17 AUGUST 1951, Page 16

Making Ends Meet

SIR.—Before the awful moralisings of Walter Taplin die away, may I gild the lily with a simple saw.—" Twopence saved is threepence earned." And for the fortunate ones who pay standard rate of income tax this is an understatement. Even a poor parson earns about fourpence by not writing to the Spectator ! —Yours faithfully, C. H. Btrict.En. Crawley Rectory, Sussex.