THE "BLEEZOR"
Most of us are all too familiar with (he problem of the fire which will not light up, and mistress and maid still indulge in the dangerous habit of trying to make it draw with the morning paper stretched across the fireplace (states an English writer). The Northumberland pitman has long ago found an adequate and serviceable substitute for the paper in his "bleezor"— a corruption, apparently, of the word "blazer." This consists of a rectangular piece of sheet-iron of the size and shape oC the opening of the fireplace above the top bars. The bottom of the sheet is bent at right angles for an inch so as to make a stand for the "bleezor" on the top bar; and a fair-sized loop handle is riveted on in the middle. The pitman's wife does not wait for the fire to refuse its duty before bringing the "bleezor" into action. As soon as the sticks and paper are lighted the "bleezor" goes up. and the wife sets about her work well aware that the fire needs no further attention.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1937, Page 19
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