21 DECEMBER 1951, Page 18

On Spending a Penny

Sat,—Twenty years ago, my son, aged six, and my daughter, aged four, both needed for the first time in towel " to spend a penny." I -pressed the penny into my son's palm, and bade him descend into his convenience, and accompanied my daughter to hers. He rejoined us in due course, with the penny and the explanation that " gentlemen did not always need to spend their penny." Since then, Sir, I have never advocated equal pay for men and women. I have always agitated for a minimum extra of