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Show Fireproof Clothes. Dr. William H. Perkin, the English chemist, has found a method of making mak-ing cotton cloth absolutely fireproof, so that it will not burn even when held fn a gas-flame. One fireproof garment was unharmed by twenty washings, and another which had been worn for two years and washed every week Neither could be burned, though the latter was worn almost to rags. This fireproof cloth costs about a penny a yard more than untreated clolh. Not only will this fireproofed material mate-rial bo found suitable for the manufacture manu-facture of clothes for firemen, but it may also bo used by women for the finest party dresses, the most deli-catelycolored deli-catelycolored fabrics biins unharmed by the process and even given a softer appearance. For children's clothes it should be particularly desirable, since it is likely to prevent many accidents. |