EROS AND BRIGHTER CLOTHES
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Having regard to the approaching return of Eros to Piccadilly Circus, this forming in itself a bridge with the pre- War years, may I appeal through your columns to the younger men of to-day to do their utmost to get England back to the spacious days for which Mr. Coward so admirably pleads at the conclusion of his remarkable Cavalcade?
For too long have we worn the sombre hues in dress and in mien demanded by the wreckage of the post-War decade, and now that there is an attempt, and a wish to recapture the dignity, the gracious elegance and the peace so intimately associated with England, I would ask that we younger men should play our part in this effort by becoming more decorative in dress, more elegant in manner. Greatness and dignity, and the spaciousness of attitude so interwoven with these are the products, if not the sponsors, of Aristocracy, and I feel that England should remember that if she would lead, she must cultivate the aristocratic virtues.—I am, Sir, &c., G. LE MARQDAND BOWEN.
The Orchard, Shortlands, Kent.
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