2 JULY 1927, Page 24

LIGHTING A WOOD FIRE [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]

SIR, " E. II. G." says in your issue of May 21st that the " ovoid " of his Cape Cod lighter has cracked and causes him anxiety. My experience is that these ovoids (plungers, I would call them) alterack, but never reach " complete disable- ment." I think they are made of soapstone, but am not sure. The wire usually holds them together sufficiently to operate as fire-starters.

But if he should need another one he can order it from Lewis and Conger, Sixth Avenue and 45th Street, New York. They

are good things, the Cape Cod Lighters.—I am, Sir, &c., .

Life," 598 Madison Avenue, N.Y.C. E. S. M.