1 AUGUST 1931, Page 18

It is to be hoped that Sir W. Beach Thomas

will not adopt the practice of his eat (Spectator, July 25th, p. 112) of looking to the left when starting across the road, and to the right when half way over. Only an animal possessed of nine lives can afford to do that in this country—and only about eight times.—A. R. Boxus, Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, S.W. 1.