25 APRIL 1952, Page 16

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 115

Set by Mervyn Horder "Ah well, I must stop now, as the watch said when the little boy filled it full of treacle," wrote Lear in one of his letters. A prize of £5, which may be divided, is offered for not more than three new Welleresque similes, tacked on to any of the following everyday utterances : How do you do ? Better late than never ; Yours in haste ; I couldn't care less ; He's had it ; Have a go !

Entries must be addressed to the Spectator, 99 Gower Street, London, W.C.1, in envelopes marked " Competition,'.' and must be received not later than May 7th. Results will be published in the Spectator of May 16th.