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Show ON CHRISTMAS The safest way to insure against fire at Christmas time which might originate from the Christmas tree Is to keep the tree standing in plain, ordinary water from the time you get it home until you discard it after the holidays. That's the most practical, satisfactory satis-factory and convenient method found so far for reducing fire hazards haz-ards and keeping tree" needles from losing their color or dropping from the tree. Tests show that keeping trees standing in water will prevent needles from drying out and becoming be-coming inflammable. They continue con-tinue to appear fresh and green. As compared with tests of trees standing in fire-retardant chemicals, chemi-cals, it was found that trees so treated did not absorb the chemicals chemi-cals rapidly or in as large amounts as water. This resulted in increased combustibility, needle discoloration and fall. Here's how to carry out the tree treatment suggested: Select a tree cut as recently as possible. Cut about an inch diagonally diag-onally off the bottom of the trunk. Stand the tree at once in a container con-tainer of water, and keep the water wat-er level above the edges of the cut during the entire time the tree is in the house. If the tree is not set up at once, keep it standing in water wat-er in a cool place. This treatment does not make the tree absolutely flame-proof, so other cautions are necessary. Check the wiring of lights and keep tinsel and other flammable material and decorations away from the sockets of the light bulbs on the tree. |
