Y OU HAVE a candle, a box of matches and some tacks. How do you affix the candle to the wall so the wax won’t drip on a table below? It is a classic problem first devised in the 1930s. Most ...

The match burnt out just when she imagined that she was stretching her feet out to be warmed. She struck up a new one, and felt that she could see a roast goose on a set table, which waddled across ...

MATCHES, NO SHORT CIRCUIT.; Sitting on a Box of Matches Set O'Brien Afire, Say Subway Officials. Share full article. Dec. 27, 1907. Credit... The New York Times Archives.