11 SEPTEMBER 1926, Page 16

A TINKER'S DAM [To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] Sia,—in

the Spectator of the 28th ult., the writer of " Theo- phrastus in Piccadilly," speaks of " not caring a tinker's curse." Should this not be a tinker's dam—a clout used in soldering and not worth anything ?—I am, Sir, &c.,