1 JUNE 1918, Page 12

[To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR, —May I add

as another example of " Continental English" a notice seen in the dining-room of an hotel at Lugano in 1912 ? "Guests are requested to be in time for meals, otherwise they will not catch the running plate " (p/at courant).—I am, Sir, he., SUSAN G. BAIRD.