31 MAY 1913, Page 18

[TO Mt EDITOR 01 THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Fifty years ago "Mothering"

Sunday was still observed in Monmouthshire, although the custom was fast dying out and, as far as I can recollect, it was then only the smaller and poorer class of confectioners' shops that made a display of " Mothering" cakes, i.e., smartly decorated cakes with " To Mother" or "To dear Mother," in "icing" letters across the top. But a relative of mine once told me that in her younger days—she was born in 1819, I think—she and her brothers and sisters always joined forces and bought a cake to give their mother on Mid-Lent Sunday.—I am, Sir, &c.,