[TO TER EDITOR OY THE SPECTATOR.")
SIR,--Reaaing about the Marconi inquiry has reminded me of a Chinese proverb which (as far as I know) is not exactly represented by any English congener. I have thought that in case you were not already acquainted with it you might care to hear it. It is to the following effect : "Do not tie your shoe in a melon patch, nor set your hat straight in a peach orchard." The "Caesar's wife rule," to which you have referred, brings one into the same line of country, but the Chinese saying seems to me more generally applicable. It is not easy to be Caesar's wife, but almost anyone could remember to keep 'a safety margin between himself and the melons and peaches, even if they are refreshing fruit.—I am, (Consul for Xiungchow, retired).
Moorbach, Narberth, Pembrokeshire.
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