12 JANUARY 1895, page 12

Letters To The Editor.

OLD-AGE PENSIONS. [To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTRTOR.".1 Spa, — May I claim a portion of your space for some com- ments or strictures on the scheme propounded by Mr. Chamberlain,......

Omens From Birds.

M IYOJI ITO, Secretary-General of the Imperial Cabinet of Japan, and a Member of the House of Peers, has presented to the Mikado a memorandum of "an unprece- dentedly auspicious......

The Luxury Of Shabbiness.

R. COMMISSIONER KERR made a remark a few days ago to the effect that "only rich people can afford to dress shabbily." It was, perhaps, a hasty generali- cation, but it is......