We long to see such a statue, with an appropriate
inscription, placed in some prominent position in London. The material should obviously be bronze, and we do not see why a skilful sculptor should not let his metal have a patina which would be just the colour of dark khaki. It is difficult to suggest what would be the best place for such a statue. The point, indeed, raises the whole question of the supreme war memorial. For ourselves, we cannot help feeling that there is a great deal to be said for conferring this honour upon the new Charing Cross Bridge, and adorning it with statues and bas-reliefs, dedicated not to individuals, but to the various types of combatants who have shed their 'blood for their, native land. Personally, the present writer' dreams of a five-arch bridge, the middle arch having a greater span than the rest, with the road level falling away slightly on each aide from its crown. As women in a special way symbolize the con- tinuity of the race, and are those for whom we fight when we speak of -fighting for our hearths and homes, we would have on each side of the centre arch a woman's figure, one representing a Red Cross -nurse in her habit as she lives and works, and the• other representing a woman munition-worker wearing the dress so delightfully depicted the other day in. Punch, and holding a newly made 'shell-case in her hands. These two female figures would crown the work.
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