30 NOVEMBER 1951, Page 15

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 94

Set by Lewis Petrie

A prize of f5,. which may be divided, is offered for a Christmas greeting to any two of the following : the Income-tax Collector, yowl M.P., your Secretary, a Modern Poet, a Hotel Chef, a Radio Comic. a Gardening Enthusiast, a Food Faddist. Each greeting should con- sist of four lines of rhyming verse, suitable for inscription in a Christmas card. These, while ostensibly seasonable, should enable the discerning reader to infer the writer's real feelings about th4 recipient.

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked. " Competition," and must be received not later than December 10th. Results will be published its' the Spectator of December 21st.