| Show LIGHTING LORE ACETYLENE EXCELS AS AN ILLUMINANT ILLU-MINANT Gas for Lighting Formerly Confined to Cities and Large Towns now In General Use In the Country Tho satisfactory lighting of suburban subur-ban nnd country homos requires that tim means used shall bo convenient safe economical nnd furnish a brilliant bril-liant penetrating effulgent light Everybody admits that these nre not the characteristics of tho candID or kerosene lamp which formerly were tho only feasible means of producing pro-ducing light for domestic use In the rural districts For generations there was a crying need a learning for something better which was not satisfied A few years ago deliverance came In the shape of the chemical compound Calcium Carbide Car-bide from which by the simple application ap-plication of water tIle gas Acetylene Is derived Acetylene meets all the requirements fully and admirably and Is being generally used Common lime nnd carbon fn the form of coke or coal are the raw materials ma-terials which fused In an Intensely heated furnace make Calcium Carbide Car-bide and there Is no dllllculty In obtaining ob-taining It In any part of the country The machine Into which the Calcium Cal-cium Carbide is fed and from which the Acetylene Is distributed through the building to be lighted Is but little larger than a thirtygallon milk can and ot tho Batno general form It IB easily and cheaply Installed either In the collar or In an outbuilding The light from burning Acetylene Is exquisite and lighting experts agree that It surpasses all other known illuminants Illu-minants It docs not trlnt tho air nor strain the eyes and Is not objectionable objection-able In any respect Every uptodato rural resilience should be equipped with Acetylene light |
