LIFE MEMBERSHIP OF THE "SPECTATOR."
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I am delighted that your " lifer " scheme has "found " itself. I believe that it is a good egg and that events may prove that you builded even better than you knew. I am all a-twitter for the great adventure of the first meeting. I am consumed with curiosity to see you and your colleagues in the flesh. Your clothes, for instance. Will you be dressed in plus fours or will your morning coats cause us all to want to know the name of your tailor ? And what will you think of your first clutch of " lifers" ? And what will we "lifers" think of each other ? I shall most certainly come with a speech prepared which I as certainly shall not deliver, for I know that I shall be so diverted by the proceedings that I shall forget all about the great ideas which I was tO present to you. I do hope that the " lifers " will turn up in full strength. I almost think that on this first historic parade you are entitled to command attendance, or in default demand reasons in writing which can be read out to those present. Slackness would be unpardonably bad manners.—I am, Sir,
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