7 MAY 1948, Page 16

THE TEMPLES OF JANUS

Sot,—In your issue of April 23rd Janus is presumptuous. How dare be say "It is well to be reminded now and then of the influence exerted on the country . . . by the existence in the royal palaces of a type of simple and unaffected family life for which every cottage and every suburban villa would be better." Does Janus live in a cottage or a suburban villa,

I wonder ?—Yours sincerely, A. M. HASSELL.

4 Oxford Road, Redhill, Surrey.

[Janus writes: In both: a suburban villa in the week ; in a cottage at week-ends.]