22 JANUARY 1927, Page 18

[To -the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sin,—I have read that

whereas the number seven symbolically signifies "Perfection," six (the nearest below) represents the number of the Devil. Six is everywhere an unlucky day and even now there-linger many superstitions about the sixth day (Friday). The reason given is that it falls fatally below seven, the number of completeness, and represents the' highest possible point of attainment apart from God. The numbers, in fact, represent the eternal antagonism between The Good and The Evil. Hence, in- the disorders of the world, we make colloquial use of the expression of their being at "sixes and sevens."--I am, Sir, &c.,

MAUGIIAN HUMBLE,

Studley, Yorkshire.