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Show FOR A SAFE CHRISTMAS. Fires Falls Fun. Here are. the three great accident hazards of Christ- I mas. Each year they take a toll in life, health and property that is the more horrible because it can be so ! easily avoided. j Of them all, fire is perhaps the greatest and most common hazard. Special rules, simple enough in themselves, them-selves, and yet often broken, apply to the holiday season. Candles should not : be used either on the tree or in the windows. All tree decorations should ' be non-inflammable. Those made of ' celluloid, cotton and paper should be avoided or kept at a sizeable distance from flame. Electric lights for the tree should be of good make, and of not more than one firefly candle pow- er. The wiring should be carefully in-i in-i spected before it is used. Lastly, the I tree should be kept away from any i fireplace and should be removed from j the house within a week following i Christmas. After that, the needles dry : out and become highly inflammable, j Care and caution will eliminate the ' "holiday falls." Under the heading of fun hazards are , listed', accidents j caused by dangerous toys and unwise methods of celebrating. Sharp knives, tin horns with ragged corners, air rifles, tool kits containing sharp in-struments in-struments these and similar articles, when given to children too small to use them properly, invite disaster, i It's easy to have a safe Christmas and it's a lot more. fun. Plan yours that way. |