26 MAY 1928, page 16

A Scots- Proverb [to The Editor Of The Spectator.]. .

. SIR, --7- Friday's hair and Sunday's horn goes to the dule on Monday morn,"- is a very intriguing proverb ; and one doeS not wonder that Mrs. Campbell Clover-has been puzzled......

• - Diet- In-11ie Navy - • [to The' Edithi. Of

thi Sr:EcrArOn.] Sat,—With reference to the letter recently published in the Bpikator on the subject of " Diet in the Navy," no thinking . ' naval officer will agree with your......

Were There Minoan Fleets ? [to The Editor Of The

SPECTATOR.] ' SIR,—I observe that Mr. Porter in his review of the second - Volume of Sir Arthur Evans'sPalace of Minos makes the . . astounding statement that Minoan Crete......

[to The Editor Of The Spectator - .] Sir,—i Imagine That The

proverb, whose meaning your correspondent seeks, refers to the superstition that it"is unlucky to cut one's hair on Friday _or ones.nails on Stmday. The latter half of the Scots......

Police Methods [to The Editor Of The Spectator.] Sir,—i...

everybody who has any acquaintance with the work of the police in' their task of maintaining public order appreciates the courtesy and efficiency which they invariably *-......

The Housing Problem

[To the Editor of the Sracra.roa.] Sig,—Your admirable articles on the Housing Problem in recent issues of the Spectator bring home so forcibly the terrible condition of our......