It was announced on Tuesday that the exact total raised
in London during "Business Men's Week" (which ended last Satur- day) by the sale of War Bonds and War Savings Certificates was £75,069,188, a very impressive and satisfactory sum. During the special " Week " Trafalgar Square was the focus of popular interest. The earlier and simpler device of a Tank as collecting-station was greatly elaborated. It was improved . out of all . knowledge, and one might say that the Square was altered in the same degree The " finest site in Europe ' was decorated, and the front of the National Galleries camouflaged by a large picture of great patriotic fervour and somewhat limited artistic value. The western pond was filled, for the first time since the war, for the accommodation of models of warships, launched by Admiral Sims, of the U.S. Navy. People waiting to buy War. Bonds, from a lady in an airship gondola, were stimulated by coffee served from a motor. kitchen under orders for the Italian Front. Pigeons brought cheques ; and one bird, by arriving first in the Square from the Royal Exchange, won a £50 Bond for its owner. Airships hovered and circled overhead, shouting encouragement to buyers in large letters, and dropping circulars to the same intent Brilliantly lit at night, the Square resembled a country fair. The organizers of this demonstration will not find it easy to better their own ingenuity and resource on future occasions ; but no doubt they will be equal to the task of ascending difficulty that they have set themselves.
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