20 FEBRUARY 1926, Page 19

A REPLY TO MISS FYLEMAN [To the Editor of the

SPECTATOR.] Siu,—A reply to Miss Rose Fyleman " I think you're mistaken, Miss Fyleman These ' garments of purposeful care ' Have tended instead to degrade man Below the wild beast in his lair. For sex-invitation you need not Wear stockings of silk on your legs ; Jenny wren has not even a top-knot ; And yet pretty Jenny lays eggs ! "

am, Sir, &c.,

II. W. H. H.