18 JUNE 1937, Page 22

THE DUKE OF WINDSOR [To' the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.]

SIR,—I was much amused at the letter of a Mrs. G. M. Peach, announcing that, owing to your paragraph about the Duke of Windsor's marriage, she was ceasing to subscribe to The Spectator.

am reminded of the story of a young subaltern, who walked into Poole's, the famous tailorS, called for the head of the firm, and, after upbraiding him for the delay in delivering a suit of clothes, or uniform, announced that he was trans- ferring his patronage elsewhere. Whereat, Mr. Poole remarked quietly to one of his staff, " Put up the shutters, Mr. Blank has withdrawn his custom."—Yours faithfully, W. R. CUNLIFFE.

Junior Carlton Club, Pall Mall, S.W. r.