• THE VOICE OF UNDER THIRTY [To the Editor of
THE SPECTATOR.] SIR,—Two comments : (r) Tout comprendre, c'est tout par- donner. Those who have written to castigate or condemn these writers must have forgotten what it was like to be young. There is not a word which I would not like to have read ; there was much of profound interest : but—in ten years' time they would all say something different. One grows, and one changes, and though the elders may have cause to worry, the odds are that they would pick the wrong " under thirty's " to worry about. (2) There are just two articles on which I would like to comment. The most bitter and tragic article was No. 6. The writer is suffering terribly from ignorance ; I'm sure this will be remedied, in time. I should wager that she will get into the " Oxford " Group before long ; but before this becomes a possibility I would rather she actually lived in a " sordid " district such as the one where I am, and she would gain a lot of knowledge which would surprise her ! The most glorious article (I can't refrain from using the word) is No. 10. Will the writer forgive me if I say (much to her surprise) that here speaks that most rare voice—a Christian Saint ? No further compliment could please her, and perhaps she will understand.—Yours, &c., P. M. GEDGE, 40 Tabard Street, S.E. r.
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