the Snakes,” illustrated with some remarkable photographs, and telling some of the adventures ol that widely known character, who says of himself: “I reckon I’m the chap that they wrote the p;overb about tha} ‘a rollin’ stone gathers no mos.’ ’’ The departments in Life are, as usual, filled with good things for the busy man. If Life is unobtainable locally, a 3s postal note sent to T. Shaw Fitchett, 376 Swauston Street, Melbourne, will bring it by post for six months.