OUR LETTER BOX

Observer, Volume XXXII, Issue 23, 17 February 1912, Page 24

OUR LETTER BOX

Dinkum.—Will use,

Deadbkat.—So are we. X Ray.—Buy a typewriter. Anti-Protection.—Bunkum. Dolly.—Pretty, but nothing more. Abel.—Struck the w p.b. with a sickening thud.

K. B.—" So long ago 1 Alas, she never knew' is a refrain that suggests she knew more than you.

Livy. -We suspect you of attempting to trade without a poet's license. M*ry Gibbs. — Scandalous Mary. Must be the result of a quarrel with your best friend. Bbnno.—" Night Out" should have got you a night in. We are merciful, and have dropped the subject. Taranaki.-" Lay of the Cow" very pathetic. Consigned to the sweeper with a heavy heart. Please don't do it again. The Laird.—That joke had grey whiskers when Metbusalah was in long clothes. Other suggestion will be considersd. Tough Bag.—You are. Half your "little jingle •' was written by Phil Gooch years ago. The part jou're responsible for is a criminal assault on the intelligence. A. F-

" Is tbere anything like the galloping refrain Rattling along in the railway train r".' Thi* sample published as a punishment. Is it a conundrum ?

Phil D.—A dim, mysterious, burbling incoherence. Is it politics? " Personal Predilections of Prominent Politicians " is good as alliteration, but we prefer the comparative commonsense of " Peter Piper picked," etc.