ECONOMY AND THRIFT.
[To TIN EDITOE Or TNN "SPECTATOR."]
Sin,—The whole nation at the present time is being exhorted by the Government to practise economy and thrift. The Prime Minister stated at the Guildhall that " waste on the part either of individuals or of classes, always foolish and short-sighted, is in these times nothing short of a national danger," and, again: " If you save more you can lend the State more, and the nation will be pro- portionately enabled to pay for the war out of its own pocket." In the face of these pronouncements is it not something of a scandal that newspaper proprietors should be inviting the less well-informed portion of the community to subscribe to so-called skill competitions, or, in other words, veiled lotteries P The following placards recently displayed all over the country will give some idea of what is soma people's idea of patriotism :—
" DITTOES THE TALK Or LONDON."
"E250 FOR. Two WORDS."
"41,000 This WEEK MUST BE WoN."
".E1,000 Now WON BY Fenn READERS."
And so on. Perhaps it is unnecessary to point out that there is absolutely no guarantee for the bola fides of these competi-'
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