A CHURCH BREAKFAST
[To the Editor of THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—With reference to the last paragraph of "A Spectator's Notebook" in last week's issue of The Spectator, the actual facts are as follows : The Patronal Festival of the church in question falls on a week-day, and in order to enable parishioners who wish to come to the early service to get to their work in time, breakfast is being served in the adjoining Parish Room. An ordinary act of courtesy and hospitality to which no exception can be taken.
The facts were, of course, misrepresented to increase the news value, and I gained the same impression as " Janus " when I first read the paragraph, but I know the Vicar concerned personally, and therefore re-read it, and I have since verified the accuracy of the interpretation given above.
Unfortunately contradictions never gain much publicity, but I hope you will publish this letter, and perhaps you will also inform "Janus."—Yours faithfully,
104 Draycott Avenue, G. M. LLOYD-JONES. Kenton, Harrow, Middlesex.
[" Janus " writes : "This is, of course, a full and adequate explanation, and I am glad that my paragraph should have elicited it."]
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