17 MARCH 1923, Page 10

[To the Editor of the Sracrerorq

Sm,—Allow me to compliment you on your suggestion to allow your readers to have a say in the policy and future life

of your paper. No doubt the Spectator forms the opinion of many, and it is only fair that when the time comes those readers should have a voice in the future of their friend and schoolmaster. I therefore congratulate the proprietor on his broad views of allowing the readers to know that they will have an opportunity of establishing the character •of the Spectator. I would suggest that you grade the life of your subscribers ; for instance, a subscriber of thirty should not get in at the same rate as one of seventy years of age.—I am, Sirs