17 JANUARY 1925, Page 16

COMPETITION

THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR " OFFERS A PRIZE OF £5 FOR AN ORIGINAL FOUR-LINE EPIGRAM ON " THE MODERN WORLD."

RULES.

1. All entries must be received on or before Friday, January 23rd.

2. Envelopes must be addressed : " Epigram," the Spectator, 13 York Street, Covent Garden, London, W.C. 2.

3. The name and address (or the pseudonym) of every competitor must be written clearly at the foot of his manuscript.

4. The Editor cannot return any manuscript submitted for the competition, nor can he enter into correspondence with competitors.

5. The Editor reserves the right of printing any manuscript submitted.

6. Any epigram which mentions psycho-analysis, rejuvena- tion, Bolshevism, jazz, modern poetry or modern art will be severely handicapped, but not necessarily disqualified.

[In reply to inquiries, the Editor would inform competitors that the epigrams must contain neither more nor less than four lines of verse, and that each competitor may send in as many epigrams as he wishes.]