25 APRIL 1958, Page 43

SPECTATOR COMPETITION No. 428 Set by Papoose My copy. of

Chambers's Dictionary has a habit of opening at the page whose first entry is the word 'serendipity.' This always makes me imagine a poem beginning: 'Is it an innate seren- dipity . . .'.Competitors are invited to complete the poem for me in not more than sixteen lines. Prize: six guineas.

Entries. addressed 'Spectator Competition No. 428,' 99 Gower Street. London,'WCI, by May 6. Results on May 16.