28 APRIL 1967, Page 3

April Shower

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

(born March 29) Men born within a fortnight of 1 April are on average slightly less intelligent than people born at any other time.—Psychological study by Ministry of Defence.

Oh, March's babe is puny,

And as a general rule Beyond the average-loony.

March hare makes April fool.

Subnormal, undernourished, Foul, deboshed Caliban. The sort has rarely flourished Nor made the allotted span.

Yet scouring all the tannin off,

We find the ivory plain,

Theres Bach and there's Rachmaninoff, Descartes and Charlemagne.