THE TEA-ROOM QUESTION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 59, 6 October 1916, Page 2

THE TEA-ROOM QUESTION.

[To Thb Ebixou Birat*»ui> Poar.j Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a letter appearing in your paper over the signature "Fair Play is Bonnie Play." Whether the writer has good cause for what he says, or not, I don't propose to go into. The public can form their own opinion as to that, but, while the writer might have had.'the best possible intentions towards the Tea-Room Proprietors in general, the fact of the letter being over an nom de might cause it ,to have the opposite effect. "Bonnie Play" gives it a distinctly Scottish flavour. Because of that, I wish to say that 1 had no part in concocting that letter, and whatever my opinion may be as to the principle involved, 1 am not inclined to do anything that would in anyway lessen the enthusiasm of the ladies who are working for patriotic purposes. Thanking .you in anticipation. I am, etc. TOM SMITH', Scotch Tea Rooms.