"The Bonnet-maker's Dream" was an effort to enlist sympathy for one class of women-workers; but his only fair illustrated joke was that in which a page-boy, pointing to the old torch-extinguishers in one of the London squares, informs his wondering companion that they are "what the swells in ancient days put their weeds out with."
"The History of "Punch""
M. H. Spielmann
They are not willing to bestow the little but intelligent and regular care required, and many times during the four weeks they will forget some of the most essential points, such as replenishing their lamps, or forget to attach the extinguishers, thus depriving the machine of all self-control, or they neglect to trim the lamps for days, and perhaps a week, allowing the wick to crust and the heat to decrease.
"Natural and Artificial Duck Culture"
James Rankin
There was a wild scramble among its force of attendants, a rush with fire extinguishers and pails of sand.
"From the Car Behind"
Eleanor M. Ingram