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Show I! Foolish to Try to Mend Gas Tubing fi 1 TNDER no ( ireumptanees should any attcmi't V be made to repa:r a piece of gas tubing I that has been broken or so damaged that there I might possibly be a leakage of gas. It was only r ' n lew days aso that an innocent looking para graph was put into circulation in which it was I said that if "the gas tubing leaked it could be I mended with paraffin." One might be cautioned to "Stop, look and listen" before paying heed to ' any such advice, says Gas Losic (New YorkL Defective tubing should be discarded. No at-tempt at-tempt should be made to mend it It is criminal ' carelessness to try to keep in use gas tubing That will permit even an infinitesimal amount of gas to escape by patching it up with tire tape, putty, racs or bread dough, as has been shown, upon investigation, to have been done in numerous instances. fM orn-out gas tuoing shouiu in- iriJi. u .... . D0W piece of tubing. Here asain if should b2 H ,f said tbat only the very best grade of tubing IF suwuld be bought. It may cost a few cents more, but that slight extra er.pense should not prevent L Its purchase. Ask for and insist on having only HV the hlgbesl grade, which means that the tubing R ja -b?olutely odorles and will last longer than Ifct the inferior articles which are sold for a cent Ki or v.o less per foot than the superior make. |