Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3826/Some Facts About the War
(An essay in the prevailing mode.)
The actual cost of hostilities has been estimated by reliable authorities at the enormous sum of £143,468 0s. 0½d. per diem for this country alone. The odd halfpenny presumably represents the cost of an evening edition bought by the official contradictor in the exercise of his duties.
Amongst the (more or less) skilled industries that have been gravely affected by the outbreak of histilities must now be placed the making of prophetic fiction. It is calculated that the number of novels dealing with The Next Great War that have had to be scrapped must run well into four figures.
On the other hand, the number of novelists who will in the future begin their Historical Romances, "It was in the late summer of 1914," is beyond human calculation.
In view of the reported insurance of Westminster Abbey against damage by air-craft, a correspondent asks what steps are being taken towards the illumination of the Albert Memorial.
It is at least odd that Olympia should have been selected as the Ideal Home for our Undesirable Aliens. The last German production in the same building was The Miracle. Many of the interned are said to be expecting another.