28 JANUARY 1955, Page 15

told by the science master to 'look at facts like

a little child'; and to have to imagine that my sisters are likewise subjected to the quite un- mentionable facts of life as well, especially at an age when it is considered by some to be a natural stage in our growth? Pity me, Sir, for I am liable to become as muddle- headed as Mr. Birch's letter, at so dangerous a stage in my delicate development. My reasons for anonymity are obvious.—Yours faithfully,