2 APRIL 1983, Page 32

Competition

No. 1263: Queer trades

Set by Jaspistos: The members of Chester- ton's Club of Queer Trades had all invented an entirely new and odd method of earning a living: there were, for instance, an estate agency that dealt exclusively in tree-houses and a bureau that on behalf of its clients undertook to detain people whom they wanted out of the way for a few hours, A prose description, please (maximum 150 words), of another such imaginary queer trade. Entries to 'Competition No. 1263' by 15 April.