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Show ECONOMY THAT TAKES HUMAN LIVES IS EXPENSIVE! According to a recent report, 0,000 persons are burned to death in American Am-erican homes every year. Eighteen hundred of these are children under wn years of age. ... Failure to keep a home in proper " iv-iair, thus making it an easy prey to the fire demon, is the most dangerous dan-gerous kind of "economy." When electrical elec-trical work is needed, it should be done by a licensed electrician, not by an amateur. A common unwise practice is to attempt home dry-cleaning. Not only is this a doubtful economy, as it is difficult for untrained hands to obtain ob-tain satisfactory results, but the danger dan-ger involved is extreme since the cleaning fluids usually are highly inflammable, in-flammable, requiring but a tiny spark to ignite the fumes which they give off. Many people lose their lives eiry year as a result. Home owners should likewise bear in mind that heating plants and chimneys chim-neys require continual attention. It is false economy as well as dangerous to neglect them at any time. Putting hot ashes in combustible containers, permitting rubbish to accumulate ac-cumulate or leaving paint or oil-soaked rags in homes invite loss and tragedy tra-gedy from fire-Real fire-Real economy is a good thing but it must go hand in hand with common . sense and nowhere does this apply more forcefully than in dealing with fire hazards. |