10 AUGUST 1918, Page 14

THE RED CROSS PEARLS.

[To THE Enrroa or TEl "Srscviros."1 Sia,—Now that the raffling of the Red Cross pearls has been rendered impossible by the rejection of the War Charities Lotteries Bill, I beg to suggest a more excellent way. Hundreds of pounds have been raised by exhibiting the pearls here. Could they not be sent round the world for exhibition until the war is over or a sufficient harvest has been reaped? Then let them be given to the countries Germany has outraged, to be worn by the wives of their rulers on State occasions in memory of those who died for them and us—notably on the anniversary of that great Thanks- giving Day which shall see their deliverance from German