"Spectator" Competitions

RULES AND CONDITIONS

Entries must bo typed or very clearly written on one aide of the paper only. The name and address, or pseudonym, of the competitor must be on each entry and not on a separate sheet. When a word limit is set words must be counted and the number given. No entries can be returned. Prizes may be divided at the discretion of the judge, or withheld if no entry reaches the required standard. The judge reserves the right to print or quote from any entry. The judge's decision is final, and no correspondence can be entered , into on-the subject of the award. Entries must be addressed to :—The Editor, the Spectator, 99 Gower Street.

London, W.C. 1, and be marked on the envelope Competition No. (—). ,-

Competition No. 4o (Award to be made by " CARD.") A PRIZE of £2 2s. is offered for the best rendering of any Shakespearean lyric in the form and idiom of thO modern dance song.

- Entries must he received not later than Monday, January 18th, 1932. The result of this competition will appear in our issue of January 30th, 1932.

Competition No. 41 (SET BY " Ducu.") A PRIZE of £2 2s. is offered for a new and true story of a bird or birds, told in not more than 150 words.

Entries must be received not later than Monday, January 25th, 1932. The result of this competition will appear in our issue of February 6th, 1932.

The result of Competition No. 89 will appear in our next issue.

Limerick Competition No. II

A PRIZE of fl ls. is offered cads week for a new and original English Limerick verse on some subject dealt with in the current number of the Spectator. The eleventh of these competitions closes on Monday, January 25th, 1982. Entries should be marked on the envelope " Limerick No. 11."

The result of the ninth of these competitions will be announced in our next issue.

[It is requested that to facilitate the work of the judges, entries should, when possible, be submitted on postcards.]

Report of Competition No. 38

(REPORT AND AWARD BY "Duna.") A PRIZE of £2 2s. was offered for a New Year's resolution or set of resolutions made in rhyme. The resolutions were not necessarily to be the competitors' own, but might be those they would like to suggest to others. No entry might exceed 24 lines.

If our competitors' resolutions are being kept there must have been a run on alarum clocks all over the British Isles, for about two-thirds of them begin with a determination to get up early. The clocks would have to be of British manu- facture : " I'll spend vast sums I can't afford,

On goods that don't come from abroad,"

says Mrs, T. A. Lewis, one of many competitors who resolve

to " buy British." H. Howard May's entry is short and very neat :

" Hite off more than you can chew, and chew it.

Plan out more than you can do, and do it.

Hitch your wagon to a star.

Keep your seat, and there you are ! "

• " Through's " " Resolutions of Young Hopeful " go with an excellent swing. Helen K. Mundy is good with the resolu- tions of a typist who will :

" greet with smiles instead of frowns, The many office ups and downs."

W. Hodgson Burnett is going to be " courteous and polite " to the voice from the telephone exchange. " Aros " is one of many who have resolved to enjoy paying the Chancellor of the Hxehequer. The prize of £2 2s. is awarded to G. H. Woolley, 8 The Woodlands, London Road, Harrow.

The following, in addition to those already mentioned, are Highly Corrimended :—M. L. Watts, L. M. R., Miss Rosa Vine, J. IL, Lorenzo, and A. H. Vein:1We.

THE WINNING "RESOLUTIONS FOR 1932." A thousand pointing spectres round me rise, in token of last-year's resolves forgot.

Shall I once more some cold perfection prim, and vow the path of virtue for my lot ?

Vow " pore the page of Adler, Jung and Freud

to know each urge, o'ereome each inhibition, become a vegetarian ; and avoid by Lenten diScipline my soul's perdition t " 0 Nineteen Thirty Two, you Leap-Year, come,

and your motto take of care-frog joy,

and with it face the threats to hearth and home which armaments, finance, Swat* employ. I'm glad the year has one more day for laughter, Let no glum face of mine sour life hereafter. . G. H. WOOLLEY.

Highly Commended:

Here are the things I mean to do (With luck) in 1932. • I'll rise benignant, wise and strong Before the second breakfast gong.

And, if the morn be not too murk, Will strive to do a spot of work, 'Em the impatient clocks suggest a Light luncheon and a short siesta. I'll struggle with my dull routine, Till 4 or even 4.16.

And his me straight to home and grub (After a flutter at the Club).

For dinner I will be content With seven courses (six in Lent).

I'll smoke (for I have high ideals) Only before and after meals.

And (barring whisky and champagne) Froin wine and spirits I'll refrain.

My spouse shall have the final word, Save when I'm certain she has erred.

-True to the ancient apophthegm, I'll be in bed by 2 a.m. And, if I'm very, very ill, I'll let a lawyer draft my Will.

A. H. VERNtDE.

Result of Limerick Competition No. 8 THE most popular subjects this week were the Letter from

Paris, Parking Underground, and Housekeeping in New York. The prize of £1 Is. is awarded to Guy Lutes, 37 Holland Park Avenue, W. 11.

The following are Highly Commended :—" Damon," " Ara- mon," M. L. Watts, Jocelyn C. Lea, J. L. Cather and M. C.

Sharpe.

THE WINNING LIMERICK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK : BASEMENT DWELLINGS (page 869, December 26th).

Let's hope an intelligent Press'll Show strong disposition to wrestle For the steady replace.

Ment of Westminster base- Meats so largely extolled by Lord Teasel.

Some Highly Commended Entries : CI:NAMUR 534 (page 868).

" The company's bound to discard her," You say of the monster Cunarder, And asked why they're off it Explain there's no profit, But prophe-sigh times will be harder. DAMON.

ARTISTS sic Peals : A LETTER FROM PARIS (page 879). -

If a nude's worth a cut from the brisket, - Or draped, an additional biscuit, Can we manage between us A fully clothed Venus And charge seven courses t We'll risk it.

M. L. Werra.