Show how to make old santas white beard fireproof bout EVER a christmas christinas passes without accidents from fire last christmas a schoolmaster who had dressed up as santa claus was badly burned through the cotton wool 0 ot 1 which his white beard was made catching fire it Is not easy to find a substitute for cotton wool but it is not difficult to make cotton wool fireproof dissolve an ounce and a halt half of powdered alum in hot water and soak the wool in it then dry the wool and fluff duff it out again cotton wool treated in this way will but not blaze even tissue paper can be made quite safe hafl by dipping it in a solution of ammonium sulphate acid and water it must be dipped quickly and dried at once canvas or similar material used for stage decoration may be fire proofed by a solution of ammonium sulphate gypsum and water take four ounces of each and use just enough water to make a liquid about as thick as thin paste then spread it on the fabric with a brush |