LIGHTING A WOOD FIRE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
In your issue of April 30th there is an endorsement of the Cape Cod Lighter which I thoroughly approve, as we have had long experience with this convenient device, but in localities where gas is laid on, the lighting of the wood fire, and even the coal fire, is very much simplified by introducing into the fireplace or the grate a pipe with the proper valve at the side of the fireplace so that gas may be used in lieu of kindling.
In the process, a small anionni of paper is first put in the grate or fireplace, then the wood or coal. Before the gas is turned on, the paper is lighted so that the gas immediately ignites and the volume of gas can be regulated to the necessity of each case by opening or closing the valve. It has also become customary to use the long matches, measuring about twelve inches in length and one-eighth inch in diameter. Where there is no gas available, the Cape Cod Lighter is the best substitute.--I am, Sir, &c., Chicago.
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