Show Millions of Matches in Daily Use Through World W orId If all the matches used in the world in one day were placed end to end they would reach to the moon and miles beyond be ond Think how important these the t h e s e baby explosive bombs are in the everyday business of the world writes a correspondent in n the St. St Louis Globe Democrat Glob American kitchen matches are usually made of pine wood cut in ina a round shape In Europe the yare yore made of aspen and are cut square Sheets of aspen wood can be dried artificially in a couple of hours and made into matches within the next hour Thus three hours may see a change from an aspen log to a few hundred or more boxes of matches But Dut pine has to be allowed to stand for a couple of years before it is suf suf- sufficiently sufficiently sufficiently seasoned to be made up There is more than one might sup sup- suppose suppose suppose pose involved in the matter of dip dip- dipping dipping dipping ping match sticks into the pro fire solution that makes the head Match heads are really the product of much chemical research For Far instance people like their matches a cheerful color so the chemical has to be dyed a pleasing blue or red They must be double tip capable of being lit on any surface surface surface-a a wall a stove your shoe They must not leave a streak or scratch after them ahem They must not be noisy and pop up at the tile person using them The matches must be made 9 9 Sf S a athey they will not flash up too soon They The or mud i o f must have no sharp edges but wi d 1 be the heads w smooth and oval so be benot another in pee pee- P e not rub against one ohr fa ac pic's plc's pockets and light on each de er They must be fairly M Mand bur bur- and windproof and must a i 1 without smoke or r odor I |