11 NOVEMBER 1922, Page 39

" THE TOILS OF YOSHITO3MO."

[To the Editor of the SpEcTAroa.] SIR,—In the criticism which appeared in the Spectator of The Toils of Yoshitomo, I note that Mr. W. J. Turner drew attention to my inability to open and close my fan in a proper manner.

I would like to point out that Mr. Torahiko Kori, the author, informed us that at the period in which his play was set the courtiers did not open their fans. I admit that this sounds a curious fact, but nevertheless it is true, and accounts for my apparently poor display in using my fan.—I am,