SEASONAL VERSE

Sir, - I am dismayed that my humble pictures

Have evoked Jane King's intem-

perate strictures.

Poor fusiliers of Stephen's Green

To be the occasion of so much spleen!

Sam Goldwyn said "Critics -

I don't even ignore em",

And since natus est rex angelorum,

I wish you and Jane the season's cheer.

So if you're thinking about next year,

Especially all in the corporate sector

Whom Jane sets out to harry and hector,

In spite of critics whose poetry grates.

I'm now taking orders very reasonable rates.

-Yours, etc.,

Holmpatrick,

Skerries,

Co Dublin.