A RED CROSS PROBLEM.
[To rem EDITOR Of Ins " SPECTATOR:1
61/2,—We are so continually being instructed by the Press as to what we should eat, drink, grow, spend, invest, and so forth, that some of us are rather bewildered as to what our duty is. Here is a case—the Red Cross Sale at Christie's. We are asked to send contributions, jewels, plate, china, &c. Now to ensure the success of the sale there must be purchasers. If we send a Charles II. tankard worth £100 we acquire merit, but if we spend £11.0 on the purchase of the tankard what is our position? It is obvious that if we help the Red Cross, that is all to the good; but, on the other hand, we are told that any expenditure on articles of luxury is wrong, and detrimental to the best interests of the country, and that every penny we can save ought to go into the War Loan. It seems to me you cannot have it both ways.—I am,
Sir, &c., IGNORAIIER. MOST about the dealers, and rich non-subscribing neutrals? Their money is not likely to reach the Red Cross except through the purchase of gifts in kind to the Red Cross.—ED. Spectator.]
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