10 APRIL 1915, Page 16

[To WOE Eorros spree Sencraron..] 8111,—Amongst mixed metaphors the most

delightful I think I have ever heard was the statement of a Town Councillor in a Hampshire town some years ago, during a discussion on projected expenditure on town improvements. "Gentlemen," he mid, "we will have nothing to do with it; it is but the thin end of a white elephant." This may be new to some of your readers.—I am, Sir, &a., H. G. CHANDLER.

Post Office, Bars ham, Sussex.