6 JULY 1996, Page 24

Sir: I refer to the picture on the cover page

of the issue of 29 June. Though you may have some reasons for adding the initials of the YMCA on to the clothes of one of these characters, I see in this a lack of good taste.

I consider it an affront to a very worth- while and genuine Christian organisation. W.L. Whitmarsh 13 Oulton Crescent, Potters Bar, Herts