11 OCTOBER 1957, Page 29

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 400

• Set by Blossom 'I do not think that you did right. Would it not have been better to have told your employer and fiancé that the package only contained a cookery book, or did you deliberately engineer a mis- understanding?' A prize of six guineas is offered for the original letter which might have prompted this reply by 'Miss Lonely Hearts' or similar sage. Limit 200 words.

Entries, addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 400,' 99 Gower Street, London, WC1, by October 22. Results on November 1.,