17 JANUARY 1947, Page 16

HOW TO FALL OUT OF A WINDOW

Snt,—Your correspondents on the " defenestration " of Prague refer to the piety of the toners, and to the convenient heal) of dung. Perhaps they and your other readers have not heard of the intelligent schoolboy study- ing this incident who, knowing the familiar Latin motto, remarked, "I

see, Dew dat excrementum."—Yours faithfully, LESLIE STEPHENS. East Grove, Dry Hill Road, Tonbridge, Kent.