CIVIC ARTS AND WAR MEMORIALS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR."l
Sus,—Would you kindly allow it to be stated in your columns that the Civic Arts Association is about to hold a small Exhibition of Designs for War Memorials ? The Exhibition will be open from the 18th to the 29th inst. in rooms which have been generously put at the disposal of the Association by the Royal Institute of British Architects at 9 Conduit Street, Bond Street, W. The subjects comprise important monuments for special sites, and also designs for small and inexpensive objects which may, it is hoped, meet a general demand. The members of the Association arc anxious that all the memorials called for by the terrible war may be, each of its kind, as fine and worthy as possible, for all these things arc parts of the civilization of which they will be records ; they are memorials not only of individuals whom we wish to honour, but also of this age and of the people who set them up. While dealing with war memorials at the present moment, the Association exists to promote the arts of town life generally, and it is anxious to call the attention of all town-dwellers to the need for continued and increased Effort after beauty and order in all our towns and public services.-
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