SEEING THE WAR

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 181, 7 April 1915, Page 2

SEEING THE WAR

THROUGH A TELESCOPE. The editor of Life is pursuing hi-' brilliant and successful policy of d->-votieg a large sec Hon of his magazii:'-* to a review of the war as a whole. D; Fiiclic-it irf. particularly well-equipped for dissecting and estimating the valtf': of the news that comes to us in dribs and drabs through the cables. He knows every foot of the battlegrounds, and is familiar with both ancient and modern methods of warfare. Consequently, the five sections Into which lie divides his review of the '-vyr in the April issue of Life — Lost to hand —are five complete little studies that, tog-ether, make a perfect record of the operations during the month. It was a happy thought to combine with these an illustrated article describing "The Day's Work of the Minister for Defence,", Senator P.-zorge Foster Pearce. Senator Pcarce began life as a carpenter, and by dim of close application and sound commonReuse he acquired an exceptional knowledge that fitted him for his present position. A review of "King Albert's Book," a department of war poetry, iuul a series of ten short articles, in »hich Germany is put under the micro,'T:,n. round out the war features of fh'iM icifiue, And tiiore are, besides, ir-Miy interesting and informative art" cles and departments «»ovorVr.g ti: usual wide range, and making Life i April an invaluable sixpenn'ortfa f<. man or woman.