10 JUNE 1955, Page 22

CHRISTENING CUBS

SIR,—Did Strix really 'christen' the fox cubs in the car coming home? He gave them names, yes, but was the Christian Church really involved?

Am I being stuffy in thinking that 'christen,' though often used and on lengthy authority, is not really appropriate to the breaking of bottles on the bows of battleships, and the like'?— Yours faithfully, MEREDITH WHITTAKER

Mercury Office, Scarborough. Yorks