[To THR EDITOR Or TER " SPICTATOR."]
have read with disgust the nauseous attempts of Mr. Parke, "A Working Journalist," and Mr. Reid in your last issue to justify the Cadburys and the Rowntrees in their practical application of the doctrine that it is right to do evil that good may come. But their apologists in no way add to, or improve upon, what has already been said by a master of their art. Tartuffe sums up in eight lines all the sophistries that these gentlemen have spread over four and a half columns :- " Jo puffs vows dissiper ces craintes ridicules, Madame ; et je sais fart de lever lea scrapules. Le ciel defend, de vrai, certain contentements; Alfas on trouve avec lui des accommodements. Salon divers besoins, it est une science D'etendre les liens de notre conscience, Et de rectifier le mal de l'action Avec la purete de notre intention."* "A Working Journalist " makes wild efforts to defend himself and " the incriminated families " by telling us of their com- bined patriotic endeavours to spread progressive ideas in betting papers. Such sentiments make me remember two
things, first, the story of the keeper of a house of ill-fame, who said she always had family prayers for the young ladies ;
and secondly, Dr. Johnson's definition of patriotism.—I am,
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