18 OCTOBER 1919, Page 16

PORCELAIN STORKS.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR."] SIR,—The porcelain storks in the dairymen's windows—referred to by your correspondent—are associated with the popular -German legend (as told to the children) that the storks bring the babies, and drop them down the chimneys, 'while the dairy

man supplies the necessary baby's food, namely, am,

Sir, he., J. LANDFEAR LUCAS.

Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.