6 JULY 1951, page 24

Sir, —i Have Been For Many Years A Most Appreciative Reader

of the Spectator, but I think you are asking for trouble by Nos. I and IV of ite series Making Ends Meet. The retired headmaster seemed to me to be living in luxury on his net......

Rules' For Adoption

Frankenburg writes about one hindrance to adoption ; I should like to draw attention to another. A friend and I. both unmarried and sharing a house, decided a short time ago, to......

B.z. Brides

SIR,—I have read Benjamin Richards's B.Z. Brides with interest. He attempts to tell us who they are, where they come from and why they marry British troops. Perhaps you will......

Sir,—when I Used The Expression " Working Classes" In My

letter which was published in the Spectator for June 22nd, I was by no means silly enough to suppose, as one of your correspondents seems to imagine, that other classes did no......

Church Repairs And The State

SIR,—I hope that Lord Kilmaine's plea for help from the State for ancient churches may not be dismissed too lightly. Many of us clergy find ourselves in the position of being......

Sir, —mr. Barber, I Feel Sure, Misinterprets The Purpose...

articles Making Ends Meet. Like hlm I am Wit ordinary worker living in the midst of an essentially workin-class district. And my income is only half that of the retired......