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Show cue era ii unmpEB. Cautions for Prevention of Fires During Holiday-Celebration Holiday-Celebration Issued. Ordinary caution in lighting Christmas trees and in arranging the decoration? wili eliminate many fires which mar the holiday season, according to T. AN". Story, deputy fire ma rshal for Salt Lake. I Ic recited a Dumber of "don'ts" which he believes be-lieves should be carefully observed in the homes. Some of the- precautions lie suggests a re: rv not decora to your Christ mas tree with paper, cotton or any other inflammable inflam-mable ma terial. I'se metallic tinsel and other non-inf la m ma bio decorations only, and set the tree securely so that children in reaching for things cannot tip it over. Po not me cotton to represent snow. If you must have snow, use powdered mica, or asbestos fiber. "Do not permit children to light or re-bght re-bght the candles while parents are not present. They infrequently st fire to thnr e'otblng instead. Electrical illumination illumi-nation is fn r safer, and. w lie never possible, possi-ble, should he used rather than candles. Do not leave I ighted candles on trees unattended, as the ordinary candle, four and one-h;ilf inches long, only burns about one boMr, which se-ou passes by at Christmas Christ-mas time, and will catch the tree afire with all absent. Hegin at the top of the tr-'e when lighting candles. Iv not leave matches within reaep of children at holiday time. Of n dies are men lit to bo lighted, a nd if eh id re n ca -f-t mat eh rs t hey will ex peri merit w i lli t hem. They imitate their ciders. I v nnt allow trees to n-ma in inside buildings aftT the hohdnys. A large number num-ber of fires usuahy u'-cur in January from tli is cause. |