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Show Iron County Home Demonstration Agent Describes Method of Coloring Fire Flames The open hearth adds Its greatest great-est warmth during the holiday season. When children and grandchildren grand-children gather at home, the fireplace fire-place is the traditional center of meeting. Even In our modern, centrally heated homes, there is a certain special feeling of fellowship fellow-ship generated at the fireplace which can be found no place else. This holiday spirit can be heightened by a simple trick which results in flames of blue, green, or even violet, County Home Demonstration Agent Emma Em-ma Nielsen reveals. With the aid of a few chemicals available at the drugstore, you can have the fun of amazing your family. A half pound of chemical mixed in a gallon of water will treat a large number of pieces of firewood, fire-wood, simply soak the logs in the I solution for 10 or 15 minutes, .drain, and set them out to dry. Thorough drying requires four or i five days. ! Pine cones can be treated with the same chemicals and in the same way, Miss Nielsen points out. They make a fine Christmas' present for the children to pre-' jpare and add the same colorful beauty to a holiday fireside gathering. ga-thering. Commonly used salts include Copper sulphate (blue flame), Barium nitrate (light green), Bor- ax (bright green), Potassium chlorate (violet), Strontium ni-Urate ni-Urate (red), Potassium nitrate j (yellow), calcium chloride (orange), (or-ange), copper nitrate (emerald) and Litium chloride (purple). Do not mix two kinds together. These are all safe to use with ordinary care. However, a few precautions pre-cautions are in order, the home agent says. Certain of these chemicals are mildly corrosive to metals, so they should be mixed mix-ed in wooden or ceramic containers. con-tainers. Children and pets may be poisoned unless the chemical materials are stored out of their reach. Rubber gloves are not essential, es-sential, but give protection against possible skin irritation due to prolonged exposure. |