27 MARCH 1959, Page 21

SIR,—This problem has long intrigued me, but I have now

solved it. A few slight clues have emerged during the past year or so. He/she is familiar with the intimate details of ladies' hairdressing salons (only the hardiest of males dare enter). He/she is addressed as 'Sir' by dining-car attendants (a female is seldom thus spoken to). He/she is much interested in the washing of babies* nappies (a matter of great concern to both male and female). Therefore my ineluctable deduction is that he/she is a hermaphrodite; and finally I would suggest that his/her name is Leslie and that his/hers is Adrian.—Yours faithfully,