A brass faucet split as shown at A during a cold spell, and as no suitable plug to screw into the elbow after removing the faucet was at hand, I drove a small cork, B, into the end of the faucet and screwed it back in place. The cork converted the faucet into an emergency plug which prevented leakage until the proper fitting to take its place could be secured. --Contributed by James M. Kane, Doylestown, Pa.

A Tight-Fitting Cork Driven into a Cracked Faucet Converted It into an Emergency Plug