Show I Its It's Dopes Who Use emIts lemIt's em lem emIts Its It's Unfair to Star theas the as No 1 Arsonist By Frederick F C. C Othman WASHINGTON This WASHINGTON-This This is National National National Na Na- Fire Prevention Week and it pains my old matchmaking matchmaking matchmaking match match- making friend Stuart Little I r hasten to point out that he has no interest interest interest in in- terest in love lovea 4 t a affairs f f air s his matches are the kind you strike on the seat of your you r pants Turns e eem em out by the Mr Othman billions He doesn't believe in burning up the land in one grand holocaust you understand understand understand under under- stand but hes he's tired of having blazes blamed on his product Says the prevention fire-prevention folks give the match star billing as Americas America's No 1 arsonist Naturally this is very distressing distressing distressing dis dis- to the match manufacturers manufacturers tuners continues manufacturer manufacturer manufacturer Little When a guys guy's wife goes yoo-hoo yoo at him while he is taking a swing at a nail and he drives his thumb a half inch into the plank does docs he blame the hammer When a blonde passes a painter does docs he blame the ladder should he fall off When a pedestrian is kissed into th the side pocket by byan byan byan an automobile does he put the finger on General Motors 1 Once a Hazard In the early days matchmaker matchmaker matchmaker match match- maker Little will a admit d m in i t matches maybe were a hazard The first f friction r e t ion matches made in 1826 18 6 by inventor John Walker Valker of Tees Stockton-on-Tees England ignited with a series of explosions that showered the user with sparks Sam Jones' Jones which came on the market in 1829 bore this label If possible avoid inhaling inhaling inhaling in in- haling the gas which escapes from the black composition heads Persons whose lungs are delicate should by no means use I A year later historian Little I I continues Dr Charles Sauria Sauna of France invented the phosphorous phosphorous phosphorous match It wasn't so good Sometimes it burst into flame at room temperature Mice l chewed on them and immediately immediately immediately im im- im- im mediately started conflagrations while many a murder was committed by dropping match heads into food and drink All this match man Little Little Little Lit Lit- tle agrees is true Or was Tastes Like Sand Today a match is made of of phosphorus which is wholesome but not very nourishing You can chew it all day it tastes like sand and will do you no more harm It has taken manufacturer Little and me a lot of white paper to get to the point but we figured Burt Wilkinson of Oswego N. N Y was one fellow who needed a good deal of in in- Burt earns carns a handsome handsome handsome hand hand- some salary at the match factory factory factory fac fac- tory lighting matches every day and blowing them out So far he has lit and extinguished extinguished extinguished ex ex- matches matches' and he hasn't blistered a finger yet lie is one of the fortunate few who is blessed blesse l with a perfect perfect perfect per per- per mile breath This is something that science has not yet been able to build into a machine If Burt can blow blowout out a match with a single mile 15 puff that match and andall andall andall all others from the batch are destroyed A match that fizzles at 15 miles is no good for outdoor outdoor outdoor out out- door use Two Puffs Right If it takes three mile 15 puffs to put it out Burt considers considers con con considers siders the match is too hard to extinguish and that lot also is destroyed What Vhal he looks for forare forare forare are matches that take two 15 mile puffs to put them out these will survive ordinary breezes and yet are easily doused 1 maker Match Little figures de dc didn't tell me how that matches are used every hour in the U UH U. S. S That makes a lot of opportunities to get careless The wonder is how little damage the match has done except in iii inthe the hands of dopes My ly man says in fact that no match factory ever has burned down while only one fellow ever burned to death in one He really was a little careless Doused himself with and s scraped c r a a. p e d against a wall If theres there's anything anything any any- thing else the prevention fire-prevention people want to know about matches I refer them to Little and trust he doesn't explode exploder h |