24 MARCH 1917, Page 12

[To THE EDITOR Or THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—Lord Desborough's advice

in the Spectator of March 17th

suggests the following:—

A tooth for a tooth, and an eye for an eye,

Were the lessons we learnt in our youth; Now Lord Desborough shows how the care of an eye Will provide for the needs of a tooth.