27 MARCH 1920, Page 14

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR...9 Sra,—Lady Georgia.na Peel's

charming story of Lord John Russell and the hairdresser must, fortunately for Mr. Punch, have become public property, for I well remember the enclosed development-with an illustration appearing in Punch. It must, however, have seen the light during a later outbreak of cholera, as in the year 1843 I was only two years old.—I am, Sir, &c., The Glebe, Pensh.urst, Tenbridge. L. C. F. • CAVNISDISH.

Scene. -A gentleman in the hands of a hairdresser. "Cholera in the h'air, Sir, I understand."

Gentleman. "Good gracious! I hope you take care what brushes you use."

Hairdresser." No, Sir, I don't mean the 'air of the 'cad, but the h'air of the h'atmosphere."